SULLIVAN JBSb REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. X. The wealth of the colored population of Alabama is estimated at $20,000,000. Out of tho fifty-one descendants of the King and Queen of Denmark, but one, the Duke of Clarence, is dead. According to the San Francisco Chronicle the steady influx of Japaneso into the United States is not viewed with pleasure by the working classes. At the beginning of the present cen tury there were in the United States five millionaires. Now there are more than 7000. llow many will there be fifty years heuce? British farmers are asking their Gov ernment to take steps to protect them from tho field-mice, which are invading the couutry, particularly Scotland, in great numbers, and devastating the crops. The San Francisco Chronicle avers that "had any prophet twenty years ago pre dicted that German beer would take the place of French wiue as the popular drink of Paris, tie would have been re garded as a candidate fot au insane asy lum; yet this change has come to pass." An element in the Southern industrial situation not to be lost sight of, the Washington Star remarks, is the failure of railroad management to pay. Eleven companies with a mileage of over a thousand miles of completed road have in less than two years gone iuto the re ceivers' hands. The Atlanta Journal admits that the rising generation iu the Indian Terri tory have reached tho front raak in tho inarch ot' civilization, and are keeping right up with the procession. The young ladies of the feuale seminary at Tale quali,the Olierokeo capital,have arranged to give a leap year ball, and the young men of Eufaula, in the Crock Nation,arc organizing a cornet band. I. C. Libby, of Burnham, Me., who has large cattle interests in Moutaua, says that if the farmers of Maine would live in shacks, a s they do in Montana, with no furniture to speak of and the coarsest of food, cq no boiled shirts, no top carriages, no piauos or other articles of luxury, they could make money just as fast as it is made iu the West. Mr. Libby thinks that a year iu Montana would cure a Maine farmer of grumbling at his native State. The males are iu the majority in the United States. Tho Census Bureau has recently completed its classification of the population by sex and nativity, and finds that iu 1800 there were iu tho United States 32,06",880 males and 30,- 554,370 females. In the decade the in crease of males was 25.(515 per cent., while that of females was 24.02 per cent. Of the 62,62 2,1550 inhabitants enumerated 53,372,703 were born iu the United States. The colored people, including in that category Chinese, Japanese,and civilized Indians,numbered 7,638,360. In endeavoring to find causes for the present deplorable condition of allairs existing in that portion of Russia com monly kuown as "the famine district," one almost inevitably conclude), after even a slight ex tiniuatiuu, writes \V. Edgar iu the Forum, that other aud m ire weighty ones thin that usually givcu (the unfavorable weather of last year) are at the bottom of it. The longer the investigation is continued, the firmer grows the impression that fundamentally the system of communal ownership of laud is responsible for the sltuatiou. Thu "mir" or community has slutpiy ex hausted itself,ami the thirty years which have elapsed since the emancipation of the serfs have been more than sufficient to demonstrate that the entire foundation upon which KutMit'i ,t|ilculturv is base i is radically weak, and that the pi t 'ileal result of land in common, at least iu liuisia, is a complete au I u'tei failure. The climate of lite United States is much thu suite itow that it was a hun dred years though perb tp* a little ipddvr, for astr< iio.iM'i I tell us that the North Cole is a> tually moving south— which is goud news (or the eiiplurers of thu future—auil yet thu aborigines of America lived to a gojsl old age bef<»»« "sanitary woolen*" »«io luvuutoi, or overt'oats had euiuu lit style. Iu fact, if wu ale tu buik'Vu the hlstoriam, they wore lay..ins, mocs .>nuta aud buuliux .hut of de«r .silt with the hairy side turned low tr I the body, end eapt iuadu ul thu fur of auliu.de, an I that >»as ell they did wear. Wheu these gartnnnla weie wut through, lur youkn iis ioa> sis ti»h«M aud umbrellas are thu products ol tu ••etlit. < ivilu.tlio'i, * tliiiir «. m *l,uitl ti'uu ii still, as they ii'tus auta ut a win d 'Unsd sho«t nun stovu pipes luslu* | ol b s priiuiiiVM UuiM«>< so l t'»#e squally LOVE'S FUTTINO. When Love is coming, coming. Meet him with songs and joy, Bid him alight and enter, Flatter and feast the boy; Crown him with geins and roses, Charm him with winning wiles, Bind him with lovely gnrlands, And kisses, and smiles. When Love is going, going, Leaving you all alone. Craving, the fickle tyrants Some newer slave and throne, Hinder him not, but quickly. Even though your heart may bleed, Saddle a horse for his journey, And bid him God-speed! —Elizabeth Akers, iu the Century. "HEN HAWK'S" ROMANCE. HY 11. L. KETCIIUM. w EN IIAWK was S m l < reat spirits. He had been fair ly bubbling over with good humor J ( for two weeks, O r 11 and every day kjlfjadded to his H&'-DM cheerfulness. •*- on 'y ,eu dß y s f '<rrjx> more and then lor "the States." We, of the"L bar," who had knowu him for two years, almost, were at a loss to account for this sudden rise in Hen's mental temperature, and probably showed it. Indeed, there were several of the boys who hinted that ait explana tion trom him would be gratefully re ceived by his curiosity-beset co-laborers; but Hen would merely grin a broad, broad grin, and say nothing. But just ten days before Thanksgiviug he let the secret out. "Boys," said he, in a muffled voice, caused by the presence ol a knife-load of potatoes in his mouth, "I'm goin' back t' th' States!" Open-eyed astonishment all around the breakfast table. "That's what, boys. I'm goin' right after Thanksgiving tew." "The dooce, ye sayl Must've lost a rich r'lation 'r b'en doln' a little rustlin' on th' side. Now I think ot 't, they was some talk 'bout thar boin' some in side 'sistance t' th' Baldy Stites gang w'en they honored this hyar vicinity wi* th r 'tendons last year." volunteered "lied" Posey. Hen, having joined liberally ill the smiles that followed this remark, went on: "I cast th' insinerations back intuth th' teeth o' th' red-nosed gent wi' th' fragrant name. No, sir. 'Taint neither one n'r t'other. Mebbe 'fore I go I'll tell ye —an' mebbe i" ,'ti" And Mr. Hawkins again smiled, know ing that the boys would suffer im measurably until they knew whence came the " stake" on which he was goiug h line. Next (lay, immediately after breakfast, Hen rode off in the direction of Browns ville, the nearest towu ou the west, about thirty miles away, and we saw nothing of him until Friday, when he returned, whistling cheerfully. The boys were very keen to know what his errand had been, for they were sure he had not gone merely to get a few things from the grocer's and harncsmaker'f, but lien did not enlighten them. That night, however, in tho boss's room, he told the story to a select au dience, consisting of the boss and the scribe. "I b'en kinder holdin' off, ye se», ' 'cause a feller no ways cert'n 'bout savin' 'is inilk t'll he gits the pail <>ut f'ui un dar the caow; but now, bein's I'vo got it O. K., 1 may's well tell ye, on'y 1 don't waut the bays to knaow. "Ye see, 'twas this away: 'Bout tlve year ago, back in Maine, I c'ncluded t' come out hyar an' grow up wi' the keu try a hull lot. 'Twitn't 'cause I wanted t' dew it, but ye see, I sort o' hed tub." "Ah, yes," observed the bow, dryly, "I believe the late Mr. Stites began his brilliant career in somewhat thu same way. Was your dilli ulty about a horse, too?" lien's laugh over, he proceeded, some- j what blushingly "No, 'twau't that, hardly, Uut they | wan't no chance thar for a poor cuss,an' so 1 pulled out. Ve see, iu»'u Molly ' Hopkins hed bout nt ie up aour mitt's t' git spliced, au' ev'rythiu' was goin' on ' smooth's smooth,w'en insteps ol' Ot'Orgt- Hopkins an' takes a hau' hisself. Ol' Hop was a high-tou<'d ol' duck, an' put on heaps «»' airs, cause he was th' iMst lited man in taowu au' hed be'n S'let t 1 inau au' member of th' Legtslatur, w'lh I was on'y a carpenter an' hadn't ary red. * Th' ol' egiot iiiight've saw Itaow thiujj* was goin' on—l reckon he did—but h< never let ou t'll one niijht he coiue hotuu f'm taown au' been I ut-'u Molly taUiti' iu th' settin' rouui. "Tlteu he je»' waded In brash. tinsli! how he did i{ti fur met Went on t'give me th' liinkeu* let iuy Macitv In |u?r stxiiitiu' t' tit' liau' o' his, Ueorvjti Hop kiua', darter. ' l'h' idee) I waut ye t uudcrstan', juuiid utau,' says he, 'tU'l 1 he* tiutler plans let Itut th'u lutttu' '«■ marry a penniless carpenter!' 'N he weut on an' tore arm* tar uwlnle met style; but I stood iuy groon 1 , I'll Hu'lly he say*! 'Young utau, wheu you p'ii show a bank couut it' leu thaousan dol lars, she s yuui u, au' not b'lure. 1 Tb» u he gttus a bull lot, thiukitt' Itaow I'd hev t' hustle a euustd'blu spell 'turn I gut It. "W» »l, uic'm M ily talked It over a lot, 'u HusH) i Micludel th't I'd hev I jju summers elw, e( I ever got lore handed, so, oue day, we says good bye, daowu in the utvdder tot, au' I pulled uut In Callfoiuy "Kkeut t then I've t.e'u knock lu' 'rutin I all uvat the th' keutry, Hyiu one thiug u 'uulhel, I'tirlj hmdlufk, tuust u' th Hint , t»W but |«s' 'lore I tout. hiar, I bawled a i laiut. tu< u 'uiithut lellet,uvei Iu I'oluiadu, au' worked It souie It didn't psit outuoue, so «u had l' lit >4itu> lltiu 1 etae, m lit at t mtittv, leaviu' Ivttn t' k*< |j up wofk in tu elaiM, ht>u bavtu a job kltsa Wa al, th LAPOKTE, PA.., FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1892. day, Peters ho sold nout tew a Bostou cotnp'ny fer twenty-five thaousan'—aa' my half's what I went t' BraowDsville fer. That's all." lien filled bis pipe, said "Good night," and went out, whistling softly. "By Jove!" said the boss, "to hoar him tell It, in that easy way of his, with the cowboy lingo and the occasional Yankee twang, you'd think it a very common-place affair. I don't know what you think of it, but I think it de cidedly romantic, ani I'm glad it's turn ing out so well, lien's nu Inmost chap, and deserves all the luck iu the world. The girl must bo a plucky one, too. Hum! hum I" Aud the boss looked at the ceiling and blow smoke rings iu a pensive way he sometimes had. There wasn't a man on the ranch who didn't hato to see Hon go, and who wasn't honestly glad at Ilia good fortune. Even tho misanthropic I'osey evinced not a little regret as he said good-by to him, when, tho moruiug aftor Thanks giving, Hen sat on his bronco all ready to start for Jersey, the railroad town to the east of us. It was a beautiful morning, almost like spring, aud Hen couldn't have wished lor a better day to start 011. Tho last good-by said, ho straightened up, sniffed the cool breeze, looked to see that everything waas all right, aud with an "Adios, boys," was off, waving his hand in acknowledgment of tho rousing choer we gave him as ho reached the top of the hill across the creek. Jersey was only twenty odd miles away, and lien expected to arrive there at noon, iu time to get his diuner, dis pose <of his bronco and make the 2 o'clock traiu East. There was plenty of time, so ho let his horse take its own gait, aud gave himself up to his thoughts. Goiug home! Home! How swcot the word sounded! Fivo years—only live, but they seemed twice aa many, lie wondered how lie had ever managed to live through them. Tho first two had not been so hard. He had been full of hope and vigor and had told himself it was ouly a little while—only a Utile while. Theu whou the reward for all his toil seemed to be no less distant than at first, it was hard. Sometiuios ho had thought ho would give it up and go home to confess himself beaten; then tho picture of the little brown eyed girl who had cried so hard that day in the meadow lot—the little girl who, through her tears, had told him to bo brave und pa tient and all would be well—woidd come before hiiu and ho would set his teeth hard aud "pitch" iu again. Maybe it had soured him a bit. lie wondered if sometimes he had not been rather unso ciable, and rather poor compauy for his companions, and coucluded he had. His thoughts turned again to Molly. Mow pretty and sad she had looked with the tears on her pink cheeks that day (for somehow he couldn't for the life of him think of her except as sho looked when he saw her last). He remembered how conscious he had been that she was watching him as he went down the road, And how he dared not look back for fear his courage would give out. Aud just to think! Ouly a few days more, aud— "Hullo! Wa al, I'll bo teototally dog go tied!" The wind hsd shifted around into the north; dull gray clouds hid the blue and gold that hid made the early day so fair; two or three (lakes of snow were visible now and then. It was one of these striking Hen on the cheek that caused him to rein up his hor*o so suddenly and make the above inelegant remark. Not a living creature was in sight on all the broad plain. Hen aud his horse were as much alone us if they had bueu on the open sea. Human habitation, be i ween the"L bar" aud Jsrs«y, then were none. Hen dismounted aud laid his ear to the ground, aud lutone I in tently for a few seconds. Yes—there it was—that dull, whispering, indistinct roar, which the plainsman knows and fears—the voice of the coming blizzard. The horse heard it, or felt it, and turned his head toward his master, whinnying softly. "Yes, ol' boy, It's cumin' all right 'noiigh." said Hen, as he rose from the ground, "an' me'n you's gut t' hustle a hull lot. Milter I'okey, I, 'l 'or slide, ol' chap! 1 reckon we c'u make it," Duly twelve miles or so, ami yet lieu knew that the bliisird might overtake i him Itefore he had traveled four. 11" urgtd his horse latter, kuowiug the faith ful aniiual could vastly stand the work i It was growing rapidly colder, aud the 112 few (lakes of snow were Itelng followe I by countless thousand*. The wind w.i> increasing iu velocity, auil Hen, bend nig low ower his horse's neck, could j hear the vieious "swish swish!" ol tin *IIOW as it was hurled throng i the and aloug the ground Very so tn it wm ! impossible to lee more thin a liuadrol ■ mi.ls or so ahead, but lieu klieW the general direction, and for safety's sake i was heading for lh« >tage road leidtug into Jersey from the souiuwest. tMi and oil tliey went, I'okey, alive to the situation, pooudmg along at hi* lop traveling s|M>ed, steady as a cluck, tin in.l on . iue I lie alii n, coveilng Uoriu * aud rider Willi snow as tlae as tl our, until I hey looked like ghosts. lieu, leaning back to g> t his overt Ml| lost 111 diieettiMk, but he had (gllfatlii m I'okev, and knew that the little annual would 4o better without any piloting. ilow cold it was) llett's hsiuli and toe« were like Iu ops ol tee- wouw, ttiej had harslly any testing left in them Ills > al au4 etieek on the side et posed Iu Ihe slorui, were gelling ulp|ied Welt, lt« would soon strike t ie stage road, au I llteli, If he kftd not mlstale'llali I, lllel . would bu only Ave uf sit tmlei « ' • MimU Nootl!" ►'ol I'okey had given a ,i| I lea hl^h leap audit <o-| still, ptulltig .llurnl is M I hie f|M i| i MM si .>.. i.l uk p. l, Willi a siM'ige l ais ahoui it l|ui> U mml down I loin n„ y»ldie and • H ueer, II was i >U*>! matt. k*d ling light, in lite slilf iutil han't, a whip sin It as flags lllvel t l|a "itage drivel, dttadei u fuw telle! e.u, lltunk, Illicit, au' tell 01, |Mu< leatsl" U-U ihet* wai w la* In »l«|s and investigate. In another second Pokey was turned to the loftand pound ing along up the stage road. A dark object loomed up suddenly as they shot past, and a sudden chill tout the sluggish blood coursing through Hen's veins. 110 halted and turned Pokey's unwilling head ou the back course. Sure enough, it was the stage; but there were no horses attached. Hon felt around aud reached tho door-handle. A cry—a child's cry—came from withlu. Hen tied Pokey firmly to a wheel, found tho door again, and eutert*^,. "Thank God I" V It was a woman's voico, and Hen al most fainted to think that its owner should bo iu such a terrible predicament. "Oh, sir, havo you coma to take us away? The driver fell off, I think, aud tho horses btoko loose, somohow, and we're almost frozen.'' Hon could see her now. It was a young, good-looking woman, aud she held, tight clasped to her breast,a child about three years old. Neither was olad for such awful weather. Hen's heirt stood still for a moment. If that womau and child remained hero it was aimMt certain death. It might be days before help could roach him,and even if aid could come to them to-mor row, they would havo frozen, mean while. On the other hand— "Can you ride, missis*'' "Yes, indeed." "Wal, come, then, quick!" In auothor minute— "Hide straddle—so. Naow, hold th' kid 'n let th' hoss take 'is own road. Min', uaow!" "But what are you going to—" Hen was fastening the driver's robes about her. "I'm all right. Naow, hang on an' keep holt o' th' kid. Go ou Pokey! Good-by, missus!" lie was alone on the prairie iu a de serted coach,with the storm howl ing about him, and his thoughts were of other things for a loug time beforo he remembered that all his money was in his saddle-bags. "Wa-al, chances is purty nigh agin my ever needin' it," ho muttered, in his quaint way. "'l'aint like I hed a stove an' a hull lot o' grub. She'll save it fur me, likely, auyhaow." * * * n * » It was two days later that the stage, coming down from Jersey with sevoral Samaritans aboard, found him. It was two wcolcs and more before ho came to himself in the hotel where he had had every possible attention. He was, as ho himself remarked, '-91 ad to be alive, an' lin' I hedu't log' no ban's n'r feot." But tho woman and-child had gone—• they had loft Jersey the very day that Hen's hall dead form was brought iu by tho relief party—tk. i with them went Hen's money; for the saddlebags had been taken to the woman's room by the hostler, and no one else had had posses sion of them, besides which, much to tho landlhrd's surprise, she had paid her bill with a SIOO greenback wheu she left. Hen's money had been mostly in bills of that denomination. Hen "kept a still upper lip" and said littlo, when he got back to the rauch, which he did iu a shoit time much to our surprise. " 'Twits all on 'caount o' them blame saddlebag," said he. "Kf I'd let new fangled notious alone, an' carried th' stull an' other tilings in my clo'ee, I'd ben all right."—San Francisco Kxaiuiner. Expensive Chessmen. The New York Homo Journal describes a remarkable set of chcssineu that have just been Ihiishe.l by a down East me chanic. The pieces are made of silver aud bronze, aud the period of costume aud equipment is A. I). 1191, all the characters being historical aud contem porary, aud strictly accurals iu every de tail of heraldic blaitmiry and costume. The ku'ghts are in •-h;iiu mail armor, with shield, ax, sword and dagger. Their fur Cokts have each the individual blalon of the wearer. The queens wear royal robes aud carry scepters. The bishop* are iu church vestineuts ami carry cross and crosier. The pawns are men at arms in a kneeling posture, with spear, billhook and kntte. The white men are Ktiglish, the black French. The tvighsli King au I lateen are Itichard 1. aud lilt llereugaria. The bisho|ts are Herbert Walter, Archbishop of Canter bury, and William I. 'ugchauips, Bishop of Kly; and the kuights are tlie Kail of Salisbury and the llarott of Worcester. I'lie castle is Anglo- Noruiao, aud is a perfectly accurate representation of leu lal architecture. The French Kiug aud (J IMVU aro Philip aud lugelorg, his Danish s|it>u»e, the bishops being Do llreiix aud De Stilly, uf tioiuvala and Palis. The knights ire also well-known men of I lie twelfth century, and thu eastle Is Franco-Norm IU, I'lte set ha* liken upwards "I six yean lo make. Ilns H< Hutilled It .til I Hsu .ikes. lb. Wing, the Chiueso corn doctor, It puichasiiig all llli live raltiesualtes lie tan obtain, wliieli lie tisot to tmkti mud icittes. Au Indian brought Ulm one last .<itiin day in all glitly seeuted can. The do tor nid a W«rkcd slick au I as s>tun as Ills suikeslllp was released he was held Iu such a mtltltei With lUe slick IllWt lie could u>l btl» , I lieu Wing toils linn lit Ills Ml haul holding in HI lliiuly aboiil an in. It In i uf lite Ilea I and llteu pro t eedt I lo hS the suake s ut ml it lip. tin Itteit place-1 it lu a bottle oottfeeittlttg alt oltnl and eSliieaaed lilintsll lltutly. "Heap goo I, alle same lwo tree day K'c«le cau!Alimas li'tl ) lletald. I nrtnus t'ltllteae Hcjietues The t'otutisu metl<eal writsrs houiii •tteud sm.ii ieuiut|i»s as ligei tatties, iw 4 is a ill, giotiud bit*id. Ires bugs, luaall • la'ts, fowls' gtssstd*, elephant lilimd, "Mist Is of uuie SIM.-Ils, ' d* * TAILING in ihe datk UL the iu HIM, COW I l,all, gt"t|i.d boees at MS I hUuc, lob s ie«i», snake shot*, gio'iyd ihiitot »iei I itote, ho Ijvho. skill sad tbt<SS, duel i silk a oiiiM, and ma« y other mti' ifm equally n *<*toid settuultsii xst I,suit i lle^ie, SCIENTIFIC ANII INDUSTRIAL. There aro only two works in Austria raakiug oust or rolled-plate glass. It is proposed attempting to stamp out tuberculosis in cattle in Denmark by vaccination. A gas engine lins been made In Eng land that runs at tho rate of 540 revolu tions a minute. The results obtaiuod from using sul phate of copper dressing to prevent tlio growth of tho fungus on potatoes aro decidedly satisfactory. i'he more rapidly an auitnal is fattened the loss'quantity of food is necessary to sustain its vitality, so that liberal or abundant feeding is the most econom ionl. The oil fuel used iu n coppcr-smelting works at Kodabeg in the Caucasus is pumped to an elevation of 32S feot through flfteon miles of four-inch steel pipe. Above tho leugtli of ninetoeu or tweu cy foot, suakes in tho Phillipinc Islands increase greatly in bulk for ovory foot of leugtli, so that a snake ninetoeu feet long looks small beside one twenty-two feet long. Iu order to keep sea porgics through the s iimmer, tho fishermen of Khode Island have nets so arranged that tho passiug schools are lod up rnto salt-water ponds and tho chauuels connecting with tho ocean are closed. In ouc of tho Comstouk mines a new water-wheel is to bo placetl which is to run 1150 rovolutious a luiuuto, and havu a speed at its periphery of 10,805 feot per ulinuto. A greater head of water than hns ever before boon applied to a wheel will be used. Plans are being examined for tho cou struction of a railroad across the inaiu chain of the Caucasus Mountains. Tho Hue will have a leugtli of 100 miles, aud will present great engineering difficulties. There are to be two tuunols, one four and a third and the othor six and three quarters milos long. Pear growers arc coniplaitiiug of tho depred'itious of a small suctorial insect, somewhat resembling in size ttud iu its transparent, steep-sloping wings tho typ ical plaut louse, but it is readily dis tinguished front that in its being a jumping insect, whence it lias received the name Psylla, "fining in Greek a tlec. """ The mysterious subject of hypnotic influence has been agitating society in Calcutta, India. A young Government clerk made several attempts recently to got married to the girl of his choice, but each time he was mysteriously overcome at the altar aud thrown into a trance of stupor. He has made no less than six attempts, failing each time. Paper manufacture i. uiie of the lead ing industries of Corea. Bosides its use for writing paper, it is employed iu » great diversity of ways, such as striug, and in the making of lautoriis, hats, sboe soles, coats aud boxes. It is made from tho bush of tho mulberry order, which is indigenous, growing iu many parts of the island, but thriving bost in the moist, warm climate of th* South. lu walking to the Central Park, New York City, one day a Boston naturalist was surprised by some of the trees, shrubs and flowers iie saw there. Ht says he found even sugar maples, Norway maples aud swamp maples. Ho fouud moss pinks, Asiatic magnolias, lilacs, the forsythia, the cornelian cherry, and other charmiug things that are familiar to New Yorkers who stroll through the park. Who would think that science could devise an apparatus or instrument for counting thu number of dust moles that dance iu a bar of sunlight? No one would imsgiuc that such au unheard of feat could be carried out with auy de gree of accuracy, but, if we are to believe official reports, that aud much more has receutly been accomplished by the int eroscopislH. At the lien Nevis Observa tory, Scotland, an utlonip'. has Iteen made to detcriitiuc the relative purity of the atmosphere. Animal Wisdom. We are all familiar enough wit't ex amples of intelligence iu cats and (logs, but of these stories we do uot easily tire. Here are some facts from a corre -1 spoiideut lu moving to a uew place of residence we fouud JU the premises a large cat which had been left there by a former | occupant. She »*• not of the real domestic kind, but lived principally in the baru, occasionally veuttiriug into the house to obtain her food. Oil one occasion, much to the surprise uf luy wife, she came up to her and mewed several tilttes, turning each lltue toward the door leading to the barn. This she repeated until Mrs. M.was induced by curiosity to follow bur, when she led the way to a battel half lull of straw, up the tide of which she climbed, all the tuuu uis wiitg ami looking at my wife, and titer* were live klllous, cold slid dead. Mis. N. lemarked. " I bey ale cold and dead, iiitssy," and lite cat went away satislled (the would sometimes scratch lite uhlldieu, aud si wera fearful she would •eriuusly mjitre litem, aud one day 1 said In Itet pi use nee tUal "I would shot! her " Sue was missing fur about six Weeks, aud of course 1 had Ihe a "got till lite notion,"—Forest and aiieam. I lisill Helmet! (|ulll I'eus. Although the hugllsh steel pen* are as good as IU lite world, tike use ul tile null I pen Is still esteualve tliioitgli out tae IlitltsU (siatfis Kverywltere lu lite hotel* yon will see ( uiii pens lying UH the laities lu the publls rooms, aud a plentiful supply of quills Itoin which other* may lis made whenever liteie Mi a demand lot them \ -pull jell is so Itoulileaomt lo make, and geuuinly to nttaaltsies loty wit' alt Is watfe, lltal It Is impossible to nete island why the i-ug itsb should pteiel them lo the ad tut i able sleei §*ns whi> i ale sent from Ureal Htiiain all o«ei the world. V«tk Jotwttab Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. AN EiNULiSU SWANNERY. THE SWAN PARADISE IN THE XJA. iOON AT ABB'JTSBUKY. All Ancient Haunt lor Thousands or i lie (JracMul Hicda Fierceness ol Nesting swans. A LONDON paper (the Specta tor) calls the Fleet, the straight lagoon which run? for nine £ miles from the Isle of Portland to Abbotsbury, behind the barrier of Cliesil Beach, «waa paradise," and adds: The nine straight miles of water be low is only tho playground of the birds; but in spring this is forsaken, except by a few pairs that nest on the iuner side of Chesil Beach; and tho rich and slioltered mead which fringes Abbots bury Brook is white with the graceful forms of a thousand nesting swans. In this their ancient haunt, so ancient that although the hills be'iind are crowned with the ruins of votive chapels and an cient monasteries, the swans may claim for tluir established home an equal if uot greater antiquity—all the favorite sites were last, week ulreatly occupied by the jealous anil watchful birds, each keenly resentful of intrusion on its ter ritory, yot in such close proximity to its neighbors that a space of ten or twelve feet at most divided it from ground iu "separate ami hostile occupation." Near the mouth of a small stream which enters the Fleet below a closo and ex tensive tied of reeds, now cut down anil stored for tho use of the birds when building, lies tho ground most coveted by the swans. There, between two hun dred antl three hundred nests, or sites for nests, were occupied on a space of two acres at most. So anxious are the birds to secure a place on this favorite spot that they remain sitting constantly on the placo when occupied, iu order to maintain their rights against intruders, and there collect with their long necKs every inorsei of reed and grass within reach to form a platform for the eggs. At this time the swanherd visits them constantly, ami scatters bun dles of dried reed from the stacks, which are eagerly gathered in by the swans and piled round and beneath them as they sit. These additions to the uest goon continually; and us the cock-swau takes his share,or even more than his share,of the duties of sitting upon the eggs, one of the pair is always at liberty to collect fresh material. This is maiuly piled in a kind of wall round the nest, tho in terior beiug already finished, and often partly felted with a lining of swausdowu from the birds' breasts. To the visitor who, under the guid ance of the swanherd, walks on the nar row grass paths which wiutl amid the labyrinth of nests, 'he colouy recalls visions of visits to ihe island homes of the great petrels or giant albatrosses in distant oceans. Msny of the swans havo built their nests so that they even en croach upon the paths; aud each of the great birds as he passes throws back its snake-like head, and with raised crest hisses fiercely antl rattles the pinions of its wings, or even leaves the nest, and with every feather quivering with excite ment, makes as though it would drive the intruder from the sanctuary. But the presence of the swanherd generally reassures the birds, though the hissiug rises and falls as if from the throats of a thousaud angry snakes. Iu view of the natural jealously aud lierceuess of swans in the breeding season, the comparative gentleness of the Abbotsbury birds, is somewhat remarkable. On the rivers aud broads of Norfolk each pair claim and secure a large stretch of water for their sole use, and constant ami some times fatal lights take place if the re served territory is invaded by another pair. There, also, the swans will occa sionally attack uot ouly strangers, but the swanherds themselves, who, owing to the extent of the stream aud dykes along which the swans nest, are, of course, less well known to the birds tiimi are the keepers ai Abbotsbury. Mr. Stevenson was told by John Trutt, a matshman of Surliug ham, that he was "attacked by au old male swan as hew is examining the eggs in it ne»t, to which, beiug a boggy place, be bad crawled on his hands and knees. The swan, coming up behind him uu perceived, struck him so violently ou the back lb it he had ditttculty ill regain ing his lioul, where he laid lor tome time iu great p un, and though he in in aged at ieugth to pull home, he was couliiiet! lo bis bed lor more tliau a »eek." Another marshiiiaii was struck iit ihe Ilii :h ut lie same manner, aud tltst-iilied the force of the blow aud the pain occasioned by it as something in* ere tilde. The Abbotsbury swans, not pinioned like the Noifolk hints, and hading t life ol freedom ou lite vcigc ol tin sea, see n lo know by lustiucl thai the protection aud safety which tuey obtain at Abbotsbury are more than enough lo compensate I hem for the loss of the freedom ami hide pvtideui e winch au isolated nesting plat'* might give; ami with the excep tion of about twenty pans, they congre gate as has IHH-II described, abandoning not only theii uatural instinct for isola tion, bill also mm It ul tlie couibtliveeaas with whit It lilts instinct is act oiiipauiikl. FiglllS bet Wcell the cock swans do occur, lial the swan held soon RtslttMM peace One line old bird which had qttairelied wlllt built of ll* neighbors was made happy by a semicircle ol tamarisk boughs stitch ie Ihe wsith aroan-l its itesl| aud •u clearly deduiug Its lerrituijf, K ftliause Pel Mia, Kiug, datuhur uf I'. It. JachtoM, who ret tMly t aim fiom Itei Imme iu Cieqiei County, says lite All is ton t M<< I lit m»*» i at, bioughl wtlh her -t young oiler about seven weeks old. Ihell /< -*I. w ashed H out of |ls nest lit' ihe bank ol Hit l.amtne Iftsci It la tbottl a tool aud « hall long, aud ploitl is** to bet onto a .teal p*i Mi lech •wii a bills s' Am HI Its lii «tt etltlhi litm oti the Hiwl this inoi tin 4, eel el tiet tsd aim "I at ma h sl ti illoe as au Its lien wdh a us ' Steel se4 a '<se 1 wtgau. NO. 44. DON'T GROWL. Don t growl About tUo weather For easier 'tis you'll And, To make your mind to weather 112 Than weather to your mind. Don't growl About "the sermon. And show your lack of wit, For, like a boot, a sermon hurts The closer it doth fit. Don't growl . About your neighbor For in your neighbor's view. His neighbor is not faultless. That neighbor being you. —Boston Herald. HUMOR OF THE DAY. If you cannot lick a inau be lenient with his faults.—Texas Sifting* - Handcuffs might appropriately be called sad-irons.—Lowell Courier. Stealing away from bad company is justifiable larceny.—Binghainton Leader. The man who wants to live in clover need only buy a lawn-mower. —Chicago Inter-Ocean. "That's where the shoe hurt?," as the bridegroom muttered, rubbing the back of his head.—Truth. It isu't so much by industry we thrive as by the favor of those who will pay for the fruits of it.—Truth. "How does your new errand-boy go, Johnson?" "The long way,apparently, every time."—New York Truth. It is the man who has to live on com bread at home who fiuds the most fault with the pie when he travels.—Haul's Ilorn. He—"What, besides the date, do they usually putin engagement -rings." She (pointedly) "Fiugers."—Town Topics. Duck is to be a favorite wear this season, both for ladies and for gentle men who are in the swim.—Lowell Courier. There are people who think their neighbors' houses nee 1 painting because they do not wash their own windows.— Ram's Horn. There is nothing in the world more aggravating to a mail with a secret than to meet people who have no curiosity.— Atchison Globe. lie—"ls it true that you are engaged to Mr. Bartow!" She—"l don't know; the society papers haven'fr announced it yet."—New York Herald. "What is a dark horse, papa?" aske l Fred' l ; Oaswell. "Dark horse* are nigii.mares of the lenders, Freddy," re plied his papa.—Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. Drawing-Room Inanities ; She "No, don't sit there, .Mr. Splosher— that's my side!" He (wishing to please)—" Well—a—really 1 don't see any difference!"— Punch. "Does time fly as fast as before you were married and were merely engaged?'' "Does it? One grocery bill doth tread upon another's heels, so fast they fol low."—lndianapolis Journal. There is no question of the value of advertising, but still it doesn't justify a young man carrying an umbrella in such a way as is most likely to catch the eye of the public. Philadelphia Tines. Hicks—"3ee those two ladies over there. They seem to be enjoying them selves hugely." Wicks—"Yes; I won der which of their dear friends they are picking to pieces."—Boston Transcript. "Hawkins is very fond ol his horse, isu't he!" "Why, no, he hates him." "That's queer. I saw him riding in the park the other <lay, and he had his arms about the animal's neck."—Harper's Ba zar. Reynard—"He called me a coward, a bully and a liar; would you advise un to light him!" A* let roe—"l don't sec what else you cau do; you would prob ably lone a suit for slander."—New Yor<c Herald. About the Count: Sister Ethel (who I likes him) —"Well, anyway, lie ii a pol- I ished geutlemau." Brother Jack (who | does not) "polished enough, but tin ihine is all on his clothes."—Harvard Lampoon. "You are a kinsuvtn of the host, are you uotl" asked one o( the guests. "Yes," said the poor relatiou near the foot of the table, bitterly. "I am his cousin fourteeu seats remove I,"—Cut 'ago Tribune. Krieud—"What did he my to you when he pro|tos«d to you?" Miss It>x - "He said life without me litem! nothing." Friend—"He wits sincere iu that, flint's just what hi* possessions amount to."— New York Press. Chappie—"Once I was in a t«rwiti!<i storm at sea. Ibe waves wniled uiouu tain high." Mis» Ptnkerly "Dear me! Wereu't you afraid I" Chappie indeed. 1 was wi*l bwase. M sulci was with :ne."--V'A York Herat I "Paw, is all isl* l a IIIt!• - island I" "Yes, Auasiiitaiudi t ' "Touts* c.ntp let is a little chap ' "No \H*iiiuaitidci. And if you try any W"t» pititlets ol that kind I will waliu jour tacklul with a a twi.lei I rum thu oakiel.'' Ui >uk I) u Mrs. Pry* "D< n me, Mrs. Hum I, how is it you continue lu hold your ago so well! | dvi'Uie you lo">> is yotoi., i» you did twenty years ago," Mrs. lliuut —•"I distil know, unless it Is that I es t*|« a gtfMt deal uf eale tiy alleudtU4 lu uolMsdy's business lint iuy own " Mrs. Pry»--"\ t-«, that tuay ii but, pout Mitug I you van i Hud uttu it pl> «>vi« lu llVlug, est* you l"~ Ikotou I isu*. Ilpt. " llters sttMits lu lie no day of no liom u( lite day Iks you ate not «fle< that Wssl) II'M Inl! it ynus »< ' m u«d wiatMully lu a iihm alto it* i )u»t tnlmud bis ' ill' s | *oi u'a I hi ws lost ot It no a ledge a huetMer," Said Utu wau wtlb a sail sunlit, a* ke sal dowu weatly ' Hot jou *le wiuum till* litttt I a u not all«i iltsi Inl lu day " *m4 I tag ley, basklNj| Up ait U bis "Id t httstliitas •' W itsl i» It t <sl 1 •'lbe IfttHKJ."-- UwUwu I w«l,
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