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Twixt Life and Death U\DER MEDICAL ADVICE. A Story of the FrancoPrussian. War. BY ROBERT BUCHANAN. chapter xii. THE MEDALLION. As the night advanced, the wounded man continued to sleep tranquilly, only now and then turning on Lis pillow and mnrmnring to himself. A clock on tne mantel-piece of the little sitting-room Bounded the half-hours, and as each truck clearly Blanche rose and administered the anodyne. Blanche felt no desire to sleep. Her heart was too deeply 6tirred, her mind too troubled, for her even to close her eyes. She eat watching patiently, thinking of fell the sad fortune of war. of the strange erent? which had brought the young officer to that house, and, above all, of her father. She thought of the home beyond the Bhine, where the soldier's 6ister, a girl like herself, was waiting for him, perhaps praying on her knees. She could almost picture her?a child, as he had < ?aid, with golden hair. Ah, yes, Her clear It father was right. War was an evil thing, and even the enemies of France had loving homes, with dear ones to watch fondly their coming and their going. Suddenly she was startled by a wild cry, almost a shriek, from the sick "bed. Rising to her feet, she saw that the wounded nan had started up from his sleep, and, leaning upon one elbow, was wildly looking round. As she bent toward him he ? apoke rapidly in German, and gazed upon acancy with the expression of one seeing aome hideous sight. . "Monsieur, what is it? Ah, try to compose yourself!" she cried. "Who's there? Who speaks?" he cried, in German. "Look, look?that face! Can you not see, there against the wall?" Terrified and trembling, 6he followed file direction of his gaze, but saw nothing Is it you. Mademoiselle Blanche?" he moaned, this time in French. "I thought it was her voice, my little Annchen's. % How long have I been lying here?" "Since this afternoon, when you were grounded." -" T 1 V V. xes, yes; ? rumemuer. iuu uivu^m [5; me here. Am I at the Chateau of GrandS& pre?" fef "Yes; but do not question any more, y. Ue down, I beseech you!" "Come closer," he murmured; "closei till. I think?I think?that I am dying?" No, no; you will live!" Whether I live or die, I have a duty ; to fulfill?a Bolemn duty. Something warned me in my sleep?a voice?his voice. Bend down your ear; I must speak to you." "Not now?to-morrow." Eis face became almost stern in resolve M he replied. *Do me this last service. Let me ease iny heart, let me keep my promise." He reached out his trembling hand and grasped her by the wrist. In her horror v and pity she could say no more. He went on: "The war! Ah, what a curse is war! It torus men into aevus. i^ven j. speiis to you have blood upon my hands. One night, up yonder in the north, I killed a frenchman." , " His expression -was so terrible that she would have shrunk away had he not held her. "Listen, Blanche. We were dc-tached to 6torm a cottage, held by a handful oi ?i the French. As we crept forward in the shadow of the trees we 6aw one of the enemy standing like a sentinel in the fall aaoonlight. His back was toward as; he didn't seem to hear us coming. I was upon him before he could turn or fly, I cut him down with my sword; he fell without a groan." "Let me go, for God's sake!" moaned the frightened girl; "I cannot listen." But though his hold upon her was weak and trembling, she had cot the strength to draw herself away. "We sacked the cottage," he continued, in a hoarse whisper. "Then, sick of the laughter, I stepped back into the moonlight. Suddenly I heard a voice faintly : T V.I.OJ CBlIlBg lO mo. oiuupmg, jl ueuciu iuo officer I had cut down, not dead, but dying. Touched with compassion, I knelt down b?6ide him and tried to raise him up. 'Too late!' he murmured; 'but if you are man?a gentleman, perhaps?promise aae one thing: if you survive, to forward this to the French general, and tell him? toll him ' Here his speech failed him; but with a last effort he drew from his breast a locket and a golden chain, and, thrusting them into my bands, fell bacs lifeless and cold." With a tremulous effort he opened his J dress and drew forth a chain and locket 'which had lain concealed upon his heart. At that moment a convulsion ran through bis frame, and, with a deep groan, he sank back upon the bed. His hand still held the locket. White M marble, Blanche loosened his fingers and took it from bun, and iieid it np to f; . the light. Her head went ronnd, her eyes dazzled, but with the strength of < despair 6he pressed the spring and made it open. cr? of terror burst from her lies. She aw her mother's likeness?side by side with her own as a little child. It was the gold medallion which she had given to her father the night before he went away. CHAPTER XIII. blanche's auosy. With a low scream frozen upon her lips la the very act of utterance, Blanche de Gavrolles, still clasping the medallion in her hand, fell senseless by the led How long she lay thus Bhe could not tell. Presently, however, she stirred, and opened her eyes: then, rising on he* knees, Bhe crawled, drawn by some fata, fascination, to the bedside, clutched the coverlet, and gazed wildly at Hartmann, who lay upon his back, breathing heavily. Clinging on and panting, with eyes wide open and dilated pupils, she looked and looked, as a doomed creature looks on the apparition of death. Then, struggling to her feet and raising her arms in the air, she uttered a moan most sad and pitiful, full of horror and infinite despair. "Father, father!" It waB ft supreme mercy for her tint in that awful moment her reason did not ?nap, like a silken thread. Gradually she began to realize it all. Her heart was b:oken, stabl ed through / and through by a sharp and fatal horror Hot only had she lost the one being she loved in all the world, but she had lost iiim bv a fatality so dire and dreadful that it made hope impossible, despair inevitable. He had been slaughteea in the fall flush cf strength and manhood, assassinated. murdered; and as if that wa? ' not enough, as if that were not excess of sorrow, the cruelty of fate had brought the murderer to that house, had put his hateful life in her hnnde, had planned all with such hideous cn-"'ing that she, the berenve.l daughter, L d succored and save !th* inau whom she should have h .t- d and destroyed. It w b horrible, most horrible! She beheld the dying f ice uplifted in t> ?> ft?r ii'ht. t* * fee! If bands Hinsine around rtie mnrrtere*-; Bhe heard the last mid words, the p'teous message, given in the voice she knew so well. Atid tLe murderer lay there?there on ler f ther's led. bio:ight there by Lei compassion, saved twice from a miserable tteu'.h l>y her niinnteiiuc c. re. She tottered to the bedside again anc I ga-ed upon him, her hands clinched, he face like marble. Her whole soul sickenet to behold bim. She longed to drag hin from tiint shelter and cast him forth int< the chilling snow. Meantime the German bad begun t< breathe more painfully. Half op.'uini and shutting his eyes, r.nd moving hi ^vAr*\ ci/ln in ciflA. Ill UCilU i J AiVUl ~-"-i ? seemed struggling van some snarp mier cal p in. His right band, lying upon th coverlet, opened and phut convulsively He murmured faintly, as if talking to him self. It was well for him that he war uncon scious, th-it he could not see the look stil | frozen ou the girl's face?a look of concen i tr?ted cruelty and pasB.on, horror an* J pain! j Was he dying? Blanche asked herself I Yes ?God was good after all?he mustb I dying. I Then his life was in her hands afte ! all. She had but to stand still, no ] lifting a finger, and still avenge he . father. "What 6be had done already sh had done in blindness; but it was not toi I late to justify herself, to redeem the wick edness of having sheltered and 6Uccore< him! She could hear the wind crying without Scarcely conscious of what she did, sh 50=6 to her feet, and with convulsivi hands threw open the window. The col< blast rushed into the room, large flakei of snow floated in and glimmered in thi dim light. Clutching the window-sill, 6he leanec out into the night. ho tnnw fflll thicklv nrion he ! head, while the wind loosened her goldei hair. Still -with, that stupefied, despair' ing look, she gazed out into the darkness Hark! A feeble cry-, like a call for help, cami j from t'ue sick-room. She started, but kept her place. In a few moments tne cry was repeated I but still she did not stir. She s'.vaiued her eyes up at the darl j heaven. Her father was there, some ! where beyond those troubled clouds. Ah I that she might go to him?that he couU beckon to her out of the shadows of th? grave and call her to his 6ide. The cry came again. I She turned from the open window and Btaggered rather than walked back to the sick-chamber, pausing at the door like a ghost and gazing In. I The man had changed his position, and ; with both his arms thrust up above his ' head was lyins; back without the pillow, ' which had fallen to the floor. His mouth was half-open, his eyes looking straight at Blanche. She saw that he had partially recovered consciousness, and recognized her. Wae i it fancy, or did he call to her in a faint, low voice, entreatingly? Sne stood like stone; then, taken by a sudden thought, and fixing her eyes oa his, she raised the medallion, which still lay in her hand, and kissed it. He watched her, and seemed to understand; but the next moment his eyes turned away in pain, and a convulsion ran j through his body. How lurid, how deathI HI-/* Viie tnca !mnfl?rpd in tha faint <?lim. mer of the night-light! The email timep.ece in the adjoining room struck oue. Nearly an hour had passed since she had last administered the anodyne. Already her vengeance had begun. He wag sinking, and she had not Diit out a hand. All at once, as if by a heavenly inspiration, she seemed to hear the voice of hei ; father speaking to the ear that is in th? ! soul. The voice was low and gentle, just I as it had always been, but it sounded like ! a warning. She knew the Chevalier'e : deeply humane nature; she knew that he, 1 of all creatures, would have been the ln6< i to approve an act of vengemce. | An act, not merely of vengeance, but o 1 ! murder?none the less murder because i the victim was a miserable sinner, guilty | of unnatural bloodshed. If she stoo<i by, with the power to save the life that | was fast going, she was a6 responsible for | the loss of that life as if she had used ' knife or poison to destroy it. She would i 1 ? ' kofni.0 r.ront i JU&VU LU UUBWOI AVI a oiu uoivic v**w VI4VWI i Judge of quick and dead. Then she thought of her God. She reI membered the divine precept of her reI ligion, "Lovo thy neighbor a6 thyself." j Alas! it -was a mockery. How could she ! love the slayer of her father? But love I was one thing, and obedience to the corn! mand of the Almighty was another. The clock ticked out the moments, while she watched the agonized struggles of the sinking man. In a few minutes it would be too late?peihaps, indeed, il was too late already. Tortured between hate and duty Blanche now underwent the great trial oj her life. God in His mercy gave hei strength, rnd at last she conquered. Com< what might, she felt that she could no let the man perish without making an attempt to 6ave him. ather, forgive mel" she monned, piteou?ly, while now for the first time th< tears* began to trickle down her cheeks . "Forgive me! I cannot let him die!" I Moviiig duickly to the mantelpiece. sb< took the vial, and with a trembling hanc measured out the life-eivine drops: then holding out tne glass, sfce approacnc^ tn< bed. Aud now, once again, the horro cnme upon her to tbiuk she inwt approacl so near and even touch the being sh< loathed so much. She paused and prayea for strength; ii was given to her. Steeling all her bouI in'o resolution 6he bent over the inan. raised his heai with one hacd, and with the other placec the elas6 to his lips. His eyes were half' closed, but they opened for a moment anc looked gratefully upon her cs he dranl the anodyne. Then, * overpowered by that snl.limi effort, Blanche utteied a heait-brokei cry and sunk, wildly Eobbing, upon he: knees. Her face looked quite old and dreidfu as ehe stole shuddering toward the door Before she reached it a cry from lh< bed startled her so that she almost shriek ed. Turning involuntarily, she saw hin gazing at her with outstrfched hands. "Fraulein," he moaned^what has hap pened?" Then he, too, 6huddered, adding, "Ah I remember," Sh<; stood like marble?her eyes dilated her iace ghastly?looking at him. He uttered a groan of pain, crying: "Why do yon look at me so strangely I thought?I thought that I was dying but I am stronger now, I think. Tha draught you cave me?but for that Bhould have died. God bless you, Blanch? God bless you!" Blessings from him! It seemed to< horrible. "Silence!" 6he said, in a voice so fain and low as to be almost inaudible. "Di not speak to me; I cannot bear it!" And she hid her face in her hands. "One word?only one," she heard hin moan. "Is it possible you knew himthat Frenchman;1" The question recalled her to herself brought back to her all the agony of he: loss. With a face set like steel shi walked la"k to the bedside, and gazini into the man's face with tearless eyes replied: "He was my father!" He shrank as if from a blow, and at tered a cry full of soriowand compassion At that moment she felt a touch upoi her arm, and, turning, she saw the agei housekeeper, who had entered the roon unperceived. "Madefnoistdle, it i=? I: I thought ! heard you call. Hon Dieu! what is th< matter?" Blmche did not reply, but, shivering ai if with cold, turned her face away; then followed by the dame, she walked intc the outer room. Th? window was stii w.de open, the snow drifiing in and lyinj in white patches upon the floor. "Mademoiselle, look, the window ii open. Ah! you will catch your dea'.h? ; it .b u bitter nitht." l lint Blanche stood bareheaded in tb r window rece68, beedlfl86 of wind or 6nov i Appalled by her look and manner, tb i old woman questioned her again; bi J 51111 File reiurnuu uu uubwer. "Mademoiselle, are you angry? Wha 0 has happened? "Why a e you so strarge' 1 At last, recalled to herself by the col s breaih of the night, Ulaucbe pointed t e the inner chamber and bade the woman p - there and take her place. "With terribl e resolution she conveyed to her the Do; . tor's instructions, word for word. "For, - she thought to herself, "I will be just: fied before God. When I go to met . my father up yonder 'and may it be 6001 j he shall know that, even to the lac . extremity, I have returned good for er 1 and fulfilled the written and unwritte law." But what she had already done in bittei e est mercy 6he felt that she could never d again. 1 Without saying one word of the horribl t truth she hastened away, leaving the ol 1 daa?e lost in fear and wonder, e Flitting through the dark chateau, whil 0 the wind shook the 'walls and the snow . drift heaped itself at the door, eh 3 reached her own chamber, threw nersel wildly upon the bed. and sobbed hystei . ically, still with her father's name upo e her lips. e [TO BE CONTINUED.] 3 . g Guilds in China. Speaking of employer's ucious, al ' rrlasses of Chinese men Lave their guild and these are almost as old as the coun | try. One of the finest Club Houses c 1 AJ A il.. /I 1 i; 11111 a IS mat 01 uie vjiiuiuij uicicuuLii' of Foo Chow. It is made up of a grea number of finely finished rooms ele 3 gantly furnished in Chinese fashio: and located in the best part of the city Here the merchants come to drink te j and to chat. They have a temple am : i a theater connected with it, and th club consists of five hundred members i I visited at Shanghai some of the fines j specimens of Chinese architecture i have seen. They were guild halls be longing to tea and rice merchants, am they had wonderful gardens of cave 1 and' rocks built up in the busiest par 1 of the city. These guilds regulate th ' commerce of China. They fill the rat [ of interst, the time on which goods ma; i be sold, the weights and the standard of goods. A member using differen i scales than the one prescribed is fined ! and a man acting contrary to the gnili | can, in many instances, not go on wit] 1 his business. One of the druggists 1 | guilds has just adopted some new rule which lie before me. These prescrib j that accounts shall be settled thre i times every year, and that a disconn of 5 per cent, may be allowed on casi tToneojifinna No TTIMTlbpr in the cruili ' shall be permitted to trade with th ' others while he is in debt to a membe 1 of the guild, and any member who vie lates these laws shall pay for two tliea ter plays for the guild, and for th j drinks and a feast for twenty members Some of these guilds pi escribe tha I promissory notes shall be dated on th r day of sale, and all of them fix th rules of giving credit. The bankers guild fix all matters relating to inter | est, and these different organization i j make the dealings of foreigners wit] ; the Chinese more safe tban snch deal 1 I ings would be in other countries. Th 1 i Chinamen respects liis contract, and i i he does not his guild makes him.' Frank G. Carpenter's letter fror I Pekin. | The lime-Kiln Club. "Ar' Brudder Lightfoot in de ha] ; j dis evenin'V" asked the President ash ' | looked anxiously around. ' j "Yes, sah," answered the brother a i ho linliVififl Tin with enercrv and dis "v "'WW- T wt* patch. "Please step dia way, sah. Brodde Lightfoot, I understands dat you ha ' lately been callin' yo'self purfessor ?" > "Yes, Eali. I plays on de fiddle." 1 "Oh. dat's itV Yon has also bee: ' wearin' mighty high collars." "Yes, sah." I Got good clothes?" \ "Yes, sah." t "Talkin' Tjout rentin' a box in d pos' offis, I h'ar ?" "Yes, sah." "An' you is smokin' reglar cigars? ' "Y-yes, sah." ! "Ar' dat a dimun pin you has on?" "N-not quite, sah." "Am' dat watch chain all gold?" "N-not all, sah." 3 "Now, Brudder Lightfoot, look-s rere. Y'ou is behind in your rent, hea aber heels in debt, an' your chill'e | hain't got shoes to go to school. I hea of you loafin' 'bout saloons an' standin ' j on de co'ners. I'm gwine to gin yo 1 jist one week to drap dat purfessor bis J ness an' hunt fur a job. If you do i! 3 well and good. If you doan' do it, di club kin dispense wid your presence, j f nnrfessor ar' all rierht when he purfes ses, but a purfessor who saws a fiddl . fur beer whilo bis "wife rubs a was! J board fur grub am about de moa: ' onery critter on airth, De meetin'ai j cow disjourned."?JDetroit Free Prcsi : 1 The value of titles in Great Brital is illustrated by the latest that ha^ J been conferred. Mr. Harris, a Londc theatrical manager, is knighted b 1 cause of the manner in which he ente tained the Emperor of Germany du I ing hia recent visit; and the Lor ! Mayor of the little "core" of Londc called the "City" is made baron for h speech and other flunkyism on tl , same occasion. But, after all, thei origins of title are more creditable thf , some ancient one3 now considered blui blooded. The accomplishments of j theater manager and the bows, scrape toggery, and toadyism of a petty ma, t istrate are worthier fountains f< I honor, such as it is, than the vices 1 monarchs and the crimes of courtie J which gave life to so many aristocrat roots that flourish like green ba t now. 5 Sylvester Young, lately of Loui ville, Ky., but now of part3 unknowi i is a remarkably cool young man. Er ' bezzlements, forgeries and peculatioi of various orders whi"h require cu r oing and involve a measure of concea e ment, are usually more in the line 3 such as lie than the downright liter: robbery in which masked men, wil nnpleasant-looking revolvers, deligh His deliberate theft of $50,000 from tl pay car of which he had charge, at i o'clock in the afternoon, when he mu 1 ! have known tLat tho crime would 1 x discovered within two hours, and th escape was next to hopeless, stan< among the most impudent o:imes the year. The man who wishes to erect at "tl > fair an elephant *200 feet high, that sha I lash its trunk, roll its eyes, nod i J head, roar harshly, and otherwi.se di , port itself ir? terrifying fashion, mu be plotting a scheme to keep Ke: tuckians away. . < v. r . ' I | ANIMAL PILOTS. it i t ! F1SHLS AND BIRDS THAT HA\ - j ATTENDANTS. (1 I ? | Sharks Followed All Over By Lit le t islies?Crai>s ana sea Aiirraoue?A Remarkable Feathered Pilot. it i) It is a popular belief among ma >t i 6ea-farers that the shark depends to " | greater or less extent upon the pilot fi n i for information, and is ?guided by t ! little attendant to the various tid-b " i that come in its way. Iiow much tru there is in this it would be difficult e determine, but it is barely possible th d the curiosity of the shark may be attrai ed to -food by the action of the pil o fi6bes. Once when sitting in ray boat fishii 6 I noticed the scythe-like tin of a lar * shark moving about in the vicinity. q had evidently scented a bunch of fi which I had hung over the stern, ai | I HERMIT CRAE WITH AXEMONE. > i nn t.hA tide nr current in rabid .? --?- -r ? 8 decreasing circles. I threw a small lii t astern, baited with a large sardine. Tb e was taken and the line broken with e steady, dignified strain. Bnt the shai 7 still came on, its temper unruffled by tl 8 sharp barb in its jaw, and wheeled nboi * the boat with its head slightly tippe* ? showing the ugly, hammer-like r.-etul ;f erances on either side. It passed so ne , i that I couid have touched the big dors ' ! fin, and I had an excellent opportunil 8 j to note the actions of the attendant : There were half a dozen in all; two < ^ l three being pilot fishes and the rest tl k ! curious sucking fishes or remoras. I j | the shark swept around, the pilots?litt 0 I striped fellows three or four inches lot r J ?kept at its he.ad, making short excu sions from it at every object that a I peared like food. They were evident a foraging on their own account, and tbi i. the shark saw them there can be bi t little doubt. But in all probability e had scented the fish a long time befori e j aud paid no attention to the so-callc j pilot fishes. They would dart at a b ; of seaweed and nibble at it. perha] 3 catching a minute crustacean that ha ^ been floating with it, then darting bac to their huge consort that was wheelic ? around and around, wondering whe: the fish was, which I had as a precai tionary measure lifted into the boa * The remoras were black, and presente a marked contrast to t^e lighter hide < the shark. One was swimming with j j wriggling motion beneath it, while ai a other was just above. An hour late when this bold marauder fell into n 3 hands, the black remoras came out upc l- the beach with it and fell victims their attachment. 1 ' - <- 1-1 r ine soars pnuis uciuug *uc uavi 3 crel family, and besides the cotnmc name of pilot fishes have a more digD fied "handle,"as the sailoi6say, namel a nancrates. I think they merely folio out what is more or less a habit of mac of the family to whom the ^ferm pil< may be appropriate. Oncc when drifting along in the war 9 waters of the Gulf of Mexico I catr upon a large number of jelly fishes floa ? iug like umbrellas in the current. No and then they came lazily to the surfaci exposing their rouaded. glass-like dome Tipping one over to obtain a glance i the interior and its maze of tentacles, noticed a number of little fishes dartir about, as if terribly alarmed that the ? umbrelfti had been upset. They dart< n here and there, one or two taking r ,r fuge beneath the boat, but when tl g jelly righted itself back they swam, at u I could see them anions the tentacle evidently perfectly at home in a maze 5, what are deadly weapons to a large nur s ber of fishes. All these jellies had th< 1 little white pink-dashed pilots, for >- they seemed, thdt swam out and inve 0 tigated surrounding objects in search *- food, then darted back to their protc 3 tor, to whom we might imagine they i n I jjgFgpp* JELLYFISn A KB PILOTS. a [ ??? g ! poried the condition of affairs beyond 1 ' very defective range of vision possess by the glass-like jelly. The little fi3l - found protection here, just as the pi ? fishes did consorting with the shark. ra One of the most attractive pilots 10 consorts is touud up under the physa or Portugese man-of-war. The latter a floating community of zooids, left up 3. j the water by a bubble, richly tinted wi a j pink and purple, from the upper surf? Q[ | of which rises :i sail that can be furl j or drawn in or thrown to the breeze, the case may be. From the lower p . j tion extend long streamers or tentac 1" ; of au intense purple and a viruh ?* i poison; so powerful, in fact, that 1 ! slightest touch is fatal to fishes of lai tli \ size. Up among these pcison darts 1 t. | a number of fishes of the exact hue of 1 le : tentacles?a remarkable case of prot ? j tive resemblance. Here they swim aboi j and are, according to some authoriti ' sometimes caught, though in hundrc at i which I have examined it was uever i .Is ! good fortune to find the little fish < oJ i tangled or caught in the toils of its hoi j The physalia varies its sail and is bio | along, trailing its tentacles behit ie j around which the little pilots swim, tl( " or lie; now darting out at bits of floati , weed, scampering away at the approa 3* I of larger fishc3, but showing a decid sfc i curiosity for all strange objects, just a- | in the case of the shark pilots. i It is very diffijult to make these litt pilots 6r attendants leave their consort. ia "When I lifted the physalia from the til water the fishes darted about in great D? dismay, taking up their position beneath at TE the boat, but returning to the dangerous fe man-of-war as soon as it was returned to m the water. Sometimes the pilots were 0f tjc 1 obliged to desert the ship. When the w wind blew a gale the bubbles would be ca stranded upon the beaches in such num- as ber3 that there would often be a winding d winnow of bubbles along shore, the ]e wrecks of the beautiful maD-of-war, but 0( DJ the pilots were nowhere to be seeD. As to a the little crafts went ashore they made so sh \eir way to some other protector. g, If appearance are to be considered, h lts then certainly the sea anemones mu3t be tl "l included among the pilots, as there is of t0 one, if not several, kinds that in some as a' incomprehensible way takes up its position on the tip-top of a crab's back and there lives, movincr about with its host. and we can imagine keeping its myriad a a= eyes open for the main chance; but that fg 6e it tells what it sees to the crab that is ^ thus forced to bear it we may readily ot doubt. Why the anemone takes this p, ac* position, and why the crab permits it, w opens up a wide field for speculation. e3 The anemone is the natural food for a ea large number of fishes. Captain Bartlett, the commander of tho ship Blako ^ in her dredging trip in the Caribbean ^ Sea, told me that he dredged a large number of cod in very deep water where ^ it was very cold, and that almost every ^ one caught had a large sea anemone in its . mouth. Looking at it in this light thG ^ crab might object to a tenant that was ^ liable to be gobbled up at any moment, as a large fish would not, in all - probability, object to an anemone with a good plump crab at the other end. On the other hand it is, possible that the anemone may attract small fry, and so act as a decoy, the crab lying buried in ~ the sand and darting up to seize the in^ truder. Various suggestions have been a.e made to account for the association, but 113 I the real reason is not known, and I must . | leave it to my young readers to decide ' _ ! in this case which is the pilot, the crab lfc or the anemone. It might be said that j the position of the anemone was entirely accidental were it not found on so many ar individuals, and some experiments have been made with another crab and anemone which show that the attachment at g least in this instance is on the side of the ^ crab. The one in question was found to bear an anemone not on its back, but on ^ one of its big claws, so that when feeding j0 and tearing its prey the anemone was brought into the direct neighborhood of the ford and obtained its share; in fact, g0 when the crab dined it was invariably L present. A naturalist who made the ^ discovery thought that it was merely an accidental occurrence, but neartj- all the jjj | craDs wmcn ne iouau nuu men auemvue j ! companions. One day-r;e took several vs i crabs and carefully removed the anem- u. 'jj. ones, but leaving them all in the tank 33 ^ W( iy PHTSALIA AND ITS PILOTS. l)( ?t - : T?T-1- " together. Vi&itvng tnem a snore ume m after, he found that in every case the D ie crab had hunted around and replaced fc t. J the anemone. Next an anemone was cut in m w a number of pieces after being separated tb B from the crab and placed with it in a lo 3[ tank, whereupon the crustacean collected or lt the remnants of its companion and en- pi j deavored to fasten them upon its claw tb tg and was holding them fast-.when found, hi if So it is evident in this case that while n* >3 the anemone may be the pilot or lookout h< e. the crab is the one that most desires the 10 association. l(j In an entirely different part of the a animal kingdom, among the birds, we of And a most remarkable pilot whose habits n- are so singular that for a long time the I rtAnuo i-ninfori of enmp m.irrel lover: but I so finally a traveler investigated the subject, s- and it was shown that the bird had well of earned its reputation. !C- The story first told to travelers in c- Africa regarding the indicator albiros? tris, as the bird is callec, was that ages iil? T?A | ago an ancestor 01 tue uuu nau utru stung to death by bees. Its descendants 1 had sworn revenge, and wherever they discovered a bee's nest and honey they * immediately flew away to the camp of a native or white aud told him. This would have beeu a marvelous tale if true, but the actual facts are quite wonderful enough. The bird is very fond of honey, and being unable to get it out of trees, flies to the natives aud pilots them to the store. One of the first recorded observations of the bird's actions was made by Mr. E. E. Sandeman, an English naturalist. He noticed a small gray bird with a reddish beak 7~ fluttering about the wagon and was " 5 astonished at seeing it dart almost into e the faces of the meu, as if to attract at?e? tentioQ. The natives explained that the bird knew where was a nest of bees, and wanted to pilot the men there so that 01 they would give it a share for its trouble, lia Mr. Sandeman determined to test so re is markable a story, and as soon a3 the on camp had been made he took several j th meu with pails aud hatchets and started icc after the bird, which, now seeing that ed it was being followed, flew to the next as tree, and then to the next, uttering it3 or- singular cry all the while. For over a les mile they followed the little pilot ;nt through the roughest kind of country, ;he over rocks and brambles, as the bird did "ge not go by the paths and trails, and ive were about giving up the chasc e, :he when the pilot stopped and clung C( ec- to the bark of a tree until they ar at, came up, then flew to another aud back es, again. The natives said that the honey tj. ;ds was near at hand, but hunt as carefully jn nv as they would they could find no traces, eJ 2n- which seemed to exasperate the leathered ct st. pilot that redoubled its cries, flapped its wn wings violently, and finally alighted upon id, a certain limb about which it had been sat flying. The natives now began to ex- w Qfr amine this limb, and beneath it socn A [C? found a small hole plastered about with fi mud. While they were looking out came a bee, justifying the remarkable patience and intelligence of the bird. A g je few blows of the hatchet laid open a $ k . rge cavity, in which was stored a quality of honey. The Kaffirs placed a irt of the comb on the ground, and id down flew the pilot to enjoy the a3t which it had earned by one of the ost extraordinary exbibitioha on record what we must term intelligence. I ish I could say that the pilot always .tries hunters to such acceptable things honey, but the contrary is the case, rummond, the African traveler, was d to a large snake by one,and on another :casicn he followed the pilot from tree tree, over the brush and stubble, for me distance, and finally when he bean to look around for a snake, or, peraps, a leopard, the bird stopped, and le follower, peering around, saw neither I these, but one of his own Kaffirs fast deep beneath a tree.?Brooklyn Citizen. Peaked-Headed People. Dr. Junker, the African explorer, had good opportunity for studying the jicies of the Mangbattu in matters of ;rsonal adornment. They, like most her tribes visited by him, made a actice of tattooing the breast and belly hile leaving the face untouched. The :ecution of the chosen patterns is in ch case a matter of many years, and 'ery individual design represents an inM 4-Vv a lifn rtf lUrt faf viuuai pcnuu iu fug va uu? iaioed person. Men and women alike, in common ith many other tribes south of the relle, paint their bodies with the dark ice of the gardenia and redwood pow;r mingled with fat. The favorites of ie princes employ most of their ;";?ure a mangbattt7 dude. covenng themselves from crown to le with , the most varied and staring of painted designs. A Mangittu of especially fastidious tastes iows his dudishnesa most remarkably in s hairdress. , "With astounding care and the greatest iriety," says Dr. Junker, "they build ) on their heads these wonderful strucres?most tedious and elaborate bits of Drk, to which, however, the vain iung men of the better classes patiently bmit. Everything that women of rilized countries accomplished in this xticular, is far behind the marvelous rms of those hair phenomena." 4 The head band, and accompaniment the style of elaborate headdress conits of thin black cords wound tightly ound the forehead from the base of e nose to a line three or four inches ove, and made fast to the back of the ad. The head bands, as -well as the address of a Maugbattu remains unsturbed usually for weeks in succes)d. ara rnf i-in fhp VlPftdfi llf J. lio LUUU3 (UW j^/w? vu -.WW lwcaned children, aad have a perptible eCect on the development of .e skull. Dr. Junker saw many Mangitta children whose heads had thus :en rendered peaked to the extent of :treme deformity. "Experience, shows, however," says r. Junker, "that such artificial malrmations of the skull do not effect the ental facilities so long as the top of e skull, and with it the brain, is alwed to develop unhindered in some le direction. The Mangbatiu tribes ove the truth of this assertion, for ley stand without doubt on a much .gher plane of life than many other itive people which do not use the iad bands." lie ingenious former aad the Out* witted Bovine. T?g< ? I ??' .1 ,?The cow's tail of woe is too long. ii.?Farmer Hoe has a plan. in.?Which works like a charm. A Military Norelty. A vegetable cartridge shell, which is ltirely consumed in firing, is now >ming into general use iu the French my. The cartridge has scarcely half le weight of one with a metal shell; le cost is considerable less, besides the convenience of removing the shell after ich shot is avoided. At present the imposition of this military novelty is ept a secret.?St. Louis Republic. The ensuing term at Oxford, England, ill, it is said, see a larger number of merican students there than ever bc>re. The amount spent annually for foot ear in the United States is estimated at 45,000,000. -V; Ar>-?i jws <?? ' ? " " v.f ;???????i??? HOUSEHOLD HATTEB&, HOW TO SWEEP RIGHT. The common and necessary operation! of sweeping the floor of a schoolroom^ factory or other large apartment is gen^ erally carried out with great inconvenience to the sweepers, and with ther result that a large proportion of the dust) removed from the ground is transferred! , to every object in the room where it car* find a resting place. The air, too, i# contaminated for a long time afterward, with floating particles, which are very distressing to those who have to breatS in it. All this can be avoided by dispensing with the common practice of sprinkling* the floor with water previous to the ua? of the broom, and by applying the moisture in a different way. By laying, a line of wet sawdust right across oneend of the apartment, and by sweeping, it foot by foot to the other end, it will in its passage lick up every bit of dun without raising any in the air. By adding to the wet sawdust a small propertion of any disinfectant it is obvious thatf the cleaning will be still more effectual! ?JSew York Journal. PEESEBVIiTQ FLO WE IIS A2TO FERNS. Take very line sand, wash it perfectly clean and when dry sift it through if fine sieve into a pan. When the sand i* deep enough to hold the flowers in as upright position, take some more sifted sand and carefully cover them. A spoonl ' is a good thing for this as it fills in every chink and cranny without breaking oij bending the leaves. When the pan s* filled solidly, leave the flowers to dry for several days. It is a good plan to warm; the sand in the oven before using it, a* the flowers will then dry more thorJ ouehlv. In takinz the sand off. ureal care must be taken not to break the leaves, as they are now dry and brittle^ Pansies preserved in this way will keefi their shape and brilliancy of color au winter, and many other flowers can bd: ..Trj equally successfully treated?anything! in fact, where the full pressure of thq sand comes on both sides of the leaf} otherwise they will shrivel. To fill inflowers with cuplike shapes it is better to lay them on the sand and with a small spoon fill in and around each flowerl Ferns when preserved in this way hava a more natural look than when pressed;! and the maiden-hair fern looks almost as well as when it is freshly gathered.-^ Brooklyn Citizen. ? ' % DYEING FEATHERS. To dye feathers proceed as follows foi * the different colors: Black?Immerse for two or three dayi in a bath at first of hot logwood, cighix parts, and copperas or acetate of ironj one Dart. Blue?In a vat of indigo. Brown?Use any brown dye suitabli; for silk or wool. i ; Crimson?A mordant of alum, fol lowed by a hot bath of Brazil wood, at terward by a weak dye of cudbear. Pink or rose?With safflower or lemoi' juice. Plum?With red dye, followed by ari alkaline bath. Red?A mordant of alum, iollowed by a bath of Brazil wood. Yellow?A mordant of alum, followed bv a bath ot tumeric or weld. Green?Take of verdigris and verditer,' each one ounce; gum water, one pints mix them well and mix the featherj- ; (they having first been soaked in hoi water) with the mixture. Purple?Use lake and indigo. Carnation?Vermilion and smalt. 4, Thin gum of starch water should fat used in dyeing feathers.?Detroit Fr% Press. GRAPES FOB WINTER USE. Sweet Pickled Grapes?Take te? pounds 01 grapes on tne seems, uou ? quart of vinegar, and add six pounds oi fiugar, flavor with spice, and pour ovej the grapes boiling hot. Seal. <] .': Canned?Grapes?Select fine ripe grapes! pick from'the bunch, leaving the small stems on. Make a syrup of sugar and ( water, drop the grapes in, let heat. H&tj glass cans well heated, fill with tho froij and seal. Grape Catsup?Take six pounds oi grapes und boil in a little water; strainj add three pounds of sugar, pint oi vinegar with a teaspoonful of cloves ana cinnamon each, and half a teaspoonful of salt; boil thick, and bottle. Spiced Grapes?Pulp five pounds o( ripe grapes, boil the skins until tenderj cook the pulps and strain, add to th? skins, make a syrup of a pint of vinegar^ four of sugar, and spices, boil; add th? grapes, and cook thick. Put in jars and Grape Preserves?Pick ripe grapej from the stem, weigh, allowing a pounc of sugar to a pound of fruit. Put in i preserve kettle together, and cook slowlj until the grapes are clear. Take up, ii the Byrup is not thick, boil until low. ij Grape Marmalade?Pick ripe grape* from the stems, pulp and seed, put th* pulp and juice in a porcelain kettle, witU ' half a pound of sugar to a pouna 01 irms,' cook slowly until thick and smooth. Stir; ring to prevent burning. Take up, put in small glasses and cover. j Grape Jam?Pulp the grapes; put the skins in ODe pan and the pulps in an^ other until all are prepared. Then puj the pulps into a porcelain kettle anc| bring to a boil, strain through a colan-j der, add the skins and measure; to every pint allow half a pound of sugar; put together in a kettle and boil twenty; minutes, stirring to prevent sticking when thick, take up and put iu glass, jars. Grape Syrup?Pick ripo grapes, mash and stand in a warm place for three OJ four days. Then put iu a jelly bag an<^ let drip slowly. Measure tue juice, and to every pint allow two pounds of sugarMix the juice and sugar together, placei over the tire until the sugar dissolvesj Take from the lire and stand aside to cool. When cold put in small bottles,' being careful to fill, cork tightly, sealy and keep in a dark, cjoI place. Grape Jeliy?Pick from the stem, put in a jar, stand in a kettle of cold water/ cover the top and boil slowiv for one hour. Strain through a jelly bagj Measure the juice and allow a pound of suuar to a pint of juice. Put the juice in a preserve kettie and stand over the fire. Heat the sugar in the oven. Boil the juice twenty minutes and add the sugar, stirring until dissolved. Put in tumblers and cover with paper.? Courier? Journal. The Canadian Government, with the approval of the imperial authorities, has determined to permit the slaughtering o$ American, tattle within the Dominion* A