The Oregon scout., January 23, 1886, Image 6

WAITING.
Klrc tlio linrvcsl 1 ilpo anil yellow
Stan let li tip each golden cheat;
Bright the Apple, bfigiitnud mellow
Il ddddi under snclt'rfn? leaf.
Up the wlilto spikI. gently leaving,
Hippies kiss Ihe sllv'ry shore,
And the forest tricj a-nnv ntf
WhOpcr, 'Jlo will come no more."
"Come no more, my love," my de,ar ona,
Gontto brlIitly, brave nnd true.
Said to me, 'ivlicn harvests golden
Hither I wl 1 come to you.
".Now the harvest moon's a plowing,
Glowing over land an 1 f ca;
Lore I've waited longed aud walled,
But no harvest brlngeth tCcc.
"Twenty ha rvcts greened nnd yellowed
Twenty l.arvest moons have waned;
Twenty jen s I've watched nnd waited
Till my eyesnre eoro nnd si rained.
On (bis slio c I wntched your easel
Bounding out upon the wave,
Till It d mined, nnd dimmed aud darkened.
Not a star Its tivlni.bg.ivc.
"Then that dream camo blnc'f ard hideous
Of the stormy, darksome night,
When I found you on the wtt beach,
Volet less still and dcathleis white;
Yet I watch hero every autumn
For i our vessel li. men ard bound,
Beady, love, to meet you, greet you
When the harvest's n 1 around."
Itlpc the harv st, ripe and ycl'ow
'Stamlcth up each go den sheaf;
Blight the apt les, bright a id niul.'ow
Hidden under shclt'rl g leaf.
Hear the night breeze rustle softly
Thtough tlioshcacM of goldeu grain,
And the ripples breaking slowly
Whisper, "Ho w II come again."
Haiti Gordon.
Mates Sandorf.
JULES VERNE.
bunion oi "jounNP.r to the cuntiiii
ox' 'run nAirrir," "Tinr to this moon,"
"AllOUND Till! WOULD IN KIOIITX
DAYS," " MIOlIAl'.l, BTItoaoi'l',"
"TWICNTV THOUSAND MJAOUllS
UNDl'.lt THIS H1!A," V.'VO. , KTO.
TKANBLAT10N COl'VItlOllTEI), 1885.
CHAPTER XI.
AMINO THIf 1'OIIIA.
It was nbout cloven o'clock. Tho
clouds had begun to disolvo in drench
ing showers mingled with ruin. Thou
fell hugo hailstones which shot into tho
miters of tho Foiba nnd rattled over tho
rooks down its Hides like tho slrcnm of
lend from a mitrailleuse. Tiio living
from tho embrasures had ceusod. Why
ivaslo umunition on tho fugitives? Tho
Foiba would only givo thorn up as
corpses if oven it did flint.
As soon ns Count Sandorf full into tho
torront ho found himself swept help
lpssly into tho Unco. In u fow moments
ho passed from tho intense light with
which tho eleetrioity filled tho ravino
into tho profoundost darkness. 'J'ho wnr
of tho waters hud taken tho placo of tho
roll of thunder. For into that impen
etrable euvorii there entered none of tho
outaido light or sounds.
"Holp 1"
There was n cr It was Stephen
Bnthory. Tho cold of tho water lmd
called him bnek to life, but ho could not
keep himself afloat, and ho would have
beon drowned had not n vigorous urm
Bcizcd him ns he was sinking.
'I mn hero! Stephen I Don't ba
afraid I"
Count Sandorf was by his side, holding
'him with ono hand while ho swam with
ho other.
The position was oritie.il. Uathory
could hardly move his linil3. Thoy lmd
beon half paralyzed by the stroke.
Although tho pain of his burned hands
liiud been sensibly lossoned by their
plungo into tho cold, tho state of inertia
into which they wero thrown did not
nllowof his using thorn. Had Sandorf
abandoned him for n moment ho would
havo beon drowned ; and yet Saudorf
lmd enough to do to savo himself.
There was a complete uncertainly as
to tho direction whiuh this torrent took,
the plnoo it omlcd, the river or sea into
which it flowed. Had oven Sandorf known
that tho river was the Foiba tho position
could not havo been more desperate than
if lie know whiit become of its impetuous
waters. Dottles thrown into tho on
tranoo of tho cavern had never como to
Bight ngain in any stream of tho Istrian
peninsula; perhaps from their having
been broken against tho rooks in their
course, perhaps from having been
Bwept below in some mysterious rift in
tho earth's crust.
The fugitives wero carried along with
extreme rapidity, and thus found it easy
to keop on tho uurface, Uathory had be
come unconscious. Ho was quite help
less nnd motionless in tho hands of
Saudorf, who fought woll for both, but
folt that all would soon end in his sinking
from i-hoer exhaustion. To tho dangor
of being dashed against some projecting
rock or tho sido of tho cavern or tho
hanging prominences of tho roof there
was udded that of being Bucked down in
ono of tho whirlpools which foamed 1V4
many a corner where the bhurp anglo of
tho bank gavo tho current a sudden
ourvo. Twenty times wero Sandorf nnd
his friend seized in ono of these liquid
Buekoru aud iircsistibly drawn to its
centre in the manner of tho Maolstorm.
Then they would bo spun lound by tho
gyratory movement, and thou thrown off
from tho edge like a stone from a sling
fis tho eddy broke.
Half tui hour went by under sucli
oircumBlauces with death immiuuut
onch minute mid each second. Saudorf
endowed with superhuman energy, had
not yet yioldeil in despair. Ho rejoiced
that his companion was almost muiso
less. Had ho retained tho instinct of
eolf preservation ho would btruggle, and
Uieu Sandorf would be obliged to leave
him to hia futo, or both would bo over-Whelmed.
"JlATHOP.Y Iir A STUOXQ
Nevertheless tho stato of affairs could
not continuo very long. Snndorf's
strength began to fail him. Every now
and then as ho supported Uathory'a
head his own would sink back into tho
liquid pillow. Suddenly respiration
becamo difficult. Ho gasped for breath,
ho was choking, ho was wrestling with
asphyxia. Often ho had to leave go of
his companion whoso head sank instant
ly, but invariably ho mannged to grip
him ngain, and that a mid the wild racing
of tho waters which shouldered back and
piled on each other by tho occasional
narrowing of tho channel thundered
along in foam.
At last Count Sandorf thought thatall
waslost, Uathory slipped fromliis grasp.
Ho tried to rescuo him. Ho could not.
IIo hnd lost him; and ho himself was
dragged down to tho torrent's bed.
A violent shock nearly broko his
shoulder. Ho stretched out his hand
instinctively. His lingers closed in a
clump of roots which were swimming by.
Tho roots wero those of a tree trunk
being brought down by tho torrent.
Sandorf fastened on to this raft and
dragged himself back to tho surfneo of
tho Foiba. Then, while ho grasped tho
root with ono hand he sought for his
companion with the other.
A moment afterwards Uathory was
seized by the nrm, and after a violent
effort hoisted on to tho trunk, where
Sandorf took his place besido him.
Uoth wero for a time saved from tho
danger of drowning, but they had
bound ii) their destiny with that of
their raft, and given themselves over to
tho caprices of tho rapids of tho Urico.
Sandorf had not. lost his consciousness
for a moment. Ho nindo it his fust euro
to make sure that Uathory could not
sup irom tno treo. uy excess ot pro
caution ho placed himself behind him,
bo as to hold him in his 1111113. In this
position ho kept watch for the end. At
the first glimpse of light that ponotratod
tho cavern ho would see what tho waters
woro like as thoy emerged. Uut there
was nothing ns yet to show that they
woro near tho end of this wondcrlul
stream.
However, tho position of tho fugitives
had improved. The treo was about
twelve feet long, and tho spreading
roots woro now and then struck against
tho projections. If it were not sub
jected to a very violent shock its stability,
in spite ot the the irregularities of tho
stream, seemed to be assured. Its speed
could not be less than nine miles an
.hour, being equal to that of tho torront
that bore it.
Saudorf hnd recovorod hisooolnoss. Ho
tried to revive his companion, whoso
head rested on his knees. He found
that his heart still beat, but that his
breathing was difficult. Hu bent over
and tried to broathe a little air into his
lungs. Would that tho preliminaries of
asphyxia had not injured him without
hope of relief I
Soon Untliory' made a slight move
ment. More marked respirations oanio
from his parting lips. At last a few
words escaped his mouth.
"Wife I My boy 1 Mathiasl"
His whole life was in those threo
words.
"Stephon, do you know 1110 ? do you
know mo?" asked Sandorf, who hud to
shout to make himself hoard above tho
wild tumult with which tho torrent tilled
tho vaults of the Urico.
"Yes I Yes I 1 know you. Speak!
Speak 1 Your hand in mind"
"Wo are no longer in immodiito
danger," answered Sandorf. "A 111 ft is
carrying us. Whero? I cannot say,
but it will not leave nil"
" Mathius, and the donjon ?"
W.i 11111 f-i-nu-iiv frnm it nnw I TllPV
will think wo found our death in tho
torrent, and assuredly they will never
dream of pursuing us. Wherever this
torrent Hows out, into sea or river, wo
shall go ; and we shall get there alive !
Keep your courage up, Stephen 1 I will
look after you. He quiet for n little,
and recover tho strength you will soon
want. In u few hours wo bhall bo Baved.
Wo shall bo frod"
"And Ladislaa?" murmured Uathory.
SmiJurf gavo no-answer. What could
ho say? ijathiuar, after giving tbo alarm
from tho window, must havo been seiz-nl,
bo that flight was impossible, aud now
under strict guard could in no wuy bo
helped by his friends.
Stephen'8 head again foil back. Ho
had not tho physical onorgy to master
Ida torpor. Uut Sandorf watched over
him, ready for anything, oven to abandon
tho raft if it happeued to crash up
E1T0IIT, WAS DUAGaED UP.M
against tho rooks which in tho midst of
tho profound darkness it was impossible
to avoid
It was nearly two o'clock in the morn
ing bofore tho speed of tho current, and
consequently that of tho tree, began
sensibly to slacken. Evidently tho
chauuol was getting wider and tho
waters,, finding a freer passage between
tho walls, wero traveling at a more moil
eralo pace. And it was not unreasonable
to expect that tho end of tho subter-
raneau pass was close at hand.
Uut if tho walls wero widening the
roof was closing down on them. Uy
laising his hand Count Sandorf could
skim tho surface of tho irrogular schists
which stretched above his head. Fre
quently there came 11 grating noiso as
tho roots of tho treo ground against the
roof. Then the trunk would stagger as
it recoil d from some violent collision
and swing oh" in a now direction. And
then it would drift across tho stream,
and twist and writhe till tho fugitives
feared they would bo wrenched away.
That danger over af tor it had been expe
rienced soveral times thero romained
another, of which Sand rf coolly calcu
lated tho consequences. What was to
happen if the roof continued to closo
down ? Already his only way of escape
was to fall backwards tho instant his
blind folt a projecting rock. Would ho
havo to take to tho stream ? As far as
he was concerned ho might attempt it ;
but how could his companion keop afloat?
And if tho channel kept low for a long
distance how wero they to como out of
it alive ? How indeed and was death
to bo the end after so many escapes
from death ?
Sandorf, energetic us ho was, felt his
heart wrung with anguish. Ho saw that
tho supreme moment was approaching.
I Tho treo roots ground against tho over
. hanging rocks more violently, and at
times the top of the trunk was driven so
deeply into the current that the water
completely covered it.
"Uut," said Sandorf, "tho outlet can
not bo far off."
And thou ho looked to fee if fomo
vague streak of light did not filter into
tho darkness ahead. Uy this time was
the night advanced enough for the dark-no-is
outside to have lilted ? Was tho
lightning still Hashing beyond the Urico ?
If so, 11 little light perhaps would show
itself in this channel, which threatened
to get to.) small to hold the Foiba, Uut
thero was nothing, Nothing but abso
lute darkness and roaring waters, of
which oven the foam remained black 1
Suddenly there was 11 terrillo shook.
At its forward end the treo had dashed
against an enormous pendant from the
roof. Ah it struck it completely turned
over. Uut Saudorf did not let go of it.
With one hand he desperately chimr to
the roots, with the other he held his
companion. Aud the tree sank, and
with it tho men sank into the mass of
waters which then lilled the channel to
the roof.
This busted for nearly a minute. San
dorf felt that he was lo.it. Instinctively
ho stopped breathing so as to economize
tho little air that remained in his lungs.
Suddenly through tho liquid mass,
although his eyes wero closed, ho
felt tho impression of a vivid light.
A lightning Hash, it was, followed by tho
noise of thunder.
It was tho light, at last t
Tho Foiba had emerged from tho sub
terranean channel and was flowing in
the open. Uut whithorwasit flowing?
On what sea coast was its mouth ? That
was still tho insoluble question a ques
tion of life or death.
Tho trunk of the tree had floated to
the surface again. Uathory by a strong
etlort was dragged up and took his place
at tho end. Tlien Sandorf looked before
him. around him. above him.
Up stream 11 dark mass was being loft
behind. This was the hugo clill'ot' tho
Urico in which the underground channel
opened which gave passage to tho wutr
of tho Foiba. Day was already showing
itself by the t-oattomi streaks of light
overhead, vaguo as the nebuhu which
tho eye can only just see on a winter's
night. From time to time n few palo
lightning flashej lighted up tho back
ground amid tho dull roll of occasional
thunder. The storm was slowly going
or else dying away.
To tho right, to the left, Sandorf threw
a glance of keen anxiety. Ho saw that
tho river flowed between two high cliffs
and that its speed was terriflo.
Thoy wero in n rapid which was taking
them along amid all its races nnd eddies.
Uut above their head vow wua tho uiilu-
ifr, nnd no longer tho narrowing vnrilt
with its ledges threatening each instant
to crush them. Uut thero was no bank
on which they could set foot, no slopo
on whic'i they could disembark. Two
steep high wnllshut in tho narrow
Foiba, and it wasttilry tho old clmnncl
with its vertical walls, but without its
roof of stone.
Tholast immersion had greatly revived
Uathoiy. His hand had sought Sandoif's,
who clasped it as ho whispered :
"Saved."
Uut had ho a right to uso tho word?
saved, when ho did not oven know
where the river ended or what country
it traversed or when they would bo nblo
to nbandon their raft? Such, however,
was his cnSrgy that ho sat upright on
tho treo anil threo times shouted aloud :
"Saved 1 Saved 1 Saved 1"
Who could hear him? No ono on
these rocky cliffs whoso boulders nnd
schists had not mold enough to bear
even n bramble. Tho country hidden
by tho high banks wonld bo sought by
no human being n desolato country
through which tho Foiba runs imprisoned
like an artificial canal between its rocky
walls. Not a brook flows in to feed it
Not a bird skims its surface, not oven n
fish ventures into its too rapid waters.
Hero and thero hugo rocks rise in its
bed, nnd their parched summits show
that tho watercourso with nil its violenco
is nothing but a sudden overflowing duo
to heavy rain. At ordinary times tho
bed of tho Foiba is simply a deep ravine.
Tho only dangor now was lest tho treo
should bo hurled on tho rocks. It
avoided them of itself ns it kept in tho
middlo of the currents which swept
round them. Uut it was impossible to
check its speed to got to shoro in case a
suitable Inuding placo was noticed.
An hour passed nnd no iinmediato
danger appeared. The final flashes had
died out in tho distance, and tho storm
only manifested itself by tho heavy
thundering which reverberated among
the lofty clouds whoso long narrow
bauds streaked tho horizon. Day was
breaking nnd tho gray was rising ovor
tho sky that had beon cleared by tho
tumult of tho night. It was about four
o clock in tho morning.
Stephen lay in Sandorf's arms.
A distant report was heard towards
tho southwest.
"What is. that?" asked Sandorf, who
wns still on tho lookout. "Is that n
gun announcing that n harbor is open ?
If so wo cannot bo far from tho sea.
What port can it bo? Tries to ? No, for
there is the east, whero tho sun is rising,
Can it bo Foln ut tho oxtremo eouth of
Jstria ? Uut then"
A scond report was now heard, and
this was almost immediately followed
by a third.
"Threo cannon shots?" said Sandorf.
"That is tho signal for an embargo
placed upon ships that aro anxious to
sail ? Has that anything to do with our
escape ?"
IIo might fear so. Assuredly tho
authorities would neglect nothing to
keop tlio fugitives from getting away
from tho coast.
"Heaven helpu's !"murmured Sandorf.
And now tho lofty cliffs which shut ill
tho Foiba bogan to shorten. Nothing
could bo seen of tho country. Sudden
bends marked tho horizon and bounded
tho views a hundred feet away. To
take the bearings was impossible.
Tho much widened liver bed, silent
and deserted, allowed the current to How
more slowly. A fow trees brought down
bv tho stream were floating near them.
The June morning was quite chill. In
their wet clothes the fugitives .shook till
their teeth chattered.
Toward five o'clock the cliffs had given
place to long low banks, nnd tho country
on each side was Hat and naked. Tho
Foiba had widened to about half a miie.
and become a stretch of stagnant water
which might bo called a lagoon, if not n
Jake. In the distance towanls the west
there wero a few vessels. Some at
anchor, somo with their canvas set wait
ing for tho breeze, and these seemed to
show Unit tho lagoon w-a.s a haven cut
well back into the coast. Tho .sea then
was not far off, and thero would be no
difficulty in finding it. Uut it would
not bo prudent to seek shelter with tho
fishermen. To trust thems Ives intheir
power, supposing they had ueard of tho
escape, would bo to chance being handed
over to tho Austrian gendarmes, who
wi re probably now scouring tho country.
Sandorf knew not what to do, h n
tho tree struck a stump on the left sido
of the lagoon and stopped dead. Tho
roots got entangled with u clump of
brushwood and tho treo swung round
paral el with tho bank as if it had Ik-en
a boat under the control of a steersman.
Sandorf got asho- and looked around.
He wished to make Miru that no one saw
him.
As far as ho could seo there was no
one, tMiorman or otherwise, within
sight on the lagoon.
And yet within a bundled yards of
him there was a man stretched at full
length 011 the sand who could see botli
hiiuaud his companion.
tto 111: co.NTixur.n.)
Tho .Most .Noriiiein town in iho World.
At llainmerfest, the most northern
town in tho world, wo snout two d iys,
days of gieat delight: and hero let tno
say that without ourKngl sli wo should
Have got along iinuly enough, lor
Fieneli aud (iuriunn tire (pi tie useless
in tlio north countries; but to their
credit bo it said Kugl sli is now taught
(since live cars, I believe) in nil Iho
iiuuiie si liools so that wo found near
ly overMtne speakiii"r fa rlv good En
glish. This liltle placo, though tree
less, is not ugly. Wo saw one poor
mountain nsli, winch its ownor was
trymg to keep till vo, but the windows
of ovory house wero Idled with wild
flowers, turn as tiioy can never havo
them outside, tliev seem to vio with
each other as lo whoso window can
lireaont tho gayest appearance, and iu-
sioai! of curtains they had shelves, on
whiuh tho pots of plants wero placed.
I iiuiv buy mat tills same onlliusinsin
for flowers ox sts in n dogreo wo
who are accustomed to so many ran
hardly understand, among nil classes,
mid not a fisherman's hut did wo see
hut its most prized possession was tho
bright colored plant iu tno wiuuow.
GOOD POIN rS ABOUT CHINA.
A 'ow Yurker Wiin lim IJoon to Slianc
lml Likes tho Lnttur City 11m t.
After nn absenccof twenty-five yenrs
in Chinn, George Dean, a native ot the
Ninth ward in this city, returned to
New York a few weeks ago with tho in
tention of remaining here. His moth
er, three sisters, nnd a brother live in
the canio house they occupied when he
went away. He had been hero only
two days when ho began to bo home
sick for China. IIo thought that time
would conquer the feeling, but it be
came stronger every day, and
soon ho bado his mother and sis
ters farewell, and sailed for Liverpool
on his way back to the strange coun
try he had learned to love better than
his nativo land.
"I miss so many things, and every
thing comes unhandy to mo here," he
said. "For instance.every body drinks
cold water here, nnd laughs at mo
when I want to do as they do m
China nnd take my water warm. In
China it is impolite to tako your hat
off on entering a house, and hero I
havo forgotten myself a dozen times,
and been stared at nnd frowned at
by ever so ninny been. iso I observed
ho Chineso etiquetto and kept my
hat on my head on going into people's
houses. I find myself ordering my
desert first at dinner, as I and all
Uiinamen do at home I mean in
Shanghai and my embarrassment
has been great. Polito natives of
China always drink their tea from
their saucers, which aro placed on top
of the cups. I forcot myself more
than once, and did tlio same, with an
ellect on others that made mo
very uncomfortable. On coin
out I invariably havo taken
my inn, and a Inn liko mine
couldn't bo purchased in New York
lor tho price of a town lot. I couldn't
think of coing anvwhero without it
But it has brought mo only ridicule
wlierever 1 went, i nnd that my visit
ing cards, mado after the best Chineso
Fashion, each ono printed on a yard
of the finest silk paper imaginable, aro
3imply useless here, and 11 used would
create a strong suspicion that I was
insane. In China my bed, and every
body else s tied, is lormed 01 matting,
while here tho matting is laid on my
bedroom lloor lor mo to walk 011
When I go to bed hero my head sinks
down deep into the pillow, and I
3plutter and tumblo all night and
can't sleep. At home in Chinn, I
mean I rest on a pillow as hard as
wood, and sleep like a top.
"The other day my nephew, a young
man whom J fikcd very much, asked
mo what I thought would bo a nice
thing for him to buy as a present for
his father at Christmas. I answered
at once:
"The very best coflin you can af
ford." "Why do you believe me? he was
insulted, and my dear old mother was
vastly shocked. It all came of my be
ing thoroughly Chinese. It is quito
the proper thing in China for a son to
buy a coflin for his living father. In
fnct, it is expected that ho will do so if
ho is possessed of sufficient filial regard.
I told my freinds so, but that shocked
them still more, and I was miserable
ngnin. Thero is no uso. I never
could get along hero at all. I shall
rlio if I don't get back homo to China
I mean.
"Yes, everything seems to bo done in
China exactly opposite to tho wav in
which it is dor e hero. Here I am Mr.
Dean, in China I am Dean Mr. They
rlon't use any soap to shave with in
China, but simply to rub tho part to
bo shaved with warm watei, put on
with a brush liko a toothbrush. Tho
part to be shaved is never the face but
the top of the bend. The front of a
Chineso book is the last pace, and tbo
reader begins nt the right-hand corner
of the page and reads down. The foot
notes aro always at the top. Tho
title of the book is printed on thoout
sido innrcin of thepage. If you should
ever enter a school room in Chinayou
would surely think the scholars wero
?ngnged in mobbing tho teacher, lor
they study their lessons as loud as
their hmss will lot them. When they
recite they back up to the tenchucaiul
stand with their faces to tho other
screaming pupils.instead of tho teach
ers, while they yell their recitations
all together.
"In China tho needle on thocomnass
always points to tho south. At any
rate, tho Chinamen believes it does.
There is no northwest or southeast.
In their placo we have westnorth and
eastsouth. I see that you havo in
Now York artists who hvo by trim
ming finger nails. They would be run
out of Chinn, for a person who hasn't
llngor nails four inches long thero isn't
much in society.
"They never have any breach of
promise cases m Clnna. A future
Chinese belle isn't three days' old bo-
foro her parents havo betrothed her
to some acceptable scion of a neigh
bor's house. When she is old enough
and she doesn't havo to bo very old,
for if she wero in this country sho
would bo playing with her doll yet
sho goes to tho house of her ntlianced
and marries him. Sho weeps and wails
11 tho way there, as if lier idea of mat
rimony wasn't exactly a cheerful ono.
1 novo is always mourning at a Chineso
marriage, while at a funeral the bands
play and there is feasting and rejoicing.
And there, I think, tho Chineso idea is
tho correct one. When a person mar
ries his troubles begin. Why should
ho rejoice? When he dies his troubles
aro ovor. uy should any ono
mourn? I must get back to China.
"A true-born, patriotic Chinaman
will turn witli loathing from a glass of
trash milk, while ho will lift a cup of
castor oil to his lips and drain it with
a gusto. Tho oil won't mako him
bilious. Tho milk will. I told you it
wns tho proper thing in China for a
son to give a coflin to his father. In
rase tho man has no son, or the son
is lacking in filial regard or money, it
U the ambition of tho father to pro
cure tho coffin for himself, and hodotvs.
so .'.s soon ns he is able to. It is used
about tho house m various capacities
uutil it U wanted for tho puspose for
which it was purchased. Go into nny
well regulated Chinese family's house
nnd you will surely seo tho coflin
of tho head of tho houso occupied
ns a tete-a-tetc, a bench, a table of
something else. When its owner dies
and is put into it ho may bo taken to
tho graveyard immediately, or may
knock around about tho house for
years. When they bury a coflin in
China they simply carry it out and
set it on top of the ground in thefami
ly buriel plot. The name of tho indi-k
vidual who is in tho coflin is marked
on one end of it. Thero the coflin re
mnins lor a year or two, and then, il
tho friends of tho family can afford
it, they build a brick vault over it.
This, in time, becomes covered with
dirt, and by and by grass and weeds,
nnd btishc3 grow on it. Thero aro
scores of theso burial places around
Shanghai and other c'ties, looking liko
prairie-dog villages on a gigantic scale.
"I am going back to China, nnd if
ono of these days you should bo wnn
dering about in one of these Chinese
cemeteries and should seo a collin ly
ing thero with my nnmo on tho end of
it you needn't bosurprised. Itcllyou,
a country that buries its dead on top
of tho ground nnd yet manages to
keep its citizens healthy is a good
country to live in. And if it's n good
country to live in it's a good country
to die in. So good by; I'm going back
homo." j
Things in General. B4
Two vases resembling butterflies
havo been made by a Boston jeweler.
Tho wings nro colored and veined so
as to simulato tho nppearanco of tho
insect's wings to perfection. Enamel
was used for tho eyes, which aro as
natural as life, and every other part
of the insect is complete, even to tho
bunch of roses upon which they nro
resting.
Leaving Uaden-Baden a fortnight
ago, "I hope," said Kaiser Wilhelm to
tho burgomaster, "to seo you again
next year. I have often beforo said
tho samo thing; but at my ngo it is im
possible to lay out any moro plans.
It is, in fact, very problematical if I
shall ever come among you again, but
I hopo at least to do so."
The Smithsonian Institute con
tains tho small nugget of cold, a littlo
larger than a pen, that first met tho
eyes of James Marshall in tho sawmill
wall at Sacramento, and was the be
ginning of those discoveries in Califor
nia that have added ncarlySl, 500,000
000 to tho world's stock of tho pre
cious metals. Tho nuggot is kept in a
glass case, and is an object of interest,
to all visitors.
Much is anticipated of tjio great
Scotch colony which is about to be
planted in Florida. Tho first division
composed of HO families, will sail from
Glasgow on the 20th. These immi
grants own tho land to which thoy aro
coming, and in addition, aro well sup
lied with money. Fully a thousand
families, in all, will come.
Near Walla Walla, Washington Tor.,
is a colony of religious enthusiasts
who call their organization Tlio King
dom of Heaven on Earth. They prac
ticepolygamy, believe in tho transmi
gration of souls, and claim that David,
solomon, Moses, John tho linptist
and St. Peter havo been born ncain
and nro now in tho colony, and that
they will soon commenco a career of
conquest nnd subduotbo world. They
hold property in common. Thoro aro
very few Americans among them.
In Paris tho firemen constitute a reg
iment of infantry, nuniboring 50 offi
cers and 1,090 men. Tho chief officer
is a colonel. Tho men are armed with
guns. The uniform consists ot a bluo
tunic with buttons bearing tno nrms
of the city of Paris; trousers of a deep
er shade of blue, ribbed on tho sido
with red. While on service in the city
tho men wear the cap of soldiers in tho
infantry service, but when at fires they
wear a helmet of brass with a black
crest.
When a man gets "good and rich,"
as tho darkies just over tho Delawaro
lino say, about tho first thing ho does
is to build a big house. Such is tho
enso with the millionaire electrician of
Cloveland, Charles F. Brush, who has
about finished for himself the finest
houso in Ohio. Tho building, which is
Amherst buff stone, glorifies tho clori
ous Euclid Avenue up by tho lake. It
is probable that Mr. urush will not
burn tallow dips in his new bouse.
Thero is an institution which is
working well in somo parts of Switzer
land, tho so-called Reiseverein, or
"Travel Club." Each member pays a
subscription of about 1 franc 20 cen
times a week, or something more, and
in Juno or July ho receives a cheap
circular ticket enabling him to make a
pleasuro and busincs tour to Franco
or Italy. In Uasel thero aro many
such clubs, which havo been In exist
ence for 601110 years, and thoy mako
arrangements for the cheap boarding,
ns well as tho cheap traveling of their
members. In the two important mat
ters of free schooling and local self-go v-
n-nment Switzerland stands far ahead
of tho rest of Europo.
"When I was abroad I saw, or rath
er smelled cheeso that was much moro
odorific than Limburger than you can
linngino. Therearelittloshops in Ger
many that sell nothing but cheese,
whero it would mako nn American sick
to stick his nose. They havo a story
over thero that an Englishman once,
went into ono of these littlo shops and
snid: 'Hi begyourpardon, you Know, Q
but Hi'in bloody fond of cheese, you
know, hand Hi liko it to smell strong,
you know. Hif you 'avo hnnny that
is stronger than Limburger. Hi would
liko to tnsto hit.' Tho old Dutchman
is represented as turning around nnd
calling out to his wife, in another
room, 'Katrinal Katrina! lot der
cheeso valk in.' "Col. "Charley"
Spencer.
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