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THE COUNTY PAPER,
lf 1IOI1TN8 WALl.Kll.
OHKGUN,
MO
HADV'S BONO OI' TI1H NKfV Dltl'.SS.
l'ctroleuni WnrM. ,
Wurk U'urk! wurk!
While ttic chickens are cronlnp; nloof I
An1 wurkl wurkl wurk!
While the cats arc out on tlio roof!
For, oclil I'm inakln' a drew,
Cut bla. with fpanglca galore;
An' how it wilt rlitnc at ttic picnic and ball
Wld Its buttons liehlnt ami Iwforc.
, Wurkl wurk! wurkl
Till tne brain Ix-rIiis to tchwhn!
Wurki wurk! wurk!
Till the man av the houc come In !
foam an' btiftlc an' band,
Hand an' butlc an' team
"KlrtU four half rit-ht nml left-"
Orb, I fee It all In ailrcam.
Ocli, men wM slMers dear!
Oili, men with mothers nnd w I veil
I'll thou them tlrh an Meruit ilrcs
As they never naw In tt.clr liven.
Stitch I frtltcli ! otttch !
That brawn -faced Tolly McKHrt,
8hc tilvcr can idihic wld llrldi?et McKlne,
W.icn arrayed In my poltynazc skirt.
Wurk! wurk! wurk!
From tin till breakfast time I
Wurk! wurk! wurk!
As a jxx;t would wurk at rhyme!
Hand an' bustle an' team,
Seam an' buttle an' band,
Till mc heart's In n lluttcr, me brain's in a
whir),
Wld a dress that Is perfectly gliraiul.
Och, but to breathe the breath
Av the cowslip and primrose so swale,
Wid a sun umbrella abovc.my head,
An' sclillppcrs upon my fate.
An' thin, for one short hour
At the ball when this drcss'ls made,
Wld Its rlblwns an' flounces nnd furbclnu s
Och 1 It's as pay as a circus parade !
THE TWO ORPHASS.
A Story of l'rmul-ir.
Sho enmo living down tlio path, Iter
Jong, straight DltiCK nair streaming bo-
hind her, her great eyes sparkling, tlio
dark, tiun, irregular lenturcs i.nny
nlivo with vivacity. She looked
to the very lifo liko the littlo wild crea
ture of 16 that she was; but into tho
face of tho beautiful, fair-haired girl
whom Nell Havlland was coming to
niectthero Hashed such a look of lovo
that :t stranger would have known that
tho girlish sister was very near to tho
heart pf Alice Havlland.
Tlio two were orphans, supported by
the Industry of Alice, the oldest, who
was well known in town as a very skill
ful teacher of music. The younger was
of an entirely d More lit naturo from tho
quiet, steady, lovoablo Alice. The
townsfolk said that her baptismal name
of Eleanor was altogether too grand
and stately for such a holdcnish orcn
tnrc, and so it had been shortened to
the monosyllable "Noll."
"Alice,' said Nell, "you cannot guess
what I havo donoP"
"Something impossible for any one
else to do, I presume," said tlio sister,
.miling into tho eager eyes.
"I climbed into tho old oak and tied
my handkerchief to tho top," said tho
girl, pointing triumphantly to tho Hut
u-ring wntto morsel.
"Did you?" asked Alice, absent
mindedly.
"Uli clear!" saiti well, pettishly, "you
don't hear a word I say. Ion aro
thinking of Goddard Trcssil. I wish
you were not engaged to lihn, Alice,
iiu Hou r, seem to care a bit tor mo
now-a-days." ,
"Nellie," tlio lovo in the tones re-
buked tho girl, "I shall always lovo
and caro for you, darling sister, como
wnat may." unci nutting tier arm cares-
singly around Noll's waist, tho sisters
wont into tho house.
Tho liumblo supper was over. Allcu
was sitting at tho littlo piano, weaving
n .sweet narmony irom uio ivory Keys,
when slio heard a stop on tho walk,
which summoned tier to tlio door.
"Alice!" and her hand lay in the hand
ot tier lictrotliod, uoddard Trcssil.
Tlio tall, handsomo young follow that
stood iiciorc nor was tlio nelr of "Tho
Cliffs," tho great mansion, around
which lay its oxtonsivo farms "tho
best place in the country."
"It in too fino a night to remain in
floors, Alice, W hat do you say to n
moonlight row?"
"It would givo mo much pleasure,'
sho saidj and running upstairs for a
shawl, :;lio paused a moment, and open
ed tho door of Nell's chamber. Tho
sound of lior low, regular brcathin
satisfied her, and sho went downstairs
to join lior lover. Tlioy walked slow
ly down tho path, drinking in tho in
tnnln Invnllnnaq nf tlin nbrlit
Tho moon was at its full. Great gold
en slant socmen inciting into uiuo othor
and white weird drifts, liko phantom
necis, noaicu across uiu skv.
Tho calm ocean ended their walk
Each of its waves seemed tipped with n
diamond crest, and the relieves treni
bled in pearl and azure.
Assisting Allco into tho boat, Trcssil
pusueti out so as to cioar the shore
Tho littlo skiff rocked lightly on tho
slow, outgoing tido, and tho oars splash
ed with a musical rythm very pleasant
to near, a suenco icu over tno two
It was biokcn by tho voico of Trcssil
"Alice, I havo something important
10 say uj you io-niglll.
"What is it about?" sho questioned
wonucringiy.
"Aiioui iMcn." tno words woro
said hesitatingly, as If ho wcro nerving
niuisuu ior uu cuon.
"aiioui our sno repeated, in sur
prise.
"Yes; wlioro is sho going to live after
wo aro marriour
"Going to llvo? Why, with nio, of
course," said Alice, wondering what
-would como next.
"It cannot be, Alice, Sho must bo
sent to a boarding-school or some
where "
"Why, Giddard, what put that into
your 111111111"' exclaimed Allco. "Sho
would not nt-iy at a boarding-school ono
momut. It would kill her to separate
us, for I am all sho lias in tliti world,
and I promised mother, when sho was
dying, mat l would novor lcavo or for-
saso mo- ciuid-sistor intrusted in my
cure.
"Hut, Allco, mothorand Isabel said
"(loddard, please tell mo prccisoly
what your mother and sister huvo said,
so that I may know just how tho matter
;standH."
"Well, thoy say that tlioy can wol
como.yoti, very gladly, as a daughter
and Mstor, but they cannot endure tho
idea of having Nell under tho samo
roof, and sho must abide somewhere
else."
"And you GoddardP" said Allco im
ploringly. l'f "What can I do, Alice?" said ho in n
8 tort pf hopclo3s way that struck a chill
to tho girl's heart.
"So It is u question of decision on my
part between you and my sister Nell?"
"Yes, Alice."
Allco fought a desperate battle be
tween love and dutv.
"tioddtir I, l iiavo cnosen. l cannot
lcavo my sister."
He tried to break this decision by
passionate pleading, but tho tones were
tlrm and unshaken, as sho said nt last:
"Goodard, it would bo unjust to sny
that 1 do not lovo you, lor you know
that I do, but I cannot bo false
ehnrge."
to my
And thoy parted ho to walk homo ns
if pursued by furies, thinking bitterly
of "woman's obstinacy," nnd yet in
his secret heart honoring tho girl who
walked so uiilllii ihlngly in tho path of
duty.
Alieo went up stairs, and burying her
face in tno sou cushion ot nnnrm-enair,
naturo look her revenge for tho self
control of the last hour. Her eyes
throbbed and burned liko balls of lire;
her heart beat In high, sunr'nitr waves,
but the hand was icy cold that she
placed over her mnutli for fear that a
cry might coapo her Hps that would
awaken Nell, Hut despite all her pre
caution there came a sound of bare feet
on the lloor, nnd a little white-robed
form knelt down beside her, and the
dark face with Its weird eyes peeped
into hers.
"What's tlio matter, Allco?"
" iv. Isell. I thought von were
asleep. Come, dear, go back to bed;
you will catch cold up here."
"I don't want to go. What Is the
trouble. Alico?" nersisted tlio cirl.
And Alieo told her all. Nell kissed
her sister passionately, then, ejenchlng
her littlo brown list, sho said, fiercely:
"I hato tlioso proud women! I hate
Goddard Trcssil! And I will nay 'em
back for what they havo said, for every
word!"
"Hush, dear!" and Alico dried her
tears hastily. "Nell, I want you to
promise mu something. ill you,
darling?"
"Anything!" said Nell, impetuously.
"I vnnt you to promise mu that if it
over lies in your power to do mo a in
vor for any of tlio Trcssil family I may
depend upon your penormanec oi ma
favorP"
"Oh, Allco; anything, anything but
that.
"l'romlso mo, Nellie!" a ring of de
cision in her voice
There was a silenco for a fow mo
ments. Then, in subdued tones, enmo
tho words:
'I promise."
Tlio September sun with its ripening
tints ot nmucr lay warm ami golden on
tho garden walk and tcrrnco of tho
cliffs. Tlio waves of tho ocean crept
slowly shoreward, driftimr intofantast
shapes, and then breaking, scatteted
tno neariv snraviar ui on tno mini.
".Mother." nnd Jsaboli rcssil stopped
before tho open door of tho pleasant
sitting-room. "I lost my bracelet down
in tno cove tins attomoon, and i did not
notico that it had slipped oil until I cot
homo. I must go and rccover.it before
tlio tuto comes in."
'Cannot Goddard go for you?" said
her mother.
"I don't know whero ho is."
"Very well, bo careful about tho
tide," said the mother anxiously.
"I will bo careful," said Isabel, con
iidcnlly. "Adieu, Ma Mere."
bho went down to tno loot ot the
cliffs, which gavo her homo Its name
by a broad gently slopinsr path, then
her path lay along tho sands to tho
cove. Two long parallel walls of rod
mudu on irom tno snore, mid lUirin
high tide tlio littlu covo was a mass of
tossing foam, but now it was a lone
narrow stretch of sand. Isabel Trcssil
at length reached tho cove, and began
to search anxiously for her missln
bracelet. It was a present from Got
dard, and sho valu d it vory highly,
blio was about giving n up tor lost
when suddenly sho caught sight of i
almost hidden by a mass of seaweed.
Isabel caught tno bracelet up nasttiv
and turned to go, saying to ncrscii,
must hurry or bo caught by tho tldo."
At tho thought her eyes turned toward
tho termination of tho point around
which sho must go. Her heart almost
frozo with horror at tho sight th.it met
li.u- rrn'jn Tim urnv.m nllrli.it ill fltnfrtnt
of tho point, soft as "carded wool."
"Help! help!"
Tho cry sounded faintly abovo tho
beating of tlio tide on tho rocks, and
readied the car of Nell Havlland, who
stood watching the waves as thoy slow
ly encroached upon tlio sand.
"homo one in tlio covo," said tho girl,
and running along tho edgo of tlio cliffs,
sho bent over tho rocky preeiplco. Sho
saw a woman, evidently half dead with
terror, crouching at tho foot of tho cliff.
"Sim will bo washed away beforo I
can get help, I must help her myself,"
said Nell to herself.
There was an nlmost imprcceptiblo
path down tho precipitous wall. Though
sho was as used to climbing ns a goat,
Nell found it no easy task to descend.
When sho had nearly nrrived at tho
base sho called, "You must climb up
this path. I wilJ-show you how."
The woman, who had not hoard Noll
beforo, turned at tho sound of her voice,
nnd Nell Havlland stood faco to faeo
with Isabel Trcssil.
"Oh, Nell! dear Nell! savo mo!" sho
cried, clasping her hands imploringly.
A vow registered itsolf in Nell's soul.
I will keop my promise If I drown."
"Tako hold of that littlo bush," sho
said, "and put your foot there," point
ing to a littlo projecting stone.
Isabel's terror caused hor to catch at
tlio guiding hand instead of at the scorn
ing insecure bush, and her excess of
weight caused Nell to fall downward.
A stono dislodged struck Noll's foot, and
to her dismay sho found herself unable
to step. Sho braced herself against tlio
wall and urged remorseful Isabel to
scale tho cliff. Sho triad in vain. Tho
unused muscles refused to perform tlio
task given thorn. Then with cold
crawling waves around thorn, thoy
screamed In unison. Noanswer. Atlast,
with a moan of utter dispair, Isabel gave
it up.
"Noll, It is of no uso; wo havo got to
drown. Hut I cannot, cannot die! Oh,
God, havo morty?" and in an abandon
ment of agony Blio burled hor faco on
Nell's shoulder. '
Tho words of tho grand old hymn sho
had often heard Allco sing came into
Nell's mind. Slip put hor arm around
tho treniblingform of tho torror-strlokon
woman, and then tho strong, young voico
rang out clear and sweet ns n buglo call,
flinging a grand dollanco into tho vory
face of death.
Jesus, lover ot my soul,
Let me to thy bosom, fly.
Tho cold spray struck tho' bravo young
singer harshly in the faco, as If to stop
her utterance, .but the next second tho
words
"While-1 no billows near me roll,
While the tempest still It Jilgb,
Iloutod ovor tho water. Strength camo
batik to Isabel: her voice iolncd Nell's,
nnd steadfastly thoy awaited the inevi
table. m
Goddanll" Tho anxious face of Ills
mother startled him as ho entered tho
hall. "Do go and look for Isabel. Slits
went down to tho covo and has not ro
tllrne.,." Ho walled to hear no more but in a
moment was running in tlio direction of.
the cove. Hark! adovo tho roar oi
tlio surge, steady and clear, sounded the
death song
Oh, rccclvo my soul at last.
Ho reached tho covo and commenced
descending the jtath nt u break-neck
speed ns Ills horrified gazo discerned
two women nt tlio foot. They bbth
looked up ns ho called, "Hold on for
one moment!"
Tho possibility of being saved took
way Isabel s stiongtn, and iierhorrora
stricken brother saw her fall forward
Into tlio embrace of the foani-crcstod
wave that had just swept up. Hut no.
inu pale laeo ot rscit liaviiand gleamed
from the water, and tho almost exhausted
face said:
"Take her. nulokl"
Trcssil .snatched tho senseless form of
his sister, and groaned. "Oh. God!
must I leave you to bo drowned, Noll?"
" i ou cannot take us notiu ten Allco
that 1 kept my promise."
And eii turned her mco away to
watch, with acttrloussorl of expectancy.
(ho gigantic billow slowly crawling to
ward iter, it swept over ncr, and men
sho felt herself lifted up and borno off;
but to her benumbed sense of hearing
it seemed as if an agonl.cd. voico calletl.
Tscll, my darling!" and then darkness
notiiingno'.s.
Was It l'rovldcnco that called Allco
Havlland to the cliffs at that moment?
Hut sho bent over them just as Goddard
J rcssil began Ills assent hat was
that object buried in the water below
liimi' bho recognized It. Only an
angel could havo steadied the feet of
tho light llguro that swung itsolf reek
lessly by (loddard Trcssil and his bu
den. She reached tho end of tho path
just ns tlio wavo boro away tho form of
tier sister, and a gre.t cry broko irom
hor lips:
"I':
"isoii, my darling!"
The covetous waves dashed the sense
less bod' at her feet, and then strove to
benr away two victims. Hut the soft
arms of Alico llavilaml seem to have
been endowed witli the strength of iron,
for seizing Nell in n strong embrace
sho fought tho billows until thoy sank
uaci: conquered uy tno power oi love.
boon tioiiiiani T'o-sii relieved lier, and
how, sho never know, sho reached tho
top of tho calls, but when there, uncon-
sciousness ovcrtooK nor.
Slowly Allcu drifted bacT: to 1 fe. Sho
found herself in a largo and pleasant
chamber.
"Where tun I?" sho questioned feebly.
lioutinrd xressit uentover nor.
"You nro at tho cliffs," ho answorcd-
Hccollcction camo back, and starting
up, Allco exclaimed: "Whero is Nell?
I nuts go to her."
"Sho is doing well, and mother is di
viding her time between Isabel and sis
ter Nellie; that is," liu added, implor
ingly, "sho will bo my sister If you can
over forgivo my cowardice of threo
months ago."
it wo lulled to surmiso Alice a an
swer, tho wcddlug-bclls that rang out
so merrily six months nfturivnrds would
havo told its' whether sho refused to for
give him or not. And among all the
k'nsfolk that assembled at tho Cliffs to
wltno -s tlio marriage of Gotldurd Trcssil
ami the fair young music teacher, none
was so dear to tlio heart of Mrs. Trcssil
as "daughter Nellie," who nearly lost
hor lifo to savo Isabel's," and happily
Nellie liaviiand nover regretted that
sho faithfully redeemed her promise
Curiosities in Hook-Himllng.
Athrnmim,
There aro many books which abso
lutely require binding, and tlio mostuu
mviiomg library wo over saw was ono
laden with French nnd German books,
all In vellow and brown Manor covers,
And then, again, if wo think merely of
tho general effect of a library, tlioro is
no doubt a richness nml glow about
shelves lillcd with handsomclv-bound
books which cloth binding, however
elaborately gilded, can novor give. In
tho Mclbourno Library a special svm
bol, indicating tho class to which tho
book belongs, isstamticdunontho back
a leaf, a musk, n wcanon show that the
book is connected with botany, with tlio
drama, or witli war. In ono library
which wo know there Is. a largo scries of
nooks connected with tlio trench revo
lution, all clad in tri-color uniform, nnd
another collector himself designs appro
priate binding for every book ho has,
and gets tho stamps cut on purpose.
Tho best and most durablo material for
binding is, on tho whole, morocco. It
is loss subject to rot from dry heat (not
necessarily gas) absorbing tho moisture
in the, lcathur than cither calf orKussiu,
and, though oxponslvo, It is certainly
much to bo preferred to tho buckram
which tho librarian of tlio London In
stitution lias so warmly commended.
Ono nrt connected with book-binding
seems entirely to havo died out tlio
painting of pictures on tho gilt odges of
tlio booli. It was carried to groat per
fection at the beginning of tho century,
nnd a Yorkshire binder was celebrated
for his paintings. Tlio unopened vol
umu showed only tlio gilding, but when
opoHod ami tho edges pressed gently
back, tlio landscape as it usually was
appeared.
BY THE DEAD SEA.
Tlio : Monastery f Miir Subaiiiiiiitit or the
MoiiIma scene of wcini nml Wonderful
iicautjr.
Theodore. Cnjrlcr, In New York KvangalUt.
Our afternoon s m arch i vor the bleak,
treeless and brown mountains of tho
wilderness was inexplicably tlrofomo
until wo camo In lght of tho Dead Sea.
in,,,, onni.ni l, ),,. ,.,!,.... f
11 W ll!Ub UUIUII 11-9 il, JlllltUi U4
silver, set among tho violot mountains
ot iwoab. More precipitous descents
over rooks and sand brought us, by sun-
down, to tho town t"wors of tho most
unique monastry on tho globe. Tlio
tnmous convent oi mar aaua is worm a
journey to Palestine. For thirteen eon-
tiiries that wonderful structure has hung
against tlio walls of tho deep, awful
gorgo of tho Kingdom. It is a collossal
swallow's nest ot stono, built to tho
hoight of 1100 foot ngalnst tho prcolplcos,
and inhabited by sixty monks of tho
urcoK onurcn genuine luttnioiicans nnd
followers of St Saba nnd St. John of
uamascus. jno woman's loot nns ovor
ontoretl tho oonvent walls. Instead of
woman's society thoy mako lovo to tho
innis, wno como aim loctioiimonionK S
hands. Evorv ovonlng thov toss meat
down to tho wild Jackals In tho gorgo
liolow. At sunset I climbed ovor tho
extraordinary building, was shown into
the rather handsome church, and into
tho chapel or cavo of St. Nicholas,
whtMl f.fintfltna tlin rrllfiutlv rlflllla nf tlin
monkB who woro slaughtered by Chos-
roes and his Persian soldiers, and gazed
down Into tlio awful ravlno beneath tho j
convent walls. Somo monks in black
gowns wcro porched as watchmen on
tno louy towers; others wandered over
tlio stono pavements m n sort of aimless
vacuity. v lint tin attempt to livo in nn
exhausted receiver!
Tho monks gavo us hospltablo wel
come, sold us canes of wood-work, and
furnished us lodgings on tlio divans of
two largo stono parlors. Ono of tho re
ligious duties of tho brotherhood Is to
keep vigils, nnd through tho night bells
wcro ringing ami clanging to can tiiem
In to their devotions. Tlio vermin In
tho lodging-rooms have learned to keen
up their vigils also; nnd as the result
our party, with ono exception, had n
sleepless night. 1 havo such a talont
for sleeping, nnd like I'ut, "piy nttn.
lion to it, sp closely, that 1 wa'sablu lo
defy oven tho fleas ami mosquitoes of
Mar Saba. Jtiy day-light the next morn
ing wo heard the great front door of the
convent clang boliliid us liko tho gate
of Hunyan's "Doubting Castle," nnd for
llvo hours wo made a toilsome decent of
the desolato cliffs to tho shoro of tho
Dead Sea. That much maligned sea
hud a weird and wonderful beauty.
We took a bath In Its cool, clear wnlers,
anil detected no dlfforcnco from n bath
In Coney Islnnd, except that tho wntcr
has such density that wo lloat on It liko
pine shingles.- No fish from tho salt
ocean can live in It; but It Is very at
tractive to tho cyo on a hot noon day.
A scorching rldo wo had across tho
barren plain to tho sacred Jordan
vhicii disappointed mo sndlv. At tho
places where tho Irsaelites crossed and
our Lord was baptised it is about 120
leet witie; it nows rapuny ami m a tur
bid current of light stone color. In size
and appearance it is tho perfect counter
part ot tno jUusKinguni, a lew miles
abovo Zancsvlllc. Its useless wntcrs
ought to bo turned off to irrigalo Its
barren valloy, which might bo changed
Into a garden. For beauty tho Jordan
will not compare witli Elijah's Hrook
Cherith, whoio bright, sparkling stream
went Mowing past our lodglng-placo at
.Jericho. We lodged over night in u
Greek convent (very small), and rodo
uoxi morning to see the rums oi uio
town made famous cy Joshua, Elijah,
'accheus, and tho restoration of Hartl
incus to sight. Squalid Arabs haunt tho
sacred spot.
How Disturbances Aro Created by Cure
less l'enplo In Stores.
London (CnnaitiO Free I'res.
It is a matter of almost dally occur
rence in tho city stores to havo a littlo
excitement caused by somo lady cus
tomer suddenly discovering that sho
has lost her purse. A bill of goods has
been purchased, tho lady confidentially
reachecr purse, elevates lior eye
brows, a quick breath, ami an
nounces that It Is not there. Then sho
mbcrs having Inid it on tho coun-
positive nbout it and can point
o exact spot, ono eyes everybody
suspicion, nnd tho clerks bustle
nd, turn over goods and parcels,
eh in tho most unlikely places, nnd
up in despair. Then tho Hushed
flustered customer suddenly rccol-
s that sho loft it. lying on tho corner
tho piano nt home, or in tlio noxt
re, whllo she was telling Mrs. Snider
w nice her now rag carpet looked.
Tho other day n dry goods clerk of long
standing, in spcaKing to a ircc rrcss
rcportor nbout their troubles, gavo an
interesting incident in connection with
purso-losing which happened directly
under his notico in thkclty. In n Dun
das street dry goods house threo ladies
woro purchasing goods side by side.
Ono oi them hung her umbrella by tho
handle on tho edgo of tho counter and
went to another part of tho establish
ment. Ono of those who still remained
laid her inirso on the Counter. Mid while
making her purchases it was accidental
ly shoved Into tho folds of tho upturned
umbrella. When tho clerk tore off his
check and thu lady reached for her
pocket-book it was gono. Sho had just
laid it on tho counter, and, of course
tho lady who stood besido her must havo
taken it. Nothing could bo clearer. In
tho excitement which followed, tho
llrst-mcntloncd lady took possession of
hor umbrella and walked out of tho
'store, totally ignorantof what was with
in it. A pollcoman was called, and
amid much indignation and grief on
ono side and blustoringon tho othoi'tho
innocent woman was conducted up
stairs and searched. Of courso tho
purse was not found, and sho was al
lowed to go. Now for tho sensational
part or thu story. Tho umbrella was
taken over to a hotel, thrown into a
buggy, taken homo and laid away. A
fqw days later tho liouso xtm burned
'down, but tho umbrella, among other
things, was saved. A. fow days passed,
and then ono day it was hoisted ami out
fell tho missing purse. Tho lady re
membered tho incident in tlio store, mid
mi lull iiiivl vtii1t ii Ilia Mil livnlKrlif
back tlio monoy and had it restored to
tno ownor.
In tlio period which intervened tlio wo
man hail been wrongfully accused nnd
visited tho store dally for tho purpose of
ascertaining whethor anything had
turned up to provo hor Innocence. Tho
story is vouched for on tho best of au
thority, nnd is literally true
How General Sclicnrk Wroto His Hook
"On Poker."
"II. C." in tlio Now York Times gives
tho following explanation of tho way
1 Ill..t. r . ...l.M ?T cr
Minister at London, wroto his book on
tho "Rules of Foker."
As to tho statoroent that General
Schcnck wroto a book on what may bo
oauea tno national American game at
cards, mis trutinui iinu interesting state
ment-may now bo mndo: Among tho
moro intelligent mill progressive English
ladles and gentlomm with whom Ids
olilclal and social duties brought him in
contact tho Genoral was most populnr,
Ho was particularly well rocolvod at the
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I IllMISU Ul UIU VUll!llU?a , , I.IIIU 1 1 , U.
"One ovenlng, while visiting at this lady's
country seat, sno said to nun.
"General Schcnck, will you not liavo
the goodness to jot down (or mo tho
rules of this famous Amorlcan gamo' of
poker, of which I hear so inuoiir '
"Certainly, madam," replied tho
Mlnistor, "I shall glvo you all tho in
formation I have on tho subjoct with
pleasure." Nothing moro was said
about tlio matter for tho inomont, but
tlio noxt morning, as tho General was
nbout leaving for London, ho hastily
mndo such notes as ho could regarding
tlio. gamo in which Lady Waluograyo
was interested, buo, ior tno convon
lonco of hor friends, causod theso notes
to bo printed upon a prlvato printing
press wmcn sue nau in nor own nouse.
. Tills was absolutely tho onlv foundation
for tho lying story to tho eftect that the
American Minister had written n book
t on draw poker a story, by tho way,
' which originated in tho brain of an
1 American nowspnpor correspondent
wlm fat- unnw, rnul n. ftinnliwl ullirlif fin.
sired to bo rovongotl upon tluuoral
Schcnck.
Tlio Homo of a Desolate Race.
Mrs. Lw. ITsUicclaH. V, Tlinei.
Novor was lifo so loncsonio nndchcor
loss ns in tho desolato hovels of tho
Moquls. Their land Is not a tender sol
itude, but a forbidding desolation of es
carped cliffs, overlooking wastes of santl
whero tlio winds wngo war on tho small
shrubs find venturcsomo grasses, leav
ing to tluT drouth such as thoy cannot
uproot. A f w scrubby trcos, spotting
tho edgo of tho plain as if they had
looked across tho waterless wasto ami
crouched in fear, furnish n littlo brush
wood for tho fires In tho Moquls, who
nro iignung out tno uattio lor o.xistcnco
thnt is hardly worth tho struggle. Fix
ed habitation nnywhero implies somo
sort of civilization. The flinty hills
nn lei rnccd, and by careful irrigation
thoy mnnngo to raiso corn enough to
keep .body and soul togothcr. Tho sov.
on villages within n circuit of ton miles
nave been isolnted Irom tho rest of the
world through centuries, yet they havo
so little intercourso with each oth
er mat their tribal languages, every
where subject to swift mutations, nro
entirely unlike. Diminutive, low-set
men wrnnped in blankets passively sit
ting on tho bare, seared rocks in tho
sun, nro tho ghastly proprietor of a
reservation onco tho sceno of busy ac
tivities. Thov number only 1.000 souls:
shreds of tribes almost exhausted, sur
rounded by dclnpidatcd cities unques
tionably of great antiquity. Tho sad
heirship of fallen greatness Is written In
tho emptiness of their barren estates.
Fragments of pottery aro profusely scat
tered about; and deeply worn foot paths
leading from vlllngo to village, down
tho river bank nnd winding up to the
piam, niarK tno ancient tiiorougbinrcs
which aro now slightly trodden or utter
ly deserted.
How tho Indians woro enslaved and
driven to tho mines, and how they pcr-
lsneii mere uy thousands, is a matter ot
familiar history. Thoy wcro an nbject
and heart-broken pcoplo after tho con
quest, and their decllno still goes stead
ily on. Whole tribes aro extinct. Oth
ers havo united with cacli other for safe
ty, and within tho memory of citizens
of Santa Fo tlio fccblo remnant of tho
tribo at l'ccos Iolncd that at Jemcz.
which speaks tho samo language
AS 0I.D SOUSE VESSEL.
Do'crlptlon nf nn Kxhumrrt Ship llullt n
l iioiiKiiiiii lean, ,cr.
A. letter from Hon. John L. Slovens.
United States Minister to Sweden, datctl
nt Stockholm, Juno ilOtli, nnd printed
by tho Augusta, Mo., Journal, gives tho
following interesting description of tho
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i cecum u.Miuiuuu iui iu t.isui;
"Wo wore much Interested in seeing
tho well-preserved remains of an old
Norso vessol built a thousnndyears ago,
lo months sinco exhumed from its burial
place. Some leagues distant, west from
tliis eitv, on Christinnia Fjord, there Is
small villago called Gogtad. near
which there is a tumulus long known in
t c local traditions under thu namo of
King's Hill. In tho broad lit Ids and
meadows stretching from, tlio wat- r's
edgo of tho fjord t' the foot of the
mountains, is situated this round hill,
nearly 150 feet in diameter, which is
covered with green turf. Tlio proud
nnd powerful 'N.rse King, it was told
from generation to generation had
found hero his last resting placo, sur
rounded by his horses nnd ids dogs,
and with precious treasures of coins nnd
jewels placed uear his body. For cen
turies gnosis v;ero supposed hero to
keep walcli and ward, and' superstition
and fear had kept ruthless hands anil
searching cupidity from making exam
ination of tlio supposed grave. Hut at
hist tho spirit of modern Inquiry lias
disarmed fear and dared to penetrate
tho secrets of tho King's mound. Tho
result has boon tho unearthing of n
vessol of war of tho ninth century, a
completo viking craft, in which somo
unimown ciiieitian nt tho close of his
career of exploits north and south, on
fjortl, river and sea, had been entombed
with the regal honors of his people and
time. Tho sons of tho farmer o.i whosu
land tho tumulus is situated, in January,
loan ,f ... "
ioou, uuguu an excavation, ami digging
down from the top were not lone in
striking timber. Thoy suspondod their
work, nnd reported their discovery to
mo learned men oi nn Antiquarian
Association at Christianla. Tho latter
sent an antiquarian export to tako up
tho task whero tho sons of tho farmer
had left it, and successfully pushed tho
investigation. Tho digging continued
for somo weeks, finally revealing tho
completo hull of uu old viking craft, 71
foot hi length, 10 feet broad amidships,
drawing 5 feet, with 20 ribs. Tho littlo
round hill from wlnoh It was ting Is
nearly a mile from the water lino oftho
fjord, and tho character of tho alluvial
soil eonelii"ively proves that In former
centuries tlio waters readied its base.
Tho vessel evidently hail been drawn
from tho fjord on shoro ami placed on
a layer of iiazol branches and moss, anil
tho shies had been covured with clay,
and tho hole had been lilted with earth
and sand to form tho funeral mound.
"Tho vessel was placed with ho stern
toward the sea, In accord with tlio opin
ion of tlio timo, that when tho Great
1-atlierof Gods and men should call thu
burled chloftaln ho might start from his
burial tomb with .his fully-appointed
craft on tlio foaming ocoau. Within
nntl nt tho bottom of tho vessel woro
found tho remains of sovernl small
finely shaped oaken boats, placed over
a cpusidorablo number of oars, somo of
theso for tho small boats, others, fully
SO foot In length, for nhlingthn propul
sion of tlio largor craft. The form and
finish of those oars scarcely admit of
improvement, much like tlioso in uso nt
tho present day at the boat races, end
ing in a small, unc-cut uiado, somo
with ornamental carvings. In a pllo of
onis. uuip.s was luiuui uu elegantly
shaped hatchet, of the shanu peculiar
to tho young iron ago. All along tho
outer sides of tho vessel, nearly from
stom to storn, oxtondod n row of circu
lar shields, placed like scales of a fish.
and thqso are partly painted In yellow
nntt uiacK. in tuu nmiuio ot tno vessol
n largo oak block firmly secured to tho
bottom, with a squaru hnloforthomist,
and sovoral contrivances, shows plainly
that tlio mast could bo laid down aft.
In this part of tho vessel was construct,
od tlio funeral-chamber, 'formed by
strong planks and beams placed olt
liquoly and covering a room about lfl
foot square. Horo a keen disappoint
ment met tlio oxplorers. Somo ruthless
hand norvod by avarlco'lmd preceded
them. In somo anterior tlmo, whon tho
costly weapons and jowols ot burled
horoos inailo temptations too strong for
the superstitious vcnoratlon of tho sur
viving warriors, or at a later day whon
tho greed .for wealth was ovormastorlng
wuu mo sons oi xMortnmcn, uio uunai
mound had been desecrated. Its jeweled
contonts'tnken away, nnd what was loft
was duo to tho hasto and fear ' under
which the vobbors had done their work
-4a fow human bones, somo shreds or n
kind of brooado, somo frngmonts of
bridles, saddles, in bronze, silver and
-load, and somo metal buttons, on ono
of which Is a remarkablo ropresntlon
of n cavalier with a lowered lance. On
each side of tho chamber wcro discov
ered tho bones of n horso and of two
dogs. In tho forward part of tho hlji
was fountl n largo copper vbsscl, sup
posed to bo tho kitchen cnldron of tho
crow, h-immercd out nf a slnglo pleco
of copper, giving Mi lking nroof of tho
nnllquo period of the handicraft. The
wholo of this rcmnrknhld specimen of
tho viking's ship nnd contents, ns found,
hnvo been cart-fully excavated and re
moved to Christinnia, ntid placed erect
on Its keel in a building specially pre
pared to rccclvo It. Wo were struck
with its fino nautical proportions, which
plainly Indlcato how littlo chango has
been mndo In tho form nnd cunning of
ocean craft In tho centuries which havo
elapsed slnco this was lirt launched on
tho wave. .
"Asto tho time which has passed since
this pleco of ancient Norso nrchitcct
uro has lain buried beneath the hillock
which tlio ehlcftnin's followers reared,
tiicro Is no doubt among tho antiquari
ans that it dates from tho period termed
tlio younger iron ago; distant from our
day 1,000 years. Tlio antiquarian muse
ums at Copenhagen, Stockholm, Chris
tinnia show tho training nnd tho experi
ence which Scandinavian exports have
had on such sublects. A thousand years
slnco this vessel was fashioned out of
the solid oak! Wo carefully examined
Its workmanship. On keel, stem, ribs
nnd casings wcro to bo seccn marks of
tho builders tool as plainly as though
of yesterday, and tho fiber of tho oak
is wonderfully preserved. Tho work
manship of Iron bolts nnd rivets was
that of skillful hands. Tho Norwcghn
antiquarians nnd oflleinls desorvo credit
for securing so carefully this splendid
remain of tho water craft of thu olden
tlmo."
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OiirGnmo Food.
In'crnntlonal l!eIow.
So long as America continued in the
occupation of tho aborigines, tho order
of naturo was apparently but littlo dis
turbed. Tho buffalo and deer, tho wild
fowl nnd turkeys furnished abundant
footl to tho savages without serious en
croachment upon tho fertility of nnttirc.
In savago lifo thcro appears to bo no
wanton or unnecessary destruction of
tho natural means of support. It was
reserved for tho civilized white man to
carry on a wanton war against tho
bounty of nature and to kill nnd dc
itroy, without thought or study of tlioso
impcrntivo laws under which nattito
holds in trust tlio footl and supply of
man. From tho first scttloment of tho
country tho process of eradicating and
annihilating tho useful nnlmnls, uirds,
and fishes natural to tho country has
been carried on with nn energy and suc
cess but too characteristic of tho Saxon
race Largo tracts of land havo been
entirely depopulated of their animals
and useful birds. The buffalo on his
nativo plains has becomo an odject of
rare curiosity. Deer aro limited to tho
remoter mountain ranges or extensive
tracts of barren woods. Tho wild fowl,
which swarmed in Now Englnnd during
tho first settlement of tho contry, nnd
for a long tlmo nftorward, havo almost
disappeared. The last wild turkey was
killed In Massachusetts nearly half a
century ago. There is probably no
sportsman living who has killed grouse
on Martini's Vineyard, tlio last refuge In
the northeast of that most valuable
bird. Plover still migrate, though in
diminished numbers, from their breed
ing places in the far North to their win-
tor homes in tho bouth, but thoy care
fully avoid tlio northeastern coasts. No
one in this generation lias seen a wild
swan alight on tho waters of Massachu
setts. Thoy onco abounded there.
Even tho wifdgceso find no resting plnco
here, but nro expelled as if thoy wcro
tramps and vagabonds.
In regard to a remedy for this deplor
able stato of affairs, tho author offers
only general suggestions, which aro cer
tainly good so far as thoy go:
"No doubt tho habits of food birds
need lo bo much moro thoroughly ob
served and studied beforo tho laws and
customs for their preservation can bo
perfected. This can bo properly done
only by scientific men trained to obser
vation, who, acting under Government
as commissioners of gamo, may suggest
the requisite laws, and soo that they nro
enforced. That it is for tlio in
terest of tho public to do this is evident
from tlio fact that the gamo food ot tlio
country Is ono of its most vnluablo'
crops, amounting to many millions of
dollars annually. Hut our Legislatures
and our pcoplo gcncrnlly havo hitherto
regarded tho sulijcct as n matter not
concerning public welfaro, but moroly
affecting tho gratification and whims of
sportsmen and gunners, who, as a class,
uro looked upon, in most New England
communities at least, with a contempt
inherited from Puritan times. It would
bo advisable to raise thu money for the
official expense of gamo commissioners
nud tho cost of tli'i proper execution of
tho laws by a moderate tax or license for
pcoplo wishing to shoot, whether for
sport or for tho market. A tax of threo
or llvo dollars would bo qui to sulllclent
for tlio purposo, nnd would enable an
intelligent gamo commissioner in each
Stato gradually to establish n system
which would protect and multiply the
game, nntU yet allow tlio privilege of
shooting Who free to every ono during
tlio brief season In which tno gnmo crop
could Kb scoured.
"No doubt tho sensor, of shooting al
lowed by the law is far too extended, es
pecially in tho Northern nnd Eastern
States. f wo wish to preserve gnmo
for food or for sport, its destruction by
sliootin-Zjliould bo limited nt tlio outside
to fouivywcoks; nud this period, as to
birds ( passage, should bo so arranged
that, -righting on their feeding ground,
thoy 4 ould bo unmolested for at least a
week, r more. A littlo careful obser
vation ami gathering of statistics would
showHvhother tho period of shooting
might safely bo oxtended. or needed to
be curtails, or, In exceptional years,
omittf Id. Tlio matter might bo aided by
rcqu
lug a small license fco from por
oluiig gnmo, under condition of
ly returns of tho gamo sold by
sous
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thou
nntVot tho places where it was
"4
rfln
klllnl
"What ivo wnut to aim at is nbsoluto
harmony and familiarity botwpen birds
nud man during tho close soason, and n
gradual extinction of tho instinct! vo hab
its of pursuit and destruction whloh are
so inherent in tho Amorlcan pcoplo in
their relations to nature. Nor is this
question ono of coonpmy moroly, or of
adding to or maintaining tho desirable
varloty of food for our taulo a question
whloh enters, by tho way, very largely
into the subject of tho Indulgence In
spirituous liquors; for men not woll fctl
will drink but It Is n question of na
tional solf-educntlon, and is, moreovor,
ono stop, and an important ono, In the
oloviitlon of our people by solf restraint
lo hlghor scalo of national olvilizallon
than the world has yet seen."
No, child; a grass widow Is not neces
sarily grcon.
Force Thnt is Wasted in Russia.
London Time.
Tho revolutionary spirit In Knssl.i Is
not merely tho product of intollcctttnl
convictions; it comes rather from tho
uu'est of tlioso whose quickened intelli
gence can find no proper exercise, no
satisfaction for itself in tho form of lifo
offered to it. Outsido tho machine of
government in Russia thcro Is no enrcqr
open to satisfy tho wants which educa
tion has brought with it. Personal lib
erty is interfered with to a most dan
gerous extent. Tlio provocation Is felt
nt a thousand points, and Is resented
with nn ovor-growlng bitterness. Trado
is cramped by tlio restrictions under
which it must bo conducted. Tho de
mand which tho professions mako upon
tho scrvlco of tlio educated classes is not
nearly large enough to meet the supply.
Mt n nro thus driven Into opposition to
n system which gives tliom offense nnd
oilers nothing to compensate them for
It. It is not n constitution of which
Russia Is in need. Sho is not ready for
this, and could scarcely oven ask for it
with nny senso of tho meaning which
tho term would boar. Hor chief want
Is employment for her educated classes.
Just as, tinder the empire, work had to
bo found for the Paris mob, so In Russia
work must bo found for tlio band of dis
appointed students who nro hatching
conspiracies nnd troubling tho world
around them vory much because they
can find no other business to occupy
them. Tho process of mining and coun
termining, of revolution nndrcprcsslon,
which Is going on just now, stands for a
useless wasto of forco on both sides.
Tlio cnorgics which nro emplojod upon
It could havo somo other direction nt
much less cost. The first thing tho gov
ernment has to do Is to throw overboard
tho fear of belli": thought afraid. It can
then sot itself with a good hopo to de
vise a euro for ovils which nro by no
moans Insuperable, but which aro In
creased and Intensified io n really dan
gerous extent by tho mixed policy of re
pression and neglect which Is reported
to us as now is vogtto.
Tho Pleasure or living Near A Volcano.
Honolulu Commcrilal Advcrtt.cr.
Wo received yesterday morning
nlarming news from Hllo ns to tho ail
vnaco oi tho lava. It is almost cortain
that ono or moro of tho streams into
which tho tlow has divided will push
forward to tho scat tiolng groat mischief.
Tho ilow which was nearest to tho Wai
akca plantation homestead broko out
suddenly, while Mr, Kennedy and
Charles Richardson woro inspecting it
ono Sunday recently. A stream of lava,
liquid ns water, and glowing with a
whito hetit, broko from tho faco of tho
Ilow and ran down n narrow and tor
turous guloh, nearly a mllo in length,
making such speed that tho visitors liad
to mako hasto to avoid it. At tho foot
of tho gulch is a hollow, which often fills
up with water, making n lagoon. This
Is now being filled with Itivn and has
checked tho onward Ilow, which threa
tened tho mill and other buildings nt
Waiakea in such n manner ns' to lead
tlio manager to romovo all portablo
stores, and to tako measures to be in
readiness to remove tho plant itsolf to
a placo of safety. Toward tlio end of
tho week, however, tho feupply of lava
scorns to havo slackened somewhat,
and hopes wcro entertained thnt if tho
Hat now being overflowed should bo
filled up tho stream may pass forward
to tho sea without destroying tho mill.
There aro two outlets for it. Ono of
theso is by a gulch a littlo moro than
half a mllo on tho Puna sido of Hllo
by this route tho lava would pass com
paratively harmlessly to tho sea by way
of tho course of tho Waloltima stream.
Tho other Is a shallow gulch known ns
Kukuao, nnd lies nearer to Waiakea,
and there is much reason to fear that
If this channel Is taken by tho lava, it
will quickly fill up tho gulch and over
flow tho lovel ground, anil destroy the
plantation buildings. Tho fields of grow
ing cano nro not threatened, tho lava
being now past them and nt a lovol
considerably below thorn. Crushing is
being carried on with tho utmost vigor
in order to got as much work as possi
ble dono beforehand in caso of unto
ward results to tho mill.
Tho natives havo cleared out of tholr
habitations in tlio neighborhood, and
aro also leaving Hllo. Tho town itself
is not menaced by tho flow just describ
ed, but there Is anothor ono which, if it
breaks out in ti similar manner, must
overwhelm n largo part of tho town, its
courso being directly for tlin mnln
street.
Mcillcino Among tho Celestials.
Good opportunities probably exist in
China for enterprising medical students
to acquire practical exporienco in tlio
various branches of their profession, as
according to tlio Lancet, Macgrcgor,
who has been for sixteen years working
us a medical missionary at Amoy)
speaking nt ti meeting of stutlonts in
Ldinburg, said: "Tho denso nnd crowd
ed population, nnd tho filthy condition
of the pcoplo of China, constitute tv
fruitful sourco of skin disease, which is
very common; so much so, that tho
Chinese themselves havo a proverb
'out of ton men, eleven of them havo
tho itoh.' Various forms of oyo dis
oftsa aro very prevalent, nnd to euro
theso tho nativo doctors are qulto holp
less. Somo complnlnts nro duo to ell
matlo causes, as, for Instance, dysentery
and malarious fovur. All kinds of tu
mors nro common, nnd present nn ex
cellent opportunity for showing tlio su
periority of European skill, ns surgery
Is quito unknown to tho nativo doctor,
who invariably prescribes so much med.
clno to bo swallowed, whether tho trou
ble Is nn aching bond or a broken limb.
Tho practieo ot tho nativo doctors somo.
tlmcs'tries tho patienco of tho medical
missionary very much. Tho usual wny
for n Chinaman to enter the profession
is to secure n pair ot spootaolos witli
largo bono rims, somo grasses nnd herbs,
an assortment of spltlore, nnd n fow
vonomous snakes in bottles, whloh nro
placed In tho shop vlndow; thengtho
medlclno ho gives must bo nasty, Ind
there should bo plentjlof It. ns tho flil
neso go In for quantity jckon Ink
thoy should bo getting oVy'mouiW
thoy have taken. If not making satis
factory progress, ho applils to a now
doctor, but still continues to tako tho
modielno prescribed by tlio ono ho first
consulted, so thnt unloss he is uudor
your entire control, ho may bo taking
yoiiwcdlcino, but in nil Jlkollhood ho
is, nfrho sncuo tlmo, dosing hlmsolf
with tlHVnostrum8 of half-a-dozen Igno
rant charlatans."
A Tennossoo darky prcachor hold
forth recently as follows: "You girls
call your sweethearts 'darlings,' nnd
you men cnll yours 'daisies,' and yon
girls nro afraid to como up horo for fear
some othor girls will get off with your
'darlings,' nnd you men for fear somo
other fellows will got away with your
'dnlslcs;' and," said ho, "botwoon this
'darling' nnd .daisy' buslnosslotsofyou
nlggors aro going straight to holl."