THE MTDDLEBPRGH POST.
GEO. W. WAGGKN'SELLEB,
Editor and Proprietor.
MiMr.F.iti ii., Pi., J.. sn, S'M).
The rimvnt Sunday Afternoon
movement in England has enrolled
some hundred thousand members, and
in steadily advancing.
They are raising n row in Wisconsin
rvr tlio State university. It is
charged thnt it ih being converted into
nn institution for tho sons of rich
inuii, iind thnt uor im ti have no show
th re.
"Eanly doe till) dentil of ft publio
man eu'.l forth Mich generon, nlrnost
unqualified, nnd practically universal
tributes of istei-m both for the man
nn I t!ii; f it ! lead' r," tinted Public
Opinion, "as have been nceordod tho
lute i A-Seimtor Thurman."
I'y tin; flicial census of 111, tnlion
in the ye:ir pri ce ling t'iit ln'in ninf
if hostilities with tin; t'niteil States,
the population of England wu. 10,
".no.oni, ,f Scotland l.HdO.OOO, andol
Jnliiti l ii 10,01:1, ut., tui of ls.noo,.
mil. Th- 0. nstis of the L'nitcd States
taken 111 110 showed tlie total popu
liitioti i f this com. try lr lie, Suites
m.ii Ti rritorio. T, .':','.), oin). Tho lust
illieiul ceii.-us of ( Ireal lirituin, taken
Jli I'll, hhowed tin) otiiihitioli to
li'ivi' 'n't 11 oT.-S.'i'ii', mill tho census
if t!-o I'lnt-d Stnt". taken to ye ut
.re io:i, showc 1 thi population ol
tlii- country to i.e i-V'JJ.il'lO.
Dr. II. K. Carroll, in the Independ
flit, uivh that the aggregate of colored
church laemlnr. in the l'nitcd Statci
b, in round iriuilr-, '.'.i'm l,n mi, ,is
tribnte I 11- follows: Knptihts. 1. I'l !,.
o.V.i; Mi timd.-t-, l,l:i 1,1; ;s ; rr. --l.y-ti
riun-, .'I'l.ooi; D:cidis nf Christ,
1-S ntid Protectant Epi-copnl mid
ll'fiirmel Epi-copal t.gttht-r, some
what less th'in oil). According to
the census figures, the re l,et 11 11a
increase of l.lo1,!) i'l c iluri d ehurch
iiiemlurs iltir the la-d tliirty years,
v.hiih Dr. Carroll thinks is impnr.il
leled ill tho history of the Christ iuii
Church. The value ii'tl idmed ehurel,
property is $'' '' , nnd tho mini
...10.... jh 'J. t, 77ii.
An Australian agriculturist, Mr.
Kriehiunl, hiiH culled attention to the
fnct that the iiotuto will celebrate the
UOHth unniver-ary of its introduction
into England thin year. It wan in lo'JC
that Sir Waiter Ealoigh returned to
England from America with tho lirst
tobacco 1. nd potatoes, which originally
prow in IVru. Although the potato,
it is intimated, ijoiv funiil:es one
sixth of tlu' nourishment of tin: human
race, for a long tune it was 11 dclicticy
for the rieli ah, lie. Even ut tho be
pinning of the n ventti lit !i century
Uoliieuii II paid two shillings a pound
for potatoes and seasoned them witl.
sit rry. l'eo.le oltcti visited the er.
ih lis t,f the botanist (ierard nt Hoi
lmrii to hi- th'' plants iii ldooin.
There is talk of a Celeblat 'on ill hoiiol
of the imiiivi isary.
The Anurioia Cult iv. iter rnnnr!:s.
The lire tit-ii.I is an enemy to forestry.
More stringent nit ii'ures are riec"1- ui v
to prevent fore-it tires. Tho fore-tare
bcL'omin. too valualdo to he ne
leeted. Their ih Mruction hy tire
ineiiuM not only tho 1ub of property,
luit the Kt rituis Iosk of employment to
woo iMueti, tciunsterf". tiawycrii, woo l
worktr and ail tho kindred tnul.i?.
Ordinary cuttiu;; of trees need not
destroy a forest, but a heavy lire
works destruction. lr. l'.othroc!;, ol
thti Pennsylvania forestry couimiasioii,
thinks it an outrage that while a man
under our law cannot fcet tiro to a
ben coop without evert) puuishment,
be may carelessly or willfully Het lire
to 11 forest and bum up many thou
sand dollar' worth of property with
juit I'ciujj molested. lVuniylvaui'i
loses Jl.tlilO.ODO Hnnually tbrouc;h
forest tires, mid $50,000,000 would
not cover tho annual Iobh to tho coun
try from thia cause. It i found in
many ca-cs that wheu a man in pur
miod by 0110 holding a mortgii'jo on
bis? woodland be Hct-j tire to it to spite
the man who forecloses. It in very
dillieuit to convict mich a man. Care
lessLPsi mi 1 ignorance aro rcHponniblo
for ninny tire, yet thousands of dol
lars' worth aro burned every year from
tbi causo without anybody ever
being punishel. Why ono kind of
property can bo burned up with im
punity when other kiuds aro protected
by tho tfevtrest tiuos in ono of tho
curiosities of leu'fil administration that
is bej-'inniug to be loukeJ after uuuo
too early.
. iju. .
I'rulttt.
The French luivo devlwd h metliod of
preserving fruits by means of alco
holic vnpor. The fruit In pluced lu a
room containing open vessels contain-
WHILE JENNY WAITS. '
The eowg are eomln homo, Jenny I hear
their olnnklii bollai
Wliltn Fiioo
AnJ Bright Facet
CoraiDif, flomlDg, conilcg from the clover In'
the itclln)
Coming, Jenny girl!
And wlint cure tlioy for a curl,
Or thnt reJ ro' that you wear in your hair,
Jenny girl?
Tho cows nrn comlni? homo, Jenny, tho cow
lire comlns? Immc:
hazy IS. II
And Daley Dull:
Coming, coming, eomlnir from tho floldn
wIiti- ilai.n funm)
Coming, Jenny il"ar,
And I wonder why you wnr
Buoh rilitinne and mich ro.'es in your hair,
-letmli' dear'.'
The (w ar enming home, Jenny; by the
luwing 1 aives they're led
Whit" l'.'l''"
And Prignt ra':
Coming, eomii.g. coming; Ltit bwnro that
i..o ef red!
ir do th'H'iittle euro
For a woman'M rilihono 1 hair?
Nay! there'n hi. mo i.nn watehlng, wnt-'hln
fur your eoming, Jenny tl-ar!
The cow an- romiuij home. Jenny; hut Pule
do you o'iri
For hn?y P.ell.
Or Daisy I!i-ll.
Trom fragrant !! Id of elov. while la nil
tin- twilight air
A sweeter tllll-ie NWl'lU
'I'll -in Die ringing t their lirlln.
From li; that ery for klej from your red
lij's, -lenny d 'nr?
The e uvsnree-ii ,jug home, Jenny, an ljuire'y
I have h":tr l
With White F,ie
And Plight I'i ,
Th" r.illiug, l iiliing, l ulling of that merry
whistling I ird
That says as plain n any:
"Are ' oiig to me. Jenn?
Willi -nir ri) ii .ti- an 1 ymir roses aro yon
"'olaiiig, i- i:iiing, Je'i'y.'''
No'it mind tie- I'attle, J.-nny vl,i y'il eonc
f .rail tie' girl-I'.ii-y
I! -il
A id I.a y D-ll-T!io
ealvi II e,-.i tlem honnuvrirl Fj ite of
riMi ne an I of eiirl.-!
Think y ni tin' euttle earn
V. r Hi" r '- Mleii's in y.mr hair?
Nay! 1. nt on t':"r" 1- who I ,v.- you. and lie"
wii'ling, .l"ei.v d.-ar!
A'I'M C .n-oi
TV.
An Uiisentiinental Man.
1MM tho Mornine? Tost
of Augu-t'J7. ls'.ij;
lliWI.KY IUVI.!4.
Allgll-t lit. ut HeelJev. li...
vnii, liy tlie l;v. Henry
I! hvIiiis, lint her nt the
li.-ide, as-i-led l.y the tiev.
l rniik llowlev, eiiii-iii fifthe
hrl legiooin, Charles Ma l-
ilen l'..u.-lev.- ..f VVmi.i. it. .......
N. S. W., to r.tlii-1 1'iiilly. yoiiMgi-,t linugliii'r
of tli" lat" F.'iulius Kawliii., Lii.. of IJi oklev
Hall, Devon. '
I rend that announcement with a
rather coutcmpuou Hinilo. It closed
nt last and forever (I wm relieved to
think) tho only foolish passage in my
past life. Except for that 1 had nlways
been a model of sonud sense.
I caw a good deal of IMith Rawlins
when I i;i-t camo down from Oxford.
And I 111. t.'d her, dimply because) hho
was t-o rational nnd n-ti-.il, 'e. There
was 110 m ntiineiit iiliout it. Any one j
w ith half an t ye could n o thai. She
made me one present. It wa-t a pocket
Kiicyclopie lia. I also male her a'
tr.w,.i I.-i.-l' r . i iri...i ... 1
I n Ji"j;u-, 4 II a I 111
itself is, I think, a Mtilieieut refutation
of what my n-tcr vul.oarly called
"rpoolliti i.a " be! ecu Us.
I admit that on ono occasion I did
Foitu thing pi:tn nn intentionally
which wa i nearly givinc color to these
billy rumois. It was at a ejarden party.
1 too!; l'.thel liawlitia for a stroll
through the MUervatoricn. We wt re
both of us rather interested in botany,
j.ud our hostess had H)ino rare Fpeui
meiis of the pitcher plant which we
were anxious to inspect. Ethel and I
Htood lookitu: at 0110 of these. A alight
discussion arose between us about a
wasp which had been caught in ono of
tho plant's peculiar receptacles. I
maintained that it was a wasp. Ethel
thought that it was 11 bee. Wo both
put our lu ads down to examine tho
tiling (at the name 11: omen t as it hap
pened) and our cheeks chanced to
touch. It wa.4 tho most purely acci
dental circumstance, liut, at that very
instant, tho door opeucd, and Mary
and another follow camo walking 111.
1 noticed Marv'i faeo as kho passed us.
It woro that horrid, insinuating ex
pression which hho is ho fond of put
tinp on, I must tny I do bato girls to
do that sort of thing;. It is nbocking
ly bad taste. 1 saw that Ethol thought
tho name, for hbo colored (simply with
vexation) and seemed quite annoyed
about it. I determined to give Mary
a piece of my mind when wo -rot home,
liut Mary with her inexcusable
lack of truthfulness bad already put
me in a false position before I bad tho
opportunity of betting things straight.
"Oh I" exclaimed ull uiy ulsters, in
a breath, w heu I began to administer
to Mary her deserved rebuke : "Don't
pretend you didn't ; wo kuow you did.
Mary saw you."
".Saw mo what?" I donmndoJ in a
justly exasperated touo.
".Saw you and Ethel Ivawlina kiss
ono another, of course," they aid, all
sniggering iu the most vulgar man
ner. Now, of course, this was downrisht
absurd; and I told them bo. Wlft
should I want to kiss Ethel Rawlins
for? When a fellow baa nix nistorH,
every ono of whomintiitta ou kissing
him every morning' and night of bis
life, bo noon has a sickener of that sort
of thiug, aud I gave 'em to understand,
pretty plainly, that I didn't care if I
was never kissed by a girl again dur
ing the rest of my natural life. As
for Mary's soaodalons falsehood -well.
. .1 .
rm n
1 '0
I told her that, if she vera at all a do
cent sort of a girl, ths memory of it
ought t) keep her awake for many
nights. Ibis did not appear to im
press her ia the least. Sho only
laughed. I very much doubt whether
Mary has a conscience.
Things went on pretty quietly, until
Ethel ltawlin took that journey to
Austrnlia. Sho had a married sinter
living in N'ow South Wales, who, being
rather out of health, had asked Ethol
to corao and stay for six months or so,
and help her with her household
duties. Ethol acceptedtha invitation.
I don't deny that I felt a bit sorry at
tho prospect of losing her. She ws
my most sensible companion, and tho
pirl whoso rational conversation so
often soothed me wheu I hal been
nearly irritated to madness by the
brainless vaporing of my si-ter. Of
course, it was not for mo to interfere
with her movements. I dial, however,
take the opportunity of having a con
versation an almost fatherly conver
sationwith her, on tho day before
she sailed. '
I told her plainly tint she was the
most scnsiblo and companionable girl
I had ever comu across. I said that
it was on account of theso qualities
that I intert lino 1 for her so high a
regard ns I did. I ventured to ex
press a hope that sho would always
contiutio iu tho sumo path, and would
not permit herself to bo drawn aside
therefrom by nuy sentimental com
panions whom Mie might chancn to
meet. I pointed out to her, in this
connection, the perils of a c:i voyage.
Thcro was a Mibtlo sentimentality
ubnut the sen that was fearfully in
sidious. And tivi thoi-ij Anstialian
shecti i-tatioiiM. She mightn't think
it, but they Mini downright hotbcl.
of st tilimi tit. Australia was nearly as
ba 1 as India in that way. It wanted,
nu unusually t-troti-iiiinle 1 g,rl to
visit either the one or tho other, end
to ci mo lack homo without having
been let in. She, however, was nn-ii-unlly
siroi::-n in-led. And 1 thought
I coiiid tru-t ie r tj be true tj her
colors.
Hie was wry hu'n'.oo. She took my
a.lviee mulefiiily. 1 belli vo she would
have iikt.' t soiu-i i.ioio ol ,t. At least,
sh.i seemed us though sh" exneeted im
to say more. liut 1 didn't. I tiimt ht
that w,i 1 enough. So I simolv I,,.,
stow. I lay bie-smg upon her, and we
" ..ii !oo.)-!y. Was I ileeiivel? Wire
those te irs sliiiiiir- i:i In r evi s, as 1
pre.-.-e I li. r Ini'i I? 1 hoped I was tui-i-'
t-ikcu. A t'irl who conid be betrayed
into a rt iitiint it t nl exhibition, upon so
trillne-a cau e, wiih s.-arceiy tit to be
t r it-1 o I in thu iiisiiiti uis sin routniiugs
of a sea Vnv.i;.;e and 11 sheep f irm.
I bad not asked Ethel to write to
me; and I did not write to her. Prob
ably I Mnnil'1 have corresponded with
her, but 1 did not wish tj lay myself
open t misconstruction. When a fid
low l.as 11 lot of sisters who overhaul
his letters before ho comes down iu
tho morning, and examine tho hand
writings mill postmarks, to see whom
they nro from, ho is bound to bo very
careful. It the sinter are decent girls
it doesn't ' much matter, liut when
there is a Mary iiniong them, wit ii a
goieiii;' toll Mie and a ttipnaut disre
gard for verajity, too much caution
cannot be cr.' r.-ise 1. S I heard noth
ing direct liniii Ethel. lint as sho
wrote pretty frequently t 1 my eldest
si ter Katie, I was k'-pt t-dcraldy well
informed of her movements nu t occu
pation. It was not long In fore the contents
of theio b tiers to Ki.tio be-,'an to
awaken in me ;i serious utiirein'tiMon.
Th'-ro was a fellow named iiovvley who
had gouo out in the same ship with
Ethel, and who-o ile.-tinat 1011 hap
pene I to be tho fana adjacent M
Ethel's brother-in-law's. H0 was Mr.
liowley during, thu voyage. Eor tho
lir.t month 011 the sheep farm he wa
Charley Jiowley. After that ho became
Charlie. I ma bound to say that
Ethel's mode of alluding to him in her
lett. r-' caused in decided imnoyauco.
It is such bad form for iris to cull
comparatively straugo meii by their
Christian name, i should' have ex
pected it of Mary, or indeed of most
other girls of my acquaintance. Hut
Ethel who had always been the per
Bonification of form well, it was a
falling o!r for her. Of that there could
bo 110 doubt.
But it was not merely this that vexed
me. Apart from tho question of form,
there was a tono iu Ethel' letters a
dreadfully sickly, seutimental touo
which showed roe clearly that her
Bound sense ami her practical charac
ter had become seriously uudortniued.
It occurred to mo that something must
bo donu to stop it. An ordinary fel
low iu uiy position would have written
her a lofty rebuke, i atu a man of
deeper resource than that. I hit upon
a much more elTectivo way of bringing
homo her folly to her. It is a matter
of common kuowlo Igo that sinners in
whom any t-park of better feeling re
mains will pause and turn from their
downward career when they seo that
they are dragging with thcia to their
rum ono for whom they entertain a
true regard. I determined to coun
terfeit ; to make Ethel believe that her
falling away into tho evils of senti
menta'.ity had exeroised a debasing in
fluence ou myself. If that would not
pull her up nothing would.
With this end in view, I wont to my
dressing case one night and lished out
aoertaiu diamond ring, which together
with certain other effects had come to
me under my godmother's will a few
years ago. I then sat down and per
petratedwith well-feigued hypocrisy
that last and lowest act of which
your love sick fool is capable. 1 in
dited a copy of verses to Ethel.
I wrapped those versos round the
diamond ring. I packod thorn up. I
addressed the case to Ethel Kawlins.
It was my settled purpose to post tb.'in
to her next morning.
liut 1 never sent them, after all.
Next morning, wheu I came down, I
observed my sister regarding me with
!kt of mournful ootspavsiou. JSatie
was retdlu j t le.ljr wrilljn oc Toreiga
paper. . '
"Ob, Jack," she said, "here is soma
news for you which I am afraid will
not be very welcome. Ethel is en
gaged to Mr. Bowley.'
Toor Jack," added my odious sis
ter Mary.
"Why do you say 'Poor Jack in
that pitying way?" I demande.l, with
reasonable irritation. "If you had
said 'Poor Ethel,' it would have beeu
more to tho point."
"Because you look so green over
it," retortel Mary. Miry certainly
has the vulgarest way of talking of
any girl 1 know.
I turned npon her a look of lofty
nnd dignified reproof. But I did not
attempt to reason with her. tteason
and sound sense would have been
quite vastcd on Mary. Sho bad a
moral twist in her which was past rec
tification. Of course, the news was a shock.
Ethel Kawlins had sunk lower than I
should have thought possible. It was
a Fad, pitiablo decline. I was deeply
disappointed in her. I sold tho ring
to a jeweler for twenty guineas. Tho
verses went to a magazine, and fetched
one guinea more. They were memen
toes of my disgust at Ethel's fall. I
was glad to get rid of them at any
price.
From the Morning Tost, September
17, lyj.5:
Sa t l.-tilv. nt WnM'ltongn, X. S. V., en thu
.11 11 IV. . Churle Mad len linvvlev. age I
tlilr;y-!lvo. friends lcasu itccrpt this inti
mation. When I first read thi announce
mi lit it gave 1110 quito a turn. I in
longer retained that regard and re--pect
for E hel which I ha 1 felt heforo
her fill. Still, ono cannot utterly
break th'i ties which bind ono to old
friend--, even if they have disgraced
thcmsclvc; nn 1 I really was sorry fur
tho poor, weak girl in this alllic'tion.
There was another thing. I ba 1
been feeling ill nnd miserable for soma
titii" mysell. My nervous system had
gone w rortT. Ami the news of How
ley's death suli a halo and hearty
beggar he ha I seemed, ton set luy
tho.ights running in a tnorbi I train,
f went to my ib-clor at ouce. 1 tol l
ht:ii just how I felt.
liesRid I wan'.o-l change of nir and
a'eiie. A n a voyage, now. Coul l I
tin I tune for ,1 sea voyage? I said I
could f'l.id I. -. for nnythiu that
would re-t ru my health. To what
country had I better mako my
sea voya;;e? Oh, it didn't much mat
tir; only tho longer thij voyage tho
bet icrto Australia, for instance. I
said, resignedly, that Australia was
as good as any other place. So it was
settled that I should go to Australia.
I booked my passage to the Anti
podes in the very next liner that
sailed. The day before I went, I hap
pened to pnss tho shop of tho jeweler,
to whom I had sold my go Imother'a
diamond ring. (tlitncing in at the
window, I saw with some surprise
that it was still cxpo'-ed for salt" there.
When a man feels ill, unit, as it were,
nearly shaking bauds with death, it
makes him think more seriously of his
duties, obligations and such like. It
was bovno upon 1110 now that I hal
behaved most uudutifnlly in parting
with that diamond ring of my dear
godmother's, which sho had bequathed
to inu ni a kivpa';e. 1 wis thankful
that thu jeweler had not sold it. I
obeyed tli J dictates of my awakened
cotisc'ouco. I went in and repurchased
the ring.
From the Morning; Tost, October 1,
IV.) I :
Kkvihiic - Ho'vi.i-.v. '! it -'nilinr 2!. at St.
-I.-oii".'., Pi -ndillv. .loin H"H'iri' nf li--ek-
ll'V, l 'Veil, t 1 V. I I I', ii'ly, ui I i.v ol I'm
late t 'liiiles Mu l ieu lijvviey, ui Vai;-itoig.i,
N.S. W.
John Kendric, the writer. T could
not help it. Tin-re was 11 ) other way.
Ethel, having once tasted tho insi li
ous sweets of sentiment, was like a
lion who had ta-t'-d human llcsh. Shu
was incurable. Cnib r these circum
stances 1 could not leave her at tho
mercy of tao first sentimental idiot
who might cross her path. To savo
her from sinking into further folly, I
married her. Of course, I have, in
this matter, been mor or less bound
by nn absurd convention. I have bed
to tlo some love-making. It has been
a tremendous effort a heroic endeav
or. But the sense of duty has always
been strong within mo. And I have
riseu to the occasion. London Truth.
A Rental kahle Country ll-uue.
Tho remarkiiblo conulry homo of
Mrs. Elliott i Shepard, at Scarboro.
ia just now iu tho iiaus of experienced j
landscape pardeutrs. Larue llower
pots and bay trees, which have been 1
brought froiu Venice, Italy, will adorn
nnd benutii tho Italian garden iu 1
front of the baronial mansion. A '
largo corps 01 workmen is now en
gaged in the leveling of the hill in tho
rear of the house. Boots of foreigu
plants nnd young bay trees are also
being planted in tho dower gardens.
It is the intention of Mrs. Shepard to
devote uearly all the vast estate to the
oue unifying scheme of park garden
ing. So" far ever S'J.OuO.OOO has been
laid out in building the mansion,
decorating and furnishing the same,
tho laying out of the Italian garden
and the landscapiug of the grounds-
New York Advertiser.
Finnish Trolling Horses.
Ilorsemen iu this viciuity are taking
more than ordinary interest iu Will
iam Matson, a farmer aud boiso
breeder of Wasa, (iatula Kanleby,
Finland, who has brought to this
country sis Finnish trotting hoi sea,
three mares and three utalhons. Too
horses are smaller thau our trotters,
averaging about H hands high, but
it is claimed for them that they have
unusual endurance and are not infected
by the cold. They are now at Fleet
wood Park and have attracted much
attention from local horsemen, Xer
York Adverser.
STRANGE COLORS.
MEN FF.AU SKIKS YKM.UW, KED,
OltKKN AND IJIiACK.
The Kett Terror of the Fourteenth
Century Ureen Iay of the Colum
bian Year Dark Day of
the Revolution.
ON January 27, 130f), from inn
riso until midnight, the
churches of Europe wcro
crowded with kneeling sup
pliants, while solemn chants aud tho
smoko of tho censers arose uninter
ruptedly. Thousands of terrified peo
ple lay prone upon their faces in the
streets and squares. Women clutch
ing their infants to their breasts ran
shrieking along tho highways. Cred
itors forgave debts; usurers pressed
upon their mined clients their ill-gotten
pains; r.ch men distributed their
wealth in the namo of charity to all
who would consent to accept. Crim
inals voluntarily confessed their mis
deeds nn 1 besought the extremity of
human justice. Kings and princes
threw off their ermine, donned tho
rags of beggary, aud vowed now cru
sades for the recovery of tho Holy
Sepulchro from tho Turk. Men went;
mad. Anchorites and hermits issued
front their cells, wild-eyed, clad in
goat skins or sackcloth, and, stalking
through tho streets, cried aloud:
"Woo! wool Thu hour of judgment
is nt hand!"
It was tho Day of tho Red Terror,
described by the auci"nt chroniclers.
Tho dawn broke clear nu l mild as in
iiiuiMimmer, we aro tori, ana "not n
cloud of i handbreath's bigness was to
bo Keen in all tho t-ky." But just be
fore tho sun rtno a strange red ha.o
or mist overspread the hoavtn, deep
ening in Into nnd density, until at !)
o'clock tho firmament was a crimson
pull w hich obscured tho suti and cast a
dull, ominous glaro upon tho earth
like the reflection from a tremendous
conflagration at 11 di-.tuiiee. Despite
tho unnatural illumination the gloom
was s.) profound, cveunt mi May, "that
ono mail knew not another, though
hi; were bis own brother. Toward 3
of tho afti ruoou thcro camo a great
splendor of crim'ou, like blood, and
some cried that now, indeed, 'tho
heavens were departing as a pcroll
when it is rolled together;' others
that they beht Id the ungels battling
ngaiust tho host of tho Apollyon in
tho unper nir, nnd yet otlu rs that
bloo 1 rained upon tho earth." At
nboiit midnight tho tiery pall disap
peared, seeming to bo dissiputed ns a
lij;ht miHt is driven before ajatrong
wind; tho stnrs came forth iu their
tranquil beauty, nnd the panic-stricken
world grew calia ugaiu.
In April of tho year iu which Col
umbus set out upon his memorable
voyage to tho indies, incidentally dis
covering America, occurred tho" won
derful (ireen Day. During the fore
noon there had been a succession of
light showers, but at 12 o'clock the
sky cleared, and thu sun shone bright
ly. At nn hour past noou tho suu
grow pale, and 1 t its brilliancy, ns
if obscured by r.i whiter fog, though
thcro was no trace of vapor iu tho at
mosphere. At the bimie tituu the a.ure
buo of the sky changed to a livid green
deepening gradually to 11 rich emer
ald tint. Tlio sun liosamu wholly in
visible, anil thcro was a sort of pre
ternatural twilight upon tho earth.
Tho green hue was so intense that "all
objic's took th" coior of oak leaves,
and men ! tared in affright at each
other's fact -,' for they, too, were of
tho prevailing livi 1 green. The pop
ulace poured into tho s;rtt'ts to gaze
in tenor at tho enteral i sky, iiud to
li;;; ea'h other what had become of
the sua, uud if tho end of tho world
wire at hand. Bells were tolled, ser
vices were bel l in all the churches, lu
0110 I'l'cuch tjwa several persona ex-pir-1
1 from flight. At about 8 o'clock
in tho evening thu hky reauiued its
normal aspect.
There are stveral Yellow Days on
record, thu most remarkable being
that which occurred iu the reigu of
Charles IX. of France. "All tho pre
vious night such a tempest of wind
blew us not the oldest man had seen.
Steeples fell with a horriblo crash.
Strong houses and palaces fell down
Hat upon tne earth. Whole forests
were levelled and thousands of deer
destroyed, so that there was no hunt
ing in all tho realm for the space of six
years." At sunrise the storm died down
to a breathless culm. It became so in
tensely hoi that cattle died in the fields,
men fell down iu the streets, btcain
robe from standing pools, aud hayricks
took lire. Yet there was no visible
sun. Tho sky was a brilliant yellow,
like that sometimes seen in the west ut
early twilight, deeping toward noon
to a splendid orange, aud later, to au
ugly muddy browu. So frightful was
the omen "that men, not daring to go
forth for tho dreadful heat, conlessed
themselves to each other, forgave
debts and old feuds. Those that ven
tured out of door drenched their
clothiug with water, which turned to
vapor iu a hundred paces. Many died
iu their house, whether of thu heat
or fear, aud half the worll wa over
come." The Dark Day of the Bovolution
has been frequently described, to
many yet living, by ancient people
who were eyewitnesses. This account
was given by a Bhodo Island lady, a
cousin of General Nathaniel Greene:
"The sky wus clear until near noon,
wheu the sun began to fade, as if its
light were withdrawn, until it needed
very keen eyes to mark its positions
in the heavens. At first there was
sort of greenish twilight, then every
thing became as dark as midnight.
The stars came out. The fowls went
to roost. People looked at their
clocks, sure that they must somehow
have mistaken 'he time. The churohes
and meeting houses were open. The
hells tolled mournfully. Some men
stood npon the corners preac
that this was the Last Day fort
1 . ...
Dy tne evangelist. Home pe
wrapped themselves in white eh'
and sat at open windows or on roi
: 1 t. . . .
ningiug nymus. duiiubi DCloro S
set the sky cleared. I remember t
my mother and fnther embraced ef
other, then kissed me, and scctn
overjoyed, and the street was full -people
running to and fro and shot
ing thnt the world was safe."
Tho Black Day of the thirteen'
century must have been yet morediri
and terrifying, according to two fra
mcntary accounts which have con
down. "During tho whole day t!
snn was a diso of ebony iu a funcrt
firmament, nnd tho whole earth w
full of weeping. Tho bcat-ts ere;
into men'shouses for comfort." N
York Sun.
Miecp Shearing.
Part of tho shearing in New Sont
nles is dono in largo sheds, nnotle
part iu smaller nnd less protentioi
hni'idings, nnd a portion iu the opt
air. Most of the work, Jiowever,
now conducted in shods with ever
modern facility, and is carrit
through with dispatch and btisincs
liko method, approaching somcwh
tho regular working of a largo factory
Its occurrence being ouly ouce a year
and then only for short period, tl
formality ot engaging tho hands
gono through before tho work con
inetices, nnd is n-iially effected tl;
dav tirrvioti t-1 t'irtm. telinn fl
roil is called and tho men sign 01.
afterwards obtaining their shear,
oil stones cud bottle of oil. Prefer
cuco is shown iu regard to choice i
shears, each man having his own par
ticulur fancy for a pair of shear
suited to bis wrist power, tho ston
being ruurn u matter of speculation
Tho general practice is to start nt th
end of the week the rams or stu.
sheep being frequently tho firtt shor
allowing for slow work, i-nablin
Iho nu n to fret iuto tho cutting with
out straining their wrist. Tht
t'.i.dhod, it ia needless to say, benclit
both tho owner nnd his shearer.
Perhaps the most striking; sound ti
catch tho ear of tho ou'.ooker after tie
work str.ris iu real e iruest is tho orde
"t.ir,"' oft.'ii given in u deep voice 11
"tar here," while shonta of "woo
nw.iv, ns tuo ringers cut out then
sheep, iu'.ermiugiod with tho occasion
al bleating of tho sheep, ud I to tie
babel, to say nothing of thii constan
click of the bhcur.s or tho whirl of th'
niacin aery.
From the Mauds tho boys scenr
the llct ce, taking euro to lilt them it
the orthodox fashion, aud throw then
out on the nkirters' tables, nt the sum.
time skilfully spreading them out.
Hit) sktrtcr, working under special in
strnctiotis, bunds them on to tie
elasscr, who trriiilt and places tie
llceces in tho bins, after which tie
prescrs, waiting near tho back of tin
bins, are ready to fiuish off tho work.
Dulgtty's Monthly Keview.
Human S.icrillcc in Alrlci.
If thcer tdicr.tion of cannibalism in
Africa seeia-i well-nigh impossible, it
looks us if would bo even moro diffi
cult to suppress tho sacrifice of human
beings on particular occasion. In
Macinil'au s Maga.iue there is an no
count of what is called tuo yam cus
tom. Although tho writer uses tho
guise of fiction, lie unquestionably
t-tioks close to tho fai'ts. Theincidcut
occurs in a (v.aittjwu, whore tho ilng
ligli h -.vo a colony. Tho Donkos aro
about ushering iu the yum leativalnnd
their deity, liou-im, must 00 pro
pit into 1 by human sacrifice. His Ex
cellency tho liovernor is using ull pre
cautious so as to do away with these
horii'olo rites. Her Majesty's ollicials
and tho Inspector of Police nro on tho
watch, and many precautions have
beeu taken. An A-lianteo on the way
lo town from the up country has beeu
kidnapped. Hoist') bo tho victim.
Tho beaotto-l African King is half
uTraid of the English police, and hesi
tates. The priests tell him that dire
calamities will arise unless Bonsaui
has his usual sacrilice. A more pru
dent course is determined ou. Tha
blood of tho victim might bo trace ),
if it bespattered tho King's mud-wall-surrouuded
courtyard. The Ashan
tee, bound with cords, is carried out
to sea in a cauoe. At some distance
from tho land tho priests cut off the
victim's head. Then his Exoellenoy
sends a dispatch to the Bight Honora
ble Secretary of the Colonies in Lon
don, iuformiiig hitu "that the cele
bration of the yam oustotu, which in
former years was attended by many
lerocities, has just been observed in a
vory orderly mauner," aud the con
clusion is, "that the gross supersti
tious of fotichism are rapidly losing
ground uuder tho teaching of tho mis
sionaries of various denomination."
In the long past this sacrifice of human
beings to the gods must have beeu
common. Mauy ages passed before
this horrible custom was discontinued.
New York Times.
A Remarkable Brick Column.
In the city ot Salvador is a brick
column ninety feet high and threo'.feet
square that was moved 100 feet with
out losing its perpendicularity or
cracking the mortar. The ground un
der the city of Salvador is full of cav
erns ot unknown depth. A man was
once digging a well there. The last
stroke he gave with his pick tho bot
tom fell out, and he aud his pick aud
all fell through, nobody knows where.
New York Advertiser.
Why a Diplomat Wore Bangs.
A prominent New Yorker said re
ceutly : "I never did like William
Walter Fhelps because he was too af
fected. . I never could stand a man
who wore bangs." Judge Phelps was
not at all affected, ami he wore his
hair banged to hide a terrible scar on
his forehead.-New Orleans Picayune.