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, 4pt Al L".1 .1 i% B .. - WIN4,BORO, IL C **4l -' _-_ - metr6 that yobr.child is dead; - ye yyod'grh44 me Nith a dfAIi4l And let the sunshinoflood your roonis, And with a song your gy of og 191i "And why not smilo-?t i1e had gof Tod'el in' sunny Italy, Togao upon those palaced slopes And wander by that sugizmpr ae". "Would I not Joy to folli er In thought beneath those4 lisslbskies To note with every changing scone-. The rapture in her glad young eyes? "Y)et-wth'my wipging joy, alas Al ~abi66aoo diinar would nate, Not knowing.whon along the way, 80emo nameless woo might lie in wait; "But now for her, with love ensphered, No evil tiltig'canyork its sp Safe talismanedIr6m ill, she treads The fields where living fountains well. W 'add en Wid faroi44nore abides In that fair land theft knows no night?" A DYING .CONFESSION. "Lift me up, child; there is a sense of heaviness upon me and my breath shortens'.- I mtalt live another hour, and then-then-God's judgment!" The voice was weak and broken, and - the last-words; instead of being hopeful or meek, were full of dull despair. The girl, who was weeping bitterly, lifted the white head of her adopted mother and blased pillows beneath 'it; ,then with a tender :hand wiped the terrible dews of'iidrdcoming "death from the aslien face. SI neant 'to' keep my secret, Mar garet," the woman said; faintly; "I meant tha&t you should grieve for me ivhen I am gone; but a power which Is greater than I, compels my confession. Will you curse my memory-you, who have called me mother?'" "Mamma, do not thus excite your self," the girl sobbed., kissing her ten derly. "Do not doubt my love for you, m iitmm Inow, when' you are leavirij mel Mamma," with a burst of wild sobing, "mamma, darling, what will Ido without you?" "My cordial," the invalid said, weakly; and when the draught was held to her lips, she swallowed it, thirstily, then she spoke again, her voice clear and fall of a bitterness inexpressible. "Margaret," she said, "I have suf-* fered much-much ! and never in .hu mility. neovr, Margaret I Oh. God ! the stili s 9 iere on earth'a form of penance by lWitdh it can be erased? ' have sotightdin my memories, which have made of arth a place of torturie, nd:t-, I have so sinned 1 liow dare "Mammal" the girl cried, thinking this all delirium; "mamma try to sleep." "To sleep?i" the sufferer echoed, scoff ingly. "Where. is -thee sleep f"r 'the blood-staied?' Margaret, .they found' your youfig mother -'dead' ht yoii side, stabbed to the heart! t -twas by -my handI" "God of Heaven!" Margaret cried, shrhjking from the couch; then flinging herself i bn her 1iliees ':ldie 'i't, she fastened her eyes on the ashen face among the pillows, waiting for what s *kto foJllo. '. You kni'ow; nothing of my youth," the ,woman' wetit 'oi, while the gray shadow deepened on her face; "you do not'know that she was my rival-' - - 1yVfaYn air iiigs as ilove-.i~nt in~ all else'Iar surpassed 1.ier-aye,1in love f'of2 2. There :Was warni Southern blood in my veins, and I loved as 8ogithern natures love, with~ unreasoning 'deo'tidnfid.jeal6ild.6iactingness; with heart and mind and soal, wholly and madly.A - oI ' leai'ii' to love-your' father?" The girl uttered a low, broken cry, :, it'Ethifda 'all? Nr ydung' face looked as if it too was smitten with de '&8as'ny father' a ward," the wealk voice wont on. "We were ex,. lieted to. Igve. -ach~ other--It had rail been 'planned by our parents--anM I loved .iinf dminy brht girlhood, neor thinking he might love elsewhere. "Your mother was. a fair, pale girl, L.duI;Aynd aiigoking, with only a: l~Hdah beauty. I never dreamed she T1 1~i a.1 eart fromn-me, foi' I. was r aundul We had. been- adhool -mates, adwere friends, neighbors. also. Mg father's cbres were almost h 'beess;.er's wre-few.: I.did not. '" her,, ft /I had woni all -honors so ly~t school-I did not think;Lwvould an~~lg--7amd~g dying, ) vice bilke, and 'agony1murged '~til6 ovgr, the woman's form, -and. ber ~ a s ungiheniselves- together. Margaret sprang.'to fee .feet, and again held the strengthsnhiig p'otion to the lips of the sufferer. The liquid seemed to revive her, for she soon spoko again, while Marg ret knelt. to listen, with her f~ec0b re y li h Ijands. . "Child, try to think of me charnt ably,"- the dying wom~an-pleaded. "Re. 'pember my ~ year# ol' loving care, my fears ,of ahlmsgiving. Will not God allo# them to wash out the crime of an idholy honir? Oh, how I hiaie prayed ioi' His nercy, His pardon! "Miargaret, I hiavello time for detail; I never knew he loved fier; I did not dream-of It until It burst across my #fe a earingflame!Hewsb trothed to me, and yet, while I was I mIle froIm my home visiting a friend, I thby were married. They sent me no. word and, the knowledge, meeting me at myffither's threshold estruok every tig.ng that was worthy from my life. . "I did not die, although I fell be- ] neath the blow and lay for hoursun, qQnsclous; they won me back to life, to 64a!n, to brook constantly and silently, Upon-?evenge I . "Not 'on him-even yet I loved too well to wish to injure him -but upon the woman to whom I had opened my wvhole heft, and who hao*so wantonly crushed It, for I had told her of my love-our plight! Oh, Margaret, re member she did not wrong me blindly I "Months went, and my father saw the only living tie lie had to earth drooping and pining. He closed the old house and' ok nie farNom the scenes, :6f ny childhood. 1410 this time I had heard no word froh your mother. My father had given to the yputh who had so far forgQtten honor an' old man's curse, and we heard nothing from him either. "A year went by and we wandered still, always by my desire, and then we came to a stop in France, mingling for a brief period with the gay and courtly of that fair nation.. Cold as a statue, satirical, haughty, bound up In my own broodings, they called me there 'the frozen queen,' and yet my calm exterior was the mask of fiercer passions than had ever inhabited the breasts of thb76 about mel "Once, oppressedby the magnificoaroe of our rooms, and burning with fierce unrest, I flung a thick veil over my face, and, in the early evening, went forth alone-in Paris. Dressed darkly, Lattragted no observation, and was re turning when a low voice Just ahead, in conversation with a French woman, made the blood about my heart turn to ice. It Wias the low voice of your mother! I"Obeying a wild impulse, I followed her; she parted with the French woman at the door' of an elegant little resi dence, and I heard her low, light laugh. The sound stung me to madness. In a whole long year my own laughter had been silent! "She left the door aar. I pushed it open and followed her, flinging off in veil, as I did so;- The lamps - lighted in the wide hall, radiance fell -on the h dagger that lay upon a of a silver able. nam iu hand had caught it 14fJL9AWdtAI1Y ment's hesitation. The sight of it had, whiljred 'death' to my wild heart a" the.word was sweet to me Just then! "I saw her garments disappear at the head of the staircase and almos flow after her; she had gone from slgit but her voice guided me; she was dis missing the nurse from theroom within and chatting. gaylyiwith ad infant; every light word stung me cruelly; she seemed so happy, so Very hi'ppy.j "A light step made me brinlk to the now clustering shadows; the nurso came forth; went on, and desdended to' the lowver hall, not seeing me; and in another. monient I was facing the wvoman who ha-l made my life a desert. "As she saw me she cried out; and then, placing her baby upon a couch, faced me, smiling. "Surely you have not come to re proach me now, Ina,' she said, in the most careless voice. 'You rivaled me successfully In such. numeous, things, and could afford 'me this one triumph. Why did you come?" "A wave of* maddening thought sweplt over my wild, broken hear t. She stood there, -calm, smniliig, caieles3 her fair- face -.uncloonded-, thie :beatty f it updimmed,- while' I, I'had lost- all all!i "Lifting the dagger my hand still held, I sprang upon her like a tigress. I can recall- no more; there were cries and groans and.-blood upon, my hands, but I .recall. not'hing; .elearly until I found myself back in my own room, pacing, It wildly, madly,.and then, when it all came bicks to me, I fell upon la knees, seeking in vain to pray; my working lips would form no word that couli .pldad a, pardon frort. the One above. . ...,. ."~Thiere was'.a pll .tha-nght anid I was there,. garbed like a queen, ,pale and - proud as, of yore. And .on the' next day we sailed from Fraiice, never to set foot upon her shores again. "In our own h6nie the-nes'ane to us of that bloody death, and mnyfather's very lips grew-white as he read it to, me, but I gave no dign and saidno word, although my soul shrank and my life faltered at'the tale. "They . brought you .back from France; broughit you, a, beautiful, help less .babe, to. those who would snot cherish you! And I stepped forward-1 I, in my blood-crimsoned wormanhood -to claim you as my charge I "Margaret, I have been .knd to you! I have led and guarded and loved you!t 3 you pardon, I will hope for pardon if'rom my God I It was-madness, Mar garet!" The struggling, broken voice ceased; the dying woman fell back among her pillows, the haiid of death heavy upon her; but the bent head of the kneeling girl was not lifted; her sobs mingled with the gasps of the dying; her slender form pulsed painfully; her hands were held against her face. "Margaret. myv-c.hils n"ame the ioarse whisper,' "say-I--am--am orgiven P" "I cannot!" the girl cried suddenly; 'I cannot say it! Ask God for that le may pardon youl ^ But I-I am too mumait Yet, tell mel-does.my father lye?" ."No; he-died,.long- agdo ! God, Thy neryi--boundless-boundless I As luman eyds cannot see.-- - There Wvas "a guigle, a choking cry, mud Margaret sprang in terror to her "Manamal 'ammai hear mef I do orgiye -yout I- pray heaven's for fiteneis for youl 1.Uenaer &, mammaIL". B~ut.Ina did not'ea. .he overing shadov ha4 s6ttled down, ghastly and arrible. -- The - womianv whose hfe-lov6 liad been cursed with crime, had goie before her Judge. COUNT BISMAIUIS ROMANCE. [low the Eldest Son of the Great Ciancellor Scoured a VIfe. All is well that ends well. This at least is the verdict of Berlin high socie by touching a somewhat sensational ro malice that terminated a few days ago by a marriage, performed quietly, in deed almost: secretly, in a chateau hid den In Lower Silesia. The exceptional indulgence manifest ed on this occasion In Berlin high soci sty circles Is explained by the unique positions of the principal actors in this romance, thd hero of which is none other than Count Herbert Bismarck, eldest son.of the Chancellor and the new assistant of the Emperor William, who spends an hour each day in confer ence with the young Count. The hero ine is a Princess more celebrated fo her bdauty than her great name, and' whose portrait, by Richter, the son-in law of Meyerbeer, attracted a. host of admirers to the Berlin Salon in 1878. A darx brunette, with perfect bust and deep, dreamy eyes, standing in a walk in the midst of a leafy park, accompa niled by a .magnilcent Newfoundandi.. dog, the portrait evoked one of those. troublesome visions, which are but rare ly encountered in the mountains of S lesia, where the Princesg of C. B. resi ded. The ..utalogue of the Salon gave no fyrther indicaton of her identity, ' was known, however, that the , that of the Princess o then, nee Princ feldt-Trachen ache oYf th assy, wl was lately' h Unde Secretary.of-State for For fraire and wh6 isn .te Secre Empire. Dur ilite 8N the young e, voted cavalier . Qo the-rincess of -a $t dqier residjence 'n n-'i 'her husbafid to' Bn, ehi isaty as member of he Reichstag call . him. This 1utyl. 3e performed withia zal pthg,:caused 'im entirely tb forget that tie Princess' vas a beauty who needed the most vit lant protection, while he was absorbed n questions of free-trade and social ~conomies. It happened .that in the month of fIarch, 1881, 'all Berlin," that had so requently seen the Princess waltz with he son ot the Chancellor, learned thati ~he had suddenly taken her departure ~or Florence to rejoin .her dancer, lhen attached to. the Embassy it the Quirinal. The ,anger of the Jhancellor knewv. no :bounids, and the nest virtuous court I Europe was icaridlalized. The Injured husband wan, he only one who did not lose his head n the matter. He informed the fugi lye that lie would facilitate her divorce1 E) as to aliowv her to rehablate her :haracter by marrying her seducer, for ho Uiermian code forbids the union of a livorc~ed woman with the -man who 1 rovoked the divorce. The Prince von iJarolath did not evince the least anger., Byerybodiy looked forward to the imme liate marriage of the pair of lovers, 1 *vben it became suddenly known that he young attache' was:' back again in Berlin, having left his lovely victirn In Plhorence alone fnd Ill in a furnished oom. The conduct of the Courit 1 roused the Indignation of compass~on Lte'souls, andi the scandal caused by -the light of the 1frineess w~as changed into1 in ardent sympathy for her. People or the inoment forgot that she was .s tlreadly -of an age when such escapadesf ire rarely pardoned, and that she had oft behind her a well-grown daughter: >f thirteers years. . The Chancellor exorcised his authori . y and threatened his sqn with the pen. ilty of not seeing him forevermore. To ,a til the pleadings of the son to legitima ize the liaison Prince Bistbarck invari. ibly answered: "No, I shall never per nit you to marry the wife of a friend. and lie sent the Count to Bt. Peters-. )urg, the Hague, 4nd .London succes- c ively, but the.Count's passion for the' s P'rincess, although the latter wasi older han himself, (she is now forty) did not crow cold, and lie succeeded- tlty n bending the #0 il fteQacel- r or, who did n title of P~rince lapse iiin~ U~~~h mar lage took place tcth hateau e >f Trachenbergth residen 'of Prince [lermian von Heft feldt, an 1der broth- I ir of the Phicesa zaetf h fol- t owing curious 4 oidence Is worth I nelntion; The mother of the Princess, r iec Countess of Rteichenbaeh-Goschutz a ias also been 11ivor'oed, tAfter fifteen rearavof marrie( life, at the very no. nont her daughter bore the narna of Prince Carolath before becoming Coun- S esa and sOon Prinna Blamarok tad gone but a'short distanco from the rlliag wl-;one of them found that ie had ledl hs paddle with true Indian Arelesimessi biut it was too much of an ffor to go back after it, and laughing y remarking to 'his c6mrade that.the one or two" places where they 'would tes tid rivel' to get near' better shores 'ot.'poling, he would tie. his craft be ind the other, the iwo Welnt on poling keir - way. up stream. They - were kbout half WA.* % -ojwe~n the -ilges iAibr k rio W on sw'niinng Se ifikr far' ahead, a,pqiakng for a 4alk wOdled41l4 n n-stren, he *u Wo the willows dsdl appield. It aut e 'orethe ,- d mphagheta pddya iavlng only'oil6paddler6MiauniaWiu ng to tW the other. Sure enough the i10,e'was re-k liy frig4iteied Out of' 040 unor?ruslwhere he had takien re luge and plunged into the water . to iwim to the mainland, quite a go d 4is ;ance away. ..14 the race that fo lowed bheieo ait little -headway m ue by ;he pyrauer 'from tholi pedullar predi 3ament,- but it was also necess y...to keep, together, so,..that one- of thie.con testants coUld' look after th'' empty canoe when the death struggli com menced. The.,beet hinter and b3anoe man was in the forward craft gging into the-witr AsIf er life deliendedL on the result, while his asst1 Vwas elping him'all be couJd--wit both hands used. as'pad~les- 6ver the sId4 of the second en'. It was hutriedly agreed o4 be tween them that when the hunter sprang on. the animal. c9uld it ge-oyertaken', he would throw his pad dle to his"'ompplop, oi a near, as he could, and he Wouqld paddle to it with his hands.'and get it. The race -was a close and exciting one, and as thq bank was neared the mdose steined tp take heart and redoubled his efforts o es cape with. the effect of keeping :about even with his pursuers. The swif had-carrie theall lon eainto a high, perpendiclar;bank where .the Indins 14turn took heart it the prbspeot of here gaining o' their prey. , Yet it would not do - to, trust SIr. Moose not to climb ey-h so steep a >lace, and as the bank .wnas near by .h renmost canoeman cut loose from . npanion and shot. forvard rlong ide. the )omed animal and sprung on a thenie ihonient-hurling h pad lWfar towaixj his co apalior h o'nld., EVen this slight additi ,n''to he programme was enotigh to tuin the ide, and during the short time 'occu )l9d in doing it the moose had knocked lie knife out of the hunter's han(l and tarted up the stream with him, while lie other Indian went paddling with iis hands after the paddle, not very lcar him., The moose, making little ieadway against the stream, tnrned ).ick across the river, and nealing'a >arrQn, sandy ilands or spit of a enth of an acre the Indian gladly em >raced the. opportunity to cease em iracing the moose, and let hini go, ac ompanled by a -yell to prevent his turn ng and pawing him to death. The tber .Indian did nuot get everything nto."ship-shape"-till he had drxft'ed so iears the lower village lie thbught lhe rould return-to-it. when taking a-good on'g rest, as-becomes an Indian, he ro urned to h is companion on the lone aid- spit, who bad amused himself Ighting mosquitoes, the. only life that isputed -'the claim of the lsland with fim, and keeping the recording angel usy jotting down choice Indian ox letives. Society Expenses in Newv York. "How much does it cost to keep in he swim of society in Ncw. York?" "Well,-" said the young man ot'Nhom' asked. the question, "that depends.' ~he men, and especially the youngi nes, can~ keep in. on very little, for'the urden of entertaining falls on. the~ un ortunate with abouseliold atid a couple f' pretty~ daughtevs. The , first' re ulte for a youpg man'"is mnetabeiship a a club., If he wante to go 'further, .0'can have a room u the Blinns4ick, r bachelor 'apartment's oeewhere.' in' bat -case e'It costs-. considerabl4 'for ntertaining. his 'set', who drop in, and u't at 'all hours. -But with tho 'encop-: ioh of bouquets iiow 'and then, that is. s far as. he need go. In fact the ex ense can be kept down to cab hire anil4 ouquets, if 'necessary. -The married aan with a daughter or two has to ave an open purse, though. 'Each irl needs ftva ball and recpeption dresses year, at $200: aplece. - His wife will ave to give , at least one ball and say alf a.doz~n teas. Hie canit' get dut of batsasess, than $2,00O.' is' wife's tuousand, wvhile carriages, flowers and 1.ppers will cat up what is 'left of 5,000. '.I am speaking now of people ,ho are forced 15edip to their expenses owvn. Those .ini what is called the eading set' -here -'spend all the sway. com-$25.000 to $75,000. 1 'don't sup ose Mrs.'Astor, Mrs. Lorillard or Mrs. Fdelet spends a popny less thM $75,000 fear in socily.~ BOATINa MAN .-They'll start for ao diamond sculls in five minutes." theiinda-"And we haven't finshed inner. What a nilsancei Oh, how elightful Hlenley would be if it wvere ot for these tiresoma races." INFELICITY IN UIGII HiGU A Countess Discovers That JIer Ius ,band baa Another Lovo--Tho Wife's Me thod of Roenge.' A dispatch from Odessa lately states that the criminal court at Poltava, rendered Its decision in the case of the Countess von Kirkescoffen, who was convicted of feloniously suppressing a NW)l1 and'. of .inhuman cruelties which caused the death of a peasant woman named- Vorna. Janisprelski. The en. tend'o'f the court was that the de. fen'dint's own property be conflacated to.the crown, that her late husband's title anil estates revert'to certain distant A*1lvt$ And that:she be- imprisoned Stef ph ofz ieek,"andi chused an iniuinse 'senatioll. (IV Russia. The cts vAtode fir court are as follows. -In ,8 2'thedefendantr.then- Mlle. Olga 3.ervankski was married to Count N icolas vqn Kirkescoffen. She was 84 years old and hQ was two years younger. Themarriage (was one of convenience for'propbrty reasons. No children were ever born to them. In 1858 the countess discoverell that her husbaltl. had a liaison witi I girl .that Jhad established at a gale-keqpeIs lodge. The girl's accouchenent led to the dis. dovery. Shortly -fter the child was born the ,coutess had It stolen from the-lodge and brought to her at the .rstle. ihe .testifltd in courtL that her intention was to strangle it, but she afterwards decided that sho EcOuld punish her husband more by compelling him to annoufice the child as her off, spring and his legitimate heir. The boy was accordingly brought up in this belief, but -he was treated vith great severity by, the countess. In 1874, wlien he was 21 years old, he left home and has since lived an extra vagabond life In various European capitals. In 1880 his father died, leaving a %li which declared the secret man's birtL . nrr .X um all the count's ona property, amounting to a con siderable fortune. The countess had this will, but did not destroy It. The young 'ount sudceeded to 'he title and4 estates wIthout,quqestIoli, b'ut contimed to lve abroad. 'ihe count's paramour was still living, and the countess caused .er to be seized and Imprisoned in the castle, where she wAs treated with such rigor that she became insane and died ofr voluntary starvalion in .1$84. i cently the young cou tho suppressed will. the hands of The puni ros U returned to Paris, taking the name of M. Nicolas Janispreiski. He has ample means, but Is said to be drinking lim self to death. An appeal to the crown is to'be made on behalf of the countess. The Czar is very severe upon any tam pering with titles among the Rtussian nobility, but as the sentence of impri. sonment is based only on the charge of murder, it is hoped that the countess may be allowed to retire to a convent for life. For many years she has been reputed a lady of austere piety. A MID-.OCEAN. gTAT[ON. Ilarbor' or~ Ilerugo for Vessels Cross. ing tho AtlIantlc. An English inventor is hard at work 'upon' a plan by which lie hopes the dangers of ocean travel will be dimin ished.. A lightship, cable station and harbor of refuge mn mid-Atlantic are very desirable things to have, lie says, and, accordingly, he has prepared his estimates, and built his model. An 80 root* square steel cushion with a pyra mid top, having a deck and 60 foot light-tower at Its apex, are the princi pal'foirtures of the Invention. Four cables from .the corners connect at a dounsderable depth with a single anchor cable, thus allowing.the vessel to swing freely before .any wind or current. From the centre of the vessel wires will connect with tlie various Atlanitic cables, so that ship news can, be trans mitted. .Safely is assured by extreme strength, and minute subdivision Into -waterrtight compartments; also by the sniapoo the .denk.aiid.sldes from which the hieaviest daves will, the inventor clims, be defleoted. The advantages of the scheme-are stated to be: Pirtt that shipwrecked. sailors or foundering vessels would have a ref uge 'for which to steer; second,. that such a lightship would. become a place of call for ocean* steamers, even though. not in distress, and that much ship news could ,thei'fore be furnished; th tid, thjat invaluable aid would be given to British -weather: bureau forecasts; rourth, that the expense of cable trans mission Would ,be greatly diminished by use of relay apparatus, such .as this .vessel conld contin'. We might also expec,6 tlhe lightkeepers on such a yes. sel -t. .publish the "Mid-Atlantic Wave," furnishing the latest lcable news to eager passengers. The model will soon be submitted to the Trinity Lighthouse Board for experiment and approval. * Miles Cit y. - Milet City, Mont., .has built a hand some Ice-.Ialace, in which colored, blocks of Iridescent Ice' are employcd.- Red, white anid blue blocks, are gefierailly lused, though an occasional green block Is used out of compliment to the Irish 'Lement. Mr. 8.- 8. McOlure ye~ the fpilow- 1 Ing acoount oft.t kot Blyer by ' Frederick Sohatka.' g pn River of Alaskilqvlu t l hou. 1 sand miles fgom fts Itte Alas kan coastrnigeofm i thrih thoiitish i-th w 2M b eOnring the teror *purei ri'enIlussia. In this 161mEwo have i the greater gart o f t rdsqge Scofier$ofothatmost 'le althougAh bit fdw of ut [lye up,6its ad enjoy.-the 'Alpine vi dligalty bef~ore' themn Iidians of the Ykoin many of the A' uub-a climes, are Ash-eatirs 10 4 g tlhe plentiful supply of. na*k in northern rivers - do o* ining their ihain kina of ust-nn li ' z hof the Yukoa are most pn, which annually ascend-the ipawnU4 are then caught by the ktives in great quantities. As would expected they are most numerous atj4 - m9uth, - and here the natives area jth s thicc ly settled as a consequp ip,,ie villages in size and frequency ,i (Mindling as we ascend the great stream .inong those on its upper part, or In the British Northwest Territory, t1le ascending salmon are only use~d as pymmer diet, the winter supply of f od,'being from the moose, caribou (6land rein deer), black and browi' bears, and mountain goats that, hgy' manage to slay. During the su me ' r the dense bwarms of mosquitoe fr which the valley -of this great rl.er iifaoted, drive tie game to the highe leveli, .closely following the snow 1I. if they can, and here in the breez and coolueis ofV the altitude they Ihi teip*f ex emption from these N 4Ffe graz ing on a mountain olAtgr go being 'x hausted, however, the moose - atnd deer often ate across the valleys, swim; m!i the rivels and lakes to find iew feeding grounds. It is while' on these journeys, swimming the rivers, that the natives often catchktib noose, that especially hts m the Water suing t V 'A Swift birch bar en ofrtaken dis pear, arrows, or. VosgWich they d) 3oat bel who, may4 think the boat way or ak craft with .a. few well-planned sweepings of his hugh palmated horns )r a good stroke from his keen hoofs as i 1ie rears up in the water. In these. constautfy-chilled waters, from. the mow and ice on the mduntin neAr by, 'he already- welideveloped repugnance f the' Anerican savage for bathing is [ncreased to such an exten't thit very lew of those in this district uInderstand 'he art of siimming; so to be upset in 1 ,he deep water, with their. -danoes torn 1 :o'pieces, Is not a very': pleaiant predi 3ament, unless a complklon be very 1 ear in pis; canoe to rescue the the cap. Jized: .hunter.' These thesks, cp.1 with the loss of the canoe, which in the savage mind Is a much more valuable article than she carcass of i npose, has nade some, of those hunters adlpt a nethod. which seemingly Is more des per'ate and even foolhardy. than a pur iuit in a canoe c~ould possibly be. It is or -the hunter when hegets near the leeing animal to throw himself from he little vessel to theaninal's back, md grabbing its nose. -cit its throat with. a -villinaous- looking two-edged 1 <nife, the only weapon with whidli he would arm iin~self for* such affrays, or by terrible' stabs In the neck wvith It lispatch the brute which he had at inch aidisadvantage. The aninial bay ug succumbed, the hinter Is relieved I y a companion. in a' canioe, who, has mIso looked after the craft floating away ] when the Indian 'exchanged It for the ess reliable locomotlion on a moose'~ ack..: The canoe returned' to itg-own- 1 ,r, the two men bestir''tliemselves to i retting the carcass ashore. Iii. their C tarl'y spring, or rather aun er,-.count- C ng by ojir -months, when - the ice Diru I pialks' up and floats. out, this season I inds the moose so poor' and lean . it < esthat they will sink whin. lflied, t ~reeni -rowsingputs 'fati on- their: ribs C ind loins at a rate that-will' sooni after t loat therm when dispatched. One of I he most nitmero'us and thrIfty-lobking I ribes of In'dians. hIthis, part of the i ryitish-'Northwest-'is the Ayan- tribe -, r mong whom t first heard of this ad- I enturous method of -moosehuntingj igeneral way, ahd of a story inri.. e ,uler connected .with It which I. shiill I elate. ...'* T wo Ayan Indian hunters had s'taiV t a to go from one of- their villages to C) nether some distance up the river and t vere in their birch-bark canoes, of a curse, that being .nearly. the only nethod of traveling In that country, e oe swampy is the' land' eten on th6 hill dl nide, amid so dense Is the undergrowth t buslies as to hindier Opedestrian. So f wift is the Yukon Aliver in this part r hat the native canouman in attuinpt' ( nig to ascei it for any distance never a elies on his paddle to propel him gainst the current,'but with 'two mall poles, one in each hand, he gets n the shallow, sia~k Wvater near thed here and poles his craft up streandat tuite a rapid gait, Our two 1moen CITY OF DIAMONDS. An American Sees Amsterdam and its Precious Stones J. Levy, a merchant of New York, returned home last week, after an eight months, trip to the Capetown diamond fields and a tour of Europe. Ie returned laden with skins of lions, leopards and serpents, two cunning lit-1 tle monkeys which he purchased at' Zanzibar, and a few pockets full of diamonds. 1 smiled good naturedly when asked to relate his experience and said; itondon is to-day undoubtedly the greatest mart for South African dia monds .in the 'rough,' which she re q.Aves dirdet fromh Capetown by her ina atenmwu'a, and which are raffled off to the highest thrower, so to speak, in the vicinity of Hatton Garden. Paris offers to a purchaser the best assetz ment of choice brilliants and feiactly matched pairs. But 4msterdam, on the Amstel, holds _16 largest stock of medium-class oods, has been the home of diania-cutting for centuries, and ft -Wy is the diamond city of the world. .1 will speak of the Amsterdam of to-day. In Amsterdam the diamond business in all its branches employs, including merchants, brokers, clerks and workmen, no less than ton thousand people, and there are thirty-three large steam power. factories i the business aloqe. There are three diamond dealers' clubs, and in these, as well as in the leading hotels and hundreds of small oflces, the business of buying or eelling diamonds is carried on day and night by brokers, who not infrequently carry ininense fortunes wrapp3d up in tissue paper in their breast pockets. Of the thtee clubs,.the )rincipal one is called the Centraal diamant bandel bund, which means the Con ness union, I ree y embers, rooms openiig'on a y PSpacous receiving throug fo?1*n* . ar and dows that clear light which 1. abso utely lecessary for the examination of gems. In front of these whtadows are two rows ,of small tables, paited let black at, these tables the dealers assorting or exhibitin Diamonds a parently val us reco which formed of -signifcance. clubs there are many houses where the broke dicker, and in line weather the into curiously-formed groups by d mond-dealing attrition, and open and close lheir bargains in the public street. The diamond-cutter's art does not depend on physical strength. There are old men in Amsterdam who possess world-wide renown as diamond cutters, who could hardly hurt a cat with a .blow of their a1st. But give them a rough diamond, and they can tell you almost at a glance how it can be cut to the best advantage, and neurly what it will bring In the market. Now here Is a rough stone. It Is Crust-covered and irregular In shap3. The more you examine it, the less you know about it. I showed it to one of the masters in Amsterdam who is over eighty years old, and lhd told me that cut as a bil lhant, it would .be wvorth $1,200. I am as sure of his judgment as I am that we are sittin~g here. I do not say for a moment that the United States will 1ever become the great diamond-dealing country of the world, but we are visibly Improving. --The D~emand for Rest. 'L'here is an old saying that has fright. ened a great man~y people from taking the rest that nature demanded for them. "Nine hours are enough for a fool." !That may be, but not toe many for a swise man wvho feels that he needs them. ~Goethe, wvhen performmng hIs most prod ~igous literary feats, felt that he needed ~nine hours; and what Is better, hie toolk thenm. We presume it is conceded by all thoughtful parsons that the brain in J very young children, say three or four :years of ago, requires all of twelve hours ;in rest or sleep. This parlod Is shorten ed gradually until at fourteen years of age, the boy is found to need only ten .hou rs. When full-grown and In a heal thy condition the man may find a night of eight hours suficient to repair the exhaustion of the day and newly create him for the morrow. I3ut if ho discov era that lie needs more sleep he should take it. There is surely something wrong about him; parhiaps a forgotten waste must be reimired. Is sleep ei dently has not boen made up, and until it has, fiid heoan spring to his; work with an exhilaration for it he 0hould sensiy conclude to let his instinct contrel him and stay in bed. .rHARD oN~ IMi.--She; "A lovely sun set, Is -It not?" Little - Binks (who. thinks he Is miaisig progress)---"Well, do you know 1 never noticed the sun set. I have something much better to look at in you." She--"Ah, I am not so fortunate,"