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Show 4 TIIE RESCUE. DY Q. R. T was in the month of February, 1831. a bright moonlight night, and intensely cold, that the little brig 1 commanded lay quietly at her anchors inside the Hook. We had a bard time of it. beating about for eleven aays off this coast, with cutting northeasters blowing and snow and sleet falling for the most of the time. Forward, the vessel was thickly coated with Ice, and It was hard work to handle her, as the rigging and sails were stiff, and yielded only when the strength of the men was exerted to the utmost. When at length we made the port, all hands worn down and exhausted, we could not have held out two days longer without relief. A bitter cold night, Mr. Larkin. I said to my mate as I tarried for a moment on deck to finish my cigar. The worthy down-eastbuttovd his coat more tightly around him, looked up to the moon, and felt his red nose before he replied. It's a whistle, captain, as we used to say on the Kennebec. Nothing lives comfortable out of blankets in such a night as this. The tide is running ou swift and a sharp strong; it will be well to lookout for the floating ice, Mr. Larkin." Ay, ay, sir, responded the mate, , and I went below. Two hours afterward I was aroused from a sound sleep by the vigilant of. er . ki-e- ! ficer. Excuse me for disturbing you, captain, said he, as he detected an expression of vexation on my face; but I wish you would turn out and come ou deck as soon as possible. Why, whats the matter, Mr. Lar, kin! Why, sir. ' Ive been watching a cake that swept by at a little distance a moment ago; I saw something black upon it something that I the moon's under a mooved thought cloud, and I could not see distinctly, but I really believe theres a child floating out to Bea in this freezing night on that cake of ice. We were on deck before either spoke snother word. The mate pointed out, with no little difficulty, the cake of ice, floating off to the leeward, and its white, glittering surface was broken by a black spot more I could not make out. Get me the glass, Mr. Larkin; the moon will be out of that cloud in a moment, and then we can see distinctof ice ! ly. I kept tny eye on the receding mass of ice, while the moon was slowly working her way through a heavy bank of clouds. The mate stood by ! A convulsive effort at the oars told low willing the men were to obey, but ihe strength of the strong men- - was gone. One of the poor fellows washed us twice in recovering his oar, and then gave out; the other was nearly as far gone. Mr. Larkin sprang forward and seized the oar. Lie down in the bottom of the boat, said he to the man, and, captain, take the other oar; we must row for ourselves." I took the second man's place; Larkin had stripped to his Guernsey shirt, and as he pulled the bow, I waited for the signal stroke. It came gently, but firm; and the next moment we were pulling a long, steady stroke, gradually increasing In rapidity until the wood s. We seemed to smoke in the the each long, deep kept time, by breathing of the other. Such a pull! We bent forward until our faces almost touched our knees, and then, throwing all our strength into the backward movement, drew on the oar until every inch of the space covered by the sweep had been gained. At every stroke the boat shot ahead like an arrow discharged from a bow. Thus we worked at the oars for fifteen minutes; It seemed to me as many hours. Are we almost up to it, Mr. Larkin! I gasped out Almost, captain dont give up; for the love of our dear little ones at home, don't give up, captain! The oars flashed as the blades turned up to the moonlight The men who plied them were fathers, and had fathers hearts; the strength which nerved them at that moment was more than human. Suddenly Mr. Larkin stopped pulling, and my heart for a moment ceased its beating; for the terrible thought that he had given out crossed my mind. But I was quickly reassured by his gently a voice, "Gently, captain, stroke or two more there, that will do! and the next moment the boat's side came in contact with something, and Larkin sprang from the boat with his heavy feet upon the ice. I started up, and calling upon the men to make fast the boat to the Ice, followed. We ran to the dark spot In the center of the mass, and found two little boys, the head of the smaller resting in the bosom of the larger both were fast asleep! The lethargy which would have been fatal but for the timely rescue, had overcome them. Mr. Larkin grasped one of the lads, cut off ils shoes, tore off his Jacket, and then loosing his own garments to the skin, he placed the cold child In contact with his own warm body, carefully wrapping over him his great-coa- t, which he procured from the boat I did the same with the other child; and we then returned to the boat, and the men, partially recovered, pulled slowly back. The children, as we learned when we subsequently had the delight of restoring them to their parents, were playing on the ice, and had ventured on the cake, which had Jammed into the bend of the river ten miles above New York. A movement of the tide set the ice in motion, and the little fellows were borne away on that cold night, and would Inevitably have perished but for Mr. Larkins espying them as the ice was sweeping out to sea. to the How do you feel! said mate, the morning after this advenoar-lock- grown with vines, we come to the "weaving house, "which has been transformed Into a pretty, modern dwellBELOVED HOME OF THOMAS ing for the superintendent We find it difficult to realize that several hunJEFFERSON. dred slaves were fed, clothed, maintained and employed about the house Tha Place Where He Lived and IMait and grounds; that all the wheat, corn The Favorite Keating Place of Oar and tobacco was raised upon the esTha Urlve from tate, all kinds of domestic animals Third Prceldeal Charlottesville. reared, and the requirements of a large household supplied by domestic labor (Correspondence Philadelphia Times.) alone. The owner of such an estate HILE staying re- -' must have understood agriculture, carnear the pentering, weaving, and many other cently quaint old city of arts, for there was no large town near Chariot tesville, to draw supplies from, and very few Va.. I received per- labor saving machines Invented. The mission, through distaff and the anvil were Incessantly the courtesy of the at work, and the brain that directed present owner, to them wus seldom idle. enter the house at At tbe main entranre Is still seen Montlcello, which the remains of an avenue of trees should be particuplanted in 1764, to celebrate the comlarly Interesting to ing of age of the proprietor, in Imitaall Philadelphians, as the beloved tion of an old English custom. The home of Thomas Jefferson. Here he heavy porch, supported by four round, played when a boy, studied when in white pillars, la approached by a flight youth, reached the richest rewards of of stone steps. In the center of the manhood, and died peacefully at an overhanging roof Jeffersons compass advanced age, after seeing his dearest still points true to the Pole. Over the wishes accomplished. That his name entrance his timepiece marks the should be given to the latest faction of passing hours. It has a dial outside the Democratic party shows plainly and one within, the ponderous weights that his name and fame, also the prin- hang down at each side of the massive ciples that he taught, are still dear to doorway, and we were shown standing the hearts of his countrymen. Some in one corner a curious ladder, inventof the readers of the Times may like to ed by the great man to wind his clock. spend a quiet Sunday morning in vis- It is apparently a large bamboo pole, iting in imagination his beautiful home but by touching a spring opens into a and sitting under the trees which he light, strong ladder of about twenty planted. rungB. The key is a huge iron crank, The drive of a couple of miles from but the well balanced works have outCharlottesville to Montlcello is over an lived all those who saw them conexcellent country road, ascending so structed. gradually that the horses hardly feel Passing through the heavy front the strain, though we are often tempted door, we enter the enchanted hall, to stop and admire the view of dis- standing upon the very wooden tiles tant hills, cultivated fields and scat- trod by the wise statesmen who met tered villages which peep out through here to discuss and settle the fate of the trees. At a sudden turn in the road our country in its first struggles for we come upon a handsome modern existence, and upon which fair dames ned and gallant knights had once trod the gateway, where an old gro stands to bid us welcome with old-ti- stately measures of the mlnuette. The courtesy. He rings an ancient hall extends to the celling of the secbell, hung in a curious tower, that ond story, a railed gallery opening onto once served to assemble Jeffersons the bedrooms above, a fashion still in numerous slaves, but now only sounds use at Charlottesville. A few of the to warn the superintendent that visi- original portraits still adorn the walls, tors are approaching. polished mahogany tables and chairs We drive slowly through acres of with spindle legs, some of them supforest primeval until a modest iron ported by the lions head," which, our railing attracts the eye, where, under guide tells us, distinguished all Jefferthe very trees that shaded him while sons furniture, from the popular claw The living, lies all that is mortal of the and face, stand inviting rest. great statesman, educator and third curious chandelier, with prismatic penpresident of the United States. The dants, still holds its wax candles, latter title seems to have been little neither gas nor electricity being as yet valued by him, for at the base of the introduced. AT OLD MONTICELLO. gray-haire- down-easte- I Within Oar Law. Less than two years ago a man &n(. his wife in Baltimore borrowed $50 from a loan company, giving their household goods as security, and a number of interest notes which obliged them to pay as Interest $28 for ev ery six months. They have already paid $85.50 In Interest, but as they still owe $49.50 Interest, as well as the principal, the creditor threatened to seize the furniture. Thereupon the hopeless debtors invoked the courts for some redress, but the judge was compelled to say that he could do nothing. And in order to Bare their furniture they will have to pay back the original $50 and $135 for two years use of 1L New York Tribune. Trouble About a Hook. A Connecticut man who received a bill for a book that be had no recollection of having ordered sent the fol- lowing answer: "I never ordered the book. If I did, you did not send It. If I got it, I paid for It. If I didn't, I won't bins to ConroM. Tell me, doctor, said the father of the disabled football player, "do j'ou think It Is concussion of the brain! "No, replied the doctor, "there Isnt any danger of that. Its merely a broken skull. Not over-caref- ul Old A little stiff in the arms, captain,' the noble fellow replied, while the big tears of grateful happiness gushed a little stiff in the from his eyes I which he will eventually sell and put the proceeds In his pocket. The farm offers all sorts of opportunities for earnings, great or small, to which his right Is never questioned. By and by he drives his own horse, Jo'ns a club, buys books and goes to college a right which he has earned, and to which he Is fairly entitled. With the girl It is usually very different. It never occurs to any one that she, too, would enjoy a small Income which she could count npon as her very own, and Invest as she saw fit without restraint or objedlon. The butter and eggs are sometimes her special commodity, end from their sales she has a limited supply tft pocket money. But It Is extremely limited and frequently very ancertaln. Yet her labor In the home about the place" has done as much toward establishing tbe family prosperity as the labor of her brother. She Is up at daybreak to get breakfast ready. She prepares, frequently unassisted, three meals a day for 365 days In the year. She does the washing and Ironing, the sewing and mending, and is still at her work long after her brother Is in bed and asleep or away lsltlng the neighbors. She, too, has an additional tax during harvest and at those seasons when the work upon the farm is especially heavy, buf she rarely receives any reward for the extra eei vice required of her. It is a manifest Injustice. A good many fathers excune themselves upon thu plea that girls have no judgment i& money matters. Well, they certainly will never acquire wisdom without experience, and they cannot gain experience If the means for so doing art withheld. The financial faculty in most women lies dormant for lack or exercise, but It has been marvelously developed when put to tbe test. There are thousands of women In the country, widows, who have assumed the management of affairs upon the death of the husband, who have succeeded brilliantly, when the better half failed; the mortgage Is paid off, stock Improved, modern favmlng implements have been purchased, and the crops cultivated according to modern and intelligent Ideas. The system should include girls as well as boys, and there Is no question but that It will pay. DRINK WAS HIS KEOIMEN. ture. RESCUED!" with a glass. When the full moon fell at last upon the water with a brilliancy only known in our northern latitudes, I put the glass to my eye one glance was enough. Forward there! I shouted at tlic top of my voice, and with one bound I reached the main hatch, and began to clear away the little cutter which was stowed away in the ship's yawl Mr. Larkin had received the glass from my hand, to take a look for himself. My God! he said in a whisper, as he set to work to aid me in getting out the boat my God, there are two Children on that cake of Ice! j The men answered my hail, and In an incredibly Jwalked lazily aft short space of time we launched the cutter, into which Mr. Larkin and myself Jumped, followed by the two men jwho took the oars. I rigged the tiller land the mate sat beside me In the stern sheets. Do you see that cake of Ice with something black upon it, lads? I cried; pull me alongside of that, and I'll give you a bottle of rum each tonight, and a months extra wages when you are paid off. The men bent to their oars, but their strokes were uneven and feeble. They were used up by the hard duty of the preceding fortnight, and though they did their best the boat made little more way than the tide. This was a long chase, and Mr. Larkin, who was suffering as he saw how little we gained, cried out: Pull lads. I'll double the captain's prize; two bottles of rum and two months pay; pull, lads, for the love of God, pull! v --- " proflt-shar-In- g. I arms, captain, but very easy here,' and he laid his hand on his manly r. heart. My quaint, brave sea into the He who lashes fury, and lets loose the tempest, will care for thee! The storm may rage without, but in thy bosom peace and sunshine abide always. FARMERS' GIRLS. The lui'Nlail Fart They Take la the life Bug nut eat of i Place. TfcerA are many farmers throughout the country who are sufficiently liberal to the boys, but who think that girla wants fihould be supplied as they suggest themselves, and with no regard for individual preference, saya tbe Philadelphia Times. After harvest, the son, who has driven the reaper or helped at threshing, has his share of the profits to control and do with as he pleases. Certain of the stock havs been given him a pig, a c&lf or a colt, THE HOME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. W'e are asked to write our names in simple shaft (which he designed) is the strangers book, and felt honored still Inscribed his own words: to dip our pens into an auclent silver : : Here lies hurled Inkstand, almost the facsimile of the : one at the Mumum at the State House, THOMAS JEFFERSON : said to have been used by the signers ; : Burn April 2. 1743, 0. S. : of the Declaration. Died July 4, 1826. ; All the furniture : Author of the Declaration of : was, of course, brought from England, : Independence, : of the : Statute of Virginia fur Religious: : ; Freedom, : : And the Father of THE UNIVERSITY OF ; : : VIRGINIA. : : He was a typical son of that great state which claims so many of our most dlutingulshed men. This was a favorite resting place of Jefferson, who with his friend and brothpr-in-laDabney Carr, used to sit discussing their future careers, each promising the other that the first to die should lie burled there, and the promise xas sacredly kept when Mr. Carr died, his being the first interment in the lot. The enclosure is small, conUlning about six or seven graves besides the central It is beautifully kept, free shaft. from weeds and equally free from ornamentation of any kind. Periwinkle, with its glossy leaves, covers the ground and wanders through the railing. Stooping to pick a leaf, we feci that the place whereon we stand is A short , steep drive holy ground. of the blacksmith shop, the ruins past the walls of which have lung crumbled to decay, and the huge chimney over- - as were the doors, window frames, shutters, tiles, mantel shelves, and all the crna.uents of every kind. Indeed all the fine clothes in those early days crossed tbe ocean on slow sailing vessels. The doors throughout the house are made double. Those of solid sliding into the wall disclose double glass ones opening on hinges. A large one opposite the entrance opens into the banquet hall, which is exquisite and full of treasures; to the right Is the family dining room, an.l to the left the bedroom, where, surrounded by his family and faithful rna-huga- ny slaves, Jefferson entered into rest on that memorable July 4, that he had helped to make immortal. The bed Is of curious construction, clamped into the wall, and was then, of course, draped with testor hangings and valance. Itoses and allhens bloom outside the windows. There is an air of perfect repose over everything. rieln Truth Alinut the Klowlllife Eagerly And these stories about the fabulous wealth of Klondike are they Klondike Liar Believe me, yes. Why, you tan travel two oi three blocks without seeing gold, exJ ccpt a few nuggets here and there. exaggerated! Who Hadn't liana to Bad Sober Onre In Fifty Yearn, Yeo-na- n From the San Francisco Argonaut: The late Justice Denman once tried a case In an agricultural parish which mainly turned upon the recollections of the oldest Inhabitants. One of these was a hale and vigorous yeoman of 85, whose erect figure, keen Intelligence and clear testimony created so strong a sensation in the court that the judge questioned him concerning his mode of life. The witness explained that he was a vegetarian and a total abstainer. The judge, in dismissing him, expressed a hope that all who were present might profit by Ms example, and then the next witness was called. This was another yeoman, the elder brother of the preceding, and fully a match for him in strength, activity and intelligence. As he was about to retire the Judge stopped him with the observation: "I presume that you also, Mr. Greenfield, are Indebted for the preservation of your strength and f&cuitiea to a careful observation of the same sobriety and of the same regimen which has been so well described to us by your brother!" "Hain't been to bed sober for fifty years, my lord, was the unblushing and unexpected reply. Delay la Rnr Danreroon. Shortly before the war between Tur- key and Greece broke out It had been Intended to transfer to the Centra! Museum at Athens various old Christian treasures, antiquities and manuscripts dating back in some cases to the fifteenth century, and stored in the churches at Tyrnavoa and elsewhere. Delay proved fatal. During the war these treasures were all destroyed by fire or carried away. A Query. Her Beau "No, Tommy, I never saw a stocking big enough to hold all the Christmas presents I get." Her Little Brother (Innocently) "Didnt you ever see sisters!" The Yellow Book. lie 1UI 'Em. Did Uncle Jack see SanWalter Carolyn "I ta Claus last night! guess so. They say he snw almost everything one could imagine. The Yellow Book. ' |