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IMTTSUOKO', (.'II ATI f AM CO., N. (, JLLV 17, IStlO.
NO. K.
torn
1 he Treasure Ship.
We nro :y - 1'iiildiiiK c istles
of I In' iltht-t, uramlcst kin. I.
here no -way iiiciimir.l v:is-at
In 111. curl mollis nf llie niimt ;
And .h.vvn Hi;' Arcadian pathway
of I lit' miii'l arc wont lu raiu
Wlicio wctl tr:iy in ful-nnl fancy
If mir treasure ship came liuine.
And we Iiml II vitv pliusint
In mi at in. .-! i. re of dreams
Jmlc for-icHitl t.f llio ircsiiit-
'Id indulge l't'i:in Hiciius:
We undid I'linili In higli niitliil ioti .
H e would -Inn. I ii"in its d'Hiir,
We wnii d claim cirlh's rero-iiiilinti
If utir trei-'iri' ship came liomi'.
', wild hind mi l font inictivp,
iMcaiiiv-evtd Mild la.y limbed.
AW1 an tin I lifi- slPI uttradivt
Wliili' uiir 1 imp n 111:11119 mil rimmed.
And i' calculate t tic pleasure
In 1 uiii-i . lion's laden tome
e ll indnl-;.' in Inyiiiid measure
In n our treasure ship conn's l..me.
oh, tlie dm m int. sclti-ti -cln iiiIiik
1 i Hie I. Per cannot last ;
1 In iv will In- a truce !" .Ireanihi-;
In 11 Hie 'ii"i lit i- the past ;
And there'll ". me a 'lull awakum
When he II Had thai lite ha- i;.uii.
And hi- lr -1 1 r. -hip it brcakin-;
I IT III' -.111.1- hi' hll'll Im I' mi.
'i'. ii. K ipi.t in liilrnil Kite Pre-.
MISS MARTHA'S TRAMP.
I'.v t II Mil I S II. IIII'I t Y.
"1 le certainly i- 11 tramp. r 11 ped
iller ! b eliever he is, I won't have
liim iii-iile llie ".ale !"
'II'- looks tiled. Auntie."
Mi-- Maillia Pile In r uTevvctl her
lips 1 1 1 lightly, ami looked at lier ni ce
and name-ike with ;i w ilheriii"; ex
pression. " Now , Mallie," - ho said severely,
I won't lene it. Lvery lime a tramp
come- liy. ynii net liim milk. tr bread.
hi- smnelliiiiL'. aii'l ns fur l'io-e horrid
pr..lc. --"
Here Mi-- Martha's lireatli fiavo out.
I.illle Maitie. t-lii . 1 in ii I . Iilue-eveil
and pretty 11s a wild ro-e, enltiretl 11
little, iiml then -aid :
"I il'Ui'l think we are liny poorer,
Aiiniie. I'.ii- die little vv e uive a way ."
"Well, it i- uiir-: do n ymi
1,1.,,...."
I'or litll" Mattie vvn- tlie owner nf
the farm and a very -mall ilie.nne. iil
tlintiuli a -lie wa- only 17, her aunt
litana"..-.! the hou-chold, a- she liad
w liih' her brother lived, iiml Mr. rot
ter, 1 ln liwvcr of Arrowdale, wa
f.11 iidim for lie' -mall properly Mat
lie" I. tiller liad left lier.
Il was 1 lie of Mi-s Martha's peru
liaiilie. to lav .low 11 the law to Mattie
WI) emphatically , a- to the eliilil -lie
had I'l.'ii'jlil up fiom nhnhy.aud I'icii,
suddenly 1 cineinberiiie; that the ..'ill
m a- it-ally lie' ownt r of the plaro, to
I. lif.it. a-ali 'Ve ilt--. rili.il. from her
po-jiioii. And li'lle Ma'lie, siilunit
lin in :i'l ihinK't to liff iiiint'N tlieta
li'.n. took lie' m-i nii--ion cralel'ully .
never a--.-ilin lieielf in owner or
mi-t 1 1
lu llie present iil-laliee she said.
isl fully :
"Th. 'ii I may ejve liim some milk, if
he H-k- for it ':"
"l Mi. he'll ask fast enoui;h! lie is
tipeiiiiij; the L'ate now. tiraeious.
Mat lie, le looks like a lirian.l! Such
a liear.l, for a eivilied eoitnlry
It was a very handsome heard, if
Mi-s Martha had only had the taste to
admire it. The nose ahove it win
liaii'lseine, too, so were the even,
while teeth under the heavy mu-la. lie,
mid the la.ee, drown eyes, half hidden
by the broad slomh hat. lie was
ihl'tv, but not razeed, mid his tlaiiind
shirt had the foliar turned down over
A loose hlil.'k lie, hidden, to be Mire,
under the furling, auburn be ird.
Mattie, Irippin;; lihlly down the
fianlen path to the jiale, w as rather
startled al the tone of the high bred
voiee that a-ke.t:
'('an I yel some biiielieoii here? I
taiinol tind any tavern or hotel 011 the
load."
(h, no; I uie.'iii, e-, ' said Maitie.
blu-liin:: I'm ioii-l under llie pii'.'f
the -of', lu iiw 11 -.
"I mean," she -aid, 1 i el inr her
fOlllio-uie, "tin if 1- not iiiin hotel
wiiIiiii I In it- mil.-, and ton in have
Home Im . I,, "ii w oh pi a-uie. If you
1 .ill wail half an b we 1 ill eive "H
dinner."
I 01 llnl Ibis w a- no trump M illie
aw al oiiie, Ihoimh "lie hid seen lit I It"
of 1-1 nil. 11 in her life, Mi-- Maillia
keeping all turn, evee pile: (he f tiiu
hand-, al ie-pi . I fill di -taiin'e from her
1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 doiuaiil.
riiank": I will wait with pleus
uie, if I in. iv le-l oil voiir pon h. I
tun et Hi 1 d."
lie - I. ppe.l nr.l ily and -lowly In the
por.b, nnd -ank tlown upon the
t hiul 1 o eie I. b j; anii-ehair willi 11
sij;l, of tel.. I'.
Would oii like a e.as t)f :. ilk
now .'" Mai lie aked.
"I -'mill. I, indeed, very llill.h."
lint when die miik . line, in a pretty
(jla-s e.ili'i't. upon .1 dainty ehi-ia
plaie, it vx.i da'-e, the seivant t,
who broiieht il. .MaHie, suddenly
shy, w us -ellin the diuner-lable with
tveau el Ih an I napkins, and the be:it
eliiiia.
"( irmioiis, Maitie! whatever lire
you iloin eried Mi-- Martha, eom
iu"; in tlie room.
"Mush. Auntie! he is a jje ntlenian,
mid he is .oniinjr in to ti iiii.-i-.""
I!ut when tli liner was tlaim ily served,
the "ej'tillciunn" was found to have
fainted. Mis-" Marlln, who reveled
in siek 11 11 rsi 1 iir. win all energy. She
the Ofaiiiphire" and -tnedin sails,
loosened the tie. ktie, hi lped .lane '
t arry the invalid into the lare, eotd
parlor, ami put him on the w ide. "Id
fa-binned sofa. It was a l.nir insensi
bility; so lonjr, that the women be
came alarmed, ami sent Hiram, llie
eow-boy. to Arrowtlale for the tloelor.
I'ii'Io (. tin; thr.'i'-mile ride was ae
eoiiiplished and the tloelor arrived, the
uninvited Mie-i had pa-se. from in
sensihility lo tleliiiiim. and the tlo.-lor
pronouneed the ease a pirtial sitii
slr.ke. Kor (wo weeks Mi-s Marlha nursed
the stranger us faithful'v a- if he h i. I
been o ie t-f her own kin. briiieinv;
him buck from the very eonli f the
t;rave. She serupulou-ly rel'raineil
from any furious i..vf-tivatioii of
his small hand satehel, and only
searehe.l olio eoat po.ket till she
found a letter tlileeled o Mr.
Albert i lull liiiistm, liox '':'. Alloti,
Mi.liieaii.
Mallie w role a h tier to the lio,
tle-.'i iliinu' .Mr. Albert lliili liin-ou'-sore
-Mail. No au-wer eanie. and
then oilier letters were taken from die
po. kel and were found to he tliit-. t. d
all over the country, always lo"Mr
Albeit llulehin-"ii." who had evi
dently been upon an exlended summer
tour. 11 was impo itiie n j:iii'
wheie. in all this variety of I ration,
the home of the ivanderer mi".ht be,
and so Mis Marlha put the letters
back, sayimr:
"If he dies. Mattie. 1 s'po.-e we'll
have to read some of Ihn-e Idlers to
Iiml his fks, hut I'm hot oiii-.' prv
im.r into them until I can't help my
self." Hut Mr. Albert Hutchinson .Ii I 11.. 1
die. Very s'owiy he won his way
back lo health, and in hi- coiivale--ce
11. e opened it hew world to Mallie.
lie was an urti-l, he told her, ami lie
had been on a skeleliinu lour, seiidini;
hi- papers by mail to his -indio, in
New Vork, wheie a brother arti-t took
rare of them, lie talked of books, of
life in Switzerland, I'aris, London,
Vienna, Koine, till llie irl felt stir
ring in I earl and brain, 11 lom;iii so
iiili ii-e as t be painful, for some
knovvle ee of this hew world of nil
and letter-, of vvlii.li she had novel
heard. There was nothing spoken between
the two of n seiitimi' 1I.1I naluie, but
Mr. Ililtchin-ou, I'.ndini; Ibis eaer
voillie iniellet l eiapini; all he put be
fore it, talked a- be had never talked
before. W ilh the keen plea-lire of im
partiim kiiowle.lee where every nut. I
was treasured and valued.
It was a peat void when he wil
fully reeov ered ami went away. lie
paid Mi-s Martha liberally, willi tno-t
earnest words of gratitude for hereare
of liim, but when he was jrone. Mattie
would not look al the loll of tfrec-n-Imek-,
tlu-hiiiLT hotly as she said:
"I urn sure he was poor. Aunt
Martha. I'm the money aw av . I hale
il !"
Hut she was re-lies-, and craved
hook- out of her reach, opporluiiilif
l.i tttudy. ami the lift: of travel and
i'ii It in t' dial seemed far removed from
her. Il sfi'iiie.l to her only naiiir.l
when a tie mendon- chanjre fame.
There I ad loin; bet 11 a talk at Ar
.i.vv.lale of coal in the vicinity, and
about six months a tier Mr. Ilulchin
miu's ih pal 1 ill e t n linn ills were
mail thai proved I'il. her's Kami"
to lie a ejeal coal bed. Mallie, who
liv her falher- will wa- of iij;e a1
eighteen, found hcr-e!f an heiress'
Her vuaidian. a man thoroughly I1011
esl, liccaum her nen:, and -niiled ap
proval w hen "he proposed lo -ell the
faun and move to N.-w Yolk with
' Aunt M iriha, who was very much
I elated at Ih" idea.
i "I .all have 11 I teachers there for
!il vcar 01 two, and then I will U"
i abroad," Maitie said, win 11 the plan
! was finally adopted .
"I'll never cross the ocean," Aunt
Marlha tic. -land, "but no doubt you'll
tin. I company f.oin;:. and I'll keep
-onie sort of a h-'ine warm for von til'
V oil come back ."
"Now, my dear Algernon," Mis,
MoiitroM' said l inuidlv to her -.111, a
he entered Iht "itpai Imeni -" in I'ari-,
.lo show a little una' i 1. -I in Mi-s
I I'il. her's pur-nil-. Ii wa- mi. Ii a
j chance, her coii-f 'iiin;: lo .-.me .ibioa.l
I with UK', and he i- -0 1 1. h."
"Itut." tli awl.-. I A':;eii"n, caif-h
j inj lus sitky lie 01-1. 1. he, ' fhe is o
dren ll'ully en.-reli'-. She tires im to
tleadi, rushin:; about. lain sure she
aw ev cry thini; in London, am', mow
-he i 'doiiie' I'. ai is at :1111.1st trtuieliil
tuis rale! I'.y die way. where is sheV
She went to a privn1.' exbihilion of
Ainerii an nrli-ls willi Mrs. l ope and
Carrie. Vui know I'arrie is tpiite 1111
arli-t, and she knows where all the
best studios ami eyh'l'ili.ui-. ire."'
"Ye-? Iicar tne, inollier, Iain del',
cdly j:liul you it re not furet er riishin;
almut as enls do now-n-.lays. It is 11
complete rest lo cine in here, after j
Mallie rileher ami I ni l ie ( 'ope."
While he spoke. I he two ladies
11 im. .1. w ith Mrs Cope us chaperon,
were slautliiie; in a lai n.', ell-liiihled
nailery, where a few painting hull",
W ith wide spaces hi t w ecu llieui. itivil
iii'iniratioii or crilici-m.
"Hut Mattie," Mi Cope was say
in::, "1111' face and Ibjine me 11 per
fect portrait of vt""'-''"- '"" '""
ilillerilil. too, 111011' cliihllike. Tin!
c pie. -ion is not 10 inii'llt-c tii.il, but I
am -lire vou looked 111-I like that when
you vv ere very ytuMiLT ! Now, mam
ma, isn't it like Mallie?"
"I think it is!" was tiie tpiiel reply.
No. "'J. Why ( an ie, il is nue of Al
lluichiiistiu'- pictures. I Wonder if
he is in I'ai i-!"
"CeiiM'lo wiiiiiler. Cnu 111 Mary,"
said a ina-ciiline voice c!o-e lie-iile
die yronp. Mow an' y.ni ! Illi(a.l!
what an alro.-ioii- hat !"
"I wnn'l be calle.l Ca.l !" pouted
Mi-s ( arrie. b' I will. Ion! You
may call tne I ad for 'auld lane; syne.'
Mattie. let me introduce my cousin -s'Nteen
limes reliiovftl, my ileal' Mr.
Hutchinson."
Cut already Matlie's hand had 1 11
taken ir a linn cl.i-p. and Mr. Iluleb-iu-011
w as expres-iiio hi- delivlil at
1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ir Mi-s I'il. In r, iiml iii.iiii itiur
for Aunt Marlha.
It was a ilelihlful ni.'ininjr. They
sauut.'ied throiiLdi tlie tiallery, iidniir
iuu llie works of their .-. unit i hi.-ii.
cliaHiiii: of old times, planning a
thoii-and e. iir-ioii-. until Mrs. ( ope
cave a disinaveil exelanial ion over her
wal.-h. and hurrictl tl.iwii to her rar
riare. "The ( 'ope- have reallv take l po
st ion of Matlie," -aid Mr-. Mont-ro-e.
a iinuilli lir'er. ""-lie i never
lu re. Il is fortunate tli.'ie i- no -on.
Aleei noli."
"Ye-: bill there is an arli-t fellow
always with them n cnii-in, or -oiiie-
thiti":. illetl -ay- be i- iuiiuen-ely 1
rich. 1111.I paint- for l.tveof il. I don't j
know iny-ef w hcllier il is Mi-s Cope
or Mi-s Kit. her thai i- the alii a.lioii,
but he i- always ilauoiiiiv. a fli-r t hem."
( Hi. Algernon! !i"vv t an"ii Id
-m il Ihius "o 011 Wliv don't you
exert yourself, and make yourself ul
tra. -live to Maitie? Ynii ar.' llie haml--oine-t
man in I'aris at ibis minute."
Well, Ihe truth is, mother, Mi-
Maine
to look iipni 1-about
ue retnove from an idiot, hceaii-e 1
cannot talk nil or hooks m- 11111-i. ."
Which la-t remark ci'ilainlv proved
that Algernon M.uitr had ml . at all
events, lo-l lis power-nf penet t at ion.
Ml-. Molitro-e, however, niade one
-irciiuoits cll'.rl lo 111 1 matters by
pi opo-iut; 10 leave I'.uis at mice, and
pro d to Italy .
"I Ihilik." Matlie -aid. "thai I should
like to stay a inotiili or tw o lousier in
Pa: is. Hut I need nd detain v.'"'
Mrs. Moulro-e. Mrs. Cope lias ino-t
kindly invited me lo join Iht part;, .
A letter cles-cd the n.-ean, lint lolii;
afterward, to Miss Martha, stunt' sen
tence of which may be here trcor.lc d :
We vv ill .1. lay tin-wt . Mill.' until I coin.'
home, dear Auntie, hut th.il w i'l lie ill a f. vv
vvt.l.s. Ii may l" thai Allien and I will
return In Kuroe 111 VI yiar.hiit are eotu
iim hid. I" veil mnv. II.' i- anxious . -c
veil, and he sure veil art" willing tor me to
marry .. r li.-iinp.' I never I h.Miht.vv hen
he left 11-. that in a slranuc cuinlry we
-lenil'l nee' a.-aiii. aid I Inar fr.nn lii-nwn
lip-llnl lie loved Hi" Imis' nu", and was
Icall-lToki II when lie vv . at lo si i k llie lit
Arr.'W.lale and f .iui'l only a vavvniii.' c. al
pi: lliilili-al ri'lit now, Auntie, and I
am tin Iiappit-t woman in tin- world."
I New York Letl.'.'cr.
SI ramie Micrn-cepif Anomalies.
M ratine uiioiiialics exist in the mi
croscopic world. Tlie moiiail, for iu
slaii. e, repriiibi. es it - kiinl by tliv idine;
itself, two pet fed iiuliv itllials 11'siill
intr. thus Icadiii" Wie-maii lo infer
that it i- pn-silile for the life of such
an oryanisin lo be cuitiuiietl forever.
The rotifer have a natural life-period
; of only about nineteen ibu s, ; ord-
' lo Lewes, yet lli.'V may exi-t as
j dry and inanimate du-l lor months, to
i be it-uric, led by a .Imp of water.
j rientoii (V, d.) American.
J Meteoi ie Pin Iron.
A chunk ol 1 lie ni.'tc.ir thai fell in a
j -hower in Ivo.-ndi and Winueb.iiro
', Counties, ova. aboul a week afio was
: picked u m ar I.' un-cy nnd is the
line-1 speeinidi yet I'oiiii.I. Il wci;;!m
I an even H"i pound- and has the up.
p.aiait.e of ineltod pii; iron. OiiiiiIis
Neb. I'.ee.
UIII.IHtKV.S CO 1. 1 MX.
.mi.K Old- OX Mil- M 1..
Now- the dnv li-lit is dune, aiel the .-urt.iii.
are .Iraw 11.
And llie kal.Mli'ls -ing all ilnn.'.'ii tin' lawn.
And niv liltle eiif t ries, 11--I mn's at iu;.4
.all.
"i .tn'l I play Willi the little Wad. airl initl
Willi."
Tho' she's d .Mies that fry aiel a AA 'hat
i .-.ii hark,
A Manx cat mid a f nil y c.iii'pfl N. will's
ark.
What dell;liti'. her Hin t, tvir since she
.mi 1.1 .-raw I.
Has Lecn what she fill's the Mack L'irl oil
llie wall.
"l is Lull inn'
and I'"
liltle
Intnl..
1 'mm - hi. -!itiii!, "O, ui .nima. I'm loin Iv, I
.-mi !
I've an hrother-nor silels- I've 1111 me at
Cut llnl d. ar litll
wall!
larlini; li'.n-k ulrl .111 the
"I tlnn'l
her hv davlil . "le I"' dot-s
I '.lit at tw 1 1 1 1 1 1 she f
iws me imw to ami
fro
VVhi ii'v.-r I turn, and ir I p't iv fall.
W'hv Ih. 11. tl'iw-n i-o. the li.lle hhe k Rirl in
the wall !
" M una. what
what .le.
ml " hat il
Ilinik:
Now she'- lillli
lues she eat and. o, w hat
-hi 'hiiik,
he .1" all day loiijz. tin y ' 1 1
like me and next minute
-lie-- tall.
Hut I never .an . an h thai l.la. k irl en Hit:
wall:-
So uiir pi t pralll.
win 11 sh. '- In l"i' n
With lier shadow
chase! I
nd -In tlan.f
. t . isn't 'iff ju-t sued n
like Iliad ilnvvn the lire-
li.hlcl hall
A-shi hunl. lor the little Idie k (jirl "ii th
wall.
A 1 in 1 1. n: MI
A 111:111 in Iowa follows the cruel
ti ade of a pi of. ional bird catcher for
hi- living. He -ays the retlbiltl is
Mcatly in il. 'Ulan. I. heinc; under eon.
Ini't o deliver vt rv shortly r.no lo a
v. hole.ale unlliiierv li.iu-e. Sentiment
at one time -eeuied slronc. eiioii!;li In
!.ill the fashion of u-iii"; birdi a-orna-iiienl-
Il is n pitiful thin", that
women should elieoliraue such cruelty .
I I'icav line.
SI I .-'.ilV im, 1:11:11s,
It is ulin.i.-l iiu rclible the number
of limes a robin-"e.llifea-l will come
1111. 1 eo after berries, always willi a
ureal ril-lliti;; if leaves, and his
aliulitiuo mid ilepariuio usually fol
l.ivve.l li a liberal scai i. i'ili"; of fruit
011 Ihe eroiiu.l, v hii h be in vet seeiiis
,, think of pi
ni.11 111 er. nol
.ill", up wa-tefiil
1 1 1 V takiii", all he
vvanl-, bill actually . p.'iiiii"; as min h
11- he lakes away. Hiid- are probably
1. -p"i -il.lc for llie ei-i.ui. e of many
of ihe -eed beariuv: -in id'- and In l bs.
They a -..I tli-lril'Ui"i -. lonvtyiii",
seed- fin 1 lo t' Ih. ill Ihe w iihl can - dial
j., nf ihr kind- tl.it foim li.ii-
f.lV.'lile food. Til. y s.'W "al'L'cl
where il i- not Wei. . nie. Carherries
t v imw. -eat tcred liioad.-a-l about
I Ii. ir ncivlib..rboo. that to be set
ib.vv 11 in llieir favor and I su-pei I
I belli o
III" the
In i.-r i-.
line.
' the I
1 1 II til I "
-c. the
id"
V t l v .-el V i f
I- ..f I'M-lll'l- I
SW t 'I I'l I. I . Ol
vv:ike
wild
liIiiii-
III VV I I IIIN III.
'lite of the t d i- so keen II
np
to r h-r it, iii iii"ii vv ith mo-t
li-hc, a cannibal. Il i- said that eel
Ii - he 1 - on placing .1 1 nje tad in the
l-a-l.i l anion:: oilier-, .'-. 1 ved it oinK
al on..' lo ...hide up a -mailer fellovv
cilplivc. in-lead of abandotiinu; 'telf
In ilc-piiir oyer il- ow 11 ini-fot 1 nue.
lii-lan. f - of tl.i- iiim line-- are ;:iyen
in "Tii.' Cook of the x."
A few v cat - airo I vv o I.11 i;e 11 I- wtif)
found .lead l die side "f a p I ( hie
bad evidently alletupt.d to swallow
llie nllicl . but had been choked in the
I'll.'il. Tin! "swallow ft'" Wll- stuck
fast ill the would bo sw nllovy ft's
' Ihroal. out of vv Iik Ii it vv a vv it h di lli
i iiilv tli aw ti.
I once saw a pike of f..in teen pounds
t-linked w ilh a ii"l In' I pike of six poiiu.b,
w he'll wa- -luck le ad forcino-l in its
I llirnal, cau-ini: the ilf.alb of both.
1 A second e.'l slnrv i- still iiioik
'curious, lu the -uinoier of l,la
lishcriiiau . auehl in a net an eel w hi. h
weirdici about two pound- and a half.
While be wa killhi", il auo'h. i fel
v fihiim iiiile a .piailfr of a pound
was ejected from its stoma' Ii, and,
straino" to -ay, out of the sioiu ich of
ill.- second eel came a tbii.l, vv eii; hi ni;
a little over 1111 ounce.
The three -edited to til sotiiel hint;
after the manner ol the ball- which the
'liince enrve out of solid iv orj , i.o
nflersie, within one another.
And now, aim. .nnc.' the New Y'ork
'ie--. they are t iiitinvr the tendons of
fbilih en's tliii.l tinutr- lo iiiercn-8
llieir power of piano playinj-'. Tip's i,
the .:ieatc-t cruelly to the lifealcst
11 11 111 In-r. There would be only tho
same ci ut Ily to the child, and less
tiueilv totyervbo.lv el-e, if it ten-
(i,.n- were cut so that it could not play
tin) piano.
OUR V0LCAX0HS.
Underground Forces Which arc
Not Down on the Maps.
Although Quiet Now, They May
Become Active Again.
Laiiiinali"ii of a et oloLrical map of
Ihe l.'ock . Moiintaiu and ierra Ne- j
vada region shows Ihe entire country 1
to he .lolled with -pla-h.'R and sucak
of red, ilen titur Ihe rocky reinains of
former vulcanic vent. No net iv e vol
canoes arc know n to ei-l within the
boundaries of the I nitial S'ales at
present: but 11 number of invi stina
Itirs believe that I hey have tliseov t'lfd
si"lis that there have been eiiuint: vol
caiiie erupliotis al several points in
that region since man first took up hi
alindi! on the Pneilic slope.
In fuel, at one place in Klunia
ctiiiiily, ( 'al. , -nine sixteen years a"..,
tliseovel it's of pumice stone ami lava
wcie niade near an extinct volcano
ciiiie, so sil 11.1l oil in connection with
Ihe trees then existing in th i"hbor-
hooil as to "ivc ev idence that all el up
lion had taken place within less than
lil'ty year-. Traditions of die irappci s
al-o -eeuied to hear out (hi- ihlere-liliL:
sitppo-itioli.
Ill (lii'tfon and Wiishinutoii tletf
are im 1 . . 1 1 iant volcanic tuoiin-
Inin-, anion"; 1 In in Mount Mui-'ii.
Mount Hood and Mount SI. Helens.
The-e have never been iii eruption
within recent time-. Hut both mulli
and south of the I'litletl Stale- du re
III'.' V cry active eelill t's of V oca llie d is
lurbanee willi which the California
and ( Ireiioti wileanoe-. tliouiih they
lire -uppo-ed to be ewiucl, are con
nected almost uniiiiiT. tlple.lly . Ala-k:i
has a number of vol. au.ie-. the "teal
e-l of whidi i- Mount M. Klia-. The
Aleutian l-latuls are al-o entirely vol
canic, aad there have been a number
of eruption- in llieir area duriii". die
present century.
i ho i-ian.l- join tne volcanoes m
America with those of die (lid World
in Kamtelialka. dapau, the Khillipiiic-.
Ihe Indian Arcltipelaiio and Au-lral-a-'ui.
South o!" the I nitial t,itc-. loo, lie
Ihe "real volcanic lu lls . f Mexi.-o.
Central America and the South Ameri
can Paeilic -lope.
There have been a number of in
stances where 11 volcanic region has
remained dormant and tin- -ub.-r.
raic'iiu forces had become eylinel. ap
parently, for itniiien-e periods of
time: and then, with scarcely a warn
i lit; beyond a I iiuibiiii". ciirih.piak.' or
two. the rlater ha- -ll.l.l.'lllv hr I 0
forth into ai liy ity . overw hcbuiii" tie
coiiulrv for (.'real ili-lau.-e- around
with ruin and death. Tiu-ilwa-willi
Mount Vesuvius, which was ap
parently dead for aue- previous to the
"leal eruption which destroyed Pom
peii and 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 .-1 1 m .
Within the pa-t week of t W o i".
port- have h recei v e.l that the "i. at
I -acred tiiouiiiain of .1 apan. Ku-i vama.
j which ha-exbibiled no si"tis ..f adiv -
1 ity for ov er a celillii y has a:;aiii star:.
I ed in on at. t-riiplioii, caiisiiiu ureal
: consiernati'iii tlirouehoiil all .lapnn.
I With the xainple- in min i il . an-
, not be said delinilely that die v ol, .ni
nes of the Kniti'd Mate- K.i. ilie -lope
( are extinct. The -ubleriaiicaii force
1 are. -till alive, I In h";1i they may sleep
lone;. That Ihe) t-xi-l is proved by
the -ci-lilic di-llirban. es so often r. -polled
from the Paeilic . ..a-l. When
I they w ill break forth terribly nu.i i 11 .
I or whether they ever will do -o, is a
j ipic-lion which nobody can au-wcr. -:
New 'ork Sun.
i A 1 11.lv nml n Ibu I. ir l iulit.
! A ientia l.-Per lo the London Tcle
j;rapli savs; A recent duel bilwceti a
' youii',' lad) and a lne.li. al pt ad il i.mci .
I resiiitiii; in the killer's receiviui; a
w mid in the ai 111 which in. apacital.-.l ,
1 him for furthfi- c.'in'.ai. avi.aiii briny-
forward the of'-di-. ll ed "duel .pie-
ti n" a problem i f iunn. dialt 11-
c, i 11 to society both in thi- coin-try a:.. I
1 1 11 111: ti 1 . Ill llie pic-t lit instance the
. I.i.ly ducli-t had e-poii-cd lb" eau-c of
a Iii. lid, wll", il appear-, believed -he
had 1 all-f t "inpl.till of the c.ciill--;
man. 'Ihelallei vv a- 1: i v en t he 1 hoi, e I
I between a hor-ew hippiini and a sword i
tlllcl. lie prcfciii'd Ihe ilucl. Weill j
'out, and, after ".nllaiilly il.-fendin;;
himself to defensive warfare, was j
, wounded badly cm uli for ihe eti
' counter lo be slopped by the seconds, j
- l-'roui the parli.-ular- thai have
I transpired evert Ihiiij; set-ins to have!
passed oil' in a manner luuhly cre.lila- j
bit! to ali purl ies collect ncd : but many j
people are a-kinn today whether llie j
time has not conic to put such Iciial j
, restrictions 011 siii"le cotnbfits c,eucr- ,
' ally as lo lender them, if not inipo-i-
! ble. at all events much more .iillicult
I llilltl lit pi'fsfl.l. The l.io-l trifiine;
j eiVen.e, a word spoken thouhilessly
1 after dinner, or an insittiilicant breach
1.1 1 1 lipid le is ijuitc siith. lent to In itio;
mi a duel. A sliiirl-iuhte. frietnl of
mine received a ch.illeii".c for in (,
Im wine In an 11. .piainlaiice whom lie
did not 1 L'lii 1 the oppn-ile side
of a crowded -Ir. el. Ate. tin t- friend
wa- crippled for life in a dud oecii--ioired
l.y an 11 11 i in l t mil t , llci fiice of
opinion at a .lit r table. A hnl-
i'lli;e, w I10III-01V t-r il comes 11 III.
inil-l be il. eep'e.l, prov idiil" ihe mall
who send- it is -ati-l'aktion-faliiir
thai is to say, of unhleiui'die.l charac
ter. A cobbler may call out a irlier,
and there i- sure to be a tin. I unies
llie -hoeliiaker has a blot on his tepii
latioti. A re fus I to ad as second to
a friend, unit sumo very special pre
text can be invoked, is in il-ell'a cau-e
for tlncliii";. A man who refu-.es a
.'m l vv iih any iudiv idual admitted to
he saii-fakl'mii-falii;: at once loses hi
position in sii.-ielv , and i- . inked upon
as a eiiw aid. The propoi t ion nf dis
putes f .llowed hv a eh illcii".' that are
amicably nrrnup'il is very -mall, and
coii-e.picntly the number of duels i,
I'orre-pou.liii'rly lai';.'. I:i Au-tria the
-w ord is chielly ii-e.i. lull 111 1 1 lineal v
ihev prefer the pis'ol. and it is very
-ehlom that the i II"' i- ttol fatal to
one ol the t n 1 1 01 1 .1 11 1 s .
Our I'elei'lives.
This world is eelliu"; too -mall to
hold certain kind-ol had people. Two
vears a"o a bank me etieer in New
York stole a paekane of hank notes
woilh fori v -one tin 'ii -mi. I dollars, lie
! nninlv kept ouvvi'h
wort
11-iial f.-r a year, and llieli removed
vv ith hi- stolen iimney to Honduras,
vv here Im liv e I ipiidlv and in miieli
eonli. lence, bc. au-c there is 110 cxtra-
diiion 1 real y between II Inra- and
iln' I iiilctl Stale-: bin all thi- time a
detective wa- -hadowiiii; him. ami
fnui'lv "...l the 1 y from him. and
w ill probably nel lb" man.
Las' year a thief vv as nrie-l.-.l in
South 111eri. a. einbl ; ear after the
i-oniinission of a lobbei v in the Knit. . I
S a'es. There i now a secret under--laii.liii'j
iiiu.ui tne police mil hot it ie-
! and del
over Hie ul'elll-
cr pai l of die ; lobe. Tin y a--i-l one
another in siu li ways a-to lender it
all but iiiipn-sihif for a criminal ! e
cape, into wh ilever part of the earth
he 111:11 0.0.
N'olhiii"; can out.-lrip the ele.lrie
current, which now passes over nearly
all land- and under ti.-ai Iv all -ea-.
W e olleii hear novvail av - of default,
er- ruiiiiiin: away, with or without
their booty , and vv e .1" not nlw ay - hear
of their nrre-l. ( .en.rally . however,
ll.ov an- arn -ted. Ib'.Uli - -I n t itne
lln-v . -'-ape tin- penally due llieir 1 iine
by -urieinlerinv: a iireal pari of their
plunder The -v -1.111 i- not v el per
I'., ted. and it- wotkiii': 1- aiidi.b il
vv Ilh too 111 11. h epen-e The liinei
liot ili-latil when the chief of police in
New York or Co-ton will be able to
arret a 111 111 in An-iralia ju-t a- eai
j N llli,.j .,, ,.)..,,,
j ,. lA, -1, ,.,.(..
a it lie w ere
Youth'- Com.
. , 1 1 . 1 1 .
j
I '
The Sp.in.'f.
.ine of Ihe illtef.'-l illil c X pell nielli -on
the phv-iolo'jy of -p-ili-. - lave
b cu rec.'u'lv made bv I M-. I., udenf. Id.
of lun-bruck. Au-tiia. lie ..p.-rat.-.l
With . -iilllleeu dill'-lelit -.ecie. pu'lillLI
carmine, -larch or milk, in die walcr
of I he a.pl 11 iiliu, and al-o tryiiur the
dlc.-l of various p..i-on tuorphiiie,
-It y.-hiiiiic, etc. The follow in- aie
-onic of hi- ti-iili-: Ab-01 pti'.n of
food doe- ti"l take place at I titer
-iirfa.-e. but in the interior: oiily for.
.in 11 -iib-taiiees ii-ed for buildilli; up
ihe skeleton enter the sp,.),,. with. ml
pa--iiie imo the canal--) -teiu. The
-potiLte contra' I- its pore, yy hen poi-ou
.lie put into the wnlcr: and die act ton
is wry bke that of poisons on tun- Ies
of the hi-th.-l animal-. L-pc. iallv le
tmukable is the clamp of -pmiue-under
-try. liinne: aii'l the lelliniL') 1 1"
ber -1 imiili 1 id sponge
eo.-ain. A- the-e poi-011
er animal-, act indirect I.
clcs thfoiiLth the m i vi s.
w itlmut vv arrant i
. Healed yy ith
, in the Milli
on die unl
it -cfiiis not
llppose '-al
.pout' also b
au-e muscular
if iieiye-c-mtra.
lion.
Hii-incss Neil's W itl.iws.
( Ine day re. eiitly six -islet- in, 1 in
reiini 11 near Philadelphia, the ol.lo-l
eiyhiv -f.uu , thi' v onnne.-l sevcuty
I'our. 1 ivc w ere w idow - : nf the s x.h
the I u-l'iind is livinn. And this sit";-ee-s
-omeiliitie; el-e of similiar i 111
potl. Sonic years ii"o sixteen city
men, all in active life and nil married,
built as many country places in a cer
tain locality. Today only four of tho
-ixleeu tii'-n survive. There- are nine
Ktirv iv in"; wi. lows no widower. If
there is any moral to this story, il
vv"' " ,s wt.nn w
'"-' ; bu-int man's wife rather Ihati
; " hu-ili.-s m.tn'( self. The attention
l!' "loiiucts is inviletl to the
"s"" ''' i-'lmtt'on they imply.
atiin''s les-in.
Oh. yrtliat hve, anil ileein love returiit-d
Is in -nstire .a-t away,
The It 1 ye have never truly learned
Ily Nature's t:ni-'li1 each "lav . ,
I'm-see llielli.vver- that have iirii.'ioils hlnont
In fore-Is l.me nnd far,
Yielilin iin-linte.l larj. ent perfume,
W h. re 11. 'lie In love them are.
They an . lent with nivinj: ; fall ami frf
An I mvally tln v iivi .
Tliej l.mk m. 1 for mvanl: oh: tliusd" e
I iiLived, who ..viiin live!
iimoitors. 1
-Live Its a rest"- ( Ip'illes.
I b'V erneil .slaiionei y I 11 It'd paper.
1- a leli'prapli operator who read by
soiinil an i'iir--i".hlt'. fellow ?
Cotloti may be kin lu its nativo
Soulhlaml. but when it eels into
Noi l hern dry a U stores il is only
prints.
!-: lit 1 1 ( who ha- been eiyeu tineof tint
Ldi-011 pli.'iioiiraphic doll-)--I am so
-leepv . ti'.auinia ! Can't Holly say my
prat er- for me?
1 . p al ,. -ar en. id the liiil.it on. ;
A river -mall. HhhiuIi vv. i ;
i.i-.-.-it 1 a--ar now is ileii'l an. I -ion.-,
Hie liul. icii'- there vt t.
Ae.piaiiiiauct' You -ay your liltbt
-it i- a prodiey ainoiicf thildrenf
Parent 1 is. "In what way?'
"There are several things he can't
lir-t Trunk Say, Sarat"i'i, Km
full, and want lo pi home to 'hieajro.
Lend me a ilolhir, will y ou? S roud
Trunk I W-ollhl. old Sole-leather, but.
yon see I'm si rapped.
Croiioii: What a heavy shower!
Il is rainin:: eats ami tli-j-! Amy
( .piiviii". Iv 1 : W hat kind of tloos
does it rain. Mr. Cron-oii? P.roiis n :
k) e It'l l iel s. pi ob.ibl v.
Maria, ton will pha-e -tart tlnv
him." called out the pat -mi from tli"
stairway at eleven p. 111. .and voting
l Id, who had accompanied the
parson'- .lauebicr bout" from church,
took the hint and If I'l.
Ihnyy 11 inir 11 llerriiirr.
i'oic-i and -t ifii 111 i- iu-l now circii"
laiinu a l''"eii. of the sen, which may
or niav nol be true. loaders uiil-l
ju.le for ih. iii-clv i s. The lee-end is
a follows: Hem-ik I laid of Aalesuntl,
N'orwav. wa a reader and follower of
I larw in. U i-hiii"- to apply hi- theory
of the limit of adaptability of a species
lo il-environment, he procured a lu'i
rinu from a ucihhoi i.i-: fjord ami
earricl it Ii ti i- in a tub of sea water.
II" 1. uew.-'l the waier daily for son 10
lime, and itr.i.lua'l) reduced the tpiaii
til y . with -o little incotiy etiieiice to tho
hen inn that If con. In. led that the till
in eh . in lime. Icon to breath" air
tin. muled with water, like the .-at ami
lie- man.
It nu m . I out as he expected, nil. I
Ihe wale,- wa- tin ail) lutin-.l out of
the tub of the hel l ing, never lo be re
pined, even for l.ilhin. Ilentik
in- t i. tnoved tin li-h fr.'iu it- tub ami
, placed it on the ".round, where it
Mopped al I very awkwardly at tir-t,
but -..on learned to move freclv and
rapidly, lu a lin le vv Idle the licrriii
wa-able to follow ii- nii-ter without
' dilli lilt) , and then ii became hi-constant
C'tuipanioti about the sttccl of
the citv. I'll a ii'ilnin uufoi'lumite
.lav lleiirik had 0. ea-ioti to cross a ile
lai.i.laled bridt:.' which -pami.il all
at 111 of the harbor. The hei riii!.' com
inu graceful ) alone, heedless of tlan
e. r. now and aain -prmiiiiie; at tlin
cpli.'Uera, for which it had ac.piire.l a
special f"lldne--, mi ed il- footing,
slipped throne. It a crack into the water
i bi nt alii and W I- drew 'led.
! lliiliiit-li riaiilall.ui.
j The work of ralheriiief and diyiiiff
' the hit a. h blo--oms i- in full bla-t at.
! the bulia. Ii pialilal ion. say- the Merced
! (Cal.i iar. About one huudied men
j are s. altered tliroii"h the li. l.l-pickine;
I the hlo--oiiis. A- fa-t as they ato
j picked tiny lite stowed .iwav about
' two in. In - deep in wooden boxes, the,
boxc- belli", tw.
si-mire. W uyoi
llnl on.- half feet
lire employed in
haulm", tlie boxes to the di v ine; house.
Probably ii i- called a .Irvine, housn
bfcaii-e it i- aloiiLt-ide of the spot
where the ill v ill": is done. ( 'eilniiily
110 art Hi. i.il heal i needed at the Lu
bach plantation to drv :wi v I hi im at (bin
I itne of the v car.
The sun's ravs c.tne down within
the iii.-. -uie of bie; poplar tree- w ith
a force dint make- it pleasant to stand
from under. The tra)- are allowed to
lie there, the blossoms bciti". stirred up
by a force of men until Ihev, the blos
soms, aie fairly cured Afterward
Ihev are pla. ed on a lat jie plat form
about I"1 feet s.piare, where they re
main until dry . and ill. -ii are M-iil to
Ihe rt'tl ii. lion works, where lin y are
ground inio du-t. This is done by
tneil who are ptoof atiain-t -uee.iUK,
olhcrw f il cnui. 1 mil be d uie al all.
W hether or not it makes Mies and 1110s
ipiitoes slice'! w e don't know, b it it
is certainly the be.-l prey enl ivc in usu
lo keep those insects at a distance. 1