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TIIE EXTER
THE WHITE SWALLOW
II. cheek their eagerness and levity. They
expresee.d themsetves In a dialect which
As soon as the men were realty gone, j the \elute Swallow partly understood.
tbe two elders proceeded to organize j. be could distinguish that they spoke
the moveraents of the party for the rioxt with eoesideralee dieappointmeat about
eta weeks. They had been directed to their failure, eata that all seemed deter-
mined not to retura home until they
make clothes, watela the fields, fish for
their subeistence, and do ea needful
denuestio duties. All save the White
Swallow, See the nranarried, but affi-
armed bride a the thief, was, by oast=
exempt from all share in labor; but
this be her taetes and feelings were re-
pugnant, auh though the White Swal-
low neither scraped. leather nor carried
burdens, she was yet industrious in her
way. She learned to make her 01N-11
clothes, to fieh in the lake, to light a
fire, to build a tent, to snare bird-%
and to perform. a multitude of other
things neee,ssary to the existence of an
Indian woman.
Then, again, while ber companions
were scattered round the lake or in
the fields, she could. stop with some a
the "(tore helpiese infants. She would,
while overlooking them, sit. still and
think with pride and jey on the abseut
one, whose image was always upper-
most in her thouglets. In general.,
nothing is more pleasant to the gentle
feraele heart then the naeraori at beings
'vveli beloved. and far away; and eo em-
plotrineet is raore conduetive to this
dreamy occupation, than sedentary
ones. The women one day started to
fetch the prod.uce of their suceessfal
draught of a large net at sonte distance,
taking with, han the two old men. The
whole camp was abandoned to the
guardianship of the White Swallow and peety c
f, t this ,assurautie, the whole
bouple oa shaggy, ill -Waking dogs, the arm:, end(' ft:Ptif atibt7 t.5:111g
winch were none the less faithful ii
bee such a way teat, while not turt,Pinugvatter,
cause ill-favoured. The young girl bad he
tite thongs completely precluded move-
voluateered for this serviee; and. to her Wearied with ber walk and ber
charge were committed eight infants of thougiats, the krleite Stye...1w went to
various ages, thee rolled about, ea a a-eele and awoke only wben sautraoned
bad obtatned a suftment nuraber of
sceaps to excuse with the eiders of the
tribe their temerity and long absence.
Mach difference of opinion prevailed,but
at last the whole partY came to a re, -
solution which can oaly be compeehend-
he by those who know the ladien char-
aeter. They resolved alien marching
northward to the Col/permute River, to
evaylay and aeta,ek the unfortunate Bs-
quunauee whea they. expected to have
the doutte satisfaction of killing and
rotagea. These lasquitaaux Lave from
time inimexaoriei been tile prey ot the
more southern tribes, whose persecution,
accoants foe a ;ergo portent of the race
having abandoned terra firma, to live
on the islands in the Polar Sea, where
they were fouad by Ross, Parry, Frank-
lin and other expiorers.
Theeekis-ho heard the deeision with
variea emotions, wbile another gave
ter ungteelified satisfaction. it, was de-
termite:a that, as their prize was Young
and- Pratte, she should be the rewaxat
DA the end of the expedition, of tne
bravest. and most distinguished mem-
ber re the party. Tbe. journey with
whieh she wee threatened was long,
arduoes, and of doubleul issue; but. it.
offered all the more readily, on this ac''
count, some ahance of esoapee ana the
occurreuces et the two or three merene
before her might sti;1 enable ber to wed.
the young cleat, a consumulatioll which
sae reshvect blunt(' never happen A site
were a/rued first a aa to be tat\ squaw
or. en Athapastiow. moon rests
ahOUG midnight, when the Indians were
huoking, bat the seout then returned,
bringing ward that their camp was ad-
rairale'y hidden, and tbat theta was no
pertaining signs within setae miles. Sat -
been described to them by certain old
Indians, they believed themselves ap-
proaohing tbe termination of tbeir
journe,y. The young .men seemed
chiefly satisfied, at recogeising the em-
inence of the Gray Bear, so called. be-
cause frequented. in certain seasons by
those aetroals. At last the sight of a
large wood, and of a river hi the dis-
tance, reade the evarriors eagerly ad-
vance. They were in view of GOPPer-
raine River, a stream wide, shaliatv,
and fillea with rocks and cataracts.
A haat was now called, and a cow:toil
held. All were unanimous that a
elay's rest and food were necessary be-
fore striking their intended blow. Ae-
cordinglee while tbe White Swallow and
two Indiens stopped to prepare the
fire, the others started af in various
directions ill search, of game. It was
the last day they would hunt before
they attacked the • Eshuirraux, as it
would henceforth be dangerous to let
the report of firearms be heard in the
neighbourhood Before two hours had
passed, eath Indian bad breugat in his
(teen and then all fell. to work to broi1.
and roast, and stew, eating as they
went on. The cortsuraption of vietuals
would have Manned Englisb. troop
of horses, but the enormous capaeity
of tee Indian for food. is well lenown.
It is enough to say, that had the
White Swallow not been well fastened
by leather thongs, she could easily have
escaped, as, before &gbh every Atha-
pascow warrior was sleopine off his
teasts like a boa -constrictor,
,1111.1•111,11.
111.
When the Indian women saw the
brand thrown into the artillery, and
-caught a glimpse of the retreating In-
dians, they knew at once the nature
of the late surprise. Their first ina-
pulse was deep gratitude for their for-
tunate return, for one minute longer.
anti every child ori the greensward
would bave been immolated; the red-
skin in his wars spariag neither tot).-
dling infaney, decrepit old age, nor de-
fenceless women. Tiren a scream of
rage and despair arose as they discover-
ed that the pride of the tribe, their
chief's affianced wife, was gone. They
looked about in speechless terror, ex-
pecting to see her bieeding and niengleci
corpse, but declared that they had,
recognized both her form and her voice
among tee raaraude,rs. Than all the
women, and tbe boys and lads of elev-
en and twelve seized eve '1 bl
ou the mottung repah, of her weapon, and after ligletiag huge fires.
green spot wIth, the dogs, unable to eapterh alter which they had started prepared to pass the night, The con -
crawl, beoause of their uncouth swath- a,lonte an arid. plain zewards the nor/elan
a ' flagration of the barn was easily extin-
ing. As te.ey had. been well fed before wheel direction Ay the villages of the ' welshed; and fortunately so, for it cone'
the departure of the mothers, the duty fusel:Meaux. About, midday a ha.,t, tainezttletrhoe whole of the uncortsumed au -
of Thee -kis -he, the Indian name of our ivioitie an -
place went
aabsraouaill.tt wood; and The niAt, though fuli of alarras,Passe
heroine, chiefly eonsisted in keeping game, the rest set bard to work to cid peaceably, and before its termina-
tioaway any wandering wolves from in- niake shields which were absolutely..ne- llk. one, of the. old men had severely
vatting the camp; a service which the cessary to distend t tunselves Retest cautioned' and instrected one of the
the neh-bone arrows4 of their enaennes. lads w,hori. he designed as the bearer
dogs probate:7 could render even more l'hee-ins-ho received it knife—part of a of the news to Matonaza. The boy,
effectivela.
I However this may be, the young girl
iseated herself ota a. log at no great dis-
tance from the wigivams end thence
oop—to ale in the process,
winch, wben the work was conclude:1, 11 onoured by the trust re -
its owner forgot to reclean, and tbe Posed in bine took his bow and arrows,
provisions for four days, and just about
hadian girl gladly hid it about her
. daWn . started at a, round trot towards
n. late slueids were ingeniously ... hells, which he reached with uner-
loolced around. At her feet was the easitioned of small strips of wood, Las- ring accuracy on the third day. But
lake, divided from her only by some Lewd, by deern tbongs, hut ,hban no traoe of the warriors of his tribe
did he find. Still. the lad. hesitated not
arty feet of curnfieed; Alatonaza hav- fonshea 'were three feet tong, two feet
Lela, p.o.ced his fickle near the water. a. moment: climbing
broad, and a couple at inches thiok, It inent eminence, he cast his eyes for
a lofty and prom -
To her right was a 'large and /loyal was nearly evernm; when the work was
building fur an Indian village, ereoted
beteg pursued, after eating a heartY ened
Satisfied with this scrutiny, he tight -
concluded ; eut the ladians, fearaul of
under tile guidance of Mark, and which
served aas the geanary ei the tribe. Close meal, continued their eaareb some hours is belt, descended,' and darted
to this was the wigwam of the yeller- longer, and, camped near a lake of small •
across a long low plain, at the very ex -
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is not warmed at tee thoughts of the
home which is soon to receive her as
a wife.
a or several days after, their progress
was very slow indeed, as much game distinguished a man engaged in the
o a grove of trees. He clearly
fell in their way, unclothe Athapascows, clasateal and timeettonoured art of cook -
tan -hole eating, was even more grate- ing. It was Mark, as he expected ; who,
ful than_ glory, revelled on the feu deer b
of th I
rent y of Whiell he bad seen a rather
remarkable column of smoke, which the
bay at once attributed to the pale face
who accompanied his friends.
.After three hours of continuous run-
ning, he gained a small lake, on the
borders of weich was a fire in the cen-
• mit more, loweven g e wearied, mad volunteer-
aleus ocaumea, and watching over the 3 killed than was consumed was ed to pass a day in the eamp, cooking
chialree, and in preparations for the rriere loVe of waste, whicb isitieut ereillnet and in.halinh tobacco smoke, with eat -
evening meal, the hours flew swiftly by, raost savage people. These Indians
and tie/ White Swallow at la,st heard I would. not pass a bird's nest without . eLayges. loliareilpirse.thiee ahcumnet Barf. luiT2i.eryiaidn tat.:
vanced straight towards the fire, and
the
votces of the returning party just destroying much more a deer which without speaking, sank, exhausted and
as night was about to close upon the they could. neither eat nor carry while, fainting,. at. the feet of the English -
scone. At this instant her ear was at- they refrained from. setting fire to I
't tdi f tt
r race oosesa • chi
ngITOifl
1 be.hind. eihe turned, and one wile
shri k
cearm.
"The Athapascowsl" she criedspring-
ing up and about to dart away to xneet
leer corapauicees.
"Stay' said it young .warnor, /eap-
ing to her side; "there Is room in my ey boon reached the confines of
wigwam for another SflU.O.W."
Seven painted and horrid Indians were ainflraabnitce143:1 ground, vevohtiegne_ichaetyhat Itgli
move.. They were all in their war -
around the young gira ere she could Ilvaeivreer and as thaenAlw:lieroo psowonerqs banul ks
paint, and SyreX armed; they stood gaz- seven men to attack, every precaution
mg. at the village for an instant, as was taken. No fires were lit; they
if Irresolute. in
"Warriors of the Dog -ribbed race!" spiteepaijcarttitsesesdrtarpt resetrerate-noft-the-way places;
cried. the resolute girl in a loud end.sweribichin%-Wedpet-
. .
renging voice, "on to save your wig- them a long way clown. They hit one
wa.msl iThe lying foxes of the Atha- night on a large camp with blazing
pascows are among us?' fires and ntunerous doge, but moved off
The young' Indian, seized ber by the as fast as possible, being not at all
arra, a second plunked a brand from inclined to have fifty Copperraine 'li-
the fire, and oast it into the granary, diens at their heels. These savages do
and. then the whole party, conceiving not live so near the sea as the Esqui-
the men of the tribe to be upon them, maux, but they have many of the same
commenced a rapid retreat, bearing habits. Still, they are a distinct race,
with them their wretched and disconso- though probably all the inbabitants of
late captive. They were a party of Amertca are of Tartar or Chinese origin.
arabitious youths, who, having hit up- They were still at some distance from
fore, had tracked his steps, in searcb
on the trail of the =neer the year be. 7 EffliZergrs, Thee -kis -ho, now
stohree.Too and weary and
of scalps and glory. Alighting on some five or six hmiclred miles away
the camp when deserted by all but the
White Swablow they bad intended to Int
frem dtehdehhusoteaenctf igrrovfirsiictonnds,s taono,dwheerre
hide in tbe huts untie the return of now short; and as on such occasions
the rest of the party; but suddenty
. the men of this part of America, help
startled by the cry which responded to themselves first, the White Swallow,
that of Thee -kis -ho, they fled, believing went often to rest without food. An
the whale tribe to be upon them. Their Indian when reduced to semi -starve --
haste had marred the object of the ex- then, will rarely if ever divide what
pedition, while their position became he has with his wife or wives—he eats
one, as they thought of extreme da.ng- all, and leaves the women to starve.
er. The part to be played by the yowl
girl was most pairnful. If she reveale to a Ripe and a draught of water, and
Some days even the men were reduced
the aasenee of the men, the Athapas- te girl was glad to chew the leaves
cows would return, and capture the rest of an odoriferous plant by way .a a
of the woman; if she remained silent, last resource.
she was doomed to be hurried away in- The way too was arid and rougle
to captivity, all the more horrid because They were now amid the Rocky Moun-
of her late day -dreams and visions. tains of the farther north. a vast and
IVIdle dwelling on these thoughts, she dark pile of rocks looking perfectly in -
found hermit proceeding to e consider- accessible; but on event tbe India,ns,
able distance from the =rap in a south- sametiraes walking, sometinaes crawling
easterly direction. The Indians moved on their hande and knees. The path,
with the utmost rapidity and silence however, was marked and °tear as any
towards a 'very broken, stony and highwa,y, but often so steep as to pre -
arid plata, the last spot which men sent extraordinary difficulties. At/light
won2(1. have been supposed to choose for they slept ha hollovvs and caves with -
a retreat. Suddente they halted at the rfat fire, generallY frma want a W°C)C1 ;
e betrayed the intensity of her
grove of trees they camped in at 411, theal. seized his double-barreled
night, it was not from any calculation I
I gun, fired both barrels, lined then, these
thac they. or others might want the i preconcerted signals given, piling a
grove again, bat because the conflagra- ire,
armful of green bought on the
Lion might betray them. Here, as in riaries,edstilopimpeudp!ogaavtetehndinatiovattheer,bao
fades before examination.
. of an lartu• he could tell his story. Mark
ylitHtlee
nearly everything else, the alleged. su-
periority of the "child ot nature" brandy, and then food. In a quarter
heard hint with dismay. He had form-
ed a warra attachment for his Indian
friend, and a proportionate one for his
future wife. He knew at once how
agonizing would be the feelings of the
young warrior, who, having but this
one squaw in view, had. fixed on her
his ardent affections far more strong-
ly. than is usual with a red skin.
It was not long ere the whole party
were collected round. the fire. The In-
dians came in from all sides at the sight
of the signal. A dead silence then en-
sued, not one of the red -skits asking
any questions. All saw the boy; but
not even his own father evinced any
woreanly or Unusual curiosity by tak-
ing notice of him.
Matonaza is a great warrior," said
Mark Dalton solernnly, after a certain
pause; "and his heart is the heart of
a man. The elthapascow Indian is a
ehake; he has crept in and stolen the
snake; he has crept in and stolen awa,y
edge of one of those deep fissures met but sometimes from the heavy rains,
with soraetizues in the erairies and in which rendered tee moss, usually a.
the plains of the West; -this was their 1 never -failing resoserce, damp and use -
camp., Their victim was told to f ga les.s. All this tended to put the ixt-
down, and was then placed in a natur- diens in a savage humour, which pro -
el hollow, the hadiaaas barring all exit, nli8ed little for the poor Esquinlaux;
They next proceeded to light a smell and Thee -kis -ho sutfered all the xnore
fire with some weaeh
l-arrea, wood, that negle°t and httnger* In fact' with the
gave neither flame nort smoke, upon ereel'Itic"n °f raW rneat devoured with
which they cooked. their evening meal. ravenous ardour, there were no meals
A piece of xneat Was given to the girl taken during the whole time they were
which she ate, strength being necessaxy crossing the mountains,
to her. ShO had not abandoted aid Near El -11W° Lake they killed a large
hap,. There ars a, thousand eitaams be„ number of the a.nimals whicb -give it
t t ' its name, and finding seme wood, re-
galed thernselves. The White Swal-
low, more determined than ever to
fly, congealed, a portion of food about
her person, that at all el -7 e n t s she
;night not starve in her flight. The
read, after their departure from Ref-
,
e ,. oa . heata ehe „ aged o a e, became less =geed and rhea-
. espair, as between the
fruition. of hopes, Theeekis-ho, while
crouching in her hale, strained every
faculty ol her rated. for an idea, out
of which might corne escape,
The Indiane conversed with .consider-
able volubility as soon as one had de-
,
art I
or ea, pea ieneed warriors among them to greeable, while, by signs whith had
the Swallow."
The young chief said nothing, but
Mark plainly saw the muscles of his
face working, and knew hew he felt.
But he took no note of the warrior's
emotion, but bade the boy tell his story.
The lad stepped forward, and brief-
ly narrated what had happened.
"Ugh'!" said Matonaza after a pause;
"ray brothers nail continue their hunt.
Let there keep hawk eyes about them.
Matonaza and the Roaming Panther,"
pointing td the runner who had for-
raerly gone with him to the Prince of
Wales Fort, "will chase the thieves who
steal away woman. Let us go I"
Mark started to his feet, caught up
his rifle, took a substantial pieceof
deer's meat, and was ready' in an in-
stant to join them. A few words passed
between the chief and his people. Ile
directed thera to proceed with their
duties. He would send the WOMell to
jOiti them at once; and with Mark
and the Roaming Panther, he started
on his chase of 'perhaps a thousand
miles and more, apparently as cdolly
as an Euro,pean would have gone out
for a walk.
The evening of the third day found
there at their village, ee-here they were
received in respectful silence. Matonaza
caused the old men to tell the story
of the White Swallow's abduction once
more; and then, after bidding the
whole party go join the hunters, retir-
ed to rest with his two companions, bid-
ding Mark sleep as long as he possibly
could. The chief did not rouse him till
a late hour after he had himself track-
ed the trail of the Athapascows to a
considerable distance. They breakfast-
ed heartily, and then each mart, with
his gun, powder and powder -horn,
started on his way. The chief led tha
van, his eye -fixed on the trail of the
party. He pointecl out to Mark the
moccason step of the girl with a gran
smile. Mark was pained at the sad.
riess of his re:premien, but said non.
'1 hey withdi ty followed, the
trail along the arid plain which the
Athapahcows had first bit upon, and
at one time, when the ground was
unusually hard, even lost it. The two
Indians at once parted, one to the right,
the other to the left; Mark, who was
eager to prove himself of use, looked
anxiously about, and, at last caused the
warriors to run him. The white man
pointed with a smile to the hole in
which the enemy had camped on the
first night of their fliglit.
"Good!" said Matonaza, taking his
band: "my brother has an ln,dian
eye."
And the journey was at once pursued
without farther comment. As fre-
eneettly as possible, the party saute-
ed in the places where their enemies
bad. camped before tbera, as the chief
was sure to find some note of the White
Swallow—her footstep in the ashes near
the fire; a mark where she bad lain,
or at all events some alroost invisible
sign of her existence. Every day, how-
ever, the warrior grew more uneasy,
as he advanced towards the north. He
bateau to suspect the tinned of the
Athapascows. He knew, though only
traditionally, the terrible journey which
must be perforated are the land of the
Esquiraaux could be reached, and re-
garded it as almost impossible that a
young girl could outlive its headships.
Still on he went, never dreaming of
abandoning the chase—never even al-
luding to swat an idea, He, bowever,
increased the exteut of their daily
march, though sometimes compelled to
delay while seeking for food. The
wood where the young men made their
shields confirmed him in leis belief as
to their errand.
At night they hastily ate what food
they had, and lay: down to sleep, No
time was wasted In talking. Rest was
all they required, and it was to them
of the utroost consemence.
"At this rate," said Mark one day,
when he found himself approaohingthe
north more and m ,
ore every hour, 'we
shall reaeh the Icy Sea itself I"
(To Be Continued.)
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
A Few Paragraphs Which May be of In-
terest to you.
The romantic gontIcklas of Venice are
being rapidly displaced by little steam-
boats..
Every bicyolist in France must beve
this name and address on his wheel, on
a metallic plate.
A school of carpentry for boys and
girls is teb establiAted at Highland
N. Y. The entire expense will
be borne by Mrs. Pierpont Morgan.
Spain has more sunshine than any
other country in Europe. The yearly
average in Spain is 3,000 hours; that of
Italy, 2,3110; Germany, 1,700; England, 1,-
400.
When a real New York -boy Wishes
to say that a man is extremely ex-
travagant, he expresses himself this
way: "He has money to burn, and car-
ries raatehes.
Lute and Flossie Sleepy, of St. .To-
sopal County, MIthigan, are sisters,
aged, respectively, sixteen and four-
teen years. Luau weighs 435 pounds,
and her sister 425 pounds.,
The cats be North Gainesvidle, Flag
are suffering frorat it peculiar disease.
They frotb at the month, their eyes
turn red, and. the malady results fatally
in about five d
•
In Bra.zia, at the fu.neral of an un-
married woman, -the mourning coter is
scarlet. The coffin, the hearse, the
trappings of the horses, and the livery
of the driver, are cell scarlet.,
Tihe onily living person who has write
ten opera librettos m four languages is
the Queen of Roumania, She has pro-
duced librettos in French, German, Swe-
dish, and Roumanian.
A NEW TORPEDO,
item lLatest Death -beating Device Seems
Almost a Living creature.
.4, very important feature in naval
warfare is the torpedo. By thils de-
vice it is posehale to fire large charges
Of explosive underneath a vessel. Tor-
pedoes are of three kinds---fixed,mobile
and automobi:e. The first—the fixed—
oorisist of eeceptables containing gun
powder or other expand, are anare an-
chored, at the bottom depth, and. conse-
quently its approach. is a calannEa
or harbor. T.hey contain a fuse and
are connected, with the shore by an el-
eetrio wire, so thee shoulla eueratas
vessel pass over them they xney be ex-
ploded, 'by the cherator on the shore,
sending a current of electricity through
the wire. The second, caress of torpedoes
are fired from, a tube by compres.sed
04 this class the Whiteltead is a promin-
ent examp'..e. Nearly every warship is
now fitted to use these deadly end. de-
structive missiles. This torpeao is
about 6 feet long, made of bronze or
copper. n carries several. hundred
emends of explosive and oeutalus 0. stnalt
angina actuated bycoutereseea Air, for
tho purpose ot driving the propeller
welt wheah mole torpecio is fitted.
%/Oration the tuba is pointed toward the
vessel it is desired to destroy, and the
torpedo ejecteci from the tube by a
powerful charge of
COMPRESSED AIR.
ahat as the torped,o leaves the tube
a trigger is reletteed, bringing into play
the :help air engine withba the torpedo,
which assists in maintaining the veleta-
ity tale torpedo. Tbey are fairly ace
curate for a xew nundred yards only,
and are not adapted, to long distance
work. Once the torpedo leaves the tube
there is no means of control/141g the
§ion of its flight,m
and the ateracy
ot. its course is dependent upon the °ere
with whieh it is aimed and the naeure
td 1,11e water cameras it encounters in
its passage. The third claes—the auto-
mobee--is a torpedo that 4,10rAtabas a pro
peeing rueohaaaisra and a steering gear
that are controeled froxa the deck of
the Vaasa or tbe station on sbore tram
which the torpedo is fired, In some in-
stanees the motive power is ca,rbonie
acid gas or compressed air, though gen-
erally it is electrioity. The torpedo car-
ries a, cable several miles in leegth,
which, is paid, ou.t from the body of the
torpedo as it gees on its way.
This cable consists of a number of in-
sutated wires, over which electric. cur-
rants are sent by the operator to con-
trol tae meohanisin of t/ae torpedo and
so direct its movements, wattage it go
ahead or astern, or stop, and steering
it to the right or sleft. The torpedo
is anion submerged end carries a coupLe
of rods projecting above the water, the
Lops of wbich are provided with
FLAGS Ola DISKS
so that the operator watch'mg thenx
may see the direetion the torpedo is
moving and so batehigently guide it to
the object. Unfortunately, what is
visible so the operator is liable to be
seen by the enemy', and the succe.ss of
tee attack is thereby jeopardized to
that extent; for if the torpedo is dis-
tovered by the enemy it rn may be de-
stroyed by eabefore it can perform
its purpase. Quite recently there has
been invented it naval torpedo which
raoves at all times below the surface
at any desired depth, completely masked
to the enemy, who has no knowledge of
tbe presence of the destructive machine
untie the occitfrrence of the fatal explo-
ion.
This torpedo would seexa to be endow-
ed with eamost human sentiency. It
s under the absolute control of the op-
rator, who can cause it to sink or rise
t will and to move in every desired dir-
eetion, and it communicates to the op-
rator continuously its exact position
s to deptb, direction of movement, late
rat drift, ete. It also tells him witen
t contacts wibh the enemy end the
ha,racter of the contact, whether it. is
A twenty-one pound. porcupine was e
ohased for a tang time through the
streets of Seetwood, Oregon, by a num-
ber of excited people, bat was finally a
captured by being hunted into a box. a
Bigamists in Hungary are competed e
to subrait to an odd punishment. The i
man who .bas been silly enough to mar-
Tjr two wives is keiglIly forced to live
with both of them, en the same house.
Thieves plundered a quince orchard
in Nutley, N. 3., and. the owner be-
came so, enraged thet he promptly
adopted. measures to prevent future
theft. He cu.t down every one of. the
trees, thirty in number.
Our senses do not fail asleep simul-
taneously. The eyelids are first af-
fected, and shut out sight; next fal-
i0WS the sense of taste, then smelling,
hearing and tomb, the last named be-
ing the tightest sleeper, and most eas-
ily aroused.
Three pceiceerien in a Brooklyn sta-
tion -house had a quarrel about a sand-
wic.h, which one of them stale
from another, and. su_rreptitousty
ate. Fists and olulbs were free-
ly used. The police commis-
sioner fined each of them 090. They
want no more sandwielles at that price.
The Czar has a bedy guard of fifteett
Corsicans, who accompany him nearly
everywhere, and occasionally act as de-
tectives. They sosnetixaes officiate as
cooks, and very fre,quentlly insist upon
"tasting" fresh bobbies of wine three
or four times a day, to be sure ib is
not poisoned.
The soliders in the German army are
eonapelled to pay close attentiont„to thy-
gieme principles,- The effect is seen
in the reduction Gf the death rate. It
used to be mine per thousand annually,
noia it is onty five. That of the Eng-
lish army is eight; the French, ten;
the Itaaian, eleven.
LIVE RATS BY PARCEL POST.
Last year the British post-offiee car-
ried 57,000,000 parc,ells, ealitch is a gain
of. thirty mitlians in ten years. One
ot thei first percears to come through,
the department thirteen years ago con -
tattled leeches, which escaped owing to
the linen:her pecking, and were found
crawatng over. the floor by the em-
ployees. A parallel to this occurred
the other day, when a parcel began
to show segne of animation, and the
next monaent three Norwegian . rats
were scampering throughout the pre-.
naises. It is neadllieSs to say that this
parcel did not reach its destination, for
the employees soon destroyed the un-
welcome vieitors. Every year sees
dozens of turkeys,geese, and brace of
garde stranded, owing to insecure pack-
ing or incamPlete or missing addresses,
The number of parcetis which failed to
reach their -respective destinations last
year front these causes was those upon
150,000. Compensation to tile amount of
20s. is frequently awarded for the loss
of a parcelor injury to its contents,
while any parcel may be insured to the
value of tie. by 'the payment of 2d,
HARD TO DECII)E,
1 dunno which is de -trust o' de two,
at the stele of the enemy's vessel( or
beneath it, Of course the manner of
eperating so vatemble an arm of warfare
is preserved, a Jealously guarded secret.
THIRTEEN MONTHS IN A YEAR.
A Proposition to Start in 1900 1Vith a New
Division of Time.
It is suggested that on Jan. 1, 1900,
a new division of the year into thirteen
months be instituted. It is claimed
that this is not so prepasteroes as most
people would be likely to consider it
at the first thought. If such a di-
vision were made the fir.st twelve
months would have just twenty-eight
days, or four weeks each, and the new
month twenty-nine, to xnake 365, and
thirty in leap years. After it few
days there would be no need to refer
to calendars, as the same day of the
week would have the same date -through
the year. If Jan. 1 were, say Monday,
every Monday would be the 1st, 8th,
15th, and 22nd; every Tuesday the 2nd,
9th, 16th, and 23rd, and so tbeoughout
the year. The cban.ges of the moon
would be on about the same dates
tbrougli the year, and many calcula-
tions, like interest, dates of maturing
notes, Easter Stmday and many other
important dates wooed be simplified..
Although the present ge.nera,tion, would
h,ave to figure new dates for birthdays
and. all legal holidays would be on dif-
ferent dates, yet the gain would be
more than the loss, as that would be
permanent, and the objections -haft-
ing.
The proposed change certainey has
has the merit of noveaey, and it is just
to say that the arguments in favor of
the metric system on the ground of
uti4ity applying with cansiderable, force
in the present case. We fear, however,
that the objections on the grounds of
sentiment, whie,h are strong in the
matter of weights andraea.sures would
be even stronger against the propos-
ed revision of par enethod.s of commit-
teg time.
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