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MY OWN. ,.iiukt l the Serious sunshine, o bent 011 aeW ta (U,Ua with dreamy n(1 '"w to " .ud flowert growing about her, TnbdJ receive not lenoe-. at knows not that I am so near her, cm glandlng outld ot the gale. mtrene. I fer, "nW disturb bar, Whence I Impatiently wait roronc when I bunt on her musing The Interview ,n'"d to AndBOwUnijne.rtln.Huttflr With ttt Kt It happen nlo. in' could I decipher the feelings That throb In the heart of my own, 0b i .oulu 1 torn n glad weleoio. if I ihould approach her alone. nd. Oh, U ahe klmlly would greet o And "P h"' hrad Into thin nooe ch.'i the trickiest mule In the pasture inil won't let mo catch her wtaeu loon. -Charles U Hill, in Jury. THE MALINGA. Explorer Casement Arrives In the Land of the Balolo. A Great Be Almost Exterminated by the Cenulhal Lufeuibl-A Strangely DuPgared reople-Klnves t Four Cent Head. COPYKIIillT, 1SB0.1 IXDIXO nothing at Bukutila more in teresting than , o firewood and eggs and the attention of the ladies, who giggled and nudged each other and then fled it we gave the slightest in dication ot ap proaching within ten yards of them which we bad no doslro to do we tde farewell to the good-tempered crowd and continued our journey up river. We passed some two hours later the large district of Lulungu consisting of leveral villages on the mainland and on an island In mid-stream whose Inhab itants regarded us either in speechless astonishment, or greeted us with loud tries to land, as we steamed pint the long line of their villages. Elenge Minto, our guido, informed us that we ihould find those keen ivory tradors more inclined to sell to us on our re turn from the upper waters of the river than on our present journey, so we de termined to push ahead as rapidly as possible, only stopping where it was accessary to obtain fire-wood, or to pur chase food for ourselves and crew. A heavy tornado of wind and rain forced us to halt early alongside the deep Impenetrable forest of the left bank, on tbo edge of which we put our crew to sawing up dry trees and dead wood for noxt day's firing. Next morning soon aftor starting we again camo on cunoes darting about ahead of us, and spoedily were steam ing through a channel between an island entirely covered with native bouses and tho north or right bank on which were collections ot huts among immense grove ot plantains separated from one another by stretches of grassy plain in some places extending quite a mile inland before the ever-encircling belt of forest was reached. This island-village and the north tank district was called Bonglnda, but we passed it without stopping pursued by a fleet of friendly canoes offering very bad-smelling small fish for sale. They continued the chase until we had entered another district, that of Wara bala, Elenge Mlnto informed us, whose Inhabitants set up a great cry at our approach, but did not attempt to come out to us In their canoes. Towards evening we arrived opposite two villages surrounded by high stock ades on the land sldo, through two gates in which we could perceive women go ing and coming, on their way to or from the village plantation surrounding the fence. We halted for the night at the upper of theso villages, fastening the iteamer close alongside the bank. In the morning when I arose from my couch on deck I found, to my disgust, WW 3- kY W'-S .... . ..! IVF.RVWIIK11E WAS DESOLATION. that some enterprising native had prof ited by the shadows of night to steal my trousers, socks and coat from the table the head of my bed where I had laid ttemongoingtorost, so that I was spared the difficulty I usually experienced on retting up of endeavoring to get into 7 clothes unperceived by native ye, until I had been able to arouse Ware 1D the cabin by my cries', who oon appeared on the scene with fresh rtWesof attire and enabled me to arise uothed and in my right mind, but "reathing awful vengeance against the Jbief if I should discover him. The mlss J11! garments never turned up, and I w as weed to quit Bolombo (the name of ' dishonest village), hoping that on j return journey down river again the M might be revealed, or that at least clothes and the effort to put tbcm 08 Properly might work the physical of the wretch who had stolen them. From Bolombo we continued our jour T past long stretches of thick forest, fcasionally relieved by open space steep red-eartbed bluffs topping kicli extended TlTid green patches ol "nana and plantain leaves, where small village nestled amid the P groves of those tree. Although I judged we must now have "n from eighty to one hundred mile ""a the mouth of the Lulungu tb BTr continued of the aame breadth, raging a mile wherever we could sei lt entire surface from shore to shore, broken by Islands. eteon the" af lernoon of the second after quitting Bolombo at a point jt one hundred and ten milea from Congo we came upon the first of f "J lint of vUlages, extendina so the H lefC bank far as the ey. eoulj aee. crowning a bluff about fifty feel high and so steep that rope ladders, o wooden steps fl,.d into the hard, red clay of the hank, served to communlcaU between the village and the waters' edge. Urge canoet were lying hauled ur partly out 0f the water al the foot of (h Muff, or, manned, by excited crowds, darted out from the shore and circled round us as we drew in to the beach. Voices from under tho greal trees that towered over the streets ol bouses lining tho ton of the bank ..11i out to us to approach, and answered u that there were tons of ivory for salt here. Landing ty firelight we mad. blood-brothers on the bank, amid crowd of savages, with the old chlof oi this village, whose name we learned wai Topono, and received from hira two flnt tusks of ivory as presents. All night long our men were chatting wltb tin natives round the fires on shore. The district of which Popono was oulj one village was called Masan Kuso, and extended about eight miles highor up u the junction of the Nsllngs and Lopor' rivers, which together form the Lulungu. the great tributary of the Coniro a h, been traversing for the last four days. Next day we steamed higher up to tin topmost village of the district, situated in face of the Loporl which, coming from the north and flowing througl countries destitute of ivory, and onlj supplying enormous numbers of slave to the raiding canoes of this very Masar Kuso district, hero joins the still broadei Malinga by a mouth about four hundred to five hundred yards wide. The natives here were very friendly, and we had to undergo the ceremonial ol exchanging blood and becoming "kin dred of one blood" with several chiefs ol the community, who expressed their ap prociatUm of their new-found relatlom by offering us goats, fowls and two oi threo beautiful tusks of ivory, for all of which we gave suitable presents in return, consisting of several fathoms ol red clotn, or American sheeting, oi cheap Manchester cottons, a few spoon' fuls ot white and blue beads, a mirror oi two, a tin plate, cup and spoon, and one or two odds and ends which cheer th heart of the African In his rude sim plicity. Learning at Masan Kuso that a greal inland tribe of cannibals known as the Lufembl had been ravaging the bank of tho Malinga and bad destroyed every village up to the great lialolo town ol Malinga (from which the river takes lu name), we determined to lay in as large a stock of fowls, goats and other food at possible, since we could not hope tc reach Malinga town before three days. On the second morning after our ar rival we started from Masan Kuso up the .Malinga and were soon tar irora any evidences of life. No canoes passed uc and no signs of human habitation or hu man being greeted us. For two day! we passed along between the tall, sllenl walls of the great forest on either sldo, the silence scarcely broken by the crlei of any bird, and the only moving thing upon the waters the head ot a black oi green water snake as lt strove to avoid our bows in its passage across the river. One of theso creatures jumped into out low-lying canoe attached to the side ol the steamer which served us instead ol a boat and scattered all the cooking ar rangements of poor little Moohlndu, our cook, who used to arrange his mid-day dishes along the bottom of the canoe. On the evening of November 10, aftei we had been two days in the Malinga without seeing a sign of hut or human being, wo were cheored to sight a few miles ahead ot us up along a straight reach of river, thellgther green patch in the dark surrounding line of forest which denoted the presence ot the broad-leaved plantain groves that sur round evcy village. However, on getting up to It we wero saddened by the scene which met our eyes, after we had as cended by rope ladder and steps cut in tho bank tho cliff on which the plan tains waved their long arms. Evory where was desolation. The huts were al most all destroyed by fire and only charred poles and half burnt thatcb remained to show where once had ex tended the broad pleasant street of a comfortable African village. The beautiful Btems ot the bananas and plantains were blackened by fire or cut down in enormous masses they blocked up the paths between the houses, or lay half suspended across the still hanging center pole of some partially destroyed hut We wandered about for some time amid the ruins, wondering at the causo of this destruction, and seeking if we might find some poor savage lurking in the bushes near his but recently de stroyed home. Presently from across the river a voice called out to us, timid ly and faintly, and looking in the direc tion whonce it camo, we perceived a small canoo with two occupants creep ing close in to the opposite bank and iteallngup stream in the shadows of the trees. To our cries that we wore friends and should do them no harm if they arproached, the timid natives only answered that they had nothing t sell or even give us save the advice that wo should sleep anywhere else rather than on the site of their destroyed village, for that the Lufembi at the back were only a short distance oH and would prob ably come down on us in the night. Howover. as there was plenty of good wood to be had from the partially burnt framework of the houses, we determined to remain ttie nijjht there, and put all hands to pulling down poles and charred timbers, fawiw them on the top of the bank and throw lg them down the cliff, whonce we h: .i them carried on board the Florid;. 'is work by firelight went on " -noui-h well into the night, the mtn ehafflng each ether and occasionally saying in half-play, half earnest: -What will we do if the La; fembi come down upon us by and by7 Gradually, work being finished and the wood all carried on board, the men sank to rest round their fires up on top of the cliff, each man w ith his loaded Snider rifle beside him. and a guard having been posted we all went asleep with a feeling of security. I bad not lain very long. I fancy, on mT camp bed out on the deck of the Florid, when I was startled from sleep &J w'ul noise coming from the top of the bluff yell, and shriek, and hoarse cries, .mid Which continually sounded shsrpi and dear the ban,! bang! of !th. rifle, bstaf discharged. I jumped from Mted mJ revolver from under my pillow. nd with fflave and the engineer whom I encountered running iorw , d ."ned, I was just t$ , on shore and teste the sttso Pth . , the plateau, when, tumbling heltar-, skelter over one another, rolling down entire distance from the top to j water", edge, or even leaping from the .ummlt, cam. the greater -umber of the of the Florida. For a moment fusion among the panic-stricken meh, truggllng up to their neck in the river. No one could tell the cause of the sud den flight. All were shouting at once, nd expecting the next moment to be nearly overwhelmed by a shower of .pears from the banks, where we doubt, ed not the savage Lufembl must be gathering for an assault on the steam er. We endeavored to arrest the men in their scramble, and were just mount ing the scaling laddor when voices from the darkness ou tap of the bluffs and . ringing peal of laughter caused us to pause. Then came the tone, of lllon elo". voice relating the cause of the panic, and the shouts of laughter from the men who a moment before had been risking their lives In their wild leaps to the bottom of the river bank drowned all our attempts at inquiry or reproof. It appeared from lllonelo, who with one or two more had not fled when the first shot was fired, that on searching for the cause of the disturbance, he had found our three goats tied up near one of the houses for the night after hav ing grazed during the arternoon, and lt was one of these which had coughtd la Its dreams, or while chewing the cud, that had startled Elenge Mlnto, that brave 'joun man." from hi. lumb.re. ATs Urti, lubugbT wa ol the LufeaTbl and the blood-curdling cough being re peated he had answered lt with a yell oi tear and pulled the trigger ot bit Snider. Then followed the panic, the hasty shots at an invisible foe and the indescribably swift descent over the face of the cliff. We could not refrain from joining In the merriment and chaffing the unfortu nate Elenge Mlnto. The racking cough of a consumptive goat became quite a popular complaint on board the Flor ida for the remainder of the evening. Our next day' run was a short one, and we camped at two In the afternoon alongside a small opening In the forest 'of tho north bank, where we found dead wood for fuel, as well as numerous ele phant and buffalo tracks, but none of thom very recent ones. The river now was only on an average one hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty yards broad, and its general direction was al ways the same, from the southeast Continuing our journey next morn ing, we steamod on at a good speed without seeing a human habitation or s canoe until the afternoon, when we ar rived off a village situated on low-lying swamp land at the water' edge, and consisting of a few poor fishermen' hits, lt was on the right bank ot the river and opposite the side on which the Lufembl carried on their ravages. The few fishermen about were aston ished at our advent but they speedily gathered in fresh recruits from the forest at the back and adjacent planta tions, and became sensiblo of the beau tics of a fow strings ot white beads held up artlessly before their longing eyes. When to these were added a handful ot cowries and a shining tin plate and spoon the leador ot the assemblage of savages on shore could only find broken tones in which to explain his apprecia tion of our kindness; and whon, later on, we asked him as to the country lying ahead of us, be eagerly strove to impart every thing he knew. He was of the Balolo, the great race of Iron-workers (lialolo signifying "Iron People"), wbo inhabit the coun try bordering on the three affluent, of the Congo the Ronki, Ikelomba and Lulungu but whose true home is at the head waters of this system of kindred rivers. The facial and bodily adorn ment of the lialolo differs entirely from the modes of cicatrization of the tribe, dwelling lower down, or along the bank, ot the Conga The mon we now en countered indulged their savage instinct of improving upon nature's handiwork by chiseling their features into hard lumps resembling Spanish nuts in size and shape, which were impartially dis tributed down the forehead to the bridge of the nose, and on each cheek as well a. on the chin. The shoulders and hollow of the back were alike covered with these protuber ant knots of hard skin and flesh. The women, In addition to sporting all this display, revolted in an extra batch or two of lump, scattered down the thighs, which, if one may except a nar row strip of banana or planataln leaf, fastened from a thong ot fiber around the waist, formed their sole indebt edness to art for any covering. The men, on the contrary, wore strangely made little grass or palm-fiber cloth, which terminated In a tall behind, to which was attached a piece of monkey skin, or the fur ot some animal. Tbey carried spears and shields, the former beautifully made ot Iron, their haft, covered wltb shining band, of copper or brass, and the latter procured from molting down the brass-wire rods used as currency by Upper Congo tribes. The younger boys paraded about with bow. and arrows to shoot small birds, or thin, many-pronged spears, with which they speared fish in the shallows. It was our first glimpse of the myste rious lialolo, on the borders of whose realm we now found ourselves, and w listened wltb interest to the speech of the old headman, who .poke to n. through Elenge Mlnto, our interpret er. First he gave u to understand that they lived in mortal dread of the savage Lufembl, and that the 'big" town of Malinga, to which he belonged, onlv a little further up river, had lately suffered a great deal. Many had been killed and others carried off Into slavery, but that now all the scattered Malinga villages on the other, or Lu fembi side of the river, had drawn to gether and constructed a strong barri cade around their united town, and to had been able to beat off the renewed attacks ot the Lufembi. In reply to my question whether these savages bad ivory, he facetiously re marked that as no Malinga man wbo bad ever visited the Lufembi returned to tell bis tale it waa impossible to say what tbey had, but he considered an appetite for human flesh aa their most cherished possession; and on furtter In quiry the old gentleman admitted that he himself was not at all .verse to a little boiled or roast Lufembl, when ever the fortunes of war delivered a few prisoners into the hand, of his country- men. ,, Those wbo are not Dt to ten as alaves," he said, alluding to the weak or wounded captives, "we eat" Then he branched off into a descrip tion of the upper course of the river, which we soon judged would prove navi gable yet for another ten day.' team ing of the Florida. 'High up." said he, "the river divides. Into tao branches, one coming from wamps and trees, the other, and larger, falling over stone where tbero are fisber villages." Before reaching thU point however, be aaid we should come acroa the veri tU torn. f tt .lepbn. Score ol these bug creature oTmllnually cross ing and recrosslng tbo Infant river, v OCB LAST TTCW OF TUB VILLAGE. bathing in Its pool, and wallowing In the shady recesses of It forest bank. Slaves, he asserted, In that paradise of the man-catcher could be purchased for two mitakoi each (two brass rods, worth about two cents each), so valu able was metal tbero and so plentiful the supply ot human flesh. Any exhibition of disgust on our part was out of place here; and w felt that to argue with a blood-thirsty old can nibal, and have our argument met by a supercilious lifting of s pair ot an thropophagous eyebrow was more than either we could stand, or Elenge Mlnto find suitable word to express; so by way of inflicting as much torture as pos sible ere we shot out from the bank, we gave tho steam-whistle string such s tug that the shriek which burst from the Florida nearly deafenod ourselves as we enjoyed the spectacle of its hu miliating effect on the lino of grinning savages along the muddy shore. Our last iew bt that village was omewhat obscured by the hopeles jumble of arms, legs, monkey' tail, knotted tbigh. and bursting banana fiber waist thongs, which heaved and throbbed on the muddy beach as old chlct and young warrior, wife, hus band and babe struggled and panted 'to escape from the piercing screams of the Iron monster which was now gaily dash ing aside the current of the river on its way to renowned Malinga. MISCELLANEOUS. In Colorado in caso ot debt the law allow forty-five percent of a man's wages till the bill Is paid. One orange growor ot San Diego keeps trees from being pluckod of ripe fruit by putting up placards: "These oranges have been poisoned." Tbo Rldgowaterd'a.) physlclansays that olive oil Is an antidote for rattle snako poison. Half a dozen tablespoon fuls are sufficient, he declares, to cure any case of snake bite. It Is said that nearly all tho postal clerks and carriers who become thieves begin by stealing letters addressed to lottery agonts, which they know are al most sure tocontaln money. A Dodge City (Kan.) dentist who had mado a sot of teeth for a lady who had failed to pay for them, took them out ot her mouth In a crowded store In that place. In an hour or two the molars were paid for and returned to the woman. It is a ourious fact that lumber Is transported in large quantities from New York to Para, llraztl, although the fast forests of that country contain no fewer than sixty-seven variotlos of the most valuable building woods in the world. It Is a cloar case of "carrying coals to Nnwcastlo." A Potaluma (Cal.) merchant found in hi papers recently a note of hand given blm in January, 1800. Tho face of It called for $200, with three per cent a month Interest compounded monthly it not paid. He got a number of sharp ac countants to figure up the present value of the note with lntorest Tho result was startling $8.W7,37.90. The application of a caveat to stop a marriage is something new. It is stated that a member of the Maryland Legis lature bad contracted a marriage with s lady, and journeyed to the county seat to procure a license, when he made tho painful discovery that bis rival had filed a caveat against the issue, and before ho can get lt the caso will have to be argued. The wedding day has been postponed, but the man is a fighter and won't give up easily. "People who endorse others for posi tions say very strange things once in a while," remarked a western Senator. "I received papers the other day urging the nomination of a constituent of mine as s chaplain in the army, and one of the documents, after aaylng a number of nice things about the candidate, and de tailing his long service as a minister of the Uospel, wound up with the emphatic remark: 'He Is s man ot good moral character.' 'How's that" Washington Star. Among the transfer filed in the reo ord office at Washington, recently, was one of Agnes Holts, transferring to George Wagner all ber Interest In her son Paul during hi minority for s nom inal consideration, the party ot the sec ond part agreeing to feed and clothe and give the boy a good common school edu cation. Tbero was come discussion as to the question under what bead the pa per ihould be filed, some claiming it was s lease, but it was finally concluded that as the boy was s movable property the chattel mortgage bead was the proper one. Among the most oppressive monopo lies of the present day are the express companies. English post-offices do the bulk of the express business. The av erage cost ot sending parcels through out Great Britain is eleven cents. It costs f 1.50 to send s suit of clothes across our continent It Is to be hoped the United States will encourage the adoption of the parcel, post system In this country. Now American express companies do a great part of the busi ness which properly belongs to our Post office Department, and charge outrage oualy for it The people demand cheap er service. Boston Budget A Talaabl KnaiipC David Wbitmer, who died at Rich mond, Ray County, Ma, January 29, 1888, bad in his possession one of tho most interesting and valuable manu script in tbe world the original manu script of tbe "Book of Mormon." Some time before bis death tbe Salt Lake hierarchy, through Orson Pratt and oth ers, offered Mr. Wbitmer f 100,000 for bis treasure, which be promptly refused. It is believed that 1500,000 would have been given by the parties interested, but tbe owner told them that "all tbe gold in the world would not tempt blm to part wltb it" Tbe table upon which It waa written, an invaluable relio of Itself, is now the property of George bchwekh, of Richmond. J. D., s son ef David Wbitmer. has custody ef ths maa iscxlpt bt Louis RspubUs, -1 BLOWN INTO ETERNITY. loor At Kill llltawir by Trying t Maintain the Family !lgnlly. Ws were riding along a Kentucky highway when we came to a mule and cart backed up to a farm-house gato, and one ot the two men w ith it halted us and aald: "Strangers, I reckon you'll be willing to stop and give us a lift on this thing in the cart" We expressed our willingness, and were shocked to discover that "this thing" was the dead body ot a young man. "It's my son Abe," explained the man, wbo was a typical KentucMaa about sixty years old. "But is he really dead?" "Dead as a crowbar, gentlemen." "Killed by some accident?" "No, sir; busted to death by his own durned foolishness. Let's git the body Into the house and then I'll explain." We carried lt iu and luid lt on a bed off the sitting room. The wife and mother wasn't home, and as soon as tho body was decently cared for the man ac companied us to the door and said: "The undertaker will be along purty soon, and I've sent for tbe old woman, who Is seven mllus away. Now, then, as to bow he died. It's market day in town, you know, and me an Abe won' up. There was a feller there with one of them blowing machines, and the tnlnlt Abe aaw lt he was dead gono." "Do you moan a lung tester?" "Reckon lt was. You blow into it and s plnter flies round a dial to toll bow many pounds you blow." "Yes." "Well, Abe was gone on It and I waa holding bim back, when one of the Stevenses stepped up and blew. It was Budd Stevens, and lludd and Abe didn't bitch, you know. They was allors like two dogs, ready to fight, but waitin' for tbe hat to drop. Iludd made that pinter bump for dear Ufa, and the crowd yellod and applauded. Then Abe says to mo: " 'Dad, lt won't never do to back down for a Stevens. I've got to beat that blow or we'll lose our respoctabll lty.' " " 1 Abe, you lot It alone,' say I. We've got mo' doggonod respectability in five nilnlts than '.he Stevensos have in a hull y'ar.' " " 'Hut I can beat It dad.'" ""Sposlng ye kin? What' blowin' s plnter around amount to? That hain't jumpln', or shootin', or flghtln', is It?' " "But, gentlemen, that 'ere Abe felt sore to see that 'ere Budd struttln' around, and be took advantago ot my goln' into s saloon after s drink. He stopped up, laid down his nickel, and ho told the boys he'd beat Budd all holler or bust Ho sucked In enough wind to blow a barn over, got a purchase in tbe gravel with his foot, and thon lot ber go." "And he died!" "Died! Why, dog-gone blm, be bust ed hlssulf all apart In five or six places, and he couldn't help but dtel There was a ripping and a toarlng, and Abo cried out: "Oh! Lord!" and full back as dead as a June bug In January. That's the story gentlemen, and I'm much obliged for tho lift Good day to you." N. Y. Sun; SOME BIQ BRIDGES. Englneiirlna- Feats That the Anelent Would Have Thought ImooMlble. The Inventors of phrases have much exercised tholr ingenuity ot late In coining a proper tltlo tor tho present age, and to the list of labols alroady made there may surely bo added that of the Ago of Big Bridges. Tho Brooklyn bridge led the way, thon came that across the Firth of Forth, noxt the pro ject to join the shoro. of the English channel, and now congross has been asked to grant a company of enginoors and capitalists the right to span tho Hudson from New York to New Jersey. It U claimed that this will be tho big gest brMgo in tbe world, the engineer ing standard being the length of span and not tbo length of tbe whole struct ure. Thus, while tho English ohannel Is twenty mile, wide at the point to be bridged, the longest spau ot the contem plated great link between England and France is to be but 1,700 foot, while tbe pan of the North river brldgo 1. to be 8,8.r0 feet A bettor idea of the bold ness ot this enormous leap may be gath ered from the fact, In comparison, that tbe river span of the Brooklyn bridge is 1,405 feet, while that at Niagara is but 1,208 foot Tbe height of this giant span from the river is to bo 150 foot, or fifteen foot higher than the Brooklyn. This will leave the river practically un obstructed. The dispatch does not say so in so many words, but there Is very fair in ternal evidence that the bridge Is to be of the susponslon order of construction the most graceful form of all bridges. It Is to be built of stool snd stool wlro, mater.'als now so much cheaper than tbey wore at the time tho Brooklyn bridge was built that tbe probability 1. that tbe air passage over the North river will be completed at no greater if not at s les. cost ($M,000,000) than was that over the East river. One important factor in thia probability Is the tact that tho Now York-New Jersey bridge 1. to be open for trafllo in seven years from tbe date of franchise, wbllo fifteen years elapsed before tbe New York-Brooklyn brldgo was completed. Tb enterprise Is undoubtedly s good commercial one, as the success ot tbe Brooklyn bridge bas proved; and per haps by tbe time tho Jersey brldgo is In good running order the spirit of boldness may have made its way so far West that we may begin to seriously discuss tbe feasibility of a similar con nection between San Francisco and Oak land. San Francisco Chronicle. The Longevity of Bird. The swan Is the longest-lived bird ssd it is asserted tbst it bas reached tbe age of 100 years. Knauer, In bis work entitled "Naturblstorlker," .tate. that be ha. seen s falcon that wa. 18'J year. old. Tbe following example, ars cited as to the longevity of tbe eagle snd vulture: A aea eagle captured in 1715 and already several year, of age, died 104 years afterward. In 1819; s white-headed vulture, captured in 1708, died In 18-I0 in one of tbe aviaries of Scboenbrunn Castle, near Vienna, where it had passed 118 year, in captiv ity. Paroquet and raven, reach an age of over 100 years. Tbe life of aea and marsh birds sometime, equal that ot several human generations. Like many other birds, magpie liv to be very old In s state of freedom, but do not reach over to or 25 year io captivity. The nightingale live but 10 year in cap tivity and the blackbird 15. Canary bird reach an age of from li to 15 1 years In tbe cage, bat those flying at liberty la tholr native Islands reach s saueb nor advanced sfft, I WOMEN AND LUGGAGE. Two Kirlrnria That taitrientd a Fall Itlvrr IUsaH( Matr. "Quoer creatures, those women," said Henry Whelund, baggage master ot the Fall River steamer, the other night "What bas struck you now?" was asked. "l'vo Just been having s nice j tlmo with one of them. She enmo to my office just after wo li ft tho duck at i X'.... ... I -..l.l ..U.v'.l 111,.. In... imn I um mm biiiu diiu u una wguvimv her trunk. "Now.you may not have noticed It.but all our through, bapcajro is packed in crates on tbe pier In New York, where the crates are locked, and rolled them aboard the Btenmer, to ho transferred to cars at Fall River and so carried to Bos ton. At Uoston these crates are supposed to lie unlocked for the lirsl time. "This woman's trunk wus bound for Boston. I told her ulxmt the crates, and that nut of the 1,500 pieces of liajrage In tho el'ht crates on hoard to-night lt would bo hard to find her particular trunk. "Oh, If you'll nsk tho men who pack ed tho crates," she said, '1 know they'll remember my trunk and whero they put It tor it was brand now and tho very best make.' "It was no use to sujrpest to such a woman that thero might be another brand new trunk on board. Sho seemed in such great distress I thought it wus surely a case ot sudden sickness, and so I took my keys nnd begun to hunt for the trunk. I unlocked and unloaded six crates before I found ber trunk. Hav ing placed lt convenient for ber to open I, of course, waited near by, so as to put it back ii pain. Sho hastily took out tho tray, plunged her hands Into tlio bottom and pulled out what do you think? A sunshade. Then she locked up tho trunk, sighed gently with satisfaction, picked up tho parasol, said 'There!' and walked away with not even a thank you to mo. It's no small job to unload six crates of baggage, and sighs won't buy s cigar." "But you don't find many such women, do you?" asked the reporter. "Don't I? I'm a good-natured sort o' devil and hato to ri'fusn a woman any thing; so I'm always getting Into a mesa. A few trips back a nlco-looklng young lady wunted to get into her trunk bo fore lt left the pier, so I said 'all right' and hunted lt up for her. I stood close alongside to assist her and keep the orowd away from her while she took out ber duds. "When tbo trunk was open she turned over a dress that was on top, and a. I was turning my bead away took out something, I did not seo what, which she thrust into my hand to bold wbllo she re-arranged tho things in tho trunk. The boys around began to snicker. It was a nursing bottle, and there I stood, an unmarried man, you know, holding a nursing botllo while the handsomest young woman on tho pier was locking up a trunk alongstdn. Did tho boy. guy me? You bet I'll never bear tho last of It I'm dotio helping women." Howover, be wasn't quite done, The next morning at Fall River ho was aeon going down the gangplank carryings gripsack, two bundles and a birdcage, and leading a very largo dog at tho end of a chain, while a woman wbo carried nothing w alked along in front with an air ot supremo lndlltereiico. N. Y. Sun. AGES OF ANIMALS. The Teitra of I.ir Allotted to Wild and l)iiiiielli-ntd Cri'ttturea. Sir John Lubbock, tho great English ciontist in ono of his Interesting lec tures on ants, tells us that ho kept . "queen ant" for fourteen years. On tho other hand, ho speaks of some small in sect that 11 vo but a day, which short period senilis as long to them probably as our threo scoro and ten years. Hu bert WhI to records the tradition ot a tortoise that lived for ono hundred yrars and of another which, to his per sonal knowledge, died at tbo advanced ago of thirty. In tho Zoological Gardens of Phila delphia there Is a cockatoo that Is still lively and cross at tho ago of eighty five, tho venerable bird being a uni versal pet with tho keepers of tho gar dens. Purrots bave been known to live to tho ago of ono hundred years, wbllo ravens have a still bettor record for clinging to life, I hud a pet skylark, which lived for ten years in s cage, and died finally from old age. But since its death I have heard of another ono that lived for twenty-four years in confinement, and of a ring-dove that died aftor bolng cuged for twenty-six years. Thoso who havo cuged birds should note tho egos, and at their death send a record of their 11 fo to some repu tablo sclentlflo paper or mugazlno, such Information often being of great impor tance to bird fanciers. Tho ages of fishes are moro difficult to get at, except when kept in globes. Carp aro considered tho patriarchs of fresh-water fish, whllo plko havo been known to live to extreme old ago. One was captured In Germany a short tlmo ago wearing s ring through Its lower jaw, on which tho date l'U8 was scratched; but evidently Bomelmdy put the wrong ditto on, cither accldently or Intentionally, as very few scientists give much credit to the story. Tho ages of our domesticated animals sre more easily determined than those of wild ones. It is very seldom that s horse is good for much hard work after he is fifteen or twenty jwars of ago, and S fow have reached forty to fifty year of age when carefully cared tor. The oldest horse in New York died a short time ago In his thirty-eighth year, whilo s famous barge-horse died at Warrington Sixty-two year old. Mules hang onto life a little moro tenaciously than horses. About a year ago ono died in Philadel phia forty-six years of ago, while ono has been known to live to nearly seventy. Lately s short paragraph appeared in tbe papers to the effect that s water spaniel died at the age of twenty-eight In the same pfaco s cat died in Its twenty-second year. But by far tho best of all these I the history of the old Cromarty donkey, whoso ago could be traced back to 1770. It was known to bo at least ono hundred snd six years of age, still hale and hearty, whon lt was killed by a kick from s horse. These are all extraordinary ages for domesticated animals, and they show merely how well they can cling to life if properly bandied. Tbe duty of kind ness to animals is now being generally taught and nothing Is more instructive In tbls respect than to see some old horse, mule, or dog quietly living out its fow remaining years in peace and rest on its old master's place. It should bo our duty to care for our four-footed friends in tbelr declining years, remem bering that tbey bave worked for us so long and faithfully, that thoy deserve some little reward in return. Treasurs Trove, THE USES OF HISTORY. It la the Itreonl of Fact Rearing OS Or ganlinl Mum of Men. In his eloquent address before tbo New York Historical Society on tho oc casion of Its eighty-fifth anniversary, November 31, lss'.i, the Rey. John Hall, 1). I)., said: "When memory was given by tho Creative hand as one of the powers of the mind, it was evidently meant that the past should have to do in tho mental experiences of the present. To tho Inflnlto Ono, past, present and future make ono picture of perfect dis tinctness. The finite man falls Im measurably below this capacity, but thero Is still a lingering vestige of like ness to the I inn, 'ii of the infinite In that we can learn and remombnr something ot what Is behind us, and In that we can not help wondering, inquiring, hoping, regarding tho future. Tho exercise that strengthens this original faculty which rcpnxluccs tho past and placos lt beslihi the living present Is good In Itself provided we koep the power so en larged at work on fruitful fields. In tho careful analysis of the niontal powers by Dr. Noah Porter we have sense -perception and consclousnosa, inakln,- a first presentation of objects to the mind. Then we havo the repre sentative faculty acting (In part without the will), making a second presentation of the objects. But will-power comes in, and Is employed in keeping represented to the mi I'd what Is desired, and so at once employing and strengthening it t.nod history furnishes tbe material on which this representative power can work, exercising in pnrtothor faculties, and so far giving vigor, direction, and versatility to that which constitutes the man. For what Is history? Thore Is s most valuable ono might say, Invalu able department ot literature, In which the muke-up, tho career, and the In fiuences ot individuals are portrayed, and single lives stand out In tholr dis tinctness beforo s community, so that wo seem to live, snd toll, and suffer with them. I am ready to own the pleasure and tho profit I bavo drawn from tho fruitful field of biography, which Is the history ot individuals. But you can not look at Individuals without keeping under your eye the throngs be tween whom and them action and re action aro more or leas distinctly visi ble. Constantino tho Great can not bo rightly estimated without s careful con sideration of tho condition, social, po litical and religious, of the nations with which hn had to do. When Prof. Pasqualo Vlllarl would depict the man who moved Italy, from Floronce as s center, In the end of the flfteonth cen tury, he writes tbe Llfo and Times of lavonarolo. On tho other hand, we can not explain tbo conditions of things throughout Christendom for centuries without taking Constantlnolnto account; nor can you get a just view ot tbo sway ot tho Mcillols, and the relations of France and Italy at that time, not to speak of great lator movements, without some knowledge ot Savonarola. An In dividual, howover Interesting person ally, becomes 'historical' only when ho Influences, directly or Indirectly, the conditions ot masses of his fellow-men, and affects their Joint movements. "History, then, is tho record of fact not as tilings dono and done with, but as things making or marring, telling for good or evil, on organliod masses ot men, facts not llko pretty and Interest ing Koenlg-Soes and lntor-Soes, butlike Urn sources ot tbo Rhine, or the Danube, which, though men may oomo and men may go, themselves go on forover, their direction iniloed affected by circum stances outside, with which history bus nothing to do."- Mugazlno of American History. A NOVEL INDUSTRY. A Woman's Ht-henui fur Npremllng I'aeful Knowledge la Hnclnty. A comparatively now avenue of em ployment for women, particularly for Intelligent and educated women, is that of purveyor ot information on topics of tho day. Tho plan originated with s bright woman wbo, at a dinner some months ago, when thn Samoan matter was first prominent, beheld tho oon steriiatlon Into which the entire com pany was thrown by the Innocent ques tion of ono ot thom: "Where Is .Samoa, by thn way?" None of thom, Including herself, knew for s certainty, although several moro or leas hailly correot sur mises wero given. Tbe bright woman, whoi-o resources needed eking out, saw her opportunity. Within a wooksho had sent out to various ladles of her acquaint ance llttlo written notices that on the following Tuesday attornoon an Informal "talk" upon "Samoa and the Samoan matter" would bo delivered at tbe resi dence of Mr. , West Seventieth street, a somewhat prominent society woman who lent hor this sld. It was further stated that the purpose of the talk was to present In s concise snd portable way tho aallent features of s subject at the moment on the popular tongue. Fully a score of ladles were present from which number s class of ten for a courso of talks was evolved. Tbe terms were s dollar apiece from every memler for s lecture, and ono lecture per wrok was glvon during tbe following throe months, tho class in creasing to twenty In s vory short time. Beforo she had conducted the enter prise a month tho fair lecturer bad se cured clusses In both Brooklyn and Jer sey Cl'.y, and this yoar ber scheme ha so enlarged upon bor bands that four days In the weok she Is st work morn ing and afternoon, for, In addition to tho threo cities, she has classes In several suburban communities. One lecture, of courso, serves for a week's work, and a. sho will take no class of less than ten paying member., it may be readily seen that the work is profit able, lt is also pleasant and not difficult Tbe newspapers furnish ber with topics and an afternoon at a publio library afford the information needed. Occasionally, though notoften, a fashion able book Is the subject of a talk; the gist of such, howover, is usually so readily obtalnod through any one of the Innum erable newspapers and periodical re views that tho value of comment is not so obvious as In the case ot other popu lar topics. The success of the pioneer in tbo work has been of s nature to attract others to non-compotltlve fields. Two charming women in Seneca Falls have taken to thn parlor platform, joining forces In the undertaking, and bavo flourishing classes, not only In the vll lago named, but In Waterloo and Syra cuse, with designs upon adjacent neigh borhoods. All ot tho talkers made s specialty of complete and accurate In formation upon the toplo discussed, rather thin voicing their Individual opinion upon it It Is s gratifying com ment upon the growth of the standard ot development in village communities that tbe disciples ot the metropolitan lecturer so quickly secured their audi noes. N. Y. Sun.