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4 - *No -a-m ott TRI1-WEEKLY EDITION. IND1,CME WINB R ,S . EC M E 0 89 V L I.N .19 A SHADOW IN THE VALLEY, There's a shadow in the valley Whero the lilies lie aseoop, Where the lauglaing wators inurinur, And the swoot flags droop and weep, Thero's a shadow in the valley And a sigh floats in the air, Like the breat'. of angels resting O'er the fair scene mirroret there. suoh a shadow in the valley Brings a burdon to my hoart; Uanot you, too, umdorstand it? Have you never fo:t it atart? 1 havo watched the lilios lying, I hive seon the swoot flags weep, And have wished that I, when ding, Might be laid with them to sleep. I have hoard the breezes murmur Low soft things within this vale, I Lavo seen the b ackbirds hover. O,r $he liica' fidifand pale, 1 have hobi a lay oesunlight Linger 'ming the roeds. at play; But the silont creeping shadow Chased the memory aprito away. Liko the human heart, e'eraha-lowed By a sorrow swift and deep, Lie the safset flags'and the lilies In the shadowy vale asloop. TIere's i melahmohdly sweetness In the perfumo-ladon air. And the tall reeds seem to whispor, "You'll find seorrow overywh re." )Reinited. The front door of A neat house, of mod erate pretensions, just outside of an In diana town, was Wastily .opencd as zlght was coning on and-a man was thrust vio lently into the street, or rather the road. .The ni. who was ejected was young, and Mhight have'bean handsome had It not been for the, dissipated appearance of his features and the untidiness of his dress. -At the moment he wts evidently intoxi ca mn'nwho ejected him was an elder ly gentleman, whose face. was red with hon'eht indignation, which also showed it self in his yoice dnd his language. Albert Wakely was a lawyer of ability and promise when he married John Byrd's da;ghir gary, qjtl~oigh he had 'already contltiacted-a fondhess for drink.. 'Ihis passion did not abate after his mar riage, but grew upon him, and at the birth of hin boy he had:become no better than a loafer, sheltering liimself with his wife in the houso of lili father-in-law, to whom his family' looked for all the nceessa-les o.-lfe. John Byrd was not the man to .patiently enhire his 'dfi-Taw's worthfd6ness cnd liltredtiont'bf Is' iife, and-at last, when W ely.c.ame crawling into the houseafter a piolbnged absence and debauch, lie opened the door ad expelled him forcibly. "Go oAfP) he exclaimed with his voice full of anger. "Go off, Albert Wakely, and never darken my doore igain I You have no longer a home here, and you shall never set your foot in my house after this." Wakely murmured something about wanting to see his wife. "She don't want to see you. Go off, I say I No body here cares what becomes of you. 1 The old man went back into the house and closed and locked the door, while the young one stumbled iup the road, his hat over his eyes, and his faculties apparently dazedi. lie thus wandered on, never looking up, nor glancing to the right or the left, stupid and purposeless, until he reached the bank of a stream. Ignoring the bridge, he would have walked into the water if he had not been selized and f'orcibly restrained by a man who had notied lisa strange movements. "What, Wakely, is this you ? What are you doing ? Where are you going ? "I don't know," was the sleepy reply. "Where am I ?" "You wvould now be in the water if I had not stopped you. You have been drink ing, Wakely. Come, let me take you home.". At tIs word Wakely suddenly straight ened himnself up, raised his hat and pushed the hair from his eyes. "H-ome !". lie exclaimed. "I. have -no home." In response to the wondering questions of the other, lie related, more lucidly than might have beenm expected, the story of lis expulsion from John Byrd's house. "TLhiat's noihing," said his, frIend. ''Come to town with me, andl straighten up, and, it will all be right in the morn *ing." "It will never be right, Mr. Henderson," replied Wakehy. ~"This Is the end of It. I have been driven out and I deserve It, and I will never'set foot In ,7ohn Byrd's honse again. That is not all. .I will nevor drInk another drop of liquor as long as 1 live, so help me heaven!" "Don't be rash. It is a good thing to quit,, but you will have to eaiso off, you know." "Never!i I will not toughi another drop If I die for It. I mean to leave here and lead a new life under a new name." "If you really mean that, Wakely, I can pyt you in the way to make a man of your A61f. I am going to Colobado. Go with .~w jlIwii pay yqr wayAndghelp yQon to Jeynrwnatitn lIfe."a' yOI1 hi 'my 11fWg gratitude d"$i~,~r ~n~sn When John 1Byrd re-entered his house hie found lisa daughter Mary sobbing ,as ,if: her heart would break. "What have you done, father ?" sihe asked,.. .-. . * Wbhmhay6a doe@''~ "I have driven away that- w'orthhdea' valgabondl," he roughly replied, "amid have ordered ium never to darken my doors again. * Yougit have given .him. amsooyier chIluIcO, m~ylhusbiend, apd he Is the fathei r ' ud "flehuhed 'eimanc' enough. 4I~e shelf n Iot- be four htiaband inuch longer, fle shall torturo you no more. I will get a divorce for you." 41 Want no divorce," sobbed.~afry..: t "You don't know what you want. You need a diverce and you sh~ll have it. I you. * * * * orado, where tle tortured torrent has possed through the cleft.in. the mountains and becomes a placid stream as it debouches on a broad and fertile valley, a single "prairie schooner" has stopped, and its driver, a rude, red-shirted fellow, is seen in conver sation with aln old mnan, who is evidently. expostulating with him In vain. "It's no use," said the driver at last; "I've gone as fur as your money will justi fy, and furder, and here I mean to quit. If you mean to stop anywhere this is as good a place as you will find. If you want either work or help general Chance is likely to give it to you." "Does lie own this valley ?" asked the old man. ''ile owns ever so many acres of land, the San Benito mine and more horses, Cat tle and sheep than you kin count. But here comes one of his ranchnien, and I will turn you over to hin." The driver explained the circumstances o'hrs'-f & tlst' the'ranliiman, wh6 re quested t h6 o d mian to accompany him to "the house," and the latter patiently coiji plied with the request, leading by the ha'd a bright little boy. They soon reached "the house," a low and straggling collection of buildings, and were ushered into the presence of its own er, a tall and fine-looking man, with his face covered by a heavy beard and his eyes shaded by a wide slouched hat, who was seated in a raw-hide chair reading a news paper and enoking a long pipe. le list ened in silence and with apparent indiffer ence to the story the ranclinan told him.. "'What is your name?" lie asked, ad dressing the old mai. - "John Byrd, sir." e " Where are yoq fron?'' "Fron India'a.' "AI Anyfan ly with "My daughter, Mrs. Worsham, and her child." "Widw, I suppose." "IHer husband is dead, sir," patiently re4 plied Byrd uhough Ile res i tone . 'iret husbah&,for seedlidtlrr re ' iaWobhamn-wad her,seqohd husband.' 8lM~a le n married jto ..a. dri kon,1 worthljepsjagabond.whom I )via coi olled' to drive asyay."' " iI r~iht. ' Mr. By 'i rLhte What becaine of the vagab ifn'1A1 f 1 'TI don4.,know.".- - ,11; "Died, I suppose. It Is of no c9nsc-A quence what becanme of hhn. Then a di. vorce follow? X - "Yes, 11r 1it' upon a divorde against my daughter's wish, and she imay ried Mr. Worsham, a well-to-do man. Buf bad.Iul f'itppdi upon pq and ever l& go. .Mr. Wprshain. died ingptvent, and one reverse after'iiot r swe pt aWay niy littlq property'dud . wi) force to colndit here to begin life again. -It is a bard thek, ?i, for an old man." #"I should say so. You ought to hhve; remained among your friends. What o'y is that?" - "My grandson," faintly' rcpll&l Byrd,' who was weary of thie style of question ing. "S f thb fagA1fod1;or of Worsliai7' "Albert is the son of my daughter's first husband. "I have taken a fancy to him. You want a home,.and I will tell you what I will do. Give me that boy and I will give you a fine ranch, well stocked, with every thing you need to make you comfortable. Is it a bargain?" "Do you expect me to trade off my daughter's child ?"- indignantly demanded Byrd. "I forgot about her. Of course she has an interest in him. Suppose you ask her. She ought to be willing to acecpt a coin fortable home for life, when she knows that the boy will be well provided for." "I will bring her here if you wish." "No ; I onm't want to see any women folks. Ask her and 'bring ine word." ''1 will ask her,'' replied the old man; "but I1(know what her answer wvill be." John Byrd soon return~ed and informed general Chance that Mrs. Worshami had re fused to accept his offer, declaring that she would rather (lie than be partedi from her boy. "Vcry wecll," said( that gentleman. "Th'lat is all I have to say to you. You imay go."..- . John Byrd sadly left the house, aind its owner signedl to the ranchiman to remnain. "Mr. Whlpps, saiid he, "'I wish you w~oukt~ follow that old man. Take him and his fanuly down to 1H iller's ranch, which - is vacant, and settle theqm there. Supply them wvith stock, p~rovisions, and everything they need to make them com fortable, and let me know if money is needed." So John Byrd and his little family, greatly to their surprise, were settled andl mnade more than comfortable. There was nothing to trouble them but the jimcertai nty of tigiC tyngro and a fear that anothet direction might be taken by the peculiar dlisposition of their strange benefactor, wvho would not allow Mrs. Worshanm to come near hIs house, saying that lie "didn't want to see any women folks." Ile only enlduredi her father, but was very friendly to the boy, whlom he present edi with a fine pony and a saddle. For his own part lie seemed determined not to showv his face at the 111ller ranch. Providence, however, was disposed to set aside thIs determinatIon. As iowas returning oi~ daytro a dis tant uic-farm his hiorse i dls , throw 1im mUcA 0m 11cr r Oljl~~ig hm for soite distuie by tli slep. He avas carried into Mir. Byrd's house, where it wvas dIscovered that his head and face were so badly Cut and brnised that it would be nec essary to remove his hair and beard. a:a purpose of helping to dress his woulnde; and falirly shrieked as she saw him. "Albert Wakely I" she exclaimed. ."Ja it really you?" - . Yes, Mlary, it Is I," equietly replied Generel Chance. "If you aroegoing sto do anything for me, please do without a fuse." iary Worsham tobk csr#6 of 'hitn; anid he 'encbutaged hi~tkttetidtunde. " When he was stronger lhe spoke to her more freely. "Mlary, did you really object to a divorce anid-to your second marriage?" "Yes, Albert, I never loved any i'tan but the father of. n~ chil~ in sp>ite of .hls S'trs'all/64 ef, ibg thiat poud ue yuu trymoumght not to. ~blamei ther. Ite meant to act for the' best." bqpd Within a month there was a weddiin onl the San JBenito estate which was iimud ue1 an occasion of rejoicing as to be long re membered hi that region. The contracting parties were Walter Chance, as he was stil determinied to be known, and Mary, widow of Abram Worsham. Onbul. The diversifled crowds of people that surge through the streets of Cabul agree in a way. At night when the narrow bazars are aglow with the i'elected light of oil in little ieta'.. wick laipps, Jgnited cotton floating in earthenware saucers, r the wood fires of the cooks, the Ferghanee * has no objection to sit side by side with the Bok harian on tie low, open verandah of the cook'sshop; and on the same platftrnm, with the seething flesh-pot in tho: centre, coutaining little linp? of ineat skewered u$olf'd(ict itcrprqoag!iflves twenty dif ferent Mohammedan na'tionalLies- are con tent to sit together upon terms of equality, and afterward to exchange the hookah and the national love song, and the romance of chivalry and theft. Our nativ.e agents who lave lived in Cabul, representing the gov ernment- of India-in a fitful. fashion, have hinted at crimes Ueing frequtly commtt ed in the bazars; and as the Cabul woman is.celebrated In Eastern song for her eyes, her height, her olive skin, her long black hair and her gallantry, though never for her love of washing, It, is casy to eC how such a hotbed of unthinking passion is Ca bul is, might become a hotbed also for as. sassination and counter assassinatiop. The Cabuls have no known police, and it is be lietet thlit the inhabitants would object to-t1introq ction of conscientious individ ,uais 1hi t class, because they would inter -fere with aucment pierogatives. Troops are ei ployed'as revenue elleectors at dif fere~q thpei of the year; and, as they col c~ediui f. thenslves as well as for 10.1 ihe 'Cabull horiIshes a hatred evub' dgi Swhs he hap chelf. is ii ltne The e,'Caih fith y 1i n Qv a reat Oth the.i ahW ~Pher' are four principal rpade, vindri from thirty to fortyfe-t broad, and these are considered the hiandoinest ltreto. One Is the Great Bazgr'or Char, citta, composed of one-seory 'mud houses, 'vhich! idve veirandaha, slightly- elevated abOWb5en gutters, opening full upon thQ at . Jhes verandahs become shops ih tli dotime, 'ad are storea with speci nien f ail'the -furs, silks, and wool and hai olotlri that Central Asia produces. In .mthddionga'threq or four cronies sit on.a mitinllmpst' every shop, set a lamp in l fuh tlt'ld 'their feet, put on their skulleaps, and smoke and tell stories till ifthnufgit.s :Aitotlier great bazar, leading from the Western Gate to the Bala Ifissar, .Is n opqpolWzed by cooks .amd 1butclers. *rsIla n'd ctwxdasses are suspended there An-plenty, but no trace of. the unclean ani mal,- the.pig, is discernible. It Is in this bazar, by oilight, that some of t he most pictilresque looking rufflans in the world ~lieeeW (borva-thim uns'. A maan over six feet, high; his head conical shaped, the jet black hair close cut, almost to the bone; his face long, sallow and fringed with ' grizzly black whiskers, which meet beneath In one long matted beard ; the eye, small,-- black and keen ; the nose arched and thin; thi mouth cruel and compressed; the clist aind arms to the elbows bare: the body enveloped in a tattered blue shirl, reaching beneath the knees; bare, scarred legs; the feet. treading on grass sandals. which are held on by the toes. This is a Cabuli beggar, and a most arrant villain lie is, for, mauger his rags, he conceals a knife like the rest of his amiable countrymen, and will use it with the rage of a wolf if lie is tempted. The cooks are glad enough to toss a kabob or two to gentlemen of his class. Thle other two road~s have no partic ular characteristics, excepting that they are a great deal broader than by far the larger p~ort ion of CJabul. OfY theso four principal roads numerous (lark and filthy lanes, twist ig for a quarter of a mile at a time, and not imore than three feet broad, shodt at frequent int ervals. The flat -roofed houses in them are made of mud, thickly mixed with straw, and the apartments are dar1k, sqluare holes, much worse than the much decried shanties of the Galway peas ants. Meni, women and children sheep to get her,' and never change their garments till theso drop) off. F~requlently cattle and fowl are to be found crowded into these apartments, together with the human in mates. Such places are dlangerons to all strangers. Not even an uinusual pariah (log could stray into them, for lie would be worriedl by a hunmdred jealous, big..boned, hungry curs. In the last British attack oii Cabul, Afghans wVho( preferred '"dying 111k0 poisoned rats in a hole," retreated to their tortuous streets anid lanes, amid many a goodl life was lost In hunting them out. Shaltespearo',s Houise. .Within the last.wp~els or two there has passedl away another relI ig jcoIlio of the (lays of Ellizabeth. the residlence on the western sidle of. Aldergate, commonly knowvn as "Shakespearc'a house." The local traditioni goes that William Shakespeare lived in It when lie'was proprlutor of the theatre In Golen lane, towv.ar.thie close of the' fifteenth cont dry. .In E hakespearoe tin'me the house bore the sIgn of Lho "Half Moon." to whuich sumidry Inscriptions arid hieroglyphics In the 01(1 wood-work referred. A-writer in the Cityi P'ress In 1866' dle Scribes the house as well able to "vie with any other house ha the city for its elaborurto carvings in wood and p~rimitive panelling, 'ell worthiy of those curious an sach mnat ter-s." As a proof of its age lie mentions that during some tecent' repairs there was found unider the wood-work a cola of the date of 1596. It ls recorded in "Bon Johu seon's:Life," that-on one occasion (ho "rare ol poet, feeling an inward' craving for '%ack,".went to the "Half Moon,"'in Al dlersgate street, bunt finding it closed, took hihnsolf off to thme "Sun, 'in Long Acre, where lie Immediately sat down. andl wrote the following epigram: S9ince tho Half Moon Is so unkind To' make mo go about, The Sun my money now shall have, The Moos shall go whhout." Slalt a century' or more later, the. aristo cratio, and literary wits of the "Merry Mon sxch's" couut weore aceustomed, we are toldl, to asemble 'at Aho "Half Mfoon" tavern; opposite to Lauderdale House, 'whi'ch, as is well ha mstio4'omtho east side of thin ~itii~ lqavy jeotng~o awe qurn "There's Mlioto)1 or Them." Oi the 7th inst. a ptY (of hunters lef New Albany, Indiana, for the celebratet 'igeon Roost, In Scott dounty, where it ih said, acres of titubers covered nightly with wild pigeons. Po the past soventy live years this noted cality has beeni a roosting place for pige s, and millions ol these birds congregate hre nightly during the seiaons of their visis to this section ol the country. rhey fly a'way In the muorning to thieir feedIfing placC In thd'wods anu flls of Indiana andl intu'cky distani fro;n the roost hi many- iblaes froi om hundred to three hund d il e; returning1 agaim ait aight, the arrivils often contmuing ipl) to midnight. The timber on the thous aIds of acres covered by this roost is brokei down badly, large limbi being dnapped oil like reeds by the accojhtlated weight of the birds upon them. ,Throughout the en tlie night there is heard" the cracking aml crashing of limbs, thehum atnd lurry and drmmuing of wings, adff the 8xplosion of firearms and the confflaop at64 bvdlinmic thrashing sounds caused by peoplc 'beatng the birds from the treed with long poles. TIhousands of pigeous Ore killed nightly, but all this slaughter sm is to make no di minutilon In the vast fld cs that congregite at this roost This 84ftt county )igcou -roost is historic grotu i. It was in this neighborhood that the most barbarous slaughter that darkenedhhe pioneer dava of 86athern Indiana oceiared. in Sepltem bet', 1812,'a party of tilirty Potowattomic Indians made an invasAen into this section of the State. * Iu the -Pigeon Roost neigh. burhood was a settle4lt with a total pop ulation of thirty souls. te Indians attacked this settlement killkfig d scalping twenty four of the thirty dettlers, most of them women and children, akl then burning the bodies of their victims 2ii the cabins, which they lired. Mrd. D" TV and her two chil dren, and three nieild 'of at family naimed Collins, were all that -aped. Mrs. Bea-. die carried the news t ie settlers in Clark county, and next day' irge company of the militia started hi ptfuit of the savages, coming up with them. .a-lt as they reached the north bank of the utscatitic River in their canoes. The rit was aIt. high flood and the. pjuruors, ha ing no boats, were compelled'io givi up' It pursuit. This was the last incursion f (lie Indians made into Southwestern Indiana. lit the local history of the State this savage slaughter has ever since been designated as the Pigeon Roost Massacre. a Evada Fr1'une. As fair as a itaan cvOf looked uaponm, pure as a daisy, wats Iva Lorne w% ith a fortumc of a hundred thousand in her own un dispitted right.;. rand, her guardian had just tilted himself back ia 4is chair, and looked straight in Fred Jaspir'o handsome e.yes, and told hni that it -#e wanted Iva, Lorne and her fortune, he i ht have her. - A hundred thousan and Iva Arne, it would set him up for life, make him inde:. pendent for all time. - Only he loved Bessie Camupbell. . . . . r C4 Ans434 NO& 6, ene lw 1411a 100U, ing, tall, manly, with bold, handsome grey eyes that liked to look and smile at a pretty girl, and, with a caressing miode of speech and way of manner that wais not easy to resist ; and Mr. Catherton had frankly, de liberatly told this young man that there was waiting for him Iva Lorno and the golden handfuls she could bring him. Of course Fred enjoyed the compliment, but that argument was not so powerful inI its effects as Mr. Catheron had intended. "But, sir, you have not taken Miss Lorne into consideration. Remember she has never seenI inc or-" Mr. Catherton interrupted him with a cur'ious smile. "N.ft being versed in women and their ways, or the sacredness of their confidences I don't know whether or not I betray a trust when I tell you Iva has sean you, andI-well Fred, wvill youi come up to dinaner to-night and be introduced ?" So that was how that eveninig Fred Jahs per came to b~e sitting at one side of Mr. Catherton's mahogany, looking very admir.. ingly at the daisy-faced girl, who, if lie so willed it, was for him. iva had dressed herself wvith exquisite taste and care that evening, and a fairer vision man would not wvish to see opposite himi at table for all the dhays of lisa life, and the temptation sud dlenly strengthened and took a most sedue live form, when the elaborate (1inne1r was over, and Fred insistedl on accomnpanying Iva to the dlining-room instead of tarrying ovor the'wine with Mr. Catherton. that gentlemani gave a smile of assent that wvas like a triumph, and Iva flushed to her love. ly white forhead at Fred's eagerness. She was so sweet, so loveable only, some how a sudden thrill of .Icy revulsion of feeling curdled all through Fred's veins a5 she arose from her chair, and Fred saw she was lame-oh 1 so lame-and. that be side the chair had been a,11 the while wait. ing the littl0 yelvet land atinecushioned crutch on which she depended. But Iva did not see the sudden look of blank disappointment and almost horror that swept across Fred's fape, and shet went on beside him, her little crutch mak ing a soft thud on the thick carpet that made him feel strangly ashamed, and pit ful, that made him think of B~essio Camup bell and her fine grace of motIon, Blessie, who he knew loved -hin, but, who had no hundred thousand. Trho battle began that night, and raged many a -day, when one hour Fred would swear to himself that nothing ever should conmc between him.and the girl hie loved, and theO 'n6xt,' that lie was a fool, that lhe could notlove such a sweet, gentle girl as I'va Lorne-that lie would not deliberately qjuarrel with all his chances, and that Bies-. sie Camnppell would be justaes happy with sonmc other lover. These reasonings and arguments were the actual onset of the bat tle' and the result was that Fred Jasper and sweet lame Iv'a Lorno became engaged to bo married. They were happy enough days that fol lowed to Iva, who never once dreamed that it was for hear monby and her money alone that her lover would marry her, and when lhe saw and realized how tenderly site loved him, It made him ver gentle and tender towards her - and the hnue wenit on fairly well, bringng the wedding day with the sheet October *eather. S"I prefer to'hia e a quiet weedin~g, Fred, and I aith almost sure you would--on ac count of--of my hsmeness. Fredi I am so afrag yu 9 ishmedof.me whohil Iva aidtha tohimonesoft; cool Sdp tomerboia it~gtp the vivi moon lihshrfair faco' ver sweet to se up tun& his in at~o lbe~ ' ti o el1i September night and the frosty October wedding-day, Fred told himself he would be so good,. so kind to this delicate little girl who was giving him everything in the wotild w ith herself, and she slightly prized, so slightly esteemed. Scores nId scores of times lie told himself lhe did not regret what he had done, not even when Ie recalled the cold, contemp tuous looks Bessie Campbell lost no oppor tunity'of bestowng upon hu. 'tid then the wedding day caie, and the wedding-liour, and Mr. Catherton gave the bridal pair a gorgeous bunquet., and the carriage stood at the door to carry them to the bout that was to take them on their ho neymoon trip; and in the few unoccupied mmintes that intervened, when Fred and his bride ( stood talking, there camne a mes senger from Mr. Catherton's banking otllce with a sealed letter from him, which, when he rend it, made him pale and whiten to the lips. For one moment ; then, like the ion est man he was, ie rose to the pitiful eter geley. Ever y shilling Iva and I had in the world is gone. Jasper, your wife is noth ing but a pauper, dependent on her hus band's bounty in4teadI of the heIcss yoU expected." The crash of doom could lhave sounded no more appallingly startling; the girl he had married for money--this lame, white faced, wild-eyed girl who started to her feet.in anll igony of bewilderment, andl an guish shcoked-a-a pauiper! Iva clasped her little fragile hands in a piteous entreaty ''Oh uncle (Charton ! Fred, oh Fred ! If only I could have saved you I Oh, why didn't, they send the vord just a little sooner, so that I could have saved you, Fred I" And Fred met the bitter agony of shame and pain in her sweet eyes, heard the only wail she made ; her pity for him, not for herself ; saw the great, pat ient devotion on her sweet, pule face, and then, as if his guardaim spirit had touched the fast-sealed fountain of his heart, there welled up through head and heart, soul and sense, new exquisite, rapturous effection for this little girl who was all his own ; such love as never had thtilled him before, that sud demily glorified and goldened all his life as lie took her in his arms, sobing and tremb ling, as lie never had taken her before, kis. sing her face with love's eager kisses. "My precious little wife, thank God you nic my wite, and that I can help you bear your burden. Iva, Iva, dearest!" That was h'ow Fred married for money, and from that blessed (lay he never once regretted the loss that revealed to him a wealth of love and happiness that has not waned its the years go on. Tho Apor. The creatures. which are in some respects the most interesting to us, because they are most like ourselves in form, are the apes. Moreover, ot only are they so like us in form, but they are so widely marked off from all other creatures except ourselves, Utihn ii, -mnn i mpiomllo thacm4,-e lan, . sauf real atllinity to one more than to another group of mamnimals below man. Apes and man, then, together forma one order, which, as ranking first, was named by Liuntnus, Primates. With the apes arc commonly associated certain animals called Lemurs, which inhabit the vicinity of the Indian Oceami, especially Madagascar. They have not, however, any real aflnity to apes, and if they are to he placedi in the same order lit all, they must he well distinguished from its other mmbers. It has, therefore, been proposed to divide the order Primates into two sub-orders, (as the hoofed order is di vided into the ''odd-toed" and "even-toed" sub-orders,) one of these to include man and apes, and to be called, from the resei blance to the human form pervading It, "(Au.1ropoidca; " the other sub-order to he termed "Lemuroidca." The first, "'sub-order'' is dlivisib~le inito three "'fami lies." One of these (Jluminidvs) contains man, (forming the genus Jlomo,) the sec ond (Simniado) contains all the apes of the Old1 World only, wvhile a third (UCbido) contains all those of America. Among the ,Sim iadw are the ourang, the chitxpanzee, the go.iilla, and the long-armed apes, (or Gibbous,) wvhich are the most manlike of all the apes ; andI there can he no quiestion that there is very much less difference in structure between these four kind of apes andl man than there is between themt and the lowest of the apes-that is, the marmno sets. A Juduge Answeredt. WillIam Watson, a youth, stood at the h~ar of the General Sessions, New York, conivlied of theft, "'Where have I seen you before?" JTudge Gildersleeve asked, thoughtfull . ''Your face Is certainly familiar to ime.' "'I dlon't know, your honior," Watson re plied. "Where have you seen mne before?" his honor persisted. "Where were you last employed? I am coin ident that I have seen your face before," Judge Gildersleeve contimued, with the air of havina: cornered the prisoner at last. "Ini the Crystal Palace saloon, your honor," Watson answered and the specta tors laughed. Judge Glltern~eeve (lid not pursue his in quiries any further. He sentened~ Watson to State prison for three years. Weather Guiktes. TIhme colors; of the sky at difierent times are wond~erfuil guidance. Not only does a clear sunset presage fair wecather, but :there are other tints wleh speak with clearness and accur acy. A bright yellow evenIng indi cates wind ; a palo yellow, weot; a nen tral grey constitutes a4vorable one In the :>rninig-ant unfavorable one in the -evening. 'rTe clouds are full of meaning ini themrselves. If they are soft, tindefined, and feathery, the weather ili be fine; if the edges ar'e hxard, sharp and d~finite, It will be foul, Geneorally speaking, any deep, unusual hues betoken wind, and rain; while mhore quiet'and medorato tlnts bespeak fair weather. Simple as these maxims are, the British Board of Trade has thought fit to publish themn for the use of seafaring'tnen. P A o s t d with au ltre Unbbtm In (aiais. We ldo up tl.e deeply-furrowed, steep hillside to the level land of the divide. Here, calling our dogs from the wago", we spread out, and each of its, accompanied by his own (logs, rode forward in a line forty rods apart. The dogs trotted slowly along, heads Up and tails down, while the horse inca watched for rabbits. A yell from the ex-Confederate in gray, and instantly the hounds sprang forward, and with eager eyes gazed in the direction of the cry. There they saw a jack rabbit jnuping itm bly alung in front of the horse of the yelling man. At once a dozen powerful hounds wero in full pursuit. The rabbit. at once saw that these dogs meant business, and stopping his capers began to run. 1Ile had probably been chased iany times by cutrs, and apparently had io doubt of his ability to run away from any dog; but he was considerably astonishaed to Ilin that this pack of grim, silent dogs with outsiretched liends were gaining on him. lie redoubled his efforts. No use; the pack of yellow, blue and whito hounds drew nearer and nearer to him. lls astonishiment now gave place to the most intense terror, and lie frantically endeavored to escape his fate. Behind the coursing (logs came a line of horsemen, all the rideas yelling like demons -each encouraging his own (logs. I'llie on i Yiel yie I yiel Catch 'im1. Polto! Catch 'im I" To this excitement the cattle men added bull-like bellowings. The fast est (log in the pack was on the rabbit. lie made his offer for him. The jack turned like hghtning. The oml)ty jaws of the dog camie together with a sitap that sounded like the spring of a steel trap. In Iurning after the rabbit this dog was struck by an other, and both rolled over and ovei: on the grass. They got up bewildered to find the rabbit some fifty yards away, and another dog ready to make a pass at him. It is made, and again tho jack is missed ; lie turned aside, to fall into the jaws of a pup. The shrill cry of the rabbit and the sound of his crunched bones is heard, alti all is over. Sonic one dismounted, and took the jack away fron the dogs. and tied it to his saddle. We rested our horses and breathed our dogs. All agreed that the jack had done well. Ile was praised as a mighty good rabbit. Mounting; we re-formed our line and rodo forward. A yoll fret the right. A big jack was madly running there. All took after him, and as we ran, four other rabbits got up in quick succession, and our dogs divided into parties of two and three. My pair of blue hounds were running together, and a hundred yards ahead of thenm a big jack rabbit was bound Ing along. Putting spurs to a powerful Pat Claybourne horse, and with a yell of encouragement to my hounds, away we swept, over hills, over the levels, down steel) hillsides, jumping ravines, always at a full gallop, and faster and faster ran the rabbit. Resolved, as he was a good one, to give him a chance for his life, I refused to ride ahead of the dogs and so turn him of for them. If the hounds caught him they should (o it fairly. The pace got too imot for the Jack and the dogs gradutall gained on him. They drew near to him, and separating, the (log made an offer for the flying aninal. The rabbit dodged to the left and fairly ran into the mouth of the itch. She, overbaltneed by the sudden weight in her mouth, turned a somersault and came down with a thud and a grunt on her back, but held lie struggling rabbit fast it her long jaws. I tied this animal to my saddle, and seeing a ravine, I called my dogs and we went to the water- They rushed in, and sitting down in the cool fluid up to their slioulders, they bit into the drink, swallowing great mouthfuils of it; then lylng down with only their heads out, half of their lolling tongues dangling in the water, they colled off, 1, reclining on the soft grass by the bank of the pool, watched their jaws gradually close arnd their totngues slowly draw back in their months. Wheni their jaws were closed, and thecy were breathing naturally through their nioses, 1. mnounted atid we started hack for the wagon. Another rabbit got up, atid tIs one grace fully ran away frott my hounds. They followecd him sharply for a couple of mIles, but I woutld not turn him with my horse, andl he fairly outran them. rThe last I saw of this rabbit lie was going over the crest of a bare rlige about a mile off, and from the pace at which lie was travelIng I jud gcd he had just awakened to the knowledge that (logs in the plural number were around. -Calitornia Vineyarams, The vIneyards of California cover 00,000 acres, with 45,000 of grape vines, valued at $180,000, 000. Tlhree years ago the Bal titmore ,$m called attention to thie oppor tunities then offered to b~uy vineyardsa for a song. In every direction people were upi rooting vineyards as unprofitable. Grapes were $10 a ton, whtleh did not pay. A hundred foot-lills farina could 1b0 bought for the cost of fencing, twenty-live acres of bearing vineoyard going for nothing. Trhough cheap, grape vines have now some value. And orchtards, then of little ac count, have greatly appreciated by the mn troduci ion of fruit-curing. Grape syrup is now beig made, and its great superiori'ty over other' table syrups will win favor. Small vineyardes can now make a bettei market than $15 per ton for grapes at the wine press. * ~ Slippers.. A very effective pair of slippers for a gentleman can be made of the new stamped velvet or velveteen now so much in use for ornamenting furniture. A dlark greenish blue shade is desirable, the pattern being worked aronnd In chain stitch with pale blue knitting silk. The design should be small. It also woul be artistic to work in crowels tiro or three daisies, arranged in t slanting positlon'across the toe;i a ribon in red could be worked ia crowels around the stalks, and twisted into a medaillon, In which a monqgramn should be worked in gold-colored silk. The medallion should be arranged in a slanting position, so as to match the daisies. A MAfRID rnan at Georget6wh, while going Into the collar to split kindling wodd, fell and broke his tneck. Hie doesn't deservesa particle of syrnas thy, if his wife was too sick 'to ~i form her own Work, why did' 'he tallo bils meals at the hotel and leavethe* fires for her t6 build' when' sh'eggot wolltb N1CWS IN BR[EF. -Circus riders get from $75 to $300 per week. -The badger is almost cxtinct in Wisconsin -'Teio Prince of Wales -is a member of six Paris clubs. -A Wilmington steam fire engine uses petroleum for fiel. -In France naval oflicers play cless; doctors and cures play whist. -A number of Swiss colonists have Just purchased 75,000 ares in Nebraska. -There are 9,000 papers in North 1tid 8outh Amerlea. The number lin the whole world is 28,000. -A Vermotnter at a seance kicked a spirit lu the nose and the medium could not go out for a week, -The Amorlean $20 gold l~ece has succeeded the English sovertga as the gold standar(d of the world. -Vhe Government has ordered the S6an Francisco Miit to coin $5,000,000 in cagles and half eagles. --Wales was united to England In the year 1251. First Iouse of Opmmous it 1258, -The Romais destroyed 580,000 Jews and banished the rest from Judea in the year 135. -Tle Scotc1i historians claim a line of 115 kings, who reigned for a period ol' 2,000 years. -Ii Alabama 00,000 white and 53,000 colored childreni have been enrolled in the )ublic schools. -in tie whole United States there ar- 4,400 bantks, with $505,327,832 capl tal aid $1,242,773,903 deposits. .,(--A seven-foot fence has been built around the Carlisle (Pa) barracks to keep In the frisky young Indians. --The town of BridgewatCer, Vt., was nt ntIed ad vised ly, for it lpas seventy-five blridges within its borders. -There is a single farm it Kansas which ts reported to iave a riverfront age of over thirty mniles. -Tihere are on Anerlair account at the Cleveland, England, furnace or diers to the aniount of 50,000 tons. -In 1878 tie people of this world exchinged 3,300,000,000 letters, and in 1860 they set 130,000,000 telegrams. -G reat Brit:in's debt is now B778, 078,840 an Increase of B5,400,000 in two years. I.t comes of too much Colonial -During the past year six million acres of public latids have been taken up by settlers uuder the homestead Ia w. -New car and carpenter shops are being erected at Johnstown, Pa., in connection with the Cambria Iron Works. -A bronze statue of the late iBishop VhitLingalti, to occupy a space near Mouit Calvary Church, is proposed in Baltimore. --A Californian has seveti acres of tube~-roses. whiceh ajv. 1ette .tha 11.1.100 acres o1 wieat. 1Uruggists buy tlem for perfumery. -TI'here Is only one horse railroad in Now Hlampshire. It is in Manchester, is a little over tn o miles long, and earn ud last year $850. -A L0h igh county, Pa. ien- now clucks to. six clickens and twenty tialls-the latter birds of her own dis 1overy and adoption. -The bullion yield of Colorado up to 1871 tamnounted to nearly 80 tols of pure gold, 770 tons of pure silver, 2,110 tons D1 cop)per, and 10,150 tois of lead. -Ceylon, with its population of 2, 500,000 covers 24,000 square miles of of area. Its revenue is1,500,000, and it hits a trade of 11,000,000 to 12,000,000. *-Th'e people1 of Burlington, N. J., con titn ut ini all seasonis to keep cut flow ers on the tombll of the late Rt, Rov. iishtop D1onne, of the Episcopal Church. - Ilorace Gtoeley 's daughite have sn ofl'r of $40,009 for the tract of land in V irginia, once suipposed to be worth less, for which the great journalist paid $10,000. -VThe Lehigh car manufaoturing eompnhy at Stenmtoni, Pa., has olosed a contract for eleven hundred cars, which wvill keel) the works going at their full capaolity for a long wvhile. -Th'le total amnount of iron rolled in Allegheny county, Pa., last year, ini eluding nails, was 282,335 tons, agahjat 268,4A86 tons in 1877, 247,943. in 1870, 289,069 int 1675 and 274,625 itn 1874. * -Thelm conmerce of the United States wvith Japatn Is Inucreaisinig. Dui'ing tihe past year the imports from this country to Japan amounted to $3,500,000 and the exp~orts from Japan to the United States to $7,5C0,000. , , -TIhe total coinage of gold and silver coIits excunted at the -United States miints durlig the month of Atigust was 2,997,823 pieces, value $6,306,202.50 The total coinaige of standard siver cLollars to date is 40,237,050. -Fve young ladies of Padstow, Corn wall, Miss N'orah O'Shaughnsessy * lad the Miisses Prideaux Brunse have beenm awarded silver medals and vollni-~ certlicates by thme Natiotnal' Litebom . Association for saving a sailor's 1ife.' -The president of the Cnliforat" State Vinicultural Society has repo id ' 80,000 aores covered with vuney~4 numlybring 45,000 000 vines and rep6 seinting, with theoland, acagitalp 80f 000,000. ofth -TecultivAtionof'esurb in Maine is considered a suoees ' farmerre are not yet thtoroughi po~ the best methods of oulture..C~te~ olal fertilIzers are fouhd to bi6 An -increased Outlay is bredioted ? next year V . Y, -,-Thte young sons of. the Wales take an equal share of t~ ito on board tile Bacohante ~ ~op omleets. A crloket team h&10 ed on board to play auf lhls encountered tthe 'pozr Wdo~ by, the vessel. ~A 'art 'of the o lad 1es' seninary at 2BIll0A fhei-igrenlp d