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CHAP1'gjt 1.
" Abraham ltiehlo, Farmer. --What a sin-
ular title fora canoe !" 1 reflected as f
laid my fowling -pisco across the thwarts
leisurely began to fill my briar, seam
useanwhile the letter's painted en the s
-"and what a monster of n gun !"
T lull seen noflliug larger llitherta than
ata eightbore fowling-pleoe ; :old the sight of
the six•foot barrel wit h a muzzle as wide as
a half-pint tunable' filled am with astonish-
ment. It was fitted to a stuck of like
proportions, and of the shape of
as ordinary shonlder•gen and rested
in a groove it the bows, meddng almost
from end to end of tete little crai't. Goliath
of Oath when upon the war-puth would have
shouldered just such aucther weapon, if it
had then been invented; lot 1 came to the
conclusion that the gun was far too cumber.
some to be deed to advantage by the average
human being,
I found afterwards that for every duel: or
plover slain by my gun, after home of
patiefrt watching in the dykes of the marsh,
Abraham Richie's leviathan would strike
clown snores with ease. I had the pleasure
of trying it iu after days; and on one of
these occasions, after the recoil hag, as usual
xlriven the little flat bottomed vessel several
:feet backwards, 1 paddled forward to find
mo fewer than thirteen widgeon lying dead
upon the tide. -Bot I am anttopatmg.
The marshes of the. Dee ostuatylare of
,considerable extent, and off Burton, near
Chester, they cover almost the whole of the
three miles of river -bed that divides the
Flintshire n
zo a d Cheshire coasts at thisJoint.
I
They
aro thenight-haunt, n'
t the Telemeters
,veld
fowl that fre ut1t the river , and often
niurimg the season had I aranped over from
Flint to taken • watch with the wild -
fowlers
' ,. -
fowlers in the hollows which the tides have
excavated in rho march A 601 er an 1 ?
I m uaal
etedenully addressed nu+ in meth di
phal'scole , tyntild assnnle a look of 0nnle-
t-Ling Ilpproaohiug disgust when she saw
I me take down the weapon of the chase Dud
and' begin to till my heli with eartriJves,
ting I " \\'hat for do ono out in rho night
1010 ait•, Mr, (irainun, when you brie , nothing
' back with •
youlett a cold? she Must out on
one nocasiun. " lint, indeed, yon will conte
back drowned sense fine ni0lt• -math my
word*, Ryon don't. Yon will, for sure !"
Despite ;hese encouraging predictions, I
would sally forth las usual ; and later in the
evening my breechloader would be resting
in tlm cosy eagle of the house, whose dire
taut light seemed to beckon 010 like a ray
of hope over the wastes that lay between.
So day followed day until a certain event.
ful Saturday drew near. The following
Monday was to witness sheep wash-
ing upon a grand sealer on the
the marsh ; and as 1 had expressed 0 desire
to witness whet was to 100 a novel eight,
Abraham, with charac0e•istio kindness, in
vite(1 lie to spend the Sunday and Monday
under his roof, " You'll ilave to conte
round by rail, though, my lad,"he remark.
ed, for the spring tiles are on; and it
wouldn't be safe to cross by the "Cop"
[embankment). Pity the trains run so awk-
rc, or you cant get here till the after-
noon. \\-ell have rho (limner an hour later,
though ; the young follow who is coming
out from Liverpool won't mind."
I did not relish the dea of " a young fol-
low from Liverpool ;" but I accepted the
invitation.
It so happened that the Saturday evening
y eon
g
w0.* all al]llyel'aal' that nal\p'a s brings
tram of 0;01 reflections, and this wasnotev-
ceptiol. I laid down my book and wander -
of the
down
castle
pointed out ,;spot where the Deep -a chat
eel by which shipping passes to and fro
Chester and (bnnah s Quay -could be safel
forded at low water : and equipped with
pair of tall boots, I found that 1 Doul
reach the marshes on the Cheshire sit
-with but little inconvenience. I had hear
many stories of Abraham's wholesal
-slaughter of wildfowl, while upon In
" Bighting" expeditions. How Abraham tl
elder, who now lay in Burton chum:hym'(
]tad established himself upon the fern
now occupied by "Abe" the younger b
fringing the stalls of the Liverpool,,pou
terers with wild -birds ; and how the young
•er strove faithfully to follow in the father'
footstepsby engaging in midnigh t excursions
-in a little white canoe, whereby the millreart
which rattled out of the farmyard in the
earlyhours of the morning frequently carried
en additional burden, and Aba's backing
account grew apace.
When discovered the canoe, Twitsreturn•
ing from a bootless expedition, which had
used up the greater portion of a Saturday
afternoon ; but this 1 did not mind. I was
fond of solitude, and the change from the
stuffy bank in which 1 spent my working
hem's to the prairie•leke marshes overrun by
the fresh breezes cf the IrisliSea, was grate
fed indeed.
As I concluded my inspection, and was
turning to go home, I noticed that the
numerous sheep which had been widely
,scattered over the marsh were closing into
large flocks, while a black sheep -dog, which
in the distance looked exactly like a flying
crow, was darting with great rapidity in the
direction of some distant stragglers. At
the salve moment I became aware of a female
tore standing upon the gr05s•growe em.
bankment, which was pushed out over the
Marshes in a fruitless and expensive attempt
to win some of the broad acres far olltit•at•
ion. She was watching the motions of the
dog, and ley rout lay directly past the spot
where she was staining. I noticed that her
appearance was attractive ; but as I drew
nearer, I felt that such a term would be a
very inadequate description of this enchant -
Lug nymph of the marshes.
Her sweet girlish face was lighted by
'wonderful gray eyes, shaded now by a little
white hand, as she looked away westward
to where the laggards were returning in a
.huddled despondent little group, while the
dog, with trail erect, moved right and left
behind his charges, after the manner of a
vessel tacking against a heart -wind. There
was an air of refinement about her not usu-
ally found err shepherdesses in real life; and
as the rays of the departing god of day
at -earned up the river and lighted on her
graceful. figure, they bathed it in an en -
'earthly radiance.
I had many times noticed that the sheep
upon the marsh were branded ' A. 10,' and
on the strength of this fact, I boldly doff-
ed my "" Skeeter" and asked Miss
Michie" if she knew when rt would
be high-water, and further, whether she
thought 'might safely cross to Flint. Our
conversation scarcely lasted a moment,
however, for directly afterwards a broad -
shouldered homespun individual, who was
appealed to as father, and who had directed
more than one sharp glance at me as Ile am
proachod, gave me the desired information.
When, after more conversation and more
searching glances, Abraham invited me to
go up to the house and drink a dish of tea
with him, I did not refuse,
I found that the other members of the
household eonais
inti of Mrs. Riohie, a very
busy lady of matronly aspect ; a red -,rued
servant girl with lilac -printed gown and
wooden pattens, that clacked loudly as she
'walked ; a younger abigail, with red cheeks
and beady black eyes 1 and a middle•aged
and melancholy -Looking cowman, who
glanced surlily a at us as we passed through
the yard that led to the side -door of the
substantial farmhouao.
The name of the last-mentioned individual
was, I afterwards learned, Yethert; and
this strange appellation served both a Chris -
teen name and 0 8uruamo. Why'Yothert,'
or who gave hire that mono, no one appeared
to know. He had strayed into Abrohan's
service from the harvest -field, nearly seven
years previous to my acquaintance with the
family, and 00 one had deemed it necessary
to make any very pressing inquiry as to nue
antecedents, 1 mentioned his strange taci-
turnity to Ahraitom ane, tuna he replied
carelessly that his cowman Wasa'rineer mid
torte' but he was as 'honest as they make
thein ;" adding, with a laugh, "and he's a
real Cheshiretnau. If yon 5ho011 him up,
you'd hear the beans and buttermilk rattle
---end that's a Hato sign of a Chesherornau
all the world over."
• Tea was thread in the woll•furnished
sittieg.roon overlooking the river and the
fair landscape, hayond; and in Eire herr which
]o •er
fol a t 1 leatuerll
ntth 1)I
the ways at[
1
Y
w1) • if
ed out in the dusk through the streets
little town, and on, to the river. I sat
under the shadow of the crumbling
wall and looped out over the river hanks,
1' The shore was liesertee ; but ever and anon
111 l
.he distant report of a gun was boruo.
Y 1 act•oos the silence of the marshes : and
a in fancy I mold see the wildfowl•
Ll ers crouching low in the dykes and
eagerly watching the patch of gray sky
(I over their heads, us with finger 00
0 trigger they waited for a snap -shot at the
Y 1 switt•w•!nged birds who were sweeping up
1e to the marshes for the night. Others,
1, { again, were standing erect in the -solitude
like sentinels, and with. their gene at the
rea(1y"position, were peering steadfastly
into the gathering gloom.
While I thus mused, a ,lint young moon
s looked calmly down at her reflection in the
deep : and miles away, the familiar lights on
tete Cheshire side began to flicker into
existence. I knew' them all. There teas
the solitary light of Abraham's farmstead,
gleaming Bice, diamond in its dusky setting.
A little to the left, another diamond point
marked the whereabouts of 1Jcuhall; and
(nigh on the hill above twinkled the village
lights of Ness, whore little Emy Lyou-
Lord Nelson's Lady Hamilton -was born,
A little way (down the river, again, the
lights of the " forgotten watering -place,"
Parkgate, were strum. together like a Blit-
' tering necklace; and far, far beyond, the
Hebei of Liverpool flashed upon the horizon �
like a mighty conflagration.
Soon the bells of Flint Church begat to
ring for evening service, and again my
thoughts wandered away to certain graves
lying all peaceful enough, beneath the
sound of church bells in the north country,
Anon, the peals cited away ; the ' last bell'
struck up a shrill brief warning to lagging
worshippers ; find in the silence that follow-
ed, the whistling cries of the wildfowl could
again be heard,
The firing bad now ceased ; the ' Bighting'
was over for the night, and the wildfowlers
would now, 1 know, be toiling homewards
over the bread stretches of sand. I rose at
last stiff with the long sitting, and 37(10 turn-
ing away from the beach, when 1 heard
other footsteps grating upon the shingle
and gradually approaching me. I panted,
and idly watched a human figure grow oat
of the diol light, fifty yards away. The
moon was obscured at the moment ; and with
difficulty I made out the form of a man with
a broad•brinnned hat and somewhat slouch.
ing gait. Presently I saw hint stop and
stoop low, so as to bring the outline of m
body against the sky. In a moment he hail-
ed 111e,
" \\'ell, Mester Graham, ass is it yew 1
Why, Ivo bin lookin' fur ye all over Flint.
All over !''lint, that have ; 01' here you've
bin all the toime,"
1 recognized the voice at once, It was
Yethert, and in another moment that 01100
surly bldividunl stood before me. But what
a change had. carne over the nen 1 The bat-
tered felt hat ; the patched velveteen coat
with capacious pockets ; the uorduroy
breaches, encircled, for some inexplicable
reason, with a piece of string under each
knee ; and the heavy navigator boots, still
decorated the square -set figure ; but for all
these familiar embellishments the man was
transformed, The Yethert of the Richie
farmstead was black-browed, anti so
sparing of speech that I never 11110W
110111 utter a word unless in reply
to a direct geostion ; but the Yethert
who now addressed me was gviok•spoken,
eager, and all but brisk in his manner, The
Yethert I had known heaved in his gait as
if he was firmly attached to the tail of an
invieihle plough ; but 5011831 as he walked
of the 11th Brach was a military -looking
person in conlp0risee. -
Ileoontinued; "I'vehin toyerhouse, and
tine Minis didna know wheer ye'd gone. Ye
hadna gond after the ducks, she said, fur
yor gun was bangle' up wheer ye left it. -
But, mester 1" -he broke in with a peculiar
laugh, that sounded strangely there on the
lonely shorn -"yo can go after the ducks
without a gun, canna ye? I know all about
it;" anti again he laughed aloud.
I was more and more astonished. To have
met wish Vetho't in Flint at all was atr-
pprlsing ; bot to havo hint discourse in this
free.anrd.00ey manner, and above all, to find
that be 1001(1 evoke a laugh, was a most un-
heard of thing. I could only conclude that
his altered manner was duo to srmdry 010108
00 the local public-hnhsos ; and ignoring his
last remark, 1 asked hint what had brought
hon overr
0
4l Flint.
\Vail,' 1,
,1 Mil Ind in a co eee,,,ial mso,
no', and sliglitly lowering hes voice, " yo
mar th' Meister and ih' (11soea has hitt tltlkin'
about ,ye ; and they reckon it10 a pity that
yoshonldna get over till the Smithey after.
noon ; curl so they to0lrl me to m0xan up the
cows as gniok as I could and walk over ,ctrl
fetch ye," -
But what about the tide ry, '[
l
r I iinterims-
.
n . "' Thoh e u
t i will 1 1 running 'soon,
1 to
Id we miry ,1y Le caught we attempt
r moss," f I imly Isere rem, It that in torn
nil with many other s-r*nms who live in
le nm n (linear vie n"ty of Ore beach, f envoi'
low f(11111 whell it, l-nh1411watrr,o•w'henl
)1. 1iJr1e;orLI, eblearflow, excepting when
ha 11).111) VI 090 t.)
Frani
1),r r
wen i rw of my sl tidy where cul
n it i((0 1)0,:0 hems M (•011 one the adt'11 eillg
1, irtl leg lite yellow , ler i0 with fan, of
3''re 1. ,ri 10, Ihus day by day, nand 1
030 its varying interim a5 I knew the
CI(
wilesf
n wet It 1)t l ' and t J foiled, too, 1)y that las t1
0.0 only (laughter, Ir: 1 ichie hail l'oeeivc 1 u
an oduration suporier t 1 wheat might hare . 1)l
11oen 0013grte(T 01 a4 young n1 1 ely in her pit m 71
Von, When T lett 1 0,1u..1 wide me u, 111
general- ilevit al -t rl 1 II any faint. that 1 11
WAS overthat Way. alit/ 0vt,igrnthat halm i
Od lie at I had nrvm hr r•1) hatnttu rl 1,11,1;,..
I peal (0111,3 3,041 to ah, Ina :ole11)1(.1 1,
that; i,nt'I 14(e, ',; n , :: e1 hugls ti.or, 1 1
ever; Fuel my lit 1:Welsh ',milady, who,
021 the /Strength of a long 1trg0ainta11ee, 00. kr
THE BEUSSEL5' PbST.
pel`Ldial i11(1.8 of an old frieml, 1 have watwll•
ed the Storni Xing 0 thousand times as he
he girded hunself in the distant hill, end
atolked on legs of vapour over the esi nary t
mid yet, if 1 and a*Iced a few hours alter-
wardo what time the tide will ho;lnl to roll
in, 1 cul obliged to mike the humiliating
confeseem that I do 3(31- know,
1'eth,'rt Laid his hated ialpreeslvely upon
my shoulder as he untie newer : ' Meteor,
1 know every inch a land in the river mrd 1
01111 get ye to the' ('0p 14foro rho redo (301(100
111 (es Catty 104 w'inkliu'. \\'hon 011111 \'etle
et't does a job,,' he ald.ed fervently, hoeeloes
10gratdoly [properly 1 ; and th' Maeter and
Misses weaklier, ha sent 1110 over to ye if it
wasn't teat, Besides, 'Mester, do yo think
ould Yethert 130(108 to slip his win/1? Nay,
nay 1 Co;uo o11 afore it's too late,'
Yothertes knowledge of the backs and of
the spots Ot9 it l' '
Bt covered 17
1 1 rho t.
P Y Ida was, I
knelt', perfect ; and after a little hesitation,
I returned with him to illy apartments,
obtained possession of a small travellin r bate
and returning to the shore, w e waded Dan-
tionsly over the Deep, end stepped on to the
firm sandbank beyond.
No sooner had we reached the opposite
side, however, time \'ethert's eagerness de-
parted, and his habitual gloom of manner
returned. He sauntered along in the old
Heaving churlish fashion, sometimes labor.
mg by my side, sometimes walking a little
in at ,nee, and more often lugging iu the
rear. Finding that I meld 110 longer dein' eL
word from hila, 1 strode steadily of in the
septi -darkness, my eyes ever fixed on a tiny
light 10,3 ahead, and my mind busy among
other matte's), with the mysterious ` young
fellow' whom I leas to see en tete morrow,
and of
1060 personality
o' '
L Ielllt0t
tship to
t1 et
1 ltichi'
(.fan.
family
1 was Y as yet quite iguor.
ant.
We reached the marsh, and I was soon
fully engaged in leaping or eluding the net.
work of dykes and the tiny lakelets that
continually berro(t my progress. Yethert
leaped oho smaller obstacles with (110eh
greater agility than might have been ex-
pected frons his appearance, and waded
through the broader pools, as I had often
50011 hila at 13urton, without removing his
boots, and with the uti est mammoth. He
had fallen behind considerably, antlapper-
enthy teas not over-anxiols to got upon even
terms with me for whenever 1 hoard the
peculiar sucking noise made by his saturated
boots, they always sounded a long way in
the rear.
This slid not surprise me. illy greatest
surprise had been the extraordinary elle-
Yethert had dtslla}erl towards me in
the earlier portion of the evening, and the
en0st al engorness of his manner. I several
times fancied that the waters in the dykes
was rising; hat my confidence in Yothert's
superior knowledge of the banks and tides
3050 sash that I appreheeded no danger, and
the Cop -a sure refuge from the tides was
beginning to show itself like a dark shadow
across the 'earth. Separating the Cop from
the marsh is a broad shellow stream, which,
before it begin, to be fed by the tide, is sel-
dom more than two feet deep; and ween I
thought about the matter at all, my only
feeling of nneaeineOs was, that before we
Leached it, it might have risen to such a
height as to cause us to wado to. an incon-
venientdrptb,
The moon hung over the Halkin Mount-
ains at ear hank, woebegone half circlet of
pale gold ; but the stars shone oat with
great hritlianoe, and the Cop tuns beginning
to define itself More and more elearly
agaitlst tete horizon. I cored even faintly
distinguish the rude shed on its summit, in
which Abraham's shepherd boy occasionally
stood sentry over his wooly charges on Itis
plain below; and I was congratulating
myself on mfg 110ar approach to the Cent forts
of Abrahams well -stocked header, when I
woe brought to a sudden stond-still by the
appearance of anumber of glittering objects
of the marsh some distance nn front of me,
which wavered and bickered about in the
most extraordinary manner, I could not
make it out, and 1 walked on again towards
the spot. A few strides explained the my-
stery. On the marsh in front of ole was a
vivid reflection of the starry canopy above;
and as I stood rooted to the spot, with my
heart thumping against my ribs, I could
hear the 111ea0nrod rhythmic ripple of the
a 130001ug plain of water that had intruded
itself between tine and safety,
(T01111' CONTINUED)
A L'ad Man from the Border Line,
"1 was stopping in the only hotel in aUti-
lity 'Vexes
it-lity'Vexes town," said the traveler, "and
1e00 in my room, when I heard three shots
in Snick succession 1 reached the aloe just
as a man, rushed in and exclaimed
"' 13111 Smith is shot?'
" Lead?' asked the proprietor,
""Three }toles in dent, lie's done, tee
sure,' was the reply.
"A tall, lanky man, 39110 3900 standing by
the desk, brought his fist down on the blur-
red and blotted register and said ;
"' It's a good thing. I kin walk down
the street now without feelin' that I may
have to draw quick and dodge behind a tree
most any minute'
"Tho proprietor straightened himself up
and said :
"Boys, let's ]rave s000lhin', I feel at
though I had more to say 'round this place
now, and especially in the barroom.'
"Of course I asked who 13111 Smith was,
and was mfortne11 by three or four 71101 once
that lie was a bad 5100 from the border line
that he could shoo;, 50001401 and withtenor
aim than any ten in that section of the
State, that he was quarrelsome, brutal, and
a general all round orimo•stooped 31)1(3101.
And in the midst of the description the man
who lied dole the shooting walked in.
Everybody tried to shape heeds with him
and every one invited him to drink.
'Then another roan came in and whisper•
ed to the proprietor; and the proprietor
said something to the man who had done
the shooting, and there was a general
whispered conference. At its conclusion
the man who had done the shooting slipped
oat a back door and the proprietor earns'
over to me lad said :
"' Say, stranger, what I said don't go 1
Understand ? It don't go 1'
" Then the latky-lnou pulled me to ono
Milo and said ;
"" I was jnh)n.' ,Seo? B'1 Bill don't
understand jokes, and you'd hotter may
Dethitt' about, it,'
" 4111otller told nue Iliad better get mut
of town, ns there was a general feeling that
1 hal hoavl too much,
" BBut w1101,0 is the' man who 51(ot this
Smith ?" .d asked,
" r
Tr/fir' r
11 i) (t1)
vet•the 1 •
y 1ntd0r n
td li oulto
'in 1
xic n was ilio 1'f. 11
> Then he added
I Y' 1
' Stranger, y( (1 (1,01- seem Irl to reel, o' get
Into rias 1 u.,inr.rl, 1'im Doe 1111, 111000 meet
"1)t 0 quiet tip tan tiro boys 11101 Bill will
pretty sure Of, well. Wherefore, all In,
motto/ is ea OW and Wo 51,111 0 IL 1108' deal
See 7"' 1('hirag. Ter lento.
I5-
Nrr100111,g.3, w liby of envy as he thnt.
ran he cheerful in want.
(-loud el0Lhee 11,41 •_ t.ilci0ln elW)tt, but they
don't make the Leen.
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a contingency never imagined.
"It is only Jennie ; she always tags what
she thinks." "No one minds Will; be al-
ways speaks out,' " (Ine's family, of course,
may say anyteng." And why, pray.
Children are the most terrible of family
critics. They see so straight. Your " no" to
them moans " no," and your " yes," " yes."
Von cannot deceive them with half tenths,
or by a juggle of words, They out through
year subterfuge 011 convict you at once.
Their straightforward simplicity makes you
ashamed of your falsehood.
And of all mildew a boy is the cruelest,
He is no respecter of vanities or a;hmns..His
cool quostious and (lownt'igh1remelts slake
you writhe while you la ugh, and 1011511 while
you burn,
One of this sort, aged fifteen, asked lately,
" Have you got a sinewy neck m101110103"
" (110010ns I" --with a start, " What do
you mean?"
" Why" -an inquiring and observing ex.
p305si00 in his eyes -" 1. read the other day
that all literary women have got sinewy
nooks. It said one could al was 5 tell 'em that
way. It was a never -failing test. Did you
ever notice it?"
0' Never !' hastily. " You will have to
judge for yourself. I'm sure I don't knots."
" Well,' meditatively, " I think, per-
haps, it is true,"
What answer can be given tomer ref reell-
nig candor ?-[Front Harper's l3axar,
The World's Steamship.
In 18111, the world's steamships of more
thau 100 tons numbered 10,108, with a total
tounago of 13,505,028. More than one-half
the steamships belong to Englanl : Liles
conte Clermaly, Franco, and the United
States in the order named. Tho table o
teantships or all eeafarnng nations follows
,Steans/a;pa Tons,
England 5,47.1 5,360,95]
Germany 761 76'2,915
France 488 51)0,516
United States 450 417,1 38
Spain 349 201,269
Italy 206 199,153
Norway 440 221,202
Holland 181 171,175
Russia 413 140,036
Sweden 136 124,177
Denmark 215 112,652
Austria 114 100,107
Jaren 140 75,451)
Belgium 59 77,092
Greece - 88 00,376
Brazil 147 50,808
Portugal 39 82,582
0131110
Turkey 43 '26, 553
Chill 34 23,600
Sailing vessels of fifty tons or more 1111111
her 31,606 for all eoultries, and they have
a total of 10,217,0610 tons. The table of their
distributioni 1
s ,
Slum Trnm
14(1518.1111 '1 751 3,163,524
United Stales 7 104 1,510,114
Norway 3,410 1,13113,681
Germany 1,480 1114,147
Italy. ",010 0861,984
Reale 2,103 467,776
Sweden. - 1,481 31111,1317
Fiance
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Ir
(i 281,021
r(ceo
7 3`64
Spain - 1` 161 'I 015
1holhtml 747 202,9911
llannla'k 817 3-19,117
T\1(0tr10 289 110,1 ,1
urkey,.,,, • 50411 the id ie
flluli 147 70.3,ei
Meer1 t0,741 30,31,11
'BSi let,, 111
10.i 'el
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In the year melte] on den, 1, 1'.11 «p5
tiennehiprl, total tonnage 202,77a,wo010:at,
Para mall
Argentin,.
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AT110OITiUUS NEAR TANGAN YIKA.
Ilunfrerle or Alelpt,ss 4'aptl res :1l nrdrred
by,►runSlave i lealerne
Stories of remnrlulhle nlrimitie0 (emeriti..
tel recently by slava rvtider.; near lake
Tanganyika, have reached Europe, '1'11(331
would semi almost, incredible if their au•
'`di'ar'y 30(004 ((0t vouched for by Ioiation ll'uo(
'w the grimed, 'These 01(11(.010)0s have
hem laid heftier r the African Society at
Cologne, and have been published by the
(methyl ties of that soviet), with the stale.
),101)1 that. 1 h 5101000101' 53)1.011y cermet,
One of the mtssioueriee writhe thereon
Nov. 1(1last 2,000 bound slates 111101ed iu
Ore neighborhood of Kamera; on the south,
Oast coast of Tautn0nyike. I(aenia is i!OLV a
m105111 station, though it was 10unr10d by
Bing Leopold about twelve years ago, as
the extreme eastern post of the Congo Free
State. The Arab raiders wore led by
Mlnlnttubu, ono of the woll•Itnow•n Arnh
chiefs east of Tanganyika. The slaves had
been brought from 100 to 1i,1)miles south
and southwest of the big lithe. The sea-
coast markets being ant oil', the Arab sell
their slaves among the native tribes along
the shoos of the lake. They had pure
chased the slaves for (L tenger captured
them without any cost save for tunmunition,
011d as human flesh was so exceedingly
cheap they cared nothing about presorvmg
the lives of those who fell by the way dor•
Mg the formai marches or who secant -abed
on account of meagre 1'130101(0.
On his way to the lake 'chetah, deceit.
adto get rid of all who impeded the march.
AtLus
t aha in order 1 nth this ls caravan might
ail'anC
1 u with greater
baste, late lee
drowned
al
end, 1)11i
womenand little children.
Two days later his caravan experienced a
fresh hindranoo• \Many of the poo' slaves
had become so enfeebled by the rapid rate
of march that they could go no further,
'Massacres, of wh!eh people inoivilized cone,
tries can form little conception followed,
As fast 00 (a slave soecutnl,ed h0 was k11oek-
ed in the head with as club band left dead.
The story of the atrocities wont on in ad•
vane, of the caravan and reached the mis-
sionary post. father Dromaux set out at
mum in order if possible to have HOMO of the
poor people from the fate that threate
them, He succeeded in ransoming sh
one slaves who would otherwise Have b
killed. Of mime, he paid only a v
small stun apiece for chem, 'Then the ca
van went on, while the priest bought
of the natives for the slaves he had 11he
ed, nursed them back to strength, and to
them to the station,
Ho says that from ten to fifty slaves a day
were murdered while the caravan wits m1
the road. About (103) were killed durine, the
match north and 2,00(1 reached the wet
shore of the lake Those ,vhont Father
Dromanx had ransomed were pitable oh•
jeets, in spite of the good treatment he had
given them. Even those who appeared to be
healthy had terrible burns o1 the arms and
thighs which they had received as punish.
meat for trival or imaginary offences. The
mission orphanage was turned into a hospi-
tal
From lipala, across the lake from ntarono,
done more facts about the atrocities Dom,
niitte(1 by slave dealers in the region south-
west of'l'anganyika, They aro turning the
country into a desert, One dealer, it is said,
caught nearly 2,000 slaves up to September
last year, and iu the coarse of his raids
killed many hundreds of the natives and
burned their villages. On the march tl
slaves are chained: teygeth01' in groups
twenty 00 twenty-five, and look like living
skeletons, Food Is very scarce 01(0(5 e0111e
parts of the route, and the slaves ere forced
to dig up and eat roots which even wild
animals refuse to touch. When they roach
the slave merlcets to which their creel m1Ls-
ters are taking them, they a'e planed in
huts which atl'ord no protection against the
weather, reed, toasted by fo'er, hunger, an
dysentery, they perish by scores. Path
Lronaux (9)110s that he has seen. moults(
of slaves in roofless huts, while near,[thet
their master's goats have (roofs over thei
heads.
Every' morning corpses ate dragged. fro
her
Is the Mos* anrlent anti mist genets 1 of ail
gWoase+s, tmiuv 31y 11 01 :17 Is en111'4y free
(rola 16 while mous -.ds o,-ywl'ri are Its
...Altering slaves, Hood's 8aa(u(a' Ila has
remarkable stleres0 111 eu9ng every form of
serutnl0, The uul.ct sOVe'a 1111(1 111.111 1(1 reu-
nite.; sores, swielhugs lit the nee1, or genre,
Lanae 1M the oyes, (31110inng 101111111 Ir mind
1llnduras, and every other form of blood
111eense have yielded to ilio powerful effects
111 1111:: medtelne, Try it,
"• .a ''� 1...,11 rS''
'33 F
yr . arils,; h
501,1 by ell drttgglets, el; six for 11,"5. 7V0p:u•(•d only
fit' 1'.1. 11000,S CU.. Apuawrarles,1.0,0011, Blass,
100 Oases One Dollar
Hoal'ds:of Silyex in India.
The anaiont Oriental passion for hoarding
appears from Mr. F, C. ITorrioon'selaborate
article on the circulation of the rupee in.
"The Economic Journal" tel itenul-lan)to be
gra(luelly disappearing, and is now believed
to be mainly oo lined to the old wealthy
families land princes, The original cause,
fear
of (.evil tumult, hoe
passed 1 �
I
ed ,.ra
and
311
the reset •
lcenfanina• s' ,
1Ca 111 gl
P _ market, for '
m -
vestment, the sweet simplicity of the •1• per
cents or family n 10103 roes, sooner or later
Mayo the effect of emptying the faintly vault.
Notable instances et the dissipation of Large
hoards have occurred in recent years. Tho
1\11411nrjt4 of (livelier, a Mahratta chief, lent
the 1 ;merriment upward of 30,000,000
rupees, of 1311(0), all lint 3,000,000 were in
native en!n, The 31alearaja of Buedwan's
a0110nlultltion (principally of !dem rupees)
hits disappeared in litigation anti invest-
ment ; and recently large hoards of Arcot
repot% from 1110(13as,011,1 Chill.131101300from
int! 14ash11111, have passed into our Mints. In
xt13o)gnlseveral considerable hom'ds of sicca
rnp0004 have Leon toned to exist. io the 11017000
cry .of wealthy landholders ml the oeension of
r0.
food
their property passing into control of the
Court of Wards. Mr. Harrison estimates
the annual quasi-pertnnucnl disappearance
of tiel'ernmeut rupees dna to this eases as
now lens than ,1,(100.000, 111111 would put it
even timer if there were 1,01 reason to be-
lieve that in ?iouthere laden the priestly
trustees of temples still tweentelete the of-
ferings d f pilgrims.
66
What is
It For?
This is the query per-
petually on your little
boy's lips. And he is
no worse thau the big-
ger, older, balder -head -
„f ed boys. Life is an interrogation
point. " What is it for?" we con-
tinually cry from the cradle to the
grave. So with this little introduc-
tory sermonwe turn and ask: 'What
is Aurusr FLOWER le0R ?" .As easily
answered as asked :'' It is for Dys-
pepsia. It is a special remedy for
othe Stomach and Liver. Nothing
Nr more than this ; but this brimful.
1)t We believe August Flower cures
r Dyspepsia. We know it will. Wt
have reasons for knowing it. Twenty
a years ago it started in a small country
town. To -day it has an honored
place in every city and country store,
possesses one of the largest manu-
facturing plants iu the country and
sells everywhere. Why is this ? The
reason is as simple as a child's
thought. It is honest, does one
thing, and does it right along -it
cures Dyspepsia.
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr,Woodbury,NJ,
one..,,xauxexoaa'arram..nnwwnr um uou+womeun..a»ww
o
the slave huts and thrown to the hyena
The missionaries hive rescued marry poor
children whom they found among the cap,
tires. The} were placed in special wants of
the mission hospital. "As soon as 1 enter,"
says FathorJu,set, " They stretch out their
titin little arms toward me and say, ' (Mood
Father, we have suffered so 111001) hungry.'
Fifteen of theta have died already in 5p110
of the care bestowed 011 thein."
It is not likely that similar atrocities will
be repealed during the terming season. Noll!
Ooretany and the Congo Free State aro de-
termined time they shall ceaase. An armed
body of men, with tete permission of the
Oerntau emboli tioi, left elaozlbar recot:tly
for no other ptarp0'u than t0 put an end to
Lltese frightful tads around Tanganyika,
The Congo State is very vigil11(0 in els per-
mit of slave r0:14a 1,1 las iden'tit'y. aml al-
though si .lea 1y t4 (110.108 140,ingars.red the
evil 10 nae '1,1,1 a a way (VI el l most of .,13 31(10!-
ing in the large to'ritury It a ttcee rs,
Member of the Legislature,
In addition to the testimouy of the Gov
tumor of the State of el aryyy)aud, U,S,A,, a
member of the 11M0rylan(1 tsgielettnre, Hon.
Win. 0. Harden, (00tilles as follows : " 746
Dolphin St. ,Belt)., 11d.,U.S.A.,Jan. 18,'90.
Gentlemen : I met witis a severe accident
by falling down the black stairs of my rosi-
deriee, in the darkness, aad was bruised
badly in my hip and aide, and suffered
severely. Ono 0nd a half bottles of St.
Jacobs Oil completely cured nlo. \Vie, 0.
HARDEN," Member of State Legislature.
Why he tressed Lomb.
My son," said a New York merchant,
'" I should think Miss Flutterby would go
Cf
back 011 you, and She is considereduite an
heiress, too." q
" Why, father," inquired the dude,
" should you thiel( that bMaud would trifle
with my affections 7"
"Because you get yourself up in at ex.
13-30a,ggent style. You dress too loud."
" Yes, I know you thick so ; but
never tante into consideration the feet you
Maud is e, trifle deaf, .L'hee's the reason
11 .
In the bright lexicon of speonlotiot there
is nothing so tunoteettin as a retro thing,
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"T woos troubled for thirty years with
pains b 101y side, which increased and
became airy bad. T used
A 4oll 11,11315 Cif
and it completely cured, nta\'e it all praise."
MRS. WM. 127I)r12.
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Typesetting by Telephone.
The management of the Times has utilized
the telephone in a unique way. Telephone
wires have bowl laid in the underground
millets), tunnel between the aompoaiug1, roost
in Printing 0101100 Square and the Parlia-
mentary reporters' gallery in the }louse of
Uonunous. A copy reader planed at the
telephone reads the stenographic " turns"
from the note book as fast ea it is possible
for the compositors to take them on their
typesetting machines in the Times building
a mile and a half away. At first the re-
porters did not take kindly to the innovation
but when they 1001111 that they could dictate
thein' notes direct to the composing room
without the trouble of transcribing thein,
they began to look at the arrangement in an
entirely different light. Proofs, of course
are sent to Henn for eot'rection. I5aol1 ma-
chine can produce from five to six columns
of solid. minion a night. The Times is able
to print in dine for the 5 A. M. newspaper
trains going to all points of the United
Kingdom the whole of the debates, which
aro often continued until latae 3 A. Al.
what Streets are Paved Per.
Tax -Payer -That's a very firm and solid
piece of poving•you'ro doing there, Patrick.
City Lbuhployee-Indade an' it's it foioe
pace of worruk ; and mighey glad am Oi to
sue it.
" Why, clogs it make any difference with
yon, Potreek?"
I "Inelado and ib• does; It will givo us
dooblo oho job a pullin' it up."
An nl.peld teflon bill of Emperor hlaxi-
minell, of Germany, tvho llottrisltedfour
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