LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
, Woman.
Honored bo woman! She beams on tho
Graceful und lair, like n Ik-liir ol light;
Scatters nronml her, wherever she strays,
ltoaea ol hling o'er onr thorn-covered way.;
Hoses of I'lirnilise; sent from nlxive,
| To bo guthorcil and twined jn a gnrlainl of
Love. — Schiller,
A l|itce,i Kmnl of Children.
The queen of Italy is very fond of
Children, and seldom takes a walk
without stopping to chat with one or
two of iter youthful subjects, especially
little girls. In former days she would
ask a protege: "Anil what is
your father, my dear?" Hut since tho
haughty reply of a mite of seven—
"My father is a republican!"—her
majesty studiously avoids the question.
Some months ago site asked a little
girl to knit her a pair of silk stockings
as a birthday gift, and gave her twenty
lire to buy tho material. The queen
forgot the circumstance till her birth
day came, when she was reminded of
It by the arrival of a pair of well-knit
'stockings and the maker's best wishes.
Not to be outdone, Queen Margherita
sent a pair to her young friend as a
,return gift, ono stocking being full of
and tho other off bon-bons.
wJThey were accompanied by a little
note: "Tell me, mv dear, which you
liked best." A reply reached the pal
ace next day : "Dearest Queen —Hoth
the stockings have made me shed many
bitter tears. l'apa took the one with
the money, and my brother the other."
Women.
Tiie matrons of high fashion and the
swell damsels of the Thlinket tribe,
says an Alaska letter, never make a
canoe voyage with' ut smearing them
selves well with the black dye that
they get from a certain wild root in
the woods, or with a paste of soot anil
Seal oil. <>n sunny and windy days on
shore they protect themselves from tan
and sunburn by this same inky coating-
On feast days and the great occasions,
when they wash off the Mack, their
Complexions come out as fair and
Creamy white as the palest of their
Japanese cousins across the water, and
the women are then seen to be stne
six shades lighter than the tan-colored
and coffee-colored lords of their tribe-
The specimen woman at Juneau wore
a thin calico dress and a thick blue
blanket. Her feet were bare, but
she was compensated for that l"-ss of
gear by the turkey re 1 parasol that she
poised over her lead with all the com-
Jilacencyof a Mount ivs. ret belle. She
had Marked her face to the edge of her
eyelids and the roots of her hair ; she
wore the full parure of silver nose ring.
lf ring and ear-rings, w it it fifteen
ornanx nting her bronze fingers, and a
more thoroughly proud and olf
satisfied creature never arrayed herself
according to the behests of high fash
ion.
Ktilni rtnten
Fashion renounces gay striped hos
liery.
Silver spider pins are now placed rn
the toes of slippers.
Slippers for children are the same
shade as their stockings.
Laces are the standard trimmings
for India-mulls and lawns.
Very deep lace flounces cover entire
fronts of evening dresses-.
Fancy muslins are prettily made up
with colored silks and laces.
China silk with printed colored (low
ers, leaves or spots, is fashionable.
Sleeves exclusively of lace prove an
attractive feature iu many dresses.
Currant red and Spanish yellow
totnbine w-ell in bonnets and dresses.
Large, round chenille embossed waf
ers on light fabrics give them a rich
look.
k China-crepes in all the light shades
n considerably used for corsages and
■ta fancy with French dress-mak-
Hit the bottom of the skirt into
Pricks, and under these to pi tee
jpWtcd ruble.
The fashions of the day vary, so that
almost any dress is fashionable if it
fits well, ha* tight sleeves, and drapes
back quite tightly.
Black vplvet collars, with very deep
white lace around the edges andjaliot*
down the front, make a stylish finish
for light-colored dresses.
Collarette* of lace take the form of
high ruffs or a row of lace turned ,
down over a ribbon passing around the
neck, finished with two jabots side by
aide, giving a square effect
Little girls of froin four to eight
frequently wear the Louis XV jacket
iritb large re vers forming a collar, ami
jecftrt* in the same style. Under the
ffiose waistcoat Is worn a pleated skirt.
The gauntlet glove is coming into
I fashion for morning use in quiet gray,
I tan and wood shade*. They nre made
I In four different lengths, and thelong-
I f*t cuffs reach nearly to the elbows.
Bronze-colored shoes and stockings
to match are a late English fashion
with full-dress toilets. "Walking shoes
have the uppers ot light drab kid or
cloth, or are checked or striped like the
dress.
The l'aris correspondent of Jlurpi-i's
Btuar says that the hair is worn high
er and higher, and that all the coils
and bows of hair, as well an the flowers
or ribbons used to trim it, nre absolute
ly on the top of the head.
The vestal robe of white nuns' veil
ing is a novel princess dress, with
shoulder-pleats that are girdled around
the waist and spread out in curves
from the hips to the foot. The belt is
of dark velvet, fastened by a white
silver buckle.
Two new styles of lace have recently
been introduced, the one being needle
run Pliant illy, to be used in combina
tion with jet embroidery, the other a
lace with velvet flowers and buds aje
pliqucd, and outlined with colored
beads.
The long laco scarfs, that are no
longer worn as such, are prettily used
after this style : 1 >rawn close down the
front of the waist, carried off" on each
| side to form punicrs, finished with
loops and ends of velvet in the back ;
(lowers at the neck and waist where
divided for thepaniers are a decidedly
pretty finish.
The Fsc of Sail.
We have received from a corres
pondent a letter making some inquiries
into the use of salt, and we are given
to understand that among other follies
I of the day some indiscreet persons are
| objecting to the use of salt, and pro.
! pose to do without it. Nothing could
Ibe more absurd. Common salt is the
| most widely distributed substance in
the Iwdy; it exists in every fluid and
in every solid; and not only is every-
I where present, but in almost every
part it constitutes the largest portion
of the ash wlu-n any tissue is burnt.
In particular it is a constant constitu
ent of the blood, and it maintains in it
I a proportion that is almost wholly in
dependent of the quantity that is con
sumed with the food. The blood will
take up so much and no more, bow
ever much we may take with our food;
and, on the other hand, if none b<
given, the blood parts with its natural
I quantity slowly and unwillingly,
1 ml-r ordinary circumstances a
healthy man los s ■ tally about twelve
grains by one channel r the other,
and if he is to maintain his health
that quantity is to Is- introduced-
Common salt is of immense Impor
tance in the processes ministering to
the nutrition of the l-My, f..r not only
is it the chief salt in tin- ga-tric juice,
and essential for the formation of bile,
and may hence be reasonably regard'-1
as of high value in digestion, but it is
an iuqiortarit agent in promoting the
proeesses of difTus.on and therefore <>f
i absorption. Direct ex|>eriment has
shown that it pr aiiotcs the dc (imposi
tion of albumen in the lmdy, acting
probably by increasing the activity of
t the transmission of fluids from cell to
cell. Nothing can demonstrate its
value better than the fnct that if albu
' men without salt is introduced into
the Intestines of an animal no portion
j of it is absorbed, while it ali quickly
disappears if salt be added. If any
! further evidence were required it could
le found in the powerful instinct
which Impels animals to obtain salt.
Buffaloes w ill travel for miles to reach
a •salt-lick;" and the value of salt in
| improving the nutrition and a-qx-ct of
horses and cattle is well known to
j every farmer.
The conclusion therefore is obvious
I that sal', being wholesome, and indeed
necessary, should be taken in moderate
quantities, and that attention from it
is likely to be injurious.— London Laif
ret.
What ('heap Postage lias Done.
Fenny postage has worked wonders
in England. In 1839, the year when
it was adopted, 76,9fH),000 letters pass
ed through the postoflice. Tho next
! year thenumlier bounded up to nearly
169,000,000, and has ever since increas
ed rapidly. La>t year the number of
letters delivered in the United King
dom was no less than 1,280,1>36,200. In
i addition to the letters there were 144,-
016,200 postal cards, 140,682,600 news
papers, and 2*8,209,400 l*ok packets
and circulars. The average number of
letters per head of the |x>pul,ition is
larger than in nny country of tho con
tinent, and considerably higher even
than the average In the United Mates.
Tho average number of letters per
head of the population in the United
Kingdom is 36, and In the United
States, 21. The highest averages on
ttie continent are in France and Ger
many, 15 and 13 resjiectlvely. In Eng
land and Wales together tho average
reaches as high as -10; in Scotland 30,
and In Ireland 16.
Women visitor* to the Yosemlte
have to ride a* men da
t'LUTINUS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Monkeys follow leopards on their
way through the forest, shaking
branches at them, chattering loudly,
and oven making faces at tlu-in.
A lady on Staten Island who "col
lects" them writes to a New York
newspaper that it takes exactly forty
sparrows to make a presentable pie.
Tho tumble-weed derives its name
from the circumstance that when ripe (
the wind tears it by the roots and ,
sends it over tho fields rolling hither
and thither, so that its seed is soon
thrashed out. It is sometimes seen
piled fence high on the prairie farms.
According to tho census the army
.of Man appear* to consist of thirty-one
officers (effective and retired) and
twenty-three non-commissioned officers
and men. Militia, yeomanry and
volunteers include four individuals,
while there are thirty-ono army pen
sioners.
A "canina" recently exhibited In
London, is an instrument called musi
cal by courtesy, and producing its
tones by dogs who sit in a box and
growl or howl or bark, as 'tis their
nature to, when struck on the head by
a wire connected with a key manipu
lated bv a player.
Different tribes of Indians use dif
ferent sorts of |Miisoii f'T their arrow
points. The t'omanches use the juice
of the Spanish bayonet; the Apaches
bruise the heads of rattb -nukes with
bits of (leer liver, allow it to putrefy
and dip their arrows in it. The Moquii
irritates a rattb-snake until lie bites
himself, and moisten tin ir darts in the
■ blood, l'oisons made from the stings
1 of bees and from ants an- used by
; other tribes.
The following curious sign is kept
before the eyes of the public at the
f'sit of a steamboat landing in Fort
land. Mi-.: "Nopasses given to tramps l
Do not take the trouble to it-k for
tlu-in. In those days were no passes
given. Search the Scriptures. Thou
1 shalt n"t puss. Xuinb., xx., 1-. Suffer
not a man to pa-s. Judges, iii., 2-.
The wicked shall no more pa -
Nohum, i.. 15. None shall paw.—
Isaiah, xxxlv., F>. This gem r iti n
shall riot j a.-s.— Mark, xiii., 3",
Though they roar yet (.in they not
pass. Jeremiah, v., 22. Si he paid
the fare thcrisif and went. -Jonah, i.,
! :J "
Great men. whose lives are spent in
the study of e. lor, will n-t paint a
flower' Anything but that a furred
mantle, a jeweled zone, a sllk-n
gown, a brazen corslet, nay, an old
leather chair, or a wall-paper if you
will, with utmost 'are and delight;
but a flower by no manner of means, if
avoidable. Titian, hi his early w..rk.
sometimes earrie a blossom or two
out with affection, as the columbines
incur Baiehusand Ariadne. In bis
portrait of I.avini.i, the r ses nre pi-l
touched finely enough to fill their
place, with the most siiMmsl risl
JKfs s ible; while in a la'-r portrait of
the -ame there are n<> roses at all, 1 it
a belt of ehased, golden balls, on every
stud of which Titian has concentrated
his strength, and. it is b lien 1. f..rgot
the face a little. s-> mm-h has the mind
( been set on the g-Men belt, liwkiiu
Mhnt They Believed Centuries \go.
Most of the writers of the middle
ages Ix-licvc l that cinnamon, ginger,
cloves and nutmegs were the produce
of the same tree; that the bay, the lig
tree, eagles and seal-skin afford protec
tion from lightning; and that the use
of bitter almonds is an effectual guard
against intoxication. Two fallacies
are attached to the herb basil. Halle
rins declared that it propagated scorpi
i ons, while Drihasius, on the other hand,
i asserted that it was an antidote t > the
sting of these inserts.
| Ono gnat authority, quoted by
Browne, states that an Ivy has the
property of separating wine from wa
ter, the former soaking through, hut
the latter remaining. Sir Thomas se
riously tried the experiment, hut in
vain, whereupon a hostile critic ascnle
: ed the failure to the "weakness of our
racked wines."
Another sage w rote that cucumbers
have the power of killing by their nat
ural cold; and yet another states that
no snakes can endure the shade of an
ash tree.
I'ost-Ofllre in a Ke.
The simplest post-office In the world
is in the Magellan Straits, and lias
lieen established there for many years.
It consists of a small cask, which Is
chained to tho rocks of tho extreme
cape In the straits, opposite Terra Del
Fuego. Each passing ship sends a
Mint to open tho c ask and tako letters
out and place others In it The post
oflice Is self-acting, therefore; It is
under tho protection of All the navies
of all nations, and up to tho present
time there is not a single case to ro
Girt In which any abuse of tho privt
go it affords lias taken place.
THE CAPE ANN FIBIIEKMAN.
| lII* Adrrnifirou* Trilt li i>nimra
nml I'roflt* - I Imrnrlrrlallt of tlir
Men-
A Gloucester, Mass., letter to the
New York Kruntn;/ l'oxt, suys: "The
more one studies the Cape Ann fisher
man, the greater becomes Ids respect
for him. lleally the courage, energy
and fortitude displayed in the found
ing and building of a flourishing city,
j among these sterile crags, is most ad
, mirahle. Fishermen havo reared it
j from the beginning. The fourteen
j men who may be said to have founded
the town in Ibii'J, were fisherinen, part
of tlio crew of a vessel despatched to
i this coast for a fare, by a llshing com
-1 pany in England, and left here with
the design of founding a lishingstation
| and depot of supplies; and since then
the prosecution of the fisheries has
j been the only inducement for men to
settle or remain here. The town has
j literally grown up through and in spite
1 of disaster; every year Neptune has
titled its population, and every year
! the gap has been lilbsl, and the town
given a sturdier and more tenacious
hold on life. From lists kept in the
toun.it appears that between l*'i",
and April, 1' — J, 2,Til men, in I't- ves
sels, were swallowed up in the goa. Of
the thousands lost before the date, no
record ha* la-en kept; they are as utter
ly forgotten as though they had never
Wen.
Singularly enough, the most terrible
gales, involving wholesale destruction
of life have been of comparatively re
centdate. Tin- February gale of l-02,
swept down on "George's" from the
northwest with terrible force; thirteen
of the seventy sail there at anchor,
were sent to tin* lttoin with th-ir
crews, two were abandoned, the crews
being rescued, and of the remainder
not one esraped unharmed, ail losing
anchors, looms, masts, or being
badly stove as searecjy to ! able t >
make port. In a few hours 1J men
.were overwhelmed, lea\ ing behind ,n
th< home ]>rt, seventh widow-, and
I'o father!'■ - children. The reader
can imagine the scenes present"!, be
yond all j-ower of description, when
the battered remnant of t!,. fleet < imc
weeping into port, bearing mw s • t! •
disaster. In the northeaster of March
Ifour v ••--•!*. with fifty-seven
im n vvi re lost The gale of F hru .ry
"J" and 21. 1-7:'. was them<<-t <h- trn t-
Ive to life ever known, J;men being
lost in it, leaving fifty-seven widows
and IIU children, t" n. urri th-jr 1 ■■■■*.
In an economie M-nse th<- condition
of the fishermen is much better than
it was a quarter of a rentun ago.
ith improved methods they general
ly secure a latter fare; they have a
larger share, and more tare is talon
by the fitter cit f r their < it. bat
Frews still ship "on the lay"; that is.
for a certain share t.f the ] r ! aft< r
expenses of salting, packing, barrels,
etc , have I leu d'- iuet. i, the owner
furmdiing vi S-. l in<l •• itllt. The lav
at | n -ent is one-half the profits
From 'Hie fares br lgbt ir,t > p >rt
during the last ten years, oni would
conclude that the hardy tilers must
S'H.n la-come wealthy. For a long
time the largest "sto- k" ever made in
a season by a banker, was that of the
schooner. I lac -r. in 1 *'>'•. lb-r cat h
brought s22,"'*'. William Thompson
who was "high linos" that year, re
• eiving #l. !is f, r his ea.>n's work-
The schcs ner Mary ('an*h, in I*7l,
after an absence of thirty-four days,
brought in .'".',",.1 p .unds of halibut
t>,'.i jHiunds of codfish. rutting $l.-
7:-.71, the crew sharing $2 I".21 each.
| ('apt. ItenjamlQ Ilines, however,
cclipseil Isith by arriving in Ortolwr,
with .120.H01 jiMtinds of i sliisli
and l.ti'"t pounds Ih-tehcd halibut.
These voyages might ho often dupli
cated; but it must )>e rememliered
that in too many eases the fisherman
toils for weeks and gets nothing. In
the fresh halibut fisheries, 11.500 to
$2,000 is considered a g<ssl trip, and
! stocks from $.'1,000 to sl,<>loarc rare.
A Grand Hanker averages ataut nine
trips a year, and the trips vary from
1 $B,OOO to $17,000. As showing the
uncertain nature of their occupation,
] the fishermen tell the story of Mr.
Tnlwr, who launched his dory one day,
pulled out to the fishing grounds,
took 2,114 pound* of codfish, and pull
ed ashore, having spent but three
hours on the trip, in contrast with that
of Mr. Woodbury, who [hauled three
tulm of trawls, comprising 1,500 hooka,
and secured five poinds of fish; and
; with that of a neighbor, who hauled
six lubsof trawls, and failed to secure
even a dogfish. It is owing, |ierlin|is,
j to this system of "shares," that wealth
is so evenly distributed in the town.
One sees in his walks few pretentious
mansions, but many neat and comfort
able homes.
The native American goes no longer
to the fishing tanks, preferlng to re
main at home, fit out, handle the
products, and transact other necessary
business of the city. His place is sup
plied by men of the provinces, and by .
waifs and strays from all nations.
There is quite a colony of Portuguese,
chiefly from the western Islands, who
occupy a quarter by themselves, and
are worthy and industrious citizens.
There are Irish, Swedes, Norwegians,
and Danes, hut exceeding all others,
the Itluenoses, from the maratime '
provinces of the Dominion. These
men are horn fishermen, reared to that
occupation in lack of any other. Nat
urally shrewd, the swift, staunch well
appointed vessds of Yankee skippers,
and their improved methods of fishing,
i earlv attracted their attention, and led
to their shipping on them w hen oppor
j tuiiity occurred. There has been for
' years a steady stream of these hardy
fellows flowing into port. They make
j excellent fisherinen; many of them, ris
ing to he skippers, marry here, settle
down, and add much to the town's
prosperity. There are others, again,
to vvh am More of romance attaches
im-n of birth and education from Eng
land and the Cuntim-nt, whom some
youthful error had driven into exile,
others seem to have adopted the lmsi
iie-s because of its danger and adven
ture. A volume might be made of the
tale - told in the town of men <>f this
character, who are now, or have been
forecastle men on the cod and macker
el cat' hers."
The tlordilp of Cholera.
In lower bengal. Dr. Macnamara, a
gr- at authority, whose "History of
A-untie < l.- b-ra" is a text-tank on the
subji ■ t an i a v-ry confused te\t-l><K>k
it is- says that the natives have for a
for a long time past worshipped the
Goddess of ' hob-ra as the "</</ lln ho
whose temple is at Calcutta. The
tradition i* that at an early period, t?.
date of whir!, i iimot Jew 1 e a-'. rtairi
ed -"i nee upon a time" a female,
while wan .ermg ataut in the wckkJ-_
met wMh a large stone, the symbol of
thei, i :e of ( i.olera, an 1 it le. ame
a j r ■. alent idea among the Hind
that the w rship of the diety tlirough
tills stone was tin- only means of pr< —
ervatlon from the influence of the dhr
ease. As the fame of the g<*ldi-ss
sj r- ad. people i - ked from all jaf • f
the ' intry to lor shrine in < alcutta
Apart fr an tl.- period of a cholera
epidemic the t< mph- was n i-t Ire jiient
• 1 by j igritu* in the months of April*
May, arid .Dine. The votaries of tin
g'ld fast .n ti.i' morning and eve
ning, partaking of a ili-h of (rushed
ri■ e and <lhah< <, a j reparation of milk
at 2 o'd" kin the afterno sn. At the
time of which Dr. Mnrnemnm writes
|.e!w,i-n -'"'and J" ' fe:i,ales u-'-l t
worship aft r t hi* fa-hi -ti c-v ery Tu
dav and Saturday. All of them u-< 1
t > bring offerings. The idol was at
"tie period j -ductiveof a large income
to the pric-tly family info whose p"s
-m-don it had | a-vol. but latterly tlic
in- oiuc has or.lv amounted to between
and i. Pi a year. Originally the
home of the i<lol was under a baintav
sled, hut al>- ut 172" an English lner
rbant. to give ph-a-ure to bis native
friends, t mlt a temple for it. This
l-r ming inconveniently situated
thirty years lat* r, Mr. Duncan, who
inarr.' i a Mahomm<dan lady, en-ted
the temple at pp -ent in use, his con
tribution amounting t > "The
old rudest n<- was transferred to the
new temple, and a somewhat elaborate
idol constructed. It represents in the
centre a carcass, with a vulture prey*
ing upon it. I'j'on the back of the
vulture tin g*ld( with folded hands,
is represented in a sitting posture,
'in her right is Munch.i. the goddess of
serpents; next t<> her is Shiva, the
destroying principle. Next comes a
female in a suppliant po-ture, and a
male afflicted with the disease; the
female is supposed to !>e praying to
Shiva for the recovery of her husband.
' In the left <>f the goddess are the idols
of >heetola, the goddess of suiall|K)X,
and of Miusthee, the goddess presiding
over infants and children."
Hangman's Day.
The origin of the custom of execut
ing criminals on Friday, now fast
going out of vogue, is not certainly
know n. Hy s<>mo it is said to have
originated in the fact that Friday was
early considered an unlucky day,
('handlers says: "Some |*>rtion of its
maleficent character is protably due to ,
the character of the Scandinavian Ve
nus Frega. wife of Odin, the goddess
of fecundity. Hut we are met, on the
other hand, hy the fact that among
the Hrahmina of India a like suporsti.
tious aversion of Friday exists" The
popular aversion to the day may have
lieen the reason for its taing selected
as the day upon which executions
should take place. Others say thccus
torn originated from the fact thnt the
Savior was crucified on that day. hut
it is a little difficult to see why that
event occurring on Friday should
cause it to be selected as a hangman's
day generally.
SCIENTIFIC HCRAPN.
Electricity ban U-cn successfully ap
plied as a motive powe to omnibuses
in I'aris.
f'otton manufactured Into duck Is
being successfully introduced as a
j roofing material. Aside from its
cheapness it jiossesseH the advantage
of lightness as compare] with Mdngb-s
or slate; it effectually excludes from
water, and it is said to be a non-con
ductor of beat.
lJrobme's experiments seem to show
that in the plant there are two opera
tions taking j dace—making sugar
from carbonic a'id and the eonvcrtion
of the same sugar into starch.
sir Henry Thompson, the London
surgeon, rec<>gniz-s ir: fish a con ihi na
tion of all the elements of fifxl that
the human body requires in almost ev
ery phase of life, more csje-cially by
those who follow sedentary employ
ment. To women be considers lis.li to
be an invaluable article of diet, but ho
scouts as a compete fallacy tli" notion
that fish-eat ng increases the brain
power. "The only action fish had on
the brain was to put a man's b *ly
Into proper relations with the work
he had to do."
I'rofessor >ir W. Thompson, in his
new treatise n natural philosophy, is
i< 1 by a consideration of the n<-cessary
order of ceiling and consolidation of
the earth to infer that tlie interior ot
our world is not, as commonly suppos
ed, all liquid, with a thin solid crust
of fr mi 'V) to I 1*! miles thick,but that
it is on the whole more rigid than a
continuous solid globe of glass of the
same diameter, and probably more
rigid than such a globe of steel.
Edward Ilrornhy, n young I'hiladel
pi ia ma hini-t, a: • rts that lie has dis
covered a new mechanical law, the
aj plica!!' :i of which wiil enable him
to imr-a—hundred-fold the pjwerof
any machine, fr m a clock t> a steam
ship. without u-mg an ounce more
f .11 than u .al, or driving the native
I iw er anv f.ister than ordinarily. The
liscoverj consists in combining the
action of the s rew, the inclined plane
and em other f- rm which, like Mr.
Keca y, li refill- sto It• n!. Ci.
Arati Courage.
The i urage of the Ib-louin is one
of their mo-t lauded virtues, but one
whi h within the present century has
nt been r 100 sly vindie-itcd. I
have s<s-n than once a tribe on a
raid, and have heard more than one
tale < f Hi-!- ..li I.at ties. Asa rule, the
I .lb-tin seems to !*> to the following
effect: "We 1 ravelv attacked the ene
tr.v, which made it- appearance in a
force of one to our ten. We t<><>k
several prisoner*, and the enemy bwt
l-avily, two horsi-s and several cows
wing slain. At b-ngtli liis remaining
forci withdrew, and we found our
casualties t . include one mare hurt in
the b-g bv a spear. We cut off the
f re fingi ri of our j ri-oner- in remem
brance of those of our trils? whose
bear-Is and hair had been burned <ff
i n a former occa-ion, and letting them
go, drov off the i.iptured camels, and
endeavored to conceal as far as piissi
ble the dire< tion of our victorious re
treat." Such are the deeds which I
have heard recounted, and although
men are sometimes slain in battle, and
]'ahed en Nunar has legs which have
ls-en peppered with small slot, it must
be remembered that to initiate a blood
feud is a most serious circumstance in
tribe life, and that the whole jmliey of
tlic leaders will for many years lx> di.
rerted to the healing of the breach
thus caused, and to the settlement of
Mood money. 'When a disagreement
occurs lietween two tribes, they will
gather their spearmen, concentrate
their encampments, anil square up. so
to speak, toward each other, but they
generally contrive, lefore matters
come to an open breach, to find a third
party willing to mediate, and a com
promise is established, to the great re
lief of the lvold warriors on either sid<\
i —Magazine.
K Tramp's Siesta.
A woman who had been swinging
In a hammock in a yard on Cass ave
nue recently, had no sooner vacated
it in answer to a call from the house,
than a ragged old tramp w ho had ln
leaning over the fence walked inside
'and coolly planted himself in the ham
mock for a siesta. In alwut five min
utes the woman reapjearod, and see
ing at a glance how matters stood, she
brought out a sharp knife, walked
straight up to the fellow, and before
he could chuckle twice, she cut the.
head rope. He came down on his head
with a thump, toppled over at full
length, and slowly scrambled up and
walked off. Xot a word was said un
til he was outside the gate. Thea ho
turned and called out:
"Mayl>e you'd like my photograph
just as I keeled out of that old fish-net,
but you won't get it- not by a jug
full!"—Fret I'rtss.
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