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Baruch saw with the
laize them as forces.
oiyesof thesou!.
" A Till wlint 0A Tfi nut for In see?" fijlked
the c-irl. thoughtfully, "a prophet?"
"And perchance, yea, more than a
prophet," said Baruch, softly.
"I have thought," whispered Ariella,
"that he was not like other men not like
Malachi, my father; nor yet like Lazarus.
Sometimes I have bethought me, Barnch,
that he mnst he like thyself."
"Oh, Ariella! Kay, nay. Hush, Arislla!"
Impulsively the blind man put his finger on
her lip. The warm, sweet, soft flesh quiv
ered beneath his finely sentient nerve.
Baruch trembled. The girl flushed. He
withdrew his touch humbly, and bowed his
head.
Neither of these two denied young people
spoke again for some moments alter this
and the man was the first to break the
silence. He returned doggedly to his theme.
'It has been heavy upon my mind for
some time past, Ariella. If he healeth
others why not thee? I would that he
should see thee. Wouldst thou receive him
if I brought him hither?"
"But he would not come, Baruch!" cried
Ariella, the practical side of her nature
coming uppermost, to the obliteration for
the moment ot her feeling of gratitude to
Baruch.
"Verily he shall, then," said the blind
man with decision.
"He could not heal me. Nobody can
heal me," mourned Ariella. Baruch shook
his head obstinately.
"Ton are young, yon are gentle and obe
dient ; you are maimed and not diseased ; he
healeth the heavily smitten of God; he
healeth sorer sufferers. "Why, Ariella, it is
reported in Bethany that he hath healed
the leprous sod sent them sound upon the
ways of men."
"Even a leper," urged Ariella, with the
easy despair of the incurable sick, "might
not be so hard to heal as a girl like me."
"We will talk of it no more," said Ba
ruch, with something like displeasnre. "I
thought to have comlorted thee. Ariella."
"Forgive me, Baruch 1" cried Ariella.
"Thou art all things kind and tender and
I am all things rude and wrong. I bless
thee for thy dear thought, Baruch, heal he,
or heal he not. Thou thinkest for me, like
a brother. I never had a brother. Thou
supportest me. Thou mightest heal me,
Baruch, if will ot man could do the deed.
I am Tery tired,Baruch. 1 am in sore pain.
Be patient with me.
"Thou mightest as well ask me to be pa
tient with my own heart," said Baruch,
greatly moved. "Thou art dear to me,
Ariella! Thou art dearer than "
"Nay," cried the siek girl in agitation,
coming to her senses, "nay Baruch hush.
Tell me not. Say it not. Nay I must not
hear."
"I will call Deborah," said Baruch ab
ruptly, "I must return."
But poor Ariella, unused to the ways of
men in moments of emotion, burst into tears
and hid ber face upon her arm.
"Go," she said; "go, then. "We do each
other no good. Go from me."
"Then I will not!" cried Barnch with
masculine waywardness. "I will not leave
thee. Call Deborah, if thou choosest I
shall remain."
"Andl,"sai.i ArUla penitently "will
seethe Babbi if th.au sayest Work thy
will in the matter, Ba.ch. I shall not op
pose thee."
"Who knoweth," cried Baruch passion
ately, "but thou too, maystbe blessed by the
virtue of that Wondrous Touch? Hen say
wno nave leit it tnat it is nice nne, neet un
nurting fire; that it runneth through the
veins like the wings of life; that the body
leaps and the spirit soars as ascending flame
goeth heavenward in the wind."
"Oh, that is it that is like it that is
what I need I" said the sick girl plaintively.
"Think you, Baruch, he could pat the flame
of life into a poor body such as mine?"
"Be brave, urged Barucn. "Have cour
age, Ariella. Thou hast suffered with
strength. Endure with hope. Thou hast
more strength than courage."
Now it was noticeable in this conversa
tion that it was only Ariella ot whom Ba
ruch spoke, or Ariella though'. It never
occurred to either of them to experiment
with the new cure or bv the great wonder
worker in behalf of this self-forgetting, af
flicted, self-restrained and loving man. For
Baruch was born blind.
"Ariellal" murmuredBaruch, "Ariella
'Strength of God.' Thou hast a fair name,
sweet friend."
"It shameth me," sighed Ariella.
CHAPTER IV.
LAZASUS AT THE PALACE.
Tiberius. Emperor of Some; Pontius
Pilate, Procurator; Caiaphas, High Priest;
thus ran the order of authority at our story's
day. The father-in-law of Caiaphas, Annas,
called High Priest by courtesy, High
Priest, in fact, for seven years, and long
since deposed, held his great rank and im
portance in the social world ot Jerusalem.
His was the extraordinary known as the
"priestly family" which filled the sacred
office, at a time when it was the toy of poli
tics for a proud period of CO years. The
position ot Annas in Jerusalem was as un
assailable as that of Solomon.
Lazarus approached the palace not entirely
without a sense of awe. The rich and inde
pendent Pharisee was, nevertheless, a Jew.
He and the ex-high priest. Sadducees, mem
bers of the Sanhedrim, and aristocrat to the
sandals, owned the common national tradi
tions, memories, prayers and hopes. Politics
and theology at their worst could not wither
respect for the Temple and its officers out of
the Jewish heart. It meant a good deal to
the master builder to have an order from the
palace of Annas.
Iaazarus descended the Mount of Olives
crossed the celebrated bridge that spanned
the Brook Kedron, and brought the traveler
to the Temple gates. He passed reverently
through the outer courts of the Temple, and
without delaying there crossed the Tvropoeau
Valley by another well-worn and well-built
bridge, and so reached Mount Zion, the
mountain of sanctity and royalty, the home
of priests and palaces. Here glittered the
imposing castle of Herod the Great that
prince who had two passions, for building
and for murder. Here stood the more
modest palace of the Maccabee, the palace -I
01 uaiapuas, uuu uere uic naugnty Home of
Annas.
It was a stately building of stone fitted
and furnished with wood, and much deco
rated after the severe method of the race.
No sculpture was admitted to the Jewish
dwelling; the human or animal figure was
forbidden. The "graven image" savored of
idolatry and Babylon and the outer courts
of hell. The decorator among these stem
and obedient people had small leeway for
the wings ot his fame; he worked strenu
ously, soberly, honestly, and atoned for
freedom of imagination by severity of labor.
The place was large, of course; so large as
to contain a number of courts the Great
Court and its minor imitations. This meant
vast conveniences according to the Oriental
standard; hospitality and space for it; fam
ily comforts and cool evening rendezvous,
and room enough tor the women on their
aide of the palace.
Laxarus took in with the keen eye of the
craftsman the fine points of the palace, as he
stood waiting in the ante-chamber, for the
presence of Annas the Priest. This chamber
was spacious and cool; fine rugs lay upon its
marble floor; others hung across ottomans
ranged along the sides of the walls. The
scarcity of furniture in an Oriental home is
consistent with the greatest wealth. Laza
rus did not sit. He observed thought'ully.
The size of the palace made it comparatively
quiet; the soft steps of slaves passing to and
fro with the slight fla-flap of bare brown
heels cave the only interruption to the
dreamy quiet of the spot. Lazarus vielded
to the pleasant influence; he telt that it was
well to be a man of the world; he remem
bered his middle class belongings, his here
sies, his entanglement with the unpopular
Babbi; and for the first time bethought him
self how this proud Sadducee was likely to
regard him.
"A mere workman, of course," said Laza
rus half aloud, "A carpenter fit only to take
his orders." ,
Now Laiirai was not accustomed to 1m
socially looked down upon; in his own class
he was important, authoritative: he was
manly figure and threw back his young
head.
At this moment the luxurious silence of
the palace was broken by a sweet sound.
It was the clear ring ringing of a girl's
laugh.
Lazarus started and stared. What a
laugh it was! Verily, be thought, in all
Judea there was no gayer. Who, pray, was
so merry, and wherefore, in this lordly
place? Lazarus looked eagerly into the
Great Court. As he did so a flash like
passing light shimmered and swept before
his eyes. A woman's form seemed to him
to flit before him yet, indeed he conld not
aver that it was a woman, it was singing
light, it was flying music. The young man
drew the inference that a woman was im
plied in this phenomenon. If it was a
woman she was clothed in Tyrian purple
and her figure glittered with gold, and
moved like fire. If it was a vision it wore
the colors of the sky and earth at their
bridal and took to itself the wings of ser
aphim. Lazarus stood staring, color-struck.
wonder-struck, feverishly impetuous. No
person was in sight except a slave crossing
the court with a silver pitcher poised upon
a turbaned head. The slave was 60 and a
man.
At this moment a voice said coldly: "Do I
behold Lazarus, the builder ?"
Lazarus turned, embarrassed. In this
awkward position of spying for women iu
his palace Annas, the High Priest, must
needs discover him. But Lazarus recovered
himself like a man of experience, and, bow
ing with grave courtesy, looked his inter
locutor easily in the eye. It was a piercing
eye. It was a reverend figure. Tall, spare,
calm and imposing, the High Priest stood
even before his builder, like the ark before
the race. His simplest attitude expressed
the consciousness of authority and sanctity,
no more to be disturbed than the sense of
royalty in a prince imperial, heir to the
thione of centuries. His hair and beard,
uncut and finely preserved, flowed like a
silver stream upon his shoulders and his
breast. His gray eyebrows were thick,
and met in a straight frown. Annas
was dressed with the splendor belonging to
his caste. The ex-High Priest retained,
with indifference to the strictest law, the
blue robe and fine ephod of his formeroffice.
The skiit of the robe was trimmed with
pomegranates woven iu blue, red and crim
son; he no longer wore the tinkling bells
which sang between each pomegranate, nor
the towering miter of active priestly life.
But take him altogether, he was an impos
ing and glittering figure. He wore all he
could.
"You are Lazarus the builder," repeated
the High Priest.
"lam he," replied Lazarus, "I await
your pleasure."
"I am told," pursued Annas, "that you
are a skilled workman."
"I am a contractor," answered Lazarus,
with the slightest possible hauteur. "I am
a master mechanic
"Think you," proceeded Annas, with a
little lifting of the eyebrow lines, "that you
can remeay certain detects which exist in
the construction of a portion of our palace
with the quality of execntion plainly as
you perceive" Annas waved his hand
about the ante-chamber "necessary to the
harmony of the house?"
"I should hope," replied Lazarus, with a
slight flush, "that nothing which I attempt
ed to do, or contracted to do, would prove
unworthy of any position in which I should
venture to place mv work."
"You set a considerable value upon your
self, it seems, my worthy sir," said the
priest, with a sharp look.
"Upon myself none that may not become
a self-respecting citizen. Upon my work,
yea, verily, I do set the value of" trained
skill and honest exercise thereof. It is not
a low one."
"Hath it a high standard in the coin of
the land?" inquired Annas, with the negli
gence of a sacred man who is apt in striking
a wordly bargain.
"Shiw me tne work," replied Lazarus
concisely, I cau make my terms at sight of
Annas summoned a slave, who forthwith
conducted Lazarus into the extreme limit of
the palace. The High Priest, lingering, it
seemed, for no reason in particular, unless
it were the sense of dignity fo be found in
walking by himself, followed immediately.
"I desire," he said, "certain changes
made in the women's portion, of the palace,
A couple of cedar pillars in the conrt ap
pear to me to need repair. One hath tot
tered; and the carving hath a ragged appear
ance. I may replace them with stone, for
they contradict our fashion of architecture.
You will oblige me by examining the mat
ter." Lazarus obeyed in silence; he tested the
pillars both by his eye and his hand, with
the rapid observation ot skilled experience.
"This one," he said decidedly, "is posi
tively dangerous. It might yield at any
moment. It should be propped before an
other sun setteth over the palace roof. The
cedar wood was ill-selected and decayed.
and is no more to be trusted than anidolater
from Babylon. Theothermight be strength
ened. It is better to renew them both and
secure the lintels with the pillars."
"YouV price?" demanded theHigh Priest,
without further comment.
"Three thousand Denarii."
"It is too large a sum, sir builder."
"As you please," said Lazarus coldly.
"I cannot pay it."
"That is your affair."
"You will take two thousand?"
"I will take my price."
"Beconsider then the importance of the
undertaking the reputation to be gained by
this contract."
"My reputation, such as It is, is made,"
replied Lazarus. "It does not depend upon
one contract. Jerusalem knoweth Lazarus
the builder."
"You will reduce your terms say twenty-five
hundred Denarii."
"I have said," answered Lazarus, with
dignity.
"We will consider our conference at an
end, then," replied the High Priest
haughtily.
"As you please," said Lazarus again.
He bowed respectfully. Annas made a
courteous gesture of dismissal and farewell.
Lazarus left the palace in silence.
Certain business ot the synagogue took
him to the house of Malachi upon the way
home; and he had an errand to perform for
Martha at the home of Bachel, where blind
Baruch delayed him toaskfurtherquestions
concerning the rabbi who healed. It was
quite late in the evening when Lazarus
reached his own dwelling. Martha bustled
out to meet him with the announcement
that a servant of the High Priest awaited
him. Lazarus, without undue haste, sum
moned the man, who reported that his
master desired the presence of the builder at
an early hour of the following day. Lazarus
wejru vui wuiuiauu wmcu uia not sur
prise him and presented himself in the cool
of the morning at the palace. Annas did
not personally appear. Lazarns was re
ceived by an officer ol the High Priest, who
requested that the work upon the pillar
might begin at once; and officially accepted
the terms of the builder.
"My master requires to know when you
will begin; if there is a question of security
to the women of his household he desires
the greatest possible haste."
"My men and material shall be upon the
spot at the third hour," replied the master
mechanic promptly.
"The High Priest has felt concern in the
matter," observed the officer. "The apart
ments of his daughter are within that por
tion of the palace."
Lazarus bowed with dignity; he made no
replv.
Lazarus had the conscience of the ideal
mechanic, and his word was his deed. At
the third honr, in fact, the work upon the
palace began. It proved to be a serious job,
and Lazarus undertook it seriously. Before
the setting of the sun the dangerous pillars
were replaced bj temporary substitutes
which insured the safety of the portico; the
finer mechanism of repair could thus goon
with more leisurely thoroughness. Lazarns
had enthusiasm in the workand with this
bright tool it went forward busily. He
absorbed himself in his duty. For several
days he found nothing at the palace to divert
him from bis absorption. Only the officers
and servants met him. Annas did not again
present nimsen to tne ouuuer.
wearied with excessive application to his
task, seated himself In the' shade of the
palace wall to rest and observe at a little
distanre the labors of his men. He leaned
against the wall that the coolness of the
stone might penetrate his fevered flesh; and
the better to revive himself removed his
turban for a moment, exposing to fnll view
his fine head, the manly beauty of his ap
pearance. A slight stir behind him at
tracted his attention and he started, stand
ing turban in land. He saw a pleasant
sight.
Between two carved pillars the figure of a
woman of a young woman stood hesi
tating. She seemed uncertain whether she
wished to venture further and equally cer
tain that she did not wish to retreat She
was a tall, resplendent royal girl, haughty
of mien, yet so womanly of -contour and.
color that her coldness sat upon her like a
garment that might be burned off. or blown
from her. She gave in a glance the im
pression of a woman whom the fire or
a whirlwind of feeling might toss into
a melting, yielding creature yet who
might never melt or never yield or never
feel. She was exceedinglv beautiful in a
dazzling, luxurious way; she had a select
air like precious wood, rare tapestry, a care
fully set gem. She wore a robe of gold-col-oreJ'tissue,
inwrought with purple silk; and
bearing a deep silk fringe headed by half
pearls. Pearls of value hung from her
arms, and lay upon her neck. These moved
with her quick breath and with her light
swaving motions as she stood uncertain.
The lady and the builder looked each
other steadily in the eye. Por she had re
moved her veil, and if the truth must be
told, she did not hurry to put it on again.
She had a pretty little air of defiance. She
was accustomed to please herself. She was
too far above reach of ordinary men to be
misunderstood. What was Lazarns that
she should at the threshold of her own
apartment, in the palace of her father, veil
herself as if it mattered from his me
chanic? Lazarus was the first to speak. Now he
did not say the expected thing at all. He
said, "Do you desire me to depart?"
The girl gave him one fine flashing look;
if one of the pillars had arisen and dis
coursed in the Temple she would have found
it perhaps no more unlooked for.
"If you do," she returned "the palace
will tumble down on me."
She langhed. Lazarus felt his soul leap
within his body at that light laugh. He
knew the soft torrent of music He had
heard that first day in the palace.
"By the faith of my fathers!" he said unto
himself. "Judea containeth not another
sound like that." Moved by he knew not
what impulse stronger than all the little
aspects of life, the young Jew looked at the
girl as if his daring eyes and ber fearless
face were the only facts in the world. Por,
perhaps, the first time in his life Lazarus
spoke without reflection, precaution, or
prevision; he ceased to be a cautious Jew.
"Verilv." he said. "I know not who thou
art nor hbw I should address thee; but this I
know thou art music become women; and I
have pleasure in the sound thereof."
"And thou," returned the maiden with a
vivid blush, "art a bold youth. Yet I think
thou meanest no ill. I fear thee not"
"Thou mightest as well fear thy father or
thy parentsl" cried Lazarus hotly.
"My father is my priest," replied the girl,
waving her hand lightly. "Thou beholdest
the daughter of Annas."
"And thou, thy father's builder."
"Thou hast spoken with Zahara," pursued
the daughter of Annas.
"And thou with Lazarns," replied the
contractor.
"I have seen no such manner of man
among my father's workmen. Thou dost in
terest me," observed Zahara serenely, "I
have little to interest me," she added. "It is
a dnll thing to be a woman."
"It is a divine thing!" murmured Laza
rus impetuously.
"I did not understand you, sir," sug
gested the maiden demurely.
"I shall comeagain!"cried Lazarus under
his breath. "To-morrow another day
many days. I shall see thee! I shall see
thee again 1"
"Art thou then so sure?" mocked Zahara.
She covered him with a glance which seemed
to set his still soul aflame, as a field of
husks flameth in accidental fire; drew her
white and golden veil suddehiylikea bright
cloud across her fact, and vanished from
his sight.
( To be continued next Sunday.)
IKE AND HIS 'MOTHER.
The Young Trayeler Very Nearly
Destroys a Thirsty Party.
MRS. PARTINGTON MEETS NEPTDNE.
Considerable Mystification About Crossing
the Line.
THE SEYEN rOLMES CASTS AKCliOE
iwarrror toil hi dispatch.)
CHAPTER IV.
Jyisr ;? -4ja Joe
111 SJ&
1 ' HdVv
Y obser-
ration."
d Captain
it, as he
prd back
i the weath
er railing at 12 o'clock, and was going to
ward the cabin to work up his latitude
and longitude, "we shall cross the line to
morrow." "Did you see it with your .chronometer?"
"No, ma'am,"said he, "but we know that,
like our flag, it is there."
"It isn't likely to trip us up as we go over
it is it?" she asked; "for what from tripping
up here and being proselated there with
the pitching and tossing going on incongru
ously, with your limbs upbraided, and your
uprightness consummated one has a hard.
time of it."
"You have suffered in that line, if you
don't in this," said the funny man, at which
all laughed.
As it was often remarked, what the "Don
nerblaat" joker said was not so very funny,
bnt the way he said things gave them their
effect, which was very fortunate for him.
"There ought to be electoral lights dis
placed," said Mis. Partington, "so that the
line could be seen, if it was reached at night.
I shall be in a conniption till we get over it;
and when the Captain took the lassitude at
12 o'clock, he should have seen jnst where
it was, so that we would have prepared for
the emulgency.
"Lassitude is just the word," said the
funny man, "and we have been taking it
for many days."
The party had gathered around in shady
places, fanning themselves, with lassitude
very apparent, and one said his tongue was J
so parched, for a anns ot cold water, that
he couldn't speak a word, the water on
board being undrinkable.
"What a pity," said another, "that we
didn't think to bring a mountain spring
with us! What a blessing it would be just
now!"
They then relapsed into silence, recalling
to mind pleasant fountain, pouring their
waters down green hillsides, the crystal
draught cool and refreshing to their incan
descent throats. Howthe thoughts of fevered
people always run to waterl Water in cas
cades; water in rivulets; the dash of water
wheels; water in silent wells, under the cfd
ft new ring bolt. Ike alighted on his back,
sending him sprawling on the deck. A cut
from a bit ot rattling stuff sent the young
athlete howling, finding comfort in torment
ing the man at the wheel with offers to help
him steer, and boxing the compass, incur
ring a box on the ear for his interference.
H
Mrs. Partington was kept awake till late
in the morning watch, by the snoring of the
occupants of the outer cabin, and therefore
she laid late, until Ike, rushing down im
petuously, cried out that they were most up
to the line, and the captain wanted her on
deck to meet some visitors.
"Is the line in sight?" she asked.
ItJJn a littln tnittv Tint flan -
she'll be along in half an hour."
He darted upstairs and Mrs. Partington
prepared for the morning call, wondering
what he meant by "she." Could it be that
it was some circus woman, who would use
the line for "aromatic" purposes.
"But, at any rate," said she. severely, "I
shall do nothing toward her that will ex
onerate me."
She then went up and took a seat on a coil
of rope near the spot where the passengers
were clustered as if awaiting something.
Ike was not visible, but she was informed
that he was forward with the mate. Soon
the silence was broken.
"Brig ahoy!" came in a subdued tone,
from near the head of the vessel, seemingly
irom unaerner dows.
"Hallqa!" they heard the voice of the
mate respond; ''who are you?"
"Neptune, the King ot the sea, I'm coming
aboard."
"Welcome, Your Majesty."
Then there was heard a scrambling along
the roof over the horses, and a comical sight
they presented as the visitors dropped on the
quarter deck. Neptune wore a beard of
oakum, two feet long, his hair and eye
brows were floured, his dress of old gunny
cloth, and his crown was a piece of old tar
paulin. Por a trident he bore a three
pronged new garden fork, like which there
were many in the freight below. His
retinue appeared in about the same costume,
save a little imp that brought up the rear,
whose disguise was impenetrable He bore
ESCAPE FKOM EXILE.
An Exciting Incident of the
British-Maori War.
Long
GUARD OVERCOME BT PRISONERS.
A Bravo Young Chiefs Bloody Sacrifice to
the iiast Wind.
THE MASSACRE OF HAPP I VILLAGERS
Ike Barred Out.
Copyright, 1B9U, by 8. a McClure.
TOOK A HUSBAND OK TRIAL.
in the habit of working chieflv for his own
class: he found the new sensation not One day, toward the cool of the day it
wholly Pleasant; he straightened hit fine had been exhautisgly hot Lswwuj,
A California Belle Who Fears Marriage I.
a Failure.
Sin Francisco Chronicle. J
Among the many handsome young ladies
who promenade the principal streets of
Fresno none are trimmer, neater, and pret
tier than Mary Wilson. She has a splendid
form, is above medium height, with large
brown eyes, brilliant auburn hair, elastic
step and vivacious manner. She is highly
educated, being a clever performer on many
musical instruments. Mary is in her 22d
year. She is the daughter of a late wealthy
rancher in Stanislaus county. When her
father died he left her $10,000.
Some months ago Miss Wilson met Joseph
Campbell, a young and prepossessing man,
said to be a Sacramento farmer. He is a
tall, handsome brunette. Joseph admired
Mary, and sought her hand in marriage.
Miss Wilson refused his offer, saying that
she could take care of herself. Joseph per
sisted. The more Joseph pressed his suit
the higher became Mary's admiration for
him. She liked his perseverance. Her
heart at last thawed, and she consented to
become Mrs. Campbell for the brief period
of six months.
"Joe," said Mary in her most bewitching
way, "I will marry you for sir months. At
the end of that time, if marriage is a fail
ure, we will find it out and go our ways."
"No, I don't marry for six months. I
want to live with you always."
"I shall never live with a man always un
less lean live with him happily," replied
the spirited Mary.
Joseph finally consented to the six-months'
plan. Last niuht Mary drew up a contract
for the six-months' marriage. Joseph and
she signed it and they became man and
wife. The contract is" said to be very bind
ing, and expressly states that if Joseph gets
drunk during the six months the document
is null and void. Mary's friends hope that
at the end of the time the obligation maybe
renewed, and that married for six months
may be married forever.
well sweep; water iu dripping tanks, from
hidden springs; water from hydrants
brought from faraway places; water "by way-
siaes, wnere tne nospitaoie dipper Bangs
beside the ancestral pump; and such
thoughts tantalize on a tropical sea, with
"water, water everywhere, nor any drop to
drink."
Ike came along, grinning, with something
held behind his back. He was instantly
seized, and his mysterious conduct explained
by a black bottle, with a popular label for
wine, which he held in his hand. Here was
rehei held ont for the oppression, though
not a doubt prevailed, that Ike had ab
stracted the bottle from the steward's stores
in fact he did'nt deny it nnd.after a little
grave discussion, it was decided that though
the abstraction might have been wrong upon
moral grounds, it was right in the abstract,
as providing a means for mitigating suffer
ing, and thereupon it was moved and sec
onded that a committee of one be appointed
to prepare a saugaree for the crowd, from
the contents of the bottle.
The cork was drawn, and a pungent but
unfamiliar odor greeted the nostrils of the
committee. He looked at the label again to
assure himself, and then repaired to brew
the sangaree. The contents of the bottle
were poured into a large bowl, borrowed
from the cook, then sufficient sugar to
sweeten it with, and some nutmeg, to which
he added water from the vessel's "cooler"
hanging up in the round house, and stirred
the mass with a marline spike, having
strangely neglected to get a spoon. Por
this latter reason he did not taste the decoc
tion. "Stand back, Ike," said he; "you must
have no taste of this. Your stealing the
wine was an offense which must be atoned
for by withholding your share in the drink.
Steward!"
"Aye, aye, sir!" from the starboard side.
"Bring some tumblers."
"Aye, aye. sir."
He came immediately with the tumblers
and began to place them upon the deck,
when ho caught sight of the bottle. His
eyes dilated, his face fairly expanded with
a speaking trumpet and was supposed to
represent Aolus.
"Mornia', Cap'n," said Neptune, as he
stopped before Captain Davit; "anything in
my line to-day?"
"Yes, your Majesty, and we have, among
several others, one whom" you perhaps have
heard of in yonr domain."
"Who?" said Neptune, in defiance of
shore grammar.
"Mrs. Partington."
"Shol Please introduce me."
The captain led the monarch up to Mrs.
Partington, as she sat behind the rest, and
looking at the scene underneath a convenient
arm.
"Mrs. Partington," said the Captain, with
great dignity oi manner, "permit me to in
troduce to your favorable regard, Me?Nep
tune, the salt water monarch and his suite,
who come on board to initiate all who enter
his province for the first time."
The monarch extended a hard and tarry
hand, which the dame accepted, and said:
"Glad to see you, mem. Have heard of ye
often, but never expected to meet you. I bid
you welcome to my dominion, and grant you
a free pass all over the lot."
She shook his hand cordially.
"This," said she, "is a most propitiating
moment, of my life. I thank you for your
malevolent kindness in giving me the free
pass, which I sincerely deprecate. I am not
customary to royalty, and therefore you will
pardon me if I do not seem demonstrous."
"All right, mem," said he.
"How did you come aboard, "- she asked,
"you could not have come on a horse,
sure?"
"No, mem," he replied, "I came on a
hawser?"-
"But you must have wet your feet, and it
may end in browncritters in the throat, or
two buckles or something, if you don't take
care of it. I daresay any of the sailors will
lend you some dry stockings."
"Thank VOU. but will von nlpaao An mo
the honor to give me your autograph?"
"With the greatest reluctance." she re-
LIQHT ON CROSSED WIRES.
How New Motor Batteries Work os Inean
descent Indicators.
Chas. S. Keep in Troy Times.
Telegraphy is yet in its infancy. Although
improvement after improvement has been
made to facilitate the working of the tele
graph, yet every day are coming other Im
provements which tend to lessen labor and
better the work. The recent adoption by the
Western Union Company motors to gen
erate electricity in place of the old time
batteries of copper, zinc and vitriol supplies
a current that is at once strong and will
keep its strength as long as the motor is kept
running. This current, whether applied to
one wire or a hundred wires, remains equal
ly strong.
When wires get crossed this motor cur
rent comes into a new use, that of ascertain
ing what particular wires are misplaced.
In a darkened room just off the operating
room are large shelves,bolding incandescent
lamps, each lamp being connected with a
different wire, and numbered, according to
the number borne by the wire with which it
is connected. As an example, when a cross
occurs between wires 28 and 32, lamps 28
and 32 are immediately lighted, and atten
tion is at once attracted to them and the
cross removed.
Formerly it was Impossible to tell whether
wires were crossed or not, unlets operators
trying to work those wires should discover
it by not being able to raise certain offices,
or by the bad and frequently interrupted
working of the wire. With the old-style
battery it was impossible to do this.
The Steward Paralyzed.
JL Treasure Behind JUs Bach.
a look ot fright, and he pointed toward the
bottle as if he were paralyzed.
"Wha, wha, whatl" said he at length,
"you gwine to drink that? Golly, that's
the linimum for the horsesIV
The sangaree committee was crushed; but
the steward, at a nod from Captain Davit,
brought a lull bottle of the right vintage,
and a tumbler oi wine and water satisfied,
for the moment, the prevailing distemper,
even Mrs.Partington remarking that it was
"very lucubrating."
Mrs. Partington called Ike to her, and,
slyly giving him a large sip out of her tum
bler, admonished him never to take any
thing again that he couldn't lay his hands
on.
"You might have prolonged their lives,
dear," aid she, "if it hadn't killed them
outrlgHt, and think what a thing that would
be to have your conscience acquit yon of."
He was so impressed by the injunction
that heUurned three handsprings to wind-
of the sate, was down oa hk kaess fitting la J
plied, handing him a card, printed in script,
which she bad in her pocket,
"Thank'ee, mem," and now-I will attend
to the 'kids.' He touched his crown politely,
and passed on to his professional operations.
These were less severe than in old times, and
the newcomers escaped through a coin and a
cup, and Neptune withdrew satisfied.
The last part of the voyage wore pleasantly
away, with no very striking circumstances
occurring, and all were glad when the slim
masts of the little pilot schooner came in
sight just at the end of a glorious tropical
day, the distant shore picturesque with its
dark cabbage palms and cocoannt trees, the
harbor of Leguan to be reached in a few hours.
The night set in, the Seven Pollies laboring
along upon a leashore and rolling in the
trough of the sea. All turned in awaiting
the result, when suddenly all motion ceased,
the cabin lamp hung as straight as a pendu
lum, and, succeeding the rattling of chains
as the anchor dropped, there came over the
water the cry, "All's well!" and the voyage
was ended. B. P. Shujjlbeb.
A BOX'S EXAMINATION.
Unique Answers by a Delicate Fnpll to a Set
of Questions.
Teacher in London Spectator.
I had a young, delicate boy at my school,
who, though not allowed to take part in the
usual work, sat in the schoolroom during the
lessons of the various teachers. When exam
ination time came, and he heard the ques
tions read out, he said he was quite sure he
conld answer them. Papers were put before
him. The result was as follows:
Q. What is evaporation J A If you get a
little box and put a thimble tool of air in it,
what happensT Dus it go together like a peas
of wood? It goes all over the box and tries to
get out, what is this? It Is evaporation!
Q. Why should wo often let fresh air into
our rooms? A If we did not we should get
our beds all grlese anclnasty, but if we let fresh
air in our beds, it makes them fresh, and then
they are made up again!
Q. Give an account of Columbus. A. Co
lumbus was a very good man, and he wanted to
discover America, he and his men found It a
very nice place, and some of them are there to
this very day!
tj. Description of the battle of Waterloo.
A The. battle of Waterloo was fort about 20
mils from Brusle, it ralnd all night befer; the
Battle began at about haf past U. The French
were drown up on a vag, and the Eagles onan
Bother, there was a small hollow between. All
the gons of both sides were wst, and they could
not get the cartrages out. The French kept a
carg on all day, bat the Engles made squers
and sterd the charg, until tbey saw the caps of
the prusohen trops. The French were com.
pleatly roted. It was Tery hard for the Eagles
to stan the care all day sad sot saovs. The
battle was fort la 1SU,
rwnrmtw tob thb nispATfH.1
The war between the British and the
Maoris, or native inhabitants of New Zea
land, which lasted, with some short inter
vals, for more than 20 years, was one of the
most remarkable conflicts on record, and is
more interesting in some respects, as a mili
tary study, than many of the most famous
wars in history. It shows what may be
done by a handful of brave men who are
ready to sacrifice everything else to the one
object of defending their ancestral territory
and their political independence. It was
clearly shown that there were nevermore
than 2,000 men in arms against the Qneen
at one time, and General Sir Dnncan Cam
eron, who commanded the British forces,
admitted that he had never had to deal with
more than 400 warriors in any single en
gagement Yet any army of 20,000 men,
horse, foot and artillery, aided by a fleet of
ten ships and unlimited supplies of money
and stores, failed to suppress the rebellion,
notwithstanding that both officers and men
displayed a capacity and a heroism not sur
passed in the annals of modern warfare.
The truth is, a Maori warrior is a fighting
animal, while a British soldier is a fighting
machine, which makes all the difference in
the world. A pa, which the Maoris built
and fortified in a week, would defy the
whole force of the Boyal Artillery for a
month, and after all he evacuated with fly
ing colors, only when provisions and water
gave out. Por bull-dog courage, cat-like
tenacity and serpentine dexterity, there
were never any soldiers in the world to Deat
the Maoris who foughtfor King Potatau and
afterwards for his degenerate son.Tawhias.
who still bears the royal title, thongh all
aumority nas passed away from him,
HABO TO KEEP PBISONEBS.
Among the intrepid leaders of the Maoris
was the young chief; Te Kooti, who, after a
series of brilliant exploits, fell into the
hands of the British, with 200 of his war
riors. A long and painful experience had
taught the Government that it was next to
impossible to keep Maori prisoners by any
other method than shooting them dead. So
when the Government authorities gotTe
Kooti and his 200 demons, there ore, they
were at their wits' end to know what to do
with them. The Governor, the celebrated
Sir George Grey, K. C. B., the hero of the
Kaffir war in South Africa, like all brave
men, was very humane and altogether averse
to harsh methods of treating prisoners of
war.
It was at last decided that they should be
deported to the Chatham Islands, a small
dependency of New Zealand, 400 miles to
the eastward, out in the Pacific. Te Kooti
agreed to it on behalf of himself and his
people, on condition that their captivity
was not to last longer than two years. The
Maoris are exceedingly subject to home
sickness, and actually die of misery if sepa
rated from their relatives and friends. But
if a period is fixed, they bear their suffer
ings with wonderful fortitude and cheerful
ness. '
The Chathams are agroupof small islands
enjoying a mild climate and many other ad
vantages. At the time when the Maori pris
oners were sent there the population con
sisted or about ISO European settlers, en
gaged in farming, and an equal number of
harmless and fine-looking people supposed
to be the remnant of the aboriginal inhabit
ants. This little community were presided
over by Captain Thomas, a retired officer of
the Guards, who lived with his wife and
children at Waitangi, the principal settle
ment and seaport.
It was at this spot and under this gentle
man's authority that the prisoners were
placed, a sergeant and 25 men of the armed
constabulary, as the colonial forces are
called, being sent with them as a guard.
Captain Thomas set them to cntting timber
in the forest, making roads, and other works
of public utility, and as they were always
treated with the greatest kindness, they soon
came to be on a friendly footing with the
resident magistrate, the guard and the set
tlers, xne antaorities ana the public in New
Zealand, where the war was being waged
with unabated lerocity, forgot all about
them.
THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T CONSENT.
But Te Kooti counted the days, and at the
end of the two years applied to Captain
Thomas who sent on the application. The
retnrn mail brought only a bare acknowl
edgment of this letter with a cold official in
timation that the state of affairs in New
Zealand rendered it unadvisable to release
the prisoners. The Government having
dispatched this reply, dismissed the sub
ject. Te Kooti and his people had lived at
Poverty Bay, on North Island. Here a
happy little "English village of 100 men,
women and children had sprung up since
Te Kooti had been taken away. Suddenly
the news reached Wellington, the capital of
tne colony, tnat a large body ot natives had
been seen in Te Kooti's old haunts. A fe
days later, before the Government conld get
any farther news from Povertv Bay, a three
masted schooner named the Rifleman came
into Wellington, and her captain, having
obtained an interview with the native min
ister, told the following story:
The Bifleman was a regular trader to the
Chatham Islands, and had been lying for
some time at Waitangi, discharging her
cargo of stores and loading wool and prod
uce. When the news came from the Gov
ernment that the prisoners were not to be
released, though the two years fixed for
their captivity had expired, they became
pouri, that is, low spirited and brooding, as
Maoris do when suffering from homesick
ness; bnt they showed no other signs of dis
content. One day, however, when they
were cutting timber as usual in the forest,
without a moment's warning they fell on
their guards and overpowered them, prom
ising to do tbem no injury it they offered no
resistance. Sergeant Spain, commanding
the guard, drew his sword and was
instantly cut down and killed.
The 25 meni were then secured by
their hands and feet being tied with flax.
The Maoris equipped themselves with their
captors' rifles and cartridge belts, and rush
ing into the township of Waitangi, called
on all the settlers to surrender on pain of
instant death. Captain Thomas drew his
sword and attempted to rally the terrified
population, but seeing the hopelessness of
the situation, he called out to the Maoris
that the men would surrender if thev would
give him their word of honor that no woman
or child should be touched. Te Kooti gave
this pledge, and the resident magistrate
then gave up his weapons and submitted to
be bound. All the other men in the place
did the same, though several of them, who
tried to escape iu boats, were very roughly
handled and nearly lost their lives.
Bay, with the alternative of being shot then
and there, or at any time when it should be
come apparent that he was playing them
false. So the Bifleman set sail.
It was during this voyage that Te Kooti
first laid claim to supernatural or prophetic
powers, a species ol aeiunou, or, perhaps,
self delusion, which has since given him
enormous influence over the Maoris. About
midway between the Chathams and New
Zealand the Bifleman was becalmed for
several days. The chief undertook to con
sult the gods. Having remained alone in a
remote prfrt of the ship, without food or
drink for a whole day, he announced that
the atus, the mysterious spirit who guides
the destinies of man, demanded a sacrifice,
and he offered himself to be put to death.
The Maoris, however, would not part with
their leader, and having cost lots among
themselves, they brought to Te Kooti an did
man, a near relative of his own, on
whom the lot had fallen. The
prophet-chief led the victim lo the stern
of the vessel, opened a vein in bis neck
with a sharp knife, and having sucked in a
mouthful of his blood, spurted it on thetaff
rail and on the deck. He then uttered an
incantation, calling upon the east wind to
arise and accept the sacrifice, and forcing
the old man, now faint with Joss of blood,
over the taffrail, he brained him with one
stroke of his tomahawk and cast him into
the glassy sea.
A SHBEWD TRICK.
The circling water had scarcely closed
over the body of the victim, before a ripple
was seen approaching from the eastward,
the schooner's sails slowlv filled ont, and
with an almost inperceptible motion she
forged ahead. The breeze steadily freshened
and within an hour from the sacrifice the
Rifleman was bowling along at the rate of
10 or 11 knots an hour. The Maoris were
filled, with awe. but Te Kooti had simply
learned that a breeze was coming, and when
he saw the warning clouds so timed his sac
rifice that the welcome breeze seemed to
come at his call. Three days afterward the
the schooner made the shore of Poverty Bay.
The Government instantly ordered an ex
pedition of armed constabulary and Maori
troops, the hereditary enemies of Te Kooti's
tribe, to Poverty Bay. Te Kooti sent out a
message offering to lay down arms if he and
his people were allowed to take up their
oldland and live in independent But
Major Mair, acting under instructions, de
manded unconditional surrender. Te
Kooti was attacked the next morning, suf
fered a heavy loss, besides being badly
wounded himself, and was eventually forced
from his entrenchments and compelled to
retreat into the bush.
Pilled by a burning sense of injustice at
this treatment and driven to desperation br
suffering, he now performed ian exploit
which Europeans call an atrocity, but
which was merely legitimate warfare ac
cording to the Maori code. The expedition
having gone in pursuit of the fugitives, had
lert the military settlement at Poverty Bay
not only undefended, bnt in a state of com
plete false security, and Te Kooti, doubling
back through the bush, passed the pursuing
force in the darkness, and hastening to
Poverty Bay with every man he could
muster, now worked up to a pitch of savage
fury, he fell upon the settlement at break of
day. Major Bnggs and Captain Wilson were
aroused from their sleep by the sound of firing
and were shot dead at their own doors, and
the whole body of effective men were soon
killed or wounded. Then followed a horrible
scene of slaughter and rapine, the helpless
women and children being given up to the
ferocious passions of the Maoris. Alter com
mitting untold outrages they tomahawked or
bayoneted every man, woman and child they
could lay their hands on, and burned the
village to the ground, carrying off all the
arms, ammunition and money.
A LITTLE BOX'3 MESSAGE.
In the confusion many settlers escaped
into the scrub, and among them a little boy,
a son of Captain Wilson, who ran without
ceasing until he reached a place whence the
news of the disaster could he dispatched to
the Government. Then began what is known
in the annals ot the New Zealand War as
Te Kooti's campaign."
At length Te Kooti, having been driven
from point to point by superior numbers,
built a fortified na on the top of a precipi
tous hill called Ngatapa, and Fettled down
to his last defense. Before this eagle's nest
General Whitmore and Major Bopata sat
down and prepared for a siege of which no
one could see the outcome. The only plan
was to dig rifle pits in the night, rising zig
zag up the slope, and to this work they de
voted two months of incessant labor. When
ever a bead appeared above the edge of the
works a shower of ballets would be sent at
it from the pa, and so true did the Maori's
shooting become that the besiegers suffered
heavily.
Eventually the trenches were brought near
the pa, and the commanders, mustering
every man who was fit for such service, at
tacked Te Kooti's stronghold by escalade.
The fighting was most desperate, but the be
leaguered Maoris, in addition to being
nearly starved, were short of ammunition
and worn out with watching. The British
and their native allies succeeded in effecting
an entrance into the pa and inflicting a terri
ble slaughter.
PUBSTJED WITHOUT QtJABTEB.
Yet, in the last extremity, Te Kooti and
more than 100 of his. warriors contrived to
descend the precipice and take refuge in the
fastness of the ravine below. A flying
column was sent after them. Their in
structions were to give the enemy no rest
and no quarter, and they obeyed them to
the letter.
After leading the life of a hunted wolf for
months, the unhappy chief escaped with a
handful of followers to the little known in
terior, where he obtained a sanctuary with
the chief Tawbiao, the titular King of the
Maoris. After the close of the war Te Kooti
was included in a general amnesty, and has
since led a perfectly peaceful life. Yet Te
Kooti still bears in New Zealand a reputa
tion akin to that which Nana Sahib bore in
India after the mutiny; but there are those,
of whom I confess I am one, who look upon
him as more sinned against than sinning.
Ebwaed Wakefield.
NITBOGEN FOB SOIL
Legnminons Plants Take the Gas Di
rectly Prom the Air.
THE PROBLEM OP FERTILIZERS.
ITo Sanger of a Permanent Chugs Is Cli
matic Conditions.
SCIENTIFIC BCEAPS OP HDCH IBMBJST
FOUNDED A 112AD1KG FAMILY.
A woman's cletee ruse.
The Maoris next ransacked the houses for
money, and obtained a considerable sum.
They were banlked of the main prize, how
ever, the Government funds, by the courage
and presence of mind of Mrs. Thomas, wife
of the resident magistrate, who hurriedly
opened her husband's cash box and put all
the money it contained into a large kettle
which was boiling over the fire, and which
the Maoris never thought of searching.
Having seonred all the plunder they could,
and all the firearms and ammunition in the
place, they marched In a body down to the
beach, and, taking the captain and mate of
the Bifleman with them as prisoners, forced
them to take the whole body on board their
vessel, xe jloou then offered the captain
A Broken Saddle- Girth. Fart la u. Town's
BUtory.
Lewlston Journal.
In a York county town, one of the leading
families is that ot the name of Walker, and
the story of its foundation would afford fit
material for a romaucist. It was 200 years
ago and more when a young Brnnswick lady
of wealth, accompanied by her groom, gal
loped through on her way to Boston. There
were no railroads then, and the stage or
horseback was the accepted means of loco
motion. Miss Purinton chose the latter.
As she went her saddle girth broke, and no
one could be found to repair the damage ex
cept young Andrew Walker, who kept a
little harness shop in tne village, -tie was
desperately poor but desperately handsome,
and as he mended the oroken strap he at
the same time broke our fair maid's heart.
He too was stricken by the self-same shaft
from Cupid's bow. It was a case of love at
first sigbt. The sequel was that he earned
a home, pressed his suit and won his bride,
and both fell asleep, fullot years and honor.
. WHAT TUKfiK HOURS BEOUGflT.
How Formality Wore Off While a Young
Couple Took In Scenery.
Atlanta Constitution.
An exceedingly polite young gentleman
handed a very pretty girl into the Capitol
yesterday, and while looking for the keeper
of the bnilding to have the door leading to
the dome unlocked, he ttas heard to address
his companion as "Miss Alice." Por three
hours the young couple remained leaning
on the parapet and talking of the scenery
and other things. As they were finally
leaving the building the young man was
heard to address the young lady as "my
owu darling precious sweetheart." It was
thought probable that he had sot wasted his
opportunity.
Cwarrrw Ton TaxpisrAics st washctotox
SCIENTISTS.
Prof. W. O. Atwater, Director of the
Office of Experiment Stations of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, who is also Director of
the Storrs School Experiment Station in
Connecticut, has recently published the re
sults of his experiments on the availability
of atmospheric nitrogenas plant food. The
results show that leguminous plants in gen
eral, are able to acquire large quantities of
nitrogen from the air during the period of
their growth, and that there is scarcely room,
to doubt that the free nitrogen of the air is
thus acquired by plants. That there is a
definite connection between the tubercles
founa on the roots of leguminous plants and
this acquisition of nitrogen is also clearly
demonstrated, and there are indications that
certain micro-organisms assist in imparting
the atmospheric nitrogen to the plants
through the root tubercles.
Among the practical benefits which ma-r
accrue to the farmer from these discoveries
are the following: The ability of legumes
to gather nitrogen from the air helps to ex
plain the usefulness of clover, alfalfa, peas,
beans, vetches, and cowpeas as renovating
crops, and enforces the importance bf using
these crops to restore fertility to exhausted
soils. The judicious use of mineral fertil
izers (containing phosphoric acid, potash
and lime) will enable the farmer to grow
crops of legumes, which after being fed to
his stock will, with proper care to collect
and preserve all manure, both liquid and
solid, enable him to return a "complete
fertilizer" in the shape of barnyard manure
to his land. A farther advantage of grow
ing these crops is that the nitrogenous ma
terial, protein, which they contain in such
great abundance, is especially valuable for
lodder.
This subject has also a wider significance.
The food supply of the future depends oa
our securing sufficient amounts of phos
phoric acid, potash, and nitrogen to keep up
the fertility of the soil. Deposits contain
ing ample quantities of the first two ingre
dients to meet the demand for an indefinite
time to come have been discovered, but
many scientists have doubted whether it was
possible to get enough nitrogen from any
source. If, however, as now seems probable,
filants may avail themselves of the exhaust
ess stores of the atmosphere the fear of star
vation for the over-populated earth of the
future may be dismissed as an idle bugaboo
of timid searchers into nature's mysteries.
Work of the Topographic Corps.
The season's work of the topographio
corps of the United States Geological Sur
vey closed in November and early in De
cember, having proved, in spite of the prev
alent bad weather, a very successful one.
Work has been prosecuted in 23 of the
States and Territories, that in the arid
region of the West being executed directly
in aid of the irrigation survey. In Connec
ticut, the work has been carried on with the
co-operation of the State, the latter bearing
one-half the expenses. The season's work
in this area completes 12 atlas sheets, which
comprise somewhat more than half the area
of the State. Tn Pennsylvania nine atlas
sheets, comprising 2,000 square miles, have
been surveyed. These sheets include most
of the anthracite coal region. All these
sheets are upon the scale of 12300, with a
contour interval of 20 feet
Iu the Appalachian Mountain system,
south of Mason and Dixon's line, an area of
about 12,000 square miles has been sur
veyed, completing 12 atlas sheets, all upon
the scale of 1:125000. Maps of this region
are in great demand in aid of railroad and
other development projects. A detailed
survey has been commenced of the Iron
range, upon the TToper Peninsula ot Michi
gan, and about one-half its area completed.
In Southern Wisconsin, in Iowa, in Kan
sans and Arkansas manv square miles were
surveyed. Much of this "terra incognita"
Is now represented upon maps. The sur
veyed area in Texas was increased by about
6,000 square miles.
In the arid region of the West, surveys
were made in Colorado, 24,000 square miles,
in New Mexico, 4,000 square miles, in Cali
fornia and Nevada, 5,000 square miles, in
Idaho, 2,000 square miles, and in Montana,
2,000 square miles. The entire area sur
veyed during the season is estimated to be
in excess ot 77,000 square miles.
No General Climatic Change.
Those yiho have feared a permanent
change in our temperature, and climatio
conditions generally, can allay their fears.
The latter half of the past year was by no
means abnormal for the entire country, the
temperature being 1 above the average,
and at the majority of the Signal Service
stations the rainfall was not far from the)
average for the entire year.
The warm weather is not caused by any
change in the Gulf Stream. Quite recently
the temperature records in France covering
the summer and autumn for about 400 years
have been examined, resulting in the con
clusion that no change has taken place. An
examination of the records of temperature
and rainfall comprising 150 years at St.
Petersburg reveals the same fact.
It Is a pleasure to the proprietors of the
Sturtevant Honse, Broadway and Twenty
ninth st, N. Y to receive a travel-worn guest
the una of f 1,000 to Beaver tkta to Poverty West sad to giv feba ntij ae4d atteatlea.
A Cnrlo.lty In Cherokee.
Becently one of the agents of the Bursas
of Ethnology discovered in a mound of Lon
don county, Tennessee, a small stone with
letters of the Cherokee alphabet engraved
upon it. The puzzling feature is that it was
discovered at the bottom with one of the
nine skeletons found there, and that the
mound has not been distarbed within the
present century. It is known by the citi
zens that 60 years ago it was covered with,
trees and grape vines and has not been dis
turbed since then until explored by the
bureau agent While according to history,
Gness did not invent the Cherokee alphabet
before 1821.
Carried Timber With Them.
Captain Bourke has ascertained a faei
which will give to the Indian houses falling
into ruin somewhat less antiquity that they
are believed to possess. He says the diffi
culty with which the Indians obtained trees
large enough for beams or roof timbers
caused them when building new houses or
when moving to a new locality to take all '
timber out of the old or deserted house.
This, and not great age accounts for the ab
sence of wood in those houses in dry coun
tries where its decay would occupy perhaps
centuries.
Hair Fire Was First Hade.
It has been discovered by Dr. Adler, of
Johns Hopkins University, that the Acca
dian fire-god was represented by crossed
sticks in the position in which they are held
when fire is being made. As the records of
these people are among the Tery oldest
known, the method of making fire by twirl
ing one stick on another may be regarded u
the most primitive.
The Spark From Flint.
The spark struck from two pieces of flint
will not ignite tinder. In order to gst tn
by the use of s flint it is necessarr thai .
piece of pyrites, iron or steel be used. As - -no
one has ever found a piece of flint to-
gethAr "?i!h ra J?iece "LPT1, is safe te I
7.h? 1?I0 Jw nothing of this .
method of atsJdag a firs, ,
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