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HIOLE NUMBER 1451.
AUTUNIN BONDEL.
From Spring to Fall the year makes merry,
With davs to days that chant and call;
IVith hOpc's too crown and fears to bury
With crowns of flowers, and flowers for
poll,
Vith bloom, and song, and bird, and berry,
’l‘ha: fill the months with festival,
From Spring t) Fail.
.Vho knows if ever skies were dreary
With shower and cloud and waterfall ?
.Vhile yet the world’s good heart is cheery
Who knows if rains will ever brawl?
l‘he storm thinks long,the winds wax weary,
’I‘ill Winter come to wind up all
From Spring to Fall.
——Sw¢'ncburnc.
For The Gazette.
"SELL YOUR OIL.”
Ir how a Run-n Father Treated a Re-
croanl Son.
{I 'l‘aun Sronv.)
In thi- city of lliddletown, Conn., there
lwelt forumny years, a man. who. for the
)urpose of following the thread ofthis story,
we will call Joseph Brown, fish dealer,
'ruit vendor and general purveyor of truck
)f that sort. He was a man of more than
)rdinary intelligence,elose in his calcula-
zions, shrewd in his dealings, and enjoyed
the reputation of being possessed of the
:‘aculty of driving as sharp bargains as any
man ofhis inch'es in Connecticut. To call
him a true “Yank,” would be doing him
‘exact justice,”-—and to assign him the
place ofa man who is always one ahead,
would convey a clever idea of what the man
back to thy bosom again. And he wept
sore, and feign would have set out to
answer in person the"dictates ofa sort 0f
blunted conscience,:utd his bettcrjudgment.
But he could not return without mou’ey,an.l
money just at thaf juncture was what he
most needed.
It was yet two days before the vessel
would depart. There was ample timeto
get a letter to his father, and for the father
to reply. He therefore s-It himself down '
’and penned one of those irresistable epis-'
tles which only a boy in his ’teens is ctpa-
ble of producing, and with :1 st imp borrow
ed from a sailor, the letter' was forwarded
by first post. The latter asked for money;
[0 get home; only give him money enough
to reach Middletotvn, and never, never
again would he leave it. The let'er reached
its destination in due' c mrsc of time. An
ordinary father Would at once have trans-V
mitted the sum asked for, and have had
many bowels of compassion and words of
affection as express! An ordinary father
would not have snubbed in his painful nd'
versity, even a rccreant son, nor harrowed
up his soul with Words of bitterness. But
the father got. his son’s letter, and comprc‘!‘
hendingits purport, Was reminded of that
sm’s deafness to recent good advice given
in the “best of spirits,” and he replied brief-
ly, but most teachingly in substance as fol-
low S. MIDDLETOWN Conn.,— 18—-
Dnan EON :— ,
We have heard of your distress, and we
wish to aid you to the extent of our power
whichjustnow is very small. It. will de-
light us to have you again under the pater-
really was. Everybody in Middletown
knew Joseph Brown, and through his peculi-
arities, eecentricities, terse sayings and
wit, he became one of the characters of the
place. As it often happens in such cases,
this man, though gifted far beyond his fel-
lows with those faculties without which ,.
tucc‘ess in life cannot be obtained, had a: ‘
resetting aim—the sin of induging in strong
lrink, and despite the counsel of friends,
.hc efforts of relations and the other good
.nfluences brought to bear upon him, he
never changed his habits, but lived and
lied one of the most confirmed “-old
soakers" known to Middletown Society. It
.s not necessary in a tale of this length, to
.l'well on this feature of Mr. Brown’s charac~
ter longer than to illustrate what the man
was, and thus give force, it may be, to that
which is about to be written ofhim. He
had good qualities, but as comp: red with
his great vices, they seemed rare, and it
mty be that some of them may be found
richer in a narrative. on that account.
Always true to those who were true to him,
it was only through a contemptable habit
he had, acquired of putting pretty much all
he could earn or lay his hands on “where it
would do the most good”—-—to himself, by
investing it in whiskey, that he was event-
ually ruined. ' .. ' ’ ~ I
Mr. Brown had a son, a bright boy during
his youth, and full ofpromise when apprech-
ing mature years. A fond father reposed
hopes on this son whoyvas one day to be
the solace of his ‘ declining years, and it may
not be wondered at: that he was indulged,
pcttcd and allowedto do pretty much as be
pleased. To“belsure,‘home Wits not always
made so desirable as it should have been
by one who had "great expectations” to be
realized in the future, but' what 'an intcm-
pcrate‘fathe'r lacked in example was made
up three-fold in the precepts of a lovely
mother, to whose ahnost exclusive care the
advancing scion of the house of Brown was
assigned. For a time, under these strange
conditions, all went forward pleasantly
The father bought and sold, got gain, and
spread it liberally before his family. The
mother, deeming that she had in charge the
germ that one day might develop to the
dignity of a president, fondled her youthful
heritage, gave good counsel and healthful
instruction,'the same being dispensed with
tlibso measures of self-denial which deserve,
though they‘do not always receive reward-
And so things went on, the parents striving
to impress the son with the idea that home
is the only place in the wide world worth
living for, and the importance of his remain-
ing in'it. As the son grew, waxed strong,
and associated with other boys, he learned
many new things. He learned that though
the home basis was indeed lovely, there
were spots on the .lld planet much more to
be desired, and though those spots were at
the aptipodeshe resolved to visit and see
fifn‘ihimself.f In short he had heard sundry
big' boys tell of the great ships at 'the
wh‘arv’es in New Haven, but particularly
.the Whale ships at_New Lbndon,—of the
voynges‘they made, the pleasures the sailors
in him; tasted, and the joys
. _, _ droning deep,” .
would-inurelytaecure, and he made up his
middlhat, if he could get to New London,
he would embark on the first ship that
offer'ed,snd endeavor to realize, in some
measure, what 'had‘;.ao' graphically been
narratedtouhim. Caution-1y he told his
eccentric father, and broke the plans to his
mother. Iri'ifealrs-theyflistened, and tried to
dissuade-ills ,‘but‘iir vain. He had fully
decided to go, and on sober second thought,
father and mother concluded it might be
well to withhbld opposition, and to' make
the bestjof'wha‘t they evidently could not
prevent. Meney‘fot': pa9sag‘e to' New Lon-
don,aud for th'epufchase ’Of outfit was ac-
cordinglyzfurniahed the son, a'nd one fine
morning he started ffor the great whale
ship; 00,1119. way he thought of the hard-
nh'ipihe might be called 'on to' endure, the
privations he might'sufl’er, but among them
all the only real pang that arose in his heart
was a prospective long absence front-his
pgtive land, and friends he loved so well
But all these disappeared from his line of
contemplation as he thought of the cargoes
0f oil which he should atfirst assist in tak-
ing, and some of which he should afterwards
become the sole proprietor of, and as he
thought of wealth in the near future, he
trudged on encouraged to believe that
hastening would in some unacountsble way
shorten the period of his expected absence.
When in the city our hero found .the ship
with which his name was booked would not
sail for some days, and he decided that he
might as Well improve the short time yet
his own,in“sc_einga little life” on shore.
At a moment when be least expected it he
fell in with aband of friendly Sailors, who
stripped him ofeverything except his rai-
meat, and departed from him, leaving him,
not half dead as the Good Book has it, but
according to more modern interpretations,
"‘dead broke.” In that situation he soon
became imbued with a realizing sense of
the utter nothingness of earthly things,
particularly of such as pertaiugd to the in-
glde 0; his pocket book. Afteratwenty-
four hours wandering about the city, he be-
gun to feel the cravings of hunger, and to
realize thatbe was powerless in a money
point ot‘view to satisfy them. Like the
prodigal of old. he thought of ;the husks
which the swine, more fortunate than he.
were permitted to eat, and of the relish such
fine might'tmttart- but so. we gave him,
$0,113" he solicited With earnestness and in
tears With a sad heart he went on board
ship, and as he saw the sailors lounging
about the decks happy and clamoring for
the anchor to be weighed, be repeated that
he had permitted himself to go astrtly, but
above all that he had ever left his home,
and like the prodigal of old be resolved to
go to his father, and to say unto him,
‘fljlather I have sinned, etc.” . make. me one.
of thy hired servants, etc.-=only'take me
nal root, but you will have to come hence
at your own expense. Lct nothing prevent
your hasty return. Come at once, even
though you have to ‘ Sell your Oil," ata
great sacrifice, to get here.
a A ffcc. doc.
J osnr-n BROWN.
The pursuit of this unexpected style of
note from a parent in whom he had trusted,
opened the eyes of the son t‘o his real con;
dition—that he was alone in the world and '
could redeem himself only through personal
exertion. His only alternative, though It
had now become distasteful was, to go to.
sea, and he returned from a three year’s
Whaling voyage much ,richer in wisdom.-
and in pocket than when he set sail.
fortunately for the son,-as well as for the
better bringing to and end of this brief tale,
strange father, and memory of the two,
though it'cnrries with it some pleasant
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ing to such as would disobey to youth, and
follow “ways. which are dark” in age.
' ' ’ ' PAUL.
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." Coal—Dust as Fuel.
The Chinese have for ages been in the
habit‘ of mixing the dust from their coal-
mines with clay and bitumen, and also with
refuse matter,» and such artificial fuel is in
China .an article of considerable traffic.
The methodsintroduced in Western Europe
of utilizing the dust Of mineral coals and of
charcoal are nearly all based on the princi-
ple of making these substances cohere by.
thoroughly incorporating them with tar or
pitch, and‘ then exposing the compound,
when moulded into blocks, in some cases to"
a current ofair to dry them, and in others
to a high temperature In vessels serving the
purpose of retorts. The former mode of
drying is employed for mixtures of char-
coal-dust, tan, and similar substances, with
tar or pitch, and the latter when refuse
bituminous coal is used with'abont a quar.
ter of its weight'of pitch. At Blanzy, in
France, the coal is separated from the slaty
and byritous particles, and is then crushed
and introduced into a circular metalic basin,
which revolves horizontally in a reverbera-~
tory furnace, the flame of which passes
under it. Hot tar“ or pitch is gradually let ,
in upon the coal from a reservoir over the
lite to the amount of seven or eight per
cent., and the mixture is stirred by station-
ary rakes attached to rods let down through
the arched cover. When sufficiently mixed,
the materials are made to drop through the
bottom into a receptacle, whence they are
removed while plastic to the moulds, and
were pressed by the hydraulic machine.
There are vast quantities of coalsdust lying
as waste material at the various, extensive
coal-mines in this country, which might be
utilized by mixing with proper-proportions
of the coal-tar of gasworks, and compressed
in o bricks by machinery. There can be no
doubt that fuel could be furnished in this
way at an economical price—Appleton’a
American Cyclopoedic, revised edition, article
“Fuel." ’
The Inventor Singer’s wm.
ovna $14,000,000 DIVIDED AMONG ONE our
on FIVE WIVES AND TWENTY—TWO OUT OF
TWENTY-FOUR CHILDREN.
The offering for probate at White Plains,
N. Y., Wednesday, of the will of the late
Isaac Merritt Singer, the inventor, best
known by his sewing machine, brings to, the
surface all the scandal of his private life—ea
most singular complication of illegitimate
marriage. children and divorce—and the
disposal of over $14,000,000, which the co-
centric inventor aud polygamist seems to
have divided around among his numerous
children with an unusual degree of impar-
tiality, considering the circumstances. The
will is dated July 16, 1870, at Paris, and
covers seven sheets of foolscap. The be~
quests number twenty-five, and include all
of his living children but only one of his,
, ve former wives, Mr. Sin er in 1830 mar-
ried his first wife, Mary Ha eyof Brooklyn
and lived with her until 1860. Then she
obtained a divorce on the-ground of adult
cry. William A. Singer, her son, gets only
$500, but, as he is a member of the Singer
manufacturing compsn , he is tolerabiy
well provided for. Li lian C. Singer, her
daughter, receives $10,000. Before his first
wife died Mr. Singer cohabited with Mary
Ann Foster of New York, and by her had
ten children. ' fter the divorce he married
Miss Foster and lived with her two years,
when certain irregularities in his conduct
forced her to apply for a divorce. The sur-‘
viving children of this union are Isaac A.
Singer,Vicleua T. Singer. wife of William
T. Proctor; John A. Singer, Fanny E. Sing-
er, Jasper H. Singer, Mary 0. Singer, wife
of Sturges WhitlockiJult‘a A. Singer,and
Caroline V. Singer,'. To these children, all
minors,- are bequeathed parts of the estate,
valued at about“ $1,750,000. Pending the
proceedings ii.-Of"'div0rce from his second
wife, Singer: married a Miss Mary McGouni-
impulse callud Matthews, of San Francisco.
ive-childre gegefthe result of this union
——Rnth M. S ' "Clara. Singer, Florence A.
Singer, Margaret :A. Singer, and Charles A.
Singer. TO'jthe‘se arejboqueathed portions
of the estate, ‘valued at about $1,750,000.
He also had, pending the divorce suit, a
child by a Miss Marv E. Walter, also called
Merritt, of .New York. Alice, whom he
calls Alice Singer, was "that child, and she
receives a portion valued at about $500,000.
In 1864 the scandal about his private‘life
got pretty hot, and, discarding all his wives,~
Singer went to Europe and married 3 WO
man who is now Isabella E. Sihger. He
lived with her up to his death, and by. her
had six children, whom he recognized as his
legitimate children, and their mother as his
onlyreal wife. To her he bequeaths a life
interest .in his estates in England, which is-
is valued at $4,000,000. After her death
this property is to go to her children, Adam
M. Singer, Winnaretta E. Singer, Washing-
ton M. G. Singer, Paris E.‘ Singer, Isabella
B. Singer, and Franklin-M. Singer. To this
last wife he also bequeathed four portionsin
his cstittc in this country valued at about
$700,000, and to the six children thirty-four
pox-tio'ns,,valqed at aboitt $5,300,000. Messrs.
David ’Hawley,of Yonkers, and Charles M.
Kellar, of New York, were named as the
executors. ' “ ' . ‘
“Don’t-you think :things look blue?” said
a man to Spilkins, yesterday.“ “That’s just
azurs inclined to to look-at thetn,". replied
the incorrigible lakété.
Two-story rai roh’chaches-is the latest
Swiss idea, ,TwelVe cars are making for
branch line’ service. which weigh ten tons
and‘havefifl seatsienchfix, -, -
BusineSs is recOveI-lngjn Lawrence, Mass.
and the worsted: dressgopds‘mills are being
run nightaud'dayr Now-for more over-pro-
duction afteg‘ the us , e‘rican fashion.
A Burlington:Yt
teacher, the other 3, ,
saltness of the scar.— er?reflectiou—advan
ced With some confidence the opinion that
‘ schooner,’
jum
jury.
Quellhig n Manny
In the month of October. 18‘, Isailed
frotn New York in the fast schooner “Jeffer-
son,” Captain Manly owner and master.
It was more accident that I went In the
schooner. A few days before I had landed
in New York and been paid off, and, senior-
like, I Was looking out for a way to spend
my money quickly; for the average Jack
tar only thinks of money as a medium of
exchange for bad liquor, worse, musrc, and
the society of men and women of still poor—
er quality. Wandering down West street
about nine o’clock, I heard the sound of a
scuffle mar the docks, and saw three men
attacking a fourth. I ran up eager for the
fray, knocked cne fellow down, and stood
on him while I fought another over his
body. The man who had been attacked
took care of the third, and we gave ,thoae
three wharf rats the worst pumtneling they
ever got. , _
Of ‘course the police came when they»
could be of no use, and took away our
beauties, and we gave our names to appear
against them at the police court in the morn-
ino. » . _ _
RCome down here and take somethin,
mate,” said the man I had helped. “You
are an old salt; I know it by the cut of your
‘ib." _‘
J I could not deny the soft impeachment
and we adjouruned to a restaurant near at
hand, and, over a glass of ale, made the ac-
quaintance of each other. He was a man
about tift'y years old, grizzled. and tough
looking, but a true blue sailor If I am any
judge of character. _
“I’mCapt-ain John Manly, of the schoon-
er “Jefi'erson,” he said; 8‘1 own my own
barkey. Look here | who did you sad wlt
last i”
I told him. . . .
“I know the chap; you sailetl‘u'tlh‘a good
man; and it was your second voyage as
mate 2’" . '
“Yes sir.”
“Do you want to ship ‘9”
“Well," I said, "I can't say I really ham
her after it, but I might ship. I’ve just
landed from-a. China voyage, and a man
wants a little run on shore after that”.
“Not if he’s offered first mate of a crack
’ replied the captain. “Jack R-It-
lin is your name, chi—a good seamanlike
name it. is too."
“That’s the reason I went to sea first,” I
said. "It ran in my head it was the only
thing my name was suited to, and I went
out. as cabin boy at thirteen.” ‘
“Bet you a dollar you run away from
home.” _
I could not deny it and did not try to do
50. Let it 'suffice that I made an appoint-
ment with him on board the “Jefferson" for
the next morning at ten; and at the a point-
ed time 1 got ,a boat to take me o to‘the
schooner, which Was over on the Brooklyn
Un? side.“ The captain was waiting for me, and
almost dragged me up the side.
“The’first. mate, Mr. Ratlin,” hesald, turn.
ing to the men. "I expect you to obey him
he followed the strange footsteps of a as you Would Ine.’ -
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“:1 understood that Bill Epps was to‘be
first mate, captain ?" said one of the men.
“You know how Bill Epps lost the
. e . , - . . - . . .
Incidents, rests as a kind of unspoken warn- chance.” said the captain. . I dent, care ,0
talk about the matter; Mr. Ratlin is first”
mate now." ,
I looked at the man who had spoken—a
dark-brewed, surly looking fellow—and saW“
him go aft and speak toa man who was
making a splice in a piece of threejnch.
He started and looked at me, and I lIa’d'no
doubt it was the worthy Epps who hadbcen
discarded for me.
“Once for all,R-Itlin,” said the captain,
‘1 don't allow my crew to ,be captain and
all hands. Bill Epps would have been first
mate and you second, but he got drunk and
quarrelsome in the streets and was put in .
the Tombs. If he goes out with me he
goes out as second mate.”
“He won’t take it.” .
“Here he comes, anyhow,” said the'cap-
tain.
The man was a slim'built fellow, with a'
touch of the Indian in his blood, high cheek
bones. small black eyes, and sort of snaky'
way with him that I didn’t like in the least.'_
“I havn’t come to complain, captain,’_’ he
said. “I onlywanted to know if you ‘Was
going to take'me with you.” '
“You can take second mate if you like,”
replied the captain. . »_ ,. ' .
“Thank you; better half a loaf than up.
bread, and 1’11 take the berth. I, deserve to
lose my rating for getting into a row-.”,-_ »
So we sailed at last, with ten menvvin, the
crew, and three officers. I always. studg
my crew, and when I looked over that lot,
wondered what the old man had been'thiuk-
ing of when be shipped them. I found out_
afterwards that Captain Manly liked to take
out a. seemingly hopeless erewrundz’make
good sailors of them, by using them‘fismen.
All he asked was that they should lie able
seamen,.and, under‘six months, he? would
have them in such shape that he;:ha'd only»
to litta finger when he wanted .vtliem to
p, and they jumped. I made' up my
mind that four men at least, of the crew,
could not be reclaimed in any way.~ One
was Epps, Pat McCarty, the mambo had
spoken to when I first boarded the schoon.
er, a huge Dutchman rejoicing in the sobrig
quet of Schnapps, and a longgeared Maine
man, called Yankee. They were villians
all, or I am no judge of men, and I told the
captain so, but he only laughed.
“You wait awhile, Jack,” ,he
"said, “I am
going to the Marquesas for a cargo of palm
oil,and if I don’t train down this lot of
beauties before we get there, I’m no sailor.
I’ve done the trick time and again.”
' You’ll have them runnin .away with the
schooner among the Islands, ’ I said.
“No, I won’t, Jack;
any game with me.” , .
I never saw a man, in all the timed have
sailed the sea,who knew how to govern men
better than Captain Manly.. He never
struck a man a blow, never blustered nor
threatened,.bnt he had'such a way with
him,that at a look fromhim any man engag-
ed in any work which was wrong, stopped
it, and never needed a second look to con-
vince him that itwas unsafe to fool with
Captain Manly. By the time he hadyonndr
ed the Cape I was easier, for I saw that six
of the men-had made uptheir minds "that
the captainiiatendedjo be In ter of his ship
and to allow no man to inter _ 5
But with the remaining four it was different.
Bill Epps had never forgiven Captain Man-
ly for passing him over in the appointment
of first mate, and only waited 'his time for
revenge. He was too keen a man to allow
his enmity to be known, and to all outward
seeming he and I were good friends, but I
never trusted him. There were‘times when
the scoundrel thought I was not looking at
him, when I could catcha gleam from his
fierce black eyes, which told me what to ex-
pect if he ever had a chance to do me an in-
I knew that the six men gained over
by the captain would not harm us, but
would they prevent others from doing it?
they’d better not try
son” was well up towards the islands. Five
of the crew were on deck, and in that five
was included evevy one of’tllc men whom I
feared, and the man who remained was a,
rough fellow always ready for a'row, gnd
who would not be likely to do anything
against'his mates in the forecastle. I was
standing amidships, looking Over the lee
rail, when I heard a sound as of. the closing
of a. hatch. .Turning‘ quickly, I saw that
one of the men had shut the forecastle
hatch and slipped thevbar into its place:
andthree men, Bill Epps among lhem, were
coming towards me with ltandsptkes,-I saw
that it was a mutiny, and went up the, mam-
mast like a cat. '
"Go up there, curse
Epps. “We can get you _ _ ‘
Schnapps, you stand by, and If- he 'trtesg-to
come downgivc it- to him. You,Zeke Floyd,
keep the wheel, and if .you meddle-with no
I’ll knock out your brains. Now for the
captain.” . '1 ‘ _ ‘ - . ' . ~
- "You want the captain," cried-a clear
voice. “Here I am.” , , . .
Captain Manly had come up. from his
cabin, in his shirt sleeves, a revolver clutch-
ed'in hisstI-Ong right hand: ll’he three dess‘
erata'men' saw 'that‘ he was prepared, and;
you!” roared Bill:
rushed at but. . . ., . _
“Stop !" cried the captain. “You will not,
then take that!" p "
I saw McCartyp . _
ed, spin sharply on? his heel,_an ,
upon the deck. Schnapps, seerugjhc clown-
fall of his companion, turped rehead'toe
ward them, 'ior- the moment for
Just inside the' rim,of'the top,c .. .
hand lay-a sounding lead, weighing about
that the Dutchman was'abo’u‘t id‘spring'to
the top and let the w’oi' ht -'r‘o,pvtrue as-a
die. upon his‘thick heated .W‘itnoin waiting
to see the result, I caught, aubackstay and
slid to the deck, snatching a heavy-bar from
from a furrow which a bullet had made in
his check, was ‘kneeling. upon» the Captain’s
and he went down,’his skull crused like an
egg shell. So fierce web the blow that I
half fell, andBill‘ Epps springing ,to ,his
feet, drew a heavy knife and raised itnbove
it “must be owing to the codfishfl,
my back. I was powerlc‘ss,and gave myself
' "'33“? budgeryt" (lit-gm"): _
,‘thefground 20 or. 80. paces- beyond. This
Offered to “taken shot,” but not at too short
boomerang Straight ahead. Immediately it»
ere With ~.htm. the end ofa yeai";‘“iu’, artificial beds the
But the days passed on, and the"'Jeffer— ,
when‘wc want you. .
- ting the establishment of a college, .
at McCart l with a perfect bowl of; fury,
ause as the pumpkin 01191"? i I
61 fall dead" .
ktitl'ing'MQw’ .
one to my" ‘
three pounds. I caught it" up,-an_d "seeing
the aid of his friends, I bent-Overvlhe'.rimbff
its brackets, [was justin time forBill Epps,_.
who with blood streaming downhis (face:-
breast and holding his head-back, W-hilei
Yankee held a hand spike above it. "The. :
blow I gave him sounded frOm stem-to stern, '
O
up for lost, when the hand of Captain
Manly came up and the. revolver cracked
again. Bill Epps started, placed his hand
upon his breast, and with a hollow groan
fell dead. . - , '
We were not troubled with any prisoners.
Schnapps lay dead by the mainmast, with
a heavy lead half buried in.his skull. And
as for the rest of the men, a better lot never
were seen after that mutiny. Captain Man-
ly,lives yet, and we often meet, but never-
withnut we have same word to say of the
fate of the mutinecrs of the “Jefferson."
:1...—
The Boomerang.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE EINGULAB
WEAPON USED BY THE NATIVES 0F AUSV
TBALIA. ‘
A traveler tells us something of the singu
lar weapon used by the natives ofAust'ralia,
the boomerang. He saw them used by the
natives. They ranged from 2 feet to 38
inches in length, and were of various shapes,
all curved a little and looking, as he des-
cribes them, something like a wooden new
moon. They were made of dark heavy
weed, and Weighed from 1 to 3 pounds. 'Ih .
thickness they vary from‘half. an inch and‘
taper to a pomt at each end. . 3 _
One of the natives picked up the piece, of
wood, and, poising it an instant, threw ‘ it.
giving it a rotary motion. For the-first 100
feetor more it went straight ahead. Then
it lacked to the left and rose slightly, still
rotating rapidly. It kept th'slatter' course
fer a hundred feet morefpe. ps. but .soon’"
veered to the left again, describing abroader
curve and a moment later fell 'to the eartli
6 or 8 feet in front of the thrower, having
described nearly a circle in the air.
six-Another native then took the same boom-
erang and cast it, holding it with the same
grip. It took the same course, but . made
broader curves, and as it came round the
band. . ., ..
Another native threw it and lodged it on '
the ground about 20 feet behind him, after.
it had described a circle of 200. yards or up.
wards. _ After him they allltried 'it .and but
one of them failed to bring the weapon back
to the spot where they stood. _
Carnboo, a native, then seized from. the.
heap of hoomcrangs another one, and east it
with a sort of jerk. It flew very quickly for
40 or 50 yards, whirling like a top. Then it
darted into the air, mounting fully one hun-
dred feet and came over our heads, where itl
seemed to hang stationary for a moment,
then , settled slowly, still whit-ling, tillhe’
caught it. Two Others of the blacks then.
did the same thing. ‘ '
Meanwhile I had with my knife shaved a
little of the wood from the» convex side of '
one of the buornernngs. This is now offered
to one of them to throw. He took it with-
out noticipg what I had done, poised it; but
stopped: short but with a" contemptuous
glance at my improvement threw it' down
and exclaimed : v
The others then loéked {at it cantiousily,
but it was a bale budgeyyatso to them. No,
one could heindueed to throwfit. .
Myers asked them why they-did not use it,.
but they could not give a definite answer.
It was plain thatthcy-didnotlike the Way
it poised, when held"iu the hand. yet Iconld’
not distinguish any difference whatever he-
tWeeuthisand the other weapons.
,Burleigh then walked to a distance of 200
lost or more from the blacks and bid’ Cara:
boo throw to, him. The native looked at
himamoment rather curiously, then com:
prehending- what was Wanted, be selected
one of the heaviest of the missrles, and, lu‘rn-j’
ing half round, threw it With great force in
a direction almost oppositgflom that where
Burleigh stood. ‘ ‘ _ ' _ '
The weapon sped smartly for 60‘ or 70
feet, then tacked in aninstant and flew .di-
rectly at Burl‘ejgh, and hadhe not most‘ex-
pcditiously ducked, hegwoul’d have received
azhard thump if nothing Worse. It struck
feat broughtoht a broad’g‘rin’ ‘and something
like ' a chuckle from the ,whole of them.
'CarnbOO evenintimated that'he, would like
to try another casttliut‘ Burleigli expressed
himself fully satisfied. ”.35 r . ' _
’Mr.———(a
nether ‘of_our partyl, however,
a range. We were standing‘intfron’t of the
store houses. . . Carnbo‘Oplaeed in front
of the door andLstood with his back .to him,
with a band On his shoulder. ‘
‘ . None of ask-new what sort 0
fa manoeuvre
hp hadfinfihis‘ ‘min,d,inot.eveti”My“ei-s." Stand-
ing inrhis~ position, the black fthrew' Ellie;
carved in - the air. ‘Then it disappeared
around the corner of, the building, and, be-
fore he had time to guess what was meant, it
came around the other end (having passed
completely around» the store house) ' and;
gave him a sounding slap on the back, which "
made his eyes snap.
Thctimportance of the victory achieved
by the Republicans of Ohio yesterday can
hardly be overestimated. To the country
at large it-means an unmistakable verdict in
favor of national honor. and national hones-
ty. _To the Republican party it means an
assurance of success mm“; and last, but,
not least, it lays forever the third term ghost
which has'haunted the minds of timid peo-
ple so long,und which the clectiton of‘Allen'
would have sent stalkinglthrougb the coun-
try once,more,on' the supposition that ._of ,
the forty 'odd milions of Americitn people
there was but one solitary individual who
'could save the natiOn from re udiation and
ruin—St. Louis Globe-Democrj t. ; 4‘ _~
=22: “"
The Oyster In Europnqg: -., 3 .
The common oyster of Europe, abundant
on the coasts of Great Britain and France,
occurs in large banks orfb’e'ds, sometimes
0 » ,ndiug for miles, usuallyou- rocky hot-
1 ”s; from about the middle.,.o‘f August to
the middle of May they are“ dredged from
the bottom by a kind of iron rake drawn by
aboat under full sail, several hundreds
being taken at a. single haul; these are
trausferredlo artificial beds or parks, where
they are preserved , for sale, continually
growing in size andimpvovinog in flavor..
The growth of the oyster-Is 81 W, It being
only-as large as a half-dollar at the end, of. ‘
fourtosix months, and .twice that size at
growth is usually slower, the "full“ size. not;
being attained till the fifth to the seventh
ear. The westeoast of Scotland and the
ehrides have the best oysters of the British
coasts, and here insheltered bays they . ac-
quire the green color so esteemed by the
epicure, and supposed -to be due to con-
fervaa and similar colored growths .in the
breeding-places; other English beds extend
from Gravesend on the Thames alon .the
Kent coast, and in the estuaries of the clue.
and other rivers along .the Essex coast.
The British beds are kept ,up by careful
culture, and by the introduction of broods
from all quarters ; since 1872 several varie-'
ties of American oysters have been intro-
duced, but the planting is still an experi-
ment, and it is said that the .change of sea
deteriorates their quality. Not many years
ago the beds of France were nearly ex‘haust—‘
ed;in 1858M. Coste recommended plans
for their restoration, andsiuce the-parks in
the bays'of St.-Brieu'c and Arca'chou, and
the Isle of'Re, restocked by broods from
Cancale and other sources, have become
enormous; and the successful culture is
yearly extending along the' entire‘ Atlantic ..
and Mediteranean coasts ‘of Frapce. -'-The
Danish coast is well supplied with beds.
The Neapolitan lake Ensure ., is the :great
oyster-park of. Italy—Appleton? American
'Cfi/clopoedw, rem'wd edition, article “Oyster.” ,
't’
re} co‘nfemplaa
They
:1 An Indianamaurecently hanged.
.ror‘ fear that he might become a pro
Zeldal mania-if he lived.- ' ,
'The Mississippi grungers a
mself
' ‘sui—s
r}.
"can raise their own sheepskibsl' “
x-An Illinois man‘died at three o'clock on
.the morning which was .to have witnessed
thls'mar‘rirge. It was a close shave.
"- ’Afemale lecturer says-L “There is an im-
'm‘ense. field before every thoughtful, earnest
womanl”; -,1'1_‘his"mu_st;beliu the country. ,
-A_ 'gir‘l-‘hasbeenemell , lrom asSan Eran:
cisco s‘gho‘dl- *féristta‘lihg' oaks, which she
FY tOr‘the purchase of finery.
eggplant; is attacking the .
zainn‘ schemes which some
do Lorigg'fto get up in that
16 pg avemadc the. eyes of Lan-
00-331“: fumblingout‘by having their wed-
,dihgxcex‘qe‘mgny . performed in - a ' dry goods
l’férgp - - H - i
Civilization is gaining ground» in Spain
i’un'de'r 'Alfonzo.- There are 500 applicants
for-‘the-positionof public executioner at.
Barcelona. .
_ Mr. Swineburn has a novel way of re-
ven‘ging himself. upon that most persistent
class .of bores, the autograph hunters. He
:employs an amanuensis to write his auto-
:graph for. him.
There’s no use praying Pocahontas a
myth now-that a'ppr. ratt of the Indian prin-
cess has been found in England. The F. F.
V.’s who descended from her have had it
hunted up, and and it is to be copied for the
Richmond capitol’s gallery of historic Vir-
‘gtmaus. ,
'1
'ceived'at San
black caught it handsomely in his right _.
. mainly to improved cultivation.
.and00 bushels per acre are not one
1
- , art of war, has itself lost it. ,
color; and the. 1
. Moses Henri-9 siery- "
Tthaw Paw True Northerner. gives "this
illustration of the “irréde’efmtilgl '“:”' ‘
_ This doctrine of inflating the currency by
issuing an unlimited amount of greehbacks,
reminds us of one Moses Havvksyvvho'used
to hve over in Allegan and run‘nnewspaper
during the period of publishing the tax It its,
and shaved shingles ,therestbf the year.-
Hawks was a great man in that burgh, and“
as currency was scarce in_ thecommqnitg.
because no one had anythin to purchase it
with, a bright idea struck inl'.‘ He went
into. his ofilce and printed a large batch of
promises to pay—quarters, halves aud“dol-‘
'ars—and occupied himself several daym
l
fixing his autograph to every one of them.
Hawks Was now a wealthy man} possee'séd”
of unlimited resources. He'houghtttlml‘ll‘l
thing ofi‘ered for sale, and -péid;liisxnew
money, and loaned to his neighbors} "The"
thing worked like a charm until‘tax' time,
when something better wasftEq ', ed;
body ‘h'ad'sold’their‘truck audit n’HaWksfi
currency. The pebplesdeman _ chdcmpn
tion. He redeemed by-issu‘igg‘ ‘ngw batch
of scrip and more‘of it. 3. riot“ to this th'é'
scrip had passed currently am the ‘1)809.
plc, but the new issue had ,so’ u ated _.the”
“currency” that'thc people re‘ sad to re-
ceivo it longer. it having becomh ‘s'o plenti-
ful as to be worthless. Merchants and dealr
ershad sold their goods for the stuff, but
could not buy_more_ with it. Hawks was
bankrupt and .could not cheei'n,
people were in' a bad plight.’ ' . . '
‘ One morning a at anger prese .ed himself
to. Hawks and demanded;
‘ deem - som'e , that: be, (til it
galuck, whercglt ._
look after somebnsinéssum‘gj, ,
Hawks declined the ac, _ ,
stranger'then asked, “This is
Mr. Hawks lf’ . -
,“Good thunder 1"“ replied
ought tabs, for every than;
child within} fifty miles of Shere‘ _
peck to a half bushel of it.” '3 ‘. f}
“But,youredeem,don’,t on, ,.
.“Redcem!” exclaimed awks ‘ .
made to‘ redeem; ’twas made to 1rd
. . :.,
The Productiveroiwer .ofljhg
creased by Cultlvntl'd’
It is difficult to ascertain 'fthe‘ . ‘
crops, or the-average yield, of very: distant i
times past, but the average yieldjm‘ncre of .
wheat in the—eleventhceutury Wits-Lestimat-
ed by the highest authority of thdt-zdnyl thg,
author of “Fleta,” at only six bushelsq-So,
300 years later, in 1300. 5.7 acres on ‘a 'fn’rin
at Hawstcd,.yi%lded only. 366 bushels, find.
on an average f three years; “little“niorr _
than that. The actual productive power of
GreatBI-itain in the article of wheatgaloue
increased during the half century; from’1801
to 1851 tothe extent of supporting an ,addi-"
tional population of 7,000,000, cg increase
which can be ascribed fwith..confidence ,
59 .in.
every country where' agricultuie,,receivbs ,
the attention it' de‘serves‘the‘ >_ f
Eower‘ot the soil has largely! nc'retjised. '
ven the Atlantic States TOf ‘ '
Where-the system of ;;cultiva.t
without maintaining itsfert‘ility
treatmentp‘re’vniled for Inna ,
not an exception, since the.“ chaff!
agriculture is ,ranidl'y’wimprq'ipgs
oldest of them, where: thisisys ,
earliest begun, andthe~ cum 'vgrpge’of .
crops, with theexcepttonjtlftlh‘g ' '
increasing fro Lf’ycar'to your 3“.
proper cultured introduceda‘n’dé Md .
in, the farmer being led totifigoxcmis
practice by the pressure of zanvggpgeasing
propulation and constantly _risr‘ng:prtces.:‘;Iu
ew England, for instance, tbje‘gener'a'l"
ti.
risen to about35 bushels, ,While crops'orsa
. 1.11011.
and 80 and '100 are sometimes obtained ’
, . ',b5'.
Careful'tillage.—4Apan‘a.Americiz‘1t Oyster .
poedia, revised edition, article “Agriculture.” »
GHQ—-. . , .
Dscona'rrvn An [N Enema—In the
direction of decorative-art, South . ;Kensiug-_
ton has certainly taken ,a leading position
in Europe. The evidences of this“. are .ap-
Messrs. Corhiere & Sons, which was estab-
lished in London about twenty3flve years
agoas an importing house for French _' _ ' _
,. Personal Attention given to Engineering,MIll-'
patterns and goods, has now been almOSt
changed into. an exporting house, lending-to
France patterns. and, designation. goods
Ehich it‘obtrilinsalfrom. Sangrfiunsin tong
V'.¢ll,.1.i.§..lf".,i!l', s’qfigrttea to 6.3:- as:
lab as a‘ report ma¥de 2hr; a«*&la‘s§£‘i1.firp£7~'
that it has for some years been: obtaining
from this museum, at the annual cost of a;
few hundred pounds-designs such» as it had
been for many.,years previously? securing:
from Paris and Lyons at‘s. ecstiof'£2,00 '
per annum. - " " . , .
LyOns, indeed. after teachin England its. -
either Paris
nor London will use its newest patterns,
one of which , I understand, represe’ntshunts-
men an‘dho‘uuds in full chase j aftertasstag, »;
luParis, and even more in -- England, ‘tft‘ste '
has for some years been tending to demand
richness in substance, vagueness in pattern,; 1
quietness-in color, for all stufi'sused in rooms.
It is greatly to be regretted that. the, great
manufacturers of textile fabrics have de-
clined to participate in the Centennial Ex-.
hibition, having concluded that their goods
will have too much protection in one sense, ‘
and not enough in others. - .It would have
excited astonishment in America to see
what transformation has been wrought in
carpets and curtains, and it would be at
once reeo nized- that the old fabrics, with
their fixe‘ scrollsmheir glare and. glitter,
have become barbarous. . Messrs: Ward, of
Halifax, recently rolled ’ out; formeon a
floor, side by side, the old patterns and the
from. poppies . to. passion flowers..‘ “Those
blazing ones,"-:said Mr. Ward, “have, gone
out of fashion in this country since the new
schools of design began, and We never sell 3‘
yard of them here; we made, them for .
America, until'tbe glut tariff, and”, now . the
manufacture has" caused . altogether.”,' The
new curtainstutl‘shavc alwaysau unobtru'i
sive, nlmosta’dead, ground of _safi'ron,""or
olive,'or grw'n, and on: it ' flowing co'uvené
tioaa‘l leaves with-some heraldic ,form—as
daisy.pomegranate, etc.——to‘supply,spots of
carpets are of much the
.‘th ' somewhat" larger
s'a-r'n’e character , ‘
forms.4Harper‘r~tA{ggqgfivgfig 00105419..
(fun Emmet: MAIDEN—As a‘ rule, wo-'
men in English society,'_are remarkably nut-4.
,ural—negatively natural,'I mean. 'English"
girls are particularly simple andiunussuu'tl
ing._ They are innocent ”of all'bfibrt'to im‘
press or astonish. ‘As nll'womnakind does,
and should. do, they makejthemselves as
pretty as they cab {but as to personal-sag?
pe‘riorities, their educators do lnot lay stress
enough upon such things to makelhem am-
bitious to excel in that way:~*Att-- young
ladies are tntigb'tTa'certaln‘fitodc'of deport-‘
meat, which is excellent s‘o‘ far'al»itigoes.'
'The chief precept oft-he codo,whether in'- '
culcated' openly or by the silent feeling ,of’
society, is that each 'yonugla‘dy must dO'as
the rest. ~Thnti‘ ‘Fyoung English‘vgirl," ‘who
is the theme of-noy'eliats and magazinezbardl ..
'and artists, easily *merits all -.-the;:adulatlon
she receives. Does not all the world know,
is it not almost an importin’euce to say that
for dignity, modesty, propriety, sense,‘yand a ’
certain son self-possession, she has'hardly
her equal anywhere? But‘th'e British maid -‘
on is taught that ambition-in- character is
not a desirable thing. Thenaturalucss and
propriety: which accompany,‘ this state of
mind are not particularly admirable. , It is
very different fr‘om‘that propriety which is
the resultof elevationiof character,-of con-
clusions intimatelv known and constantlv
practiced—Nader: “Impreqsiq'ztg (3“ English
Social Life.” , fr .
sign-:2
The Oldest Blblo Mnnnnerlptn.
The two most ancient» manuscrips of the
Bible known are the Codex Sinaiticus of the
Imperial Library at St. Petersburtr, and the
Codex Vaticanus of the Vatican Library at
Rome, both of which are believed to have
been written about the middle of the fourth
century 4- 13- T08 Sinaitious; so called be-
cause it was obtainedv(in 1659) from the con-
vent of St. Catharine on Mount Sinai, is
supposed by Tischendorf, its discoverer, to
be one of the’fifty copies of the Scriptures
which the Emperor Constantine directed to
be made for Byzantium, in the year 331,
under the care of Eusebius of Cagsarea. It
consists of 345% leaves of very fine vellum.
made either'froih the skins of antelopes or
of asses, each leaf being 14% inches high
by 13% inches Wide. The early history of
the Vatican manuscript is not known. but it.
appears in the first catalogue of the Vatican
Library in 1475. It is a quarto volume,
containing 140 leaves of fine thin vellum,
each 10% inches high and 10 broad. Both
manuscripts are written in Greek uncials,or
capital letters, are without spaces between-
thc words and have no marks of punctua-
tion—Ambient! met-icon 'chlopaedt‘a, rc-
Oz'sed edition, drfigle “Manuscript."
The prisoners in the Nebraska State Pen-
itentiary publish a newspaper.
In Utioa the‘tramps are set to breaking
stones foraliving, and as a consequence
gauaps are- very scarce in that neighbor-
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HE place belonging to the estate of Zalmon
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'I‘. KINGSFORB St. SON,-
Ior’ The 005215. T
To A Immvn
mmmc‘
All my youthfulldreams have vanished. -
Life seemed drear and desolate; .
Hopes and joys had all been banished
' By the cruel hand of fate.
Not a ray of sunshine ever ‘
Found an entrance to my heart;
Changes came, yet changes never
Caused life’s sorrows to depart.
But a sudden joy is lifting
All theshadows from my way,
In its. sunshine now I’m drifting.
Drifting toward a happier day.
’Tis‘the joy that comes in meeting
With a friend of long ago,
.With the meeting, and the greeting
Of a loving heart,,an_d true.
’ TIIE OLD rumba GATE.
BY EUGENE J. HALL. »
The old farm gate hangs, saggin down,
On rust hinges, bent and browrigf
l’ts latc isgone, and, here and there.
It shows rude traces of repair.
That old farm gate has seen each year,
The blossoms bloom and disappear;
The bright green leaves of spring. unfold,
And turnlo-uutumnls redandgold.
The children have upou'it clung.
And, in and out, with rapture’swung.
When their young- hearts were good and
pure _
When hope was fair and faith was sure.
Beside the gate, have lovers true
Told the old story, always new ;
Havgrmade their vows; have dreamed of
. ISS . ,
'A'hd sealfzd each promise 'with a kiss.
The old farm gate has opened widei
To welcome home the new-mime bride.
When lilac bloomed, and locusts fair ‘
With their sweet fragrance filled the air.
That gate, with rusty weight and chain,
Has closed upouthe solemn train?
That bore her lifeless form away.
Upon a dreary autumn day.
The lichens gray and mosses green
Upon its rotten posts are seen ; .
Initials. carved with youthful skill,
Long years ago, are on it still.
Yet dear to m: above all things.
By reason of thoughts it brings, '
Is that old gate, now sagging down,
On rusty hinges, bent and brown.
OH I FATHER, DEAR FATHER.
DON’T STAY AWAY LATE.
Oh! Flather, dear Father, don’t stay away
ate, . .
Come home when your day’s work is o'er;
For Mother’ll be watching for you at the
pate ' .
DonPt grieve her poor heart any more.
She’s weary with sewing tokeep us‘inbrend,
- And her face is so haggard and white,
For you know. Father dear, that we all
must be fed, .
Then bring home your money tc-night!
Cnonus.-— . ‘
Then bring home your money to-night!
'- Oh ! bring home your money to-nigbt!
For you know, Father dear, that we all
‘ must be fed, ‘
(,Ohl bring1home your money to-night. _
The old Tavern keeper is rich, I am' sure‘;
- His acres spread out far and wide, ‘
While Father, dear Father, you know we
- are poor, . . .
And needy, and hungry beside.
Don’t give him your hardly earned dollars,
p ,
ra ,
For the Ddrinks that will madden and
blight, '
But in manliness
. away, ,
And bring home your money to-night!
CHORUS.—
‘ turn. from the ,tempter
Oh,!.Father,‘dear Father, don’t stay away
. ate; , .
T’will be' Sattfiday night as you know,
The beautiful Sabbath might dawn, if you
- wait ‘ , - '
And find’us in. sorrow and woe.
N 0 bread in the pantry, no comfort in store,
» And nothing to make our home bri ht,
Good-bye now, dear Father, don’t drin any
' more,
But bring home your money to—night !
OPIUM.
The opium most esteemed in this country
and in Europe is Smyrna. or Turky opium;
it comes in tin cases soldered tight and on-
closed in a case of wood; each case c911-
tains about 140 pounds, in lumps varying
from an ounce to several pounds. Egypt
furnishes some opium, but of poor, quality.
Considerable is produced in Persia, some of
which has of late begun to be exported to
Europe. Chinese opium is not known in
commerce. China not only consumes nine
tenths of that exported from India, but all
its product, which has increased to a large
amount within a few years, and has serious-
1 affected the importations from India.
'{he drug is produced in various parts of the
East Indies, but the principal seat of its ’
culture is along the, Ganges, where, in a
tract about 200 miles wide. by 600 miles
lung, in 1872 between 500,000 and 600,000
acres are devoted to the poppy. Although
all our supplies of opium are imported from
Turkey, it has been successfully produced
in France, England, and the» United States;
and some entertain the opinion that the opi-
um poppy can he profitably cultivated in
this country both for the sake of the opium
and for the seed, from which a fine bland
oil can he made after the opium crop has
been collected. In Prussia opium has been
largely produced and extensively used b
morphine makers. In Turkey, prior to 185 ,
2,000 baskets were considered a fair crop.
In 1869-‘70 the crop was 3,150 baskets, and
in 1870-‘71 over 7,000. Subsequent large
crops have been about 8,000 baskets: The
ennsumption keeps pace with this increased
production, and better prices are obtained
than formerly. 1n the year ending March,
1872, the export from India was 93,364
chests, of about 160 pounds each; the net
revenue to the government from the drug
for 187l-’72 was £7,567,213. The amount.
of opium and its extracts imported into the
United States in the year ending June 30,
1873, was 319.134 pounds, valued at $1 978,-
502.——Appleton’s American Cyclopaedia, Twin-
ed edition, article “ Opium.”
Erom the Detroit Free Press.
A Home Que-“Ola.
A Detroit boy surprised his father the
other day by asking: I
“Father, do you like mother ?”
“Why, yes, of' course.”
And she likes you ?"
“Of course she does.”
“Did she ever say so 2”
“Many a time, my son.” .
Dkl she marry you because she loved
you ." .
“Certainly she did.”
The boy looked the old man over, and
‘ after a long pause, asked:
“ Well, was she as near-sighted then as she
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Little Bad Man is the hero warrior 0f the
Black Hills. ‘
An English reporter discovered an auction-
j eer actually blushing.
The Temple of Diana, in Portugal, which
‘ existed before Christ, is no longer used as a
slaughter-house.
Fifteen thousand, eight hundred and sev.
en-five survivors of the war of 1812 are on
the pension list.
It is a quiet canvass in New York But
one man has been shot thus far, and he is
likely to recover.
Darwin now says that all men were once
plants. There are still a great many small
potatoes—N. Y. IIerald. .
London has erected more than three hun-
dred drinking fountains, at which, it isesti-
mated, 8,000,000 people drank ,during the
year. . . ,
The English velocipedistdistill flying
round on his ears. ,Qnemfia‘de‘t‘SpCo metres
—nearly five mile ' ' Its, in fifteen and
a half Ininutes._ _ 3 3 f
V'I‘hegtlm e'i'Oru . _ani breakfasts at six
o clock. l-e may therefore be supposed to
catch the worm over and above all his rov-
al contemporaries. '
Bayard Taylor considers that the highest
development ol'contemporary humorous lit-
erature IS to be found in the sketches and
‘ poems of Bret Harte, in which humor rests
upon its only true foundation—that of pa-
thos and feeling. B. T. also thinks that
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sell it.
Mark Twain is a very cheap jester.
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