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DE YON D THE SUNSET.
The roai that passeJ his father's door
He thought stretched on forevermore.
Through fragrant vales of tangled gra.,
Cf er many a misty mountain pass,
Out into wonders unexpresse 1
Beyond the olou liands of the west.
Through lands aud cities of renown.
To where the mighty sun goes down.
Aud so he :eft his father's door
And aid, "I will return no more.'"
He traveled forth beyond the budge.
He climbed the lofty mountain ride,
He passed the river and the town
To fin 1 out where the sun went down;
But when he sank at close of day,
The sunset still was far away.
If m trol through many a wind -swept glen;
In mighty towns he mixed with men;
The breath of many an alien breezs
To-sel him o'er unfamiliar seas;
He breathed the spicy gale that blows
From Southern archipelagoes.
And in the quiet Eastern calm
lie sought sweet sleep beneath the palm.
But when he looked at close of day.
The sunset still was far away.
He thought to leave his father's door
And travel on forevermore.
A withered pilgrim, bent and gray.
Kept on his unfamiliar wa$.
feep versed in lau Is, a mau of men,
A universal citizeB.
He circled all the earth; ouoa mora
He stood before his father's door
Though many years his father slept
Upon the mountain side unwept
Hd stood there wrinkled, worn and brown,
lie stood than as ths sun went down,
And In the twilight dim and gray
Tha sunset was not far away.
Out from the many millions hurlei
He sank down weary of the world,
With all his tired journey o'er
To die beside his father's door.
And said, a sal smile on his brow,
"I pass beyond the sunset now."
.V. W. Foss, in Yankee Blade.
TAKEN BY TARTARS.
lu 1873 I was a sub-lieutenant iu the
Royal British Navy, serving on Her
Majesty's gunboat Tickler, commanded
by First Lieutenant (now Captain) Charles
Napier. We were cruising in Chinese
waters, keeping our eyes open for a lot
of Tartar pirates who are the pests of
these seas, and are dreaded by all honed
trading vessels. We were lying at the
mouth of the IIo-Toug, a small river or
creek emptying into the Pacific, aud
Commander Napier had sent me, with a
boatswain named Joe Maxted and a
launch's crew of twelve men, up the
creek to hunt foi and, if possible, to
destroy the stronghold of a certaiu Tartar
pirate who had recently made himself
particularly obnoxious.
We got into the creek aud rowed up
about five miles without finding anything
or anybody, aud without being molested
in any way whatever. Then I thought
we had gone far enough, but, being
young and panting for glory, I determ
ined to reconnoitre a little further in
land. So, taking with me Joe Maxted
and two men, and giving orders to the
men left in charge of the boat that if we
did not return in forty-eight hours they
were to come in search of us, we started
upon what was undoubtedly a very fool
hardy trip.
The whole river bank on either side
was a deoe jungle for about half a
mile, breaking into a belt of pine forest
and then into the opeu. Here aud there
were narrow cuttings down to the river
side the river was only about eighty
feet wide, about the width of a fairlv
wide street ami occasionally one came
upon a liny village with a clearing and
small rice farms. The inhabitants ol
these villages, we suspected, all took a
hand iu the piratical excursions which
the Tickler was endeavoring to suppress,
but on the present occasion it was the
head man of a small tribe, which even
attacked the village pirates themselves,
that we were after.
It was early morning about 5 o'clock
when we started out upon our ex
cursion. We thought to take advantage
of the cool morning air and, if necessary,
rest in the shade during the intense heat
of the day. Of course we were well
armed We each carried a Colt's uavy
revolver, the men had each a rifle and
cutlass and I my sword. Being fully
aware of the possibility of losing our
way and not getting back to the boat, we
blazed the trees along our route and cut
a path through the undergrowth. We
also kept a lookout for ambushes, foi
there was little doubt that our pirate
know perfectly well that we were after
him. We were net quite so well ac
quainted with the couutry as he, how
ever. We made the discovery too late
and to our bitter cot.
After about two hours' cutting and
hacking at the dense undergrowth and
having reached the belt of pine trees I
ordered a halt, and we sat down to
breakfast. For two of our party it was fi
their last ineal. I do not know how it
happened, for I had risen to my feet and
was again moving onward expecting the
men to follow instantly, when I heard
Joe Maxted's voice shouting to me:
"Mr. Martiu! Lie down ou your face!
Flat down for God's sake!"
It sayed my life. I just turned an in
stant, in time to ee my two poor able
bodied seamen on their backs with a
dozen arrows iu the body of each, and
Joe on his face on the ground. 1 he
whole wood seemed to be alive with the
most horridly-rigged Tartar villains 1
set eye on. Some had masks ou their
faces and all carried javelins and great
swords. Well, I threw up my Lauds, i
couldn't do less.
In au instant we were surrounded,
and, leaving the two tie id bodies where
they lay, we were dragged along until
we came to a large clearing about a quar
ter of a mile away, the existence of
which we had never suspected. Here
was a sort of a village of bamboo huts,
little more thau an encampment of about
eighty or a hundred men. We were in
the hands of the pirates we had come to
exterminate. There was nothing for it.
They would exterminate us We' had
not a chance. Our men wouldn't come
aftor us for two days. ' There was nc
hope of a release. We might just as
well make up our mind to it.
Up to thi time we had been so far
iparr, separated by our guards, that we
couict iiot speak to each other or suggest
any plans. When we reached the clear
ing, however, we were brought togeth
er, and marched before the most villain
ous looking rascal I ever set eyes ou
evidently the chief of the band. Joe
was filling the air with the most lovely
and choice selections from his truly inag
oiticent vocabulary of Billingsgate, and
calling upon each and every separate
Tartar to let him Lave the use of Lis
hands and tLe cutlass aud meet him ou
fair gound. What would they do with
us? We were very soon to know.
With a hospitality we could not un
derstand, the chief signed us to sit
down, and presently a great dish of de
licious rice was placed before us and we
were, by signs, invited to eat. Our
morning trip had made us both hungry,
notwithstanding that we had already
had some breakfast, and not even tbe sad
memory of the death of our comrades
could prevent our "ptching in." Then
came bowls of most refreshing, sparkling
spring water. What would come next?
We noticed, as we finished our repast,
a fiendish grin spread over the features
our host, lie made a sign and said
something which we, of course, did not
understand. Two fellows came up and
evidently said all was ready, for at an
other few words we were seized, made
to stand ou our feet, our arms bound se
curely to our sides, our ankles tied to
gether and we were dragged off.
Presently we came to a spot where not
a tree of any kind formed the slightest
protection from the sun's rays, and where
at a distance of about six feet apart we
saw two large, deep holes.
"Now, what are they going to do?"
asked Joe.
I had no time to answer, for in a min
ute we were dumped, feet foremost, one
into each hole. Then the beggars began
shoveling the sand soil in on top of us.
"They're going to bury us alive!"
said Joe.
It was worse than that. That would
have killed us too soon. They only
buried us to the necks, leaving our heads
free, but so securely fixed in the soil
that we looked like a couple of living
heads on a magician's table. Great God!
Tsmat horribly conceived torture was
this I While we were -buried helpless
there a brute came and with a sharp knife
carefully shaved a round patch from the
tops of our heads, theu another smeared
ome sticky substance thereon. Were
they going to set fire to us? Worse ever
than that !
Do not suppose that all this was done
in silence. By no means. A horrible,
yelling, jeering, hooting crowd sur
rounded us, and Low they came and spat
iu our faces and slapped us with flat
pieces of bamboo. This went ou for a
couple of hours, and the sun was beating
down upon us with almost unbearable
power. Then the flies came in myriads
and bit and stung us. Then came a crj
from Maxted, which I quickly echoed :
"I'm bursting 1 If this don't stop
The rice and water we had swallowed j
was swelling, and the weight of the soi.
creating an enormous
agony was intense.
resistance our
"Great God! Why didn't we tell the
men to come sooner ?"
Then poured forth the cheeriest words
of encouragement to me a man could
think of.
"They'll never obey you, sir; they'll
get anxious and come."
His words were prophetic. They were
hardly out of his mouth when we heard
the heartiest British ehesr I ever heard
ring through the clearing then a volley
aud another from good British rifles,
and then the short snapping of the re
volvers and then I fainted.
A week later, lying iu my cabin on
the Tickler, I heard how one of the men,
angry at not being chosen to make the
inland excursion with me, had followed
us a short distance through the fore.t
lie had seen the attack and at once
scampered back to the boat. Realizing
that ten men would be of little usi
against so many Tartars, they had rowed
down the river right back to the Tickler
and reported my capture to Commander
Napier, who had come himself with a
brigade to my rescue, with the result
that you have already it-ad.
Every pirate iu that scoundrelly crew
was shot or cutlassed in the attack. Not
one escaped, New Yorl Recorder.
Hew Some Builders Build.
A glauce at the business directory
will reveal the fact that there are many
hundreds of persons iu this city who
follow the calling of builders. Few of
them are rich, all of them are hard
workers. The development of the upper
West side of the city and the Auuexed
District has been tht cause of so many
launching out into this branch of busi
ness. A prominent builder told a Mail and
Express reporter the other day that some
so-called builders resort to all sorts of
schemes to procure money enought to put
up a structure and pay the laborers. He
said that one of these builders who can
.scrape up a few thousand dollars will
buy a lot worth 7000 or 330()0, miking
a small cash payment, giving a mort
gage for the balance. Provided with his
lot, he cau go to one of the many lo.io.
associations, and by agreeing to pay an
exhorbitant shave, beside tbe interest,
procure what is kuown as a "builder's
loan."
The cellar is then dug and the foun
dation laid. Credit can be had for
bricks enough to put up the basement w
ground story, and arrangements can "oe
effected with a dealer for brown?tone.
As soon as the first story is up, the
builder at once proceeds to raise more
money by mortgaging it. With the
money he receives he builds the second
story, which, as soon as completed, he
mortgages, applying the proceeds to the
construction of a third story, and follows
out the same line of conduct if a fourth
story is needed. When the building is
completed it is patched with three or
four more mortgages.
It is theu put on the market aud a
sale is often forced. A speculator buys
up the mortgages, and after giving the
builder a few hundred dollars frcm his
profits, puts it in the market. The
builder goes oa th'j hunt for another lot
upon which to put another building, sat
isfied with a small profit. The mm
with the money who buys up the mort
gages is the one who reaps the benefit.
- New York Mail anil Exjrm.
Alfalfa Roots Seventy Feet Long.
"I spent a few days near Humboldt,
Nev., recently," said George I). Evans
to a San Francisco Call reporter, "and I
saw a field of alfalfa several acres in ex
tent growing out in the desert, and I was
assured that not a drop of water had
fallen on it, nor had it been irrigated,
for more thau two years. Iu spite of all
this it was growing rapidly, and that too
in the midst of a country where a grass
hopper would starve to death in twenty
four hours. How do I explain it.' Quite
a simple matter, but it intereste 1 m
greatly. It Lad been supplied with water
when first planted from the sink of the
Humboldt, but when that became ex
hausted the alfalfa, contrary to expecta
tion, continued to thrive. Now, strange
as it may seem, the roots of the grass
had actually penetrated to a depth of
seventy feet below the surface and had
reached a subterranean lake, wheuce the
moisture was drawn."
A turtle four feet across the back" has
been located in Current River, Missouri,
for fifty years. The other day a hunter
shot it between the eye?, but the ball
glanced off and imbedded itself iu a
tree, while the tuitle swam placidly into
deep water.
LADIES' COLUMN.
MODES IX HAIHDRKSSixo.
There have been mauy changes in the
methods of coiffures. Tne hairdressers
have takeu an excursion trip back to the
Seventeenth century, and are showing
favor to the high paffs and ornamenta
tion by use of flowers, velvet bauds and
knots of ribbons. New Yuri Recorder.
HoW CO WOMEN" SLEEP?
A Germau physiciau answers the above
query as follows: "The fact is women
require a larger amount of sleep thau
men. The nervous excitability of the
female constitution is generally greater
than is the case with the stronger sex and
a woman's sleep is consequently lighter.
Iter dreams are more vivid and leave a
more lasting impression ou the memory.
Women addicted to dreaming usually
sleep an hour longer than those who do
not dream, for dreams induce weariness.
Any one who sleeps without dreaming
ises on the morrow refreshed from Lis
couch, which is otherwise not the case."
-i-New Yorl. Mercury.
SI.EEVEs PICE J TV THIS V K.I.
Sleeves are fu pretty th!s year, AU
the full, high effect at the shoulder are
passe, and we can speed their going, for
the majority of womeu look like turtles
with their heads pokjd up out of their
sheli9. Now they are cut with an equal
amount of fullness. In fact, some are
enormous, but it all droops In soft folds
down over the arm, the pattern in real
ity being an exaggerated mutton leg.
Sleeves of very thin materials are cut
half as large again as the lining, or if
tLey are uuliued, are wrinkled on tLe
arm like a mousquetaire glove, and come
far down over tLe Land, finishing some
times iu a soft full i utile, in wLich case,
when it falls as far as the kuu:kles, no
glove should be worn. The newest
sleeve of braided or embroidered gowns
is a tight sleeve, reaching half way above
the elbow and finishing at the top with
a very full puff of the material, which
must be wide euough to fall almost to
the elb w. This is good style for India
silks trimmed with lace. Chicago
HercM.
MAUIK ANTOINETTES SMin'Kli.
Iu au old French household iu New
York the most carefully cherished heir
loom is a slipper which was worn by
Marie Antoinette in the last days before
the French Revolution. It was one of
the precious relics in the baggage of a
court lady who flei with her husband to
Louisiana when the storm broke. She
left the tiny, blue, faded slipper to her
daughter, with the injunction that it
should go down in the family, to the
eldest daughter, if she never allowed
herself to have corns. It is a pretty
slipper, and has been carefully kept in
the jewel case of one Frenchwomen,
after another, so that it is perfectly pre
served. It is short, very narrow and
very high heeled, cud is a brocaded
blue, lined with soft white silk. The
sole is of coarse grained leather, and
three satin straps over the instep fastened
with a paste buckle. The pointed toe is
embroidered with silver threads, and
the edges are bound with silver braid.
The condition regarding its inheritance
has always been strictly regarded. The
women of the house have taken great
care of their feet that they might right
fully claim the unhappy Queen's slipper,
and for a hundred years there Las not
been a pinching shoe worn in the family.
New Yorl Press.
FASHION NOTES.
TLe coat-tails of basques are shorter
than those of last season.
The hat of the hour Los a lace straw
brim and a cbiffron crown.
Black velvet ribbon Laviug a gold
edge and stripes is announced.
WLite is worn constantly with green
or blue sleeves and deep belt--.
Round or slightly oval brooches are
taking the place of the long lace pins.
Chenille pot tulle, in various colors,
comes in dress lengths for evening weir.
To wear at thf sea shore you want &
thin, silver-jiuy homespun, flaked wit'a
white.
Elastic belts of silver wire have piare
buckle iu front stuldel with a.ni
thjsts. Cream-grounded, dower-brocaded
waist-coats are just now the height of
fashion, and hats are flat plates with
heavy wreaths of roses beneath the brim.
Black satin royale better known as
satin de Lyon is this season called
upon to furnish some of the handsomest
costume? to be seen in the fashionable
world.
The shirred mull hat should be white,
pink or blue. If it is trimmed with
fluffy rosettes of the mull, wheu it wilts
in a fog or sea turn it and it will do so
with the more uniformity. :
Londoners are wearing Oriental shoes
with four straps buckling on the instep
ind Grecian slipper iu velvet calf and
footgear of Swiss prunella in gray or
fawn finely embr-ndt led.
The simple gown ot wnue is atmost
a thing of the past. Even the dresses
iu this pure tone wheu made of the
richest material are hardly considered
finished unless lavishly decorated.
It is the thing to trim cotton dresses
with black lace, arranged as a narrow
flounce across the hem in front aud
caught up in festoons. Tiie sleeves and
the front of the bodice are covered with
black lace also.
A shy damsel of sweet sixteen is a
picture in a gown ot white serge, wnica
!s made us close fitting as a riding habit,
die bottom of the skirt, the corsage and
the. sdec-ves being edged with three rows
f delicate silver galloon.
Duck's-foot yellow is the odd name of
tho uuwust and oddest shade in gloves.
It is worn with gray gowns. Duck's-egg
areeu is another new shade, the London
taste at the moment running to ducks ex
ceedingly. Pale heliotrope, pale pink
aud lemou are worn with evening
gowns.
Loyai; at Bull Run.
It is well known that John A. Logan,
who was a member of Congress at the
time the war began, left Washington
wheu he saw there was going to be a
fif'ht, and seizing a musket walked all
the way to Bull Run, where he arrived
just iu time to take part in the battle.
lie had on a swallowtail coat, but he
stood up to the rack as long as anybody
did. He was back in Washington next
morning, a good deal out of breath, anl
was telling his fellow ( 'ongressuien all
about it.
'Who gave you this account of the
tight?" asked a member from the North
. Woods of New York.
"Why, I was there myself," said Ligau.
The New Yorker evidently had not heard
the news, for he seeine 1 a little mysti
fied, and asked, as if wishing to solve
the mystery of Logan's sudden reappear
ance: "Are the cars running?'
"No," said Logan, "the cars aiu't
running," "but, every other blank thing
in the State of Virginia is, as near as I
could find out." Cli'u-.i'io JJeruhl.
A Writing Telegraph..
A person can now sit down in Chi
cago and write a letter to a friend ia
New York, and the friend can read it a9
fast as it is written, and both will have
a written copy of the letter. This was
proved the other afternoou, when W. E.
Gump made a test of his "writing tele
graph" i 'tween Chicago and New York,
which was fairly successful. This was
the longest lin2 over which the machine
has been operated. It had previously
been tried between Pittsburg and New
York with success. Pirajnte.
Tin re. is a curiosity near uoraeie, ia.,
iu th'- shape of a pine tree. It begins
from the ground as two separate and
well-developed trees, and continues so
for a distance of fourteen feet, when
they join and go upward as one.
Absolutely Pure.
A tie. in of ltitti biking oder.
Highest .f nil in Imvrning trmgtti .
atft U. dot eminent KWx-rf.
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