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An I Imiii to emlti's thi-i
t list of hrnveii tliev lien
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Waiting and Winning,
"It don't matter so much now,
grandma," said Aileen, drying the
tears that had sparkled on her cheeks
like dew-drops on a rose. "Of cours,
it is very silly for me to cry, but I
1 mldn't help it. pist at first."
"Hut what is the matter, my pet V"
said old Mrs. Harrington, hoothingly.
she had fouiil Aileen coiled up in
the deep embrasure of the window
where the winter sunset was strained
through in deep hues ol crimson and
amber, cry lit;; bitterly.
The Harrington family were amid
tioiis people. I hey had come t Yir
gmi and purchased, at a merely tiom
111.1I price, the tine old mansion that
had once belonged to a luvurions plant
er, long since dead. Mr. Harrington,
whnhad been contented to raise hum
hie corn mid pumpkins in the valley of
the Connect nut. Hiver, now devoted
himself to the more ansbvrai ic ciop
of tobacco.
Mrs. Harrington, who had boon a
notable Yankee housekeeper, hired
two noun women to do the hoiisewoi k.
and cultivated society; and I lie three
Misses Harrington forg.it the days of
factory work and hoiie-d district school
teaching in the gentilities of "Valley
I. awn."
The old lady alone remained true to
tier colors.
"All ibis is cry line," said she, "but
I don't see what is to be gained by it.
lUn'l losin' money, 11s trim us you're
born!"
"Money isn't everything, grandma,'
said her laughter-in law, tartly
"Humph!" said the old lady.
And when Alli en, theorphau cousin,
came down from the New Kngland
hills, grandma was the only one who
really welcomed her
" There me thicc of us already," said
Sehiia Hariiugton, grudgingly.
"W hy couldn't slm have been a boy,
so as to help pa with the plantation V"
said Norma
"What do we want of any more
HirlsV" sighed .liianita, whse baptis
nuil name had been "Judith "
"Ain't no use of grow Im' about it,"
said ' I'a," w ho could not be made an
elegant gentleni in, let t he family vnr
nish aii'l veneer as ihey pleased.
"Here she is, and here she's gut to
stay. I don't want her no uiore'u you
do; but. she ain't got no I riends to gn
to, sa w hat ye goin' to do about it ?"
Aileen was pretty too, in her shy,
wi.d daisy way, with big blue black
eyes, reddish brown hair and a ilch Ti
taiusiUi' complexion. The Misses
Hiiriugtoii were imf pieity. This
was another obpitiou, all hough it
was not generally dc-cussed, and
Aileen soon knew, by um.ih 1, that the
old grandui 'tlier 'vas her only friend
in all the lug, dreary lioii-e
A thir l matter of offense, cropped
mt on All Hallow I'.'en. when Aileen :
wen' out. Into the woods to gather
hickory nuts to burn in the liresido
Perhaps it was not her fault that
Mr. Mailer's vicious bull pimped
through the tumble down fence and
lngliten.-d hfr nearly out of h. r wits;
and she ws doubtless not personally
respoiisilde for the fact t h t Captain
liiilany chanced to be passing, and
rescued In r li om the big horned ene-
my with prompt gallantry.
"He whh so very kind'" said Aileen,
wistfully. "lo you think, grandma,
that I ought to tell my aunt ar.d Hie
girls that he walks with me when I go :
to the post oiliee? or that he gave me
them beautiful, dc -p blue asters that
they thought found in tho cop-e? or
that it was V discovered the Idif
bunch of n.'stletoe in (ircenoiigh's
woodsy"
' Well, not unless they ask yon,"
said rd Mrs. Harrington, shrugging
her Khi.ulders
For she had heard her three grand
ilaeghlers discu-sing the lu!any iiues-
tion with some acrimony.
"I'm the eldest." Selm.i had said,
t, lit, "and I ought to have the first
chance. If any of us is to rail w ith
1. m at Pulany Beeches, il shsil! !"
"You lwy were a sr'.iinh thing!" j
said Norma. "Captain Pulany's moth- "Oh, certainly!" said grandma, smil
it lias h largo library, and you know j ing.
vrry well that I'm literary." And Aileen distributed handloless
"I'm the youngest, and 1 don't see cups and bountiful sliot'H if gulden
why I should he poked iu'o a corner I brown corn cake. yet. steaming from
always." pouted Miss.luanita .hidith.
Hut Selina. by strength of years and
I tongue, had carried her point.
So when New Year's lay approach
ed, and Aileen timidly consulted Aunt
Harrington as to wh it she. should
wear, that matron opened her large,
light eyes with counterfeited ninue-
meiit.
"You. child?" said she. "Why,
you're not to come in at all! The girls
don't want a whole drove in the par
lor. Three, women are (pule enough.
And you're so young, you know,"
"I'm seventeen, aunt!" faltered
Aileen.
'Two or three vcurs hence will do
very well for ...."' said tho relentless
elder. "Try and put such silly non-
sense out of your head!"
And this was whv Allien was cry
ing, j 11 n Inaudible chuckle of glee.
Old Mr. Harrington under, tood It 1 I. iter In the evening the gentlemen
tl'l very well. Mie had been young went up to tho house, where stood the
otne. Mie saw the folly of interfcr- three Misses Harrington in n slmper
cnci' in this particular case, however. : ing row.
"Kin'l's wife likes her own way."
said she. "Mie ain't pleasant if she
thinks any one is meddlm'. I'lliell
vnu what Aileen you and I'll go out
to the big chamber over the stun barn,
and get Pomp lo build us up a real
good lire of pine los in tho old chim
I'lv. There's a e irpet loom there and
a spinniu'-w heel and ail the lixin's
and I'll show you how I used to spin
flax when I was a gal. and weave rag
carpet."
"Will Jon" said Aileen, with
brightening eyes, '( Hi, grandma, how
very, very nice that will be! And can
I roast chestnuts an I apples In the
ashes and will you tell me about
your sailor-lover that was drowned bo
fore you ever saw my Craudfat her
Harrington ?"
"Yes," said the old lady "vis'
We'll hev our New Y ear's by our
seivei me and you, child."
So Aileen put away the pretty, little,
blue merino gown tha she had re
trimiucil tor New Yeai's I lay, and
donned instead the brown Merriiuac
calico that ma le her l" 'k like a robin
redbreast; and just about the time
that her three cousins were 'Uarreling
lor the posession of the I Iggost dress
ing glass to "do" their hair, she and
her g.aiidmotlier were adjusting the
ancient spinning wheel in the stone
burn chamber, and piling woo 1 in the
cavernous recess of the huge lireplace.
I hey had a very pleasant New Year's
Pay, after all, though the tears came
to Adeen's blue eves 0:100 or twice,
when the cairiages rolled by over the
hard f 1 o.'en road toward tho house.
And at dusk she lighted the cheer-
fill camlles, and s it down to prepare
Ki.iiniin.l s suj'jier, Willi
cakes, baked in the hot.
I'csli corn
embers, ao
cording to the recipe of Aunt Felicia,
the colored cook, fragrant coffee, and
sweet apples, roasted, and eaten with
cream.
Hut Captain Mul.iny. riding his
Morgan horse. Hotspur, t (iron h I he
pine woods, drew rein close by the okl
stone barn, whence he had not seen
the red lights gleam ng out for
ten years.
"What can it ho?" he asked him
self. "We children used to play at
ghost up thereof an autumn evening,
when the Valdimir family lived there
O. . I....... II 1
'. iiu.'s me i.uen-ss serams nave j
set something on lire " j
lie jumped olf his horse, ilung the:
reins over a projecting pine bough
and went In to see what the meaning
of (his unwonted illumination might
be.
I lie iloor stocl wnle open the whole
r,""u ,v,,s ,,w wllh " w,,rm' rml,,-v .
li;ht. (ir.in.lma. enthroned in a big I
"P'"t .-hair before the l-lae. was (
lIr'ki,,K "r 'olT '' Aileen sat j
sl'inninff ,h wi,h cheeks
!,"f,,v n ''n" P.ves spark-
lln v,'r' VMnt ,,f I
I'""""')'- I
'"'"i started at tho sudden apparl-
tion of the captain on the threshold,
-I I begyour pardon!" said Captain 1
Hnlany. lifting his hat. "I saw the
light shining out, and I was afrid
that something had happened."
"Something Ims happened," said
Aileen. laughingly. -I have learned
tospn And grandma an I I are hav-
ing a picnic. Will you come in. Cap
tain Pulany?"
"Well, since your coffee smells so
good, 1 think I will," said the gallant
young othcer.
Iliscnp- which for lack of more ex
pensive china happened to be a mug
was scarcely poured out. before their
niiii.brrs were augmented by Mr. Fer net sit of a rare disease called opistho
rars and young Hoctor Fen churl, who porta This curious affection consist
had seen the lights, and bad also ob I m inability to walk forward. When
served "Hotspur" fastened to the the patient was told to advance, he
i'ence. I useil every effort to do so, but could
"May we venture to Intrude?" said ; oly succeed in going backward, and
they, peeping In over the ulair-raiL
the lire, to her guests.
"We ar hardly prepared to enter-
tain so large a company," said she,
composedly; ''hut we can, at all events,
give you n sincere welcome."
Two three half a doon -morn
lrPl,v- 01,1 1'"I,,P "' summoned to
r- iro.su ptno ounes im i ne inae ami
bring more cotTeo and corn-rake.
I lie grinned from ear to oar.
"I'liw'l'ul like de good old times,"
said he, to Aunt Felicia, when he re
I tinned to hia cabin. "Po berry cream
' nb do gentry eiijoyln' de corn pones an'
eoltoe like dey was our own old
j iniuse's folk. Ain't miilin like corn-
I ,
! Pon f,,r r,e K,wJ "i,v,,r- ,la ,lov :,in'1
' An' th" .Voting lady from -le Norl. she's
ns I,ru".v 118 " Iueh.
Itcckotl de cajit
iug links so, too.
lie, ho lie!"
And old I'omp shook his sides with
Hut their call there was insipid, and
several of them returned to the. "Stone
Ha :i" to liiiish their evening.
Adrian Pul.ii'v remained the latest
cf all - so late, in fact, that it w as he
wlmoseoited grandma who had dis
erectly fallen asleep in her big chair
some time ago and Aileen to the
house, under whispering pine boughs,
by the light of a big round moon.
The three cousins, whose list of calls
had long since ended, were yawning
' in the parlor.
Pear tne!" cried Selinil. as the little
! group came in "Where have you
been all day, Aileen V"
"In the old stone-barn chamber,
learning to spin," said Aileen, laugh
inj and coloring.
j .liianita looked sharply at her.
What rluingo had subtly crept over
her voice and manner? Then she
looked at Captain Adrian's bright
f no.
Take good care of her," said the
young ollicer, tenderly removing the
heavy shawl from A ileen'.s shoulder.
"She has promised to ho my wife, be
for a great many weeks."
It was not until Ibilauy had gone
that tho lull canui'lia le of questions
! burst 011 Aileen'.s devoted head.
iirls, girls! ilon'l all speak at
onee," said grandma. "It's just ex
actly as I've always told you. The
right one will be sure to come along if
you sit in the chimney corner and
wait. And that was just what Aileen
I was doing this evening."
1 And that night, when the frost
white stars of midnight climbed t he
sky, Aileen whispered.
I J ood by, sweet New Year's lav
, hHvyWst , h,lV(1 )vr kl,liwn.:.
II' I' n hfini.l (r'niiv t.
Historical Trees.
The tree under which William Fenn
made his treaty with the Indians,
the tree on I tost on common, where,
tradition says, seven lories were hung
ri, ,..,,. ',.,.,i,r,.i ..
lU., ;.-u-rt.l M asl.ingloii liist drew
his swoiil as commandf r-in-chicf of
the continental army Tim Charter
oak. I'uio tree near Fort Fdward, N.
Y., where Jane McCrea wn murdered
by tho Indians. The thirteen trees
1 1. ml ed by Cen. Alexander Hamilton
on his estate near New York, reprc-
.,,ting the original thirteen states,
The oak tree at Franklin, N. II.. 0.1
W,i,.h pimio v,,bater. when a boy.
hung his scythe and said totiis father,
"Now the scythe hangs to suit me."
The apple tree at Appomattox under
which (icneral (irant received the
m,ri.niler of (icneral Lee.
it a 110 'hit
" Afnrn,,,,, History.
Mrlcan Silver Monej.
sn rrnncisco. it is believed, is the
)mly ,.it- (n ,(, Tnited Stales in which
th(, PX,.hang of Mexican dollars is ex
tenslvely conducted, and is one of the
only two rities in the world where the
business is largely transacted the
other being London. The Mexican
dollar is an ugly ill stamped, badly
nitlled silver disk of 41 urhins, but it
has leon accepted as the standard coin
of China for nearly thirty years and
has steadily grown in use and favor,
notwithstanding the amusing episode
of the trade dollar, with its 4 grains
and F.nghsh die sinker.
Vbmhle t Walk Fornnrf.
Pr. Mamitti tells of a man who had
A scorbutic affection, which he set
about to cure with whisky. He got
well ol this trouble, but became a hard
drinker, and soon found himself the
he continued to do so until he died.
tiik Aiumi- oi' r.n; cam,:.
A Hunter's Piii'ii.liso in Mm
Wibla or Ati h'H.
; FlejiliniiU, Buffaloes mid Otkor Wo Ani
mals round in Al'ii-idanco.
There is great shouting in many
parts of tho dark continent, and I urn
pean sportsmen often visit south Af
rica or penetrate far Into other parts
of the country toeiij 'V a season of
gunning. In few other parts of the
world is there game in such variety
and abundance.
no morning al""it a year ago Mr.
W. Montagu Kerr "f the New York
Stock I'.xcliauj'ii !elt camp, a little
south of Lake Massa. (jJtfc the
French explorer (iir.iud, and' in a six
hours' chase a zebra, two biilTaloes'
live antelopes, and tluee wild hogs
fell to their guns. They had glorious
sports all along the suire Hiver, and
this particular morning' 4 work was by
no means exceptional shooting, F.Ikins,
Faulkner, and other tine hunters tell
great stories of the fun they have had
stalking elephants in the long grass
on the banks of tho Shire, chasing
herds of buffaloes, antelopes or zebras,
or shooting rhinoceroses or hippopota
mi. Flkins thought it wasn't bad
sport when in an hour near the Zam
besi ho dropped two hartheests. an
eland, a builalo. and a water buck.
Further north 011 the reedy shores of
Lake Nyassa, he and Mr. Forbes killed
three elephants in as many minutes.
Anderson, the splendid sportsman and
explorer, who .spent many yeais in
South Africa, killed thirty rhinoceroses
within a few days, and one night in
live hours he shot eight.
No true sportsman likes to kill
merely for the fun of shooting. He is
not satisfied unless the fruits of the
chase can be t uriieil to some good ac
count. In Africa he has the satisfac
tion of knowing that hardly a scrap
of the meat he kills will bo wasted
Tho natives welcome 11 tine hunter as
a benefactor. Sir Samuel liaker tells
how thegr ly blacks used to light
whenever ho killed a liippiipotainus,
each striving to get tho largest por
tion, Flton says that a few hours
after killing a buffalo or an elephant
there would be 11 ' nig left hut the
bones, Faulkner plates that when
ho brought down ,in big game the
natives danced with g;..,., and some
tunes they would not stop to cook the
meat, but would i-ai it raw. Ander
son writes that he never killed game
as fast as tho natives were able and
willing to dispose of it Fvery pound
of meat, including rhinoceroses, not
rc'pured for his mvi party wasde
vored by the natives The meat that
they do not reipureat once for food is
dried and preserved
African travellers agree that ele
pliant steaks are v 1 i v t nigh. It took
Faulkner half an hour to eat a square
inch iif elephant men', sir Samuel
Haker also says the ilcsh id elephants
it extremely coarse, but the fool
and trunk are excellent eating if prop
erly cooked. The flesh of the hutinlo,
he says, is very toigh and coarse.
Anderson thinks thai water buck, one
(f Africa's numerous varieties of an
telopes. is very unsavory eating, but it
saved him from starv ng once. Most
African explorers have been compelled
at tunes to rely almost wholly on
their guns for suk-i -tence. tiirean
would probably have starved to death
last year while passing thr-ugha fam
ino-stricken district of cast Africa if
he had not been a good hunter. Thom
son's caravan in Mas.n Land some
times had to depend entirely for
food upon the leader and his gun.
Sportsmen in Africa have many re
markable and thrilling experiences.
Flephants, buffaloes, and rhinoceroses
are fond of charging t he enemy, and
now and then a hunter is badly hurt
or killed out light. The African ele
phant ia far more dangerous than the
Indian species as its brain cannot be
readied by tho forehead shot, and
the hunter is seldom able to kill the
frenzied animal when it is charging
him. Flephants are regarded as Hie
most tormidal'le animal with whiih
sportsmen have to contend in Africa,
flullalces are very dangerous and de
termined, but they are not so formiihi
ble as nthi-r the elephant or the black
rhinoceros. One hunter tells of meet
ingtvvo lions w ho were stalking tho
same antelope lie was after. It is a
wonder that more hunters are not
killed. Many of them bear to their
graves tho marks of wounds they re
ceived in encounters with wild beasts.
Anderson, who perhaps tramped over
the vast undulating plains of South
Africa more years than any other
hunter, had many scars to remind him
of his fights with the brute creation, and
his death w as attributed to the effects
of some of the wounds he had received.
Pr. Livingstone told of a man who,
while stealthily approaching a rhinoc
eros, happened to glauce behind
him, and foun t to his horror that
a lion xx-,i nt. liking him. lie only es
caped by springing up a tree like a cat.
ll.triclios are among the wildest
game tint the hunter encounters. It
Is dilliei!! to get Wltlilllglllisll.lt of
tho bird, iiinl when it discovers the
limit it It llees with such wonderful
speed that a keen eye and a practised
hand are needed to bring it down.
The Ara'is in the Sahara Pesert some
times chase ostriches im horseback for
very many miles. It succumbs to
fatigue sooner than the horse, and is
thus eveiiiuaby captured Zebras
also are Veiv 1 1 it 1 -11 It t 1 approach,
Thes beautiliil creatures invarial ly
run away on hearing the slightest
in dsn. They galop gracefully and
swiftly over the plum, opening out at
a distance of ten to lift ecu yards from
each other.
Seote'i 'li.irc.lb Kilmers."
In set land lifter the slaughter of
tho I'i'nt (bnll.M-ki at Martinmas, a
vv ell-1 -. do farmer used t give a
"spnre rib dimii r" to his neighbors,
served in the v' of ''est room.
At other times, i uner was served f u'
the whole hoiiseiiolil, gudi'iuaii, gu le
wire, tin children, maidservants, and
farm-laborers, known as Inn. Is. Hut
on the oecasi .li i the spare rilulinner.
the fanner and his wile al undone I the
society ot their servants, and dmed
with their guest-.. ('reparations for
1 ooking began at early morn, and eve
rything was in pi "I us.oa. aoks of
bread, heaps ol vegetables, piles of
chickens, loins o!' mutton, loa Is of
pork, and a prodigious haggis Hanked
and laced the prim :pal dish, roast ribs
ot beef.
Tho gne-ts aruve la little before
one o'clock, a' vvhi. h hour tho dinner
was seived by the maidens, who placed
the meats and vegetables all on the ta
ble, and then .o..od back and smiled.
When the guests were sealed, the mis
tress stool at her husband's right
hand, vv hence she directed the glide
man mid the maidens. As tho first
course vvas being served, she exhorted
the guests to "slick vveel to the sk.nk.
ami im trust to the 1, 1st. i,ks" that is,
indulge freely in broth, and do 11 -t cx
pert much lo f d .vv it I'm s-.ing to
eat w as considered g o I in min is', and
the wilo vva expected to urge Hie
guest-, so long as the meal laste l.
"I say, minister, what ails ye at tho
swiuolhat ye' re no tastin' thepoik"'
the giidevv lie would av to the clergy
man. The j arish schoolina-ter would
be addressed v it h
I uiiinie. diitua crack t talk 1 yersell
out n' yer ilenncr, my man; tree 1 taste 1
the guse, and dab it vveel vv 1' imstard."
"Mav eisi' .'iilier and 1 1 le iluiii ban,"
naming livo laini"rs by their farms,
"vo maun tak' a spanl (icgi o' the
chuckle llovvli.ora wetig o" the jenkie
(duck 1, or a big seklice o' the bublie
jock 1 turkey 1 Tak' a bit o' melt
bullock 1, Saunders Tains an; o'.l,
man. it was felled bv .lock, yer glide
brither '
When the meat viands were re
moved, which w.i done by huddling
them together in a large wicker bask
et, the giidevv Ho took her seat eppo
site her husband and served chee.-e
and pudding - l'oi(f, 'im)ttiii"ii.
lblllkl VS lit Wlll'sllip.
A few days ago when liev. Pr
Chamberlain, brother of Secretary
Chamberlain, of th- Hoard of Agricul
ture. was v, siting 1 it this city, he told
many inter sting anecdotes of his mis
sionary lite 111 India. Among them
vv as the lollo.ving.
Pr Chamberlain and Mr. scudder
were on a tour ct a certain portion of
India, preaching at tin' small villages
through which they passed. They
would at trad the a'tenthm of the na
tives by singing a hymn, and then
would talk to tin 111. generally using
some simple theme from the Scrip
tares. Cue day when they had stopped
in a large tillage, they hid collected
the people about them. In the rear
was a sacred grove, tho branches of
the trees hanging dovv u over the huts
that stood 111 the background. The
Scripture lesson had been finished,
the tix-111 11 sung, an I Mr. scudder was
devoutly praying, when suddenly tho
boughs vif the grove began to rustle
and a troop cf monkey s appeared. No
one saw them except Pr. Chamber
lam I'M monkeys and young, gray
whiskered and bald-he.ided. mothers
with their baby monk lings, all de
scended and seated themselves 111 a
semicircle. All pai l the strictest
tcntion to tho prayer, should any
mischievous youngster begin his 111011
keyshines, one of the dignified old men
monkeys would twist h s ear until the
little one would cease his pranks; and
if one of the babies began to snivel, a
few maternal pats inoled him
Pr. Chamberlain could scarce'y re
strain himself at the n inn al sight,
and it was a great relict t" him when
the assembly broke up. As the people
arose to go. so did tho monkeys, and
they silently disappeared in the
branches, evidently much niipresed
w ith the service. - -i'Wo S!ah Jtiurnii!.
A COSMOPOLITAN CITY.
The Mixed Pi iiulnt lull cl 1 1 1
MetloMili..
I Sections Where the People of V.tnuiii
Nations Mostly Conyrega'o.
New York is essentially a cosmo
politan city, with a population which
includes people of almost every known
race, says lieorge I. Lothrop in the
Chicago TtltiHit. i'.ach nationality
has its own 'piurter, and some are
represented in such great numbers
that they may bo f mud in all parts of
the city. The Irish swarm everwliere.
and the only distinctively Irish ) i:it -tor
t know of is "Shanty Town," the
name given to the groups o CunMo
dovvn shanties that are found perched
on the rocks in the unimproved re
gioiis up town. I here is 110 ( icriuan
quarter, but tin Teutonic race pie
dominates in that sect imi vv hu h lies
just east ot the Hovviry, between
Fighth and Canal streets The I'mn
ese congregate ill Mot I. Fell, aim liax
ter streets; and, nrar by, the Italians
have unconsciously given a touch ol
pii'turesipietiess to the Five Points
and its converging streets.
There is a large settlement of Polish
Jews mar Ludlow street Jail, and the
chief industries ot this colony seem to
be the making of cheap clothing and
the rearing of geese. The first is ral l ied
on in the upper stories ol the tall ten
rliielit - houses and the latter in tlif1 1 el
lars. Once in awhile the oili -ers "f
the Hoard of Health makearaidou
these cellars, their visits being signal
i.'ed by hissing, crackling. Happing of
wings, and general consternation
The wealthier Hebrews ol New York
are found in great numbers between
Filt iet h and six t let h s! reels, near l ilt h
avenue, and just east of t hem, m ar
second av enue, are a great many Ho.
Iieini, ins engaged in tho 111:11111 1 act nre
of tenement house cigars. The French
colony, which is very aiuall compared
to that of the (bTinans, is situate I be
low Washington sipiare, in and ab 11!
lileei ker st reel, and very near to "Lit
tle Africa." vv here t lie icloi ed p.-op e
resale. It must lethal some slum;
bond unites the Haul vv it!i t he A fro an
for t lit y dwell side by side. Hot "iiiv
in the vicinity id Hleecker street, but
ids 1 west of sij avenue, further up
town Very lew of eit her race are to
be found east of Hroadway. Sixth
avenue is the highway most lavored
by both. There are a lew American
Indians in New York, audit stroll
along I lie water front will reveal the
pres. nee of Japanese. Lascars, Coolies,
and, lor aught I know, south sea l
land cannibals
"And where do the native A men
cans liv .. ." is a (piestlon vv I n !i some
of your readers might well ask, and
which I have olten ic-keil mvself
I hey S' em to till in the cracks be
tvveen the foreign settleim nt , and are
also found in large numbers in the
apartment houses, into vvlinh they
have been crowded by Hie I'.uropean
iniin gration still there aro one m
two genuine American colonies in
New York. I Ml" i f t bese lies bet u ( en
Fighth and Fourteenth street, near
Fifth avenue, and contains the houses
of some of the best known and wealth
lis of old New- York families. I ra le.
in its march up t 'vvn. has skippe 1 tins
region and left il its .pnet ami beauti
fill as it was a .piartei of a cent ury
tgo. The other Anieric in .pi.-ii ter is
in what wasouco lireeiiwi 'li Village,
and is now known a- the Ninth Ward.
Its inhabitants arc tho bourgeois class,
ilinl still cling tenaciously to t he cus
toms which prevailed half a cent nry ago
They pride themselves on being old
fashioned, "solid." and above all, on
being "Ninth W'ii'dcrs." There urn
but few foreigners in the old Hreen
w e h Village Fverythmg there has
the stamp of pure Americanism.
Ilird-Fiicmies,
From an out of door paper by John
Hurroughs. in th" Pcc- inber I'mturi,,
we ipiote the follow ing.
' " The great bugaboo of the birds is
the owl. The on 1 snatches them from
alt their roosts at night, and gobbles ii
their eggs and young in their nests
lie is a veritable ogre to them, and his
presence tills them with consternation
and alarm.
"One season, to protect inv earlv
1
cherries, I placed a large st 11 lied owl
amid thebr. inches of tho tree. Such a
racket as there instantly began abo it
my ground is not pleasant to thick
upon! The orioles ami robins fairly
shrieked out their all right ' The news
instantly spread in every direction, and
apparently every bird in town came to
see that owl in tho 1 -berry t ree, and
pvery bird took a cherry, so that I lost
more fruit than if I had left the ow 1
indoors. With craning necks and hoi
rii'ied looks the birds would alight upon
the branches, and between their
screams would snatch off a cherry, as
if the act was some relief to their o.il
rayed feelings."
To-day.
I In- Minliiiii' hiui'i s in ilio rimrr.,
I see a tli:ou.;li Hie ii in. Iiiu- sll-osm,
Ki-.-tng lit.- paiiov, ulieie In- laid
Ills 1 1. ,n 111 .til n ln.i 1-I1 (ileum.
Itul nl. lie- 1 l.iil.i -nice vi slunlliT
I le- niiiig. sin ( p Hint so I miss,
I ',t e. 1. miles 11 ,t ii'li InliR on
I. , i 11 . I II I.-, 1, ml Ml ...-I I' ll I klM.
Ai 'I 11, tm Im I hei 11 11 ililVen'iit 'lnn,
A .li, ion ill skein let I. looks mill bowers.
I '! t, il 1. 11 1 pie . no liiilcl ,11 llltl.il,
1 l In.ini I li i' n l- 101 1 mem lioiirn.
I -ill lie le.d I'M ;i"l Id IIV Ike HOI Id.
I ' s h. , 1 - I l onuses . e s 1 10 i:rt,
I o 1. -1. 1 1 I i.oi.c I .a in ne s lick io .mile.
V'i 1 ii .li 'm i 1,1 l.on 1111. twill-".
Vi. l .... , ill -1 nil 1,..; I loet lni.ve,
lie 1 :.- silt no itiiiel in 111utHKiMj1l.br,
,tl Cm, I- 1 .' - .le. l. sl I should sell
I l.c I. -.il - t.i.it 1. 1-1. -lie 1 ill liis evil.
An tin! 1 ..1 lie,!' ( .is in i.ni siild
II. 11 !,! 1 o.- i.. 1 1 1 I . .11 It ti Mil i.l pnin;
M v .i.c-i. mug ic in 1 t.'i 1' 1 em ne I to know
I! I -li.,u;.i meet mi hi: on
( 'li hie I- I.K'.I' l i inlllilll lot
All 1 I ;,l !o. w I .lij; ll.e ne;-u islied heart .
II .!. on' 11. ..1 .h''. it ne d elliio.u.
t i-i I, t le.j.o. .li -pint'
VV .- 1,1,, lie. I.m i. 11 mc . ml, I I on
I. it .1 - mi. itn 1 i.-i I em e. ill liiillj..
I'i ,i v iti oin ios.n, , !,e n 11111,
i i.-l 1. In 11:111 II !lo llli lersllltl.l.s.
- A.'o v I'Iit S.tuMny
III tHIIUU S.
io ' I at a pinch A tight shoe.
A l',:.e art I'residing over a police
cur!
The Hi-'o.ssliil author has a fortune
in his own w r.te.
A in I ioiioer ( selling ti.w n property )
V,y. gent leni'-ii. the very hUikm
pin re's w orth the money "
I - xx :i encourages iicii to quarrel and
become sick by employing f women
law vvrs ami 1JJ women doctors.
It i . given ii :i'.iiiiii why lawyers
1 h.irge -noli en-! ' 1011 ( fees that their
i'ar"T ! a bri' t oh", at the' longest.
i' e: v 11 . !:ir'i" wants to know how
?o e. to a tickling soiisat ion about the
fare. b I hiiii t" s, ,ve olf his inoiis
ach' .
Imitation cod liver is now inado in
Pari W hat ain b uly wants to imi
ta'. t lie s, 11 tl fi r is ;t myst'TV. Some
thing as unlike it as possible would be
00 r taking
"met lung new in bu'lcr dishes, I
see' spd Mrs 1'ompano ns she
'all ol over the a 1 eri iseiueuts
"M. hiit is it ''" ii k' 'l I 'ompano eagerly.
lo -.1 butter "
l.osti ti oeii! s! advertises to sup
1 iv "cork nose sp, ( aides. " Without
being pu.sii ive vv e presume thai spec
1 :. h's tor cork noses are the same as
Mi s" for the or I nary kind of noses
In -pain lh" natives keep guinea
hens iihoiit their houses for the Hake
of i n .. ng their harsh and discordant
I ri"s l h i- 'void I sin in to indicate
that they hav" n s'reet bands in
-pain.
I llic ( lolllillg.
ays lb Win. A. Hammond, "The
. loet object ol iiii'iri clothing is the re
tendon "I the 11,, tm . il heat of the body
II sio h a way that I vv temperatures
.mil sod. ien changes will not iitlect the
siirl.no. several yens ago 1 perform
ed some experiments which went to
sb 'W beyond l:liv doubt that silk is
bi'iovv wool in its power to prevent
the loss of heat 1 1 0111 the body, and
very little superior to cotton. Indeed,
11. thing is in this respi ( t preferable to
wo d. and ol th s ma'trial all under
clothing meant tor winter use should
be male. !:i summer a mixture of
wool and i .it!":i. 1 ali I merino, mav
be vv. in. but even 111 veiy hot weather
s.lii is not desirable, lor it isrnot such
a ready absorber of the perspiration ns
w ool, and allow s th- body to be kept
in a stale 11 't vei l remote from that
known as pa: 1 ido.l. Wo'l. however,
taking up. .is it does, the moist im
I rout the body. ia n it to the at urns
I'liere, or is ev apor.it 'd, and, the pro
o-s. I e;ng a cooling one. keeps the
skin Horn being o erlu-ated No tin
ib'icl.ithing should ever be so thick a
to prevent tree passage of the euta
lie 'lis I X. l etl'illS .III. I the at lllosphtTb
a r. I iie skin 11 .pi. it s ventilation as
tlo the lungs. Chamois -skin under
gariiieiit-. perforated'' or unpirforat
cl, are abominations.
I lie Largest Nurgct of 'I I.
Louis HiaH'liug s, iv s 'hat lh" gen
trilby accepted state "r. it that the
largest nugget ever tound ill CulifoP
it:a vvas worth it litCc more Can f -1,
i'ic is an erroneous one, says the
iiginia City .! 's' . lie say?
fiat I. J. Finney. " !d Virginia."
t in. I a piece of gold about six miles
fncii l .vv uiev illc. sierra County, on
the .'Pt day of August. ls.'tT, that
weighed "'.I' oiiliC s. Tho gold ot
t :at v 'unity was worth IIS an ounce,
tt hich would make the value of the
iiiiu'gct s mie 5.0 1.1 11 1' . This would
1 iake the Finney nugget the larest
p ere ol pure gold ever discovered. s
, 1. it as ac'inin's go H"retofore thi
Australian nugget, loinnl in the Hal
l ira! gold acids, has been considered
the largest. It was valued at X't'.iuM
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