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CHAPTER XXV11.-(Continued),
As 11e, ree eines no mtswer, iie repents
the exhortation rilore imperatively,
`"Come."
"\Vhy should I come? Where should
i conte to 1" says the young man, lifting
fits bead, "where can 1 find such plain
traces of lel' its here? I will stay.'
lie says this with an ale of resolution,
and once more lays down his Lace upon
the footstool, welch, being entirely
wetted in bends, has impressed the
cheek thrust. against -It with a design iho
small hollows, a fact of which the suf.
ierer is quite ironware.
"You cannot stay t" cries Burgoyne,
the more impatiently that his own shore
PI anxiety is Irating his temper almost
past endurance; "you cannot slay, it Ls
0111 of the question; they want to come
into tlhe rooms, to prepare them for new
occupants."
"New occupants i" repeals Byng, turn-
ing over almost on his face, and flatten-
eng his nose and lips against the beaded
i41t1'fuce of his stool, "other occupants
'Man ler. • Never 1 never I"
IL is to be placed to the credit side of
Mr. ilurgoyne's account that he does not,
upon this declaration, withdraw the
resting -place trot his young friend's
countenance and break it over his head.
It is certainly not the temptation to do
no that Is lacking. Instead, 11e ells down
et some distance off, and says quietly.
"I see, you will force Item to call in
the police, You will make a discreditable
csclandre. How good for her; how con-
Juctve to her good name. I congratu-
fale you 1"
The other has lifted his head in a
moment.
"What do you mean?"
"Do you think," asks Jim, indignant-
ly, "that it is ever very edvantngeaus to
14, woman to have her name mixed up in
0 vulgar row? And do you suppose that
tiers will be kept out of 117 Come" -
seeing a look of shocked consternation
btealting over the young man's face, and
:determining to strike while the iron is
phot -"i will call a nacre, and we will go
home to the hotel Put back her things
into her basket, What right have you
le meddle with thein? You have no
business to lake advantage of her ab-
sence to de whet you would 1101 do it
she were here." •
Byng obeys with a scared docility ; his
:eyes are so dim, and his -fingers tremble
ru much, that Jim has to help him in re-
placing Elizabeth's small properties. His
own heart is pricked with a cruel smart
that tics no reference to Amelia's illness,
us ho hnndies the departed girl's spools
and skeins, and awkwardly folds her
scrap of broldery. Byng offers no fur-
ther resistance, and, equally indifferent
b his own bunged -up eyes, bead -marked
.chcelcs,dlind disheveled locks, follows his
companion dully, down the stone stairs,
compassionately watched from the top
by Annunzlata, callose heart is an incon-
veniently tender one to be matched with
ss tough a' face. They get into the Reeve,
1h.nd drive in dead silence to the Minerva.
Arrived there, Jim persuades his friend,
who now seems prepared to acquiesce
aneekiy in whatever he is told to do, to
Ili down on his bed, since the few words
that he utters convey the fact of his be-
ing suffering from a burning headache,
.a phenomenon not very surprising, con-
.side'1ng his late briny exercises, since,
oven at the superb age of twenty-two, it
is dimoult to spend six hours. in bang-
ing your forehead against a parquet
floor, In moaning, bellowing, and weep-,
ing, without leaving some h•aces of these
.gymnastics on your physique.
Burgoyne stands oe sits patielley-be-
side hire, bathing his fiery temples with
emu do Cologne, not tertsuig him with
.any questions, having, indeed, on 'his
own part, the least possible desire for
conversation ; and so the heavy !hours
_go by, The day Inas declined to evening
before Burgoyne quits his protege's side
to dine, shortly and solitarily, previous
to making a third visit to the Anglo-
Americain, to learn the latest news of
his betrothed.
He had left Byng still stretched upon
his bed, apparently asleep; and is there-
fore the more surprised, on returning to
lake a final look at him before setting
.nut on his own errand, to find him up,
with hat and slick in hand, evidently
tlrepa'ed for a walk,
"You are going out?"
"Yes," '
"Where ere you going?"
The oilier hesitates.
"1 am going back there."
"Impossible 1"
"But I am," replies Byng doggedly;
"11 will not do her any Injury, for'I shall
not attempt to go in, I shall only ask et
the door whether any telegram has yet
been received from -from them ; they
must telegraph to direct where Mete
things aro to be sent to, and it is most
probable that they have done so al-
ready."
"it is most improbable."
"Well, at all. events It. is possible, it is
worth frying, and t moan to try tl,'t-
There is such a fixed resolution In Iris
voice, which is ne longer quttvcriug
with sots; and in his ashy face, bhai. Jin
oiler's no further. reSistence, The only
concession 11e can obtain front him Is
that of peemilling him to accompany'
bim,
"You will not mind coming with me to
the Anglo-Amerieahr first, .will you?"
inquires Pro, es they set off milking
across the P!ezze.
"1t will delay u.0 guile half en liour
answers lie other restlessly. "Iiu..L she
(n ilnzy '0011 of reminiscence downing
over 1110 peeacrupied haggard fare), "did
you 1011 me that Amitite was 111. -or did 1
drenni ill"
' "No, ,yon slid not dream II," eepli s the
oll'or, sadly, "`,lie is 4)1." •
Perhaps the Neel .he<'ntss Owl hitrces
It is ugh his Mond", lunil4 recalls
the young dreamer le the fact flat the
world holds other miseries than his own,
There Is at all events something of his
old quick sympathy In his next words,
and In the way in which they aro ut'
"Ott, poor Amelia, I am sorry 1 By ell
means let us go at once and ask after
Rett Is lheh'e nothing that we can get?
-frothing that we can du for her?'
it is the question that Jim, In bgfied
anxiety, puts when he is admitted Inside
the dull salnn, witero no love -glorified,
homely face Io -night lights up the lender
candles of its glad eyes, from over its
sllching, at his entey.
Syhilla is lying less comfortably than
usual on her sofa, her cushions not
plumped up, and her bottles of smelling -
salts .rolled out of her reach. Oir. Wil-
son is walling uneasily up .rand down
Me room, instead of silting placidly in
his chair, with the soothing voice -which
lie had always thought as much to be
counted on, and as little. to be particu-
larly thankful for, as the air that ti11:s
his bungs-lullingly reading him to
sleep.
"Cecilia is withher just now," he says,
ire a voice of forlorn irritation, "I• wish
she would come down again; 1 have ne
great opinion of Cecilia as a sick -nurse,'.
and she amust )snow how anxious we.
are." A moment later, still pursuing his
fidgety ramble from wall to wall, and
exclaiming peevishly, as ho stumbles
over a footstool, "If it would only de -
elm Itself Tnere seems to be nothing
to lay hold of, w0 are so completely In
1110 darlt-if it would only declare itself i"
A not very subdued sob from the sola
Is the only answer he gets, an answer
which evidently irreales still further his
fretted nerves,
"I cannot think what Cecilia is doing I"
hu cries, hastening to the door, opening
it noisily, and then listening,
"Let me run up and see," says Jlm,
1115 heart going out to tine fractious old
man in a sympathy of suffering. "Yes,
I know where her room is -au lrofsienta,
Is it not?" (a flash of recollection lighting
up the fact that Amelia's is distinglly the
worst room of the suite occupied by the
Wilson family ; the room with most
stairs to climb to, and least accomarode'
lion when you reach it. "I will knock
quite gently. Do not be afraid, 1 will
not dislurh her, and I will come doivn
Immediately to • tell you."
Without waiting for permission, he
springs up the stab's, and, standing on
the landing, taps cautiously on the
closed door, whose number (by one of
those quirks of memory that furnish all
our minds with insignificant facts) he
has recollected. His first knock is so
superfluously soft that it Ls evidently in-
audible within, since no result follows
upon it. His second, a shade louder,
though still mailed by the fear of break-
ing into some little fitful yet salutary
sleep, brings Cecilia out. His first
glance at her face shows him that she
has no good news, either la warm his
own •heart, or for him to carry down A's
a solace to the poor old men below.
"011, it is you, is it?" says she, shut-
ting the door behind her with a clumsy
carefulness that makes it creak. "No, I
du not think site is any better ; but it, is
so dilicult to tell, 1 am no judge. She
does not complain of anything particu-
lar ; but sloe looks so odd."
"If she is asleep, might not I just look
in at her?" he asks. "I do not know
what you mean .when you say site looks.
c•kl."
"She is not asleep," replies Cecilia, in
a noisy whisper, much more likely to
p,erce sick ears that a voice pitched in
its normal key ; "at least I think not.
Bat I am sure you ought not to see tier ;
•De. Coldstream said she was to be kept
very quiet, and nothing would upset her
so much as seeing you,"
"She need not sec me ; I would only
take just One look at her from behind the
door," persists 31m, who feels a desire,
whose gnawing intensity surprises him-
self, to be assured by the evidence of his
own 'eyes that his poor love'sface hes
not undergone some strange and grue-
some change, such as is suggested by
Canine's. disquleting epithet?"
"Do you think site would not know you
were there" asks ohe.scornl'ully. "Why,
she !tears your slop three streets off !"
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Sit that night Jim does not see Amelia.
After all, as Cecilia says, it is better to
be an the safe side, and to -morrow she
will be brighter, and he can sit by her
side, and tell her lovingly --obi very
lovingly !-what a fright she has given
hint. Yes, lomorrow she will be bright-
er, The adjective is Cecilia's ; but, ap-
parently, he cannot improve upon it,
Loo he not only keeps repealing it to him-
self as lie runs downstairs, but employs
it for the reassurance of Miss Wilson's
iutxlols relatives.
• "She will be brighter lo -morrow; sick
people CVO always worse at night, are
not thiy?"-•rather vaguely, with again
that oppressive sense of his own inex-
perience in illness. ' "Not that she is
worse -11110 is hastily sujbolned, 115 110
sees her fnlhir face fell -"Cecilia never
stud slue wos W0100--00. 00, not worse,
only not disl1110113. better; end, offer, ail,
IL would. have been iriOlional to expect
Ihnl, She win be 1'righier lo -morrow. -
oh, yes, of course she will be brighter lo -
Morrow I
11)' leaves 1110 lintel with 110 phrase,
which so'inds crit and dried rind unreal,
01111 upon Iris lips, after bidding ;r kinder
good -night I110u1 usual 10 ii\lr. \Wilson,
after hn\9ug 0fft'red lu supply Amelln'.s
place l.y 1 "❑tang mond to hien. 11 tont he
hn nrit 1 rimmed singe the evening of
hl; dt us
ions experience of the Provi-
dent A\ omrn of oxford; end lastly, 11110.
hog ,n•rn--•0, {I revue I0 3ylHilo, who
lie:, been ltulertslrind 10 mello ' Ftthme-
ih1110 baleen about lolling her maid look
In upon Alnelia at inle'vels through the
night --tucked in 110r Attetra))all Minket,
and picked up her sfnelling•butlle, 110
Ito oxpeotell to rejoin Byng outside, as
he had promised to welt fop him with
such *Sipco is a oigat' could lend, and
on the condition that his absence should
1101 armed a stipulated period, But
either the promise has been broken, or
the period exceeded, for BYng is gone.
The feet does not greutiy surpl'iso Bur-
goyne, though itea11ses 111m a slight un-
easiness, whlelt Js, perhaps, rather a
blessing for hhn, distracting his mind in
sone slight measure 11.00) the 110a0ieess
of his own trouble,
iho walks fest to the Piazza d'Azegllo;
but lie neither overtakes Niru (11 whom he
is la pursuit, nor ilnds Min at 42 1115,
11 i has been there, lies Inquired with
agitation 100 the telegrams, which have
hialurally not been received, and has
!hen gone away again immediately.
Whither? Tho f'a<irono, who has un-
moved the door -bell herself, and, with
Italian suavity, is doing her bast to con-
ceal that she 1s beginning to think she
has heard nearly enough of the subject,
does not know. For a few moments Jim
stands irresolute, then he turns his steps
towards the Arno. 1t Is not yet loo Site
fee rho charming riverside promenade,
the gay. Lung Arno, to be still alive With
tumours; the stars have 111 their lamps
above, and the hotels below. The pale
planets, and the yellow lights from the
opposite bank of the river, Ile together,
sweet and peaceful upon her breast. ht
both cases the counterfeits are as clear
and bright es the real luminaries; and
tit seems as if one 11ad only to plunge in
an arm to pick up stars and candies out
of the stream's depths.
Leaning over • the parapet near the
Tonle Vecchio; Burgoyne soon discovers
a•famillar figure, a figure which starts
when be touches its arm.
thought I would wait about here for
an hour or so," says Byng, with a ra-
ther guilty air of apology, "until 1 could
g•+ back; and inquire again. Tho tele-
gram has not arrived yet --I suppose it is
loo early. 0f course they would not tele-
graph until they get in to -night. You do
not Ulink3-with a look of almost terror
-that they are going through to Eng-
land, and that they will not telegraph
till they get there?"
"How can I tell?"
"There is nothing in tate world less
likely," cries leyng feverishly, irritated
at not having drawn forth the reassur,
once he had hoped tor. "I do not for a
moment believe that they have gong
home; 1 feet convinced that hey are still
in Italy I Why should they leave It when
they -when she Is so fond of it?"
Jin looks down sadly at the calm,
strong stream.
"1 da not know, I cannot give an opin-
ion -1 have no clue."
"I will ask again in about an hour,"
says Byng, lifting his arms from the par-
apet, "in an hour it is pretty certain to
have ,arrived; •and meanwhile, I thought
1 would .just stroll about the town, but
Mein is no reason -clone at all -why 1
should keep you I You -you must be
wanting to go back to Amelia."
Ile glances at his friend in a nervous,
s(1lrlclong way, es be makes this sugges-
on.
1 am not going hack again to night,"
replies Jim quietly, without -giving any
evidence of an intention to acquiesce in
his dismissal. "There is. nothing I can
de for her -there 15 nothing to be done."
Ills tone, in Making this statement,
must. be yet more dreary than he is
aware, as it arouses even Byng's self-
absorbed attention.
"Nothing to be done for !her?" he
echoes, with a shocked look. "any dear
old chap, you do not mean to say -to im-
ply—
I mean to imply .nothing," returns Jim
sharply, in a superstitious panic of hear -
Mg some unfavorable augury as to his
betrothed put into words. "I mean just
what I say -neither more nor less ;
there is nothing to be done for her to-
night, nothing but to let her sleep -a
good sleep will set her up : of course a
good sleep will quite set her up."
Ile speaks almost angrily, as if ex-
pecting and challenging contradiction.
1313 Byng's spirit has already flown back
to his own woes. 11e may make what
sanguine statements he pleases about
Amelia's lo -morrow, without fearing any
demurrer from his companion. What
attention the latter has d0 spare is evi-
dently only directed to lite solving of the
problem, how best, with amicable, civil-
ity, to be rid of him. Before he can hit
upon any expedient for attaining this
desired end, Burgoyne speaks again,
his eye resting with a compassionate ex-
pr05Sian upon his junior's face, whose
wild pallor is heightened by the disorder
of his hair, and the hat ,crushed down
0001'111S brows.
"You have not had anything to cat all
dray ---bed not you better come back to
tine; hotel and get something to eat?"
"Eat 1" cries the outer, with almost a
se'eam, "you must have very little com-
prehension of----" 'Hien, checking him-
self, and with a strong and palpable ef-
lorl, for composure -"it would not he
worth while, I should not have time, in
an hour -less 111un an hour now, for I
must, have been Isere quite len minutes
at the lenste-I have to return to 111e
Piazza d'Azeglio."
"Then go to Doney's; why not get
something la eat at Doney's? It will
not tante you llvo minutes to reach the
Vin '1'ornabuoni."
"What should 1 do when I got there?"
nits Byng impatiently, 'If I tried to
swallow food, it 3vould slink in my
tiu'oot; no food shall pass my lips till
1 learn where she is ; atter IlhaL -break-
ing out into o noisy laugh -"you may do
what you please lvith mo -We will make
a•nightof it Wlth all my heat, we will -
„'Drink, dt'ink,
Till the pale stars blink l'"
Jim looks alankly et him. Is he going
mni
you think thatNoiwill gelme
to
go beck to the hotel tonight, 7011 are very
much mistaken, continues Byng reck-
lessly ; "no roof less high than this" -
jerking back his head, to throw his
fevered holt up to the cool sI0rs---"sltttll
s11011er my heed; and, besides, tvhet'e 1.40.i. or 1.044 more.
would be iho use 01 going to bed when our of iho hotel emigration to the
1 5)1011111 have 10 1)0 111) 'again 60 early? United Slates 25,278 pers0110 were 8117e1.-
1 shell be off by one of 1110 morning ex- ane passengers, and e; these 9,539 bed
incl tlheir passages paid for m Americo -
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Tin cormurliOn-IObe of the i mm•ess of
llussia is 07 fin'. Though, it weighs bol
16 ounce.; 11 (5 worth 86;0911,
ONTHEFAftR
5411;1)31\41 1"OR A CROP OF CLOVER
,IIA X.
My method of growing clover and
timothy is Very simple, Writes Alum
Hilo, The preparing of the seedbed is
an important item In growing grilse
sends. Tho colt 1s -worked until moliawv,
than I apply u top dressing of well -
rolled manure, We prefer seeding in
the, fall, sowing about eight pounds
mixed seed to the acre, using a drill arid
sowing 200 or 300 pounds of phosphate
to lite acre; then .Tali smooth,
In the spying to make euro of a good
secutng, 1 sow the ground a second lime,
using more clover, I generally sow
grass seed about September 10, as that
gives the seed a good start before the
cold weather sets In, and thus the plonk
are better able to stand the hard frosts,
This method suits to be Li general 1150
111 itis Section and brings good results,
Our spring sowing teicess,plaee about
April 1, Al. that time the ground is more
open to receive the seeds, Our greatest
trouble with this crop seems to be to ob-
tain good seed.
1 prefer cutting clover while in full
bloom. The afternoon is the best time
to cut clover. At that limo of day there
is less sap in the plant. if clover Is cut
In the forenoon, and the sun is 1101, the
hay will become so nearly cured that a
heavy dew is likely to affect the color;
but when cut in the afternoon, although
the hay may wilt, yet 1t will not bo in-
jured, neither will -a dew or 0000 a
shower do any damage to It, The dam-
age to clover hay is from letting it get
wet when half cured.
By Ceding before noon of lila second
day, the hay may bo lateen into tbo barn
In the afternoon in a good condition. We
do not like to cock our hay, as it 1s hard
to put up In such a way as to shod the
nein,
n, buts hound more be down than we
urn duke into the harp in a day, it is
cocked unlit the next day. Our practice
has been to cut each afternoon just
about as much as can be eared for the
following afternoon. Clover should be.
put in the 'barn not so dry that it will
break up In handling, but free from
moisture, so that it will not heat very
Much. In this way, with ordinary wea-
ther, our hay is very bright.
THE USE OF GLUTEN FEEDS..
Purchased feeds for cows and growing
animals need not be an unprofitable
venture provided the uses of the various
special products aro understood. The
combination in which a purchased feed
is fed is the ail -important thing, and ex-
pensive mill by-products may be used at
considerable financial loss if not ted in
connection with the right foods.
Of the various by-products, gluten
feed stands well, because of its high pro-
tein content and the large amount of fat
canlained. This combination is not
found in many feeds and in many cases
makes this feed preferable to any outer
that can be purchased.
Care should be exercised in feeding
gluten meal as it is very heavy and not
over one-half of the concentrates should
consist of this material. If plenty of sil-
age and flay is used, tihere are no injur-
ious effects from its use, as is sometimes
the case with cottonseed meal. Tests of
this feed for dairy cows show that it is
superior to corn meal and bran and
gives an increased amount of mIllc.
When fed in sufticlent quantities,
gluten meal is fully equal to coltonsocd
Wheal as a source of protein, although it
does not cantata so touch of this 'sub-
stance. It usually costs less on the mar-
ket, and is, therefore, a more economical
feed. Of the various gluten feeds on the
market, some of those called meals do
not contain so much fat as some of the
prepared gluten feeds. Tho amount of
protein is about the same, but for fatten-
ing animals the feeds are preferable.
FEED AT CALVING TIME.
The performance of a dairy cow dur-
ing the period of lactation depends
lergely 04 the care she receives at the
close of her lactation period until she
sanies in full milli again. Use laxative
foods, keeping the cows in the best physi-
cal condition to withstand the great
strain at that period. Do not allow the
calves to remain with 1110 COWS but for
a short lime. The. calves should he taken
away and taught to drink whole mills.
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IRISH IMMIGRATION.
An incrunso of Nearly 5,000 Last Year
Over 1005.
'rhe flow of emigration from Ireland
exhibited en increase last year, the total
number wino lett the country being 35,-
918, of 4,746 more than in 1905. Taking
the natives of lrclnnd alone, the an11-
greats numbered 35,344. or 4;668 more
lilmn in the previous year, this 'exodus
representing 8.1• per 1,000 of the esti-
meted population, Still, the figure is
below the quinquennial average.
Of the total number going out last
,year there were 10,043 males and 10,275
female emigrants, and it. Is of interest
(c note that 01 the 17,825 hale record-
ed as aged Moen and upwards, 58.0
per cent. are described as "laborers."
There were 11,533 girls 01111 wohl100, aged
fifteen years and upwards, and of these
68.2 per cent. are returned ns "servants."
The bulik of the Nish -born --91:270, or
88,5 per cent. -lett for the colonies •,r
foreign countries, the remainder -4,065,
or 11.5 per cent. -proceeding to Great
Britain, 2,247 of them to l.nglencl and
\Vales. The grent majority -27,097, 01
70,0 per cent, of the total number of
Irish en,tgreods--went to the United
Slates. This letter, figure, however,
whilst, :showing nn inereese of 2,945
over 1907. was less titan the avenge -
311,475, or 82.4 per cent. -of the preceding
four yea's. Canada last yens rcecived
presses ; until t have learnt -ars, of
course, i shall do to -night --where she
has gone, I cannot. tell which ; hut,nei-
Thee of Mein star!, 11111011 -later than
seven!,'
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VOODO STRONG IN HAYTI were dining in another house -and sat
down beside their own daughter. 'They
were advised to go to the papaloi. Ile
said is was a very likely thing, and told
them to give the girl salt, which they
did, and she fully recovered her mem•
ory.
There must, of course, be a natural
explanation of all these things, just as
there is for others that are told the
traveler. For instance, the Negroes ob-
lain knowledge of events which have
occurred a lung way off in a remark-
ably short space of time. During re-
volutionary uprisings those in the cap-
ital Have known the result of engage-
ments long before the news could have
been brought by the swiftest rider,
sometimes, indeed, before it has arriv-
ed by telegraph. It is believed by the
whites that the intelligence is shouted
across from hill to hill. This is sup-
posed to be the secret of the extraor-
dinary rapidity with which news travels
in Africa. Lady I.ugaid mentions the
interesting fact in "A Tropical Depend-
ency" that it was once an organized
custom in the ancient Mack kingelorns.
on iho West (toast for the ling to trans-
mit messages from village to village In
this way.
I never realized how it could be done,
!even in She clean ,atmosphere of file
tropics, until one day in Jamaica 1 was
standing on a hill beside a missionary,
1 remarked to him how far the voices
in be valley below seemed to carry.
and he said:-"I.istent" His eyes were
on the figure of a boy who was walk-
ing up the opposite hillside toward a
church. "Samuel!" he :said, speaking In
a low, but slow and clear and deliber-
ate voice.
SUPERSTITION DOMINATES LIVES
OF THE NATIVES.
White People on the Island have Few
Opportunities to See 115
niysacries.
There is probably no land on earth
where superstition is s0 rife as in
llayli. 'rho people exhibit many of the
oddities of thought and habit common
le European races. They have also na-
tive ideas of a far stringer chancier.
They give allegiance to a faith wlticir
dominates their lives to an almost in-
credible extent.
This is the old system of witchcraft
which was brought with them from
Africa. writes W. P. Livingstone, in the
London Evening Standard, and 3011(0h
has since been modified to some extent
by 111e isolation of their surroundings, a
slight infiltration of Chrisli110 doctrine
and the restraint of a nominal civiliz-
ation. Comparatively little is yet known
by while people of the real Inner signi-
ficance of the cult, though its phenom-
ena are obvious enough. The negro,
simple as a child in most things, is in-
scrutable when it comes to the unseen
forces that environ his life and the per-
sonalily and power of the persons who
he believes have dominion over him.
Vnodo uism is the popular name of the
faith. Its basis is a belief in evil spirits
and their ability to hurt and destroy.
Good spirits also exist to the negro,but
these are harmless and need not be fear-
ed There 1s, however, an urgent ne-
cessity to conciliate the evil spirits, and
hence we have worship and sacrlliOe.
These are conducted by recognized
agents, by the papaloi, or priest, and
mamaloi, or priestess. The sacrifice
consists of black goats and fowls. and
on great occasions the "goat without
horns" -that is," •
THE IIUMAN VIGTI\f,
Associated with the faith is the prac-
tice of bush medicine. In connection
with this the most exirlrrdlnary stories
I SAW THE BOY TURN.
"Close the church windows and doors
and come back to the house." "Yes, min-
islah," came his answer distinctly
across the wide intervening space. and
the boy turned and went on his way.
The temples where the voodoo cere-
monies lake place are scattered through-
out the country. The regular service,
which is most elaborate at Christmas
and Easter, consists usually, of three
singes. The spirits ane first invoiced.
Then there is dancing in the open by n
woman, who performs the evolutions
with such frenzied swiftness, the priest
are told of the power of the papaloi and urging her on by incantations, that she
mamaloi, end a curious eircumstonce 1�
teat the European residents appear to
believe them. But one is not long in
the country before he believes anything.
Probably an important element in the
matter is the pourer of hypnotizing
which the priest possess, for they have
stumbled upon this . singular phenome-
non and use it freely to impress the ig-
norant. An intelligent native doctor
told me of the case of a girl for whom
science could do nothing -she was 111 -
ultimately falls to the ground in a
trance. As she lies the people dance
around her. Then the priest sacrifices
a white rooster, and taking the drip-
ping head, sprinkles the blood on all
present. The woman is lifted up and
used as a medium and made to respond
(c questions by the priest. The third
stage is the dancing of the bamboule,
the drinking of Ma or native rum, and
the most riotous revels.
The Government does not as a rule
curable. She was rattan to a menalol Interfere with these proceedings. The
end she recovered. It is said, loo, that papaloi has too much power over the
people, and he can of course i
these priests have remedies for Many nllvenc0
diseases which European science liar them politically, while even the htgh-
not yet leen able to cora, They ora est officials are more or less affected by
able lo render' a person Insensible and the prevailing belief. They, however,
to all appearances dead, and to revive endeavor as far as possibly. to keep its
hint at will with a simple antidote, tnanlIestehons hidden from the curious
This is probably the explanation
01a 0t' of tie stranger. One day I heard
story which the same native doctor told that a voodoo ceremony ones to take
Me. place at night on the outskirts of the
A capital, end I r
e
A papaloi publicly challenged him to p vOd a g
+1 strange contest -lo restore the dead guide 'me to the spotafI. Onon the ne6'nyro Ivato
l0 life. The doctor, at course, ignored
learned that the ceremony Was not to
the challenge, and the patient llten, take place, and enquiring later f found
Sec -
said that it he paid him�iwo hundred that it had been prohibited by the Sec -
dollars gold he would prove his claim refary of Slate for the Interior.
b ' killing a cat, hot't'ing 11 foe three Tito gllrslion wlleliter human sacrlice
c!nys at his door, nnct then reslming it, now lances place as a regular feature
The (100!011 had itis repulftion to safe- of the eeneillanleS is a perplexing ono
guard, and he let•the mailer pass- More %\'inch it loslmpossfble fat• an incidental
curious still is theleapparent power lo- olscrver answer with any degree of
exlfnguish one's menta) persoitalily, and
confidence. 1 0)111(1 find 11000 to say
memo' by administering a drug and
that 110 had actually witnessed the rites
Ihen restoring them al will, People of red voodoo,' but many to assort
who 11000 mysteriously disappeared in
positiveiy that
the towns have been found long after. TIIE OFFERING IS OFTEN MADE,
800)11 in 1110 kids or 110 111115, but with-
happened
and the latter pointed out how impos-
t
any recollection of thee former life, sable it is for a white man to secure ac-
hed
remedy has boon administered and cess to the secret asseinblios in bile
they 13000 gone bene if nothing had woods, 1 was toi11 the story of a Ger-
happened in the interval. plan oho was taken by a negro lion
QUEER STOBIIOI nese a 0etenlony \vllere the ' gent wilh-
w
were related to me by a white man who °nit ho t rhe" was erlllCed. but he had
he d lived in the country many years, tit e d is ight its toot' out, it
r d may be added tllet the Government Se.
and I mention Iwo w11if11 he said came lcn)ttledgcd many years ego That the
within his own experience, A women worship did tranche the eating of hu -
apparently! died and was buried in duo
nurse, Many 7eais after 5110 30115 found
Working its a field end reclgnieed. She
said she dimly ren0nlbeeed :lying. end
being placed in the grave, and else of
being dug out and remnoved. She was
dosed with salt mid the memory of her
farmer life Interned, The other lalnwee
at girl, the child of educated end well-
to-do parents. who died and ens buri-
ed. Some binge nflerw"nrd the parents
men flesh, and the country y districts of
Hayti change little with the years, but
the btjk)enoo of the continued phaco-
levee of the practice is bolls meageo
and of doubtful quality.
"11 seems to me, Sam, that you are
always looking for work?" "Yes, salt;
so I is, sah I Why, my ole woman is do
greatest worker ycr ever see, sah 1"
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HOW 101-INNY WAS CURED,
Johnny was e. grea,1 big brag. A brae
is a boaster. If ito heard 4 playmate telt
of something he lied done, no matter
what it was, Johnny 3001114 give a snort,
and exclaim 6 "Pooh'! '!'hat's oohing 1
Who couldn't de teat?"
One evening tate family sat around the
ire in tiro sita.Ing-team, !'ops was read -
trig, grandma and fntinllna were sewing,
Alice and Joe were studying 1110)1' les-
sons, when Johnny Carne strutting 1n,
110 tea e chair by the table and bregan
rending "Robinson Crusoe," ..
l rosenlly Joe, who was younger !Ilan
•feolinny, went•up+to his brother, saying:
"Look at my drawing. I did it today In
school. Isn't it geod ?"
"Penh l Cull that good ? You ought to
1001 the one 1 drew., It heals yours all
1)1:llow I"
Aro was rather crestfallen, and little
Alice, who had a sympalheto heart,
pitied Isar bralhar', and, t0
asked him to let her eco 1118 drawinggoing,100,
"1 wish 1 could do as well as you de,
she sold, 1loping to revive her bre•
ibex's drooping spirits.
"Pooh 1"sneered Johnny, "you neOdn'h
try to draw ; for girls can't make even a
straight line."
It was not long before Mr. Boaster left
the room for a few moments. When ho
carpo back, everything sullied to be go-
ing on as when he left, . Papa was react-
ing, grandma and mamma were sewing,
and Ice and Alice were busy with their
It,,sons,
"At last 1 have finished my hem," re-
marked grandma., folding the napkin site,
had begat hemming so industriously.
"Pooh 1" said mamma, cantenhptuously.
"That is nothing, I have done two while
you were doing one 1"
The children looked up quickly; for
who would have believed she svould have
spoken so? It was not like her to do so.
Grandma picket up another napkin
and began hemming it, but Said nothing.
"Papa, look at my example, please,
1 have done every ono of 'them and
haven't merle a single mistake," said
Alice, crossing the room to where. her
tattler was sitting before the open grate
fire. •
"Pooh! That's nothing," replied her
father, not even taking her paper to
look at it. "You ought toseethe way,
1 used tic do oxahntples when I was your
age!"
Poor little Alice was greatly astonished
to hear such a discouraging and boastful
remark from her generally kind father,
and she wos about to horn away when
he drew her near to trim and whispered
something in her ear which brought the
smile to her face.
I'or a few minutes 110 one sold any'
tiling, and work !wont on as before.
Johnny was deeply engrossed in the hie -
(cry of Crusoe's adventures, and the
outer childt'en continued their studies.
"My flowers look so well I believe
the geraniums are going to bloem'
again; remarked mamma.
"Pooh ! They are not half so thrifty as
those I used to raise. Welty, I had flow-
ers all winter long, and you have only.
had a few blossoms in the whole win-
ter," said grandma, contemptuously.
"What is the matter with everybody?"
thought Johnny. He had never known
them to be in suds a humor 0.5 they were
that evening.
When papa remarked presently that
he had stepped into the grocer's and
been weighed that afternoon, and that
he "Upped the beam" at 168 pounds, and
that \vas doing "pretty well" for him,
mamma said crossly :
"Pooh ! You call that doing pretty
well? Old Mr. Benson weighs 225
pcunds, and no one ever heard hint
bragging of it."
Everybody laughed. Papa shouted, It
W114 such a surprise, and grandma got
up and left the room to keep from ebole-
ing with laughter.
Johnny sate them all look at ltim, and
after a minute or two began to "smell a
mouse," as the saying goes.
"Papa," said he, "what are you alt
laughing about? Is it mo?"
"Well,
WO were not exactly laughing
t
at you. We thought we would try your
way • of boasting of our accomplishments
and sae flow you thought it sounded;
but mamma spoiled our game befole NO
had linislled it."
Johnny looked rather sheepish the rest
of the evening. Ile wondered If he was
ns disagreeable as the other folic that
evening when he boasted of what he
could, do or had done. Ho was forced to
admit diet boasting sounded very un-
ple.asant, and he resolved to brealc blessself of the habil..
A FATIIER'S LOVE.
Englishman in Court for Climbinti in
Window "to See the Kiddies."
A sad story 10118 (aid 10 life Graves-
end (England) magistrates 111e other
day. t.ast week a separation order was
granted against Wolfram Coma, an elec-
trician, aged twenty-four, and his wife
went to reside with her two ohtldrets
at a friend's house. On Saturday, night
a noise Ma 110.01111 in 1110 cidldron's bed.
room, and the police found Court inside
with itis 1(1005.1 cul. I10 was net, How-
ever, ,
110 103(n11dan111011ger, that he 3001 not happy
wblhoul 1111 clticlren, (hat ha \vatted se-
la\v 1110 101nd031' niter dark until ha
heard tlheir voices, and then ellmbed in-
to rho bedroom and.. had the satsfao-
tion of nursing them until 11e .heard
their mother coming; Then' he over-
heard her say hard things against him-
soli, and he then cut his throat.
"I did so went -to see the dear little
kiddies," he exclaimed, pathellcaliy In
court when he was .charged with being
a: the House for an unlawful purpose,
Ills solicitor said all he wanted WAS to
spend n few minutes with the children.
lie was ren1011C1ed for the appearance of
his father, who awns slated to be in goad
eh'cumstanees, '1.110 inagish'ale's clerk
;.suggested that en arrangement might•
be made to enable filo, accused to see
lobs children when he wanted.
A man 1035 s 7 mono by lyfug than he
does by statvlterg up for lite friends,