The Stars of Sight
(From the German of Arndt.)
And the ran rode out on his endless ride
'Bound the world ;
And the etarieta said, " We will by tbee ride
'Bound the world."
Bat the blustering sun said, "Btay ye at home,
For 111 burn out your golden eye# if you roam
When I ride in fire 'round the world t"
And the starlets went to the gentle moon.
In the night;
Bald, " Thou who bast In the olouds thy throne,
In the night.
Let us roam with thee, for our golden eyes
Will ne'er be burned while thou rul'st the
skiee."
And she called thera " Friends of tho
Might. "
Mow weloomc, starlets and gentle moon.
In the night!
Te know what lies in the heart, alone,
In the night.
Oome ye and kindle the midnight dome
With the lights I love as I dream st home
In the starry hours of the night.
Chat. F. Lumtnit.
A Romance of Martinique.
Ton have often told me that you knew
the island of Martinique. Then you
have heard them speak of the Oaravelle.
It is a wild isthmus, so called by the
sailors from a Spanish wreck. Tho sea
is always raging wildly enough there.
Ah, you should see the waves as they
leap madly on the rooks. Then they
break into dazzling white form—sheets
a furlong broad—and then fall back in
vain. And it is always goii g on; it
never oeasee. There my father's honse
was situated.
But further down, the country
changes entirely; it besomes perfectly
fascinating. The two sides of tho isth
mus resembling two fairy lakes. It was
for this reason that its proprietor, the
Count de Baint Croix, called it Bean
Bejour—the beautiful home.
The Saint Croix family and ours
formed, so to speak, only one, wo wore
so intimate, Francis, the count's only
sou, was like a brother with my sister
and me.
Any one who had seen us, threo-in
hand, running like deer over the sand,
our hair lifted by the breeze, mingling
onr laughter with the murmur or the
waves, would have believed that there
are some happy beings here on earth.
Our greatest pleasure was to run ont
on the caves, or sand bars, and hunt for
shells. We left st sunrise, a little
basket on our arms. The songs of the
negroes, fishing in their log canoes,
came to as over the water.
One winter day we retained from run
ning on the sands. It was an evening
foreboding storm. Distant lightnings
darted across the sky. Jnlie was de
layed by endeavoring to tear np from a
seafan a shell. The tide rose until the
sandbank on which she stood became an
island. The poor girl became alarmed,
and lifting her arms, cried lond for as
sistance, Her long black braids flapped
in the storm-wind, and ooiled like ser
pents around her neck.
The negroes, hearing the cry, came in
their canoes. Before they arrived,
Francis had swam across, and stood by
mysister, supporting her.
They carried her beneath the palm
trees which bordered the shore. With
her arms entwined around her brother,
she cast on him glances of love ; but
from time to time look regretfully to
ward the island.
" Who will bring me my shell I" she
cried at last.
And, M if she had power to Command
the elementary spirits, there suddenly
arose a deep strange voice, which ex
claimed, "II"
A man of copper hne, gray eyes,
brows, long hair dripping with Mlt
water, came forth from the wavea, bear
ing the wiahed-for shell.
" Father Basaa I" cried all the negroes.
Father Saaaa was neither white, mu
lotto, nor black. He was of the in dig*
nous Oarib race. His family, a last
remnant of the original tribes found by
the Spaniards, had escaped the maoM
eras of civilization, and taken refuge
among the rocks of our wild peninsula.
But the family had been sadly reduced,
and Bassa alone survived. He bora the
title of cacique, though without subjects
to rule. His name was Bassagari, but
the blacks following their custom of
giving diminutives, always called him
Father SMBO.
He bed brought the longed-for ahell
to Julie. When he firat heard her cry
he plunged into the wavee.
'' Ah I whet e horrible ahell I" I cried,
perceiving e dark mew in the hand of
the Oarib, " Why ,'tian't worth the
pain it bee ooet. Throw it back into
the eea. Father Saaaa."
"To the eea I to the Ma I" cried all
the negroee.
But the Oarib, deaf to tbeao mnrmum,
advanced with na under the ahade of
the ooooa treea.
"Little whitea," aaid be, "you love
what ehinea, and for that reaaon do not
throw away thia ahell. It ia colorless
on the surface, but it gleaaa within.
The etara of night hare marked ita
heart"
" What, Father HIM," we cried,
"do yon mean to say yon can nee
through the ahell V
The oadqoe stretched oat a hand
toward the laat rock of the Oaravella,
where hia Uttle hut gleamed out and
vanished every moment in the frequent
iSghtning.
"Came there," mid he, "and you
will learn more."
And entering hia canoe, he diaap
finarod
The lightning grew more brilliant ;
large drops, quickly falling, announced
a coming tropical hurricane. We hast
ened homeward, bearing the shell.
The next morning the banana trees
beaten down in the fields, the uprooted
trees borne afar by torrents, were tba
only indications of tba storm of the
previous night. The heaven and the
aea rested, calm and beautiful, after
their wild passions had been gratified.
We started for the oabin of Father
SHU,
||We found the Oarib seated on a large
atone before hie dwelling, preparing
nets for fishing. Seeing ua be raised
hia heavy eyebrows; his atrnge eye*
gleamed aa with a gratified feeling that
we had remembered him and what be
bad told na the evening before.
" Who gave me this twine to mend my
net with t Mid he.
" I, Father BUM," replied Julie.
" who gave me thin good knife to ont
twine, make me wooden needlee, cover
my oabin with reeds. oarvo my canoe 7"
"I, Father Bassa, 1 ' replied Francis.
" And for that," ooniinned the oaoiqne.
"Bassagari follows yon wherever yon
go. Baneagari would let the shark* eat
him before a hair of yonr heads should
be injured. Bassagari saw the little
master and mistress yesterday straggling
against the sea; he went nnder the
water; he saved their shell."
" But what is this shell, Father Baa
sat" I inquired; "and what was tho
meaning of all the sorceries of Zombi (a
fetich), which yon told ns yesterday
evening nnder the ooooa trees f"
" Bee I" Mid tho Garib, pointing with
his finger to the fragments of shells
heaped np aronnd his hut, " see what
remains of Bassagari, my father, who
was the first in these lands to walk
securely beneath the deeps."
We observed that the shells were of
the same kind as ours.
"The white strangers chased onr
fathers from their home. To escape
from slavery the old Bassagari embark
ed hia family in his canoe; hnt he wonld
not leave behind him these shells
which bring lack to the fisherman and
keep afar the witchcraft of the water.
The whites suspected some mystery.
They broke tho shells against the rocks.
Fnnous at finding nothiug bnt the
white gleam of the shells, they pursued
ns; we rowed in vain! They shot all
exoept tne, who saved myself by swim
ming under the water. I was aloue;
the sea did not require my bones. 1
have canght since then far more than
they snapped np, the bloodsuckers.
The rook only, besides Bassagari, knows
the nest where they slnmber. But keep
the shell of yesterday, little whites;
when it speaks, Bassagari will reply.
Be who sings in the shells the plaints
of the sea, and who paints the sunrise
on their faces, will make the stars of
heaven sink into their heart."
80 the Garib spoke. Be was motion
less ; be glanceu, sweeping afar to the
verge of the horizon.
We silently left him, and gained onr
cool hall before the burning noon made
it intolerable without.
But these early happy days were
coming to an end. Wo were about to
qnit this pleasant paradiae for new
scenes.
"Wo grew up. Our parents spoke of
sending Francis and me to France.
When Jnlie heard this she sighed—was
agitated.
One evening my father came home
from the town and said that passage bad
been taken for ns on board a vessel
which wonld sail in two weeks.
My poor sister, the news was terrible
to her. I think I can see her now dur
ing those days. Hhe wonld sit for hoars
nnder a great palm tree, looking st the
deep bine sea.
Once, when Francis stole np to her,
taking her hand, ho said in the tender
cat tones.
" My lily, whet in it yon see there at
the bottom of the ?"
"I eee," she replied, " the white sail
of a ship which beam yon far awir—
away l w
Tiie oonnt consoled them both, and
passing his hand over the golden cnrla
of hie boy, he said:
" Ton lore Jnlie very moch, then 7"
" Tee, papa; and if I were never to
eee her again I would drown myself."
The day of departnre came. We l>ade
adieu. Julie, pale aa a sheet, came to
na with her sheila.
Bhe gave the finest to Francis, and
taking me l>y the band, said:
" J ales, I glee yon this horrible old
shell; don't forget that I fonnd it that
evening when Francis saved my life.
Keep it in memory of yonr sister and
her love for Francis."
Hix years later, during the winter of
1747-8, a voting man oompleted a high
ly-suooeasfnl oonrse of stndiee at the
university of Paris, and entered ariato
eratio life. It was the Vioompte de Ht.
OMx,
We made our preparations to return
to Martinique. Between our departure
and the wedding there aame an obsta
cle. This obstacle was a revolution I
The freedom of the blacks was pro
claimed. The Oonnt de Bh Croix was
ruined. He hoped to save his crop by
borrowing. The money was obtained
and wasted in vain efforts.
Francis rose in dignity and energy
daring this trial. "I will overcome
this disaster," he said. "I will not be
crushed; I will go to America; a few
years of labor, ana we aha 11 be reunited,
and Jnlie will be mine,"
He left soon for Havre and for New
York. Not long after his departure his
father, the old count, arrived in Paris.
He hoped to obtain from government
some indemnity for his lost estates.
Every effort was in vain. One morning
the poor old count tottered into my
room, and, casting himself on the sofa,
exclaimed:
" All ia loet!"
In andden alarm I started up to re
lieve him, and that eo anddenfy aa to
overthrow a heavy table. Owing to ita
ooncnaaion, the portrait of Jnlie, which
hnng on the wall, fell to the gronnd, and
with it the ahell, which rented upon the
upper portion of the frame. Aa the
j ahell fell it neparated into two portiona,
from which rolled three white ball*.
They were the three ntara of night—
three extremely large, immenaely-valoa
blepearla I
That very the flrat Jeweler of
Paria gave na $1)0,000 for the three
pearla.
We met again in Martinique. The
marriage was aolemniaed. We (ought
the old Indian, and aaet ourselves,
(bedding team of gratitude, into hia
arms.
" Father Baaaa," aaid Fraucia, "you
told mi the truth. We found the stars
of heaven in the ahella of the eea."
The eyee of the child abone with a
strange light, " Who were kind to the
E Indian I Who gave him wood for
anoa, a knife for hia flahing f Who
were good to him f For ailthat, chil
dren, follow me."
He placed hia hand on a great amootb
atone, or rather rook, which teemed cert
where it WM by the fnry of the waves.
"Saaaagari goea to the Booth. He
goea to the hidden land to join hia
father*. There they live in the silent
city, where ail ia of gold, where the race
of the lonaa of the South and of the
Asteoa of the North talk the old aacred
language of the serpent and of the ran.
There the roioe of the white waa never
heard. Children, adieu I"
He rolled away the atone. It oovered
the entranoe to a cave, in wbioh we new
piled high hundredsof nholla containing
pearls. We atood bewildered at the eight
of anoh enormonaj wealth, and then
turned to ombraoe the Oarib. He had
diaappoared. Hut afar off in the laat
rays of the netting aon, vanishing in ita
purple miet, we aaw a dark canoe pad
dled by one dusky form, whioh waved
na an adieu.
We had gained a million. On the
grotto we had placed the inaoript ion :
" To Baaaagari, laat of theOariba of thia
isle."
Where Artealan Weill Abound.
A correspondent iu Fountain Greek
townahip, Iroquois county, 111., writea
aa followa on the subject of artoaian
wella :
I will atate that Iroquoia oouutv has
not leaa than 500 or may be nearly 600
flowing arteaiau wella, of which nearly
200 are in the town of Watseka, the
county Beat of Iroquois. The aoil of
tho northern part or the county ia main
ly a rich, hlack, aandy loam from twoto
two aud a half feet deen, with mostly a
yellow clay, more or leaa mixed with
aome gravel, from three to twelve and
fifteen feet doep. After thia cornea a
soft blue clay at variable deptha, aav 100
and 150 feet, with aometimea but little
change. Sometime* aamall vein of aand
ia atruok at a depth of from forty to
aeventy-flve feet, whioh oontaina auffl
cieut arteaian water to flow to the top ;
but after the boring ia oontinued again
through the bine clay to tho depth of
aevonty-flvo to 150 feet from the aur
face, then thov atrike a aeoond vein,
which is most alwaya tho atrongeat and
will make a stronger and higher flow.
I have not heard of any rock ever being
found. Generally the now ia about two
inchea, in which a one and one-quarter
inch gaapipe ia pnt down from top to bot
tom, when cornea the operation of pump
ing aand, after which the water will flow,
though it ia aometimea the caae that
tho water will not raiae quite high
enongh to flow. The atrengtli of the
, flow of tbeao wella ia qaite variable—
from the aire of a atraw to a three-inch
j stream. The general aorface of thia
arteaian country ia rather flat, and the
, rmvinca on the prairie are few and not
, deep. Home creek banka are only at the
I moat eight to ten feet deep; in the tim
j lier aomewhat deeper. The ooat for bor
| ing and tubing with one and ooe-qnar
ter inch pipe now doea not amount to
over fifty to aixty oeuta per foot instead
I of the former high price*.
(Quinine.
The alkaline substance known a*
1 quinine, notwithstanding it* universal
; use throughout civilisation a* a power
: fnl tonic and remedy in intermittent and
remittent fevers, has been discovered
lean than sixty year*. . To Pelletier, tho
j French chemist, noted for observation
and analysis, belong* the honor of tho
diacovery, for which the Aoademv of
' Bcience awarded him • prixe of ld.ooo
franc*. Quinine has been much em
ployed recently as a preservative of
health when tho system is exposed to
I certain noxious influence* It* vain* aa
a prophylactic ia so generally recognised
, that in our own and other navie* qui
nine is regularly administered when ship*
are within given distance of the fever
infected ooast* of Africa. It ha* not
l>ecn found effective against all form*
, of intermittent fever; and the physician
in medical charge of Livingstone's
Zambesi expedition favored rum in
preference. Procured from the yellow
bark of that variety of the chinchoua
I tree known as oaliaaya, it ia to be had
| only in Bolivia and the adjoining Pe
: rurian province of Gars bays, although
the general impression ia that it cornea
exclusively from Peru. Tbe forests in
which tb* calissya tree is are ten to
twelve miles' journey from inhabited
place*. They are penetrated by com
panies of Osacarillos, men who make an
encampment, and roam through the
region felling tree* and gathering the
bark, which ia sent to Africa, and thence
shipped to Europe and thia country.
The medicine commonly taken in such
quantities in tbe West and South is the
sulphate, or properly the disulphate, of
quinine, and onnaists of one equivalent
of sulphuric acid, two of quinine and
eight of water.
A Meteor Ignites a Hayatark ,
Tbe Portland (tregemxan saya: Our
readers will remember that some weeka
ainoe we gave an aooount of a brilliant
meteor which fell in southern Oregon.
The Roaeburg AYar contains the follow
ing additional facta:
" It was seen to tbe north of us ss far
as Oarvaia, on tbe line of the railroad,
and aa far south aa Hacramento, and was
seen at aea by the officer* of the steam
ship Dakota, but we did not learn in
♦hat latitude. At Oervaia it appeared
low down in the southern horiaon, and
at Sacramento it appeared to tbe north;
it pasaed to the south of Roeeburg, its
course being apparently from east to
west While near the senith at thia
place it was seen to explode. No report
was heard, but it ia stated that frag
ments of the mrolite struck several
places on this ooast. One near Oak
Grove station, about twelve mil** south
of thia eity, and others in Josephine
county, and one further west in Del
Norte oouuty, California, while tbe
officer* of the steamer say the main body
fall into the oooan.
"The most singular coincidenoo, how
ever, has just come to our knowledge.
On the evening in question, whet ia sup
posed to have been a fragment of the
meteor, but to ell appearunoes a bail of
fire, struck a haystack on the old Flour
farm, belonging to F. Arehambeau,
some nine miles southwest of thia eity,
immediately communicating (Ire to the
bay, which was consumed. Several re
liable persons report having witoeaaeu
thia pUenoiiH'Doij. Thia i the most re
markable meteor that has been seen for
many years on this ooast, and we would
advise those living near where the frag
ments fell to dig for them, as they are
valuable to scientific men as curiosities."
It is stated, to proof of the assertion
that worry kills mere people than work,
that tbe Quakers, on account of their
quiet ways, live ten years longer cm the
average than other people.
A School ater aa a Wag matter.
In Edward Kggleaton'apoi
•Borne Wee tern Bcbo
lialied in Soribnar ooura thia anecdote
of aobool diacipline in Indiana in the old
timee: To a ncrvoua child the old diaci
pline waa, indeed, very terrible. The
long beech awitchea hanging on hooka
•gainst the wall haunted mc night and
day, from the time I entered one of the
old aohoola. And whenever there oame
an outburat between matter and pupil*,
the thoughtleea child often got the beat
ing that ahould have fallen upon tho
malioiona mischief-maker. Aa the maa
ter waa alwaya quick to fly into a paa
aion, the fun-loving benra wore alwaya
happy te atir him np. It waa an excit
ing aport, like hull-baiting, or like pok
ing atioka through at a oroea dog.
Bometimea the ferocioua maatcr showed
an ability on hia own part to gut aome
fun out of the oonflict, aa when on one
occasion in a school in Ohio the boys
were forbidden to attend a circus. Five
or six of them went, in spite of the pro
hibition. The next morning the school
master called them out in the floor and
addressed them:
'' Bo you went to the circus, did you 7"
" Yea, sir."
"Well, the others did not get a chance
to see the circus. I want yon boys to
show them what It looked like, and how
the homes galloped around tho ring.
You will join your hands in a circle
about the stove. Now start I"
With that ho began whipping them
aa they trotted around and around the
stove. Thia story ia told, I believe, in
a little volume of "Sketches," byErwin
Houae, now long forgotten, like many
other gooi books of Western literature
of a generation ago. I think the author
was one of the boys who "played
home " in tho master'* circus.
A a Ambitious Frontiersman.
Near tho site of Old Fort Kearney, in
Weatern Nebraska, there baa resided for
year* a queer character who ia well
known to the national representatives
at Waahingt m. At each recurring sea
*'on of Congress, Mr. Moses 11. Syden
ham, for that ia h's name, appeals per
sonally and through letters to Senators
and Congressmen, to remove the nation
al capitol to Uiia, "the geographical
! center of the United States and the uni
i verse." He ia a monomaniac on the
subject, and haa designated the exact
spot with a framework of poles. Tour
lsta who have time to do so, stop off at
Kearnev Junction, to view the scone of
Jules Yernes' pen portrayals in " Eighty
Days Around the World," visit the site
of the old fort, and to hare a chat with
old Mr. Sydenham. We did not find
! him at home. Those, however, who in
formed ns that he had gone to Wash
1 ington, communicated several new and
interesting facta about the old gentle
, man. In hia laat general circular to the
Waahington Solona, he guaranteed them
that, in caae they ahould decide to re
move the capitol to thia " geographical
center," he would sell enough corner
lota and adjacent territory to p*v for all
the npontes of removal, and leave a
small balance for the national exchequer,
after he himself had deducted three per
, cent for transacting the very important
, bntineaa.— Anv-riran Agriculturist.
How te Wet Married Cheaply.
Yesterday forenoon, while a Detroit
justice of the peace sat warming hia
feet by the stove, and hia nose by a
<*brar, a stranger entered and presently
inquired:
"Judge, how much will you charge
me to read over about fifteen lines of
j printed matter from a book I have 7"
"Why, can't you read them 7" replied
! hia honor.
"I can, but I want to bear bow the
line* sound when read aloud. 11l give
yon a <i carter to read them to me."
j "All right." replied the justice; "I
( can't earn two shilling' any quicker."
A woman opened the door at that
moment, and the stranger put down the
book on the desk, clasped her hand, and
said:
" Begin at the pencil-mark there, and
read slowly."
Hia honor's chin dropped exactly
eighteen inches by dry measure aa he
saw that the reading matter was the
usual form vt marriage, but he didn't
back down from hia word. It was ths
cheapest marriage he ever attended, and
he didn't half enjoy the chuckles of
bride and groom aa thqy went out.
Detroit Frm Pre**.
Werd ef Wisdom.
Ihere is no sky without ita cloud—no
gold without it* alloy.
If we dive to the bottom of pleasure,
we are sure to bring up dirt I
The vigorous idea keeps warm,
though wrapped in a few words.
Troubles are like dog*; the smaller
they are tbe more they annoy us.
He who works with hope before him
knows no fatigue and feels not pain.
Gratitude ia the music of the heart,
whan its chords are swept by kindnee*.
Divine guidance ia shown when our
vessel, tempest tossed, keeps steadily on.
A year of pleasure passes like s fleet
ing breese, but a moment of sorrow
teems an age of pain.
Happiness consists in occupation of
mind. Hmall minds require to be coon
pied by affairs. Great minds can ooeapy
After an event ia irretrievable, noth
ing ia more foolish and absurd than the
disc nation of what might have been
done.
Why He Came.
A gentleman who frequented e circus
noticed a boy among the audience who
was sound asleep every time be happen
ed to be in. Ourioua to know why the
urchin should resort to such a place for
somniferous purposes, our friend went
up one evening and ecoosted blm: ,
" My little fellowl what do you go to
sleep for ?"
"I can't keep awake." rejoined the
boy; " it ia a terrible bore to eee them
<1 "ins tbe same thing every night"
" But why do yon come I"
" Ob, I can't help It—t must come; I
have got a season ticket I"
One who knows says yon may talk of
your water cares, your movement oares,
and your bine-glass cures, bat there is
nothing like the sinecure, after all.
CURRENT MOTES.
An old, reapectable and rich farmer
of lonia county, Mich., recently went
over the hilla to the poorhouae, seleot
ed a young and good-looking orphan
girl, married her and took her home
with him.
In viow of the alight injury done to
orange aud lemon tree* by nnuanal cold
in California, the Ban Francisco Bul
letin aaya: "It appeara from the teati
mony gathered from the wi lely sepa
rated geographical point# that the
orange tree ia now anooeNafnlly culti
vated over an area in California not leaa
than 400 milea long by 120 mi lea broad
—or that on 48,000 aquare milea of ter
ritory the orange can be cultivated
without encountering any aerioua cli
matic obstacles."
The introdnction of the rabbit haa
Ixien a enrae to the Hritiah oolouiea in
the South Pacific. In the plaina it ia
poaaible to keep them n r, but in
rough country they drive . everything
elae. Thouaanda of pounda have been
expended in Auatralia on their deetruc
tion, and even then the alighteat relaxa
tion of vigilance sees them make head
again at a terrible rate. New Zealand
aeems to lie Buffering quite aa much,
and more than one bill haa been intro
duced to deal with thcae peat*. Nothing
abort of a combined effort on the part
of the aettlera will ever nproot them
where they have once fairly got a hold.
Houaea that have been empty may be
oome fever breedera when they oome to
be reoccnpied. An Engliah aanitary
ofßoer allege* that he haa observed ty
phoid, diphtheria or other zymotic af
fection* to ariae tinder tbeao eirenm
atancea. The canae ia supposed to be
in the diauae of cintern*, pipea and
draina, the nroeeatea of putrefaction go
ing on in tiie impure air in them, the
unobstructed acoeaa of thia air to the
houae, while the cloaure of window* aud
door* effectually ahut* out freah air.
Pomona raovine from the city to their
oountry homea tor the anmmer abould
ace that their draina and pipea are in
perfect order, that the cellar and cloacta
are cleared of rnbbiab, and the whole
bonae thoroughly aired before occupy
ing. Oatbolla acid naed in tlje cellar i*
i a good and cheap diainfoctant.
In Runiiia the machinery of factoriea
and the engine* of railroadr and steam
er* arc chiefly in charge of foreigner*,
on account of the lack of experienced
native mechanic*. It ia now realised
Uwt thin atate of thing* ia neither eco
nomical nor patriotic; and bcaidea there
have been accident* because Uie foreign
mechanic* and engineer* did not under
atand the Russian language. In order
to bring abont a change,the government
in 1871 ordered the railroad companies
to pay fifteen rouble* per verat (two
third# of a mile; for the establishment
and support of railroad school*. About
320,000 rouble# a year are collected
under thi* order,and now there are about
twenty such school*. Twenty more are
to be opened thia year. These arboola
are situated on the railroad lines, and
each of them ia provided with a machine
shop, where every pupil ia obliged to
work not lean three hours daily. The
full course require* four year*. Each
student chooses his specialty a* me
chanic, engineer or telegraphist Re
sides these there are five conductors'
school*. A* the railroad school# have
proved successful, other branches of in
dustry are to follow the example. Many
steamship companies and factoriea pro
|>o#c to establish schools to secure ex
(•erienoed hands for their service.
Airrage Ivalh Rate* or firest ClUe*
Al*U' weekly report of tbe New York
Ixmrd of health contain* aome interest
ing facta and figure* relative to the aver
age death rate In that and other cities in
this country and in Europe. For the
week in Question the ertnal number of
death* in New York we* 569, a Might in
crease over the aatue period for the past
five years, and an average of 27.09 per
1,000. The annual death rate per 1,000
person* living of the estimated or snum
cratod population—according to the
most recent weekly returns—of Phila
delphia wa* 22 08, Brooklyn, 19.90; St
Louis, 11.64; Baltimore, 19.52; IV*too,
21 69; Cincinnati, 16 57; New Orleans,
21.54; Richmond. 23 69; Charleston,
41.42, L>ayton, 9.88; Lowell, 18,69;
Worcester, 18.87; Cambridge, 16.22;
Lawrence, 10.11; Lynn, 1187; Spring
field. 21.52. Monthly returns—San
Francisco. 18.62; Buffalo, 12.57; Wash
ington, 28.06; Providence, R. 1., 24.84;
St, Pan!, Minn., 12. Foreign citiea—
weekly return*—London, 26.2; Liver
pool, 56.7; Birmingham, 27.4; Man
cheater. 81.4; Balford. 34 4; Glasgow,
29.8; Edinburgh, 24.6; Dundee, 81;
Dnblni, 48 9; Belfast, 45; Cork, 18;
Brnasela, 80.1; Antwerp, 25.4; Ghent,
28.9; BndaPestb, 35.8; Pari*. 28; Turin,
29.5; Venice. 23.6; Berlin, 27.5; Bres
lan, 81.89; Vienna, 29.7; Trieste, 39.4;
Copenhagen, 24.58; Stockholm, 21.4;
Christiana, 17.17; Amsterdam,2B.l; Rot
terdam, 20 5; The Hague, 30.9; Calcutta,
49.9; Bombay, 88 8; Madras, 34 6. Gene
va (without suhnrba), 25 8; Basle. 26.8;
Berne, 29.9; Warsaw 24.91; St, Peters
burg, 48.41. MauthiT return—Alexan
dria, Egypt, 41.09; Hamburg (stats),
21.77.
The Cssr*a Beer Hunt.
Tha otr wiihtd to shoot t bear. A
bear wh accordingly found, a ring of
peasants snrroanded it, sad word of its
whereabouts was sent to the imperial
sportsman. Unfortunately, while three
preparations were being made, the crea
ture contrived to slip through the ring
and escape. What was to be done?
That the emperor of all the lluaaia*
should eome and find no game would
never da A happy idea seised one of
the foresters. Regardless of coat, a tame
bear waa procured in the niok of tune,
turned loose within the ring, and now all
waa ready. The circle closed in ; brain
waa discovered at the foot of a tree;
the attradsnts fall back, the emperor ad
vanced to fire, but now came the dimes
—joet as the trigger was shout to he
drawn, brain roee slowly m> bis hind
feet end began to perform the national
dance 1 This exhibit!on saved his life,
but it did the reverse of, securing far
those who introduced him to the pres
ence that royal Cavor which their inge
nuity deserved.
A Ofar that wu Nmeked.
nr WOULD mm.
I win oot qm lb* flltliy wd,
Mo, not in soy form I
The vllwrt Icuect on It fastis—
The slimy, crawling worm.
—PorUnnoUilt WttJciy.
UVT V* DID.
Than Lied be to bla dismi) den.
A prsy to griping grief ;
And sweet nepenthe found be In
Nlootten* fragrant leaf.
—llrukrntaik lUj/uJAUam.
KM TBKV wMBUtn ttc aan* t.
He soon grew pate, and Am became
A prey to griping grief ,
lie held bis stomach In bis bands -
His anguish past belief.
ODIM AMD EX OH.
What does Vicksburg Mi—
in it that a bat farnaoe in al ways
Pitnri ia tbe name of a narcotic in
dulged in by tbe native* of Australia.
One-fourth of tbe {United Btote* na
tional debt has been paid since tbe war
Excellent papei may be manufactured
out of tbe usually-rejected ends of aspar
agns.
The wealth of England ia oom pules
at (39,200,000,000; the wealth of France
at (40,300,000,000.
Tbe question of tbe period ia not
who struck Billy Patterson, but, whc
, did Charles Lamb f
I Tbe school-boy manages to be more
perfect in " recess " than in any other
exercise of tbe scbooL
" Mare you beard my last joke yet ?"
asked a would-le wag. "No," replied
i Twinkle, "but I wish I had."
Spring poetry rarely wastes its sweet
ness on desert air. It is generally
crowded inlo damp waste-paper bags,
i and sold by tbe pound.
A Boston merchant closed bis store
"for improvements," sunk tbe floor
about a foot, and then advertised to sell
j goods lower than ever before.
Tbe smallest pianist in the world,
j Bignor Lnigi OusUvo Faxio di I'linto da
Campo Basso, is now in Rome, Italy.
! He is only two feet high, and is said to
! be extremely clever.
Tbe young man who took up tbe ool
i lection in church tbe other Bunday,
j when nothing but five-cent pieces were
forthcoming, remarked tbat was • neat
bit of nickel-plating.
"Bee here," said au eccentric old man
to an office tx>y who bad brought a doo
tor's bill to him. "Bee here; tell your
master that 111 pay him for the items of
medicine cbargeJ in this bill, but as for
I the visits, why—l'll return them !"
Disappointments come to us early in
life. One of the first we experience is
when, in achool-days, the teacher's rod
, comes down upon the palm of the hand
which we hold out unflinchingly, be
cause we have generously rosined it.
Ouch 1! I— Puck.
There are said to be but six woman
, lawyers among all tbe forty five mil
j lions of people of tbe United Stoles ;
Mr*. Lock wood, of Washington, D. C.;
Mrs. Mira Brad well, editor of the Chi
cago Legal Newt, Illinois; Mr*. Pbebe
Coxxens, of Missouri; Mrs. Foster, of
1 Iowa; Miss GoodaU.iof Wisconsin: and
I Mrs. Foltx, of Ban Francisco.
| In ancient times the ring usually
: served as a seal A law of Bolou, to
prevent counterfeiting seals, forbade
the seal engraver to keep the form of a
. seal made by him. Ancient aealringa
I were of gold, iron and ivory. They were
, worn by both sexes in Greece, common
ly on the fourth finger, but the fingers
were sometimes loaded. Gems were
frequently used, tbe onyx being the
favorite.
The New York Home Journal says
tbe amount of luxurious tenderness be
stowed upon pet dogs in tbat city is al
most incredible. It is net at all uncom
mon to aee a carriage, with two livery
men upon tbe box, driving through Oec
tral park on a pleasant morning, with
only a dog, or perhaps a pair of them,
inside, taking a sniff of fresh air. They
have had their bath, their locks have
been dressed and freah ribboos adorn
their necks, while a short-haired dog ie
, carefully blanketed.
Pacific COM! whaler* e< forth from
their winter quarter* early in the spring,
provisioned for a long crniM of at leant
! six month a The crews number ahont
thirty-fire men, a force snfßeient to man
four or flee boats. The number of boats
carried depends on the locality of the
| hunting ground and the nature of the
whales to be captured. In the extreme
: north whales never attack a boat, but in
the south they do so frequently. The
best of the weapons carried is the patent
harpoon gun, which is darted from the
band, and exploder after striking tbs k
whale, censing instant death when it *
enters a vital part.
A Lawyer's Oeertohlp.
Being in a oonfl Jeotial mood the other
evening. Lawyer r lead well was induced
to tell why he didn't many young Miss
Tendorfaeart, to whom ha bad formerly
paid attention. "Well." be began,
"one Hnndsy evening I called upon her
with the intention of bringing things to
s forma. I bad thought of nothing elae
for a week, till my mind had got into
such a state of agitation that I hardly
knew what I was about Wa wars ait
ting opposite each other, talking am
casual matters, whan I suddenly braced
tip, and looking Mary in the eye (rather
sternly, I snapeef), said i, 'Now an-
ewer ma without equivocation—mind,
you're on oath—tell me whether or not,
to the boat of your knowledge and be
lief, you are ready to become Mm.
PleadweUr Well, gentlemen, the
showed a spirit I bad little suspected,
and which thoroughly awakened me to aa
appreciation of the fool I bad made of
myself-" Mary was on her feet in an in
stant raked herself to her full height—
aha had aevur seemed so tall before—
aad with 'Mr. Plead well, when I am
ready ami willing, I will send you word.
sir 1' ehe flounced out of the ro*a. And V
I—well, I thought I'd ha going. Now,
gentlemen, this to not to be repeated,*
added PkedweU, half repenting his
band of confidence. All promised not
to tell, and that is bow we heard of it
Boston IS awstrtpi