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t oldIuckory's home. PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT BY THE LA DIES OF TENNESSEE. ,lj Remlulwenptm of the Her- 9ut nA ,w M""'"r T,, "eaullful dhel Robnrda, Who llecame Hn Adi" Jwh""-Tl, Jswksona. 110 whs It said. "The Union mum Mild "hull be pre served t" Old Hickory, o( courHe. Every schoollxjy will tell you Unit. Anil uowanum ber of pittrlotio southern women are saying In sub stance, "The Hep. mitage, the noma j Old Hickory must atid hIihII be pre "tlw general assembly of the state of Ten ,hi assigned to the tare of the I Heriiilwge ossiKiiutlon of Nashville dull HImI lonill Of (it-IHTIll Jackson I! twnity Hvf surrounding acres, to Im Imresud preserve in lasting memory of 5. Hero of New Orleans. Tbi property was purchased by the state Mo from the adopted mod of General cltou with the proviso that bin wife re in there during her life. Mrs. JackKon dirtl there three years ago. when the state Umlwl over the historic mansion to the ufiiii log" association. Colonel Jackson. Hon of Old Hickory' opll a- Kti" ,ive t,l,'re' Hl"' wl" ,,HH0 until tbe association either hnyw the fiirnl taresnd relief from him or gives up Its op ,100 of IT..V ou them. Thlsoption ban two yean more to run. god tlie ((etitlfwoinell who are Interested in u conservation of thin historic Hot are vorkinx heart and hand to nave the gnuid old plitce and preserve It, not alone for the gxlf of Tennessee, hut, like Mount Ver ioa. for a Mecca for patriotic Americana. It was tbe suggestion of (iovernor lloliert . Taylor, of Tennessee, that the privileges of the Hssociation should be extended to jery citizen of America. "Andrew Jack ioo'i illustrious name," said the governor, "beloiiK1 not ,0 olie KlKte but t0 the entire DiitioD.and all the people should have equal prifllcKc in becoming participant! in this nohle work, and while Tennessee, I believe, hjukIx alone among tbe states in having pnrcliiwed anrl preserved for public use the tumor of a distinguished son, the recog nizesthe proierty right of tbe nation In his memory, and gladly surrenders to the keeping of the whole people the sacred duty and privilege of caring for and per prtuitting it." The indifference of the American public lo the demolition of historic houses is pro mbial. One hy one tbese landmarks are wept sway hy tbe vandal progresa. It is irsllf sniazing that there is not a round towKora grain elevator at Mount Vernon imt n row of apartment houses on tbe Alexander Hamilton estate. The "brave old house" near Nashville, with Its appurtenances and relics, should be of inestimable value to the country. It tithe munition of the association to make it iwtional museum, which shall invite pilgrims from north and south. Tbe mansion is a superb specimen of Co lonial architecture, with its great pillars, broad porticos and hospitable rooms. (rand old trees shade it, and their houghs droop across tbe balconies where once the gentle Kachel Jackson walked. Indeed, the tender melancholy of this fair woman' life seems indissolubly blended nth every nook and corner of the Hermit iKC tbe home to which she was devoted, ind from which destiny decreed she should not wander far. The story of Kachel Jackson's life Is a romance. She was a wonderfully beauti ful woman, with a lovely disposition and deep personal piety In her youth Hhe con tracted an unfortunate marriage with a man her inferior in every resect, and from whom she was divorced. The love of lien ml Jackson for bis sweet wife amounted to idolatry, and duriug bis momentous career he never escaped from tbe inlluence U her personality. He wore her miniature oo hi heart till bis death, aud no matter what his care or pleasures, be always eommnned with her portrait and her Bible at tbe close of each busy day. Mm Jackson cared very little for the booorsof this world and longed for noth ing much as the time when ber husband would finish with politics, for he assured ber tbit when that time came and only then could he become a Christian. Here tory illustrative of the great moral influence Mrs. Jackson held over ber bus bud Old Hickory was an adept In profanity. When occasion required he could paralyze hi listeners by the breadth and variety of swearing. It was during an exciting political campaign, aud just after Mrs. Jackson had told a guest that she thought "Kfteoeral was disposed to Is? religious, nd that but for the coming presidential flection she believed would joiu the church, ben be entered the room with an opposi tion newspaper In his hand, like Saul breathing, out threatening and slaughter, tattrspemed with delightfully picturesque "ha He swore until he was nearly out f breath, when his gentle wife approached 'in and looking him squarely in the face "imply, "Mr. Jackson." The great Weral who had conquered everything "at had come his way was subdued at and ceased bis profanity THE HERMtTAGK. when Jackson was elected president his said to those about her "For Mr. ""on's sake I am glad, for my own I r" wished it I would rather be a door VVn iQ the house of my God than to TV that P"'1" in Washington." ?i is a popu lar story that it was while rnK preparations for ber departure ""the Hermitage that this gentle soul the rude shock which caused her r"- She was like a mother to every "wton the e tat, and wishing to leave klJJ'ortable ior the wiuter, made a trip " . Nashville x purchase supplies and b'ng for those who were dependent on bun l tarj from ner "bopping, she' went Parlor of a hotel to rest while she ujr1 fo' the family coach to carry her to the Hermitage. ""Henly she beard her name spoken to joining room, and her character as j." m terms of base and cruel calumny "me time she sat there motionless, w .J'he accusations against herself, Bsi -ncircnlatel during tbe cam- od which berchivalric husband bad taJ?11' from her knowledge. The tradition adds that she was soon t 'n? "itl1 Ptt,modic disease of the W this account the historians only Vsi iS!f not rtainlj proved, and Par itm. tnt she had known of the slao jfiberloog before the fatal seix tte l7' ,8a- The inscription upon "malnsof Mrs. Rachel Jscksoo, rr""'lnt Ji k.n hn rilnri Ih 5UI o hUJ.ajredsuty-oiuean. ! I!! u'i'rVb'"' Pn"a ''""'HI. nertemper ami-1 I ue siitof Uer Mlow crwii ur.nd eult IvkiJi th4dlvl.leiuur. h). tba mi iSAlTSlS m.prj,u.mlln ni8lll,k To tb. poor 5?." reu hl a romf.,riw u. tu pn.s r., u or? hr benevolru,-,. s.,. ,Ur im,,k 1,., for Mug pnitle.l to do Hood. A bebTj 1 Willie aiMlM vlrtun... ,l,,er mGfa2 but mold .ml d..!,,,,, ,VB0 Ih,.,U. ij... h. but trsnspori bur to lu bumm of ber Clod. And If at midnight you could walk through the old mansion I doubt not you would see another lovely ghost flitting through tbe great rooms-lK-autiful Emily Oonelson, the niece of Km hel J,u kson and mistress of the White House during ber uucle's admlnisiruiion. Kmlly Donelson strongly n-semblwl Mary Qun-n or Scots and iKMsessed much of the fascination of the hlte ltose of Scotland. The gown she wore at the llrst Inauguration ball Is one of the pnious ndics. It Is of amber satin, brocaded with violets and trimmed with pearl aud lace. It was a present from the geuerul. and even at that day was descrilwd at great length lu every newspiqier in the country. And It is this old mansion, so filled with historic and gentle associations, that the Nashville Indies are working vigorously to save from the hand of the spoiler. They are now making preparations on a grand scale for a Colonial ball or reception at tbe I'once de lon, St. Augustine, In March, at which many unique and interesting features will be introduced. General and Mrs. Jackson, the cabinet aud foreign ministers of his administration and their wives will In personated by prominent so ciety people of Nashville. The lady who Is to personate Mrs. Jackson will wear arti cles of dress which Mongcd to the gen end's wife and also tbe Jewels presented to her by the people of New Orleans. The ball will be oK-ued with a minuet and closed with an old fashioned Virginia reel. Many of the most valuable relics will be taken from the Hermitage to exhibit at this ball, and one of the attractions will be the general's old body servant, an aged negro who never wearies talking of the glory of his master. Jackson's sword, pre sented by the citizens of New Orleans, will be carried by the gentleman who person ates him. An effort Is now being made by prominent southerners to interest New York society people in this affair, aud specially to enlist Uj ill mum THE TOMB. the co-pperation of Mr. McAllister. Mr. Msenurd Stewart, Mr. Valentine Hall aud Mr. A. A. Conklin, who it is promised will introduce other att ractive and novel features. It is hoMKl that enough money will be realized from this affair to pay off a good share of the option and that the promt neuce it will give the Hermitage aasocia tion will result iu raising the rest of the required funds. Tbe mansion Is literally crammed with tbe most valuable and interesting relics The wall paper, which the general bought in France iu IS?, is iu an excellent state of preservation; that In the great bnll is gorgeous in color, and represents incidents aud scenes in the life of iVIemachus. The pictures hang ou the walls just as Jackson left them. There are two line portraits of Mrs. Jackson by Karle, and any number of portraits of Old Hickory, the most in- tuMMitiiur iwrhtinn beinir thilt fjlknn hv v. ....... t - 1 onler of the French government Ave days berore nis ileatu. There is a quantity of General Jackson's personal articles of jewelry Bnd clothing his watch, seal cornelian ring, topaz breast pin, gold pen and pencil, tobacco hox, walking stick, slippers, flesh brush, dress ing gown and a wonderful bead regalia presented by Sam Houston, of Texas, There is the general's library, a collec tion of several hundred volumes, nearly all of which contain his autograph. There is a marvelous collection of suuffloxes, one of which belouged to Ijifayette aud was presented by himself. There is a wilder ness of curios, medals, coins, pipes and swords. There is all the beautiful old mahogany, tbe rosewood, the mother of pearl, the gilt and tbe damask of those days. There are pitchers, vases, lamps, andirons, gilt aud ail vercandelabrums which would seud a con noisseurwild with delight, beautiful clocks aud statuettes, silver servers and old mir rors, candlesticks, china and silver galore. There is a silver dish which belonged to Decatur, a letter from Jefferson, an ex quisite porcelain miniature of Mrs. De Witt Clinton presented by herself and ac companied by a letter couched In the ro mantic language of that day, an armchair presented by Mrs. Chief Justice Taney, George Washington's oflice chair, a small panel from the floor of Napoleon's room at Longwood, St. Helena, a piece of candle fouud lu Cornwallis' tent at tbe surrender of Vorktown and sent to Jackson with the request that be light it upon every recur ring 8tb of January, and a penholder made from a portion of the tree under which Washington llrst unsheathed his sword in defense of American liberty. The general's state coach and his car riage made of a portion of the old ship Constitution are also preserved. It is im possible to give an adequate idea of the extent and value of these relics, which but for the energy of a few southern women would have been scattered to the four cor ners of the glolxs. And it Is to preserve them enshritied in their fitting place that these women ask the assistance of all pa triotic Americans. F.tHTH Sessions Tuppkb. .... V.in Pa.tt.eur. M. Pasteur is now entitled to style himself Baron von Pasteur, the emperor of Austria having sent him the Order of the Iron Crown, mere are bumo uuvw riirht to wear it. The Paris Liberte is curious to see whether M. Pasteur will cause muit" to be aunounced as M. le Baron de Pas tn dine at irreat houses. KUI nircuu-S""- o There is practically no hindrance to trenebmen in rrauco biub j titles or wearing foreign orders. London Star. Shot Dead by HI Mala. C. N. Hammond, living two mile south of Jackson, beard a noise at his barn, and, thinking that a thief was about, took his pistol and went out It is thought he went near a mule, which kicked him, causing the pistol to go off. The ball passed through his body. He lived but a few hours and died without ever speaking.-Cor. Memphis Appeal- Avalanche. A new kind of school is about to be started. The University of Pennsylva nia has received $700,000 in gifts to be used for founding scnool oi aui. history and institutions. WONDERFUL MIRAGES. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS THAT 6TARTLED MANKIND. HAVE CUlrs In Hi sky aud VesarU Balllnf Ulltbely I'pslda Down Intamtlnf Slo rlea of Natural Phenomena Mot Entity Kxplaluril. This wonderful phenomenon takes sev eral forms, accordiug to the state of the atmosphere, hut those most generally seen are the looming mirage and the Fata Mor gana. In looming mirages distant objects show au extravagant Increase iu vertical height without alteration in breadth. Distant hummocks of ice are thus magnified into immense towers aud pinnacles, aud a ship la sometimes abnormally drawn out until It apisam twelve or thirteen times as high as it is long. KiH-ks are seeu drawn up to tenor twelve times their proper height. Houses, as well as human beings and ani mals, appear iu like exaggerated shape. Another form of mirage is when a ship, or some other object near tbe water, seems greatly elongated, aud a second Inverted Image meets It from above. Sometimes tbe proper image of the object is elevated far aliove the lake or sea, while tbe second Im age strangely apMars Inverted beneath It; the whole surrounded by a sheet of sky, which Is mirrored and related within it. In littJ, lu the Arctic region, Capt. Scoresby recognized, hy its inverted Image lu the air, the ship Fame, which afterward proved to be seventeen miles beyoud tbe visible horizon of his observation. Dr. Vinos, on Aug. 6, tsot), at T p. m., saw from Hamsgate, at which place only the tops of Dover castle towers are usually visible, the whole of the castle. It appeared as though lifted up aud bodily placed on the near side of the intervening hill. So perfect was this illusion that the hill itself actually could not be seen through the ligure. ALONO THE CANADA BlIOIiE. Some forms of mirage are lateral as well as vertical, arising from unequal density of two contiguous vertical bodies of air. Thus, on Iitike Geneva, a boat has been seen double, the two images some distance apart. I'ersous have been duplicated In the same way. Any one on a hot day, by placing his eye near to a heated wall, may set- lateral mirages of objects at a distance, aud nearly on a line with the wall. On the shores of Ijike Ontario many beautiful and wonderful mirages are wit nessed. The hike is so wide, the opposite side is not at all visible. Aud yet during some peculiar states of the atmosphere it is clearly outlined. Even the Canada shore in the vicinity of Long I'omt and 1'rince Edward's bay is at at times plainly In sight. A vessel has liecn seen Sailing along the horizon with the hull uppermost, visible at Lake Ulull. Accompanying the appear ance of the ship was that of mountains and hills, as though the Canadian shore was coming into view. A puff of wind appar ently caused the whole phantasmagoria to melt away is if by magic. Iu Syracuse, a distant city, a remnrkable mirage was witnessed by many persons. It lasted two hours and was best observed from University hill looking northwest over Onondaga lake. Lake Ontario was plainly visible, and stretching out at an angle of twenty-five degrees or the Horizon it looked like au ocean, l'rofessor Com fort says that a few years previous a similar mirage occurred, and it was so (list met mat by means of a glass he could discern a town, probably Kingston. Portions of Rochester and sections of the country lying south of it have been seen out in the lake six and ten miles distant, as though the city was standing erect in the air. Trains of moving cars and other objects were clearly defined, the aerial phe nomena continuing for nearly an nour. A well known hike captain has also wit nessed a wonderful miriige out on Iake Ontario. While on his way from the St, Lawrence up the lake and near the islands known as the False Ducks, and while standing at the wheel, there suddenly hurst into view the city of Oswego, thirty one miles distant, with the gas lights in the streets, and all the appearance a town lighted up would present from a hill in the immediate vicinity at night. The light house nt Oswego, os well as others on the lake shore below as far as Sackett's Har bor, were distinctly seen. It was a sort of night mirage, and a rare sight indeed. It lasted for several minutes, then slowly faded away into darkness. A SWtPASSlXO SIGHT. At Rochester, which Is aliout twenty miles inland from Lake Ontario, a mirage of a most surpassing character was wit nessed by many. The entire northern sky as far as tho angle, or bison, was lighted above the landmark with the blue waters of Lake Ontario, while reflecting from her bosom could be seen the mountains, hills, valleys, bays and rivers of the Canadiau shore inland for miles. The coast could lie plainly seen mirrored over a stretch of llfty miles, anil so perfect at one time that the forests could readily be distinguished. The reader can form some idea of its grand eur by knowing that a country separated from Rochester by a lake seventy miles in width was, as if suddenly by the hand of Its great Creator, painted upon the heavens so plain as to be seen from a standpoint of near 100 miles distant. Upon land mirages are best seen over desert plains in hot climates. Tbe intense heat of the sands greatly rarefies the air in contact with them, and rays of light com ing from the distant objects are gradually bent by approaching the rare stratum un til they strike it at an angle greater than the limiting augle. Total reflection then occurs, the air near the sand acting as a mirror, or a body of water in which invert ed images are seen. Thus is presented to the inexperienced traveler over the desert plains tbe appearance of tranquil lakes, aud, parched with thirst, he is sadly delud ed by them. Manythrilling incidents are given where whole parties in crossing the sandy desert, overcome with tho heat and parched with thirst, have reached a place from whence, far in the horizon, they saw, or thought they saw, a beautiful lake, with branching palm trees near it. Longing for the water and the cooling shade, they have disobeyed the warning voice of their guide, deviated from their true course to almost franticaliy hasten forward toward a mere alluring de lusiona mirage that has led them far astray until, utterly exhausted, they have sunk down to perish on tbe desert sands. J. K. Bloomfield in New York Observer. Turkeys Hntched In a Pocket. Sam Cob, of Madison, Fla., found a wild turkey's nest with several eggs in It, which he took out, and as he was not to be home for several hours, wrapped them In his coat and laid It on the bank of a creek, where he was fishing. He was surprised shortly afterward to hear a chirp of a young tur kay. Ha investigated and found that one . .. -,. oHvsn firth a turkcv: soon OI lB O " ' anolber followed, and so on until he bad l uts a Taod lnhleoat.-:e .v York Press. The new tunnel of tbe Baltimore and Ohio railroad, under the city of Balti more, will cost upward of $0,000,000. It is being pushed night and day, fully 1,000 men being at work upon it A recent importation of orange trees into California from Tahiti showed them to be infested by a new insect, and the authorities will not allow them to be landed. Tbe bicycle has become almost as pop .i.,r in u'-nnanv as it is in the United i The German Union of Bicy- clnU now has over 1,400 mem ben. Atmospheric Dust, Extremely fine particles of mineral dust may exist in the atmosphere, and do exist there more frequently than is generally thought, while they escape detection by our senses. The author, while making ex-M-rlmeiits on the Peak of TctierltTc, In 1S7S, found the knife edgea of his balance so clogged with this Invisible dust that tht balance refused to act. When wIhh1 off, the dust collected again In a few minutes, and it was only hy continual wiping it away that he was able to go on wit h his In vestigation. Professor Piazzl Smyth, while on the Peak of Teueriffe, witnessed strata of dust rising to a height of pearly a mile, reaching out to tho borizou iu every direction, and so dense as to hide frequently the neighboring bills. Professor S. V. Laugley, looking down from tho height of 13,000 feet on Mount Whitney, California, into a region that had appeared clear from the valley below, saw "a kind of level dust ocean, invisible from below, but whose depth was six or seven thousand feet, as the iipicr portion only of the opposite mountain range rose clearly out of it." Dust storms are classified by Dr. Henry Cook, according tothelr intensity, as at mo spheric dust, dust columns aud dust storms. Dr. Cook has observed In India that there are some days on which, how ever hard and violently the wind may blow, uo dust accompanies it, while on others every little puff of air or current of wind forms or carries with it clouds of dust. Dr. William Marcet lu the Popular Science Monthly. Laughter In Hie lllblr. The Rible contains no cheerful exhorta tion to laughter. For the most part, In deed, it is referred to in tbe metaphorical sense of "scorning," as when It is written of Leviathan that "he laughethat the shak ing of a sicar." lint there are passages also where the ordinary meaning is evi dently intended, aud iu almost every one of these it is eyed askance. Solomon is the great authority on the subject; let him seak for himself: "I said of laughter, It is 1. .1 ... tl'l.... .!.... 1. 1. l t.t. I mail; buuul mil in, ii uitbtioem iw even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness." Agaiu, "A foid lifted up his voice with laughter, but a wise man doth scarce smile a little." Not very encouraging, truly, to those of hilarious proclivities. It may Is) legitimate euough to compare the giggle of a fool to "the crackling of thorns under a put," but It seems hard that there should be uo word of approval for the milder merriment of the few who may be supposed not to belong to fooldom. Yes, hy the way, there is one, and only one: "A time to laugh," but we may search the Scriptures from Genesis to the Apocalypse without detecting any inti mation as to when that time occurs. Prob ably Solomon meant the brief period of childhood, when ignorance is bliss, and we are merry without knowing or caring to know why. He could not consistently recommend any such frivolity to those of a larger growth after having so bitterly commented on the practice in previous chapters. Gentleman's Magaziue. Professor Ruckor's Magnetic Needle. Geologists are always ready to use work done by laborers iu other branches of sci ence, aud of late a most interesting work has been going on which shows the bear ing one branch of knowledge may have on another. Prof essoin Rucker and Thorpe have beeu carefully noting the behavior of the magnetic needle iu various parts of Eng land, aud have found that it is deflected at times in a most inexplicable manner. The deflection was at llrst charged to great masses of basaltic, or like rocks, the min eral of which contains a large amount of Iron. Finding, however, that this peculiar be havior of the magnetic medio occurred also in tracts where uo such rocks were at the surface, but which consisted of such formation as chalk and tertiary beds, tbese observers were led to conclude that deep underground in those tracts there was a mass of basaltic or other highly ferrugi nous rock that affected the needle. It seems, therefore, likely that Professor Ruckor's elaborate and scieutillc divining rod will come into use for the purpose of indicating what places are to be avoided iu searching for coal measures underground. New York Commercial Advertiser. A Ilushrul Governor. One of Governor Hill's friends was talk ing with him in his public room at tbe capital oue day when a delegation of four women marched in. Several members of the legislature were waiting to see the gov eruor, but the aiuozoniun delegation pro ceeded at once towards the desk. " Look at this procession," observed Mr. Hill. "I would you were governor for about twenty minutes. Tbe delegation in the meantime had ap nmnhirl within ear shot, when the gov ernor hurriedly arose and exclaimed to his friend: " If you will step back in tbe private office for a moment I will show you that picture we were talking about," aud before tbe astonished women could gather their Benses together the governor and his friend were behind the closed door. " I merely wanted to escape those women," he explained, deprecatingly. Verily a handsome retreat in the face of a deter mined enemy. Epoch. An Invention That Didn't Work. One of the most curious of Inventions was a hen's nest, constructed with a spring trap at tfte bottom of the nest. The weight of an egg was sufficient to press down the spring and allow the egg to slip out. The theory of this thoughtful inventor was that as soon as the hen laid an egg it would press down the trap door and disap pear. The hen, as is her custom after lay ing an egg, would rise and cockle, but find ing no egg would conclude that she had made a mistake and would proceed Imme diately to lay another, and so on ad Infini tum. On this principle the owner of a hen would have had a great monopoly. Cor. New Yorld Herald. An Anecdote of Gen. Lee. Gen. Lee at oue time was very much bored by a Georgia man who had made frequent personal applications for a fur lough. One morning the general asked bis tormentor if he understood the position of a soldier. The latter said he did. He was ordered to assume it. Gen. Lee then gave the command, "Right about face; forward, march." As be never gave the command "to halt" the Georgian kept on marching until he got tired. He did not get hia fur lough. New York World. Rooks at 0O Per Ounce. Of the original edition of the sonneU of Shakespeare, published by George Daniel, of London, In 1609, there are but two per fect copies known. One of these is the British museum; for the other 15,000 was paid but a short time ago. As the book ia very small, only T by 4 inches, and welgh i i .on AnnrpH. tt has been flfrured that at that rate each ounce of the precious volume brought ., or many weight In gom. at. uoum wtui. DelrfStes at Lars. "Delegates are dangerous, aren't they. papar" said a congressman s ooy. "Sometimes," replied his father, think Ins of the last election. "That's wby you bear of a delegate at large every once In a wnue. un c itr Washington I'ost. r.l.. Enhanced Its Tain. Miss C Urious-According to weight your engagement ring must ue very vaiu .i.i. Mia A Sperity (who is an old maid) Yea, if wait is an indication of value it should be worth about S7,ugu, jeweierr WeeU. CANNIBALS IN CANADA. Horrible resits of the Aborigines of the Northern llrltlsb Columbia Coast, Gen. Lyman Dunks and John Hutchin son, two citizens of Seattle, have returned from a twomonths' cruise of the northern coast of lirilisli Columbia, and they tell some thrilling stories of sights they have seen and dangerous adventures they ex IK'rieneed during their cruise. A reporter hapjieiied to meet Gen. Ranks on the street, and at his request the gen eral redted the story of his most exciting and interesting cruise. He Is-gan his nar ration a follows: "We started out full of great expeclat ions and pleasant anticipa tions, ami we did not realize for a moment what trials we would have to go through, and I tell you at times It required a great deal of western grit and push to get ahead. Those who are acquainted with the diffi culties of traversing in summer a coast forest, with its thousands of uprooted trees and still worse upheaved founda tions, can H'rhaps readily Imagine how much greater a hardship it was for us to travel over three feet of snow ou a level, and occasionally strike drifts much deeper and a great ileal too much tangle of sal lal hush for snonshiH'H. Hut to add to all our diilieultles.our half breed guide and the two Indian packers refused to go with us as booh as we had enet rated a short distance inland. We had just sighted some hills which they said we could uever pass over, and they alleged that no human being bad ever succeeded In the attempt. "They strongly urged and prayed us not proceed any further, but we had started out with a determination to accomplish a work and were not to be baffled so easily in tho beginning of our Journey. So wo packed up a couple of weeks' rations and au ax in our blankets, aud shouldering our Winchesters wo pushed on alone. Oh. what a journey It wasl I shall never for get it as long as I live. "Where the snow was too soft and deep wo managed to make progress by crawling on our hands and knees, and at times we were obliged to lay down and roll to get out of the snow. It was hard struggling hy day, but the snow made a soft bed at night. We canoed over three hundred miles of our journey, and some of it was in very rough waters. Rut the most start ling exjierii'iice wo had and the one that would interest you most happened one day just as we were running into a rave to avoid a storm. We got into the cave nil right enough, hut imagine our horror and disgust when we found ourselves in the midst of the Nahwitti Indian trilai at their cannibal orgies. Cannibalism is prohibited by the dominion government, but only a monthly visit from vessels and the nearest port iH'ing miles away, they carry on the horrible practice with impunity. "We watched the heathens during the day at long range, but under the assur ance of safety wo ventured after a while Into their circle at night and watched them. 1 can only describe the sight this way: There was a high lira of logs lu the center of the circle, wlilch was constantly attended by two men, and occasionally there was au extra hiss and flash as some uneaten fat was thrown on. Tho entire trilw encircled the lire, dressed In blankets of many brilliant hues. There were naked dancers and a dozen or more lusty savages with clubs in their hands Iwntiug an ac companiment to their wild songs and dances, and the whole sight made a wierd scene that is not soon to lie forgotten. Their feast consisted of the liodies of their dead. They seldom kill strangers to fur nish food for these horrible orgies, as tbey were all thetimequarrelinglK'tween them selves and generally had enough dead bodies of braves to satisfy their npH'tites. 'I had been told in ictoria of tlio possi bility of tliis, and war nisi that when wild with tho dance the braves rush out and bite a niece out of the first iiersou they come to. Now I have no objection to be eaten after 1 am dead, but to bo bitten by one of those wild fellows would be as un desirable as the bite of a mad dog, and lest in their excitement they might forget their promise of Immunity, I held my hand un der my overcoat and grasped a 44-calilier revolver that would have rurnlsiieil rations fitting the occasion. "Our sense of security was not increased byonoof them making a speech, noticing our presence and berating the white mail's government for trying to deprive tho poor Indian of the pleasure of lieing a cannibal occasionally, especially if he only fed upou his own dead. 'The Imivb crawled behind the older peo ple and hid, men were bitten or simulated it, and 1 was afterward shown scars where they claimed to have lieen bitten. Rut we were not molested, une urave, nowever, probably to test us, made a dash in our direction, but others caught him and turned him another way. It was an 'all night session;' no one was allowed to leave till through, which was 5 o'clock the next morning. We had seen enough, though, and were glad to leave. We proceeded on our journey, and came back again without any more exciting udventures. Rut I never In all my Hie put in such a night as I did the time of those frightful orgies, and I candidly confess I don't want to soon again." Seattle Post Intelligencer. Voodoolsm In Trinidad. In suite of the tenets of the religion to which he Is supposed to belong the negro in Trinidad still clings to some absurd be liefs and superstitions, and Is under the In fluence of priests or Obcu men, who some times lead hint into pernicious practices or even murder. The stories concerning the existence of fetish worship or Obca practice among the negroes In America have been doubted, so I have been told, but as regards the west Iudian negro I can sareiy say tnat these practices do certainly exist. I myself have seen undoubted evidence of them, heard the negroes admit their belief in Obea, and have collected information that is beyond dispute. Whether Oiealsm was brought from Africa or has arisen de novo among the ignorant negroes of the West Indies it is dilllcult for me to say, hut cer tain practices seem to me to Indicate a re lationship between some of the West In dian ceremonies and those of the prieste of ancient Egypt and modern India. Pro fessor Benj. Sharp In Philadelphia Ledger. The Pearls of llahrvln. Tha iwurl fishery Is the irreat occupation of the Bahreinee. The pearls of their seas are celebrated for their nrmness, ana ao not peek They are commonly reported to lnu 1 nor rent, anniiallv for flftv vears In color and water, but after that they re main tbe same. They have seven sKina, vkurau tha fTincrAlitti! neArls have onlv six. The merchants generally buy them wholesale by the old Portuguese weignt oi the chao. They divide them into different sizes with sieves and sell them In India, so that, as is usually tbe case with specialties, It is impossible to buy a good pearl In Bahrein. Cornhill Magazine. . At the Church Door. Mr. Pewrent Your sermon on "Econ omy" this momlng, doctor, was a very sensible discourse. Dr. Churchmus Thank you; it seems to have been appreciated, from the appear ance of tbe contribution bag. Chatter. A Train Robber with a Heart. "You don't seem to have anything of value but your ticket," said a disgusted train robber to a passenger. "No. I was at a church fair last night." "Is that sof Here, let me gtve you a five dollar blir'-Judge. A Close AppralsaL MUs Sweetlips (slyly)-A penny for your thoueht. Mr. Stubpenl Mr. Stubpen Thank you, Mlas Sweet- lips. That is just about what I am getting now In tbe literary market. Burlington Press. ftjn Cm for Ilonost Men. The Ka ion.il Weighing Machine com pany has, it is Mid, j-wt bought the right to use a certain ln on the money pouches of their machines, for which they will pay the inventor the sum of f'0,000. This is a rafeiy lock, und its purjHiM) is to prevent robbeiy of the ma chine by the employees who are en trusted with collecting the earnings of the silent money makers daily. There are 20,000 of these machines now iu use in the United States, and tho company is getting ready to put 10,000 more on the inurket. When a eiiiiy is dropped in the slot it will roll into a little iron ixix aud there remain until the collector calls during the day. The collector will be furnished with a seamless bag, the metal mouth of which ho will insert into au orifice in the cash box. There is a registering lock iu the mouth of this bag, the reg istered number of which is recorded in the company's office before the collector receives it. Inserting the bag properly, he turns the key which he has just one. quarter turn. This releases a concealed key in the bag, which is guided into a keyhole in tho cash box. A second quar ter turn unlocks tho cash box, and the money rolls into the collector's imuicIi without his being able to touch it. A third quarter turn withdraws the con cealed key, and tho last turn releases the pouch, with tlio contents of the cash box intact. Hoston Transcript. Almost Side by Nldo. Two sailing vessels recently lay in the Mersey that had left Livorool on the samo day last year, and after voyages of nearly UO.000 miles for each returned to port at Liveriiool almost side by side. They left Oct. S for Astoria, Ore., mid arrived there March 1 or '2, having been iu company with each other for a largo portion of the voyage. They were in sight for forty days. Both captains had their wives on board, aud duriug the forty days of proximity one of the cap tains and his wife enjoyed a Sunday dinner on the other vessel, the compli ment being returned the following Sun day by the other captain. Doth vessels left Astoria April 8, but this time one vessel sailed for Dunkirk and the other for Havre. They left these Mrts at nearly the same time, and entered tho Mersey within hailing dis tance after a voyage of U13 days. Lon don Letter. A ttimke Swallows Five Turkeys. The two Shafcr brothers, who live on the east side of the Osage river and some distance below Caslle Hock, had an adventure witli a blacksuuke the ether day. A dog had chased a rabbit in a hollow log, and oue of the brothers reached in the hole a little way, when he was instantly bitten on the hand. Fearing that a snake had inflicted the wound, the other brother hastened to house and returned with a bucket of fresh milk und an ax, the former to be used to counteract the poison and the latter as a means of investigating the in terior of tho log. After some work the log was split open and a lingo black snake measuring over nine feet emerged. The seriieut was soou killed, und after ward cut open. Hits stomach contained five young turkeys aud seven turkey eggs. The brother who was bitten ex perienced no serious results from the wound. Jefferson City Tribune. Infringing; on nn Ancient Idna. "There is no new tiling under the sun." Messrs, Roberson, of Long Acre, in the course of their business of supply ing artists with pigments, become pos sessed from time to time of remains of tho great Egyptians, to be in due course ground up by them and sold in tubes as "mummy" paint. The firm recently lent a piece of the beautif ully woven and preserved linen bandages in which a high priest and ketier of the batliB had been preserved to be shown at some con versazione or lecture in the Midlands. The texture and quality excited great admiration among the audience, which culminated in something like astouish munt upon the declaration of a manu facturer that this fabric, woven perhaps by a contemporary of Moses, contained the same disposition of threads which he had independently invented and patented only a year ago. Pall Mall Gazette. An Awful Load. An enterprising merchant placed a num ber of brass plates cut in the form of hu man tracks In the stone sidewalk lending toward his door. He moved away shortly afterward, and desiring to use tbe brass plates at Ids new establishment gouged them out, of course leaving the foot forms Imbedded In the stone. One dav an old fellow from the country, accompanied by his son, came along, and seeing the tracks in the stone stopped, and after a loud exclamation of astonishment said: "Bill, fur mussy sakes, Jest look here. Graclousalive, what a load that feller must 'a' had when be come along here. Hunk right down In this here solid rock. I'll bet be was either a-totin' a yoke of steers or had filled up on that drug store llcker." St. Paul Pioneer Press. Boady to Take Ills Word for It. 3 Sir P3 Wildcat Bill (the cowboy)-! say, pard, kin you advance me something on this re volver? Pawnbroker H'ml Vas It in good or der? "Jus' lemme take a couple of shots at yon and seel" "Oh, dat vas all right. Nathan, give this shentleman ten dollars." Texas Sitt ings. A Novelette. The bands of the clock were tolling around to the place that marks the hour of midnight. Harry had come early that evening, but be took no chances on Maud's becoming lonely. -Sometimes," be said, "you look at me In a way that I do not understand. It seems more than anything else as If you experienced a dread of me." "I don't know," she mused, "perhsps I do." "In what way?" "I think It might be best described as a lingering dread." Washington Post 0. . -v Mr-. iA, "V tt THE BAB, The little, tottering- tmliy fwt, Wall (. IterliiK stejM aud slow, With puUrmif- echoes soft sad wo, Into my liuurt they go; They slwi k", In irrliny puiys, In muddy imkiU Ami dusty wavs, Then thnui;u Urn Iioum In truckful They waii'lsr to and (ro Tlio Iwhy hands that rlasp my neck Willi tntidii tleiir to tun Are thH Mime hands that smash and wreck The InkKimid foul to stw; Thy ikiiiihI tho mirror with s cans, They rend the manuscript In twain. Widespread cleslriietlcin limy ordula lu wasteful Juhilee. The dreamy, iiiurm'rlnir voire Tlmt om Its Utile lime, That makes my listening heart rrjoloa, l.lkn LiiuS In leafy Jiiiih, Can wak in mulniiclit, dark and still. Ami all tho air wlih howling till, That aplii.t Urn rur with rcms shrill. Like i-orneta out uf Ulna. IL J. Burden A Humane Dortor. Many years ago there lived In a Main village .Mr. C, who was the horse doctor of the village anil country around He be lieved that many of the old horses Impov erished the owner ami that it was humane that they should be killed; so in the ab sence of any society for the prevention of cruelty, he sometimes acted as such. Mr. II., who lived a little out of the village, had an old, feeble horse that had la-come sick and he called on Mr. C. and asked him what to give the twist. Said Mr. C.i "I had one sick and I gave him a pint of ker osene oil." Mr. H. returned home and promptly administered the oil. The result was that next moruingthe horse was (load. Mr. H. started at once to Und Mr. C. "I thought you gave your horse a pint of kerosene oil," said he. "I did," said Mr. C. "Hut," said Mr. II. "I gave mine a pint of keroseno oil and it killed him." "So 11 did mine." the dwtor replied. Lewlston Journal. About Wedding Kings. There Is less changu In wedding rings than in anything else In tho jewelry line. The wedding ring is about the same today as it was a century ago. The marriage token can hardly Is Improved upon. It is a ring of pure gold. It is softly rounded, and if you hung It on a piece of string and strike it gently it will ring out an inde scribably soft and sweet sound. Indies often wear numerous rings which carry no significance, except, perhaps, in somo Instances a hint of tho possession of wealth. Twenty live years ago it was un usual to see a woman wearing mora than one ring on either hand, but now the more one can crowd on her dainty digits the bet ter she appears to lie pleased. While women are almost Insanely mind ful of the harmony of their dress, they jumble diamonds, rubies, carls, garnets and other precious stones together in ridic ulous confusiou. Jewelers' Weekly. Abundant Halibut In Alaska. It was while on the cruise of tbe United States steamer Kavorlta that we caught the halibut. One day, while she was lying at anchor lu Killislnoo harbor, Dick Will oiighby came to mo quietly and whispered: "I've found a bank near by where the wild halibut disports himself. True, he is too tame to be game, but we can have a big day among the big fish." Our men rowed us three miles and, with in half a mile of the shore, we aucbored In seven fat horns of water aud went to fishing. Had we Urn provided with an automatic apparatus that would lower our hooks to the bottom aud Immediately haul them up again we should have had better fun, for tlien we could have simply looked on and kept lu out of the wet. The bottom of the sea must have been paved with chicken halibut weighing from twenty to forty pounds. Sitka Cor. Philadelphia Times. A Compliment of Senator I'ligll. Senator Pugh, of Alabama, has a habit of talking in such a loud tone to his col leagues that be can be distinctly heard in all parts of the chanilnir. A rather amus ing Incident occurred as a result of the senator's bad habit. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, had concluded a long speech on the silver question and was mopping the perspiration from his face while receiving the congratulations of his colleagues, Sen ator Vance had Just commended the seech in wordsof warmesteulogy.when Mr. Pugh ambled over to the Virginian's desk and drawled out his congratulations as follows, iu a voice that was distinctly heard by the occupants of the gallery: "John, you sweat easy, don't youf" Washington Letter. A Valuable Lead Pencil. The most valuable lead pencil that 1 know of is owned hy a lawyer In this city. It is a cheap looking affair, but I don't be lieve It could be bought for $100. Tbe wood lu this pencil came from a cedar tree tbat was probably centuries old before any cedar tree now standing began to grow. It waa taken from the bottom of a marl bed In Orange county nt a depth of nearly one hundred feet below the surface. Near it waa fouud the remains of a mastodon. The knob on the end of the pencil was made from a piece of the mastodon's tooth. The pencil has never been sharpened, and prob ably never will lie, New York Evening Sun. The Inlluence of Athletics. At the close of the Inauguration ceremo nies of the new president of Columbia a well known professor in another famous college, himself a Columbia man, was ex pressing his high satisfaction with the Im pression the new president had made. "But then," he added with conviction, "he was a great football player In his day." Cen tury. A Illreet Shot. Pert Shop Girl (In defiance of every pro-test-lt Is precisely the shade, ma'am. We haven't a finer pair of glovea In the store. I am more able to Judge than you are, don't you thlnkr You'll find they'll answer. Old Lady If thoy do answer, I hop they won't answer Impudently. Epoch. They Came Uandy. A Mobile sailor paid seventy-five cent for a pair of suspenders made of possum skin, and for a time he felt that he had been cheated. The other day, however, as be sailed away for Mexico the schooner cap sized and he drifted about for five days, and it was only by eating those suspenders that he saved his llfe.-Detroit Free Press. A Comparative Estimate. First Urchin My papa's awful smart ' Second Urchin Wot does be dor First Urchin He makes locomotives. Second Urchin - That's nothln'. My papa says he has to make two trains every day. Pittsburg Bulletin. Important to Women. "When should women marryf" asks an tamest magazine writer. When they are asked, ia a very good time. Boston Times. A Discreet Watchmaker. Lady (paying for repairs on her bus band's watchr-What ailed itr Jeweler A balr was tangled In with the escapement Lady (anxiously) What colorf Jeweler Exactly the color of yours. Jewelers' Weekly. Where It Waa. Careful Housekeeper Where Is that sheet of sticky fly paper I left on this ta ble r Small Boy I put It on th' arm chair In th' parlor. You'll find balf of It on sister an' tb' other balf on Mr. II ughard. Street Smith's Good Nsws,