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Vtse V Or i THE BUFFALO MOTH. fcetr to i:ltrtnItiato Thin Cruel Enem ol lltiX and Carpel Gasoline, naphtha or benzine nre nil equally t-nienclous to kill tho buffalo moth, unci entomologists havo not round any lhli.fr hotter to rccom menu for Mie purpose. Tho grub of tho bufiulo moth, which Is tho creat tiro whioh does tho mischief, is appar ently proof against all other forms of insecliciies. A little natural history of the beetle which causes so nuich de struction nay bo repeated with value. This boollc measures rather less than nn cl.il.lh of an Inch In length. It is dark, sllfhUy hairy and has a bright line of red down tho center of Its body. It does not eat carpets, but feeds on tho pollen of several different shrubs. It is known to be so fond of the spires com- In many ways, and It Is sin! iu that it is not wise to allow that orna- 'deed when tho relentless money-lender ancntal bush to grow near tho house, or on the premises at all, If possible. This bcollo fllos In the open window and lays Its eggs In any woolen sub stance it can find, especially in the cdgcs. of carpets. If abundance ol pyrethrum, or Persian insect powder, 1s kept at tire edges of tho carpet be "neath tho paper tilling and tho carpet, or any thing else Is used of tho many things, like pepper or camphor, that "housekeepers use to make the edges ol their car tot disagreeable to moths, it is probable that tho buffalo moth will move on to more welcome quarters. -Prevention la better than euro In this case. Onco established in a house, svory generation of beetles seems im pelled to return to tho same place, and if there is a posslblo dark, unguarded corner where thoy can locate they come. When the grub or pupa of the beetle Is hatched from tho eggs In tho carpet, nothing but vigorous doses of benzine, naphtha or gasoline will kill him, and abundance must bo used. He Is a lit tle, brown, hairy worm-like creature. scarcely a quarter of an inch long. and hatches out about the middle of April. He easily hides In tho fuzz of 'tho enrpot, but his presence may bo Irnown by Ills tracks. Ho eats tho nap off tho carpet in lines quite symme trical and regular. If you can not sec any thing eating tho enrpot, biit notice tho eaton spots It is wlso to suspect tho presence of tho buffalo moth. "There is no danger in using gasoline, "with tho precaution used by H. II. , who writes that she used it, "opening every door and window for a day and a night afterwards, and allowing no flro or light near tho room for tho aino time." Gasoline Is tho most powerful, naphtha Is next and Ih not bo explosive as gasoline; benzine is next best and is still less oxploalvo, though no fire or light should bo al lowed .near tho benzine bottle whon In use. If the lloor, closets and drawers of a liouw! ant kept sedulously clean, and pyrethriim powder or a little powdered sulphur Is used at tho edges or tho car pots, and, above all, all tho woolen garments, hats and any other articles not In use are packed away in news papers and camphor till needed and no rubbish Is allowed to collect about tho premises moths, of all kinds cease to bo a terror. N. 1'. Tribune. FARMERS'DEBTS. Avoid llorroirlntr Money nn Souietlilny to 1 Oremlril mitt Shunned. Thoro aro many farmers who aro In no clangor of getting into debt. Thoy aro woll off, havo money in tho bank or loaned olsowhero, and make good profits from their farms bosldes tholi intoiost monuy. Such farmers always havo plenty of monoy, or. If not, thoy liuvo only to draw from their Invested capital. It la far otherwise with a largo class of farmers. If not aleady in debt moro or loss thoy aro often near its borders and strongly tempted to en ter. Two clauses of Inllvionces aro at work to got farmers into debt. One clasR includes tho deslro to make a show, to rldo In stylo, etc. Often tho farmer works hard and economizes, keeping out of debt till his children aro grown up. Thoy must havo things that father and mother never thought of having. Thoy have no soruplon about running In debt; it acorns easy Tho old folks oppose In vain and tho Jamlly entor upon a course which brings untold pain and sorrow, 1 havo known iui instance whoro a man and Ills wife worked hard, bought a farm and no:irly paid for It. Hut one ol their sous must havo u lino horse and carriage and other things to match. Tho rosult was that tho farmer got tintnngled in debt and In thoond, which soon camo, ho lost all his property ox copt his housohold goods. That sou Is worth very littlo to-day, and tho father and mother had no homo In tholr old ago except by tho charity of others. It Is a sad thing to go In debt to gratify prido or lovo of pleasure Lot farmers and tholr children bowaro of this groat evil. Hut thoro is another class of lnllu. oncos which impel men Into debt. There aro times when It certainly soctns beat to htro money. Take an exnmplo. A son takoa tlto old farm with Its poor buildings, llo brings his wife homo, children aro horn to thorn, and hu finds tho cold, inconvenient house is killing tho dear ones. Ho lias a littlo money saved up, decides to fix up tho old house as tho timbers aro good. Ho has, eay, $'JO0. ThU ha thinks will do tho work, but so much iH8 to bo clone that In tho end ho lluda himself one, two, or three hundred dollars in debt. Suppose, ho has to pay elx, twelve or eighteen or moro dollars a year in Interest, tho added comfort and cthtvoniopco and health of ltU family fully repay this, as woll as tho t-ost of repairing. Other eaes ocour at timed wheni it Booms ncoossary to ran Into debt; but if farmers wuru, ' moro deeply Impressed with the evil I of debt, they would suffer much before allowing themselves to be bound by Its chain. It is always host to have. If possible, a sum laid by to use in case of a sudden need for money. Sieknoss may come, a horse may dlo and a now one have to be bought, a thousand unforeseen cases may occur in which money will have to be uocl, And if il not at hand, it must be borrowed. It is a very good plan to keep a e:ih account, noting down all money recived and paid. This shows wh'iv the money goes. Tim often It goes a littles hero and a lltl'io the,re for things not actually needed, and so when tho ral need comes the monry to meet It is gone. Then it is hard to nay debts. Crops mav fall. Iosj mav takes the farmer's all. Let every farmer avoid debt as something to ho dreaded and shunned. It Is not ni,c sary to bo stingy and parslmoMlou.. but self-denial Is neeeisary. and how ever hard, It Is not as hard as financial .uln.- Cor. Ilurul .Veto Yorker. EDUCATING HORSES. Hon- to Millie Colt-, (iriireful. Strong and Oriieriilly rueful. When a green colt is first put into harness lie naturally makes a great many awkward moves and gets himself Into "shapes" that will not add to his value If they beeomo chronic. Much of this awkwardness wears away in time as the young horse gets into the lino of his vork, but It often happens through want of enro on the part of his driror that certain coltish tricks tha came from awkwardness in the first place cling to him nil through life It Is easier to teach a young horse what you want him to do than to break up had habits which he may have con trir ij, 0 It Is very Important tocom- i;..;nco right with him. Horses bred and broken in on tho farm aro, as a rule, moro awkward than they should bo, and it is mostly duo to tho fact that those who train them arc too easily satisfied. A skilled horseman will take a young horso fresh from the farm, and in a fow woeks work a great transformation in him. Good manners nre worth monoy In selling a horse, and farmers who raiso one or moro colts for mnrkct each year should take more pains In educating them and get better prices. It is not best to at tempt to develop speed, for that Is ex pensive business and Is tho work of a professional, who has tho necessary skill and appliances; but any one can teach a colt to walk well, to stand quietly until his driver Is ready to start, and a dozen other things that go to make a horso plcasanter to handle, and consequently moro valuable In tho oyos of tho would-bo purchaser. Colts should not bo worked when very young, for their strength Is not often up to the work required of them, and thoy got Into awkward habits that stick to thorn. A two-year eolt may easily bo ruined as a walker by putting too much of a load behind htm. A colt's education should begin as noon as ho is weaned, however, and ho may bo bitted and made quite supple long before ho Is old enough to wear har ness. Teach him to back with easo, as far as you want him to, first on smooth ground and then over rails, door sills, or othor like obstructions. Turn his neck by easy efforts until ho will place his noso at e.thor shoulder ' without moving out of his tracks. Many other simple exercises will sug gest themselves that will aid in giving tho eolt full control of his muscles and so making him graceful and handy. Never use harsh means, but insist up on being obeyed. When you command a movement carry your point, hut do It in suoh a patient way that your young pupil will not get a distaste for his lessons and sulk. Let him know that you appreeiato his efforts to please you and so keep up his interest. Enough may bo added to tho value of ii young horso In this way to well re pay you for tho trouble. Philadelphia iriD.i. Seed for Next Year. heed to bo used next fcetuson should lie saved early. To bo any advantago to uio saver it siiouiu Do saved caro- lully. In tho first placo, attention idiould bo paid to tho growth of sov end plants, that tho best may bo In variably holeeted for perpetuation. As soon ns tho soeds aro gathered, no mat tor how pressing tho needs of tho hour may bo, they should bo put Into pack ages that shall contain tho names of tho seeds aud any memoranda that It may bo essential or desirable to know when tho sowing time come. To fill tho poekots promiscuously with rip ened seeds intending later to separate Is a worthless work; and to save seed promiscuously, mixing kinds or color that should bo used separately, Is worse than neglecting to save seed en tirely, for In tho latter wise tho ro llablo seedsman must bo resorted to and tho rusult bo satisfactory almost invariably, aud in tho former instance tho temptation will bo to put In tho ground a mixture of seed that had hot ter havo been thrown Into tho lire. Hy all means save seed, but take time to do tho work properly, remembering that tune aud patience now will atone for vexation and moro tlmo, otherwise necessary to ho spent at an equally busy time. Ma.iMiehu.ictU Ploughman, Tho grape rot is now believed to bo under control, tho remedies sug gested by tho Government reports having boon tried with success at boveral points. Tho simvylnir of tho vines us soon as tho blossoms appear, and repenting tho operation after each rain with a polution of sulphuto of copper and ltme water U tho plau sdoptod. SHE DIDNT SAY NO!" "-.e didn't Ray "ye," bat a soft color cztro O'er tier cock and her brow till her checks were cllarne: AbJ sic KhuJcd her ejv fron tho soft raellow Or tho fctars la tho sky that. ao wickedly brlRbt, Were ixrerlnjT nt ia thro the still summer nisht: And she didn't say -aol" Olio didn't nay "yr," but 1 knew that sho heard, Kor tho rown slw woro eo her lioiom were stirred, Aud the snvct eyejttie turned half away from my own Had wondrously tendT aud luminous crown A clear thro' tho iiva of tho tarli;ht they shone i Acd sho didn't nay "nor" It 51 iT" SJ She didn't say "yes." but tho lace on her (rown Fhe l:cotted and palled and smoothed carefully uowu. And looked, altogether, so lovely and cwect Tliat I knelt, ill tho light of her ej e.s, at her feet And bep;;;ed her that one llttla word to repeat And she didn't say "uol" SLo wouldn't say "yes." and sho couldn't say "no Cut she whljpercd my name, as I tent my head low And told her that sho of my llfo was a part With tho word on her lips and a thrill In my Heart, When a voice ('twas her brother's) broks In with a start, And tho wretch Just yelled "Rats:" -Kittlo K. in Judge. Thtirouslily SatUfleil with Himself. An English general, la reviewing it corps or cavalry, suddenly stopped before a splen did looking fellow nnd nsked" abruptly: "Which is tho Inst horso In tho regimoutr "Number forty, sir." "What makes you think ho Is tho best horso!" "Ho walks, trot and gallops well; Is n good juniper; ba3 no vice, no blemish; carrius bis head well; is in Ids prime." "And who U tho best soldier In tho regiment r "Tom Jones, sir." "Wbyf "Uecuuso lio Is nn honorable man, is obedi ent, tidy, takes irood caro of his equipment and his horse, and does his duty well" "And who Is tho rider of tho best horse?" "Tom Jones, sir." "And who is Tom Jones?'' "1 nm, sir." Tho general could not help laugh ing, tiutlio gave a sovereign to his informant, who received it without moving a muscle. l.iverjool 1'ost. It AVn Awful. ' 'A baby in tho houso is n well sprint: of joy,' and our own dear littlo Horaco is tho light nnd joy of our lives," wroto Mr. Pip kins la a letter to a friend tho other day. nnd then ho got up and walked over to tho cradle lu which Ij is own little well spring of jov had bc?n yelling steaddy for an hour, and said: Ait) you iroins to howl forever? You lioat anything for yelling and screeching that I over saw In all tho days of my life! I ucliovo in my Mini that yon aro two-thirds liyona. It'd enough to drivo a fellow cmsv to Ih) (.hut up nn hour with you! I wouldn't have another such a joyous thins as you nre irouuil for a b'illion dollars. I wish your mother would hurry homo and let mo get away to my club or to somo other placo where I i nn hnvo n littlo peaeo of my lifol Will Is awful, awful!" Detroit Free Press. A Kuinrt C.irl. "Rebecca, you shall not bhncak mit dot Moses Levi vonee more." "O, ladder, you nreak mlno henrdt. Vo vos almost engaged. Vy shall I not shpeak f him?" "Ho haf shcated me. IIo linf sold mo n msto diamond for a shcuuiuo shtouo." "O. fiidder. dot shouldt recommend him to yon as n i.on-in-law. If ho can fool u viso man llfo yea, see vat a fortium ho haf in do ehewolry pixlmss." " ell, IteUven, you vas schmnrder as 1 thcught. (let married von you like, 1 am unUelilous to go into baidnership with mine son-in-law." S.m Francisco Wasp. Worshiped by ii Certain Set. Boston Maiden (to young man from Now Jersey) in Now Jersey, Mr. Hedmud, blood, X understand, in not considered of tho first Importance? Mr. lle.luiud It ii among tho skceterc, lllsa u aide. ow York Hun. in ill Oun Coin. "Well, Jnnot," asked a facetious huihand vhoo wlfo had just discharged tho hired girl, "nre you going to bravely breast tho waves of the domestic sea of troubles?" "No," sho iiusucrod demurely; "I am only goln to stum tho currants." Judge. A Student of tho Game. "Woll, young man," said a sportiug goods dealer, "what can we do for you?" "Have you Uxiks on baseball?" "Yes." "01' me 'Tho Ulso an' Fall of tho Roman Umpire.' "New York Sun. Verily It Is. Our friends have departed to spend tho summer by tho seaside. Wo havo gono as far ns our means would allow, nnd rented a cabin la front of Hilly Well's luillpond. Cheapness with cheerfulness is great gain. Smithvlllo (Go.) Nows, do Ouo i;yu on It. much to peep through your tolo- "How seopoT "Ten cents." "Theru' live. I've only ono eye," Titno. Doiurvtla rnbuluiti. "Urldget," inquired tho lady of tho houso of her adjutant general, "can't wo havo hash for breakfast?" "If ye chows, 11111111," was tho frlnhtfully suggestive answer. Detroit Free I'reta. JI.i Could Draw All Ulght. "Do you draw at nil, Mr. FangsleyP "My ivitroaa say 1 draw very welL" "So you're an nrtUtf" "No. You misuaderktand me. I'm a den. tist." Lincoln Journal. On Somo Occasion. Mls ReaconhlU What nro tho most disagreeable features about your school, Johnnie? Johnuio Tho teachar'. Harvard Lam 1 poon. THE BOWSER FAMILY Htm. ISowsrr Clint Muit Pleasantly About Her Provoking Itunband. I suppose every husband is subject to what might be called "sudden fits,' and I hopo every wife tries to bear up under them with philosophical pa tience. The other Sunday morning, five minutc3 gono to hta after Mr. Uowser had room to got ready for church, ho roared at mo over the ban ister: "Airs, uowser, nro you tho woman of the house or only a lady boarder'1 "Why, dear?" "Don't why dear me. Mrs. Bowser! If I pretended to bo a housekeeper I'd look after things once In awhile!" "Any thinir wrong?" "Any thing wrong! Do I waste my breath In talking when every thing is all right?" "What is it?" I asked aa I reached tho head of Jhc stairs Ho held a clean shirt In one hand, and with tho other he pointed to it with a dramatic flourish and whis pered: "Buttons!" "Muttons how?" "Not.u solitary button on this shirt, and yet you find tlmo to gad down town every day! That's the kind of a wife you aro!" "Mr. Bowser, do you mean shirt- buttons?" "Do I! You don't suppose I'm look ing for overcoat buttons on my shirts, do you?" "Well, then, you haven't had a shirt- button on your shirts for ten years You and all others use collar-buttons. Your collar-buttons are in the shirt you havo on." It struck him all In a heap. IIo saw how he had trapped himself, but he wont to his room muttering: "That's it! She always has an ex cuse ready for every thing!" Ono awful hot day In July he spoke about changing his socks after his bath, and I told him in the plainest of English that.ho would find clean ones in his lower bureau drawer. That night he came homo and began "Can you tell me what day during tho next month you will have two minutes to spare?" "Why?" "Because, If you evor got them, per haps you can devoto a few seconds to darning tho holes In my socks. I've had to limp around all tho afternoon on that account." "It can't bo!" "Oh, no! You aro such a model honsfikfnilfr tlint It, min't liv nf rnrr! Look here!" IIo pulled off his shoes and lo! he had on his heavy winter socks, every thread wool! Thero woro two or three holes, but thoy were not to bo darned until fall, of course. "Mr. Bowsor, where did vou get those Bocks?" I asked "Out of tho trunk In tho clothes press, of course." "And you go and put on January socks In July! You havo six pairs oi clean cotton socks in the lower drawer of tho bureau." "I'll bet you $10,000 thero isn't oven one pair there! I looked through overv drawer live times over!" I took hir.i up and showed him the socks, counting them out pair by pair, and ho looked at mo very seriously and observed: "Yes, I 9co 'em, but were they there when I looked for 'em? How easy for you to havo sneaked up and placed 'em hero an hour ugo?" He had some wearing apparel which ho said I might sell to buy somo toys for thn bahv. T imt ihn nlnthna ilnii'i, . M anu woin uirougn every poeicot twice over, in ono oi ino coats i found a receipted bill for twenty-six dollars worth of lumber, and I laid It on Mr Bowser s desk. A man camo for the clothes and took thorn away, and three nours mier, wnen mv. isowser camo homo, I told him of my bargain. lou got just half what ho would havo paid mo," ho replied, and tho subject was dropped for half an hour. anon an oi a suuuen no jumped up and oxclaimed: "You've finally done It, just as I ox pocted you would." "Done whatP" "1 remember that I loft a valuable paper in that brown coat. It was a receipted lumbar bill and they may bend tho bill again any day! "1 looked In tho poekots." "Oh, yes, you looked! You looked just like any othor wlfo who was in a hurry to got tho clothes out of tho houso and tho monov In hor hand." i woiH anu goi ino receipt una asKeu him if that was tho one. He grudg- . 1 ... .. . . ingly admitted that it was, and added: "1 presume tho old-olo' man found nnd returned It. 1 miwt reward him for his honesty." Mr. Bowsor camo down tho othor morning with his vest opon. When I laughed at his absent-mindedness ho roplled: "Mrs. Bowser, I want you to lot my clothes alono horenftor!" "But I haven't touched them." "Perhaps it was tho cat! Perhaps tho cat wanted a pleoo of cloth and cut it out of my vest-back!" "No ono but you has touched that vost" "Then why has it grown so small all of a suddeu that I ain't button it? There's somo very queer work in this houso, Mrs. Bowsor." I investigated nnd found that hhad drawn tho btrap to tho last inch and buckled It fast, but ho would admit nothing. On tho contrary, ho obsorved that some bnblos woro too cuto and cunning to over grow up. It was only throo nights ago that Mr. Bowser took five dollnrn from his wallet aud handed it to mo with tho remark: "Tho man won't proDably como with the oats until I havo gone in th morning. Take this and pay him." t.'ext morning he sat down to break fast looking so very sober that I nsked: "Are you sick. Mr. Bowser?" "I oiiffht to be. When peoplo arc ( robbed thev aro generally made sicic. "Have vou been robbed?" "I have." "When?" "Last night." "For mercy's sake! but did somo ono jet into our Jiouser" "I do not know. When I wnnt to bed last night I had in my wallet. This morning I have only 50." -You don't say!" I "It seems verv queer to me. Mr Bowsor. If you want niouey, why don't you ask for It?" "l 011 don't think I tool: your money, io you?" "It's very mysterious." "Why, say, you gave me that five for the feed man." Mr. Bowser's countenance fell just twenty-six Inches' In the next two sec onds, and in his confusion he agreed that the money was now accounted ior all right- However, on second thought ho observed: "1 will overlook It this time. Mrs. Bowser, but don't pre-ume upon my good nature in futuro!" Detroit Free I'ress. THEY SAW BISMARCK. Cow wo Kritrut CilrN .Yliiiiaced to .Meet tho Cierinikit Chancellor. I Te:it up to Beriin from Dresden for two weeks with my cousin Cissy, and r.'e both wanted so much to see Bis marck. Every body said that being there such a short time we would never ee him in the world, because there r.-ere hi ndred of Germans who had arvcr been able to do so. and still had lived their whole lives long in Berlin. So I though!, thero wa-s nothing to do except to write him a nolo and ask him if ho wouldn't allow Cissy and mo to look at him. I found my pen and paper and wrote: "Prince Bismarck I'wo English g:rls who arc only in Ikjrlin for a short time aro anxious to sec the greatest man in tho world and tvant to know if you could not grant ihcm an audience." I signed it with niy name, and when i directed it Prince BiMiiarck." I felt just an if 1 ivere directing it to Santa Clans. Cissy and I took it to the palace. We walked by the sentries and through the big courtyard up to the front door. The outlor stood there, oh! so stern and irrim, and refused at first to take my note, but when I said: "Why you must take it; don't you see it is to Prince Bismarck?" he frowned more than over and took it. If you can believe it, that verv night ivhile we were sitting at supper thoro :ame a letter with a great seal on the back directed to Miss Perry Jonos. And I read: "Prince Bismarck will ?rant the young ladies an interview at twelve o'clock to-morrow." We were shown into a large, dark hall when we went and I said: Oh, dear me, Cissy, what if Prince Bismarck should come and speak to us while we aro in this dark place! There Isn't ono thing hero that I could make conversation about." But just then Herr Von Hottenberg, tho Prince's secretary, camo and told us that tho Prince was in tho garden and would receive us there. 1 never 3hall forget how tho garden looked. There was a long path in front of us, with beautiful foliage meeting above it; the green leaves rustled, tho littlo I . " . . iiirtnmy 11 llt'Of fill ftV.lK tho ground, Rnd Prlnco Bismarck- camo walking down tho path, with his dogs on either side him. I couldn't think of a single one of those German speeches which I had re hearsed on the night before and I didn't know what I was going to do, when suddenly ho smiled and held out his hand and said In perfect English: 'How do you do? I am very glad to sco you. He looked so jolly that I didn't feel afraid of him any more, especially when ho turned to me and exclaimed: Is that the kind of hat vou wear In England? Horriblo! they aro too high." Then wo all walked down tho path. Cissy with him and 1 with Horr von Bottenberg.untll after awhile 1 thought that Cissy had boon with him long enough, because I wrote tho note, vou know, bo I just stepped forward, meaning to pull her slyly by the dress, and just as 1 did It Prince Bismarck looked !lt mo nnd thou ho , , d u 0V01. j walkcd with him th ()f tho time, and ho showed us his lloweiv and I praised every single llowor and said how beautiful and how lovely it was, and we petted tho dogs and praisod them. Finnlly ho took us to tho Konlggratzer street entrance into tho garden and wished us good-bye, aud wo managed to tell him how very, wry kind wo thought ho had been to us! Tho great gate opened and shut: evory thing was over. Wo had seen Bismarck. -Boston Transcript. The Rotort Courteous. A farmor traveling In u foreign land for tho first time, becoming somewhat anxious about tho condition of his Uvo stock, tolegraphed home: "Is things all right at tho barn? John Bukex." His stnble-boy, whoso conversation was proverbially laconic, Immediately tolographed back: "John Bukkn Things Is. Koukut." Harper's Maga zine. A Washington pollconmn had his po)kts picked by u thiof h was tak ing to the lockup. ORGANIZED THIEVERY. A reruvlnn Company Wlioe Object la tho rltimlrrlnc or tho Dead. ( A limited liability company has boon formed at Mollendo, with a capital of $40,000. It is called tho Compana Anonlma Exploradora do Las Iluscaa del Inch, and Its business Is to bo tho scnrchlng of the old burial grounds of the Peruvian Incas, for burled treasure In money or other valuables. It has received a concession from tho Peru vian authorities, and proposes to go at its work In a systematic, buslness-llko fashion: The field of tho company has been pretty well worked over already by the horde of hap-hazard plunder ers from all parts of the world, who have flocked to Peru from the times of Pizarro till the present day, but thero aro yet somo very substantial legonda of buried wealth that has not yet been discovered. Under tho old Castlo of Uuzco. for Instance, Felipe do Pomanes tells that thero Is a vault containing figures of all tho Incas wrought in fine gold, and that In his own day they had been seen by a certain Dona Maria do Esquevil. She, tho story goes, was married to a descendant of the Incas, and reproached him with being too poor to support her properly. This, at last, so 1-rltated him that ho led her blindfolded through many winduig passages Into a room where she saw wealth such as no mortal over dreamed of, and asked her what sho thought of that for a poor man's nest egg. When Humboldt was exploring 'n tho neighborhood of tho Teinplo of tho Sun, at Cuzco, a poor lad, a de scendant of the ancient kings, told him tho story, which is still current among the Indians, that tho golden chair of tho Incas was sunk in the baths at Pul tamarac, and that there are gardens with artificial trees of tho purest gold beneath the temple. These gardens, by the way, are mentioned by tho ear liest historians of tho Conquest Hum bolt's lad, when asked why ho did not seek for this hidden treasure, said that it would do him no good If ho found It, but would only cause his neighbors to hnto and injure him. "Wo havo a little field," he said, "and good wheat" That contented him. This same spirit seems to have animated all tho de scendants of tho ancient race of Peru, and encourages peoplo like those who havo just put$40,000 into tho Society Exploradora to hopo that only a part of the ancient treasure has ever been discovered. It is alleged that tho In dians can generally got gold when they actually need it, as at the time of the rebelion of Pumacaqua, in 1811, when, according to the story of an old woman of the Asteto family, told to Mr. Markham some thirty years ago, her father having been a col leaguo of Pumacaqua and present at the time, Pumacaqua entered tho coun cil chambers laden with gold and drip ping wet, from a journey he had mado up the bed of the Huatanay to a cave filled with golden fijrures. It was al ways believed then, according to the historians, that tho rebel chiefs had some such store to draw upon; and it Is certain that after his final defeat Pumacnqua offered tho thioves a pilo of gold bigger than that of Atahualpa, the ancient chieftain, as a ransom for his life. Tho offer was declined, and lie died with the secret unrevealed, at least to his conquorors. ( This Atahualpa, It is a matter of his tory, when in captivity, offered a room filled with gold as a ransom, but Pizar to demanded doublo tho amount, and tho Incas, agreeing, sent messengers all' over tho kingdom to bring it. Theso messengers, on their way to tho cap ital, heard that Atahualpa had been Strangled, and they throw down their loads of gold, and, it is said, buried. Ihcm somewhero in tho mountains ot Llanganati, to the northwest of Quito, I though no search has ever revealed the spot. Then thoro Is tho golden chain of tho Incas, every link as thick as a man's arm, and its length so great that it went twice around tho great fquaro ot Huaeapata, and which Is said to havo been thrown into tho deep lake of Urcos to savo It from tho Spaniards. Thero can still' bo seen a drift which tho Spaniards started through tho mountains to drain tho lake, but which was never com pleted. While these and similar le gends ao vory well to flro tho ardor of dubious investors in tho stock of tho Society Exploradora, it is highly prob able that tho actual work of tho com pany will bo in tho less romantic lino of digging up tho bones of ancient in habitants for tho sako of the trinkets which may havo been buried with them. This sort of petty thiovory is less attractive to tho imagination than tho exhumation of forests of golden trees nnd conventions of goldon Incas, but It will probably pay bettor in tho end. A'. J'. Sun. Village Destroyed by Ice. J Advices from tho fishing vlllngo of Korschkaranza, In Kola, a peninsula on tho White Sea, descrlbo a wonder ful phenomenon, now in Artlo annals, which took placo on Janunry 5 last At four o'clock in tho morning tho in habitants woro awakened bv a sariee. of heavy, dull detonations, llko heavy aruiiory. toiiortly afterward a great Ico wall to tho northwest, sovoral hun dred feet high, was seen to bo mov ing toward tlin vIMnmv .Inn lit- ...... J, w, less In conscquenco of tho pressuro of tho ocean of Ico outside. Tho Ico hills camo slowly but irresistibly onward, anu passed over tho vlllago, which thoy completely erased, and kent onward for u mile Inland. Tho Ico traveled a mllo and a half in four hours. Tho villagers saved tholr llvos, but littlo else, Phikuteiphiu J'resi. i ' ii-iif:
