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BEYOND. s Around the baud t With id'e oar and flapping sheet I float t And, hopeful, o'er the shining vista gloat, ] As curront borne creeps slowly on my boat i Around the b3nd. ' The water's surface "'ill be smoother there, , The arching bows will frame wide views more . fair. j My white-bleach9cl ,<ail will bath9 in purer | ail", Around the bend. , No rudder will I need my skilT to guide, 1 "Kn n'pr nivulrv w.ll wilrllv rififl No rival keel will gra :e my vessel's side, A ound the bend. Down Time's broad stream I feel my life- ( bark swing? ( The fut.ire will but care free laughter bring, 1 And all my ways with songs ol praise will ( ring, ? Around the lea 1. t * ? Around the b.md j My boat goes on with 'airings much the same, ' Here beat the storms that up the river came, j The view is change 1 in naught except in t name, i Around the bend. c My life is still the same unrest for me, f My course is not more bright, uor quick, nor free, ^ The joy I fondly hope I I oanuot see, 1 Around tie bend. c ?Charles 3Joreau Harger, in (he Current. c i * FAIR AND FICKLE. I 1 "She is tlio most beautiful woman I l have c.cr sev-n.'' t "?he is handsome, certainly." t "Jlow oddly you say that, as though I you b.'grudgcd it to her!" d "So I do." c "Why, whit has s!:c done (o your'" q shrinking with a p:it y all.-ctation of c terror from her companion, who ha^ sud- fi denly ijrown much too grave for a ballroom, as he scowls at the graceful b..ck u of the lady they arc discussing. ' Did o ?he b cak your heart, Captain Lawrence: or has i?he poisoned your best friend?" v "That is just what she did. 1 do not tj mean, of coursc. that she put poison u in meat or driuk for him." correcting his a vehemence with a rather bitter smile, as b the laughter dies out iu the pretty eyes p uplift.d :o his. "5he did a thing much t more safe for herself, and quite ns deadly d for him; she poisoned his heart and his n mind until? * Tut it is a woman's privi- t lege to be fickle? s it nok. Miss Smart?? \ and quite the mini's fault if he takes her h fickleness too serbuslr." s '"I shall not resent anything you may y ?ay of women apropos of Mrs. Hamilton," h the girl says, gently. "You have suf- J fered so much for y >ur friend that you have almost a right to be unjust to the a rest of us." s ''Let me tell you about her, and you t will rcaii o thit to see her here to night, g with everything that a vain woman can e desitc, from a rich husband to a dress J r from Worth, is enough to make me cyn- t ical even to you.'' j "Please tell mc." "We will go into the cons rvatorv, a then; it is quiet tlieie, aud I should be V lorry, if the b ind \v; re to cease suddenly, o to be he.ird by half this crowd, b iwling a poor Fairfax's story, as I should be v obliged to uawnt ncrc." o ' "1 must go back more years than I shall a presently care to remember,for the time v when I first knew Fairfax was when wc n were at We9t Point together?he and his s sworn chum Brooke in the class next to r mine. Fairfax was from my State, and t our people were ol 1 friends, lie was v the only son of his mother, and she was I a widow.' A bett.T son, a braver sol- f dier, a nobler fellow, than .'ack Fairfax n never lived. Brooke I only knew slight-1 v ly, but he wa3 handsome as a young j a Apollo: all I ever heard of him was to i r his credit, and Fairfax loved him as?as J ( David loved Jonathan. I always use v old comparisons from preference, you li understand; they have all the force of long habit as well as of iuuate appropri- s ateness. I ht t fL _ "o r_ ? ~ ... u? f "1 ieis tne irosiu, ui wuurse, a jvji , t fore they did, and was ordered to one of : c those places of exile to which oi:r gov-11 eminent consigns her young officers, ap- j I pareully to give them the fullest oppor-1 4 tunity of rusting out the education she ! o has ,ust given t..cm. The next year, by t a rare stroke of luck, Fairfax joined us s at Fort . Ine- er knew so happy and so hopeful a fellow. No duty was u too trivial to interest him, no succession t of monotonous days dull to him, for everything, litt'c or great, was a prepa- J s ration for the life before him?the life ! c lhat was to be si long, so full of happi- | 1 oess, of work, and of success. Go.d j ( heavens! when I. tbink what that boy was and hoped to be,and of how wretch- j i edly it all ended, I wonder that civiliza- j f tion is so much stronger than nature . J mn- thuf- inctmirl nf ImmiliiiHnfr t that woman before her courtiers with the j s jtory of her treachery, I only abuse her to you. _ 1 '"'The world wa* a ve.y fair placj to i Jack Fairfax just then, and men and : women nobly made in O'od's image, but s far above the ordin irv level of humanity t he placed Frit/; Brooke. lie hoped to j be a good and successful man himself, but he had not a doubt that Brooke ; 1 would excel him. 'You may laugh at ! < me, Lawrence,' ho used to say, rather 1 hurt at the amusement with which I re- } ceived some of the<e eulogies. 'The j world will know that fellow some day I as I know him. and then even such a 1 doubting Thomas as vo i are will be con- s vinced.' He used to bore me a little 1 with this perpetual panegyric. Not that 1 I had anything against Broo!:<\ but that, 1 like the Athenians, I was tired of hear- . ing Aristides praised. "A year | a?ed; Fairfax got his first i leave, and went home fur two month?, i leaving such a blank b;h:nd him that we rather wondered how we had endured i life before he joined. When he returned, the rumor of his engagement to Mis> t Chester preceded him. and I prcparc.1 myself for a new course of raptures, with ; > the variety of having 'her for a subject < iustead of 'him.' To mv surprise, h? 1 talked very little about hor. The sweetest and truest of women loved him, and : was to be his wife next year, and though b: ence from her was hard to near, yet a j fellow so unutterably blest as he had no : right to complain. Th:it wa< all hesa:d. | B it if he hau been happy bef-o:e, he was j as radiant as sunshine now. Bad temper, discontent, gossip, could no more ?xist in his presence than fever or malaria in the sweet sunlight and fresh air of the prairies. The only shadow on his eontont was some slight anxiety about Brooke, from whom he had only heard int Irectly for several months, as that brilliant young officer had been sent on some scientific expedition to China or Japa i. "The following spring was that of the French Exposition,, and Miss Chester went to Fans with her parents. It put six months more absence between Fairfax and his 'lady-love'; but ho abused his selfishness round ly for his disappointment. The autumn came, they returned, and, better still, Brooke crosscd in the same ;t amer with them, for he also had been hi n Paris for several wcek3 on business of fo be scientific expedition. Fairfax was ;o see his two idols at once, and if ever th [ see again a man as madly happy as he the fr: light his leave came, I shall believe him ly vhat the Scotch call 'fey,-' afld expcct fr; ionic calamity to overwhelm him. The ? lext morning lie was officer of the day, ind I was not surprised at hearing noth- 0; ng of him but toward evening his orderly m >rought me a note of two lines: < gc " 'My engagement is at an end. Will T1 fou make this"known,as I do not wi>h to pi :alk about it?' of "I did what he asked me, and, to the so credit of human nature, in that dull gar- di ison, where every new subject was a pi won, not a soul ever asked him a ques- h? ;ion or uttered a word of sympathy. He to lid not become cynical or have brain- m 'ever, as heroes do in novels under such fo nrcumstances. He locked rather badly, ind went about his duties more quietly; ut ;hat was all, except that Brooke, to my f-t lurprise. became as much a tabooed sub- pi ject as Miss C heiter. I was rather curious is to the cause of that silence, but dc- th ;.uca tnai *ucn a ueaui-uiow as unc u_ icfliad received was quite naturally, if lo injustly, rather chilling to the other, in tfonc of our officers knew Brooke, so I lid not discover the real state of affairs .. 'or months. ' Fairfax gave up his leave, and the vintt r crept by, its usual monotony va- bl ied toward spring by rumors of Indian th mtrages. which increased in hor.or and is sxtent, untii in May, to our g.eat pleas- an ire, we ie.-cited o:ders for a summer in T1 lie field against them. It w.is the first an )it of active service tint hud come in m: "airfax's way. a; well as mine, and it ea ous'.-d him out of the quiet, reticent fel- mi ow he had l-e.-ome into so.nething like is he enthusiast we all regretted. We were be 0 be largely re nforce(l before leaving be ^oit by some ie?iments from o:her an lep;!rtments, .and much interest' was of In xm:sc felt as to the strangers, or old ac- th luaintauces, who were to be such close ca omrades through the chances of our ac irst Indian fights. St u 'I see we arc t) have Brooke with ea i?,' I said, congratulatingly, to Fairfax dn ne night. dc ' 'So I hear," he repli d, so briefly and e:: ithsuch a change of color that for the 1 s. time a suspicion of the truth flashed B: pon me, and I began to divide my w. ath ag gainst Miss Chester with Brook?, and to an ie rather anxious as to what would hap- ca icn when the two men met. The night ap he reinforcements arrived the officers an ined with all of us at the post com- la: lander's, and he, of course, introduced th o each other all who were st-angers, all Vhcn, in tikipg Brooke about the room, R* ie came to where Fairfax and I were be tanding, my friend said, quietly: 'lbeg pil our pardon. Colonel, but even in your ions; I cannot speak to Lieutenant st< Jrooke.' th ' There was a moment's silence through al; 11 the onfusion of voices; everybody eemcd to have heard tho e words, a: d po o wait for the reply. Brooke, who hal on frown very pale, answere 1, with consid- w] rable dignity: 'Lieutenant Fairfax has sy easons lor hi3 words, which, though mi hey are unjust, I will not dispute at >re-ent.' an 'The next, afternoon we left the fort, th nd for some days the whole command T1 :ept together; but toward the latter part th f the week the General dveided to send scouting party across the river along : b3 ihose course we were marching. Two sti lKcers we:e to go with'this .detachment, be nd Fairfax and I e>tcemed ourselves th cry lucky to bj chosen. We were to | an larch after supper, but the stream being I wollen by recent rains, and rising! w< apidly from hour to hour, as mountain j ga orrents do, the scouts and soldiers, who ! <lr t'ere not so wrll mounted is Fairfax and ! ki , swam across at once, while we waited j pe or the arrival of a courier, who was ve lomcntarilyexpected. He arrived while j an ie were at supper, and immediately j tic fterward we shook hands with our com- j po adcs, and rode down to the stream alone, i ws )n its brink, to my surprise, Brooke was ' cli raiting. He rode up to Fairfax and | be Lcld out his hand. ! st: ' 'Fairfax.' he said, and his voice hook like a girl's, 'you sent bjck my ettcr last year unread, and you refused 0 hear me last night, but Yor the .' ake 1 old times you must hear me now. You W1 Qiist:'?putting his hand on Fairfax's ; a u-idlc as he turned the horse's head nway. Vou an 11 have b?en too much to each i ith r. Jack, to let even the woman we | ?oth love stand between us now, when j "c iny day may be our last.' . " 'It is not she who stands between ! CJ' is.1 Fairfax said, bitterly, 'but your own 1P? rca :hery.' [ "I am no traitor!' Brooke cried, pas- 1 ionately. 'Before the God we may | lithcr of us have to meet at any moment never knew your engagement to Rose ^ .'hesttr until after our own engagement.' ?r " 'You lie!' Fairfax replied, with the ,'s leadly coldness of one who had worn out !Q ill the passion he could feel. 'And you 1D ire a coward, sir, to put the blame of a" rour own falsehood on the woman you iay you love.' 19 ' 'What Miss Chester did was done at a* irst simply from g'rlishde>ire for amuse- j. ucnt, afterward for love of me,'Brook j mswered, haughtily. 'That I endure ev >uch words as you have used must prove ?11 :o you the depth of my regret for the in- j" iur7 I unknowingly did you.' "i "He withdrew his hand from Fairfax's jridlc. and turned his horse's head co ;oward the camp, while, without a word, m we rode into the river. It had risen 01 *natly in the last hour, and. though nar- w ow, the current was so swift and strong s? :hat we had some trouble to get our P' liorses across. Ju*t as we reached the tl! ihorc a noise bi-hind made us look around. a* Urooke had followed us, after all; his P' horse had managed sotnehow to throw w liim in the water, and now, riderless, was swimming toward us. ar "'My God!'I heard Fairfax mutter; md the next instant he had dismounted. J? find was pulling off his boots and coat. 111 " 'Let him alone!" I cried, eagerly; 'he J* can take care of himself.' \8 " 'He cannot swim,' he answered, .'e shortly, and sprang into the tiver. sn "Five minutes alter, wnue ne was " swimming ab ?ut where Brooke had gone V1 down, lie uttered a kind of cry and sank. ftl f)f course half a dozen of us were in the '1' water at once, but the current was Jc stronger than we, stout swimmers though C( we were, and it was not until late that n( night that the detachment sent b:ick by 01 the General found the bodies, washed 11 ashore almost side by side at a bend in *1 the river's bank. There was a bruise on Vl Brooke's temple, where his horse had w L-i/?L-orl Viim ns tlifiv sfcriiiro-lpd in the W U.*v*?vv% -J 00-7? water. He must have died instantly? ?T before Fairfax was out of his saddle. There was nothing about Fairfax to show what had caused so good a swimmer to sink so sud'lenlv, but I? Are you one h of those Christians, Mis3 Stuart, who 0; think that God forbids the joy of S\ heaven to those for whose patience the 3, misery of eaith has been too great?" p "What do you mean?"' Belle Stuart ti asks, rather breathlessly. tl ''I mean, that though no one else has b ever suspected it, I have a conviction d that Fairfax could have saved himself if b he would, but that wh.u he realized that b Brooke was dead, and had died in the tl effort to win a word oi kindness from ( m, the moment's despair was too strong r his endurance." " 'Greater love hath no man than this, at a man lay down his life for hh iend,' " murmurs Belle Stuart, present, with a little sob. "He died withhi? iend, because he could not die for him and those are God's words." A little latter she is waiting alone'"f6i ipfciin Lawrence, who, not a little reorscful for having saddened her, has >ne to bring her a glass of water, here are tears in her eyes still, h:\lf ol ty for the story she lias just heard, hall joy for the story wh:ch she knows she oa will hear. There is a lustle of soft 'nr>Apir*a anil frnm hfliind somfi tall ants comes the beautiful woman who id been Rose Chester. She comes close Mi>s Stuart, with a look in her lovely, iserable eyes that the girl will nevei rg. t. "You wept just now for them."she tors, passionately. "It was nil mj ult, all of it; but, oh, girl! pity me tv me 1" Then in a moment she is gone, and rough the silence throbs ana thrills ? Waldteufel" waltz, with all its love and ngiiig and despair.?Nellie Mackubin, Ilarper's Weekly. so of Fruits as Food and Medicine. Of all the fruits with which we are essed, says an exchange, the peach is c most delicious and digestible. There nothing more palatable, wholesome id medicinal than good lipe peaches, ley should be ripe, anel not over ripe d half rotten, and of this kind thej ly make a p:irt of cither meal, or be ten between meals; but it is better tc ?l*o mvf rvf fKo pflf?nlnr monlo T1 imv mi... J,a.v *V6U"" -; a mi.taken idea that no fruit snouic eaten at breakfast. It would be fai ttcr if our people would eat less bacor d grc ise at breakfast and more fruit, the morning there is .an acrid stato ol e secietions, and nothing is so wel! lculated to correct this as cooling sub id fruits, such as peachcs, apples, etc, ill, most of us have been taught thai ting fruit before breakfast is highlj ngcrous. IIow the idea originated J i not know, but it is certainly a greal ror, contra-y to both reason and facts, The apple is one of the best of fruits, iked or stewed apples will generallj ree with the most delic ate stomact d are an excellent medicine in manj ses of sickness. Greea or half-ripe pies stewed and sweetened are plea3 t to the taste, c oling, nourishing and native, far superior, in many cases, tc e abominable doses of salts or oil usu y given in fever and other diseases, iw apples and dried apples stewed an Iter for constipation than most livei lis. Oranges are very acceptable to mosl Knvi'nflr all ??r1 v*m tfl nrp? nl "*' "*o ? oe acid alluded to; but the orange juice >ne should be taken,rejecting the pulp. The same may bo said of lemons, >megrannfes, and all that clns?. Lemade is the best drink in fevers, and len thickened with sugar is better than rup of squills and nauseous drugs ic iny ca;e9 of cough. Tomatoes act on the liver and bowels, d are much more pleasant and safe an blue mass and "liver regulators.1 ic juice should be used alone, rejecting e skins. The small seeded fruits, such as blackrries, figs, raspberries, currants and awberrie*, may be classed among the st foods and medicines. The sugar in em is nutritious, the acid is cooling d purifying and the seeds arc laxative. We would be much the gainer if we )uld look more to our orchards and rdens for our medicine and less to oui ug stores. To cure fever or act on the tlnevs, no febrifuge or diuretic is su rior to watermelon, which may, with rv few exceptions, be taken in sickness d health in almost unlimited quanti'S, not only without injury but with sitive benefit. But in using them the iter, or juice, should be taken, ex 1 ling the pulp, and the melon should fresh and ripe, but not over-ripe and lie. Torturing the Sick. A living scorpion is dropped into r de-ncckcd glass bottle which contains few drops of olive oil of the finesl .ality, says the London Society in ar tide on amateur medical treatment ir lly. More oil is poured on instantlj itil the bottle is filled and the scorpion :ad. In its struggles to free itself il sets all its poison into the oil, and this isoned oil forms a sovereign rerr.edj r the stiag of a scorpion. There is no iubt as to its efficacy, and it is proba y a remedy which honrropathists 5iild indorse on very rational grounds, is doubtful, however, whether the} any other men would approve of the ipp!ication of the cc mb" as practiced Lombardy and the Veuetian proy ces. This remedy is highly unique. id reflects nonor upon xne ongiuaui; the brain which first conceived it. I applied for chrouic dyspepsia anc :ute internal inflammation of all kinds e reader's imagination may fill the ank and need hesitate at none of th'i ils common to man or woman. Th>: !Te:er is laid upon a bed and firmlj ;ld by the iissistants?ten of whon ivc sometimes been required ir e cise of a strong man?th<: mb is then prepared and applied. I ust be a very old comb and a very dirtv le?the dirtier the better?and it i! rapped in tow which has been wel aked in alcohol. So prepared it i: aced upon the bare stomach of the vie: m, is set alight, blazes for a moment id is then covered by a bowl or so.ipate (slightly raised on one side), undo hich it is allowed to smolder until the w is reduced to ashes. Chloroforn id ether lr-ing either unknown to o rtally dreaded by the Italian peasant3 ie agony endured by the wretched bo gs to whom the "comb" is applied ma.; :*tter be imagined than described, f said that the scr. ams of persons sub cted to this torture are audibli tmetimes at a distance of two miles *;t sound travels far on thes ist, tranquil plains. The comb is nisi iplied in tne iu?can provinces, ou lite differently, and with a different ob ct. Should a nursing mother catcl )ld she is rubbed with Olive oil, and i uw white ivory fine-tooth comb is placet 1 her bosom. She wears it day am iglit until relieved, and it is asserted b 10 peasants that she is always rclicvci sry speedily. It is said that the comb lien so applied, is sometimes wrnppc* ith raw silk, but ot this I am no uitc sure. Bricks of Solid Gold. The Emperor's throne at San-hai is t ave its foundation and pedestal mad f gold bricks, and consequently th lb-prefect of Socliow has sent to Pckiuj ,000 pieces of gold bricks for tho pui ose, under the escort of a wei-yuen. Th lotai of Tung-chow is now in charge c icm, and the wei-yuen has informed th oa:d of works of their safo arrival. j eputy will soon be appointed by th oard to examine. It is snid that thes ricks are of the ordinary size and thn aey are of solid gold.?The Shun Ki Ihina. ;| CASTLE GARDENT ~ C( [ WHERE EMIGRANTS FROM THE , OLD "WORLD ARRIVE. tJ 1 a 1 a! | Scenes of Humorous and Pathetic S? Character ? How Emigrants n( are Received?People in re 1 Variegated Array. m ni C, A New York correspondent of the A1- . bany Journal says: The interior cf Castle f.1 Garden is like a scene from comic opera. ! Everything is foreign. It is a groat , semi circular Bcruciure wmi us nine U-.0, lees ornamentation as a Kansas barn. The floor is divided into compartments . by low ra.".ling3, aud iri each of these is a lunch counter, a few benche3; and a m , desk thai; looks i ke an auctioneer's ^ r stand. From one compartm nt, or pen, ? to another are passage ways just wide ? j e .ough to admit one person at a time. . [ "When a fresh lot of emigrants arrives the k' de;ks arc moved up to the railings by , I these passages aud all the people have to ? pass through and answer the questions of the inspector. The process is rapid, rp forat this stage all that is learned is the I emigrant's name, his occupation or trade, jQ j etc. If a man is able to take care of s himself he can readily show it, and when ) there is any doubt about it the inspector . < does not attempt to settle it but pnssc9 f0 ? t!.e man along into one of the neighbor- q , ing pens, there to wait a further and Cf s closer examination. If in this cxatniuar tiou the emigrant cannot show that he is j prepared to make his living without be- ea coming a burden to the community, he t is taken up to Ward's Inland to stay until I the vessel on which lie came is ready to w r return. He is tliea put on board and ^ i g;:tsa free pa:S to his natire land. 0I There are ahvayu immigrants in the JU I garden. They are usually waiting for I the departure of a train for tin West. . tome of them are expecting relatives to cnll for them, and a.} they wait they wan- . t dcr about, in pairs or groups, or loll on jn p the tenches just lik>3 the choristers in an , . i.rm il.-l iL. [ opera. The auierence is uiai ioc cuort isters are usually arrayed iu their best , gowns and so present an attractive spec- 4,j , tac!e of ga'ly trimmed short dresses, go r bright faces and and a geneial air of fe3i tivity. In the garden the short dresses r arc to be seen and all the unique styles of w; > apparel known to European peasantry, * . but the fine colors arc in the huge bun [ d!c; on the floor, if present at all, and ; > ti e faces bear expressions of fatigue and ' . sadness. Women staik about in skirt* , that reach just below the knees, the ? limbs being protected from view a d the t weather by heavy leather hoots like those . worn by Maine lumbermen. Many of 11 the men wear knee breeches and caps ,, i I with feathers. Varied ate the emotions J j expressed by the people congregated in ... the garden. "Watching them from the ' i window in the secretary's ?fficc, which jV . j is one story above the floor, I saw a [ j woman suddenly 1: ave the lunch she was , i preparing for herself and several children; ( i I and rush acr.;ss the steps with aims outstretched and n:oulh v,ide open in an exaggerated ex predion of joy. She ran ^ ? full tilt into the embrace of a man who [f ' had just entered, and they hugged and . kissed each other and danced tip and , down extravagantly for three miuutes. a. Thft child.en crme flocking about, fu [ some a little shyly, as if they were only i slightly acquainted with the'strnnger or av i were only distant relatives, lie gave c0 ; thcra all hearty paternal greetings aud they returned to the lunch and ate t >- p gethcr. It were ea<-y enough to build " i up a pretty loinanre ubout that scene, or about the young couple in-another - pen ^ ? who sat with their wins nbout oich . other's waists and smiled and smiled, fo Hut what of the sounds of moaning and so i violent weeping from people in a room st; . a ljoining the reception hall, if the rough *'>, i gaiden can be so dign'fied? Simply a ^ ? family of deluded Russians who thought ^ . they were coming to a country where a [ bread grew on the trees, and houses were Ci wailing for them. The interpreters have ?? told them their rate, th\t they must ^ return by the steamer that brought them j)(' over, for they have not a dollar among D: them and know no trade. They have a F] ' remote chaucc left to remain, for if any ' one appears during their stay at Ward's jj ' Island, who will guarantee their support ir 1 or otherwise assure the commissioners Jr 1 that they will not become beggers, they Ic ' will be* allowed to find a home in ~ i America. Immigration sochti-js under Ij( ' the aus ices of different n:\tionnlities are M i constantly on the watch to 9 e that no aj r wo: thy man gets treated unjustly through M 1 carelessness of the officials or from th.- ? * immigrant's inability to cxpia n his con- jy i dition. The officers of these societies M co operate with and assist the commis- M ' sioncrs in the d'acharge of their duties. It does not seem probable therefore that y 1 any cases exist where injustice has been jj done by returning people to their native N . count: ie?. ^ r g t Savages Repulsed With Hot Water, q I News was received recently of a terri- P ' ble fight on board the labor recruiting ^ 5 steamer Dick, betwe n mitt e ? of Malayta, ^ } one of the Solomon islands in the "West- x ! ern Pacific, and the crcw of the steamer. U r This tight calls to mind the attack made v 1 by the same islanders some ten years ngo ^ 1 upon a merchant vessel plying between y ! Cliina and Sidney, in which ihc Captain y ^ of the ship, though he had only a rusty V revolver and a few cuilassc3 on board, | bea": ti.e natives off in a strikingly ori- 6 * ginal manner. (J 3 lie was becalmed when near Malay ta, l ' nr.d, in spite of all he could do,he slowly J i dr fted toward the islaud. He could set- T crowds of r.ati' es linirig the shore, and r he knew they would come out to attack 5 him as soon as he had drifted a little 1 nearer. Every oooking utensil he could j r crowd on to the stoves ho filled with n i water, which was s^on boiling hot. g( " Pretty soon the nativesi cam3 out iu their n 7 canoes, and tried to board the vessel. lie c t drenched each canoe load as it came up j. * with boiling water. The naked savages ' 0 shrieked with pain, and were glad to 0 * push away. Getting out of uoi ing-water Q e range,they let fly a shower of arrows,but ^ 3 did little damage. They fully expected j, t that the vessel would be driven on the t' * rocks, and would then beat their mercy, t 1 but, fortunately, a breeze sprung up, and a a the gallant Captain, who ha 1 kept his Q ^ wits about him when he r.Cfded tl.em, a ^ made his escape. v, y ? j A Surprisinj Case. ' Dickens lins been much criticised for } L' his apparent acceptance of the fact of j humau spontaneous combustion, but Sir c "W. Gull lately testified to a surprising a case before the Committee of the House a of Lords ou Intcmpcrauce. A large, s o bloated man, who was suffering lrom j e difficulty of breathing' and great disten- t e flion of the venous system, died at Guy's 6 n Hospital. At the post mortem on the v - following day there was no sign of de- v c composition, and the body was believed v if to be distended with gas. "When c c punctures were made into the skin," g { said Sir William, "and a lighted match v e' applied, the gas which escaped burned e e with the ordinary flame of carburetted it hydrogen. As many as a dozen of these o small flames were burning at the same c ) time/' t ft The Execution of Maximilian. The moment had come; each of the jndemned mounted into the carriage hich awaited them, and they traversed le streets of Quc.etaro in the midst of mot ey mult'tudc, who, respectful and flitted, crowded round on their pastge; handkerchiefs were waved, and dw and again a sound of sobs would :ach t ic prisoners' ears. The condemned ien bowed on each side as they rccogized in the crowd many a familiar fiice. jmc minutes before 7 o'clock they arved on the Ccrro de las C'atnpanas," a ttle more than a half mile distant from te town; here they dcsccndcd from the irriage, walked on foot half way up Le hill called the Cerro de las t'aminas, and turned their backs against a ump of cactus. The General in comand of the troops, S. C'racia de Leon, ] iuscd an order of the day to be read, aking it a penalty of dca h for any ( ;rson who should try to prevent the ;ecution; and the prisoners were then ! ven leave to address- the crowd. The , _ I*t ?sv in Mas UUW llljju JII 1111; Uiuv ofwj, I owing over the p:ofonnd aoire of the fty mountains and bathing the valley . ith au intense tiood of light and heat, lie Ccrro, like an immense roc k thrown the valley, stood forth bare and jclw-looki?g, green in places, with itches of cactus and nopals; a square ' 4,000 men surrounded the b:ise of the 11, with its regular lines, and its uni rms and bayonets glittering in the sun. utside the medley of the undulating owd, toward the west, on ti e pra:rie, retched away the long and powdery bbon of the Celaya road; toward the ist appeared the lines of the white )uscs of Qucretaro, all nearly coved with foliage and surmounted ith numerous cupolas and crosses; in ie far distance the dim, bluish outline the Cordilleras. The officer in comand of the file of execution approached a imiliau and asked his pardon for iving to fulfill liis duty. 'J'Hc Emperor i stributed several pieces of gold bearg his effigy to the soldiers, recoramendg them not to aim at his face., He then ibraced the Generals Mejia r.nd Miraon, and as the latter had placed himIf on his right, he said to h m aloud: I3rave men should be respectc d by their vcreigns to the brink of ihc grav?. jncrai. pass to the place of honor." iramon stepped to the certer. Then, ith a firm voice, the Emperor adessed the crowd: "Mexicans! Men of y rncc and origin are born either to akc a people's happiness or to be marrs. God grant that my blood may be e last shed for the redemption of this ihappy country. Long live Mexico 1" lmcdiately General. Miramon, at .the. p of bis voice, as when he commanded s troops on the brittle field, cried: Mexicans! Before the court-martial y defenders only sought to save my :e. At the moment I am about to ap:ar before my God I protest against e name of traitor which tlicy have ,rown in L?y face to justify my con:mnation. l et this, spot of infamy be moved from my children's name, and od grant that my countiy may be hapr r nnrr livfi M? vino!" General Meiia ised his eyes toward the heavens: Very Holy Mother, I beseech thy Son pardon me, as I pardon those who aro >out to sacrifice me." A volley rang it from the file of soldiers, and, nra'dst c cloud of smoke, vhhh slowly drifted vnj, Maximilian appeared writhing mvulsivcly in a pool of blood, and oaning:'"Hay Hombrc!" The coup s gracc put him out of his agony.? iris Figaro. igliest Altitudes in the United States. The New York Times publishes tlie llowing table showing the height of me of the highest peaks in the United ates: itr or Territory. Kamt of place. H-lghl labama". Valley Head l,u?l laska St. Elias 11?,5C0 rizona Humphrey's Peak... 12,562 rlcansas Benton vi le 1,790 tlifornia Mt. Whitney 14,S98 jlorado Blanca 1'eak 14,464 mnerticut Norfolk akota Harney's Peak '.?,;00 o'.aware Dupont ist of Columbia,Soldiers' Home ;530 [orida Highland 210 eorgia Sitting Bull M'u? 5,046 laho Meade Peak 10,541 linois Warren 1,005 uliana Bloom.ngsport l,f?> idiau Ter 'Fort'Sill M-0 iwa Alia ?nsas Carthage.. ^?,009 entucky Pine Knob.... ouisiana Shreveport. l.'o aine Mt. Katahdin 5.2C0 aryland Altamont as mcbusetts.... Mt. Hoosae.. ~|5W !ichigan Pore upine M n ,032 Minnesota Woodstock [issis-ippi Pautotoc Ridge 516 issouri Cassville 3,000 [cntana Cabinet J'ooebiaska Fort Gratton b,32o evada Whseler's Peak 1.-5,036 e\v Hampshire..Mt. Washington 6,288 ew Jersey High Knob 1.799 ew Mexico Cerro Blanco 14,*>9 ew York: Mt. . Marcy-r......... 5,479 orth Carolina.. .Clingnmn's M'u 6,707 liio S:lver Creek l,o92 tfi. i>:n- OR1ft regon aiu ? cnnsylvania.... Avondale 2,621 :hode Island Pa-jcoag S?Mj outh Carolina... Rich Mountain 3,569 ennessee..... . ..Clingman's Dome.... 6,660 bxas North Franklin M'n. 7,039 tab Mt. Emmons 13,694 ormont Mt. Mansfield 4,430 irginia White Top 5,530 Tashingtou Ter..Mt. Jefferson 15,500 fest Virginia....Bayard 3,150 Wisconsin Pewaukee Lake 1,691 Wyoming Fremont's Peak 13,790 There are above 10,000 feet in altitude points in Alaska, 13 in Arizona, 43 ia alifornia, 246 in Colorado, 3 in Idaho, 2 in Montana, 27 in Nevada, 33 in New [cxico, G6 in Utah, 4 in Washington 'erritory, and 40 in Wyoming. Mexican Vanity. A Washington letter to the Boston "ravellcr says: The Mexicans are an i-orant, bloodthirsty lot, who are never 9 happy as when in the midst of pillages, obbcry and bloodshed. They are a vain, onceited people, aud have the most en irged ideas of their own prowess and ulor. To illiifrtratu this I will tcil you f u certain incident which happened nly a month or two ago. A young fexican from the City of .VIe?ico, who i connected with the government, catn< o Washington, after a tour of nearly all he prominent cities of the country. ] sked him what his impressions were ol ur people, lie said he was astonished t the ftrides which the United Statei ,nd made in the civilization and the arts. Ic spoke particularly of music, ol \hich he is very fond, and said tha ic had the good fortune to be present al he concerts given by the famous Jloxian band in ^Scw York and Bo;ton. Th udiences were evidently cultivated and ? A- K..i pprcciative, uui uc ??.io piuvuiui>j tiuck with the fact that they applauded u the right places. This he considered o he a most remarkable fact, because, hi aid, Mexico was two centuries in ad ance of this country. Now that inai k-as perfectly serious. He meant ever] roru he said. You cannot get a Mcxi l an to believe that his country is not the ;reatest, the grandest and the most iu incible nation upon the face of the ;lobe. A wart on the uosc, which a quad ailed serious, drove a Shasta (Cal.) mai ; o suicide. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM I VARIOUS SOURCES. A. Conversation Overheard?He 3Iesmcrizod Her?His Righteous Indignation?Astonishing a Bobby?Etc. . . "Hello, Fred, you here?" "Why, Harry, how are you, old man? ! Haven't scon you for an age. "Where you bound? Mt. Desert?;' "No; Campobello, with my wife." "Oh, yes; you are married now. I forgot." i "Yes; I have deserted the glorious brotherhood." 1 "So that Emmett girl at Mt. Desert ' didn't catch you after all. She made a 1 gallant struggle for you, though, old ! man. Let's see, I heard you married 1 some one else, but 'pon my honor I forget the name." "Emmett." "What, er?" 1 "Yes; the same." "Oh r?Lije. \ He Mesmerized Her. "Do you believe in mesmerism?" shylj asked a sweet young maid, who will , graduate from the Somerville High School next summer, of a young Harvard Sophomore whom she had met at , Mt. Desert. "Ce.tainlv. I do," replied the young man promptly. "I caa mesmerize people myself." "Oh, I don't believe it," said the shj girl, incredulously. " Vou couldn't mesmerize me, now, could you?" "Well, I could try." said the young man, confidently, leaning toward her in the moonlight. And she acknowledged to her dearest friend the next clay that she did experience a sort of queer tingling sensation about ner nps someimng nice a mesmeric shock.?<Somen ilk Journal. His Righteous Indignation. A pretty fair story is told at the expense of one of the dealers in ready-made clothing in this city, being an actual occurrence a few days ago. A geutleman, in conversation with the proprietor, was asked it' he knew a ceituin well-knowD young man of the town. He said h did. "I tells you vot he deet mit me. He comes here and buys de best suit ol clothes in de house and he forgets to pay for him." . The visitor expressed disapproval at 3uch neglect of duty and financial looseness, wi.en a new idea seemed to strike the dealer in hand-me-down clothing. "I was hear somedings bretty bat of him," he cried. "Vot you dink? He went oop to Schneider's and bought a suit?and p a-i-t for 'em!'' Here his indignation was so great that he said no more, but shook his head ominously as ne mwaraiy contempiaiea the wickedness of this world.?Indianapoli? Journal. Astonishing a Bobby. I must conclude this account of the people on board the Pennland with an amusing story told me by Dr. Eddy, of Oswego.about Booth,the famous oysterman of Baltimore. Booth was born in England, but came to America when a "small boy. He has a great fascination for the life in England which Dickens painted with such skill. He visits country fairs and makes the acquaintance of the showmen, and at times runs their side shows for them. He will go into a London ''cook shop" and call for a "weal an' j ammer'1 like one born within the sound of Bow Bells. Not long since Mr. Booth went to Ascott races and was suddenly attracted bj two sights. One was a typical English policeman standing with helmet firm on head erect, chest extended, hands close by side. From this grand spectacle, symbolical of the mighty majesty of British law and order, the oysterman's eye fell upon a sixpenny squirt, which an old womau was selling. An idea struck him. Perhaps I should say an irresistible desire. "What would it cost," said he to a friend near by, "to fill that squirt with water and send it in that bobby's eyes?'' 'About a ten-pound note," was the laconic repiy. Iu a moment the squirt was bought and filled with water, and in less time than it has taken to tell it the policeman had it fnll in the eye. Had the heavens fallen the policeman could not have been more astounded. He was completely broken tip. Mr. Booth expressed his willingness to pay any fine and was taken before a Magistrate and assessed ?5, which he paid with great pleasure. - "What po scssed you to do such a thing?" said the Magistrate. "I don't know, sir. I was seized with in irresistible desire to do it," replied Mr. B joth. "Is there any hereditary insanity in 5"t?ur family?" asked the Magistrate. ' None," said Mr. Booth.?Philadelphia Press. Two Views. An Estelline man called on another one morning this week and said: "Good morning, Colonel, floe morning." ''Good morning.'' "That's a fine hoss of yourn?that black you got the other day." "Yes, it is a very f<tir horse.'' ''You bet it is?the best hoss in this town. I've hcerd a number say he come of very fine stock." 4 Is that so?" "Yes, and I understand he trots in considerable It ss than three minutes." "Ye.", I believe myself it's something of a trotter." "Oh, yer right there, Colonel, no doubt of it. You're a mighty good judge of a hoss." "Well, perhaps." "Say. Colonel, wouldn't mind lending mc that horse this forenoon while I drive out to the Lake I s'pose?going to drive slow." "No, I have decided not to lend it." "You have? Won't lend him to me for jest a little drive?" "No, couldn't do it." "Well, that's a blame' pretty way ter refuse a man! I 'low it's all right though as I was goin' ter take the children 'long and the blasted critter might run away and kill some of 'em. Then if he'd balk like lie did with you yeste'day we couldn't get home till morning. I heerd the other ilay that you was goin' ter lend him to some feller jest 'fore he had one of them Bick spells, then if he died on his hands you'd make him pay for him. Don't b'lieve I wan't to take no chances on a boss that's jest the same as dead. Good morning, Bill."?Eitdline {Dak.) Bell. On the Devonshire coast in England a sea grass is boiled, chopped, mixed with [ a small proportion of oat meal, and made | into bread, which keep.3 from four to eight days, and is much used by the poor Welsh people, most of it being sent to Swansea. . I \ ?? i i tmm i In * Rattlesnake Coantry. We clip the following from a Fort ~ Koogh (Montana) letter to the Salt Lake City 'I'riimnt: In traversing the distance between the two 1 dges, accompanied by Mr. Man-Who-Strikes-His-Encmy, etc.r a moat remarkable ad venture bclcll me. 7. Aj we were wading through the tell grass of the canon, penetrating deeper iud deeper into its rocky rccessea, all it once my companion gave me a violent pn-ih which sent me spinning some eight sr ten yards to one jside.,-I quickly re- . , gained my balau c and cast an anxious ;ye at the redskiu, sit the same time Locking my Winchester. Now my dark jkitmed friend meant the gentle push ' simply as an net of kindness; for almost immediately Pheurd the ominous-latile, md tben learned that I had come pretty near stepping upon an eight-foot rattlesnake buried in the grass. The Indian Irew a deer vftong liding-whip from hi? girdle, and with a couple of cuts laid the reptile hors du combat. "While ws were watching the ugly thing wriggling ind squirming about in the grass a secand rattle was heard close by, and in a mo;nent the mate of the dying serpent :amc gliding into view. The Absaraka brave despatched this one also, whieh-?-TT" Measured six feet six inches in the clear. After this littl diversion we proceed;d on our journey toward the tepee of rwo Bears. When within 100 yards of this great chief's wigwam, or lodge, and in a sort of clearing, where the grass was u 3hort and croppy, for the third time we jcard the unmistakable sound of a rattlesnake, and looked nround just in time to see a monster one disappear in its hole, rhc Indian maden sign for me to sit on the ground and keep perfectly quiet. HeJ '*'*& threw himself lint on liis face, fitted an irrow to his bow, and waited for the snake to appear. He had not long to ' wait, for the rat frier poked his nose , about two inches out of the ground and ^ followed it up the text moment with hi* , o whole head. The Indian looked at me and 1 looked at him. Twang! went the bow, and the arrow pierced the snake through the neck and imbedded it;elf in a cotton stump just the other side. It was neatly and cleverly done. Tfco rattlesnake was a prisoner, the arrow im? ^ paling him just above the ground go that i he could move neither way. He finally ^ managed to t ar himself loose, upon which he thrashed about and rattled furiously. My a original friend killed h'm also and made me a present of the tail, which consisted of no less than six- 1 teen ruttlcs and a button. We then proceeded to the tepee of Two Bea~s, which wenavhed without meeting any mora rattlesnakes. \ \T: A Detcctive on "Crooks." "A big thief is never deserted by his friends. When lie is in the hole he can always raise money, and the amount is no object. Thousands of dollaw would be forthcoming in half an hour's notice to get Johnny Heaucleigh away from Clayton. A peculiar thing about crooks is that they are m st often given away by the womoa they associate with, the betrayal generally arising from jealousy. Many of them have nice wives and families, and not sil-lom they live in neighborhoods ultra ri*ne?tablf,and their discovery startler tho*?e who associated with them. Within the 1 st ten years'there have been only one or two good jobs done in the city. A big sneak was made on the office of the St. Louis Ore and Smelting Company when they were preparing to pay their hands. The men meaked out a box containing $1,700 is cash and got ^way. Quito a clever meak, netting about $6,000,was worked some years ago on the Biddlc Market Bank, nnd the men were not captured. Wo know pretty well who did tne job, but we couldn't make a case. They were the lust jobs of importance. Since then the kids have ben doing all the crooked work in the town. They are not very fly, but if thoy were allowed to run they would tear the town wide open in very J Tl.H An1!** /* + 1/AAnfl BLiUTv UI UOI . .1 ll?J vjii i J ui.ug iuav nwv|/>? them down is keeping after them constantly. They arc being constantly shown up to the police, and their haunts are all reported and watched. They are run in on every possible chance, end they don't have much time between their stays in prison to do much work. They are finally driven out of town or sent to the penitentiary. "? Olobe-Democrat. The Lord's Prayer. A correspondent asks the Albany Sunday Press if it knows of any paraphrase of the Lord's Pi ayer. The following has been set to music as a duet: "Our Heavenly Father, hear our prayer; Thy name bo hallowed everywhere; Thy kingdom come; on earth Thy will, ?Ten as in heaven, let us fulfill; Give this day's bread, that we may live; Forgive our sins as we forgive; Help us temptation to withstand; From evil sh eld lis by TI13' hand; Now and forever, unto Thee, The kingdom, power and glory be, Amen.' The subjoined metrical version ?f the prayer is at least two and a half centuries old, and was written for adaptation to musie in public worship:' "Our Father whteh iu heaven art, All hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom tome, On eartn Thy will be done, Even as the same in heaven is. Give us, 0 Lord, ourr'aily bread this day; AS we lo.give our ncuirun, So forgive our debts, we pray. Into temptation Jead us uot, From evil make us tree; The kingdom, powir, and glory Thind, Both now aud ever be." ? I Pursued by a Mountain a Lion. The Truckee (Cal.) Republican reports an exciting adventure a .d narrow escape of C. W. Harvey. He was riding horseback from Sardine Valley to Loyalton, ?" and while going through some woods the wild and terrifying screech of a California lion sounded close at hand by the sido of tho road. The horse gave p bound, nearly unseating the rider; at the same time the lion gave a spring and landed in the road a few feet in the rear. Then commenced a race down the grade. Nearly paralyzed with fear, the rider hung on for dear life, while the lion made desperate leaps in the attempt to overtake the almost flying steed, every little while emitting one of those earpiercing yells, sufficient to strike terror lo the bravest of men. The racc continued for nearly a mile before the animal abandoned the idea of overtaking his would-be-victim. The shock to Mr. Har V ?.inrr< tfn u C. ? IrfOsf flint. ll<? (li(l T!Ot < VUjr SM3i?I MO ^,4 v ..kM. recover for several days. Dragged Into the Air liy the Teeth. At the Pnrc Leopold, Brussels, rcccntly, Leona Dare actually performed the feat of holding on by her teeth to a sling suspended from the car of a baloon 03 it rose in the air. The balloon, of 35,316 cubic feet capacity, carrying in its car the impresario, Spelterini, and the French aeronaut, Lnchambie, rose at quarter-past six; and it was only when Lcona Dare could no longer bo distinguished except with the aid of glasses, that she drew herself up to the trapeze and entered the ;ar by a trap door in the bottom. The < balloon descentcd safely on the estate of the Comle dc Beaufort,"at Linden.? Lonion Era.