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NO. n.
Shorn!.
. I said It In the men, low path,
I (ny it n tin' hioiinlniii l iir. .,
Tbe best things nny uinrtiil 1 1 1
Are those which any mortal sharps.
Tin nir we lirr:il ln. tin sky, the Incize,
The light w itlnnit tis : 1 1 I within
Life, Willi ilH iiiiIim KiiI lie isurli s,
God's riches- .uc for us In in.
The grass is softer to my thud
For rest it yle'ils unmiinhrrcd feet;
Sweeter to me I he iM rose rod.
Ilee.iue .die makes Hie whole world sweet
Into your lirnvenly lomliiicss
Ve M i loollle.l me, O solemn peaks'
Aim! ine in every (jne-l j mi ll ss
Wlin reverent ;j ynnr mystery seek".
Ainl up the radiant peoplcl wny
That opens iuio world unknown,
It mil ho life's li-liulit In say :
"Heaven is not heaven fur me alone."
Well through my brethren's poverty
Sued woilth were hid is! I am blest
Only in wiuit Ihey idiiire with me,
In what I share williall tin; n.t.
I.uey l.arcuin, in The New Kurth.
THE OLD MANSION.
I V M W K. I H l I'll.
Mr. Mandeville had just come into
his illicit on a blowy, bliio-kiod, )iu9.
tering March ilay in iho n's, where
tlio open grate-lire iroontoil an ap
pearance of emu furl, ami the. clerk
was busily oci'iipioil in engrossing
leases for ilie coming lirsl of May.
In an arm-chair before I hi: cheery
rannel-coal blaze sat an agent, a Mull,
red-faced man, wlio wiiri' a pepper-and-salt
soil, and havod his couiilc
llllliec very elosi; iiulei i.
"Weil.'' :uiil Miiiuleville. curtly.
"Tho oiil Waki'hani house is let,"
said Mr. Luray, "at iwelvo hundred
dollni s for a boarding-house. No re.
pairs."
"That's good news," said ihe rieh
111:111.''
"Kvery hunso in the Windham
Work has gone ell' at nine hundred
like hot cakes," ailik'il I. may, com
placently. "Very all) nelivti houses,
(hose. 1 only wish 1 hail a iloz'ii
more like 'em. Tlio place on Seeond
squa'o need repairs; you'll la- obliged
to have a plumber ami enrpenbr
right oil.''
"See lo it, then." said Mandeville,
beginning to glance iit the pile of im
ppeneil loiters on his desk a liltle iiu
jvitienily. "Ami litre's ihe Mnrand Mansion,"
ailileil Mr. I. may, "up on the H i I m
liivcr '
"What!" crioil Mandeville, sharply.
"Iu't (hat let yd?"
'It's my opinion, sir," snhl Mr.
I. may, slowly, "there's soiuclhing
radically wrong about tint there
house. X 'limlv wants it. It's Lei n
in Iho mai kel t In io successive yeuis
and it won't go oil', nohow wo can li
it."
"Hul," Mandovillo exclaimed,
"what do you mean? It isn't
lilt II 1 1 (oil ? '
"Xot to my knowledge, fir," said
the ngcnl; "unless Ilie tenants have
chosen to get up a ghost for their
special cdilicai ion."
" I ho tenants arc distant relations
of my own," said Mr. Mandovillo, a
liltlu haughtily. "1 have, nut met
them tor many years, luit I have
reason to helieve they arc ladies."
"lei haps so, bir," said Mr. I.ttray,
dryly. "Hut it has oecurred to my
mind, now attd ngaiu, as things will
(lecnr, you know, sir, that pcilinp 1
had better go up there and see about
it."
"Xot a bad idea," said Mandeville.
"I'll go myself."
And ho went.
The Moratul Mansion was a groat
antique heii-o of moss-covered gruy
stono on Ilie banks of the ll.irlcui
river, with binders of yellow dat) aids
outlining its path like ribbons of gold,
and the earliest crocuses blossoming !
around its dooi steps, w hile hoary old J
pcur-trcos drooped their boughs in the I
garden, and a superb while-1 i:io tree !
spread its umbrella of black-green 1
thaddow over tho paved court in
front. I
Mr. Mandeville ran"; at tlm do -r-
fiell, oliiiii iiio as he did o at lie: "To i
Let,'' wh eh had beeoiue delaelied
from its board, ami lav wedded in a
tangle of j,r"o-obcri y bu-lies. . black- j
eyed, handsome yoiino elf cam t. the :
door, wiih a :n:iw ot j.'ypy b nek hair
fulling down her back, and a faded j
ralieo frock, which was neverl be ins i
W'holo and neat. I
"Is this house lo let.''' Mr. Man.le-
villi politely asked. !
"Ye- e- ," iiiiwiliinoly mltiiittetl
Miss Vuilic Yane, coiniiionly known
as "Natiy," w il h a glance a the bat
tered board which lay face dowuw ud
nmoux the oo,,rbei lies. "At least
the iioeiit inlil us so an I a cross old
jji owl r he w is."
Could I look at it?' 'aid Mi
Mandeville, insinuating I v.
It ain't convenient," answered
Miss Natty, planting; herself within
the door in such a manner that he
could not possibly obtain an entrance
without her permission.
"Kill the 6g says Mo bo soon be
tween tho hours of twelve and four,'"
aroiicd Mr. Mandeville, consulting his
chronometer. "And it is now half
past one."
"I ean't help what tho sivn says,"
said Natlv. bi.lli'.'ereinly. "It isn't
convenient. Mamma is an invalid,
and she can't have all creation tratnp
iny over the Honrs above her head."
"Itilt lain not all creation,'" said
Mr. Mini do ville. "And I will en
deavor not lo tramp' any more than I
can help."
"It isn't worth whilo for you to
to come in," (-rid Natty, solemnly re
g.irdiiij; him. "You won't like tho
house, anyhow."
"And why not?'' he (pieslioned.
"It's moldy," said Nntlv, sinking
lifir voice to a eontidenlial whisper,
"mnl damp. And the ceiling in Iho
blue-room has fallen, and the paper
in Iho dining-room is all mil-dew.
And (liu neighbors sny therc',s a
ghost, hut I never saw it."
"Ah!" said Mr. Mandeville. "I
thought we should ("im. to it at last.
A ghosl, oh?'1
"Yes," noddvd Netty. "Down cel
lar where the bodies of some Uevolll
I binary soldiers were buried ling be
fore any one ever thought of building
a hiMi-e here. They walk there tit
night and clank their swords. At least
(leiiuan (irctchen, who lived with us
once, used lo 6ay so. I never heard
any imise but the rais. Hut all the
same, il isn't comfortable, to have
peoplo saying that there's a ghost in
the house."
"No; crlainly not," acquiesced
Mr. Mimdeviib..
"liesidos," added Netty, "(he hmiso
belongs lo a crab.'"
"A w Inn?" cried Mandeville.
"A crab," said Natty. "The land
loul, you know. Hi's a cousin of
mamma's nobody knows how many
limes removed. Hi. t I know ho iiiu-t
be horridly st ilish and ini-erly. And
I riilher like the idea of keeping pos
session of the old Motand Man-ion, in
spiic of him. I dare say he's dancing
around the ll.ior of bis inuncy vaults
now willi rage about it. Hut we had
as much right lo'otir half of Iho old
property as he had, no matter wh it
i he law snid. And we aro beggars al
most, ami 1 io is a rich mini."
"Law," said Mr. Mamleville, dryly,
"but not equity. I hat 6 It, eh.'
"We've get possession of the old
house; lhal's all I know," said the
young i inlaw. "Ami wo mean to
keep il."
"Hill perhaps," said Mandeville,
"he may not be as bad as you think.'
Oh, I'm quilti sure of it," said
Nutty, decisively.
'1 suppose," said Maudcvide, look
keenly at her, "that you aro
Nalalie?"
She started.
Mow did you know ?"
"liecause," he an-woied solemnly,
I am the crab!"
Wha'!"
"I iiiii William M-uuIeville," stnil
g roguishly. "Op 'H the door, Nattv,
and let me ill. I want to see your
mother, liou't be frightened, child.
I am not angry with you."
Natalie reddened indignantly.
' l'i ighteiied !'' she repealed, "t
never was frightened in my life.
Least of all al you. And don't you
think you really tiro a crab, Mr. Will
iam Maudi'ville?''
'It is very likely,'' said he, wilh
Uicat calniiic-s, "that I may have ap
peared like a p-lii'l I ti-h of that iialure.
Hut I assure yon it has been quite un
intentional. I have tru-ted loo much
to my agent. He told ni" you were
desirous lo leave the house!"
"Then," said Natalie, eneroclically,
"he told a wicked, wicked story.
Why should we leave it? We had
nowhere else to o(. '
lie turned around and held out his
hand.
"There has le'cn a misunderstand-
ing all tin d," -aid he. "Natty,
shall wo be friemls?''
"With till 1 1 y heart. 1 tion't be
lieve you can poib!y be a crab, after
all, and I've been d dug you injustice
all these years. And I'm so.ry lor
il so there!"
s,i Naliv look him into the shabby
little boudoir, huno wiih velvet paper
in imitation of Venetian tapestry and
all slreaked Willi blue moid, where
her mother sat cowciing over a tiro of
ihiftwood. which Natty had gathered
for her along the river shore. 1'or
they weie so poor, so very poor, this
mother and her daughter, thai even
Iho lire by which thev wanned them
selves w as a manor of eravo consider
ation and coiitriv.iuco.
Mrs. Vane was pale and putty as
she int there iu die old silk which was
one (if stie of mends and darns, but
hiioj io'io wiin me air or a genuine
lady to shako lunula with her distant
COtlslll.
Mrs. Vane," said the young law
yer, with a smile, after he had ex
plained to her the slrangc manner iu
which ho and Natty had beeomo
friends, nfler such a el range passage
of verbal arms, "Natalie has shown
me myself in quite u new light. It is
a peculiar sensation to see ourselves ns
olhers see us. Will you allow mo in
some measure to right myself in your
estimation and my own?"
They had a long council of wave
and means there, by the blazing lire
of li if I wood, that evening and then
they went ail ovor the house ,even
down to the cellar where tho ghosl
was supposed to do his rattling at iho
dead of night. And Mr. Mundeville,
still wiih his eyes fixed on Natalie's
bright gypsy face, decided that tho
property needed repairing thoroughly,
and invited the widow and her'
daughlcr lo visit him iu New York
while the renovation took place.
"My sister will be there lo chaperon
us," he said, .mil I will endeavor to .
show my little cousin Natty some of '
ll.e things best worth seeing iu out
groat metropolis."
"Oh," cried Natty, with her great 1
eyes glitlering like pools of jel, "how
nice that will be! Oh, Cousin Mande
ville, I do like you so much! '
" ill she dare to say lb it one year
from today?" ho asked himself, with a
curious sensation at his heart. Tor she
was so young and pretty so like a
raie-ripo peach w ilh the bloom still on
ils cheeks."
I'pon Ihe next year's lir-t of April,
Mr. Lttray came to his chief wilh an
auxioii9 face.
"That old Morand Mansion, sir,"
said ho "I understand it is in perfect
order, now, painted and frescoed
Ihroiighotit, wi:h Ihe ground laid out
by a landscape gardener. Am 1 to
put it on the list of -To Lois?'"
"No," said Mandeviile, brusquely,
"I propose lo occupy it myself as u
summer residence."
"You, sir !"
'I am to be married next, week,"
said Mr. ."Mandeville, "lo Miss Natalio
Vane. And we shall live there for tho
ire-cut."
That was William Mandevillo's lovc
idyk New York Ledger.
A Hangman's l!evem.re.
According to the New York World
cx-llani'iuan Horry's book of expe
riences as a Koko m'ciiis to have fallen
wiih some ihuicss. l'hers is one
amusing im ideiii, nliliugh ils humor
ous side doesn't seem to have im-pro-sod
Mr. Horry. Some yours ago
he was traveling by rail in one of
tiiose famous compartments of w hich
we read queer tales from time to lime.
II. three companions iu this coop,
which seems to be so contrived as to
permit of unlimited insult to tin unof
fending passenger, appeared to bo
gentlemen, and what is more, ap
peared to have taken a strong dislike
to Mr. Horry, lie soon discovere I
ibat they had in some way identified
him as tho public executioner, and
ihey lost no opportunity of expressing
iu visible and audible and even tangi
ble fashion the contempt and loathing
with which Ihey icgarded his eyes,
hands mnl particularly his shins. Ho
didn't make an outcry, however. Two
ears afterwards Mr. Horry went to
Carlisle on a professional lour. Ho
was there called on to hang Messrs.
Hudge, .Martin and Haker, whom ho
identified at a gbineo as his follow
irave'ers and tormentors.
I. earned ( hiblien.
Mrs. Mary L. Hurl of Chioag.i, w ho
has recently relumed from tlreece,
says thai th 'common school children
of Athens aro taught aneioul and
modern tireek, l'loneli and sometimes
I'.ugdsh. They have no school
'reader" such asalllicl American chil
dren, but as soon as they are able to
read they arc put into tho elassics of
their own literature, so that long
before they have reached mature
vears thev are familiar w ilh Homer
Neiiophon, Herodotus, I'.u'urcli and
the dramatists. Instead of reciting
nursery rhymes they learn the best
myitis of Hellenic Ireralurc. One little
Kirl of tin ago at which American
children aro beginning to approcia o
ilie beauties of "hickory, dickory,
dock," g ive Mi-j l., at a graphic re
ciliij of the labcr of H Monies.
A Dark Mystery.
(iood Little Hoy Does majority
rule in this counliy?
l ather Indeed il does.
(iood Liltle Hoy Then how does it i
happen that one bad little boy can get j
ail us good liltle boys into so much 1
mischief iliood Nw.
CHII.1U1KVS OI.I MN.
iounmi s mo p.
I ''"" 'i11'' innliiiK over the roml
liayliKiit was raonix away;
One little face, v ry fi ightem .1 atel snj.
W:ilchiiij Iho shallow x at play;
Two liltle eye., looking up to the skies.
(Hie little ipiiveriiiK elini ;
Two little lips parted iuiH" ntiy
line lillle prayer to begin.
one uj!C'l form comiuj; over the Mail -
I'aj liit was failing away ;
One kindly face where from niorniie;
till
I'lilleil ihe sunbeams al play.
Two little eyes aitin r.iiscl m Ihe skies;
I loii. lie.., the one little hr..iv -'Vo'i
nieibi't take care of me longer, ilesr
Lord;
1 can see (ruiulfalher im . "
iTIorence .1. lioyoc, in l-'rauk Leslie's.
Tin-: i.iAM nuns or i mii i.
For two centuries or more, Ihe
quiet liltle French town Douni has
had llio custom of waking up once a
year to w itness a s. eue w hich lias not
ils parallel any w here in the world,
The spoctae'e is a procession of gigau-
tic dolls.
At 1 1 o'clock on ihe first Sunday
after duly inh, day-ant and his family
leave llio Museum gardens, while Ihe
chimes in the belfry ring the inarch
of 'Iu (i.iyauts, ami crowds of Ouiai
citizens ami visitors from all tho
neighboring towns welcome Iheut w iih
eiilhusinslic nppiaiise. (layanl Wears
a knight's eosiuine, and a helmet with
w hile plumes, lie is I went)' -two feet
high, iiml his skeleton is a wicker
frame. I le is carried bv men con.
cealed iu Ihe framework of his legs,
1 Hohind him walks bis wife, Marie
Cagotion. She is twenty feet high,
' and wears the costume of a lady of
Ihe court of .Marguerite de alois.
She, like her husband and children,
has a wicker anatomy. The children
are Monsieur dacquot, tw elyo feet
high, who weirs a velvet cap and
1 Spanish clonk; Mademoiselle l'iliun,
ten feet high, and dressed like her
mother; and liltle Ilinbin, eight foot
high, who wears
child's cap and
carries a raltle.
i ne iiayants tiro lolioweil bv a
followed
chariot. On a high platform at lite
btiek of ihis is a figure of fortune. In
front of Foiiuue, on a revolving plat
form is a Spanish gentleman, a lady,
a Swiss soldier, a banker, a neasant
carrying a chicken, and a lawyer with
apoekelful of documents. As this
platform revolves it keeps the position
of mi inclined plane, lir.-t one cud and
then the oilier being t.,ised lo Iho
height of Foiitiuo. This illustrates,
as tho "Sonj; of the (lay au's" explains,
lb. it fortune change, and everyone,
from Ihe gentleman t i the peasant,
has his vicissitudes.
I The origin of ihe tote is not know n.
In ITl'ia company of gunners from
, D uiai w h i w ore oncatiipe al Touruai,
suddenly deserted ill u body with Iheir
in on and baggage. The provost wished
lo search fur them, and was very in
dignant, but their captain said:
"Ho calm. 1 know where Ihey are.
! They had lo go and see I licit- grand
i father II ivaiit at D ntai. They will
' conio back."
And in it few days they returned,
well pleased wilh their holiday, and
bringing with liiein a large number of
recruits. Yankee Hiade.
i in v i.i vi: in t in mi n.
"Two curious litt e ti-lios live iu the
mud," said Professor Theodore dill
to a Star writer. "tine of them
was only discovered ree -nily. It w as
called after mvsolf.by way of coinpli.
incut, being named Ihe di'lichthys.'
My namesake is a sort of goby, from
six to eight inches long. it :i
hide in the muddy bank of a tidal
creek, at the bottom of which it sits
and meditates, being kept wet by the
percolation of the water through lite
sill rounding mud. It feeds on small
crustaceans largely. One remarkable
thing about the dillichchys is its
mouth, which is about one-third the
length of its body. It is good to cat
and the Chinamen iu the neighbor
hood of San Francisco dig in iho
marshes for specimens.
"The other mud lish is a native of
the South Sea Islands, and is found
on other tropical coasts. It bops
about on Iho mud batiks when the tide
is out, being apparently as much at
homo on laud as io the water. People i
call it Ihe "jumping lish." Suni"liuios ,
it will climb iho roots of trees on I
shore, making its way upward by j
means ot its pectoral tins. Often it j
occupies the holes made by tiddler
crabs. When it is hopping about on i
the mud it is usually iu pursuit of the
ei ustaceaiis or of a peculiar kind of
slug that affords its favorite diet."
Washington Star.
Hei'sons who e port or import sil
ver bullion will be required hereafter
lo exhibit on entries and manifests
the quantity f bullion in ounces
line, as well as the value.
THEY LIVE IX TREES.
Strange Homes of a Tribe of South
American Savages.
Aerial Travelers in Other Parts
of the World.
There is a tribe of South American
savages w hose singular mode of ex
istence gave the name of Venezuela
Lillle Venice to that northern
province. The villages of these people
are built over Ihe bosom of a great fresh
water lake, which lies contiguous lo
Ihe (ililf of Maraeaibo. These people
long ago abandoned the land, and
sinking piles into the lake, built theii
houses on tl.eui. Hero nature's gifts
seems singular) opportune; for not
tnily doo.s ilie lake olb'r miles of sur
face not exceeding live feet ill depth,
hut Ihe neighboring mountain sides
furnish a tree exactly suialblo for
piles. This is a species of iron
wood so bar I as lo turn the edge of
tin axe.
It foetus incredible that wi.hout
metal tools the savages ciuild fell,
trim and drive in place those trees:
but Ihe evidence Ihat Ihey did is (hero.
To further strengthen lie: piles, nature
in Iho ooiiisc of a few years ot sub
version covers 1 1 it-1 1 1 willi a deposit of
lime, which practica ly converts ilicm
into piilai s of -loao.
Secure on these ulnlatitial supports
Ihe native builds bis but, using no
uiclal, nails or bobs, but once inoie
going lo the vegetable world for a
substitute. This he find iu the sipo,
which ho uses green to bind beaiiis,
riil'iers and other purls of his siructuro
wilh. The slpo dries and contracts,
and no band of iron could be more
rigid or nearly as durah'c.
Those savages are not by any moans
the only lake-dwellers know n, for be
sides Iho Sw iss lake-dwellers of pre
historic times, there arc the Luke l'ra
silts duellers liienlioueil bv Herodotus,
who thus describes lln ir way of liv
ing :
"Flunks tilled on lofty piles are
placed in the middle of the lake, with
a narrow entrance from llio mainland
by a single biidgo. These piles that
support the planks till the citizens
anciently placed there at the cniniuon
charge, but al'teward they established
a law to the following ell' el :
" 'Whenever a man marries, for
each wife he sinks ih-ec pile, bring
ing wood from a iiiiiunlaiii ca led -belus;'
but every man has several
wives. They livi iu tho following
manner: Lvoiy in in has a hut on the
planks, iu which bo dwells, with a
trap-door closely lit led in llio planks,
and leading down to the lake. They
tie tho young people with a cord
round the foot, foaiing icst they
lliould f ill into the lake bctteaih To
their horses and beasts of burden they
give lish for fodder, vf which there is
such abundance that w hen a man bus
opened his trap-door be lets down an
empty basket by a cord into too lake
and, after wailing a hort time, draw
it up full of lish. "
The Dyaks of Horuoo are another
race of aerial dwellers. They also
use the hard iron wood lor piling
and el vale their hut- twenty and
thirty foot from Iho gnuiml. Soine
of their structures do-et ve i more dig
nified name than bin ; for in . uc
cases they have been known lo be
over .'"- feel in length and capable
of aecoiuhi odaling o" occupant.
One reason for building on pile i
the avoidance of snakes and other
noxious icptiles so plentiful in the
tropics; but the iuo-t important rea
son is tltat the Dyaks place an extra
ordinary Value on the human boa I as
disassociated from iho body o much
so thai, f-r hi head's safety, c.oh
Ih tik makes of bis hou-e a fort.
Near tho Doing. i Straits, on the
c oast of New diiltiea. there lives a
very singular tribe of Papuans
known commonly as monkey men,
from iho fact ihal they climb about iu
the limbs of the irees with the ease
and facility of monkey.
There is a stretch of several miles
along the coast covered with a dense
undergrowth of mangroves. Through
the w hole length of this wooded belt
llieso monkey men fly wilh out
stretched arms and logs, prefeniiig
tiial mode of locomotion lo any
other.
A Woman's (iotnl Work.
What may be done towards alleviat
ing the condition of the poor by hous.
lug them decently and surrounding
them with sanitary improvements is
well illustrated by ihe work of rv
humane woman iu tho Philadelphia
suburb of Wrightsville. "From
boing one of tho worst quarters of the
city," says the Philadelphia Ledger,
"a menace to health and life, its iu-
htibitnnts fast drifting downwards, it
has been converted i to a good, coin
lorlable wholesome, proli' able neigh
borhood, and all by the personal
supervision and care of this lady,
who, in I Ms I, leased Iho property and
undertook ils management. l!y hard
and constant work she got (he cily
authorities to do their work; Iho
Hoard of Health, the Highway De
partment, the Water I opnrtmciit, the
Police, the P. iiird of L location, were
one after the olher brought to ue
Iheir power, and now clean houses,
clean streets, good water, a good
school, good niC'.ic.'il supervision,
a reading-room and libraiy,
lillle gardens make the neigh
hoi hood atil active. All this bus
been done in a sound business way,
and n jw the income is about double
what it was in the days of misrule
mid injustice, although Ihe only in
crease is the on cents a inoiilh for
wtiior rales. Il continue to pay about
per cent, on the investment, so that
uflor deducting all expenses of super
intendence, repairs, outlay for the li
brary, etc., mid after repaying the
owners their o per cent, interest, there
remains nearly :! per eeiil. profit lo
Iho lady whoso inspiration mid bard
work have done so much good lo this
sctllelilenl and ils occupants. 1 Lis
ha been a moral and hygienic reform,
can iod on w ith a business-like regard
to dollars mul cents." I'.iioouraged
by Iho success of this experiment,
some wealthy people, who have Ihe
u elf nie of the Iciicinoiit-d wcllers at
hcarl, propose lo build a model lodging-house
in one of the ihiikly popu
lated pai ls of the city. They expect
to make : percent, on I he investment,
so thai Ihe iiuderlakiiig is relieved of
Ihe obligation involved in charitable
assistance.
Vanisliiin- I nnn-.
In an account of the vertebrate
which have reccnlly bee tine extinct
or are likely soon to becoms so, A. F.
Lucas mentions Ihe follow ing: Tim
West Indian seal, of which lillle is
known, 'i he Calif' rnia sea olcphiiul,
last reported iu lL The walruses,
the species of the Pacilic, being iu
greater danger from whalers than
thai of Ihe Atlantic. The Luiopeau
bison, al present diminishing in nuiu
beis although protected ill Iho two lo
ealitie w here it i-l. Most of the
native birds of ihe llawaiau Islands,
thioe species having already disap
peared one nf them through the de
mand for war feathers for the native
kings. The I all torn i i vulture, now
extremely rare. Tbe dodo of Mau
ritius, and the solitaire of llodriguez,
whno existing remains consist of a
few bones. The Libr.ulor duck, of
which on sj'ei iiiiens have been pte
serveil, the last taken iu 17. The
great auk, extol initiated iu I l ',
though specimens are b -s rare than
those of iho l.ibr.idor duck, while
commanding such pi ices a oon f. i- a
single skeleton, soi ot for a skin, and
I ilooo for mi egg. Pallas'
I cormorant abunda' I on II In ing
Island in I'll. but extinct
a hundred vears later, and now
known only by four Muled specimens
and lv niy-threo bono in ihe mu
I scums nf i lie world. The great liaia-
pagos and Mascai one tot toi-es, once
very abundant, but ihe latter ext'n. t
i early iu ;hi oenttuv. The lile ti-b,
i
i with one of lb" strangest histories
known. It was first discovered in
Mai eh, l.-V'.'. when a lilouccter
schooner look about ten n ouinl; in
; l,M'i and I,! a few were taken uy
j the steamer of the l ooted l ates Fish
j Commission : in March and April,
j I .', an immense number ol the do .d
j lish estimated al hero than a billion
j -were obscivtd ll lating over an area
: ofo'iio lo 7oiu square miles: and no
i specimen has been lepoited Mine.
licnlon ( N .I.i Amei i. an.
Muting I ami.
Astiouomcrs of iutiago do Chile
, find that the soil of licit cily is in a
; remarkable stale of motion. Al first
j the changes, oh-crvcd many years ago
on a mountain side wore siippoed lo
j be simply dailv variations duo to the
i heating of the rocks. Ion the dircc
I lor of lite Santiago Observatory .
which is siiuatol iu a level plain to
' tho smith of the city, bss obervcd
i ihec movements, and sime last July
! has made them a subject of special
study, lie learns thai the soil be
ueath the obsdvatory is raised in the
noilbeast putt during the aftoiuooii
until aboui 1' o'clock, w hen it gradu
ally sinks back until about 7 o'clock
in the nun ning. This oscillation has
au auiph;udo of three lo four sec
onds. lbidos the daily variation,
however, the southeast part of the
soil was steadily raised from duly
until September, and the eat part
from September until November,
when tho total chatigo had already
reaebpj about thirtv-live seconds.
A Sleep Song.
Willow, win re Ihe rushes grow
Softly .i-hing. softly swayitiK,
Siiii: n music soft ami low,
bile tla bree.i s round you playing
liiiitly come - gently go.
Wind that in tin trees dolli blow
With s sweet foiluetivr sighing,
situ: a lullnhy you know,
I'reiimful n- the shadows llyiiiR,
soini thing soft something slow.
Hiv. r. a ),,u onward flow
rooiiing songs of no man's making,
Let me i icr si aw ard fto
lib no thought of sad awaking
liwii now - even so.
- lreiii Noble, ill Vnnkre Illadf".
Ill MOUOl S.
Il is belirr to i cumin anonymous
than to make a name and lose it.
A wealthy uncle is usually allowed
to have uis own way because of his
will-ful character.
There are some people who Ihiuk
the music never ainouiils to much ex
cept when ihey play lirsl liddle.
A Woman somel iines forgels Unit
fIic has tin innnoiial soul, but she
never forgels llial sU Ims a colli
plcxiou. It is lo be fern oil l hat there in emeu
who owe careers of integrity to Iho
fact thai honesty has a reputation for
bei ng good pol ic c.
Itewarethi swimming pool, oh boy;
Mic h vi oe s,n!l be e,"ebin
Who ..eek the wan r lo enjoy
II. fore t hey lire mature.
"I understand that vaccination is
going on! of practice and is not so
p q ular as il was." q I don't
know-. It s ill takes !"
Parent Now la m uilier, .lohnny
Ak 'In' iliuggist for pu'vorized
ubiiii. Johnny tat the drug store)
(limine something for a paralyzed
in in.
Shu isn't mi inigel, she isn't a god.
iless, -die i-n'l a lily, a rose or a pearl;
she's simply what's sweetest, com
plelcsi mi I iiealest, dear lillle, queer
lil.le, sweet liltle gii I.
"A p mill of coik," said Mr. Wick
wire, w ho i fond of repeating news
paper eioiico, "is nitli ionl to support
a man in Iho water." "How long?''
iiskek bis wife. "LI;?" "I said, how
long? you know be would aiarve to
ileaih on such a diet iu less than a
v-'eck if on laud."
Hindoo Penitence.
The Hindoos caie inoie for ihe
brute than tor human creation. All
abir i. c, cowherd - was carrying a
calf ami lei it drop, breaking the neck
of the animal. The hi ahinins excotn
nniuic.iiteil him for i in nths ; no
member of bis f imiiy was allow ed 10
(du ller or feed him; bo had to ui'lko
a number of pilgrimages in a inend -c.ai
l's garb, wiih a nqa around his
in i k and tie' tail of the calf be had
killed on his shoulder. Ile!iiruiig
home uficr s'x months he had lo live
in a hut by himself built for the pur
pose. There he inu-t be purified. A
baibcr shaved the hair i 11 The head and
face of the peniieut and pared his
nail-. Anolhoi man came and burned
the hair and na.l a id sot llio tem
porary but on lire. Alier ihat the
luali fac or had lo ba' be hi the l iver
until hi- skin was c can, when he
could eotno out. Lvcu then he was
only piuilicd but to t yd reinstated in
the o.istc of cow herds, lb' hud tirst
to feat fifty brahmins and b"' of his
brother ahii's bef re lie could bo re
ce.ved back in i he fold. Chicago
lb-raid.
Hying Place" of the l.lliinacos
'I he giianaco animal" of the camel
tribe wli'-h have been largely domes
ticated in ."S'lib America have a
"diing place" al the sou born cxtrem
ii of IVagonia. It i a spot to which
all of llieso Leasts iiihabiiing llio neigh
b u ing pi mis lopair at lie approtu li
of deal li lo b 'posit :h ir bones. Dar
win first rivoided this strange insiiiul
of then", aid ni o'tisci vat ions havo
since been lullv conliiiited by others.
A ciuaiely speaking then tire several
of thee diing place, the best known
being on Ihe banks of the S inia Cruz
and daliegos nvei. where the valleys
arc oovoiod w ith dense thickets ol
Inisbes and lice of stiiiiied growth.
There Iho ground is-cattcied thickly
with ihe bines of come less dead gen
erations, die aniiiii iu moat eases
having crawled, before dying, t e
nealh and mil ng iho bushes. Wash
ington Sin',
V Man nf Ittain.
Mrs. D'Vviioo (iiidigiifinily)
hat '. Move oul of the. city and live
iu ihe suburb? Indeed 1 won't so
there: (
Mr. D'Avnoii t who wauls to econo
mize) My cb-ar, a pretty woman like
you never looks so eliaiiniiig as when
silling in a phaeton at a subuiban
railway station, wailing for her hus
band. She went. -New York Weekly.
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