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LINES TO THE STARS. How I bare loved yc from my cnrllcat daygl And I remember, when a little clillJ, in that majestic liourof dying day, When ttic roseate flush on Iwilleht's check Is melting Into dreamy lavender, I sauntered far from boyhood's happy din, And laid me In the lone and summer grass, And watched ye as yo swam out one by one, And then metiioutrht ye beacons lit along The coa9ts of heaven, for huge ship? of cloud That wandered the Immeasurable main, Piloted by pirates of the ruined winds! And then ngnlti that ye were characters Of tome celestial tongue, the pen of God Had traced t.txm the table of the sky, Which, could 1 but translate, they would unfold The awful mystery of everything, Tluy would re veal the destiny of man I Franklin K. Denton, in tte Current, Sandorf's Revenge, A SEQUEL TO MAT1IU8 BA.VDOKF AND DOCTOR ANTEKIHTT. 3E5y JTnleB Verne, ATTTIIOn OP "JOtjnjfET TO THE CENTM1 OF THE JIATtTII, " "TllIP TO THE MOON," "AUOCND THE WOKLD IN EIOHTV DAYB," " MIOnAEIj STnOOOFl'," " TWENTY THOUSAND LEA0UE3 UNDER THE SEA," ETC., ETO. Trantlallon copyrighted by G. Jf. llanna, 1SS3. CHAPTEIt XX-Contikukd. With tho Doctor's liclj) Borik began to regain his consciousness. "You, Mr. Pierre I You! Alivo !" "Ycsl" nnsworod Pierre. "Yes! nlivo 1 Though it would bo bottor if I Tvoro dead !" In a fow words tho .Doctor informed Uorik of what hud taken placo at Bag usa. Then tho old servaut told him tho story of thoso two mouths of mis cry. "But," asked tho Doctor at tho out set, " was it her son's death that caused Madamo Bathory to loso her reason ?" "No, sir, nol" answered Borik. And this is what ho told them. Madamo Buthoiy, being alono in the world, hud left Bugusa and wont to livo at tho littlo villngo of Vinticello, where sho had n fow relatives. Whilo thero eho had been planning how to dispose of her house, as sho had no further in tention of inhabiting it Six weeks afterwards, accompaniod by Uorik, sho had returned to Bugusa to arrange all tlicso matters, and when sho reached tho house in tho lluo Muri nollu sho found that a lettor had been dropped into tho box. Having read tho lettor aud tho read ing scomod to have givon hor mind its first shook Madamo Bathory screamed and ran into tho road, aifd down into tho Stradone. and knooked at Toron thal's door, which opened immediately. " Torontlial's ?" exclaimed Pierre. "Yes," nnsworod Bonk ; "and whon I camo up to Madamo Bathory sho did not recognize mo. Sho was" " Hut why did my mother go to Tor ontlial's? Yes! "Why?" ashed Pierre, looking at tho old servaut as if ho were quite iiiyr-tilled. "Sho probably dosirod to speak with Mr. Toronthal," nnsworod Bonk, "and two days beforo Mr. Toronthal had left liishoutio with his daughter, aud no ouo know whoro ho had gouo." "And this letter? this lottor?" v "I havo not been able to lind it, Mr. Pierro," answered tho old man; "Madamo Bathory must have lost it or destroyed it, or had it taken from hor; mid 1 do not know what it was about." Thero was somo mystery hero. Tho Doctor, who had beon listening without eayin j a word, could seo no reason for this not of Madamo Bathory's. What imperious motive had urged her to tho house in tho Stradone, which everything would have mado hor avoid ; and why, when sho learned that Toronthal hud disappeared, had bIio received so violent a shock as to drivo her mad ? Borik's story only took a fow minutes. Ho succeeded in keeping Madamo Bath ory's monuil state secret, and busied himsolf in realizing hor property. Tho calm, gentle mania of tho unhappy widow allowed him to act without sus picion. His only object, then, was to leave Kagusa, and obtain shelter in somo distant town, it muttered not whoro, providod it was far away from that acoursod place. A fow days afterwards, lie took Madamo Bathory on board ono of tho steamers that tradu with tho Mediterranean coast, and urrivod at 'Tunis, or rathor La aoulotto, Thoro ho resolved to stop. Aud then, in this deserted marabout, lie devoted himself to tho euro of Madamo Bathory, who seemed to have lost hor speech aa well as her senses. But his resources were so slight that ho could sco tho timo coming whon they would both bo rcdjtoed to tho lust misery. It was then that tho old servant thought of Doctor Antokirtt, of tho interest ho had always taken in tho Bathory family. But Borik did not know his usual address. He, however, wrote, utid tho letter ho trusted, in des pair, to Providence, aud it appeared that Providonoo had brought tho letter into tho Doctor's hands. Thoro could bo no doubt what was next to bo dono, Madamo Bathory, without any resistance on hor part, was placed in tho carriage with Borik und Pierro and Maria. Aud then tho Doctor and Lulgi walked baok by way of tho road to La Gouletto. An hour afterwards thoy all embarked i tlw yacht, whtoh was under steam. The auohor was immediately weighed, Mid as soon as sho had doubled Capo lkm tho Ferrato steered so ae to sight the light of Puntollaria. Tho day after tlw next, in tho early morning, sho ruu into harbor at Autokirtla, Mad nit Bathory wa lukon ashoro at mo, 11 Ut Artenak, ami iustulled iu Ma of the rooms at tho Htudtlmu. Anotlwr sorrow for Pierro Bathory I His motW lrivwl of reason, beoount wuul umler srWHsUuoo which would probably rwttslH limxplioAblol If tha ui. U U4 NwJwm could h owr taincd, somo salutary reaction might havo been provoked, but nothing about it was known aud nothing could bo known. "Shomustbocnrod! Yes. sho must!" said the Doctor, who devoted himsolf to tho task Aud tho task was a difficult one, for Madamo Bathory remained quite uncon scious of her aciions, and not n romem branco of her past life did sho display. Could tho powor of suggestion that tho Doctor jwxsessed in co high a degree, bo employed to change tho men tal stato of tho pationt? Could sho by magnetic inllucnco be restored toreason, and kept in that stato until tho reaction took placo ? Tierro adjured tho Doctor to try ovcu tho impossiblo to euro his mother. "No!" answered tho Doctor; "that would not do. Mad people aro tho most refractory subjects for tho pur poso ! For tho inllucnco to act, your mother must havo a will of her own, for which 1 cm substituto minol And I assuro you I should havo no inlluenca over her." " No 1 I will not admit it," said Pierre, who would not bo convinced. "I will not admit that wo shall not seo tho day whon my mother will recognize me her son sho believes to bo dead." "Yes ! that sho believes to bo dead!" answered tho Doctor ; " but perhaps if sho believed you to bo alive, or if sho saw you coming out of tho grave ; if sho saw you appear" Tho Doctor paused at tho thought. Why should not a sudden shock, pro voked under favorable conditions, havo somo effect on Madame Bathory? "I will try it!" ho exclaimed. And when ho explained tho experi ment on which ho based his hopo of ouring his mothor, Pierro throw himself into tho Doctor's arms. From that day tho scenery and sur roundings to bring' about tho success of the attempt, wcro tho object of anxious cure. Tho idea was, torevivo in Madamo Bathory the effects of memory, of which hor derangemout had deprived her, and to rovivo it under such striking circum stances that a reaction would bo caused in lier brain. The Doctor nppealod to Borik and Point Peseade, so as to reproduce, with sufficient exactness, tho appeuranco of the cemetery at Bagusa, and tho monu ment which served as tho tomb of tho Bathory family. Aud in tho cemetery of tho island, about n milo from Artouak, under a group of trees, thoy built a small chapel as much as possible liko that of Bngusa. Everything was don to produco tho most striking resem blance botwoun tho two monuments ; and on tho wall thero was placed a slab of black marblo bearing tho name of Stephen Bathory, with tho dato of his death, 1807. On tho 13th of November tho timo seemed como for beginning tho prepara tory attempt to rovivo Madamo Bathory's reubou. About seven o'clock in tho ovoning, Maria and Borik took tho widow's arm, and leading her from tho Stadthaus, walked out to tho eoniotory. Thoro Madame Bathory remained beforo tho threshold of tho little chapel motionless aud silent as always, although by tho light of tho lamp which burned within, sho could read tho name of Stephen Bathory engraved on tho marble slab. Only when Maria and tho old mm knelt as tliey wont along did sho have a faint look of intelligence in her eyo3, which almost instantly vanished. An hour afterwards, sho was takon buck to tho Stadthaus, followed by a crowd who had oomo to join the proces sion at this llrst experiment Tho next ami succeeding morningn the experiments wore continued, but without result Pierro looked on with poignant emotion and despaired of their success, although the Doctor told him that timo would ln his most useful auxiliary. Ho did not intend to strike his last blow until Madame Bathory had been sullleiently prepared to fool its full force. .Each timo sho visited tho oomotery a slight but unmistakable change took place iu her ; and ouo evening when Bonk and Maria woro kneeling at tho ohapel door, sho had como slowly for ward, put her hand on tho iron grating, looked at tho wall beyond brightly illuminated by tho lamp, aud hurriedly run baok. Maria, roturning to hor, hoard her murmur a liiuuu several times. It was tho llrst time for months that her lips had opened to speak. But what was tho astonishment- moro than tho astonishment tho stupe faction of those who hoard her ! Tho name was not that of Pierro it was the name of Suva I If wo can understand what Pierro felt. who can describe what passed in tho Doctor's soul when ho heard this unex pected invocation of Sava Toronthal? But ho mado no observation ; ho gavo no Mgn of what ho felt Another evening tho oxporimont was repeated. This time, us if sho had beon led by an invisible hand, Madamo Bath ory went and knelt on tho ohapel step. She bowed her head, a sigh escaped her, aud tours fell from her eyes. But that ovoniug not a name escaped her lips, and it teamed as though tho had for gotten Suva. Sho was taken back to tho Stndthnud, and thoro showed herself a proy to unusual nervous agitation. Tho calm hitherto characteristic of her moutil 3tato gavo plueo to hiugulur oxaltation. Somo work of vitality was evidently going on iu her brain, aud this looked hopeful. Tho night proved troubled and rest less. Sho several times uttered vagua words which Maria oould ccarooly hear, but it was evident sho was dreaming. And if sho dreamt, ronton was coming btok, und she might bo cured if her roasou would only stay with her till tho woke. Then tho Doctor decided to make a fresh attempt on tho narrow, of wliMi tlm surrounding should bo more strik ing. During the whole of this 18th she eon. tinned under violent mental tuuituumnt. Murlu mus uuiuh struck with her state, and Pierre, who spout nearly nil his Uino vjlli bU( uivthor, folt u prejeim ment of happy augury. Tho night arrived a night dark and glo '.my without a breath of wind, after n. day that had beo-i very warm in this low latitude of Antektrtta, About half-past eight tho patient, accompanied by Maria and Borik, left tho Stadthaus. Tho Doctor, with Luigi nnd Point Peseade, followed, n fow steps behind. Tho wholo of the littlo colony was nnxiously expectant of tho success of what wns going to happen. A few torches boncath tho trocs throw a fuliginous light on tho chapel and its surroundings. Afar nt regular inter vals tho bell in Artenak church sounded a funeral knclL Pierre was tho only ono absent from tho procession which advanced slowly towards tho cemotory. But if ho vas not there, it was becanso ho was to ap pear in tho closing scono of this final experiment. It was about nino o'clock when Madamo Bathory reached tho cemetery. Suddenly sho shook horsolf freo from Mnria's arm, nnd walked towards tho littlo chapel. Sho was allowed to do as sho p!easod under tho inllucnco of this feeling, which seemed to havo entiro possossion of her. Amid a profound silenco, broken only by tho toll of tho bell, Madamo Bathory stopped, and remained motionless. Then sho knelt on tho first stop, and bent down, and then they hoard her weep. At this moment tho railing of tho chapel slowly opened. Wrapped in a whito shroud, as if ho had risen from his grave, Pierro appeared in the light. "My son! My son!" exclaimed Madamo Bathory, who stretched out her arms and fell senseless. It mattered littlo. Memory and thought had returned to her. Tho mother was awakened. Sho had recog nized her son. Tho Doctor soon revived hnr, and when sho had recovered her conscious ness, whon her eyes rested on her son : "Alivo! My Pierro! Alivo!" sho exclaimed. "Yes? Living for your sake, mother; living to lovo you." "Aud to lovo her hor also !" "Her ?" "Her! Suva!" "Sava Toronthal?" exclaimed tho Doctor. "No! Sava Sandorf !" And Madamo Bathory look from her pocket tho crumpled lettor which con tained tho last lines written by tho hand of tho dying Madamo Toronthal, and hold it out to tlio Doctor. Tho lottor loft no doubt as to Suva's birth ! Sava was tho child that hud been carried away from tho castlo of Artennk ! Sava was tho daughter of Count Mathias Sandorf! CHAPTER XXT. A SQUEEZE FltOlI CAPJS JIATirOTT. Count Mathias, as wo know, wishod to remain Doctor Antokirtt to tho wholo colony excopt Pierro, until his work hud been accomplished. When his daughter s namo was suddenly pro nounced by Madamo Bathory, ho had sufllc'ont control over himself to sup press his emotion. But his heart for a moment ceased to bent, nnd ho fell on tho threshold of tho chapol as if ho had boon struck by lightning. And so his daughter was alivo! And sho loved Pierre, nnd she was loved! And it wns Mathias Sandorf who had been doing everything to provent tho marringo ! And tho secret which gavo Sava back to him would never havo been discovered had not Madamo Bathory's reason been restored to her us by a miracle. But what had happonod liftoon yours ago at tho castlo of Artenak ? That wns obvious enough ! This child, tho solo heiress of Count Sandorf's wealth, whoso death had nover boon proved, had boon stolon by Toronthal j and shortly afterwards when tho bunker settled at Bagusa, Madamo Toronthal hud to bring up Suva Sandorf as her own daughter. Suoh had been the sohemo dovisod by Sarenuy and executed by his noooinplico Namir. Sarcuny knew perfectly that Suva would como into possession of a considerable fortuno whon sho rotched eighteen ; and whon sho had bocomo his wife, ho would then procure her acknowledgment as the heiress of Saudorf's ostatos. This was to bo tho crowning triumph of his nbominablo existence. Ho would become the master of Artouak! Had ho then foiled this odious sohemo? Yes, undoubtedly. If tho marriago had taken plueo Sarcauy would already havo availed himsolf of all its advantages. Aud now how groat was tho Doctor's grief I Was it not owing to him that thoro had been brought about this deplorable chain of events ; at llrst in refusing his help to Pierro, then in allowing Sareany to pursue his plans, thou in not rendering him harmless at tho meeting at Cattaro, then in not giv ing back to Mudunio Bathory tho son ho had snatched from death. In tact, what misfortunos would havo beon avoided had Pierro been with his mother when Madamo Torontlial's lottor had readied tho house in the Buo Marinella ! Know iug that Sava was Sandorf's daughter, would not Pierro havo known how to get her away from tho violence of Sarcauy and Toronthal ? Where was Sava Sandorf now ? In tho power of Sarcuny, of course I But where was hho hidden? How oould thoy got her away? And besides, iu a few weeks sho would attain hor eighteenth veur the limit fixed for tho timo during which sho could bo the heiress - and that fact would impel Sarauiy to use every effort to mal.0 her consent to tint marriage I In tin instant this Mtcoeskiou of thoughts patwH'd Doctor Autkirtt's mind. Ah ho built together tho pant, as Madame Bathory and Pierre woro thorn solve doing, hu felt tho roproaohoi, unmerited assuredly, that Stephen llth ory's wife und sou might be tempted to nwtatl him with. Aud now us thing had turned out. would lie bo able to bring ogutUcr Pioi round hor, who for all uni for himpnlf, ho must stilt continno to c;dl Suva Toronthal? Ho must, before everything, find Sava, his daughter, whoso namo added to that of tho Countess Rcna, his wife he had given to tho schooner Savarena, as he had given that ofFerrmto to his steam yacht 1 But thero was not a day to lose. Already Madame Bathory had baen led back to tho Stadthaus, when tho Doctor camo to visit her, accompanied by Pierro, whom ho loft to his alter, nations of joy and despair. Much enfeebled by tho violent reaction who30 effects had just been produced in her, but cured of Inr illnon, Madamo Bath ory was sitting at tho window when tho Doctor and her son eutored. Maria, seeing it would bo bettor to leavo them together, retired to tho largo saloon. Doctor Antokirtt then approached hor, nnd laid his hand on Piorro s shoulder. "Madamo Bathory," ho said, "I havo already mado your son my own I But what ho is not yet through friendship, I will do all I can to mako him through paternal love, in marrying him to Sava, my daughter." ' ' Your daughter 1" exclaimed Madamo Bathory. "I am Count Mathias Sandorf." Mailanio Bathory jumped up aud fell buck into her sou's arms. But if sho could not speak sho could hear. In a fow words Pierro told her what sho did not know, how Mathias Sandorf hud been saved by the devotion of tho fisher man Andrea Forrato, why for fiftoon years ho had passed as dead, and how he had reappeared nt Bagusa as Doctor Antokirtt. llo told her how Sarcauy nnd Toronthal had betrayed tho Trieste conspirators, and related tho treachery of Carpena of which Ladislas Zathmar and his father had boon tho victims, aud how tho Doctor had taken him from tho eemotcry of Bagusa to associate him in tho work ho had undertaken. He finished his story by stating that two of tho scoundrels, tho banker Toronthal and tho Spaniard Carpono, were then in their power, but that the third, Sareany, was still at largo tho Sarcauy who desired Sava Sandorf for his wife. For an hour tho Doctor, Madamo Bathory and her son went over in detail the fncts regnrdiug tho young lady. Evidently Sarcauy would stick nt noth ing to bring about Suva's consent to tho marriage, which would bring him tho wealth of Count Sandorf ; and this state of affairs was what principally exercised them during their interview. But if tho plans of tho past hud now collapsed, thoso of tho present promised to bo oven moro formidublo. Abovo everything, it wns necessnry to move heaven and earth to recover Sava. It was in tho first placo ngreed that Madamo Bithoiy nnd Piorro should alono know that Mathias Sandorf was concealed under tho namo of Doctor Antokirtt To reveal tho secrot would bo to say that Sava was his daughter, nnd in the interest of tho now search that was to bo undertaken, it was neces sary to keep this quiet "But where is Sava? Wliero aro wo to look for her?" asked Madame Bathory. "Wo will know!" answered Pierre, in whom despair had givon placo to an energy that nothing could quonoh. "Yes! wo will know!" said the Doc tor; "nnd in admitting that Silas Tor onthal does not know whoro Sarcauy is, wo cannot suppose that ho does not know whoro my daughter " "And if ho knows ho must toll!" said Piorro. "Yes! ho must speak !" answered T " Doctor. "Now?" "Now !" to be continued. Tho Julius Tower. Tho celebrated Julius tower, contain ing tho Gorman war treasures, is in tho innermost defenses of the fortress ot Spandau, near Berlin. This treasure is inspected annually by two oflicinls, in company with tho commander of tlio stronghold, and tho entrance is affected by tho simultaneous insertion of two neatly-made small keys. The door once opened, they entered tho rotunda, in which aro stored tho 120,000,000 marks hard cash reserved for tho em pire's omorgoney. This enormous sum is divided into twelvo parts, every ono of which is again subdivided into ten sections, containing each 1,000,000 marks, put up in ten bags of 100,000 marks each two-thirds in 20 and tho remaining one-third in 10 mark pieces. At tho inspection tho part and the sec tion to bo counted aro choson at ran dom, a detachment of soldiers being de tailed for tho annual work of the count, which is pretty quickly disposed of. After going through two or three of the bags, this part of the revision is con sidered sufilcient. Then comes tho turn of tho remaining three imperial funds namely, tho invalids' provident, tho for tification, and tho parliament building fund, mostly represented by bonds, with interest coupons attached, the numbers, series, otc., of overy ono of which aro closely collated. This done, the inspec tion report is drawn up then and thero, signed by both inspectors, tho two keys aro onco more inserted siinultaneorsly to allow them to get out of tho enchant ed tower, and the annual task is at an cud. Tho weight of tho troasuro is es timated at nbovo livo thousand tons of gold and seventy tons of silver, and this vast amount "is always hold In re serve for urgent military purposes. No Obligations. Man (to friend) You don't soom to trout that gentleman with politonoss." Friend "I spoku rather roughly, I admit." Man "You havo changed toward him. The other day I saw you cordial ly shaking hands with him. ' Friend "Yus, ho owod nio thou, hut ho has paid mo, consequently .von 08 that 1 mn no longer under obligations to htm. .irlstniuw TVcitwar. A clif f.olory U to I tturt-d st earne rs, ftmth Atactics. Tle umXht will lm lire no douM ou Crcc siul clifcte. JNKi Wrf t'ArvMitf, CUSTOMS AT A HANGING. The Forms Observed When llio Law TtiKcs n Jinn's Life nt the Tombs. A great many customs surround a hanging in New York. They have been modified by law, which allows only tho sheriffs, a sheriff's jury, the judges of the higher courts, tho district nttorncj', tho doctors, and tho hang man to bo present. Formerly the coroner could bring a party of his friends as jurors, and the sheriff gavo out cards of invitation as he would to a ball. That has been stopped, and Sheriff Grant keeps the number of spectators down to the lowest legal number. The reporters acted as both shcrill's and coroner's jury at Chacon's hanging. It is customary for the sheriff to present the man to be hanged, when ho is poor, with a black suit to bo hanged in. The care of the city for his burial goes no further than to see ho gets to potter's field. It is the duty of the sheriff to bo per sonally present at a hanging. Ono shorn! dodged this duty onco by going to Long Branch. In a case like that tho under sheriff has charge. Tho hanging is set down for as early an hour as possible in tho morning to avoid a crowd. The sheriff aud his deputies, dressed in mourning, gather nt the shcrill's ollico and march to the Tombs. Each bears his staff of office. At tho hanging thoy takeoff their hats as soon as tlio weights fall, and put them on when tho body is cut down. In a case on the wall in the sheriff's ollico are a score of staves and two swords. The slaves have beon present at every hanging sinco a time that no employe in the ollico can recall. .They are about thirty inches long, and arc mado of dark hard wood. Tlio middlo is covered with thin, dark velvet. On each end is a brass tip shaped liko an Indian arrowhead. The sheriff's staff has a crutch at ono end instead of n dart, and the under sheriff's has a crook. The two swords have not been taken to a hanging for a long time. No matter where in tho stato a hang ing may bo the staves are sent for and the sheriff's men carry them. They would as soon think of trying to have a hanging without a ropo as without their staves. They aro a relic of col onial days, when a hanging would draw as largo an asscmblago as a cir cus, and tho officers who hud charge of it appeared pompously in thoir of ficial robes. Tho sanio gallows, rope, noose, and weights arc used timo after time until they aro lost or woro out Tlio gal lows now in uso is about four years old. Tho uprights are about five inches square and fifteen feet high. The cross piece is the same size. The construc tion is simple, and it is easy to take tho gallows apart and put it away. Tho only trace left on tho gallows by a hanging is tho mark of the ax where it cuts through tho ropo that keeps the weight from fulling. Two men do all the hangings in Now York. Ouo is a short, lean man, with Hebrew features. Ho has a thin, full beard that curls, dark hair, mild eyes, nnd a shrinking face. Ho was in the box at Chacon's hanging when, the ropo was cut The other man, who pulled the cap over Chacon's head, is a short, stout German, partially bald, with a black-gray mustache. Ho is in charge. These two men have a num ber of names. They do not want to bo known, and tho sheriff himself has nothing further to do with them than to give them chargo of tho arrange ments nnd to pay tho bill. The ono man is commonly known as Isaacs, tho other as Minzeshoimor. The bills are made out to Joseph B. Atkinson. The cost of hanging varies from 8200 to $500. Tho men aro hangmen not only in Now York, but they travel around over the stato and country. Hanging is their trade. SPANISH PRISONS. Cruel Tn-ntmont of tho wretches Conlliioil In Thorn l'unlsh luont for Murder ami Jtobbory. I hear that thoro is a great deal of dirt, cruelty, misery, and mismanage ment in Spanish prisons, writes a Paris correspondent In nearly every pro vincial town thero is a prevention or carcci, under tho authority of tho alcalde, and in tho hands of the civil gaurds and town police. This stone building, which you enter by an open barred gate, against which somo prison ers aro idly leaning smoking their pa per cigarettes, consists of two or threo stonc-llagged chambers abovo and the sanio number below stairs. Tho upper chambers aro devoted to women the lower to men, caught in flagrante dcliclu, who await thoro the mandato of tho authorities, which shall either freo or send them to tho nearost prison or cured proper, there to lio herded with a host of malefactors until their trials shall bo concluded. The prison ers iu these lock-ups faro badly indeed. In tho summer scorched with heat, eaten by vermin in the winter, sleeping without cither bed or rug on tho cold stonos, with but ono meal a day of coarse rancho or pottage, they pass thoir jtimo leaning against the bars scoffing at passers by in the street. They curse nuil swear, gainblo away their clothes, and in tho intervals between these pastimes call on God, on hoaven, and tho Virgin to deliver them. They aro kept there it may bo a few days and It may bo for six "or soven years. Tho conversation is mado up of blasphemy and obscenity; tho dirt is appalliug, the allotted food wrotchod. Many are brought to these dons merely as sus pected accomplices of some crime, and they are kept thero and thus hardlv treated until they havo confessed all they know. Willi tho women tho hard treatment, the exposure, tho absence of decency, often bring about tho desired etluct, and they confess and betray all. With tho men a Hogging counlod with this bad fare and all the rest of It, often extracts u eonfobslon. So much for tho common jails of Spain. As for tho couvlot establish ments, where those sentenced to longer tornii of Fooluxlon are confined, the best uro thoso of Cartagena nud Seville, The presidio of Cartagena is a stono building, with two or three quad rangles, not a stone's throw from tho famous dockyard and arsenal. Pass ing to it tho stranger hears the clank ofnchains and tho measured tread of convicls. The prisoners arc chained two and two. They wear a coarse brown jacket nnd trousers of coarso cloth. Each holds up his own share of the chain by which they are manacled around the ancle. For each offenso an extra fourteen pounds of iron is placed on the chain, adding considerably to their difficulty in walking and working. There aro constant quarrels and lights. Tho contractor gives the poor wretches only beans and hot water in lieu of beans and oil or bacon. Hundreds die or bocomo semi-idiotic from this starva tion, as tho body especially in Spain, needs fatty matter. Another auuso in most as great as tho herding together, the contract system, tho absence of books or papers, is the terrible power put into the hands of the sergeants, or cubos de varra. These aro themselves prisoners who arc physically strong and havo behaved fairly well. They aro put in charge of the prisoners, superin tend their work, and have unlimited nuthoritv. Each carries a stout ashen cudgel and thoy beat thoir fellow pris oners in tho most cruel manner, oven taking an infernal pleasure in the sound of the blows thoy administer. Two striking sights may now and then bo witnessed within tho walls of a Spanish presidio. On feast days a brass band of prisoners plays its way into tho inner courtyard and there takes its stand. From" workshop and sleep nnd smoke the motley groups come hurrying to catch this little gleam of light in thoir dull and wearying lives. They form an orderly semicir cle, heat time, sing a littlo, and thor oughly enjoy the blare and rattle of tho.r rough music. 'The other spectacle is of a sadder character. At night a prisoner under scntenco of death for tho morrow is pinioned nnd handcuffed, and a crucifix is put between his bound hands. He is led to the chapel seated in front of tha altar, a priest hears his confession, and he then sits through the weary night watches waiting for that sun to rise of which his eyes may not behold the set ting. Sentence is", however, even at this last awful moment, often commut ed, through tho intervention of the church, to that of cadena pcrpcluu. When tho capital sentonco is carried out by the garroto the prisoner is pin ioned "in a chair in a waste spot outside tho city aud is executed at sunrise. I do not like to continue this subject. I havo been told enough about Spanish prisons to cnablo me to take my read ers from tho lock-up to the jail, from jail to the convict establishment. Wo could almost share tho unhappy felon's mess of pottage; see tho prison chapels unopened, tho images dusty and rust ing, tho battles with knives" within the prison walls; tho prisoners gambling day and night until some have gam bled away all their rations, and aro foodless for forty-eight hours; tho aw ful amount of crinio committed within the walls of some prisons; the utter want of occupation within tho jails; the total absence of any private minis trations of religion in the large convict establishments. If anyone is curious as to tho sentences pronounced, 1 can but tell him that murder is punished with from seventeen years four months and ono day to death, and robbery very much in accordance to the value of tho article stolen. In proportion to the population tlio number of convicts in the various jails, prisons, and convict establishments is enormous, but and 1 am glad to say it niarvelously few wo men are found in prison. Our Indians A Suggestion. Tho Ind'nns in our souhtcrn borders aro reported to have a habit among them of tightening up their belts whenever they miss a meal. That is, if they miss breakfast they tighten up tho belt ono hole. If they miss dinner thoy repeat the tightening, thus seek ing to diminish tlio sizo of tho cavity on the inside of them, which is usually , filled up at meal times by eating, by pressure from without Thoso familiar with tho Indians ami their way of lifo hold that tho practico is a good substi tuto for tho missed meals, but it is only for temporary benefit. You can't go on always drawing in the belt. Tho worst will como at last;yotit does help some, so thev sav, and that being tho case, the Herald hi its solicitude for tho welfaro of certain United States offici als who will bo deprived of a hearty meal or so, through Congress cutting down tho Utah appropriations, calls tho attention of those certain officials of this practico among tho half-starved Southern Utos. Draw up your bolts, gentlemen, a holo or too, and consolo yourself with tho reflection that repub lics are ungrateful to their servants any way. Halt Lake Herald. The Immunity of Physicians. It is a prevalent popular Impression that somo special providence surrounds the physician with protective agencies, aud that, although daily exposed to diseaso in its most malignant forms, ho escapes when others aro attacked. Dr. Ogle, of England, finds that whilo tho law vers die at the rato of 20, the clergv at tho rato of 1C, the doctors mortality is 25 per 1,000. In a million adults other than physicians 1G died of scarlet fover, 11 of diphtheria, and 238 of typhoid fover; whilo of an equal number of physicians. 59 succumbed to scarlet fover. 51) to diphtheria, and 311 to typhoid fever. Small-pox, on tho other hand, claims moro victims among the laity than in tho medical profession; due," doubtless, to tho fact . . , I l! ! f! that puysiciuiis u.uu oiunuiuiu conn donee in tho protective inllucnco of vaccination to keep themselves insus ceptible to the attacks of sinall-pox. Not a Sickly Country. "Isn't this a sickly country?" said a stranger to an Arkansaw man. "No, sir." Thou why is It that nearly every one 1 see U sick?" "Oh, tho people Is sorter siokly, font the country nover gets sluk. Ivor hoard o' the country taklu' a pill iu my llfe."-tfooiu, Hun,