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W 4 LW l! 07 W. FAlRDROniER A CO,, Proprietor. ' . II. C.I- TIT...I... CAI.VK'M'. : : NEBRASK V MUSING. I think Bomo tlmo, srown old, I shall rotnico, In my biuI thou gut, thoso days thnt aro so - Hoot, Ms nn ( 1 1 mnn will stay hlg tottering foot, And, wlxtful, jmao upon n prlmlyou'iir fnoo That imsos hi in upon tho crowded struct I shall rev'ow tho record of thoso years As ouo wli i lln U u vo uma long tmreiid. O'er wli ch ho iwmI to bond his boyish hold, And turn It. woll-w6rn page o'or with toaw, .rinding a shadow of his youth long doud. 0. happy Youthl wo fain would koop thy pruno Of llphtnnd Joy and cureless lnusrhtor froe, Yet all too soon wo loso our jrrusp of thoo: AVo speed wlnu-footed through our summer tlmo . Llko Ilonnos throujrh tho flolds or Arcady. This boding thought oomos on us unaware. Through all tho mirth with which our dayfl aro r lo; , Thy sofK'iirlod leaves shall "surely fall, O'fftlr rodrosoof Hfol Traveler's Record. poarotl to consist of n million and a half of peoplo, ii9 near as I could loarn. They go drossod In white cotton kneo broeohos and turbans; thoy sraoko cig arettes and drink Jamaica rum; their manners aro pleasant and thoir ways hospitable . "As soon as thoy saw that a whlto man had arrived, thoy Hooked round mo nnd began to ask questions, Thoso I satlstiud to tho best of niv powor and reuuestod.to bo takon to tho King. Thoy led mo, or rathor.oarriod mo, snouting along tho streets, to tho Royal I'alaco, which is a tri.lo bigger than tho Crystal Palace, and all mado of solid gold. " Tho King Is a young man who wears his croWu both day and night. Ho is always surrounded'hy his guards, and has to bo approachod on bonded knee.'?. "After tho usual compliments, ho in vited mo to tell him what I cmno for. ' t replied that 1 was sent by tho most beautiful girl, in Rotherhitlio at this ho seomod pleased, and said ho wished sho (( LAL" RYDQUIST; A Story' of the Land and Sea. BY WAI7TKII BESANT AND JAMES KICB,1 IN ALL TUB Y1SAII HOUND. CHAVTEU VII. Continued. "Coal trade," ho replied promptly. " I took a passage, bargained to be dis embarked and called for again in three weeks' tlmo, and wo sot sail. Beautiful sailing it is in thoso seas, and ono.of these wintor evenings, Lai, when you and mo liavo got nothing to do, 1 will tell you such, yarns 6f tho islands as will make you long for to go. there voursclf. Our course was south of Borneo, and so into tho narrow seas, through the Macassar Straits, north of Celebes and Gillolo, and so along tho northwest of New Guinea, Where I'd made up my mind to find Cap' on Armiger. If you've got a chart any where about, any of you, you might follow." "Never mind the chart my lad," t;uu v.;i)i;un ,auu;w uiouu, ju wii. "Nobody, before mo and Cap'on Armiger, had ever landed ' on that desolate cost. Thoy sot mo ashore with six foot or s.o of baccy, a pipe, a box of luoifors, a bottle of rum, a gun, and a small fishing-net. That, 1 thought, would be enough to carry mo along for a spell, while 1 made inquiries. "1 found tho natives black but friend ly. They appeared not to bo cannibals. They greatly admired my appearance nnd manners. They invited me to stay among them with tho gun and bo their king. And although 1 was obliged to refuse, thoy were civil, and answered all my questions to tho best of their capacities, which are naturally limited." Anot nor grunt. "After a bit I discovered that I had 4pt been mistaken in my conclusions. Tlneo years before, or thereabouts, be cause you cannot expect naked savages to be as accurate as us truth-telling - Christians, a white man and a Malay had been washed ashore in an open boat. "Directly I heard that T pricked up my cars. Thero might havo been two different whito men come ashore in an open boat, but not two pairs of whito man and Malav man. That seemed im possible. So I. up and inquirodfat onco whero thoy were. "Thoy told mo that at landing there was a light, but that thoy were taken up ennntrv after tho furht with thoir arms bound to thoir sides." Hero C.ptain Borlinder stopped. "You remember, Venerable," ho said, "how you inter preted that scrimmago shown by the dumb man? You were quite right." Tho Venerable grunted again. "Of course," tho dis covercr resumed, " I made hasto to find out which way thoy wcro takon, and it was not long be fore I started following thoir track, led by a native boy who knew tho country well, having been born and brought up there." "Whore wore tho rest of tho natives born and brought up?" asked Captain Zachariason. "Go on, brother, llcel it out." " Tho first day " Captain Borlinder turned suddenly palo, as if a weak point had been discovered in his armor, and went on reading rapidly. "Tho first A day wo mado uvo-and-twonty miles, as near as 1 could reckon, going in a beo lino across country, over hills and val- loys whero lions, bears, tigors, hyonas, leopards, elephants and hippopotamuses roamed free, seeking whom they may devour; cross rivers wnoro crocodiles sat with opon jaws snapping at peoplo as thoy passod by." "It is hot, I supposo, in thoso lati tudes?" said Captain Zachariasou. "Hottish," replied tho travelor. "I was given to understand that it was , their summer. Hottish, walking. Made a man relish his rum and water. And I found a pint of cold water with a jack towel refreshing on a Saturday night. Tho next day we mado thirty knots of sandy desert, whero thoro wero camels and ostriches, and never a drop of water to make a cup of tea with. Tho third day we crossed a mountain, twenty-fivo thousand feet high, on tho side of which wero boars, wolves and pommican. From tho summit wo obtained a splen did vlow right across tho China Soas, and with my glass 1 could easily make out Hong-Kong. "On tho fourth day, after doing thir ty mPos gootl, and living for a week on tho bark of trees and wild roots, wo passed through a thick forest inhabited solely by monkeys and snakes, after which wo emerged upon a town, tho liko of which 1 had never expoctod to find in tho hoart of New Guinea. It ap- had como herself in, order to discover what had become of hor sweetheart, named Hex Armiger, wrecked. upon his majesty's coast In the year 1876. "I confess that I felt sorry when I had put tho question, but then I had como all tho way on purposo to put it. For the King and all his courtiers imme diately burst into tears. "I then learned tho whole story. " Cap' en Armiger had, in fact, landed on this shore, as I expected and calcu lated. Ho had boon separated from his steward Dick in a scrimmage on tho coast, and had been brought inland to bo presented as a captivo to tlio lung. At the court hq made himself at onoo a great favorite, boiug a good shot, which pleased his majesty, and a good dancer, which pleased .the ladies Ho lived three years with them in great favor with everybody, and at the end, though this vou will hardly credit, engaged to bo married to the King's sister, being by that timo in despair of over getting away. ' "Unfortunately, only the week before I arrived, ho was killed and devoured by a lion, and tho Princess was gone off hor royal chump. "I am truly sorry to bo tho bearer of such bad nows, Lai. You will own that I done my best. The rest or my log, now j. goi ttway, sinco January. If you doubt, go and ask his peoplo." This was an unexpected ono. Captain Borlindor reeled. Thon Lai roso in hor wrath. ' Gol" sho oriod. "You aro not fit lo bo under tho same roof with honest peoplo. Go, impudent liar! Oh, that mon can bo so wicked. Ho lias kept my Ilex for six long months moro m his captivity. Gol lot us never sco your faoo again." Sho clinched hor hands and pointed to tho door with as threatening a gesture as Medea might havo employed. Captain Borlindor hastened to oboy. Ho crammed tho narrative in his pocket, and his fur cap upon his head, and walked fortht saying never iv word. And although ho has novoc sluco set foot upon tho southern shores of tho port of London, I think ho still some times feels 6vef again tho humiliation of that moment. " And now," said Captain Wattles,. "it is my turn. Wo havo lost more than six months, It is truo. I havo settled all my business, and I havo got command of a ship which trades among tho isl ands, a Syduoy schooner. I meant to tell you tliis to-day, not expecting to iind this this lying lubbor hore. Why, thoro ain't a lad ot ten in tho States that (Wouldn't put, together a bettor story fthau tffal. Coarso and clumsy work." CHAPTER VIII. Till'. QUEST OV CAPTAIN W.VTTLKS.. Tho next turn, thoroforo, foil to Cap tain Wattles. Ho, for his part, took leavo in a quiet and business-llko man ner, making no protestations. "It shall be," he said, "off nod on about tho Carolines, whero wo expect to lind him. Ho is not in tho regular track of tho traders, else you would havo hoard from him. Ho is on none of tlio islands touched for pearls and bocho do mer that wo may bo quito cer tain of; therefore 1 shall try at thoso places which aro seldom visited. If I iind him, good; if not, 1 will lot you know. 1 don't protend to waste my timo in looking for a man and nothing clso; L am going to trado on my own account, and look about mo tho while. News runs from island to island in an astonishing way, and wo shall bo likely and how I came hero again, would not interest you now. You will, perhaps, liko to hear thoni yarns in tho long wintor evenings when wo havo nothing else to do. "As for poor Cap'on Armiger, I hrnucrht awav with mo ono relic of him the last cap he over wore. Tho Kin sent it to you by my hands p-roat many oivd CD . nr - Ho said a things about my cour age in coming all that way to lind my friend, and Iliad to promise to go back aain. However, that is nothing. iFcrc, then, is Cap'on Armiger's cap tho cap of tlio Company." llo untied tho handkerchief and took out a cap with a gold band and a couple of anchors in silver embroidery, upon the front. It was a uniform enp, that of tlio Indian Peninsular Company. Lai received it and turned it over in hor hand, but with some doubt, stimu lated by Captain Zaehariasen's grunts. Tho old man reached out his hand it carefinly, and grunted for, tho cap. examined iieau, tried it on his own again. " What aro you grunting for now?" asked Captain Borlindor in great un easiness. "Gentlemen," said Captain Z-.icha-riason to tho other two, "tell mo what you think?" Captain Hoist ins made answer, like the country gentleman who read Gulli vers' Travels, that ho did not believe a word of it. And why? Because, no ono who had read accounts of those lati tudes couhl reconeilo Captain Borlind cr's Narrative with tho talcs of other travelers. Captain Wattles shook his head. "Coarso work," ho said. "Very common, and coarso work." Upon this Captain Borlindor lost his tompor, and behaved liko an ofiicor of his rank when in a rago upon his own quarter-deck. "Youshouldn'tha' thought, brother," said the old man, holding out the cap and examining it with contempt, " that a man ot lourscoro aim oau conm oe taken in by such a clumsy jemniy as yourn. I'd ha' spun a bettor yarn my self, by chalks. Two things shall set you right. First, my lad, this cap, which, I suppose, you bought on your way in Houndsditch, is tho cap of a boy of thirteen, a midshipmito. Now, Cap'on Armiger, liko mo, had a big head. Wo may toss the cap into tho lire, Lai, my pretty, becauso it isn't your sweothoart's cap, nnd never was." lie did toss it into tho lire, whero it was immodiatly consumed, all except tho gold laco which twisted into all shapes. " Look at him!" ho added. "Sails in gayly with a boy's cap in ono hand and a yard and a half of lies, mado up Lord knows whero, in tlio other. Anothor thing," Captain Borlindor at this junc ture? becauso ho had, in fact bought that cap in Houndsditoli, presented ev ery appearance of discomfiture. "When tin lniwliiil nmniur tint lllncks. nil lllntlO. what hmguago did ho talk with them? English? Ilo knows no other. What do you say, Cap'on Wattles?" " Coarso work. Coarso and clumsv work." Captain Borlindor replied in goneral tonus, and endeavoring to bluster it out, that tills was hard for a man to bear, this was, after going through all ho had gono through. But here Captain Wattles gayo him the coup do grace. I " I can toll all of you whero that pro cious Narrative was written. For I mado it my business to inquire at tho London Docks. Ho lias been all tho time aboard his own ship, and ho has mado throo voyngos to Cadiz and back to hear about him. That's all I havo to say, Miss Lai, and here's my hand upon it. Barnabas, tho Son of Consolation, will act tip lo his nanio." So he, t?iO, disappeared. Then, for a while, tho house resumed its usual aspect, and tilings went on as before. A letter came in duo courso from Captain Wattles. Ho had arrived at Sydney and was preparing for de parture. Then no more letters. The timo passed slowly. Captain Holstius went away with his ship. Tho life and light sc;mcd to have gono from tho girl. Ouly tho old man was loft to cheer her continually, and Dick to raise her courage "I shall live, Lai, my dear," he said, "to seo Cap'en Armiger como homo again. 1 havo no doubt of that; and, pretty, I've been thinking about tho mummickcr and tho end of his story. Somehow. I doubt whether it wasn't him and not the Cap'en thoy took oil" to prison. I wish 1 could trust that Yan kee chap: he's worse than tho other one. Now, It tho rn tl Norwcegoo could As for Barnabas, thoro was some thing in his cold and quiet way which impressed those who made his ac quaintance. Such men, when they arc on the right bide, make good generals; when thoy aro on the wrong, thoy pro vide tho picturesque element of his tory. It is novcr a fault of tho American adventurer that ho too carefully con siders tho danger. Whero thero aro dollars to be picked up there is gener ally danger. The round earth may bo mapped out in different bolts of fertil ity, so far as dollars aro concerned. Whero thoy most abound and may most readily bo gathered there is such a crowd, with so much fighting and struggling, or thero arc so many perils from climate, crocodiles, settlers, snakes, natives, and sharks, that it is only tho bravo man who ventures thither, and only the strong man who comes homo in safety, bringing with him tho treasures ho has fought for. Barnabas B. Wattles was bravo and strong, and ho know tho islands of old, whero ho had sojourned, though cer tainly not, as wo havo onco heard him state, as a missionary. Ho iow saw his way to a neat btroko of business combined with lovo. Ho would prove, not clumsily, as did his rival, but prove beyond a doubt, tho death of Hex Ar miger. Thon ho would return, carry off the girl with the nionoy, which ho supposed belonged to hor, forgetting tlio cxistonco of Mm. Uydquist, and got back to Amorica, wlioro ho know ot iv certain dry dock, lo possess which was tho dream of Jus soul, it may bo aiso stated that ho firmly believed that tho man was dead, and to find Rex Armi ger alivo was tho last thing which ho expected. Yet this, as you will sco, was exactly what ho did find. : Ho took command of his trading schooner, loaded her with tho things which Polynesians love, such as gaudy cottons, powder, tobacco, rum, and strong perfumes, and sot sail. It is not my .purpose to follow the voy age of tho Fair Maria across tho Pacific Ocean, nor. to tell of the various advent ures whioh bofolf hor Captain, and tho trado ho did. Wherovor ho touched ho mado inquiries, but could hoar nothing of a young whito man cast ashoro in an open boat. No ono know or had heard of any such jetsam. At last ho began to think his search would lead to nothing, and that all traco of tho mn was lost. This ho regretted, becauso ho was unfeignedly anxious to send homo or bring homo proofs of Ids doath; so anxious that ho had grown porfectly certain that llox was dend. It camo to pass, however, aft or many days that ho sighted an island, an out lying member of a group at which ho knew traders ndvor touch, b cause it was too small n placo for trado nnd lay out of tho usual track. It is very woll known that n largo number of tlio Carolino Islands aro com posed of certain coral formations called atolls. Theso consist of a round ring Of rock just appearing abqvo tho surface, inclosing a shallow lagoon, whoso di ameter varies from a few yards to a hun dred miles, in which lio Islands, somo of them largo islands with hills, streams and splendid woods of cocoa-) tltn, bread fruit, durian and pamiang. whoso Islanders lead, or would' lead if thoy know how, delightful lives in fishing in their smooth waters, eating tho fruit which Heaven sonds, and doing no kind of work. Othors thero aro, small atolls with small lagoons, whoso islets aro mere rooks on which grow nothing btt tho universal pandang, tho screw palm, which serves tho peoplo for everything. Such was this. It was too insignificant even to havo a name; it was distant about two hundred miles from tho group of which it might bo supposed to bo a member; it was simply laid down on tho chart as a "shoal," and had,, porhaps, never been visitod by any ship sinco it first discovery. Moved by somo Impulso, perhaps, a moro curiosity as to tho capabilities o trado and tho possibility of pearls, Cap tain Wattles steered toward this low lying land. When his boat lay upon tho shallov waters within tho reef ho found a gronj of tho Inhabitants of tlio principal islet gathered upon the beach. Thoy wero of tho brown Polynesian race, and wero apparently preparing for n hostile re ception. Among them stood, passlvo, a man al most as brown as themselves, but with fair hair and bluo eyos. llo was a white man; ho was a young whito man; ho was evidently no common bcaoh-eonib- or; and Captain Wattles immediately recognized, without any doubt, tho man of whom ho was In search. He waa dressed in rags; tho sleeves wero torn from his jacket and his bnro arms wcro tattoood; his trousers had lost most of thoir legs; ho woro somo kind of san dals made of tho pandang loaf; hf.s beard was long, his hair was hanging in an unkempt mass; his head was pro tected from tho sun by an ingenious ar rangement of anothor leaf of tho same tree. It could bo no other than Box Armiger. A strange feeling, akin to pity, seized on Captain Wattles. Ho repressed it, as unworthy of himself. But lio did at first fool pity for him. Tho whito man stood among tho na tives, afraid to excite their suspicion by running boforo them to meet tho boat; yet his eagerness was visible in his iU titudo, in tho trembling of his lips, in tho way in which ho looked upon tho boat. lie carried a short lanco in his hand like all tho rest. Captain Wattles rowed to within hail ing distauco of tho shore. Then ho stood up. "Whito man ahoy!" Tho whito man said something lo his companions, and stepped forward, but in a leisurely manner, as if ho was not at all anxious to 'speak tho boat.; Ho camo to tho water's edge and sat down. " I am an Englishman,1' ho said, speaking slowly, beeatiso ho was speak ing a language no nau iiuuiwu nn unou years. "I am an Englishman. My namo is Armiger. 1 was the Captain' of tlio Indian Poninsular ship Philippine, wrecked on a shoal three years or so ago. 1 havo been living sinco among theso peoplo." " Do you know their lingo?" "Yes." " Thon tell them I am harmless and I want to row nearer land." Rex turned to tho men and addressed them in their own language. Thoy all sat down and waited. "You may como nearer," ho said; "but make no movement that may alarm them, and do not attempt to land. Thoy aro suspicious since two years ago a ship camo down from tho Ladrono Islands and kidnapped twenty of them, including a Malay, castaway with mo." Iloro then was tho interpretation of Dick's second pantomimic light. Ho did not escape, ho was kidnapped. How lio got away from the Ladrono Islands, how ho found his way to England, re mains a matter hitherto undiscovered. Captain Wattles brought up his boat within a few yards of tho beach, but In deop wator, holding his men in readi ness to givo way. Sitting in tho stern ho was ablo to talk freoly with Ilex, who stood at tno very edgo of tho water waiting for nn oppor tunity to leap on board. "So," said Captain Wattles, "you aro Cap'en Armiger, are youP'' llox was astonished at tho salutation. " Why? Do you know mo?" " You seo I know your name, stranger. I confess I am sorrv to lind vou. I thought you wero dead. 1 hardly cal culated that I'd lind you, though 1 cor taiuly did promise to keep one eyo open for you." - " , ' " What promise?" asked Rex. " I promised We'll como to that directly. Now, what aro thoso black dovils dancing about for?" Tlio natives had jumped to thoir feet, and wero now shaking clubs and spears in u threatening way. "Thoy want my assurance," Rex said, "that you aro not a blaek-blrdor." "Honost trading-schooner," repliod Captain Wattles. "Toll them thoy may como aboard and seo for thomsolvca. What havo thoy got to sell?" to dk continued. FACTS AND FIMUIUJS. Wo remind tho mnn who complains of alack of Interesting reading that thoro nro published in this country, npart from books, 10,611 poriodLuls.-r-C'irta-tian Union. The only rallrond In Yucatan, Mocc lco, charges ton conlii per ton por mllo for carrying freight, and is said to bo oarning'about fifty por cont. por annum on its entire cost. American shoo manufaoturors can thank their lucky stivs that they aro not doing business in Spa n Within tho past year tho tax on tho shoe trado of that country ha3 been increased JJOO per cent. Los Angeles County, California, produced last year 'J, 118.600 gallons ol wine, and 28'-,250 of brundy. As it takes live gallons of wine to make a gal lon of brandy, tho total wino production would bo 8,6'2t),7i0 Chicaqo Times. --Puro alcohol Is now prescribed by many physicians In pro oroin-o to whis ky, wine, boor, etc. To uo a standard alcohol Is believed to Insure an accuracy of treatment which cannot bo had with articles which conUtin tho spirit In un certain quantities. 4 It is thought Im portant not to disguise tho tasto of tho alcohol in any way, in ordor that tho patient may fool that he Is taking it as n nicdicino and not iw a beverage. N. Y. Sun Tho spring clip of California wool is jiow coming forward quite freely, and a largo business is anticipated. Tho product for the last twelve, years Is giv en at 10(1,1)00.700 pounds, showing a, value of .80,801,700. Tho largest prod uct was In 1870, aggregating 50,660,000 pounds. Two years later It was only 11, -102,000. It was then -10,000,000 pounds" for two years, and last' year It was -13,000,000 pounds. Tho recent census of Canada shows tho nativity of Its population as follows: Born In Ontario, 1,107,988; in Quobcc, 1,827,801); in Nova Scotia, '120,088; in Now Brunswick, 288.2QB; lit Princo Ed ward Island. 101,017; in tho territories, 68, CIO; in British Columbia. 512,275; in Manitoba, 19,600. Tho total Canadian bom is thus shown to bo-8,715,192. Tho foreign born number 009,818, including 185,620 from Ireland, 1G9.C01 from England and Wales, and 115,102 from Scotland. Tho United Stales is cred ited with 77,758, aud Germany with 25,828. :. . ' WIT AND WISDOM. ' , Tho Youkors (N. Y.) Statesman dlscussos '' "Women as Wives." ' Tho idea seems very feasible Korristoivn Jleraht. Tlio sonsr. "Bring Mo tlio Pare- gorlc, Baby's Cross," is having a great run in tho royal family of England. N. X. Commercial. Vassar girls cat milk with potatoes. If this valuable Information doesn't in terest you, nothing but an. attack o delirium tremens would. Boston Post. Chicago girls havo discovered, it is said, that by keeping llvb or six beans in tho mouth the voice is given an " aristocratic family ' n'ocorir. "Boston Advertiser. "And now," shouts an oxolted ex change, "whore shall wo look for In- dopendoncoP" Thoro's your mothor-in-law and tho palace-car potior, sir. Boston l'ost. i To a poetess tho Chicago Tribune writos: "It will bo impossible to print your poem about tho roses truo and tho violets bluo that bloom In tho grassy doll, and tho little birds that sweetest words of lovo iti their chirpings toll. Wo havo a largo lino of dell and blue bird poetry on hand this spring that was carried over from hist year." A Western editor offered a prizo of 50 and a year's subscription for tho best written proposal of marringo from a lady. Ho picked out n nico propositi from a beautiful and wealthy widow, aiiHworcd it accepting tho proposal, and, with tho threat of a breach of promiso suit, actually captured her. Editors may not acquire wealth by writing twenty-three hours a day, but when their genius takes tho right shoot thoy procure tho persimmons. Boomerang. Henry Wnttcrson of tho Louisvillo Conricr-Journal understands that this isn't tho ago of either Washington, Jef ferson or Jackson. It is tho ago of tho prosont. Wo aro glad that Hon has en lightened us upon this subject. Wo got tho idoa in our head somehow that this was an ago ot "ciicck, wnoro merit must tako a back seat and lunch on tho cold leavings of tho brass-plated frauds. If this is nn ago of tho present, wo aro thankful to know it, and as much moro as Mi. AVatlorson can sparo without dis commoding himself. Blooming ton Eye So Bid He. In the office of a Boston hotol two mon. living -1,000 miles apart, mot tho other day by accident, and ono of them observed: "Weren't you in tho oil regions in 18G7P" "i was." "So was I. " I did." " So did I. big?" " Yes." So did L tho crash?" "Yes." "So did I." Then came a long pauso, in which thoy carefully burveyed' each other. Tho first finally braced himself and continued: "You don't want to borrow 10 to pay your faro homo, do you?" "Ido." "So do I! I'll bo hanged if I ain't flat broko for a dollurl'v Wall Street Paily Neivs, ' Did you speculate?" Did you strike anything Did you get out boforo