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10, flndlshspoUs Journal. Mellow month ana marry aaeatnw And follow you around tbe world A kekjsts then? MM do. thought your slaters 6eeXlfU Both. May ana April, too. Bat April ana had rainy eyes; -Aad May bad area of Maa.

And Jan I liked to singing Of her lips, sad liked bar amileU. Bnt all kr soags war promises Of sosaetalng, after whits; A as oiy'a face the Hants snd hades That may not long beguile With alterations o'er tae wheat The dreamer at tba stile, Bot yon I ah, you are topical, Tour beauty is so rare! Tour eyea ara dearer, deeper eyes Than any, knr-wbm; Mysterious, tmpaaioua, alirlotMly fair. listless Andaluslaa meldA With banales la your hair! James Whitcomb BUley. rHKOUGH SIBERIA. A ta'i Em Bine w71(k Ceerle lk Csar rrivUeajes off a Baaap ar ef the Ftrat Claaa Trtelta Vpaa Trav elersBleep That la Haaaa, aaaat tne Ill-Lnak raafkl Vneas at Vawfav rBoeion CmmmnW Bulletin.

1 I found that the escort of Grodsikoff smoothed away many of the ordinary hardships of tba Niberiaa journey. Traveling on military doty, bk passport called upon all subjects oi titmrio mm mm in every- possible way. This gave us a great advantage, for the keepers of the poas-sta-tions toad tba utmost reverence for this niece of neper. Passports for Siberian travelers ara of a number of different kinds, and oars, being a first-class, or nadroabina. admitted of no disrespect or delav.

It signified that we were on off! cial business, and demanded that wherever it was nrcHluced everv DOseiDie assistance should be given as, and every possible con- veiiisace placed at our disposal. YHBXlSHlltO. BOSSES BY UW. Kverv mat-station is compelled by law to keepoa band a certain number of horses lor tbe convenience oi travelers wno may desire to chance their annuals, as all trav eling is performed by the Most travelers take a post conveyance, changing at regular intervals. thus subjecting tuetn- aelves to annoyance and the discomforts of being eonipelled to transfer their traps from one sleign to anotber ones lor aDont everv fifty versts that they travel.

Home, however, avoid delays of this character by providing themselves, as we do, with one stout vehicle in which to make the entire Journey, however prolonged it may be, In such cases it is necessary to depend upon the successive stations only ior resh horses. But even here there is plenty of opportunity for trials or one's patience, The rates to be charged for horses are fixed by law; but if it so happens that jrou arrive at the post-station when all the post-horses are out, the station-master has the legal right to charge yon extra for pri vate horses whicA be procures ior you in the village. The traveler soon finds that many an "unconscionable rogue," as Mr. Fsgin would say, of a station-master fat somehow always out of post-horses, so that one is forced to pay double for private horses, to be at the Bam time, perhaps, kept hoars waiting for the animals to be procured: and one's equanimity of mind is not likely to be enhanced by a knowledge that the station-in aster has probably very cleverly Hidden toe regular post-norses or eise naa them driven a mile or two out of sight, so as to compel all travelers to hire pri vate horses. One's admiration for the knavery of the average Siberian station-master is greatly increased by kearnlng the fact that most of the private" horses ostensibly procured from biie village are the private property of tbe sjgent himself, who, by this shrewd man' agernent, is enabled to make an honest or a dishonest Dennv for himself bv con triving to let bis 3wn horses at double tbe regular prices, and also to dispose of prodigious quantities of tea and indigestible food over the counter of his station to travelers who are kept waiting for tbe sole purpose of thus emptying their pocket-books, while the horses are all the time standing ready in tbe stable not a ham- dred yards away, perhaps, instead of hav ing to be hunted tap, as is pretended, from all over the village.

The station-master is. of course, profuse in his apologies and re- KreH, uui ju wo buuo juu' ii vw to pay his prices for horses, and, also, be delayed aeverai nours. COURTTSIKS TO A OOCKTEIk It ia these little troubles, which, how- ever, are great troubles if one is in a hurry, that tbe traveler with a padroshina nis pocaet is always atie to avoia. 'The courier of the Czar" can never allow a moment's delay, and it makes no diner- ence who is at tbe post-station ahead. soon as he arrives and shows his authority the nrst, and sometimes the only, horses are at once placed at his command without a moment's delay.

In thia way we were often quite the envy of less fortunate travelers, who found their legitimate claim oi priority peremptorily set aside in our xavor, wmie we wno arrived last, per haps, drove oil first, ahead of all' others. leaving them to get on as beat they could. We were also provided with a sleigh of our own for tbe entire journev. Into this we had packed nearly -all our baa-a-aire. which was never disturbed from the time we left Moscow until we arrived at Irk utsk, except at tbe larger cities, where we stopped ior several davs, 1ms saved us the necessity of tumbling out at any time of the day or night and standing around in tne cota or assisting in tne work wbere our baggage was being unpacked and transferred to another sleigh.

The utmost respect was every-where shown to Gvodis-kotf and his padroshina throughout our entire At a little station beyond Tomsk, however, the ignorance or cupidity of the station agent, or both combined, put us to considerable trouble, or at least caused us considerable vexation. It was about daylight when wedrove up here, and we found all tbe horses gone, with two other travelers ahead of us and waiting, Tbe production of our passports and cial documents was of no avail with the emotretal. He could not or would not find tbe horses that we demanded. The padroshina was produced and explained, but was of no avail. The terrors of official decapitation which were held over him seemed to excite no apprehension on his part be protested and protested in the calmest and most imperturbable manner mat mere were no norses to De bad, but mat li tne aiaxinaruisned gentleman would 'eonie in he would scour tbe country, and exert himself to the utmost to accommo date.

Kxpostulatlons, entreaties and threats availed not lu the slightest degree. -jinrougn an no steadily maintained a stoical Indifference, and an exterior as calm and as cold as the snow-drifts piled up against tne door, in spite oi our oin and had no recourse save to yield an enter tbe house to see what could be done after a while to hasten our Journey. It vmmt a3i VAWrM' UC JW-k 1 lit, we were being delayed, less uncomfortable than otherwise to get this rest. Tbe pros pect oi a warm oreaAiast was also not un pleasant. So long as we were obliged to wait we determined to make the best of it and get a hi.

tie rest, so, nnaing our way to an upper we thvew ourselves down upon the bare floor, still wrapped in our iurs, ana were sound asieep in a moment. It is wonderful, the readiness with which a Siberian traveler falls asleep at every op portunity onerea mm. accustomed he may be to traveling, he finds it impossible to enjoy any really refreshing and comfortable sleep while being dragged ana joitea over tne country at breakneck pace, lie may doze and half lose con sciousness for hours at a time, but he is constantly being awakened, and his rest is any thing but sweet and satisfying. Con aequentiy, woea be is able to remove from his vehicle and seek rest in some place that can be stationary for at least nve minutes at a time, toe enange la grat- uyma-. Springs, feather beds and hair mat tresses are then luxuries that he laughs at if be thinks about them at all.

Ue may have but ten minutes to stop or he ummj luit (vtoth uuurs, uui ii. mues no aioerenee. lie jumps out oi ms sieigb or i carriage, rushes into the house, drops down on the floor, curls up In a corner or curls up on a sofa, on a hard wooden and in five seconds is sound asleep. Nothing oan awaken him how, not even an aartnquaxe. instances nave been known of couriers who have thus fallen asleep after long and wearying journeys, ana tne attenaanta.

nave Deeu unable to awake them even by shouting in their ears and making a most tremen dous din, or by shaking them or by dragging them roughly about the rooni.Tbrougb it all they slumber soundly but the moment that the cry that the horses were ready sounded in their sleep-locked ears they jumped up like a flash, wide awake ana ready to pursue their journey. These little naps, as we often found, are very restful, and tba only thing that can disturb them is tbe shout of the driver that all ia in readiness to go on- Thus we slumbered at this little post station for perhaps an- boor, and were aroused by tbe announcement that our horsos were ready. Going out, we found a nearly oreaaiasc in readiness, wnicn again oaaelad ua Sox the delay. Our yatnaiuck coming In before we had finished the uioajf )iniim ua oi ids ibcs iusi awar been made the-victims of the rapacity of the station agent. While we had slumbered two teaaoa of three horses each had come In, and been am off with parties wno were watting for them, ana wnose appearance probably rave leas evidence of plundering possibilities than ours, and all the time the poet-horses, as well as the private horses of the post agent, had been comfortably stabled in an outhouse not hundred yards from tbe station, from whence they could have been procured in five minutes' time, had the agent been so inclined.

We had little or no fault to find with our drivers at this point of our route, and we got akmg as rapidly as the moat exacting traveler could desire. Iuring the folio win nirnt we met with Mule advent- are, wbiefa. thomrh not uncommon on Sk banan roads, and cansins us only a few moments of snnoyanee-, might have ended more disastrously bad our sierg-n been driven by a yemshick less faithful or more drunken than theenethak we-were fortu nate enongh to have. It was some time in tbe middle of the nfghc that we were awakened from the sleep into which we bad fallen by tbe shooting of our driver and tbe eneosnlortable joittng of our aleiirh. Look in but.

we could iu ijooktng out, ws could jusc discus gaish a long black line extending for aonoel distance ahead oi ns ana jus aiacermitie in the clear starlight, standing out tike a black silhouette against the white snow- baa on the side oi the road. We reeocnized a tram ot about a dosem heavilv-loaded freight-sleds heading te- ward Tomsk. These caravans, which frequent on the Siberian reads, consist of from half at doxen to a score or mors of heavy oDe-horse sleds, used to train-port merchandise from one part of the country to the other. Each sled ia laden with, per haps, half a ton of goods, and each horse is tied to the tail of the sled which pre cedes bin. In this way a long unbroken string ia formed, which often blocks the narrow way for a long distance.

Woe be to the unfortunate traveler wno meets tnem in a bad place. Each sled has a driver whose principal occupation is to sleep on top of bis load. leaviDsc tbe bornes to plod along according to their own sweet wills, secure in tbe consciousness that tbear neavy loads will be likely to deter any body from try- ins: to turn them out oi tbe road or to ran them down. Tbe traveler finds himself compelled by the overweening bulk of tbe mass tnat confronts nun to turn out mw tbe drifts alongside tbe road, where he is not infrequently tipped out, souietimes meeting with a more serions mishap than merely being rolled in a snow-bank and bavin 2 to unload and reload his sleigh be fore he is able to right it and proceed on bis way, It la a rule of tne road and tbe law of the land that the freight-trains shall always turn out to give way to the post vehicles. Kven this rule is not always followed, however.

Tbe drivers may be too lazy, too indifferent or too aleepy to care whether the sleigh mooting them is a post conveyance or not. and. in spite of tbe vigorous shouting of the yemakiek, will stolidly hold to their course. So it was on this occasion witb ns. Ail the demands made upon tbe troop were of no avail.

it looked as though we micbt get into trouble, especially aa tbe narrow road was bordered on either side by a precipice oi consider erable height. However, the law is always on the side of the traveler by post, and allows his ytihck to resort to any measure to secure the right of way. So our man pressed on, shouting to the freight horses, and lashing them witb his bip. in una way be cleared a riaiwsare for our sleiarh. and noshed alone by the kmiE line, unmercifully laahintr tbe horses as be met tnem, ana turning as ne passed to snarpiy cut witn tne wmp tne sleepy drivers, who did not dare to resent the punishment, and only allowed tbemaelvea to grumoie ana snout some abusive epithets at ua.

Thus we managed to get safely through, though at one time I thought wo were sure to be tipped over. TRIALS or SUSSflAIf TRAVKUJIO. The poor fellows whom we were passina' fared more hardly, however, for upon looking back we could eeetbst their horses were plunging snd tumbling about, while the now thoroughly awakened and fright ened drivers were trying to get them un der control between tbe times that they were engaged in fighting among them selves, finally, aa we a topped for a mo ment to give me the opportunity to watch them, out of mere curiosity, we aaw one of tbe horses stumble and roll ever the precipice, taking with bim his loaded sled and the horse and sled next behind him. We bad no further interest in the trouble. and drove on, leaving tne train in confusion and the drivers swearing and wrangling; aroontr themselves to get out of the trouble that they had brought upon them selves as best tney minbV.

in meetings of tins character tbe drivers of tbe freight train are almost always worsted, for being in direct violation of tbe law by their obstinacy in refusing to yieia tne roau tney are lorced to seonmu to wbstsoever oi indignity or punishment tbe yrmxhicks choose to inflict. It is no unusual thing for them to lose horses and sometimes even loads as a result of such conflicts, the horses being either tumbled over tne cims and lulled or else run down and fatally injured by the team that contends the way. Tbe drivers then, with a servile philosophy characteristic of the Russian mounJc everv-where. whether quarreling among themselves, pack what they can of tbe goods from the wrecked sleds on the remaining ones, skin the dead animals and proceed on the way, glad, if any miner, mat tney nave sot some fresh uuua tur cuuuf anu oreecues. ir i Cartons el tea in a Maine Unseens.

IBoothbay (Me.) Cor. Boston Herald. At the Custom-house and Savings Bank a little wooden building we find quite a museum oi relics collected Dy air. JJ. YV Sawyer, the Hank Cashier.

Among them we noted a pitcher taken from tbe British Boxer when captured bv the American Knternrise off Femifjuid Point in 1813: piece of worm-eaten plank found in acod- nsn, ana a watcn-cuain taken from a cod on the banks. There is a brick from the house in which Columbus was born, and a ft, uuno au vj 1 1 1 cer killed on the Kearsage in tbe action with tmf -n "rnni tka 1 9 the Alabama, and here are the shackles taken from John Brown's body, when he was hanged at Harper's Ferry. They were omaiuea bi tne prison ov me Key. li. At- wood.

A brown jug has this curious fish story: One of the crew ot the schooner Willie O. at 8outhport. accldentallv broke tee Dandle from a jag and threw It overboard. Four weeks afterward, in that lo cality, wnue cleaning a coansn jnst drawn ia, the fisherman exclaimed Wal. bv gracious, now, if I don't believe that here's tbe Handle of my jug," and, sure, enough, mo iicot muuu in ine cod nttea completely, and both are here to verify it.

There is also the ancient sword that Balaam wished for to kill the ass and tbe label adds "There's no proof to the contrary mat this is not the sword." A heathen Idol and a Christian idol are to gether, tbe latter represented bv a siirnifi cant string of gold coins. Hanging on the waii is tne war suit of Looking Glass, the muscular chief of the Nez Perces nana. seven feet hia-h. who tob killed at Battle Creek, Idaho. July 12.

1877. He was killed by seven rifle balls. auu in me ruue everv snoc-nmo ia nmn It was stripped from the body by Sergeant Charles G. Matthews, of Company Fourth Maine Artillery, who saw -the Chief ride away with drooping head, and followed him until he fell from the horse. It in nf unHf-Aaa i with Deads of different colors, little bells I and thongs of deer-hide, tenderly wrought hr n-n Tn1n mnlton v.

ailU Uia OS I for her brave, to finally be placed in the JM-U-IUJ UMlUvIl vueiny a wigwam inousands of miles sway. There are 'exhibited Zulu assegais, each one memory of tbe young Prince, but mat wnicn msae our hearts thrill was a nag. made in Salisbury Prison hv Union soldiers from their shirts, and brouo-nt home concealed on the body of Georsra Kenniston. now Assistant CoMertor of wuaioma at this Port. Fifteen hnnrirnd starving Union men had organized a re volt to escape from Salisbury through East Tennessee, and this was their rally- cuangea oeiore ineir plans were ma tured.

one of the ranches of 3Tva. Widow Loveless carries on the business of raising bay and cattle, and asks no favors of any man, except to be excused from paying a poll-tax. The Assessor declares that he would be happy to accommodate oer, nut that if She wiu insist on wearing trousers she must pay up like a man. The widow's name perfectly describes th condition of her heart since her scape grace oi a hum oan a aesertea. her a J' ear anu a nail ago, laaiiig wiia mm several Of her best horses.

She rides and throws tbe luaso as skillfully as any herdsman of the plains, and as she sweeps past there is nothing to denote her sex except her auburn hair, which waves, about her shoulders. has received from her the sole right of WW WU V. HV MtVi flhliing on tlio river between Invercsuld Bridge snd Balmoral One dav be landed fourteen fine salmon. John Bull is I again growling at aim, 1 I of aa 111 ECCE3ITBICS 13 TOE PHLPXX. I xerk What iwr caJXtog perraitn the gfifijtliwi expression of nana 'a nwisossiilji is apt to contain tba most atta atric pea pi a.

Ibrattne work; done under the aeperviaioei of stnes authoaity ''hiaa tbe opposite- efSscW Kom nreaebers of the Gose ere. ia then way, nsil AtocnUfr8pccisJLl7 ia tba hayseed districts, where, it tney pries mi any incu vidua! potency stall, it is considered 1 within the ttnute ei law and nsorality they have the right to do and say whet they please; and, iwaamaeh aa there is a flavor of crankiness in the majority of bantu minds, this epportanity aftorded for its outeosna is sure to be used. Ko4 long ago a Star representative chaaeed to be a member a esauty ven- rnz circle, watch tnduaea several ciersry men, and the talk turned on the oddities ana eeesnuicuses sosaeusaee oanuestea by srentlemen of that profession. In pi ing, it may be mentioned, net as news, but as apropos to tne suDjecs wnaar eonsuaera-tion, that there is bo of men- with the possible exception, of lawyers wno can cope wits a 10s oi jouy preaeners in telling stories. Wheat they doff" the dotto" tney are Baaoovieaij ue moss en men lor a twe nours' chat over cigars and lemonade that can be found ia a day's ride.

"Speaking the peculiarities of broke ia a wslKknown Methodist clergyman of thin "yen have all beard of old Phineaa Bice, of our church- He is dad now and gone to heaven some years ago. I knew mm well, and have often laughed, at bia quaint savings. snau never lorges tne roar tna arose in the Conference when be got off that capital play on words about the Rhine beck District, of which he was Presiding Elder at tbe time. You must understand that the Rhinebeck District was rather poor territory in a Method! stic sense, and the reaeners on it naa pretty tnin grubotng. fuck prayer bad rone up to the Lord on tbe subject from Interested parties, but it didn't seem to do any good.

Well, when Brother Rice was called upon by the Blshon for his annual report, ha roes is his odd fashion, and, with that mixture of solemn sarcasm which characterised many of his remarks, he said, half glee fully: 'I am happy, to report. Bishop, that tbe Rhinebeck District ia looking their man, the (Jonierenee re served their applause, but tbe Biabop, not fancying a joke under Rice's honest exte- nor, saiu, vim uuguti ciupunii: 'I'm glad to hear it, glad to hear it, Brother Rice, and I hope it will keep on looking "The Conference had waited for the fun, and it came. 'Yes, Bishop, I think it will, for it's flat on its bade, and it can't look, any other "A wild yen, that nearly took tne roo off the sacred edifice, announced this bull's-eye shot, and the Bishop seemed for moment like man who regretted that he had been called to preside over that Dodv. "The peal of laughter which filled the handsome parlor wbere tbe reporter sat was scarcely less ringing than tbe one that burst from the Conference on that mem orable occasion alluded to by tbe speaker. You Have all beard." said another Methodist, eagerly, "of that story about Rice and St.

Paul No, no; tell it, tell it" from the chorus. Well" crossing his Tlomr less and lighting another Havana "it's 'old, but runs in this wsv ln one oi ms Quarterly visits to the charge where Brother JoelCroft was tnen stationed. Mice it was bataruay mgbt, too, 1 think was asked to conduct tbe evening family prayers, in order to get the cream of tbe joke yon must re member thst Rice disliked Brother Elbert On born tbe preacher with the double palate witb a keen dislike, mingled with contempt, especially in of tbe faet that Osborn bad published a 'Life of Os- a trashy book, which be peddled round to people. Rice took up tbe Bible, and. putting on his spectacles, bunted for some time for a chapter to read.

By and by he as Bunyan says, upon tbat chapter in tbe Acts wbere Paul gives a long and rather provy account oi nis travels. Rtae read the whole of it, word for word, and when he was through laid down his spectacles, and turning.to Brother and Sister Croft, who sat silent as mum mies, he remarked solemnly, 'Well, Brother Croft, that chapter is about as dry as the "Lile of Osborn' Let us The preacher and bis wife dropped on their knees, shaking with, auppressed laughter. while Rice made an appeal to the Throne of Grace, in which orisons, as 'Hamlet puts it, his own sins were chiefly remem bered." all know Brother A. M. Osboa who died at Peekskill a week or two ago," chipped in another Mothodist, of whom there appeared to the reporter to be a plentiful sprinkling in the partv.

"lie was an odd man in his way. too. He had a notion that he was posted in medicine, and used to oner to cure the bodily as well as the spiritual ailings of his people. He got up a mixture he called Pantharapion. What it was made of nobody but the Lord and Osbon himself knew.

He said if it was only once generally adopted, it would knock disease higher than uiideroy's kite." "Why tbe dldos didn't he make and sell it, then I growled a secular brother from tbe back parlor sofa. 1 asked mm tbat myself once." an swered tbe narrator, "and he said lie would, but if be did au tbe brethren in the Con icrenoe would ssy, There a ua Don 'gone into the patent medicine and so be just kept a few barrels in his cellar the Dutchman said of his sauerkraut to use in case of Matthews, taking bis innings, "makes me think of tbe time Uorbit came up be hind bim in the old Book-room in Mul berry street, and, slapping him on the back familiarly, sang out: Uiow are you. my old companion in distress, my comrade torougn tnis wilderness' luce turned slowly round, like Maelzel'a automaton for he hated Oorbit like poison and answered with undisguised contempt: Ha here's the Last of tne Mohicans come Tbe pith and point of the retort is in Cor bit's well-known resemblance to an Indian, the swarthy skin, long, straight hair, high cheek-bones and all that, yon Know." "That reminds me," chimed in another speaker, "of what Corbit said in De Kalb Avenue unurcn, in jurookien. once when be was pastor there. Corbit.

it Is no slan der to say, is an uncouth man, with a deal of conceit and a huge capacity for mangling the English language. This fact, together with some other considera tions, moved tbe congregation to make an effort to get rid of him. He found it out. of course, and one Sunday, in the pulpit, ne ventilated tne supject, ana wound up witn: "Youwantmetogo. All right.

I want to go myself, I don't want to stay in a where there are so many lgnor "At this funny rendition of the word 'ignoramuses' the chorus vented its feel ing in renewed peals of merriment at the abitent Corbit 's expense. "Well," said an Episcopalian clergy man qnietly, "there are all sorts of oddi ties among us, sure enough; but I hope none of them are so bad as to endanger our useiuiness or our salvation. here was old Dr. Robertson, formerly rector of St. VUURU, 1U UUBUVI1, urange iunty.

lie always carried an umbrella. No matter what the weather was, or how short a time he waa to be away from home he never went out without it. That was odd. wasnt it "Sure never to be caught in a shower un prepared," remarked a listener. "It's a pity we couldn't all carrv a antr.

itual umbrella against a shower of Divine fire," suggested a good old lady who hadn't kid a word up to that moment. "The fire would burn the cover off in ten seconds," lrreverentlyadded the host's bad boy, who was sent down stairs for his wit. i So ran the comments of temllar minis ters' until the Star reporter, fearing he should no longer profit by tbe stated means grace if he heard more, quietly slipped out of the house, mentally quoting the text about an ancient prophet i "He was a man of like passions with ua." a CwcrwsyeM Arrival in Englano. Mall Uaaatte. Angost Sd.1 The Union Company's steamer Arab ar rived at Plymouth at 430 a.

aa. to-day, with Cetywayo party on board. She was delayed during her voyage bv strontr adverse gales. Cetywayo (a Reuter's telegram eays ia accompanied by Ungeouge-wano, his cousin and Prime Minister two Councilors and wairior Chiefs. Untrobo- gano, who led In the attack on Rorke's Drift, and Unkosanna.

who led a rfiffinunit Jaaodula. Cetywayo, bia Miniater and tbe two Councilors messed in tbe saloon. The Ex-King has also brought a native interpreter. a Natal -Zulu. a Zulu doctor, and two Zulu servsuts.

There are. no women in the suite. The Zulua had -a very-nleasant paesairec and proved good ocean utrav-sra. Jety-. pi- wayo suffered from sea-sickness slightly during the first day; after that he enjoyed excellent health.

Cetywayo received those who came witb great cordiality. He ex- a great desfre to see tne (jueen ana Prince of Wales directly he lands, and ap pears to have great confidence in his being restored to hia kingdom. Out cat-respondent at Plymouth states that when tbe newspaper correspondents sought to interview' the Ex-King, Cetywayo at first showed considerable disinclination to leave his cabin. Mr. Shepstoae stated that the one ides which had seemed to oo-eupy Cetywmyos mind during tbe voyage wss that of proceeding straight to London- "When I told him that we were at Ply mouth, and that lota of people were com ing to see him, he seemed much agitated and said 'I will not see them.

I came to see the' great (referring to Lon don,) and he at ewes west below.1 Ultimately, Mr. Sliepstone went back to Cetywayo and reappeared, followed by the nung and his three Chlela. Our corres pondent eont tones: "Cetywayo, a well-buHt man, dressed in a long brae cloth coat trimmed with sealskin and wearing a sea-faring can, was the first one to present himself on deck, and as he stepped on, to the deck a lady advanced to '-ft bim and. shook him warmly by t.3 hand." Captain Wait led the way to. ox.

a the seats aft. and those who were nearer to him shook him by tbe hand. When' seated, with his Chiefs on either side of him. the introduction of strangers was followed by farewells to some of the passengers who had been bia companions on tne voyage, a. clergyman, holding out his hand, said, very heartily Good-by, King, responded Cetywayo, In excellent English then turning to one ef his companions, he said, in his own language: 'He.

is going home: now he bee come to his own people, and is going to leave Others of the passengers then wished him good-by as tney turned to leave the snip. snd be shook hands with each with marked cordiality. Miss Luxmore, the lady before mentioned, told Mr. Dane tbat she wished to present the King with a slight token, snd handed him a beautiful gold locket attached to a string of blue velvet. As the gift wss passed to the King, Miss Luxmore said Tell him tbat is tbe gift of an English lady to a brave Cevv- wayo smiled pleasantly, but made no reply.

While sitting under tbe swning he complained of the heat. 'What does he think of Plymouth. asked a bystander. 'He answered the interpreter, that it ia a pretty place, a nice place but that he ia anxious to get to tbe big Anotber bystander suggested that tbe King might ne interested in learning the latest news el affairs in hisown country, but Mr, Shepetone remptorislly refused to sanc tion any conversation on sucn maciers. Three cheers were then given for Cety wayo.

and the King acknowledged the compliment by raising his cap." A DEATILES BUSUL. Mew Wong Tang Was IsM a Best la Christian Ccmturr. New York A little group of Chinamen steed around au open cofBn in the establishment of Undertaker James Naugbton, at Mo. 40 Mott street, on Friday morning, and gazed at tbe features of its tenant. Wong Tung, a young Mongolian, who died of consumption on Thursday.

Wong Tung was a stranger to most of the company, and was one oi tne recent arrivals from Californis, yet the members of the little Chinese colour in Mott street, with a spirit of charity which might bring a blush to the cheeka of the so-called Christians who hoot at them in the streets, hsd subscribed money enough to give their dead country man a bandsome coffin snd decent burial. After tbe solemn-visaged group nsd surveyea tne remains ior a iew mo ments in silence they removed the cloth ing from tbe dead Mongol and incased bim in new blue "sue," pantaloons snd Chinese shoes, and put upon his head a nuely spun hair cap. a package of rice and fruits was deposited in his coffin. One of the party took a wooden comb and, holding it over the coffin, broke it in two. letting the pieces fall upon the body.

At the same time he hurriedly uttered a Chinese ttraver and turned his bsok to the eornse as though frightenedat what he bad done. A pack of cards used in ths Chinese game of "hi ki" wss placed upon the shoulder of the dead man, and the nighest card in the pack was drawn out ana tnrown upon bis breast a signs! of triumph. One of the spectators suggested that the card wss a delicate symbol of the "last trump of Gabriel." At noon the soffin was placed in a hearse and con veyed to Mo. 19 Mott street, where two carriage leedawChmamen fell into line. and an express wsgon containing the clothes of the dead man and a box of Chi nese prayer papers brought up tbe rear.

A Chinaman sat on the seat witb tbe driver of the as the funeral procession started swsv be began to throw slips of paper to tbe right and left. This is done according to the Chinese superstl tion that the devil, having his attention attracted, stops to pick up the papers and can not overtake the hearse. There were enough fragments of paper flying in tbe air to keep His Satanic Majesty quite busy, although the passing spectators were astonished at the sight. The remains were taken to a plot in the Evergreens Ceme tery which was recently purooaaedZ by rich Chinaman residing in New burg, and presented to the Chinese Club. The coffin was lowered into the grave, and the mourners scattered rice and fragments of chicken alongside of it.

When grave was closed up tne clothing oi tne dead man was placed on the mound and burned Handfuis ox red paper slips, each one con- uiiuuiK a prayor iu viuurw cutuavien, were thrown into the flames, while some of the mourners held lighted "Joss" sticks in their hands and muttered incantations in their nstive tongue. It was a remarka ble sight, this group of heathens charita bly burying their dead brother in a Chris tian cemetery, and breathing prayers to Lord Buddha with the mar Die cross oi Christendom uprearing itself upon- all sides. No tears wore shed, but the faces of the mourners were sufficient proof of their earnestness. Finally the flames burned low and the "Joss" sticks were planted in the mound. The party then placed a small board inscribed with Chinese hieroglyph ics at the bead of tbe grave in lieu of a head-stone and retired.

leaving a heap of smoking ashes and adozen burning "Joss" sticks as testimony that, whatever faults Wong Tun might have had. he lived faith ful to his religion and was a candidate for the "Seventh Heaven." Tbe Stabaa Steal Canal. It was out, by command of Mehemet Ali, in the year 1810, ths destruction of the old one, eighteen years previously, having ruined Alexandrian trade Dy isolating the city from the grand old river. After the death of Sir Ralph Abercromble, wben the British were trying to dislodge the French troops from Alexandria, they out great sluices In the banks of the canal near Da- mietta, intending thereby to cut- off tbe garrison from communication with the rest of Egypt, as also to stop tne supply of fresh water, in tne rusn which ensued the waters of the Lake Aboukir were drained down the ancient bed of the Lake Msreotis, producing a vast inundation to tbe east and south of the city a new feature of the country, which the French soon turned to their own ad vantage, bringing flotilla of gun-boats to work on this newly created aea. So the Pasha very wisely determined to make a new canal but he showed neither wisdom nor mercy in the wsy he set about it.

Vast multitudes of these poor, hard-worked and much-oppressed fellahs, a boot whom we aJw 4 together two hundred and fifty thousand men, women and children, half naked, were forced to work in the burning sun, under command of brutal task-masters. who, as in the dsys of Pharaoh, did not hesitate ireeiy to use their scourge of cords to encourage tbe weary. Mot the men only, but women and little children, were lashed until they literally streamed with- blood. Sio regular tools were provided: each brought his own poor. basket of palm -leaves to carry away the Band and mud, which they scooped up with their Mo-wages were given, and only the most miserable food so it was small wonder that, by the very lowest computation, 23,000 of these poor wretches perished from starvation, disease and exhaustion.

Their bodies being shoveled in with tbe sand and mud helped to raise the canal banks, msklng tbem at tbe same time into a horrible. ghastly cemetery. But the fifty miles of canal were completed 1b one year (some accounts say in six weeks), and human life in Egypt is of small importance when balanced against a great man's will. From first to last tnese Egyptian canals have weighed heavily on the laborers: for what wlth artificial lakes and rivers, means of locomotion or of irrigation, each successive generation seems- to have devised for Itself some new experiment in water-works. In the very first reign of which we have trustworthy hiatorieal records namely of Menes, who lived about Ave hundred years before Abra ham we find him undertaking, and suc cessfully accomplishing, a trilling little alteration in the position ox the Gentlsroarx's Magazine A.

TTOJDEITII HAWAII AX CRsTfTg, annuals ef etseo- BaTlstln I WKh the exception of Hawsfi, no island of. the UJrwauas) groan possesses nl mm minT awe-inSTiriDg PhSSK Af hawttrmr beeotv as Maui. The island. Is divided in to two unequal pnrtsv each haying a voleanie heavsn-inynding mountain pile, whose lava rivers met in remote ages, uniting tne two wy narrow isthmus. Through the heart of the smaller, or West Maui, a rent waa made, which opens toward, Wsilnku on one side, uii Tahaina on the other.

Se wild in tbe country there that those who have passed through might be counted on the fingers, aa might also those who have ventured and perisrrrd in the attempt. The Wail uku side iscslled Iao Valley, and ia by many u.ii Ia rival the Yosemite in grandeur, its distinctive characteristic being a heavy mantle of verdure, festooned, draped, and wwAtKoA in Asanisite disarrav by a xosster band. The Yosemite's heights show the bold rhiaoimg of a thousand years, seen to beet advantage by twilight ox the moon's artistic penciling, but there is poetry aboo Iao in brand davliaht. East Maui also underwent a convulsive throe, snd at the mountain's summit yawns a gull mat would swallow the city and county ox ban Francisco, and have room enough left for Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. Ha-le-a-ka-ia "House of the Suet" is the admiration oi all travelers who seQ it at its best.

Often clonde gather about its lofty dome. obscuring the tourist's view. Then he goes sway angry, and makes invidious comparisons, sua talks about a long riae snd a big hole in the ground. Thetisae to see the crater in perfection ia upon a clear day, by the rmng or setting sun. From Spreckelsville or the plantation st there is a good road most of the wsy up the mountain's gradual inclination.

During a recent trip around tbe island we passed the night in a large cave near tbe summit, and before dawn started ior ins crater's edge. Though in July, the tem perature was so low tnst no amount ox wraps could prevent a sensation of bitter coldness, which seemed to penetrate to the marrow that frosty morning. With the first blush of dawn we stood upon the crater's brow. The magnitude, solemnity snd beauty of the scene within, aa disclosed to view at such a moment, ia impres sive to tbe last degree. A -rosy tinge deep ening to purple in tbe further recesses pervades the mysterious depths, and there reigns a silence hallowed and profound.

With the rising sun interior outlines are gradually defined, yet fancy enjoys sea son unrestrained, ior ine i ye uh schooled to its object, and in the dim, un certain light the spirits ef the place defy attempts at scrutiny. At length tbe sun bursts in. Tbe spell is broken, snd one reluctantly awakes as from a dream of joy ineffable and- full of glory. But ideality has still a feast before it a feast phenomenal, in that tbe more you eat the more the food increases. Behold a horizon lifted half way to heaven and seven hundred or eight hundred miles in circumference.

Tbe ocean, with tbe sky, has formed a hollow sphere. Rising from such a lofty couch, it seems strange tbat the sun was so long in entering here, especially ss tne eastern gate always stands ajar. Awav down two thousand feet or more on the crater's floor are fifteen or twenty vol canic cones, witn their tops scooped out. Thene are from two hundred to seven hundred feet high, but from up here they appear no higher than San Francisco saud hills, which they resemble. The place suggests a Titan workshop long deserted.

ana every uung cuvereu vim uu, noept the two black lava rivers which were suddenly eongealed.for every ripple and wave iseiearly defined, and you look twice before leeBug assured they are no', nowing. i hey look as fresh ss last summer's flow st Hilo, yet so long have they lain thua that the natives have not even a legend point ing to their activity during tne memory of man. un closer examination tne ripples prove waves, ana the wsves cataracts, whose irresistible power and impetuosity cut passages nearly two miles wide through tbe crater's walls and mountain sides, plunging onward, one eastward and the other northerly, to the sea, where ensued a war of the elements whose terrible grandeur imagination can not picture. We had only an intimation of it last summer in the pyrotechnic display attending tbe falLof a lava cascade into a large pool in a river bed. Far as the eye could reach a little while ago mere was not a clou a.

All the islands of thegrous), except the lonely, first-born Kaiu, were in sight littl mounds upon the boundless ocean, fiow they are being wrapped in an ethereal veil to ward off the too amor ous sun. Awsy eastward there is a cloud sheet, smooth, unbroken and daz-slingly white, with an outline against the sky parallel with the horizon and equally straight. It is like a plate of polished silver many miles in diameter, lien eat it and nearer fantastic castles are being builded in the air. The deep shadows thrown upon tbe waters below them are, lighted by rainbow hues, now growing in intensity, anon melting away into the neutral-tinted back ground. What happy child is thus amus ing himself in building fairy mansions in the skies witb such divine material, de molishing, rebuilding, snd again demolish.

ing? A light breeze is weaving a white fringe about the island shores, snd rolling tbe spotless clouds into the crater by tbe gates made by lava nows. ihey seem timid about entering, and often hurry back to their comrades without. Rein forcements come, and charge upon charge Is made, till tbe "House of the Sun" is a house of silver. Changes follow hi quick succession. Behold, the lower worm is lost to view another deluge 1 Vision, like Noah's dove, flies abroad and lights upon Maunakea, the Mount Ararat of Hawaii, which alone holds aloft its snow-capped peak, like the white hand of a drowning woman sinking from sight for the last time.

A few momenta more and the snowy billows envelop us, and we turn awav feeling that we have witnessed the tableau of the fifth act and the curtain has fallen. tire In Maine Village. 'Albany To properly understand the folklife of this simple village, one must know first tbat its best elements have been sapped off yearly, ior at least me space oi a generation, by emigration. There is a steady annual exodus of the bright, active, ambitious young men and women to better fields. Only the dullards remain on the native soil.

And a queer community these latter make. The chief feature of this life is its total lsck of concentration. What little there is of individual energy is diffused over the whole sphere of activity. The jeweler of tbe town is also tbe barber, the general mechanic and the tinker; he likes to "hay it" a little, to fish a little, to "berry it" a little, and to raise some garden truck. He is a sample, and a pleasant one, of all his fellows.

If they sre trades men they keep a little of every thing if mechanics, they turn a hand to a little of every thing if day laborers, they wsnt to shift sround into a doxen or more varie ties of work during the year. No one works hard. Fish, clams and vegetables sre the food staples. Perhaps it is impossible to base labor upon these perhaps it is the influence of the lazy atmosphere perhaps, again, it is in the breed. Bat whatever the cause, the result is very clear: no Castinian knows what the word "work" means.

The stores open in an indolent manner at nine or so in the morning. They close with more promptness at noon; reopen sleepily about two hours later, and thenceforward are likely to shut up at any time. There is a delightful uncertainty about every phase of what they call business. It is the exception to find a merchant in his own store, even in the busiest times; tbe tinsmith, his. boy will tell you, may be over at the butcher's perhaps yon could find him in the drugstore possibly he is on the wharf there is a chance of encountering him at the hotel.

What is true of the tinsmith is true of all ths others. Ths leading manufacturing establishment of the village el-most the only one is a canning factory, wbere lobsters, mackerel, clams, fcc, are put up for the market. There is a steady demand for the goods of this factory, to which it seems uttery indifferent. -When the village boys feel like working at that particular thing the factory opens, and stays open until tbe boys take a notion to go fishing or haying or mining for there are mines in these parts. Then, wholly regardless of the stste of the market, its demand or its supply, the factory stops.

Here labor is autocratic. It chooses its own times, hours and fields. When it is lethsrgic no inducement is strong enough, ne emergency grave enough, to stir it into action. There is absolutely no enterprise, or sug gestion of enterprise, among the natives. The lobster-pots sre set in the same places, tbe msokerel-boels go to the same coves, year after year.

If tbe. lobsters do not come into the pots, if tbe mackerel do not bite, so much the worse nobody looks for tbem sny where else. Once on a time Cas-tine had a good deal of buaineas now ahe has next to none. Mobodv thinka of mak ing why, or, at least, of going out after tbe retreating trade and striving to bring it back. Traffic is now altogether local, and ss narrow and short-ranged as may be.

Aj Castine man, with. VSU0 worth of fish on wxuoa, were ontne vary -serge. 014 PssiiiUiHasi nT Trtn-se sne rriiM laaimnSnaaa Ban JTcws af-. 4nrmA another Wlllln to ThM a rnfierence ot MO between their I dn ni no sale wss made that day. Ths next day there wae only a difference ef $18, but no sale.

Thst night the owner of the fish had to throw the whole lot into the sen. He was rather proud than otherwise of his refusal to be cheated out of 118, though. The people there know no steak- cut save the tonga roe no. inej 1 i thoM hsn haaa in It: the porter-1 house is sold for roasts; they like i better! for steaks, they say, but can not axxora so bay so much bone. Living, however, is exceedingly cheap there and all through pgngj jn its character and benefits, a this section cheaper than in any other ammBer well-known gentlemen con-part of the country, perhaps nested with the various institution in The social aide of this village life Is very wbica tbe blind are cared for sre pushing meager and cold.

Tbe women rule mat- tB0 project forward with energy, and ba ters hers very generally. The men of snap time hope to see Philadelphia the center and stuff hsr ing sought their fortunes else- ef tbe nfsw field of good work. According where, those who remain are easily domi- to tbe census of in the United neered by their wives, mothers and sisters, OT0r blind persons. The num- xnis xacv acroania iui iim wise odd in Maine's conditio h. Dancing ia almost a lost art here.

Music is sober snd serions. New Yorkers are regarded with uneasiness. The wilder Westera man is looked upon with positive distrust. A person who confesses to a liking for lsger beer is viewed in Castine as ss confirmed opium-eater would be in Albany. Tbe gregarious instinct of the two sexes finds vent in Mite Societies, singing-classes, snd a grand camp-meeting once a year.

Camp-meetings reach their climax of popularity in Maine. There is not much religious fervor, or excitement in them, but much sedate and quiet comfort, for the women at least. As to mascubne diversions, it ia not easy to hit upon their idAiititv. The men or the vttlaire do not seem to get much fun. Perhaps their sport is spread so evenly through their listless lives, slong with their labor, that there is no call to break out in spots.

Cer- tainly there is no sucn thing as hilarity among them. Alter supper they are wont tosisnaorsifc in uitw iFraui wv three in front of the closed stores on the main street, talking little, chewing or smoking tobacco invariably, laughing never. STOBX OF A BABY'S SHOE. Istt nattoaa ef tne Seel rase ef lAUIe 31rl tn Menten iPn Tntnr Mountain 1 A Utile over three years ago a little gic named Sarah Godfrey strayed away irouTl the home of her parents, who resided at tne time norta oi vt immvuiu, uuuuuk A search for tbe child was made by the relatives, but without success. Word wss sent to Wslkerville snd this city, snd seventy-five or one hundred men engaged in tbe search for tbe little one, which proved fruitless.

Tbe country surrounding the home the little child had left was examined for milea. but not even a shred of clothing worn by her could be found. A drizzling rain, accompanied by a alight snowfall, added to the general difficulty of the undertaking, and all hope of finding her was abandoned. The general supposi tion was that she bad st raved into the timber and was seized and borne off by some wild beast a bear or mountain lion. Prominent citizens of Butte, sympathizing with the parents, offered a reward for the delivery of the lost child to her parents, dead or alive, or for information that would lead to her recovery.

For some time there was a number of persons who still sought the whereabouts of the child, but they at last gave up the search, and considered further effort in that direction hopeless. A few days since tae parents ox tne cnua received word that little shoe had been found about a mile and a -half from the place wbere the child strayed from. Some hunters found tbe Bhoe on the 2d instant. They did not know of a child having been lost, and consequently did not mention the occurrence for several days. air.

uodirey went to aee the men. The shoe waa handed him, and be recognized it as one of the pair worn by his daughter when she left hnm Pm.4vliniT to the locality where the shoe wss picked up, tbey found also piece of a stocking and remnants of skirt, wbich were also identified as belonging to the lost child. Near bv was a bear's den. It was entered and searched, but there was nothing further discovered. Mr.

Godfrey is desirous of msking another search, in the hone that the bones of his daughter may be discovered snd given burial. Blasting Fer Sliver Ore. Mexican Corraaponaenca Ualveaton Newt. Ten o'clock on a bot. sultry morning found me a visitor at the mines snd works of tbe Anglo-Mexican Company, in the Mlnas Viejos District, twenty miles to the north-east of Bustamente, and about the same distance from Villaldama.

The Com pany baa Invested about and it includes Mr. Be river, a wealthy merchant ef San Antonio, its President Mr. Taylor, of Waco, believe, and Major Stafford snd Dr. McDonnell, both the latter of Houston. The mines of this Company are situated in one of the highest mountains of tbe Lampazos Range.

There are three leads" running parallel across the mountain and cutting it from top to bottom. To reach these leads, supposed to contain silver in immense quan tities which experienced miners say is there, unless nature, in this instance, belies herself the Company sre construct ing a tunnel, very much like a railroad tunnel, only scarcely of so great a diame ter, it enters the side or the mountain from the south, some three tboussnd five hundred feet above the ses level, and four hundred feet below tbe summit. The tun nel is already finished much over one hun dred feet, and something over two hun dred feet remains to be done the entire wsivlr Via iin1ahfl 1niA nf i 1 1. when the question of the concentration" of the ore will be definitely determined, and wben the Texas members of the Company win eitner -strike it rich." with tbe chance of becoming millionaires, or else, in case of a failure, being some thousands out of pocket. But good miners say the Indications sre thst failure need not be feared.

hincerely hope the tunnel will lead into one of the biggest bonanzas ever discovered. At the mines I encoun tered Messrs. Scriver snd Stafford, who had gone out to look after their inter ests. At the mines I also saw Mr. Trapp, Superintendent, end Mr.

R. Bogusch. a young graduate of the Polytechnic School at itscow, in. Europe, who acts as the chemist snd sssaver of the Company. While there I went into the tunnel, which nss now entered tne solid rock, and saw the process of blasting with dynamite.

This dangerous work is done by Mexican laborers, who can be hired for tiOo. to SI a day, and peons for 25c to 40c, tbe former 1 1 i cuua nuaiDg meaiseives. a noie is aruiea in the rock downward and backward, the dynamite charge is nut in, with the neces sary cap, uiu tue onucn niiea witn rocx and soft clay a process called tamping- and the slow match lit. All hsnds then vacate the tunnel till the explosion, which reverberates up and down the gorges snd canons like the discharge of a park of artillery. The Mexicans are terribly scared of the dynamite, and not without reason because, in tamping, three strokes of the iron hammer may be given in perfect safety, and the fourth blow the operator ana nis assistants to atoms.

Kettaera-ln-l4kw la India. London Daily Telegranh.1 That the youthful wife or wives of the budding Hindoo are very much under the personal jurisdiction of their mother-in-law has always been regarded as a peculiar ot In Indian mnmrAnirv lint thaannallini. I consequences which result from this rangement nave rarely been brought to light in so forcible manner ss in a case of female suicide which has recently been made, the subject of inquiry in Bombay. It was -proved that tbe girl, almost a child in aire, who had committed th draad mr. of self-destruction, bad been driven to it oy the persistent persecution which she had undergone at the ruthless hands of her husband's mother ever since her mar riage.

In directing the turv. the Coroner stated the remarkable fact that by far the largest number of female Hindoo suicides are those of women between tba sges of twelve and twenty and it is beyondques- tion that the cause which impels these hapless maidens to put an end to their ex istence, just when at an age to reap most enjoyment from It, is in nearly every case the organized despotism of the mother-in-law in the interior of tbe zenana. How this state of affairs is to, be remedied it is difficult to see, although in tbe in at an ce referred to the Coroner declared the need of a complete change in Hindoo social nsDits, The only chsnge which would be I effectual is ror the young Hindoo not to bring his wife home to the maternal mansion, but to set up house for himself with his matrimonial partner, according to European custom. This, however, wnnld be such a complete revolution in native seing that several generations usually live and have their being under tbe same roof-tree, that centuriea would be necessary to brine- it aivMit ahnuit rather, perhaps, look to the ameliorating I uu uuLuauiuuic tendencies oi ins noma i ui kuose uunstian laaies wno pens-1 trate into tne secret depths of the zenanas 1 and carry into tbem the lessons of a higher I I "I A HACKJIAJf recently went intn the mrf) 'v nuwuuwnu at nugs I shark. Their eyes met for an instant-1 wben tna snarlc.

blnahAri ami I jw I 1 i I 1 BEADIXa FOR TUX BLUB. Vitt ring tne nlxhUeae Te Mm --Tne at Jcta et tne fPbllaeelpsun Tunes. Since the visit of tbe blind evangel, William L. Moon, ot England, to this chv some weeks ago, the saoveaaont he atarted' to organise a free ei restating nerary ror the sightless has crystallised, and bid's fair a -v mH nrruwrtinai aa Ia 1 i rjer in is ibowh oy tne same report to be 3,907, of whemdua are residents of this city. Of the latter number there are bet 93 in the several institotiona, the rest living in privacy.

To reach these ia the object of the founders of the library, which will open about October 1st' at Seventh and Walnut streets, with one thousand volumes. The books, by tbe new system to be Introduced, will cost three times as much as those in present use. A Committee consisting of ten ladies snd ten gentlemen, with William Cbapin, of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, as Chairman, and John P. Rhosds, of the Philadelphia Bible Society, ss Secretary, will have charge of tbe library. Chief of Police.

Giveu haa promised to instruct his officers to procure the name, age soa imiwiw uu nu rsonln the city, a iter wurcn a reader will be sent to each house to instruct them ln tue 0f the books. This person will VDUt them ence every two weeks, and after tbey have acquired the knowledge of read- ing will leave a oook uumwn. ne will cell every two weeks for the old book and leave a new one in its place. By this means it is expected to educate and amuse i the blind who are too poor to hire attendants to read to them. READING WITH THE FTXQERS.

It is found that a large majority of these unfortunates sre over fifty years of ae. The number between six it and seventy years old exceeds that of ali other decides. These, and even some over ninety years, aa onx as they are in possession oi all their facilities, learn by this system as readily as the'vounger class. Books-with raised letters Tor the blind have been in use for many years in this country. The letters are somewhat similar in appearance to those used in ordinary print.

Blind children were instructed to read tbem by the sense of touch, but on becoming older and after doing manual labor tbe skin on the fingers becomes hardened and the touch blunted, so thst tbe chsractera can not be distinguished. On tbis account the blind who hsve passed the dsys of youth have been eonipelled to give up the, to them, delightful recreation of reading and study. Realizing the importance of a better system, Dr. Moon projected a plan embracing very simple characters for the alphabet, which is composed primnpaily of the Roman letters in their original or slightly modified forms, combined with full orthography. Where be could, not alter to advantage some of tbe more com plex letters, be removed tbem altogether, and substituted new characters in their stead.

The printing of embossed books on this system was commenced in the year 1M7, from which date up to Jhe close of the year 1881 there have Deen 133,642 volumes issued. These have been Bibles, books of tales and anecdotes, scientific and educational works and others too numerous to mention. Tbe system has been adapted to 230 languages snd dialects. TOCCHlKfl INCIDENT. Tills year the life of President Garfield has been printed snd has been read by number of blind persons in this city.

Dr. Moon, oh bis arrival in this city, called upon John P. Rhoadn, Treasurer of the Philadelphia Bible Society, at Seventh and Walnut streets, and prop-owed introducing his system in tbe United States. A meeting wss called st Seventh and Walnut, which was attended by the gentlemen prominently connected with tbe Institution for the' Blind. Tbe new system met with much favor among those present, and it wasdeclded to introduce it throughout the whole country, making 'Philadelphia tbe central agency.

To illustrate tbe boon this new system will be to tbe adult blind, Mr. Khoads, of the Bible Society, relates a touching story. A bliud girl, who had always beeirfond of reading, began to work, which hardened the cuticle of her fingers so that in a short tinie she was unaole to diKtingnish the old-style raised letters. Becoming desperate in her desire to read she raped the ends of her fingers to render her wnn of touch more delicate. This plan worked well for a time, but at lant tbe continued scraping to which tbe fingers were sub jected caused them to bleed, and the blood clotting filled the interstices of tbe letter and rendered them entirely illegible to net touch.

As the letters in the new sy-Hteni are much larger and more simple in nhaj. they can be read by any person, no matter how thick or clumsy the fingers or bow obtuse the sense of feeling msy be. lies. Wee-g'a Discover). ILoodon World.J When Silas Wegg made his famous bargain as the "literary man" of the Golden Dustman, he insisted that his feelings be taken into account.

Droiiiiiir prose and "dropping into poetry" were so much, and uncle John, aunt Mary, and the other gentlefolks in the big "house opposite his crossing, were so much more. It is true that he had never spoken to any one of them, snd tbat tbe names he knew them by were entirely of hisown devising But they were associations, and associations were properties to which a crossing-sweeper had as much right as a dustman. And, of course. Mr. Bofiin recognized the fact, and paid for the abandoned properties of his "literary man." Mow it seems to us that Dickens used Mr.

Weg rather hardly when be held him up to derision as a grasping old knave, who imposed on his simple patrons with his feelings, associations, and such like intangible entities. In reality Silas was onlvatrMle ahead of his age. Every week Teutonic Croesuses give thousands for worm-eaten eabinets. which without association might be dearly appraised at the price of house-room. Marie Antoinette's writing-table brings the salaries of four curates capitalized, simply becanse Mr.

Wert-heimer is aware that associations are salable, and run up aa time goes on at compound interest. Mr. Quaritch draws astounding checks for faded folios, solely because the garish stamp on the cover tells that the volume was once on a time handled by Cardinal Richelieu, Mad. du Barry, Aurora von Konigsinark, or some equally eminent patron of virtue and polite letters. Mr.

Rossetti's admirers rush to bid 30 for chintz curtains, for which Wsrdour street would have scorned to pay thirty shillings, simply because they were associated with the house of the poet-painter in Cbeyne-walk. Mr. Tennyson's walking-stick or pipe would any day bring a better price than the most gorgeous cans in the Burlington Arcade, or the latest triumph of the Pesth meerschaum carver's art. Indeed, there are few people with any thing in the shape of a heart or an imagination who have nc have not, at some time in tbeirlife, dipped deep in meir pockets for tbe gratification of some association in the shape of chair, table, toddy-ladle, or dog-eared book. To Mr.

Wegg, therefore, must be accorded the honor of discovering that sentiment was a marketable commodity, which can always command its price when mere magnifi cence will bang on the auetioneer'a "I all bis life Ben Hill never did a more graceful thing," said General Evsns in his funeral oration over the late Senator from Georgia, "than when he made bis last visit to the portrait of his mother, which hiing in one of his rooms. When President Garfield placed his manly arm around his venerable mother in the presence of the vsut multitudes thst witnessed his insoguration. and kissed her with llpe fresh from pronouncing the obligation of tbe Presidential office, he drew unto himself the warm heart of American motherhood forever. So when the great Senator went as a child to gaze upon bis mother's pictured face, and murmured, I wm soon see be left the anna of this fstte anu the Union a lesson of filial love they should never forget. Tbe portrait shows a dear, old.

good face, well traced witb marks of intelligence. The wrinkles are there, the stoop of age, and other signs of failing life. Long since she went away. But tne wasted statesman became a boy again in feeling, gased with true, adoring love upon the portrait, and then above the faded picture looked with eyes tbat saw Home snd Heaven and Mother, all in one hnon of transcendent glory.1 aa r.gyp"sn war wiu give about a hundred paragraphers the opportunity to that the Bedouins are no great Sheika, and that no matter hovth trud W9T wtit saways Be-do-ln something atro- clous and 1nTimuM i-5-i Mrva vur-xexas euiuucs. buu gv smarm Moiron uiniiiiiimu tn at ski Te Be at JFsihUa Ltneswy er A 1 A VB.v Jl'.

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