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JANET LEE In the Shadow of the Gallows. I BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER VI?Continued. " 'Tie not of him I was speaking, j Would that all the world were like MaBter Lee." "Who, then, of the Lees " "If you command me to speak plain* I ly *1 command nothing, nor can I, by virtue of my office, command any man. I simply execute the will of those in authority,, as you well know. And I tell thee, Giles Ellis, I like not the duties of my office in ill times. God save us all from making more of our office than strict, even justice calls for in perilous seasons." The Marshal of Salem exhibited more feeling than he had ever been known to reveal. Giles Ellis, too, looked very crave now. "Since yon Bpeab so plain, Master Hobbs, I must even speak as plain in retnrn, lest yon misconstrue my meaning. And since yon are a friend of John Lee's, all the more reason for plain Bpeaking. It is said some of his family has dealings with the evil one." "It is said]" the Marshal repeated, in visible alarm. "Oh! an it come so closer than *it is said' " "I do not say it of my own accord. 'Tis in friendship I say it. Neither can I say anything touching* this of my own knowl* edge. Ibnt do this to advise you in time, bo you may prepare John Lee in case yon are compelled to do yoni duty." "Oh!" exclaimed the Marshal, greatly relieved; so younuu* uuiuiu^ uiuiciunu idle rumor?" "Nothing but what report 6ays." "Aye, but report, as you know well, may hang the best man'in Salem. But I'll make a note of it, and I thank tnee, Giles Ellis, for a timely warning. And, now, what is this rumor?" The misfortune that befell John Winslow was in everybody's mouth. The Marshal of Salem was on the point of asking Giles if any of Lee's family were sobpected or mentioned in connection with the monstrous cruelty, but Giles anticipated him. "An| it go no farther, it i'b said that if the truth were known some there are in John Lee's household who could explain how John WinsloVs horse and lambs were killed." " 'Tis past belief," said the Marshal. "Mistress Lee is as kindly as any woman in Salem. Janet is as like her mother as any daughter born of woman may be. 'Tis a thing past all belief." "I am glad we are of one mind. Master Hobbs. But if the people will talk? aye, and if any accuse John Lee of harboring witches " * Why, then, I will say 'tis false. I vill stake my life on it." *EaBy, Master Hobbs." "True?I had forgot. There is hie apprentice?but there is neither force for much good or evil in Ezra Easty?and as for the maid?it would go hard with me indeed to be compelled to take any of John Lee's household in charge." "That I believe, and it does you credit," Giles Ellis answered. "My interest in the welfare of the family is eo great I could not forbear speaking to yon. "A very proper man, and a kindlier than I had thought him," 6aid the Marshal to himsel when Giles Ellis passed on. "A very good citizen. I will do my best to defend John Lee from foolish and evil tongues. No harm shall come to him or his an I can prevent it." Pondering thuB, the Marshal of Salem pursued his way, marveling at the evil times. CHAPTER Va LIKE A ruua Uf liuuimao rnua a lkus BET. Silence reigned in and about John Lee's house; the restful calm of a quiet, well-ordered, happy home prevailed. The old-fashioned clock in a high case, made by John Lee, ticked loudly, measuring the hours with a precision that seemed a characteristic of John Lee'6 movements, publio or private. Whether at home or abroad, in all his dealings with the world, everything wa? done precisely, promptly, quietly. A man of few words, save when speech was a virtue, no man in Salem had proved iu time of need a man of action as plainly as John Lee. Dorothea Lee and her daughter J anet met each other in the narrow passage to their sleeping apartment. The mother fie on the point of speaking. Janet also seemed to be framing a speech, but before either found suitable words, John Lee's voice was heard, saying: "Dorothea, it is time for worship." Dorothea turned and entered the room where John Lee sat, saying to Janet: "Speak to Ann." Presently Ann and Ezra Easty followed Janet into the room, where John Lee sat, with a preoccupied air, while his wife handed him the Bible from a shelf, and seated herself near her husband. John Lee took his spectacles from their case carefully, rubbed them slowly with his handkerchief, like one in deep thought, placed the Bible on his knee, glanced at the light, and spoke in grave tones: 'These are troublesome times. We are 6yrrounded with perils. There are things eaid and done such as only the evil one can instigate. I have lived in dangerous times. 1 nave seen enougn to convince me tbat a providence oven-tiles the wisest of mankind. Bnt I have never known, nor do I believe there ever was a time when men stood more in need of the counsel and comfort given in this book"?John Lee's fingers seemed to caress the cover of the well-wom Bible on hie knee? "than at the present time. Every home i6 threatened. No man cr woman knows the moment they may be called uj.<on to answer charges tbat the vilest would blush to meet. No house is secure, no man or woman'B life so free from re proach " A loud knock on the door caused Ezra E&stv to bounce on bis seat. He cast n terrified look at Ann Bieeer tnn was m a tremor. Janet l^ee rose quietly and opened the doot. Samuel Hobbs, the Marshal of SaleiD. entered. John Lee placed the Bible on the table at his elbow, and rose. "Yom are somewhat late, if you are come on business?but you are alwayo 1 ? ? ?o won B.J1 v..no, " ln\'n 1 CiV/UUiC | uo j w* nv*i nuvn, dhim v vwm Lee. The Marshal did not take the seat proffered him. On the contrary, he looked like a man ill at ease, lie moved his hands nneasily, and Etamujered when he spoke. "The business is none of my choosing. I never did more unwilling '*ork?cuver made more unwilling errand." -Since that iB the case, ihe sooner the business is dispatched the better. Speak out freely. The way is open to I you." "My business concerns you nearly." "Say you so, Samuel?" John Lee looked down and reflected. "DoeB it concern any one beyond those vou see here?" "No." A silence fell upon the little circle so ppressive thit Ezra. Easty was sure the Marshal could hear bin throhbinc. At last Jo tin .Lee,'still standing 'With MB faoe to the Marshal of Salem, broke the ilence. "Since it concerns all here, what ma/ your errand be?" The Marshnl strove to clear his throat, but could no; <tn the insiant. He looked at Dorothea LeeTi Fac?. 5hd 'Was regfiF3ing him calmly; if there was more than reasonable surprise or curiosity, her eyes did not reveal it. Jonet Lee contemplated her mother and father with an undietnrbed countenance. At last the Marehal cleared his throat, and with hat U hand, in a voice that was far from clear, said: *1 came as a friend, rather than in my ? umciux uupauiiv. "For which I thank yon," John Lee answered. Then leaning nearer the Marshal, he added: "Speak on. As friend, or Marshal of Salem, I am ready to listen. What may thy errand be, Master Hobbs?" "I came to warn yon you are suspeoted of harboring witches." Upon hearing this, Ann Bigger made the 6ign of the cross in the air unperceived by the others. EzraEasty's knees trembled, his teeth were inclined to chatter; but he braced himself flpmly on his seat, looking with shifting, fearful glances at the Marshal, the picture of abject fear. "Witches! God save all here!" exclaimed Dorothea Lee, standing upright in her alarm. Janet Lee alone looked | calmly from her parents to the Marshal. John Lee made a movement a6 though he would resent the charge, then reconsidered, turned toward Iris wife, and, realizing that the amazement in her countenance wa6 reflected in hiB own, placed a hand heavily upon the table beside him, and sank into his 6eat overwhelmed, stu naAa/3 wnfh omo7oroonf and Vmrrnr tbftt conld find no ntterance in words. The Marshal did not anticipate the effect hiis words produced. Me seemed, now that he had accomplished his errand, at a loss what to say or do next. He looked from one to the other, advanced slowly to the door, opened it noiselessly, turned, swept the circle with a comprehensive glance, then closing the door after him as people do when entering and leaving the presence of the dead, walked Boberly away. CHAPTER VIII. THE SHADOWS IN THE HOUSE. On the day following the visit of the Marshal, Ann Bigger and Ezra Easty approached each other when unobserved, casting furtive glances from Bide to side as they availed themselves of the first opportunity to speak. "Did I not tell you prido would have a fall?" said Ann. "And have I not said, time and again, water will find its level?" "Yes; more times than you need. 'Tis the one thing comes out of your head. And if you say no wiser thing folks will think you are empty-headed. Water is sure to find its level?what mystery is in,, that?" "Since you take me up so sharp, why do von srieak to me?" "Because I would make a man of yon if yon would let me. But I was Baying, see bow our Janet goes about now. No longer fcigh-headed is sbe. But, truth to tell, I never would have looked for witches here." "Nor I." "My sister Bays it's a sure sign witches are near whan a cow turns three times and holdB her nose out. And I can be awom our cow did bo this morn. * "Did she so?" Ezra's eyes were opened wide. "But nothing is so bad as to meet a black dog on the road. A wise man or woman turns back, and is sure to eot, if it's only a bite?a crust." "My tongs fell out of my hand yesterday, and the bit fell from master's plane to-day." Ann held a hand up, wamingly. "I thought some one was near. I found a straw lying across the door when I opened it this'morning. That is a sign of evil. Worse still," Ann moved nearer me apprentice, ? iuuuu mo uruuiu jyiug fair acron a crack in the floor. It's all come of Martin Lee's wickedness, I'll be bonnd. He is a wicked man, else master would not quarrel with mistress about him." "But master is not to blame. I heard him say?and so did you?that his brothei deserved no better than others from the law?meaning the worst the law could dc for him." "Look! Look!" Ann exclaimed; whereupon Ezra glanced around and beheld a large spider swinging in the air. "Kill it!" Ann hissed, as she seized a poker and struck at the spider. Instead, she hit Ezra upon the knuckles, who whipped his hand to his mouth and blew on it lustily. The spider fell and disapv>aa*a/? o nflnlr ^QOAOW tU 0 VUVUi "Now, 111 6wear there are witches in the house. That is one of their famil. iars You saw it as plain as I did." "Hush!" Ezra said, "here comes the master." But John Lee passed on, paving no attention to them. When he was out of earshot Ezra said: "Wonders will never cease. 'Tis the first time he fonnd me out of the shop and did not ask why I was idling. There is more in this than tlie Marshal suspects." "There is much more than any one knows," said Ann Bigger; "but some things I know. I know milk and cake are stolen. See!" pointinc to the dresser. "I put more cakes there an hour ago than would serve the family." "Who ha6 taken them?" "That i6 the question I would like to answer. Who?" "Who but the mistress or Janet" "Why should they take the cake?" "My mind misgives me; 'tis mistress or Janet." As if to illustrate the saying, listeners hear no good of themselves, Janet entered. It was one of Janet Lee's marked traits that she never beat about the bush, bat vent to tbe point at once. "What were jou 6aying of roe, Ann?" Ab the apprentice and Ann looked at each other, Janet added, quickly: "Do I look like a witch, that you should tare at me sor" The apprentice and Ann, marveling at tbe suddenness with vhicb she came on them, and remembering the spider, were frightened, and betrayed it in their looks. Ann edged to the door and disappeared without answering. Ezra, trembling, followed her quickly, and Janet was left alone. As the servants withdrew, a handsome young man, with an expression of candor and a bearing indicating high breeding, entered. As he approached, Janet held up a finger worningly. "Are you not af.-aid to come near me?" "What is this I hear?" the young man aid, witn concern. > "Do you not see? I am, a witch, Arthur. " "I have said bo many tjmec." He would have said more, but she covered his lips with her hands. "Hush! if tne Parris children said the half you have eaid, it would hang them. Call me anything but a witch. 'Tis no true-love term to me in these times." Arthur Proctor replied lightly, "Whit ie this story Ann Bigger's sister tells? Is it true your father is charged with barboring witches?" Torynf ovnloi r>-? a /? 1 n a vu, AilUUl . uuutv LAVlBIUiCU, iU a burst of pa^ion which surprised her lover, "I do not cute for mysejf! but my father and my poor mother! Do you think there is d?nger?" To which Arthur Proctor soberly replied. considering well each word: "We cacnot tell what is or what is not a serious matter. The slightest jests may prove terril le ean.est. There are those who maRe mountains out of mole-bills. The father of lies i6 loose." "Shame on the people of Salem, then," exclaimed Janet Lee. "Who has done more for ?alein than inv father? Was he not Joremost in the tight with the Indians? Did he not stand guard that Salem might sleep safely? Who wa6 it ran into Polly Turner's bouse whea it was burning, and carried her out in his arms? There is no truer man in Salem than John Lee. No more God-fearing man or kinder. And all know there is no gentler woman?none more cenerous to the coor, or more con Bidarate?tnan my motner, eiee efie wouia not have preferred too before Giles Ellis." "And did she bo?" Arthnr Proctor's face beamed with pleasure." "Or I would not say so. My father's he ail was Bet on Giles Ellis?bnt my mother likes thee best." Arthnr Proctor clasped her hand fervently. "Trust me to serva yon both. I could not rest until I learned the truth concerning this wild rumor from your own lips. The very air is burdened, poisoned with malice and folly of all kinds. Old women's gossip, children's talk, matters men should not repeat in earnest, become as grave as though the breath of life depended on it. Now that I know how it lies with vou I will ao straight to the Marshal and get his ear. I will find him at Thomas Beadles' tav ern, i aare say. hb mere an me gossips gather?except each as wear women's clothes," added Proctor, scorafnlly. "Beware of Giles ElliB." "Why should I beware of Giles Ellis?" he asked. "Because he left me with an evil liok. He will not harm me. He will wjeak his hatred on some one dear to me, I kno?. 'Tie in his heart, and ha has the power." "Let him try hie worst with me. I defy him." "Yon do well to keep np a etont heart." "And do yon, too, keep npastontheart. Now I'll away to the tavern and see what I may." A moment her hand was clasped firmer, then Janet Lee eVood alone, sighing, ?aying to herself: "I must keep np a tout heart. Trouble never comes singly. Poor Uncle Martin. This will be worse than all. How it will end heaven only knows!" She pondered long, then walked to the dresser, and, taking some cakes from the | plate, hastily concealed them, but not so quickly as to escape the Jynx eyes of Ezra Easty, who stood near the window observing her in obedience to the command of Ann Bigeer. He waited outBide until Janet entered the adjoining room, then, seeing the way clear, entered and approached the dresser, smiling grimly over bis discovery. He was looking at tbe cakes when John Lec came upon him eo suddenly that the apprentice started. His maBter demanded, in stern tones: "What now, Ezra?" "I was looking at the cakes." "Do not add lying to theft." "I am no liar." "There there; say no more. Yon only make a worse of it." "But, Ma6ter Lee " "Go, go, before Dorothea come Cease, I say. We will discuss this after prayers." Tbe apprentice's face waB wrathful as he seated himself in his UBtial corner, for Dorothea Lee, entering at that moment, lit tiie ruphlightand placed it on the table. Janet and Ann, following her into the room, seated themselves, while John Lee sat with bent head, his thoughts seemingly far away. He held his spectacles idly in bis hands many minntes, a thing unusual. Bousing himself at last, be looked about him, and in a stem voice said: "I'will read a lesson from the Book of Life." [TO B* CONTINUED.] Crawfish and Their Habits. t 4 'There is nothing so fatal to crawnsn as a thunder storm," said a fish dealer to r Washington Star writer. "When I make a shipment of them to any plafce at a distance, I always make sure that the weather promises well. On more than one occasion I have had entire consignments killed on a journey by a small electrical disturbance. Another thing I have to look out for is that the crawfish snail be so tightly packed as not to be able to turn upon their backs. If they do so, they work their feet until exhausted and die. "The worst enemies crawfish have are eels, whose.iavorite food is one-year-old crawfish. Bigger ones seem very rarely to be eaten by the eels. If you want plenty of crawfish in a pond or stream, you must catch all the eele. The crawfish themselves are very voracious feeders. As Boon as dusk setB in each evening they become lively and move about with great agility. They swim well and have very l",?" When thArpftwtish has SDied n&gu mvm w.? ? e .its prey, it steals up and with one bold dash impales the little fish or frog on its tusk,' as thje long horn between its eye is called. Then it drops to the bottom and devours its victim. "There are plenty of crawfish about Washington,, in the Potomac and its tributary streams. In the spring they come to market in great numbers. The female stays in her hole while the young are batching from the e?gs. On an average each one has from 150 to 200 eggs. The young look like small worms and remain for some time attached by strong threads to the mother's tail, baing thus protected from fishes and other enemies. At the end of a year they are as big as wasps, but they grow slowly, and three or four years elapse before they get as big as four inches. By the time they are eight years old they have reached full Ol&C* "In Europe, I am told, fishermen gather crawfish by tne aid of torches. Ia rummer the animals seek the shallows where the bottom is clear, and those who hunt for them do so at night with flaming pine knots. This method is called 'light* ing.' The crawfish are dazzled by the light and do not attempt to escape, so that they can be easily captured with the hands. One person will uften take a thousand in a night. Crawfish are much cultivated abroad in the ponds and incisures of water. No artificial means are resorted to for their propagation, but eels and predatory fishes are caught and removed. Thus the crawfish are given a chance to multiply, and they are fed upon fresh meat to fatten them for market. The industrv ia rery profitable." The Johnstown flood separated many families that were not united for many days, and there may still be former residents of that little city who are mourning the loss of friends who may be living. A reunion after long separation has recently taken place. James Agnew and his family lad their home washed away by the 3ood. The mother and children were 'escued and cared for by the Relief Jommittee, ana men ?eni> iu menus in Tennessee. They never heard from the father of the little family, and he was piven up for lost, as among those who were in nameless graves. But Mr. Agnew all this time has been learching for his lost family. He was fwept down by the rushing torrent, and amid the wreckage was bruised and injurei so that he became unconscious. He was cared for in the Red Cross Hospital, and lay there unknown, shattered in mind and body. When he recovered so as to be able to identify himself his family had been Bent away, and the confusion of the records placed them also among the lost But diligent search has. after three yeare' separation, reunited the I ifamily. " ON ELLIS ISLAND. THE NEW ST STEM OF HANDLING IMMIGRANTS. An Average of 2000 Poop Foreigners a Day Are Coming Here ?How They Arc All Examined and Disposed Ot. - U ' _ J ITH one of the par IA A f ties of viators whc ' \l y apply daily at the J!. Barge Office lor peril" '' mission to visit Elr "\ fclis Island, the writei r ' made the trip on tin Tuesday morning. ^ ?=: The boat runs from fi. ' the Barge Office to H the island about i r every forty minutes, from 6:45 a. m. tc 8:30 p. m., and one was just leaving, sc the visitors strolled in the Battery Park while waiting for the next one. All the seats were filled with newly arrived would-be citizens, and others stood in groups, their bags and bundles and babies at their feet. It was easy to tell when the boat was coming back, for most of them left their seats and crowded the entrance to the dock. It is a delightful ten minutes' sail to Ellis Island, a spot of land at the mouth of the North River and directly behind the Statue of Liberty. It seems to be altogether covered with buildings, and it is very nearly so. The Government has just completed a hospital and other necessary outbuildings, and there is little ground left unoccupicd. Id front of the large building two steamers were being moored, both of them black with crowds from an incoming European vessel. As we passed close to them to land at the a group op pon 1 - * I--? J"*'" m'nf iiMcrma ono. ecu 01 uie ituge uuljv |?v/i,uikijuv tumes and bits of color were noticeable. The Government has five transfer boats and three barges, capable of carrying 2500 people. These meet the incoming steamer at her dock and take off her living freight with great expedition. Most of the landings are m?de in the early morning, so that the passengers can be examined and investigated and sent on to their prospective homes the same day. Over the steamer's side they are hurried, and their baggage taken on the barges. In most instances the barges, which were intended only for baggage, have to take passengers, too, for it is found impossible in many cases to dissever the immigrant from his personal effects. He lugs it around with him everywhere, and when he is waiting, invariably tries to sit on the whole of it, no matter bow many pieces it may happen to be. When he is away he gets a friend to sit on it. The trip from the steamer to the little island is very perplexing to most of the foreigners. Years ot Governmental opnrpjisinn have Derhans rendered them docile,and at the Bame time cunning and suspicious. Most of them think the island is merely a floating dock, though why they should be taken there when their destination is in the interior of the mainland they canuot understand. But, as will be seen, the idea is in every way wise and excellent. By no other arrangement could the country and the immigrants themselves be as effectually protected. By it those not wanted cannot escape, and can he readily returned, and those acceptable are protected from the sharpers and harpies who, on land, would be waiting for them. Told in all the languages available that they must land at the island, the immigrants lug along their possessions to the great building and are ushered into a pen. Their eyes open upon the greatest transportation depot in the world. It measures 410 by 150 feet, and is divided off into separate compartments by large-meshed wire nettings, so that the wholo is always under scrutiny, and there are no corners tor cunning tricks or evil deeds. As they come into the room the newcomers are closely inspected bv a corns of medical experts under the charge of Dr. John Godfrey, of the Marine Hospital Servicc. Then they arc passed on to the registration department. "What's the matter with me!" exclaimed one irascible Irishman the other morniDg, "I'm no Bashi-Bazook, nor no Phanian, neither! Yet those fellows wid the caps on sniffed and sniffed and smelled me all over. Here's me papers to show for it." His papers were all right, but looked a trifle consumptive, and the doctors bad laid their ears close to his IMMIGRATION Rl'ILDTKG ON EIXIS ISLAND. breast aud buck to listen to the workings of his lungs and heart. Thfi doctors pick out the sick and prescribe for them at once, or send them to the hospital in the rear, where they receivc treatment. Those liable to have contracted contagious diseases are sort to the contagious diseases hospitals, and the idiots or lunatics are taken immediately lo the New Jersey State Asylum at Hoboken. Those of good health are passed on to the Registry Department, where they produce their papers, answer to their names, give their age, nationality, whether they can read and write, where they are going to, to whom, their occu pation,, amount of money they bare, if i they have railroad tickets, and if they ' have ever been in the country before, i > In the case of those able to speak Eng- i lish, the last question generally comes i first. i Those about whom there is any ques- 1 ' tion are crowded into the next depart ment and detained. They may be there 1 for a few minutes, an hour or so or until < the steamer which brought them is ready i to take them back. This department is ; under the charge of N. J. Arbeely, Major i Setnsy and Morris Sinverstein, a trio who 1 i speak most of the European and Asiatic languages. The first named, who is a Syrian, and was for some years the United States Consul at Jerusalem, claims < i to speak eleven languages; Major Semsy, , a Hungarian, speaks six, and Mr. Sinver- j i stein, five. So when Mr. Arbeely ^yalks 1 i up to an immigrant he rarely says "Ke : ; voulette?" or its equivalent in French or < German; but his "what-can-I-do-for- i i you" salutation is generally in Arabic, t i "Shoo biddah?" or in Greek, 44Tee ] > telete?" or in Turkish, "Ney stinrsin?" i : The same with the other two gentlemen. ] i No one would think they were all asking j the same question from the words or the I manner of putting. < While we were detained by curiosity in i the detention pen, Colonel Weber came ; hurrying through and recognized the greybeard of the little party as an old , acquaintance. He explained that the immigrants returned comprised paupers, i criminals, contract laborers, those suffer- , ing from contagious or loathsome dis- j cases and insane and idiots. Of all these , there had been retained during the year , on/1in<T A nril 1 loot. 2004 nnt of 445.000. . e> ?j j . - , This, too, was about arf many as Castle , Garden (when the Emigration Bureau was a State department) had returned in four or five years. Colonel Weber invited the little party to view his offices, which are situated at the west end of the building. They are fine, largo rooms, flooded TUGUE8E PEASANTS. 1 i with light by wide windows. "That's i what we wanted," said he; "light and < plenty of it; for after a week or two of steerage life these people are none too i sweet. We are doing everything we can ] for them in that respect. We have sup- < plied them with barbers and are erecting t bathhouses." ] There are only about 112 Government t employes, each of whom speaks two or \ more languages, and, in addition, the f trunk railroads have about seventy-five \ men employed her?. 1 The Bureau was transferred from the j the Barge Office to Ellis Island the first ( of this year, and Colonel Weber is exceedingly pleased with the increased accommodation and the improved system it has enabled him to make. "We can now handle 10,000 people a day," he i said. 4,We handled 5100 people in \ one day a couple of weeks since, and everything worked nicely, and there was no relax of efficiency of service. Wc could not have dooe this at the Barge Office or Castle Garden." By the time we got upon the huge floor again some hundreds of the immigrants were hustling on the trunk line railway companies7 boat and being con- * veyed with their baggage to the various * railroad depots. Others had just passed 0 the doctors and were registering, so that we could see the whole system. The 4 women sat in groups, with their bundles * and babies, while the men were getting a their money chaugcd, sending telegrams, P buying tickets or laying in provisions at ^ the lunch counter. In this large new ^ building there seems to be every possible 4 comfort and convenience for the new- 13 comers, and as no one is allowed among a them except officials or persons well c known to the Commissioner they are en- a tirely protected from sharpers and trick- 8 sters. The rates of exchange are sent from Wall street every day and posted InnmianrnQ mi 1- ^ up I LI 3C VCiai UiUVlWUW road rates are also made clearly known, ? and the food served at the restaurant is " good and cheap. P The women, too, and the children, al- * though shabbily dressed and bearing the marks of a passage in the steerage, were, d as Colonel Weber remarked, of a good t( class. There was one large Portuguese 1:1 group that, having washed and eaten a a frugal lunch, seemed fairly content to v wait. They had not the fresh com- 0 plexionsof some newly arrived groups ^ from Northern Europe, but their eyes were bright with eager hopes of the fu' 1 > Inn^ Thoro M70TP an XT lure 1U LUCIl ugn iduu 1U..V ..... J number of babies, and it seemed that even the poorest of ttiem had some bit of jewelry or bright ribbon?probably saved up by the fond parents for this auspicious day. Some expected to meet friends or relatives. For these there is a platform with tiers of benches at the far end, where they can wait and watch for friends. For the same purpose there is a gallery running all around the building. These friends give the names of those thev seek to the registrars, if they arc there early, and when the immigrant comes up to register the name is called out. Those friends coming after the registration give the Dames to officials, who bawl them out all over the floor and take pains to find the proper parties. There are a Dumber of girls who come in couples or alone, for the purpose of bein^ domestic seivants. There are two matrons who attend to these. They are detained and their f riends here, if they he. nnv. fire at once telegraphed to. If thsy have none they are turned over to the religious missions?of which there are several doing excellent work?and there they are cared for and have suitable situations obtained for them. For those detained who have come in i violation of the law of 1891 and who have to be returned, there is a separate (' building, tilled up with double-decked berths ou which is a wire mattress and a couple of blankets. They always make 1< ? ' UM. i . .. i pillow and bolster of their belocgings. There are cots for about twenty in the men's hospital; only five were occupied on Tuesday, and it was about the same [n the women's. The contract laborers Mid others who are to be returned are fed by the Government until the vessel which brought them is ready to sail, and the expense is charged to the steamship company. If, after being returned to the ship the passenger escapes, the company can be fined $300 for each one and the clearance papers withheld until the Bnes are paid.?New "York Advertiser. A Remarkable Swinging Bock. The "swinging rock" of Mount Tan dil in the Argentine province of Buenos A.vres is one of the most remarkable features of South America. A gigantic block, twenty-two feet high, eicjhty-two feet long and fifteen feet broad, with a diameter of more than 4560 cubic feet ind weighing about 50,000 pounds, seems pivoted to its base by an invisible pin, and has a lateral motion from east to west, produced by the wind or by the propelling strength of man. The rock is shaped like an irregular cone. When the wind begins to blow from the southeast it begins to rock to and fro in the iir like the branches of a large tree.? Philadelphia Press. 1 Duke's Country House on Wheels. The rage of this season is to be carawaning, aud as carried out nowaday it jertainly has its charms. The quaint gypsy house on wheels, with its solitary room and tiny windows, the hugh red md yellow box houses of the menagerie ind circus, the Home Rule, Salvation irmy, Church Association and artists' caravans, with which we are all more or oaa familiar aimnlv nowhere in com parison with some of the gorgeous palaces on wheels that are being built this season in walnut and ash with saloons and kitchens, silver knockers ind plate glass windows. And quite unique, even among these, will be the Duke of Newcastle's land yacht, the Bo- J bemian, in which the Duke, in cor pany ] with Mr. Gambier Bolton, F. R. G. 8., ind valet, intends from time to time j making a series of photographic tours in ( Great Britain and on the Continent, commencing immediately after he returns from his five weeks' trip to America. The Bohemian will carry a beam of six feet nine inches, which is fully nine J inches wider than any other caravan yet i built; and, at she is nearly fifteen feet long from bow to stern, she will require j some careful steering to get through , ______ j I narrow lanes witnout running agrouna, < and, in passing through gateways, without wrecking the posts. The table will be unique, as, to gain , space in the saloon, when pot required it will disappear into the floor, leaving a good clear gangway in which to walk j up and down and entertain our friends, t not to mention room for the morning " tub. There are, in addition to the sleep- G ing berths, hammocks and a tent, and c iccommodations at a pinch for six 01 r sight persons. The motive power at present will be , supplied by two useful London dray t aorses, able to do a little trotting with- 1 >ut breaking down, while at the same j ;ime they will be fully up to their load. ( So one can carefully watch the Bigns of 1 he times without seeing that electricity * " * a? g * snii De tne motive pawer m mc uc<u uture for railways, carriages and cararans, and the sooner this becomes ua 'ail accompli the better, for one of the greatest drawbacks to the successful raising of a land yacht is the constant TUB BOHEMIAN. ear of a breakdown on the part of one j f the horses. , we lniena starting iu juue, oaiu he Duke, "for a preliminary cruise ou c he Kent and Sussex borders. This is perfect paradise for the amateur J ihotographer, as at present the camera, f >lack cloth, and tripod are almost un- ] mown there; the scenery is magnificent, a he old churches and ruins of ancient j lonasteries deeply interesting, the roads t re good (a matter of importance to the : aravanist), the hills are not very bad, jj nd by hiring a third horse we hope to , et along capitally. a "After we have got things a little in- t o shape, the Bohemian will work her J ?ay along the south coast, and eventu- J lly enter another photographic para- > ise, the New Forest, where we shall a robably cruise about for some weeks if ^ he weather is propitious; but even on ^ ull or wet days there will be plenty to .i o,for we shall have photographic work * a attend to, the animals to look after, be piano and typewriters to amuse U9, N nd, above all, 'the log' to be carefully t> written up, as we hope to make this J| f interest to our friends."?Pall Mall u razetie. b 9] The 4,Louif-J?'elt Want." i The only reliatle collar-button trap, l Patent applied for.)?Judjje. The children of the German court are J jarning to dance tLe minuet. < i i & ) .yftt ;. : '. . v TEMPERANCE. IMTORTAHT fOR DRINKERS. A man who drinks whisky "Will feel awhile frisky, And paint the town brilliantly red; But soou in the gutter "With misery utter? He'll wish with a curse he was dead, A man who drinks brandy Will feel live a danrfv As lone as the smell's on &is breath, fiat soon in the 'tremens Sn&kee, bogies and demons Will chase him and scare him to death, A man who drinks wine Will feel very fine. And play funny antics and shout; But for it he'll pay With headaches next day, And die when he's young from the gov A man who drinks gin With pleasure will grin And have what he calls a good time, 'Till with a red nose And dirty old clothe*. He, homeless, will beg for a dime. A man who drinks rum Will think it's yum-yum, For may be, an hour or so, '111), poisoned his blood And brains turned to mud. He dies in sad spasms of wo*. A man who drinks beer Feels good for a year. And thinks it don't hurt him a bit, Till bloated and red And hog-like in head, He falls on the street in a fit - An apple jack drinker Peels gay m a tinker Until (be bad feeling comes on; Then, nerves in a quiver, He jumps in the river, Or blowioff his head with a gun. A man who drinks water, As everyone ought 'ter, Enjoys to the utmost nis life; He's bappy and healthy, Respected and wealthy, KnA loved by his children and wife. ?H. C. Dodge, in Chicago Hon. CHICAGO'S SALOON RKVINT7*. The number of saloon licenses issue! i Chicago so far this year is about 6400, wblc is 700 more than for the corresponding perio of last year, and will give 1850.000 add! tional revenue to the citv. The amount t. be received from saloons this year nroraiaa to exceed IS, 200,000. This will giro the work some faint idea of the importance of our 19 tail traffic in liquors, when saloons alone pas jver one-tenth of the whole city exoenses ?Mida's Criterion iChicaio). ^ NO LONGER DEBATABLE. Whether the drink habit is increasing or ?bating is beyond proof, and is the subject it muck assertion in both directions. The noral and physical deetraction of mankind 37 the drink habit is no longer open to debate. It is conceded by every one that it Ills our almshouses, jails and penitentiaries with its victims, and our homes with pov>rty and indescribable suffering and distress, rhe practical question lor statesmen and jhilosophers is, "What is the beet method of educing the evils of intemperance to the ninimnmy'?Judge Hubbard, of Iowa. SALOON DECORATION. At a certain prominent place in Cincinnati 1 new saloon has been opened, after fixing he place up in the moat elaborate manner, rhe reoees door in iront u all that art can nake it, finished with stained glass: on either Ide of the door are large show windows. In >ne is an easel holding a horseshoe of the nn?t riAlirafa km?l nirvilv imh&rtHa.-) wihh eras, and in the other window is an elaborate decoration of crimson and white rents rith fern leaves for the background. On .he day of the opening a man in passing by ras heard to say after gazing intently for lonao minutes on tbe display: "They ought o put on the window 'please omit flowirs.'" Another one added: "This is oar uneral;" and so it is, i>ut mothers and wid>ws will be called on to sbed tears.?Chrisiaa Worker. CHURCH T0TAL-ABSTI5INCB 80CITTI*S. The Christian at Work, commenting apca the recent Conference held in New York under the auspices of the National Temperance Sofciety to promote the organization ol Church Total- Abetinenoe Sociede?, refers tc it as a revival of "an old and much needec line of temperance work," and says: "During tbe last years much attention hat been given to the law side of temperasoi work. Twenty years ago attention wai particularly directed to abstinence. Possiblj this last has beon too much neglected, aa? we hail itsrevival with hopes for the future. There must be a temperance sentiment?a total abstinence seatiment?before there can be expected the needed legislation. Let ui hope that there will be work for winning th< drinkers, especially for saving the young, ana on tn? piauorm 01 toiai abstinence. The saloon system is growing. It is gettioj more defiant. Bnt the whole complexion o; affaire may be changed in a generation i the children can be kept from the saloon aac from touching the intoxicating cup. Let a hail this new more along old lines with inter est and with oar help." lOTHZR'S PLACE IN TKMPKRANCI WORK/ Home is the training school of virtue and nother is first teacher. To the child no in-, fluence is so great as that of the mothea: ,n-i rord truer than here, no form more beadtij' ul. It is to the mother thAt the child cliagH or protection, to her it looks for guidance, ^be good mother is like an anchor to hold . child fast to the right amid danger; she Is ike a compass to guide it in its wandering, lie thought of mother has redeemed many , wayward man whom no other influence ould'save. A good mother is God's best gift o home. To her comes the duty of makinj ,ome what God destined it to be, and wbec vil comes to home it falls more heavily ;pon her than upon any one else. When?, hen,is her place in the great battle of bom? gainst intemperance? It ought to be in he very front ranks of home's best defendrs. By word and example, she ought to each the children to lor? an 1 practice the oly virtue of temperance; she oug?t to be ae nrsi mj pracutx n um sue wwun, v anish from her home everything that ?nds to encourage intemperance: jto keep quor from her table ani out of b'or home; j teach the children that liquor is not neossarv for joy, nor Is it neceasary for sordw; that the home is brighter ami happier rben temperance rules; that the safest and est way to guird against alt possible in jmperance is total abstinence. Keep your oys sober, keep your girls sober. If in?mperance enters, be kind in your counsel, e firm in your urging. Pray for the weak nes. pray for the erring ones. Your prayers nd tears will often win a heart stee'ed gainst your ankind and harsh abuse. ??oth< rs of Christian homes, enter the army of postles of temperance! Tou can succeed 'here the printed wor 1 and the eloquent adress will fail. You can reach the heart hich refuses the influence of society and le church. Be apostles. Preach in your nm?? nrparh total abstinence bv word and cample, and in jour family prayers beg eaven t? seni its sweet influence into your omes, to the hearts of your loved ones.? cbool and Hone Maraz ne. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. It is asserted that in Wisconsin seventy3ven of the postofflces are kept in saloons. Jerusalem hoi; 133 places where liquor is Did, the license fee? going to Constantiopie. The lrjili Presbyterian Church ha* roused itself against the drink traffic an 1 raffickers. The present available stock of wines in taly is estimated at from ten to fifteen lillion hectolitre?. The fhil -^e'pbia Ledger says that of the 3tS liquor lionises in tdat city, eigoty-ave* re held by worn -*u. H It is estimated that there are at the pres?ntfl ime lf.OOO.OOU gallons of wine of alt agee inH hi cellars of California. M Hereafter the nurses in the training? chool of the National Temperance Hospital^! /ill be distinguished by a special street suitH f navy blue with bonnet to match. H The Quarterly Journal of Inebriety says^B 'The most rational cure for inebriety that^Q ias been ur^ed at this empirical stage of theH ubject is this: Have the patient intereste<^B a prize fignt. and p!ace him in trainingH or three months." H lu reply to the question?"Are you i^H ttvor of the people around you having th<H Kjwer to suppress the liquor traffic by theiiH iwn votes, shoul 1 they wish to do so?'-M *,408 personr, in fifty-.me small com? jiuin'tiea in ScotlanJ, unswered " Yes," arnJB