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If t! '! is ;it y .;:
he will W l.U-ruiit.'
"Jiii-.i'.'e: Wi..'ie
tU- in the v.orM,
is t!:tT8 sucli a
-o liu;veil t'.c i-aiicr Toices of the
si'fi t.ili'i i 1:1 tie court room, from
Li. ! the j .iy li.l l retired to make uj
a vi'i l i't 1.1 the ii.-e jut triP'I.
-lru'- if every tonifue t.al
In-, n -li i m'U wit'i palsy t'.e voices
t.iM-.l ;tn t total . lei. ee ensued. The
j my we.e :elur!.;:i to tlieir I hu'es.
1': e T'-a: ;i- .eiul wns hreathlcs-'.y
await I: i V veriliirt of the Jury.
Ti en the qn.et vo'.Ct of the freuinu
a:-.Mii:n c'l. "The ilefenu.iut is nut
gi..:t:-
1 he ttirhe si.sjfii-e was over.
Kvi-ry fai l- hi-a'i.e I sat!bfai t! n.
"Thatik lio'i! 1 knew it v.ouM be
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I.o. k law i ale he is." j
"H is cryuu." '
Ti e jn-o'n'i- had seated laruself,
treiull.i i in every joil.t of Lis binly.
A sud.leii we.iki e-i came over hiUi. '
His face w.:s buried in Ins Lauds and i
Le win ill)i'.' convulsively. Ttie 1
sympathy for him must Lave lieeti i
ureal, i.r tiiere wii.i hardy" an eye m i
that itr,at ro.illi th. t ild Jiot U'l-'-en
with u.oi-iuie. Many diew their hand- '
kerchiefs and btii-t into joyful tears.
Iu the mii'st of this eiuotiou the jmlije '
declared tl e accused to le free. Then j
a you:,'.;, f.i.r ai.d del.cate pirl ar.xe
from the witness bench and ste;ied
nlotv'.y a:. I l.eit.H .1. y Uni.n l the
youu; uiau, her Lands r. plmj in the
air, sl.iw:i: her to be bl.nd, a:i I hei
face bealu.ii With h.u ii:riS. K'.it be
saw her couiin.r and p:u!i,i ui, h.i.-.ten-in
to niei-; Lei, uilh outstretched
arms. 'Witii aiad cry i.he sank into
his arm-.
Ou ti e fourth ii -oi of a lirge subur
ban bin lu g they lud. A lamdy of
swallows l ad sought the protection of
the gable end ot the toot" above them,
or they would have lieeu ll.e highest
lodgers iu the house. The birds, how
ever, wre good neighbors. Harly of
mornings ihey showed their friendli
ness by tapping with their bi.ls upon
the window panes. And they d.d Hot
Lave long to wa t IVr the window to be
i pened and to have their breakfast
spread out T r t! em on the sill by the
poor tli: I girl. i..ii h time she stood
wh.le they wt ie I'.ntteitug over t.ie
r... d a', l raided I er fiice to heaven.
wh.e l.,;ht la r eeJ
though t i.i v co 1 no
seem-'d to ftel,
t receive it it re-
V t t aaiu.
S e was a l ively creature. "With
Wi mb-idd .'istlncti.ess were the out-1
lines of her feat uie.s drawn, and from
the g Mi-U locks, thai iell ill Sl.keU ,
waves over 1. T shoulders, shone a pecu
liar I ril.uincy as if to make aiuenda ,
f.r ti e exhausted si'liiius of her eyes.
hen she walked along ti.e street with
her head bowed down on the arm of
her brother, no one would suspect her
to le blind, for she w allied lirmiy and
cr.ilde-.tly at his side. He was her.
staff, her eye, tie very air she
breathed, she lived for htm alone. ,
and only valued life to make him happy.
Mie was l" jears old when a spell of
-i.irl I fever roblied her of her sight.
Ti e tall er, an bumble liburrr, died
i i g iifio, and the mother ipinckly fol
lowed. Father and mother tjoth dead
and il.ewoild a roaring sea or dark-
!ie-.s
M e i raved earnestly then to (i h1 to
take ( r also, but a strong, manly arm
was thiowu aioiiiid her u-ck, ai d au
i-aii.e t , 1, v.i it voice said. 'Iurt trou
l e, Mo.i; I am n.th you and wili
in . i - f..i-.ine v.. u." Aud lie Lad kept
wi r l. No mother foul 1 have
K i.u 1-d l.trchi.d more lovingly, ten
derly and carrfu.ly tLau did this noble
Lr. ti.t r l.is charge. 1 o amuse her, to
1 i.ng suihes to her -ad lace was the j V
of his h e. Ytais ago he thought of
niiirj.uc;"but when he thought of
Mane, iu her sad i 1;'. tiou, Le gave up
the thought utireiy. 1. r lit Lis love for
Lis sister his son' h d found an altu
aud happiness. His chief pleasure was
to sit in Lis easy chair ot evenings,
alter his da's woik was done, and lis
ten to her prattling voice or the music
of her p ano, which Was the oulv luxury
iu the modest apartments. he had
learned to p ay before the Cimeriau
night oveitiok her; and like spring
flowers li. pt blooming in the blossom
less winter tmirt was her muse to her.
a svuihol or a past happiness, a sweet j
reminder or the daylight of her Lie.
Her fetl.ugs, which weie too sad. too ;
heart breaking, to coutide to any oue ,
which she even tried to keep trom ner
se.f were truived often to the sad
waling strains of her instrument; ju
thm she lamented and wept. He
understood th; wordless language; and
often when Marie sighed and sobbed in
des; undent song he would approach
her. take the little soft white Lauds
from the keys and say:
"Marie, why do you make ruy heart
so havy?"
Then eh would pour out her feellnzs
to hi in. Not on her account was she
sad, she would say, but ecause shf
wai daily and hourly robbiotj hiui of
his freedom and ha.nuuesA, aud could
do nothing for him iu return for all his
goodness.
"Foolish child," he said once, "when
wdl you learn that I owe everything; to
you, aud you are indebted to nie for
nothing? Am I not the most ontentcd
man that ever lived? Is not my house
already muil comfortable and pleasant
than any woman no nutter how
beautiful or rich she might be could
make it? Ijes my business lose any
thing by my not dissiimtinsj, as most
young men do? Or d.- von think I
could enjoy myself more iu the heated
conceit halls amon the elegantly
Oressed people than here iu this c un
fortable chair? Or that the grand music
which I don't understand would please
me lietter than jour lilayimi? No
more of this sadness, little sister; you
Lear!"
"I promise. Uu.lo'.ph,' she said, 'I
will not be so a? ain no n-ver." So
she spoke, and her face looked I right
and hopeful.
lie tried to make her keep her word,
but the jr'.o my thoughts would ever
recur; and the old wo-nan Fran Stern,
who lived on the next fi.mr ll.w, and
d:d the urea er part of the simple
ilouips'ic woik for h-r, w;vs obliged to
hear m ny latnent.it ion.
"Alii I am a poor useless creature.'
she surtied constantly. "lie Las t
work hard and tw ir all the burthen for
me, and I spend his earnings day after
day, and can do nothing to help him."
Marieehen." Fr.iu tern would say,
consolingly, "don't talk that way.
What could your brother ilo without
nu? You are more to him than a
wifecoud be. It would Hot snit him
t marry; he is far too tiod for the
! frivolous young ladies nowadays.
Often had she spokeu such words of
sol.icetneut to the poor orphan; but she
only shook her I. tile head sadly, aul
would not be comforted.
One day an ol 1 servant caaie to her
iu great aiitatum.
".Marlechen,"she said, "if you really
i would like to earn souiethm, I know
j how you can do so."
i The blind pill smiled incredulously.
j "I earn anything! Impossible!"
j "Yes. by pl.niTig the piano.''
I The features or the blind girl were
1 suddenly animated.
"How do you m-: m?" sheaskel,
i eagerly.
j Then the woman explained the plan.
On the ground lloor w is a public house
a sui.i.l restaaiaut where they usn
! a'lv Lat mi.sii; lor the entertainment
t ti.e customers. The landlady was a
i goo 1 woman, who. Laving heard ot
Marie's pitying, sent word by h-r to
know if she would play for her for ati
hour or so at aliuit 7 o'clock every
evening for a proper recompense. The
; blind :irl listeie d. Lohih:,; I.er breath
.n surprise. Any one ofler her money
for her simple music her, a blind g rl?
h le able to earn something? I it
' w re only possible! Oh! If she only
i might be" able to say to her br tnei :
1 "L i! k, liudolf, what, I have earned
with my own hands." Tlia old sei
vaut, Marie imagined, was only telling
ner through sympathy for her ::;lU'tion.
and the landlady Lad no .d-a of em
ploying her. Thus she reasoned, for
s! e"i ould not real 7e that there was s
much happiness in store for her. H it
directly the hostess came iu eroii and
reieate.l the
a! ilo words,
to-morrow, s!
wis!
S.,e
e sa
i with sweet, agree
might 1 egiu at ouce,
d. ( uly one reipiesi
, she continued, and :
to play the live! est j
Her customers were i
l im; who usually ;
ii id si e t- t.ial.e
tl lit was for la r
pieces jdtt klie'.v.
hor.et laboring
pl fvlTeii Chi er: 111 IllUsIC
The blind g.:i thank;
1 her with her
isure. Asking
i.er know any
at tirst," she
id It out, re-t
lied.
came and led
votee trembling with i
her not to l. L Lei bio.:
thing about it, "at I.-a-it
added.
-Oh! he sh ill not fin
asured of that.". -he repl
The next even ng stie
the girl down, lnecily
it the lout id
the stairway was a do
r leading into
the restaurant, i
loom
was LI. el
with nolsv, rarou-ing men. It was j
a-y to tea 1 the i h.n.u o r oil the place
in t heir faces.
The hostess manage 1 to have soru"
one continually to luitii. It musi:-, to
mak-her place attractive. Sometimes
It. was it wander. ug violin. s:, or a street
s gi r. this t.me It was the blind girl,
tu a comer of the room stoiKl a piano,
to which she guided her. Hike a star
w.tii its pur-light shining In a wiidner-
ness, was tne Innocent, maiden in tha-
ctowd ot uncultured, vicious men.
Sou.e of them look .M at her in sur
prise and with timidity, aud li-tened !
for a while attentively t her playing. !
ll.it soon they took no timber notice of
her. The Lund girl could hear the ,
hum of the voices amund h -r; but did j
not notice what was passing among
them, so busily was she engaged In her j
performance and anxious to satisfy
the landlady with her efforts. She j
selected the "brightest and most cheer- j
ful airs, and piayed tinreas.ugly tor
name than an hour. When she was
c inplete y exhausted her employer !
asked her to stop. Landing her the
i. remised money, and led her through ;
the throng of bo steioiis men to the fo -t
of the stairs, from whence she usually j
ascended alone.
How hatipv she felt. At last sh was J
able to lighten her Li other's burden j
to do something tow.nd repaying him
for Li great and numer nis saci dices, j
Iu revenslt exc.tenieut t.he gmpcu ner
way up tin 1 )U t! ghts of s.eps. O :i
vulsively and tigl.tly her little aching
ringers chispetl the coin, which seemed
to propel a current of ek-ctricity through
her every vein, so hot was the blood
stream th it cursed irom her quickly
beatu g heat U Mi-had to stop to catch
her breath at tlie door of her little
room. "How much money excites one,"
! she said to h -rseif. almost fr ghtenel
r tl.u new and lecuhar feel.ng which
ne telt over her lust earning;
, but slid
1 it U.-.H o'liv for her brother, and
the
j thought of giving him pleasure that
animated her.
j The second evening passed like the
' Crst Tint s..;t, swett, rippling notes
1 seemed to fall from the tips of her liy
. n w and the sweet, strange
1 music souiidel with the tumult, like
i the frightened, disconnected sou? of a
b rd in a stormy toresu Again aim .c
eeived piivuteiit for her exertion, which
inexi-eneuced iu the ways of the world
us she was. seemel a r.mune to her.
Then came the third and eventful
evening. he had been at the piano
longer than usual, and was just turning
to leave when bt.e felt a strong arm
thrown around her, aud the coarse
voice of a drunkeu man sounded ciose
to her ear.
-nive me a kiss, little treasure."
Almost paralyzed with terror, she
sprang up and attemped to tear herself
from the horrible embrace, but the
arm only closed mora tightly around
her.
"Hold her fast, Thomas." ?
"I-et her go," roared tli boisterous
crowd.
"Help! Help!" shs cried at the tor. ;
of her voice, and with an almost super- j
human effort she tor herself from th ;
lieud aud utaegered through the crowd, j
her pjor silitleis eyes roiling iu Lec
fright aud her hands held out before
her toward the entrance.
Attracted by the d'aturbance, the;
landlady hastened to the S)ot. Com
piehcuding the situation at a clance, :
she (fr.usped the girl, who, in her fright,
urHiuini line ah .iiKru lea i , uuil ion-
rieti i.er tnrounu tne uodt to llie io l
ot the stairs, which she began to climb, I
stumbling at every step, sojiull of terror
was she. j
In the restaurant the crow 1 tried to i
restrain the frenzied man who was at- I
temptiug to follow her. A fearful j
struggle ensued In which the demon
was victorious,
right and left
Throwing the crowd :
Ill his lUd..eS, like!
straws m a gust of wind, tie plunged
through the door. Not seeing the blind
girl, he bellowed like an enraged beast.
Then attracted by her stumbling foot
siejis u5 cau.:ui s.in, oi j;rr on me uist ;
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ia:iuiii. xj.jiiu nun 'n.vuu, auu
crazea witn intoxication, lie sprang i
after her, mounting three or four steps , jjy. Ttie K.fle( member of a company
at a time. He ought her. aud drew wutf can rea,i ti,e teacups fiuds her
her roughly into his arms. ! hands fulL No guest is so dignified
"liudolf ! Kudolf . she shriekei, and ; ltlAt sile j, uot evlnce gome curiosity
the terrible cry sounded through the : to her Tuture. Sometimes the mild
building from the ground to the roof, j eat mannered ones tiuds a gallows in
A noise was heard above, some one was t ie mystical dregs
iK.undini almost tumbling, down the j wiieu the leaves have no shape, but
ingots of step. jare ua-iaj j a dark pyramid, it is a
Jane!" cried an anxious, apprehen-i.. 1,1 trtune." Ocrasibualiy the dis
sive voice, and a hand, thrust from a t!Ilct 8i,ape of a cofflu cau be traced,
mardy shoulder, clutche-1 the throat of, xiien au entrancing shudder runs
the assailant in a vise like grip a howl ; ti,ron!j!, t,B entire group. Th3 plot
or rage from the cowardly wretch, a ; tblctens! The interest deepens. Tn
UHXU1J I'll'. I1UIU . . V . 1 , 1 ' A Ub . !.
tweeu tlie tliuitng eyes Tlie seuse
les.s, motionless bdy of the maiden fell
to the steis between the struggling
men. K.idolf sprang ipuckly tj one
side, and the next, instant the howling,
incaruata Satau was locked Iu au em
mace of iron. Then a severe struggle.
a smothered groan, a powerful crushing I
h.ow a shriek a death groau a rat- I
tin in the throat and a llood of uiool, I
an 1 a lifeless corpse rolled down the
steps. Then all was ipiiet. liudolf had
t iken the life of a fellow man but he
realized It not; his eager. anxious glance
sought lirst the p.de, lifeless face of his
s ster. lie bent over her, touched her
b:.Hdss cheeks-felt for tlie beating of Fu.Iie teaeuporacle is a verv Larm
ier heart which Lad st il.ed its throb inexpensive form of destiny. Its
ui.igs. m, oo-i. as sub 'eau
cveryiniug giew u.acK ueiore mm, auu
1... vir.oiUl I !ivn fallen luit f . ir t h :o-l of
a friendly 1 and which caught him as
his bjdy swayed toward the edge ot the
sta.rc.ise. "IV lit! dead!" he muttered,
but summ oniug all his strength, he
tender! v l ltei the body and bote it into
ti e room near by, and laid her carefully j
upon a sola. tickly procur tig water,
lie moistened her face, listening breath-
les-lv lor the slighiest Indication of I
resp.i.itiou. A twitching, a painful
twitching aiouui the mouth then a
breath aud a ha.f uttered sign.
"Marie," he std, softly, bis heart
tilling with joy.
A smile passes over the face.
"liudolf," she whispered, extending
her bauds tcaichingiy iu the direction
oi his voice.
"Thank liod! she lives! she lives!" he
cried, siukin on his knees beside the
sofa, the great strong figure bowed.
id tears of joy ruled down his chteks.
I'llm
i:
' ol' Captain
Smii li.
The Indians espco.aily a im. red I
bravery aud cunning. Tins device of
the white chieftain and his valor wlun I
attacked appealed to their a Imitation,
a id tl.eto was great desire to see iiitu.
Tlie renowned prisoner was received
with the customary chorus of Indian
yells; and then, acting up jtt the one
l a ling Indian custom, the law of uu
LouuJed hospitality, a bountiful feast
w.is set before him. The captive, like
the valiant man be w.is, ate hear; ny.
hough ignorant v. hat hi
fate miguL
Tho Indians seldom wantonly killed I
their captive.-. When a sufficient
number ha i been stcruiced to avenge
the memory of such btaves as had
fallen in the tight, the remaining ci;
t vvs weie either adopted as tribesmen
' or dispose 1 of as slaves.
So valiant a warrior as this pale
i faced r iu c-i-''i.sc wm too iitijxirtaut a
1 personage to bn used as a siave, and
J V a-buii-iiwu-jooi, the chief, received
him as an honored guest rather than
I as a pr.soner, kept him in his own
j house for two days, aud adopting him
las his own son, promised him a large
I gift of land. Then, with miuy exptes
! si-jns of fr.endship, he returned him,
! net! escorted bv Indian tfU.JeS. to the
j trail that led direct bacli to the Eug- J
I liih colony at Jamestown.
Tins relation destroys the long ra- j
miliar romance of the doughty cap- !
tarn's llie l-ing saved by "the King's'
ow n daughter, but it srems to le the I
, i.. t I
only true version ei i::e s.oij, uaxu
upon his own original report.
Hut though the ofi- iescnlied "rescue"
did not take place, tne valiant Fmg-
i lishniau'j attention was spsediiy drawn
to tae agile litt'e Indian girl, Ma-ta-oka,
whom l er fatlier called his "tom
boy" or j.o cn-'ooi-fii.s.
she was as impii-uive as any youn?
girl, savage or civihzeJ; and she was
so lull oi kindly attentions to the cap
tain, and lestowed on him so many
smues and l.Kks of wondering curi
osity, that Smith made mucn of her iu
return, gave her some trifling presents
a id asked Ler name.
Now it was oue of the imny singular
customs of the American. Indians never
ts te.l tlieir own names, nor even to
allow the a U be spykeu to strangers !
by any of their own immediate kin I- !
re I. The reason for tins lay iu their
peculiar superstition, which held that
the s;ieaking of one's real name gave
to the stranger to whom it was
spoken a magical aud harmful influ
ence over sucu irson.
For this very reason, Wa-bun-w-na-cook
was known to the colonists by
the name of his tribe. 1'ow ha-tau.
rather thau by ins own name, oo,
w heu Le was asked his little daugh
ter's name, he hesitated, and then gave
iu reply the nickname by which he
often called her, l.-ca-huu-tas, tlie
"little tomboy." Tins agile younjj
maiden, by reason of her relationship
to the head chief, was allowed much
more freedom and fun than was usu
ally tlie lot of Indiau girls, who were,
as a rule, the patient and uncomplain
ing little drudges of every Indiau home
and village.
An attempt to revive cock-Delating
is being made in Paris.
Keep Lard soap iu a dry place several
weeks before using and It will last much
looser.
SYMBOLS OF PATH
l!ealiiiC llie l'uturt- in the Orometrio
Lines of Tea (irotmtl.
'One two three."
"What does that mean?"
"You must hold the teacup aloft and
twirl it three times around to brine the
tea grounds Into a fortuue telling
shape."
"Oh, it is a case of well shaken be
fore taien.
"Vps A f.irliniA (lmt nnlv rnrpm flip
bottom of the teacup would be a very
uuiuterpStUl'r ODe
"This," said the sibyl, describing a
circle in the bottom of the cup, "Is the
rourse of true love aud it ruus smooth;
this triangle of black specks is a wish.
This black square is a letter; this flock
of birds means RooJ news. Here are
money aud a surprisa "
What ia tli it Mime in th si,i nf
j,e cup?"
That. Um wlmrnr t:i Wveor if
, Is the symbol of hope "
"Ilere is a visitor in my cup," crie
one.
Miltft it- If it i hanl It w a m:m
If
jfl fj; ij j3 a hijy,
The long tea joint is fished out and
nmw, n in. aoft n, n.u nt .nil iuu
tea leaves become important factors in
the happiness of a household.
THE UEOMKTKIC LINES.
Experts In forecasting events liud
rare things in the geometric lines of tea
grounds, aud it has become the fashion
at tea gatherings to read aloud each
cup in turn, sonie ladies even declining
to leave the table until the cup is read.
It is not as sociable a social custom
as palmi-try. A man who despises the
tattling of a tea cup has no aversion to
having his hand held by a pretty girl
white the lines are read. But as men
are not us a rule given to tea drinking
they will not gn. ie after futurity in tea
;,..."
. iHnularitv is doubtless owius
... th..t r, -..., fter the
super
natural which marks the age. It gives
expression to an almost despairing wish
to see into tlie coming to-morrow.
And in response to this demand ccme
the siHithsayers, astrologers, seers,
clairvoyants, seventh daughters of sev
enth daughters and others w ho predict
luture events, 'here are secret ses
sions where the flower and chivalry of
the best society attend, paying a fee
that ranges from i to just from
curiosity, you know.
W hat to learn?
The secret of the past, present or
f utuie.
There Is always some lucky Lit
lucky for th f . rtunedeller.
The most of teop!e who have lived to
any age have friends coming from a
distance. Many have relatives who die
I and leave them fortunes. Young jeo-
pie are usually in love with some one of
i the opposite sex who is either dark or
'lair, and a journey is imminent in
nearly all conditions. Crossing the
water may mean going over a ierry or
a running brook, as well as the ocean.
Till: MYSTIC (Jl'ALlTY.
But the mystic quality lies In the
fact that the person telling all these
j things is an announced seer born with
ja caul, like David CopperCeld, and
! having intimate relations with the
world of futurity and the powers of
mystery.
No matter how ignorant of the civil
izing Influences of this life the inspired
fortune teller may lie, how cheaply got-
.,.. . rt n-itn n-tt.at Cni-il1l firlltn-
j sUm;e!j' environed, professors of all the
sciences are willing to kneel at her feet
to learn the secrets of the past, present
and future from her occult knowledge.
A new mythology would be a boon to
society in its present condition, whea
everybody is look. tig for a sign.
The crowing of the cock was an
omen of ill to l'eter. It heralds a visitor
iu these days as well as a change in the
weather.
If you drop the se ssors, a fork or a
pen, aud the iKjint sticks iu the floor,
somebody is coining.
If your nose itches you are going to
kiss a fool.
If your left Laud tickle3 you will
handle a sum or money.
If the right hand, you will shake
hands with a friend.
If you lirst see a visitor in the look
tug glass it is a sigu of uiisfoi time.
Two spoons eignify a wedding; tea
spoons ae understood.
liut these signs of necromancy are as
old as the doings of Macbeth 's fitches,
whose weird Incantations are practiced
to this day. Indeed, a Shakespeare
fortune telling Look would not 1 a Lad
euferprise. It would give a higher tone
to the soothsayer's art. It might be
called "Kasy Lessons in the Horation
Philosophy," and serve as a textbook
in supernatuial lore, with a motto by
the second witch:
By th prlckirifr of my thumbs,
sjuieltiiu wickt-tl this way omies."
A Severe I'unwliuieut,
In Germany, the criminal laws are
severe. It is made a penal offence in
that country to strike a man who wears
! spectacles or eye-glasses. A case in
i point occurred nut long ago, in which
jan American of wealth and excellent
j social position in our country, became
; Involved in a trifling dispute with a
(leruiau in one of their beer gardens.
In the course ot the altercation he,
for the moment, lost his temper and
struck t'-ifl man, who wore glasses.
He was not aware of the extent of the
offence which Le Lad committed, but
he was at once placed under arrest, and
was informed of the nature of the law.
He at once did all in his power to right
the wrong be Lad done, and avoid the
penalty. He caused the man's eyes ti
be examined by one of the most cele
brated oculists in Germany, who pro
nounced them la good condition. He
also presented the man with a large
sum of money, about fifteen hundred
dollars, with which to go into business.
All this was of no avail, however, as
the machinery of the law, once set In
operation, continued its work, and the
American was condemned to serve
two years in the penitentiary. The
American consul at once began efforts
for the release of the man. but it waa
1 for the release of the man, but it waa
not until he had served eigLt months
of Lis sentence that the influence of
the consul with the emperor prevailed
and the man was pardoned.
not until Le bad served eight months
AX iniSH liHGOIH
Xlif l)irr of tlm lteil Bojs auU 111
Oolileu Ornaments.
In a lonesome part of Ireland stands
a great dark mountain, blue as a wall
of sapphire, and with a crest like an
eagle's beak. Under It is a small stone
cabin surrounded with a fringe of
green. Wild, black Logland lies be
yond, skirted ly a strip of deep red
bog, which looks as warm in the sun
shine as If it were a gold mine.
JLittle Mary, who lived in the cabin.
had been so starved ever since she wai
born that she had given up trying to
grow. Her small lace was as while
as Uie blossom of the bog cotton, and
her body was almost as thin as the
slender stem from which it swings in
the breeze. There were eight children
in the cabin younger thau Mary, and
they all stood round a noggin of milk
which Mary Lad ju3t milked from the
cow.
"Give me a tint for the baby," said
tlie mother, "and carry the rest to poor
old Bid at the bock of the bog. She'd
sick, children, aud the rest of us are
on our feet,"
The children let oil gazing at the
milk and Mary ran off with the nogglu
as fast as she could without spilling it.
She bad Just got to the black Log
where the red one joins it. when she
siw a very strange figure squatting on
the groand a dwarf, with his short
arms thrown up as if to save himself
from falling backward, and with a
most peculiar expressiou on Lis coun
tenance. A cry teemed to come from
Llm and putting down Ler noggin,
Mary ran to Lis assistance, but when
she came close to the figure she found
it was nothing but a gieat lump of
Logwood that had been uncarted out
of the bog. With a wild laugh and a
haif-frlghtened glance over her
shoulder, she picked up her noggin
and again hurried on her way.
Bid's only son was miles off looking
for work and the Led-riddeu creature
was alone ,except when angel messen
gers like Mary came and ministered to
her.
"Mother says she's afcared it Is the
last time. Bid," said the child; "for
the cow's going, and we'll all be on the
roi.J. maybe, before the niontii is out."
"The Lord forbidl" said the old wo
mau, wheu she had moistened her lips.
"May He send you the rent up out of
the earth, or down cut of tlie sky, you
that have kept the neighbor out of the
poorhouse."
The dusk was darkening the purple
mountain, and the moon scudding wild
and bright through clouds aud mists,
when little Mary, flying like a gull
stopped, poised on her toe and stood
gazing once more at the dwarf like
figure squatting forlornly ou the very
edge of the red bog. This time there
was no mistake about the matter. The
stump of bogwood was goue and the
stiange figure was throwing up his
arms frantically to attract the little
maiden's attention. A plover gave a
we'.rd cry at the same moutbut at d ttie
d"v.rf cried out:
Help me up! oh, help me up! The
awkward fellows have left me in a soft
I 'ace and I am sinking!"
Mary walked up on her tiptoes and
looked at the dwarf. His eyes were
quite crooked with his excitemout iu
his flat face and his short, stiff legs
were stuck fast in the red bog.
"Get me over to the black bog,
which is hauler," he taid. "and Uieu I
shall be all right; 1 dou't want ul sink
back Into the earth again." Mary took
hold of his short, outstretched arms
with both I.er little Lauds, aud tugged
as well as she was able. After several
attemps she got Iiitu pulled out of the
swampy ground and trundled him over
outhe hard, black peat, where he lav
panting for several minutes aud blink
ing his extraordinary eyes up at the
moon.
I hope you are more comfortable
now, sir," said Mary, w ith a courtesy.
"1'erfectly comfortable. And now,
my dear, put your hands in my pock
ets aud take out w hat you can Gnu.
It's only an encumbrance to me after
all these centuries. Aud it will pay
jour rent. Uid you ever hear of gold?"
'No sir," said Mary.
lut your hands into my pockets,
then," said the dwarf.
Mary did as she was bid and pulled
tip one after another a quantity of
beautiful shining yellow things,
brooches, collars aud other curious or
naments of ancient Irish times, tnd
she gathered them up into the skirt td
her petticoat.
".Vow, run fast," said the dwarf,
"for .1 want to go on looking at the
moon. I haven't seen the face of the
moon for I don't know how many cen
turies. Often it shone on me w hen 1
was a giant instead of a dwarf, and
had a crown of leaves on my Lead, and
singing birds flying all around me.
Tell your father that the heroes who
gave me these gold things to keep will
never ask them Lack again from Lim.
They p s me sometimes marching
across the bogland at dead ot night,
lamenting for the woods that are gone;
but they are all flashing In splendors
now,' and Lave no ned of such trump
ery aa these. Your father can sell the
gold and buy any nutuber ot pigs aud
cows."
Then the dwarf gave such au extra
ordinary yawn, aud rolled Lis eyes so
frightfully at the moon that little Mary
turiiel and fled without as much as
saying "thank you." When she
reached home she emptied the gold or
naments into her father's lap, aud told
turn Ler adventure exactly as it Lad
hap;ened to her.
The child has goue mad with
hunger," cried Mary's mother, clasping
her Lands. But the father put the gold
things into a sack and did not fail to
sell them instead of the cow.
When the whole family went in the
morning to look for the good-natured
dwarf they found nothing but a huge
stump of bogwood lyinz in a partic
ularly awkward attitude on the edge of
the red bog, just wheie it had been un
earthed several days before. Where
the dwarf's pockets had been there
were deep, round holes. boineboJy
said tkat the stump had once been a
tree in a mighty forest, aud that the
warriors of ancient Ireland often
hung their golden collars and armlets
on the branches of the trees when they
rested under the shade. Of course,
that does not quite clear up little
Mary's mystery, but anybody can see
the gold ornaments in tha Hoyal Irish
Vcademy.
John Lloyd, a New naven man.
has a hen with a monkey's head. The
Len Las no bill, but 'the mouth and
j UU3UU!1 al "' - " , ".
' A brilliant LlacK varnisn xor iron
stoves and fireplaces Is made by stirring
i ivory-black into ordinary shedac
varnish.
MAKIOVS MADNESS;
or
Tlie Kale of a licantifcil Woman,
I met Marion "Williams while on a
sketching tour in Wales. Her horse
ran away with her one day and I was
fortunate enough to bs on hand to stop
Lim, thereby earning the thanks of the
fair reader.
When 1 became acquainted with her
father he insisted on my taking up my
abode at Knglyn Orange as long as I
was in that neighborhood. What I
Lad foreseen took place. I fell in love
with Marion. Mr. Williams did not
object to me as a suitor, and the day
for our marriage was fixed.
Oue characteristic of my intended
wife I want to mention. .She was a
girl of most daring temperament, and
never so happy as when engaged iu
some perilous expedition. She told
me oue day a Welsh legend of a certain
haunted hilltop where still could be
seen a sort of rock-hewn throne where
the I.ady of Cader Idris had sat one
night to view the sitectres who kept
watch over the hill's treasure. I know
1 laughed at this story, and Marion be
came very angry.
"I will show you that a woman dare
do more than you suppose. I will go
through this ordeal that you believe
Impossible. We shall see who is right,
you or 1," and she left the room at
once.
My prediction that there would be a
storm that night was fulfilled to the
letter.
I fell asleep, and a strange dream I
Lad. I dreamt of the high peak of
Idris, with its storm-lashed terrace of
mossy stone, the cairn of loose pebbles
and the rocky chair deep cut in the
very brow of the horrid cliff, with a
yawning precipice below. And the
chair was not empty. No, it had a
tenant, aud that tenant Lore a female
shape. I ceuld ste the white robe
fluttering through the blackness of
nigtit, aud the loosened hair, and the
hand that was pressed to the eyes, as
if to shut out some ghastly sight of
things unspeakable, while its fellow
grasped the rocky rim of the throne.
The tempest broV in its might upon
the peak of Idris hail, rain, wind,
swept the mountain as with a besom,
aud the pale form in the fantastic
chair endured them all. Strange, un
earthly shrieks were blended with the
howl of the wind; wild and dismal pa
geants trootied by amid the driving
mists and sheets of driving raiu, and
by one last glare of the lightning, I saw
the ligure remove tlie hand that Lid
the face. The face ot a young girl or
Marlon!
I awoke in the golden, brilliant
morning; the sky was biue, the birds
were singing gayly, and the verdure of
the country seemed fresher and fairer
than before the storm.
1 went down to the breakfast-room.
The sijulre was there with his two
eldest daughters and his eldest son,
while young Herbert came in with his
fishing-rod a moment later; but no
Marion. The old butcher brought iu
the urn, after we had exchanged a few
remarks, and then, for the first time,
Marion's absence was commented uion.
"She is not usually the lazy one,"
said her father. "Owen, send up Miss
Mariou's maid to let her know we are
waiting breakfast."
The man went. We chatted on.
But Owen came back with a blank
look to say the maid had found the
door locked aud that she had knocked
repeatedly without getting an answer.
This astonished us all.
"She must be ill, cried Charlotte, the
eldest sister, hastily leaving the room .
She came back to say that she bad
called aloud at the door, but that Ma
rion would not reply a word.
We all went up in a body. Two or
three of the servants were on the landing-place.
"I am afraid, sit" said the lady's
null, half crying, 'something's amiss.
We can't hear a souud. It's all as
still as death."
Something painful shot acros3 all our
minds as we heard this speech.
We neared the door. The squire
tapped.
"Marion! Marion, love! answer me,
darling; are you ill?"
No reply.
Squire Williams set his strong shoul
der against the door, and by a violent
effort dashed it iu.
We entered. The room was tenant
less. "Miss Marlon must have gone out
last night," stammered oue of tiie
women, "for tho bed has not been
touched."
"She must be mad, my poor, poor
child," groaned the squire; "or she is
playing us a trick? No, she never
could have the heart to trifle with us
in this way,"
"I know where she is,'' I cried
aloud. "I know it but too well. She
is on the mountain, on Cader Idris,
dead or mad by this, and 1 am the
accursed cause."
My vehemence bore down all opposi
tion. In less thau five miwules we
were burring to the foot of the moun
tain. But I outstripped them all.
My heart was on lire and my feet were
gifted with unusual speed. Up, up,
among the slippeiy shade and 1 tose
stones; up by brush and crag, by rock
and wi-.tei course, and by tracks oniy
trodden by the goat, and I stand paut
:"ug ou ths terrace, a few feet of peak
above, a yawning precipice beiow.
My dream was too terribly realized.
There In the rock-hewn chair, in Inr
musiia dress and mantle of gay plaid,
both of them drenched and stained
with rain and earth, lay Marion, cold
and dead. Her long hair half hid her
pale face, and her little bauds were
tightly clasped together. I strained
her to my breast; I called wildly ou her
name; 1 parted the dank hair that hid
Ler face, and on It I Baw imprinted the
same agony of fear, the same dark
horror as in my fatal dream.
xiir: riiKii ns oi- india.
Same or the Torments of l,xiNtrne
in the Orient.
None but those who Lave become
parched and crisped by the desiccating
sun of India who have traveled reek
ing ou the cracked and splintered earth,
beneath the great sky flxed ocean of
molten silver-can appreciate thoroughly
the free, broad, bracing freshness of a
Califernian breeze. The surface of
everything unsheltered is polished by
the sun's rays until the eye becomes
bleared with merely doing its duty.
The sleek backs and wings of the thou
sand crows which twit on the path
shine like new rupees; the green leaves
Lang motionless and glisten as the
wavelets in the sea. Even the natives,
brought forth by parents who have
never known another land, Lave huge
turbans over aud arouud their Leads, 1
and more particularly on that portion j
of the neck immediately below the
organ of phUoprogenitiveuess lest the
sun "should smite them m his wrath."
To guard against the dangerous in
fluence of the sun man has sought out
many inventions. Carriages have dou
ble roofs; bats are built of pith and are
ventilated by a cunning cupola iu
miniature ingeniously Implanted in the
crown; parasols are gigantic wooden
mushrooms, and garments are of any
substance that can possible beobtained,
which, in weight and Cher, does not
exceed gossamer. The walls of the
houses are about three feet thick, ve
randaed and terraced round. The rooms
are halls worthy of containing the
common council of any small American
mining town. They are matted and
not carpeted, unless iu some houses
where appearances are more studied
thau comfort. The g ass window s have
each outer oues of wood, similar to the
Venitian ones so prevalent in Califor
nia houses. These are closeiy shut
Tourteeu hours of the twenty-four.
Huge squares of matted straw are
placed before such ojK ii.ugs as cannot
be closed, and it is the duty of a serv
ant to sprinkle them with the coolest
water obtainable ten times an hour.
The motive is obvious. The hot
wind passing through the damp cusca
is cooled almost to a welcome t.KInt,
and from a scouiage transferred bv a
simple device into a refresbrueiil. We
live in the breath of tne punka, for all
day and Dlght a servant stands by to
fau us. If he halts for one second a
glow of feverish heat steals over us,
and the punka wallan submits mutely
to the castigatiou be deserves and most
inevitably gets. The poor wretches,
possessed, it may be, of more Intellect
than brutes, but undoubtedly of less
instinct aud sagacity, piy their monoto
nous occupation like pieces of iil fitting
machinery. They are certain to fall
asleep unless retained at high pressure
by the constant application of a horse
whip. The second plague in life In IuJia,
fully as moustrous as the lirst, is
servants. Take a professional taau
whose income n 500 rupees, or S-o'J a
mouth. He does not desire, in all
probability, to domesticate himself iu
the cheerless circle of a boarding house
community, where Lis absolute cost to
the amiable landlady will be about 20
rupees iier mouth, ou which he is called
every four weeks to pay 8X ir cent.
He therefore takes a house and becomes,
he blindly imagines, "his own master."
The house is taken. It is situated
in a "compound," which means in
America "its own ground." So spon
taneous is vegetation that a "mallee"
(gardener) is indispensable. I.-t the
master's tastes be ever so much in
clined to till his own garden aud rear
marvels In lotany and horticulture,
the heat forbids him. The pay of the
mallee will vary letween j aud S rupees
per mouth III). The next necessary
cieature is the "mater," or Louse
sweeper a man who always seems the
acme of devoledness and activity, but
who has really a remaikabiy easy life of
It generally. His pay is equal to the
mallee's. The "bhestie," who may be
met with in the tweive signs of the
zodiac under the nomenclature of
"Aquarius," Is the servant to whom
the tractable and sensitive heart most
inclines to be liberal. He tills ins
"umscock" (a sealskin) many times a
day with pure water and replenishes
the bath. He tills the house buckets
and deluges the carriage when it is
being cleaned. Ourgratitude, extreme
as it is, goes no further than rupees.
Then comes the table servants and tlie
cook. I'uiaiiing the list we reach the
"siidiirbearer." This man trims the
lamps aud pulls the punka, mil does
nothing else for the world. His wages
are 7 rupees.
Another aud even more important
man is the bearer. Say, old Indian of
tuirly hot years standing, how often
have ywu blessed this man above others?
He is valet, banker and general pro
tector over all thing you may possess;
he wipes you dry as tinder when you
issue from your bath; he puts your
nose ou wnne you sit on a chair in a
reverie; he does the same good turn for
all the garments you desire to don. He
has your hat and gloves beautifully
prepared for you; betakes charge of
your floating capital in the way of any
odd ruj-ees which you may happen to
leave in your discarded waistcoat, and
you may safely trust him with a thou
sand. He studies your every move
ment aud replaces ail mutilated but
tons; in fact, be is to a great extent a
wife, aud It you give him a full and
valuable wardrobe to be lord and mas
ter over as long as he may stay in your
service, you will find It undiminished
and precisely as you gave it.
If a resident here is a married man
he may, in the nature of things, be
blessed with household gods each god
neds au '"ayah." She is, of course,
a female servant, and the most trouble
some, except the syces, of them all.
The wages of an ayah are very change-
ab.e and uulixed, few under 10 rupees
a month aie of much good, though
some are obtainable at half that sum.
Besides the reguiar ayah to the wire
and each child mere must be the "ma
terauni." It is her business to do
certain things which, if executed by
the others, would lose them their castes.
To leaders versed in ttie technicali
ties of natural history the third plague
or India will be recognizable by the
name of "culex,"but it Is better known
by the name of mosquito. The cur
tains round our beds at night are not
only valuable safeguards against mos
quitoes, but against a hundred other
insects; some of them very repulsive in
i appearance, Grasshoppers, flying bee-
ties, fire flies and others yet more hor
l nble would invade our sanctuary, but
cau only gaze at us through the deli
cate squares of our gauzy prison. They
hum aud buzz untiringly, like the sing
ing llsli of Ceylon, occasionally rising
louder in their melody thau the human
voice. Occasionally you tind a cobra
In your bathroom. He is in size like a
large eel, and Us bite is often fatal.
If you find one always search for an
other.
A tjucer I iiilirell.i.
Frank M. Taylor, the superintendent
of the great ocean pier at Long Branch,
carries a unique silk umbrella. The
handle is topped with hammered gold
from a $o piece found on the beach
last winter. The stick was cut from
one of the leaves of an efoouy table
which came over with the Puritans In
the Mayflower. The ribs are covered
with silk taken from the dress worn
by a lady at the time she was pulled
from before an engine in time to save
her life. The cass, or cover. Is made
from cloth from the catafalque
in the funeral car of President Gar
field.
NEWS IN BRIEF-
It takes S-23,001.000 to
keep our
lidles in silks every year.
A turtle captured ou the
Pacific
coast lately weighed 1 )'( pound.
A man in Maine has a hen which
is sure death on a mouse. He claims
that she often catches several a day.
It has been proposed that the jinri
jkisha, the Jupenese carriage pulled by
ja man, shall be Introduced Into London
streets.
A Clarksville, Iiliuois, turkey
gobbler stole a truinea hen's nest, ?at
on the eggs, hatched the chicks, and is
raising them with great care.
The first slunk seen in the Ken
nebec river for years was captuied a
day or two ago, ;d Fort Pophatu
Beach. It weighed SvfO pounds.
A cucumber four feet long, coiled
like a serpent und resembling nothing
else so muck as a green snake, was
among the curiosities at the Maine
state fair.
Accor ling to the last report of the
United States commissioner of ikmhioiis
there are in Vermont O.liJt", penslonrrs,
drawing annually ir.'t,"'HJ in round
mini bets.
The people of Klmer and vicinity,
in Saiein county. New Jersey, aie
much excited over an unpleasant vis
itor in the shape or a monster snake I't
feet long.
Two greyhounds accompanying a
Washington lady whose purse was
stolen from her joined in the chase
atter the thief and succeeded in head
ing him ol"'.
A 1'lvmouth (Mass ) man has ar
ranged it u elect ne. -aicguard for his
giaieviues. It gives mt i uders such a
shock lLat, it is said, not one Las ever
paid a return v isit.
Two thousand dollars were found
in a lielt left teli;nd by it tramp who
had been giv -n a night's lodging lately
by a Suco (M iu:e) family. He re
turned aud claimed liie money.
New Orleans Las the first regulariv
authorize! Chinese physician iu this
country. He is a er.iduate of a medi
cal school In China, and asked to le
allowed to practice among his own
Country Ji:-n in the l les -e it C ty.
An e.igie f.iin ; oil with a sheep in
Santa Clara County California, re
cently, was interrupted by a farmer.
The bird at once dropiie 1 its prey aud
attacked the man. who was roughly
handled in the light, lie came out
the victor, however.
Forty-two years ago a lawsuit was
begun in lllmo s for the possession of
a pig valued at ;J. As tiguied up a
few days ago, the expenses ou both
sides had amounted to about JT.ooo.
I-ach contestant was determined to
Lave the w hole hog or none.
A case of remarkable gull Is le
poited from the vicinity of lidmoie,
Michigan. A man who had been hiied
to sow some clover seed went through
, the motions, but kept the seed Iti the
! bag, and then earned it Lome and
sowed It upon hu own ground.
iVhen lightning struck Baxter
Vaughau of strother. Missouri, it cut
a hole like a luii.et hole m his hat, ran
around the rim, then down his back
clear to his Le. Is, tearing off in its en
tire course a narrow s'.np of skin, and
jet Mr. Vatighan lives to tell Lis queer
exiei ience.
There lives in Troy, Mo., a
little girl about H years old, whose Lead
is almost mi iron gray, and it is steadily
and percei Libly grow ing grayer, ami
Uie prei-ent indlc.it ions are that long
before she reaches womanhood her ouc.
raven-black hair will have liecome.
snow-w hite. Fright caused the change
iu color.
The recent ut iiiatlou of Frauzini's
skin to cover card cases has reminded
the Parisians of the old human-skin
tanneries at St iiisimig and Meudon,
where the skins of the victims of the
guillotine were made into book leather.
Works i;i this binding may still l
see a in tha catalogues of sales.
A mysterious voice that was hear'
iu ;"' empty house in Washington and
supposed to l e that of a small boy was
investigated by a policeman. On en
tering he plainly heard the cry of
"aunty," which in a moment changed
to "mamma." The souud was traced
and the source found to lie a lau.e
parrot perched on the back of nil old
chair.
Au autograph letter of Balzac
has just bee-u made public, which teils
that he once dreamed of great treasure
being buried In Corsica, and he set out
alone to ?eek it. Want of lunds, how
ever, hampered him, and before he
itactif.l Ajacclo Le Lad lost faith in Lis
enUrpilse, and decidel to return to
Paris. But from th.s incident Ilum.is
derived the inspiration of "Monte
Cristo."
A tuikev gobbler owned by a
farmer near llockviile,llis., lights hens
from their nests and covers and hatches
the eggs himself. He seems to take
great delight in these acts, and plaits
tlie mother to iiei feet ion with the
young cticlis. As he makes a good
parent he is left a one iu his strange
ways, aud is the curiosity of the
neighborhood.
Peter Tobias, a'larmer. w.is trine -i
in rather a peculiar way, at Spring
tield, Ohio, the other day. He was
out di lying when his carriage was
struck by a railroad train and a piece
of the wheel tlie driven through his
skull, pinioning him to the ground.
The combined stieugth of two men
was necessary to withdraw the tire.
A monster joss, made of paper.
and measuring lvo feet In length by 5
in height, was lately received iu San
Francisco from the Floweiy Kingdom.
It was to be carried by sixty priests m
a parade of San Francisco Cuinameu
that was expected to eclipse anything
of the kind ever seen iu the Golden
Gate City.
On a recent evening scores of birds
swooped down ou New Haven, Conn.
They were a varied lot, including
thrush, linnets, humming, cat birds,
elc. Many invaded residences and
were captured, but most of them
perched on the telegraph and electric
light wires until morning, when they
departed as mysteriously as they came.
An exciting scene was witnessed
recently in a menagerie near London.
A middle iig.-d lady visitor, with au
infant in Ler arms, bel l the child for
ward to look at leopards in a cage.
One of the animals put a paw between
the bars and struck tha child, knocking
it from the woman's arms- The
woman struck at the beast, but he
caught her arm, pulled it into the cage,
and got her hand Into his mouth. She
was rescued by the attendants, but not
before her hand Lad been seriously injured.
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