VI ""iti . f rrnrr". T?yr f eTr? wrrTPTjq" .irrrn THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SUNDAY, APRIL 2T, 1890: 23 e ,"? .ac . PfBITIZK FOK TUX DI8FXTCB. 1 On the soft moss at the foot of an old oak there nestled one springtime a little blue violeL The great tree spread out its branches like a protecting roof, and the tender green leaves, -which were just begin ning to put forth, shielded the little plant from sun and rain. "When the soft, -warm air blew through the forest and the lark and other birds were making the woods ring with their songs, the violet awoke from her long winter rest, and opening her blue eyes, wondered how long she had slept. Bnt she thought it must have been a very short time; for the trees looked just the same, except that the leaves looked smaller and of a lighter green; but the sun shone just as warm, and the sty looked just as blue. Then she spied in the rough bark of the tree a small worm almost encased in a brown shell. The worm greeted the violet, and the two became firm friends, talking all day about their dreams and hopes. The worm said: "I dreamed that this ugly brown shell had falien oft, that I had gay-colored wings and could fly through the air over the tops of trees and through the blooming meadows. Oh, that St might be true; for I am so tired of living in this small place; and before you awoke, I was very lonesome here." "I, too, have had a dream," said the violet; "it seemed that one night the wind blew very cold, and soon I was hidden under a cover of snow. I could see hun dreds of my little sisters, and they, as I, were all trembling with cold. Then it grew verv dark, and for a long time we could see neither the sun nor the bright blue sky. "We were so frightened that we dared not even speak; and so we remained quiet and still. I was beginning to think that I must al ways stav in this dark place; and as I could I co longer see any of my sisters, I thought '"nsssJS' V" '- " ' -v - FATE Or THE GORGEOUS ADMIBAIi. they had left me to die alone. But I was afraid to cry out. Finally I saw a bright light, and the flower queen in her new bright robes stood beside me, 'What, are my little violets still sleeping?' she asked. Wake up, wake up; see how bright the sun is shining, and hear how the birds are singing.' When I opened my eves, here I was on the same soft moss and under the kind old tree. But I hope 1 shall never again have such an unpleasant dream." As the violet ceased speaking it began to grow dark, and, alter bidding her friend good-night, she fell asleep and did not waken till tbe morning sun shone through the branches. Many other lorest flowers had by this time ventured ont of their home tinder the earth, and the anemones and bluets were now holding a reception under the oak tree. The violet looked on with de light, and gave the newcomers a cordial welcome. Then she saw on the grass not far away a flower much larger and handsomer than the .thers; its blue and yellow leaves seemed sprinkled with the finest gold dust, which glittered and shone in the sunlight. The strange flower began to move, and coming to the violet, said: "Do you not know me, my little friend?" The voice certainlv had a very familiar sound, but the violet was sure she had never before seen the beautiful flower. Shaking her head she replied: "You are very handsome and I am proud to be called your friend; but I do not re member you and think I have never seen a flower like yon." "I am no flower," said the stranger; "see there lies rar empty shell, and they now call me a butterfly. My hopes at last have been realized, and w'ith these beautiful wings I can fly through the field and for est." "I am glad to see you so hapnv." said the violet; "but I shall be very lonely when you are gone away." "Oh, I am not going to leave you, mv dear Iriend," said the butterfly; "you shall always be my playmate and companion. I shall fly through the woods during the day, and in the evening shall tell you about mv travels." Thedays now passed very happily for the two friends. Every morning the butterfly would take leave of the violet, and then be gin his journey through the surrounding country. "When he returned he would tell of the wonders he had seen; of the gold fish in the lake; of the reeds along the shore; and of the birds' nests with their many col ored eggs. When the night came, and the moonbeams fell through the trees and the fire flies were flitting to and fro. the violet wonld talk 01 the flower queen and the fairy island until she fell asleep. One day on the shore of the lake the butterfly met another butterfly dressed in red uniform who called himself an admiral and told of a white marble palace which stood on the other side of the hill sur rounded by a large garden, in which lived tbe most beautiful flowers. "Nothing at all like these common wild flowers," he said. When the butterfly had told the violet of his meeting with the admiral, it was de cided that he should spend the next dav in the garden, and in the evening relate" its beauties to his little friend. Early the next morning he flew over the hill, and there saw the marble palace with its golden roof and the beautiful garden. Hundreds and hundreds of tbe rarest trees and choicest floners filled the air with their fragrance. The butterfly was astonished at the sight of so much beauty, and entering a garden lighted on a rose tree, where he again met his friend the admiral, who greeted him in a most friendly way and went with him through the garden, introducing him to the flowers. Everyone had a pleasant word for the stranger, even the haughty tulips gave him a friendly nod. They listened with in terest to his account of his woodland home; but laughed so scornfully when he told of his playmate the violet, that he became ashamed of his little friend and declared he would never again go back to the forest. Day after day he lived in the beautiful garden, breathing the rich fragrance of the flowers without noticing that the bright color was fading from his wings. Bnt the flowers observed how dull and gray their friend was becoming, and no longer took any interest in him. They began to treat him very coldly, and some would not even speak to him, but turned away their heads when he came near. One day a cruel bar came into th tr.r.n and.catching the admiral, ran a pin through' iftU vvuj, i -i jus udut. in nil lncrht th hntt-H.r n ; , a .-... ... . ..a, the garden toward the forest. He recalled how false he had been to the little violet, and thought now sne na mtnhlil ir TAin (ftT hl rntTjin?. H WOU- dered if she wonld forgive him, or if she would turn away as the other flowers had done. He remembered how gladly she had welcomed him every even ing, and with what interest she had listened to the story of his travels. He hastened with all speed, and when he reached the forest he found the grass just as green as when he had gone away that bright morning. But the flowers bent their heads, and the bluebells, instead of ringing mer rilv, as was their custom, were tolling soft and low, while the bluets seemed to whis per, "Your violet is dead." Pull of anxietv, the butterfly hurried to his old home ; but the violet had bowed her head and died from grief for her lost play mate. All night, in deep distress, the but terfly hovered over the dead flower, and dur ing the long summer he might have been seen wandering sad and lonely over the fields. "When the cold winds and frosts came he died under the old oak tree near the grave of the little bine violet Paysik. THE FICKLE FoDR HUNDRED. Contrast In Their Treatment of Mrs. Cleve land and tbe Cachets. Hew York World. 3 The four hundred went into ecstacies over the Duchess of Marlborough. Every proud lady was at her knee, every gallant beau bowed in reverential awe. Now that the Duchess is gone all this seems particularly funny in view of the timid and hesitating way in which society people received Mrs. Cleveland a year or so ago when she first came to New York, and the half-hearted fashion in which they have entertained her. I It can scarcely have escaped the memory even of the most casnal observer in such matters that when Mrs. Cleveland came here from Washington the question whether or not society would receive her at all was dili gently considered. The women criticised her gowns and de clared without hesitation that the edthnsi astic paragraphs which those gowns had prompted at the hands or rather the pens of fashion writers in the national capital were wholly unwarranted, and really thought that the greatest kindness Mrs. Whitney could do Mrs. Cleveland was to recommend a nrst-class modiste. And now comes the diverting spectacle of the women who pulled Mrs. Cleveland's costumes to pieces and who accorded her the most grudging social recognition clamoring, in cborns for her and shouting as loudly as polite society permits its votaries to shout that she must be placed on a golden throne and be a "regular royal queen," and that the most fashionable dud ilistin- guished woman of the town and the Dnchess of Marlborough and similar celebrities from abroad must follow in her train and must, if possible, come in quietly with" rubber shoes on. If Ward McAllister had not invited Mrs. Cleveland to tbe place of honor at the com mittee's supper table at the New Year's ball, a proceeding on Mr. McAllister's part which gave her a social position she had not held before in New York, the advocates for Mrs. Cleveland's leadership and precedence would be now in a much more absurd posi tion than they are. THE FIRST ENGLISH BIBLE. Away Back In 1505 the First Attempt Was Made Early Editions. The earliest attempt to make an English translation of any portion of the Bible was in 1505, when a translation of the seven penitential Psalms were made. In 1526 William Tyndale's translation of tbe New Testament appeared, but the edition was bought np and burned. In 1530 Tyndale .published his translation of the Pentateuch, and a year later the book of Jonah. The first English version of the whole Bible was published by Miles Covcrdale in 1535, and dedicated to Henry "VIII. In 1537 the next English edition, known as Matthew's Bible, appeared. In 1539 Cranmer's Bible (so called be cause he wrote a preface to it), made its ap pearance. P.ichard Taverner published an edition in the same year. The "Geneva Bible" (so called because the translation was made in Geneva, by several English divines), came from the press in 1557. This was the first edition divided into verses and printed in Roman letters. It was the subject ofmucb playful criticism by reason of the list word in the translation of Gen. Ill, xnen me eyes oi tnem botn were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches." It was sometimes called "The Breeches Bible." The "Bishop's Bible" was published in London in IMS. From 1607 to 1610 a num ber of the most eminent divines of England were engaged in still another translation, which resulted in what has ever since been known as "King James' Bible." and which continues to be tbe standard version. PUPPIES AND &P0AGE. The Tonne Cnninen After n Fen.t Became Inflated Like Balloona. Philadelphia Times. A boy had been presented with two lovely little puppies, and, as the night was cold, he put them in the kitchen ,to sleep. An hour or two after that, the cook, intent upon giving the family hot rolls for breakfast the next morning, had set her "sponge" to rise, that is to say, she had mixed the flour, yeast and whatever else is necessary, and put the pan containing the mixture in a warm corner by the range. That is the end of chapter one. About 2 o'clock in the morning the father of the family was awakened by strange cries and repeated thumps of some kind, all coming, apparently, from the kitchen. Of course he went down to investigate, and when he had lighted tbe gas he saw the two puppies bobbing 'against the ceiling just like toy balloons tbat have been released from the hand. The voracious little beasts had devoured the cook's "sponge," and the "rising" pro cess had eone on in their stomaeha nrl turned them into great,-distended bags of from then BnL - - -.waS f '. v ft -C-W' rT AMOKG THE BOOKS. Peep3 Into the Great Reading Booms at the British Museum. FORMALITIES TO BE OBSERVED. Fen Pictures of Typical Frequenters: of the Mammoth Storehouse. - THB GOOD THAT IB ACCOMPLISHED rwaiTTKir ron thb dispatch. : "Books," says the G. O. M., that grand old master of words whose burden of four score years seems but to have fired bim with new and living eloquence whether in the splendor of his recent great oration in the House of Commons, his last criticism on Homer, his essay on the construction of a library, or his "Defense of Revealed Re ligion" "books are the voices of the dead, the main channel of our communication with the vast human procession of thought toward another world." "The true univer sity of our days," s ays another master, the stern old sage of Chelsea, "is a collection of books." And, as far as mere numbers go, the col lection in Bloomsbury in the reading room of the British Museum is probably without a rival in the world. It is indeed no small thing for a man to sit down in the presence of a million of books, all waiting to be opened and read, and have to make a choice as to where he shall begin, and what mighty voice out of the silent past he shall summon to hold converse with in this age of universal knowledge, when the difficulty is not to find an author on any given subject, human or divine, but to meet with a man who hasn't written at least one book and cannot talk of a thousand others of which he has written none and has seen but a few. But at last the student makes up his mind, he will dip into the wise and witty pages of Sidney Smith or the dreary ones of Herbert bpencer on the Homogeneity ot tne Acephalous Atom'whichever his choice be. HOW TO GET BOOKS. There is only one way of getting what he wants, and tbat is simple and easy enough. First, taking a blank ticket from the rack, he must go to the catalogue, seize that one out of the 30 volumes which contains his book, fill up the ticket with its exact title, size, edition, date, birthplace and nnmber on the library shelf, adding his own name and the number of the seat he has taken. day of the month and year. The ticket so filled up he places in a basket at the central desk; thence it passes on to an attendant who hunts up the desired volume and brings it to thb expectant reader, who, when his toils are over, takes baek his books to the head center and receives for them the cancelled ticket. Meanwhile before his books arrive the student may take any light refreshment he pleases from auv of the lower shelves of the great dome, which are filled with such suc ulent and choice dainties as dictionaries, encyclopedias, parliamentary papers, topog raphies, geographies, indexes, maps and charts; in all languages, living and dead; to the modest amount of some thousand vol umes, on any of which he may quietly feast without a ticket. But, if not inclined for any such preliminary tonic, he can look about him and take a snrvey of the quiet host of readers. There are some 600 or 700 of them, if one may rightly guess from a casual glance, of all aces, between 20 years and fourscore, and of almost as wide a range as to rank and condition and personal ap pearance. TWO SPECIMEN BEADEB3. Look, for example, on that little withered old man, in a gray, dingy, old dress ing gown, who sits at the end of the row! Snmmer or winter, rain or shine, he is here every day, ana all day; in tbe same corner, with the same one book before him gossip ing old Bishop "Burnett's History of His Own Time." When he is not dozing in his chair, or mopping his bald head with that scrap of faded, yellow bandana silk hand kerchief, and he is feebly glancing at the Sri n ted page, and trying to look alive, as he as been doing for the last 20 years. The museum library is his club, without en trance fee, or subscription, where for so many hours out of each day he can find shelter, warmth and a comfortable arm chair. He is harmless and nobody molests him; not even his next-door neighbor, a stout, florid, well-to-do personage robed in sable garments of strictly ecclesiastical cut, knee breeches and gaiters. His clerical hat is beside him on the desk; he is calm, digni fied and conscions of his own importance perhaps, also, of his own inability to write a sermon suddenly demanded on an occasion when his very best will be needed before the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs on Sunday next, for the great schools of St. Agatha, city. At ail events able or important he thinks it well to consult some of tbe most famous preachers of the day and see how they deal with things in these terrible days of scientific inquiry. If he can prevent it, he has determined that Moses shall not be abolished, and here, under the great dome, are a score, or 100, or 500 mighty orators and divines, from St, Augustine down to Mr. Charles Spurgeon, all ready to help him. He is taking a goodly sheaf of notes. TWO OF THE LADY HEADERS. A country cousin, who, under the guid ance of an official, has just now strayed into the domains of learning, takes the portly scribe for His Grace the Archbishop, and looks on him with silent awe. Only for a moment, however, for his eyes gladly travel on, as our own also do, to a smiling maiden of many summers, who, in spite of advanc ing years and disappointed hopes, still keeps up an appearance of skittish youth fulness and is now Intent on her next con tribution to that famous journal, 27ie Young Christian TToman's Budget. She looks askance at our Archi-Episcopal frirad, but still more disapprovingly on the young ladv seated at a desk over the way who is said to be though I don't vouch for it the reporter for Jenny's Own Journal and the author of "Jack and Jill, or the Rights of the British Female." Each of these two sister laborers in the vineyard knows what the other is about, and what the one tries to build up the other rejoices to pull down. When the clock strikes 6 P. M. they will greet each other with a sugary, but bitter, smile of recognition as they pack up their MSS. for the uight and rejoice over the labors of another day. But, in addition to these and a score of other amusing types of readers Under the the great dome who might easily be cited and made to speak for themselves, it must not be iorgotteu even for a moment that to this quiet and noble domain of learning there comes every day a band of BBATE AND EARNEST STUDENTS of high intellect and trained skill; worthy alike of the famous library and of the treas ures which it contains. Men and women they are of rare and undoubted accomplish ments poets, painters, philosophers, scholars, novelists, dramatists, orators, di vines, drinking-in fresh inspiration and new life, sweetness and light, from tbe foun tains of past ages from the voices of muny lands and the living .words of many men, who, though dead, yet speak, and will be heard while time lasts. It is these who give a dignity and add a luster to the whole place, and to the assembled crowd of stu dents a name of which some are not worthy; knowing not what a biok is, or how it should be used. And thus it comes to pass that, in spite of much that is but trivial and idle turning of pages under the mighty dome, some amount of trumpery book-making, not a little of idle whispering (in the face of pre tended BiJence), and silly 'gossip about books and bookmakers, grand and noble work of real progress, research and light is there done every day between dawn and sunset, of which men may gather goodly fiuit far and wide among the nations. THE WAT TO BEAD. Hot maj oat of the rut crowd who year by year go up to the museum to read, emerge from it any the wiser or better for their visit, is a question which I as one of that great host will not undertake to an swer. "Sir," says the great Mr. Bound erby, who revels in literary statistics, "Sir, the Bloomsbury Library is a boon to man kind, and anyman who pleases may nowin this enlightened age, by working steadily on for 20 years, make himself master of 2, 000 volumes as easily as I put on a pair of gloves." .Perhaps so, Mr..B.; but the perhaps is a big one. For, as wise and witty Oliver Wendell Holmes saith: "To be homo unius libri a perfect master of one boos:, goodly and ripe, is after all enough for human nature and the span of life. And many; a man is there, moreover, who cannot contain more than one, and dies of a surfeit if he swallows more." Let a man stick to one book, if he will, and as long as he will; bnt in that case he must beware of Mr. Toot's example, and not study his chosen volume upside down. B. G. Johns. BEADING THE FUTURE. The Prophets Are Not All Dead and Spooks Not All Tmnslnntlon. The Marquise di Lanzi, writing of the gift of second sight and presentiments, says: People who have presentiments of events to come actually exist. They are usually very nervous and susceptible to any strong influence. It would seem almost as it the finer quality of their temperament rendered them capable of receiving impres sions of preordained occurrences. Some strange infallible intuition certainly pos sesses them at times. I once knew a lady who could invariably tell precisely when a certain person would call, when an import ant letter would arrive, and when the death of a friend or relative would take plaee. I often talked with her on the subject. She said these occurrences were not in any way controlled by her will or even her inclina tion. She was as much astonished as any one when she predicted 'with certainty events that subsequently happened. She simply knew they would occur. That was all. And they never failed to come about exactly as she said they would. The most wonderful thins: that ever hap pened to me occurred several years ago. One afternoon I was sitting alone in my study reading. There was no one else in the house except the tenants, who were all down stairs. I was facing a Ion bookcase that was filled with books tightly packed side by side on the shelves. Suddenly, one , of the volumes flew out as if shot from a ' gun and fell with a flop on the floor at my feet. I confess I was somewhat startled. The proceeding has meaning, to say the least. I got up and examined the book shelf. The volumes, as I stated, were tightly packed one beside the other. It would have required an effort oa my part to withdraw tbe particular book that had just come fly ing out so unceremoniously. I picked it up from the floor. There was nothing unusual in its appearance. But I felt so decidedly creepy-crawly that I went and sat in an other room. The book never misbehaved again, though I half expected it would. That has been my first, and I happy to say, my last experience so far with "mysterious agencies." CHAINED IN A CATERN TO DIE. Remarkable Evidence of a Prehistoric Race Fonnd In Colorado. In the mountains near Colorado Springs, Col., two young men have discovered a remarkable cavern. Dot knowing the extent of tbe cavern or whither its passages might lead them, they first fastened the end of a ball of strong cord at the en trance of the corridor, to be unwound and carried along as they proceeded on the way. The floor of the corridor was of solid rock and covered with the dust of centuries. It was wide enough for two to walk abreast, with a decline of about one foot in ten, and estimated to be some 80 feet in length. It ended in a large oblong chamber, where the most brilliant stalactites depended, while from the floor arose a nnmber of hnge stalagmites, ranging from 8 to 14 feet higb, and white as the virgin snow. The walls also reflected back the light like burnished silver. They found tbis chamber to be nearly 100 feet in length and about 70 in width, and as near as they could guess, 25 feet high. They had now made a circuit around the chamber, and, striking across toward the center, they were surprised to find the first positive evidence of previous occupation. In the center stood a pyramid built ot heavy stone, rising in steps on all sides until it reached the last at a height of eight feet. Mounted on top of the last stone stood one of the most hideous, frightful-looking im ages that the human mind is capable of con ceiving. Lying close to the base of the pyramid was the skeleton of what had once been a man of almost gigantic proportions. Around the waist was a heavy iron band, securely riveted together, and to this was fastened one end of a brass chain of peculiar work manship about six feet in length, the re maining end firmly embedded in the solid base rock. The skeleton was in an excel--lent state of preservation. On the opposite side of tbe pyramid another skeleton of smaller proportions, evidently that of a female, was found chained in tbe same man ner. At tbe foot of the pyramid, in the middle of one side, a small spring of ice cold water bubbled up, discharging its sur plus through a niche into a crevice in the floor. The victims had evidently been chained within sight and hearing of the rippling water, but out of reach, and left to die by starvation or thirst, or both. THE MANIAC MILLIONAIRE. E. J. Lehman Beta Thonsanda nt Imagtnnry Fnro In Bloomlngdale. New York Morning Journal. "Five thousand on the queenl" There is a momeut's pause, and the same voice speaks again. "Lost! Ten thousand on the queen!" Again a pause, longer than before, and the voice is heard once more. "Lost again! Twenty thousand on the queen. I'll win if I have to double the bets all night!" And so the gambler goes on, losing more bets upon the painted lady than there ever were painted ladies in an actual pack of cards. It is not in a gambling house that this scene takes place, but in an asylum for the insane, no other than Bloomingdale. The better sits alone, without any sign of a faro layout before him, and yet he goes on making his wagers, for all the physicians in New York cbuld not 'convince him th3t he is not sitting before the green cloth where be has so often sat. The victim of the strange delusion is E. J. Lehman, one of Chicago's most widely known business men, and a member of the World's Fair Committee. Lehman has been a constant patron of the faro banks of the Windy City, and has been more than lucky. He has often lost, of course, and his losses have been tremendous, but he has always recouped himself with still larger winnings. To drop $30,000 at a single sitting, and win double that amount on the following night, was no unusual occurrence for the sportive Lehman. On Thursday he arrived in this city in a palace car over the New York Central Bail road. With him were a keeper, physician, and nurse, and the party were met at Mott Haven by officials of tbe asylum, to which he was at once removed. Mrs. Lehman has applied to the Probate Court of Cook county lor the appointment ui r uuiteci ruiui wi tug estate, wmcu valued at $2,500,000. r - -.-...... iU 41.- -l-i- l!t- f is A Jolting on the Ball Grievously disturbs the stomachs ot Invalid travelers. The motion ot the ship and vibra tion of tbe screw in crossing tbe ocean does the like for many In good health. All travelers should have, as a companion, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which fortifies and regulates the stomach and bowels, counteracts hurtful influences of cllmato and chauges of tempera ture, and is a sovereign remedy for malarial, rheumaUo and kidney ailment, THE SIITH SENSE. Second Sight and Presentiment From a Scientific Standpoint. VIEWS OF WELL-KNOWN STUDENTS. Magician Kellar'a Wonderful Experiencs "With, an Aged Hindoo. INSTANCB8 OP WARNING T0ICES. PREFABED FOX THE DISPATCH. The opinions given below are in response to a series of questions directed to each of tbe authorities quoted concerning the gift of second sight and presentiments: Prof. Elliott Coues in his response says: I do believe in presentiments, and that they occur more frequently than is generally sup posed. As a rule, they are not attended to at the time. If attended to the event in ques tion is avoided and does not come to -pass. If neglected and then verified after the event, the scientific value of the evidence is much impaired or made worthless by the tricks which memory so often plays us. As a rule, our hindsight is more reliable than our foresight .But if time and space allowed I could give you more than one well authenticated case of absolute foreknowl edge of an event, quite unaccountable ex cept upon tbe theory of presentiment. You ask what is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to rne. Being born, I suppose; though my memory scarcely serves me here to recount my own experience. The next most wonderful thing that I have ever known to happen to another person is dying to this world, and, I trust, being born into another by a process as easy and as natural as that by which one enters the phenomenal world. But my time presses, and if you think I have been under fire long enough, let me beg you to desist, for if I should tell ydu all I know about everything at once, I should have to draw on my imagination for facts to satisfy the next reportorial searcher for the divine wisdom. THE SECOND SIGHT. Second sight is simply another name for clairvoyance, or the faculty of seeing accu rate pictures of actual events in the astral light just as we ordinarily perceive physical objects with the bodily eye. It is spoken of in Scotland as the "sixth sense." merely as another than the five senses of ordinary sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. It is not peculiar to Scotland, but is specially associated with that country in the minds of ngiisn-speaking people for two reasons: First, the popularity of Sii Walter Scott's novels; second, the well-known fact in psychic science, that highlands favor the de velopment of psychometrical faculties, so that a larger percentage of persons can use these faculties in high'than in low countries. Another reason occurs to me. Scotland has been almost literally drenched in blood during former wars, and fresh human blood is peculiarly attractive to certain classes of sub-human creatures, as the astral elenien tals, whose insidious commerce with human astral bodies makes itself felt in various strange forms of obsession, with its attend ant sorceries. Dr. Allan McLaue Hamilton says: I do not believe in presentiment as it is usually understood. In the cases that have come under my notice there has always been a strong suspicion, if not an absolute cer tainty, ot either coincidence or a perfectly reasonable chain of anticipatory events. A MAGICIAH'3 OPINIONS. Kellar, tbe magician, writes as follows: I have been a student, and am searching for light. I think that second sight is another form of presentiment, and that there are many persons who are gifted with the re markable power of seeing occurrences that take place at a great distance from the seer. We have many well authenticated accounts of persons who have seen a perfect panorama of a death, a murder, shipwreck, etc., either before the event actually took place or during its occurrence, although the persons who had the visions were far awav from the scenes, and could have had no foreknowl edge of the affair by any of the ordinary means of knowledge. I believe Joan of Arc is a most wonderful example of a person having this faculty of seeing visions and hearing voices. A very interesting work on this subject is "A Treatise on the Second Sight," by Theophiluslnsulanus, published by Euddman Auld & Co., Edinburgh, 18G3. When I was in Allahabad, India, I was, one afternoon, reclining in an easy chair at my hotel. An old Hindoo, with a long white beard, glided into my room, salaamed and entered into conversation with me. He informed me that I possessed, a wonderful power, of which I knew little or nothing myseli'. Thinking be alluded to my feats of magic, I assured him that I possessed no power beyond that of ordinary mortals, and that any intelligent person could perform the same feats with prsctice and study. He said that this was not the power to which he alluded, that he knew my business was trickery and deception, but that I possessed a power with which few men were gifted that of appearing at two places at the same time. A PECULIAB DROWSINESS. He continued for some time in this strain, until I became thoroughly bored, and hav ing no interest in the subject which he dis cussed in so drawling a manner, and not wishing to offend him by excusing myself, I soon fell into a drowse. I was at first conscious that sleep was fast getting the better of me, and once or twice pinched myself to keep awake, but it was useless ana a. leu asleep. When L awoke the aged Hindoo was gone. I thought nothing more of the Hindoo until I reached Delhi, when, altera Turkish bath, for which that city is famous, I returned to my hotel, sought rest in a chair, when, to my surprise, my Allahabad friend entered the room. After passiDg the compliments of the day and inquiring if I was surprised at seeing him, he proceeded to foretell certain events which actually took place after. They may have been simply coincidences, but if so thev were certainly remarkable, and I relate them to you just as they oc curred. He told me I was eointr from Delhi to Calcutta, and from there to Austra lia, where, he informed me, I would be ill for a year. I told him it was easy for him to know where I was going to from Delhi, as I was already advertised in the Calcutta papers, but that he was cer tainly mistaken about my going to Austra lia, as I intended to go from Calcutta to China, in fact I had made all my arrange ments and hud written ahead to theaters iu China. He still insisted that, notwith standing this I would go to Australia from Calcutta, and after some further talk he left. I went to Calcutta, and after my engage ment there I started for China, via Singa pore. When I arrived at Singapore I rc ceivod letters from China informing me that the theaters at both Hong Kong and Shanghai were engaged for three months by other parties, and that it was impossible for He to get possession of them. THE AGED HINDOO WAS BIGHT. This, of course, compelled me to change my route, and I went to Java, intending to remain there until the theaters in China eould be secured. On my arrival in Java I was stricken with the Java fever and my physicians ordered me to leave tbe country at onee and go to a colder climate. So, much against my inclination, I took the first steamer for Australia, and arriving at Melbourne I was compelled to undergo a severe surgical operation, the effects of which confined me to my bed for just one year. Upon my recovery I made'a tour of Australia and New Zealand, and then went to China. Upon my arrival there,two years after I had intended to go there, I met my old friends, Harry Wicking and Colonel Parnell, a brother of Charles S. Parnell. These two gentlemen insisted in all serious ness tbat they had seen and recognized me in China at the .time I had originally in tended being there, but when I was in real ity sick in Australia. The most wonderful thUg that Tr hap pened to me? Well, on the 12th of last De cember, after my performance iu the citv of Buffalo, I repaired to my room at tbe Tifft House. There was a bright fire burning, in the grate, which, after Mrs. Kellar and my self retired, cast a soft glow through the room, enabling ns to see plainly any object. Sucdenly a loud and continuous rapping took place all around the bed. This con tinued until ourcuriosity became thoroughly aroused, and my wife was not a little alarmed. As I could imagine no cause for the noises produced I, in a spirit of fun, asked: "Are there any spirits about?" when suddenly the loud rapping ceased and there were two distinct knocks on the head of the bed. SOME WONDEEFUI, EAPPINGS. "I asked: "Do you wish to communicate with me?" Again there were two knocks. I inquired, "What will you do for 'yes?' " Again twp knocks. I inquired, "What will you do for no?' " Then one knock. I then asked, "Are vou the spirit of a male friend?" One knock. I asked, "Are you the spirit of a female friend?" Two knocks; I asked, "Do you want the alphabet?" Two knocks. I called the alnhabet from A until I came to the letter K, when suddenly there were two knocks. I repeated this process of calling the alphabet, noting the letters when the rapping appeared, and there were two knocks after each of the following let ters were pronounced: "K-E-L-L-A-E S-U-C-C-E-S-S E-C-L-E-E." Then all rapping ceased. My wife and I now had our curiosity thoroughly aroused, feeling convinced that some one was con cealed in the room and was playing a prac tical Joke. I searched the room carefully, found the door bolted on the inside; the communicating room was also searched and the door connecting that room with the hall was also bolted on the inside. There wan no chance for any one to be concealed in either of the rooms, as I searched every part most carefully, even going so tar as to look into Mrs. .Cellar's large trunk. I also care fully examined the bed where the noises ap peared, in the hope of finding some method bv which the noises might have been com municated by electricity from the outside, but utterly failed to discover any solution of the mystery. There was evidently a manifestation of an intelligent force at work, which is still to me absolutely inexplicable. TESTS ABE NOT PERMITTED. Daniel Greenleaf Thompson writes: The subject of clairvoyance, or second sight, is a verv mysterious one. I have known of some things told by clairvoyants which seem to me to indicate a knowledge quite inexplicable; the great difficulty, however, with all these people is their unwillingness to allow the application of scientific tests. By this unwillingness they raise against themselves a presumption of fraud which makes it impossible to count for truth their word in recard to anvthincr. There ia in the city of Brooklyn a young woman by the' uauic ui iuuiiiu fauuuer, wuu wtiom inenus of mine are personally acquainted, who suffering many years from disease sees most unaccountably strange things beyond the reach of ordinary senses and tbe ordinary intelligence. She is an invalid, and many wonderful stories are told about her which are substantiated by clear-headed and honest citizens like Prof. Charles E. West, for ex ample, and many-others. But this woman is so opposed to being made a subject for investigation that sbe will not permit the slightest exhibition of scientific interest in her or in her case; and although it is said that sbe can see people and their doings who are outside of the reach of ordinary visual power, yet when Dr. Hammond proposed to give her a check for an amount exceeding 500 if she would read the check in a sealed envelope, she declined to do so on the ground that she did not wish to be made a show of. Of course, it is im possible to do anything in such a case as this, and the only inference is one adverse to the honesty of the party principally con cerned. THE SIXTH SENSE ATEOPHIED. Seth Pancuast answers as follows: Second sight is obtained through the subjective or esoteric state of consciousness. It results from intuitive perception. Man has two distinct sources for conscions perception; one objective, the other subjective. The former is through neutral activities; the lat ter through' mental activities. The second sight is the sixth sense, which is completely ignored by scientists and almost emphat ically by the church consequently by the masses. The Kabbalists cultivated this sight and brought it to great perfection, which enabled them not only to have access to the esoteric cosmos, but to know God and study this noumenon of tbe casual world. Our Savior possessed this seDse in a high state of cnltivation, which enabled .Him to perform the alleged miracles attributed to Him. If His teachings and examples had been carried out as he designed they should have been, this sense would have been resus citated as in previous centuries; and religion would have progressed and kept pace with science. Christianity, as taught and practiced, does not meet the arguments of the age. Eeligious teachings are in tended to develop the moral precepts of the emotions. When these become potent the subjective sense becomes awakened, and by proper training access will soon be had to the esoteric cosmos. Life on the earth was intended for this very purpose; it's a life of spiritual probation; as much so as foetal and embryotic life is one of physical probation. I have seen this awakening of this faculty the sixth sense very frequently just pre vious to death. When that state of semi unconsciousness occurs, just before the life ceases, it is followed by a sweet expression of countenance which continues after rigor mortis has occurred. Those who perceive this esoteric realization would not return to earth if tbe wealth of India were laid at their feet. The world does not know what it has lost by permitting this sixth sense to become spiritually atrophied. COMMON IN NEBVOCS CONSTITUTIONS. Alexander Wilder writes: Whether, with our finite powers and limited nature there can possibly be a "case of absolute and un accountable foreknowledge of an evnt" I am very much disposed to question. We approximate the absolnte but don't arrive at it. Yet it may be that the terms of the in terrogations should be understood relatively only. In suctr case I would consider a vivij impression on the mind, which could not be accounted for by any common explanation, as of a nature of foreknowledge. Dreams may be of this character. I would have most confidence in a presentiment or warn ing when the individual was of frugal hab its, sober, thoughtful, and of a sensitive nerv ous constitntion. Jung-Stilling, Zschpkke and Socrates were men of this character. I have presentiments myself, both in regard to individuals and matters to be undertaken. If they are disregarded it generally proves unfortunate. Persons whom I icel to be worthy or unworthy, wholesome or un wholesome for me to be associated with, gen erally prove as tnese sensiDinties indicate; still, from habit, necessity or circumstance, or other considerations, I often pay no heed to these matters, and they pass from my mind like idle stories. Seriously, the most wondcrlul thing is to live and have some reasonable conception of what it means. I think that the most wonderful providences of life are those which seem most commonplace. Yet sev eral events have occurred to me which were more or less unusual, and yet of vital im portance. Most of my peculiar studfes were thrnst upon me, as it were, without a previous purpose or intention of my own, though with an interior aptitude for them. I had planned one thing and was perforce turned toward another. Whatever of worldly prosperity I have enjoyed comes from such ways. My life was once preserved by a, voice, or rather an impression, such as a voice will give. I was a farmer's son, and brought up in that walk of life. One day while cutting down a tree, dead and a'ecaying, and without a Jimb, I felled it awkwardly gainst another close by. I had-resnmed my chopping, , when an impression, like a peremptory command, was perceived in the middle of the head and darted to the epigastric region: "Stand back!" Instantly I obeyed, going backward about eight feet Just at that moment tbe broken top of the tree, several inches in diameter, struck the ground exactly where I had been stepping backward, with such force as almost to bury itself in the soft earth. It wonld have re quired bat . ilsgli Map ltM to hit a. THE FIRESIDE SPHIII A. Collection of EniimaM Ms for lie CracMng. . Address communications for (Ms department to K.B, Chadbourn. Lewiston, Maine. 1016 THREE AMEBICAN LOCALITIES. D.M.H. 1017 DOUBLE. CBOSSWOBD. In the "pebbles by tbe sea:" In the "floners on tbe leaf In tbe "beeswax of tbe bee?' In the "blossoms on the tree?' In the "Scottish river. Dee." - You ask for a poem, you give me no theme, But say "write a bright jingling rhymer"' I'll tell you of things as they are, as thy seem, In a tale nor nniqne nor sublime. At Westminster College four ladles played cards. Played euchre tbat innocent game: Tbe faculty sent them tbeir "kindest regards," Bnt suspended the girls, just tho same. ML Union young ladies are not so inclined Tbe horrible cards never toneb; No girl here, we ventnre to say, can you find Who plays wbist, or euchre, or such. Ob, never play cards! let tbe totals alone. They will bring naught bat shame In the end. And then if you're caught, ob, bow hard to atone Take, girls, the advice of a friend. To tell tbe professors just how It is done. Does not Dav when vnu've stndled it well: You all know It is wrong; if you've never begun. Pay heed to the truths tbat rd tell. Wo "pass," bnt sometimes it is good to "assist' ' The Iriend who is forced to "turn down;" Then follow our "lead," and the count will be missed When yon see your opponent's renown. Never "order It up," It Is better to "pass," And to wait for the chance that comes "next Take your three "tricks' but alasl and "win." I am done. Fve not stuck to the words of my text. I have "tried it alone," bnt I got badly left." For a "king" can becanght by an "ace? Of my stock of conceit I am lately bereft. Would my past steps I now could retracel H. C. Buboes. 1018 TBANSPOSITION. Although in writing you're expert, A surplus word you may insert. And though a whole is not admlrsd. Yet in this case it is required: Yon maKe it then it Is defacing. And to a manuscript disgracing; For "all can notice" it, and see That you have written carelessly. I would advise to take more heed. Bo that a whole you will not need. Nelsonlut. 1019 SQTJABE. L A salivary eland. 2. A plant of the genus Banunculus. 3. Total opposition in circum stance, i. Tbe epiploon. 5. Fang. 6. Secures against a possible loss. 7. Dost regard. GWENDOLINE. 1020 ENIGMA. There is an isle in far off seas Where naught is found but bliss and east, (You may believe tbis if ynu please), where people all are just and pure From selfish greed and Inst secure; Wbose grocers all give honest weight. Where man does not bis neighbor hate; Where civil service reformation Is not demanded for the nation; Where rival parties throw no mad. Nor hanker for each other's blood; Where candidates for office high Are free from all impurity; Where Congressmen have not the will To pilfer from the public till, Nor sell their influence and votes For railroad stock or treasury notes. Such an island in the sea Is what I am. if snch there be. Those who would learn my curious lor Must seareu in nctlon ana read more. Then they may say with cheerful smile, X know thee well, thou blissful isle. Nelsonian. 1021. NXTMEBICAL. 1, 8, 9 you read character By studying the whole, dear sir T 2, 7, 10. 0 tbe art acquired. Of it one is not quickly tired. One out or 5,11,4 You'll find not easy to explore; But 1 to 5 wbat's difficult The cult's most laudable result. Bitter 8wew. 1022. double acbostic. (Words of eight letters.) L To smoke. 2. A plant of the genus plantago. 3, To bellow in return. 4. A violet dye obtained from lickens. 5. An unmarried man. 6. Made dear. 7. To muse on. 8 An Athenian military officer. 9. A genus of plants found in North America, including ttfe American century. 10. To overflow. 11. A species of roe. JPrimals. An eminent English preacher of tbe present century. 2inals.K prominent American clergyman and antbor. Hibebnia. 1023 BIDDLE. If in remote, or in the later ages, There's aught in which all womankind en gages, Tbe maid of tender years or bard-work'd mother. More pressing, all admit, than any other. What is ltT Gentle reader, go to guessing; And when you find it, name this Job most pressing. J. K, I. 1024 CHAEADE. You may sometimes a first bestow As one to whom you nothing owe; Those getting to the second gain The highest rank tbey can attain. To call this puzzle whole would be. To praise it in a high aezree. NEXSONIAjr. ANSWEBS. 1007 These benign souls bless and belong In Chicago. (These B 9 soles B and B long in Chicago). 1008 Cranks, ranks. 1009 Mote, mot. 1010 Damophilus. 1011 Shin, sin. 1013 Determined. 1013 P U P E Xi O U B A N I O P A C A N E E N A M E li L I N E A Ii OC Ell, I 1014 Indeterminatlon. 1015-HoId. A Poiet! 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