Wheat.
MAT.
man v shades ol tender glcfill
Are rippling, shimmering, pulsing with do
light,
Jn. cool and billowy, like the glimmering
sheen •
IX some grand river in the morning light,
Thrilling with hope, its life is Inir,
, Its joy is lull, sll through the lovely Msy
I Amply grows anil waves, uor trios to bear
The coining hurilen ol the harvest 'lay.
JVSIt.
' SUeepcd in hot sunshine, lightly swing
"The long bright stall - whose bearded heails
hang ilown
Reueath their fruitful bunlen, which the
spring,
Departing, !■ 1 upon them s* it crown.
Sweeter anil graver life has grown,
The green jul touched to goM hv decp'ning
June,
Warm, bright with glowing, with its mellow
ing tosie
Flecked with tlie shadows of. the afternoon.
iUir.
s serrieil ranks tlie golden shear e*
(•leant lainlly in the sunset's lading red,
While some reluctant blackbird slowly leaves
The fruitful gleaning* for his rjulot bed;
And thus, with full iruition blest,
The wheat stands rrnped. It bath no uiore
to yield.
Aral thnnklully, tielorr be seeks bis real.
The weary reaper gn/c* o'er his tlcld
Cornelia Sri taring
THE CHILD SPY.
[lis n tup was Stenne, little Stenne.
He was a "child of Paris." thin and
pale, and was ten, perhaps lift eon years
old, for one can ncv.i r say exactly how
old those children arc. 1f i mother was
dead, and his latin r. an ex-marine, was
the guardian of a square in tlie quarter of
the femple. The nurse* and babies, the
old ladies who always carry their own
folding chairs, and the poor mothers, all
that small world of i'aris which seeks
shelter from vehicles, in those gardens
that are surrounded by pavements, knew
father Stenne and loved him. They
knew that under his rough mustache,
which wig* the terror of dog* and dis
turbers of benches, was hidden a kitid,
tender and almost motherly smile, and
that in order to bring it forth they had
only to say to tlie good man:
" How is your little son?"'
For Father So* ne loved hisuit.e son
*o inueh!
He was so happy in the afternoon
when, after hi- school, the little IMJ>
would call for him, and together they
would make tlie rounds of the paths,
stopping at each lunch to spenk to the
habitues of tie square and to answer
their good wishes.
But when the sieg< began everything
was sadly changed. Father Stenne'.*
square was closed and filled with pe
troleum. and the poor man, condemned
to an incessant surveillance, passed hi.*
life in the d'.si rtcd, upturned paths,
quite alone, not permitted to smoke, and
only seeing hi* little son late in the
evening at his home. You should have
seen his mustache when he spoke of the
Prussians. Little Stenne. however, did
sot complain of this new life.
A siege! Nothing is more amusing
for suelt urchins. No more school, no
more studies! Holiday all the while,
and tho-strects as exciting ns a fair.
Tlie child ran aiwiut all day till niglit
fnll. He followed the battalions ol lh
Quarter to the ramparts, choosing those
tnat had a good hand. Little Stenne
was well posted ob that subject. He
would tell you very glibly that the
Ninety-sixth band was not worth much,
hut the Fifty-fifth had an excellent one.
Sometimes lie would watch the mobiles
training, and then there were tlie pro
cessions. • * * With his basket un- 1
Cer his arm he would join the long fib-*
that were formed in the dark cold winter ,
mornings, when there was no gas, be
fore the butchers' and bakers' shops.
There, with their f.vt in the wet,
the people would make acquaint
ances and talk politics, and, as he was
Mr. St enne's son, everybody would ask
hint Ids opinion. But the most amusing
of all were the afternoon game*, especi
ally the famous g.imeof gnlo hc, which
the Breton mobiles made the fashion
during the siege. When little Stenne
was not at the ramparts or baki r's ihop
you would I*- sun* to find him at tlie
sqnnrc of the Chateau d'F.au. He did
not play, however j it needed t<H> much
money; he was satisfied in watching the
players with ail his eyes.
One especially, a great fellow in a hue
workman's hb>U e. who only p .id
with five-fran pieces, excited his ad
miration. When he ran one roubl hear
the coins jingling under his blouse.
One day as h<- was picking up a piece
Ilia' had rolled under little Stenne's
teet. Ihe great, fellow said to him in a
low tone: "That make* you wink,
hey? Well, if you wish. I'll tell you
where they're to be found."
The game over, he took him to a
coiner of the souarc and proposed that
he should join him in selling newspnpers
to (lie Prussians—that lie would make
ti.it ty francs for every trip. At first
Stenne was very indignant and refused,
and what wis more, he remained away
from the gnme for three days—three t<T
rible day. lie neither ate nor slept any
more. At midnight lie would see great
hen|>* of gaioche* piled on the foot of his
bed and five-franc pieces moving over it,
bright and shining. The temptation
was too strong for him. The fourth day
he returned to the Chateau d'Kau, saw
tlie large fellow and was overcome.
• • • • *
They set out one sunny morning, a
linen bag thrown over their shoulders
and their newspapers hidden under their
blouses. When the* reached the Flan
ders gate it was yet hardly dawn. The
great tellow took St une by tlie hand
and appr incited the sentinel—a good
civilian witii a red nose nnd kind air
Ue said to liitn, with a plaintive tone:
" Let us pas*, my good monsieur. Our
t ••liter is 111 nnd papa is dead. We are
gelrg to see. my little brother nnd I. if
* VTi enn't find some potatoes to pick up
in the fi •Id*."
fie eried, and Stenne, who was
ashamed. lower* d his head. The sen
tinel looked at them a moment, and
the->, giving a glam-e over the white,
dorert'sl road, "<Jo quickly," said lie to
litem. moving aside; and then they were i
in the road to Auncrville. How the'
inrge follow laughed!
Confusedly, a* though in a dream, lit
tle Stenne saw the manufactories trans
armed into barracks,their tall ehimneys,
which pierced the fog and seemed to |
I roach the sky, fireleas and batteretl.
j Now and again they would see aHont i
, nol and officers who were looking far oft
through their field-glasses, ami their
| small tents, wet with snow, which was
! melting before dying fires. The large
fellow knew tlm way, and would take
I short cuts over the fields in order to es
! cape tlie outposts. But suddenly they
| came upon a large body of sharpshooters
I too late to escape them. They wore in
| their little cabins, hidden in a ditch half
I full of water, and encamped along the
: Soissons railway. This time, though
thc'largo fellow recommenced his tear
ful atory, they would not let him pass.
As lie was lamenting, an old sergeant,
white and wrinkled, and who looked
like old Father Stenne, came out of the
post guard's cabin.
" W ell, little ones, don't cry any
more!" said he to tlto children, "we will
id you go after your potatoes, fait before
you leave, come in and warm yourselves
a little. * * * lie looks frozen that
small Im>y there!"
Alas! It was not with cold that little
Stenne trembled; It was from fear, from
shaiue. * * * lit the pout-house tlicy
found some soldiers gat lu red round a
small fire, a real widow's tire, by whose
blaze they were thawing their biscuits
on the end of their bayonets. They
crowded close together so as to make
room for the children. They gave them
a drop of wine and a little eoft'eu.
While they were drinking, an officer
came to the door, called the .sergeant,
spoke to him in a low voice, and then
quickly went away. "Boys?" said the
sergeant, as lie came hack radiant,
" there will be tohaccoto-night. • • •
We have found out the Prussian*' pass
word. i think this time we will take
hack from them that Bourg< t."
Then there followed an explosion of
bravo* and laughter. They danced and
sang :uid swung their sabers in the air.
Profiling by the tumult, tlie children
disappeared. Having pas-'*! the breast
work nothing remained to be crossed but
the plain, at the end of which was a
long white wall filled with loop-holes.
They directed their step* toward thi*.
stopping i v< i v now and then and mak
ing believe to look for potatoes. " 1,1 t
u* return; don't go any further," Huh
Stenne said all the while, but the large
one only shrugged bis shoulders and
went on. Suddenly tlu-y heard the
click of a gun ts'ing aimed at them. " Lie
down." said the large bo v. throwing
himself on the ground. When he was
down he whistled and another
whistle answered him ov<r the snow,
and they went on, climbing on their
hands and knees. In front of the wall,
and even with the ground, two yellow
mustaches under greasy rap* appeared,
and the large Imy leaped into the ditch
beside the Prussians. "That is my
brother.'" said he, pointing to his com
pan ion. He was *o small—little Stenne
—that on seeinghim the Prussian* Imgnn
to laugh, and one of them was obliged
to take him in hi* arms in order to lift
hint over the breach.
On the other side of the wall w. re
large breastworks, fallen Irec* and black
hoies in the snow, and in each one of
these was the same yellow must-m be
and greasy cap, and there was great
laughing sis the soldiers saw the children
pass hv.
In a corner was a gardener's house,
cnarmatrd with the trunks of tn*-*, tlm
lower part of whieh was full of soldier*,
who were playing cards and making
soup over a char, bright fire. ll<>w
good the rnbtingcs and the bacon smelt,
and what a difference to the sharp
shooter's bivouac! I'p stair* were the
officers, and tlmy heard them playing
•>n the piano and opening champagne
bottle*. When tlie Parisians on ton d the
room a hurrah of joy greeted tliem.
They gave up tlmir newspapers, and the
officers gave them something to drink
and made tlmm talk. They all had a
proud, hard look, but the large l*y
amused them with his Parisian gayety
and his gamin slang. They laughed and
repeated hi* word* after him. and seemed
to wallow with delight in the Parisian
mud lie brought them.
Little Stenne, too. would have liked
to luive taikeii and to have proved that
he was not stupid, but something em
barrassed him. Opposite to him, sit
ting apart, was a Prussian, older and
more serious than the others, who was
reading, or rather seeming to rend, for
he never took his eve* off little Stenne,
and there was in hi* glance iMith tender
nis** and reproach, a.* though this man
might have had a chiid of little Stenne's
age at home, and as if lie to
himself: "I would rather die
my son doing such a thing,"
looked.at little Stenne the lx>y felr "is if
a hand was clutching at his hear! ami
keeping it from beating. To e*eap< the
anguish he began to drink, and soon
everything turned around him. He
heard vaguely, amid loud laugh*, his
comrade making ftin of the National
(Juards. of their way of going through
their drill. h<> imitated an assault of
arm* in the Marnis. and a surprise at
night on the rampart*. Then tne large
Isiy lowered his voire, the oft'n er* ap
proach 1 nearer to hirn nnd their face*
grew more solemn. The miserable f ( ).
low was telling them about that night's
premeditated attack, of which the sharp
shooter* had spoken. Then little Stenne
rose, furious and eompli tcly sobered :
" Don't tell that fe!low,l won't have
you."
But the other only laughix! and con
tinued; but before lie had finished the
officers were all on their feet, and one
of tliciu, showing tlie door to the chil
dren, told them to " Begone!" and tliey
began to talk hurriedly together in Her
man. The large boy left the morn as
proud as a doge, efinking his money.
Little Stenne followed him, holding
down iiis head, and as he was passing
the Prussian whose look had so dis
turbed him:
"Not nice thai, not nice," and tlie
tears come into his eyes.
Onee more in the plain the ehiidren
began to run and return toward Paris
qufekly. Their sacks were filled with
potatoes whieh the Prussians had given
them, and with these they passed tlm
sharpshooters' encampment without any
trnu ,!e. They were preparing for the
nigh; attack. Troops wore arriving
silentlVj and woro massed behind the
wall. Tl le obi sergeant was there, husilv
engaged arranging his nun with such a
happy look. When the children passed
near liini ho recognized them and smiled
kindly at them. Oh ! how badly that
smile made little Stenne feel. For a
momentum felt as if he should burst out
• ryfng and say to tlnm: "Don't go
them. • * • We have betrayed you,"
But thenthm Imy to.d hint tflat ' he
spoke a word they would be shot, and
*o fear kept him silent
At Courneuve tliey entered an alwui
doaed house to divide thuii money.
Trull, compel* me to *a,v that tlie
division wa* honestly made, and, when
he heard the tine crown* sounding under
hi* blouflc and thought of the future
gnme* of galoche, little Btenne thought
. hi* crime win not ho ilreaillul after nil.
Hut when lu> wn* alone, the unhappy
T child —when at the gates of the city tint
r Urge hoy left him, tui'ii hit pocket*grow
• hi'iivy mill the hum! t hut had I him
i' I grasping hid heart licit! it tighter mill,
c Pari* hci jiuhl no longer the same to him ;
• the passers-by regarded him severely, am
y if tlu-y knew from whenco lie came, ami
I i lie lienril the woril "spy" in till the
it j sounds of the street anil the hutting of
f tiie ilmiits along the canal where the
e troops were exercising. At last lie
li reaelietl hit home, anil, glnil to find that
•- iiis father hail not conic in, lie hurried to
i, his room and hid the crowns that were
, ! weighing so heavily under his pillow.
1 ; Never hail Father Senile heeli so gooii
e ' humored and joyous as lie was that
night oncoming home. Good news had
y been received from the provinces; thi
ll : country's affairs were going Is-itcr.
e Whilst he was eating, tin* old soldier
s looked at liis gun hung on the wall ami
t lie said to the hoy, with a hearty liutgli:
" Hey! my son, how you would go alter
c the Prussians, if you were old enough!"
ii Ahout eight o'clock they heard the
y sound of a cannon. "It is at Auln-rvil
a licrs; they are fighting at iiourget!" said,
tin old tiian. who knew where all the
s 1 forts were situali-d. Utile Strum- grew
y pale, and, feigning great fatigti", went to
!• lied, but not to sleep. The cannons Were
i thundering continuously. He pictured
to himself the sharpshooter* going at
r night to surprise the Prussians, and lall
, ing into an ambuscade themselves, He
i ri'eulled the sergeant wlio had sniih d at
n S him, and saw him stretched out there
, in the snow ami so many others with
' liiin! • • • The price of all that
- blood was hidden thereunder his pillow,
• and it Was lie, the son of Mr. Ste.me— of
a soldier— liis tears choked him. In
f the adjoining room lie heard Ids fat tier
I walking to and fro, and then open a
window. Down in tiie stris-t the rappel
i was MitimlM; a battalion of mobiles
Were getting ready to start. Then then
[ was no doubt about there being a real
i battle going on. Tiie unhappy boy could
Hot keep hark his Soils.
" What is the matter with you?" ask* .1
his father, entering hi*room. Thoehild
i could bar it no longer; lie jumped
from hi* lull and threw liiruseif at hi*
father's fi't. In so doing the silver
I crowns rolled down on tin lloor.
" What i-tlti-? Have you (wot -t-ic
ing?" asked the old man, beginning to
; tremble. Then, all in one breath, little
. Stcniic told him that In- had heen to the
Pru**in*. and all that In- had done, ami
, as he was speaking, lie felt his heart
• grow lighter; it comforted him to make
the eon ft-don. His father listened to
him with a terrible look on hi face,
and when the story was told, he huri'xl
i hi* face in hi* Ii inds and wept.
"Father, father —!" the child tried
to say, hut the old man pushed
hint on without replying to him. and
pti k'd up the money.
" Is that all?'" he asked. Uttie Stciim
niadi a -ign that it was; then the old
man took down his gun and cartridge*.
■ and putting the money in his pocket,
said :
"1 am going to return it to them,"
•-aid lie, and without another word—
without even turning hi* head, he
went down into the street, and .joint*]
tin- mobile- who wen-starting off in the
night. He was never ,e< n again'
from thr /■'•cifh of AlphotUf fktmU (.
A Pigmy I'alnter.
In a p-ernt exhibition of old ami oi
rloiis painting* in Holland wa a por
trait of <HiM-r Cromwell, it was by no
means a masterpiece of art. Is ing a
somewhat fi-ebie imitation in style of
Sir !'• ter I/dy. the court painter of
Charles 1. of England. Hut it wa* ap al
curiosity in its wav.
Its painter wn* Richard tiibson, other
wise known, as the "dwarf artist."
Gibson was tlircc feet two inches high.
He was liorn in IMS. While serving as
a page for a lady at Molt lake, sic no
ticed his talent tor drawing, and caused
him to be instructed bv lie Kcevn. the
superintendent of tin- famous Nfortlake
laj* -trv works. The little artisi tieeame ■
very skillful a* a copier of Sir Peter
Udy's pictures, and attracted the atten
tion of tyueen Henrietta Maria. Slie
made him tier hut>and's page, and mar
ried him t' a dwarf young lndv of ex
actly his own height, who wuiw-1 on
In r The wedding of the dainty little
t-.lir was honored iiy the presence of the
ing and queen. and Kdmtind Waller,
the poet, i-oinnieinornted it |,y a poem.
lost hi- *- epier and hi*
pa--' d with hi* queen out Ol
Kniftali lines, hi* little protege lived and
throve. lb- had painted the king's por
j trait, and now was called upon to iimn
that of the proti tor. Cromwell re
garded hint with particular And kindly
favor. On the n v -torntion he again
changed coats, and entered the*<-rvj<-rnf
Chnrle* 11, !!• was drawing master to
the Prince**. - Mnrv and Anne. Hut the
wild court of the *.>n of hi* old master
did not suit the last.* of the pigmy
painter, now grown old. lie ntind to
; private life, and died in IOW. His wife,
after giving hirth to nine children, all of
whotn attained ordinary . size, died in
1701). at the age ofninety.
A l'lltshnrgb Man's I,nek.
X. w -paper* nowadays are full of *tor
ie* of the marvelous link which has be- ,
| fallen people who did not look for any
thing of tiie kind to happ. n. Every now
( and then we hear ofsotnclxidv having a
; large fortune left to tin m by the death of
; a distant relativt, a cousin In California,
or sotnethingof that kind. Not long ago
a voting Pittsburgh! r had a singular
piece of Juck happen to him. One day
the young gentleman in question was
walking down Fifth avenue when he saw
an old and rather decrepit man slip on a
crossing iiinl fail heavily. He aided him
Ito regain Ids finding, and helped hitn ;
into a neighboring drag store, where the i
old man had Ids leg mended with stick
ing plaster, as he had knocked some of
j the skin off. The old iellow seemed very \
grateful for the courtesy which had been
shown l int, and, after asking the name
of the young man who had heen of sit- ;
vice to hint, lie wrote it down in a mem
orandum hook, and said, as he shook
hands, "My name is ,1 am front Man
, SAchusetts. Suite day, perhaps, you may
i hear from inc." Time passed on. and all
recollection oftlie occurrence passed front
the Pittsbiirglier's ndnd. lie became
embarrassed in business, and was rc
duend to extreme poverty. One day
wlien be felt extremely down-hearted and
did not know which way to turn for a
livelihood, heeluuicrd topiek up a ltos
ton paper, lunl, to In* intense Health
mi nt, lie saw tliat tlieold inan whom lie
had picked Up on Fifth avenue was dead,
and by his will, which was published in
the paper, the Pittshiirghcr saw that a
tort tine of over $300,000 lntd bran left by
the dead man to found a theological sent - I
inary. I
TIMELY TOPICS.
The faience uf IJailUt says: "If farm
ers would avoid suddenly cooling the
liody after great exertions, if they w ould
be careful not to (jo with wet clothing
and wet feet, and it they would not over
eat when in that exliaustisl condition,
anil bathe daily, using much friction,
tliey would have little or no rheuma
tism."
A Zulu land letter says that the Prince
imperial died lighting, and must have
sold his life dearly. In the rigid hand
! of the corpse wo* found a tuft of hnir, ol
native filter, while tin path marked by
1 the Zulu* in quitting the fatal spot was
stained for a hundred yard* with gout*
of blood, supposed to have dropped Irom
wounded men being borne away by tls-ir
I comrades.
In Itu-sia, a* well a* in Germany, Aus
i tria and on* or two minor northern
realms, a nobleman'* title i- inherit'd bv
all his son*, whn tran-iuit it to their olf
-pring, and so on, <ul iufiniiuiit. Nenlv
nohh- neeesNnrily alMiund. There are
forty nr fifty Count Zlcbys In Hungary,
or four of whom are wealthy mag
nate*, and the ri-*t pas- their live- in the
army or government ofl'n - on tin- -mall
■ •-t pay. In Galii-i.-i there are entire vil
lage-where every peasant native has tlie
right to pref.iew hi- iiutiic with the title
of prince.
It 1* a fact nut generally known in San
I raneiseo that there i- a < him -e marin<
inMUranee company in that city wlih li i*
doing a pretty good husine-s in taking
risk * mi treasure shlpnient* from Ran
Francisco to Hong Kong. The institu
tion goes hy the name <>f the On Yai In
suranee Company of Hong Kong. Tie
com punyri-k- iast year amounted to
$1.3/ti,Out, and tie pr> miuni- i<- sl.'l.o(Ki.
Tie- li>--. fur tiie year were s3,3'i|. Tiie
company'* agem-y in San Franeiseo is in
tin- hands of Uii lbng, I.ung V Co.
Thi Rgvnt* -/ii' a bona in tie- sum ol
$".ooo to *i euri the pay tr.' tit of munici
pal taxi - in tiie busim *.
'1 he Sunlxfv AttnrUan says that tin
milrnwe.t gauge and the chi afa-st rail
way as vet brought out is that ol I>. H.
Jalil'-s, Vi-alio. t al. Two stout liars of
Wisml, -ii laid a- to leave a groove be.
twe.-n tln-m, form the track. On this
tra< k a whi-i-1 with a bulge in the mid
dle of it* periphery that fit* the groove
is used, tic wheel having a hroail flange
at each side of tie Imige. One of the-,
wheels placed at i-.-n-h end of a pinnk
form* the ear. It i* alleged that twelve
uiiluK an hour can Is- got out of a wooden
railway of thi* construction; and tliat
its '-nrrj ing capacity i- very great. The
co*t i estimnUsl at one thousand
dollar* a niih
Gne of the pettiest and no am-t sort*
of Htenling done iii New York i* that
pi rpctrated on little childn n. Tin
children are sent out hy their parents to
the grin -ry or other pine, - t,, purihasi
sonn-article, when the little one i ac
i o-ti-1 by generally a youth of almut --v.
enlei n. asked w hat he has got in hi*
hand, p< rsuaded to show him. ami then
lie t.ak'-s the money and frighten* the
■ hild so it run- home in gr- at terror.
These miiut theft* are gi-nerally porpe-
I trali'd on the eliildren of [*-op)e who • an
ill afford to laie miia (• w jH-nni'. The
(K-riH-trators are the youth* tliat iiif
around tlie corners, having no visible
mean* of supjsirt, nvniy to eonimit any
petty act of i ritip-, and who insult pass
i-rs-ny. • *p"eially girl* and women.
For a yrar or two past the newspaper*
have tx-i-n printing long list* of the great
and universal -vils predicted by astrolo
-1 ger* and astronomers to follow acer- j
tain extraordinary conjunction of four
iiianet* in l*l. Hut now comes the
Washington critic with the assertion
that it has interviewed l'rofrasor Simon
X'-wcoinb on the nuhjri-t. and lie says
that there will 1m- no such conjunction—
tlmt instead of uiarsliaiing tlienisi'lves
in an order unpn i • dented simv the date ;
n--igii"d to the i ri-iition of the world in
the Mosaic chronology, tip- planets dur
ing the year P*M wi.l continue the even
tenor of their way. and present no plm
nomenon that • rui Im- considered at all
remarkable.
The Mexican government i* trying to
replenish it*exlir.u*tcd treasury by levy
ing a heavy internal tax on the cotton
and woolen manufacture* of tliat coun
try. These manufactures amount to
about $900,00,000 n yrar. and the
government think* that the manu
facturers can afford to pay at j
least $300,000 in Internal tin-. in
order to protect the home manufactur* r
from disastrous fopign eomitetHioii. the
tariff on A me. ban and Engli-li goods i
proportionately inereaiwd. Tic new tax
i*. However, very unpopular, the manu
facturers. tradesmen and |*onle being
all opposed to it, as they an' ail nlle<'tei|
I>y it. and come of the manufacturers
threaten to r]o*e tip ir mills nltcgother. |
Montana, during tlm post sixteen
i yenr*. lias produi ed $133,000,000 of gold
and silver. Of this *um. $117,000,000
was in gold. This make* Montana rank
next to t'alifomia as a producer of gold, j
Thep- an already 80,000 quartz niiin-iMn
the Territory. Iron and lead mine* have ;
I liecn opi-ned. ano wial is plentiful. It is
j claimed tliat the i-ost of keeping herds of .
cattle in Montana is only sixty cents a
lead, including taxes, a thrii'-year-ohl
la-cf steer, which will sell on the ground ,
for $3O. only cost* $3 for feed anil care
The loftsr* in raising are estimated at
two per rent., while the profits vary 1
from twenty-live to forty cents per an
num. In 1H73 there were hut Hfi.Wltiwt
lle in the Territory; in I*7B there were
330,000 head. whileiH.ooo. rallied at $BlO,-
j 000. were exported to Eastern markets.
The new Khedive. I'rinee Tewkfl. is
-aid to )m*c*s all his deposed fat Iter's j
• harm ol manner with a good deal more
! of dignltv, both In stature and nppear
! ance. lie is the onlv one of tiie late j
K lied ire's hovs who has been brought
Uh exclusively in Egypt. Some years
ago lie started on a Eiirapean tour, but
when lie had got a* far as Vienna he
i was recalled by a telegram from liis
father. lie speak* French fluently, and
inn read English sufficiently well to un
derstand all written in tiie papers al>out :
Egypt, a subject to which lie devotes |
great attention. His children, who are
f-till young, have lieen brought up h an j
English governiss, and sneak English!
easily. PtineeTewflk. unlike his father, !
has been always a sedulous attendant at
tlte mosque, and Is lielleved to te a de
! rout, but not an intolerant. Mohamme
dan. Unlike Ids father, too, he is nn
abstainer from the iKivi ragra forhiddtui
hy tiie Koran.
A gentleman named Daniel Mi Arthur
I writra to the Chicago l\mr* ftom tiie
far-off Pacific' slope to say that he is
dying of solitude and is anxious to get
back to civilization again. Ifi says that
lii* knows of thousands in Arizona who
are in the Name fix ami add*; •• Arizona
a fiords no better i-linnee- {,„ people con
templating marriage than to select wives
rom among squnw*. half-breeds or
(irwni, who form tin* major iiy of tin*
nomndie tribes of Arizona and New
Mexico. If your overcrowded Eastern
cities knew of the chances of marriage
decent worm u would have among these
! wealthy miners and farmers of Arizona
they would flock here in droves." To
whn h the Hultimore <hi:<U< adds : "per
haps, in view of ail th. solitude in Ari
zona, a majority of theovi rerowded girls
in thi* section would prefer single bicsv
eihii'ss to lifv among the wealthy miners
and farmers. However, we i, u t do our
duty to the ladies in laying Mr Me
( Arthur's statement before tic in."
An Italian professor has mail, some
very agreeable niedii ..1 ri -i-arehes, re
sulting ill the disi-ovci v that vegetable
perftline- exercise a |s. -itivi-ly lealtliful
influence >ii the ntnustpherc, converting
its oxygen into ozone, and tliu* inerea*-
ing it- oxydizitig influence. The
Hi'iiei H found to develop the Inrg -t quan
tity of ozone are thosi- of the cherry, lau
rel, clover, lavender, mint, jumper,
b-iiion, ferm.'l ami liergntiiot; tin.-*-that
give it in a -mailer quantity ar'- anise,
nutmeg ainl thvim . rit- flnw< r- of the
1 narcissus, hyacinth, mignonette, helio
trope and liij of the voile) dart lon osone
lin clo-.-l ves-.'l*. Howci* dc-tnut< of
perfume do not b*vi'lop it, amt those
which have hut slight pi-rfuun ih*velop
it only in small quantities. Reasoning
from tlion- fa.-is, tin- professor recom
; minded the cultivation of flowers in
inar-hy ilistrii-t- and in ail place* infested
with animal euianations, on account of
the |s>vv.-rfn oxyilizing influetce of
ozone. I e ilihahitiilits >.f -lli h region*
-holt ,to av*, -urroiiiid tln ir hou-i
-' wit,l hi i|s lif the most I-lorotl- flowers.
P oj, who do not p :ul the -hipping
list- or liavyoi'. asion to < rui-' about tin*
harbor, -ay* a New York ■>:>; r, may hi
surprised i<i li-arn that of tori ign v< -els
arriving at the port of New York. Nor
way has more than any country save
Gn at Hritain, and Italy follow >-los*-ly
after Norway. S. am an-hip i* not a mat
ter of climate in Kurop<. Thi 1 fi"nH'w,
the Neapolitantuid the Sicilian tak- to
the salt water a* readily a- the dweller*
by the Norwav fiords. The favorite
Italian build for vessels is the stubbv
brig, but the Norwegian* prefer the
Inn k. nod usually model a inon- gra< cfu)
hull. Ib.tli nation* an- sharp eomjs ti
ter- for the jobbing trad of navig.aton.
Their v. *<•;* are -mall and an- is.m
tnsnded by shrewd, tldfty captain* who
arequiek to pi< k up a< argoforany qiiar
ter of the world if a trifling profit 'an
is- earned. The i leap construi-th of
these iTafts and the low wages o tin
*< nnien i nable ihem ti> <am money for
tie ir owner* at rate* of freightage tha*.
would Is- unprofitable for our well-built
ami well-manned American -bin*.
Many of tln-m founder at sea every year
owing to tie ir flimsy build, but tie r
are ptinty of new on<** to take tle-ir
place*.
I lie A/I<l Xt'ht .SAiu'a/fi. a .lapaii'--!
nevvHpßiMT. tell* a story which ought to
b< int'-n-ting to ethnologist*, whoi-laim
that some of tie American Indian trils-*
an- <|ese*'n<li-l from p<T*on* who were
■■arried t this continent against tle ir
wiii by the storm* of the ocean. About
forty year* ago Yamanioto Otokiclii. a
native of Gnohara-mura, t'hitagorl, in
the province of (tw.ari. Japan, who fol
lowisl the *ca, Was, while stilling with
two companions Is-twecnTokio anii Na
goy.a, !-arri-d by a typhoon to the Ameri
can coast. They landed on tiie shore*of
the I'acifn . nnil were hospitably received
by tic Indians. An English -hip subse
quently t<s>k Otoklflkl >ack to Japan,
but the Japanese law* at that tim<- for
tia<!i' any Japanese who had departed
from hi* country to return to it under
penalty of death. The English vessel,
therefore, tisik tludr pa**' ng<r to Shang
hai. There Otoklcln married. He sub
sequently w nt to Signapore, where he
resid'sl until hi* death. He bad one
son. who assumed the English name of
John AV. Hud-on. but it was the father's
carmst wish that lie should go ha. k to
Japan, anil b'-'oni<' a Japanese subject.
Mr Hudson accordingly tnailo an appli
cation to the authorities in Japan for
leave to l>e naturalized Tin- petition
wo* grantisi. and Mr. Hudson has *in<-e
bi<'n ap|Mint<-d t< a goveraim-nt offli-e
Emigrant Icelander*.
Among t'lii-pa*.*i ng< r* landed at Cas
tle Garden. New York, by the eean
sti-amer Am-lioria, were fourteen fam
ilies of Icelander*. con*i*ting of seventy
i\ person*. They are the first large
Imteh of Icelander* that ever arrived at
N- w York, ami it i* their intention to
go to Minnesota, where thev will found
a colony, which will Is- furtlu r increased
by emigration if the pioneer* should find
success in their new home* Tbey had a
very pleasant VOJsge. keeping nltogi-t her
apart from the otiier passenger*, and
the only thing that happened to mar
their journey wn* the di-ath ol Kiestcuin
llyensen, an out lady of the party, who
died at sen just previous to the'ship's
arrival.
The Icelanders seiqncd very much
pleased when they had been landed at
Gitsllc Garden and expressed themselves
so to the interpreter. They complained,
however, of the warm climate, and,
slantingly, not without just cause, a*
they were wrapped in heavy Arctic
clothing, which they seemed very re
luctant to relinquish. The imrtv 'con
sist* of about thirty middle-agisi , i rsnns
with a great iniuiy eliildren. Tliey ali
spoke in the Norwegian tongue. The
men were short ot stature and seemed
to lie intelligent, Tliey were dressed
in heavy pea jackets, coarse trousers,
thick flannel sldrts and cans with ap
piodages for the ear*. The women
wore woolen dresses and heavy woolen
shawl*, and instead of hats they had a
sort of head dres* consisting of around
piece of block elotli crating on the top
of the head, from which depended a
long black tassel attached by a silviT
hand, which swayed to and fro in re
imonso to the movements of the wearer.
The children were also dressixl in heavy
clothing and. as well as the women,
wore moccasin* instead of shoes. The
party bring some money with them,
one person havingsl,73s and the otiier*
sum*'ranging from shf& to $730. 1 hey
seem to tie very simple and confiding
poonle. and were perfectly sntisll'd with
all that the autlioritios aid for tlietn in •
tiie way of exchanging money end pro
curing railway passage. The livlander*
left Castle Garden for Minnesota, by
way of the Pennsylvania railroad.—
Sew York Herald.
TIIK BATTLE OF (TLUNDf.
How thr /.ulna wrrr ntfralril In thrlr
Ulrninrtiold,
, "t to til- Lon
don Idrnrnitli Ui- following account of
til- battle of Ulundi.
" At all oVlo-k in the morning thp
combined columns of N-wdignte and
Wood -roHH-d tli- White L'invol<<*i. A*
tli- force* gathered on the l-ft hank of
! river in all th-ir strength of artillery,
cavalry ami British infantry, the Zulu
pr-'li-tion. that the -raille of the nation
in tli- valley of th- IJrnvolosi would also
ih grave, m-eined —rtainof fulfill-
Jss'' What OOUld th-Zu!u IWITM
win (.-ith-r-' 1 along th- (pun, with all
th-tr courage and instinct for tw
ti-n, -fleet in the fa-- of th- army that
with unwont-d —l-rity and precision
moved down th- alone*, and massed
upon the furth-r hank? Koppie l>rift.
upon the regular mi-Dion road, wa< th
crossing point.
"All passed over and r-a- h-d tie high
level ground h-y.nel the river. Home
two mu-adiatarit rose th- steep bowlder
eapped hula, over whi-h, do tie thirty
*ears the Zulu* hunted the hralru
Boen, aaaoclatod, therefore, in Zulu
nnndi with victory and victorious pur
suit. Jo th- right lay lower thorn
eov-red hill*, whi-h extend to the la
goons at tie mouth of tie White I invo
lute, It. hind and on th- left stretched
broken country, senrn-d with ravin-*
and vail. \k. xiirinkl-d with mimosas—
-lumping in pla in into awkward-look
ing -over- and bran-hing euphorbia*,
whi-h give lie- country HO -Hiking a
-liarie t<-r < |iw on tin* right lay a
gloomy gl-n. whi-h, from the day* of
WWII, tie Zulu- have u-.-l for tie < *-•
-ution of -riminal*. ,fut l>eyond we
-ro--'*l a little Htre.un nearly dry that,
wind- among tie- king'* field— h-r- all
i- roval d-m'-Hn-—and *u]iplie*tlie royal
kraal- with wat-r. W-found our—lv. *
in vi-w of tie arunhith-iitf r, where
sland thr-- gr—at miutarvkraa ■ Nod
w-nga, 1 dahakaomhi amf I'lundi. Our
position wm i x-eil-nt for *trat-gi- pur
uo-' -, -ointii 'tiding the -c m> ground
111 front, and, -x-ept on th- e ft. wh-re
stood th- Kodwnga kraal, a thousand
yard* distant, affording the Zulu* no
rallying point in th ir disorder. Our
rear flank-, from tie nature of th-coun
try. w-r> equally pro*.- i<*l from -ur
pri-;
"11-r-th- army hait-d, awaiting tli
itnpi that \\a- <—n -urging down the
hi on our (■ ft, taking -kiiifui a>lvan
tag- of th- Nodwenga kraal on ourr-ar,
and . tie rging from tlie bush on our riglit
fremt. At -30 the mounted irr-gular*.
under Huller, were thrown out on the
rear, l-ft and front, k-eping th- -n-my
in < h-> k th- thr— -id—; hut, from
an -rror, th-right, wler-it was thought
tl- lan-'Ts would have n tod, wa> at
first unprovided for. Thi* omission
was discovered, and tie mount-d Baau
to* and th- native -onting-nt und.r
Co< hrane rapidly deployed in th-pr-t
tiet manner pos*il>e . and skirmished
toward I dakaomhi kraal, returning the
-e my'* fir- lri*k)y. and holding them
pluekilv in <le ek. Tie Zulus w-n tori
strong for su-h a handful, and the Ita
sutos, r-tiring on tie right fa—. came
into a-tion with what may Ik -aiifd
th- - ft horn rif tie Zulu army.
" Meanwhile, however, tie enemy had
-o . \t-ndi d tle ir formation that all
. four rides w. r- soon ottpd—theZaini
advancing in skiimishing order, with
great steadiness I eel une xp< t—i idlence.
There was no shouting, clashing of
shields, nr.r arage demonstration, hut
strictly ordrly discipline. Our fir< was
terrific, and tie- artillery practice -x-ei
l-nt, hut the determined Zulus advanced
within seventy y.trdson all tour sides be
forc th-y le-gun to hr-ak. as a furth-r
advance was really impossible. In
ah 'Ut half an hour BUS-UN -onine W -•
nmntof th- infantry fir- th-y were mn
falling back in -los- masses, becoming
rapidly disorganized under the storm
of bullet* and shells which poured upon
tli-ro, and tlic wavering mob broke into
open flight.
"The lancers, now lonspnrd, were
among them, and within a minut* ww-re
riding through and through, cutting
them down right hd l-ft, while th-gun*
continued t-aring up th- flying ma***-*
with their fin-. Within an hour the
whole affair was over.
" The Zulus certainly w-r- from
twelve thousand to thirteen thousand
strong, in-luding the flower of the army.
S-vcn thousand warrior* were engaged.
Prisoners state that they went into
action under CVtywavo's own eye. Our
troop*. young • d old alike, b-hared ad
mirably; hut the firing, considering the
small loss of the Zulus—eight hundred
in all—must hnv-lv—n rather wild. <ur
loss was ten killed."
The King of Solo's Band.
At last ims ounts a Javanese prim-e,
the King of Solo, wnsexnes-ted in Paris.
Hois sook-n of as wealthy and accom
plisliM. having an annual income of
fn.MIO.OOO and speaking several lnn
guag-s. King Solo is ac-ompani-d by a
full hand, which is thus described b?
(Jaiignan*: The musicians are seated,
afl-r the Oriental fashion, upon a plat
form. attired in the gala of Javanese
costume. The jacket is ol blue cloth,
with gilt buttons, the waistcoat white,
while a dark-colored liandkerchief winds
round the head, and the leg* and thighs
are enveloped in the national "sarong."
The instruments are of ham lax., with llie
exception of an immense copper gong,
whieli serves as a big drum, a couple of
two-stringed ivory violins, and a harp
strung With copper or ire, a sort of piano
whose keys are struck with hammers in
stead of fingers, and a few wind instru
ments. At a givn signal all set upa
groaning, crying, or humming, as well
without false notes as without melody,
while time is kept by the contortions of
the dancers, the celebrated Roggenys,
copper-colored and almond eyed, with
their jet-black liair bound in "knots be
hind the head, which i* itself adorned
with flower*.
Below Par."
"That reminds me of a llulc anec
dole." is what every bright man has
h-ard over and over again, as his
memory has been jogged by some one'*
telling a i ood story. When good stories
and ready repartees ate going on.'one
• itty little thing is sure to suggest an
other. Thus w-thought, a day or two
since, when reading in an evening paper
that t'harles Summrwaa no musician,
and that a lady friend onee told liirn
that if he was to huv a music box set to
"Old Hundred." she did not believe
that he could make it play "more than
seventy-five." It was doubtless some
thing in the same vein that prompted
old Mr*. Rothschild, when ninety-seven,
to say to her physician, ** Doctor, you
must keep me up for three year* more at
least; It would he discreditable for a
Rothschild to go off under tar."—War
per's Mugnrin*.