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parents wcro rli'li or jmor;
it matter3
I r my P!i
neiiicr uiey Minuik nt thoo ml wurjtf fflcorp,
Oruiilketf in tho prlilo of wonlthleciiTo.
liut win tlicr I live nn honest mini.
Ami hold my InUwlftNh-tn In my ftlutoh,
iu.'u jjAj, my umuiprnumsiiiAJlul "4
M i a ULMBiiItdi-a much 19 9 A Jl I. J .
It mittlrfflflttoJimwoB I stay
lliI2TjdIfiu ..
In fcworlil ol wrrow, sin unil enro;
Whether In youtlil iiiiLcnlliMjjiwuy..,! ..-.
Or II vo till rtibbufa Ah.rWo hW'Mro.'
Hut whether I do UitliftfliitlVnil '
To onfttn the weight of adversity's touch
on .,e tuxrtffrf&Xismai
t
it mnttcrsllttlo wlioraU(VJHi'nKJ"KW.i ..n
un mini or on me smi;
Ity purling brook or 'neiith KtoraskV wave,
uumiicrp.nuu-nj ,. .
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A
Story
v r
of
the Land and
Sc'a
V1
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HV WALTKIl 11F.BANT AND JAHKS 1UCH, IN ALL
ir. ii.ii iiu.lu. jr- irsr
At t$ftifellu)io wijjfld so farl
give iiuVb Ui.ojim-d'fleeniitigiof thintfs
as to goWa sMbt iWrtbsiQ takpjjAiinaiid
of Jifrh'fp for n ciairrspiiuPrspentlirlff5
tliattiini- on shore in some secluded
on in
ship from thy London Dpoks to Cadip as
UMial,' and bhbk 'agaili, to ivo Kother
hithe a wide berth, and then, after a
certain decent; inrorvid. to present liim
.self at Seven IDnises,with.a iiar.rutive,
Seven wuuk ,jn Hong-Kong, sovpn
weeks back, eight weeks for the search'
say s'is months in all.
Having roughly di'iiVn out histylaniof
action, apd considered in Airoad outlines
the leading features of the narrative,
Captain liorlindcr purchased a low
sheets of .paper, bn which to sot down
the account of his voyngewhich ho jii
tended shouhl be a masterly perform
ance, lie then, without waitinir lor Hie
This haste to redeem his promise could
iipt fail. In" thought, of producing a fa
vorable impression. ' .4
He carried a red pocket-handkorcliiof,
as ifhat contained all tho luggage ro-'f
quired lor a hard' manner oven with
such a journey before him. He had
tied a string, with a jack-knifo at tho
end of it, round his waist, like a com
mon suloiT alluihad a ijtfofounillvtfihihtf i
hat, andiiis faco. sjls s't to ai Jcxprea
sion oi as'deep synipatlty as llo coulU
command.
"1 know," ho said in his lowest
tones, "that to look for Cap' en Armi
cor in the Eastern Seas will very likely
be a mighty tough job; but I've rifiSsotU
mv word to tackle that job, and when
Nick Boriiudcr's word is assed to do a
thinsr, that thiiiir lias irot to be done, or
the reason why is asked pretty iiuick
Same as if I was in command oi my
own hip. For sez I to myself, befort)
over the Norweeireo up and snokc. a.
the Yankee pretended to have meJntJit, (
oui i am siow 10 speaK, inougn amaz
ing quick to think I sez, ' vVlfat wo
three men have got to do in this busi
ness is to look after Lai's happiness.'
That I sez after you read that most af
fecting letter, before the talk begun,
and sperikliinT whisper, nMui1
might say, down his baccypipo. 'Noth
in' else consarns us now. It is that
which we have to look .iftor.ki Thelway
to look after it is to make quite sure
that Cap'en Armiger is gone, and tho
way he went, ami "wJieroi hiPltfonljiins
remain; or else if hblitwVowmiVhtf
still lives and kicks, wherever that may
be, then to bring him home' "
"Thank you, Captain ''Borlindei'.'H
said Lai. thinking that the Patriarch s
dislike to this good and disinterested
man was founded on prejudice; and, in-!
deed the meaning was unite plain;
the charts. There's thousands of islands
say ten thousand, little and big. Say
every one of thoso islanrislih's ;t6"Ifc
searclied. if we givo aniolith-o each
island all round, counting-littlonmbbig,
that will make close upon nino hundred
11 us only a lortiiiir it.
find him
-saf4K-
" But this will cost
tain Boiliuiler, I am
mi.viu. 1
"Never mind about tlio cost," ho re
plied grandly. "If it wiis tqu times as
much I'd never grfidgfl !R" WeVlIl'say
good-byo now. Perhaps I shidl come
liome, with nows, in a year, or even
less. Perhaps it may be forty years be
fore 1 come homo again. Perhaps I
shall hilfjfftno!;, n few months,
iiuoiii 1111 v
his head.
yoursc
If"
' nn; Srtiilni
'Nick Ilorlindor, as ho never
puts his hand to .nothing but Jio eurric
nuit niuij, iniuiill, wu-j iiji mis JlJli
iianu. remaps 1 may como with J:
that you dou t want. But there wo
will not talk of that. U I never come
IBITI J J
imiiniaiuitftur natwiifcHPliiWM (Wrv .vsou, uvw
"".WwhOli U4W)eiiytiJiiS.'yf &1 IMiASSirSm
AmrifwrKrrnynim"wnn ni-rioviflKtotion , ,, , , ,.
Ah ono Unit pliiill wi in' tint vli'tnr'M cmwn. I i 1110 till 1!.
111 U V-l, J XJ Jl
M
conshlerable aiupyLfoxfiiRVs wlVl4T'feTl'ri,,n ln,".
the ue-.wsity of much explanation to his fe? 1)o , tlic XTAVa"t. h,m 4bn.c.k'
employers. Jt therefore Keemel to him I ,,,1,k' mpTMlenr. No; thoy, want- him
. .. ..... wind T hn itYfti!! MiiuiI ln u rt linffftt
el in atitnit frtiiLro Itiu v.tt "w " " ' " vn.
Clirfotmjw ViUes,.tHfellgfgbrvKinfJW'sl, casionally fomid on t he mnn, was en-
hand4l lMWvfeife iuikn1.wf,anAlU hardly ever
as dt.pCtWirlntirhMmscff at n&6tUmiSW'rfiSr savTiicither oft .jscn visited. Ho therefore resolved to
Rotherbltli.. to lake farowull before hcjUym Sl,iCHyn iP"0"1' nial$tNow,Uuijifefi thoU4iyvoQUex4Aij4
started on his long and dangeroirs jour iCftjAiUitfiBotliuadr droj)ping down iUiHjffhiiiGbgllAtMIri4UipldltJ
nv. the river on his next voyajre. passed ZiiCJiftrmscnSroiflfl beanntWe to mirhinr
-- . - i . . j-fc.-'-'".f -.:-'.
thoughjtiic language was a little mixodw
nmU!'Wiffl
yeai-.. u 11 a 01m u lomugiit, ,tyur j of . tlu;ir skii.pert both outwarcl. and ifAtHhis juncture Cilntain Zachrtfiascii
ycar iciiaiuciarm neiimanriii hitll "mtarWr-Mcclt Wl fl&vRAiL'?Wn& MsW ' ITn! ii!i, M,i(i. '...w,ir ,m nf
search among them iolai.il.,, if it's four and -ea. He .struck strange attitudes; themlcomq haclr. Well, 1 iho'ught ho
hundred or nine hundred eurs, till I lm shook his bond: he sworn nt .himself I wnia it., .iL 7:.., vi...i . i;.;;,i. ,.?.,.oi
.. - . ' . J . . 7 1 ' .'..V U IllUIIl.-lb, ,fIJ4.w wmJUl, llllkkVI '
" ""iiii-'ij 1 mi imps in
years, Wiyi fflsvfra ti&th to
xnu never ou iaur. i'ni'k'
xr
i
orao itm imtjreG tinrbrjiovj
rftn,
by sharks, cannibals and alligators, bo-
sWes boms: struck with sunstroko, lovor,
.f.ThminnU,iM nnuVotber illuessosrrtimi'
Irtioekt'd ok theliPoU wljrhclubjj'a'trtl
Mot riTl)ois1Jm5if'-arrovs; BoThaf
thorn's mi nml. then. L,nl. vou will nor-
baps begin to think kind of a man who
loved jon foTdca
wav alftne loflook
also
. " i . s. w
wflh tholJO
know the. value
of a man until he's
i !' .
saicLhe shook hands,
id UK)
as
s of
that choked further utterance.
fi .Caotainillolstiusiilso woritwwiiy, and
fiCaplnimWuttlost whb made no further
Ti'n-'IS:UJr.i8"loftnlo!i6 vith tho let
Jciypf Hex to nuuUuid reiuUagain, and.
jhijhiimuu umnii.' vl"l"4,,ii-w-'
to m Rword, VnsriliJsVftV
last, to begin tho search for
JiqrUOstlovdr. ' , I ?
One man, however, doubted very.
W"". J!' Ji.T ...T
rriunarch.
"Lai, mj-)rt?fty,,M'h,sMd,'"'r m'is
trtist Jtwo' of them three cliaps tho
Ytinkee lu-st, atuh Niflk Hrlink'r nxt
iid to Ciijuu Watllos, fio'a told mo ovor
and oyeragtun tliat lie wants to get
iiinlATnTtliul.PAiWln It tun'!. lillKlimr
for Ciui'ojj iV'ViiUjM' wjl taku Jiiui baeL
Sll' U"ilI ,UCaU'
JB:icrkMvhofob5Mfto1 ?Wr tno cobvlw
from his brain ami the wrinkles Irom
Ihev ivill bo
pleased
was
OipenArmigcr, my pretty, and
I" was
to see either of them bruvo master-
marJnors' fcailing up n" ctfeck with no
oijO'0.b!e in dght, I w.yuld sit ,snug or J,
woiild i)i'cparo for' a fight. l'ly dear,
thoy may talk, but" they don't watit
him back! The only man who'tiieans
loncit-,H tho Nprwoegoi. a As foi him,
htlpves the very ground you U-ead
hjioii, audi' tl'nnk lie d nvther be your
father thrfn your' husbitiul, which, to bo
sure, mw never a sailor's way when
w;w youug;-Kaml,4hiVt,., my .duar, is
seventy, and soon yll bo .eighty yeara,
ago; which proves mo i-iiin Lommanu
the gvjititij'do of th8 gtv helqed iHriwj
jclla)?!!:
i"'iinig
roiltof hor'slMit 'on tho next
occasion oi his return to tho J'ort ot
London. His lovo was not of that
ardent and absorbing kind which pre
vents a man from foelinir happy unless
Wo is in the presence of tho object of
JiisfHllecUpns. liuito tho coi
J . .m . .-v - - a . . .
contrary.
iptam Horhnder wjus happier
away
from tho young lady, because con
versation with her was carried on un
der considerable constraint. Onco
safely married, that constraint, ho felt,
KWDUlilb'6Bi'dnioyed. and expressions,
now carefully guarded, might be again
freely used. If a married man's house
is not his own quarter-deck, what is it?
thought tho Captain, who, despite the
cultimg of yt'iy centuries and the
jrcluip& qLhigj ancestors, retained tho
rttitfiisiiirwtni aii tnut
9of CapVri AV&igfcr, 1
rfl. v l'ur woitthtnierpr"
&&?
(-,"-
wacgiyjr.
Wm
iirnfullyr, but-sinitiuifiihi
HMimv
iKttjlepros .iiW'Kfpoi")! 9Px
, j m 7m i ' iw t " : p it"
Witt
hti'eoul.d Mie,fnanlfrJaJj3.
i$!!Bei jisojMiin5ii J yjitSijJJ
whither, lie said, uusiness called him.
i.liLs ovi'.anH tojruin ujfflunUnee. What
AIM II Jl
1 T
the t omnierciai uocks with a liffht and to sham
ioeund heart. He was about to earn
:; -iqoasi rotjft yuiriMi authoriiy common
L( 'npi0Hgyi)Cunitiynen Ho is now mar-
ine(WhwratJi)ugh not to Lai, and
nas'ieanieii'io iiiiiik ijuue oinurwise
The weather was favorable across tho
Bay, and with all sails set, a rolling sea,
and a fresh breeze, tho Captain stood
nfis mK lWm 8ha$W&
lie was a good hand at a yarn. But
then to Yrite a. yaj;n is, if you please,
much Miiofo'-difuoulfc than to spin one
The pen is a slow, tedious instrument.
We want, in lact, something more rapid
ttith-hitp jWonijtMirJ thoughts.
Tiilo we are painfully setting down ono
thing, the next, equally important, es
capes us and is forgotten.
Cafithfn lJorlindt'i' felt this, and there
fore, very wisely, resohed upon not
writing anything iintiL ho had thor
oughly mastered
tol
OVl
(TO
111 thVir fliinO, SvitH tjiq giUiyiikM t)
cliar.u-ti'?s,mfortrwrltIngnW)rtir "Atfd
t would be an ailmirable plan if certain
Jt IV,'Si1SisT wiuuu iipu iouow uio '
'iipTaiil's metbod.l aii.d jwrite nothing I
eforo tliev iireUlmMwoVd-porfect with
men siyi.
1...1.T i..; " "
il.. ..... 1 ... i... i.i .',
111s crew wcru umu.cii in me ueinivior 1
s;nfi
. 1
petually repeating wor
llie.se things wore strange, llo was
not drunk, llo oven scorned to drink
loss than usual; and, if ho hud got a
touphofV! horrors1!'' us sometimes hap
pens to sailors after a spell ashoro, thoy
were manifested in a most unusual
manner.
On tho voyago to Cadiz aRbapk t&
Captain, restricted himself tp rljeufedj
composition. We all know 0i dnHeiilK!
f It is to describo a place whicluyoi&hufar
novel seen. Ono would liKe to see a
competitive cyoima ""ui jS.fhMcriation,
injWRRs ArSiteH.1 'OiaYiiflAilty
is, of course les.sonod when your reiuf
ors are equally ignorant, but immemcly
U tlOsJiiivjg;uioii ol tho
I hKgl'npW1 to bu Per
ils.
increased by tho consideration that por-
uaps thoy know tho oiaco.
Now, certainly Lai had not seen any
of tho" islands lofrWloronQaiftj tfUobA"
nesia. Ihe contomnlation of tho chart
'whereon tho- countless islands of tho
Pacific Ho (lotted among the coral-
thoughts of palm-trcw, soft winds, and
brown natives. u thoso H)as sailed tho
ships sho had heard of, the whalers, tho
schooners tradinir from ifiiand-toiislamlft
kun those dots of dry, hum .uvea men, y
whom sho had hoardvhWhaTl-gfown
fcray in theso latitudes, who cafeiLno
gray in theso latitudes, who Jjmjd.no
more to roftlAt KHgUriilfibHnd
lOarneilJiaUv'ays audjUiiUoiNtirjins.
pough'-ttl
knowjatirre denlJSlnoroitliairtCantain
Horlindei;,, and it might be embarrassing
for him to bo asked questions arising
out of her superior knowledge.
Again, thore wits Captain Zaehariasen,
Nobody knew where that old man had
not been in. his lqug.llfa of si-sty years'
"sailfrig iipdil thS&ca. In his garrulous
Way, ho laid
a knowledge
.i
ThiSI too,2iimd)STBiribarras"hV
It is true that Nick liorliuder was not
one of those who plaeo truth iunongJ.hp
highest duties of mankimiuTmtlicr oqH
sider tliQsoarEh fpr jJiHiM'1111!;!9
brancliesr its alutyiuinicnsdljjjpferlor,
and, ipdecdj a Anty to- bo rankod'foFj'
ntost uinoug thoso imposed on suQjorin?'
'ijuinuuutv. x oi mo worst oiijvinjr is
it hat
brde
lwpliiv
w'ofks, the iudulgciuvo of imaginatiim.
TJie story hitist lju" eonstnietcd ln ac
cordance, somehow, with possible facts
'fho roinaTieer Iliad nrCviiitfiT himself.
Ynot only wftli a few sheets of paper but
li jy'h
? WW
scene ot his l-aouious instorv. lsut it
Avas not till his second return voyajre
that ho fpnnd- himself so, far .advanced,
Witlr tlto vstorV nstSUeTn Alnfh1ftiA2if
to writing.
It is inturesting to record furthor that
the Oapt:tin(bhlMturniiig!to Lbiuiou
sought a bookcler's shop, and impiircd
after any work which treated of the
"Eastern : Soas. Ho obtained a second
hand copy of an old, hook I think by
'Captain iMundy tmuthon learned that
mo ixiaiui oi iev uiiiiicu, which ho oo
0 "it'1) SurVJBLnc"
lado three voyages to and froi
nea.
1 T nt1ik f It fuk iTt.i inu fk mi1 ttry
Cadiz, bringing homo a vast quantity of
sherry, Portugal plums, raisins, oranges.,
ahdofherthiflghandta'kiiigontlTkifdw
n0t what, o;jcapty,tiia,Cwhat JiotoVik out
was not worth so much as what Jio
brought home. wf l i
It was on October 11, 1870, that Dick
the Miilay.'buihc ljaok-and toldhis talo'.l
Iti "was in December folloyln' tluit the.
doctorof the Arynn brought tlio nifesslTgo
from tho sea. On iuuian,,iJvavL'd,.Cal,i
tain Borlinder took his farowoll. and
.sallicth fortliMiu t hat-ildsplmite qiiest ttfl
tlto Lastern Seas, the description, tof
vjiieh was written between Cadiz and
Lpndon-' ; ". H A
'No news came to Hotherhithe all the?
wjnter. The Aryan returned, and l)io.
doctor came to say that the cotripnifj'
wOro ninkiug.iiuiuiucb ujiiyngethoships
tratliniflWmi the Island? f6"r"ru-H" 0M1
";Hi?W'iH.t;;eltli!,e1
Np news had yet been received
of them.
il.
Jt was tho
a eiyhtli dav of Juno, in tho
yearieigiHOerfiiiindrc(i,nntrei'nty;,tiiat
.t 1.A...L. f.n. u.. .t.f 1 -.4. '1 ... x. r il
Captainll itorlinacifrotiirnodiirora T,ho
East.
llcb,bqra-ihis"jinnd.tliossamojodisilk:
.poel&UhaSdUoi'chibff.witli ,wlilSh.h"o liadt
stitrtMliC "y,drj3,.th(5 sAinp 'bide biathcs,'
in tho flamo state of' prosorvntiOn, bo-
capsp they'Wereh'isiJjest' tho salno rough
"'S.W'-uSBtWHBSrsL
mmBU in tho Kitchen
triai
i,&fjmtoystte.t,'iii tho' arm-6hair
.iiiftilt.MJit; 1.. i .1. rL.n.fT2E. 1
soun
iJW
CHI ts
palo.oftijflitt-Jui.Svasnloiio.
:! -i-i-V
PinptyVJSSf'T 'lftyffl'gW
you iUlillMLJWn'Kgniot&
say, e. r , ( -
Shi sat dowli 'and folded hdv liands,
prepared for tlio worst.
- ..-. .... . . a .. 11 .... . . .1
Mi) on.j'tfuunsnici!i"ioii meiwuiicvoan
niiveito'toll."
tj :: rf--
" lftid,"ttpiiJd"thc,travl6r.
" Wliere'BiCHireu.'Arinigor.? t
CartaiulJorlindtttai)oitd;upwftrd;
following the direction pf.hisiinijci; with
ono eye, jus if thatMt Af Mlllrcfcfflld read
ily discern Ievfeimongsthjp aiurd
eni, ievEimongsUip angaw.
"U'UWi:
JHiiilibUo'cnfiW that; DtSiaiVi
so
, Lai, my doar, Keep your pluck up,
id go tell Cap'en 'irolsthi!, and Cap'Sif
un
w
attles.
itfl
'Ihey must hejir the news,
t(
Sf 'Thoy here ? t .fii
SPnpttun Borlinder changed color.
Ho
mx not tlipught qf.thjs pyssibilit'. ,,,
"In this very house, both. of, thdm,"
replied the, .Patriarch. "Oap'cn Wit
tlos ho' been backward und foriyarjl
betwe'e'n 'Liverpool and New'York and
Lomhm all tho time, with his business,
and Cup'cu liolstius he's just brought
every port unuer me sun. ow. sup-
posing mm wimmftim$$&
jiKe'don 4fl.iyif ioi' ihoRce ot
fViir;iin Aiiii(tnt-, .fvlln liSll liviiJif?
&
,you haypi got 9,i)e conaistenta in
rlto Jo .bolievoU'l Kandom lyunir.
h0lps.o miifi IjjisfthieriMihyiseine'fitH
a dirtpliiwidf clevurnei?s? intolleOtuaLilirc-A
with a mivjj, aiMoei'tlusjiepmire
iiiiuauy.ceKing Jiiv, Wim)
ngsiiri
. bccaust-dlPtli,lorc.nopnUand Lai
was hg4ge;(Vi1njHlii5Ui4occupation
numuiyr tn(b;iUtiiyuuuiung. ihe rn-
aa yinaf aargo ml wlute ilea
3A S5i m.imyito boll
At this, point thoy entered atfd Miodk'
inds.' ' f '
hands
"And now," continued1 the old man,'
"lot us be comfortable. Keep your
courago up, Lai, my dear, ntid irivo
(mo n pipe. So I told you what ho would
sny, Kin. What u thing It la to havo
tiio wisdom of four-3d6re! How, my
l(ejutyh pay It out." . . , .
JajijiVbllt d,wh ()Vf$per-,IVChMuin
Uorliivilor besrau. "a Narrative aheml
aNfifcativ.e of iuynihinttliftbj 1
started to limlCap'oii Annjaroi. If you
started to liml Caji'eii Armjger. If you v
Ulease, LillifcWinyNiftlive.'f ) 4l ).
J He lugged his precious mamlserlpt
out of l.lJWkot.VM it, coughed
solemnly, and began to read it
'Stup," iutdmlpted tlui Patriardh;
did Vou try Mbrpton H:iv
"No, 1 did not." ' ,'
Captain Zabhhrihsbn shdok his head
mourn hilly.
"Vciull
tl
i
iUg 's cars. J hen ho began. Ho wa
unfortunately, acquainted with tho rules
oi puneluatimv so tliftPhifi'roimiiig was
hardly ui to tho Third Stamlanl, tho I
point nt which, I believe, most school
children stop., Hut thg niatlor was clear
ituul.iireuiso, so that tho manner mat
tered little.
"J set sail," ho said, "on January
tho JJd from Southampton aboard tho P.
and O. steamer BaUivia, bound for Sin
gapore, a second-class passenger.
" Wo naviiratcd tho Hav of Biscay.
ntho weather bainir iiiit and ithosen '
Hinboth. VftMiM Ujrlil'WWwdW nhd a
breozo oil' Majtat ;, Vu hiffssed' through l
tJio'Cannl anllMloVd' tho'Keil SAMtTi6
weather boijlg waqy for theltinff) of,
year, but cloudi'T'with'lnueh'rahr tb'
Aden. 1-roni Aden we suited in a furi
ous gale ofwindrt?Pirtht? n'tfiilh', and
fropi Oullo with a fair breozo and a
smooth pea to Singapore, whero wo
brought up all standing sjx wooks after
leaying Southampton, y
"At. Singapore L began to look about
jno, miaking inquiries, but asking HO
questions, lor fear of arouning suspii
cion."
"What suspicion?" ivskud Captain
Zaehariasen.
The reader hesitated. Then ho read
the passagoroyor again. v v
" FbKtMi olMrouslhy sfibpl dloii.H 1
It was a phrase hu Jind' encpuntPred
rsomewhero tir o(H6rn'i.l5soml!what lim
ited course of reading, and ho sat it
well"' l-W Will4 il (i,mlLi,ur
'u What suspicion?" '
t lfyOu'ilon'tltoeji your (hr out'," ho
answered, "wo shall iltavufWt rhloiljj."
" What suspicion?'' 'repontud'Cilp" triin
7. idhariason. '- Siirifj)ioionv thlit Voij
WHiitetl.to mnkd away with tlio la'd when
you Jound liii?P' "
"If' you was fivc-aod-forty years
younger, -lnj'.l'atrlarcli,"- returnod 'th'o
traveler, Wild letybii know what sus-
pjcion. Now, Lai, if j'ou'll believe me,
Ms&mjs
throat which rumbled and echoed about
thotrooin like suppressed thunder OT
hoi
3iCses-aiiil!liimgliibou5tho bdr'aiQiMi-S
iinjZad1iariittfinA-hirted "HnWftt1i-&
tainJadtiaiiiUifinBc?r
ingcQhld I learn.., U'heu I .sat, upoj:
n tlio
j.wnari ami went aootit tjio shipping.
Mighty civil, W.oll-spokon skippers thyy
wpro, us" n'nile, but they could tell 1110
jiothing, thnugli, some of them know"
tho Pliiiippine, iuld one or Mvo remem
"borcd Cap'en Armiger. It will ho u
comfort to you, LftI, to roflbct that they
fill spoke well of him a. a good sailor,
who could enrrv his drink liko 11 mini.'"
Hero Captain iachariilseit again grunt-.
'cd. "St I saw what I had all along
suspected, that I' should have to go
utfon the search myself. First, there
to port
as you
about."
. . . m . ' ...... ..It... I l'....l 1 ...111. mi nnn
ly. "YojinMiWMftrotonfllayl, Bom- )J lriuj?rfi and Anierloa not less than
mnmiiiii." ' 1 iJO.000 tons from the same source.
lie looked rouud him half ashained of ' TlhruinfV Hftvsovun-oll millmnW
Jr. "" . . . .v
njr hHSyliriitoUTUi1l'6rOfSriiead ih oneralion or beliiy "coiistnicted In tho
ic manuscript uoonlits knees. Ilattcn- South and nlony. the 'MlHHi.oliml Klver'
r it out, and Hinnntlilnir down th'o . distributed as follows: Ten In Tenmw-
spiiQjc J wanted its imitihud ollfWoriM
iniifflllM Srt'l'cnsf flBout! "JWld J'rfifrJ
gld jaw, lgPftaMffxrfVfil 'llf
He i.iirfimirtnlsomWmngn'o.!li iii'lilf
fore, Upickodiiip- BuHiriufoTwatlWilfts'Khcoi
rowifclliPo6irt- -M tlfh'otTiifntS arTdf tog,
the winds. I Jus dbnov Mliiid down the
supno-iodi course of J tho bbitC.Pft'itliSsuoli'
. '1 Mi.lifli."....te..;i v.wt,- im.iiys
fow. ymi n-Mkiiow tSljM-
migqr nia(W a reallmit:vKQ? &fr
fronV thTeffrfeiTrViJff N. T3.V ami the
Wind' S. JV,, the Ciirrcnteus 'i 6,g
S. AV Aiid ffh6proViUefit wihd,' less
.Ti... .". 1ST t" "."1 n
at s u monsoon or u cyclone, is
jtOO
Wliut tin
he mischief arah'ou irrimtina
nowt'ft ilnsiU) UiiDtftimiucljar aseiiH
& . ur. i a .. KH ff3t iW'4 OBf
wiio waHipiakingrtii
ff.K. 1 !.fti r-'i !! .w fc al SiJ
W "fflBP'Hag"'- fr m
J " Gfiid)i, finr-Iad!
mofi, sjiiv 'jiuiffiCioloh jicdMii'9
Sooiiorwettrobfo iilie lJottom offfliS
&fflfiadntm-!Li
beg yomviHirilou, Lai. le's .enough to
jnuKp1 j. lbtf.llop ft weuiu lv lioro1 was' 1 1
Qhl ucyclono, in S.W. too. What did
Hdo then? Laid downl on tho man
,'tho place where that, boat wpubL
likely-jma.1 tholaud ,iflajthen jH cat
about to get a snip which - would land
rno on that identicidfi)J)JfJj3ure enough
thero was a bout in liurbor just about to
8ftJh . .. . ..
P:Ki'SRifl5fc,,lww,-
in
to iik continUf.d.3 ' ,,( '
Wo huyo tho hnpr tp, jiroposo that
a fund bc.Stavted, by Home patriotic mill
iouairo for the beuetitof the officers and
men who, after serving ,. their equntry
iaithfully in tlio held during tho lute
,war, liavo had the manhood and the
honesty to mnkd .their own living, .nud
to ask no favors from th'o bcit-blcd
Government in the world. Af. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser.
FIGURES.
Tl " - "
Tho St. Louis
Post ays tho street
nHg cmlmny of l"x olty clcar(5d
S'JyD.fiOO on its buslncsa last year.
--Lnnro ilcnositH of roollmr slate havo
iigjJlilkKHXotttiUn. Jlcj:J;iLCountj,l'a.,.
and would bo opened immediately.
It is estimated that in Great" hrltain
378, Ifi 1 persons aro engaged in under
ground work, conducted in gallo'riorf ex
tending 68,71 1 miles. i'..fH
It is estimated that tho total lonsth
of sub'inarino telograbh cables in ' th'o
world is 02,100 miles, liaVing a'inbnoy "
waluo of about S200.000.000.
value of about
T,,0 """,
i,t V(...r ,..,,r
hi dumber of
graf foh -faith "Swltzorliiml
I ho greatest on record,
emigrants, who left tho
ijountry in 1881 having been 10,9.').r,
against 7,'.)65 in 1880, and 4,288 in'1871):
By far tho grouter nroportion of thoni'
were from German bwitzorland.
s,oe; niuu each In Mississippi, Louisiana
and iomis; VightiluX!kiyiMJW Hix.111 Al
alJKMa; tvh 'mAmr&laW WMls
souri, and ono each in South Cnroliua
and lllin,0ls. u V K M V V.
It is ostlmatod that 100,000,000 feet
of loSvcrovcttt4nn4hohiiadwatorsx ol
tho lvouneoeo last wjnter, which',- with
tho 15,000,000 foot of dd logs "hung
up" njoug the tribjitarK's, will makq u
drive of fl.r),000,000 feet to bo. Moated'
down the river. Last year tho drive wTis
tholcloanest oyer Uiadefcoviug to Jhbco
pi6uHlaiiis, and1ob,000,l)00'feet U tim-
became diV'ji,MW ,j
rhoro aro many expensive bridges
and.trcsllosi between Hliurhflnitonf audit
Elfmrn on 'the Lackawanna l(oad. Near
Wuverly there is a bridgO' ljOpOjtfeqw.
long approached with 7,000 feet of Ires- "
tie, wnielL cost , fell
miles
west of (1
? I IIW.IIIIIF. W ti llllllli MI
lat pi
h r a'rr sv? ..:
11 piaco is a oridgo ouu
feet Ion
Willi 1i!l.10 fiuil. nf rioullrt
There lire two or three others about tho
same h'hgth Within' a short distnudo of
oaoh otlu'r. I . ! .
The importation of potutoiH has bc
como of groat importance U ilcalorsaiuK
consumers. ThbUotitnrOdoipts 'i6NftwV
York in January, Eobruary ancLMareh
were M2,8 barrels.k- uir )V,BJj8.527
bushels.
. - '. -i ,m 1- ...
At 0 cents per bushel (which
id about the wholesale prlcorecolvod by
tho ininortersY.Uiomota'tx)tw worn worth
Sl.SOD.OG'J, and tliu customs duty yield
ed a, rovonuu to thu Goyernmcnt of
3:i3-l,'27'Jf A largq proportion of tlicso,
)0tatoes ciimy from the pur ports ,ol
Glasgow, LondonFLivori)ool and Hull.,,
About one twenty-seventh caiijo, from ,
tho continent. ..!,"
us of a comet, for both aro a IbngjtuiL
.from a small head. . 'JWOm $fo
The individual who "stolo a march"
has beoiwiuVinAjiO" .4(iin9wcdLivithlLro
ciasti.iininiCft?AlildYofttiW.iavi --Nhy ytjll' tlio 'postiigo-stauip nov'cr
becoino fimillar With tho jilpVuibel Bb-.,
ciiusO it i.4 always stuck oil n letter., -i '
))
V,,,,ou 1U
ifijin letter. f,
' Wo. innetJa society many beautiful
fchd attraotivo women whom wo think
xwoimi
..r.. .1.1 ! - 11 . . -
inaKo oxcoiieut wives tor our
frioitvls
T .
AN youn
gMaW?Uondi
i avu .. r.
lung i)
nails and
parties shot
dd havoru.'fomitle chandroiio -
until sho isWMeWcallWihb otliejchhpV
nor own. -ip 1 v i
JfeortdV ; tlmugKfe Xfo 'soihMinies
best, whicli is u good reason why u mnn
who Httemplst.ty .comuiiljuieido by
drowning should bo able to swim. Jy.
V. Uraphio.
Kllillilio tHlay, ntnl, fo'j'oiir Arrow, "
Jln'll h tii in you In tlio faco ta-nuirror; 1..
Kill hint uuuli), hi uny way, . .
TKi'll iilnjtuo you Htlll from dny to day;
Till, In tlio unit, iw l innsMliio, " '
Tin 10 luniH tliu tiililuij iiinl.klll.s you,
Attentive: " I do so like to talk to
you," she says softly, in a.paustf of the
conversation, detuning on him and sigh-
Why? asks tho unsuspecting
vouth. " Becaiiie." sho answers emit-
tlv-" because vou aro all ears."
? r r 1
FACTS
Last year tho tieinum wiro ihill'
l-liill of your mission, yoiumwlJliegQt a r
fF..i,innini.. ml i.rti.iwitiiflAii:.fi,. ?,, I.
-."!. ," r.w.-wi.. iv -r
closely, if you would avoid carrying
HW
way on your coat sleeves some of th
ivi.ie$rfoi'coniplVxfo
lUt,
d
mm.
A ' school-tcuchor asked; ".wKut.,
bird is large euough.tp curry ojl.' uman?M
nobody knew, out one little, girt eug.. ,
estod " u lark." And '.then sho. ox?.
claiiied: " Mfiuima said papawouldit A
bo honio until Monday, becauso ho-had f t
gone oil' on a lark."
f 'J,'ho Norristowu ifaralil' observes:
"Of what benefit, to tins qr any other '
country aro all Iho plauots discovered -
1 during tho past quarter of ii century? A, , .
' method of raising boueletis fijiuij would
no a grontoi; boon, to mankind thun a
cartload of pla'noH." . ,. j,
"Agrioultural is on thu deolino' in
Austria, read farmer Longurb'p.' i " 1
bh011Ul4ihink.it would be," unsworcd hia
wifo; J didn't I hour you say thoi other
day that Austria hml,GQ,OOO.mon inithd .
field, and ajnjt, that enough to trampl
dowialLUiq crops,. I'd lke to know?'',
td London paper recently contained
tlje following ndvertisoniont: "A gen
tloinan (H. Q.) of ycry resnectublo fam
ily Hud liohtlngia good business appoint
ment is anxious to aeqpiro a loan for ft
short time to enable him to settle his
mind in religious matters. Kind offcri
In btrict confidenco." "
