MY LwEET HEART.
rm In lore with fair I illo mairten
Wnh her ere, w.lh tier up, with her
bands.
With her l""n of (l"r little d mplce
And although nhe't pellte
On ber sweet llt'ln feet,
Ti a wonder to me bow the stand.
And he kiTct me. th! dar little tna'den;
And hr band. ani hrreye. ami her Up.
And her dimple, all invin; ine welcome
In a scct, arlte- war
Have the r ear, every hir.
Al to meet me the lovlnly trip.
Will he wed roe, tbl sweet little maiden?
Ijlr yon. no! That he never w.ll do.
But, when 1 have told you the reason,
I haven I a fear
Twill apiear to rotl qneer:
Tor I'm thirtr while he' only two!
AlUn 0. liDUie, In .SI. Airtutu.
A STRANGE STORY.
The Remarkable Resurrection of
a Common Bailor.
Bow Head Man Ketarned to Life to
AilinonWh 'omindr R lsr
ad HI F-riuir t'oinrade
Aa laclclfDt of tin
War of 1813.
I
Archibald Forbes contribute to
Beliravui the curious story found be
low. He nay: Concerning tho history
of tho atihjoine I curious narrative. the
original manuscript of which, written
in now faded ink on tho rough dingy
paper of sixty years ago. was placed in
my hand in the course of a recent visit
to America, only a few word arc
nece-vtry. The narrative is addressed
to "Mr. Rodger and sister." and ap
car4 to have b-en written at the
request of the former lady, after the
autnor's return from tho sea on tlio
termination of li s service a surgeon of
the frigate President, the famous fight
ing cruiser of the American republic in
the war with England of 1812-1 4.
Commodore Itodger. who commanded
the l'res'dent d'lrmg the war. and who
was the lui!baud of the lady for whom
the account was wr.tten, gave to Dr.
Turk's narrative hi indorsement of
its perfect accuracy. Of the authen
ticity of the document there can be no
possibility of a doubt.
"Some t me in tho latter part of
December. 181.1. a roan by tho name of
. William Kemble. aged twenty-three (a
seaman on board of the United States
frigate President, commanded by Com
modore John Kodgnrs, on a em' so. then
near the Western Islands), was brought
to me from one of the tops, in which ho
was stationed, having burst a vessel in
his lungs, tho blood gushing with great
violence from hi mouth and nostrils.
With much difficulty I succeeded in
' stopping the d schnrge, and he wa put
upon remedies suited to his case. I
visited him often, and had the best of
opportunity of becoming acquainted
with hia temper, babit and intellectual
attainments; and under all circum
stances, during his illness, found his
language and behavior such as stamped
him the rough, profane and illiterate
sailor It is my belief, although I can
not positively assert it, that ho could not
cither road or write. It Is certain that
his conversation never differed in tho
least from that of the most ignorant
and abandoned of h's associates, con
stantly mixed with oaths and the lowest
vulgarity. Had lie possessed talents or
leaming, ho must have betrayed it to
me during his long confinement
"In the early part of January, 181 1,
a vessel boro down upon us with ever
npHaranco of an English frigate. iW
hands wore called to (juarters, nnd nfuT
a short and animated address by tlfn
Commodore to the crew, all prepared
to do their duty. Bcforo I descended
to tho coekp t,"well knowing Kemble ;S
spirt aud how anxious he would bo t,o
partake of tho glorious victory (defeat
never entered our thoughts), I thougljt
it best to visit him. After stating w
him the peculiar s.tnat on ho was lit.
' and the great danger ho would bo op
posed to by tho least emotion. 1 en
treated and ordered him not to stir dur
ing the action, which he promised to
observe We wore soon obliged to tirt.
At the sound of tho first gun ho could
restrain himself no longer, but regard
less of my ndmonit'on and of li s own
danger, ho rushed upon deck and flew
to his gun, laying hold to he!p run her
out. A fresh and tremendous d'soharge
from his lungs was tho consequence,
and he wa brought down to me again
in a most deplorable state. I appro
hended immediate death, but by
tho application of the proper reme
dies I succeeded once mor-t
in stopping the hemorrhage. b
which he was reduced to a state of th
mo.it extreme debility. Be'ngnear the
equator and fullering much from heat,
his hammock was slung on the gun
deck between the ports, affording th
best circulation of air. Ho continued
for somo time free from hemorrhage,
'but wa under tho constant use of mini
icino. and wa confined to a tmrtlculai
diet. This made him fretful, and he
would frequently charge my mates with
starring him, at tho same time damn
ing thoin in tho true sailor fashion.
After some time, being again callod t
quarter at night, he wa necessarily
removed Mow to the sick berth (com
monly called bay.) This was followed
by another discharge of blood from h:s
lungs, which wa renewed at intervals
until his death.
"On January 17, in tho afternoon,
Dr. Birohmore. my first mate, came to
mto on dock, and reported Kemblo to be
dead. I directed him to soe that his
messmates did what was usual on such
occasions preparatory to committing
his remains to the deep. ' About two
hour after this Dr. Birehmoro again
called on me. Ho sa d that Kemblo
had come to life, and was holding forth
to Hut sailor in a strange way.
I d rectly went down, where 1
witnessed one of the most remarkable
and unaccountable transactions that,
perhaps, had ever fallen to the lot of
in mi to behold. Kemble had awakened
as it were from sleep, raised himself up
and called for his messmate in partic
ular, and those men who were not on
duty to attend to his word. He told
thoin he had experienced death, but was
allowed a short space of time to return
and give them, a well a the officers,
some direction for the'rfuture conduct
in life. In this situation 1 found him.
surrounded by the crew, all mute with
astonishment, and paying the most
aorimis attention to every word Uut es
caped from his lips. The oldest men
were in tear, not a dry eye wa to ie
seen, or a wliisjx-r heard; all wa as
solemn a the grave. His whole body
was cold a death could make it There
Was no pulsation in the wrists, tho tem
ples or the chest perceptible. His voice
wa clear and powerful, his eye uncom
monly brilliant and animated. After a
short and pertinent address to the med
ical gentlemen, he told me in a peremp
tory manner to bring Commodore
Kodgcrs to bim. a he had something to
say to hira before uo nnailv leit u.
The Commodore consented to go with
me, when a scene wa presented
truly novel and Indescribable, and cal
culated to till with awe the stouted
heart The sck bay (or berth) in
which ho lay is entirely set anart to the
use of those who are confined to their
beds by illness. Supported by tho sur
geon, surrounded by n s weeping ana
aitonished comrades, a crowd of specta
tors looking through the lattice-work
which inclosed the room, a common
japanned lamp throwing out a sickly
liirht and a candlo held opiw.site his
face by an attendant, wa the iitu.it ion
'of things when our worthy commander
made hi appearance; and well does be
remember the elect produced by so un
common a spectacle, especially when
followed by tho utterance of these words
from the mouth of one long supposed
to nave been dead: 'Commodore Kod
ger. I have sent for you, s r. being
commissioned bv a higher power to
address you for a short time, and to do
liver tha message intrusted to me when
1 was permitted to revisit the earth
Once I trembled in your presence, and
was eager to obey your command; but
now I am your superior, being no longer
an inhabitant of the earth. 1 have seen
the glories ot the world of spirits. 1 urn
not permitted to make known what 1
have beheld; indue J. were I not forbid
den, language would lie inadequate to
the tak; 'tis enough for you and
tho crew to know that I have been sent
back to earth to reanimate for a few
hours mv lifeles body, commissioned
by (iod to perform the work I am now
engaged in. He then, in language so
chaste and appropriate that it would
not havo disgraced the lips or tho pen
of a divine, took a hasty view of the
moral and religious duties incumbent
on the commander of a ship of war.
He reviewed the vices prevalent on ship
board, pointed out the relative duties ol
ollicer and men, and concluded bv
urging the neces:ty of reformation and
repentance. He d d not. as wa feared
by our brave commander, attempt to
prove the sinfulness of lighting and
wars ; but. on the contrary, warmly
recommended to the men the perform
ance ol tneir dutv to theircountry with
courage and fidelity. II s 8cechcs oc
cupied about three-quarter of an hour,
and if the whole could have been taken
down at the time, they would have
made a considerable pamphlet, which
would no doubt have been in great de
mand, nr. Hirehmore, now at Boston,
heard all the addresses, I only tho last
"When he finished with the Com
modore, hi head dropped upon his
breast, his eyes closed, and he appeared
to have passed through a second death.
a pulsation nor the least degree ol
warmth could be perceived during tho
time that he wa speaking. I ordered
him to be laid aside, and left him.
"I retired to bed. deeply reflecting
upon tho past, unable to Bleep, when
about nine o'clock p. in., many hours
after Kemblo had been la'd by, I was
called out of bed to visit a man taken
suddenly ill in his hammock, hang ng
I near Kemble apartment. -it wa an
noipl wnen mi nut the watch on deck
had turned In; general silence reigned,
and all the light below were out. with
the exception of a singlo lamp in tha
sick apartment where lay tho remain
of Kemble. 1 had bled the sick ruan-
he was relieved. I entered the sick
room before I retired to replace sonny
th tvg. and wa turning round to leave
it. being alone, when suddenly I waj
nhjiost petrified upon beholding Kem
ble sitting up in hi berth with his eye
(which had regained their former bril
lancy and intelligence) fixed intently
upon mine I became for a moment
speechless and motionless. Think 1
to myself, what have I done, or left
undone, in this man's caso that would
cause him thus to staro at mo at this;
late hour, and alone? I waited a long
time in painful suspense, dreading some
horrid d.selosure. when I wa relievei
by hi command ng mo to fetch bin
some water. With what alacrity
obeyed can easily bo imagined. I gavi
him a tin mug containing water, wh el
he put to hi mouth, drank off the on
tents, and returned to mo: then la
himself quietly down for the last t mo
Hi situat on wa precisely the same in
every respect a before described. Tin
time wa now expired which, ho h u
sa'd, was given him to rciua:n in tin
lody. The next day by noon, al
hand attended a usual to hear tht
funeral servico read, and see h s re
mains eons:gned to a watery grave. It
was an unusually solemn period. Sea-
jtieti are naturally simerstit ous, ami.
on th s occasion their tmuds had been
wrought upon in a singular manner,
Decorum is always observed by sailor
at such time; but now they wero all
affected to tears, and when the body
was slid from the plank into the
sea. every one rushed instinctively to
the ship's side to take a last look. The
usual weight had been attached
to tho feet yet a if in compliment to
their anxiety to see more of him, the
body rose "perpendicularly from tho
water breast-high two or three time.
This incident added greatly to the as
tonishment already created in the minds
of the men. I beg leave to remark that
it was not proper to keep the body
longer in the warm latitude we were In.
"1 have now given a short and very
Imperfect sketch of the important
event attending the last illness and
death of William Kemblo. It is' sub
mitted to tho ladie in this State, beg
ging thev will excuse haste and inaccu
racy. The change procured upon the
crew wa for a time remarkable. It
apeared a if they would never smile
or swear again. The effect wore off by
degree, except when tho subject was
renewed. "W. Tint"
In olden times drinking-mngs were
hooped, to gnage the allowance I
guests using one tankard, or, as is
written of the custom, "hoopeson quart
pots were invented that every man
should take his hoope and no more."
fhieajo 1'irnts.
MRS. CARTEITS EXPERIMENT.
A Mitlir' Ml tike In Wasting Her
Hlrrnclh In ('reparation far l'lnree.
Yes, I always save all the old linen
it's so handy in sickness." remarked
Mrs. Carter, carefully removing the
buttons from a garment a id cutting it
into convenient s zes.
Mrs. Carter wa a dl gent woman
and a devoted m ither. She was con
tinually planning for illness in th
family, and kept on hand a stock of
simple icmedics and appliance re idy
tor use at a moment's notice. She
gave herself with as much 7ea! to this
department of her household economy
a to stocking the cellar closet with a
generous supply of jellies and pre
serve. Perhaps it is not strange, in a home
with several children an aged father
and a feeble sister-in-law. that some
body was alwavs ailing at the Carters'.
But singularly enough. Mrs. Outer,
who looe I out so religiously for a
supply of nil needful ariic'e to meet
just such cnii. gen vies, wa never able
to qjive anvthing in the line of personal
s rvice without paying a severe pen
alty. It w.ts a source of real distress
to her !li t if e bad the croup or
Suiuthe iuum;s. an hour's attendance
upon them, or th loss of sleep for a
s ngle night, would so react upon her
sy-iem that she would be compelled to
go to bed herself and let hired hands
give all the swe.t and tender ministr es
in the sick-room, so precious to a lov
ng heait to render.
Oh. if only 1 c mid wa:t upon ray
chil'lrci nit self." s'm moaned one da-,
as i (iat I y her be Iside. d' ying lier suf
fe bigs from a neuralgi.) headache.
"Ion ra glit. if ton choose." was the
thought uh'ch i did not express in
wo ils lill .-o ne days later, a we sat
tog. tlnir and she was engaged in cut
ting up the afo e-aid garment. Then 1
took an ooportun ty to remark:
"Mr. Carter, voin medicine closet
lacks one essent'al."
'Dear me! what 1 it' A new water
bug? I tluuglit ours letked the last
t me Norah lillt d it."
"No." I replied, "but it wants a
go d. full suppiv of vital forco."
Ev denily shed d not comprehend my
meaning, and I continue I:
As a w so and provident molh"r you
havo a splendid epiipment for illness
in everything except votirown phvs cal
condition. I've been here a dozen
time with'n the last six months in the
vain endeavor to lure you out into the
open air, but invariably you
are occupied in getting ready
for somobodv to get sick. Vou
expend a much time and nenous en
ergy in the preparation for this as would
be suflic ent. if properly husbanded,
for vou to carry every ono of the chil
dren through an ordinary attack ol
mump or measles. A it is, however,
you furnish the tools and let somebody
else do the work wb:ch your mother
lore craves to do. Now suppose you re
verse the order of th ng. Hire some
one to come in and cut up the band
ages and do the week's mending, and
see that the med cine closet is kept re
plenished, wh lo you devote yourself in
laying up a stock of vitality wh ch will
enable you to substitute your own lov
ing m nitrations, when members of
tho fam ly are a lmg, for hired service.
For a prudent woman vou are a fear
fully oxtra agant oncf You use up
every day a I ttle more vital and nerv
ous power than you manufacture. Na
ture dishonor your draft when you
present it for surplus funds of strength.
Now. it is perfectly poss hi for jou to
l.iv up a reserve of fore. 1'here is no
no romaney or med c ne about it You
need not tako a trip to Europe, nor
spend months n a nervine asylum. 1
ku )W that American, a a rule, do not
tolieve in a condit on of susla ned en
duranca. The highest ideal of health is
to run along smoothly for awhile, then
break down for a season, be patched up
and beg n again. A man or woman
who can keep up continuous work of
any kind, with n the house or out of it
i looked upon a an ano ualy. They
take tho r recreat on n a lump, in a
summer vacat on. ahva.s expensive
and often disappointing, instead of
sprinkl ng it along all through the
da lv life and to 1 Now I da m' that
you can so subsi lie the torces of na
ture, wrappad up m pure a r and a
tec. simplt) diet, abundant sleep and
proper exorcsa and lecreaton. a to
make jourself an infinitely greater
blessing to your fam ly than you now
are. Pardon my plain speech, but vou
are g vmg iheni things and they want
you self."
For s:x months Mrs. Carter tried the
experiment of living hvgien'cally, natu
rally and simply. With how much suo-
cess 1 leave the reader to judge when 1
say that sho carried Su-de through an
attack of scarlet fever without the aid
of a hired nurse, and no warr or was
ever prouder of a brdliaut military
ach evement
Are there not other mothen who
think the experiment worth tr.ing?
t'rancctJ. Dytr, in I'hiladd, hia t'ress.
SCENES AT HONOLULU.
A Noted Correspondent' Iiiiprasalons ol
th LI and Scenery In the Hawaiian
Citpltsl.
King Kalakaua, after sign f ying his
gracious acceptance of the gifts which
I had brought him. and making many
kind inpurio touching the health of
the Baroness, of Mr. Bu'rJett-Coutu,
and of his many friend in Europe, dis
missed me w.th fa r words, and I went
on my way rojo'clng, to fall speed ly
into the hands of my friend in the
wagonette, who straightway took me
into custody again, and proceeded to
drive me out of my m nd figuratively
speaking at the fastest pace at which
the two spirited horses could go at a
tearing gallop alorg magnificent roads.
I should have dearly longed to have
had a quiet saunter an obs3rvant
prowl through the leafy lane which
form the streets of Hon Julu; but ray
gonially Imperions friend of the wag
onette would not hear of anything of
that k nd. 1 must ride, I must be
dr.ven bv the tall, full-bearded Jehu of
trans-Atlantic aspect The conse
quence was that 1 saw Honolulu not
as in a glass darkly, but under what I
may term kale dos;op ccircnmtaice.
It was a splendid day. and tha snn was
shining glor ously, although far away
la the valley wa could tee the purple
cloud ponring down hue shifts of
ra n- On the r "lit iherj was the LI te
ea-calm to da . majestic, i nj-er-tiirhab!u;
but in the foregro ind on
i her side it wa one almost madd-in-i
ig succesion of kaleidoscope pano
rama. Now whole grove of iho co-coa-iiit
palm now leafy thickets blad
ing with theahiiost indescribably ruperb
scarlet bougainvillias; then grov -s of
cacti an I pr cklv pear; then hedge
bursting fort'i in brilliant flower; then
tr.m market gardens, delightful in
their grieiii-rr, laid out byCh.nese gar
dener. Then came a vision of the
Howerv Land itself, a dream of the
dear old willow pattern plate no lon
ger uni'orin blue and wh te: but trans
iHteil into all manner of rad ant htio-i.
There was a little streamlet crossed by
a lhlle ellij tical bridge, and. upon my
word., there were thiee pir-tailed hi
namcn cross. ng that I ridge, looking
for all the world I ke the ce'ebrnted
brother of the wd!ow pattern plate,
nnd there wer th willow themselves,
and a boat and a pagoda painted bright
red. with little I ell pendant from the
cave, an I birds of rare plumage were
c rcl ng in the sky. 'l-i placo. they
told me. to.itained a ("t'v.tse temple,
with a tea-house and t,io residence of
a wealthy Chinese merchant John
Ihinaman does well at Honolulu. A
largo consignment of Japanese had
also arrived tha da prior to our land
ing. The ';Jap" wer under engage
ment to labor in 1 he sugar plantat on.
'Jh.' 1-ad been inspe'ted by the King,
and a-suicd by his Ala edy of consider
ate an leqit table treatment IlutSj eed
ili more kale do copic fragments
of p'etuic flitted across my field
of v'sion. A group of Cnth
ole Sister' of Charily in their
wide-tdcevnd robes and white wimples
and pinker beneath their snowy veils,
and with their sweet, smiling, rosy
fa -es. Yes; ros .-. even b neath the tor
lid eun. Then knot gio ips of na'.ive
children the. r complexions apparently
heigliiene 1 oither wiih Cndonry's es
sence or w.th Epp's cocoa black
polled, black, shininz. bead-like-eycd
urchin, male and female, with little
bare brown les and feet all clad uni
formly in a s ngle garment a bedgown
of wiiite and colore i cal co and noth
ing else. A roost sen-dole and suitab e
garment for this climate as "mighty
c.mvan'eut" as were Mr. Brian
O'Linn's nether garments of vhe'pskin,
of which he tinned the woolv s de out
ward in Siimrae:, and inward in winter.
Tha Hussian monU'w as tou woll know,
act in precisely the same manner with
his shecpi-k'm gaberdene. or tonlnui t.
Native women too. their headgear
huge cabbage-tree hat, passed us on
horseback:, thev ri ling astride as the
Turkish and Epypiian women do; and
then more child en, scampering out of
school and chattering very harmo
niously in a language which to my ears
seemed to be nearly ad vowels, with
Inst a consonant here and there to
;eep the weaker vessels of sound in
order. And so we came at last to a
beautiful bungalow a fish'ng villa,
I wa told, with a landing stage jut
ting out into the blue sea. And here
we found ladies and gentlemen, an
elegant collation, Ileidseck's Dry
Monopole or was it Pommery and
(Jreno? in "spuming chalices. ".
There, too. we found not only a hearty
welcome but police convocation- tho
societv small talk of Ixindon and Tar s.
of New York and Washington and San
Francisco. The Lady's (Jazdte ot
Fashion was lying on one tablo. the
GiWs (Man 1'aicr on another. I
rubbed, for a moment the eye of
my m'nd and wondere 1 for a moment
where 1 wa. Have you not occasion
ally fallen into a similar condition of
temporary uncertainty, wandering on
tho face of the earth? "Society,"
the whole world over ha grown to be
so much alike. Rub the eye of your
mind, vthore the deuce are your
Someti ties you see in a splendid sa'oon
a swarthy gentleman in a black surtout
buttoned to the throat ai d w th a
scarlet fez, worn at the back of his
head. You are in "society" at Pera of
Constantinople. Again, yonr neighbor
at dinnor i a charming lady, who
speak French with much more purity
than many Parisienne do. and who is
talking enthusiast1! allv about Pattiand
Nilsson, Sardou nnd Sarah Bernhardt.
But the gentlemen present are mainly
in military uniform, and wear large
. . . j . . .... .
epaulettes ot loose million, ion a e
dining out in society at St Petersburg.
Agaiti von are at dinner. The ice and
the coffee are of exui-iie quality. Yon
are at Vienna. Somebody is smoking
a fiafielito between the courses. You
are at Madrid. A you pass the d n-
lng room to the drawing-room, you
espy a shovel-hat or so on the table in
tho vestibule, .and among the male
guest there mav be some old gentle
men in red stockings and some younger
gentlemen in purple hoso. You are at
Borne. As I continue to rub the eyes
of my mind in the great drawing-room
of the bungalow far away, my eve sud
denly lights on the oddest lady's bou
dour that 1 have ever yet behold. It is
a room within a room a dainty little
boudouir containing a cabinet piano, a
rocking chair, a work table, a plcnti
tude of shrubs and flowers and pretty
brie a-brac; but the wall and the ceil
ing of this room within a room are
seemingly of the finest wire gauze.
The dainty boudoir reminds ma for an
instant of a kind of glorified meat
safe. But then 1 remember that the
translucent walls and ceiling of the
dainty boudoir are intended to keep
out the mosquitoes, and that I am at
Honolulu, in the Sandwich Island.
Aloha. Q. A. Sala, in London Tele
graph, The oyster beds on the Hudson,
which extend from New York to Sing
Sing, and which have been productive
ever s nee this country was settled, are
1 kely to be soou annihilated. Increas
ing population i so polluting the
waters of the river that the lower por
tions of the beds have already been de
stroyed. From those that remain the
young oysters are removed to purer
waters, where they can develop their
natural ze and flavor. Troy Times.
m
It would require the united effort
of all or the generality of womankind,
to make a radical change in dress, for
few women have the moral co.irage to
faco lidi -tile; both men and women fear
it But when a dress that i graceful
and convenient shall be adopted there
will be no occasion for ridicule; that i
more applicable to the present dress.
HortforU ((ortn.) Time.
STREET HUCKSTERS.
now thatltlmatMmbrof tha Pro-
fMaloa Sr Coderaoia.
There are honet and trustworthy
street hucksters as well as dishonest
ones,'! said a member of the profession
lust week, "and with most of ns buck
stering is as much of a regular business
a storekeeping or any other occupa
tion, aud we have to preserve our rep
utations and keep the good opinion of
our customer the same as all kinds of
tradespeople. There is great rivalry,
too. among regular street hucksters.
and I know I have to keep my eye
skinned and my wits about me to pre
vent beinir double-banked by snides
who go over mv route and try to under
sell me and make the housekeepers think
I am telling them stale truck at big
prices.
The rezular hucksters go down to
the wliarf at a very early hour in the
morning and purchase from the pro
duce commission merchant the best
and freshest truck they have and pay a
good price for it and immediately go
onthe rila,iv route, ine otner lei
lows go later in the day and buy up the
leavings aud hawk it about the streets
and at back gates a fresh truck. They
can sell for less than we can, but their
purchaser alwavs get fooled.
"There ha been a regular business for
many ua s of hiring out huckster
wagons. There are a number of "boss
hucksters." and some of them keep
twenty-live or thirty wagons. When a
man wants to try hi fist at huckstering
he goes to one of the bosses and hire a
horse and wagon. He pays from $1.75
lo fc'.W per day. Sometime they can
hire a wagon that has truck to sell in
it. and in that case he has to pay down
tire value of the truck.
"A huckster's 1 cense costs ten dol
lars a year for one-horse wagons, and
fifteen dollar a year for two-horse
wagons. Whenever a bos huckster
hires out a horse and wagon he makes
the man who hires it pay twenty-five
cents every day to go towards the license,
which the' boss is supposed to pay him
self. Ihe men who biro the wagons
out do not in reality pay any license for
tiiein. for they get the full or more than
tlw full amount from the men who do
the work. There are some twelve or
fifteen bos huckster in the c'ty and
they own from eight to thirty wagon9
each. 1 hey make cons derabie money
and many of them are well off and own
property."
"How much can a regular street
huckster make a day ?"
"In tho summer time, if he attends
to business and has a fair run of
custom, all the way from two to four
dollars. Hucksters do not make that
much in winter time, when fruit
berries and some kind of . vegetables
are out of season. Hucksters work
only five days a week. Monday is tho
hucksters' noliday and ha been for
year. No fresh truck can be obtained
on Monday mornings, and housekeepers
generally lay in provisions enough on
.sat ura ay to last over bunday ana 3ion
day.
"Nearly all the truck is bought of
commission men, for a regular huckster
knows he can alwavs get fresh truck
from them and the right kind of
measure. The farmers in the market
who sell truck wholesale are generally
looked upon with suspicion by buck
ster. The farmers do not sell by
weight but by measure, and a huck
Her oiten nnd that the measure is
short. There is plenty of skinning
going on all around in the huckstering
business, and tho regular huckster ha
got to look out or he will find himself
uchered very often.
".Summer time is the huckster's best
season and I think I sell more tomatoes
than anything else and they last all
summer. hen they are in season
watermelon, cantaloupes, peaches and
berries of all kinds sell very rapidly.
The smallest sales are among crab
apples, grape, pears and plums. Next
to tomatoes I think I sell more corn in
summer than anything else."
"How about winter?" .
"Nothing sells more rapidly in winter
lirao than apple. I sell them right
along. Sweet potatoes sell we'd in
winter- and also orange, lemons,
bananas and pineapples. '
"A huckster is generally hard at
work from two o clock in tho morning
until four o'clock in the afternoon and
when that time comes my voice is husky
and my throat sore from continuous
yelling in street nnd alleys. I com
mence to holler at about six" o'clock in
the morning and keep it up until three
or four o clock, when 1 am usually
pretty well worn out I never heard
that there was any particular throat
disease among street hucksters. My
voice is always ready for the following
ily."i'uladelphia Times.
DIDN'T KNOW HOW.
The Lom an Arkanutw Gentleman Suffered
When His Wife Wa Divorced.
Colonel Wadley Higinson, of Ken
tucky, came to Arkansaw and rented a
small farm of Major Wiley Smith.
When the rent became due. Major
Smith approached Colonel Higinson and
said:
"Colonel, your rent is due to-day."
"I am sorry to hear that, for I like
you."
"What?"
"I am sorry for I like you."
"What difference does that make?"
"Makes all the difference in the
world."
"How so?"
"Because I can't pay you."
"Why?"
"Weil, because I've been disap
pointed?" "Financ'ally?"
"No. not particularly."
'Crops short?"
"No'
"Been sick?"
"No, been in good health."
"Then what's the matter,?"
"Wife got a divorce from me."
"What difference does that make?"
"What?"
The Major repeated the question.
"What difference does that make ?
Why man. you must be crazy. My wife
ihe took care of the crop."
"What d d vou do?"
"What! W'y. I run the farm. Ton
fellows don't know how to raise a crop."
Arkansas Traveler.
GEOLOGIST BILL NYE.
Bla Taper Kead at tha Srl.neo Coars
en tb. Tblckneaaoft,,. KarU,'. CrT
lXw York M un.-ury
Geology U that branch of natural !..
Wen treaU of tU structure of ZearTlS
crust and the mod of formation of iUrockV
It is a pleasant and profltabla .tudv
to the man who ha married rich and Mom
not neeJ to work the ainuaement of boat!
Ins geolo-y with tha Bible, or busting
Bible i:b teoloey, is iadsed a great booiT
Oeobgy goei ban in hand nith looW.
botany, phytical geojmphy and other kinl
dred- scioneea. TaxiiWmr, chiropody and
tbeoloey are not kin Ire 1 sciancei.
GeolorisU a-,oertain the atja of ths earth
bylooVin; at its teeth aul eountini th
wrinkle on it horns. They have learned
that toe earth b not only of great a, but
that It is still adding to iU age from year to
year.
It is hard to nay very much of a great
cience in so short an article, and that U one
great oUtacle which I am constantly run
meg aa.mt as a scientist i once pre
pare 1 a papur in attronoiny entitled ''The
Chronological U story anJ Habita of tha
Spher-s." It was verv exhaustive, and
weighel four pounds. I sent it to a tcieo-'
title publication that was suppowl to be
woriiusfor the advancement of our race.
The editor dil not prim it, but wrote me a
crisp ani saucy p jstal card, requesting me
to call with a dray and remove my stuff
before the board of health got after it In
fire short years- from that time be was a
90: psi As I write these lines, I learn with
ill-concealed pleasure that bs Is still a corps),
An awi'ul dup;nat.on of Providence, in
the shape of a larva, wilted cucumber, laid
bollupsn bis vitals oul cursdd bim with
an inward pain.
Pip
A wilted cucumber laid hold vpon him.
He ha since had the opportunity by
actual personal observation to see whether
the statements made by me relative to as
tronomy were true. His last words were:
"Friends, Romans and countrymen, beware
of the q-cumber. It will w up." It was not
original, but it was good.
The four great primary period of the
earth's history are as follows, via, to wit:
1. The Eoioio or I am of Ufa.
2. The P&4Boiaic or period of ancient Ufa.
3. The Uesotolc or middle period of Ufa.
L Toe Neozoic or recent period of life.
These are all subdivided again, and other
words more difficult to spall are introduced
Into science, thus crowding out the vulgar
herd who cannot afford to use high-priced
terms in constant conversation.
Old timers state that the primitive Con
dition of the earth was extremely damp.
With too onward march of time, ani after
the lapse of million of years, men founf
that thsy could get along with less and leal
water, nntil at last we see the pleasant,
blissful state of things. Aside from the nse
of water at our summer resorts that fluid is -getting
to bi less and less popular. And
even here at these resort it is generally
Savored with some foreign substance.
The earth's crust is variously estimated in
the matter of thickness. Some think it is
2,500 mile thirk, which would make it safe
to run heavy train acrje ths earth any
where on top of a s -cond mortgag while
other rcientists say that if we go down one
tentb of that distance we will reach a placj
where the worm dieth not. I do not with
to express an opinion as to the actual depth
or thickn of the earth's crust, but I b
lieve that it is nons too thick to suit me.
Thickuets in the earth's crust is a mighty
good fault. We estimate the aga of certain
struta of the earth's form i Mo i by means of
a union of our knowledge of plant and ani
mal life, coupled with our geological re
search and a good nnmory. Tha oldar
scientists in the fiald of geology do no5 rely
solely upon tin tracks of tha hodrasaurus
or the cornucopia lor their data. They
simply use these things to refresh their
memory.
I wish that I bad time and space to de
scribe some of the beautiful I actor ia and
gigantic worms that formerly inhabit 'd the
earth. Such an afjgreation of actual, liv
ing silurian moniters, any one of which
wouli moke a man a fortune to-day, if it
could be kept on ice and exhibited for one
season only. Tou could take a full grown
mastoJon to-day, and with no calliope, no
lithographs, no bearded lady, no clown with
four pillows in hi pantaloons, and no iron
jawed woman, you could go across this con
tinent ani successfully compete with the
tkatia' rin o
A full groic hhm.Wod.
There would be on? difficulty. Your ex
penj won il not be heavy. Tie mastoJon
would I willing to board ar wind and do
one wculd fee! like turnin; a maarodon out
of doors if be seemed to be hunrry, but te
might got away from you and frolic away
so tar in one night thit you coul lu't get him
for a day or two even if you sent a detective
for bim.
If I bal a mastodon I wculd rather taks
him when be was younsr, ani then I could
make a pet ef bim so that he would come
and eat out of my hind without taking the
hand off at the sain lime. A large masto
toJon weighing a lain J rad tons or so i
awkward, too. 1 auppose that nothing is
icon painful than to be stepped on by an
v.
dult mastodon.