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ClIAP'J'J. R XXIV.
Christmas passed by; the reign
King Winter was ended. Spring
was come; the odor of violets tilled
the air, the birds began to buil'I.
and the hedges clothed thenisely
with green.
After sundry flying visits to th
metropolis, Sir Arthur decided t
take up his residence in London u
the yeti of April.
"You will not mind that, Leah?
he asked.
"No, though. if it were possible,
would rather stay here at Bren
wood than go to Loudon at all."
"It would cause a revolution."
snid Sir Arthur. "I darn not think
of such a thing."
"One thing is certain,"r•civart(ed
Leah -"ovary one will know of inv
engagement, and I shall have more
Liege to myself. I wonder whoa
Vasil still go?"
"I think he spoke of going nes
week; he will not remain at hi
country seat alone. Ile will b
compelled, however, to leave tow
every now and then, and spend
few hours at Cleo, to see how th
work progresses."
"I shall be glad when the seaso
is over, and we are here in peace
again," said Leah.
"Are you beginning to tire of gay
eties, Leah?" asked Sir Arthur.
"1 think it is not that, uncle,'
she said. gently; "it is that my
•(' heart is more at rest. here."
.Sir Basil was spending a few
days at Brentwood before the gene+
al and bis niece started for London
Ile asked Leah one morning, whei
she was giving orders about th
packing, if she could spare him five
minutes: he had something very par
titular to say to her.
She smiled to herself at tho ve-
lment. How cheerfully and gladly
she would have given him every mo-
ment of her time, if he had wantedJt. t
"Yon look very serious, Basil,"
she said.
"I want to speak to you on a
grave subject," he replied.
They were stauchng in the .jeep
recess of a large. bay -window; the
odor of violets filled the room. Sir
Basil took from his pocket a small
morocco ring -case.
"I do not know," lie said, "whe-
ther our ?nattily custom will please
you, Leah. I have heard that some
of the Ladies Carlton did not like
the fashion; and, if it does not find
favor in your eyes, I will lay the
old custom 'wide-"
"Anything will please me." she
totd him, "that pleases you."
"Every family has, I supposes, its
own traditions and customs," said
Sir Vasil. "1 can tell you the ori-
gin of this custom. (inc of our an-
cestors saved his sovereign's life. Ile
was out, hunting with his royal mas-
ter, who was wont to brag of his
prowess. yet at heart was a cow-
ard. Phe details would not inter-
est you, but our ancestor covered an
act of arrant cowardice of the king's
and at the same time saved his lite.
The neident happened a few days
bcforM the wedding -day of Hugh
Carlton, and the king insisted upon
presenting the wedding -ring. It wits
a magnificent circlet of thick pales
gold. with the royal armengraved
within. The then Lady Carlton wore
if with vast satisfaction, and was
proud of it. When she lay dead in
her coffin it was taken from her
hand. Il' ugh Carlton did not care
to bury the gift of ft king: he took
the ring from her linger and kept
it by him. In the course of a few
years he married again, and he used
the sante wedding -ring. During all
the succeeding generations the same
thing has been done: all the heads
of tho house of Carlton have married
their wives with this ring. Two
hundred years since it was a thick
gold circlet w ith "superb diamonds;
now the diamonds are all gone, and
the ring has grown thin by constant
wear. 1 am not quite sure; but I
think it was melted down once, and
grandmother,more gold added to it. and then re-
made. My grandmother, Lady Doro-
thea Carlton, wore it.: my dear mo-
ther wore it: anti now 1 otter it to
you, nee -'love. It shall lie just as
you like. Leah: if you would prefer
a new one. 1 will get one -if you
would like to wear the saute that so
many Lndiee ('n el t on have worn,
then keep i1."
"What would y0'1 like me to do?"
she naked. "1 he tradition is of
your )iouee, not of mine. is there
nay legend about the wedding-ring?"
'Vow. thio --that whoever wears it
lives long and happily. if you cork
me what 1 should like you best to
do, 1 !say most certainly let it he
your wedding -rt n:. Let me we.
L'ah if it will t vn•1.'
Leah. '
1 ti
--en • Ile 11 tromp the little case.
and she onk.',t at 1t with some rev-
teenc•e. `o the was the king's gift
anal Ibis v. as th.' famous nett on
e e•ettlinj:-ring'
. 1
""My mother had a (le'A Itlful little
hand," he 'ail(, "hut the legend did
not hold good in her caw': her life
wag not a long opp
c a hay one. My
father died when sehe was quite young
andthe terrible tingeily' of nay site
ter's death canes• soon after. She
had a troubled ndlife."
Ile took her ham) and placed the
ring upon her finger. it fitted her
a
exctly, tis though it had been made
far her.
-Hate thnce who wore this ring
• bees h,epev wives. do you think,
Fasil':f h.' naked trembling. look-
ing up at iter hoes,.
"•1 hope that all wives 1» happy.
Why should they not be?"
of "I have seen many wives who wore
not happy. " %hat wife could be hap-
py if her husband did not love her?"
"But, my clearest Leah, we must
ea presume that every husband does
love his wife."
o "Yee, at first," she said, slowly.
o "No honorable man would ask a wo-
o man to marry hila unless he loved
1
1. -
• .She : poke very earnestly, her face
slightly flushed, holding the old-
fashioned waking -ring in her hand.
Ile thanked heaven at that moment
that sho would never know how her
uncle's affection for her had caused
hits to interfere in her behalf.
"If this ring could speak," she
said, "if it could tell the history of
all the wives who have worn it -the
happy and the unhappy. the loved
and the unloved -it would fill a vol-
ume, Ilasil. And some day -it may
t be soon or many years may pass
s first -when I lie dead, it will be
e drawn from my finger. If you, Bas -
n 11, should be the ono to remove it,
a you will think of the hour when you
n tiri t gave it to Inc."
"My darling, I hope it. will be
n many long years before that time,
and I hope I shall die first."
"Ali, nol" she cried. "If ever
- you offer up a }raver for sic, Vasil.
let it be that, when Heaven calls
• you, T may go with you. T -ah tae,
you knew, Basil, I could not live
without you! I could not even try "og
"Because you lo me so, my
r- Leah?" he anked, tenderly.
• "Yes, because I love you so. T)o
you not feel so 'as regards myself?
e If I died, could you live? Would not
the world become a dreary blank to
- you? Ah, Basil, I am sure that if
you died T should never eat, never
sleep. never smile again!"
"Yon love me so much?" he said
again.
"Yes, I love you so dearly," she
replied -"you will never know how
dearly. There are times when T
think that inen never appreciate or
never understand the great love of
women."
"I will try to understand yours.
Leah.' he said, gently. "I hope."
ho added, with genuine earnestness,
"I shall make you happy, Leah."
"Happy," she repeated, as though
the word surprised her-"har py.
You love ate, Basil, do you not?"
"Yes," he replied.
"Then how can 1 help being hap-
py? I could not be anything eke.
Many people live with divided loves,
tjiev share their affections; they have
mothers, brothers. I have only eon.
I mean that all my love is concen-
trated on you. The other lesser
loves are absorbed by it. as the liv-
er absorbs the waters of its triton
tare brooklets. Ah, Basil, i shall
always bo so pleased that you
brought this wedding -ring to rue! It
seems to live made it easier (or me
to talk to you about my love."
"Ilns it not always limn so,
Leah?" he asked.
"No.' nut always," she replied.
"Sometimes my heart is quite fell,
and I try to tell you, but I cannot.
Sometimes. when you are away been
ole. I think of all that I shall say
when I see you next: a thous;unl
thoughts conic to me, a thousand
words that I long to speak. And
then, when you come, i am tnute:
my fancies leave me in the sweet
reality of your presence."
"Row well you understand all this
wonderful science of love, Leah!"
"Anti you?" she said, looking up
at hint. "Do you not understand it,
too''"
"I have had the sweetest teacher
the world ever saw!" cried Sir Bao-
il. "I can understand men losing
the whole world for the love of one
woman.'•
"Would you lose it, dear, for nate"
she naked, putting her arses around
his neck.
"Yes," he answered unthinkingly.
"i shall feel doubly married when
I wear this," she Raid, still holding
the little ring in her hand. "it will
not only hind me to you, but to all
the race of ('arltons. Let me keep
it. Basil. until our wettdin„-cloy."
"Certainly," he said. "1 am glad
it is in such safe, sweet keeping,
Leah. if you like, it can he made
to look just like a new ring."
"No," the replied, touching it
with her lips. "1 like it better As
your mother wore it. All the now
wedding -rings in the world would he
nothing by the Riekl of this,'
"Yon must not wear it till we are
married," he void: "that would he
unlucky."
Ile watched her as, with a happy
'Ingle, she placed the ring in the raw+
and then closed it.
A few days • s f e�
a� after r thnt the a were, re• in
London: Id I. ,•
n cab's heart heat u •
a t l 1t in n
quickly and lightly when 'h. thelight
of the Measure hidden in the jewel
c are.
('IHAPT/•:It XXV.
'1'he ',neon was a brilliant one The
news of Mitre Ifwtton's 111..1e'•ment
RSA received by scene with pleasure,
by others with annoyance. 'Those
who had known her before saw a
wonderful change in her, the restless
expression had gone from her face,
and in its place reigned perftet calm.
No one could look et her and not
know that she was happy beyond
words. in time the crowd of "fa+h-
ienahkes" grew aecu"Renne'd to seeing
Sir Vasil always by her nide. even
her admirers accepted the situation
anti re eigrsedly took the second
One evening, ty some mischance,
Sir Basil had been unable to ac-
company Leah to the theatre, and
she had gone with the 'Duchess of
Roscdene. It was to see "Pygmal-
ion and Galatea."
By :some strange fortune Nettie
was in the theatre that night. Mar-
tin Bay had long been ailing, and
had lived for the last two years in
the country. lie had come up to
town on business, and. for his own
comfort's sake, he had brought Ilet-
tie with hien. The landlady of the
house where ho was staying happen-
ed to have souse tickets sent to her,
and she begged Miss Itay to accept
one. Nettie, who seldom had any
kind of enjoyment, whose life was
one monotonous round of duty, was
eager to avail herself of it. Martin
!lay raised no objection; he would be
busy that evening with his compan-
ions, anti she could please herself.
Iiettie was delighted. She had
grown into a lovely girl. One felt
the better even for looking at her;
mean thoughts died in her presence.
Iter golden hair had a darker sheen,
her eyes a deeper light than they hnd
on the night when she lost the tes-
ter who had been to her as the half
of herself.
Her life had not been a happy one.
The loss of his brilliant daughter,
fee whom he had formed such great
plates, had soured and entbittered
Martin stay. Froin the moment that
Herne had drawn away from Leah,
and placed her arms around her fa-
ther's neck, she had been most do -
voted to him. She waited upon hitn
during the day and then sat up dur-
ing half the night to copy papers or
to make extracts for him.
No words could tell how she hail
thought of her beautiful sister -how
she dreamed of her, longed for her
-how she tried to fancy what sho
had grown like and what she wa
doing. Goin; to London rade he
think of Leah more than ever. Sh
read in the newspapers of Leah's tri-
umph -that she was one of the most
admired and popular queens of so-
ciety. She read of Leah at court
with the Duchess of Roseelene, of
Leah at State ball and concert. of
Leah at the most exclusive and
recherche entertainments in London;
and she longed with all her loving
heart to see her in her grandeur and
magnificence, to gaze once more at
the beautiful face and into the dark
eyes.
'Phe desire of her heart was unex-
pectedly granted. She went to the
theatre, little dreaming that her sis-
ter would be there on that same
evening in all her brilliancy and
magnificence. Nettle and her com-
panion were in the pit -and even
that seemed a great thing to the
girl. The landlady had apologtzesl;
she would have liked to take Miss
Ray to the dress circle, but it was
not possible
While the curtain was down Nettie
anntsed herself by looking round the
house. After a short time she no-
ticed that the attention of many
people was directed towards a box
on the grand tier. She wondered
what was the source of attraction,
and she looked herself in the same
direction. Her eyes brightened and
her beautiful features assumed an
expression of won•ler. It could nes
er be -and yet ---.She saw a lad
dressed supcid,ly in satin of the colo
of the most delicate heliotrope, wit
a suite of magnificent opals -a ham
some woman with a stately gracefl
bearing, her face a charming con
bination of rat.nenieut and happines
She carried a fan, the handle of
which blazed with jewels, and before
her lay a bo:1uot of costly flowers.
With her was a younger lady, so
beautiful that /fettle's eyes were
dazed as she looked at her. Iler hair
was fastened with diamond stars.
Ilefore her lay a boquet of scarlet
passion -flowers. The graceful arch
of the neck, the gleaning white
shoulders, the proud carriage of the
head were all Leah's."
A cry rose to nettle's white lips,
w hich she repressed; her heart beat
fest, and something like a Wrist carte
before her eyes. This magnificent
woman, in all the splendor of dress
and jewels, surrounded by all that
was georgeous, was Leah, her sister.
Could it be possible that that beau-
tiful head had ever rested on lier
breast. that night after night she
had slept with that figure closely
clasped in her arae? Was thnt the
face that she had kissed in sech an
agony when they parted? She gazed
at it long and earnestly. This was
the same Leah, but calm and sell-
possagsed. She looked more at home
and at ease in the midst. of her
splendor then she had looked in the
little house at Mnnc•hester. !fettle's
henrt yearned for her. She could
have stretched out her arms to her
and cried out her name; but she hail
promised never again to 'peak one
word to the sister whom she loved
so dearly -never again. Something
more hitter than lath had part.d
threw rrettie saw no more o1 the
steer until icnh's companion rose
and both diinpreared; she kept her
even need on the proud face of her
sister.
(To be Continued.)
!Theirm
Refreshing y Alwa s Pure
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COW NATURE A PU?UJLE.
The observing farmer among his
flocks and herd cannot be otherwise
than the cultured man. Of course, if
he is wanting in discernment and re-
flection, he will sec nothing -no
more than did the old woman who,
on her first and only railroad trip,
"saw nothing but trees, and they
were all going the wrong way. ' Ant- -----
mai life in its lower forms affords
as a.tnple opportunity for study of
everyday science as does the life of
man.
Ponder a moment on the daily ex-
perience of farmsers among their
herds. About now or later is birth
time in the stables. Does the farm-
er calculate upon the outcome of
cow motherhood? As well predict
the character of motherhood in the
household. Each heifer far herself
and not another will merge into
cowhood-not the cow genus, butthe
cow specific. and specific she will al-
ways remain, just like all the rest
of us animals. Mollie may display
great affection and solicitude for her
offspring. Bessie in the nearby pen.
seems to take no heed of hers. Mol -
lie's hellowinge resound to the raft-
ers, and her distortions well nigh
demoralize the whole stable. !lassie
utters no sound and quietly munches
her cud as though nothing unusual
had occurred.
THEN THE CALVES.
s Beforehand we thought this of '
r Mollie and that of Bessie, but the
e
scaluel reverses n.l our conjectures.
One is a plump little (hunpling agile
as a squirrel and quick to discover
the source and means of nourish-
ment. Aniother is a big. awkward,
bony lump of a thing, slow of mo-
tion and (hr)1 of discernment. hollow
the calves from weaning time on-
ward. Ilow unlike each other in
looks, in manner, in temper. and
how persistent the type. We plan-
ned this or that of them. Our plans
we modified or threw themeover• en-
tirely, by reason of the persistence
these creatures have of maintaining
just their own individualities. This
once promising calf does not rnature
into the heiferhood we hoped. This
other one, from which we expected
little, develops into the pet we take
to the fair. Some grow to be nerv-
ous and restive, jostling their neigh-
bors and disquieting their milkers.
Some are as docile as kittens and
meek as lambs. This one always
heads the proccsidon; that one waits
to be the tail of it. Some eonvert
their food into milk, and so live to
ripe yeasts; and others tend to fatten
and hurry themselves to the sham-
bles. Gentle and turntable qualities
characterize some, others aro always
at cross purposes and we never like
them.
To moralize a bit, two things are
farmer tired and
♦ _'
T111ti':1•: iN cl11 1:SA.
i1.1gious superstition neeerla itsele
in t hitt se architecture, and the uni-
sersal sacredne•es of the ntinwrals
three and nine is sheen in the er-
ran. ern, lit of t emple-doors. 'Thera
is a triple gateway to each of the
halls .of the 1
rn 'tial Palace.
T1s
and the
sante order prevails at the 'sting
tombs, and the sa••r.•d person of the
Emperor when he was in hie Pekin
home could only he approached, even
tv the highest oRlcials, after three
times three Ir'•,trntione. The Tem-
ple of Heaven hies a triple roof, a
triple marble staircase, and all its
nettle symhnllsm points either to
three or Its multiples.
Wntkyne-"Hicks tells ,' a that he
is work in¢ like a dog." Will . tee -
"Ws hanging Abeut ;en's -teeth • g
himself n11 day long, and barking at
everyone who conies aloag!"
a salve for
TREASON DISPLACE PASSION
in their treatment. One other thing
cries to heaven for redress. Ana
themes upon the mere commercialist
who talks of cows only es so many
machines from which business can ire
extracted in proportion as you fire
the boilers midi oil the bearings.
Stuff in the grain. say they, the
more highly concentrated the better.
Do it early and late. Give the crea-
tures only it week or two of rest be-
tween tunes. Tush thein. No matter
if they become prematurely old in
two or three years. Milk, milk. dol-
lars, dollars --that's the cry. Make
there pay big dividends quick, then
go at any price and buy othere. It
is well that a row should do her
best for her owner. but that best is
to be interpreted rationally ami
hummnely and not commercially
only. Who boasts of the unusual
work a horse can do? Nh.- should
farmers boast of the eetra nun.ireds
of pounds of butter a cow will pro-
duce? Is it not a feet that this
high pressure of production shortens
the cow's life and erten twinge on
disease and suffering long before
death relieves her?
fleetness on the farm is an eneel-
lent article of faith: sentiment,
ought also to be, cherished. giving to
the material life that which makes
it worth living.
SELLING I'OU111'ItV.
11 farmers ran be convinced that
uniformity in flocks will secure for
thein better prices and henvisr
weights they will not abandon the
pure bards and use mongrels. to
breed for compact body, aptitude to
fatten and rapid growth will result
in profit where )ort: may day's. been
met. It is not sufficient that the
flock ar))ould contain ...rue choice
!4 is
recimt
h c whole nue th •
flock
should
1 uniform. intin t m. 'There is nn -
thing that adds so much to the cede
of birds as that of heavy, cinemas -I.
bodies. A young chicles. when it
IA drtatm'd as a broiler. is weirdly
long a
K Imou Kh in appearance, no stut-
ter how well fed it may Ire, an
chicks are not easily fattened whim
growing rapidly, and the object
should he to produce them tie short
in the legs and ns common in body
as possible. It may not add much
to gentile. lee it wide to the price.
and enables them to be sold more
readily The same with fowls -they
should be plunp, fat and attractive
in every respect.
LA
Black, Mixed or Green Tea.
Sold only In load packets. By all Grocers.
HIBhest Award St• Louis 1904.
one. Rheumatism, paralysis, blind
staggers, thunps, scours, etc., I
treat all alike, though in varying
proportions. My cure-all is nothing
more than fresh new milk and tur-
pentine. For a young pig. say six
weeks old, I administer a teaspoon-
ful of turpentine in, say, a halt pint
of milk. Unlcie the pig is very sick
it will readily drink this. If too
far gone to drink, it must bo ad-
ministered with a spoon. An older
pig, however, will seldom refuse new
milk, even when a tablespoonful is
given in a quart or more. Grade
the dose front a teaspoonful at: six
weeks to a tablespoonful or more for
a mature hog."
IN TTrE ORCHARD.
'I'r•ees do not like wet feet any bet-
ter than we do.
A north slope may he bad for to-
mato fruits, but it is not a had lo-
cation for tree fruits.
Blighted branches on • pear
trees? We must cut out such parts
at once, and we should he suer to
cut below the diseased wood.
In ninny orchards the trees are
planted too close together; you get
more trees to the acre, but you lose
in quantity and quality of fruit.
Nuts, tree seeds and pits intended
for planting next spring will sprout%
more readily if subjected to freezing
this winter. Mix than with sand
and leave them outdoors all winter.
SMOTIlEfl OUT THE SORREL.
Generally speaking where sorrel
grows the land is deficient in lime,
but this does not always hold good.
Sorrel grounds, however, may be
said to be always deficient in hu-
mus. The best remedy for sorrel is
to apt the grolmcl so filled with
Vegetable matter that other crops
will not grow, and this will smother
out the sorrel. It is a mistake to
lime ground infested with sorrel un-
less it contains sufficient humus to
grow a crop.
SWINDLERS' VICTIMS.
The belated exposure of a number
of get -rich -quick swindles affords an-
other painful illustration of the hopo-
le'ss gullibility of mankind. 'J'he me-
thod resorted to by these conc.irns is
not new. The promise of impossible
dividends seems to be all that is
necessary to bring thousands of green
investors into the clutches of the
confidence wren, thieves and gamblers
who masquerade as bankers and brok-
ers. These vampires easily find
dupes in periods when the prevailing
rate of interest is low. The tempta-
tion to engage in extra -hazardous
ventures is strung among those who
are unskilled in finance when the
sta'►nch savings bank does nut oiler
a higher return than a modest :1 per
_ cent. (tisk increases as the interest
offered rises above the normal rate.
The warning has been repeatedly
given, but the established laws of
finance and the pitiful experience of
thousands are disregarded in the wild
rush to get 2 per cent. a month or
more. The supply of dupes is ex-
haustless. Any of the plucked pa-
trons of the exploded swindles might.
readily have been saved from loss by
stoking the advice of some clear -
brained, conservative business man.
They preferred to accept at its face
value an allurinit ndvertisentent to
which no responsible name was at-
tached.
(IN1: i:t:M1•;DY FOR Si('K PIGS
A writer to an 1'atgli•h e54han7.e
13e "f hate only one remedy for
a rick pig, and it is a very simple
DOE$ THE
IMW IIIIUVE?
If not, something must
be wrong with its food. If
the mother's milk doesn't
nourish it, she needs Score's
EMULSION. It supplies the
elements of fat required for
the baby. if baby is not
nourished by its artificial
food, then it requires
Scott's
Emulsion
Half a teaspoonful three
or four times a day in its
'uu'ttle will bring the desired
re,ult. 1t seems to hare a
magical effect upon babies
and children.
tie:OTT A DOWN E, Chartism Tomato. Out.
CAUSE OF RABIES.
Microscope Has Not Yet Discover-
ed the Terrible Germ.
Babies appears as much a mystery
as ever, despite the large amount of
work that has been dune i'y Pasteur
and his distinguished pupils, a
more recently by the United 'tat
Department of Agriculture, tiet•ou
tho Bureau of Animal Itidustr
Washington, D. C., is (nee of tl
plague spots of the con try, so f
as rabies is concerned, tta that t
otlicials ' eve ample opportunity ft
its study. The feeling that existe
some years ago thAt rabies was
purely imaginary disease, resultin
front an excited braie, has been e
tirely dispelled by the recently e
periutental work of the departmen
which is so conclusive as to rend
such an attitude no longer tenable.
The exact organisgmthat produce
the disease has never been isolate(
but that it clues exist is demonstr
ble in many ways by inoculation e
periments. As an example, the brai
tissue of a colored woman who ha
been bitten by a stray collie whit
crossing a lot in Washington, an
who subsequently died from a we
defined case of rabies, was used fo
the preparation of an inoculatin
solution, subsequently injected into
number of full grown rabbits. Whil
the inoculation wounds healed quick
ly, the animals appearing as livel
as usual for a few days all eventua
ly succumbed to rabies in from tw
to three weeks, this being the cu
topiary period of incubation of the
rabies germ. Two rabbits used a
check controls were inoculated at th
same time with solution made fro
healthy brain tissue, and these ani
mals lived for ninny months, an
were eventually chloroformed.
Whatever the mocro-organism that
causes the disease, it seems proba-
ble that it is extremely minute, some
authorities believing it to be ultra-
microscopic.
CATTLE GIRLS.
They Tend Herds in the Pastures
of Scandinavia.
HINDOO FAKIR'S TRICKS
CONJURING SNAKES AND ][ON.
KEYS FROM UNDER CLOTH.
Attempt to Photograph These I1.
lusions Produces an Empty
Plate.
}undo fakirs, or "adepts," owing
so
perhaps to theonir , insttonatinYetom- llitary iiteditatiove
have
acquired a strange power oyer the
human mind, by means of which
they cause people to see -Things that
are not visible anelehi•ar sounds that
do not exist. liypnottsm is the
only answer to many things that
seem to occti• in the presence of
these reinarkable folk of the mystic
cult. A hip captain tells the tol-
lowing story of occurrences which he
witnoss.d-or thought he mile--al-
thoujli' acknowledging afterward
that he was depicted:
"The first tintimeI saw one of those
brown fellows doing his tricks I'll
tell you it opened my eyes as wide
nil as saucers. We were lying in an
es East Indian port, several miles out,
gh when ho cause swimming through the
y. surf and scrambled up the ship's an-
te cher chain as nimble as a monkey.
ur He wore no clothing, except a nar-
he row cloth around his loins, and had
i'' nothing else upon hila but a red
d cloth about a yard square. The first
a thing he did was to pick up from
g the deck a hall of twine which some
n- : sailors were using le repair a sail,
x-.and�-you will doubtless not behoveve
t it -as he unwound the string from
er the ball it went straight up in the
' air, instead of frilling to the deck in
1 accordance with the
a- LAW OF GRAVITATION. •
x-. "Going to a iiarby chickea-coop •
n he pulled forth a half-grown fowl,
d which naturally squawked for dear
e life when he put his hands upon it.
d Imagine our surprise, es he put it
11 down upon the deck, to see it keel
✓ over on its side aa if powerless to
g move. Once or twice it fluttered a
a little as the fakir looked away, but
o each time it soon ceased its struggles
- and lay as If dead. After a few
Y moments had elapsed the performer
1- turned his attention to something
O else, and the bird, released from the
e
spell he held over it, arose to its
feet and ran away with startled
s cries, evidencing alarm and astonish -
e ment at its strange experience. He
m then took from the hand of a sailor
d half cocoanut, and, holding this
Life in all its primitiveness is t
bo found in Scandinavia, but in n
Part perhaps is it more simple tha
in Daleccrlia. The pastures there ar
rich, and consequently the raising o
cattle is the chief ind'istry.
The girls of the farm take care o
the cows, sheep and goats, leadin
them to the pastures early in th
morning, guiding them by voice 0
horn to spots where the grass grow
richest. At her girdle she carries it
bag of salt, which she dispenses
among the herd, every one off which
answers to its name when called.
The cattle girl is industrious, and
as she leads her nock she knits at a
stocking, singing as she walks. When
she retches a good grazing ground
she seats herself on a stump or stone
and I.nits away till sunset. 1'or fun
cheon nbe eats a slice of bread and
drinks milk, which she gets either
from a goat or cow, according to
circumstances.
Should any of her charges stray
afar she blows her horn to call it
back. At sundown she conducts her
herd homeward, where the cows and
goats are milked and then housed for
the night.
Picturesque is the dress of these
daughters of Daleearlia-a blue skirt
with a dark bodice and a gayly strip-
ed apron. Tho dress is short, and
the stockings, of which they are very
vain, are embroidered in glowing
colors. Smart caps of black and red
complete the costume.
These girls are as good as they are
industrious, and are of great help
to their parents, churning butter,
, making cheese and helping in the gen-
eral work of the farm.
HE WON EASILY.
Mr. Subbubs-"You know you're
only talking nonsense. What do
you want a couple of new gowns
for?"
Mrs. Su'Aruhs-"ally, Mrs. Playne
has got a dozen gowns. all of them
much handsomer than the .two or
three that I've got."
Mr. Suhbut)s•-"Ves, I ':now. But
a homely woman like that rreeda rich
attire in order to attract attention
from her face. You don't."
0
0
n possible chance of deception. The
e fakir next took a largo earthen dish,
f poured into it a gallon of water, and
held it in his left hand, the other
f hazel being lifted to his forehead.
g The vessel began to diminish in size,
e; and shrank until it entirely disap-
r i peered. Suddenly we saw a brown
sl object, no bigger than a grain of
send. which grew larger and larger
. until the dish reappeared and gradu-
ally assumed its original form, filled
with water, which he
SPILLED UPON THE DECK.
"His last performance left us so
amazed that 1, for one, went into a
splitting headache from thinking
_ about it. Ile held up (or inspection
the red cloth which he brought with
hint. In order to keep it from get-
ting wet as he swam out, he hnd to
tie it to the back of his neck in a
tight little bundle. Ile passed it
along, and everybody examined it
closely. 'there was, evidently, no-
thing unusual about it. It was just
a plain piece of goods of coarse tex-
ture. After spreading it out flat
upon the deck, hs walked around it
several tithes, muttering to himself
and teasing his eyes upward. Some-
thing began to move benenth the
cloth. It grew in size as we loo*
'and out hopped a monkey, chatter-
ing and grinning like a little savage.
In another minute an ugly cobra
poked its venomous head from under
the edge of the cloth and wriggl.xl
out in plain view. I am deathly
afraid of snakes, ono, despise the
sight of monkeys, but to save my
life I could not move out of my
tracks. My feet were riveted to the
deck as securely as if they had been
spiked. A much larger object began
to stir beneath the mysterious red
cloth, and a girl about 12 or 14
years old arose to her feet and et oo(
smiling there amens us. The looks
of amazement on the fares of tho
people in that group are soinething
I shall never forget. Ilefore anti one
could stir the fakir clapped his
hands. then his creatures vanished
into thin air. Quickly holding up
his cloth. he leaped into the pert and
awam awny with the graceful. Ivey
stroke of the 'trona swimmer. Many
of us .lid notsleep that night for
pont.•rin•; over the mystery of his
per tartan nee.
"1etlh
re cnn he nodoubt ob
It
r 1
th 'e er tonna II ►srnns
f) na n (w being f
1
Iterative an attempt to photograph
any or them revenls nothin; but an
etnl'ty plate."
I111IDb:S I'KitClr IN T1tEh.9.
Among the 1-olos of Western China
it is rustonlary for the bride on the
weeding; morning to perch herself on
the highest branch of a large tree,
while the cider feninle members of
her family cluster en the lower
limf,s, mesad with sticks. %lien all
are (Idy s'a'ion,sf the bridegroom
e,nmhera up the, Mer, asecnilsea on ,II
sides by hinws, poetess. and pinches
from the dowagers. and it is not on -
111 he has broken through their lents
and enpter,d the leek! that h•• is al-
lowed to tarry her off.
aloh, caused 12 buckets of water to
flow from it.
"Mind you, this fellow came over
the rail of the ship dripping wet
from his long awit through the surf.
Ile could not have had a confederate
or any means of assistance on board,
because we had just come to anchor
after a voyage of several thousand
miles. Everything he used in his
first tricks belonged to the ship or
the people on board. An audience
of several hundred persons crowded
close around him, and there was no
BADINA(ll:,
'Reno! old nue n, where fid you
get the suit?"
"Bought, g
L it
of h "
.
"Oh' yon needn't lee afraid to tell
me your tailor's r•atne. I wouldn't
go to hien."
'•i'nr trot afraid of that. He
d)eJ
t l
1tc credit at aI1.
'
Itritish South Africa has a popu-
lation of 1.1 3:1,75t1 whi'e people,
ami 3,308.35.5 colere'l.
The Aro tripe, in/inlet ant n of
Southern Nigeria. werrehtp, the
"long .iuni." This is a jenlously
guarded circnlhr 1 nal of water to
which certifeea n1 hinnan twinge and
animate ere made. Each house has
also its "••en private ".lulu.'"rhe
lma of this tri+.e, on reaching a cer-
tain age. nee put through tarinua
tests of phveirtt1 en,inranre. one of
whi'h ie to ten twice rowel the
town. Merit four miles, without
stopping.
the sea feee'es fit 29 degree• rahr.;
fri -h-water lakes at 39 degrees rohr