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-rtn.lor' T it We
for I lie Majority of Our
j'lmtar Scents A T.Ut f
, U ?) ('I 1 it- mot raiimbis ot too
of n-nvcrs nviiilaLlo to the per
Wben lricsl it is useful iu sailieU or
..1 jiowiWs; di'-tiiiril. it yield? roue
r nnl tS:o well kiiO.vii otto, ami sul
.H-tl to enll.Mirao it give oil, poin.-xlo and
nleolinlut. Tlio variety cliii-fly us-l is the
bundled Wvol U'sa CVntifolin, niiil is jjrawu
f r com'.iih rcinl ptirj)Ow!.'s m-Kt extensively in
.Turkey, India ninl in tho foulli of Francis.
The otto of roso isnliht yellow or straw
eoloifd liijtiil, j.oin i:i n liili ilegreo of
eoiicciitr:itio!i thi i-liara-t-ristic otlor of the
flower, ii.nl n 1;.T.imv-ii?xs uuil ln-rsistency
that n-mii-r it .f f;reat Hrrvii-o to tliejicr
f urncr.
Of tho citrine family, consisting o tho
two jrrv:.t divisions of Unions nnl oranges,
the littt-r or S-.'viilu orange m tb most val
tial.Io s M-ci s to tho jK-rf uiiht. Its (lowers
yield liu' otio known us the oil of neoroli. or
rv ;.!;-, :-.:i ilv cnfleiirao a pintado and al-coli-
! of (!'.! ;-litful i'ra;;ruiicc. Tho rind
of the ri, lruit cozitaiii.t a u.it-fiil oil, mid
t):'? hMsall liu rj J .' I,erri-s and leaves also fur
ii.;". 4nother o,i:i'o of inijl lanro is
t'.iat, l.r:o".vn as the lu r:aniia. from which the
oil of l-i r,:a!:iot i .roili:ci-l. Tho cotnmoa
1 i:;'! j;iw'.s :t'i r-vni'" having lmth Jierftime
und llavoi-; whili? from tin? citron id taken
t'.if? truly ikiiiit ul essence known ns the
ol.!o of l ed'-a.
Ol.llcura . e liii' I :;'h--,t violet yields nt
oi'.or '.xlne'i is i:::iv(-r: ally admired for its
delicacy a.-! 1 si'.ii-;ii"-.i. Tlio chief violet
beds are at, 'iee, v. l.ei i- t Ho plants are bedded
i:i thu i-tuiilo of i. ;.n i r aeaci i grovca. Ap
!!'. i:,:a: ions of the M-ciil of the? violent UIO
fuiii'l i.i !!;' ai-M'i.i, t!i" orris and in myall
wood, a native of Australia. Tho acacia re
fer reil to is a : ;iia.l tree or shrub which trows
only in sonthera I.-iti' tides, and tho flowers,
vhu !i arc ..!!..v n:il about the sio of u
1 ifj." I e-i, ni- y ii'i' l oasMc flowers. These
ere!:-., 'id I i n:!eura-e. C'a.-;ie must not
1 cniif..i!-!ii' d with cas.iia, which is the com
mon i : 1 1: 1 1 n
The ti:tH'-4i-o is a bullions l.mt, first no
f ice I by oi.l v.'.-iters as the Indian hyacinth.
Tho od"r is ol;taii;ed by i-nl!eurav,o and rs
l "t only a favcrito ia its junv state, but en
tors iatoiiie irmatioil of the most rechorcho
IHTjaets. France, Italy and Siuiin contain
the chief pardons of tho tubt-ro-a, although
tiiere is no reason why ia this industry, as in
so nriny others, t 'alifoi nia shoidd not enter
the ismivet ii: I' -ld.
Tin? v; ;:e; vl.ia - ifl iwerof llowei-s) is tho
l io-ii'a f a l.iiv treo native ia the islands
of Lie I fba are':. ip.. Its native Tagal
litttiK' i.s t !:. ih I i:.-;1 !;hi', the Malays call
it Jlatsoit'-i, ai-d to bitanists it is kaowu us
I'ui-u i o i ral iiuia. Tiio llowers remind
no soiitewii it of the Joeu-t blos.oii. Their
fC-Ior is a pieen;s!i u'!!')'.v, and they jmcsiss
mi odor rt'.-Minl.'.ii," ti in;.Lni'e of jasmin
and lilac, so j.owerful that if scciitstbo air for
miles. The ylanp, lans was lint discovered
lvu ch"!iii-t at Mat.ila in
It is now
J-irc-eiy manufactured thero und at Singa-
fiOtV.
Lavender, r'. r.iary, n::d patchoul v arc all
lierbs. The two former are (suite well known
in this c? mnt ry; tho last, named is an Indian
plant reseniMmg onr garden sage. To tho
natives it, is known as putchapat, lioth leaves
m.d stern yicl.'.ng uti otto of great strength
and very iculiar odor.
Of tun pico series cloves and cinnamon
fire the only om-s that are much used iu per
fumery, mid these are chiefly employed in
nonps. Ti'.e olovo trotf largely cultivateil
in the Wot Jadi.-s and liio lalacca Islands;
while t!ie cinnamon is rot the bark of com-
l iere, l. ;r. o:.i s i r !:i a s-nauer tree anu uus j
n mil.!"r odor aad ilavor, with a faint touch
iof muskiaess. Cassia comes from China, the
true cinnamon from dylon.
Two oiiorous grasses, tiatives of India, fur
nish otlcs of extensive usefulness. One is
kmou t:: as. having a strong resemblaiu-e iu
odor to tho lemon verljena, aiu from it
r.'-arly ail our "extracts of verln-na' and
verbent water" are made. The other otto
i ; ciUron -lIa. a perfume which most persons
lavo ma le acquaintance with in theT.o called
"hi'iiej' t-xip.
11. l wood of tli sandal tree, a native of
tbo Wi'-t Indies, gives a curious odor, greatly
admired in Oriental countries and much val
ued by ns. H is both used in substance and
distilled for its otto. Vetivert, or kus-kus, a
thread like Indian rout, furnishes another
perfume of tho sinio class as sandal, but
sharj er an I more approaching floral odors.
It is a stro . - d.:rablo odor that gives its
chara'. ti r.o; iO to th 'vasiimero bouiuet"'
stap. Tho otto of vetivert is much higher ia
cost than ecu v. sat of roses.
Ditter al:i:oi!s, tin rig h ec-.Nmning r.o otto
in tii-.ir i;.:tural state, yield or.o by tho re
notion of their coustiruents in the presence
cf water. Thus tls.? still furnishes us the
alaionded-jr, whi-.-h, whilj .-ickoning in itself,
Cad-' a i bee f:i mi:iulo iuautilics iu many cf
' tho fiaet floral coaiiK.uuds.
Vr.iii'.la is ilie capsule of a beautiful creep
ing plant native in Mexico and South
America. It is generally irom sir to ten
inches in l.-ngth, about one-fourth of raa
nch ia diameter, cynudrical in shape, taper-
toward either end at:d tiighily flattened.
- color is da: k brown. The interior coa-
sort of pulp filled with little shining
seeds. Its flavor and odor are bctii
r.
rigia of ambergris was long a ruys
' is now known to be a diseased
ve sperm;iceli whale. It i.s
tho surface of tho sea and
i is extrtmcly cupleasaat
which gives xaeUo'raesj cud
jy to mixtures,
s a dark brown, s?mi-flui J s?erf tion
1 from the civet cat, a native of
; :d India. It is found ia an external
- receptacle peculiar to this animal.
rtic3 are ia general similar to om
it its od ir uzrtaois more jr- l
a fioral compour.ds.
is also a secretion,- ai: 1 is obtained !
musk fl'.tr, a pretty little animal ;
;ng tho higher mountain ranges of ,
China aud Thibet. Tho musk is
- gnvdl pocket or pouch under tho
and. being cut off by the
' rd and dry and preserves
as powder of a red
lowerfsi, warm, aro
yii with every other j
permanency without j
surprising that from
rials such a variety of
ut these few distinct
"s. I c is this knowl
of blendirg, that
"te "isaccessible
"enot always
nd, inary
:ylike the
will which
sw weeks
Chron-
. a-a ,;reut.
I, alone, one day in June, was fishing oti
tholiankiiof tho bayou Yucatan, under iho
bhiuL-of an oak, i:i Lorth Ivoi.lslana, having
left my ftuillioat several hundred yards froia
liu?, ia order to oscafMi tho hot sun.
1 hud hardly wated myself convenientlr
when a dark object was ven appror-.chir! on
the surface of tho water. At firt I thought
it was an alligator, but on clos-r o'iscrvatio:i
iiseovered it to bo an enormous ci ecj.ii; ;!
ji'iit. When this hupo monster was within
u few yards of theSK.t where I was seated 1
gathered some htones aliout tho size of tiw
S8 "'id struck him eleven times, and,
struiiG to relate, tho b'ows did not Ji'.jx'ar
to worry bim to anj- r,reat iloree, as Lo
never once left tlio fcurfai.-o of tho water, but
continued unconcernedly at a slow pace uj
Mream.
I immediately left my rod und reel and
hastily wamjiered to my boat. It was o::ly
a 1 1 nest ion of several minutes before I was in
midstream iu hot pursuit, of this object,
which was soon overtaken. Vrhen within
c1iko proximity I noticed it to bo blind and
apparently harmless. Fearing, however, an
attack, 1 feeized my rifl, and, ta'citiiC aim at
its head, fired. The bullet lodged in tho col
lar liono and broke his neck. Tht ro was a
fcliyht movement of tho tail, a b'ttlo slashing
of Iho water, and all was over, tho monster
floating down stream. Curious to learn tho
fcjiecics of this peculiar rcptil", a made a las:o
f rom a t.toiit rope w hich 1 had iu my boat
and threw it around its Inxly, tlius enabling
me to tow it ashore.
A critical examination developed t lie fact
that I had captured a monster snake never
before seen by me. It had a head resembling
it long funnel s'inpil horn, tho body being
similar to small kegs joined together. What
liiado matters more queer, each keg had a
bunghole (some of tho bungs U-ing ou top
mid Mime, on tho sides). Hauling the tail on
the bank (which was by no moans an easy
task), out of curiosity to learn the contents
of tho kegs, I ojiened one of tho bungholes
by means of a jackknife, and found it to
contain a very lino purified oil.
Just at this juncture my uncle, who is an
old fisherman and has been a member of tho
city council, camo up, and the minuto his
eyes fell on tho captive, with frantic gesticu
lations ho exclaimed that I had captured a
valuable porpoise Miakc, seldom seen iu these
waters.
The oil in tho kegs I found to bo pure, un
adulterated porpoise oil. 1 had twelve forty
nine gallon oil ImshvIs sent to tho bank and
11! led them all. Tho oil was shipped to tho
most extensive watch making establishment
in this country, and brought a handsome
sum.
l!y way of explanation, I would say that
this snake obtains the oil by plunging its
sharp head into tho sido of the porpoise and
drains every drop of oil from its lxly.
Tho snake had fifty-three kegs and was
sixty-iiino feet long.
I still havo possession of tho kegs and
bungs (tho head having decayed), which I
pri::e.
Should any on doubt tho veracity of this
statement, I can exhibit the kegs and bungs.
New Orleans Picayune.
C'li.rin; a Iluilroad Wreck.
A gentleman tells me that he has seen one
of tho most extraordinary pieces of executive,
dispatch in his life. ! was coming down
the Hudson lliv.r road," Le said, "two or
three days ago, when tho train was stopped
by a wreck near Hudson. A freight train
had l;con thrown off tho track. Tiio engine
was lying imlx-dded in a hole, oue car was ly
ing across the track; another had lost its
trucks and was flat on tho track, and tho
tender of tho locomotive was also deeply im
liedded. We had waited there an hour and a half
or two hours, and twenty trains had lioen
stoppeiL The-had yanked one of tho cars
up on jack screws, as if to run trucks under
it, arid then got it out of the way. It looked
as if wo wero Roing to stay until night, and
wo began to think about finding a steamboat
or buggy or something to get on to New
York, when all at once an engine and wreck
ing car heaved in sight.
Before tho engine had come lo a stop wo
could hear tho roadmaster's voice ring out,
giving irisordurs liefore Lo had seen tho sit
uation. He seemed to bo as familiar with
everything ou the spot as if he had been there
all night. There was an engine olf at some
distance, but doing nothing. lie called out to
tho engineer to come up and make fast to tho
buried locomotive. In half a minute the en
gine was attached and pulling to get tho
other out of the hole, and at the second effort
the great mass of iron came up suddenly, and
was hauled out of tho road.
"Puss that ropo over tho top of that car,
and make fast to the treo yoimder," he cried.
It was done. ''Now 500 of you lay hold of
that !oje," ho shouted, Tho entire little
army, under tho inspiration of that voice,
lay hold of tho rojio, using tho treo for a
purchase, and they pulled tho car across tho
track squaro and out of tho way by main
strength.
'Come on here with that engine," he cries
again, '-make fast to this true-:' With an
other tremendous pull tho whole tiling camo
out of the ground like a treo by the roots,
and was rushed off. "Now start that first
traiu," cried the man. In less than two min
utes from tho time of his arrival, what looked
to bo a week's job was out of the way, and
the passengers went on. New York Letter.
A Child's Solo iu ChurcJi.
Au interesting incident was tho first ap
pearance ia publio of a young singer who
holds a responsible position as soprano in ono
of the L-ading choirs of the city. Before the
young lady was more than S or 4 years old
she accompanied her mother to cimrch, and
to her the singing was by fi;r tho most im
jiortant part cf the service. The child's voice
was pieasing, being much admired by those
of tho congregation who heard her. On ono
oecr.sioti tho minister announced tho hymn
which is usua'.Iy sting to the tuiio 'Green
field." The little singer feit that she was
familiar with this tune und could do justice
to tho hymn.
As tho first stanza wis sung tho child's
voice ascended above tho others, r.nd many
in the congregation stoppod siugiug to listen
t o the ycuug singer. W hen the second stanza
Wis lgua tho few who took up the air with
the choir rtopped sieging, and as the choir
continued with tho regular words of the
hymn the child took t:p a soio, which was
heard all over the little church. In clear
tones the sang "Go Tell Aunt "ably," etc., a
sung adapted to "Greenfield," the familiar
tuue. Troy Times.
I'arls Educated Kesar.
There is in Paris, a current story has it, an
educated beggar ia tho person of a young
man formerly a pupil cf the Ecolo Xormale,
whose modus operandi is as follows: Ee
comes np to the terrace of a cafe, and ad
dressing himself to the most intelligent look
ing kcu present, invit3 Um to rik any his
torical question he csi think cf. ai:y date of
French history, from the earliest to the
present time, saying, "i will answer ct
once." lie generally tulfilia his promise with
remarkable alacrity ,'and with equal sagacity
passes around the hat Chicago Herald.
A LOAD OF BANANAS.
j A NIGHT SCENE ON ' THE COAST
OF JAMAICA.
How tho Wt India Darky Aork by
Torchlight A Lively Time ut thfl
Wharf Cnttins OIT th Stein The
VentUatliijr Funnel.
Shortly after dark tho banana loading lie
r;an. and not.iing connected with tho fruit
trade is inoro picturesque and romantic than
tho loading of a banana ship, particularly
w hen tho wor is done at night. Thero was
tho long wooden building iu which tho ba
nanas' were stored, with nil uncovered lioard
platform about twenty feet wide between it
and tho wharf at which the shin lay. A
hundred darkies, jiorhups more, wero loung
ing about waiting for the work to begin
and thero is nothing in which tho West India
darky comes out to strong as in waiting for
tho work to begin. A big torch was lighted,
and tho flame of il mailo tho platform as
light almost as da-. lanterns were hung
about insido tho building, and through the
open doors could bo seen greut piles of ba
nanas stacked up like hay; und all green, for
they jiii? cut in the uurijie state, und should
not, if they are properly managed, lie more
than just lieginning to show a few yellow
streaks by tho time they are landed in Kew
. York.
j A dozen men went to work und lashed a
! wide plank to the side of tho ship in such a
i position that it made a platform large enough
for two men to stand on, about four feet
alovo tho wharf und tho samodistaUco below
; the deck. Tho cover was taken oil the for-
j ward hatch and several men wero sent below
to stow away the buuehesas they were passed
j down. Other me l were stationed between
I tho rail and the hatch to pass tho bunches
i along. Men and women carried tho bunches
I from the shed to tho ship and handed them to
the men ou tho hanging platform. An nw
spector was constantly ou the wharf keeping
a sharp eye ou every bunch and rejecting all
that had any blemish or wero uuder size. A
colored man with a sharp cutlass stood about
midway between the shed and tho ship, and
with a dexterous blow cut tho long and use
Ijss stem from each bunch as it was carried
past. Tims each bunch went through five
hands in its short journey from the storage
shed to the hold of the ship: First a girl or
man picked up a bunch from tho great heap
in the shod, put it on her or his head, and
carried it to the men on tho hanging plat
form; they passed it to tho man on deck, who
in turn handed it to tho men in the hatch
v.ay, and they gave it to men still deeper iu
tho hold, who stowed it away where- it was to
remain till it reached New York,
Tiio order to begin work instantly turned
the quiet wharf into one of the liveliest
places imaginable. Twenty men and girls
made a rush for the shed and camo out, ono
after another, with bunches of bananas on
their heads, Lurrying ns if their lives de
pended upon making quick time. Tho two
men on tho platform, as tbey received the
bunches, called f-lf the number for the tally
keejier, who made a mark for every bunch
received. Then began a musical but monot
onous chorus that lasted till the last banana
was on board. Tho men ou tho platform re
ceived tho bunches alternately, first one and
then tiio other, each ono as he handed his
bunch up to tho deck calling out a number
that never went beyond four. First tho
riljht hand man cried "Wan," in a voice that
might havo been heard on the other side cf
tho islx.:d. Then tho left hand man "Two'
And tho other one again, "Three,' und tho
left hand man again, "Four,'' and then
the first one, "Tal-lee," tho tally" coming
out every timo five tunes louder than any of
tho others. Then it Legau again with the
"one," "two," "three," and so on, till in a
short timo the tally keeper had rows of
marks reaching across the broad pages of
his book. Occasionally some of the workers
started up a song and the others joined in.s
Tho whole siynn was typical of life iu
tho tropics, with the awning stretched over
tho passengers' deck to keep off the night
dews, the darkies at work by the light of the
big torch, tho pleasant smell of the bananas,
the soft warm air and tho negro songs. tj
was a tropical cargo that we had through;
out, with JKKJ hogsheads of sugar in the hold,
a great weight of mahogany logs and some
hides and tobacco. In a short time the whole
wharf was covered with the cut off ends cf
baur.u.i stems, and these had frequently to be
swept away. Two or three times somebody's
grip failed or his foot slipjied and a bunch of
bananas came down on the wharf with a
thnd pnd broke tq pieces, on'y to bo thrown
overboard without ceremonj'. It seemed im
Iossiblo for the man to keep swinging hid
euthiss in the midst cf that hurrying crowd
without nicking somebody's head, or at least
lopping off an ear or two; but he evidently
understood Lis business, for no such aecidetvi
happened, and the cutlass never descended
without bringing with it one of tho cut oil
btetns. It would Lave been impossible, of
course, for such a crowd of West Indian col
ored people to work together without some
wrangling and quarreling, and in such cases
they aro not sparing of their lungs, and scold
away at such a rate that a pitched battlo
seems imminent. They tako it cut in scold
ing, however, and rarely or never come to
blows over their work.
This went pn from 7 o'clock to 11, with a
racket that made sleep impossible. In those
four horn's 4,000 bunches of bananaj were put
iu the hold, and more would have been taken
if more had been ready; but another steamer
had lieen loaded the day before, and had
nearly emptied the storehouse. Tho stowing
away in the hold is work that requires ex
perienced hands. Careless work there woull
remit in a spoiled cargo before tho ship
reached her destination. They have to be a3
cawf ully packed as a lady's trunk, and so ar
ranged that the air will reach them as much
as possible. A fruit steamer is a marvel in
the way of pipes and ventilators and all sorts
cf contrivances for keeping bananas in good
condition. The deck of the Alvo, as soon as
we Lad bananas on board, became a wilder
ness of great iron ventilating funnels, each
as high as a man's head, and each re-enforced
with canvas arms, spread out to catch the
breeze.
On the other band, when the ship reaches
higher latitudes oa her northward voyage,
the ventilators have, to be taken away and
tho hold heated with steam pipes. The Atlas
Steamship company has a system of protect
ing its fruit that seems to be nearly perfect.
The hold must be kept at just such a temper
ature as nearly as possible throughout tho
voyage; a few degrees higher would ripen
the fruit too rapidly and a few degrees lower
would chill it. Above all things, no 6alt
water must be allowed to touch the fruit,
not even spray, for nothing ruins the banana
quicker. Tbo record of the homeward voy
age of a banana ship is a wonder for its com
plcteness. At certain hours every clay ther
mometers are lowered into the hold through
openings provided for the purpose, and a re
cord is made of each test on blanks provided
for the purpose. Even the opening or closing
of a ventilator has to be recorded; so that
when the strictly first class passenger, the
baoana, reaches bis destination his owner
knows just what treatment he has received
throughout tho trip. William Drysdale io
Kow York 'limes. ry -
CLIPPINGS OF ALL SORTS.
Tho Ico water fund is a prominent
fiontlicrn charity.
An English Amateur has purchased in
Milan a Stradivarius, dated "1710, for
f 1,000.
The gathering of buflalo bone3 has
again become a busincr at Manitoba.
Chicago recently ordered 300 carloads.
Tho English Volapuk dictionary which
is to lie issued this year will ho tho first
of its kind either in this eountr'r in
England.
People in Alaska at this timo of the
year can poo to read without artificial
light from 2 o'clock i i tho morning until
1 1 at night.
A Boston professor who has married a
distinguished senior classic presented his
bride for a wedding p;ift with tho works
of Plato, Sophocles- and Dante.
Tho Oregon Alpine club will anchor a
copjer liox to the very ajex of Mount
Hood. It is to bo a doxitory of record
to nil making the ascent.
There is a coachman at Saratoga who
13 attracting a great deal of attention by
his wonderful resemblance to the pictures
of tho lirst Duke of Wellington.
Rarely has such a harvest been known
in Russia as that cf tho present year.
The granaries arc already filled to over
Cowing, and fanners are puzzled to know
what to do with tho surplus.
At an English dinner party the table
was covered with a white 6atin cloth, on
which were placed large sacks of white
satin lieu wiin mi vrr -: : t
a wealth of white tlowers seemed to ho
tumbling.
A cynic at a summer hotel finds amuse
ment in tho number of broken dishes.
IIo eays ho expects to hear at least ono
terrific crash of crockery every day in
the dining room, and during a visit of
three weeks he has not been disap
pointed. Pennsylvania has some girls worth
having. In tho haying season a gentle
man during a short drive counted nine
young women driving two-horse mowers,
and seventeen managing horse rakes.
Tho colossal statue of John Marshall,
who is reputed the first discoverer of gold
in California, represents him as a buek
wDodsnian, holding a nugget in his right
hand, while his left hand point3 down
ward. Tho statue will stand on Marshall
hill in Eldorado county, where Marshall
first found gold.
A Philadelphia boy, who was anxious
to follow in the footsteiw of Buffalo Bill,
lassoed a lady in two streets tho other da v
and was held in $500 bail for his future
good behavior. Tho little fellow prac
ticed on tho hydrant for several days be
fore he tried his hand aa a public per
former. At Portsdown Hill, England, an ex
tremely curious graveyard relic was re
cently found. It was a human skeleton
in a good state of preservation, which
was buried in the chalky Boil of tlio local
ity in the 6econd century. Tho skeleton
was six feet in length, and in its left hand
were found twenty-two Roman coins.
A remarkable funeral took place at
Binghamton. Dr. Wheaton, an old end
influential citizen, a. believer in the
dogma of good cheer," died, after hav
ing directed that no outward 6igns of
mourning be assumed at his funeral.
Accordingly the friends of the family,
when they met at the appointed hoV-,
were astonished to find the widow and
daughters of tho deceased attired in tho
purest while and wearing bouquets of
flowers. Tho corpse lay cn a sofa cov
ered by a many colored robe, and was
not removed to the coffin until the last
moment.
A few days ago a fly flew into tho car
of John Lord, who lives near Athens,
Ga. Ho got the insect out almost im
mediately and thought no more about it
until he was awakened in the night by a
violent itching in the ear. The itching
became a pain, and that increased until
the man was almost crazy. IIo sought a
doctor, who, with considerable difficulty,
brought out eleven well developed an-1
very active maggots, which had hatched
from the eggs laid by that fly during it3
brief stay in Mr. Lord's ear.
The peposed Kins of Samoa.
King Malietoa, who was infamously
betrayed and deposed from the Samcan
throne last year by the Germans, is now
a prisoner a t Cameroons, Africa. Ho
writes to a friend: "In the good provi
dence of God I am well, end the young
men also who havo eome hero with me.
There are three of them. Alesana and
Aisake, of Apia, and Tali, the son of
Pomare, who was with us in old times
at Malua. This country is very hot, like
Samoa. Cocoanuts aro plentiful, and
also bread fruits and bananas. Here,
however, fever is prevalent, and it does
not agree with us. The governor is kind
to us in tho way of food. AVo have
bread, and tea, and rice, and bananas also
as our food. Nothing has been said to
mo as to tho time we aro to
remain here, or as to when we may re
turn to our own land in Samoa. Tho
governor, however, has said that my
brother and I are to remain here at Cam
eroons, but Aisake and Tali are soon to
return to Samoa. I keep at a
distance from all spirit drinking. We
do not go about at night. When it gets
dark we go into our house and sit there.
We are afraid to go about this place at
night. k oreign .Letter.
Character of a School.
A school never ought to depend for its
character on the exceptional excellence
or success of a fw of its masters. If it
does, these few reputations may become
cloaks for a vast amount of poor work,
and the character of the school, as a
school, is a sham, without any clement
of fixity in it. The ordinary arrange
ments should have a strong tendency, at
least, to insure sound work, from the
lowest lo tho highest class. George R.
Parkin in The Century.
Gladstone's Private library.
Gladstone's private library contains
15,000 volumes, and the venerable states
man can lay his hand on any one book
cf them at a minute's notice. "I have
not a single book that I am not on In
timate terms with." New York Prs3.
With all her natural modesty, woman
has less Lashfulness than man. Uncle
Esek.
The Importance a! tno results of
overestimated by thot o who desire tho euccejc of tbo Repubi.
Democrats, betsides tlio "Solid Couth." aro, In tho North intr.
breastwoiks of piiMlc patronage. It will tako steady, earnest, v
work to dislodce tbem. Noihlngwill bo surely bring about that f
nest, and united wo.k as the circulation o sound political literature
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