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Hmm ki An UnniiblLlieil I'ecin by Itjron. papr on the " Hiimmor Aloovo, Jf irvara ," mBeri?ner, oontains 1 following f Byron's fditiou of Ossian, which aea heii among other book to Harvard HI by Senator Snmtier : bag the books of interest aside from Mr. tor's ownership, Is an Ossian in two It was printed in lHOfi, and is not iMnmon edition ; bnt tins copy belonged He seemed to have read and is onr Jefferson did, and has fly-leaves and other blank spaoes Ions, inviting alike to the studont ad of Byron. In each volume he his name, simply "Byron." His is is easy and graceful , and the fly- tad many margins have comments. of the first volume, Byron turns 's poetry into his own, in the following whioh have never been published : "ersion of Omian't Addretn tn the Run, from hit poem ' Carthon.'" Oh thon I Who rollest in yon aanre field, Round as the orb of my f orefather's shield, Whence are thy beams ? From what eternal I store Dost thou, oh snn 1 thy vast effulgent ponr ? In awful grandeur, when thou movest on high, The stars start back and hide them In the sky, The pile mon eiokeun in thy brightening blaze, In the water's wave avoids thy gase. thou nil nest forth, for who can rise paulou to thy splendor in the skies ! nnuuUia oaks are seen to fall away, oautain themselves by length of days de cay ; With ebbs and flows in the rough ocean tossed, Id heavuutue moon is for a season lost, Bir inn amidst thi fulluass of thy joy, Too a mi" art evor bUzi.ig in the sky I Wue i tern josts wrap thu woild from pole to poltk When vivaMightinga fl.ish, and thunders roll, Tbo i, fr aboveoeir utmost fury borne, iKjok'st forth in beauty langhing them to soorn ! Bat vainly now on me thy beauties blaze, O idian no longer ou our ipt.u ud gaze ! , Whether at morn in laotd luster gay Oa eastern cloud thy yellow tresses play, Or ol-e at eve in radiaut glory drsssed, Thou tremblest at the portals of the west, I see no more ! But thou mays, fail at length, Like O.isian loiie tby beauty and thy strength ; Li io him, but for a seasou, in tby sphere To shine with splendor then to disappear ! Thy years shall bare an end, and then no more Bright thro' the worl 1 euliveniag radianoe pour, Bltsljao within U170I1UI4, an 1 fail to rise, Heedless when morniij oalls t'iej to the skies !" MADGE'S COUSIN. Madge was sitting upon the hearth rag, palling to pieces a white camellia and excusing herself to her kind okt guardian by ayi.r it was "only Jack's." "My dear," said Mr. -dwyu, walk ing uj aid down and atrokiu bis gray beard in perplexity, " I want u talk to yon about Jack." " Oh I please, not now. Papa Sel wyn I" She oalle.l him Papa Selwyn whoiNam mcitutjbo coaxing, and that was neatly always. " But, my dear, that ia all nonsense. I must talk about .Jack somo time. Yes terday it was, ' Oh 1 please don't my head is aching;' and the day before, Ob 1 please don't I want to go out with Gerty.' Come, lot us face this af fair." And sitting in the easy chair be hind her hassock, he drew up on his knees the hand that held the broken flower and proceeded to lecture his un manageable charge on the endless sub ject of "Jack." Madge was a ohaiming chf ge for any kind old man's heart to have. No one could look into her large gray eyes without seeing toe great warm hi art, whose tale they told every moment; and yet the biigbt quick glances and the aauoy set of lips showed that Madge had a will of her own and wit and clev erness to carry it out. This lecture on Jack was the same as many others had been. It consisted of two parts, the first being devoted to proving that ahe onght to throw her own whims and pleasures aside, and as a dutiful girl fulfill her dying father's request arid marry her cousin ; and the seoona was a eqlogium on the many good qualities' of Jack Hawkes bury. "Do, Mr. Selwyn," laughed Madge, ' after he bad been making out that even Jack's awkwardness came from an over plus of good nature; " do throw him at Oerty's head as you throw him at mine and I shall make him over to her. and they will he happy for life." Uerty was Mr. Helwyn s own daugh- aud at the mention of her name a nge expression crossed his face, MauVe could not read. 1 Throw him at Gerty's head ! that wonlH you use. child I" be ex- claimed ; his annoyance fur a moment escaping his oontro). " I wish you had half Gertrude's good sense. You fancy Jack thinks of her -is that it? He is the soul of honor, and as far as it de pends on' him your father's word will ba kept." "Oh! Papa Selwyn, don t be vexed with me; I am so sorry I" and her face was hidden on his large rough hands in a bnrat of sorrow, quite child isbjpn its passing intensity. " Caeer up, m darling girl," he said, "you made a mistake that's all. Why, one of these days you will forget poor Papa Selwyn altogether, wheu you fall iu love with youroonsiq." " That 1 won't I" cried Madge, with all tho strongth of her hot heart. All her life, even so far back as her childhood, she had dreaded the fate that bound her to marry her cousin. When Jack Hawkesbury came on the noene ami stayed on visits at the houso, she disliked and ridiculed him without mercy. Another, one like fair-haired Gertiude for instance, might have ac cepted the inevitable and been happy; but Madge's active and independent na ture made her run against fate. And now there was only one month left be fore her twenty-first birthday and the betrothal. Often she told Gertrude she wished he would go home and stay there; and Gertrude would only laugh, with a deeper tinge of color on her fair face. The girls went out but little; an ar rangement against which Madge often rebelled, believing it was in some way connected with the safe management of the marriage with her cousin. But thero were two pleasures in prospect now, an uftcruoon's boating with Jack and a friend of his and Gertrude, and a party that tho Ponsonby-Joneses were going to give, to which tho Selwyn fam ily were sum to bo invited. First came boating. Ah 1 that ever-memorable day how many years it would take to make Madge forgot it I Thero were four in the boat that passed, with the measured beat and ripple of Jack's pair of soulls, along by the reedy shal lows and green:woodod banks of the upper Thames. The two girls shared the cushioned i cat at the stern, their white woolen shawls guarding them from the ohill of the autumn wind. Urtrudowas watebingtbe shores and the running ripples, miuklng in her quiet, easy-going way. Madge, bright with excitement, was talking not with J ick, but with the dark-bearded, travel bronzed man, who was resting from his turn at the sculls. He was charmed with the way she chatted and listened to his tales of half the world, with a re fHliing absence of self-consoionsness. What would ho have said if he had known the thought that strove for en trance into her heart ? Oh ! if Jack awkward, blundering, good-natured Jack could be changed into this Htranger that she called timidly Mr. Fitzallan, and Jack and her guardiau had greeted at the house as Herbert I At last thero was a pause in the talk. She gave a deep sigh, prompted by a -ml longing to do right, a vague fear, a drst suspicion of the change that was coming over her impetuous heart. " Are you cold, Madge ?" asked Jack, pulling away and bending to his strong stroke. " Keep your shawl well about your shoulders. And, my dear girl, look to your steering. You have been sending the boat into curves like a cork screw only I did not want to disturb your tctf a U te." Poor Cousin Jack ! She drew the vhite shawl closely round her, chilled not by the wiud, but by a sudden pang if remorse, the foundation of which was very small, but enough to trouble her peace. What need to tell the inner history of Madge's life during the next few weeks ? More and more she longed for freedom. Fitzallan was staying in the neighbor hood and was frequently at the house, and in the thousand little incidents of everyday life she knew hecared for her, and honest Jack grew yet more distaste ful in her sight. In due time came tho second promised pleaatire. The family that distinguished the name of Jones by the prefix of Pon souby gave their party. Madge was in I or glory that night. " But the trivial triumphs and pleasures of the night were long forgotten by Madge before she lust one remembrance of a soene that passed in the conservatory , where the i';usio was hushed by heavy cur ta nt, and thero was only the soft light of a few dim lamps among tho masses of blossoms and dark green leaves. She had lost the flower from her hair one of her favorite camellias as she said, " with a darling bud," and Fitzallan had promised, with Ponsonby-Jones' permission, to get her another with a darling bud too. She had placed his gift iu her hair, and she sat near the dewy glass, saying it was cool there and she wouhl rest, i'ltzuuan stooa at a little distance, penknife in hand still, swinging carelessly tho fan-like leaf of a dwarf palm. " If thia were nearer I could fan you," he said. "Thank you; lam tired rather than hot." Never in her life before had Madge been so serious or to troubled as she was now, in the soft light among the cool plants, within sound of the half hushed music. " Will you do me a favor ?" she in quired, raising the gray eyes that shone for a moment with liquid brightness. "You have only to name it I am at your Bervice." His manner, unromanlio to a studied degree, made her feel all the more safe iu taking heart to speak, while she gave him at the same time m generous meas ure that modt precious offering to whioh every noble-hearted man entitles him self a woman 8 respect. "I have seemed very happy to-night, Mr. Fitzallan," she began in a very quiet, low tone, the torn leaf trembling iu her hand and the color dying out of her faoe, " but I am in great trouble." Indeed! I am Borry to hear it. He drew a little nearer, listening atten tively and helping her now and again by a word ef enoouragement. Her story was a simple one. She was to be married next mouth to her oousin, Mr. Hawkesbury. She hud dreadedit all her life, but it was her fate. And then, taking oourage from the respeet nl and almost paternal demeanor of her listener, she made the frank oon feanion that she disliked her cousin just because she was forced to marry him ; and to this she added such a ohild-like entreaty not to thought " too bad," that it must have required more than ordi nary self-control for Fitzallan not to say something that would have allowed the scene to become a tender one ; but this he seemed determined to avoid, and so in herjsimple way was the sadly-perplexed girl that was pouring out her heart's trouble to him. " Will yn spenk for me to Mr. Sel wyn," she said, "as you are an old friend of his ? I oannet reason as men do, but I want you to try if there is any way of release for me. Pray forgive me, if I am wrong in asking your inter ference, but I am very wretched " here came a burst of tears that must have tried the listener sorely "and I my self have so often spoken to Mr. Selwyn, and it is of no use. He always Bays my father's will must be carried out ; and oh, how I wish I could do it." "It must be done, if possible," Fitz allan said. " But it would not be your father's will to mar the happiness of your life or to put you in bondage. " " Oh I if Mr. Selwyn would only speak like that," said thegirl sadly. " Well, I shall have a talk with him," said Fitzallan, "and do my best for your happiness, though I would be sorry to injure Hawkesbury 's prospects. Let us go back now ; there is a new piece beginning. That is one of Rubinstein's, is it not ? I need not say you have done me a favor in granting me your confi dence." With that he drew aside the heavy curtains, and they returned to tho dafe. zling light and bewildering music and movement of the ball-room. After that night Madge waited in aux icty to hear the reBult of Fitzallan's parley with her guardian. Three days passed and a note came from him, only a few words, Baying that he had suc ceeded at least bo far as to win a promise that the matter should be considered. Bat Madge saw little good coming of Mr. Selwyu's "considering" what seemed to be decided irrevocably long ago. At last it was the evo of her birthday; to-morrow would be the dreaded day, and that very morning Mr. Selwyn had said to her gravely, but tenderly: "My ohild.it has been the work of mauy yearsfor me to see to the fulfill ment of your father's lat wish. He was my best and dearest friend, and his life was a sad one. At least his dying will must be tlono. But I promise you hap piness I do, indeed. I?iit beyond that day Madge was un able to bear her heart's burden. " I must tell him everything," she thought. In the afternoon twilight, some time after Mr Selwyn had returned home, she found him asleep in his arm-chair in the dark dining room. But little daj light came in between the reel cur tains, and it was only the glow of the tire that showed her his white hair and long beard. She knelt beside him, as she often did for a talk when ho was in that chair, and she woko him up by stealing her hand into his. "Who is it Gerty? No, Madge my little Madge that is to be bo patri archal to morrow." " Papa Selwyn," she began, not giv ing him time to joke auy moro lest she might not be able to disclose all her troubles, "I want to tell yon some thing, and you won't be angry, will you, no matter what it is?" He took her face between his hands, and the fire flashed up and showeil him how earnest it wop. "Iam quite sure," he said, "nothing can make me anything but as deeply in love with my second daughter as a poor ol 1 fellow like me can be. Why, child, I am under a cloud all day because to morrow as soon as to-morrow I can be Papa Selwyn no more, and Madge will be thinking about nobody but her cousin." "No, indeed t" cried Madge impetu ously, " you will be Papa Selwyn always always; and I don't care for my cous in a bit." But her guardian shook his head gravely. " My dear, you will marry your cous in." The firelight had died down low, and Madge had courage enough to blurt out with an effort the few words : " I can't marry Jaok, because I ought to love my husband, and I oan never care enough for him. Or, if I must be engaged to him to-morrow " here there was a great sob- -" Mr. Fitzallan is very good and kind, and I don't want to hurt him but but ho must go away. Her head sank upon his knees with the great effort of that request. " My poor child," he said. " I know your secret. Bravely said, my little Madge, my bonny girl I You have had the truth out and done nobly. You are worthy of the man that is to have you, and that is saying a good deal." Then raising her head gently, he bade her listen, for he was going to tell a secret in return for hers. Wben she heard it she waited with wide, wondering eyes while he told it a second time, for Bhe could not believe in her joy. " Aa you kuoW, Madge, ho began, " most peo pie iu this world have more cousins than one." And then he went on to explain to her that Herbert Fitzallan was a very distant cousin, and that it was to him her father wished her to be married. Fitzallan's father had been the compan ion of his labors and Herbert himself had been loved by the dying matt as a sun , for Herbert waa twenty when little Miuh'c was an orphaned baby of four. "You ask what'about Jack, then?" said the old man. "That was my clever trick upon Madge. I never said you were to marry Jack. I told you of your father's wish. I brought Jack here, the only cousin you knew ; and I praised his good qualities which are fine enough, I can tell you, and appreciated by a young lady not far from here. I knew that wayward heart of yours, and I knew that a woman shonld not marry without real love, and a great store of it, t'K. So I left my darling open to the idea that Jaok was to be the lucky fel low ; and she did just what I and all sensible folks expected almost hated Jack and her doom. Then I took care that the man you were meant for who, my dear, has the best and truest heart in the world should come in the way just at the right time and show an in terest in you. So have I not succeeded and made my Madge choose her father's choice with her own free heart and will ? As for Fitzallan, he is all impatience for to-morrow, and he would have told yon the secret at that ball the other night, when he says that he was put to a des perate trial ; but he had promised me never to disolose it till we were quite sure of fucceBS. "Well, are you happy now, Madge?" " My .dear, good second father ! How can I leve you enough?" was all she could say when she felt his arms round her in that moment of fulfillod desires, and his lips pressed to her forehead in fatherly affect'on now that his long solicitude ws at end and his hard task well done. That very night Madge, scarcely able to realize her joy, was betrothed to Herbert Fitzallan, who, when once the secret was disclosed, would not wait another hour. " Have I not waited years?" he said. " All my time abroad I was waiting, and then I came back and found my Madge more than ever I had dared to hope." But Madge in her new freedom did not forget poor Jack. Indeed, she was almost in trouble about her unkindnees to him when she heard that he had only been playing a part, bearing all her teasing, and being purposely ungracious whenever she grew kind. But Gertrude coneoled her effectually on that score by telliug another secret after her kins of congratulation. "Jack was indeed doing his best to carry out the plan," she said, " and he was often grieved about you ; but, dear Madge, you must congratulate us now not me but up. Jack and I made it up between us months ago, and we had mony a quiet laugh about yon." So Madge herself accepted the ring and wore her golden fetters by her own free will after all ; nor was there ever a li ippier or more willing captive. As for Fitzallan, if he was not another Arthur, as the girl's fancy had prompted her to cull him, he was " blameless" as the prince of the "Idyls," and far more blest; and if ho reigned over no realm , ho was at least king of one bravo and tender heart a kingdom wide enough to satisfy his desires and a prize which time proved to bo well worth hia years of waiting. Au Incident of Neltysburg. A Washington correspondent of the Boston Tfamoript tells this interesting story of the battle of Gettysburg : General Barlow, of New York, com mander of the first division, fell, dan gerously, mid it was thought mortally. wounded. He was shot directly through tho body, iwoof his men attempted to bear him through that shower of lend from the field; but one was in stautly killed, and General Barlow mag nanimously said to the other, "Yon can do me no good; save yourself if you can." Gordon's brigade of Georgi ans, iu its wild charge, swept over him, and he was found by General Gordon himself, lying with upturned face in the not J uly sun, nearly paralyzed and ap parently dying. General Gordon dis qsyunteu irom nis horse, gave him a drink of water from his canteen, and inquired or uoneral Harlow his name and wishes. General Barlow said, " I shall live probably but a short time. Please take from my breast pocket the packet of my wife's letters and read one of them to me," which was done. He then asked that the others be torn up as he did not wish them to fall into other hands. This General Gordon did, and then asked, "Can I do any thing else for you, general?" "Yes," replied General Barlow, earnestly. " My wife is behind our army; oan you send a messenger through the lines?" " Certainly, I will," paid Gordon, and he did. Then directing General Barlow to be borne to the shade of a tree at the rear, he rode on with his command. The wife received the message and came harmlessly through both lines of battle and found hei husband, who eventually recovered. Since General Gordon's election to the United States Senate both he and Gmeral Barlow were invited to a dinner-party in Washington and ooonpied opposite seats at the table. After in troductions, General Gordon Baid, " General Barlow, are you related to the officer of your name who was killed at Gettysburg?" "I am the man," said Barlow. " Are you related to the Gordon who ia supposed to have killed me?" " 1 am the man," said General Ooi'don. The hearty greeting which followed the touching story aa related G the interested guests by General Huriow, ami the thrilling effect upon the company, can be better imagined than described. "Sir," said a young fellow, bursting with pride at his own importance, de rived entirely from his father'a wealth, " I was born the bou of a poor farmer. At thirty years of age I waa the son of the richest man in the oonutry." timely Tones. The London Spectator, commenting on an exhibition ot " Old l.-igln-h Plate," says: "We confess we were surprised and ashamed to find at the Paris exposition that a New York firm had benten the old country and the old world in domestic silver plate." American coal is sold in Switzerland, going from Philadelphia by sailing ships to Marseilles and thence by rail to Geneva, where it costs about $10 a ton. The price is a little under that of Ger man and French coal at the same point, and the quality is pronounced much better. In these days of church-debt raising, a late decision of the Indiana supreme court is both interesting and important. it has been ruled that a subscription made on Sunday for the benefit of the church is not binding, and cannot be collected by it suit at law. This follows the general rule in the United States of the invalidity of contracts made upon the Lord's day. The municipal authorities of Oincin nati are taking active measures to put a stop to the influencing of voters by "treatmg on election day. To that end an orainance has been passed mak ing "treating " an ofiense punishable by a fine of 850, ten days in jail and a for feitnre of the right to vote at future municipal elections The ordinance also forbids electioneering within two squares of the pollp. A real telegraph has been invented by an English mechanical engineer. A writer in London moves his pin, and simultaneously at Brighton another pin is moved in precisely similar curves and motions. The writer writes in London, the ink marks in Brighton. The pen at the receiving end has all the appearance of being guided by a spirit hand. The apparatus is shortly to be made public before the Society ol Telegraph Eu gineers. A sad discovery was made on au ocean stcMuship which reached Now York re oently, when an Italian boy, only twelve years of age and terribly deformed, was found on board, evidently brought over to be utilized as a beggar. His story was that his father had been killed in n quarrel, and that shortly after his mother came to this country, leaving him in charge of an aunt. Iu Italy he had been employed as a mendicant, and believed that it was to be used for the same purpose that he had been brought to this country. A city paper says it was believed that the severe onslaught on the podrones some time siuce would have prevented this infamous traffic, but it appears to have cropped out again lately to a far irora agreeable ex tent. A marked effect of the failure of pub lie life insurance companies is the in crease in the mutual beneficial assooia tions among secret societies. As a rule, the assessments per death amount only to oue dollar. Some of the older asso ciations, having a considerable fund in vested, pay stated sums at death, irom 8500 upward, the average being $1,000. A compilation of annual reports for the year 1877 places the number of such as s ciations in the United States in that year nt 204, with a membership of 155, 686, divided as follows: Masonic, 55, 798; Odd Fellowa, 38,280; other similar societies, til, ('48. The total number of deaths was 5,476; the death rate per cent. 1.03; average amount paid by de ceased members, $18.02; average amount of insurance paid, $710.34; and average cost of insurance, $6.93 per $1,000. The sum paid to beuetictaiies by Masonic organizations was $3,996,704.85; by Old Fellows, $1,457,490.60, and by others, $2, 113,136.74 making the hand some total of $7,567,332.09. Ice Industry. It may not be generally known, but the capital employid iu the ice busi ness iu tho United States aggregates over $25,000,000. and the annual sales reach at least $30,000,000. This has become au important industry, and, in the past forty years' experience in this business, lately has Bhown that the crops of ice for the season's consumption c nuot always be depended on. And more than this, when it is considered that a large outlay must be made for a considerable period before the season opens sufficiently to oommence its sale, and the consequent loss by wastage, naturally makes its production artificial ly during the summer mouths a very important question, and has engaged the attention of many inventors. Al though quite a number of excellent ma chines for this purpose have been con structed, it must be admitted that no one has yet succeeded in produoing a machine, simple in its structure, and cheap enough to make its introduction universal. The man who can invent a machine with those latter requirements will put himself in the way of making a hand some fortune, and render an incalcu lable service to humanity. American Jncentor. There are 1,500 mule teams constant ly on the road between Leadville and Carson City, both of Colorado. It is a fair estimate to suppose that at least o ie mule balks each day. Now imagine the iest, remembering that there are mule drivera on that road who speak four languages and several dialects. Appropriate l inks. A contemporary says he following couples were " proclaimed in matri mony " last year in Scotland: Thomas Blaok and Mary White, Feter Day and Ellen Knight, Holomon Gaiik and Catherine Vale, James Hill and busan Dale, Isaao Slater and Jane Thatcher, John Barker and Mary Batcher, Stephen Head and Fanoy Heart, William Stately and Jeseie Smart, Joseph Heed and Julia Hay, Thomas Spring and Mary May, Joseph Brown and Kitty Green, John Robins and Jenny Wren, William Castle and Nancy Hall, Peter Chatter and FannCall, Joseph Mann and Eliza Child, James Merry and Lucy Wild, Thomas Bruin and Mary Bjar, James Fox and Catherine Hare, Andrew Clay and Luoy Stone, Michael Blood and Lizzie Bane, John Cloak and Julia Hood, Klward Cole and Nancy Wood, James Broom and Ellen Birch, Cuarles Chapel and Susan Churob. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The seal's kin is numerous. A nice jam is preferable to an ice jam. Wine made of oranges has an alcoholic strength of fifteen per cent. If you would prosper and rest easy, employ and pay the printer. The waters very often get angry, and then yon see the waters pout. Seventy tons of chewing gum were consumed in America during 1878. The number of puns on the word Merritt is at present 162, and scarcely any of them possess any real mer that is to say, merriment. Pedestrians who wish to make good timo should wear clocked stockiDgs. Rome Sentinel. The Bennett Arctic expedition will leave San Francisco during June. There will sail with it thirty three persons. Give to the winds your fears. Hope and be undismayed ; Yonr goods well advertise, And yon will thrive in trade. The Jackson (Miss.) Cornet remarks that there cannot be too much gratitude to the North and West for aid given the yellow fever sufferers, but there can be far too much poetry on tho subject. hud orrEn TO LIVE tffff II Ell. "1 will," Kate Baid, "yon, Charley, wed, If yoa'U through life stand by me." " f il stand by you if you don't lie," Qioth Charley" brft don t try me." "Oh yes, I see," said Kate in glee, " You would not have me slight yon I)y heedless wayM in wedlock days ; Twuuld be a'plight-I plight you." ' All rUht," said he ; " I will a:i.o To take tho plight you proffer." 1 It r wealth was threat he'd chance his fate, Aim offtx to live off ner. Chicago Commercial Adoerliter. To Cut Ulass Without a Diamond. Carpenters, joiners and cabinet-makers are frequently called upon to fit glass to frames or Fashes where no glass hns been prepared to suit; under such circumstances it would be well to know how to cut glass to answer their pur poses, without the aid of a diamond. Many persons may not be aware that glass can be cut nnder water, with great ea-e, to almost any shape, by simply using a pair of shears or strong scissors. In order to insure success, two points must be attended to first and most im portant, the glass must be kept quite level in the water while the scissors are applied; and, secondly, to avoid risk, it is better to begin the cutting by taking off small pieces at the corners and along the edges, and so reduce the shape gradually to that required, as if any attempt is made to out thu glass all at once to the shape, an we should out a piece of cardboard, it will most likely break just where it is not wanted. Some kinds of glass cut much better than others, the sotter glasses being the best for this purpose. The soi6Bt rs need not be at all sharp, as their action does not appear to depend on the state of the edge presented to the glass. When the operation goes on well, the glass breaks away from the scissors in small pieces in a straight line with the blades. Thia method of cutting glass has often been of service when a diamond baa not been at hand, for cutting ovals and segments, and though the edges are not bo smooth as might be desired for some purposes, yet it will answer in a great many cases. The two hints given above, if strictly followed, will always insure auoceas. Jtluitrated Wood- Worker. UruKllian Indiana. James Lautz, of Norriatowu, Pa., one of the survivors of the Collins expedi tion to Brazil, thus describee the Indi ana of the oonntry : Several of our men were killed by the Indians. Theae In diana are a degraded race, quite email in stature and go entirely naked. In the wet season they work at gathering rubber, whioh they sell to traders, but in the dry season there is none to gath er, and then they put in the time making war on each other. They do not culti vate the ground and have no aettlements, but wander about iu small band. Bows and arrows are their chief weapon. They have no fire-arniB, and are so much afraid of them that a man with a mua ket could go iuto the biggeat of their oamua and they would never harm him. They are too cowardly to tight white men, but they will hide behind bushes and kill a man on the aly. The tribe near San Antonia falls are called gar: pumas
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