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-V~,~..w.wwzi.\la:v ... m. 4'; "'wy has. no BUNKâ€"EB nun. She Was the Widow of One of the Siamâ€"l ese Twins- ' - llow Chan: and En; Weevilâ€"Their Earl! Domestic Happiness Succeeded by Last- lnz Discord â€"Queer Compact Which Restored Peaceâ€"story or the Life of the Twins. The recent death near Mount Airy. N. C., of Mrs. Sallie Bunker, widow of Eng Bunker one of the world-renowned Siamese twins, recalls, to mind much of the domesâ€" tic history of these gentlemen and their families, but comparatively little of whichl has ever found its way into print and which now comes direct from one who lived in the Old North State, and who was a per- sonal friend of the twins from his youth up. Chang and Eng were born in 1811, in the l lowlands of Siam, of humble parentage, and at an early age lost their father. As soon as they Were old enough to be any use to their mother she put them to the light work of alternating every three days in their visits to their family. .lndeed so particular were they in not having business transactions with each other that if, for instance, Eng needed corn for his cattle and Chang had it for sale Eng never once hinted at buying from his brother. And again, as sometimes happened, if one brother received an invrta- tion to dinner or tea the other would of course, go, but upon leaving would remark to his host : “I will pay my visit to you at some future time.” \YIIY BB STAYED IX BSD. Allusion has been made to the cheerful dis osition of the twins. They were lively an very fond of a joke, and several might be related'did space permit. Two will suf- lice. On one occasion, while driving through the neighborhood in a buggy, they were throWn out, resulting in one being badly bruised, while the other escaped without a scratch. It then became necessary for the injured twin to remain in bed for a week and, of- course, his brother had to do like- wise, explaining to a friend who called to see them that he stayed there to look after his brother and keep off the flies. The other joke occurred on the trip they tending a large flock of ducks, which they made from Greensboro to Raleigh. Before used to carry out every morning in a boat, starting En purchased one ticket; they ton neighboring marsh, where the wild then bonrde the train, and after awhile the rice was plentxrul;tliere they remained all conductor came around for tickets. Eng day, and at night, at the blowing of a horn, the ducks would waddle back to the boat, crawl aboard, and then the twins would paddle them home. When the boys were . probably 12 or 13 years of age on English handed his up, and Chung, with a merry twinkled in his eye, remarked : "' I have no ticket and I have no inoncy.”, Then when the conductor threatened to put him off, Eng interposed and told him that could not traveller named ' Bunker happened that be done, as he (Eng) had given up his ticket. way. and after Viewing them with amaze- At this the passengers raised such a laugh mont for a stipulated consideration with that the conductor concluded to pass Chang, their mother obtained possession of them. AllASSl-ZD A FORTUNE. Leaving the east shortl lunkor for several years exhibited the twins whose passage was, however, soon after pro- perly paid, for in all dealings they were strictly honorable. )7 afterward M"- ed their lives at their homes were irre- proachablo ; they were virtuous, temperate, So far as can be learn- “) “"3! Part 0f the know" world; brewing l scrupulously honest, sociable, charitable, them “'lth 8P9“ kindness and magk‘Pg {1339}? l and while never having professed religion, by them Wherever he went"! “um “1 153- hel they often attended church. Their manners had amassed a. fortune, and the twins being. and dress were those of gentlemen, though by this “We 0f “33 he C9“3idemt91Â¥ gave l their education had been gained entirely by them the“. freedom’ “'1‘” Permlssmn to ' travel. They were naturalized citizens and “1°?” hm name and enough ready “Sb to regularly votedvthe Democratic ticket. start them comfortably in life. This hap- pened in Raleigh, N.C., and the young men, though they loved their protector well, A BUMMER BOUNCED. “’hen the war ended it found them with loved freedom better, so with a friendly 40 or 50 slaves, and though these of cpurse parting on both sides they started out to were liberated, they had hidden supplies of make their way aloneâ€"and yet together. gold WhiCh While in Raleigh they heard some talk re- through- carried them comfortably The fact was well known, and :arding the excellent hunting to be found . after S_tonemnn’s raid through that section in the mountainous part of the State, and l the thuS were one day surprised by a camp wishing for a, little recreation theyjoumey. l follower, who forced himself into their pre- ' ed to the Piedmont section, where they fin- ff‘ence “fid- demanded their gOId- Upon an ally took up their residence at the house cf ’ Immediate Yefusal he threatenfll to Shoot, a well-to-do farmer named Yates, living in l whereupon they both rose from their chairs the county of Wilkes, situated at the foot 00 Which they Were seated and eXCIMmed '. of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and 75 miles west of Greensboro. COURTSIIIP AND MARRIAGE. Farmer Yates was fond of the chase. Living in good, old-fashioned style, with plenty of negroes and dogs, raising supplies . of all kinds and surrounded byn large fami- ly, he took life easy and made it pleasant for the twins, who boarded with him for a. considerable time. While there Eng Bunk- ' er became greatly attached to Miss Sallie: Yates, and Chang Bunker lost his heart to- Miss Adelaide. l Some time between 1835 and 1840 a. double , marriage took place at the residence of. Father-in-lnw Yates, and the twins com-l menced the marriage life on a. farm which was in easy distance of their wives’ oldl' homestead. Here they lived happily,‘farm- , ing port of the time and at intervals going! on the road with Barnum and others, returning home occasionally to their families . and fireside with well filled pockets. But; the farm on which they lived did not suit’ the twins, so they purchased about 2000,. acres in the adjoining county of Surrey,l within three miles of the then little village- of Mount Air ', now the terminus of the Cape Fear an Yadkin Valley Railroad. 011 i this estate they erected n. large, comfortable frame house, with all necessary improve- ments. Being of a cheerful, kindly disposi- tion the lives passed smoothly for many years, while several children were born to each wife. A SEPARATION. Some of the children were nearly grown nhcn one day from some cause or other a squabble ensue’i, in which the mother took art, and subsequently Chung and Eng, eing men of spirit and courage, drew knives and were about to attack each other when the wives, seeing the dan zer, begged them to desist. The twins ceased stru gliug, but decided that they would then an there be separated, and at once sent to Mt. Airy for their family physician, Dr. Hollings- worth, a man with quite a. local reputation as a skilful surgeon. he arrived with his instruments, and, after being told what was wanted, remarked : “ Veiy well ; just get upon that table and I’ll fix you;but which “ Dâ€" â€" you, shoot 1” and then hustled the fellow out. FAMILY AND FORTUNE. Duringtheir travels the twms accumulated much money, and in their absence from home their wives managed their property ,in an excellent manner. Several children were born to each wife, and those all received a. first-class education and were brought up as members of the church, principally of the Baptist denomination. All the children, save one deaf and dumb daughter were healthy and strong, have married and are counted on as some of the best citizens of that section of the State, and inherited about $20,000 left by their fathers. I) all the modern ton es. Pro- fessorâ€"“All but twoâ€"my wi e’s and her mother’s.” Mose Schaumbergâ€"“ Vicli you love der A QUACK 1N AFRICA- Numbered a Thousand Animals. A German agent in the southwest African I possessions of Germany writes toheadquan tors in Berlin, that confidence men and most, lkey, me or your niudder 2" Ikeyâ€" scamps have invaded even that sparsely You, ladder, by more den terventy per- settled and half-savage region. He says shent." “ You took this picture yourself. that a year ago a white man went wander. Ten through the country, carrying on his back me what do you photographers use a black abag filled with medical nostrums. Little cloth for 2” obsc urer. " Mrs. De Styleâ€"“ How do you manage 3 Mine hire a. “ In order tomakemy camera to get your servants -to wear on won’t." Mrs. Do Fashionâ€"“ policeman to admire them.” attention was paidto him, but it was found later that he knew nothing whatever of medicine, and that his little plasters, wafers, and drugs were worth no more than so much fetish. He heralded his coming everywhere, Just as the quack doctors do in this country, and the simple-minded natives flocked to A “7011130 “WW5 carries 119‘: Purse in her him from far and near tosecure the benefits hand 5° '4‘“ 9‘3"“ ,W9m?“ mu 33° “'- A of his wonderful treatment. â€" He remained man carries his in his inside pocket so that only two or three weeks in 51,1306, fim1 then his wife will not get onto it.” would seek other fields. He took payment Sueâ€"“How did you and Tom Hillow in cattle, and from place to place he drove happen to get married Blanche i” Blanche his herd, which cost him nothing for food â€"“We were both single you know. ’ and kept rapidly increasing in size. " Yes i” “ Well we married to get even.” The summer girl should be quite stout, To sport in ocean spray ; So first make sure, beyond a doubt, That you are built that way. Doctorâ€"“The trouble with you is the. you are suffering from impoverished blood.” SUMHBE SMILES- .. “ Three; tell me, professor, that you have lle Took Cattle. as Fees and His nerd Soon masts l Patientâ€"“I should think it would be im- poverished. It has already been examined by ten doctors,” Finally he reappeared on the coast with a herd of about 1,000 cattle out of which he had buncoed the natives. As he had no medical skill, and the contents of his mysterious bag probably were not worth t $10, he found the business a very payin one. The natives, after he had swindlod them, made up their minds as to his true character, and the German agent writes that it probably would not be safe now for any itinerant dealer in medicines and cures " When I grow “P: I am gfigng lin’ °“ to travel through the country, however a farm and eat lots of apples, said a little honest and competent he might be. miss to her youn er sister the other day. The agent says, however, that there is a “If You d0.” Mi the youngsmra “ you,” fine opening in southwest Africa for some get the appleplexy.” “ Decline a man,” the teacher cried. The maiden colored red. “Decline a man '2” the pupil sighed, " I can’tâ€"I won’t 1” she said. “ Love is blind,” which is why he always seeks the seclusion of the darkest corner of young practitioner who is having hard work building up a practice in Germany. He names the towu where the young man should settle, and says he is codfident that a. few years practice among the natives there would enable him to return to Ger- many with a snug little fortune. The agent ‘ the piazza in preference to the painful light Wm “erase 8'8“ care to Prevent m3" m0“ of the front parlor on warm evenings in the qua-01‘s and humbugs from gettmg mm the country. Mrs. Bingleyâ€"“ How is your daughter | getting along with her new music teacher?” 2 Mrs. Pinkerlyâ€"“ Splendidly. She has only 'I known him three weeks and he has already f‘proposed three times.” country and giving the natives an unfav- orable impression of all white men. Open the Windows- Now when Daniel know that the writing was signed he went into his house, and his “I love you,” Ell-id the smitten youth to windows being open in his chamber toward a. Summer girl. season. ” ~ She blushed as she read the address Sweetly her pulses thrill ; It was from an old, old flame ; Just a two-montlis-old gas bill. Mrs. Tompkinsâ€"“When my husband I stays out at night I refuse to give him any ibreakfnst 1” Mrs. Smithâ€"“That may do 3 for Mr. Tompkins, but it wouldn’t punish my Jim 9. bit. When he stays out all night ; he dosen’t want any breakfast. ” % Merchant (buying bill of goods of Chicago : drummer)â€"-“What is your usual time, ithiity days ‘2” Chicago drummer (absent- : mindedly)â€"“Yes or SIO. I always pay the :fineâ€"oh, erâ€" I beg pardon. Yes; thirty g days, or two per cent, off for cash.” l Two young ladies were talking the other lday about a third, who had just become "3111111 We 00mm“ 0‘11? Jerusalem, he kneelcd u on his knees three selves engaged ‘2” “Yes, From three this times”, day, and proye | afternoon until nine next Saturday. That’s before his God as he did aforetimc-__Daniel the only time I have open so late in the vi” 10. and gave thanks Whoever has drawn this portrait of this Jewish exile in Babylon it is the portrait of a man of prayer and of a. man of power, Much as prayer has been misunderstood and much as prayer has been derided this thing is true if there be any truth in history, that men of prayer are invariably men of power. It was so with Moses, with the apostles of Jesus Christ, with Luther, with Wesley. ' All the testimony of history shows this by repeated and-infallible proofs. Observe in the case of Daniel that what is recorded of his courage of action at the Babylonian court owes its worth to the fact that he was not entering on any new order. He wassimply carr yin gout the habits of his early youth and growing years. Daniel did not form the habit of ‘devotion in Babylon. He brought it with him from his native land. \Ve all know how these The last scene in the history of the twins engaged to 9' Widow“ “7h” Plays the comet sacred devotional songs of the Hebrews had wusos sad as it was remarkable and with- out precedent. Whilc with Barnum in 1 73 Chang had suffered from a. slight stroke of paralysis, but after medical treatment and rest had apparently recovered and Christmas was spent at home. About J an. 15 or 16, 1874, the twins were over at Eng‘s house, and after a comfortable supper, fol- lowed by their usuul pipe, they retired in seemingly good health. Early the next morning Eng woke up and calling to his wife asked her to ascertain what ailcd Chang, as he could not be awakened, and Mrs. Sallie ' both first and drink the water afterward.” Wise ? Bunker, very soon realizing that Chang was no more, dispatched a. boy on horseback to the village, some three miles distant, for Dr. Hollingsworth. After the messenger had gone Eng complained of feeling numb and cold in his extremities, and his family did ~ all they could to restore the circulation. He rapidly grew colder, and within an hour after awakening, and before the doctor ar- rived he had joined his brother on the fur- ther shore. As soon as possible Dr. Holl- ingsworth telegraphed the news to Dr. Pan- coust- of Philadelphia. This gentleman took the next train for Greensboro, and upon his subsequent arrival at the house of Eng he arranged with the families of the deceased, so that, by giving heavy bonds for their safe return, he was permitted to take the bodies to Philadelphia in the interest of science. They were then embalmed and would have remained there for some. time had it not been that Christopher Bunker, one of the {and has four children. “What could be I worse,” exclaimed one, .“thi’i’n four children some of your native songs," they said, And still on board the sinkin .‘Not’hmg’ mud the other' the [3001‘ JeWiSh “i155, and at every memory I remonstrated with for not ringingliim off, l and a. comet ‘2” l“exceptlng, perhaps, six children and a l trombone. An estimable but unhealthy lady who is taking the water at Suratoga was describing the symptions so a. friend, and wishing to explain that she first visited the bath and l afterwards took her glass of mineral water 1 at the spring, she said : “My dear the .treatment is very simple. You take your _â€"â€". P oisoning by Misadventure- Thc British Medical Journal notices tlire 'simulluueous cases of poisoning by misad- ‘vcnture under circumstances which sug- gest an obvious comment. The first case is that of a shoemaker living at St. Brcpck Downs, in Cornwall, 'who drank some oxalic acid in mistake for brandy. The brandy and the poison were in bottles of similar shape, placed side by side on the dresser, and in the dark he drank out- of the lwrong bottle. The second is a case in which two women were poisoned in the East-End of London by drinking freely ifrom nbottle of carbolic acid, which had been procured for disinfecting the drains from the parish authorities. The bottle which contained the poison was labelled “Old Tom,” and the contents were drank under the belief that it Was rum. The charmed many of the Assyrians. “Sing us of the dear land from which they had been ruthlessly borne away captives, found such a task hard to erform. “How shall we sing the Lor s song’s... in a strange land?” they said. It seemed to these dwellers by the banks of Cliebnr sacri- lege to think of such a. thing. And so they bung their harps on the willows and wept l I MM a Hltfi COMPANY or Grins “M Formed for the Protection of Holloway College. In England. One of the most interesting things about the Holloway College for Women, in Surrey, is the fire brigade of girl students, who are trained to protect the magnificent $4,000,- 000 building from the pOBSlbllily of destruc- tion by fire. From a large water tower the hydrant supply is distributed by water mains all over the vast building, and last October the fire brigade was regularly organ~ ized, with Miss Bishop, the principal, as ea tain. e “Holloway Volunteer Bri do"form- ed in three sections of ten stu cuts each, these representing the occupants of different floors. They were drawn up in line at “right turn! quick march! position!" Then each section went quite through with two full drills. A fire in sitting-room No. 10 was suppos- ed. At command, “Get to work!” the en- gine was run down to the doorway, a “chain” of recruits was formed to the near- est source of water supply, and the buckets were handed in line that the engine might be kept in full play. The pump was vigor- ously applied by two girls, while another workpd the small hand hose quickly and in- geniously, so that the engine was at full speed in less than a minute. \Vhen the drill was concluded with the orders “Knock off!" and “Make up!" everything had been put in its own place. Then came the “ hydrant drill," which was conducted at the hydrant nearest the point of a. supposed outbreak of fire. In this six students from each section took part. Directly the alarm was given 100 feet of canvas hose was run out and an ad- ditional length (regulated, of course, by the distance) was joined to it. At the words “ Turn on 1” by the officer known as “ branch hoseman," the hose was directed so that, had there been water in it, it must have streamed on to the supposed fire. This drill was also accomplished in only a minute, and at the commands “ Knock off i“ and “ Make up 1” the hose pipes were promptly disconnected, the pipe that is always kept attached to the hydrant was “ slucked down” and an extra 100 feet “ coiled up” on the biglit with astonishing rapidity. A ” SOBIPPE DOGGB." Modern Instance of One of Them Noted in n Recent “'reck. A curious incident occurred quite recent- ly in connection with a. collision which re- sulted in the sinking of a coasting schooner. The colliding steamer stood by after run- ning into the smaller vessel, and seeing she was evidently settling down, launched a. boat to rescue the crew. The night was dark and the sea rough, and though the shore was but some four or five hundred yards away, the situation was a dangerous one. ~ One of the crew of the coaster when about to jump into the steamer’s boat said he had forgotten to see to the dog. The animal was a large one, of the Newfound- land type, und his deep bark had never ceased since the first impact of the collison. When the owner of the dog returned, the rescued crew were soon on board the sailing vessel’s deck. Nothing more was thought of the dog incident until his frantic nppcnls for help made it patent to all that he was vessel. When the owner stated that he had securely fast- ened him so that he could not be washed away either (lead or alive. The boat was again hurriedly lowered, but the schooner had drifted away, and by the time she was reached the dog’s struggles were over, for she had settled down, and only the top of her mainmest was visible. when they remembered Zion. But was this ‘Vhen the wreck was raised the body of the lvonld it “05 have been better if dog was discovered secured in such a man-- they 11‘“! sung these songs? Th°3° Who - nor as to render it impossible for him to be hem'd m‘ght “0t only have been Charmed» l separated either in life or death from tlié but they might have learned to worship Him whose praise was almost the only joy these exiles knew. Be this as it may, it was well that Daniel kept up unbroken his "habit of prayer. He kept the old fire burn- ing on the altar in a strange land. Just as often, but no oftener, with no ostentatiouâ€" l with no difference at all, save this little act l of opening the windows toward Jerusalem --three times a. day, as aforetime, he piny- ed to the Lord God of his fathers. This act was simple and full of suggestion. 'What limits the stores of our comforts and bin- ders the fulness of your strengh is the fact that we are not wise enough to throw the windows open. The atmosphere of a room long closed grows impure, the dwellers therein grow drowsy and listless. What a joy it is, when rising with the dawning day we throw wide open the windows and ad- sons, who was in the West at the time of his third case is one in which some corhonc , mill the “8811, free, Pure MI‘ 0f the mormng ! “(mm 3““ Preferâ€"that I Should sever ‘heu father’s death, returned home, and object- lles“ “mt Gonna“ you 0" cut on your head“? ing to the bodies being in Philadelphia, went '0“ “'m Fromm" “"10" “b5” the “me “3' there at once and had them brought back sults as the other.” This brought the twins . to the farm, where they were buriedqn a V to their senses, for they knew very well that l grave in from of Mrs_ Adeline Banker’s! ) ‘ ‘ . “‘0 8"?“ 3‘" 901‘s,” L°"d°n,v 1““5 and house, and a heavy granite monument was l New 3 ork ha decndcd that it would be thereupon erected to their memory. death to separate them. l 'rni: THREE DAYS COMPACT. In a pcrplcxity of mind how to guard Fifteen D3“ in an Open 309-1?- against future warfare in their household The British steamer Victoria, has landed the lwins_callcd in Dr. IIollingsworth and at, Cooktown the captain and ten men, the' 316551?- (“lmore “‘“d RMVICY 0‘ 5101"“? Airy entire crew of the barquo Elizabeth. which “5 Mbltmmlfi all“? Scuflemfmi all“ 78' was lost at sea. The crew had an unusual volving the problem in Illhll‘.nilll(ls,dl'e'\l" up and trying experience, The Elizabeth, a legal contract whose principal provisions ; with a can“, of shale, was going from Syd. We,” “I”: 0}“ 0E thefnoney aned by File my, New South Wales, to Rotterdam. twins a similar mansion and like outbuild- lThe vessel struck the rocks 31,0“ 000 mugs lllgl RS “1038 which they then owned should . fron] Rockhampton' and remained. [he “built: on the large Gala“. about one mile veggcl's boats “vet-e one, and had the from the existing homestead I that: the land broken up at, once oubtlcgs a“ the crew Shoum be e‘l‘luly difidml beiwcen thefivould have been lost. As it was, the vessel? “Others. by 1‘ commie!“ “HWY”; that “0 remained together, and on the wreck the' transaction of R bustiiess nature Should take crew st‘yed for seven day-3‘ During this! place on these farms between the brothers ; time they constructed a boat out of the that the family of Chang should live in one ' bulwarks of the vesseL house. while that 0* Ens shpuld live in the was finished, the Elizabeth commenced to Other» Mid “'h‘lc. ‘hc WW” °°°§3ionfiny break up, and the shipwrecked men had to "kind 91‘0" 0th" 1" “'93 “0" m, “01ml: that” take to their newly made craft for safety. for mun: rem the children did not user In this they drifted about at the will of the Chmge {"5le ‘hm‘Bl‘ we? “‘5‘ 5“ Chum." 0“ i currents, and it was not until fifteen days in the village. It was also a eed that Eng 1nd (gen passed that they were picked u shouhlspend three days an three nights . by the steamer Victoria, which fell in wit l Will hm it‘ll“ Nd Q‘M‘Jhmg (“1‘0 Of Course. l the tiny craft near the Claremonr Island 900“ HOE lie-1P begng mei’cml Ill-011k? all" g lightsbip. The men, from their long expos- "‘S" W“ “31° Vellum P153"? ‘nd ‘3“ in any uro and cramped position, naturally suffer. way interfere Will) the affairs of hog ; then I ed keenly until they were rescued. strange Chang should spend three days and three; to My. none of the crew no reported :0 nights at his own house, Eng being during have lost, their lit-e; that time as mindful of attending strictly in his owii business and not that of his rather as Chang had been. These pro, ‘sions were accepted and roll iously 0b.; your business! What's matter, old fol-l not! 1.7 the brothers un‘il oath, they Klow 2" “ Dead broke ; couldn’t be broker."1 Retired from the Stock Board 2 Given up : acid, used for disinfecting purposes, was swallowed by a little boy in mistake for ginger-beer. It is, perhaps, idle to expect much result from protests against the care- lessness which allows poisons to be left about in bottles of all shapes and sizes such as ordinarily contain customary beverages, but at least some provision might be made by which such bottles should be labelled poison. Persons can now go to oilshops, and, no matter what vessels they take, the poisons placed in them are not labelled poi. son. If this person went to a. chemist then the bottle would have to be labelled poison. While grocers and oilshops are allowed to sell poisons they ought certainly to be placâ€" ed under similar restrictions as to labelling. Europe Getting Colder. That Europe is passing through a cold period has been pointed out by M. Flam- marion, the French astronomer. During the past six years the mean temperature of Paris has been about two degrees below the Italy, Austria and Germany have also con rowing cold. The change seems to have een in progress in France for a long time, the growth of the vine having been forced far southward since the 13th century ; and a similar coolin has been observed as far away as Rio aneiro, where the annual temperature has been going down for some years. Hoxm'conn Pcnmxc.â€"â€"One-half cup of sugar. oneohalf cup of butter, one-half int of molasses, one teas nful of soda, your eggs, one-half cup of milk. Mix the flour and sugar toge butter and add to it then the eggs well beaten, and lastly the molasses with the soda in it, beating stiff. Bake ‘20 minutes. How reviving, how vivifying, liow recrea- tive are those blessed gospels of fresh and sweet sounds ; of songs of birds, of odors of rose and eglantine, and of the new mown hay. Every drought means a. deep drawn draught from God's own fountains of life and light and beauty. Our souls have win- dows as well as our houses, and if we will open them, if we will listen and look and I wait, God will cause sweet gospels of love : and truth and tenderness to sweep gently in. In the silence and peace of this hallowed morning, let us open the windows of the [soul and hear what God the lord will say. Open the windows of heart and mind. Let us wait patiently for the Lord and he will send us some sweet message. From out the linllclujnhs sweet and low. From out the hallelujahs low and sweet. A Prayer. Is earth too fair. is youth too bright To need the smile of heaven? Have I no deadly foe to fight No sins to be forgiven! Just after this boat normal: and Great Brita-in, Belgium. 3 ain. Am I too hung to seek the Lord, Whole t His heaven for me: ' Too young to hold those sins abhor-red. i 110 bore upon the tree! '1” Father! may not this glad heart Feel Thee its soverel n g . And bless, my Savior. is car part In Thine atoning blood l ' Hath not Thy word a pmmlso sweet For spirits young as mine! May not my soul have leave to greet Some VL‘l on all divine) O awful God of holiness! ( I would be all thine own: :0 God of joy! 0 God of grace! ‘ I bow before Thy Throne. tlier, add the milk, melt the l ' I pray Theo not to keep from me i All sorrow and all smart: ' But now I bring my joy to Thee; 1 Accept this glowing heart! wreck. In the early days of our merchant shipping, the “schippe dogge ” was a necessary part of the equipincht of every vessel. All wrecks in ancient times were deemed the property of the crown, but by a. statute of Henry I. the harsh consequences of this law were avoided when any person, male or female, esca ed. A still more humane cn~ uctment of enry II. extended the property saving clauses of the statute so as to in~ cludc man or beast. Hence the custom that still lingers of having a “ship dog ” on board. It must be remembered, too, in connection with the above incident, that coasting hands are derived in the main from old-fashioned fishing villages and secluded coast towns, where Old World traditions die hard. It was some vague and shadowy idea. that by the possible sacrifice of the dog the vessel might be secured to her owner in spite of her being wrecked, that led to the ariimal being abandoned without being allowed a chance to escape from a watery death. _- Getting the Gas Ready for the Night. Mistress (to new houseniaid)-â€"“ Now, see, Mary, this is the way to light the gas. You turn on this little tap, so, and then ap- ply the match, so. You understand?" New Housemaidâ€"” Yes, ma’nm; quite, mdmm” Mistress ("st morning)â€"“ Why, what u. horrible smell of gas! Where can it come from? We shall be suffocated 2" New lIousciruid (with much pride)â€" “ Please ma'am what shall I do next? I’ve made a'l the beds, and dusth the room, and turned on all the gases ready for the night." " This Side Up” Top and Bottom. We saw Jake nailing up a box the other day containing some articles which he intended sending by express. From the nature of the contents we knew it was essen- tial that the box should not be inverted on the mango, so we ventured the suggestion to ake to place the much-abused “ This side up," etc. , conspicuously upon the cover. A few days after we saw Jake. “ Heard from your goods, Jake? Did they get there safely 2" “ .vcry one broke,” replied Jack, sullen- ly. “Lost the hull lot 2 Hang the express company S” “ Did you told you 1'" “ Yes, I did. An’ fur fear they shouldn't use it on the hirer, I put it on the bottom. towâ€"confound ’em 1" put on. ‘This side,’ as we _-‘~“‘