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    A SEA ADVENTURE.
CAPTAIN JACK'S EVENTFUL VOY
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Among th relic I hav gathered to
tether during the last quarter of a century
to tba log of the brig II ope well while mak
ing a Toy age in the China sea. She wu
owned and cammanded by my grandfather,
who was familiarly known a Captain
Jack, and th log In which th daily erents
of the roylge were written oat in his
cramped and old fashioned ehirography
was left behind him as an heirloom. The
two particular adrentnres I am to gire yon
are pretty fully recorded, bat so far as I
know hare nerer been published. , I shall
take the liberty of changing th language
her and there, for Captain Jack was no
scholar, but shall stick to the facts as ha
wrote them down in ink which has scarce
ly yet begun to fade.
Th Hopewell was an English brig,
which had been chartered on this occasion
for Toy age up the Gulf of Slam with two
objects in view. On was to secure th
cargo of a ressel partly destroyed by fire
at Bangkok, at th head of th gulf, and
th other was to try to 'learn the fat of
th ship Viking, which belonged to a trad
ing company at Singapore and bad been
mysteriously missing tor many months.
English men-of-war had cleaned out many
piratical haunts along th Malay coast,
and so many piratical crafts had been de
stroyed that merchant vessels no longer
had any fear of being overhauled. The
Hopewell carried a crew of ten men, all of
whom were provided with small arms, but
she had no cannon.
, Th log says that she had a fair run up
th east coast for fir days, thought the
winds were light, but on the sixth day,
being then about six miles off the iBkind
of Aiango, as it was then called on the
charts, it fell a dead calm. This was early
la the morning. Before noon there was
cause for everybody aboard to feel alarmed.
The atmosphere was close and stifling, the
sky had a brassy look, and fish wore con
tinually leaping out of water around the
brig as if terribly frightened. The. water
was full of bubbles and many degrees
warmer than usual, and some of the men
declared they could detect the-odor of sul
phur as they sniffed the air. Captain Jack
was satisfied that the state of affairs
would lead up to calamity, but was per
fectly helpless in the case. Some of the
men were for taking the yawl and making
for the island In sight, but this the captain
would not listen to, though he wished
himself anywhere else than where be was.
At about ft o'clock In the afternoon,
just after what looked like a cloud of dust
had darkened the sky, a great sheet of
flame suddenly leaped out of the sea two
miles to the west of the island. The flame
was followed by a report which was heard
for forty miles around, and then came such
boiling and upheaving of tho sea that
the brig was tossed about like a chip and
was given np for lost She continued to
be pitched and banged alxmt in a terrible
way for half an hour, and the sea did not
grow quiet for more than two hours. All
knew what had happened. A submarine
earthquake had taken place and a new
island had been created. Four great waves
followed each other down the gulf clear to
Singapore, while the Katuna Islands, off
the west coast of Borneo, were almost
wept clear of Inhabitants. No breeze fol
lowed the earthquake, but the night con
tinued calm and the crew of th brig were
almost choked with the fumes of sulphur.
When morning cam Captain Jack
looked for the island of Aiango in vala
It had sunk out of sight with all its thou
sands of trees, and in place of It was a
rocky reef or key, black and barren, about
three miles long by mile broad. At no
point was it more than five feet above the
surface of the sea. The island of Aiango
was seven miles long by four wide, and
was supposed to have about 500 inhab
itants. It had disappeared, and not even a
dead body was found floating, though some
of the forest trees were carried 300 miles
down the gulf. But this was not the only
strange sight which greeted the eyes of
the crew when daylight came. On an even
keel in the middle of the newly created
reef was a ship with all her masts stand
ing, and when the brig had been worked (n
on a light breeze and a boat lowered it was
discovered that sha was th missing Vik
ing. Captain Jack boarded her, and brought
off many things to exhibit as proofs of his
report. She had been captured in thosb
waters, and by pirates from the island.
They had taken out her cargo, stripped
her of sails and running rigging and then
scuttled her. She had gone down in water
perhaps half a mile deep, and her desks
and sides and masts were incrusted with
shells and fungus. 6he lay about halt a
mile from the water's edge, and of course
there was no hope of floating her. Captain
Jack left her resting in her rocky cradle.
and during the next two years she was
often sighted by European ships. For
some reason she was set on fire, presum
ably by natives, and thus ended her strange
career.
It was on this same voyage, and four days
later, when the brig had worked up
against head winds to the group of islands
called the Sang-Wau group, that the sec
ond strange adventure occurred. One
afternoon as the brig was steering to the
east of the islands, with the nearest one
about three miles away, the wind fell and
she was left rolling on a glassy sea. There
was no tear ot an earthquake on this oc
casion, but Captain Jack was worried
about something else. These islands had
been a piratical stronghold, and he did not
feel sure that all the rascals had been
driven out. He went aloft himself to in'
spect the island with his glass and he pres
ently discovered something to bring him
down in a hurry. He reported that he
could make out several huts on the shore
and that a native craft was evidently
making ready to pull out and pay the brig
a visit. He must have had a chicken
hearted crew with him, for the log reports
that he bad to threaten some of them with
shooting to prevent them from taking the
yawl and leaving the vessel to her fate.
The arms were brought np and distributed,
each man served with a dram to raise his
spirits, and when the prahu was finally
seen coming out it was agreed to defend
the brig to the last.
The sun was still two hours high when
the native craft was within a quarter of a
mile of the brig, which was being slowly
set in shore br current, but which was in
too deep water to anchor. Captain Jack
had made good ose of his time. There be
ing only one prahu, and the brig being
high out of water, the rascals would doubt-
lees seek to board at the bows. All the
grease and slush which conld be found
aboard was used there to.tuake the board
ing more difficult, while the cook got hot
water ready ana trains or powaer were mm
on deck. It was meant to fire these in case
the pirate got foothold and drove the
crew aft. .
Just out of musket shot the pirate craft
rested on her oars, and Captain Jack
counted thirty of the rascals, each one
Well armed and ready for desperate work.
n hUl them and asked what was
wanted: but no reolr was made. He then
wifiud them tn Jcen off or take Che con
sequences; but his loud talk did- not bluff
them. They were simply looking the brig
over to note her strength and what prepa
rations she had made for resistance. After
delay of ten minutes the case ot tne
prahu fell into the water, her entire crew
uttered a cheer, and she had just got under
war waea a mystenone thing happened.
No one aboard the brig had an eye noon
ber jast then, as they were making their
Coal preparations, and so wtuts actually
occurred was never known. What Cap
tain Jack saw as he looked np was the
praha sinking below the surface, which
was very much agitated. She went down
very slowly, and seemed to fall apart as
she went, for the surface was soon covered
with wreckage.
Yon will perhaps not agree with ma
when I say that Captain Jack now did a
good thing for mankind. All the pirates
were afloat, supporting themselves on the
wreckage, and they were making ready to
swim for the brig and attack ber, when
the crew were ordered to open fire. If the
Malay of today Is an object of suspicion
and detestation to every European sailor,
the bloodthirsty pirates of those days
could expect no mercy. The log of the
Hopewell says that the firing continued
until thalast pirate had been pidkedoff,
and that sharks gathered In such numbers
as to fill everybody with astonishment
There was much speculation as to what
caused the loss of th prahu. As the sea
was clear of rocks and reefs it was the
opinion of Captain Jack that some great
fish, perhaps a whale, struck the cralt as
she waa breaching. Nothing else could
have wrecked her so quickly or shattered
ber so completely.
The brig continued to drift In toward
the island with the current and at length
the anchor was let go la five fathoms of
water half a mile from the beach. With
his glass the captain could now make out
five or six small huts and a large store
house on shore, and only a single native
appeared In sight He made signals with
flag, but as night was coming on further
Investigation was postponed till the mor-
r. Not knowing but that another force
of pirate would come oat under cover of
darkness. Captain Jack kept the crew
nnder arms all night and was prepared to
give them a- hot reception. The night
passed quietly however, and next morning
the lone man renewed bis signals so vigor
ously that a boat waa sent off to investi
gate. She had no sooner come within
bailing distance than the man cried out
in good Englinh that he was a captive and
the only living man on the island. The
boat then landed, and he proved to be one
William Tripp, an English sailor, who bad
been captured three years before on a small
trading schooner. While the rest of the
crew bad been murdered after capture, h
had been spared for some reason unknown,
and had been ou the Island ever since. He
was treated like a slave, and on one occa
sion, when he had planned to escape, they
had sliced off on of his ears as a caution
not to attempt it again. Every man of the
piratical gang had embarked to attack the
brig, and Tripp waa overjoyed at their
fate.
It would have been a feather In Captain
Jack's cap had nothing further been ac
complished, but the best of all was yet to
come. That storehouse was full of plun
der, and they worked the brig into a cove,
where' she was fairly safe, and set about
discharging her ballast and loading her
with a cargo. During Tripp's stay with
the pirates they bad captured two trading
schooners and a German ship. Most ef
their cargoes were In the storehouse along
with a miscellaneous assortment of stuff
picked up at other times. There was flour,
sugar, coffee, tea, clothing hardware, dry
goods, shoes, cutlery, wines and almost
everything else ever carried In a cargo.
Some of the stuff was badly damaged by
rot and mildew, but they had plenty to
pick from, and in a couple of weeks had
loaded the Hopewell with the richest cargo
she ever carried. It seemed odd enough to
find in that out of the way place two grand
pianos, which bad not been unboxed, several
telegraph Instruments, a photographer's
camera, gold frame mirrors six feet long,
grindstones from the United States and,
most queerly of all, a box holding fifty
kitchen clocks, every one of which began
striking as they moved the box. As they
tore out one side of the storehouse the bet
ter to get at the goods, what waa left after
the brig could take no more waa converted
Into a bonfire and all traces of the pirates
thus wiped out "
The brig then sailed tor Singapore and
reached that port in safety. A claim was
there set up by the German consul and
others, but the courts decided against
them. What the value of the Hopewell's
cargo was the log does not state but it
must have amounted to a large sum, foi
after receiving his share of the sale Cap
tain Jack decided to giv up the sea and
its perils and become a ship chandler.
When the particulars ot his adventure
with the pirates reached England some o(
the humane societies made a great ado
over his heartleashess in picking off the
Malays as they floated about, but every
sailor would have voted htm a gold to
bacco box for doing that very thing as
thoroughly as he did.
Docking Horses.
"The arguments against the cruel prac
tice of docking horses' tails," says a corre
spondent, "might meet with more consid
eration in this Christian land if the gentle
dames who countenance the practice were
Instructed as to the origin of the custom.
During the time warren Hastings was
governor ot India, over a century ago, the
English were first shocked by encounter
ing this cruel fashion, originated by the
savage Tartars in the Thibetan mountains
So repulsive did it seem to our good An
glo-baxons that they not. only refused to
buy horses thus deformed, but actually
paid the mountaineers a bounty to Induce
them to forego the practice.
"And now, O world of inconsistency, it
is England which has persuaded the gentle
American to take up, as the height of fash
ion, this rude and' barbarous mode, long
since discarded by those mountain savages.
Shall we be obliged to import a missionary
from the savages to buy us oaf" Iew
York Tribune.
The March of the Black Death.
The destructive march of the pestilence,
the black death, cannot now be accurately
traced, but it swept along from east to
west, slowly enough, but with inexorable
wing. Rumors of trouble and disaster
heralded its approach. A thick, stinking
mist was reported to herald or accompany
the march of the fell destroyer. Nor were
there wanting signs and wonders In the
sky, and a grand conjunction ot the three
superior planets Saturn, Jupiter and
Mars in the sign of Aquarius, 24th March,
1,345, might have been read by those ac
quainted with the secrets ot the stars as
portentous of unheard of disasters.
That the infection was conveyed in the
air and spread itself with the varied tides
and currents of the aerml ocean seems evi
dent, for it fell upon ships at sea and rav
aged 1 1 ninst secluded places; but it was
also
ely contagious, and followed
i rarie routes and seized upon
the lit
every
Round.
.if of traffic. All the Year
The First Man to Carry Cmbrella.
Jonas Hanway was said to be the first
man who carried an umbrella in the streets
of London. Umbrellas were long! before
that earned by women, but they were con
sidered a feminine luxury, and a man
would no more be seen with one than now
adays be would walk the streets with
parasol In summer or carry a muff in win
ter.
But Jonas Hanway, thinking. Ilk a sen
sible man, that all the good things should
not be appropriated by women, boldly
walked the streets one day with an um
brella (probably it belonged to his wife)
over his bead. He not only kept himself
dry among his moist fellow creatures, but
be rendered bis name immortal and left
shining example to us who have not al
ways the "courage ot convictions."
But it was long before whole country
got used to umbreL. rper's YouBg
People,
THE WOMAN ON THE BACK SEAT.
Tragcaac
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Her Way.
I boarded ba train at 4 o'clock in th
afternoon, and had scarcely got seated
when I noticed a littl woman oa th last
seat of th right hand side. I could not
st ber face on account of the heavy veil
she wore, and sh leaned over against tb
window eo heavily that I thought ber
asleep. There were only a few passengers
of ns in the car, and everybody seemed to
shrink Into hiiaaelf as if weary and dis
gusted. "Who's the woman back there?" I asked
of the conductor as he sat down beside me
for a few minutes.
"Don't knew; going to St Louis," he re
plied. "Sick?"
"Maybe, and maybe it' something on
ber mind. I've got an idea that she'
watching for somebody."
It was a winter day, and raining at that
It ma dusk, but the lamps had not been
lighted, when six or eight people got on at a
station. Among them was a couple whom
I believed to be newiy wedded, although
they were middle aged. The man was fine
lookmg and the woman really handsome,
and they took a seat about the middle of
the car, with their backs to the veiled
woman. When happened to look back I
found ber sitting bolt upright and acting
as if very much excited. Fifteen minutes
after the train bad pulled oat of .the sta
tion the little woman pamed me axchs west
down th aisle. The lamps were alijfut
bow, and I saw pistol clutched In bar
right hand. The couple referred to weav
acting very lovingly toward each other,
but I had not connected the little woman
with them at alL She passed them by two
or three feet and then wheeled, raised her
tl . . I ... ... 1 . 1 .
veil, ana skkh wivu tiie pimui pwiroeu iuu
in the man's face.
No one can be prepared for action under
such circumstances. Every one in the car
was looking at the woman, and everybody
realized that a tragedy wee at band, but
nobody moved. For tally thirty seconds
the woman stood like a statue, the pistol
within two feet of the man's face. Those
In front ot him said that be flushed up at
first sight of ber, and then grew psle as
death. He tried to Bpeak, but his Hps
uttered no sound. The woman beside him
looked, raised her hands and sank back In
a dead faint.
George, I have com to say goodbyt"
said the little woman atf last, and ber
words were followed by the dull click of
the hammer falling on a cartridge. There
waa no explosion. Her arm slowly fell
until it rested beside her, and with a sob
bing wail she sank down in the aisle and
was helpless.
All ot us moved at onee. She was lifted
to a seat and a woman took charge of her. 1
We turned to the man for explanations,
but be had fallen back and hts eyes were
closed. Two minutes later we knew that
he was dead as surely dead as if a bullet
had pierced his brain. A doctor who came
in from the car ahead aaid it was a case ot
heart failure. He was the husband of the
little woman who had been riding so long
on the bock seat They hod quarreled,
and he had beeome infatuated with the
woman beside him. The wife had planned
to encounter them and kill him. He bad
looked Into the face of death for thirty
seconds, and the strain on his nerves bail
stopped the flow of life as suddenly as if
be had been struck by a thunderbolt
A corpse an adventuress a widow! It
ended there for us, but not for them. Was
It any wonder that as the train rushed on
through the darkness each one of us seemed
to bear a voice saying:
As ye sow, so shall ye reap! The deeds
of the wicked shall recoil upon their own
heads!" M. Quad.
Diving for Pearls.
Around the northern and western coasts
of Australia the mother-of-pearl has been
found In great quantities, and it was on
these coasts, which are still unexplored
and inhabited only by natives, that the
writer gained what knowledge he posses
ses of pearl diving as it is followed today.
Formerly it was carried on in two ways.
by native divers and by dress divers. A
few years ago the aborigines were easily
induced to sign a contract binding them to
their employer for the diving season, and
in remuneration for their labor received
the usual pay food, tobacco, clothing
from the neck to the knees and a blanket.
They lived aboard a schooner on the Ash
ing grounds during the five summer
months, diving from small boats without
the aid of sinker or other appendage, and
in water from twenty to sixty feet deep.
Each boat was in charge ot a white man.
who sculled the boat along and kept hts
boys" up to the mark. Excepting an
hour for dinner, they remained away from
the schooner from sunrise to sunset. A
good native diver, if shells werei moderate
ly plentiful, would get from 60 to 100 pairs
per day. H. P. Whitmarsh In Century.
Everything Was All Bight.
The major hod invited me to go out with
him to his plantation, and we were skirting
a field where a number of old stumps had
been set on lire, when he suddenly stopped.
sniffed the air and inquired:
"Can't yo' smell something roasting
around yerer"
"Yes, there is a queer smell"
"Smells like a piece of old oowhida
thrown Into the firef "
"Yes."
"Smells like that old piece ot cowhide
bad got all frizzled upr"
"Yes. is anything wrong?"
"Not just yet, but something will be
sorter wrong if I don't find that onery
nigger who's seeing after these fires. I
reckon he's over by the dead tree."
"DEM AB FEKT MUST A-C.CT ATI AH AIM.T
D1S MAWS1S."
We walked over to the place designated,
and there on the ground, lying on the
broad of his back, with his hands locked
nnder his neck, was a negro fast asleep.
Instead of boots he had rags on his feet,
and the rags on both feet were on fire and
evidently had been for a long time.
"Boy! Boyl Oh, boy!" called the major
as he touched him with his boot
"Wha what's de rumpus, Mars Thomp
son?" stammered the negro as he sat up
and looked around.
"Yo'r feet are on fire!"
"Shool Yo' doan tell me!"
"Come stir around or yo'll be laid up."
"Yes, sah yes, sah I'ze gwine ter bs
movin right away, but deir's no cause fui
to get excited, Mars Thompson. Dem at
feet must a-got afiah airly dis tnawnin,
but de fiah hain't dun worked down trevf
de first layer o' chilblains yitl Plenty
o' time, Mars Thompson plenty o' time U
I doan do nuflln befo' evenin!"
M. Quad.
Exercise Galore.
"Does your wife take much exercise?"
asked Fenderson of Fogg.
"Exercise!" exclaimed Fogg. I should
say so. She changes her dress six times
every day." Exchange.
ABOUT THE YOl'SG FOLKS.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
RISING GENERATION.
A Surprise In the Garden What all
Boy Should Know How to
Get tho Most Good
Out of Books.
A Surorlss In tho Cardan.
One day last spring little boy Don
ald came over to "the grandpa house"
from his home across thestreet. Thus
being his daily custom, it was strange
that a surprise of several days' pre
paring should have escaped his bright
yes until the right time came.
A packet of peppergrasa seed, the
warm sunshine, soft spring rains, and
auntie were all in the secret, but never
a word said they until this day I am
telling about, when Donald came over
jast as auntie was showering the
seedlings in her garden. Donald likes
this work very much, and running
for his own little watering-pot, was
soon ready to help.
"Shower that corner well, please,
Donald," said-auntie, and the earth
soon darkened as it drank in the wa
ter, making a background which show
ed plainly the tender green of young
plants lined upon it.
Suddenly Donald paused m his
work; then bent closely over the cor
ner of the border; and a laugh of de
light rang out as he spelled the capital
letters D O SAL D real live letters
growing in auntie's garden.
As wonderful as fairies all dressed
in living green seemed those tiny plants
to Dotyild, who liked to pretend that
some little magicians under the ground
had planned this great surprise.
All the friends were orougut to see
this "other Donald," and the little
watering-pot did daily work to keep
him fresh and green.
As the days went on, nowever, tne
garden Donald began to grow in a
struggling way which blurred the out
lines of the letters. But out of this
state of things there grew another
pleasure. One morning early the
fresh young leaves were carefully
picked, heaped in a pretty basket,
and carried home to mamma for
breakfast.
Mamma had a funny idea about
eating Donald, but she tried it, and
then exclaimed, in mock-surprise,
"Why, I had supposed my Donald
was sweet and mild, but he tastes
pery and tries to bite my tongue!
inilv enioved thenmwenrrass more
than did Donald himselt, as he sat up
in his high chair at table eating it
with his bread and butter, and shak
ing with laughter at mamma's little
jokes.
This year he may nave tne pleasure
of getting up a surprise in the garden
for mamma, and t,his is the way
auntie will tell him how to do
it:
Dig up your bit of earth and make
it smooth and even. Trace with your
finger the letters of the name in the
fresh earth, and drop the pepper
erass seed carefully along the tracing,
eover the seeds lightly with fine
earth, and press it all down firmly
afterward. A board is good for this
purpose, but if it is not to be had,
your hand will do quite well. Unless
you can tell by the clouds that rain is
coming soon, it would be wise to help
the seeds begin their work by giving
them a shower trom the watering-pot,
and at no time let a serious drought
corns to your garden, for all the little
seeds need moisture to work out the
wonder of their growing."
Those among the older "young peo
ple" who are so fortunate as to poss
ess a dear little sister or brother, and
a garden, will find it worth while
working out this surprise. Harper s
Young People.
Some Curious Things.
An absent-minded Frenchman went
to the police in Paris a few days ago,
and told them that he had been miss
ing from home for three days, and re
quested that in case they saw any
thing of him to let him know at once.
Another absent-minded man went to
his room to dress for a dinner party,
but after removing his day clothes,
instead of putting on his evening
clothes he donned his night apparel,
and getting into bed slept soundly un
til the next morning, when extreme
hunger reminded him of the lost din
ner. Small boys who think ten cents a
glass an enormous sum to pay for
soda-water ought to be very glad that
they have a taste for anyiSiing so
cheap, and not for Ceylon tea, some
of which was sold in London not long
ago tor 3o or $lio a pouna. it
was composed of what are called
"golden tips," which are the extreme
ends oi the shoots of the tea plant,
and certainly the term golden, in view
of the prices brought when the tips
were put on sale, was most appropri
ate. A writer who has observed the ele
phant in its native clime; states that
in times of danger the parents of the
baby elephant place tne young ones
together in the centre of the herd, and
the mothers gat her immediately about
them so as to hide them entirely from
view. Bometinus, thewiuter adds, an
old mother is seen hurrying along, her
baby tollowing with its little trunk
twisted around the end ot its mother's
tail to enable it to keep up.
A scientist who agrees with those
who say that man is only a monkey
of larger growth went to a circus the
other day with a friend, and claimed
to be stronger than ever in his opin
ions as to man's ancestry, after seeing
the intensely human way in which the
monkeys reached out for, grabbed,
and ate the peanuts offered them. He
had very little to say, however, when
few minutes laterwbilestanding before
the elephants, one of the huge crea
tures put the end of his trunk in his
pocket and stole a whole bagful of pea
nuts. Apropos of elephants, African
travelers are frequently exposed to
great danger, not so much because of
their being likely to encounter these
great beasts under adverse circum
stances, but because of the traps laid
by the natives for catching them. The
ill-fated naturalist Jameson, in his
story of the rear column, gives a vivid
description of the trials and tribula
tions orsugnt upon nun in mis
manner It is positively dangerous
work, he says, walking fast in the
forest, for the natives have had
poisoned spears tied to immense logs
of timber tuapendad between trees'
over the elephant path, and. serosa
which they place a light rope attached
to a trigger, so that the moment the
rope is toadied by an elephant, down
comes the spear on bis back. This is
certainly an ingenious method of
hunting th elephant, quite worthy of
an ingenious Yankee in fact, but
Americans have cause to rejoice that
it is too barbaric for this country.
Walking and hunting in the woods
here would lose half their charms if
poisoned arrows were suspended over
our heads, put there for the purpose
of killing deer or other game.
What All Boys Should Know.
Don't be satisfied with your boy's
education, says ths "School Supple
ment," or allow him to handle a
Latin or Greek book until you are
sure that he can:
Writ a good legible hand.
Spell all th words he knows how to
use.
Speak and write good English.
Write a good social letter.
Write a good business letter.
Add a column of figures rapidly.
Make out an ordinary account.
Deduct 16 percent from the face ot
it.
Receipt it when paid. "
Write an ordinary receipt.
Writs an advertisement forthelocal
paper.
Write a notice or report of a public
meeting.
Write an ordinary promissory note.
Reckon the interest or discount on
it for days, months or years.
Draw an ordinary bank cheque.
Take it to the proper place in a
bank to get the cash.
Blake neat and correct entries in
day-book and ledger.
Tell the number of yards of carpet
required for your parlor.
Measure the pile of lumber in your
shed
Tell the number of bushels of wheat
in your largest bin, and the value at
current iates.
Tell something about the great au
thors and statesmen of the present
dav.
Tell what railways he would take in
making a trip from Boston to Sat
Francisco.
If he can do all this and more, it is
likely he has sufficient education to
enable him to make his own way in
the world. If you have more time and
money to spend on him. all well and
good give him higher English, give
him literature, give him mathematics,
give him science, and if he is very, very
anxious about it, give him Latin or
Greek, or whatever the course he in
tends pursuing in life demands.
How to Get tho Most Good Out of
Books.
You should treat a book as you
would a person with whom you are
talking for information; that is, ques
tion it, read it over and turn back
and try to get at the meaning; if the
book itself does not answer the ques
tions you raise, go to some other
book, ask a dictionary or encyclope
dia for an explanation. And if the
book treated in this way does not
teach you anything or does not in
spire you, it is of no more service to
you than the conversation of a dull,
ignorant person. I just used the
word '"inspire;" You do not read
all books for facts, or for information
merely, but to be inspired, to have
your thoughts lifted up to noble ideas,
to have your sympathies touched, to
have you ambition awakened to do
some worthy or great thing, to become
a man or a woman of character and'
consideration in the world. You read
the story of a fine action or a heroic
character the death of Socrates, or
the voyage of Columbus, or such a
poem as "The Lady of the Lake"
not for information only, but to create
in you a hieher ideal of life, and to
give you sympathy with your fellows
and with noble purposes. You cannot
begin too young to nave these ideals
and these purposes, and therefore the
best literature in all the world is the
best for you to begin with. And you
will hnd it the most interesting. St.
Nicholas.
What Industry Will do.
The life of Charles 0 'Conor, the
eminent lawyer, shows what diligence
and perseverance will accomplish.
When about eight years old he was an
office boy and a newspaper carrier.
When seventeen years of age he
entered a lawyer's office as an errand
boy. He borrowed law books, took
them home.and read them by the light
of a tallow candle far into the nieht.
beveral lawyers, noticing the boy's
industry, aided him in his studies.
V hen he was twenty-four years old
he was admitted to the bar, and even
then it was said that youngO'Conor's;
legal opinion was worth more than
that of many other lawyers. He
worked hard at the smallest case,
never slighting any trust, and in time
secured the reputation of a man who
would do his best for those employing
mm. uonanoe s Magazine.
The Biggest Kite Ever Made.
The biggest kite in the world was
made in Durham, Greene county, New
York, about a year ago. It may be
taken as the biggest kite ever made.
The frame consisted of two main
sticks 28 feet long, weighing each 100
pounds, and two cross sticks 21 feet
long and weighing 75 pounds each; all
of these sticks were 5x8 inches in di
mensions.
Over this frame work was stretched
a great sheet of white duck 25x28 feet,
and weighing 55 pounds. The tail of
the kite alone weighed 50 pounds and
contained 55 yards of muslin. Twenty-five
hundred feet of half-inch rope
served as "kite strings."
This plaything cost $75, and when
it mounted into the air it exerted a
lifting power of 50 pounds. Six men
once permitted it to ascend 1,000
feet.
Wanted to Do Penance,
Sorrowful looking -man And it
doesn't hurt at all to have your
tooth pulled?
Dentist Not a bit. Climb right
into this chair.
"No; I guess I'll buy new pair of
shoes. I played the races yesterday
and feel that I ought to be punished."
Boston Post.
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Our list of choice literature is made up of the best and most reliable reform
books, by the most noted writers. If you want to keep posted on the great ques
tions before the American people you should consult the authorities. We name
below a number of the best books published.
PaPEK. CLOTH.
The Railway Problem, by Stickuey. The greatest sensation of the
year is this great book on the railway problem by a railway
president. Cloth edition has 14 illustrative diagrams .50 13 00
Jason Edwards, by Hamlin Giriand, a new book that should be
read by every Alliance member In Nebrasita. Dedicated to
the Farmers' Alliance it gives a graphic description of life in
a pioneer settlement, and the glimpses of city life are not in the
lea3t overdrawn, 50
Main Traveled Roads, by Hamlin Garland. Don't fail to read it... .50
In Office, Bogy. The latest sensation , 25
Dr. Hnguet, Donnelly 50 1 35
Caesars Column " gn j 25
Whither are We Drifting, Willey ;. . ' j 35
The Farmers' Side. Senator Peffer of Kansas has in a very careful
and plain manner stated tho injustice of the present methods in
this new book, and outlined plans for relief ; 1 00
Looking Backward, Bellamy... 50 qq
Emmet Bonlore, Reed. A new book of engrossing interest by a
popular author. 50 j 25
Driven from Sea to Sea, Post. A book that should be read by all. . . .50 1 00
An Indiana Man, Armstrong. A well told story of a young man who
' entered politics" and what came of it 50 l 00
A Kentucky Colonel, Reed. The deepest thinker and the most pro
gressive of all the writers of humor in this country is Opie P.
Reed, and this is his best work 50 1 00
The Coming Climax in the Destinies of
bard. 480 pages of new facts and generalizations in Aaerican
politics. Radical yet constructive. An abundsnt supply of new
amunition for the great reform movement 50
A Financial Catechism, Brlce
A Tramp in Society, Cowdrey
Richard's Crown, Weaver
The Great Red Dragon, Woolfolk
Pizarro and John Sherman, Mrs. Todd
Money Monopoly, Baker
Our Republican Monarchy
Labor and Capital 20
Ten men of Money Island, Norton. Col. Norton has told his story
in a way that cannot fail to interest you, send for a copy 10
Geld, Shilling. This book should be in the hands of every German
in the state 15
Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Rules 25 80
Smith's Diagram and Parliamentary Rules 50
Roberts' Rules of Order , 75
Seven Financial Conspiracies 10
Labor and Alliance Songster, words only 10c each. Per dozen.... 1.10
" " " " Music ed.
" " " " " "
Songs of Industry, Howe. In this book
numer of entirely new songs, words and music complete, and
Alliances will find it a splendid collection .20
Any book on the list sent post paid on receipt of price. Liberal discounts to
Alliances wishirig to purchase a library.
We are offering The Farmeks' Alliance one year, and any 50c book on the
list for only $1.33. Address
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itta Hi1 Tie up?
MANUFTURERS OF
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FROM HOME
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mej nave ever oeiore Known.
ii i
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wool, Hides, Beans, Broom Corn. Green and Drieri Fruit. VnoAtahiM. or
anything you have to us. The fact that you
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make a specialty of receiving shipments direct from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS,
and probably have the largest trade in this way of any house in this market. Whilst you
are looking around for the cheapest market in which to buy your goods, and thus economiz
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MUSICAL
musical line.
DOES
America, by Lester C. Hub
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25
25
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board 25c " " " 2.50
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GROWN FIBER.
better article fnr less mnnpv than
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lodge note payable Oct. 1,'92.
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Agent, Lincoln, Neb.
may have been selling these articles at home
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replete with everything In in
Prices to ult the timet.
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