CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.1
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
Tb* Light nrl(.d. Outdone—Dead of a
I Mlnna.ota Regiment A Relic of
(■an. Washington A Story of Davy
gr Crockett.
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l.estngton.
LOW LY the mist
o'er the meadow
was creeping,
Hrlglit on tha
dewy buds glis
tened the atm,
When from Ills
couch—while hi*
c li I I d r a n w<Ta
sleeping—
Hose the bold rein I
and shoulder'd
lile gun
Waving her gold
en veil
Over the silent dale,
Illlthc look'd the morning on cottage and
s lil re;
Mush'd was hi* parting sigh,
While from Ills noble eye
Flush'd the last sparkle of Liberty's lire.
On the smooth green where the fresh leaf
Is springing
Calmly the first-born of glory have met;
Hark! (lie death-volley around them Is
ringing
— Look! with their life-blood the young
W glass Is wet.
Fallit Is the feeble breath.
Murmuring low In death—
"Tell to our sons how their fathers have
db d;”
Nerveless the Iron hand,
Raised for It* native land.
Lie* by the weapon that gleuins at Its
side.
Over (lie hillsides (he wild knell Is tolling,
From their far hamlets the yeomanry
come;
As thro' llie storm-clouds Hie thunder
hurst rolling,
Circles the heat of the musicring drum.
1* a.Mt on the soldi* r’s path
^ Darken the waves of wrath;
Ixmg have tiny gather'd, and loud shall
they fall:
Jlrd glares the musket's flash,
Hharp rings the rifle's crash,
Mazing and clanging from thicket and
wall.
Coyly the plume of the horseman was
dancing.
Never to shadow his cold brow again;
Proudly at morning the war-steed was
prancing.
Peeking and panting he droops on the
rein;
Pale Is the Up of scorn.
Voiceless tho trumpet-horn
Torn Is the silken-frlng'd red cross on
high:
Many a belted breast
Low on the turf shall rest,
Ere the dark hunters the herd have pass'd
by.
Hnow-girdb 1 crags where the hoarse
wind Is raving.
Hocks where the Wf ary floods murmur
and wall,
Wilds where the fern by the furrow Is
waving.
Heel'd with the echoes that rode on the
gale;
Far as the tempest thrills
Over the darken'd hills,
Par as the sunshine streams over the
plain.
Ftoused by tho tyrant hand,
Wr ke all the mighty land.
Girded for battle, from mountain to main.
Green be tho graves where her martyrs
arc lying!
Shroudless and tombless they sunk to
their rest;
y While o'er tlnlr ashes the starry fold
flying,
W'raps the proud ca#le they roused
from his nest.
Horne on her northern pine,
Dong o'er the foaming brine
Spread her broad banner to storm and
to sun;
Heaven keep her ever free
W'ldo as o'er land and sea
Floats the fair emblem her heroes have
won!
The Light Hrlgade Outdone
The recent dedication of the monu
ment of the First Minnesota regiment
at Gettysburg lias called pulbic atten
tion to the fact that there are in his
tory charges quite as terrible, intrepid
and bloody as that of Halaklava, made
f'i mniia hv Totinvann rwl iUot
the charge of the First Minnesota
regiment at Cemetery Kidge was one of
them.
On this occasion, a breacli hud been
left between the Union forces of Han
cock und Sickles, and the Confederates
advanced to take advantage of it. The
objective point was a battery which
was the only one to stay the advance.
Hancock, a' the post of danger, look
ing over this little force of two hun
dred und sixty-two men, exclaimed to
t Us leader:
"What regiment is this?"
"The First Minnesota."
••Colonel.” said the general, polnt
y lug to the enemy, "charge and take
those colors!"
This was no blunder, like the order
at Balakluva. but a desperate chance.
The Minnesotans advanced in splendid
order against a force vastly greater
tbau their own; they did not recoil un
der a terrible tire that mowed them
down; thry hurled themselves on the
run Into the enemy ; they were literally
swallowed up lit lb Confederate rank
*1 he Hue of the enemy was uroketi. j
and fatally: for the attack occupied ,
the Co'ifi derates so Inug that the ti'|>
purllua mot .mi ni. which Haniork had
In the meantime ordered succeeded III ,
checking the advance.
After the tight was aver, and Ceme
tery Hidae hid b>*a saved to ia«
Union fines, the Flret Ylmne oi.i
"all that was left of II ' came back i
with the flag of will ox* Cuafedemte I
brigade. Wfetch was the out I hat Halt- j
rash had ordered the regiment to cap- i
tare But only forty-sec*a m«u re !
Israel.
, Fifty six men of the two hundred !
a ad sixty-tw • wer- killed outng.il and
•laeteew were mutt ally wounded one ;
huadred ead (arty more lay woo tided i
u« the held Nat ube was tahta prta- '
ewi
The tugM Brigade at Balakiava safe
ai<t»d at etx hundred sad set sal y
am llf Ihssa. all hwl asm hundred
pad steely eight were hilled or wooad
ed—a loss of about seventy per cent.
The loss in killed and wounded of the
First Minnesota was eighty-two per
cent.
The eharge of the Minnesotans was
the more brilliant, not only because It
was more bloody, but because It effect
ed its purpose. Fate had selected the
regiment for a sacrifice, aud it went
to the sacrifice with perfect willingness
and unsurpassed intrepidity, its deed
deserves to be commemorated not alone
in the granite, but In deathless verse.
An Olil-Tlaia I’olllIrian.
Our boy readers may have seen in
some farm-house garret an old wood
cut of a gigantic figure lu full bunting
costume fringed deerskin shirt and
leggings, a belt full of tomahawks and
knives- rifle and powder-horn slung
across his shoulders, and beneath, the
name so familiar to Iheir grandfathers
Oavy Crockett, says Youth's Com
panion. That Is, perhaps, all they
know of a man who was once a power
lu the land. It may be worth their
while to see what qualities gave a man
power in those early days.
Davy Crockett, a hundred years ago,
wus the ten-year-old son of a poor
Irish emigrant In the Western wilder
ness. He earned his own living by
driving a wagon and by bunting, and
even then known in the settlements as
a hoy who would not cheat an Indian
of a wolf's pelt, and who could bring
down a panther at long range with one
shot. Whatever fhivy did, he "did
thorough through," in the words of his
neighbors.
As soon as the young man had
enough monpy to buy two cows and a
horse, lie married anil took up land in
the wildest part of Tennessee. His
honesty and reckless courage soon
made him the foremost man In the
mountains. He was elected to the
state legislature although he could
scarcely write his name.
mil i ruf-Kfii nunii'u «*»
persistently us he had hunted panthers;
he studied hooks hy night and men by
day. He was also a shrewd business
man, and started powder-mills which
brought him in a large income. Defeat
followed success. The powder-mills
blew up, he lost office, and was left
penniless. He lived by hunting for a
year or two, and then was elected to
congress.
On the day when he took his seat a
question of finance involving foreign
relations was before the house. The
backwoodsman listened eagerly.
"I don't understand a word they say.
Hut I will understand," he said to his
neighbor.
A day or two later the lumber ques
tion came up. Crockett spoke. He
knew his ground. He had sound com
mon sense and a sharp mother wit,
and his speech was successful. During
his whole political career, he com
manded respect because he never spoke
on a subject which he had not master
ed.
But David Crockett was first of all a
fighting man. He was prominent in
the Texan war of independence, and
died in the Alamo.
Italic of fjeorge WMaliington.
In a store on the west side is a cu
rious old stove, said to have belonged
to George Washington and afterward
presented to Christ's church in Alex
andria, Va. It is a solidly built ar
rangement, about six feet high, capped
hy an American eagle cast In iron. The
foundation is square and massive, with
four stout legs, rather fancifully
wrought. The stove is square, slanting
upward almost to a point. In it at its
base are two openings, and these ap
pear to be the only doors. There seems
to be no receptacle for ashes, and one
is left to speculate upon how our dig
nified George started the lire in the
morning when the weather wa3 cold,
\,
ami how, If tho thing aid not "draw,"
did he vent his III humor at Its con
trariness, when there were llo doors to
slum nor to kick shut.
Above the tapering, square part Is a
corrugated column, u foot high, and
upon this rests the eagle, with out
stretched wings. Kach side of the
stove Is artistically decorated with the
figure of a wouiaa In Iron and raised
from the stove, as In cameo effect.
HiIIImmui •• a wo.
An Austrian princess unit asked th*
l>uke of Wellington Hun la It that
w« in Vienna speak Preach so much
better than you Kugtish *" To which
the I bike replied "Well. Princes*. If
Nspolectt had twice visited lain dun
with kts armies, as he has Vienna. I
have no doubt w* should he much more
familiar with the Preach language '
tout* Philippe of Prance Introduced IU
the Huts of Wellington one of the
Prench marshal* whom h* had henicn
In the Peninsula The «e# *hal pertly
turned hi* he*h i« the iNib which
greatly displeased l.out* Philippe, who
apologised to th* fluhe fur hi* mar
shat* rudenea*. Put give high #»**."
Mid the I>uk* taught him to do that
in the IstwtMoi*. Ia>ndww Imiip
Mews.
1 FOR BOYS AND’GIRLS.
SOME COOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
Two I.title Glrle and Their Rebellion*
f ork* One of the Greatest Wonder*
of Mature I’rlcea Paid for Wild
Auluial*—Mine* of Australia.
Dirge fer a Yoong Olrl.
NDKRNEATH the
nod, low lying.
Dark and dreHr,
Blrepeth one who
lefl. In dying,
Borrow here.
Ye*. they're ever
bending o'er her.
Eye* that weep;
Form*, that to the
eold grave bore
her.
Vigil* keep.
When the *ummer moon I* ahlnlng
Soft and fair.
Friend* *he loved In tear* are twining
Chaplet* there.
Re»t in peace, thou gentle spirit.
Throned above;
Soul's like thine with Hod Inherit
Life and love! ■
Two I.lttle Ctrl* and Tlielr Rebellion*
Lock*.
Mr*. Ruth McKnory Stuart contrib
utes to the St. Nicholas » Southern
sketch under the title of "An Old-Time
Christmas Gift." It tells of a little
white girl and her slave maid, who
"belonged to each other," from the
time when they were a day old. Mrs.
Stuart says:
Of course, both children had their
faults and their small vanities, and
some of them are rather funny, as vte
look back at them.
Miml's long, flaxen hair was very
straight, and she longed for curls;
Yuyu’s was hopelessly curly, and the
uesire or ner neart was 10 get it
straight. And so, at bedtime, Mitnl
would sit on a low stool while Yuyu
put the long yellow strands in curl
papers, and then the little maids would
change places. Yuyu would take the
low seat, and Mimi would divide her
kinky hair into sections, rub each lock
with a bit of tallow candle, and wrap
It round and round with strips of cal
ico until not a kink of the entire mop
was allowed to have Its wilful way.
When It was done. Yuyu would declare
that it was all she could do to shut
her eyes, and, indeed, her eyebrows
did look pretty high, and she appeared
very wide-awake. After this, both
children would kneel and say their
prayers, and Mimi, being mistress,
would get tlrst Into her own little bed,
while Yuyu tucked her in. And then
Yuyu would say. “Good night, little
mistus.” Or. perhaps, she would lin
ger awhile, and they would talk a lit
tle, as when, one night, Mimi said:
“Yuyu, I been a-thinkin’ that maybe
It’s a sin for you and me to put our
hair up this way.”
“Which way?" asked the alert Yu
yu. “Does you mean dat curls is a
sin—or straightness?”
"I was just a-thlnklng about the
vainness, Yuyu. Maylip God intended
curls for you and straightness for me. '
“Law, honey, Cord don't care—des
so we do our duty, and don’t tell
lies.”
“An’ keep the Sabbath holy—eh, Yu
yu? Well, good-night, then. My
head feels awful humpy, though,
whether God cares or not.’’ And Mi
mi yawned.
“Mine ain't got no feelin’s to it—no
mo'n my foots when they goes to
sleep—but I likes do way it feels when
it ain’t got no feelin’, ’ca’ze I knows
it’s a-stretch!n’. Good night. Sleep
tight.’’
And by this time, unless Mimi were
too far gone, she would answer: “Don't
let the mosquitoes bite.”
Prices of Wild Animals.
The greatest animal mart in the
world is at Hamburg, Germany, and
the following are the current market
prices for animals:
Female Indian elephant, six feet
high, trained to do several tricks, car
ries six people in saddle, $1,500; fe
male elephant, live feet six inches
high, no tricks, $1,300; young, fresh
Imported male elephant, four to five
feet high, from Burmah. $1,000; fe
males, $1,100; zebras, 5 years old. per
pair, $2,00o, and both broken to drive
single or double harness; 8 months' old
zebra, male. $450. and female, 3 months
old. $350; Nubian wild ass, 0 years dd,
$200; wild asses from tbe ltusslan
steppe*, per pair, $!HH); double bumped
camels, per pair, $500; llamas. 4 years
| old. per pair, $250; Axl* deer from In
| dla. per pair, $200; Siku deer from 1a
pan per pair, $150; waterbuek natcl*
| opes, 2 years old (country not given I.
per pair. $750; Bengal tiger*, male, C
year* old, female 3 year* old. per pair.
! $1,750; Bengal tiger*, female, 3 year*
old. each $75«; Nubian lion*, li years
old. per pair. $1,500, Nubian Bon*, 2H
year* old. per pair. $I,MM); and l**
j year* old. $'-uO: female Jaguars. IS
■ month* old, each $225. puma* 3 yeara
old, per pair. $3o0. India leopards,
male, $175 each: *irlp»d hyena*, aoch.
$15. Hu**ian wolvea, »a* h. $IU0; young
polar bear* per pair. $150. polar beat*.
I< month* old. 8*'**. and fully grown
$1 him per pair; young Ku**i*n be* s,
$ 15a*. African and Indian porcupine*
> *»< h $4" male kangaroo. $135, heaver
ra's, $70 per pair; male uurang **.
tang. T year* old $t km.
N«1U smi sods*.
Aiasut It <hw wutteea, or nearly 1||j •
•Mil, * a* ih* average dally prudurien
«f th« i»I4 a»u*** of ih* world ta*i
j v*ar Thai waa I ha highest In the
huiory id gold mining fl* mini mi
put In liM in alt paria of 'he world w«*
nearly £ ft lea* tnm. (We mlBtawa wore
than In UhV and non than duo hi* ■ g»
mi put of law Th* ri.heai gold mine
In th* world la Use*4*4 and** th* Ihrfv
tug town of Ballarat, Victoria. Austra
lia. It has about 25.000 inhabitants,
nearly all of whom are employed in the
mine. There are more than 100 miles
of tunnels under the city, some of them
being at the depth of 2.000 feet. The
entrance to the mine, which is con
trolled by a corporation and is known
as the Band, Barton and Albion Coun
cils, is outside the city. The rock in
which the gold is found beneath Bal
larat is not rich in the yellow metal.
It yields but half an ounce of standard
gold to the ton. and yet the Band, Bar
ton and Albion mine has yielded more
than £50.000,000 of gold since it was
opened 30 years ago. The work is
done so systematically and so thor
oughly that it is enormously profitable
in r.plte of the low grade of the ore.
The supply of paying quartz seems
practically inexhaustible, and as the
vein Is extensive, being spread over
much territory, the mine bids fair to
last for centuries. The workmen in
the Band, Barton and Albion are much
more comfortable than the workers in
a coal mine. There are no noxious
gases and no danger from explosions.
Pure air is forced through various
shafts, and thus into the drivers. The
tunnels are drilled far apart, so that
there will be no danger to the ^lt.y
above, where all is trade and busi
ness.
-last As lie Pat It.
Modest people should liave a care. If
carried to an extreme, modesty is lia
ble to become ridiculous, as in a case
reported by the St. IxjuIh Globe-Demo
crat:
Years ago a member of the Indiana
legislature, in a brand new suit of
broadcloth and a silk hat, gold beaded
cane and white lawn tie, wandered tip
Into the sanctum of the Courier-Jour
nal, stood around In a listless way,
looked over the papers, went down
stairs and came back several times.
He was asked to take a seat, which he
declined elaborately, and ended by
drawing his chair In a confidential way
up to the "Roundabout” man’s desk.
‘ Couldn’t you,” he said, "put in the
paper that I am at the Galt House with
my bride, and just fling in something
about my being a prominent Indiana*
lan? I don't care anything about this
sort of thing myself, but you know how
the women arc. I want fifty copies of
the paper sent to this address.” He laid
down two dollars and a half, grinned,
got red In the face, said "Good morn
ing," and vanished.
Next morning he read that "Mr. John
Huckleberry requests ns to say that
he Is at the Galt House with Ills bride;
that he Is a prominent member of the
Indiana legislature, and that he, him
self. personally, cares nothing for
newspaper notoriety, but that a socie
ty note would be very gratifying to
Mrs. Huckleberry. He added that hr
wanted fifty copies of the paper for
distribution to his constituents.”
A Heaalek Hero.
No man is a hero while seasick. La
fayette was sent by Washington and
Congress to France to ask further
supplies of men and money for the
American colonies. He sailed from
Boston In the frigate Alliance, on Jan.
11, 1779. The harbor was frozen, and
a passage had to be cut for the ship
through the ice.
Off the Newfoundland banks the ship
was assailed by a terrible tempest,
which threatened destruction, and La
fayette was very seasick. Ilis aide
de-camp, the Chevalier de Pontgibaud
who relates the incident in his me
moirs, heard him soliloquizing thus on
the hopelessness of the situation and
the emptiness of glory:
’’Diablo! I have done well certain
ly. At my time of life—barely twenty
years of age. with my name, rank and
fortune, and after having married
Mademoiselle de Noailles, to leave
everything and serve as a breakfast foi
codfish!”
A Wonder of Natan,
Here is a picture of a very wonderful
rock, which lies in a broad plain neai
l-adybrand, In th© Orange Fro© State
It Is uot far from the iMiundary ol
Haautoland, near th© mountalu coil »•
try. It will b© seen that this lock
looks very nnit'li Ilk© u inin'i bead
The res ©in bill tie© in. Indeed, very atrlk
lug, when one views the glganth
boulder from a dls in*© of about '
yards, Curiously enough. too. the pro
illw is not unlike Sir Waller Scott'«
This iioatnl stone Is conceded by all to
be a wonder of nature. Its hug© list
may he appreciated by comparing ii
with the people who stand In the fore
ground of the sketch
II■<» •« *«» t uu«4 ll* Way.
Th* president of th* Attoa.i an©
* iation Mr. II II Millard, recentIji
caught an aat near it# hill, shut ll u|
ta a tea, carried t< i.v» feet away ami
■st ll fr** la I he middle of « aaadi
road What followed he thus 4*
scribe* “ll s**ased hi Ini b*wtld*r
•d Then II climbed to th* tup ul •
rid#* uf *aad. #t*ct*4 it* body as higl
as poeeiid* »s*»d Ms antenna* fur hv
•rwl **c»*ada. and h*>» •tsrlel m ,
•t might Ms* M homo*
t Mm in Omaha tN’ehi *d*<r«i**d
the other da* th* most high'* «•««*.
Haul bar gala sak* of B»* iIm* m,«i
Uin went barefoot "
INJTHE ODD CORNER.
SOME STRANGE. QUEER ANO
CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE.
Die Most Wonderful Temple Cnhfue
Souvenirs from luriia Cheating a Hull
— A Singular Theatrical Perforin auce -
An Kitraordlnary Itecord.
Cbarleston.
ALM as that second
Hummer which
precedea
The llrat fall of tho
anew,
In the broad sunlight
of heroic deeds,
The city bides the
foe.
As yet. behind their
ramparts. stern
and proud,
llcr bolted tliuti
d> ra sleep—
Lark Sumter, like a battlemented cloud,
l.ooms o’er the solemn divp.
No Uulpe frowns from lofty cliff or scaur
To guard the holy strand:
Hut Moultrie bolds In leash her dogs of
wur,
Above the level sand.
And down llie dunes a thousand gun* lla
couched,
Unseen, beside the flood —
Like tigers In some Orient Jungle
crouched.
That wait and watch for blood.
Meanwhile, through streets still echoing
with trade,
Walk grave and thoughtful men,
Whose hands may one day wield the pa
triot’s blade
As lightly as the pen.
And maidens, with such eyes os would
grow dim
Over a bleeding bound,
Seem each one to have caught the
strength of him
” "nwm .-'ll* . • i • a * > uniiH'i
Tims girt without tunl garrisoned at home,
I >ay patient following day.
old Charleston looks from roof, und
spire, and dome.
Across her tranquil hay.
Stiips, through a hundred foes, from S.ix
on lands
And spicy Indian ports,
firing Saxon steel and Iron to her hands,
And summer to her courts.
lint still, along yon dim Atlantic line,
The only hostile smoke
Creeps like a harmless mist above the
brine.
From some frail, Pouting oak,
Shull the spring dawn, and she still clad
In smiles.
And with an unscathed brow.
Best In the strong; urrns of her palm
crowned Isles,
As fair ami free as now?
VC’• know- not; In the temple of the Fated
Cod bas Inserlbed lo*r doom.
And, all untroubled In her faith, she waits
The triumph or the tomb.
The I,e:i t I III set.
The "Leaf-Insect” Is u native of the
Must Indies und the Islands of the
Kaatern Archipelago. Ur. Duns, In de
scribing it, says; "Suppose the top of a
sprout of this year's growth to he brok
en from u hay, the leaves stripped off,
two of them taken and laid hack
along the sprout to within about a
quarter of an inch from the top, you
have then the body and head of the
insect. At the end of the bare sprout
two forked incipient loaves stand out.
These will do for the horns. The
leaves lying thus along the sprout give
as they taper towards their points the
aspect of the body; while the uncov
ered projecting part, with Its half
formed buds, represents the head and
the eyes. The wings bear the most
striking resemblance to an oak-leaf cut
up the center. The regularity of the
larger veins, and the distinctness ol
the smaller ones are very marked. Then
you have the four leg-like fragments ol
leaflets, joined to the upper parts ol
the body; while two arms, serving thf
same purpose as the tentacular of the
butterfly branch off from the shoulder
These are also like fragments of a
leaf; hut when they are brought to
gether they form an entire leaf, with
its base at tile bead and its point pro
je*( ting." When the Insect rests anion;;
the leaves Us resemblance to them If
so perfect that only a most acute ob
server Is likely to detect It; even whet
It (lies It looks far more like a stray
loaf torn from a branch than a trut
insect. The Leaf-Insect moves about
very slowly, and if It were not for It!
extraordinary resemblance to the fo
liage among which it passes its life
would lie powerless to escape the at
tacks of Us numerous enemies.
An Kslrannlluary llec-ortl.
A British newspaper of the year 1771
; contains the following singular rec
ord: "Old William iHiuglus and hit
' wife lately died; he und his wife wen
l burn on (he same day, within the aim
j hour; christened at the same time am
; In the same chutch; they were cos
slant companions, and at the age oi
I nineteen were married at the chun-.v
I at which they were chrtatened, Thej
' never kuew a day’s llinse until the da)
! before their deaths, and on the day m
whleh they died were exactly one him
| died years old. They died lu one bed
I were burled In one grave close to th<
■ font where they were christened Thai
, never had any children,
I >M** mmse tire lisa Is iu.
i s*»t the least interesting of the son
i venire which Lord fclfl* brought hum*
>m the templet ion of nis Vi e royalty
In India ar* two muai habia
of native eaUgrapM presented to him
hy the SIMM of Hyderabad The tret
j which M in the shape of a tree, will
birds pervhed on It. overshadow la*
pHtretU of Lord and Lady Klgtn, rot
•r« a apace of about eight tnshsa hi
tour, end Into this comp tea U crowd*
the Whole wf ehnpcsr sttt of Hand ! i
tiossUscon "Mom Harden." Whleh nets
•Hr malt*« fcsfly-hee pa* s of prints*
j shatter Leer? word la written m ,
bold, flowing hand, and although diffi
cult to read with the naked eye. ia
easily deciphered with the aid of a
magnifying glass. The second part of
the Nazim's offering consists of two
grains of rice bearing inscriptions In
i similar microscopic characters, the first
concerning Their Excellencies' visit to
Hyderabad, and the second concerning
the artist who did the work. This is
one 8yed Shakir All, who a few years
ago sent a somewhat similar offering
to the Queen as a birthday present.
Most Wonderful Temple.
The most wonderful temple In th»
world Is built on u rocking stone on
the summit of a mountain in northern
India. It is Impossible to Imagine a
more wonderful situation than that of
this temple. The rocking stone Is sit
uated on a mountain over twenty thou
sand feet high. It weighs many thou
sands of tons, hut Is balanced on so
; line a point that a comparative light
pressure Is sufficient to make it sway.
Whether or not the great rock was
raised to Its present position by hu
man hutuls Is u mystery to sc lent I lb-,
minds. If it were, the labor was one
to which no modern engineering feat
can be compared. The Hindu priests
teach their followers that the rock was
placed in position by the help of the
gods. In this way they add consider
ably to the feeling of awe which they
desire to create. The worshipers at
this shrine must first make the ascent
of the mountain, a matter of great diffi
culty. Then they spend seven day* of
preparation in u temple built on the
solid mountain before they arc per
mitted to make the final passage to
tlie mysterious rocking stone. To reach
this atone It Is necessary to cross a
bridge over a great chasm. Nature anil
man had combined to make this Hin
du shrine awe insoirlng to the devout.
After crossing the bridge the pilgrim
mounts a ladder, to which he clings !u
terror for his life here and In the
hereafter. The temple on the rock Is
necessarily a small place. Three priests
officiate In It. The mysteries which
lake place there no man la permitted
to reveal. Europeans have seen It from
a distance.
A singular Tlmatrlntl I'erfuruisiice.
A very r« markable theatrical per
formance took place recently In St.
Andrew's hall, at Berlin. The play
was Schiller's "Marla Stuart," all the
actors were deal mutes, and the entire
audience consisted of persons similarly
afflicted. To a visitor In possession of
all his natural faculties the production
of the drama had something Indescrib
ably weird. Fancy a tiler little theater,
a well appointed stage, actors moving
about gesticulating In a manner exas
perating to those not conversant with
the sign language used by deaf mutes,
and not a sound to be heard, except
the walking of the people on the
scene. Tin drama was given without
a cut, and for four long hours the au
dience sat spellbound, not a person
leaving until tbo curtain had been low
ered for the last time. These per
formances occur ut regular Intervals,
and are arranged liy the teachers of
the Berlin Deaf Mute Institute.
< li«ntlnff » Hull#
A Connecticut sportsman relates In
Forest and Stream an adventure which
must have been exciting enough to
save his day from monotony. "1 was
hauling my boat across Kloy’s mead
ow to the crreit a hard pull, with de
coys. gun and ammunition. 1 wui
about half-way across, and had sat
down to rest, when I noticed that one
of a large herd of cattle was com
ing my way. 1 looked again. It wa.-.
a big bull, and evidently meant bus
iness. I knew lie would overtake mo
If 1 ran. so 1 turned over my boat and
crawled under It. The bull seemed
surprised that l had disappeared, and
after sniffing around a while went oil’.
1 waited until he was nearly up with
the cattle, and then started again. But
the old fellow was no fool; he had his
eye on me, and 1 had hardly started
before he came back on the run. I o
do my bf.-t I couldn't make the creek,
so under the bout 1 went again. This
time the bull was mad. lie bellowed
safest
and pawed, and tore up the nod around
ihe boat with hi* horn*; but ! held
th« I am down. Finally, when l waa
KvttlBK tin d, be got tired himtelf and
wnu ao far away that thi* time I made
the creek and launched my boat.
\ Itt Mtgrkdt'l* WUtlMl*
The aoologleal garden In l*nrl* ha>
r*.. utli a uulred a specimen of the
rare wildcat of slain, ln*tead of being
hir*»r tb«a lt‘‘ done**in relative#, a#
our wildcat! are. tbla aaimal l* <4
about th* *u* Ol a common hmi#* cat.
It t« aurprt#lngl* hi ft* and untamable,
and very inautlful, t»* laatrou# fur be
ing marked and banded with t) rnno t
rlc*l tlgu.eo In black and white, a*
One. according *« a Fart# Journal, a*
though drawn with a pencil.
| ll# f#e»»# Him.
An old woman who h*t n mllh •inn>l
j m Sl Jenin Fath lamdun ba# *»v i
i pt#d It for U >•*)! ll*r family k*a
kad ik# privilege of telling milk nl the
•i«nd t«r over tm» »'*»*
to th* v*lu* of it* n month I* *»M *t
•h* Hand
Th* average man n*«*r fatly rwalim*
nt midnight bow very #le*py fc# In gw
tag to be cl f w'vtach the M*l morning
