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THB AMERICAN MYsrr.uYtu-iujkwk fc s I v V--N ti'N tvWV It. I !,-, l I- . i.4 t -t H ! -- Vf i .'-' i -1 il I'" I I . is I . t " ' 1-, 1 (i TUG HUH. An r.p w.! of lim.t t ilV. ,i...'.,t. a , t v . m t U t l . 1 1 m; i (M t At Hii . . .. tta'od "' -: tn i i I I ) lV- , ' i'i i! ft It I ...' t mi i' l.t' h h II I, "Ah ton tuM, ; ppVH !(.,! IHtpMa' lii.l'-ti loo WomMiku 1 hsie io.,n Iwi'li' props tv join of for Wit mv" She lio n tnado u of laiii-u t--tm thai I d'v t..t r fin I eoitahler them it "i ninny hta'phe tub In rv- -i lo our Sal lour, whaicier iKrty have bo. n 1ho vm-loin at the cvnicnt, TM. tlic ji'iinj? ftrln win look 1he white Veil called Hint tin' Spotc- and our ttlorUtim sailnurwaa designated Ith- out 01 IVttlony by 'In' name of HHIo mi.) not husband; fur example, the ! mcsUc. mi.v without fear: "Thin m.lit lint to ho done, since my r-Muo w ill l' dlsploiiu'd with M," on. It I I rue tlmt in tho Scripture tin' union of Christ with I In church Is represent! d under tlu symltol tif marriage, Ihilwhiitan abuse of tortus it In tuiilv thin symbol to hnli WImhU! Aln; tlmt I did not eompn In ml thou; on the fontri'.v I wtt oiiH il inywlf homiffd to hiM'tiHt'd tho HpoiiNO of ( 'hrlxt, Our omfi'ivnco with tho ttbln'm wan long; H wiixdocUloil that, on tho follow Ug tiny 1 should on tor tho otulltl inont Bh u Ixmrdoi but with thoconili tlon that 1 nhould tnko tht whito veil iw H(H)ii a kihhI1)1o. Tho nhhohH In addi tion doelarod that would not hlndor my ix'turn to tho world; ho would tako euro meantime to add that a cliullar do iiarturo whoidd not covor inn with Hhtitno, Kor If the world only for a llltlo time makarolltrloii profoHnlon, It 1m nono tho lews Implacable toward thorn) who fall to jwiwwro In tuich a life. 1 did not know how to reply to tho ublK-MH, and with hor to all tluwo who have made regulations for the monaHtlo ordei-H, In tmying that they are well fitted to net their traps for the spirit of tluwo whom they wish torn- trap. They Mloopto artlllcoB that would bo dlllleult for perform not acquainted with their prnetieen to Imnlno, h- peelally thoHe not acquainted with their nrlneliileM: Tho end iuHtllies tho 4 meaiiH. So they Judire. My friend having expressed adewlre to men Home of my future companion, tho abbe rlhlnjr, opened a little door, Bald a few wordu to winn one, and then . resumed her neat. About ten mlnut iB after three young' h Inter entered the room but remained behind thewireen. They W(ro of elntriulng peixms and ae iMiiupliHhi'd manners; for one of the principal occupation of th llfo f a rcUyU'uw U to bo trained for the rule to bo played In mich fcenoH, ThU In why manners the mont fl,t,',"",) l,rl" Httd toni'H of voice tho BWeetenl, are tho ex terior eharaeiorlnt lcH of a convent com munlty. Them three young girl In quoHtlon, whom I will name Catherine, Marguerite, and Jtonorlnn, were par ticularly HMtuirkahlo In thin re-meet; bo they entered quickly Into their rok. They bluhhed under our gae, then they njMiroueht d tho ahlx'HB, then be camo voluble In tho detail of their liapplnt hK, to the great pleiomro of tha ucrlor who wan delighted with our ourpi'lMU. "They are thno of my daughters," nald be; "have they aitad appearance? Who uuiong the pale lave of the pleaHiirtH of tho world can compare with my beautiful children?" While nho Hpoke In thin way to my friend, my futures companions talked with mo and with each other. At tho proper opportunity, Sinter Marguerite, tho olden! and bout verwed In her ro(e, having regarded me wnno moment ex claimed; "Ob ! how leauilful sho l! And how tho habit of tho order will become her!" I knew that It was meant to be per sonal, yet tho remark flattered mo, aud as I placed my hand upon tho grate, Marguerite took It and ald to me with a sigh: "Would that wo could keep you with us now, we would never let you go!" Wo returned home, but I delayed tho renewing of the acquaintance with my three charming future eoinwinlons. It was tho morning of the third day after thl s vllt that I found myself at the door of tho convent. This time the portress opened tho grated door, eon ducted mo through tho opening and closed tho door behind u. We were at tho cast of tho church, in a magnifi cent gothlc hall, decorated with beauti ful windows and furnished with old oaken furniture Jn a corner was a confeswional, communicating with a ntcho behind the altar, and whore tho priest was ablo to hear confession with out entering tho choir. Wo continued our steps and I saw again tho court In tho midst ef which was a largo eroHS. I made tho remark that this court Instead of being paved was covered with grans, "My sister," said the portress, "that is our cemetery. When we pass from the refectory to tho chapel wo always have before our eyes the edifying view of this blessed place. Each one of us I -. ! ! t ' '. it;. . ! H' v 4 t v " l ,,t ( t S . I I 'tl1' t )! t 1 1 ' C ll t i II P l" 1 '(;,' lit HV 1 t:. I , ' ( s; t. i tf h 1 I- .. i ll o I H t 1 1 t I t.l ' ( H r. r . i Mi l I li. . f hsttit" i t-i!i tu lrsri -i, I , i j . , miH"-!el hj '.tttin i' Mil liilinnt.il With (!' t"ittln(i I -i it Hie S'.i. I S l ft belv Ulltil hi t mi 1 1 v n ! Slie .. uptv wiiil and i luin -iti! me rUrUl'Mi'iI wi'h Sl III- thiiiKm tlmt 1 I Mi l-it to Ih- ! "Ti litiit me, my il. dfrliSM, ti Wel come )i'U Itllothi ) lum of ee, into tlii vni'loMMV twri-i it to the patwh'ti ol the woil.l I hopi", tn V i lilld. thtit V"' hsveeiiine here w it It a 111 m ti'wiiniion of eoioi, ei tiling yourwlf cut lii ly t tonl In it life of poverty, of piety ami re nuiieiiition of tho world. Happy arc thoe In tho flower of their age who throw themelves into tho arm tf the ).'tUI Spotiwe to cotis.'cnite tulliin tlie.r 'iiiienee and prayer, iind hliow Ing him thus their tender line! 1 il not thun that, the ihiiimo of tho ine lliihbiuid t-hotild show liow hhe loves?" J told her that I wan fully decided to become a rcligleiiw, and I iifked her when i-he would permit mo to take tho white veil. She mentioned two week as the shortest time of preparation, hay ing that he did not doubt that her dear child would prepare herself for till olohlial mariiago by holy meditations aud nil sorts of meritorious works. "Ah, mvchild," she exclaimed, "how little tho world comprehends such favor and thoeo tranport of joy they ex perience who unite themselves thus to tho well beloved! How can rim at ap proach us In hours so swiftly flying and so sweet? Who Is able to express the joy of a soul that passes from youth to old age, and from old age to tho tomb, wholly occupied with Him whom sho loves nbovo everything? Even the pain nuil the fatigues, for our flesh is weak, increase our spiritual grace in rendering us more loveablo to our Spouse!" I was Ignorant of what was thosource of her thought, but this discourse made such an Impression upon mo that I ho camo Impatient to commence and fulfil my sacred duties, Hut I experienced a disappointment in learning lliutl would only bo with the sisters at certain mo inenls In tho choir service. "1 would like very much, my sweet child," said the abbess, "to remit for you this rule; but I am compelled to submit, you know It, and tho Master of the house exacts obedience. Uut you will not he alone nil tho time. I will Introduce you to tho assistant mother ii ud one of my dear daughters who, though Btlll young, Is wholly devoted to the church; 1 do not doubt but that sho will have a butter Influence over you. Hut before leaving you, permit nie to ask what name you received at your baptism?" "That of'Ceclle, tniulamo," Ires- ponded. "Cecllo," sho exclaimed, "uh! that Is a blessed name! Hut you need a better. Tho first of my daughters, when sho made her profession, took tho name of Angellqne; but a long time ago sho went to join tho angels. My Cecllo, would you llko to tuko her place by adopting hor name? Hut I do not wish to press you; you can think of It at your leisure. You can act with entire free dom. With these words sho embraced mo again, then taking mo by tho hand sho led mo into a long gallery which was made back of tho choir. It was there I noticed for tho first time a young nun, who apparently awaited the orders of tho abbess. Nothing isablo todoserlbe tho charm of this person. Of Italian origin her faco was remarkable for Its beauty. Tho gonera! expression of her physiognomy was calm, but this calm seemed to be pervaded by a supremo In difference for earthly things, "if some sudden light Illuminated her eyes, her countenance changed, butono could not know whether joy or passion mado her eyes glow. Never, in all my sojourn in thlshoiiio did I hear Annunciate even sigh. Tho noisiest gayoty of her as sociate scarcely brought any color to her marble cheeks, though a movement of her right hand betrayed her eron tempt; but though she never sighed, she knew very well how to tako on, when sho wished to pleaso, an expres sion of lrreslstuhlo sweetness. Tho abbess asked this young girl, or rather desired her, to conduct mo to my chamber; sho murmured at tho samo time some words that I was tin ablo to understand, for nothing, how over small, can bo done In a convent without an appearance of secrecy. Tho nun conducted mo to tho ex tremity of tho gallery; wo ascended a superb stairway which led to a corridor Into which opened many doors; these were tho cells of the sisters. Sho opened ono of these doors and ushered mo into a little square chamber whoso furnishings were simple but approprl. ato. Here I found my valiso. Tho bed was in a corner; next to it was a little grated window towards which she di- t w ifi.u .i. tii, tm ltlt. Tt,r' , 'i it ti -i.. ,,f H. Mtll, I . r l,sli.il ,rt,..lm l It- t o ( ,i ,(,! .1 tlm t ;i,.n f li t,i, n ini.iHP.vHi Kit (liirt ti.;! in ;i.-t t ' t ii.Kfui'H i , , u i.n H(.,i(4 ti, in tut fi- t hr ilt i. !! i if ll , I.. In )"li lii'" tl,.fw It ft ltf. In t-,t. ti t ..n't tM Ali'ioil ttt liM f tlm ) r; !! ! tli t ik-. teliT, M it.-nw Mb t nl , 1 l.c f. nil miiri'iiti'l u Ik.i h m ini ll lit III- l,1.ilj till. e. ( ill,.-f itinik'i riiuii l-n.l 4 J uiisr l tli llll,tV l h UUi Um lt I l.nl ft tifof hup. sml Wtlt'tl Vti-t fit ft )itlii ), I, V fj rftititilsl lket nf Vi-.ltiri', n!vrHri;riw n U tt wltli lt. loll iwli. 1 hr iiilv telmli llAiila et till litiiti hiI Mrs tli tilliiil tottft lmlikry, w tin r-iiilivou ftinoetf ft fi'W Iiiaiijjii Ifiw Hist (hi III 111" mill!. Till twl kmkj, la tM-Vfit uri'iKtil li"''t lilnh and otiiiiuil mtlip too, (tin color I'llii-t of w hleh Is as of "ft ixnvlnit wftof lilnrk, )i'l- uw,iinisiiiiii,H'iiillyiirriitmiKrnii." Hilt 111 Wonder linen not Isiilin- fiiAf- nt. until lliiii'M'tilnif tint liflii1n Mow. Then the itik'niitie Ci'iiln mmk ami U-Ktii to limn nnramly, nml siiil'lenly in I lie rsl l)i'iii-i of tlin fori'Ht. nniillid lliei-e U omi'W lu're let loo n wlmhi river of luu lcl Round, II rut llko Hint of an orelicstr.t "tuning tip," n ml llionn flood of Imrnio tiy follow, ami the wliulatslnnd rimnd as wtih the Ht ruins of liiinili-i'dsof .V.ollnn linrpn. Itswi'lU nml deepciis, lllling the air vtllh Imliwrllmtilo melody, now mid and solemn, as of noma fimeml mnreli, now rising iiihI trilliiiff upon the air like tho song of the nightingale, tn die away Into silence with a long drawn sigh, Then ngnln tho sounds rise, clashing like hundreds of silver hells, then sudden ly changing to tho heart rending howl of a wolf deprived of her young. A gay ta rantellu follows; then comes thtwirticulato oiind of tlia human voice to the viigue, ninjest lo nocords of n violoncello ami all tills re-prosented In every direction by hun dreds of respouslvo ei'hoes. let the wind but rise, tho sounds pour and roll in tin restralnablo, overwhelming energy ctun parahle to not hing but a storm in the open sea. You hear tho wind tearing through the rigging, the swIhu and turmoil and thundering shock of tha maddened waves. A lull, nml the scene In changed to tho dim lit vault of a enthodral, throhhing to the long drawn roll of organ notes, end ing perhaps in the clangor of tin alarm bell. And so It goes tint 11 your ears acho and your head reels under the strain. On the opposite sido of tlm lake you will see tho fires of the superstitious natives, who congregate to bring olTeringn to tho Indian god Pan innl his hosts, who are held responsible for the sounds evoked. The cunning fakirs alone know hnttcr, hut becnuso of certain benefits that accrue to themselves from these reverential ollVrlugs do not rare to enlighten these, bronze faced devotees. The explanation is a very sim ple one. This rued gratm is hollow. H shelters a species of tiny beetle, mid these tiny Insects obligingly bore tho holes In these innumerable pipes of the great gul Tan. Then comes your fakir, and he, with Ids knowledge of acoust les-,for the superior class of Hindoo ascetics are deeply versed in natural laws enlarges am' shapes and finishes until each reed Is a perfect lute, answering to a certain keynote in the mu sical scnle. The wind is the musician nml blows tho pipes thus prepared with re sults ns described. Why t he fakir should go to the trouble of attuning the reeds is probably due to tho habitual fostering of native superstitions by the llralimans In control. .Pittsburg llispateh. Futn T R lliinlll To ll. "I was one of n party that went down to Tennessee in the halcyon days of the iron mine boom towns," says a talkative Maine business man, "There is not a living soul today at a spot whom I saw men cra.y with the excitement of a wild speculation, It being the supposed site of a future iron metropolis and business center, tin paper It was immense. Streets were plotted, great manufactories seemed as certain to ho established there nsthe sun tocolitliiUH In Its course, and land buyers el bowed mid jostled each other In their hust hi to 'get in on the ground floor,' Vim never saw more excitement at a sensational" camp meeting, of men In haste to save their souls, than I saw there lit an auction sale of lots on a business Mreut. I saw a Fair field man pay f'.'.fiOO cash down for a lot having !i5 feet frontage, and 10 minutes later he called himself a fool for his folly, His cash Is salted there today, don hi less, and his Mot' could probably 1st bought for 28 cents. Its actunl value Is certainly not more than that. The great scheme petered out a few weeks nfler we were t hero. The manufactories did not materialize, and today the sparrow builds her nest undis turbed In the Very heart of tha proposed great mart of tho south. " Eewlston Jour nal, NhaOot the Wnmt of It. Tliere was but one vacant sent in the car on the elevated road, and It was next to a woman not handsome, hut highly (I res him 1. A middled aged mnn entered and on seeing him approach the sent she put her miilf In It, Observing her little game, he sauntered aimlessly along and sat on the roll of fur. Her Indignation and sur prlso knew no hounds, and she looked around the car for sympathy, but every body seemed to be on the side of the man, who never cracked a smile, nor showed by any sign that he knew what lis had done. A salts bottle in the muff got the worst of tho Incident, nnd the car was filled with a highly ammonlnted odor for the next hour. Somehow or other people like to see an impolite and shrewish woman get tho worst of It. In this caso there was a grrnt deal of quiet laughter amnng the passen gers who witnessed the alTalr and more than one was heard t orrmarkthnt it serv ed her right. New York Herald. rrt of th Government. As the train stepped at a smnll town In Virginia the maillmgwss thrown to a negro l)oy of perhaps 15 years, who stnrt d off at a brisk run to thopostofilce. Hut t la 'ger boy, turning a corner, suddenly ran into the mail 'carrier and overturned him. As soon as he recovered himself ho turned upon tho aggressor. "Look l-beahl" he exclaimed, "you wants to he kcerful of dis chilo. When yon knock me flown, you Jars de whole gov'ment of the United States. I carries de mailt" San Francisco Argonaut. ( -I: ' v 1 1. V ' v-i Ut r ,n.o S. . ti,i.!Vai ti At ltt4 M 0 liaHM'KOli4t - !,-. ' um l t lioi tttt .. t "ItKfUO K " ! 1 1 ')M, 1t . I ! 1M I . ll l.l.)r ,f I . .1 I i ) I ... H r lv l t i I -t tiKnin If o.i it tl it. tl tl ... Ul, lif I tt tt m.l,i .nli tl.nt i.iiH ihii. ! Ib.M- t lii u ! ! ftn n A ! t" l ImM tlm'ii, t"il i .b l-iit tl nnii.,.1,, lii. ! tmnnf ft 't,d v..n. ati.l r il'ir to .o,i' J tilinr lm thr tmioK'ti or f -tnin, t tiitcr-m r,i rA n)i a juke, t t.i tlm W1,-,t if IIM.-I, lion In 1ti (ii pIb AnitMrn- int-r ! rlfttv tlmt n,ot i.f ttn tsjwtii n (on .f ftivl In Hip nl In nt.in ft it onlr n.-t n,.., y (I, 1ml tti-c I n.i iH.tiwIoii. rtr nf niiv Ri tloti f Id ts III l liuro ,tue thmn. 1'ln JT rt' iiivolimmr ity nl-mel rl tinm It, M rMilml rotict'iv nf ftliv lliinit Btor liil tlmn la siIik tlmt tli i!!, s In a ttltilitmnr, ioii, lr ft plot In MkIiIi tt II ir. In l)v tntti nr KUliiflil of IIiokii whit mtilcml Hint itnuiiix In it lest tli nilUilvof 1 toe mini . imi.iio ftsint ami Hull niti ut of tin- IxkIj, r i iiiniiy ftKkeil: Why don imt Hit ii,i. ponil, ut entity roiiteniplnte tti Mile of (lirt I'oily mnl trnln during sleep, w l,n b inlghl well nfloril It tnalt r cinui).ti for reason nild reflii'llott? So, too, l.r. tunwell, In lm work on "The Soul sod tli l'uliiiv l.lfe," averts that dnMiim take ilnee only winn the sleep is iinsoiniil and arie front pnilial iv turn of activity of the brain itself. These views fairly rclloct tlm consensu of opin ion regarding the origin and character of the phenomena. Hu the other hand, there Is authority an eminent for the belief that all dreams rnnnol ho satisfactorily explained nn the grounds above stated that there is a something left nut which it Is of (lie high est consequence to understand before a positive judgment can be pronounced. The student of Xenophon will recall the remarkable passage which the historian puts into tho mouth of tho dying Cyrus the Elder! "Nor do I feel convinced that tho soul will ho devoid of sense w hen it is separated from the senseless body, hut, it, is probable that when the mind Is separated, unmixed and pure.lt Is then also most intelligent. When tho framoof man is dissolved, every part of him is seen return ing to that which is of the same nature as itself, except the soul, which alone Is seen neither present nor departing. Ilcfleet. too, that nothing morn closely resembles tho death of man than sleep, but it Is in sl -ep that the soul of man appears most divine, and it is then that it foresees some thing of tho future, for then, as it; seems, it. is most at liberty." The letters of tho great Euler to a (!cr man princess contain t he follow lug state ment: "Sleep furnishes something like an example of the stale of the soul nfler death, ns the union of the soul and body Is then, in a great measure, interrupted, and the soul censes not from activity, lie Ing employed In I he product ion of dreams. These are usually disturbed by the re maining Influence which the senses exer cise, and we know by experience that tho Jnoro this Inlliieucn Is suspended, which Is the ease in promtintl sleep, tlm more regu lar and connected nro our dreams," lllakevvell alllrms t hat to he able to sen without the eye, to hear with the ear and to feel w ithout touching objects, as we do In dreams, are facts which nlTord direct, proof that the percipient principle Is Inde pendent of the organs of ecu mi and lead to tho inference that tho material organl nation of (lie brain, by which the impres sions of external objects are originally conveyed to the mind, must he distinct, from tho power that receives find retains these Impressions; otherwise it would be Impossible to account for the activity of tho perceptive power during the time when the brain ceases to hold any direct com munication wit h t he material world. Lord llroitgham cites the lueoueelvable rapidi ty of tlio mind's operations ns a proof of its independence of matter and rapacity to exist w ithout It, and after adducing n multitude of facts chiefly connected with tho phenoiuenaof dreams saystliafnotli Ing can be conceived better calculated than, these facts to deinotistrato the ox treiuii agility of the mental powers, their total diversity from any material sub stance or action, Nothing belter adapted to satisfy us that tho nature of tlieiiilud Is consistent with its existence apart from tha body." There is no denial by tho advocate of the latter view that dreams ran ordinari ly bo accounted for on the hypothesis gen erally nccepleil by medical men, Impaired digest Ion, n feverish condll Ion of t he body, Intense nervous strain, and other physic al causes, it Is admitted, may ho reasona bly adduced to explain the phenomena. Hut there are well autlielillcnted rases of dreams of a character so remarkable as to render tlm theory of physical causes whol ly .inapplicable to them, They seem to demonstrate tlio power of tho soul, during lleep, to evolve clear ideas and new ihi volopments of thought which nro not the result of automatic or unconscious reflex action. Coleridge tells us that "Kubla Khan" was composed entirely while he slept, "the images rising up before him as things with a parallel product ion of the corresponding expressions, without any sensation or con sciousness of effort." For a man of his po cullar temperament that does not seem so strange an experience, hut that the famous tnathcmatlclnn and philosopher, Condor cut., saw In his dreams the final stage of a dilllcult calculation which had puw.led him during the day Is a most extraordina ry fact and ono that Is scarcely to he ex plained by a reference to any abnormal bodily conditions. Hut if we admit the soundness of Colquhoun's doctrine, we shall hnvo an adequate mentis of explana tion. He maintained that dreaming Is the exorcise of an original spiritual ener gy; that It is nu ctTort of tho soul to man ifest Itself fren from material trammels; that all sleep Is accompanied with dream ing, sill that, tn the case of the soundest sleep, dreamsare not remembered because the soul has not not Hied the sensnrlum of them. Therefore we only catch glimpses of the soul's activity in sleep when the sensibility of tha corporenl organs Is not altogether suspended, and these glimpses are called dreams. Now York Times. Thomas Taylor, M. 1)., in his report to the department of agriculture, says that mushrooms that ehnnga color when rut are not always poisonous, while, on the contrary, the writer knows of several of the nonedihlo amonltnsthatdonot change color when they are cut. t . t I : l I - I l V , J, t i Vk i . 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I'or wvecnl inllrn on Imth si-li the bat k How nil,-. w,W sod fort Ii, t lie lK,kiil ftn biiitf fr no iinmit In lb l-esut itnl, Irenibliiig, v'Uliiiing while liebls, l.nl twiie nmbl be f-uml, iiltb"iii.li tbe fair Mil wsler In temptingly IsmhoI In full I'ri'sently the enptfttn ni'tieisl that the Icefield, under the pri-iure of the fnli lirve, ftdvnnriiig toward Idem, mul he gave orders to " 'Ismt ship," As I be veK.l went nl nl. a lr;e loe Is-lg was le-tieisl rl; ht ftKlern ill the light hsse, nnd, t range to n late. It also appear ed to be coining toward l hem. At liit this mused the sailors much uneasiness, for they fen rc, to lie caught between il and the held of ice. A little cm re fid steering, however, plac ed I hem safely to one sideof the berg, and the men gathered along the ship's side to watch the monster as it, went majestic ally by. The captain knew that some strong low er current was pushing nyaiust the un der water portion of this berg and urging it along against, the winds and surface currents. He wondered what would re sult when the berg and icefield met. Which would gaiu'the mastery? Why, tlio heavy berg, of course. Then a bright idea flashed through his mind, which he instantly began to put in execution by ordering tho steersman to turn the hark and run her right in be hind the berg, doing hs closo as ha dared to tho great ico mountain, he ordered the crew to low er a boat and take a ropo and hitch on to it. This they did, making fust to a low pinnacle, or foothill. Then sail was short ened to flying jib and spanker, just enough to keep her steady and take some strain off the rope, and, lot the ship was towing kindly In the wake of the berg, while all' hands awaited developments. They had not long to wall, Steadily nnd surely the ice mountain boro down on the icellcld. There came a great crash, nnd a little shiver of the berg that could be felt on the towline, With bang and smash and roar tha mighty contest went on, Hut the berg proceeded serenely, leav ing n broad swath behind In which the bark rode safely until clear water was once more reached. Then, ns iiilckly as possible, the rope was cast olT, nil sail set and a respectful distance put. between the bark nnd the berg J.O. IhivldHon In Si, Nicholas, Where tlin Nun fiels Its Kent. Why the sun continues to give forth light and heat la undiminished ipiant Itlcs and unvarying Intensity after having been in a statu of combustion for untold ages has long been n puzzle to the astronomers as well ns to the thoughtful observer In tho lower rank of the star ga.ers. Those lenrned in sun lore tell us that for every second of time the sun emits ns much heat' as would result from the instant combus tion of 1 1 , ilUO.OUtl.iMiu, nut) tons of coal I Cal culating from these figures, It Is easily show n that If the sun's cut Ire mass consist ed of llrst quality of coal in a state of com bustion, and that it could hum until the time when the very last ton were consum ed maintaining until then tho rate of heat emission now kept up the supply could not possibly last over (1,000 years. Hut it Is believed that, the sun has been in existence for hundreds of thousands nnd probably millions of years, and that since the "ages of man'' dawned the quantity of heat emit led has not percept ibly dimin ished, This being tho case, there Is but one conclusion ns to how its heat supply Is kept up viz, that it has an outside store fuel to draw upon. Tho latest the ory is that the Immense regions of space are occupied by untold myriads of niiula turn bodies known as meteors, meteorites and aerolites, which are being constantly drawn to the sun, ami that these, constant ly plowing its at inosphera, evolve numer ous streams of both lieat and light, St, Louis Hepuhllc. It loll A nil' lie ii n itonilliobleri. The millionaire Is commonly represent ed ns eugnged in clipping coupons from bonds. Tills Is an egregious error, Klch men, as n rule, do not hold coupon bonds. The reason Is quits obvious. Such bonds are not safe property. They are always payable to bearer like treasury notes. If lost, the government will not replace them, Accordingly, for the sake of security, people are constantly exchanging them for registered bonds, Thus the sum total of coupon bonds outstanding, which Is now about 7(1,000,000, Is all the time dimin ishing. They are mostly In the hands of small holders. Willi the registered bonds It Is quite different. They are rich men's property pnr excellence, At present about i!00,00(),(MM) worth of them nro held by private individuals. Of this great sum 187,000,000. or not far from one-hnlf, nro owned by 1,000 persons, roughly speak ing, whose holdings average Jno,OoO. Tlio names of these fortunate individuals are kept secret by t lio treasury. Some of the fortunes possessed in this shape aro enor mous. SiAne of the greatest belong to the Vanderbllls. Old William 11. Vanderbilt had f l, 0110,000 In registered homiest one time, Washington Star, n mi to ro it. A humorous excuso was that given by the defendant in a case of breach of prom ise. Tho defendant was allowed to say a word In his ow n behalf. " Yes," ho said, "I kissed her almost continually every evening 1 called at her house." Lawyer For l'laintltT Then you confess tt, Defendant Ves, I do confess it, but I bad to do it I Lawyer Yoa had to do it! What do you mean? Defendant Thnt was tho only way I sould keep her from singing. Detroit News. 11, - ft KV I I M ' 1 't iwi w ' -1 1 t-e I I H i K l. tn I " I.n l l-l. l. t t ' ' It ! a, -.( i t In 1 1. t , 1 ' ,1, it l. ... Ii iVij f 'ti e. rtH.I g 1 1 .M sft.f-1 ll"! f r! ?,ii A (,..! M,-i.. 1 t r !.,! ra vi" iliiMli : ftttil see , i t ,(" t "l tm j 1 !,. I V t.M.!. fte-1 tbe ft-.-n 1 -l tt i)f 1 ! r t1 j U fttn-Oiar 4 ! 1.n pt.e. j t l I- l.il, U ! I t 1t Oel ;ws '.H-il 1 ,4 .i ,,., t , 1 V mm t il W.h lln-t tti tneut tOSKJ CHflioH 1s1. ll i,l ,l ft .'"! t I tiKi HiKl.nlftl) of the inS i-. i i hi nf tbe t ! i ii l-rft )kV el It.r i . kI ftcl il,"-. ,, )ir thir tii.Klr of llMi t, tin b lftlniit la -ey lviill,e mhim. ii Ht the j ei-w.t time. We flint In Ibe Mftbavftiiao, t te i.,l lm jtliit of tl-e t !i.-si" i bnio !-, ile IaU mnn rtne the ftks. iple w lm ra elv like tli,e wle 111 ween!) X'tsldfth, nd the K-miMt Jsieui. " IUum "Om," 1h lbs. I of India, ii" the word sp when tpi'ftltng of tbe Yakaa. Theimiiils rof the Yedilahsdom not new exiYs-,1 C.'.'oo, jet they occupy an tinmen tract of l.nnl, siltiniiil Is-twei'ii t dire tut 9 dcgnas latitude ami t ilegmn nnd M ilcgtvca lotigiimla. If you w ish to see the YisMfllm in their pure state, free from ny mlMiire w ilh the other races of Cey lon, you iniiKt jjo to that part of the Is l.uiil. Tin y live hi small groups, or in families, apart from each other, each fam ily having its ow n part of the forest to hunt In. When the rainy season Octo-IsT-Di'cemher ciiiuea around and tho for est is Inundated, they take refuge among Ihe rocks and live in grottos. They are thus throw n more togetheraml lscoiiie so clalile; they arrange marriages and talk about things in general. Tiny recognize no chiefs, know no laws and ore quite devoid of any ideas. It has been said above that the Vcddahs resemble vhiinpatiz.ees in certain respects, ltremains to be added that they nre about 4 feet in height, their hair Is thick and black, and w hen in trouble or grieved they hang their heads down upon their breasts in a way w hich gives them a peculiar ap pearance. Among themselves they go about naked, but when strangers are about they adopt a covering of leaves or cloth. They do not know what beds nre, but, pass tho night naked upon the moist ground without thualightest covering. Their only weapons aro their wooden hows and ar rows and their axes, which they always have near them. Alcohol and salt are both mi know n to them. Their communication with tlio Cingal ese is reduced to this: During tho night they will place in front of tho door of a Cingalese blacksmith some money nnd dried meat, with n rough model, made of leaves and twigs, of the ax which they re quire, A few night afterward they will go tothe door and takeaway thoax, which the blacksmith has placed outside for them, This shows w hat a dislike they have to mixing with other people. Their language is very simple nnd con sists of Cingalese words so altered that the natives of Ceylon cannot understand them and partly of words which nre ap parently the remains of some primitive language, Of course there are no family names. They say "tho great, mnn," "the little man," "tho young woman," "the old man," etc. They know nothing of numbers. When they are talking of ninny persons or things, they repeat several times a word which Indicates a single thing. They therefore cannot say how old they nre, Di visions of time cannot he expressed, and the dimensions of objects are indicated by actions. When they llrst see a looking glass or a II rearm, they act Just as mon keys do under similar circumstances. He llglon, belief In good or evil spirits, a fear of death, are all unknown to them. When a Veddah dies, the others leave hltn where he has died and shun the place for a long time, during which tho body disappears. Yet, with all this lack of Intelligence, they are honest and trustworthy. They live peaceably and have uo Internal feuds, which Is probably duo to tho fact that they live apart, except In the rainy season? TheKngllsh government has on several occasions tried to establish schools for their children and endeavored to Chris tianize tho Vcddahs, but without suooess, llninU "on the M InUter." Ponio years ago, in Hoclicster, an Epis copal clergyman received a call In tho evening from n couple who desired to ho married. Ho married them and received for his feo whnt seemed to him a very pe culiar ono, It consisted of n fit) rent piece, a 815 cent piece, n dime, a nickel and 4 cents. He said nothing, but wondered a great deal. Tha whole matter was explained when, two months afterward, the bride called upon him nnd desired blm, much to his surprise, to uiiniarry her. Ho told her that this was beyond his power and asked her why sho wished to be unmarried. She said her husband was a lazy, worth less, drinking mnn, and that when he got married ho had to borrow f 1 with which to pay tho clergyman h la fee, nnd that on the wny with her to the minister's house ho stopped at a saloon to get a drink, for which he paid 6 rents, leaving the dollar minus 0 cents with which to pay tho min ister. Thus taking a drink at tlio expense of the minister explained to him the pe culiarity of tho fee. Huston Herald. (Imnhettn'l Table. There Is a curious story told of the table at which (iambetta wrote. A previous owner, (Jenernl Lahltte, minister for for eign a If a Irs In 1841), dismissed his confi dential servant because ho believed that he had stolen n large sum of money in 1,000 franc bunk notes. Years afterward, when tho table had to he repaired, the joiner employed for tlio work found the missing bundle of hank notes between the mnhngauy board of the table and the drawers below. They had lain there un noticed for 14 years. Unfortunately the story docs not go on to sny that the poor servant aud Ids mistaken master wero olive at the time of tho discovery, ami that the one's character was cleared and tha ot her's confidence restored, San Francisco Argo naut. 8hort Niiiiim, A rorrcHtiondent. who nuka u-ln.t l,, i 'Ira Muv. Avon. Mnsa.." In not ni-nlil,1 the linrtcst nddrena In llilu firm i, t pi? l.n mrij, nw surprised to learn thnt there nre dozens of poHtoflloes with names of tlirco letters, like Ayr, Hly, Dot, Klk, Ute, etc., several ...lit. . , in.. i i . . my, ime ai, nun mere is at least one. not a mere stat ion but. nr,utniii., with a single letter, "H, Ind.," and, as for mimes, mere are plenty like Jo Ax. tdelphia Ledger. -l'hil- i - , ' - ' -