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SUNDAY EDITION. THE SEPOY MUTINY AND REBELLION. Thrilling Account of the Massacre ■at Cawnpore and Its Retribution. STOEY OF AN EYE-WITNESS. The Devilish Work of Nana Sahib. Women and Children Starved as Prisoners for Days and Finally Insulted, Massacred, Cut to Pieces arid Thrown in a Well. Executions of the Miscreants. SN an article published in The Sin [ DA'S Caix of .recent date descriptive f Sof the horrors of the Indian mutiny S r and rebellion, it was shown where J I "the huuian slaughter-house" had t— -— 'been discovered late in the evening . after the battle of Cawnpore. At the time ' of the discovery I was lying under a tree in a high fever. 1 had been for thirteen hours • exposed to the overpowering beat of a trop ical sun in tlio mouth of July, durine which time I had been in constant action ' with my half battery of guns, over hot ': plains, poor roads, through topes and over deep, muddy paddy— or rice— fields. These .'. fatigues, and tlio fever resulting from a ■recent wound, 'completely prostrated me. and I was not able to visit "the slaughter house" that night. Early the next morning, '. being somewhat refreshed and strengthened ' by a flight of unbroken rest, I started to - visit the scene where the wholesale murders •_ had taken place. What a horrible sight met ■ the eye ! .. .Nature itself had dispensed its gifts with lavish hand. The bungalow, or "slaughter ■■ house," stood within a peaceful looking, umbrageous grove of mango and tamarind •trees, with an open frontage facing the sacred and famous liver of the Hindoo, the Can get. with its smooth walks and beauti ful, grassy, s'oj-dng banks, leading down to the margin of the river. The building : was oblong in shape, some sixty by eighty feet in size, one story high, with a ye ' randa runuii g entirely around it, and having a corridor or hall running directly through the center from north to south. This hall opened into six rooms, three on ■ the east and three on the west side, and in '. these rcoms the unfortunate women and children, captured by the cruel Nana Sahib, ' after the foolish treaty made by the unfor tunate and confiding General Wheeler with .Nana, were placed. At the time of my . visit all nature seemed peaceful and beauti ful to a wonderful degree. 'there were the grand, wide-spreading, thickly leaved, ' VIVID GEEEX hikes, Heavily laden with their luscious, splendid particolored fruits, the mango and the ..tamarind; the morning breeze gently "buz zing" — an ludian term— through the closely crowded branches and leaves of the sur rounding grove, the great and beautiful river flowing close by, its deep and pellucid . waters glinting in the morning sunlight, and throwing back with reflected splendor •' .brilliant scintillations from every curl of its • miniature waves— and there stood the ■ bungalow, handsome to look at, with its preen painted, cool looking jalousies, its . imitation marble balusters and pillars, but its associations in the mind called up scenes • of dread, horror and scourge. I walked . toward the south entrance where I knew the maneled remains of the poor women and cliildnn had been dtagg'd through before ih v were thrown into ihe dreadful well. ; Th's well was distant from the bungalow ' s nne twenty-five or thirty paces, and lead ing to it was a graveled walk. Over this gravel the corpus of the murdered victims were dragged to be thrown into the well, ar.d the blood-soaked trail too surely indi cated the route and the disposition of the bodies. 1 followed the trail of blood to the - edge of the welii and . never shall I forget tie horrifying, sickening sight which pre ' - led itself. The white, narrow, granite coping of the mouth of the well was com pletely besmeared with coagulated blood. '■ the grass all- around, for a distance of sev ..' eral yards, being trampled down and stained with' gore, which had oozed from the gaping • .. wounds in the bodies as they were flung upon the sward, each in its turn to be hurled • into the well by the fiends who had wrought the diabolical work. I "' tried to look down into the depths '..'-- of the well, but all was dark, and my Strained vision failed to distinguish any .'object. 1 ordered . my "gullendauze" (native artilleryman) to light the candle in . . the lantern, with which I had provided him before starting, and to lower it down the -. shaft. This be effected by fastening it to ■ some eight or ten feet of trace rop*. and ' when the light had become steady, so " that objects began to take shape to the eye, • ami the mind could grasp the horrible sight that met the vision, what was seen is be • ' yond Che power of man to describe. The memories of that moment will cling to me UNTIL TIIE END OF LIFE. 'On one side of the little circular space . could be seen the wounded and mangled pi ofiles of women and children. In another "• portion of the rounded space were the sev ered arms, legs, feet, . heads and scarified busts of other women and children. Fresh '. horrors were to be seen iv every spot upon '■• which the eye rested too dreadful to dwell ' upon. • And all of these murders had been dime by the tulwars in the hands of the • 'Fifth Bengal Tight Cavalry, or Sowars, and • by nrde # of the cruel, cowardly and re lentless Nana. Sick at heart, I retraced • • mv step*., to the south entrance to the ■■'. bungalow, and as 1 placed my foot upon the _•'■ first of the steps leading up on to the veran • da I observed to my right, nearly hidden by ■ ■'■ the long crass, the upper portions of the " form of a female child and the right arm of .. : a ' woman, both of which were feai fully ; mutilated by the teeth of the beastly, howl ..'• : ing, . nocturnal jackal. From all ap •'.-. pearauces the poor remains had been •• cut in pieces in the general slaugh '. ter, ■ thrown out upon the sward and there neglected In tne excitement of the moment. 1 ordered the "gullendauze' •••to have them buried, which order he had •carried into effect as soon as possible. '".' .Meanwhile, I passed within the corridor, ■ where I found the white "chunainined" • floor strewn with long locks of hair, in some ••' instances the hair still clinging to portions of the scalp and bone of the skull, where the murderous tulwar had cut through like a razor. Portions of the dresses of the women lay scattered around, some of tbe .'pieces containing the flesh of the body that . Bad been covered by them, and which had been sliced off by the keen-edeed tul wars used iv the massacre. At the north '.' end of the corridor I observed ' a poor lilt.c shoe, with the sole turned toward me. I ,"'-": stepped forward and picked it up, and im ■• agine my horror when I found it contained .' the little foot of tho wearer, to which the '•'" lower portion of the leg of the child was at . tached. It had evidently been severed by a blow with the dreadful tulwar, in the • hands of a cowardly ruffian, who, summoned •7." by bis '-' MI'KDKKOt.'S CONFKEREB, '■'■.: Had no one to oppose him but poor, terrified ■', women and helpless children. ' ■ "■'■' 1 entered the first room off the corridor to .' Ihe south and west of the building, where it .was known tlJPhe brave and noble Miss '.Wheeler, daughter of the poor, trusting General, had been confined a close prisoner • before being murdered. . Tliere were three : other ladles who were confined as prisoners in the same room with her, a fact that was .• easily 'ascertained by the pencil writings on the walls. Apparently the poor creatures in this room were the last ones murdered, for their writings— which I give below— scribe the heart-rending screams and sup plications for mercy uttered by the unfortu - .Date beings in the oilier rooms where the " murders were being done. lam Dot ade quate to describe the scenes which must • vitro transpired in this room. 1 will, there fore, simply copy from my diary such notes as were written on the spot and at the moment. The diary reads: As 1 entered my right foot slipped from underneath me, I having -. stepped in a small pool of half-dried blood nt Hie door. Heavy stains of blood covered .the. floor, together with pieces of women's - 'clothing.. Pieces of a broken and blood stained tulwar lay scattered . around. Marks of bloody fingers were on the wall, ;•; as if some creature had , been blindly '. grasping at something to save them ■ selves from.: failing. Un the .north wall was written : "1 he - brute Nana •. was re. He made dre— l (the;, other letters ccntained in the blank were obliterated by ' bloody finger marks) proposals. The rene gade. La Martiuier Jr.; was with him. I spat on the ground between us nnd told him '-'. In Mahratta what ho was and defied him. 1 knew our ' f ate _ was sealed, for nn Ayah (child's nurse) that brought our scanty and poor food, told me in her otto quiet way, although THE BRUTAL jftTWAB Was ostentatiously passing up and down in our midst that our countrymen bad de feated Nana's people, and that their defeat meant death to us." In another place was written : " The poor ninny of a renegade. La Martinier Jr., returned, and told us that our people were utterly defeated, routed and slam, and that there was no use of in hop ing for relief from that quarter; that the Nana was a good fellow and that his terms wero liberal, I pointed to the door and told him to begone for a miserable renegade, and notwithstanding his brave appearance, with his bait and saber, and two pistols at his waist, he slunk from the room cowed. rXote. A Mussulman under the influence of bhang attacked the renegade that even in" and slew him, saying as he did so: " We want no Feringhee (foreigner) dogs among u»"l. The wife of a Captain McClelland, who was on the staff of the Commander-in-chief and who was killed at the battle of Futteh poor, was a prisoner in the same room with -Miss Wheeler, and she wrote on the same wall, above and to the right of the writing by Miss Wheeler, as follows : "My lovely, my darling boy— This is your first anniversary, and what a dreadful time and place it occurs in. The wntched, scanty food they give me, and the dreadful terrors under which 1 am aud have been living for some time past, have dried up the sources of life for lum, and I see him dying hourly. lam almost certain that he will nut see the rising of another sun." [Note.— did the poor creature.] Again Miss Win eler wrote: "In [letters unite obliterated by bloody finger marks] 1 can tell by the dreadful screams of the women and children in the other rooms and their heart-rending appeals for mercy that the murders have commenced. Oh, horror! ill-usage is being carried on as well as murder. They are upon us. I will make a struggle. Fare " The writing breaks of at the word "Fare." and we may imag ine the rest. 1 went through the other rooms, where the scenes were as horrible as those already written of. I left the buildmg •WITH TEAKS IX -MY EYES And bitter feelings of hatred and revenge in my heart. On my way to camp I met the Provost Marshal, accompanied by a strong escort, and with them three of the Fifth Bengal Cavalry— Suwars— handcuffed in their midst. I also noticed some twelve or fourteen low-caste men, who do duty as executioners— carrying wooden up rights, cross-pieces, portions of a tem porary platform, etc., in fact the en tire paraphernalia of a gallows and platform. I asked the Provost Mar shal what it all meant, and ho told me that since the slaughter - house and well had beon discovered, a proclama tion had beeu issued by the General setting forth that the Filth Bengal Cavalry were to be omitted from all amnesties, and when ever caught, and the fact of their connection with that brutal regiment proven by drum head court-martial, their execution was to follow as early as possible, and here was the first example, lie Invited me to go with him and witness the executions, but much as 1 loathed and detested the miserable wretches, it was not this sort of vengeance I desired to wreak upon them. I should have wished to meet them in the field and cut tliem down to a man. However, one of the prisoners decided my course of action. lie overheard our conversation as we marched along. He was the left-hand man of the three, a handsome young Mussulman, and he turned around, and looking me straight in the face, said In excellent En glish, "Come along, Sergeant-Major, and see how men of the Fifth Bengal can mount a scaffold and die there, too." 1 was utterly surprised at hearing the man speak as he did, aud I went with the party. The scaffold was erected about midway between the south entrance to the bun galow and the dreadful well. In the mean while, the three prisoners were marched into the human slaughter-house and the dreadful {work iv which they had partici pated was pointed out to them. The Pro vo-t Marshal asked the man who spoke English to repeat what lie had said belore tue drum-head court-martial, THE WORDS WERE! "That the three of us, here present, obeyed our orders, and were here at the killing of the women and children, and helped to kill them as well as assisting to pull the bodies J.O the well and throw them iv." This was sufficient The Provost Marshal gave a signal to a powerfully built tall negro — Metlier— low-caste— who produced a woodeu bucket with water and a dish-cloth in it, at the same time dangling a cat-o'-nine-tails in his hand, the cords of which were thicker than any I had ever seen befoie. Each cord of the nine had nine well sized knots. Two of the pris oners were Hindoos, and they were stripped of their linen jackets. The bucket was tnen handed to the young Mussulman referred to and be was ordered to wash up a large pool of blood from the Hour of the corridor. He said, "No, he would not contaminate his hands by washing uo the blood of a Fer inghee; he was a Mussulman and a soldier and he was not meant for that kind of work." At a slight signal from the Pro vost the negro stepped forward. The neat and well-formed little figure of tne native light cavalryman seemed to shrink to smaller proportions beside the colossal and towering figure of the Mether. With a wide and high sweep of his arm the negro Drought down the terrible cat with a hissing noise through the air, with a dull and feartul thud upon the bare snoulders of the Mussulman. The nerves of every one present were shaken except those of the no^ro and the Provost. The Mussul man gave a piercing shriek aud fell to his knees from the effects of the powerful blow. He was allowed to regain his feet. When the blow fell the flesh on his back was broken ; the skin first turned of a livid color, then purple, and then lhe blood streamed out The bucket was again hand ed to him, and again he relused it. The Metlier made another sweep if his arm preparatory to making another blow, when suddenly the cavalryman rushed in upon bim. The act brought with it its own pun ishment. The powerful negro thrust him from him as he would have thrown A LIGHT PIECE OK WOOD, ■ And then rained a shower of blows upon the neck, face, breast, shoulders, sides and bacg of the fallen man until be cried out fur mercy, He was then lifted to his feet, aud the elc th was handed him, and, after he had wiped up a portion of the blood, he was marched out to the gallows, lie mounted the platform without any assistance, and died cursing the Keringhec dogs. The otlier two were similarly served, but they did not undergo as much punishment as tim lirst, although they died cursing iheir enemies, and without the least seeming fear. Their only complaint was that their c iste had beeu broken, and that it would be the de struction of a nappy hereafter for them. Dozens upon dozens of the Fifth .Bengal Light Cavalry, whenever captured, were sent to Cawnpore and served in the sanic manuer as were tho miserable wretches abuve mentioned. In the cool of the evening the whole of the column was marched through the bunga low and around the well, and upon a black board in while letters was painted the fol lowing, which was hung up against the. walls of the house: "Here is the house where your country women and tlieir chil dren wire foully murdered by the Filth Bengal Native Cavalry, by oidt-rs of the ruffianly villain, Nana b.ihib. Let your battle-cry forthe future, whilst suppressing the rebellion and mutiny, be 'Remember Cawnpore!'" Thai night about 12 o'clock our outposts were hotly attacked. Ib'-enforceuieiiis were sent out, but the fire grew hotter and fiercer every moment, aud the field otbcersiu cliarge of the outposts kept sending for re-enforce ments every twenty miuut sor so. General Havelock, like a true commander, Wanted to give his meu as much rust as Bible, ami only sent out as many as he thought would repel a uight attack. This sparing of hi-. men was not for love of ihrm, nor of hu manity in general The mo. ivo was a gen eral's motive— save as much as possible THE SOLDIER, For he it is that carries out the conceptions, places the laurel crown upou the brow, sup ports aud upholds the honor of his country and yets tv feel, before many month-.' light ing or engagement?, that he helps to bear the weight of honor and responsibility as much as the highest iv the field. As lo the alia. it was soon made manifest that we were re ceiving blows from some eight ur ten thousaud men, well disciplined, well ami' 'I. and under the leadership of the iiio.it talented, brave, energetic and politic soldier thai the uiiuiuy and rebellion had produced, Tatilia Topi. ; This mini was a camel driver in his youth; then made chief ia charge of the Zenana (he was ot the Eu nuch < ase), then created Grand Vizier and eventually made the i tiler of tho great principality of Gwalior, and all of this with the full consent uf the Ilritisli Government before the breaking out of the mutiny aud rebellion. General Havelock took In lhe situation at once, and in order to avoid trumpet and bugle calls word was passed along the lines to stand to aims, in a lew moments every man was under arms, the guns were limbered aud everything was in readiness to inarch or engage. Just before i gave . tin word to march Colonel : Olpherts rode down along the line, accompanied by _ your g, slender and veiy handsome man, some '21 or 22 years of age. I was silling vii my horse on the off-side of my thiee guns, wailing for liv - wold to advance. ',; At this time -fn&gSEBKSi THE "advance .";'■'• . , Of the enemy's guns and skirmishers were quite perceptible, lor their round shot, shell ■ and musketry bullets were passing through our ■" camp with ; their wild, de idly shrieks aud tlie ping-ping of the smaller missiles. Turning to me ; the Colouel said: "This is [ Mr. Wheeler, son of the late lamented Gen THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1890^-SIXTEEN PAGES. eral Wheeler. I want him to take command of your half-battery, and ydu will look after the two ls-pounders during the engagement. They are now in the center and are engaged. Major Cooper has' just been hurt (be was killed) by a round shot. Gallop across at once. Your Sergeant is an experienced non-commissioned officer, and he • will give Lieutenant Wheeler every assistance in Mis power." We started, the Colonel acknowledged the salute, and I went to my post. | Here was a charge with a vengeance. After all of our struggles and our victories we went within an ace of losing all. aud that too by the bravery and strategic genius of a mere camel-driver. But such is the fortune of war. The battle raged with un abated fury and varying fortunes until after the midday following, I individually wit nessed two personal encounters bravely and skillfully fought out, of which, to gether with the full details of the battle, I will give an account at another time. W. J. O'fARBEI.Ia PLOWING THE WATER. An Old Russian Custom Observed in Time of Droughts. mm 'iiij-iniiiniii-—-— n .y . ml ¥ . — . o _. , Among people who follow agricultural pursuits more thou among others there are many peculiar customs still in vogue in Rus sin, says a writer for the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, which have their origin either in ancient pagan ceremonies, or aro deeply rooted in superstition, pure and simple, or fanatic beliefs. Russia, more than any other couutry, retains many weird tradi tions, and the strange usages for the ward ing off and conjuring of the pernicious drought arc particularly numerous. It fre quently happens that each district has its own peculiar ceremonies, and often every Individual inhabitant follows a line of con duct in that regard peculiar unto himself. jO Plowing the Witter. In some of the western provinces of the empire a strange ceremony is resorted to for the cessation of the drought, in which the "plow and the women" play a conspicuous part. During long-continued droughts the magistrate convenes and a "plowing of the water" is cfficially ordered. After an early morning procession the women and girls are drummed together in the afternoon tor the purpose of the act of "water plowing." This consists in the tearing up of the bot tom of a near-by stream by means. of a plow pulled by half-clad women and led by the largest and strongest dame of the vil lage. There is no doubt that this ceremony Is of pagan origin, but whatever Its significance was in olden times, history does not say; at the same time the custom is pursued with unerring regularity at the preseut day throughout the provinces mentioned. ACORNS. Original contributions and solutions are re quested irom all the readers. Ciimmuulcallons must be will leu In ink. on one side of the paier ana lhe name sud addiess must accompany tliem as a gum autre good [aim. Addiess ruzz'.e Editor Daily Mosuura Call, OOU Clay street, Sun I'iaucisco, Cal. ANSWKItS. No. 10. JATVR No. 12. SAVES AGAVE AI'ODK PAPAS VOMIT EVADE EDICT I'.E.SEX SEXTO No. 11. hairuclioinyoniacbln. No. 13. Ant, loy, rat, lioise, camel, pig, acorn, buffalo, crow, ante, doll, diuni, grizzly bear, bees, dog, cat, lieu, lamb, uonkey, pears and monkey. SOLVERS. Haivle O. Babcock. Alice Hrennan. Olive E. Turner, Lynceux, Situ D.. Alias, Merry Mack. 11. V. I'liisi. OCdlpus, Annie >ullivau, Eu (_eer. Heine Ihnke and Laura M. Smith. .-vri.r.TE List.— ll. Y. Fio.t, Lynceuj, Eu Geer and ilarvie O. Babcock. JB}t.fcii'>m«. NO. 23. CHAnADE. . 'TIS pleasant to heboid H. V- It. and Olivet Last jlrit to tbe fold. And geod example set To other ladies fair. To Join the •■ Mystic Krewe," And eaeb the tidings bear To young men, good and true. And should they win a prize, 1 1 -ii loittl will be small, But tbey will realize A benefit all. San rraneisco. H. Y. Fbcst. No. __:-. SQI'ARE. 1 — Tiie twentieth part of a shekel. 2— To avoid by aitit.ee. 3— Pertaining to the couutry. 4— A proverb. s— The name of a woman. Oakland, Cat. Atlas. NO. 25. DECAPITATION. 1 beld her all In mine, Xext relt a trill excite My inner self, In tones - Of pure and ciissie delight. And as she raised her eyes 1 clasped her form and— kitted her, And thanked kind heaven that sent A dear aud iov lug sister! Ban Prostatas. Harvie O. Babcock. No. 2C. S((( AUK. To" Marguerite.'" 1— genus of plant', one species of which pro duces the betel uui. 2— To Involve. 3— To slip away, 4— Au evergreen need different species. 5— li"ri«k. .. C'Al'T. N. I'ujssk. .Sim _'ranelseo. No. 27. DIAMOND. I—A teller. 2— An abbreviation of Democrat*. 3— Slender bodies line a bustle. 4— Aitended wlib a pieierualuial excitement. Aavlses to ihe contrary (ob«.). (">— Having deliued limits. 7— A ciiy of San I'ele County, Utah. 8-A ciys lalinc rock composed ol leldspai audguaitzof graven while and red color. 9— A basket. 10— A i en. LI— A letter. EcOeeb. Snn J-'rnnri.ri,. ' Auswei and solvers In Ihree weeks. STKAY LEAVES. 11. Y. linst, Atlas, Harvle O. Babcock and Eu Ceei's juzzles have been received and accepted and aie Invited to call early and often. Several of our coiiespniideuis evidently thought we were ml-leadlne them when we asserted that ■ heir answers ul Uie 21 puzzle weie erroneous. We are tony tbey should take offense at what was tint intended either to mislead or Insult Iliein. We told tliem Iheir answers were incor rect and we say It again; and lo prove the assertion we append Ilie lollowing conect an swer sent lo us by J. C. ML. of this city and B. S. Ciuckerof l'laccivlllc: 11 1 3 3 3 21 These coi respondents have complied wltb the lines governing the mode of answering tlie puz zle, and have found the line and, possibly the only, manner of obtaining line solution. Eu (jeer shows a loudness lor lhe craft by sending In Mich a large foini, and we hope it will not iem .in long wiinout a mate. Generally, young ladles prefer lv woo the Nine than delve In v.eli-. ii for words to complete their puzzles. We iiiisimai sbe Is not tin exception, but will send us a poetical puzzle lo gi ace litis depart ment. We liko to see ambitious posers, for even iv ibis ait there have been many poets and poet esses who have found delight wllbln Its borders. l.ongfelloto, Praed, -Mine, de Siveueati, t'owper, Lamb, and even Shakespeare makes mention Ibioiiglioul lis plays of enigmas, ilddles, ama giains, etc., which veilhes my bold assertion. hen i u. l'ci iheie is much yei to learn, and some of the knowledge run be obtained through the liisti uineutality of this itriuce of pastimes. . I Kkiini-l. A WASTED EESSUS. Cousin Nell (inculcating generosity)— Su pposing your chicken should lay a nice egg, tommy; would you give It to me? Tommy— No; I'd sell it to Barnum. That chick's a rooster! \ —Judge. ■ _ It is _an old remedy fnr • the hiccough ito hold one's breath; and if j that falls then to gargle with a Utile water, and if the hic cough still continues to tickle the nose to the point of sneezing ouceor twice, when the hiccough is sure to go.jagHgagßsgM FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN. An Engineer Tells of the Pro- gress on the Nicaragua Canal. ....._■-.., .... .... ... . . . ...... .. — -._ _ ..-■ . . The Great Engineering Scheme Which Is to Be Carried Oat— Baiting the Lake Level. Ihe Health of the Employes. ||<jrriß. MAX EEBER of St. Louis, a JSTIft member of the staff of engineers j__vSj employed in the work on the Nica ragua Canal, recently visited his home, and to a representative of the Post-Dispatch gave the following interesting account of the work on the canal as far as It has pro gressed : "Beginning at Greytown Harbor," ea_d , Mr. Ruber, "the Atlantic port of entrance to the canal, the company has built a break water cut into the haibor 700 feet, which has changed the current along tbat coast until it tends. Inward to the canal. In the lagoon formed at the canal entrance two large Hercules dredges are employed in deepening and enlarging the entrance. These dredges, by the way, are part of the Slavin plant used on the Panama Canal, Slsviii being the only American employed in that work. His entire plant was pur chased by the Nicaraguan company at a cost of over $1,000,000, and consists of eight dredges, each with a capacity of 205,000 cubic yards of matter per month, four steam tugs, several lighters, and much other machinery necessary in canal construction woik. Work ing fiom Greytown into the interior, what is known as the Eastern division, is now at the Divide Cut, about thirteen and a half miles from the coast. This cut is the highest point of elevation reached along the entire route of the Nicaraguan Canal, the elevation being about 404 feet above the si a level, the surface of the water there being 110 feet above the sea level Through the Divide Cut the rock is being cut 324 feet deep to create the pas sage way for the canal. In doing the pre liminary work in this cut a diamond drill w as used and a careful study of the material supplied by cutting away this rock forma tion was made, with the result that the engineers are assured of a plentiful supply of good rock for bieakwater building, bal lasting, etc. Tbls material lias already been used on the breakwater at Greytown Harbor, in work on the San Juau River and at Ochoa. nnd in building embankments and other similar work along the canal loute, ■ "A grand engineering scheme is now be ing cariied out in the building of the Nica ragua Canal through the interior of the country along Lake Nicaragua by a stem of damming the river at Acton, which will have the 'effect of carrying the level of the lake to within eleven and a half miles of the Atlantic coast and about three miles from the Pacific coast The drop dowu to both coasts will then be made by means of a series of three locks on each. This will be especially practicable on tne Atlantic coast, where there is very little tide— not over two feet— and the three locks there will be all that is necessary. On the Pacific coast, in addition to the three locks similar to those on the east, tliere will also be necessitated a lido-lock similar to that constructed suc cessfully at Sault Ste. Maiie. ■ "The company has already completed a railroad running about leu miles into the in terior trom Greytown through the swamp piuds to the Divide Cut, over which all ma terial used in the construction work is car ried. The railway is built uoon a corduroy road-bed, made, as you are aware, by build lug on foundations oi felled logs laid cross wise along a route previously cleared by THE ADVANCE GUARD Of laborers that always goes ahead of the construction work proper. The country In the interior between Greytown and the Di vide Cut is one vast swamp, whore the wa ter lies about three feet deep. The growth of tropical vegetation and wild shrubbery is most dense, und the work of clearing the route ahead of the construction gangs is most arduous in consequence. With the completion of work tin ough the Divide Cut, however, the Xienr. Kiuin -company »ill nave overcome the most difficult juobleni In the construction of the Nicaragua Canal, and will also have secured a supply of rock ma terial of the utmost value in every phase of the work. It is the absence of just such ma terial as that supplied from Divide Cut that operated mtfst strongly agaiust the work on the Panama Canal. Leaving the Divide Cut the construction of the canal onward to the Pacific coast will be comparatively easy, and will be pushed with all the rapidity pos sible to good work and without too greatly increasing the cost of the canal. " It is estimated that the Nicaragua Canal will be completed and open for traffic be tween ocean and ocean within four years from the presi nt time. As to the total ex penditure so far, or the total cost of the canal when completed, 1 am not at liberty to talk, as that information will be made pub lic in the reports of the company at an early date. The staff of engineers has for some time past been busied with estimates of the cist of the construction work, and their figures have been duly forwarded to the nead offlcers of the company from which the i flicial report will be issued. "The entire work of the construction party is under charge of Chief Engineer A. G. JMenocal. Sir. Jlcnocal is by birth a Cuban, but has been a Civil Engineer in the United States Navy for many years, and is a brilliant and entirely able officer. Under him isa siaff of Uily engineers, and with each engineer is a gang of eighteen laborers, constituting the survey party or construction gang. The lieadqarters of the company at the canal are at Greytown, where are located the buildings of the paymaster de partment, the general offices, tho chief hospital, etc. Every vessel coming to Grey town brings laborers and material fur the work, and these are at once forv.arded along the railroad line to the point where they are needed at the time of arrival. The working parties in the field live In tents. There are about 1200 men in all employed now on the entire work. "So far, the health of the construction party has been comparatively good, the great sickness and mortality that decimated the ranks of the force engaged in the Panama Canal construction having been avoided by the strictest sanitary system pos sible under the circumstances. The medical ' staff employed by the Nicaraguaii Canal Construction Company is largo and entirely adequate to the demands made upou it. Be sides the permanent hospital AT oni;yrowN, 'Emergency hospitals' are put up nt every point along the line. The great danger to health is, of course, the swamp fever com mon to all tropical coasts. Contrary to common belief, this fever can bo easily cured provided it is takeu in hand at the very start If it is ever allowed to lasten upon a man, that man's health is broken as long as he remains in that climate, if he re covers at all from the fever. . As soon as a workman complains in the least, he is taken into tho .'emergency hospital' at once and put under treatment. The man ' him self has no option in the matter, It is the company taking care of its working material, and leaving out the humanitarian aspect of the question, it is a most excellent plan from a business point of view, lt keens the men in much belter working trim than if they were forced or allowed to work with the fever on them until they could work no more. Uuder this prompt treatment, the swamp fever, as a rule, suc cumbs veiy rapidly. Some never have it at all. Although I have been, as 1 said, at the scene of action for the past eighteen months, I have never had a touch of the swamp lever, and have enjoyed uninter rupted good health. The one greatest cause ot the fever is excess in drinking, or, for that matter, in eating, as the liver is the one organ In all tropical countries which is first affected by excess. . Heavy drinking in that climate causes the enlargement the liver, which is apt to become chronic liver com plaint, and makes the one so affected pecu liarly susceptible to the lever, aud most apt tv sink under it. .. "The use of ■_ stimulants in ' moderation, however, is almost Imperative, owing to the fact that il is nearly always raining, aud all work Is done while oue is wet to the skin, with no chance of dry clothing until quar ters are reached nt night. There is no dry and wet season. It rains twelve mouths out of the year at Nicaragua, and steadily at that. his docs not interfere with the work in the least. The rain is a peculiarly warm one, so nearly the temperature of the human skin that it produces no chill whatever, nor is there any danger of colds from remaining wet all day or night Upou the return of working gangs to their quarters at night one drink of spirits is served all round, and this overcomes the effects of the drenching. More than this is apt to cause that iull.uuimtiou of the liver already spoken of. ■--. .-"To a person at all interested in the study of botany or entomology - there is a world of : Incidental , interest in the life along the Nicar.iguan Canal. . Every, variety of trop ical luxuriant growth and of the rarest tropical Insect life is found in - the country whore J the : work is < being done. . Many of : the members of the engineer staff are enthu siastic students of both, aud some extremely valuable collections have been : made. The life altogether . is far Horn unpleasant. I was able to get but a short leave of absence and shall return to Nicaragua two weeks from to-day." 'r: Mr. Reber also kindly furnished the Post- Dispatch with three , blue , priut i copies of photographs taken of the features of con struction work now going on. One shows the headquarters buildings at Grevtown Harbor, a second the wcrk on tbe pier ex tending 700 feet out into the _ harbor, and a third showing the system of corduroy road upon which the railroad between Greytown and Ihe Divide Cut is built. - Mr. Reber ex plained -'thai photographs . of all leading phases of the work are sent to the general offices of the Nicaraguan Canal Construction Company (as the best method of showing just what is being done on the spot. THE BIGGEST MAN. A- Blue- Grass- Fed Hoosier Who Tips the Scale at 907 Pounds. Indiana boasts of having within its bor ders the largest man in the world. This person is John Hanson Craig, now a resident of Danville, a town of two thou sand inhabitants, nineteen miles west of In dianapolis, on the Big Four Kailroad, and the county seat of Hendricks County. John, who was born in lowa City, lowa, in 1855, soo n moved to the blue grass region of Kentucky. At birth he weighed eleven pounds. , He grew so rapidly that at the age of 11 months he had seven pounds of flesh to show for each month of his existence, weighing sev enty-seven rounds. .; From this time on his gain in flesh was phenomenal, and he was the talk of the community. •*.--> When he reached the age of . 2 years his . weight was 206 pound?. When he was . 3 years old, In 1858, I. T. Baruum inaugurated a baby show in fj£d> John Hanson Craig, 907 Pounds. Mew York, and his parents bearing of this, resolved to enter him in competition. with the oilier contestants. He was awarded the prize offered for the largest baby present, 81000. At the age of 5 years his weight had in creased until he weighed -.Hi- pounds. His weight the next six years kent on increas ing until he registered 405 pounds. The next eight years his weight increased 190' pounds, making his total weight 001 pounds. . He made it 729 pounds when he was _.'.") years old. During the next two .years he only in creased his weight to 70- pounds, but the next year he gained thirty-four pounds, making the total 7'J-J pounds at the age of 28. From that time his weight has been gradu ally Increasing until at the present time, when he Is only 33 years old, he tips the scales at 9o7 pounds. Judging from the past lie has not slopped accumulating flesh, and, although he has not weighed himself very recently, it is said he believes lie is still in creasing in size and will continue to grow for some years to come. . This Immense amount of flesh is not caused by un extraordinary appetite. Mr. Craig, on thecontrary, being a very delicate eater, is not addicted to the use of intoxi cants, and does not use tobacco in any form. He suffers no inconvenience from his Very heavy weight, and was never ill day in his life. t . ■■» lie stands 6 feet "> Inches in his stocking feet. _ and .measures s feet _ inches at the hips.: The cloth in one of his suits of clothes will serve to make several suits for ordinary men, it requiring forty-one yards to make him a lull suit— vest and pan taloons—and it takes three pouuds of yarn to make him a pair of stockings. . lie laughingly says that the cows always smile when they see him going to a shoe shop to leave his measure for a pair of boots, as it will take a whole side to make him a pair. No. 12 being the size he wears. The father of Mr. Craig was a very small man. weighing about 115 to 120 pounds. His mother was also a small woman, not weigh ing over 110 or 115 pounds. His great-great-grandfather on his mother's side was Governor Chittenden, the first Gov ernor of Vermont, whose birthplace was Ireland. Hr. Hanson Catlelt, his grand father, was Assistant Surgeon-General of the United States for thirty-five years, and he died in the Government service at East Liberty. Pa. He was born in England. . On his father's side Mr. Craig's grand father was a native of Scotland, and his grandmother a German, having been born in the city of Frankfort. Mr. Craig is a first cousin of William P. He. burn, at the present time solicitor for the United Slates Treasury. • - A lew days ago Mr. Craig's home was brightened by Mrs. Craig giving birth to a girl baby. This is the only child they have, and both are very' joyful over the event. Mrs. Craig's weight is about 130 pounds. N. Y. Herald. FOR STAMPS. How to Make a Novel and a Pretty Case to Hold Them. Make the case of stiff paper, covered with myrtle-green silk; cut the paper six inches long and two inches and a half wide. . After it is covered buttonhole-stitch two small slits on the back for the ribbon to pass ihroiigh; then cut a few leaves of common tinfoil ; 7 A y.ret Case. fasten the leaves together with long stitches of green silk, and cut slits in the outside tinfoil leaf corresponding to those in the cover and fasten the leaves Inside the cover by passing a narrow myrtle-green ribbon through both cover and leaf. This size case will allow of six stamps, or twelve if turned face to face. Being placed between two leaves, the tinfoil prevents them from stick ing together. ' Before covering the case work ln outline the words "Postage Stamps" in slender letters with light-green silk. Fill the case with 1 and 2 cent stamps. Much of the success of this and other articles de pends upon selecting pretty colors of silk, ribbon or brocade, and doing the sewing featly. Use satin and grosgrain ribbon for sney work.— Ladles', Home Journal. For au Emprcll. The latest eccentricity of Viennese fash lon is a passion for fans of mountain ' cock feathers. The last question the young Austrian belle asks her admirer before he goes on a hunt is: : " Wont you try, please, to bag me a line fan ?" An ideal Inn of this kind must contain only feathers from birds brought down by the most expert shots, and every feather must l c the lone|representa tive ol the giver's skill. Consequently sip an ideal fan may record the admiration and skill of si\tv or seventy hunters. ' It Is also -not unusual to have cut iv the i ribj of the smaller fans a brief account of the circum stances under which the giver of the at tached feathers shot the bird. TheOerman Empress Augusta Victoria, is said to have expressed a wish last summer to have such a tan, and ever since, tiiat 'time the young bloods of the Austrian court, who have al ready-banned fans for their own women, have : been ■■ shooting right and . left for I her sake.'- The. • handle of the . fan; now being completed in Vienna, will be set with jewels in the Prussian colors.— N. Y. Suu, GEMS IN VERSE. ' Written for The Sunday Call. - SONNET. ' _/ Ml ■ ' HAT dream jo fair as summer's flashing gi) I skics ' J^ r When full-robed Luna sits iv royal ","-_■ pride. -: - While golden rain from out her scepter flies . Ami pours on earth Its scintillating tide. . . . Ah! one bright dream to errant mortals sent / ■ . ' Is fair as flash of Luna's dazzling rays. . The moonlight peacefuiness and glory blent • In that sweet dream that gilds the darkest days. When perfect love in fullest splendor reigns . Ang bathes the world la floods of golden beams- The rays sclntiilaat flashed from mortal veins. Serenely viewing with the moon's bright streams In Love's clear sky uudimlned by darkling strifes Fair Luna's scepter pales before the wife's. Oakland. Cal. Mary Lambert. % IRELAND, Blest laud of martyr, saint and sage I Blest land of right and truth ! Though chains encircle thy fair form, Unlike in days of youth. Still through oppression's rifting clouds ; The light may yet be seen : ■■_■•:'*■_ Of deeds heroic born to shlno . For e'er In golden sheen. How bright and happy was thy past, When Patrick's voice divine Resounded through the balmy air, Your people's hearts to twine: When tyrant England's haughty rule Was far removed from thee. And peace aud plenty blessed thy sons. Sweet emerald or the sea. How happy were thy scenes of Joy, Ob, Erin of the past! These were thy days of precious worth; Ob, Uod, did they but last ! But peace aud freedom winged their flight To thrive ou other soli ; Thy children from their homes trudged forth, In other climes to toll. But though misfortune struck thee sore, . And thy dear sod was drenched. By tyrant's strong and cruel hands, With blood of young lives quenched. Men still were found whose arms and lives Were spent to save their land: AS such. O'Neill and brave Sarstteld Must e'er our love command. And Limerick! Famed Limerick! Must e'er the story tell How gallant Sarsfleld's Irish hosts For home and country fell: How wogjea and c'en children fought The bloody battle brave, To stem oppression's onward inarch Or sink into the grave. And yet, 0 Erin, rorce has bound Her chains around thy homes; And where once smiled the Irish cot. Now frown proud English domes; And men and women born to live In pleasure and content Now roam the Isle without a smile, By hunger worn and beat. . The factory's bum, the cattle's low. The children's playful voice. And c'en the warbler's mer ry note, But slight thy breast rejoice; And fields which once gleamed bright with grain, And homes which shone witb light. Have vanished 'neath a cruel scourge, 'Neath dark oppression's bllgbt. But though, proud England, thou hast thrown Destruction's floodgate wide, Hast caused the Irish blood to flow, Like Fundy's roaring tide; And though her sons 'neath fetters Sink And in the dust they lie, To conquer their religion they. Proud England, you defy. And tbey hope soon, with trust ln God, The Tighter of all wrong, To see the sun of freedom burst Through clouds which hid It long, And t: ough, proud England, they have been 1 our good and faithful tool. The day Is not far distant when They'll wield their own " Home Rule." In (Hailstone and Parnell, dear isle. Though bast two champions brave. Whose bead and hand will toll for thee Until the silent grave Shall cover up their noble forms. And shut out from thy sight True heroes, who In thy Jnst;cause Worked rough thy darkest night. And through the ages yet to come, Their memories ne'er will wane; They shall be 'shrined in history's tale, And sung in lyric strain ; And in the warm trne Irish home They'll serve a household name; While brilliant deeds In Ireland's cause Shall light the book of fame. Then let us here, with one accord, '- -On rroland'a bv>ly day, - L Ift our hearts to God above And for this country pray That Justice's star and the bright sun or spotless Liberty May send their lights refulgent o'er This Isle from sea to sea. And though we live In tbls bright land. The glorious and the free. Our hearts shall e'er espouse thy cause. Gem Island of the sea; And our one hope, dear Ireland, hough not thy children bred. Will be to see thee floating free The green above the red. Vallejo, tttt. Joseph A. Mcl-SMS. o A KICK It. ___________■ I. The day was brlpht and be was happy; All nature seemed In tuneful glee, Fair zephyrs whisper through the trees A nd kissed the cheek of modest flowers, And birds sang out their sweetest praise; The sea of life in all Its splendor : Lay dancing, sparkling at bis feet, And wooing In a voice so tender . A craft, with gleaming sails all spread, Then met bis eager, longing gaze; , Ihe warning voice he beard lt whisper, llewnre! but heeded not, and soou Was drifting with the tide away. While wrapped In song and blissful dream Of all the cralt had told to Mm; Again be beard the voice so gentle, Telling him of dangers nigh; ""What means this voice*"— he spoke aloud, " Away, 1 will not heed thee now To blight my Joy and make me sad." Ami on, the craft went drilling faster. For fear that he should lose his prey ; . • To soothe and calm the fear ot HI. Fercbance the warning voice had left, lie rocked and lolled to slumber sweet. The sun had set— the light of heaven The lowering clouds had bid from view; The wind blew bard— the waves rolled high And lashed from side to side the craft, Hut still be slumbered, slumbered on. 11. At last his brow the cold spray touched; He sprang bewildered to his feet, . And, peering Into darkness, cried: "I'm lost ! I'm lost ! Oh, faithless craft, On thy vain words did trust my life. Oh, why did 1 not beed the warning 1" Above the roaring of the sea Came sounds or voices singing; The lightning flashed and there revealed A vessel of enormous size, ' Well thronged, upon the waves was hearing; Nearer and nearer 11 drew. And borne upon the winged wind ; ... The brightest music came. The lightning flashed, and in its light lie saw some gayly dancing. And In re and there, in groups, " Some talking, laughing, aluglng. .- " Save me; ob, save me!" bo cried; • No voice came back ln answer. . They cannot— will not pass me by 1" And louder— louder called. - But all in vain, no voice gave answer. He saw them slowly pass from sight, He heard the last sound fadeaway. . Frantic now with wild despair. ." Ho cried : "The world has passed me by! . I'm left alone to die— to die. I Alone! alone! but not alone; Jesus, save me, or I perish!" And o'er the troubled waters came The voice, so gentle " rem be still. . 1.i.: lain with you alway. Even unto the end. Come unto me and be ye saved." Falling upon bis knees, he cried : " Just ns 1 am, without one plea, ' : But tbat for me thy blood whs shed. And that to thee thou bldd'at me come, I come ! Lamb of Uod, I come!" _._ And while he prayed, be felt _ The Savior by his side, - His heart within htm burn, The darkness disappear. ' " : : He looked, and to! the craft was gone. Upon a rock he stood. OKRTRI'DK. y- Almtcila, 0-t.,imri ' — ? * L DIIT-. How bard to take stern Duty's baud And follow where she leads; How bard to pass the flowers by And (rather up the weeds. _■;-. Ab me 1 her pat seem always bard. The road with rocks Is strown, - And bitter bard to follow on ™ - ; Nor ever to make moan, • : . (.oil help the wife by duty led, By duty led alone, - ■ For cold the hearth and hard the bed ■ - When love's fair dream Is flown. . * . Yet every bitter holds a sweet. . - • The saddest hours the brig litest greet. SSHRHMSPHBisi-AS I'olly KWI.I.L. r* '..■■:■■■■■ \ ; THE TWINS. : , . ..... '_'■-'... ■"- :.;A --',/■ Sweet little twins— the theme or my verse- Two "'it tie ilwooil girls," but olten the reverse; • ■ Two little bloodies, scarce able to walk; '_.".'. .0 Two little toddlers beginning to talk H Two pair of in in- eyes that roguishly say. '■_-_£_£. rf We're pets or the house ami must have our way. 5? A crash tv the cupboard, : How foolish I am; '_ Surely they're after the Jelly or jam. '•_.;." •'" Bless 'em the darlings! (I'll now take my leave) Pa's pet Lavlna ituil ma's Genevieve. . Oakland, Xov. .'_•, /ISO. J.D. a ", TIABDANACO, [The ruins of Tiahiianaco are situated on tbe north eastern lordcr of Lake Titlcaca, In Bolivia. 8. A. They are believed to the oldest collection of ruins on lhe hemisphere. 'lliey prove the existence of a nice so fur antedating the time of tbe lucas that aU trace of it was lost before the Spaniards came.] . Who wrought these temples when the world was young? These marvelous blocks were quarried by whose k_a__9 hands t B^SsWiPBPMV Who carved these writings no one undeistands. These silent halls re-echoed with what tongue? What hymns to what strange gods therein were sung? . ■-, ■.-."" . ,'•'... Whose priests stood by Its sacrificial stone - What tortured victims saw tbe knire upswung? Tbere lying, ln their awful Isolation, 'lone, Through tbese arched doorways sculptured Egypt . wise •■_.-, - '-. In low relief, with symbols strange and weird; Did women pass whose sad averted eyes '. - '._ Shrank from beholding; or witb conscience seared (lazed tbey upon tbat worship undismayed, And - joined their voices wltb the throngs who ■ prayed ? . But to all questionings ccm?s one answer: Who can tell the story of those centuries dead; Wbo lives c.in solve those riddles dark' and dread Upon those ancient stones, their eyes may view '.Neath that far south laud's misty skies ot blue? Before the Spaniard came to blight and blast None then, tie annals of that lost race knew; Nothing but wond'reus legends of their past. How great they were their mighty handcraft tells; Their mystic emblems otber lore have kept. Above their dust stars shine, the ocean knells " Their dirge; who once lived, suffered, laughed and wept. Their past as Isls stands, we strive but fall With our Impotent hands to rend her veil. Alameda, Cot, ..Vol'. 17, ISM. ANELEH. — ♦ _''•"■'.. TO THE TOILERS. Lo, 'midst tbe scheming and striving We dreamt of the day of rest, I yfe|ifl__PH_Bj Anil we cried "That the toil were ended! 0, red sun. sink swil t in the west!" But now the work is completed. As all things la time must be done, [ And we? Have we crown contented? Is our heart's desire now won ? ' Strange: The hated task Is finished. We may rest as loug as we will; Yet our heart-, already are sighing tor something the dull hours to fill. Ah, if we could only bave known How Idle was all our dreaming, And the blessing Unit we prayed for >-\ .. Was a blessing but la seeming. The (biyssre empty and dreary. Uli, better the struggle, the suite; Better to seek and lo labor, For that Is lbs glory of life! (Jive us staunch strength for the work day! Let each moment with action be rite: Toll bravely and uncomplaining— Lo, that is the flat of lire. And for him whose bands are ready, . Who loses not heart In the strife. Have faith, I shall crown nun victor- Yea, that is the promise of Ufe. San iYanetsco. Nov., 1890. Ski.ma Schmidt. BUKMAU. Now, Bronto, away to ihe river's brink- Down to the bank when, the elephants drink— And drive the huge brutes home. They love to wallow and wash ami wade, Their time is up, and so lam afraid That farther sway they'll roam. Now be off, good dog, nor here abide,' For ever so swift runs tbe Pegu's tide— The current ever so strong; The bungalow lights commence to gleam, The chains already are triced to the beam- So bring tbe brutes along. ' The Burmese have long since gone to prayer; \ The pagoda bells on the evening air Arc pealing solemnly; Naught else Is heard but the croaking frogs. With tbeir hideous noise In the neighboring bogs. And squirrels on the tree. - Ah! here they are coming: yes, one by one, Uood Brouto, dog, now your work Is done, After tbe brutes are fed. ■ How dark it is growing tbls sultry night . Now sit you there, 'neath tbe lantern's light. While I tether tbem un ler the shed. San -fVanclJco, Xov. 18. IS!'). MOWS! AsHTO_>r. ' • - GROWING OLO TOGETHER. My dear, so swiftly seasons fly, One seems uncertain whether 'Tls days or years since you aud I Wire boy and girl togi tber. And backward gazing oft we trace Our youthful Joys and sorrows, Till bright lemembrances efface Tbe dread of fading morrows. Though age bas furrowed o'er each brow And tempered every pleasure, ' • H ._ Our hearts are light and gleeful now, Though beating slower measure. ._'; 7. „J. And bent and trembling though we be 'Neath Time's o'erpow'riug fingers. We yet are young while memory And wai m affection lingers. So let the seasons hurry by. Nor heed their changing weather: But trust, dear love, that we (ball die - As we have livid— together. San Jose, Cat. Marcus A. Stewart. ••JE — - — i "JE TE JSEJOINS." j [Lines suggested by an article In The Morning Cam announcing the srac (le of an aged florist over the grave of bis wifeiu Calvary cemetery.) -■-'.'. " I cannot live wltbout thee," Were the words I whispered to tbee softly. In our bright sunny France, long years ago, When we were young, and thouwert fair to me— Sweetheart, I loved thee so And now " I go to thee." " I cannot live wlthont thee." Bright flowers I've laid upon tby grave For many and many a dreary day. Without thee life has no charm for me; Bereft I cannot stay; And so •' 1 go to thee." " 1 Cannot live without thee. ' 'M ; •-.; Tbe Key of death I hold within my hand, Alone beside thy grave in church-yard drear— Uod pity, pardon if I use the key- Earth vanishes, heaven aei ins very near; And thus " 1 go to thee." Urace llibbard. San Francises), Xov., IS9O. ■ ♦ PANSIES. _ _ Tansies bring us earnest thought*, Lofty, beautiful and calm, '. From the bosom of the sod, ' lireatblng of tho grace of Uod; Gentle as tbe balmy breeze. Dying in the twilight hour, . -<-' Comes sweet beart's-ease soft reply, " I yield to you ere I die - Noble thoughts, for read in me, Frail and lowly though 1 be, I the*volce of God obey ' In my simple, humble way. . From the bosom of the sod :; y'l • I -Teat to yon thought! of God." Son Franciico. Xov., IS9O. Annie C. (jßiffiTU. . ,-y.:." -y-r- A HOUSE FLY PAKASITE. ■ . i An Interesting Entomological Discovery -V! aili. In New York- ; . State Entomologist Llntner recently re ceived fromaGouverneurladyan interesting parasite on ' the common house fly. says an Albany dispatch to the New York Times. "It is not uncommon to find half a dozen on a single lly." the sender writes. They are exceedingly small, being no larger than the puncture in a piece of paper by a small-sized pin p eint, yet they are seen readily because of their light Vermillion color, lhe favorite spot is on th c body of the fly underneath the bases of the wings. The parasite is a mite of the greir known as the "harvest mites," bearing the scientific name of Trumbull sen ruin, and is similar to another species that attacks dies in Europe. The mite does not multiply, unfortunately, with sufficient rapidity to do much toward the reduction of the number of house flies. - : While infesting the fly it Is in the larval stage, and only alter leaving it does it be come mature and begin to propagate. Fur this reason it rarely romes under observa tion, and has seldom been recorded by ento mologists. Another species of mite some limes met with produces its young upon the bouse fly with such rapidity that in a few days the body, head and limbs become com pletely covered with the parasite. - The fact has been spoken ol often that the usual number of flies were not seen this stus.'ii. The reason for this would be inter esting, whether an undiscovered parasite or some new foini of disease has , destroyed " them. '-■"'■_'■'■- A strange story is told 'of a marooned Dutchman. The . crew : that put him on shore at the same time buried : an officer. As soon as they had gone the man dug up the coffin, tumbled tne corpse out, launched the coffin as a boat, and using tne lid as a paddle,' overtook, the ship, which was be calmed. He was pardoned. :■■-■■__,-"- '■_■'. Jacobs TheGreatV''l_ REMEDY FOR PAIN oclß codc.u urn -...j., -.-■., PAGES 13 to 16. v HERBERT WARD, ,z HIS NEW BOOK. iTni !■■__■_— ■ -__ili_i___M ■_________! i _n in ■ i i T'r Extracts That Tell of the Canst. & bals of the Congo. ■: fe A Slave Boy That Was Good Eating-He Wep.\ ■_'.. Hiea and Fat— Boiler Tubes Converted' ." . Into Jewelry for Dusky Maids. '•" §y view of the recent controversy betweea - '.'■ Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, and the ' ; -'■ relatives of the late Major liartelott of : ' '• '.'' the rear guard, the following extracts front 'y\ Herbert Ward's now book are of special bs-. : .' ■•■';;; terest :'"•"■'' ' •"•"' i_] ! \ If my Borneo experiences were rendered Z-.'i unsatisfactory through ill-health, it is to this' ;•?., portion of my life that 1 am indebted for a, friendship which has In many ways influ.-' ... ■ enced my later life. It happened that news • ■'• J was brought to me by a Malay that a white : ;:}■• man had accidentally shot himself at soma . lie distance from where I then was. It was' y.'. my poor friend Frank Ilatton; from whom /. I had parted but a few days before, whoso •'. life of much achievement and more, promise '. was ended in this tragic . manner. WhiUj' ' ;•-.. . tracking an elephant through the forest hi» ;":'.: gun became entangled In a creeper, th« "•'•'••' trigger caught and the charge entered hit ■;■.. right lung, killing him almost instantly. .'. /"''-'■?'»>» //nil A ■■■■- W Mk 4: I "■— • & * A ' ' / r I r I * ' ■• ~ Salt for Sain. A Troph}). ' '. . "■ ; I had become much attached to Frank. - nattou during the short tiro* we . had spent .••: together, and nip first thought on my return, ' .. when renewed health enabled me. to get ;. ' about, was to seek out his father. Mr. " Joseph Ilatton was then in America with •: Mr. Henry Irving, and, hearing that some .'• one had arrived from Borneo wbo could ■.-.-. supplement the meager details of .th 0.... ("itastroplie he was then In possession of, ba •.. hastened his return to England, and im- : mediately on his arrival home -sought ma .'. : .° out to hear all that I could tell him of the .-" cruel circumstances that deprived him of an. .". only and dearly loved son.- It was through .••.' Mr. Hatton that I procured an interview with Mr. Henry M. Stanley, and thus, by s . chain of circumstances, an event happening; ; -. in a far away Eastern island was the means : . if sending me to the heart of Central Africa. • And as I jot down to-day my reminiscences .. ol live years' life with the Congo cannibals . it seems that I can almost hear the report of ' the fatal shot echoing through the- Bo mean -, : forest On one occasion, some two years aio, a- •■,'. large caravan of men from the noith bank of the Congo had taken loads at Manvanga for Stanley. Pool, consisting mainly of mate rial for one of ttie steamers then being nut ■___ together at Lropoldville, among which was ..' a quantity of copper boiler-tubing and iron " piping. Having got well out of the ken of the State oflicials of Manyanga, this gang of innocents called a halt, and after having • duly weighed the pros and cons of the un- ' dertaking, they meditated; asserted the in- . ordinate overweight of the loads they -had - been forced to take at Manyangn, and tha ■ length of tho road to the Pool, and finally W;: ■ A Type of Balolo. ■ ■•'■ confessed that copper was a very valuable . and enticing metal, and lucked peculiarly, lustrous in conjunction well a black. coin-, plexion, they incontinently bolted with, all their loads to their distant village in titer- ' Bwende bills, on the north bank. Some short time afterward search was made by the State officers for the missing ;.;', copper tubes, which were then badly wanted . for the completion of the steamer's boil-r; . but no sign of them could be discovered '.. along the caravan route, and it was only as gradual native reports filtered into Man yanga of the marvelous display of copper . necklets, and leg rings, and iron bracelets - by the dusky beauties (if Bwende on market days that tlie horrible truth . at length • .". dawned upon the official mind at Manyanga, and steps were taken, to recover what might yet be saved from the inciting process, to ■ -.' which a great part of ■ the steamer* f^ngs , had been subjected in the task of ft,,,, , 0 flfci* It into jewelry for the fair sex otpauie of suntiv . Among the Bangaras almost wdin and curt.- y savage act of cannibalism i would B*v»jiiJ|bt > to my notice and though the villagers in the . immediate vicinity of the station did. after a _'. time, become chary of acknowledging to. a" • while man their liking for human flesli or. their participation in these orgies, I knew • that I should never have far to seek to find . ' my friends of to-day, with old Mats Biviki ' at their head, indulging in a light repast oif •' the limbs of some unfortunate slave, slam, for refractory behavior, or banqueting upon . .'. the bodies of the enemies - slaughtered in some recent conflict. All was flesh that .. came to their net; and if a slave, captured .- , <^?2Sbu V /"' , x -i. ■' '<\ ____ Bokanoo's Grave. .•— . _--.-■. . ■ ■ in war or sold into bondage by a neighbor ing people, became "uppish" and discon tented with his walk In life the remedy was : simple. They no longer troubled liim to continue treading a path which proved a weariness to the flesh. -The pot became his ' destination, and ho soon ceased to afford ..'. even a topic for conversation. • This may seem iucredlble, and yet I havo. an instance in my mind's eye "f such au oc- ' currence having actually taken place at. Bangala only one year ago. ... A slave boy had been permitted to engage himself to ' work on the station of the agent at Bangala '• of the Belgian Trading Company. After a time he absented himself during working . hours without permission of the agent, who complained to the boy's master, a ': small chief : In the neighboring village, informing bin at-' --the same time that the boy was a lazy fol low and not worth much. A day or two later the chief told the trader, with evident sat isfaction, that the boy would not trouble • him again, for that he had killed him with a ' thrust of his spear. And. the white man horror was mci eased when on tim following day , the chief's son, a yougstor of IU or 17 years of ago.' came swaggering • into the sta- • tion with spear and shield and nonchalantly . remarked: r "That slave '»>;,«»» very good eating lie was nice and fat.' .?_■ An English company has made a proposal to tim i Legislature of the Island of Nassau to lay a cable to the coast ot Florida il aa annual subsidy is granted tbem. - • . » . 5 ? * ( . ■______,__-.-_. ._„■__*___. _j™«. MEBrwi*»/'__,'. .-.-.-. ■;■'■.■ .-- Sfef? 'Jfs"^SrFe^