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f THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. f M. L. TMOMAR, Pablbhtr. IWiirCLOUD, - - NEBRASKA. AN INCIDENT. Uxahmkd and unattended wsllra the Crar TbrouKh Mowow'b busy etrect one winter's day. Tho crowd uncorcr an his face they see God greet the Crarl" they say. Alonir his path there moved a t unprai. Oray spectacle of poverty and woe? T,r'tir.bcd 'o'hro.dnimred Uy-onc woarj'innn. Slowly across the snow, ' A?i?" J?,1TO- "'"wn tap tho winter wind, . W ,l Pr fttHln. very rude and bare win? .JS" :vw U ,K!nt t0 w 'J. W 1th du'I nnd sullen nlr. The "Emperor stopped and beckoned to tac man; "Who jvt thou brarest to the ip-ave?" fao "Only a soldier. Sire!" the short reply. Only a soldier dead." "Only a soldier!" musinjr, said tho Czar; "Only a Kustan, who was poor and hravc, Move on. I follow. Such an ono gitoa not Unhonored to his Brave." If ebent his head, and sllnnt raised his cap; The Car of all tho Jlusslas, pacing slow, iollowlnjr the cofUn, as twain It wciit. bio wl v across the snow. ntly; -Ml in one coinpuny UiJi aJL1hcy wcnt tho crowd irrew ever more. Till thousands stood around tho friendless jrmve, 3od by thnt princely heart, who, royal, true. Honored the p xir and brave. Agnes Maoiimdl, in London Sj(tilor. Note Thle incident is nrrntel by a lady Who was UVityr in Moscow when It took plate. MODERN MAUIC Ah Explanation of Aerial Itaapen !, Decapitation, Can Mosul, Magic Catfr, a4 Other Trick. IJetwekn the modem prestidigitateur and the old-time gonjurerthere is a wide difference, not- only in his appearance and style oHiving, but in the character of his performances and the apparatus used. 'The stock in trade of him who laiig s3'no amused a few gaping rustics Ijy making a hasty-pudding in a hat or drawing a rabbit from n frightened woman's gown." and that of the gentle man who, clad in faultless evening at tire with diamond atuds sparkling on the bosom of an immaculate shirt, per forms his feats on a handsome stage be fore a fashionable audience, arc no more alike than their possessors. It would form an interesting and odd study to trace, step by step, the changes that have led to the present condition of things, but in this article it is only in tended to show, by describing a, ffcW hitherto unexplained tricks, hoTv elabor ate and costly is tho parenernalia of a modem magician. ilerrmann, now that his brother iias retired, that poor Heller is dea, and that Cazeneuvc Is still hampeni by an interpreter, may be rc gard:,"i as occupying a reprcsttntallvc portion among dealers in the black (dress-suit) art. The illusion given under the title of " Asleep in Mid Air,1' had been performed long before Herr maun had any idea of cafiinirithis own. The trick, we buJicve, is of French in vention, although it was years ago pro Minted at the Egyptian Hall, London. It is only necessary to say, in explain ing this "realization of an Arabian Night's Dream," that when the person who is to be suspended in mid air is dressing herself, she buckles roilnd her alight but strong frame composed of leather and steel br.ds. These bands are so arranged that the wearer could be suspended from any of them and re Lain the 'free use of her limbs. Tho only -point of attachment mmio.use of in this trick is a snap-hook behind tho right shoulder. Mile. Addie, it will be remembered, rested her feet on a stool set between two upright rods about six feet high, her elbows resting on top of the rods. The rod under the girl's right shoulder is really a tube. (Town which passes a strong but small rone, with a catch at the upper end. Under pretense of arranging his wife's draperv, Herrmann slips this catch into the snap hook spoken of, the attendant below the stajre erasns the rone, and bv an ansiir. understood S3'stem of leverage not only keep3 Mile. Addie erect when Herr mann removes the stool and left-handed Tod, but also draws her into a horizontal position. Resting securely in her frame. Mile. Addie moves arms and logs ac cording to her husband's disposition thereof. One of Herrmann's most remarkable tricks was that of "Decapitation." Some veari ago a magician who per formedn this city as a Turk, we bo 1!V, introduced a more ghastly ver sion of the same feat. He gave hi3 en tertainments at Piatt's Hall, and made this beheading the sensation of his last week. The hall was darkened, a strain of weird music was rang out of a pi ano, to tho rythm of which the magi cian marched slowly on the stage, ac companied by a pale-faced youth. The attendant laid himself upon a table in the center of the stage and was put to sleep by mesmeric passes; the magician arranged a cloth about the victim's ceck, drew a scimitor, sent it hissing through tho air, and with one sweep drew tho blade through tho youth's neck, separating tho head from the body. Women used to faint and men shudder, as the head was lifted up with the blood streaming from it and placed upon a salver to be "handed around for the company to examine." The cold caput mortuis was then taken back and joined to the bod3 a little magic pow der -was sprinkled over the points of contact, and the subject, being awak ened, sat up, looked dreamily around and backed of the stage. The explana tion is simple enough. The .youth's head lay on a trap in the table large enough to admit of both head and shoulders. In the cavity of the table was a rubber head admirably construct ed to resemble that of the attendant, with a little stage blood in the iollow of the neck. At the moment of sup posed decapitation, the magician, who stood with his back to the audience, pressed upon the attendant's head, which at once sank into the table and seizing the dummy head, held it, bleeding, aloft, the cloth about the neck hiding tho angle of the sunken head. To "recapitate" the .youth it was only necessary to drop the rubber head back in its place, release the spring of the trap which brought the aiuuuaub a ueau vu iuj proper level, ana the trick was done. With Herrmann the more horrible adjuncts were done With Herrmann J away with, and a vein of comedy was introduced into the act. At the'same time the simplicity of the feat wis de stroyed by the use of expensive and cumbrous machinery. The rustic, who complains of a "sorter buzzin" in his head, was, it will be remembered, seat ed in a large arm-chair, the back of which was thickly padded, with two gilt cords running crosswise, one from the inner edge of either -arm np to the top corner of the opposite side, thus making a broad X. When the elixir is administered to the patient he is told he will have to place his head in a " re ceiver." The moment this receiver (which is shaped like a diver's helmet) is placed over his head the trickery be gins. The countryman's head is surely in the receiver, because he speaks through the open visor in full sight of the audience, but directly the visor is closed, and whilst Herrmann is placing the cloth about the neck after the fash ion of his predecessor, the assistant presses against the back of the chair, which .gives under the pressure. and opens for a triangular space, the two sides of which are formed by the lower portion of the X spoken of, .the base be At the same j ing on-line with the chair arms, where The passav, 0f the streLt, all wonderinr. "'vi on in '.jcnt.then followed slle iii, .-, uiiu unison anucierK, this swinging portion of "the back is! three cutsTon. the chest made with.p hiuged. On' this flap, o to speak, the-fpropriate ceremony. open ng of which is concealed by the towel and the receiver. Master Rusticn restohis head behind tho chair, torn his body recumbent and tho "reevtrer left standing empty on. hr Shcst, close to Ihe eck. IJU right hand is n6w MroiUy drattti up, whilst ho struggle nd kicks as Herrmann plies his mur derous knifeand a false held, which is hung behind th hair-back, is intro duced iato tho receiver. Tne receiver, with ita burden, is. piaced upon a cabi HCl which occupies the center of the stage, the vizor is opened to show that the head" is still there, and then dropped again. This cabinet, shaped like a safe, apparently contains deep shelves filfrd with bottles, skull etc-. In hniMv these shelves are very shsUrjiv, a mirror, which h of th ame height and breadth of tho cabinet, lcing placed in such a position as to leave about fonr-fiftnS of the cabinet vacant. In this Vacant spar; sits the smallest of lire Lorellas, made up" to look like tho countryman: when the receiver is placed on the cabinet, and, the vizor down, LonuJa No. '2 opens the trap on which '.I rests, re-moves-nlic JafiR head and inserts hi own, tf'rirrhaiin takes away the re- j CiV5?, the head makes the presumed last dying speech and then falls over, tins movement being given to the sup posed member by the young man in tho cabinet leaning his head on one side. The third Lorella plays the " Devil," and the articulated skeleton w workfid by a galvanic battery behind toe scenes. Thcro was one trick in Herrmann's rc portory which for a long time puzzled us. The reader will remember that a small glass box, about nine bv four inches, was exhibited, containing a number of Caharics. This was placed on olio 01 the side-tables, and a cage of ordinary size and appearance was passed among the audience, who were thus en abled to see that it was "perfectly empty." The cage was then suspended from two wires, whioh were fastened to a couple of upright brass rods fixed in tne centrc-lawe. Two largo Bilk pocket handkerchiefs were placed over cae and box, and Hermann, standing at tfie small table, lired a pistol, instantly withdraw the pocket-handkerchiefs, and showed tho glass box empty and the cage full of canaries. For a long time, as has been said, this trick was a puz zler; but the following was found to be its explanation: The ordinary-Iookino' cage had in reality a false top, or rather a false bottom to tho lop. The roof of the cage was peaked, and between it ridge and the bottom Of th Caves was wiiat might bn called 5i garret, ucfore beina brought on the stage the same number of c:ir.hries were therein con fined hs the box contained. Tho wires which held the cage suspended vere connected with a battery outside. 1'hc glass box was also peculiarly construct ed, The sides were frecrircd by Jirass miter joints, Wot lie bottom aud top wert Md together by wires conceal By these joints, and could t ftill be slid down until the trfp Tormed the bottom and the bottom hung below, sustained t)y the corner wires, like the standards of a what-not. When the box is placed on the table it rests on a sprlttir-trap, and at the moment the pistol Is lired Herrmann presses the Bprin-, 'the trad descends, With it fall the sliding toil and OoltOm of the box, and tho canaries arc thus forced out of ihttir quarters. The spring is r!teased, the box receives aain 5 top and bottom in their places, "and the oanaries are left in the table. Co instantaneously with this maneuver tho watchful attendant presses the bottom of the battery, the floor of tho stigo "garrot" gives way and the released birds llutter down into tho cage. The fish-bowl trick is by no means a -new one, and the Cn'onicic readers, of course, know that tho magician comes upon the stage with the bowls and their contents neatly stowed away beneath his coat, a stout rubber ovJr that fits tightly over the rilus of the bowls, keeping both water and fish from es caping. The large handkerchief which he throws over his aim conceals the withdrawal of tho bowl from underneath the coat, a dexterous null at the edge of the rubber cover Withdraws that, and this damn cover grasped in the hand kerchief is the reason, by the by, that a new handkerchief is required for each new bowl. But Herrmann introduced a clever novelty into his performance of this trick. Tho fish-bowls, when exhib ited, had each a stand of some two or three inches high and shaped like a sijuat tripod. It of course seemed im possible that such an unwieldly nrticlo could be concealed upon any one's per son. The tripod, however, was not the fixture it seemed to be. To be stiro it was riveted on to the bottom of the bowl, but all these legs Were hinged so that when closed they clasped the bowl like three flat lingers, without at all, or materially, increasing its bulk. The greater part of Herrmann's tricks was to e taken as a proof of how adept a man may become in the art of palming, and amateurs who may wish to occasionnlly amuse their friends by a little parlor magic are assured that the true secret of success in diablerie Is practice. The mechanical aids to the more elaborate tricks are, as we have already seen, costly and of intricate construction. San Francisco Chronicle. Extinct Races. At a recent meeting of the London Anthropological Institute Dr. Emil Ho lub delivered an address on tho Central South African tribes from the South Coast to the Zambesi. Dr. Holub had found along the South Coast traces of tribes, which do not now exist, heaps of burnt bones of wild animals, none of domestic animals, and broken shells. Other tribes once belonged to the re gions between the Limpopo and the Zambesi, and here were found ruins of towns, generally in the vicinity of mines, especially gold mines. The houses were of stone, on the top of mountains, put together without any cement, but so welFtittedthattheyhave stood for -hundreds of jears. Some of the ruins were formed of blocks of gran ite in the shape of bricks. The tops of small hills were fortohed in this way, with openings in the walls. The re mains probably belong-to those' who in habited the ancient Empire of Mono S'otapa, mentioned by the Dutch and ortuguese traders as existing two hun dred; years ago. When a country is conquered it is the custom to kill alt the male population, take the women and children prisoners, and educate the lat ter as warriors oi uie victorious inoe; in this way whole tribes have ceased to exist in South Africa. Even .since Liv ingstone's time a powerful tnbe of the Basutos, on the Upper Zambesi, named the Makololos, has been almost extermi nated. Dr. Holub divided the living tribes into three "races the Bushmen," the Hottentots, and the Bant us; he found a link between the Bushmen and the Bantu family, and between the Bush men and the negroes, but not between the Hottentots and the Bantus.. The Bushmen are rapidly dying out, and are utterly incapable of" civilization. They use stone weapons and, poisoned, ar rows, but the bows and arrows are of very simple construction compared with those in use among the natives of North and South America The Hottentot race is divided into three tribes the real Hottentots, the Griquas and the Koranas. -Xo South African tribe has taken so eagerly to the vices of civiliza tion as the Hottentot race. TheBechn anas observe many of the virtues of the white man, but the Hottentot adopts only his vices. Drunkenness is the chief cause of their dying out. They do not seem to have any religion, bnt-a kind of freemasonry exists among them, the outward and visible sum of which is" Iy ChMTi Battn-4 PmmmImii. "uMrn" says in a recent letter to tho Cincinnati Enquirer: Jav Gould's reaching out after paw railroads re ceived naw Untlou to-day by the pub Jletfou iu a financial newspaper of the fact that he controls more miles of road than, any other man. The Pennsyl vania lines controlled by Colonel Scott hare a total mileage of 6,400, and the Vandcrbilt roads am 4-.69? miles in length, including the Chicago fc North western. In which Sir. Vandcrbilt has an Interest sufficiently tyrgo J cit'dle him to adecidia Jfee in iLs manage WeHu In the Gould bvsterh, however, there are 8.1G8 miles" of road, Mr Gould is still seeking t CGhirui other roads. an rororlS arc current that he la fV-- !. fl(,; X. V -. IIIU Villi io S Jlissl&mni. the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati t ! Indianapolis, and' the Indianapolis. Cincinnati & Lafayette, aptfregr.tlng 16,227 miles. In ?01tlC States all the ladlg lihes are under Gould's man agement. He has a formidable cum Sctitor in the Atchison, Topeka & anta Fe, but all the other routes in Kansas are in his grasp. In Missouri he controls or is interested in evry east and west line, cxopt the Chicago" & Alton, In Colorado he ha3 every mile of foad except that owned by the Atchison, and all the.lines iri Utan lire within njs vgnlfi'K Tfto fact that at rect Oould has no connection with louisville, Cincinnati and Cleveland adils weight to the report lfc- Y.6 is after the Ohio 4, Mississippi. Gould's rebtlonS with the Baltimore & Ohio folks have been very intimate lately. Gould's American union Telegraph wires were put on the road by the Bal timore & Ohio managers, and Gould and Garrett have been much in confer ence lately, and before Gould's late Western trip. Were Gould to seciirfc the Ohio A Mississippi, and thtfri. Strike" n compact with thf Balllmdrb & Ohid managers, he v. on Id get a through out- let to the seaboard for all his roads weat of the Mississippi; and were he to get control of the Iron Mountain Road, which rumor credits him with bavin"- in view, his system west of the great river would be well-nigh perfect. By use of tho New Jersey Central, New York would be reached in connection with the Baltimore & Ohio. That Gould is actively negotiating to effect sutfh an aifahgement is believed by many long headed men in Wall Strelt ii 3vr a Horse Remembered Master, Ills Old I owned a very gentlo stock horao tor two yoara, whum 1 aold to go South ior uvo years, wniuu i aoiu to go aoutu in 18o8 and for intelllgcne', Kindness" md affectio'd for thds'o havinr him in 1 am Phargo exceeded anything I eyer wit: nessed in any animal. After the Horse went S.qiith.I did not see him for two years, then being in that section and 7ilhin eighteen miles of his home, I hired a team and drove out to see him; 1 had not forgotten the kind and gen tle poii'. I found him in a large box stall, twenty feet by twenty, and just eating his oats, it being noon on my nrrival. Tho man jn attendance not knowing me;. Said that such a horse was bn the plantation and he would lead him out; I informed him that I pre ferred to go into his stall alone, to which he objected, saing he was not fond of strangers, but a friend being with me said he thought there would be no trouble as I had owned him butore ho came South. Therefore I was permit tod to enter his stall, they olood tho door, and I found the horse eating his graiu from a box in one corner of the stall, and took no notice of me on en tering. 1 stepped into the opposite corner, when. On calling the horse by the name given him by tile family, he immediately left his grain and "came bounding toward me like a child to its parent, studied me over from head to foot, laid his head on my shoulder, closed his eyes, and commenced hand ing up one foot and then the other td shake hands as 1 taught hiiri years be fore. Jfo mortal ever expressed more jdy and gladness to meet a long-lost friend than was nlanifested b- the horse; he would not return to his feed, but followed me about the stall, kept as close to me as possible, and when I left the stall followed me to the door and tried to push out the door. He watched me as long as he could, then called after me, and kept running from ono side of tho stall to tho other, hoping to escape, that he could meet me again, Cor. Hotischold. Stories About Elephants. NoBODr in the country professes to know as much about elephants as Stew art Craven does. He began his experi ence with famous old Tippoo Saib in 1853, and in 1857 exhibited him in a spectacular production at the Broadway Theater. Since then, with the exception of a couple of j-ears spent in cattle herding in Texas, he has always been with elephants. He is a tall, rav-boned, powerful man, with a quiet, serious air that the elephants seem to like, anil they appear to understand him as well as he does them. " When he is contented and feels safe," says Mr. Cmvcn, in answer to a question, " the elephant always lies down to sleep, I believe; but he can sleep standing up, if there is any occa sion for it. When we were on board the Floating Palace on tho Mississippi River in 1854, Tippoo Saib laid down and slept for the hrst three months as regularly as anybody connected with the show did. But then one night a steam boat ran into us came crashing into the Palace, and came near sinking us. The accident happened while Tippoo Saib was lying down, and frightened him so that as long as we remained on the Floating Palace, full six months after, he aever laid down except in a perform ance. It seems to be as easy for an elephant to lie down and get up as for a dog, aud takes no more time; but when he imagines that any danger is about, he wants to be on his feet to meet it. " The elephant was a ffreat card in the South and West in those days. You can have little idea now of the effect it had upon backwoods folks who saw it for the. first time. Some were disposed to doubt its beingalive. One woman I saw drop stone deau in front of Tippoo Saib, just through sheer fright. He was at one end, with a row of cages con aining animals on each side down to him. This woman went along looking into the cages, and did not see theelcphant until she was right in front of and close to him. When she did look up and saw where she was, she dropped, and never smiled again. He was up on a raised platform, and looked awfully big, but I thing she must have had heart disease. You had some stories in the Sun a few weeks ago about elephants, which people unacquainted with the brutes might think were pretty tough, but I assure you they do no more than due credit to the cunning orthe elephant. All mat about their untying bags and breaking open granaries to get at food I have known by personal experience. I have seen an elephant untie a chain from the stake to which be was fast ened and make for a cornfield. And he was too cunning to walk thrcugh the fence from the road, where he could have been tracked. He struck off into the woods, where his steps would leave no tracks on the dead, leaves, and carried-his chain with his trunk, so as to Erevent its dragging and making a trail, a that way he went around to the back of the field, entered from the woods and went-to eating. "Did I ever see a white elephant? Yes, once", for a little while. And that white elephant was Tippoo Saib. It was in Keokuk, Iowa, where he untied himself one morning a littte before dav iight and started off for a" promenade through the country on his own account. He strolled out to the suburbs of the ' . l"- oXJp' towa. was attracted by the appearance of a little garden, went In, found it to hia liking and ate it up. Then be went around to the back of the houe that the garden belonged to and found thew a half bnnrl ofsoft fiop, trhieh he tok up with his trunk and showered all over him. Next he pubcd open the door of a little summer kitchen At one end of the hou. and there ho found b.irr! of flour. Tho flour he u?d as be had the soap, dusting it, all Over him; t Ari Irish family liredln tub house and were aTTakl'lied by the nou-e be made, and a worse scared-family than they werp when thev aw bira --never was. They tbotuh't hi 23 ih'Z deMii." " Have you ever been attacked by elephants?" " Ves, often. Thero is never any absolute certaintv that a bull elephant will not jfo for his keeper at anv tnin utci but M. i rule 11 can be Wt! for several davs before tuev get one of their fits of rage that they arc becom ing dangerous. Then the keeper ha to ue determination and judgment in addition to the watchfulness he must always maintain. Borneo was the tvorst heart I erer had, iu mv charge. In the winter' of l1f. when Homed was wintering cut on Miller's farm, near Hatboro.. eighteen" miles from Philadelphia, hb killed hi kepr. vtiiuain uu iiiiaui', oeiier Known a 4 Canada Bill.? ,Th t elc phant was show ing dangerous 'rilartoitioh, zz'l XSill 'nTpi udently tried to reduce him to subjection "with a pitchfork. Rotn"o knocked him down within reach, -drew him in, knelt and gored him with tho-,e huge tusks of his. He broke even hone in Bill's body. Miller, the fanner, did one of the'bravest things n man could do, for ho took the Door keeper's mangled form- from the furi bus brute; but il was loo late. Canada Bill gasird fciinttv for half A day and "theft was dead. When the show start ed out in the spring I took charge of I Kon.,(:' Ar:un and nKMn h(i haH ,r,od Ui k'1.1 n,e; . but l "'"'ays managed ' K,u ,1,ul l,e worst oi it. get out of his reach, and punMi him. Once, in Delavan, Iowa, I had to fight him for three days and nights. Ho was looso in the hn'rnyard, nnd I nmnaged to keep him there sfnlplv by showing myself to him from tjme td time., Whatever rise He v.t5 doillj or whoever ho was after, the hope of get ting a chance to kill me would call him off. At lcnirth I trot the iloor nf a loir ! stable fixed so that the front half could all be pulled up at once by twenty men in the loft. Then I cut a hole in the back, just big enough for me to gH through, and stationed two men at it to ptlll rue thrdilgjl if 1 caUidndt pas." il quickly enough myself. That done 1 stood in the doors and threw them wide open. He saw me and supposed he had me, for ho had been housed there and knew the stable had no back door be fore. He came for me with the speed of a greyhound, and it was luckv 1 had those men at the hole in the wall, or he would have grabbed me. As it was. lie didn't miss mo by more than a foot. The next instant up went the ilooring behind hiir, revealing onjy single boams. wide apart, and a space three feet deep below them. He did not dare to trust himself on thoe beams, and was fairly trapped where I could gc right out in front of him ami punish him with spear and shot until he was sub- I dued. But it was a daily disappoint I ment and grief to him as long as- he lived and had me m his sight that he could not kill mo." N. Y. Sun. An Army Incident The country had few more efficient servants, during the war, than the ; unwept, unhonored and unsung" mule. Occasionally he was self-willed and troublesome with his heels. But that was his emphatic protest against the unsympathetic handling of white teamsters. A negro seldom had any trouble vith a mule, owing to a nij-s-terioiis affinity which adapted each to tho other: Again and again we have seen a negro make one or more obsti nate mules start that white drivers had exhausted in vain their patience nnd all their profanity upon. Though a grave animal, the mule was prolific of fun. At the most seri ous crisis he insisted on joking. An in cident, illustrative of this peculiarity, occurred tho morning on which (..rant assaulted the wofks of Vicksburg. A regiment, lying on the exposed side of tt liill', had fired away all of Its cart ridges. Two soldiers were detailed to briug a supply. They went to the ammunition wagon in tho rear, aud strapped two boxes of 1000 4,58s" over tLe back of a mule. Starting for the front, one soldier led the mule while the other propelled him with a whi; , irom beninu. Just beyond the orea-t works, it was ucce-siry to pass over a rise of ground which ran for a dozen rods in full view of the enemy, and then terminated in a hollow and safe place. The two soldiers and the n.u u emerged from the breastworks on a run. But when on the top of the rise, and not a hundred yards from the ene my's fort, the mule stopped, threw out his heels and stood stock still. The soldiers persuaded with whoops and blows. Ihey pulled and pushed; but the beast fixed himself to that spot as coolly as if it had been his favorite baiting-place. Perhaps an inveterate humorist, such as Iheodore Hook, would have taken in the fun of the scene. The soldiers didn't; for bullets were whizzing about their ears. They couldn't run, for the cartridges were needed. Screaming, one tugged at the bridle, while the other Hundcd tho flanks. Suddenly, the bridle slipped over the mule's "head, and, with a toss of his heels, the animal started on a gallop and ran right into the regiment, lie was caught, unloaded and tied to a bush. When the regiment fell back, he was left standing as an out-post, and fell into the hands of the enemy. Youth's Comjxinion. Sine Years Waiting for a "Thank You." While in Detroit he noticed the gen tleman at whose house ho was a guest looking wistfully out of a window which commanded a view of the road for h long distance. The side of the gentle man's face was disfigured by great scars, which told of his having received serious wounds. Mr. Hammond asked him what he wsis thinking about, which he answered by a touching narrative. "About nine years ago." he said, "I was looking out of this" window when I saw a horse galloping up the road. There was no one in the carriage but a little girl. I ran down stairs and out on the road just in time to stop the horse, but in doing so I was knocked down and almost killed. The father of the girl, coming up, jumped into the carnage and drove off. For three days I -remained unconscious between life and death. On regaining consciousness the first question I asked was, 'Where is the little girl?' but they could only say that she was unhurt. For these nine years 1 have been confined to tho- house with chronic neuralgia. My physicians iav I will not recover I'would hsve died Lfor that little girl, and vet she never came to thank me. I often look out over the road to see if she isn't coming, for you can't imagine what satisfac tion it would be to me to have that little girl come and thank me.' Rev. E. P. Hammond. A house built in 1639 still stands in Dedham, Mass., and is the oldest in New England. It is beautifully situated under heavily branching elms, with a j moss-covered roof. Much of the origi- I nal furniture, 240 years of age, still re mains, and has been in the possession of one family, namedFairbanks, during all of that time. A .Scktl f rtrrstrr. At a recent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of tho City of St. 1'aul. Minn, an elnboratii report wa submit ted tirt fVrtb the ntfitT In tht countrr Oi ail Icstiiutitfri of trm eharar- tcr. '"he popular ignoranco proak'Z.? ' Wv for it fmtfnttfclc dris;r or brutal a to the worth of our Umbcr-Und. a Ity, and thcM can KrcT ctil W1I a th liAtrutij conicnuencc at- on thf jurorr of the harunr.v ef tho tending the prwenl wsnLoh djitruotloo of thdsfdre4t if tbVcoanlrT. I?cd ' make the niuH'nfltit fW b:' VtrsMf.ij- raent of a school of forestry Loth iik&lf and important. Such cbool. it nur not be generally known, aiv in f.ourih- irtg .'ttOii2 fn fr-ri? and an? now rvgarded no longer a experiment, out . ... " have nroved tht?tnelv to b? of im- raenvj public utilitv. Through thrrn has come an impuby to the growin g of limner on u-.v:u land, as u-cll a a mjrf economical manAL'cmonl of forvi. suDicicnt to vitfdi'to the' rondair ti i KiJtT ith th roll for brvV.fs.t. he their foundation. jjeied th cJoof hint-lf. Twujoung These schols are found in Kcuttiil mn decently dreocd. ?t?jfj.d in, a Kberswalde, near Berlin; at Tharaudr. ing ill; led to speak to hlro. aal, in the vidnitv of Dresden; at Kbenach. once inile. ih the dOr, pubel Stockholm. Zurich. iVchatrcnbefv. and bun int hi Mtting-room. I. 'hf him 1 other place i and th tiMtimouv, after jr-.tzs 'i pnMi,Jni worning, i int throdgli tlkdr h'tiuNur" fOrocif Kn been trrown uin)n once barren and sterile land, while systematic efforts hdve bef-n successfully made for the preM.xvaUoani.f r woodand3 or the re protvij; f :tjLuf wlittrfe oFc fit ojf The instruction furnished in lhce schools embraces mathematics, pure and mixed, so that, according to the rejort in question. " the forester may reckon interest on capital imcstrd, de termine the value of a given piece- of forest-land, measure distances compute the cubic contents of a group of trees, and ascertain the avenge annual in crease of ih! Sime bv growth." i'ur- thern'orv. il'" Mors" l'f tju'v Jrr'ude nhvsies. ehf.n.Utn- i.'hisiiiln.fV. tiir- luti. un'il science-, with narticnlar" attentii...' to ornithology and entomology, to which mav be addetl civil and criminal law iu its bearings on forestry and on thu economical advantages to the Na tion of the latter. Besides the alcove, instruction is given in forest history, wood-planting, protection of timber land-, methods of fostering the growth of tret's, and their general use. Such a schdol in this couutrvi rnth jls full vet nnictical curriculum of -tii.lv. woi'hl furui-h u with men who as ex- ,.. - , , amiucrs aud managers of ur fore-ts won Id he of irre;it viilnn? mil tliromrli such the timber interests of the North west, and the various mechanical aud ......... -. .m k.BW-w - w,.,... m ...... -. industrial pursuits depending thereon. could bu protected and promoted. The public need Of nil institution f this kind no one will deny who knows aught about our forest-, or of their reckle.-'s destruction, entailing wide- reaching damage. According to tho ,"t! "' " "r ; ,r ' " "lvl"- "' estimatC of the United Suites Survevor- ' w,,l! ,ho l"' l"l --cap.'d as General, there are in Northern Miune- tht'f -yd. and the whole party took sola alone thirteen millions of acres tin. ,,1,K,,ll;. w,th, tho P""" the man surveved. The Government has been I tJ'"- ) '.' waa mortal, robbed of millions of acres of timber- ' -v. ounde.l with a pi-tol shot, lhrough land, as the report of the CommisMoner : h T!in? tlM' w,,olr . . "V of the Laud 6lllc declare-, bv ..lhl. tured within twenty-three hours. f;r he fraudulent use of Homestead la'ws. ol- !"k ,l Jto Ins bend that he had been diers' additional homestead and half- 'raed and entrapped by them and breed scrip." Whole townships once ' ave :i 1lhtfir n:,,T" ,"'(('ru ,tM h,,1 covered with luxurious pine fore-Is. hn,m "; hear that the and have been eutirelv denuded of the same. a?onl "nco ""'()nia, the million and are now unoccupied wastes Some- a,tro -banker, who owns land over the liill.rslioill.l lw, .l.itw. t rr..Sf nt on,... W'd KOtUaglia. lias absconded this wanton destruction of our Northern forests and efforts made to dilluo a more correct sentiment iu reference to their worth, and how they may be eco nomically consumed, or, where already destroyed, be reproduced. The present Secretary of the Interior, iu his report for 1S78, says: The disastrous conse quences which always follow the destruction of the forests - of a country are known to every well informed man. These consequences will inevitably come upon us iu a com paratively short time, considering the rapidity with which the timber growth of this country is being Swept away, unless legislation be adopted systemat ically to arrest this indiscriminate sjmiI iation." To no county would a school of forestry be of greater utility than to ours, while European experience in the premises is sufficient to show us the economical advantages of tho same. Such a school would become a bureau of information in reference to the cul ture of forests and their sanitary and material ncnciiis. it would supply us men competent to explore them and re port tho best methods of preserving or regrowing them. Our timber-lands mav be so cared for as to become sources of permanent sup ply, and not, as by present practice, be reduced to desert wastes. From such a school would naturally come those whose knowledge of the science of forestry would make them available to railroad and lumber companies and those industries dependent upon the use of wood. lice. M. M. O. Dana, in N. Y. Independent. Preserve the Fertilif j of the Soil. How much individual poverty has been caused by excessive cropping and a total neglect, or an inadequate appli cation of mauures? writes the author of American Manures. That this state of things has in a great measure been caused by ignorance we charitably ad mit; but whatever be the cause of the evil the effect is tho same. In this vital principle of true and suc cessful farming i sustaining fertility by sufficient manuring, we are as a Nation, shamefully ignorant and criminally neg ligent, in this matter many of our farmers seem totally indifferent, either to precept or example: and the work of deterioration is still going on (to a great extent) unchecked and unheeded in all parts of the country, while the very sub stances that would prevent and avert this great National evil, are allowed to go to waste everywhere. Farmers often permit their stable manure to lie for months exposed to the influence of the weather, thus losing the most valuable part of it, namely the ammonia and the auitauiu sa.i iu.ii. aiu .umu.icu auu ( washed away by rain. Whereas all such substances should be stored under i cover, so that a certain amonnt of fer- mentation may be produced, thus pre-J paring them as an active manure when ' needed. Alt the waste material of the i farm should thus be prepared. An ac- yl 11 rt Prtlt A tltnt a ,i ,l,.,r nl , .Iaa.l curate knowledge of the value of these waste products, as representmir crass. butter, corn, beef and bread and the other necessaries of life, will naturally lead to economy in saving those ma- j in Win t,i3 'ere car and nowhere tenals. 'else!" When the farmer is fully informed on ' "The rules of the road " these subjects, he cau realize the com- "Rules be-hanged! Mv old man can raercial value of those elements of fer- be banged arouml bv evervbody. and tilitv that are yearly removed from his he never demands his rights; but Ln land in the various forms of the produce cinda hain't Thomas not bv a jugfull!" that is sent to market; and. also, if he r -Madam, let me " does not add anything to the soil in the "I don't want no clawing ofiT' shr shape of manure, and only realizes a interrupted, as she peeled a pair of bare living for his labor, he can see how black mittens off her big red hands much poorer he is becoming every year. "Pm going and the dogs going, and A thorough knowledge and apprecia- what fwant to know is whether vou tion of these things will at once con- want to raise a row on the cars or have vince the fanner that it is impossible for it right now and here!" hie to preserve the fertility of the soil The conductor looked the dog over unimpaired, even by the most econoin- and was about to shake his head, when ical and judicious saving and application the woman began untying her bonnet of all the waste substances produced on and quietly remarked: tho farm; that the portion of this pro- "Is pose, being as I am a woman. It duce which is removed from the farm in ' would be no more than fair for the dog the shape of cattle and grain and other J to sail in with me. Come here, Leon produce is a constant drain on the valu- ' dus!" able elements of fertility that should "Madam." replied the conductor, as finally give his land a value; and " he felt a shiver go up his legsr"take that if he wishes to preserve its average your dog and get aboard!" productiveness or improve it, he must Honest Injun?" return an equivalent in some cheaper i Yes." form. " No row after the cars start ?" To meet this want, concentrated ma- J " No." mires and superphosphate of lime are ! "Then that settles that, and I'm prepared, and the farmer finds in them the most convenient meaas at his com mand to supply the wants of his land. n tsurn farm Journal. ittr C ItalUa Br1ra4, For torn time rwwt. n Ihtf Kt cornvpondent of the rall'Mall tomtit. It ha. ba carcrly poible to pick up an Iultan aowTpapcr without finding m"irtitJn in it of cm rvbWry rorka- time, for many are committed by per ."n In a rpclAblc joitloo. I have pldcfd out a fw of tho chief ca. bo- JglniBj? w- ,n whieh bruUl oct- rin? wa mflictn! s Dr rall. o of ."-. . . ..--..-. th Hi ' ' jcoiiic: or tti- imuu rwrr- in oun. Dr Small, who ha rrtirrd oni practice. hr alone with a man .errant in oC H tH larpc Uarra-t of uuh lalciv built mar " na .nag gtori. i o:jruay morning, w n at cn-ant h.vl gone out. tic acaru a ring at the bell. and. thinking it r the oa the ground with great iolenee. V amaii. uoi wmcwhiicsj,ivui , fi"r no re!:ancc. but, neterthrlf. tae ti th- ula'4 knelt on hi chr: and squeezed his thfit, whl!" tin other took hn kes and ransacked the drawer for money Finding none, and the lov- i tor lmg"br thi time uneonschMi. thev ' tied lit? a"!7, rt."d ltf. wrappn! a thiel cloth tightly rvund h's hrJ. over the mouth, and left htm. After a tfldle. an he recoveretl. he was able to free hlm self nnd senil for the ioliee Fortunately , the thieves only secured very little booty, but thc wer p--u e identlv well acqutinted with his habit-, I have jut heanl they are alnady lMth ar- restuti. to the great credit of the ltman lKlice. Another vn de!ierate attempt I th )im-f of s pnil. who alo hvel ! alone, 's feportn! fftTiU a Mll.tge neai Cavsino. In tin- ease, udacter. the lot eli- priest had received warning, ami some nights an officer aud siv 1 darmes had been keeping talih in the 1 hoiiM. At last they had U'gun to think 'it imi-t be a faNe alarm, when iu the dead of the night they henrd ll- sound of a hole being made in thu wall at the back of the kitchen fireplace, a iraii s uuickiv mane, o wnicn t nteit entered the houe, the tkoltce Keeping quiet thfc vthil. The lerulet theu struck a ' tit. , ..tvlli.L- lli.ltf lull i(.liitfir kii.ltt .1.11., .y..., v.... ..... -.fc... for the tirt time, blew ' OI Hie police out the match, and with hU follower opened tire on them. The officer da-hed at the leader of the party ami j grappled with him. ami a terrible tighi occurred in the darkness. The gen , ''anue. fearing t wound each other lit m.k.i.L f.k i ui ii.ur tfi iirpiiiinii rit.t 1 Iiuum. but ihtTt fuiithl nine other . i.. . . . . i !!S:ivi,.,"..n d,,,icil of "V"1' '.-HM-(' " . "' . nc.c,,,l"l?-1 im "V1". L, io nave oeeu impiieiiiy iru-ieu iiy ine l mice, wtio mostly manages m- own affairs himself, with great attention lie had a place to live in. rent fr two hordes ut his di-po-al, and a hand some -alary for Italy, besides the pivs ets and pickings, which, in the manage ment of such a property, amount to a considerable sum intlnncar There is no nc-of him yet. A successful fraud on the Government has lately been brought to light in Genoa. The pro vincial treasuries are authorized by the central otlice to pay the cotixns of Italian stock v.hieh may be presented to them, and draw on the Treasury for the amount, forwarding the said cou pons in packets of so many lires each. coupons of the same amounts being, of course, classed together. I here re ap-uegti- pears io nave oeeu coiisuicrnmc ueg gence in the verification of these pack ets, for in the last lot forwarded, one of them having been opened a-s a formali tv, it was discovered, bv mere chance. that instead of containing all coupons of jCOO, each of the center ones were of far smaller value, and further examina tion showed that thero were JL'.'tf.OOO wanting in that parcel alone. Some thing of the same description lately hap pened at Naples also. The paid cou pons nnd bonds of the municipal loan are stored in a room in the prefecture, to which there are three locks, the key of each one of which is kept by a sepa rate officer. A short time ago. on enter ing the room, what was the horror of the custodians to find several packets missing. The locks did not appear to have been tampered with, and they could not imagine how the room bail been entered. At last an active and in telligent oliccman discovered that, at some risk of life, the window could be approached from the roof of n church near, ami thus the mystery was ex plained. A large fraud on the lottery lias also been discovered, it is snid, at Milan. In this case the officers in charge of the registers are believed to be implicated, as they are said to be at Naples in the famous fraud of 2,000.000 by the priest Mattci, which, by the way. has never been cleared up yet, though committed more than a year ago. A Conductor Who Backed Down. Befokk the train left Bay City yes terday morning for Detroit a womai nearly six feet tall and having a com plexion like a fresh-burned brick, en tered the depot followed by a dog al most as big as a yearling calf. Having purchased a ticket, the woman stood beside the train until the conductor, came along, when she led off with: Vni liivo hoen n5n!fl nut tn nin tll(J 55 of tJ113 train." Yes'm." was his modest reply. t. yc. I'm 'oinn- to Detroit fur the 0 man Yes" -And this dog is going along with rae. He goes where I go ererv time in th - veir" ... - - the year. ..'yes, he can go down in the " Yes, he can go down bag- gage-car. ,, "Not any he can't! That's what I stopped vou lor. l ms 'ere dog is go- much obleegcd, though you did kinder hang off at first. Leonidus, foller me and behave Prat. yourself!" Detroit Frtt Our Young ftoufcrs ti.mr talk. vtt vrU mf trf . roT; fMl ' rZUTii. kj h -v I rtr. w-1 jwi w. Pa Tar. Tp l ? Aa4tU jliii irgt t tH mmt X t fr imtas t rKt VinwlntlwV ..ij, t7HalM ?-- Tl as Ai A ' II. ,Ht atrtxt-J ,. Ai ruaax m r-nv"- uV.r?!? "71 -. auiMkrl aad MsW". ""' rwti a4 tRvr I k . r-i ft4 tut i tr ArxJ -. 7w f t Ijo 2tj Wn, Tb T t U.s BsMtHJ jy Jf 2 T .U-r tt it4. - rwpsi W r I U ftl Wjr 1-UJ Mr IW aU lb !) A.I AUVESTIUK 0 A EM-YAff. J liTd with hi father. Chrhtuph Jin-en. hifgtl! mother. IL. and la T , .l .... t- wre Mer. 1uh nr ihvt-t .!!.---. In a little hut on thu MrtithtTft ti t Iceland Thi h-t built of layer of Uws up three or fouf f r- f nmi the ground, with turf between tlio Liyrr- u keep out the cold Then above thU rtai j sloping rwf of wt.d covered iH which. In thoo long unny day of June, had spriitd up thick with gra. making it n'.-Kintl' jjrven hillock more than a human duelling1. And, In deed, their only ewe a present (tt lit tie Use from her fuelo Got! hard, who lived inL-iid uid owned t!ock of nhrep and vow would cft" climb the fami ly mansion, and. clinging will lmrharp hoof to the turf, nibble a bn.tKfal with much contentment Chrltoph Jaiuen was -n fUhentim, ami spent the greater of hU time in his boat, setting fiddng nets, or gathering in quantities of hadrio! nnd eod-nsb, and preparing them to ir m the beach. And he constantly had U aeep a sharp ee over his game, for if left uuwatched. the pilfering ravens, not infrequently, would come in large dock and devour whole "catches" at once. But the business from which the fish erman derived most prWti! was from his egg.var. And first I mut etplli to some of you just what an egg-var i. All along th" west coast of Norway ami the southern coast f Iceland there are numerous island, some rf them situated at a considerable di-tsjice fnUIl the main-land, but others within a bow shot of it. These Islands are of two kinds, many of them being nothing mor than high masses of nek. w Idle others are fiat, or nearly so. The form er are called hotrnrt the latter far. I on these var the eidrr-dileks con gregate In large uiimler for laying eggs and rearing their young; for when nesting on tlie main-land they are much disturbed by the cunning Arctic fo. who is as great an epicure In his cold, northern haunts as is the red fox In New Knglatid. It would not Im unrea sonable to upoc that his appetite, from the colder climate In which he lives, would be considerably the keener ami the young elders, or the rich eggs which lie deftly cracks with a stroke of his paw, make one of the daintiest meals ltevnard can proem e. Yet Nature teaches the defenseless bird that she can, at least, protect her self against this one of her many ene mies by nesting in places impovsiole ft.r him to reach. The high price set ujmiu ihe, feathers of the eider-duck renders these islands very valuable, and they have been hi the possession (if Icelandic and Danish families for many generation-. More than twenty-live years ago Ice. laud oxiKrted lietweeti four and five thousand pounds of eider-down in a single year, ami as great care has been taken to promote an increase of the supply, the amount sold has probably more than doubled since then. The true "hTwn" Is worth from three to four dollars per pound, and it is said that enough down for a bed coverlet would not weigh more than a -Hitiiid and a half. The laws of the country are Tcry strict iu relation to the ownership "of the islands, and the ioachcr. if caught. Is punished with a fine of thirty dollars for the seizure of a single duck. Kven an v:z cannot be stolen with impunity. But the var-owners have other Match ers Ui deal with, for whom i)w hw bos no terrors -the raven and the great sen-eagle. These birds of prev make sad havoc among the young eiders, in spite of the vigilance used in protect ing them the eagle sometime even carrying off the old ducks themselves. Christoph Jansen's var was but a short distance from the main land, anil was looked after entirely bv the fisher man's wife and Jan, now eleven vears old. "Now be off, good Jan, for it is get ting late." said .Mother Jansen. as the boy was about to set off U the var one evening early in June, "and be quite sure, my son. not to disturb the old eiders, nnd do not forget to cut the notches," she added. "Let little Use go, too. mother," pleaded Jan, who did not like alwavs going alone. " .Vri", wit," returned Mr. Jansm, " Use is but a wee thing; she would stumble over the rocks. And have ye forgot the raven that perched on the pblc only yesterday? I fear, Jan, he boded us ilf: and she gazed solemnly at the tiny, blue-eyed falrv playing with a string of blown egg-ficll, then away across the dancing waves, whither itnrisiopn nao oeen gone -ince early dawn to fish. " However." she added", seeing Jan's disappointment, "thou art a careful boy. my Jan. and. since I must gn to the beach to help vour father when he comers' in, she mav go with vou. But mind and let nothing befall her; lead her carefallv over the cliffs." " alja'jeg ciir (YesIyeV I will' cried the delighted boy; and attired in an eider-skin jacket and scarlet cloth. hood, baby Use went laughing and skip ping toward where the boat was drawn up on the rocky beach. Jan following with the basket and big bag on his arm. Lifting little Use into the boat, Jan rowed acros the narrow- strip of water separating the island from the main land. The sun ww yet high, although it was nearly eight o'doc ;a the evening, and as they apftroaeaed the bland thev floated amid whole flocks of the eider drakes, shinniag white in the suahghi, plunging and napping, and sending th spray sparkling high in the air. "Now, lis," said Jan. after tying his boat to a stone, "cling to my back and I'll be your pony," and cUmbutg ,the path that wound over and about the ridge of low lava cliffs which ran through the length tt the island, he went galloping across the flat on the farther side. An: here was a sif'fat tit to set any Yankee bov's heart flnttrincr The very grocntl was covered with ducks, each on ha own nest; and it would have been difficult to walk about without treading upon their great brown back; for the bird were Tery tame and would not stir at Jan's approach, sad would rn all" him fek T 1 down frwH th- n tht s.m,, . Hitterm hy J" &rt? ,tfcT " Mch treble N Mk aWJn Jjy, fr.uHtly were brokP, awl r.r i.WBwnMttsi and spk! c,tj ih jWk- c th- broken esq? To remedy th Til. he kd t hi-. rinwork bU h !"TH - -. and Uh gl l o a. hail little Incisure. Tt a f" 1 a half lr p"" f," We?' " " " otfthom or w,wl hUr.l rt -iUnd- II bn hol g-tfcn4 bj fivta boZ 'ltJ'" trm '"r on the W'" b"d. SMC vs i the Island, nai i ssj-isr- I.-W...1! ,ih tc toi and fwrwtn 1 iMn Kitv!v net. -tv- s.-Aa Ka.1 t.ki ! tm ,u.a.K kuiKi nf UH Ysa unuHT. "" "" . , ..f -. and more Umi " - "- '"' ' fa- Into the trwlc t-twr I iU down d k? uttfcw ihr :tota of a " lHXk. which Jan ar cml with him a ! ',,rw r tamr lnr-' with a mmsl Iron t i d The tturtfev! f ltwMf and down. tW-h ph. w,h, I ot to ry rrl. a fc ifc Af tr lining h" n,t H lix " o(t "" frvut her blr. th eWT-I fc ! . fnmi flt twu gn-h tars-wr & No 4Mtr r llwjF tk " taken ttvm hT Mt l "s5 ronaiKsatMl. Al3 4-rV H- hfrduuntollufl the irtt .l continue- lading- tM liii tlan tw, or thrv .siq: Ifcrt 1 ) -, .ion uisturwir "" ""w - - - ' left with an empty n- Mr this time the dwn "" ImiIt Ha iKsctMun nearly r qtttt . httsi.tl. and -be otlU Mp'M hr mnt ist. which he do., tshirkinj I 4 breast amidst !tll qnekir cnw-ll) and iajislef of xl W M. Ntfif. ludeesl. the Ir bm .n to ln the ri-mabUHg ttgsr. l f1' ' her "maternal InsllneU hi qi. r i the nest shttiihl agutn t dlsiurtt wouM be abandoned by the dicMr - i-lr lorn t hor tnd Jan lnm nost u nsst vhhtih the ducks-, and filling hi hnskt a. i tag. earefullr iMiteiillig thn . I .!..-, Iur,-lt iftituU .m0 wlnvh w driven down be-ndn e.nrh nest to )xlimli the liumlfr of Uuies It ha. I Unm rtd. for tbn ohler ducks begin U ky nrUt in th- asn than tlm youtig-r . and the owner of the egj;tr lx U know the history of etudi i.t. As his hwid grew heavier and Mir dltUctilt to entry, he sat Itttli L" wji a lare, llt, lava nok. bidding kr it t get down while he wpiit ht r.Hml t the farther end of the l!m.l. whwe tk her ducks, disdaining tl Id ntlmpU t.t'tauir them, and lure th-m t inhm fortable homes, hail crept hits iw large ereWi, drp.is.tmg their ej rHl fUtuu far beyond the roaeh l Jnn' arm. Scarcely hod he dragged the iqjr m with bls'hiHik nnd tubl theui lu th leu.ket. and stuffed the diwn bilo tl bag -which, though nliuol as 1-kt a mr. asUmwl enormous pnijHtrtiatis, and was ns elastic a a rubber lall when suddenly he henrd n gnml outrry frsno the ducks, and saw tlotw all rU. from their nest and go Mapping. hling. hjhI niiiu-kniL' towanl the wator. t'nti.intK which they nil plunged lu n gront tmuult. crying and splashing. The next iiiomout a huge m.rge, clii")big low oer tho Islniid. swsjmumI d.iwn toward the red IkmmIihI baby n the rock. Dropping basket and bug. Jem rnh t ward tliem. swinging hi hook ad nbotilmg wiblh tnulehing tlie little girl's ulotltr witJ his talons, the ragle siiH..Htil In drug ging her off the rk. ami was now lino ping laboriously as If to rnrry Imr to ward the beach Her piteous crbw of "Jan I t)h. Jail"' were Ulilllted by the broad wing of the ingle. As Jan came elose up to them, ho dashed bis hook at the floret looking; bird, which loosed its hold, nnd lightly lifting itself a few feel, soared so close ly above his head, that Jan could lnmr its great Wnk snap close beside his our Seizing llttlw Ilse'n arm, the boy mado off with her over the dilfieull gnniml. stopping every few stcjn to bwt off tlm eagle, now wrathfitlly' diving alid flap ping iijkhi his head, and almost stun ning in tn with the blows of its power ful wings. Jan's only thought was for Use. Tin eagle's sharp talons pierced through his jacket at f-ry swoop, but be tttg gered bravely on. hoping to got over the dills to the boat and iu sight of home "(iiutokiiuUpti, Ilf .' yaw iittilri " (run faster. II.se! run f.ttor'). cried Jnti, triving in vain to keep the angry bird at bay with his hook. "Jfil inn Uts. uhI Jan?' (I enn't. ' giKwl Janl. lunt.-d the little girl, ami Jan hastily lifted her in his arms. Contesting every step, he bad tumrry gained the crest of the ridge whnn U buffeting of the savage bird ujhhi his head b rxiue s.j furious and bewilder ing that Jan was forced to stop. Kthausted, but still brave and du tennlned. ho stood Use IxMldehlrn. ami. gra-sping the hook with lxth han.U, set iion the eagle ilospwratelv. Back and forth he stumliled over the roek. Ix-ating at the bird, which, lightly r sing and falling, ailroltlv elmled the attack, till at last, as it swjmiiJ Uwn towanl him, ho gati? it a hard b directly under tho left wing. It was effectual. Tlie sharp hook clung fast, and in the sudden, short struggle with h followed both bov h! bird turn bled to the foot of th eflff on which they h.-ul been battling. 1'oor, brav; Jan! He was now. In deed, vanquished as well as his enomy. and could not reply to Ilso's entreatlm to come up to her. After a time the child slid down tlm path to where he lay. and. consoiou that something terrible had happl to him. l-gan to pat his fnjeand Imntht. antl call between her sobs, Tale Ihr. Jan' Talc Ib" (Speak to Ilv;. Jn' Speak to lis;') It was Late when Christor.h 1 I mother !! returned from tho "tlrt gnund. and. not finding tlm children at the hut. they were filled with alarm. Taking his boat. Christoph hastily st off to the island, and before Iog hj came upon tlmm. IN, exhaasted with erymg. iy ing asleep on th unvonsoii boy necSc Her yellow Iook auI white down jtekct were stained wiUi the b.ood fnm an ugly wound on Jun's hsul cut by the sharp lava rocks utm which he hail fallen. But Jmi did not die. iMwetn moth er IIm: b careful nursing and the minis trations of the kind old priest, Mrln not far away, be was. after twurv weeks, able to sit in thn now w-mh.!. sunli: ij. sou arauw oaijv lUt- hut it . .. . . .' r wm Uxj late for the egg-var again that year. " I muit not forget to mention that, a: Jan's reqnett. hi father carrie.1 th in of the mzlH to Kykjavi. where he went to dispose of hi vears stock of Sh asd down, 3Cd oId "it for evea rix dollars to an Engiwh natural lit at that port. The agi; probablv spreaN its wings to-dav in me 1m doa musuin.-J. V. A. SlJteru. in o.'. JncAoioj. SrncKK Waucku, aged fifteen, was behind in his tndie at the Newtou (taKS.) High School, in coasefpiera'c of ulncM, and there was soon to be an ex amination, in which thovi who failed would be rst back to the grammar school. V, alkcr lcame eonvinceti that, no matter how hard i studied, he wooui have to suffer what he consider! a dbgrace. To escape thi disaster h coaaittcd suickle. 1 n T- 4 1 Ml f sj , w f I m c - A - r t --" ji;i imnHimpwaeiafaasg tTl'lTT- Swjuwj i lii rf i it U