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Jt pae jttlft oo. 1 -r .Vs." - - 'i'' 1 knac you lot? worta. :15 Kor wouJ J 1 ueem jou wrour. , - t c tat when aboTe py graTe, Iot, ' I Nrxt year lhagraa rowa strong. . h n lhu aiug that song I lored;lore; Los e, 'Jrfat ode little muj. . r - o irv or aable igaxbi lore; I'l 1. Y.OTU No aigh to break your aong. Urxi when they biO. yotf ainy, lora, And thrilltb Jorona throng. Then aing the aoug 1 loved. 1ot ;.' i i ' Lore Juft one little song. A Sarcasm of Fate; A vf.ry elegant looking-lettcr lay in little Miunie "clsor'a Ihands a letter that bore a iWicious perfume ol rioleta a letter ad Pressed iu a fine" flowing , hand and the en-r vt-Iope of which was stamped with an In tricate monogram, that unless Minnie had known, she could oeTer have deciphered Mrs. Paul St, Eustace CarriscourtV lni- j The irl'a small, pretty hands gTew Ju a trifle cold and trembling as she took up ihe letter to open it, because so much, oh, j much, lepended upon what was in the icttcrj because It either- meant' a new, in dt pendt-nt life, in which she Vould not only ihtu Iht own living, but very materially assist in takinr care of the dear boysoi five sad seven, or it tiooaied her io the old tire u:e nxitine, out of which '. iliunie felt at tildes she niust fly. j . -"A Mrs. Velsor looked p from a stocking hi was darning," and said nothing, seeing the ntrvous clow in 3Iinnie's eyes. ..Then' ith a little, half-desperate laugh, the girl t-re open the thick satin envelope. 4 It's almost like an ice-cold plunge bath, sh. hnmn t mul the short, friendly; note, and from the quick tears that gathered j in her eyes, an tithe sin lies that parted her lips, and the flush that bloomed like fresh n s ou her cheeks,1 it was quite plain that - thtt new wTgoOvLattS. '- . Then she tUshed the letter on the floor and rushed overj to her mother, and kissed htr, laughing nd' crying at the same time. j ' ' . "Oh!, mamma! 3 Mrs. : "Carriscourt has jtfven me the position, and she wants me"to. ctmr iinniedcately tomorrow I Just tfiinkl "Five hundred dollars. a year, and she assurvs roe I must make myself perfect ly at home, in her house ; and she says" I am to have a room .to inyself, - and to eat with Pauline and Pauletta, in the nursery. Oh, mamma, it will be .'just glorious! - Aren't . you glad, delighted r'1; -- T Her blue eyes were dancing, and her , cheeks glowing -like a rose leaf. Mrs. Velsor'si sweet, sad voice was in such odd contrast to her child's eager,' ani . mated tones. j - ' I .. Uow can I.be; delighted to have yob go away from me,' I dear? ! Besides, I am so afraid iyou will hot realize your vivid anti cipations. The Outside world, which seems to you so rose colored and golden, will hot , be what youth I2k.M, , Oh, maniiua, what a Job's comforter you would be !' But how can I help being happy perfectly happy, except being away from ypn-rn ew ork, in a , rnagnificeat house, ''among people of wealth and distinc tion, and with these two sweet children my unly care? Mamma, 1 will Tide with ihem, and I am to make myself perfectly at fiome, . the letter says, and you remember what a charming lady we thought Mrs. Carriscourt whs, when she' was visiting .Doctor Mans field Jast-summer.". . '. Mrs. Velsor sighed softly. It seemed so cruel to pour the.chill water of . disappoint ment on Minnie's bright hopes. "Well, dear perhaps. 1 am growing cynical as I grow older. Certainly you de served a fair fate, and now, to - descend to matters of, , earth earthy suppdse you see if the beans are boiling dry." wiih the smell ; or- frost in :tho air a day when the leaves sailed slowlystately down through the tender, golden atmosphere, and . the hush of .mid October; .was over all the earth and sky, s Minnie. VelsorJ went away from the little cottage where she was born and had lived, I into-the- world waiting to receive her U her girlisb -hopes on glad dest wings, all! her rosiest jdreams Jjursting in fondest realization. L " -J' ' ' ' r' 1 c It was a splendid place,' 'Mrs; Paul bt. Kustace Carriscourt's palatial residence on Fihh avtnue house that seemed to.Min-. ie's fancjr like; a! translated ,blt ; ofi fT Kinr-r 'xcttK tt nrnfiifttrm nf flowers andlace which she had never dreamed and of whose uses she was eauallT ienorant ' -" ,- -l Mrs. Carriscourt reoeivedi her with a cliarming graciousness and f patted heron ihe rfinnidpr jnd .tnld-.her she . hoped sue hnmesiclc. and in- talled her in her beautiful little room, with its pink and drab ingrain caipet and ches- dows. . - I ' -" , 1 ''.- - Thpn Minn mftiA "nie trifling iiul sullj nun Kumiir- eutuuiu v " Uttle alterations in her toilette and proceeded to tak iitpri tmntiivT- nf . MraxCarriscourt a . invitation to make herself at.fionie'in he . PTTt VwvontKnl rtnrlorfl hplowV Where She TliAa (,,mnVW rM nilillnt llttlevPlC-- tures; as she sat nestled , A ,bugo f1?, chair, the Colo.- of the foses on her heeB xd at which Miss CleOna Carrtscoiirvu- toarn- ana MrQeoffrirnelcheH f la uogLUguisSd . 1 miration, as the two entered the room at the farthest entrance. ; , - i aheMiai Oarrisoourt t:he asked. flfaWhe of unuiual interest. I -vi,. i aut r..v vieona a black; ejes looked .luMitterable fJT1 l?nie. to,M-.Carriacburtv.i i, k Her cuttlhgJtkeVS:tYucTlp heard, aa s!m i JUnme, -arho'flushed painfullj-; 'she' rose,' enturing justr-ono glance 'at ' the hauhty utji,if4ce.and,Mr. ;Fletchcra ager, admiring ejcsi whose boldnete. ,8tartletl ber.n -vc-kli j ' ,k j j4, am aorrbUo Lave bade Mich amit rtake.-1'tnontfht tliat Trr!i;c..irt meant that I was to sit here a little while: Please excuse-m ; T will nnt vmftoM.n Her T0i'c wat sweet ' and lust a"' little neTvolis,, and she instantly crossed the rooni;1 followed t)yeieonas cold, t cutting words, PJTC 9e'of ; whbrotight , a sharp Uirill of mortification and paln to ner- . ,!Be carpjfil you make no more such mis takeVgTrt Your place is among the hired help, .and ..not in .tho parlor.- - iie good enough to remeniber ' that. " . , ;1 r "And even Ueoffreyr i-let cher's callous heart itrave thfilf 6f svmDathv at si?lii of khe scarlet pain on the swejt, young face. , fM Unco safe la her room, pobr little Minnie lougUL and conquered her first battle with fate.-'rv: - li' .. I'll not be crushed by mv first exneri- ence,'8he decided, resolutely, an hour or eo afterj-whenahef breast yet heaved with convuhiive, sighs, ."and her, eyes were all jswollen from crying. : I will hot give if. tip-and rusU home to mamma-my first impulse I will endeayer to : construe peo ple less literally, arid keep my place." ' But there came i flush to her cheeks that all her brave philosophising could not con troVat the memory of Cleona Carriscourt's (cool insolence. i . .1 ; . i ,4Td not have spoken so to a dog," Min nie said, as she repressed the, bitter tears that sprang in wounded indignation to her blue eyes. 1 'f ' lAfter ' that there was no shadow of an opportunity given ' : by" Minnie 1 for Mrs. Carriscourt or Cleona to lay any blame to f her charge, i She performed ; her duties as no gover ness had ever performed them, and the. twins progressed to their, mother's complete I aatisfaction. ilihnie never was seen in the rooms of the family, but lived entirely to herself, taking her solitary-little walks when t the day's aaucs.were enuco,: nu uisciuumusr wetBtn into an unconsciously unselfish, brave, f pauem woman. I Her letters home were bright and clieer- If ul---untn one day Mrs. Velsor was horrified to learn that her darling was dangerously; ill, jthat the fever had como suddenly upon her, and that in fear and selfishness, Mrs. Paul St. Eustace Carriscourt had insisted that the raving girl be taken from her house to the hospital. It will kill her to move her," Dr. Leth bridge had remonstrated indimantly. What nonsense, mamma l" Cleona re--torted, looking fiercely at the ph3-sician. 44It will not hurt her to be moved nearly as much as it will for us to keep, her here. She is nolhing but tlie cliildren's governess; she had better die, even, than to risk all our lives any longer. You will please superin tend her removal to-day," she added, im periously, to Dr. Lethbridge. y. - . fie!, looked coldly,, almost furiously at 3Iias Carriscourt's face as she spoke. Then he bowed, "and .answered quietly: - ; ' 4 ' 4I beir fcr-arree wilhvyou. .This poor, suffering .child had - better die; than remain among such inhuman people.' f . : . V . And Dr. Leithbndge personally Buper- In tended Minnie's transfer hot. to the hos pital, but to his own house, where his love ly. white-haired mother and 'his sister opened their hearts to the girl, and, nursed her back to health and strength, and the swiftest hatmihess that ever came to a girl's heart, for Hugh Lethbridge asked, her to bo his wife. - " v And the memory of taoe bnel days was hidden away beneath the glad sunshine pt her beautiful new life, and Minnie in her new home was proud and honored and be- oved as a queen . t The years passed as years nave a men. of passing bringing their-.burdens.of oy and sorrow, and to Hugh Lethbridge and his wife there were only landmarks, of con- ent to markr their flight. , . v Three dear , children had come 10 mc-u. and matron Minnie was even iairer. sweeter than the maiden had been, forhe had been benefitted by the jBt era discipline rA thelvears-wenfbyDr. ltnonug grew famous and rich, until the" were no 5Irt.nr luxuries be was obliged to re- t the home of the children. , Bn 44I remember my su'w" t:-' lipr welL dear,Mumie said , one .day Mr. weu, 4K,r wPrA niscussins the we husband, when they were - .. .... m .Ainnnir nnR 4I feel as if l j any one In r- ZZLut 4r. mv house: 4 And yet an sucn a -Mmitd from mv rki0lookid the great unutterable lovj r And mo lOOK-eu vuo 6 x rHo-R kissed she hadlbr fa m, ana -f ; , , , . in ovMT.mended. .BhaJi, x, ."t1" - cumuli ivw---- j f.miiv Hndiary He says WSSuid was reduced.cuxm!- . - , she has 10 VyCZ'A h a charity, n mother. x. -rr "ot ftlRn look I to par but,' of course y " p j. ; 9Wt? iMb?decisin wasia employ thewid; ! .Ut.th! S' nfidently recommend ow iaay --"- .rd- an interview ed, ana.awv- .nu-.. - ' -,. Faj auangedJ 1 . . f ft TOter.B f 1 ,lt -l?t the servant annpunced to Dr. ternoon that Wf far lady.wished TUibrld'andy.fteJtA whom to see tneinjn tne PTnnand her bearing the Unmistakably traces of - misery And -j sorrow, on her face-r-Cleona Carris cpurtj,., t rr: , t ' - ;-' ' v ;Mmme gave a A little erclamation of' 'as tonishment. ., .. i ;.-. v "Iff it' possible? ' Miss CArrisnm.rt-" :' - U ' She interrupted, quielly: ; . h 1 Mrs. 1 Fletcher Mrs.' (Jeoff rev Fletcher. And you are - little Minnie. Velsor.. I had HO idea I had forgotten Doctor Lethbridge's nQe-i course, I cannot have the posi tion. It would hardly be natural that you should wish to befriend me. " ' ' 1 r t Mrs. ' Fletcher turned toward the door, her pale fao piteous, lier-voice bitter and wailing. - - , . . ' -i . , ; $ - Doctor Lethbridge ' looked ; sternly afte ner cut inmo r shxrt him an apTxliBg Kiance oeiore .she stepped toward the de parting woman. ; ' - ' 'J . "Wait just a moment, : please I so surprised, Mrs. Fletcher. Pray sit down, you are in trouble, and if we can be of any service, I Know5 the doctor will be glad to assist you." . v -iS ,,. . ; . Mrs. iletcher's lips quivered a second, as she turned her . pitiful,, eyes on Minnie's sweet face. . , ; r- - ; "l am in need of work, but I do not ex pect it of you You can only despise me aud hold me in hatred ' and contempt 1 for what I did to you. But that or something else has come home to me.', , f .' I do not hate or desnisa von Mrs. Flptrh- er. God has been too good to me for that ! .4 f Stay I- Doctor Lethbridge will indorse my forgiveness," I am sure, and we ; will make you as happy as We can. ;We- Will forget all that was unpleasant and j start ; Anew Do. stay and teach my little girls, dear Mrs. Fletcher." . ; And Cleona silt down, oyercome with passionate tears, while the doctor, with an indulgent suiile,- and a nod of the head to 3linnie, left the two women alone under the strange circumstances unto which the sarcasm of fate had led theim ,, A Jolly Weddfng. In Central. America is a ; country called Towka, and .without doubt the Towkans, whatever else they may be, are the jolliest people in the world at a wedding. . They appear to be such an ignorant, race as to be unable to keep a record of the age of their children, except in a manner somewhat similar to that adopted by Hobinson-Crusoe with his notched post for an almanac The Towkaus, however, do - not notch their f children. They hang round their necks at birth a strlui: with one bead on, and at the expiration of a year they add another bead, and so on the mam object being seemingly that there maybe no mistake when the young people arrife at a marriageable age. When agirl numbers fifteen -Ibeads she is marriageable, but the young man must pos sess a necklace of twenty before he is reck oned capable of taking on himself so serious a responsibility. But the wed ding feast is the thing. The invited guest3 assemble on what answers to ;our village green, and set in their midst is a canoe, the property of the bridegroom, brimming with palm wine, sweetened with honey, and thickened with crushed plantains. The drinking cups arc calabashe?, which are set floating in the fragrantiiquor, and seated round it, the. comparer fall to a mark of politeness being to drinkout of as many calabashes that.hve been drank out of by somebody else l as possible. It should be mentioned, how ever, to the Towkan's credit that his bride is not'present at this tremendous drinking bout, or rather, boat. , She remains in her parents' hut,.- and. when her intended has finished with the calabashes he taked his whistle of. , bamboo and his tom-f0m, ' which is a hollow htlle log, tied over at each fchd with bits of leather, . and seating himself at the door of the, dwelling. of his parents-in-law . in "prospective, he .cpm cences to bang and tootle sweet music, Un til the heart of the tender creature within is softened and they let him in. ; . Ola lIedala In i-hjladelphla. lajor'i Stiles, recently bought froml a colored laborer, nd placed in his museiun, twbTrare. silver medals, said to haye dug up. by laborers in making excavations, at IS mth and Christian street, Phila. Each inedal.. abput the size of a sil ver dollar, and almbsj, as sharp . and perfect . as When first struck. One of them is the Col. Armstrongs inedal." Col. John Armstrong, with the troops under his (mmand, destroyed the" Indian village of Kittanning, and thecity of Philadelphia awarded him" .k, silver medal.. He altcr wArd rose to the rank of General. The de vice of the medal ia asfollpws C ObveieJ llZZri nrnted as Dmting to a soldier meu io . ; - . -.i. ,0 firin under cover oi a irec, -r. Indian prostrate before hiiri. In the back SSnd are Shown the Indian wigwams m grouuu 1" .Kittannin2 de- bySroeptemb, Lvrse The coat of arms oP the rorooration of Philadelphia consistingjof corpprauou aship four devices, J"IZ enlv bal anced rS the shipVshatof. wheat: and tothelefUwohanasjomsu., fn5 u "The gift of the corporation , of tiX 4phia.- .The, ted bust t11-4?8 f Y.f, Trsfirf F.neland VGeorgius -.F-l-iWrCTR 11.. 1V44JS. o .. . j- . ii Axira ,whitemu -am r tPPA , The . - . mrr u 1 1 11111 n,ii uvt--. . -.. r tiro QTii i imucaiu c v, ' "Vr,n5nn with - the t calumet oi pence, ciatiOD-WM ,(l(,.indian tribes,. :nd "8" W this association' and pre- were. TjTT"0 - Th niedals de- sentcu w . j r n o i in 1 1 i. ua. a r. scnueu . - j &nA are be- EdwartLPmj --;a nr first . made .. . j it;.. hpm amons ,tne to the province of .Pennsylyama, 'Star Flh. . . In attacking smalV mollusia, starfishes uiicu enyeiorrTjne vicpim wuipieieijr, wilu their arms "til) they gt him snugly fixed , in thefaoutli, whri tney relax their rays , and proceed tosuckut'tlie flesy'substarice'ial theft leisMCoiThis isall uitcbmpreKehV sible; but no sou easily understood i's ijthe to such "ah extent 'astd; prove. disastrous' eriefir.ies bf: the'dystermem tamitand'mus-:, eels afeo suffer literally ! 4 'at their hands?" Thea waSi-long recognized before - the modepf attack was comprehended. vYithin law affixing a .severe , penalty updn ttiose who 4,do not tread, under their , ieet or mode by; vh ch they sticceed m destroying large'bivalveslike oystersyetiiheydojhis uthesmclopEpij the aojniraity conrt or f :35ngUu.there41andt maVW stfTfeJan Hd I wasihrow upon the shore'a fish called a five finger, resembling a spurrowed, because that-the fish gets intorthe oyster -when they gape open and suck them out. ' It would have been well if Our own oystermen would have observed this sensible law. Instead of. this, many of . them, and also fishermen, have been m the habit, wheia starnsh were brought up by nets, rakes or dredges," yof tying them up in bundles, and drawing the cord tight enough to cut into the whole pile; and, supppsing that thus they have certainly made an end ,61 , their worthless lives, they throw them . overboard into the water again, not realizinsr that each of the pieces into which they were divided' would in time become a perfect starfish, thereby increasing then own and other poor; fisher men's trouble five tunes possibly. "Where they had at first - say one .thousand enemies e k . 1 4 1 1 4.1 4.1 1 ior ineir oysier uou wey, mrougu ignor ance, have increased them to five thousand: The manner in which the! starfish attacks the oyster is unique in its way. Insteadof inserting a ray and thus drawing -the oyster out, as was formlv believed,?-a. -closer 'ofc servation has evolved the fact that the; star lias a, trick of partiallyprotruding or pout ing out its Own. stomach,- and that (it actu ally thrusts or insinuates this between the edges ot, the bivalve shellv and by the pow er of suction destroys the oyster, consum ing it utterly ins spite of its strongly protect ed condition. ' The query has always been, why. the oyster is not sufficiently sensitive to resist the first approach of its enemy, and the star is. as we know, , very insensible to pain; so that a slight vantage gained at the outset by the assailant would go far toward accounting for the easy victory which it gains over the sluggish bivalve. If anyone has ever watched the careful way, in which a star advances and softly crawls over his prospective dinner, the mystery would "not appear insoluble, even though the victim wair protected by an apparently invulne able calcareous shell. . Origkn of tbe Deert of Sabara. fA M. Largeau in 1874 visited the valley Of the Igharghar, with the intention of branching .off to Iihadamcs to study the commerce of that oasis and test the practi cability of diverting to Algeria the caravans that come there by the central route from Soodan.- He questioned the chambas on the causes of the drying of tbe great Saha ran Btrbams, and found that all agreed in' saying that these dead rivers once ran full through a country more fertile than the Tell (the region north of the Atlas Moun tain's crest), but could only' explain it by legends more interesting than satisfactory; Jf. Largeau gives the following explanation of the changer 'It is known that pastoral 'people have always been f great destroyers of forests, for -they need large spaces pf clear ground to feed the flocks that form their weal th i and to promote security against the, wild beasts, that lurk, in forests. "Even now the Algerian i Arabs are. seen fir ing the woOdsto enlarge the harrow limits imposed npbn "them by 661oni74ttiorr s So, althcH igh the ; great: Saharan ' streams bavef not been explored to thiroyrcesye jjfe. ia known that they commence on the bare plateaux Jthat. are but the skeletons of heights' once wooded and fertile. jAfl , ac counts of .the inhabitants of? these regions agree On that point. " Consequent upon the destruction pi the torests the periodical rains were replaced by rareC ahd? short' thousrh violent1 storms,' the waters' from which, instead of soaking Jh as in past ages, 8lip.by on the rocky masses,; carrying away the rich surface mold, and bring about the drying of the springs, and, a3 a direct con sequence, of he rivers. ' 4 , . ? ! 5 i ' . - i m'"T , ' l ; , "si-1 :v '.' 1 The "."VlaeJlier" on the Train. i i '.-- .s ' !- ,-yy . She was. a beautiful: -girl, vfair as the morning, nanasomejy arrayea, uuxe giuveu Ti&fl that voii would even like to box yourJn.dhiphsjljwJf xi ''w- t.j- ooi,i. wlm made room for her beside him ' ' ... , ... J 4 .- 1 4 knilTliir iwilir Her eyes beamea on mm iu .wij eaualled by his own, herivoice was sweeter T. r 4.1, . otlion alia arvilro than the sons oi iu bucm v to him. She had to .speak to .him,, how could she helo it?" :::..-t- . s'm "ttfr,"she said, .ana tne, music voice nhrilled i the car. 4Siri is tl engaged?'--- S 'A: v' ! Ho imkwl uo ar the yisibn.of 1 1 "nir she saia, u iuc, iuuo; ui bins ncaii glowing cheeks and laughing eyes, marble brow and Clustering curia, auu.uc icicui-,.v,4.... "mashers heart warmed toward the lovely ! . - . ' 4? L!- n nl 4VTVC1 ' eirl, the latest victim pi iuajMawj 'l ' UI1, ceriaiuijr mj .Mf-r"v - bow Wasa gtudy-bf grace for the steam man. 4Oh certanliy not ; you are entirely welcome,' I; shall1 be "only-toa happy ..Ti,, " . rried -'the 5 - charmed -z yicti.fr ''"Mother you can sit here befeide this gentle " And an old -woman, seventy rthree if she was a dav. wish, no teeth and only one .eye, , sTTialt box. a biff band-box in a, bag,, a tireen reticule and an-umtfrella,ktwo paper bags and a piece oi raiauiua iwv, vm rmflTorpfl seat arid setn down" and piled her things into the' young-mans lap. And, the girl, the beautifolcgirl, went and sandy goatee, who was soashful that he HiV.nt. riv a word tOhis com- all the way to Newark, aid blushed tn hia ears every. time' the fat -'passenger- Chlmborazo. Chimbbrazo is inlEcuad6rStMid 'jfaks'as sixth among th lof tiest peaks of the Andes. Ity 'elevation.above the sea was ascertained bjflumbbUit tp be :21,422 feet-.'Os sur- u rises less ifiau.aii,uw ieew . lue iurui t'raountin is that of- oortinlncafedi c&nv, ahd.4tarappearan'lrcm PciflcVL peculiarly grand, i Nearly i . two. hundred niiies distant it resembles an enor mous semi-transparent aome jaenneo. py wi deep azure of the sky; dim; yet top decided lr outline to be mistaken for a'cloitd.'' Its ton i is covered iwith perpetual snow. Its summit has :'- pyobably never been ' reached Dcbre.'-'.Ih Juce.:.I802. Ilumholdt andliia R.ompanidnaaia'Textrao , exertiotja! I -'i- f I... :t . j :4u: about 2,000 feet of that pointTthen believed m 4.1 i ! 1' l i J. 4 ' X to oe uie nignesi elevation ever miaiueu uy man.' Here they planted their instruments r v.:si u upuu a, yarrow xeuge ui ynjiyuyin.iM,.iuvn. which projected from the vast field oV un fatbomed, snow. A, broadj impassable chasm prevented their .further' advance; besides which they felt in the extreme all the usual inconveniences of such high situ ations. They j were ehveloped in thick fogs and in an atmosphere .of the most piercing cold. ' They breathed with difficulty, and blood burst from their eyes, and hps.- In December, ,1831, J. Bf Boussingault as- U;UUCU Mill liJgUCl, X caviling au tisyuvu of 10,695 feet..- av" iSl: ' - I . n ', '.-.'iff .T i.; T ' ' - .,' An Eruption of ' 3f ad. j 'If-. "A downpour of mud bcmred ihI)omin ica,J one of theleewardgrouppf j the) West India islands on the '4th of .January, f , A little after 11 o'clock A:JM:y soon after high mass in the Roman Catholic Cathedral and while divine service; was still going 4 on. m the Anglican and .Wesley an Chapels, all the indications of an approaching' ; thunder storm suddenly 'showed, ; themselvels the atmosphere, which just previously had been cool and pleasant, slight' showers falling since early morning, became at once jhearly stifling hot, the rumbling of distant thunder was: heard, and- the light blue and fleecy. White oi the say turned into a heavy an loweruiff black; soon the thunder peals K came near and loud,, the lightning flashes, of a blue and red color, more frequent and vivid, and the rain, first with a few! heavy .drops, commenced to pour as if thej flood gates oi. neayen were open. , . tn a moment it darkened as if night had come, a; strong nearly ovef-powering smell of 'sulphur an nounced itself, and people, who happened to be xjut in the streets felt the rain drops fallingbn their heads, backs and shoulders hKe showers ot nail stones. . ine cause oi this was to be noted by looking at the spouts from' which the water was rushing like so many cataracts of molten lead, while" the gutters below ran swollen streams of thick gray mud, looking like nothing ever seen in them before. In ; the meantime the Roseau river bad worked itself intqj a state of mad fury, overflowing its banks,! carry ing down rocks andlarge.trees and f threat ening destruction to the bridges over it, and the houses in its neighborhood. W hen the storm ceased it lasted till twelve; midday -the roofs and walls of:. the buildings in town, the street pavements, the doorsteps and pacK yards, were iound covered with a deposit of volcanic debrisj holding together like clay, dark gray in color; and '.in . some places lying more than an inch thick,' with small, shining metallic particles on the sur face, which could easily be ; identified" as iron, pyrites. Scraping up" some of -he stuff it required only a slight examination to de termine its' ;marnconstitueht8-sandsone and maffnesTaT'the, pyrites beiner isllffhtly ulixed,,' and 'silver showing itself Ineyen .-li 4..4. . rri.:. tl a. 4L. Bixutuer. quauuty. u: ,xui -is, m lact, my cbmbosltioh cf the volcanic mud thrown ud "by the eouf rieres at Wattbh Waven' and in the Boiling Lake country, and it is found in gektUon.Aa iw.fll 'in the fake wafer.' The Devil's BilliardT&frtar within.Jialf, a mile pf the Boiling Lake, is composed whblry of this substance, which there - assumes the character of stone in formation. Inquiries instituted recently reveafed.j'the' fact that: except on the southeast, the mud shower had not extended beyond the limits f of -the town. On the northwest, in the.div rection of Fond Colo andnMorne (Daniel, nothing but pure rain water had fallen and neither ixupiere nor, romte ; Miches had felt3 any signs of Tolcamc disturbance.. The direction of the wind during the storm and some time aJter-east to west and south -showed -clearly enough, how the , dust cloud had .traveled, ."but. strange ito say. Shawford, .which lay in the wind f currenV andwMcWnj 1 ntna-hftm'a which runs laterally, looked at one o'clock P.. M., a? if jcbvered.with hoar-- rmak . JTho shins namff -at ancnor uciure . . .i l- the town (southwest were plentifully cov ered with the muoV a smalt sloop sailing in Ihe Martinique channels south of the island received some on itadeck, .At thej village ot Douinere, nowever, iom iuo own a utu end of which One commands i view of Mar tinique over the channel, and at fJie bacH of which are numerous soiiateens auu suuu? sulphur .hiDs, nothing unusual was no.ea, the alum .-ftreani running through fthe vil lage, and which always overflows ' at. the sign of volcamc actn m! me ww havinsr risen ah inch.above its normal level. But what happened at Tointe Mulatre' eni abies us to spot tne iocaieroi yue, erupiiuu.- Pomte Mulatre hes at the fool ot the. range of mountains, oh the top of whichthe boil- ine lake frets and seeths. . n The only outlet of the lake is a-cascaae, wnicn iau iuw - . . . '" . Jl 4" 11 I4 one of the branches or tne : rointe jiuiaiw nvpr : the color and temperature of whiChT Kat onft'time and another, shows' the exist ence 'or otherwise', of volcanic . activity m i the lake country.' We' may ooserve, en nnxxanL that the fall ' Of water from the lake is similar in appearance to the falls on -the sides' of : Roairama V m the. mtenor j oi RriHah .Guiana: vthere V is no contmuous stjeamVbut,the, wate? .overleaps 'iter .basin like a ketUebofling oyerand oom down iri detached cascades from the top. May there not W a' toiling lake on the unap I .- - I proacnabie summit oi uoairamar i ne pue- noriiaTiibted at Pointe Mulatre on Sunday , were '8hnilar ' to' what' we witnessed , in " . Roseau, but with, every feature more strong ly marked.'' The fall of mud was heavier covering all Ihe fields; the atmospheric dis turbance was greater, and the change in. Jhepearance of the running water about th?' place more, surprising. The Pointe Mniatre river suddenly began to run vol- canicjmudand water; then the. mud . pre dominated and almost buned the stream nndar.its Weight, and the odor of sulphur in ,the t air became- positively 9ppresai ve. . Soon4the;fi8h in the.lvater brochet, camoo, hVeyKcrocron)Ullet,idown to the eel, the , tiray fisfci.'the lodie,.the fetar and the dor- ' 4Tnerdied and werertnro"W11 on" the banks. inemuu carrieu uuwu vyt iuc xict u- formed a bank at the mouth which nearly v dams upthftstream and threatens to throw it back pvetthe low lying lands of the Pointe Mulatre'estate The reports from the Laudat section of the Boiling Lake dis- ' tnct are curjpus.-. The Batchelor and Ad miral riveri and the numerous mineral. springs which arise In that part of the island are all runninsr a thick white flood, like - - cream milk.' The face of the entire country, from the Admiral river to the Solfatera plain, " has undergohe some portentous changes, r. . . An Old Time Kenste Scene. Millard Fillmore occupies the conspicuous seat erected for the second officer of the government.' His countenance is open and bland, his chest - fulU, His eye is bright, . blue, , and intelligent;, his hair thick and- slightly gray, nis personal appearance is , Striking; and no one can look at him with out f eehng conscious that he is a man tar above the average. On his right, near the s aisle leading to the' front door, sits Cass, with his arms folded in his lap, as if to hold up his protruding and. superincumbent , ab domen, his sleepy-looking eyes occasionally glancing at the 1 galleries, and then at the crowd: passing in below. Benton sits in his well-known place, .leaning back in his chair, and giving all who desire it a full view of his person. One vacant seat is seen not far off on the same side of the house. A vacant seat in such a crowd excites the attention of 'all. "Whose seat is that?" goes in whispers around, "It is Calhoun's not.well enough to be out yet." Who Is that sitting by Cass?' says one. 4 Fl hat la Buchanan come all the way from home to hear Clay." v " What thln-visaged man i that standing over yonder and constantly moving?7' What, that old skeleton of a man yonder?" "Yes." "That is Ritchie Of the Union. Who is-that walking down the aisle with that uncouth coat and all that hair about his chin? He can't be a , Senator." 44That is Sam Houston.'-' "But . where is Webster? I don't see him." "He is in the Supreme Court, where he has a case to argue to-day. " See Corwin, and Badger, and Berrien, and Dawson, all near Clay; all of them quiet while Clay pursues his writing. ? On the opposite side, Butler, and Fobte, and Clemens, and Douglas. After the passage of the motion of Air. Mangum to proceed to the consideration bf the order, of the day, Mr. Uiay folds his ; papers and. puts them in his desk, arid after the business is' announced, rises gracefully and majestically. Instantaneously there is a general applause, which Mr. Clay seems not to notice. The noise within is heard without, and the great crowd raised such a . shout that Mr. Clay had to pause until the officers went out and cleared all the en trances, and then he began. He spoke on that day, two hours and-fifteen minutes. The speech .1. was . reported in the Globe word for word as he uttered it. I never saw such a report before. His . voice was gbodr hi enunciation clear and distinct,' his action firm, his strength far surpassing my expectation.' He had the riveted gaze of the multitude the whole time. ' When he concluded an immense throng of friends . both men and women, came up to cor grat -ulateand to kiss him. V . . A Fire Woman. ,A good inany of the children in the street were carrying painted iron or stone buckets with a tea-kettle on the top. After pro ceeding some distance up the street. Will and Martin saw some bf them coming out of,; a basement ? doorway, ' still with the buckets in their hands, but clouds of steam were Issuing froa the tea-kettle spout. "What place is that?" asked Will. -- 44Itis the lire-wo man's," said Greta. . "And"; who and I what mat she be! I h3Sfi -hewi cf.fflW.n "She don't live infire,said Greta; 44she rll it. What do the poor people in your country do in summer without a fire-woman? Cbme and look in. I By this time they had reached the place. Over the door was the " Walor en vuur teJuaon. ? It was not necessary for the children to go inside., tThey wuld see the whole apartment through . the wiae-open doorways An old' womanf stood by a stove or great oven,' with a pair or tongs, taaing up. pieces of burning .peat ana aroppmK theminto th buckets of the children, and then filling their tea-kettles with boiling water from great copper tanas on tne bwj vc For this each child paidJier a .uutcn "ccn which is less than half of one of ours. : "I nnderstai d it," said Will, alter tney had stood at the door some-time, amused at the scene. t t 4This save poor people the ex pense of a fire in the summertime, iney send Here tor not water to nme iucu 44Yes," said Greta, "and for the burning peatiwhich cooks the potatoes and the sau-1 sage for their supper," I ' . 4fVhy don't they use coal?" asked Mar- . tin. 'fit is ever so much better." v4tNcv the peat I . answers their purpose muchbetter," said WilL "It burns slowly, and gives out a good deal of heat for a long time." '' t " - . .i ., f'And it smells'jso deUcious," added ' Gretaw - l'tim;-' ''' : '. Love sees as God sees, and with infi nite pardon. u i il t :i : f r i t U ) . ., .v r 'X - .--..
The Chapel Hill Ledger (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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March 27, 1880, edition 1
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