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MO HOPE FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE. I
X tix debaUin dub ha' night we all disc rased a
core
Ttarthe debilitated state of English lit "raci lire."
The stuff tbet'a writ for folks," I said, "dont
move 'em an' delight 'em,
the folks who write the things don't
know enough to write 'em.
folks who write, they stuff their heads in
some big cyckjpedy,
WSeh aint no place ter mental food to feed the
poor an' needy;
UltejYe hue tin' on an em'ty shelf, like poor oT
Mother Hubbard,
Mm" go right by the open door of Mother Natur's
cupboard.
JJmjj crawl into some libery far from toe wort's
inspection,
Sary themselves in books beyond all hope of res
urrection; They cry out from their tombs, in which no sun
nor star can glisten, '
JLat' weep because the liv"n' wotT dont fin' no
time to listen."
Then Elder Fettengell he asked: "Can yon sug
gest a cure
Tar the debilitated state of TTngllsh lifrachurer
Amt none; our authors' ignorance is far too
dark or Ugfatin',
'While we who know enough to write hain't got
no time for writtn'."
& W. Fobs in Yankee Blade.
A WIFE WORTH HAVING.
The old ship Vincent seemed to be one
of those craft that, according to the
"theory of sailors, are doomed to ill fate.
James Marshall, a young man from
Newport, R. L, had been her captain
for five years, and daring that time Bhe
had been twice "knocked down;" once
bad she carried away her foremast, and
at the time of which we write the old
ship was docked at Liverpool undergo
ing repairs from a serious damage she
had received dnring a heavy gale in St.
George's channel, bnt in all these mis
haps the owners had been forced to ac
knowledge that the young captain was
entirely free from blame, while, on the
other hand, he had made better "time"
in his trips than any other master had
ever been able to get ont of her.
The last damage which the Vincent
received proved to be the occasion of the
dawning of anew era in the life of Capt.
Marshall, for while waiting in Liverpool
for his ship to be repaired he fell in with
a blooming New .England girl named
Emma Ramsey, the eldest daughter of
the agent who did the business for the
Vincent's owners, and ere long they dis
covered that between them there existed
a peculiar feeling of mutual love. Capt.
"Marshall popped the delicate question,
Emma consulted with her papa, and at
length she consented to become Mrs.
Marshall. If was a happy day for all
parties when the marriage took place,
for from the known characters of the
bridegroom and his beautiful bride ail
felt sure that the match would prove one
of peace and content.
The Vincent was once more ready for
aea. Her cargo was all on board, and
shipped for Boston, and Emma had re
wived to accompany her husband to the
United States. For a number of days
the weather was pleasant, and the wind
'was fair, while Capt. Marshall felt him
self supremely happy in the delightful
company of his wife. The old sailors
shook their heads as they saw the gentle
Xmma pacing the deck, and they very
mysteriously asserted that "such pleas
ures couldn't always last," and so in
deed, it proved; for at the close of a
pleasant day, when they were within
three or four days' sail of their destined
port, things began to look anything but
agreeable. Away to the south'rd and
aatTa tne nonzon began to assume a
sort of inky blackness, with here and
there a ghostlike, livid spot, while on all
hands the heavens had changed their
ethereal blue for a cast of deeper and
snore fearful import.
Capt. Marshall felt as he had never
felt before on the approach of a storm.
I"or himself, for his ship, he had no
thought then. There was one on board
who engrossed his every sympathy for
job young wife' he felt a degree of in
tense anxiety that was painful; but he
forgot not his duty, and with compara
tive calmness he set about it. The
courses were hauled up and snugly
furled, the lighter sails taken in, and the
lofty yards and topgallant masts sent on
deck, and the three topsails close reefed.
Long before the sun went down the
undulating ocean had assumed almost
the blackness of night, and not many
moments elapsed after . the spars had
been secured upon the deck ere the
storm burst upon the ship. It was a
Tegular southeaster, and those who have
encountered one of these storms in the
.gulf know something of their power.
Higher and higher rose the mighty tem
pest, until at length it was found neces
sary to take in the topsails and trust to
the fore and main storm staysails and a
balance reefc 1 spanker. In this way the
ship lay to till morning, the gale increas-
ing every hour.
Capt. Marsoall trusted that when the
Bun rose on the next day the storm
would abate, but in this he was disap
pointed, for a part of the forenoon he
was actually obliged to scud before it.
It was not until two staysails had been
torn from their' bolt ropes that he fully
explained his anticipations and the ex
tent of his fears to his wife.
"Emma," said he, "I wish I had not
brought you with me."
"Why so?" she asked, as she gazed up
into her husband's face with apparent
astonishment.
. "Why so? Do you not comprehend
our danger?"
"But the ship does not leak, does it?"
returned Emma with remarkable cool
ness. "No."
"Then let us not fear the storm. I was
born upon the Atlantic, and I feel that I
can yet trust to my native element."
The captain was astonished ' at this
trait in his wife's character, and clasp
ing her in his arms he felt his own soul
swelling with a new life.
"Emma," he said, as he gazed more
affectionately than ever into her face,
"my heaviest fears are passed. For you
alone have I feared the most; now I can
calmly tell you wherein lies our danger.
This storm has driven us far out of our
course, and' twice have we been scudding
before it. I fear that the coast of Maine
' cannot be fur to the leeward, and of that
coast I know nothing save, what I n)
gather from my chart' For us to lay to
is next to impossible. . The rising sea
has rendered our stay sails useless," and
I have been obliged to set the close reefed
main topsail, but she cannot hold it
long."
"My husband, returned Emma,
though you may know nothing of the
coast of Maine, yet there are but few
spots along her rugged shores that are
not as playgrounds to me. My father
was for years a surveyor of her islands
and harbors, and I was his constant com
panion. To me her cliffs and inlets pre
sent nothing that can alarm me."
Hardly had she ceased speaking when
a sharp crack like the report of a pistol
sounded from aloft, followed by a tear
ing and crashing that started the cap
tain to his feet.
"The main topsail has goner he ex
claimed, and immediately he sprang
upon the deck.
Again the ship was put before the
gale, and for several moments Capt.
Marshall was undecided what to do.
While in this quandary he felt a hand
laid upon his shoulder, and on turning
he beheld his wife. She had a "sou'
wester upon her head and a peajacket
buttoned closely about her.
"What is the matter, James?" she
said.
The husband explained his perplexity.
A strange look of fearlessness and con
fidence rested upon that fair woman's
face, and looking for a moment at the
compass she said:
"We head due northwest. Station a
trusty lookout in the fore top,, and let
the ship stand on!"
Capt. Marshall felt at that moment as
though an angel had been sent to pilot
him to a haven of rest. Whence arose
the feeling he knew not, but instinctive
ly he obeyed. Fearful and loud roared
the mighty storm, on dashed the riven
ship.'but all fearless and composed stood
the heroic woman upon the quarter
deck, and the hardy seamen as they
gazed upon her felt that what daunted
not a woman should not daunt them.
. "Land, hoi" came from the foretop.
In three minutes more, as the ship
rose upon the bosom of a giant sea, the
land was made out upon the deck, bear
ing about two points on the larboard
bow. Emma caught sight of it, and
seizing a glass at the next swell she dis
covered a lighthouse upon its summit.
Then she turned her glass over the star
board beam, and in a moment she ex
claimed: "There are the Bantam Ledges. The
land on the larboard bow is Seguin, and
beyond I can see Cape Small Point.
James," she continued as she gazed into
her husband's face with a look all made
up of conscious power, "if you will drop
your fore topsail I will take you into the
Kennebec!"
For a moment Capt. Marshall hardly
credited tne evidence of his own senses,
but one look into the calm, radiant feat
ures of his wife determined him, and in
five minutes the f oretopsail was sheeted
home.
Emma Marshall seized the spanker
out haul and sprang upon the wheel-
house, and calm as the falling of the
summer's dew fell her orders to the man
at the wheel. The island Seguin was
cleared in safety, the ship bowled fear
lessly by the foam dashed rocks, and ere
long her bows cleft the smoother waters
of the noble Kennebec. All danger was
past. Though the storm still raged, yet
the old Vincent rode at anchor, and the
howling tempest could harm her no
more. Confidence was restored to the
hardy crew. .
Emma Marshall descended from her
station and sought her cabin. Her rough
habiliments were thrown aside, and ere
long she reappeared in all the modesty
and beauty of her native grace. Capt.
Marshall pressed her to his bosom, and
at that moment the hardy seamen waved
their hats high above their uncovered
heads, while a prolonged shout of joy
and gratitude went forth from their re
lieved souls. They had been saved from
the terrible coast storm, and from the
bottom of their, hearts they confessed
Emma . Marshall was A Wife Worth
Having. Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., in Yankee
Blade.
Yankee Dispatch.
One day I made some reference to the
clumsy and long-drawn-out " way in
which the Russian guns were taken up
to the front. True, the roads were fright
ful, the mud being beyond all descrip
tion, but I ventured to suggest that the
progress of that artillery was, in many
instances, lamentably slow.
"Wal," said the American, in broad
Yankee twang, "I think you're right.
They've been at it for months and there's
very little promise of increasing speed.
How long, now, do you think it would
take Britishers to accomplish the same
end?"
Actually, I had not the slightest idea,
but I was not going to collapse before
my Yankee interrogator, so I suggested,
as an improvement on the existing state
of affairs, that it would take us, say
about a fortnight or three weeks. "By
the way," I continued, "how long do
you think it would take the Americans
to achieve a similar result?" .
"Americans? Oh, that's a very differ
ent kettle o' fish! Americans?" and with
this he took out his watch, aed glanced
at it several times in meditative silence.
'The Americans? Wal, I should say, as
near as I can calculate, somewhere be
tween twenty-five minutes and half an
hour," and with this he turned on his
heel with a self-satisfied air, leaving me
to digest the comparison. Irving Mon
tague in Camp and Studio.
The Lunb Tree.
' Joannes Zahn in 1696 first gave the
world information as to this valuable
plant. The planta tartarica bowmetz,
according to Mr. Zahn, grows "in Tartary
like any other plant, and when it gets.
ripe a lamb forms on the top of the
flower stalk. After a while the stalk
bends over and the lamb grazes till all
the grass in the vicinity is cropped off or
the stem is severed. Then it dies.
Wolves are said to be quite fond of this
vegetable mutton. John Ashton in Curi
ous Creatures m Zoology.
Ttrmont'l C tinnlL
Bennington , is looking forward to a
gigantic celebration next summer. .- The
act of the legislature providing for a
celebration of the hundredth anniversary
of the. admission of Vermont into the
Union, and for the dedication of the
Bennington battle monument, Aug. 19,
1891, makes the governor, with the lieu
tenant governor, speaker of the house,
state treasurer and secretary of state, a
committee of five, who shall make the
necessary arrangements and have gen
eral charge and management of the cere
monies attending the dedication of the
monument and the centennial celebra
tion. ' The committee shall invite in the
name of the state of Vermont the na
tional government and the states of
New Hampshire and Massachusetts to
unite with Vermont in the dedication
and celebration. Furthermore, the com
mittee shall issue in the name of the
state all invitations to invited guests,
and shall call the annual encampment
of the National Guard of Vermont. It
is discretionary with these officials what
amount of money to spend. The re
sponsibility of the celebrations is on the
state and not the battle association nor
the people of Bennington.
The battle of Bennington was fought
Aug. 10, 1777, Dut as Aug. its next year
will fall on Sunday it was deemed best
to have the celebrations in the middle
of the week for the convenience of
those who may come from a distance,
and for this reason Wednesday, Aug. 19,
was designated by the legislature. Bur
lington Free Press.
Eugenie's Cousin Casafuerta Dead.
Our Paris correspondent writes that a
cousin of the Empress Eugenie, the Mar
quis de Casafuerta, has just died at the
Chateau d'Orf asnir, in Touraine. His
father, who was said to be only second
in wealth to the Duke of Ossuna, lived
for many years in what might be termed
a domain, the wall of which skirted one
side of the Rue des Ecnries d'Artois. and
a part of what in his time was the Rue
de l'Oratoire. During the empire Queen
Isabella, to be agreeable to the Empress
Eugenie, arranged that the late marquis
was to be permanently attached to the
Spanish embassy in Paris, and he was
one of the most influential persons be
longing to the inner circle of the em
press.
He was charged, though quite a young
man, with the confidential negotiations
between the emperor and Marshal Nar
vaez for the sending of a Spanish milita
ry force to Rome to replace that which
France kept at the Eternal City to pro
tect the pope. But carefully as the se
cret or yueen Isabella s consent was
kept it leaked out, and Prince Bismarck
and Signor Rattazzi put their heads
together, and by getting her dethroned
defeated the scheme. London News.
The Bank of Frsnee'i Big Loan.
The recent loan of 75,000,000 francs
in gold by the Bank of France to the
Bank of England is still the object of
acrimonious criticism. Here is how the
75,000,000 was transferred from the
lender to the borrower. The loan was
made in ingots of fine gold at the mar
ket rate on the day of transfer. The
Bank of England was obliged to send to
Paris an agent supplied with an English
treasury bond signed by the first lord of
the treasury as a guarantee of reimburse
ment. The ingots were delivered in three in
stallments of 25,000,000 each, on three
different days, in the court yard of the
Bank of France, to the English repre
sentative, and from that moment the
precious metal was entirely at the lat
ter's risk. When the day of payment
arrives three months hence, if no re
newal is asked the loan must be repaid
at the Bank of France, either in ingots
or in pounds sterling, valued at their
weight in fine gold. Paris Cor. Epoch.
Increase in Telegraphic Figures.
The increase in the ocean cable and
land telegraph facilities during the dec
ade is again indicative of the growth of
the city of New York, for the entire sys
tem is tributary to and greatly depend
ent upon the metropolis. In 1880 there
were 185,645 miles of cables in existence.
In 1890 there were 283,917. The West
ern Union and Postal companies now
control 778,997 miles of wires, against a
total of 233,534 in 1880. There were
10,077 offices in operation during 1880,
but their number has now been increased
to 22,382. The total number of mes
sages sent over the wires in 188 was
39,512,904, but the totalis now estimated
for 1890at 83,784,627. The receipts for 1880
were $16,827,948. Last year they were
$34,783,282. The profits in 1880 were
$7,383,379, but during the year 1890 they
are estimated at $10,123,298. The ex
penses for 1880 we're $8,498,293, while
for last year the estimate is $18,740,609.
New York World.
Reform in Smoking.
Some Ne w Haven smokers have started
a tobacco moderation society, members
being limited to three cigars a day.
They have to deposit daily a sum equal
ing what they have been accustomed to
spend on tobacco, minus the value of
the three cigars. And in case a member
smokes more than three cigars on any
day he forfeits all the money he has de
posited. Those who adhere to the agree
ment for one year will share equally in
the fund created by the forfeitures.
This is very good as far as it goes, but it
would seem as though there ought to be
some prize for the members who smoke
less than three cigars a day. New York
Tribune.
Mixed Relationship.
Marshal Hopper, youngest son of Mr.
J. H. Hopper, and Miss Mary Alderman,
daughter of Mr. Thomas Alderman, were
married Thursday, the Rev. Wilson
Johnson officiating. Mr. Thomas Alder
man is Mr. J. H. Hoppers son-in-law,
Mr. Alderman's second wife being a Miss
Hopper. Miss Mary, the handsome bride,
is his first wife's child. Thus it will be
seen that Mr. Hopper's son is son-in-law
of his father's son-in-law, and is also
son-in-law. of his own brother-in-law,
etc. Quitman Press. -
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