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HOW TO BWTEBTAU. BT OZIAS MIDSUMMER. John Marshal] Jones one Sunday wont To see somebody's sister, When learning she'd whitherward bent, Forthwith there and then missed her. Now, John was not the man to weep For such mishap forever. Be knew his love was such 'twould keep For ever, ever, ever. But when the widowed mother cams To greet him for her daughter. He vowed she looked good in a frame? IXuch better than he thought her. For there she stood the doorway in. Its frame about her standing, Avts? mn Tl-V?Qt. V?0^1 hflAD. As stood be on the landing. Will yon oome In ?" she swoetly said, When flew a flame of motion Athwart the man from feet tc head. Because 'twas to his notion. He took a seat upon a chair, His feet rlaced on the carpet, And wondered at her wealth of hair? If she alone could part it. % Ifce thought, though downed, at times would tease, When 6igbed he with its worry, He'll go,' she thought because of these, So asked him not to hurry. Then came a crash of dismal sound. The cat was in the cellar, Bhe thought that burglars were around And hoped he'd look and tell hor. He went, but not alone went he; He went with her attending, He went the burglar bold to see, While o'er ber shoulder bending. But somehow they the cellar missed, Forgot what they were doing, And ere where they were going wiat Discovered thoy were wooing. They found themselves in circling gait Around tbe table wending, And slaking thirst for love to sate By sighs and glances sending. Bnt very soon they also found Their thirst was not abating, When clasp they each the other 'round, And walked, no longer waiting. Bo to the lounge they loving went. And loving sat together, When seemed her mind on nature bent? For talked she of the weather. K-This ruined all his blissful hope, And burned his heart to ashes; It burst like bubbles made of soap, Be cursed these widow mashes. "Ba, ha!" the widow shouted then, "I've tried your soul with fire; Come, "joy what you had hoped to when I welcomed your desire. "For" but before she'd said the more, Be'd wondered "what now this is," W&en healed his heart of every sora As poured she in the Mrs. For on his breast she trembling leaned And on her breast he gloried; As fed they on the feast that 6eemed Of fat things forty-storied. They lived, for life may long be borno Ere joy rends it asunder, But this sweet joy was closely shorn, And of this there's no wonder. For just then came tbe daughter home, And saw them mixed aud cuddled. And heard their vain excuses some, And got them badly muddled. Bo great became her ancer then She uttered some hard saying, When learned she John was. like most men, Must entertained be, if staying. This cheered the maiden's heart again, She blessed her darling mother,* Not leave it to another. Chicago, 11L | JANET LEE In the Shadow of the Gallows, h *%.> BY DAVID LOWRY. i-'. . CHAPTER XXIII. GILES ELLIS' TRIUMPH. The pulse of New England quickened as the wares of superstition rolled over the land. Men and women hitherto respected by their fellows were thrown into prison upon pretexts so trivial that ihe generation accustomed to tae railway, telegraph, and telephone cannot comprehend, much less realize, the extent of the craze that sent thousands to untimely graves in Europe, and overpowered reason, humanity and justice in New England. Envy and hate, malice and revenge ruled tue hour. Neighbors at variance, instead of resorting to the courts, denounced each other as witches. The fyj prisons were crowded with men, women, an/1 Ahilrlron . At a time when the strongest men yielded to despair, pleading guilty to charges coined by the malevolent, cowering before the ignorant and headstrong, Janet Lee displayed a'degree of fortitude and resolution that won for her the admiration of all who knew her, and the respect of the more intellicent was outspoken as her case was discussed. She was as cheerful in Ipswich jail as when she was at home, seemingly. "Do not give up hope, mother. It is Xiot like the people of Massachusetts to hang women and children. I have more faith in our friends in Salem than to think they wili let them hang two women on such slender evidence. "If we had but told the truth at first," Dorothea tnswered. "Or if Martin Lee knew now " "Hush, mother. Would you bring him to certain death?" Dorothea clasped her hands convulsively. "O, my sweet! my sweet! When I look at you, acd think you are doomed to die li&e Mary Bradbury and Martha Carrier, mv heart is like to burst. If they would t-ike and spare you I would be content. And yet you are stoat of heart. Oh, why ehould one 60 brave be lost to the world?" "And why should I not be br^ve? Am I not John Lee's daughter?" "Airs! John Lie is not what he was. His spirit is broken." "I am much mistaken if my father does not show the people of Salem ere long the stuff the Lees Hre made of." Footsteps approached the door as she poke, and the jailer admitted John Lee, who clasped wife and daughter in his arms. As be held tbem off, scanning tbeir features closely, tie said Oitteriy: "So. This is Salem's return "to" the wife and daughter of the man who served her in her need. It were better my neigbjh f bors were crazed than cruel, but since they are both " He pansed, then adued between his clenched teeth: "I g\ scorn them all." "Tbere! Said I not so, mother?" Janet & ?tclaimed. "I come to bid you keep up heart," said 1/ 4 John Lee. with decision. "I am convinced we are victims of a base plot, and be sure I Fhall not re^t until the tru'h be made pain. You have seen me over whelmed?'twas the suddenness of the [ charge-;. I know your truth. I am myself?'twere > ase indeed did I not rouse mysel:', and 'twould be baser did I permit ti e magistrate-; to rest until thev too. are convinced 'tis a conspiracy?it will a 1 be made clear to them ere long. I have had ear, not of one, but of two of them. Think not I have been idle these five days?since I last saw you here. I have done much. 'Tis little sleep ha6 crossed my eyelids?but now, I think I have well earned rest, as you sh ill *oon see. I may not say more now. Tbe magistrates are even in Ipswich now. They will 60011 be here, for I took an oath yesterday I would sot sleep till I had made un end of this mn' er. But there are raaov thincrs to do. and much 1 do not understand. Tell me truly, what means the 8tory Ezra told of Will's Hill?" "That shall be explained in good time, father," Bjid Janet, quickly; "have no concern.* . "60 I have vour word. I ask no more. What! Think the spiteful tale of that J lying creature lodges in my ears!" John Lee looked at his daughter proudly. "I need hare no fear for you, at least. It is well. Now I will return to our friends, who, be 6ure, are not idle. 'Tis our purpose to bring the magistrates here?be prepared for them at any time, lest I maj cot Una my proor on tne inBtant ana o? detained. Keep up heart." He embraced them again as he Bpoke, and hastened away. "Did I net say we would hear good news soon?" said Janet, when they were alone; but Dorothea Lee sat with bowed head, end made no answer. Another footstep approached, and ArI thur Proctor entered. He gazed upon I Janet with undisguised admiration. "Were it not for the terrible danger, I could welcome the experience that proves to all the world your courage and selfpossession. I come once more to cheer you." "What say they in Salem, now? Da they believe Ann Bigger's tales, and Ezra'6?" Janet asked. "Do they think that we murdered Martin Lee now?" "There are some who believe it; but, since you speak of that poor wretch, Ezra I am unable to unravel the mystery. I am perplexed. It lies between you and Ezra. He conld not have met both of you on Will's Hill?" "Was ever mortals as sorely pressed?" said Dorothea, suddenly. "Did not my father say relief would come to us Bpeedily, mother?bear up." "I am not Eure. Time passes swiftly, child." "Aye?'tis time that makes me fearful," said Proctor. "If I could be sure which of you was at Will's Hill, it would help us to clear much away." Uoo* *a11 fViA " OQ{/1 TinrA. thea. "Proctor most be told the truth about Martin Lee at once." "And br.ng him in peril, mother'" Janet exclaimed. "If we had time?" then 6he paused suddenly. "Then of a truth Martin is not dead. What is this mystery? Though I have conversed with John Lee every day 6ave yesterday, never have I heard him say aught of his brother. True, he has been bent on many thingB. While be was here, I was there. We've had barely time to cheer each other, and counBel, and plan. We know very well * " "lis best to tell him the truth, Janet," again said Dorothea. "No, no!" I will not toll even I roctor," Janet answered. Then, in a chanced tone Bhe said: "We are cruelly b?set. We dare not tell the truth." "Dare not?" Proctor echoed. "Now, then, I know 'tis not on your own account. All Salem knows you two have tried to 6ave each other. Now, you are concerned for your uncle. Trust me; I will not betray you. Or, at least, confide in your father, or it may be too late. What is this mystery that has given the apprentice warrant to waghi3 tongue?" "I will tell thee, said Dorothea. "Janet and me carried food and drink to Martin to keep him from starving, but neither of us took counsel of the other, or knew the other was serving him. We feared lest the other would incur suspicion." "And 'tis for this?this sublime devotion to each other, and Martin Lee, thou art here!" said Proctor, reverently. "I see the way clearer in the last minute. I will return to Governor Danforth at once." "And bring Martin Lee to the gallows." Janet's tone conveyed a rebuke and reproach. "So, no. 1 said I would not betray your confidence. I will Buy nothing of this to Justice Danforth until I take counsel with John Lee. But," Proctor added in sheer desperation, "I have not had opportunity to see John Lee since the day he went to his sister's, and I fully expected to meet him ere this in Salem." "Then you are sure soon to meet him, for he was here within this hour," 6aid | Janet, calmly, "and brought good news. He bade us keep up heart, and said he would find a way to make an end of it this very day." "And tha' be the case"?Proctor looked at them, reflecting?"why, I, too, believe matters must come to a nead sooner than I had thought. Said he aught of Martin Lee? You surely " "My father knows even less of our errand to Will's Hill than you have learned," Janet interrupted. *'Tis in thy keeping wholly." Whereupon Proctor's face clouded, but it cleared upon the instant as he replied: "I am losing time. I must find John Lee; at least I must be doiDg, since the judges, i Know, are cere m lpswicn. So saying, be passed oat. and once more mother and daughter were left alone. They were to be subjected to a trial, for soon another visitor appeared in the person of Giles Ellis. When he 6tood before them neither spoke. "I did not expect a warm welcome. Bearers of evil tidings are never welcome." "What greater ovil can befall us than to endure your presence in Ipwich jail?" Baid Janet Lee. "Aye, there be worse. The gallows is worse." "Surely thev have not rendered iud?mentT* Dorothea stood before him with questioning eyes. "Judgment cannot be long deferred, they have found Martin Lee." "May heaven preserve him!" said Janet, quickly. "If tbey have foun-1 Martin then they cannot say we murdered him." "So, then, you do not know Martin is de id ant ouriear" "Dead!" Dorothea Lee sat down with a hand j over her henrt: Janet caught Giles' Mm. " 'Tis fal>e! I'll not believe it." "It matters not, so long as he is really dead and buried." Dorothea rose with an effort and Approached Giles. He continued calmly: "Martin Lee's body was found in the 6ea, where 'tis said you and your familiars bore him. His name was found on a knife in his pocket, and on his arm." "This; is past belief," Janet said, looking at her mother. "If it were true, surely there are those who would have told us." But her mean:ng look was lost upon her mother, and Giles Ellis misinterpreted it. He thought Janet was trying to deceive him. "If you wish the proof a6k the jailer." Whereupon J anet immediately went to the door and addiessed that individual. The jailer, btl eviug he had a witch to deal with, made instant reply that hex handiwork?meaning her uncle'? bodyhad been "tossed up by the 6ea and Riven decent Christian burial after you witches carried the body there." Dorothea was crying softly, with her hande over her face. "I can not look on such suffering un? moved. And yet I have come to say to you that although you are both as good at given into the h-ngm-in's hands, I have come to save you. It is in my pewer to prevent the sentence of death." "It is an over, .Janet. We must die," Dorothea moaned, "I do not believe it. Our friends are not idle, as 5011 well know. My father Lade us fce of good cheer." "He cannot save you." said Giles. "'Tis not in his power. I alone may do that by speech with my kinsman, wbom I have an appointmeut with this night. Know you not 'tis resolved to arrest and contine John Lee and Proctor?" Now, tbis Giles E>lis lelieved was the truth. He had, he thought, planned how thev both sbotildbe an&vrheuded. without himself appearing in tne m tter. He had suggested the propriety of arresting tnein to Marshal Hobbs, and not content wi:h tbis bed written a letter to Sir Thomas Datiforth, vaguely bin'iog at tbe rumors involving Joun l ee and Proctor in tbe matter that occup:ed so much of public attention. Tbe poor prisoners were d'.unfounded on bearing tbis. Tbe f*ct that the judges were ereu now in Ipswi h seemed to bear out the truth'i-lnet-s of Giles' assertion. They weie suddenly overwbelme 1?cast into utter despondencv in an instant by the artful btory Giles told them. A deathly pallor overspread Dorothea Lee's face. Janet felt her hands grow cold in ber own. "Man!" exclaimed Janet. "Canst look on hej unmoved? What can yon do? How can yon 6erve us? See! She is fainting." But Dorothea Lee did not hear Giles Ellis' answer; sbe had fainted dead away. Janet grasped Giles' arm as she looked down on her mother. "Dost see what thou hust done? Be quick. I say be quick ere Bhe comes to--while I am in the mood. If she should die in one of these faints I will be her murderer. What is it you wish?" "I want you to wife," said Giles, curtly. *'Tis all I ask." There was a faint tinge of color in his sallow cheek, but his eyes gleamed with triumph. "So yon bring me an order giving us our freedom, I promise." "Aye, you promised Proctor also." Janet's figure seemed to rise above UilU, "I did. But were Proctor here, he would cot ask me to keep my promise. He would bid me save my mother's life." "Something more than thy promise is needed ere I move. Swear thou wilt marry me." Janet looked up, and clasping her handB, said: "I swear in the sight of heaven to be thy wife if thou wilt bring me freeedom for those I love?but not otherwise." Then, looking him firmly in the face, and with cheeks as white as her mother's, who lay like one dead beside her, Janet Lee added, fiercely: "Now, go." So saying, she thrust him from her presence, knelt over her mother, and yielded to tears for the first time since she was imprisoned. Fto be continued.! CURIOUS FACTS. The New Testament was first printed in Iri?h in 1602. Jewelers report that gold dollars are extremely scarce. The only kind of fruit which appears not to flourish in California is the apple. In South America there is a race of cats to "which "meowing" is an unlearned accomplishment. A Russian can plead infancy for a long time, as he doec not come of age till he is twenty-six years old. One of the fine jewels in the possession of the Shah of Persia is a pearl for which one of his ancestors paid $675, 000. The first wheat raised in the new world was sown on the Island of Isabella in January, 1494, and on March 3'J the crop was gathered. A camel of the largest size has been known to drink from thirty to fifty gallons of water and then travel without any more for twenty days. It is strange, though true, that in Asia and Africa, where grass will not grow, the most beautiful flowers an d shrubs flourish to perfection. Cranes, storks and wild geese fly fast enough to make the trip from Northern Europe to Africa in a week, but most of them rest north ot the Mediterranean. Corot, the French landscape arci3t, painted only seven hundred sketches. But twelve thousand "Corots" have been sold in the Hotel Drouot auctions. The largest schooner in the last published Government list is the Golden Ag3, K..JU ikk^o AfVcJ IrUUO) UUilV Uti AUWW o f Ohio, in 1S83, and hailing from Sandusky. A Market for Disease. The creat surgeons and physicians have become so eager to invent some new process of treatment to alleviate or cure morbid phenomena that the poor wretch who develops in his system novelties of suffering liable to occur to the wealthy may, from a worldly point of view, consider himself in high clover. He has only to let the specialists know of it and be finds himself the central attraction when* ever he appears among them. In New York City, as well as in London, Paris. Berlin and Vienna, there is a thriving market for the possessors of curious maladies, and in this city is a place known to the initiated few where those willihg to give themselves up to the surgeon's scalpel can tind purchasers. Once within tbe portals of this secret exchange the dying subjects become as -..--I- marlrnr Tlnrf-nra will StUUJi ill LUC i;Ubl?C UJmui.? buy the privilege of investigating their diseases without an idea of operating on the subjects themselves, but. to make'a large bonus by selling them to other doctors who are making a specialty of their respective diseases. Many young doctors make it a pari of their profession to hunt up in th5 dispensaries and in the streets those sufferers, and deal with them as brokers do with produce. Of course, the best customers are the most eminent specialists connected with the large hospitals, or the creat surgeons who have their own private hospitals in which to pursue scientific study apart from their fellowworkers and out of reach of the law. The majority of them are clinical professors, who are always anxions to show rare forms of diseases to a few of the students in their classes able to subscribe an extrh fee of from $100 to $500 for an extra lesson over the body of i subject rfvin-r of some new infliction. If the -J ?=? ? - -- Professor pays ?1000 for such a subject, he frequently makes several thousand dollars on the deal. But when such ea'es are effected the victim is at once taken from a life of pain and misery, and nothing is too good for him. He is, among other things, assured that if he dies and leaves his body for further and indefinite investigation, his estate will be paid a much higher bonu9 for that privilege, as such an autopsy is very unusual. The surgeon who is left this liberty well | knows its value in forwarding his fame.? St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Queer Lack of Sense. "Some animals exhibit a <]ueer lack of sense." say9 a mun who has observed them. "Put a buzzard in a pen about six feet square, and open at the top, and it as much a prisoner as though it were shut up in a box. This is because buz zards always begin their flight by taking a short run, and they either cannot 01 will not attempt to fly unless they can do so. Again, take a common bumbie bee aud put it in a goblet. It will remain n prisoner for hours, trying to escape through the sides,without ever thinkiny of escaping from the top. So also a bal cannot rise from a perfectly level sur face. Although it is remarkably nimble in its flight when once on the wing and can fly for many hours at a time withoul taking the least rest, il placed ou the floor or on nut ground it is absolutely unable to use its wings. The only thinn it can do is to shuffle helplessly and painfully along until it reaches some trifling elevation, from which ii car throw itself into the air, when at one: i1 is o2 like a flash."?New Yurie Tribune. . .... FIERY MOUNT ETNA. THE PIERCE VOLCANO AGAIN IN ERUPTION. Its Eighty-fifth Outbreak?Lava Destroying Villages and Vineyards ?Great Eruptions of the Past ?The Ascent of Etna. CTIVE Mount Etna, rWWw the great volcano U which has excited STff W the wonder of the Nations in all ajjes, *?h~?C$JWMMk is again in eruption. V A *ts Preseat activity, yyI says the New York VV Sun, repeats the history of the eighty<3^7?Sc!s'"*y four eruptions - which have occured within historic times. Now, as heretofore, earthquakes have presaged and accompanied the outburst of lava. Loud explosions have been heard. Fissures have opened in the side of the mountain, and lava, issuing from them, has been flowing down the gentle Slope, following the line of least resistance. Passing below the region of barren rock and scoriae, the molten stream overwhelmed the vineyards and villages in its route. The lava invaded the town of Nicolosi, half way down the southern slope. This is the place where tourists who aacend Etna to see its wonderful crater and to witness the magnificent sunrise from its urnmit usually begin their climb. It is _ MOUNT ETNA IN A 8' probablathat the present eruption has destroyed the favorite path of tourist3 and buried or carried away the Casa del Bosco and the Casa Inglese, two huts built on the route where the aairnals used in the ascent are foddered and tourists re9t a while. There are no mountain slopes in the world so covered with vinevards, farms, and villages as those of Mount Etna. About 300,000 people live on its sides. They have become accustomed to the dangers that always threaten. The rich ncsa of the soil, lorjiea or decomposed lava and vegetable mold, has made the slope9 of Etna one of the garden spots of THE CAS A. INOLESE. the world; and so the people cling to Al fKAiirrK thflTT H ft tueir rauuuuftiu ?uv; ?~ not know how soon they may be d riven away. The cable despatches report that a lar^e area of this tillable land has been overwhelmed, and that thousands of people have been driven from their cottages. Mount Etna is on the eastern seabo ard of Sicily. It has been the theme cf poets and historians, and is often referred to by classical writers. Its height is 10,874 feet. Prom its summit the sea and couDtry around cau be seen a distance of 150 miles, affording one of the most magnificent of prospects. The gently flowing lavas which reared the mighty mountain covered a large area, and the road which runs around the lower slopes is eighty-seven miles long. Two cities, Catania and Aci Reale, and sixty-three towns or villages are built around the base or on the slopes. The larcre Dicture of Etna shows quite a number of little elevations on the mountain 6ide. They are among the most characteristic features of the volcano. These minor cones, once the outlets of lava, are scattered all over the mountain and number about 600, many of them being only insignificant monticule?. The fir3t eruption within historic times is believed to have occurred seven centuries before Christ. Twelve eruptions of importance, 3ome of which crcated great destruction, are recorded as occurring before the Christian era. One of the most disastrous outbursts occurred in 1169 A. D., when Catania was destroyed in a few minutes and 15,000 people were buried beneath the ruins. It was the day of the feast of St. Agatha, and the * ' ' ittaa ft caiueunu ui vuwium vivnui,u > >. > people, all of whom were buried by the overwhelming stream of lava. The victims included several bishops and forty-four Benedictine monks. A fairly complete record of the eruptions since the Christian era is accessible. One of the most terrible of them occurred in March, 1669, when u fissure nearly twelve miles in length opened in the ' side of the mouutain a mile from its summit. A crater opened at the lower j | terminus of the fissure ejecting red hot j stones and sending out vast quantities of sand and ashes that coverel ttae country for a distance of sixty miles. Then the new crater began to pour out a torrent of lava which soon presented a front two miles wide and slowly rolled down the mountain. It speedily destroyed Bel- ' passo, a town of S000 inhabitants. The torrent continued to flow, and a few days litter destroyed the town of Miscalucia. Then tbe lava divided into three stream?, destroying seventeen villages a? it made j its way toward Catania. When the lava < reached tbe wall of Catania, which had been reared to a height of sixty feet to i protect the city from lava flows, it accumulated against the obstruction until it rose to the top of the wall. Then the fiery cascade poured over the wall, destroying a part of the city. Another portion of the stream overthrew 120 feet of tbe wall and poured through the city until it reached the sea, which it entered in a stream 600 yards broad and forty feet deep. At first tbe stream had moved at the rate ot thirteen miles in twenty days, but its progress was less rapid as it lost part of its heat, and in the last twenty-three days it moved only two - * - * - - t : x? miles, njs me lava river euwrieu tuc ocu the waters began to boil violently, and millions of fish were killed. The volume of lava emitted during this eruption amounted to many millions of cubic feet. Ferrara estimated that the length of the stream was at least fifteen miles, while its average width was between two and three miles. It covered nearly forty square miles of surface. A still more destructive outburst, though it was not marked by so great a discharge of lava, occurred in 1693, when a violent earthquake shook Catania to the ground, burying 18,0U0 inhabitants. Fifty towns of Sicily were destroyed, and it is said that at least 60,000 people perished. During the eighteenth century quite a number of eruptiona occurred, some of great violence, though most of them did little damage. During an eruption in 1832 a number of people were watching the progress of the lava when the front of the stream was suddenly blown out as by an explosion of gunpowder. The red hot mass was hurled in every direc TATE OP ERUPTION. tion, and a cloud of vapor enveloped everything. Thirty-six people were killed on the spot, and twenty-six survived but a few hours. In 1852 a party of six English tourists were surprised by a very violent eruption aj they were ascending the mountain. This outburst continued for nine months. The tourists were ascending from Nicolosi to witness the sunrise from the summit. As they approached the upper hut, known as the Casa Inglese, the crater commenced to give forth ashes and flames of lire. Suddenly an earthquake s&ooK tue mountain ana the mule9 fled in terror. The tourists hastened down the mountain ana reached Nicolosi in safety. Out of the eighty-four eruptions on record, a comparatively small number have been of extreme violence, while many have been of a slight and harmless character. Eruptions occurred in 1S65, 1868, 1869,1874,1879, 1883 and 1886, j the most violent of which'were those in ! 1865 and 1886. The outburst of 1886 destroyed vineyards and farm lands valued at $250,000. Mr. Hare says tbat the general appearance of Etna is very little changed since the time ot Strubo, who described the lower slopes as covered with forests and planted grounds. Strabo told how the destructive volcanic ashes ultimately produced most fertile soil, admirably adapted for the culture of vines, and also how the upper mountain is bare and covered with ashes, which are buried under snow in winter. Comparatively lew tourists make the ascent of EtDa, . which is laborious. Those who do undergo the labor, however, fetl amply repaid by the glorious view from the top. The ascent is only nAooiKlo in anmmor anH .Tlino .Tnlr ?inH September are the months best adapted for the journey. The tourists, starting from Nicolosi, have a journey of about thirty miles before them. The general desire is to be at the summit to see the sun rise, and the climb is made during moonlit nights. The hardest part of the climb is the approach to the great crater, where the deep ashes are hard to wade through. The Casa Inglese, 2912 metres over the sea, is the last resting place beneath the great crater. The house was built in 1811, when the English troops occupied Sicily, with contributions by English officers, in whose honor it was named. The weath er is always very cold near the top of Mouot Etna, much snow is found, and tourists are sometimes so THROUGH THE SNOW FIELDS. benumbed when they reach the craier that the guides cov?r them with warm ashe9 for a while. At the summit the travelers find themselves on the narrow rim of the crater, which is three miles round. The view is unspeakaby prrand, - ~ C as peak alter peaic caicnes me njjui ui the rising sua. Etna being the one great mountains of Sicily, there is nothing to intercept the sight. But the most interesting part of the view is the yreat mountain itself with its multitude of lesser cones sprinkled around its sides, and the zigzag paths of the different lava streams plainly revealed through the zones of snow and ashes; then forests, j find lastly luxuriant cultivation. The icy cold usually prevents a prolonged ;tay at the summit. Jack rabbits are becoming so plentiful ia Surprise Valley, California, that they can be counted by the hundreds in the wheat field?. They are increasing rapidly since the coyote law has been in force. 9 A Dog That Plays Baseball. Down on the bluffs, at the foot of Nelson Court, a number of boys congregate every evening to play one-oldcat, scrub and other limited variations ? THE TERRIER AFTER A FOUL. of baseball, and among the players none is more earnest, skillful and enthusiastic than a Scotch terrier dog that belongs somewhere in the neighborhood. He is none of your aimless and playful pup' pies, running hither and thither after the ball, bnt a dog that knows what's what and attends to a special line of business. His favorite position is behind the bat, and there he will crouch with eyes and ears forward, nerves at their highest tension and jaws wide open, looking for all the world like Mike Kelly, if he had another pair of legs. He I will stop a hot ball and the swinging of the bat never rattles him. He has bis I eyes on no one bat the pitcher, and when | the ball leaves his hand he knows it is his. When he catches it he lays it on the plate for some one to throw it back to the pitcher. The other evening while quite a crowd were watching he ran away off to one side and caught a foul on the fly that had sailed away up in the air. It was a play that would have been a credit to Anson himself. The crowd on the bluff above applauded vigorously and the dog wagged his tail in recognition. He will never bother with a ball until it is back of the plate?in fact, does exactly what a $3000 catcher does in some of the crack clubs. Almost every evening he goes down there and waits for the boys, aad when they choose up sides he feels disappointed if he doesn't get a position. When he is not given a chance to be catcher, he will, if told to do so, stand immediately behind the catcher and make a perfect back stop. When he drops into position then he looks for all the world like an umpite, JnfAl1i?nnf moat: rtf auu AS LUUIC lUb&Ul^UV vuuu (MWWV w* them, according to common report. He's a dog catcher, bat not a dogcatcher. If baseball in Quincv goes to the dogs, here is one recruit already.?Quincy (111.) Herald. Nautical Bicycles. General Howard, in a recent interview upon the use of bicycles in courier service, said: "In many instances couriers have been compelled to make their horses swim streams, and bicycles cannot swim, you know." In this General Howard was mistaken, for a bicycle can ewim, though the ones used in that way heretofore would not be sufficiently speedy to get away from THE NAUTICAL BICYCLE. pursuers. The nautical bicycle consists of two canoe-like boats, with the bicycle in the centre. The accompanying illustration, however, may give an idea of what the proposed nautical bicycle looks like. The suggestion, as shown in the cut, is a long pair of cork pads covered with canvas, similar 10 iae me preservers used oa steamboats, attached tc the side of the saddle of a bicycle. When the rider arrives at a stream he plunges in. The cork pads rise to the surface of the water, and he crosses by turning his feet, with as much ease as a horse swims, and with much greater speed, enabling him to escape pursuers on foot or on horseback. All that would be necessary would be to have the pads sufficiently large and buoyant to support the weight of the rider and his ouciit.?Star-Saving?. Color Blindness. From three to five per cent, of men who are capable of acting as pilots or engineers are kept out of the work tdrougn coior unnuuess. imai tuim i blindness is very rare, but the gresn-red I blindness is very common. Unfortunately for these sufferere from the defects of nature, the signals on the water and railroads are always green and red, nuking it impossible for them to accept positions that they might otherwise be adapted to by nature. After examining several hundred patients, Hering concluded that while green-red color blindness was quite common, total color bliudnocc rw T7?ilna.-.h!ii#? is verr rare. It is suggested, then, that if red signal lights had a distinctly yellowish tinge and the green ones a bluish tinge, no accident from color blindness would ever happen. ?Yankee Blade. New Use for the Potato, A French paper says that a laundryman of Paris has discovered a method of cleansing fine linen aud other fragile textures without usiug soap or other chemicals. Instead of these he uses boile.1 potatoes, which he rubs into the goods and then rinses out. It is said that this method will make soiled linen, silk or cotton much whiter and purer thnn washing in the ordinary way. The experiment is worth trying, and very easily tried. A recently discovered manuscript proves that Columbus was born at fcjavona, Italy. > -'w * ~ HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. BOTTLED RAW FETXIT. To bottle raw fruit, have ready soma dry glass bottles, wide-mouthed and clean. Burn a match in each to exhaust j the air. Place the fruit quickly in each; cork with soft corks and place in a cool oven. Let them remain until the frait has shrunken one-fourth. Take out the bottles. Beat the corks well in and cover them with melted resin. If the fruit has been picked dry, and is quite sound, it will keep for months in a cool, dry place and retain all its flavors.?Detroit Free Press. . TUB WAT TO POUR TEA. There is more ia pouring tea and ** coffee than most people dream of in their philosophy. Even if these decoctions are brought to the table ready made, it requires experience, judgment and exactness to apportion them so that they shall prove sufficient in quantity for the family and so that those who wish their tea weak will not gee it stiong, and vice versa. ' Oft^n persons pour tea without being awr.re that the first cup is the weakest, and that the tea grpws stonger as you proceed. The proper way to pour tea, therefore, is to fill all the cups before serving any, and where several caps of equal strength are wanted pour a little into each and then go back, reversing the order as you fill them, and the strength will be properly apportioned. ?New York Recorder. TO MAKE BLACK COPFEB. Take six light tablespoonfuls of coffee beans from the jar; grind them in a mill, neither too coarse nor too fine. Have a well-cleansed French coffee pot,' put the coffee on the filter, with the smaller strainer over, then poor on a pint and a half of boiling water, little by little, recollecting, at the same time, that too much care cannot be taken t6 impress on those making the coilee the necessity of haying the water boiling thoroughly, otherwise it were as useless to attempt the feat as to try and raise musk melons at the North Pole, notwithstanding that the coffee be of the verj lirst quality. When all the water is consumed put on the cover, and let in* fuse slightly, but on no account must it boil again; then serve in six after-dinner cups. Coffee should never be prepared more than five minutes before the time to serve.?New York Voice. now TO COOK CUCtJMBEBS. Cucumbers properly cooked are a veiy nice dish. In fact, quite as nice as they are as a salad. An exceedingly good way ' ' to serve them cooked is to first prepare a sizeable dish of potatoes cut in straws two inches long and tried a light golden : brown in hot fat. Peel a fresh cucumber, cut it into rounds about two inches in thickness, scoop out a little from the centre of each slice, leaving a thin layer at the bottom to bold a mixture. Lay them in a shallow stewpan, cover them with A rich'white stock, adding the juice of half a lemon and a teaspoonful of castor! sugar. Let . them simmer gently until just tender, being careful not to let them cook long enougn to oreas. Mince chicken or any white meat, and " season with pepper and salt. Into a cap- j ful of this minced meat stir a gill ofj cream and set in a vessel in a pot of boil ing water until it is thoroughly heated,1 and at once fill the cucumber cases with it, keeping them hot meanwhile. Place on a hot platter and surround with the friei potatoes. Serve a cucum-l ber case filled with minced meat and a large spoonful of the fried potatoes to each person.?New York World. EKCIPES. Sorrel Soup?Put two tableapoonfuli of butter In a saucepan, set on the lire; when melted put in a pint of sorrel and stir until heated, add a quart of soup stock, salt and pepper and boil three mintites: beat the volks of three eggs, put them in the soup tureen, pour the boiling soup oyer, stirring until mixed. French Salad Dressing?Take one teacupful of vinegar, one teaspoonfui of salad oil or the same quantity of fresh butter, a pinch of mustard, one of salt, and a tablespoonful of sugar. Let these simmer over the tire while you beat two eggs thoroughly. Then stir the eggs into the other ingredients, taking care that they do not boil. It should present a smooth, velvety appearance. Crab Apple Jelly?The small varieties of Siberian crab are best for jelly; wash and wipe and cut in halves, and cook slowly with water enough to cover; when soft, dip into a jelly bag and hang up to drain over night; measure and pat over the fire to boil ten minutes. Allov? three-fourths of a pound of sugar to one pint of juice, putin the sugar and boil live minutes, then test. Crap apple jelly is very easy to make. Lettuce and Tomato Salad?Pare off the outer green leaves of a white head of lcttuce, wash and drain it and then cut the leaves in two and put them in a bowl. Have two fine, firm peeled red tomatoes; cut them into thin sliccs and place them over the lettuce. Serve with the following dressing: Mix with a pinch of salt and half a pinch of pepper in a wooden salad spoonful of vinegar, add a spoonful and a half of oil and mix well. Sweet Pickled Green Tomatoes?Slice one peck of green tomatoes and foui nla/><> in A stnnp inr. greeu j-?- ? - j_? sprinkling each layer with salt; cover with boiling water and let stand over night. In the morning drain well through a collander and add four large onions sliced, an ounce of whole cinnamon, an ounce of cloves, and two pounds of brown sugar. Put in a kettle ana nearly cover with vinegar, boiling until tender. Set t?wav in a jar, aud tha next day, if the sirup is thin, draw off and boil it down until it is like thia cream when cold. The Truffle is au Edible Faugn3. The truffle is an edible fungus that is very little kdowu in this country, except among professional cooks. It is found here in a canned state, wherein, accord* ing to epicures, it is far inferior to the fresh vegetable. It imparts a very neeuliar and delicate flavor to anything I # . which is cooked with it. Cut in small oblong pieces, it is used to decorate aspic jellies and other cold dishes as well as delicate entrees. A few trutfb? are frequently added to coquilles, chicken croquettes, or any finely-flavored mince. The smallest jar of truffles which holds only half a pint cost sixty cents. Therefore this delicacy is used here cuieflz to give flavor to other dishes.?New York Tribune* v I*. .rfhWL