HOW MUCH ARE THEY WORTH ?
"My frit nds , " I said , "there lives a man whom
greatly I admire , '
A man whoso warm uud tender heart glows
with honest flro ;
AmantvhoclHcru all those ho meets on life's
dark , troubled way , i
And maUcs them for awhile forget tbo struff-1
Klcs of to-day.
A man with look so bright and kind upon his
pleasant lace ,
'Twould almost turn 11 cynlc'n mind to love the
human race ;
A man" Hut hero a friend exclaimed : "Wo
'
all admire intrth ;
But how much Is he worth ? I abk ; oh , how
much Is ho worth * "
"I know another man , " bald I , becoming
sllRhtlyhot ;
"Who has mbro wisdom In his head than all of
us have got ,
Who is a shrewd philosopher , a thinker far re
nowned
For solving weighty arguments and questions
most profound.
Has studied ancient sciences as well as later
themes ,
Can tell you of tbo distant star that from Us
orbit gleams ;
In fact , my friends , I think that he's the wisest
man on earth. "
"But how much is ho worth ? " they asked ;
"pray , how much Is he worth ? " .
"There lives , " I cried , my temper riled , "as
beautiful a maid .
As ever frizzed her tawny banes or swallowed
lemonade ,
Aa ever from her window gazed upon the
rising moon ,
As over on piano played a weird , romantic
tune ;
She's wise as she Is beautiful , as clever she's
wise ;
The poets in our neighborhood do rave about
her eyes.
She has a winning way , my friends , as she is of
noble birth. "
"Buthow much is she worth ? " they asked ;
"oh , how much is she worth ? "
IL D. Muir , in Chicago Saturday Herald.
THE CARPENTER'S MATE.
Plotting for a Wife , and How It
Succeeded.
Twenty years ago I commanded one
of their vessels , the Norseman , of the
old Allesworth line of Liverpool. She
was in the East India trade at the time ,
and I was about to make my first voy
age as master. 1 had been with her
the previous voyage in the capacity of
chief mate , and was more than pleased
when the firm called me into their pri
vate office and offered mo the command
of the ship.
I had just heen/ married , and it is
needless to say that I accepted the
firm's offer , at the same time arranging
to have my wife accompany me on the
voyage.
"I have a favor to ask of you , Captain
Thornton , " said Mr. Burlingame , the
senior partner , when we were alone ,
"and I rely upon your honor to keep the
matter confidential. "
I bowed , and Mr. Burlingame went
on :
"JJy daughter Evelyn has hecome
infatuated with one of my clerks , and
he has had the assurance to ask her
hand in marriage. Ho * has been dis
missed from our employ , and I have
seen nothing of him since. My daugh
ter has-taken the matter to heart , and I
have decided to send her out with you
on a voyage , in the hope that the
change of scene and the companion
ship of your wife and yourself may bring
back the roses to her cheek. Any thing
you can do to assist in having her forget
this wretched infatuation will be appre
ciated. "
I had little faith in my ability to
cause Miss Evelyn to forget her lover ;
besides , as I had just entered the mar
ried state myself , 1 could hardly bo ex
pected to sympathize with a plan for
the separation of two loving hearts.
But I promised to care for the ship
owner's daughter as far as was in my
power , and the interview terminated.
The following morning my wife and I
wont aboard the Norseman , which was
lying at anchor in the Mersey. At nine
o'clock Mr. Burlingame and his daughter-
came aboard. The latter was a hand
some young lady of twenty-two years ;
but her sweet face was pale and sad ,
and , although she aaid nothing , it was
evident that the thought of leaving
home affected her deeply.
Farewells were over , the anchor was
aweigh , and Mr. Burlingame , after a
parting grasp of the hand and a whis
pered admonition to "take good care of
Evelyn , " stepped aboard the tender and
returned to shore. Wo were towed down
the Mersey , crossed the bar , and dis
missing our tug and pilot bora away
toward the Cape of Good Uope.
Ater we were well under way all
hands were called aft to choose watches.
As the crew filed by one of their num
ber , a fine-looking young fellow , at
tracted my attention.
v "Who is that young man ? " I asked ,
pointing him out to Mr. Evorson , my
chief mate.
"Kenneth Garduer ; he shipped as
carpenter's mate , " was the reply.
Just as the crew ranged themselves
in a line , a little aft the mainmast , the
ladies came on deck and walked forward
to where I was standing.
As I turned to greet them I was
startled by a scream from Miss Burl
I ) . ; ingame , and the nest moment I was
holding her limp form in my arms.
She was at once taken below , and soon
recovered consciousness , but could give
no explanation of her fainting fit ?
Wo were scarcely two weeks out be
fore I noticed a great change in Miss
Burlingame. The roses had returned
to her cheeks , and she seemed well
pleased with her situation aboard the
Norseman.
She went all over the ship , sometimes
accompanied by my wife , and some
times alone. Several times I noticed
her in conversation with the carpenter's
mate , and , my curiosity being aroused ,
I walked forward one day and got into
conversation with him. .
I found Gardner an intelligent fellow ,
possessing a surprising familiarity with
the rules of navigation and all matters
pertaining to the merchant marine. I
thought it a little singular that a man
of his intelligence and apparent ability
bad no bettor position than that of car
penter's mate on an English merchant
man , and told him so.
His reply was that his limited re
sources had prevented his gratifying in
any other way his passion for traveling
and seeing the world. The explanation
was not satisfactory , but a look into the
handsome , manly face convinced mo
that whatever his reasons were for being -
ing on the Norseman in his present
capacity , they did not concern mo , and
I asked him no further questions on the
matter.
In duo time o doubled the Cape of
Good Hope , ran the castings down , and ,
crossing the IJiy : of Bengal , Fighted one
morning the low sandhills and later the
i flat , sandy coast at the mouth of the
Hoogley. Wo took aboard a native
\ pilot , and were soon lying at anchor at
. Garden Roach , about seven miles below
I Calcutta. I wont Jishoro , accompanied
] by my wife and Misss Burlingamo.
| During the voyage the young lady
had regained her health and spirits ,
and had become well acquainted with
the carpenter's mate. While ho took
no liberties , I began to feel smxious
about tbo matter , and regretted that
the handsome youth was a member of
my crow. I pitied the poor clerk left
in old England , and meditated on the
fickleness of woman.
At Calcutta wo loaded a cargo of jute
for Melbourne , and put to sea. On the
morning of the sixth day out the
barometer began to fall rapidly , and as
the typhoon season was at band I felt
a little anxious , although there was no
indication of danger in the clear sky
and the light breeze which fanned the
surface of tbo Indian ocean.
About two o'clock in the afternoon
the sky to windward showed signs of
a gathering storm. Professional pride
told mo to crowd on all sail so long as
the wind continued fair , but experience
whispered that the lives of the ship's
crew , my wife and Miss Burlingamo
depended , to a great extent , upon my
seamanship and good judgment I con
sidered the matter a few minutes , and
then , summoning the chief mate , said :
'Mr. Everson , call all hands , take in
the light sail , send down the studding-
sail yards and booms , skysail , royal and
topgallant yards fore and aft , and close
reef the topsails and courses. "
The mate , whoso hair and beard were
whitened by the ocean blasts of forty
years , regarded me in surprise for a
moment , then touched his cap and re
turned to the waist. I could see that
the old salt doubted the advisability of
the course I was pursuing.
The orders for shortening sail were
rapidly executed , and in less than
twenty minutes the Norseman was all
snug fore and aft In the meantime the
horizon had become overcast with a
heavy bank of copper-colored clouds ; in
the thirty years I have followed the
sea I have never seen the elements ar
rayed in a moro terrific line of battle
than they were at 3:30 of the afternoon
of September 15 , 1809.
The hatches were carefully battened
down and the watch sent below to secure
what rest they might , while I paced the
quarter-deck , restless and unsasy. The
breeze gradually died out and a dead
calm ensued.
The ladies came on deck and chaffed
mo for shortening sail.
The barometer continued falling , and
I again ordered all hands called. A line
of foam was approaching on the star
board beam.
"Hard a port ! "
"Hard a port , sir ! ' ' responded the
helmsman.
1 seized the trumpet and gave my or
ders.
"Haul up the courses. "
The command was promptly executed ,
and the men started aloft to furl. They
were too late.
"Down for your lives ! Down ! "
The tidal wave struck us on our port
quarter , breaking over the poop-deck ,
accompanied by a fearful gust of wind.
Away went our courses , and the topsails
were literally blown from the bolt ropes.
I looked for the ladies , wno hud been
standing on the quarter-deck. Merciful
heavens ! they had been washed over
board , and 1 saw their agonized faces
half a ship's length to leeward.
With a yell to lower away the star
board boat I plunged into the sea. As
1 rose to the surface I heard a cool voice
beside me.
"Cheer up , Cap. we'll save them sure. "
1 glanced over my shoulder , and saw
the carpenter's mate.
It seemed as. though Providence had
intervened in our behalf , for after the
first terrible gust the wind had sub
sided. We reached the ladies , and
looked around for the boat. It was com
ing , the crew pulling lyce demons ,
while in the sheets sat Everson , urging
them to greater exertion.
By the time we returned to the ship
the cyclone had broken upon us in all
its fury , and for three days we drifted
at the mercy of the storm.
On the morning of the fourth day the
wind and sea went down ; the damage to
the Norseman was quickly repaired ,
and we stood away for Melbourne.
Upon our arrival Kenneth Gardner
asked for his discharge , which I could
not well refuse him. After the papers
had been filled out I took occasion to
thank the young man warm
ly in behalf of Mr. Burlingamo , and in
timated that it would be to his advan
tage to return to Liverpool as soon as
possible , giving him at the same time a
letter of introduction to my employer ,
which contained a detailed description
of the gallant conduct of Gardner in
saving Miss Evelyn's life.
The ladies were ashore , stopping at
the hotel , and I was to join them
later in the day. I appeared about five
o'clock. Mrs. Thornton was suffering
from a headache , and Miss Burlingame
had gone for a drive.
The young lady came in half an hour
after , accompanied by Kenneth Gard
ner. After exchanging greetings the
latter placed in my hands a document.
I opened it and was taken flat aback at
the contents. It was a certificate signed
by a loading clergyman of Melbourne ,
stating that Hiram Holdsworth and
Evelyn Burlingame had that day been
united in marriage.
Of course I gave them my blessing ; 1
couldn't help it. 1 believe I kissed the
bfide several times , and would have
continued had not my wife objected.
The next thing was to inform Mr.
Burlingamo of the condition of affairs ,
and as gently as possible I broke the
news that his discharged clerk had
rather played it on the old man. I re
ceived his answer at San Francisco in
the person of Captain Gregson , who had
been sent out to relieve me of the com-
mand of the Norseman ; but the agonta
of Btirlineamn & Co. were instructed to
pay rno a full year's salary.
lurlingamo ! died of apoplexy , and as
Evelyn was the only heir she inherited
all of his vast wealth. To-day the firm
of Hiram Holdsworth & Co. own more
tonnage than any other in the United'
Kingdom. Connell Taylor , in Boston
Globe.
THE OCEAN CURE.
An Kiil3h ! System for tlio Cure of Coii-
ftuinptlre * .
Tbouffh the Bailing-vessel has gone
out of fashion with travelers , it still
has its uses and its peculiar excellen
cies. As a health-restorer , it certainly
preatly surpasses the steamer , on which
the passenger is hardly at sea in the
fullest sense , since the steam-engines ,
the sight and smell of smoke , the stair
ways , the carpets and tbo easy-chairs
continually take his senses back to the
land.
land.Lately
Lately the use of the sailing-vessel as
a means of bringing hack health to cer
tain classes of invalids , and particular
ly to consumptives , has become a regu
lar system in England , and its results
have been submitted to thorough and
statistical study.
The "ocean cure" for consumptives is
practised by English physicians in this
way : the patient is ordered to embark
at the end of the month of September
on a sailing-vessel hound for Australia.
Once past Cape Finisterre for Eu
ropeans , in former times , the "end of
the earth" the traveler may see no
land for two or three months. He is far
at sea , with little to remind him of any
thing in his past life , breathing an at
mosphere which is free from dust and
smoke , and also freer than any atmos
phere on land from the microbes which
often cause disease.
For the most part , he is in a kindly
climate , and the slow progress of his
vessel accustoms him gradually to such
changes of air as ho must undergo.
He arrives in Australia in the summer
of that latitude. Here he is advised to
remain for a month or six weeks , and
then to re-embark on a sailing vessel
bound for England. Ordinarily he
roaches England on his return in Juno ,
when the dangers to consumptives from
the climate of that country are well-
nigh past.
Out of fifty-six cases of consumptives ,
in which this treatment was followed
and of which records were kept , forty-
four reported marked improvement. In
five cases the condition remained the
same ; in four it became worse , and only
one patient died. Youth's Companion
VESSELS OF STATE.
The Richly Ornamented BargeM of the
Royalty of Slum.
The royal harge in Siam is a porten
tous structure. Its lower part is an im
mensely long and rather flat boat , turn
ing up at the ends , so that these , are
reared many feet above the water.
Strangely and weirdly fashioned are
these towering ends , presenting to view
such wonders as a colossal dolphin
covered with gilding , a multi-colored
crocodile , or glittering dragons , all red ,
green and gold.
Along the benches fore and aft are
packed the paddlers , dressed in gor
geous costumes of the brightest colors ,
a royal red predominating ; and from
the middle of the hull rises the pavil
ion of state ; a sort of pagoda with four
corners , richly covered or inlaid with
colored hits of porcelain and gilded in
tinsel , hung with bright curtains , fes
tooned with real and artificial flowers ,
and surmounted with one or more of the
peaked emblems of royalty. Inside is
a sort of chamber in which are placed
old-fashioned weapons , some palace
guards in gala dress , and perhaps some
courtiers or officers of state.
One of these monsters will carry a
towering structure with a throne at the
top , upon which his majesty will sit if
he comes out to honor the procession
with his presence. Other less preten
tious royal barges will carry only a
large awning draped with the royal
standard and looking at a distance rath
er like a howdah taken off the hack of
some gigantic elephant and lifted into
the canoe. In spite of the great size of
these leviathans and the smallness of
the paddles they travel at a very good
pace , driven by the short , sharp strokes
of multitudinous men on each side.
A procession of half-a-dozen such
giants following one another , and fol
lowed in their turn by smaller but ca
pacious barges , belonging to the chief
princes and nobles , makes a grand spec
tacle on this noble river , and rivals
probably the greatest glories attained on
our own river by the water pageants of
medieval London. Murray's Magazine.
Th Bagpipes Settled Them.
An amusing incident recorded of the
Peninsular war seems to prove that
even the charms of our beautiful Na
tional bapipes fail to soothe these sav
age beasts. It happened that while one
of the Highland regiments was march
ing across a desolate part of Spain one
of the pipers for some inexplicable
reason found himself separated from
his comrades. Halting on a lonely plain
he sat down to oat his breakfast , when
to his horror ho saw wolves approaching.
When they came very near he flung
them all the food he had with him , ful
ly conscious , however , that this meager
meal would not stay their advance for
many seconds. With the calmness of
desperation ho then said : "As ye've
had the meatye'll hae the music , too , "
and thereupon he proceeded to "blow
up his chanter. " No sooner ( Jid his un
welcome guests hear the first "skirl" of
the pipes than they turned in wild terror
and fled as fast as their long legs would
carry them. "De'il hae it ! " said the
piper ; "had I thocht ye were so fond o'
the music ye wad hao gotten it afore
meat , instead o'after ! " Then hungrily he
went his way , not forgetting from time
to time to blow a blast so wild and shrill
as might effectually scare any prowling
foes. Temple Bar.
Educational Item.
First Yale Student Have you tele
graphed to the old man for money ?
Second Yale Student Yes.
"Got an answer ? " ,
"Yss , I telegraphed the old man :
'Where is that money I wrote for ? ' and
his answer reads : 'In my inside
pocket. ' " Texas Sittings.
'AUTHORIZED CAPITAL , CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,
S100.000.
. .
\ \
GEORGE HOCKNELL , President. B. / * / . FREES , Vice President. W.F. LAWSON , Cashier.
A. CAMPBELL , Director. 5. L. GREEN , Director.
ank ot Mci
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How otten this term of parting greets our
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The postoffice committee of
tlie house on Monday agreed
upon a favorable report on the
bill authorizing the establish
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vice in cities where the gross
postal revenues are $5,000 a
year or more. The following
towns in Nebraska are affect
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Chadron. § 5,107 ; Columbus ,
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6,728 ; Holdrege,5,727 ; McCooK ,
5,192 ; Norfolk 6,413 ; North
Platte , 5,232 , and Plattsmouth ,
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The state teachers in session
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against the state publication
of school books. This gratu
itous act will not likely deter
the legislature from paying its
respects to tlie abominable
school book trust , however.
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