5.
THE SENTINEL.
SOFT“ NURWALK, SEPTEMBER 30
rot-emu scrunch.
At. least 10,000 preserved humming-
birds are now embraced in the. collection
in the British Museum. The finest col-
bction on this side of the Atlantic, con-
- hitting about 2,000 specimens, has been
resented by Mr. D. (l. "Elliot to the
merit-an Museum of Natural History in
New York.
Flour is like butter, it absorbs smells.
readily. It should not be kept in a place
where therc.are onions. fish, decaying
vegetables, or other odorous substances,
or in a damp room or cellar. Keep it in
‘ ncaol. dry, airy room, not exposed to a
freezing temperature, nor to one above
seventy degrees, and always sift before
using. ,7 _
A recent observer of sunflowers nt-
tributes their antimalarial action to their
absorptimf water from the soil,_as well
u to their accredited properticsof ab-
Iorl-ing malarial germs, and emitting
much oxygen. During June, 13%,
in the form ol'vaporan average of sixty—
ive gallons of water daily.
t‘otton, according to a scientific
nuthority, is not a fibre, but a plant hair.
It holds to be sprrn into a thread because
of peculiar twists in each hair, shown
under the microscope, especially in polar
izcd light. Linen thread maybe spun,
bccairSc the flux fibres ha’Vc certain ronglr~
ncsscs on their surfaces, which enable
them to cling toga-then Hence it is it“-
possible to makc as tine linen as cotton .
cloth, but it is much stronger.
)lr.‘lirie Bruce, who hrs
the idea of signaiirr}.r at night by a can
tive b.r"loon lighted inside by l'lt‘ tric
incandescent lamps, lrasjtrst cornplr-t if
one for the liclqian gownmn-nt.
ligtlrillng is llft't‘ft‘tl by cutting off and
lettint,r on tlrr' current fer-din; the him is
by "IV-Ills of a kr-ydim- that uscnl in
tr-lcgraplry. Mr. lirur-o’s latest lullnon
is lifter-n feet in diarnrto-r and 2,000
cubic feet in capacity. it is made of
varnished cambric and is tr‘arolrn-cnt.
Six lidison and Swan lamps of right
and ten—candle power are mounted in-
side. .
M. .\l,vhiinsc do (‘andolle belicvcs he
has cstablisln-d as certain, by his rc-
ititil'l‘llt's into thehcrt-dityof the eyes, the
fact that Women have alargor proportion
of brown eyes than men; that win-re la) b
parents have cycs of the same color the
chanlcs are eighty-eight to thlvc that
thct-hildr-cn “all have, at ten yearsof
age, .I‘)‘t'S of tlu-suure color; and that
where the parents have cycs of dillcrcnt '
colors the chances are titty live to bury
five in favor of brown as against blue or-
ray for the children. He also thinks
it probablcdhat persons of the brown i
type are more likely to be healthy than
the blonde.
Russian arch-cologists, who are under
the patronage of the Czar, are working
throughout the empire or wherever the
imperial army open up now llt‘ltlS. They
have done much during the past decade
to illuminate dark blanks in Byzantine
sud earlier records. One of the must in~
teresting of their discoveries is just an-
nounced. At 'l‘ashkend have been re-
cently found extensive Greek remains,
chiefly terracotta vases. silver~gilt
ornaments. and small ‘statuettcs, all
purely Hellenic, and obviously bospeak-
mg a common domestic use. This dis-
covery shows that the frontiers of the
Greek kingdom in llactria must have ex-
.tended many hundred miles further
northeast than has heretofore been sup~
posed. Probably it is the beginning of
I series of developments giving to t‘entral ‘
Asia an entirely novel arch rological in~
tcrcst.
Nervous New Yorkers.
‘Tho Vanderbilt boys, with the excep-
tion a-f thcpogtic George, are early risers,
rapisl walkers and nervous in their more
met ts. (‘hauncey M. Depcw rushes into
his ollice like a hurricane early in the
morning and is constantly on the move
until he goes home in the evening. Go
into any of the. resorts whcrc. prominent
New Yorkers take their luncheons, and
i ' on will at. once be impressed with the
act of their nervous tempennent. The
brothers of Robert Bonner take their
midday meal daily at the Astor llouse.’
The moment they drop into their seats a
well trained waiter rushes out to the
carving,I table and orders tln-ir luncheon
with the supplementary remark: “It is
for the Messrs. Bonner; hurry u ." ll0b~
art Bonnerhimself is'a man of s ow move.
ment compared with the other New York
editors. Stick a pin in him and he
-~~would probably turn about with the
calmness peculiar to the old school of
New Yorkers and ask what you meant.
Try the same experiment with James
Gordon Bennett and he would wheel
.sbout and offer to give you battle on the
spot. Resort to the same artifice with
Joseph Pulitzer and he would spring up
" with rage, turn upon you and probably
knock you out ina jifiy. lie is the most
nervous of all New York journalists, and
walksrrapidly, with his broad shoulders
thrown well back-—C'lrfmgo Herald.
Great Losses of Fish.
In the vicinity of Galena, lll., the fish
in many of the streams have lately died
by the million. and the few that are left
are rapidl following suit. The banks
of the Ga ens River branches an lined
with dead tish of'all sizes and varieties,
from. the tiny minnow to the mammoth
, cat and sturgeon. , At Buncombe, Wis“
dead fish are so numerous on the banks
that the stench arising from them is
almost unbearable. At Lancaster. Wis,
the scene on the river bank be gar:
description. over fifty, wagon loa s of
dead tlsh being in sight. There are
numerous theories afloat as to the cause.
- One is that the recent rains have roiled
the water with mud, so that the fish
have been unable to breathe, and “rigg-
ling to the surface for air, have di .
the dry, but
marshes above
author is that durin
summer. the valleys on
were filled with sour isonous growth
that with the recent ends was carried
Into the streams and poisoned the water.
were Awaken.
Poisonous Fishes.
, In the exhibition at Ham there is,
”my: Nature, an interesting collection of
specimentaof poisonousfls cs. Some are
poisonous when eaten: other! are merely
'finomous. Amen thedflrst swam-ray
widgets on, as many legal
whiehm abundant near the 0
Good Hope. In the Jspsn Seals send
a very peculiar tetrodcn. which is some-
times rated as a means ef'suicldo. It
brings connections like those produced
by momma. sud than death. ._ ,_
Missed the obsstlshai
mom 1 Germany fbc‘tiuety,
we of dhfhfic: ‘d til inn-”of the
up
salon which
.l
‘ Theyouth, the
. .
quarter of an acre of suntlowcrs exhaled .
worked out .
'l‘lm .
Wi‘ALQ‘“ WAIT.
w. alum no. tbo_ moaned-
a. spring, en mi. umu‘
may use: ,
But-never from the cradle to the grave,
1‘08th h however strong and brave,
full r tion be.
Thomohild would snatch a baublo of the
con.
'0
ecstasy of love that leagues
with fats:
, nbood, dominion that is lost so soon.
And the trembling aggdpws “it the gate;
0 grows wear ' t is no emu noon,
Whminpv’ve always wait. -
Behold the sudden fields, now newly sown:
And there the husbandman with anxious
eyes.
Watching the wind and rain, in hope and
car,
i rm summer smiles, or blight and rust sp-
. pear:
l Where all the venture of his harvest lies
o , The clouds are auguries of dread to him,
We sun is 1 grant, or the rains are late;
’ The wind * all sometimes soothe him with
a hymn;
i The spectral fog shall be a thing of fats;
For ‘llrope, the twilight of the soul, grows
on
; Whemin we always wait.
0 meat. optimist—a smile or tear,
honest kin, they spring so near to»
gather.
1 No man hath ever lived all satisfied,
No human heart that. is not sometimes tried
l leak, unfriendly weather. - .
T ore never was full measure of content,
3 Even to him lnust blest and nursed of fate;
The moi-row brings its hazard for us all—-
Some one demands olmli at the gate, .
“'hereat sit Hope and Fear, who sadly call
The souls that. always wait. '
l
. Not one is found to thwart the dead Pnrcre,
t Nor-stay the cave] of the ghastly thread;
i Nor birth. nor pride, nor wealth, nor wit can
; , see
i Essay» or compromise with destinv;
' The surge botwrvt the living and the dead 3
I 0, snpicnt sage. U, orator sublime,
Poet. and priest. ‘trx i-tlo bore to prate,
of latent wil‘, of cn-ods that mock at.
time!
“'ithin the Law there is or small or gcoat;
Man is but man, “lb-thr‘t‘ be fall or clinic;
Ho \\:uls,ayc, he runs: his 11y. wall.
I
l
r
l
l .
‘ Must wait for what: the doubt, the great
‘ “ beyond 3“
l The new to day. to uror‘row \\ ill be old;
‘ All human curplrc smut is d. «date.
, Decay and change, nttlrsnro urrtlagging gait,
I Tn. uplo hcr’ui» 'llhl and par . int mould.
'lln-ur‘t tlr or Kings:
7 , llt No
But va :rro'.\rrrb tron plotting t ‘od‘s (“‘f'lft‘.‘
: No lll‘lll bath warranty for a ‘rl—abrcatlr
. “fill can *cl lczntnosof love or lr.:t.-, '
j “'rll “all his int st llliedocds to llorrtb,
. 0n whom o'oalways \\ art.
liopat lit-s‘ \\ll.iL are
‘ "I‘is much to llutter on the broad highways,
And boast our oprrlt-n -e in art arr-l art;
To i‘lutlro in golden ngll icur that. which
«lies —
Mun orrlwmns the moment he enjoys,
In all llt‘r-scnrrrmly, a single part!
The spb-rnlrrl sc- rn-r) of was and stars,
The got-grains \‘Hslllib gmltng him with state;
And all tho n»: i; ll aprons luulrnl of time,
Leave lll‘ll n! lztxl alone and ill-solute,
Within th \ \r‘stllnllc where all men go,
Alas I and ulu a_\‘s wall.
One lain must langhmyn-rhops ‘tiv ~re best to '
.
r
' \v. r") -
l “Tho-n some poor soul, a lender in the van,
Asprrus by othrcs or some covert chum,
To win himself a Pl'i‘t‘t‘lt‘ll.‘6 Ill namo,
And chart! helium o'er his brother luau,
l Bo be high lll‘h‘s‘f or li‘ortuno‘s parasite,
- 0r plumed by crrcumstinmi mien call him
great)
Or placid. smiling mediocrity,
all must ulcer and Justlo at the gate
f that cold house whom we ‘rn company ~—
The players ~~always wait:
i n
«We always wart. -our work is never done,
Our ll\‘t‘~‘ are full of all things incomplete,
The sun, the rain alike for every one.
May yet. tind gardens in our hearts begun,
0 bloom or wrthcr in the summer‘s boat.
soon,
0r only ripen vvoarily and late;
The planet l‘eaco must. be our harvest
uroon~
. Knowing those things, we tlud no fault with
fate—-
“'o enter doors where love is still attune,
“'homlu we always wait.
Alas! some summers I have called my own,
Borne scenes. some unu-vels of great lakes
turd woods.
The thrilling preans of the ocean writ
By starry pathways through tho tirnrnment,
These and the like item tome rn the ancient.
. moods.
Here “as no smell of parchment, dogivhred
Iks,
Nor w.l.~s of mortgage, lease, or pawnod
estate; ‘
But by the mighty legacies of God,
Each plant that. blooruod, each flower that
lllt‘\\t\\l the sod,
Shun-d my inheritance with a friendly nod,
billing sweet
loath.
“The earth is the Lords and the fullnes
tun-roof . “
“'herem we always wait.
-—Jolln Anlrobus, in the Minneapolis Star.
A CRBVASSB.
BY LUKE SH AR'I‘.
"Now,“ said Dr. Bunta, “I‘ll tell you
what we must. have. We. don‘t want a
common guide. \Vc want a guide with
a story. When I mach a place I always
look out for some fellow who has had
an unusual experience. In such a spot
as this there must be dozens of men who
have had thrilling experiences.
must be men “110—“
“Yes, but look here,“ I interrupted,
“you have to take the guides as they
come. I understand that there are about
8-10 guides in t‘hamonix. and that. the
traveler has no choice. They are engaged
ln rotation."
“True," answercd.the Doctor, ubut
there are exceptions to this rule. A lady
going alone, for instance, has her choice
'of guides. You can talk English only,
and that at‘ times not unmixed with
slang, so you can choose 31 guide that
talks what. you call your language, and
us for me I have the privilege of taking
an guide I wish."
‘Why you more than another?“
“Because I am a: member of the Al-
pine Club.“ ‘
I imagine that if it had not been for a'
misfortune he ‘would have become a
noted physician. This misfortune was
the death of an uncle, who left him a
large fortune. Then the Doctor gave it
ractice. gave up his body to travel an
is mind to mystical science, as he was
pleased to call it. He expected to make
on ' ally experimenting with anybody
who would allow him to experiment on
.him. He said that the great discovery of
the present century was electricity, and
that the great discovery of the coming
century would be the utilization of that.
mysterious force of which we t indica~
tions in mind reading and t at sort of
. thing. Electricity, he said, was only
faintly known at. the beginning of the
century, while now it is 'a household ne~
cessity.
lie certainly did some wonderful
things with pen to in the mesmeric
trance. He went put a person to sleep
and have him actually describe the inte-
rior of a house thousands of miles away
known only to one of the auditors. Once
the sleeper vividly told how a murder
had been done that he had never before
heard of. The Doctor expects that when
he gives the result of his researches in
his forthcoming book it will be impeach
bio for an murderer to hide his crime.
, ‘ . n _‘ ' sndlavaot'tofihe
0%,»! thig‘uhldcs to menswear .
l‘. Wainqulrlum
{W ”Ronni! was the very man we
‘ wanted. Bartlet! mom-bombard
\
Tho' flowers of Love and Hope may blossom .
murmurs, saying nothing»
Right. .
here at the foot of l out Blane there;
The Doctor was a rather peculiar man. ‘
somcg t discoveries in the way of mes- l
tutti“ Even while he traveled he was
i
had thrown thrilling gape {v27};
corded in the Alps. He had fallen down
do Grace. He was alone at the time. but
they found his broken ralpeustock at the
lip of the crevasse, and down in the
depths they heard the footing of his
horn. It took 300 feet of rope to bring
him up. and ever since then he was a
‘ guide much sought for by those. who had
any choice in the selection of guides,
and. besides this, the recital of his thrill~
ing story had tilled his purse on many an
occasion.
So Ilcrtzoff took the Doctor and my-
self across the glacicr that day. “'0 left
the beaten path somewhat so that we
might see the spot where he fell in and
hear the story Just. where it happened.
The crevamc was a wide one but it had
been narrower at the time the guide
slipped over. What made matters worse
was that at the time the guide was alone.
He had taken a party across the glacier
and was returnintr by a short cut to Mom
tanvcrt. He anddhis brother were to take
a party up the glacier in the afternoon
and his b;other, who was waiting for him
at Montanvcrt, b .one alarmed at his
absence. With another guide he started
to meet him, and knowing the short cut
that the guides generally took Wilt“
alone. they followed it. (‘orning to a
valley in the ice at the bottom of which
was the narrow crevasse, they saw
on the other .side a broken alpcnstock
stuck fast in an ice crevice that told the
whole story. llcrtzoff had come down
the incline as usual with his alpenstock
to keep the decent from being too swift.
The. alpcustock caught in the crevice and
snapped off. llcl'tzoll fell and slid help
lessly over the lip of the crevasse. He
went down fcct first. He tried to stop
lrirnsclf by bracingr his fr-z-t'ngainst the
opposite side of the crevasse, but he slid
_ swiftness. About one hundred feet down
i the crevasse turned, and from thence to
the bottom he slid downonhis bdl'k, and
in :rn instant. found himself in two feet
of ice water that rudrcd to help form the
llivcr .-\r.c'tlr:it llowstnroughi‘barnorrix.
\Vlrcn his brother and the other guide
srw lmrv matzcrs stood and board the
fiftint root of the Alpine horn in the ice
depths, the brother shontc l down to on-
a crevasse in the great glacier of the flier
dawn the blue, clcar ice with appalling ,
-
strong one. We went together to the
mount: at the foot of the glacier.
We tried to up some of the
crevasms at. the bottom, but the
water was too strong. At last we
found one that was narrow and the cur-
rent weak. W's found we could walk up
long distance until it became too narrow.
He said that would do. Then we broke
my alpenstock and I took one iece. He
went round to the top of the g acier and
I sat among the stones until he would
blow his horns ,IIe fixed the alpenstock
in the crevice. Then he went to the
hotel and told them he was uncas about
me. \V’hen he and,the other gui e came
arrow the ice they blew their horns and
I went up the crevasse and blew mine.
After a long time the rope came down. I
tied it around or“ and they pulled me up.
“‘hcn the accident was printed in all
the papers all over the world a great
many people came to Chamonix.“
The Doctor himself seemed in a trance
while the guide slowly told how the deed
was done. lie was amazed and cha—
griucd. llis hero had crumbled.
“What I like,“ I said as I finished the
last of the writing, “what I like about.
this story is the simplicity of diction : the
evident truthfulness and the absence of
all brag."
“0h. 3'98." said the Doctor rousing
himself up, “of course I will never hear
the end of this if it once gets out. All
the same. you believed his story quite as
much as I did, although of course you
won‘t admit that now." .
He made a few passes and woke the
guide up.
“You are tired,“ said the Doctor, “and
I think you dropped asleep for a few
moments.“—Drtror! Fr»: l’rru.
A Girl Snake-Catcher.
She lives in .\I:ildcn: she is seventeen
, ycars old, or thcrcainrrts, and she is an
, is snakes.
icotrragc him to hold out, while the other »
ran ba 'k to the big: hotel for ropes and
{help .\ll the visitors and many of the
lutrnlcs came back with him, and in a
\llt‘l‘l time they had the half frozen man
up on the surfarc again." It was a fear‘
frilly narrow escape. llcrtxo'l~ tied ropes
around us and held on while we v out
down and looked over the t‘tlLIt‘ of the
crevasse. The sides Were a char lumin-
ous blue. darkt-niner as they went down.
“'0 could hear llrc rush of the water bcr
low. The Doctor dropped a stone into
the chasm and that, more than anything
else, made us rcalilc its depth. The
' stone dropped to the turn in the crevasse
and then we heard it ringing against the
sides as it went down and down, scorn-
irrgly to the ccutcr of the north.
.\s we returned the Doctor and I
walked together beb‘nd the guide, who
was some distance ahead. \Ve were both
very much impressed by the story told
on the very spot where it had happened.
“That ought to be a great lesson for
you,“ began the Doctor.
“Why for me!“
“\Vell, in the telling of a story. Now,
i if you were writing that adventure the
:chauccsarc that you Would spoil it by
piling up the agony. He told it in his
simple, direct way, that to my mind was
infinitely more thrilling than all the tine
writing in the world. \\'ltat impressed
, me about his narrative was the simplicity
2 of diction and the evident truthfulness,
)and, besides that, there was an absence
. of bra: that strikes me as admirable.“
7 “Still youmnst admit that the guide
, is a man of rather coarse feelings; prol»
ably the only sensation he felt was an
animal desire for safety. He did not
describe his failings because be had
none. Take a more refined and cducatcd
person in the same situation, and his
sensations during that slow slide to the
edge of the crei ruse would be something:
painfully intense~sorm-tlrin2 that this
man could ucithcr appreciate nor under-
stand.“
“l don‘t admit that at all
modesty prexcnts him ‘ telling us
just what he fclt. Human nature is litr-
, rnan nature all the. world (“‘cr. Now to
prove this, when we ictnrnl will try and
get this man into a nicsrnvric trance. I
think he would be a 1{good subficct, and
if Isuccced, then we will have his story
I with all his sensations at the time of fall-
ing. 1' wish that if he proves a good
subiect you would take your pencil and
get his words as nearly verbatim as you
can. fly the way, do you write short-
band?“
“Oh, yes, but the trouble is I can‘t
read it, nor can anybody else after the
notes are written, That has alwavs been
my drawback with shorthand." ‘
“Well, do the best. you can.“
“’hcn we got to the hotel theDoetor
- invited the guide up to his room to have
a glass. He asked the gu'dc to sit d own,
and I softly turned the key in the door
so that we would not be interruped.
The doctor drew up his chair befo re the
guide. and said:
‘ “You seem to be a very healthy man i"
l The guide said he. had to be. The
This man‘s
'(lt‘t‘ll, but not fancy
ophiologist « that is to say, her specialty
\‘cry often. ru pleasant sum —
lltt'f‘ weather. this yuan: girl, with hands
clad in high back :1... es, and armed with
a bottle of rlrlorolurru. lurks about the
forts and pools and thickets “:lh‘lllllg for
snakes, a girl fair 1.. bank upon, sauntor— 2
tux. om- rnight imagine: with eye upon
tin-ground. in maiden meditation, fancy
frr-e, She is in maiden meditation, in-
free. llt'f‘ll|l\t‘ llcl’
fancy is bound to snakes, unl she is
‘ searching: intently for sonic yarir ty not.
yct added to her collection of several
hundrcd. l‘rcscntly she stops; with an
eager gleam in her eye she
ll‘lllll drawn back
oluLcct: :hc springs fulWal‘il toward the
ground with a swrf: ,trmtiou, and then
slrultls erect with the; body of a snake
writhing about her arm in dc~pcrste
throes. Slrchas it by the. tit-ch,
proceeds calmly to thrust its brad into
the neck of her bottm of chloroform.
Not many days ago this young sci-
t‘utist, after a rather desperati- contest,
rapturcd in the foils a black snake so
WOMAN’S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
\
The Newest Freak In Hats.
The latest freak in women‘s hats ap~
ared on Twenty~third street Saturday.
t was the ordinary white sailor hat
trimmed with two or three yards of col»
ored veiling, one end tied around the
hat. for a band, and the rest streaming
down nearly to the ground. The correct
way to carry the arrangement is other the
shoulder and down in front, as fur boas
Were worn last winter. When the wind
blows it loose it looks as though the
woman were unraveling. -r-.\'c10 York
Sun.
The Australian Girl.
The Australian girl is tall and slender.
She lacks somewhat in complexion. but
generally she is pretty. Tire Victorian
girl is dceidrdly good-looking, The
New Zealand girl has a far better com-
plexion than the Australian girl, and is
fresher and more healthy, perhaps, for
the climate is milder. She rear-rubles the
English girl much more than does the
Australian, and bcr development. keeps
pace with the former. But Tasmania is
said to be the home of beauty, and it cer-
tainly seems to have more than its share ~
of fair maidens. It is not at all uncom-
mon for the .‘Iclbournian to run across to
Illt‘ little island for the purpose of enjoy-
ing: a wcllrcarncd holiday and “picking
up" a wife. A—b‘l. Jumcs‘s Gareth.
The Parisian Man Milliner.
thn at the height of his fortunes, as
a man ruillirn-r, Worth would lie on a
lounge and keep llucirrsscs standing be-
and the husband. At last come! the
s‘ in; of the contrast. The bride
ta as one step into the world. She re-
ceives her visitors and speaks, 12;, con.
verses with all except the intend --that
would be impro r. She gives tokensof
her affection to or unmarried relatives.
bought from the purse in the mrbn‘lle.
The wonders of this corlwilla are dis-
played in one room, while the trousseau
of the bride, given by the mother, is ex-
hibited in another. Embroidery. linen,
cambric, laces etc., are here lavished on
the personal clothing of the bride, made
up in dotens and dozens of each article,
with piles upon piles of table cloths,
sheets, towels, etc., all marked with em-
broidered marks and tied with pink and
blue ribbons. Then comes the civil cer-
emony, and two days after. the last scene
of all, at which we have assisted, in the
Church of St. Sulpice.-—I.omforr airmail-Ir.
, Fashion Fanclcs.
Kilts and kiltings are in quite as good
estimation as they ever have been.
Many of the new lasscmcnterics are
mixed with silver, gold and steel.
The steel and silver bead cmbroiderics
are very effective on gray, black and
blue wraps.
Vests of chamois or buff :loth orna-
mented with gilt buttons and gold braid
are again favored.
T he woolen goods for street wear
during fall and winter show
brilliant-y of tone.
beginning to cost pretty nearly as much
as ostrich feathers.
of many fall costumes, and are of very
beautiful workmanship.
fore him for hours: making tlrvrn turn
around ‘lu gnu-go tlrc lt'ttr‘i‘ of
puiuts, and crrtu'isin}; tilt in will: the ut-
most plainnev.
i stunt-thing tonr itc inc. and start my irr-
vr-rrtivo pu\vxr'~:” Ill: tlt‘if‘fil‘ll a lady
onu- thi- llus-lre-ssnf l’rrsigny. i think
$43M” fur .‘I l)l.|rk silk drc“ trirnnu-d
“ilh liirglcs such as one could buy in a
side strcv-t for $3“). 'I'm- in. ha-v.
til-nigh Mt‘l‘ll~l\’lll"tl t-i spend $~J|Uit a
_\'r.lr‘ in tll't‘~.", rr-ftrsml ti» p:l_\' this liill,:ill<l
\Vurtlr sued hm: ‘l'hcy referred thr-
Vulrb: to oilii‘ial t-\p~ rts‘. who rut it llu“ u
3 to $1,2H.r,...[’,, '.'~ low”.
crunches .
along a step or two, ,bcr glove clad right 3'
as if to climb Some .
. lllllt’ll. as is the t aw
1 the tcrripcr be “as in and on the charac
and :
large and powerful that when it wrapped
itself in the mad grasp of its body about
her arm it strained her cords and muscles —
so scvercly that she \\ as lame for a week. '
it did not prevent her, howcicr, from
sallying forth again. and whcu she hap-
pened to perceive, at the margin of a
. pool. a big thlt'FSlltllkt‘ of a variety which
she had not securai for her collection,
she lay in wait for it. As the snake
pounced upon a frog she pounced upon
the snake; but the reptile. was in his
element and escaped her. Was she to be
battled in that way? Notst all. She
managed to anchor in frog in some way
upon astone at the edge of the pool, at
a smt where the bank overhun" with
buslrcs. Then she stealtbily laid {herself
tint u won her face under the bushes at l
the brink of the water, and there she lay
in ambush for a long‘ time. while the
snake curiouslv cycd the. frog. At last
the snake, with sudden resolution, made
hold to seize tbc frog; but. as he did so a
gloved hand. swiftcr than his own
sinuous motion, darted from the bank,
and he was a prisoner, splashing the
water of the pool in his vain effort to
escape. The. girl has one grief —-she has
not. been able to capture, with her own
hands, a rattlesnake.~—Bortan T rtrnscript.
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A Race of lonkey Men.
The Well known traveler, M. Ed Plan-
chut, contributes to the Rent: Sofa-Afr]-
ilue an interesting study of the native
inhabitants of Luzon, the largest and
most important of the l‘hilipinc Islands.
They are divided into two races, the ne~
grltos and the savages, altogether com»-
prising some fifteen tribes more or less
distinct in type and costume. The ne-
grltos, supposed to be the aborigines, are
dwarfs, averaging about. four and a half
feet in height, but are well formed.
lluts or villages are unknown among
then, but they sleep where night finds
them. Their strongest characteristic is
guide business was not an occupation for ,
invalids.
"1 am a phsician.
feel your pulse."
The guide somewhat reluctantly gave
his wrist to the Doctor, who finally took
both the guide‘s hands in his own and
Please allow me to
l
s
t
l
looked him straight in the eyes, while.
ids fingers seemed to caress the horny
palms of the guide.
The Swiss seemed very uneasy for a few
moments. but at last his stalwart frame
appeared to subside in his chair, and as
the Doctor‘s face moved closer to his the
gulde‘s eyes became fixed and glassy. It
was intenselylsilent in the room.
At last t 0 Doctor moved his open
hands before the guide‘s face, and the
disengaged hands of the Swiss fell list~
lessly to his sides. His eyes closed.
“ You cannot stand up," said the
doctor. "
The man moved heavily, but seemed
rooted to his chair.
“It is the 10th of August, 18—“
“Yes.” said the guide. hoarsely.
“You tooka party across the glacier
that da , didn‘t you?“
“No, ’, said the guide, in the same
sopulchral voice. .
“Whatl” cried the Doctor in surprise.
“Didn‘t you take the party across the
glacier and come back by the fart cutl"
“No.“ said the guide.
“Weren‘t you and your brother to
take a party up the glacier that often
noon l” '
“No," said the guide.
The Doctor was non hissed. He
the ht he had mistaken t o datwand
ask me ifitwascorrect. ~ .
l
“The date is the one he gave us. Ask
him what. he did that day?“ .
“What did you do that day!”
“There was not much to do then.
Chamonlx was not much sought. There
were nob'woldep; for .911 7 in! 1b Accis
dents. ing s. rothor
Rudolph. he magnifier one of the
family. He “3th must have” an soci-
dc..t n9 is the clever one: I am the
their love of freedom. When one of
their number dies they attribute it to
some evil influence, and avenge the dead
by killing some person of another race,
and are constantly at war among them-
selves nud with the savages. These dif-
fer in most respects from the negritos.
Their toes are very far apart, and are
used like fingers, they being able to pick
up the smallest thing, with them. Some
have even been seen to descend a tree
head foremost, using their feet like a
a monkey. They have all some idea of
- a supreme being. one tribe worshi ing a
god who had two sons and two augh~
- tern, from whom descended the human
race. They dcify such things as the rain,
powder, the metals and certain trees, as
well as truth and noble deeds. They
have bad a )irits also, as darkness lying
and some iseases; but neither good or
bad have any sacred places “What need
of temples," say they, “for beings who
fear neither wind, sun nor rain?“ They
chafe under the Spanish yoke, and praise
the apes for their cunning, saying,
uThey do not speak for fear of being
obliged to pay taxes—Nu York M
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Ills Only Comfort.
London Vanity Mr says that rest.
deuce at Bartram-at makes the Queen
hopp , Princess Beatrice illfhumored,
an grime Henry, of Batteuberg, mel-
ancholy. The Princsis said to be bored
by the whole thing, woods and hills «ins
eluded, and though he shoots a good
deal he is far from deadly among the
grouse. He therefore, practicing on
glass balls. an his one consolation for
the various of the day is a fling“
strong tobacco when his revel mothers
iu-lawhas retired torch. night. ' 7 ,
i‘Th
. of them drawing the carts
(‘uuhl Ins ltlnfl‘ ur Gallant.
The truth probably“, s ._\ - an English
paper, that It." Slum“ ‘.l-.§.r wir‘s rnarrnrr
and speech toward Attics ti-‘ln‘tl it .1 \rr‘v
with must
luv-1i, t-ll
tor of those wi'lr “hour he “as in com-
pany- For install c, on one occasion
there was a \cry shallow and talkative
lady in the room, of whom he took little ,
notice.
“Why, doctor," she said, "I believe
(on prefer the company of mcn to that of ,
unlit-s. “
"lln lam." he replied, “I am very fond
of the company of ladies; I like their
lwauty. i like their delicacy, and I like3
their silence. “
On another occasion he went to drink -
tea and spend the evening at the house of
Sir Joshua Reynolds. Miss Reynolds, on
his entering the room, said:
"Soc, Dr. Johnson, what a prefercncc
lgivc to your company, for I had an otl’cr
ot a place in abox at thc orntorio to hear ,
Miss Liriley; but I hadrathcr sit. with
youthau hear .‘liss Linlcy sing."
“And I, nr:ul.rnr.“was his gallant re~
ply, “would rather sit with you than sit
upon a throne."
“cums not to be outdone even In I
paging compliment.
“'umnn‘n Estate in Holland.
It is in Holland that one first becomes
aware how thoroughly woman is a beast
of burden in Europe. “'0 met the milk
women going home after their morning
rounds, si me of tbcm with big shaqgv '
dogs drawing their little cars. but many
themselves,
and well lirokrn to harness they Sl‘t‘lut’ll.
with their dog likc, hopeless faces and
theirpatir-rrt, steady gait. Some of the
women carried fish on their heads in
era-ls. and rattled along most skilt'rrllv
in their big, shapeloss sabots, on: if.-
far the grcatcr number '
titted \\ itlr yol cs, 'l‘hczc was even an
aristocracy in Smut“, for while many of
them were of plain lrcavyoak. others
were gorgeous with green velvet and
brass furnishings, “hich latter had been
scoured on they glistcncd in the sun like
flashing mirrors. A yoke on a woman is
a sad sight at best. but there was some- '
thing absolutely painful in the graded ,
sizes of these yokcs, so little girls ~of 10,
with one upon demand. They jogged
along coutcntedly enough, knowing no
other life, and there was not one of
them whose white cap was not: miracle
of cleanliness and clear Marching, and
tixed to their tetnplcs with the great
brass spiral pins which are almost all that
is left of the drstrnctrveness of a Holland a coming than velvet on account of as rich
pcasan t ‘s drew, —— . l rgona at.
‘ Courtship In France.
This is the way they court in France:
One lady says to another: “My (laugh-f
ter is eighteen. She has so much.“ Every ‘
girl has a dowry. if it be but 500 francs
($100). “You have known her from a
child. You see somany youn men, can-
not you think of one to suit er?" i
Of course the lady can; for men areas
eager in France to marry as the girls are
to get. husbands. It is an increase of
fortune, and a patent of respectability in
all stations, in all professions. The
young man is spoken to, and, of course, '
the young lady named to him. A part
is given, and they meet. 'Ifiren the
girl, supposed to be in entire ignorance
up to this point, is asked how she should
ii 1: sound s I for her husband. Then
the murmur of the bridegroom comes one
evening when the house has been set in
order, and everybody dressed in his beat. :
And after the first salutation she rises,
and in ssoletnn voice asks the hand of
Mlle. Estelle for M. Achille. Then the.
mamrna on the opposite side of the house ‘
accepts the offer. Estelle weeps and,
throws herself into her future mother‘s:
arms, while the son—inlaw embraces the
.r’other of his intended. The papas
shake hands; the betrothed lovers, re~‘
leased from the maternal arms, mutually '
bow to each other, and the servants,
bring in tea. The bridegroom comes,
every evening with a grand bouquetfi.
which he offers to madcmoiselle, flirts an '
hour or two with the mother, bows to
the daughter and goes off.
The bride elect has only to embroider
quietly bv her mother‘s side. to smile. to
blush and simper. Then the negotiating
lady comes in great state, preceded by
an enormous trunk (mamma and the
bride receive her, never, of course, hoods
ing the trunk), and presents the bride
with a curbside—namely, the wedding
dress, veil and wreath, two :or three
Cashmere shawls, ditto velvet dresses, a
diamonds,
:
set of furs, a set of a
limit t , .
l 1hc old and gracrful fashion of wear 3
Ton t‘:l\iultl r, be ourr .
said: “Why do you not bringalonzxwitb:
you some one with a little t-sprit, to :rvr-i
of them were:
. .
[fur fur strcvt Wear Ilt‘\f \\ r'rtvr,
‘ in: KN”: \»,.':l‘ ”f gm”.- \‘vliiilxl :tlwltf flit.“
bead and shoulders is tw l... rvvivel.
“'itlr unt- color on lilt‘rllli~:!
underneath the brink—airi-
worn.
again to be
.‘lrrtl's will be very srnlll this winter:
and will uftrncr ba- ttrtl‘li' Hf tho drrss ma
. tritium-l with f r. than of fur ctr
lv.
t.-
llrt‘
:mil'nc
v
2\'
The l‘\t‘t*\'\l\l";}' u-r
are to be fashionable aga‘n truth-r new
names.
will t'ullllnllt‘ to be rrsel all winter in
unusual '
i
(‘ocks‘ plume-s are all the Hue. and are
Large buttons enter into the trimming :
Scalskin will continue to iu‘ the must i
.,‘ :lt .-‘.3..‘<.~., ! . . .
- fa l”“"“""" "‘ “i l” J L" h" [ popu.ar, r tutron and feeble character. wrtha ten—
: dcncy to consurnptinunprcsaging an early
'l‘lb‘ ff‘llsf-Jt‘thl hats- that is. fill llitt‘ ’
W and arr-litter -
THE. NASAL ORGAN.
A DOCTORS DISCOURSE UPON
THE NOSE.
Large Nose. Denote an Active and
Small Nose- a Slugxlsh Tem-
perament—Tho Bony Nose
and the Gristly Nose.
As a general principle, says Dr. Srmons
in Hall‘s Journal of ”with. large “0“”
are indicative of active, energetic charm-
ters. apt to upload, pom nus, impatient,
desirous of in: lost era and com-
murders, and often overbearing and
tyrannical. On the contrary, small, low
noses denote weak characters. deficient
in government, even of themselves. and
slaves of their appetites, loves and hates.
rather than persons guided by reason and
judgement. The large‘d acted, in criti-
cal positions and circumstances of ex-
citement, will be cool and self
and competent to act more prudently
than the small nosed. Large noses are
found chiefly among the inhabitants of
mountainous regions and their descend-
ants; small ones originate in low, flat ‘
countries. “’hen the case is long in pro~
rtion to its general size it bears tbs
rm rcss of discretion, timidity, caution
am thoughtfulness. Noses relatively
short from the forehead to the point
evince rashness, carelessness and self will,
while noses that fund out rominently
represent characters that are iscontented
with their present lot and are anxious
and aspiring. But when the point. of
the nose clings to the upper lip the
tendency is to bemiserly and to love
earthly things.
The nose that is thin as well as gencrc
ally small. prefi'rures a poor, weak consti-
(loath. 0n the other lrrnd if the no ~e is
thick where it juin’s the face we feel as-
sun d of a strong constitution and strong
Paxdiltls, and hurt-guild reason to expect
lorzzr'lifc if proper care and prudence l-e
exrvrciscd. Persons \\ ith sharp Jointed
1'10“!“ an) keen, lllllttts'f‘, pom-truth: and
nro~tly quick tempered. A nus-,- that is
r prominent and airuod straight. seeming
("riti'tr§' ,
uncc known as Sui-{cram and .‘Irgnnta. 5 .
CRHHUlH,
. about bodily wants.
E in a straight line
Blouse fronts arc so popular that they
plush, scaiskin and astm'siran on plain'
rorsages.
(‘nt‘fs are ma-lc m we
formoriy, yet
greatly rcmarkul
cxer. is a good one.
The fashionable “yvllow” of the year
is a dccp mango, but it is no: to be
lavishly used as it was a couple of _vc rrs,
or, indeed. even one year ago.
Pretty jackets for misses are made of
flaunt-2 M) closely woven that it is often
calicd cloth. These garmrnts are dura-
ble and look exceedingly w~ ii.
'1 ‘ .
3.17m: lit in
The innovationdiow
Very low crowned bonnets have ap-
: pcarcd at last. but it is «3% to assert that
, haps more to make them grin-nil.
Beautiful sleeveless
entirely of passcmcntorics. There are
plain black and white ones. and both
black and white mixed with gold or
silver.
Lace appliqucs will be used on woolen
dresses. A mixture of bronze green and
:mse in pale shadings is used for trim-
iming tight~titting jackezs, the waistsi
: opening over surah.
g All especially noticeable. feature of the
: season is the plaitc l, gathered or other
] wise decorative fronts of basqucs with h
accompany killed skirts or skirts that
have plaitcd draprries.
A noticeable feature in new mi linery
is that while bunnrt-a and hats are full
trimmed they are not loaded down with
unnecessary ornamentation that is neitlrcr
comfortable nor becoming.
Long plush cloaks are in polisso or
rcdingote shape. open up the back and
side seams to the hips, straight down
the front, and with bell shaped sleeves,
that curve wider below the elbow,
Stripes made of jetted gimps will be
fashionable trrrumings‘. some
fine narrow lines and others two or three
inches wide in lozenge patterns, in
blocks, in wheels or in Greek squares.
French modistes
mantle of materials of the dress, giving
variety to the wardrobe where street
suits usually consist of a tailor gown and
j jacket.
1‘.‘ and even tenderer yearscould be fitted <
New short cloaks for those wearing
mourning are of dull ottoman silk with
cord embroidery done on the garment,
bordered with a new daily trimminw mad:
of fine narrow silk braid curled very
closely.
Plush will be the favorite fabric for
rich wraps. as it is found to bemore be-
thick pile. and black plush is preferred
to brown because the latter is consider“!
an imitation of seal fur.
A lode! Knight‘s Fiery Temper.
“'e hear a great deaf of Sir Philip
Sidney as the model Knight. The very
first quality for which we hold him in
honor is his extreme gentleness. But he
could thank his own strong mind and
will for that, since he had a blazing big
temper underneath it. Just listen to
whatgbp wrote, in sharp, quaint old
English, to his father‘s secretary, whom
be suspected of meddling with his cor-
respondence: “Molyneux, few words
are best. My letters to my father have
come to the eyesof some. Neither can
I condemn any but. you for it. If it be
so, you have played the very knave with
me. I assure you. before God, that if
I know you do so much as read any letter
I write to my father, without his com-
mandment, or my consent, I will thrust
my dagger into you t“ Did you ever
hear anything sound angricr and tiereer
than that. from a very young gentleman
to a middle~aged one? Yet Philip Sid-
ney put himself under bit and bridle,
and grew to be the sweetest~msnnered,
the most meek, patient. unselfish heart
of his age. He did not. destroy his hot.
temper, which he knew was a splendid
thing in itself, but he mastered it, and
put it only to fine uses. It was the
and which arched to stab poor llr.
Molyncux which, dying, gave away its
longed-for cup of water to the scarring
comrade, after the battle of Zutphen, in
Im— IV‘sds Audi.
.0: Vital Import.
“1 lo M.“ be ‘fl_
“Wins": “mung...“ a...“
“In fact my fortune nearly ask.
0
'ffl (I
«:3
I'-
“it?
it will take fully two seasons and per '
waists are made'
being in .
Com ilcte autumn ,
dreams for the street by :n ding a small
nut slitlirit‘nll)‘ so to be?
to have two points formed by a vertical
depression through the t nd. sigszaiizes a
logical and meditative mind. A p r3011
whose nose rr-a- hi“ toward the mouth is
but is spa-4 ially considerate
Noses prowl-ling
HYVEQTIi at lb" lifts? im—
ply that their pusst-ssnrfi are of quict dis-
positions. rcgular habits, cspetdally in
middle life. lonnfi. krrulabv noses are
mostly connotative of spccniative minds,
retentive memory and mu .cal tastes.
The small. low, round nose. generally
I
A
3 known as the pug. turning up a little at
the point. signifies a ywrtjorwnrdjaucy,
conceited individual.
A nosethat shows a large proportion
of bone in its sire denotes a stable char
acter. slow, deliberate judgment, firm and
reliable; while tho sufr fleshy or gristly
nose is expressive of a sly. deceptive.
cunning, treacherous cliarlcter. The
bony nose originate: generally in tem-
perate climates. and the gristiv fleshy in
the torrid zone. ES'lnlplr‘i of the gristly
nose may be seen in the cat and all
other members of the feline species. The
straight nose inclines to Science, art.
polite literature and political ecz'iuomy if
duly educated tin-rota. But the nose of
convex form from the forehead to ths
point isemblamatic of the inclination ea
mimmcrcial pursuits and true speculative
talent. A dull, obtuse inn-lint, with
much physical power and destructive in-
clination. is typified by a nose very
broad at the base. “'hcn the lower por-
tion of the nose forms an obtuse angle
with the face, and the point is elevated
about forty-five deg-recs. we see a person
inclined to snobbery and fashion. If the
septum is longer than the sides we may
infer an originaland suggestive mind, a-
well as a penetrating and “gracious one
The nose that is high and thin in the
upper part bcspcaks moral courage, lovt
of argument, quick apprehension. cnpac
city to use to the greatest advantagt
what is known or at band.
“'ide-spnrad nostrils argue stron;
lungs, while the closing of them hero
kcns pulmonary weakness. Wrinkles
across the top of the nose are signs or
thoroughness in every sense. A fiery.
red. warty and enlarged rinse betrays a
diminution of energy through disease or
strong: drink, or scnnfulous inherited ten
dcncies. or excessive study while living,-
principally on animal food. without suffi-
cient vegetable diet. Long, sharp and
well formed noses have an acute scent,
if not subject to catarrh. As a general
rule square noses symbolin a masculine.
and round ones a feminine candor.
The lower animals, as well as human
beings. with long noses. are uneasy.
watchful. suspicious and prone to travel.
Those with short noses are slow of move
ment. If the bridge of the nose ishigl
it evinces a deposition to ucsail thou
that are considered to be doing wrong.
Fruit Gardens of the Salon.
It is well known that the Sahara knot
everywhere synonymous with desert, and
that region, despite the dryness of it!
climate and the general aridity of its
surface, possesses many a well~cultivsted
and thickly inhabited oases, when the
combination of the two elements of sun
and water has produced. marvels in the
way of vegetation. The Lower Sahara
is an immense basin of mocha waters,
and at times there is n summbundance:
but the number of cultivated tracts is
increaing very rapidly. there being no
fewer than forty-three new in the (hod-
Rir, which, after a period of thirty years,
has 13.000 inhabitants, 52o palm trees is
full bearing—that is, which have been
planted more than seven years—130.000
trees between one and seven years old.
3.2303000 fruit trees while the value
ates grown each ,ar n -
£100.000. The cases of {eschew m
fined-Him and those of Ycryville and
Airs-Sana have 100,000 as trees, and
those of Figuig Ham. while Nab.
with its 80,000 inhabitants. nearly all
shepherds or merchants, cultivates 300,-
000. Zeb, together with the Sahara slope
of the Auces. has fifty oases, which grow
900.000 pslm_ heme and neutron fruit
trees. Boot, with a population of 15.000.
has 150,000 palm trees of the choicest
kind and ovcrmooofnrit trees. Lu'tlv.
the varicose-ales of (burgh have ov'er
‘00,!)00 palm trees and 100.000 fruit
trees. All these results. toaay nothing
of the trade in wool, the cultivation of
tobacco,~ vegetables. corn. the vine. and
other things grown beneath the shelter of
the palm trees, and of the raising of
ostriches, which. it is considered. might
be made as "testable” it is attho (.‘Ipr.
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