BAR HARBOR.
A Wild, Weird Tale of Lore
and Adventure.
Pcbubhid bt SreoiAL ARnixonMEST Tvrra
tux Author.
tCopvri(f)Urfr IMT, O. IT. Dillingham All
RljMt Jttterteti.
"Will you, gentlemen, glvo mo your prom
iso that you will let the matter drop!"
For a moment thero was silence. Louvait
was the first to spoilt.
"I will," said he, "but only upon one con
dition, as I consider it useless to pursuo
tho business farther. And then, agaiu,
I'm anxious to learn if your story coincides
with my theory."
"I will, also, Mr. Fairfax, and for tho same
reasons," added Leroi.
"What is your condition, Mr. Louvait!"
Inquired tho American.
"That, if your story agrees with my
theory, of which I have a copy in my pocket
if it agrees with my theory, you will prom
ise to writo it out in full, securo tho signa
tures of all participants therein and ap-
"akc you Axxions to nnAit my stout?"
lend your own, together with that of tho
Xropcr magistrate, in order to attest tho
genuineness of tho document which you
must promise to send mo. Is it not justice
that I should do3iro to advance my reputa
tion among thoso of my profession!"
At tho closo of Fairfax's recital, Louvait
vehemently struck tho tablo with his lists
and ejaculated :
"Good! My theory to a T! Tho theory
that precisely ono month ago I sent to tho
head of the police department."
"What I" interrupted Lcroi, "you sent
your theory to Paris n month ago! I did
the same thing, but only just before I loft
France."
"Now," said Fairfax, "I have told my
stefc-y. Let mo hear yours."
Whereupon both Louvait and Lcroi nar
rated their adventures, their various haps
and mishaps. It was long after midnight
when tho party broke up. Fairfax insisteif
upo his guests sleeping at Glen Gore.
Thero was an early morning boat, upon
which, next day, Leroi and Louvait em
barked. At tho wharf tho coachman hand
ed each man a note, just as tho Bteamerwas
about leaving. Being interested in watch
ing tho villago and tho bay, tho two travel
ers did not open their envelopes until later
on. When they did so, each man found
therein a cum that more than compensated
him for his exertions and outlay, together
with tho request that no bill of cxpenso bo
sent to tho Princess' family.
Louvait and Lcroi wero unprincipled men.
but had still a littlo senso of honor left.
Fairfax appealed to this, and with such
effect that thoy respected his request,
and never again niado reference to tho
matter.
Hero it may bo said, by anticipation, that,
as a result of tho promised signature
bolstered document which Fairfax after
ward forwarded to Louvait and to Leroi,
both of these worthies wero eventually
called to Paris and given prominent posi
tions in tho police department of that great
city, whoro they are liable, at any day, to
have their ambitions' realized.
CHAPTER XXIX.
SLEEPEIt, AWAKE!
Gono wero tho detectives. Gono was tin
"Namovna" with her precious cargo. Gone,
too, Miss Strong, tho aunt; even tho verj
housemaids, tho grooms, tho coachmen, each
and all wero gono and, now, Fairfax waa
nlono onco more in tho deserted house, and
to-morrow he, too, would go.
Tho mellow softness and golden warmtto
of Indian summer lay over all tho land. Foi
nil tho sdunds that man might make, Gloa
Goro and Eld Field woro still as death.
Closed wero tho doors and blinds and tha
curtains drawn. No morry laugh, no hap
py snatch of song, no cheery call nor loving
greeting was heard any more within those
walls. Life had fled away with Love, side
by sido, and all within was dark and silent
as tho tomb, savo when tho black fly buzzed
noisily in tho window-pane, or somo stray,
adventurous cricket, essaying his solitary
song in tho death-quiet room, was fright
ened again into silence by the unwonted
loudness of his own cry.
Through tho lattico of ono lone, open win
dow, half hiddon by climbing vines, camo
tho soft breath of autumn, laden with fra
grance from tho balsam pine, tho sweet ferns
or tho Indian grasses. Lazy wavelets droned
on tho beach in slow and soothing rythm;
and, far nway on tho hillsides, the herd-bells
tinkled faintly in silvery harmony, while an
army of chirping insects in tho grass inces
santly sang their sleepy, monotonous song.
Ilero and thero a drifting boat waved its
idlo wings of "white on tho sea, that "great
sweet mother and lovor of men," who gave
back from her vast, slowly-heaving bosom
tho deep hues of a cloudless sky, bluo as
tho bluest-vnultcd dorao of dreamy Italy.
Across tho way stood lonoly Eld-Field,
empty and still.
Gono, goue, wero all thoso happy days!
Never moro to bo recalled! Gono with
tho bad-eyed Piinccss. Gono with Dolores
and Max and Medji, far across that wido
wastoof waters-" Where! alasl wherol"
And Arthur Fairfax, leaning a heavy(
aching head on tired arms that rested in
tho window-sill, peered vainly out Into tho
soft sunlight. With n sigh, ho turned his
tyes back again and relapsed into sorrow
ful thought.
All things reminded hliu of tho past
" Old faces glimmered thro' tho doors,
Old footsteps trod the upper floors,
Old voices callod blra from without."
Hit by bit tho stealthy twilight drew near,
aud up from oustorn wnvos roso a sad, palo
moon - ho ruHiombored how thoy sat togoth
or on the rocks only tho othor night, si
lently watching its silvory beams playing
over tho rolling billows, "right enough it
8wml then -but now! Was sho watch
ing it, tool WouW it remind her of tho
punt!
A tnar stota down ovor his oheok and,
with a tutor bob, ho hid his face in his hands
v
j mm wept, i es I ho was crying! this great,
strong fellow, whoever prided himself upon
his stoicism and self-control.
I Ah, ha ! Arthur Fairfax, how often havo
I you asked yourself tho question: 41 llavo
la heart, or not!" what Is your answer,
now!
Tho crickets still sang in tho grass. An
owl hooted faintly In tho distance. Then
flew n belated whip-poor-will and perched
In a tree by tho window.
" Whippcorwlll ! Whippoorwill 1" cried
tho bird.
Fairfax looked up.
A brilliant path of glory lay brightening
across the sea, from tho moon to tho beach,
and, just whoro it ended, lay a liuJo row
boat at anchor, rising and falling on the
long, lazy swell tiiat boat in which
tho two had floated over tho moon-lit
waters, and dreamed tho happy hours
away.
Languidly ho aroso with a sigh, and,
Closing tho door behind him, passed down
to the shore.
With thoughts still far nway, almost
mecio-i- a!iy ho loosed tho boat, took tho
oars, and iilowly pulled out to sea that
vast plain vjliieh bore upon its surface his
hopes, his heart, nay! his very life. Though
far apart they wore, did not tho samo
waters wash their boat's heel; wero not tho
same stars smiling down upon both!
On, on ho passed, not heeding nor car
ing to shape his course, oblivious to ovcry
thing but his own melancholy reflections.
The mcon roso higher and higher. 15y
little and little, the shores of tho island
passed into tho distance.
How much farthor out to sea he might
bavo gone, or how much longer rowed, nono
can say; but n sudden jarring of tho boat's
keel, a harsh grating of pebbles against its
bottom betokened the fact that his onward
career was ended.
Wearily raising his hcd and glancing
about, without surprise, as if it wero nil a
maUer of course, ho slowly stepped ashoro
with tho rope hi his hand, half-consciou3ly
making it fast to a largo stono tloso by.
Ho looked around.
Whore and what was this place! Ho did
cot know and scarcely seemed to care. Per
haps an island in tho harbor; possibly even
the mainland. What mattered iti Either
was all ono and tho same to him.
Onward ho walked, head down, the pict
ure of self-absorbed Borrow.
A lonoly piuo-treo stood buck, somo dls
tnu co from the shore. Heating himself be
neath it, he buried his face in his hands.
Wearied and worn out in body and soul,
was it any wonder that ho should pass
from these gloomy day-dreams into tho
kindly realms of sleep! And so it was, for
he slept; yet, ever and anon, moaned, or
sighed in his sleep.
S teal thiV tho sea-tido rose. The careless
knot slipped from its anchoring stono and
the loosened boat slid gradually back from
the shore and drifted far out to sea.
A oiiow-whito owl whirred softly over tho
head of tho sleeper and, by and by, startled
the quiet night with her weird "Tu-whit I
Tti-whu!" that echoed far among tho pines
of tho wood.
Afterwards, a large red fox camo boldly
up, but seeing tho alarming spectacle of a
human figure crouching down under tho
llr, turned quickly about and scurried back,
in fright, to tho forest.
Last of all, when tho moon reached tho
zenith, a strange, dark bird camo flying
wearily toward tho pino and, as if exhausted,
sank down to rest on tho topmost boughs.
Of singular form and plumage, it looked
aud acted as if lost on unfamiliar coasts.
Then all was silent, until the dreamer
moaned, startled, tho bird looked down
and. finally, flow to u lower branch whence
it could see every thing below.
Agi'in tho unhappy man moved in his
sleep aud sighed.
Tho bird turned its head to ono sido with
a half-human look, and with a wholly-human
shriolc, wild and shrill, spread Its
wings and flew back in tho dnrknoss to
ward the wood.
Awako ! sleopor, awake and follow I
CHAPTEK XXX.
NOT AM. A llltCAM.
Fairfax had been dreaming. Ho stood
on a barren, rooky islet in mid-ocean. All
about him was a wild, wido wasto of de
serted, sunlit waters not a sail, not a cloud,
not a bird, nor flsh, nor any living thing in
sight! Only tho endless, boundless, ever
lasting stroteh of sea and tho solid, scorch
ing rock beneath his feet.
Ho knew not how ho camo there, nor why.
To him timo and spaco had no beginning
nor end. Past and future there was nono
only one eternal now.
Liko tho ancient mariner, ho was "alono
on a wido, wido sea," but with no other
facts, no other data, no othor knowledge of
anything savo of himself, Arthur Fairfax,
and this blistering, barren rock and that
vast, silent, glaring wilderness of waters,
mot on all sides by heavens of brassy hue.
Hero ho stood, stony-hearted, passionless,
quint as tho rock itself and as motionless,
staring out ovor that horriblo sea-salt plain,
with fixed, expressionless eyes.
Thero cauio no morn, no uoon, no night;
but ono novcr-ending, unchanging day.
Timo was not.
It might havo been a day, It might havo
been a month, a year, a century lie knew
not, nor cared but at last thero rose, far,
far away on tho uttermost, cxtremest verge
of tho horizon, u feeble, upward-crawling
lino of smoke, which camo nar and nearer,
and grow dense and yet moro dense On it
rolled with over-increasing rapidity, uutll it
rushed ahead with lightning speed,
Withln,und almost hidden by this mighty,
roaring column, belching forth fire and
smoke, ho detected tho outlines of a vossqj
Straight toward tho rocky Islet, straight
towards hlmsolf it came, with unerring, un
swerving course.
Now ho saw and recognized it.
It wis tho "Namovna," enveloped in a rag
ing sheet of flamo that shot upwards and
backwards, roariug and thuudering with
terrific sound, and, high In tho farthost
tip of tho yet uuscorohed bow stood Natalie,
in speechless horror, her snow-white arms
stretched uppcalingly toward him.
Nearer and swifter, yet, swept on that
frightful, rolling pillar of fire, tho sea boil
ing and seething in its- track and vast
clouds of whito steam arising and inter
mingling with its million blazing tongues
aud smoko of inky blackness.
With un almost incredlblo suddenness it
stopped its hoadlong speed a short distanco
from tho rock, and at oncu began quickly to
sink.
"Jump," shrieked Falrfax.In terror. And
back ovor tho thunderous roar rang tho
piercing cry;
"Savo mo ! Savo mo ! O, Arthur, savo mo I"
Ills bouI on lire, his strength nerved
to utter desjMjration, ho leaped far out from
tho crags over tho sea, and struck not
tho water, but tolld earth!
In an instunt ho had awekenod from sleep
and found himself standing erect, with
tiorves and muscles strained to their ut
most tension, his arms extended rigid from
Ids sido, his head bent oagorly forward,
liko ono alort from fear. Every norvo
tingled with horror. And his oar could
have caught tit faintost possiblo whisper.
What was it! What did It moan! Tho
cold sweat stood out in groat beads ovor
his foruhead, and it a owned to him ho could
yot hear that pier-dug cry for holp ringing
far along the shore and in the woods.
If over a man was .thoroughly awake, ho
now was.
Ho ran to the water and glancing up and
down heard or saw nothing, save the sul
len waves knocking angrily against the
rocks, aud the ohiuing billows, glistening in
tho moonlight. From tho forest camo no
sound, but tho far-away, sca-liko murmur of
the pines.
Nothing! nothing! nothing, atnll! Only
a silly dream ! And, yet, that call ! that cry
for help I It was real! It was no delusion
of sleep, foi it rang, still, in his oars with
too true a tone to bo aught elso but genu
ine! In terror yot ho could not havo said why
- he stood, listening with hated breath.
Hist! hark! What was that, bornobyon
the passing breozel If thero was over wail
of woman for help that was one. Clear and
high it sounded
" iim mr.' Arthur.' 0 to die fiii.-.'"
Wild and mad with blindest rago and fear,
Fairfax bounded over the rocks and fled Into
tho wood, liko one insane, as if all hell wero
pursuing liiui. On, on be dashed, heeding
neither bmh, brier nor crag. Torn and
bleeding, ut might forward, towards tho
call, bo pushed.
Again he hoard it, md nearer still; and
again he pa iscd.
"O God! lave pitvl Farewell, my Ar
thur!" With a demoniacal shriek of impotent
rage, Fairfax- toro onward through shrub
and low-lying branches, calling out fiercely:
"Hell and its torments to him who Harms
herl"
Soon he sprang from tho forest out into a
broad clearing whoro ran a narrow, quiet
cove ft." tho sea. This time tho cry sounded
as if among tho rocks,
Ureathless, panting liko a wounded deer,
his garments torn to shreds, bleeding in
every limb, ho dashed down the slope aud
fell headlong on tho jagged stones, tearing
tho flesh from his face and body. When ho
arose, tottering and staggering, half-blind-cd
aud dazed, his left arm hung limp and
motionless by his side, but his eye, wild and
haggard, shot around tho glances of a man
determined and desperate even to death.
Naught 1 naught! could he see! Naught,
except a black, ill-omened bird of strange
form and plumage. Standing motionless on
a crag that overlooked tho deeper part of
tho cove, it suddenly shrieked out In thoso
samo weird, unearthly, frightened tones
that he had heard before ; and, spreading its
wings, sailed wearily away toward tho
pines.
With an execration, Fairfax hurled a
stone after it. Thrown with unerring aim
nnd tremendous force, the missile hit the
creature bo that it tumbled heavily to tho
ground, where it lay fluttering in tho
throes of death.
Fairfax glared at it with no other emo
tion than that of hate and glutted revenge.
A racking pain in his forearm now at
tracted his attention. Glancing at himself,
he, for tho first time, becamo aware of
his irightful condition.
Blood was streaming from various bruises
all over hi3 body. His clothing hung about
8IIK WAS PAST UCVIVINO ANTJ DKAD.
him in tatters. His forearm was broken
and his shoes cut to pieces.
There was no fresh water at hand.
"Salt water Is better than no water at all.
.I'll wash mj wounds in that sting
though they may," quoth lie, grimly shut
ting his Pp.-.
Tho dying bird fluttered again.
"With a glance of rago at it nnd nn oath,
Fairfax stumbled to tho head of tho covo
and, tearing off a fragment of his clothing,
was about to wash and bind up his wounds,
when ho chanced to look out into tho
deeper water beyond.
Uttering a cry of horror ho at first re
coiled, but, quicklv recovering himself,
sprang into tho sea and swam out with
strokes vigorous as a broken arm and
maimed body would allow.
Was it Natalie who lay thero so quietly
and peacefully on tho heaving water, hor
long, dark curling tresses streaming out far
behind her in tho cool.translucent wave, her
pure, upturned face gleaming liko marblo in
tho moonbeams and her whito-robed,
thupcly fonn rising and falling on tho long
tea-swell!
not during to iook at tho iace, nui uuring
to verify his horriblo suspicion, Fairfax,
with tho deep and labored breathing of ono
undergoing some terrible excitement, ex
tended his wounded arm against her
figure and, striking out powerfully with his
other limbs, forced her to tho shore.
Touching ma .Jnmi, ho lifted her bodily
and, staggering woefully beneath the
burden, almost fell forward upon tho rocks,
slippery with sea-weed.
Then, for the first time, ho found courago
to glance at her face.
Sho was past reviving, quite dead, and
the teat not the Prlncext!
Fairfax breathed a fervent "Thank God I"
and, immediately, for tho first and only
timo iu his life, fell in a dead fuint, beside
tho drowned girl.
How long ho lay there, ho could not say
probably for three or four hours. Tho
strain upon his nerves and strength had
been something tmnendotu. Besides, ho had
eaten nothing since breakfast.
When ho regained consciousness, dawn
was faintly shining in tho cast.
Was it all a horriblo dreamt
No I thoro on tho grass bcsldo him, in
tho sleep that knows no waking, lay tho
figure of tho dead maiden. Acutest pains
shot through his ami, and his whole body
seemed a muss of aching bruises.
Fuint und wcuk, ho summoned ull his
strength und courago and roso slowly to his
feet.
What was to lie donol Tills was no timo
for moping or for sentimental regrets. His
tired energies nguln must act.
ho was this girl, and what her history?
How was sho drowned, and why hero in
these remote coasts!
Scarcely moro than nineteen sho seemed
about tho ugoof his own Natalie. Sho
looked liko an Oriont Princess. Beautiful
and classlo as c Greek marblo, and almost
as whito.
Not a wrinkle or a lino showed in that
fair countenance; not frown, cvon. Hut,
quiet and soronoJy jwoeoful, sho slept.
"I am of tho Iiouso of Caar!" breathed
forth from every ourvo and contour of that
marvelous fuo und form to ull who looked
upon her.
"And no Caisar to ovor thlno cquul, or
ovor shall bo!" full spontaneously from tho
lips oi tho ravished guzor.
MISERY IN MOSCOW.
Tim Merello Harriers Which Separate tlitQ
l'nor from tho Ulcli.
St. Petersburg is European, nnd halH
tho things which pum ono there nro foil
to bo in somo sort of association with
tho ovils nnd vices o f tho West. Hut
Moscow lias its own miseries, ami thoy
tiro so intensely Russian, so character
istic of that vaster Moscow of which tho
old capital is merely tho tiny center,
that in becoming scuslblo of thorn ono
shudders, not for n community merely,
but for u whole people. Tho contrasts
which lifo olToO in St. Petersburg iQj
contrasts mainly between things which
it is scarcely just to compare, between
a well being which iy foreign nnd a
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wain inai is native; uui in jiioscovqi
wealth is elder brother to poverty, yet
stands divided from it byaehusm as im
passable as it is lP.'iriless. There is n
distinct ullinnrcof roughness and semi
culturo between tho rich merchant who
docs bdnoss daily in tho Whito Town,
nnd tho wretched street vender whom
lio passes on his way a dozen times; yet
the two are farthor apart than the poor
est, nnd the richest clashes in Western
Europe. .Moreover, poverty is so un
speakably mitfornblo in Moscow that it
seems to bo tho characteristic rather of
a distinct species of the nuimal mini
than of any particular layer of tho pop
ulation. Tho streets daily yield figures
which can only on general principles of
anthropology bo called human. Tho
eye disentangles a face from tieso mov
ing masses of rags but slowly and pain
fully; unless tho inspection is at long
range, tho noso itself is too apt to pro
test. The Russian summer ealls inniimor
nble peasant beggars and country pau
pers to Moscow. In the day time thoy
explore tho city from gate to gate, halt
ing from timo to time to beg alms or
munch tho fragments of black bread
which form the chief spoils of their di
urnal quest. Mauy women of this class
are young and robust, fresh from tho
labors of tho Held ; but somo nro old,
infirm, haggard. All trudge about with
tho aid of aitalT, and all wear a rudo
canvas bag tied around tho neck. At
night, long after tho last vesper has
died away, when tho Whito Town is de
serted and tho suburban residences aro
gay with lights, with music, and with
tho laughter of tho happy men and
women, this vast army of tho penniless
nnd tho miserable seeks its nocturnal
ropose Heaven alone knows whoro on
tho forsaken Hold of tho day's markets
in tho open air, on tho steps of chinches
nnd cathedrals, or Jn tho quadrangles
and courts of palaces and public build
ings. To be unutterably wretched and
yet to bo nightly sojourner in the "outer
courts of heaven ;'' to bo poor, and yet
to fall asleep with only tho thickness of
a wall separating ono from somo of tho
most useless and costly accumulations
of treasure in Europe, tho conversion
of which into money would furnish tho
means for banishing acuto poverty from
Russia altogether such experiences as
these aro tho lot of thousands to whom
Moscow is less a place of pilgrimage
than a centre of hot, weary, dusty life,
a focus of burning despair. Atlantic
Monthly.
FASHIONS IN MOURNING.
Tho Cuustto of Itldlrtiln Cleverly Applied
tO I.HCllcrCHIS CllNtOUIH.
There aro certain aspects of "Christ
ian burial" which liavo grown so dis
cordant with our moro intelligent forms
of social lifo that thoy havo bocomo
oven ludicrous, and can, therefore, bo
most wholesomely treated with tho
caustic of ridicule. Among cultivated
p oplo their natural environment no
longer exists. Thoy aro moro or loss
distinctly recognized as survivals. Tho
dignity and inipressivonoss thoy may
have onco possessed has passed away.
Tho most conspicuous of theso is cov
ered and described by tho comprehen
sive naino of "mourning." I havo
heard a brilliant boclety belle sorrowing
bitterly over tho fact that, just as her
most impressive costumes were pre
pared for a season's campaign, tho do-
raiso of a distant relative made it neces
sary for her to "go into mourning" a
feet which lnul but tho ono compensat
ing circumstance, that "black was bo
coming to her ;" indeed this final and
'ietormining factor in tho caso often en
larges tho pale of relationship, within
tho limits of which funeral fashion
makes tho assumption of "mourning" im
perative. In all tho largo cities stores may
bo found whoro tho mortuary expert
can determine to a shade tho stylo of
dress that constitutes "full mourning,"
and whoro tho length of n vail is sol
emnly regarded us exprcsslvo of what
Mr. Mould termed "filial affection."
There is "mourning jowolry," "mourn
ing stationery," "mourning etiquette;"
and 1 know of ono gentleman who cur
ried his loyalty to these "modes nnd
shows of grief" to tho extent of having
tho bluo ribbons that adorned his night-
1 lit
gown solemnly rcpiaceu wun uiockj
Hut tho ghastly humor reaches its cli
max In tho contemplation oi "nan
mourning," or "second mourning."
Thin- symbolizes sorrow vanishing
through tho ministration of tho milli
ner and tho mantua-muker. It Is an in
teresting but certainly not an edifying
sight to sco a blooming young widow
piisB through thoso various stages of
Sfi-Iof which otiquotto demands, from
tho midnight gloom of costly crape,
through tho subdued twilight of "sec
ond mourning," back to tho full day
light of gorgeous color. Jlev. John tiny-
Jer, in Forum.
They havo got n tiovol way to tottle
dlpulct out In KniiHUH City. J ho two
ivorthy citizens Involved nugtigo in n
uimd-uutUnir contest. '1 ho otto thai htu
she longboat skull is thou sent to the
Legislature.
INFLUENCE OF FORESTS.
Hirers ltunnlnc Through Treelo Hrglnn-i
S.iht to ho Destitute of Tree
Although Fcientists nro not in perfect
accord as to tho inllueneo that forests
oxort upon climatic conditions, never
theless thoro is sulliclont agreement
nniong them for us to know that they do
oxert powerful nnd bonolieont influences
in many directions. Tho forest nets
liko a great sieve, and retains tho lino
particles of tho soil, which tho inllueneo
of tho air and sun, tho frost and rain,
and the notion of tho numberlostGcoots
have decomposed. In all forest coun
tries tho changes of temperature are
not so severely felt as in a treeless
country, or on tho open plains, and it is
a popular saying that the forest streams
are cool in summer nnd warm in winter.
Tho forests not only regulate tho How
of water, but they purify it. Whoro
tho water of a stream has been pol
luted, as by sheep-washing, for in
stance, niter having passed for a few
miles through u shady nnd dense forest,
tho water appears as clear as it was
previously.
Again, it is thoroughly well estab
lished that tho presence of largo tracts
of timber has a woll-detined inllueneo
upon tho rainfall of tho districts in
which they nro situated. Certainly parts
of Franco which havo boon denuded of
their forests are subjected to disastrous
Hoods and overflows, which occur al
most annually and cause great destruc
tion and distress, although such vis
itations wero ontlroly unknown in
tho previous century while the
forests wero as yet in
tact. In our own country, us well, tho
samo effects hnvo boon observed, and
tho destruction of forests has proceeded
so rapidly in Prussia of lato years that
tho Government has passed a law pro
tecting timber. It was found that tho
climate in many districts was changing,
and tho rivers and lakes wero becoming
shallow In consequenco of tho wholesale
cutting away of wood. This feature of
sylvan influence is often adverted upon,
but thero is aifothor manner in which
tho presence of trees exerts an inllueneo
that is not so generally known.
Close observers hnvo ascertained that
rivers running through treeless tracts
of country aro nearly, if not quite, dosj
tituto of flsh, und that fish will desort a
stream from which tho timber has boon
removed, although tlxjy previously
swarmed therein. In tho propagation
of Hsh it is not enough to place tho fry
in tho water, thoy must bo provided
with food, and tho best means to do this
is to preserve tho bordor trees, nnd'in
suro a steady supply of water and food
by preserving tho forests whence tho
supply of food is derived. If now for
ests aro cultivated on tho barren ranges,
many a stream, now nearly empty dur
ing dry seasons, will boroHlled with Hsh
and food for tho many. To soo tho con
servation and cultivation of forests, be
ginning to receive oven a modicum of
tho attention it desorves is a matter of
rejoicing. Timbcrmun.
BEFORE THE CAMERA.
A Photographer CluitH About tho Dllllrul
tli'M oT Ills HiiHluctft.
Tho most difficult part of our business
is tho posing. People nro fussy in al
most every caso, and wo havo to draw
largely on our patienco to satisfy their
whims. Of course bablos nro tho most
dilllcult to place boforo tho camorn
properly, and wo yot havonover mot an
instance whoro tho parents thought
justlco dono to tho littlo futuro Presi
dent or President's wife.
Aftor tho babies comos tho
stngo people. You would think an ac
tress an easy subject for a sitting, but
sho is in reality tho most dilllcult to
manage. Per instnnco, tho moment sho
takes hor position as a model sho falls
into one of hor theatrical attitudes, and
tho elTcct in tho finished picturo Is stiff
and stagey in tho oxtromo. To avoid
this rosult, wo oftou spend soveral
hours boforo u natural poso is ofloetod
which will bo graceful in depiction.
Actresses, witli the exception of tho
ballet and tho lighter drama, dosiro
natural and simple pictures, and tako
much trouble to obtain that effect Tile
society girl, on tho othor hand, is anx
ious to "look liko nn actress," and for
Unit reason wo keop a lot of stago
llummory, as wo call it, on hand. Whon
tho "regulars" como in thoy dis
appear in tho dressing-room, und
change thoro handsomo costumes for
tho Huffy, light materials wo
havo on hand, and then, whon
tho dualling belies emorgo in tho unfin
ished waists and fleecy draperies, and
cheap ornarnentfl, which wo iflso keop
on hand, tho other sido of tho picture
is presented. I can tell ono of those
from tho aftor effoct whon produced
cluvorey witli tho assistance of sun,
camera and papor. Now that tho stat
uary mode has gono out of fashion, and
tho docollutto stylo is fast being abol
ished by tho Parisian dictates, wo havo
moro of tho street costumo pictures, and
less trouble in posing. Wo nearly al
ways invito celebrities who como along
to sit for us, In a complimentary way,
of course, and many accept. Fanny
Davenport was formerly tho most gra
cious in obliging us in that line, and sho
is a superb subject. Lately, howovor,
her time is so limited that olio seldom
poses for a photograph. Gilmoro is tho
most difficult colobrlty to induce to havo
his picturo taken, and J believe tho only
timo ho over would submit to have ono
made was In this city. About the easo
of silting men correctly P Thoy aro tho
loaut dilllcult to poso, as they usually
drop in In tholr biisluaa? suits, tako the
first position thoy fall into, nnd there's
nn end of it. Yes, It is easier to poso
tham ; but, of courue, women muko tho
most bountiful pictures, nnd that Is dear
to un iirtlbt's heart and uniblllon. St,
Louis Ulvlc-l)ciiocrat.
WANTED A DrtlUti.
The CurtotK Advert l-emrtit of n Wealthy
Hnvarlan for li Wife.
The following has been extracted
from a Munich journal:
"Matrimonial I am tho hereditary
possessor of a domain and newly-built
castle, situated in a beautiful part of
the Hnvnrinu forests. Tho castle,
which has many fino apartments, la
surrounded with mountains, lovely
meadows and fields, through which
rivulets wind, woods for tho hunt and
streams for angling; it stands in a
charming valley, wherein tho town o
Cham, with its many old towers, castles
and ancient knights, aud ruins of tho
remotest ages, inspires tho soul with
poetical feelings.
"Hut howovor dollghtful tho spot
may bo to thoso who jiulgo of rural
lifo bytho fables of Virgil, Hornca
and Dolille, I think it very melancholy
to behold nono but myself in my
tlno rooms, and to soo nono
but my ow$ person reflected
In my looking glass. I have,
therefore, resolved to marry, liko other
simpletons; and since itlsatlirmcdtliat
marriages aro made in Heaven, nnd
are but a lottery, to see what Heaven
may havo In store for mo, nnd what
fair creature the whcol of fortune- may
pallet mo. With this in view I submit
my views to all young ladles through
the medium of tho newspapers.
"Tho ono 1 wish to marry must ba
between sixtoon and twenty years of
age; sho must havo fine hair, lino teeth
nnd beautiful littlo foot. Sho must bo
born of honest and good parents. Sho
must dress elegantly, but plainly, in
either silk or velvet, but no othor ma
terials. Sho shall bo allowed nuisia
only if sho Ho perfect in that art, it
being tiresome to listen to tho bad per
formers who annoy visitors in so many
houses. She shall bo mistress of tha
house iu all domestic matters, aud I
mysolf shall bo happy to yield to her
reasonable whims, being if great ene
my to slavish obedionco and submis
sion, whence, in my opinion, all quar
rels and discontent derive their origin;
but she must accompany mo in all
my jonrnoys and excursions, hecauso it
is, in my opinion, a shamothat n man
should go about day and night, living
in splendor at hotels, while Ills wifo is
left at homo alone a prey to ennui.
"I must now say something aboub
mysolf. I am seventy years old ac
cording to tho almanac, but I am only
twonty-Hvo judging my health and
strength. 1 am always cheerful. I
sock for pleasure whorovor tho strictest
honor admits of it. If, thoroforo, thoro;
exists a handsomo young girl, willing
to bustle about on horsoback, in travel
ing, or at homo with an old nian'stilL
halo, hearty undrfiotlvo, sho'may write
to mo, and I will go to moot hor, to sea
hor, and let hor seo tno, at any place
within ono hundred miles of Munich,
but not farthor, engaging on my word
of honor that her name never shall bo
uttered. Theodore, Huron von IIol
borg of Hrooeh, Commander of tha
Order' of St. Ann, and Captain-Colonol
of tho Rhine unci Muoso, Munich, at
tho Hlack Eagle, 15th Novombor, 1810."
St, Louis U lobe-Democrat. 1
THE WORKING WORLD.
Items of Intercut to Wafje-AVorkcru a
AVell im KmployorH.
President Carnot of Franco is n. car
penter. Ho was taught tho craft whon
a boy and tho striking carpenters of
Paris havo put him in an awkward di
lemma by demanding why ho does not.
attend their meetings and subscribe ta
their fund.
London dress-makers and milliners
nro heavily lined if thoy allow girls to
work ovor hours in their shops. Ono
of tho host-known und most patronized
dealers iu mourning goods iu that city
wan recently up in tho police court ou
a charge of this kind.
Tho hand-mndo time-pieces of tho
Swiss and French, who havo so long;
hold tho supremacy as clock-makers,
are not now regarded superior to those;
of American machine make. Tha
Amoricau machlne-mado watch is as
Hnishod and accurate as its foreign
competitor, and is, of course, vastly
choapor.
As an example of the rapidity of tha
processed of Amorican artisans tho re
cent feat of a Georgia paper-maker is
noteworthy. A troo In a forest near
Augusta was cut down at llvo o'clock
in tho morning.' Doforo night it had
boon convortod into nowspnpors, which
people w jro reading nt six in tho oven
lng. A correspondent gives his brothers
in tho plumbing business a useful hint
ns to tho best methods of repairing
lend plpos whon tho wator supply
flowing through them can not ho out
oh. Ho recommends tho uso of dry
wheat bread, which should bo packed
into tho pipe iu the direction front
which the water Is coming. Tho re
pairing should thon bo completed, by
which time tho bread will havo bo
como thoroughly souked aud will soon
work out of tho pipe. Pipes may bo
cut and spliced iu tho samo wuy.
A nows item of interest allko to
wood-workers und potters comos from
Hrussols. It is stated that a Gorman
manufacturer of earthonwaro has suc
ceeded iu substituting cluy for wood
in tho construction of violins. At n
concort given recently In tho Holgiun
capital the tones of thoso instrument!
wero pronounced scarcoly inferior ta
thoso of a woodon violin. 'Tho manu
facturer, of course, Is keeping' hi
process a secret. Tho discovery la u
novel ono nnd it Is hardly to bo sup
posed that its author will bo content
to slop his experiments here. The
possibilities afforded by tho prod aotloa
of u matorlul which can bocomo larg
ly a substitute for wood uro HllmlUbhu.
Chicago Mm, . J
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