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s are sweet, bu t prayers ano best; Only th e lips t o a kiss are given, Whil e tbo soul goes, with its prayer , to heaveu. Dream s ar e shadows, ye t sometime s com e Lik e blessed curtains that drop upo u The scorching ligh t of a noonda y sun . Hope s betray us, bu t Faith is sure , No r asks for a u answer. Sh e smiles and waitf, A patient child a t the heavenly gates . I^ove ove r all ! A jewel crown, A pain that stay?, and a prayer, a kis?, Dreams, hope, faith, patioui?, ar e m; t in th'F. —Mary A D e Vero.in Ladies' Hom e Journal. cupied by men during th e night , of the stones thrown a t U3 were found to have been freshly broken from larg e AMONG- THE RUINS. A «TOUY Of INDIA. E T \V K E N the towns of Mysore an d Coiiubatore , India, and on the lef t bank ^}of a '-trenin culled th e Houbollay, are ruins of thre e o r four large villages. Th e ' seond one west of th e foothill s o f the M y s o r e rauce of / v^jj^i^jv / \ mountains is called />• trr -srSvTvl ^s Garrcw , and ami d the genera l desola- tion ar c the ruiu s what was once a grea t temple These village-! are only thre e or four ou t o f hundreds to be found i n the grea t empire. Now an d then thei r his tor y ca n b e trace d back to some terrible plague which depopulated them in a month, and again th e desolatio n is du e t o wa r between tribes an d factions. A s a rule, n o nativ e will approac h one of thes e ruins , and n o attemp t is ever made t o rebuil d th e towns. In IH6S, while I was a t the villag e o f Bhocta , ali-iut thirt y mile s fro m Garrow , th e Uovernment sen t a commission o f three officials to | surve y and inspec t th e villag e with a I view o f restorin g i t by offerin g to re- | build th e temple an d giv e Iree deeds to ' all settlers I was invite d b y the com I missio n t o go along, an d thi s appearing ] a splendid opportunity for un i\'.cuded \It's a gang of treasure hunters fo r \ said th e Commissione r aftor thi s las t proof had teen submitted, \and it is quite needles s t o cautio n you tha t w o must be ver y careful. No on o mu3t enter th e shrubbery alone, and wo must be constantl y read y for an attack . They ar e doubtles s Sholaga me n fro m tho hills, and the y will stic k at noth ing.\ \But why no t sen d down to Bheet a for .1 detachment of SDldiors?\ I :isked. \And s o giv e away ou r 'find,' in case there i s one ? W e ar e no t quite so green as that. Tho Goverameut must hav e its share, o f course , bu t w e wan t n o further division . I think w e are stron g enough to rou t 'e m out, nu d w e will be gi n business right away.\ After breakfast th e live of us moved down on th e head of th e village, loavm g the camp in charg e o f th e natives. As soo n a s we got among th e ruius w e foun d it tough wor k to get along. It ha d bee n a ver y substantial town. There bein g plent y o f buildin g ston e a t bond, more o r less o f i t ha d been use d iu every house . It must have take n a u earthquake t o fling the block s abou t in such confusion . Her e and there a piec e o f wall wa s stand ing , but iu most case s everythin g ha d fade n i n a coufuse d heap . T.ie difficulty ol climbing over th e b.ocks wa s adde d t o by the vegetation , and whereve r the su n beat down o n a ston e we were sure t o find a serpen t sunning himself. We wer e heading for th e wall s of th e temple , but afte r u n hour's work w o ha d no t ad vanced ove r half a mile . Mr. G-an t calle d a halt, an d we wer e sittin g o n th e huge blocks of ston e i u a glad e abou t lilty feet across when somethin g very queer happened The foliago wa s dens e enough t o throw th e glado into a shadow approachin g twilight. Our ears wer e suddenly salute d with groans an d moans, a s of some perso n in dee p dis tress, and whil e w e wer e lookin g abou t an d a t eac h other a figure came ou t o f th e thicket o n the south sid e and slowly floated acros s the g ade. I t looke d like a human figure, thougu draped an d muf fled, and though i t passed over th e ground a t abou t a n ordinar y height , th e motion wa s that o f floating alon g in stea d o f walking. I t wasn' t over twenty feet from us , .\nd when i t disappeared iuto the thicke t o n th e othe r side th e inspcetio n o f t'uc histor.c ruins 1 gladl y i <u copie d Including servants there were | » lr '™ s heavy wit h a strang e perfume twelve of us i n th e party O n arriving at a smal l villag e called Mussan , six mile s cast of th e villag e w e mean t to survey , wc wer e tol d of some strang e things that bad latel y happened. I t was declare d that spirits ha d take n possessio n o f th e ruius Strange light s ha d bee n see n flit- tiug about a t night , anil a hunter whose ardor had le d him among th e ruin s ha d hear d the sound of stones being moved and had bee n pelted with rocKS. He \It's nothing but a tric k to scare us off,\ whispered Grunt, after the figure bad disappeared \If i t come s again , everybody ope n fire o n it.\ We waited in nervou s silence for five or si x minutes, when the apparition ap peared again, precede d b y th o same dis tressin g noises It wa s scarcely clear o f tho bushe3 when we opened firo, eac h one o f u s wit h a revolver . It floated alon g a s before an d a t th e same pace, to Bheeta, whic h is a militar- post, but it was three days before the soldiers cam e up. There wcr o ninety of them, and though we ha d hear d nothing further from th e trca3uro hunter s while waitin g wo fel t sure they wer e stil l among the ruins . The troops entered fro.Ti three differen t directions, having orders t o shoot down anythiu g they sighted , bu t tho whole place wa s beate n u p and onl y one nativ e found He was lyinganong the ruins of th e templ e witn a broken leg. Ho wa s a Sholag a from th e hills, and after havin g bee n carrie d to camp and hi s injuries attended t o h e talked freely . Th e party ha d numbered fifty nieu , an d had bee n working fo- two weeks whe n w e appeare d The leader had bee n told ol tn e existence o l a cavern uuder th e ruins of th e tcuvde, au d they had labored hard in thei r efforts to secure it . As w e afterward saw for ourselves they had moved at lea->t a thousand tons ol debris before openin g the civern. Theit appliance s were of th e rudest sort, and ever y thin g had been accomplished by main strength. During th e period of their labor s five ot th e party hid died of snak e bites au d tw o had bee n kille d i n tnoviug the blocks . The caver n was .found th e day before the s>ldier s came, au d in opening it this native bad bee n hurt. His friends had deliberatel y abandone d him, but h e bore them no grudge. 0. i the contrary, he wa s highly gratifie I t o know that the treasure had escape d th e English. Whe n aske d a s t o it s value his eyes sparkled au d h e auswered - \Sahib there wer e millions! Over thirt y me n had each a heavy load mad e ready t o carry whe n I faiuted away . It would hav e mad e a hundred English men rich lor life! \ We found the caver n t o b e a room eight feet long, si x broal and ten high. I t ha d been swep t clean. Tne native said i t wa s nearly full o f gold an d silver aud plate and jewelry . I f so , the gross value wa s a tremendou s big sum , an d the fellow s must have node two or three trip s o f it to carry everything away — New York Su n First Woman in the Treasury. One o f the first women who was as- sigued work in th e Treasury Buildin g was a colored wom-m , Sophie Holme s by name, writes Mury S Loc'.iwood i n the Chautauqum. One niga t whe n Sophie was sweepin g the refuse papers in he r room sh e found a box o f greenbacks tna t bai bein cut , counted an d packe d t o transfe r to th o vaults an d had been accidentally over looked. She di d no t dare call tho watchman for fear h e woul d bo tempted beyon d re sistanc e Sh e though t o f her four small children at hom e alone , with no on e to had a ba d bruis e o n th e shoulde r t o prov e !inu \ we K ot m tllrcu snots apiece before ! give tbe m their suppe r or pu t the m tc the latter statement \ \ hile the mos t intelligent natives o f Indi a ac e ful l o l superstition , th e common villager s an d farmer s ar e s o thoroughly imbued wit h it tha t signs and dream s guide most of their dail y transactions . The commis sio n was headed b y a n Englishman name d Gran t of th e civi l service The secon d wa s a M r Artwell of th e same branch , and the thir d a Mr . Martin, who was a civi l engineer . With them , a s sccrehiry and clerk , was a young man name d Thnmas->ou Littl e attentio n wa s paid t o th o stories of th e villager* , an d next daj wo moved ove r an d camped in a grove on the stream , abou t half a mil e above th e bead o f the <!e'olated town The site was covered with shrubs anil grass and the smoke obscaied it . \We've riddle d one of them, any ho w ! \ chuckled Grant , as w e waited for the smoke tn clear , but a minut e later, when i t had floated away, tho llgure wa s not to b e seen. We had fired poin t blan k a t a distance of eightee n or tweuty teet, and it wa s absur d t o suppose that all lifteon bullets ha d intssed. \Aud how d o you account for that!\ [ asked, a s I felt m y hair trying to clim b up •'It's one of Ihoir conjurin g tricks, \ answere d th e engineer , \and was pretty well worked I've see n strangor thing s than that. W e ha d bes t get ou t o f thi s at once I\ We were hardly off th o blocks before a rook weighing at least twent y pound s vines , an d hero an d there wer e grove s ol i crashe d down turoiigh th e tree tops an d young trees. \' o tigers ha d been seen fell whero w e had bee n sitting . Ten in tha t neighborhood for years, but the seconds earlier would hav e resulted in plac e looked like a paradise fo r panthers , I on e death a t least. As we mad e our way wolves, hyenas and serpents . The tow n ! alon g I asked th e euginee r ho w suc h a I bed, bu t the one dut y that stared her i n , the fac e wa s t o protect that money . Sh e sa t down upon th e box an d quietly waited for the hours t o go oy. At 1 o'clock in th e morning sh o heard th e shufrliug step o f Genera l Spinner in the corridor, an d hear d him open th o door to his room She quietl y slipped along th e corridor, knocked a t his door and tol d hi m wna t sh e had found . The General ha d th e box ta'jeu to his room an d sent Sophi e home i n his car- I riagc . Th e next morning when she ro- | turned sh e found th e Genera l still kee p ! ing guard . Tha t night he sen t for hot 1 and place d in her han d he r appointmen t I papers , give n for honesty , and for thirty J year s sh e has earned and drawn her $5'J I pe r month. I Fifty thousand dollar s wa s in this box. At another tuuo she foun d $80,- 000, for whic h tho testimony ca n be seen I over General Spinner's owu hundwrit- I ing. had extended alon g th e bank o f the strea m fo r a mil e and a hal f Tha t evening, wui:e w e were settling dowu in our new quarters , a numbe r o f stones Irom some unsee n assailants were sud denl y thrown with great force a t one of ; were on the open plain th e native s who ha d strayed oeyond th e , \ I'ne temp' e is ou r objectiv e point, \ limns o f th e camp, hittin g him o n the ' e x ilaine d Mr Grant, \and it's n o us e hea d an d renderin g hi m insensibl e for i pushing through thes e ruins to ge t there, several minutes. T.i e missile s ea.ne We'll tro do.v n opposit e au d tnea strike rock could have bee n heave d into th e air to fall with such cxactuess , but he coul d not explain, lust e id o f pushin g to th e ' templ e we no w made ou r wa y to th e i righ t t o got ou t of th e ruius, and soo n Irom a thicket between us and the tir»t ruins of th e town, aud alter wc had located th e direction we tned a volley from our guu> and put an end to the dis turbance, lhe native servants were thrown into a state of great cousterui- tion, believiu',' and arguing that our presence had oileuded the spirits keep ing guard over the ruins, and but for Sir Giant's threats the ciowd would have bolted and left us. \I think I can --ee iuto this business,\ he e\pl.i.u.'d to us nfcer the seivants had juieted down. \ These ruins have eithei been taken possession of by it baud of robbers or there is u party tiere hunting for treasure. In cither case our presence is undesirable, and that deiU'Uistration was to drive us away We'll tr>- tn make it a bad job for them, whoever they are ' iu. Now loo k at that , wil l you? \ About 10U feet away from us an d righ t i n ou r course wa s a bushy-toppe d tree about thirty feet high There wa s oaiy a light air stirriug, au d ye t the to p of th e tre e wa s waving t o an d fro as if in a heavy gale . W e slowl y advance d until we stood a t th e loot of the tree. I had expected to se e a nativ e up there, but nothing wa s i n sight. Whil e we stoo d there th e tree continued its antics, and none o f us were shar p enoug h to solve the mystery . \It's jus t a trick t o scare us off,\ said ' Mr. Grant , \and we'll se e more of them | before we re throug l How they do these things I can't preten d to say, bu t • they ar e don e for effect an d woul d nighteii a nativ e ou t o f hi s senses. We must push alon g an d no t min d them.\ Opposite th e ruius o f th e templo w e . > The explanation wa s a reasonabl e one , entere d th e thicke t agaiu, Mr. Grant; aud when 1 usno d th e gentleman if a \''ading am i th e ies t lollowing in Indian | rui n as ol d a3 thi s ever yielded up treas- li'u. We ha d no t advauced a hundre d | urc, h e replie d t leet w ! eu w o heard sob3 an d inoans from | \Bless you, yes' It ha s been my luck both sides ol us, an d on o woul d hav e | A Strange March to the Sea . j At irregular intervals o f to n or fifteen 1 year s a might y army appear s i n parts o f ' Northern Europe—such ns Lapland , Nor- I way au d Sweden—coming s o mysteri ousl y tnat it i s regarded a s having rained ' fro m th e clouds. I t consists of vast j hordes of little, dark, mouso-lik e ani mals tha t travel in a straight line, at- ' tacking any enem y i n their path , cross- ' ing lake s and rivers, and turning asi i e , only for a smooth perpendicula r wall or 1 rock. They devou r vegetation gener ally , utterly devastatin g the countr y over I which they pass Theso creatures are I lemmings, wliich have increase d to enor mous numbers, until seemingly made I desperate by hunger , they lcivc their usual haunts, and , preye d upou by bird, ! beas t an d fish, wit u constantly thinnin g raulcs, make their irresistibl e march J acros s th e land, t o en d usuall y in almost , tocal nuniliilatiou iu th e sci. Th e lea rning is scarcely si x inches long, ye t eve n i n it s forest hom e it fiercely dispute s th e passag e o f ma u or dog. I t belong s to the same su b family o f rodents as th e vole , or short-tailed Held mouse, w'uicli has cause d great destructio n i n Scotlan d during th e present year, aud whic h is sai o t o exis t in greater numbers than an y other mamma l in Europe, Asi a an d America.—Trenton (N J.) American . t o b e on tw o jobs us old as this, i sworn that a dozjn women were wan- It a tribal wa r depopulated thi s town, then mor e or Iu->s treasure was hidden away becaus e it coul d no t b e carrie d off. If a plagu e appealed, then those who hurrie d awn ^ thought onl y o f savin g thei r lives , an d too k little o r nothing with them Somewhere in o r abou t that temp' e v,, uc pretty >U.L oi Uudiug a plan t worth picking u p \ He wa s still talking when queer light s denng about in distress. Th o sound s I appeare d quit e clo«e to us , but ye t we coutd no t deter*, th e presenc e of a huma n I being . All of a su lden, a s w e contin - : ued t o push ahead , th e thicke t echoe d such screams an d shriek s that m y knee s | gav e out and I ha d t o clutc h a limb t o suppor t ii.o I expected to be ridicule d j for my exnibit, bu t th o others came to a ! halt with serious faces, and th e ongince r appeare d a t interval s among the shrub- said bery , and strange , wil d crie s wer e I \I'm blesse d if the sounds don't give hear d fro m amcug th e ruins. The un- \ m e a chill, .though I know it's all a tiye s fell dowu and covere d thei r heads | blooming trick of the gang to kee p us with cloth-, to o frightene d t o even cry out . There mus t b e u lo t o f the follows out, bu t th e Commissione r calmly co n tinucd - \You have been wondering bow i t came about tha t such treasures were left undisturbed so long Her e i s the ex planatio n a t hand Suc h survivors as knew of it s existence feared to return . No nativ e o f India would give au Eu, lishma n a pointer o n treasure. We hav e gathered i n plenty o f loo t since th o mutiny, but never with their assistance . 'They cull i t robbing the dead. If th e part y ther e ar c after th e treasur e they belong to some cla n u p amoug th e mountains. They ro b eac h other' s ruins, •but neve r thc. r unn.\ By an d b y th e light s disappeare d an d silenc e reigne d ove r th e ruins and we turned i n again. Soon after daylight •came on e of the natives , who had no w recovered a portion o f his natura l cour age, inspected the shrubber y and found plenty of evidence tha t i t had been oo - in there.\ \And I' m thinking i t would h e a wis e thin g t o send down for mor e help, \ ad de d Mr . Grunt. \Good Lord! bu t se e tuat! \ A block o f stone which seomcd to b e four fee t long , a foo t thic k and three leet wide wa s lyin g in th e grass withi n four feet o f us a s we stood i n a group . This block suddenl y stood o n end , rose iuto the ai r fully si x feet , an d then fell to the earth with a ja r which made i thing s tremble. I tell you simply what ( live o f u s saw or thought we saw . What coit o l juggler y it wa s I don' t pretend t o , »ay, bin ii wa s juggler y o f som e sort, of I course. Directl y after th e stone (ell four or live larg e pieces of roc k came crash in g about ou r cars, and n o on o hesitated to beat a speedy retreat. \I'm not runnin g fro m their tricks, \ said Grant a s wc bonde d fo r camp , \but I'm satisfied they arc a largo party and AU About the C.iuliflotvar. Cauliflower is grown and it s seed i3 saved very muc h as i s cabbage. Only tue pick heads shoul d b e set apart for thi s use , aud a s our correspondent is a grower of this tine vegetable h e know s tha t it s perfection calls fo r very rich soil . The time at which seed iipeu s varie3, of course, with the kind, bu t when th e seed is ripe i t should b e stored in a plac e free from dampness or dr y heat. The seed proper should dul y b e taken ou t of the hulls o r pods in which i t i s produced . We need hardl y ad d here tha t both the cauliflowe r an d cab bage trace to a common source , th e Brassic a olerucca of th e botanists ; an d this account s for th e fac t that thoy pros pe r under , indeed require , a common treatment.—Courier-Journal . Railroad Curiosities. If al l tho locomotive s in the United States wcro coupled together the y woul d make a train of solid iro n and steel 300 miles long. Add th e passenger cars an d we would have 300 mile s more of woo d and iron . This woul d give u s a giganti c passenge r train GOUniiles i n length, count ing both engines an d cars . Shoul d w e want a hug e \mixed\ train we might ad d the \box \flat an d every other kin d o f freigh t car, and ou r train would the n have a total length o f over 7000 miles. The passenger cars i n thi s gigantic train would bo capable of seating 1,500,000 people, an d upon th e freight cars coul d be loaded th e weigh t o f tho pyramid s of Egypt and all th e Stat e capitol s of th e United States besides. -Courier-Journal. A POLYGLOT CITY- BOX BAY AXD ITS PROMINENT TU Tcorlc Vrom All Parts o f the World Study I n Varied Humanity —Women \Weighed Down With Jewelry. ^ O M B A Y, w- r i t c s Winslow Anderson in th e Sa n Francisco Chrouiclc , i s one o f th e chie f citie s i n India , au d fo r beauty of scenery , a s well a s commercial a d v a n- >S ^_. N .j . tages , i t i s unsur- •feiPS :j ^j ^L ^situared on one of tho f many island s that < u<\ s> '•< nl30llnd on the In - KV ^^I^y^' dimi coast of tli\ Ara- v.\^ -i bian Sea , having a n area of abou t twenty-two squar e miles. The front of th e city onens on a wide harbor which is studded with islands and jutting promontories , triving secur e shel ter t o th e fleets of merchantmen. Bombay ha s a storm y history . I t was th e earliest settlemen t o f th e British i n Indi a The island was ceded to the English crow n in 1G6 I a s par t o f the dowry of th e infant Catharin e o f Portu- 2al o n he r marriag e with Charle s II . In lGCSitwas grante d to th e East lodin Company, and i a 1773 Bombay Island was place d i n a positio n of qualifie d de pendence unde r th e Governo r o f BeDgal an d Calcutta It is now th e scat o f one o f th e greates t presidencie s o f tho Em- of publi c bathing perfor m their ablution- clothing. After each rub cocoanut oi l into thei r and bodies. This prevents the fro m becoming to o dry and crack - A WATER CAnniF.U. ing , as i t otherwise would i n the tropica l sun. Al l their burdeus ar c carried on their heads , while thei r babies ar e carried astrid e thei r sides , a s most Orientals do. All kinds o f work ar e per formed in the simplest possibl e manner. Ric e end corn ar e ground between two stones , th o upper one , with a handlo near th e edge, is revolved on the lower ouc , which i s stationary. A small hol o in th e centr e admits the grain. One o r two women turn this origina l grist mill for hours and so make flour. The bak- ONE Of TOE niNDOO TEMPLES AT BOMBAV. pir e o f India . Prior t o th e English oc cupatio n it was unde r Portuguese and Dutch an d nativ e rules, and many a fierce battl e ha s bee n fought fo r it s possessio n Bombny is now a thrivin g city of nearl y on e millio n souls , an d one bear s mor e strang e tongue s spoken ther e than in an y othe r place iu th e world. It s temperatur e range s from seventy-fiv e de gree s Farcnhei t to 11 5 degrees , with from seventy t o 300 inche s o f rain \early, and a dnily tid e of from fourtee n t o seventeen feet The cit y is handsomely lai d out and bo s many magnificen t temples, mosques, palace s an d public an d private buildings. What intereste d u s most, bowc7er. wer e th e nativ e quarters . The street s are narrow an d tortuous , although I am boun d t o sa y they ar c cleane r than thos e of Sa n Francisco . The houses are picturesqu e in th e extreme, with a profusio n o t fine sculpturing , project ing stories , curiou s ba y windows and oozy , sunn y nook s lattice d au d matted, without window glass , where the fair daughters of Indi a ma y b e see u basking in the tropical su n without much more clothing o n them than a strin g o f pearl s for a waistband . 'lher e are mosque s an d Hindoo temple s grotesquel y carved an d gaudily painted , bu t o f all, th e street scenes, with thei r throng s o f peopl e and side shows an d by-plays , are th e mos t inter esting. Her e the tid e o f Asiatic humanity ebb s an d flows in ceaseles s streams . Nowhere, excepting perhaps i n Constantinople , ca n one se e livelie r hues an d gayer display s o f humanity o r a busie r throng o f cit y life Here they are coming an d going i n endles s crowds, Hindoo, Guzerati an d Maratha . Here ca n b e studie d th e brightes t and dark es t specimens o l ever y clime—Arabs fro m Muscat , Persian s tro m tho Gulf , Afghans fro m th e norther n frontier , blac k an d shagay Beluchis , negroes fro m Zanzibar , islander s fro m th e Maldives and Laccadivos , Malagashcs , Malay s and Chinese , Parsis , Jews, Lasca r fishermen, Rajpoots, Fakirs, Sepoys, Sahibs and Europeans— many of them i n ga y dresses o r clothes o f brilliant hues . The Indiau lady is loade d down with silve r and gold jewelr y and precious gems Her ear s have many ring s in them, some so large thai the y reac h he r shoulders . Next comes th e nose , with ring s larg e enough fo r a bracelet. Occasionally in g is equall y crude. The flour is mixed into a batte r with wate r and put o n hot ashes to bake. This i s th e whol e process . A fermented liquor is mad e from the juice o f th o palm tree . I t is mixe d with water and allowed t o stand in the sun; fermentatio n takes place, an d alcohol and carbonic acid gu s is the product . This dilute d with water is the National drink, and is known a s \toddy from the name o f the palm— the palmyra—aud ca n easily produce in toxication . It is a sweetened alcohol, water an d carbonic aci d gas mixture o f rather a pleasan t taste . As a rul e the Hindoo s aro a temperat e people One migh t travel in India for a month and never se e a n intoxicated person , fo r tod d y if prohibite d by thoir scriptures . sU*\ nAi n DUESSINO ON TH E SIDEWALK. the lip s are also ornamented. Then she baa several necklace s o f costl y pearls , armicts , wristlet s and anklets and in numerable ring s o n mo3t o f th e fingers and toes, including th e thumbs and great toes . An India n lady's jewelry was weighed o n one occasio n and it was foun d t o turn th o scales a t thirty-five pounds. The conventiona l dress for ladie s con sist s o f a piec e of sil k o r gorgeously colore d cotto n abou t five yard s long and a hal t a yard wide. This i s wrapped about tb o body. The men have much less cumbrous clothing . Shoes they seldom troubl e about . There ar a scores niOn CASTE BRAHMIN OIBI,. Th o barbe r shops i n India ar o ex tremely simple. A mat i s sprea d on the road anywhere under a tree o r i n a shady nook . Tho barber always carrie s his razor an d a pai r o f scissors with him. A small jug o f water i s obtained from th o nearest pool , and this with a littl e palm oil constitute s the barber' s armamen tarium. The person t o b e shaved sit s down o n his haunches on ono side of the mat an d th e barbe r on th e other. Oi l i s rubbed int o the hai r an d beard , and the rnzor applied . Priests are shaved clean, head and beard, one o r more times each week. Th o water-carrie r i s another cutious person i n India. He tills a goat or pig skin a t th e nearest poo l o r river , slings it across hi s shoulder an d supplies wate r for drinkin g and cooking, fo r watering tho garde n and fo r sprinkling the streets . Crude as thi s method may seem, the streets are better sprinkled than those of San Francisco . Th o pictur e shows a water-carrie r giv in g a ma n a drink. Cup s ar e not used for drinking , as one cast e could not drink ou t o f the same cup that another caste dran k from, so th e hand i s held to the mout h and water allowed t o ru n in to it an d the mouth by the very simple process of gravitation. Th e peopl e o f India are a s simple- minde d an d a s trusting a s children, pro vidin g on e knows how t o take them. Le t the m once be deceived and they never trust that individual again. In man y ways the English have accom plished wonders in India in railroading, commerc e and government, but they have also taught the peopl e not t o place too much trus t in thei r fello w men. The whit e ma n has robbed and swindled these poor simple minded children o f the tropics t o such an extent tha t the Indian is now fully equipped with falsehoods ana deceit, and can nerer be robed upon in a th o Thoy a value o f thei i wares, show you on e sampl o and sell yo u a much cheape r ono . The rule now in India i s t o offer one-fifth or one-quartet what they as k fo r everything , and yet the moment an India n is mad e t o under stan d that you arc his friend and wan l to pay him th o correc t prico fo r an ar ticle and tha t you do no t wan t t o swin dle him, that moment he become s a t con fiding and gentle minded as a child . Tho people o f India aro ver y relig ious . They wil l die , if need be , for thei r ancient beliefs . Thei r domesti c life is simple, loving an d virtuous. Man y o f them practic e polygam y becaus e i t is thei r religion . Many of the m marry a pluralit y of wives until the y are blesse d with a male heir , becaus e h o i s the only ono tha t ca n secure the m a proper burial . They are exceedingl y kind to thei r childre n and their household. Their uniform gentlenes s an d kindness to all animal s an d livin g being s excited our highest admiratio n an d praise. Tliej neve r ea t anima l food , because does it no t necessitat e th e taking of life? And who is ther e i n all Indi a that dare tak e away tha t which h e canno t give ? To OniNDING BICE. tak e away on o holy , precious life that only Lord Brahma—the Great Creator of all things—can bestow ? The Motlcrn Thumb-Ring. One o f tho representative women o f tho day read a ver y clever paper in New York befor e tha t intellectua l body o f women known t o th o worl d as Sorosis . Ther e was n o newspape r report o f he r intellectua l effort given for th e benefit o f th e great world of women outsid e o f Sorosia, but we or e told with minute detai l tha t \a jeweled thumb-rin g flashed on th e hand that hel d th e manu script , and tha t th e jewel s wer e se t thickly i n th e ban d and were o f larg e size and grea t brilliancy. \ I t is a fac t that a practice which originated with kings o f th o Oricu t is being monopolized b y tho queen s of American society . Mrs . Charles II . Collis wear s a beautiful thumb-rin g se t with sapphire s an d diamonds . Ell a Wheeler Wilcox who writos s o pathet ically o f th o \narrow aisles o f pain,\ wear s a thumb-ring set with diamonds. S o also does th e quee n of th e comi c op era stage, Lillia n Russell . Ella Procto r Otis ha s thre e thumb rings, ono se t with bi g diamonds, and another se t with rubie s and diamonds, an d th e third , t 110.MAN THUMB lUN'G. quain t old rin g of Persian origin . A few men—among them Edmund Russell , tho Dclsartca n apostle , an d others who ought t o know better—wea r thumb- rings . The custom originated with th e signe t rin g o f a king. Th e thumb , be ing the stronges t o f th e fingers, was used t o seal documents of royal signifi cance . As it i s wor n no w tho thumb- rin g is merel y a bauble.—Detroi t Fre e Press . Snced o f Fish . Now tho t every effort is bein g made to increas e th e spee d of ocean steamcre i t is interestin g to know th e spee d wit h which different fish ca n pass throug h th e water . For long distanc e swimming th e shar k may b e said to hol d th e record, as h e ca n outstri p th e swiftest ships, ap parentl y without effort, swimming and playing aroun d them , and ever o n th o lookout fo r prey . Any huma n being falling overboar d i n shark frequentpd water s ha s very little chauco to escape , s o rapi d is th e actio n of tho shark, th o monste r o f th e deep. The dolphin , an othe r fast swimming fish, is credite d with a speed o f considerabl e over twenty mile s a n hour . For shor t distances th e salmo n can outstri p ever y other fish, ac complishing it s twenty-fiv e miles a n hou r with ease . Tho Spanis h mackerel is one of the fastest of foo d fishes, and cut s the wate r like a yacht. Predatory fishes ar e generall y th e fastest swimmers.—Indus trial World. Not Fond o f Freaks. •'You are th e onl y girl I ever loved.\ \Then we would better part— I don' t want t o marr y a freak.\—Life. Successive generation s of th e Allin famil y o f llarrodsburg , Ky., have bee n in office continuousl y as Circuit o r Count y Cler k sinc e 1786. The idea o f ferryin g loaded freigh t cars acros s Lake Michiga n is soo n t o b o pu t into practice . Tho damage cause d b y th o recen t Western floods is estimate d at something ove r S20.000.000. That Silver Tube. is th e i i n New Yor k City. Minni e has lung s like an d sh e uses the m t o breathe , too; bu t th e airis brough t t o them neithe r throug h ' th e mout h no r nostrils, a s i n other horses, bu t through a silve r tube . Minni e ha s been very asthmatic , an d with the ordinary mode o f breathing , th e doctor said, her deat h was a question of bu t week s or days. To sav e her, for Minni e wa s a good , powerfu l and gentle mare, her owners, F. A. Seagris t & Co. , consented that an operation b e performed on her throat. Accordingly Vetinary Surgeon James Hamil wa s called ia about a year ag o and made a series o f incisions into tho throat and tracheal tube, and Minnie at onc e began t o breathe quite freely. But how t o keop ope n these sluices of respiration was th e nex t question. Fo r although in course of time th e apertures would heal an d cause n o pain, the dange r lay in thoir becomin g clogge d by impuritie s of th e atmosphere, as well as b y th e phleg m from th e horse's lungs After an unsuccessful trial o t several weeks Dr . Hamil hit upo n th e idea to in sert an irtibcial tracheal tub e of silver int o tho horse's gapin g wound This wa s done, and Minnie ha s sinc e ex perienced no inure inconvenienc e in breathin g than if sh e ha d never been afflicted with asthma The tube is a curiosity. Two crescent- shape d tubes, scooped ou t lik e a shoe horn, arc fitttd into each othe r in such a wa y that one tube passes int o the up per part ol the trachea, while th e other hang s down into the lower part. Th e parts of the instrument that are visible are the shank of the lager hor n (the shan k of the other beiu g insid e o f this) an d the tlat rouud disk s a t th e outer end s of the horns, snugly fitting against each other so that thev loo k like one 2. PKONT i IEW or Tnr. BiiEATnrxa KM- PAKATL'- * 3 . SIDE VIEW O K DOTH SECTIONS PLACED TOUF.TIIKH disk three inches in diameter , with a n aperture as big as a nickel , throug h whic h th e air is carried. Thi s instrument is take n ou t b y the stnblemau twice a day an d cleane d If this precaution were omitted fo r only a da y the accumulations woul d b e s o great that Minnie would be compelled to have recourse for breathing t o tha t suoer- numerar j organ, her nose —New York World . The Autlm r o f \America '•' The author of \America\ still lives, thoug h of all wh o sing or are thrilled by his beautiful lines no t on e i u a thousand knows aught of hi m Samuel Francis Smit h wa s born in Bosto n Octobe r 21, 1808 . an d wa s graduated from Harvard in 182!) an d from Andove r Theologica l Seminary in*1832 He preache d :n vari ous Baptist churches, wa s professor of moder n languages at Watervill e (now Colby) University, editor o l th e Cans - tian Revie w and other Baptis t publica tion s an d visitant of mission s in many parts o f th e world. Hi s famou s hymn beginnin g \M y country, 'tis o f thee, \ was written while he wa s a theological studen t and wa s first sung a t a children's celebration i n Boston , July 4, 1832. His missionary hymn , \Tue mornin g ligh t is breaking, \ wa s writte n for th e sam e occasion, ili s entire life has been give n to the ministry, .>nd until quite recently he preached almos t ever y Sab bath . He i s very earnest i n th e Baptist S F SMlTn faith, an d besides hi s miscellaneous works ha s written several volume s o n th e wor k o f that denomination.—Mail and Express . Platfor m scales were th e iuventio n of Thaddeu s Fairbanks, i n 1831. Presiden t Harrison receives hi s salary i n monthl y ir.«talltncnts.
