THE OLD WOMAN TALKS. Put on the kettla, Molly, an' make the fire burn, learn an’ the strife— runs fer life! The old man’s sold the oxen, an’ mortgaged hall the mule; Ho's give up his religion, an’ the children’s took from school ; roundabout, An’ a chasin’ of tho office, an’ the office bidin’ out! out, It's still a comfort joa’ to #00 the stoain come out the avout; sistance to you or yourdaughter, com- mand me.” The friendship thus formed was the garden. The sick woman took to me with feverish eagerness, while the child, whom they called One by the old day 1 was summoned little hope o' brewd While the old man keeps a-rusnin’ an' the office keeps ahead! 1 con't make out these politics—no matter how i try. For every day lashin' by; An’ the old wan don't say “howdy,” an’ I'll worsler till I'm dead, side. she am goin’ Chloe. 1 responded to die,” said When 1 side promptly. she sald feebly. “I have something very sacred to ask of you. 1 want a promise from you that you Reeps ahead! ———— HER CONFESSIOX, the month of roses in the South, that I awakened in my hotel in New Or- leans fo the first time in nearly ten years. The song of birds was in my “I must tell you my story. mother an octoroon, educated and refined. She had a friend, a Spanish lady who an Englishman of great Sitting by a side window and look- ing out into the beautiful garden ad- joining, with its old Creole home- stead surrounded by shrubs and mag- aolias, thoughts of the past came to my mind. Here in this room my bridal eve was spent, and : here my happy honeymoon waned and dled. Here a year later my beautiful Ora was born, and here, when she was a husband's love and tenderness Oh, the agony of thay time! The rippling laughter of a sweet girlish voice broke through my reveries. Then 1 heard another voice, a woman's, richer, deeper, broken now and then by a slight, hacking cough. garden, but through the dense foliage 1 could see noone. 1 longed for a glimpse I CAUGHT SIGHT OF A WHITE DRESS AND GOLDEN CURLER But the music of their voices lin. gered in my ear, and throughout the day it followed about New turned to Oreans. When [ re. the hotel 1 again peered birth. She died The little boy, whose name was Gerald, became my toster-brother, aud we grew up to love each other fondly. We were very happy until one day 1 realized that my love could be that of a sister no longer. It had sud- denly developed into the deep, pas- gionate love of woman. him, and 1 told him so. we: *You should not things, nor will I listen love you other than a raved. 1 swore 1 would not live did he not return my mad devotion. He talked long, and carnestly, and kindly, but only added fuel to the At last about to I heard she was a Bos. ton heiress, a beauty, an only child lost my mind, 1 think, after that uncle in Mexico. 1 pet, and he gave me this He said to say such he said he loved, and was his ¢lnation about it I could not resist Again I heard those musical sounds, and again I longed in vain for a glimpse of the woman and child. The house was surrounded by a high wall. An arched door led into the garden from the street. but was always locked. The following day 1 got a glimpse into this dise, for. just as { negress came out ber arm and I white dress, with caught golden a basket on sight ting in a trellisea ming a guitar. and Eden was balcony thram- 00 nore open wide game scene as on caslon, the child garden with the dog. the Ol previous All at once faint cry, a wild shriek from the girl: and as the lady sank swooning back fato her chair, she let rall her deli- cate handkerchief which I saw was saturated with blood, and trickilog over the bosom of her white gown. side. “Bring me a cup of salt, a glass of water, and a spoon,” 1 said to the frightened child at my sde She lifted her great blue eyes to mine in mute amazement, but did my bidding without a word. 1 bade my self-appointed charge bring freely of the mixture I con- cocted, and soon had the pleasure of seeing that, for the time being, the hemorrhage was checked “You must pardon my intrusion,” I said; “but the door being open, a — HERING ME A CUP oF sar,” 1 AID TO THE FIIORTENED CHILD, the child's laughter attracted me; and when [ saw what happened, 1 came at once. Now, I must entreat you not to talk; and, once in a while, you must take a swallow of this salt and if you keep quiet, I think you will do nicely.” a “Who are you?" she whispered. ~ ¢] am a friend. You may cail me Mrs Greville” It was my maiden name I gave; what prompted me, 1 know not. “I am staying at the ho- ‘tel, next door. If I can be of any as : i i i ! died. 1 would be compelled to see their hap piness, but I heard of it. “A year later 1 was told they had How I hated her and her and beauty, and her white blood! Then 1 returned, but not to the old home. My father s0 1 came known. Ger. to live, and he and she were traveling in Europe. 1 was alone. 1 had been settled but a week when 1 heard they had returned, and were stop- ping at hotel next door: had a that overlooked this garden beaten! How did I hold my- quiet’ I used togo up to the room above this, and watch them until my heart was like to burst with jealous rage. 1 would see him roses roses — in her busoru, her bair, and would gnash my teeth in impotant wrath, and pray there might ve an adder hidden in the leaves that would sting her to death. He would toss them to the child as she sat at play, and I would have killed them all; but I did something that hurt them more “One night, when 1 knew them all to be away, 1 stole up to thelr room and hid a letter I had written —a passionate love-letter, as if in an. where 1 was not th the self oladlv ZiaGLy "I WANT A PROMISE THAT YOU WILL HELP XE HIGHT A WROXO." swer to one from him—and my would until ple- See she did, but not next day. 1 had myself. She laid the sleeping bed, and left the sooner was her tack in my arms, and under my dark shawl less time than it takes to tell it, I was aT ive my bed. 1 meant to kill it, waked, looked at me with and held out its arms harm it then. there was! All New Orleans was searched. Money wis spent water: but no one dreamed of look- but It its eyes I could not found, and hot, cruel words followed, She accused him of stealing the child and intending to elope with me. His proud Spanish blood was tired: bitter words followed. and he again until he could place their chiid pardon on her knees; but he never has me.” “Inez?” 1 exclaimed, ‘‘lper” she answered. “Dolores Dominique!” I uttered in low, awful accents The creature before me seemed to shrivel, as her great hollow eyes sought mine «¥ ho are you?” she hoarsely whis. pered. vw erald Stanton's wife “Thank God!" she sald as a glad light broke over her face; 1 shall, perhaps, be able to undo the wrong 1 have done” “You can only give me hack my child; my husband 1s lost to me 1 have been a wanderer on the face of the earth for ten years, searching for him. 1 have advertised, but all in vain. He is dead, or he must have forgiven.” +fle thought you were dead.” mean?” “Oh, do not look at me that way, do not curse me!” she implored: ‘he | has been as true as steel to you.” He lives. I confessed all this morning to the father. He knows of him, w ll find him, will bring hla back. Ah, how 1 have prayed for this day! 1 have wearied heaven with my pe titions, and at last He has been merciful.” Overcome by emotion I went out into the garden. Little lnez—my Ora—ran to meet me. 1 Kissed | her and then hearing a footstep | louked up and beheld a man evidently a priest, ‘Dolores wishes | madame,” he said. 1 started tor the house. As 1 | entered the room I grew falnt and dizzy. 1 should have fallen, but | found myself caught and pressed to a wildly beating heart. 1 lay upon wy husband's breast when 1 awakened from the swoon into which 1 had fallen. His voice was like sweet music. +All is well, my darling,” he said. All is forgiven and all shall be for- gotten. ‘That poor misguided woman has gone to her God for judgment, but she told me all ere she went. forgiven her, as you will” to see you, “SNAP THE WNIP" IN AMERICA, Tents of Nerve Before Which the Bravest Might Quail Su- pain- ago, renown dreadful Among the Hadendowas, danese tribe whose name was fully familiar to us a few years young men who aspire to ch.llenge one another to a contest. After ceremonies which may be declined without famy, however, unless the youth fusicg have fought once already trivmphed —public notice Is given and at the time appointed all the population of the village assemblo The champions are stripped to waist, and they carry a whip of hip. popotamus hide four feet long, inch square at the base, with newly trimmed, as sharp almost knife. Ata signal they blows methodically and keep until one owns defeat, or, more frequently, stumbles and alls exhausted. but still defiant Blood streams at the first cut as though the whip had been a sword almost they often hold out for half an hour. Dr. Gunther says Le has seen reaching 10 the very bone of these contests is a title, el.Henat’—Protector ot the Maiden which the victor bears until deseated or married. We can believe that t young men think it'worth fighting for, and it would be interesting Ww know what advantages the titie gives exactly, how the maldens regard their protector, whether he has any oficial pos tion toward them and so forth. A custom like course, among neight under various forms That of Abyssinian braves Is described in Lon Manstield Parkyns Standard. The giris themselves play an active part there When young people are gathered for amusement— after a church festival, for —nne of them will begin peeling a straw of green millet, which of pith. Her lover's blood runs cold probably, but he must smile or own himself a craven. When she has cut the pith into bits an Inch long he stretches out his bare arm. The ex. at every «irl who respects herself and has a lover follows iL The young men form a circle their arms extended. with many a doubtless, maidens arrange thelr bits of | upr ght in some fanciful design the bare flesh, and set them alight They are nearly an inch thick, they burn very slowly, but the less youth must stand and { well as he can till the juices them. a and it ug SCArs he this has spread, of tht Oring ¥ the is ie sel, Blithely then st J BRL, smile blood as It is, in fact, a peculiarly The Camphor-Tree. certain parts of the world for our 8 ties? products that with due care ought | to grows here where there is every variety of soll and climate Why cannot the camphor-tree be grown? The tree is of the laurel family, aad | grows in China, Japan and several of | the East Iadia countries It is a i tree of considerable size, straight, | towering, elegant. The leaves are ' gral, inclining to the lancehead shape, {as they are pointed at each end, | They arc glossy and leathery, smell ‘ing of camphor strongly When rubbed in the hand, The biossomsof | the tree are very small; the fruit 1s a | berry about the size of a pea, of a | deep purple color when ripe. The | ecammphor does not exude from the but fs found in littie bunches in the pores iof the wood To obtan it, the | tree, even when the bark Is cut, { are cut into small bits and distilled. The cawnphor, volatilized by the heat, deposits on the cover of the vessel as it cools, and to remove it easily the inside of the cover is lined with mat ting of rice straw. ‘I'he crude cam: phor Is exported, and in Europe and this country prepared for Lhe markes in the ferm under which we know it The preparation of camphor origin uted with the Venetians, and was jealously guarded, but the Dutch in time obtained the secres, and suc. ceeded to an almost complete monopoly of the trade. The wood of the tree is used for trunks and boxes, in which to preserve valuable vest ments and garments, as the power. ful odor repels mostjinsects «1 want,” said the astronomer, van inscription for my new telescope which shall be in the nature of an address to the stars.” “How would | ‘Here's looking at you' do” SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. Queer Facts and Thrilling Adventures Which Show that Truth is Stranger Than Fiction. Mannriace and divorcee are extreme- ly simple among the Bantals, one of the aboriginal tribes of India. mission to wed must be obtained from three rupees), with a new sari each paid for a bride, but for a widow only the fire to her first husband in world, These formalities pensed with in the case of a marriage,” which is, however, equally binding. Y0ts young man watches his opportunity, dips his finger into red paint or serth, and when the girl is out walling or shopping makes a mark upon her brow. If the girl de- elines to live with him she is com- pelled to obtain a divorce—an ex- tremely simple ceremony. The pair upset a jar of water and tear in hall three leaves of the sall tree in the presence of the neighbors, saying as they do so: “Now another even as brother and sister.” It must not be imagined that the men have all the advantages of these rough and ready marriages. If a woman finds her affections unrequited she may proceed to marry the man whether he wishes or not. Taking a vessel containing rice and: beer she enters the man's house and sits down, The women of the household, will probably object, may then to every n short of violence to induce her to leave may burn red pepper on the fire, or souse her with cold water, but if she remains passive {« i urs the marriage beyond become we to one vho t iT res x 5 e person NEANS ir several h is accomplish uldr had bees itoht SAR EAR her , and amon ber of ladies’ unpacking them, one WwW, C. salesman, to h broken clagp, and in the pocketd was the card of a lady, the name be- ing Annie E. Lockyear. He wondered who she was, and prompted by curi- osity, wrote to her. In due time, a reply CARING: A correspondence begun, 1 atts, the her a cultured and lady. He fell in love with her and his affection was returned, the ro- mantic affair ending by their marriage Just before Christmas, 1891, Miss Lockyear went to the firm in Evans- ville from which the firm worked for purchased goods to pur- s had bought had a broken clasp, and had thus been found by Batts, and in the union of their lives Joxaruax Youxe and his son Livy, small ground squirrel and chased it the little animal from beneath log with a pole, the dog standing at prey. made a grab at him, little animal disappeared down the dog's throat. For an instant the dog stood and trembled as if suffer- ing great pain and then began to howl and roll over and over in agony. For a halt hour he continued his signs of distress and then gyadually returned to his normal condition. The master expected to see the d dio, but he has fully recovered an appears as well as ever. It is sup- posed that the squirrel, after strug- itn in the stomach of the dog, was nally smothered. Mr. Young and son both vouch for the truth of story, A prack snake, five fect long, fip- proached the child of H, H. Baylor ns it { Schwenksville, Penn, A | feet of the tiny sleeper. Without any { ado the dog sprang at the reptile, and | then began an uneven fight. | be overcome by so small an antago- | nist, but the dog fought savagely. | serpent began to coil about the dogit yelped loudly. The child was awak- Saylor to the scene. i killed the snake and rescued ably saved his child's life. A Gerwmax pathological journal re- cords a recent experiment of Drs. Sawtschenko and Sobolotny which geems to border on the heroic, vaccinated themselves with a prepa- ration made from cultures of the cholera bacillus, and afterward swal- lowed virulent cholera germs entire impunity. Then, with serum i from their own blood they inoculated guinea pig and found that animals thus be protected Usually it the has first to face the or death in experi- kind, but this wero they the tal with 4. those «ould ngrin: i is guinea i who chances of life ments of that the doctors right that they shouldered themselves, in ire CN gO Ki were risk Caran V. at weighing Raxkrxw, iW ¢ i SO pounds v | is the States, alm and livin rown City, clain in eater of the United 8] {R08 of . s the day 1 1 Ohio 18 he hree and meals eYyersy sO uare wakes up } tn pr | : } o'clock and morning a ck and eats a big meal hi f of him before retiring. VITER 3( demaol fried nees of butt ht nt € ishoes two #ix six ou kens egus, A of eoffee for bres Hlive express wagon i yalevard., it , of 1 fifty-two | WaS 7 nes Yery AN OLD TOWNSHIP. Some Fects in the History of an Ancient Dutch Sattiement, Kings county villag: ne the first to be settled A foro oat \ vue ly uis X1V. 414 It was re a0 ra CL homestead robably oldest Here building today in the section. General Washington and some of his the officers stopped for several days, and according to village tradition Gen Howe made his headquarters under the same ro He is said to have occupied the front room on the north On the windows great large shutters, with heavy iron fastenings, may be seen. This old relic is two-story and garrett, frame, with low ceilings, 75 feet long and 30 feet wide. The great shingled roof slopes in unbroken descent, and ex- tends far over the edge. The house | was built in 1785, by Dominie Free- | man, a Hollander, and the wf 35. £3 la | side. 3 wooden | place were brought across the sea. | Heavy hewn beams used as a support for the upper story are projected they can be seen to-day. | ary War this house came into the possession of Hans Hansen Bergen, | A party of British soldiers took charge, and edmpelled the family to attend to their wants. They found goveral cases of choice imported | wines secreted under the eves of the wags a drunken revel. From the be. | ginning the settlers had little or no trouble with the aborigines, for they respected the rights of the redmen and never broke faith with them. Here in 1608 was the county market, Courts were held In the village, which was the seat of justice for the county. Here, too, lived the Sheriff, County Clerk, schoolmaster and min- ister, who preached at stated inter vals in all of the towns. The third Court-House was destroyed by fire Brooklyn. After that the settlement consed to be the centre of impor. tance, and became a quiet country village. The town has been known as Midwood, Midwous, Midwoud and Medwout, and why 804 [oe when it was changed to is hard to Melrose Hall, which has witnessed dates by several years the American tevolution. It is believed to have been built about the year 1749 by an Englishman named Lane, It was Axtell, a eolonel in Cromwell's army, who was beheaded by order of Charles 11. after having been refused by Par- benefits of the act of general pardons and obligations.” William Axtell was a member of the a Loyalist and a Tory. At Melrose Hall the Tory ele- ment met frequently, Many secret conclaves were held and schemes concocted to thwart the designs of The house abounds in roomg and passage-waye. There were said to be dark vaults be- neath the kitchen, British isoners were confined, and over the room & secret chamber, where a beautiful young girl was starved to This building stands in Mel- rose Park, istance back from Flatbush avenue, 1 3 nd of a long with huge ore where death. BOM +, Jined on el stately pine yrobably m 1 6 bun ir . ny is another still to be founded in 1786 by H. Livingston and n Vanderbilt. The name honor of De- 8 Erasmus, a 1ished ature in” Holland th century. there were inves than in any other place in wns Dr. Je sr Joh 1s was chosen in hn disti fen iis more G. that of land was dated Jun n the extreme southern po It was con 3 to Andries Gerriten “Little Strong the 6, Robert research, ° rtion : y i% - Away. LU&SCS Were nts suffered JLeflerts near Lin- ] hav- by of and he posse fw ) years old ). It was fired the 1} ti destroyed ing date ature of eo is filled early part Garrett nt of Dutch Bibl Holl mar ih the Vander- more ars, 10 the ir fifty ¥¢ ping roof comes ’ eight feet of is on "latbush the Duteh {any quaint epi- tombstones, Graves yrmed Chu taphs are on wore so disturbed that in 1796 a night watch was established by an act of the Legislature and sa guard-house built on the north s Here and in other burial places immense structures which took sbout ten or twelve men to lift, were placed over newly-made graves. Ministers and members of the church who died be- tween 1701 and 1794 were buried un- der the edifice. The recent annexation of the old township lends new interest to much of its early history. 3 ge, The Moose Made Quick Time. “Any one who thinks a moose can’t travel at a very lively gait is very much mistaken,” remaked Geo. T. Horton, of St. Paul, at the La- “I used to be a locomotive engineer up in the northern part of my State, and one day 1 had an op- portunity to test the speed of this animal. I was running a light freight train, and in coming around a curve saw a big moose standing directly on the track. As soon as the animal saw the engine he took to his heels right down the path between the rails. For about four miles we had a perfectly straight track, and as 1 had heard of the great speed of this ani. mal 1 determined to test its ability. trot, such only as a moose can exhibit, his paces being about two rods in length, At first it was only a little jog, but ns the engine began to gain speed the moose let himsell out Faster and faster sped the engine, but still the frightened moose trotted im the van, and all the mysterious power of steam could not prevail upon this monarch of the forest. At last, after we had covered the four miles, turn- ing a curve, We oame upon a gang ol of section hands who were fixing the track. The sight of these men frighte i — ened the moose from the he was soon lost to view in the f ost.”—{St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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