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Ancffn letter to women. No. I.
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May iS, iSo2.
"Dear friend of women:
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e years ago, I got up in six
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DOROTHY.
A slender little maiden. In a, dainty, ruffled
Kown.
Wtoso eyes or brown glance shyly to and fro;
Her cbin I t tilUJ op
Like a cloven lily-cup.
And her cheeks have stol'n tbe popptet crim
son glow.
A hat that's big and shady overtops her bonny
head:
To keep the sun out, spreads t he circling rim
But the caution L in vain.
It was donned too lute, 'tis plain.
For he's tangled la her curls be neath the
brim!
Every step sfie treals so quaintlyln.her tiny
buckled shoes.
Takes her f.irther lathe kinsJom of my heart
She's my uracious quean, so loyal.
Ami I'm u;r subject loyal.
And she rules me with a tender, loving heart.
O, gracious little sovereign, may the swiftly
passing years.
With their overflowing freight of joy and
pain,
I .ay the sorrow at my doors.
Lay the happiness at yours.
An d the harvest moon of heartsease never
wane!
Boston Transcript-
TIIE AERONAUT'S STOIIY.
"Is Jack Tunnicliffe poing1 with you
to-morrow, Tom?" 5aid uiy wife to me.
"I wi-ili you would take some one else."
"Why, orah?' I asked.
"lie's been stranjjer than ever in his
manner since his wif died, I hear. In
fact, I've been told by more than one
person that he's quite insane at times.
It's not to le Wondered at if he is, poor
fellow. I don't know a sadder case. .
He'd only been married a week. Such
a horrible death, too! It's enoug-h to
turn a man's brain, and I must confess,
Tom, I wish Jack was not going1 with
you." . 4 !
"Nonsense, Jsorah! People always
exaggerate and make the "worst of
things, as you know. If a man's at all
original or ' eccentric, - it's at once
assumed that he's uon compos. Of
course. Jack's low-pirited and absent
minded, and perhaps a bit .peculiar at
times. How can he help brooding over
his terrible loss?. He wants some ex
citing occupation to take oiT his
thoughts from his -trouble. He's: food
of ballooning- as I am,' and a trip will
do him all the frood in the world i
. The above conversation between ny
wife and" myself 'took place -on "the
evening before the day which I 'had
fixed for a balloon ascent. Ilallooning
was my 'hobby. 'J I had conceived a
liking for it on my first ascent. This
liking had become a "craze,!T for the
novel experience and strange sensation
of sailing over houses and trees, and of
soaring into the clouds, had a peculiar
fascination for mev
Uecently, I had tried utility with
pleasure, and had made some ascents
solely for scientific purposes.: I had'
found a kindred spirit in young Tuuni
cliife, aud we had had many delightful
and successful trips together. Owing
to the untimely death of my friend's
wife, our aerial expeditions had been
suspended for awhile. As several
weeks had elapsed since that sad event,
I felt anxious to resume these expedi
tions, and as. Tu'nuicliiTo had expressed
his willingness to aeeomnanv me. a
day had been fixed for our next trip.
It was when I was talkiug to my wi.e
ulo'it this self-same trip that she ex
pressed her regret that Jack Tunni--elii'i-'
wa fc'u:T with me.
I had not much diiaeulty, however,
in overcoming her objections and al
laying her lears. She was not aver.-e
to my hobby, and had even accom
panied me in one or two of my jour
neys in the air. Moreover, shj sym
pathized with me in my desire "to
make some useful discovery," and was
therefore un-.villiug to damp my ardor.
or hinder the progress of my obsurva
tions. She had felt the exhilarating
effect of a balloon ascent, and my ref
erence to the lienetit young TuuuiclilYe
would probably derive from the pro
jected trip appealed to her experience
as well as to her tender heart.
Accordingly, next - day a the ap
pointed time, everything being in readiness,-
we started ' on our aerostatic
journey. Tunnicliffe, contrary to his
uual demeanor, seemed a little ex
cited, but this caused me no appre
hension. His interest had apparently
been awakened, and it was only natural
that he should bo animated on' such
an occasion. The balloon was set at lib
erty as noon as we had taken our seats,
uiul the machine rose beautifully. There
"was .a gentle breeze. ' which bore us
slightly southward. We rose slowly
at tirat, and so had plenty of time to
gaze on the vast and extending panor
ama lelow us.
Presently we entered a huge bank or
mouauia of cloud of the 'kind called
-cumulus, aud were surrounded by a
chilling mist which iuduceu us to put
on the wraps we had brought When
wi emerged from tue clou J a scene of
fairy-like beauty suddenly burst upon
us. We were in a kind of basin sur
rounded by mountains of clouds of the
-)ist lauta-slic siiapcs, or enormous
size, anil or nazznng origntnes... .now
and then, as "we rose, we caught sight
also of wondrous ravines of curious
sh ije and great depth. These moun
tain:, of clouds with their silvery and
got-le:i sides, their dark shadows, their
varied tints and summits of dazzllti
w hi lends,, presented to our wonsleriu;,
gaio a sceae oi urpasaing beauty and
grandeur.' . - . -
This sublime spectacle . evoked my
highest admiration, while the silence
aud vastness of space inspired me with
awe. I drank iu these exquisite and
varied delights with such avidity and
with such absorbing interest that I
had scarcely looked at, or spoken to,
mv companion since we had started.
Hut an exclamation from him now di
verted my attention, and, glancing at
him, I was surprised to see that he had
risen and was much excited.
"What is it. Jack?" I asked.
"Isn't it glorious?" he replied. "I
wonder if Heaven is much more beauti
ful? How delightful it would be if we
could reach it! I should see my Ada
again, then."--" - - -' -
"My dear fellow!" I interposed,
hastily, somewhat alarmed not so
much by his words as by his excited
manner and wild look; "3'ou think too
much-oif these things. Yon have been
Lrooding over-your loss -more - than i
g-ood for you. Will you "
"At any rate," cried he, vehemently,
'"it's worth trying, so here goes," and
seizing one of the sandbag's he threw
it over. The lightened balloon at once
began to rise more quickly.
"What, are you doing. Jack?" I shout
ed. "For heaven's sake keep calm.
We are a good height already. We
shan't be able to breathe if we go
much higher. It's getting uncomfort-.
able, as it is."
"Shan't we? We shall see about
that. I'm going to try, anyhow. ISe
sides, I don't care if 1 can't breathe. I
want to see my Ada. That's all 1 care
about."
I began to fear the worst. . Was he
going mad? Were the reports my wii'e
had heard literally true, and not ex
aggerated after all? What a fool I had
been not to be more cautious! Whether
he was mad or not, he was in a danger
ous mood, and my position was far
from pleasant. To oppose him would
evidently aggravate him and make
matters worse. To humor him was un
doubtedly the wisest course.
"Ijook here. Jack!" I cried. "You
say you want to see Ada. I can tell
you of a letter and surer way of going
to her than this. If you will listen to
me (here I involuntarily moved my
hand toward the valve cord) if you
will lLsten to me I "
"Xone of your blarney, man! I'm
not to be wheedled so. I'm too old a
boy for that. Ieave the cord alone,
can't you? I'm not going down again
to-day. I'm goin to see what's up
there: and don't you try to stop me,"
and he glared fiercely at me.
The horrible nature of my situation
was now only too apparent there
could no longer be any doubt "of Tun
nicliffe's condition. I was iu a balloon
with a madman, and alwut four miles
from the earth. I felt the cold sweat
on my brow, and my brain began to
reel. 15ut with a tremendous effort I
pulled myself together, for my only
chance "of safety was in retaining my
self-possession. To attempt to over
power him was out of the question
the strength of a madman is so well
known. My only hope of escape was
to outwit him. Hut how? Forced in
to unnatural activity as my brain was
by rny desperate situation, and by the
necessity ot prompt action, I could
think of no device or ruse that woul.l
do any good; 1 was completely at the
mercy of the madman.
'' The hopelessness of my case para
lyzed all my energies. I felt unable to
move or sieak, and even the power to
think was almost gone. Iu my despair
I glanced at the valve cord. Owing
to tha rotary motion of the balloon it
had unfortunately become entangled.
To free it I should be obliged to leave
the car and climb into the ring. I5ut
to attempt snch a thing (even if I were
physically capable of i.) would be cer
tain to lend to a struggle which would
as certainly send oue" or both of us out
of the car. ' . '
We were now at such a height that
asphyxia was imminent- I could hear
my heart throb quite plainly. I
breathed with difficulty, and a horri
ble sensation like that of sea-sickness
came over me. 1 he cold was so in
tense that I shivered, notwithstanding
my wraps. The mental strain was ter
rible. I was almost frantic Know
ing, however, that in a few minutes I
should lie unconscious, and that then
all would le over with me, I nerved
myself for one last effort.
As 1 rose from my seat my eye fell
on the grapnel. Foitunately it was on
my side of the car. A sudden idea
struck me, here was a weapon to
han.l. It was an awful thou-rht it
would be a terrible deed. Hut there
was now no alternative, no time for
delay. My senses were going. 1
stretched out my hand, but the mad
man, who never took his eye off me,
had detected my purpose. With a sud
den movement he darted forward and
seized the grapnel, but in his earyer
- ness to forestall me he had precipitat
ed himself too far over the 6ide of the
car aud almost lost his balance. He
made a desjerate effort to recover
himself, but. seized with a sudden and
irresistible impulse. I pushed him over,
and with a horrible yell, which rings
in mv ears whenever I recall the oc
currence, the madman disappeared
from my sight.
Almost mad myself I am not sure
that I was not quite so just then I
climbed into the ring to reach the
valve line. lint my hands were so
stiff and numb with the cold that I
could not grasp the cord. l!y a kind
of inspiration which seemed providen
tial I seized - the cord with my teeth,
and after two or three tugs the valve
opened with a loud clang, and the bal
loon legan to descend. Thank heav
en! I was saved. My. hands being use
less, 1 1 was obliged to throw up my
anus and drop into the car, where 1
lay motionless and unconscious for
awhile.
My swoon could not have lasted more
than a few seconds, for when I recov
ered ' the barometer showed that I was
still in a high altitude, although the
balloon was descending rapidly. I
rubied and beat my hands until the
circulation was restored. Then I set
about taking the necessary precautions
against a too rapid descent. - lut I
acted more like an automaton than a
conscious agent, for I seemed in a kind
of a fctupor or trance all the time.
How and where I reached the solid
earth I cannot say. I have only a dim,
hazy recollection of being surrounded
by a crowd of people. Some were
bending over me and seemed to be
questioning me, but I couldn't make
out what they said. I felt an awful
pain in my head, ami remember noth
ing more until I found myself in bed
in a dark room and my wife bending
over me. This was several clays after
ward, and I learned then that I had
been brought home in a delirious state
aud had had brain fever.
When I recovered my friends con
gratulated me, and tried to persuade
me that as my homicidal act was done
in stdf-defense it was justifiable. I
hope it was, but I can never recall it
without misgivings and horror, and I
have never made a balloon ascent since.
Tit-Hits.
' Klectrlc Phenomenon.
During a recent thunderstorm in
Uerlin an interesting effect on an elec
tric train was noticed at night. AU
'the 'electric lamps inside and outside
the carriages were extinguished every
time it lightened, and the passengers
ri,mineil a few 'moments iu complete
darkness.
Then the lamps reKinuieo.
A Spider with m Voire.
India, accordiug to S. E. Teal, has
6tridulating spider whose sound, like
the pouring of shot upon a plate, can
le heard ten to twelve yards; ants
' nroouee sounds 1V rasping the
bornv tiu of the last abdominal seg
ment against dry leaves or twigs, and
a butterfly which produces a series of
raps with its wings.
PARAGRAPHS.
Feline. The Younger One "I
wonder if I will lose my looks, too,
when I get to your age?" The Elder
One "You would be lucky if you did."
Washington Star.
Customer "These trousers don't
fit just right about the hips." Tailor
"They're all right what you need
is something more in the pockets."
Chicago Iiecord.
Old Cashly (giving his son a check)
"Now be careful, my boy. Ketnember
a fool and his money are soon parted."
Spendall Cashly "Yes, sir, and thank
you for having obliged me so prompt
ly." Tit-Hits.
A Choice. "I have finished your
portrait, Mrs. De Fash," said the art
ist, "all but the coloring of the face."
"And why do you not finish that?" "I
wanted to hear from you as to wheth
er you preferred me to have you look
healthy or merely interesting." Har
per's Bazar.
"Do you think, sir," said the girl's
mother, "that you have the patience
and forbearance to be a kind hus
band?" "Madam." replied the young
man in earnest tones, "I can put a
fourteen and a half stand-up collar on
a number fifteen shirt without saying
a single strong word." And she con
sented to the match at once. House
hold Words.
"I'm in a quandary," said the emi
nent cCiciaL "What's the matter?"
inquired his wife. "They are talking
about having a prize fight right under
my very nose. I've got to do some
thing, or the law and order element
will be after me." "Well, issue a proc
lamation forbidding it." "Yes aud if
I do that may le they'll go and have
the prize fight somewhere else."
Washington Star.
"Augh-waugh!" It was the baby.
He had repeated the remark sixty
times in the past hour. Mr. Newleigh's
hair, such as it was, stood on end.
"Gwow ahwb wowbkgwow filwaugf!"
added the baby, while people living
across the street got up and closed
their windows. Mr. Xewleigh took a
whetstone out of the table drawer and
ground his teeth. "To think," he
groaned, burying his face in the pil
lows, "that I should grow up to be
come the father of a union depot train
crier!" Rockland (Me.) Tribune.
"My doctor is a real joker," said a
Lewistown lady. "I didn't know that
my talking- bothered him when he was
writiug prescriptions until yesterday.
He never mentioned it, and I always
asked him all sorts of questions while
he was writing them out. Yesterday
he examined me, and sat down to write
something. I kept talking. Suddenly
he looked up and said: IIow has your
system been? Hold out your tongue.
I put out that member, and he liegan
to write. He wrote and I held out my
tongue; and when he got through he
said: That will do.' 'Hut,' said 1, 'you
haven't looked at it." 'No,' said he, I
didn't care to. I only wanted to keep
it still while I wrote my prescrip
tion.'" LEADER OF THE HUNT.
How the Omaha Indians Chose .Theli
Chief Huntsman.
The office of leader of the hunt wai
held in great honor because of its grave
responsibilities, which demanded a man
of high character and recognized abil
ity. He must be of undoubted valor,
a good hunter, a man reverent and
just- The entire tribe was placed un
der his control, the principal chiefs
acting as counselors, but complying
with his instructions. He directed tne
march of the people, and selected their
camping places; he chose and dis
patched the ruuners in search of the
buffalo, and organized aud directed
the hunt when the game had been
found. If the tribe encountered en
emies, he was the leader of the war
riors, taking his place at the post of
greatest danger, and he was held re
sponsible for everj'thing that occurred,
from the successful pursuit of the buf
falo, and the health and welfare of the
people, down to the quarreling of chil
dren and dogs..
He who desired to fill the office of
leader was required to procure a buT-fal-hide
from which thehairhad been
removed, a crow, a golden and a b.ild
headed eagle, a shell disk, a quantity
of sinew for thread, a red-stone pipe
with its flat stem ornamented with
porcupine-quill embroidery, and a ket
tle. These he presented to the lluii-ga-gens,
through the keeper- of the
two sacred tents, after he had been ap
pointed to the otlice by the chieis. If
there was no candidate for the posi
tion, the chiefs appoiuted a man from
a sub-gens of the In-kae-tha-bae gens.
Alice C Fletcher, in Century.
Will an Indian Work?
Ever since the white man and the
Indian came together in what is now
the United States, the effort has been
made by the. white man, in the inter
vals of his hostilities with the Indians,
to induce the latter to work. "Farmer"
to the Indians is as old an office as In
dian agent and missionary. Not an
Indian tribe has passed away without
first being supplied with work cattle,
plows, harrows, wagons and so on.
wherewith to prosecute- the calling of
farmer. The Indian tradition, com
mon to many tribes, that the treat
Spirit gave in the beginning to the
white, black and red mas whom he
created, respectively, a book, a hoe
and a bow and arrows, is still be
lieved. The Indian will be a warrior,
a hunter and a loafer, but he will not
be a laborer in the "white" sense of
the word. He will drink' the white
man's drink; he will learn to gamble
with the white man's cards, but he
will not work with the white man's
tools. Kansas City Star.
Mae's Rejoinder.
The captain of a Cnnard liner one day
while crossing the "herring pono.
found that his ship was not doing the
spe-d he considered she ought to, and,
putting on his best frown, he went
down to the room of the chief engineer,
. a hard and dry Scotchman and an
amateur violinist. The captain knocked
at the door; the gay chords of a Scotch
reel played on a fiddle was the only an
swer to his summons, so he burst the
door open. "Mr. Mac," he ' thundered,
"what are you about? I am not at all
satisfied with your engines; we go like
snails, sir." Mr. Mae made a flourish
with his bow, and, after a jolly chord,
said: "Sair, my engines should hae
been in Liverpool these three days. It's
. your slow old ship that's at fault!"
PUNGENT PA KAOHArno. 1
ALASKAN MISSIONARIES.
Their Lives Full of Dangers, Suf
ferings and Hardships.
Trying Kxpcrlracea of the Rearer
tbe Uopel Mmac to tha
Tanana Indiana In
the Interior.
of
Many volumes could be written
about the dangers, sufferings and
hardships of Christian missionaries.
Sometimes the hardships are more
dillicult to War than the dangers. It
is thrilling and inspiring to be always
ready for martyrdom; but to suffer
steadily from bitter hardships, with
out the spice of danger from human
ent-mies, is harder, aud quite as de
serving of the crown of reward.
The missionary in the remoter parts
of Alaska knows what these hardships
are. Mr. 1'revost, a missionary to the
Tanana Indians, has perhaps the larg
est missionary "parish" in the world.
It covers more than one hundred thou
sand square miles; and Mr. I'revost
has traveled, with dogs and sledges,
fifteen hundred miles on one trip to
preach the Gospel.
With dogs and sledges, we say; but
this does not mean that the missionary
rode. He ran' behind the sledge, for
the dogs had enough to do to draw the
food, clothing and blankets without an
additional load of human beings.
"Of course," said Mr. I'revost, in giv
ing an account of his work during a
visit to the state of Washington, "there
is a handle on the rear of the sled, and
we can take hold of that in order to
keep up with the dogs, which make
about twenty-five miles a day."
Like the apostle, this missionary
might truly say that he had not run in
vain, for the Indians give proof of hav
ing heard him, attentively. On one
occasion a party of Tahana Indians
traveled . mre than three hundred
miles with sleds and dogs, in order to
bring to the mission station at Fort
Adams the dead bodies of a woman and
.child, that they might receive Chris
tian burial. Other Indians have jour
neyed four hundred miles in order to
receive religious instruction from Mr.
I'revost.
. This missionary has induced these
boreal Indians to build houses and
adopt some of the ways of civilized
life. He has a printing press, sets his
own type, and issues a newspaper
twice a s'ear. This is twice as often as
he receives any news from, the outside
world. He did not hear of the last
presidential nominations until eleven
months after they had taken place.
Although the nTifsionary welcomes
hardships, he is not averse to using the
resources of civilization in the propa
gation of the GospcL There are two
inousana miles oi navigable water, in
summer, in the Yukon river, in his
"parish," and he has hopes of obtain
ing an electric launch which will en
able him to make more rapid journeys
in his work, outh s Companion.
ANIMAL VISION.
Evidences That Iiitrrlminatlon In Colors
In Lacking.
There is little positive evidence that
the larger quadrupeds, oxen, deer, the
felidae, or dogs, have much sense ol
color; ami their power of vision in its
wider sense varies so greatly in differ
ent species as to suggest that the men
tal factor in sight is often so little ex
erted for the main purpose of discern
ing objects as to leave its more special
ized use for distinguishing color very
imperfectly developed. Domestic ani
mals which see bright colors other
than green in large masses more fre
quently than wild ones, might le sup
posed to exhibit the consciousness of
such differences in the most pro
nounced way. Yet it is next to impos
sible to cite an instance in which a dog
exhibits curiosity as to color, or iden
tifies an object by its hue.
The writer has seen a setter refuse
Xo retrieve a black rabbit because it
apparently thought its master had
shot a black cat. Hut a house-living
dog shows no preference for a red car
pet or rug over a blue or variegated
one, and expresses no surprise or curi
osity whether its master wears a red
uniform or a black evening suit. Ho-,
mestic cattle are so far affected by vio
lent contrast of white and dark that
the presence of a black, white or very
clearly spotted animal in the herd
sometimes results in calves being
thrown of the same color or markings.
Hut though red is said to irritate a bull,
and to excite hunters by association of
ideas, the latter statement rests partly
on surmise. They are equally excited
by the sound or sight of hounds, or of
a number of riders, whatever the color
of their coats. None of the cats,
whether wild or tame, shows any par
tiality for bright hues; and among all
the stratagems used from time imme
morial by hunters, the use of color as
a lure for quadrupeds is notably ab
sent. London Spectator.
IfafHpd the I.lntrnlKtu.
The late Prof. Stephen J. Young, of
Bowdoin, was an accomplished linguist.
One day he was on a train iKMind for
Itangor to Hrunswiek, Me., when the
conductor who knew him entered his
car to ask him to come out to the second-class
coach to try and find out
where a certain stupid foreiguer . was
going. The conductor had attacked
him in all the foreign lingo he could
master, and could get no other response
than a stupid stare. Prof. Youug went
back to the rear of the train. The pas
senger sat there looking- very much
disturbed and bewildered. The pro
fessor went at him in Canadian French,
then in German, then in the languages
of - Seandinavia, Egypt, Italy, Spain
and every other country on the face of
this green earth. StiU the passenger
sat "mum as an owl," while the look of
bewilderment deepened on his face.
The professor was nonplused, and was
turning in defeat to his own car when
the man looked wearily out of the win
dow and remarked sadly to himself;
"By gosh, I wish I was ter hum." He
was an Aroostook Yankee and he could
speak nothing but English. Chicago
Chronicle.
Abftolately I "a re.
A little Ohio girl was taught by
her good mamma to pray reg-ularly
every day, but the requests made were
the same night and morning, week in
and week out. Finally her mamma
suggested a change for the next day,
and what was her surprise to hear the
dear little innocent pray that God would
make her-" 'absolutely pure like the
baking powder in papa's paper."
They Have Dlvera DaUea Hesldea Catch
ing Criminals.
The little towns and smaller cities
of Spain have a very effective system
of night police. These Spanish public
watchmen are clad in long black
cloaks and wear on their heads each a
black and red cap. In one hand is a
lantern with colored glass, in the
other a kind of lance.
"Sereno" is the name this policeman
goes under, and he gets the title from
tbe cry he is obliged to utter at every
few steps: "Sereno!" which means
fine. The phrase refers to the state of
the weather. If the weather is cloudy,
he would call out: "Nublado;" if it is
rainy: "Lluviendo." Under the blue
sky of Spain, however, it is penerally
"sereno."'
An extract from the municipal regu
lations of a Spanish town details the
duties of the sere iw in this wise: "He
must perform a certain nuniK-r of
rounds in all the streets, lanes, pas
sages and alleys on his beat, and call
out in a loud voice the time and the
weather as he goes along. He must
lend assistance to citizens who request
his help for any reasonable cause, and
go for the doctor, chemist, midwife or
clergyman. In cases of roblery, as
sault or fire he must hurry to the
scene of the occurrence as soon as he
hears the signal. He must pay par
ticular attention to such houses as are
pointed out to him and report to his
superiors."
Each "sereno" supervises certain
small territory, a "demarcacion," as it
is called. He has three or four
subordinates, who act under his orders
and are known as "vigilants." Each of
these fellows has charge of a block of
ten or fifteen buildings, and besides
having police duties he acts as a sort
of porter to his houses, carrying the
keys to them all and being alone able
to open the doors. In the Spanish
towns ten o'clock is the signal for
closing, and after that time the only
way the lodger can get inside his
dwelling is to summon the "vigilant."
To do this he must clap his hands three
times, and then the "vigilant"' hurries
up armed with his bunch of keys. So
also if anyone desires to go out dur
ing the night . he claps his hands at
the window and a "vigilant" appears.
When a street brawl occurs or an
attack is made, ither "sereno" or
"vigilant" blows his whistle at the
first cry of help and chases off in th
direction of the sound. Up come the
other officers on the run, all blowing
their whistles loudly. If the criminal
gets away the whistles are blown in a
peculiar manner, signaling in iust
what direction he has gone. The
outer rings of "serenos" and "vigi
lants" taice up the sifirial, and in a few
moments a wide cordon is formed in
the surrounding streets, which in
nine cases out of ten ends in the evil
doer's capture within a few moments.
.These police are paid directly by the
householders on their beats, though in
every other way directly under
municipal controL The tax varies,
running from ten cents a month to
sixty cents for each house. They also
receive New Year's presents, and they
are by no means averse to "tips."
Twenty-five years of service puts a
man on the pension list, the pension
being not less than forty cents a day,
a considerable bum in sunny Spain.
N. Y. World.
TRADE
IN HONG KONG.
Commercial
rroarrv in the Great Chi
nese Entrepot.
It is only fifty-two ytars since Hong
Kong was occupied, as Singapore had
been thirty-three years previously,
under the idea that it might be made
an emporium af trade. ' It was then a
barren rock. To-day it contains a
quarter of a million of inhabitants; it
is the entrepot of a trade estimated at
forty million pounds, and there pass
through it annually some fourteen mil
lion tons of shipping. Hut the essen
tial condition under which this prog
ress has been achieved, and under
which only it can be maintained, is ab
solute freedom of the port. If you tax
trade you drive it away, for the island
is only an entrepot. The trade is. the
trade not of llong Kong, but of the
south of China and Japan. It is te
cause their trade is free, while Saigon
is heavily taxed, that Hong Kong has
beaten the latter as a depot for the
trade even of French Indo-Chiua.
Niue-tenths of the population are Chi
nese who occupy ev.-ry walk of life.
They are lank.-rs, boatmen, domestic
servants, merchants, storekeepers and
clerks; but the great majority are em
ployed in the porterage of cargo and
incidental lalxr at wages of lets than
one pound a mouth.
You cunnot get blood out of a stone
nor revenue from granite rocks; nor,
obviously, can you extract much. here.
from the working class. The anuual
revenue of two million dollars is d
rived, accordingly, from house and
land tax, stamps, licenses and similar
imposts; and it represents probably
the limit of discreet if not of possible
, taxation. Nor has her majesty's trea
ury, to do it justice, preteniled to at
ply here the extreme principles of self-
maintenance without self-government
which it persists in a.sserting in the
stru ts ine tiong ivong garrison is
larger than that of the straits; but it
is so aaaiuieiiiy maintained tor im
perial purposes, and the colony itself
is so small that it would' have been
gratuitous to convict it of a doty
which lt-coulil not lulftlL it -was
mulcted, however, in its degree. It
had paid, previously, twenty thousand
pounds a year. This "was raised, ia
lsO, to forty thousand pounds, and it
was reqnired, moreover, to provide
fortifications which have cost one hun
dred and twenty thousand pounds.
Fortnightly Review.
Piano Playing and Nevronia. -
A corresponding member of the Taris
academy of medicine has sent to that
learned body a memoir in which he
maintains that the numerous cases of
chlorosis, neurosis and neurasthenia
observed among' young girls is due to
learning to play on the piano and to
the hours devoted to practising. He
has drawn up careful statistics from
which he concludes that, among six
thousand pupils obliged before attain
ing the age of twelve to learn to play the
piano, nearly twelve per cent, suffer
from nervous troubles. The author
does not attempt to draw up statistics
of the victims rnnon; persons who
have to listen to their performances.
British Medical Journal.
LEGION OF HONOR.
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Were Managed with Toys. Declared
ltonapartc in Founding It.
Hut it is not difficult to understand
the popularity of a measure, passed at
aliout the same time, for establishing
the now weil-known Legion of Honor.
It is certainly true that the desire for
social inequality that is. for personal
distinction is the strongest single
force in calling out human energy. The
passion for pin, badges, rjblons and
personal decora, ions of every sort is
well-nigh universal. It gratifies the
sense of achievement among men who
are able, and flatters the vanity of
those who are n.t To this passion, in
itself not necessarily ignoble, the first
consul determined to appeal for fur
ther support. Every new institution of
importance so far created by him
might, with no great ingenuity, 1e
turned into a prp of autocratic government-
lriests and emigrants were
now alike natural allies of Bonaparte,
the constitution had been virtually
superseded, the troublesome senators,
tribunes and legislators either dis
missed or else warned and called to
order, while the surrounding nations
one of them-a kingdom were, in rela
tion to France,
1 ike t he sheaves bowing
to Joseph's sheaf.
The foundation of the Legion of
Honor was a measure easily manage
able in the interest of any government
which might control it. Koederer de
clared in its support that the preat
deeds of the nation made it essential to
revive the sentiment of honor. An
article of the constitution g-uaranteed,
in the name of the French people, a
recompense to its armies. This simple
phrase was the sanction chosen for the
erection of a corporation which, like
the orders of absolutism, might inter
mediate between the peoole and their
magistrate in order to lend the same
mystery which ever surrounds any
monarch who is the "fountain of
honor." The republicans saw the trap,
and resisted sturdily, even in the coun
cil of state, but to no purpose.
The law was passed on May 19, ISO'J;
the ranks were constituted, and the
decorative badges determined. Every
member swore to resist any attempt to
restore feudalism in all its attributes,
and consciences were thus quieted.
liight and lelt the men of science, of
art, and of literature appeared with
their ribbons and rosettes; the nai-ion
appiauded, and Bonaparte's opinion
was justified. "You call these toys!
Well, you manage men with toys," he
declared while the project was under
discussion. He proved to be right. In
all monarchical Europe no decoration
is more eagerly soug-ht, to this day.
than is that of the legion of Honor in
republican France. Prof. Sloane, in
Century.
THE SEIN ISLANDERS.
A Kaee That Lives tpoa a Verr Prti
aitlve
Fare.
The Sein Islanders rarely eat any an
imal food except fith. As it is broug-ht
in, the women salt it and lay it out to
dry on the quay wall or on a conven
ient rock, so that before the winter
they have maue a large provision.
Dried conger is especially esteemed.
Their ordinary cooking is well adapted
to keep in check a too eagr appetite.
Potatoes and their skins, with a layer
of dried fish dropped upon them during
the boiling, is an all-the-year-round
dish, which is considered one of the most
satisfying and economical. The com
mon drink is water or cider. Fresh
water is precious, for much of that
which is used is brought over from the
mainland.
The women have a mode of baking
bread which is probably one of the
most ancient still practiced by man
kind. A thick layer of live embers
having been spread upon the forepart
of the hearth, a circular iron plate a
hwt or more in diameter is pressed
down upon it- Upon this the doujh,
made into the desired shape of the
loaf, is laid. Over it is placed a convex
iron cover; then a fire of dry seaweed
is made upon this. The seaweed burns
slowly, and supplies just the heat
that is neede-L In every house
there is all that is requisite for baking
in this manner, for although in sum
mer there is a rejrular supply of bread
from the mainland, the furious cur
rents of the Kazan.! the westerly gales
may keep all communications inter
rupted for weeks together in the bad
season. It is true that there is a tele
graphic cable, but the means of feed
ing people by electricity has yet to be
discovered. Temple Bar.
Value of Artesian Wells.
In many parts of the country artesian
wells may be bored and will furnish
running streams at the- surface. This
is due, of course, to the formation of
the under strata of the earth, and if
one is fortunate enough to strike &
good vein the supply will be abundant.
In portions of the south artesian wells
have been lored to the depth of twelve
hundred feet. One of these wells was
finished iii less than three weeks,
striking a vein of w ster twelve hun
dred feet below the surface that fur
nishes an output sufficient for the
town's uses. It is not an uncommon'
occurrence that one must drill the
second time in.o a well to secure a
permanent supply of water. It is a
curious fact that after oue has reached
a certain dpth piping is unnecessary.
A well in New York state ws dug- to
the depth of a hundred and fifty feet
and furnished a reasonable supply of
water by pumping. A-fler the second
season it gave out entirely, when the
driil was put in and nearly two hun
dred feet more were cut through be
fore water was reached. For tlie first
hundred and fifty feet the pipe went
down, but after that the water rose
through the cut in the earth, there
being consistency and firmness eooujh
in the soil to niake'piping' unnecessary.
N. Y. Ledger.
Too lirank to Pray.
A citizen of Montreal lately on a visit
to Ottawa, says Life, while passing
down the. hotel corridor to Ids room at
a late hour, happened to hear violent
groans and sols issuing from one of the
rooms. As the door was open, he en
tered and recognized a fellow Mon-tn-aler,
prominent in political and
business circles, and famous for his re
ligious and alcoholic tendencies. He
was kneeliug at his bedside, clinging
to the side of the bed. and sobbing as
though his heart would break. " hat's
the matter, old man?" inquired our
friend, touehiiig the sufferer on the
shoulder. 'lm so blarsted drunk I can't
say my prayers," was the tearful re-spouse.
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