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T&Z EFFICACY OF ABATES. ?T QJtTTXTS JACK CRAWFORD, THE POET SCOTT. I'm free to make confession, that I ain't raact en the prav, for cy early education war" neglected that-?way, An'-fts fur efficaciousness o' prayer as a rule, I reckon I'm a pupil o' the doubtin' Thomas school. Girt 1 want to tell an Instance that cocarred in 'G5, When the hull Platte River country with the rtd*kins -was alive? An instance, wbar' a little bit o' rough, impromptu prayer Peso the work up neat an* han'some, an' saved oar party's hair. Thar' was me an' Arizona Bill and Sbart-y Martindale, War' sent out on a little scout to ?n 1 ol' Shotted Tail, An' when we stepped to eat a lunch an'-git a little rest Our Lorseb tuk the baak'ard trail, on' rue iikoau possessed, i An' tbar' we wnr' tea miles from camp, afoot, &n' in a spot Whar Injuns war' accustomed fur tc make things rather hot? 1 can't jist bay ti-e leelin's as *e felt wcr'actool fear, But I'll uraw it mild, say we felt uneasy like an' queer. We held a short discussion, fur totzy.an'find a way To beat tbe situation, an' to make a safety play, An'. I reckon that a question In tbe Congress o tbe land Rever gut sioh close attention as tbo ore wo bad in band. We s'arctied it fust on this side, tben examined it on tbat; 1 Bnt all our drawn conclusions seemoi to be- exceed in' flat. An' 1 calculate oar feelin's would be ssraowbat bard to tell, Wben, durin' tbe discussion, we beard ihe Injun yell 1 Tba ' come the painted devils, yellir' lite -d , pack o' bounds. Their nosses bommerin' tbe ground witb-qnick, excited bounds, An' if ever three poor critters looked into th? .lace o' death Twar' us?why, darn, it, pardner, we could ft?l hi aicy breath! .Thar'wan t a cussed book on which to hang^a thread o' hope, Ai that band o' bowlin' demons came a ?vocpin' dawn the slope, An' we stood tbar', dumb an' paralyzed, jist like a beast ut bay, Till Shorty, sort o' solemn-like, says: "Boys, suppose we pray." The idee struck us proper, an' we knelt d3v,r. is tbe sand, An' turned atr anxious faces up toward tbe promiaed.JfLnd, An' I guess no mortal ever heard sicb deep an' earnest, prayer As the ihroe of us, in chorus, Bant a oLoctin' through the. r-ir. Tte Injuns -et'pt-ed in wonder at the stracge, onuauol sigt>t Al ? ? - .-11.:..' ml* {notflnil fih.iufll1 I Lost Lina; -OB,m BITTER AND THE SWEET. >b. _ A. Tale of Two Continents. ^ ? BY MRS. ZflNA LASSOS. CHAPTER XXXIII. There was wild confusion, indeel, in the mansion now; the servants -were all busy trying to extinguish the fire; Thomas had dispatchel the groom to tlip Htv for a Dhvsician. arid Jeannette's mai.l was doing all she could for her mistress. Ray had received a s'ight shock, and thoughtful Thomas had led him to his room, and was doing all he could for his master, until the doctor came. Tie servants were all so excited over the Btran-e and eudden appearance of thoir ^-.-master that it was some time before they had succeeded in entirely extinguishing th^ fir?. Everybody had thought Raymond Bristol dead, and it was no wonder that his strange reappearance excited great winder. "Where hal ho been all this time? This was the first time he had been een by any one since the night he started to tho city and was stopped in the W?2>. * The shot that rang through the forest had sent a bullet through Hay's body, but the party that shot him seemed to un<ki-sra\a ^bc-re ta send the ball tind yet not kill. If had. passed through the right lung and came out of tho back just below the shoulder blade. He was immediately carried to Jack "Wiler's log house and place 1 upon a bundle of atraw. It was quite a distance from the road to the log house, and llay was bo weak from loss of blood that he could scarcely breathe. A part of the old log house had recently been partitioned off by iron bars, and now it had the appearance of an underground prison. Bay was placed behind these bars; where he was kept for those six lon2 months, and during all that time lie h:ul not caught a glimpse of the blue sky above. For weeks and weeks Iiay lay on that haril bed of straw in thai* dark, damp underground prison, scarcely able to move hand or foot. Jack Wiler was his only nurse and phyxcian, and whenever Ray would ask nny questions he would only receive evasive answers from Jack. Jeannette provided all the medicine for the poor prisoner, and until Raj ?rew much better old Jack remained in the house much of the time. Finally the wound began to heal, but the patient's continual worry irritated it considerably; he would often grow angry at Jack for not telling him why he waa a prisoner there in that horrible place, Vot Jack would only say: "i am not your jailer; others are keeping you here; don't worry so, for it does more harm than good; perhaps the day will soon come when I can g^t yon free." That was all Ray ever sucoeeded in getting from old Jack. Time rolled on, and Ray became a perfect skeleton; he scarcely got enough to eat now to keep him alive. Jack never oame to the old h mseet ept late at night to fill the old greaso lamp, and give the poor prisoner something to eat and a little fresh water. Four, five, and six months of awful j agony were past, and Ray no longer looked |ike himself, bji.t like a maniac, ' The middle or April came at last and that terrible storm came with it. The night before the storm Jack did not come, and all the next day poor Kay had nothing to eat but old dry bread and a little water to drink; the old grease lamp had burned entirely cut. and now he was in total daftness. The long hours slowly passed by, and yet'Jack came not. "My God! Is he goinp: to leave me here to starve to d'.ath? I feel like cursing the day I was born, and everythink upon earth, for God has forgetten mc, indeed. What will my poor little wife think of my absence, and T>-V,of ic tVio /Inincr r?f?wV" jcie TOuiu pace up ami down that short, narrow cell, while Btrange thoughts would fill his mind. He was ever alert for the slightest -sound, in the hope that someoue wae coming to release him. Perhaps it was his Xiina that had found out -where lie was; but his;.hopes were all in vadn. On the night of the storm his heari -sank lower ana lower, us uiere mow t>eeiueu nothing but death before him. "Hark! What did I hear f He pressed his hand to his heart, as if to check its -wild throbbing. Tho noifie was nothing but the distant roar of the tempest, and now lit became louder and nearer every moment. Kay could now plainly hear tie roar and 6]"Jash of the waves of the angry lake: plainer, still plainer could be heard the roar of the fast approaefcing-storm; the gronnd under his feet v/as shaken by the heavy thunder. *Ah! There is cracking and snapping in the forest, now, as if the earfh were being. r?nt to pieces; it becomo*louder and .fiercer, and suddenly lie hears a t<-TrihlQ-crashing noise by tfce si.le ;of his dark, gloomy prison; he knows .it is a:terrible- storm, and can plainly hew the trees falling all around him, yet,'he. ie unable to escape and flee from that dangerous place. i DChe terrible crashing noise near the. aid log house deafened the poor 1 one; prisoner, and for a few momenta his; causes ,>were. so stunned that he could. ;not realize what had happened; Jae sank, dawn upon: the floor of the cell, and buried his faca in his slinL, buny ihand?. By and. by ho felt the fresh, damp air blowing on him, and looking up he saw that he -was a free man: the Lurht V a .tftifli;; V- vug Mi) v- ? fighi? Ifcey knew their awn Great Spirit camped abex? that azoxe bias. In' I guese they ithciyiht we had communication with him,.tu>. An' thar' they stopped and stared at us," an' w? kep' up SUepray, ISxpectiu' every uiiut-te they would make a final play, An' when they raised .another yell, an' we let I loose o' hope, A troop o* mounted cavalr7 come tearin' down the elope. fh?y slashed titem I.nj?E3 right an' left, on' waxed it to 'ea: hot, An' we nelped oa the livejy. work with many a tellln' Ehot, Id those as war E?aa&inin',-C' the band in terror fled. An' left the ground ail delta:- with their dyin' an' their dead. tiow, I'm free to mitie ccaiesoion that I ain't much on the pray, Bet our long drawn-out petition..sr-ved the party on that day; It may be that the Estler.pp, in glory didn't hear A eussed word we uttsrod in -tU.it manner Strang) an' queer, But toar cant oe no uibyduu " auu^Lj hadn't thought 0' heavenly reinforcements, we'd a* died thar' on tho spot, Far the Ini. ns' wil?l atlonicbmmt at-Main' of as pray ftp1 their ringers Irom our top-kao^ <JU the rnivle a play. ning j-laved .about him as he sat. there, ^od the rain beat down upon hi? face. A large tree that stool near the corner ofrliietold house had been torn up, roots and all, by t?:e tempest, and had fallen across that end of the house that old Jack had used, and Ray was i\nhuirt; the roof of til J cell had been torn off, and the poor;prisoner now s.it ncder heaven's dome, a free man, breathing the ;pure, r^tn-washod air. As lie raised his,face from bis hands he plainly saw by the flashes of light just what had happened, and sprang to his feet, clasping his lotg bony arms over his brt ast. "Oh, God, Thou has not forcrotten me, and I glory k Thy proof; Thou art my deliverer, and this tempest has unlocked the door of iry prison cell; I 6"nall praise Theo .ill the dars of my life. Glory to Thy holy name." As he stood there his pale thiv- face raised toward heaves,, the thunder ruared, while the lighting flashed and the purple blazes played about his feet. He was free now and cared tot for wind or ra n. By tits flash -s of lightning he was able to ?se where ts go, and he very soon bade good-by to ihe old log house. He could plainly hear the roar and splash of the lake, and went down to the shore. Tke waters were tossing aboui as if they ivere angry at being thus disturbed,. and the waves seemed to try to reach to the clouds, as if to check their miguty force. Kay knew where he was, for there still stood the large old rock on the coast that) h.3 often came and sat by years ago, fisting there by the hour. He was about two miles from home, and he immediately about faced and walked rapidly northward. His great anxiety to once more s:e his home and the loved ones there gave him much strength, and before he could quite realize where he was he stood in front of his own mansion. Oh, what a sight that was as he came up the long front walk, his eyes gazing up at the blue rooms; but there was no sweet face there waiting for him, and no. Jight shen^fromjy}^ * For some reason the great hall door was seldom locked now, and Kay entared as he had always done. All was darkness within the mansion, but he easily found his way up the long stairway by the bright flashes of lightning. He was shoeless, and made no n-: ise as he passed up those marble steps and through the long hall to his wife's room. He tried to open the clo.T, but it was looked. He rapped again, and again but no cne opened it, and it -w as then that he rushed to tho ai arm-boll and ran.:' it with such force. 'fhoxr.as came from h's room immediately with a lamp in hand, and as Ray spoke to him he recognized the voice immediately, but poor Tom was bo frightened at first that he could not speak. CHAPTER XXXIY. That fearful storm seemed but a firebrand from heaven?a bit of God1., wrath to punish Jeannette Nathan foi her many crimes; for. as soon as the lightning had struck the mansion and had prostrated the murderess at her poo* victim's feet, it seemed to pass on. The lightning grew kss severe and tha thunder could only be heard in tlii distance. The family physician soon arrived at the mansion and found Jeannette in a very dangerous condition. "It will be almost a miracle if she ever recovers," said the Doctor. He then went to Hay, but at first sight of him he shrank back, and c^uld not at first realize that the man in front of him was Raymond Bristol. Thomas, who had not left his master, hastily explained matters, so that the Doctor could understand. liay had received a heavier shock than ht> had at first cxpected, and as yet he wa3 unable to speak. This was indeed a very trying position for the old family doctor to be placed in, for he had his own opinion about Ray's Strang? disappearance and who lay at the bottom of it all; but he had never said a word to any one about For once m That sturdy < t'l man's life ha scarcely knew what to jay; but as it is mostly better tD act Ihun to talk, he immediately went to work. In the cour.se of an hour or so Kay asked, in a vrrystranpre voice: "Doctor, where are my wife and child ? Tell me all that has happened here in the last six months." The Doctor -winced slightly, and hii face paled, but he replied, calmly: "I do not remember npw just whfje your wife did ;go, but she -went some place soon after von left us all. I suppose Miss Tffftlian knows where she is. tour mother has not yet returned from England. They say fche has n^t been very -well"this -winter; but I think she might to be -6ent for immediately, for I fear Miss Nathan -will never recover from this shock.1' "I don't presume any one knows where I have been all this time, and I hardly know myself; but I don't want "to talk about it now. How soon did toy wife go away after I disappeared "I do not --know, I am sure, for she had been gone-&?me time before I knew Df.it." " Well, hurry up, Doctor, and get me looking like mortal man again as soon j as possible, for I must see Jeannette I and know where my little Lina is; for some reason or other I fesl very ~J ~ '1 X it* OAt?A_ -tsiruuyL'i v, uuu x ucuctc ijucic u ouun,thing wrong." "Graciotis, man, tbat woman must hot be disturbed under any considera-; tion for fome tame; but, ab! Bristol, iere is a scar on your chest that looks . as if a'bullet had made it; how's that?" The Doctor had been examining Ray's Lungs, an<? by . accident saw the K&r. "You are righ& for the night of +uuith of last November j. "was shot through the body and I guess it was i but miracle that I lived. I have been a prisoner since then and have never-seen the light of day; but there is some strange mystery about it all, ;and I .do not wish to say anymore about it at present."' .The Doctor thought; it prudent to keep quiet, and said no..jnore about the matter. He had relieved Ray of his beard and tangled liair as best he 1,1 Tf n-oa ilnrlirrht Vl?>fr>rA tllfi VUliiMl XV ITUs) ? :?aith?ul old physician left the manwon, and his mind was full of strange doubts and fancies. Ray soon fell asleep and did not wake up until the afternoon. He wasrfecling much better, and after dressing as usual, went down to the library.. Everything there was just as he had! left it six months ago. Poor eaac, little he knew wiiat sorrow was at ^store for him yet! There was a larg9 pile of letters on his desk, all uncpaned, and most -of'them on businee3. He sat down and began to tear open the envelopes, one by one. and 'had been reading for-come time wheE tthe library door opened and Jeannette^ maid entered. "My lady.*70uld like to -see :.you, please, sir." "Very well,"* and he rose tfroni'the chair and followed the mai?, little dreaming wliatilay before hint. [TO EE CONTIXUEn.} -- Big Dakota Farms. I fc&r* had:thc(eiiriosity to see <one oi the big Dakota .farms, and went oul with John W.. Dwight -to the famous Dtraghl Farm, writes a correepondent of the Ncy! York Press* The fieJds on the Dwighl farm are each 640 actts in size, a mik square. -. They are surrounded on evei^ eic^d by roadways,and'tbere arc no fences. The roads are supposed ,to be sixty fed wide, but the fields are jJowcd right ou< to the double wagou way cf aboul twenty feet, and thus no Aind is left to waste. I saw foity-one reapers cutting gTain in two of these big fields. The reapers require four or fiv.e horses 01 mules to pull them, and the bundles 01 sheave3 are tied -with cord automatically and arc tossed one side for .shucking. Panning on such a scale is entirely unlike the old ways down East. Thegrain is stacked in the field, threshed .on the ground and hauled in great wagons holding three tons each to the elevators at the nearest railroad stations. The straw is burned. It rained the day I arrived .at Ihs farm, and wheat cutting having just beeB finished, threshing was suspended and the] hands were sent out to plow. Tbey can" plow iu weather when nothing else can be done. They use wheel plows, drawn by four and live horse teams, and cutting two furrows cach of about thirteen inches in widi;h, The soil is a deep black loam, its color alone declaring its richness and fertility. It is plowed to a depth of four or five inches only. 1 saw twenty-one of those plows being operated in a 610 acre field. BPery time the twenty-one plows crossed the field they had plowed under a strip a mile long and about forty-three or forty-four feet wide. It was a great sight. I wa3 driven over the prairie roads, level as nsnhnlt. fnr mtrhtppn miles, nnrl pverv where outstretched before me was wheat stubble, wheat in shocks or in stacks awaiting threshing. The country to the eye looks as level as a board floor, but as you drive over it it is full of little indentations which mark the course of former streams or winter freshets. .. Whistling for Seals. F. F. Payne, of Toronto, records i;i the American Naturalist an interesting fact -which often came under his noticc during a prolonged stay at JHucjsony Btrait^. J'Here^' he' says,' J^he Esquimau mighf 'often Ibe "&een lying "at fujl length at the edge of the ice floe, and although no seals could be seen, they persistently whistled in a low note, similar to that often used in calling tame pigeons, or, if words can express my meaning, like a plaintive phew-ew, few, few, the first note being prolonged at least three seconds. If there were any seals within hearing distance they wero invariably attracted to the spot, and it was amusiDg to see them lifting themselves as high as possible out of the water and slowly shaking their heads, 03 though highly delighted with the music. "Here they would remain for some time, until odc, perhaps more venturesome than the rest, would come within itriking distance of the Esquimau who would often change the seal's tono of joy to one of sorrow, the others making off is fast as possible. The whistling had to be continuous, and was more effective if performed by another Esquimau a short ilistancc back from the one lying motionless at the edge of the ice. I may add that the experiment was often tried by myself with the same result." Stealing Rognes' Pictures. The camera that docs the work for the rogues' gallery is concealed. The prisoner hangs his head aud refuses to look up when asked to do so, or shuts his eyes and distorts his face. The photographer makes a feint with the caiucra in sight, takes out the plate and exclaims, "Oh, pshaw! that is spoiled!" or words to that effect, aud walks hurriedly out of the room. The prisoner raises his head tit ouce and looks pleasant. lie has out?/->rTr<aiilirip . Thnn the con niucu ..Ucrvwn.ur;.. cealed camera gets in it3 lice work, ami the rogue is still more surprised uud | pleased at being told that lie can go.? I Chicago Eerald, ~'1 ,rs c IN THE BULL RING. : / , PEN PICTURE OP A BRUTAL SCENE IN MADRID. Thu Opening: Procession and the ~ ^ Three Acts of a Fight?Ccro monies to be Observed? The Espada's Thrust. ~ 1 ' The hour of three has sounded from fho cathedral clock at Madrid. The "pasco" is thronged. The nabobs are all out in force. Carriages and pedestrians surged toward the Plaza de Toros. To-day's fight is a benefit for the great cathedral. There are "banderillas do lujo," and Lagartijo, Mazzantini and Guerrita arc the espadas, representing respectively the science, -elegance and dariug of the ring. "We take for our seats barreras do som'bra, or those in the shade. Above ua rise tier upon tier'of seats, and boxes foi .the luxurious and timid. What a crowd! The stone seats are packcd with o throng that laughs, -shouts and drinks alternately. Above, the boxes are garJanded with lovely Andalusians in white mantillas, brilliant garments and beflowered tresses. They languidly wave their fans, while 'each addition to.theii circlc is hailed by.the crowd .with loud tributes.to.her charms. TKI6EHTTNO '.THANKS. Soon the half hour sounds. Theba?a strikes upt, and to its inspiring 6trains come gallopping forth two "alguaciles,"*' men dressed in black .end looking like ancient dons. With their plumed hats in hand they pause, and, bowing to the occupants of the President's box, crave rxormiceian +/% 1\ornn f)ia onrtrf TIiOtt r/? |/blliiiOJlVU W l/UV Uj^vt VI AUVJ *wturn to the opposite gates. Then a gorgeous sight meets the eye as the portals .are opened. First come the black algu;aciles on their betaasled horses, then the : three heroes of the hour marching in lino some twenty feet apart. Their costumes are filagreed with gold- Behind them arelhcir glittering foliowcrs? marching in the same open order, the picadorc3 on their -.sorry nags, bringing up the rear. Behind the procession of those who take part comes spans of mules, three abreast, with tassels and bells and ribbons. Their function is to drag the dead bull from the ring. Like a stream of molten gold and color tfce actors advance down .the centre of the arena. The crowd, with wild enthusiasm, yells a3 the dazzliug train proudly rolls onward toward the Aresideat's box, "When before it they , halt the e3padas gravely bow. Their assistant*, following suit, disperse to change theii satin headgear for the more useful ones of red cheap cloth. An al- guacil, deftly catching in his bat the 1 keys flung from the President's box, gallops with them to the bull pen, which is now ready to be opened. . Old Lagartijo is dressed iu olive and gold, handsome Luis Mazzantini is in heliotrope and gold, while young Guer- 1 rita, not to be outshone, combines the gold with rose color. E;ich one of these suits has cost a little fortune. ; Tho "picadores" are ready, lance in rest. At the bugle sound breathless expectation holds tho crowd. Then from the cavernous gate the bull springs into the dazzling sunlight. Black as midnight, of the famed Moruvc herd, with crest erect and nostrils flaming, dazzled by the ligat and color, he pauses for one i brief moment and then charges as swift and straight as an arrow for a picadore. The spearman meets him at the point of his sharp weapon and presses the lance Into his neck. By one glorious sweep the bull topples horse and rider into a helpless, struggling heap on the sand. THE LEAP. 1 The yellow parterre is red with the horse'.4 blood and his rider lies pinned beneath. 1 The bull sees his prey and is about tc bury his horns into his fallen foes, wlier between the bull and his helpless victiii ( comes a red cloud. It is the matador's | ?* 1-J 1 il.? I magic cloak. Tnc Dun, auracteu uy iijc i color, plunges madly after it, and coolly ( playing him, Lagartijo leads the ferocious | beast away. Then with a graceful sweep | of his mantic, the agile espada stands , calmly eyeing the bull, while "Hole, | maestro! hole!" words of praise, are , heard on every side. Again and again the same scene is gone through with, un- 11 til a troop of horses lie dead on the sand | and others with broken limbs have been 1 led away to breathe their last. The bull, his shoulders bleeding from ; the cruel steel, charcres his fleeing foca ; | again, but he only meets the maddening j red "capote'' instead of his agile tor- i mentors. Now one of the chulos mockingly j kneels before the bull's bewildered eyes, ! aow another insultingly smites his face, j while yet another scornfully kicks his panting nose. Lagartijo and Guerrita, sa'ch holding an opposite corner of the red cape, approach to tauat him, and, (,? Kiill Ja nt n lnca w'lifh tr> ! uk: nuv-iv.'*, MU.I ? ? attack. These and many other tricks are played, even to the placing of a cap upun his head. For this the joker pays dearly. In an ungarded moment the polished boms make one pluuge forward and the zeal eras "cholo" is impailed. A low cry 1 of horror runs through the throng as the t man's livid, agonized face rises and falls with the bull's tossing head. At last he 1 drops to the ground almost lifeless. He 1 is instantly covered by Mazzantini's man- 1 tie, which comcs like the wings of & I protecting spirit- The bull again leaves ( his helpless victim for the bit of red I color. Thunders of applause greet Luis's i successful play and its author kneels in bravado on one knee before the enraged bull himself. This may not be bravery; it certainly is not cowardice. The unconscious victim of the sport is carried hastily to the lospltal ana tlie game goes on. Tne misiap is soon forgotten in the excitement Df the day and is only recalled when tho J n fortunate man is later on drawn around ;he ring, still alive, and reclining in a iarouche. Again the bugle brays, and now the Sanderillcro awaits with banderilla in rither hand the critical moment. Tho bull has seen him and curio usly watches lis every movement. The sunlight playing on the man'fl golden embroideries md on the brute's red shoulders and heaving flanks presents a scene that is lltogether an interesting one. The crowd is as still as death. Like a flying Mercury the baaderillero leaps forward. A run and man and beast meet, and the bull, bellowing with rage, vainly tries to ling off the -stinging darts which have been deftlv stuck in his shoulders. He charges hwe, he rushes there, only to bo baffled at every point. A second banderillero plays his part and other darts pierce the bull's side. A third then follows, for ihe etiquette demands that avery bull have three pairs of banderillas to adorn his smarting shoulders. Again the bugle calls, and the great third and last act is to be played. Tho matador, with blade and cloak in hand, doffi his cap, and mutters this chant: I toast your worship, Your noble country, The people of the placp, And the strangers. 3y a graceful sweep of the arm the matador casts his cap behind him and 500s forth -to battle. The crowd now prepares for the chief orronf Tho .pjmdn's ovprv motion ifl followed by ten thousand eye9. "Warily J be .approaches the beast his red cloak open in his left hand. The animal charges the red object fiercely, but in vain, for flashing over his horns it flaunts before his puzzled eyes. Now this way, now that, he turns and twists, enraged by this will-o'-the wisp. Raging, foaming., panting he strives to pierce it with his horns, -"Hole! maestro, muy bien, muy bein," admiringly comments the crowd as with the red mantle the espade makes his various passes in rapid and brilliant snceession. And now the fatal moment has come. The bull stands squarely on his four feet, "cuadrado," they call it. With lowered head be watches the red flag. Legartijo stands sideways to him and raises his keen blade to a level with his eye. He takes aim calmly along the edge of the shinicg steel. The quivering cape holds the brute's atten- < tion. One step forward and the blade is buried to the hilt between the monster's shoulders. A wild yell of enthusiasm bursts from thousands of throats, for the certain thrust has reached the heart, and quivering in every limb the dying brute gazes from reproachful eyes upon his heartless slayers. MAnd heavily down with his vast weight he falls As when uprooted falls aboliow pine On Eryraanthus or Mount Ida's side." A shower of sombreros fluttered into the ring, but each is deftly flung back again by the proud victor of the fight. Cigars fall like leaves at his feet and are gathered by the subordinate actors in the great national sport. The music plays, "maestro" makes a triumphant circuit of the plaza, bowing to the compliments of the people, while at the crowd's insistance an ear of the bull is presented him as a memento of his skillful stroke. The mule teams then gallop into the aren3, with flashing tassels and jingling bella, and quickly the slain are dragged away. The second bull is a great stupid brute that, enticed from the pen by a waving handkerchief, stands indifferently eyeing the turmoil about him. Mantles are flung in his face, but only arouse him to momentary ire. "Fueral fueral'\away with him, away), shout the people as ho I shies at the horses and refuses a contest 1 with the lance. But the President will i J not order his withdrawal j the boast must 1 remain, ' -v.1 I .... ' - { rLAClXG THE BAXDETITLLAS. The picadore3 having withdrawn the i "cholus" take him in hand. He still ? shows the white feather. Aud now the crowd, incensed by his pusillanimity, calls for "fcugo" (fire). The banderilIcro takes his darts, armed with firecrackers in cither hand, gingerly. "With difficulty and most cautiously, for the creature will not charrre. these articles of torture are inserted and a barbarous sight follows. The great bull, as each detonation causes new agony in his burned and blackened flesh, bounds bellowing in the air. He charges the nearest "chulo" madly, and that unlucky individual makes for the nearest surrounding fence. Over it he leaps, ind after him follows the bull, which is frenzied by the exploding darts. He, too, jumps the fence into the alleyway tilled with policemen, bull fighters and tiangers-on generally and scatters thciu in all directions. No one is hurt, una the bull by an iugeuious system of gates is again let iuto the plaza. Still awakened by the "fire" into a realizing sense to the situation he proves a tartar. Fate, however, in the handsome person of Luis, soon 1113-9 him low. Again the band plays, the mule bells jingle and the Orderg have been issued by the German Emperor that those members of the aristocracy who have married the daughters of trades-people shall be excluded from the court receptions. This, the Emperor says, is not that he objects to trade, but to the mercenary spirit of those 1 who prouose such alliances. 1 ieath of the next victim is loudly herilded by a trumpet blast. Following this each of the espadas kills his second bull. The same ceremony, the eame excitement is gone 1 through with. Thus 5000 human beings have been amused, and this thing can 4 ind still does flourish in a civilized coun- i try in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety. 1 The poorer classes support a horde of professional and amateur fighters. They are to be met in the streets at every turn. Indeed, their name is legion, and how they manage to live is a mystery. The bull-fighting season only lasts from May to November, and these gentlemen, for they are so considered, have a hard shift of it for the other six months. During this hibernating period the larger portion live by pawning their clothes, which, JjsfiftlSi TANTALIZING THE BULL. -when the season opens, they redeem with money advanced by their impresarios. The salaries paid them are very large for Spain, and during the season these men live in every sense of the word like princes. They are utterly improvident, however, and love to spend their monej lavishly. Most of them are great dandies dress expensively, smoke fine cigars, anc always have plenty of money in thei: pockets. Notwithstanding all this thsj are as a xule frightfully ignorant, verj brutal, intensely thick-skulled. Not ever when they are at the top of the profession do they improve mentally. Of course there have been and are exceptions to the rule, but it safe to say that ninety-nine out of every one hundred bull lighten .never have even the rudiments of refinement or education. Sunday is the day for bull fights, anc "there is scarce one in the season that doe! not witness a professional or amateui performance in Seville, Malaga, Cordova, Granada, Valencia, Madrid and man] other Spanish towns. Cattle are brec purely for their bull-fighting merits. Beol and milk are secondary considerations. A good bull of a noted breed fetches from 6200 to $600, whereas a beef steer onlj bring9 $50 at most.? Washington Star. A Goat "With Two Heads. Fred Beineke, who lives on Berlin street, near Gest street, has in his possession a wonderful freak of nature. On August 21 three goats wer3 born at bis place. Two of them are perfectly natural, but the other is not so fortunate. Its body is natural except the head, which is double. It has four eyes, two mouths, two tongues! Its ears are set back further than usual. While all regularly formed goats have no upper teeth?only a hard gum?this one has a set in the upper jaw of each head, making it have four sets of teeth. In the middle of the two heads there is one eye-socket, with two eyebails. The upper jaws extend nearly one half inch beyond the lower jaws. It seems jul ill,"?."LVn. \ ' I v 3 //1! ' - \W I ~/i> '7flt ^ // / iitf #. :o use the jaw on the right side more :han tbe other one, but when one jaw noves the other one also moves. The nouths are so close together that only a partition of gutn separates them. The jody is larger than the body of either of he other goats, but seems to be weaker, ilthough the goat scampers around about is much as the others. The 6trangc3t thing about it is that he mother actually disowns it, pays no ittention to it, and seems to be utterly >blivious to the fact that it is her offering. The consequence is that Mr. 3eineke has to warm milk aud let it Irink out of a bottle. One thing it seems o delight in is to be fondled and petted, tnd it will remain perfectly quiet if some >ne will fan it. When a side view is aken it looks as if there is nothing out )f the ordiuary in connection with the joat. When it turns, however, its double i lead toward you the wonderfnl freak of lature is clearly seen.? Cincinnati Com- j nercial. < Wrapped Up in His Profession. j I The income derived by French people who rear fowls, according to official returns, is 337,100,000 francs, of which 153,500,000 francs represent the value of the flesh and 183,000,000 francs that of the eggs. TEMPERANCE, I 1HLT0N ON THE USE OF WH7E3. Bh 'Oh madness, to thick use of strongest __^S8 wines H tad strongest drinks our chief support health, ' EVhcn God, with these forbidden, made- IS choice to rear Sis mighty champion, strong above com- IBS pare, Wliose only drink -was from the liquids H8 brook." ?John Milton, ves, rr pats. " h| It pays to avoid the appearance of evil. J, It pays to let the first glass alone. WM It pays to keep the commandments of God? H It pays to guard the heart and fhe tongue*! It pays to follow the goldeu rule. It pay to bruise Satan under your The team's Horn. DM A STORY OF GENERAL FI3K. - 9H When General Fisk was in command of th?, Hfl military district of St. Louis, he was visited) HB by a Mayor-General, whom he received] H with two other officers, ia tho parlor of the; j^H hotel, the Major-General, ai the highest ia] 99B rank, acted as host, and ringing the bell, or- HR dered four whisky punches. "Only three, If! fflfl you please," said Cieneral Fisk. "Whatf: B said his superior officer, "you do not refute! H to drink with mef' "II I shotild drink now," replied General Fish, "it would be the- HB first time. Do you advise ino to baginfl ?i "No! God bless you! Long may ycnn HH wave!" exclaimed the gallant soldier, and! |H General Fisk did not drink. This, It teems H to us, was not an easy thing to do. Tb? HI power to say no, under such circumstanced argues an unusual and enviable strength ofj mind and firmness of principle.?IP* C. TJ Hi U. Bulletin. ng/iT, ESTATE pROnrBlnos". ;ij The number of towns kept clear of th? m drink curso by prohibitory deeds is rapidly; MH increasing, we have great faith in this HH style of prohibition, being a native of snchj^ town, and, in consequence, never saw * drunken man until eighteen years old, ana then saw him on a Hudson River steamboat^ The new town of Harvey, eighteen miles otjfc Chicago, proposes to try this plan. In eveiX jH deed is an iron-clod provision that if U-3 coholic liquors are ever manufactured, sold or given away on any lot within its boundar les, said lot shall revert to the company! ^B The town is established for manufacturing ^B purposes, being the site of the great steer ^B car works -which will commence business with $1,000,000 paid up capital,, and a thou-j ^B land workmen. Other manufacturing plantB ^B will be pat in there, as their owners are wise* B enough to know that the absence of saloonk increases the efficiency of their employes,**' Union Signal. A irrcTrr-?5'a nr>Trvptr r- ^B The doors of Bellevue' Qospital swung opea flj recently to admit as a patient a shoeless man, who had ia a drunken frerisy attempted sul- H cido by shooting himself. 'Ihis unhappy nudSi M Colville by name, educated in this city, ml at one time a prosperous pastorof the Meth&\ H dist Episcopal Church. Overcomo and cl& 3B graced by the liquor habit he was obliged to B leave the church. He was supported in hli H subsequent idle and drunken career by hif H wife, as a dressmaker, until finally tbreate? B ing her life and chasing her with a loaded rtp B volver, she was obliged to leave' him, taking, B their children with her. His case, inexpresa* 9 bly sad for his family and friends, as well a* fl himself, furnishes another striking itlustra* 9H tion that even ministers cannot indulge fa B the use of intoxicants without the risk a? ' ME ruin, body and soul. It is an added, em< ' * H phatic object-lesson for total abstinence.-* B National Tcmperancc Advocate. -* B LIQUOR CT THE SENATE UESTJlTTRAJSTT. ^3 B The editor of the Christian Statesman} B commenting on the recent discussion of the; B resolution forbidding tho salo and drinking; fl of intoxicants in tho United States Senate fl restaurant, speaks as follows: "The membera who opposed the resolution failed entireljpra fl see that it was not a question so much oxt&p; personal habits of Senators as whether th&- B highest legislative body in the nation shall B continue to sanction tho traffic in alcohoDg- j_B liquors. The Senate restaurant is patronlw I * B by hundreds every day besides the Senator? fl If every Senator were a total abstainer, tarn)- B would still be a large and profitable salejK [ Rfl others. The nation is engaged in a dflsQS BE struggle with the drink traffic. Some StatM B have almost freed themselves from the can$| fl All the rest of the country is subject to tta - fl ravages. The sale of liquor in the nation's H capitol throws the weight of the example and anthority of Congress on the side of tb? fl liquor traffic. It discredits the law in every prohibition State and county, keeps evtSri saloon-keepar in countenance and brings;# 9 measure or protection to every saloon. Taj# 3 peranee men and women know well enough] H that Senators who use intoxicants would llott be prevented by this resolution from obtafa? I ing them; but its adoption would extend over a gm?H but conspicuous area the hiwof D prohibition and would transfer the wetehv6B fl the Senate's authority and example'to i? other side of the line of battle. The reephfH H tion, therefore, was right and reasonable ana i ' :I.J -it ??* ? uugui* tv uavc uicvaiiwi, it nuib vvu, uvrrever, without final action." , .n, _ _ mSmiCTY AND ITS CAUSE. A new era is dawning for the inebriate. His diseased condition and the need of speoial medical care in special surroundings is ? truth that is spreading slowly and surely in all directions. Not far away in the fatafe inebriety will be regarded a3 small-pox cases. are now in every comm unity. The inebriate will be forced to go into quarantine and b& treated for his malady until he recovers. The delusion that he can stop at will becau? ho says so will pass away, rublic sentimanfc will not permit the victim to grow into chronic stages, the army of moderate and periodic drinkers will be forced to disappear. and the saloons which they have supported will close in obedience to a higher law thaft any prohibition sentiment. Public sentiment will realize that every inebriate is not only diseased but dangerous to society, to himself an,'l all his surroundings, and demand legal guardianship and r^- I striction of personal liberty until he recoy ers. When these poor victims realize tnat society will not tolerate their presence or al> low them personal liberty in this State, they ^ will seek nelp and aid before they reach extreme stages. This is the teaching of modern science?to, chock the disease at tho beginning, to seize the poor waif on the street and the rich man's sod, who are just at the beginniag of inebriety, and force them into conditions of health and sobriety, to save the one from becoming a prey on society and a burden to the producer and taxpayer, and tho other from destroying society and himself, and I leaving a tide of misery and sorrow that will' roaiinuj long after.?PArenoloyical Journal. , tehpeeance news and notes. Great Britain has nearly 2,000,000 children n its Bands of Hope. &The Woman's Christian Temperance Union >f Singapore have organized a mission for he benefit of European sailors that visit hat port. An order has bsen issued by tho Superincndent of the Chicago, Hilwaukea and St. 3aul Railroad, forbidding the sale of I in oxicatiag liquors in railroad LoteLs located in the company's property. Sir A. McGregor, the administrator ofSTow Guinea, has taken a decided stand on ho drink Question. He has enacted that any >ne found giving intoxicating liquors to a' lative shall be liablo to a penalty of X30. < 1'iMrs. Haughton, superintendent of work' imonz ranchmen for the Texas AV. C. T. U.,' s working to have each man donate a calf i :o bo sold for the W. G. T. U. fuud and ej-" sects to sccure noi less than three hundred for that purpose during the present rear. The World's "Woman's Christian Tempermca Union now numbers thirty-three auxiK aries in as many different countries and provinces; the latest organization b.ung in Bermuda, where a society was formed last February. J. A. DuckrofT, a contractor, of Lincoln, Nebraska, says his monthly pay roll is not a Ho nnrshis men everv 300 UUUU V'vfwwi ?t y Saturday night, and from thirty to forty ^ per cent, of his checks come back to him jniorsed by saloonkeepers. . A bell, cast recently for the Kharkow (Russia) Cathedral, contains sixty-eight, per cent, of pure silver. It weighs 646 English pounds, and its vibrations last several minutes. j.. ,d