— MEMORIES. A little window, and a broad expanse Of sky and sea, A little window where the stars look in, And waves beat ceaselessly; Where, through, the night, across ths silvery foam, The moonlight falls like blessed thoughts of home. A little space within a crowded ship, A restless heart: A little time to pause awile and think O'er lives apart: To pause and think, while others pray and sleep: A little while to bow the head and weep. A little window, but a heaven of rest Bent over all, Where, through the silence of the star dusk, 1is Ad Ihe angels call: Where the dead years faces of the vanished Look in and smile across a sea of tears A quiet room—a quiet heart of peace Wi h earth and sea: A little c but a glimpse of heaven, An angel's company: flowret nner steadfast soul, O, pure and last ‘Good Journal. uaplain _ Jacobus. IRNFORD, Chambers’ Although the time was night, lizits were still gles hind the house hard from Wm riding gently up, j ter long past aming fron the little blind shutters by Jucobu is, ading road, not I Captain ed it prudent to en- by the back OOF In consequence, The inn was a house «{ call for the « tain, and landlord a creature of his own, but at a time Cromw country, it behooved a ap- » i the when detachments of | ell’s soldiers were rough riding the gentleman Indeed, aptain Jacobus, it item in the long Commu should road to use caution. wus sore mwenith sometimes the captain entered ovment, without patron cent black garb affected by © $5 to him, the £ together with = y * » slouched hats hi be pr on ii travel late for gent "1 i CassoCck,"” remark the captain. ar of highwayvmen » ur sword i i irust in the Lord.’ elder piousiy “And of Gideon.” echoed the clergyman, the y a thin, bizh voice, extremely g with his bulk. and a mighty observed the captai ken ver godly. pretty sentiment!” rolling his liquor on yet it seems to me iis tongue, you run something of & risk, notwithstanding.’ **My son and 1,” returne with much tranquilit shoulder, have bested the devil these many years past.” “Yea, even when he traveleth abroad in the guise of a robber,” in, cheerfully, **Ah!" said the captain. “But perhaps you never met Captain Jacobus, the cava. lier, who rules this very road from Read. ing to Winchester. They say he hath a very deadly spite against Puritans, The Parliament dispossessed him of all estate, I've heard, and he vowed the pragmatical rebels should pay for it among them.’ Papsing to sip his wine, the speaker eyed the two parsons over the edge of his glass, They returned his guze in silence, with a watchful attention. “He has a mighty pleasant way with him, a0 I'm told, hath Captain Jacobus,” pursued the captain. “None of your common, stand and deliver methods for him, but all manver of pretty knacks and strange devices. Why, now, 2 ek : 1 the old 1A “shoulder man, to the other chimed were sitting where 1 sit now,”—the speak- clergymen did not move so much as an eyelid-—*'it's likely he would propose a e at the cards to you two gentlemen, wn you would have to sit with him, willy-nilly, you see; and inside of an hour I'll wager he would have won the very coats off your backs. All by pure skill, you understand. No violence at all. And talking of cards,” said the captain, briskly, with a sudden change of tone, “what do you say toaturn? Come! Landlord, a clean pack!” The highwayman rose, moved an elbow chair to the table, and, looking at the two parsons, with a very eloquent expression of countenance, sat absently fingering his possible that I sh you in so carnal a diversion,” said the old man, mildly. ‘‘And, setting aside the claims toy from t'other. don me-~we have ridden far to-day,” and, | with a courteous gesture, he sat down { upon the settle in the chimney corner, and leaning back upon the bundle of cloaks and saddles, closed his eyes and folded his hands. hood for an hour! Unchain the old Adam, and give him a run! Trust me, you will exercise. What! "tis not so long since you were to college that your fingers have for- got the feel of the cards, and tickhsh, I'll warrant, Sit down, man, sit down, and cut for the deal, like a saint of sense!” The momentary silence that was broken by a tiny click, as the captain cocked a pistol. The bald young man started slightly at the sound, the figure on settie opened its the two ex. as to be scarce. S50 glossy recumbent eves, and changed a glance, so rapud - »o : i “Sir answered mun, earn. You » young me than for sees ‘Y‘vyou touch nearer { social hard that a single traveler like yourself must sit and twiddle his thumbs because his fellow guests chance to clergymen. Yet, how it is. Before | a man grown, | futher never acain to HIaiyY « know. 1 divertisement am na ager and 1 own it Wiis touch the cards.’ gentleman, nr rememe- old word. Do as ye 1 And call to brance the House of Rimmon, TSAY “Johnny, he ‘1 gi conscience bids yo ve you Dack vour sonny.” pleasantly, no more. 80 OCCH- sion of stumbling thousand tory for the sake rds: and, Cats aid one on ¢ pities cocking The bald you red, drew 1 i moment turning h open wide meaning juick. in the ivy noticeable of the table, K, and laid it, naked. Pp foes began to sides upon the table, bald voung man Captain, with an through the back of his opponent's hand, deep into the oak. “Not again, my cully !" he cried. the the his dagger when suddenly, as laid oath, drove down a card, The man screamed and fell back ina swoon, and at the sound the other parson leaped to his feet with a cry, whipping a great horse-pistol from his pocket. But the Captain was too quick for him ; before he could bring the ponderous engine to bear, the highwayman had caught his of a pistol into his face with the other. The clergyman's weapon exploded harm. lessly, the bullet striking the ceiling. “Now,” said Captain Jacobus, releasing him, “it's my turn! thundered. ‘Hand up those saddles!” litter of cards was afloat in widening pools of blood. “Empty out the saddle-bags!” Give me but the shadow of disobedience, and I'll { put a bullet in you. What's here? Now what is a couple of rascal parsons doing | with a fortune of gold? Won at the cards, | I suppose! And what kind of gear is this for a clergyman #* For among a miscellany of personal ef. fects were two bulky leathern bags, full to the throat with broad pieces, a great, | Jeweled watch, and a handful of ladies’ rings and trinkets. The sham clergyman, biting his fingers, and looking haggardly at the spoil, stood in sullen silence. At the other end of the table the bald young man was moaning and writhing in his chair, his band pioned fast. The tain, vigilant as « bird, but th hly at his ease and enjoying himself hugely, leaned against the panelling, eyeing the pair by Wroe. id “Come,” said, ‘speak up, parson! Make a clean confession. You may the up your little boy, if your care to, while you talk The old man cast a venomous glance of contempt upon his abject offspring. *‘Serve him right 1" he broke out savagely. “The clumsy fool I” “I begin to perceive you are something the Captain, me make your son's excuses, To highly temerarious enterprise for a young though I say it. But I must ask clean it. I thank you. blunt, and fully up again. the song says.’ “Come,” returned the other, roughly, “let's talk sense, Captain. The crop was fairly nimmed on the road, as you might have done yourself. You can't mean to whiddle your “On the And vet I had that it wasn't ir beautiful black the Captain, genially. “Why, of course! of genotle. road, like yourself! said the man, brigl t the friendliness of the **But r the last six mont ths Now add your pack it all care. It’s time for me to go, us ' fellows?" You surprise kind of entirely me. an inkling! road ? same parson beneath those clothes, too,” said course ! men of the somewhat a old utening other's tone. parsons we've been f just to impiant a tt “And how did ¢ confidence.” ail come about { apiain 7 while it | lay!" and for such me. Fat the poultry an for a girl of the CAIne aiong, § Ph ing to be married to some bloate Winchester, Her the way, and her mother—a tall parsons fear of Yo ROCK nare corner and trampled Captain stood the shivering they strapped on the they road “Hold had done he le stirrrup hapless J in a find exhortation, takes your for if ever 1 meet you out on vermin, Ja nags the reckoning. the pad, I'l 80 ®Ure as vou down li my name is Apinin Ouse Stand clear!’ And with a bound was gone, leaving the two ind rascals a prey to the humiliation impotent fury, and the most deadly discomfiture of body, amid a scene of the dismalest disorder, the last sparks of their clothes flying up the chim. ney in the icy draught, and the gray light of the winter's dawn paling the candles, It is upon record that Captain Jacobus took it upon himself to restore all the trinkets, and, seccording to his rule in such cases, one-half the money, to the rightful owners thereof: and that the other half went into the bottomless pocket he ne half. of very privately in the city of Cologne. An Improved Saw. People who cut up very valuable timber into merchantable shape have enormous piles of sawdust that aceu- mulates. For this reason it has been economy to use band saws which are extremely thin and durable. Circu~ Inr saws have not heretofore been as available for this work on account of thelr much greater thickness, but, being cheaper and much more easily managed, they have been used, even though the waste of material ineci- dent thereto has been great. By a new means a 12-gauge Hi-inch circu~ lar saw has been operated, and the inventor says that it behaves in the most approved fashion in all respects, doing the work as well as thick saws and standing the strain in the most satisfactory manner. This is of a great deal of importance, ns a thin circular saw can be operated where a band saw is difficult to handle, and is therefore an economy and also much mors convenient, ~ CUBAN WEAPON. THE MACHETE A TERROR THE HANDS OF THE IN- SURGENTS. Severs His Head. Cuba has a terrible national weap- on. gress in Cuba the insurgents done such deadly execution with it arm their own infantry order to be able to meet the insur- gents on more nearly equal terms This weapon is the machete The machete isthe Central and South American agricultural tool. tchay-tay, with an accent on the of the second syllable. Itis the bandman’s implement in all growing countries. There are three or four hundred s‘yles used in Brazil, the Central American States, Mexico and San Domingo Each country uses a different blade, and of hus- each there varieties are ever its wenpon in t tomed to 1t small part in the history of all upris- ings in the inces. jut in Cuba it has d if style, it is a 8 use Span execution that the win her freed machete to be included in the ¢ Cuba In om the ought man p doesn t Cuban worl earns his liv cane. With for his own use. deed. it and knif Every Cuban except in the big cities, like miliar with the is hatchet combined for him Lhd use of the machete, Joan insqar- use of irearms for it the gage in cl Spanish J machete Wher Spaniard fares b ean wou yor ig non mi It is sword pract ployed at user IDDONeT Oppo nt ole stitutes the abdomen with the the body to the ] wrist fesign of cuttifg or With the weapon raised length of the right arm the is simply turned over, and the machete makes a stroke back to the ft eft so {i as to slash the attacked 1 and behead him. turn of the the edge machete strikes downward the bod > > i - n ay again is is nll done dexterity. These SON 8 Neck with strokes sare edged we apons, in the hands of the insurgents who are habituated to the use of the machete and are very strong the blows are described wicked. Many heads are but severed from body, machete wound is usually fatal. The machete used by the gents at present is a very cheap and all nes ¢ Lie than a dollar. It is made land and in Germany. The blades are from twenty to thirty inches long. curved backward towards the thick, dull edge with a rounded point cury- ed back to the thick edge. The vorite and the one that has most damage to the Spanish has the thirty inch blade, about three inches wide, looking, afld with the end cut off di- agonally to a point, as a milliner cuts the ends of a ribbon bow. The han- dle is of rough looking bone, the han- dle of the blade being run through the centre and [fastened often gets his fingers badly wounded That is the simplest machete. to fit into the palm of the hand. When the Cuban husbandman gets his machete it isn’t at all sharp. He, however, whets it up until it cats very easily. with the insurgent army described the scene after an encounter, when the insurgents sat around, each busi. ly sharpening his machet for the next assault. Not only the privates, but the of. ficers as well use the machete. The officers have a shorter weapon and of better stuff. The long blades of the bend double without breaking. The shorter, broader, thicker weapons have not the same elasticity. Astonishing stories are told of the force of the blow that the insurgent can give with the native knife. In the National Museum at Madrid is an Awerican rifle, which, it is claimed, was completely split in half lengthwise, with a blow froma ma- chete, Women have been known to use the machete, and during the Ten | Years’ War there were numerous in- | stances where | bands were away fighting defended themselves and children with the machete, AMERICAN TORQUOISES. One Gem Which We are Mining Ex~ tensively. Although the Unitad States cannot claim to be considered one of the great gem-producing countries of the world, almost every known va- riety of precious stone has been found within its lhmits, Few gems, however, are common enough to be of decided commerciai importance, and systematic mining is rarely ecar- ried on. The only exception to this is afforded by the turquoise. The last edition of the "Mineral Resources of the United States’’ gives the value of the rough gems of all kinds pro- duced hers during 1803 as amounting to $2064,041—of which $143,136 goes he credit of the turquoise mines. Alm American tur- quoise comes from Santa Fe County New Mexico, or Mohave County, Ar- 1IZO0AR. As in Persia in New Mexico §CUrs in veins rocks, a yellowish bre to st i1 of the the turquoise, both and in Arizon permhLeanung r ing the co eéblo Indians find ; 03 money tained ttie being subjected them an easy way As they can be ob- trouble. and after rough grinding yd to travelers. Was more stones could akin i wi or g th ii can be readily s¢ Formerly, whan the Indian unsophisticated, be obtained from them at the outlay of a but of years the choice few cents inte the val- is, and now few real bargains can be secured The ent inhabitants of Mexico and und AN SKIS, sellers have begun to realize ue of their goo jROIse extensive] ¥ - if, Spaniaras t ‘is mosaics and to dee- TRCPS roaments Tr ; still mine as a jeath- Werers It only hat in the old days mer search er bag containin a 1@ Gise faite { SIIOWS would take as | severa. LOnes, treasure as they will now. Another tale of tur ‘ucatan. It te ent temple and magnih while each of it rquoises drifts u iis of an i iol in around whose are hung turquoises, isa single | narrator, a Mexican ed that these eye stones neck, arms strings { anxies cent 8 eyes rge stone, ininer, © were yout ree neh es in their largest here is some- ¥ u— irresistibly sug The Great Sails of Racing Yachts. yf tl wonderful part ole make up Defender, she has her mainsail, her jib, her jib topsail, her staysail, her work- ing topsail up, carries 12,000 square feet of canvas. And when she sub- g.itutes for these working-sails her balloon jib, club topsail, and puts out her spinnaker she almost doubles that area. These sails cost thousands of dollars, because there must be several of each in case of ac- cident to one or another, and for use in the different kinds of wind that may prevail in the race. There is a heavy mainsail for strong winds, of sea-island cotton or Egyptian cotton or ramie cloth, while the jibs are made of lighter grades of the same material, until they come down to the constituency of a coarse pocket- handkerchief. One of Defender's spinnaker’s is of Scotch linen. In 1893 it was reported that one of Val- kyrie II's. big spinnakers was of silk, but it was not: it was of ex- ceedingly fine Irish linen, Taking all these matters into ac- count, and considering that each boat must have from forty to fifty sailors to man her, it becomes evi- dent that the building and maintain ing of such a yacht is a matter of no | #mall expense. Mr. George Gould spent no less that $40,000 to put Vigilant in condition to race with {| Defender in the preliminary trials this year. Ths crew has to be en- | gaged and trained for weeks before the racer is put into commission, jand kept at work for a couple of | months before the great contests for { the cup are held. These sailors, of course, cannot live on the yacht, since there I no room for bunks or | lockers or a galley on the modern racing machine. Therefore both De- onder ani Valkyrie had steam~ten~ ers, 1@ racers are prob- of their when her sss. An Electrified Mail Box. There is a United States letter box on Grand street, Paterson, with let- ters in it which will not be delivered to the addresses in the morning mail. Letter Carrier James Low attempted to take them out last evening. When he rested one hand on the box and with the other inserted his key in the lock he was sent reeling twenty feet away and picked up dazed. Others tried to open the box with the same result. The box is ch with electricity, and unless the cur. rent is cut off the box cannot be opened. | THE WHITE BIRCH A Splendid Tree That is Put te Many Uses. “Why not call trees people?— since, if you come to live among them year after year, you will learn to know many of them personally, and an attachment will grow up be- tween you and them individually.” Bo writes that ‘Doctor Amabilis’’ of wooderaft, W. C. Prime, in his book “Among the Northern Hills,’ and straightway launches forth into en- logy of the white birch. And truly it is an admirable, lovable and com- fortable tree, beautiful to look upon and full of various uses. [ts wood is strong to make paddles and axe han- dies, and glorious to burn, blazing up at first with a flashing and then holding the fire glowing heart all thro Its bark is the most serviceable of all the pro- ducts of the wilderness. In Russia, they say, it is tanning, and gives its subtle, sacerdotal fragrance to Russia But here the ends. roll oned iiame in its ugh the nigh used leather, woods it s¢ It can be pe from some giant into a swift the waters. square sheets to IVES more or primitive ied off in a tree and canoe Lo carry It can be roof it is the D his woodlan flexible the forest, he writes and material Wraj candle cleft cable chandelier A besket ries, moos« practi- for ber~ rn imnal woods, out- sh—all 1 pensable ah lovel« through 1¢ ut a canvas on which orn iraw the line of great aud me: 3 fi these and muny o luxuries are the skilful slor Only do not rob ! he less you really + rat it tree un- has to id grow in and un- i i becomes 4 wh, I would a the and Ccense the r bark curis anda had fallen, around me in streamers, some wand hunter would come in the wir y night and touch a lighted coal t ny body, and my in a fiery chs lensely ators, a ars stood the end cushions worked Rajah’s rd that music seated on a Then BOW g ' wtf raiseq piatio the dancing eral baya by i le dances ac- wd witl or recitative, ending with performance by the inary took came gazelle-eyed—en- veloped in a filmy cloud of black and gold gauze, which flouted airily about she was the living incarnation interpreted by the sculpters of Chitor; from the air of laughing assurance with which she surveyed her assembled subjects, it was evident that she was accustomed to homage and sure of conquest She held her audience absorbed and expectant by the monotonous and plaintive cadence of her song, by long glances full of intense meaning from half closed eyes, and by swift changes of expression and mood, as well as by the spell of ‘woven paces and waving arms.’ One may see many a Nautch without retaining ours H reiim ballet, in wh part, a dainty forwari-—gra three ersonage her; of force was owing, no doubt, to the fit- ness of the place and the charm of strange accessories, the uncertain the mingling of musky odors with the overpowering scent of attar of roses, perfumes were intensified in the close air of the tent by the heat of the night—the prelude to the fiercer heat Expensive Bird Skins. Skins of the great auk are still more valuable than eggs, but the number of transactions has been very much fewer; in fact, it is believed the last one previous to the sale this year took place in 1869. This had belonged to Dr. Troughton, and brought £04 10s. The Edinburgh Mu. seum had an opportunity of acquiring one in 1870 for £100, but the offer was de clined. However, in 1805, a fine spec. imen was secured for 350 guineas. The great auk preserved in the Natural His. tory Museum of Central Park, New York, cost £130 in 1868. Previous to this the value rapidly declines, so to speak, as in 1860 Mr. Champley bought a skin and an egg for £45. It is safe to say they would fetch ten times as much now. The skin wossessed by Mr. Malcolm of Poltatloch, hgilphead, New.Brunswick, is thought to have cost originally, about the year 1840, only £2 or £3. Mr. Bullock's great suk, sent to hm from Papa Westra, Orkney, was, after his death, sold in the year 1819 for £15 5s. 6d., and this although it was a genuine British specimen, and therefore almost if not quite unique in this respect. Yet—and this must close the su of prices the value of a skin in 1894 was only about £8. Truly, tanporn mutar ies,
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