Freelajstd Tribune. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. RHOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year no Six Months 75 Four Mouths 60 Two Mouths. 25 Subscribers are requested to observe the date following the namo on tbo labels of thetr papers. Ry referring to this they can toll at a glance how they stand on the looks In this office. For Instance: Grover Cleveland 2KJune9s means that Grover Is paid up to June 28, lam. Keep the Ugures in advAnce of the present data. Report promptly to this office when your paiwr is not received. All arrearages must bo imid when paper is discontinued, or collection wlli tor made in the manner provided by law. WHEN a man is right he is seldom left REAL lighters never waste their wind. IDLE factories turn out the most clubs. INSTINCT is more faithful than reason. PIRATES' treasures are hidden in credulous skulls. A KIND "no" is often more agree able than a rough "yes." IN keeping appointments some folks seem to carry watches without hands. THERE is no knowing exactly how long a mosquito will live; but he generally manages to hold out until another takes his place. CONSUL SMITH, at Mayence, Ger many, says the German people are "salting down" somewhere about six hundred million dollars annually and Investing most of it in interest-bear ing securities either at home or abroad. He estimates the net in come from such investments at 9119,- 000,000 annually. MANY fruit growers were some what surprised recently to see the Portland market stocked with Tas mania apples, selling at $2 per box. The land of "big red apples" will lose its reputation if she has to go to Australia lo get apples, eveu if they are extra good ones, says the North west Pacific Farmer. IT is now stated that a band of bakers in Vienna are using' soap suds to make the bread lighter than over. It is hard to imagine a less an petizing concoction than soapsuds and dough, but it is claimed ttiat so carefully is it kneaded that the suds impart "an infinite delicacy" to the loaves. It may be so, but we prefer our suds straight. COL. SII.IOVVAGE, who saved Presi dent Lincoln from capture by the Southern army, is dying of starva tion in Boston. The people at the center of learning have long boasted that more celebrated men die there than at any other place on earth. They work up the record by stcuring the great men and then refusing to feed them. THERE is an Lister landlord of New York City, who after thirty years' sojourn in the United States, is said to be still a loyal subject of Victoria. He passes part of his time on his estate in Ireland, and, to please his son, a native of the United •States and a sturdy American, he flies side by side upon the lawn the union jack and the stars and str pes. STATISTICS of immigration to the United States are of great interest. During all the years from IS2I to 1800, we received only 10,870 Dutch men from the Netherlands, while the number of Germans who came to us during that period was over 4,000,- 000. Ireland contributed 3,481,074. England and Wales 2,430,380, anil Italy 388,558. France is credited with 300,434, and Russia 324,802. A MILWAKEB daily paper, says the E evator and Grain Trade, deplores the exhaustion of our fertile soil and predicts that the United States will cease to export wheat inside of ten years It overlooks the vast plains of virgin soil and the demand that immigration be restricted. We will never stop exporting wheat on ac count of lack of facilities to produce it, but our farmers may go into the production of more profitable crops THE introduction of predaceous animals, to hold certain pests in check, has not proved an unqualified success in New Zealand. A local paper of the colony states that the weasels, which were imported to keep down the rabbits and rats, are in creasing so rapidly as to become a serious menace to poultry keepers. Their success in keeping down the rabbit pest is problematical, and so far arc they from destroying rats, it appears that they fraternize with them, one farmer having found a rat living on merry terms in the same n?st with four weazeis. ORIENTAL LAZINESS. THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK RARELY STANDS UP. The Merchant Kits While Serving Custo mer*--Sentinels Sit on Duty The Farmer Spa flex Ills (iartlen While Squatting Croa- Leggetl on the Ground. Suit*it'll I'enple All Sit. It is Impossible for people of the Westei n country, with their habits of stirring, bustling industry, and their indisposition to allow a single moment of time to go to waste, to appreciate the indolence that per vades all classes of people in the East. Tlie philosopher Buckle, with an in genious refinement that does credit to ills mental acuteness, finds In the climate of a country a reason for al most any and every peculiarity of character, and there is, no doubt, much importance to lie attached to litis consideration. But the climate is not wholly responsible, for in India the sun is as hot as in any part of the world, and yet the people have habits of industry that contrast strongly with the constitutional in dolence displayed everywhere in Tur key, and the countries which are now or at one time have been under Turkish control. For the "unspeak- I J .. . A WATER HUM PLYING His TRADE. able Turk" is not only himself utter ly averse to any exertion, but has the propeity of being able to com municate his aversion in this partic ular to others, and it is only a ques tion of time when all with whom he comes in contact become like him; not exactly, perhaps, but sufficiently so for the resemblance to be recog nized. To strangers it is a matter of the utmost astonishment how lazy a Turk can be, and how repugnant to the Turkish intellect the Idea of any sort of exertion can become. In the land of the Sultan nobody runs save on the most uigent provocation, and' when walking is done it is under mental protest. Sitting is better than standing, and lying down prefer alve to either. To one who has never tried it, the Turkish plan of sitting presents difficulties that are not easily surmounted. Ir, the first place, Western knee joints seem to lack the power of adaptation to cir cumstances that characterizes the knees of the Orient. When seating himself according to the formula in such cases made and pro vided, the Turk will first cross his legs, then. by gradual and graceful gradations, and not too rapidly, will allow the weight of his body to descend upon them until firmly settled ot. the floor or divan, where he is not only solidly estab lished, but has before him an impro vised table, on which he can deposit his pipe and tobacco, his glass of liquid refreshment, or even utilize as a writing desk. Hisknecs are llaton the ground, his whole picture one of solid contentment and comfort Tho man from Western climes tries itand finds liis knees sticking out at an acute angle, anything but graceful or pleasant, while in ten minutes his back will ache in the most distres sing manner, and the pains in h's legs and feet will compel him to rise and walk for relief. But to a Turk, squatting cross-legged on the ground is the acme of satisfaction; he will remain in this position all day long, and then rise and shuffle off in his awkward slippers as though stiffness of the joints were an unknown quan tity. The national posture has an im portant effect on business, or what passes for business, in the land ot the true believer, for, as far as possi ble, everything is done sitting down. In a Turkish bazaar the shops are all small, to accommo late the busi ness to the posture that is preferred to all others. Of course, if the Turk could transact business lying down, he would like that even better than sitting, hut the impracticability of such a thing is recognized even by the Turk himself, so, perforce, he sits, and adapts his shop to himself in such away that when Allah sends a customer the shopkeeper is not obliged to get up to wait on him. His whole stock in trade is within reach of his hands, and when any thing is wanted he simply reaches out and gets it, takes another whiff of his pipe and waits for the cus tomer to buy. If the latter docs so well and good: if not, no change is observable in the demeanor of the merchant: he is not visibly elated by a good day, nor visibly depressed when there are no customers, for "Allah is great and will send bread somehow." His fatalism is the secret of his equanimity, for he is perfectly convinced that if Allah means for him to get rich Allah will send him thecustom eis. whf.e if Allah lias determined that he is to be or to remain poor no amount of exertion on his own part can fiustiate the decrees of fate. The same philosophy influences his dealings with his customers. If they are to buy, it Is kismet,, and there is no need lor him to exert himself; if they are not to buy, he will have wasted his labor, so, Allah Bismil lah, let them alone. And he does it, too, for if he were a graven image he cuuld not display much less interest in the words and actions of his cus tomers than he docs. When a customer enters an estab lishment where articles of value, such as jewels, carpets, arms, and the like are sold, there is a regular formula gone through, without which the transaction of business is supposed to be out of the question. The stranger comes in, and if noticed at all by the proprietor it is with a grave bow. A mat is indicated, on which the visitor squats as uncomfortably as he can, and an attendant brings a pipe and cup of coflce. Ttie goods asked for are spread out on the door be tween the two, and serious business begins with smoking. After a few whiils, the visitor asks how much lie) Is expected to pay. and for a few mo mcnts the merchant smokes in silence, disregarding the ques tion. It is repeated, when, atter a sufllcicnt interval has elapsed to satisfy his dignity and give him time to think the matter over, the dealer names a price about four or six times what ho is quite willing to accept. If the visitor is experienced in Ori ental dealing he will receive this an nouncement in solemn silence, and after due deliberation will make an offer of about one-fourth of the mer chant's demand. A basis is now laid for negotiations, and the dealer protests that he will he ruined by accepting one piaster less than the sum originally named, while the buyer declares that his o'ler is far beyond the value of the goods, and only prompted by the per sonal good-will lie bears to the pro prietor. I.ittle by little one advances and the other recedes from the first prices, and after an enormous waste of time a bargain is concluded, the adjustment of the last piaster or two probably taking longer than all the rest of the transaction. As It is. both parties are generally well satisfied and separate, each imagin ing he has cheated the other. In sp'te of their apparent indiffer ence, the Turks are clever bargainers, and the outward show of contempt for such a paltry consideration as a few piasters does not prevent the keenest possible trafficking in order to gain a small advantage over a commercial adversary. Hut none of this is shown in their manner of deal ing. for nothing could be cooler or more apparently nonchalant. They could give a New York stock broker many points in concealing their real feelings, and still not seem ruffled. The Turk is not in the least excita ble, and things that cause the people of other countries to grow wild with enthusiasm hardly make him raise his eyebrows. Nor is this lack of emotion in him due to self-control: it is simply his nature; he does not care. He has an idea, tolerably well defined, that the universe will go on about as well without as with him, so he does not worry when things go against htm nor become much elated when they are in his favor. It would seem unreasonable under these circumstances that any Turk should over grow rich, but .among the merchants of the capital and leading seaports there are many wealthy men, who have become rich in spite not only of their natural indifference to their surroundings, but also of the TIIE LAZIEST OK ALL. exorbitant taxeslevicd by the Govern ment. For whan the Turk Is a money maker at all he is exceedingly close. Even the Greek, who lias the reputa tion of being the sharper of the Orient, is not shrewder at a bargain than the Turk. Hut to the latter the value of time is an unknown quantity, nor can he the least be made io understand that others re gard time us money. It is a matter of supreme satisfaction, therefore, to him to defer even the considera tion of the most important and pressing affairs, and when a Turk succeeds in putting off until the day after tr-morrow what ought to have been done the week before last he re gards himself as having achieved a triumph of intellect. It is thus about as easy to hurry a Turk as to hasten the march of the seasons. He cannot be hurried. Whether the af fair is that of buying a handful of tobacco for his pipe, or of negotiating a treaty for the salvation of Con stantinople from the Russians, he is going to take his time about It, and to every effort, to hasten matters ho will oppose a passive resistance far more effective than the most active antagonism. Indolence is reflected in every grade and class of the people. The street porter sits down and smokes while waiting for Allah to send him a job; the, donkey hoy lies down. Nobody stands up to do anything that by any stretch of ingenuity can possibly bo accomplished while seated. Carpcn teis sit down to saw and plane a board, sbuffiiDg inconveniently along on their hams as the necessities of their work demand; when on guard in positions that do not demand con stant watchfulness the Bashi-Bazook sentinels squat cross-legged on the pavement, smoking their pipes or cig arettes. The triumph of laziness, however, is recorded by oiln, who, in his travels in the Orient, noticed in a province of Asiatic Turkey a farmer at work spading his garden. As any one knows who has tried it spading is not an easy ta9k, and requires not only a considerable application of muscle, but in addition all the weight of the body to be thrown on the spade in order to force it through the soil. The labor-hating Turkish granger, however, unwilling to do violence to his own feelings or to 6Ct HA9HI-BAZOIJKS ON Dt'TV. a bad example lo the neighbors by standing up to work, managed to ac complish bis job, after a fashion, while squatting on the earth. He had two Instruments, one resembling a spade, but with ashort handle, the other much like a small hatchet. With the latter he chopped out a square block of soil, and, this accom plished, he laid down the hatchet, took a whiff of hi 3 pipe, and with the spade turned over the Mock he had detached. He thus worked slowly backwards, turning the earth as he went, and signally triumphing in his ability to farm without standing up to do it This, however, is only an extreme case, for, from the Sultan who squats oil a divan while rccctviug Ministers of State, to the harem beauty, who Is never represented save as reclining among her cushions, everybody sits, and everybody regards any occupation at which he cannot work while seated as fit only lor an infidel and unbe lieving dog. ELECTRIC FIToOR-PLANER. Tho Lawn-Mower Principle Applied to a Pinning Tool. Applying the lawn-mower principle to the making of a planing tool, a Scotch engineer, Malcolm Suther land, of Dumbarton, has designed the rather unique piece of apparatus shown in the annexed sketch, and consisting, in brief, of an electrically driven revolving cutter, mounted in a frame on rollers, which, hy means of handles, can be moved about in exactly the same way and quite as easily, it is claimed, as tho garden fool mentioned. Tito lawn-mower resemblance, in fact, is perfect. The frame, or rather base plate, la of steel, and carries the cutter on its under side, while the motor Is ptaeed on top and drives the cutter through intervening gear wheels, giving it a speed of .'I,OOO revolutions per minute. The hind roller of the base plate, which follows in the cut, is fitted with eccentric journals, so that, b.v moving a lever, they can bo raised or lowered, and the depth of cut nicely adjusted. The principal field of the machine—the one, In fact, for which it was specially designed—is the planing of ships' decks, taking off the pitch aud inequalities of the TIIK ELECTRIC FLOOR-PLANER. scams of deck plank after being laid and calked. Tills work has usually to he done under circumstance of con siderable Inconvenience and disa greeablenos, the carpenter having to go down on his knees, driving a jack-plane before him, together with wood shavings and.other things less clean. Ordinary lloor planing, how ever, can obviously be done by tho machine with folly as good results, so that it Is not neeessarily restricted to shipyard use. THE TYPEWRITER IN BATTLE. Tho Oporator Ue.tililoi a Blcye'o and Types MoHsages. The typewriter on the field of bat tle is a curious sight, ft has not quite reached that point yet. hut it was to be seen at tho military tourn ament in the mimic action. Tommle Atkins mounted on a cycle, which '.YPEWRITINO IN THE P EID. was surmounted by a typiwriter, rode Into the arena ar.d typed the messages taken from the signalers, while a trained war dog carried the dispatch es to the rear. Whether all this would do in a real warfare remains, of course, to be seen. rut: Mm SIDE OF LIFEJ ;ror.T-:n tt.vt A.V.T. told bt the. I ,' I'UIO 5T 3IE2i 0.".' THE PBESS. Hie Victory AVho bikes to Hcari 1 lip Truth? - Kcllof for Mothers* —Womanly Precaution, Etc., Etc-/ lii far aw v < rrro(ii|ii C.ilhar. V/hnrrt fh lon 100 siugs all night iu u willow tree By asa l. salt so:. J'.ravo mi'u wait 'ortli In light, There \rrc Li Hung Chung An I Ki Willi Luu r An I liohl Cim* (-Hi (Jhoo Cham, WitM Cii.tng Wong Ching An-1 Sim Moy Sing An I I lor-jo Wnh Wen Woo Warn. j Trior' wis nor sword tor gua Hut eu"h bravo ou A tom-tom wildly boat. And thov all cried "Loo!" Attho foe and How ; T< u snfo and snug retreat. -e Tiler' wrii Li I luii" Chung { Ami Ki Willi Limn I' An I hold C'iho Chi Choo Cham, With Ciiang Wong Chiug And Sim Moy Sing / And ller.'o Wall Woo Woo Warn. No Moo 1 was spilled, .' No one was killed, 4 Lnt thoy all ma relied home one i/more, A Ami to this day tell Jf How they drove pell-moll & The foe I'rotn their #tored shoro. There were Li Hung Chung ? I* Aud Ki Wun I.uug / And h0,.! C.iee Cni Choo Cham, With Chung Wong Chiug Ami Sam Moy Sing Aui UercJ Wah Woo Woo Warp. - Chicago. Journal. A TRAITOR. Smith "1 hear that Brown lias been ostracised by the best people of Vacant lot-. Do you happen to know why?" .Tones -''lie admitted the existence, of malaria to a non-resident." WHO LIKES TO HEAR THE TRUTH. Mistress —"How can I engage you when it is said that youtdo not always tell the truth?" Servant—"My dear * madam, who likes to hear the truth. \ Do you?"— Truth. WOMANLY PRECAUTION. Dix "Your wife must have confi dence in you, to leave you alone in town while she goes to the mountains." Hicks "Oh! she takes the precau tion to keep me broke all the time!" , —Puck. SHE NEEDED INSPIRATION. She—"l have a vivid imagination. But I cannot picture, myself accepting you as a husband." He— "Why?" She—"Because yon haven't asked me."—Philadelphia Life. A BRIGHT THOUGHT. Mrs. Youugwifo—"Have wo a chop in the house!" Cook—"No, mum ; but we have a piece of steak." Mrs. Youngwife—"Well, take tho axe aud make a chop of it."—Life. REGARD FOR THE UNITIES. Servant —"Please, Muni, Mrs. Nex door wants you to lend her .some read ing matter suitable for a sick per son. " Mistress "Certainly. Give her those medical almanacs. "—New York Weekly. lIELiEF FOR MOTHERS. Little Boy—"What's the use/of so many queer lotters in words? Look at that "c" in "indicted." Little Girl "I guess those is just put in so mothers can get an excuse to send their children to school and have a little peace."—Good News. VINDICTIVE. Editor -"Hero is a scientific item which says that photographs have been taken five hundred feet under water. Print it in a conspicuous place." Sub-Editor-- "Urn! - what's the idea ?" Editor "I am in hopes some of these camera heads will try it."—New- York Weekly. NOT A GALLANT SPOUSE. "Your conduct is not nice, Emil. You invite me to take dinner with you in a restaurant, and tho moment we sit down you forget all about mo and bury yourself in tho newspapers." "Pardon nie, my dear. Waiter, bring my wife a newspaper."—Flic geude Bluet ter. NOT TOO LATE. Simpson—"Been camping out, eh? I have a little hook on.that subject I'd like you to road." Thompson—"Well, I can't camp out again this year !" Simpson—"Never mind. You read the book. One chapter gites fourteen remedies for rheumatism."—Puck. CONSISTENT CLEAR THROUGH. Vera Fay re (inquiringly)—"So you! believe that woman suffrage would be a death-blow to man's chivalry to the sex? Why, wouldn't you oiler your seat in a car just as quick to the wo man who wants to vote as to another?" Old Mi. Crustie (testily)—" Not at all. I'd let her stand up for her rights 1" I —Puck. DIMINUTIVE. "1 have been woading about stwikos and things," said Willie Wibbles, "and do you know an idea stwuck my mind!" "An idea of your own?" inquired Miss Cayenne. "To be suab." "Dear me. I should think it would tickle."—Life. * THRIFT. Ilsns (proprietor of the half-way house)—" How many beds empty up stairs, Katrina!" , liatrina—"Four, Hans." | Hans —"Yel\ empty romo tacks . quick oji the street out. I dinks ine I see five pioycle riders coming dis way alretty, on don\ wheels vat dey blow luit air up."—Judge. ONLY WAY POSSIBLE. Fatigued William--- 4 4 De gran' master hobo uv do united amalgamation uv sand-pounders an' weary chevaliers uv de road has ordered dat we all goes out on strike." Tired Thomas— 4 'Oh, eho ! How wo goin' tor do dat?" Fatigucd Williaiu-- 4 'Quit brentkin' " —Judge. THE QUIET INFERENCE. "The coffee has a very unusual taste this morning," said the boarder who J likes to be disagreeable. / "I have no hesitation in saying that it is very good collee," said Mrs. lliiKhem, bristling. "Yes," replied the disagreeable boarder, "it is exceedingly good cof fee."—Washington Star. DID IIEU BEST. First Telephone Girl—"Somo of them men is terrible eruuky!" Second Telephone Girl—"Yes, what was lie kicking about?" First Telephone Girl—"The mug wanted 7GI Ilarlem, but I couldn't get 'em, so I give him 7(52, and told him that was as near as I could come to it; and he was mad as hornets!"— Philadelphia Life. THE 110CK ON WHICH THEY SPLIT. ' Boxwcll—"Well, how's your scheme for co-operative colony eoming on?" Kimball—"Oh, we'vo disbanded!— i couldn't agree." Boxwell—"But I thought you were all so enthusiastic?" Kimball—"So we were till we camo to plan out the work. Then we found that everybody wanted to edit the community paper."—Puck. TOO EGOTISTICAL. "Sir. I hear you using tho word donkey very frequently in your con versation." "Yes; your ears do not deceive you." "Am I to understand that you apply the word to me?" "Why, what makes you harbor such au unjust suspicion? Don't you know that there are lots of donkeys in tho world besides you?"— Texas ftiftings. HARD UP FOR AN EXCUSE. Mr. Hen low had advertisod for a clerk and, being a kind-hearted man, dismissed tho surplus applicants as gently as possible. "My lad," ho said to tho last one, "you're too young for the position." "Too young!" echoed the unfor tunate. "Why, I'm a grandfather." "Well, if 1 were to hire you it would be an encouragement to men to be come grandfathers at your age, and I'm dead against anything of the sort."—Judge. A TEST. Young Mr. Birmingham was in the habit of visitiug his sweetheart every evening of the week and twice on Sun day. On his last call he said, with a groat deal of tenderness in his voice: "Mabel!" "Yes, George." "Do you think, dcnrcßt, that ab sence makes the heart grow fonder?" "Perhaps it does, love," replied tho ; maiden. "You might romain away ono evening and let us tost it."—Pitts burg Chronicle Telegraph. DEFECTIVE. "Virtue," exclaimed tho humanitar ian with tho red noso anil cotton um brella, and his voico trembled with feeling as he spoke, "is the armor of the soul." "True—" tho man of tho world with lines all over his faco mused, "but blowholes uro gettiug commoner and commoner, in so far as my observa tion extends." After that both of thorn thought violently for a space of several min utes.—Detroit (Mich.) Tribune, EASILY REMEDIED. Guest—"Waiter, tell tho landlord to como here." Waiter—"Yes, sir." Landlord—"What can I do for your sir?" Guest—"Why, nobody can cat a beefsteak like this; it's toughoi than leather. Why, this knife don't even make an impression on it, much loss i cut it." j Landlord—"To bo suro you can't. : But that can bo easily remedied. ; James," (to waiter) "bring tho gcnfclc i man another knife." —Truth. Smallest Painting In tho World* I It is said that tho smallest pieoo of i painting in tho world has recently boon executed by a Flemish artist. It is painted on tho smooth side of a grain of common whito corn, and pic tures a mill and a miller mounting a stairs with a sack of grain on his back. Tho mill is represented as standing on a terrace, and near it is a horse and cart, while a group of oov cral peasants are shown in the road near by. Tho picture is beautifully distinct, every object being finished with microscopic fidelity, yet by care ful measurement is is shown that the whole painting docs not cover a sur face of half an inch.—New Orleans Picayune. Peat lor Fuel. Driod peat or turf, cut from l>of# f is largely used for fuel throughout Europe. Some of it is molded much as bricks are, and it is also pressed into compact balls. One huudred pounds of peat have a heating capacity equal to fitty pounds of hard coal, or to nearly ono hundred weight of wood or soft coal.—American Agriculturist. THE SEA'S 01)1) DENIZENS. TI3II THAT CLIMB. LIVE IN WOOD 3, AND UTTEFv SOUNDS. The Climbing Fish of the Dutch East Indies Finny Inhabitants of For ests—Musical Fish. IMAGINATION had a boundless raugo in devisiug legends and marvels about fish until Knowl edge clipped her wings, remarks the London Standard. When Lieu* tenant Daldorf, of tho Dutch East India Service, reported to Sir Joseph Banks that ho had caught a fish on tho stem of a palm tree five feet abovo tho ground, and still mounting upwards, even Sir Joseph's acceptance of his tale did not preserve that officer from an outburst of universal mockery. It was asked with reason what on earth the fish expected to find useful for its purposes at the top of a palm tree? The earliest reporter of this fact, Abouzeyd, who wrote in the ninth century, had a sufficient explanation, lie was not bothered with science. The creature went up to feed upon the fruit, and when satisfied it returned to the water. But this would not do for the savants even a hundred years ago. They pointed out that Pcrcha kchii dens live on water insects, that it could not and would not eat fruit, and that if its fins and gill-covers be so framed that it might possibly climb a tree, they are so framed also that it could not make even an effort to de scend. Tlioir objections are not yet answered, nor, so far as we are aware, has any fish since been caught nine feet above tho ground. But the liabit of climbing is admitted whatever tho motive, lu fact, the Cingalese cover their fish traps with a netting because, as they explainad to Mr. Layard, somo species would creep up the poles and escape over tho other side. A few hours' tojourn iu almost any tropic realm will convince the btrauger that fish can climb, if he spend them on tho banks of a tidal river The funny little mud fish scurry and paddle thero all day long, mounting to the top of the rocks, however smooth ; running up and down tho mangrove roots us active almost as lizards. Not least curious of their peculiarities is tbo trick of running over the surface of tho water for a distance which seems bounded only by their inclination. As for tho fish that live in tho woods—barring exaggeration—they also abound. Tho moraehung, of Bootau, is mo3t famous. It is never caught in rivers, or even in standing ponds, though, as some accouutH say, its abiding places always communicate with water, so that it cau return to its "native elemeut" when so disposed. However that may be, they are caught not by hook or net, but by the spade; and thoy are worth some digging—two feet long, perhaps, disproportionately thick and always in pairs. Plenty of other species aro taken iu tho same way during the hot months, and plenty more divert themselves with a stroll on dry land occasionally. Sir R. Schomlmrgli saw colored men going out to fish in the jungles Guiana with nothing but a basket, and they brought back as many as they could carry. Sir John Bowring constantly observed the fish go ashoro and "lose themselves amongst tho trees" upon tho Siamese River Meinam. Mr. Mor ris was inspecting a leaking tank by Trincomalee when heavy rain camo on. His uiun suddt-nly raised a shout and galloped up a "knoll," the far sido of which—that distant from the tank— proved to bo alive with fish climbing upward at prodigious speed ; we are to suppose that they left tho pool when tho water escaped, but hastened to re turn, knowing that the rain would re fill it. As for burying fishes, they aro numberless. Wo have a grave report of ouo species found nineteen fcot bo low tho surface of a field. It is not necessary to belicvo this. But, ill Abyssinia they are dug up six feet or more below tho river bed when it is dry. It is not commonly believed that fishes liavo nuy power of utterance, but, although the fact is not proved yet, so far as we have read, there is such a mass of testimony from divers regions, contributed by observers of such credit, that the fact is no longer doubtful. At Caldora, in Chili, near the land ing place, a very i>loasaut serenade is heard sometimes. Tho music resem bles that of a harp, with a range of four notes at least; the incurious peo ple of the neighborhood have no the ory about it. But a like concert is usual at various points of the Indian coast; and there, of course, its origin is well understood—that is, the na tives may bo right or wrong, but they have an explanation. Dr. Buist de scribes it as "loug, distinct sounds like tho protracted booming of a dis tant boll, the dying cadeuco of an harp, the note of a pitch-pipe or pitch-fork, or any other long drawn-out musical note." It became much more sonorous when a listener put his head to the planks of the ves sel. Next day the boatmen presented Dr. Buist with a number of fish which, as they said, produced the music—a species very plentiful, in sizo and shnpo like our perch. Sir Emersdn Tenuent heard such stories iu Ceylon, and he paid a visit of inquiry to Batti caloa. They were amply confirmed. To Sir Emerson the notes Bounded liko "tho gentle thrills of a musical chord or the faint vibration of a wine glass when its rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. It was not ono sus tained note, but a multitude of tiny eoundß, each distinct and clear in it self, the sweetest treble minglingwith the lowest bass." The fruit of the mulberry tree is not much esteemed in this country. Its chief value seems to be its attraction for birds, who are thus induced to spare the cherries.
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