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MTU WARD K4Bh.
I ll onn if trn ! Life l nut .He without Ulet;
ii brlnbte-t inoruini? only make me mourn ;
113 i ... ......... v Hub a luri aliAiit .....
For our u-.i ' , , ... .uvhiuiv,
Gently i-omieis an't hastens my return.
Ill n return: Though crowds should ask
niy Mavini:.
Bethink you. van the wish of friends, though
m.,uiw.ti fur the itrlef of lonn delavlnir.
Ihat Mails my heart, that loniis to see you.
dcir?
1 11 soon return!
Owlll you watch my corn-
lll.
evening shadows Tell
each mount and
item
When the great world has ceased Its busy hum-
niliiL'
And stillness hangs on all things like a spell?
Oh as 1 !'r you my love grows stronger.
And 'lavs uro Lirk, and dark, and darker
it 111";
And then come tar, when thoughts can come
no longer ;
I II -.'U r. tui ii ; soon, soon, my own, I will.
from tht Avterlcan Iaraelit.
THE CREEPING PLANT.
A 8TORT.
Toor llarnniond managed to get a
month's leave at the same as time myself.
That was how we came to join hands
and arrange for the trip to Formosa.
I wish I had worked on for a year
longer now, with all my heart.
We crossed from Amoy to Taiwan, a
big town on the west coast of Formosa,
and made our preparations for getting
well into the wiUs. Yon see, we had
both been in China a matter of ten
years, and could pass muster very well
with onr knowledge of two or three
dialects of the deadfnlly profuse lan
guage of the Empire. And so we ex
pected to get along all right I to
shoot a variety of strange quadrupeds
end feathered creatures, and Hammond
to enlarge his already very copious col
lection of plants and grasses.
1 never knew a man more enthusias
tic about his hobby than was Hammond
about his specimens. It cost him
many a groan to leave them on the
mainland. Bnt for the infinite annoy
ance they would have cost us both, he
would have carried them with him to
Formosa. They filled eight boxes as
big as American travelling trunks
what with their layers of wool and
thick blotting paper, and the camphor
wcod cases in which the different species
reposed apart from each other. Poor
old chap! he might have pleased him
self in the matter. I wish he had, for
bis interest in the things might have
kept him from the craze that killed
tint.
For a week we had a very agreeable
time in the bungalow of a certain
Scotch missionary whose name will be
a familiar memory to every European
who has stayed awhile in the island.
He was indeed is a very remarkable
man, and a credit to the Anglo-Saxon
race. If every man had his dne, he
ought to be acknowledged as Governor
general of Formosa; though I doubt I
he would refuse the dignity. This by
the way. And yet I ought to mention
him if only for the earnest warning he
gave us about the vermin and reptiles
of the interior. We spent two days in
journeying from his house to the woods
in which we proposed to camp for a
fortnight, as happy as Adam and Eve
before the Fall.
The forest scenery was magnificent,
but the brake of brambles and flower
ing creepers which malted themselves
between the tree trunks made progress
very Blow. We did not stick to the
tracks: otherwise, of course, it would
have been different. And we were
repaid for onr labor by the strange crea
tures I shot, and by many a grass and
flower which Hammond was as elated
over as a mother with her first child.
Two more days passed, and we pro
nounced our holiday a success. Then
.Hammond sickened of a fever or a sun
stroke, I could not determine which.
He became delirious, and X feared he
would die. I must Bay the native
Formosaas, for all their savage look
they were all bnt naked in this part of
the island were very kind. They
brought me various juices and simples,
which they urged me to use upon the
invalid, iiut I was afraid to do that.
I preferred to rely upon cold sponging
and the quinine in our medicine chest.
' On the seventh night of his illness,
when he was so quiet and improved in
tone that I thought I conld leave him
in charge of Wan Tan, our little native
aide-de-camp, and get a good sleep my
felf, I was suddenly awoke by the boy
with the words ,'He has cone!' True
enough, Hammond had evaded his
guard and run off into the woods in
his 'pyjamas.' I was dreadfully
alarmed. Without loss of time, how
ever, the boy and I set out in pursuit;
and after about half an honr we caught
him np as he was returning with bent
head and puckered brow, but looking
as free from delirium as man could.
'Why, my dear folio,' I said, 'what
in the world led you to do so mad a
thing?"
Hammond gazed at me indifferently
for a moment. It was iust as if he had
Dyet ?,ot his 6ense9 fully afte had j
uigui. men.
with a good deal of ex-
citement, he
him.
bade me congratulate
'I'pon what?' I a?ked.
'l,.vn not remember, he replied,
now we two have talked about the
possible existence of plants that move
from one (.pot to another with the
attie freedom as we conceited bipeds?
Well, I've solved i hat problem. They
aoenst But I cun't I really can't
niake ont suti.-dactorilv whether they
k 7 the Iercise of volition, or
whether they are transported in spite
oi themselves. It's not a bit of use
troubling the Lritish Association on
the subject until we have settled that
is it?
I was half disposed to langh at him
waen he said this. Bnt the mysterious
na qmte unusual kind of earnestness
in his expression while he was speak
ing not only deterred me, bat even
fcgsm mmle me feel i.neasv about him.
Ion are not serious, Hammond?' I
wid. And besides, old fellow, it's very
wrong ot you to run awav in this fash
ion. Not to sneak or the fright you
rTn i1116' yon U Clit,iu tt hill, and we
A'ill have that fever biu-iuess all over
"gain.
lever business! What do you
mean?
?h-v-, Tu know you have been
ill,
re not well yel
"ght along to bed oin
yet; and so come '
i,?k 8alJ Dotuln to this, but allowed
we boy and me to tike care of him. I
8,'v he looked a strange object
'rapped ,, in the blue blanket which
him BeVcd for the Impose when after
n m, and especially when the moon
"one upon him through the teak-trees
M the forest. The scurrying among
the branches overhead seemed to im
i i .e monKeysalso found him
KV" ' 8t-r fr heir nerves.
Ski? f h r ,n tbe ofternoon, and
to t . mce and other matters
" perfectly rational manner. It
seems he had written to Pekin, begging
..wuidu hum nmoj; ana ne als-
oussed the chances of a favorable reply
to his letter rationally enough, thoug h
with a disregard for the bereavement
that 1 in that case should suffer which
puzzled me. For he was naturally the
most unselfish of men; and he had oyer
and over again a .id he would never
leave Amoy without me, and that he
would never be left in it if I was ap
pointed Vice-consul elsewhere.
Towards sunset hn lwma m,;ui
I did not like the metal ic glitter in his
It recalled to me in Tn nlv mm.
ner a certain visit I hat paid to a
Chinese madhouse a little time pre -
viously. He was irrit ible. moreover,
"u wuuiu not let me touch his pulse.
When I wanted him tn come into the
lint for the night, he objected.
'No Randolph,' he said, 'not till the
moon there also goes to bed in the an
tipodes. I particularly mean to be
awake to-night.'
Why?' I asked.
Because I am as sure as I stand
here that I saw one last night, and it
was when the moon was high. I reckon
it went at about the rate of a yard a
minute. I mean to secure it; and I
should very much like to photograph
it before nabbinsr it.'
What are you talking about, old Just beyond Cape Ldsburne, on the
chap?' I asked again, with the dismal : Arctio coast of Alaska, some five hun
fear at my heart that the fever or sun- dred mies above Behring Straits, are
stroke had affected his brain. extensive coal mines. The coal Is easily
a ne creeping plant, Randolph. It
was, as well as 1 conld guess at it. nine
feet long, with flowers all the way
along it the calyx a bright blue. I
never saw anything so odd since 1 was
born. Do you know, 1 almost lost my
senses in a sort of excitment over it;
and I supposa it cot awav in the mean-
time, for when I tried to find it agiin.
I couldn't!'
I could only st ire at him in bewilder
ment. He was cer:aiuly not joking;
auuyei tne idea of a plant or this de
scnption was to my unobservant in
teuigence perfectly ridiculous.
isut poor Hammond did not like mv
inerednlonn bw.lr 'Ynn Anr.'t Ki,i;Ql.
me, I see!" he exclaimed pettishlv.
'That's ever the wav with vou nractical
fellows. T m thanlrfnl I'm nnt i.rn.
ticaL Anvhow. too. I mean to set it
this night, alive or dead that's a clear
thing.
'No, no; please, don't think of it,"
I entreated. 'Wait till you're a bit
stronger, and then if you like, we'll do
nothing else but hunt this crawling
beanstalk, or whatever it is.'
'I am as strong as ever I was, if I
may judge by my feeFngs, and so yon
may as well make up yo r mind to my
going. Remember, Randolph, that
I'm your senior in the service, and I
won't put up with dictation Tom you
or any other man of your tim t of
life.'
I could only shrug my shoulders, and
suggest to him as casually as possible
that of course I had no right to interfere
with his movement, but that for his
own sake he ought not to go off in
'pyjamas' aain, as he did before.
'Yen, that was indiscreet,' the de ir
old fellow observed with a smile.
We hnmored him for the rest of the
even ng, and at length he fell asleep in
his bamboo couch chair, and wecovered
him lightly and arranged the mosquito
curtains to protect him as much as
possible.
But I had no intention of going to
bed. Somehow or other, I fancied he
wonld wake and start off into the
woods just as he had done before. At
the back of my mind I confess too,
there was a thin phantom of curiosity
about the shape nine feet long, with,
flowers upon it, which had fitted so
well with Hammond s ideal of a creep
ing plant.
Accordingly, I lit my pipe and read
the North China Herald until 1 began
to feel drowsy. The paper had
dropped from my hands, and I was
pondering weakly about the likelihood
of some good-natured senior in the serv
ice resolving to retire or to die for
the good of his juniors, when I heard a
rustling. My eyes opened sharply.
Yes; it was as, wth electrical prompti
tude, I had surmised: Hammond was
bolt nprighr, staring at the moonshine
outside, and pushing the curtains away
from him. I did not move, but
watched him between my half-closed
eyelids.
Consciousness seemed to come upon
him all in a moment. He bounded
from the chair and made for the door.
Then, with a loc k I tdiall never forget,
he turned back and huatche I up the
same bine blanket I had wrapped him
in before. He tlnng it over his shoul
ders and sped into the open air. I fol
lowed him. And 1 had to be brisk, or
else I should soon have lost sight of
him: for the dark limbj of the trees
were thick enough to hide him for a
quarter of a minute at a time. It was
a strange chase, this in the murmurous
night, with ever and anon the start ei
cry from a parrot or a monkey resound
ing in the air. A barred tailed pheas
ant shot over my head with a whir that
would have made a man nnu&ed to such
noises wonder what was happening.
Bats, too, went to and fro in the moon
light, now and then ecli; sing the planet
completely,
I don't know how long I followed
the poor fellow; I know only that I
was much torn by the thorns on the
rose-bushes which impeded my move'
ments. How sweet was the perfume of
these blossoms in the cool, humid
night-air, I can recall at this moment
distinctly. i
It was almost by accident that I at
lenglh came npou Hammond. He was
stooping and peering here and there
about a small spot of commou grass
with holes in the ground and a thicket
of bramble and clematis at one side.
I did not notice it at first; but there
was a woof of passion-flowers hanging
from one of the boughs of a tree just
over him. One the flowers was a
superb specimen with a 'dazzling
in the shade, I watched
him. He began to poke amonp the
brambles with a bit of sticks Then
there was a movement, and with an ex
clamation of 'Did I not say sol' Ham-
mond stepped tenderly aside while a
great snake crept forth with an angry '
hiss and a noise of its head. I had time '
to see that its body from the shoulder
was beautifully marked much as Ham
mond had described his plant; but
time for no more. The poor fellow
had bent down and ma le a snatch at
the rentile: at the same instaut the
snake had darted at In in and bitten him
over the eye. And when l naa rusnea
to the plaoe, the snake had gone, and
Hammond was holding both hands to
his face and looking about bim wi'h an
awfully dazed expression. The shook
had brought him wholly to his right
mind!
On our wav back, he commented on
his folly as if it had been the action of
some one else.' Bat the. pain. of the
venom in him' had already begun to
tell. . Between us we had done what
we could as precautionary measures,
though this was little enough.
He waa prepared for what followed
ou mucn piepareu that he made me
write his will for him the moment we
re-entored the hut. I did it on a piece
i., iissue-paper, tne only avail-
uij material. The swelling all the
time was getting worse and worse; nor
was his agony in the least abateJ bv
the fat and oil which Wan Tan robbed
upon it.
the poor fellow died at eleven
o clock, after suffering fearfully Al
most nis last words were these, with
u attempt at
a smile that nearlv set
I " cr-T n?. "A1" tt ass I was, to be
. UOW!
' j Jor? ,e,t tDe place, and when we
I had buried him, I made my way again
ruui wuere ne naa mot his doom,
and pulled down the aprav of passion-
I wuicu una arooped over him
when he was bitten. This flower,
, dried, and nnder glass, is one of various
articles that serve as mementos of in-
v.uouui in utj career incidents I am
glad to say, not always so tragical as
THE MIDNIGHT SDN.
HERBERT L. AXDRICH.
mineu, ana vue atciio wnaiesnipa malt
uese mines a rendezvous.
I ln midsummer there is a period of a
'ew weeks when little or no wh ling
eHa e done on account of the ioa.
, During this period a "lender" arrives
' trom San Fraucisco with supplies of
reBh provisions, the mail, e:c. and
c arries back whatever whalebone and
oil the whalers mv have secured.
The arrival of the tendec is the most
important and most looked-for ward to ol
any event of . the season, as she is the
only link that connects the whalemen
with the outside world, during a per od
u,"eu' ur uiuuiua.
I Ibis midsummer period is durinfl
; the tlme of the midnight sun, and there
18 continuous uayngut lor about six
I Weeks.
' 1 1887, twenty-three whale-ships lay
at anchor off these mines. Shifts of
men were working during the twenty
four hours of continuous daylight, lay
ing in coal for the coming cold days
and nights of autumn. Every one of
the eight hundred and fifty, or more,
( men frequently scanned the horizon,
eager for tbe appearance of the tender;
for it was th middle of Jnly, and not
a word had been heard from home
since the mid. lie of March. Day after
day the sun bad coursed around the
horizon, bnt not dipped below it One
vessel after another laid in its supply
! of coal, and was anxions to be off, but
still no tender came. She was due the
first week in July, but the 12th, 13th,
14th and 15th of the month came, and
yet no news from her.
Regular watches were kept on b ard
the vessels as if the sun rose at five
o'clock in the morning and set at six at
night. Even our rooster clung to his
old habits and slept through the night
of daylight, not deigning to erow until
between four and five o'clock in the
morning. The various masters, anx
ious to be off, met first on this vessel,
then on that, to discuss the delay in
the arrival of the tender and to decide
upon a united course of action in case
she did not appear soon.
Toward noon on the lfith, a faint
mirage was seen off the cape. Very
little air was otirring, and the mirage
grew more and more distinct until the
tender was seen in every spar and sail,
clearly outlined on the smooth sea as if
drawn on glass. Bat she was keel
up!
Three hours later, the vessel's hull
was in full view above the horizon.
She was under full sail with flags and
colors at the mastheads, bearing the
joyous signal of news from home.
It was nearly eleven o'clock before
she reached her anchorage. Not to
waste any time, the captain had a boat
lowered, and before the tender's auchor
was let go, we were alongside.
No words can describe the situat on
or feelings as we reached the deck.
Hands were shaken, a few anxious
inquiries hurriedly made, and then
each man betook himself to some quiet
corner with his letters, to read the
messages from the loved ones at home.
As 1 sat on the rail, looking astern
of the vessel, dreamily picturing scenes
at home, I looked out over the vast ex
panse of ocean. Here and there floated
a cake of ice. All was so still, so
solemn, yet in tune with my thoughts.
The short, choppy sea kept the rnddei
creifmg. The sun, far above thq
horizon, cast a dear, yellow light so
clear that the distant hills on shore
were distinct in every contour and thq
rigging of every vessel riding at anchor
on the short, rolling sea was sharp in
outline.
With my camera resting on my knee,
I took an instantaneons photograph as
the sun came out from behind a veil o
clouds and cast its long sheen over thq
sea, from the horizon almost to tbe very
stern of the vessel.
Eutirely wrapped in my reverie, 1
sat watching tbe ceaseless sea, and the
glow of the sunlight, thinking only of
the world so many thousands of miles
away. Four months of hardship and
danger were yet ahead of us. This,
i ttle craft would carry our messages
home, but with her would go all com-
mnuicution with the world until onr-
selves entered port What changes
might these months bring forth!
"Man the 'Lucretia's' boat," was the
rude intrusion upon my reverie, and
five strong cars were soon carrying us
to onr own vessel.
j As the captain and I came over the
rail, the man at the wheel struck eight
bells.
j ".Inst midnight," said the captain.
"And here is the midnight sun," I
added. Suiting my action to my words,
1 1 took another picture lookingoff toward
the vessels that lay straining gently at
. their anchor-cables.
Yellow as the light was, both pictures
came out wen. t tne aetau may do
lacking; bnt the pictures bring back a
flood of recollections as they recall the
dangers of that season in the Arctic,
and our isolation from home oiviliza-
tion, and the world. St. Nicholas.
Cruel Hangings iu Austria.
it appears n-nm a report on capiZk
Kuntshments which has "just been laid
cfore the Parliament of Austria and Hun
girv that executions in that country arc
carried out in an inconceivably barbnroui
manner. The convict is placed on the
gTound, where he stands with a long robs
round his neck-, which presently jeikj
him off his leg, and he remains struggling
horribly in the air for seven! minutes.
A convict is never strangled in less than
fieven minutes, and often the Opcmtioa
tiikcs a quarter of an hour, and the pool
ri etch is usually Conscious, or nearly
conscious, during the greater tUlQS tM
fUna.r-filw Vorlt Joutnal
Date Palms In California.
The date is found growing in a
number of localities in California,
and there can be no doubt that when
tbe methods of planting and reproduc
tion are better understood they will
multiply rapidly throughout the interi
or of the State. They have been suc
cessfully grown at Santa. Barbara,
Riverside, Pomona, Ontario, Santa
Ana, Elsinore, Winters, Newcastle, as
weli a in other localities. At the
second citrus fair in Sacramento,
there was a fine exhidit of both the red
or hina date, and also the white
dates, by S. C. and J. It. Wolfskin of
Winters, Yolo County. The seeds of
these trees were planted in 1857, and
had been obtained from some of the
common dried dates purchased iu San
Franc! 9co.
The little trees only grew about one
foot each year, and were twenty
years old before they bore any fruit.
Tbe red date had ripened perfectly
but the white had not. It was thought
by the Wolfskills that the season here
was too short to ripen this fruit. It is
probably due to the fact that the stain
inate and pistillate flowers were not
near enough to each other, so that one
could fertilize the other. To facilitate
this, in the date regions the trees are
planted near each other, aud about one
male to twenty female trees. The
white dates exhibited were about an
inch and a quarter long, while tbe red
date was considerably smaller. Mr.
J. W. Smvth of New.astle, in Placer
County, has the r. d or China date in
bearing. At Santa Barbara and at
Riverside, as well as in a few other
places in this State, the date is now
bearing fruit. Recent inquiries show
that a large number of young date
trees are now growing in California,
and have not been affected by our win
ter. Most of these were grown from
the seed and it will be years before
any number of these come into bear
ing. How the Great Lakes Were Named
T. e names of the great Jakes of
America are generally of Indian origin.
The early discoverers of Ontario called
it "St. Louis," and afterwards the
early French called it "Lake Fron
tenac," after the governor. The Eng
lish when they first claimed dominion,
called it "Katarakui, or Ontario;"
Mitchell called it ''Catarakui," and
Pownall the same, but the name "On
tario" was the one always used. Huron
was named from the Indian tribe on
its shores when first discovered. From
Homans, 1706, and De L'Isle, 17z9, it
received the alias of "Mlchigsn;"
Hennepin, 1698, and Coxe, 1721,
called it "Huron, or Karcgnondi;"
Washington's journal 1754, calls it
"Quatoghi, or Huron."
Lake Michigan, persistently called
at first "Illinois," was called "Michi
gan" first by Sener in 1741, since
which time it has been generally
known by that name. Chainplaiu, the
first typographer of Lake Sup"rior,
called it "Grand Lac." The wonder
ful Jesuit map called it "Tracy, or
Superior." Coxe and Sener called it
by an alias after the Sioux, or, as
they were then called. Nadoussians, on
its shores. Lake Erie received its
name from the Eries on its banks, and
uniformly retained the name. The
Eries were know i as the Cat nation;
therefore some early writers call it
"Felis" and "Du Chat." Sener called
it "Cadaragua." Washington's jour
nal, Mitchell and Pownall called it
"Okswego."
The Star of Bethlehem.
Astronomical calculations show (ha.
a most interesting phenomenon will
occur in the course of 1890. A sixth
star will be added to the five fixed stars
forming the constellation of Cas
siopeia. If this star should ap
pear in 1890 it will have been seen
seven times since the beginning of he
Christian era. It was discovered last
time by Tycho de Brahe in 1572, who
described it as a star of extraordinary
brightness, which outshone the stars of
first magnitude, and could be seen in
the light of day. But after three
weeks the brightness faded, and after
having been visible for seventeen
months it disappeared as suddenly as it
had come. The star is on record in the
annals of 1654 a. d., and of 945 a. d.,
during the Emperor Otto's rein.
It has been supposed that this
heavenly body is the identical Star of
Bethlehem, and it seems to appear onco
in about 315 years. Now, if it be cal
culated backwards from 945, that
would make its appearance coincident
with the date of the birth of Christ,
and when the calculation is made from
945 forward, the star was due in 1200,
1575, and 1890. Dr. Palisa, of the
Vienna Observatory, who has been
questioned on the subject, says that
there are no proofs that the Tvchonian
Star and the star of 945 are identical.
There are many stars which return
after a lapse of several years, but there
is no authority for the certain return
of a star not seen since 1572.
Steam Navigation on the Nile.
The monopoly of passenger 6teamers
for tourist traffic on the Nile has ceased.
A new Egyptian as.-ociation has been
formed, styled the "Thewfikieh" Com
pany, who are the owners of a number
of steamers, which have been specially
and luxuriously fitted for a regular
service of passengers desiring to as
cend the river, from Cairo to the first
Cataract, visiting the antiquities on
the banks. The formation of this
company has been sanctioned by a de
cree of the Khedive, who has mani
fested much interest in the euceess of
the enterprise.
The commencement of its operations
has just been inaugurated by a person
al visit of the Khedive, for an inspec
tion of the vessels and a reception on
board the steamer El Khedive. At
tbe entrance to the docks of the com
pany an imposing triumphal arch was
erected, the workshops and docks
were gaily ornamented by flags and
trophies, and the line of approach was
covered with rich carpets; a large
crowd was assembled, and the Khedive
! who was accompanied by the chief
pf his Cabinet and two Aides-de-Camp
i was received with loud demonstra
tions of loyalty.
The president of the company (Ros
tovitz Bey), and several of tbe direc
tors, received hit Highness on board,
and the inspection which took place
was of a most minute character, the
Khedive even descending Into the en-no-room.
The saloon, ladies' Bou
doir, smoking-room, and all pans of
the steamer are illuminated by 80 xlec-
tric lights of a total power of 2500
caudles, and the decorations of the.
apartments are of the most elegant and
luxurious character. In proposing the
toast "Success to the Thewfikieh Com
pany," his lliglmet expressed his
deep interest in tbe enterprise, and
warmly congratulated the president
and officers of the company.
Drinking of European Nations.
Dr. Kate Mitchell deals very capably
from the point of view of the total
abstainer with "The Drink Question :
Its Social and Medical Aspects."
Treating first of the State and Society
in their Re ation to the Diink Ques
tion, she proceeds to discuss the his
tory and nature of alcohol and its dis
posal iu the organism. Then she con
siders the inoriality and diseases due to
alcohol, and closes her work with re
marks on its social and educational
bearings. Dr. Mitchell, of course,
areues for legislative interference with
drinking customs, and she gathers into
compact compass every fact and rea
soning on her ido.
The annual conumption in Bel
gium, per capita," she observes, "is
9-20 litres of spirits, and 16-9 beer; in
the British Isles it is 5-37 spirits, and
14-30 beer; Russia, about 16 litres
spirits, and 4-5 beer; France, 7-29
spirits, 11-9 litres of wine, and 21-10
of beer; Germany, 8-60 spirits, and
6-5 beer; Holland, 9-87 spirits, and
27 beer." Denmark, it would appear,
shows the highest rate of all as regards
the strongest form of alcoholic liquors,
and Norway the lowes' ; but in the lat
ter country tot a abstinence societies
are working with great activity and
success.
Carlyle's Picture of Frederick the Great.
"The man is not of godlike physi
ognomy, any more than of imposing
stature and costume; close-shut mouth,
wilh thin lips, prominent jaws and
nose;; receding brow; by no means of
Olympian height ; bead, however, is
of long form, and has superlative gray
eyes iu it. Not what is called
a beautiful man; nor yet, by all
appearance, what is called a happv.
On the contrary, the face bears evi
dence of many sorrows, as thev are
termed, of much hard labor done in
this world; and seems to anticipate
nothing but more still coming.
Quiet stocism, capable of what joy
there were, but not expecting an vthins:
worth mention; great unconscious,
and some conscious pride, well tem
pered with a cheery mockery of hu
morare written on that old face;
which carries its chin well forward, in
spite of the slight stoop about the neck ;
snuffy nose, rather flung into the air,
under its old cocked hat like an old
snuffy lion on the wa cj; and such a
puir of eyes as uo man, or lion, or
lynx of that century bore elsewhere,
accwliug .to all the testimony we have.
Most excellent poient brilliant eyes,
swift-darting as the 6tars, steadfast as
the sun; gray, we said, of the azure-
pray color; large enough, not of glar
ing size; tie habitual expression ol
them, vigilance and penetrating sense,
rapidly vesting on depth. Which is an
excellent.-combination; and gives us
the notion of a lambent outer radiance
springing from some great inner sea
of light and fire in the man.
The voice, if he speaks to you, is of
similar physiognomy clear melodious,
and sonorous; all tones are In it, from
that of ingenuous inquiry, graceful
sociality, lUht-flowing banter (rather
prickly for most part), up to definite
word of command, up to desolating
word of rebuke and reprobation. . . .
J.iet about threescore and ten years
ago his t-peakings came to Jfnis in this
World of Timo; and he vanished from
all eyes Into other worlds, leaving
much inquiry about him in the minds
of men, which as my readers and I
may feel too well, is not by any means
satisfied."
Writing for the Press.
To descend to particulars of an ex
ternal kind, let me specify that the
young writer should be careful about
the exterior, the mccbauica' part, of
his or her manuscript. Articles for
papers or books for publication should
be very plainly written with black Ink,
on white or tinted paper, of which
only one side must be used, says a
writer in Ilarrer's Young People.
The reasons for this rule are not arbi
trary, but are founded on the conven
ience of sevetal people the editor
who decides upon the value of the
manuscript, the compositor who sets it
up, and the proofreader who revises it.
It is well, if your hand is not a clear
one, or if your spelling is a trifle orig
inal, or your punctuation is weak, that
your atircle, poem or story should be
plainly copied in typewriting.
The cost of this copying, if you
have not a machine of your own, is not
excessive. Do not tie your sheets of
paper together with bows of ribb ns,
as girls are accustomed to fasten their
school compositions when entering
them in competition for a prize.
Number your pages with care. Never
roll your manuscript, but, if possible,
send it flat and unfolded to the editor
in an envelope large enough to hold it
securely. If folded, this should be
done once through the m ddle, in pre
ference to any other way, and never i
ei.d a rough draught, disfigured with
erasure?, corrections, and after,
thoughts.
The size of your paper is unimpor
tant; you may use any size you please,
from commercial note to foolscap,
though the smaller size is regarded
with perhaps the greater favor in edi
torial offices. Of one thing be assured,
good work is always regarded with
respect, and remarkable work, if from
a new writer, meets a very cordial
welcome. Hundreds of people, how
ever, arc "writing, and the exception
ally successful one must have persist
ence, patience and a grim determina
tion to conquer a position, minding no
rebuffs, but forging ahea.1 in the teeth
of repeated disappointments.
Cleveland was the only President to, j
deliver bis Inaugratton address ex
tempore. Fillmore made no inaugural.
Garfield was the first President to
make ary pol tlcal speeches in a foreign
tongue. Herman was usei. I
One of tbe curiosities of Nashua, Is.
H is a twin tre- made up of a maple
and an elm, wtilcb havegrown together
at a point about ten feet from the
ground.
MOW IS IMMORTALITY.
it not blindfold. Soul, and sigh
Kor the Immortal by and by 1
Dreamer, eck not JJcavcn ti
On the shores of some drange start
This a star Is this, thine Earth I
Here the germ awake to blr'K
Of UO'J'i sacred life In tlieo
Heir of Immortality
Inmost heaven its radiance pourt
Konnd thy windows, at thy doors.
Asking but to be let In ;
Waiting to flood out thy sm.
Offering thee unfailing health,
l-ove's refreshment, boundless trcaltn,
Voices at thy life j Bute say
"Be Immortal, soul, to day "
Tnou canst shut the splendor out'
Darken every room with doubt.
rom the entering niiguls hliia
t'ndcr tinseled wefts of pride,
Whilo the pure in heart behold
.od In every rtnwce unfold
While the poor His kingdom hiro,
Kcigning with Him every where,
Oh, let Christ sua sunsmne In
f.et His love its sweet wy wlui
Xothlng human Is too mean
Vo receive the King unseen:
Not a pleasure or a care
Out celestial robes may wear
Impulse, though and action ma
Live Immortally to day.
fUiance not id scales of time
Deathless destinies sublime
What vague future can weigh dowsi
This great Now that Is thine own'
Love were miserly that gave
Only gifts beyond the grave.
Heaven mukes every earth-plant thrift
All things are tn God alive.
Oh, the stifled bliss and mirth
At tne weary heart of Karth.
We. her children mi,hi . . w .
Songs would from her bosom break
Toil, unfettered from its curse.
God's glad purpose would rehearse.
i wiu mm we unorrstooa
Of creation "It is good,
Poul, perceive thy perfect hour
Let thy life burst Into flower'
Heaven is opening to bestow
More than thou cinst think or know.'
Now to thy true hclijlit arise)
Kntcr now thy Paradise)
In to-day, to-morrow see
t'ow Is immortality
- l.uc l-ari nm in rhria" ''
A Banker's Experience With Brigands.
fliguov vmgo. one of the wealthiest
bankers nod most extensive land owners
of Sicily, has just effected hi;
ick-nsc fiom a captivity of twenty one
days in the mountains by the psymeut of
n lausom of one hundred thousand del
lars to the briauds ho had kidnappeJ
him. Twcuu -one days had elapsed be
fore the negotiations on the subject wcrs
completed, and dui ing this time the cap
tive millionaire lived hi a mountain cave.
sleeping on a buudlc of hay, uud forced
to cod tent himself mth a lct ol black
bread, fruit, and a chenp, bin very pow
erful MaraU w ine. On the day of his
release, he had not cone far hen he hap
pened to meet a patrol of thtcc catabini-.
en. bo rugged, unkempt. nrt generally
disreputable did ho appear to thcin, that
the worthy gendarmes were convinced
that he was one of the band of bnnditt
for whom they were buoting, while hs
was equally con firmed iu his" belief, that
the gendarmes were uothicg but -brigands
in disguise. It was tint until tht
police-station at the gate-rf Palermo waj
reached that the car ibioicri became as
sured of his identity mid consented to cut
the cords with which they had -secure d
bim. I Argonaut.
1 Shrinking Desert.
Atrendy the area ot California's ac5e
rnnds is shrinking like the waters of Lake
Tulare, and it will be only a few years
before it wilt no longer be seen on tht
maps of the btate. Every day people ar
finding out that desnt docs not mean
incclairaable. and that underneath
the gray and drab desolation of
these laoiU lies the lichest of fertility
All the elements of productiveness are
latent there, sod only .need the- revivi
fying influence of water to wake inte
activity uud usefulness: Eastern capital
ists have not been slow to see this and to
act accordingly. The latest cvidenct
comes from Chicago, where it Is said, a
gigantic scheme is on foot for irrigating
ivcr 300,000 acres of desett land in
Southern California. This is to be accom
phshod by Impounding the waters from
the mountains in immense storage reser
voirs, whence it will be conducted to the
land by n system of pipes, ditches, and
flumes. This is jnt what has been 'doi-t
at .Itivcrside, Rcdlands, Los Angeles
Pasadena, Fresno, and a score "of other
places, where the mults have been mo
gratifying and the profits ample. ISao
Fraucisco Chronicle
The Irrepressible Chinese.
The Chinese seem to be irrepressi
ble. They manage somehow or other
to go into the country along tbe
boundaries.
Already it is calculated some 200,000
Chinese are located in the United
States, and with unrestricted emigra
tion it is feared the country would
soon be overrun by them, as they are
glad ta escape from the wretched con
ditions under which they have to live
in some of the provinces at home,
where they have a constant struggle
for existence against over-crowding,
famines and other devastating causes.
The Chinese are detested because
they never enter the brotherhood of
citizenship as other foreigners do.
Western civilization recedes as the
Chinese gain a footing.
This experience is not confined to
America. It is said to prevail in al!
countries where the Chinese are found
in large numbers. In the Philippine
Islands, which they have inhabited for
the past three hundred yesrs, they
show no signs of change. Thev retain
all the habits and vices of their owu
land. Not only have they maintained
their social characteristics, but in near
ly every instance they have proved
themselves stronger so far as tbo ac
quisition of material wealth and ad
vantage is concerned.
Even the young Chinese born on
American soil have all tbe habits,
superstitions, vices, and customs of
their fathers. Any advantage which
may be gained from their cheap labor
must be moro than lost by the evils
they bring upon the country by the
spread of the opium habit, gambling,
and other vices peculiar to tbe Mon
golian. In San Francisco the Chinese have
o far become masters of the situation
that they are governed by secret tri
bunals, and have a regular organiza
tion for thwarting the operations of
the law by 'removing witnesses," en
forcing perjury, and other methods.
The e is a decided objection among
mothers to t le adoption of tbe extreme
decolette styles, worn by the older wo
men of society, by girls in their first
r second seas or
COR BALED THE BRIDE.
The Strange Wedding of Big Charlie and
Msetutsa Hanci
Tht Border Wadding A Komancer With a
Rope Lassoes tht "Bell of tht Sags
Brash" at Big Horn Basin Tht Twain
Wert Ons' d.
"Plots for stories have not all been
used, as some people assert," remark
ed W. A. Jennings, of Wyoming, in
the Colonnade one evening. "A friend
of mine." he continued, "who lives
out iu the cattle country of the Big
Horn basin was a witness in 1& to
one of the most remarkable weddings
ot which I have ever heard. At that
time a few settlers had gathered in and
formed the nucleus of what is now a
prosperous farming- region, but the
sway of the cowboy was undisputed.
The first wedding la that section on
Owl Creek was that of Big Charlie and
Meetutse Nance, a native sage-bru9h
belle. The bride and groom came
sevonty-five miles on horseback to the
squire's, and in exactly the same
fashion. When within a few miles of
the squire's home they met that offic
ial, surrounded by half a dozen cow
boys. Then the bride got restive and
nervous, declaring that she wouldn't
marry any man on earth. But the
judge, the cowboys and the groom
were equal to the occasion. At a short
distance stood a corral.
" 'Take her over to the corral, boys,
and put her in,' said his honor.
"As Meetutse Nance heard this or
der she made a wild break for the hills;
but her days of freedom were over.
She was quickly run down, and amid a
volley of feminine sage brush eloquence
the delighted boys started on a lope For
the corral. Reaching this, Nance leaped
from her bron k and started like a scared
deer for some adjacent brush; but it was
no go. However, she fou?ht vigorous
ly, and his honor ordered: 'Hobble her,
boys." The boys were in ecstacies. A
pair of rawhide bobbles were stripped
from a cayuse's neck, and their twist
adjusted about the sturdy ankles of
the struggling bride. She was taken
into the corral, and his honor, mount
ing the fence, bade the groom take his
place by her side, and catch on to her
hand. This done, his honor assumed
the look of dignified importance called
for by the occasion, and said:
" 'Big Charlie and Meetutse Nance,
you come inter this corral single. I
now pronounce you a couple. Big
Charlie, unhobble your wife.'
"But this big Charlie found it diffi
cult to do, and It was not until one of
tbe cowboys had gently cast his lariat
over his newly made wife that her hus
band was able to turn the lady loose.
Then the justice called his boys to
gether, and saying: 'Come on, boys,
we hain't got no business here, now,'
led them away. Una of the boys looked
back, and the happy couple were busy
unpacking their camping outfit, and
the honeymoon had evidently begun."
Philadelphia Press.
Man's Lot Deprived of Woman.
If there were no women, men would
have no object in life; their mustaches
would cease to interest them; tbey
wouldn't care a Chinaman whether
their collars were Ironed well or not;
they would have nobody to nurse them
when they bad the toothache, or to
keep them from believing thoy were
going to die when an old fashioned
stomach-ache had its grip upon them.
There would be nobody to make ice
cream for, and no small edition of
flesh and blood to hug. There would
be nobody to fight against being kissed
and then to snuggle up to a coat sleeve
and take to it as naturally as a cat
does cream. Most important of all,
there would be nobody to write against,
to complain of and to love with all
your heart and soul. Without women
men would never get to heaven, and
without them they would never have
a taste of the other place on earth.
So, when the bells are ringing in 1890,
If Tom has any sense whatever, he'll
put his arm around the woman he is
fondest of, thank the good God for her.
and wonder, as she does, what in the
world he'd do without her, Philadel
phia Times.
An Unexpected Rebuke.
He was a deaf mute who had learned
to talk by imitation. His wife could
both hear and talk, but at the theater
they preferred to converse by means
ot the sign manual. The couple that
sat behind them, says the Chicago
Tribune, thinking th .t neither of them
could hear, took occasion to comment
freely and speculate on their relations
to eaoh other ad lib., greatly to tbe
discomfort of the lady, who, of course.
heard everything. She communicated
everything to her husband until he
could stand it no longer. Then, turn
ing to the gentleman, she mildly asked:
"V ill you allow me to see your pro
gramme?" The chagrin and discom
fort of the pair were apparent. Hastily
handing over his programme, the two
hustled out of the theater just as tho
curtain went up on the second act.
Explaining tbt Bells.
Johnny "Pa, what do they ring
church bells for, anyhow?" Pa "To
make the people believe there's fire in
the other world, my son.
A Sort of Warm Wave, as It Wert.
One swallow does not make a sum
mer, but it frequently creates a sensa
tion of "etheral mildness" in a man's
Innards."
A Louisiana orange tree will yield
10,000 oranges.
A Norrlstown fPenn.l famllv owns
forty-seven cats.
Tbe United S ates declared wai
against Tripoli on June 10, 180L
A medi. al journal states that five
clerpynen live as long as eight work
ingmen. There is a colored girl Id Baltimore
who wants to r main . bl ick. and has
gone to a hospital to be trotted for a
peculiar disease, by wb'eV txer Skin la
turning whit.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Africans rarely become bald.
vT bite tar is something new.
It la said that apes bare a Ian
guage
--The King of Ashantee has
wiveu.
Birmingham, Ala., is shipping Iron
pipe North.
In the Japinese language there la
no word for kiss.
The Xew York Excelsior cent of
1783 is worth J3.
A new race has been discovered at
the rhbipini 11 uuls.
Therea-e twenty-three acres of land,
to every Inhabitant of the globe.
-An attempt, to climb the Himalaya
will be made by Exploier Conway.
Constantinople Is having her first
wooden avement put down.
The sheriff of Camden, N. J., bas
seized a cemetery lot on aa -. locution,
In British India tw. nty eight mill
Ion acres are cultivated by irrigation.
In the yard of a Lynn (Mass.) resi
dent is a bed of peonies 2M years old.
An old lady who had danced with
Lafayette died in New Haven recently.
"E" Is the most frequently u?ed let
ter in the alphabet; then comes "T"'
A New Orleans man keeps a lizard
on his table to guard valuable papers.
Only twenty per cent, of the mur
ders committed yearly are ever found
out.
One acre of land will comfortably
support four persons on a vegetable
diet.
Twenty million acres of the land oj
the United States are held by English
men. In England the average weight of a
tram is 4 tons, of an omnibus only two
,ons.
A Pittsburg widow has had three hus
bands, each of whom was over six feet
U!L
-California counties are growing poor
through paying a bounty on coyote
icalp.
The very finest brand of Havana
cigars fetches $1,500 a thousand In
Paris.
The month of May, 1:391, was the
wettest May in Europe for nearly sev
enty years.
The vegetable food is tegarded bv
Japanese as Sho- Jin mono, or the food
of spiritual progress.
The new United States sixteen-lnch
gun will be forty-nine and a half feet
long and weigh 125 tons.
Tbe largest bay in the world la
Hudson Bay, measuring 8o0 miles
north and south by 600 miles wide.
The manufacture of fal?e teeth for
horses is a new industry just opened In
Paris w ith a capital of S10J.000.
At Griffin, Ga., a king snake was
seen to awallow a green anake several
inches longer than his own body.
Tnere is a man In Kansas who
wears a sunbonuet summer and winter,
nd will give do reason for his freak.
It ia In Boston that a man has been
at last arrested and fined for falling to
obey the sign, "Keep off the grass."
Numerous men are making a living
in Berlin by being subjects for prac
tice for those who are learning maa
Bige. The ponies of Mtnipur, India, are
celebrated, and It Is claimed that it waa
Iu Mantpur that hockey or polo was in
vented, One of the peculiar customs of tbe
East Inulan coolies, called lascars, is
the putting of a ring on their great toe
when they marry.
Gtrman medical papers report the
death of a young woman from heart
la lure following immersion in cold we
ter'for baptism.
Professor R. L. Perkins, of Boston,
is the owner of a copy of Horace that
was printed In 1576. It bas an ludex to
every word.
The most expensive street car in the
world ia owned by the Troy Electric
Ralway Car Company of Cleveland,
Ohio. It cost $10,000.
Two men in Clyde, Mioh., have
paid taxes on the same pieoe of land for
seven years, and one of them is now try
ing to get his money back.
A new car of the Michigan Central
Railroad does the work of :t00 men in
scraping the dirt dumped on the sides
of the track to the edge of the fill.
The Coreans are the largest eaters
KnowD. Their stomachs are generally
abnormal in size, and the one possessing
tbe largest is generally considered the
richest.
A Spanish milled dollar of 1313 was
found In the dirt under a bouse in Went
Paris, Me. The coin Is in excellent
condition, the design and loitering be
ing very cle-ir.
The Church of England is turning
out curates three times as fast as it is
forming new cures, and there has been
a socit ty formed to promote the use of
additional curates.
The first Union flag was unfurl
on January 1, 1778, over the camp at
Cambridge, Mas. It bad thirteen
stripes of white i.ni red, and retained
the British cross in one corner.
Fish are much better preserved when
kept banging in a cold dry atmosphere.
Lying upon the :ce they lose their flavor
and spoil more rapidly.
The low grades of molasses mide on
the Louis ana plantations are now
Hprinkled over tbe dry crushed care,
and materially Increases lta ruefulness
as f nel for the furnaces.
An automatic life-saving belt that
can be shaped into a ball, fired from a
gun or thiowu by band, has recetly
been tried on the Thames. It ngt ta
lteelf upon contact with the water.
The extreme dauger to life Kttend
ant upon break n; a jam of logs hits
been ovt-rcome by using dynamite car
tridges on the end of long poles. These
are pushed under the jam and ex
pit del.
Lightning followed aline ot gilt down
the wall paper In a Methodist Church
at Belpre, Penn., aod burned off only
the flashy figures.
When Washington became rresident
all the chief towns wre on the sea
coast, or on tbe tide wa'er of then vers,
except Lancaster, in Pennsylvania.
Manlpur is believed tc contain a most
valuab e literature, and a large library
has been f-und already In a temple
within the palace walls, which escaped
the fire on the rebels' departure.
A Sonoma Conntv (.C.tL) vtneyardlst
has pun-based 10,0X1 paprr bags to cov
er tbe young vines and protect them,
bom grasshcrjpera.
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