gSfmTtjlKKKeS Mistress Lee paused long before she made answer. "I have not, John. But it is not like yon to press this matter eveu though Giles Ellis had ten times the means he possesses." "Would you have her marry Proctor? Giles Ellis is nenhew to Deputy Governor Danforth, and it the worst said of my brother James be proven, he may help me save him trom the callows." The door -was opened quietly at that moment and a slender figure stood on the threshold, but so light was her footfall that neither of them heard it. "I would do as much for your brother James as you would but I would not save his life at the cost of mv daughter's. 'Tis plain you seek the lavorot one I never liked." "We are sorely pressed. Do not inter fere in this matter. I hope Janet will view it in another light. "Where is she?" "Here I am, father." The figure emerged from the doorway. John Lee looked at his daughter steadfastly. "So you have seen Giles Ellis. Ton did not speak to him fair. I see it in your face. Tet you know my wishes." "I could not help it, father." She ad vanced appealincly, but he stopped her with his upraised hand. "Have I not been a good lather, and a just one? Peace. "We will consider this well. It shall not be said of John Lee that he forced his daughter to marry against her wilL" "Father, I cannot marry Giles Ellis. I hate and tear him." "What words are these? Hatel Fearl" Then as Janet clasped his arm passion ately, he stroked her hair softly. "There, go to your mother, child." As he left the room he mut .ered to himself: "It must be Proctor ayo 'tis Proctor." "You did not tell your father why you are so set against him?" said her mother, oftly. "I cannot tell more than I have said." "I can, then. It is because Arthur Proc tor is more to your mind and he is mare to mine." Janet Lee stooped and kitted her mother, who added in a tone of apprehension: "I do not marvel at your father. This disgrace that has fallen on the name lies heavy on him." "There is no disgrace, mother. I will not believe it of my Uncle James if a score should swear it. There never was a Lee that could kill a neighbor's cows and sheep." Janet Lee held her head well up. There was defiance in her manner and tone. Her mother smiled sadly as she answered: "L too, think it is base calumny. But 'tis like to break your lather's heart, these stories. The town has heard the Indian" story, and disgrace falls heavy upon all of us. James Lee was a wild boy when he ran away to sea; now it is told again, and gossips make him out a monster." Her mother held a hand up warningly. "Peace. Your father comes. He is rest less; he neither sleeps nor eats since this blow fell on him." The door opened and John Lee re-entered the room lacing and enlacing his fingers in his abstraction. His wife and daughter regarded him in silence as he paced the floor. Then he sat down wearily, saying to his wjfe: "Call them in, Dorothea." He fat beside the table with a preoccu pied air while his wile rose, brought him the Bible from the shelf, then stepped to the door ot the adjoining room and re turned with the apprentice and Ann Bigger, who seated themselves in opposite corners. The mother and daughter sat near the table. John Lee took his spectacles carefullv from their case, rubbed them slowly, still with a preoccupied air, placed the Bible on his knee, and spoke in grave tones. "These be troublesome times; we are surrounded with perils. There are things said and done which only the evil one could instigate. There never was a time when we stood more in need ot the counsel and com fort given in this book. Every house in Salem is threatened; no home is secure; no person " A loud rap at the door caused Ezra Easty to jump. He cast a startled look at his master, then turned Ann Bigger. Janet Lee rose composedly and "opened the door. A middle-aged man stood in the door way. John Lee placed the Bible on the table aud stood up. "You are somewhat late, Samuel, if you come ou business!" "It is noto my choosing. I never did roorgTinwiIlinirBervicc. "What mean you?" John Lee spoke in a civil manner. "If so be you come here for Information concerning my brother James, I know nothing of him. The house is open to you." "It is not concerning James Lee. The matter concerns you more nearly." The silence that fell upon the lit'le group was so oppressive that the apprentice was sure all there could hear his heart throb bine. John Lee fixed a penetrating look upon the Marshal ot Salem as he asked: "What is you errand, then?" "I come as a friend, rather than in my official capacity, to warn you that you are suspected of harboring witches." "Witches! Godtae us!" exclaimed the maid, standing upright in her alarm. John Lee placed a ha-id heavily upon the table beside him, and sank into his seat over whelmed, stupefied with amazement that found no utterance. CHAPTER IL John Lee's voice trembled when he read the Scriptural lesson that night and bowed his head in prayer. The family separated sooner than was their wont, leaving the ap prentice and maid in the room. The mo ment they were alone Ann Bigger whis pered to the apprentice: "And you will be advised by me, we will soon see who it is that takes the cake and milk the master taxed us with. He said 'tis nt the value, 'tis the principle of the thing. I'll warrant I'll teach him I have a principle at stake, too. Give heed to me now. lo-morrow Master Proctor will be here I know how he times himself. After prayers " The voice of Mistress Lee was heard through the open door saying, "'Tis best you get to bed." Ann said "presently," then continued in a low tone, "Alter pravers vou will go to "Witches HilL" Ezra started and shook his head vigor ously, but Ann Bigger's contemptuous scorn stung him into acquiescence as he listened to her scheme with sundry shrugs of the shoulder and much furrowing of his brows, lhe lout was like clay in her hands. Matters fell ont as the maid servant pre dicted. Arthur Proctor called at John Lee's the next evening. Clasping Janet's hand lervently, he said: "Trust me to serve vou and yours. There are strange reports I hear concerning you. John Lee, or the Lees, are accused ot harboring witcaes." "Shame on the people of Salem," said Janet Lee. "Was not John Lee foremost 5n the fight at Narragansett? Who has done more lor Salem than John Lee?" "Is it not strange that these stories follow hard upon the charges made against your uncle? I have been pondering these mat ters in my mind; I will strive to learn what Is at the bottom of this new misfortune. Fortunately, I have access to Thomas Dan forth he will iisten to me. Keep up a stout heart, even if the worst should come." "Aye," said Janet with a sad smile, "it will be easier now, since my mother is on our side." . She pondered long in silence when her lover withdrew. Curious eyes noted her move ments. Ezra Easty and Ann Bigger signed meaningly to eacfi other when they assem bled lor prayer. "When prayers were over Ezra made an excuse to go out; Ann left the house, too, and presently Janet Leo was alone in the lower part of the house. The lynx eyes ot Ezra Easty saw her go to the dresser and conceal some cakes taken hastily trom the plate. Ann Bigger stood on the other side of the window. At the time I refer to 1G92 when New England was convulsed with the delusion of witchcraft, there was a pond called "Wil kins Pond, near one of the fire hillt familiar to the people of Salem. "Will's, Solomon, Smith's, Alfred (or Cherry) and Bald Hills were localities known Jo young ai d old. One of these was afterward knonu::s Witch HilL Several women condemned to die mounted from it on ladders with ropes around their necks in the presence of a multitude of people. "Will's Hill was, avoided after, sunset Stories retold with bated breath by gossips who fanned the blaze of excitement, nar rating their own and neighbori'experiences, rendered "Will's Hill a very undesirable place at all times,but especially after night lalL In the days when the early inhabitanti of Salem were compelled to defend themselves from the Indians, a stout frame structure termed a lookout was erected on the side of "Will's Hill. This structure.now fallen into disuse and decay, was dreaded as though it were the abode of the evil one. The old lookout had twe openings, one at each end. Only the night birds and bats found shelter there. . "When Janet Lee concealed the cake, in stead of going to her room, she left the house and walked swiftly to Will's HilL Twice she paused and listened anxiously, fearing that some one would follow her, ere she reached the old hut. But spite of her keen ears one followed her whose fear was so overpowering that when he stood on Will's Hill cold sweat stood out ou his face. His teeth chattered. A cricket chirped he trembled in the ecstacy of fear. Spurred on by the scorn of Ann Bigger, he was a prey to such torments as only a cow ard could be subjected to. A but, whirling, struck him ou the cheek he iell prone on the ground in terror. At that instant a figure stole cautiously out from one end of the tent. As Janet Lee stood there motionless, listening to the beating of her heart, she heard a footstep. She disappeared in the tent as another figure approached the other end of it Janet stood irresolutely in the entrance. Then gathering courage she moved slowly along the outside of the tent until her hand came in contact with auother hand. The newcomer also retreated, then Ezra Easty found his voice as he grasped the newcomer, exclaiming: "T have von now. Miss Janet What brings you to Will's Hill at this hour with cakes and milk?" The figure resisted, wrenched itself ont of his grasp and disappeared in the darkness. When Ezra rubbed the ear that smarted from the blow he had received, he fingered carefully something that fluttered in the air. saying: "This will tell who brings cake and milk to Will's HilL" Whe Janet Lee re-entered her father's house Ann Bigger's eyes shone with an evil look. When Janet inquired where her mother was, Ann curtly replied she was visiting a neighbor. John Lee was alone fn his bedroom. Janet shivered with ap prehension. She rejoiced when, in answer to a knock, she stood face to face with her lover again. Arthur Proctor's face was pale. His manner was very sober as he said: "I have returned to advise you that there is mischief brewing, and I have good reason to lay it to Giles Ellis. 'Twere well your father knew where to look for the cause of all his present trouble." "I will call him now," said Janet, but at that instant the door opened and Ezra Easty accompanied by the Marshal of Salem entered. "There she is. Did I not tell vou we' would find someone with her?" The ap prentice pointed to Janet, but even while his hand was stretched out Arthur Proctor advanced and boxed Ezra's ear soundly, whereupon Ezra cried out in fear. The noise brought John Lee into the room. After him came his wife and Ann Bigger. "What is the meaning of this violence?" said John Lee, addressing the MarshaL "Ask Arthur Proctor. I but came be tween him and your apprentice." "I'll have him cited," whined the ap prentice. "Peace," said John Lee. Then turning to his daughter he asked, "What does Arthur Proctor here at this hour?" Janet faced her father courageously. "He came because I asked him to bringus the truth concerning the charges made against us." , "There's more than that let her tell who took the cakes and milk." John Lee turned quickly upon the apprentice. "Can yon tell me who did, Ezra?" " 'Twas Janet, as Ann and I can prove. She saw her take the cake, and I followed her." "And where did you follow her?" "To Will's HilL She will not deny it When I caught hold of her she ran away, leaving this in my hand." The apprentice held a neckerchief up in the light. Dorothea Lee suppressed an ex clamation as she looked at her daughter, who cast a terrified look upon her mother. John Lee stood like one confounded; he could scarcely truBt his eyes. "Stay, John," began Mistress Lee, "I will explain" but suddenly Janet darted between the Marshal and Ezra, and, snatch ing the neckerchief trom the apprentice, ex claimed: "Babbler! What if it is minel" Dorothea Lee placed her hand over her heart as the voice of the Marshal rang in her ears: "Janet Lee, I must take you into cus tody until you disprove the charge of witch craft" CHAPTER IIL Of all the stirring scenes witnessed in the old Meeting House in Salem in those per ilous days, none excited more interest than the examination of Janet Lee. Thomas Danforth, with a magistrate on either side of him, presided. His preliminary remarks were brief. It was sufficient to say that Janet was charged with witchcraft "These proceedings must be guided by the necessities ot the cases brought before u," said Governor Danforth, severely. "Ezra Easty, what do vou know concerning this matter?" The apprentice trembled, his face flushed, then grew pale, as he recited the events I have narrated. "Janet Lee," said Governor Danforth, "you have heard the witness. You admit the neckerchief is yours. Is there anyone here to sneak for you? John Lee, have you anything to say?" "Whatever I may have to say is as well unsaid for the present," said John Lee, in resolute tones. "If nobody makes answer we will tatce the testimony and pass upon it after due consideration. " "In that case I ask permission to speak, in my onn behalf." Janet lifted her head proudly. All eves were turned on her. The sun's rays streaming in through the window bathed her in golden light. Her beautiful head there was none shaplier in Salem upheld with the pride of the Lees, and her clear-cut features impressed all with a sense of her beauty, while her com posure and courage appealed to the sym pathy of all who knew the Lees. "Ezra Easty, how do you know it is wrong to go to Will's Hill? Did you ever see the evil one or a witch there?" Ezra hesitated, then answered: "Polly Goodman swore she saw the evil one on a Monday." "With horns and flaming eyes?" "She saw the horns." "And a barbed tail did she not say 'twas like the fluke of an anchor?" " 'Twas like a fluke, she said, and she fell in a faint" "And just then her sister, Ann Bigger, here came up behiud my father's cow. That was the evil one Polly saw." One of the magistrates smiled, then all of the people tittered. " 'Tis false!" Ann exclaimed. "Are my affairs and Ann Bigger's to be brought up here?" the apprentice demanded, whereupon Janet coolly replied: "You have introduced Ann's name you have referred to her as a witness a score'of times, and you have confessed that you went and came at Ann's bidding." The people laughed. Ezra, in answer to a whisper from Ann, said angrily: "No more than Proctor there comes at your bidding." Janet turned to the Judges with the ut most composure and said: "Arthur Proctor has asked mc to marry him, and I have given him my promise. As for this poor creature who attributes motives to me such as animate him and Ann Bigger both be travers of as upright a man as lives in Salem if he is my accuser then so much more is he to be pitied, since it is plain that he is the tool of another. I w ill say to the end that malice is at the bottom of this matter." The Magistrates consulted, and ordered THE , Ann Bigger to stand up. Ann stepped forward briskly, kissed the book, and when ordered to speak wagged her tongue so freelr that the Magistrates found it neces- I sarv'to check her. She told her story pliblv. How John Lee was angry when. bis brother James entered; how Mistress Lee defended him; how Janet was on her uncle's side, neither believing he was guilty of killing the cows and sheep how much was said concerning the proud name of the Lees, and how John Lee said he would rather see his brother in his grave than to be brought into court How Janet Lee said if 'twere true that James Lee killed the animals, she could see him "well eut of the way herself that it would be a blister ing disgrace his presence in Salem but it would never do to let him hang." When she ceased, Janet said aloud, "Heaved's will be done; we are greatly wronged by this lying witness who has perjured her soul out of sheer malice." The Magistrates consulted again,and Gov ernor Danforth spoke in solemn tones: "Janet Lee, the evidence is deemed suf ficient to justify the charge of witchcraft, but there is another and more serious charge. Although diligent search has been made, James Lee, who was charged with killing Thomas Baxter's cows and horses upon his return from abroad, is nowhere to be found. Dorothea Lee admits that the brothers quarreled, and Ann Bigger swears John wished James were dead, and that you said it would never do to let him hang. All these things warrant the presumption that James Lee has been put out of the way by his own people, and the evidence justifies lis in holding you on the charges of witch craft and murder." . "Do not hold Janet," said Dorothea Lee, standing up suddenly. "'Tis I who was on Will's HilL I will proclaim it with my dying breath. 'Twas from my neck, not Janet's that Ezra plucked the neckerchief." Dorothea Lee's avowal astonished all who heard it, but it fell with crushing effect on John Lee, who staggered like one drunk. Again the Magistrates consulted, and once more the voice ot Governor Danforth was heard. "It is the opinion of my associates that the extraordinary avowal made by Doro thea Lee justifies" us in ordering Janet and Dorothea Lee to be confined in jail until such time as they make final answer to the charge of witchcraft and murder." CHAPTER iy. At a time when strong men yielded to de spair, Janet Lee displayed a courage that won for her the admiration of all who kn ew her. "Da not give np hope, mother," she said to Dame Lee. "It is not like the people of Massachusetts to hang women aud chil dren." "If we had but told the truth first," Do rothea Lee moaned, "or it James Lee knew how we are. " "Hush, mother. Would yon bring him to certain death?" "O, my sweet child!" Dorothea Lee clasped her hands convulsively, "my sweet, my sweetl When I look at you, so young, and think you are doomed to die like Mary Bradbury and Martha Carrier, my heart is like to burst " Footsteps approached the door as she. spoke, and the jailer admitted John Lee, who clasped his wife and daughter in his arms. "What means this story of Will's Hill?" "That shall be explained in good time," said Janet quickly, "and to everybody's satisfaction." He embraced them tenderly as he spoke, and hastened awav. Presently another footstep approached, and Arthur Proctor entered. He gazed upon Janet with undis guised admiration. '"Tis thought, "he said, "that James Lee is dead there is no sign ot him. I am per plexed when I try to explain what Ezra Easty Bwears. The truth lies between you three. Our friends cannot explain it to the magistrates. And it it be true that James 'Lee is really dead, as many think he is as John Lee thinks he has made way rfith himself, 'tis more difficult to straighten this matter out" "It is best, Janet, we tell the truth about James Lee," said her mother, but Janet turned upon her quickly. "What! And bring him into peril? 'Tis bad enough as it is." "Then James Lee is not dead." Arthur Proctor looked at them keenly. "What is this mystery? Can you not confide in me, Janet?" "No, not Not even to yon shall I confide the secret lest it bring more misfortunes upon the name of Lee." "I will tell it hear it lrom me," said Dorothea Lee. "Janet aud I carried food to James Lee wbere he was hid in the hut on Will's Hill unknown to each other." Arthur Proctor's face cleared on the In stant "I see the way clear now. I will away to Governor Danforth's at once." So saying he passed out quickly aud once more mother and daughter were alone, but they were to be subjected to other trials. Soon another visitor entered the jail in the per son of Giles Ellis. When he stood belore them neither spoke. "I did not expect a warm welcome," said Giles Ellis, "'but bearers of evil tidings are never welcome." "What greater evil can befall us than we are forced to endure in jail?"said Dame Lee. "There are worse, Mistress Lee. The gal lows are worse." "It is not possible judgment has been given?" "I hare had speech with my kinsman. Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth. Theie is but one way to avert the eviL Janet Lee has but to be my wife. Let her promise, aud the door shall be opened to you." Janet stared at him; then she moved nearer to him, saying in tones tense with passion, "Monster, I abhor theel" Her lrame dilated as she said: "I recognize thy band in all this perfidy and web ot lies concocted by the wretch, Ann Bigger, at thy instigation." The prison door opened at that moment, and Ezra accompanied by Ann stepped into the jail. The maid servant made a pro found courtesy: "Who sent for you two?" demanded Janet with flashing eyes. Ann gave another mock courtesy. "We did not want to be asked. You have none too many friends that you should 6purn us." There was the sound of many voices near the door, and the trampling of many feet Then the prison door swung back again, and John Lee entered. Behind him came Deputy Thomas Danforth, and then fol lowed the Marshal holding Indian Joe. Following the Indian, who shrunk from observation, came Arthur Proctor, and a man with resolute bearing and bronzed face brought up the rear. This man closed the prison door with a bang. When Mistress Lee beheld this man entering, she uttered a cry of joy and rushed to meet him. Meantime Giles Ellis made a move toward the door, but the man with the bronze cheeks barred the way. "Avast there Deputy Danforth, your kinsman, has something for your car." "It is not true judgment has been given against us?" Dorothea asked as she looked at her husband. "Let Marshal Habbs answer." "Perform your duty, Marshal Habbs," added the Deputy Governor, sternly. The Marshal released his grasp of the Indian and strode to Giles Ellis, saying in loud tones, "I am commissioned by j-our kins man, Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth, to say to you, first, that he washes his hands of you, and to take you into custody for killing your neighbor's cattle. This, your vile tool, Indian Joe, has confessed that he is a base perjurer. Likewise, James Lee has established his innocence beyond cavil." Giles Ellis shrank under the wrathful look of his kinsman, covering his face with his hands. Then Thomas Danforth himself addressed the apprentice and Ann Bigeer. " 'Tis meet that you two shall be here such time as a council may determine." This announcement elicited "a violent out burst from the apprentice and maid ser vant James Lee meantime leaned to,Tard Giles Ellis and in a deep voice said: " 'Tis like you will swing on the gallows you planned lor others. And if you do the devil will get his due." Tub Era -inSBimG ' piSPi.TXJH, ENGLISH IN JAPAN. A Great Curiosity as It Drops From the Lips of the Orientals. THEY ALL TET TO SPEAK IT. Ell Perkini Sends a Few f amples From the Iducated Classes. FINE CL0THE8 IT SMALL EXPENSE. tCOBBISrOKDllircX OT TBI DISrATCH.3 TOKIO, JAPAX, August 22. k HE contrasts in Japan are pro nounced. The Em peror, his court and military, diplomatic and fashionable circles- are wearing American clothes and struggling to learn the language. It requires a little knowledge of En glish as well as a "swallow tail" coat to go to a swell Japanese dinner or to the Emperor's drawing room. Many of the head Japanese are up in the Prince Albert frock coat for a Tokio garden party, and a Japanese or Chinese tailor knows what you mean by a "Tuxedo." "What will you charge lor a Tuxedo' A DANCING GIBIi (geisha) half-dress suit?" I asked Ah Shing, point ing to a New York fashion plate. "Cloth cost thilteen dolla. I makee snit lor sixteen dolla," and in two days he brought in a beautiful suit from the finest English cloth, and followed it with a hand some beaver overcoat lined with rich satin for sixteen dollars. 'The low price was on account of low wages about 25 cents per day for superb workmen. "What do you pay your men for making a suit, Ah Shing?" I asked. 'Two dolla for suit, one dolla half for ovelcoat I makee one dolla on suit and sixty cents on ovelcoat" A Good Plnoe to Bay Clothes. This same tailor makes the richest tailor made woman's suit, lined with satin, for f 28; the same that a New York tailor, pay ing big wages, would ask from 580 to $150 for. This great change in dress, of course, has only come to the large cities like Tokio, Yokohama and Kobe. Away out in the country the poor farmers still dress in primitive costumes. On a rainy day they wear grass suits. They are simply thatched with rice straw, and in that costume you will see men and women standing knee deep in the flooded rice fields. It "makes one's heart bleed to see them bending over in the hot sun hoeing the rice hills with their hands. So anxious are the Japanese in the cities to learn English that the jinrikisha man or Amah (maid) will repeat alter you any English word they hear. Servants will come and beg to work for an American for their rice and the privilege of being or dered in English. When we came away irom Yokohama the last. day I remember how proud our jinrikisha man was when he made us a present ot a bundle of fans and said with hi faee all beaming with smiles, A. Hatched Farmer. 'Please accept from Fuji San No. 1," nor how triumphantly he looked down upon the "rikshas" who did not understand him. (Fuji San was prouder of that speech than uicero was ot his speech against Cataune. How Tliry Get Things Backirar I. The Japanese have a mania for putting tip English sigus, and they flood your room at the hotels with English" cards. And such English! The Japanese have no impcra-i tive mood, and they generally express an idea negativsly that we express positively. One day I said to the waiter: "Kishi, the rolls are cold." "Yet," he said, "a good deal of not cool ing the cakes is good." A conspicuous notice at a Kioto hotel reads: On the dinlng-tlmo nobody shall be enter to the dining ana drawing room without the guests allow. One of the articles in the municipal laws of Kioto reads: , Any dealor shall be honestly kyhla trad. STJCTDAT, SEPTEMBER 18.1892. or coarse the sold one shall prepare to make np the safe package. A Tokio dentist's circular reads: Our tooth la a very Important organ for human lire and countenance as you know; therefore when it Is attack by disease or in Jury artificial tooth Is also very useful. I am engaged in the Dentistry and I will make for your purpose. The printed label on the claret bottle at Nikko read: Weak man who Is not so bard of his atom aoh takes notice of his health ever must use this Mine usually. The Chinamen Are No Better Oft To show how differently an educated Chinaman, far above pidgin English, bandies our language, I add a note which I received from Eu Don, a Chinese banker, whom I invited to dine with Consul Gen eral Leonard at the Astor House, Shanghai: Shahqhai, 1st August Mr. Landon; Dear 8m I am Regret to inform you that as yon so kind call me To Take dine To-day, which was my Engagement To Night Have none time to meeting you Such pretty Sin ner, and much oblige. Yours faithfully, En Dos. One day in Yokohama a Japanese sailor was arrested for assaulting a jinrikisha man. The English court-room was crowded, and desiring to hear the English language as spoken' officially in the court-room by a wise magistrate, I crowded in with the rest The polite old magistrate wore sandals, a kimono and silk hat Putting on his glasses he looked solemnly at the culprit and the examination commenced. "Why do you strike this (lnrikisha man?" "He told me impolitely." "What does he' told you impolitely?" "He insulted me, saying loudly, 'the sailor, the sailorl' when I was passing here." "Do you strike this man for that?" "Yes." "But do not strike him for it is for bidden." and a plating girl (siaiko). "I strike him no more." "Good." said the magistrate, "if he will strike or terrify the people with enormous voice, he will himself be an object of fear for the people. Good-bye. Do not continue here the other time." At Kioto, the Athens of Japan, I met many of the professors. Prof. Ladd, of Yale Collese, who went oyer with us on the Canadian Pacific, was there delivering a course of lectures before the Imperial Col lege on Bational Psychology. One day I met Prof. Tenabe, a native professor. He was one of the Tenabes who entertained Commodore Perry in Yokohoma in 1854. The professor is called a fair English scholar, and I was anxious to see how he handled our idiom. "You speak English, professor?" I said when I met him. "No, I do not fluently it speak, but I write very good English. I can parse it grammatically." Then he smiled, took his pencil and wrote: Though I exercised English diligently, yet I'm very clumsiness for translation, dialogue composition, and all other." "Why, you write it very well," I said. A hcholar V ho Will Persrvere. "No," wrote the professor, "IJearned it without a teacher. It is a great shameful ness, but I don't abandon English hence forth. I swear to learn' it perseveringly even it in lucubration." "Sometimes you have earthquakes in Japan?" I said, remembering that I had been Bhaken up by one in Osaka the day before. The profesor writes: "Sometimes we have an earthquake here at now, but the people was afreight no more." "Do you like the Chinese?" The professor writes: "No. He is about 4,000 years old; yet there are many smokers of the opium, but the Christian he is not" '.'What do you think of England?-' The professor writes: "He is occupied of the largest dominion which rarely can.be. The Englishman works with a very power ful hands and eminenced mind. His chin is strong. He are not alowed it to escape if he did seize some thing. He boastally say, 'the sun are never set on our dominion.' He never any benefit though he had gained the complete worldl" Better Than Klp'lnc'n English. Then, looking up from the paper, he said proudly: "You ray Enzlish like ?" "O, yes," I said. "It pleases me better than 'Budvard Kipling's English. It is quaint aud strong and they will read it in America with deep interest." Sir Edwin Arnold tells me that the Jap anese are so polite that they have no im perative mood and no personal pronouns. Instead of saying you, tney say "the honor able one." The egotistical "I" of the En glish would-be "the humble servant" in Japan. "When a Japanese gentleman wanted to tell me that a friend was dead, he said: "The honorable friend condescended to become non-existant" Eli Perkins. 6PIDEBS AT CLOSE QUABIEES. They Use the Thrradi in Their "Web as so Many Telegraph TVlrrs. In a paper in Longman's Magazine Mr Grant Allen gives the result of some per sonal observations of the common garden spider. Last summer two of these creatures, both females, spun their geometrical webs outside Mr. Allen's window and he pre vailed upon the housemaid, though with some difficulty, to leave the webs alone. "What struck Mr. Allen most forcible was the barbaric.bloodthirstincss of the spiders. One of them even devoured the male com panion. But to see the fiercer ot the two spiders destroy a nasp wasasight to behold. Mr. Allen grows eloquent on the business-like fashion in which the wasp was rolled round and round and swathed rapidly and effectn ally in a dense network of web, the spider, meanwhile, tnuzht by ancestral experience, keeping out of the way ot the wasp's sting. Sometimes the wings were sawn ofl so as to prevent further struggling, and consequent damage to the precious web. The'blood of the insect was then sucked to the last drop. Large bumble bees the spiders seem afraid to encounter, but humming bird moths, in spite of their size and quickness, would be killed immediately. Mr. Allen thinks the spiders did not trust to their many eves to tell them when a catch had beeii made, but kept one foot on a particular thread of the web, which thus became a kind ol telegraph wire. One might ask how there could be any certainty that the eyes were not used, but the minuteness ot Mr. Allen's observa tion can be judged by his positive assertion that ha could tell when one of the spiders wu railing. WAGES ON RAILROADS. $2 for an 11-Honr-Day the Highest for England's Engineers. MANY WORK FOR ONLY 75 CENTS. Ko Compen atinjr Provision in the Way of Eents or Pensions. THE MEN SATISFIED WITH ?HE PAY rcoanisroirDESCz or raa dispatchm London, Sept 8. The railway lines of Great Britain and Ireland cover in all about 20,000 miles. The money invested in them is returned at something like 14,500, 000,000. Last year the total number of passenger journeys, exclusive of those by season ticket holders, was 845,463,683. These figures were given by Sir George Findlay in his recent testimony before the Koyal Commission on Labor. They are in teresting, but confusing. They bewilder more than they enlighten us. But when we learn from the same source that in carrying forward the immense rail way traffic of this busy little island up ward of 350,000 men are employed, we feel as though we had come upon a fact which is at once practical and comprehensible. On this side the wages of railway men are not a very live topic. A university lecturer has just pointed to the English railway com panies as the best employers of labor in the whole realm, and in proof of his position he instances the general spirit of content which prevails in the railway service and BATE Or WAGES PEB PAT OK THREE LEADIXO E5QLI3H RAILWAYS. Lowest Bate. Cents. 75 75 7a oo w so 57 53 ts5 Drivers and firemen Passenger guards (conductors) Goods guards (freight conductors). Shunters. ...."7. Signalmen Passenger porters Goods porters Platelayer- Draymen or carmen Tor convenience we count the Eriglish shilling to be worth a quarter ot a dollar, though In reality it is worth only 21 cents. the marked tendency of railway men to bring up their children in the same calling. In a similar vein of complaceny were the remarks ot Sir George Emd.ay before the Royal Commission. Mast Be Compir-tivrly Well Paid. This gentleman is at the head of the big gest railway the country can boast, and what he says is that "generally the relations between the railway companies and the men are satisfactory." The most convincing Eroof of this is, he says, "that the great ody of railway servants exhibit such a high state of discipline and such cheerful performance of duty as could only be the result of their meeting with fair and con siderate treatment on the part of their em ployers." "When, too, we add to such testi mony as this the statement made the other day by Mr. Edward Harford, General Sec retary of the Amalgamated Society of Kail way Servants, viz., that there had never been a strike on the part of this class of workers lor increased pay, but only for a reduction of hours, it would really appear as though English railway men were a class who, in comparison with other British workmen, are generously paid and iairly well off in the world. I was delighted to find here such an or ganization as the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Within a few weeks it has absorbed the Scottish branch, so that it represents now the entire United Kingdom. Its membership, increased last year by 3,460, aggregates at present about 30,000, and it has sinews of war safely invested to the amount of over $530,000. From thet facts the reader will get some idea both of the standing of the society itself andof the influence and general reliability ot its sec retary, Mr. Edward Harford. With this gentleman I enjoyed a pleasant and profit able interview, and one of the first ques tions I asked was a question which had oc curred to me after reading in one of the En glish papers a prize essay on "Which is the Best Eailway in Great Britain?" Thi Great Roads of Enjlind. The writer, I found, had dodged the main point There were lour, be said, each ot which excelled in some particular thing, but all of which, considered generally, were about equal the London and North West ern, the Midland, the Great Northern and the Great Western. Upon the point of how these great corporations treated their men, the essayist had nothing to say, aud on that account his production, to one in my frame of mind, was a disappointment What I had desired to know was which of the English railway companies pays the best wages?" and this was the question which I put squarely at Mr. Harford But that gentleman found it to be a poser. He could only say, in reply, that the best aver age wages were paid by the great trunk lines, the Hues singled out iorspecial praise in the prize essay. a Between these' four controlling lines there was, he assured me, little or nothoice. The Londou and North Western had the reputa tion for paying its signal men a little better than sonic of the others, but its shunters and brakesmen it paid worse than others. Perhaps, too, the Great Western might be mentioned, ne saia, as auoruing tne Desi pay to conductors of freight trains. These are called here goods guards, and what I soueht at once to find out was what the best English pay for this class of railway men amounted to; and I was told that it was 32 shillings and 6 pnce per wek, making it fall a little below 58. Sonrco or a Ta'nabln Tabta. But this whole question of compensation, Mr. Harford observed, bad been treated fully by his society in a document entitled "Return of the Hours of Duty and Kates of "Wages Paid to Kailway Servants on the Principal Lines in Great Britain in Opera tion May, 1891," and a copy of this docu ment he placed at my disposal. From it I make up the table accompanying this letter. The return itself consists of 29 closely printed pages and affords statistics along the lines indicated of some 35 railway com panies. As, however, I deem it only fair to put English railway waies before the American reader in their best light, and as Mr. Harford had assured mc that the best average pay was afforded by the four great corporations already mentioned, I omit what Is said of the others, ami confine lhe table to such statistic ns are afforded with respect to these. I also omit, lor con venience, any statistical exhibit of the hours of.work. Glancing over the figures afforded on this subject the conclusion to which I am led is that the time reckoned for an ordinary day will avcra;e on all the roads taken together about 11 hour?. Some work 12, some 12J4, and if we are to believe what has been saia before the Royal Com mission on Labor, som'14 and 13, at times, with a most uoful discrepancy betwosn theory and practice all along the line. But I am writing by the book and put the aver age at 11 hours! Tho Lownat and tha Hlghast VTiig'l. In regard to wages, the rate is given at various leading stations on the line and I note here and there a slight variation. To bt strictly lair, therefore, I have given for each class ot workmen the lowest wage and the highest -wage raid on each of the four railways. The difference, it will be seen, is not very great, though the reader should know that to strike a fair average many more met be classed in the lower than the higher graces. Engine drivers aud firemen, I fanil, are put togcthsr. This is because in this country every ttireman is a tort of a learner undor the engineer and is supposed to be in the line of promotion to that place. The inferenee is, of course, that the hiehest wBeSlTsnln this column is the highest the driver receives andf the lowest the bot tom sum uaid to the firemen. "What comes between these figures I have no means of learning, but with the exception of that one item the table which I submit is quite clear and to those who know what the same men get in the United States it will speak in no uncertain tones. After diving into the figures out of which the table has been evolved, it occurred tome that the wages paid to English railway men might be helped out a little by some ar rangement in regard to free house rent or some old age pension scheme. Accordingly I wrote to Mr. Harford upon thse points and his reply, which he permits me to pub lish, is as follows: The Question of Cent and Pension. Ang. 20, 1693. Dear S1r: In reply to the two question yon put to me, I beg to say: First That the wages of railway employes are not helped to any great extent hy rrsl dence in houses belongins to the railway companies. Soma statlonmasters, gate keepers, and a few others, live ront free, but that fact is taken into account in llxinz the rate of wages, that is to say, that hue for living rent free the wages would lie so much lusher. 'then others reside in cottases provided by the companies, for which a fixed weekly rental is charged, always sufficient to paya yearly interest or 3 to 5 per cent on the cost of their erection. In my opinion, the benefit of such an arrangement is or a questionable character. In some instances, more com modious cottages with better sanitary arrangements, are obtainable from private liouso owners, at the same rent. Then, again, for ii n employing corporation to bare its workpeople as tenants, is simply a power the moie" in its hands, and an immense dancer to ireedom of action of the employed, as dismissal not only means loss of employ ment, but being turned out of house and home as well. Second Some few railways have pension funds, which are raised by contribution from, the men, and assisted by grants from the com panies. The men are not generally en amoured with such schemes. They are sup posed to be established on the voluntary, principle, but when formed, if a man ob Great Western. Great Northern. London and Northwestern. Highest LowestiHighest LnwestHlheat Hate. Kate. Kate. Kate. Kate. Dollnrs. 2 00 125 133 125 1 IS 83 1--0 123 91 Cents. 83 79 83 83 75 ' GO t6 75 70 Dollars. 1 83 1 03 125 1 IS 1C8 93 1 00 1 08 93 Cents. 75 73 91 73 83 w, 63 f.6 75 Dollars. 200 1 3:3 1 35 123 125 97 1 13 1 10 104 jected to Join, he round he had not the same chance of promotion as those who did. even if some excuse could not be fonnd for dispensing with his services altogether. Tiien lor the sike of appeaiances, the man. aueinent of such funds was vested in com piitteea cornp sed or the chief officials a d a fen selected members of the unds, hue the former generally loot good care to use the predominating influence they possessed. You are quite at liberty to use this infor mation in any way you please. Tours raitlifully, Edwd. IIaktoud, General Secretary, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. No Qu-stinn R to the Figures. The reader will observe that the two classes of railway men to whom Mr. Har ford refers as those wl o occasionally live rent free in houses provided by the com panies, are not included in the wage table given above, the reason for their omission being that, on some account, they are omitted from the return out of which the table was constructed. Thus the figures I give must be allowed to stand with scarcely any modification, and I may surely leave them, without further comment, to" tell their own story and to teach to American workers their own strik ing lesson. Henet Tucklet. FL00D3 AIIO IHEIE CAUSES. Their Destractlyn Capabilities Dependent on Dillerent Things. "It is not necessary to control all the rainfall of a basin in order to control the floods of its river. Again, the river will normally take care of the greater part of its discharge. The channel itself is adequate to the- task of carrying away the water of any ordinary rain. Every destructive flood is caused by the comparatively small excess of a storm which is of unusual magnitude," says Major T; W. Powell in the North Ameri can lieview. "Let us see what the problem is, how it varies from region to region, and to what extent it is affected by the operations of man. The rivers of the earth may be divided into two classes, namely, flood-plain rivers and canon rivers. In flood-plain rivers under conditions of great precipita tion the waters rise above the channel banks to overflow the plain which descends sea ward or toward the mouth of the river. In canon streams the channels are cut so deep that the highest flood never reaches the brink of the canon walls. There are many rivers which are flood-plain streams along parts of their courses and canon streams along other parts of their courses. In canon channels it is evident that human habita tions and property are safe when above the flood line, and this flood line is always easily discernible, so that little excuse is found for those who suffer from floods under such conditions. "But a great majority of rivers are flood plain streams, and here the conditions of safety are not so readily discovered. A great river ramifies into small rivers and these ramify into creeks and the creeks into brooks. Along the course of such a tree-of-rivers all those parts which are not canon reaches have flood-plains that is, compar atively level stretches back trom the river on eithe'r side to the foot of the hills." HOW AHIMALS EEAE PAIR. In Heroic Sllenca the Slnte Cretnres Sab mlt to Interna bnOVrlng. JIanctiejter Times. One of the most pathetic things is the way in which animals endure suffering. Take horses, for instance, in bittle. After the first shock of the wound they make no sound. They bear the pain with a mute, wondering endurance, and if at night you hear a wild groan from the battlefield, it comes from their loneliness, their loss of human companionship, which seems abso lufelr indispensable to the comfort of do mesticated animals. The dog will carry a broken leg for days wiftlully but uncomplainingly. The cat, stricken with a stick or stone or caught in some trap from which it gnaws its way to freedom, crawls to some secret place and bear3 in silence pain which we could not endure. Sheep and other cattle meet the thrust of the butcher's knife without a sound, and even common poultry endure in tense agonv without complaint. The dove shot unto death flies to some far-off bough, aud as it die? the silence is unbroken save by the patter on the leaves of its own life blood. The wounded deer speeds to some thick braLe, and in pitiful submission waits for death. The eagle, struck in mid-air, fights till the last against the fatal summons. Thre is no moan or sound of pain, and the defiant look never fades from its eyes until the lids close over them never to uncover again. The Most MacnlfJcnt Necltlac. The most magnificent and costly pearl necklace in the world is now the property of the Countess 'Henckel, a lady well known in London and Paris. It is made of three historical necklaces, each of nhichhas enjoyed considerable celebrity in former times. Ode of them, valued at 12,000, was sold to the Countess by a grandee ot Spain, and it is known ai the "necklace of the Vir gin of Atokha;" the second belonged to the ex-Queen of Naples, and the third was the famous necklace belonging to the Empress Eugenie, and by her lately sold to a London Jeweler for 20,000, A KEYSTONE FOREST With Life-Sizpd Bepresentativea ol the Slate's Lirds and Animal. PREPARED FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR. It "Will Be a Novel, ComprehensiTe and Terj Faithful IxhiMt THE DETAILS OP DE. "WARREN'S PL156 cOBBisroxpEXCx or ths pisrAlcn.1 Haeeisbueo, Sept 17. One of the feat, ures of Pennsylvania's exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition will be a magnificent display of the birds and wild animals. It will be made under the direc tion of Colonel John A. "Woodward, of Bellefonte, Assistant Executive Commis sioner of the Board of "World's Fair Man agers of Pennsylvania. Colonel "Woodward has entrusted Dr. B. H. "Warren, of "West Chester, ornithologist of the State Board of Agriculture, with ths work of preparing the exhibit. This yonnj naturalist several years ago was directed by an act of Assembly to make a collection of the fauna of the State. The collection wai completed over a year ago and embraces about 750 beautifully mounted specimen! of birds and wild animals." From it the dis play will be made up. He hopes to com- Dr. Warren, the Man in Charge. plete the work by the middle of next month. The display will occupy a space of 20x35 feet, and will consist of a miniature mountain, swamp, pond and a condensed bit of woodland. Each Bird In Its Favorite Hannt. The swamp will be made up of tussicks and swamp grasses. Here and there will be bushes, on which will be shown snch swamp inhabiting birds as the red-winged black bird, while among a lot of reeds will be perched the toothsome reedbird. In other parts of the swamp will be specimens of swamp hawks and owls, rails, coots, galli nules, herons, the different species of ths sparrow tribe, warblers and otheri small birds which inhabit swamps and humid grounds. There will also be three trees fn this part of the exhibit, two of which will be occupied by hawks. A special effort will be made to fully il. lustrate the reptorial birds the hawks, eagles and owls so that the beholder can acquaint himself with the various species of these animals, which will be shown in all the intermediate phases from the downy young to the full-plumaged adults of each species. The nests of certain species of hawks and owls, herons and ducks will be illustrated on or in the trees. Bacc of the swamp will be a condensed piece of woodland and thicket. The thicket will consist chiefly of rhododen drons, properly known to hunters as "buck laurel," in which a panther will be repre sented in the act ot springing upon and killing a deer. In the pool, which will be 8x12 feet, ducks, geese and swan will be shown amid water lilies, cat tails and other plant life. The pool will be led by a min iature spring flowing from the base of the tree, halt way up the mountain side. Its outlet will constitute a miniature. creek upon the sandy and gravelly shores of which will be located the swimmers and waders in attitudes natural and character istic. Bare Species Have Been Secured. Along the edge of the creek on a stump will be perched a snow owl, a bird which has its summer home in high boreal regions, but on the approach of winter migrate southward, and is seen in Pennsylvania as a winter sojourner, feeding on small fish. In the swamp lying along the creek will be a fawn captured a lew days ago in the wilds of Clinton county. On one of the trees will be perched por cupines and a pine marten. This rare little fur-b:aring animal, quite mink-like in its appearance, is found now only in a few lo calities in Cameron, Sullivan aud Clinton counties. One of the most realistic features of the display will be a wild cat with glar ing eyes and half-opened mouth springing trom a crag on the back ot a wild turkey gobbler. A tree will be devoted to showing the various species of squirrels, foxes, red, gray, black, flying and ground. Near the Dase ot the mountain on a front view will be a large cave lighted by electricity, in which will be shown a large bear with her cubs, besides the different varieties of bats found in this State. There will be a wild cat pouncing on a pheasant, whose young are scattering in all directions, a rattle and blacksnake quarreling over the possession of a dead bird lying between them, which atia .riham hnm "liil'nnarl " a rlnn nf nHl. snakes, a iox running down a fallen tree, . emerging from its burrow. Kaccoons, otters aud minks, weasels, skunks, possums, chip munks and the different species of mice will be exhibited in various life-like attitudes. The Tonus Eagle Isn't Bald. One of the strongest features of the ex hibit will be a series of seven or eight stuffed specimeus ot the American eagle. .illustrating his appearance at all stages of l!A .!.. laA A-a lt,l A - Ai 1 1J . im inini iiirr nun ii v iiirti in ltip ikiii nr white-headed veteran, known as the "Wash- J ingtou eagle. This will be instructive as well as entertaining, and will correct the prevalent idea that the American eagle is bald-headed from its birth. On the summit of the mountain will be an eagle's nest about the size of an ordinary cart. No par ticular effort will be made to show the mammalia life of the State on account ot the small number of specimens to be found. A special effort, however, will be made to illustrate every one of the 300 or more species of birds fonnd in Pennsylvania, either as permanent or transitory visitors. George M. Wasibauqh. Slaklnc Ijo of Coir Itch. A common vermifnge extensively nsed ra the .South and in the "West India Islands is made from a plant called the cow-itch. Its pod is covered with stiff bristly hairs, and when the. medicine is needed these are scraped of! in any desired quantity into molasses until a stiff mixture is produced. AVe've Ben 7hre. Behold the maid on dress parade; And see that smilo so tender: Iler snlt so neat Is not complete. Without the ' chic" suspender. Sho drops her fan and there's no man Nearby who can attend hor She stoops to get it but she'll regret It Away goes her suspender! Give hor a nail, a horseshoe nail. And pray, now, don't offend heq She's lu a stew the button flew She's broken her ausoenderf J. BCdua-ix I w T ' immammm wt..
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