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A Morning (all,
M hr i slu ;llf him rt'ini'iij
f-ho xvi.ie n Kelt li;cl round hot li a 1,
I ItT pipcllil villi. In liiiln.
1 In- fl wiu-im ui hit skirts xvi-ro loin,
lli'i j-I nrs xvciij untied,
lll'l ,j K'kl't XXaitl'll Imttoiis, unit
"I'w.ia net exm-ily clt mi,
And tlirttiili In i- win ii -out sli'ovod iiiifo pkiin
llcl rllmvs i-i.'uhl he seen.
117. "i the ttrtivrt Imn
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l.il.n Ian; I' il -nil-hint- l iv,
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lie i I lllr -.hoes nc di-ct.cl Willi luitvj,
Sllllll' Illl-Itdnw flolMTs llllll;;
Ni :u lit i l !i lltitiit, mill limn In r jnlo
A -.-ni.dl n'tni-linitle Iiun.;.
.1 ' n'a ii suit- thtihj
'I hut ni-viT xel lor conjurer
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J Imn ill. t lining limn rvnl.i il ulnvrnnio
I'ii in de a morning dill.
7,'iii'i7i'iiii .rics.
An Uncommon Proceeding,
"How cull it is growing," said Miss
AViiit, tin) teacher of tliu common
school in the then liri.sk lilllu manu
facturing village ol' shall tick villi', lis
she tietl on her .soft Miiu htitiil, button
ed her warm Manuel cloak, looked at
th window fastenings of the not over
commodious or attractive but snug
schoolroom, loe'icd her desk, and care
fully shut the damper of the airtight
wood s'ove, preparatory to quitting
her domain of labor for the night.
As she picked up her rubber over
shot's ami stooped to draw them over
her shapely kid boot, she cogitated:
Oh, dear! Tommy Howe's red
toes sticking so pathetically through
those old gaping shoes fairly haunt
me. 1 wur.iler if, in all this prosper
ous, busy village, there is no way of
getting that jioor child decently clad.
I must think it over and see what 1
can do about it."
Twenty-four hours later the leading
man of the village, and the owner i f
I he little factory there, who, years be
fore, when a poor boy, h id stranded
down from Vermont to this little
hamlet, eccentric and brusque, but
kind-hearted, keen-eyed, anil observ
ant of all that was going on within
his domain, was walking along the
street and met i. bright eyed ami
sprightly lad of 10 speeding ahead
with that amusing, unconscious, con-
sequential air that a boy carries with
his llrst brand-new pair of limits.
"Old Sam" Wliittier, as this gentle-
man was familiarly called, not by
reason of adv meed age by any means,
but because of his supremacy as tho
mill-owner and employer of all the
help in the hamlet, took in the silua-
Hon at a glance, and called out to the
absorbed child,
"Hullo, yotingstcr! where d'ye get
them fellers?"
"Teacher gave them to me, sir," and
the lad's tattered cap came quickly off,
and lie stood with it in his hand.
"Does she buy boots for all tho boys
In the school?" he growled out.
"lines! not; but she bought .Toe
Mriggs a speller and .Linn Cass an
arithmetic, and shu gives away stacks
of sl.tte -pencils ami paper and ink, and
such things."
"What made her go and buy them
nice boots for you?"
"Mie saitl she wanted to, sir; ami
when I saitl I had no money to pay
her for tht in. she said she'd rather bo
paitl in perfect lessons; ami I will try
ii iv best to pay for tlu-m in that way,
you may be sure, sir."
"I'reliy good .sort of a teacher, is
she, bub?"
"Oli, yes, indeed' I guess she must
be the best teacher that ever lived, sir
she tells us about so many things
that we never knew before; and she
wants us to bn good and honest anil
not tell lies, and she says we shall be
men and women by and by, and she
wants us boys to know something so
we can own factories our own selves
some time. The other teachers we've
bad only hcard our lessons and let us
go, but she's so different!"
"Well, well, bub. I shall have to
think this business over a little. Now
run along, and go to scratchin' over
them 'perfect lesson.0.' 1 don't sup
jioso you'll find a person in Shattnck
ville a hotter judgo of perfect lessons,
or how much they are worth, both to
the teacher and to the scholar, than
Old Sam' Whittier. So, bub, look
lifter your ways, and 1 shall look after
you."
Tho next morning a liltlo note writ
ten in a coarse business hand was
dispatched to the teacher by the hand
of one of the children. It ran as fol
loxvs: "Miss Wait: I have heard of some
rather uncommon proceedings on your
part as a t.'acher toward your scholars.
I would like to inquire of you person
ally as to particulars. Will you do
we the favor to run over tu my house
tli'ectly afte. the close of your school
this afternoon.
"SAMl l-.I. WlllTTIFU."
"What can 1 havn i!oie?" thought
that little teacher. In su h n pet orbed
stu'.u of mind that she i or rue ted John-
ny Pnow's mistake In his multiplies
t ion by telling him seven times nine
was fifty-four. Indeed, she let the
mistake go .so lung that every little
hand belonging to the second primary
class was stretched up in a frenzy of
excitement. "Let me see; what is it
I have done the past week? I switch
ed liobbie linker pretty smartly, to be
sure and I kept Sam Woodruff after
school -and 1 kept Marion Fisk in
from recess fur whispering; but 1 must
keep order. Well, dear me, L havo
tried to do my duty, and I won't wor
ry;" nnti Miss Wait resolutely went
back to "seven times nine," anil so
proceeded in the usual routine.
Hut she ate no dinner that noon,
and hail a decided headache as she
crossed the big bridge over the hill to
the mill-owner's residenco.
"1 shall not back down in anything
where my clear duty and self-respect
are Involved," thought she. "I havo
set up a certain ideal as to what a
teacher of these little common schools
ought to be, and 1 will, Hod and my
mind, good courage and health not
forsaking me, bring myself as near to
it as possrhlo. Moreover, 1 will not
consider, in the premises, who; her tho
cholars aro children of the rich or
j learned, or of the poor or ignorant,
j For the time being Cod has placed in
my care ragged, dirty little wretches
of a factory village, as well as clean,
well-dressed, attractive children."
'(out! evening, good evening,
ma'am," said "( ld Sain" Whit tier, in
his gruff way, meeting the teacher at
the door. "As 1 said in my note to
you, I heard to dav of some rather un-
j common proceedings on your part. 1
saw, ma'am, little Tommy Howo in a
i new pair of boots this morning. Do
' you know how he came by them
j "1 bought them for him, Mr. Whit
j tier," wondering whether the local
; magnate suspected the poor child of
stealing,
j "Oh. you ditl! Are you in the habit
of furnishing your scholars with such
. articles? Was the providing of boots
j a part of your business contract with
; tint committee? If it was, 1 can put
i you iu the way of buying boots at
wholesale in lioston, where I get my
j supply lor lux re."
j "It will ii i iixessary, sir," re-
i plied the te.n I . with dignity. "I
, thank you for your kind otter, how-
j ever."
j "Why did you fi.rnish boots in this
particular cae. if I m ly inquire?"
j "The lad is very poor. His mother
! has her hands full with the smaller
children. Tommy is learning rapidly;
1 tee marks of rare intelligence in him.
i it would be a pity to have him taken
out of school at this time when he is
so much engaged, should ho contin
ue coming clad as he was in such
weather as this he would be ill soon.
I could not take the risk in either
ease."
"Are you able to let your heart get
tht; better of you in this way?"
"I have my wages only." replied the
young woman. Willi dignity,
j "ihen you probably will have to
; ret rem h not a little in your ow n ex
! penses."
. --If 1 do it will harm no one's purse
1 or pride but mv own. In this instance
j it may be the matter of a pair of
; gloves or an ostrich tip with me.
j With him the little act may make ti
! difference that shall be Listing through
j t'me and eternity."
"Von have been attending that
school over to South lladlcy, I hear?"
"Yes, sir."
"Have you been through it, or grad
uated, as they call it?"
"Oh, no; 1 havo attended "but two
terms, lint 1 am fully determined to
complete the course."
"I I mil all right. Miss Wait, you
seem to bo doing some good work
among the children over the river
there. I mil going to think it all
over; but look here -if any more of
those little rascals need boots, let me
know. I shall consider it a privilege
to provide t hem. You know 1 can
obtain them at wholesale ha! ha!"
ami the noxv greatly relieved teacher's
interview with the mill-owner ended.
"If she goes on teaching on and off,
ami then taking a term on and off at
Mount Ilolyuke, she can't graduate
for years," ruminated OKI Sam Whit
tier, as he watched her tripping on
over the hill; "it's ridiculous."
And so it came to pass, when Miss
Wait was paid her small salary at the
end of tho term, she found in the en
velope containing the order on the
town treasurer a check with a slip of
paper pinned to it, reading thus:
"This may bo an uncommon pro
ceeding, but 1 thought it over and
have concluded thai you had better go
right abmg in your studies at South
II ail ley until you graduate. Alter
that, with your pluck and principle,
you will be able to invest in boots or
books, or in any way you see lit.
Very truly yours,
-Smi I I. WlllTTIl;l!."
1 leave this true little sketch with
out comment, it curies :is own lev
son, both to struggling young t.ucMers LAND OF THE ESfJUMAUX.
with hearts and brains, and to pros- j
perens men of affairs, who may lend a borne Trnits or the IVuple in
helping hand to deserving one.'. j tim Arctic notions..
(,'nml's 'Jype. J A oavace Kaco who C;m Draw Maps and
"Oath" says in an article on (it neial j Have Tremendous Appetite
(rant in the Cincinnati Kiiiihi r: In J
the great men of the past we find ; Writing about the F.Mpiimaiix in
mmo of the tvpe of (ienoral (irant. j the New York Tim Lieut. Schwatka
Cromwell ami Wellington suggest noways: "They are rude topographical
resemblance to him either in origin or ! engineers as well as sculptors, and are
temperament. Among modest hemes j extremely good map makers for such
like Admiral De Kuyter he might bu j unkempt savages. Nearly every while
classilicd but for the supreme honors ' ,;,, explorer or other-vise, who has
ho has attained. Jt was told of l-M, visited their country and as.soci.it ed
Hoyttr that on the morning after a j wm, t10m speaks of this trait being
battle of four days a visitor found him j VL,ry r(mspicioiis in them. It seems
sweeping his cabin ami feeding his especially well d-v eloped in the worn
chickens; and "when decoraled with rn, although manv of the men, 'from
honors and titles by every I'rinceof
Kuropo he never In the slightest tle
greo overcame his innate modesty."
Ilolh De Kuyter, who was taken out
of a nipe yaitl, ami (ir.int, out of a
tannery, were sincere republicans,
graduated by a sense of duly that sup-
pressed all restless, vulgar ambition
(irant is the earliest, fruit of that per
fected and simplified republicanism
which was seeded and ripened beyond
the Ohio river. Ho is not only Amer-
icau, i.iu .win-western, rcopie wno . Rre.,t falljh. ,. ra,.e whk.h cil,)S
are seeking in him traces of the old J ,,. Anieri'can Continent. Xoth-
Colonial gentry, like Washington, are ; jM!, so ,,ieased the little ones of the
ignorant of tjjeir country mid its ex- i,,nuits as a pencil and a clean piece
pansion. What Washington but dim- j ()f ,,.,,,,. whi,.,1 U(.y C()llM ,,r.lw
ly conceived the ago and locality of J ., WouM ., Krp
(irant have fully realized- a powerful : iU,.lil, s.,1(iin!, ml,isAn producing
democracy and its home heroes. lie . fearful hieroglyphics, until the sheet
was lorn on the public land, went to h,kni uke ., ,,;Ut,.rr, sheet from a la-land-endowed
Public Schools, and was I ,;,,.' fils.i,)n ,,,:1,,..1i,. The nautical
tho son on both sides of pioneers. Tho
whole machinery of tho l-'odcral Con
stitution and the statutes of tho gov
ernment of tlie North-western Terri
tory hail gone into operation wlu
came upon the stage. No other Presi
dent except Lincoln had been exclu
sively Western grown, and Lincoln
was born in Kentucky, though of
Pennsylvania descent.
(i rant's stock is Puritan and Penn
sylvauian. He is of I'.nglish Puritan
stock, which came to this country in
li':!", ten- years after the Pilgrim
Fathers.
New Theories Alnul Failing.
Dr. I;. M, J lodges, once read a paper
lief ore the lioslon .Society for Medical
Improvement, in which he touched on
this question upon which doctors disa
gree, ami said: "It is a common im
pression that Intake food immediately
before going to bed and to sleep is un- ;
wise. Such a suggestion is answered
by a reminder that the instinct of ani- j
mals prompts them to sleep as soon as j
they have eaten: and in summer an
after-dinner nap. especially when that :
meal is taken al mid-day, is a luxury i
indulged in by many. If the ordinary
hour of the evening meal is six or
seven o'clock, ami of the first mo.ning 1
meal 7 or 8 o'clock, an interval of
twelve hours, or more, (lapses with
out food, and for persons whose nutri
tion is at fault this is altogether too
long a period of fasting. '1 hat such
au interval without loud is permitted
explains many a restless night, ami
much of the bead ami backache, ami
the languid, half-rested condition mi
rising, which is accompanied by no'
appetite for breakfast. This meal it
self often dissipates these sensations.
It is, t her fore, desirable, if not cs-en-
ti.il, when nutriment is to he crowded, !
that the last thing before going to bed j
should be tho taking of food. Sleep-
lessness is often caused by starvation, I
and a tumbler of milk, if drunk in the 1
middle of the night, will often nut
n
people to sleep when hypnotics would
fail of their purpose. Food before ris
ing is equally important and expedient.
It supplies strength for bathing and
dressing, laborious ami wearisome
tasks for tho underfed, and is a better
morning -pick-mo-up' than any
tonic' "
A Trick in the Coffee Trade.
New methods of imposing upon the
trade are continually being discovered.
Factitious strength is given to some
things by tho addition of strong acid;
low grades are being mixed xvith high
grades, anil imitations of popular
names are very common. I he last enormous appetite, an Ksquimau hoy,
new dodge is in the coffee trade, supplied by ( apt. Perry, of the royal
Kvery buyer likes to have a glossy navy, while wintering among them,
bean, but of course as the beans grow 1 devoured in one day over In pounds
oltl a part of this glossiness disappears, of solid food and drank of tea, collee,
and the purchaser can tell that what ii anil water over a gallon anil a half,
shown him has been gathered a long A man of the same tribe, (one of
time. Modern ingenuity cannot thus , those not far from North Hudson Hay,
be put to fault. Tho coffee beans of i where 1 wintered,) ate 10 pounds of
an old stock are placed in a revolving 1 solid material, which included a couple
cylinder with a fexv -drops of cotton- ! of candles, and drank of various liq
seed oil, and the cylinder is then set in ' uids a gallon and a half, and these
motion. The small quantity of oil thus people were only about 1 to 1' feet in
introduced restores the collee to its or- ' height. I might give some instances
iginal appearence, and the manipulator in my own party, but being a practi
can sell his consignment for a cent cal convert to tho theory of the neces
inore a pound than he could the day sity of considerable food in that cli
beforp. The frail 1 can be detected by mate I shall desist,
putting a number of beans into a cof- The Fsqtiimaux have often been ac
fee cup and filling it with water. In a ' cused of eating tainted meat. This is
few minutts there will bo a lilm of nil I true to a limited extent. The fat
on the surface. Cow. Lnuinr.
I their greater amount of journey'ngs
I over ar.d around a country, are often
' in a position to make more accurate
I drawings in the details or particular
I places. 1 have hail several occasions
I to use them as man makers, and find
j rlll(. ,litL, ..,.ratP( g,i
rnough at least to enable me to recog
nize the places I was trying to make
out. Thesti propen-dtics for drawing
and carving have often been utilized
bv ethnologists to show the origin of
almanacs an I books of tallies for the
party were profusely ornamented xvith
these rudo drawings, and tho more im
portant records only escaped a similar
fate by being kept under lock anil key
when not used by us.
The ornamental displays in the sew-
I ing of I he women are those which are
conlined to the limited varieties ol
colors to be found on the seal and
reindeer. The fur of the latter in its
prime is in the darkest-colored ani
mais quite a glossy black on the back,
the flanks and belly being white, and
between these extremes every shade
of gray can be found. The skin of
the former is tanned in two ways, one
of which makes it black, tho other a
dirty white, and their Dost sewers
combine these furs and skins in de
signs often quite intricate, anil not
without pleasing effect. None of the
men or boys know much about sew ing,
although I doubt if like other savages
they consider it degrading, in so many
things do they assist their women
with. their work. As a war party is
wholly iiiiknouu among them, and
these are the only kinds of parties
I among most savages una-companied
I by women, it is seldom that the In
! units have not their footgear in the
very be.-t condition, and somebody al
xvays xvith them to keep it so should
it get otherwise. ,
ine of t he dut it's of the F.squiinau
women is to chew the linles ol the
tinli-ju'.li (great seal) that are intended
for Hie soles ami footcovenng of th-i
sealskin boots, this process rendering
them more nearly waterproof, ami
they may be seen thus engaged in
almost every tent or snoxvhoii.se. lSy
the time they are old crones and too
weak from age to i hew on the sole
leallier any lunger, their teeth are
worn down almost to their gums xvith
the constant attrit.on. They will
often do this labor as a pastime while
employed al some other work which
urilv t-Pn II i lltiiilll ll.ill' the ill t en t inn
i ,. . , , , .
'llllil the IIS0 lit nlle 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 :is f'linkllii.
j leaving tho other hand free to roll the
j great bolus of seal leather around in
the mouth, thai keeps opening ami
j shutting all diiy xvi'h the regularity of
a w i lull 1 1 ill pump, and with just such
spasmodic variations, according to the
; intensity of the mental xx ind.
It would hardly do for one to imag
ine that an Ksquimau could tin! his
jaws xvith wagging them, so constant
ly do soma of them keep them going
in eating their almost continual lunch
es of raw froen meat and hot tidbits
from the stone kettle hanging over the
stono lamp. As an example of their
, i s of seal and walrus are stored
away in tho .Summer fur future us?,
and this fat is a true preservative,
j never allowing the meat to go beyond
I rancidity, that is to putrefaction, and
I no more in that state than is caviar,
I ami some kinds of game and cheese,
i All the lean meats, such a reindeer
I or musk oxen, are generally dispose I
! of immediately in the warm Summer
j and only put in caches alter freezing
i weather has come on. The general
I impression of people is that they
drink oil (rendered from fats ) of all
'. kinds almost a copiously as we drink
water, and yet 1 have seldom seen
them do this, and understand thai it
is only done to avert starvation, except
i salmon oil. 1 doubt if they use as
j much oil as sumo civilized nations.
: In the shape of huge chunks of blub
ber from the whale, seal, or walrus,
i they consume enormous quantities,
but to drink it in the pure state, or to
even use il as a dressing for any oilier
cooking, is very rare indeed. The
Ksqiiimaux in and around ih- month
of lilack's (ireai Fish Hivcr catch
quantities of fat salmon, and a great
deal of oil is obtained from these fat
fish. This oil I have seen tin in drink
and have soured It myself. About
; the middle of December, I To in our
midwinter sledge jonraey from the
Arctic Se.i to Hudson liay. uur supply
of twiil win (reindeer fal ran very
low. and so did the thermometer, and
we noticed the disappearance of our
fatty food very conspicuously in the
greater effort that was necessary to
keep warm. Alter mailers had been
.running this way two or three days,
one of my Iuiiuit slcdgciucii came to
nit: and show cd me a couple of recep
tacles, being reindeer bladders, each
holding nearly a quart of . salmon oil,
and poured me out a gill of the stuff
from one, which he told nm to drink
to drive a way the cold. My repug
nance for the odor 1 soon overcame,
knowing the usual after effect, and I
downed the dovasan old toper would
his morning drink, but xvith a horrible
grimace. I might add that the effect
of warmth, a pleasant glow all over
the hotly, was apparent about as soon
as if I hail taken that amount of alco
hol, although one xvoiild imagine that
the oil would have to digest a rding
to known laws of assimilation before
producing warmth, several times af
terward I repeated the agreeable dose,
ami always found the same effect of
g'Hiial warmth.
(rant's I'eruli u Mc.
In battle or in command he wore a
blue blouse and no sword, a plain
slouch hat, dark trousers, and top
boots. Kven his horse equipments
did not indicate his rank. When he
went to Kuropo in 1STS he was com
pelled to buy a new uniform, as his
old one was worn mil. lie bought
but three while general of Hie army.
At table ho ate but litlle, and lli.d ol
tho plainest, and in the hitler years of
his life used no wine. As an escort,
for ladies, the assurance of one ol the
brightest ami most lovely women who
has graced Washington social lilc.lh.it
"(ieneral (irant was the most accept a-
ble of all the escorts she bad ever h id
at dinner," is warrant enough for tho
statement that he xxas a gentleman in
social life ami at the table, lie xxas
entirely a moral man, never using
prol.ine language, ami ha I a contempt
for vice and immoral men. He xxas
fond of children and they id him- be
cause of positive evidences ol liellBVo
lcnce of loth head and heart. He
stootl fatigue readily, and c mid go
without food or sleep lor a long time.
On horseback he sat easily and rodo
with gr.ve as West. Point men usual
ly do. Ho had a keen memory for
those who abused him, either by
speech or in the press, and never for
got them. Ho hated and liked with
manly vigor. He had one old-timo
I virtue, fast becoming obsolete, devel
oped in the highest be liked bis
friends and would stand by them.
I'liihiilt liliin I'nss.
Mexican Policeman.
The police system of the city of
Mexico bents anything in America.
A Mexican policeman is a strong, line
looking young man, xvearing a military
uniform anil openly displaying a six
shooter. He does not. spend his tune
walking the sidewalk, lust to sight in
a crowd of people. His heat is the
, middle of the street, where ho can set
1 ami be seen. He does not dodge ve
hicles, but makes them dodge him.
No nonsense is tolerated, and the po
lice rather cnji.y a row. They keep
splendid order - Wlnihn-i lnjii-tir.
I
I So Near ami Vet so fur.
I iHihiti lUnlr "Melintla.how did you
I iiko my serenade last night ?"
Mi lhnln" didn't like your posi
tion." "My position ? My attitude, you
mean."
"No, your position. You xveren't
I far enough away for me not to hear
; you, and you weren't close enough
! for me to scald vou." Call.
HOME OF THE ELEPHANT.
Interesting Description of the
IslHnd of Ceylon.
A Mountainous Country with a Steadily
Increasing Population.
Tho island of Ceylon is 70 inib s In
length, 150 in breadth, and very
mountainous near the center, (here
being mountains ranging between
;i,oiln and 7,1)1 M) feet high, ten of which
are above the bitter limit. Tho high
est is Pidurutalago, S.lI'.Mi feet. Large
tracts of the island aro still covered
with dense jungle, in which many
wild elephants arc to be found; but the
wanton slaughter of these useful ani
mals led tiie governmenl to prohibit
their destruction except under special
permission. Of late there havo been
great progress and improvements in
the means of internal communication.
There aro good roadxvays, metaled and
graveled, ami noxv IT miles of rail
way ami Pi7 inilciof canal, which have
done much to promote the interests of
(lie country. The population has been
steadily increasing, and noxx it numbers
J.s-.in mm, Therearc Kuropi ans, Kura
sians, and lsurghcrs, Sinhalese. Tamils,
Moors, and a tew Parsees, Alghans.Ma
lays, anil others. The Sinhalese inhabit
theinterior and pails ol (lie coast, ami
comprise nearly J.m union ,,f the peo
pie, xx Idle the Tamils occupy the north
ern portion of the island, and number
about t'liin.iiiiii. The i'.uropeans are
comparalixely fexv in number, being
under fi.ni.'i); but of Kurasians and
liurghers there are nearly Js.imiii.
There are 11 ,"" Moormen, xx ho are
to lit; found iu large numbers all over
the different provinces. 'I he postal
service throughout tlie island is in a
very satisfactory state. Scarce a town
or village but boasts of a post oiliee,
ami ere long they are to have added
to them tho all-important savings
bank, which tloe-i so much to iniluence
thrift and economy. I he island has
many institutions for the sick and the
diseased in body and mind, and in
education the people are far in ad
vance of their northern neighbors.
Knirlish is pretty generally spoken,
and particularly a ng the domestic
class. The products of the country
are very varied, and consist of rice,
cinnamon, coeoanut, paints, tobacco,
sugarcane, ami cotton, and bitterly
coffee, cinchona, india rubber, and tea
have been added. The land is aduiira
bly adapted for the gioxvtli of rice.
Tho cultivation til t units has been
gradually increasing, ami, though a
large quantity is exported, a largo
trade is done in the coir liber from tho
husk and in expressed oil Irom the
nut. The cultivation extends nearly
all along the west part ol Hie island.
The great planting industry, boxvever,
is now collet' and tea. For many
years, timing the orciipation of tllt
Dutch iu 1V4". the cultivation ol cof
lee was oi.nmicd to the low-lying
country, hut il. aiiot until the oc
cupation by Ho' llrilish, xxlu ii eomiiiu
nii alion bet ween Hi'- hill tountry and
lhecoa-t was made, that it .gin to
lloiirish, and since then it has lieen
gradually extending all over the ten
tiai i ii-1 wc-ieru provinces. I'ho
opening "I I be rail xx ay bet with Kail
tly and i o,,iul did much to stimulate
Ho-industry by supplying heap free
labor and greater facilities lor the
market. Large quantities of jungle
were cleared an I planted, and every
thing seemed to insure a permanent
good investment, hut an em my ap
peared in the field who beitan his
devastation and has continued steadi
ly to dimmish the productive power
ever since till lie has reduced the ex
ports to less than a lifth of what they
were. Tho enemy is a ininut" fungus
on the leaf. II appeared in a remote
corner td one ol I he young collee dis
tricts ami spread with the greatest
rapidity all over the entice gardens.
The leaves assumed a bright orange
spot, ami then they withered and de
cayed. Tho consequences of such a
failure, following on the investment
of a number of planters in the high
districts, lcil to the most serious con
sequences and ruin. These losses
convinced many that the climate ami
character ol the soil were admirably
adapted for the cultivation of tea. ami
tho result has heen that thousands ot
acres under collie cultivation have
noxv been (hanged to tea. and the
jungle is being cleared for the exten
sion of the cultivation of the plant. -aiiistmr
Hi mill.
A Texas I.niiillnily.
Mrs. Flayjack (to fat bo,,rder):
"How long will you be absent from
Austin ?"
Hoarder --"Why, I'm not going to
leave town."
Mrs. Flapjack "Will you lie here to
supper tonight?"
Hoarder "Yes, mum."
Mrs. Flapjack- "Then why don't
you wait till then for a second cup ol
coffee?" - I'livs biftinjx.
Hope.
ptoi tn ovei hunting
Dal Kens tho (iluiii!
Jt-uct- mod tlimutil
Itimluua tho bruin.
'i lie wind (hut puanoi
live! tho mitt sll
Sounds in th kiussis
Milieu nnti lntLsIi.
Ilouii linn' the duikiir-ua
t titlini; its tviiy,
l.ii'iiins fioni the heavens
line binlii my.
'J'ht-M! hi tho (etniest,
I hietil) nnl xvith Illicit,
I III' (ltll'le lloxver
Sp.nkles Willi lihl'
Iln hml I.. Jliiir nn in thr Current.
Ill MOKOFS.
looking and lying are tho lisher
man's crying sins,
A cyclone is like a waiter. It car
ries everything before it.
Tho bird family must havo a jolly
time Hoy have so many larks.
The burglar, like his friend the phi
losopher, "lakes everything as it
come-."
"I I where tloes beauty linger?" de
manded a (junker City poetess. Asa
usual I hing. she lingers in tho parlor
until lu r mother has cleaned up tho
kitchen.
( if the seven successful candidates
lor the Presidency during tho past
txveuty -eight years live are ilea I, while
of the seven unsuccessful aspirants
live art alive.
There's a fanner bov in Ohio, who
has the making of a "funny man" iu
him. lie recently wrote an ode to tho
dead mother of his pet laud', and
called it ii Kxvc logy."
A witty paragrapher has relieved
his mind by saying that "Miss Liber
ty" will not be lonesome way down
on Hotline's island: .-he will be out
with the "buoys," you know.
In Kentucky a bolt of lightning cut
the rope by which a mule was tied
without scorching a hair. Lightning
takes terrible risks sometimes; but
tSis was the most fo ilhardy thing tho
electric lluid ever tlid. Next limu it
mav not got. oil so ea.-iilv.
Ciiitciic) of the Ciinnih.'l Mantis.
Mr. Waller Come has described
some, curious moneys of the New He
brides ami the Solomon Islands. On
one of the islands he noticed a neatly
kept house, which he xx as told was tho
money hnuso. Filtering it, be found
a number of mats hanging from tho
roof, beneath which a lire was con
stantly kept up, under tho effect of
whuh they became covered with a
black glistening coating ami adorned
Willi festoons of soot, it xxas a man's
business to keep the lire always burn
ing, mi l so b-w as not to scorch tho
ma's. A well-colored mat is worth
about as unit b as a well-grown v igo
rotis boar, This is tlm strangest of
all Kinds of money, for it must never
he taken from the money house, even
xx hen the tit lo is transferred from unit
exx nor to another. The inhabitants of
S.int.i Cruz Island use for in-mey,
r-.pe-emls. alioiil an inch Unci., and
ornamented with a st arlet font hers,
which are worn about the waist, i'ho
traxeler could not obtain new coins of
of this kind, but found them current,
everywhere. The specimens lie bought
were already c'.-J, and the Icat tiers
I grown dingy. The money of the Sol-
onion Islands consists of neatly work-
e l pieces of shell of about the size of
jour sliirt-hutttiiis. They are strung
j on strings about four yards b-ng, ami
I are distinguished under the names of
' rod and white money. Dog teeth are
id higher value, and comparable to
our gold coins. They are usually
worn on a string around the neck.
Mr. Coot e saw a necklace oi this kind
that xxas valued at about one hundred
dollars. Marble rings are also worn
on tho breast for ornaments, and as
valuable money.
The Man with the Camellia.
"L'lloinine au Caiuellie" ('i'ho Man
with the. Camellia) is the heading a
French paper gave lately to a sketch of
one of the many original figures to be
seen mi the Parisian boulevard.
Though invariably clad in the shab
biest attire for excellent reasons tho
imlix itlual in question is never without
a uiaguuict nt white camellia at his but
ton hole. A v ear or two ago he hail, it
seems, a rare run of luck at the green
table, and with eccentric prudence, he
determined to ensure, in tho season of
his priority, that, whatever priva
tion the turn of fortune's wheel might
bring with it, ho should never want
for his favorite flower. He asked his
thin-Mi one day accordingly what sum
she would take to supply bin. with a
white camellia every day ft the rest of
his life. The amount fixed upon a
very considerable one, as may be sup
posed w as paitl on the tipot, anil noxv
the ruined gamester struts daily along
the asphalt, rejoicing in the possession
of a camellia worth rather more than
the coat it adorns.
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