Pittston Gazette

              \ PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1890. FNrtMLtMHKO ln»« I riii,. «LI. .%». m. ' f Oidesi f ewsuauei in the VVvommy Vallev AWeeKly Local and hamib loiiriiai. ! M HER ANSWER. 111 uis pocket, and nrtien ttio crew refused  go forward be lira! at aud wounded one of theni This brought on a tight, in which both oflicei-s and ono of the sailors were killed. It was rebellion—not mutiny Tho sole idea of the crew was to protect uie from further cruelty In carrying thi» out murder was done and all were liable to the gallows. The dead bodies were lying on deck when I recovered consciousness, while the men had cougregatod in tho waist of the briff for consulfation The second mate, whose name was Chapman, had sympathized with the crew, although he had no hand in tho fight. He was now asked to take command of the brig until it could bo determined what should be i}one, and he did so. The three dead men were prepared for burial in the usual way. and launched over tho side without service, and an hour after the fight not a trace of it was left. OF FIT FISHER. at anchor ;*w yards from the DeaC?h, opposito the fort, and the match was applied. At 1 the explosions occurred, four in number. At daylight thq vessels stood in for the scene. The fort was still there, grim and doliant, its flag floating proudly and no evidence of in jury visible. The transports with troops were not up, and Fort"r ordered the bran bardment to begin. The New Ironsides led, taking positiou in gallant style under lire from several guns of the fort. Tho entire fleet drew up in lines as detailed, and tho fire was directed with great deliberation npon particular guns in the huge work. The fort answered and fired 672 shots nt tho Ueet. The commander ordered the firing to cease, because his supply of ammunition was limited. The navy, the enemy hud been silenced, withdrew. Many Confederate shells struck the vessels, the Mackinaw having her boiler exploded by one, and the Osceola receiving one near her magazine that nearly sank her. in tlio harlxir of Wilmington when forter v. us houilMirditto the fort, and during the fire she ran out of tho river past the blockade on an errand for supplies for Lee's army Thocruiu r Cluckamauga put into Wilming ton just before Butler's attack, and got a lead of (Ml. During the fighting her crew went on shore and ssrved batteries com mandiug tho channel, and the vessel was on fluty as a river picket. CAIRO AND ISMAILIA. Ma and its pretty street 3, w hore, as i said, wo took passage on the steam launch which was to Convey us to Port Said. Tho craft lay in waiting, and in a few luinules after we had left the train our party and hatrgage were on board. Five minutes later and we were off, cutting tho waters of tho grand canal constructed by tho genius of Do Lcsseps. No person, I think, who has not seen thci Suez canal can have any adequate idea of the magnitude of this triumph over difficulties of the riiost discouraging sort. To redeem land from the desert and make it an easy avenue of commence was what Do Lesseps undertook and accomplished. were late ui llie process turned fiercely upon gesticulating Id ;i C1 mated that \i (C-'i precincts of the C tear us to pieces. I men then undoi'too!; I was intended by the ( the women, visrorou heads to tell us thru \ tliem, and pointing C Indicating that v. a». j ta be. Wo prompt! struclionr. no ii person at whose ir.U ri the ''life of Chj i.- t' anil I reverend* ns sisted, so far :Ds wo were |Dfrinittcd to do so, was poor,, and the racket which inclosed the remains was borrowed for the occasion, the corpso being in it only during the ceremonies and the procession to and from the mosque. Afterwards the body w;)s permitted to slide out into the open grave. T'rfen the casket was removed for another liumble occupant. ring and thereupon YARNS AND GOSSIP. "Dear Nell, tls good-by, your train's nearly due, And here are your tickets, your wraps and the keys. With your check, and thsse roses- I gathered a few For your belt, little queen—and I hope they will please hicii inti- At a reccnt election in Beverly, Mass., one ballot was entirely blank, but on the back of it was written: "I want to vote the same as Maurice Ileaphy." e ve t r tho /acred With Dr. Talmage on His Tour to the Holy Land. y would First Attack on the Famous laiu what •eo of the Ax Oakland (Cal.) judgo got drunk in a saloon and was published in tho paper. When court op. nod he lectured himself for breaking a city ordinance, imposed a line of fifty dollars and paid it. Work. rations of i:intr their in t follow "Ah I there Is the whistle. dear' Send to me, please. The answer I pleaded so hard for last nljfht. Bay, Sell, for an answer send Lack one of thes»: For yes, a red rose; for refusal, the white." Ae in the case of other important points, the Union government had many plans volunteered for tho eapt CAIRO AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. BUTLER'S FUTILE ATTEMPT are of tlie port of Tk* Old and New Town Contrasted—Por- glit Ax American has sued a dealer in mummies in Egypt for swindling. Tho American bough t a mummy "guaranteed to be 5,000 years old," and af tor wards discovered that its age was only 4995 A deep, heavy rumbling, a whistlo's wild shriek.. A clashing and clanging, a red. glaring light. Blue eyes flash an answer that lips will not speak; A sweet summer dream has its ending to-night VViliuin£fon. Early traits of Inhabitant*—The ltazars—A folio 1 tho i»- In 1864 a citizen of Pleasant Railway Journey— Pretty Ismai-11—Four Boars on the Suez Canal. nkDasl 'eC3. The tithor of This Was In December, 1804—The I'owdar Ship Fiasco—Account of tlie iinuid Naval Boston, Mr. Fred- erick fCidder, who "1 love her," he muruiuicd, as standing alone Ee peered thro' the darkness that snatched her . from light "t love him, of course " Her roguish eyas shone Bombardment—Admiral Porter's Faith Lad iircd In Wil- [CopyrigUt, 1890, by Louis Klopsch, New York.] In the Power of Uls Fleet. miagtou before the Jekusaleu, Dec. 5.—We left Cairo with many regrets. It lias so many points of interest and is altogether so fascinating a place that it seems to me everybody must leave it, after but a short stay like ours, feeling that he must return to it and feast his observation anew. I can hardly expect to do this. We made about lifteen miles an hour speed on our journey from Ismailia to Port Said, which occupied four hours in all. Our progress was assisted by a stiff breeze from the Mediterranean. The weather was cool and Dr. Talmage sat in full winter costume, a steamer rug covering his feet tlio whole time. He evidenced the greatest interest in the canal, listening eagerly to all who had any information regarding it to communicate. Comparing the canal with the Pyramids, ho observed how useless were the one as compared with the other. In his estimation the Panama canal will be even a mightier success than that of De Lessep3. "Those who denounce the Panama scheme," he said, "will soon be dead and a people possessing more financial courage will arise and cut the canal as a knifecuts through an orange; and long after Da Lesseps shall bo de-id, united America will celebrate his genius as that of the pioneer who pronounced the enterprise possible and made a sturdy attempt to accomplish it at an age when other men have long ago laid down the took of their occupation." Louis Klopsch. years, A Cincixxati yojung lady, who oulls fashion's latest terms from the newspapers, threw a whole millinery store into a stato of excitement by calling for "a pair of hoso nozzles." She wanted a pair of gaiters. Dec. 23 to 36, 1864, was the date of tho first attack on Fort Fisher, N. C. This famous stronghold was located on the peninsula of Federal Point, and was the largest earthwork in the Confederacy. Previous to July, 1863, the defenses of the Confederacy at this place had consisted of some small, detached breastworks and one inclosed battery, where four guns were mounted. A new commandant, Col. William Lamb, was appointed in 1862, and war, presented to Gen Burnside a "I'll dip it Ip carmine and Bend him die white.'' When the questiou of what should, be done came lip for discussion most of the men were appalled at the seriousness of the case. It was tho first duty of the mate to set a signal of distress, but, of course, nothing of the sort was done. Under the law he should head for the nearest port and there surrender brig ami crew, but, of course, he had no thought of this. While he had not incited the crew to resistance, ho had not come to the aid of the ofiicers. It would have been easy to prove his sympathy for me, and that would have made him the accessory of the crew. It was realised that all had outlawed I hemselves, and the question was, where to go, and what to do with the brig. It was iinaily decided to haul up for the Solomon Islands. The brig was bound home through fl'ori-e-s strait, as sho had two ports of call to mako before reaching the Cape of Good Hopo, and we were not more than 450 mile* out of Sydney when the murders occurred. We therefore had a voyage of 1,500 miles be- plan for surprising A watchman asleep, a switch that was curntxl. • A hundred poor souls to eternity swept! Across magic wires the fatal news ouraed. The heart of a village Iq ugony wept. Di ■! 11j,  ,■D • tlio place Ho pro- posed that a (loot of Bat vessels, pro- _ _ , „ X GEX. W. H. C. WHITING. pel leu by steam, Ix catechizing a candidate for cook tho opicuro asked: "How would you servo woodcock—with or without their heads?" "V.'ithoujt," said the disengaged culinary applicant. "That's enough," said tho questioner; "I do not want you in my kitchen." Moral, heads A hundred brave hearts by syiiipathy sped. Passed in night's silence through valley and glen. And fought la the smote of the wreck for the dead. With the fierceness of demons, the'p'ty of men. should bp moved over the shallow sound east tif Wilmington, where the distance is only twelve miles by land, to land an armed force, which should march rapidly upon the city. A column of cavalry was to move at the same-time frofo New Berne and come up on the rear of Wilmiugton. In this way the vrcrks nt Federal Point and at the mouth of Cape Pear river would he avoided, and if tho city should fail thesoff.ould become uselCks and the Confederates would abandon tlxum. Gen. Liurnside was at the time recruiting in the east to fill up his Ninth corps, mid it was believed that the intention was to & a(l him to Kortli Carolina with this force. But when the Wildernass campaign was bCy £un by Gen. Grant, Burnside united his troops with thCD Army of ;the Potomac, and the K-i'iJ®' plan was abandoned. During the summer of 1904, Gen. Charles K. GraUnui volnuteered a plan, which was, to move u;ob Wilmington with three columns from thrpo different points at once. One biiTv irif picked caValry was to po out from New Berne and cut all the railroads leading out of the city. Another, to be transported over the waters of the sounds on the to within twelve miles, should strike the city proper, and a forco of infantry and artillery ihould land on the west side of Taking individual objects in Cairo, next to the Boulak museum, tho citadel of the mosque of Mehemet Aii interested me the most. It is a line structure of alabaster, combining, so good judges think, all the best features of Moorish architecture. The view from this wonderful building commands a scene never to be forgotten. A few miles off stands the obelisk of which a mate is the most valued adornment of Central park. The source of tho vast supply of stones out of which the Pyramids were erected is seen in yonder distant quarries. Beneath one's feet are the myriad sights and sounds of the great city. Of all the scene the placid Nile longest detains the eye. Rhoda, the island said to have been the place where Pharaoh's daughter foundMoses.is viewed with all the greater pleasure on account of this tradition. Near the City the country presents a verdant appearance. To the north are green fields and a fiat expanse of land. The distant south is desert, beginning seemingly where the giants Ghizeh and Sakkarah raise their venerable heads. Nearer Cairo than those Pyramids and their lesser companions are the ruins of Memphis. I cannot tako leave of Egypfvjjthout saving something oi life wxetclwd ftliah, who for thousands of years has been the victim of hard usage. Nothing can be moro pathetic than tho patience of this poor fellow. Suffering and cruelty he takes to bo inevitable and a matter of course, and never loses his temper because of such trifles as those. Ho does not like to pay taxes, and will submit without grumbling, when lamed for weeks by tho bastinado, rather than pay them. Poor fellow, ho never has much and saves the little lie can, excepting as he is occasionally the victim of an unthrifty impulse. When the great man of the district approaches tho fellahin salaam in mute reverence before him, and touch their lips with dust from the street in token of the veneration in which they hold him. A coward by habit, the fellah does not resent the use of the stick on his unoffending shoulders, if Ins presence is con 6idered objectionaLlo by the menial who applies it for his master. Ilis house is a miserable substitute for a home. It con tains almost nothing on its earthen floor, nis wardrobe consists of one garment and ono quilt is his only bed. Dates are a staple article in his frugal diet, which consists besides of Unleavened bread, vegetables eaten raw and milk which he drinks, sour. Tho wife of his bosom is no better off than he, excepting that she is spared some of the abuse which he encounters in tho outside world. Her solitary garment, excepting tho veil she wears, is cleaned with a piece of earth, and much of her timo is taken up in active and, I hope, successful attempts to kill tho fleas which liaunt her attire. She carries her naked brats attride on her shoulder, and till they are seven years okl the matter of their co6tumo never engages her attention at all. Spite of his helpless wretchedness, the fellah sings at his toil, whatever it may be, and his few hours of rest and recreation are solaced with music. The inhabitant of the delta of the Nile presents a striking contrast to tlie dignified Arab, that free son of tho desert. He does all tho hard work of the country and gets all tho kicks. Another, a woman! ="My God! thl3 Is Nell!" A white blossom crushed on the breast torn and win, 14What a nuisance!" exclaimed a gentleman at a concert, as a young fop in front of him kept talking in a loud voice to a lady at his side,. "Did you refer to me, sirV 'threatoningly demanded tho fop. "Oh, no; I meant the musisfcians there, who keep up such a noise with their instruments that I can't hear your conversation." The white rose—his answer—on which the Olood INTERIOR OF FORT FISHER And pointed the message her lips had reftised. -Drake's Magazine During the night of the 24tli the transports brought up tha troops, and arrangements were made to continue the bombardment on the 25th and follow it up by a land i!s.-iault. A column under Gen. Adelbert Ames was formed on the sea coast, and advanced to within half a mile of the fort, capturing an outwork and some men. Gen. Weitzol went to the front in person and saw that tho fort had not been seriously injured, and reported it impregnable. The navy kept up a steady tire, and it was observed that the garrison left the parapets where the shots struck, but were out ia full force at other points, Wher ever the firo took effect tho sand waiU wero scooped out, leaving great gaps, so that there was no longer a continuous lino of shelter for troops. Admiral Porter says in his report: "I suppose about 3,000 men (Union) landed, when I was notified that thoy wero re-uai barking. I could -see our soldiers near the forts, reconnoitering and sharjjsbooting, and was in hopes the assault was deemed practicable.OOL. WIUJAII LAMB, he at once set to work to construct an elaborate system of parapets and casements to shelter soldiers and cannon during battle. When completed according to plan, the defenses would extend four thousand feet along the sea front and about fifteen huudred feet across the peninsula. The long sea face was intended to guard against an attack from the beach by columns approaching in boats, and the land face would defend against a column approaching from the main land. TIIE STOWAWAY. Heading in the papers ttvD other day of tha arrest of the mata of the Rio steamer Finance for cruelty to three or four stowaways who made their appearance after the vessul was well on her voyage, has recalled vividly an- adventure i had when a .boy of 14, and, though 1 was a very humble Individual mv- fore us. For the first week men could not have behaved more sensibly. The discipline was good, and all were under proper restraint We were sighting vessels daily, and on several occasions we wero passed so closely that we had to signal our number and report all welL On the third day a man-of-war exchanged signals with us, and through somo bungling on our part his suspicions aoemed to have been aroused, and he would have peril 11 [is boarded us had net a change in the weather occurred. After about a week, however, the men began to get independent and to bring forward new plans, and there was no longer any harmony among the crew. While Chapman was the only one who could navigate a ship, and while he had been put in charge of the brig, the men finally refused to do any work beyond that of sailing the craft Some openly advocated that we turn pirate, and others wanted to run into some port and sell brig and cargo and divide the money. This was hooted at by the more intelligent, and gave rise to further ill feeling. The brig had light or contrary winds and made slow progress,™ ud at the end of two weeks tho situation on board could not have been much worse. There were nine of us, including the cook, a black man, and each man of them seemed determined to do as he pleased. Ail messed in the cabin, and all had access to tho liquor, and as a consequence fights frequently occurred, and there were times when the brig had close shaves from being made a wreck. On one occasion the men charged the mate with playing them false, and with planning to deliver them up to justice, but he somehow satisfied them that he was holding to the course originally agreed .upon, and bo was honest in what he said. After a run of some twenty-five days ho announcod that we were approaching tho Solomon Islands, and the men at onco made ready to carry out their further plans. A coiTXTiiYMAX went to a store in Morgan town, W. Va., the other day and purchased a kerosene lamp. "That's the first ono o' Ihem notions that ever come to ipy house,"- he remarked. •'Candles was alius good enough for marm and mo, but darter's got a beau and thinks we ort to put on a leetle style." . self, the particulars of the people of a great kingdom. I know the sailor from topmast head to kel son, 1 have sailed in all sorts of crafts, with all • sorts of crews, and have soryed many captains, i know that sailors are rough and uncouth, and that thero is always a disposi tion to find fault and to magnify evils. Jack would have his growl, no matter how well fed or,how well used. On land there is arer tain antagonism between employer and cm ployed. On ship board this is intensified. but stirred There was also a detached battery. Fort Buchanan, located down at tho point and commanding New Inlet, the channel to Cape Fear river and the port of Wilmington. The main parapet of Fort Fisher was twenty-five feet thick and was sodded at tlx) outside with marsh grass. The positions for the cannon were protected by traverses, or side walls, extending twelve feet above the parapet and thirteen feet back from it, thus forming a series of inclosed chambers having the three exposed sides guarded. The traverses were made of logs and bags of sand and were proof against bombs. The interiors were fitted up for magazines, and for quarters for the soldiers of the garrison. Jerusalem, Dec. 0.—In my letter of yesterday I told of the agreeable trip we made from Cairo to Ismailia and Port Tiie following sentence is said to have been pronounced by a Scotch judge: "Ye did not only kill and murder thlf man, and thereby take away his valuable life, but yo did push, thrust, protrude or impel tho lethal weapon through the belly-band of his regimental trousers, which were the property of his Majesty." _ _E cJ j; y v .%D \ \ S *wimC \\\\D ' a \\V' I .V ATLANTIC Said. It was early in tho evening when we reached the last named place, disembarking by torchlight. The manner in which our baggage was carried to the hotel was amusingly novel in our American eyes. It was borne by tho natives, and the modus operandi was as follows: Placing one trunk on tllo fop of another, as it appeared without regard to their size, the porter threw a rope across the the top. After this two men lifted the trunks on his back. Then, catching hold of one end of the rope with cach hand, he pulled down the trunks close to his back, managing at the same time to take a gripsack in each hand. Next, and apparently with no great inconvenience or discomfort, he trotted off "Gen. Weitzel was making observations about 600 yards off, and tho troops were in and around the works. One gallant officer, whose name I do not know [Lieut. Walling, One Hundred and Forty-second New York], went on the parapet and brought off a flag that we had knocked down. A soldier went into the works (lines) and led out a horse, killing the orderly who was mounted on him and taking the dispatches from his body. Another soldier fired his musket into the bomb proof among the rebels, and eight or ten others who had ventured near the forts were wounded by our gbolls. As the ammunition gave out, tho vessels retired from action, and tho ironclads and Minnesota, Colorado and Susquehanna wero ordered to open rapidly, which they did with (uch effect that it seemed to tear the works to pieces. We drew off at sunset, leaving the ironclads to fire through the night, expecting the troops would attack a-ain in tho morning, when we would commence again." that is because the employer has so much more power over the employed. I frankly admit that 1 have never met half a dozeiv sailors, no matter what sort of captain they were serving under, who were without com plaints, but it does not follow that all the others complained without reason. The ship may be comfortable and full banded, the fare all right and the captain a good man, but the mates can still make the craft mighty uncomfortable for the men. 1 venture to assert that there are not half a dozen long voyage sailing crafts leaving our shores in which abuses calling for loud growling do not exist, and what is true of America is true of all other countries. The Dutch, Swedes, Russians and Lascars will stand over work, poor grub and the abuse of officers, and as much for this reason as any other the Yankee sailor has been driven from the sea and bis place filled by these substitutes. When I was II years old my mother died, and my father decided to go to Australia. 1 was his only child, and he was by no means burdened with money. Re was a master plumber, and ho set but for Sydney under contract. Three months after our arrival he married again, and it was not six weeks before my stepmother pushed me into the street I was under sized and sickly, but 1 never gave her the slightest cause for even a harsh word. She simply took an aversion to me, and somehow her hatred came to be reflected in my father. He saw me thrown out on the world with* hardly a protest, and two days later when bo met me in the street he Of the inhabitants of Cairo the Mohammedans are, of course, the most nunterous. What everybody notices who sees Cairo is the large number of mosques built for the faithful and the earnest piety of followers of the wonderful Arab teacher, who are always ready to respond when the call to prayer is heard. The Coptic population is Christian and apparently well to do, as they present a superior appearance. Cairo has an old town and a new town. With the exception of the people one sees, which present the same variety of appearance in both, there ia a great difference between the two. New Cairo look3 French. I think this word describes it the best. It has wide squares, fountains, gardens, well watered roads, arcades and rows of neat and pretty dwelling houses. Old Cairo has narrow streets, in which one most look keenly about him to insure his not being roughly jostled by a sturdy porter, whoso load may be a heavy one of rugs or carpets, vessels filled with water, or what not. Theke was a novel flght in Oglethorpe, Ga., the other day. Two onearmed men were tho chief participants. Another one-armed man interfered to separate them, and while these three men with their three arms were making juite a three-cornered racket a threelegged dog stood by as referee and barked three yelps at aiime with three minutes' intermission, until the whole performance was concluded by the town marshal. Tho land lace had twenty guns in position, and some distance out from tho parapet there was a line of torpedoes buried in the sand, with electric wires to the commander's quarters. to enable him to explode the murderous machines whenever a hostile force should venture to tho works. Ou tho sea face thero were twenty-four cannon in strong batteries, and off shore was a system of sub-marine torpedoes, connected with the fort by electric wires. [The uso of torpedoes as a means of defense for any position threatened with assault is admissible by the rules of warfare.) the distance of about five blocks to tho hotel. I feel suru that the combined weight of the trunks and valises Is Scotland the topic of a sermon or li3course of any kind Is called by old- Jashioned folks Its "ground," or, as they would say, Its "grand." An old woman, bustling Into kirk rather late, found the preachpr had commenced, and, opening her Bible, nudged her next neighbor, with the Inquiry: "What's tiis grand?" "O," rojolaed the other, who happend to be a brother minister, md thereforo a privileged critic, "he's lost his grand long since, and he's Jnst swimming." The space between the fort and the point of the peninsula was a low, wide plain, submerged during gales, and an assault from that quarter was pot seriously dreaded. carried by each of these 6turdy fellows could not have been less than S00 pounds. Needless to add, we all looked on in mute astonishment while this prodigious feat of muscular power and agility was being performed. Show loving people of America, I am sure, would have traveled miles and paid a handsome admission fee to see tho wonderful perform- MAP OK THE BOMBARDMENT. The fort had not been completed when, in 1801, the Union authorities determined that its capture was a pressing military necessity. After the closing of the port of Mobile by Farragut in August of that year, Wilmington, on Cape Fear river, just above Fort Fisher, was almost the sole depot for traffic between tho Coufederacy and the outside world. During the fifteen months from October, 18(53, to December, 1804, nearly 400 blockade running attempts at this point were successful, and only about fifty attempts failed. There are two entrances from the ocean to Capo Fear river, formed by Smith Island, in the mouth of the river about seven miles below Fort Fisher. The principal entrance for vessels of heavy draught is through New Inlet, a channel along the shore of the peninsula of Federal Point. The other channel, called the Old Inlet, is shallow and heavy gunboats could not enter it, and this made it easy for light draught blockade runners to dart past the blockading fleet off the mouth of the river and escape. The old channel was protected by two forts, near the mouth. Fort Caswell and Fort Johnson. Fort Fisher was on the east side of Cape Fear river, and on the west side there was'a work known as Fort Anderson, designed to fire at passing vessels should the Union fleet pass Fort Fisher. Capo Fear river, at its mouth, and movu up in the rear of the Confederate defenses on Ihat side nnd attack the city in concert with the cavalry coming across from the sounds. 1'i.io plan like that of Kidder aimed to avoid Contact with the formidable Fort Fisher, and this, too, was abandoned for that of the combfewrf land and naval attack on the great itself, a more difficult task, bat destined to be accomplished shortly after the failure of December. The bombardment on the 25th lasted seven hours, and the fire was returned at intervals by the guns of the fort. Tue Confederates fired six hundred shots at the fleet ami used some grape and canister on tho troops. Five guns on tho works were disabled by the naval fire on the 25th. Three had been disabled on the 24th and one had burst, leaving thirtyfour yet in position. The fort gavo tho parting shots as the vessels were retiring. In the two days' bombardment the Confederates lost six killed and fifty-five wounded. One hundred miles southwest of San Christoval, which is the easternmost island in the group, is a smaller group called the Little Solomons. It was this group we were approaching, and at that date no white man had set foot upon them. They were inhabited by fierce and bloodthirsty natives, who combined piracy, wrecking and fishing, and the mate was for making for the other group. He was overruled in this, and when the brig had hauled in until the land could be seen from the deck tho long boat was gpt over and loaded The men intended to play the part of castaways, and had a story all fixed up. They erased the name of the boat, and tool: nothing aboard which would betray the identity of tho brig, which they meant to scuttle. • At noon, after working all the morning, they had loaded the boat with whatever suited them, divided up the sum of $l,2j0 found on board, and were ready to bore holes in the brig's bottom. ances of the Port Said porters, hut which I have exhausted my observations on Port Said and my letter is long enough. Our b.usv day at the Port and its suburbs ended with our embarkation in the evening on a palatial French steamer, bound for Joppa, Locis Eix»PSCH. there are only every day occurrences. In physical appearauce tho performers looked lean and half starved. I took the trouble to ascertain how they were paid for their labor, and learned that tho hotel proprietor rewarded them each with half a piaster, which is equal to two and Among the commonest objects on the street are strings of camels loaded with fuel and produce. They are led by a swarthy Arab dressed in a flowing dress of white. The children one seesdear little brown creatures—have no clothing or next to none, and it is pitiful to see how many of them are sufferers from weak eyes. In striking contrast with them in the matter of clothing is the woman wrapped in voluminous draperies, who ambles along on donkey back. Her face is covered with a white veil. The most useful vehicle apparently is the bullock cart, but porters, asses and camels do a great deal of the business of carrying. Carriages built in Europe are occupied by wealthy foreigners and native officers of rank and their ladies. Common objects—the emblems of Egypt's financial weakness and of England's financial supremacy in the country—are British soldiers, who swagger as they walk, after their fashion everywhere. SCIENTIFIC SELECTIONS. Geoboe L. Kilmer. A NEwf hypnotic called "somnal" produces six to eight hours Of sleep, and is slaimed to have all the advantages o! jhloral, with nono of tho unpleasant »fter-effects. Gen. Bntler had learned from tho prisoners taken that there was a large land foroo of Confederates, the division of Gen. Hokofrom Petersburg, on tho peninsula in rear of his land column. Off the night of tho 25th he notified Admiral Porter that ho would sail with his transport fleet to Hampton Roads. Butler's decision was final, although the admiral stated that bo was about to receive fresh ammunition and would firo much faster than he had done, and hoped that Geii. Bubler would leave a force on land to press the assault. MARC ANTOCOL8KI. gave me about eight shillings in money and ri:e Itomautlo Story" of the Greatest mt a half cent3. With wages at this figure, I was informed, they were very well paid men, and in consideration of this fact, cordially increased their work by carrying baggage up stairs and depositing it in tho rooms without extra charge. Every one of us felt sorry that the poor fellows had left tho hotel Too Much "Solomon." advised me to set np as a bootblack and news' boy. I should probably bare followed bis suggestions bad 1 not eft1 that same day chanced to fall in with two or three lads who were planning to stow themselves away aboard of an English brig called tbo Charles H. Churchill. They were boys who bad run • away from home thrown over like myself, and the idea »&s that they coo Id do better In England. I was invited to join, aud when our plans had been laid there were four of us of about the same age We looked the , brig over, found that we could get aboard, and made our arrangements. Qne night, when the brig was nearly ready for sea, I stole aboard, carrying with me about two quarts of water and four pounds of bread and meat. This was the share I was to furnish. 1 was to bo first aboard, slip down the midship batch, and the others were to follow at brief intervals. A fire on board a ship a few hundred feet away collected the crew of the brig aft, and I got aboard without risk. The bold was nearly full of bags, barrels and boxes, and after waiting a few minutes I made my way over these toward the bow, and found a'very comfortable place on a lot of dry hides. I remained awake and alert for two hours, and then fell asleep without realizing that I was a bit sleepy. It Russian Sculptors. Dr. Mulchmore, editor of Tho Presbyterian, whilo making a tour around tho world, was painfully impresssd by tbe fact that a popular piece of music, in which thero are "vain repetitions," may becomo irritating. He says: Tho sculptor who seems to as the most perthe most Interesting, and the most Rosiifin In temperament is Marc AntocolskL Bis record stands as follows: Bern at Vilna la 184:}. pupil of the St Petersburg acadstnyi l and first medal in 1864 and 1865; ao*D t-'niit inn In lSTt, and subsequently profesnr. His parents "ere orthodox Jews, and hit youth appears-to have been one of poverty, and often of misery What is known as tho rhlnoplastlc jperation ha3 teen successfully performed by a Brooklyn physician. Last October he made an entire new nose for i woman, using tho breastbono of a jhicken as its foundation. Tho lady has is good a noso as any body. On our tour, in nearly every church where wo preached or worshiped which had a choir of some pretensions, we heard tho piece, "Consider tho Lilies," which in song, bold and flighty, told us five or six times that Solomon was "not arrayed." before wo could get an opportunity to in- The latest electric device is for detecting fire. When tho temperature of i room reaches a dangerous point tho imposition in the littlo button starts she bell to ringing and indicates the number of the room in the office. The ilarm is kept up until tho temperature if tho ropm is reduced to below the langer point. Tho abandonment of the expedition was a great blow to the hopes of tlio authorities. In his memoirs Gen. Grant says: "Butler was unchangeable. He got all his troops aboard except Curtis' brigade, and started back. In doing this Butler mado a fearful mistake. My instructions to hintfor to the officer who went in command of the expedition were explicit in the statement that to effect a lauding would in itself 1*3 a great victory, and if one should" be effected, the foothold must not be relinquished; on the contrary, a regular siege of tho fort must be cotnmenccd, and, to guard against inter ference by reason of storms, sup-plies of provisions must bo laid in as soon as *hcy could be got on shore. But Gen. Butler seems to have lost sight of this part of his instructions, and Was back at Fort Monroe on the" 38th." crease the allowance they had received. Expressing our sentiments to the land- Atitocolski's first work, produced in 1804, was an alto-rilievo in wood, ropreaenttng a leun Jew tailor in cap and caftan, fitting rr«w lagged in the window of hit little (hop, and trying to thread bis needle against the liefer, his eyes, lips, and all the muscles of his faro u.'jsorUxl in the business. Par this piece uf realism lie obtained a second class silver medal, and followed it up in 1865 by a second alto-rilievo in wood and ivory of a country miser counting his i.\on«y, which obtained a For two days I had been ill of fever confined to my bunk. I knew from the conversation around me what was going on, and at noon, when one of the men brought me a cup of gruel, he said we should soon be off. Half an hour later the brig became so quiet that I grew afraid, and with great effort crawled on deck. The long boat was a mile away, with every man in it. About four miles to the west, coming up under a light breeze, was a British man-of-war. All sail had been taken off the brig, so that she was simply drifting. It was the sight of the manof-war which had hurried our crew off so suddenly. In about an hour she came up, and, after a crew had been put aboard botb vessels, stood in and came to anchor in a bay, ani then boats were sent out for the mutinesrs. Not even a sight of them was ever obtained. Ten years later it was known that they made a landing on one of the small islands, were secreted by the natives until the ship sailed, and every one of them was then knocked on the bead for the sake of the plunder. lord on this occasion we were informed by that person of the mistake we were making in commiserating the men; "for,"' said he, "they have earned enough carrying veur trunks and valises for a full day's board." Dr. Talmage thereupon suggested that one of the great advantages of travel in foreign lands is to For the first two or threo times we did not consider the gravity of the matter, but finally became a little restive over Solomon's condition, when it was repeated and emphasized in moderate tones, in tenderness and in high sounding tones, in trills, in shrieks, that "Solomon was not arrayed;" and what was more embarrassing, tho singers sometimes looked and bo we I to us, as if wo wero to blame for it. The latest development of tho electric light is likely to prove of great use '{or vehicular traffic.- A small incandessent globe and reflector are placed on the torehead of a horso, insulated wires are sarried along its body to a small battery 1 towed in the trailing vehicle. Tho jurrent is turned on at pleasure, and an unmistakable blaze of light illumines tho murky surroundings. The bazars are where the indolent Arab is seen in bis quiescent glory, pipe in hand, in conversation with another Arab, who might be his brother, so closely does he resemble him, or negotiating with a customer on the business principle,which is not unheard of in other cities than Cairo, of getting as much as be possibly can for his wares. His place of business,in the famous bazars, is in narrow streets where stalls extend in rows of low roofed houses on the ground floors. This is the arrangement most frequently seen. Religious duties are recognized in the presence of Koranic texts on the walls of the establishment, the proprietor of which sits cross legged on cushions. When the call to prayer is heard and the Arab merchant rises from his seat to obey, it is seen that the ceiling of the bazar in itfe height scarcely exceeds his own. Articles for sale at an Oriental stall need no description. make one very well satisfied with our firr t eluss medal. Then followed a period of own. Nothing showed more, he thought, how execrable is tho behavior of those who try to upset our institutions than to sec how miserably they havo things in countries from which these would be revolutionists have come. "As for me," he added, "I would rather be a donkey in America than a king in Egypt." The next day was tho only one wo spent at Port Said, which may be described as having been created by the Suez canal, on the west side of which it When we reached San Francisco, wo thought, "this will end this Solomon business." We supposed that it was a favorite in the east because ho had his bringing up there; but, to our amazement, we heard it in three chUrehes in tho Occident as well cj orient, that "Solomon was not arrayed." misery and apparently hopeless struggling, during wnich Antocolski conceived and exacute J his grand statue of Ivan the Terrible. Ivan, tho heroic incarnation of the might aud barbarity of old Russia, is represented by Antocolski in the later years of his Ufa clad in u monk's garb, with the Bible on his ,knees, and at his side the legendary steal .pointed sVUT with which he tested the man- IkvhI of his nobles, beat out the brains of his enemies and killed his son. Ivan is absorbed in thought, meditating between despair and the hope of grace, between the consolation of i the Scriptures and the memory of his innu- } merablc crimes. When Antocolski conceived his Ivan tie was starving on $5 a month. He was too poor to hire a studio, and it was only { with great difficulty that he obtained permission to work during the vacations in one of tho class rooms of the academy, whence he was iTnally banished to a lumber room under ; the roof. In tho east there was appropriateness in it,, where nobody is ranch arrayed. But when wo heard again in Saratoga, on different occasions, that Dio:non was not arrayed," fx-om four to six tiaj.-s right along, and in a manner that could leave no doubt, and when significant movements of the head wero made at us, we felt that it was time that something should be done without fail. Let a collection be taken up for Solomon. was morning when I awoke, and as the sail- Some Confederates considered Wilmington more important than auy other port, not excepting Charleston, and even of more value to the life of the Confederacy than the possession of Richmond. With Wilmington and the Cape Pear river open, the supplies that would have reached the Confederate armies would have enabled them to maintain the contest for yeurs. The blockade was a failare, and Port Fisher, by its commanding position and great strength, effectually barred the way against the Union navy, and without a naval armament in the harbor Wilmington, if taken by Union forces, could not have been held. Fort Fisher was the key, for it guarded Wilmington both from land and naval attacks, and up to December, 1864, the north made no serious attempt to close the Famous port by seizing the land defenses and occupying the harbor. When, however, Lee's army was at bay on James river, and it was seen that a nearby port was essential to him to supply the iJBHitioM of war, Wilmington became an object, and the active military an.l naval a$ well as the administrative authorities began to plan for an attack. THE NSW IRONSIDES. To the president Gen. Grant announced: "The Wilmington expedition has proven a gross and culpable failure. * * • Delays and free talk of tho expedition enabled the enemy to move troops to Wilmington to defeat it. After the expedition sailed from Fort Monroe three days of tine weather were squandered, during which the enemy was without a force to protect himself." A pectxliai; tendency in idiots to imperfections and diseaso in tho teeth has been noticed by several physicians, and It has been studied by Mme. Sollier in one hundred cases of idiots taken at random. Tho multiplicity and variety of the dental lesipiii were remarkable, »nd the conclusion has been drawn that Idiocy, with or without epilepsy, prelisposes to arrests of development and to anomalies of destitution. The effect rarely appears in thje first teeth, but almost wholly in tho second. The latest revelations concerning Egyptian antiquities come through the research of Prof. Naville, of Geneva, made at Bubastes. Bubastes was the sacred city of Bast, 'the cat-headed godless. It was suppbsed that it3 great temple had entirely disappeared, but M. Naville discovered extensive remains of It, and striking proof to show that tho pyramids of Cheops ■ and Cheferen most have been in existence at least by 8700 B. C., or about six thousand years ago. Tho Ilyksps, or shepherd kings, came from Babylon or jfesapotamia In the twenty-third century B. C. org.were at work below 1 dared not move or * call out. I figured that my companions were in hiding around me, end so rested easy .. through the day, sleeping most of tbe'time. ' At about sundown I felt the ship under motion, and an hour later the hatches were closed and I was in midnight darkness. I lies. Port Said is a city of considerable I was taken back to Sydney, and later on to England, and as 1 was the only survivor my *tory was told and retold Li the courts and press until the whole world had the details.— New York 8i** population, at least tho half of which live in a wretched 6uburb to the west of that part of tho town where tlio tourist lands. Its water supply is from Ismailia had matches and a stub of caudle, and, after Striking a light, I moved around and whistled and called to my companions. I could make Admiral Porter complained in his dispatches to the navy department that he had bctui abandoned by the army just as tho fort was in bis possession, and asked that the troops l« sent back, but under a different commander. my way over the freight pretty easily, in any by conduit. Btation it possesses its chief impwtance. There aro two churches in the place, one Catholic and one belonging to tho Greek church. Of its five schools one is conducted by Capuchin friars. Tho Freemasons also have a school in this dreary looking place, which is situated for tho greater part on a strip of low land, treeless and Valuable Bool;*. direction, and 1. would not give up that 1 was alone until I had searched for n full hour. Then 1 was positive that 1 was alone; the others bad either backed out or had been baffled in their attempt to get aboard. I was much upset at the discovery, and crawled back to my bed and cried myself to sleep. It had been agreed among us boys that we should keep secreted three days after sailing. None of us anticipated any trouble when we should make our presence known. I had no way of computing time, as it was night all the time in the bold, but after my bread and water bad been used up and 1 was hungry and thirsty, 1 decided that the three days were up Crawling to the cover of the batch 1 knocked on it and shouted, and after a little it was opened and I was helped out It was 0 o'clock on the morning of the fourth day The first word from the captain was a curse, and his first act was to awing me about tbo deck by tbe hair. Then he called for a rope and beat me until I fainted away, and while Idle Minded. Some of the best bar;;:;: Ds that swell the purso of a second handbook seller come a bout by pure luck; at least, so it seems to mo, considering the time I have been in tho business. One day a man came into my Isookstall and inquired for acertain book i t.ie entomology of Missouri. I did not have it, and learned that it was published no more. He told ma to see if I could find tho book for him. Tho inordinate curiosity of many idle minded persons is as surprising as it is amusing to those not accustomed to giving their attention to the affairs of others. There are persons who will "wonder" for hours about things that ought not to concern them in the least. The Confederate commander in Fort Fisher,, however, holds the opinion that Butler could not have succeeded, lie says he would "have opened a fire of grape and canister on tho narrow beach which uo troops could have survived." At last, when he had finished his statue, ths professors of the academy refused to climb upstairs to see it, and in despair Antocolski summoned up courage to call upon Prince Car;arin, president of the academy, who came and saw the statue, and returned the , following day with the Grand Duchess Maria •Pa-vlovna, who in her turn brought the emperor himself. Tho Imperial visit put an end to Antocolski's sufferings. All St Petersburg trooped pp the stairs which the tsar What pleased me vastly was to see various Arab artificers at work in the quarters provided for them. We might make a fair imitation of a bazar at Cairo in getting up a church entertainment; but it would be impossible to reproduce the solemn artist busily making a Turkish slipper or putting together the parts of a dainty pipe. Need I say that the ladies of our party found the bazars the beet available substitute for Broadway or Sixth avenue? My inexperience presents no conjecture as to the real value of the articles they bought in them. Gen. Whiting, the Confederate commander of the forces at Wilmington, who paid a visit to the fort on the night of tho 84 th, has also stated that the success of assault was doubtful. He thought that the weather, which delayed tho attack, was a godsend, because the fort alone could not have beaten off both the army and navy. Hoke's timely presence, within striking distance of the land assailants, gave the defenders the advantage. In issuing his orders for tho expedition against Fort Fisher, Gen. Grant had been confident of getting his force there while tho Confederate arrnv of Wilmington, commanded bv Gen. _ f v I kept a "skinned eye" on the lookout for tho volume, but yet knowing it was next to impossible to find it. Purely by accident, though, I happened to see tho identical book while I was purchasing several volumes in a private library. I offered fifty cents for tho book, and it was accepted, the man saying that it was of no use any more. Two days alter, my customer who was interested in entomology called, and he couldn't get a $3 bill out of his pocket quit'; enough to satisfy his haste in exchanging . for the book. There were $4.50 clean prolit iuide oil a book that will not bo called for onc_- i.t two years. "I wonder who that mau is," a certain woman would say every time she saw a stranger pass her house. "He ain't any one I ever saw before; wonder what he wants on our street. lie's going into Mr. Well, now, what can he want in there? I don't believe lie's anybody they know, but he didn't loo.jt like a peddler or an agent.'' possessing no natural feature of interest. Geographically cansideied, it is interesting bccauso it separates the Mediterranean sea from Lake Menzaleli. We were f ortunato enough while there Finally an idea, adapted by Glen. li. F. Butler and approved by the war and uavy departments, for a combined movemeut of naval aud land forces was authorized by Oen. Grant, and Butler and Admiral D. D. Porter were selected to lead. A feature of the attack was the explosion of a floating mine of a couple of buudred tons of powder near the walls of the fort, the expectation being that the walls of saud and logs would bo jarred down by concussion, and the alarm and confusion to follow would paralyze tho garrison, aud a prompt advance from all points would enable the assailants to secure tbe works. not disdained to tread. an academician and sent to Rome with a pension, while his statue was bought for the Hermitago museum, where it now stands executed in marble. Antocolski was made to w itness a genuine Egyptian funeral. A procession consisting of about twenty wen, at the head of whom wero two Moslem dignitaries, preceded tho corpse, which was carried by six men on their In IST'J Antocolski produced a colossal status of Peter the Great marching against his enemies; iu 1S74, Christ before the people tieil ton post; in 1870, a monument of the Princess Obolenslra, cow in the church yard of Monta'Te.;tario at Rome; in 1870, the death of Socr.- tes. uow in the Hermitage; and then successively among his chief works may be noted a bass relief, the last sight of Christ on tho cross (1877); the head of John the Baptist, bronze and marblo (1878); the statue of ■Spinoza (1682); Mephistophelee, in some respects the finest of his works, now ia the Hermitage; the high relief of Jaroslav the Wise, the author of the first Russian codex, equestrian statues of Jaroslav the Wise and of Ivau III; a seated statue of Christ, "Come unto mo all yo that are heavy laden;" a monument to tho memory of the late Emperor Alexander; a Christian martyr, Ophelia and quantities of mipor works and busta Tue scale on which the univers# Is Jjuilt becomes comprehensible In the presence of the fact- that while these motions of the stais carry them hnadreds of millions of milts In a year, ye* so tremendous is their distance that we must watch them fdr centuries before they seem to us to; havo moved at all. The first result of the discovery that the fixed stars wrfro In motion was speculation as to thoiccnter of their revolution. It was assumed that the heavens revol ved arour.d iv common center M tho planets revolve* around the an*. Now that idea is' nfeandoned, but wltk the development of law respecting the conservation of' energy, Btlll More startling views are entertained. At another time she would glance out of her window and say: shoulders. The bodv was Inclosed in a "There's Mrs. Gray going by; I wonder where she's going. She was down town yesterday, and I shouldn't think she'd be going again today. I wonder what she's got in that bundle." Cairo I take with me for the rest of my life, unless I lose my memory, which I trust will never refuse to reproduce its ▼ivid scenes and renew one of the greatest enjoyments of the trip. white casket, to the head of which was fastened a rough stick of wood, placed in an upright position. This object was covered with a thin white veil, and on the veiled part were suspended the cheap jewelry and some of the hair of the departed, who, we understood, was a young girl. Tho casket was followed by about thirty woraeil, dressed in black, and nearly every one of them carrying a nursing infant. That one,of their number who was their leader held in her hand a shred of calico, which she stretched and handled between her hands as a boy handles a bean shooter, pointing in her movements to the casket. This curious performance appeared to my piind as a thrifty representation uf the qncient custom of rending the garments as an expression of intense grief. Not content with gesticulations she repeatedly broke out in moans and shrieks, and these were taken up in dismal chorus by the women following her. The first part of the procession stopped at the door of a mosque, which the women were not permitted to approach. To lift the casket within tho open door was the next proceeding, after which the two Moslem dignitaries whom I mentioned before followed it into the sacred building, first taking off their shoes'* at the entrance. Within the mosque the clergymen, as we should call them, stood near the casket for about three minutes, seemingly engaged in prayer. "NVe could see the whole ceremony without difficulty, the door of the edifice standing wide open. After prayer the casket was carried out into the street, where the procession was reformed as before, with a multitude of yelling, grinning urchins on either side of it. The cemetery reached, and the unconscious be and the first mate kicked me several times. When 1 catne to 1 was ordered forward among the men. They gave me kind words, satisfied my hunger and thirst and hoped that the worst was oTer. It was not, however At about noon i was called aft, and after the captain bad interrogated me as to my identity and why 1 bad •elected bis vessel, bo gave me another beating and turned me over to the mate wit a the words Those who interest in bugs are few, but they seem to pay good prices for their books. But this wasn't a skin gjune on my part, for the book was actually worth to our trade and—to tho mau who makes a study of Another peculiar trait of those who buy second hand books was displayed by this entomologist. Ho had a book containing tho samo text from tho author, but from an edition which omitted one page on which several piates or pictures of bugs ia their natural colors were jrepresen|eJ. Hence, he literally paid #5 to get that singlo page out of my book.—Dealer in St. Louis Globe- Democrat. She was standing at the window one day when she suddenly called out to the other members of her family: "Oh, Mr.ify, Jarues, come here, quick! Sarah, yoil come, too—hurry!" m . We were hurried from the city some nine hours before the time when we expected to leave it, taking the cars at 9 in the morning by tho Egyptian railroad, bound for Ismailia. We found this place rather disappointing in the right way. Its streets are broad and well paved and lined with rows of trees and gardens grateful to the sight and cooling and refreshing in an eminent degree. We had scarcely time to observe these things before going aboard the little steam launch which carries the mail from Port Said ria the Suez canal. To reach Ismailia The floating mine consists i of an iron bull propeller of 395 tons, the Louisiana, with a light upper deck specially prepare ! for tbo work. Tbe powder, amounting to 430,000 pounds, was placed in barrels and canvass bags, through each of which passed a fuse arranged in four separate threads and termlnating at the stern in a pile of combustibles. The combustibles were to be fired by a percussion cap set off by clockwork, by spermaceti candles, anjl a slow match. The naval preparations were on tbe grandest scale, and it was intended to open on the fort with hundreds of cannon, in case the explosion did not accomplish tbe destruction, «o that the lund columns could advnnre with prospect or success, i tie largest fleet that had ever sailed under the American flag assembled off the coast, led by the New Ironsides, a powerful ironclad, with sixteen guns in broadside. There were four other ironclads, the Canonicus, the Mahopac, the Monadnock and the Saugus, and the screw frigates Minnesota, Colorado and Wabash. The remainder, to the number of fifty, consisted of gunboats, sidewheelers, double-enders and other steamers converted into warships. The total amount was 019 guns. The land column consisted of several thousand men, commanded by Gen. Godfrey Weitsel. They were brought up in transports and were to effect a landing under cover of tbe guus of the ships. Bragg, was slweut in Ueorgta, wtmner it nau been sent, as was supposed, to help opjtoso Sherman's march towards North Carolina. Only a part of Bragg's army had gone south, however, and the presence of Hoke's division, which had been dispatched from Leo's army at Petersburg, made the place as strong as it had ever been. Hoke left Petersburg Dec. 20, several days after the expedition under Butler and Porter sailed. SECTION or POWDER RIUP. Hastening to the window, their attention was directed to an old white cow jutst going around a corner. "You can have him now, and 1 hope you'll kill him before the week is out." "Aye, sir, leave that to me.'' was the reply "I'll find a dozen ways to make him wish he'd never been born." I had committed an offense, but nothing deserving punishment as I received for the next throe days. I was Cogged, kicked, cuffed Bud maltreated in every way c&ptoin and mate conld think of, and was more than once rendered insensible by their cruelty. I hoard the men coning the officers for their conduct, and encouraging each other to interfere, but 1 was passive. Indeed, after a beating or two, I was ao harried that I could scarcely remember my own name. On the afternoon of the fourth day, soon after dinner, while I was forward with the watch and assisting the sail maker to repair a sail, the first mate called me aft. The wind was light, and the sea smooth, and a few fathoms astern of the brig was an enormous shark. Ittod occurred to the two brutes to have someJuri with me. The mate noosed a rope and pawed it around my waist, and then, while i struggled and shrieked and begged for mercy, he carried me to the port quarter and dropped me overboard for shark bait. The (Hark made a rush for me, but I was hauled Bp jut in adVabce of his jaws. The captain and mate laughed uproariously, and the latter had picked me up to drop ma front the otiiarvquarter when Urn entire crew cam, running aft. 1 ' •Now, whose cow do you suppose that Isf ■ was the question of this curious mibded'woman. "It's one I never saw before, anyhow."—Youth's Companion. Ilow Father and Son Were Reconciled, Historians of the union navy, among them Admiral Porter himself, assert that tho navy would have taken the position at this time had the land force remained on shore to seize the guns when the fleet had driven tho garrison to its underground shelter by tho bombardment. One of the richest men in this city is Robert Waring, a retired banker. He has but oue child, a son, of whom he is passionately fond. This ion is a junior partner in a prosperous house in Cincinnati. For some time ho has beeu engaged to Miss Belle Mgtcaif, a very poor but deserving and exquisitely beautiful girl. Tho old man was determined that his son should not marry Mijs Metcalf and informed him that he must give up the girl or he would disinherit him. Xlie luconipimtDle Art of the FrrucU. Antocolski's work in all its varied manifestations has certain common characteristics, which are those of the sculptor and of ths generation to which he belongs. His work is above all things literary; it is full of sorrowfulness and reproach; he la by preference the sculptor of martyrs, or if not of martyrs, of heroes. A Disease Sot DTjholly tnk^uWt Smith—Hollo, Jonjes, I hear ytm*r» te bo married next week. Congrat— Young Bcncdict JfcDnes—Yes, pm gving to bo married Monday. Say, Smith, what's tho address of that doctor yo« think so much of? Smith—Why, yon ain't irtek, ere fmf Young Benedict Jones—I d' 'no, SmMfc —I feel awful queer, f have dfttll# every few minutes, and a kind of testation as if all my bones were §©rt tH melting away cold. Ever hear of tog thinsr like it?—Puck.; Admitting all the moral degradation of (lie lively Gaul, let us for one brief moment try to keep our excellent virtue from the question: Why is it that oub educated people read novels still of style so bad, of texture so light, of meaning so vacant that no Palais Royal book stall would venture to imprint therul Or, rather, why are they of Franco sucL, artists, and yet sach wicked ones? Why do tiiey still care for excellence in art, if in nothing else? Incomparable in "the calm pursuits of peace," they throw together a few thousand oils, a few hundred aquarelles, ■a few million bits of fused sand or baked clay, and all their mighty neighbors flock to Pariii and step gingerly, admiring, through the show shelves of this beaten people Such arti-:s are they! so delicately, so consum' mattly do they work, each in his quiet little shop or field, or study 1—Scribaar. we crossed the Land of Goshen, in which J/t. Ttolmage found references to his Bible in order. It was indeed interesting to recall the residence of the Israelites as the honored guests of the Egyptian king in that fertile land, especially so as we noticed the contrast it presents still in its rich and productive soil to the great stretches of desert country in close proximity to it. The New Irousides, which was distinguished in this attack, was one of the first ironclads of the war, and on account of the rapidity of her construction was called a "ninety day gunboat." She had a wooden hull covered with iron plating four iuches thick. She had sixteen guns iu broadside and two pivot guns, and was provided with a wrought iron beak for ramming. Antocolski is not a partisan of the theory of art for art's sake; ho is rather a preacher who endeavors to embody moral ideas in marble, to set forth the conflict of the soul, aa in his Ivan the Terrible; the sublimity of resignation, as iu his Christian martyr; the majesty of Divine commiseration, as in his Christ—Theodore Child in Harper's Magazine.Tho young man decided that he would rather have the girl than the money, so tho young people slipped up to Hamilton, O., where they were quietly married. Early next morning they returned, and, while driving to theD bride's residence through a "quiet street, saw' Waring, Sr., parting lovingly with a popular widow. S The naval display as it appeared to tho Confederate* was most formidable. The waters on two sides of the peninsula were alive with swaying masts and sails, and tho bristling armament on board gave warning of the desperate work that was at hand. This oontinent had never before had so large a fleet brought up for one attack. The Confederates, however, were confident that Cape Fear river was secure so long as tho land defenses held out, for the channels were well obstructed with sunken hulks and chains. One of the obstructions placed hero was the old Arctic that Dr. Kane used in the Polar seas while searching for Sir John Franklin. As we rattled along on our journey, Pithon, the newly excavated treasure city, was pointed out by one of the party. We saw, too, the site of the battle of Tel el Kebir, where is a tiny graveyard, the long homo of heroic English officers and soldiers who fell in that historic battle. Dr. Talmage contrasted the magnificently appointed train in which we were riding with the humble means of conveyance possessed by the little party of three who passed over the same, or nearly the same, country on their way of escape from the king, who sought the young child'* life. It is time, however, for me to remember that I have already anticipated our reaching Lsmai- Amy—What lately 0f*4 tk ftfNM has? Perfectly hWai • Amy* Biothw-I Wt CjNit Iftafl that, but 1 know ItHMtf Amy (my*Aity-lctti 4 M what? Amy'* BrcthCf — Mrfl wine's flfew*. Jinks—What's liecomo of young De Dudel Blinks—He's in a hospital. A 1'ublic Benefactor. The unusual sight caused the son to mak# some inquiries, which resulted' in the startlinn intelligence that some two months ago tho elder Waring and the widow, Mrs. Henderson, had gone to a neighboring city and been married. The son called on the fathor, informed him of his discovery and announced his own marriage. W hat occurred is not known, but tonight tho old gentleman is enthusiastic in the statement that he has the sweetest and handsomest daughter-in-law in Kentucky.—Newport (Ky.) 'Jor. Philadelphia Press. The garrison of Fort Fisher at this time numbered 1,600 men, 450of them being Junior reserves, or local troop*. "You don't say sol Railroad accident!" "No. He carried his cane, point upward, under his arm one day, when the man behind hira happened fobe John L. Sullivan."—New York W«*kly One Uollw Well Invested. If you have bal breath, constipation, pain in the smull cf the back, discolored skin, Much was expected of the navy, because It was found that there was seven feet of water right on the beach. After several attempts to have the transport* with the troop* and the war vessels rendezvous at some point off the fort, the navy alone weathered the gale* that blew for several days, and reached the position on the night of the 23d of December. About midnight the oowder boat m nlared A FAILURE ALL ABOUND. nervousnf s*, or dizziness your ot.ly wise courile is to tike Dr David Kennedy's Favorite lEt'-medy, ct Roodont, jr. y. Jt will cleanse the blood of a l impurities, reualnt'-s the kiClopys and liver, a-id thu« restore s healthy glow to your cheeks again. All drug|fi-ts; one dollar a bottle. No Alternative. An tnlktlM* iiH* He—I wonder whfck ®r (hi t*»  ladles Is his sister* . She—Why, tho bi-AnefW, or c(farS*. I Didn't you notice that she had tA ffll on her wrap herself?—Somorville Jo&4- nal. i . , ; - — * «w- that much and "thei !amted «wmy, and what took place while . was uncouscious was oarer clearly related to ma The crew had determined to Interfere, and their action excited the captain and Conductor— What do you mean, sir, by spitting all over that seat! Old Gent—What do 1 mean? Why, that there rfgn says not ter spit on the floor, an' th»r winders is fastened down, an' there aini i no spittoon i pervvded. Where in thunder do ' yer ei[Deet .i feller to spit (—Philadelphia Re' public. The Confederate navy did not perform any efficient service in the defense of Cape Fear river The Xamons cruiser. Tallahassee, was the gate, Dr. Talmage and tho writer pre- I pared to follow them. Tho women, who entire company having passed in through The raising of pineapples is reported as increasiug in southern Florida.