SIOM AND SONO
Daylight dying, dying;
Night, whwr rlmdnim thron?
Little time for Mhirirf
And little time forni;.
Llfoon fleet wing flying
From the rljjht nn I wrongj
Little time for ultflilnn
Llttto time for sonn.
Star to Ma' replying
Jhoei 'Soul, lx strong
Littl time for sighlhK
Little lime for nong!"
L. Htuuton, tn Chicago Tim-HornlJ.
THE NEW BROOM.
IT.IXUthogoodold
days of the French
war, when Eng
land was so occu
pied upon tho seas
tliut sho had little
time to guard her
coasts minutely,
tin; people o( Tre
warno wero smug
glers to a man, ami
throve exceeding-
Thero wort, indeed, riding offi
cers stationed hard by, but they wero
not numerous enough to interfere ef
fectually nor, 'tit said, woro they
notably rnger to have their hands
strengthened.
Hut thin season of prosperity nnd
nntrouhlcd quiet catno to nn cud.
l'eaeo to Knglatid mo nt tho very ro
verso to Trewarue. It wan with tho
utmost disgust that its pcoplo saw
their old friends being replaced, or bo
surrounded with new colleagues, alto
pot her unused to tho ways of tho dis
trict, that they could not rcranin harm
less if they would. It was foon be
yond a doubt Unit tho revenue men
were really in earnest in their endeav
ors to suppress tho free trade.
Among tho men of Trnwuruo tho
whole blame in this matter was laid
upon the Hhouldi rs of John Coflin, a
new man, whose energy was uch that
in mere self-defence his comrades wero
compelled to emulate his activity.
Of all tho young men in those parts
Jim lYnlorrick was the most promis
ing. There was none but knew tho
traditions of the smuggling, and could
help if help were needed. Hut Jim
wns one of those rare Hpirits who made
traditions, lie was hardly more than
four-and-twciity, tall, fair and boyish,
but ho had already mado himself a
name by the cleverness of tho dodges
lio invented, and the magnificent cool
ness with which be carried them into
execution. it was no wonder that
Maggie Opie, the prettiest girl in Tro
warne, was proud to Lave him known
as he! sweetheart.
Ono day Muggio reported to him
certain events which had befallen her
while ho was away upon his last voy
ago to ltoscoff. Unco or twico lately
it had been borne in upon her that
John Collin was much m ro polite to
her than he had any reason to be.
Sho bad fov borne to speu '
heon. r rt;-'"': tt'o iiivWof
'. , ,t stories which ru t Mbe
yuJ a doubt that it wss oftentimes
convenient for such a ono as ehe to
huvo something of n hold over such as
ho. But now sho could not iguoro the
matter Buy longer.
It appeared that Maggie wns coming
back to the village trom a visit to
lircach, n little church town two miles
distant from Trcwarne. !Sho hint
hardly htartod when she met Johu
Collin.
"liood afternoon, Mis Opie," he
said. " 'Tis pleaxant weather for the
time of the year;'' and he stopped, so
that Maggie could hardly pass on im
mediately. "Iss," nho said, "'tis pretty
weather."
"May I keep 'ee company along the
road?" (.aid the mau. "Tis u lonely
old road."
Maggio raised her eyes to his; then
they fluttered un.l Jell'.
" 'Tis very kind of you."
They discussed a multitude of in
different subjects. Then:
"I diilu't i-eo Mr. l'enlerriek when I
was down in Truwurne jiiht now," tuid i
Colli n.
"No?" said Mrtigie.
"I didn't see tho Dream, either. I
suppose she's goue to sea again?"
"How should 1 know?" aid Mig
gie, innoceutly. "Is Jim I'eulerrick
the mau to tell a girl what are his
plans?"
"Well," said Cofl'm. "I supposo
he'll be back for Sunday, being 1'eaot
en Sunday. I shouldn't think he'd be
later than Thursday, for tho fair's on
Friday."
"Are 'ee going to tho fair, Mr. Cof
QuV" said Maggie.
Tho mau smiled.
"If I could see you there "
"Aw," wiid Maggie, "you can fee
that any 7ime. Why, the waxworks is
aomitig thut haven't been here these
four j oars."
"Waxworks is uo attraction," said
Coffin, contemptuously. "Oivo ino
flesh and blood. "
"Well," said Maggie, "if waxworks
is no attraction, I suppose you won't
io there."
In a tninuto the subject was changed.
" 'Tis a lonely life down hero for
ono that's been used to bigger plaeos,"
said Collin. "If a man had a wife,
perhaps 'twould bo all he'd waut. He'd
have tome interest iu his work then ;
but as it is"
"I won't bring 'ee no further, Mr.
Coflin," wad Maggie, interrupting
him. "Many thanks for your com
pany." And the littlo man looked at her
meltingly.
"No need of thanks I" bo ejaculated.
, 'Tis yonrs whenever you feel liko it,
and for ho long a tiiue as you choose."
He raised his hat with a llourish, and
Maggio walked ou homeward, having
now reached the outskirts of tho vil
lage. She knew not whether to luugh
or be indignant Finally she did
both,
Jim Fenlerrick and the men of the
Dream landed their cargo that .very
night, and got it into a place of secur
ity without untimely interruption.
The next morning Maggie came to her
window early and inspected the har
bor which it overlooked. The Dieam
was there; even while she looked at it
sho heard a whistle, and, glancing up
the road, she saw Jim l'enlerriek com
ing to call on her. Ho she defoondod
quickly, hoard the tale of his adven
tures during the time of this last ab
sence, and, iu conclusion, told her
own tale.
"It looked to me," she added, "like
an if tho man wanted me to tell all I
know, and offered to make mo Mrs.
Coflin in reward. Now, Jim, don't
'ee go an' do anything foolish. Per
haps ho never meant it after all."
Jim laughed grimly.
"Perhaps not," ho said. "All tho
same, I fancy a lit of a lesson would
do him no harm. He can't have
thought yon was bad hearted, so he
must ha' fancied you Could be fooled
easy. And ho must bo cured of all
such fancies as that."
Maggio flushed.
"I never thought o' that," eho said.
"Jim' you can do juBt what you like
with him."
And Jim went off to his breakfast
full of thought as to how the end in
view was to lie obtainod.
That afternoon ho went through tho
village with a friend, carrying a stout
post some ten or twelve foot in length.
They made off in tho direction of a
small and serin led cove, about a mile
to tho west of Trewarne.
Later in tho day John Coffin chanced
upon a littlo girl who was idly wan
dering by tho roadside. He was about
to pass ou, whon the child spoke.
"Do 'en know tho lane leadin' to
Tentrizo Cove?" said the child.
"Yon," said Coflin.
"Well, said tho child, I got a mess
ago for 'ee. You ni'ist bo at tho top
of tho lane by half-past seven, to meet
a friend."
Coflin inspected tho messenger sus
piciously. "Who sent you?" ho asked.
"Aw," raid the child, "said I mustn't
mention no name."
Coffin laughed.
"Well," he said, "I don't know that
you need. Here, this will buy you
some lollipops."
He gave the child somo coppers nnd
pastel on. And ho was perfectly
right in the impression ho carried with
him, for tho littlo girl waited until ho
was out of sight, and then went otl ns
speedily ns might bo to Maggio Opio's
home, where Hho reported progress
and showed Coffin's gift.
"Well done," said Maggie. "Spoil
tho Egyptians where and whon you
can. There's good examples for that."
Hut at 7.30 she was talking at the
cottage gate with tho daughter of a
neighbor, nor did she quit her home
until mote than an hour later, when
Jim Penlerriek turned up and sug
gested a brief stroll. He had mani
festly somo jost to share with her.
"-"l r,John Coffin ' kl Vft doubted
as
is to .he identity 4 inl 'ir ct the
message. At 7. JO precisely be began
to mount the hilly lane, and whon he
had reached tho appointed place ho lit
a pipe nnd waited. For a long time
no ono came. Ho begau to grow moro
and more impatient, knowing that the
girl could havo nothing on earth to
keep her nt this hour. And slowly
theredwelt upouhim adrea -If til doubt ;
could it bo that she had fooled him,
and was not coming at all? Ho put
the thought from him, but only for a
time. Iu the end ho sworo vehom
ently, and would have turned nway,
hail nut a roar of laughtor su l lenly
arretted him. lieforo ho could re
cover from his surprise ho was strug
gling in the midst of half a dozen men,
and a moment later they had over
powered and bound him, putting a
gag between his teeth.
All this time they had not spoken a
word, and it was still iu utter silenco
that he was compelled to march, a man
at either arm, iu tho direction of tho
Cove. Collin did not doubt that ho
had fallen into tho hands of smugglers
resolved to revenge on him tho recent
injuries to tho traflio they had carriod
on. He remembered a hundred horrid
tales of violence, and his heart quailed
within him.
They led him onward until tho
sound of the seu broke ou his oars,
aud soon ho was being led by a wild
nnd dangerous path down to tho littlo
yellow beach, Hiscaptor dealt none
too gently with him whou they catno
to tho cross spneo of tumbled bowl
ders ut the foot of tho olid'. And when
tlr y had gained tho benth thoy lod
him to where tall wooden post had
been iixed in an upright position in
the sand. Ono of tho men advanced
anil kicked it. It quivered, but other
wise was tirm, being deeply sunk, and
having big stones buried about its
base. And Johu Coflin would have
cried aloud for mercy had he been
able.
For ho realized what they wero
going to do with him. They raised
him and bound him about the woodon
poht, and he looked desperately out to
sea gagged, so that ho still could not
speak and wondered how long it
would bo before the advancing tide
would reach him. The men moved
about in silence, testing all the knots
with tremendous vigilauco before they
moved away iu a band and vanishod
in tho blackness of tho cliffs shadow.
Thero was io moon. The clear
starlight quivered in silver lines on
the dark plain of tho sea. John Cof
tin could distinguish through tho
gloom tho glimmer of tho breakers;
thero was a heavy ground swell ou,
and he know that, even if ho had been
ablo to shout, even if any human be
ing chanced to approach this lonely
region of the coast after tho fall of
darkness, it would still bo iu vain to
hope for rescue, since his voiee would
not bo heard above the din of the tide.
A cold fear froze his heart. They
might have taken away the gag, and
be would still have lacked the power
of spoch. He realised that this ven
geance of the smugglers was not so
much a return for his interferences
with their actual trade as for tho fet
words he had spoken with Maggie
Opie; and he knew that her treachery
had betrayed him. His heart was bit
ter against her.
Ho waited and waited.
Suddenly be awoke as if from a
drugged sleep, and found that day wa
breaking. Tho waves were far ro
movod. And Maggie stood in front of
him, the rod handkerchief in her hand.
She looked at him strangely, and he
endeavored to recall the events of the
night. Maggie caw his difficulty and
spoke.
"Are eo better now?" she said.
"T'wns me that put 'ee there. I told,
and the men swore they would punish
'ee for a joke, so tbey fastened 'ee
there, taking care to put 'ee just where
tho tido would stop whon it came up.
And I laughed over it when they came
back and told me what they had done.
Hut, toon as I was abed, I began to
think what fenr you would hnveI
cou'd seo you standing there waiting
for death ; 'twas as if I stood there
myself. I knew 'twas but a joke, and,
Lord knows, I'vo no love for revenuo
men. Ho I fought against it at first.
But, at last I couldn't stand against it
no longer ; I came out to set 'ee free."
Sbo cut tho bands, nnd ho took tho
gag from his month. In a moment,
Maggie was on tho other side again.
"Look 1" she said, "you won't make
a row about it. 'Twas only a joko
with them. Tho tido never wetted
more than your feet.
John Coffin turned and looked at
hor m silence.
"No," ho said nt last, "1 will say
nothing. Hut yon aro hard on a man
whose sin was that ho thought you
tho prettiest mnid ho had ever seen."
Ho turned away from her nnd
moved stitlly nnd slowly toward tho
path which led up the face of the cliU".
Maggio watched him as ho went.
"I havo no lovo for revenue mon,"
she had said; which is carious, for
when sho was married six mouths later
she took tho name of Coffin.
I had this very story from h grand
son of theirs, himself a coastguard,
and afterward discovered it was still
told by tho older folk among the in
habitants of Trowarne. Strand Mag
azine.
Strange Adoption'.
The record of singular adoptions on
tho part of animals is so long that it
seems nlinost safo to say that an ani
mal mother will tako and do her best
to bring up tho young of nny othor
species not grently removed from her
in size. All that seems necessary is to
exerciso proper care in presenting tho
mother with her fostor children.
Hens huvo adopted kittens, nnd
mother cats have adoptod chickens. A
femalo monkey "mothering" a young
cat was an interesting spectacle nt a
recent exhibition. A cow had been
knjwn to do her best for a baby colt.
Sometimes the adoptod progeny
gives the foster mother great trouble
with its diffcrenco of manners and cus
toms. Tho caso of the hen with the
swimming ducklings may bo called a
classis ; aud tho distress of tho hen
mother with yonng turkeys, when theso
infauts follow their instincts and run
far afield, disobeying her culls, H
scarcely less than that of the hen with
the ducklings.
Ordinarily, indeod, tho young tur
keys do not understand tho lauguigo
of tho hen. Language with them is
apparently not a matter of education
but of inheritance, of instinct. Young
turkeys, for instance, understand tho
turkey hen's warning against hawks
the first time they hear it. Tho hen
mother's warning they do not unJer
st.'ind, and continue to rungo while it
is being uttered, to the great agitation
and alarm of tho hen.
Au amusing case of similar distress
is recorded in it journal devoted to
natural scieuce. A country gentleman
who happened to have a young hare,
several days old, without n mother,
made the experiment of letting a cat
hud it, as if by uocidcnt, among her
nursing kittens. The experiment suc
ceeded. The cut mado uo objection to
tho littlo hare, and tho hare, for his
part, wus well contented with its sur
roundings. But troublo begau whon the cat at
tempted to teach the hnro to catch
mice. Tho little creature steadfastly
refused to engage iu that work. Tho
cat boxed his large ears, and returned
agaiu aud again to the task, but edu
cation proved unavailing against na
tural inclination.
One day, when tho hare had had his
cars boxed anew, ho ran to tho lawn,
close by, nud began to browse tho
grass. Following him, tho cat saw
him thus occupied, and seemed to be
greatly astonished. Presently her as
tonishment scorned to change to indig
nation. Sho first advanced as if to
box the creature's ears, aud then
turned by a sudden impulse aud ran
away. Youth's Companion.
A Featlierless Chicken.
Edward Ilarscber, of Pittsford,
Penn., has a Plymouth Book ohickon
about four months old, and, iubtea 1
of having a coat of feathers, it is part
ly covered by something of a silky,
downy appearance, from one to two
inches in length, and somewhat ro
sembles the hair of an Angora goat.
It is ouly partly covered by thisstrango
covering, tho back and other parts of
the body being bare. Rochester
Times.
Significance ol Spalu."
The catno of Spain was bestowed by
tue l'Uoeuieians trom tne word span,
signifying "a rabbit,' au ullusiou to
the great numbers of this animal on
tho Spanish plains. The country wr.s
formerly called Iberia from tho tnbe
of Ibert, who took their name fiotu
the River lbro or Ebro. St Louis
Globe-Democrat.
BUDGET OF FUN. .
i K
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FR03I
VARIOUS SOURCES.
On the Quiet A Discovery The Dif
ference ' Fat at Disease A Mice
Oog Knew Ills Business
The Way Only, Rtc.
Ne'er did a mnn on earth ahlile,
With irenins, or with Uok of It,
Who did not fondly hillj his pride,
And rock himself a famous wit.
- fuck.
A FATAL DI8EARE.
Tat 'Thwat does they use grape
hot for?"
Mike "Shnre, it is to givo the ino
mj appendicitis." Puck.
A DISCOVERT.
Mamma "Why did you give the
baby that drum?"
Papa "Because he makes loss noise
when bo has the drum." Life.
KNEW HIS Bt'HIXKflfl.
Baron "Show me tho most
start-
ling thing yon have."
Tailor "Certainly, Mr. Baron; you
shall see your bill in a moment,'"
Fliegcnde Blnottcr.
A NICK noi.
He (an undeBired visitor) "Nice
dog, very I Have yon taught it any
now tricks sinco I wns here last?"
She (sweetly) "Yes; it will fetch
your hat if you whistle."
Tne IMFFF.RKMCB.
Littlo Muggins "Becauso I am not
like other men, I suppose you think I
am simply awful?"
Miss Tudor Sharp "Just tho re'
verso, Mr. MugginB awfully simple.'
THE ONLY WAT.
Ho "Tell me, confidentially, how
much did that bonnet cost you?"
Hho "George, there is but ono waj
in which you ran obtain the right ti
inspect my millinery bill,"
lio popped.
POSTPONED,
Slrawbcr "I thought you intendal
to anuounco your engagement tW
months ago?"
Singerly "I did ; but sho snddeny
decided that instead of a carat-and-i-half
sho mtisthavo a thrco-carat ring"
Judge.
AN IMrilOVEMEXT.
Trencher "Yes, my brethren, there
is only ono thing more beautiful, mire
important, than to have faith in lu
manity, and that is "
Wealthy Stock Broker (in a whisp.r)
"To get humanity to have faith ij
you." Truth.
A REND OFF.
Middlo nged Novico "I'm just off
for a tour in the country biking all
the way. It'll be four weeks before
I'm back in my flat again." -'.-
Candid Friend "Ah I Bot it won';
be four hours before you're
your back again I" Punch.
flat
ov
UNArrKKCIATCD LIBERALITY.
"lou aro going to ba tried uotore a
vory liberal judge," said a lawyer to
his cliont.
"I am glad of that."
"You ueodn't be. If you aro found
guilty he'll give you all the penalty tho
law allows." Detroit Free Press.
ItlOIIT Vilnius SHE LEFT OFF.
Husband "What are you brooding
about thiH evening?"
Wife "I'm studying how to get
even with those horrid people in tho
flat upstairs."
Husband "Yon might tako up your
singing lessons agaiu !" Chicago Rec
ord. ExrnnT onxiox.
"A trout is tho queorest fish," said
Brickley ; "it will bite, get hooked
badly, and bito again."
Tho widow looked at him absent
mindedly for a minute, and then
added, "Yes; but tho poor fellow is
to bo excused ; it's human nature, you
know. '
VEILED MYSTEItlEM.
Ethel "I suppose I shall have to
wear this veil; its tlio only ono l
have. It's so thick one can hardly see
my face through it."
Edith "Oh, wear it by all means.
Everybody buys you never had any
thing half no becoming." Boston
Irunscript.
TIIItEE MONTflS DUE.
Mrs. Oweiugto' "That is one of
my best cups and saucers you havo
broken, Julia I I shall take it out of
your wages I"
Julia "Will yez take it out ov the
last month's wages, Mum, or the
month before that, or this month,
Mum?" Puck.
A rilEblMIXARY.
"If I give your friend a place," said
the banker, "he will have to give a
bond. I suppose you will go on?"
"Bond?" exclaimod the other man.
"Why, ho can bo trustod with un
counted millions."
"Yes; but all the money wo have is
counted." Indianapolis Journal.
CARELESS KEADIXO.
"Dear me," said Mrs. Wiokwire,
lookiug up from her paper, "but wo
men are getting brave, nowadays."
"Brave?" echoed Mr. Wickwire.
"Yes, here is a story about a woman
who shot a mouse. She psharvl
I read it wrong. It was only a moose."
Indianapolis Journal.
woman's WAT.
"Well, dear, are you all prepare! to
leliver yonr address at the Borosis to
light on 'The Absurd Influence ol
Dress on Women V "
"So, I'm not."
"Why?"
"My dressmaker disappointed mt
igain, and my lovely new gown hat
lot arrived." New York Ledger.
AWFCIi DE.SPF.HATTO!.
Hopeless Lover "That's your final
tnswer, is it, Marie?"
' Unresponsive Maiden "It is, Har
dd. I cannot be your wife"
! "Then there is nothing left for me
lut death."
1 (At restaurant half an hour Inter,
to waiter) "Bring me a few oysterj
U begin with." Tid-Bits.
A SCRR CURE.
Eomnntio Miss "Have there not
Iten moments in your experience
vfcen lifo seemed full of unsatisfied
onts?"
Mr. Hardhead "Y-e-s, that's sol"
' Romantic Miss "At such times I
sways fly to nusio for relief. What
cS yon do. Mr. Hardhead?"
'Mr. nardhead--"I advertise."
lehoboth Sunday Herald."
J CALLF.D HIS BLUFF.
' "Oh, by the way, can you cook?"
Aid young Mr, Spudds to Miss Oar
oyle. "May I inquire if your query is
rompted by a matrimonial inclins
ion?" asked tho young lady.
"Why or er well, yes," stam
f
ered the young man.
"That being the case, I will answer
you fully. Yes, I csu cook terrapin,
canvas-back duck, brook trout and
venison, besides tenderloin steak aud
dolicacics. Can you provide them in
their raw state?"- Harper's Bazar,
i
QUITE HECl'RE.
"I want to consult you on a cer
tain point," said Miss Cash to her law
yer. "I am at your service, Miss Cash."
"Y'ou know Mr. Squildig?"
"Very well, indeed."
"He has done mo tho honor of pro
posing marriage."
"Ah I"
"What I wish to ask is if you think
my money would bo safe iu his hands
if I were to marry him?"
"It would lie so sccuro you could
not even get it yourself." Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegrupb.
A Curious Love Story.
Here's a curious story of lovo and
courtship. About two years ago a
young gentleman of this city, while
in Savannah, got into a street car with
a heavy umbrella under his arm. Liko
a great many other careless people he
held it at a dangerous augle, with the
point sticking out behind him, and
ere long the car gave a lurch and a
lady just behind him emitted an ear
splitting scream. Everybody jumped
and looked, and to his horror the
young man found that - the point of
his umbrella had come in contact with
tho nose of the young lady seated just
bobnd him. Of course, he apolo
gized, or tried, but it was like apolo
gizing for murder over the body of
the victim, for the lady's noso was
bleeding and she was almost iu con
vulsions with pain.
The car wns stopped at the next cor
ner, whero thero happened to bo n
drn store, and tho young mau, aided
and ubetted by ono or two elderly
ladies, who at oncotook n lively inter
est in tho case, helped the young lady
off nnd into tho store nnd posted oil
nfter a doctor. One was found, nnd
the unlucky noso was soon put in work
ing order, and tho owner, attended by
the married ladies, was sent home in a
carriage.
Tho young man took uer address
and huntod up a mutual acquaintance,
with whom ho called tho next day to
seo how tho nose was gotting along.
Tho noso did well, so did tho young
man, for by tho timo tho noso was out
of danger ho had got iu tho habit of
calling, so that it beoarao natural for
him to step around in tue evening.
So in tho courso of timo thoy wero
married, and sho is tho only lady in
tho United States whoso courtship be
gan by a punch in tho noso from her
future husbond. Athens (Oa.) News.
Mio Hail II 1m There.
It is told in tho Fur East that a lady
one day found a man following her,
and she askod him why ho did so. His
reply was: "You are very beautiful.
and I am in love with you." "Oh, you
think mo beautiful, do you? Thero is
mv sister ovor ther. Y'ou will find
her more beautiful thau 1 am. Go aud
make love to her." Ou hearing this
the roan went to see tho sister, but
found sho was very ugly, so ho came
back in au angry mood and askod tho
lady why sho had told mm a false
hood. Then sho answered : "Why did
you tell me a fulshood?" The mau
was surprised at this accusation and
nskod when be bad done so. uer an
swer was: "You said you loved me.
If that had been true, you would not
have done to make lovo to another
woman." Every man ought to kuow
when he is a liar.- Now Orleans Pioa-
yune.
Horses tor Fertilizer.
A firm engaged in the manufacture
of grease and fertilizer in central
Ohio is purchasing horsos to kill for
their hidos, grease, bones and tana
age. They bought at a monthly etook
sale, the first Saturday of September,
a lot of twenty-eight horses for tho
round sum of $50. The month before
they bought nineteen horses for $32
The horses were brought iu by gypsy
traders. As the pastures in this part
of Ohio are dried up and the hay ciop
short the fertilizer men expect to buy
a larcre number of such horses. The
hides are valued at about 83.50 each,
the bones and tankage at $1.50 to 82.
The amount of grease from a horse u
mall comparod with that from a steer.
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
AUSTRALIA CONVICT SHIP.
Some Attraction Kren In Such Ftoaf)
ln Ilella.
AH is grist that comes to the mill of1
the showmen, and even a convict ship
Is serviceable if It can only be made
attractive. There hne lately arrived
In the East India dock, at Black w ait,
the Australian convict ship 8uccess,
which is to be put on exhibition forth
with. The vessel lielongs to the old
bad system of treating criminals with
barbarous cruelty, bordering on Iniiu
manity. Built in 17SK) In British India,
of solid teak, the Succchs was first nn
East India trader and then an emi
grant ship. It was in tlio yenr ISoS,1
just at the timo of tho gold discoveries
In Australia, that she was turned lnt.i
a convict hulk, and moored nt William.'
town, Victoria. The new gold fields at
traded many bad characters from all
parts, even convicts breaking lx..
from the penal establishments, nnd la
order to afford safe quarters for the
worst of the evil-doers 11 vo ships were
turned Into hulks. The Success form
ed one of tho group, and wus known as
the "dark cell drill" ship, being fitted
up wltb solitary cells that admit no
light. Ono can well underntand the
horror of the rigorous system of prison
treatment practiced on board thejg
hulks by an Inspection of this ship.
Lying In the East India dock, sho If
a weather-beaten old wooden vessel,
dingy and free from nny eimplclon of
new paint. The first wonder, Itid. ed,
Is that she ever accomplished the vor.
ago from Australia to London, which
took no less than live months nnl a
liiilf, but her stout timbers of te:ik of
grout thickness muko her almost Im
pregnable as a fortress. Tho quarters
oneo occupied ny me warders are
shown on tho quarterdeck, where there
are exhibited various rusty muskets;
I
ilstols, leg Irons nnd manacles, as well
us nn original cony or a "ticket of
leave," signed by the governor nf t!i
colony. Tho 'tween deck Is fitted with
cells on ouch side, every cell bavin
been for the accommodation of three
men, nnd on the lower deck, where no
light and but little utr could penetrate.
are tho dark, solitary cells, which must
nlmost have been living tombs to the
occupants. At the cud of each cell is a
Hjiace shut off by Iron rails called tie
'liters' den," which wns used for thus?
regarded as Irreclaimable. Here th
most outrageous offenders were herlil
together iu actnl-durkness, nud often
murder was committed among them
selves os the result of an old grudge or
dispute.
The barbarity of the hulk system I
further Illustrated by Iron necklets lid
which unfortunate malefactors we.-v
fastened by a line as If by halters, ami
lu sonio torture chambers nrUimeri
were so chained that they could neith
er lie, sit or kneel. Hardeued rulliat;
though the convicts were, yet m
treatment could only have the m
lleudlsh results, and the prisoners ot
tho Success In 1857 found nn oiiporrc.
nlty of revenging themselves by
sluatlng the olQclul head of the convii
establishment, Inspector General lrio
The public sentiment revolted apjinsl
the bulk system, which was suprweJi
In ISot). The old hulks were broken upl
with tho exception of the Sikwss
which after being maliciously seut:;
In Syduey harbor, was raised and
Llblted us a show vessel at vari.H
oorts In Australia. This old hulk, n-'M
lug with the memories of many c;:'
ties committed In the name of the la
ta not allowed to tell her own talc !
somewhat questionably it Is sot.i..t '
heighten the effect by the aid -t .
figures In cells, aud tableaux of w
with notorious bushrangers, all
which appeal rather to morbid tasu
Loudon Chronicle.
MUSIC AND ANIMALS.
On pouie It Hun a Snbdulnif MTcct,'
Other None.
The notion that music has a :i!'..;
Influence on the spirits of animals
not true, although some anlmajs :
affected by It, Dogs Homeiitiu -their
npreclntlon of music by etui"
sympathetic howls. Cuts, on the o;
li-iml ni.i n f inti pt.nt 1 v illL'tlStCil V
harmonious bounds us produced
human agency, niid nt once rot ire 1
distance, solacing themselves wit" '
own vocal renditions. Sln-'in' i
however, are charmingly affected, -trill
ns if their littlo breasts w
break lu their effort to surpass th-' :
former. IIveniLS. rhinoceroses, lii:
potumuscs, pigs, ostriches, deer, Hat-
tigers, Hons and leopards apan
are not affected by music, cxeei
that they occasionally show smut
rloslty. (
Mice seem to have a great f' n
for all sorts of harmonic sound.
liiivn Itoon kmiwii to collie out
holes and listen attentively w
whistling. Cows care nothing tit a-
music, nor. ns far as can be learoe
to...... i.-i....lint..j nti.1 Imrkrri. eQ
other baud, aro In some ilet-nt'
sclous of Its charms, and will '
wheu marching iu a procession, an
niodato their step to the
music. Hut thouirh music has uo'
ti ilia linn nnrt l....r it ha I''11
ft -r I f -
covered by a naturalist who ha
eonitiietlnir noma I'xoerllllcllt ''
London Zoological Gardens, that I
animals are Instantly and J",VI-
affected by the smell of lavender
Tudor Its Intlueuco they beooi 'y
Tho effect Is
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catnip uud w'ul1
An Iron Boldtrr.
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machinery. He Is fed on cariri
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