rfl V ii. r. sen which. TH OOISTITUTIOI-THX UHOI-UB TK1 IJrOXCUtTIT Of TB LAYS. Editor xul Proprietor. VOL. XXXIX. MIFFMNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. FENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. ISS5. N0.4i. 42, WWW p ww i unit kuit.jiiki. - ki . . . i . iHii u.k.r tin, j.r. lu j.uua Uj! Ill U' t ,.eUIi l4U,'! 1 wil tlu-ir u. o'l.-r liar -vl' wrli u :; ti.., ! I!,.hu' if wmi . --!, t ii,u. Auu .:i.etl ery e t. tut. .I!.! to u.y lu .- iixlfcj -ch...', He put or. m.-L & I- ... -u,u l.'.ur, 1 wlMi I'd ali I Le aia..i :Lt , 1 ..!. i-4r Aiid AuMit-r l.im. rtniiiii;' V liy u..u"i Le l.im ..i.t.r J u.! r.ke uj v u-r pi.t.' V tfa I i.kea juu t..r tLiiij. that wiy, rxilue 'nut---, uintiua, 1 vekli.au. Y.-u muu.du'i ivr me Lit 1 wiUed, Vnu. I clii."l inf t-.ue. Ai.d ii.u't ije ehi.d, u.amiii' J'lieu It in in:o u see. J1 wkt.tk Lim Ui a-k r.. r!y ijr things, a, you ain ulr And mi, u-ij 1 j;o there j,;.tiii, I'll jlll tell lViD I),MMe, That Otid wi!i ive L:ui whit be iwVs, If il Wlii cijAlif Ui tone."' "No, dir.ing. tint ,.uul no tie liest For, ilmuU it may twin ktrjnje ' To you lo heir l.im .ry that way, Vou could mi; u..ike bim cliuie. But iern a Inmiu from U:ui, drar, AnJ as a ii-HUt tone you are ynunc, and 'twill remain NVljPii you are ol.ler grrowii." And after Nellie weut to play, Her wortlB I Hindered oVr;" XL in oft Ll ca.i.sd nie serious tLouglit, And tToubieal rue lie fore, ' Can it lie rilit f..r auj.p.Autii thus Their dearest friend u creet, Bentownirii; !l tlieir pleasant words On otliers wliom ;liey uieet? Kiglit to approach the Kn.ij of kiuss. Who Riis up in iiis Throne. Exjiectinj: he wiil fivors jjrant. When asked iu such a t4iue? TIIEM.l i i'ust:ssiu.. "I won't my a faithin no, tLiit I won't not if I have to po to prison for It!" afid down comes ruy fathers Clentched hand on the tal'le with such a thump that it makes the reels in ujy basket jumo ;is if suddenly attacked with St. Vitu's dance. Yesterday my father had made his first acquaintance with the County Coun, having btn summoned by a tradesman for the balance of an account which my father hud declined to pay, as hefiimly believed it to be a crossover -charge; but facts went as inst him, and he was ordered to pay. My father vow ed that he would do no such thing. Ho called the judgment "iniquitous and one-sided," and ultimately expressed his determination to emulate dear old Mr. Pickwick, and go to prison if ne cessary, rather than to submit to such an Injustice. 4ii5ut, father," I ask iu an awe-struck tone, "what will they do if you don't pay? Shall we all have to go to prison?"' "Xo. uiy dear." replies my father, calming down "not exactly. The Court will issue what is called an 'exe cution.' and try to put a man lu pos session; but I think I shall prove more than a match for a County Court liai liff." Father smiles while savins this, as if the latter i'ison were a very con temptible and insignificant thinj;. "Execution!" "Man in posse-sion!" What do thev mean? I am afraid to a-k my father, he looks so cross, so I go on quietly with my work, waiting until the frown shall have left his brow. "Mary," at last exclaims my father, "I have to go to Bard moor to-morrow, and I was thinking that it mitrht 1 a wise thing tocorisult young Barton; he has just come from a large office m London to help his uncle, I dou't know much about him, but old Bartou has always bttu eons.dered a good law yer, and perhaps the nephew has been following in his uncle's steps. At auy rate I will make the attempt, and see if he can't save me from this atrocious swindle. I wrote yesterday, asking him to call here, if passing, as I wanted to see him about those Iea-es;but I sup pose he has been too busy, or ierhaps mv letter has not reached hiin." My father docs not volunteer any more information, so I wish him "good rrgbt," and retire to rest, to dream of executions at Newgate; and that the murderers expiating their crimes are the "men in possession." The next morning, ou coming down to breakfast, I find that my father has started by the early train for Bardmoor and has left positive orders that dur ing his absence the gate is to be kept locked and no one admitted under any But tell me why, Jane?" I ask our o'd cook who has been with us longer Uian I can remember, and to whom the orders have been given. "To keep out the bailiffs, miss." re gies Jane "Not that it will be any d for they are as sharp as needles Nothing can keep 'em out if they've a"St,fa.!"executionora'mauin posnnT' I ask. "Did you ever Onlv one. miss, and that was quite ih A bailiff is the man in ios eD0Ui and w en he or his men get a noui thi sell all the furniture ind evShiS U.ev can la, their hands nindTbatfs what the, call an exe- .--- . nat nto a uouse eij "theY will disgui themselves i remember when W pWfT'T,,, the bailiffs in. He jplay-aci""""; my nncie " f j n three weeks bad kept t'17a0nllVj0rcart broke down when one day an old ca driyer justout-.de bis door " the r'JV" ve. Uncle had a kind much hurt toj move, c besoheranintother ed the driver on . w and rest a groans the man. .me, t,g wbere bit.' and with that he helps ,ou are hurt, au ,glt down UmtoltoPJfTrte yourself at j,d rest ymJr b : out his own Some;' and unxta brings 5alfL. J Jumping his uglylt the0ld rascal, P'e man in posses into the chair, i the Wiirr;mt lon,' say "eV? -so fork out, my goxl out of b.s Pockety soi besseJ stick you' got wntn anec- AndsoJane rauiea unscrupu. dote of the "Jesoon until 1 lousuessofmen , w i P ethm Ui" w Mortal After the break nre than een removed I per- faStrinmiL . ugeiio d duties 1 my usual bouse gjnce JU"- Mill UL.u..-r; to 'SLand then, taking a mamma dial-an"1 'randan to have dear book'ithm,t'lJad before luncheon. have a not advanced very iar 5.ce reading has noi; ye p. when I m ist outside the gate. S nd barkmg Tiny's bark," I .Hfmsure tU have crept yto, jsn0wfightingwith ".I'M !;. llllV .nl.rrl ; bou bll lhi:i! Sc w i. t, U-' Martin from my et, m-iui the ol the jru. jiuJa, Uig garden I broom which Laopenn to be sUtidiug i lifcar, and; bee ilesf "executions" and , meu in jx.ssekM hi," I tvt.u the gate j uu i uu out int., me road, tliere to see i my ir.tui l.Uie T.uy in tiie gnpof a must uiNrepuiiiue lookiuij cur. My efforts u pan mem are at first fruitless: but at i-si. alter one or two vigorous pushes I with the brooin, I succeed. Tin, is ; res, ued, but at my expeuse, for the angry cur directs his wrath against me c.iiu,, a-.iam, j turn to run, imt my uppoueiii is too qn; K. lie seizes hold v.! iu; uiro aim snaKes ii as if it were a rat, i scream to Jaue for assistance, out reiiet is at hand. A gentleman rushes iorward, and with one or two smart raps or Ins stick drives the do? away. I snatch up Tinv and make a start for the garden before the attack is renewed. Fate however is against me. The horrid little dog has torn my diess, and of course I must put mv foot miouuii the Hole and awkwardly stum uic. a strong arm, outstretched in time, just saves me from measuring my it-iim iu ineuusi. "Don't be friehtened ." I pleasaut chtrful voice exclaim; "there is no danger. The little dog has beaten a reTreat," isow-wow-wow I" yelps the little monster in contradiction, as. executing a cautious side-movement, he renews iue attack, ihere is nothing tor it but to ruu; aud run I do, not stopping till I reach the other side of the garden gate, the little dog at full speed after me. But my deliverer is equal to the occasion. lie makes a ranlrt nl.i,,rra and seizes the dog by the back of its neck which unexpected attack so alarms the animal that It suffers itself, without a snap or bite, to be lgnomini ously expelled from the garden and the ga-.e cioseu upon it." "Oh, thank you!" 1 hurriedly exclaim. I hope you are not hurt ?" For the first time 1 look at my pre server, and meet a pair of merry brown ees looKuig at ma with an amused twinkle. "M upid fellow!" I say to myself. I wish he would uot stare so. I don't know what to say to him." lo add to my discomfort I feel my cheeks gettirg crimson I have such a tiresome habit of blushing an I atru ant lock of hair will ktep blowing about my forehead. I wish that he was a little awkward or bashful. 1 always have plenty of selr-possession when talking to a shy person; their diffidence gives me courage. I push my hair from my forehead with au impatient hand, and, raising my eyes to his as he is assuring me that he is quite unhurt. I catch a "hmiise of a blue, ollicial- lookmg paper which lias partially work ed its way out of his pocket. All at once it flashes across my mind the "nian in iossessiou 1" lie must be a bailiff, aud I have let him in, and papa will come back to find his home devoid of furniture everything seized. I have no doubt he has plenty of assist ants waiting outside, "I am very much obliired to you" I try to say it wiuningly, but fear and indignation drive all softness from my voice "I won't trouble you any longer," I continue. "I am not at all afraid." And 1 hasten to the gate to oiien it for his departure; but that wretched animal, with revived courace. is waiting outside, and, as soon as mv hand touches the latch, "Bow-wow. wow!" it yelps, springing savagely at the gate. I jump back with a start, and the itn. pudeut bailiff actually smiles; 1 suppose I must have looked very funny. See ing my look of annoyance, he takes no notice of my discomluure. 'Pardon me," lie says, politely rais ing his hat and I wonder to myself how it is that a bailiff can look and behave so much like a gentleman "is not this llolmheld, Mr. Morton's place ? " "Yes," I replv with as much dignity as I can serai together, "this is llolm field, Mr. Morton's place; but papa is out, and I do not know when he will be back, so I do uot think it will be any good for you to wait, l erhaps you bai better call again." I wait, hoping that he will go. But no, he hesitates; and then, slowly taking some papers form his pocket, he says "1 should be very sorry to miss seeing him. I have come some distance. It Is about some legal business. I think he has been exoectiug me:" and he looks at me inquiringly; but I make no response, so be continues " ith your tiermlssion 1 will wait lor him. 1 can amuse myself very well strolling round these nice gardens, ir you will allow me to do so. But may I hand you mv card " Aud ne lanes one irom a card-case I jiersistently refuse to see it, for I feel certain that he must be a bailiff. His reference to papa's exacting bim and the legal business have removed my last doubt. Notwithstanding his politeuess, I determine uot to take the i .- i i i . . . . ,. . card, wuicn i urmiy oeneve to oe wua'. Jane described as a warraut. "As you please," I answer curtly, and, with a stiff inclination of my head, I hurry into the house iu a great state of terror, lest he should hurry after me and force his way in. I fasten the door, and peep out of t ie side-window. There he stands where I left him. He is actually lighting a cigar. What impertinence 1 I feel a trifle softened as my nose informs me that the cigar is a good one. I like the aroma of a good cigar about a place. It makes it so masculine. I am obliged to admit to myself that, if this one is a specimen of his class, bailiffs must be very handsome men. liow well his shooting-suit fits him t If is so neat in pattern and cour a quiet gray, the pattern so small as to be almost invisi ble not a gigantic check like walking window-panes. He takes off his "deer stalker" to shade the fuzee from the wind, and I notice that be has beautiful brown hair, very thick and curly. What a pity," I sigh to myself, "that such a nice-looking fellow should be a horrible bailiff 1" But what am I to do ? I feel sure that the stroll about the ground is only pretence. Xo, he must be concocting some ruse by which to gain an entrance into the house. I resolve to pi event bim. "Is uot a worn tn a match iu wit and resource for any man ?" I argue to myself. 4-A bailiff after all is only a man." I commence cogitating over ail kinds or plans until I give myself a headache. I am just about to confess that I am defeated, when the idea so long fought for comes. I see it all in a moment. The game is my own, if I have nerve enough to take me through it, and I think I have. "I will lure him to the 'Wilderness,' and lock him up in the ruin till father comes home I f V He w ill tn.Ht likely brim voung Mr. Bariou with huu, aud than we shall be all right." I think that a real lawyer must prove more than auy bailiff cau withstand. The " Wilderness" is a wild deserted sp t at one end of the grounds, and fax from the road. It has been allowed t j run wild on account of lu pictur- esqueues. A broad, fussy stream falls over some rcks to m depth or six or sveu feet, making a terrible noise, and widening into a small lake on the bank of which stands a mock ruin covered with ivy. It consists of a solitary tow er with two or three narrow slits for windows, and rejoices in the name of the keep. I remember with joy that it ban a stout oak door with a very strong lock. I creep out softly through the con servatory, locking the door after me, aud dodge lietween the scrubs until have placed a safe distance between myseh aud the tlower-gardeu, where I hear my victim walking. In a breath less state of excitement I reach the K-ep. I push the door open and enter. Uh I What a nasty, damp, miserable place it is just like a dungeon In some old castle I There is nothing inside bu a spade aud a rake aud au old gardent stool these 1 carefully remove. 1 nest tate over the stool, but compassion is overcome. "No," I say to myseir, "out you must go I If he is tired, he must sit on the ground. You would le too handy as a battering-ram" and 1 throw It out after the spade aud rake. My next proceeding is to carefully examine the lock. This nearly foils me it is so stiff that I can hardly turn it. I am at a loss what to do, w hen 1 catch sight of a small bottle of oil and a feather stauding on a little ledge. I joyfully seize them. "Just the thing I" I cry. The bottle is very dirty and sticky, but I am too excited to heed such petsy discomforts, so I pull out the feather aud begin tooil the lock. I make myself in an awful mess, and it is such slow work getting the oil into the lock throueh the keyhole. "Oh, you nasty, tiresome thing I " I cry. passionately stamping tne ground. "Who I or the lock ? " and turning round, I behold my victim regarding me with a slightly astonished yet amused look. I am too much nonplused to reply. "Can I assist you ?" he inquires; and, without waiting for my permission. the bottle aud feather are taken from me. and my voluntary assistant, heed less of the dirty moss-covered step, is on his knees busily working away at the lock as if he had been a locksmith all his life. He works on quietly for a little time without speaking, while stand by coufusedlyryiug to think of some means uy wnieu i can trap my game There is the prison, and there is the prisoner; but bow is he to be put inside it? "What a strong lock tnis is ! I should not care to be behind it witNout a crowbar," be remarks. I answer nothing, but I am ready to cry for vexation. I wish that I was as strong as an elephant, so that I might push nim iu wjknz toleiis. "I think you will liud it all right now, It is still a little stiff, but you will be able to turn it," aud, rising from his kuees, the victim faces me with a grave face, which all at ouce breaks into an irrepressible smile of amusement that he vainly strives to conceal. I flush angrily at what I consider his imiiertiueuce. AJiSrwards when I see myself in the glass, my wonder is re moved my dress, all tumbled and created, is smudged all down the front with green moss and rust, while across my forehead Is a great streak of dirty oil. I suppose I must have used my greecy hand as au impromtu hair-brush. without thinking of the improvement I was adding to my beauty. My voluu tary assistant stoops to clean his hands, aud, as he is wiping them on his band- kerchief, 1 notice a very handsome antique ring on the little finger of bis right hand, beelng my look, he re marks "I am rather proud of this ring; It has been in our family for generations. It is very much admired by connois seurs; .and he holds it out to me for Inspection. I decline to look at it, coldly observ ing that 1 am not an antiquary; and I smile to myself at the idea of a bailiff talking of '"generations," as if he had had an ancestry. He turns away as if to return to the garden. "Now or never!" I say to mself; and with a rapidly beating heart I begin "Ahem I Would you not like to go inside our ruin f " 1 try to speak in au insinuating tone, while my stupid heart thumps so that I wondei he does not hear it. "Is it really a ruin ?" he askg. I am obliged to admit that it Is only au imitation one; aud then I confusedly mutter something about people liking to see such things. 1 hank you all the same." he savs. "but I think I will content myself wiih au outside view; I dare say it Is full of earwigs and spiders, verv.unpieasant creatures to have tumbling about one don't you think so ?" es," 1 slowly assent, adding quickly, as I am seized with a likely idea, "un, yes: i am sotembly afraid of them; and papa will make me keep my gardening tools in there, so that I am always prevented from gardening unless w uiiain is here to get them for me. I wanted to do a little gardetiiuz now." I continue glancing at him tim idly; "but I suppose I must wait till I can find William;" and I try the effect of a little sigh. "success I My fish nibbles I now to land him I Can't I act as William's substi tute?" And. without waitiag for my lermissiou, the unfortunate bailiff braves the earwigs and spiders and en ters the trap. "Thankyoul" I cry, excitedly, "lou -ll find them in the recess behind the diwrl" Hastily following him, 1 pull to the door, turn the key with a desperate wrench, and, covering my ears with my hands, I fly ltke a huuted deer towards the house. Poor Jaue's wits are nearly scare! away when I relate to ber my adven tures. She declares that bailiffs always bunt in couples, and that there is sure to be another lurking about the place. So, to prevent a surprise, we carefully lock and bolt all the doors, and, not withstanding that it is early in the afternoon, close and fasten the shutters to all the windows on the ground floor. How slowly the time passes! Three o'clock four o'clock no father I If he does not catch tie four-o'clock ex press from Bardmoor, he will not reach home till seven. Another hour before be can arrive I I try to read, but cannot settle my ideas. It la equally useless to work. I torture myself with all kinds or hor rible thoughts, but at last the hanci of the clock point to half-paat five I He must be here s n; so 1 go to my bed room window, and watch the ruad till I see him coming, and then I rush to the door, and opening it on the chain, cautiously whisper to him Be careful, father, aud when I open the door come iu as quickly as you can; but look round first to see If anyone is watchlug, as the bailiffs are here, and have been trying to get in." I cautiously nuhook the chain, aud opeu the door so gingerly that father has to give it quite a push before he can get In. "On, dad dear," I cry. as I kiss him, "I am so glad you are come back 1 I've had such an awful fright. The bailiff has been here, aud would have got into the house hut that 1 was too clever for him." Aud 1 clap my hands, and laugh gleefully, as I relate to mv father the exciting events of the day; aud he calls me his "brave little girl," and "a heroine," but only laughs when I assure him that the bailiff looked "quite like a gentleman." "Well, dear," my father begins, as we si. down to dinner, "1 saw old Mr. Barton, aud has advised me to pay, aud settle the matter at ouce iu fact he candidly told me that he thought I was in the wrong so after dinner we will release your friend. I dare say some thing warm for his inside and some gol den ointment for the palm of his hand will soon put matters right. Old Bar ton is ageing very much," my father continues, as he reflectively sips his wine. "He was very pleased to see me. I had quite a long chat with him. He says that his nephew, whom he in tends to succeed Inni, is very clever, lie is a fine-looking fellow, I should say. Judging from his photograph. His uucle give me one. I've got It in my pocket somewhere." And. after searching for some time, my father pulls out from a packet of papers a small-sized carte-de-visite which he hauds to me. I take it from him, and look at it. One glance is suf ficient. I dash it from me, and, bury ing my face In my bands, I cry out "Oh, dad, dad, the bailiff!" "Where, where, girl ?" asks my father, springing from his seat, and upsetting his wine as he looks eageriy about the room, as if expecting an am uuscade of County Court myrmidons. "Oh. what shall I do?" I exclaim. "Tell me, I implore you, father, that that is not Mr. Barton's likeness ! You are only joking I know you are !" aud I look at him pitiously. "Joking girl !"' he reieats. "What do you mean ? Whose likeness do you im agine it to be ?" "The bailiff's the mau I've locked up in the ruin '." " Wuew 1 " whistles my father. "That's it, is it ? Here's a pretty ket tle of fish ! You've locked up the young lawyer from London 1 Gentlemanly bailiff indeed ! Action for false Im prisonment damages ten thousand pounds! Well, you are a nice young lady quite a heroine ." My lather's eyes twinkle merrily as he fires off his jokes at my expense. I do not mind his chaff, but I think it too lad that he should make me go with him to release my prisoner, as he insists on calling him. Out into the dark we go. I linger behind, hoping that my father will arrive at the ruin before I do. Alas, be has no such intention for, calling me to him, he places my hand under his arm and makes me keep pace with him, while he indulges in dismal forebodings as to the condi tion iu which mv prisoner will be found. He rings the changes on suicide and melancholy madness. The ruin is at last reached. The delicate aroma of a fragrant cigar which salutes our nos trils tends to remove our anxiety as to the prisoner's being totally destitute of comfort. My father pushes me towards the door. "Open it, girl !" he says with melo dramatic sternness. I ara trembling all over, but with a great effort I manage to turn the key and give the door a feeble push I teel the door pulled open. I dare not look My eyes are cast to the ground, and my cheeks aie on fire, as in a scarcely audi ble voice I say I am so sorry, Mr. Barton. I did not mean te I took you for a a It is too much. 1 break down and, ignominiously bursting into tears. run to my father and bury my face on his shoulder. "There, there, my girl I" cries my father soothingly. He holds me to him. and, softly patting me with one hand. he turns to Mr. Barton and says, "We must ask jour forgiveness, Mr. Barton; and I am sure you will give It when I explain how my little girl has made a great mistake. In fact, she took you for a County Court bailiff !" and mv father explains everything to him. When he has finished, I raise my head and, looking shyly at Mr. Bartou, say "I am so sorry. I do not know how could have made such a mistake. It was so foolish; but I was so fright ened I" It would be useless to relate the manv kind things Mr. Barton said. He made so many excuses for me, and was so kind and good-natured, that by the time we had reached the house I had recov ered my self-possession sufficiently to be able to laugh at an amusing anecdote he related to us. Fortunately dinner had not advanced very far when I discovered my mistake. we made a very merry party that nuht. My father brought out some of his cherished port that saw only the light on very great occasions; and, as be in sisted on Mr. Barton staying all night, and the next morning in saying "Good bye" gave him a pressing invitation to come and see us very often, I think I am justified in believing that my pris oner had created a very favorable im pression on that adamantine a father's heart. Three months later. A sharp winter has set in, and the stream is still. The lake is frozen over, and I am sitting on the bank while Mr. Barton is assisting me to remove my skates. I have been receiving my first lesson in skating. It was so pleasant I I was not at all afraid. My teacher's arm was so strone. and he held my arms so tightly ! ' Uo you remember the afternoon when I locked you up?" I ask as we carry our skates into the ruin. Remember?" he cries, lookiue me rull in the face. "I should think I do ! It was the happiest day of my life." Stupid little goose, that I am. I beein to tremble, and my foolish cheeks flash the tell-tale colour. The skates fall to the ground as my hands are quickly grasped and my prisoner makes me cap tive. I try to release myself, bat my efforts cease as my captor, in almost Dreamiess woras, teas me he loves me. v I da not know whRfhar I viva an ana. wer, but in a monent tie has drawn dm to bim. I pillow my head on his brea-t, his arms are round me, and I know that I am his and that he is mine. "Hey-day !" exclaims a voice, as my father suddenly appears on the scene. "What does this mean r "Only the mau in possession 1" replies Mr B.trton, grasping my fa her's readily-outstretched hand. Llteln AUwkm. "Marriage among these Indians is a peculiar institution; in fact, there is no marriage simply the taking of wives. Wheu a young Indian wants a wife, he goes to bis mother and tells her so. If she gives her consent he goes to where the lady of his heart is cooped up in her father's house, taking his next best friend with him. Through the latter he sends word to his inamorata that he is near and would wed. If she has a leaning toward the suitor she returns word to him by the friend that she is inclined to join her interests with bis. He then takes presents to her and her parents, and having delivered them en ters at once into possession of his bride. There are no further ceremonies, ex cept that a day later the couple must visit ber relatives, and if she then has no complaint to make to them about her husband, they are giveu presen ; and the wedding is over. This may be repeated indefinitely, until au Indian may become as well-to-do in wives as a Mormon elder. Polygamy was prac ticed even by the so-called Christian tribes when I lived in the territory, and their evolution must have been rapid, from what I remember of them, if they have abandoned the practice. "Dried salmon is tin luxury of the Alaska Indians, and the children begin to mule it before they think of walking. The way they bring up children out there would hardly suit in this region. The mother carries her child about from the time it Is born until it is able to creep, no matter where she goes. Until that time she keeps it wrapped i p in a sort of fur sack. The moment tie voting one shows a disposition to c a vl she yanks the furoll its constitu tion. This is done by giving it a souse in the sea or river every morning, and the chorus of yelis that greets every village during this interesting ceremo ny is something terrific. The cries of the young ones are piteous, and, for fear that their maternal breasts might uot be proof! agaiust these apal3 for mercy, anil thus fail to do their duty to their offspring, the mothers do not perforin the burning rite themselves, but delegate some brother or sister to do the dousing. These conscientious aunts and uncles vary the switch with the bath, in vain attempts to make the one overawe the noisy results of the other. There is one thing noticeable among these half civilized tribes, and is cred itable withal. Their old disabled mm lers are carefully attended to, and or phans become a common charge aud tare the same as the most favored chil dren with living parents. These In dians are original creinatiomsts. Their dead areburued as soon as death ensues; their ashes are interred on the spot, and a rude monument erected over them They have crude ideas or immortality, lielievmg that a mau has a spirit that lives forever, but they know nothing of future rewards or punishments. Their heaven is a place where the spirits of birds congregate in one place the common people by themselves, and slaves, if there are any, have still an other dwelling place, unless a chiefs slave should die with bim, and then his spirit will be in eternal attendance on his master. It was formally the universal custom to kill the slave when the master died to iusure the latter's spirit proiier attendance. That custom was abolished by the Russian govern ment, but it was still kept up iu isola ted places, and cases where it has been followed were well known as late as ISTii "Some of the Indian tr.bes, notably the Kanaitze, traveling from place to place banting or fishing, have the very excellent habits of leaving behind them wheu they break camp a quantity of kindling material at each fire place for the use of the next travelers who come along, and who may possibly not be over supplied with this very necessary item in their outfit. This kindling consists of some pitch pine and some dry moss aud sticks all wrapped up in a curl of birch bark. The traveler who uses this and does not leave some for the next one who comes along, is sadly deficient in the etiquette of Alaska travel." Jamploc Vf atenailt. Prof. Laudmaik, chief Director of the Norwegian Fisheries, has published some interesting particulars of his stu dies of the capability of salmon to jump waterfalls. He is of opinion that the jimip depends as much on the height of tW fall as on the currents below it. If there be a deep pool right under the fall, where the water is comparative!, quiet, a salmon may jump sixteen feet perpen dicularly, but such jumps are rare, and he cau only state with certainty that it has taken place in the Hellefos, in tho Drams river, at Haugs.'iid. where two great masts have been placed across the river for the study of the habits of the salmon, so that exact measurements ma, be effected. Tho height of the water in the river, of course, varies, but It is a rule, when the salmon Is running up stream, 16 feet below these masts. The distance between the two is 3 feet, and the Professor states thet he has seen salmon from the river below jump across both masts. As another exam ple of high jumping, he mentions some instances of Carratuuk waterfall, P.eum- bec, m North America, where jumps of 12 feet have been recorded. Professor Landmark further states that when a salmon jumps a fall nearly perpendicu lar in shape it is sometimes able to re main in the fall, even if the jump is a foot or two short of the actual height. 1 his, be maintains, has been proved by an overwhelming quantity o Jevidence. i he Lsu may then be seen to stand for a minute or two a foot or so below the ed?e of the fall in the fame spot, in a trembling motion, when with a smart twitch of the tail the rest of the fall is cleared. But only fish whieh strike the lall straight with the snout are able to remain In the falling mass of water; if it is struck obliquely, the fih is carried back into the stream below. This Pro fessor Landmark believes to be the ex planation of salmon passing fal's with a clear descent of sixteen f eeL The Pro fessor believes that this is the extrema jump a salmon is capable of, and pcints out that, of course, not all are capable of performing this feat. . co"D farmer harrows in bis cloven ced and secure i 44 catch" every time. On au Wand separated1 from the mainland of Peutuark by the fiords of Etavoui aud ftadil. oncu dwelt a powerful ruler named Sivart Ring, who exercised over everybody residing w.thiu his dominions a despotic rule. AU that was cast by the sea upon his shores, whether goods or floating wreck, belonged to Sivart King, and it was strictly forbidden to every one to lay a baud upon such property. By far the largest revenue coming to him from this vigilant patrol of his coast was derived from the quantities of amber washed ashore, and woe betide the man who should attempt to remove a small particle of that precious sub stance. At every ebb, after a south west wind, it was Ring's custom to send his men out to overhaul the sand ridges, and they often carried home a rich burden of the pale yellow fossil resin. Sometimes the harvest was less satisfactory, and Ring bade them keep fierce watch upon anyone whom they might susiect of hovering near the spot with Intent to pilfer. Not far from the sand-bank lived a fisherman, who coming into the neigh liorhood a few years before a poor man, had accumulated considerable property in a very short time. Popular tradition bad it that he had found a treasure buried in the sand by some sea-king of old. Others suspected him of being in leazue with the devil, aud in consequ ence Sam, for such was the fisherman's name, was rather shunned than sought in the limited society of the island. Little cared he, however, living com fortably in his cottage with his pretty daughter. Maria, who kept the house. j Oucti, indeed, Saui bad fallen under the keen scrutiny or Ring, who, send ! ing for him, asked many questions about his mixle of life, all of which were apparently answered to the ruler's ; satisfaction, since he let the fisherman 1 go without further molestation. . I One winter's evening when the wind 1 blew strong in shore, the inhabitants of Holmslaud gathered upon the Klit, or sand-bank, to watch the movements of a strange vessel, laboring amid giant waves, from which it seemed hardly 1 possible she could emerge unharmed. ; Night closed in, and the watchers . separated, sure that on the morrow they would find a wreck upon their 'coast. At midnight there came a knock at the door of Sam, the fisher ; man, and a handsome young man pre sented himself, asking shelter ou the ' ...... . . 1 t h-il 1.. tid fknltr nnd u-h. lluuvi Uiab 1 iJ rw ij .uu vuij vtro ntiw , had escaped from the doomed ship, j which bad sunk with al! the rest of her crew. Sam gave him food and olothes and a bed, taking all possible care of the unfortunate survivor. The young man whose name was Jonas, became in this way a member of Sam's family remaining with him until 'the Spring, and in the course of time ; formed a warm attachment for Maria, '. who returned his love to her. Jonas told the fisherman of this lattter fact. Sam answered him that while he had a ! right to exjiect a richer son-in-law, he ' could hardly find one more to his taste. , So the young couple were betrothed, and had already begun to talk alout ; their wedding, when, one evening, Sam ' called Jonas to his side. ! "Listen to me, my lad," he said. , "Since you are so soon to be my son-in-law, it is but proper that I should in- . form you a little alwut my property. If you would like to go out with me to night, 1 will take you iuto my con- tidenee." ) Jonas was nothing loth, aud w hen it I became quite dark he set out with the fisherman. They embarked in Sam's I boat, and, as thev ' pushed out to sea, ! the wind mounted to a gale, while the ' heavens were so black that not a star ' was to be seen. Ne .-ertheless they stood out at some distance from the shore, sailing along until tbey heard from laud the sound of a low whistle. "That is Maria's signal," said the fisherman to his astonished hearer, "it is meant to inform we that all's safe along the coast, so that we may now return." He turned the boat, steering it to a point near which a number of fine nets had been placed against the tide. Gathering the nets into the boat, Sam pointed out to bis companion that their meshes were filled with amber. Silent ly and with skilled fingers he picked out every particle of the precio'is sub stance, and theu set the nets again. While the work went on not a word was spoken, and when the boat saile 1 homeward, she carried a cargo of amber that would have required a mouth's work from Ring and his men to c llect after the ordinary fashion of seeking It bu the sand. When they reached the cottage Sam concealed his treasure in a cellar so Ingeniously con trived that it would have been im passible for any outsider to discover it. "And now, my son," said the old man solemnly, "my life is in your hands. I have told you the secret of my wealth. Although I have no fear that you could be so base as to betray me, especially as Maria is soon to be your wife, yet 1 exact of you an oath that you will never reveal to any one what you have seen to-night." "I swear It. "said Jonas, a deep flush settling in his face. Summer came and the wedding-day-was fixed. Maria, busy with her pre parations as she was, could not help observing that a certain constraint had arisen between her lover and herself. She told this to her father, who laughed at it for a girl's fancy, but many a tear was dropped in secret by the br'.de-elect. One evening, determined to ask ber lover frankly what caused his altered manner, Maria went to meet him on bis return from Holmsland, whither he had gone to spend the day. Ab sorbed in thought, she did not observe bow far she bad walked until, sitting uown to rest behind a sand dune, she was startled by hearing voices close at hand. One of the speakers was Jonas, and the other, to her extreme surprise, no less a personage than their ruler, Sivart King! "Not a word more," Maria heard him say, in a low, fierce tone; "you are my son m well as my subject, and I com mand your obedience. To-night, with out fail, I shall come in person with my men and seize the thief, whether thou lovest his daughter or no." Jonas spoke' again in evident emotioa, but was interrupted by the other. "I am accustomed to be obeyed with out remonstrance, and the tears of a silly girl, the prayers of a hardened old sinner, will prove equally without effect In softening me, Whatl after I sent you there expressly to solve for me this mystery of the fisherman's wealth, would you seek to turn me from my righteous purpose to punish the scoundrel as he deserves. The Air), too, is an accomplice, and must Viarw fai. S warnm but t oack to th coctmf. Had, to-irntsC see a ligttt ia th window taC Coward thm rowd. In token Uot all is quwt la the aouse." Great drop of fcjony stoud upon Maria's brow as ah Ustuned to this dis closure. To harw been becraved b? her lover wa far more terrible than the actual danger to herself. Scarcely believing her ears, ah staggered to bee feet, aud selecting a by-path leading to her home by a snorter way than she had come sped like a deer along it. To reach the cottage and warn her father before Jonas could return was no w her one desire. Beyond that all was dark. Soon alter the clock in Holmsland Church tower had struck 12. a banl ef men crossed the fiord to the sand-bank on the opposite side, under a block and starless sky. The wind moaned along the shore, and the waves came rolling in with a gloomy sound. Just such a night it was as that in which Jonas bad iccompanied the fisherman in his .search ftr amber. The men, well armed and vigorous, were headed by tierce old Ring himself, whose heart beat high with the hope of vengeance. In his hand be held a drawn sword, and exhorting his band to silence, he led the way to the lisherniaa's cottage. In Sam's house not a sound was heard, and a lamp burned in the window to ward the road. "That's my brave boy," said Ring, turning to the others exultiugly. "I knew 1 could denend uou him to set the simial there, even at the sacrifice of his silly infatuation for the girl. Lucky for me that the notion came in to my head last winter to make this rovitia biade of mine, who had just re turned from a long sea-voyage pretend to be a survivor of the wreck in order to gain a footing in Sam's house. By this means I've found out not only how the tascal coutrived to lis i up anir, but where the stolen goods are kept. Follow me In silence and we'll soon catch a fine rat in our trap. Sam shall swiug for it if I'm fool enough to let the girl go free." Pushing opeu the door of Sam's cot tage. Ring saw, hanging by a cord from the ceutre of t! e ceiling beam, the lifeless form of his own sou Jona". The fisherman, his daughter, and all their store of amber had disapieared, leaving not a tiace behind. Nor were they ever again beard of in Holmsland Imprvvluc ii'll Uata. "If New York had a building 2lii feet square by Hi) feet high it would represent the f0,(xx cubic yards, or lii-i.Ouu tons of rock we have excava ted," said Lieut. K i rby, who is engaged on the Hell Gate channel improve ments. "We are slowly laying the ex plosives, but we are doing so w ith great care. Dynamite is a very honest mate rial, and does by others s they m v do by it. V e have 37,500 of six pound powder cartridges to lav, and the drill hol -s m which they are being confined are to lie stopped up with Jj.tXX) dyna mite cartridges, weighing two and a half pounds each. A premature explo sion would ruin a million dollars worth of work, beside-i the lives of alt counec ted with it. You know that if a dyna mile charge is explodfed all of the other charges witiiin twenty feel will explode .simultaneously. Thus, if there were miles of cartiidges and we have four miles he e laid within twenty feet of each other and one exploded all the rest would follow at practically the same instant. While this represents the dan ger to which we are constantly exposed, it also represents the final explosion t" occur Oct. 1." When asked about the accidents which have occurred he said: "We have had no accidents to our men, but our surface apparatus has had some. Flood Rock has often leen bat tered by collisions. The City of Albany, several years ago, rode right across our drill scow, her paddle wheel walking over it as if it were so much water. Our drill scow has sent many a vessel to the bottom. She was built esjiecially to resist collisions, and has been carried away from her moorings as many as tour times in one day, but when she is not damaged her enemy goes to the bot tom. Teu years ago the Government let its only contract to private parties to do this kind of work. That was the Sherburu contract to remove the Fry ing Pan shoals. We fished out the re mains f the dredge a few days ago. The very first day it was anchored In plce a collision wrecked it and destroy ed all the outfit. The currents of Hell Gate are so swift and the truth :c is so heavy that only the fittest surface ap paratus survives, and then only ly wrecking everything that collides with it. In still water this job could have been done much cheaper with surface apparatus, but owing to collisions, nothing short of our fortifications which we have put up here could have got cut the rocks. By the way, juss off the north end of Blackwell's Island is a hole of 120 feet deep, covering several acres, into which we have dumped over loO.UOO tons of debris. Yel few will lake our word for it that sucha hole ex ists there." RraininE children. Lord Salisbury has seven children. "The eldest of his five sons," "is now 24 years old, and is, by his birth; des tined to a political career, beginning with the house of commons aud ending in the house of lords. 'Unfortunately,' his mother says, 'he Is condemned to be a peer.' The second son has all the instincts and tastes of a thorough sports man, is full of energy and spirits, devo ted to shooting, hunting and riding, ytt destined for a clergyman. He gradu ates for holy orders in a world of balls and parties, at meets and races, and In tends to choose a wife not for the merits recommended by Goldsmith's Vicar, but for her beauty and elegance. Never theless he will, probably, lie eventually a verv fair vicar. Rather oddly, Glad stone's second son is also a clergyman." Til Largest Railway Station. The largest railroad station in the world is that belonging to the North western Railroad Company at Birming ham, England, which has been comple ted and opened for passenger traffic. One thousand men have been employed in its construction for two and a half years. It has cost in its construction $o,000,000, and covers twelve acres of ground. Tnere are tunnels at either end, and through them four hundred trains pass each day. The length of the platforms exceed a mile and a half. There are five signal boxes for working the traffic, each of which contains 144 point and signal levers, and is operated by seven men. Six locomotives do the switching in the station. Tho whole is arched roofed ia with arehed glass roofing upon the Paxton principle. NEWS IN BRIEF- 7Ti "if in 3d juoiie Swrf lu. - Artic'.al w areaow xatia of ci- lulou!. Lourm H n is i, j.Al tatc aov h Mia iv)l. Wlit rabbits an fadhionabi pc in P&C9. It costs 00,000 a day to food sia'S army. Two sous of the Khedive oi living in Geneva. It will cost $500,0u0,000 to eoraplaU the Panama canal. Texas boasts f a cattle ranch with, three million acres. There has been no rain in Arizona aince last December. American band made fishing pole are 121 or so in London. Cholera has kilkd over 10,000 peo ple in Spain this summer. Stiitistics shows that Southern pri sons contain 12,000 convicts. "The government at Washington" receives 50,000 letters a day, Spotted typhus is said to have beeu the cause of the Mahdi's death. Swinburne calls Victor Hugo the gre-ttest Frenchman ot all time. One-third of all the banking done in the world is done in England. There are about 2,42o births and 1,C3.j deaths in Loudon each week. It Is said there are only about a half a dozen wooden houses in London. There are in Paris lo0 persons who do nothing tint deal in -ostage stamp. China has S.oOO miles of telegraph lines, and only seven miles of railroad. The average of deaths from cholera in Spain is two out of every five cases. Only one soldier of Napoleon's "old guard" survives; he is 04 years of age. The la'e Dr. Prime could read both Greek and Itin before he was 10 years old. The French have more suspension bridges than any other natieu on the globe. Cattle iu Erie co., Pennsylvania, are reported to be suffering from Texas fever. Rhode Island retains the greatest density of the population of all the States. Portlaud, Me., has substituted tha electric light for gas for lighting the streets. A law has beeu enacted iu Austria making the observance of Sunday com pulsory. The water supply iu many parts of England is failing ia consequence of the intense heat. It is said that o- per cent, of all persons dying in Paris are buried at the. public expense. A Frenchman has luaue his suicide reuiaikable by dropping from the tower of Notre Dame. FittsCeld, Mass. .business men have organized to resist a proposed" advance in telephone rates. The fastest train between Omaha and S in Francisco averages a little less than 22 miles an hour. Sacramento's latest seusatiou is a poker game which lasted for 7 hours without intermission. More than three million Aniencau chromos have been sold iu Europe m the last five years. The London House of Industry has trained and sent to Canada 4,020 of the city's poor children. Weasels were kept in houses iu an cient Rome, instead of cats.for the pur pose of killing vermin. Archbishop Williams of Bostou will be given a Cardinal's hat at the consistory to be held in December. Aphos, Cal., boasts of a man who upto the time of General Grant's death had never heard of the silent chieftain. Hundreds of Eugl sh troops are being brought bock frou Egypt, suffer ing from dysentery, fevet and debility. Postage stamps are used on the Or egon railways in making chuuge. there being a scarcity of pennies and 2-cent pieces. In a recently prepared paper Lieu tenant Danhenhower is said to have taken a firm stand against Arctic explo rations. The word cannibal signifies a brave or valiant man, and is derived from the name by which the Carnbbees called themselves. A craze for short hair has seized hold of the young women of Rochester. N. Y., and is reported to be spreading over the country. On an average a railway postal clerk works about fourteen hours a night for six consecutive nights, theu be has six nights off. Divers, by a recent French inven tion, are said to be enabled to go down a distance or eight hundred feet lelow the surface of the water. Dr. J. B. Lawes thinks that plants "probably derive the whole of their or ganic substance from the air 90 to .)." per cent of dry matter." The ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic in New York State are said to have been swelled greatly since the death of General Grant. The late Sir Moses Montefiore fre quently sent checks for the relief of his needy coreligionists in Boston, and never less than f 000 at once. A mica mine from which sheets twenty feet in width are taken is said to have been discovered about ninety miles from Virginia City, Nev. In the Red river country wild mus tard has increased to such an extent that the authorities have been appealed to to take action for its destruction. According to Mrs. Mary Treat, the variety of the pitcher plant found iu North America is carnivorous, being a feeder on various animal subs'ances. United States Fish Commissioner Blackford has received an electric eel three feet long from South America. It is said to be the first ever seen here alive. Old Mat, the famous Mammoth Cave guide, who died lately, made over twelve thousand trips into the cavern during his service of nearly half a cen tury. An American chemist is said to have invented a furnace by which ho obtains 90 per cent, of combustion out of coal, instead of 10 per cent., as at present. Chickens "manufactured" by the incubator process are complained of by some hotel chefi&s being greatly Infe rior to the hen-raised fowls in point of flavor and tenderneas. V la 1 ! K i i j t v i I I i r j '- ill inn I m-i
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