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TIB BELLS 0F LYM.
Vihta the eve ia growing gray, and the tide i
rolling in.
I ait and look across the bay to the bonny
town of Lynn ;
And the flsherfolks are near.
But I wis they never hear
The tonga the far be 11a maka for me, the
bonny belle of Lynn.
Tbe folka are chatting gay, and I hear their
Kerry din.
Bit I look and look across the bay to the
bonny town of Lynn ;
lie told me to wait here
Upon the old brown pier.
To wait and watch him coming when the tide
waa rolliug in.
Oil, I oee him polling strong, polling o'er the
bay to me,
JLnd I hear hia jovial song, and his merry face
1 see ;
And now he's at the pier.
My bonny love and dear !
And he'a coming np tbe aea-waahed steps
wth hands outstretched to me.
O my lore, your cheek ia cold, and yonr hand
are stark and thin !
O bear you not tbe bella of old, the bonny
bella of Lynn ?
O bare yon nought to say
Cpon our wedding day i
Lot, hear yoa not the wedd ng bella across
the bay of Lynn ?
O my lover, apeak to me ! and hold me fast,
m ne own !
Fur I fear this rising sea, and these winds
and waves that moan 1
But never a word he said !
Be ia dead, my love is dead !
Ah, me ! ah, me ! I did but dream, aud I am
all alone.
Alone, and old and gray ; and tbe tide ia roll
ing in ;
But my heart's away, away, away, in the old
grave yard at Lynn !
A Tale of the Juniata.
BY ''EDWARD JAVE.'
It was liicht. One of those dark.
gtVxHny periods when the very stillness
startl.1 Ibe solitary thinker and causes
him to conjure up sights the most
horrible. Awful murders, fearful trage
dies, bloody assassinations and kindred
scenes :ush past bis mental vision with
such painful rapiihry and vividness as to
make him fondly wish for the early ap
proach of dawn, with its cheering, horror
dispelling light.
The scene of my sketch is a few mlies
southwest of .Waynesburg, (now McVey
towu, Penu.) a small settlement on the
historic Blue Janiata, a stream justly
famed lor the limpidness of its waters and
the grand aud sublime scenery of the Val
ley through which it winds its sinuous
course. The time of the occurrence dates
back almost a century ago aod time, with
its chauges, has almost effaced the old
land marks, but enough yet remain to
make the site referred to familiar to all
readers conversant with that portion of the
Juniata Valley.
J a the woods which run down to the
river stands a heavy log house, embowered
in deep foliage, soon to be the scene of a
most exciting adventure. The little rivu
let hard by ripples over the moss-covered
stones, making ft peculiarly pleasing noise
as it hurries on to join the placid river be
lowjust at this tinis. however, subsiding
from the autumnal floods. Inside the
iK-avy building all is still as death; no
l-ghf can be seen whatever and as the
hours tw on the darkness seems to Itecoine
more impenetrable and the stillness more
intense until the suspeuse is almost un
bearable, when hark ! the defying, chal
lenging war-whoop of an Indian rends the
air and echoes throughout the distant
nXHUitains, chilling the blood of all who
hear it.
Soon all is bustle and excitement wuhin
and cautiously the barrel of a gun is thrust
tlirough tn? loop-hole, followed by a flash,
s report and as the sound reverberates
through the neighlioring hills and glens,
rtie death shriek of a savage is heard and
once more the portals open aud another
dusky spirit enters the happy hunting
grounds.
Not many n-inutes elapse uutil the house
is surrounded by a score or more of blood
thirsty wretches anxious i.i avenge the
deafii of their brother.
t thisstane a short uescnptiou Of the
occupants of tbis beseiged place is ueccs-
siry to a proper understanding oi tuc lore,
eoing remarks, and will enable the reader
to form au idea of the perilous life and ad
venturesof the primitive sellers of the Jun
iata region.
Alexander PcPugh for uch we shall
call him was au old and experienced bun
jer, who with his family consisting of bl
wife, son aged twenty, and daughter, th?
latter a beautiful girl of eighteen summers,
had settled here because of its seclusion
aud its being tlie center of a good hunting
section.
ftn the dav uuou which our story opens.
youigDePugh was out on a hunting and
ftshina; expedition and being oi a leaneas
aud venuuresome natuve had wandered sev
eral mile from home. About noon, being
very much fatigued, he extended his tired
limbs on the leaf-strewn ground beneath
tbe spreading branches of a large tree,
while he partook ot a reiresunig iuku.
He had not remained in this position long,
however, until his trained ears were greeted
in. iw imitr voice of a man near by in
close coversation with another. DePugh
raised hnnse!f upon his elbow ana, wtm
an intentness born of experience, listened
to their conference. But a few moments
satisfied him that the speakers were Indian
scouts and that, too, from a hostile party
who were devising plans for the captwre of
his father's family.
with fctealthT steps the young
hunter stole away from the dangerous spot
i lmvine been discovered, maae uis
suiu - o .
way rapidly home, reaching there just in
io inform his unsuspecting iamiiy m
the impending peril- Ue bad been in the
house but a short time wnen peering
the darkness through a loOboU he espied
s savage with a ligwed fagot skulking
through the trees toward the dwelling.
This latter movement on the part of an
Iwlian, as well as le signal elut before
spoken of, were unusual for such wily ras
cals, but they were so conduent of victory
that they forgot their cunning treachery
The young man grasped his Me, and run
ning it through the aperture fired the shot
which killed the rascally scout and brought
the Indians around the building.
Anxious to wreak vengeance on the de
voted family for the death of their com
panion, the savages commenced to light
fire-brands and throw them about the
house, but these only served to reveal their
foes.
'-Kobert,'1 said the father, "aim low and
be sine of your mark.'
With this advice from his parent, the
sun ran out his gun and fired again with
fatal effect, as was announced by the mad
dened yells of the red devils which floated
away on the stilly night air.
Occasional firing was kept up for a num
ber of hours when suddenly all became
quiet.
The old settler knew tlut this ominous
3t illness boded him and his family no good
and that the Indians were only waiting for
the light of day to aid them in the destruc
tion of bis family and home. Arriving at
this couclusion he ordered preparations to
be made for an immediate flight, if such a
tiling was possible, lie saw that unless
they hurried daylight would be upon them
and their escape would be impassible, in
deed the gray light of dawn was already
appearing. This last resort was decided
upon after much mental torture to the anx
ious parents.
To tlee to the river was thoughfthe best
plan, but ah! what dangers attended it !
The red fiends were watching every pr.int
of exit, but when the hunter built his house
he had run a kind of subterranean passage
from the cellar several hundred feet to
ward the river (in anticipation of such an
exigency as this one) and it was thought by
following this to the end they could reach
the river and their canoes and from thence
get to the settlement below.
Having secured their most precious relics
the whole family commenced their danger
ous retreat. The end of the passage was
gained in safety and they were making
their way through the underbrush t) the
river, silently congratulating themselves
upon their escape, when a savage yell at no
guat distance warned them that they were
discovered.
Now wa tbe supreme moment. In a
few seconds the whole baud of bl'KxI thirsty
demons would be upon them.
The poor man knew now that unless he
reached tbe river all would be lost. Sum
moning his great strength he caught his
wife up in his arms while Robert lifted his
sister and both ran toward the canoes.
The Indians came rushing on, yelling
like fiends incarnate, yet happily they were
several hundred yards in the lear.
The race of life and death was continued
in this manner for some minutes, but the
father saw that unless they made an extra
dash they would fall victims to their foes.
A few more seconds and tbe boats would
le reached. Could they hold out f they
asked themselves.
Fatlicr and son did nubly and as they
rushed on the veins in their faces stood out
like whip cords and the perspiration rolled
from their heated brows in great drops.
The Indians were gaining upon them
perceptibly, but the tried hunter makes a
Herculean effort, while bis son follows
closely after with his charge and with a
desperate strain the canoes are reached.
The women are hud in tbe bottom of tbe
boats to shield them from ths arrows of the
savages and with the father in one and the
son in the other the canoes are paddled
rapidly out into the stream just in time to
escape a shower of arrows which go whis
tling harmlessly overhead.
The baffled Indians stand along the shore
venting their rage in fearful, blood-curdling
yells that echo and re-echo along tbe dis
tant bills.
All danger was not yet over, for an In
dian, followed by several of his comrades,
was seen running along the shore, with the
intention evidently of getting on a project
ing point of .bind below, where they could
reach the fugitives with their arrows when
they passed in their boats.
Fortunately the river was higher than
usual, but though the escaping family kept
along tbe eastern shore they felt they could
hardly pass the point above mentioned
alive and were almost ready to give up in
despair when they were encouraged by a
loud, ringing cheer. Looking up the river
hey descried a large parly of huriters ap-.
preaching in their boats and tbe iinK-rillcd
family knew they were saved.
Tbe red skins quickly disappeared in the
woods and were subsequently nearly all
killed or captured.
Tbe brave hunter and his family, together
with the other boats one of which con
tained the handsome person of Frank Mur
lust, the favored suitor of Rose, the settler's
beautiful daughter pulled for tbe Wayues
burg settlement, where they arrived a few
hours later in safety.
As the Indians had become somewliat
troublesome in that region the family re
mained in town for some months.
In the war with the redskins which fol
lowed soon after the events narrated above,
Robert who was a fine looking young man,
enlisted and being a brave soldier soon rose
from tbe ranks to be an officer of distinc
tion. Rose, who waa tbe loveliest girl in
all that region, acquiesced m tbe oft re
peated request cf her brave and gallant
lover. Cob Frank Murlust, and on Christ
mas day, Just four months after her peril
ous escape from the Indians, was married
and lived many years after, ever the joy
and light of her husband's home.
Her father and mother, pleased with
their daughter's choice, lived near her on
the site of their old home which was de
stroyed by the murdering savages.
Tbe best thine; lor cleaning tin-ware
is common soda. Dampen a cloth and
dip in sodr, and rub tbe ware briskly,
alter which wlpa dry. Any blackened
or dirty ware can be iuau to look as
el! aa new.
At Wardnoys, in Norway, the day lasts
from May Slat of July 2d without Inter
ruption, and at HpiUbergo tbe longest day
is three and a hail hours.
A Little Girl's Inipreniaa of Madeira.
It was a beautiful clear day in October
when I had my first view of Madeira. The
high blue mountains, the green shores, and
the white city of Funcbal gleaming in the
distance, looked very lovely to us as we
approached tbe island. About noon we
anchored at a little distance from the city,
and swarms of rowboats came around the
ship. Some of them were full of half-naked
brown boys, and if we threw pieces of money
into the beautiful blue water, they would
dive down and catch time before they
reached the bottom. Son; of tbe other
boats were full of men, who came on board,
bringing fans, canary-birds, parrots, feather
flowers, basket-work, filigree jewelry, and
many other things to sell. We and some
of the passengers got into a row-boat, after
a good deal of trouble, because there is al
ways a heavy swell there, so one minute
tbe boat was very high up, and the next
very low down. When we had managed
to get in we rowed to the city. There were
great waves dashing up on tbe shore, and
four or five bare-legged men rushed iuto
tbe water, and drew the boat on land just
as a ware came in. What was our sur
prise to see waiting fur us, instead of a
horse aud carriage, a great sleigh drawn by
bullocks. This is called a bullock-car in
English, and a earro in Portuguese. We
g' into one of them, with a great deal of
laughter, and drove to the hotel. The
driver walked by tbe side of the earro, and
threw tbe end of a greasy rag first under
one runner and then under the other, to
make it run more easily.
When we arrived at the hotel, we found
it was a great white building, with a lovely
garden which contained mango, guava,
banana, custard-apple, and many other
trees. Among them was what was called
the moon-tree; it was covered with great
white bell-bke flowers, and was very beau
tiful. There were a great many gorgeous
flowers and curious plants that wc do not
have in this country. The garden was sur
rounded by a wail eight feet high, and there
were some tish-gerauiuuis which reached
above the top of it. There was a little arch
covered with the night blooming cereus,
and that evening when the buds bad open
ed, we went out to see them in tbe moon
light. They were beautiful while blossoms,
as large as a man's bead, and bad a faint per
fume. Next day we took a hammock ride
about the town and surrounding country.
Each hammock was fitted out with a mat
tress, pillow, and canopy, and slung on a
long pole earned by two men. We reclin
ed luiiy against the pillows, aud enjoyed
the ride very much. The men, when they
went up hill, carried us feet downward, but j
once they forgot, and carried us feet up- j
nard, and as the hill was very steep we fell j
as if wc were standing on our heads. Tbe j
houses of Funcbal are low, and covered
with white stucco, which looks very neat, j
but those of the poor have ouly one win- j
dow without any glass, and are very dark .
and dismal inside. The streets arc narrow,
and some of them very steep. We often ,
passed gardens surrounded by high walls, I
over which hung lovely flowering vines. '
Out in the country there were lantanas, '
geraniums, and fuchsias which seemed to j
be growing wild, aud great cactus plants j
evervwhere.
The M'Grecoia Game or shitty.
One of the episodes of the long feud be
tween the Clan Gregor and the Colqubouns
of Luss a quarrel that ended in tbe pro
scription of the JlaeUregors in w:i is
connected with a match at shinty. Two
sulisections of the Clan Alpine, who had
some cause of disagreement, had settled the
vexed question, and, to celebrate tbe re
newal of perfect friendliness the clansmen
of both families agreed to meet and spend
some time in merry-making. One of their
chief events was to be a shinty match be
tween the men of each family. 1 nat their
visitors aad kinsmen might be royally en
tertained, tbe hosts organized a foray into
the Colquhoun's country by Loch Lomond
side and carried off many head of fat cat
tle. Next day, in a level glen among the
hills, the MacGregora, men, women, and
children were assembled, the men armed
for the time only with the sturdy clubs to
be used in their game. The ball was
thrown up, sticks rattled, all the shouts and
cheers of the ,Tame were heard, when sud
denly, high above the noise of the players.
rose a shriek of tbe women, as from all aides
of the glen advanced the hated Colqubouns.
The chansaien, though surprised and un
armed, at once formed up, back to back,
and with their clubs prepared to meet tbe
swords of the foe; but tough ash and steel
bad hardly met when, with screams Jf fury,
a naked dirk in each rieht hand and a
bundle of clavmores under each left arm,
the women of the clan out through the
Colqubouns, and brought to their husbands
tbe broadwords that soon swept the men
of Luss back again to Loch Lomond side.
Sea Liana.
In six years Cap). Mullett killed 164 sea
lions, mostly near San Diego, and has profi
ted thereby, since the regular price for an
exhibition seal is vl.OiK). "Our method
of capturing tbe lions,'" be said, is this :
They go in rookeries of 100 or more, and
we watch the shore to tee w here I hey w ill
go into camp. This wc can determine
from the fact that they carry their young
on shore, leave them and go back to the
water, returning at break of day. When
we find a camp we dig trenches in the sand
to hide in, or, if there are rocks convenient
I hide behind them. The vessels are
anchored some distance off I he shore, and
we bring from them in small bouts cages
made of six-inch fencing boards. When
the herd comes ashore tbe laasoers watch
their opportunity and lasso one of the lions
around the neck. Another lasso is then
fastened to one of tbe hind flippers, and the
lion is forced into one of the cages. This
must lie done within a short time or the
animals will not live. After the lion is
captured a shot, to which a long rope is at
tached, is Urea iroin a Domogun on me
shore over tbe vessel ; the other end of the
rope is attached to one of the cages, and it
is pushed into tbe breakers and hauled out
to the vessel. On board the vessel the
lions are not put in water, but kept wet
with a sprinkler. They are then taken to
San Francisco, where they are placed in
cars built for the purpose and transported
across tbe continent, each car containing
twelve lions.
Be Couldat Find It.
The other day Moms met sn old friend
who was formerly a prosperous young lum
berman up north, but whose bad habits of
drinking resulted as they often do, though
he has since reformed and Is trying to do
better:
"How are you??'' said T. G.
Pretty well, thank you, but I've just
been to a doctor to have him look at my
throat,"
'What's the matterr"
Well, tbe doctor couldn't give me any
encouragement At least be couldn't find
what I wanted him to find."
"What did you expect him to flndt"
"I asked him to look down my throat for
fy saw-mill and farm that bad gone down
there."
"And did be see anything of it i"
"No, but he advised roe if I ever got
another mjll to run It by water."
Chairs a ad Tables.
The best chairs and couches are those
which you like best, and which best con-
I form to the natural contour of the hum-in
j figure in repose. A couch should allow of
the feet being put up, if necessary, and
should be of such a shape that yoa can be
upon it, either lull length or half length,
with ierfcct comfort. To be really ser
viceable it should not be covered with Dale
'blue satin or maize-colored taboiet, but
with a good tapestry covering in a neutral
hue. say sage-green or dark, rusty red, to
wear well. 1 he tapestry should not be too
fine to lie down upon, or even, in the pri
vacy of family life, to lay one's feet upon.
And the whole couch should, if possible,
turn toward the fire, so that its occupant
may have his face toward the cheerful
glow. At tbe same time, a little wicker
work table black and gold if you will
may hold a lamp for reading. As to
chairs, a couple'of good, well-stuffed, easy
chairs, also covered in the same tapestry,
and arranged so as to look toward the fire,
ought to be sufficient for luxury, while six
or eight little eltonized and cane-bottomed
gossip chairs are the simplest and prettiest
" occasional " furniture you can have.
The gossip chair has a curved back which
exactly fits tbe natural curve of the body,
and tbe seat slopes gently downwaid and
backward, so as to give one the best pos
sible support with the least angularity or
awkwardness. With these pretty little
clean cane seats, a black wicker-work
chair, two easy chairs, and a couch, you
should have enough places for family and
guests in a quiet household. Tables are of
very little real use in a drawing room ;
still, we must have one or two to give the
whole a furnished look. A spare table;
near the bay window will alio of a jardi
niere and a fern or india-rubler plant to
stand in tbe sun. You can have nothing
better than black and gold for this purpoee.
Another round of course, is needed for
afternoon tea. There must be some place
to lay books and other heavy articles; and get teaching or or something that would
the table for this office should be solid and I n4 be disgraceful ?
should stand against tbe wall. Nothing J "Now, Maude, you know I've been for
remains but the piano ; and that must nat- j weeks trying to get something of that
urallybe placed where the exigencies of kind," Eva returned, with a litt.'e of her
space demand. Few articles of furniture native spirit rising at their cnreasonable
are more difficult to manage than the coal-1 . "I cjuM not get the least eucour
sruttle. It is always gcttiug in everybody's agea.eiit any where. Not one of our old
way, and it can hardly be made present- frieudi would lift a finger to help me. A
able even br the utmost pains of the strut- fig for tLe friendship of all of them."
gling decorative imagination. It is almost j
lamentable to think of all the useless efforts
lavished by the human intellect upon abor
tive coal-scuttles. Perhaps the best solu
tion of the problem is that which combines
scuttle and what-knot in one comprehensive
whole, having a box for the coal beneath,
and one or two shelves tor kuickknacks
aliove. This composite piece of furniture
may then stand against tbe wall beside the
chimney piece, where it adds to the geu
eral prettincss of the room, instead of Iteing
an unsightly incumbrance. Moreover, tbe j
weight ol the coal gives stability to me
what-knot, and prevents it from having
that topple-down air so common with its
kind. Any such suggestion of imminent
catastrophes should always be avoided in a
drawing room.
mm
I Family DiM'ipllae. I
!
Chloride got out of bed suddenly the I
! ..t : 1 - i-1 1. : .1 1. 1
other night and caught his daughter sitting
on the lap of a young masher for whom he
had an especial aversion. Walking up to
the couple, he collared one with either
hand, and holding them at arms' length,
he said, addressing the girl: i
'Lizzie, didn't 1 tell you not to allow j
this young fellow to come fooliu' around
here r hat you mean a doin f
'We are getting up a tableau for the
church, father.' said Lizzie.
'A tableau? What was them smacks
I beard I'
'Thai's in the table,' an said tbe young
niafi.
Ob, they was, was they ? And what
was all this buggin' I saw about?'
'That is the tableau, too,' said Lizzie.
Oh, it is, is it ?' said Chloride, releasing
the girl, and dragging tbe young man to
the window, be hoisted tbe sash, seized
him by tbe collar and the back of the pants,
and dropped him out.
Oh, father! what are you doing i"
shrieked Lizzie, in agonized tones, as the
bowl of a man and the growl of a dog came
up from below.
'Nothin, nothing at all,' said Chlosride.
'I was having a little tableau for the bene
fit of his family, and that was one of the
affecting situations. I did feei kinder sorry
for that coon,' remarked father, when tell
ing bis wife the incident, for that dog hates a
masher worse than I do castor oil, but dis
cipline is going to be maintained in this
family, if I have to feed every young man
in town to that dog.'
Sold Himself.
A CorrcctionviUe farmer so'd a load of
corn in that town the other day. When it
was weizhed be slvlv stepped on tbe scales.
and then drove off to unload. When the!
wagon was weighed he took good care not
to be in it, and congratulated himself that
he had cheated the buyer in good thape.
The grain-dealer called him in, and after
figuring up the load, paid him in full.
As tbe farmer buttoned up his coat to go
out, tbe buyer kindly aked him to smoke
with him, and then talked over the crops
and the price of hogs, and the likelihood of
the Maple Valley railroad building up that
way, till the farmer fairly squirmed in his
chair with uneasiness aW.it bis chores at
borne.
At last he could stand it no longer, and
said he must go. The dealer quietly said
that was not to be thought of ; that be bad
bouuht the farmer at full weight, and paid
bim his own price, and that he would in
sist on doing as he pleased with bis own
property.
The raiser of corn saw that he had in
deed sold himself, in one sense, at least.
He acknowledged his cheat and compro
mised tbe affair. Now when he markets
grain he dont stand on the scale.
Ttlfldlng lor a Chureh Pew.
A case of excessive caution developed
some serious results the other day in Hartford
in the purchase ot a church pew. The
auction was fixed for a certain day, but
one of the prominent - gentlemen of the
church who for some years past has paid
$50 each year for his pew, was unable to
attend. He requested a friend to bid
for bim. Later he met another friend, and
incidentally mentioning that he would not
be able to attend tbe auction, asked bis
friend also to see to it that he bad his old
pew as heretofore. The auction took
place, and tbe rw was put up. "Fifty
dollars," said Friend number oae, "Fifty
one," said number two. "Fifty -three,"
'Fifty-four," and on till there had been
Uiirty'-eight bids, when oae friend, think
ing he bad gone as far as discretion per
mitted, stopped; and the other took it tri
umphantly f iSS. "Put it down for
Dr. ," he said, and the astonish-
' ment of tbe other bidder knew no bounds.
They bad been bidding against each other
In behalf of tba same gentleman, who bad
forgotten to tell number two that be bad
also spoken to number one. It helps ha
mcelpts to much.
A Co
rial Lady.
i L4 me look at laces, please."
Raymond Hamilton, standing at the silk
. counter a few paces off, trying to execute a
commission of bis mother s turned at the
sound of tbe well-bred voice to look into
tbe owner's face. It was a striking face,
but by no means beautiful in feature. A
girliih face, but with strong lines of char
acter, and touches of rare expression that
indicated the owner to be far above medio
crity.
She looked at him for a moment, and
something in the straight-forward, unco
quetish glance made him withdraw bis.
r?he made her purchase and went out.
He had almost a mind to follow her, but
did not,
Mrs. Chester and bcr two eldest daugh
ters sat in solemn conclave over tbe move
ments of the younger sister.
' It's out of the question for her to think
of doing such a vulgar thing!" said the
mother, with a slight touch of energy.
"We must k something, 1 suppose, but it
must be genteel, befitting our former life.
Eva always had odd freaks just like her
father. Oh, dear, dear. To think we
should ever tome to this:"
Tbe young lady under discussion at that
moment entered, carrying something in a
soft, fluffy heap on her arm.
"Oh, lie re you all are, she said, breez
ily, as she tossed a white zephyr shawl, as
dainty and delicate as a snowdrift, over
Maude's shoulders, another sky blue over
Stella, and arranged the but, a delicious
pink one, over her own graceful shoulders.
"This is my stock In trade," she said, in a
mock business-like tone. "I am going to
solicit orders for theni. They are so soft
and lovely and becoming that nobody can
refuse to buy them. I am to have a small
salary and a commission.
''To think of your having so little taste
as to turn hawker !" Maude exclaimed.
j "For mercy's sake, are we not degraded
enough without that ? Why could you not
Mrs. Chester began to cry audibly be-
bind her lace handkerchief. Eva flew to
' lu . ami rvi i ( Vi up m 1 u 1 su 1 1 uu n.w.lr
"You must not cry. You know we
must do something, mother dear," she said,
soothingly. "We cannot all sit down and
starve. "
"But you, with your accomplishments,"
sobbed the mother, "to have to lower your
self in this way!"
"It seems I have no accomplishments
that will bring me my bread and butter,"
Lva returned, "and what I do honestly can
never lower me, moiueruear.
A middle-aged lady was just leavins; her
'bouse as Eva approached it, and with a
i smile made known her errand,
' The lady took the shawls offered for her
inspection and fingered the fleecy texture,
! talking pleasantly meanwhile.
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J" '"S a ot two,
when a gentleman, Raymond Hamilton,
sauntered out from it, and took one of tbe
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shawls from his mother. He glanced to
ward Eva carelessly; but instantly his
glance was transfixed to something ap
proaching a stare as he recognized the face
he had seen three months ago that hauut
ed him ever since. Eva, too, recoirniztd
biin, and though usually self -postesietl, felt
her color rising under the gaze of the hand
some stranger.
While Eva replaced her samples in her
little valise, Raymond drew her into con
versation. His motlier joined occasionally
and a half hour passed rapidly and uncon
sciously to Eva, who quite forgot she was
not the Eva of three months ago. And the
stately old lady did an unprecedented
thing for her asked Eva to stay to din
ner with them as it was their hour, and she
must be tired and faint with walking.
Raymond seconded the invitation, and
Eva, wondering if people in her present po
sition usually met with such pleasant bttlc
episodes, consented to remain.
Before dinner was over Eva had told the
history of the past few months ; how her
father had died insolvent, and that she bad
taken up this work from necessity.
"It was providential for me that you
ever thought of selling shawls. Except for
this 1 might never have found you my dar
ling," Raymond said, tenderly.
And her relatives ceased their repoaches
when they found that her nngenteel -employment
did not abate one jot or title of
Raymond Hamilton's admiration and af
fection, and that through its agency she
had gained for her husband a representa
tive of an old and honorable family.
Parrots.
Parrots are not so very disagreeable to
moat people who count themselves well
regulated that these probably have no idea
how many of the squawking birds are im
ported into the country for sale. Tboti
eands are dupueed of auuually, and tbe de
mand is said to be growing. In the large
cities like New York, Philadelphia, Balti
more and New Orleans they find a ready
market, and also in many of the minor
towns. New England is reported to Lave
a prejudice to Its credit be it said
against parrots, which is hardly equaled
by any other section. The people of the
Southern States generally like them more
than those of tbe Northern States do ; but
they are far greater favorites with foreign
ers, as a rule, than they are with Ameri
cans. The best, or least bad, parrots are
brought hither from the Windward or
southern Carribee islands. They are
larger, hardier and more intelligent than
those from any other district in this hemis
phere, and stand very well commercially.
They buihl their nests in the royal palmet
to tree, finding or digging a hole there after
the manner of the woodpecker, and so en
sconcing themselves that it it necessary
often to cut the tree down in order to cap
ture the young. These are put into cages,
fed on palmiche. guave and banana for a
few months, when they will eat anything.
The breeding time ia May; there are rarely
more than three to the nest, and they reach
their full growth in eight months. Almost
any parrot can learn to talk when young if
placed where it can bear talking, for its
power of imitation is instinctive. It sel
dom forgets what it has once been taught,
a peculiarity which makes a parrot that
has been instructed in profanity a very un
desirable companion for a piou family.
Indeed, its love ri uie improper ax' 1
dieted seems to be so inbred that some peo
ple have thought it endowed with human
attributes. One of its traits is its monoga
mousness, ud to be found in all of tbe '600
or more varieties, which renders it anything
but a favorite in Utah, Tbe parrot is in
digenous to warm parts of America, Asia,
Africa and Australia. The only clearly
ascertained species within the boundary of
the republic is tbe Carolina parrot. A good
talker of any sort Is commonly quoted here
at $3, retail rata, Tbe gray parrot, native
to West Africa, is most remarkable for do
eiliir and power qf articulation. It breeds
readily in captivity, aud will live to TU and
I
80 years of age. Many marvelous stories
are told of its loquacity, which always
comes from a repetition of words ana sen
tences previously acquired. The notion
that the parrot ever supplies anv new
words, or has any understanding of them,
is, of course, absurd. Large sums have
been paid for (rifted talkers of this variety.
but why anybody will part with money ex
cept to get rid of a parrot, is not clear to
the normal mind.
Tbe Bagdaat Lte-Mark.
Bagdad is noted for a mysterious malady
which auects everybody in the city,
whether a citizen or stranger. It is a sore,
and ia called a " date-mark," because after
it has passed away it leaves an indelible
mark about the size and shape of a data.
It generally comes upon the face, and lasts
a year, ami then goes awar. 1 he scar is
just skin deep. It appears aa if the surface
had been seared away with caustic or a hot
iron, and it bv no means enhances tbe
beauty of tbe victim. With the natives.
the sore generally comes in childhood, and
then it commonly settles upon the face.
The cheek of nearly every man and woman
brought up in Bagdad shows the unmis
takable mark. Sometimes it settles on the
nose, and theu the disfigurement is consid
erable. Sometimes on the eyelid, and
blindness is generally the result. Strangers
are attacked even after a very brief resi
dence , but if they be adults, they get the
sore on the arm or wrist. It is more pain
ful there than oa the cheek, but ot course,
there ia no disflgiuement. In every ewe
the attack runs its course for a year. So
treatment, no ointment or medicine, has
the slightest effect upon it. Once the sore
makes its appearance, the sufferer knows
what to expect, and be may as well resign
himself philosophically to all it involves.
1 he Arabs sav that every one that enes
to Bagdad must get the " date-mark ;" if
he d.ies not get it while in the city, he will
get it after he leaves ; and if be does not
get it while alive, he will get it after he is
dead ; it is not to be avoided. The visita
tion is not as a rule painful, unless it hap
pens to fix upon a spot aliove a joint or a
muscle frequently brought into exercise.
The irritation occasioned by movement of
the affected part is of len considerable, and
gives rise to a good deal of suffering. The
general health is little, if at all, disturbed
in ordinary cases. The children play about
the narrow streets, ana make mini pies
quite joyously, with great ulcers, the size
of a crown-piece, on their little checks.
It gives them no concern that they are
being marked and perhaps disfigured for
life, and of pain they feci nothing. hen
a little later on I stopped at Mardia I ha1
the pleasure of making the acquaintance of
Dr. Thorn of the American Mission in that
town, and he told me that he had examined
the ulcer under a microscope, and found it
to be composed of a fungoid growth ; but
nothing that he had ever tried bad been
able to arrest or modify its usual course.
He bad applied distilled nitric acid without
producing more than temporary effect.
An application of iodine was just as ineffi
cacious. He was attacked himself, a large
"date-mark" forming on his forehead,
and apparently eating through the skin to
the bone, but nothing that lie could think
ot was of the least use.
Wall Papers.
The tendeucy in colors is gradually to
leave the olive tints and shades and to tend
toward the light, warm browns that are
styled coral in England, but which are un
like any corals except those wide, branch
ing kinds called sea fans. This color is
seen at its best in the English Hock papers,
which, in spite of all innovations, are
almost as much used now as tbey were a
score of years ago. Tbe patterns are more
elegant than those formerly employed,
being vines or sprays of leaves so closely
interwoven as almost to cover tbe ground,
but producing an effect that is much richer
than that of plain color. These papers are
produced in every conceivable tint, so that
it is possible to match them to any decora
tion or furniture. Brocade and cashmere
and tapestry papers are shown in great va
riety, and are remarkable for the skill with
which the pattern is brought out so that it
is visible from any point, instead of only
being appal en t to a person who stands in
exactly the right place, as are many of the
designs in which the figure is outlined in
gilt. The grounds are ia gold chemically
treated so as to present a great many dif
ferent tints ; in silver made to assume a
very delicate green, and in a fine salmon
pink that looks like satin. The figures are
vines in dark shades contrasting harmoni
ously with the ground, and in looking at
them t is hard to believe that each leaf is
net leparately tinted by hand instead of
being the result of many successive print
ings. It must be understood that on these
papers no machine work is possible. Those
who have ever examined a piece of fine
bordering or a roll of paper may have no
ticed that along the uncolored edges there
are small dashes of color apparently with
out meaning, and destined to be cut oil cr
hidden. These dashes are the registers
that mark the limits of the blocks used in
printing on the prepared ground, and as
tweuty impressions are sometimes needed
to produce a pattern, some rolls of paper
have to be handled and dried scores of
times before they are finished. The gilt
and silvered grounds are allowed to season
a year before they are printed, and this de
lay, ard the great quantity of work involv
ed in tbe printing, are the reason why the
brocade and satin papers are so expensive.
Illaktlng In the Hoosac Tunnel.
Generally twelve boles are drilled, aud
these are filled with large cartridges, from
each of which prorudes a wire. These
wires are connected wiih two other wires,
al-out two-hundred feet long, attached to a
"powder keg battery." When all is ready
the hands fall rapidly to work covering up
the rails in the vicinity of tbe blast with
heavy timber, as sometimes a large stone
will break or bend a rail, and thus delay
trains. This being done, the foreman
shouts "fire," and all the workmen in the
vicinity drop their tools and retire some
three or four hundred feet, either way, to
a safe distance. One man stations himself
at the battery to fire the blast. Suddenly
whi'.e you are listening for the report, you
experience a quick powerful reeling of pres
sure, which seems to spring away from you
as quick as it came, and there follows such
a "bang as you never heard before. You
feel as if an attempt had been made to
throw you from your feet, and then tbe air
rushes by you in a rapid succession
of waves of roars. It seems aa if tbe whole
mountain above you were trembling with
the echoes, and you bear tbe rumble of the
report even after tbe men have got back to
the scene of the blast. A person can have
no conception of a loud report until he
hoars a blast in Hoosac tunnel. There is
no chance for tbe noise to spread, except
through the long hole, and the explanation
of tbe sensations one has there when a blast
is made is easy enough. Some of the
miners themselves dread it, and cover up
their ears before the electric spark ia sent.
Sometimes a cartridge will not explode, and
then the foreman has to draw it. Every
time he does this h take hia Ufa in his
bands. After every blast the track is cov
ered with broken rock, which ia promptly
removed in order not to delay the trains.
rental Priests in Central A f rU-Ju
One of the most singular customs of
Grew be, is tbe admission of females inli
the order of priesthood. A young female,
generally the daugther of a fetiche man, or
priest, is selected for the purpose, who un
dergoes a probationary penance that con
tinues six mouths previous to her admission
into holy orders. During this period she
is initiated by the priests into all the mys
teries and chicanery of the religion of their
forefather's, which consisted in the worship
of the black and white snake, and in the
mummery of giving sanctity to bones, rags,
Ac. When she appears in public duriug
the period of her probation, her manner is
grave and solemn; her skin is painted with
a kind of while clay ; rows of shells, of
various forms and sizes, are hung upon her
neck, arms and ankles; and her kans are
girt with long grass, which reaches to her
knevs. A dwelling is provided for her, iu
which she eats ami sleeps alone, and into
which none are admitted but fetiche men
and women. At the expiration of .six
months, a large assemblage of men, women
and children, accompanied bv the van. his
orders of priesthood, and the musicians be
longing to the town, takes place in an open
space of ground, to assist at, and also to
witness, the hut grand ceremony. Sou
after assembling the women form a circle
by joining hands, among whom are the
companions of the novitiate's youth, and
also her relations, who commence dancing
circularly, reversing the movements alter
nately, after making one complete circle.
The dancing is accompanied by the most
barbarous aud horrid din imaginable, caused
by the musicians beating on drums, tom
toms, gongs, and blowing-horns manufac
tured out of elephants' teeth aud reeds ; to
which are added the most strange aud un
couth grimaces and contortions of the faces
and bodies of the priests, so that a specta
tor might easily imagine them to be a num
ber of maniacs, who had been turned loose
to give effect to the ceremony; and were it
not for the presence of tbe little children,
who look on with fear and astonishment
depicted in their countenances, would be
no bad representation of Pandemouium,
Tbe novitiate, soon afltr danciesr com
mence?, is brought out, by apparent force,
from a little hut which had concealed her
from the spectators, and placed in the ceu-
tre of the circle formed, from w hich she
endeavors to escape to the hut whence site
bad lieeu brought, and this she is allowed
to -ecompUsb, This ceremony is repeated
three times. An incantation is then deliv
ered by the cnicf priests, and the farce
ends. One of the chief conditions by which
a female is admitted into the order of priest
hood, is that of leading a life of celibacy,
and renouncing the pleasure of the world ;
and but few are permitted to enter it al
all.
Animal Life.
A Yankee boy named Oliver, while pass
ing through a wood iu Maine, thrust his
axe into the hollow trunk of a tree, and
a large black bear's bead made its appear
ance. As he attempted to come out Oliver
cut off three of bis toes. Then the bear
sprang for the lad, and be brought a well
directed blow upou bis head, splitting it
open from the base of the brain to the nose.
The bear weighed 450 pounds, and meas
ured nine feet from his nose to the bind
paws. Russian wolves show great sagac
ity in the capture of wild horses. They
roll and frisk about until the unsuspecting
victim is completely put off bis guard. One
wolf then approaches the horses's head,
and another his tail. Both wolves theu
spring at their victim at the same time
one at the throat, and the other at tbe flanks
and tbey do not let go until the horse
turns round and round without attempting
a defence, and ia soon on its side, and tbe
victory is won. At a signal tbe pack close
in, but the small fry wait until the super
iors are gorged. A traveler in the forests
of Brazil saw a hairy spider with a body
two inches long, and eight legs, measuring
seven inches each. It was ou a tree trunk
beneath a deep crevice, across which was
stretched a dense white web. The lower
part of the web was broken, and two small
flndies were entangled in the pieces. One
wss still alive, but died soon after its res
cue. The hairs of these crab spiders conies
off when touched and cause a maddening
irritatien. He says that he saw the child
ren of an Indian family with one of these
monsters secured by a cord and leading It
about the house like a dog. Old Jake ia a
one-eyed pointer dog of Sardis, Miss. Ou
a colil, rainy day he made a call on an old
sportsman, and spent the afternoon by tbe
fire. When bedtime came he was driven
out and the door thumb bolted on the in
side. In the course of the night he waa
awakened by a cold wind blowing on him.
Hear a slight noise at the fire, he looked,
and there sat old Jake: 1 he fire bad near
ly died out, and the dog was putting the
chunks together with his rtws, and actually
blowing the dying embers. 1 he man got
out of tied, put on more wood, made a pal.
let for Jake near the lire, closed the door
and again retired.
Bodily Best,
It is a remarkable fact that the tempera
ture of tbe body in health is always the
same in summer and w'ntar, in the arctic
zone and in the torrid. Tuis seems the
more remarkable in view of the fact that
the body is jiut as subject to the great law
of radiation as every other heated object.
It throws off more slowly in a warm tem
perature and more rapidly in a cold, but it
always radiates heat. The normal temper
ature of the body is slightly above ninety
eight F. A few degrees aliove indicates
consuming fever, a few below, a depressed
condition that tends to collapse and death.
Expose tbe living, healthy body and a red
hot mass of equal size to the same freezing
temperature in a long ride, and at the end
of it the latter will be ice-cold, while the
temperature of tbe body will stand precis
ly as at tbe start. The explanation is, that
the body is self-healing. The heat is con
stantly radiated, but it is as constantly gen
erated, and wliat is still more striking, the
healthy body so regulates its temperature
that in cold climates it ever keeps the heat
up to tbe standard, and in warm climates
it keeps down the excess. In tbe first case
the consumption of the internal fuel or
food is more rapid, and the appetite ia
keener to supply the demand, aud the di
gestion is more vigorous. In the second
case, in warm climates, tbe consumptiou
of fuel or food is much slower, and tbe
appetite craves focd that has less of the
heat-making properties. Further, if the
heat tends to increase beyond the standi 'd,
the body at once covers itself with wa t
(sweat), the evaporation of which carrl.
oil tbe dangerous excess. Heat in a fur
nace is caused by the union of the oxygen
of the air with the carbon of the ciuL So
heat ia generated in the lungs by tbe union
of the oxygen of the inbreathed air with
the carbon of the impure blood. But this
is not the only source. Siniiliar heat-generating
changes take place at every point
in the whole body, as aew particles dis
place the old. A person who eats good
food has a good digestion, anJ good health
geneaally. If properly clothed, will rarely
suffer from even the severe cold of oir
Northern winUra,
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