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-''ALL IT EE FOR THE WROHC. OR
THE RIGHT?
As the uutubtritss grains of silvery sand
Form the far out-stretching shore,
As the whispering breeze which the flower
has iauued
Swells out in the tempest's roar,
As the murmuriug brook is lost in the .sea
While it adds its contributing inite
So the moments of time form eternity.
.Shall we make it for darkness, or light?
As each heart-throb tells us how life flow
ou,
As the ul.-e-beut measures its space,
And each tick of the clock marks a moment
gone
Of our vanishing, mortal race,
As each breath we breathe wafts our bark
awjy
Toward the havea beyond our sight,
Sh:ill it anchor in joy or go down in dis
may ?
Shall our freight be the wrong, or the
right?
As showers from glistoniug raindrops are
made
When they fall on the famishing plaius,
As tiie emerald carpets are formed blade by
blade,
Aud the harvest is counted in grains,
As tiny drops blending make vast ocean's
power
As the waves and the billows unite,
So our deeJs make a life as life fills the hour;
Shall it be for the wrong, or the right?
Frank X. Scot I, in Host on Transcript.
A NOVEL DEFENSE.
BV W. THOMSON.
"What has hecome of Toui Grant?"
said the leader of our party as we, one
after auotlwr, roused up after a lon mid
day sleep.
"Goue off, as usual, ou a beetle aud
butterfly hunt, I suppose," replied Tom's
chum, a young fellow named Austin.
"Well, it was a mighty foolish thing
to do in these parts, without his rifle,
and I see he has left that behind. When
did he go?" rejoined the captain.
"Don't know, Cap, but I guess he
never took a snooze at all. I waked up
first of the crowd, aud he was gone
then," Austin somewhat anxiously an
swered. Charlie Blake, whom we had elected
captain of the expedition, out of defer
ence to his longer experience in the
country, turned to the party, with a very
serious expression on his handsome face,
aud said :
. "Boys, it is now two o'clock. We've
been sleeping for over an hour and a
half, and Grant may have been gone all
that time. He is quite unarmed, and
the brakes and thickets about here are
full of jaguars, panthers, palmcats aud
wild-hogs; and, worst of all, the terri
ble tree-boa is by no meaus rare. Most
of these creatures lie close hiddeu during
the heat of the day, but Tom is just as
likely as not to run right into their lairs,
or, by his single presence, tempt some
of them from cover, aud if he does
Well, we had better lose no time in hunt
ing him up."
We were a party of six; five of us
young fellows, from Boston, who had
laiely graduated and were now, before
settling down to the serious business ol
life, spending a few mouths in Brazil, on
a botanizing, entomological and hunting
trip. The sixth man, Charlie Blake,
wars a thirty-year-old New Yorker,
whom we had fortunately run against at
Valverde, where he had been for some
time engaged in trade, and who had very
kindly consented to join us for a week
or two, thus supplying the rather light
headed a much-needed modicum of bal
last. Of late we had made Valverde oui
headquarters, but we were now out on
a tour of exploration, and it was on the
second day after leaving the old town
that we found ourselves, at noon, in that
proiiQe stretch of country which lies
above the junction of aud between the
Tocantins and Hio del Tigre River. A
wonderful land, indeed! whose aruaziug
richness of tropical vegetation, gorgc;
ous bloom of endless flowers, myriad
birds of brilliant plumage and incredi
ble wealth of scarcely less brilliant in
sects, on every side delight the eye; but
whose groves and swamps, dark forests
aud deep grassed plains teem, alls! with
upxious, venomous life, and in the green
scummed waters of whose stagnant la
goons deadly malaria forever iurks.
We had lain down beneath the shadt
of a clump of vine-clad cypress and gum
trees to sleep away the hot noontide
hours, and discovered, only on awaking,
that Tom Grant, a never-tiring eutomol
gist, had disappeared; but had it not
been for Blake's warning words, none of
us would have felt the least misgiving as
to his safety.
Now, however, all were anxious tc
start out at once on the search; and ex
trndir oumta iitfe a lfa?, with a in
terval of about fifty yards between each
two men, we set off up-stream, knowing
that our comrade must have taken that
route, as the rivers' junction lay imme
diately below us.
Every now aud then, as we pushed
laboriously along through the almost im
penetrable woods, one or another of us
discharged a signal shot, in hope ot
hearing an answering hallo; but the
only effect of our tire was to scare from
their hiding-places or drive to deeper
cover hundreds of screaming parrots,
chattering monkeys and a thousand -undone
flying and creeping denizens of the
forest wilds.
No human voice responded to our
summons, and yet we felt assured of be
ing on the right trial, for three several
times we had found half-burnt matches,
and once had picked up a fragment of
drawing-paper which we knew to be
Tom's. We had spent nearly two hours
in going, perhaps, as muy miles, aud
not having lately come across further
signs of our friend, Charlie Blake gave
it as his opinion that, if still alive, he
had lost himself aud was probably wan
dering in a circle somewhere in the
labyrinthine depths, where the sun, his
only guide, could not penetrate.
'And, boys," he concluded, "if we
we do uot find him before nightfall wc
shall never see him in this world."
It was now past four o'clock, and
already the gloom about us was sensibly
deepening, and prowliuo- beasts of Drev
began occasionally to cross our path.
Joe Burke knocked over a slinking wolf
aud Frank Austin brought down a wild
cat from the top of a lofty gum; but
neither of these shots brought hail or
shout from our absent friend.
We were still advancing in a tolerably
straight line, always keeping within
speaking distance of each other, when
suddenly we broke out of the dark for
est into a large, treeless savanna, where
the sun shone gloriously and the rank
grass was breast high. Immediately on
reaching this, Hugh Kimball called out:
"I say, boys, something has passed
here not long ago. Look at this narrow
path where the grass has been parted."
We all hurried to the spot, and Blake
at once said.:
"We're on Tom's track, sure enough I
You see the trail is widest at top, where
as if made by a wild beast crawling
along, it would be widest at the bot
tom." We now fired three shots in rapid suc
cession, aud, after waiting a moment,
were about to shoot again, when Austin
held up his hand with a "Whisht!" and
each one strained his curs to listen. Yes;
there was no mistaking it; far away to
ward the declining sun came a faint hal
loo, once, twice, thrice repeated, and
five lusty throats sent up cheer after
cheer as wo realized the joyful fact that
our comrade was indeed found.
Dashing along, now wading, tearing,
scrambling through the long, wirysteiu3
as best we could, we made our way for
a half-mile, seeing nothing as yet, but
ever more distinctly hearing the same
"Halloo! Halloo! Halloo!" always
promptly answered by our own encour
aging shouts. At last we caught sight
of a broad sombrero aud the shoulders
of a man above the tall herbage, backing
slowly toward us.
"Hush, boys, hush!" cautioned Char
lie Blake, "there's something unusual
here ' and, being now within easy
speaking distance, he softly hailed
Grant, and asked- "What is up, Tom!"
The young fellow never turned his
head, but, while his light arm seemed
to be gently moving up aud down, and
strange, flashing, dazzling gleams ol
blinding light played fitfully be
yond him, answered in a curiously re
strained voice :
"Boys, there's a thundering big jag
uar following me up, not twenty feet
away. I've been standing him off for
the last half-hour by flashing the rays
from my pocket-mirror iu his eyes, but
he's getting used to the game now, and
you've got here just in time. Don't let
us lose him! One of you come slowlj
up straight behind me, and the othei
four sweep around and get in rear of .he
brute, but doa't waste a moment, for he
begins to look mighty ugly."
As we heard Tom's startling explana
tion, a thrill of hardly repressed excite
ment ran through the little party. Frank
Austin, carrying his own and his chum's
rifle, aud the rest of us made a detour
and crept, silently as possible, through
the grass until we reached a point di
rectly in line with the actors in this
singular dram. Then we rose to our
tttt, r4, feifteg em tba tup of iU
rank growth, saw a most curious sight,
indeed. Crouching low and creeping
stealthily along, was a fuli-gTOwn and
beautifully spotted jaguar, while, a few
yards beyond him, Tom, gradually back
ing away, held between his fingers a
common little mirror, such as prospec
tors carry, and, as he faced the sun, con
tinually flashed the reflected rays into
the eyes of the brute, who, on each re
petition of the trick, recoiled iu momen
tary terror, snarling and showing his
great faugs aud then resuming his course
until again checked in the same way.
The hungry, bloodthirsty monster was
go intent upon his expected prey, and, I
suppose, so puzzled by the extraordinary
defense, that he appeared to have eyes
and ears for nothing else, and it wTas
only when our simultaneously raised gun
hammers came into full position with a
shaii) click that he turned his head and
saw us. Then, the spell of his absorb
ing pursuit being broken, he gave a
hoarse, savage cry of rage or fear, and
for one half-second standing at bay,
seemed undecided whether to right or
fly
That instant sealed his fate. Four rides
cracked together, aud each one sent a
heavy conical bullet crashing through his
huge round skull, and, without so much
as a tremor, he sank stone dead to the
ground. With a shout of triumph, we
brushed past the carcass aud rushed over
to Tom, who, now that the fearful ten-s-.ou
was relaxed, had dropped and lit
tle wonder insensible into Frauk Aus
tin's arms. Tom, however, was made of
good stuff nd soon revived, when, after
emptying the contents of two or three
of our water flasks down his parched
throat, he told the story of his unprece
dented adventure in a few words.
"When you fellows lay down to
sleep," said he, "I took my net and set
out for a little hunt, intending to be back
by the time you should awake; but I
met with such success that I went on
aud on to the edge of this savauua, aud
then across it nearly to the further side.
I heard all your shots; but, of course,
you did not hear me shout iu return until
you got into the open.
"I secured lots of rare specimens here,
and had just picked up a fiue scarlet bee
tle, when I noticed, a little way off, a
slowly advaueiug, trembling wave iu the
long grass, as if some monstrous ser
pent were crawling through it. I, at
first, supposed that this really was the
case, and stood carefully watching, pre
pared lor a run. But I very quickly fount!
that retreat was out of the question,
when, in a minute or so, I caught a
glimpse of this daugerous beast's head
as he wormed himselt flat along the
yrouud ; aud I am not ashamed to con
fess that J fairly shook with fright at the
siuht, being, as you know, utterly un
armed. "I had i tad somewhere that beasts of
I .rev will fly at the sound of the human
.'i 'ice; aud so I tried to frighteu Hxls
'jl!ww tAl by a series of wild yelli.
"Perhaps he did not recognize these
as 'human,' at all; but, anyhow, he did
not scare worth a cent. On the contrary,
he crept steadily on until within fifteen
leer, when he humped up his back and
his horrible green eyes glowed like
emerald flames as he evidently made
ready to pounce upon me. I had now
scarcely a hope of escape, but a sort of
merciful numbuess came over my senses,
aud I did not much seem to care.
"It appears almost miraculou3, but at
this moment, in my half unconscious
state, expecting instant death, I hap
pened to think of one of our school-boy
games, and why I hardly knew
jerked this tiny mirror from my vest
pocket, and, standing with my own face
to the sun, flashed the focused light into i
tha jaguar's eyes; aud, to my great de
light aud astonishment, the surprised
brute, at a single bound, sprang fully
twenty feet to one side. Then, finding
that he was uot hurt, he came on again
to be scared time aft:r time in the same
manner. So, for over half an hour, tha
strauge fight was kept up, I, with my
lace always to the sun, backing toward
camp aud he persistently following and
gradually getting more and more bold as
he became accustomed to the trick. I
could plainly see, just as you came up,
that a catastrophe wa3 imminent, and I
have no doubt that, if you had been ten
minutes later, I should have perished .
But all's well that ends well, and we
shall have this magnificent pelt to add
to our collection." Xew York Isljer.
It is claimed that the great Coloraao
plateau, heretofore believed irreclaimable,
can be made arable. This would add
50,0v0,000 acre to the arable area of the
LADIES' COLUMN.
TIED HAIK IX l'ARH.
Says a Paris letter: The oue thing ab
solutely de rigueuris red hair. Blondes
and brunettes seem to have been wiped
off the face oT the earth, so far as Pari
is concerned, and there is hardly a wo
man in a hundred who cannot boast of
locks the shade that Titian loved. A
wonderful preparation is to be had that
works the transformation. It is put on
at night and the head bandaged iu many
folds of cloth. In the inorniug comes
the harrowing moment. The swathing
are removed, but such are the peeular
pioperties of the compound that no one
can tell beforehand whether the hair will
turu out the desired hue or purple or
green. If it is red the color stayi for a
month or two, and if is green nobody
knows what happeus, for the wretched
victim retires to the country, not to be
seen again for at least a year. Chicago
Times.
PASSING OF THE EAKIUXO.
Jewelers state that the earring has
gone into almost complete disuse of late.
Except when intended for souvenirs
they are now not sold at all. Apropos
Ms. French, a St. Louis expert, tells a
Globe-Democrat representative that the
hanging or drop earring went out of
fashion in the eighties, and no city
belles now wear them. Occasion
ally customers will ask fcr them,
but even that is unusual. The small
stud earring is less out of line, and when
petite and without ornament it sets off
an evenicg toilette very pleasantly.
Costly jewels are no longer worn pen
dant from the ears, and those who have
earrings of this kind are getting them
reset as brooches. It used to be said
that having the ears pierced was good
for the eyes, and this idea still prevails
in niaa? countries, though here no one
ever thinks of it now without a laugh.
A NEW BUSINESS FOK WOMEN.
N. G. Heinrichs, of New York, says:
I often wonder why young Americau
women who want to make a little money
do not go into the canary bird business.
In many parts of Germany, particularly
in the Hartz Mountains, women make
hundreds of dollars a year solely on ca
naries. They give up two or three rooms
in the house to them, and iu one room
sometimes have as mauy as 20U cages,
each containing a pair of birds busily
engaged in raising families. The care
of birds requires a good deal of time,
but if properly tended, and so kept
healthy, they will raise two or three
families every summer, and sometimes
tea or fifteen birds are the result of oue
season's hatching from a single pair. As
long as women keep canaries as pets the
demand will continue, for the birds are
delicate and short lived; but a pair of
healthy birds always commands a good
price and the outlay of capital is small,
and for an indoor employment few kinds
of business render more profit on the
size of the investment. Xeio York
yatch.
SCENT FROM A SYRINGE.
"I saw the new process of perfuming
one's self yesterday," said a woman of an
inquiring turn of mind.
"I went into the rooms of a profes
sional beautifier for the purpose. The
thing was very interesting, but there
wa3 one trouble about it. She wanted
to perfume me. Ugh! As if I'd let
anybody inject any sort of stuff, however
swreet, under my skin with a syringe."
"With a syringe?"
"Yes, with a hypodermic syringe.
That's the proper way now of causing
one's person to give out an odor of vio
lets or of roses. The syringe holds just
six drops, and that's a drop for every
day of the week, with enough over to
last for Suuday. You get your perfum
ing done up for seven days at a time,
like your washing."
"Isn't there danger of blcod poison
ing?" "I don't know; they say not; but if
there were I don't suppose some women
would care. When a thing is a fad
there is only one consolation about it
it won't last long. Oh, it scents the
breath also." Netc Yorl lienor hr.
FASHION NOTES.
Heavy Biarritz glove3 are proper and
uncomfortable for outing.
The hat of the hour ha? a lace straw
brim and a chiffon crown.
To wear at the seashore you want a
thin, silver-grey homespun, flecked with
white.
Tho limn colUr U ddw very wide
and has a narrow turned-over edge all
around.
Ir'you put a collar, girdle and culls of
black velvet to your light gingham gowa
have them easily detachable aal not
heavy enough to be hot looking.
The trailing street dress, let it be said
very plainly, is worn iu Paris by tourists
only. The Parisian has shortened her
skirts to a length that is comfortable.
Silk ffloves matching "owns, hose and
I shoes in color are the latest caprice for
evening as well as day wear, and are
imported iuall the delicate tints. Black
silk gloves are stitched with a color for
day wear.
Among the fashion revivals for the
season in Paris is the out-of-door Avear
ing of natural flowers by ladios, either
in the form ot button-holes or sprays.
The ultra chic posy is formed of a few
flowers carelessly pinned on the dress or
Jacket.
Black skirts are worn with colored
waists, and black waists with colored
skirts; black silk shirt waists are always
effective. An innovation in outing gowns,
fcnd one not to be commended unre
servedly, is the use of silk foundation
skirts.
Au odd example of the millinery of
the moment is an exact imitation of the
web of a spider, woven iu the finest
threads of straw. It is trimmed on the
crowu with morning glories shading from
pink to purple. Beneath the brim is a
pink velvet bandeau.
Rotten Logs as Breeders of Hirers.
A newly noticed evil resulting from
mismanagement iu forest affairs has bteu
pointed out in Garden anl Fjrctl by
Professor Feruow. It corner from leav
ing large parts of felled trees on the
giound aud allowing fires tc ruu through
woods, by which the multiplication of
borers aud other mischievous insects is
promoted. A large proportion of the
beetle larva; which iufest living trees
can not exist in a thoroughly healthy and
vigorously growing tree; those larv.-e in
paiticular which are found in the cam
bium layer between the wood ami tho
bark would be drowned iu the sap of
the healthy trees. They are, therefore,
mostly found iu those trees which, for
some reason or other, are less vigorous
or on the road to decay. When a lire
has run through the pine forest, or when
the leaf-destroying caterpillar has rav-
I aged the foliage aud thus reduced t he-
vigor of the trees, these beetles find a
most favorable breeding-place in tho
weakened trees, and their larva? multi
ply rapidly and finish the work of de
struction iu a short time. For this
reason it is often necessary to cut mill
ions of feet of timber or cord-wood at
once, or it will be entirely ruined. The
frequent forest fires and the failure of
the farmer aud lumberman iu disposing
of large parts of the felled trees must be
considered as among the principal
causes of the prevalence in North Amer
ica of these insect borers. The flat
headed borer of the orchards, the oak
pru.ie.', giape borers, a blackberry borer,
the apple-twig borer, and several bark
borers are mentioned as among the in
sects the growth of which is encouraged
by the prevalence of dead timber.
The origin of the word "baccarat" U
irreitly troubling the etymologists.
They cannot dl-cover its root or its
Item.:, and in the most lately published
Euglish dictionary it is frankly put down
as of unknown derivation.
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Absolutely Pure.
A cream of tartar baking powder.
Highest of all in leavening strength.. -oWt.
V. S. Gorrnmint Food fieyort,