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Repub ES ' t i" V Work baa already begun ou tho cloy bnth census. j An International Congress of Geogra phers is to bexhcld In Paris during tbe Bummer. TUi'flcbraska Supremo Court has de lved that, mortgages on growing corn aro iuvah. -J Tbo Louisvlllo Cmirier-Journal rails for . free delivery mail system for tho farm og?mniunities. ' About fifteen companies aro reported io have been organized during tlio past few we As I o build cotton . mills in the South. ' m Tlio New York Telegram estimates that thero has been in thrco years a twenty flyo per cent, decrease in prison inmntcs iu prohibit bin Iowa. One may stand on top of tiie Eiffel Toner iu Paris, they say, and bo entirely out of a heavy storm that rages at a lower level. The structure is 984 feet high. . ' . . . a , Tlstatoment is made, says the At " 'lahta Constitution, that not more than five eminent scientists in tho United States re ject tho Darwinian theory of evolution. Our country is not altogether defence less on. land. Tlio Centennial demon strated fh'at 70,000 militiamen' can be as sembled in Nryv York within fifteen' hourg Tho Chicago Jmimcil thinks that tho couiiu-ccisus may sU .v a i'c crease in tho population of somo of tho States. It pre dirts a falling off in some of tho New' England States and ill the two Carolinus. BotlsjFrnuce and England have decided that the female sex has not tho necessary intelligence to mako proper use of tho ballot. And still American girls run af ter those fellows 1 indignantly exclaims the Detroit Fret I'ress. At a recent banquet in New York Gov ernor Buckuer, of Kentucky , Tid that after the surronJerat Appomattox General Grant followed lifiif into tho woods, and offered bho tho use of all his funds and food for tho comfort of himself and bis men.' . .Cincinnati firemen gave a ball the othc evening and an alarm left the maids and matrons without partners while tho fire men worked for three hours in w Hito ties and "swallow tail coats in the line of duty. Both the ladies and the fire were nut out. Thc.revival of the spelling bee promises, thinks the Atlanta Constitution, no end of innocent and hearty amusement. There is moYo genuine enjoyment in one of these contests than there is in a hundred -walking matches or other tests of physical Th Vs of tho foreign ministers at ikiiiihiua, must have been hik'hlv ored to receive portions of the Stuto er at their homes. This was tho nearest approach to recognition that they have any hopo of iu a country where the ' wooiau is never deemed worthy to appear ' ' in public. It is of .some interest to recall tho fact that Ramsey says in his "Life of Wash ' ingtou" that Washington's mother "was from tho influence of long established habits so far from being partial to tbe American rflution that she often re gretted the side her son had taken in the controversy between her King and her country." A railway company in Texas, which has 7,000,000 acres of good land to sell on easy terms, has agents drumming among the disappointed boomers. As all Oklahoma contains less thau 1 900,000 acres, there should be no trouble, remarks the Detroit Free Press, in accommodating the overflow. "Thero is a little food for thought, too," it adds, "in the possession of so much laud by a railway corpora tion." The Cherokee outlet is the next section of the boomer's promised land. His ad vauco guard is already the"re, announces the Washington Star, dodging the United States army, fighting over worthless claims, nud, as1 iu Oklahoma, swallowing great. . Quantities of alkali dusfu tho water and air. Alkali wute4 the Oklahoma cities is now very' fpcnsjve, . and, after drinkiug, the imbiber heartily wishes that be hadn't. - The ancient Japanese custom of Hari Karl, or Happy Despatch, has received a sil-buck. jfoT centuries it has been tbe v custom f 'fVlicials of high rank who may jfc-, hwo offendTa their sovereign to disem bowel themselves upon intimation from the Mikado. Not long ugo an old and trusted ollicial wouuded tho feelings of the monarch nnd the next day au officer brought bhu the fatal sword, a niag " Ccwit weapon incrusted with rare jew The culprit received tho sword, 1 ia valuables and took the steamer -rn roulu to Paris, whero he Mr i-.-.i ,.r v., . 4'iii 11111 LOOK SEAWARD, SENTINEL! Look seaward, Sontlnel, and tell the laud What you behold BKKTINEI,, I se the deep-plowed furrows of the main Bristling with harvest; funnel, and keel, and shroud, Heaving and hurrying hither through gale and cloud, Winged by their burdens; argosies of grain, Hocks of strange breed and herds of south ern strain. Fantastic stud's nnd fruits of tropic bloom, Antarctic fleece and equatorial spice, Cargoes of cotton, nnd flax, and silk, and rice. Food for the hearth and staples for tlio loom; Hugs vats of sugar, casks of wine and oil, Summoned from every sea to one sole shnro By Empire's sceptre; tho converging store Of TjjaJb'a pacific universal spoil. And lieaving and hurrying hitherward to . bring Tribute from every sone, they lift their voices, And as a strong man revels and rejoices, They loudly and lustily chant, and this the song they sing: CHORUS OF HOMK-COJI1NU SHIPS. From the uttermost bound Of the wind and tho foam From creek and from sound, We aro hastening home. We are laden with treasure . From ransacked seas, To eharin your leisure, To grace your ease. We have trodden the billows, And tracked the ford, To soften your pillows, To heap your board. . The hills have lieeu shattered, Tho forests scattered, Our white snils tattered, " ' ' To swell your hoard, Is it blossom, orfrult, or Seed, you crave? .lie land Is your suitor, Tho sea your slave. Wo have raced with the swallows, And threaded tho fl'ies Where tho walrus wallows 'Mid melting snows; Sought regions torrid And realms of sleet. To gem your forehead, To swathe your feet. And behold, now we tender, With pennons unfurled, For your comfort and splendor, . The wealth of the world. Alfred Austin, in National Review. BLACK CLOUD'S SON. A GOVERNMENT ItlDER's STOUY. There will never be another Indian out break serious enough to call for the ac tion of a full regiment of soldiers iu sup pressing it. The extermination of the bulTalo was the death-blow to the hostile Indian. Added to that, the building of tho railroad Hues flooded tho West with emigrants, miners, hunters and tourists, and tUe Iudian found himself hedged iu by circumstances. Tho red mau is no longer a warrior, lie is down, and down pretty low, and it is tho beginning of the end. lie is doomed to follow the 'buffalo, and his total extinction will be regretted only by tho few philanthropists who argued for him as a theory, and never came in physical contact. No human being ever came nearer being a fiend than au Apache Indian. The Pawnees, Blackfect and Cheyeimes were wicked enough, but the Apache had traits of his own a liendisliuess which other tribes might imitate but could not equal. Ho was born crafty ami cruel. He never bad the slightest feeling of mercy or pity from the cradle to the grave. He was never so much amused as when assist ing to torture some living thing, lie was never so satisfied as when planning to take life. A year previous to the timo General Custer was ordered West to begin a vigor ous campaign ngainst the Indiaus.'thc Apaches were in their clorv. aud thev boasted that they could defeat any force of aoldicrs sent ngainst them. I was scouting and mail-carrying in Texas for tho Government, and after' many close Bhavcs was finally captured by tho red imps. It is of that incident 1 nui going to write. A mouth orc my capture I was out on a scout ou tho Il'io Pecos Hiver, our party uuiuberiug eighteen men. We were well mounted nnd moving quickly from point to point. One day at nooii we went into camp in a grove of cottou woods, and before I had unsaddled the Lieutenant in command informed me that he had lost his revolver from its holster during tho last mile of our ride, and asked me to ride back in search. In stead of riding I returned on foot, and had tho luck to find tho weapon only about a quarter of a mile away. I then cut across un elbow to reach the grove, and when within stone's throw came sud denly upon auludiau pony in a dry gulch, and at tiiD samo instaut discovered his owner crouched behind a boulder with his back to me and his face to tho grove. I had him under my ritle before lie could turn bis head. Indeed, my linger was on the trigger when I saw that he was a hoy. Ho had a ritle iu bis hands, but I called out to him to lay it down or 1 would lire, and after a moment's hesitation he obeyed. Then, as 1 kept him covered at a distance of only seven or eight feet, 1 called to the men iu the grove, and Beveral of them came hurrying down iu respouse. I had captured a son of Black Cloud, Cliief of one of tiie Apache bands, uud theboywas named after his father. lie was only fourteen years old, and his presence there exemplified the ruling traits of Apache character. Three hours before he had discovered our party while out hunting with a party of his own. They dared not make an open attack, but the young Chief had sent his people away and theu cut across the country to the grove, planuiug that we would halt there. Single-handed aud alone he was going to pick oil the Lieutenant, and then make his escape to boast of i.. We had splendid horses and were all old campaigners, and the boy would uot have had ouc chuuue iu ten to gut away. He must have realized it, Bnd yot ho waa willing in run the risks. He was greatly chagrined and cast down by his capture. Wc had finished our scout and wero on our way back to Fort MeKavett, and wc determined, to carry him in prisoner. When he was informed of this he earnestly begged mo to kill him, saying that he could never hold up his head among his people again. Had lie been wounded and rendered helpless it would not have been so bad; lint to bo taken as ho was woukl forever disgrace him. We bound him fast to his pony, secured the animal against a brcuk for liberty, aud act out lor the fort. Tlio boy was sullen and defiant for a time, refusing to answer any questions, but after a while, when I had told him that ho would not be harmed, and that his nipt 111-0 under tbo circumstances re dounded to his credit, ho thawed out a little. Three hours after his capture wc got sight of a singlo Indian a mile away to our right on a knoll, nnd as we halted young Black Cloud informed m that it was one of his tribe, who wanted to have a talk with us. Signals were exchanged between tho two, and the stranger soon canio galloping in. Ho was one of the hunting party, nnd had been dodging us for twenty miles to find out If the boy bad been captured. Ho was a fine look ing fellow, nnd ns he halted In our midst, and saw the ignoble situat icn of tho boy Ins first thought was to fight for him. 1 called his attention to the fact that any move of his would result in the death of them both, and then explained how the youth was captured. Knowing the con ceit of the tribe I spread it on very thick, alleging that it required our whole force to make the capture, and it was not ac I'omplisiied then without a hard fitrht. This falsehood made tho boy my friend for life, while it put the other in better humor. I stated that young Black Cloud would bo taken to the "fort and held prisoner uutil exchnnged for somo white captive, aud gave my word that ho would bo well treated meanwhile. He sent a message to his father to the effect that he was not afraid, nnd hoped to be at lib erty in a few days, and two hours later wo had him safely lodged in the guard house nt the fort. His capture was looked upon as a good thiuff. for we knew that his tribe would gladly cxcliange two or three white prisoners for him. Two weeks after tho capture of young Black Cloud 1 was called Into tho Colonel's ollicc one evening, and asked if I thought it possible to get through to Fort Concho with despatches. The country was then in the possession of the hostilcs. 1 ho Pecos warriors had come down out of New Mexico to make com mon cause against tho white's, nnd the Kioways, Cheyenncs, ChickRsaws, Semi nolcs, and Shawnees were all out iu the country to tho north nnd east. The Apaches had us almost in a state of siege, being seen every day within five miles of the post, and the chances of making a sixty-mile ride across the plains lying be tween the two forts without running against a party of host ilea was not ono in fifty. At such perilous times a Govern ment rider is not commanded to go. He is asked certain questions, however, in a manner which decides him to make the attempt. I left tlio post at 9 o'clock at uight of an August evening perfectly satis lied tluit I should be dead or a prisoner before midnight. I had a bronco of tire less gait, a rifle aud revolver, and I car vied only five or six pounds extra weight. Bofore setting out I went in to see young Black Cloud aud ny good-by. I had spent much of my time iu his company, and we bad become pretty good friends. When I told him of my journey he took from his neck a buckskin string, to which was attached tho tooth of a grizzly bear, and handed it ho nie with the remark: "You cannot get through. You will be captured or killed. If not shot down, show this to my people. They will know who it belongs to. They may trade you for me, aud I shall thus get back to uiv tiibe." A thunder storm was coming up 11s I took my departure. Instead of holding due north, ou the direct route, I rode to the east for five miles and then held away for Concho direct. The storm now broke, and for a full hour I rode ahead at a steady gallop, one moment in dark ness so black that I could not see the cms of my horse, and the next in a blaze of light so brilliant that it blinded me. By the time the storm had passed I was a good fifteen miles from the fort, and ns 1 had seen nothing to alarm me I be gau to hope, that I would get through all right. It was between lOand 11 o'clock, and I had pulled my broncho down to a walk for the first time, when bo suddenly uttered a snort of alarm and started olf with wild jumps. Three or four rifles cracked, and as the reports readied me tho horse fell in a heap uud flung me fur over his head. I was momentarily stunned by the fall, and before I had made a move to get up I was seized by at least three Indians, who were not a minute in bind ing my hands uud feet. When I got a clear head once more it was to realize that the Apaches had me a secure prisoner, and that, there were six or seven warriors about me. The moon came up iu a clear sky a little latter, and then I made out that I had run directly into a temporary camp. The shots fired utter me had brought down my horse, and he lay groan ing uud floundering a few yards uwuy. The Indians knew that I was a white man, but they didn't know who llicy had got bold of uutil morning came. During the interval I lay on the wet ground guarded by two of the warriors, uud al most immediately after iny capture tw'o men were scut oil in ditfereut directions with news of it. A party of twelve Apaches arrived just before daylight aud ten more at sunrise, and among tile latter 1 recognized Black Cloud, father of the boy. One of the men bad recognized me as "The-wlute-niuu-who-hurries," as the Government riders wero called, and in being iu tho party who captured the Chief's son. No oue ever saw such a mad lot of redskins before or since. They wunted to torture me, and yet they realized that through me the boy could obtain his liberty. The Chief ut first declared that he had disowned his son, aud that he mighi rot iu confinement be fore he Vioukl exchange a white prisoner for him. When I called bis attention the charm young Black Cloud had given me tho old man pretended to believe that it wns a sign tho boy was dead, and ho ordered my immcdinto torture. I was jerked to a sitting position, my boots cut off, and the devils wero about to use their knives on my feet when the old man changed his mind and restrained them. Thesight of me before them was thesamo as a pail of fresh Mood placed before ravenous wolves, and I expected to be knifed or tomahawked every moment for tho first half hour. When they had cooled down a littlo Black Cloud de manded tlio particulars of his boy's enp ture. I saw that he felt degraded over the event, and was ready to disown tho youth, and I made out a strong defence for the little chap to save my own Bcnlp. It was finally decided to sparo my life for a few days, and I was conducted to a camp in tlio foot-hills between the two forts. Here a council was held, and I had a close shave of it. While Black Cloud wrnntcd his son back, some of his advisers contended that ho Bhould wait until se curing some cheaper prisoner. They in sisted on making me out n very import ant personnge, nnd it wns well known that I had killed or wounded several of tho tribe in different scrimmnges. An other tiling that bothered them was how to make the exchange and not get beaten. Treacherous and deceitful to the last degree themselves,tliey would not credit tho whites with having Bny honor. It was argued, too, that tho commander of the fort would exchange the boy for a private soldier or any sort of prisoner, and that I had done them too much dam age to bo set nt liberty. There were three days in which my fate was unde cided, nud during the last day a stake was driven and fagots collected for a lire to torture nie. I had no voice in tho council, being bound and under guard, but it was nt length decided to make the exchange. So cau tious and fearful were tho Indians that it took a week to effect what might have been done in a day. I wroto a note to the commandant explaining the situation. This was carried iu by a squaw, who was permitted to gee und converse with young Black Cloud. He replied that ho would exchange. Tho Apaches then wanted the boy turned loose before they released me, but this I would not hear to, know ing they would murder me. It was finally arranged that ho was to bo escorted a mile outside tlio fort and turned loose ou his horso. I was to be taken to within a milo of the fort, nnd turned loose on foot. The parties were to occupy eminences half a mile apart, and the hour was to bo 9 o'clock in tiie morning. This plan was carried out. Twenty soldiers camo out with the boy, and about the same num ber of Apaches escorted me. The treach ery of the copper-faced fiends was soon exemplified. They had posted five war riors in a dry run to shoot me down ns I made for the fort. The boy doubtless suspected some such move, for as soon as released he camo galloping straight for me, and after a "how how" and a hand shako he insisted that I walk beside his pony until we reached tho gate of tho fort. When I was safe he waved his hand and rode away to be received with yells and cheers, and it was then we saw the treacherous rascals creeping out of the cover where they had been stationed. A year later, after a fight in which over forty of the bravest Apache warriors had gone to earth, I found youug Black Cloud among the dead, having been bit four times. He had a Winchester nnd a re volver from which every cartridge had been fired. JVeio York Hun. Desirrtctlon of tlio Birds. There is a subject to which I would call attention, says a correspondent of the New York Timet, namely, tho mania for making collections of birds' eggs. It has become a great evil in this section aud unless cheeked soon will, I think, prove worse than the English sparrows or anything else. Different writers have en couraged children to make collections of eggs aud have dwelt on their beauty, and tiie result is that swarms of boys are scouring all the country iu tho vicinity of towns for eggs. Every egg is taken and hardly a ucst escapes destruction. A year ago I determined to put a stop to it if possible. I found that the law forbids the robbing of nil nests other than those of crows, blackbirds, hawks, uud owls, making it a misdemeanor and also provid ing a penalty of r'5 for each offense. This, added to tho line of imprisonment or both for the misdemeanor, makes rather serious business of egg collecting. And I found several persons who agreed to help me, had the law published in the local papers and also read in Sunday school, along with a warning that all found guilty would bo punished. It worked well. Only a few were found to continue collecting, and a second personal notice to them was hII that was necessary. A Bufi'iilo Census. A report is being prepared for the Miiilhsouian Institution, by I'roiessor W. T. llornaday, which will snow the habits of the American bison and its gradually decreasing ruuire, and give interesting details concerning the reduction of iw numbers from countless thousands a quar ter of a century iil'o the. slaughter of 1808 to 187- taking off three aud a half millions to less than 7."D at the present time. The buffalo now left include 2J.'i head iu a domesticated state, viz. : 110 bead belonging to C. J. Jones, of Garden City, Kau. ; U5 head owned by O. Allard, 011 the Flathead Indian Ueservatiou, Molilalia; 18 head with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; 115 bead ou Charles Goodnight's ranch 111 ar Clarendon, Texas, and several small herds of two to livu bead. The wild herds, so far as known, are as follows: Near Peace liiver, Can ada, probably 2U0 head, though consid erably more accordiug to some estimates; iu Yelhmslone National Park, as counted no longer ugo thau February l'ith, 200 head; iu the Pan Handle of Texas, 30 head; ou the Bed Desert, Southern Wyoming, 20 head ; iu iho Jiussel Shell country, Montana, 111 head; in South western Dakota, 5 head. r'-i'icntoit (Ar. JK) American, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. APPBTI7.1MO FISH FIB. Fish pie made as follows we think very appetizing: Cut any solid fish in neat pieces, clearing it of bono and skin; mix finely shredded parsley, powdered marjoram, salt and pepper, and strew this seasoning over tiie fish; dip tho pieces of fish in warmed butter and put them in a pie dish, leaving room for liquid to flow between ; beat, well four or five eggs and mix them with half a pint to a pint of cream or good milk. Put halved oysters or sardines between the pieces of fish; pour the cream over, cover with a light paste, brush it over with egg nnd bake. A'eia York Worbl. THE 11KST CHOCOLATE. If you have a large or rather elaborate dessert chocolate may be served with, say, tlio third course, as an accompani ment to the remaining part of the meal; or, if tlio dessert be light, chocolate may be served tho last thing with whipped emim and n sweet waifer. A Senator's wife who is said to serve the best chocolate in Washington gave the following recipe to Miss Edith Ingulls: Three-quarters of n cako of chocolate, one quart of cold water, ono quart of sweet, rich milk, sugar to taste. Grate or scrape the chocolate and mix with the water, thoroughly and smoothly; then sweeten and allow to bod until it is quite a thick paste. Boil the milk separately nnd stir it into tho chocolate mixture and cook a few miuules longer. ORNAMENTAL FROSTIXS ON CAKE. To do ornamental frosting, such ns confectioners put on cakes, one needs a frosting bag nnd tubes or frosting points, The bug is of very thin rubber sheeting nnd shaped liko a cone or fuuuel. At the end of the funnel is a small hole. The tube or point is put inside the bag nud pressed firmly into and through this little aperture. lhen the bag is partly filled with frosting, which is squeezed through the point ou to the cake. Some points nre simply round tubes, others liave got teeth that cause the frosting to assume the form of leaves, crinkled lines and other devices. A supply of points of various shanes can be procured at any housefurnishiug store, and one can make threo of tho rubber bags out of a quarter of a yard of sheeting. After the neces sary practice one can ice cakes very nice ly. Washington Star. ECHMIERKASE. . Improperly-made schmierknse, or cot tage-cheese as it is sometimes called, is not fit to cat. Vhen made 111 the fol lowing manner, our folks think it a treat: Take thick "loppered" milk; set it on 01 near the fire uutil it curds. Great care should bo taken that the milk docs not become hot, as that would harden it and render it unfit to cat blood-heat is about tho right temperature for tho milk. When the milk has sufficiently curdled to show' like little islands in the whey, pom into a coarse lineu bag and hang up to drain. This will take some hours. Do no press the curd, but when the whey has been all drained from tho curd, re move from the bag nud set in tho cellat till wanted for use. It will keep several days. Serve witli sweet cream poured over it, and season with pepper and salt. Some like sugar on it. Prairie Farmer, HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Ten common-sized eggs weigh one pound. Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or flour weigh oue ounce. For nose bleed, get plenty of powdered alum up into the nostrils. To restore gilt frames, rub with a spongo moisteued in turpentine. When dress silk becomes wet pat it be tween the hands to dry quickly. If tho cover is removed from soap dishes tiie soap will not get soft. Rub your lamp chimney with suit to increase the brilliancy of the light. Sandpaper applied to tho yellow keys of tho piano will restore tho color. Tissuo or printing paper is the best tiling for polishing glass or tinware. The best of tea makes but an indiffer ent decoction unless the water is fresh. For corus and bunions nothing is as cooling us the beaten white of au egg. Cucumbers cut into stripes and laid in places infested with nuts will drive them uwuy. Patient rubbing with chloroform will remove paiut from black silk or any other material. Young veal may be told by the bone in tiie cutlet. If it is very small tho veal is not good. Crockery that has been "soaked" with grease may be cleaned by slow boiling iu weak lye. A solution of ahnu, teu grains to an ounce of water, is excellent for bathing tender feet. Egg shells crushed and shaken iu 11 glass bottle half filled with water will clean it quickly. Lemon juice will remove from the throat this dark stains often caused by wealing black fur next it. Brooms dipped iu boiling suds once a week w ill last longer and do better ser vice than without. When boiling cabbage Set a vessel con taining vinegar on the stove aud the smell of cabbage will not be apparent. Salt extracts the juices from incut iu cooking. Steaks ought not therefore to be salted uutil they have Veil broiled. Olive oil saturated with camphor makes au excellent application for inflammatory swellings, also for rubbing rheumatic joints. Cocoanut oil is said to increase tho growth of thecyebrows; apply it smoothly with a cainel's-bair brush at night just before retiring. When troubled with neuralgic pains heat a fiat-iron, put a double, fold of flannel 011 tho painful part, then move the iron to and fro ou the flannel. The puiu will ccu.su utmost immediately. THE LAND OF TIIE MALAY. THE MIXED PEOPLE AND STRANGE COSTUMES OF SINGAPORE. Huge Fans to Modify I be Tropic Heat Dress of Malay Women An In dian Bullock Cart. Singapore, writes Frank 8. Carpenter, is just eighty miles north of the Equator. Its climate is the same the year round. Its run rises and sets at the samo Hours each day the year through, and its flow ers ever bloom and its trees arc always green. The natives in many cases wenr nothing but waist cloths, and all Euro peans are dressed in white duck coats and whito pantaloons. They wear hats of pith or cork, the rims of which arc as big around as a dish-pan and which rise in two stories to protect the head from the sun. I attended church ut the English Cathedral last night and listened to a,scr vico under forty great punkahs or fans, which were pulled to and fro by men stationed on the outside of the church. This Cathedral had au audience room about 120 feet long and it was, I judge, sevcuty-five feet from the floor to the roof. Below the ceiling there was a network of iron rods nnd to these, by ropes, were fastened these huge fans, each of which was alrout four feet wide and eighteen feet long. They consisted of strips of wide cotton cloth, weighted and hung from black-walnut poles, nnd it was by ropes attached to these poles and stretched over pulleys in tlio windows of the church, that the natives outside kept them going and cooled those engaged in devotion. The dining tables in the hotels have these punkah fans over them and upon the steamers there are punkahs In the cabins, which are pulled during tlio meals. Singapore is an island fourteen miles wido and twenty-seven miles long. It lies Just half way around the world from New York, and it Is tlio half-way Station between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The population of Singapore is made up of the natives of all these coun tries, and you find here a mixture of yel lows and blacks, of Hindoo turbans and Chinese pigtails, of coffee-colored Malays and of pale, white Caucasians from Eu rope. The costumes are as strange as tin skins, and all the queer outfits of South ern Asia jostle each other ujion the streets and tramp upon one another's heels upon tho highways. The women of Singapore are of a dozen different types, ranging from the rosy cheeked English girl, in a suit made by Redfcrn or Worth, to the beauty from Borneo, whose sole costume, is a strip of cloth. I saw a black woman to-day who had holes in the lobes of each of her ears as big around as my thumb, and I noted that another woman used her ear holes as bouqiiet-holders. Both of these women were Klings and they cumc from South ern India. They were straight, graceful, and by no means bad lookiug, but their chief dress consisted of jewelry. They had great bracelets of gold on their wrists and their ankles. Their ears were riveted with gold, and above these great ring-like lobes littlo gold nuts aud bolts were put through tho ears so that they were bound with pins of gold from lobe to tip. One of the maidens hnd each of her nostrils riveted with these screw rings and a great ring of gold hanging down from the centre of the nose. The gold shone out all the brighter against the blackness of the skin, and the jew elry was tho more prominent from the scantiness of their costumes. These were merely a single skirt aud a sort of a scarf of cotton which was stretched arouud the shoulder and under ono arm, and tied iu a knot at tho side. Four yards of cloth would have made the whole suit, and they wore neither hats nor bonnets. 1 noticed another of these women who had a large, pear-shaped pearl fastened to a rivet anil hanging dpwn from one nostril almost to her upper lip. The Malay women, so far as I have seen, are not as good looking as the In dians, though this country wns originally populated by them, and there are now more Malays thau any other Asiatic ex cept the Chinese. The Malays live, as a rule, in the poorest of one-story thatched huts, and thero is a Mulay village within three miles, of this city which is passed on the way to the steamers. It is the picture of poverty uud desoiution. The Malays will not work, nud they live like savages. Slowly but surely the Chinese are crowd ing them out of their owu country, nud there are now 86,000 Chinamen here iu Singapore. The population of the citv is 13i,()U0, and the Chinese, the Indians and the Europeans do the business. This road across tbe island of Singa pore wus lined with jungle, which was at times so thick that you could not see more than two feet beyond the roadway, and when it is rcmbcred that about threo hundred people are killed every year here by timers, and that the lower part of the Muluy Peninsula is the home of the wild beast, it will be seen that the possibilities were both numerous ami un pleasant. We passed through a number of Malay Chinese villages, and we saw many Mack-skinned uutives of Java working upon the roadway. Now aud then wo would meet a carl drawn by heavy Indian bullocks with great humps of fat six inches high above their shoul ders aud with their black-skinned driver iu a tmbuu sitting or standing upon the heavy cart tongue. These bullocks push the cart aloiisr with the front of their shoulders. Their yokes do not come around the necks us do thoxc of our oxen uud tljey Ki t over the ground three times as fust. They are t.:e beasts of burden f this part of tjie world. Thev do all the carting and hauling and they are among the most picturesque sights of tins picturesque countrv. I he drivers arc straight, lean, irv men, who scowl at you us you I diss und who, illi ull their black skills, have features as regular as the best you will find in jourcily. 1 snapped my camera upon one of them as he passed and the black skinned driver swore at me iu HiiidoMuucc as I did so. An eminent phy-ii iaii statis that lie ured a consumptive cough with hot but termilk, lie nl-o f jjnd t very benefit i.tl iu the case of a patient recovering front Oli.'.'estive fever. MORNING IN THE COUNTRTf. Shrill crows the cock, a misty light creeps in At windows looking on the eastern sky, The cattle low, and pigs and cows begin To raise their voices in discordant cry, When Farmer John, with many a lusty yawn, Deserts his bed and stalks into the dawn. With ears a-point, sulnlued but joyous neigh Comes faithful Dick his outstretched hand to "nose," While Bmuty, springing from her couch of hay, Sweeps circling round, loud baying as she goes; A hundred voices answer to his call, The robin's treble winding through It all. With liberal hand he takes from stack and store, And smiling feeds his trooping flocks and herds, Each known by iinme; the weak he lingers o'er With soothing touch and kindly, cheering words. From him they learn obedience and trust, They teach him that the gentle are the just. Compared to his what pleasure may they know Who in dull round of cent-per-cent en gager About his feet the fragrant blossoms blow E'en while the thunders o'er the hill-tops rage. Here thick-leaved maples grateful shades ex tend, There cowslip blossoms o'er the brooklet bend. The sloping uplands clothed in emerald sheen. The solemn woods, the fields of velvet corn. The clover meadows stretching gay between, The lark in carol to the dewy morn, These, these aro yours, with all their cluster ing charms, Great hearted tillers of our country's farms. Aud hero among these rich, sequestered scenes, Au independent, peaceful path you tread; No tainting substance e'er your sky terrenes, Nor marshaled chimneys turn your airs to lead, Above you bend the blue unsullied dome, Tho sun unveiled looks smiling on your home. Cluirlc E. Banks, in Farmer's Voice. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The magician's means of support is sleight. A remark is always rued when it gets a fellow into trouble. Order is Nature's first law, and it has never been repealed. Promissory notes Tuning tho fiddle before the performance. If you are out in a driving storm, don't attempt to hold the rains. A largo head does not always hold brains tlio hogs-head, for instance. The less head a man has the more fre qently he loses it. Oil City BlUzard. Many a man's work gets a week bchiud by his having a weak back. Boston Cou rier. The rain is no deadhead. When it drives into our streets it lays down th dust. Binghamton Itejiutlican. Now that bustles are going out o) fashion, it is so be hoped that tbe Indiani will leave off their war whoops. It is a little girl of five who makes the discovery that the shad is a porcupine turned inside out. Boston Transcript. The sportsman eupid whets his darts Ami dons his Iilit-st suiting To sally forth midst fluttering hearts, Cpon his summer shooting. Iu luauy cases people who boast that they play cards for fun only, get merely the fun while the other mau gets the money. Merchant Traveler. Live within my income? Very much I doubt it; What I'd like to know is How to live without it. J ud ye. It is said to bo an omen of ill-luck to sit thirteen at dinuer. This is particu larly true if all nro hungry, and prepara tions have been made for only five. Bauir. The physician who asserts that disease may be spread by kissing evidently refers to a complaint known as palpitation of the heart. And let her spread. A'orrw toien JUrald. Let us then bo up and doing, With a heart for any fate, If we eai.uot tlo the tibuiug, Possibly, we may cut bait. H'nsniiifuii Critic. When a cabinet-maker anil an under taker lire located side by side, it is a forcible reminder of the shortness of the distance from the cradle to the grave. Mcrrhant Tiaetlor. New Yorker "Tho gauio out West is fast disappearing, so I ' understand." Western Man "Guess not. The offi cers at the f routier post have uot quit playing poker." Hiting: Photographer "Now, sir, the expos ure is about to be made. Put on a pleasant expression. Think of some thing agreeable your wife, for instance." The same (a moment later) " Good heavens, str! You have cracked the camera." Ihirlimjton Free Press. WUimpleby (at the musicale) "Who is that distinguished-looking mau over there; he seems to uttruet much atten tion?" Pod-.inhy "Ah! 1 must present you. He is the author of that six-column article telling how to pronounce tho word vase' " S'W it it? Jjathcr Jtijiorttr. A fort 11 ne in u Beggar's Shanty. l-Vlice Yiarl, agetl seventy-two, a pro fessional beggar, died ill New Orleans a few days ago of debility und neglect in au old bounty. She had lived there over twenty years iu abject poverty, supporting her self by begging, which she followed us a regular prolt ssiou. The coroner discov ered hidden arouud her sluuity $38,000, of which $2500 w;is iu gold, secreted in 1111 old flower put iu the yard ami ;it,000 iu gold, bonds, stocks anil securities, con cealed iu the walls. The woman was be lieved to be in destitute circumstances. WdsltiwjtoH Mar, r t
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