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f LOLA PULASKlT OB - The Yictim of CircumstanI tial Evidence. A Storv of Nihilistic Plotting and Crimes. BY LEON EDWARDS. CHAPTER YIL LACK FOB GENERAL PAUL AND BLACKER 70S -OLA PULASKI. As soon as Count Linwold could leave the Emperor, he hastened down ito the court, and jumping into his own waiting sleigh he called to the shivering driver perched on a high seat in 'tront: "Drivo with all haste to my palace ,?t once." The Co.int's palace was on that magaificent street bordering the Neva, and jknown the world over aa "The Alexander Prospekt." . Away dashed the spirited horses, ?three abreast, to the music of their own (.bells and the encouraging cries of the (muffled driver. * Though, nearing the hour of midnight the Count's palace was ablaze with colored lights, and the passers by ^topped to listen to the sound of musio (that poured out when the great doors lOpened, and to watch the dancing (shadows that fell like spirited silhouettes on the drapery of the great win Xiows. I It was the birthday of the Countess :Elvira Linwold, the only child of her hridowed father. I The Countess Elvira, to her own L*- ^great sorrow, was twenty-six years of W age. f 1 She had fair, towv hair, light expressionless eyes, and the angularity of person that is never associated with ^physical beauty. [ These peculiarities of person and (evidence of premature age, the Counjtess Elvira attempted to hide by a maniner and dress that were conspicuously ljuvenile. < There was a gay company of ladies land cavaliers present, but one man !*bove all others attracted the attention of the hostess. This was Colonel Orloff, of the naval artillery. * He was a well-formed middle-aged ;man, with a face that must have been wtriking, if not handsome, before dissipation and the viler passions that led (tip to it had curved their indelible (traces about eyes and mouth, though jthe latter was partly hidden by a short, dark mustache. The Colonel and the Countess had strolled into the conservatory?which, ^despite the darkness and the cold out,'eide, bloomed with all the luxuriance of a tropical garden?and were talking iin low tones, such tones as lovers use when, from the lofty steeple of St. Isaac's, near by, the deep-toned bell clashed out the midnight hour. "Ah," said the Countess, "my father is clue at this time." "And you are sure that he has insisted with General Paul on publish ing the engagement ?" asked Colonel 'Orloft*. "There can be no doubt of it, yet ithat should not disturb you," she rej^^jlied, at the same time laying her hand < on his arm, in an assuring way. i . "Yet it does disturb me; I see you lipping from my grasp, "and Colonel Orloff pressed the thin hand to keep it from vanishing. "General Paul will not keep the contract, mark me " "I wish the fellow was dead," hissed Colonel Orloff, who could see his own advancement in the death of his supposed rival. "I would not care if he were dead," ehe said, slowly, "but not till after he ihas refused the contract, and of that we shall know to-night." "What has refusal of the contract to do with it:" "Only this, Colonel Orloff, that in that event the estates of the Prince ofj Moskeva lapse to the crown; and the; Czar, with whom my father is now in; great favor, has half promised that they shall be mine. Were they mine, and you my husband " "As I shall be," said Colonel Orloff,1 fiercely. Then," she continued, "I' could m?Ke you rrince 01 luosseva, ana me 'most powerful of all the Czar's nobles." At that instant the sudden ceasing of rapidly vibrating bells, near the fdour, told that Count Linwold's sleigh 'had arrived, and the lovers hastened to (the magnificent drawing-rooms. Count Linwold soon appeared among his guests, with the fised smile and {graceful, easy manners of ^ a born (courtier. Impartial though *ho Count seemed to be in his attentions to his guests, a practiced eve could have seen that hr ^ Jild not meet Colonel Orion with any^^^hing like the warmth that would have Idelighted his daughter. The Countess Elvira soon found an opportunity to draw her fatter to one Bide, and she asked: "Have you seen General Paul?" "I have," he replied. presence of the Czar?" ? "Yes. V "And what>did he say?" ^ "He pretend^ to be astounded." "But, like a soldier, he said he would keep his word?" "He did nothing erf the kind." 1 i "You amaze me." "I tell you the truth, daxigliter." "But he said sumethiug?" "Yes, he instantly refused to keep 1 the contract." jt "And he gave no reason : ' 'By the mass! he gave a strong ^reason," said the Count, showing his big teeth. I "What was it?" "That he was engaged to or rathei in love with another." "And who is the favored lady 5" asked j Elvira, quietly. L "Lady I She's an adventuross." "Do we know her?" I f "Her name is Lola Pulaski " "What! The assistant governess U [* the royal children?" "Vmi wom fr> lrnow ber. Elvira?" [ "i know of her, father." , . MA.cd what do vou kuow?" ".Nothing good." "That is a negative answer." "I know that she ia an adventuress, *nd she is 4 petite and pretty,' as the French siy; also that she has bo encouraged all the gentlemen with whom /tjaflxe conies in contact as to turn their iheads and make them rivals. It is even said the Grand Duke Alexis hai been paving her undue attentions." "Hi8 Majesty must hear of this. Tomorrow she will be driven from the palace; bnt we must see to it that btj dangerous a woman is driven from ?he empire," said the Count, affecting t> i virtuous indignation. 1 That it was an affectation was soon evident, for with his wurtly smile, aseumed on the second, he turned and blended with his daughter's guests. Soon after midnig'at the visitors left, but before Colonel OtIoAF took his departure Elvira found a chance to whisper to him the tne state of affairs and to say, encouragingly: "Keep up a gf bd heart, dear Michael; al.' goes well." At her accu/jtomed hour the following morning Lola Pulaski kissed her old father, aa was her invariable oustom, and made her way to the palace where reside! her royal pupils. Early as it was General Paul was up and it may De tne nope ot seeing her had something to do with it, for love is the greatest foe of sleep. Formerly Lola's dark eyes brightened whenever the tall, handsome soldier came to view, but of late she shrank from him and tried to avoid him. t * i- - t _ I.. now coma, ne Know, m juib uiicum earnestness to seek her out, the awful secret at her heart? Tha strongest proof ever presented to man outside the actual act?and that he could have forgiven in his overwhelming) love?would not have convinced him that Lola Pulaski was his sworn assassin, and that she carried in her breast the dagger of the Nihilists intended for his heart. He knew all of Lola's past, but he did not for a moment imagine that she suspected his identity. It was largely through his influence that General Pulaski was released, and it was a desire to undo as far as possible his father's awful wrongs that led him to seek out the poor girl. But in his case a manlj pity proved to be akin to a noble love. From the instant he first saw her h(. loved her; and the birth of that love was also the birth of the noble resolution to marry hor and bless her with his wealth and devotion before he told her all. He saw her entering the palace, and tried to speak to her, but with a slight nod she acknowledged his presence and escaped. Perplexed and somewhat mortified, the young soldier brgan pacing back and forth bofore the lofty door through which Lola had disappeared. TT ^ 1?a J in fViia ro nf. J3.C JJUU. UVV lUUUJgtUm ed employment many minutes when he was startled from his reverie by seeing Lola come out again. Unable to restrain his impulse, he ran to her, and he was about, to take Tier hand when a glance at her white face checked and awed him. "Merciful heaven, Lola!" he *aid, "what is wrong?" "The world is wrong," she said, making as if she would go on. "Lola, I cannot stand this; you must speak to me. Why are you leaving the palace?" "Because, vour highness, the nalace bas no further use for me," she ra? plied. "Explain, I do not understand." "I am dismissed " "Dismissed ?" "Dismissed bv order of hi3 misrliti ness, the Czar of all the Kussias," sha said with a little smile. The General smote his forehead. He saw through it all. This was the result of his last night's audience with the Emperor. He was about to give free rein to his fierce indignation, but checking himself, he said with an intense calmness: "I fear I am to blame; can I see you at your home to-night and explain ?" "You to blame!" "Yes, Lola; but 'twas through my loyalty to you " "You cannot see me at roy house tonight," she said, waving he* hand and moving off. "Here the dream ends; here we part forever." He would have stopped her or gone i with her, but at that instant officer appeared, and, saluting, he' handed the General an order. The General glanced at the paper. It was from Count Linwold, asking him to go to his (the General's) office * t i n -c- J ? i~ at once, wuere u? wuuiu uuu au uiuw from the Czar awaiting him. Moving like a man in a dream, General Paul hurried to his office, and here ho found awaiting him Count Orloff, a cousin of the Colonel, the Countess Elvira Lin wold's accepted lover. I The young men were fellow-soldieri *nd old friends., and so met with ??* -' than the cold formality of mere of\ cials. "I ber.r you an order, through Count Lin wold from the Czar," said Count Orloff, producing the paper. The General hastily tore off the cover and read, and as he did so hia hands trembled and the color left hia handsome face. "Why, my dear fellow," said Orloff, who could not help seeing his friend's niritntion. "von could not be more ex "O ' 1/ ? ? ? cited if you were ordered to execution." "As I would rather be than to carry out this ordpr," replied General Paul, as he crushed the paper in his iron grip. "Is the order secret ?" "Not to you, my dear George. I am here ordered to arrest at once and send to the Neva prison Count Pulaski. My God! it is only a few days since that he came back a wreck, from the quarries of Siberia." "You amaze me! Is there any charge?" asked Orloff, his fine face showing surprise and sorrow, for through his friends, the Eergers, he had met Lola's father, and his hind heart had gone out to the afflicted old man. "Charge? No, the powers that be keep the charges, and wasoldiers must blindly carry out our ordws." "We must accept things as they are," Baid the young Count philosophically, "not as we would have them; yet, for the Aonor of Kussia, I wish things were otherwise. I do not envy you your duty." "A wrong can never be a duty," said the General fiercely; "I will resign, and give up all before I do this thing." "rn. j *11 A _ "xncn some one more cruei win no it for you," said the Count. "An you cannot save the old man, trv to help him." CHAPTER YItL THE PLOTTERS. It is impossible to describe the feelings of another only as they are shown in expressions and acts. Lola Pulaski was overwhelmed. In her dismissal from the palace without any cause being assigned therefor, she felt a deep humiliation, a keen sense of disgraoe. But she could not long give thought to herself. Since her earliest memory her father, in Siberia, had been the ruling thought ?the ruling passion, for the d*. sire for his liberation amounted to that of her life. She had no time to give to love, till she met this gallant young soldier, who proved himself her father's friend and her own. V--:!'. i 1 : . Her life liorrows filled her heart with an intense?aye, a just?hate against the Russian tyrant who had so grievously wronged her and hers. Her position in the palace was simply a moans of supporting her old father till she could have the confiscated estates, which were ample, returned. This employment and the frequent meeting with General Paul fed her love. But it waa among the irrepressible Nihilists that she found the means of keeping alive and aflame her hate of I Irinrra and tvr?infcH in ffptlfiral. hut of Rusaia in particular. The first awful shock came to her and made her regret with heart tears tier connection with the association which murders in the name of liberty, when she found herself selected to assassinate the man who had grown to be her idol. From the perpetration of this monstrous crime her soul revolted, yet at the time she could give no expression to her feelings, for she was not only a ruling spirit among these people, all of whom had wrongs, real or imagined, but it was she who had drawn up the awful oath that held them together. The murderous blade she had fashioned in her hate, love now turned ! against her own heart. It mattered not that Ivan Berger wa? ready to show his love for her, ratheJ than his bate for General Paul, by tak ing her place. The voung man's fidelity but in j'I 1?:i_ creaaeu uer porjuei.ii/v, viu iu wi uco.ii tgony she wished that death would chill her own veins and free her from the curse she had brought upon herself. But this fresh blow banished for the time every other thought from hei mind. "What ia to become of my pooi father?" This was the question she repeated to herself as she wandered along the streets, wholly indifferent to the fact that she was not going in the direction of her home. After being dismissed from the palace she could not hope again to teach in any family that could afford to pay her iu St Petersburg. The fact would be published in all the official journals, and thus 6h? would be made a social pariah. As to sewing, like Madam Berger and the fair Elizabeth, she would - 1.1 i _ -I.' i iL. _i-: 11 j giacuy ao so, dug sue laciiea iae dhui. "What is to [become|[of my pooi i father?" She -w aa repeating tae question to herself for the thousandth time, when she found herself stopped by some one standing in front, and 3he heard Peter the student asking: "Where is the Queen wandering to at this time of day ?" She looked quickly up, and to her surprise found she was a mile away from her own home and standing before a cafe in the neighborhood of the City Hospital. "I have been wandering In a daj dream," she said, without noticing Peter's extended hand. "No school to-day?" he asked. Jnone ror mo." Taking a vacation?" "Yes, Peter, a forced one/ "Dismissed ?" Knowing that the papers o! the fol lowing day would announce her dia charge, she said: "Yes." "What for?" "I do not know." i-Kotf oiionAnf. TT/*\Tt 9" XSKJ l?UOJ ouo^/ovu J vu ? "I do not know." "Got no reason?" "None. Peter." "That's s'range." , "Not at all; the Emperor of Russia is not bound to give reasons for his acts." She turned and was about to retrace her steps, but again Peter stood before her, nnd, pointing to the cafe, said: "Can you guess who's in there?" "Do jou know?" she asked. "I do." "Then why should I guess, particularly as I am not very anxious to learn ?" "i)r. Mulek and Ivan Berger are i within. Come join them; they are at lunch." "You are sure Ivan is there?" "I might lie on a pinch," laughed Peter; "but I see no reason to do so to you." "Then," she said, "I shall go in." Dr. Mulek was profuse in his greetings, but Ivan was quiet, even moody mi . I 1 ? 1. 4.1, ? 1.. Alley luauu ti piuut; iui uwi u.u tun uu> ble, and she sat down, while Peter toll? of her dismissal from the palace. Disguising her feelings, Lola affected to make light of it, but she did not deceive Ivan Berger, -who well knew the necessity for her retaining the place. "We have been much amused," said Dr. Mulek, glancing around to make sure he could not be overh eard by the people at the other tables, then taking up a paper that lay on hia knee, "over an announcement that is made in th* Gazette this morninc." "Indeed," she said, languidly. "You cannot gneiss what it is, but perhaps you have seen the paper T "I but rarelv read the tracers. Doo tor," slie replied. "Some one's going to be married." "And some one's going *o die. It is the old life story," said Ivan, gloomily. "Marriages have no interest for me," she said. "But this one has," persisted Dr. Mulek. "If you think so, tell me of it." Dr. Mulek adjusted his spectacles, and linding the place, he read in a slow, deliberate tone, and with the unction of enjoyment, the announcement of the "marriage of the Prince of Moskeva to Elvira, the only daughter i of Count Linwold, First Secretary to I his Imperial Majesty Alexander fcho ! Second, by the grace of God, King of Poland and Emperor of all the Russia*." During the reading, Dr. Mulek frequently glanced at Lola's face. It was white when she came in, and ; there wa3 a strange light in her darb J eves. But neither the color nor the light j changed. She was, seeming!;?, as cool and indifferent as the white snow lying banked upon the street, visible through the window near which they sat. "It does not seem to surprise you," Baid Peter, when the Doctor had folded up the paper. "Why should I be surprised?" she isked. "Oh, I don't know;" then, after a pause, during which Peter looked at her out of the corners of his eyes, "only it is strange that a man who is doomed to death ohould flaunt this before the world." , "If he knows of his doom," said Lola, shooting a glance at the student thai v.-. i -.-.iL . .. ' m'ad'e him Fccl very uncomfoitable; ""I did not tell him." "Oh," Peter hastened to say, "I did not wish you to infer that General Paul knew of your?I should say our purpose. But he mnst die, nevertheless, and that very soon." "We must all die, and, as none of us can tell the hour, it ia natural for ua to go on making preparations for life up to the edge of the grave." Lola rose, and, refusing the Doctor's request to take refreshments, she moved toward the door. Whispering something to his companions, Ivan followed her and said, as he offered her his arm: "I, too, am going home, Lola; let me accompany you." She thanked him and took his arm. She knew it to be a brave, strong arm, and she wondered why it should tremble, as she leaned on it; it had never done so before. After going o^ser half the distance in silence, Ivan, without looking at her, said: .jla, dc< not lose heart. ... . is a peculiarly masculine quality. I yield to it, but you should not." "Do I look as if I despaired?" she asked. "No; and yet I can imagine your troubles; I feel them as if they were my own." "You are as kind and good as a brother, Ivan." "I thank you, but, Lola, do not trou? ble about the other matter." "What other matter?" "About the duty of your oath." "I don't understand you, Ivan." "I refer to General Paul." "Ivan Berger," she said, slackening her walk," listen to me." "Go on, Lola, I am listening." "You must banish this thing from your mind." "What thing?" "Do not ask me, Ivan. 1 know your thoughts. You must keep the promise made me thai night," she said, pres? ing his arm. "Is a promiwe stronger than an oath ?" "A gentlemau's word is ever as binding as his oath," she replied. He was about to say something, but his purpose was changcd by that most familiar of all sounds in the Russian capital, the clatter of sabers and the jingle of bridle chains. Lola looked quickly up, and saw, to her horror, General Paul approaching with a troop of mounted guards. She saw Ivan's face turning whiter, and his eyes blazing with an awful, a deadly light, while his right hand flew to his breast, where she caught the gleam of a pistol. Seizing his arm, she drew him into an arched doorway, before which thej had come to a halt. So quick was the act that he could not resist her. With hands raised pleadingly, she placed herself before him, and with hei back to the riders. "Ivan! Ivan!" she cried, "think oJ me!" "I do think of you!" he said, making as if he would break away, and leap like a tiger on the horseman in th? advance. "Then would you nave me pannei in this act if you want to save me the deed?" Blinded though he was by the intensity of his terrible purpose, he sav the force of her qnerv. His arm dropped at once, and staggering from excitement like a drunken man, he said as they again reached the pavement: "I am a fool, Lola, r fool; and you are right." She made no comment, but again taking his arm they resumed their journey in silence. [TO BE CONTINUEB.] Thunderstorms. A German periodical gives statistics concerning the frequency of thunderstorms in various regions of the world. Java has thunderstorms on the average ninety-seven days in the year; Sumatra, eighty-six; Hindoostan, fifty-six; Borneo, fifty-four; the Gold Coast, fifty-two; Rio fifftf.AnA Tfrtlv fllipfv.oiflrllf UC fjrtul'm;, uiij-i;uw, 1iu1j, i/uuvj v40uv, West Indies, thirty-six; South Guinea, thirty-two; Buenos Avres, Canada and Austria, twenty-three: Baden. Wurteraberg and Hungary, twenty-two; Silesia, Bavaria and Belgium, twenty-one; Holland, eighteen; Saxony and Brandenburg, seventeen; France, Austria and South Russia, sixteen; Spain and Portugal, fifteen; Sweden and Finland, eight: England aud the high Swiss mountains, seven: Norway, four: Cairo, three. In east Turkestau as well as in the extreme north, there are almost no thunderstorms. The northern limits of the thunderstorms are Cape Ogle, northern part of North America, Iceland. Novaja Semelja and the coast of the Siberian ice sea. The Barber's Pole. The barber formerly was a surgeon as well as a barber, inasmuch as he practised blood-letting. The pole was xxsed by the barber-surgeon for the patient to grasp while his blood was let; and a fillet or bandage was used for tying the arm. When the pole was not in use, the tape was twisted around it, and it was hung out as a sign. Afterward, instead of hanging out the actual pole used in operating, a pole wa:> painted with stripes around it in imitation of the real pole and its bandages; hence the barber's pole. ?Lippin cott. Wagner Music. "You stay dare, ain'd ut. I ras of hoklin' you get tired." Mr. Speitzer (enthusiastically)?"Aeh! Dot Wagner musick was sound human almost somedimes. ~v- "" MUSEUM FREAKS. HOW SOME OF THEM ARE MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. Instantaneous Photographs of a Circassian Beauty?A Cannibal Princess, Etc., as They Really Are. The prosperity in the dime museum business proves that a great many citizens find in freaks and deformities the sort of mental food which they require. These pictures and explanatory words are intended for the benefit of dime museum patrons. Here they get an idea of a dime museum as it really is and at onetenth the usual price of admission. The pictures were taken by the Evening Sun's instantaneous system of photography. The young men in charge of the cameras A CIRCASSIAN BEAUTY IN PRIVATE LIFE. were guided and coached by a man grown gray in the dime museum business, and an expert in the manufacture of freaks. There are two kinds of attractions in a museum?"freaks" and "fakes." The 'freaks" arc sometimes genuine, but many "freaks'' are "fakes." The first picture, for instance, shows the ordinary Circassian girl. When the Evening Rvria young men entered the Bowery museum, in which she earns $12 a week, she was seen sitting upon a platform, with her abundant crop of sugarstiffened hair standing on end all over her head. She was lectured upon a short time later, by the automaton wno deals out misinformation to the public, and described as the only genuine Circassian beauty in New York. But it wasn't many minutes before one of the reporters had her hair on his own head. The young woman was seen in the entry to the dressing rooms and as she darted through a dingy door, which she pushed open with one hand, she removed her wig with the other. She was photographed by the instantaneous cameras, and here is her picture. She proved to be a very pretty girl, but thoroughly A REAL CANNIBAL PRINCESS. American in features and speech. This is one of the oldest museum "fakes,''and is seen almost daily in this city. The young lady who possessed the wig had but little to say about the business. There was a public demand for Circassian beauties. She was paid for her work and that was all she cared about it. The second photograph is one of a genuine Fiji princess. She says she is genuine and her mother says so, too, so there can be no question about it. The South Sea Islanders are a race of very black people, with short, coarse hair, inclined to be kinky. This Fiji princess is almost as white as the lovely Circassian, her hair is rather light than otherwise, and she has blue eyes. There is undoubtedly a strain of blood of some dark-skinned race in her veins, and as she says she is a genuine Fiji cannibal, of course no one cau dispute her claim. But, her appearance, color, hair, eye3 and spsech seem to throw an air of inconsistency about her story. Her mother is a large, rawboned woman with high, prominent cheeks and of a copper color. She does not look unlike an American Indian. The father of the girl is a white man living in New York. ft -?& . t llj: mi A FAKE OX DRESS PARADE. The freak Congo is :i fake of the very purest water, a fake among fakes, one of the most amusing of all the fakes in New York museums. The proprietors of it are partially honest. They exhibit it as a nondescript, aucf do uot say it is a man. though the idea is conveyed that it had human parents. This creature, upon first glance, appears to he a monstrous negro, with a most lepulsively dei < '" mi- |J? iormeu race. lac uimu m? |>iui,iuuv.< and the general ilress of the "man,: whicli it appear* to be is of the most flashy description. When a fair, front view of this creaure is had, the impression produced is hat it is a two-legged animal and reemblcs a human being in shape and oral. A silk hat, large enough to til lie head of a giant, a full dress coat and vest, a laundered collar of monstrous size, a large pair of patent leather shoes ' and snuff colored overgaiters above them, and a pair of pantaloons of the loudest pattern complete his dress. This "nondescript" is made up from the simplest materials imaginable, as may be seen from the second picture taken of him, which was taken yesterday morning before he was placed upon exhibition. It needs no description to tell what it is. Simply an every-day-sort of a mule, black as coal and having a slightly deformed mouth. In making up the "fake" his manager has a good I deal to do. inrst ne stroked tne auimai s long ears ' backbis head and tied them fast. ,Next he took a thick, heavy wig of curly hair, and placcd it across the animal's temples to give it the effect of human hair. This wig was made fast underneath the ears, where it would be out of sight, and then the big stovepipe hat was placed upon tne nead. it was tied under the tied-down ears of the mule. Next the manager put on Mr. Mule's forward pair of trousers. They were put on not without difficulty, however, for the mule didn't seem to fancy being dressed up. They were made fast over his shoulders by means of a gigantic pair of suspenders, uiiu me amuiiu was rtauy lor cue oiuer pair. These were soon adjusted so as to cover his hind legs, and were secured to a belt on his back. Then came the coat, which was a marvel of workmanship and size. When it was put on and the animal made to stand so as to face directly lowara tne iront witn a curiam arrangement to conceal his quadruped construction, people who came in to see the mystery saw him just as he is pictnred in the first of the photographs taken of THE SAME FAKE AS HE REALLY IS. him. This made-up curiosity has been one of the most successful drawing cards ever placed in any of the museums. At another museum a man was found who professionally drinks kerosene and swauows lamp wicks wtien lighted. He does this for a salary and earns his money easily. He took a lamp, in the presence of the reporters, unscrewed the burner and removed it from a bowl apparently filled with oil. He placed the wick between his teeth and began to swallow it. When he had swallowed about a yard of it, an assistant A HUMAN LAMP. X"lighted the wick, placed a chimney upon the burner and a human lamp was the result. The lamp bowl is full of water. There is no oil on that part of the wick which the man stuffs into his mouth. Many more dime museum marvels might be explained in this way, but these will suffice to give an idea of the wholesale squandering of dimes which goes on in this country.?New Yorlc Sun. The Woodcock. ~ These long-beaked migratory birds, which are as interesting to the gourmand ns tn the hunter, are in Germany only for a short time in the spring and fall, during their passage through the country. The woodcocks remain concealed in the darknecs of the woods all day and do not leave their hiding place until it begins to grow dark, then, in the spring, they first fly in zigzags around the edges of the woods, often in twos or threes, finally coming to the open, damp places of the woods, to the pastures, or to the edges of water lying near the woods, in search of food, which preferably consists of different kinds of worms and in> sect larva*. In the morning twilight the woodcock repeats this zigzag flight and searching for worms. At their breeding places they fly in the same way again as soon as the young brood is able to take care of itself, but in the late fall the birds seldom move in this way. They then generally hurry to the feeding places. i xi j : e in tnese piaces tne grouuu is ptruuraivu I by numerous small holes, each having a diameter about equal to that of a thin lead pencil, which are formed by the continuous pushing in and pulling out of the woodcock's long bill. The sensitive . soft point of the upper bill forms a feeling apparatus with the help of which the bird discovers the presence of a worm A WOODCOCK CURVING IIIS DUX. under the surface of the ground. lie possesses the power of arching the upper part of ihe bill from the middle ot its length and then closing the points so as to grasp the worm. This curviDg is caused by the displacement of a part of the jaw bone, and the elasticity of the long upper jaw brings it back into place. The curving of the bill generally occurs while working under the surface of the 1 (omfl !irp gruuuu, axiu tuuoc(|uvuuj iu??v */..%.? ~ seldom seen to do it. Long years ago the writer had the good fortune to see this movement made by a tame bird, and published an account of his observations in 1865. As already stated, the birds sometimes curve their bills when not working in the ground, particularly when devouring large worms. The accompanying illustration was taken by the writer from a living specimen. The woodcock does not live long in captivity, his inclination to migrate shows itself continually, but lie is not afraid of men and never fails to eat the worm which is thrown to him. In spite of his voracity, however, the woodcock generally grows thin, when in captivity, and finally dies.?Illu&trirte Zeitung. SABBATH SCHOOL j INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR nFfFUfRPR 1 Lesson Text: "The Temple Dedicated," I Kings viii., 54-63? Golden Text: Hal), ii., 20 $|? ?Commentary. 54. "And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord." Between .. 'X* the last lesson and this one we have passed over all the most interesting and instructive vtfBM account of the building of the most wonderful edifice tbat ever stood on this earth; and also the remarkable prayer of Solomon at its dedication; the lesson assigned us for to-day j&S being the words of Solomon's blessing upon the people after he had finished his prayer. The throne on which Solomon sat at Jerusalem is called the Throne of Jehovah (I Chron. xxix., 23; xxviii., 5; II Chron. ix., 8). Jerusalem shall yet be the throne of Jehovan and the capital of the whole earth (Jer. iii., 17). The site of the Temple in Jerusalem was .08 Mount Moriah, where Abraham received Isaac back from the dead on the third day (II Chron. iii., 1; Gen. xxii., 2. 4; Heb. xi., 19). Israel's resurrection on the third day will be v'Sel the beginning of the restoration of Acts iii., vi o. wiii ia. ---..J; 10 -398 The Temple was to be exceedingly magnift- * cal, of fame and glory throughout all countries (I Chron. xxii., 5). The gold and silver v M alone (brass and iron being without weight) amounted to 1,125,000 talents, which at 114 pounds per talent would be 64,125 tons, worth over four and a half billions of dollars (I Chron. xxii., 14; xxix., 4, 7). One room in the building, the Holy of Holies, was covered with six hundred talents, or j&f more than thirty-four tons of gold, worth ^?9 over sixteen millions of dollars (II Chron. jfm iii., S). The laborers were 153,000 strangers, or Gentiles, found in Israel (I Ki. v., 15-18; ' | II Chron. ii., 17, 18, who brought from the mountains and quarries the wood ahd stone I for the hous . There was neither hammer,. ' 'gjjB nor ax, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building (I Ki. vi., 7). Believers are living stones (I Pet. ii., 5, R. V/Js V.), this world is the quarry and God is by 0MM | the events of our daily life preparing us here for our respective places in His temple' CM ?made fit for Heaven by His blood, fit for I our place in His kingdom by our training -a? and service here. Notice in His prayer that %jSk the house is called by the name of the Lord God of Israel, that He is asked to hear for -3 His Name's sake, that all people of the earth J! mflr tnnw AnH fan* TTi'o Noma Va^aa eigfit times repeated "Hear Thou in Heav- jjj en," and the four times '"Heaven Thy dwel- ' ling place;" also the seven-fold nature of the si prayer, for the trespasser, the defeated, the drought smitten, tne plague smitten, the stranger, those going to war and those in captivity. He prayed before the altar of V Jehovah; Jesus is both altar and sacrifice, we ' ' can come to God only in His Name and trust- ' . ing in His merits. He kneeled on his knees with his hands spread up to Heaven; in favor of the position of kneeling in prayer see Ezra ix.,5; rs. xcv., 6; Dan. vi., 10; Lu. xxiL, 41; Acts ix? 40; xxi., 5; but that position is not essential; see Moses sitting, Hannah and Nehemiah standing, Hezekian, while sick, prays -?? in his bed, Jonah from the fish's belly, the thief from the cross. A penitent heart is everything, position of body is secondary, though kneeling is most scriptural and most fitting when possible. That God heard and . ' a answered this prayer, sfee II Chron. vii., 12. 55. "He stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice." When Da- h vid brought the Ark to the tent which he had pitched for it in Jerusalem, he offered sacrifice and blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Hosts. (II Sara, vi., 17, 18.) Solomon, having now brought up the Ark, * } the tabernacle and all the holy vessels (v., 4) does the same thing. There is nothing on earth that can be compared to the blessing , of the Lord. 56. "Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto His people lapel." He had given rest on every side, so tnat there was neither adversary nor evil occurrent. (Chap, v., 4.) Rest and peace shall be among the blessings of His Kingdom when it comes. "There hath not failed one word of all His ,;,'i good promise, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant." So said Joshua in his farewell words (Josh, xxiii., 14); but the special promise here referred to is in Deut. xii., 10,11, where the Holy Spirit, by Moses, seems to refer to this very pface and | , building. 57. "The Lord our God be'with us. * * * 1 let Him not leave us, nor forsake us." Moses prayed: "If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.' And the Lord said: "My presence shall go ' with thee, and I will give thee rest." This word of the Lord: "I will be with you," or "I am with you," is one of the grandest and most comprehensive words in Scripture. "Let Him not leave us nor forsake us." When David gave Solomon the plans of the temple which he had received from God Himself, he said to him: "The Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; He will not fail thee nor forsake thee until tbou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord." (I Chron. xxviii., 19, 20.1 Solomon had proved the truth and blessedness of this promise, and now he desired its continuance. 58. "That He may incline our hearts unto Him, to walk in all His ways." This was just what God desired from them, and what He would be delighted to grant them, an undivided and obedient heart: they could not ask anything more in accord with His win. - ^?<7 59. "Let these my words * * * * be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that He maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel." Seven. times in his prayer had he pleaded for "Thy Kople Israel." and had also said: "For they Thy people and Thine inheritance," and now he indicates his reliance upon God to maintain his and their cause. 60. "That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there fa none else." Israel was redeemed and given the good land, that thev might make Jehovah a name in the earth (ll Sam. vii., 33); their obedience to Him would draw forth His power on their behalf, and thus He would be glorified in them. This, God's earnest desire, shall be fulfilled in Israel's restoration at the return of their Messiah (Isa. xxv., 8, 9; xi., 1-5; lx., 1-3; Ezek. xxxvii., 21-38). P, 1 uT,pt. vnnr ho.qrt Ka iu ? VW J ?/? v, VUt/A VfcVT* IA? UCi 4WW with the Lord our God." The woru "per: feet" here signifies ''whole" or "full," as in I Josh, viii., 31; Ruth ii., 12, where it is so translated. Solomon now urges the people to have what his father had prayed that ne might have (I Chron. xxix., 19). 02, 63. "And the King, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord." And the Lord accepted the sacrifice by sending fire to consume it. as it is written in II Chron. vii., 1; "Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offorI ing and the sacrifices: and the glory of the | Lord tilled the house." Thus also was the I sacrifice accepted at the dedication of the | Tabernacle, and in the cases of Gideon and | Elijah (Lev. ix., 24, Judges vi., 21; I Kings xviii., :W); and no doubt in the same way was the Lord's acceptance of Abel's offering and I rejection of Cain's offering manifest at the Garden of Eden when the fire from the sword consumed the one but did not touch the other. "So the King and all the children of Israel flfvlicftted flip hitlKB nf Hm ? A .1 /I TT<? took possession of it by filling it with His glory. AVe read1 of a time when the glory left the house because of their sins (Ezek. ix., x., 4, 18; xi., 23), and of a time yet future when the glory shall return to depart n more (Ezek. xliii., 1-7). When Jesus, the brightness of God's glory, came to it He found it a den of thieves, aud twice He cleansed it; but He too was driven away by their sin, and all is desolate till His return.? Lesson Helper. A Hen of Many Colors. The most fashionable hen in the State is said to live at Winslow's Mills, in the town of Waldoboro. She started in life a plain, dark brown pullet, but soon exchanged this for a black and white suit. The next time she shed her feathers she came out as white as snow, and this fall she appears in a black, white and tan dress.?Lewiston {Me.) Journal. It is reported that a man in Kansas made 1000 barrels of vinegar from twenty acres of watermelons, and sold the vinegar for $10 a barrel.