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HELEN LAKE1IAN; on, The Story of a Young Girl's Strug gle With Adversity. BT JOHN H. MT8ICK. AtmiCMl ok "Thb Danker or Bedford," "Waivtmi Bnan'Krnaj)." Era Copyright, 1SSS, by A, X. KtUoqg XnnfQfir Co J face was dark with wrath, and she loft tho statu! more hopelessly confused than Mrs. Arnold. Mother Grimily came next and was no better. lint the discovery of the bracelet in Helen's carpet bag, and her admission of the fact to the sheriff fastened tho guilt upon her. Tho evidence was all in, and (lie justice cleared his throat, elevated his glasses mid rubbed the top of Ins head, very much as if ho had a painful duly to perform. CHAPTER XXH1. THK ACQUITTAL Squire Midlers was rubbing his head sis if he was in no hum- to decide this case. He calmly surveyed tho audi ence who waited bis decision. 1 lis eyes rested nervously for a moment upon the pale yet calm features of tho prisoner. Judge Arnold, witii arms folded, sat erect, his short roan whisk ers almost horizontal with his cars. He looked triumphant. To him there was but one way a man of common sense could decide. Mrs. Arnold's head was once more high in the air. 1 lull io is triumphant and Mother Tart rum occasionally sends fiery glances at Helen and her lawyer. At this moment hurried footsteps were heard upon the pavement wilh out. During the last moments of the rial the belated train had come in from Stratton, and these hurried stops came from the depot. Two men came in at tho door and commenced elbowing their way through tie dense crowd which packed the court room. "I say, Squire Bluffers," cried the well-known voice of Pete, tho peddler, ""hev ye measured this case and torn it oil' yet? If yo heven't, I've got some remnants o' testimony to throw into the bargain." Pete, with Warren Stuart close be hind him, now struggled through to "the small open space about the justice. Warren's face was pale and his mouth .showed a lirmness that his friends had not seen before. Judge Arnold arose, bowed and smiled warmly, and took his hand. Warren's greeting was cool, but ho -was silent. He did not speak to Helen. There was no unnatural, tragical, run ning forward and embracing as wo read of in sensational novels, they merely glanced at each other and Mrs. Bridges felt Helen's hand tremble. A disou.-siou now arose as to whether the ease was cloed. past hearing fur ther testimony or not. Tho attorney for the State insisted that it was, and Helen's attorney insisted that it was not. The justice agreed with tho attorney for the defense. "Now, I jest want to tell that law yer for that gal.somethin'," said Pete. "I think I kin make somethin' clear." Five minutes was given Mr. Layman to consult with the now witness. "What is she accused o' stealin'?" Pete asked. ' A gold bracelet." " Any thing else?" "No." "No money?" "No, that is only a slanderous rumor started by some designing person." Pete then whispered for a few moments with tho attorney, and they returned. The peddlor wanted to go after his pack before ho gavo in his testimony, .and was granted permission by the Squire. Ho went out, ami in a few minutes came buck with his pack of goods on bis back. lie set it down on tho lioor, .ami was sworn. 1T.TK TESTIFIES. Judgo Arnold looked puzzled, his wife alarmed, and Hallio confused, Mothers Tart rum and Grundy were no little perplexed, and tho molo was trembling again. "Do you know Helen Lakeman?" asked tho attorney for defonse. "I do she's an all-wool gal, too, tin' no mistake" "Never mind figurative spocch, Pete, just answer straightforward. Did you see her on tho ovoning she wont to Mrs. Arnold's?" "Yes, sir." Where, did you soo her first that ovoning?" "It was under a big true, in the lane. Sho mi hor littlu brother had stopped under it, out o' tho rain." ' What did you say to thorn?" " I got 'em to go with mo to Judge Arnold's house," said Potu. "I was goin' there to stay all night, an' I car Hod hur little brother." What time did you jpt thoro?" " It was just about sundown. It ws still iiiinin' an' 1 couldn't oxnotly toll the time, but it was a &tHd bit nfcsrji dark." tfMJft J&A fa, ' Wbo met you at the door?" "Mrs. Arnold." ' You stayed there all night?" "Yes." "Where did you sleep that night?" "Up-stairs, right over the parlor." ' Are you an early riser?" "Yes, sir. I'm alters up before any body else. I want to seo tho sun come up sinnln' through the tree tops as bright as lif teen-cent calico." "Was you up early that morning?" "Yes, an' I had left my pack in the hall an' I went down to see if any thing was damp, an' when I gits down there I heard somethin' rattlin' behind my pack, an' pullin' it 'round saw a purty little white kitten playin' with a gold bracelet." "Would you know the bracelet?" "I think I would; there was two lit tle dents like .somethin' had bit it on the under side. I took my knife an' cut a cross jist between 'em." "What do von sav as to this being tho bracelet?" Tho lawyer handed Pete the bracelet which had been exhibited so frequently that morning. "That's it," said Pote. "an' here's the cross I marked with my knife." Ho exhibited it to the justice who was now all interest and attention. "What did you do witli that brace lot Pete?" asked Mr. Layman. " I thot that bracelet belonged to Miss Lakotnau. Her mother lied a pair like 'em once, and I wus sure it wits her's, and she or her brother bed drapped it there. 1 took a piece o' goods from my pack an' tore off this piece (here he held up tho blue calico which had puzzled Helen so much), then I wapped up this bracelet an' put it in Miss Lakeman's carpet bag. 1 lowed to speak to her about it, but I forgot it. There is the other remnant o' tho piece in my pack," taking it out and lilting tho two pieces together. "Now, by the leave of the couvt. 1 will ask Judge Arnold a question," said Mr. Layman. Leave was granted. "Judge, where did you purchase this bracelet and the ma" to it? " " I bought them," said tho Judge, still calm and dignified, " at tho ad ministrator's sale of tho property ol Mr. Benjamin Lakenian, deceased." " Had they not been his wife's jew elry?" "I do not know." "They belonged to the family?" "I suppose so, I paid forty dollars for the pair." "We. are now willing, your Honor," said Mr. Layman, "to risk this ouso with you." Tho justice was smiling a smile which was rather dangerous to tho prosecution. "Well, gentlemen," ho said, "this certainly puts a new feature on tho case. 1 shall bo compelled to discharge tho defendant." Mrs. Arnold, to hor credit bo it said, arose and was first to grasp Helen's hand and congratulate hor. "Helen, my dear, forgive us for tho great wrong we have done you." "Forgive me, Mrs. Arnold, for I, too, have done you a wrong by accusing you, in my mind, of knowingly perse cuting me." "I think that 3-0 all owe mo a forgive ness, or a good kickiu', I'm not sartain which," said Pete, lighting his pipe,. "It seems it all grew out o' one of my blunders. But I kin now sell ye cal icos, linens and worsteds goods cheap enough to make amends fur it all" At this moment Clarence burst into the room. "Squire!" he cried, "this girl must go to our house. Her brother is dy ing." "Sho is at liberty to go where sho peases. Sho is discharged," said tho justice. "Let mo take her," said Warren. "Warren! What, are you hero?" cried Clarence. "Great goodness! but this is lucky." "Did you bring your horse and buggy?" "Yes." Warren then spoke a word to Helen, whoso pale faeo grow sad. She took his arm, and they left tho court room All defiance left the faeo of Hallio Ar nold as she saw Helen led triumphantly away by Warren Stuart. CHAPTKH XXIV. CONCLUSION. The good 111:13' triumph, but nre never triumphant. Only tho wicked exult at DEATH OF AMOS, their own success ami tho overthrow of an 01101113. Tho truly uoblo man or woman nover delights in the downfall tvf another, even though ho bo an 01101113 Triumph and joy woro all darkoned by the startling intelligence that little Amos was 1I3 ing and had sont to see his sister. Sho did not know, but in her imagination had pictured a part of the little fellow's sufferings. Tho Lord had been good to her, and sho prayed God to spare thu little brothor, If it was His holy will. Yet, ovor through hor oars the words kept ringing; "Not my will, bu.t Thlno, bo dpiio." Warren and Helen spoke but few words on the drive. Thoy both felt that it was a drive to tho scene of death, and both were uttering silent orayers for strength to bear up under tlio coming trial. The old farm house is in sight. Hose stand at the gate looking patiently down the long road. She evinces no sur prise at seeing her brother and Helen. Her face shows traces of weeping. The father meets them at the door. No word is spoken, but the' are con ducted at once to tho chamber of death. Mrs. Stuart arises from the bed where she has just completed tho sad task ol straightening out the little limbs and closing those eyelids forever. Tho hired girl pauses by the bed-side, and gazes for a moment on the sweet face of her little dead brother. There is a smile upon his face, and Mrs. Stuart says tho last words he uttered wore: "Yes, mother, I como I come!" Tears again How down Helen's cheek: they were not the tears of despair, but sadness and joy. He suffers no longer. Ho had gone to the world of eternal peace and youth. He was now in the arms of his mot hor, in that Celestial City not made with hands. Was this death? No, though we call it death. A change is a far better term. Was this an act of Providence? We poor, short-sighted mortals are apt to criticise the acts of Almighty Gixl. The language of Job was in Helen's mind: "Is there not an appointed time for nan upon earth? Are not his days also UUo the days of a hireling? As a ser vant earnestly desircth the shadow, and as a hireling lookcth for the reward of his work." Job VII. 1st and ''. "If a man die, shall ho live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait till tnv change come." Job XIV, 14lh. Yes, little Amos, did live again. His change had come, and her heart told her it was better for him. Helen felt lonely ; though kind words were spoken to her. There are alwaj's so many things to suggest the presence of the departed, long after tlny have left us. We seem to hear their voices in the halls, and each garment suggests their presence. Often in tlio night, Helen seemed to hear the painful cough which had long nfilieted her brother. She would start tip from her slumbers, so real did the vision seem, and it would be some min utes before she could convince herself that little Amos was not alive and iu the flesh once more to suffer. Again and again did she in dreams live over the scenes and trials with that little brother whom she loved dear er than life. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stuart did all they could to console poor Helen. Brother Blaze, the minister, came. Oh, what a world of consolation is a good pastor in the hour of sorrow and death. Who can speak such words of comfort as the man of God? Suffer little children to como unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven," he said to tho fair mourner. Mrs. Arnold and her husband sent regrets and words of comfort to Helen, but deemed it best not to attend the funeral. Pete, the peddler, came, and offered the best of his stock for burial clothes. Hose Stuart was Helen's dear est comforter, not even excepting War ren, who found himself placed in such a strange position that he could odor but little consolation. Tho only satisfac tion Clarence had, was that ho had thrashed Bill Jones, "the destroyer of that child's life." The funeral was set for an early luy. Row Blaze took for his text "Tho Lord givoth and the Lord taketh awaj'; blessed be the name of tho Lord." Tho sermon was not noted for elo quence or rhetoric, but it was full of hope and cheer. Ho did not, as ninny ministers do, preach all 'round the sub ject, but right at it. He said the body lying before them was only the ctusket which had contained little Amos, but that he hail left this frail tenement of cla3', atidVas now with his parents iu the eternal homo where night nover comes. There was no cause for weep ing, it was tho change of which Job spake. That which was our loss was his eternal gain, and yet as selfish mor tals wo could not but .shed tears and long for tho society of tho departed. His closing remarks about the final meeting upon the shores of the better laud, where, friends and relatives among that angel band would greet us with loud hosannas, was so stirring as to cause nuury sobs of tender sympathy and hope, and there wo would find the little bi3 no longer a cripple, but one of the fairest and brightest of .ill that an gelic host. When tho sermon (which was preached iu tho school-house) was over, the pall-bearers, six bright little boys, carried thocollln out, and it was placed iu the hoarse. Then a long string of vehicles, persons on horse back and on foot followed it to tho neighborhood burying-ground, where the father and mother of the child were buried. Thorn ho was laid away by their side to rest till tho resurrection morn. Helen returned homo with Itose. Sho as yet knew nothing of the discovery on her wild lands, and of the good fortune which was aliout to befall her Supposing herself still poor and de pendent upon her labors? she, tho next morning after the funeral, announced her intention of once morn going out into the world to seek employment. Warren asked hur to como with him iu the parlor, ami whan alouo he said: " Helen, a few wooks ago wo woro be trothed iu tJiu sight of Heaven, I loved you then, I lovo you ton times more HER LOVE HAS TAUGHT ME SO. ThoiiRli sho must toll (or daily bread, I love her sterling worth; What care I. bo sho o'er so poor. Of low ami humble birth? Hor hnpiiy ways unit smiling mien Cheer mo where'er I ko. The world Is bright to those who try Hor lovo hiis tniiHht mo so. Content Is ho who seeks to llnd The beauties r his sphere. And climbs the barriers In his path Without cmnplHtnt or fear. And thus I strive 111 patience on Until success I'll know: The crown Is for the v.ctor wrought Her lovo has taught mo so. Though she can count no vast estates Upon her aimers' ends. There's naught so nwcot 'neath Heaven's blue. Where love and virtue blends. I live and toll for her alone TliroiiK'li time's uncoasimr How. For life Is bi- Rlil 'neath lino's fair smtlo Her love has taught me so. Otcar A. MM'lltr. TILE SOUTH POLK. A. Compnrntivoly Unknown find Un cxplorod Itogion. Nome Itcu-itns fill- tlio Iijniiruiiro Tlutt llr-l-ts fnnriit'iillii; 1 1 A ConlKiuptiili'il l?xiril.tliu Wlmt 11 Few Kxplot'it limn Uiivk DUeot oroil. An cxpidiilou is preparing in Et glnnd for the exploration of the le gions about the South Pole. These are comparatively unknown. For the ignorance that exists iu regard to them there are numerous reasons. 'H103' are far from modern civil'z niou and off the commercial routes of tho cean. The southern ortions of the two continents are as far from the Antarctic circle as some of tho iMist-thiekly settled and highly-eivil-zed parts of E .rope. For instance, he South Shetland islands, whoso discovers- was considered as romarka'ble. and which are spoken of as iu the southern polar region, are about as far south of tho equator as England is north of it. Most of the islands which have been discovered and which on ho maps scorn to form a sort of ic3' necklace about it are farther from it than 111:1113' northern regions which supp irt considerable populations are from tiio North P ie. Who'i C 1 11m tins iliscovered Amer ica ho had tho desire or intention to circumnavigate the globe. Ho did not succeed in doing Ibis because the Western continent barred his W113'. Subsequent navigators endeavored lo puss the barrier both to the north and -outh. Tliev easily succeeded by the Strait of Migellan and Capo Horn, but failed in finding a rassago by the northwest, by :ij' of Ballin's ba3', to ward which the offer. s of navigators were directed for nianv years. This aitraoicd attention to the region about 1 ho Norlli Pole, which afterward ex citt d curimity, and caused tho soud ng of expeditious of diseovoiy. Mariners 1 nine into Northern waters iu search of whales and walrus ivory, and the demand for lurs led to the formation of tho Hudson Bay Coni- I aiu which, in tho prosecution of its legitimate business, added consider nbly to tho sum of scientific knowl edge. Later came tho expeditions of Sir John Franklin and others, sen tout from English or American ports with a feeling of rivalry, or for purposes nuroly 1 scientific Both continents , r- ject their northoru extremities con sul. rnbty within the Arctic circle, and iu tills way furu'sh mi important aul iu advancing north ward. Tribes liv ng ii) to and within tho Arctic circle can furnish some sort of assistance and givo Information, and there are "bor wlo:, siis that have made .....er's si ago toward tho pole .0 up in the winter and iu the ring pursue llieir cotirso with so iiich of I he disiance gained. Iu the southern circinn polar regions 1I10 conditions nre entirely difi'oront. Commeico going east or west finds its vay past the Capo of Good Hope and Cape Horn, lite souiheriiniosl points osppoiivcby of tho two continents, I. bout going near them and without rouble from icebergs. Tliei'o nro lot known to bu any human bo ngs iu any of tho groups of islands or presumed continents within bo Antarctic circle, or 11113' whore near I, though souio of them nro cov ered with penguins, nlbatros-', seals, sea-lions, and during tlio breeding season white bears abound. I'lio climatic conditions are different from those about the North Pole, owing, probabl3-, to tho distance of il 0 groat masses of land. Thuso givo lirectiou to the ocean currents, by means of which tho waters warmed in be tropics are senttownrl tho polos, raising tho teinperaturo of tho water here and making certain countries reductive and habitable that would itherwlso bo little better than barren Mislos. Tho cold at tlio South Polo n not bo more hi ouso than at tho T irth Pole, but It is less niodiiiid by ho nearness of Iho continents and tho .dniixluro of waters from (lie oceans II the toiupoiale or semi-tropical re Ions, the warm currents which tend oiitliward nlong the shores of tho con iiieuts being cooled it losing their or co before they roach the Antarctic nolo. Tho voyages toward the South Pole, s compared with tho.io toward the .forth, have been few, and the details icy have given lmve boon meager. Their geographical value bin been omparativoly unimportant, and heir contributions to science In ost valueless. Thu idea that there wis a continent lying to the south .ni'doftho vast expanses of water Mile. I the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oeans pt'ttvailed at a very early opnoh i Sntultih-Amoricau lilstury. This nil ed tlio Bunding of expedition rom Peru to find It; tho first In 1607. tho second In 1G05. Tho last discov ered an island now identified as one of the Now H brides, not tar from Aus iralbi, thu group which forms one of the bones of con tent ion hot wee" France ami England. Thev have no relation whaiover to tho South Pole, but tho ex edition being sent iu that dlrec ion 1 1 1 oy had in those days to pass for such. The S nith Shetland islands were discovered in LVJS by a Dutch vessel from KoHi rd am, which passing round Capo Horn, got separated from the tleet with which it was associated, and wis driven to tlio southward by stre-s of neather. K rguelen island, which is a long distance from the Pole, was discovered about the same lime, anil reckoned in tho southern cir cuinpol.ir region. Ciptain C mk started well lo the -oiitliward In one of his vovages, but com ing in contact with numerous icebergs, and fearing that ho would find it diffi cult to escape, he shaped his course lowarl New Z aland. A Russian nav igator in 1 S'JO discovered two small islands not fir from the Antarctic circle, which he named after Peter the (treat and Alexander I. 1 1 18;58 a French fomiiiamler. D.tmout d'Urvillo iliscovered several small islands ir nearl3 iho same latitude, which hi nan od afier Louis Philippe and Prince ile 1)0 11 villi". lie made Tasmania the s art lug point of Ids voj'age. The captains of oiu whalors In the employ of tho Eudcrlw Company of Loudon made numerous discoveries during the earh' part of the centurv, giving the name of En derby to a mass f laud which they did not circumnav igate. The most iinpi rtant visages ovor made to th Antarctic regions were tliosi under thr eoiinnaud of Captain James R ws. Thoy were 1111 derlaken b3 scientific Englishmen for the purpose of magnetic ob--eryation. Thorn were placed at the di-posal of Captain Ross two ve-sels of limited tonnage, tlio Erebus and Terror. The time oc cupied was from IS 30 to 181:1. In the fall of lSItl) the exnedilion started from tlio Capo of G tod Hope ami spent the brief summer in Korguolon island. The following soasoii Tas mania was the point of departure. It reached and passed Auckland Now V. ar's 1) i 18-11, entering tlio Ico pack iiuiui d aloh. Soon afterward land of considerable extent was discovered, which was called Victoria Laud. Along the shore for the distance of four hun dred and lifi3" miles, was a smooth perpendicular wall of ico without iissurc, rising from one hundred and bfi3' to two hundred feet above the water and descending eight hundred feet below. lis surface was level and over it. could bo soon a range of mountains with two volcanoes, nun t in thousand feet high iu a state i f violent action, tlio other twelve thou sand five httndreod feel high and up pa re 11113' extinc'. Now ico boginning lo form. Captain Ross escaped north ward with difficulty, aided by a strong breeze. He wont SOuili again iu No vember. II ) passed thr ugh eight hun dred miles of lloaling ice and this time reached 78 dog. 11 mill., a higher latitude than any ono had thou or has since gone. Ho came north when the seas were on the point of being closed by the ico and passed the wintor at the Falkland Islands. Iu 1) comber ho lolt Port Louis to go south, visiting tills time the is" anils discovered by Duniont d'Urvillc. In tho summer of 18lil he returned homo. There have boon a few discoveries 03' other navi gators, but thoy woro unimportant. Tho last was the vo3fago of tho Chal lenger iu 1871, which added nothing iu the W113' 1 f geographical or scien tific knowledge to that already In the world's possession. Tho chief dilllcultios in approach ing the Antarotio regions have boon specified. Tin land, whether It ox is'ts In the form of islands or con tinents, is iu most cases surrounded by a barrier of ice, oven In summer, sometimes extending so far into tho wator that it Is Impossible to dotoet the shore lino. Few navigators have been able to do mote than put foot on tho land thoy have discovered. None have boon able to penetrate Into the interior. A groat part of tlioni have buou only able to observe tho laud from the dock of thoir vessels. Tlio mass of lloating ico between tho clear water and tho land is broad and dilllcuH of passage. Harbors whoro a ship could safely winter seem novor to have been d s covered. C italn R ss cani'i North every winter, and il appears from his narrative that it woul I have been dif ficult to have passed Inhere, ovon had Ids vessels been built and provisioned like those of tho present 1I113'. These are some of tho problems the now expedition will have to solve, if It goes with tho Mirious purposes It lg said to entertain, and prepared with every resource and expedient that Iho many experiences iu northoru seas h vo shown to bo necessaiy. It can accomplish little more than has al ready bee 1 done unless It spends at least one winter near the localities to be explored. Whether this can bo ventured is the point to bo determined. Should the ship winter at tho highest latitude reached by It ss, or neurit, It might, In the early part of tho fol lowing si miner, go even nearer the South Polo than any American expo dltioii has been to the Nonh Pole, ami escape In time. It Is to bo remarked that the explorations uiiulo thus far have boon In regions most convenient to such convenient pel .its of departure as the C.ipn of Goo I II pi and Tain ti ll In. Therefore the lauds iliscovei'd have buou principally south, or south east, or southwest of those polmc What exists at other points about tho circle, what other Islands or continents thcro arc to fill up tho gaps, Is nbio I1U0I3 unknown. San Francisca Chronicle. POPULAR BELIEFS. Some or Tlmso IlitM lir tlio Zunl Indian 11111I Ollmr Untlnoit lVopto. A recent article on the "Seven Cities if Cibola" is responsible for tho state ment that tho Z mi Indians bolievoil that tlio stones in the brooks caused the water to run. It is also a fact that this cur! ii s people bolievoil that thu summer did not bring tho birds, but that the birds brought tho summer. But those beliefs are not 11113 mnru ah-mrd than ninny hold by more en lightened people. In some remote corners of Now Jor so3 for instance, there are people whu believe that it is tho trees that inako the wind blow. There are other people, all over tho countiy, who believe that tho Quakers bring the rain. In so 1 0 portions of the West, whero tho people have few chances for in tellectual advancoinoiit, t hoy fir ml j believo that It is 1I10 thermometers that keep a house warm iu the winter, and cool iu summer. Out in Arizona tlio avorago natlvo is of tho opinion that tho poarh show ers of suniiner-tiino are brought by tho ducks. Iu Bermuda tho pooplo hold tho whito onion sacred, as tho father of all hyacitilhs. Thoy think its scent more exquisite and balmy than that of any other llower or herb, nnd that iho human souse of smel is not sensitive; onougli to appreciate it. A certain class of hunters and trap pers think tho cow was furnished with horns that thoy might have conven ient receptacles for their gunpowder. In Boston it is a universally-accepted fact that tho shortness and stubbl noss of a pug's bond is owing to thu tight twist Of his tail. Tho Bostoni ans believe, also, that thoir city would coino to an end if tho soa woro to dry up; and that the soa would bo drunk: dry by tho codfish if the latter wero allowed to multiply undisturbed. So ihey catch and eat all the codfish they can. that the soa may not dry up. Philadolphlaus think that the ocean would always bo smooth if It woro not for the ships plowing through it anil tossing It up. Iu Cincinnati many pooplo think that a coruotist makes his musio with his lingers, likoa pianist. In the casu of a fish-horn, U103' think tho vender's soul is full of the horrlblo uumusio peculiar to him and that he blows out through tho horn. Many Plttsburgh ers nro convinced that tho loconiotlvo Is stopped at Iho various stations by tlio weight of tlio cars, which Is ar ranged to tiro tlio locomotive nut at the proper places. Thoy differ In this respect from tlio S Louis people, who could not bo induced by nrgumont or force to deviate from thoir opinion, that, whou thoy travel, tliars stanil still and tlio earth moves in tho oppo site direction. The Kontitckians pos sess a secret w hich is st nily unique. Thoy know that the smoke coming; from a loconiotlvo is caused by its ex haustion, and that It runs itself. This tlioy prove by Iho statement that thu locomotive gets out of broath on an up-grado, and is a beautiful symbol of the pluck nnd cheerfulness that should characterize all up-hill work. The Indians out in Indianapolis think it Is the rippling of the eddies and tho twisting of the waters that mako tho ool wriggle ns ho swims. All millers know that polar bears and Esquimaux dogs have whito fur. Consequent' thuy regard whito ns iho proper color to keep tho cold out;, and consequently wear whito hats in tho doad of winter. Many people, without regard to residence, believe that what will kcop oft' warmth will koop off cold. Conse quent' U103' wear fiiinnel in the winter to koop warm, and llannel in the sum mer to keep cool. From these fow examples, It is hoped tho reader will conclude that tho savages nro no moro extravagant in thoir boliofs and fancies than nre their more polished brothers, who have all tlio advantages of rellnomont nnd edu cation Puck. Australian Mound Bufldors. In Australia ami tho neighboring islands nre seou many largo mounds of oartb, which wero fonnorly sup posed to bo tho tombs of departed natives. Those remarkable Itunuli reaching ns much as fifteen foot In perpendicular height and sixty foot in circumference at tho baso are not tho work of man, howover, but nro now known to bo tho Incubators built by the juuglo fowl and other speotos of tho small family of Megapodidio, or great-footod birds. Each of those, groat piles consists of fallen leaves, grasses, etc., which tho birds deposit iu place b3' throwing backward with, one foot. Though the mounds nro usually iu douse s lade, tho decaying vegetable matter has boon found to raise tho temperature at tho contor as high as ninol3'-fivo degruos. Tho eggs nre carefully placed with tho larger end up, about twelvo Inches apart, and aru covered to a depth of nt loast two or three foot. drkansaw 'lYav eler. A Pjunsyl vauia wife kept hor hus band away from a certain saloon iu rather a novel man nor. Sho trapped a skunk it nil Hung it into Ihu place, and oven the proprietor, who is a groat homo bod-, decided to lake u wools oft". Philosophers have noticed that when a man makes up his mind that ho has got to practice oconotny hu gen erally tries to boglu with his uuVa oxponsos. 1 r