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The Future.
How vast fa that mysterious land,
' That no conjecture yet hath spanned,
! Pilled always with its boundless band '
Of varied possibilities : "'
Wrought bat of insabHtantiai shade,
To distance does it broadly fade, .
With awfol cragg or woody glade, ,
Or high superb tranquilities.
And here a throng of roaming ghosts
Walk, in immense unnumbered hosts.
O'er misty hills, by dreamy coasts.
For ever widely wandering.
Here dwell great think-rs, yet unborn,
Beformers (whom their; day shall scorn,)
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Deep problems gravely pondering.
Here dwell rare poets who shall claim
The laurels of transcendent fame,
Orators that with shining name
Shall grace unwritten histories.
Here all those lofty minds abide,
The hope of nations and their pride, '
Who cheer the mighty throngs they guide
- Through time's majestic mysteries.
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But here dread shapes of shadow meet.
Spirits with black intents replete,
Who yearn to set their plea sored feet
In sin's mosf dark obliquities.
Here languish, amid fierce unrest, ,
War, fmine, massacre, land pebt,
Audacious tyrannies unblest,-
And hatred's worst iniquities.
And yet perchance In tbnt weird land,
A race unutterably grand
Beholds 11 earthly enh planned,
AU cjrimes, all wrongs unmerited.
And through slow ages Hg with doom,
Perchance in patience ana in gloom,
Waits the white god-like race by whom
Our world shall be inherited !
'-From London Society.
Lady Cliainieigli's Diamonds.
concluded. J
CHAPTEB IIL
From that LourSir Peter Cbnruaeigb
was a subjugated man. Not that her
ladyship made an ungenerous use of
ber triumph, for she was, indeed, verj
good-uatured in trying to salve the
wounds inflicted on her husband's self
esteem, not. less thn in embrocating
those which his limbs had endured.
Knowing how painful it must be to him
toseein the house servants who had been
witnesses of his discomfiture, she dis
missed most of them, and would even
have found a new situation for Patty
Ragles had Sir Peter insisted on it;
but be did not, for the wench became
meek and hysterica), vowing she was
ready to die of grief for having whip
ped so good a master, and promising
to throw herself into a pond if she
were discharged. Sir Peter told her to
stay and be hanged; and he appeared
to be insensible to his wife's blandish
ments, though she really did all that a
loviner wife can do to atone for her
share in his misadventure. But the
6tory had, of course, leaked out, and
Sir Peter was chaffed by his country
friends in a style most galling to the
pride of a consequential man. Where
r ver he went whether to cover-side
magistrate meetings, or agricultural
shows he was jocosely asked whether
Lady Charmeigh's diamonds were safe;
and some ill-natured watrbad the base
ness to send her ladyship anonymously
a new riding-whip with a facetious in
scription on its gold knob. To make
matters worse, Sir Peter began to have
misgivings that the whole affair of the
sham burglary had been planned be
tween Dick Lyster and Patty Kaggles
on purpose to get him punished aud to
make him ridiculous. Lady Villons,
Amy 8 good friend, set this rumor about,
and caused much annoyance to Lady
Charmeigh by so doing. Her ladyship
roundly taxed the hussar with the im
puted freak, but he denied with so
much earnestness, word-of-honoring,
and so forth, that there was no optiou
but to believe him. However, Lady
Charmeigh deemed it good policy to
remove ber safe out of Sir Peter's sight.
It was stowed away in a lumber-room,
and the Baronet' never made any alliv
sions to it. It was noticed also that his
interest iu machinery perceptibly de
clined from this time.
Everything passes,4 even rancor
among married couples; and so it be
fell that, after a few months, vh'e recol
lection of his trouble grew less intense
ly bitter in Sir Peter's mind, and mat
ters ran ugain in then? .old grooves at
Charmeigh Hall. No; more burglars
were heard of, and Lady s Charmeigh,
trusting in her good stark fell to? think
ing that since her diamouds had brav
ed such desperate raids, they mast bear
charmed lives. 3 But in this' she was
wrong, and it was iter destiny to go
through a much more' trying experience
than the first two which had: fallen to
her lot. ' : -; i T ;
Spring came, nnd with it the Lon
dou season, wbet the Cbartneigbs were
wont to -remove r to their town-bouse' in
Park-lane. The day fixed for their de
parture w&a a fine BunnyMonday hi
April; but Che sudden illness of one of
Sir Peter's uncles obliged the Baronet
to go and spend a few days with the
relative; and so Lady Charmeigh went
to London alone. Her servants accom
panied ber, and with them Patty Ragt
ges. Ko'wt4.;Pattjr had beeri 1 ' ouW
ctjmntably low epints for ? some weeks
past, and ber mistre&s was - very8 anx
ious about her. There were times' when
ihe girl was almost flighty with a cause
less gayety, add others1 when she ap
peared smitten with hypochondria, so
sullen was eh aud i peevish. s Lady
Cbarmeigh wns. too good-hearted a lit
tle woman not to endeavor with all her
might to ascertain the motives for her
favorito servant's depression of spirits;
aud she had endd by eliciting, after
some tronblA, that Patty - was in love
with one of the footmen who had been
discharged after the affair with Sir Pe
ter. This man, said Patty, had thoughts
of emisratinor to Americft. and : h
wanted to go with hi in, though the idea
of expatriation made her wretched.
Tbee
Jere perhaps p.ther canei for
her aadnew which she did not mention;
aoyhow, on the evening of her arrival
in London, while Lady Charmeigh was
8ittiB" in her boudoir after -dinner', Pat
ty startled her mistress by saying that
she meant to leave her situation in three
days. Her manner was agitated, and
be seemed ready to cry; but she did
not actually abed tears) only whimper
ed. ' r,'t ':'''' 'I-'-
" Well, butf Patty, this is sttrejy a
foolish resolution.! (Why does not
Charles Brown stayjn England. I told
you he should hare money no til he bad
procured himself a new situation."
' It's of no ase, toy lady. : He wants
to go to America to better himself.1 He's
not the sort to be a footmau, my lady,
such work isn'gooil enough for .him-"
" But he may go further to fare worse
yon should tell him that; and in any
case, yon, Patty, ought not to leave this
country until yon are sure' of finding a
home elsewhere." . , .t .
" I can't let Charles gor alone, my la
d : he would be taking" up with some
other girl if I did?' 15 nA
I am afraid yon will regret acting
with this precipitation."
" Perhaps I shall, my lady; but it
can't be helped. Vhat I'm most sorry
for is the leaving you." Hereupon Pat
ty Haggled burst out crying in earnest.
Lady Charmeigh could not see laughter
without laughing, nor tears without
weeping; so when her maid had left
the room she sat down to have a good
cry all comfortably by herself. This by
and by produced a reaction under the
form of a desire to go to bed and put
disagreeables out of miud. .But when'
h r ladyship was undressed the sleepi
ness wore off, and she felt rather in
clined to have a cup of tea and read a
novel. So she wrapped herself in ber
dressing-robe", and sat down in a cozy
arm-chair opposite the fire, with au
amusing book on her lap. , It was then
nearly midnight, and Patty, after hav
ing set the tea-tray, retired to rest.
Presently Lady Charmeigh heard the
servants putting the chain to the hall
door, and the house became silent. By
this time the amusing book had pro
duced the usual effect, and Lady Char
meigh felt drowsy. She closed her
eyes, and sank into an agreeable doze.
This had lasted an hour, when she
was abruptly roused by a sensation of
somebody being present iu the room.
She opened her eyes, and, to herspeech
less stupefaction,1 saw two tall men
standing before her with crape masks
on their faces. To scream was impos
sible iu the hideous terror she felt; she
could only rise to her feet aud murmnr
inarticulately, while her eyes were dis
tended to twice their natural size. Her
bram swam, and she bad ,a vague idea
that she was dreaming; but this
thought was soon dispelled.
'"Now, ma'am, we're not going to
hurt you if you don't make a noise,"
said one of the men rather kindly than
gruffly. " If yon scream, see this;
and he held up the naked blade of a ra
zor.
" But what do you want?" faltered
Lady Charmeigh, who was blanched of
all color, and could hardly speak her
words.
" Your jewel, ma'am. Give us your
kevs. Sit quiet, and we sha'u't touch
you."
"Never!" cried Lady Charmeigh,
with the courage of the desperate.
" You are wicked men. '' You may kill
me
if you like; but, O, help, O 1"
As she opened her mouth to cry, one
of the men brusquely encircled her with
bis arm 8, and held her tight, while the
other pressed a handercbief over her
mouth and nostrils. There was chlo
roform on the handkerchief, and so
much of it that Lady Charmeigh gasp
ed. For a few seconds she attempted
to struggle; but then her limbs relaxed,
8b e drew a deep-breath, and sank back
unconscious. Her aggressors gently
deposited ber on the floor.
"When Lady Charmeigh came t6 her
self, after an interval of time which' she
could not reckon, ' she found she bad
been robbed of every, valuable she pos
sessed. The Charmeigh diamonds
were gone to the last 'pne; tha, very
rings on her fingers' had . been taken
her money,- ber watcb,le'tne5 silver-gilt
mountings of herdressing-ase-r-ali had
disappeared. The plunder' carried off
was immense, and tbe bnrgl&ry bad
been managed in the most iprdeirly fash
ion. The house 8; was 1 so tranquil as if
no aeea or evil uau oeenr perpetraiea
there.' 1 ' " liM ' ; '
It remained tranqaiLf foe Lady Char
meigh niade, no, outcriea irrOddy
enough, her ' first sensattoa on coming
to herself ,was not one, pf t terror, 'The
burglars' hjtd J noVbu her, and, were
little likely to dp so nbw:tbat they were
reamies iorceajtseu ; upon , ner ,,mina;
as soon as slia "could xrrasb the extent
oT her enormous loss, and speculate as;
to what bir.Jfeter wonlo; think of it,
La lv Charmeich felt above all. indig
nation at having'been outwitted, and a
barbing desire to be:,'etrea with her
plunderers. ; She asked J herself; who
these rascals' could be, and straight ber
thoughts' flew to suspicion that Patty
mast have had some baud in abetting
1 Why sbe thonght this it would have
been difficult for. her to 'say at first, bat
uuto vue Huouiciuu uau Buapeu liseii iu
her mind, a hundred ' small side. Tacts'
came to'i confirm jt' To' begia with,
Patty s invariably bfficioas zeal about
the safetirof the jewels then : her re-'
cent low spirits aud wayward manners;
and,, again, ber connection with that
discharged footman, Charles ' Brown.
It somehow seemed to Lady Chare? eigh
that before fainting she had had-time
to recognize Charles Brown in one of
the two burelars. If this were the
asej then possiblyy Pay and XJharJes
bad been confederates! in the first bur
glary, and Patty'a iholidajj. had only
been taken1 so; tba she might, be pntj of
the range of 'aaspicion when; the crime
was perpetrated. All this 'was hor
ribly -black; r bat Lady Cbarrfieigb's eye
eeetued to see clear into many things
There is in some of those little women
who are habitually frivolous a Eurpris
ing fond of latent strength. It is not
often brought into play; but when
needed, it supplies an electrical courage
and a large amount of cool craft It
struck Lady Charmeigh. by intuition,
that if she wanted to recover herlni
monds, (and BhedU,wlth avengeance,)
she muftr jmske no ! noise,; bat simply
have Patty watched, t She mnst ralso
begin by practicing sotne deep dissimu
lation. Accordiiljf j'wbe' neither rang
bells nor summoned Vnen-serTantsi-whose
fidelity she could little trust
but she took her bed-chamber candle
and weht quietly to Patty's room.. For
a. 4 moment"- ehe feured ' t hat s the riri
might have fled with the; plunderers
and their .boot.v; but no, f Patty, was. in
bed, and pretep.Uing to be asleep. A
lame pretense at best, for there was a
caudle burningJou the chimney-place,
and Patty was partially undressed
two damning , circumstances. Lady
Chcrmeighf however, took notes with
her eyes only, and said nothing to ex
cite alarm.
Look here, Patty, she begatf. With
forced calmness; " dou't-be frightened
at what I am going ta say; but there
has been a burglary here." i
" A burglary I O my lady !" exclaim
ed PattV Rasrsrles. with well-feitrned
terror. '
" Hush 1 don't scream, don't say any
thing; but listen we must keep our
preseuce of mind-"
Lady Charmeigh proceeded to nar
rate the incidents of the outrage, her
maid listening the while with haggard
eyes and a nervous tremor in all her
limbs.
" Well, I repeat, we must make no
uoise," concluded Lady Charmeigh
quietly; "if we do we may raise some
alarm, and destroy my chances of re
covering the jewels. Only, as soon as
daylight eomes and yon can leave the
house without suspicion, you must go
to Scotland-yard and give private in
formation to the Police. It is not
necessary that I should go with you."
" Very well, my lady," saidy Patty,
and Lady Charmeigh distinctly saw a
light shoot through her eyes. " O, O,
my lady," added she suddenly, what
fears you must have been in ! Are you
sure you are not hurl-?"
" No. Ncrer mind me," said Lady
Charmeigh, composedly. " Try to go
to sleep; I am going back to my room.
It still wants two or three hours to
morning." Saying this, she weut.
She had admirably played her part,
and Patty suspected nothing. But Jbe
girl's duplicity and wickedness almost
sickened her mistress. " When the
wretched creature goes out she won't
go to Scotland yard, I know," solilo
quized Lady Charmeigh. ' She will run
to join that man Charles, and then
leave the country; but I will have her
followed."
The night wore ou wearily enough,
but Lady Charmeigh was ready dressed
and equipped when Patty appeared
before her at eight o'clock, and she was
going to execute her errand. Lady
Charmeigh dismissed the girl : with a
recommendation to-returu quickly; but
as soon as ever Patty was out of the
bouse ber ladyship ,pnt ou her bonnet
and went after her. She had to hide
herself under tht porticos of houses
more than once to escape observation
in case the runaway should look round;
but she soon had the satisfaction of
seeing Patty take cab. A hansom
passed immediately afterward, and Lady
Charmeigh hailed if. A policeman vas
standing near a limp post, aud she
beckoned to him.
" Here, jump into this cab with me,
if yoa please. I ant yoa to join me
in giving chase to some burulars. the
worst the world (has ever seen. O,
yoa 1 have - no idea what people they
Twqr hoora. later4 Lady .! Charmeigh
had recovered possession of all her diaf
moods. The ase was never mentioned
in the papers fcr Sir Peter and his wife
were willing to hush up the matter.
The Dlunder ws all found in a house
rented by Chaiies Brown, 'who, instead
or peing proseiuiea, receivea money to
e:o to America aliher with Patty. All
this 1 was very wrong, cbfn poundi ng of
a felon and at forth; but:s Sir Peter
remarked, .ifSTtare- haa be.eJo. loo much';
fuss, already 005; tiiese ynf m;tgn
diamonds." , , , i ); yt, u
'He had the rafee to add, thQagh
arid f this war Lad 'GbarmwgbV best
rewardr-HjB?:x4 utt uii ij'-
C! A wpmaA vii can-recover her idiat
moods as my fe did deserves to have
them.' Her wis are' the best patent
safes I know
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Drs. Bahnsof and Siewers of Win-
ston, lately pei1 armed the Tery difficult
surgical . opera ion of tak xtg oat the
shoulder blade )f i Mr. Spencer, Hanes.
Daring the stele of Petersburg Mr.
H&hes received
;a wound in the shoul
der. tb -ball passing through the
scapular bane. fLatel v ' the wound has (
caused; much1sifering, ; and. apon ex
amination the lne was found so much
decayed that if was necessary ta re-4
movn: it &mo4 entirelr.' which was
done very succesfully, and the patient
is now doins vey well, . . . .
A man name! Martin, who tried to
eross ihe roarir f Nease, near Raleigh,
the other night was swept - on a rock
where he . renjuoed uiiUlie - .was
rescueoV nearly frozen,. . ;i
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Oar Wmthincton. Letter; oa i
State.)
-J : n j WiSHiiiGWit. D.C;'
. : : , ; '-:.Feb.-3,' 1879.'
For a committee organized with no
other object 'than the purification of
our politics, the reluctance of its Demo
cratic members to look into the little
irregularities charged or reputed to re
formers Tilden, Pelton, Marble, Coyle,
& Co., ia nnacconntable. There has
beu voted it, all : the' money asked to
an exhaustive investigation of the whole
matter, and the alacrity with which the
reform members undertook to ventilate
the Republican end of it and the 'vigor
with which;; they have pushed their
iuquiriee until the last hope is dissi
pated of making the results contribute
to 'the exigencies of Democracyled us
to hope'for the most rigid Impartiality.
But raring exhausted that part of the
work, a strange reluctance is manifested
to proceed now ,that tbey are, brought
face to face with the late Democratic
Presidential candidate' and the men
alleged to have undertaken to boss the
job of buying or stealing enough elec
toral votes to seat him jn the White
House. Potter goes on a visit to New
York rendering a suspension of work
necessary; when Mac Mahon is asked
to act as Chairman of the sub-committee
that: goes , to New York he finds
that the nature of hs public duties will
not admit, of his absence from the
Capital; when Hunton is wanted to
take the same position it is found he is
at Warrenton, Va. "And tbey all with
one consent, began to make, excuses.'
I only need add relative to the , Repub
lican witnesses that they each and col
lectively testified like men who had
nothing to- conceal. Mr. Chandler's
genial way of telling his story rendered
the work of the committee a real pleas
ure while it lasted! But they are
called from this temporary diversion
to again face the skeleton in their
closet. '
The Democratic managers found that
it would be impossible to keep the
Chalmers, Hookers aud other hotspurs
desiring to' 'get at Bragg, muzzled to
the end of the sessiou. Hence they
made a virtu of necessity and turned
them loose to have it out with the
plucky wolverine who had thrown off
his allegiance to the Confederate cause
and notified all concerned that be would
hereafter antagonize their raids on the
Treasury to the best of his ability. But
after they had bac their Bay it was
found that Bragg wasn't hurt much and
it seems the general verdict that be-frfts-
the best of the fisht so far. The ad
verse vote on Conkling's motion, Fri
day, to immediately dispose of the New
York Custom House nominations is ac
cepted as foreshadowing an Adminis
tration victory in the premises. The
Democrats have so far revealed their
hand as to make it tolerably certain
that a large majority pf them will vote
for confirmation at least enough of
them with the Republicans who have
indicated their sympathy with the Pres
ident in the matter to insure the defeat
of Senator Conkling. In view, of .the
bitterness that has prompted the extra
ordinary exertions put forth by both'
sides to this contest, tire 'vanquished
party can but feel the defeat most keen
ly... It seems to have became a ques
tion of the greatest resources and few
now seem to doubt that the President
and Mr. Sherman will jointly be able
to demonstrate their superiority to Mr.
Conkling in that . respect. However
much of "reform " there may be in
volved in the matter of confirming these
nominations it will hardly be argued
that the Democrats have been actuated
by any other .motive than that of per
petuating and- widening the existing
differences between the administration
and leading Republicans, save as they
may have been prompted by feelings of
personal friendship. But it is likely
the,, President and Mr. Sherman have
doue precisely what , Mr. Conkling
would .have "done. 'nnder like circam
stances, to- wit: They' have utilized the
advantages of their position ' to carry
their .point.; Public -interests seem to
have been almpsfi crowded ontjof sight
by partisan considerations and through
il! J.' j. l.: xi- lr . '. : fr . i
iue uemauut maue uu iue lime oi uou
gress by1 the ? matiy monopolies ' repre
sented, here and by the personal friends
of .members who oreiherein anasuajlyi
large numbers to, look after the private
interests for whose advancement legis
lation is hfeded. 1 1 Though bnl f our
more" weeks are left,- some of the ap
propriation f bills have ii bftrdly yet been
touched-, Qo.Uide ,9k these,, there ; are
lew matters reqainogjittentton , of,
someAin'6?,i!at it don't! seem likely tpey
wall iget it.' It is certainly saying little
f ojr he ajgregato wisdom , of. Congress
snipping and foreign trade interests, it
18-unable to extend a helping hand, or
thatitis unable' to devise a method to
break dwu and bring in sabjection to
the laws a great corporation which em-
cargoes mier-aiate traae at wm, ana
does hot 'scrapie' to paralyze a large
portion of the trade of the world till it
forces the acceptance of conditions that
leaves little margin for profit to any
concern except itselL .Then, again what
have we. to f bow for all the time and
rabney spent by Mr. Hewitt and his
labor Committee? ; " Mxxwixxl
i - The moonshiners and tho: revenue
had quite' a sk brinish in Patrick county,
near the North Carolina line on , last
Tuesday." Deputy "Marshal Lamkin
made a raid on the blockade still of W.
D-Linebery and captored it, when
Linebery with a party o friends at
tacked cJ drove . the marshal and
pajrtjr away . . Several shots . .were fired,
" Ifo-tv aGenerout ilfitlionalre 4
Pftates Out ttie Aleney.
.London Later in. New fork TIxms.)
"Let roe tell yoa M about Mackay.
You know' all about the famous million
aire r Tsaid; I did. '"-Wen he and
Mr. Florence, an American actor, were
traveling in Italy, i One dsy i they took
a lon walk together. Rather tired,
tbey paused eta. roadside; inn, to eat
and drink." A poor wayfarer came
along, draggiug behind him a sort of
tinker's barrow. -; He ' entered the inn.
Mackey iovited him to join the homely
table. The tinker did so, with ex
pressions f gratitnde, and ate a hearty
meaL r He said he had dragged his bar
row over one hundred, miles, work too
hard even for horses. .' ,When Mackey
and Florence left' the house, the Call
fornian in his quiet way, slipped two or
three gold pieces into the poor Italian's
hand. The man looked at the mney.
He li ad probably never before possessed
so large a sam. 4 Then he looked at
Maokay inquiringly.. The Oalifornian
smiled and nodded, as much as to say
it was all right, .when suddenly the
p oor old toiler burst into tears, fell on
bs knees and kissed the donor's hands.
His expression of gratitude, his tearful
joy were so touching that Mack ay
turned aside to hide his own felings,
and it is no shame in their manhood
to say that there were more wet eyelids
in that wayside group than belonged
to the suddenly enriched Italian. My
friend mentioned several other instances
of Mr. Mackay's generosity. You know
G- ," he said. "Weli, he came to
Europe with a band of musicians, not
only to make rrloney, bat to show Eu
rope what America can do in the way
of music. There was a touch of patriot
ism in the business, as well as the in
stinct of speculation. The impresario
lost money, and the loss represented to
him a serious sum. . Mackay heard of
it, and obtained particulars. Having
arrived at a fair estimate of the loss,
he seht to G a check for 15,000,
completely covering it. I saw G.'s let
ter, and it was the epistolary counter
part of the pathet'c pantomime of the
poor Italian." I asked permission tol
make these circumstances known.
"By all meaus,
buju iue uarrauir;
are found- makincr
: J . ' j.
"so few rich men
good, humane use of their money that
it seems wrong that such incidents as
these should be kept secret. It was
only last year," he continued, "when
Meek ay, having traveled from Europe
to New York, rewarded the doctor on
board oue of the ocean steamers in a
manner quite iu keeping with his con
duct in other ways. He doesn't like
the sea himself, and, finding that the
ship's doctor did not like it, he asked
biiu why he did not abandou it The
doctor said there were many reasons;
one of them was the expense of start
ing or buying a practice in a city where
he could Hve up to bis ideas of comfort
and respectability. Soon after Mackay
lauded he seat his fellow-voyager a
bank book with i', a credit for $5,000
opened in his name, and the doctor is
now iu practice on terra firma." f
.rrrr ' . .. - u . t g! r. -fit
ill
A l :F.lfnlint.
1 erhahts' have 'bitLerfo been' shot
down rather too freely in Iudia, and
far too much so in Africa and Ceylon,
and it is only of late years that, their
true value has been recognized. Within
the last few months steps have been
taken by CoL Gordon Pasha to accli
matize the Indian elephant to the re
gion of equatorial Africa, and it ap
pears not improbable that this, experi
ment may lead to the removal of what
has Hitherto been the chief obstacle to
the opening up of that wondrous continent--
the question of locomotion. -An
idea of their value in India may be
formed from the fact that a herd of 55,
caught in one day, was estimated to
represent, a profit, after deduction, of
expenses, of 4,000. . After this the
Government will do well in the inter
ests of the. Indian finances to prohibit
the," indiscriminate : slaughter of this
useful bea&t-by.roving sportsmen, r air
Samuel Baker's spirited books on I ele
phant shooting jn, Ceylon showed how
far more exciting than Uon-h outing
snch sport was, . and. what a, mqch
stronger claim to the title of the king
of the beasts . j the elephant eo joyed.
Mr. Sanderson hast gone further; he
has studied the ' habits Of the beast
with professional interest 'and even af
fection, and the pictures he draws give
an Insight io to the idiosyncrasies of the
Indian elephant which his never been
bitbertd obtained. ,J nglisb l-eaders
may probably be snrprised to' bear that
iwicerouna an eiepnanrs loot is nis
height,1 and that there1 is probably no
elephant in , Itidia' - whicb'measnres - as
noca as- leec as trie suouiaer. un
the ol ber hand, what the elephant lacks
in height be makes up in longevity.
The general opinion of experienced na
tives is that in captivity he I usual) at
tains 80 years, and 120 years in excep
tional cases; bat. onr aotbor believes
that , the elephant -attains at : least ISO
years. The question, .M Where.dd the
elephants, die?" ,i apparently as fr
from solution as eter, for Mr, Sander
son, like Sir Emerson Terineat, cdnfessfe
es that be never earn acrpts the car
case of. one that had . died a' natural
death. 4Mena?uu .
There is no boy in America, however
humble bis birth, or in whatever depth
of poverty his lot may be east,1 who, if
be has a strong arm,-a clear bead and
a brave heart, may not rise by the light
of. onr schools and the freedom of our
laws, until he shall stand foremost io
the honor andeonde&&a' of hfa coun
trymen, 11
41
Court Xockm. ix.wV 7 i
four wti tlQOin aJraace. -"
AAlminittTi tors' notiouv six Wla,, $3LS3u
in advance. r , . . ,
TmrrjadTrrCwmenUclorfd q-artixtv liZf
tT-Trmkal lulwitlMiiturnr-prjiLll la ad
vanes, Taarry arertkc?s,rte5risv sJ-
4
' ' A JJcrcicstt Bldnlieya "- 1
The monkey is not very popular as 4
domestic animal, ytt do : not fais to
sisert of the representative of tha raru
to which I now refer that Be it capable
of winning the heart ofthe ' most in
veterate monkey-naterOfa'conalilai
tion so delicate that he eanraot ta tif!
transported Btea tu Indian frota hia
warm Southern - forests; the little Gib
bon monkey may be seen t int perfectly
happy freedom n the south of Baxmah
and when taken young, and traiatd fis
a home pet, ho tnorb tcganh aoimal
is totm found. fe He is ot ifldctd.'irce
irom . ine mtsctnevotia propecsiui CI
bia kind (and tomt: Gibbons) aTrrJ
mischievous,) but, they are ixrtairdr
less obtrnsive, and are connterbalanced
by many attractions." The tiny body
is entirely covered with a thick eoat of
the softest wool, either buck orxreloy
white, out of a lrioge ,; of . which tht
beaded eyes petr wistfullyi unlike his .
more plebian relations, he Las' no 'ves
tige of ajail, sndbiajmssjare'of imi
mense length In f roportioa to Li?body
The grate of his movements' and - the'
suppleness and poirer of bis' Ti rubs are
absolutely unexampled, carrying Lid
at giddy pace, with perfect fearlessness
aud consummate ease, frora. branch lq
branch of the loftiest trees, or along the
eaves of houses. And when with this
beauty and 'grace are combined the
most shy and t retiring ' diiposiliofc, ' th
most clingipg aqd afiecttonato hearVtlJ
winning ways and plaTntive nolal
most of a child, he must have, aa
ineradicable aversion', to "monkeys who
is not won to aflecUob fot the Gibbctu
Seen, as I have seen him, set to play witb
a common tailed monkey, ha ; is lot all
the world liketbe child of aniriatocratio
family, who, having bten reared 'away
from ail contact with the, world, M
been put down by. the side of some
rude school-boy, whose familiarity ii as
hateful to him as his coarse practical
jests are repulsive and nnintelhgibl&-
raiter Magaxuie.WnU im. 4ii 1 1 am
Cricket Flglitliir I" ;0i!i?
In some parts of China cncketi are
regularly trained for combat,1 tber meth
od being as follows:: rTbe cricketSwhsa
captured are kept singly Ipj tarthcai
ware pots, at the bottom of which is sj
small quantity of fine mold, and very
small cap containing a Tew 'drops of
water for the insect to drink-babf and
bathe in. " Their food consists of two
kinds of fish, called man-yn andi kut
yu. Insects called loo-kum-chipg, tft&.f
tsit-chung and pin-tam-chung are oc
casionally given to them, Tbey " get
honey to strengthen them. and other
items of their diet are boiled chestnuts
and boiled rice. Fur two j boors flverjj
night a female cricket is placed io the
pot with the male. Smoke is supposed;
to be iujarioos to their health j and tho'
rooms iu which they 1 are kept must be
perfecf ly free from it A charm or mys
tic scroll to a vert, evil influence i.
sometimes placed on the cricket's poL
If they are sick from over eating; red
insects called ban1 chang 'are gives
them. '' If the sickness arises from cold
they get mosquitoes; f if u from J heat,
stoota ot the green, pea , plant-r, jCjhn
tip, .of bamboo-butterflies are. given,
for 'difficulty "in breathing. At Jthe
cricket-pit, which the Chinese call Lip';
the insects are matched aceofdiog tOI
size, weight and color. ,,The stakes; ara
in some caseavery4arge-i-2t4s, bowev
er, generally supposed by tbeyeni
ment that they consist j, of presents ql
sweet cakes! . 5A'cricket which micj
many victories "is called' Bhan-lipJ ror
conquering cricket, andwheh itdiC7i
is placed in a small silver coda isd
buried. Crickets which display P creat
fighting . powers are not 'axifrequentljr1
oiu lor xnrge kulub.
-,-.
lii ,i
Slnalitcr of. Wild Ecsxito
: It is somewhat strangei sayf itz4
change, that, with, the, 4ol, knowhrSS
that is posseisod of the frightful e3-)
bersof human beingsyrTy;Uughtredf
in India by wild beastsbaueIdat
means are not taken for lb eltertsLid-
tion of the; latter f Ia JSi&QX); trrAi
in 1 176 il9,273(. people Fperish'5d -frcl
and machine gans. rPor ersqp!s;iat
1852 statistics were published, ioJCrj-j
land showing that in, twenty-two yc?ra
of .war 19,796 people were killed.' 1ar
nine great bat ties, ( mcladi Waterloo,1
4,740 fell. Even at 1 the f Iprcssct: Ube
auch a pomber ofjrdeab3i eccrrr ial
a two t jears warwosld. ba rmmmm.il
large, and if they 'occurred ' tt-pu i
tied of ooldf ; beryorsiitei Ztj'ctziX?
Yet to pfeyent; uchvn?rt!i!ity bctbr
instances every refioeaest of. zrfdlX
iugendity and skill f would be exerted;1
in the present case nothing is'do be
yond offering small rewards - taf- the
killing of the wild aniiaaljui-:'jyi
The Joes does nut end. witif .thit .cf
human life." Daring the aboveT two"
years the aggregate of catila killed by
tigers, snakes,' and wild beU gt-crsHv"
aggregated 101C5. One tirrcrx i
know, to have alacjbtered 17 x7r'
and atoppe4-tha-trtCIfcCi2y rcti
on a pablie iad. r Anotixr till Cp
warda of fifty people jfcd cltiz . 1 tie
abandonment of ' thirted ' vClr .r '
Against' the death rata cf vic3 tra
can place the atooouU paid tzt rc-irl-for
killing tha aciaals,. .cacslr, for.
1875, $52,320, and inw 1870, CIV
which seems small in view of the p? J
nitude of the evil to be preventaX a
Mr. Ben Scott has lost three c!:i! Irsa
within s-few days past of -i;phti.rrlx
Two died in one day. , !
dents.
tnis cause, xms is consioeraoiy ueyouc
the total mortality prod deed " by xtzzi1
before the invention of br eeeS-loadra