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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1898-5-19, Page 2TIE LAS1 VOYAGE OF MARTIN VALLLANCE " A eleA STORY OF TO -DAY. liv JOHN ARTHUR BARRY, ♦ut;or of " sieve Brew' a Bnnyte.- ' • lathe Great Dem " eta. • a - right aft to tbe wheel, with a sorrow - alley -way me each aids between it and the butwierks. A handsome brass rail- ing ran round the top of this sort of poop. to which there wee no entreooe horn the quarter -look. But 1 notioed a couple of smell windows in its front with the glop is Lbws siesehed. Houses sad fittl0ys tests llrsnanssly strong. and haat with shat spoldlty. Heavy semieirealar daubie daces, frontinj the - y leve wee , ooteig lit se., ll0. I I IU wheel end Manacle, pie acmes by a me mud bleated loudly at IM strange few steps to the eaten; as1 these doors CkAPTER Ill. -Continued. kora been secured by r kedge anchor What rather punted me war (bat, "I was second mate of • ship." 1 , spot a couple of spore chain topsail - search del malefic, 1 could flub nu clue replied shortly, for 1 wan all athirst sheets in such [esbion that, opening au the. it uald to owoabu cr*bipu' the bunt ur her 1».- to bear more; "1 fell overboard; and °tterards impnmribititydid. fur one within tonginga. Nowhere aboard of her wan ,'alter drifting about Nitb Nan acre• to move them Ipderd i So meet as a printed letter. Us her PUTS, she carried, is place of a name, M gilded device of a rimin s n; andd the maw is smalls; size was t been b bow. She wan copper-f.mPe ug out, and tbe tiller of solid brass, was • flue piece of work running in a grace- ful curs to • dolgels a heed. The sails wren of light bat very strung cotton: ber spars of that grand wood. the Kauai wisp rage at for remembrance of his One of New Zealand. From a low Isdi- troubles (bbd 1 thought he'd choke ev- natiuss about ber, legible Gail to the I ery minute• yes. a r ; nothing but rye of a seafarer. 1 'judged bar oI misfortunes sine we lett Colombo! Freseb build. Asa in'tbat at least tbs First the captain died, then the mate. sequel proved fens right. Then 1 took charge, sbe's sty owe ship, A week parsed without my sigbtisiS-rear. (ergo and all. Then the brutes of anytbiag. the weather tine,• but the laittfere mutinied." I hardly wondered w•dgfowing` prtrephbiy' ltgbtowilit it. "Sad weaned to leave, 'raying wren' one morning, taking my rueton• the ship was doomed.' I put two a 'em -the rim bade iron. with m 1 found the boat and two dead men in t was fully • ber •, quarter of en hour before I was able The internal scoundrels!" shouted to open them myself. But at tut I the other heed from its window; " the flung them wide and {embed back the murdering thievee I -There. there, ELI- hood of the commotion. and stepped en, you an so impatient! Can't you 'bide, waiting with some ourioaity the let the man tell his story without con- appearance of the prie"aers. he&tautlywen interrupting hint I Yes, sir," First to emerge was the old gentle - naso 1 ady knew so he wear o• 6W face turning so purple whines lectures Alre well -a tall, rigid figure., dressed in • long, frock -coat of coupe thin dark wm- teri&L immaculate linen with -large dia- mond studs and sleeve -links, polished tan oboes, end • solar-topee as big as • beehive -altogether • most amazing spectacle under the cireamstanres. Introducing himself 'as Major Fort- escue. late of the 14th Bengal Native infantry, he shook hands, and stepping nit, i g rr-,a teed ns y to the t•/frail. sniffed an:1 snorted, and - ere look around before castbsg own muds. Than, sir, one night theydrew great breathe of air into his lungs 'pied a gleam of movie in the north g saying: "$it ed the beggar' bey Well sist. " Hti i mod make nothing more lucked fist up here and got the boat done t By gid. It's is rm.t to get out rf it until noon, by which time 1 had overham'f but nut be+forr I'd abut four again I' hen . It's ng • whiff from the rises th object sufficiently to see that or five of 'em. Gad, sir, it they hadn't msifdeek: " Pat, pub t how those brutes cleared 1'd ha' potted the lot at short It w •.�a 11 pointed -poet brig un- ('0 e u smell yonderl Muat gat them ci.ared Ila t 'j topsail,. atftf-rsnlse } They tried to set its afire, too. bear head fell off and Dame to, with a t°g. with my big expra+., they did you been locked rep seekibg sort of metioA that reminded n't do much at the fire business. And the don tbelow ladder I eekebe d to of the deck - a of • dog nosing after a lost stent, they let Tippoo loose -as quiet a cub f way. And as 1 seared her as you ever saw -until, well. he's a bonne• I meanwhile keeping an eye steerisg I naw that he era, as sailors cry• "all man-eater now, and 1 dare say you'd lifting for a night of the girl, find won - man-eater one small dingey hung better kill bin before .you duan* tbwh 'bring what was delaying her. siaybow ' ) der s sena. away pnrently." foresail and Maims trout tine way But it rained; end 1 kept sew jump j How• long have at her davits; no smoke poured from 'oar!. No trouble; I brake his Ieg bat galley funnel ; no faces looked over other they. ' l'at glad myi,uat'a proved bee high bulwarks. A pretty creature of service to you, air; and, eh, eb,"- of a brig too, of some 300 tons. with a Vetting A glass to him syr-" gad. yes. yacht -like bow, std clean run aft to Your an fret as mhcould, All rethis t oht paid bringingt • quare stern; masts painted a ruff up with a sudden sort of ee .us, it colour tapering "'way up to gilded gasp, , q 'Eight days,' maid the Major,, answer- ing my questions. 'Eight interminable day; I Luckily we bad plenty to eat and drink. But the beat •say ia- fernatr Pre been cuffee-plueting in Ceylon. Gave itt' u, atter a year to so. Doctors advLed a ser -voyage for my • trucks; lofty and squarely rigged -too pian to he M daughter. mho had been ailing for some inseam for my Luce -her copper itis- ' As he finished speaking, with a Iond tilos. So 1 bought the Bela here, and • like •now kettle • roar, there sprung on to the brig's loaded her with coffee fur the Cape. at.sag to the min tuffra1l, a three -parts -grown ti r. •t sash lazy roll, and all about her, toas • sailor's mind, a to)tcbileg air of lour Nothing his tail in fury and swaying acoenttiatad ratio unsteadily on three legs to the °io- Meant to sell ship and cargo there, and go borne In the mail -boat. Nice mess AN EIDDUCK NW. It was near Iteyiejevik, the capital of Iceland, that 1 first made the ac- quaintance o-quaintance of eider ducks. says Eliza- beth Taylor. Fru Zoega, my kind hostess at the lit/le inn arranged for me • trip to one of the eider -dank farms os as Leland in the harbor, and sent her pretty daughter Vallee to keep use company. '1'be day urs tine. and tar is the distance we could see tbe snow-oapped ranges that one the rug- ged western coast. Our steamer, the Laura, lay anchored in the fjord, and louts were briskly plying to mad fro, unloading the cargo she had brought from Denmark and Scotland. Atter w stormy Az days' voyage from Edin- burgh. we bad arrived the night be - tore in company with • Urniah m•n- ul-war and a Freacb dispatch boat seat to look after the interests of the Breton codfish fleet. 'Three steamers at come eats quite an event for the quiet little town, but not u single aa• lute was fired from shore or on board, and thou tourist• on the Laura who 'imbed to about sea birds were sternly. supppecsed. Einar ducks, It meems, are birds of importsnos is Icelnd. and as they dislike noise. the firing of guns within a nib of tbeir meta its forbid- den, and every means is taken to in- duce them to frequent the farm lands along the •bore. A half-hour's brisk row brought us to Engey. one of the eider -farm is- lands. Valle led the way, sad we went first to tM term-bouse to l permission to visit the nesting grounds. In front of the turf -roofed little buildings, on the stony grougd,_ a quantity of down was drying -fluffy manses of brownish -gray. looking aa if the first puff of wind would blow them out to sea.' But Valle told me'that the down was so interwo'en with dried it's turned out to bee l Nothing, sir, blades of dried grass that an Wia•Rj snot on, , t ! but tad lurk ! Third seek out the ea wind would 001 stir it. -ter'sad FOCI•.. sill. ne tall kg.; Frnl of a white female tigurehlit tent upwsrdb with all [teal tarn took ill lingercif another wee' lbs Yrrmer• wile' r!►AU+j 1 i►tert between the knee red claws hang and died That WAY bad rnuagh' then t dot that ah Nan, who shivered and bleated to ter-. thigh; mnrtiftratore net in. sed be • Anyhow, TI hat ber ;" and 1 shouted ; g res. Fearing that be was about to died. fight %knots, meetly ahead, and Listening, I imam beard- roma t t ,reseat `and seting Na evert of reply, sounding muffled and I y here would be some oured cree -ten of 'em -got rusty dull. manoeuvring,. 1 hoisted the mainsail,' swore the ship urs accursed. and what of trust and damp the surface hind Brig onto I" I roared again. "la and foresail, put the helm up, rot a pot. Feat i knne the nigger, air; and been upheaved into hillocks about ,18 " A derelict, for a do lar, Nanny."e d copra adding a we cold fisil id 1 lufti a as we „laser lag lutes•. Hia regard was fixed of (tie mate tell from aloft an I broke him her daughter Gudrun collecting down from the deserted nests Potion 'twinerosebud t pastures near the sea. By tbe action there styled; on begird!" 1 fight air ailing tbe Graeae, the cutter 1 bounced em Up to their work. You began /o draw ahead. I see, there wasn't another wbite on 'And es 1.sat and stared. all ae once, Dona desert is 1" exclaimed the girl board now. hitt the **rang. or boat - mer lbs rail• foi:ard of the main -rig - aa si bed d' hack at `swain, as you'd cell him, know how to black d- eUow inches high. and between these Obs ducks were nesting. I was toiling over Gm uneven ground, when suddau y a large greyish -brown duck burst' like &bo tboy am still found to ,stall sum - bars. but the down is of llertor quail - :My in these more southern districts Lieut. Greely. saw them tis far north e& 03 degrees. They are true ocean birds, living during the winter out at see, and tibias for their food. %blob oun*ista of small fteh, shellfish sad orris In Aprl1 they begin to gather in little groups sear the shores Often one Mrd will visit the resting grounds. and if his report Is favorable. s oom- prnloes soon return to their old haudta, and nest -building begins. Botb duct end drak.e work togetber, lay- ing a foundetba of seaweed or coarse grasses. and upon LOU the bed of down L arranged, and heaped up around the margin. About May 20 the ducks be- gin to lay. sit or seven eggs being the maul Gluten. although ten are sometimes seen. A few of thew are tabu by the farmer for his own um. bat the sale oi eggs is forbldde&. Otte• two ducks will lay side by side is ore aeat, each turnisbiag her own quota of down, and doing ber port in the hatob- lag and rearing of the double faintly. r docks, though often very tem'. can hardly be classed with domestic birds. They live In a wild state in every part of Iceland where they can find suitable breeding places. Often a pre' perous "m&rpet," as the nesting grounds are called. can be formed by the fanners %buss lend pommies the proper •ttr•ctiooe. A eznm11 bland that slops• to the sea u the best place. but a cape, or nook of land, is often chosen. 11 the land has many billocks there is no need of making artificial nests, otherwise the turf must be cut in blocks -and set up on end to fort mall oblong compartments. 'Phew are otten -roofed over with pieces of turf ur %oud. Sometimes the sesta are maple u[ atones. but in this muss. as the stones are cold, the bottom must be well covered with plenty of crumb- led turf or coarse grass. Eider ducks have their fancies about thefsNesation of their nest, some pre/erring one that overlooks the neighborhood rad other's choosing r sheltered nook in a hollow. K erything moat be In reaeinmae before it b time for the birds to come from the sea. The ducks seem to like wine life or movement on the neighboring farm lands. as they probably feel more secure from their natural enemies, totes and ravens; but on the varpet itself all must be pesos and serenity. 11 the new var•pet must he visited. it is best to go when the weather b fine and the see at high tide. las esproach sbould be made always frogs mem -d emela et, sad the 4arllsar' aboltid not look about him too curious Ly, or the birds will become trenbied and suspicious. Any object that redoes or has color and certain sounds Moot thongs of sealskins. wielcb are stretched fru.( aids to side on an ob- long wooden frame about It feet long. ebe worker, sitting a short di/Laos (runt the wait tuts one end of the frame against It Melia the other rests in her lap. Then. taking • beaob of down la eaoh hand, she .crabs It up and down across the thoags witb an al- ternate motion. After this lbs dow■ la looked over carefully, and every re- maining Wt of grams or dirt 1s removed by hand. AFRAID Oi INDIANS. a*pee$eare .f Te. loess F.ertgrsate 1& leve Comely of aaptrd. ;About sixty-five years ago. says • writer in the Mcmtreel Witness, two youths came from Scotland, and struck out for the wilderow of Oxford Coun- ty, in what was then Upper Canada. They had beard that Indians might be found in the region. and they kept • 'harp and annum bat fearful watch. Nearing their destinetlon. they en- camped ase chilly night by the side of • stream. While they were getting their lunch. hovering over the fire. they were overwhelmed with astonishment and fear by seeing • small band of Indians suddenly arrive. As it moa too late to try to escape. and as the Indians were too many to fight, Gm young fellows daoided to 'Bar- tel ar ley with the savages, but. tbelr "par- leying" %as rendered of no effect by the fact that elute the Indiana spoke not a e ord of English. the Scotch boys were totally ignorant of the sign lan- guage is which the Indians tried to materna. . But presently the savages made • gesture• le hid" the boys understood. It was a beckoning sign, and plainly meant. "Come along." \fell." said one of the boys to the other, "it is evident that we beve got to diet and we may as well die et their camp as here." "In any event• we will die like rasa," said the other. -- •• "We will!" do they started along, following the Indians. or rather followed by tbem. Soda they reached • large ladles lodge. which tered. The Indigene ho kcmad to Glom to sit 301‘11 In front 0Ln large fire jos the centre of Obit lodge. which was directly beneath • bole in the roof that served for cblm- ossa airy aLtrwctixe to rbm hied. _ se window and veatistor. *dot the would-be owner of • varpet •[ten rappetite had best scared oat of tbem. eats up at interval small atioks to The Indiana ate, and then got out bat - which oobored rags are tied. or be pots clot• mod knives. en pieces of wire, musset sheltie watch ••o time has comm." sad am 01 rattle in the wind. A little bell rung the bean by the wind •loo seems to please them. •,yo it seems." amid the other, "bit Another wayof inducing the wild tot us sell our liver dearly ! ng. came • a an stared Pio," said. "1 will not. But 1 sail the Helve and as i was a hit of birds to build is to employ "lukke- However. instead of lalling mesa me. •great rotted -aa J don't quite Ane how I'm to get on board •env(gator, (thought we might bell fuji ' or decoy doth of rubber or them with the weapons, the Indiana head with eyes thtt glia ed lib Balls whilst that brute's there." i through. But the brute.; jibbed: and & bx,nib from almost under by feet. Plaster. Sonne &re placed on the slopes procured m tut of strips of nab wood of fire. and •big, open, red cavern Can you •boot /'' rhe asked. 1 had to knock the sorting and the tin- and I balanced to and fro on my nil- of land in •sitting Position, and others lied we&( to work walla baskets, of a mouth. showing white teeth, long I'll try," 1 raid, "although 4 have- I dal -hs mate-do.vn, and +it iru°x on g are moored in the water by airings stripping, measuring, lifting and pbary, and cruel, and that answered I font. fettrin to iadvance,le•t 1Icruahed long enough to allow them- to move, splitting n't had much praetioe at big gamy. , them for draei their knivee on me. bend the wood The bo were m say hall by such a deep, savage roar A°wrver, if you'll lower me down a' 1 dragged the pair into tbe.Letbroom the eggs. Looking carefuIle about me to and fro ea it swimading. an made me nine to my feet and ex- rifle and .nine cartrid • 1 m• bit , The growth of a vmrpet s seesssar- eloim, "The ti�sa. Nan i IL theta asps- cartridges Ithen'-pointing ton iittleeen(ry-box of I aeon found them; seven greet eggs, Uy slow at (I rat, but once /sir(y ee- riness of ber crew, 1 think we'll clear!" him.' • shop no the port side of -4 be quarter- as large as thea of a goo*, peepitg ' Gabilalaed it yield* a nod profit. Bogey, Al this Ix,th beadle withdrew, and in dick -and locked them in. Mut tbat� g Mad Neaaeetnedtobinetthssame amren a minute or two the Major -to call him' out from the down whisk "wellevd up the Leland that 1 suited, sad Videy, bon; for meed those fierce gtyen Jo night, Helen and myself tai both bee to a' I always did henceforth -hail a stout low, this M a around them in • thick roll. A little not far away, produce about 000 pounds eyes -she gave a lamentable Meat anal line out o[ the uipAow with acme kind ; gg r; rushed of , lel the farther on. 1 neva surrounded b ez- annually, and great quantities are tah- srntHed aft, nal crouched between my two cul, and fastened us uµ is the y en to Isafjor in Northern Iceland. lege as I hurriedly put the helps up, of firearm de lin from it. Giving cabin. Then the brutes started to get cited. perturbed mothers, eons still A writer upon Zeeland. in apmaking of and„ very elawly, for the wind had , tan i.o•t a sheer, 1 took h r right arrow the omit overboard, cock billing tbe brooding, and others with ducklings s visit to one of the Isatjonl farms, nearly died away, drove astern. As I tit* brig's Rtrrn. not without acme apt- mainyard, am you see, and putting a hardly.' out of the •bell. The'rnottled d the bee s uxrter 1 observed a Pnhenaion of the trger's snaking a fly- tackle nn tt, whilst I was mekin wrote: "On the coast was a wall built s �••se ig q J oft erre stones, just above high watts') level, abort 3 feet high and of consid- erable thickness at the bottom. On both aides of it alternate stones had zw(n,'a-sad towing overboard, and bay-' mgleap; but, owing to bis broken , good pray ttrr at them with my heavy lea herals+, bhe only growlyd in a men- a tug some desire to see more of this prene through thane (rent windows, g. strun'amines', 1 caught hold, and ai'ing. Iuw,'brdet) not.. Clutching the eGad, .1rit reminded me of the old and toe -toned plumage w barmosized with the grey rooks sod dead- grasses around ore that I could hardly die - ITU of INTE11EsT. rise ''erase• tfbbp week* are L.de• ,a au ever tee world. Air curatives made ut paper are used by the Japanese. 1 erealter the lofty buildings of (`,bl- maro will be limited to nibs atone', and aot more thus 130 lest in height. An aeronaut ,will attempt to cross (be Alps is • bellow nest summer. Hie iateatiun is to take photographic views o1 the mouatains and valleys while in the air, A Brooklyn rook. on the verge of an engagement by a new entrees, insist- ed on receiving the name and address of tbe lady's former cook, that she might cell on beat lead learn the cbrr- actor of the mistress before accepting employment. . Mr. Juba Flitch, of Denver. bas • private menagerie. in which are hun- dreds of wild and curtain Animals. He oocasionally rides is • little chariot drawn by a swift -pacing ostrich. A notable Sander belongs to James A. Kinkead. of Hardin County, Ky. It seta as a watcbdug. and permits no stranger to ester the yard unties* he is attended by a member of the fam- ily. A funny friend of Samuel Musser. et Mercbaatville. NJ., pat some pow- der in a pipe sad gave it to Mutuee to smoke. An explosion resulted, eat - destroyed the sight of ib victim's left A wt01I tea tbe Bobtails reed. sear Lew. bete•, lam. la stocked wifk .hiaettt>A •sot thesis the (amity sells to fishersele 3* bait. When a ppurebaser calla. a pall L lowered, sad brought up filled with the glltterisg little flab. The streets is Chigoes cities are high- er in the metre than at lbs sides. The pedestrians are iberefore subjected to tbe discomfort of wading through pud- dles in rainy weather. as the water lodges on the footpaths. The beet bananas come from Port Limon. Costa Rica. The producer gets 30 cents a touch for them, delivered et the railway. A bunch average 270 bra- anas. and sella for about $4 in Neve Qrlmeas or New York. Them axe establisbtwata i• New York wiasr-amareoa0e. :woollen *loth- , dress wi-t .-aeetaki. garments, lite., are put into cold stomp during the summer swaths. This affords the most A tombstone artist in Wbee1�W Va.. put up a monument i■ a cemetery there. and made repeated demands for payment for the work. At last. thor- oughly disgusted. he rut these words on the monument: "This ain't paid Inc.' Nathan Willis, a colored mita, of Coo- esy. S.C., was rroently executed there for the murder of • boy. He exported boys &r that his wife would be present at the little ro ablyei and yet they argued execution. bathe learned that ale had that to ably the savages ouuld pre- maraud nnotber nab sed atter he was lead a fall asleep. sad would mor , neptedv,ed dor them in the night. They resolved Gist but one of them should lie does.: A New Jersey autograph fiend late - while the other would sit up ands Iy •rot threeaalbums to the American watch. each taking his turn.• After the Indian+ had worked at i 11[iairter t London, requesting him to basket -making for some time, oes of iaduoe Queen Victoria to put her ate - them. w ho 'teemed to be a sort of cblst. nature is each of them. His letter riom- seddenly gave a yell that (rose the ed with this' announcement: " I expect blood is both boys' veins. The Indians to raffle oft tbe albums at oar church threw down tbeir implements. -sad Lir." formed in • circle about the fin sed Tb clear the decks of a fint-class salaams, it came handsomely oft toe &on gun and a lag ret cartridges altcahed \tut inc dace, 1 drove 'em into the! tin been left out so u to forma series of the white boyn The terrible cur' 010 • eered awn until brought up. ahem thereto, 1 drew out again froth the He- he,.p-hrnt.e and out tegsin, ietn ihe� guiah the ducks at distance of a o[ death was about to begin! y NYg be -the brig's name ,p gilt letters on few con aquune comheir n Omenta for the ducks to Then the as a ladle sounded • Mb I look a turn round the iron traveller galley an I anti again. •1 had Inks of W mate their pelta ia. Almost eve s blue «Droll athwart her stere -•bpd with his vok+e, and all &s Indians este of the. foresail. Jumping to let go the ammunition and didn't spare it. Four •lust then I mew (3udrus owning compartmrpt wads occupied, and as we Me gaff-baly'&'rd&. I was startled by avoice loaded. A. luck would have it. 1 was 1 know. 1 amounted fur. Rut then gun to sing; but what wee it that they t 1 th' I b t I t I were ringing! The % tch boys. pima,- 1 reared. knew the tune well: it IMO one to wbicb they were accustomed toeing the words: How pleased and bluff was I To hear the people er "Comm -h el um seek our � to -day I" po d.n y home lawns o a a u . to un- overbead, and looking up. 1 saw a man's eer.t.oa1 bow to bands a retie, and 1 night rami, dark e a dog's mouth, Gundrun wash terms of pleasant ln- docks flew out, one after another. The face poking out of use of this two lit- bard the oldrt M&pnr runt in a die-! and it was only gin •i'iork; and they •iay.4 y wuiL ber tlookrs, and theyr hoopoe was s marvel; the earthen ile stern windnws--a furiously red, ' �' g got the boat over in' shite of me. And walla th►t surround it and the window choterin face, fringed with bristling! thetcarlr "o unser as 1Nhov- eerier they went Obey tit a roaring approach aaadlyevenballowmdmherhmtoIembrimures %ere occupied with ducks. white whiskers; a stiff gray moustache 1 Jibbing. t got. the cutter round with ' fin on the hatch t here. and loosed Tip- mucks their heads and see it the eggs Ott the ground the house wu fringed and sprang rromfrom the shelterhooff shaggy ehooked ye- in • eaten' In the Igele'e, and toting'inCaletown. ilelentaking ant itdid all eiwere hatching. Of Valla. too. they roowith / we eonld senthe duc•ks.•■ondmof tbe adu k brows, gleamed a lair of deep-set, light careful aim, tired -and missed. 9 he could to art mat: but the house nese too sasmad to have Uttls [ear, thoagb sh• e sat on the scraper." Mee a Lion of lbe Inst bad been too much was • stranger to theiu- ' fbr me. and 1 haw the bullet knock R..1,'i, ant vnu rani cut teak with f Why s It, Gudrun,' 1 sate ." hit Ahtrpt IP,I101' pwunds of eider donee " ili, bi. you sir 1" roared the voice. (hi{a off the rail a full foot to fort tat. e -knife.. And all the ripe the [in lbw ducks are w afraid ot m1 are collected annually in loeland. 7.000 "Confound it, are you dealt Wby, fl d f I t earl It (Outrun smiled shyly, end replied: being exported to foreign countries. by gat, he's got my boat! What are Never mind!" *brute(' the. \Gtbor, t8yhum Ihtt it wewrrs.d "1 think. Frokes. that they do not Iib Formerly the pennants used to receive yu'i doing with my boast, eh, ebf" your lath" over 21 shillings a pond. but the Too much taken slack by this sec- cunning wrier my hating hint Make, VO a M rare cf tbt That was the trouble! Accustomed price hall now fallen to half tbb en i surprise to •bower at out*. all I did to wMn dnwfi'kame s pMrfect dehge of as they were to the simple kerchief, or amount. The permeate seldom receive was to stare at the aat.onisbing appar Thet I evpuld do t 1 I tarn seA wxttngus'lsezi i4 Ry torn tM the smolt black "hula' worn by ice- money and are obliged to barter [tire, a. it retura^d the compliment 1 t N and d d a mu ve non Rht, or, Londe women with its heavy silk toss- their down for merchandise furnished with interest, framed likit a picture in the smell port which it almost tilled. Wee the vessel bewitched r Tiger amid - Nikita and madmen aft; or iotb to- gether f o- gethert Or were they one and the same 'visit 1 protest that nomei.hing of Oda kind went to 'sake up the no- ' linos that floated through my brain •t. the moment, mingled with -meta- 'irises of sea -stories 1 had heard - strange. weird •toricm of haunted vee - rel. wandering on unknown m•bts, man- ned by evil spirits, ebb, to (Lange their 3. abatee at will. -- - *4I-tmust leave shows it in wy bete. U., for the other one grinned is ie.. rbouted:." Well, when you're done . -looking frightened, perb&peiyou'il oume aboard 'and et u set. How ruurh lappa tot bozo! this with her apron packed full of down. walked along the shore • long line of of the brute, who at once disappeared. a.av Amin'. an , az ng an 1 told him. " Follow him tip! lie's ,rit rev* as from Is fag f{p dnit? three -AIM' iii t nothing nested -not •i t. goat bleat -that'll fetch him!" l g, t d ha h.e t''.Hf se battleship. and make ready for action, ordinarily requires two bour's time; bat is case of einergeecy it can he done much sooner. Gunners, when alin- ing et *a enem�'m ship strive to strike the water line, as an effective snot there dam most damage. An irritable Beat tense In Vienna bad so much trouble is making his wants knows through tbe telepb ne to tbe The boys looked at each other le aa- girl at the oestral office. that be call- toniahment and ellen the Indians had .d ber • goose sad threatened to sung this •ong,-in their eon language. box ber ears. She had him •rrest.ed. el course. -they suag a greater sad and tbe magistrate sentenced bine to more thrilling one: "Rock of Ages fourteen days' impriereesett. *lett for me i' A retlarkebie evbdeaoe of pre•rience The fears of the boys were goes. Is in the date of so-called •b - their own tong's, they joined is tbe is dinglayecl song with more onetime so dogM, time 'kat coins, which •re on sale ,n Lon - r any ,me ,y stings _ r ma-x-ing n an ,drawing ahead, they bad ever before knows in Aging dos. They bear the hese of Ju lam Cea- 1 presently got another ■hot as the surely, ibec had refereed a finished met bee down os one side, they by the Denisb merchants at the little it; sad when the Indiana nasi flel0bed ams, bpd osier it the date H.C."40." tiger. unable to resist the sound of their work. Flelen ennldn'Lbwar to had tsba umbrage at my straw tray- •ettletwe.te me the fjords. their devetkssar(0r• it was yvith ado-�I•M,readore of tee dies must have fore- it bluffing same to the rail Amid-' thin'; of the tiger eating 1hoer lied{*s sling hat with its 'perky' ribbon bows. An old Icelandic proverb illustrates votien•i perp'• that they bot et>•f• known that the 14avinur wet eoming ahipe where I had first van him. This ``hose remains you see there; a0, to However, the ducks were not. unman- the strange elasticity of the down: -tee bels lar down to sleep. and slept exactly forty-eight years before His time 1 wane sure of n hit for i heard please her., 1 tried to mhaot him -Rn uonble. When they saw that Valls "What is it that is higher ellen the soundly is the earmth of Lb fire. birth. the Ihud of the heavy bullet and the. utnerafefnl mei. pe hut for his .raven- and Gudrun talked amicably with me head s ofr' "An eiderdown MI- The tribe woo orae which had peen n fierce growl am the brute fell lock. gerin4 they might have bred a pee-! they waived their objections to my tow," Le the answer. A poaad o(. ejTtad by wiados•rtea. and the men An evening area.. made. entire el U Wag getting bit* i ntbe afternoon, •el'eere. iInt atter petting hit be went bend gear. and finally permitted me down Ono he compressed into a ball the I had no other purpow than one el the skins of chickeee was reoeelty wore and quite tired of thin game of hide_ into his ,age. and only tame cot at to caries tksir sleet beads and wings. ' dm of a pint bowl, butt mos releseed, grateful hospitality in hringiug these al n tall by Madame Theo Mnntbauda, anal -reek en the high graft, 1 determin- oight. He was a quiet tractable Daly orae drake did I new on the nest- it swells and mounts 11b something; I wandering white youths to their lodge. fa f• hall b Pariaiea. .o 800 nn(piece. ed. in the fare of ibis la*t aucreasful creature maough---w* had him from the fag grounds. He w -aa • splendid fel- alive, until it would fill a btabel him- The vert morning they at. with ging- meting in shpt, to t ry and end it. No, making time be wee a enb.-buts after his first low, weighing fully 7 pounds. and quite bl. A pound and a half is enough to the teed which their boas offered t °t tanned lrewi Fdmu A Gillett, a °ofhdar- the long fainter fast tit the brig's' lean* of b*°an flesh, of antras, blond- different in plumage [rem his aobetly to till as ordio•ry ted pati. These thole msid expressing their tbanb as. /btbe vitiated the yrdeeiona rtnemt, ad- tbirst se the rest of hie tripe. And dressed mecum. Hie Mick, sides of his wary comfortable articles are found in hint tbmY coatd, wast' Onto vts>. gs main band, 1 'Tiiutj ed• peeredthem, ver Iorni it with rosea. vines, etc. le in Sundt atutiowilj peered over I bks wafers rearmed on this when Mimi and seek. sed upper part of thf� tM guest room of every Icelandic tars, .., °g the rail. Them lay the tiger I.itieg'4 they let him gm, well knowing what breast were white. the latter tinged bowmver poor and small it may be. \n elephant that has performed eavegely at a wound in hie 'boulder an e1rellent sentry he'd make over las. with a little brownish -yellow; the li4 After a low. bard day in the saddle OCTAN AND EARTH blAndy servicewill some be added to the from which Mood bor.d in a thtrk ! Well. rte. 1 think that'. tell for the was yellow, changing to dull geese fk the traveler maga for warmth and stream. With t Rood rest for my ritle.l ('t'iwot:' and the Meier turned end the tip; the crown, forehead, wings i shelter. But those little guest rooms A lnieket 743 mile. deep and 743 miler; attrest lone of the Befits 7.tnkegical r are new >w pox up ,• bbl', *b. eh P' _ i made no Mistake this time huh send- (diked at ,i... flee. well-s*t-of,v sold ilia', Anil et into hie Ileal jaNt. below r y "Can't ray, I'm sun," . retorted, the eye. had the eatiefartion of meelaf soonerrrPerf to meet in • military ending Inc „ice at taxi; rou'vw ret �s l the I i! 1 ( ger.. of • mus but one you'd •a dee+k passenger 1 don't much telia' , hiPi roll over sad etretrh not , the cut of." " Wbj, confound it, air I i crippled' -1 CHAPTIIR IV. . the tacos was beginning, wben suddenly I Stepping on to the brig's dark, I at lbw other window, appe•rid aonlh-' looked around with sot a tittle curie - sr facrr-a girl'w face, pale but beau_ , site -after nuking quite mare that the fife], lit by great dark -brown eyes; tiger waw deed. Altuod. the first tkta( • p.rtect now. Iinw'retied like •Cup-; to vetch to) eym waw • greet heat► id'. bow over double 'rows of pearl. and oakum,. nisi eanvaw, all well ttaafilfluo�pdd and a voice that rang awes* and firma and halt n,nsuined. lying on the m•iWteb. true as Abe interrupted the other. between a big pair of V. node• checks, - No." maid she 'meetly an I gaped evidently tanned for t he reception la M ARO gement. looking. I dare say, tool. i jlMt such a. boat se fay alongside. The lab enough. "dbn't conte on board- i ire had burst through the tarmult•vl perforated sme4loaa diverging from a al leant *tat yet. 1lppoo i.e. only lame. 'sed ^Agar.! the hete,hoa, 1,'"_,h,_ ad bee■ ovate"' point at one end of the clerk. He'd hurt yon• -he's become en levees�+s4inRni.h*d hetorh doing umrd&m- on which are printed miles of dollars einem"---wad hare 1 taw her tai, .es` -!i %pry harrow *queak theugb. from one upward. the Motions being torn off tint Il the right amount le reeched. deb thus on the dark of a dereliet brig la the '. •tin Ocean. 1 wee gems to make some remark, bat fest titee i became aware of s e1 srre that had nteppphd rep tiff, nth was holding out Mr 144 , sad looking at me woe thMager with Mew wonderful dente brow" eyes . d here. era bett'ytatinieed.) NSW 8AF111TT CHF,CK. A now safety check has a ohmher ret blanch ns,l a marl, of shiver Poon over • Clow" to the torarard end of the hatch it es she rontiaaee, more hurriedly.: "al a little galley; farther along. w N•eisg, 1 suppose, the utter bewilder- ' goal -aimed deck -house, painted white; Meet impressed ea ley features' ea 1 end the *fear.n•M of loth these atruc- atood heeding on to the fmremtar• And tures were fairly riddled eine bullet - Aping up at her: "There're 00 ono holes. And everywhere •smut the Berk n except my father-Moinr Vertex. ley eeett•red limns,--fragmente of hu- etse-and wywnie. Our crew fete us in men skill le vertebrae, arms. and thighs, 'that very twat, after shutting en up many of Ib.m ornscbed anti broken, but here, trying to eat fir* to the heig, all plea■ picked anal dried by the host. letting' Timone-that's the tipper-- mull. 8011, the [planking thereabouts Mw father shot None of tha nesMattheir Uke the a.r of • aian mashed afterwards, ashed ippnn'm I.R. I, h ems. sad the •r114.s11 WAN an equal pro - 1 where," *he dd.atj broke off,, oo' t�ielwetine-r.nm end meneg- di1 von rem* from ryeing Nan with ,•wilt kook d( surprfbe fta the &metal1 Mete wee no poop 1,0 lbw brig. Th. SOLIDIFYING PRTROLRUM. A ('alifornian. by a spacial prones. hem .ae(eeded in solidlitying p.trolenm Into a ',lark. solid mums. ehlrh tetras Ilk. veal. elth leas smoke. and throws out thrice the Mat. 1t ran be cent la brinks. is .lean snot gives dmf little petroleum odor. — A dude aid n mal. mny las a more pathetir erenhination 1 Mn fork and Inanm, but the rombiawt in■ is loin end tank hp beet plane alelapide epees was t•kot ep by m hose. rasniag ■ iletahtlal. mad lower part of the body were e 1 have never bad a fire in them. sad from side to aide would hold every drop Gardens. This Reimer-ieeighty years rich velvety black, and on the sides of ' built as they are on the ground floor the head wax a streak ort light green. there is in these a dreadful chill. Oboe The drake.. it mn.ms, help Obs decks to tucked away in bed, however. and well. make the nests. and two, when brui).- ' coverd with the down pal a delight. tion ham fandy begun, they go off in ; fel .*use of contort follows. and tired little bands of four or five. bpd lead I booms lose their pains and stiffness. • eere-tree exbtanoe out at sea. You I Tbe lost days of my ten weeks' .visit own see them Mete and falling on the great swells just Mooed the breakers, their soft "ab-oo I &l -o° I" sounding Like the cools/ of wood -pigeons. All the accounts l bees read about drier tholes 'my that nests are robbed of their down twins. the dark supply- ing it each tints from her owe body; the third time the drake gives bs white down. mad this is allowed to re- main. Hut 1 we& told by farmers in Ioeland that now they never take the down until the little ones are hatched. It has been found that the birds thriew bettor end 'scream taster when they ere allowed to live se nature meant them to do. So now the poor mothers are no longer obliged to strfp them- selves of all their down to refurnish their dawdled seats. Sometimes, it the quantity is very great, • little may he taken. but enough must be left to oover the eggs wives the duck leaven her nest for foal. Eider dekko are found along the macoa*t of Arctic America sad Qiberia, Greenland. Nnrw&y, Swmdes, Lapland, Iceland. the Faroe Glands, Spitzhwrgen nevi Nova limina. On some of the sortbmrs emote et Great Brltals --'^•r xe!- . in Iceland were spent at Lamamyri, one of the finest farms in Iceland, Many sheep graced on the neighboring bills; sea trout and salmon; to ass furnished rudfie)) and male. and large numbers of elder ducks rested on the little islands where the river broaden- ed to the sea. On one *b1e of the rosnfortable modern farm house pie turw.mqu* old outhouwws formed n kind of square. In orae the farm tools and the salaam" nets and rages were kept. one served •a sleeping quarters for the farm laborers, another for Obs supply of pest, and in another wee an sena fireplace with a high raised Werth of dose. Here, during the winter, tbe elder demo is cleansed. it la first placed in a large open caldron over a hot tiro f" order fe have the dried greases and other refute burned away. A flat plate of iron fits is the bottom, miming the dowel from tbe too ilitense Mat of the ftrw. M it l* stirred and leaned quickly the forelge matter is destroyed beton, the down suffers. Rut this proems only partially elennm►s it. TM dnst. Rehm and harder bite of gram* stalks must arm he miaowed. Thu larks* by rubbing the dews over of the norm. Thio bucket Could rest quite firmly on the Rritiwh tales. To till the bucket one would aced to work 10,000 steam pumps, eaeh socking up 1,000 tens t# sea. Rut to get rid of the earth would he 4,W times more difficult. requiring 2.000 greet gees, Barb firing 1,000 projectiles' a ikonsd. •orb projectile reinitiating of 1101100 tome of earth. At the end of 1.000 year. this mundane ember. would be all shot away. THE BARIC OWL. When the harp owl has a young family it. Dunt' diligently and brismi to lot neat &boat five sake is as hour. Aa both of the permit birds are activ.ly employed both In the even - Ing and at dews IS mise a day is a low setlmat• for the betel capture. APPHOPRIATg. That. eubma1ns Not seems to be a saran's. Yen! i .appose she goes deem% n wl I h flyini (*clone of age, and for Toss time feted se executioner in Tedi& where it was his defy to step on the heads nt rnadrmn- ed criminals. aeat crush the lite Au. of them. The Sheriff of Miawiseippi City. Mime. oollevote the faxes. Atter quite s ewe cesefol cloy ms it tax -gatherer, he west to sleep, hawked a light Minting. A cunning thief opened his window. and witb a fishing -prole usnresafal!y emit- ted, for the abrilrs trouser•, whisk he lightened by miaowing the ts* teller - t Iona. For revered weeks a farmer 11 Cod - (fiestas, 14. D.. had suffered from the depredation* of hey thieves. One sight be snw it seithl.ov stealing bi hay, and wwitwd nihil be luta drivels at with a wagon load. Then, ideating behind the wwgr,w, h• art fire b tha,lne, In *lel' al places. The hay salt the thief's Wa- gon mere dsetoreed. A work trig ia nee of tbe, &dornments of & married man is Cleveland. He or- eseinsmlly goes oe a mimeo and when it 4sn lasted tent or three days, hie slaw bring. hem to his ..awes sad .a - iii KLONDiRR. sty M eonmseating hissrtifieial liwlsr. reoe w flow• mvlgx kis muss!, nes h. iw' Nugget. Mcltsb-41immm a saa'wiek. tends to owl wit his .portae by {ytri bza tttor'k'erer-What kited- nests MINI a autmtitets 1•11. Ali be ewwl when hast bead, hie blanket or deal • i. other le ens iw-•- • 011. t., ij n gore. -t a root. Mini. Aril tet no mve " peer ,eaerelln emmleviategeftbm erpewdl:*r► at esen 'eel Jslr et re�e,�g, letMa . bete mil_ ra+alti w