Loss and Gain,
When I compare
What Chave lost with what I have gained,
What I have missed with what attained,
Little room have I for pride.
I am aware
How many days have been idly spent;
How, like an arrow, the good intent
Has fallen short or been turned aside,
But 'who shall dare
To measure loss and gain in this wise ?
Defeat aay be viotory in disguise;
The west ob is the turn of the tide.
= Longfellow,
Worship in the Woods.
How rioh the embroidered carpet spread,
On either site the wommon way ;
Azure and parle, gold and red,
Russet 10d sdite, and green and gray,
With «hades between,
Woven win ight in looms unseen,
Ihe dane, tion's disk of £8 1 i,
WD jv tor d oks the meadows green,
And “anitinliel a milion fol i,
Tho daisy ights the ver 11 Roane ;
The blue mints plumes
“nvite the Lees to their perfumes
A wrinkled ribbon scemas the road,
Unspooled from silent hills afar}
Rest, like an sugel, lifts the load
And in n'y path lets down the bar,
And here it brings
A leaso of life on healing wings.
The summer leisure of the clond
That wanders w.th its trumpeter,
The wind, is mine ; no wrangling erowd
Annoys the humble worshipet
In the white tent
Beneath a listening fiumament,
Up-Boating ou the ambient air,
Srveet songs of sacred music risa,
Amd now a voloe distin
“Like the lark’s hymn, reaches the skios,
And the “Amen
Is ashood from the hills and gle®
of in prayer,
The wood & vast cathedral seems,
{ts dome the ¢ ing sky ;
"The light, throagh tre
Froncepen windows lifted high;
Under the firs
Soft: shadows shield the worshipers,
— Feorge W, Bungay, in Our Continent,
ONE MAN'S HEART.
A long, dusty street lay white and
hot under an unshaded August sun
“The closely-cut lawns were bright and
green where the water had been thrown
apon them from the hydrants and hose
in the yards, bunt the bits of grass along
the sidewalks were dusty and withered.
The leaves on the trees drooped in the
noontide glare, and seemed to be
mutely appealing to the cloudless sky
for moisture and coolness. Not a breath
of air stirred anywhere as far as one
could see; al! pature seemed waiting in
a painful pause for a relief for which
there seemed no hope.
Far down the wortern horizon, it is
firne, there was 2 long line of dark
clouds, bat it was a hing, 1ather than a
premise, of the cooling rain which the
«ity needed —a thought written in the
heavens, impalpable and shadowy,
rather than & threat, of what Nature
might do when the silent powers of the
air were loosened.
Of homan life the scene showed lit-
tle. In all the long street there were
only two persons to be seen. Closed
blinds protected the inmates from the
nlmost furnace heat, and no business
was boing done the need of which was
met imperative. Two men, however,
wera in sight.
‘the first one lay stretched in a ham-
‘mock on the piazza of the largest and
amost pretentious house on the street.
His clothing was of the latest style—
fresh, cool, comfortable. The face |
which was looking up at the vine over- |
bead was a hendsome one. The book
which had fallen to the floor was an ex-
pensive one. Everrthing around him
spot.e of wealth and happiness,
“he other man, coming up the shade-
Hess street, walked wearily. His clothing
was coarse, and in many places it was
patched; in some it was ragged. His faca
and his garments were covered with
‘Aust. His bair was long and hung over
his forehead. His beard was rough and
uneven. He was a man who would have
been plain anywhere, and who looked
his worst that afternoon as he came on
through the dust. He had walked for
blocks scarcely looking to the right or
left, and there was a look in his eyes
that might have seemed anger, or might
hiave seemed despair, according to the
natare and the observing powers of one
who locked at him.
* Orce more,” he said—** once more
and then—"
He opened the gate of the yard before
the house where the man lay in the
hammock. The mam on the piazza
swung bhimsel! down and stocd st the
tb of the steps waiting for the tramp.
“Well,” he said. The tone was not
encouraging.
“Well,” answered the other. There
was more in the tone than one could
get at once. Al’ the emotions of which
the human heart is capable seemed to
have stood by in the soul of the
wretched man and aided in shaping
the thought before the lips said
“ Well.”
What ean I do for you ?”
*(G ve me money. I want money.”
¢ What is your story?”
* No matter what my story is; never
mind my past—or my future either.
See what I am, Do yon want to invest
in the gratitude of a man like me? Is
there any possibility of your needing it
again ?”'
“You are hungry?”
The question was a useless one, for
the man had the lock of one half
starved ; bat the well-dressed and well-
fed man on the steps had been nsed to
hearing the plea of hunger put for-
ward at once, and its omission puzzled
him
“Yes, I am hungry. You've been
told by men who shun labor and who
travel through the country living on
their own vices and the misplaced sym-~
pathy of the good of their hunger.
They have lied. But I am hungry.
1'll not tell you how many hours I've
been without food. 1'll not deny that
the last dime I had went for brandy.
But for it 1 should have died before
vesching here. I need food—yes, and
drink too. Ineed money.”
The man on the steps put his hand in
his pocket.
+‘ How much do you need ?”
“111 tell you,” with desperation.
ss I have to say what you've often heard
before. If you give me a dime I shall
spend five cente for food and five for
liquor. I shall rest a little here, and
then I shall go on again to tell another
man to-morrow the story I have told
you to-day. I shall reach my journey’s
end some day, and yon will have been
one to help me, and I shall remember it
with thanks. But yon've asked me
what J need. More than I expect,
more—much more—than I dare hope.”
And the man took his eyes from the
face of the one on the steps, and in-
stead of looking at the dirty street, his
glance rested for a moment on the rail-
road static. in sight in the distance.
¢ Well, how much ?”
«If I had ten dollars I wouldn't ask
anything better in this world;” then, a
little fiercely: *‘I am not sure I'd ask
suything in the next. I'd sell myself
to vou fr ten dollars,”
The rich man smiled, for the first
time in the whole interview, ard said:
«1 flatter myself I am better than
some men you might find, men with
less money, too, and I haven't so very
much—" po
“How much?’ The question was
abrupt, b-t perfectly respectful; the
tramp was evidently gaining a hope
which he would not have dared to en-
tertain a half hour before.”
« A matter of ten thousand dollars or
A
HALL, CENTRE
NUMBER 34.
i mine. ButTo.uldafford—sfford Bi
was doubt and sudden suspicion in ti
| ast sentence.
what does it signify?
you, (hve me what you will
ittle as for much.”
| from his pocket aud
standing one step below him.
I never gave food to a tramp.
{ have the ten dollars now,
Bat ya
Keep i
| man?”
| It was a question of life and death
{ bridge.
| suppose—suppose—" He said
|
it § the well trained servants at Mr. Muokle's
| had pad their instruotions, and it wat
je | not many minates bafore Mr, Robinson
| was settled in a large and handsomely
A servant brought him a note :
kla, who res
be delaved
wy fa-nigat
compliments of Mr, Mao
that business which ©
pigson 0 0 himse gd
he servants are directed to attend
s every order.”
| “A cool welooms,” mid Richard
| Robinson to himself, but ate a hearty
wu | Sapper, retired late and slopt soundly
tg. | —and late, too.
“A cool welcome,”
was Richard
in the morning. There was a rushing
It was a cool wel-
come ; for, when the almost forgotten
| guest left his room, he learned the
fearinl truth. Mr. Milton Muaekle had
1 | bushed bat eager,
Then he turned to the rich man agair
{ for the last words he had said to hiuw
i self alone. ‘You have given ma life
| not food ; a future, not money.
I can be of service to you I will be;
{ ever I oan repay the debt of to-day—
{ course, I don't mean the mere money
I will do it.
business. It may be I shall some tim
| find you again.”
The man on the top step took a car
in peneil.,
in print:
Lakeville.”
four years of age.”
“ Paal
you please.”
Qertainly,” said Paul Hudson,
“ ¢ The
strained.’
ten dollars ont of my pocket. ‘I
heaven.’ And sure enough it is begin
ning to rain.
Well, I'll be hanged if I know whethe
it is or not.”
And Paul Hudson went
house.
II.
A young man sat in the well-cush
brief December day. Strong but no
graceful; noble-looking, not handsome
attract notice; a face which spoke o
be the seal of peace, rather than wha
could Le possibly called happiness
wrapping it against the ferce cold o
eoming winter.
of the young man.
Let us read it, too.
“ A Luvcxy Max.—Many of our read
for more than twenty five years,
last court decided it yesterday,
Smiths and Robinsons who were inter
ested at first are all dead.
years ago is now extinet, and the prop
in his old age he has won.
ard Robinson, of this city. Mr. Robin
to-day.
relatives had left him the only heir.
lobinson, who
heard.”
seat and looked thoughtful.
ard Robinson.)
him ten years before, life, which had
been easy.
made in the courts of fickle Fortune.
til the judgment.”
been his.
have done for him in the past.
never Jook quite happy again.
had set upon him.
shouted something which
exactly as hieroglyphics look
tination, and got ont
to some persons already at the hotels
made.
mention the fact, and he ordered him
self taken to Mr. Muckle's.
pressed the driver as being a lunatic o
some sort.
“1 thought this was Rockland ?”
“It is.”
Muckle'’s.”
“This is the place.”
“ Where is Lakeville ?”
“Thirty miles from here.
fare is twenty-five cents.”
man drove off,
so, Of course, the house here isn't
y, | morning,
A a—
3, 1,
The coroner's jary examined the wit
nesses separately, Mr. Robinson was
| examined as a mere
| He saw no one else in the room who
had or who would testify. He had his
luggage taken to the hotel, he had his
dinner and then he walked briskly out
4 | into the country for miles.
so horrible to him. Here was the man
who had dope so much for him; the
man who had won a
which, thongh justly his, would have
been won only by patience and long,
bard work. It was true that this man
if |
{
e
for his serv cas which his work warrant.
demanded more than money as a pay-
ment for it. And this man was dead—
dead by the hand of a murderar— before
¢ | he could thank him. It was terrible |—
else than the fate of the man who had
r| In the early evening he came back.
The verdiot had been given. The
landlord said:
nephew. I for one don't believe
I've known them both for years and
Muckle
obstinate. Mr.
t | They had hard words last night about a
girl the young man intended to marry.
| The old man, whe has no other heir
than his nephew, said he would leave
all his money to some public charity
t | unless the young man gave it up, and
f i
power. He used to be rieh.
| almost came to blows last night.
| the young man admitted it. He didn't
leave the house until after midnight.
| It looks bad. They've arrested him
{and put him in jail. Every man in
guilty. I don't.
discharged from his employ
let us
(As our story is ne done,
. | truth.)
Robinson lit his cigar and sat down
| on the balcony st the hotel. The moon
bright and beautifal. His thoughts
himself.
is.” he thought ; how I pity this man
who has lost his.”
mask on! Another one and another!
The landlord came out on the balcony
behind Robinson,
. “Qarse the fools,” he said;
seems a8 if the town had all gone mad
together, Do yon see what it means ¥
Down on the night wind came the
sound of blows beating on a strong
wall. Robinson looked up and said:
“How horrible. It means lynching,
don't it?”
“Yes,” said the landlord, ‘‘that is
just whet it means. They won't listen ;
they won't wait. They will have the
doors down in an hour, and Paul Hud-
gon is as innocent as I am.”
** What is the name 7”
The tones were low and even,
“ Panl Hudson.”
“Please wait here a minute,” said
Robinson.
In less than a minute he was back,
holding a package in his hand.
# Keep that until morning,” he said,
“and then take off the outer envelope
and give the rest to the one addressed
within. Do not open it until morning."
And with a face whiter than the
moonlight which fell upon it he welked
down the steps into the street. As he
raised his hat to the landlord the latter
fancied he saw more happiness in the
white face than he would have believed
an hour before it could have given ex-
pression to.
“Keep back,” said a hoarse voice
from beneath a mask.
“Not 80,” said Robinson.
see your leaders.”
“Well, hurry up, then; moments are
precious.”
A half minute later Robinson stood
with the most active men among the
lyachers, und in the very shadow of the
jail.
: «t Gentlemen,” he said, very seriously
and very quietly, * you must make no
mistakes. I am Richard Robinson. I
slept at Mr. Muckie's house last night.
Paul Hudson is innocent. You are
wrong about this murder—entirely and
utterly wrong. I did it!”
Aud be went with them quietly.
“1 must
Iv.
Paul Hudson has a card which he
keeps with care, and , which he is not
ashamed, strong man though he is, to
ery over some times. It is his business
card, with his age-—-many years younger
than he is now—written on it in pencil.
And on the back:
+ You saved me from a snicide’s grave
in August. I save you from a worse
fate to-night. We are quits,
“Rionarp Ropinsox,”
The Moon,
No one ever gets tired of the moon,
(Goddess that she is by dower of her
, | eternal beauty, she is a true woman by
her tact—knows the charm of being
geldom seen, of coming by surprise and
staying but a little while ; never wears
the same dress two nights running, nor
- | all night the same way ; commends her-
self to the matter-of-fact people by her
usefulness, and makes her usefulness
adorned by poets, artists and all lovers
t|‘n the lands; lends herself to every
symbolism and to every emblem ; is
Diana's bow and Venus’s mirror and
Mary's throne; is a sickle, a scarf, an
eye-brow, his face or her face, as looked
at by her or by him; is the madman’s
hell, the poet's heaven, the baby's toy,
the philosopher's study ; and while her
admirers foilow her footsteps, and hang
on her lovely looks, she knows how 10
keep her woman's secret—her other
gside—unguessed and unguessable--
Walt Whitman,
JAPANESE FESTIVALS,
Legend of the Sun Gaddess TenSlo-Dal- Zin
A Yokohama oorrespondent of the |
Sin Faancisco Chronicle writes
15th of May is a grand religions festival
day in Japan, On that day, from one |
end of the land tothe other, the patriot. |
irm and religious devotion of the people |
are made manifest. The flag of the em.
pire is given to the breeza aud ths |
temples are thronged with worshipers,
The festival is in commemoration of the |
creation of their first parents, The |
legends of Japan tell of this sun goddess
Ten sio-dai-zin, the favorite daughter
of Lea na-gi-mikoto, creator of the earth,
Iza-na-gi-mikoto was the Columbus of
the gods. He conceived the idea that
must be a habitable
sphere, To think with him was to aot,
He plunged his spear into the waters,
aud upon withdrawing it the drops fall.
ing from it were congealed, and so the
world was formed, the largest drop |
islands of Japan. He |
known to men, and placed his favorite
daughter to reign over his
creation, After lapase of over two mil-
lion years, without counting the odd
thousands, one of her descendants
married a mortal, and from her union
sprung the race of the mikado and his |
people. The 15th of May is a festival |
day in honor of the sun goddess Ten-
sio dai-zin. So patriotism, loyalty and
religion are ipextrieably involved and
and all that therein is, In the near past
the sun was worshiped by the Japanese,
and at this time very many of the un-
learned are sun worshipers, this being
especially true of seamen. As the sun
rises they bow their heads and 1nvoecate
There is a romantic le-
gend connected with the reign of the sun |
tress of the earth. It appears that she |
that one of the brothers was wild and |
him that she secluded herself within a |
deep cave in the monntains, the entrance |
to which was securely closed. Owiag |
to her absence the world was wrapped |
in continual darkness, |
This state of ‘affairs became intolera-
ing to assure her that her troublesome
away realm of space, to trouble her no
They proceeded to the cave
when the sun goddess gave a p out; |
and seeing the wast multitnde of her
fellow gods and goddesses, whom she
knew as her friends, she came out from
her seclusion. The brother was duly
farther troubling his sister, whom hLe
He
It was the fashion in
ror, and to this day a mirror is oconsid-
As this wicked brother met his
ing sword, making a deadly out at her,
which she wardea off by interposing
From the meeting of the
sword snd mirror another god was
his father, he fate of both father and
The festival in honor of the sun god
at a temple especially dedicated to her
worship in Yokohama. The temple is
situated upon one of the sightliest
elevations of the place, and looks toward
Tokio. The buey city lies far below it,
and a compiete bird's-eye view can be
had of the city and its environments ;
y o with its fleet of
Sipping, is before the gazer from this
spot. am told that it is only upon
this anniversary day, during the entire
year, that this temple is open for cere.
monial worship, the devout all the rest
of the year praying before the closed
doors. On this day the Shinto priest-
hood array themselves in their ro ol
office and perform their sacred functions
during the day, and also in the even-
ing. The temples devoted to the
worship of Buddha and his disciples,
who have been sainted and deified, are
always open for business to be trans-
acted, though there are days set apart
for peculiar ceremonies befitting ex-
traordinary events connected with the
lives and death of their peculiar object
of worship. Some time last yesr the
god who has charge of the thunder
machinery of heaven was placed ins
new abode that was prepared for him.
From the temple where he had been
enthroned he was taken in a sacred
traveling-box at the head of a lon
rocession of worshipers, and plac
in the new house, where he is now sup-
posed to abide. There was no idolatry
in all this, only a spiritual conception
of the faithfal.
On the hills of Yokohama—here
termed the *‘ bluff "—are to be seen
the elegant homes of the city, Here,
too, are the marine hospitals of the
English, German and American govern-
ments, and here live the missionaries
who have left their homes in New Eng-
land to come to this land of sun and
flo” ers, that they may sow the seed of
thuir different religions sects, On the
“bluff ” also is the home of tho rest-
ing-place of those who have learned the
secret of the hereafter, and who have
no farther need of priest or physician,
On the most elevated plateau of the
reservation dedicated to the dead, is a
granite obelisk, about six feet square
and some twelve feet in height, stand-
ing on a granite base eight feet square
and four feet high. On its four sides is
told the story of the loss of the United
States steamer Oneida, with all on
board. On the east side of the obelisk
is Luis inscription :
: Bblagn Try
of the
Officers and Men
Who wont down with the
U. 8, B. Oneida
When that vess © was sunk
While homeward bound,
By the steamship
Bombay,
In Yeddo bay, Japan, Jan. 24, 1870
The other sides of the monument
sontaia the names of the officers and
srew who lost their lives, 1t stands on
a plat, inclosed with cable chains at-
tached to anchors, set with the stocks
upright, at each corner. Outside of
the chain is an evergreen hedge, nicely
bases washed by the waves, with here
and there quiet nooks and reaches of
hard, clean, sandy beaches, It is
sand insuring
condition
clean
torpid
the
of
The usual para-
not encountered, as the absence of facil.
ities of runnirg boats upon the beach,
wanting, Its elevation secures fine
views, and the fresh, uncontaminated
mer months by parties renting them
houses are utilized, and there is plenty
of room for camping out. It isa de-
by Sampan, and during the season there
are regular trips made daily by many
Somehow,it seams
those visiting there,
favorite method of
to be the more
theirs hot. The hot
sons, both males and females indulgiog
as often as their means will allow. The
and a half cents at the more ordinary
institutions, not many are debarred the
luxury of the hot bath, Formerly, and
without diserimination.
the presence of each other and in view
of the passing public. At the present
time the males are segregated from the
longer open to the public gaze,
In the Hacone mountain range are
many wonderful medical springs, flow-
ing in large volume and of very high
temperature—much hotter than the hot
springs of California, and perhaps more
highly charged with sulphur. As these
springs are at an elevation of between
visited by very many who desire to
levels, while at the same time thay may
who have visited them, and have been
this pile of everlasting peaks that nestle
around old Fuiiyama, bat I have yet to
visit them in person.
msm II———— A ————
A Precicus Stone found In Georgia,
The Atlanta Constitution says: Near
Norcross there resides an old German
peculiar specimens of mineral and
vegetable matter which he has unearthed
and housed. He is an elderly gentle.
mental acquirements. His physical en
through the dales near his home, col-
lecting rocks and stones, limbs and
roots, the properties of which are un.
known to all but himself,
is wonderful.
ranged a number of
diamonds, In the center of this room
there rests a stone half the size of a hen's
months and months ago. It was found
by its owner one rainy afternoon. For
nearly a week he had been on a tramp
through the hills and dales near his
home, and weary with his ceaseless toil
eyes fell upon something from which
the rays of the sun were scattered in a
thousand directions.
With little thought of what he was
doing, the geologist stooped down and
picked up the object. It was nearly
the size of a hen's egg, and of an ir
regular shape. It was covered in many
places with thick, heavy olay, which
was removed with great care,
It was found to be exceedingly hard,
and whenever struck with a hard sub-
stance gave forth little sound. It was
almost colorless with a hue and tinge of
een. Its form was that of an octahe-
dron, but some of the faces or sides
were inclined to be convex, while the
edges were curved.
It was subjected to acids and alkalies
without experiencing any perceptible
change.
Some friends induced him to place it
on the market, ,and pul a day or two
ago he received a letter from a diamond
dealer in New York offering him $46,-
000 for it.
The Dally Swelling of Plants,
With delicate means of measurement
Herr Kraus bas recently proved the ex-
istence of a phenomenon in all plant
organs, which is connected with their
variable water content, and consists ina
periodical swelling aud contraction in
the twenty-four hoars. Leaves, ete,
decrease in thickness from the early
morning till the afternoon, when they
begin to swell again, atiaining a greater
size by night than by day (this 18 well
seen in agave, aloe and the like); simi-
larly with buds, flowers, green cones,
fruits, eto., and with stems and branches,
Herr Kaiser has before proved such a
period in trunks of trees, and Herr
Kraus shows that both wood and bark
share in it, independently or unitedly,
The various experiments of Herr
Kraus—removal of foliage, watering,
shutting out light, ete.—lead to expla-
nation of the phenomena by the vary-
ing Din action of those factors
which bring water into the plant and
those whioh carry it away. By night
only the water-absorbing activity of the
parts below ground operates, by day
the water consuming activity of tho
parts above ground beside. The water
consuming activity depends mainly on
the foliage anl on light (removal of
leaves or of light stops contraction) and
eonsists essentially in transpiration,
Fierr Kraus states that when a plant is
watered these things occur: In a short
time, less than an nour, the stem be-
gins to swell; both wood and bark take
part in this, the wood always first. The
swelling progresses at a pretty quick
rate, upward of several meters per sec
ond. After some time, perhaps an hour,
contraction gradually recurs, The con.
traction began at an upper part of an
acacia after ten minutes, whereas the
swelling at the lower part continued
fitty minutes, This shows that the con-
kept and trimmed, and on the inner
side are growing besutiful cedars and
camellias.
Tomioka is the place where the
wealth and beanty of Yokohama resort |
daring the heated term, Tomioka is |
distant from Yokohawa about eight |
miles. The road thither is one char- |
acterized by the same diversity of
/
traction is due to the activity of the
The leading industries of Pittsburg
required, last year, $76,000,000 capital,
emplcyel nearly 57,000 hands, and
turned ont over $84,000,000 of natural
and manufactured merchandize,
WISE WORDS,
No man oan ba successful who neg
No rank oan shield us from the im-
If you would succeed in life, rise early
and Le an economist of time.
The qualities we ess never make
us so ridiculous of those we pretend to
Buspicions among thoughts are like
light.
Seeing much, and suffering much and
studying much, are the three pillars of
Little do we care for the speech of
Make friends with your creditors if
One who is never busy can never en-
He who labors with the mind gov-
body is governed by others.
Every day a little helpfalness. We
Somebody says every failure is a step
This will explain why the
oftener some men fail the richer they
become.
The world we live in is the best
the worst world possible to those who
Do we not feel that we are apt to
think of ourselves as others think of us ?
ment, but by a mere passive yielding to
an impression from without ?
When we have practiced good actions
they become easy we begin to take
a pleasure in them, and when they
Jhtsse us we do them frequently.
‘orm, then, the habit of doing good.
Men's minds are as variant as their
Where the motives of their
e work of pa
HEALTH HINTS,
Accustom children to eat regularly
Impure air kills as surely as pure air
keeps alive,
Meat should be eaten very sparingly
The mightiest curative force in the
universe lies in the person.
Let the liver rest by giving np tea,
What is called a mixed diel is bad
According to Dr. Foote's Health
lass of water, taken when
Of all the means which can be used
There is eminent medical authority
old potatoes contain a certain quantity
This may produce serious
Ce III
A Fearful Position,
A Geneva (Switzerland) correspondent
As they
After a long search
they perceived a man holding on toa
bush, or small tree, which had struck
impossible to give the poor fellow any
help. All they conld do was to tell him
to stay where he was—if he could-—un-
til they came back, and hurry off to
Morzine for help. Though it was night
when they arrived thither, a dozen bold
mountaineers, equipped with ropes,
startsd forthwith I the rescume. Alter
a walk ofjtwelve miles they reached the
Col de ta Golese, but it being impossi-
ble to scale the rocks in the dark, they
remained there until the sun rose. As
soon as there was sufficient light they
climbed by a roundabout path to the
top of the precipice. The man was still
holding on to the bush. Three of the
rescue party, fastened together with
cords, were then lowered to a ledge
about 600 feet below. From this
coign of vantage two of the three
lowered the third to the bush. He
found the man, who had been seated
astride his precarious perch a day
and a night between life and death, It
was a wonder how he had been able to
hold on so long, for beside suffering
from hunger and cold, he had been
hurt in the fall from the height above.
He was a reserve man belonging to
Sameons on his way thither from Lau.
sanne, where he was working, to be
present at a muster. Losing his way
on the mountains between Thonon and
Sameons, he had missed his footing and
rolled over the precipice. He had the
presence of mind to cling to the bush,
which broke his fall, but if the two
schoolmasters had not heard his cries
he must have perished miserably.
Hoisting him to the top of the preci.
pico was a difficult and perilous under-
taking, but it was safely accomplished.
None of the man’s hurts wero danger
ous, and after a long rest and a hearty
meal or two, he was pronounced fit to
continue his journey and report himself
at the muster.”
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A Wonderful Fortress,
Fortress Monroe, Va., is the largest
single fortification in the world. It
has already cost over $3,000,000 of
money. The water battery is oconsid-
ered to be one of the finest pieces of
miliary construction in the world.
Qolonel Lodor, the instructor of the
military sohool, has invented and per-
fected some astonishing appliances that,
when he shall have guns, will be of
immense value in handling them. In
one of the casements inside the fort is
his office. He can sit in it and, with
an electric appliance, cause every gun
in the fort to be fired simultaneously.
He has perfected another set of instru.
ments by which the exact distance of
a ship from the shore may be accurately
determined, the velocity and direction
of the wind, the consequent deflection
of the ball, and the precise point at
which the ball will strike the ship.
The guns are fired by electricity,—In-
dustrial South.
C—O ——— th
Millions of people are putting hap-
iness away off in the future, when they
might enjoy it to-day just as well.
Resolve to be happy now,
LION HUNTING,
A Narrew Escape-Shooting a Lien on the
Wing—Au African Bay's Nhet,
A correspondent of the Philadel
Press at Ospe Town writes: Isaiah te,
a wandering New Englandar, sailed
from Cape Town on the last © ing
English steamer. He came to re-
mote part of the world two years ago
with a number of other adventurers,
who made their way to the diamond
flelda to the north. They endured all
manner of suffering and ardship, and
in the end became so at
their utter failure that they i to
do what thousands of others have done
and are doing continually —give up and
return home. White was only one
who held out, *'1shall never go back
penniless,” he declared, “if I have to
stay here till I die.” The fact that the
Yankee did sail for his native land a
fow days ago, that when I saw him he
was arrayed in European dress, and was
in the highest spirits, leads me to be-
lieve that the good fellow, after &’l, has
not broken the pledge he made to kis
friends, when the ragged fellows turned
their backs on the diamond fields and
started for the other side of the world.
Some weeks after their parting, White
was in the Hottentot country, where he
came upon a native lion-hunter, who
had assisted a great many Eoglish
parties in trapping the king of beasts,
and who was very favorably disposed
toward the Caucasian race, probably as
a consequence. White was pension,
ed and sick ; but Burwik, as the
guide called himself, soted the jt of
the good Samaritan. He took him to
his hut, where Burwik's wife nursed
him, and when he was restored to his
usual rugged health the guide pre-
sented him with a European hunting
outfit and rifle. The American, as may
be supposed, was astonished to find
such wealth and hospitality among the
vellow natives of South Afriea, but the
host quickly explained it all to his sat-
isfaction. Burwik, by his skill and
faithfulness —the Hottenlols, as a race,
are thievish and untrustworthy—had
won the good opinion of many Earo-
pean hunters, who him as a
guide, and, beside paying him liberally
for his services, had made him many
presents,
He had three rifles of excellent make,
two fine revolvers, while his wile was
fornished with enough jewelry,
and ornaments to outline a bar
rincess at high court, The snit which
hite donned was the very thing for
that country, but he shivered slightly
when Barwik told kim that s major of
the English army had it on when a huge
lion stole into camp one night and
killed him with a single blow. Even
the rents made in the garments while
the beast was trotting off with his vio-
tim's limbs dragging through the timber
were plainly visible, * couldn't
be better,” said White, a little faintly;
“but I'm sorry your friend hadn't
another suit to present you.”
As White had been noted for his skill
in markmanship at home, it did not
take him long to win the admiration of
Burwik by his exploits with the gun.
The Hottentot himself was no oxdiosry
shot, but he could not compare with the
American, who shattered
thrown into the air, and punctured tiny
targets at a distavoe far beyond the
reach of the South African’s aim. “You
beat any one I ever saw,” said Burwik,
in his broken English; “we will go
shoot lions.”
“That will suit me,” said the Amer
joan, “although I have never en-
gaged in any such sport. Shall we go
alone
“Alone with Erwa” said the guide.
Erwa was the name of Burwik's boy, a
graceful lad, like most of the young
Hottentots, whose ill looks come only
with the passage of years, many of the
females who may be called handsome
in their youth taking the most repul-
sive appearance as they grow older.
Erwa had been the companion of his
father on many daring hunting expe-
ditions, and though he could not have
been more than fifteen years old, he
was counted asa full man in the toil,
hardship and peril which must always
acoompany him who goes in search of
the king of beasts,
When White and his Hottentot
friends set out the following morning
they took with them two fine hunting
dogs. With many hunters the favorite
time to hunt is after the sun has set,
White and his companions did not ex-
pect to reach the neighborhood where
the beasts wouid be encountered before
the day was pretty well gone It was,
in fact, late in the afternoon when the
American was told he must begin to
look out for his game, and the news
was scarcely imparted when all three
caught sight of a single buffalo grazing
on an elevated piece of lend at such a
distance that neither Burwik nor Erwa
thought it pessible to 1each him with a
rifie. The trained dogs were sent for
ward to get beyond the buffalo and
drive him toward the hunters, who
screened themselves in the bush, But,
before the dogs could reach the position.
the animal from some cause took fright
and wheeled to run. As he did so
White fired with such acouracy that the
ball entered just back of the fore leg,
and after one or two plunges the animal
pitched forward on his face.
Burwik and Erwa could hardly be-
lieve their senses, but gave expression
to their astonishment and delight in
the most extravagant lan ean-
while the cries of the dogs were heard,
and it was evident they had started
something, The American followed the
maxim of professional sportsmen, and
loaded his gun before sarting from the
spot, and the moment he h finished
made all haste to follow Erwa, who had
run ahead of his father. To reach the
point where the buffalo had fallen it was
necessary to pass through lower land,
so densely wooded that the hunters
were shut out of sight of the game for a
considerable whilo. They were halé
way across this space when the report
of Brwa's gun was heard, and a minute
later he came rushing through the bush
with the appearance of the most ex-
treme terror. ** What is it?" asked his
father, stepping in front of him with
his gun raised.
«Alion! a lion! He has killed the
dogs and he will kill us!” .
“I am ashamed of you,” said the
father, * Stand your ground.” Poor
Erwa w:s abashad beyond measure,
and, repressing his trembli-g fright as
best he could, managed to reload his
weapon, While he was thus employed
the men stood with their pieces ready,
expecting the appearance of the lion
every moment, but, as he failed toshow
himse!f they began a cautious forward
movement, They had not gone fax
when they came upon the dead body of
one of the dogs, slain by a single blow
from the beast, whioh must have been
of unusual size. The other dog was
silent, and, if alive, was doubtless at a
safo distance from the lion. Pressing
on, it was not long before the carcass
of the buffalo was found, The auda-
cious king of beasts had picked that up
immediately after it was shot, and,
dragging it into the bush, had helped
himself to what he wished, But where
was the lion himself ?
«] should say the beast was not far
away,” suggested White, holding his
rifle with his floger on the trigger;
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SCIENTIFIC NOTES,
an abundant previ
tion, and this in its
of at least moderate ertility.
Of all the men-of war in Earope Italy
Las the most heavily on pa, 4
possessed with the most formidable
guns. The Dailic and the Dandolo
bave armor twenty-two inches thick,
and they each carry 100-ton guns.
In the rivers rolling to sea, says the
American Contract Jowrnal, are ons
of horse-power daily run to waste.
We do not sppresiste the and
river because they are so near and have
been there so long. Had they ocom-
menced flowing bat to-day we
have hastened to harness them.
Nothing new under the sun—as Na-
poleon I. used, in 1815, the first “sleep.
ng, dining-room and parlor car” that
ever was built. This car. or chariot,
EE Ear vegeut of Bug
sented to prince regen
by whom it was sold to Mr.
Bullock for $12,500. It eventually
found its way to Madame Tuseaud's
wax-work exhibition, London, where it
may still be seen.
One of the objections against
the proposed tunnel odd in Euglish
channel is that it would open a high-
way for the invasion of Great Britain in
case of a war with continental powers.
Dr. Siemens suggests s novel plan of
defense from such invasion should the
tunnel be constructed. He wonllar-
range chambers of chalk, in communis
cation with the shore ends cf the tun-
nel, in such a manner that the chalk
might be readily flooded with dilated
muriatio acid. The result of turning
on the acid would be the rapid filling
of half a mile or more of the tunnel with
carbonio meid gas, through which no
human beings could pass alive.
turn im
original
A Ride on the Back of a Catfish,
In the early days of Rom e, abot
forty years ago, & poor Widow, a
Pare occupied a rude habitation about
sixteen feet square, constructed of
rough poles, on the site where Dr.
Gregory's residence now stands. This
r woman had two children, the
elder a stout, robust girl about eighteen
years of age, Martha by name; the
other was a boy of seven. One day
Martha, who took in to help
support the family, went to the spring
pear the house, on the banks.of the
Etowah river, to do some washing ; ber
mother was with her. On arriving at
the spring, which is onl
from the river, she noticed an enormous
catfish lying in the cool branch of the
spring in water nearly deep enough to
float the fish. A batteau was fastened
te a tree near by, and, stepping into
the boat, she seized s paddle, and
quick as thought dealt the monster
fish a blow on the head, which
stunned it, and the little boy, Scruggs
Parks, jumped into the stream and
seized the fish, but in his excitement
and attempts to secure the he
thrust both hands into the of the
fish. The gills closed on them with a
vioe-like-grip, and the fish, in flounder-
ing about with the boy, at length struck
water deep enough to support him, and
with head to the river with a mighty
effort shot into the stream with the
speed of an arrow, the boy on his back.
A moment of terrible anguish and sus-
pense to the poor sister, who was a
helpless observer of all that was -
the Sates Jaded high wi
dry on an island some y or seven
of distant from the share, with the
boy in a fainting, frighten and half
drowned condition. The cries of the
sister soon brought men upon the
scene, who took the boat and in a few
minutes landed fish and boy on the
ing, and
shore of the river. The fi
sixty-five pounds.
Sir Francis Liycett, of London, left by
his will $1,000,000 to built Wesleyan
chapels in Great B and the will
it was, &
faw weeks ago,
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