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1TRI-0 WE DITION
' +her 'wanered once a imaiden
Am ;the forest shade,
.A < w1 ere thfe lowers gtew .tjaky
Sha t ied. to piok them quliokly;
Just then_:,
A utterfly came by her
And kissed this little maid."
"" , ' Fol ivo me," said he htu4tbly;
was'oodytlat I sought;
Uoriive me for assuitnt
otir rosy lips so blooming
Where sweet and dewy roses;
But eo t truly thought."
Then Archly said the maiden,
4 "Tbis time 1Il 'pass- It by
Let not mny favor blind you
With vanity; but, mind yon,
These roseR
These rosea do not biosom
__or every buttorfly."
T E. BURNT -ROOK
IBeautiful Pauna was proud, very
roud. She did not have those great
lck eyes, arched black brows, and
-aqluilline nose for nothing! Her mouth
was not exactly small, but it was very
well shaped; and when she spoke or
laughed, two rows of dazzlingly white
teeth became visible. $he arranged the
plaits of her tresses about her brows
like a crown, and those who watched
her passing gracefully by, with head
erect, smilingly called.her "Princess.".
But. Patuna never looked so proud,
and never turned her head away, when
Tanas.e passed. She would always lis
ten to him, moreover, when he talked
about the hora--the national dance.
Further,r.ore, if anyone tried to tease
her by speaking about the young itan,
her cheeks would crimson, but her
sharp and- cutting words Ni.uld soon
teach the audacious speaker not to
- carry. his pleasantries further. The
young ien were all very envious of
'anase, especially after it came 'to be
known that the pair were betrothed.
The war cane. Talase Was obliged
to join the army, and take his way to
the )auube. Pauna concealed her tea's
.before otlhers, but she wept in secret,
and no one dared to a'slk the catise of her
grief.
Nobody ever knew how she managed
a ':"to obtain news of tihe war Iefore any
-t ,. ,body else In the, -illage. An extraor
Sdar. failtness -cane + upo'n lter, and
be was obliged to .lean upon the mile
tone at the entraiic8 of. the village, il
uGa& L rnAf.W10*
ks began to talk abou "firsi bat
s. 'auna could not;sleep any-more,
and Site was often obliged to leave her
lan p burning at night "ini o'der to ban
ish t:e awful faicies that haunted her
-vstons of rfanase, covered with ter
rible wounds, dead or,about to die.
;tr' It was while thus afflicted that, Qn
one particularly gloomy night, she had
- emaiind'altting on the edge of her bed,
till dressed--never suspecting that
seebody'was prowlifig about the house
Set'arliig at her window. She (lid
o know how beautiful she looked,
ith her large eyes gazing fixedly be
e her, and her slender hands clasped
i"her ,ktees.
t'. tiddenly she heard a light knock at
e~;ti wirioi. With a cry of fright the
pdolrQ girl'leaped to her feet, and turned
'~ hr face in the direction of the sound,
~ without seek-ig to pierce the obscurity.
t seme toherthat she could distin
guish tbiheforkn of Tanase; and then she
- hegrd a voice calling gently,
"Pauna, my' dearest Paunal Come
- out to me, I pray thee! It is I, thine
own devoted lover-Tanase!"
In a momnent Pauna lifted the latch
of the door, rushed forth, and soon felt
- 44frself clasped in the strong arms of
h,~fer beloved Tanase. But she pushed
him away, saying,
"What! Is it indeed thou, 'Or is
somae-one seeking to mock me?"
"Dost thou not see thy ring, my
Pauna? -and here, about my neck, is,
the little blessed image thou didst give
mel I could not bear the separation
any longer. I wanted to see if thou
hadet forgotten me,"
"But who gave thee permission to
leave the army?"
"No one-myself."
"No one?-and yet thou art here?
*Then surely the war Is over?"
'Aias not thb watr still goes on; butI
* came away by stealth for love of thee,"
"or love of me." P'auna laughed a*
- low, stifled laugh. "Dost thou igncy
that it delights me to have a deserter
for my betrothed? Got-begonel let
my eyes never look on thee again I"
"Faunal is this the kind of love thou
haat.for meii Thou wouldet even -senid
a eto mydeathi"
L 1 "Go wvhithersoever it may please
thee, but thou mayst feel well assured
that I will never be thy wife; for I
could not but despise such a husband
as thou,-And never Will y espou~se obe
whom I despise."
"Thou lovedt another!"
"Nay, Tiumase, I love no .nani but
S thee. ~I have passed mny-nights in think
lg of thee; but I1 never fancied even int
* di9m that I loved a trembling
1auina hid hter face in her hands amid
~ ept.
-I thought,.thou wouldst welcome
-niyreturn Neith joy-that -thou wouhdst
~ tde me intthy house."
9h, hat shame!" (tried the :gIrI.
O ' *h the shame of ' having been ' e
- rothed to such a one as thou! i sten
t bwht tell thiee' The Bisceg (onej
of the Carpatitan mountains, .shail
burn before' l er become thy wife."
And I ewearto thee," cried Tandse.
"thou'shalt neeti gsee me agah4 until I
be wonnded.or:eadi'i
At'the same timo the two young beq
ple . were , lookmng: into each :.pther '
faces; their furipu.ieye .lasped:in.lte
gloom. All su4denly a :red 11ght begah,
to spread itself .in the sky, gye their
heads; the 3uceg was allaflame.
ter and vaster the gloom becathe," hile
a high red fire rose up from the peak,
and seemed tc sit stars to the-sky.
'tlie t$trothed bot' ripaisnd potrl
fled with astonishment. The windo.w
of the neighboring houses began.
open, and men sttoutedtto one apothe .
"The forest is on.firel The mountai
is burningl" Dogs barked; cooks orew.
Pauna, catching the young man by the
shoulder, pushed hiin violently away
from her, exclaiming,
"Go!:.ly lidti. yourself at on
you want-mo to die of shamel ..
She retired to her house, fastened the
door, and blew out her light. With
beating heart she watched 'anase de
part, hiding himself as he went in thp
shadow of the houses. Then she looked
{t the glow on the mountain, whief
was gradually fading out; and sho.di4i
not answer her - friends who called he'
to.come out and see the prodigy,
From that day -Pauna was seldoM'
seen in the. public street;- her ruddy
lips, . once ' so lavish of merry words,
smiled no more. She worked In silence,
and often felt so tired that she had to
sit down besides.the fountain and cool
her forehead in water. Sometimes shg
would look dreamily at the reilectioit
of her face in the clear surface, - or lift
her eyes in a startled gaze at the high
summit of the Buceg.
All at. once a rumor begai to ci"cuA
late in the village that Tanase had come
back-suck a one and such a one had
.seen him that night by the light of
the bnrniig mountain--had even. heard
his voice talking with Pauna. When
she was asked about it, Fauna would
answer, "You know when the moun
tain.was burning, our house was dark
an4 silent;" but she- trembled as she
spoke, and felt the cold sweat starting
out upon her face.. Pauina's mother
only shook her head and said that "our
etupid folk are alwaya seeing miracles.",
'Then came the news that a greatbat
tie had been fought. This time Paunf
t as the last,. to liear. t i .xlews.;, i
wrapping some food in a napkin hurried,
out again.
The field of battle stretched away to
ward the horizoi-vast under the color
lessness of twilight. Thousands of dead
lay on the, ground. Far ofL the army
was camped about its bivonac fire, out
of hearing of the moans which rose
from the wounded on- the field, One
erect figure-that of a young woman
alone appeared, walking among the
dead. She had already b.een through the
camp, asking for Taifase. iFearlessly
she approached both friends and en
emies, giving them water, dud con
templating the dead with pity. Night
came, and the moon rose to illuminate
the horrible pl.ain. Still the gi-l walk..
ed here and there, kneeling -bf the
wounded, supporting on her *bredst tiei
heads of the dyizig, and ever wateing
for some glimpse of her rink. and 1her~
litleinlgeamonig the mntilated
corpses She Auddere'ce n seeing
some women robbing a dead- mail, and
on hearing the sound of bond being
broken in order to wrench away the
rings, she staggered away, but returnecd
in.a moment and gazed on the despoiled
corpse with terror.
The camp slept, afid still Panna
wandered over the moonlight field of
battle. From time to time she would
call softly, "Tanasel Tanasel"' More
than once a moa1imu voice ansitered.
her; but she would find herself blterly
disappointed on stooping over the pros
thate arm to flnd that the wounded
i;nan who begged for a drink was not
Tanase. Day began to make the sky
pale, and the moon was growing dim,
when Fauna perceived somethfing glit
ter. On approaching she saw a soldier
lying senseless, almost naked; but his
flngers clutc.hed something fastened to
his aeck.so tightly that it was evident
rio one had been, able to wrench those
flingers apart. Pauna recognized her
ring.
"Tanasel'i she screamed, and fell be
side the victim, whose face was hardly
recognizable for the blood that lay
upon it.- bho washed the beloved face,
and her tears flowed freeJy when she
saw that the eyes and nose had been.
mangled by olie frightful wound,
Assured .that her lover .still livedI,
Fauna hastoned to refresh his lips with
water, and bound up his wounds with
her apron. A long sigh escaped from
the lips ot the Wounded man; and hear
ing himself called by name, he raiped
his hand and, groping, touched -withi
his-Ilngers the face of Paumna
"Ah, my little IPaui,a," he gasped,
"let nIle die here-I am blind~ of what
furth.er ude camd Ibe in the worl@N"c'e
"Nay, nay!" 4rzed Fauna; "thou att
my beloved betr'othed; and 'with God's
afd~ thou's1ta1t soon become my hus
bandL -Brt do not! try to speak-'ow
.htish, sweetheati
any long wveeks passed while Patma
remalied wvaiting-beside ?hleie go.of
Tanase-4eeifig to u hU mi, ants by
night and by day. One morning. th4
mnen of the little villna naw, two travel
e's apjoaofti4g n .thQ road= abitig
inp)jvrnped Inartd exldra oloa1, wlYtli
a' c dsS of liohgi o 1lli 8 t4,' , ?
youngI.1to, ao 8Q'# e i*n y the
band; :)oyf)ly#id.to th e pae'1d
"Th is i miy b9t;othed, a brave
,max-as you c&n sp; by .the deeaieQn
onhis breast.
d""Anid by that ojj my.~ v, d
neer was there such a rousing wedding
in those parts before. Folka came fro6i
far. and nea i and' dolde bea itIf MI
Patina for?rl\ing te b.ii -
band, B I ont
siled,' 6d a
ons and strong, and i can work for both
of us."
As for the mountairn they saw burn"
ing that night the people ever' after
dalled it " The Burnt Rock," and the
hunters wbo climbed it. in puruit of
the chamois swore.that they had found
the rook c nged into,coal.
rGeneral Marshall, of Colorado, SeeA
Prospere:y for t he Mitnlg
-. States..
l ral F. J. Marslhall, of ColoraAo
Shiq. tWaa.'one 'of the earlte1 setieis.'O
bs West, has had great eaperience iu
'inirig and is considered quite an an
thority on the subject, was in Neu
York recently. In conversation with a
reporter lie said:
"The wildcat mining slieculators ure
fast being exposed and a general feeling
of confidence is ginintg grotttl 0very.
where. The only way td ectually do
away with these bogus miners is to
make it warm.for them by constant ex
'posure through. the, press. Tilat has
been done lately. by several: leading and
influ'ential journals and the effect has
been very sanitary. I blame investors
for not thoroughly investigating every
piece of mining property they purchase.
Mining is a legitimate business, and
people wh,o are swindled. have only
themselves to-blame. In early days
there was a great deal of swindling in
reference to titles, .but nqw the titles to
all good mihing property aze secure by
patenti from the government. Hence,
the title to mining property is as. secure
as any other real estate. By this sini
ple method of careful . business, the
wildcat speculators are defeated and
their schemes to dupe the unwary are
signal failures, But nany 'people you
small sum and listen to the rose-colored
descriptions of the bold wild-cat specu
lators."
"How is the outlook in the minin.
districts of the West?"
"It is cheerful and all the gold mines
are considered very reliable. In Cali
fornia there is an upward tendency in
the mining industry.: There is not so
much placer mining there as formerly
because there is a law against it, for
the reason that the delris from the
wash fill up the streams and creeks.
Milling quartz by the old- stamp mill
process is rapidly'increasing in Califor
nia and all the mining States and Ter
ritories where free milling ores exist.
This will be the general tendency where
low grade 'ore is plentiful. Of course
where there is too much lead the srmelt-.
ing process is required.
"Next to Colorado,- Oalifornia takes
precedence in the -lproduction of ore.
In Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mex-.
ico and Montana there is an increase,
and perhaps;tlidre.will be more mnineral
wealth produced 'this' year than ' ever
before. 'People who reside in the East
adhave had no actual experience in
mixning, as a matter of course are more
easily made victims by the - wildcat
speculation. The mining States were
jnever so- prosperous as now.. It seems
to meafew persons. In the Eastern por
tions di the country have been panic
hunting for .the last year or two and are
niow predicting a pauia for the .coming
year. It mauat Mbe' apparet .o.; aoy
'thinking nian that.the busiess of. tile
country in everyedeparitment, and espe;
cJally New T~ork, the' great nioneyed
centre,.has beeu caried .onifoi-years in
'the most conservative manner, and' es
pecially the j're8ent year.s Pi1nto a'rd
never produced except :by oYer--trado
The present prosperity of every branoh.
of busfness and industry in the West
has no eqtial.in thie history of the coun
try and 'bids fair to contmnue as long:as
the great rush of immigration tends hi
that direction."
Why the Hired' Girt is So Superiot';
This bit of conversation .took place
last week between :a Boston lady and a
friend's,cook.. The,family In 3vhich theo
latte;. hved have recently moved froni a
noisy street to,a quilet one, a proceeding
whicbclihnced-not sto please the cook.
The mistress was shiowing an old friend
over the house when the latter 'said to
the ,cook:',,gu' have a inte, quiet
place here, biargaret, witlianone of the
ilse of -th. old,house. I' hithe nQlse
of the elty tbat I'm after likin esqlf,
.ma'tn" returned .M~argaret *Mur1y
"Do .yb't?" sild the lady .piedssatly;
"Oh, I don't. 'I can't tand tgxa4le
and the roitr of thienoisy Atreet Oftbe
asented. grimly;" slpose st liely
yotir brai.Isa't: . a.irong a s:W%a
Col'z 1d a fre feder, aridthe I
hardl.y 4 :made, too ,rio toquW
Art
.Te ] ,p n~ i n' ted , n
T t 11n Iii ,. -t ; X to
ten eet above h Watq o thq r vets
ncterous opac nale d l .ot f
Woide r': re . o o th su
islis a tliil'nd.
"retni ndf oden sliech
ilxeq, u; tRn wh " n,iround tii
plantations or fields ' l$irposes 6f
irrigatioi.
The plantations coj a d palins 4f
all ages. Some .hadi e upward. of
:100 years old according1t4 the assei
tions of the natives, ty theft planta
tions always contained tjsee' of,nix4d
ages, young planta li bee coo.
lx.4 4 to take -t' th
,1 yApi, ast they dl ar o ere
blown down by winds' IQe old trees
wore always of a very: st ;ted appear
anae--a condition whiol pid: }tu'.
ally ensue ftotitltho ' uQi. g
of their leaves.. A i iaU gsa
or l1,ehJ overed thed tr s aa'
gate them the appo r4ie of ;lavin'g
been white-washed. 'Th s tallst bres
Seen weie -ouly abont A eettiiigli,
but they were aaid'to be,ip ward of 100
years old. The leaves oj; these old trees
are larger and stouto han those oh
young plants, and t .stems of the
}eavep girf only abput . lon'g. The
tilin.biris to yIel a suitable for
fans when it is abou 0 rs old. The
first cutting of leaves t. "es place early
in the year, and the i'ea*'; whidli are
somewhat . damaged the wintry
winds, and consequen: of inferior
quality are used for tIw In t'e cot -
.tructiou of the "matsbedO -which are
so extensively used for tOtiporary pui
poses in China.
Leaves, for fan makliu . aye. obtained
in April, one, two or thrf; qa e being
-taken from each plarit audtlie process
is continued each month until Novem=
ber, when, I,was irfor d 'utUiog is
discontinued for a 0 The
leaves are takel ft' at10ks
a clear ep Vered dtA tg as
turf. Here each leaf ha ' th n piec
of bamboo placed aoro$3 th8 blad;
where it is iaded Qn Il#' . Eacl}
end of the bambo 1 si. 1ijk Inuits
round l. The bawboo7 prevents -the
leaf curling up while it is drying. The
leaves are theri-lakid out singly 'h .the
turf to dry in the 'sun, 'and: collected
and stacked at night. - The process is
continued daily until the leaves are
quite dry, when they are either sent off
direct to the town to be made Into fans
or they are stacked for a tjme until the
manufacturers are ready to receive
them.
The manufacture of the fans is
carried on chiefly in the towli of 8an
UD, but tlhere'.are also some establish.
ment* inthe country wherethis isdone.
The dried leaves are subjected,to a pro
cess of blanching by means of 'sulphur.
They are then straightened arid ren
dered shapely by being held and mani
pulated over a. charcoal 'fire. *The
'o#e'ator, as hi4 finishes the fan;i places
t-hem ouie b)y one on each other, making
a heap on the floor; the heap Is finally
pressed down by the weight of the
'operator, who stands on a board placed
on top of the heap while h~ Is Working
lit%acceedling fartsd ~hei .a 1i4p (
tweiity or thirtly 4ains' been t'i
trented they are removed and angjier
series is begun.
The next process Is s'ewing on the
bindings at the edge of the fQns. This
is doneo by' women and childiren, chiefly
at their own homes and the- fans re
turlied, when finished, to the manufac.
turer. The meoe expensive fitting of
born and bamboo handles is done at
.Cantos. .The'portion of thie aflk
which is iottreq uired as a handfe fdtf
the fan Is iAbt *k,tdd; i5 cotiposa ~(
fibrous material that is uitilized 'in mak
1ing short lengths Qf rope used as slings
to suslindtlasketsgroin; rryI oles,
Aroi.md the stem, as bases ot the leaf
att.ilka, there is a.quanitity of fibroup sub,
stdince spmewllat resembling doir #bery
ITisis is carefully collected, and. also used
for making ropes.
E<hucat ion for the Iome.
The followving incident, Wfhich is true
in every detail, is unfortunaqely likely
to be repete4 hi manyhtiiily J:xpe$i
,ences. Jane ?.- -was thie only laugh
.ter o~ wealth and cultu4prt$
orne Edulird0inlaift.fs 6
higher education for women. Jane
therefore received from her ohlldhood a
careful .physical ahdl rnrda traitiig.
At 18 she was ts trong,ehealtliy. girl,
flited, y'a theottAh' edrse inr (Jcok,
Tatin.and niathomatics, to enter ono-of
the leading. collEgds2 for women, At
tlhe end of four years shp was grad itat
wiPh the ighest hord.' -'
16 YhaaWah ouglN,fI as
gone, in dl) the 9tudies shp ha siued~
they~ included itwo or'teQ lahgp
and other branches, ghe:*s
cur ad spiit; ha&ajvdp, 1 atdl
~.acqatat 'withill x~.~4
"has gefy ,i $diotiorias
1 M
hitu earu rl er"
1 aba,
rn.4
',v }ts, cQU npt;b! proo.ure4;2b
oj e, .the s the tlpoledge; of tb4Is
jaIior tG ui.Ud matds, . Jane d
t,*"khowr'how a'' j of 'teaislopd e
riaWu, o' a 'talielaid. 'rhe re4u1twas
chaos and-nJieery fora whole fatily.
Ihn l than a Year she marrlOd 'ilid
lieca - to J.elth'of the
ratnl% er i'a t f inancial
cr1siQWSIhb tih?,4 l 'tdo"7Sf a fail
of four children.
T.ero has been scarcely a week In
her , married life in which some acl
dent, burn, fall or sprain, did not cal.
for skilled help, which she was unable
to give. She'uld Woik a Problem it(
Euclid, but she -never had learned to:
bandage a wound or prepare a plaste#.
A year ago her huband was strickep'
with a slow, linrering disea4e. She had
the strength, the will, the passQanate
pve t,fl #Lhet t nur e ht ' lit 'she .
had >o's1li nar"kn'wledge, an ' va
obliged to give him over to paid atten
dants, and to watch idly while they re
stoted him from death.
Is there no signiflcance in this case
which in its esential. features is redup
licated ten thousand times in Ameti"
cans honies--worthy consideration by .
our colleges for women? In colleges
for men the pupils can fit themselves
while sQme"article that., by accident the
child has becone possessed Of is a daily
source of pleasure.
"As I write my little girl of 2-sits on
the floo with/;a itton -hook' in hei'
hand trying to butten and unbutton her
little boots. ' 8he"is not playig, rather
she is working; but she is interested i'i
what she is.doing, her attention is con
certrated itpbn It and she is hapy.
We do not give. her the hammer and
'iolkingtg-lass, but. some ecil y" queei
articles,. We let her have a patent eg
beater.
"'84ppse she, shpuld' , break it?'
What if she does? It cost4 much less
th'ahoMinary"oys, anc servds her vast
ly better. When she had learned to
put the end of. it in a little dish and
tu.u t.e wheel;,-ljust as rama doesi
i1e ab ieyts
her new p a
She wotild iO1' "litirt hetsalft serio4
with it, and finding there was one way
in which it acted arid . made a'noise shs
did not throw it about and tse it as a
hammer, but used it properly, came to
have a high regard, and, 'I have no
doubt, a deep respect for it. Another
plaything is a cletn latp,burner with a
long piece of wek kqotted at the ends
so that it cannot fall out, or with the
ends pewed together. The child can
turn the thumb screw and make the
wick move, and thus finds much plea
sure.
jne of the Late Past1mei.
One of the most interesting of the so
called "pastimes,' which have of late.
been int'roduced into-the hoAne circle
under the name of art, is that of'model
ing ih WaL; It is ndt6nly initeizesting
atud amusing; it is instructive, A pound
of wvax will keep a large family quiet
and .busy for a whole evening, and
aside0 fron1 the. often curious resulte of
the tWo dzMthieo honrs' Wvork, there has
been gained an idea of anatomy Wpich
the worlkers Were ite.tnawas of,. It
is easieft9; indelh i, stiedsit is,
in wax, than to make a drawing; the
light end shade is. made with every
pressuro and there is nothing dat, so
that.it is,a more prolific niedium .than
chat coal and1 paper. At first' the'atnt
teur produces a rather archaic object,
1but during the evening, after he has
huad a little facility.added to his hand,
he Wl.U disc.Qver het:h.0;ias hbritnore
of an observer thari he was conscious
of. He .will also glance up.fromn .his
work and ook atb some m~em1ter of the
~fatnily to 16cate the earr,0o ee oydhing
a1iU d0 by' der'es he potnsti'u'cts ityi
good'head and in a wveek's tiple:is A'1)el
.to obtain a likene-ss of some member of
the family. S3o,-'little by little, the arts
are 'credping ito the: shop and inm&.
It is by this medium we shalbe able
to add more interest to the higher and
ire comblete artte and the. okeerijer
whb hiu1jandled the .wak at hopel
piece of iptive.than,ihe dia# b tre
his "pastimen ~ria.a.at.odeing.
nct in f while," says a shoesa~~
moan, "I have custoniets-alIen-Lwhin'
i,t 'takes me 'an liour or more to serve.
They'll y~npt , to doolg at all the shoes
there te in thdt liaWe, and to try on a
g&nt fraany,. had 9ne10 tWmorn -
She put 'od laeraTsid', httd 'aEt~
elise ~6d(d d o*x0th' s1i eL her.
if4pe.'t4 4 shat th~ eatogr 9g
~to e, 1irt nly ooth ih ev0 ria~xt
)hdhegetltiredtof polIi ~ hqn
on@ft li idS he .he$ t~
her exactly, thp.igub' se *r't satieged.
*$he tonhL t vh ei h
the 'iiteb ~kz~ too rhoh'Mi
dreasy.to ilt 1
to 'ge
N> at 14 true, y !ta 9"gth4f
flie : iorld .n~ ' :n ow'f. thl;,t
ive 1ts ~' If4 I .riLr
greaei t of in rr
t? ufr establi iugrelations
With this country and learning ao*e.
tvhl 0 ','h* l~overe, 'was
spurite$ ag.: ry;oeptec by
E)l4 n9 pg.Qt hqr .enor
. noXtis ve ,es of stea'lmeks
no run e4tbe United
pori,sand iti ountry would but re+
lnove'ber ex 'ive eiyort and impokt
futie.tb,ecoieriai raetiaotis would
be largelfinereMed.
The Niy of ara, ;wbFld Vromi @s to
bedpiri ttie metropoliIaf Bra i1, has a
populat'on of over -eighty thousand; a
m ed race' f humanity resultipg from
the. amslgariatfon,of the Brazilian and
Portugueae w16h the African and .In
iani, prsentin every sade of color
and peculiarity of manner. About on.
thou-and,of the latter rp still' slaves.
The climate W!tinifdrtn and Invariabl;y
hiot, butLthere'is aliwdys'a' good breeze.
Diui ing' the sum ger. months the ther
moimneteroften reaches 920 Fahrenheit,
and it iever gets below 72P tbrougllout
the ydi. Neaity every day there at o
refrqaliing showeis, and the mornings
are do61i n ' cdmfortable. As in all
tropical countrisi the're extends as far,
as6the eye can :redld" the dark green
foltage .of ,the mauno, bread fruit,
orapge, banana -and a score of other
fruits and ttees atepeouliar to 'the tor
rid tone .i3autiful plants aid nay.
cherished flowers grow luxuriantly with
trifing care.
ara bOAt :of:g beaut ul street, bad
Jose; with.a double fowQfstately, royal.
palins; but the~ dte mtu sti'eets,
narrow, crooke4 and. univiting, aBom
Which have 'sidewalks not over two feet
wide, or even narrower. ThBre at nu
mexpus a of"tti gstar' liberally
patrZe4 lby ll vlassea. The. streets
are alo: :iht ,ywith q d. itu
iutiezijh
Pla ,.i 0 otiwroof 'or the low r
classes there are muud, houses 'with
thatched roofs and imd flodrs. ' Many
of ther'-1ave but onde -oim, ' Withodt.
whidows and bpt' oie door,
Sunday is like any'other 'day. In tho
early part of the day all shops and stores
(except dry goods stores) are open, and
saloons and places of anmsement do. a
thriviigbusiness. Even the schools
and. celleges have their regtlaF study
hours seven hours in every week,
though .he professors are exempt from
hearing recitations o I:the Sabbath.
And yet the sfate of South' American
affairs is not hopeles,or with freedom
of religionnewrshipj, in conneetion with
other marks of progress, -among which
we notice quite i edtensive system of
public sehools, a' frie press; and-under
politjeal' reform one specially 'worthy of
mnention--the striving of both parties
for the liPeration of the slaves, truly a
bright future awaits thW country.
Says the Banlo is Still in Favor.
The .primitive instrumn t, the banjo,
has" lately. obtained a neiwal 'of its
popularity amo~ng the young society
women of Boston. A lady of miyac-.
quaintance ilao I ventured to chafft
mildly en the subject recently took
what' l'aidin.itt sedloly. '"Why,"
she sald, .s shae ran he Angers over .the
catgut strIzg, "'if autt(quity implies re
spectability .4ebanjo. should be the
mosyti m~o~4 )nus1calebo)trivances.
I have' bedri l4QO4 the 'ntter up re.
cently, iso I can'speak ok it als one. who
knows, Pictures of a banjo,in a mod5
fled form, drifound'itgeri dte Egyptian
and Assyrian monuments ,built fort y
centuried ago,. anditing veij lile
itt was used .on festive ocqeiops by th
ancin .. Hebrews. Imagine, -if you
please, that dignified geitleraats Mbses
elgaged in stediming a byrzUind
ufon the zuelofdfous shp~b But a
well as I can .iha1re. / $lid 6rigitij
banjQ, us izlven,tcd by ld Nysge u6tivc
of. Africar was sitwply a 2gourd with :
skin and the intestines of soYme ahniml
stretchied adr6ss 1t. Ih this esape it is
still'eiiiplayed' by the 'estbniball of (1hd
interior to make ,music at :thefr. bgi
lu'ets; I mrydelf have seen banjos.ot a
preciGIy similar1 .construction played
upon by negroes in the South. No
dioulSt' 'they l .rogt 'the lninjo Nth
ethe ih this . Ye4 bednqitian
from their own'Cot.i Tr'esgruiit1ly
btJ)came wh~at it is at prqs9zt throu%4
j)e, applietton to it of~ prino1i
sitready,faitailiar In the unitear
you do evee9hhig'l e
Loread uipon the'suibjodt, ei h db~
h wvevgr, the,t the' gyptian IIQba
!oiir., rtih)gs, .w(t. a' fretted, flagi~
.Uencoforth I vow that I,~ilnove
speLWkotherwise thsi tIi I&tli~
reibfseos
neI
An E;cellent' T tt, and, One That
.4ai Be. Avqutro" by P,aotlce,
""Where's 'ny hat?" "Who's een
my knife?" "Who turned my coat
wrong side out and slung it under the
lottnge?" -.
There you go, ny-boyl When you
came into the house last ;etening; you
aung your hat across the'room,, lumped'
,out of your shoes, kioked 'em right and
left, wriggled out of your coat and gave
it 'a ad 'nd . you are anhoyed be
pause each article lasn't gathered itself
into a ch1-to:bp ready for you when
you,dress ins.the morning.
Who, cut those sheatiugs?" You
did It to save one minute's time in un
t!ing thesm! Yoiir kaife; is under the
be4ivhefe it ro'lled when you happed,
skilped and juriped otit' f your trou-.
sers. -
Your 'collar Is dowh behind the bu
reaii, one of - your sock ori the foot of
the- bed, and your vest may be hi the
'kitchen' wood-box.
i oW, then, my way has always been
the easiest way. I'd rather fling my
hat down than to hang it-up;'I'd rather
kick -my boots under the lounge than
place them in the.hall; I'd rather: run
the risk of spoiling a new 'coat than to
I own: right ip' to W rg reckless and
slovenl. but, ahl me! haven't I had to
pay for'' it ten times over. Now set
your foot right d'wn,, and determine to
have order. It is a trait that can bo
acquired.
An orderly mtui can make 'two suits
of dlotlies last'longer and look better
than a slovenly man can four. He can
save an hour per day over the man who
flings things helter-skelter. IHe stands
twice the . show to get a situation and
keeps it, and five. times the show to con
duct a business with profit.
An orderly man will be an accurate
man. .Iy he Is a carpenter every joint
will fit. If he 1s a turner his gQods
will look neat.;. If he is a merchantyhis
%books will.show neither blots. nor.er
rors. An orderly man. is usually an
economical man and always a' prudent
one., If yon, liould ask me iow to be
come rich, I sho'Iid answer: ""e .or
derly, be accurate."
-.rmaine of.a. Volcano.
The recentdiscbvry of .the remains
Q a'oildahoiesar f66nt'anenta on,
th6 bi . T rB vaIn arti r
BMittific?d^
ed a new key to the geolo'gical hisatr. '
of the Connecticut valley. ,Th. dis
covery was ngade by Piof. N. S.-Davis,
of .1arvar4 Ujniversity, , He has been
engaged in making an exbauetive study
of the trap-rocks of this state, and i.le
made his ,happy discovery of volanic
ruins While..searching: for an entirely
different clas.i.of geological plenornena.
AMoiiit'Lamentation has been. visited
by lgrge numbers of' people du'ing he
paat few weeks. The'various,scientihc
Iassociations of the state; and seveiral
;geologists. of nablonal ropute,.have care
sfully examined the interestingcuriosity.
No volcanic eone or crater Is' still visi-~
ble, but the phe'ndmena of the' place
clearly indicat.e>that in the triassio age
violent explosive eruptions of a regular
volcanic type were frequent. Ge'ologists
have-long Jkn6wn that the trap-rook of
thie.Coimecticut ,valley came up in a
molten condition and afterwards solidi
fled. This mQlten mass sotmetimnes
solidified, in fissures Jn ,the, earth. andc
sometimes overflowed the *urface1 hee
lava streams, and was subseqtently
covered up by strata of sandptne,.
,Prof, DavIs lias di coiei'& what .1:s
"teclinidally' known as the asl-bed,' It
Is a depQsit'fortned whe'n mdolteni lava is
'throwA' high Into the ai' by 'violent ex
hplosions, and'-comes down ini a: confused
inass, coarse and fine. In the triassic
Period whben these -eruptions occurred*
there mnsthave been regular cones' atid
craters of the usual type; hbit these have
;all' been- efface.'It is very' probable
t.hat other iash--beds may exist in the
range,of:[eridan hills. The-geological
history of thlyis. region has always afford
ed a rich field for scientific research,
anid the recent Nolcanic discovery has
given a great'scientific boom to,.it,
-Why the Orow to Black.
The Indians of the egtreme. North
wst have some very remarkable legendsI
albout the creation, in thfih the brow
'takes a legging ptt, Uihging'order ott
of chaos." 'Eerhaps th6 noat durious is
that \Wich . cbounted for 'the raven
coat of the cerow. One 'nfght, while
makiu* a.' tour throngh hisdominions,
lhe atopped at -the hio'use of (3an.nook;
chief, and begged -for a loding.'tnd a
drink of- water. Candlo~ok oftdie& hftei
a bedt but, on account of 'th4 -sear4ity'
of meter, he,refusedio gi' o hirn atiy
thing to drink4 .When all th6 rest' were '
aslpep the sN:0 ~got d1P to 'look for
Wateh1ut .wus hieardi.bye Oaten-00)k's~
vife *o aroused herhsb g. ueg
thnlzi. hat thue croy~ avas ab9utato
es ild logfoiu-g od 'upon the
K Owpd 1 ~ro effort -
t&e~ b il tn* 4e eaeJ bu&th& ai
Weishe*dWhi crow thi
fibge.' Ie w I% pr be)l ddnt4