Allan Qnatermain Ky H. UIDEIl JIAGGARD. CTHOR OF "KINO SOLOMON'S "ellS" "jHsa," "tot wrrcu sead," eto. consented eo tnia precautionary measure, me moKt amusinp part of the affair, however, was to seo old UiiLsloixjgaas' astonishment and Alpuonso's dlichk n-. rirva o - wwu o uuuoiuimuuuu, vvnen at last be stood up in all his glory, even down to the medals on his Lreast, and contemplated himu.if n n , the lake, after the fashion of the youne fc-"1"-"' " oncions History, whose name I can't remember, but who fell in love with his wu buauow, the old Zulu could no longer re strain his feelings. "Oh, Bougwanlhosaid. "Ob, Bougwan! - wjuugus mee an ugly little man, and fat fat as the m f .... now thou art liko a blue jay when ho spreads 1.1a foil yi C3 i ... - uu. oureiy, ijugwan, it hurts my eyes to look at thiw J Good did not much like this allusion to his wmcu, to ten the truth, was not very well deserved, for hard exercise had brought ...IUU1 mines; duc on the whole he was pleased at Umslopogaas' admiration. As a P n80' Lo was quit0 delighted. Ahl but monsieur has the beautiful air the air of the warrior. It is the ladies who will say so when we come to get ashore. Monsieur is complete; he puts me In mind of my heroic grand" Here we stopped Alphonse. As we gazed upon the beauties thus revealed ty Good a spirit of emulation filled our breasts, and we set to work to get ourselves up as well as we coul. The most, however, that we were able to do was to array our selves in our spare suits of shooting clothes, of which we each hod one, keeping on our mail shirts underneath. As for my appear ance, all the fine clothes in the world could never make it otherwise than scrubby and in Bigniflcant; but Sir Henry looked what ho is a maffiiiilcont man in his nearly new tweed suit, gaiters and boots. Alphonse also eot himself up to kill, giving an extra turn to his enormous mustaches. Even old Umslopo gaas, who was not in a general way given to the vain adorning of his body, took some oil out of the lantern nnA a .. WW ui 11X1(1 polished up his head ring with it till it shone like Good's patent leather boots. Then he put on the mail shirt Sir Henry had given him and his "moocha," and having cleaned UP iw.0?13 a little stood forth complete. All this while, having hoisted the sail a-ain as soon as wo had finished bathing, we had been progressing steadily for the land, or rather, for the mouth of a great river Pre sently in all about an hour and a half after the little boat had left us-we saw emerging from the river or harbor a large number of boats, ranging up to ten or twelve tons burden. One of these was propelled by twenty-four oars, and most of the rest sailed. Looking through the glass we soon made out that the row boat was an official vessel, her crew being all dressed in a sort of uniform, while on the half deck forward stood an old man of ven erable appearance and with a flowing white beard and a sword strapped to his side, who was evidently the commander of the craft. The other boats people brought out by curiosity, and were rowing or sailing toward us as quickly as they could. J "Now for it," said I. "Whatis the betting? Are they going to be friendly or to put an end to us J" Nobody could answer this question, and not liking the warlike appearance of the old gentleman and his sword, we felt a little anxious. Just then Good spied a school of hippopotami on the water about 200 yards off us, and sug gested that it would not be a bad plan to im press the natives with a sense of our power by shooting some of them if possible. This unluckily enough, struck us as a good idea' and accordingly we at once got out our eight bore rifles, for which wo still had a few cartridges left, and prepared for action. There were four of the animals a big bull, a cow, and two young ones, one three parts grown. We got up to them without diffi culty, the great animals contenting them selves with sinking down into the water and rising again a few vards frtv, i then- excessive tameness struck me as being peculiar. When the advancing boats were about 500 yards away Sir Henry opened the ball by firing at the three parts grown youn one. The heavy bullet struck it fair between the eyes and crashing through the skull, killed it, and it sank, leaving a long train of blood behind it At the same moment I fired at the cow and Good at the old bull My shot took effect, but not fatally, and down went the hippopotamus with a pro- digious splashing, only to rise again pres ently blowing and grunting furiously, dye ing all the water round her crimson when I killed her -with the left barrel. Good, who is an execrable shot, missed the head of the bull altogether, the bullet merely cutting the side of his face as it passed. On glanc ing up. after I had fired perceived that the peoplo we had fallen among were evidently ignorant of the nature of fire arms, for the consternation caused by our shots, and their effect upon the animals, was prodigious. Some of the parties in the boats began to cry out with. fear: others turned and made off as hard as they could; and even the old gentleman with the sword looked puzzled and alarmed, and halted his big rowboat We had, however, but little time for observation, for just then the old bull, rendered furious by the wound ho had received, rose fair within forty yards of us glaring savagely. We all fired and hit him in various places, and down he went, badly wounded. Curiosity now began to overcome the fear of the onlookers, and some of them sailed on up close to us, among these being the man and woman whom we had first seen a couple of hours or so before, who drew up almost alongside. Just then thn rose again within ten yards of their boat and instantly with a roar of fury made at it open mouthed. The woman shrieked and the man tried to give the boat way, but without suc cess. In another second I saw the huge red jawsjand gleaming ivories close with a crunch on the frail craft, taking an enormous mouth ful oiit of its side and capsizing it. Down went the boat, leaving its occupants strug gling in the water. Next moment, before we could do anything toward saving them, the huge and furious creature was up again and making open mouthed at the poor girl, who was struggling - in the water. Lifting my rifle just as the grinding jaws were about to close on her, I fired over head right down the hippopotamus' throat Over he went and commenced turning roivid and round, snort in tr nnrl blowinff red streams of llwl thrnn-rli his nostrils. Before he could recover himself, however, I let him have the other barrel in the side of the throat, and that finished him. He never moved or struggled again, but in stantly sank. Our next effort was directed toward saving the girl, the man having swum off toward another boat; and in this we were fortunately successful, pulling her into the canoe (amid the shouts of the spectators) considerably exhausted and frightened, but otherwise unhurt Meanwhile the boats Lad gathered together at a distance, and w roiiM cupantsj who were evidently much f rigbtei.ed, were consulting what to do. Without giving them time for further consideration, which we thought might result unfavorably to rur Bclves, we instantly took our paddles and ad vanced towards them, Goal standing in the bow and taking off his cocked hat politely in every direction, his amiable features suffused by a bland but intelligent 6milo. Most of t he craft retreated as we advanced, but a ;w held their ground, while tho big row! oat came on to meet us. Presently we vcro alongside, and I could see that our appear ance and esjieeially Good's and Umsh.uo gaas's filled tho venerable looking com- wiui usLonisomenc, not unmixed v ith awe. He was dressed after the same fasl.-ou as the man we first met, except that his shirt was not made of brown cloth, but of j ure white linen hemmed with purple. The kilt, however, was identical, and so were the thick rings of gold around the arm and be neath the left knee. The rowers wore only a kilt, their bodies being naked tothewcist Good took off his hat to the old gentleman with an extra flourish, and inquired after his health in tho purest English, to which ho re plied by laying tho first two fingers of liia right hand horizontally across his lips und holding them there for a moment, which we took as his method of salutation. Then he also addressed some remarks to us in he same soft accents that had distinguished ;ur first interviewer, which we wero forced to indicate we did not understand by shaking our heads and shrugging our shoulders. This last Alphonse, being to the manner born, .lid to perfection, and in so polite a way that i.o body could take an v offense. Then u.o..;. to a standstill, till I, being exceedingly hungry, thought I might as well call atten tion to tho fact, and did so first liTnumn,. my mouth and poiuting down it, and t.icn ruuuing my stomacn. These signals the old gentleman clearlv understood, for h his head vigorously, and pointed toward the harbor; and at tho tamo time one of the men on his boat threw us a line and motioned to us to make it fast, which wo did. The row boat then took US ill tow. and nrnwciWl ,,.,-f k great rapidity toward the mouth of the river, accompanied bv all the othnr liWo t about twenty minutes more we reached tne entrance to the harbor, which was crowsled witn ooats lull or people who had come -.nt to see us. We observed that fill thA rw--T, pants were more or less of the same tvpe, though some wero fairer than others. n deed. we noticed certain n was of a most dazzling whiteness; and ho darkest shado of color which wo saw was about that of a rather swarthy Spam'.; id. Presently the wide river gave a sweep, .-.id when it did so an exclamation of astonish ment and delight burst from our lips as we caught our first view of the place that we afterward knew as Milosis, or the Frowning City (from mi, which means city, and los's, a frown). At a distance of some 500 yards from ' he river's bank rose a sheer precipice of gran; to, 200 feet or so In height, which had no doubt onco formed the bank itself the intermediate space of land now utilized as docks and road ways having been gained by draining ::id deepening and embanking the stream. On tho brow of this precipice stood a great buildincr of tho same eranito th.it fm cliff, built on three sides of a square, the fourth side being open, save for a kind of battlement pierced at its base by a little door. Thi3 imposing place we afterwards disco v- '1'IaATTSMOUTII WEEKLY ilEllAXD, TllPJtSHAY. SKKIKMUKK 22. 1887. touched Ms fore!: vHon of tli: cr through th mav tonne.-! cd wiiii Lith. rto bfiPW ) some. Then hu aienced tho in,: and behold! he r. ilny cf tho live bride, up tho hta. in duo cuuio Lo i wife and fMiml. J !iost3-, which is of tli Stairwiv how energy anl ping fetGne3 to t orato his triurr?i himself dreaming touched him on i tho great ball -. stands to thii da;. t H ad, and of a sudden he sair .pleted work, and saw, too, ry, and how tho difficulties ho flying arch that had s genius were to be over- voke and once more corn . , but on a different plan, lioved it, and on tho last :'ars ho led tho princess, his v and into the palace. And .came king by right of hia tho present Zu-Vendl dy this day called tho "House ,"' thus proving onco more -lent are the natural 6tep andeur. And to commem 'i he fashioned a statue of and of the fair woman who' o forehead, and placed it in i the palace, and there it V. T . I. - ! JF- - - - - 1" -. Jl JV . - - - - -: ti.---t. . J -r -' a 7,'u Such was tli" such tho city be-; it tho "Frownii;-; mighty works ' frown down n. sorattr spiemi"-: sunshine, but v.!.' ci her imptii.". like a super na: inaogining of a. -is a mortal ' genius of gf-iiL-j rf the neurit.-;::' reat staircase. ;,-reat stair of Milosis, nnd nd. No wonder they caJled City," for certainly those solid granite did seem to n our littleness in their This was so even in tho i tho storm clouds e-athe rpil brow, Milosis looked more ai dwelling place, or some ;ot's brain, than what she , carven by the patient jns out of the red silence side. APTER XII. STER QUEENS boat glided on up the cut-' 3C to tne foot of tho vnt. l halted at a flight of steps .lln!r TlInYV Horn j m j vm gentleman disem; arked. and inviterf n n likewise, which, : aving no alternative, and nf;aj iy sen e(i, we am witbtn.it hesita tion taking our ;ues with us. however each of ut inn" 1. our truido ncnn la,v s in salutation und bowed 3 time ordering back the -sembled to gaze on us. Tho canoe was the cirl we had water, for whom her com- t n k a.. Tho big row:i:c. ting that ra:i air Rtairiray, and tf" Lading to tli3 lr fingers on his '; deeply, at the ca: crowds who lma last to leave t!r picked out cf th As his I . .... 1 V. 1 A pnnion was wait;:. ;. Before she went away she kissed niy haml tude for having ' the hippopotami! had by this tin1. ; may have had of anxious to retnrr ful owners. At kiss Good's hi: the young off. As soou number of the big boat took L and chattels, u: the splendid etai: us by nieuiis of i perfectly safe. " right and led th z was, as I at terwr." ing into a good wooden table v suppose as a tok jn of c-rnti- ved her from, the fury of ana it seemeci to me that she Jite got over anv fear she :s, and was by xio means ai sucn a nurrv to her law- ay rate, she was going to as well as mine, when Interfered and led her we were on shore a nen who had ro wed the ssession of our fi rw goods I started with t hem up ase, our guide indi sating to uons tnat the thi ncrs wpr lis done, he turne a to the vay to a small hou so, which l discovered, an mi 1. Enter- ized room, we sa w that a Approaching Milosis. ered was the palace of tho queen, or rather of the queens. At tho back of the palace tne town sloped gently upward to a flashi.ig building of white marble, crowned by the golden dome which we had already observod. The city was, with tho exception of this one building, entirely built of rod granito ;.:id laid out in regular blocks with splendid road ways between. So far as wo could see also tho houses wero all one-storied and detached, with gardens round them, which gave some relief to the eye wearied with the vista of red granite. At the bacK of the palace a road of extraordinary width stretched away up ihe hill for the distance of a mile and a half or so, and appeared to terminate at an o;eu space surrounding the gleaming building that crowned the hill. But right in front of us was the wonder and glory of Milosis the great staircase of the palace, the magnificence Of which fairlv took our brrsth nwnv Txi ; !, reader imagine, if he can, a splendid st::irwny, sixty-five feet from balustrade to balustrade, consisting of two vast flights, each of i5 steps of eight inches in height by three fret broad, connected by a flat resting place s::fy feet in length and running from the pair.ee wall on the edge of the precipice down to meet a water way or canal, cut to its feat from the river. This marvelous staircase was supported upon a single enormous gran 'te arch, of which tho resting place between the two flights formed the crown; that is, the connecting open space lay upon it Fivni this archway sprang a subsidiary flying arch, or rather something that resembled a flying arch in shape, such as nono of us had seen in any other country, and of which the beauty and wonder surpassed all that we have ever imagined. Three hundred feet from point to point, and no less than 550 round the curve that half arc soared touching the bridge it supported for a space of fifty feet only, one end resting on and bflt into the parent arch way, and the other imbedded in the solid granite of the side of the precipice. The staircase, with its supports, was, in deed, a work of which any living man might have been proud, both on account of its mag nitude and its surpassing beauty. Four times, as we afterward learned, did tho work, which was commenced in remote antiquity, fail ami was then abandoned for three centuries, when half finished, till at last there ros-s a youthful engineer named Rademas, who said that he would comr!ete it successfully, nr.d staked his life upon it If he failed, ho vras to be hurled from the nreciniee ha had nmlr. taken to scale; if he succeeded, he was to Lo rewarded by the hand of the king's daughter. Five years was given to him to complete the work, and an unlimited supply of labor .i .i'l material. Throe times did his arch fail,' liil at last, seeing failure to be inevitable, he il -termined to commit suicide on the morro v of the third collapse. That night, however, a beautiful woman came to him io q dream uud alrendv fnrnic' -iivl cv?f1- iuuu, presumably n preparation for us. Hero our guide motion ' 1 us to be seated 01 1 a bench tnat ran tho leng ; 1 of the table. W e did not require a second ivitation, but at once fell 100 ravenously o. tne viands before us, which were served on v . oden platters, and consisted of cold goat's flc-: , wrapped up in s omo kind 01 ieai wai gave s a delicious fla- ror, green vegetables resell;'., ing lettuces, bro tvn bread and red wine r. jred from a skin into born mugs. 11ns Hi:v.- was peculiarly soft and good, having soir. thing of the fla' ror of Bur- gundy. Twar.ty ; ainutes after w e sat down at that hospitucl board we rose f roui it feel ing hko new 11. After all thnftwohnl gone through r.e : eeded two thin-s, f0ld and rest, cnu me 100 i or itself was a great bless- :11s or tne same chan.nn o first whom -we had s ?en ile we ate. and vorv n.v. Iv were also drrssed in t e ely, in a whito linen petti- le unee, ana with the toga own cloth, leaving bare the ist l afterword found out . nationa) i7rAce an,i lated by an L-j.i c istom, though, of course, subject to varLuk us. Thns, if the petticoat signified that the wearer wmte, with a straght pur e eage, tnat she was mar legal wife; if with a waw she was a second or other lack stripe, that she was a ne way the toga, or "kaff," as of different shades of . bite to the deeuest brown. ink of the -wearer, and em- ld in various xenva TVn'o also applies to tt -, "shirts." or tunics, worn bv tho men. jvhic!: ried in material and color: uut, u.e i-iics v. o; always the same except as regards o.uaL'1 - One thin-r. li man nnd wwiau ' i the country wore 'as the """UUJ1 iiit..,;. anu tuat was the thick Uiliu Of gold rc.i ; the richt arm nhn-ca tha ft leg beneath the knee, ik also wore a torque of k, and I observed that our Cnghf ares of the city, aii'l wrr'? used by t-.j Inhabitants passing ; ;iiid down from (I ; docks. These were I :"'."d by gn i f. bronze, and also, ns v n I i t rv.-. -J Icurued, ' was possible to let - 'a it jkiiUuii ..ftl .j roadways themselve. ' a irhdniwiiig cr; uiiu bolts, and thus rendi r it f)iiit impracticrblM for an enemy to n-the third iritrnti. e consisted of a flig!. i f t.-n ;urvel black marblo steps leading ... i doorway cut in ih- palace wall. Tliis w !i was in itself n wor': of art, being built of I ie l.!.-kscf giuniu- ' tho height of forty f, , tnd m fnshio'ifil ths its face was concave. 'u-reby ii was ivndon.-1 practically impoKsib: i it to bo scaled. 'I this doorway our g.ti.to us. The d K , whicb was very mas , and made of .",'. protected by an oi " . :ute uf bronze. closeil; but on approach it 'v;.s thrown wide, and were met bv tl i challenge of a sentr , v.-ho artr.ed wit-. a neavy, triangular . '.;-.n.-d :;jear, mot. u,. like a bayonet in sha . J a cuttina !A-nv. nud protected by br. . '. .;iid Lack nii-.fr-: ( - carefully prepared 1:: . ;jtnnm hide. 'id small round shield ,.,'ned of the f-vi. tough material. T' - v. . rd instantly ; -traded our attenti .'. -t was practic'i. identical with the on :' 'Jx-nossos-siim of y : Mackenzie which he -i ; fbtninedfrom tli starred wanderer. rJ '".:v vus no mistaL ii.., fthe gold lined fretw rut in the thickiK- of the blade. So tin --"ii had t!d the 1 1 u after alL Our guid ::: tani ly gnvo a ; :l-. - word, which tho s- ' ' r acknowledged letting the iron shaft Ins spear full with ) ringing sound upon paveiuont. and w passed on thi-oua;h th' ?:i'.f sive wall into li. courtyard of the pv-'n-e. Ihls was al.-oi.t fortv vards souare. . -'ii V'.id out in f!ri i- beds full of lovely si. ubs and jilants, i.-iai.v of which wero quitt : -w to m. TIiruu;.'a the center of this en- m r.m n l.ro.ml ill- formed of powdered ' . lis brought from 11" lake in tho place of ::i vtl. P'ollowing t':;.: wo came to another -.r.vnv with n. rcinv' heavy arch, which i. i.nng with thick de tains, for there are r.': i'mi-s in (ho ;alnc ir- self. Then came ai r short , ge, a;: I we were in tho cxeai ':. ; cf thj ualucc. r.-. 1 once more stood osto ii !"?,! a the simplo ui;-.l yet overpowering gr;:1;.". in- of thu ilace. Ine hall is, as wo : i -.v.ini.s learned. 1." feet long by 80 wide. .:.! has a mairiiiH.vi ', arched roof of carve.' vjod. Down tho en tire length of tho bui. ' '.r. t.'icre are on eilin-.-side, and at a distal:-" of lirtiitv ti-i-t fi-, ,,- tho wall, slender tLr.Ji.s of black marl.,.! springing sheer to th" f, beautifully fluted and with carved c; ir.'s. At one r.f this great place whirl' tL.-.w pillars support i ; tho group of which I . .- alreadv snnt n- executed by tho kin ! l 1-n-. is tocommem r ato his building of tl -...urease; mid recilv, when we had time to - ji o it. its lovpii:-,, almost struck us dure Tho group, of wh i-, i ; the figures are in whi and tho rest in black marble, is about half ? Jai-iro niraiii n i;r.. and represents a y ::';; man of 'noble fvui: tenance and form tl-- y.ing heavily upon couch. One arm is i vlcsslv thrown . .- the side of this cou. :, fiid his head rerxw.-, upon toe other, its cui j ?!.-s partially Lil- i t 1 : . . on his forehead, is .. 'i:iped female fort.- vi such whito loveliness iual.e the lx?hoid breath stand still. . '. as f- r the r.-ilm - that shines upon her . .c. t facrwell. 1 never hope to descrii . But tliere it. i -,. like the shadow of ; .". iii.gc-V' smile; nt! power, love and di'-' all have their iar' in it Her eves are ' --.1 ur'-.n thw .lin; -.- youth, and perhaps : ; ivo--t. xtj-aopliisa thing about this beat.. .. :1 w.jvfc is the sue- e- with which the artist . - i;c'ved'l in di.'t.. ing on the sleeper's vv .-;i i weary faco ti. sudden rising of a ne" spiritual though.' as the snell becins to '. : 1. within hiw n.; , : You can see that a:: idmHon is breakin.--ii upon the darkness i tiio man's soul, as th-.-dawn breaks in upo:. dart ne-s of tl: -night. It is a glorior ; -c of statuary, an,! none but a cenius cc:'..i have coiiciM'vpi i Between each of the .- narLle colunms i-: some such group of tli-vos, some allegorical, and some representii .- t' e nprsons nml ivivt, of deceased monarchs : jrreat men : )ut non. of them, in our opin: .. . r-on;es up to the '):o I have described, aV . -!'h several are from the hand of the great. : :' -itor and eugiuecr, King Rademas. In the exact center ;' o hall was a. s.ii;.; mass of black marbl.: !Kt the sizn ,r ., baby's arm chair, wh -li it rather resem1, . I rr- - in appearance. in two fingers across tho lips In salutation. Then oft footed attendants advanced from between the pillars, bearing seats which were placed in a line in front of tho thrones. We three sat down, Alphonse and Umslopogaas land ing behind us. Scarcely had we done so when there came a blare of trumpets from some passage to tho right, and a similar blare from the left Next a man with a long white wand of ivory appeared just in front t tha risrht band throne, nnd cried out (Z'o be continued.) A Remarkable Growth- Tho many friends of Messrs. 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Fitzgerald IU.ock. PiTThMouTir,NKn. we afterwai'. -. e of this ren;"'"i. r 'tlr rr-onaichs ip; niony of coronati...:;. .-".ieu.nrd the intci -t i 'i.iiijitaiu its a dais spread vvi-!i '." o t urones aiv ; . -ii.s ore ribr.pe-d li,.-. .i! solid prold. 'i"v- . hv.t tho back.-? inj; to us. Two ! cast of face as t.: waited on us wv they did it. Th:; samo fashion, nr.: coat coming tc . liko garment of 1 right arm and bi that this was t" was pure whit.'. ,. was uuinarneii ; ' pie btripe round 1: ried and a first cr purple stripe, th. wife; if with a . widow. In the as they call it, color, from puj according to th- broidercd at the elbow and th? People of hiVb gold round t'.;7- . guide had ono cu So soon as v. c veneraLlo condu u. urusuea our meal our or, who had been standing all the while, n varding. us with inquiring eyes, and our g.. .s with something as like fear us his pride - ould allow him to show, bowed towards i ood, whom he evidently took for the ler.u ; ot the party on account of the splendor of i. ; apparel, and onco more led the wa tht c : ;h tho door and tnthafnnt. of tho great stair ;se. Hero we caused for a two colossal lions, each le block of pure black ug rampant on the termi s balustrades of the stair- moment to adra: hewn from n I marble, and sla.ii,. Dations of the v.i case. On he went up .'je first flight of 120 steps, across th-s broad platform joining it to the second flight, ix 0 we paused to admire the glorious view o: ne of the most beautiful stretches of ci.-; y that the -world can show, edged by Uic V. waters of the lake. Then we passed on up t lis till at last we reached tho top, w here ve found a Jarge standing space to w hich ti : e were three entrances, aS cf small siao. i of these opened on to rather narrow t,- .cries or roadways cut in the laco of the p-x-ipice that ran round the palace walLs tui.i led to thj prioripal thor- learned, was the sacr able people, and on . their hand after the c and swore by tho sun ests of the empire, ar. toms, traditions and At the end of the I:: rich carpets, on whi. side by side. Theso great chairs, and m: seats are richlv cushii left bare, and oneai .: ai-ved the embleni or ine sun, suooung ,ns nory rays m directions. The foe- ;-;.is are golden lions couchant, with yellow '.:.;.a.".i's set in them eye3. There are no )..:-.: gems about tLcui. The place is lighted Ly numerous but nar row windows, places Di eh up, cut on the principle of the loop!: u s to br seen in ui; cient castles, but inno v.-.i of class, which was evidently unknown h i. Such is a brief description of this snlfTi'ii-I hall in which we now "und ourselves, com piled, of coui-se, from car subsequent kno-.v;-edge of it. On this oi ,' i?;i'ri wo had but lit. ;.; time for observation, v. when we entered v. j I verceived that a lar - i.'imber of men were g -athered together in i t f the two throne?, w hich were unoccupi.-:. Tlie jirincipal aiiiop th 5m were seated or. curved wooden chair.-, raL'ged to the righl the left of V" thrt-'nes, but not in fr: f them, and v--v dres;id in white tun. s, with various cic broid erios and differeii colored edgings, n?id armed w.'th the usual ciercu-d and geld -iniii swords. To judge fr,: the dignity of thc-i.-appearaneo, they seen: 1 o:.? and all to Lv i-i-dividuals oi very gre::; importance. C.iiii l each of thesi great m. -i w as a small knot of followers and attendants. Seated by themselves, in a little group tj the left of the throne, --ro six meii of a dif ferent stamp. Inst l of wearing the ordinary kilt they w i e clothed in long robes of pure white linen, w.i.:i the same symbol of the sun that is to be s-v.i on the back of the chairs, emblazoned in ;-od thread upon th breast. This garment was girt up at thr? waist with simple ' v'J-i curb like cliaiii, from which- bung Ion;: eiiiptic plates of th-? same metal, fashiout-.i ia shiny scales lik? those of a fls b, that, a - : ht"r w-.'?rcr3 moved, jincledand i -efleeted 'uht. The3' ..vv. all men of ma tare ag- . : i:d of a seve" z.: x impressive cas,1; of ft;t:-i: es, hich wa i ' ii- dered still more impu. : 1 y tho Iom bep-.i-; they wore. The nersonalitv" of j UiC.-r laai ano;.r them, however, im."-.' u it once. II. seemed to stand out rnv. ;i felloua refuse to be overloo':. li was ve. - ..; I 60 at least and ext.- -eiy it1, with a in-; snow white beard tlvx; 1-r.iijf nearly to hi waist. His features v. -- n.'iuii'ni? and d .y cut. and his eves wer- i" iv aud cold l'ol:i:!". The heads of the ot!' . 'vore bare, but t. '; man wore a round ca i . .it irelv covered with gold embroidei-y, fro r. v. hich -n-e judg, 1 ; ' .-it-he was a pei"son of j-'-'-'- imiiirtain'e: au.i, isdei3d. I afterward C -'rvci-ed that, he -v VJ Agon, the high priest - c.'uiiirj'. As w; HJ'J'l UUVUCU, . I I ii - ..- ., ... ......... . - J - priests, rose and bowcj to us with the great est courtesy, at the x;n;e time placing the - - - w - - you can live at home nv.tl make more money at work for un than at :mv thingelse in this world. Capital not reeded ; you are started free. Hoth sexes : all ajies. Anv one cun dn thp w'orl: l.'ir.m ..ii.i,i,i,.u l....... from first start. Costly out lits and terms free. Better not delay. Costs you nut h ing to send us your address and Und out ; and if you are wise you will do so at once. Address Ii. Hallktt & i.o.. Portland. Maine. 3(ilv mxasl u ,V, Iflt'j I J1JKIT vhtoj iCTTm.Mj j m.onwrjd LfKMiK CAUCUi'lI. JOS. A. CONNOh", l'resldeiit. Vine-President. W. II. CC.SIlt;,ci. Canliier. I)1i:k(tokh Frank ('arruth, J. A. Conr.or, 1'. K. Cuthinacii, J. W. Jolnifon, Henry i'.o-ck, John O'Keefe, W. I. MfiTiatn, Win. V.'eteuciilup, W. II. Cushmg. Transacts a fJen.-ral Hanklnir Uiinlness. All who have any Jiankintc business to tiai.sact are invitc.i to cull. No mattT liow laii;e or unall t'ie truiiactlon, It will receive our careful attention, and we inmiH- always cour teous treatment.. Issues CertlOcates of le: osits hearing Inteie.s: lluys and sells Foreign K.;fiange, County and Citv .steui it ien. JOHJf KITZUE'IAI.JJ, President. S. WAUGJf CafhU r FfST NATIONAL IB jl. jst OF fbATTaMOUTH. NliliKASKA, Offers tho very best facilities for the prompt transaction of legitimate BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks. Bonds. Cold, (government and l,oc oocurmes i-.ouicni tiiui ;so!d, Deposits receiv ed arid Interest allowed on time Certifi catec Draft drawn. available hi any part of the I'nited Statee j,nd All the principal towun of Euroue. Collections made & promptly rtu.ittcd UlRhest market price paid for County War- btate ai.d County Iiondn. DIRECTORS i .Trrhn Fit7rrer.i.ld John It. Clark, 1. IlawkswortL . wauun. s. K. white. jr-rMw--.MM-T-TTrr-Y-T-B -if LH w BONNiR'stABLES- 'Uy t-- Have any thin- you want from a two wlieeku! go curt to a twenty -four CARRIAGES FOR PLEASURE tW are always kept ready. Caks or tight carrlarres, pall -hearer wa-,;I(S flllfl fVfl-l-t ll i 1 1 If i . i. -I'll iinr.-,l ii 1 . ...1 ,1 t' n, C - j iuii.iai;Uiuiir,u;uoii tnui i nynee. j e rm s casi i . S&.VIXTG SAPPSX-ir GOT OS' OTTS. i m ess Old, ahop worn Goods, WE CAN NOW OFFEtt SOME FUESH AND SUI'EItlOIt GOODS IX vx Aj h ti " t A rn It li tt-3 iiil l?i mmm Greatly Puoducod Ladies' Kid Button Shoes. forinei-K- t'tD nr.- o r n Ladies' Ivid Ihitton Shoes, tonnerly 2.25, now Sl.U."). . Ladies' Teh. Goat Shoes, formerly $2.75, now sl.75. Ladies' A Calf Shoes, formerly $2.25, now $2.t0. Ladies' Kid Opera Slippers, formerly $1.00. now 75c. Men's "Working Shoes, tonnerly $1.75, now $1.10. Choice Box offoiv old Goods left at less than half Cui Manufacturing and Repairing Neatly and Promptly done. CALL A-T TKS OLD STAND OP PETER FIERCE. . V r