THE SEN'I‘INEL.
snt‘Tll mittWAtX. l Ci‘iitit-th
I'Ol’l'lAII SCIENCE,
I’rot‘essors Fischer and l‘cniibldt. of
Ilri iagv-n. haw e-tiblishi-d the curious
fart t:; .t the St'lls‘ of sncll is by far the
mo t delicate of the senses. 'I‘heytiud
that the olt'aeturyuerve is able to dc’e -t
th:~ pr. .- nc » Hf 1.3. .‘iiilguiualo l ofa grain
of iiiurraptan.
.\ g'ass as hard as any cast metal. and .
”0
in we t‘\l~t‘ll‘l~t‘ than cast iron. has
’IV T deueT-«f byiltlrf lib pirurcrrcfinL
“it when » I‘i\ll“l'illt\.‘:l[\' are being made
to Ili'li'imine whether it (an be used for
rail.s Hn railways. Sperinicus oftliis hard
is'lflss' havelrev-u i'imnd suitable for mill»
‘lIUIH‘\1IlitI railway sleepers. .\n impor-
tant :iilvatit ig- of the glass is' its trans-
parent y. as tlaws can be detected b ‘l'otjc .
it is p it to practical use.
The Jim-r. _,;' ur‘ my.» .structitn states
that an infant lasts from threctusix
uuurrs in weight during the first four to
s3\ d iys :il‘tr-r b rth: by the seventh day
it sh vuld have regained its birth weight:
from hat to thtv tiftb mouth it ought to
gain .ib iut live tlllllCUs per week. or
about s‘ x draws a day: alt-r the
In 'll'Il. about four drams a day; at the
tifth iiiunih it ought to have dual-led ts
birth wright. and in sixteen months
I‘lld'lr iplvd it. 7
It hit iy sk ilfs frum Roman and l9trus-
c4 . twaibs 1):. .\larter. of Home. has dis~
r \v-r d intcris‘ting specimens of ancient
dent stry a dart tit-Sal teeth. ,Tiirse lat~
te are in mos. vases carved out of the
lt“'lll (it : are large animal. and in many
lt..sl'lllr‘t's ar» fastened to the natural
pp .. 3.5- t, "4.: nt‘ gold. No tilled Iet'lll
h n. |1 en tII‘l urered. 'I‘lie skulls e\aiii~
iu.-I date I)lf'I\ as far as the sixth cen-
tii:'_' ll. \ .. and pro -- that lt\t\lII:l"Ilt‘ and
the .ir't uf \lin‘i try use by no means
no I- rn i sti:iilioii--. _ V
.\ new lII"lIl . I of preserving and trans-
put-n1: tresh tish has been devis> d by
.\I:' .\. it. lii‘tlst‘ll. of Hamburg, and was
rer -:itly tried in England. If‘consistsin
p2 up .iig the lisli lll barn-I . of steel. III' II
. bi t‘i'i living I IUQ'HI by an air tight lid
'-t'it'.- d w.tli a small valve connection. to
\\'illi Ii is temporarily altag‘hed a tu‘n-
. t'in- i. a small hydraulic lin'nf‘xpump. \\'.tIt
this pump w atcr is forced into the barrel
itIie air being at the same time expelled!
uh! I the giiage indicates a pressure of
”hill” sixty p winds" per square inch. The
Iil“l‘ is t:.-eii disconnected. and the bril—
r.-I rinsed b_. the valve. Ilefoi‘ethe pump»
.ing begins the b rxel is siipp'ied with
sullir It'IIl tish to make the cargo. and :iii
ant s: ptie suluii m of three percent «if
lwl‘ .ci" :iivddartarie arid.salt aiidavater.
\\'ilil iiiiiii-‘y seven per cent. of. fresh
\\:il . I‘ ish havi- bee-i brought in afresh
i'u ~IliI-Ill i-yithis plan from Montrose.
t‘op "iifilfil‘ll and III" \‘iietland Islands fur
Liv: l‘rll i‘i-iis .iiipli-Itt
t. e of Scotland. Stevenson
f-uiu-l the :I‘V'I‘H‘II‘ force of the waves for
tli~ tivr slimmer! .t‘lhs' t lI‘t‘flIl pounds
pi-r snide fool. rim for the .s‘iv winter
months ‘.‘.U-~i3 pounds, Ili- mentions that
«in ul llll' Ill-brides a maSs of rock
\\V1IgI.III:_:_tII|'iII fnrty-two tons was grad—
ua'fy tun-ed the fez-t by the waves in a
3st: 1' ii. Ila;r ~.'i rc 'urds that in the harbor
of i'etti- a block inf» concrete measuring
1'.‘iu-i i-iiliii- fret and weighing probably
.tuus. was movcdon itsbi-d over three
feet And now :i Ifl'e‘Ollfi't'I‘Vt'r, Mr. E.
.\I. Nelsen. reverts tiiiiling on one of the
Hit timid islands. “in" qranit - boulders.
who e app '.llt\‘l(‘0 ' lll‘I cates that 7 they
ha e been bruknu' from the «lid ii! the
Water‘s edgi- as a singii- block weighin"
titty ‘tn'is. east up li‘li yards inland and
tlilgty live fort. above sea I \‘el. and
br lbs 21 III‘IIII’U!‘ plr es. This trem 'nd-uis
0'-\\I' of the waves is-cons‘liintly grind-
ing .iway evposed coasts forming new
In w e‘:
laml of the removed niateria. and thus :
steely but steil lily changing the rumour
o. t‘ e eoiitiuuntsaud inlauds'.
.—
Wq‘irship of lull-esters.
liuring the fi st three weeks in April
the t'iiiur—e he prolonged “All
.su .ls“ testivai in honor of their dead an:
restiirs. Fain ‘y parties are arming -d for
a day's outing at the graves of their des
parted sires: They walk many miles.
beating Slurrfi of good things. such as
rua~t ducks and fluids. and cooked tish.
'l‘hry provide suing-times a roasted pig.
for whit-h the more economical substis
1m.- a pig‘s bra-l with the tail in his
mo .th. which is symbolic of the whole.
animal. As the dc. d uni-esters rare only
In sun-ll the utl'erings'. the family enjoy
an {‘X\f'li\'lll least on their return home. .
Worship uf aare‘tors pe'rmcates (‘hi-
how life. infection the most trivial details
of e . ery. day. t is the mast conserva-
tin‘ of iii‘lueii:es. for it coitinels the
('hinrse to look backward. iiisteai of for—
w mi. and obliges him to stop and think
if pi‘olosed act may not offend the
.sp'rits othis fathers. He may be a
Iiudillllnt nra 'I‘a vui t. ora t onfueian.
» but his first duty is to worship his au—
Craters.
t we the service of the Empire must
eivi‘ way t-i this a:t of tiTi..I reverence. It
is the \ilt‘.‘ thing in thins which takes
pie :edruei- of everything else. The most
- Import-int. Government othcvr may ne-
glert his official duties with impunity
while engaged in some ceremonial :tsso:
ciated with this \voasliip. Should his
father or'inutlier die while III' is in ollire. =
he is obliged to retire from public life
for iii?in_\"iiitititlis.
A \ iceroy of t‘autou was notified that
his grandmotherthud-die at I‘ekin. An
Imperial cider summoned him to attend
her obseiiuios and to remain in mourning
for one hundred days.
.. Being a p ratio of dignity. he required
o‘largo runner to attend him. He char-
tered a special steamer at a cost of ten
thousand pounds to t o IVFy him and his
.suite to Take. Se: :sickness so dis listed
him with the ocean that he embar ed at
Shanghai. sent hii baggage on the
steeper. and journeyed the rest of the
way b ' land to honor his grandmother‘s
roina us.
let the man who thus honors an au~
cesiorneel not even wear mourning at a
dauuhter‘s death. much less interrupt
his daily busiue‘s on account of such an '
ovent.—Yeutli‘u (‘ovnyt-u‘gn. »
‘ ..——-——-—.v——~s——. »
, The Halt of Fast Horses.
An interesting statement has recently
b1..." \t-qued out. showing the distance
a mating horse gone at each second at
VET-(ills rates of speed. Maud 8.. when
51p: (‘t’H‘t‘I‘t‘d a mile in non. traveled?
{lit-a i'c’et. per second. At a 3.2 gait
a horse travelsrm 5‘7 feet per second.
At a 25.35 gait he travels 38} feet per
cecond. At a 8.30 gait he travels 8.} b5
feet: in the same time. Aha 8.35 it he
travel; at i a feet; at a 2.40 gait odias
trance traveled is 33 feet; at a 3.45 gut,
3‘! felt; at n 2.50 gait, 81 1-1? feet} at a
9.5”» gait. 301-10 feet. “'alin geing a
mile in three minutes he travels 0ch
991.3 feet per second; at a 3.10 gait,
27! feet: at n 3.90 gait, 96 2-5 feet :‘ at I
3.30 gait, 35 1-7 feet: It a 3.40 gut 34
feet: at a 8.50 gilt. 28 feet. and at a 4.0.0
salt, 22 feet per lecond.
\
titth'
l BKRTER.
I "Give me the gold. from of! thy hair.
The was upon thy cheeks that lies.
Thy singing voice that everywhere
Makes laughter in the trembling air,
The young joy in thine eyed“
“What will you give to nie. oh- say.
Thou gray old man with restless wings.
. For love‘s entrancing morn of of May,
For dawn and freshness- of the day.
And life that leaps and sings!"
“Lo' l wall ma’re thy footstep: .slmv
Acrms the flowers tli it bend nurl wave;
And for lliy gold will give theesnmv,
And silence for thyJaugliter low.
I‘arknefs. a grass-grown grave.“
' —li‘os~fuii Transcript.
I had been waiting a week at .lcil'cr~
son for instructions from \\':ishi’iigtnn.
I had written for permission to no to
New Ui'lcins. as I had relatives there
with whom I wished to pass the winter;-
but at the end if
were all nipped in the bud by the fol‘
lowing mi .sive: .
Mason: You will proceed at once to Fort
Stctmn. thence. “till all pfisslbh ill$;tII\'Il.
to Foit Carson; and tiieuee tuli-rrt Kearney.
at w Ill"ll posts yum may pay utl‘ the enrolled
men and Hill! ers. and ulsu settle nll duty nu~
thenLcat ‘d bills against iIi - olllrenu aa-ount
of provis ons. fosuge. ramp and garrison
SID? es. etc. .
It. is' partie :larly re iu‘ stcd that you w LI
be careful and lavas-t iii your return of esti~
mates for Ill" i'o um; w'iuter lllilllllli.
Captain Huntlw'iu will \It‘ItllI for you sat h
eu‘ott as you may IN pure. I have thelmzior
to be. etc. I I’. l'» i\\ ai,\\‘. II I‘. 31,“.
‘ Ma -
To G.
_;or :1ul I‘ayni ister. L . H. A
S (‘m‘lil'tlllik
This did no! r. :ltil me by the hands of
Captain tiamlwiia. however. whom I
Ihould hive lm-u happy to meet; but by
the hands of Se gxuit Sam-s t'ownover.
who cane with s _\ It on nude: his cum»
main]. to CSi‘tlll m.- tin my way, if I
deemed a II‘h tsi‘t).I su l eient. Hoolwiu.
who w is sick wit l fete: and :igue. wrote
‘ by the h rind of his clerk:
“I would send you more men: but.-
really I think more w ould be in your
way. '5 here are no Indians on the trail
between .l't‘l‘I-t‘rn‘uzl and Stetson; and (er-
tniiily this «scent is sulli. ieut against any
Ordinary highway inteip-ilution. Sir-
scant t'ouuou-r is not a very brilliant
man. nor is be over and above sociable:
but I have found him true as steel; and
the priv-ati s members of my own inui~
puny ~wlioui I send with him you can
rely upon in any emctgiuries. Dal)".
they haw tli - common Weakness. Don't
give them tuo free a run at the whisky
bottle. 'l'h y won‘t break faith w-i!li
. you t-1 get it; but if allowed full ~\v:iy.
they might get a drop two IIIllt'II for
your u“ u . Ulllftlri “
And Ill‘ wrote ab ii: other lll:lll"t.\‘. but
nothing more of Iiis‘ ItlUll.
'.\fti-r reading the litter liaised my
eyes and iu-t the pore of the N‘rgeiiut.
who stood with his lap in his hil'lllv ezi
the Uppinllr sub of tlic .siuail table. III'
starttd when I Int-kiwi up. and Ithoil :Iit
he was ashamed if Ii‘iviiiu been in: glit
Stalin: .‘ll me so iisezlly .Iiut the lliisli
quickly le'l Ii.s‘f:i e“. and he iurliuei his
head another \\ tly.
Ile wa« a man of medium sire. very
heavily l-uzlt. :.:id t‘l identiy very iiiiisru
lnr. In bib-fl. he was mad - f Ir a flgiiti r.
andf r one «if those \aiiaable liglitris‘
who [‘ilssv‘.\§ S7I.I|I1v':ll Will and dog." \I
resolution r.sth ‘l than hot .nd lltll't'lil'llls
pugu :iutv. lie \\'.is not 'a lll.ill in i t' m . r
ma ferment; but a man “It ~, when
'faiily :ir arsed. is to be flared. lie was
not far from foz'tyvtive year of age. all
'tlri- .stii ‘es up at It's fore-aim showed that
he had svrvr d four lull terms of cnlistr
inrut previous to :h.- present.
I went nut With the M-rgeant and
found the six "let on the p :i/Ia. stand—
iii‘jgxat case under arm 1. I‘IIt y \vri'e ri- lily
tine looki: g iclow s. and ansiwend. re-
Ipectively. to the names Smith. Adams.
.Mealy. Uesau. \‘ari Witt. and (‘oziiwiiy
imith was a Yankee; Adams w. s :u t rig»
Ilhllltttul. and had be lit in the Qui- n s
service asa drag-nun. limly and \‘oii
nolly were liishmen; t‘esau w :l‘ a Dutch-
; mum. and \':in Wirt w as. a Herman. .\
wide range of nationality for s I small a
‘3quad. but a fair simple of our army.
nevertheless; and. furthermore, .siv men
Inf one nation could- not have been more
free and pleasant than were these .s'iv.
l'nlike their Sergeant. they were free
and pleasant. and seemed to be thankful
for the privilege of taking the forest
tiamp with me; while. I. in turn. gave
them to understand that I would do all
I eoui'l to make them coiufortabk: 'l‘lie
squad had cum-l with good bones. so
the only preparations I had tomakc for
the start were to .get. lily own horses
ready and draw my money.
‘ » Sly estimates had been to the amount
of $31.0: U. and this I must take in gold.
‘ I Went to the bank with the sergeant and
three of lb" men and got the money.
which I Illrk away in four small «anvas
bugs. \\‘t‘lglllllg about forty pounds each.
bnlat Ii‘it‘ hotel I packed the gnld iii a
son of panuier~siwld‘ie, a contrivauee
whiili l Iiad‘ invented myself, ii:;d in
which I cou'd so pack anywhere from
. one to four hundred pun :ds of gold that
I it Would neithersway or jingle. In short.
I horse reuid be gr in this saddle-pack a
herd n of dead weight almost as easily
as he could bear a human ridrr. And I
had a Iii-es- on purpose for the work —
one that I used for :cvcral years} and
‘ that and ‘rst- ed his duty as ihmgh it
had all been reasoned out in his mind.
2 her morning we set forth from Jefferson
gwith three days‘ rations in our haven
Lsucks. for Steruu was ten miles away
‘ and We wounl be doing well to make the
l trip within the time iiidi aed. I rode
in advance—not because I desired it. but
because the others were inclined to fall
i to the rear.
We were passing over a narrow bridge
‘just on the outskirts of Jefferson when
; wouict two men and two boys driving
before them a dr.-ve of cattle. I had
met and gone clear of the herd without
difficulty. and was thluk‘ng how I would
along with me. when an e :clamutlon of
anger aimsted my attention, and turning
in ‘my saddle I discovered one of the
oxen» a wild. frolicsome thing-had nt-
tnckcd the scrgeant‘s horse. Ithad been
quickly done—a Risk-«n leap—o Illng‘o
of the great curving horns at the horse‘s
side—tho tearing of the latter. and the
. consequent unseating of the set cant.
. When L‘oniiover had regainet his feet
* the fro inseam bulock “money from
his reach. but 110. so the. innocent
ldroverw Th' two men Were near to-
5gather and directly by his side as be
grasped his sword-hilt and turned upon
them. 1 did not think (minuvcr would
harm them: but they were terribly
frightened. nevertheless. and the ouugcr
cf the two. who was a stout. fair- coking
fellow, was the first to week an intelli-
gent \vurtl—ttho sergeant had uttered one
or two oaths).
“Excite us, my good friend. I am
sorry—truly sorry—for this mishap, but
I assure you it was no fault of'ouls.“ '
AI Sergeant Connover then need his
“city“ turned very nearly toward me.
no that. I caught nearly every line and
shale of expression upon his features.
' He had been terribly shaken and was
The schematic ycwr
the work my hopes .
Bright and early on a clear. cool 0cto~ .
like to take one of the i‘utter bullocks;
in
being unhorxcd in so ridiculous a manner
than from a more attack of the bullock.
. the man who had spoken to him.
of condemnation. be ex. lainied:
Him that .lein I‘onuover don‘t. owe ye
much of a grudge I"
The man muttered
semi thing and
. me.
change color and start. asthough he had
I. into theface of his superior otiieer.
mu ‘h of a grudge.“ ,
Why did IIIU\U words ring ?n my ears.
and echo through my whole being?
V Twenty times during that day I looked
upon my Sergeant whrn he did not know
it. and studied his fa-e. and each effort
seemed to bring: the last connection
nearer. without quite giving it into my
hands. II!‘ seemed to know that I had
.3 begun to feel an interest in his antes
cc tents. and toward the latter part. of
l the day behaved himself more as the
otli a-r of my ego irt ought. lit-asked me
huwfi‘I would like to have the guard d *-
pus ‘d. and very in ulz-stly give me to un-
dcrsl‘aad that my wishes would beheld
as law by them. I teak this for what it
was worth. and I knew very we l what it
meant: 'I‘iere was an old ass u-izitiiiu
tlLaI Ilt' \voald not have raked up.
That night found us at the foot of
: Ilruck‘s .‘lountain. and at the c\treme
“If ye'vc got a God ye‘d better thank ;
passed on to attend to his rattle. while.
i the Sc germ pl not his foot in the stir- .
: reps. and as he did so be looked toward her you. sergeant.“
ltetmedingly wrathfnl. but his wrath was in Major. I couldn‘t
a grater part made of chagrin at tet‘s right." ‘
By this time the fellow had turned so .'
A few seconds he glared into the face of?
and I had been a little to: fearful.
then. prcfncing his- remark w‘th an oath ; I got up and stepped out inti the centre:
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1 War eyes met. and again I saw him ever spoke to you in the old yiarsi“
done a ‘mc guilt) thing in thus looking;
; from .my mind; but when 1 saw your face
nlcep till I‘d not mat- I
that I could see that he had no weapon i
with him, and I began to think that II
However.
of the tented area, and then said: ,
“Go ahead. sergeant. I'm all intent
tiou.“ ' I
“'itbout further preliminaries he went i
on: ,
"Hf coarse you knew me?“ . .
“I tiiink l have good reason to rcuicm-
1
“And you remember the last words 1
"I have not forgotten them.“
“Well.“ he said. with a palpable burst
of feeling. “them weds have been haunts
“If yc‘ve got a titld. yr‘d batter thank ' iiig me ever since I met you at the ’ho:cl
H im ’Ilmt’fkt‘tr’r ’f‘IHHfl‘LfiI‘i‘l-in‘io—Vvei ye Air .Lefiei:son., AYheh Liviasiuridged :0 rt:
port to Major (‘oebrane I never fiiouEht
of you. The old atl’air hit] almost gone ‘
I knew you. and when you looked up at ‘
mi- 1 was troubled I hoped you might :
n it remember me. If you did not I
meant to hold my tongue. IlutI could't -
aet bide myself. lluwsumcvcr, l holdup
till to night. lot after \vt-‘d done sup. .
per I kept watch of your movements. and
made up my mind tli it you were going
to lookout for me. lint. Major. don't
‘ let it gone further. I‘m too old a soldier
verge of civilization in that direction. 3
Ileyoad here we were to take the old
government supply road a mezc brid'c»
pith ,. with w IIII‘II l'uunover and his two
men Were .perfectly familia: and we
w'uu'd not strike another settlement until
tli'tlt‘ Stetson
I m at to sleep in my tent thinking of
Scrgt. James (‘onnoven and it must have
, been imm 'diately after my waking senses
that my dream senses took uptiiethreiid.
.and they tmk it up to some pit-pow.
llampvrrd with L0 ordinary routine or
system of eircumlucutiun. bothered with
in: .scar hing for connecting links or Curt
relative circumstances. they wrnt back
over the years with :i leap. and drew a
llil't‘lrt- for mews vivid and distinct as
the original went had been just eighteen
years In f ire. ~.
I was :it Part Strolling a. Second Iii-u-
tenaui of I ngiueers. eiigrgi-d in survey-
ing guvmnmriit Ian-ls. I‘ltillij nut roads.
and s» on. :i'd among those (I! tailed to
assist me was a private of the name of
James 4'IH‘HHVIT. He got drunk while
at work. and when I reprimanded him
housed lgriigaage .su OlIt'tls‘lvt‘ and IO‘II
that I inuld not pass it by. I f-(I. if I.
.had been :Il.tlt‘:l at tli Ltiim- lslmu’d have
.sliat him. for his c vurse was such as t r
enlrrely plai'c himself beyond the t'rfli‘ll
nl tnilnara I l‘t‘put‘li'tl him and he
was tlugge I st veri-ly llnggcd so sever: Iy
lls U I b re Iiiinaaimnie guxlgi- Hat he
Iiiil't‘:t1jr‘lil I: ma :1 «I In:I lliutit'il. AH:
' w lii‘e his luck was li'ee ling amt smart
iizg hw him-d llllrl my enrs- “If ye‘ve get
:\1£\~«l..lu~ sure to him. .I=~m (‘ouunvcr
swears that lit' don’t give over this
grudge lii': wilt‘ of us (Ils‘~_"
I :-t ll‘il'tI rut from my sic. p and s I up.
It had b t‘ll a ‘II'I‘JIII. :i'ui y-t llnl a'l :t'
drv .iui. .\ll tie whil. th~ \kt‘llf‘ was be
iiag ‘i‘peati d Iii-fut c we. lb id bet-u con
st i =iis that I lay thew in my It‘Ill under
1h.- oiii I‘i'illtlt't‘ of the Il-ock. I had
sunk into a state wlivrz- my mind w as
free to t-illi-w its own cuirse. taking the
single fact of .lamest‘oniii-ver for a point -
..f (It parlu'c. and thence: running back-
\\'.i:il illtIl‘. Ilt.‘ was met again
I r~iiieiiilu~r~~il all how Yrs. 'Iliis‘
was'the man “It i. i-iglitec-i yrars befnre.
Irid iurseil a'id swore and rrvilcd mr.
and lhrrati-ard all manner of violence;
:tllvl liisiiiily provocation lirid It‘l‘lt that I
had tli rate el in b He li‘iit..1\iiiiisli-~d if
h cvt-i’gu‘. drunk again \rliilcuti duty
w i'h me To be s-iie lli‘ \\ ss‘ llllilt r the
iailu‘nrc of ii unr at the Izlltt‘. but not
so fa: gune but that he kin-w very \‘lll
\\ lmt he was lining; because. after rcn ‘Il-
iii: the full. on 0'” return. he ion to his
In at that he had :ivrii tlir “sh r Idn-rs
pop“ .snliiuealled ll-(‘l a stoma lifiil to
carry nlI. but he didn't b.-iiove I would
dare to report him. lint I d l 'vpurt
h Ill. and I gave his sprevh in full. and
rt"
the remit was that the old \laiur «\rrlerrd -
a court martial. out from the sctiteuei-of
whit h the man came with a hundred
lashes.
And here I was. with my old enemy
for an escort? From‘that far gone time
to the present I had never s on nor heard
of the man. and he had long a;o passed
entirely from my mind. (Remover is n
dread and uiiiasines‘s as a m in wnul care
_thc death rate of this class being
. Next we have gardeners
: Ilt'rsl.
'lllt‘tlital piofcssiuii.
c \tltlllolt name in the army; or, at least. ‘
I had happened to hit quite a number of
.enlis‘tcil men of that name; so I had it it
iunnerted th- stout. dark brewed.
sin-sky Sergeant With the fair faced.
lithe atid youthful Soldier who had
crossed my path at Sue ling
A hasty review of the whole thing,r
brought me to rather an unpleascnt uti-
’ tiers-landing of the prisent ' sit. ration.
'I‘hat \ ouuover still bee a grudge was
\ery midvnt; and it was equally evi-
dent that be me an to settle the account
between us on th's t.ip. I could not
think then-in the tent. It was too till!"
row a space. I had arisrii. and was upon
the point of passing out. with my pistol
. in my hand. when I heard
1 footstep at the entrance. Without noise
I sprang: int . a front corn -r. and there
‘erouched down upon my saddle.
I ha] scarcely gained the position
when the ilap was thrown aside and a
:man looked in. Ah! just beyond the
In e of the interloper w as an opening at
the end of the mountain. and I caught
his protilcugaiust a pitch of clear sky.
3 It. was the hard. bron‘eed face of John
‘ (‘onnovorl
E I hold my pist il rea fly for instant use,
I expecting every moment to see. him leap
' to the spread blankets. But he was
i xery moderatek He put hishe d further
5 in. and seemed puuled. It was. of
course. very dark in there, but vet he
‘ could probably see that the bed did not
Oneal raised any pistol. full sure that
the man was attorney life. and fearful
that if I threw a chance awayho ml
get the better of me: but I did not re.
Something secured to waisper in my ear:
“Hold on : you‘ve hit him once. Be sure
you‘re in danger befoie you hit him
again!“ and l lowered my pistol and
w atz-hcd. Presently:
“Major!“ came from his lips, carefully
but earnestly. ."Majorls—Mapr Coch~
rune?" -
There was something in the tone of
that voice that gave me heart. It was a
sort of iniploring. prayerful tone. as of
one who has a great favor to ask. I dc~
termined to answer him: but to be sure I
ke t. my pistol rcadynt hand. » _ .
. ith n yawn. as .though just startled
from my sleep, I returned:
“A-n~hl Hello! \Vho‘s here?"
“Eh! Down beret It‘s me, Major—-
So not Connover. Iwns passin round
ban of your tent and thought heard
ye talking with yeeself. So, thinkin’
”‘11 be awake. and havin‘ something I
wanted particularly to aav. I ' made hold
to come wand and tool: in. The fact
a stealthy.
look as though there was a man in it. I
r
i
i
l
I
lit the winter vacation. having his allowance
now not to know that the harm I suffersd
:vt Siiclliug was of my own making I
don‘t hear the old grudge. any longer.
and I tell you the truth when I tell you
that you did me a good turn that time.
I know how I was being on. and I know-
that another 0 fit-er in y tlll' place would
have shot me.- 50. you will tike my.
hand and cry qrits of all old memories? “
I iiev'rr ,gave my hand to a man more Y
rcidily. nor Inert-cheerfully; and I doubt j
if in all this West-Tn wilds there. was a
more sociable and Emily partythan we
made on the following day. As an in-
dividual. I was paitictilirly happy; for
I am free to cunt-ass that there were
a few mnmeiits of that first night in the
wilderness freighted with about as much
to c\pcrienic. liut. as I remarked to
the Sergeant on afnrmer 0m asion: "All‘s
well that ends well.“ And our tramp
of four weeks; continued so pleasantly
that the end might have been burger de~
ferrcd without c 'llllllllllfl from us.~—-
(.'.': (might I 'i m as.
Healthy and I'nhcalthy Occupationl
'l‘lie tirst place aiming healthy m-oupas .
Iii‘tislalicld by ministers of relig‘ n.
and nursery-
nu-n, whnstaiid at (I); faungrs and gra-
tHl; agriultural labor-rs. .lll.
srlim-liuastcrs Tin; IIM‘ other trades
whit li follow ( Iuseiy on these being gro-
cers. c nil in: rvhanis. paper nrimifai tur—
ers. lace- ttllll lioisery inniititacturcrs.
“It"! In rights. ship builders and >h p~
“rights and mud in n as The tigures
nl mortality of all llli's’l' trad s is indrr
71‘». t ii the other sidet‘i H u! uilllt‘ titliy
ocriig-a’t «ms. the that [late i- held by
thv-trailta wh‘ch :irc io‘ririn d in the
iiiauutiictlhe and distril uti n of int i\i
tat Hr" drink uh ch. as is well k can.
entail many it iiiptatzuus to use it t - ex»
i'rss. The list of tialica‘tliy occupations
is headed by ll 0 tlis‘s or run I'ltI h~tcl
s» r ants, whose tinirv mounts up to
‘J.‘.‘H‘-. being iicaily dnabic that of the
'Iht- Ill;ll=“l place
iic\t to them are held by the
giiierai laborers and costcr . mun
gets. brokers and street sellers. the
termcrrlass with.:.il_'il. and the lath-r
\\ ith l.'~7‘.l. It is probable that Ivoth are
largely made up of ltr-Ikl‘ll men. the
\ui-cks of other I :illiugs. Innkeepers.
publicans. .spi it. wiiieatid beer dealers
follow with .t tigure of l.-'v‘.‘l .a'id brewv
ers with l. ilil. In support of the belief
that IIH‘S‘ high rates 0“ IllnilflilIV are
rhietly due tn alcuhulic caress. llr. ~Ugle
hastompaied with them the mortality
as igiied to diseases of the lini'. the
u!_ n tli-nugh which-sued e\cess chictly
df‘i‘ifllt'd itself. and has obtained results
whit Ii are t‘IIIII‘i ly in I.a'm.~n_v with those
of the trade returns. Next to the trades
cone ‘rned with alcohol. the highest.
rates are furnished by Ui‘t’tlllfllinll. w Il‘t‘ll
ittvnive the breathing of dustwother
than i on! dust ~—:-nd especially of a sharp
an I :riity charartcr. or largely com-
pusv d of llllnl'rlll matter; next those in
which there is expo ur.‘ to lead poison—
ing. as with plumbers. painters and tiles
Illllu'l‘s. 'I‘lie earthenware manufaitur-
eis. who are much expased to Immoral
dust. have a figure of 1.7m: tileiuakers.
who work upon a leader) cushion. rcaclr
1.063. and plumbrrs and painters. who
are also e\pt\s -d to lead. reach 1,202.—
("rviig’i-xs‘. Juan. .2. ,
Sol ed Book Peddlers.
Mark Twain and llrete Ilartehad their
tirst :lSS’u‘llIllnu with literature as humble .
canvasses.
Jame ti. lllaiue began-life as a book
agent in \l'ashiugtou. Penn. selling a
"Life. of Ilcnry i lay.“
The par-r Longfellow wasa book agent
before iis verses began to attract the at
tentiou of the public.
Jay Gould made his first money ped- .
dliug banks in the rural disfrizts of
t‘enlral New York when a mere boy.
Rutherford ll. Hayes footed it. all over
Southern Ohio when a mere lad getting
subscriptions for Baxter‘s “Saints‘ Rest.“
Daniel Webster paid his second year‘s
tiutioii at llartmouth'by acting as local
agent in lllerrimn~ county, N. II. for Do
'l‘ociiueville‘s "America.“ .
When Napoleon Ilonapirtc am: a
Lieutenant in the army. and uneinpleyel
at Paris. he canvassed a suburban
Parisian arroudissemcnt for a work en-
titled “l.‘llist.iire de la Revolution.“
General Grant. after his resignationl
4-. 4.. .
' from the army and before his ventures on
the Dent farm. took tart of the territory
of a general agent o Putnam‘s to dispose
of Irving‘s “t.‘ulumbun.“ ‘
George Washington. while surveying
Fairfax county in his youth. Canvassr-d
for Bydell‘a “American Savoys: How be
May be Tamed by the Weapons of t ivs
iliration.“and sold over 200 copies in
Alexandria. .\‘a.
Bismarck. when at Heidelburxz during
-' cut short by his father. the Baron. can- l
vasaed for lliumenbach‘s "Aufgeschichte
die Woasclgung in der Spicgeleiien.“—
New York Graphic.
Letter Mall Long A
The interesting Post. Museum at Berlin
has lately received aneteworthy addition ‘
in tlicshapc of a letter cover dating from ~
last century. The letter was sent from
Philadelphia to the great grand-father of
the late possessor of the cover. The
cover bears the pontmarks of Philadcb
phia, London, . Calais, Brussels. the
Iague, Amsterdam and Hamburg, so
that: the route adopted in those days was ;
evidently a very circuitous one. The.
date of the miss-five is between 1760 and '
1789. but the actual year cannot. be de-
termined, as the cover gives no date.
The cost of transmission was no lea than
five thirteen—twelve whining of Mock-i
Ionburg money. or o a mark ninety
ptennig of modern Gm‘nonosn .. I
3 but the Admiral
' l’nstpnrt b-hind.
loaded and something.r done toward re»
s unips.
, end of a [dull a milwl
- gunboats came down.
j was over.
’ through both
‘t-hou. h frightened by
A 1101‘ item.
INCIDENT 0F lt.\.\'KS‘S RED
RIVER l-JXI‘EDITION.
A Federal Flotilla. Attacked by Cou—
rederate Tronps——:\ nattery's
“'urln Romanian—13n-
dcr a Heavy l-‘im.
AN
(‘arritrgton Smith describes in the l‘c
trnit li‘rru I’I‘.‘~:a a hut tight which ‘the
naval flotilla that accompanied General
Iaiiks‘s ilstarved lied Liver Exp-tli»
tiuu hail with the (funfederates. Says
the writer: We had at Grand home at
the time a large gunboat i alledthc East~
port, which was in an almost helpless
condition from having struck a torpedo.
flunk? irrcc ’SRHI-I—GF’ rues. tut-l allihe ctr-Avis;
were. a mixed set and not too strong in
numbers. I was their serving on board
the (Ticket. which was the flag-ship. and
at least half our crew was made up of
neg 0 refugees. all of whom c qu help
hau lie the big guns. but none of wnnm
had the least knowledge of gunnery or
had ever been in a light. We were let!
to ourselves. and in what every man real-
ized was a dangerous position. \Ye
were far fr--m Alexandria, in the midst
of a hostil - country. with a river full of
bends. bars and sunken logs.
Had the gtmbunts iu ivcrl otI at one»:
we might hive cscay etl much of the l.-ss
we wue Ct'lllp-‘Iit‘d to :s‘ttllx i by theiiel iy.
i‘efitscd‘ t» have the
She had been uii—
paring the leaks. and lie di-t riulned
that she should go withlistirAh-xatidzia.
She not only bad to be towed. but to
drag a lighter afti-r her. and such was
= her draught. even when light. that |()I|-
stunt vigilance had to Ir.- c\cr.;ised~ to
keep ht-roII tin-bottom. Sbejgut aground
twice the first day an I in the no“ fifty
miles she was almost literally pull d by
hand over I) irs.suiiken logs and 0!: name
snags. During all this tiincthc gun
‘ boats Were pumping the water out of
her. and a full hundred men were kept
" busy w:th lmwscrs and chains. At length
a stilI current at a bend of the river .se:
her upon a I'VKOI sunken logs and
an I she w s there to stay. She
could be lightened no more. and any at-
tempt to pull her off w aid have. to n
her to pieces. 'I hiity hours were spent
; in trying various plansan I she was then
tilled with powder :ai-l blow i up.
The t‘oul‘eileiatr-s iiad’bascii given aur
plc time to iiicczitratc betwe. u ,us and
.‘\it‘\llIl lria. and we had S-‘an‘cly g- ttvu
rid of the Hastpnrt w are the w oorls
Swim-d to swarm with sharpshu-ters.
They tired on us at every I-cnd an I from
every bank but furtun itrly did not seek
to obstruct the way b. 'eiling trees.» \\ e
had a s an» tight with infantry before
leaving the .. one «if th~ lastpert‘s dc
SITUCCIUN. and were made to realize that
we should in -e with n ore serious d tli
( ulties oil the way d-nvn. “or three
gunboats were an. lllt'l d only bullet
IIIOJI. but they were _n it even that. i lur
«r; ius werr of old pattern and small cali»
her. and. :‘S I said :it the outs‘ct.tlic gut:-
crcws were made up fl-‘ln a "£th Ilair
r ius lot uf .stra2glers. When we left
the sp -t w hd‘r’r the i adp at was blown
up. tli» flag ship t iok the 1 ad down Iilt'
river. with orders for the lia‘ter‘ics on
i-vr-ry b at to b:- It] rrad iiwss tn open lire
at any nwment. \\ e Ii..d. if I reiiieziiI).-r
rightly. rigite'n guns in all. and the
largest I'I ‘i-n the l ticket was A twelve
poaadi-r.
A‘Ye hall been under way alout three
hours and had 5th! reacted the upper
ingwheu the pilot
blew a sharp I)',ast en the whistle as a
danger sigual‘and the next nzmiieu! there
was a roir and a ('Ilt‘it Waii'h seemed in
all ike Ilt':l\(‘ll and eiitli. Th:- toufed~
males hzid planted a .seure of eiuuuzi on
the blutI.traiiu d tbv in all on the channel
at short -ra'igc._a!id as we came uppOsite
the whole battery w as discharged as on»-
gun. and the t ricket rrcrived ever} this-
szle , \\ M e ill" guns were living reloaded
several hundrc-I iii an”; opened tin-.iiiid
there was it t a .s .uare {not of the gun-
qut Ill‘th.‘ w at~r w h was not chipped
by bullets. The tire from the battery
killed the engineer. pilot and ten other
pursons. and wounded tw entywnc. in
cluding e my firm: 8‘1 and the best gun
nets. inside of two minutes we last in
killed and w ouuded over half our crew.
\\ e w ere five minutes under the before
returning it. and inthis tine were .struvk
over forty times. '11)" following jgmiboat
cam“ in for almost as many hard knock“,
having twenty kiiled and wounded. and
she got out of range by returning up the
river.
.\ieauwhile. we in Illt‘.\ t ticket had
floated down to a point from “‘Illt h we
could take the t'uiit‘ederates in reverse.
and we soon silenced half their guns.
though they worked a suilieicnt number
to sink out- of our tow-beats and drown
her whole crew. ulid to blulI the other
’ gunbaats from attempting the passage.
They left us below, an I two gimboats
and a tow-beat above. We ran iluw a
about sei'en miles. getting agruudd 11.21
,UII aga u twice. and thrti fell in wrtli
. one of our ironcla Is.
the latter was at
once ordered up the stream. but ran her-
self aground after going a coupl» of
miles, and before she got off the two
They had left the
other tow boat above the battery to fail
into the hands of the t‘unt‘cderntes. and
they also raised the one sunk in the river.
“'e 10st in kill d and wounded on the
three boats nearly ninety men. and while
one had two and the other three guns
rendered helpless. the flagship had only
one which (ould be used after the ti .ht
Many of the missiles passel
sidi s of the boats. and
dozens of them fell into the engine room.
. and it has always been looked up at as a
miracle that the
coped iuJury.
m
The Polite Children of Norway.
The village of Egcrsand beneath us
nestles close to the base of the hill as
engines and boilers es—
bowl era all about. writes
ent of the'Boston Ilcral I.
cloudy: the wind is strong.
a carrospdnd-
The day is
but not un-
~ Comfortably cold, and we sit in a shel-
trrcd nook and write a letter to the home
folks. or gather some of the wild tlow-
ers, blooming quuriantly everywhere.
But a few drops of rain fall ‘by and by.
and we do not wish to risk a wetting. so 3
we descend leisurely to the town, and on
the way meet numbers of school chil-
(iron. The boys politely dot‘f then-caps. 3
while the girls shyly drop a demure caur-
tray to the “Inglisnian.” for all strangers
are “Inglismen” until known to be of
another nation. The children have been
well taught in the school of good man-
ners. as all Norwegian children are. and
recalled to our minds an incident that
happened in a suburb of Hamburg. where
the streets are only narrow lanes, twist-‘
ing in and out. between the tiny red-tiled
houses on the steep hillside. 7 Down one
of these bywnys we were walking slowly,
when a little goldcnshnired Gretchen not
us. and in the most winsoxno way held
out her hand and greeted each one, not
saying a word, but vor grave. and as if
{thing on n cordial we come to the VII-
‘80‘
‘Pemnlcaa. the Food of Arctic I‘rar-
clots.
The meat, cut in long flakes from the
warm carcass of the bntTnlo and dried In
the sun. is afterwards beaten into shreds
by flails upon a floor of buffalohidc on
the open prairie. The hide is then sewed
into a bag. the meat jammed in. the top
sewed up all but one corner. into which
more meat is crowded. and then the fat.
whit b has meanwhile been tried. is
poured in 'sralling but. titling every
crevice. A species of cranberry is often
added with the Iiieat. The whole forms
the threatening '
a bolster-shaped bag, as solid and as
heavy as stone. and in this condition it
I remains, perhaps fur years, until cat-n.
5 Each bu},r weighs from tt‘llto 120 pounds.
li‘ue who has tried it will not wonder
. that
the contests between the Northwest ami
llud~ou llay (‘ompanies to form a re
i'TIfiTIIItTfll’In'I‘d—W‘Il‘hr mossy-heir gurusfi
one rolled "rub~a boo.“ when it is bniltd
Lin a great deal of water. and makes a.
:soup; the other more f:\\'~ rite dish ll
. “musseau.” ..whea it is thiown into. a
.frying pm. fried in its own fat. w:tb
‘the addition. perhaps. of a little salt'
' perk. and mixed with a small amount
20f flour or broken biscuit.
‘ times. when philosophers arelia'. d put to
it. and forced to take their meal in the
. Callui‘. the ptmlllICIlI‘l is eaten raw:
9 chopped i ut of the bug with a ”Iiitclict.,
an I nee Iiizpaiiied simply by th“ biscuit.
. which has received the sobriquet ut “lg-d 3
These wmi ~erl'ul oly
Iltiver granite.“
jects. as large as sea biscuit. ar at least
three-quarters of an inch in thickness,
and against them the naturaist‘s geo-
logical hammer is always brought into
= requisition.
; But the “infidel fish," as mussrau is .
. termed. is bv comparison w itii tl.e others
palatable. though it is en ti tlieu impos-
sible to so disguise it as to mold the
suggestion of tallow candl .g. and this
and the lath -ry. or india IUIIIJ.‘I", striic- :
tare o: the meat are its rliief disqualifi-
‘ cations.
' charms when t :kcu as a steady diet three
times a day for weeks. espec'ully when
it is Served in a frying pan. and, break- ‘
fast or dinner over. one 5 es the remnants
‘\\‘itll the beef or pork all hustled to
‘gerh r in the boiling kettle; the biscuit.
'broken baiiiiocks and unwashed cups
plat-ed in th- bread-bag; the
knives and Itirks [05st into the meat—
d'sh: and all. comb tied in the ample ?
folds of :in «-l I bit of gunny (loll). which '
IIZI sen ed da ly at. on: e as dishclotli and
I‘lIIl't Iulll. threw a i:.to the canoe to rest
uutl the u-xt meal. when at last Billy
finds tini' tn wash the dishes - the table-
' ( Euth never.
Why Men Become Bald.
"ilid you ever HOIIL‘O what classes of 1
men are in is: commonly bald :" asked on
«\g ert hair dresser thi- otherday. “l'IJt
Ilt'u“'~ a go nl dral of light on the causes
tlf Iltlliltit'3‘.
i-vplaizati-hs fur :t diss.patiuu, «tilting
the hair too sli-i t. littiiig it grow too
long smoking. drinking sir-inf: coffee.
wmry. “‘t‘dli ig high hats. Wearing low
liats‘. wearing your hat iii-Ions. not
xvi-string it mitilnurs. lzitc hours and a
hundred other tutti-gs.
ll tire that there are no classes
more frequently bald than retail sales-
men. b mkkci-pers‘ and other" lirks in
certain lines of Ilils‘llic-ss.» “'iiy should
ba.tlltt's< atIe. t them nirre III'III otl ersf
Iii-cause they habituady stand or sit
teirlv every evening under gaslights.
Ila .kkeepvrs a ways Ilil‘s'f' a stro’ 5; light
ri-ht over thvir Iii-ads or ~lust. in front of
them. So do ('I-‘tks who have to work
at night. Iletnil *‘Ilf‘SlIICH‘SCII goods at
night iiire-rtly under two powerful burn-
ers. and must of the time their beadsarc
not more than two or three feet from the
thaw Th:- urtiti id heat drzes out the
li::ir. makes it brittle and uuh'nlthy and .
If you will
pass your hand through your hair after .
tiiialiy kiiis it at the rent.
you have born .stan ling under a gasiight
for a few moments you will See at once
how it is. .\Ithntlgll you may not ban:
nutiied the heat on your head. your hair.
it you‘ve got any. will be but to the.
You‘ll be surprised to obserye. l
too. at what a distance from the'light‘
fools.
the hair w i.I absorb the heat. Now there
is nothing so bad for the hair as getting
it dry. That is why the use of water on
it is .sn in u-ioits—lveeausc it evaporates
.so I'lllklliy and takes with it the natural I
Your hair should be i q
moist all the time and with the oil th .tl
is Sz't'l’t‘lt‘tl by the li:tle cells at the rents. :
oil of the hair.
W
the hair ta] 3 out I'e nplvwho sit under
the gaslight should w ear some kind of a §
cool. iiorrconducting
liealgear to pro-
tect themselves.
I have an idea. too.
that after the electric light has been in .
universal use for a gtiieration or two.
baidu- .ss will be as scarce as it was before
gashghts‘ and night work got tommon
togither, ~ .‘Vur I'm-3: .llai.’ m 7 Iz'qn‘csa.
It Is ‘l'nlrzcky .
To be struck by lightning on Monday.
To Sit on a bull saw
Friday.
To break the mirror your wife‘s moth- ;
of {gave her. -
To fall duwu stairs with the parlor.
stove on Tuesday.
To 3 Ieculute with other people‘s mon-
ey.. an get caught.
To get wet when you fall overboardi
while beating on Thursday.
Test-i- a bill collector over
shoulder on Saturday.
, "=To see a bulldog over your left shoul-
er in your neighbor‘s orchard.
your right
To see your overcoat over either.
shoulder as you pass out of the
. your uncle.
' To spill salt in thc‘ cotIcc of the, man
who has the carving knife.
‘ To be one of thirteen at table when
' there is only food enough for six.—Tid
Bit‘.
l
The Mouse and the "are.
= A Rare who was Seeking his Dinner
in a Stubble one day came herons a Field
: Mouse and thus Addressed him:
“Well, well. but who on Earth ever
I heard of u Before? I wouldn‘t be u
1 Small an Helpless as you are if I coul
’ live in Idlcnoss all my Days 2" ‘
At that moment the Shouts of Men and
‘ the Barking of Dogs were heard and the
‘ llnre'bcgan to tremble and gasped out“:
| “They are Hunting for Me, and I feel
} that I shall Certainly be Captured!"
‘. “Very likely,“ replied the Mouse:
“While I. who am no Insignificant and
Helpless. will be run over and left l'n-
noticed."
Mona)..—-Thc Greater the Size of the
Game the more the Anxiety of the Hunt-
er to Secure it. A Drayinnn sleeps un-
disturbed 0‘ Rights; the Con reanman
mustlie Awake to checkmate ePlans
of his Enemies—Detroit Fm Pun,
shop of
J. B. Walls, of Red, Blufl, Cah, cut
down nsound oak, and four feet from
the butt, in a little cavit ,in the heart oi
the tree, were five aural and health)
frogs. They-Were a little 06 in color,
but all right. -
may. monks a girl to choroid:
lot when he own: no lot. , .
I
l
1 vacant lots on the west side.
#IV-———-.——
ORIENTAL KITES.
CHICfiGO 'CHINAMHN KEEPING
A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
Taking Large. Rites of Many Gro-
tesque Forms Out. on the
Prairie and Fly ing Them——
:1 Queer Exhibition.
A few days ago a strange scene might
have been witnessed on one of the big
From an
early hour on the day in pun-stion an oc-
i casional Chinaman i arryin'; an unwieldy
. and mysterious looking bundle took one
it was once used in the turmoils of .
But some- '
. .
Iliit (‘\'(u nius‘seau may lose its 3
pintes, .
I'ci-ple give all kinds of‘
50w you will ,
of men '
but the Oil is continually and rapidly .
dried out. as it is when the head is kept f
heated by gaslieht. the cell dr’es up and I
in motion on:
of the Madison or ILundolph stred can
and went to the end n! the route. Lech
one as he arrived d .s.i.o :ntt d and wended
i his way in a western direction. but none
- - ’7 .‘ . t‘rrter was era—are" A 7 7 .7
Q There are two ways of preparing this. ~ Ohm “Efrem? find.
common point one their destination.
Such was the (‘flcc‘ : ti\\'C\'t‘r.. and before
the autumn sun had began to shine very
strongly they were Latzit red to the num-
ber ufa scon- ur mu l' on a sloping piece
of gro ind a short ilisium-c outsale the
city Imits. ‘
Then a queer moveru.~nt began. leach
celestial. having mad:- a variety of elab-
orate salu ations toward the east. turned
his attention to his paicel and Com-
‘l’nciiced to gravely mi in the fastenings. A
Ainrx rcpoiter. wh-i ii.-.;ipeiied to be an
unset-ii obsi-rver. {i ll} t".:»l‘t'IU-I to see a
quaiitltyof on:
nu; «i sin :ts linen cuffs.
co Iars. 1:th pfndiiu- l ;.:.-I a urw method
of bleaching cvhibit- it t~u iiis wondering
gale. Putin still gr a: r surprise was in
' store. From each :i ‘w pap. r wrapper a
-' brand-new and club ra viy constructed
paper kite was unf 4 ie I. and in a few
‘ moments the cords -\ ("1' adjusted. and a
.scon- of pigtails w re ~‘-e.iming in the
morning breeze as the urientals scam-
pered nimbly around in every dire tinn
tryi-igto “raise the wind ‘ an lhuist their
:strangc playthings «~[0l their wings.
Anti a curious looking ILAIL‘II of contriv-
nnces they wine. It ‘—as no ordinary
school-boy‘s kite that .‘ohn thinaman
was disprirt ng trim-elf ‘.\ th on the t'hi—
cage prairies this rne ”turning. They
E were of all drapes and sil. ‘5, cunningly
' manuf‘a ‘t‘dred and e almrately or. :-
m-‘nt.~d. Birds, fish. s:--p.-::ts, dgagoas.
and, in facz. every kizd ul‘ imaginable
animal and repti'e w'rre represented.
(the big laundryiuav. ~.\ itli A huge
queue and the mu-i e- rly pointed nf
wot-den shoeskickrd up li s heels like a
tw‘u-yvar colt as be lmtiiidt-d over the
soft turf at the end --i :i szriug attached
to a kite that us m -i «i an immense pair
of Ste ‘ta Ins. II“_21IJ~" x-d continually
i' in {language that s cm -.l made up of
i nothing; but three or :o-:r words that
lsouad- d Iik~- tl.c m . h-‘UIZO is tones of .1
v gomusly hamme vd ._.. v to :1 rom-
p:iuii~n who was tlo t n; .ri arrangement
meant to rcscmbl: :l'l it! :.ot less I: an
.tiftten feet lung. An Illt’r child if the
sun was daunting a path-l" eagle with
plumage nf a llariti_ e i na. and a third
tarried :i peculii‘ Inn's iig eight sided
fig :r:-. wh'ch wa» p o.~:ii-Zy mode in i-n~
Indium 0f >Umt‘ Hf Iiit‘ iI;:i_'t':itt:S i-I LKIUCHI
by the early i Lint-w t... 'u-rs. some of
' \Yllt'ttl Ind nlilIll“llI.:lt. . l retens'izns.
Qua lrupeds. bipul» ad reptdcs of
almost e~c:‘y spot-Ir w- n- represented. ail
bxiu: gaiiddy pzi lie I and d‘ conned.
Hue ludicrous It viking \fuiigolian. with
a face I ke a pumpk :x xx ilil. u gash in the
c utter of t. In ~g .. i tr: .vliat lucked like
a Buddhist idol :ilii: ..; .:s uggly as him
self. ‘ Ilc set-m d 1: hi :li glee as the
mun-tr r...s image tin .tni zap d y upward.
its huge head and shall i rs bobbing from
. side to si e ,vvhile its glass eyes seemed
to twink'e ike .szurs‘a: they now and
their caught the rays ‘ef iii in main: 5 in
Hue low: br0id~slin . dwel :cllow had a
larger bizzdle than ;:tt_\‘ of the rest and
went some distaire 0.“. from the. main
crowd to open it. I‘ive minutes lulu
w but seemed to l-e a Ito-ck of hawks was
hovering“, over ih: 5e law faced heathen.
their books and L... .s in .'L', d ~waward as
if pre_ ared to alight : ii .. me object un-
derneath. 'I‘ln-y Iv ie a.i u! paperflmid
by an izgeiiious contrivaut'e controlled
by one strirg.
For over an hour tli- c a cer :ambcls‘
were kept “3|. and III".| the kites were
recalled. and the unit-rs. :HIL‘l' again in-
, dulging in similar rat :t~;i::tut and fan-
tastic isdctations to tit .s- with which
they began ‘lrUk'I‘LKIIIIK‘. disappeared as
uietly as thcy'had e .-!t'u'.
At first when this esziim diiiary scene
was presented to the (yes of the \vondrr-
' iug scribe he became impressed with the
idea that the t‘liiname.» m is! have taken
leave of their sense ». and that some new
.3 and extraordinary spot-i: s of insanity had
developed among the Hastems. But >tli h
i was not the case. The t‘hinamcn were
3 simply observing one i-f their nations
! holidays—the iii ith d’vy of the ninth
' month‘wbich in their own land is cele-
: brated by'kitc~:§ying on the‘lniltops. The
: Chinese tellthe follow-Eng story in expla~
i nation oftheir clioos‘iig a particular date
i for the observance 0: misc .st ;III' In an—
eicnt time a certain in -:r named Hing
Shay was informed by one. of the wise
i turn of his locality that some dire ca-
lamity Would befall his Ilnu~ellnld on the
3 date in question. He llllm-‘tllulely i_n_
formed his family of die Impending ruin.
t and on the IIIOi‘ltingwf tli;- .i.u h—dreaded
day rep tired with all his ie‘atiuus to u
l nighboring hill and spent the time: as
1 best he could. Un returning home that
I evening he found all his demonic ani~
mals dead. The ('hiaaman (\3“SidL.\’d
‘ IiTmseIf lucky to have escaped with his
family. and. the .story havinggot around.
h- came to be looked “pan as one in
whose behalf 3 miraile had been per-
formed. Ever since hen (‘hinametn
wherever dry or.- smttcrel and when
l the opportunity offers. celebrate the ninth
day of the ninth month by propagating
the evil spirits in the same manner that
Hing Shay did.+(.‘li-~eigii. New.
‘ m
Ill-loo Heads.
A Hindo'o writes to the Pbrcnolvgo'fi-l
Magazine as to the -iclative size-of the
heads of his country men as compared
with those of Europeans. He hays: “All
the Hindoo heads I have had the oppors
trinity of measuring by tape measure
come neu- to or about tweiitydwo inches,
and in some cases more; in circumfer-
ence." The writer goes on to give his
view of the difiereneo bitweeu the Eng
- lish and the Hindoo. and the reason of
the latter‘a enhfiction. " The native, he
considers, has law of those qualities that
give energy. force. resistance, enterprise,
opefulncss and cmtion. while he has
more of those that had to
once. reverence. respect or authority.
submission to what appears to be the will
of heaven, and in general to religious in.
licences, than his conqueror.
*
Consistency.
He always Mrs 90 Into—that. ate (1 B I
‘I‘wu half past Don. I know. ’i town
Lust ni ht before he took his hot
And ‘thouht he‘d better go”
Ithoughtsoeoqhutonl said
“Good night." and My behind my he
And wondered how-txother garla‘
Could entertain that sort o! m
Three months later; can. man. cam: girl.
“Don‘t hurry. Ed: .
- Tint clock b 10‘: too M
“Lilli“, twelve: I‘ll be you any
two- minute
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