A llninniork Honir. Sunshine la through the branches sifting, silting, As 1 awlugi l'lii j' odors lire round mn drifting, drifting, Aa t swing To nml fro, to and fro, ben-nth the rustling leaves ( I'm linlf asleep and half awake, ami in a restful case. " A t living. Ah, tho ilny-tlrcanis t ntu il reaming, dream lug, An I Kn iiiu; W'lth what happy thoughts my brain In teeming, teeming, Aa I swing. All tlil lung life In a summer's day, And sunhliie and happiness have come to Hay, Ai I swing. Away Irom the cares of earth I'm swingiiii:, swliiglni,', As I swing t Ease mid rest forget fuhic'-s nro brltiKliii,', bringing, As I awing. But troubled dreams were the grief I've known, That. away on tho morning havo quickly tru'tve, A I swing. My heavy eyelids would lo sleeping, sleep ing, As I swim:; And my tired eyes forget tuclr weeping, weeping, As I swing. Itcpe hath for mo no weak or crippled wing, And life seems a sweeter und dearer thing. As 1 swing. - I'iddie Curtis, In New York Ledger. AT LUELLEN. I do not teo how I could lmvu avoided doing It, niul yet It lins weighed heavy on my coiisclonco ever sinco. I wns making my (list trip to Mexico. Cold weather wus approach ing, uuil bo I hail lukon a rillo with mo, hoping that lit somo point I should be nlilu to get a shot or two lit deer or turkeys. 1 say ltt" rifle ami not "my" rillo, for I know that on the level sur face uuil lu tho thick underbrush of western Texas I should have no oppor tunity to u so my long-range, lnglc sli it lii inlugtoii that I had curried widi mo for years. Consequently 1 bml obtained espcohilly for this Jour ney light Winchester, with which I felt entirely unacquainted. Tho country east of tho Ilio Gramlo for it long ilistnnco wus then a snvugo wilderness. Not a villiigo of any nizo, hardly a pormuncnt dwelling of any kind, was to bo found. Tho only roprexeutatives of the human race to bo met wo lo tho employes of tho inglo lino of rnllWHy that passed through i ho territory, nud tho bunds of w icked-looking Indium that roved everywhere, ready to commit, any kind of u orimo and thou to cscupo by lipping ovor tho boundary into their own country. S ion nftcr leaving San Antonio, I began to hear conversations in the train about somo inutdci-s that hud been committed during tho previous wck ut a station of tho rond culled Luellen. Tlirco inoti who hud sep arately, for different purposes, alight ed ut that point hud boon shot in tho back and robbed of all their valua bles. Indians hud beoti soon In tho vicinity, and (hoy w'cro beyond all doubt tho ussussins. Workmen cm ployed by tho railway company had Tcporlod tho ctinics and brought tho boilios to tho station for identification, but declared thcmsolvcs tiuublu to glvo tiny Information that could loud to tho detection of tho criminals. I decided thai whatever else 1 might do, I would not stop ut Luolicu. I hud already fixod upon thn Xuucoo Kivcr as tbo most promising pluco at which to commuiico my bunting oper ation. Thoro, I hud been told, game, ofiou cimo out in full sight of the rullwuy truin, nud but a short wulk would bo uccosury to carry mo to a number of liltlo given openings in thu o, ttbhwood whoro dour loved to browse, and lo a lii.o of tall trees fringing tho river on which turkeys ould uhvays be found nt night. I hud intended beforo arriving ihero to tukeolTiny black traveling-suit and to put on tho heavy shoes, cunrsa drilling trousers, blue woolau shirt and hIoucIi hut thut I always woro on tbo pruliies and in tho woods, bat I bud boon so much interested lu thu convocation of my follow pussongors thut I suddenly found myself ut my destination. Nut a building was lu light except a plulu litllo ' shanty f rough board thut seivod tho double purposo of ilutlon bouse and homo for truck repuiruis. A few rods awuy stood in luzy a ill. tudu a hulf doziu Mexican Indians. As I moved toward the iiouso, carry ing in ono baud my vullso und In tho other my rlflo ca-e, and tiuuvoldubly bowing a small wutcli-cliulii, thoy atudied me with close attention. When I trout through thu doorway, they followed, and as I begun to chttngo Mir tmtiido clo'hlng lu the ouo uiairi- tnnnt that did duty as dining-room, sitting-room and slocplng-room, they watched ovory movotnonl. Thoy saw that I hud property enough to make mo a prvfltnblo subject for robhorv, and they also bad nu opportunity to observe that tho proporly consisted in part of nu Itistrumnnt Mint could throw bullets onu after another with wonderful rapidity, whatever might bo the accuracy of their nun. Two railway employes wero in chiirga of tho Iiouso, and Into their enre I gave my In 'gage, I then ex pbilnod to them that I wished to spend thn remainder of the day lu tho thicket, and that as tho country was flat, proseutlng no prominent objects by which n stranger could direct his course, I should bo glad lo obtuiu the services of one of them 'is guldo. They answered Hint their time was paid for by tho company, and that, although ono of them could bo sparad from bis post without hat in, neither felt at liberty to leave. I ollcred thorn llvo dollars, ton dollars, and blutod ttt it larger sum, but could not move either of thorn. I must then either go alona or loo tho opportunity to hunt in a particularly promising locality, and p.iss tbo rest of the day nud pin t of tho vajglii, till tho arrival of thn next train, in a wretched hovel, with out any occupation whitcvcr. I de cided in favor of tho former course; so buckling on my curtrldgo belt and throwing my rillo over my shoulder, I leaped tho II Jit lonco In the roar of the lioii'f mid the next moment was In a wilderness In which, without care, ono could bo hopelessly lost in a few moments. Coiiitltiug my cotnpiss often, and keeping lu mind tbo speed Willi which 1 walked, 1 moved away from ibn station ut it right nuglo with the railway. Tho ground was nearly ovcrcd by inesijiiite-Lushns growing lu denso clumps, the spaces botweoit being t'lti'pelcd with lino, soft bull':tlo-gra that guvo out no sound under tho troad. I had travelled four or llvo miles, nil of tho time listening eagerly for game, whon my attention was ar rested by tho breaking of a twig be hind mo. I dropped Instantly behind a cactus-plant and lay perfectly still. So quiet was tho air that tho boating of my heart seemed to mo to mako a great uoisc. Looking steadily in tho direction in which I bail honrd tho crackling, I at length saw nu apparent change of form going on in a small upturned stump, eighty or ninety yards away. Ouo sido of it, which presented a confused effect by reason of projecting roots, seemed to bo gradually swelling out and becoming solid. Was I deceived? Surely that was u human head thut was steaihily forcing itself into view. And what was that long black object, glistening just a littlo at tho outer cud, that 1 saw gradually working its way lo a position in a straight lino with me? It could bo nothing elso than a rifle. Then I beard a low, sharp click. Tho man beforo mo wus plainly one of tho Mox lean Indians that I bud soon at the station. Ho had followed mo to mur der and rob inu. Ilo knew precisely whoro I lay, and waited only tor mo to riso a little, to send n bullet spin ning through my forehead. Fortunate ly I was belter concealed than he. My tnlud worked rapidly. I thought of my pleasant homo, my friends, tbo thousand experiences that mado lifo swoet to mo. I rciuotnbored that I bad obligations to meot, work to do. Though 1 misfit havo acted foolishly in entering into so wild a place alone, my purposo was honest, I intended no harm to ituyoiin, I had a right to be tho re. Must I be shot down liko n dog, by a mUorablo savage, that ho might possess himself of tho trinkets itlioiit my porson? Hut could I trust my Wincbosler? True, tho dlstauco wus short, but in such a crisis I hickod faith in a new and an almost untried weapon. My cyo wus on tho sights, my linger on tho trlggor, and almost unconsciously 1 pulled. A scream a dirty iittud raised lu tho uir, und Ikon perfect silliness again. Whut next? Was I probably surrouudod? If I should riso, should I be riddled with lead svMiilug from nil directions? 1 remained perfectly quiet for some time, and thou crept cautiously to ward my would-bo murdoror. lie was dead, sure enough. I did nut liko to look at him. I started buck to ward tho railway, inteiitionully do, criblug a large circlo lu my course, and arrived uftor dusk. Xo Indians wore lu tbo slatlon-houso. The two whilo uiou looked surprised whou hey saw mo. Said ouo of thorn t "Well, yer a lucky chap. Me an Hill didn't 'xpeot t' see yer no more 'loiiud bore 'live. Thorn air grouser huiiglu' 'round all tb' timo M Jus like tor - kill yer fer Yer boots er yer bat, t' lay not hi a' 'bout yor pocket-book. We sh'd er told yer 'bout 'am, but didn't havo no ehiiuco tor talk tor 'lone. They say yer linn died a gun liko ' yor wero bro't up with one; p'raps they took yor for one o' them oio San Antonio blacklegs that shoot like thcr mischief, nud just il'light tcr have er chance tor kill some nn In a nnl'ral sort cr way. Why, three inen've bin shot by them' crit ters within er week lu this place, nud " "Why, I thought that happened ut Ltietlcn." Well, this Is Luolicu; fo.ks used to cull it Nances Kivcr." A moinout more, and tbo west bound express canto roaring along, and soon afterward I was settled down In n comfortublo borlh for tho night, but I could not keep out of my mind tho dead man lying under Ilio trees. I.owlston (Mo.) Journal. Hull Whip n Mmi. Tho lion has boon called the king of beasts, but I will back a bull of good fighting stock against ntiythlng thut wears hnlr." said C. W. Court right nt the Southern. "I was travolitig in Mexico a few years ago, and at Monterey a litllo one-ring circus with mcnngorlo nt tachment was exhibiting. In tho out lit was a large nud ferocious.looklng lion, which was proclaimed ns tho (error of tho nuiiiml creation. A Mexican cattlo man was an in. forested spectator, and whilo tho tent wns full ho mountod a scut nnd ollcred to bet tbo proprietor of tho show sjUOOO lhat be bad a bull that could whip tho Hon In ten minutes. Tbo wager was accepted and tho next diiJ" set for thn bultlo lu the local bud-pon. Tho lion wns turned looso in the In. closuro and a young lamb thrown to him. Ilo killed nnd nlo it and tho tnsto of blood seemed to mnko him frantic. Then a black, wiry, Spanish bull was turned lu. Without a moment's hesi tation ilio Hon sprung at him, but taunts caught him on his neodlc-llko horns and threw It 1 it thirty feet. Tho lion did not appear anxious to resume, hostilities, but tbo bull wus in for a light to a finish. Ilo rushed at bis oncmy and gnvo him another savngo ton. Tho lion rollrod to the furthest corner of tho lnclosuro and tried to scruniblo out, but was clubbed back. Tho bull mnde another rush, nnd this timo ho drove a born Into his antagonist and nearly disem boweled lilin. Every bit of tight in tho lion was gouo. Tho bull stood in tho contro of tho lnclosuro pawing and bellowing, und tho terror of tho ani mal kingdom was dragged out and an attempt mado to suvo his lifo. Tho bull was boss from tho moment ho en tered tho arena. St. L'jttis Crlobe Democrat. Whrro the liny Begins. If it is now Saturday hero It is still Friday in China bocause tho sun has not yet risen thoro on tho day which wo uro now enjoying. Or, is it not Saturday there? Why should it not havo been Saturday lu China when tho sun last roso P Thou, its Its light truvollod from east to wost traversing Europo, tho ocean and America, it it would havo brought Saturday ulong with it; und, when it again lises on tho country of tho Mongol it would bring Sunday. As to w bother it is Friday or Sun day on tho other sldo of tho earth do ponds upon wbcro tho day begins, and scluuiillo men finally cuiue to an agreement on a definite spot where, by common consout, tho sun should tiso ou a new duy for tho whole world. Tho spot is Faster Island, in tho Pacific Ocean west ot Chile. There tho day is doomed to cud und begin. When tho suu rises on Faster Island It brings (lotus say) Monday with it and this Monday uccumpuuies the suu all around tho globe until that orb again rcucho the mid-ocean Isluud, wlieu at oneo Tuniduy dawns for the wholo world. Thus, If it bo Saturday at sunset bore it will bo Sunday about sunrise in China, nnd though wc may be ahead of tho Celestial Empire In (ho achievements of science and the devel opment of civilization, thoy beat us by a day in time and are ulroudy up in the morning hours bo fore us. Tho Argosy. The Esquimau Circus. Tho natives uro very fond of the atricals. They mimlo all sorts of ani mals wonderfully, and tho man who can do this best Is eonsiderod a great actor. This sort of mlmlory Is woven Into tho shape of dramatic entertain ment. Oue performer will be a boar, for example, clad lu appropri ate skins, while the other hunt him. Commonly the bunt wind up with the death of ihe bear or seal. "Bos ton Transcript. ' A SACKED CITY. BENARES AND ITS KCMEItOUS TIOMI'IiKS. Strange Rellj-lnn Rite and Core monies Tho Van of Water in Worshiping tho Oods Hurt dha and Ills Followers. ENABE3, says tho Pan Francisco Chronicle, bears the same relation to Hin dooism tbat Bethle hem did nnd does to Christendom, that T 1 .11.1 A. . I- sy .- s tf v. upturn, UMl III UIU Tcmplars.tlmt Home does to Catholicism nud that Mecca does i..i,n....n,i3..i..n Mt II . ttVr " ' most, re- P W-1? I T holie,t Pot OD Mrth iJ.' ' to tho Hindoo. Tho 4 , . I . . nnmo Dennres Is derived from two small rivers, Vtrana and Asi-Veranasi, called by the Hindoos Kasl, the Splendid. lJeimrcs has been tbo religious center of all India since countless generation! before Christ. Indeed, the origin is laid to bo coeval with tho creation of the world. It was occupied by hundreds of thousands of people over six centuries beforo our Christian era and was the birthplace ot Hindoo mythology. The first authentic history of tho city dates bark to (JJ8 B. C, for Sakya Muni Iluddha tho great Hindoo Christ, flour ished from that time till D 13 B. C, and lived here for many yean. It was in Benares that Buddha taught and estab lished the greatest religion, numerically, on earth, and to show how successful ho was and how prosperous his religion has been (although, like Christendom, Beth lehem and Jerusalem contain fewer Christians than any other religious sect, so does Benares contain fewer Buddhists than Hindoos nnd Mohammedans), there aie 500,0(10,000 people that bow to the Buddhist faith worshiping ns devoutly as ever Christian worshipod Christ. From tho timo of tho Buddha little is known of Hcnnrcs until tho groat Mo bnmmcdan cemjuest in 1191 A. D. The Mohammedans destroyed over 1000 Hin doo temples and built mosipics in their stead. Now tbnt tho British rule in In dia tolerates all religious viows, Benares bus become almost exclusively a Hindoo city. Indeed, it Is this very wise policy ol free religious thought, spocch and ac tion that enables Great Britain to govern India, for tho Hindoos would willingly unite with England to drive out the Mo- a ,,.inn-":-- ,- 1 M,ir',,,,l,,1.inl""mwnnmi-n'i''"" nrrn 1 ot1 m TUB MONKKT liamincdans, and tho Mohammedans, on the other hand, mo eager to drive out the Hindoos. Should tbe two great parties ever combine against England thero will be a much worse scene enacted in India tban tho tcrriblo mutiny of 1357. Bonarcs, tho holy city of these hun dreds of millions of souls, is beautifully situated on tho left bank ot the sac rod Ganges, a mighty river, whose copious ever-flowing stream stretches from half a milo to a mile in width, and whose precious waters precious to more of tho children of tbo Great Father of us all than any other waters on tho globe purify and wash away all taint of sin by the merest touch. Hero in Bonarcs are the holy ghats that lead down to the lauctifying Ganges. Here is tho most holy well where pil grims by tho hundreds of thou sands come wearily ouch year to purify themselves before they cleave tho Ganges flood. Hero are the sacred cow and bulls, monkeys, peacocks, doves and ser pents, the well of knowledge, the templo of gold and silver. Here, indeed, are tho sacred footprints of the saintod Buddha, and even thoso of God Vishnu I Of course wo scoff at all these sucred and wonderful things and cull them pagan superstitions, claiming tbat other waters, other forms of ablution alone can absolve us from sinful ways; still tbe KALI, WIVE OF VISnND, DURdA TSMFL1. year roll on, still roll on the ages, and jt too GUngci faith U bright within the mm Tit,.. simple souls of almost countless millions. Thousands of millions have purified their bodlot in this wondrous stream and gone away happy. Millions nnd millions of bodies have been burned on Its water' edge and have had their ashes strewn upon its placid wave in bope of rest eternal, and still the stream gather its forces and devotees annually in ever in creasing numbers and may do so in all the countless ages that are to come. Modern Benares has a . permanent population of about a quarter of a million nnd an annual pilgrimage ot ovor one hundred thousand. It has over one thousand tomples, thousands of priests, to say nothing of the sacred cows and bulls and monkeys and snakes whose spirits have been on earth centuries before. The Christians hold the cock sacred becnuso it gave timely warning to St. Peter, though he heeded I It not, and tho dnvo because the Holy Uhnst assumed that shape nt one time; so that it is not at nil rcmatknhin that tho simple-minded Hindoos should have sacred animals, mors especially as their religion is largaly pantheistic, teaching that the Grout Ood Spirit is in overy living being. The streets of Benares are almost as crooked as those of Boston or London. Tho largest of them within tho city are barely wide enough for an ox cart to pass, nnd ono must crawl Into tho huts or doorways to allow ono to go by. Everywhere tho people throng the streots with their baskets and bundlos on their heads and babies nn their hips. One of tho ereat tomples out of tbo thousand at Benares is tho Durgn or Monkey" Temple. DurH Is the terrific form of Shir as wife Kali, who is said to delight in destruction. Tho triuity of the Hindoo faith, at Is well known, con sists of Brahma, tho creator, Vishnu, the presover, und Shira or Sira, tho do stroyer. It seems that Shlru's wifo, with her four hands, nrmod with sword and spear and riding nn a Bengal tier, was even more bloodthirsty than the god bimelf. To appeusu the goddess this elegant and costly templo was erected, nnd daily suoriliees of human lite wero made until quite recently, when the Gov ernment mterferred. Even to this day lambs and goats nro sacritlced to appease tho divine wrath, nnd tho poor animals' blood is sprinkle! nbout to sanctify tho temple. The Durgn Is called tho monkey tem plo because thero are hundreds of these sacred animals about, filling the trees and buildings. They nro allowed to go and come and do as thoy ploase, for their an cestors woro human nnd their spirits have coma back on earth to work out their norwana. They havo also sacred bulls, whose spirits lived within human - ic.. TEMPLE. frames once upon a timo. All these bulls and monkeys axo painted different colors and worshiped several times a day with imposing ceremony. Evon flowers and shrubs nro worshiped and prayed to, for docs not the essence of divine influenco porvado all nature? The Monkoy Temple is a beautiful oriental structure composed of several shrines elaboratoly carved and decorated with gold, silver and procious gems. In tbe centre of the building rise up tho WINDISO SIT.Tt. towers called sikrai or vimaruhs, so uni versal in Hindoo temples. They are built of carved red sandstono or marble, and often covered with solid plates ot gold. The origin of their peculiar ahape is unknown, a they existed long beforo history, but it is supposed they represent flames of tiro. Tbe whole U surrounded by a huge wall, having compartments for the prlosts or Hindoo monks and longgbats leading down to tbe Ganges. Talk not of worshiping until you have seen the dovout Hindoo performing his devotions in ono of thoso groat temples in Benares. Hither pilgrims flock by the thousands from all parts of India. The temples are so crowded that admission cannot bo gained for day at a time, and then tho crowd are so denso that the jostling and squeezing, tbe constant noise of the huge bolls, the chanting of tbe prayora and the throwing ot holy water mukes a terrific pandemonium, and yet to see the people lying prostrate be fore theae Image, prajing devoutly for I an- "' JlJlk their future state, )i very touching-. One often sees the devotoos crawling on all fours t the foot of some grand im age, Imploring It protection and bless ing. One sees tears streaming down the suppliant's checks, or perhaps bis head will be burled In the dirt and mud to show his humiliation. Where else oa umm; GOING) TO BATnr. earth does one see humanity so humbled, so sincerely devout! They fast for days. go without speaking one word for years, stand on ono foot or keep ono arm ele vated above thoir heads for weeks. months and years, until their limb be comes ankyloscd and as still as a poker. Another interesting temple on the) Gnnge is at the Chsnki Ghat, whore) serpents are worshiped. The priests of tho templo et the Moon in Benares cure every disease nn earth by prayer and holy water. Close to this one is the statue of tho mother of j&culapius. This is worshiped and cures diseases. Anothor one is that of Sitla or "Small pox," a templo presided ovor by a HIj doo goddess. Hither small pox patient flock to be cured. It is needless to say that not many travelers visit this temple. The temple of the planet Saturn has o largo image in the shape of a round sil ver disk, from which hangs an npron or cloth, which prcvonts one remarking that it is a head without a body. A garland bangs from each car and a can opy is spread above. Thoro is also a templo of food the) Aunapurna presided over by a goddess. She has express orders from Bisheihwar to feed the inhabitants of Benares. Tbe tomple of Shukareshwar or planet Venus is filled by men and women pray ing for handsome offspring. Near tha templo of Vonus is the curious image of Ganesh. It stands twenty feet high and has solid silver hands, foot and ears, and a huge elcpbunt's trunk tor a note. Benares is a quaint old city, so full of all forms of worship from otitis to snakes and idols to things that cannot be men tioned. But Bonares is noted for other things, the Hindoo woven silk and gleaming gold and silver. Tho hut in which it is mads is dirty, without win dows or doors. Tho loom is worth, with all its wood and knotted strings and trappiugs, say one or two rupeos, thirty to sixty cents, and yet within that un clean hut, squatted upon the earth floor, sits the weaver, facing his cheap, simple trap and weaves such costly, priceless fabrics, silks that stand nn edge, so stiff they are with golden threads. Silken goods and embroidery in such won drous patterns that kings and princes stop to buy ; goods that put to shame tbe richest products of Western civilization, all mado by the clever slender Angers nnd the deft Indian band and foot upon this cheap claptrap of a loom. In gold and silver and brass tableware tbe peoplo of Benares excel. In fact tho brass work is not equaled in any part of tho world. Tbey draw designs without patterns, and inlay gold and sitvor tbread into tha brass in most exquisite forms. They sit on tho door and hold tho cup or brass plate with their feet and toe and work with tbeir bauds. Color Blindness. From tlirci to five per cent, cf men who nro capablo of aotiug as pilots or engineers uro kept out of the work through color bhudncu. Total color blindness is very rare, but tho green-red blindness is very common. Unfor tunately for thoso sufferers from the de fects of nature, tho signals on the water and railroads are always green and red, racking it impossible for them to accept, positions that thoy might otherwise bo adapted to by nature. After examining several hundred patients, Hering con cluded that while green-red color blind ness wus quite common, total color blind ness or yollow-blue is very rare. It is suggested, then, that if rod signal lights bad a distinctly yellowisti tinge aua tua green ones a bluish tinge, no accident from color blindness would ever buppeu, Yankee Blade. Tho Old and the New. TBS OLD FASHIONED COQUKTTB. 1 1ov another, Will think ol yon as a bfQtlitr. ill-- $tl thd uoDsai tun I lov dossn, Will think ot you at . otfUthi. . i -Puck..