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well set an American reader to thinkinfr,
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men. It used to be a common dictum
that the word of a Cantonese Hong mer
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man's bond.
Two years ago the manager of the
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poration (an English house) publicly
avowed that in the course of a long ex
perience he had never known, so far as
his bank was concerned, a Chinese de
faulter in money transactions.
Not long ago a foreigner traveled
about China, leaving with native traders
quantities of hh goods for sale, inform
ing thoin at the :;nme time of the name
of the firm in Shanghai to whom remit
tances should be sent. . Many of these
traders were in out of the way places,
but so far they have regularly remitted
the proceeds of their s:iles. One man at
Tientsin had credit to the extent of a
thousand dollars. He has since then re
tired from business but he regularly
sends money to tho Shanghai agents in
liquidation of his debt. .
GRAV EYARO POtTK T.
Seaae Mirth-Provolchif: Rhymes on a Seri
ous Hubjcct.
Nine-tenths of those who think they
can write respectable poetry are mis
taken, writes T. DeWitt Talinagein the
February Ladies' Home Journal. It is
safe to say that most of the home-made
poetry is an offense to God and man.
One would have thought that the New
Hampshire village would have risen in
mob to prevent the inscription that was
really placed on one of its tombstones
descriptive of a man who lost his life at
the foot of a vicious mare on the way to
the brook:
"As this man was leading her to drink
She kick'd and kill'd him quickcr'n a wink.n
One would have thought that even
conservative New Jersey would have
been in rebellion at a child's epitaph
which reads thus:
"She was not smart, she was not fair,
But hearts with grief for her are sweuin';
All empty stands her little chair:
She died of eatin' watermelon."
Let not Buch desecrations be allowed
in hallowed places. Let not poetizers
practice on the tombstone. My uniform
advice to all those who want acceptable
and suggestive epitaphs is: Take a pas
sage of Scripture. That will never wear
out. From generation to generation it
bied We' day comes for waking up of all
the graveyard sleepers, the very words
chiseled on the marble may be the ones
that shall ring from the trumpet of the
archangel on that day when the secrete
of all hearts shall be disclosed, .j. . '
i, NURSED A SICK DONKEY.
The Unusual Infatuation of a Pet-Loving
k English Widow.
' An eccentric lady named Chamber
lain died recently near Birmingham,
Eng. She had considerable means and
kept herself surrounded with animals
of all sorts. For this purpose she
bought two cottages, one of which she
occupied herself and the other she gave
up to her pets.
She conceived an attachment for a
donkey belonging to a neighbor and
which browsed in an adjoining field.
The donkey's lungs became affected,
and she invited him over to her field
and attended to him.
The owner of the donkey then said:
"If you are so fond of the donkey I will
make you a present of it. "
She accepted the donkey, which be
came so attached to her as to follow
her about, says the Chicago Herald. .
A favorite dog belonging to the hus
band having survived him was, in ac
cordance with the previous directions,
buried in his grave. When the widow
died there was some disturbance and
difficulties arose, the result being that
the dog was removed and after he',
burial replaced in the grave.
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business at that hour. The attendant
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tower, but they would have to walk
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One of the very youngest of the party,
quick-witted, never-to-get-left young
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that they wouldn't walk down, re
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disappointment:
"Well, this is too bad a follow on his
vvedding tour to be rebuffed like that."
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We are in receipt of the May number
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The paper this month contains many
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ib introduced by a paper on tbe Friends
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PHARAOH WITH A PISTOL..
Remarkable Anachronisms of tlie Artists
of AbyHSinln.
We found the walls of the churches
in Abyssinia covered with pictures of
Scriptural history and the walls of tho
cathedral with the exploits "f Johannes,
says a writer in the Century. His vic
tories over the Egyptians nt tlorra and
in the valley of Uundot are fully repre
sented in tones us florid ns those of ad
vertising posters at home. The native
artist does not make up for crudeness
of color by the accuracy of his drawing,
and if these pictures have any merit
it is in their originality of treatment.
For instance, in the cathedral of (iun
det, in a picture representing tha
Israelites crossing the Red sea, Pharoah
carries in his right hand the latest
specimen in six-shooters, and in his left
hand he holds a pair of opera glasses,
while the Egyptian host spurt Reming
ton rifles. All the movement of figures
is from right to left, and in all pictures
heads are full-faced, with the exception
of Satan and the hated Egyptians, who
are painted in acute prolile, to show
their lock of honesty and good faith
and their inability to look you square
in the face. It is a deplorable fact, and
one which, ladies will say at once, only
proveB the ignorance and barbarity of
the Ethiopians, that the evil spirits in
these compositions are always presented
by the softer sex, generally showing
their naughtiness by exhibiting their
tongues. The church painter goes so
far as to question the gallantry of St.
George, the Abyssian patron saint, by
depicting that warrior, instead of doing
battle with the dragon, as spearing the
graceful, undulating form of a long1
tongued woman. . ......
Isabella and Elizabeth.
f As fur a comparison between the gov
ernments and sovereigns of Spain and
England in Columbus' time the world
may well honor Queen Isabella, that
great and unselfish woman whose
womanly faith saved history. She was
not an angel and the student of his
tory is generally free to admit that she
would be an exception if she were. Hut
she was large minded and great hearted
and worhanly and need fear no com
parison in any light with good Queen
Bess. Her intellectuality and her hu
inanity were an enduring monument.
Honors, World's Fair.
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Interesting Facts f'onceriiliif;' l.'ie Ci,
leal Nature of the lr.i;it PJu:t
Gleaned by Keren: Srl.'iili.l
Observation.
a lie nrsi siglil ol juars 111: t. 'ii an
observatory telescope is ulm i-t t, rrify-
ing, even lor a person i f (.; , ,1 i-... i ves.
It is as if one saw the v. h.de iarth, with
its icy poles, as a s ili-.i i'!obc. 1! nlini?
overhead. One distiiifc-uUuws clearly the
dark blue seas and the brilliant, beam
ing, many-kued dry lurid and on this
the dry beds of a multitude of lakes.
bays, gulfs, streams and canals, these
latter either parallel to each other or
crossing one another at ri;;ht tingles.
As you continue to look, y.ju note the
variations of color and of lig' t and
shades; and, further, that the i r.tlines
on one edge of the dii.lt pa: scut .it : ifht,
while on the other tho laniu.cnpo ex
panda; you sec that Mar:; revi !ves on
its axis and that the emla of the axis
are the frozen poles, as with v.s. T'.ere
is a further resemblance iu the inclina
tion in the axis, which provides t'.ir.t '. ti
this planet also the seasons follow eich
other in regular succession. Tho L-e
crust at the poles diminishes in irc.naor,
and Wcstennann'sMunot's-IIefv :. laims
that this affords demonstrtilion n ,; only
that Mars is influenced by the st-n's
rays precisely as v. j are, but also that
the air and wat; r arc i leuli-al with
ours. In fact the mct.-orol yy cf Mars
is now being reduced ti a sdenoe.
Judging the two planets by superficial
characteristics, however, one mast ad
mit a condition implying a higher
degree of development in Mars,
The continents cf the earth, seen
from a distance, present a very torn
appearance, and occupy scarcely a t'.iird
of its surface, while Mars ir, r-ir led on
woiVsi'' Vnals and vlvcr.4, the '.and oc
cupyiijj' oVlfrovhuatc'y three-fourths of
the wa "te area, t f t'-.e plan jt r.u.l the
water only onc-T-.mr'.li, rs a consequoncr
of which it may
at il.i; atmosphere
is less clouded nr,
ours. Peculii'.ily .
arrangement in w
nature of Mars h
(canals?) All cv.i
vap'n1
ir.u t
!i ('.
la.il
:c:i:n.;
leu l.ian
.1:
the
i ,'.c-:logieal
the i.tream
.:, vi'.hont ex
1 all increase
ception, arc tortuou:
in width as thoy ne; i-1 u :jc i l.
On Mars, on the v. lrxrj, thj .:'.:,c '.ms
flow in straight li.u , !..:.! r.rj of uni
form width fro n K.;v.r.-c t i.iiuth.
These streams, f:'j:.i ceverity t one
hundred kilometer:, apart, have their
banks so v. cil i! '.':!'. 1. as I i Fullest the
idea that they si--.' .. l'lj t t i.'.t"lligeiit
regulation. It i.i hiti'.L y p i - -. i 1 I to con
ceive that two pir.-.u'ei r .ma' i'lU-i-.seet-ed
at right iui.'f'.cs by a third, in iu
Ophir land, can l.i tho w.rk f th ' ele
mentary fur;.-c:; of nat.r.v. Th -. q-iustioi:
suggests itself again l.-y the two canal
which flow from i c:t:i t ocean
through the i.i'.and Hellas, cr n-iing
each other at right angles in the i enter.
Not less questio::
the great blue la'
center of Keppl
rectilineal- eanabi
able is the origin ol
o of the sim in the
i- land, with its three
ouut'ctiug it with the
ocean.
Itut what most excites our astonish
ment in connection with these canals is
that almost every one of them is double,
i. e., it has its parallel anal alongside
of it, but vi::ilil,' at intt'vvalii ouly. This
has thoroughly perplexed all investiga
tors. The earth has nothing analogous
to aid us to a solution. On this account
the return of Mars is looked forward to
with considerable interest. The im
provement in optical in.'.iniments with
in the past decade inuy probably help
to solve the riddle, or, what is perhaps
still more probable, may present more
riddles of s"hi! I v.. The occasion of
Mars' next return .. ill be the first time
for fifteen years that we shall have an
opportunity of examining his south
polar region. Apart fr.ua the scientific
interest which at.. i.h- i i these obser
vations, it is an imin":is i ivain to our in
tellectual culture to overthrow the
pride, born of ignoraiie", which in
earlier centuries prompted men to re
gard this earth as the one inhabited
sphere of the universe. Equal rights
for all planets appears t i be the law of
nature, which certainly lias not ex
pended all her forces on this dark clod
of ours.
equine Humor.
A Mansfield (O.) doctor is the owna
of a horse which has a fondness foi
playing practical jokes. Recently th
physician drove out into the country tc
answer to a sick call. Arriving at hii
destination lie tied his horse to a pos
near which hung a rope attached to
large bell used as a dinner signal foi
employes on the place, and went inside
Shortly after the bell rung violently
The doctor and the man of the house
both looked out, but could Bee nothing
except the horse. They had hardlj
turned away, however, until the bel'
rang again, and again they looked, bu'
could see nothing. This was repeated
and the doctor determined to solve th
mystery, so, at the third ring, instead
of going into the house, he stepped out
anil hid in the yard. He kept his eyi
on the bell rrrpe, and in about a minute
was snrpi-l ,ed to see his horse liftuphil
head, smile slyly and give the rope
good, hard lug. When the physician
sprang out and confronted the horse.
the animal instantly tried to put on t
look of innocence, but was unsuccessful
WEEKLY WO. MH.I
SEMI-WEEKLY NO. 1W.
alting
bwder
RIDING A CROCODILE.
It Is a Very Lively experience, Though
Hardlr Pleasant One.
A cayman from a neighboring lagoon
had occasionally poached among our
ducks, says the engineer of an estate in
India, as reported in "Tales of Travel,"
and we had been for some days on the
lookout for him. One morning we dis
covered him lounging in one of the
ponds after a night's plunder.
I ran for my gun and fired at him.
The shot merely stirred the old rogue
up; he thrashed about in the water for
a minute, and then left the pond and
started for the morass.
I tried to get aim at his head, but was
unable to do so. At this moment David,
an African wainman, came up, and be
fore I realized his purpose, he had
thrown himself astride the crocodile,
grabbed his fore paws and held' them
doubled up across the creature's back.
The beast was immediately thrown
upon his snout; and though able to
move his feet freely and slap his tail
about, he could not bulge half a yard,
his power being altogether spent in a
fruitless endeavor to grub himself on
ward. He was obliged to move in a
circle, and of course was pretty nearly
confined to one spot.
The African kept his seat. He re
ceived some hard jerks, but as his seat
was across the reptile's shoulders, he
was well out of danger from jaws and
tail so long as he held on.
"Shoot 'ins! Me got 'im!" the fellow
called to me.
I reloaded my gun, and getting good
aim at the crocodile's head, soon put an
end to his mischief. The old fellow
measured fifteen feet.
A QUEER RAILROAD.
Bun by Three Men and with Occasional
Grades of Nix Feet to the One Hundred.
A curious little railroad train goes
crawling up and down the mountain
l-wf l!W.j"'u;, " W ra" ,llJiAOiy Vllfc
strangest railroad that Teas ever seen;
yet, until the Helena Independent no
ticed it, not a word was ever printed re
garding it. The tKiin moves on a
curious single track and is drawn by
an engine set low on it. Both the engine
wheels and those which support the
cars have a single, pivot-like piece of
steel which sets in the slot track, for
it must be borne in mind that the track
has a slot iu it not unliko that seen on
s cable track. In addition to this each
wheel has a flange on each side of it,
so that it cannot get oft the track, no
matter how abrupt the curves. The
road ns completed is now nine miles
long, but when pushed through as in
tended it will 1" fnirteen miles in
length. T!u-V.' men run it. These con
sist of an engineer, fireman and a
brakeman. In one place there is an
eight-hiinilveiV-foot grade mounted at
the rate of si.: feet to tho one hundred,
yet the engine piu'i.-i right along with
three loade I eai-.i, n t in the least both
ered in any way. There is one grade a
quarter of a mi le long in which an aver
age of four feel in gained to the one
hundred. One c uvi uvi thing about it is
that the wheel.! nr.- in a sense rollers.
They reach fi.i:i .., t,id to the. other.
The flanges bol-1 then on, assisted by
the pivot, past v.-hi h ea"h half of the
wheel comes down.
A Curl net h-i.I llf-atitllul Hpot.
Probably no other part of the world,
excepting, pel-haps, Yellowstone park,
contains so many natural curiosities as
Modoc county, Cal. i he first, from
historical point of view, is the fa
mous lava Deils scene ot tlie Mouoc
war a country of rocks so full of caves
that hikes and rivers arc swallowed up,
leaving nothing but a faint murmur to
show their course through the bowels
of the earth. I n many of the cuvcrns
an army of men could hide, and in
some pla-es the intense heat of the
rocks is evidence that internal fires are
raging. In all parts of the country can
be found inuim.f dh hot springs, belch
ing forth water strongly impregnated
with minerals, and often close by will
be caves of the purest ice. Medicine
lake is a wonder which draws many
visitors annually a body of water that
does not contain a living thing and at
certain hours of the day is full of a
gelatinous, spongelikc substance that
sinks ami leaves the water clear. At
the lake i re two mountains, one of
pure obsidian, the other ot pumice
stone, in layers.
A (Jueer Ittillwny.
A novel form of inclined railway has
been built at ltridgenorth, England.
It connects the upper and the lower
parts of the town, communication be
tween which was formerly provided by
means of steps cut in the solid rock.
The length of the track is only 201 feet,
but its vertical rise is 111 feet. There
are two ears on separate lines of rail
and they are connected by a steel cable
passing round a wheel at the top.
They are thus balanced and a prepond
erating weight is given whichever one
one is at the top by pumping a supply
of water into a tank placed in the frame
of the cur. The steel rails are secured
to ties which are bolted to the solid
rock and also imbedded in concrete.
The brakes are normally on the wheels
and motion is only possible while the
brakeman turns his handle. The track
is cut out of solid rock so that it shall
not spoil the beauties ot the landscape.
Now ia the time to aubsoibe for tbe
Semi-Weekly Gazette.