Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 March 1878 — Page 2
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M0ONUQUT QX TMJC SNOW. Tfl'Hifffct t-h ftarlfc i Wke a mate HHtiol wMtla a iitmrie bower. WImhnc -ht itt 4ww fat liiHtl' IhW ru-rn a th HwrsttHtf of " )ur;
$r Hk h swt whfcH luOl-Wlavva raw, LyIm tcHrvly la tfod'a fm, WH few mm-nlafc r H Utow Ah4 yfekU Mm all tfct breath o( Ihum. $ wM. M) mrl fc4r so swtl Th ttmiiVhil trw MMMiteHH; MV HMrt IMttfeHtt Nt CrtMt' Jtrt TM1 H U lift HHt take It bOHM. Dr Wocta ! Tho. Hit I1m1 GtMl'i. ihxm TtMtt Ww hat. Ih him ha wh ile only em thy teavtMi H.H.ki, AmU all thy Mtytttwtai HtwttrrtaHtl ! A MATCH. v If lore wr what tins mw k, Ami! I HW llk the tfMl, Our lives wmiW grow toother lHMktior4HfiHf wither, KtnvtM OcIUm or nowerful cfcwe. Grttn pleasure or (cmy grief; If few wotu what tk r is, Ami 1 were Uku tin. )(, If I were what tha word are, And kivtt were Uk tb. tn, With lOUl)If MH1H4I AHtl lnk) , Unlijtht our Him wnult titlark, Wttli ki: Kit im Weds MfB Thar get Hwrt rata at mooh; JI I were what tht) words r And teve were Uku tke taw. V i n .? ,1 i i rn -- , ......- 1 1, THE HAUNTED SIIIl
orcr jobs man ever, t 111s urougiit the. campaign well into Septembsr. Under tho direction of the famous engineer, Todloben, regular siege was now laid
I metal to ntwt, a4 gr4pk wik kim, A mianta later, tke Pressor, having Kevin of the War in tke East. stroyiug tills menacing force. " It was ;lf iteoet:Hwmy We. finish! hU part, onina forward to th ndwfiMit f.ir th Ituswiuns, A tweand ami lt fht Uw Cjtan,.H lBibrs front of tha ami, in tiu of his tIt iw on the SUh of April, 1877, that ' bloodiurbMUlu wiwfouKht wUktho snuif i ww dtetottlMHl by Kwe cry, wMeh flowing Ixmrd hiuI other iliaiculsw, ijrrinu Gortwhakofl', th CliHiicwllor of renttlt. Awl than a third, in which tho j HPiHNirad to mw in nt th iid-light in jnoogiUMtl one whom I hadaunnocwl to ' th Hmwian Empire, rwnuMtwl Tavfak HiiiKUH wero again defwatwl. and with
, nw nwtt-nwm, mhi ojn wr irstt au. , u ueau tlva ywrs lMorB. Hoy, tlie Turkish UhartM d'Alutrw at aorer loss than ever. This brmiirlit ti
1'b.an kn.l lLaa. l cm ! 1a llulu I 11 T....U ....! til - f T I i . ni'n.i 1 i n 1. .' I . J.. I .....
nvwij tu 'nrw rnwiu ntv on .J ngR XlMUNt4 : " ntlu J, HlOu(l) IOT- I Ol. I Mlwralllirg, 1(1 Uv ait KIIIH IWi IU IB" th qMrtr-ihjck, and by Hastings, nt .gotting, in wy exoitment, where I ww. form" his Government that from that! the wheel, who eould give no explan-1 Sit uWn" Put kirn out 1 cried , day Russia conslilorwl herelf in h state I
tion m it, ami seenmt to share w a- a Uosen voieea at onoa. I of wnr with tha Porte. Tha subatniiue 1 tn l'lnvn ami ,rr..,wii.P k.. r .t
, toMbknient and fear, when he rushed on I ubiilel, of oourse, but not before of this polite notiltuation was simulta- 'lowed, the date beitur the 10th nt iw
iliti-r MJiil liuk'cul vainlv nvnvtliM riiinrtitr' T huil tKuiuil u!
r " , H. ...w ....... w n istjttt in & cvuKUtVIUIl Itlftll mniuan vwMiUiuiuvnivu uj wil tiui tu uio . Mult
lay
iswumtu nv voij linn m nil - - lilt mi- III llt iriVKUV UI U1S UWU UK) 111 grHSpOil presence," whiehgava hint no peace f my hand with a hearty pressure, hitt life. Whether on deck or below " H.-istinu-w." T L-im1 nimur . ti.n
he found no escape
iwoihUv when he
1 Mwear xt any of the
f voice of the hidden
took their part, the in kU mx on every
. iitjr to come from overhead.
ilut no such tuanifeeitations ever troubled us in the forecastle, nor did the unearthly voice ever address auv one oh
board except Capt. Phelps. The more ' mad
superstitious part of our crew would " onlv
rather have borne m tyrannic! treat- ; I think it succeeded but ton wnlL Tf l... thii nowom and IiRiiwl th usual half.
. ment than have lived in a haunted ship, i had been tried for his life and I had assenting reply. Then canto the fanat- , while some of us welcomed a friend m 1 thought him in danger, T should have ical Moslem outbreak at Salonlcn, tho this unaccountable spiritual proaeaoe.or appenretl in court and frightened him Bulgarian maattaro, and open war with whatever it nnght be. - again to save his life. But ho could not Sorvia. It was spoelily evideut that
x He isapuun anzry passions were to DO iouml. Htm 1 have novnr hojinl of Turkey was more than a main h iiw i m ' tntisi .... u,tu 0iTi..0
I - i - . . 4 . , --r--v - - - - - - - - - " "im-ui ii iwiii M III Ultl II TV II Will I shipjHid in the Norway for the pas-, some degree checked by it, though now him since. My madness was all a sham, Servians, and an armistice was arranged t of tho rebellion. Tliero wero disnluvs sane from Cnmstadt to Hull, and an- i n then they broke forth so suddenly- and the man overboard was only a bun-! through tho intcrvontion of Knssia. I of incompetence by bureau ollicials and
other j'jneitan eentleman, who weut by,"""' ym . im 'wwwruio oi umumu, surniounieu oy my out . runner negouauons succceutMt, emtinc hiirher comniandurs. mid ni.lu u,.ri.
- . . " a . .. . . . . lllnu- lult.iru i i.nii il inlni-f.nv. 1r 1..1 T 1! 1 J .,.-.. " . ...i.i. r. I . . . 1 .. a . . . " " " v . i-
iue oi ,iacK itjwiiinjrs, loinwi ner i ...ibw.c. .. u m. A snpvu uuwu nuo me lorepeaic , wiui n protocol oi uiu t owers, to wntcn
f'conceaieu tin tho night after tho the l'orto testily replie
Tha Lranui'ul mitltnua (if tl.u nuimi.!,..
Krom that day he wae harasel and 'anoe was over he beckoned to me, and lay the Huseian armies which, for some 1 are very faintly drawn, and include of .persecuted at .every turn by an " invwi-, in the privacy of hie own room grasped months, had been gathering on the j course, an infinite variety of nmrohiiV's ; ble presence," whUsh gave hint no peace ! my hand with a hearty pressure. frontier, croeecd into Turkish territory. I and counturmarchinKs, of iiKacmenN of hie life. Y liether on deck or below " Hastings," I asked, how in tho Ami thus began the war which within ranging from battlen of onsidoral,),,
from it, and ee-. name of miracl w wero you saveP" i nine month has brought the Porte to i imnortHnce to the slight skinnkli.w m
beiran to abuse or. "Saved! Where the ftit of tha Czar. n..
company the 1 44 When vou iutniiod overboard rjivlnv Thy diarv of tho war which follows rlil atiri frH5ltw tA .
champion invariably: mad." i this article gives the sequeneo of tho warfaro and Cossack exploits. The insolent laugh rang; - lie laughed Ins own natural, hearty 'main events. Unable 4o put down tho crossing of tho Danube furnished many such occasion, seem- j lauirh : not the unoarthlv one whinh hn Herzocroyinan revolt or to satisfy Snrvla h iili.inr..aiii uti-:.,.. mi.'
, m 1 'VV iJU
chimneys and mast
sent down
heads,
"I never jumped overboard, Ashton,
shiu lie;
i wiui iiruiiiinva, inu jii.uiisim wuru, uy
i mutual consent, ruierrel to a neutral " . I'nmmisLMinn nf inrmlrv. wliinh inm.
d he; and I never was any more ' plished nothing, and was followed by a cruelties practiced by Kurd d than I am at this moment. It was joint request known as the Andrat&y , Uazouk had jdeasing relic y a plan to frighten old Phelps, and note, which was sent to the Porte by dominant kindliness of the !
occupation of one Bulgarian villa"o after another was marked by incideitts romantic and pathetic by turns. The
Mini mid Iiashi relief in the protbe KnsMimi vi xr.
uiar. The piled-up masses of thu Bal
kans and the fertile plains and valleys below combined to form a remarkable landscape. Great reputations wero mado anil lost by Generals ami otlu.r
rne nauveot .isck lljwitinjrs, join
at the same time. He and I lodged to
gether on the shere, ami became somewhat acmiainted before' we became shin
mates. He was a man of considerable
arrived within a couple of days' sail of and lay 1? i -t 1 V i.
infnrmat'mn. and.frnm Ma tulle, hail soon ' Oil tlie lieaU
lik skarsnf tl world, hntwun not mtu.li ' tlenly claplied
t o u t i.,i ,.i- 1 with a veil and
ui erniiiri, no x usu nil mu v suiuit9Vil i
I
tTi Iviiwliili nn-Jif vi-lion han. miner nv
. I . ... .V
aspcraicit oy some omuuer oi tiasungs, lie hurled a belaying pin, which struck
J he poor fellow sud-
ight
lice of brave and devoted men through blunder and canrinn. Tnt-L-iai. .,,. I..,..-
. ir . I m 1 . - i 'tJM VM(f M 4V
replied in substance
both hands to the siot
rushed into the frinwas.
frnm n. wit nf hie ilti ue. I tie uantam, alter havniK thrown
. it. ; , si .1 . t . . X
,We fotmd Capt. Phelps of tho Norway , mo uuwue, appcami, as i u ougm.sur- j ana iai
rorst sense of theword; f". av "wmg aiy imng, nu jl kiicw y
-t.I .. " f 1 -l T . 1 ' . .
biuji niiiveu, Hiiun x sioio out anu went unit: -atrongiu ine jusuco oi inu ; often more than a match for Huosi'tn
vv wuiou ou unuuraiaiut uio , i..usu, mm irusung m nur iou, jLtirKey , oustinac. And though bv midsumcnesyou ierd?" had determinetl to ignore what had been i mer it seemed as if tlie Kuiwian army Certainly; and the other strange decided without her and for her." j was staggering under tho load it had sounds on board. Your ventriloquism j Then was it that llussia came to the do- lifted, with the opening of 1878 came explains the whole matter." , cision of independent action, and iravo ' evidence that what bail ahvv im...,
. performed inmost of the cities the order for the crossing of tho Turkish ; deemed tho nrobablo issna of tha war
r ...: .... ...., . -t .
wouiu oe the actual one.
arge
towns in England before I frontier.
a. Tartar in the worst sense of the word ; , PnHl , "eanng any thing, and I knew you ; but I was dissipated in my Tho average familiarity of the reader ! The campaign in Asia thoutrh on a asd the voyage was any thing but a ot..ed him glance nervously aloft. But habits and squandered all that I mado. with the map of tho confines of Europe smaller scale than that in EuronP fur pleasant one, especially to Hastings1"1 hearing nothing : he f recovered his , While on one of my sprees I shipped and A.sia is suflkient for the understand- nished in some respects atrlkl tiu-' ivir lie had shipped for able seaman's C0UW nd of Mr. Haynor to and went to sea, and that is how you ing of tho geographical ontlines,of the allel to it. There was at first the K wages, and his deficiencies were soon ' "c1.1 that man on deck again." 4 found mo at Cronstadt. But I was nev-1 war thus precqntated. Tho peculiar ' easy and triumphant advance of tht i inapparent, esiecially to a captain who A he Mate, getting no answer to his cr stock to niako a sailor of. Since I . geographical conditions determined the vading forces, marked bv the ctntiin.nf had a hawk's eye for the wek poi.U in -;!, went K-low and found Hastings have returned I have done well and 'plan and conduct of the campaign on- Bajazid nndArdahan- the a er iod a man, that he might come, down on ' dhnous. lie reported that he believed saved money, and you must allow that tered upon by Kussht, compelling hur to I struggle and disaster and check luihit hira. As I kad a strong feeling of res- tho,ma" to1b? critical condition, I acquit myself better on this stage than pursue two lines of advance instead of ' from tho middle of May up to Scute npect for the young man, I stood his ntl t ie Cptain directetl him to do what- I did on board the Norway." one to cross both tho European and Iwr; then a new impure forward v h friend whenever I could, by trying to iever lie thought bes t for his relief. I And that's the only haunted ship that Asiatic frontiers of Turkey ; thus by one j the overwhelming defeat of the Turks do nw than my own skare of duty, I Jhln,k Captain 1 helps, like some other ever I was in. IVe hoard of others, but way or tho other to circumvent the ; under Mukhtar f'asha in Octobur ami hard cases that 1 have sailed with, did 'nrobablv thosa cases mis'ht all ho : Illank Sna harrier. mw1 tl, fidtrtn tin. fill- iUtt imtiii.Anf IT., - . ... V-......1
- - ....-..v.. -...-j, v.u- . uiu vniniiiu ui ims ill i.ovEIIliM3r.
A Csrleus HIsterj.
btit I coald not always be at hand, of Hot dre venture into the forecastle him- plained in somo similar way. oonrse. i iov ir that he might never get j
One sight when it was blowing quite j ""tfgaui auve. r fresh, and I was at the wheel, the Can- ..Vist.n,ht 11 necessary to call i
tain was up, and had all hands patting J'anfs out w reef again, , and while The Stewart t, reefs in th topsails. The men had lain we wre on tha yards a thrilling cry York correspondent of he Ctica II, down on deck, and were manning tlie . arosefrom the bows, suck as might well has thus far rathnr a tn w
halyanls to hoist away, when poorHas-1 ve been raiseUbya maniac A hu-fTho lot waa purchas0(1 by'Townsenil tWs. instead of tha rnf.tai.kh,. lt ,. man form was seen by several of usuu M-a-Mn man JJ"i. r.'
ii.".V::;". r; 'Breton tlu. rail nur tlio ro-afn ..... m-.., n.u .uauu
(!!tiitnn i
! Jfctive point of Constantinople far to f The events since the fall of Plevna and
me southward, as wo now look back of Ears are too recent to call for review over the conduct of the war, the Ku- here. The swift advance of the Russian pean advance is plainly the one most j armies beyond tho Balkans, through vigorously conducted, and tho ono Iloumelia, past Phillippopolis and Adrfunmnced by tho moat important events, nople, and so on toward ConstantinoTho entrance into Asia has more thoiple. has filled tin the month of .1
the weather foretopsail brace, and away . erect on Uie rail, near the fore-swifter.
went the yard fore and aft. However. I na u,en loua ?PIRS'1 was ra n the
by luffing up smartly, we managed to get wlrer uUer our bo,wit checked in again, without carrvinfr. Ir- Kynor and the
away any thing. But Cant. Pheins.
tune out of that nostrum and bu
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MitiuHiauuB ox a iemt on a large soaie, with an exciting chapter of current his(k'jurnod to draw Turkish atfontinn in I trim? a ..,1 ,1U .i. ...... ..
iUi" i .i . r . i . V , , l v mm ih tuvra nutiis re wruien
ilt what ' lu,-v "ireuiion ami to mrnisn some nee- the victorious armies of the Czar are
in thi essarv occupation for a consu erab o Dract callv in iinas..sainM f 'v..un.
. - - vuw Vf 1 III tVl.lll
was then flftft-n tlin finest. hmu
V I - --.-ww .'huw mm . j-
p,its ww cit7- Such -was its beauty that it was pan of the Uttoman armie.s. capital. vapiain WHO L.Ul.:i,l l..f...n.. .it. i-..t ' I lirun friiif-al atnua tnurt-a.l !. ..u.,t I t.. il..
, . 1 CVHIUUCU UCIUIU UIU llkiUIIV IUUK. DlJ.l'S- .......... mon.su mu iniir
me siuc; a nat on Rt 25 cents admission, for the ben- P?'?-1 " .wropean Turkey.
In the circumstances nf it s nriiarSii in
The first j the prestige and powerof the two nations
' were on deck, rushed to
Tvnrriivtip at run tiiinri. .nu..i ha . " w cvvii 1.71 a tj.tviut.iii. vuuuu !: iiu ijii . ..... i ... rii- i ... . ni ini.cii u'. ihni.w.aaiiiu..f iiw
""":" "" IVV,": V. i ' the crest of and tli wma ilrailfnl ... . w t"ltru- ownsenu aiterwaru . '. 5 t pviy iu it,; in uio gravity of the jmlititau t!w elnnwy lubber-a ! failed, and Stewart bought the property 1 his majestic river, full of the associa-! cal, social and religious intere inand would -n'de him down l:e a main-!je lie fulled dowi the romance and histon-, after vol'ved ; in its rocJilffi wlStonS tho tack," He rushed at Hastings w Wi. a jhnU than fj'0? fVHsihi house and Plnl the present palace, avowing a argo section of Turkish prophetic voice of the Christian Scrip! piece of ratline stuff, and brought it l p ..but faintly, and fell ininsible , m, was done 1 when territory nearly from west to east, turns j turee ; in the concern with which it has dowif once, with a terrific cut. over his w uteoec. nrip wcrn lnw. anit ihtt inilatl.in an in. shandy to the north mst before roach-, hnn rMmniwl i. n t v..
neck and shoulders. ! ai.r- ltynor hailed us on the topsail-
A W raiAxl it aimin tn mwtf. 1 yard WlUl a VWCC
blow, while all hands stood looking on, " Iy down from
fcnshod into silence, a voice from aloft s," 4 ""'tL- j and the unfortunate man roared out: e thought the Mate was ouite as almost ruinous d.r
" Hold your kandJ" mad as the poor suicide; and so he was , that a buildinr ennatmniMl m.!r land formed between the later coumu of and militam.- am '.!,.!. t uJLZ:J
The .sound, which was wonderfully for tho moment. By tlie time we reach- , circumstances avails much to its owner. th river "d the Black Sea is called tho cd, this Itusso-Turkish war nf 1K77
-.vvn ..v ' "-vl j iv -iim- sreivjtrr wo Aievitn vtarj nnnmrinu a uuuihiiwim. jiikiiit
Sea imtATf" ' od t! cost of labor and material, the Black Sea, into which it finally historic character of the ground up,n Jiftfti SSKrfc lhst the contract became a heavv loss. ; omptios by several mouths. The which it has been fought; in the magniaioit. oitarawa) the , SteW7irt held the contractor to the'letter, 'f miles or so of its course const!-, tudo of the armies which it has broifght
an ue uie oounuHiy oeiwepn L tirKcy and ; into conflict ; in the number and sharpom The long and narrow neck of; now of its battles; and in the heroism
suffered to
It is seldom
-VUU IIU I VaMITOO uumi
t-uit V.u .alr.n 'I'V..i rui.Su '11 i tllMHil till finlur I'-.l-T tliSntr ua u tiit t i .- . , , . i , , . tl.lj on.! ....
back aft, ai as to look up, but could see ; den m darkness, the wind and sea fast J died soon after taking possesion. The the confines of Austria, is a lino of Turk-' on
' Aloft, tkere!" he yelled, in a rage, even then, for the dunwr little boat to CBpied by a childless old woman and wllich Rro Widdln, Nikopol, Slstova, Chn
.o answer. ?u. i unciin.-cions, . her aorvanta. The gorgeous parlors, ""tenure ami Miistrni. Further to the "Mautton. there!" was carried below with many a mutter- tl.nnifit.imn-.il flrt' nnil nil t Ln lit varliiiij Southward, and in iiuailrilainrnl ruin. I
the river, above ! Kervedly tokes nlace amnnfthn ms.in.ivi.
1 .., .. 11 . . .
wars oi an time; and its effects upthe European fabric are likely to be
tie most permanent description. xltan Union.
Halloa!" was answered, spitefully. ,edwwh that he might never come up interior is now a silent waste. Tho lofty tions with Bustehuk and Silistria, aro Come down oa deck I" i again i and bitter were the oaths of ven- ccilinir render tho staircase a labor, nnfl ' fortresses of Shumla and Varna, tho
a tail, is 'j'"fi " uiiiuk oca. i '. A per- f''19 ft1?1 In0ve ,was l get beyond
Small Talk.
I
i au nuis, - says isucnner, "when
tuwy arc laming together, stand with
utuir iichiia opposite each other, work-
, ing ineir sensiuvu feelers in the v est
. I ...... . 1 . . . t . t
uone np here and see how you like gence, mmgieu wun Kinu words and the mistress, being lame from a fall, is latter 'i'hig upon tho Black Sea. Hus
it!" uears, ior our uepaneu messmate, mat unable to meet such a difiicultv. A nor- s,Ii fl nr8t ln0 was to get beyond this
the Captain's rage was now fearful I went round among our waKemi little 'mn n such a condition must be content- . immediate barrier of nature and mill-
to behold, ctrcie uunng mat stormy, dismaf night, i oil r?ti, ii.aiin.tta nt haAnm .i tarv art. One armv (rntrl into i,n
n 1ITI..M a iin t a WMiah U. IT. .11 .til,.. ... JO . . . T 7 t . . . I . inuntint umI i. .
- ivno saion uierer nnoniu r, . "Ire" 1"" wniuwu. us, -io i hnnce the lariMtnart. nf tha naUnn ( . iouniUHCiia, anil tooK lin a watelifn """""' "I1"K eacn otner s
Rayaor?" he demanded of the Mate. ! htnirs afterward, Capt. Phelps was at useless. Such is the condition of an es- ' possession of that territory as far south ' llR(,i'- Numerous examples prove that
wi mu nviv in uus way to make niu-
comumications, and even on cer-
subjects. "I have often,"
rhsh naturalist. Jesse.
catonnllar in tho nuisrh-
i tttlll Willi milltll itinritt ?..ltl. . '.i borhood of an nnt.' muut Tt iu i,.,...,i;
.b.mi..l. n oIaC m ti At. a i iiarnrfl rn aiitii wo a Tuirn uuti ttoi t im rx.M wni.... i. ... . i : it" 1 ,
lop-nm,
rvooooy tnat i kuow oi, sir," an- !.,? irj wig i iwjn- hkb nnuii, uui t ub shment wh ch cost a round millim. me oenu in the Danube. Thus sun-
sweretl the oflicer. They're all here ( m Pl d trembling. 1 lie Mate had an,i on wj,ich the taxes alone are 7.000 Prtl on tho left, the remaining forces .tURl
in sight. told us ttiat he should Have him arrest- J a mr. 1 crossed the Danube at Soninitza. onno-1 lHm ueuo '
The men looked from one to another. ! soon as we arrived in port. But site Sistova. Tho crossing- w m.i sa3? l fcni
but the number was correct. The Sec- I think he must have relented and con- Tke Valse ef a Hair.Pla. the latter nart of .Tunn. aftor tnncniir. . " Pmco small
nml Mn u-ithrmt waitincr fiw nnlun . Hived at his escanc. for he was misnincr
""! i, awHffM klilL mS A, VtUbt .7 f 1 " 1 F " " ------- fmJ j
before the
then made the circuit of it, don't think he was ever brOnght to jus-lent uses a
looking all round the mast-head, and i tice, tlwugh I did not wait to see. I
reported himself alone. The Captain J glad enough to shake the dust of dropped his rope's end and weut below, , tho Norway oft my feet, and to forget,
his mind in a strange chaos of rage and possible, tne History oi tne voyage. t J tfS . l Jt l t at I -Tl-.A T af.-- M t tat 'I
rer realize how many differ- peculiar difficulty and somo armed op- MQW se'z-ld by an ant, which calls in the little insignificant hair-pin position: but on the whole far more I RS,stRnee .ot a friend, after ineffectual
fear, and Hastings escaped further boat-
tor that night. But a few days were sufficient for the Captain to forget his fears, and t myself was the next victim of his wrath. He had ordered me to make a lanyardknot in tke end of aa old, fagg6d rope, to be used for lasking somewhere. I did so, and returned it to kim, telling him 1 katl made the best job of it 1 could.
Well, It that's your best," said he,
nasr without it tne female portion of . oasilv than was to hav Iwnn n-nn.tn.i
society would, be deprived of an instru-' Immediately upon the passage of tho ment that contributes much to their , river an Army of Knstchuk was formed
comiorc anu neauty. from the long, to watch tho fortresses of the nuadri
"you're as muoh of a lubber as vour evening, ready for any thing in the way partner, Hastings. I'll dock yon both of amusement that might turn up, my to or'nary seaman's pay." attention was caught by a poster anT ....... T ...... . a ...1 .1. , .. .. .1 . - 1 . . . ..
ih t i. .oiiKXMvisiwi, Myiag tnai nouncing ine periormance oi n the rope was too much worn and tagged Hollrojk, the unrivaled and world to make a neat piece of work. nowned ventriloquist." I had ne
'rafgeil, is it? Well, I'll finish it seen a performance of that sort
up over your lubberly back." aftur reading the bill I resolved to go, No you won't!" sang out a voice i w:ia just in time when I reached the hi
from behind tlie king-boat. ' of e.xhiWition, and taking a ticket I enHe rushed roHihlin tke diraoUo of I tered and took a seat. I thought the the souwd, but ther was no one there. . Professor's entertainment the most Who was that that spoke?" he wonderful thing that I had ever seen or erietl. "If I knew who he was I'd cut j hoard. After a variety of sounds and his heart out." voices had been imitated with marvelHa, ka! would ye?" was answered ,ous skill, he informed us that he would
nermvejT irom ine mauuop, now. , hold a conversation with an imatrinarv
But I often found mvself. while on
subsequent voyages, puazling my brain J firmly in place switches, curls and puffs -Army of the Dobnidscha thus formeM a
to account for the strange phenomena to ie tiny invisible ones that hold so protection upon the left Hank of tho
oi wmen t spoke, f ive years passetl j uencaiciy, y
away and l was none the wiser in that respect, when I found myself in Liverpool, where I had arrived from a South American voyage and had been paid off with fifty pounds a considerable sum for rae to have in my possession at one time.
Strolling along the streets at early
efforts to drag the caterpillar into the nest. It can bo clearly seen that the lit tie creatures held a conversation by moans of their feelers, and this being
strong hair-pins so valuablo in holding lateral. The Army of Hustchuk and tho I omU;d' ey repair together to the cat-
yet securely, ornaments, flow- main forces of tho Itmwdans liLmlml tn
ers, frizzes, etc., and the crimped, spiral i tho southward, and fancy onos. We should sigh to part ? Tho second critical step of tho Ruswithour"cnmpers,"suchanacession, , sians was tho passage of the Balkans
tZ't'1' r J i ; "--," ims iviw vuuviuu uy cavairy, under
asshftwl.nins.shoe Rnd glove-bitttoners Gen.Gourko, in Jufy, through a pass they are fnd spcnsable, in default of the which the Turks had strangely left unoriginal, and even in pin-backs ladies guarded. Had tho Russian generalship
w.Vm i nVnem ue.rn,cr resorl' lecn bettor, tho main armv might probii v 1 "?f U UVn h0ii nSQ ".'J1 Hhy havo Allowed Gourko, and subsopicks, tooth-picks, cleaning finger-nails, qent events would have taken a difior-
iciu., iurwair mime may not consider tlie ' nt (urn . ami loil tn . H.i...is..-. i..
roi. 7"M"na ucnaue ; oui wo snau in- aion. As it was, Gourko was obliged to " J ' V .1 " . usc' a,m 1,10 con .re. slot that the mich-abused and modest rceross the llalkans and then 3 n ,luJnce of the slaughtor was that the ver hair-pin is worthy a niche in our mem- nut nf ti, a.t.r,ta kt ,t..K?r2p t8 who wero on tho way immediately
: but ory better than the slangy phrase. I ln. Mm. na.,n.f tU 7 " tiVi' turned back and tried to persuade thoir
, t am not that kind of a hafr-pin." One battles for the poesJton of the S pka ;;I"l(,!",,on" w,h wore not yet aware of 1 1 lady said to another the other daw f t..ai, -.1,1.1, i...:ll,. .. . n?. . the danger to turn back also. A short
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erpillar in order to draw it into tho nest
iy their united strength. Further, I have observed tho matter of ants on their way to and from their nests. They stop, touch each other with their feelers, and appear to hold a conversation, which I have a good reason to suppose refers to tho best ground of obtaining food." Haguo writes a letter to Darwin, that ho one day killed with his fin
er a numucr 01 ants that came even
from a hole in tho wall to AO 1 11 It
plants standing on the chimney-piece. He had tried the effect of brushing thorn
gor day
It was broad davlitrkt. ami all oould
ee tkere was 110 one up there'. I was quite as much startled and mystified as my tyrant could poeeiby be, but tke diversien served as good a purpose as on the previous occasion, for lie did not attack mi again. Had he dons so, I
tjerson up the chimney. When the re.
sponsive "Ha, haj" came down I was startled to such a degree as to raise from my seat. It was the same voice, In precisely the same peculiar tones that I had heard so many limes from the Norway's maintop.
UllH 11K1
on, ..,..1,1 ...sit. t....r.i-.... ""to,"im '"""'j
v.... im, wuu wun n nair-pm." 1 ccUol i holding. This was in July, Kven as Archimejles would have done August and September. w rri.hRVie, found a fulcrum for his ; f ho third critical period of tho camftV.rn.inf in lct"3f ,L?td0!rlsc, the ' y l)a'&n in Hlgrla was that of tho bat, o small things, but bless tho invention J ties" around Plevna. The Russians, ?nil!ifp 1 UmtSO comae to J once fairly across tho Danube, and he rescue when a fine point Is neetlwl, pushing somewhat eagerly onward n et15Hlng R 1?m oufc ? the l,Uno 1 down acroflf' Hwlffiria to crow the Balkto adorning the columns of a newspa- ans, overlooked Wm presence of a large
1-u.oimiimi zimej. Turk sh forea at Wfddin. on !,!-
treme right. As they advancetl this force advanced, and they soon found themselves menaced by it in their right rear. The first battle of Plevna was fought with tha Russian latent of de-
The Yonkers Gateite says "the most slavish and fawning of all mankind are the kerosene merchants their oalling make them serve ile."
conversation ensued between tho ants, ... l.:..i. 1...... I, . ... '
iTuiuii, nuwuvur, uiu not result in an immediate return, for those which had just left the nest first convinced themselves of tho tnith of the report. " 1 five and Indian Brtad. 2 quarts of Indian meal, scald it, add as much ryn Hour, I cup of molasses, . pint of lively yeast (if the yeast is not perfectly sweet use a little soda) ; let it stand in a warm place till quite light, then beat it about 10 minutes, put it in the baking-dlshes, et it stand 15 or 20 minutes: bakcJJ hours in a slow oven.