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A DIRGE FOR KAMEHAMEHA. little
_ lithe be
BY w. A. ('OFFUT. the ho
And so our royal relative is dead ; res
And so he rests from gustatory labors; -so ti
The white Isn was: his choice-out it is said and th
Slie sometimes5 woullll "rutn down"' his colored domes
neighhors. the lit
lie wor.~hillwd as he growled his fee.o-f-fm, th lit
The guiless of the t'pig.trioum. have 1
Mr.
Anil tmissionaries graced his festiv e hoard, r etld
Solemn and succulent, ip twon and anddozens,
5nd smniok. i Iwfore their hospitable lord-
Weleoinm as if they'd been his seaond cousins; ilg m
When cold he warmed them, as he would his shade
kin,
They carue as strangers, and he " 'took them the g
In."was (1
a millt
eIe hada hundted wives. To make things pleas- "('Ot
ant, down
They found It quite jul.liciou to adore him;
And wheli he dined the nymphs were always and 1
present, mind.
Somuetinmes beside him, and sometimes before f the
him! el nn
Wl..n Ihe was tired of one he called her
And told hlr she wa "goodi enough to eat." .
Hle had pegol taste. Although no wars were rife towi
lie lalttest mnlav voulg inenI for his navy, tii
And when he cut ithem off in midst of liti. his I
lie lurnished, not exactly grave--but gravy. who
lie hail a lust, but cam*ped out, on his shallet, ..
While other people occupied his palate!
]Bit the dereassed could never hold a candle may
To those primt, pale-faced Iople of propriety \
Who gloat o'er gossip and get fat on scandal
The cannihals of eivillzetl society-
They drink the blood of sisters with their ra- Si
lions her
And crunch the bones of living reputations! knes
They kill the soul; he only claimedl the dwelling.
They take the sharlwne scat llw! of surnmises, rr
And cleave the sinews where the heart is swell- coe
ing, obey
And slalnrnter fame and honor for their prizes; At
They rtake the spirit in the body quiver ;
They quench thhe lights ; e Inly took the liv
er! tan
mesh
I've known solle ha:rdlenel clustomers I wot, at 1)
A few tou gh ;Il".,w.'s--.isgaius beyondqluastioCn-- u
I wish hal got into his dinnmer-liot,
Although I'nl certain they'd de)' digestion. At
And break his jaw' ant ruin his .xtnphagus, he
Were he the chireto iof witn anthroipuohagot:! Ciga
nlow fond he was of chihlren! to his breast
The tenderest noitrlings gained a free amis- te
slon tl
rank Le despise --nor, it they came well dress- the
ed. mi,
Ced he if they were plehbeia or patrician.
thade of Leigh lhunt! Oh, guide my laggarl . r,
eside,
And write of one who loved his fellow-men! jg
«.-- - - coffi
TOO JEALOUS BY HALF. cov
'wiere was a jolly sort of scene in Mr. slier
TiNiothy Thistledown's household. at note
breakfast, one morning. Mr. Timothy rest
Thistledown had just come down to Ri
breakfast, to which Mrs. Timothy This- he I
tiledown had preceded him by halfan watt
hour, and he sat himself down at the gave
head of the table with a most self-pos- the I
aessed air, and a countenance expressive war
of the utmost ease and complacency. He T
had taken it leisurely in the making of his did
morning toilet. HIs face was smooth as seat
the shells on the eggs at his left hand. who
His razor was In good orter-he had not whl
cut himself in the operation of shaving. oper
The breakfast table looked nicely in it ance
dressini of immaculate table linen and
well.pellshed silver. The beefsteak in the mor
covered dish w-as savory of the proper way
cooking and seaOilg. The muffins
were hot, Just as they should be, and two
of the little Thistledowns were anxiously "
waiting for their share of the estables in a cent
commendably silent attitude of expecta- ago
tion-ftr Mrs. Timothy Thistledown was was
a good housekeeper, and appreciated the stre
priretse of household management
wi- a keenness of perception sometimes up
noconvenIent. go
" A pesenat morning, my dear. Sorry Uý
1 kept you waiting," said Mr. Thistle- con
down. cutting Into the steak. lar
". Yes-very " replied his lady, pouring ear
out the coffee with a peculiar sort of nerv- the
musness, and casting a sidelong glance at ap
er husband. lo
fUnblar that Mrs. T. should have an- lnl
e in such an Impendingly breey no
manner, rand still more stheularwhebee u e
burst Into tears and left the table sudden- ca
y, at which the young Thistledowns laid qt
down their pet knives and forks and
looked after mamma, while the paternal u
head of the establishment followed, IMp- 6
kin In hand, to divine theposible cause a
of the di fficulty
And ow Came the llpart of the do. I
bd vanished from t he din i rom Ol
to adlouron to the library and to thrw
ohadof ow o the oh, andb ry, o .
,,1eld, radattbesestide!Oir Y,
h ,,Othalf °"th fa 1 A in h adl
But her forehed, which ws not
l ew it either betands tor hand
6 "! ie was sufed .n tcoto
Shwusband and ath fared that somye
Sla oltheqou o
a--soweh m tey were .worn ou,,
a g o d iobe well up a the t epian l
Sand rsed days old. ta I h
ou nela a v ery dand rea
"I've a eht 5ttp
lknewi l wat :da
i in a ind t mS i
oo m n one m efrfakb ren
.9~~ oberr1atoterlj
The two little Thistledowns had fol- Ishe clasp
lowed their parents to the library, and bosoar, a
were standing in the doorway, with their of agony
little faces the pictures of anxiety, and I nocet ht
the boy's,Timothy, Jr., variegated in ex- their fatt
pression by tears rumningdown his cheeks I elly.
-so the door was closed against them, But M
and the darlings we-u shut out from the come put
domestic trouble, while the principals inl c.lok w
the little breezy encounter were shut in to library
have it out. soamdudl
Mr. T. was doggedly silent; the lady it tolled
raged and tore around the room, and cold i.p4
threw the worked sofa pillow at him, do- wheels a
ing more damage to the drop light and slanmmin
shade upon the library table than it did to st:art.
the gentleman against whom the blow True
was directed, and without a word. except the ligh
a muttered s-ntenee. sounding very likeq pet cant
"Confound you !" Mr. Timothy Thistle library
down left the room, put on his overcoat where tI
and left the house in no easy frame bwen dlel
mind. and the children went to the reseta their me
of the mother, who rang the hell and call. Mr. I
ed up the cowachman from his flirtatioa threw d
with the waitress below stairs. brown
*"Quick, Richard, follo D Mr. Thistle his wife
down; he has gone to Iemonico's,l Then
think! If not, go to thetflice. Follow ing mat
him I say, and tell me whele he goes al call-hell
who comes to see him!" "Dini
"But. madame," ventured the man, sul waitress
prised at the orders, *-Mr. Thistledowna his face
may have-" the sou
'No he hasn't ; he took no breakfa faintly I
and it's early. Begone, I say!" less, dcI
She was melodramatic and positive ha -a drol
her manner; she had caught an idea.- of matn
knew that her husband sometimes break- ced at D
fasted at Delmonico's. She owned the was ove
ctrriage and horses, and she paid the *"Stol
coachman. and so the coachman would I know
obey her orders implicitly. him by
And the irate Mrs. T. was right. iHer But i
husband thought more of his breakfast tite sm
than his dinner, and, under Mrs. T.'s de- door de
mestic management, he had breakfasted The I
at Delhnonlco's before, under similar ir- step, I
cumstanees. anI sha
And he did not ride down town; he Mrs. Ti
. e went out from the house, re-lighted a ing her
,! cigar at the drug store at the corner. stoopec
bought a newspaper, and consumed She
, ten minutes in the operation, and then Tiot
started straight down the avenue, where greetin
- the coachman overtook him a couple of and Mr
minutes before he went in to give his or- childre
d. r, while faithful Richard waited out. she ha
side.
1! But there was nothing but the chops, "Sta
coffee, rolls, and the newspaper; no.d- said th
covery whatever, and would not have by the
been but that Mr. Thistledown sent for a "go w
r. sheet of paper, and an envelope, wrote a not wi
t note with a lead pencil, and sent it to the for oy
y restaurant office.
o lichard's eyes sparkledat thedisovery; thatit
-he had sonmething to tell at lt. and ic her in
s- he h aer so
n watched the ango-Fr e clerk as he widow
te gave his directons to the hall-boy, and even a
s- the hall-boy started off with the note, to- preed
'e ward Sixth avenue. rel at I
e The boy tok an upward-bound ear-o the De
is did Richard, and after a few moments at the
is seated himself. beside the messenger. lane,
i. whom he knew from the frequent waitings and av
at which had been imposed upon him upon hander
opera nights, and a sidewalk acquaint- whole
a ance so contracted. she ha
d " Ye're bound for up-town in the early well el
e mornin' Frank," ventured Rlard, by in her
r way of Inquiry at the beginatl . meat 1
a" 'Yes, with a note." Mr.
" Ye're to get an anserFr ter, to
y "No; onlyto leave it." And the in ' widow
a centmesenger, who knew B Wear to .,e cried.
a good fellow, anded out the note which But
as was addressed toe lady living o in j
tI street, and marked " In haste" stoo t
t " Ye won't get bae for an olt ar. a y hi
as up there," said the coacha. " 1n
b consented. He had beeon a  h ta o
ar for the servie, all it smuet'dom tow
og earn it more easily than ri4dng outin ppe
r- the old sohegavehe e note to .ehard, Bu
at spraa from tihea r, RilLrd fol- pack
owe is xample att the next eorn el
i- ing dect to Mrs. Thlstleddo wit the whia
Ste ac into her presena and,
ea- cpted a citadel and just reached head
laid quarhra to maehisa rete s
and Tq say that Mrsa T. btm Tll mora i
na wouildbe far toli ttle L i to
u- . do cj u ass tte M.lt she iB
il ad uspecOt but she did mt kt I swea
S l no t at an uptown ilcture2
do- Ta l at two O'clock tht wy as rM
own tIn, MTbisUo a a T-wit a
0511 widow who wen as athrbtf he
wo and a constant vmw a hap
and hatledown bad nbmo te hor- de
S klnew t he r *auad Dow but
S the dreadtl er r heoe tf
r t d- e hned to folllow the fa "Y togoo
aat tteret end and  nonel o e e t
e h r later eher' boy at the._
tba hoe wo the b
wh Y.h e. lytedowi Preps - a
about 2 o'eloek.
ehY r wh-as she would kave d
tto have wor nmU n
served asra : 'at , ih Iher
ir d t o ue ot e ontrol he b
..W. f*:*rF t J"''i.""I'"mM bThe
sblack veil, were so eingii tbi she u l
lied into t~e picture gallerya a ho- ha
blneo daed , witth tedrdae ilt t
r. marital dignity and her gaupeed- in
' 'l~ -i-' Soot and the S ad
t4r541i ' ba as the widow wahm she
;*-.l dock ad barm owa th, lsdk..
'Thstledown; the pretty wdowwm m-
r-the Ipatint, rad o was. Mr T..; .ad th.e ia.
- had patienoeofboththeladis it ofitmw was
SMId soon ,l eud by te ope ... des of Mr. T.
_r In in light doerun glswd, o-eli'-~ over
slr.ld~teo i h batr and his favewlets
t was when keepisg a subrosa _ppoitmt ,
whkh early in f te-snoor at a pietuegal
IThe owdnE wasmeteasMu ,,ine ,-th
that's I n w rl . rM.
155 lt nmnt - me to whimr;"ed aorsaftr oul.
'aw, I ow thlymf th hUtlr0 t.f i .
-- Of su. h meetings-an . wld story, "
Iqrt h ad| t mskedMe, a-.T., to
-_ onof m s w be bac to tllane  "afl =M-_T
a-lo- pr - o dent am i'telmttioB of . te
It had . the esshe I'sb 90110w 1
- wi p- 4.S i redinbeg r d blo- I
tUWOS her a-..- she
the clsned her children to her motherly
.osoan, and, while she allowed her tears
lf agony to fall upon their dear little in- You
iocent heads, she waited and watched for is made
their father, who had deceived her so cru- Inc. no t
ell. roll it
Bllt Mr. Timotlhy Thistledown did not If you
comet piunctually at the dinner hour; the sure y,
'hioek which stood upon the mantel in the macaro
library was sepulchral in its tones, and the m:
sounded like the knell of her affections as passed
it tolled the hours away, and dinner was see on 4
cold t.pon the table, when the sound of of the s
wheels at the door aroused her, and the coveret
lanmming of a carriage dr caused her to yellowi
start. the asun
True enough, it wis her husband with well an
the light gloves, the shiny hat, and the boys ki
pet cane, and he came directly 1 the the trir
library where th;e light was burnil, and up ste
where there was no drop-light, for it had saw it
been demonstrated by the sofa pillow at from V
their morning encounter. Portici
Mr. Thistledown kissed the children, ther be
threw down his newspaper and a small the fla
brown paper bundle and said nothing to, made?
his wife. there
Then he looked at her in a cold, unfeel- they a
ing manner, she thought, and rang the 'i"haJ
call-hell. jumph
"Dinner, Jane !" was all he said as the a see
waitress answered the summons, and then paste.
his face lightened up with expectation as them I
the sound of the door-bell ringing was but wl
faintly heard. And then the cruel, heart- ble ok
less, deceiving husband went to the door perfor
-a drop too much, this action, in the cup paste
of matrimonial unhappiness already pla- mania
ced at Mrs. Thistledowns' llps, and which ward i
was overflowing with bitterness. threat
"Stop there, Timothy! Stop, I say ! Why,
I know all !" shoutel his wife, catching, screw
him by the arm. , comes
But he smiled at her-a sard,.nic,decep- hole f
tire smile, she thought-and opened the the wi
door despita her remonstrance. has di
The pretty widow stood upon the door- toa la
step, her pretty cheeks red from the cold, then
and she came forward pleasantly to greet boys.
Mrs. Thistledown and the children, call- take a
ing her "Maria," as she always did, and keeps
stooped down to kiss the children. and it
Site did not, however, although little ery d
Tinothy, Jr.'s lips were ready for the whole
greeting; a strong hand pressed her back, you t
and Mrs. T. placed her arms around the come
children in a sheltering manner-just as will
she had seen the prima donna in "Nor- j wate
ma" do at the Academy. and t
, Stand off from my children, madam!" bring
said the agonized lady, almost overcome the ]
by the confident assurance of her visitor; force
" go with their father, if you choose, but holes
not with my children. They are not fit these
for you." by, i
She did not pause long enough to think Iug c
that it was not her proper play to expose ing a
her knowledge; but before the pretty thin
widow could render an explaatioi, or roni
even ask the question which should have set u
preceded it, she told her story, the quar- Iin At
rel at table, the note in the coat pocket, tan
the Delmonco breakfast, theappontment Abon
at the gallery, and the visit to Maiden macs
lane, where she had given up the chase whal
and awaited the issue at home, and then "`
handed to Mr. Timothy Thistledown a That
whole page of closely written letter which that
she had indicted to him by way of a fare- the f
well epistle, and which she had concealed the I
in her motherly nosom till the proper mo- Neal
ment for its presentation.
Mr. Timothy Tbistledown read the let- .
ter, tore it up, and laughd, and then the
Swidowlaughed, while Mrs. Thistledown in
t cried. mii
c But the door-bell rang again, andaboy, is v
- just alighted from a furrier's wagon, bud
stood upon the steps, extending a box in prol
I his little, cold hands. rev.
n "For Mrs. Thistledown,-paid,-sign they
the receipt, please," said the lad, extend- "tha
V lg abook, open, with his inger pointed stip
- to theblank line, where Mrs. Thiseowwn, mun
o was to sign for "'Two packages-muff, wilU
n tippet, and cloak." for
, But the lady did not sign-she left the it
'- package in the hall and again went into con
o thelbrary and sank down upon the sofa, ma
m while the pretty widow took the book, oblt
th and, without removing her ight gloves, nat
i signed the receipt, sitting at the escri- is
tore.sti.
SToo ealous by half, my dear," said of I
a Timothy Thistledown, Esq., as he held sib
to up the boxes. an(
al- But Mrs. Timothy could make no an- ant
t swer. _in
thel dir
at The character of Mephistopheles is per- pi
Shaps the most wonderful creation in all pe
fiction. He is not a man in the guise of a mu
r- demon, like Milton's magniicent Satan, pa
! but a true devil, without any mitigating tal
feature, one compun.lon, one teellng, ta
to good or bad. From the time that he ap- f
pears in the presence of the Lord, in a of
scene which we must say is not so shock.- g
the in to our feeigs of reverence atIt seems
Sto have been in many e, until the last pi
a word of the drama. whiceh he snatches at er
to destrofpossibe the oae hope of the d
dy ngi  Ad her miserable destroyer, t
conapletsea o hhals ,soul
her dedllih nature is never distrbed y any
d t-Lo, r e o didia omer its own
mo Uiboneoeleslb t re teof thingsm
han is a more orignalcolcept nthein hi
_ that e oth a ty, resmornsef odmos ay
,who still remmhf their high estate, ad J
r.- t. Vehedfsb h their" rodme are con
raie, If ewrel somea. oeelrt ea , d
had he r, who stllmano ade i to .. . t
shme inconcevable mixtzre mo eoim-O--d,
'the s d moekry a no human Ihag d
t is an infnite subtle ower i .me wn in
unml uniIas~ piaa b-ixre intellei
Yil role lahispr the most fanrtast I
ilm He who could jeer when he
am e oet'r the prsenaoe Ofd, is yet
r. T held fst by the pentar n t flooras
m f be were ome srerer's fmiliMr: and
yallo- . ae beeva me to eilte, sad togos
ac mo% . oot ontemptibile far
mtl bi with a mixtme o absolute rriq
d role in his sCupaturaled, everness ltn
o D.T ais lruh wthin a laugh o the assawbO
am eest sad dOe  bat unm v seor
bll, wholeasd him to ,ertLton W wdoot
blo , , prowdy m.al In hi
eatteneerra the aee old up tr ery 
ai be which em oacmrred to geniwu . Oer
: not.have eleyaed theDevll into 5 -I
d'i hated hm. eantemmd, even i a teder
tulh r o n t' pot'n uat res ha-e
hleus, ·ieeorbo a-d Iit---iso gre
imqni slm doe nasagre, as we as the i-a
Smeisde mr. f -the perhing soul-
-mE-pY
ýaaroni-l.aking. it was e
annollflce(
You would never guess how macaroni one thoun
s made if you had not seen it. You imag- from thel
ne, no doubt, that they make it like pipet, I 'rattio
roll it on wires, or spin it out like g:Las. will be c
if you are in Naples, and you are quite Jack.
ure you don't care very, very much for 'ihere
macaroni, you had better go and clear up ward suf
the mystery. The moment you have tion of tl
passed the Ponte della Maddalena you in killed
.we on either side of you trestles in front cers of ti
Df the shops, supporting canes which are to pay fe
covered with a trouble fringe, long and lhope to I
yellowish. This is macaroni hanging in. ing. in
the sun to dry. The flies know it very we cannu
well and dot it in thousands, and the little to score
boys know it very well and crawl under , entlt.
the fringe, and just clip the ends and pick .Jack arn
up stray morsels that may drop. I ee's-ity.
saw it hanging just so while the ashes er tribes
from Vesuvius were still blowing about steps of
Portici. Nothing seem; to harm it, nei- than to
ther boys, nor dust, nor flies; theyadd to mlen. C
the flavor. Now, how do you think it is gets it it
made? Just peep beyond the trestles commal
there into the shop. "Why, by Jove, oplportu
they are all naked." No, not quite. a larger
'What are those three fellows doing. What ti
jumping up and down as If they were oni that a r
a see-saw ?" Kneading the macaroni murder
paste. A friend of mine says he has seen that in t
them kneading it as they are doing now,. ini him
but without the beam. "And that horri- of the g
ble old Spagnoletto in the bln'" lie is their p
performing the first operation to the makes il
paste-treading it. '"And this troop of teac'h al
manIacs In front, rushing madly back- their 31a
ward and forward at the end of this pole, I
threatening to capsize us every minute ?"
Why, dont you see, they are turning the
screw of the press, and below there out A ma
comes the macaroni; while the boy In the city, wi
hole fans it directly as it is presented to itailist5f
the world. Then he nips it off when It S moind 1
has dropped a certain length and hands it i Shindy
toa lad who spreads it on the canes, and htdre
then-the sun, the dusthe flies, and the i none o
boys. If you wish to know any more, bee
take away this importunite foreman who the stoi
keeps jogging my elbow while I draw, lot of p
and insisting on taking me to look at ev- Some a
cry detail, while I only want to sketch the. imed
whole sce'ne at a distance. He will show neiro d
you the yellow corn. He will tell you it tical e
comes from the country nuar Brindisi. lie pond
will make the wrinkled Spagnoletto put i quart
water-hot water, mind-on the flour. Ul
and tread it under your nose. ie will quart.
bring you the brass molds at the foot of Whi
the press through which the paste is met a
foreed, and fit bits of macaroni into the San Fi
holes. He will not, perhaps, know that were
these molds are made .nEngland. By-the- had
by, do you observe how the master,play- but i
lug cards yonder in a corner, kee oo much
Ing at us a little suspiciously? He half is but
thinks we are learning the secret of maca- pr
ronl-making, to take it to America, and do we
set up rlval manufactory. Never fear: r.
in Amneiqca we have not got theNeapoll- Ing d
tan water, and that is no great loss. with
Above Castellamare, they say the best
macaroni is made, but I don't know on geolo
what the excellence dept nds. count
I "Macaroni Is only flour and water." south
That's all. It can't be the substance, then, of ter
that delights theNeapolitans; it must be ary s
- the form. There must be something In volea
I, the long, snaky strings which tickles the coal
SNeapolitan throat and palate. rent
Progress la Japan. aon
e - mile
Q In his determination to retbrm his do- hun
minion it is clear that the Mikado of Japan conel
Sis very much in earnest, and the latest
i, budget of news from the East notes the depo
n promulgation of a number of laws almost sn
revolutionary in the radical changes that
n they will e t. The oddest of these Is sea
I- that which does away with head-shavinmg, mot
d stipulating, however, that the top-knot
a must still be retained. HowtheOrientals ro
', will take to this Is doubtful, and possibly atD
for the sake of the safety of his own head to
ie It is well that the Mikado's regulation tity
to concerning the beads of his subjects is anc
a, made a matter of option rather than of such
It, obligation. Turning from the somewhat pricl
a, unseemly levity of which this regulation tar
ri- is productive, we find in the reforms in- the
stituted in the police and judicial system that
d of the Empire an examplethat might po
Id slbly be followe'I with advantage in cities mon
and States over which the Mikado has no mou
n- authority, and the bet that he is "pnsh- ilto
ing these reforms forward rapidly" is not ailiv
a little to his credit. A reform which of
may be misunderstood is the law forbid- Ot
ding actors and wrestlers to exercise th'ri not
er- profession after January1, 1876; but any
all person who understands the kind of dra
fa matic performances that take place in Ja
In, pan, and who knows how brutal and bru- A
ag talizidg are the wrestling matches that
ag, there occur, will not blame the Mikado the
ap- for narrowmindedness in his abolishment Eas
na of both-will only wonder that he has Zas
ek- granted the three years of grace. an
ma The story about the Mikado and the ex
ast plosive candles should be taken with sep- Par
at eral grains of salt. That a native should ot
the desire the death of this-from a native
rer, stand t-f too enlhtened and pro
ms, veruler is by no means unnatural.
Sbthatareg n shel attemnpt his wh
assassinton is extreely improlble,
as his death would be almost certain to
wn send Jaia beack to the state of semi-bar
ings barismlno which, through his efforts,
han it has been to a r extent reelaimed a
on and the od days for sharp foigners in d'
and Japan would at oneheeaended. Pimobably r
o-the most throughly Westeru of the inn
s, vations ia introdiced into this Eastern
iso Empire sthe law providing for the c-er
eat on ofeorpoalos. Undoubtedly in no
a other way can the coutrybe so rapidly i
I- developed, but when Jap ha been sad
dsag-ied bytwoor three monopoly railroads p
re it is poslsible tht the Mlkdo may come th
Sto the onaeluoa that the interests of his th
h domiai on would have been better served a'
ltu- Wit had bean deelopedP ore slowly but ti
siere moehoastly, und his own Immediate
Sthe ere.--FofMV Fsw Ps.
and The Modoe w r is agasin teacbing us
t thatwhen the Indian epe to ie he tt
wi die me thel a .ccounts
Sfrom theoFar arn st ve ues the outines A
Io a tm he between the troops and sl
Sthe Inrdla oo the fbe of Tule Lake, In
srr oreonwhich ended certainly in the de- tl
ewho testofthe cllaedoZ mdbatan ts l I
iot s his two hundred men be
win ilgotng allae two mhils elayln t
sdas and awaited attak. The pol must le
a have been shiarrly weollmboeor aE -
w b thoughthe troops outnubereadt am-_
He buscaded Indians two to on, they were
s 4eer wltsrstohaeverel. hepEWsew
Captain wh one
tender altrb-t t m
have Berartd
a go
4ol. *r%
it was very clumsily executed. It Is now to a blaze
announcedl that it will require a force of Central "
one thousand men to dislodge the Modoes once and
from their strong position, and that the wilpe out
operations until reinforcements arrive has been
will be contined to beleaguering Captain his enyvo
Jack. stupid ii
There should be no delay in sending for- Into a w
ward suilicient troops to make the reduc. counting
tion of this band certain. A loss of forty look as at
in killed and wounded, including two oti- prepared
cers of the regular army, is a high pricer he can e:
to pay for such a barren result, antl we breaking
hope to hear of no more -uch experiment- accorded
ing. n the present state of Indian affairs
we cannot afiord to allow the bad Indians
to score a victory auainst the Govern
ent. Tlhe extermination of Captain MARK
.lack and his band, is a disagreeable nhe- York T
ces-ity. It will stand as a warning to oth- months 1
er tribes who wish to follow in the foot- ago, and
stens of the Modocs. It is cheaper to wfld I would
thin to tight them. say the peacepolicy rest of it
men. Granted. But when the Indian dolent i
gets it into his egotistical head that he can expensii
command reguyar rations, as well as ftlol spected
oplrtunity for blooIshed, it will require hie is pot
a larger expedition still to keep him quiet. and live
Wh:t the peace policy people forget Is himself:
that a red man should be rpunished for and be n
murder just as ipuch as a white man, and than a b
that in the strongarm continuously keep- When
lung him in subjection lies the only chance you are
of the good nurse to spoon-feed nim with drowse
their philanthropic pap. The defeat dream d
makes it imperative on the government to thing, J
teach all the savages a lesson. through you leal
their Modoc bre:hren.-N. y. Herald. In the
" ,are 2,tI1
The "Saltedl Fields. are mill
far as yr
A man named Willam D. Brown, of this ed billo
city. wa recently sent by a number of cap- this bar
j italist on a trip to Arnoltds salted dia- eign lar
mond field in Colorado. lie returned on Tne ell
Sunday nighlt, bringing with him several cold at
hundred stones of different kinds, but warm, I
none of any value, showing that the salt -that
has been pretty well scraped up. Among lint tid
the stones found are small India rubles, a for thi
lot of garnets and a few small diamonds. lands a
Some of the latter Mr. Brown recognized selves s
immediately as South Afica and Rio Ja- you pl
nero diamonds. He found, after a prac- much)
it tical examination, that the stones corre4- idea.
fc } wpond with such gems as are sold by the mark
ot quart in Rio Janeiro and at the Cape of to stal
r Goodl Hope at from $1,000 to $1,200 a more
r11 quart. winter
)f 11 ilt at Arnold's salt fields Mr. Brown in the
is met a party of eight men from Colorado, ilege c
ue San Francisco, and the eastern states, who gree
t were on the sameerrand as himaself. They house
e- had picked up quite a quantit of stones, or lec
but like himself had only done so after you h
E- much surfacedi gingand washing. There world
f is but little sa left in that locality, and the cl
a- prsons about to go on the search would the ki
d do well to bear that In mind. our
. Mr. Brown made some other interest- house
- Ing discoveries, which, in conversation feet a
s. with a reporter, he related as follows: Vrees
eat In order to obtain a correct idea of the mirk
n geological formation of the surrounding and
country I extended my examinations want
south. west, a nd eastovera large portion zero
so w of territory, which I found to be a second- Maui
e ary sandstone formation, with very little you
in volcanic. It contains an abundance of build
be coal and iron, showing strong evidence the t
of once being the bed of an immense eur- der
rent when involved in water. The diree- brok
tion of the current was from north to of K
south, extending eight or nine hundred goin;
do- miles in the above direction and about four not t
lo hundred miles in breadth. I come to the er at
conclusion this was evidently the cause of the
the depositing the immense parallel reefs of on 1
ot sandstone formation and coal. mida
hat "At an elevation of 6.000 feet above the fore
isea I discovered an immense bed of oys- whil
ter fossil, which was evidently at some re- cast
mooe period a large oyster shoal. At a mon
t rough guess there must be at leasta thou- trig
bly sand tons of oyster fossil in that section a st
of ten acres. I also found a large quan- shad
on tit of petrified bones-both human and es.ia
h animal-with petrified ancient vegetables, and
of such as turnips, water creases, sagebush, furtl
hat prickly pears, toad-stools and a large tone
antity of various kinds of shells. From a ber
In- the formation of the country I do not the
tern think that any gold or silver can exist in and
PX that locality. East of the so-called di- blacl
tie mond fields are the great Sierra are nt
mountains, which abound in slate, gran- whe
ah Ito, quartz and porphyry, carrylng , o un.
not silver and precious teones I.' tse
o Mr. Brown says that about two acres you
of the ground was salted. Outsideofthat abo
Vir not even a ,garnet is to be found.-Sas Ing
any Fraaeisco Chronsicle. you
dra- Prssia Oeeud tle. is lAfeis
bru- A(
th A German paper declares that Prussia S
ado has made arrangements with Portugal for elde
went the purchase of certain settlements on the ty
SEastern coast of Africa-indeed, close to Ing.
e prt o Africa, and, it is to be feared, has belt
id not made the alighi est remonstrance wet
against the traMe ln slaves which, or he "su
ist reatly libeled, ia the principal source full
pro- of revenue to the Sultan of Zanzibar, to as a
thia whom nir Bartle Frere has gone to pay a che
ale visit of coercion, in the name of Queen re
e Victoria ad in behalf of butanity. That ord
aoPrussia shotld desire to have several tha
rorta points of occupation in Africa, toward mi
Swhich the tide of colonization is rapidly or
erain advancing, need not create surprise. An
bably Prussla is not et, but is in a fir way to hit
in no Gernan Ocean, and ber annexation of bhe
o anover, with its considerable line osea-I rie
m the Baltic is not navigable from aeamu- e
ed lation of ice, and all times entrance a
Sbt through the JSound (the narrow strrt be- en
d twte Dee mark a ad swed) is atory, in
sometimes dangerous. But te proposed w
ship canal through Holstein, fromthe
North Sea to Klel Bay, will give Prussia
greater command of the Balto than isnow
_nossessed by ussia. Already, If pub
ng Us ished and uncontradicted statements are vi
he he to be credited, Pruslahas seured a point 1
ounts of occupation on the northern shore of U
ke, in so-African colony now being formed on
he do the territory of Tunis, not far romCape b
agln Blanco, is within a short distance of ii
anly, ad much nearer to E than f
Algeria. Asa apaious harboris partof '
legth thisnewly~acaird territory soP la do.
a mut asily keep t a i e e:Uterranean,
r. al- whenever policy dictates her todo.-
Le am- ore' Pre.
n T ecentral Asia questsc..
wiled, England's treatmeutof the Russian en
mae of voy basat least an uglo loo about it, d an 1
ed one we doubt not but .tbt Y. ehoual
g~ivep oft's return to St. Petersburgwithout ba'
not ifttleshi g Ofhads ad shrgun
of shoulders ameg the diplomatc_ wis
-ee -m of the Continent. It-Is posslblethat
ther of thie Powers means toresort to
reital of England to even
' propositio an hardl
ba diplomat is not
the or persons
to a blaze, and induce him to settle the
Central A.la question by gage of battle at
once and forever, and at tihe same time MR. il
wipe out the marks of the affront which Aqal
has been put upon hint in the person of deseripti
his envoy. Alexander of Russia is not a from the
stupid ratan, and he is not likely. to rush rain eras
Into a war with Engl:mnd without duly gray et
counting the cost ; his recent aggressions the hills
look as if he hal counted thie cost and was their gr"
prepared for a fight. If this is the case, tain bad
ie can easily enough twist an excuse for profile ti
breaking his treaties from the treatment and ther
accorded him by England.-Ex. Gothic a
unexploi
Climate to Order. s ehlie
MARK TWAIN, in a letter to the New frost he
York Tribue. says: I spent several tdheutsl
months in the Sandwich Islands six years
ago, andti if I could have my way about it varying
I would go back there and remain the the pen,
rest of my days. It is paradise for an this gra
dolent man. lf a man is rich, lie can live ment of
expensively, and his grandeur will be re- Suddenl
speeted as in other parts of the earth; if the thI
he is poor. he can herd with the natives high, in
and live on next to nothing; Ire can su the rive
himself all day long under the palm trees, side of
and be no more troubled by his conseience springit
I than a butterfly would. sttch
When you are in that blessed retreat like as
you are safe from the turmoil of life; oyou tirt
drowse your days away in a long, deep
dream of peace; the past is a for tten brow
o thing, the present is heaven, the future ith a
you leave to take care of itself. You are There
in the center of the Pacific Ocean; you oozing
are 2,000 miles from any continent; you but it is
are millions of miles from the world;k as the eye
far as you can see. bn any hand, the cret- these d
sed billows wall the horizon, and beyond pro
o- this barrier the wide universe is but a for- rock t
- eign land to you, and barren of interest. to the c
n Tne climate is simply dellcious-never of the
ai cold at the sea level. anid never really too till it
It warm, for yvoi are at the half-way house when
It -that is, 2O degrees above the equtator. switrg
g But then you may ordler your own climate treibl
a for this reason: the eight inhablted Is- him w
s* lands are merely mountains that lift them- o a at
d selves out of the sea-a group of bells, if the sa
a- you please, with some (but not very the
u much) 'flare" at theirbasis. You get the the fo
,,idea. Well, you take a thermometer and unkno
he mark on it w here yol want the mercury ex pai
Of to stand permanently forever (with not ion, a
a mo'e than 12 degrees variation) tloi,
winter andi summer. If 80 degrees et ao
an in the shade is your tigure (with the priv- yet 1e
1, ilege of roing down or up five or six d"- so
No grees at ong intervals), you build your fh
key houses down on the "flare"-the sloping withe
ý' or level 'rround by the sea-shore-and hither
er you have tIe deadest, surest thing in the tnt(
ere world on that temperature. And such is long
oid the climate of Honolulu, the capital of st
uld the kingdom. If you mark 70deree as ctmni
your mean temperature, rou build your anot
st house on any mountain-side, 400 or 500 anothe
ion feet above sea-level. If you mark .5 de- the n
grees or CO, go 1.500 feet higher. If you deise
he mark for wintry weather, go on climbingspirt
ling and watching your mercury. If you othe
lons want snow and ice for ever and ever anderen
ton zero and below, build on the summit of
td- Manna Kes, 16.000 feet up in the air. If
axle you must have hot weather, you should
Sof build at Lahaim,, where they do not hang Pr
ance the thermometer on a nail because the sol-distil
cur- der might melt and the instrument get ,te
iree- broken; or you should build in the crater n
to of Kileaua, which would be the same as ecli
]rd going home before your time. You can fact.
four not find as much climate bunched togeth- mitt
the er anywhere In the world as you can in bt
a of the Sandwich Islands. You may stand sbl
ra of on the summit of Manna Kea, in the ale
midst of snow-banks that were there be-Nat
the fore Captain Cook was born, maybe, and t N
oys- while you shiver in your furs you may bue
Sre- cast your eye 2own on the sweep of h Ie
,t a mountain-side and tell exactly where the
boa- frigid zone ends and vegetable life begins; to
dna stunted and tormented growth of treesl
ual- shades down into a taller and freer spe-d
and des. and that in turn into the flld foliage m
bks, and varied tints of the temperate zone;
ish, further down, the mere ordinary green y
rge tone of a forest washes over the eges of t
rom a broad bar of orange trees that embraces
not the mountain like a belt, and Is so deep g
t in and dark a green that distance makes it it
dia5 black; and still further down, your eye str
re rests upon the level of the sea-shore, We
an- where the sugar-cane is scorchgin nthe
old, sun, and the feathery cocopalm asng
itself in the tropical waves; and where
ens you know the sinful natives are lolling a
about in utter nakedness, and never ks.ow
'8 ing or caring that you and your snow and ve
your chattering teeth are so close by. tle
A Surprise Prevented. of
ssia Something less than forty years ago, an sc
alfor elderly gentleman, high-sheriff of a coun- owl
m the ty in Massachusetts, a bachelor exceed- and
) le to Ingly careful of his personal appearance, T
1 has and who was really one of the handsom- itat
that est men of his day, was remarkable for m
, has being possessed of a palrofeyebrows that t
ance were often called, and with good reason, re
or he "superb." They were very long, care the
ore fully bruihed, glossy, of a gray colorsoft T
sr,toas silk, snO arcig over fine rnbicuad the
pay a cheeks ankleen, searching eyes, were th
)ueen really notikcable features of ratherextra- Ch
That ordinary fs4tal beauty. Nobody doubted by
veral thatthey were natural. Everybody ad- tar
ward mired them. Strangers coming to churcb
pidly or attending court,alwky spoke ofthem. b
prise. And SherifR Black, a good man withal in
ry to himself, wabetter loved by widows and fte
ships, spinster-' , at least was more talked a
osses- about bdles of matrimonial conditions of
o the for his e 'dsome eyebrows than fWo all he
onof hisdeedasof chariS. But hbe nevermar- p
doea ried, and, as was afterwards proven,there- p
be had by saed some one of Eve's daughters
urd in from a grievous urprisee. The sherif's
i yar eyebrows were m ehai, tken of sand
emu- careflly laid upon his dre g-tablethe
trance Iasttime he went to bed, and was diacov
it be- ered there by the coroner who was called w
latory, in to hold an inquest upon the hody,
wposed which wsfound das inbed the nextdaJy.
em the
Pussa The A4 ram trlea .
pu Thie hair of this animal has beceme so
ants are valuable an article of commerce, and so p
a point lttle is known generally of the anImal
hore of whleh produces i, that follong o. i
bie pa count from an East Indian letter to a I
Pa u Ensh paper will interest our readers: a
edon The Anoragoat le ativeofCastam- cI
saCape bnl, whlih is tie most northern district a
wee of in Asia Minor, situated about 80 miles f
pt than from the south coast of the Black Sea. r,
a partof The region is mountaiinous, and abounds a
sla can with oak and other shrubs. This is the 1
to do.- which givesthebest qualtyof hatr. Sep
tember is the best umae or puchasin
There are three "best breeds," but eah&
. varies in appearn and quallty. Thy
ae thus casd: Castambu, the fInest
san en- quality and highest lster; Angera, the
a t, ad next finest, but less lustrous; sd Bay
heuval- Bar, the lowest in quality md lMstr,
outbar- but the longest in staple ad the haviest
a ased in fleece. The natives erost the Ier
tg qualities of Castambul and A or with
be wie use Bay Banr backs, adao inu me.
lsblethat versa. Thisisto keep up the ese, and
esort to increase the weigZht eeca . The Ago
Ito evenra and Bay Baar distreIts arem not momu
n hadl tainous, like Castambl, but
aely ths chiefl grasdhrb,_ bt
a well-e- even for --u
mat ia not growing a
rpearsona bua
Cape Eternity.
MRa. IlowEI.s, in his serial "A Chance
Acquaintance," gives the following fin
description of Cape Eternity. We quote
from the Atlantic for February: The
rain ceased as they drew nearer, and the
gray clouds that had hung so low u on
the hills sullenly lilted from them. and let
their growin;g height be seen. The cap
tain bade them look at the vast Roman
proflle that showed itself upon the rock,
and then he pointed out the wonderful
Gothiec arch, the reputed doorway of an
unexplored cavern, under which an up
right shaft of stone had stood for ages
statue-like, till not nnmany winters ago the
frost heaved it from its base, and it piting
edl headlong down tlrough the ice Into
the unfathomed depths below. The un
varying gloom ot the pines was lit now by
the pensive glimmer of birch-trees, and
this gray tone gave an indescribable senti
ment of pathos and of age to the scenery.
Suddenly the boat rounded the corner of
the three steps, each live hundred feet
high, in which Cape Eternity climbs from
the river, and crept in under the naked
side of the awful cliff. It is sheer rock.
springing from the black water, and
stretching upward with a weary. effort
like aspect, In long impulses of stone,
marked by deep seams from space to space
till ftitteen hundred feet in air, its vast
brow beetles forward, anid frowns
with a scattering fringe of pines.
There are stains of weather and of
oozing springs upon the front of the cliff,
but it is height alone that seems to seize
the eye, and one rememb 'rs afterwards
these details, which are indeed so few as
not properly to enter into the eff1ct. The
Srock Cullyijustifes its attributive height
to the eye, which follows the upward rdsh
of the mighty acclivity, steep after steep,
till it wins the cloud-capped summit,
when the measureless mass seems to
swing and sway overhead, and the nerves
e tremble with the same terror that besets
him who looks downward from the verge
of a lofty preciptee. It is wholly grim
; and stern; no touch of1 beauty relieves
the austere majesty of that presence. At
p the foot of Cape Eternity the water is of
d unknown depth, and it spreads, a black
y expanse, in the rounding hollow of shores
)t of unimaginable wilderness and desola
) tion, and issues again In its river's course
around the base of Cape Trinity. This is
yet loftier than the sister cliff, but it
slopes gently backward from the stream,
and from foot to crest it is heavily clothed
with a forest of pines. The woods that
h hitherto have shagged the hills with a
E stunted and meager growth, showing
i long stretches scarred by fire, now assume
ofa stately size, and assemble themselves
a compactly upon the side of the mountain,
ar setting their serried stems one rank above
p another, till the summit is crowned with
e- the mass of their dark green plumes,
eu dense and soft and beautiful; so that the
g spirit erturbed by the spectacle of the
other clif is calmed and assuaged by the
rid serene grandeur of this.
of -_
f Scientific Thought.
tng Professor W. K. Clifford ve: y happily
distinguishes 'scientitlc thought" Iront
et "technical thought." Technical thought
ter predicted correcly all the facts of a solar
as eclipse long before it was discovered in
fact. Technical thought reasons from ad
in mltted premises not only to old results,
but to new adaptations of old results;
d selentifle thought takes a speculative
be- leap in the dark," trusting in a law of
Nature wider than the discovered law,
sa but In strict analogy with it, and presents
th a result in advance of any previously ar
the rived at. Having expoundmled that distine
tion, this most promising young philoso
i; pher of Cambridge points out that scien
ao tific thought is not an accompaniment or
pe- condition of human progress, but "hu
De man progress itself." I am tempted to
e; add an illustration to those advanced by
oen Professor Clifford in elucidation of his po
sition. Modern Chinese civilization is a
good example of the working out of tech
nical thought; while the contemporary
history of the Anglo-Saxon ra e demon
ee strates the working of adeatitic thought.
h' We are apt, perhaps, to underrate the
a mental processes which form the motive
pwer of the national life of the Chinese.
SerpSme observers have spoken of mechani
cal and industrial opertios in the Celes
Stal Em ireas purely and blindly imita
tive. But the Chinese do not go to work '
blind. In the designing and construction
of palaces and bridges their engineers and
architects exercise a form of intelligence
an scarcely distinguishable from that of our
mu- own engineers anL architects, who design
sed- and build on weir recognized principles.
nee, The Chinaman is, in fact, not specially im
om- itative; he is conservative. He does not
a for copy anything new, but follows always in
that the old track. We must give the race
on, credit for iatelligence equal to the work
ar they are doing, but there is no margin.
sot They have no scientfic thought and
nd theref noprogress. When dki original
were thinking cease to operate In China? Ins
tra- Chinese cdvilatiota the monument raised
bted by an early family of men whose inheri
Sad- tanee was taken from them, and their
wreb, work carried on, without improvement,
h. b e inferior race which now occuples
l theountry? Oris that stagnation, ex
sad tending hack to prehistoric times, the
lked consequence of the accidental setting up
lons of a conservative ,etich which has some
rall how obtained an almost supernatural
mar power over the mental tfaeultles of the peo
here- pie?--Oetleme.a' Msgszise.
ril's The New Cralamge Bill.
Io- Amerles-4and when we say America
cllwe of course include the "rest of man
body, kind" in the term-is indebted to Senator
Sday. Eugene Casserly for a very kndl4y a
Sgreful care for what some eol-booded
eole colled sentimeutality, but which we
ill know Is something better. The coia
me so age bill, which has ljust passed the Senate,
and so proposed to strike off theeagle from silver
mnaal cons of a dollar ual less, and substitute
lag a figures showing the weight of the coin in
to a grams. The mint oeflcerselaim that such
les: a change would facilitate the inter-flow of
SUrn- coin among nations, especially as the new
lstrdI silver dollar is to coincide with the fve
miles franc piece in value. Mr. Caaaerly ob
k Sea. eeted that no other nation found it neces
mis the for the rdtention of the eagle ont me mall
he kind coin that will sometime, pr , again
Sep circulate among the capeopla rried
S the Senate by two votes. We confess we
at sympathize with the Senatorial bird.fan
They cier. The American eagle is as noble a
a fnest bit of poultry as is known to heraldry.
ra, the ie has done well by us. He has made us
ad Bay a nation of orators and brlsdLer generals,
lster, and it is too late to go back on him. Be
heaviest ideds, be rides the coinage well thanks to
nfer the man who first degned him. He
ra with makes a "right hansum' figure on a eoln
vis or did the last time we saw one) and
Sand oes't ppe trethed out on it, like a
eoodchuc-skin od a bandoor, after the
Itmai- manner oft the imperial bird of Ge
many. Ju-tthink of/pulling him off his
le roost and sticking up a stupid
tsp dItandatraction instead! !Howcoonldwe
flght V'rl such s stae d a th
Iaban b eidkem.
4Nss lyls