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England, havat
Dnblin for 11
had taken me to L
jeweler?and it had 1
me to viisit a branch
in Dnblin. I was t
V| irnrln *
^^^S^BBPM^^osoting, diamonds of
jsV great value, and soma other things of E
1 ess importance; but rill valuable. cfin
Ffound all the passengers talking on a
mf one subject?tliflHk'Hble and appalling *
wreck whicjr hav occurred *?ly three k
_ days before,on the Angle- r
sea coast. N^ss'tlmn four hundred c
and forty-six lv?b were lost that night v
when the BojJl! Charter was totally
wrecked. I ?
y She was fe lane screw steamer, commanded
by dj&iain Taylor. A large 1
a?700,000 or ?800,000 in 1
also, it was..supposed; c
heard that some of the ^
oovered. t
aan habitually, arid the *
i of my fellow-passen- *
forcibly;- but I had 1
&will presently appear, <
my joprney from ^Dub- t
this occasion. \ !
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HpS8B^ISnw?S8?^^^^BWffn>and-twentyt
ro?8roS|^8J8PBoad black band round
^^^^^ranatj^and that on hii face were traces
of recent sorrow. He.'^&emed -relieved
|; at having caught the 'train, and being
like myself quite disinclined for conversation,
our journey proceeded in
silence. .4My
bag lay beside me"knd quite under
my eyes. I was tired ajfter my crossing,
and fell intp a sort jpf doze. On
waking I instantly glano&d at my bag.
v """There it lay, quite eaS?. My companion,
however, had^chamged Ms seat.
We stopped at Chester! and here I
^^fiught I would get lyit and walk
about a little, as we had tAi minutes to [
wait. I ieok my bag andj*otout. ,
On my g^njo tfie; tjjSt ,
i \ t? ca^a^^^pLt7 disturb- 1
jL we continued cur journey. 1
Hfll^B^rewe, our next stopping place, he 1
^ got out and did"not come back. ]
I was very tired now, and fell into-a 1
P ^Y' 'sound sleep with my hand hiding the
* handle of my black bag. I did not 1
?> wake until we reached London, then
getting into the first hansom t saw, and 1
. still carrying my precious* bag, of
which I wae heartily tired,. I drove 1
home.
A_ 1 *1L AT. * I
ua my arnvai, wnn a mecnoa wmcn ,
I suppose is habitual to [a man in my 1
trade, I instantly went to the safe in
which I keep valuable jevds, apd un- 1
locked it. Upon the table I deposited
my bag and opened it.
Imagine mv dismay at findinar tha1;. '
instead of my diamonds it contained
only come Misty bits of iron and wooden
* debris. My bag was gone; his other
bag had been cleverly subetitutedJor it
?so cleverly indeed that even, the
weight as well as the appearance'had
been judged.
I put the affair into the hands of the
police, giving exactly every particular
as I have here written it, The bag
was lost. { ?'
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A year'after the events narrated in the
last chapter I was again traveling on
the line which takes passengers to
Holyhead. It was in the beginning of
October, as well as I remember.
I traveled first-class, my usual ens
com wnen x nave a long journey uarore
me. During the year not-a sign had (
been given of my missing bag or th^ ?
jewels, but I had not really despaired: *
_^^^B|te^overing it and them, for I had, 1
^^ro^^ffl^^^MBcoountable feeling'about' 1
; that there was some %
it, I felt sure.
Wednesday ,in every *
at Sootland Yard,and -jj
^^^K^^By^Ehe same answer?"Noth- *'
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On this October morning, in 1860, 11
raveled with a'lady who. was in deep
nounring. -The d'av was chilly, and
ihe wore several wraps; but, getting
vara in the carriage, she presently
ihrew aside a fur cloak she was wearng,
and my eye was instantly-attracted
jy a handsome brooch ehe had on, in
vhich was a portrait.
Without appearing to do so, and with
i sudden feeling of interest and curiosty
for which I cannot account, I maniged
to get a nearer view of the por
rait.
It was the face of the young man
vho had traveled with me the year beore
when I had lost my bag!
I waB so certain of this that I resolved
lot to continue my journey until I had
icquainted the police with this fact.*
The train stopped at Crewe, the place
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rVIierO IUU JUUlljj mini uauinu <.uu xiuiu
)n our up journey the previous year.
Elere the lady alighted; I did also. A
wuviage awaited her at the station. I
.ecured a fly, and directing the driver
,o follow the carriage I discovered
vhere the lady drove to?to her own
louse, evidently. She appeared to be
n an excellent position, and to be
vealthy.
I was not deterred by this discovery,
could not be mistaken about
fac?\ whicflN^though I had certainly
otiQbd it only |in a casual way at the
ime, had nevertheless been stamped
pon my mind, a&id connected in such a
lanner with the iloss to ihe of several
hou8ands of pouol-is.
I went to th^^police station, told
hem what I hadi|^^and what my suslicions
were. TJ^Wfetened attentively
o w^g^l said,^Hl then said'that I
oust t^fcci&'^^^that the lady in
[ue'stion xeaa w<- J^^wu, the widow of
,n officer who hid died just after comng
into a large property^ n the county.
>ho had two sons. One had been in the
tavy and had lost his life in the wreck
>f the Royal Charter about a year preiously.
The other was expected home
ivery day and had been away almost
ince the end of last October. *
It was impossible, they said, to make
lquiries in such a direction. Ill-satfSied
and disappointed I found myself
lompelled to leave matters as they
vere; but on my return to London I
vrote to the head of the police onpe
nore, and reiterated my conviotions so
orcibly that he evidently was impressed
)y what I said. The result of myletter
same, after a brief acknowledgment
xom the inspector, in the visit of a'
rentleman four days afterward.
I was standing in my shop; it was a
lull morning in -"November, and the
risitor who dame in spoke fir$t to mj^
issistant, who referred -ftim to me, and
dioa ftr ff moment I recognized my
fellow-passenger^
' Not wishing to make anything quite
public I led the way to the inner room
I 'reserved for myself, and handed the
gentleman a chair. He was too excited
to sit down, bnt began his story au once.
"Yon remember the day I traveled
with you from Holyhead, sir?" he said.
" Perfectly," I replied. "I have too
good reason to remember it."
"So have I. I had been on the Anglesea
coast all the night before, searching
for some relic, perhaps the body,of
my drowned brother. I bad only
twenty-four hours, and was obliged^
hurry back with only a few>wiS?*
wood and iron gathered>^m the
wreckage which strps**~^ie beaclji;
these I put intoj^^H* black bag.'
"A blact>^ S?ud 1; "had y?u<a
black bfv'e00 ?"
^-rften!" said the gentleman. "I
?aw that you had one, and I remarked
bhat it was like mine?bo much so that
it Chester, where you got' out and I did
aot, you may remember you took my
bag with you instead of your own. I
felt sure you were coming back, for
yon had left your coat and umbrella in
the carriage, so I did not follow you."
" Yes," said I, getting excited, "but
that does not account?"
" Wait a moment," said the gentleman.
"I know perfectly what you
would say; it does not account for my
not advertising your bag or making
;ome sort of sign all this time?quite
30; you will understand presently how
it has happened."
I sat down and begged him to do the
same.
" When I got ont at Crewe, I took as
[ supposed my bag. When I reached
home I found that my poor mother,
whom I had left in the most utter grief
md prostration at my brother's death,
had not rallied at all. I told the doctor
who was there that my search for
my personal relic <^f my brother had
been fruitless, but that I had a few
bits of iron and wood from the wreck.
" The doctor advised me to say nothing
to her about it?not to tell her even
that I had these sad relics. I put the
oag just as it was into a cupboard in
ny own room and locked it up.
"That very day I had to leave Engiand.
I had a business engagement
ivkich took me to Australia. If I broke
;he engagement it would have involved
nv mother in considerable pecuniar?
OSS.
"She knew I had to go; and as she
lid not nrge me to stay, and as my
aster and her husband was with her
ind could take care of her, I left the
louse that very day and journeyed back
lortH to Liverpool, just in time to
atoh my steamer bound for Melbourne"I
only returned yesterday morning,
fhe first thing I heard after greeting
ny mother, was: . .
JV *Whete is the bag you brought with
tax from Mbetfra? .
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word, tjbough I
mjP/jM had heard of if, -I.
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went to my room,unlocked the cupboard, i
found the bag just as I had leit it, and
took it downstairs. I was just going
to open it when, to my still further surprise,
my mother- said
"'Are you quite sure that is your
bag, Arthur?'
" I looked at her in astonishment.
" 'Well, mother, I am as sure as a human
being can be of anything.'
"Did vou onen it after you came
home, dear?*
"I thought for a moment, and then
said:
" 'No; I am certain I did not. I could
not bear it.'
" 'Then,' said my mother, ' be prepared
for a suprise. I think you will
find th ?t you have some one else's bag.'
"I did not answer, for I was trying
to unlock the bag..
" 'It is very odd, I said; ' my key
won't open it.'
" My mother rang th 3 bell, and in
walked the inspector."
Here my visitor ceased speaking, and,
walking hastily to the shop door he
beckoned to some person seated in a
hansom cab close by. It was my friend,
the inspector of police at Crewe.
He continued the story; but first he
pitted on the table my "black bag."
"There, sir," said he, "is your bag.
Yon were quito right. This gentleman
took it b/ mistake. That morning when
Mrs. sent for me, I found the bag
unopened. I forced the lock and found
your name inside the bag. The contents
are intact, as you will see."
I opened the safe, and before I would
allow them to open my bag I took his
from the shelf, and, placing it beside
my own, we all three saw that in size,
make, indeed, in weight, they exaotly
resembled each other.
Althongh I felt that I had really
made the discovery myself, I cheerfully
paid the inspector the check he deserved
for the clever and prompt manner in
which he must have conveyfcd my suspicion?a
decidedly awkward one--to
Mrs. .
* The Gpass Barriers of the Nile.
Shortly after leaving the hill country
iwhich "surround^ the sources of the
I|ilef that mysterious river passes in a
network of channels through a plain 600
miles wide, and almost perfectly flat.
In this region the fall of the river is
very small, and the regular outflow of
water may be checked by winds jsrad
other occasional circumstances; while
the great quantities of water poured
down into the basin during the rainy
season cannot find air oP^ hrongh
the flat channels. "" 'Iftt
/linn*. ncflnE^v^CT^very year, and
wngn the rains are especially heavy
great masses of floating grass are brought
down the lateral channels into the
main river, ana accumulate m me
windings. New floating islands-of
grass are brought by-and-bye to these
barriers, being pressed upon or beneath
them, and soon the whole of the,
river throughout its width and dpffu
is obstructed by these barriejp^kich
the inhabitants call setts.^^^
The grass does notw^ayin the sets;
it continues toos^* 011 their 6uiface,
and if the v^^"0D? ^hich rises two
or thie<y*^etB ahove the water, is
bunvK" 80on reappeai's again, reaching
^neight of one meter and more after
' eight or ten days. The thread-like
roots of grass form a kind of rough felt,
in which palms are sometimes inclosed,
while masses of ooze fill up the interstices
between the roots, &nd form thus
true dums across the river. When the
barrier has not reached a great size it
might be occasionally destroyed by the
pressure of water accumulated above it;
but as several barriers are formed at the
same time at various places, the upper
one being destroyed, its debris
is brought to the lower one
and accumulates above it or
presses oeneatn ic. xne eiasuciiy ana
tenacity of these dams is so great that
a steamer attempting to enter it is soon
repelled by the elasticity of the grass,
while men and even cattle can easily
on the floating grass without danger.
The river is thus soon transformed into
a marsh covered with a mighty grass
vegetation, aDd the water expands,
seeking its way through many new
channels. It is obvious that those parts
of the river where its bed is more definite
aro especially liable to be obstructed
by grass islands which are formed
in those parts of it where there is no
definite line between running water
and marsh. The setts have become
more frequent during the last few years;
a proof of the gradual leveling of the
whole region by fluviatile deposits and
of the general transformation of the
whole of the region into marshes.
In seventeen cities in the South the
net gain in Presbyterian chnrchos in
five years has been 1,285, or eleven
per cent. The largest increase is in the
cities of Texas, being sixty-seven per
cent.; the next Louisville, 44.9 per
cent, and Wilmington 26.9 per cent.
Captain, "summing up What is
the charge, sergeant?" Sergeant?
" This time.it's drunkenness, sir. But
this man is the most troublesome fellow
in the regiment, sir. He goes out
when he likes, and gets drunk when
he likes; in fact, he might be a horficer!'
Nellie has a four-year- old sister Mar
who Complained to mamma that her
'button shoes" were "hurting." "Why,
Mattie, you've put them on the wrong
feet." Puzzled and ready to cry she
made'answer: " What1111 do, mamma?
They's all the feet I've got!"
Gojster, the singer, likes garlicky and
'onion-seasoned dishes. Is this what
makfes her voiq^o'etroD g ? "
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! FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
IIcos ill WinterTo
lmve layiDg hens in winter, the
fitst year of their lives, the pallets
should be hatched early in the previous
spring. Thus they grow to maturity
hv lata full, nnrl nftar mnltinc thev will
begin to lay, frequently in November,
or even in October. Leghorns will
commence to lay at five months old
and we have known Brahma and Cochins
to begin laying at six months^wenorally
speaking, however, tJ^H^not
lay much till they are a or two
older. 80, if your pullets are hatched
out, say in Maroh or April, they will be
seven or eight months of ago in November,
and should then be ready to "lay,
in winter," naturally, without forcing.
But they commonly do not get. to laying
at this time, and the reason is that they
have not been properly fed with this
end in view. Where you' find young
winter-laying hens you may be sure they
have been taken good care of, from the
shell upward. But older hens may be
put up to this work by artificial feeding
or by supplying them with highly stimulating
or egg-producing food for tlm
same purpose. Tfius, if wo take a flock
of one and two-year-old hens and pen
thorn where we can furnish them with
animal and gram food and tne necessary
condiments which go to create egg
meat and shellaAaway from the ordinarily
fed poultry?we can quicken
them in the laying disposition, and
they will commence to discharge their
litters a month or six weeks earlier than
they would have done had they been*
left to take their chances among their
dock. But this forcing is exhaustive.
Nature is over hurried. It is not a
healthful way for hens to lay
under this stimulating "high
pressure." And they soon lay
themselves out. We have known hens
thus treated to produce enormous sized
eggs frequently, and also many softshelled
ones when being thus pushed.
They can be " made to lay" in this way
for a time. But it is a brief time
before they will " play out," under tflH
hastening process. We therefore would
advise those who would have laying
fowls in winter lime to prooure pullets
that they know are then seven or eight
months of age of any breed. If they
wish to bring their old hens into laying
at this period, they must feed them
high in advance, keep them warm and
dry and furnian them with plenty of
animal food,"^heat, buckwheat and egg
producing foocrtor this purpose. And
so it will be for t\&. flock thus forced,
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Hot Wai^rfor Plants
It has long b$3n known that the roots
of plants encased in earth would stand
-water so hotfb to be quite uncomforable
to the^MCd. Willermoz, in the
"Jaffna I of the Society of Practical
(rf^rtieulture," of the Rhone, France,
relates that plants in pots may be treated
with hot water when out of health,
the usual remedy for which has been
repotting.
He says when ill-health ensues from
said substances contained or generated
in the soil, and this is absorbed by the
roots, it acts as a poison. The small
roots are withered and cease their action,
consequently the upper and
younger shoots of the plant turn yellow,
and the spots with which the leaves
are covered indicate their morbid
state. In such cases the usual remedy
is to transplant into fresh soil, clean
the .pats carefully, secure good drain
age, and often with the best results.
Bat the experionce of several
years has proved, with him, the unfailing
efficacy of the simpler treatment,
which consists in watering abundantly
with hot water at a temperature of 145
degrees F., having previously stirred
the soil of the pots so far as might be
done without injury to tho roots. Water
is then given until it runs freeely from
the pots. 9 ,
In his experiments the water first
came out clear; afterward it was sensibly
tinged with brown, aad gave an
appreciable acid reaction. After this
thorough washing the pots were kept
warm." Next day tho leaves of -Ficus
c!a8lica so treated ceased to droop, the
A "Kindly cT\Afo r?n f Tin IT* IpQVP.Q
oprcttu Ul VXCkKsiX o^/uiu UM
was arrested, and three days afterward,
instead of dying, the plants had recovered
their normal look of health. Very
soon they made new roots, immediately
followed by vigorous growth.
Household Hints.
It is a fact that little, just perceptible
cracks in earthenware will disappear
and the dish look as good as new if it
is boiled in milk. This has been tried
on a small majolica pitcher with success.
The water or syrup in which prunes
fsVinnlrl alwavs be strained.
It will not look clear or even clean unless
it ie. After washing the prnnes in
two or three waters lot them soak al[
night. They will then require cooking
only a few minutes, and will retain their
distinctive flavor better.
To wash delicate muslins put three
pints of wheat bran and a handful of
salt into a loose b?g, and boil half an
hour in six quarts of soft water. Use
this water for washing muslins or lawns
with delicate colors, keeping at hand
the bag of bran to use instead of soap
on any soiled spot that will not yield to
slight hand rubbing. Rinse the muslin
in clear water and dry quickly in the
shade. Many colors in calico goods,
^hich are injured by using the mos
delicate soap, can be safely washed if
wheat bran (or, if more convenient,
wheat flour) is boiled and used instead.
Stands to reason?The inveterate debater.
J
loo Much Proverb.
Whilo tpe prisoners in the Austin
jail were q at in the yard a few days *?go,
two of then who were under Pentex.ce
to the penitentiary were heard comparing
notes about as follows:
"I doi^t believe in proverbs," said
prisoner So. l; "itis believing in proverbs
thaS brings me here."
" How-^o ?" said No. 2.
M " Weltoyon see, when I was a boy,
I often seen folks pick up pins, and
when I ftsked them why they did it,
they saidi
"' If ypu see a pin and let it lay,.
Yon will have bad lnck all the day.'"
"Yes, that's so. I've heard that myself."
(
"Weill1 it don't work. I have picked
np a pinjand I've had bad lnck ever
since. U was arrested the very same
day, antfuow I've got to go to the penitentiary
(or three years."
"Wha I has that to do with picking
np pin^' " asked No. 2.
"Wel3, yon see the pin I pioked np
was a di unond pin worth $150. ' I believed
i . the proverb abont having good
lnck if 11 picked np a pin in a show
case, bxi they telephoned for the police
and here I am," and he winked at the
jailer. 1
mi. ? B.V. A?< MMflAVIAfl n
j.ut) ituu jjiiDuuoi wuujjut ivi u moment,
dnd then he said:
"Whten I come to think of it,
proverbs are what have brought me to
this fist"
"Hoy so ?" asked the man who had
pickedjup the pin for good luck.
."Well, I had heard about horseshoes
bringing^good luck, so I picked up
horseshoes. Horseshoes were my weakness.9*;
i* Them horseshoes you went off with
were fastened on to another fellow's
horse,-weren't they?" queried No. 1*.
"J^a so."
' When I get out I'm not going to
tamper with any more proverbs," remarked
No. 2.
"Ma neither," responded No. L
"'Sail in boys," said the jailer, and
happKiltbaok- to their cozy retreat on
^B^side of the jaiL?Texas Si/tings.
particles Made of Shark-Skin.
Ahn nVintaV hna ifc
XTC D&iU VI bUD ouaia uoo uu>uo * vu
appliance in New York in a variety of
emS* articles which are frequently of
no small cost; thus a card-case of this
material may be valued at 8600, although
known to break and warp and
oharae color readily, being indeed capahip
of but Uttle wear; the finely,
mottled skin is nevertheless something
to Iff admired, with a beautiful style of
^^j^^gold ^de^ration extended
tablet of the finest quality, acoompa*
nied by a gold pencil. In addition to
this kind of articles a variety of small
hags are formed of the material, of
which there are also imitations.
Yet nothing manufactured from
shark-skin is made to appear half so
beautiful as the material in its natural
state. Not less than one hundred varieties
may be found in the seas, if not in
the shops. The colors chiefly range
among the slates, bines and grays and
to that of the great white shark, the
_drea4t^ man-eater, familiar, about Calcutta
and in most tropical waters. A
great beauty of the skin is that of its
peculiarly granulated surfaco, and this
, has also been serviceable to the cabinetmakers
since the days of the old G*eek
writers. Yot here may be seen a beautiful
roll of the skin which, although it
might well serve as a rasp, will have its
texture of gleaming pearls cut and
shaped to daintier purposes. This is
covered with little, thick-set, coneshaped
protuberances of cream and
ivory hue and shining with a luster belonging
only to things of the sea.
The Blse In Prices.
The New York Public, which makes
a nareftil stndv of prices, compiles a
table of comparisons in' prices for
varions dates between January 1, I860,
and December 1, 1881. It has taken
commendable pains to make sure that
it is comparing the prices of merchandise
of the same quality, standing and
importance. The date when prices
were the lowest in this interval was
November 1, 1878, and the following
are quotations of a few of the most
representative staples on the 1st of November
in the following years :
186& 1878. " 1881.
Wheat, i mi winter..si oo *? ui -**7,
Wheat, 2 spring 117 90 1 32
Corn ^8 "J
Oats.... 38 28% 47
Bc&qb..? ^ 25 1 55 2 /o
Fork, mess 13 25 7 75 18 00
Bacon, cwt 10 00 5 68 9 62
Butter H 13 25
Cheese 10 "% ll1/,
Eggs 10% 22 26%
Hav 30 45 65 jfc
Potatoes, bbl 1 12 2 69 2 39
Cabbage, cwt..; 3 50 - 50 8 00
AddICS ...* 150 1 25 3 00
Sugar!::*. 07 07% 08%
Coffee, rio 13% 11* 10*
Tea 33 15 lo
Codfish.'.'.'. 1 00 4 25 5 50
Salt 00 G5 7o
Cotton... H% 09% 11%
S%:: 08% oi% os%
WaaI 48 3D 4G
Harris goods 1 50 1 50 1 CO
Hides 25% 20 22
Pig iron 22 50 10 50 25 00
Lumber, white pine... 16 00 15 00 16 00
Brick 5 00 3 75 7 50
It is worth noticing that there has
been a substantial decline in tea and
coffee, and these are almost the only
articles so affected.
"I'm very glad to have met you, sir?'
said Brown, politely. " Are you?" replied
Fogg; "here's a note you may
be glad to meet, also." Brown wasn't
so powerfully glad to meet it, but he
had to.
When you see an Irish mother sewing
the tears in her boy's pantaloons,
you may put Tier down as being in favor
ot tho "np-rent" system.'
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AnimatM
In India tame otte^BHHHHujHn
nnAnt.l? napfl fnr
ttey bring ashore in
for driving shoals of fish iMR9k1
Dr. William Hamilton giv?a^Hfltt?
esting account ofa^at^flfog
which hod become a - most excellent v
fisher. " In jiding from Portrush tc i
the Giant's Causeway with pome com | v
pany, we had occasion to ford the fiver j B
near the sea, and as the fishermen were j e
going to haul the net we stopped to ; 8
see their success. As soon as the ddg ; i
perceived the men to move, he instantly \ g
ran down the river of his owp accord j
and took part in the middle of it, on 11
some shallows, where he could oc-1 j
casionally run or swim, and in ' s
this position he plaoed himself with i1
all the eagerness and attention t j
so strongly observable in a pointer dog i f
which sets his game. We were some j r
time at a loss to apprehend his scheme, |
but the'event soon satisfied us' and
amply justified the prudence of the animal,
for the fish, when they feel the1 1
net, always endeavor to make directly *
out to sea. Accordingly one of the c
salmon, escaping from the net,-rushed
down the stream with great velocity (
toward the ford, where the dog stood to [
receive him at an advantage. A very j
diverting chase now commenced, in
which, from the shallowness of the r
water, we could disoern the whole track r
of the fish, with all its rapid turnings x
and windings. After a smart pursuit
the dog foufid himself left ^
considerably behind, in conse- .
quence nf the water deepening, by
which he bad been reduced to tbe ne- ^
cessity of swimming. But instead of
following his desperate game any
longer, he readily gave it over, and ran c
with all his speed directly down the *
river, till he was sure of being again to c
seaward of the salmon, where he took ?
post as before in the pointer's attitude.
Here the fish a second time met him', i
and a fresh pursuit ensued, in which, J
after various attempts, the salmon ?
at last made its way out to sea, \
notwithstanding all the ingenious
and vigorous exertions of its pur- (
euer. Thongb the dog did not succeed ,
at. this time, yet I was informed that it ,
was no unusual thing for him to run t
down his game ; and the fishermen assured
me he was of very great advantage
to them by turning the salmon toward
the net. During the whole of the f
ohase this sagacious animal seemed ^
plainly to have two objects in view:
one, to seize his game, if possible; and
the other, to drive it toward the net
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when the former failed." ' : '
Ouvier expresses his surprise that the
possesses a far higher degree of intelligence
than the rodents, and than most
of the ruminants. There is no doubt
that mnch might'be done in this way,
for examples are not wanting to prove
ihe singular docility of the seal. Daring
the time that rumored invasions by
the French caused all parts of the coast
of Britain to be fortified, a small party
on one of the little islands in
the Frith of Forth, near Edinburgh,
amused themselves by taming
a seal. It had all the affection and
playfulness of a dog. It fished for
itself and sometimes for its master. It
fawned about them, licked their hands,
and if it did not accompany those who
made an excursion in the boat, it was as
sure to meet them on their return. It
always came to their hut to sleep, and
conducted itself as if it was one of the
party. There is no saying how far its
training might have been carried, but
-it fell out of a bed and was killed while
young.
One of the old domestio sports of the
Earls of Monteith in their island home
of Falla was fishing with trained geese.
A line with a baited hook was tied to
the leg of a goose, which, thus accontered,
was made to swim in water of a
proper depth. A boat, well filled, es
corted this formidable knight errant.
A marauding pike woold take off the
bait, and put his mettle to the test; a
combat ensued, in which both of the
contending heroes would show much
strength and agility, but at length the
goose invariably dragged him a prisoner.
Du Halde describes the Chinese
method of fishing by means of the cormorant
with great accuracy. In the
morning, when the sun rises, one may
see on the rivers a considerable number
of boats and several of these birds sitting
on the sides; the fishermen turn
their boats about upon the river, and
at the signal which they give by striking
one of their oars upon the water the
cormorants fly into the water, plunge
overhead, and, diving to the very
bottom, seize the fish by
the middle, then coming up
again Ihey carry it to the bark, where
the fisherman receiving it takes the
bird, and holding it legs uppermost,
makes it disgorge the small fish which
it had swallowed, by passing his hand
along the neck, on which there is a ring
at the lower part which hinders them
from going directly into the crop. When
the fishing is quite over they take away
the ring and let them feed; and when
a particular fish is too large for one
they assist each other, one taking the
tail and another* the head, and bring it
to their master.
ri ?nmmMaA o?/l /.Trtifnmanf
^UliOlUCIttUlO ouijpixoo auu VAWiiviiiVMw
were created in Wall street the other
day by a prominent operator appearing
on the steps of the treasury building
with his hands in his own pockets.?Them
Judge. J
Some ygars ago Miss Libbie Minkler, 1
of Rochelle, 111., lost both arms by |
falling in front of a reaper. To-day j
she is earning a good living by oil paint: I
lng, holding the^brp/^xh^r teeth. I
M
eSed'tiiat tiie sweet sodgs ofihe sirens
rould lead him and; his' followers ,M
oward that fatal .shore already strewn*
rith the bleaehed bon^a of shipwrecked JBmH
oariners. This was Ulysses' way of
scaping. Bat when the great modian
Orphens sailed past the same
slands he took no such precaution, bn$,
imply kept playing on his late a tone
weeter thaiT the songs of the sirens,
ratil thp idtojds safely left far be*
lind. sJ^ny Mend,. amid all the *
eductions of this earthly life, amid ifiT
emptations and enticements, the Lord
'esus will cause a sweet strain, to sound * , *
orth in your soul, so that all earthly * j
nusic will not tempt yon.?Judsm.
R?IIkJoum News and Note*.
It is estimated that the thirty-three
nissionary societies now at work in
Africa have secured upward of 80,000 "
:onvertfl.
rmi- r>?
JLUU 1?UK?U>UU UUU&WH V*
ihia country raised last year 8220,598
or domestic missions, and 893,265 for ?
oreign missionsr
By vote of the faculty, of Chicago
theological seminary the revised New ^
Testament will hereafter be used in the
eligious exercises of tnat school.
The first synod of the Soman Catholic
trchdiocese of St. Andrews and Edin- .
bnrgh held since 1559, was field De
ismber 6 in the Pro-Cathedral, Edinburgh.
The Liberty Street Methodist Episcopal
church, of Pittsburg, Penn., celebrated
the fiftieth ahi&versary of its
mndation iu "a series ofv appropriate^
erWces. ^ 1
The Congregationalisms employ 108 ^
nissionaries in Kansas, and organised
ast year twenty-seven chnrohes. The
mm appropriated to Kansas last yeai
vas $22,000 , * . i . . *
?v * * *
Of the sixty-five Lutheran misaionkries
supported by the board of home
nissions of the general synod last year
-iinA nrA in TTannas. seven in* IOwa and
.hree in Nebraska.
The synod of the French Protectant &
:hnrch has appointed a commission to.
consider all the existing French. ransladons
of the Bible, with a view either
io the; adoption-of one cr the recommendation
thai a new version be made.'*
The Greeks held garlio in such abhorrence
that those who partook of it.
were regarded as profane. The Rostrengthen
them.
In Japan there have very recently * v
appeared three tracts, aimed at the
growing power of Christianity"-^? of* >
which opens by saying that Christianity
is spreading like fire on a grassy plain,
so that in capital and- country there is
no place whe& it is not preached.
CLIPPINGS FOtt"THE CCKiOUf.
The yew tree has always been considered
a tree of mourning.
A little bird, the -red-tail, has been,
seen to catch 900 flies in an honr.
Among the hundreds of parasitio
cones studding, the-flanks of JEtim
there are'sonie nearly 800 feet high,
* * y * '**>
Silk damasks are now made by pasting
thin silk tissue on, cotton. India
rubber dissolved ih petroleum is used
as a cement. , "
The famous Mosqne of Omar, fronting
Solomon's temple, derives an annual
revenue of nearly $75. COO from
pilgrim'contributions.
A hundred thousand miles of railroad t
track are laid in the United States,
being abont one-half the constructed
railroads of the'world.
The lily of the Scriptures, according
to the bestor authity, was the purple
iris, the fleur dc lis, a plant considered
sacred to the* Virgin Mary. /
The Indians of the Tehnantepee Highlands
ascend the icy summits of the
Sierra Madre, with a threadbare
blanket as their only covering.
It is found by experiment that if
meat, before being fed to dogs, be cut
fine, it is imperfectly digested, while if
3 n voonlf ia
Bwauoweu JIU ltugo vuu iiqu?
perfeot digestion.
Trees, during rainstorms, retain vast
quantities of water. The soil covered
with forests receives six-tenths of the
whole rainfall, thejtreea having intercepted
four-tenths,
A Russian savant offers the novel bu
absurd hypothesis that hail is of cosmical
origin, and is captured by our
world in its journey throngh spgce in
the same way that meteors arc attracted
to their planets.
A story is told of a Jew of Tewksbury,
in 1820, who fell into a well on
Saturday?the Jewish Sabbath. Out of
M iv _ 3 u
reverence icr me u?j uo wuuiu
suffer himself to be drawn oat. The **
Earl of Glaston, on whose land the well
was, wonld not allow him to be taken
out the next day put of respect for Sunday,
and before Monday came he died.
There is a weekly sale in Paris of
toads, which are brought in casks filled
with damp moss. One hundred good"""??.
toads are vu^Bb^^xty to seventy . .
for gar
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