' .STARLIGHT'S CRUISE ,
In a book entitled , "Adventures by
/SLand / and Sen , " which I picked ur >
• the other dnyI saw a brief reference
! * to tho strange adventures of Capt.
Wheaton of tho ship Starlight.
' 'Among all tho fore-castle 3'arnsl
ever heard that story takes the med-
' ali".a . dt\yhen I am through relating
'it'thoVeader will be as much mysti-
.fied as t have always been regarding
fit. Indeed , I never yet met a sailor
* * .vho did not firmly believe in the
vtrutli of Capt. Wheaton's every state
ment. I tell tho story because I was
-an actor in the first and last chapters.
It was in October , 1859 , that I
o shipped as second mate on the Star-
flight , which was then lying in the
jport of Honolulu. She was an old
1 ' whaler and had been sold at aucj
I * § j tion and cheaply refitted for a voy-
I m > age to Lima and return , in the in-
B $ * * * terestof some California shippers.
' "We left port in ballast only and
I Ju -were * two men short in our comple-
JO * ment. Capt. Wheaton was a Bar-
§ § § - negat man and the crew all English-
M | -speaking people. For tho first fort-
I si . -night no ship ever had better weath1
I li -er. The captain , as I understood
I IjM vhim , was an earnest , , conscientious
K | S 'man , being above the average in
Hj § > j > oint of intelligence , and of strictly
jgl rtemperato habits. Tho first mate
mmi ' 'brought ' a demijohn of whisky
ljB | aboard tho day before sailing , but
MmM • • tlie aptain made him ship it ashore
Kg at once , ' and ho cautioned the fo'castf
HBJ tie men that ho would clap the man in
El • irons who was found the worse for
Hk Uiquor. The men used slyly to refer
WMj "to him as "The Sunday school super-
mWm nntendent , " and I believe he was
SI good enough to have filled the bill.
rap At the end of the fortnight the fine
Iflg "breather was broken by a rousing
HK rgale , which struck us during my
Ei might watch , and all hands had to
Si * be called. We had a hard time of it
Ml during the first hour , and were finalI
mm 3y compelled to lay the ship to the
HE ; < wind that the captain was washed
gj overboard by a heavy sea which
Mm Iboarded us. With him went one of
mm 'the eailors , the hencoops , several
1 .spare spars and booms , and a lot of
H 'deck raffle , and by the time the ship
mm ihad shaken herself clear of the foam
I If i t was too late to render any assist-
| | < ance. Indeed , it was a serious ques-
I ] | * tion just then whether any of us
I --would live another half hour. The
H 1 atorm did not break for nearly
H K
I f < 5venty hours , and the old ship was
HI I rso strained and knocked about that
Hl | | 'her life was ended. The gale had
Hi -.scarcely abated when she began to
Hi 'leak faster then the pumps could
Hi 'throw the water out , and on the
Hi seventeenth day of the voyage we
Hf -tiad to abandon her.
H [ "When we had been afloat for four
B ] -days in the open boats we were pickh
HI ed up by the American Lark Yankee
HI J3oy , bound from Boston to San
Hi Francisco. We were then to the
H | north of the equator , and fully
H one hundred miles from the
Hi Galapagos Islands. These islands
HI * lay a good distance to the left of the
HI -true course from Honolulu to Lima ,
Hj -and at that date 0very one of them s
HI -was well known and all were in- *
H | lhabited by natives who could speak n
Hi _ .more or less English.
H | . Now , as we got the gale dead from o
HI "the north , and as the send of the sea a
H | * " - * * * was southward for several days , Capt. p
H | "Wheaton could not possibly have y
H | ibeen floated toward the Galapagos. "
H | He must have been driven down too
Hi ward the equator , or possibly totj
II 'ward the Marquesas group , although h
1 fto reach any ot those ' islands he 1
| ' -would have had to drive for huna
I . dreds of miles , and for days and o
K - weeks. How was a man swept overc
H T > oard in a gale to sustain himself y
E r-above a few hours , even if not it
Hj -drowned at once ? Ask yourself these o
H questions , and you will answer them ei
I -as all others have done , and you d
| -will be as greatly mystified over the h
1 ' d
-captain's story.
I ! On the 4th day of September , 1860 , w
If -as the English whaling ship Lady ri
II Sascombe was nearing the equator , p
II . i > eing about midway between the n
If Marquesas group and the time being w
Mj jLI o'clock at night , she was hailed hi
l | -from out of the darkness , and five m
m - minutes later had Capt. Wheaton ai
H - -aboard. He had then been afloat g
K for three days and a halt on tl
H a ; small but well-constructed ti
sraft , which was provided with a sail w
K nd had carried him safely and buoyhi
l | antly an estimated distance of 120 m
H .miles. The Captain was in good to
Ihealth and spirits , but would answer le
mo questions until he had seen the tl
captain of the Bascombe. The sailors rt
knew that he must have been sc
wrecked , but that he should be alone tl
I "in such seeming good health in that y
dreary spot was a great mystery to is
them. Capt. Moore , of the Bascombe. si
Jhad heard of the loss of the Starlight , tl
. • and when Capt. Wheaton introduced di
Ihimself he created a big sensation , ai
iHewasatfirsttakenforanimposter , 01
Vbut ho had letters and documents in tc
" .his pockets to prove his identity at w
• once. That being settled , he told w
Shis story. I have heard him tell it bi
* ifour'or five times over , andean relate cc
It almost word for word.
% When Capt. Wheaton was swept tc
% f overboard he gave himself up for le
Elost. He got but one look at the "VV
f .fahip , and realizing that she was drivse
ding twaj' from him and that he was ai
rbeyoad rescue , ho ceased swimming , tl
, -and hoped to drown at once , tl
pT -ljusfc then a hen-coop floated ai
t. twitbin reach , and in a second he ui
W - < manged his mind and fastened to tc
I r-the float. He was clear on the point ter
K * ' * * . -of floating all that day and far into tv
Bv ' -Rthe night then he lost consciousness , tt
B" " ' but did not let go his float. He reifc ;
W anembered nothing the next day unW (
fe * ttU about an hour before sundown , fo
f hen.he opened his eyes and came to ff (
S SilRPSHPHHP IHi
F his senses to find himself lying on th
snnds , his float near by , and tho
storm cleaned away. He was etifl
and sore and bewildered , and he
crawled further up to the shore and
went to sleep again , and it was sun
rise before he again opened his eyes.
About an hour later ho knew that ho
was on an island about three miles
long ; by one milo wide. It was well
wooded , contained several springs of
fresh waterand there was an abund
ance of wild fruit to sustain life.
I
There wns not an inhabitant or sign
of , one , nor did ho find any living
thing except birds and monkeys.
Wheaten was not only a good sea
man but a well educated and well
posted manand he had sailed on the
Pacific for many years. There was
hardly ; an island in that ocean which
ho j had not set foot on and
could ( recognize by sight again. After
a j bit he began to figure on his locn-
tionand he had madeoutthathehad
been j driven ashore on an unknown
and j unchartered island lying very
close < to the equator , and in longitude
120 degrees west. This puthimmid-
way on a northeast , and southwest
line , between tho Marquesas group
and j the Galapagos Islands. He vis
ited i both groups , and as both were
inhabited at that time he could not
be mistaken in his location had he
gone ashore on any one of them. He
\ found proofs satisfactory to himself
that 1 the island was of volcanic ori
gin { , not over twelve or fifteen years
old , and that the luxuriant vegeta
tion was due to tropicalclimate. The
birds , of which there were several
species , could perhaps have flown
there 1 from some of the other islands ,
but 1 how the monkeys reached the
spot was a puzzler the captain never
got over. That he found 'em there
was proved when he was rescued ,
there being two pet animals on the
raft.
When the castaway came to walk
around his island he found the wreck
of the Scotch brig McNeil on the east
shore , and the wreck of the Califor-
nia ship Golden Bar on the west
coast. Both craft had been reported
lost with all on board two or three
years before. The one Was a whaler
and the other a trader. The captain
not only said he found them , but he
had proofs again , ne had the name
board of the ship and some papers
belonging I to the brig. He found
and buried the skeletons of thirteen
sailors , and among the debris of the
wreck he secured a large quantity of
clothing , considerable money , some
bedding , a lot of tools , ropes , boards
and planks , and within a week he be-
gan the work of building a boat to
enable him to escape.
I alwaj's felt thatthe old man must
have had a jolly life of it for the ten
months and over he was on what he
called "WheatonIsland , "but ho dwelt
on the factthatit was terribly lonely.
Itwent harder with him because he
had a wife and six children , and he
knew that they would be mourninghis
death. He found several barrels of
whiskey and a lot of tobacco in the
plunder , but he was not content to
sit still and enjoy himself. He put
in : two months on his boat , and had
just got her finished when a stormy
set in and she broke her moorings
and drifted out to sea. Anxiety and
exposure , aided by the worry about
the folks at home , laid the old manj
on his back for several weeks , and
he probably had a close call fromj
slipping his cables. He got up
slowly , and as he had been wasteful
with his materials , he found that lie
must turn to a raft if he ever got
away. He worked at it odd hours ,
being ill and despondent , for several
months , and when it was finished he
hesitated a full month before making
a start , hoping every day to sight a
sail. He had a signal flying by day ,
and J almost every night he kept a
fire going , but rescue never came.
One day , two weeks before he set
out on his voyage , the Captain made
great discovery. In a rough , wild
place in the center of the island ,
where a mass of rock was thrown up
in great confusion , he found a lump
of gold as big as your fist. Aye ! more
than that , he found masses of it so
heavy that he could not lift them.
These chunks , he said , were as pure
as his big nugget , and that I not
only held in my hand , but saw the
certificate < of assay reading that it
was 91 per cent , pure gold. He sold
at the mint in San Francisco for
over § 12,000 , and that in my presJ
ence. In the course of three or four 1
days the Captain piled up such a
heap of gold on his island that he I
dared not estimate its value. There
was enough to make a dozen men e
rich for life , and more to be had with e
picks and iron bars. Then the der
mon : of avarice would not let him 1
wait any longer for rescue. Indeed li
he did not want to be rescued. He c
made his craft ready , cut branches v
and pulled grass to . hide his nugI
gets < and set sail with a fair wind to I
the northeast , hoping to got into the t
track of ships bound for the Sand1 1
wich Islands. He was picked up as I r
have told you , but he found a tough v
nut in the English Captain. He had t
believe that Capt. Wheaton had"s
left some island not far away , for h
there was the man and there was the I
raft. He couldn't have made himn
self believe that the island was one ot i
the group to the east or west , but v
yet < he wouldn't believe in a nearer v
island because it wasn't charted. He s
simply jumped to the , conclusion that s
the castaway had suffered and eny
iured until his mind was off its balt
ance. This was natural enough in
one sense , but when Wheaton came
show him the relics from the two
wrecks , and when the two monkeys
were < skipping about on deck , anyone 0
but an Englishman would have been t
convinced.
u
Capt. Wheaton was sharp enough
withold his bigsecret until he had d
learned something of the Englishman , t
When he found all his stories and asn
3ertions discredited he held his tongue , n
and let1 them * believe he was light in I
the upper story. He was taken to
the Sandwich Islands , as acastaway , d
ind thence , with money found on his ti
unknown island , he paid his passage
San Francisco. It was at this lat
port he found me , and withih .
two hours after meeting him I had * *
the story. I had no reason to doubt j ,
entire truth. Three or four others
ivere taken into the secret , and we ?
ormed a syndicate to go after the *
rold. I had a legacy of § 8,000 from t ]
1
( Hi JiunC , mid 1 n ' .iiicii < > imi 111 an
equal nnmmit , iiiki t.t > .uii : mmIi hjij.
ei * anil til teil her out nurf..i.iiMicri her.
Something of Capt. V. liiviton's won
derful adventure-got into tin * papers ,
and there was great anxiety to find
out where we were going.
We had ten times as many men of
fer their services as we could accept ,
and when the story of the big lump
of gold was whispered around two
other crafts fitted out to follow us.
We went out of the harbor on a dark
and stormy night , and two orthreo
days before we were supposed to be
ready , and tjius gave them the slip.
One of the vessels stood up tho coast
when ready to come out , and the
other loaded for the Sandwich Islands
and was lost in a gale.
As tho captain had § 9,000 in tho
enterprise ' , and had not even waited
to visit his family , the reader must
credit ' him with honestly believing all
ho asserted. As I had an equal
: amount invested , the reader must be
lieve that I am writing of things as
;
they honestly looked to me. How
\ could I or any one else disbelieve ?
There was a nugget there the papers
: and relics , and the English captain
knew of the raft and lone passenger
being picked up 700 miles from any
known land. There wasn't the least
difficulty in making others believe ,
either. ' I think we could have raised
§ 200,000 capital if there had been
need of it. The trouble was to keep
capitalists * and speculators out.
Wheaton had no sooner been rescu
ed [ than he asked for tho English-
man's lattitude and longitude. Then
he J figured on the direction and
strength ' of the wind and the progress
of ' his raft , and ho had had the locai
tion of his island down to within five
miles. ] I have had miners and geol
ogists { tell me that no gold was ever
found in a volcanic upheaval of tho
sea. ' If not , where did the captain
get { that big lump ? There is no gold
on any chartered island in the Pacific ,
and he certainly could not have drift
ed { to or put off on his raft , from the
coast ( of South America. It was easy
enough ( to sneer at a story , but not
so easy to get around , cold facts.
We had a fine run to Honolulu , and
remained there for a week to make
some { needed repairs and lay in more
provisions and water. Capt. Whea-
ton ] there met a fellow captain named
Briggs , wiio commanded a New Bed
ford j whaler , and without a suspicion
of what he was doing this man great-
ly j discouraged us.
He had just come in from a long
cruise , which tho chart showed must
have ] taken him very near theunkno wn
island. j He had not sighted it , but the
log ] book reported that when in that
neighborhood something like an
earthquake had occurred. Indeed ,
one ( did occur , and a new island was
born 1 in the Galapagos group. The
ship rocked violently in mid-ocean ,
and { a sort of tidal wave came near
being 1 her destruction. Next day the
whaler encountered many green trees
floating j about , and he said to Capt.
Wheaton that ho had no doubt some
island \ had been overwhelmed. He
had ] no suspicion of our errand , and
related the above simply as an ad-
venture. However , from that hour
we lost all heart. Figure as we
would , we could not shake off the
conviction that it was the unknown
island \ which had been destroyed in
the.satne -j manner it was born.
After a long and tedious run from
the Sandwich Islands we finally drew
near the location. Then for days
and days we sailed to and fro , and
at length realized that the island
had gone. It was not there to en-
rich us and to prove the captain's
story true but still we found proofs.
We * discovered more than 100 trees
floating about as we saided this way
and that , and after we had given up
all hope we " made a still greater
find. The boat which Weaton
had ] built and lost turned
up on that vast expanse ot
sea. It was sighted from the mast-
head one morning , and two hours
later we had it alongside. It was
water-logged , but floating well
enough for all that , and its finding
was the strongest link in the whole
chain. We hoisted her on board and
brought her to San Francisco to ex-
hibit to the silent stockholders in j
our enterprise , and that relic was1
the only thing we could show them.
The story has been told and retold
among sailors in various ways , and s
portions of it has been publishedbut ?
J have here given it entire and corJ
rectly for the first time.
Officers in the survey service of
both England and America have e
denied that any such Island existed , A
even for a month ; but I ask the read-
er as I have often asked myself : It V
not , what land could Capt. Wheaten
have : reached in so short a time ? He 8
knew every foot of his island and b
drew a map of it. No other island ?
would answer the description. He
built a boat and we found it. He
built a raft and it bore him into the
tracks of ships. He found gold and
he : found and saved papers and relics
which settled the fate ot two missing
vessels. That island was born in 8
ten seconds , when the bottom ot the \
sea upheaved. Why should it not
have been destroyed just as quickly ? c
It is not the only one which has come P
and gone , and the fact of its remainc
ing : until covered with timber and ,
vegetation was no guarantee that it
would always remain. That's my Sl
story , gentlemen , and if you are un- a
satisfied you are no worse off than ,
your humble servant who lost all in
a
the venture.
S
Qi f if _ n
* A Sea and a See. t
The wife of a mariner about to sail C
on a distant voyage , sent a note to
the clergyman of the parish , express-
ing the following meaning : _ f (
"A husband going to sea , his wife q
desires the prayers of the .congrega- _
tion. : " Unfortunately , the good p
matronwasnotskilledinpunctuation ti
nor had the minister quick vision. j [
He read the note as' it was written : "jx
"A husband going to see his wife , a
desires the prayers of the congrega-
tion. " ti
First deacon You've got that y
horse yet , I see. Second deacon If
Why shouldn't I have him ? F. D. • *
Ton are always selling or trading °
your horses , you know. S. D. . in
There isn't anything the matter with * '
this one. Cartoon. "
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X FACT IS .1 FACT.
I remember once in my childhood's ( school ,
AV'Ja-n I was learning Oeography'fl ruin.
My miiBtcr. u innti wlio e methodH I held
In teaching a child could not be excelled ,
To fix in my mind the formula sound
"The nhnpo or this our plnnet is round. "
Laid down nn npplp cr nundroun eizo
tf ' n which I fastened my longing eyes ) ;
An object to make of this fruit bo red.
; "This is tho world ! Do you Bee ? " ho said.
He remarked , I think , tho looks I had cast ,
For after awhile , when tho lesson was past ,
The tempting fruit in my hands ho placed ,
But never shall 1 forget tho first taste ,
For : the apple that looked so good and bo
. sweet
, "Was decayed through to core , not fit to eat !
Then in a ton © 'twixt grave , sad and low
( Which did , I think , his great wisdom show ) ,
Said 1 tho master , on seeing my grief pro
found ,
,
"As the apple , thus is the world often found. "
Gertrude B. Duffeo from the Sp anish.
Pistols and Diamonds.
Uncle Meriwether never liked Eus
tace. 1 He never did him justice from
the 1 beginning , and when he heard
that 1 I was actually engaged to him
he j spoke in such • a way that I de
clared ( I wouldn't endure it.
"I am old enough , I hope , to
choose i for myself , " said I.
"I don't know about that , Patty , "
said l my uncle , shrugging his shoul
ders. (
But I remained to hear no more.
I ] flounced back into the house , slam
ming the door in Uncle Meriwether's
honest , spectacled face , and bursting
into i tears as soon as I reached the
sitting 1 room.
"It's a shame , " said my sister
Elspeth. "Don't cry , Patty ; I'm
sure ' the whole matter is transparent
enough. < Uncle Meriwether wouldn't
be ] so domineering about it if he did
not want you to marry Paul. "
"I wouldn't marry Paul Meriwether
if i there wasn't another man in tho
world , " said I , viciously. "And I'll
, marry ] Eustace Dalzell anyhow , now.
Uncle Meriwether says we don't know
anything J about him , but I'm sure
we know enough. "
That was a false assertion on my
] part. I only knew of my handsome
fiance . what he himself had chosen to
tell me namely , that ho was a New
York ; engineer staying down at
Wraysfield a few weeks for his health.
And \ his friend , Mr. Belfield , was a
stock ? broker. Oh , how I wished Mr.
Belfield \ might take a fancy to Elspeth.
It , would be so nice to be married at
, the same time to go together and
live in Neiv York !
, We lived together in the lonely old
brick house on the edge of the moor ,
so that I was very glad when Olive
Oatley . came down from Binchester
to visit it , and brought her wedding
set of diamonds to show.
Elspeth and I looked with awe and
admiration at tho sparkling gems
necklace , earrings and brooch.
"Are they very valuable ? " I asked
"Three thousand dollars , I believe ,
said Olive , complancently. "They
belonged f to Herbert's mother , and
they . are to be re-set before I wear
them. "
But just then Elspeth gave a start
and turned scarlet , and following the
[ direction of her eye I turned scarlet ,
and beheld Eustace Dalzell standing
smiling in the doorway , with his hat
in his hand.
Somehow the diamonds made mo
nervous , and I could not help , in the
course of the evening , confiding my
vague terrors to Eustace.
But Eustace laughed at me , and
made light of my fears.
. Eustace Dalzell went home earlier
than : usual this night. In my per-
turbation I had almost resolved to
ask him to remain all night , a self-
constituted guardian of our treas-
ures , but I did not venture to do so ,
and so at 10 o'clock we three girls ,
with _ Dinah in the kitchen , were left
to ourselves.
I had intended to lie awake all
night , but I must have fallen into a
light doze without being aware of it ,
for the clock was stricking 12 when
I , started up at the loud peal of the
door bell below. Olive was at my
side in an instant. Elspeth had her
arm around me , and even Dinah
hobbled in with a flaring lamp in her
hand.
"Go to the door , do , some ofyou , "
cried I hysterically. "Ask who it is.
Ask , what they want. "
And while Olive , Elspeth , and the
old attendant obeyed my behest. I
hurriedly threw on my white dressing
gown and went to the head of the
stairs to listen , for I felt that in an
emergency like this some one ought
to keep close to the diamonds.
"There is no one here , " I heard
Elspeth say , after the bolts and the
bars of the front door were with-
drawn. |
"Yes , there is. "I hear some one
groaning at the other end of the I
veranda , " persisted Dinah. "Oh ,
dear , the draught has blown out my
candle. This way , Miss Oately ,
please I'm afraid there's been an ac
cident or something. " c
The next minute the heavy oaken r
door blew shut with a bang. It was rj
self-fastening on the inside. I was ,
all alone in the house.
A rustle under the vines that s
draped the north side of the house c
low whistle , and I could hear a voice r
saying : in suppressed accents : s
"They're safe enough outside , all c
three ! of 'em. Now's your time. S
Quick ! " J
It all flashed on my mind in a sec-
ond the sturdy boughs of the wis
taria , which affordedso easy a ladder s
for an aspiring burglar to reach "
Olive's window the open casement
the diamonds lying underneath the e
pillow. My worst fears had come
true , and seizing the six-barrelled
little pistol I rushed into the room
jjustdn time to see a tall figure with
mask over its face spring into the v
window and steal with cat-like moI
tion across the room. b
As his hand lay on the tiny can1
vass bag containing the precious n
jewels I raised the pistol and fired , t
At the same moment a muttered I
oath , mingled with a cry , sounded a
my ears and the sound of somee
thing falling shook the beams of the li
floor. t
lam not one of the fainting kind , but [ t
_ L , .
matt sss tmti f-mm - m& j sm e ttetmmmii
for a minute or two 1 stood motion
less. Then springing downstairs I
admitted tho three eager womo who
wore huddled at the door.
"I've shot him ! I've killed him ! "
was all that I could say. "Bun up
stairs , Dinah , and see if if he is
dead. "
But Dinah would not go alone , so
we all hurried up in a crowd and
there , half-sitting , half-lying against
tho bed post , with tho canvas bag fal
len to the ground beside him , and a
red pool of blood under his right
shoulder blade was Eustace Dalzell.
Of course we sent for help to tho
nearest neighbor ; of course we de
livered my gallant lover , who was
not fatally injured , over to tho police ,
by whom he was recognized as an
old jail-bird , luxuriating in a new
name. New York Sun.
A Happy Family.
Raton , N. M. , letter to tho Kansas
City Times says , there was a happy
family living in a cage at a drug
store in this city , the members of
which family were a mouse , a moun
tain squirrel , an adder , and a rattle
snake which wore ten rattles. They
had been confined in the cage for
sometime andwere apparently on very
amicable terms , when an emeute broke
out which finally ended in a war of I
extermination , and , strange to sa } ' .
the squirrel well-nigh cleared the en
tire field.
When or why the row began is not
known , the first outbreak noticed
being an attack on tho mouse by the
squirrel in which the former was
quickly brained , and the victor
proceeded to dispatch the adder by
simply cutting his throat. He then
retired to refresh himself , and after
eating heartily pounced on the rat-
tlesnake. After fiercely biting and
scratching the rattler he retired in
good order without any serious in
jury ,
Up to this time the snake had been
a passive witness to the carnage
about him but he now proceeded to
join in the melee in earnest. He
coiled him self up and , assuming a
defensive attitude , waited for the
second attack. The squirrel didn't
give him long to wait , but the rattler
met him half way , and giving n
graceful , half circular swoepfastened
his fangs immediatly behind the left
shoulder of the squirrel. The plucky
little animal shook himself loose and
madeready to again attack the snake ,
which lay in the cage with flashing
eyes and quivering tail. The poison
from the snake rapidly took hold of
the little animalhoweverand he soon
began to show signs of approchingy
death.
Among the thirty or forty wit
nesses of the spirited and exciting
: fight was a physician , who took the
little fellow out and administered
; whiskyand strange to saythe next
morning the little fellow was appar
ently ' as well as ever.
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Put It In Writing.
Verbal contracts occasion more
,
trouble , dispute and litigation than 1
any ! other business transaction. The
wise • merchant taught by experience
will endeavor to have a writingexecu-
ted 1 by the party to be charged , in
every < case of importance arising in
his 1 buisness. This is especially nec
essary < of guarantees. A man enters
your office whom you know to be
perfectly ] responsible. He tells you
to 1 sell Brown a thousand dollars
worth of goods. Brown is all right ,
he 1 will answer for that , ect. Make n
him 1 sign a memorandum.
A customer gives you a. large order °
for i future and instalment deliveries.
- Make him sign it in writing. a
You engage a salesman for a year ,
or for a month , or for a trial trip.
Have ] it all put down in writing and
signed. a
You save takingyour chances before
a jury , who nine times out of ten sl
prove ] uncertain and toosj'mpathetic
with that party whom they consider
is the "under dog. "
It is onlyalittletroubleatthetime , "
but it usually saves a heap of trouble c
in the future. Trade Mark Becord.ls
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"Sweet Solitude's Seclnsion. "
" Henry , have you sent word to v
the f Social World that we sail for
Europe ] next Monday ? " x
" "
Ye * *
" And that there is a rumor to the y
effect that Bella is engaged to a fort
eign count at whose castle we will
spend a portion of the season ? " a
"Yes my dear ; I've taken care of tj
that. " bi
"Then I guess I'll write to Cousin si
Amanda to expect us in a day or so
at the farm ; and say. Henry , don't ci
forgetto get me two three or European di
guide-books. Idon'tintendtoletthat hi
hateful Mrs Sniff get ahead of me this ti
year. " Judge.
tl
Yaccination in the Harem.
V
One hundred and fifty of the ladies \ \
of the Sultan ' s seraglio at Constanti- *
iie
nople have just been vaccinated. .
The Italian surgeon who performed ju :
the operations wab stationed on one he :
side of an immense screen which n
concealed the women. A hole was in
made in the screen large enough for ni
an arm to pass through , and the
operator was confronted in turn by gc
arms of every size and complexion , m
To guard against any temptation to Cu :
curiosity , two eunuchs who stood by dc
the surgeon , covered his head with a jrC
shawl ; fter each operation , and did M
not remove it till the lady had withm
drawn her arm and another one takar
en her place.
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Lincoln With a Book. .
bi
Twenty years ago no photograph th ;
was more often seen than that of
President Lincoln sitting with a big ri <
book on his knee , and his little son th :
Tad leaning against him and 1 ooking
at it with him. The book was then hfl
thought to be a Bible , but it wasn't.es
It was Potographer Brady's picture en
album , which the president was Ei
examining with his son while some
ladies stood by. The artist begged "c
the president to remain quiet , and
the picture was taken.
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SUMSK.OIAXDI.
Wo own no houses , no lots , no lands ,
No dainty viands for us aro spread ;
By sweat of our brows and toil of our hands ,
Wo earn tho pittanco that buys us bread.
Yet wo live in a noble state
Sunbeam and I than the millionaires
Who dino off silver and golden plate ,
With liveried Inquoys behind their chairs.
Wo have no riches in bonds or stocks ,
No bank books show our balances to draw ;
Yet wo curry n safe key that unlocks
Mom treasures than Crtesus ever saw ,
Wo wear no velvets or satin lino ,
Wo dress in a very homely way ;
But , oh , what luminous lustre * * shino
About Sunbeam's gown and my wooden
gray.
No harp , no dulcimer , no guitar
Breaks into singing at Sunbenm's touch ;
But do not think that our ovonings nro
Without their mnsic ; thero is none such
In tho concert hnlls whore tho lyric air
In palpitant billows swims and swoons ;
Our lives aro us p alms and our foreheads
wear
The culms of the hearts of perfect Junes.
When wo walk together ( wo do not ride
We nro too poor ) , it is very raro
Wo aro boned unto from tho other sido
Of tho struot but not for this do wo care ,
We are not lonely ; we pnt-a along
Sunbeam and I and you cannot eco
( Wo enn ) what tall and beautiful throng
Of angels wo have for company.
When cloudy weather obscures our skies ,
And some dnys darken with drops of rain ,
We have but to look in each other's d es ,
And all is balmy and bright again.
Ah ! ours is the alchemy that transmutes
The dregs to elixir , the drops to gold ;
And so we livo on Hesperian fruits
Sunbeam and I aud novcr grow old.
Never ] grow old , and wo dwell in peace ,
And love our fellows and envy none ;
And our hearts aro glad at tholargeincrenso ,
Of plenteous under tho sun.
And tho duys go by with their thoughtful
trend ,
And theshadowslengthcn towards tho West ,
But the wane of our young years brings no
dread
To harm our hnrvests of quiet rest.
Sunbeam's hair will be strenked with gray ,
And Times will furrow my darling's brow ;
But ] never can Time's handtake away
The tender halo that clasps it now.
So we dwell in wonderful opulence ,
With nothing to hurt us nor upbraid ;
And my life trembles with revorenco
And Sunbeam's spiric is not afraid.
MARRIED J FOR MONEY.
, No letter for me , papa ? " "None ,
Katy. " . .
The expression of keen disappoint
ment that fluttered across the pretty
face of Kate Talbot was noticed not
only by her father but by the hand
some Rossmere Wylio , who accomA
panied him in his journey from the
Post-Office.
"Kate , " said Mr. Talbot as he dis-
mounted fi om his horse , "somehow
I don't believe in this cavalier of
yours. Out of sight out of mind ,
you know ; and it may be possible
z .
that in the attractions of a fashion-
able watering-place ho has forgotten
the little wild-flower of the Welding-
ton hills. "
"Never , papa ! You and Bossmere
were always unjustly prejudiced
against him. "
Rossmere Wylie looked at her with
grave earnestness. Suppose for an
instant ] Henry Gavnor was false ? Ho
sternly checked the upspringing throb
of his heart. Was it for him to build
a palace of happiness on the wreck of
Kate Talboc's first love ?
Nevertheless the suspicion of Gay-
nor's faithfulness was firm , and he
determined to visit the watering
place and survey the field. f
"Have you heard who arrived this t
morning , Gaynor ? "
Col. Medford's hand , laid lightly t
on Henry Gaynor's shoulder , arrested j
that gentleman in the midst of an11
afternoon promenade.
"No ; any one worth cultivating ? "
"Miss Montressor , the heiress.
There's a chance for you ifj'ou want
ai'ich wife. "
Henry Gaynor's handsome e3'es ir
sparkled. h
"Can you introduce me ? "
"No , I haven't the honor of a per
sonal acquaintance , but Wylie can *
Rossmere Wylie , you know. He's a
cousin < or something and there she *
now. "
"What ! that fat little dowdy con-
cern ? I thought she was a beauty. " CJ
"So she is from a financial point of
view : ? "
"But she's forty if she's a day , and
I'll wager her teeth are false. " t
"Very possibly , but think of her t\
wealth and don't be hyporcritical. m
You had better consider the mat
ter. "
Gaynor did consider the matter , P1
and ; that evening succeeded in obju
taining the desired introduction , and cl
began to devote his attentions asp
aiduouslyto her.
And Rossmere Wylie watched the
cr
curious developments of the littlelife-
drama that was beinjr enacted under si
his eyes with contemptuous indigna-
tion. -
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"A heartless scoundrel ! " he }
: u
thought. S1
Kate will be well rid of him. And
W
ret , poor girl , she did believe in him.
Well , this is a strange world we live
. If a man steal a five-pound note as
is sent to prison : if he steals a th :
' heart , to it when
ivoman s fling away c %
is tired of the plaything , he ' s a ? !
:
iero ! Bon voyage , Mr. Henry Gay- : j
ior. , I shall certainly not interfere , < rj
any of your nice little arrangej j
"
nents. . co
August was gone and over ; the
golden orb of the full September
noon was looking calmly into the sh ;
urtained recess of the huge baywinh
low where Mr. Henry Gaynor had .
rone gracefully down on his knees to ) c
Hiss Emily Montressor. after the
nost approved and romantic fashion , r.c
ind asked her to be his wife. *
"But , Henry , " faltered the fair one , to
'lam so much older than you. " mi
"A year or so , perhaps , darling ;
ut what does that signify to hearts i0
hat are congenial ? "
"And then my niece will think it so *
idiculous ; she has alway opposed nt
he idea of my marrying. " * of >
"My Emily should not sacrifice the co
lappiness of her lifetime to the interyo
sted motives of others , " he urged , rill
mphaticallv. "You will be mine , Sn
SmilyV" ye
"Ah , Henry you are so winning ! I so
ion'tknow whatnnsw'rtogiveyou. " co
"Say 'Yes , ' darling. " ca
And Miss Montressor said , "Yes. " { bil .
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"But I really am afraid to let my " <
nieco know ; I'm sure sho will opposo >
it. " j
" love will her iho
"My spare oppor- j
tunity ; wo will go quietly to tho ' 1
church some morning and bo • mar
ried. "
"Oh , Henry ! "
"Emily , my darling , I am awaro
that this is not a common proceed
ing , butthen you know that our love - {
is not a common love. "
"I I know it , " faltered Miss Mon
tressor , turning a huge emerald ring
round and round on her dumpy little
finger : "and if you insist upon /
it" !
Mr Gaynor's handsome eyes
flashed . in triumph ; ho was sure of the (
prizo at last. Poor , forgotten ICnte !
Tho sudden wedding of tho middle-
aged Miss Montressor with tho chief (
of tho made nino
exquisite season a 1
days' sensation at Scarborough. f
Kate Talbot heard of it in duo time ,
and cried a night and day before '
sho ' began to realizo that she had ;
made a fortunate escape. And Ross
mere came back to Scarborough just
in time to catch her heart in tlie ro 'M '
bound. m
While Mr. Wylie and Miss Kato 9
Talbot ; were gathering grapes and M
whispering exceeding interesting lit'M
tie nothings under the green , tremu- m
lous shadow of the arbors at Welding- m
ton , after tho most approved style .
of love-making , Mr. and Mrs. Henry ,
Gaynor ( were enjoying tho grandeur
oftyalcs. ( ' 1
"Henry , dear , " said Emily , "I'm I
so , disappointed at this letter from ! 1
Emmy. " ifl
"Who's Emmy. " 1
"My niece , dear. I thought , of yW
course , she'd send me something very I
nice for a wedding present. "
"Never mind , my love. What do ' )
we want with her paltry wedding ' { M
presents ] ? " , fl
"It isn't that Henry , but" il
"But what ? " M
"She's cut off my allowance , tho rm
hard-hearted ] minx ; and she so rich ! " ifl
"What ! Are there two heiresses in > *
tho 1 Montressor family ? " .9
"Two heiresses ? No. - I do not 1
comprehend you. What do you
mean , Henry. <
"Bo I" Henry cleared his throat tfl
huskily i and went on "understand | Jfl
that that your niece " ' ym
"Why , you must often have heard H
of my niece. Emily Montressor she H
was named after me the rich heir- jH
essAnd now she's cut off my allow- | H
ance and left me without apenny , tho 9
disagreeable thing ! Well , it's lucky fl
I've got a husband to take care of ' M
me now , ain 't it Henry dear ? " ijH
nenry Gaynor did not answer ; he M
literally 1 could not. His tongue i M
seemed to cleave to the roof of his \MU \
mouth ; every drop of blood in his t M
body stood still. Had he sacrificed J M
his j youth and beauty and brilliant M
prospects for this ? The gentle Emily M
had 1 never looked as course and un- J M
attractive as she did at this moment. |
clinging caressingly to his arm , with j W
all a wife's sweet confidence. H
And then he remembered sweet 'j W
Kate Talbot and thought vindictive- M
ly of Rossmere Wylii\ \
"He knew he niu - t have known H
that there were two Emily Montress- H
ors , " thought Gaynor , clenching his H
teeth. "He saw me walk into the H
trap , and never opened his lips to M
warn me. Oh , what a fool ! what a \
double distilled blockhead I have H
J
So ho had ; but unfortunately it - H
was too late for thisself-appreciation \
to be of any use. Ife was safely mar- WM
riedtoMiss Montressor , but not to , H
the Emily ! And Mr. Gaynor felt , 'm\ \
with a bitter pang of humiliation , fl
that his snu/r / little piece of diplomacy fl
had been an utter failure. N. Y.
Current Wit. H
The poultice that draws out a ! B
man's virtues is the sod that covers H
his grave. W
"Is Mr. Bromley tall ? " "Person- H
he . " " " " H
ally is. "Personally ? "Yes.
_
Officially he is short $ .10,000 short. H
That's why he went to Montreal. " M
Which is the longest word in tho Imm
English language ? "Smiles , " be- H
cause there's a mile between tho first H
and last letters. H
We pity theyoung fellow who wants \
to vote , but will lack a day of being I H
twenty-one on election day. He f m\ \
must feel lack a daisical. j , mm
It mav be doubted whether the < ; j H
practice of chewing gum has an in- i H
jurious effect on the eyes of the gum- H
ehe ver , but it hurts the eyes of other H
people. < SomerviHe Journal. 1 , H
She ( gazing at the elephant ) : H
"What majesty , George ! Such mas- , ' m\ \
sive dignity and conscious power. ' ' ' M
He : "Ye-es ; but don't you think , < \
lear , that the one small peanut he | > \
ias just put into his huge body with j 1 H
iuch a childish relish somewhat S W\ \
veakens ( the general effect ? " ' j H
Snap actor : "I have called , sir , to j U
lsk you to insert a lino to the effect ' j H
hat I have just refused an offer of f H
500 a week. Accommodating edi- < H
.
or : "With pleasure. Is there any- * H
hingelse I can do for you , sir ? " H
'That's all , unless you have a spare , fl |
lime about you. " Philadelphia Re- , < : H
"You would be sorry to lose your j' ' > H
ister , wouldn 't you Johnny ? " asked u H
lie visitor suggestively to the little , * M
)03 * who was entertaining him in the Vt B
Ira wing-room. "Nope , " replied Ai B
fohnny. "I guess I could stand it , ij H
Jr. ] Hankinson. Maw says I've got | 9M
wear short pants till after Irene's | - H
narried. " ' H
Tell your mother that I am coming > " f' 1
see her soon , " said a lady on , ' H
Lustin avenue to Mrs. Sniverly's j ( H
ittle boy , who was playing in front H
fthe gate. "I am glad you are , . 1 1
omin' and ma will be glad to see , } H
ou , too. " "How do you know she r H
be glad to see me ? " asked Mrs. 5 H
iniverly. "Because I heard her say J H
esterday she would be glad to seo- * W
omebody who didn't come hero to j | H
ollect a bill. She said nobody evei < * - I H
nine to the house except men with ! < I H
.ills. " Texas .
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