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t!)c l)all)am Uccorfc
U. V. J.OIS'DON,
Kiuroi; am) I'KoriaKiuJi.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
One copy, nit' ye.-u
Ori'i I'D))-, six months .
O.ie copy, throe months-
An Em ply Xpst.
A grave old iimn nnd a niaiJen fair
Walked tnfietlier at early morn;
Tbe thrushes up in tlio clear cold air
Bnng to the lai mcr !anting his corn.
And, oh, how sweet was tl e fresh -turned
mould! J
And, nh, h - fiiir were tlio budding trees :
For daisy's .silver and dan") Ill's gold
Were full of the hnppy bony-le, j
"Ah, look! the e's an empty nest," she sa d; j
"And I wonder w hens sing the last year's j
bird!' I
Then the old man (piickly raisrd his head, J
Though few-rely be noted lier musing i
word.: j
lie tore the nest from the swaying tree, !
He flu R tnthe wind, its ino-s and liny,
Ami saal. "Wli -n mi empty ni.-t you see,
IV sure tin' you throw it far nwny,"
"flit why!' he n-ked, with a sorrowing
fie
"Why may not the pretty home ab'de ?"
"H'l-aiw." h'MinsW' led, "'twill lea plaeo
In which tin worm nnd tin slu.; will
hi !e.
List cir tens (a;r enough in its nv
li w is lull "f l 'V.' mill merry with song ;
Hut days f lint iii" pone must rot spoil to-
Ii .
Nor ili'.'.d joys do tli" bvin; j.iys wrong ''
Tlie in.ii'l li le-anl wi li n thoughtful filer--
Her l:r-t Inls l ive hud gone Inr awnv
And ! though', n my In- tit I cenmo n
I "
Ko.' anger nnd ".riof and bate to .stay
i,niii, liomt, wi'li ihv sol, lor-nkcn iiiv-t ! 1
1'iiiig I nr thv s"lti.!i and 1 lie p.nn;
Tli" lov that i- fins i nlnav. the best;
And -h . H, Mt with a smile to h"r work
again
Mar, A I'.arr, i'l llarpu's Mn jn.irn.
The Way His Motkr Did.
1 i in-' 1 inv .1 r. in all .-I thinking that
In: c mid r.nik j st us his mother did
easy t-1 i : i ' . Siys I , .-it the breakfast
table one ni'ir.i n g .
".I i mi.ili, I I'll' d my meat yesterday,
nnd ll you'll hi.ng in that j'lg nf rid-I
luolas-.'s til il y 'U ell into the ire house
to keep cool through the suniitier, I'll
make ii in v miin-e pi-.'s to-diy."
A simple i. in iik ( nough, and inno
rent, but who can tell what a word
in iv brim; forth !
"I wish," says tin- partner of my j y,
nnd (when In; can't dodge tlieini of my
sorrows. "I wish I could taste of some of
my mothers pies u gn n. 'I'liein was pics
ns was pie--.''
Now, 1 know that if Piiiliira .! inc
Join s c an do one thia better than an
other, it is to make a mince pie, but I
kept culm out wiiidly.
"How am tl.iy made" siys 1, "what
was the ingivgieiiccs ,''
"Wall," says he, "1 Used to wale 1 hel,
nil' if you'd hear to III", I bilieve 1
could tell you p st how, II,; wa-n't
ihey good, though f I vuin, 1 believe I
could in nke 'em i.iys"lf."
"IV rhnps you'd better," says 1 coolly.
"I can," says he, ".in' declare for all
try in' to boss a woman round, I will,"
I could Vt help bill laugh to see him
po to work. 1 got him my bit; check -npreii,
nnd tied it or. I brought out
thelloiir, mi I the hill, and the salcnitu-,
i nd the s ilt, and the spins drawer, nnd
the sugar li.ix. r. in. dl he went out
li n I got the cider in -la-s s. Th" m at
nd apples w is a rea I , o i til : ol I lain--.
"Tliere,'' s.iy.i .leri'iiiiah, '-.N y, I'll
sho-v you soinetliiii',' about p:e..''
1 sin 1 not bin.', butwe.it t i washing
up th-j brenkfint ilii'n's and -ivccpiny
up.
"I don't f;i t to liakiri" so eariy nsthis,
generally,'' tnys I. ' You've got a good
slait."
"II, yes," he ans.vi led in his gayest
tone, "I'won't I..' no l mi : afure I have
them pies nil settio' in n row on the
bulb ry shelf. II lint you got no sour
niii K "
"Why, vt's," sayi I, ' but y'' don't
want it for nrm e pies."
"Wlio'i inakin' the.'; pie.-.' ' (ays he.
"My mother always n-d to make sum
inilk ill-s i us t and 1 believe it w ould
taste g od once more."
So I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 the sour miTu. He dippc I
out al mil two ipi uls of it in mv big
yeib w mixing dish.
"Where's the sli 'li'niii' ;'' says lie,
'Tin-re's tin- lar.l, and there's tin;
ti r h ie if you'd rude r ha ve il."
"My mother Use I lard," says
blit
he. 'Wi;. i"'s a dish to melt it in V
I got him a dish.
"Most b Iks nib their shortening in t i
llr 11 .ui," s.ijs I.
"My inolhi i di In'l," snyn he. "As 1
Slid la bile, who's in i U i it' these pie- If
;,m me, 1'il go out and mend the. fence.
If I inn "!
"I won't say another word, " says I.
I've li id some cp: rifiiei; in m inngiiig
a opinionated pardner bufoie."
He stirred his melted lard into his
6onr milk, and it rose to the top in lit tle
lumps '1 lieu In; h-'gan to stir in
flour. I si n lie hadn't put in anysuler.i-
Ins, but knew him too well to venture to I
say so. Jeremiah Jones sometimes needs I
to attend the school kept by experience.
Ho stilled nml stirred and stirred.
When lie finally got it thick enough
thuo was halter enough, such as it was
to make several dozen pici.
"Thcss pies are goiu' to bo so good,"
says he, "we'd make up a lot of 'cm.
Where's the pie plates, '"
I bioii.;ht thnn lo him all buttered, ;
aid he begun to roll out his crust, iiy '
this time it was so thick that it cuuid
scarcely bo induced to roll out ut all, but .
ho worked nobly. When he got his rust
piece rolled down to about nn inch in j
thickness, bo stopped and boked ut it,
CfjfJt Jill,- JHIII-
H VOL. IX.
50 ;
"1 like a good thi'-k crest, myself,
(wys lie. "An inch thick ain't too much
for n real juicy inside."
"Mo." 1 nnswered. comfortiiiL' mvself
' with the thought that his crust wouldn't
j rise up to call him blessed, the way most
sour milk cru-H do. By the time lie
; had rolled out four under ci lists, and
I used perhaps one-eighth of his batter,
lie laid down his rolling-pin.
j "Shan't I chop your meat for you i'
l says I.
"No, sir e-e!" unys he. "Who's
ninkin' these piesf I wish't you hadn't
chopped the apple. I've got an oven
fuil ndled out, and now 1'il make tho
inside. Where's the choppiii'-trny ;''
' Dal your mother have somebo ly to
hand her things, or did she get them
herself i" says 1 good naluredly handing
him the tmy nn 1 choppin' knife.
He ut all his meat, tome four or live
pounds, into the tr.'w nt once, and began
to chop. He chopped, nnd he choppi d
and lie ( hopped, nnd still great masses
of whole nn at kept i inning to the sur
face. After t iiree-rpiai tcrs of nn hour of
hard work he ha 1 got it so tln r ; wasn't
any pieces more than one and n half
in lies fijuaie, and two inclu s thick,
though there was plenty that bi. Then
he went for the inoias-fs jug.
"You niii't going tu rail thnt line
i nough for the inent ." says 1.
"Course il's tine i nough," says he.
Takes the life ail out of mince lie nt
or ha.sh or anything, to chop it i n
line !''
"Il'.it .1 'leniiah," s iys I, loth to see so
much good meat wasted, "that won't be
lit to eat. I. t in" take it,
I'd rather chop th in sec the pics spoil
pil"'l . lie i Tie I.
ll.rse pies, I'hilura."
"I wouldn't want to
Who's makiu'
year that a iv-
body was," s.ivs I.
"You always mike your pies t"o
sweet " he went on, ineasiii ing out su ' ir
by the teaspoonflll.
".Mv mother never
used much Minr."
Then be poured in two teaeupfuls of
rider molassi s and a tiarupiul of
vinegar. Ho liknl thnn leal tart, he
said.
"Now fi r spices," say? he. "I. -mine
She iisril to put ill a lot of g.ng. r,
1 lejip iuber. And thereupon the whol-j
two-ounce pa1 k age was emptied into the
pan. "And i itiiiainon - ain't we got any
c!unaui"u st !i k -
No." says I, "y. ii say yon doj't like
il."
"Il's best for p:i , I guess but this
w ill do;" win n up"ii the packa o ol ( in
minion lolloued the ginger. "Cove'.
U, csl Win re's Ihe mm tar 'n' prsiV ; 1
And he ground up a pi.ir:cr of a il
of cloves and stirred .tin in ill. "Now,
that's all but Hie raisins. (i; nn, time's
the apple." And be shi.ved i'l llie
chopped apple. 'Ill yi s, bread. My
mother used to ln ij up bread and put
in.'"
"That was w h. n she shoit of
app'e-, I remarked.
' Who's I HDD 1 : i these phs;'' he p
pealed. ' i:t tin' si nn bread, will yi !"
1 bioiiglil liie II'. id and In; pounded
-oii-c up and stirred it in.
"N 'W, I gii'-ss It's leidv," an i he In
gaii to I. ell. it into his under c.u- s.
"Ain't you going t i taste of it and see
whether it is lihl.'" says I. "Your
mother used ('."
"That's so," s-iys he, "and f i did I,
and w a'n't it good 1
He smacked his lips mid taste I, but I
noticed he didn't siunck 'cm the second
time.
"You ought to set it on lire an 1 cook
it all toL'cthcr," I couldn't help saying,
"W hy what's tin. matter, .Jeremiah I"
The tears w as chasing each other down
his hollow cheeks, and f r minute I
was leal scant.
"Thcie seems to be a hi lie too much
ginger," he said, blowin' his nose, "hut
"I'll lix 'cm."
Then he went to work pultiii' in in re
stuff. A cup more of cider molasses mid
a cup more of vincgai, con sidn able
pepper, bin no salt, two pounds of
l l sins, whole, and llie contents of a
bottle of paiegoiic, I see him put in.
Then he Went to the .sittiii'-rooin closet
and brought llu: bo tie of brandy 1 keep
for ;.ii kness, nnd put half i f that into the
luixtuie he was coin oi t ing. I looked
horrilied, indei d, for I never use it in
cooking.
"Doctors ;ay mire-pies (.light always
to hi V b:andy in 'cm to keep 'cm from
Imrliii' folks," says he; "I don't liegiiich
a little brandy in .-m il good pics ns
these."
Then he si irred up the w hole mess
.My laud I There w s great t hunks of
meat, and great long tilings of it. And
such a looking pan of iniiiei.-meat I never
sec!
Hut I said nothing as he went on and
lided his pies, and prrrecded to cover
'cm. The eiu.i ha 1 got so hard
ami stiff lie could scarcely roll it
out, but ho finally got it down
not much thicker than tho under
crust. Without culling any air holes he
covered the pie, lucking in the edge
w lu re il came over, and pulling it nut
where it came short. Then his pies went
into the oven.
He insisted on building up an aw ful
lire, nnd in a few minutes the juice of his
pies (h.s meat was tl atiii:; niouti l iu an
aiubuleuc.e of lUulasscs aud viuegmj came
IMTTSIM)Ii
running cut on the floor, Jeremiul !
bounded to the oven door. He didn' j
look near so chipper ns when he first he
gan his pies.
"1 wish, I'liilina," says he, "you'c ,
j"st sco here a minute. That crust don' j
act well." !
I should say no! I The inside had ri;
up and was riinnin' oyer nil around, whi i ,
a thick, leathery-looking substance r. - j
up in the middle of il, burnt pretty v a
black. " I
"Whose runnin' these V'''s, Jeremiah?" i
says I. "Ynii didn't sth k your twi !
trusts together." j
"Wnl, why didn't you tell me not ti
begin with theiui" he yelled; "not twil
me with it iin," j
Hut I went back to the settiu'-roi n
win ro 1 was sweeping, and b ft him t
wrestle with tin pies iilon-. j
Hut lifter a while Hooked out, I novel
see a more dej a led looking picture, ore
in ire ilepn s-ed m in. His npion had
got twisied to one side nu t was a! J
loverod with fl-ntr. Co , it il.ib- of fl ui j
w. i on both sides of his f.ic ' .nil hit,
w hiskers were jest dre Iged. The tear
he h id shed Innl ina b; water-course.' j
through the dirt ni.d flour, and h:s ev i
pies-ton, O my ; words fill in-. lie wai
I s( taking a pie. out of the oven
and settiu' it on the table. II"
put Hi" pan of mini'' neat in a chair lo '
make room for the next pie, and then;
he took that mil, th'i liquid from it
hipping all ov. i him and the Kil' liiii!!
fl mr. And if it w.nu't a oueer looking '
i
pie! 'J'iio ciu-t had crawled up inn
roundish henpin tic middle and the in
side was i oaming about everywhere, as1
if seeking somebody lo devour il. My
piu dner Iii, ..I slid ileaviug the oven
door open) uul gn-d at tln in. Then
he hni kc l li u k in a s riow lul kind ol
way, ami ret light s.plin: down in his
pirn of mince me it. lb: had had it on
llie stove, an 1 it was b'.ing hoi, and he
I yelled accordingly, jumping an' tearing .
! around the room iike mid. I rushed 1
j out with some dry punts nnd helped him
on with 'cm. The liist tiling he did
afterward was to take them two pies nnd
march into tiie slwd. lien; he deposited
'cm in the swill ham;!. Next he went
in mid took the two out of the oven and
carr od them to the
grave."
"Now, " say h",
may lin'sh the pie-
same appropriate
lecklessly, "you
I'lnlui.i, and I'd
mend (he folic-."
"Wiio's unking these
, ,h n nn, ill ;''
I c nildu't help saying.
"Throw that ill my f u e, will ye?" he
muttered, iu very sub lu d accents, iu
he weiu out and g it his :ix
H it I never grudged lliem poor pies,
for 1 m ver Ir ard any more about the
way his mother use! to do thin!
1'.. tlaiid Transcript.
r M.nli of Ideiili j i iff I'rjsoiieis.
Tiie latest niL.t ml fur identifying
piisi iiiTi w hich lias hi en introduced in
to I'laiin: hy M. A'phoiise )( rtillo'i, mid
which is now successfully pun t sed, not
only in the c lief I'lvui li prisons, but iu
It issia and Japan as well, ii tic exact
nn a.' u cineiit of the prisoner on his ur
lival nl the jiil. li s waist, the length
.-.111 width of tic: leal, the left mid. lie
linger, the left foot, lie; oipslreti he 1
iinns, the thre ! other ling t, of the left
bun I, the left arm from the elbow to
the wrist, and the Icngili and wi 1th of
t!i" car are iiieasurj 1, nil I llie color of
'ie eyes mid any peculi.u it ies are noted
down. A photogiapli is also immediate
ly taken, nnd by these means the many
mi takes whic'i have b.'en made by
tnisling to a photographer only, are avoid
ed. The fait that during the two years
since this mode has been in operation
8'ii habitual cr ininals, who presented
themselves under an assumed name,
have been ideiil iii 'd in l'miice, shows
that M. liirtilion's method is supeiior
to any other. It is stated that habitual
criminals, particularly Knglisli pick
pockets, nrn so convinced of the infalli
bility of the method, that they will on
no account submit to the measurement,
and olT'jr viob ui resistance, whenever
the at tempi is made to measure them,
lu Mich cases we arc assured that it is
nearly always siillicieiit to iiuasuio the
insole of the hat and boots, i Amateur
(Jilile n Iteliei.
(iroccr Anybody been iu w hile 1 was
oul i
New Hoy Yes; a female shop,
lifter.
"I'll! Wh.i - what did you do?'
"I tried to call the police, but she
boxed my ears mid told me I'd got to
behave."
"Then yvhatdid you do;"
"I couldn't do nothing, nn' bho emp
tied the inonej- Irawer in her pocket."
' (iioat jinks! Didn't she say tiny
thing more ;''
"Nothin', Yept she. 'spected you was
drunk again."
"(Mi! That's all light. That's my
wife."
lichen to II.
Tommy was taken very sick. His
mother discovered that ha had been rat
ing too much preserved stuff, ami wink)
awaiting the doctor's visit, implored
him to tell her the cause of it.
Mother,'' he said, li ially. ".Mother,
M line Duffy rejected mi! suit, and''
(hoarse!) "it diovc me to j nn 1'' I'id-
lhu.
CHATHAM CO., N.
HIII.UKKN'JS (M l Ml.
eirc.ls.
Hound alum', upon Hie we Is
i here me many li'tl see Is
II Id in nnny a tinv up,
(inly waiting to come up:
Only wailing for the sin.
l'.r Hi) winter to I' Ion.';
''or a I., soin in the ennh
Wai in "i.iih to give Hi. m liT.h
And I feel like liny we.-1
Wi li n rip' or dropping -eel,
Wiiitin.; for Miothei sun
Wh"ii mv 1 t'.lo dav is don-.
- T. t. ''-, in ) iiullt a i ,,,, on'on.
Tlie Vlcr f-plili-r.
Wlnt a cm ions creature it is! I was
reading abinil il the other day, and must
tell ynii how it in ikes for ilsOf a refugi
dow n in llu deep, ooinetliing like a div
in' bell, no that it i nn have di y i larlcrs.
The spider's hou-e is a c, ( mn, open nl
the bolt un, and fl b-I with nir. The
nature lines it .villi silk, and fa'lens it
in every direction by threads !o tlij; sue.
roiiu l ng plains. Within this r.elreit
fchesilsand wad In s f..r prey. W hen
she has nearly ( I i.-m-t :. I the air slu
sw ims upon her back to the sin far : ol
the iiler lo secure more.
If y.'ii stand by a pond and watch the
slid water, you w ill nfo n see a bill" hub.
b!" that appeirs like n gol: of piii It
silver. The bubble is a big of ail tV.t
tnvel.ij.es the sp del', abdomen. Willi it
she dee nds lo In i le u;.', and by il dis
places the watei ; i lining again mid
ao.iin lo tlie surf.ir.. f..r more, until she
has sulli ii nt In i j 1 1 all ua'rr f r I n lo r
n il. In tlii: v.i'iler she ( h.s s llu: i.jii u
in ej, nnd dwells tin re seiuirly. Tin
male spider does the - ime.
Tliere is a specie, i.f water -spider that
aitually f.uin- a rifl upon which it
ill i't ! I r the pin p. s of getting lis pi. y
iii 'ie i as.ly. l put. together by silken
threads a bad ..funds threi m fmi.
inches j.) diain ler, and upon tin- float
ing island it glide- along until it sees a
drow liing iii'rct, w hen it seies it and
dcviiiirs it at h i-iii". If alaiiu-l by
" dang, r
it gels under the rait f. r
siibly. Del you i ver know such i nil -li
in ' .iii.l wisdom.' - Ciild at 1 1 ni'-.
j MMlirf lii.air Almill Hell..
I Dolls me by no means a modem in
volition, Dolls of baked clay, of wood,
I mi l of other things, have been found ill
! Kgypl, iu tombs, win re they have lain
buried since b 'for.' the time of ( hii-t.
Dills me now much more carefully
' ma le th in i 1 1 v wi - i.i foiiicr time,
j mid a gie.it deal of skill I- needid iu
. their iniiniifartuie. In the lull" town of
; S uiiicIm rg, in rinmu, hundreds of
thousands of dolls me iiianufaclir ed
! every year. Most of the d. .lis are made
iout of papier m n he, but u, my li ie om s
ale made with way or china head-. All
dolls of the same siz: which have like
i faces, are made in one mould, and thclc
have to he as many molds as there (ire
d llercnt kinds of bices, ll lakes thirty
j r lorty persons lo m ike a single doll,
I a- e i.'h woikniaii does only one thing.
I Iu .1 ip.in, ( hildicu have i vi ry year
J w hat in ailed a "feast of doll..." This
j is li-Id only on one day of iii" yi u, at
which tun: all thedol s tit I have be
longed lo the family are In u;l.t out
I from the safe places where lley are IIs--I
ll. illy kept, and put tip.u tables with
many kinds of playthings. Smielimes
there are more than a hundred dolls,
some i.f which are dark with age, for
often dolls two hundred jean old are
shown at this feast. Tiny are dressed
in nil soils. if ways, some like court la
dies and gentlemen, and sote like com
mon bidies mil gentleiii' n. S mi'! of
I these dolls are very sin .ill, nu 1 some
I me as bilge as a lilllo gill. The feast
of dolls la-ls only one day, but the toys
me shown for many days.
D ilU Used by Kist Iu hoi children
nre vi ry different from any in this couu
I ry. They are made of wood painted
Willi. I If 'lent colon. I : nil doll has a
baby iu its arm:, and is li d to a woo l
cii block so that it ( i'l sla i I up. Til.:
clothes aie only puintu I one-, its nrms
are not jointed, and the only tiling that
can be taken ofT is the he id, which is
fastened into the body with a p-'g. ('.mi
nion woolen j iinlo I dolls an: made
mostly in I.. rmany by poor p ople, who
whittle llieiii mil by hau l. - j Young
''oiks' Cyclopedia.
Astonished Crows.
'i here is evidently a foi iu (if govern
ment among crow s, and some have places
nf authority, I:i a li n k there is always
some on guard, I. ady lo give signal of
approaching dnnu'cr, mi l in living their
fl ight appears to be duel led hyroiii
li. in I. 1 recollect once seeing a flock of
rows homeward bound late in the after
noon. They were on mi air line to their
place of rest, when su Idenly the sun
became eclipsed by the interposition of
the moon. It soon becam a a total eclipse.
Tliere were strange cries by the leader a
the ditrkiie-s spread, and, as it became
total, the command was ipi ruloui. In
stantly each crow ( hose a limb. To me
the actions of the binls were even more
interesting than the celips'. Not les
I idicu'ous were the movements of the
row s as the eclipse rolle 1 away. They
were voluble ill their ox pressinns of as
tonishment, pri.bil.lv declaring it the
(.hortest night they ever piTicncnl.
After shaking out their feathers, greatly
bewildered, they took up their flight
westward and disappeared, Indianap
olis Journal.
C MAUCH
A WONDERFUL LAKH.
Situnterl on the Summit of
tlie Horky Mouu tuinsj.
A Beautiful Sheet nf Water wi li Som
Uniqus Surrotiu lings.
line of the wonders of our gr. it roun
Iiy is Henry's Ink1, on the summit of tbe
l icky mountains, near tie1 line let ween
Idaho an 1 M'.nlan i, on the Targ'-e's
I'ass trai1. Ii is destine 1 to be a popular
nitntner resort, and the -oil nnd 1 1 irn.it :
are not unlavorabli. to th" r i-m t of
permanent seltlein "nt. Tiie lake is live
miles wide and ten miles long, ll is
the source of the ninth fork of Miake
river. I. ike a basin ovn flawing the
clear water ripph-s i ver a bar that foiuis
the him--a b ir of criun'di d rhry-ta'line
j 1 nt. - in a gurjling stream tin' !' 'W
pe,n rl'ully thinugh w.iv.ii ; grass foi half
:i mile, and then p nicer into a ( inon
where it i- l.ishe i int i f"in an I baps
ovi r prei i ii o on its w:. di)'-vn fi".
hat conliin n'.il 1 1 1 v i I a- il :;i ow I o 1 e
agreit r.v. r. A'bra .'iiiiey of loo
mih s over lucky Ir ish's .uid lluoiili
nioun'aln ib liles we p-ado I 111..- l-.k '.
M "ii mi l Inn es were tii'd ni l h'ingry.
The mild bc.iuly of the .smooth w i. i,
level meadows and shad"! paiks a'!
sin ling wil h the evening sunlight was a
happj relief. The blue onus w.n varie
gated willi wild fl iwcis, birds wit : slu:
ing in llie I ices swill, wire .sw.unnoi:.'
on the bike. I1"S ol e ii w h llie winl'T
I'.illge of the alllelo'e, the de l aud elk.
A parly of trapp.is who spent on: win -
fir Ihcr:: say lh" elk m ievvn Mr
herd, of itlle and d. -tr. y I lit. ir hay.
Tiiev weio compelled lo drive gnat
d roves of elk away I.) save any g' a-.- or
other feed for their pn khon ...
line of the wonders of Henry's I ake is
the floating island. When we camp d
at night a lovely i-hind win within a
stone's throw of us. We decided to ex
plore it iu tin morning. The soil green
carpet, the drooping willows and slilf
little pine, so near the shining surfnre
cf llie cool blue water, liil. d us with a
desire to rest iu their sha Ie. When
morning nine the i-laud was eon,-.
Kivc miles away we c.
ti.
mt'.
trees waving iu the wind thai hid waft
ed them t ) the oppoiile side of the
lake. The wind changed, lew
ever, mid lie n..sti i ...a . i-l.oi 1
ciiiiic on it- daily nihil a. id rested, niule
all nature was hushed, thai 1 .v iv
iifleriioou, near whi le we had lir-t s. i u
it. We paddled a raft of logs lo il-bord'-r.
It was circular iu shape tin 1
lion feet in diameter. The outer nl
win n t.iii"h sward, and so tliiu thai il
gave down under the Weight of a man
and lei him into the water boot lop
(brp. A few fort Irom llie rdge it
would Mippmt tin' weight of a l.orn
The floating nia-s we found I . be a mat
of glass roots ovcr-pri-ad with a th u
layer of decayed vegetable matter. The
small trees ha I taken root in tint
blanket of mold. Th. y n.i k. I an I
swayed from side lo sol a, wo waUid
around t hem.
Another curiosity u ar the 1 i K i-
w hat is en lie I Mi. is ' Spriii".. l"i lin
mouth of a cave in the side of a bluff
bursts forth ii river of t orisideialili: s.e.
The sparkling water after seething an 1
roaring ll id'T tiie weight of yiv.it pies
sure or oilier hidden forces, r pi.'. - out
over a rocky bed of gli-L ning ipiail. bi
feel wide, and leaps from ie Ige lo
ledge, dun n the pin in. Pais :
liiglil-. Thousands of 111..1111
lain 1 1 nu I are coiilinu illy living to st, m
thai tumbling loi ri nl. Th'-y , ,,, .
Seen lb. 1. in ill:; in llie air fl out lien ,1 in g '
till night in their eir.it to oain Hi" 111,
ilergroiiud iiy.'i, alter billow in.; the iu
mulliioils Snake In the s iinui.i of th
great water-h 'd of lh" mutim ul. In
ilinlis catch and pink away I1.1I11 that
place Inns i f trout evnj y .,r. When
we visiled the li-bing groun I a hungry
nomadic lube of dii-kv natives, alter
weary days of trav.l, w. ie .11 1 aiiging
camp and looking happy i v. r the pros
poet of a siiinplu on 1,1 'al. Tlcy wn,.
to fi asl on li h th it wi i: yi 1 111,. an-hi.
Alter lighting the bg tins the li-h-.
rrtncii li paired to the foot of the -t cp 1
incliu by the 1 iisliiui; out b t of t In -u I .- '
liirain an liver, lie li man cut 11 slender '
rod and shaped the end of it to lit lno-e
ly the hollow end of a bin khoin spear
lip. A strong (old atlai bed the lip lo
the rod or shaft to the -pear. A mil-, ll-
Inr blave would step forwai.l, a brawny 1
bare arm would raise the simple imple 1
mi nt iilniM! his he el, wln i - il u u!d I
balance for a second, and 'In n like an .
allow ll would be hulled into tin! watei ;
with a sure aim; a tiout woii'd ;
11 1-ll his speckled sides iu llie
sun, the blood would flow in a
red cloud down the Micam, mil n
tine li-h would be landed on the green
sward. The luickhorn tip would pas
through the body and slip from the halt
ns it was pulled back. The nd faster,
ing the lip to (he rod would hold llie
fish, let him ll .uudei as be won! I. Al'1.1
call king ah mt I n pounds foi cm Ii 11c oi
lier of the company they pioneib l In
cook the evening m. al in a minimi a.
simple as it w as strange. I.uge ipianl -ties
of soft ( lay were 1I114 from the bank
and kneaded lo the consistency of dough,
and 1 m h flsh was si piiiitciy ii.i as.'d 111 a
coul ng about uu iuvh thick aud thrown
NO. 27.
Into (he lire to hake. Tiny w re cooked
without dn s-iii''. ;s .in of lli' in wuc
ga-p ng for breath as lliey w( n le-niir.."!
w.lhil.-.y. T.iec.H' soon hardened in
the Hi" like buck in a kiln. The oil
si-l mid spudded (lin ngh the .-Mil',
i:.Ml'tl watched cl'sely and wlr nthe
pe I f . ( I i i'e m a t ie stale was I en lied the
li-h wen withdrawn 1 1 "III tile In d i I
lin. ')',,: sle il- w..i" b.'.'.. with small
ato: es nu I the .bibb u- ni..rse!, wn
luiiie.l out Men ui ing, while, nnd .-a. ay
elioll.dl I i I. mot an cpiclil". u
I 'i niciM o ( ' ii'.
All! i lily of Diamonds'.
The di nu id i, ri "i.tioi i I v. ry
iin.i'tillj in i.ti ; i'ii -. .1 ipic r, in eord
ing 'o clat-icii! my Me !, wis iiiixsoiis
Iii llliik.' lli.'li 1'1'ft Ih'.i.v- ie -p.iiL
mill. ng tin in, an I linding that -ne mull
D. anion I ol ( i. I" i-'-ne nili. i"d him,
I HI in 1 hiti) into a -ton. -; let a vi i y f I - '
ib'e s..i : of th- ori;;;n of tie. "..-in, but
nn-!! nl - ! :i. " tie i.i:. I . nth cent ui y
an- mui h Ir at i lo knowiu" ill- 1
lllilll oil the .obi I t. lie I ,. eks ."III
lie -Ion a bin, !, tie- in bmiil ill!" or
iiueliaii.eal.le, oi l li.en th"- lias nM"
down our w o I in! in .nl.i.r and, .ml
after lh- ! t ' i !i i. . n irli i .Hie i bail... s
of a is t -1 '.bit ar not in. la lb" ; n.utii
i I a l.iaMi o" , .::i nam i I ll." -tone ;
il a It'. ll il, long b.-loie lh 'it"' k - h el
ilin rgi 'l tiointh.' d.iihiii - ol tin injlbic
teje, th ili iiie'iel wa- nride, iiiuong the i
Hebrews. i,e p, , ii;,ai j.-.y.-l .,f the tribe
ol bill n : iu 1 Aai.'.i's i'i. a-tp!al ,
v. In u I i -v i . 'Ii ;- i l in li .s pi e s'ly
I. In -, wa- ad i :.. ! iii tlie -. . olid of the
I.e. i i v.. ol it - .- tling Wilii pinion:
-t witl. '.ii i in laid, a siipplin e mid
a -li nil
Hi . k-,
I. r. nmii, w In ii the '
err i l l la :;i uiiiii:: 1. 1 be k now n,
. 'bilking lie- in : going- of bis peop'e,
ii I, " Mi. in id .In 1. 1I1 is w rill, n w.th
a pin ol iron, iiiid .Mill l!.e point of
ill. 1111". 11. 1.
Uul, alth. ugh tie- .,n,.!ent n.u-iib re I j
the .Inn, oii l In b- 1 1 u I lie. , and w re I
( ip.d.l. of tiymj ti., in,,-: daring ( -i -iliieiit..
witii 11, no -p riiii"ii that i- 1
k now 11 to hav.: be'..!i ;.e. to th'Tii has
1 one down to ii-. .uu: p"r-oii- sup
po-e that tiie K ih-i ii. 1 i- live t Ileus 1 11. 1
years old, a, 111 ni'- p. is.se, -ion, but no
1 ne know- or . in iv ne its hist ory I... k
w.th criiiiiuiy ! 1 inoio than a few u 1,
turies. I'.ii.ul ir .-. ieiu , M.'i.th!'.-.
blind at Mu-ht.
Mi II. II. I'i ny, ..f .1 ..n Mill, , Yt ,
tliu - i",.it. - in - e p. 1 1 'in e in 1.1 y j ear-ago,
whiie 111 awliaiiiig v 'jag,' i:; the ship
.1,1-1 pl.il. e,..f ll': II .!!' I : "W" W.T it
three ji ins, I r, 11, n o'i. 1, -ii. to ;- p
b lulu 1. 1-r.i, an I .1 tlie 1 .,-, of the
second v.-ar ! ll.e voj age, w hile ,11.-1
inakiiig lh" Ian I a', tie- 1 iitiai.i e of the
poll of I', li.'i niii ; -ki. K 1I11-1 hat ka, t.s
night 1 one en, I I . Hid that .iltln u;li it
was ,1 biigli moonlight night, 1 could
sic nothing all 1 twilight, and i oiild .-. e
nn Ie Iter in. 1 r mm well lighted with
l.m.p-. W e nn I" poll lh.' next day, innl
al-. 1 a b w days in p. .11 it p.,- .1 d , I 11!
ous.y. Iii icia i'-ns, al'lii I 1 ing al -en
f r .me tiui. , tie: oil" .1 . tli ill I y r.
'.iiinel, and oil lin- way hmui, vi 1 China
III I ll" ( lie ol (I,.,. 1 II .p.-. It I .1 II... Oil
al a ill lie t iii w l un.le I tl.i i ipe and
I ..-t. d ue h. na , but a-i" 1 i If all. I
about a we, k on -hoi, , My eye-i,l.l
wa- peil .'t l y d'.y, and tny ( ye- wi i"
always siroii.-. willi li .t a sjiupi.-iu i f
wcakiie-., mi l 1 had In I slept in ll.e
ini.nn!i.:l.l, bu: cull I i e nothing in li.e
t'li.: hi i I i il o ' : i 1 id night ( r ill a w II
liohle I loom unless I! Wa- .1 hllle - 1.-1
ol lul. I si I. w.-e. i,. I a -"ill ol light in
flout. '
Inn eh Se h e in t ill s.
If we may ii.ii" an I -1,.,-p in ..iloon iici
ping n.i -, why -lieu! I ue ii,,t In ..I.i.-
I ,, ::ii I , i i Inn . Ii ill I I, I p. I l II I i ig' - .'
I'lie aloiity lo il l . I- i ill itti I ,.l
s .ne imp 'i lau.'e U ' hi ba pp. u loi ir
ill a I oti .11) V- I" I' IU' I" -I'i , ;, , lh ,,y
siciil -' .I.i . -. I, liT--ii, in cv nli.lv
know -. I In re I- I : I ' 1 1 .le d ni j 1' I il
I -. p I . ' p!'-,', tin I .-.lillls' il.n.s I i. tlie
al oinid v. iy fi i , i 'I.I ij . indeed. II nl
load i' ,i o I- and .",; me .1 1 v. r-, ll w I
appeal', aie ill" lu .-I I i i i ii i I. is., in
Ibi.s.a : -in, e I ho i nijii,, . I upon tl
lit i.W .-bill I! I.I w ,,y 1,'lVe I.i t. iv p,
tltioue 1 lie a ill i i . I r I i . ' II I 1 1 1 1 la I
II II S III, gilt I'' alb'l I" I Hi' to I 'l -i'l' " i
ing 1. 1 tin 11 s.,i;li i . !' i. -. Clin I -
'I
, -I ba- I , n ::ia:.le.i. .11 I
I, ,s ju-t b, . ii i-sin i li.iinpo.i ; 'nn then. xt. , . nn n. Manniilitu' i M.iga-
and IniU day a -..b.oii e ,( i Pile I up j u
a-, a 1 Inii. ii ol th oilim b'X nl. -ho In I
alia, le d I 1 ev, i Inn,. L. lie n I T 1 . 'llin Mil) "I tile Specilhllol'.
;i'v iini li.e mi, mil -.ivanl l.-l lln.V In. t in Hx.hang.! pboeii-far
rn able 1 ' o g 1 In ' h ul h will, 0 1 ;..,,.;! ii.'o this inoiilh. 0,10 had . nt bought
olTdulv, but l!...t tie- p, -. 1.::. 1- like- j In- w lie a pair ol diamond rings, nnd
wise may have a . .1, I..; li 11 -,,,,' t u 1. 1 her had been moving into 1111 up-
hi allh. -I uu"- I .." 1 1. . 1 I "-mi blown fionl. They met again on
- ' ' '-.uh avenue yesterday, iin-1 the one in-
Cm n ci'- ami hi upp. .pi n -I :
Aiidicv t irneir an 1 In- pal tin i s pay ! Siy, (llci.n, Iccolilinend mn a paw n
out more money in wage-, iveiy iikh.I U I -:iij,. n mil lo spoul those diamonds."
tiian Kiupp, n l, biate I guunuiker ol j "Ah, has it come to thai, old boyi
Il-sell, i 'llll lllV, dl-b llses llUiollg llisi:,iy, 1 I all't (lo it. We've jUsllllOVPtl
men. Kiupp eiiinlny- I t.tio i n mid i, ,1,1 rooms ovi r this hut store, and I'm
C.u in oie's v. n nrn-I'. Il-lniig nulls an: op- I,, , nnpiainled around here."- (Wall
elated h liooo mi l,. The ilill. reiici! in j Stieet N ws.
llie aggregate of s il:n :,. is t he iliT"i'elie I " '
between Am i, nu an 1 il Hope. in pay.
'I 'he iii'-iith'y p i' i"l! of the IMtshurg
iron I u i-tri i- oiei hill a in; il n ai ib l.u s.
Tin plant own d by lh" Cat iiegi.'s c iv-T
'.' HI acres of gi.ui'i I. I po.l this there.
an: laid and in lintaiiied thirty-live miles
f . i i ,i . . ,
of tracks, and the linn ow ns t w ciity-lw'o
locomotives. 1'itubiirg c-iiiuierc))ilf
v2TI)C tl)atl)am ttccorfc
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Ml'lvinj.
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A few eompniiions with me went,
I'.-uic fe I l ehin.l. some forward strodo,
Uul all on one high nip. se bunt;
To live for nature' rinding (ruth
I u U iiuly mi I the t In dues of art :
'J.. . iii'.-.Talcoiii' j .von- y.nilli
To ,i mis oiitsi e Hi. eouiiuou I. in t.
! mined a idonnd liugerel Ion?
To pile '; n I , lo hear a bird,
'!. iiiii-e while I stoning lo (he ?'iug
1 if brook- through leaf, eovi-ris lienrd;
'I iie in thumb' ilia' bimmht no fame
1 ll' (.'del ,., Iioiii the till. II 'III Ii Kt e-,,J
'! on for ( ii.s ilwii euuiil n il rln in
TI.e world : n plause . oms" nml loud.
I it s i I. I h ui;di oft 1 bind in .' sli. nf.
hi ti. l is my eoniraile- Inive not known,
'J 'ii. hurl i- ton. iiii.l life ii-I.i icf,
And voiith bin now lon v.-r Mown,
- . ii .1 n I .i e llie I ii pi in is swe.'l.
..i n (he toil of i in bei'
bull would I . ml, with eager I'.-et,
,'l.oa:li l.iuii'iiu height on li.'i.'ht fiip"i .
' ,.(,:. , s .1, ,,7 i nhOna.
m Mimoi
I',. li- look" I up to The finhiona'.l'i
i a'.
i i i v ' I y in t lie I ui i ii i in; tl ab Him
.i.e. : no I. on- .
ilavhiir being fa -hi ii'i liie, elderly
i . In-. ,. , ,a, .I .e.
ll inn, Ii" ! in ii i;e I, in passing, that.
v. . a: h..n ly things 'o hay ! aboul.
li l. ni v i i too la:.- to lie nd ; I ut II
I i in i auii'it i pi i I to have a button
-. wnl i i, nr, . i. af el midnight.
1 bo jiv j.ici uring lather a gloomy
, i :.i loi in", ma I mn , '' he .said lo the
.. ;;.,. -I I l.-i . 'Ye-, sir,'' -he ! piled;
ii! il'.s tiie best 1 i. ui do for haif a
i' llu. "
'I in '. ri i bun
my nu nd," -di I M".
j. ,,,.,, v. nh a si ap. of tiie j iw heirdall
. .-.r tie in. .111. "I wi-h yo i would, my
li ' -aid ii .wii, 1111' lly. "ll must
I" an iiiipi'.iy.'li riii.o
1'ailli ; -"iii -1 i iik - represenled by tlie,
'....li"- of n drenched f.'inal.' clinging to
a ri '.v.i-krd rock, but a belter .) s mi
ll atioii Woiiel be a bablheiided man buy
;ag a bottle of patent hair restorer.
Tii "V wet-.- talking ol the feminine sex,
w In n Mine. I!, exclaimed: "You 'men
ne right to accuse us. I only know two
I 'bat woni ii." "And who is die
1 liicr:'' impiim her companion, gallant-
Ye-. Mr. Oldboy," she simpered, "I
: a ve s, en t w eiity seven springs. Would
you lliiuk it:'' "Well, jrs, ma'am. 1
don't, know but what 1 would," Mr.
Hi, limy said, "and 1 guess some of them
.-pi :ti'.;s iiiii-t have been very back ward."
inner, of Silence."
Wle utile hem of death is ut hand
llie dying I'.ii-. e is rained dow n to tho
1 char, or the lowc.-l loom in tin: house
with what l. t i 1 111 I failed tu lenrtl.
Afl'-rward the body is norne to 11 great
i mini towel, there to be 1 xpo.nl to the.
winds i, I hcavi 11, the binning sun, the
beating rain and nil the host of foul
1 .11 1 mn bil l-. Some ri. h families hnvn
a pi. vate lower of I heir own a sortol
family 1 1 1 : il - I. 1 1 111. The public biiiinl
towel-, of which tin re me live, stand
mi Malabar hill, in 11 gar-leu of flower
ing slu ul,, nvci looking the f.'i. Here,
aiiii l flagrant bowers of mscs and jessa
mine, stand these, lowers of silence, nn
they are called ghastly ne 'pinoles for
lin dea l. Tiny aie about Ihiity feet
high mid sixty bet wide. I hi the top
I each is nn opi 11 giatingoii which the.
bodies an! laid in three circles
il.ll'li. ii in the centre, then the women
.1 : I in. n on the outer edge. Innuinera
;,! buds of pny a e forever hoveling,
with their shaip huiigiy .Th , round
:he-c lower-., nr rilling pi m bed on
tin in, solemnly wailing for the guileful
I a-t thai is in ver long ih laved 11 feast
whiih daily riverage three I'msces, be-
-1 b s .-111(11 and - llll'll'ell, b.r ll IS ( Sll
111 1I1 I thai 1 a, h day three of these pr is
p loll-, i 1 1 1 -' 1 i I : -' 111, Well to-do looking
I. , reliant- Imd their la-l resting pime iu
Lie voi'a. ions maws of Ihe e ravenous
bud--. And w In n the birds have don
'.In 11 pall, titnl winds nnd sun and rain
ii ill' ..11 combined lo alnteii the .'.ele
Ion Li a Iking like poll lied IX "IV, Igrml II
.. the boll- 1 sepal ah' and bill through
I I, n p. ii gr al in:: ml. in well below tho
1 w.i, whence, il is siid, I In y an' Inken
:, a s u I ! 1 1 a I) e a ii pa- iil:i mel cast into
: , a and so the p n e is Ii ll clear for
it oiiiuii i i lin-,
Teil'lei-heiu tc-l young lady (111, you
u I, heartless little wretch, to rob
t ...si: poor birds of their eggs'.
Wicked little boy Oh! That's the
1 " ' ; "l " ,u " "oiiiiei.
(i le-s she won't cure. I Purest nud
1
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