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" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence." YOI.. XII. I1 111 -1 NO.-8. Th t? Coquette. She,'.H ?i (Urt, amt ?ho knows 1% tCxp?rt, ami abo shows lt I? each wont and act, ti ho laugh? and abo chatter?, libo chalis aud abo llatto-s, Mankind to distract. Uer ?by llttlo glance? I try, aa rho dance?, To follow-In vain '. I'iaoii ma? ?bo entrances W bo can bot ad van?os Enchanting disdain? 1 siuli ; ?ho i? tondor ; I Hy lo defend lier From trouble or bann, ribo Bullies, and I woo ber, Uer wiles bring mo to bor, BubdUOd hy her charm. Sile's :v wite.h, and she knows it, She's rich-who'd supp 080 lt, So siniplo bor art'/ I love ber-confound hort - And liover around her Hut has ?bo a heart? FRANZ. Tko Edelweiss is a palo little Alpine snow-llower with velvet petals, and grows iii tho most Inaccessible spots on tho mountains. Franz Steinfeld! was ono of the most agilo of the mountaineers of Zormatt and its vicinity. Where a chamois could lind a footing, or a lammer geler makes its nest, Fran/ could follow, and lie mado quite a llttlo penny during the summer and fall months by guid ing travelers up the mountains. Ho had led sonio of theso perilous expedi tions up the Matterhorn and brought Iiis party back in safety, where others bad lost their lives, so he bore the reputation, though hardly nineteen, of being tho most prudent and sure footed of the guides in Zermalt. bomotimes he earned an extra sum by getting the Edelweiss for travelers, but that was a raro occurrence. Since his father lost lils life live yeara before, by falling into a crovasse when iii pursuit of tho llowor, tho poor mother had grown timid. Stelnfoldt, Uko his son, bad been a cautious and lucky guido, until that fatal day when he wont down the smooth green ice of tho glaciers, and hjs body had never been found. Ho tho mother now grown sick and nervous; would weop and remonstrate with ber boy when she thought he was sotting off in pursuit of tho fatal dower, "Aeh, Franz," she would sigh, "how I wish those Americans, and French, and Engllshers, would keep away from Z or matt. They aro mad, those people, to bi lbo you to such perilous places, and thou ?nt mad, too, to lot their gold tempt thee to perhaps thy death." "if tho Edelweiss grow within tho reach of all men's hands, mother, who would want it? Tho money does not como amiss, for it helps to buy food ?md clothing for us, and where would hinda get her ribbons If lt were not for lhose windfalls?" "I thank (?od tho season is over," the mother ejaculated. "The strangers ure all going back homo, and in winter I am in peace." "Tho last party of travelers will bo here this morning, at noon, on their way homo,*' said Franz. "I must burry down to tho Hosen.hans, whore they will put up, cr Herman Muller will bo ahead ojf mo. Throe tunos this I summer, with his impudence, ho has taken travolers from under my very iioso, by offering to guido thom for less than I (to, Ach, tho mean fellowl" With a contemptuous curl of bis handsome lip, tho young fellow started for tho town with tho. easy, springy stop of a mountain-climber. To his disgust ho found that Hermann and some other guides wero ahead of him, but tho party waa largo enough to en gage his soryico also. His special charge was an old gentle man, an American, very pompous and loud-voic?d, and Franz's experienced cyo soon discovered that ho was a rich "parvenu," and making tho European tour for tho ?lrst timo. His daughter, whom bo called Rosa, and who was in a perpetual blush for her papa's torrlble mistakes, was a beautiful girl of seven teen-a frosh, gay, child-like creature -?md amused Franz by her exaggerat ed way of talking. Moue of tho party wero enthusias ic Alpine edinboro. They did not go up high, and shunned all dilllcult and dangerous places. They wero only climbing for tho name or tho thing, and wero glad enough to begin the do scent. Suddouly Ito3a screamed out: "O papa, how dreadfully forgetful wo have beonl Wo haven't a bit of Edelweiss. Nobody at homo will bo lievo that wo over trlod to climb the mountains if wo do not tuko back a specimen. Why, all tho girls who bavo boon boro bavo a sprig in their scrap books. To bo suro, it looko to me Uko any other dried wood, but then for tho mime of tho thing you know." "Well, I suppose we can pick some us-we go down," pompous Mr. Moore said. "Watch tor lt, young man," to Franz. t,l s'poso you know where lt grows." Franz looked at llrst bewildered at this speech, and then, as tho moaning dawned upon hun, ho smiled aravoly, "It grows not hero, tho F?dol weiss, mein herr," he said. ,tIt is far from tho trodden paths, and it is dangerous to get it." Tho old gentleman smiled supercili ously. ' Oh, I'm up to all that. You needn't try any of your guides' tricks on mo. It's dangerous to got, is it, and it's worth ever so much bocauso of tho danger? Como, now," Jingling money in his pocket, "what'll tempt you to tryV What's tho market vallie of tho flower, that -Addle wass," Or whatever lt may bo? I'll give you fl YO dollars for a bunch." .'Mein herr," said Franz, "I do not want llvo dollars for tho dower; but since you want ono bo much, I will try to get it for you, but not for money, lt does not grow on big bunches, us you think, and now, ob, it is very scarce. But perhaps ono may be lound, and to morrow I will bring lt." Ho was up at daylight tho next morning, and off on his quest. In deep ravines, and dangerous clerts, on icy ledges, and in cornored nooka, he sought vainly for the little flower. It was too late In tho season for lt, and when noon came, and his search was still unsuccessful, ho was about to re turn homo. At last peor lng over tho precipico, on a ledge far below ho saw tho pal? stars of the object of hu search. A wall went almost perpen dicularly down to thom, not Impossi ble to descend, b r, tho ledge whore the) grow was narrow, and ono false ste) would precipitate him into tho gull benoath. It was not as deep as man j others, but no man could fall down thou jutting sides and reach tho bolton alive. Ho looked, and hesitated, whet a well known voice in his ear mad< him start. ltIs that you, Herman?" ho a8ked "Well, it's not my ghost, Franz,' Herman answered, with a laugh ..though tho fat Englisher down thor ls apt to make ono of me before long fie;wants Edelweiss, and I've been li all kinds ot break-nock-places to go somo for him. Hal peering over th precipice, "why there's some now." "lt ia mino," Franz answered angrily, for ho disliked and dlstruete Herman. "1 found it, and no'ood touches it, do you hearV" "Yes, but sinco whon havo yo bought the right to gather all tho Kde weiss on tho free mountains? If yo can get it, tako it in welt: uno, but it i not yours until you touch it, and ] too, will mako a trial for lt." Tho next moment ho had disai peared and Franz who was proparin to descend, saw tho ledge on which Hi flower grew ran round the side or th precipice, and that Herman, descom? ing to it from another point, wasslowl making his way around by the liolp t an alpenstock which ho dug in th sides tis ho advanced, to steady h steps. More nervous than an Alpine cllmbi should bo, for he was very nngr Franz made his way down with did cutty, and dragged tho plant to hin with his alpenstock, just us Herma had stretched out his hand to grasp I Forgetting all caution In this hour i triumph, ho waved tho flower abo\ lils hoad. Tho act m ado him lose h balance Herman looking on wit angry eyes, saw the stick shoot fro tho unhappy boy's hand, and with cry of agony, poor Franz lost lils ba anco, and foll into tho depths. Herman mado his way from tho rat ledgo, and rushed back to Ker ma with tho nows. Every ono liked tl boy, and a largo body of mountalnee set out In search of tho body. It w recovered the next day, the hoi crushod, but tho faco unmutllated, ni In the hand so tightly clonchod that could not bo loosened, was tho fat flower. Tho noxt day the pompous Ame can and his daughter entered tho C( tago whore tho romains of Franz wc laid out. Soveral women were in t room, but ono, silent, motionless, wi unseeing eyes, sat by tho shroud form; and tho strangers needed no o to toll thom that was tho beroav mother. "AhomI I'm very sorry, very mu grlvcd," stammered Mr. Mooro to t stony-faced woman. "I hoar lt was get a flower for ray daughter that mot hie death. "Nobody know that would kill himsolf, or gracious kno I wouldn't havo sent him after it, Y I can't blamo me." Tho mothor understood not a wt of what ho was saying, for sho kn no English and theso people w strangers to her. But oven had tl spoken in a familiar tonguo, sho \ deafened by lier grief to all tho sounds of lifo aroun? bor. Sho sat mute, her eyes fixed on tho body of her son. "You seo, I want to holy you," went on Mr. Mooro, fumbling in bis pocket. "1 reckon you're poor as Job, and this will help you to got bread and meat," laying a woll filled purse in hor lap. She looked at tho money, and thou at him. Suddenly her stunned brain soemod to recover consciousness. Th?se wero tho strangers who had tempted her boy to his death, and this was tho price of his precious Ufo this man was offering ber. She raised tho purso In her open hand and throw it violently through tho open door, with an Im perative sign to tho stranger to follow it. "Very unreasonable, very rude 1 must say," sputtered Mr. Mooro, as with a faco crimsoned with anger, bo hurried ont after bis despised offering. "(Jomo, Rosa, lot's get away from hero." But Bosa paused a moment, and looked at tho beautiful dead face, ber tender young heart aching with re morse for the part she had innocently played in this tragedy. Tears fell from her eyes, for this shadow of death and pain was tho Hrst that had como to her happy Ufo. Ono of tho women, scolng bor grief, broke off a sprig of tho 'Edel weiss .still grasped In tho dead hand, and banded it to ber. She had got ber Alpino flower; lt lies in a locked box now-tho price of a life. A TK? bilt'H lil,OW. Crushing the Skull ol' An Ox nt n Bingle Terrible Blow. A man eater, which for six months had boen the torror of tho neighborhood bad been traced down and was soon to creep into a ravine. Tho beators wero at once ordered off, as they could not bo of ser vice, and might bo charged upon by the tiger, which had already boen rendered furious by a wound. Unfortunately, theso men aro in tho habit of half Intoxicating themselves with opium be fore driving the tiger from bis refuge, and ono of them who had taken too large a do30 refused to escapo, and challenged tho tlgor, drawing bis I sword and waving lt doilautly. In' ? moment tho animal sprang upon bim, dashed him to tho ground with a blow of his paw and turned at bay. After a series of desperate charges he was killed. Tho bunters then wont to tho : assistance of tho wounded man, but found that be was past all aid, tho lower part of his face, including both jaws, had been carried away, as if by a cannon-ball. Tho terrille eft'eot of tho singlo blow indicates tho power of tho limb which struck lt. Had tho blow taken effect a few inches higher tho whole of tho bead would huyo been carried away. Hy iv similar blow a tiger bas been known to crush tho skull of an ox so completely that when handled tho broken hones felt as If they wero looso In a bag. Tho wonder at this terrille strength diminishes whoo tho limb is measured. Tho tiger which killed the foolhardy man was by no moans a largo one, measuring nine feet four inches from tho nogo to tho tip of tho tall; yot the girth of tho forearm was two feet seven inches. The corresponding limb of a v6ry powerful man scarcely exceeds a foot in circumference. Not until it becomes a man-eater ls tho tiger much dreaded, especially in tho case of those nativos who do not possess Hocks or bords, indeed, whoo an Englishman has offerod to kill n tiger whoso lair was well known, he has been requested not to do so, as tho tiger did no harm and killed so many doer that it supplied tho neighbors with moat. Tlie tigress is much moro to bo dreaded as a man-eater than tho malo animal. A Butler's Compliment, A compliment, true and genuino, was paid by a sal'or who was sent by bis captain to carry a letter to the lady of bis lovo. Tho sailor, having deliver ed bis mo sago, stood gazing in silent admiration upon the lady, for abo was very boautlful. "Woll, my good man," sho said, "for what do you wait? There ls no answor to bo returned." "J/idy," replied tho sailor with hum ble doferonce, "If you ploaso ,1 would like to know your name." "Did you not seo lt on tho lottor?" "Pardon, lady-I nevor learned to road. Mino lins been a bard, rough life." "And for what reason, my good man, would you know my name?" "liecauso," answered the old tar, looking up honestly, "In a storm at sea, with danger aforo mo, I would like to call tho name of tho brightest thing I'd over seen in my lifo, Thoro'd be sun shine in it oven in the darkness." IN KXIIJU IN SIBERIA. Homo Particulars of ll uss lu" J Cl rout Mot hods ol' Disposing or Ob Juottoiiablo Persons. But few of tbo exiles ever attain to the possession of a "house," by which is moant a uiisorablo hut. Most of thom uro In reality the bondsmen of tho Siborhui peasants, by ^Yhom thoy aro hired; that ia to say, they romain in their debt as long as thoy live, and aro satisfied when thoy can got money for drinking ou holidays from their masters. Hut as tho majority of the oxlles aro rogues and vagabonds by profession, who aro afraid of work, tho number of fugitives is constantly increasing, who steal, rob and plundor windover a chanco offers, and thus In tensify tho natural antipathy of tho settlor against tho class of tho dopor ted. Tho peasants havo overy causo to ho incensed against thom, for, be sides suffering from tho malpractices of tho convict class, they havo to bear tho cost of tho erect'on and preserva tion of prisons for tho exiles, organizo huto for the capturo of runaways, pr? vido guards for them and lind tho taxes which cannot bo raised from among tho deported class. But tho greatest gaps In tho ranks of tho exiles are caused by tho almost systematic escapo of tho latter from forced labor and from tho convict settlements. Not less than 13 per cont, of tho doported oscapo during transport. Many of them aro shot down Uko wild boasts by tho peasants and natives, and an ob server of Siberian lifo mado a Yory true remark when ho said that Siberia would scarcely havo been ablo to over power the runaway exiles if tho peas ants had not annihilated them. Tho most extremo measures to check tho system of escapo aro tho hunts by tho natives, organizod by tho Busalan Government. Tho native re?oives three rubles If ho delivers tho prisoner, "dead or allvo," to the a uthorities. The peo ple aro provided with good arms and ammunition, so as to make hunting the escaped prisoners a success. Ono of tiloso few who managed to escape was seized in his nativo village, and when brought before the court ho said: ."For two years I have wandorod about, havo swam through liver and seas, havo crossed Siberian forests, passed through steppes and mountains-and no one has touched me, neither man nor boast, but hore, in my nativo viii ago, I havo been seized and cast into chains." Tho escape from forced labor had becomo so common that tho administrators of convict establish ments were in tho habit of calling out, when recoivlng prisoners: "Whoever wishes to st:\y let him take clothes; ho who wants to run away will not need them." It should bo observed that tho clothes left behind by escaped con victs, so to guard against capture, aro tho poi cut isl tes of tho prison authori ties. While the statistics show an incred ible increase in tho number of crimes committed by exiles, proving tho etllcl ency of tho system of deportation as a corrective a delusion, they aro equally condemnatory or its much-vaunted cheapness to tho Btato. Tho cost of transport of a Siberian d?porter is es timated at fifty rubles ($37.?O). But in Hus estimate are not included tho cost of transport to tho main routo (steamers on tho Volga and Kama), and thonco to tho place of destination, thu maintenance of Ills family, if ho is accompanied by it, tho malntainanco in prison till tho spring, as transports In whiter havo been abolished, as well as tho cost of tho military guard, so that tho expenso of transport for each convict to his placo of destination amount to above 300 rubles ($225), a sum which would bo suillcient to keep him at least four years in tho dearest prison of European Russia. But this sum is ralsod to 800 rubles ($1300) by tho oxponso of attaching to tho main tenance of etappo routes, escorto, pris ons along the routes and etappo houses. African Native* as Trailers. Along tho northoast of Africa, south of Cape Gnardaful, thore aro no towns worth mentioning for some hundreds of miles. Tho Somali natives, who live along tho coast, havo had scarcoly any dealings with white traders. A little whilo ago a smart firm in Adon made up thoir minds that by maintaining regular communication with tho coast thoy would bo able to build up a good trade. Thoy therefore bought a Uttlo steam vessel and sent their agents along tho coast to toll tho natives that nt cer tain times, if they would look out on tho sea, they would soe a steamer com ing, laden with beautiful goods, to give them in exchange for hides, palm oil and other products of tho Somali re gion. Tho little vessel baa now mado sov I eral trips, and tho experiment has proved a great SUCCOBB. Knowing that they may expoct tho steamer at the dato fixed, the natives for many miles in the intorlor Hock to tho ahoro at tho different points where the vessel stops. A largo crowd, woll burdened with ob jects of oxchaugo await tho steamer which anchors off tho coast, whllo trad ing boats put ashore, and a Uvoly mar kot 1B soon In progress, whore a few hours before nothing could be seen but the wldo-strotching sands that border this coast. Tho goods that are most In demand among these now cuatomors of the whites aro Venetian glassware aud American cotton shirtings. They drive very fair bargains, and it is note worthy that tho poor stuffs they bought at first they now discard for hotter goods. Tho samo keenness luis been obsorved among other African natives. The Congo tribes, for instance, will not touch now tho poor jack-knives and lllmsy cotton they were greedy for ii few years ago. Tho grado of goods that the Congo State now talcos to Af rica for bartering purposes atong tho river coast is on an average from 00 to 100 per cont, moro than tho goods that wore sold to tho natives six or seven years ago. Tho Fatal hovers' Walk. "I want to waru you about ono | thing," said Mrs. Farquhar; "don't go sti oiling off before sunset ip tho Lovers' Wall:, lt is tho most danger ous place. It is ni fatal place. I sup pose every turn In it, every treo that has a knoll at the foot whore two per ilous can sit, hus witnessod a tragedy, or, what ls worse, a comedy. Thoro am legends enough about it to filia bunk. Maybe ibero is not a southern I A ?unan living who has not been enga ged there once at least. I'll tell you a little story for a warning. ?Some yeais ago thoro was a famous bollo hero who had tho Springs at her feet, and half a dozen doterrnincd suitors. Ouo of them, who bad been uuable to make tho least impression on her heart, rosolvod to win her by a stratagem Walking ono evening on tho hill with h or, tho two stopped just at a turn in the walk -I can show you the exact spot, with out a chaperon-and ho fell into earnest diseourso with her. She was cool aud repollent as usual. Just then ho hoard a party approaching; his chanco bad como. Tho moment the party carno in sight he suddenly kissed her. Everybody saw it. Tho witnesses dis creetly turned back. The girl was in dignant. Hut tho deed was done. In half an hour tho Spring would know it. .Sho was compromised, No expla nation could do away with tho fact that abo had been kissed in Lover's Walk. But tho girl was game, and that evening tho engagement was an nounced in tho drawing room. lsn*t thal a pretty story?" Arab and l'ershm Horses. The general run of Arabs aro no doubt first-rate horses, as far as they go, lor military purposes, but thoy aro too small to mount satisfactorily any but nativo cavalry. There are, of course, exceptional animals which hayo sl/o and power enough for any thing, but they aro so few that they may be loft out of tho general ostimato which we take of tho raco. For any soldier whoso weight is such that he can be mounted on an Arab bo will be found the hardiest, soundest, and most docllo pf war-horses. Ile* will do an enormous amount of work on a very little and vory different food, and will always bear himself well and hand somely. In ono point only is ho, moro than othor horses, susceptible of dis ease, and that is his eye, which ts Ha blo to cataract. Ills groat character istic is his undaunted pluck, which is nover moro clearly shown than wheo by any chanco bo is Ul, when all veter inary surgeons will allow that bo is a most ad ml rabio patient, resisting and throwing off tho effectso, illness or treat ment in a way that no horse of another race can equal. Persian horses haye always beon found among tho most gonorally useful remounts in India, and they tnke their placo both lu tho ranks of cavalry and in gun teams Thoy have moro power and size than Arabs, with much of tho same con stitutional good qualitios and-a mat ter of groat importance to tho Stato they aro gonorally choaper in price. lOarllHiiinko Speed. According to accounts from Wash ington, if tho earth tremor roglsterod by tho scientific instruments in that city, shortly after the recent earthquake tn Southern Franco and Northern Italy, was a part of tho same shock, the wave must have traveled under tho ocean, from concluent to continent, at tho rato of COO miles an hour. Tho velocity of thin earth-wave, propagated by tho Charleston shook was only about ninety milos an hour. PAKIS IlA?PlCICUKS. Million? ot' nollavH* Worth pf Kcl'usf (lathered livery Year. Tho Ulty of Parl? lots out by contract tho exclusivo right to pick up what cnn be found in the streets and alleys to "chef chiffoniers"-Anglloo, boss rag? plokora-one each to a certain district. These chers havo their rospoctlvo corps of men employed at an average of from f.3 to f.5 per day, or rather night, for tho work tva') to be done at night. Tho wholo harvest of cigar stumps, decayed fruit, manuro, rags, offal, blt? of iron, tinware, old horseshoes, leather strips, paper, otc, ls stored lu vast subterra nean depots or sheds lu the suburbs and there assorted and put Into marketable shape. In addition to this comes tho enormous trade done by these men with tho cooks, portcrsaud janitors of private houses for all tho refuse of tho kitchen and workshop. Tho result represents many millions every year and gives re munerative omploymont to thousands. In a melodrama of French origin, which had quite au extensivo run over here, a ragpicker's ball and subsequent orglo aro represented. Many Ameri cans thought this probably overdrawn or purely Imaginativo. The scene ls one taken from Ufo. Tho Parisian rag picker is a power. A curious aldo featuro of tho Paris ian chiffonier's trade is tho manner in which ho utilizes "second-hand" food. Buying it en bloc at a very low stipu lated price, paid every month, of the cooks or butlers in hotels or largo prh vate houses, the dally harvest is care fully aortod. Thus, roast meat, sau? sage, sound fruit and vegetable*, and unspoiled soup are sot apart and sold al a sulllciently low figure to restaurants of the third and fourth grade, *~'io again sot it bofore their customers in tho g?ito of vols-au-Yont, raquot, stow, pot roast, meat pies, etc., and tho vory artistically gotten up "Italian salad," which tho boulevard gourmand eats with great relish. Thus it goes down the scale till that class of eatables is reached Intended for the harlqeuin. This queer name is very appropriate. For as tho garb of tho harlequin is mado up of hundreds of van-colored bits of cloth, so this dish consists of hundreds of bits of food, tish and meat, sauce and soup, cabbage and potatoes and carrots-all forming a hodge-podge worse than tho Wpauish olia podrida, It is sold by the koepors of the lowest eating shop3 by the barr!//*!'ad ls made up of what the chiffonier cannot sell olsewhere. Tho mon and women who patronixo this harlequin pay 2 cents ou ontorlng the shop. For that they aro served with a chunk of bread and have tho privilege to once make a divo with a long threo-tined fork into tho caul dron, if they fish up a big piece of meat, so much tho better for them. Weather anti Mental Moods. It has been argued, with moro or losa warmth, that one's dispostion is largely affected by tho kind of weather which prevails when one is boru. While this li possible, it ls also fanoiful, and but few put any faith In it. There ls, how ever, another weather phenomenon in which 1 bolleve. I twa convinced that thought is influenced in a very consid erable degree by the weather. My notice was first drawn toward this by a line In ono of Voltaire's letters, in which ho said: "My work has been murky to day, because the woather was murky." From this time on I took close and careful account of my men tal condition during various kinds of weather. Once, as an experiment, 1 planned two novels, to be worked on simulta neously. The one plot was shaped durin? a stormy period and tho other during a brief season of sunshine and summer glory which Immediately fol lowed. Whonovrr. it was stormy I worked upon tho storm-planned novol, and whenever the weather was bright I worked upon the other. In each in stance I wholly surrendered myself te tho moods which the weather stirred up within me, and made no effort to shako off the good cheer of the ono or the despondency with which the other encompassed me. As a result, tho novel upon which waa settled no shadow of storm-taint was oheerful and good-humored, but the other was so, bitter, mournful and vindictive that I i nover prlntod it. Itllnnoss. Ile who lives to uo purposo lives to fy bad purpose. A thousand evils do a tl lint that iqaft whioh hath to himself an idle and int?, profitable carcass. A mind quito vacant is a mind dig*' trosood. j It ls a poor wit who IIV?B bj iwrirotoi lng the words, dooislons, inle"n, inve$h tions and actions a? oihnr*.