iiisli Set flff WW B. F. SCHWEIER, tee ooisTmrnoi-TKE mnoi-UD the ettosoekzit op the lavs. Editor and Proprietor. (VQL.jXXXY. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1SS1. NO. 37. T SiJ rVV hY A WWW A IICUC, Waat a tii? A kick of mniu'i hair immt aj Uostj papers? Ti lUe breata of osuntry air Id LoodoD smoke and vapors. A rolJeotrcas! Ah yea, I know, Twaa Ethel hair twelve Jean ago. Twelve Tears ago ! Bow strangely times Hare altered, aloe together We listened to the Tillage chimes Oat there among the heather. We listened, after chore on Sunday, Careless of colds and Mrs. Grundy. And, oh that day. that glorioas day When, floating down the river. While Cooknam Lork behind oi lay. We plighted troth together. The future, and still mora the present. To us Just then seemed not unpleasant. sweet Ethel ! Will I seem to see Alas! lis only seeming That golden head quite close to me. Those tender, dark eyes beaming The Ups from which came, soft and low. The murmured "Yea," twelve years ago. Ad 1 then, why did we pause so long ? I know I loved yon dearly n those old days; how things went wrong, I rant remember clearly. We loved, and yet somehow we tarried. Till both got tired and yon got married. Ah well ! Ill put the tress away. In this old escritoire ; Lat time we met your hair was gray. And now we meet no more. Above your grave the grasses mingle. And I am forty, fat and single. THE POISON Kl CI" P. After rich Frank Manning married Elsie Grahani in fit of pique and jealousy, Margaret Preston, once his betrothed wife, Buffered more than words can telL She nearly went mad with rage and ride and wouuded passion, but she had sense enongh to hide her heart from en vious eyes. And when she was once more mistress of herself she called npon the bride, and Mrs. Manning who knew nothing of the old love Htory, welcomed her heartily, and told Frank on his return home that she was delighted with his old friend Miss Preston. "She cannot have cared for me," thought Frauk Manning, with a pang no husband should have felt at such a thought, but the little wife never guess ed it, and it did not harm her. She returned the young lady's call, and an intimacy began at once. So that when the Mannings went to their place in the country for the summer season, Elsie sent a warm invitation to Miss Preston. . Margaret thought it over. It was an offer not to le despised by a fashionable girl with a small income. She desired to marry, and hotels at watering, places were expensive. All the men of their set would be at Frank Manning's at one time or another. The neighboring resident were people of position. She could dress and flirt to her heart s content, and Frank would see what prize he had lost, even while she gave him plainly to understand that she was glad to have escaped the matrimonial J"oke- , And then she wrote a loving note to Elsie, and held an interview with her dressmaker. And Frank Manning well, he had loved this girl, and had married Elsie because she had made him angry. And Elsie was so sweet and mild and gentle. And now he was waiting for her com ing with a guilty feeling at his heart He wanted to see her, to sit by her, to hear her sing. As her host he could do this, at least. He went to the depot to drive her home. Elsie had of course expected him to do that, but she had not expected what followed ; for when they were in the little wagonette side by side, and she turned and looked into his eyes, Frank Manning had kissed the girl. It was night, and though the moon was bright shady the lanes which led to the park were still and lonely. No human eyes looked down npon them, and their lips had met so often oh, so often 'before. But Margaret drew lack and flushed scarlet, and said : - "Yon forget you are a married man, sir." And Frank answered : "Yes, I did forget. Pardon me." Then there was silence. She had hoped that he might be regretful of the past, but had not dreamt that he would dare presume upon it For an hour or so after the evening was over the long dinner, the music in the parlor, the talk, the walk in the moonlight, with the young wife's arm alwnt her waist Margaret intended to make her visit very brief. In a little while however she changed her mind. She would stay ; and this wife, who 1 toasted to her of her husband's love, should suffer a little also. And now ad that was evil asserted it self in Margaret Preston'a heart, and where evil once abides it grows stronger .1... 1,.-l..v She laughed, she flirted, she danced with other men, but she met rTanK alone by the banks of the river. Kb sane duets with this one, looked merrily into the eyes of that, but in the lonely woods she sat by Frank's side with his arm about ner waisu n.o- lV-o.1 treeiv of the past now, He hal confessed that she was yet more to him than any other woman ; more than his trusti ig, unsuspicious mife- , , n.,i thai little life stood between them, and often as Margaret looked t - i a sVa Elsie, she felt that she should oe g see her in her cofhn. vt tl end of her visit approached. She must go, since she could have no excuse for lingering, and in her absence, might not the wife win the heart of one who already respected ana aumireu u, though his passion was another's ? ears, Margaret Preston walked out alone, making the purchase of some little trifle in the village an excuse for a solitary hour. For a while she battled with her hate for Ehrie, knowing her to have none bnt friendly feelings to herself, but it over powered her at last Then suddenly surely Satan was whispering in her ears she remembered that she had heard of a drug, which," though almost an instantaneous noison. left little trace, and was tasteless. For a moment she trembled, and flung the suggestion from her ; bnt Satan is strong. There was a drug store in the village. and the proprietor had left a young, empty-pated clerk in charge. rhe pois n which would not have been sold by the older man to any stranger without a doctor's prescription,, was dealt out without a thought by this boy, and Margaret went home with the tiny packet hidden in her bosom. Elsie was watchinc for her coniine from the verandah. She came forward to meet her guest with a sweet smile, "The others have had lunch," said she. "but I waited for you. I have had cur little table set in the bow-window. with the view of the river. We shall have such a cosy time." Then she led the way to the dining- room, Margaret following and tossing her hat and mantle on a sofa. The young hostess poured the coffee and handed a cup to her guest, taking one for herself. At that moment some one called from the hall-: "Conie, lxth of you. Something to see. It was only a great pleasure barge going up the river with a picnic party. Elsie left the table and ran into the room. Margaret delaved an instant Wfore she followed. In that little siaee of time she had emtitied the ixison into poor Elsie's cup of coffee, and thrust the crumpled pajer that had held it Uu-k into ner bosom. Elsie returned first As she seated herself she happened to notice that the cup she had passed to Margaret was overfilled. It looked untidy; neither had yet been tasted. And with the natural impulse of a careful hostess Elsie changed the cups. Little did she guess what she was doing. . ... She oxly desired to set wiore ner gneet that which was neatest And little did Margaret know what had happened in that brief instant She looked to see her rival turn pale. She watched for some token that the poison had begun its work. Instead she herself felt a strange faint ness creeping over her, was conscious of a sudden agony. The fate she had decreed for the inno cent young wife was to be her own, and it came too swiftly to leave much time for thought. Before the man who had ridden last and furiously across the country to find the nearest doctor had performed his errand, all was over. Dying, Margaret rreston understood only that in some way Providence had outwitted her. "Pray for me," she whispered to Elsie. "I dare not pray for myself." And with her hand held fast between Elsie's hands, with Elsie's tears falling fast npon her pillow, Margaret died. They found the crumpled paper with "poison" written on it in her bosom. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of suicide, and remorse filled Frank Man ning's heart, for he believed that Mar garet rreston had killed herself because she could not live without him. In his trotfble he made a sort of con fession to his wife. No man ever made a full and true one under such circumstances. What Elsie (fathered from it was that her own attractions had made him forget those of Margaret Preston, and that the poor girl could not endure the sight of their mutual tenderness ; and so to this day she believes, and often goes with her husband to the churchyard wnere Margaret lies, and with her own fair hands plants flowers npon the grave of the woman who would fain have done her to death that she might win for her own the husband who, though not as true and perfect as Elsie believes him, now loves her very fondly : loves ner, though he remembers with a pang the passionate creature who as he fancies M for love of him. In this world the truth will never be known, and it is better that it should not be. Ifnt invMliiratinnB respecting the .hamiMl MwiBtituenta of tobacco fumes. confirm the olden view of the presence of nicotine. It has, However, oeen asceruuucu that nicotine appears mostly in the form of salt having picoline for their base. Other substances oi a similar compwmiuu . m in th art of smoking, which m form under the influence of the varying quantities of water in the tbacco and it mode of combustion. That the use of the pipe develops the highly diffu sible and narcotic pyndin, while cigar smoking gives rise to larger quaniueo 01 colidin. There exists oniy one remcuj nf rhmnic tobacco poisoning, but that U so prompt and efficacious that none other is needeo. nioniuunaj . arorv mat and frcauentlv an Insurmountable prejudice among smokers against lis employment ai tence from tooacco. There are 205,000 bodies buried in Greenwood Cemetery, isroosuyu. The Germans have invented morocco J ssss a-rw-a. Baron Abishag is the soubriquet of Baroness Burdett-Contts nusoanu. The ancients always harnessed their horses abreast, never lenginwuw. Bi content wltn your lot especially if .Th BlaaagKiMBt of Kitchen Boilers. The principal complaint the householder has to make is that of rumbling or pound ing noise in the boiler. This noise, most heard on ironing days, when a hot fire is kept in the range and not much hut water U used, is occasioned by steam being gen erated in the water-back, which, when it meets with water cold enough to condense it, produces a vacuum. The water coming together again to fill this void space causes the concussion which makes this noise. The generation of steam is also often due to the fact that the water-back has too much heating surface for the capacity of the boiler and the domestic requirements for hot water. To stop this noise und get rid of the steam, it is the custom to open the hot-nater faucet This will accom plish it but if the hot-water faucet is opened suddenly, there is danger of the boiler collapsing if it be a copper one, for the reason that the cold water suddenly re turning to fill the space occupied by the steam, condenses the steam instantly and produces the vacuum which results in the collapse of the boiler. It is safer to open the hot-water faucet very slowly, ana thus prevent the sudden condensation of the steam. The risk of collapse is also greater in a city where the water pressure is very light in New York, for the steam meets with so little resistance by reason of want of pressure that it more readily forms and more easily forces the water out of the boiler through the pipes back to the street main. The other danger is the bursting of the water-back and tbe consequent demo ition of the range. This is solely due to ignorance or carelessness. If a range fire is let down on a cold night and the water in the water-back or in tbe connecting pipes between it and the boiler becomes frozen, so that circulation is impeded, the building of a fire in the range under such circumstances is almost certain to cause an explosion, which might prove fatal to life a well as disastrous to property; for it is ibanifest that as soon as the water-back becomes heated, steam is generated, and if it is confined and not permitted to circu late, something has to give way, and an explosion is the result I"he same thing might occur it both the hot and cold water pipes became frozen. Householders should therefore see to it that during cold weatber a fire is kept in tbe range, so that this freezing-up might not occur, ir for any reason it is necessary to let the fire out for any period, care should be taken to empty the boiler, to uncouple it from the water back, and to blow out all the water that may be in the water-back by using a plumber's force-pump for the purpose. Liplosions have been known to occur be cause so-called plumbers have disconnected the boihr for repairs, and forgotten to blow the water out of the water-back, which afterward became frozen, and then, when connecting it again, neglected to ascertain whether the means of circulation were impeded or not Sanitary Engineer. Paris at Midnight. Perhaps it was the smoke, perhaps the long hours before midnight; but, at any rate, the last part of the journey became insufferably tedious, and we were more than glad to see the lights and hear tbe distant murmurs of the beautiful city. We found a cabman or rather tbe father and son did, whom we were glad to find were booked for our hotel " Castiglione, " Rue Castiglione ; but we were alarmed at the wild way in which he careered up aud down, until wc were assured it was tbe way of the Paris cabman. A short time, how ever, served to convince us that Paris and his profession were not responsible for all his eccentricities. The man was very drunk. He drove wildly, narrowly escaped collisions, and finally drew up in Place d' Opera, instead of Kue Castiglione. The services of a policeman had to be brought into requisition before he could be induced to drive a step farther, and then he drew up in succession before the Hotel Bristol, the Hotel de la Courronne and the Hotel Con tinental. The last one being in our vicin ity, we walked to it and compelled him to follow with the luggage. The "Castig lione" being a quiet hotel, and in its dull season, had retired even to the concierge, who, however, quickly responded to our summons and we found ourselves at last comfortably domiciled, and "at borne" in Pana, though our experience has not been such as would make ns wish to enter it again, any more than any other large city at midnight To very many who haveonly seen far is in an atmosphere of lightness and brightness, it will seem impossible that it could ever be dull, much less dismaL But Paris out of season, and in a rain storm which lasted thirty hours, is like anywhere else under the same circumstances, only rather more so; for the resources against ennui, especially for A transient visitor, are all out of doors, and if one cannot get out doors, there is only one resource left work. Voudoa Horrors. 'The professors of 'Voudou,' who have the 8erpent-houae' in each village-wood (as may also be seen on the west coast of Africa) originally came from the Congo coast, and were of the tribe called Man dingoes, celebrated for their skill as sor cerers and secret poisoners, and for being serpent-worahi pers, child slayers, and can nibals. They appear to have brought their art with them from Africa, but while Hayti was under French rule they were obliged to practice them in secret It was however, mainly owing to the power of Voudou' that Hayti was lost ta the French. ' Many of the Presidents have be longed to it ; the present President either cannot or will not suppress it and it flour ishes openly. It would be improper for me to give up my authorities. It is suffi cient to say that they are of the highest, and that the facts are indisputable, being vouched for to ae by eye-witnesses, out of over 700,000 inhabitants of Hayti there are only 20,000 that do not openly belong to 'Voudou. Tbe priests of this religion have got absolute power, owing to their knowledge of herb-poisoning and of the antidotes. Owing to this knowledge, which nothing will induce them to divulge, they can poison either slowly or quickly, pain fully or the reverse, and can procure a death-like sleep. They are consequently resorted to by people who wish to get rid of others either for gain, from jealousy, or the like. The secret poisoning is carried to an enormous extent It goes on, indeed, under the name of Obi' wherever negrops are found. In Hayti, while the trench had the island, it was sternly repressed, more to than either in Jamaica or Cuba. but since then it has increased to such an extent that a suppressed terror prevails among all classes in iisyli. The great feasts of ' Voudou' are at Christmas, at Whitsuntide, and at Easter. Tbe dram is beaten at midnight and tbe people assem bkv. Tbe ceremony commences by the most terrible oaths ot secrecy. Then dancing begins, and the excitement is kept up by copious libations of rum till one or more ot tbe performers fall down in a fit when the spirit of Voudou" is supposed to have entered mt them These orgies last generally three nights, and sometimes longer. On tbe first night a cock is offered np at the attar, and its blood is drunk warm. On the second night a goat Is treated In the same way. But on the third night children are brought iu; their throats are crt by tbe priest; their blool is handed round ani drunk warm, and tueir bodies are then cut up and eaten, before the sacrifice takes plate the priest orders a many children as b requires. They must be of pure African descent, and not over 10 years of agt . 1 hee children are inva riably forthcoming, either by being volun tarily given up or obtained by being stolen bv women who make a profession of it They are expert at their trade. Entering a bouse at night, naked and oiled, tnc steal the child, and, by administering a narcotic poist-o, render it insensible. It l theu conveyed to a stent place till n quired for a sacrifice, when an au'kiote brings it to; then its throat is cut Children are often voluntarily given up by their mothers for the sacrifice. " In order to be initiated into 'Voudou' it is necessary to have killed some human being; a child is prelerretL Another hor rible custom in Hayti is the devouring of corpses. So strong is the taste for human flesh that midwives have been known to devour the children they have just brought into the world. The parts preferred are the knuckles and hands. Lest it mould be linag.ned tbat these are not facts, 1 will give one or two imtaneev In May, 1879, two women were caught eating a fer.iale chil'L It was proved that the child had been first drugged and rendered insensible. The parents supposing it to be dead buiied it These women immediately disinteircd it, rcstoicd it to 'is senses by antidotes, and then inserted reeds through its side and sucked the blood from the heart This happened at Port au Prince. A Uay tian of good position was also caught with his family ea'.ing a small boy. Another was jund tied to a tree close by. The man was pointed out to me. These offen ses were punished, in one case by a month's imprisonment, in the ether by six weeks' imprisonment, the fear of Voudou not al lowing a greater punishment In January 1SS1, eight people were fined for disinter ring and eating corpses. In the same month the neck nd shoulders of a man were exposed fur sale in the market at Port au Prince and were purchased and identi Bed by an English medical man. In Feb ruary, 1 SSI, at St Mark's, a cak of so callt'd 'pork' was fold to a ship. In it were discovered the fingers and finger-nails of a buniau being. This 'perk' wai all identi fied as human flesh. A Haytian assured me that tuj kidneys o' a child were first rate eating. Uu my asking how he knew be informed me that be had eaten them. He did not seem to think it strange or at all out of the way. At Ciipe IJaytien a colored clcreyman of the Church of Eng land complained that a "Voudou' neutral ized all the gjod he was doing, and de clared that he bad had human flesh offered him for sale, and that his wife nearly bought it, t-elieving that it was pork. In February, 1881, four people were fined for devouring corpses. At J uca.cl two corpses were recently disinterred and partly eaten. Two men were in prison for this, not being able to pay the fine. A man caught eating a child was arrested ths day of my arrival. At Christinas time 9,000 people assembled at the bouse of a noted 'Voudou' priestess (po.nted out to me) living in tbe country and carried on Voudou riles in the woods close by during the week. At Aux Cayes the child of an Englishman was stolen from its cradle on the 4th ot March, 1S79. The thieves being hunted they threw the child down a well killing it and escaped." Hints on Society Manner. Xever stare at any one. Ladies cannot talk or call actrcs a street A bow should never be accompanied by a smile. Where an introduction is for dancing, there is no shaking of Lauds. Ladies, knowing each other by sight, bow after au exchange of cards. The inclination cf the head alone, not the l)ody, is required in lowing. It is civility to return a 1kw, atlhongh you do not know the one who is lmwing to you. A married lady should exteud her hand to a stranger brought to her house by a common friend. In promenade, a gentleman keeps to the loft of a lady to protect her from jostling elbows. When a gcntlemau is introduced to a lady, both bow slightly, and the gentle man opens conversation. A gentleman should not shake hands with a lady unless she proffers her hand, when he should reciprocate instantly. A gentleman walking with' a lady re turns a low made to her, although the one bowing is an entire stranger to him. It is not considered a lady's place to bow first to a gentleman. Immediately on recognition, saluation should be mut ual A gentleman, when shipped by a lady, turns and walks with her; he is not obliged to escort her home, but leaves without apology. It is not customary to introduce resi dents, unless the hostess knows that an introduction will be agreeable to both parties. Strangers iu the city are intro- dncexk Llou In a Studio. A few days age, as Herr Schweitzer, the principal photographer of Strasburg, was arranging his atelier in the expectation of custom, the door was thrown open and an exceedingly handsome young lady appeared on the threshold. Schweitzer at once rec ognized his visitor as "Miss Alma," the golden-haired, blue-eyed '"Lion Queen" of a traveling menagerie temporarily estab lisbed on a plot ot waste ground outside the Metzger Thor. " I want to have my portrait taken," said the fair damsel. ' 1 am at your service: pray be seated," replied tbe photographer, with a deferential bow. " Cy your levre," she replied, transfixing him with a steely glance, I am cot alone. Two friends are awaiting me outside your dour." So saying she let a silver whistle to her lips and blew it shrilly, whereupon two stately lions stalked tnV the apartment greeting its proprietor with a salutation of growls that made his blood run cold. At a sign from tLeir youthful mistress, how ever, the formidable beasts sat down quietly enough and Herr Schweitzer gaining con fidence from then- peaceful demeanor, pro ceeded to "group" his appalling clients with trembling bands, placing ilisa Alina on a sofa in a semi-reclining attitude, with a lion on either side of her. All the three preserved a statuesque immobility during the exposure, the result of which was a re markably fine picture, now adorning the window's of the leading stationer's shop, near the Cathedral. Hundrets of copies have already been sold, and Herr Schweit zer's maurati quart dheur with a couple ot loose lions is likely to prove the' most remunerative period of his professional career. A Sulphur and Alum Citv. The sulphur aud alum cave in Tmckee valley is a wonderful sight, says a cor respondent. To reach it one must climb a distance of 40 fuet up a steep monutain side, and by the time he gets there he finds himself well nigh blown out. The entrance is alout six by six, and the cave is said to extend in the mountain some 800 feet The air is strongly impregnated with sulphur, and at first the sensation, exjH'riinced is not very agreeable, but this soon wears off, and is not agitin no ticed, until the entrance to the cave is reached and the fresh mouutian ai? is snuffed. I follow the cave a dis tance of 400 fx-t, nnder great diffi oil tics, being compelled to crawl tlirongh the smallest apertures, which held a man fast did he attempt to inflate his lungs. Once or twics I felt that I would need assistance to pull me through, bnt by squeezing and pushing sncces finaly crowned my efforts. As fat as I went the top and sides were entirely composed of sulphur, while the floor was a vein of alum water, and now and then a little sulphur mixed in with it In many places a cool breeze was felt, bat where it came from was one of those things past finding out The only liv ing tiling met with was a small animal resembling a toad. It did not, however, hop, bnt crawled slowly, turtlelike and had a very smooth aud glossy skin. Whether it was a regular inhabitant of the cave I was unable to find out; bnt, if I was aked to pass rry opinion upon it, I should say no, as it was the oidy living animal that was ever seen in Sulphur and Alum cave. On my return I was greatly exhausted, and suddenly my nose commenced to bleed freely and continued to for some ten minutes. All my efforts to check it proved fruitless, and so I let it have its own course. From a gentleman who resided near the cave I learned that, owning to the high altitude, tourist are generally served in that manner, and especially so when coming out of the cave. lloy-IMvers In the Red Sea. "Here we are at last" says the Captain, as we cast anchor off the coast ot Arabia, a little after sunset, about two-thirds down the Hed sea. "It's too dark to make out much to-nh'ht, but you'll see a rare sight when you come on deck to-morrow morn ing. The worthy Captain s mention of "com ing on deck" is doubtless from force of habit, for neither he nor I have been any. where but on deck for more than a week. except perhaps to look for something which we had left below. Most of my time is spent in tbe rigging, where what little wind there is nay generally be met with; and our table-cloth is spread on the "after hatch," while our arrangements for going to be 1 consist merely of throwing a blanket on the deck, and stretching our selves upon it, undisturbed save by an oc casional scamper of two or three frolicsome rats over our faces. When I awake tbe next morning, I find the Captain's promise amply made good. The sun is just rising, and under its golden splendor the broad blue sea stretches west ward as far as the eye can rach, every ripple tipped with living fire. On tbe other side extends a sea of another kind thezrey, unending level of tbe great Arabian desirt, melting dimly into the warm, dreary sky. In front, tbe low white wall of a Turkish fort stands out like an Ivory carv ing against the hot, brassy yellow of the sand-hills that line the shore; while all around it are tbe little cabins of mud-plastered wickerwork that compose the Arab village, looking very much like hampers left behind by some monster picuii- Here and there, through tbe light green of tbe shallower water along the shore, a flash of dazzling white, keen and narrow as the edge of a sword, marks the presence of the dangerous coral reefs among which we have been picking our way f r the last three days, with a chance ot running aground at any moment "You were right Captain," say I, as the burly skipper rises and stretches his brawny arms, hke a bear awaking from its winter nap. This is a sight worth seeing, in deed." "Ah, this ain't what I meant," chuckled the Captain; the best o' the show's to come yet Look over yonder there, just'twixt the reef and the shore. Dye see anything in the water! " ''Well, I think I see something swimming sharks, I suppose." "Sharks, thf Well, land-sharks you might call 'em, p'raps. Take my glass and try again." The first look through the glass works a startling change. In a moment the swarm of round black spots, which 1 have ignor. antly taken for the backs of sharks, are turned into faces the faces of Arab chil dren, and (as I perceive with no little amazement) of very young children, too, some of the smallest being apparently not more tban 5 or years old. Our vessel is certainly not less than a mile from the shore, and the water, shallow as it is, is deep enough at any point to drown the very tallest of these adventurous httle "water-babies;" yet they are evidently making for the ship, and that, too, at a speed that will soon bring them alongside of her. "Are they really coming all this way out without resting?" ask L "Bless you, that's nothing to an ArabP laughs the Captain; "thete little darkies are as much at borne in tbe water as on land. I've heard folks talk a good deal of the way the South Sea Islanders can swim; but I've seen as good swimming here as ever I saw there." And now, as the Lilliputian iwimmtri draw near, we begin to bear their thrill a its and elthh laughter; and now they are close enough for their little brown faces, and glittering teeth, and beady black eye?, to be easily distinguished; and now one final stroke of their lean, smeary arms car ries them alongside, and the blue water swarms wilh tiny fingers, looking up aad waving theu hands so eagerly that one might almost expect to hear tnem call out, "shine, boas?" and see them produce a brush and pot of blacking. But instead ol that, there is a universal chorus of "Pias tre, Howadjir (a penny, my iiotdl Chuck 'cm a copper, acd you n see something good!" says tbe Captain. I rummage tbe few remaining pockets of my tattered while jacket and at last nn- carth a Turkish piastre (5 cento) which 1 toes into the water. Instantly the smooth bright surface is dappled with a fore-t of tiny brown toes, ail turning upward at once, and down plunge the boy -divers, their supple limbs glancing through tbe clear watet hke a shoal of nsn. By this time nearly all the crew are looking over the side and encouraging the swimmers with lusty shouts; for, used as Jack is to all sorts of queer spectacles, this is one of which he seems never to lire. "There's one of 'em got it!" "No, he ainU' 'Tea, he has I see bira a-comiu' up with it!" 'And there's the others a-trviu to tatre it from hint hold tight Sambo!" Sure enough, the successful diver is lur rounded by three or four piratical comrades, who are doing their best to snatch away the hard-won coin; but be sticks to it like a man, and, as be reaches the surface, holds it up. to us triumphantly, and then pops it into his mouththe only pocket he has got But this is a sad mistake on his part In a moment a crafty companion swims up behind him, and tickles bira nnder tbe chin. As his mouth opens, out drops tbe coin into his assailant s hand, from whom it is immediately snatched bv some one else; and a regular bear-fight ensues hi the water, which splashes up all around them like a fountain-jet, while tlielr shouts and laughter make the air ring. "Aren't they afraid of sharkst" ask I of the Captain, who has just Increased tbe confusion tenfold by throwing another cop per into tbe very n idst of the screaming throng. "riot they they make too much row for any shark to come near them. Sharks are mighty easy scared, for all they're so savage. You'll never catch 'em coming too near a steamer when she s goin the flap pin' cf tbe screw frightens. 'em away. See. there's twe of 'em comin' along now, and youll just see how much the boys 11 care for em. And, indeed, tbe sudden uprising of those gaunt black fins, piercing the smooth water as with an unexpected stab, seems to pro duce no effect whatever upon these fearless urchins, who paddle about as unconcerned as ever. Moreovtv, it soon appears that the sharks themselves have other business to attend to. A shoal of flying-fish come drifting past, glistening like rainbows in the dazzling sunshine as they leap out of the water and fall back again. Instantly one of the "sea-lawyers" dashes at the rear of the column, while the other, wheeling around its front heads back tbe fugitives into his comrade's open jaws: and in this way tbe two partners contrive to make a very respectable "haul" But at this moment the garrison-boat Is seen putting off from the shore, with one of the Pasha's officers in the stern-sheets. At sight of the well-known official flag. our water babi;t scatter like wild-fowl, and the next moment all the Ultle black-beads are seen bobbing over the shining ripples on their way back to the shore. Wild Honey. Not long ago, an old bee huuter told how he once took some honey out in the woods, warmed it on stones, and left it there as a sort of feeding place for the bees, and a day or two after wards noted the direction in which they went after loading themselves, and by following them some distance found there were two lines of bees running parallel to each other. In abont three hours he found one tree, marked it, and then again set out for his honey. In a short time he took the other line for the other tree. He hunted and hunted for a long time without success. Finally reaching a cliff of rocks, while trying to pick his way down, he accidentally slipped and slid to the bottom. Somewhat stunned he lay a few minutes, looking np to see how far he had come, when lo! and behold his ex perienced eye saw bees going in and out of a hole in a tree within a few feet of him. From those two trees he took eighty or ninety pounds of honey, with a considerable quantity of beeswax, and considered it one of the most successful hunts he had ever had. Besides honey, there is used in bee hunting a strong flavor of young clover, as it Li called, of which the bees, seemingly, are fonder than honey itself. The proper way to trace bees is to heat a stone, drop honey on it, have the comb near bv, and the heated honey will immediately draw the bees, who will then find the comb and proceed to load themselves with it and return to their homes. It requires a sharp eye to follow the line, but the term a bee line is straight as an arrow. and at the bee hunter has to do is to get the course of the bee and follow it straight tin til he has reached the vicinity of the tree, an near as he can judge, after which he will try his honey again, and so tell whether he has not reached it or gone by. Some hunters select a good lively bee, throw flour over him and then by noting the time it requires for that bee to unload himself aud re turn, get a good idea of the distance. There are a number of old bee hnnters living np town who can recite bee tree yarns by the week. Trees and Health. Everybody knows that trees take the carbonic acid thrown out in the breath of men and animals, separate it into its component parts, carbon and oxygen give back the latter to be used over again, and work np the former into wood and fruits. It is also coming to be generally un derstood that forest trees do important service in promoting rainfalls, and in helping to retain the surface water for sprinirs, streams and general use. It is also known that certain species planted in malarial localities, help to render the latter healthy by somehow using np the deadly miasma. It would now appear that trees grow ing near drains carry off the sewerage water. A gentleman, whose cess-drain was constructed just like his neighlmr's and in the same kind of soil, had found it unnecessary to clean it out, while the others had to lie cleaned out frequent Iv. An examination showed that three large treea, whose roots had penetrated into the vicinity of his second, or waste cess-pool, were clearly channels through which the waste all escaped. Whether it was changed- into plant food, as is likely, or was exhaled tl trough the leaves, in either case it was disposed of with eqnal safety. " Is Mrs. SboJdy rich I ' asked a street boy of bit chum. " Rich I" exclaimed the cthtr contemptuously; "yer talking young feker; rich 1" he repeated; "ain't her mouth full o' gold V A Lacos&oiivs) Dloosyladoaw So far as been generally known hith erto the power of voluntary locomotion of plants from place to place is confined to members of the lower orders of cryp togames, namly, alga? and fung; bnt an interesting case of voluntary motion among dicotyledonous planta.in a species of Loranthus, has been discovered by Dr. Q. Watt, of the Educational Department, Bengal, Lower Provinces. It is only while the seed is germinating that the motion takes place.bnt the mode of travel ing is very peculiar and quite different from that of any other known plant The plant is a native of Bengal, and like all other members of the genus is parasitical, growing npon a f w evergreen trees, particularly npon some species of Mem ecylon. The fruit like that of its relat ive, mistletoe and nearly a'l other mem bers of the order, consists of a mass of very viscid pulp surrounding a single seed, and on separ-ting from the parent plant adheres to whatever it may chance to fall upon, and after a time begins to germinate. It is only during the first stage of germination that the motion to be described takes place, and it is evident that the power of being able to move about is to enable the plant to find suit able place to grow npon. The radicle at first grows out, and when it has at tained a length of about an inch it devel ops npon its extremity a flattened disk, and then curves alvout until the disk is applied to any object that is near at hand. If the spot npon which the disk fastens is suitable for further develop ment of the plant, germination contin ues, and no locomotion takes place; but if, on the contrary, the spot should not be favorable, the germinating embryo has the power of changing its position. This is accomplished by the adhesive radicle raising the seed and advancing it to another spot; or, to make the pro gress plainer, the disk at the end of the radicle adheres very tightly to whatever it is applied; the radicle itself straight ens and tears the viscid berry away from whatever it has adhered to, and raises it in the air. The radicle then again carves and carries the berry to an other spot, where it again adheres. The disk then releases itself, and by the curving about of the radicle is ad vanced to another spot, where it again fixes itself. Dr. Watt says he has seen this repeated several times, so that to a certain extent the young embryo, still within the seed, moves about It seems to select certain places in preference to others, particularly the leaves, which in the Mcniccjflon are evergreen and very dense. The berries on falling are al most certain to alight on the leaves, aud, although many germinate thereon, they have been frequently olieerved to move off the leaves on to the steins, and finally fasten there. Salt Production. A report upon the salt production of the United States show a large in crease of the production of salt in the past twenty years. The entire product in 1860 was 12,717,198 bushels, in 1870, 17,600,105 and in 1880, 29,800,298 bushels. In I860 the State of New Yoik famished 7,521,335, or 59 per cent of the entire production, while Michigan furnished but .02 pT cent Twenty years later Michigan outstrips New lork and produces 12,425,88o bushels, an amount almost equal to the production of all the States in 1860, and 41 per cent of the supply of 1880, .New lork contributing not quite 30 per cent of the aggregate production. The average depth of the Michigan wells is 881 feet while those of Sew York are but 324 feet, bnt the strength of the brine in Michigan is 81 degrees salometer, while New York brine is bat 691 degrees. lrginm wells are of less depth than even New York, being but 262 feet, with a brine 86 degrees in strength. Ohio labors nnder the disad vantage of deep wells, 902 feet, with brine of but 36 degTees strength. Kentucky bores 500 feet for brine of 34 degrees, and Pennysylvania 884 feet, with brine of 28 decrees. .Nevada finds brine of 12 degrees at 150 feet Utah apparently possesses greater facilities for salt manufacture from her great lake with brine on the surface, and second in strength only to that of Michigan, which is bnt 8 degrees stronger, The product of Utah in 1880 was 483,000 bushels, in 1870 1,950 bushels, in I860 none. Of 3,225,740 capital invested in this enterprise New York has S2.286.081 and Michigan 82,147,200, or 54 percent of the aggregate capital by two States. The processes by which the salt is obtained are by solar evaporation, from sea or bay water, 888, 968; from inland lakes or natural deposit, 944,158; from subterranean brines, 2,998,000; 4,831,- 126 by artificial heat from subterranean brines; by kettle or pan process, 8, 853,821 ; bv steam evaporation, 16,115,- 351. Total, 29,800,29a Plaemi la Baa. "Say, IU tell yon something if yon won't blow it." was the way one man saluted another. "All right go ahead." "You won't give it away nntil I say so?" "Not a word." "Well, my wife has got to be an tea. thetic" "No?" "Sure's your born. I have suspected that she working that way for some time past; but it's only within a day or two that I became positive." "Well, thats wonderful. Say, how does she act ?" "Languid very languid. She lops around, draw her words, writes sad poetry, and the sight of an old pie-tia or a banged np chromo entrances her. Con graruhtte me on my luck." "X do I do. That la "Whatr "Don't built hopes too fast Be sure yon are right and then go ahead. labored for a whole year nnder the de lusion that my wife was developing as an aesthetic, and when I came to talk with her father he said she said she was always more than half-idiot by nature. Go slow go slow. The differenc be tween an aesthetic and a fool is so mighty small that yon can't afford to make a mistake and ba placed in abox. NEWS IN BRIEF. A square foot of type weighs aliout forty pounds. Georgia is to have a new Sl.000.000 State capitol building. Complaint is made that Indiana has few first-class hotels. -Mr. Tennyson has just passed his seventy-second birthday. Plug np mice holes with soap. The mioe will not go through. GIncose is used for sizimrnaner and for making printers' rollers. Zinc will stand exposure to the weather better than marble. It is claimed that electric light can be applied in bleaching textiles. Lord Hartington is physically oj of the mos powerful men in England. There are 1.500 square miles of ioe in the Alps, from 80 to 600 feet thick. The ancient British nsed buckets without hoops, cut out of solid timlter. The Bodleian library at Oxford eon- tains 420,000 volumes and 30,000 MSS. Cadnius brought the invention of letters from Syria to Greece about 2549 A. M. New fork has five hundred men each worth three million dollars or more. King Kalakana is cazetted a Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St. George. The Grand Duke of Baden has made np his mind to restore the Castle of Heidelberg. Some of the Egyptian mummiws are encased in bandages more than one thou sand yards long. Senator Ben H. Hill, of Georiria. was able to respond to a serenade iu Virginia recently. There are 570 Indians on the Tona- wanda (New York) reservation, which covers 6500 acres. Old Queen Bess is said to have died of melancholy, from having sacrificed sex to his enemies. Mr. Gladstone has one daughter married. Her husband is head master of Wellington College. Cardinals Manning and Newman were among the specially invited mourners to Dean Stanley s funeral. Mayor Bulkeley. of Hartford. Coun.. devotes all the salary he receives from the city to city churches. A recent visitor to Buckingham Palace writes the pictures there are per ishing for the lack of care. The paper for the bank of England notes has been made in the same mill, in Lanerstoke, Hampshire, since 1719. Only two frrandchildren of Daniel Webster are now living Mrs. James Geddes Day and Mrs. Samuel Appletou. In Denmark, a diet of bread ami water for a month was formerly consid ered equivalent to a punishment of death. The next use of theMavflower.after her memorable voyage to America, was to carry a cargo of" slaves to the West Indies. The Cincinnati friends of Genera Edward F. Noves. late Minister to France, are preparing a public welcome home for him. A committee is being formed nndm the lead of the Duke of Westminster to erect a statue to Dean Stanley in West minister Abbey. Curfew Bell was introduced into England by William L, 1068. It rang at eight o'clock, when all lights and fires were to be extinguished. In Vienna meat is prepared on a large scale for the Paris and London markets by exposure to cold and treat ment with powdered borax. Count Wilhelm Bismarck,one of the German Chancellor's sons, is going to marry Countess Helene Audi-assy, daughter of Count Andramy. Two of Prime Minister Sir Robert Feel's grandsons, Lords Jersey aud Camoys, sit in the honae of the Lords. The latter is a Roman Catholic. California raises great quantities of mustard seed, but cannot succeed in re fining it, so the bulk goes to England. and returns as Durham mustard. The "pack" of salmon taken in Fraser river will be enormous this year. There are said to he eight canneries there, representing $500,000, in full blast The new Duchess of Argyle Li a granddaughter to the tenth Baron Ward, and the niece of the first earl of Dudley. She is the eldest of Bishop Clonghtou's daughters. The Fish Commissioners of Maine have put 150,000 young sea-salmon into the Kennetiec luver, as many more into the Preaumpscott and 300,000 into the Penobscot this year. I Aft year, the biggest in its history. the Philadelphia mint received 3,352,- 505.40 ounces of gold, valued at $62, 905,947.98 and 5,746,902.62 ounces of silver worth $6,482,306.96. Of 500 wild pigeons shipped from St Louis to Canton, Ohio, recently, for a shooting match, 225 died on tbe way from poor care and close packing, and the rest were too weak to stand. The grave of General Braddock. de feated near Pittsburg in 1755, is a few miles east of Union town, Fayette conntv. Pa., on the old national pike. There is no monument or stone to mark it The Boston Massacre ocenred in front of the Old State House. The death of George IL, accession of George ILL, and the Declaration of Independence were announced from its balcony. A new slab has been fixed over Byron's grave at HucknalL The num ber of visitors to the tomb is as grea at any time since the funeral in 1 The names of a large number of Ameri cans are recorded in the visitor's album. The Church of St. Michael at Hugh- enden is to be completed and improved as a memorial to Lord Beaconsfield. Over the seat which the Earl was accus tomed to occupy Queen Victoria intends to place a monument, the chief ornament of which will be a portrait medallion. In the quarters of the Paris firemen black marbls slabs are to be erected, in scribed with the names of members who have perished at fires since 1827, com mencing with Corporal Bonnard, who died May 31, 1827, and ending with Pri vate Harvard, whose life was sacrificed in the great Printemps fire, March, 9, 188L In the upper part of Sonoma coun ty, Cat,, a railroad track crosses a deep ravine npon the upright trunks of tall trees, which have been sawed off npon a horizontal line. In the centre of the ra vine a firm support is furnished by two hngh redwood trees which hav been lopped off seventy-fire feet above the ground. So wilh the fiend's whisper in her it'g a corner one.
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