The Greensboro patriot [January 8, 1879]

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.i|. he aid ''lain your sp.ion«. watch
nil Krklnt I'm lo KO to the jug. I sup
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"Anllii- S|»HIIIS all right, my girl*"
■MEM llu- amateur di-tective.
"An" why not. Ihauksloycrhonor, anil
'mil HISS to the immlirin rogue, lo be
lakio' yi-r hurnirs time. And 111 take
ine l»H.k imtli inn him whenever ver
honor saya."
•All right,'' said Blythe. '-(iisKl morn
ing. Come with me, mv Turpin buhl."
The man went .juietly fur a few imces
HI.I Ih. n ftuppeil. "What are vm coing
to do with met'' be said.
"Well.'' said Hlvlbe. "eilher put you
in nomination lor civic honors, as alder
man. lor Instance, where your lalenta
Wouldn't remain hid in a napkin, or give
you in charge, I think."
"Couldn't yon kick me. Sir. and let me
go*' ashed the man eagerly.
liiythe ktaghal aloud. "Corporal
punishment, asonixsmd to moial suasion,
.Ii'.' Will, perhaps. Where do you
liv.--"
Ilia captive studied his face. Itwa «o
open an.! kindly, the laugh had been so
hearty, that he (aid, suddenly, "I
wimldn i like to lie to you. Sir. I don'l
lii. iiny whi-r.- I ii.iiie uul of Jail for
iln- third time la-i Tuesday. I'm a regu
1 ii |ail l.ii'l, I am, and I don'l ex|a-.'t to la-
I...II.UU .-I-.- I'm IIMI ulil. And I don't
.i(.|«.si- ii matter* how MK-II I go hank.'1
I'IM- in-iii s loice WHS steady enough. I.ul
in- lip I Will I.. .I a little.
"Then you didn't breakfast at l>el
" o's Uu-morning''' said Blythe.
I didn't bri-aklasl nowliens these two
Sir, replied the prisoli.r
M> y..itiiy liiciul," said his .pli-er
k.i-|rt-l, "I halei-vcr oliserved throughout
mi lirluolis life that when there is a
. In..nil emptiness<jf the stomach, there is
:. corresjaiudiiig siiakinesa of Uu- moral
nature. Here is my card. Will you do
in.- tin- honor an.l pleasure of break tasting
n nil uu 1"
'I'll.- ima/.-.l convict replying not, was
fonliwith hauled to a cellar-restaurant,
where, having ordered half ihe bill of
fare, ItlytlH- >..t buck in bis chair com-
,■ .1 .nl,\ olmcrving the tarnished eager
in s-..f his human wolf. Wlnn even the
iliiniiic i-iupiiiii-ss was temporarily filled,
iIn wolf said, sheepishly, "I don't mind
t.-llim; you. Sir. since you've acted so
handsome, tint I wouldn't have look then
bpoons if 1 hadn't ha* been just starved.
II..i ain't no excuse in the courts, 1
know, and I expert t.i go up fur it; but I
Ihought you .1 kind o' fed a* il'yim hain't
wasted your money so bad if you knew
bow holier I was. I'm ready now, Sir, if
your lime s up.''
• Not ijltitf up. " *ai»l John
von t.-ll uu* how it began.
could speak a word for you.
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The oilier stared with surprise. "A
lawyer,' In- said, "and give away a
breakfast lik.- that! That lieats cracky!
Hut there's nothing to tell, sir. I'm
a In-. 1»-right. I got sent up the first time
tor being drunk and disorderly. I li«t my
place, and then cune a strike, and no
work; an.I 1 took a nip sometimes, and got
sent up lor pelty larceny. And 1 sort o'
-lippi-.l int.. the thie%'es ring, and byme-hy
I ^-..1 a three years term, lint I was
sick ..i ili«- business, ami I worked hard
.i.-i kept ih.- rules, and got a g.ssl name.
>.. when I.nine out, I goes lo my old simp
• gel »..rk. and. thinks I. lain't fair to
ihe isiss not to own up. 'canse he might
I. .vi- hard word* heaved at him by the ivst
..fib.- 1. in.Is il they found it out. And so
lie »..ui.Int lake me; and none of the
other blisses wouldn't, cause I told em
for. thinks I. taint no use tu pretend
yon want to be honest with a lie on to
your tongue. So then I tried to get pot
ler's work and other things, hut nohody
u.iiil.ln't take a man without a characler
I dun t blame 'em. I s'pose I M,,, ...In I
my-ll. il I was I hem. Well. I hadn't
II" m y nor credit, but I oaed to want
my \i. luals pis' as regular as though I
-»"l wages; and so I took a watch.
an.l gol s. nt up again. I'm a pretty de
.-fill ch ip in Jail, you sec. 1 don't get no
liquor, and alter a little I don't want it.
And I'm a proper g.ssl workman. And
tin- warden In- used lo let me have the
picture pa|s r- on Sundays —An.l 1 made
up my luiii.l again thai I'd jll-t la- a new
man when I got uul. Si I did get uul
la-' 'I ii--.lay. with these clothes and two
dollars, and a nice new knife Unit the war
ii'M give ii.'- So then 1 trii-d right ..If
:<»r mirk. An.l n hen the Isiss says,
'Where did ion work last?' I says,
i ..in. ii..«, I won't t.-ll ion no lies. I
worked at tin- prison; (*m a convict.1
An.l then 'twas the -ami- old slory. So I
lii KM leand a handkerchief, and the
la-l ollli.-ui and my two dollars was eat
up aiiil i-l.-p up night liefore last. Bo
\.--'.-iil.y I didn'l have uu vittials. and 1
thought may lm I'd gu to some minister
anil tell liiiu 1*111 ministers ain'l much
n III\ way , and. Is-sides. 1 didn't want
to li.i:—I wanted to work. S, I walked
nun .1 all night last night. 'iau*e 1
couldn't go int.i th.-in holes tothe slat ion
houses to sleep—1 know 'em tisi well.
And win-ii I Fee them spoons waiting in
:in- winder ibis morning pinp'.-i-.i to
I..- took, I <?.ul<ln'l I...id uul nu lunger.
I didn'l expert tu get nabbed; but I gur-s
I didn't care much. And lhat's all,''
said tin- in-.ii, pulling up suddenly. "I
guess having tu iHildyuortongueso much
Up I" He I'll 1-....1 o' makes it run at
IH.III ends when you get out. And I I.. g
your par.lon. Sir, for doing it Hut, if
il's ll..- -ami- to you; I'd rullier push along
I., ih.- station; fur talkin' with von sort o*
makes me hate to go back again" And
he looked—this hardened convict—quite
capable of human team.
•IH . .HI. -hided." said liiythe, quietly,
"to transport you instead."
The man Jumped up. "Why. that ain't
American law, is il?" he cried. "Why
should I car.*. Ihougb? .lust as you say.
Sir You vc treated me fair, and I don't
doubt you know the law."
"It's tlospel, if it isu't law;" said
ttlytbe, heartily. "What is your name,
my lia-nd'.'*'
"John Itrand. Sir; hut the name's a
brand t.. me now, and if I'm to !«.- ship- |
ped, I'll lake another, if it aiu'l against '
the law '
"All right." said his sponsor: "take !
n.in.-. 'John liiythe.' It'sagood, honest I
n inn-, and I'll trust you to keep il so.
You're going tu Philadelphia tu a friend
. ban- ih.-ri- ID the carriage hus'iuesa; big
Iinuse;g0od wages,chance to rise. I'll write
to him and till him all about you in a
1.-Her you take. He is not to report lo Inc.
II you -In well, you'll he glad to let me
kni.w il yourself" If iOH don'l, I'd rather-not
know it at all. I'll have no spies
iqs.n you, an.l I II trust you to k.-ep fnitk
with me. You II want another suit and
ten .lullar- in your pocket lo make you
feel respectable. t*<> now we'll go snd gel
lilted; mid buy our ticket, anil lake our
lather ilauiagej wares to a new market."
When John Hlythe went home that
night he laughed" a little to himself to
think how many of his investments in
wild-cat humanity liad bruughi back no
dividends Hut he always had faith in
the last une. "The truth is," his mother
bad told the minister that morning, when
she hefted him to withhold her son a
little from bis pnaligal lienevulence—"Ihe
trull, is mat John n-giilarly stri-si himself
once a ni.uilh or so lor some plausible
scamp I'hree limes Ibis season has be
come lion., without a waistcoat. And I
folly ex-*, t to sic the day when he will
have to lie in bed to have his only shirt
washed, bis opuleut beggars having
pawned all Ihe rest.'*
Blythe still lived with his mother, lie
cause he felt thai nu other woman would
be happy with the perplexities which his
constant experiments in socialogy entailed
on his In HIS. hi i Id, and because he had
) never found a woman whom be could a-k
I to-hare that poverty which might so easily
| have lieen wealth had he chosen lo con
duct his moral issik keeping according to
; rcis'ived usage. In this new rogue he had
taken much slock, as he said. The man
was not only certain to reform, but lo save
hundreds ot men like himself, whom he
would know how to reach. Hut alter one
brief, ill-siielled, and diity note lo say
Ihul he had found work, and a friend in
his employer, he made no sign. And
when a year or two of silence had con
viiiced even Blythe that the taint of ten
years could not lie curi-d by an hour's
kindne-s. he only said, "Well. poorfeUow,
I ought to have kept bin under my own
eye. There wasg.«»l in him. But 1 sup-pose
life was tisi hard."
So eight years went by, Hlythe going
his daily round of unostentatious duly,
never dn-amiug that he was a saint in
shabby vestments, and only seeing that
each day he lei slip some • bailee of help
fulness which he might have nixed. His
business had got Ihriv.-n as he bad bofieil.
Men were a little shy of such a Quixote,
genius thuiigb he was; ami be was si n-r
laiu to refuse cases where the right was
not clearly on his side thai his lees grew
l.-wer year by yi-ar ll was hard. Iiei-ausi-he
saw such g.ssl thai uiiglil la- done w ilh
money, tin! hi-only pinched himself the
more.
There rtuu in time a cholera slimmer.
People lied the city in herds. Almost no
Issly was left, sine Ihe wretches who
could nut My, and whose poverty, ignor
ance, and dirt predetermined them victims.
By day and by night, in Ihe stews and
slumsuf the town, hoirible in the August
heal and stenches, John Hlythe watched
and worked. His perfect health, which
seened to place him beyond peril of In-lection,
bis skill in nursing, hi- tender-ness,
and llu* quid courage which mused
an answering courage In the affrighted
victims, made him invaluable lu the doc
tors. He often met one other volunteer
nurse, mil less invaluable than himself,
the physicians said. Hut beyond civil
greetings they had neither lime nor
though! lo bestow on each other.
Hill une niurning as Hlythe left the hos-pital,
alter a hard and weary night's
work, heuveriu .khissileni felluw worker.
The latter lilted his hat, and as the clear
early light fell on his face it looked so
familiar and so friendly that Blythe stop
ped, saying, "Surely I must know you.
my g.KHl Sir 1"
"Yes," said ihe stranger, heartily, "you
are -s-rhaps the uuly |tcrson who ever did
knuw me. Iliir acquaintance began in a
breach uf g.ssl manners uu my part, fur I
askeil an Unportant |rt-rsuna! fawn* before
lieing introduced. Von may reinemls-r
being solicited lu kick me an.l let me go
un a morning much like this?"
John Hlythe. the lirsl uf the name,
dragged his namesake Into a friendly door-way.
within whose shelter he tirst fell on
his neck and kissial him. and then sal
down on ihe very dirty stairs and cried.
John Hlythe, ihe second of the name,
leaning on the balustrade, also cried.
rin*sjainsor was Ihe lira! lo recover his
speech. "History rc's-ats itself." he said.
"Twice found in the street, ami a second
time tu Is* invested in my clothes—fur we
can't take breakfast in thesi—and again
tu break the bread that precedes a new
career together—for I never will lei you
Out of my sight again, you rasi*al—and
once moretoset you up in another '.usinc»»
— for now you are lo tie your own biogra I
phcr, an.l "tell me tales of yourself lor a |
thousand and one nights Hut IH* pleased
to hold your tongue till we have bathed I
and eaten, or we shall Isith la* down with
the cholera, and Ihe two best nurses tiHI
engaged to attend tu us "
Hut when liny bad refreshed them
selves willi water and fresh linen, and
had eaten their breakfast together in Ihe
cellar restaurant where they had rir-t
adopted each other, the elder entreated
the younger to s-a-ak "Mv boy," he
said, "we-hall have observed the drama
tic unities in a way lu -utisfy llr Johnson
himself, when in thai very chair v..u tell
me yuitr slury. Come, now— Knl-r .lulu,
ItlytKe. aetoHd, solus, tw/uilur.''
"I'm aim.-st deaf and dumb with juy.
Sir," answered his namesake, "ami I'm
afraid that I'm nut a much better list at
talking alHillt my.-elflhall 1 waswhell you
lirsl invited nu-Iuih.it. and made a man of
me. I bait- often thought of laic that I
had done wrong not to write. Hut the
truth was that alter I had written you
lhal I'd gotten a hold on life again, il
seemed a liitle contemptible to la.* bang
ing on to you, even with letters, when I
could stand alone. And I was afraid you
might, think 1 wanted money, off notice,
or the helpofyour name, ill k.-pi remind-ing
you uf me. 1 think now il was pride,
but then I thuiighl it was humility. And
l set up a certain stint t.. myself t«» do in-fore
i would write again. 1 told you I
wasanexlra gissl workman. •Well,' I
said, '1*11 g.*t extra gissl pay. and then-l'll
write and say that deeds are a better cuiu
than wurds tu pay fine's debts in. and thai
I've got some of Ibis g.ssl tender lo show
bow grateful I am.' uf course I had tu
begin low, .,,,.1 work iqi And I fell my
ignorance, and gol Issiks, and simtu*.!
every nighi and Sundays. That was inn. Ii
the "toughest job of the two, the Issik
learning Bui Mr. Hradbury watched me
fur your sake, an.l when Mr. John was ai
hone in vacations be used to iiime down
and talk lo me. and when be found that I
was trying lo Improve myself, he offered
lu help me. and alter that 1 got on
famously. Presently I saw that it all de
pended on me how soon I should lie made
fureiiian, and I wurked like all |-osscs*ed.
meaning to w rite to you as soou as I gol
the place. Having no e.\|icnses tu speak
of. I l.ci.'.in I" lay up money from the first,
and a perfect greed uf gelling and saving
took huld uf me, fur I wanted to astonish
my astonishing g.slfaiher with theamount
ol'it. Bui Mr. Bradbury was buying land
hen* and there in the suburbs where he
knew Ihe horse railroads were going to
pul il up. and he said lo me, 'John, if yon
choose tu risk your money in land, I'll
buy for you as I buy for myself, and 1
think we shall make a gissl thing.
"Well, of course, I did choose. And,
what isn't of course, we did make money
hand over hand. And it seemed as if I
was liirenian in no time. And then I
thought, 'Nu, I won't w'rile jusi yel, for
Ihe signs are that 1 shall be manager.
Sure in.nigh, that wasn't far off either.
For the young gentlemen di.ln t liki- the
business, and the old gentleman was
w rappi-d up in it. and couldn't bear lu
think that it would go all to pieces when
he should die. Si he pushed me, and I
pushed myself, and every w ind that blew
seemed to fill my sails. My money just
rolled over like a great snow ball. And
the harder I studied, the dearer my head
grew and the easier it seemed, though I
hiund out. like Mr. Boffin, that there wen-lots
of 'scarers' in print.
"Well, I hadn't more than turned
round, il seemed lo nu-, alter I was mana
ger. U*f>»re Mr. Hnidbury senl for me
again, and told me lhal I was so well up
in the business, financial and mechanical,
lhal he was prepared lu utter me a junior
partnership if I liked I don'l snppnw
il.e Emperor of Etonaha thinks hall so well
of himself as I did them, Mr. Blythe.
But, after all, it wasn't Ihe success itself
that I cared alaiut, but just the bringing
of it back to you, and saying, 'It's all
yours. Sir; the credit ot it, and i In money,
and the man lhal you made out of a vaga-bond
with your heavenly kindness.'
"So then 1 sal down and wrote yon a
letter, and told you all of this long story.
But when il was done, a great light fell
on me, as it did on Paul. And I saw
that, after all, I was guing tu make you
a miserable return. For I had just
settled right down, and grubbed for money
and grubbed for h-aming. just to make
mysella little worthier to be your friend,
and a little more im|Mirtanl in your eyes,
and to be able to spend il for you. And
I bad not made the world really any belter
off for my lieing in il. I thought how
different my narrow notion of virtue was
I ruin yours, that helps everv Issly, for
Mr. Hradbury hail luld me all about v.-*f.
Sir. .»nd I'felt that I wasn't worth
shucks. S. I tore up the letter, and lie
pin tu live a different life. I knew well
! enough ihat my work lay among the
' prisouere. and for a year I've done what
j I could for '.I.I-III. Hut that's not the
point now. Still I didn't feel fit to come
back and lieg you to live with me, and
that was the dream of my life. 1 was
:-.--!■-.i ,| to ilu soaie tremendiius thing,
like saving a family frum a burning house,
<>r frum a wreck, maybe, al the risk uf my
life. And I was in thai IIHSNI when the
newsuf ihisawful cholera came uver, and
I saw my i hani-e. I knew lhal you wuuld
lie in the w..rst of il, and in my thoughts
1 saw you meeting me. anil ta'iiig so
pleased and astonished. Well, I calue;
and 1 saw you the lirst day. and you
didn't know me. I bad never Ihoigh'l of
that chance. And il was a kind uf bluw
lu me. lor il seemed as if yi u bad never
la-en out ofmy thoughts, sleeping or wak
ing, and I fell clean forgotten. So I made
up my mind not to s|ieak till you knew
me. unless vou should get Ihe sickues-. or
I should, lint just to see you every day
has been new life to me. And that - all,"
be said, laughing like a Isiy al his null
lears.
John Hlythe never knew what he said
in answer. He talked almost as long as
bis namesake had done. He planned a
little holiday thai they should have to
gelher when their nursing was over.
And when they ruse from the table be
said, with quaint reverence, " lohn, hence
forth there is a new sacrament fur me. It
is the Lord's breakfast, for 1 shall always
believe that the risen Lord has twice sal
with,ui, al meat,"
"Must fnlka would think He'd lust His
way," said the other, "lo sit down in a
cellar aud eat wilb a convict, when-there
was nu table cloilu nor silver forks; but I
guess, Mr. Blythe, He'd go most any
wberea you go, bciausc you rs just one of
His kind. I'm on duly al eleven o'clock,
and I must put out. But a few hours of
parting don I mailer lo a man who's In. i
so many years of il. Aud we can Iiave
dinner together, can't we?"
"All dinners and all breakfasts, dear
son of my love," cried Blyihe. "We
shall live together now, and help one an-uther.
I sbali come duwn lu yuu as sis.n
as I have bad my sleep."
Hut when he ran up the ln.--pii.il stairs
thai afternoon, thrilled with his new juy
and strung wilb its strength, he found the
bouse surgeon waiting lur him. "Mr.
Blythe," said he, "we've had uur wurst
stmke uf luck this morning. That capital
nurse—by-tbe-by, queerly enough, his
name is Blythe too, 1 find—is duwn with
the disease, and it will gu hard wilb him.
He has had sum.* great excitement to day.
1 -aw it the iustaui he came in—eyes all
allame, face perfectly transfigured, hands
trembling, lie is not strong. Karly dis
si|iation. I reckon, and overwork in busi
m-ss. And lately this awful hospital
duly, and ihe devil's own h.-at la'sides.
When a strong excitement was added to
those strains he broke righl down. 1
stopped yuu h. tell you that you must lake
care >.f him. and lhal if you can gel him to
-tell yuu what is burning him up. il may
save his life, tienigh I diiul.t. And lalk
ing's a liad remedy too, for be ought to
Is* quiet.'1
"Bui I know what ii was that used bin
up, an.l be irusis me. Then what V
"My dear fellow, th.*n we may savi-him.
We won't give him up. '
Bui the i»>.r soul that had never known
a cbihlhiNNl, nor an unstained youth, nor
tin* love of woman, nor ii'» kiss uf little
chihlren, was |<. begin the new lib* where
all these, or their reoooipense, might
await liin>. He did not talk, lie was
cuiil.nl lu lie still an.l l.sik at John
Hlythe's fine. But at the last the chap
lain slissl beside him UMI. And when be
naked, ' Do yuu trust in ihe mercy of God,
dear brother?" Ihe fading eyes hioked
with unutterable love in Blvthe's, and the
s|.ent voice said clearly, "ife gave his an
ir«-l charire concerning me in keep me up.
lest I Himiild dash my fiMit agalnM aatooe."
Then they left the bedside, for the living
neisleil them.
He had given his pa]N-rs in a IHenil,
and among then was a copy uf his will.
In Inkcn uf his love he had left all his
property to "John Hlythe. fur whon I
nas named, and to whom I owe all that
1 have an.l am." ll was a legacy lhal
grew in bulk day by day. and made many
an abjeci creature happier. And it is slili.
in oilier hands, doing ils gissl work,
ihmnch the last earthlv reconl of the two
obsi'iue lives whose gift ii was is written
on a litlle slab in (ireenwissl, thus:
SAC UKII TO TIIK MKW.HT
of
JOHN (' BLYTHE;
and of
JOHN BLYTHE,
His nKt.ovr.il KAMNSAKR.
-Across the Atlantic distress and
discuiitent among the lower orders are
growing more wide-spread every day.
Strikes, lock-outs, want and starving
turbulence prevail in Great Britain
among the tailoring classes to an al-most
unprecedented extent, while mili-tary
oppression, wielded by the Man of
Iron, cannot suppress the cries uf dis-tress
and the execrations of discuiitent
in broad (iermany. Throughout mon-archial
Europe there is an ever-present
dread of a vast socialistic conspiracy
whose primary aim is the assassination
of sovereigns, with the ultimate view
of establishing some kind of I'topiau
republic, where everybody will be as
good as even liody else, and a great deal
better.
—Statistics compiled by the Paris
p..ii. .* show that since May last only a
little more than a quarter of a million
of foreigners have entered that city.—
i )f these about 13,000 were Americans,
despite the common notion that forty
or lifty thousand went over to the Ex-hibition.
Paris shopkeepers say the
Americans are not what they used to
be. They ask the price of tilings, and
grumble if too much is asked, very
much like other people. The receipts
of the exposition were$-2,.'i.W.7*l!', $-M',-
m.»i more than when it was last held in
that city, but almost (1,300,000 short
of our Centennial success at I'bila
delphia.
THE 6REEN TURTLE ANO HOW IT IS
CAUGHT.
Master Charles S. II., of Veb., and
ii.hers. who have beard about the Green
I urtle, would like to know how it differs
from the Urtlea they have caught, and
other matters concerning it. As it is
rarely to lie seen very far inland, and
then only in large cities, no doubt some
account of it will interest many. The
tortoises and turtles all agree in having
the soft iiaits of their bodies cvered
by shells; the upper shell is really the
flattened ribs, while the lower corres-
Iionds Ui the breastlsme in other ani-mals.
They reproduce their young from
eggs, which they lay in holes in the
ground, leaving them to lie hatched
without their care. Naturalists divide
these animals into groupn or families,
according to certain differences which
•lit them for various minic-sof life. One
of these families called -f 7(. Ionian* (from
the Greek word for turtle), includes
those that live in the sen; as these rarely
leave the water except to lav their eggs,
theyareqilitedifferent in several respects
from those that live on land, or in the
livers. Their feet, or flippers, and other
parts, are well adapted to the "sea-far-ing
life" they lead, and though they
move rapidly in the water, thev are ex-ceedingly
clumsy, indeed almost help-less,
on land. Tliere area number uf
S.ii Turtles besides the onecalled Green,
one of them glowing lu an enormous
si/.c; some live on other animals, while
j others, like the Green Turtle, l.ssl
! solely U|SIII plants, ami vary in si/c from
j a few pounds- in weight up lo :HM to
I GOO lbs, or more. The under (Kill of
this turtle is white, while the upper
part is usually a light brown; the name
"Green" is said to be from the color of
the fat, rather than from that ol the
animal itself. These turtles are gen-erally
to be found in the markets of sea-ls-
aril cities, where they are kept in
tanks of salt water, and fed upon cab-l-
age-lcaves and other vegetables. The
Green Turtle belongs to th waters of
the wanner parts of this Continent; it
is esjiecially abundant in the West In-dies,
aud on the coast of Florida; now
and then one has lweu taken in the
waters of New i'ork bay. but such have
only strayed or drifted from home. The
lleshuf this turtle is by many much es-teemed
as final, but il ischielly used tu
make Green Turtle Snip. The turtles
are generally caughl when they gu on
shun* to lay their eggs, though iliey are
sometimes taken at sea.
The turtles leave the water on moon-light
nights, and after carefully looking
lo see that there is no danger, slowly
crawl about^to find apriqier place; they
then, by working with their hind llii>-
pers, make a hole in the sand about two
fi-ct across, and each deisisit ats.ul 8UU
eggs. Their eggs, like those of our land-tortoises,
have a soft parchment-like
shell, with a litlle dent at oue side;
they are alniitt the same weight as a
hen's egg, and are highly esteemed as
food. Though the turtle neglects her
eggs, she is very careful in covering
them, patting the sand down u|sm them
with her Dippers and then bringing lb.*
weight of her ISKIV down over Ihe spot.
Though very shy when they first leave
Ihe water, when they get fairly al work
at their nests they do not can-for the
presence uf strangers. Then islhe huut-eis'
time; they can godirectly up to the
turtles without disturbing them, turn
lliem upon their back ami they are
caught. When thrown upon its back
the turtle is unable to turn nver; the
poor creature is quite helpless, and must
remain until it is carried off. It requires
some skill lo turn over a large turtle, as
the animal makes a great struggle, aud
if one isa newhandat il. he is very likely
to be bruised by blows from the powerful
nippers, or in- blinded by the slmwers of
sand that are thrown up in the strug-gle.
The turtle-hunters have liens
placed where the tide will flow into them,
where they keep great iitnuliers until
they have a chance to send them to
market. A greal many are sent to
Europe, The turtle thai furnishes the
beautiful shell of which cuiulw and or-namental
articles are made is found in
the Pacific and Indian tlceans. The
great loggerhead Turtle is sometimes
found as rar north as Virginia; when
full-grown it weighs 1,'iOilto 1,1*10 I!*..
but is of little use exciq* for the oil it
yields.
THE WEATHER
WHY IT IIROWS I.H.IiKIt, ASH WHY
sl.iUMs i -iiJIK IN TUB BIIOKT l>AYs.
The year glides around. Ihe seasons
come and go, the nights grow long aud
the short days bring their storms and
gloom, yet why these changes occur
l.w inquire. If the earth moved around
the sun with its axis perpendicular to
the plane of lU orbit, or in tin* same
position that a ton, when in swilt mo-tion,
has to the Boor or level surface
uu which il stands, there wuuld In* no
change of seasons or variation in the
lenglh nl" Hie days. At the equator,
but niiwhcrc els.*,"the sun wuuld always
rise directly in the ekst aud set in the
w.st. and be immediately overhead at
noon. As the rays of beat which fall
perpendicularly Impart the greatest
warmth, the temperature at the equa-tor
would lie higher than it now is,
but the heal distributed over the earth
wuuld lie much less, instead, however,
of tin* axis of the earth lieing perpen-dicular
to the plane of ils orbit, it is
inclined *ilj degrees toward Ihat plane,
or like a lop when it ha3 partially
fallen, and as Ihe sun shin -8 over oue-half
of the earth iu the iiassage of the
lalter around that luminary, Ihe sun-light
one portion of the year extends
i'ij degrees beyond oue |s.le or exlieui-ily
of ihe axis, aud at another (nriod
a like distance l-cyond the other pole,
leaving Ihe former without the benefit
of eilher heat or light.
The longer the day or the greater the
leugtb of time"any part of "the earth's
surface is exposed to the sun. the more
it will I* heali-d and the lemperalur--
higher. Hence it is that the weather
is usually warmest when ihe days are
of the greatest length and coidml when
long nights intervene.
On some of the planets, as Jupiter.
the variation in the length of tlie "lays
is small. The axis being inclined but
about three degrees, the breadth of his
torrid z me is but a little more thau
six, and consequently ihe difference in
the temi-eralure which prevails at the
polls and al the equator of that planet
must be much greater than usually
occurs on the earth.
But, while the change of seasons i»
due to the passage of the earlh around
Ihe sun with its axis inclined to the
plane of its orbit, there are many things
on the surface of this planet which
teud to moderate the rigor of cold aod
the intensity of heal. Tlie direction of
ranges of mountains, the vicinity of
large Inniies of water, vast areas cov-ered
with limber, high altitudes above
K-,IT
the level of the ocean, all lend lo
modify ihe leuqierature of the seasons.
To these may be added, as lar as north-ern
portions of the earth are concerned,
those rivers in the oc. an. the Gull
Slream, and the warm stream ol" the
Pacific, called the river of Japan—the
Gull .1 ica in giving a higher tempera-ture
lo the northern part of Hiiro'*,
aod the latu-r to those portions of
North America which border on ihe
Pacific.
The climate iu that strip of the North
American continent which lies Islween
Ihe Allegheny range aud the Allaulic
Oceau is due iu a gri-al measure to lhal
large body of water aud that mountain
chain. The direction of prevailing
winds is the same as the direction ol
the Alleglienies. while clouds loaded
with moisture and long-conlinued raiu
are bruuvhl by breezes from the At-lantic.
Initial bosom..1 North Amer-ica,
bounded on oue side by the Alle-gheny
and on the other by "the 11". kv
Mounlaius. other causes Ihau those
which uperate un the eastern sliqie arise
lo modity the cliuiale. In winter cold
winds from the ice-bound lakes sweep
with uninterrupted fnrce over ihe im-mense
prairies, ufieu accompanied by
fast quantities of snow, while in sum-mer
the clouds of vapor which arise
from ihe waters uf the Cull are !>.*-
quently deprived of moisture belore
they reach the central parts ol the val-leys
of the Mi-sunn ami the Mississippi.
Many portions, th.-refur.-, must always
be exposed, ax the records ofthe weather
show, to severe storms and long periods
of drought. Climate is a suDjevt on
which much has lieen written, and in
resjiect to which much is unknown,
bill it can never Is* olh.-rwisi- than in-teresting,
as on it depends Ihe |H*ruia-n.*
ut settlementof large portions of Ihe
gloAe, the length ol life, ihe leading
pursuits and the physical and intel-lectual
vigor ol Ihe fami'y of man.
THE YELL0WS10NE CANON.
wuMiKltS OK TIIK Km hV MOUNTAIN
HKlilllN.
A gentleman holding a prominent
connection wilb 1-TOttwntr Hay.leu's
geological survey is detained at the
liran.l Pacific Hotel by the illness ol
bis wife. To a representative uf the
Times lie gave an interesting account
of the ojicralions an.I ;i .. iiiin- - ol
the expedition iu Ihe Yellowstone
country during the past summer.
This party of scientists look to Ihe
field in July. There were forty men
in the ditfercut divisions, and eighty
animals were required to transport
provisions, instruments aud personal
effects. Tlie field of upcrations covered
the must interesting jsirliou of the
Itocky Mountains lying in Wyoming,
Idaho aod Moutaua Territories, out
of which flow many streams of indis-peosaMs
importance lu the miner, lin-stock
raiser, Ihe agriculturalist and the
tourist. The lenilory covered em-braces
the Yellowstone l'ark, in which
the investigations ol the explorers may
be at all limes most uselully prose-cuted.
Especial attention was given
lo this area, and the survey of it is
uow complete. This B|mt abounds in
the niosl phenomenal wonders, the
fame of which has spread lo Ihe uller-luool
ends of the earth. The examina-tion
of the whole district was thorough.
Carefully detailed observations, locat-ing
all "ihe geysers, hoi springs aud
mud volcanoes were recorded aud will
be used in the preparation of charts.
Numerous sketches aud photographs
were also made, aud the temperature
of each ol Ihe springs and the measure-ments
of their dimensions were accu-rately
ascertained. It is calculated
that the material and data collected
will enable the survey to make a rep-ill
and charts so accurately describing the
|uirk that any changes by vandalism
or natural causes in the curious lea-lures
hereafter may be readily de-lected.
While this work was In-ing
performed by une branch of the ex|n~
dition. other divisions were engaged
in an examination uf the adjacinl
districts. The party having charge ol
ihe primary triaugulatious covered an
area of als/ul Mi.tmO square miles. The
height of over I'-n mountain |a*aks was
determined. The highest of these are
Irom ln,li"0 lo 14.l«IU feet alsive sea
level. Fremont's Peak and Mount
Washburn are among the very lallest.
The expedition endured many hard-ships
and mil wilb many ibrilliug
adventures. The crossing ol the swill
iii.iunia.n streams in that region was
oiteu attended with extreme peril to
both human and animal life. Tie- ani-mals
were frequently led along the
must dangerous defiles. < »ue mule.
bearing a heavy peck, missed its foot-
I inu and tumbled over a precipice l,00tl
I leet high. The men peeped over the
lirilik, ami -a* a pile ol Ismes uud
mule in.al al the 1-otloin, but no time
was spent in efforts I" recover tin-pack.
Wild game abounded, and men
could sit by their camp-Area and sh.sii
moose, elk, deer and liears. The Grand
1 anon of the Yellowstone was ex-plored
by Prol. Hayd.u, who bad pene-trated
it once or twice before iu former
years. The gorge is ."1,'JOO leet deep,
ihe walls being alm.wt perpendicular.
It is so dark al the boltoin of this
awful chasm that stars are plainly visi-ble
in the sky at any hour in the day.
The loneliness of the place is dreadlul.
Waterfalls are numerous, ihe lour
highest aud grandest ones are called
Ihe Tower, Nh.whoues aud L'p|n-r and
Lower i'ellowstone Falls. The lower
fall has a plunge of m-arly four hun-dred
feet; the others average about
one hundred feet, ihe average width |
of the river in Ibe canon is leas thau ,
six hundred feet. The celebrated gey-sers
were re-examined by Prof. Hayuen, I
lo ascertain whether the phenomena ;
bad devcloi-cd any uew features. "Old
Faithful,'' tl'e largest ..I the group, is ,
still subject to hourly eruptions, the I
intervals of activity occurring as rev'u- ;
larlv as the ticks ol a clock. When at
work "Old Faithful'' projects a stream
of hot water two hundred feet in lb.* ;
air. The party cauipcd lot seven days
within sixty yard- of Ibis geyser, the
mild lemi-erature of the s[sjt gn-allv
mitigating the rigors of the weather,
which was severely cold and tempest-uous,
snow haviug tallen lo the depth
of two feet iu some localities. The
suffering exin-rieuced by the men was
iulense. Mr. Wilson, iu charge of the
primary triaugulatious. had bis knees
aud face severely frosted. Wilson's
party is still at work in the Wind river
mountains, aod it is leared that the
heavy snows may render their escape
from the mountains a m ist arduous
and dangerous undertaking.
—The corporation of Bel last, (Ire-land;
prop-me erecting new markets
from the accumulated profits of the gal
works which are run bv the town.
A RIVAL FOR EDISON.
1 hiring all the agitalion of the woman
questiuu, which basso shaken >-■ .. : i
lor the lust dozen years, there has been
une sale refuge for the opp.nenl of
woman's enmiicipation. Driven load-mil
that woman had climbed as high
as a man iu literature, in art and in
government, compelled to confess her,
equality, if not superiority, in a WH nil
aspect, it has always heretofore been
open lo tin* scofier to siicltcr himself
behind the liiuiuplianldeclaration that
woman has never shown herself an in-ventor.
But unless the London cor-respondent
of the New Y'ork Kttninij
I'nrt has becu deceived, or is deceiviug
that journal, this last stronghold ot the
I.s* to feminine progress has l-eon in-vaded
ami his last defense beaten down.
Accordi ng lot he cor rcs| louden l. woman.
,n the person ol M -- Harriet Uosmer,
lias shown herself not only nu inventor,
but a gn-al invenlur in a time which is
peculiarly one of i-rcut inventions.
One of llu* inventions with which tin*
account credits Miss H.isuier tar ex-ceeds
in Miip.ii Ian- < ai..i value anything
.hit Edison has discovered or pretends
I.. In-uu Ihe point uf discovering, ll
is th.* use oi a permanent magnet as a
motive power. .Miss H.mnu-r claims to
nave discovered in lh<- permanent mag-net
a property hitherto unknown ami
Ullsuspecleil, which 1*1111 be tliril'-ll to
practical us.- iu the driving nl' lu.uiiiu-ry;
and she i- now havingconstructed
iu i..Mi.inn 11 machine uf lour-horse
|H>wel lo Is- run by Ibe new inolur.
lie r>- is II.i tiatieiy. no electricity, no
li at, no inii. It is tin magnet, and
mat alone, which is lo move the ma
chine.
i iiei-uormoiis possibilities underlying
-ui h an invention ii is uucrly inifn-s-s.
b.e to estimate. 'Ihe lulling off in
ilu* price of coal alone is sullicieiil l<»
revolutionise the trade ot the world.
It wuuld diminish the cost of every
manutaclure under the sun by doing
away with tin* necessity for transporta-tion
of law male-rial, ll would iu tlu-wa>
destroy half the mauufiicturing
.■en'res of th.- world, t" rebuild them
in ilu* wildernesses and the mountain.
ll would relieve Niagara Irmu the
shameful |H.s.-il.ilily hmled at uf late
■if Is-iug giii-u ov.-r lu the diudjeiy* of
Luriuug wheels and driving spindles;
ami ii would enhance immensely the
value of the latest K.lisonian invention,
ihe electric light, by furnishing a cheap
means of general ing the electricity.
I'lii-re is u.. elld, in short, to ihe mar-vels
which the new invention will per-form
ll it answers Hie c\pcci.\o.:- ..I
ihe inventor.
The leiy iunu-'Usily of the iliscon-ri
and of its possible consequences will
serve, however, Uuuake people iueri-dii-loVS,
or, at lb** very least, sceptical
concerning it There is something iu
the story so suggestive uf the will-n'-
tbe-wisp. perpetual motion, that the
world, both scientific and unscientific,
will Is- .-an: i" ii- a Isml committing itself
tu approval until Miss 11.miner's lain,
is established by the pro.lu.iiou ol a
ivork.ng machine. Tin production ol
such a iimch.ii-' is promised in the near
future,ami will be awaited wilb a •/• •■►.!
deal of interest. UetrnU ».< /•.'-.-..
JOSH BILLINGS
Wl-E AM' will'. SAVINIls i I I.I.KH
1 11'ill Ills 1 MIMKIl's A 1,1.WIN \ \.
I hav finally cum to the kookluihun
that il I kant prove a thin*.- Without
I sit i lie -fit oil ll. Ih.- Hung has gol a
dredphul weak sp.il suinwb *re.
i^. -What is Ihe best religious kne.l
to hav?
A.—Charity. If a man will -wop ml
all the religion- kreed he lias got on
hand, aud invest ihe proceeds in
charilv, I e will aiwais Is* proud ov the
job.
0. Will yu plese define an enthusi-ast?
A.- An enthusiast i/. a party who
believes about four lim s a/, mulch a/
he kail prov.-. and kan prove about
tour limeeaz mulch a- euuybuddy els.
belea-.es.
Alliiio-I enny ph.ml km pirove that
tin- Bible ain't true: it taken a wise
mau tu beleave it.
It is a wis ■ man who pmllits hi biz
Own i-\|n-ii.-nce —but it I/, a g.nid deal
wizerone who lets the rattlesuaik bli-the
other ph.-lluw.
Yung man, set down and keep still;
10 will hav plenly ov chalices ye*, to
make a phool ov yureself before yu
die.
Take all tin* phools out of this world
and there wouldn't be enny pbun uoi
protiii lu Ing in it.
I would az -.s.ii think ov pulling the
feathers out ov a pcakok'a Inks a/. i<>
interfere with the inoseul vault) "• a
man.
Marrid life i/. a litlle game, in which
ihe woman, n sin* i/. called, i/. alhuoat
sure to iiav a si rat.- liusb.
The man who knows a thing and can
tell it iu He* fewest words, is Ihe hard-est
kind ov a man to ls-.il in a kr >--.
examiiiashun.
The things thai i kant prove i beleave
the moat; i beleave thatone apple ./
sour an I another sweet, but i will give
enny highly eddicated man a span ov
matched mules who will bell ins what
makes thelu no.
The sm.irlesl thing alioul <-nuv man
is hisconschieiice; he may oulargy bix
reason or stultify Inn faith, but he Haul
beat hi/, i oll-ehielice.
Tne lieat Ihing i kno ov iz a fusl rate
wile, aud Hie next best thing iz a
second rale oue.
Thare aim nothing thai a mau will
thrive so well ou a/, abuse thai aiut
merited.
When v u cum acrosta man who din-trusts
evervboddy, yu hav found one
.. Ii in il iz -ale lor everyboddy lo dis-trust.
- Th.* Brunswick Me. j 7Vto/ra/</.
says : We b.nc .said, and luriiished
statistics from time to time to prove,
lhal the consumption ol opium is large-ly
increasing in ihe Stale of Maine.
Some three weeks sun-.-, when travel-ing,
we entered the store of a druggist,
amend. Just passing out w»> a lady
in dies» an I I..-aiing, though enfeebled,
who had _;ii-.1 been making a purchase
..f opium, -ad our friend, here is a
fact lor you. That lady lias just pur-rliaimd
810 worth of opium, aud she
has made -itutlar purchases tor several
years, coining once every year, frum I
know uul Where, and, lu leeii, I have
never yet found »>ut her name, Hhe
buvsaUnit the same amount each year.
I That lady did not dare to purchase at
home lor fear of detection, bin when
she wanted opium she obtained il OI
dealers residing al a distance from her
place of residence.
—Boot-ran madaoo tb* Pacific eoasl
With innkets for pisloL- iu their lojis.
Varieties.
The floor of the Pantheon at It..tne
was recently II.HMW In a rise iu the
Til n-r.
- The Han Francisco UnlUtin says
that about 280 tons .if gra|«-s wvrr
► inpinsl from California to Philadelphia
during Ihe |*u-.l sc.is.in.
—The little Mu.l.u.-se town of L'or-reggio
is getting np a subscription for
a monument to its illustrious son,
Aiitouio Allegri de Correggio, the
painter.
— A mutiny broke out iu I.a Fli-chc
Military College, Mans, France. While
out walking .me class attacked another,
which had refused to undergo sunn-practical
joking.
He is m .si secure from daugcr who,
even when conscious of safety, i- ou
his guard. Tin* man win is pritdcul
and cautiou- i- generally secure from
many dangers to which others are
cunlinualK exposed.
The statue of lliiinl-ol.lt, just uu
veiled in --1. l.onis. represents bin ..-.
a young explorer, dressed iu tiuvelluig
cii-iuine. leaning again*) Un- broken
trunk of a tree, au.l holding a map ol
South America.
Ii is stated that ih.* miniature
Sw isa chalet a present from Feebler,
thepu'toi in wInch lb. ken- wrote most
>>l Ins later woik-. has ln-,-ii taken to
lb.- grouwt-rol the Crystal Palace I on
pan) al -*,..lent.am.
A gentleman in Hosion has just
pieselitisl lo Ihe public llblari iiflll.lt
. 111 the -il I $10011, which is tu In-
1.111.le.l, and the inc. Hue I beret HUH el
ji n.l.'il in the puicliasf uf IsHik- lelal-ing
lo American history,
N-. later than Hie 1st of S'ovember,
a large crowd of Internationalists pa-raded
tbiough the streets of Carrara
shouting; "Heath to King Humbert!"
and Hirowiug stones al the windows of
the larger residences, without interfei
ell. e 11.HII the poliCC
Tin* |-aper us.d in the administra
live departments of the French im,
eminent is composed alumst entirely
nl w.nnl. Pinl. Keulnaux I'uii.lemhs
tin- intrusting uf important writings
lo this material, and says thai iu luoff
l^ years ib.*j will In* hist,
—The name yllei bine, given lo Ihe
new earth found iu gadoliuite by Ma
iiguac, is very significant, ll denotes
its similarity Uiyltriain being devoid
ol color, lo eituiie by tlie elevation of
us temperature, an.l to both by the i*
semblance ol its properties.
-A I Im cab-driver, win. bail
l-ct-Ii ihl'oWU Irolll Ills Vehicle 1*1 a col-lision
ami his skull fractured, was
...k.-n up, tried, convicted, and fined
lor Iniiiig drunk, aud then In* .lied, and
a coroner's jury discovered thai in* iiad
II.it been drunk at all. but only fatally
injured by the accident.
Infinite bdl will IM', enable you to
sweep away a mist; but b) ascending
a little you may look ovel it altogether.
So il is with our moral im,ir»venieut;
we wrestle fiercely with a vicious
uabil which would have no bold up..n
us if we ascend into a higher atmos-phere.
I'heir.-ul supports the view ol
artists ami dyers that there a... ouiy
line.- simple colors -real, yellow and
nine. Hi an apparatus hawng a maxi-mum
motion oi 100 lo Uu turns per
minute, and a miiiimun ol 00 tuiiis |n*i
unuute, me complementary ol everv
c I may Is- produced.
The int rod mi ion of a uniform oath
fortlie soldiers ot ihe various German
conliiigeiits is being mooted at he.el-quarU-
rs. Al present the Prussian
soldiers sweai allegiance to the King
ol Prussia, me Abatis Ivorrainer* to tlie
German Emperor, and ad others in
their res) i*'* sovereigns and the
'ormaii Emperor.
Believing that Un* difficulty of
tepuialiug "phosphorus in Ihe ordinary
Husaeuiei converters and open-Is
steel furnaces is duo to lbs highly
.icioiisiiiniig usually employed, >Mmau,
ol Du.s.i.luil, ' .--I in.no, has patent. «l
a carbon lining, by menus of which he
hopes lu eliminate tne phospha
pretiy thoroughly.
— Mr. Guy < Urllon, a robust farmer,
seventy-live years old, living new the
village ol Wyoming, N.Y., lias bought
,11, . oiliii ami has n ready im use, II-also
has lead*, lol el.i.llini a solid ll.al
lile block, ell.selle.l in the shape ol a
, .. MI.-, with doors and windows
... K .nil i- p.i. ovel ins grave lo
.HI -'I/, i... ,1-. liHiii ami solidity th"
■oat long dwelling ol man.
Mis- Julia I'.. Smith, the survivoi
oi ih.* well known Glastoubury listers,
is visiting in Piltslkud, Mass., foi a lew
days, and, though nO years ol age, ap-pears
as uinv a-a maiden ol leud-si
tears, hue was introduced to a nun.
.»i ..I citizens last riiursday, and in
he evening held a reception and i..
., h.ui i. .ui speech telling th- stoi
in-r c.ws. ami relating uthei personal
ex*.*ri.u ■•*„ ol her long struggle lol
what she regards as the n^uts ol hei
-*l.
A co-operative store on an exten-sile
vale I- lo be u|n:lie,l III lloStOII,
,n,d-i in- supervision ol J »iahtJ;uiucy
ami olh-r men ot wealth and influence.
I here is to lie a storekeeper m charge,
I.ul lie is to have no voice in the Ken-era!
management. All purchases and
-H-UesarelO Is: lot -ash. The shale-in-
jl each, aud an effort i- to In-mad.-
,„ have wnklliglli.-ll lake them. I'*'i
kinds ol dividend- are contemplated
.„,.- lo stockholders on their snares and
.,,„• to cuatomsm un their purchase
Groceries, dry g.snls, clothingand t»»its
ami sii.a-s comprise the stuck.
—The ruling passion it rung in weall h.
A waiter in a clieap London ruslaur-aui
recently became heir lo une bun
dred thousand dollars. When the law
ui- called apon him to reque-l bun lo
step up aud gel bis fortune, IM aald,
••Coining, sir.' then paused to wipe
ult' a plate, whisked his uapkiu uttr »
castor, and lingered lou,[ behind ibe
chair uf a guesl iu lb.- Imp.- ol r.
iu0' one more small lee.
A lad), whojBW a "ailor beaten
and poundad by a brutal oaptaili, v..'
made »o ill ihat she remained below
deck l..r several days. When she once
more made her ap-i-uaraucc oa deck,
; Ihe sailor was al Hie wheel, lu gnat
' nimpalby she went to him, full ol the
memory of the dreadful event, and
said: " How is your head lo-day? He
had himself forgotten the liitle circuiu-
.lance, and, glancing at the coiupaas.
cheerfully replied: "West, uo'weel,
and running tree, m.uUm.'.