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B. SIBLEY, FltEJE LIBRAllY IitOCK. BENNINGTON, TI115 I'UIIICV WOITIAN. On tlie bank of a river far nut in the wuoda tliere Btond a little hut inaile of Inga and rougli bonrds. It was a queer little hut of two rooms that feemed to haro been built far npart. but had come together and married each other. liach room had a curlous mud clnmney hullt outslde and looklng as ifit might have heen a mud towrr thrnwn up in the night by some gigantio crayflah; nleo ear.h had a door and a window opening with a wocden ehutter that avrung out ward on liinges inade of old bita of leather, and wlien the fhutter would bo closed, whlch waa seldoin.it was fasten ed by means of a rougli wooden button that turned on a screw. The way thfse two rooms had been brought together was by means of a plank porch, and be tween Ihe two roofs the red and yellow poles of young pine trees had been laid evenly nnd neatly and thitlched over with crispdead pine needle. Wbpn the wind blew or tlie pigeons walked over lliia thatched roof, the needles knit busily one againet the other, giving out Bliap little crackling noises that were comfortable to listen tn. A frw cliickens picked about the porch or cackled down in the straw under uu old shed in the corner of the lot, and an old yellow cow grazed out on the bare jellbw hills. The hut and gnrden were inclosed by a rail fence, and in the gar den, under some plum trees, a few cab hages nnd btcts and onions were grow ing. The garden was pretty to look at, and inade one think, as a neat vegetable gAr den always makes one lliink of a, coin fnrtable counlry honie. and a mid-dny dinner of pink boiled bacon, gnlden rorn bread, and liy way of rolinha plateful nf silvery onions.tender and crispand with such gay green tops. All about were the fnresis with the wind forever moaning in the tree tops. the frngs forerer croaking in the dark hollows, the jiy birds forever tap, tnp ping on llie rolted trunks of old dead trees. Not another sign of human life was viaililc, Ihe little hut had no rivals In tbiB grand and lonesonie domain. An ugly, oily river, dtep, dark and rtill. flowed through the woodi near the hut. Ita waters were bilter and hlack, stained with BteepingH of millions of fallen rotted trees. Nothing wai ever seen fl'iating on this river no cfead leaves, nor logs nf wood, nnr cnrcass of any drowned animal, and it whh said that euch thlnga would not llont but were always eucked down intci tlie quicksands. Anyhow, be that as it may, the name of ihe river was Wolf, and soinetimes in tho night, when a storm came up and waler moilcd hy wilh a howlinc cry.the little low-hcaded children in Ihe hut on the bank would ttirk llieir lieads down under the pink and white logcahin quilt and cry out to euch other wilh little nhivering (hrills In their slirlll treble voices lliut notv tlie wolf was coniing afler them for sure. A road came out of the pine farest and ran down through the thining white sand to the brink nf tho river. Tlin eand was so white hereabouts that the child rtn used lo call it the wolf's fangs. Hut fnngx are cruel.and so this was not true, for Ihe sand was Koft to lie in.and pleas Hiit tn play in,nnd to build grand castles n, and to ulg cool well in, nnd above all, graves fnr the little b:rds that died of old age out in tlie foreit. The road began again nn ihe other siue of the riv er, and, like a lonesoine traveler who mlglit perhups be waylaid and murdered when night came on. plungea on ilirect ly i n to a diimal swamp where the trees were hung wun mos ana wnere ine alligator holes were eight or ten leet deep. To rross llus river tliere was a lerry, and the woinan who llved with lier Iu lle children in Ihe cabin on the bank was Ihe ferry woman, The ferry was only a huge, flat bottomed ruft, mailo of nind trees and niniiKs. laree enougli lo carry an in team loauea wnu couon, or wool, or clnckens.and the way the ferry woman got tlie ferry over the river was hy pulling with all her might nn a rope tliat was tieu across siream irom one eide to the other. Sometimes at evening when the wo man sat in her porch scratcliing Ihe lit tle fat red hack of the voungest chilil, who had been playing in the forest and was full of little reu wooutlckslhat hur. rowed under the tender skin, she would hear a wagon creaking along the road. It lind a clneiful eound.lhe body groan ing, the rude whcels twisting' noisily with a wiry, rusty tweaK in their uncnl ed sockets, and tlien t-lie would roll the child out of her lap and go down to the ferry so aB to oe ready wnen tno wagon came up to ferry it over. Ihe driver woui.l nass tlielimool clav with her, but rarely did she ask him what might be going on in town. She took no interest in any life or goinRs on away from the hut by tho ferry. When he would be safely over, the traveler would pay Ihe lerry woman the lee of two bits, and his wagon would creak oll until loBt in the forest, Sometimes lie would look hack at the row of bowleg- ged, pinkfrocked, towheaded children standing in Iho white sand by the river. or at the woman bending her back ai she strained heavily at her huge ferry. pulling it back to shore. And the wagon would go out of slght, tho creaking faile away, latnng on as 11 down a hill Into silence. Sometimes a party of hunters came the ferry way, or the village doctor in hls buggy, or a tramp pieacher wno or fered lo mend her shofs if she would ferry him oier for nothine. Tben the woman would laugh and put out a bare foot. hard and polid and brown, but shapely.and nfk him how hecould mend that, but when she ferried him over she would ehake Her head and take no fee from him at all. It was gencrally supposed in the sparse setllemenl down by the cross-roads' sture, and by theeemi-occasional travel ers. that thn woman s husband was dead. Some time ago he had been want ed by the sherill, had disappeared, and then she took to ferrying.living on with her vourtc ones in the catiin. and if they or any others asked any questions nf the mlssing m an Blie would sav sharply and shortly, dead, Her cabln was clean.Bhe cut her own wood, the children lUhed in Ihe river.and Bhe workeu her garden milked her cow, ran the ferry when it was needed, which was not uioro tlian two or thrce tluiea a montli, and some times sent her two oldesl children to the crossroads' slore after meal, colfee, and a little Bugar. As for herself she would not leave the ferry. ahe watcued It uay and night in an eager expectant way that was, perhaps born of her loueBome anu unueuai suuatlon. What a life was hcrsi A tall sallnw woman who worked in a garden and pulled ox wagons over a river in a raft ferry, who cut her own wood, and dun her potatoei,wlio could neither read nor write, who llved on catlisli and sweel potatoes, and knew nothing about the value of belng rellned and intellecluall liut she was a good mother. aho was like a lien, scratcbing and picking for lier young ones and sheltering them un der her winge.or like a cow stay ing cloBe heside lier weak and bleatlng call, or like a gentle doe regardiiirf with fond eyes her timid, hungry fawn, Oli, the mother is, or ought to b, beautifut, whether she is in a hruto's Bkin, under a robe of feathers, or whether she is in the itnage of Mary kneeling in ndorntlon be fore her babe. One.day the woman was down on her knees in her little garden weeding her onion bed. Orerhead the plum trees wrre all iu white feather of bloom, and the bees wcro busv and noisy in tbe branches. The ground was shady, tbe soil tino as bread crumbs and moist, anu tho worker plucked at her task as daln tily as a fine lady might lit at a blt of Kensington embroidery. For my psrt I do not know anything better than to be down in the shade under a bloomlng nluni tree whero tlie bees are croaning. and nip little spears of grass and weeds from a bed of fino black earth in whlcb young Tfgetablea are sprouting. To ee the clcan space grow under one hand. to feel the tilence of the country all about, to know without looklng up that VT., THURSDAY, beyond the plum blosmms there is n blue sky and white woolly rlouds, U nnugh. It Is as good as being refined and intellectual. At anv rate this woman Ihouzht it was cood. and whil she was not hauoy for only children and young lamliH, a hride on her wediling nay, nr a motimr with her first bahy in her arms, cin Iru Iv be nald to be hnDiiy sh was cnntent. The children were at play in the sanda under the runins ot an old docK wnere ages ago some men had nuut rtver echooners for a living.and the ferry was Idly tethered to the bank. It was a pvaceful time. Justat this mnmeiit ihere snunded in the woods tho naying oi imumis a noise JIarry Teft is homo from Oreenwich that heard in Ihe forest always makes uf' . i;nr. ,nt,nn one think of the lonmlng of a funeralf' a 'hr' T,,.V ,1 . i. the woods tho baying nf hounds. a nolae drum. A dmt was in the road, Ihe beat of horses' hnofs and half a doz-n men wilhgunson their elhows rode up and called to the wnnvin hurridly. Two convicts at work in Ihe railrnad camp in the next county had escaped and headed this way and had she seen or hetrd anything of them ? The woma.i Btared at tlie men, ciasp Ing tbe peaked railings of her little gate wilh her har'l hands anjseetnlngstrirk en dumn. Well, she mun come nnd ferry them over the rivr. the leader said, and she nnift keep u sharp lookout for Ihe men, snrt tf they came ih.it way shewastoeend wnrd Hl nnre tn the crossniHila stnre. So Ihe men and the hi.unds that had bern Ilercely lapping at the bilter water. went over on tho ferry and daidied ulT into the dUmal forest. And tho woman stiiod ringing her hands and looking after them with unguish in her eyes. Night came on, the children ate their supper nf sw. et potatoei thal had been roastet, In the aslies.nnu tlien weniuuwn lo the river to wash their feet, nfUr which they crept oft to bed. But tbe ferry woman could not sleep. She open ed the wooden shutlers and put a pine knot, lliming briglilly, on 1110 nearin lt sent fortli a nch, smoky. i iyou light that could beseen far beyond the hlack, flowing tide of the river. This doue she gathered the skirt nf her pink calico gown up over her heid and wenldown hy tho ferry waJcliing and walting in a mysterious fashion Tho momi t-aine and then went away. The dewy night with all ita straneo noises. grevv apace The walcher looked wilh a calm conlld- ing grBCe up into the atara. Theirs were faces she knew. They seemrd to umwer her back. An owl hooted oH in the swump. A utt ol caving banK leil wun a splash into the waters and a tlh lea ed up in niid stream nnd teetned polsed for n single breath of time, like a silver cone in tlie blue-dark of the night. Suddenly the wnnian stepped 8'iflly into the raft, put her hand on the ropo and leanlng Ihere slured into the darK- ntss beynud the further bank. A Hiignt, unusual noise had startli-d her the breaking of twigs, somelhing brusliiug by the jungle of briar and hramble at Ihe edge of Ihe p.ith, and which was not done by any aligatur or thing of the woods nnd swamp. Straining her eyes irnd ears, she seem ed to muke out two dark shapes creep ing along lowanls ihe river s hrim. Ilill I I'm coining 1' llie woman whisper ed, but n whnper so intenne and hoarse it was beard across the narrow stream, and then, as of old, strainingal her tak, the woman pulled tho ferry over, and tlu two umi) Btunibled in and laid upon the bolton) of the raft. As fast as she could the ferry woman pulled her boat back to tho honie shore. and wilh a whispeied 'vrait,' sped ofl to her cabin, where she put out the light that had done ils work. When she came bick she caried fnud and eonie clothes, two old worn bUitx, acrois her arm,and these she flung al Ihe men. Not a word wan spoken. The woman leaned on the rope and looked up at the Btars, thal seerued to spak back to her, The two men hiding in the nhadow of a yellow bluff put off their strange, striped garnienta fur the clothes tho fer ry woman had given them. As they came forth she turned nnd poinled the way oft into the forest. One of the men cr'pt close to the woman, leaning on the ferry rope, and looking uther curiously, Why did you do It?" With a little smothered cry in her ihroit she sttd: I though you wuz Bill, sure ez shoot in'. Dill wears them striped lliings. Oo long. You'se jeit as welcome as ef you wuz him, anyhow.' The shape sped i II into the wo.)d,nnl the woman on her knees in the shadnw of thu yellow blull rolled the east off garments into a huge bundle, and made as it sne wouiu ouiy inem in inesanu. She thought better of it, however, and stepping into her ferry, pulled it out In to the mfddle of thu siream. Leaning over the edge of the raft, Bhe tosaed ihe bundle far out into the water. For a little wlnle it bobbed along on the wave made by the ferry, looking like Ihe bloal ed carcass of a drowned liog 01 calf. and then steallhily the strange waters sucked it down. The ferry woman looked up at the stars, sighed, and grasping the rope pulled her ferry back to shore. The next aftcrnoon, mud-stained, travel-worn, and dirty, the men on horaeback and their bajing dogs came back and were ferried ovet the rivor. You seen anything of them cursed ras kills ?' asked the leader, leaning on his gun and looking down on the bended back of the woman straining heavily at tho ferrv rone. -No, I haint,' said she, not raising her head, and she did not so mucn as turn her eyes to gaze upon the spot in the river where the black waters stillseemed to bubble over the hideous, sunken bun dle she had east into it the night before. Cathariue Cole in New Orleans Pisa- yune, II i: DID.VTTAKI5 T1IR CALP. An old negro who was on trial for stealing a calf was asked if be pleaded guilty or not guilty. 'I jia wanter eay dis, jedge, an' den I'se duc, fur I reckonyou'sgwineter had yo' own way putty much, nohow. I didn' steal de ca'f.' 'Why, you were seen leadlng the calf to your house.' Dit's possible, sali. You see I wuz out on de road, an' er white genorman cnmp erlong leadin' er ca'f, an' saye ze ; 'Woan you pleaBe hnlo dis yere ca'f tell I goos 'cross dat flel' ter see er pusssen dat owes nie some money ?' Wall, bein' ez accomm6dtin' ez I is, I couldn't lie'p it. nn' I tnok hnlt de rope, an' de rain he went away, I waited an' waited, an' he didn't come back, an' not knowin' wbut else ter do wid de po' ca'f , I led him ober to my 'ouse.' 'Yes, but you killed tbe calf.' 'Yas, sab; an' 111 tell you 'liout dat. W'en I got home I gunter feed de po' ca'f, an' de fust thlng I knowed he dun chocked hisse'f on a year o'co'n, I wnrk ed wid him, I did, an' den seein' dat he gwine die er awful hard def in spite o' all I oould do' w'y, I knocked 'im in de head to git him outeo his misery,' 'That's all very well, bul you cut the calf ud and hid the meat away.' 'Yts.sah; I did dat, an' fur dis leason; do niggersout my way wur gwine ter hab er church supper, an' I knowed Jat if da sced so much meat at my 'ouss a'd want me ter 'tribute de mos' o' hit ter do feast.' 'Ah, hs, but when an ofllcer went to you and asked you concerning the calf you denied all knowiedge oi it.' Ycs'sah: fur you see. I jis'thoueht he wuz er 'quisitive tnrter rmsson, an' bein' er shy man merle'f, w'y, I didn' want him ter come pryfn inter my fain ly erfalrs. 'Yes, but when he found the meat you swore that you ralsed tbe calf and 'Hole on, jedge, hole on. I sees how dis Ihlnit's driftin'. I sees vou rreiudlc ed ergin me, an' is jls' trying ter liem me up i in er cnrnder. EfyouwanUme ter go ter depenitency, w'y, jls sesso,an' dat II tetlle it. Er hones' man ain't got show in dese yere days o' polltlcs and o'rupshun.an' I ain't gwine try ter hole out ergin jer. De marlyr is er waltin' fur yo' allion, sah. Do yo' wust,' f Ar kansaw Traveler. APRIL 5, 1888. MKIiATKD C.UUNTY ITKMS. Weat Arlington, Win. McCormtck spent a west in Slingerlands recently. The C. L, S. C. have weekly meetings now. Eddie Iluck of East Arlington, is soending a few weeks wilh hisuncle, C. E. liuck. John Rafter is cnnflned to his bed wilh rheurualism. Mi'H Carrie"Sweet visited friends in Honsick last week. J. E. Ilorton who hns been very slck is recovenng, her pirente in Cambridge recently, Mrs. Albert Iluck has heen quitesick, also A. Ilinaman, Mrs. II. O. liuck and Miss Aniy Buck. Mr. Ilunterof Albany was in town last week in search nf deer (?) John Steele of Sin Igto, who is to aarry on Thomis Fleming's farm, has moved Into the tenement house lately occupied by Wallace Uirnes. Jnshua Bently 1ns moved into Divid Buck's tnment houe. and S. McDonalJ intn the house vacited by 'Jnsh.' Divid Duck is renairinghis huuse both inside and out, Albert Buck is doing the job. I'at. Leary will work C. A. Djrrick's farm the coming Benson. Frank Benedict of Perry, N. Y., re cently visited fiiends in town, Schonl meeting Tuesday evening. Ilobert Haskin was eltcted committee in Dnlrict No. 0. Fiank Young is visitlng his parents. Pownal. The nfli-jers of school dlslriet 'No. 1. aro : Moderator, J. A. Binnisler; clerk, B. O. Barber; Ireasurer, J. S. Nile?; au dilors, E J. Barber, B. O Birber, Geo. HinNnn; committee. W. Blanchard; collector, J. Norwood. Tax 15 cents on n dollar. At theCentre: Mnderntor, W.E. Nilesj clerk, J. B. Myers; Irensurer, W. E. Ntles; committee, Arthur Merchant. B-njunin Birber is somewhat better. Tlie mdl ran a few tlays by steam, a blockadi' of ice 'drowning' the wheel. but on Wednesday the pick moved out, A flnegirl just nrrived to Mr.nnd Mrs. O. T. Parker. E. E. Polter, M. D. goes to North Adams, where he will open anoflioe. I'UHIS SANITAHV LITHIlATUItlt. Until recently sanilary writings have been easily divisible into two distinct clasies. one severely scientilic. techni cal, accurate and exhaustive, but gener ally unintelligible to any but specialists who had devoted much study tosanitaiy matters. These works iire valuable to studenta. but they are caviare to the mulliiude. On Ihe other hand the books on hygiene belonging to the popular clasa were generally inaccurate as to facts and absuid ub to inference, and much harin has been done by the false doctrines spread by them. The American Public Health Assncia tion.a voluntary organiztlion, conipris tng in ils ranks physinians, clergymi'ii, teachers, engineers, manufaclurers in fact intelligent men and women of all classes has labored for years to correcl the evils growing out of the old order of thlngs and to bring home to the people the sort of knowiedge that is needed lo save life and avert dise.ise. Hearlily aidod by the press the Association has done much gnod work at its annual meetings held in different parts of the country. Still only a stnall proportion of the country could be reached in this way. Three years ago, however.a phil anthrnpio members of the Association, Mr. Henry Lomb of Rochester, ollered prizes for essays upon certain topics of vilal interest to eyery intelligent person having any regard for the preservation of life and health. ThesiibjtfCts selected and the successful competltors for the prizes are as follows : (1) Heallhy Homea and Foods for the Wnrking Classes, 01 pages, by Prnf. V. C. Vaughn of the University of Sllchigan ; (2) Tlie Sanitary Conditions and Necessities of School Uousea and School Life, 38 pages, by Dr. D. F. Lincoln of Boston ; (3) Disinfeclion and Individual Prophyluxis against In fectious Diseases, 40 pages, by Major O. M, Sternberg, Surgeon U. S. Army ; and (4) The Preventable Causes of Diseaso, Injury, nnd Death in American Manu foc'ories and Workshops, and the Best Means and Appliances for Preventing and Avoid Tbem, 19 pages, by Mr. Geo. ii. Ireland of Springfield, M i9J. Although the trealment of the subjects in these essays is popular in tone and easily understood by anyone, the teach ing is sound and thorough. There are no misstatements of fact and no faUe in ferences contained in them, and white the most rigid scientiflc demands for ac curacy are complied with, the whole matter is made clear and comprehensible to iho mo t ordinary understanding. Through the means furnished the Pub lic Health Association, it is enabled to oller these valuable works at a price al most ridiculously low. They may be obtaind nt tho book stores, or of Dr. Ir ving A. Watson, Secretary, Concord, N. II., at the following rates: Single copies No. 1, 10 cents; Nos. 2, 3, and 4, 5 cents each. The cntire four essays in pamph let form twenty flye cents, or in cloth bmding at fifty cents or seventy flve cents, according to style of binding and paper. Dr. Sternberg's essay has lieen pub lished in German, French and Flemish, and Dr. Vaughn'a in German. Itlarcli, Aprll and .tlay Are the months in which to purify the blood, as the system is now mnstsuscep tlble to beneflt from medicine. Ilence now is the time to take Hood s narsapa rilla, a medicine peculiarly adapted for the purpose, possesstng peculiar curative powers. It expels every impurity from Iho btood, and also gives it vitahty and richness. It creates an appetite, tones tbe digestion, invigorates the liver, and gives new life and energy to every func tion of the body. The testimony of thnuainds. as to the ureat beneflt deriy- ed from IIooil's S.irsaparilla,Bhould con- vince everybody thut it Is peculiarly the best blood puriifler andspring medicine. THE rOSITIOX OFT1IK KAItMKKS. In tho industrial development of mod ern limea our farmers have been able to maintain a personal freedom and inde pendenco unknnwn and im possible in most other wallis of life. They have comfortable homee; they are dependent upon no ono but themselves fnr their daily bread; they are able to acqulre an adequate tcmpetence; they are secure from corumercial risks snd ruln, and they are not so far removed from social advantages as many suppose. It is one of the strangest thlngs of tbe time this yearning of sturdy young men to get away from the farms and mix fn the cruah and crowd of cltiee, where tho maes of workmen lose their individuali ty and become parts of a cold industrial machino. Spriuglleld Hepublican. The slrike at Chicago is still full of possible dangers to life and property, Tho Bwitchmeii having begun tuuse vio lence, must expect ylolence in return; and it will be strange if eonie lives are nut lost before tho trouble is over. The Chicago police, hawever, have showcd, on more trying occasious than the pres ent. their nbility to cope with and ovor- come disorder; and the fears that have been expressed In some quarters that there many be a general rio', are not likely to be fuitiiied. We have a speedy and posltive cure for (;atarrh, uipntneria, LMntcr dioviwi and Headache.in SlIlLOIl'SCATAItllH HEMEDY. A uasal injector free with each boltlo. Use it if you desire health and aweet breath. Price 60 cents. Sold by J. T. hurtleff. IN I'AH-OI'F INDIA. IIooElr lllver-IIlatorr of llie Country Calculla, the New and tlie Old The People aud Velilclea-Scenew at a Temple Crematlnn Public Im lirovenients, Kducatlon and Pro. pecta. Calcotta, Indla, Jan. 1 We are sail- ing up tho Iloogly River, which is one of the oullets of the great Ganges. Its waters are as yellow as the Tiber, signi- fying that the Ilimalayas and highlands of India are gradually belng borne on to the Bea. So it is, Change is the order in this world. On either eide of us now is the countrv in which Meneslegislated 2188, B, C. Possibly he was tho same inonarcli who had distinguisneu nimsetf In Egypt. In 1772, B. C. the great Se- sostris. King of the Nile. invaded it. Afterward Iiactrian and Median Klngs no89esied It. In 122, B, C, Darius Hy- staspes suhdusd it. In 325, B. C, the mlghty Alexander marcneu inio n. in 170, B.C., Antiochus the First laid cl iim to it; nnd nfler this history is nearly bi lent as to this land until the Mohamme dans invaded it in A. D. 1193. Thence forward it issubject tofnquent changes At one time John II. of P.irlngal pos sessed it. Afterward Tamerlane sub- due.l it, nnd later the English came in poHsession of it, ana still conirot it. As we now loon oui upon us Buriace we see 80 far as the eye can reach only one ex'ended plain. Were it not for the palma nnd bamnoos It wouia, imeea. ne monotonoiis. Lirge areas arestill occu pied by iungles, where the llon, tiger and cobra still reign. Ksaolnnc IJiainond llnruor 41 guns are fired on the sliore, according to the custom, which is a welcome to this land ol many nalionahties. At length 'Jatnes and Ma'ry Hank' is passed in safety. Ollicers and passengers rejiice when this is over. for manv a vessel has been swallowed up in these whirling sands. Crafls nf nll description nre now Iljating on the river. Soontheeveis delighted with the enrdens of Oudhe. which run close down to the water. Then come the flne Oriental Steam Navigation Buililiugs. H mlet8 now line the shores nestled under knots of pilmyra trees. Tho dark groves ot tho Botanical Gar dens nre seen on the western side, Not l'ne after our steamer is moored at the wharf before we are in the city nf Calcuttn. which is the Ltverpool nf the East. As we riie across its esptanane, n front of temnles, tHlatial structure", and eque-itrian statueand a lotty column we are msposed lo say, u ine r.nginn found this n city of b.unboo and mud liuls, they have changed it to stone and be.iuty, so far as its main Htn ets are concerned. liut, advancing in'o tho old parts.it would seem they arestill as they have tieen tor ages. ivioKing at ine crowda moving along the streets, we can but marvel wbence tiiey ail come. inere nre Araba from Muskat, I'ersians from the inouth of the Euphrates, A'ghans from the norlhern frontier. coolies from Zinzihar, negroes from Malay: alsoChi nese, takirs, Sepoys and ruropeans. Though they are so unlike as to faces and forms, still ihey apparently move on without any j irring. As we witness Ihe siirnng inultitudes, we can scarcely imigine how so much flesh and blood can be supplied with the necessaries ot life. For tbe most part they do nut in dicate a high state of living. The bare legs nnd arms of many of them show more bone und muscle than fat. This does not eeo o strange, and we are in formed that but few ot these men can command more than ten cents h day, or for some four dollars per montli. The head dresses nnd what girments they have on are of many and bright colors. Some of their foreheads are marked with red nr white paint to sig nify their r.lass. The women nre adoru id with rings on their toes and lingers, in their uoses and ears, and bangles rnund their wrists and ankles. In tlie places of business, wherever it is possi ble, they nro sitting on their legs nnd feet. The squatting position appears to be the natural one. The Hindoo life seenu to be a flxed factor. The mnlley population do a thousand things as they always have been done. The unclad merchant still posts his accounts with a reed on a lung roll of paper. The barber Bhaves his subjects where rer he finds them. even If it be in the ditch. The shampooer does his work of snnpping the jointa nnd greasing the back on the sidewalk. The Gura dronesout his Sin skrit to the boys sitting in the sand. The Bansula player pipes; the Sitar-singer twangs his wires; worBhipers bathe in the Ganges and throw water at the sun, or deck Singus wilh flowers, as their ancestors did. The boy must work as his father wrought; were he a cobbler, so must the son be. Should he fail of this then he loses his cate and must de scend to some lower occupation. Even Ihe children must cat what their parents did, and aa they did. No Brahmin can sit at the table with n European. The laws of caste here are ns unyielding as those ot the Medes and Persians: possi bly they are the oHshoots from them. The vehlcles for transportation are sure to allract attention. The carts drawn by bumped-backed, pntient little oxen, or jingling Johnny steers trotting before the hackories, are certain to clain the uttention of the stranger. Then the parlaquin borne on tho backs of four coolies, which ia just large enough for a man or woman to crawl into and remain in a lying position is not likely lo ruake you feel as though you would he pleased to ride in that manner. The hacks, buggies and tram ways here reniind us of home. The bare limbed Indian girls gllde along with baskets full of 'bratties' of cow manure on their heads.with naked babies astride llieir hlps, and 'Cheesties' go about with water nkins sprinkling tho streets. Bhangy coolies, with heavy burdens at tached to the ends ot bamboo rods and balanced on their ehoulders, go trotting along ns though stepping on eggs. The street Bcenes reveal as much of human naturo ns can anywhere be learned. The life outdoors in Calcutta is novel and oftcn surprislng to llie foreigner. In every open space, save on portions of the esplanade, the date trees wave their fronded crowns. sheltering the squirrel and the parrot, andovertopping many a bungalow. The grat necked crows are here in multidudes, ready to catch at every piece of food that is thrown into the street. The hawks.too, swing above thecity.blowingtheir shrill wbistle, There is abundance ot life aside from the human in this great can ital. Particularly in the night time, if not properly guarded by netsand drugs, you are certain to be bled by insects with sharp and deep penetrating blades. One cannot remain here long without discovering that the cow is held in high est veneratlon. None but the Benjasa. atnong the nattves will alluw this crea ture to labor. She Is suffered to wan der wluther she will, if It be into tbe shop or house. The Brabmins will go hungry thumselves rather than not have the cows properly fed. Every thing that comes from them is cunsldered sacred So girls follow them to gether up the droppings and plaeter them on walls and in conspicuouB places, using them for fuel in cnoking lliat the ashes may bs mixed with colonng powders lo mark the foreheads, necks and arms of pious Ilindoos. India does not change so far as the natives thinks and do. Their castes binds them fast, and these are re ligious, or under the control of priests. Here. as elsewhcre In India. the Brah- ...una fnlra tha IphiI thp .Tiinia liavnl strength, who are Buddhists and noted for their costly temples; theSikhs,whose reli rflon Is a mlxlure oi urainiianism nnd Islamism, have considerable inllu ence; the Mussulmen a e strong; the Thugs, who believe that robberiee and murders are under Divine directlon, flll a niche here. These dilferent sects are distinct and have as little as possibe to do with other, Tbeir costumea and seals oq their foreheads indicate their rellgion nnd rank. Tho niasnes are grossly ignorant and rely upon the priests for direction, and yet these are illllerate, with few excep- tion. uui nve iimes a uay ine urnn mans and Mohammodans repeat their NUMBER 11 prayers. The former bathe in the Uanges or in tanks nf water taken from the sacred river once or Iwlce.and many of them llve times between sunrise and sunset. As we visit the principal Brahman temple ai 10 u'clock In the morning, we lind it crowded with worshippeis. Men and women nf all ages and conrtilionf are here, This temple has been dedica tcd to Siva, the god of destiuction, It is really n clusler of buildings, made of stone, with stceples expressive of taste and beauty. But oh, the jumble, the confusion, the wretchednesst We had little dreamed that such a state of things did still exist. Here we look through a dark avenuo ot stone, and, In, there i the image of the god they worship. Itr swinish chops and snakish eyes presenl a hnrrid aspect. Can it be possible that human beings are bowing before thal horrid objecl ? Yis, by the thousandfc daily. In one of the cnurts forty kids have already been sacriflced this morn ing to atone fnr the sius nf miserable wrelches. Just now two more innocent creatures are led hither. The slayer if at hand. a swarthy-looking fellovv. A woman takes llie goat and slms its neck do nn between two etandards. and now the executinner lifls his heavy blade and severa the head from the body. looking around. as much as to say, Was not thal well done? Now about twenty won.en scramble and clutch for the dilTerent parts. The dogs are here to lap up the blood. As we observe the Bacrilicers their faces are serious, aud their mien implits, 'there, it is done; we are glad tn be freed from smiting consciences.' Now, perchance, thesa pilgriins have walked a hundred miles to secure thif i((ullal of some terrible wickedness Some of the blood of tho kids will be mixed with sacred ashes, and the priesl will put a daub of it on their foreheads. between the eyes, and then they will re turn home wilh jiy nnd thanksgiving. Such is the experience almou every day nt the year nt IhU templf and thousands nf others in the land. Lpers and beg- gara are here in throngs. Some have come with their bed', it would seem to stay. Why, look at the vermin on some of them! They do not believe in taking the life nf any living thing, unl-ss it be as an offering to Brahma, or some of his deities. Only see that poor coolie on that bed in a nude state. He has been furced by a lileher caste, who is Ihe owner of his bed, to lie down there for a few hours to feast and satisfy the lnin ger of the animal life, so that by and by he can retire nnd rem un at ease How gracious and humane is such conduct ! Still it is religious in this land. As we go to one of the uhatcremation places we meet with a lot of hangers-on who advnnce toward every new comer with pieces of bote, hoping to obtain ono or more pics for the same. Thi place has been supplied hy the Govern ment, with two others, to meet the de mands of this city, Formerly the dead were thrown into the river on tlie part of the Brahmans, but as this practlce was forbidden by the Government, then they would take their corpses to the banks of tho river and hurn them, throwing the ashes into the sacred stream. But this proved to be a great nuisance, and bo ihree buildings have been erected at the expense ot the Gov ernment, requiring all creinations with in the city to take place in these. To our surprise ns we pass behind thebuild ing, we find two pilea of wood burning in the open air nnd a human body being consumed in each. Burning in this way is barbarous in the extreme. We had expected to Bee kilns and grates for cre mating. but Instead the bodies nre han dled by these roughs and poked about as though they had aerved no high pur pose. While observing these sights, a father comes, bringing in his arms tlie remains of his infant to be consumed. lle seemed very tender of the little body, nnd we are unable to understand how he could consign the same to these apinrently Indilferent coolies; but he did so. turning awny in lears. Under a porch close by was a young woman, said to oe in a dying state bv her priest, who had been hurried hither so that as the breath left the body it mighl be handy alreadv for t urning. Such are some of the scenes in this capital cttv that show the condition of society. The bonds of caste are as of iron and nrmly riveted upon the peo ple. Possibly the English Government, from the fact of its class idea, is not do. ing Ihe work which ought to be done in regard to this great incubus. In the line of public improvements great progress has been made here, bo wa can but wonder, as we look at the Post Office building (which covers the "Black Hole" of Calcutta. where the one hundred and flfty-six persons were nearly nll sutlocaied In liSti), tbe Uov ernor's residence, the market, the muse um, telegraph building, the city build ing, the Court House and the large mer chnndise blocks, that there shuuld be such grand structures in the midst of such a population, most of them being Ilindoos and Mohammedans, Of the 800,000, less than 20,000 are Europeans, illustrating the fact that it is brains, not hands, which rule the world, There is evidently here a king behind the throne, or business and allairs would not move on as they do, without any apparent frictlon. The complaint is general that the times are dull and hard, The remark is often dropped, 'You Americans played the mischief with us afler your war in producing so much cotton. We cannot grow it as cheap as you, and bo we are made to eufler at your expense:' It is now very drv here, for no rain falls from the first of Noveraber to June. The seasons are threr, the cool, iho rainy and the hot, but Americans would be likely to say Ihey have but one, and that is hot; for now it is their cool seae 8on, and yet, in Ihe middle of thediy, it is like our hottest weather in Au gust. The English meet with great draw backs here on account of the castes and the languages, for tbe Uindi, the Hln dustani, Bengall, Tamil, Canarisi and Marathi are all spoken, besidei the English, German, French and Spanish, This motely con usion ot tongues works against the progress of education. White the English is gainlng ground slowly, still it must be a long while be fore it can be the language of the land, It is said not more than ono out ot fifty among the natives can read and write. So mental darkness is still lingering here. It is true there aro what are called Government, bcIiooIs which signify they are in part only supptirted by the Gov ernment, There is no such thing as compulsory education, Really the Gov ernment does not helteve in it, It spurns the idea that educated labor is the cheapest in tho end. New the common laborer can be se cured cheap. The carpenter, tinsmith and bricklayer command about twenty flve cents per day. Because ot the cheapness ot labor. minufaciures are being rapidly intro duced into the country. In the suburbs of this city there a e jute or piper mills and cotton factories. In the country there must bo toward a hundred of the latter. The Government owns the soil, and so most of tbe revenue comes from the land. For a few years past the expendi lurea bave exceeded the income. This makes many of the people restless and suspecting. Even some of the r.atives i,, . k,..,,i (....... endurance, anu that if there Is not cll,Dge for the bener soon, another rc. bellion. or mntiny will be Ihe resuW, The present Viceroy is endeavoring to increase the revenuo by increasing tho! sale of liquors. Tbfs is producing drunk enness to an alarming Jegree, and io rendering the natives poorer, and forc ing a great drawback upon thoan engag ed in manufacturing for the labor is no thing so reliable as it was before the in troduction of alcohol into the coun trv. Two daily and several weekly papers are published in this city. However, outside of the white population, it is I ,ng a or a p8per, rare Indeed that you will see ono read The different club organizations are strong, but allow no natives tojoin them. It is Burprising how far aparc the difTerent rastes really live though they dwell close together. Could this be broken down, it would appesr as though India had a bright future before her. Dut as it is. it is difficult to guess what twenty or thirty years may de velop, It is a fact, the population is rapidly increaisng and the natives are becoming poorer, This order of things cannot long continue without disastrous re sulls. If this soil is rich the climate is too hot and dry allow the highest civiliza tion to reign here. This metropolis of nearly eight hundred thousand inhab itants ould not compare favorablv with Boston nr Chicago as to thrlft and enterprise. Talk with the business men and they will not express themselves as though thev were here tostav. or from choice. but ns lioping at length to return iu ineir nioiuer janu. The Botanical Garden. the .nuseum. tlie colleges and beneyolent institutions speak well for the city. The Protestant church ediflces, according to their num ber. are on a oar with tliose nf snv Christian country. But horse races iraw here. not churches. Thouuh the Government does what it can to have Sunday properly regarded, yet it is a ouBiness day nnd hnliday too. uowever, since tt is a fact that the slrongest forces work in silence, and that ruling mtnds are those of whom the noisy world hears least.we can hope a bright future awaits this land and me tropolis. Christian education alone can render this city of the plains mot at tractive and beautifut. S. H. M'Col lester in Iioston Journal. advice to Mothebs Are you dlsturbed a night and brokcn of your rettt by a siclc child auf ferlng and cryinir with pain of Cuttine Teetb t If 10 send at once and (ret a bottie f MrAV'ins low'g Sootliinir Syrup" for children teethlng. Its ralue is fncalculable. It will relieve the poor little mlTerer immediately. Depend upon it, mothers; there is no mlttake about it. It cures Dysentery and Diarrbte, reculates the Htomach and Boweh, cures Vind Colicsoftens Iho liums' reduces IntUmmation and (rives tone and energy to the whole system. " Mrs. Winslow's Soothinjr .SyruD" for children 'ecthing is pleasant to the taste snd the prescription of one of the oldesl and bet feinalu physicians and nurses in the U. r anu ia rur saie uy all urupgist tnroughout tlie world. I'rl'-e 25 cents a bottie. lle mire and ask for "Mas.WiNsLow's tiooTHiKu tivHL-p,' and uLe no other kind iirniapl'Jyl . juvricii -( jiiis. juii. Tob was a wonilerfullv afllieted man. butas.ipnrti.il compensatiou I'or it, he h.is had the syinpathy ol' the human race for 1000 years. liut it has not been so with .lob's wife. Xobodv has uer snok- en a kind word of her. On thocontrary she has beeti held up for forty cutituries ,is a horriblo cxample. Hut for all that we are conlident tlie poor woman de serves a better pla-co in history than she has cver occupied. Ifsliu was sour-tem-perud feho had uiumgli to givo an acid tinge to hor disposiliou. She was inade toilrinkthedi-egs from .1 very bittercup and it is jirobable that slio bore lier truublcs witli about as iniich cnuatiiinity as the average woman would do. In tho ltrt nlaee. s ho was sudilenlv reduced from luxurv to nuiiurv. Anv unfortun.ito woman, who has sulVered this ordctil, knows just thu frainc of nnnil poor Jirs. .Job was in. In thu ne.Nt place. she w.13 hereft ol' lier children. Thero no "rief so bnr- lensome as tli.it which l'alls iiuon a mother's hcart when tho gravo hidus her children I'ruin sight. In addttion to this acctmitilation of sorrows she was lelt with nu mvalid IiUsband on her hands. Job was eov- ered with boils, aud oxperienco has taught us that thero is no nioro exasper atinjr paticut than a man with a boil on him. Tliere are wive, and good wives, too, in this Christian land ol'ours, wliose livcs have beeii'made must miserable I'or days antl weeks nt a timo by a husb.ind and ono Doii. .iii-t tnink. then, what this poor woman had to enditre with a husband with perhaps from 500 to 1000 boils on him. Is it any wonder that the woman encouraged lier husband to ter miiialehisexisteiiee? The only wonder is that shu didn't cut her own throat in despair. But tho?o were not nll the troubles that Joh's wifo had to bcar. Her luisband's friends caini' on a visit tu him, and took jiossessiou of the house I'or six weeks at a time. Other women, and good women too, have had lo ciulurc tho same alllic tion, and they can very easily account for ilrs. Job's cxhibition ofbad temner. Job got worried with the threo visitors himself, and yet ho didn't have to wait on them, to clean up their rooms, to wipe up the tobacco juice from the par lor carpet every day, to sweep out the mud they carried iu on their boots. and to submit to the thousand and one an noyances that a malu visitor gives the housekeepcr. It is about time that somebody was raising a voice in defense nf Job's wife and saying n kind word for the poor woman wno, tor itioii years, has sullered tho stings of unjtist criticism in uncom plaining silence. There are a great many Job's wivcs in the world to-day. Wo meet them every day. They may not havu husbauds with boils on their bodies. but thev have hus- hands who go to the cltihs of evenings They havo linsbands who are selfish enough to devoto all their time to bu-i-ness and pleasure without consider'mg that a portioti of that ti'ne, of right. be longsto tho woman, tho charm ol'whoso existence is his companionship. The Job's wivcs of to-day are tlie women who aro burdcned with the cares and sorrows of this lil'e.and who get no svm pathy. And their name is legion. TSt. l'aul Globc. IlOVr MEN DIE. If we know all the methods of ap proach adopted by an eneiuy we are the better enabled to "ward off the danger and postpone the moment when sur render becomes inevituble. In many instances the inherent strength of the body sulllcea to enable it to oppose Ihe tendency toward death. Many however have h-st these forces to such an extent that tliere is little or no help. In other cases a little aid to the weakened Lungs will tnakc all the dilference between sudden death and many years of useful life. Upon the first svmptoms of a Cough.Cold orany trouble of tho throat or lungs, give that old and well known remedy Bjschee's German Syrup, a careful trial. It will prove what thous ands say of it to be, the "bencfactor of any home." K. O. F. (excitedly) What t Where's my stick? Where Ishe? rilsmashhU skull if I catch him. Mr. R. smiles and cxplains. Mrs. B. My dear you came in too lale list night and you talked in your sleep. Mrs. B. (uneasiiy)-Did 1 ? What did I say ? Mrs. B. It Bounded like'ante up.Jack pot.' Mr. B. (with admirablo presence of mind) Yes, my dear, I have been dis cussing Yolapuk with Jones. The ex pression which escaped me in my sleep means, 'God bless our home.' P0WDER Absolutely Pure. Thi powder nerer rarles. A marvel of pnrity, atrength and wholeomencs. More ecoiiomicaj than th oMlnary klndf, and cannot be aold in eompetltion with the multltude oflowpt, fhort welght, aInmorphophat pwderi. Sold only in cana, KoTat lUKtna Vo blttft, new ioriE Wyl CRpYALS'.1J"3