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DUTY AI50VK LOVE.
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llJfOll.a J
"In theearly Tin's, " said theortle.er,
mr l.uropcan inojie serv tig in Iud a
e e not in good ase. In those nays
they were co.islant y jiiarlercd In the
plains, the bariacks w ,e dismal,
pestilent al. thatched sheds. Hi re
we.e noue of Hie com o i the sold er
row envoys, and la the dismal ennui
his Only re-oui res were his canteen
aid the a a.. 'J lie revulsion irom
the sti and variety ot marching and
lighting, suiennduced widespread
discontent, and in manv iiih . n ii e
depression Intensified mio actual de
spa r. (juiie an ej.iacini of suicide
act in, and was liul i artially ci led by
Sir i. Iiarles Napier's very Irish ex
pedient of sentencing h niuii to le
not who had urisuccesstuily at
tempted to take hiH own li e- At
this lime tra siortatiou to West Auk
Ira ia was tbe uual punisnmeni in
the army ior the in lltary crime of
grave itisuoorualio u. !so low had
q ok the innr.ne of too many or the
rank and Hie. and ho ardent was the
desiie for ihauge or any kind, no
m. titer wnal or where, tint tU' ti de
liberate y laid themselves out U earn
this pun Uti in; tt I of transportat on.
Thin wan not a difficult tank The
soldier h id only to ni ike a hlow at
hi ui.en'r',-cer and all aboie him
fiom a lance . orporal lo the colonel
weru his superior o l eers - or eveo to
thro h cap or a glove at hlin, to
have hi uiself charged with the of
fend of uiutino.s i'oikIuc The pro
torn i a ourt tn'ii Hal at: this wiluh-r
plradfd tfulity. the sentence ol t ans
'pnrlaliun w.jh duly ';i pniv d uud
ounhn rued ' arid pretitiy the man
wa-. Iilniiely on hm ovik'i t oln a
chain khui; at Jvnh or V reemnntle.
Toi mate of thin-t was too in
fntlo'is ft the -ervl e to he allowed a
Totik! ((iiitiiiiiarn o The c tntnndrr
hi tb cf promulgated a tierjchant or-
IWllTlllO DK1TH.
4er denounclni Instrona termntbeut
MsrKtihverKionof dcipllne that Heeni
ed Impending and nternly Intitnutinu'
tb I death, and not lranporutiui
an more, should in future le the uu
fadinn euaity lor tbe rluie of uing
or o. erin violence to a hum rlor of
ficer. The order wa-i read aloud at
the l ead of evcrv regiment in India,
hm its purport did not neriounly Ini
pte the tronpH The aien did not
txd eve il would b a tualiy put in
fori.e. Hut Ley did not know the
nature of Sir i harlea Napier.
"It wa In my own regiment, quar
tered lu Aieerut, that the Ort olfenne
wai coiiiuillt d lifter tho proiuula
tlou o. tho order. A younj; private
named Creed, who had joined uh
from another regiment one momintr
met on the parade ir round a yount
o cer on the utalf of the General,
and without a word threw his cap In
bin face. When brought lfore the
Colonel, Creed owned that he bad no
111-ieelliiK against tbe oill erand naid
be nimply acted from Budden im
pu se. ' It wai proved, however, that
the night lio ote the assault he bad
been heaid to i y that bo -meant to
qualify tor West Austral a' within
tbe next twenty-lour hours. The
trial by court-martial resulted lo a
sentence ot death, which bin ex
cellency approved and conllrined.
"The nlKht heiore the morning
flied for the execution there reported
bininelf lo uie aa havin joined, a
non counul -slotted oillccr whose ar
rival I bad lieen expecting fur Mvcral
diiyn. Wishing lo remain in India,
he had volunteered to uh from a reul-tm-nt
which had l'cn ordered back
t i'.nirlnnd. lie looked eery in. h a
oldier and his face indicated ,-eir-eouimand
and dauntless resolution.
Ktandititf conitm ediy at intention he
rian led tuethi: document of transfer
and a piivate tiote from his former
ad utant iiralsii.n hi in very highly as
anoiil.cr to whom duly was a watch
word. 1 detailed him lo a company, but
an he was leaving a thought fctruck
me and 1 iccailed him. I knew how
iron throughout the regiment was j
tho Kenlimem in favor of the poor
fellow who was wait nj( lis doom;
and itrxcurred to inc that this new
tcrveanl, who in t he tiature of thin ,
could hot. c a sharer In this M;ntl
nient, was a lllilnk' man lo detail to
the cotuiiiiind or the llrintf party. 1
briefly explained the ciiciiniHianees
and I'll I him to what duty 1 purposed
aesiKOiiiK him.
" ery well, tiir,' was hm calm re
mark; -it It as unpleasant duty, cor
Ulnly, hut 1 can understand the
reason why vou put It on me,'
1 need not ask you whether you
kave ever teen a military execution;
It Ic tbe most solemn and fortunately
the rar-t of all niir mllltxry nrx-o-lt
Ji was not yrtdayiiitht when
all tieiroi of the K'.irriMn, hotb
Kuri.fx-aii and oativf. were on inarch
to the irrrat parade uiound. Tne
rt'viiueol. as thev rrnl wheeled
into -iiion, the wtioie forming
three ri of a xt nou-ire, the
dned ran fa Inir nwardi. The
0' a leuce wa i rvenily hroken by
the 'oil of the 'uu. announrintr the
aiiiroa- h of the D''''iiiin - nrt uu
the 'm ine man, and a n ouient later
tho hen of t rounde the lan?-
m or the face of the i r at hollow
s uare. In eflect. the et 1 vinit -ol-d
er was inurchlmr in hlxown luneral
rori'NiMi.n. h su-p keeping time to
tne hVctl and cadence :t tiisown
d rue At the head of the xoiuhre
con eire wan I orne the emjity ci u of
the man whiwe ac i of life were
runnlnif nut: there followed Inxow
inanh witbartiiH reiered, the exe
cution panv of twelve privaie a da
Cor o al. under 'tie ommand of
r-erife.mt us-e 1: and then a full
mil lary hand, from whose lntiu
iin ni- there iealed and wailed alier
naieiy the dead uiaicb in aul
IKI.I. DRAD BKKIDE TUB BODY.
There was a little Interval o' space,
and then, alone, save for the I're.iby
leriau Ch.iplain walking reside him
lu h.s ( leneva (town, and praylnu in
low earnest act ems marched w lb
urn step the condemned man, his
fa e calm, hut whiter tliiinttie white
Cap on his head t lose behind
marc. ed. with fixed bayonets, a Cor
jHira and a i.le of men of l lie quarter
guard. Thus was on-t i tilled what,
save for t te cent ral tlaure of it who
sil l lived and moved an I bad his be
Inu. and for the empty coiiin, was in
eveiy aLtnhiite a funeral procession.
"'J he parade ca rue to the ' houl
der as the IHtle coluiun, wheeling
to its riiiht alter clearing the hank
by whl. h it hud enteral the siiua e,
bcuaii ii. slow, solemn pmyre s aloiiK
the front ol the lelt face. I fell the
throhhltiK strains or the Dead .March
be ouilnir actual torture to me lone
before the procession, moving in its
measund march alonir the huccessive
face , bad rua bed toe fiont of the
center, herc stood the regiment to
whh h the prisoner and myself be
lormed 'Meady, men:' shouted the
Colonel hoaiseiy. as he felt rattier
than ho.iid or saw the involuntary
shiver that ran alonj; the ranks as
the linn, pale face, slowly passed.
With an upward glance at the chief,
tUe Kjor fe.low slraiulitened himself
and set his shoulders more square, as
If he took bis officer's word of com
mand to include hitu aiso. His hum
brose into noisy weeping, and a younii
0 cer swooned, hut the doomed man
fctrode steadily on, without the uiver
01 a muscle of his set face.
"Atlenuih ihe lonir, cruel pro
press was completed, and the head of
the proce-.sion drew oil lo the center
of tho unoccupied lourth face of the
square: the co ill n-bearers la d down
the r burden there an I retired, and
(seritt. Kus-cll drew up his !!riUK
party into iwo ranks fronting toward
the collin, at a distance of alxut
thirty paces. The baud cea-ed Its
somber music and wheeled as.de.
The prisoner, accompanied still by
the cleriyuian, marched steadily up
to his co.i.n, os winch the two knelt
down.
'The clergyman's ministrations
were almost im mediately Intel rupted.
t a slmial from tbe (iener.il the
Judge Advocate rode out irom the
siaif, at.d, movlnir forward to the
tank of the tiring parly, read m
sonorous tones, tbe warrant for the
condemned sold ers execition. I nl
verbal admiration and compassion
were stirred by the soldierly bear tig
of the man as he listened to the
o I cial authorisation of his doom.
As the Judge Advocate approached he
had risen from the kneeling position i
a..h,i i.i- .. r,,i ......... m....i.. .
dollcd bis cap, and sprung smartly to
'attention,' retaining that attitude
until the end, when he' sal u led re
spectfully ana knelt down again as
the minister rejoined him There
was a short Interval of prayer; then
the Judge Advocate hecknned to the
chaplain lo retire and the soldier le
main d alone, kneeling on his colli n
lid there, face lo face wiiu iiiimin "ia
death in the midst of the strained
and painful silence.
"Marching at the heft.1 of ttie pro
cession, i ho members of the firing
party had no opportunity of sere ng
lhel. unfurl unate comrade until he
had teached his coi!;n and was kneel
ing In front of w here .vergL Uissell
had drawn tip the party of which he
had the command. 1 should tell y.ai
thai ihe Ser.eiint or an xecuimn
pany carrnes a loa" d pistol, with
wh cb il is hi stern ..uly to fulllll
the accomplishment of the sentence
if Iho vn ley of his command shall
not have la-en prom, ily fatal. The
corporal of Ihe party toid tne after
ward tbat after il had taken position
!-crgL liiissell sent some lime in
examining tne muskets, and that
the prisoner had been kneeling
for some little time on
his eomn before the Sergeant looked
at blin. As lie gaed he suddenly
started, Itecanie dead J pale, mut
tered more than once, '.VI? God, my
God.' and w.u for several minutes
visibly purlurtd,i ut later although
still ghastly pal and bavins a
strange aised' expression, he pulled
b nisei r together and was alert In h s
dui". Wbat I tuvseif saw wa-, tbat
ailer the pa son bad withdrawn, and
Ne'gU liuseil aiin.r,hcd the pris
oi er t,j fulfil tbe duty of blindfold ng
and pinioning him, the latter gave a
great start and, throwing up his
arms, utterp I a loud exclamation.
1 he Ite.iug ;n the regiment as I
have told you, was exceedingly bitter
against the semen e. and there hap
pened just what I had apprehended
lot lie dead silence f-ergt Ku-sell's
de.ilierale ordtr, 'Make reaiy!' 'l're
sent." 'Kire!' rang out like lhi knell
of fata The volley sped; tbe light
smoke dr fie I aside, and lu! the
pri-ouer still knelt scalhk-ss on bis
CO it m.
'There was a brief piuse, and then
Sergt liussell, wilh bis face bleached
to a ghastly pallor, but set and reso
lute, his step firm, strode up to the
kneeling, bi ndfoldej man, pistol In
hand, and did bis duty, liut be
did not return to the party be co ru
in nded. Mo. he remained standing
over the prostrate tt;ure, and was
delilerately reloading the pistol.
" -What the devil is the man do
ing?' cried the General, testily.
' 'iTobably, sir.' answe ed the act
ing Adjutant General, -he has not
fully accomplished his duly, lie
seems a man of excepliocal nerve!'
"'Well,' said the General, 'I wish
be'd te sharp aUmt It.'
"crgt Kus-elldid not detain the
chiei unreasonably long. Having re
loaded it, he put the pistol to bis
temple, drew the trigger, and fell
oead across his brother's body.
Thai they were brothf cs," con
tinued the Genera! after a pause,
"the papers found iu their e ects
pr ived conclusively. The younger
one. Ale ander, had joined us In a
false name.
ODD BAROMETERS.
Th lAr,rh In w Hoi III- an i th Prog
on m Jinflilfr.
Two of the oldest and oddest forms
of po Uiflp oaroiueters are the leech
l. a bottle and ;t frog on a ladder,
i.lcnanl Inwards has seen au old
Spanish diawipg of nine posit.ions or
the lee h, with verses describing its
attitude and behavior ix-roie ill ler
ent kinds or weather. l)r .crry
weallier of Whitby, contrived an ap
paratus ly which one of tweive
leeches con (Ined iu hotlles, rang a
I jet 1 when a "tempest" was expected.
VV hen leei hes were kept In ev ry
chemist's shop, and often in private
houses, their behavior was tne sub
j set of constant observation, and it
was generally noli cd that In still
weather, dry ir wet, they remained
at the bottom, but 10-e often as
much as twenty lour hours in ad
vance, before a change, and in case
of a t aimler storm, ro-e very ul kly
lo the surfac , descending when it
was past.
The frog barometer, used In Ger
many and .'-wii erla id, Is a very sim
ple apparatus, consist ng of a jar o
water, a fr. g and a little wooden
slepladdc. I the irog comes ut
an i sils on the steps, rain is ex
pected. The weaiher-gl&ss dearest
to the old-lashioned collage in the
last generat oi was the '-old man and
old woman," who came out of their
rough cast cottage in foul or fair
weather respectively. This was al
most the- eirllest of senii-KcientlliC
to s, and depended on the contract
ing of a pieco of catgut fastened to a
lever. The belief that bees will not
l!y be ore a shower is probably true,
and is the rational origin ot the
hanging of trays a nd Iron pots with
a door key when bees are going to
swar.n. The Insects are supposed to
take this for thunder, and so set
tle close at hand instead of settling
at a disiain e. : qu rtlug water on
them with a garden syringe olten
makes them settle at once. I ut no
such ingenious pro ess of i ationali '.
Ing can e found for the belief that
If the insect inside cu koo- pit lies
upward the summer will be dry,
though the Increased wor ylng of
horses by i les tsaiore rain and the
rise of the gossamer before tint;
weather, are abundantly confirmed
by observation. London . pectalor.
The I uropesn Viper.
Many persons are killed by vipers
on the Continent; but though
"I'elias ticrus" is widely dist.ribu cd
over burope. and is generally known
distinctively as the ' lime vltier" ,
the prevalent and most dangerous
sp cies are the long no-ed and asp
v I Iters. Matthiole relates an Instance
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half a snake in trance- an adder had
been severed in twain with a hoe,
I and he unlortunately picked up Ihe
j busme-s end. Much an occurrence ia
quhe within tbe rounds of credi-
billy: 1 have seen a wretched python
which had been cut In two by a
sweep of a coolie's cutlass, laum h It
self lurinusiy at the man who was
preparing to glv It the coup de
gra e, find tear the torch from his
hands.
I oinest ic, animals arc not f lenient
ly alia ked, but., rarely succumb to
the poison: sheep and horses ae
si ruck on the t.oso as they gra e,
uiwsveiy ( oinmonly on the udders
while lying down. A hit ten dog re
peatedly plunges Its head Under
water lo assuage the (lerce heat of
the inllaaitnatory symptoms, butgen
eraliy recovers Human Icings and!
monkeys sul'.nr lar more intensely !
than do creatures lower !n the scale
Of life. !
Ttuve is a remarkable account,
vo cued tor by competent witnesses
of a horse which was found moribund
and choking, with Its neck enor
mously swollen, In whose throat a
small viper had actually enscon ed
Itself. Mile, i.osa linnhcur lost two
gaellcs, which she kept In the dual
capacity of els and models, by the
AMiaull. of adders wh ch swarmed in
the country about her chateau.--Chambers'
Journal I
Is time, faith
ffhiMt torr.
becomes a sort of
j NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA
Muw H W .nrm mwtd Prrv-nid from
i Tnklag night.
' Amoncr tbe contriliutions which
the ea wakened interest in Napoleon
L have called forth Is a letter hereto
fore unpublishe 1, written by the
Ma'quisde Mouchenu, one of the
commissioners sent to St, Helena a:,
the time ol the exile of ttie great
co iqueior. After an introduction
in which the author descritass iu pes
simistic language ihe condition ot af
fairs in ttie Island, he c nitiuiies
' "Now. as you know all my trials,
let me speak of our great man. of his
position, and the wav in which he is
i guar led. The garrison of t. Helena
is composed of , .no men. iany
pieces oi artillery and a score of mor
tars defend thu eoasi i.onaparte
oc upies ihe country bouse ot the
i Lieutenant Governor, situated on tbe
only plain on the Island, and known
by the name of l.ongwood. Tnis
I plain is surrounded by high rocks.
and one can app oach it by only one
path. Als-ut the house Is the F.flv
ttilrd reg mcnt, a;,d farther on are
companies or artillery, so that the
entire plain is guarded by troops.
Napoleon has tlity men to serve bim.
bin takes advantage o his liberty to
walk aiioui alone, without Indng an
noyed by h:s guardians I'. jl. if he
desires to leave the little plain I'ona
parte is accompanied by an oilieer ,n
uniform, who doc. not leave him an
in tant, anil who mut report every
thing that hn has done during the
day
"The persons composing the suite
of the 'emperor' are watched by oill
cers or o dnance, and his valets by
under o.llcer Al every hour ot the
night the tjuveruor Is Informed by
means of a military telegraph of
what happens on the island. A few
minutes are su cient to alarm the
garrison if necessary and have It un
der arms. Such are the p ecautions
taken trt guard Napoleon, as far as
the Ian I Itsel. ii concerned.
"As to the seaside, still greater
care is taken, Two frigates ride at
am nor and two brigs course inces
santly about the Is and and rrotn ii
o'clock at night until o' lo k in the
morning Iwo armed bands pat ol the
mountains overlooking the sea. It,
is lorbidden to row on the waters of
the Island without ier mission other
wise one r us the risk of luring ar
rested and shot Ho strange boat. 1b
allowed to land. A reward of five
francs and a half Is given to anyon
who signals the approach of a boat
within twenty leagues of the coast.
It uiut also be emcmbcred that tho
coast is very dangerous. Tne break
ers are so heavy that one must olten
wait several days wiltio.it tie ng able
to leave his ship, If permission is
g anted You can understand f'om
this that escape is Impos 1 de. Ad
mitting even that the Governor
Wished to favor the' . Ight of Hona
parie, it wou d be nccess ry that the
. dmiral connive at his plan. Now
If the Admiral should aid in decelv
Ing the superior authorities and on a
favorable night should allow two or
ttiree Mooim to approach tor the pur
pose of carrying away our prisoner,
what would tie iho late of these ves
sels? They would have to withstand a
formid hie I. re and their crews would
certa nly be arrested, a-i the ap
proa hes are so perfectly guarded.
Nothing happens or which lam not
Info rued.
"When evening conies," adds the
marquis, "Minaparle and his al
ien .ants must enter the house and
are not allowed to leave it until the
following morning. The house at
night Is surrounded by sentinels, wh i
have orders to draw on any person
who appears, and the Km cror and
his follower have learned I hat these
urdt rs will certainly be carried out,
;s proof has already been given."
The Contented .lavarts.
The people live much In public,
an the po irer classes. Instead of eat
ing their meals'at home, as is the
m inner of the unsociable Hindu,
seem usually ta breakfast and d.tieat
one ot tne itinerant cookshops to e
found at eve y street corner. More
ex lusive people may tie seen buying
tho small packet-of urry and rice
wrapped in fresh plantain leaves and
pinned with bamboo splinteis, which
are intended for home consumption.
To stroil down i village street and
watch tbe culinary otieralions In pro
gress at wayside eating shops was an
unfailing sour e of aiuu ement, and
very clean and apeil. ing they looked,
though the smoil was occasionally
somewhat tring to the Kuropean
nose. Tbe .tavans. line, a rice-eating
people, an fond of pungont and evil
smelling sauces the equivalent of
the Iturman gnapen and Japanese
bean soy are in constant requisition.
The natives and especially the
children, look fat atid healthy, and
appear to en. oy life under easy con
ditions, thuiigh they are, generally
speaking, of grave demeanor, and aro
not endowe i with the unfa ling vl
ac!ty which distingu sh the Hnr
man and Japanese. Huritig the six
weeks that we spent in the Island we
did not s e halt ado en beggars, anil
except .n cities certainly not that
nunioer of polle-citcr;. Hlnck wood's
.Niagn. inc.
Slnirp I'rncrtfce.
The London Chronicle of Jan. 1 1
13, 1 .si, gives an account ofa lawyer
woo dined on several occasions with
a client previous lo a trial and
charged bhn t, s fd ror each attend
ance at dinner, which was allowed on
taxing. Ills client t-babbily thought
thai, by Inviting hltu a dinner he
would get all consultations free The
lawyer's host thereupon sued him,
and recovered for the value of the
food and w ne The lawyer, how
ever, Informed against him Tor deal
ing in w ne without a license, and
the client was obliged, to his intense
disgust, to pay tbe penalty, much of
which went to the attorney aa In
former. This whimsical Instance of
sharp practice has t-een made the
subject a song, which at one time
was popular.
A Nlnne t-hlp.
The rnysterv of the strange hark
thit three ship captain have re
ported st auded on a reef Ult-een
mites wet of ihe Stra.tsof Le Ma. re,
w th all masts and . igging stan I ing.
seems to be solved. few days ago
a vessel reached 1 ondon and reported
having jiast within a short distance
of the deserted bark, and interest was
renewed in the thrice-reporieJ
stranded vessel, .ill agieed in say
ing il was an iron ship and most
likely of German consiru t on. It
was Park rigged, and had black
pamled portholes. ' hipping and in
surince men have been living to de
termine the name ot thj wrecked
l.ark, but without suceess. No ves
sel of its description suo Id be any
where in the vicin ty of tbe Horn,
and none is o.erdue at any port
that would pass within thousands of
miles o the spot
It is not likely that it could tie
taken for the crown of Italy, which
ran on a reef n the Straits of Le
Matre anout two and a half years
ago. It was a lull rigged t-hlp. and
wuen ii struck most of her niasis
wc:;t by the tioard. A few days af
uerward tbe sea was strewn with
wreckage, and nothing was again
seen of the wreck. A few days ago
the liriiish sbip, ( edri the ax n,
arrived in port from Swansea, and it
passed lose to tbe spot where the
myaierious bark has been seen. Capt.
i ees tells a siorv which further com
p lea Les matters He says the so
calie I bark is nothing hut a rock, al
though its resemblance lo a ship is
sosiriking tbat he made an entry in
his log to ttie e :ect that a ship was
stranded, w.th all the r gging In
ta t He says that he was out fifteen
miles when he first saw It. and was
sure It was a wieck.
As tv1 approach, d It he found it
was a huge rock st icking out of tbe
water. It was only alsiut half a mile
away, but even ttien Its esemhlance
to a bark with pa rued ports was so
st iking that all bands had to be
called lor an opinion. The pu zle tn
the sea captains who have rounded
the Horn dozens of limes is that the
rock has never leeu seen before.
San Fratici-co CalL
I A New Held Telephone.
1 After many tests of foreign devices
the government employed the l;el)
Telephone ompany to devise and
manulacture an in-truuient which,
It Is hoped, will meet all the re uire
nients for communication in the Held.
1 Jn this Instru ent the prin iples of
the Kccard knap ack telepnone, a
previous American device, and the
trumpet telephone of the German '
army are comb.ned. It (Onsists of j
an ingenious a ra gciuent ot He! 1
telephone, Morse key. and battery,
which are all coutaiued in a small
leather case worn by a strap over the
: shoulder. The wire is coiled on a
i reel in a separate case, and makes a
load Tor one man. The telephone
part is so con 'rived that the eceiver
and transmitter are in one piece,
which may tie held in place by one
band, the iecei er at the ear and the
transmitter at the mouth, while the
oiherh nd manipulates the key. The
key takes the place of the call-box
In an ordinary telephone, and makes
a sharp click in the receiver at the
other end of the line, which calls the
operators attention. H desirable,
the instrument may also be used to
telegraph as well as telephone. C u
diti ns might exist, in action where
cannonading and the like would ren
der it dhlicut to hear spoken words
in the telephone. Then it is that
the sharp click or tho telegraph key
spe Is the message through the tele
phone receiver lo tbe ear of the
operator, who hears it as clea ly
as If a hundred uiiies rtoni
the scene of action. The wire used
Is light, Insulated double conductor,
which has a tensile strength that
will withstand the strain of being
run over by art llery wheels, and niav
be safely laid on the ground. It is
usually strung along fences, however,
for rapid woik, and oo t. ees and
light poles when practicable. One
man can carry aim" one and one
half miles of this wire.
A Hero.
A few years ago a I ra broke out in
a charming little hwiss village, says
an echange. in a lew hours the
quaint frame houses wete entirely
destroyed.
The p or peasants ran around
wringing their hands and weeping
over their lost homes and the b nes
of the burned cattle.
One poor man was in greater
trouble than bis neighbors, even.
Ills homo and cows were gone, .and so
also was his son, a bright boy of six
or seven years. Hu wept and refused j
to hear any words of comfort lie'
spent ttie night wandering sorrow-!
fully among ihe ruins, while his ac '
qtialntances hud taken refuge in the
tie ghlio lug villages. .
.lust as daybreak came however, he
heard a well known sound, and look-'
Ing up he saw his favorite cow lead
ing the herd, and coming directly
aiter them was his bright-eyed little. '
hoy.
(). my son! my son!'1 he cried,
"are you really aiiveV"
"Why, yes, father. When 1 saw
tho i re 1 ran to get our ows away to
the pasture lands "
"You are a heio. m, boy:" tho
father exclaimed
liut the boy said: ' (), nol A hero
Is one who does some wonderful deed, j
I led tbe cows awav because they !
were in danger, and I knew it was !
the right thug lo do." '
Ah!" cried the father, "ho who j
does ihe Ight thing at the right time i
Is a hero. "
Tiik more a girl likes and admirea j
her father and brothers, the less ,
likely that she will Mealite a worth-1
leas lover Into a bera
AND THE DEVIL,
Thr ( imiiinlou Hclweea Utc Tmm WI
K.t-4Ulltid a C ommoa C'aaUta-t.
It is not generally known thatths
practice exacted by the rules or good
society or placing the hand before the
mouth when yawning was originally
a religious custom. Yet such is the
case, accord. ng t'j the Springfield lt
pu 1)1 ican. It was a medieval super
si lion that when the evil one de
sired to take possession of a man a
soul he entered by the mouth. If,
after the devil had been long in wait,
the victim eilher rema ned silent or
else spoke so runidlv that tbe evil
spirit could not p into a wide
opened mouth i it the archdend
tormented his uu-cpecting prey into
a fit of yaw long, in tbe b ipe of
tberetiy ejecting an entrance. It was
to escape this danger tbat the
yawner held his hand before bis
niouth. At the same time tbe sign
of the cross was made The latter
custom now survives only Id a lew
mountain i.lstrlcts of Europe, while
the other i ra t ce is invariably re
quired i.y etiquette. A counterpart of
th s superstition is furnished by tbe
painters of the preraphaelite and re
naissance i etlods. esptc ally in Italy.
In pictures representing tbe casting
out of an evil spirit they show the
latter in the form of a 1 ttie black or
red (lend, in the act of esca ing from
the lips o ihe demoniac In death
scenes a blessed sp rit is represented
as a small, uaked, I esh-colored man
or woman, whiie a dunned soul hi
eithe red the color or sin) or black
(the color of deaih and perdition). In
both cases the spirit is often seen is
suing irom the dying person's mouth
In ihe facdmile edition of Sir John
Mandeville's travels published iu
England it f tv years ago, Judas Is rep
resented as be hangs u on the mul
berry l ee, and tbe devil is taking bis
black soul from out his side appar
ently. We more rar ly meet with
pictures in which an evil spirit is ou
tbe point of entering into a sinner.
Those who have seen the Sistine
Chapel in i.ome will remember, itn
med.ately to the right of the en
trance, a large wad painting in
tresco not by Michael Angelc , which
represents the "Last Supper." Il
gives a side view of Judas lscariot,
and shows a little black devil on bis
shoulder. I'ling his o. portunity to
enter the taa.ior's soul. This p dure
is a curious and unquestionable illus
tration of the Koruan i atholic super
stition connected with yawning.
Mourning for fcnak.es,
, Whenever you say, "This is aline
seasou" to the Boston Journal's snake
editor, he shakes his head sorrow
fully and remarks, -'Not a bit o iu
It's the worst summer on record."
"Why, didn't you see that rattle
snakes had appeared at hxeter, N.
11. V he was - d by an inquirer.
"what oi ..;afr" was the reply.
"Would you consider that that wa
worth being compared with the story
from the west about the man who
went down into an abandoned mine
and killed U- rattlesnakes, drank a
quart of whisKy and earned I00 Hi
less than an hour?"
And the snake editor's eyes fairly
giisiei ed at the thought or the ad
venture "Don't you remember the eight
foot snake found out at the Back
Bay?"
"What is an eight-foot snake ia
Boston to be compared witn the big
serpent stories coming from other
parts of the country. There was Ihe
boa constrictor who escaped from a
cage and hid in a sewer."
Oh, that was old."
"No, that hap ened in Washing
ton, and is vouched for. Then there
was the duel between two jea ous boa
constrictors in a Brazilian torest, and
the two differeut stor.es about nieu
barely escaping being swallowed by
p.vthons.and the educated hlaeksnake
which milked a cow, and the man
who caught eight ground hogs and
was attacked by blacksnakes and had
to throw the animals away to ap, ease
the reptiles."
This was a long sentence and the
snake editor had to pause for breath,
but belore tbe quesiioner could get
in a query, he resumed the cata
logue. "Then there was the reappearance
of the sea serpe.it in the I'ac tic
ocein, and the man wno eats rattle
snakes in preference to spring chick
ens, and the snake charmer who was
being photographed wilh his wj
when tbey went on a strike aim de
molished the establishment 1 bad
almost forgotten the two cases of
people on the California coast who
were seized by shall 1 say octa puses
or octopi? ind almost killed. No,
this has heen a splendid season for
snake stories in every section ol the
country but New England, and it is
enougli todrive an enterprising snake
editor west, where there Is somothintc
to do. New Kng and isn't in it"
And with that the disheartened
snake editor mournfully wended his
way to a pla e where he could go in
training for seeing snakes as mucn
as he liked.
Hnee.inj.
Sneezing niav he averted bv press
ing llrtuly upon the upper lip with
the fingers. The why" of this is
that we deaden the impression made
on a certain branch of the "tilth
nerve, sneezing being a rel ei a tioa
ex ited by some slight impression
made upon that ner ve. I roof of this
is seen in the fact that sneezing
never takes place when the nerve
mentioned Is paralyzed. een though
the sense of smell is fully retained.
JiiHiMK.NT may be awift, hut It
travels with a snail's pace when Ik
start's alter ynur enemy and makea
many rests on the way.
How time drags when you art He
len Ing to tbe praise of tome one yom
dial ike
YAWN