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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1895)
u$s. ff m t sswciK THE) MIMJKT-DAMCKIt. Soj iny enchantress lu tho flowered brocade, You call an elder fashion to you aid, Btep forth from Gainsborough's can- vab and advance, A powdered Galatea, to Hie dance. About you clings a faded, old-world air. As though tlio link-boy 8 crowded round your chair. At though the Macaronis thronged the Mall. And the French horns were sounding at Vnuxbnll. They trend the stntcly nicnBure to Its close, The silver bucklcfl and tlio silken hoso Ladles and exquisites that bend aud sway, Brilliant an popples on an August day. You dnnco the minuet, and wo ndinlre, We dullards In our blnck and white attire, . Whose russet Idyll seems a more bur lesque, Set lu n fnuno so far less picturesque. Yet I take heart; for Love, the coat less rogue, (?an scarcely heed what raiment bo In vqgue, Since In good sooth his ncgllgcnco Is known As something scandalous uncut his own. . And so ho whispers, Eyes wcro bright , and brown, Long tie the powder tax dismayed the town. And faithful shepherds still shall bnb ' bio on, Although the rapiers and tho frills bo gone. A KETUttN TO MATURE. etl the i'Rev1, Augustine St. Gregory, Miss Heten Mackintosh. Married'- 'Tear up tho wedding cards!" inter rupted Pris Armstrong. fit. was la- ,i wtHAtlonxanHtlelBm. How cou.14 a Beaton, girl, brought up with every ad vantage Of education and association, warry a full-blooded glauxt 1 went to the wedding under protest; as Heli ' sparest" friend. I sat there under pre teat; and it required all .siy aelf- ! atrol to refrain from shrieking aloud ' at the words: 'If any man can show Juat cause why they should not law fully be Joined together'" , ? "You talk as though you had Just ar rived from the plains, in wampum and ' war paint," returned Annie Ghcsley, !, Indignantly. "J met him at Mrs. Got ting' reception, and thought him per fectly fascinating. He has the loveli est manaera ao gentle and subdued, ad, with hi soulful dark eyea and .aajtosekyface, he remluded e( t ,7'l. " m iwtereatliur lilatonrai he hasrioo.' U lot lite father at the battle of tUe'j uttie Jfig uorn, and after the flight , of Sitting Bull and hlH men into Can t ada, Ihe iKr little fellow was found -i ay a rmm onary anu sent to iiamnton. Later, by means of an old lady's be quest, 1m was educated for tho minis try preparatory , tit goltig ns. mission ary to his own people. If you had card him speak tho last Sunday In Advent, when taken foremfay ,,'so'w .Advent, TJhcn the collection Is taken for 'tlie domestic mission, you would realize what religion has done In trans forming a savago lulo a Christian gen tleman and clergyman." from babyhood V h 'i-fli .. TK GDiriluitt iLUMiili.iti-'Tji.. AVJL'NMHHW nimsiuu, nil in x u ttunvi,. in j.i-ui her childish sacrltlces were for the benellt of somo Indian school. Her cnst-ofC toys wcro sent to Hampton; her Sunday school class supported an Indian there. Later, sho attended nil the meetings for the benellt of tho In dians, has been au active member of the Dakota league and devoted nil her charitable energies nnd n Boston girl must have somo outlet for philan thropy, ns Imperatively as for her lovo of music, books and art to collecting funds nnd packing barrels of clothing for the Indians. As she stood by the altar it seemed tho culmination of a life-long fad an earnest and religious one, If you will, but still merely a fad lu which lovo bore n mluor, If not a doubtful part. There was a delay In gutting to the carriage and I waited. No, not to throw rice, but but to see Helen once more. Capt. Carter, Hel en's cousin ho was best man closed the carriage door, with a gay good by. He stood, with uncovered head, In the fog nuit drizzle, and I saw the look upon his face." They say he has always been In love with Helen." "It was not that. Insight gnvo fore sight, and on tho pavement, In Copley Square, ho saw the future, somewhere on the "Western plnlns." "You are tired, August';" Helen St. Gregory arose from the piano, the one article of luxury she had permitted herself, nnd leaning over the back of her husband's chair played with Ills hulr. It had been al lowed to grow somewhat long in tliu last few weeks. He had Just returned from a visit to a settlement n few miles distant, con sisting of a few wretched, scattered huts. Ills haud sought his throat and loosened the stiff, clerical bauds with nn Impatience that seemed uncontrol lable. "It is stifling here," he said; "the air of u room makes mo cough." "I will open the window." "0ND both windows." "1 cannot," returned Helen,, with pome surprise at his Imperious tone. "The.uther window is sealed, hermet ically, with papier-mache, manufact ured out of soaked newspapers, after Frank Carter's recipe." Her hi . . ml strode across the room nnd with i no blow of his clenched list he broke away the lower part of tho sash. "Augiibt! How could you oh, your hand is bleeding!" reproach changing to commlssenitluu. She caught up n web of soft liueu ujkiu the work table. "It Is nothing," said her husband nl uiost haughtily, drawing himself so quickly away that the linen fell be rtath !ils foot Tho next moment there was an ex clamation from both, for It was the surplice, with the circle-emblem of Im mortality embroidered upon Its front, that lay there bloodstained nnd tram pled. Ho sank Into tho chair again, nnd she, who hnd learned In the last fow months that there were times when It was best to leave him undisturbed, Silently closed the shutters outside tho broken window nnd pinned closely over It the heavy curtains of Mexican blnnkcts. Tho room was both sitting room nnd study. In tho corner a prlo dlcii, with a thrcadbaro cushion, tea tilled to tho length nnd frequency of his devotions. Presently Helen looked anxiously up from the altnr-cloth sho waH embroid ering. "I wish you would not watch me In that covert manner," said her husband with new Irritability. Ho was tired; her woman's heart chid her. after that moment of strange nnd chilled misgiving. It was a long, cold walk to the settlement, and tho people there were tho most degraded of his pastoral charge. They consisted only of old men, women nntl children; the young men were out hunting a euphemism for hnvlng Joined certain hostile tribes in the northwest. "I have questioned lately, Helen," ho began presently, "whether I have not, nfter nil, mistaken my vocation. The fire has died out of my utterances, my prayers no longer ascend as on wings of light, but fall crushlngly back upon my heart. The moaning has gone out of the Holy Scripture; Its words are ns 'a tale told by nn idiot, full of sound nnd fury, signifying nothing " She spoke gentle, reassuring words, nnd the strange foreboding vanished from her heart. Long after she had gone to bed, he was kneeling at the prle-dleu. In the dnys that followed, sho noticed that he was uuttsually silent; that the ear ly services, the prayers and fastings became more frequent tho last so rigorous that she begged to have en re lest his health suffer. "We nre commanded." he replied, solemnly, "to crucify the old man and utterly abolish tho whole body of sin." learned waa best left unquestioned. His favorite subjects of conversation had formerly related to his work; now he never alluded to it. His texts had been chosen from tho New Testament, that upon which ho hd most frequent ly dwelt being: "For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth." Now his sermons were drawn from tho Old Testament, and particularly from thoBG-nccounta that dwelt upon ven geance and bloodshed. "When he read the lesson telling of the killing of Slaera, there yaa a repressed force, In his utterance, an intensity of dramatic action in the gestures of his slender hand and flexible wrist, that brought the scene wJtb, awful vividness lieforu his listener). "She smote the nail into his tout pies for he was fast asleep and wa:mrgeft ymo-uiat, orWevatm -Allatkm was oxuUhJIoij . over the treacherous and savage deed. His mnuner in speaking of his own people had formerly been tinged with sadness. Was It a wild fancy of his wife's that it now held n subtle pride? A dlstluctlou, too, had evidently grown up between "these people" of his , flock nnd those amongst whom his childhood hnd been passed. His walks over the plain became more frcqueut. Helen hnd supposed their object was the settlement, till an allusion to his work there unde ceived her, 'T have not been there. I walked twenty, thirty miles over the plain.' he said, with an excitement '.WW MW'IKUIlHaiLi. nol'allovrinilTaBniuirbttPe'd: "Listen!" nnd the words thnt follow ed were strange to Helen. "It Is the tongue of my fathers," went on her husband, with solemn pride. "Upon tlio vast empty plnin, there was n sound from heaven ns of u mighty rushing wind, and oven as tho tongues were given to tho disciples at the day of Pentecost, wns tho language of the warriors given back to me. With such words did my father speak when ho told of his brave deeds in the council. My father waB n great brave. He did not live umongst tho women nnd children. He waa not a squaw man. He was Black Kettle!' Bewildered nt this strange outburst, Helen called beseechingly to her hus band. He made no reply. It ' was morning when ho nmso from the prie dleu. For the next few dnys except for nn almost unbroken silence, he seemed more like his foriver self. Lnte one afternoon, word was brought to Helen that a woman hnd been cnntlned in the settlement nnd wns dying for lack of food and clothing. 'Ihe circum stances appealed to her with peculiar force. Filling n basket with ford and hastily selecting such articles us seem ed most needul, she set out on her lonely walk. The door of the hut wns ajar. The oue room was empty. In her charit able visiting In Boston, n similar ex perience had often confronted her, and now, ns then, an iuvoluutnrv vexation arose nt having been mado n dupe of her sympathies. She made her way to the next hut, but to her surprise, it too wns eAipty. The vlllngo was de serted! Tho last hut stood on the brow of nn Incline. In the hollow beyond was a strange sight. Shrinking back into the shadow of the hut, petritled with horror, she stood watching circlo of savage fig ures men a ml women alternating, ho'dlng one another by tho hand, re olvlng slowly around a largo tree. A dirge-like clinnt tilled the nlr, us round and round tho dancers went, In tho same direction, with eyes closed and heads bent toward the ground. There were young men In the circle. Had they returned, then, from flielr "hunt ing expedition'.'" Chained to the spot by the mystic spell of tho "ghost dance," her own body Mvayed to and fro in unlsou with tlio dancer?. One figure seemed to exercise n par ticular fiiKcluatlon over her. It wns that of a young brave, naked to the hips, and with streaks of red and yel low paint ncrosB his. breast. Darkness had long ago fallen, nnd fires were gleaming in tho hollow. By and bye. one after another of the daucera fell TUlll -wt-'w-p."ini) i iiniiiiJ TwrsBWNpn - - - - . -- . .. 'Aiiiji- wtff forward on his face, but the circlo was instantly reformed. The young brnve who hnd held her gaze wna prostrate at last In the kind of swoon to which the others had succumbed. Suddenly he leaped to his feet. "I have seen tlio Great Father," he cried, "and ho will not tnlk to me, because I have married a white worn nnl" It was the voice of her husband! Half-frozen, blinded nnd staggering, she reached her own door nt last. 8hc must have wandered many times from the path, for the cold, gray morn ing light wns breaking. She dropped.' from force of hnblt, Into the chair by the work table. She must darn those stockings of August's. It was the morning for early service. There was n little Illuminated book of devotions in which It wns lier dally habit to read. Wns she going mad? The words were revolving In n circle over tho page. A capital A. In scarlet nnd gold bore a fantastic resemblance to the pnlut bedizened figure of the dance. There wns a sound without, 'ino door wns pushed open and n naked savage strode into tne room. Mie saw his purpose. "August! For tlio snko of our unborn babe!" What followed mny not be told. Edith Robinson In Argonaut. HAW TIIK flATTM-J OP WATERLOO. A Mlilnliliuiinn Who Watched the Kllit Tlirouuh a Sou Minn. Wednesday, the HMh Inst., was the cighthieth anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. Of the hundreds of thou sands of men who struggled that day for supremacy nil have passed away, except two In Amerlcn, four In tho British Isles nnd six in France, nnd most of these are centenarians. There Is another, who, although not n participant In the great battle, had the privilege of witnessing the thrill ing events of that week In Bolglum which marked the downfall of the Na poleon dynnsty and who viewed that battle from n better vantage ground. J?sr JrTFeircrrisUfcT worth, Ohio, who'is ninety-seven yearsi of age. i The qld gentleman was" borri In Bob1 ton, Lancashirc7""Englnnd, on July S5i 1708, and entered the English navy at the age of sixteen as a midshipman! The next year his ship was employou in transporting the English soldiers for Wellington's army across the chan nel from Southampton to Antwerp, and it was at this time that ho acci dentally witnessed Waterloo, In 1818 lie entered the Enst India merchant Benice, and Sot many years voyaged In the Atlantic nnd Indian .oceans, making many trips around the Capo of Good Hope to Delphi, Calcutta and Bombay- Ih 1820 ho imtdo his first vovee to America In a sailing vessel. It rehired twelve weeks tb cross the stormy Atlantic, Since then he has crossed the Atlantic twenty-three timea, ' Mr. Green was In a reminiscent, 'MKMivlrtR ieHi;.iya eorrewrmdonti and .talked Interestingly of the -great battle, ''I was a midshipman in June, 1S1C, on one of King George's trans port ships," Im said, "and with tho other 'mlddtes' Started across Belgium to Join tho English troops. "We came Urat to Llgny, where the preliminary battle of thnt terrible week In Belgium took place. That fight Was between the Prussians tinder Bluchcr and Napoleon's veterans. The conflict did not last long, but It stnnus as one of the most desperate fights of history, Ijluchor Was compelled to give way. aud his retreat was almost a rout Flushed with success, Napo leon pushed on to his fate nt Quatre- Bras atad attacked tho outposts of tne W AW lTiMr ..' UIHH "i J IDli. i "QjialtrmTWole pulsed, falling back to Waterloo that night, where he determined to make his final stand. "On the morning of the 18th, with a sea glnss which we had taken with us, we stood on the heights some dis tance uwny from Waterloo and took In the wholo scene. We could see Na poleon on his charger riding nlong his lines preparing for the battle. The lines were formed and soon the field wns filled with smoke nnd the roar of cannon reverberated through the hills of Belgium. In the afternoon the llerce conflict ceased and the field was a sickening sight. Th green rye had been trampled down nnd the Held was nothing but dust like the middle of the road, while the dead and wounded lay .scattered thickly over the plain. Out of 250 pieces of artillery Napoleon lost l."0. and -10,000 of his men were either dead upon the field or prisoners. "I can remember distinctly of seeing Blucher, Napoleon, the duke of Well ington nnd ueorge iv. I enn remem ber seeing George 111. and his couriers riding down to Loudon docks upon many n morning. During the reign of William IV. 1 remember having seen Queen Victoria lu a villa near London playing In n garden, anil I have dis tinct remembrances of the last four ruling monarch of the house of Han over." Cincinnati Enquirer. mvAHiii:n with a half guinea. How I'mlen-wnlil Wiih I'rorrerol a Mmiitl Tip liy nil KiikIUIiumiii. Pnderewski had a slnjular experi ence In Clifton, England, quite recent ly. No sooner had the populur pianist arrived at his hotel than ho fouud a courteously worded letter asking him to allow an invalid lady to call upon him nnd hear him play ouo piece, promising In return for "this great treat" u douceur of half ;i guinea, which was tendered with much .apol ogy. The letter was so worded as to bo a courteous mid delicate appeal to the plaulst's generosity. Tho letter had the desired etiect, anu lie nppomt ed a time. Punctual to tho moment the lady appeared nnd Pnderewski played her a few pieces. Tho lady thanked him and slipped the promised half guinea lu the most gracious mode of tip-giving into his palm. "Ah, what Is thts?" blandly asked tho pianist. "The half guinea I promised you." "I really believe," he answered with a smile, "that 1 shall be nblo to get to tho next town without it," saying which he returned the proffered lar gesse, bowed the lady out, and sat down to his interrupted breakfast. San Francisco Chronicle. gTd3WwfwHia"s r,llCIiaTmaTrir3fS "A THIS ClIILTI-SKASO". O sunny life of childhood! blossoming To gladden nil the world; ns If the spring Were captive made, and your soft linir unslrd Had netted all spring's sunshine ns it stirred; Your little nest has still its singing bird. O youth! fast learning to be wise nnd vnln, Whose nltns arc lofty. In tho race for gain Grcnt things seem possible nnd yet to-dny Somo grave thnt Is a milestone on the way Says over the world's loud voice, Kneel and pray." O, hearts that pain has chastened! Well ye know ,&, The song of tliankfulnessYe but forego Your Joy n little while. The leaves may tell Of autumn; yet bo brnve; ye have fought well, Weep not; ye know that other lighters fell. O, aged heads that many n Yule-tide snow Has whitened! Though the time be long ago Since first ye laughed in childhood's golden ray. The Child of Bethlehem takes your hand to-day. God's blessing crowns your far more perfect way. Chambers" " Journal. I 1.0VB OX THE WIIKKL A Illkliiic Itoiuniicr, II)' Anno Wnr rliiKttui Wltltriii. "Then turn?" you wish me never to re- km&smmmb&im tiov nodoubtln her mind" hint, she loved bin:, tlf ehe had ever question ed the fact in "those hours of solitude when she subjected her heart to the severe scrutiny of her reason, now In the cold moment of parting she did not doubt. He wns going to leave her forpver. True, ho wns going at her bidding, but how could It be other wise? Sho was a woman of spirit nnd would not be dictated to, nnd -when lie said site must not ride n bicycle, her womanhood rebelled. Lovo will sacrifice much, but not all. The du ties qt a fiancee she wtfs happy to meet and to perform; the rcsponslbill ttleS'Ot wifehood, soon to ljo assumed, slie was ready to assume; but how long can love last when It yields. Itself up4a slave to tyranny? Not lotig,' In dtP'AuSl not ride a Tin-jr-leT l liad said. "Must not!" she cried springing from his arms, 'n which she had for the moment nestled. That's what I said," said he, petu lantly. "It will make you rouud-shonl-dercd." She- eyed him angrily for a moment. "Hound-shouldered!" she cried, "Oil, you men, you men! Hnd I married you and grown round-shouldered making my own dresses, you would not have murmured. Had wo gone hand in hand Into poverty utul my shoulders grown round from heudlug over n laundry stove, you would liavo permit .ted It; but because I choose to acquire J '''nniilar.VjJ'llii.JiLuiL urvyoiuuKOt liULkWuiuLui for ideas. word must to me, who have loved you declined to dance and drive with oth ers for you oh, George. George, George!" "Well. I mean It." said he. calmly. "Choose between us me or the bicyc le which is It to be?" i She made no answer but walking to i the porch, rang the bell of her wheel, j It was his answer, and lie realized It. j "I do not cure for bicycling," she said, "but I can have no nots in my I life. Leave me." He walked out Into tlio night, aud Partlieuiii, throwlnir herself limply iMion her wheel, pedaled weepinglv in the other direction, forgetting to light her lamp. George Washburne walked moodily down the road which one short Knr bet'orc lie had traveled with m light a heart. "Ilelgho!" lie said. "All my life sl'iittcred In a moment. If she but knew liow I loved her if she could only have guesrel my motive In speak ing as I did that I wished always to he nt her side, and that If she rode I could not, since, try as I will, 1 can not myself ride a wheel, it Is beyond me. aud yet I have not dared confess to her that I have tried to learn nnd can not. In his wife's eyes a man should be u hero capable of all tilings. Supposing 1 hud told her of the les sons I have taken In secret at the academy, of the dents my head has made In the hardwood floor, of the at tendants I have run over nnd crippled and the wheels I have shuttered, until tlit manager of the place has told uic even as lias she never to return. It would have lowered me in her es teem. I can not, can not tell her, aud shatter her respect for her. former tlaneee." As lie spoke, he i cached his own front door nnd wns about to enter, when ills heart grew too full. "I can not go In yet" he said. "1 will at least walk back and gaze upon the light in her window." Prey to melancholy the unhappy man fulfilled his destiny. Back lie walked, gloomily ruminating over the future, now so black. Deep In his thoughts, he did not notice where he wns going: he did not notice that he hnd passed Partlienlu's house; ho did not observe that he was ascending Coaster's Hill, a linlf-mllc beyond; lie did not even her n rumbling noise in the distance which would have taught him caution. Alas! thoughtless mor tal; aid yet how happily nil transpired! There came u crash, a thud, n moan, George Washburne lay unconscious In the road. Pnrtlieulu Hlcksworthy stood, hav ing lauded on her feet, ten yards dis tant. Pressing the prostrate man Into the earth were the shattered remains of her wheel, ins punctured tires entang led In his feet, Its cyclometer besting on his vest pocket, nnd Its left pednl grasped firmly in the unconscious vic tim's hand. It wns Aprlng. George Wnsliburne, who had lain for three weeks dcllrous, opened hit- eyes. Benson hnd returned nnd his right arm had knit. "At Inst." sobbed a fair girl, who with his sister sat at the sick man's side. "Where" rim I?" he gasped. "Here, George," said Pnrthenln, for It was she "here. I'll never ride again." "Sweetheart, was It you?" he mur mured. "It was, George," she answered, with n sob. "I hnd not lit my lamp nnd I wns coasting nnd then then it happened. But never mind, my darl ing, I shnll never bike ngnln." "Oh, my lovo!" he said, grasping her hand nnd lifting it to his lips, "do not say that. Bike as much ns you will; the wheel that I maligned brought us together again. We owe It much. I Will tell why I objected." And then lie told her all; how he hail tried to learn, and could not; nnd how tho desire to be with her always liad led him to speak as he had. And she, imprinting a kiss upon ills fore head, er.mforted him. "you were right, darling." she said. "We will get a bicycle built for two, nnd I will work the pedals, while you can sit on the hind seat and whisper words of love in my ear." His answer was a smile, and hap piness once more dawned for George Washburne and Pnrthenln Hicks worthy. The.v were wed last week. nnd the groom's gift to his bride wns n ntekle-plntod safety for two. with a russet-leather tool-chest and gold wire guards to keep her skirts free from the wheel. Ha zar. ACIIIF.VUMBXTS OP TIIK 111,1X1). Men to YVliom .tlir Lohn of Vlnlon Seomi'il to lit- Unlmiitirtnnt. A unique career was recently brought to a close In tho suburbs of a j great American city. It wns thnt of a man totally blind from early childhood ;nltyforccT)f??mIntchh3,wt,ybadtf succeeded" In becoming, n scleiitUlcT anatomist Although deprived of sight, he train ed himself by muscular 'exercise to be an athlete. The loss of one sense only strengthened his determination to preserve all his other fnctiltles in the freshness of perfection. His own success In muscular exercise brought n group of young men around him, and before he wns 21 years old he was n training- masler for athletic sports of every sort, lie opened a gymnasium With apparatus designed to carry into practice theories of his own respecting tlio development of the human liody. He taught large classes, led In ex ercises of nil kinds, and performed the most dlfllcult feats with unerring ac curacy. His facility In using the np- slunr was amazing. Visitors could hardly bo convinced that the expert and fearless teacher wns absolutely sightless. Ills gymnasium was gradually con verted Into a school of health. By phy sical exercises conducted under his su pervision, lie undertook to remedy dc- forniltles of the body, and to cure pa tients ntliicteii wun niscases ol mug, digestion nnd disordered nerves. He became In fact, if not lu title u physi cian of recognized isklll, aud applied many original theories to the treat ment of diseases, devoting the best years of ills life to n minute study of the mci'hnnlsiti of the human body, with n view to remedying the physical liifttiniiff,iti9i;.nitm. llmAllVXlmtmm-nti!XtuztnMtxiin.n.u.;:ir 1.. ,tii. ii.Y5.? designing the finest yachts or the blind entomologist making scientific discov eries, or tbt blind statesman discuss ing lu parliament the intricacies of fi nance and conducting the Inborlous ex ecutive department, only the most rcMilute natures enn win such vic tories as those. Mr. Fawcett. when he met with an neeidint In his youth by which he lost his sight, wns a student with nn nr dent ambition for public life. A weak er nature would have given up the first light ns hopeless, but with un IllnehUig courage he followed the ca reer he had marked out for himself. He continued his study of political economy by the aid of other men's eyes: trained Ids memory until he could carry complex tables of stntls tics as easily as other men couiti ivau the tiguies from the printed page, and achieved great distinction ns a uni versity professor and n political lead er. So complete wns ills conquest of Inllrmlty that Mr. Gladstone wns the only man who could rival him in par- 1 liament In the exposition of statistical : questions. "I well remember." wrote air. itcs cott, the historian, "the blank dospnlr which 1 felt when my literary treas ures arrived and I saw the mine of wealth lvlng iiround mo which I was forbidden to explore." He wus vir tually blind, but with unconquerable patience he went on with his work year nfter year. A l'liniHO Older Tlmn HUlorr. The celebrated Mettcrnlch used tho phrase, "After mo, the deluge." ns Im plying that after him no statesman would be able to preserve the peace of Europe. But the celebrated mot was not original with(hlm, us Mme. Pompadour, mistress of Louis NV., who died nine years before Metter nlchwns born, was quoted as saying, "Ames nous le deluge," nnd tho wily diplomatist only changed It to "Apres mol." The idea did not orig inate with her, quick wltted though she was. Cicero ascribes It to a Ho man emperor, and Milton supplies tho name: "They practice that when they fall, they may fall In n general ruin, Just as cruel Tiberius would wish; When I die. let the enrth be rolled lu flames.' " "Reasons of Church Gov ernment," book I., chapter 5, page 34. It was older, however, than Tiberius, nnd Is a very ancient Greek proverb, too old for any discovery of its nutlior. Tertulllun nscrlbes it to Demosthenes, lint It turns out only to have been used by him ns a common proverb, familiar to the public even lu his day. Tiberius Is represented as having said: "After my death, perish the world by fire." Brooklyn Englo Extinction of lit QInob. Tn a wild state the American bison, or buffalo, Is practically, though not quite wholly, extinct. At the present moment there nre about 2M) wild buf faloes nllvc nnd on foot In the United States. To obtnln these high figures we Include the 150 Individuals that tho white head-hunters nnd red ment hunters have thus far left alive In the Yellowstone Park, where the buffalocB arc fondly supposed to be protected from slaughter. Besides these, there are only two other bunches; one of nbout twenty head In Lost Park, Col., protected by state lnws; and another, containing' between thirty and forty head, In Vol Verde county, Tex., be tween Devil's river nnd tho Rio Grande. Four years ngo there were over 300 ' head in the Yellowstone Park, thriving nnd Increasing quite satisfactorily. Through them we fondly hoped the species would even yet be saved from absolute extinction. But, alasl we were reckoning without the poachers. Congress, provides pay for Just one solitary scout to guard In winter t,A75 squnre miles of rugged mountain coun try ngninst the hordes of lawless white men and Indians who surround the park on all sides, eager to kill the last buffalo. The penchers have been hard at work, and ns a result our park herd hns recently decreased more than one half in number. It is a brutal, burn- . lng shame that formerly, through lack of congressional law adequately to punish such poachers as he wretch who was actually caught red-handed In January, 18SM, while skinning seven dead hutYulns! Through lack or a pal try $1,800 a year to pay four more scouts the park buffnlos are all doom ed to certain nnd speedy destruction. Besides the places mentioned, there Is only one other spot In all North America that contains wild buffaloes. Immediately southwestward of Great Slave lake there lies a vast wlldernei'S. of swamps nnd stunted pines, into which no white man has over pene trated far, and where the red man still reigns supreme. It is bounded on the north by the Llnrd and Mackenzie rivers, on the east by the Slave river, on the south by the Pence river, and on the west by the Rocky mountains. Mr. Warburton Pike says It is nowtlic naJt0'.ay:iricQiintry-aini,ttig.-woriirt. and that it also contains a few banaffay of the so-called wood buffalo. ''Sonfo-iy1 times they are heard of at Forts'Smltlf Jf and vermilion, sometimes at Fort m. John, on the Peace river, and occa-j slonnlly at Fort Nelson, on the Llard: but It is impossible to nay anytmni about their numbers." At all events! In February. 1800. Mr. Pike found eight buffaloes only four days' travel from Fort Resolution oa Great Slave lake, and succeeded la killing one. The Canadian authorities estimate the to tal number In that rcgloa at 300. WJ T. Hornaday in St. Nicholas. Many receipts' as published still call? for crenm-of-tartar aud soda, the oid-1 fashioned way of raising. Modern! cooking and expert ccoks do not sanc tion this old way, la all such re-l ceints the Royal Baking PowderJ should be substituted without fall. ijrj(iijUii-.1rr,rj,w,,irr- ' Girls who are terrified by thundci aud'lightnlux lose fi great deal 'of ea Joymeut during the summer when n have storms ns well as sunsume. iay not be unite possible for ever! one to help being "afraid when thl sky is black with, clouua ana tne ugnt nine's flash, but it la "within the powei of most people to control the exprcsf slon of .fright, qnce or twice navraa resolutely refrained from showing your terror, you will be surprised at pleased to find the terror itself lessenf inc. I I know persons who go through llfe In a sort of bondage to fear of various kinds. They tremble nnd. turn pale. o xrow hysterical, and cry, when tn ilnrlf rlnivita iraihpr -nsd'tlltinderarroll t-Thexe. iaasprMtyiermauh'tfnj1Awii begins: "It thunders, but I tremble not, My trust Is firm in God, His arm of strength I've ever sought Through all the way I've trod," I advise all of you who need the ad vice to remember that God rules in the heavens, nnd his hnnd sends the storms. Trust in God when yon nre afraid really trust, and you will grow calm nnd be happy. Another grain of comfort may be found In the fact that when you sec the bright zigzagging flash and hear the rumbling thunder, the danger for you Is over. You will never see or hear tho electric current which hurts or kills. It is far too swift to wait and warn you in that way. Harper's Round Table. SIkc of Japan. Although frequently spoken of as "little .luprtn," among the nations of the earth Jii'ian Is not specially little, either In nrea or population. The area of Japan, one hundred and forty-seven thousand six hundred nnd fifty five square miles, is lnrger by twenty-seven thousnud square miles, than that of the United Kingdom. Furthermore there are forty-one million people who nre subjects to the mikndo, against thirty-eight million In the United Kingdom, taking infest census returns in both cases. Japan'a population is larger than Italy's by fully ten mil lion, wlille her area Is thirty-seven thousand miles greater. No ouo speaks of Italy as "little Italy," although sho Is not ns populous ns Japan. Japan has nearly ten times the area and al most twenty times the population of Denmark. Japan is not "a little coun try," save as compared with such un wieldy masses as the Chinese empire, or such n glaut ns tho United Stntcs. That she Is big enough to hold her own and more, sho has evinced In bat tle to the amazement of hot groat an tagonist. American Youth. The Serpent' Trlolf, The power of continuing motionless' with the lifted head projecting for ward for nn lndelinlte time Is one of the most wonderful of the serpent's muscular feats, nnd Is one of thy highest importance to the animal, both when fascinating Us victim and when mimicking some inanimate ob ject, ns, for Instance, tlje ntem and bud of an aquatic plant; here It Is only referred to on account of the effect It produces on the human mind, as en hancing the serpent's strangeness. In this attitude, with the round, unwink ing eyes fixed on the bebblder's face, the effect may be very curious and uu canny. Fortnightly Review. 8 ( K - ,. w L,
