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 'f^^w^^-'^m^^^f^^^^^ww^W^^^^^^^^^'^r^^^ r^'lifviiifF'i"'^^"" -f ' shore. of'32««C gravelling i?dli:?«ti â- em from goU-T?" «« (--•tain tiSVtt^^ fiu never be^l5*'l iBmano Fanerai ».,. I e««*e «, the rC^S^'" case of what is sn^^ nimation ha«"'d^vS'«« Mnn. A week ^^^ [fifteen months with a n " fciiles north of the oiZ .ixi her /usual gSdH^^ti bits. The iri^"^^ orepeate .ali:,' Tifjless m her bed.^J"" tnd her face exacSi pmg person. ThecoSi kd after investiga4°"tK bfohe supposed death, S 5cial inquiry -y^ ^^^^ suspicion of foul ]^l^^,/l which the young ladv LiSM kf though ^jfss^lS'S Ind had some property conJ *1 was to have occurred w d every prepa..tion was mad^ \hJ^^ " "'"' however, hat the remains hau not ben* "' thoucrh they were kept ml and were not packed in i« a wonderfully lifelike ap« iVfter observing these ands ' was decided to pospone something developed. Atpri y lies in an uachangedoonditiol aker has made thorough testt at no decomposition has take externally Or internally, andk t the stra-gest case that he 1 n in his long experience in 86a e thinks that the young ladyj ;he health oihcer concurs in hi 1 the other hand, decompositio] iab:y begins within forty-eig3 death at the utmost, even wh^ vcpt in a cold room. This boi d in a heated room for a weelj changed in the least duringtha face resembles that of a sleepiji- looks perfectly lifelike, exepi ite pale. The hr -9 where thi is crowded every y by cnrion The family of which the yoM nemljer is agitated by the moi jrtainty, noc knowing whetha or aiiva If it should prove I suspended animation, theyoui, hitve very narrowly escaped 1 ath either by the knife of th 1 examiaer or by being bariei Abstemionsness- 3o abstemiousness in the worlL t, like the thrift and absteml] the average native of Indi ne among the working men he has raised .himself nearly 3, has stripped himself ofaUth( X of luxury. Millions of men ii" ;ially on the richer soils andi dtas, live, marry, and rear a] althy children ujjon an incom( when the wife works, is rarelj Week and frequently sinks U Indian is enabled to do thisnoi ly the cheapness of foodâ€" forJ cheap, a p]aropean who ate th^ ould want five times the monei feed himself â€" as by a habit oj 1 makes him independent of thr esof mankind. Hegoesnearl] pthes, gives his children none, his wife in a long piece of th« led muslin. Neither he nor 'iM li'or or milliner one shilling dnrj ;ire lives, nor do they ever pnr es or thread, which, indeed, if :o a semi-religious etiquette evel e poorer peasant inhabits » nai a single covered room oftM 9, with an earthern platform 01 it and as he constructs and re- n dwelling he virtually pajs t for the eulturable land. es alcohol or any substitute » is an idea in England thatne or hemp; but he, aa a rmc itherâ€" firstly, because he regari â- s much moral antipathy « tleman, and secondly, h***,^! }t by any possibility P*? ' ch in India, as everywhere a» igly expensive. He ®*"*^J jat, nor any animal fat, nor J rain like good wheat; butuj • small rice, a little â„¢"'*^.| rom the milk, and the J^ ,s. Even of these he eats mot* lan the poorest Tuscan. ^P\A hap^, he will eat enough, dn^ 1, but as a rule te knows «^l will sustain him, and ^P^j^ th the wife who 5«?^ ,„ thii red more. He is «l"rt«h»rt a religious rule w^^ich we Hindo break, and r^'f'^i like the rule against Ki^ I ival from a military law or most remote antiquity. d(^| atusâ€" "No, Jiah. "** ible enough.' titios of more » "^ILd#»w I ance to bo nuudrw**** I hC. â-  -^SEHOLD. Brotterless Girls- A » at the dining table in a irlffho. indifference 'itena"" with cast-iron of observers, was carrying flirtation with the commer- her «We. "Poor girl." inn " probably she has no ^^'"?PS'belief is that she has no ^- tl^re «e mothers silly enough to â- S .^^'ZZ their daughters misbe- V'^ln to smile complacently upon Crier, "f "'I vet knew of a brother who s toll â- "-„,.«* aeaicst 'the spectacle of i cot F" test agaiB phrase ' Vn,j what in his honest, down- â- ^ he would call, a complete fool i'i^^- Ao^\ of sentiment has been written I i ?**' • Tr's influence. Let ua glance bMket with the ohiekm Mid fry, takina oat ib^^.?^ PlMethe«rbitaofoon BATTLDTG WITH A SEA MOIBTEB. .-I a siswr- Tk at that .ideal of sen ;re»tce»,_ jnfl qualiy admirable force, a pf » 'Ks first to strike the disinter- Ijefac^'^*;, brothers, as a class, is that ""^CeBse about them. They are "iTpt to say what they think and Ik in a matter of fact way. No "^â- " nt can carry quite as much value 'P( of it as the compliment a man "^, to his sister. Your father and «l»yP?^'h„nd are naturally prone to ex- i;"",^, charms, and a chance ac- V merely wish to make hun- *°"°"hfe bit a word of commendation r Jr brother means what he says, and Ki a great deal more,for.the f Srother is chary of praise and given Ker 8tatemen: when expressing aamir- â- â€¢hil sister. So when your brother "„ that vour performance is not half .;â-  that you look fair to middling, or 'â- ^id^ei will do,or that he is glad t ttknow how to behave yourseh, you f -^ be tolerably certain that m ^â- th«e points you are above h Also it must be conaid- !u mark of high appreciation for a man Shis tall sister that he hates a dumpy tl or his short one that he can t bear wdk' beside a giraffe, or his thm one that 1 pity some fat girl of their acquaint- fcU as shapeless as a bag of salt, or his lone that it's a comfort to see one wo- a, who doesn't look as though she were iLs hungry and cold. For myself I nev- ff weary of the compliment to my compan- rfeness conveyed in the oft repeated of that member of the family is said to be wedded to his sia- 1 "Oh don't bring out your writing to- Isil;; this is the first long talk we've had i.jir " Ia brotherless girl may have a languid L J simpering expression and the habit of CizloBg words where sh( 1 1 ones would be Erter, but any one who can boast of from m to eight brothers is sure to have her lit- affectations well weeded out. The girl lilose brother is one of her best friends will ...oake eyes nor drawl, nor give her pho- lt;faph to an acquaintance of yesterday, answer advertisements whose object is limtual improvement." She will under- Imd that there are some sorts of innocent Ijailina slang that ought never to be used, lEiiie will remember that the women who liiiii to retain the reverence of men should licide how little slang they can possibly Ip along with and not use a quarter of that. lie will learn that men, good and bad alike, Ijat a silly woman civilly to her face and Imomce her an awful goose behind her link that nobody has a profound regard la iwful geese except the men who marry lieiii,and that even they â€" well, we will In: go farther into the subject, but at any Iste they find oat a great deal of which the Intlierless girl knows nothing at all. i great deal is written about selfish and litpravedboys who-are ruined for life by the lijiiiicions fondling received from their liothers and sisters, and it may be that, to a IBitith of naturally evil --idencies, petting I iDil adulation are almost as bad as snubbing lied scolding, but even a bad boy has a Itrong sense of justice, a love of fair play Ittd a willingness to stand up for those who land up for him. Any girl who really in- |iretaherself in her tenor twelve or four- '«year old brother, who acquaints her- ewith his ideas, further his plans, shows â- Jit slie takes a genuine pleasure in his "•iety, will find not only that her influence Whim is daily increasing, but also that â- ^tlijlesome, practical and sensible way looking at things is a decided benefit to ft, crewn nnce over aU, gvmh with ~8»i« d panky and mm very hot. SwMT Potato CBOQcmrM.â€" One iniit hot maahed pototoes add oii«-qnarter cup â„¢rrV ,/*^J*"P°"" butter, one teaspoon ' '^«-}^«PoaD pepper and one beaten egg. RoU in crumbe, egg and cmmbs and tigr m hot fat The amount of milk requir- ed will vary with the potatoes used, some being much more mr iat than others. Make the mixture just stiff enough to mould, the softer the better. The egg is used to bind the croquettes together and may be omitted if the mixture holds well without. In white potato croquettes the etrg gives a yel- low color which is not desirable, and in these the whites only may be used. If a large spoonful of the mixture is used for each the size will be uniform. Roll lightly into shape and roll in cracker crumbs, beaten egg and crumbs again, and fry in a frying basket in deep pot hot enough to brown a bit of bread while one counts 40. Cracker meal may be used tor these or crackers can be pounded and sifted at home if no cracker meal is at hand. White Cbeah Pie.â€" Half cup butter, IJ cup sugar, l^cup milk l^cup com starch, 1^ cup flour, i teaspoonful soda, 1^ teaspoonful cream of tartar, vanilla, whites of 6 eggs. Mix in the order given, and bake in Wash- ington pie plates. Use pastry flour and sift the cream tartar and soda into it. The com starch makes the cake more delicate than all flour. Cream the butter with the hand or spoon, as preferred, warming the bowl a little at first. Add the sugar to the butter, fine granulated being used, as the heavy, coarse granulated would make the cake fall. Add the milk, then the flour and com starch, and beat all together. In beat- ing cake, the bowl should be tipped up on one side and the mixture beaten by strokes through it across the bowl that is, it must be beaten and not stirred. Separate the yolks and whites of the eggs and beat the batter to a stiff froth stir them into the cake mixture and put into the tins at once to bake. This will make two pies. Wiien the cakes are baked, about 20 minutes in a not very hot oven, turn out on a board ;put the whipped cream filling, whipped with a Dover egg beater, between the cakes and on the top and serve. For the filling, use one pint cream, whipped. Sweeten and flavor. Bie whiJing itflUMT Lisda N., Capt w est, wtuch haa been engaged in the fint»««fc whale fishery on the Eaatom coaat this aea- â- on, recently when about fifteen mQes eaat- â- mitheaat from Sequin Isluid, oft the coaat of naina, saw a large, lone whale of that spedeaand attempted its eaptnr*. A boat was lowered and manned with Capt West, his mate, and four seamen. Gapt. West, with a la^ heavy whale gun, in which was an explosive bcnnb lance, took the breach of the boat, while the mate steered. Upon approaching the whale it was seen that he would be an ugly customer to deal with, as â-  he showed no inclination to run, but kept slowly milling around, evidently waiting to be attacked. enterad amy irittit, aodiAidi I wdl Hia apftiu faam waa bonadlaaa. It •d doo M eaa to that aawTJng fertili^ and waiUh of idaM aad faalisR ftX diatiiq;iuah- ed hia ganina. â€" Ado^ltnaTroUopei. Practical Eecipes- uua Sauce for the Chicken. â€" Melt ptitablespoonfuls of butter, add two scant l«ltsp«oiifds of flour, pour on slowly one RSot white stock ;vui one cun milk. Sea- P'lAsait, pepper and celery salt. If I" stock just ma-ie from the rest of the ^*n is used skim off all the tat. Tissue ^ttw pieces of s'.f thrown paper, will ab-- ^ttiefat like a blotting paper. "iXloped Oysters.â€" One pint oysters .^*«d and drained, one-third cup melted â- '•«, one cup cracker crumbs moistened in jj^ â- "«' biutrf. Butter a dish, put in a ^_, ot tne crumbs, then oysters, season i^t and ptpper, repeat until all is â- ^ei Ti 'â„¢'" " ' ^° ^^ minutes in a hot -a-' "oysters are washed by pouring ^nem a half cup of water in order to re- i'C^ bits of shell and the liquor drain- .•^51 them 13 to bo used in moistening character ^^â- mmk Use a rather shallow dish and " i;j,"^|"'%er of crumbs thicker than WILD DOGS OP THE MOUNTADTS. Tanqnlshlng a Drove of Bears After a Ter- rible Battle. The writer has had occasion on one or two occasions prior to this to tell of the fierce na- ture and savage practices of the wild dogs which infest the mountains of the Upper Wind River. These dogs are not the com- mon wolf of the Western prairies and mountains. They are something far more powerful and dangerous. Several years since a male Scotch stag-hound and a female English buUdug ran away in company from Fort Washaike, made their home in the mountains, and these wild dogs of the Up- per Wind River are their savage offspring. With such ancestorship how can this wild offspring help being a canine terror To the speed and endurance of the Scotch staghound is mated the ferocity and tena- city of the English bulldog, and these wild dogs are evidently worthy in every way of their origin. Speedy, savage and stubborn, these animals are deterred by no pursuit, are restrained by no fear, and are daunted by no difficulties. They pursue, slay and devour such is the simplicity and efficiency of this native code of canine ethics. The latest exploit of these canine marauders of which we have any account is the destruc- tion of a small herd of bears. It appears that about two weeks ago about a dozen bears of the dreaded and large silver-tip variety came down from the surrounding mountains to enjoy themselves on the sunny slopes of the Warm Spring basin. In the course of the day these hears all got to- gether, and while thus massed were at- tacked by about one hundred of the wild dogs. The conflict was terrible. The bears fought with all the courage and ferocity for which the silver -tip is noted, but the mingl- ed strain of staghound and bulldog supplied a courage and ferocity greater still, and at the end of haU-au-hour every bear had died where he was brought to bay. The dogs suffered severely, twenty fave of their number perished in the fight. The survivors wasted little time, however, in mourning over their dead companions, but began at once on the banquet their own I â- -'Si. powers had' provided, and in' an hour from the time the combat ceased, only the clean When the boat was near enough to war- rant a shot, Capt. West fired the gun, but as the sea was rough the motion of the boat destroyed the accuracy of the aim. The whale Was badly wounded, but not in any vital part. The whale then made for the boat, and in passing under it struck it with his flukes, throwing it some thirty feet into the air with its crew, throwing the men out. As the boat descended the whaJe again struck it with his tail and completely demolished the boat, killing one of the crew, Jacob Klock, cutting him completely in two. The whale then commenced to bite and strike with his tail at the pieces of the boat, kill- ing two more men, Neil Olsen and Chris Johnson, who were supporting themselveson pieces of the wreck. While the whale was engaged in destroy- ing the boat Capt. West, the mate, and one man fortunately secured an oar apiece and swam a^ay from the placo. Oa board the steamer the mishap was seen. Another boat was lowered and the three men picked up and taken on board, much exhausted. No- thing daunted, Capt West resolved upon capturing the fish. Everything was got in readiness two guns were loaded, each with the explosive lance, Capt. West taking one and his mate the other, and, taking their positions on the bow of the steamer, word was given to go ahead. The whale in the mean time was lying still among the debris of the wrecked boat, occasionally throwing his flukes into the air. As the ship neared the monster he left the wrecked boat and made for the steamer with the evident intention of striking her on the port bow. By a quick turn of the rudder the steamer cleared him by a few feet, but with no chance for a shot. The whale then turned and again maAe for the steamer, coining down from the Windward for about midships of the vessel. Capt. West saw that the whale evidently in- tended to breach on to the vessel, and word was given to go ahead at full speed. So the whale reared its huge head and body into the air, the little steamer sprung ahead, and the whale fell into the water with a terrific noise, and just cleared the steamer's stem by a few feet. When the whale struck the water it made such a heavy swell that the men were unable to stand on the deck. See- ing that it was impossible to get a shot at the monster without great risk to the steam- er and crew, another plan was resorted to. ' A large, strong water cask, holding about 250 gallons, was emptied of its contents and then bunged tightly. The steamer was once more headed for the fighter, and as she ap- proached him he again came to the attack. The cask ivas thrown overboard to attract his attention and the vessel retreated to a safe distance. The whale instantly went for the cask, throwing it high in the air with his flakes, but such was its strength and buoyancy no damage was done to it. ' After several futile attempts to smash the cask with his flukes, he commenced to swim slowly around it occasionally striking it with hisheadand trying to bite it, evidently forgetful of the ship which was watching his every movement closely. This was Capt. West's chance, and silent- ly but swiftly the little steamer glided up behind him at a short distance from his tail, and before he was aware of its approach he received the contents of both of the whale guns, the bomb lances exploding in his lungs. The steamer sheered off to a place of safety, the whale forged ahead about KJO yards and commenced to break and lath the sea into foam in its frenzy and dying struggles, throwing high in air large quantities of blood showing that he had received his death wound. After about five minutes struggling he commenced to slowly mill around, and finally, giving one last breach into the air, came down on his side dead. The steamer then went along»ide and fast- ened to him with harpoons, and with strong ropes and chains secured him to the vessel, by which means he was towed into the har- bor where crowds collected to see the mon- I ' J 4.„i„+^ noTvf West on his skill SEVJBini FEET D0W9 A WELL. Uvm McslBC Two Daya amd a Hli^t (• Kes* erne a CfeUdâ€" Tee late t* SaTe lU Ule. As the infant child of tfy. Hickmeyer was playing in the yard of ita parents' resi- dence at ^Forest Grove, Kan., the other moming,it fell into a well. The well, like many in that country, had been formed of tubing, one foot in diameter at the top, and at a depth of eighty feet, where the child lodged, it contracts to eight inches. When the little one's cries were first heard it was thought to be only about thirty feet below the surface, and an effort to raise it caused it to slip down another fifty feet. At first it was expected that the chid was dead, but listening at the end of the tube its cries could be hfard, and in a short time a numb- er of neighbors had collected to assut in rescuing the infant, It was suggested to attach a hook to a rope and let it down, in the hope of its catching upon the child's clothes. The hook was let down and pulled up, but it brought up only blood and shreds of clothing. Then it was. determined to dig up the tubing, and a party of men set to work with a will. The little one's ubs were heard distinctly all of Thursday, but afterward they grew fainter and fainter. It was evident to many of the rescuers that life was extinct, but they were impelled on in their work by the frantic and almost in- sane pleadings of the mother, who had ever since tha accident refused rest and nourish- ment. The interest grew widespread, and there were accessions to the rescuing party from ail over the country. At 3 P. M. next day, when the party dug down seventy feet, the tubing was broken and the child taken out. The little form was badly lacerated by the hook which had been let down the well in the first attempt at rescue. The mother's grief was heartrending, and the workers, strong men accustomed to the rough ways of life on the frontier, who had labored almost constantly at the work of digging the hole beside the tubing, gave way completely. the time the comoat ceaseu, omjr vix^ v..~. coneratulate Capt. West on his skil to tell of the struggle to the death had taken place, and the savage feast which had followed it. The •' Lofely Maid."â€" We all know the tale of the Englisl_man ,nrold. who, straying to the island for a remained in it 40 years^ but the i;v i'tT '^.'^i-""C£S -Wash, wipe, pare and s»i3lT'^^*' '^^ ^^^ centres with sugar '^»at â-  ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^'^^ "g*"" '^^^^ °°° %, ^0 ""° ^^^ ^^^K cover and bake two ;^?*^ watch g^fmai'^ho^w^s-driven from -the Qnisisana Hotel by the coarse table manners of the British and their habit of putting their Sves in their mouths, is a less familiar character. This same German, during one of hTs first strolls in Capri, saw a beautiful °L, ?„ " nld costume of the island, bend- frightful precipice, ing the first one place. ever brought into that girl in the old costume Hurriedly his best German-Italian, with sugar and cream. the quinces, which will ine over the edge of „ ,„ leive th. d.ng.ro«. ^t. But the ml die " Trouble Enough. a (to Uncle Rastus, ,f»K'Jij^ ^hing)â€" "You dont loo» Rastus." ,^_„ii Mil- 1 3tu3-'« 'Deed I ain't w»^^l Msamerha'dworl'onapo" I ae." ^, {nasb 'I aâ€" "Put down that "\^^| rilgiveyouadropotw a jstus (gratefully)â€" -^"" I 'i!l..Have a Uttle trat« P Eeminiscences of Dickens, Dickens was only 33 when I first saw him, being just two years my junior. I have said what he appeared to me the i. As I knew him afterward, and to the end of his days, he was a strikingly manly man, not only m appearance, but in bearing. The lustrous brilliancy of his eyes was very strikmg. And I do not think that I have ever seen it noticed that those wonderful eyes which saw so much and so keenly were appreciably, though to a very slight degree,' near- sigh ted eyes Very few persons, even among those who knew him well, were aware of this, for Dickens never used a glass. But he continu ally exercised his vision by looking at dis- tant objects, and making them out as well as he could without any artificial assi8tan«». It was an instance of that force of wilTm him which compelled a natur^ly somewhat delicate frame to comport itself like that of 1 --i.i_i„ -M.. T?f.rBt«»r Homewhere savs 01 1 an athlete. Mr. Forster somewhere says ^^^%need^n .1 "l^"r^"' ^*^»«^T" the world, that Jo^. 'f ^9}^!^^^ ^o ^Procl^ *°°*^^" '"P °f ^ater dunng ' g^ould weary of life For, yes I â- C'^fo^the first cupful will boil i f"^!' ^^^r purpose, you seek to di. _. '^io^ 'w"^^* =*°dy unleM roplenished. Sealing with Motion the girl turned her ., Dickens's habixs wero ^^ -cooked in this wav resemble quince w?I,ide " Come," urged the German, ^^^^ ^^ „ot." This is entirely true causes ^f ^onT pray don't do it^ " At this the j „ {„ as my observation extends. Of the The ConntesB of Salisbniy. Loveliest of all these warrior ladies, and loveliest of all the stories of love and chiv- alry, is that of the beautiful Countess of Sal- isbury. She was besieged by the Scots in the Castle of Warkâ€" her husband being away on the King's wars, as we have seen. •• From the sweetness of her looks and the charm of being encouraged by so beautitul a lady one man, in time of neied, ought to be worth two, " says Froissart. AJid apparent- ly he was. "The Countess was as a kind of goddess to the men defendingher, and no one felt his service heavy or cared for his life other than as her shield and buckler. When they wanted a trusty messenger to go to King Edward at Berwick, " not one would agree to quit the defense of the castle or of the beautiful Lady in order to convey the message, and there was much strife among them. " At last Sir William Monta cute, the Captain, agreed to go. Passing safely through the Scottish camp on a wet night, when no one was about and the guard but ill kept, he met in the morning two Scots driving two oxen and a cow. He wounded the men severely and killed the cattle, so that they should not be taken to the camp, telling them to go and tell King David that William Montacute had passed through his army and had gone to seek for succor from the King of England, who was now at Berwick. When the King arrived and relieved them, he fell madly in love at sight with the beautiful Countess. He stood at the window, looking out abstracted and silent. The lady came 10 tell him that din- ner was served and in an»wef to her pray- er to know what was amiss, he declared his love and asked its reward. She denies him, beseeching him not to require her to dishonor her own body and her husband, " who is so valyant a knyght and hath done your Grace so good seruyce, and as yet lyeth iu prison for your quarell." Then she leaves him, but after a time returns, bringing with her two knights, and praying him to come to dinner, saying, " Sir, yf it please you to to come into the hall, your knyghtes abidetb for you to wasshe, ye have been so long fastynge. " On the second invitation he obeys, washes his hands, eats but little, and keeps si'ent. Oppressed and passion-tossed, he remains for the day and night, then leaves " to chase the Scots, " saying he will return. " My dear lady, " he says as hu goes, " to God I comende yon tyll I returne agayne, requiring you to aduyse you other- wise than you have saycd to me. " "Noble Prince, " quoth the lady, "God the Father glorious be your conduct and put you out of all vylayne thoughts. Sir, I am and euer shall be ready to do your Grace seruyce to your honour and to myne. " Therewith the King departed i all abashed. And, remem- bering him, in imitation of whose Round Table he had ordered his court and life, he conquered his passion as a noble man should when honour bids, and hia self-restraint graced her whom he had vainly tempted more than his love had don^. Misfortune. How sad that word sounds. If we did not even know its meaning it would almost make us shudder. When misfortune comes we have only one alternative. It either draws us to a higher plane of thought and nobler strength of character, or it hurls us out into the never forgetf ulness of despair. The first leads us gently, kindly, on as would the gray haired father lead an erring son after his first transgression. And the feeling of repentance and gratitude EDaTOjinBiMdL Tha Moaat aaaaf»: «r apfaid teadied alaTea from plantationa near SanCoa, in Brazil, hy a oonoerted atampade fw the denaa foreata, iUastMfeaa «b dement ia the emaac^atian ffMblem wfaioh haa perhapa hMiarto not baaa maub. counted npon. Bnt the incident ia hardly aapciifaig. The moment that the goTemment, under its revised emancipation law,doomad'sIavwy to abolition at a date wMch oonld practic- ally be determined by calcnlationa npon ita provisions, the power and prestige of tue institution were gone. The poaaibility of saving it having perished, nobody can have had very great intwest in prolonging ita existence, except for the purpose of getting the largest financial results out of it in the interval, whether by earlier or later emanci- pation. Bnt prolwbly little aocount waa taken of the fact that the troops and the policemen might hardly care to use extra efforts to bhoot down fugitives whose free- dom at an early day had been publicly de- clared to be the empire's aim and policy. This influence may have been visible in the comparative case with which the recent escape was effected, although troops «ere called out against the slaves, and there sesms to have been some exchange of shots. The full returns of the regutry of slaves ordered under the recent law of emancip j^^ion are not yet made known. But there is little doubt that their numbers have greatly de- creased of late. The two chief slaveholding provinces are Minas Geraes and Bio. The registry of 1872, which followed the first great abolition act of the preceding year, known as the Free Birth law, showed an aggregate of 712,475 slaves in these two provinces. According to the British Consul at Bio de Janeiro, in a recent Parliamentary document, the two provinces in 1885 contain- ed but 556,896 slaves. These, at least, were all that were registered, and any othenTare declared free by the law. In lome provinces there seems to have been a non-registry of not a few slaves for the purpose of emanci- pation. The many methods of reducing the number still existing, including the liber- ation of all who arrive or have arrived at a fixed age, the appropriation of larg" sums for purchasing liberations, 'and the fixing of prices at which slaves, or those interested in them, may buy their freedom, will make greater inroads upon che number of register- ed bondmen. In special communities local pride has taken the form of anticipating Gkvemment action for the emancipation ra' the slaves they contain, by purchases through private contributions. In such communities, also, as the number of slaves rapidly diminishes their owners find it harder to keep them, and apparently give them up at lower prices. It appears likely that luring the last days of slavery in Brazil the institution will go down with a rash, the prices falling rapidly, and every- body being willing to close tJl connection with the fated institution. With some ad- titional enterprise it might even ^be possible for Brazil to make universal liberty heJ^ contribution â€" and it would be the noblest of all â€" tfi the New World's celebration of the Columbus anniversary in 1892. The True Condition in Utah. The truth about Utah can be told in a very small space. Its condition can be sum- med up in a few words. In United States Marshel Dyer's office at Salt Lake City there are over sevien hundred indictments waiting to be served â€" all against Mormons who have violated the laws of the country and who are resisting those laws to their utmost efforts. The indictments are for polygamy and un- lawful cohabitation. They have not been served because the indicted parties are fugi- tives from justice, and they are not the com- mon scruff of Mormondom either not the uneducated Danes and Swedes who are brought into Utah in droves, but the cream of Mormon intelligence and the highest dig- nitaries of the church. Seven hundred of them under indictment and in hiding and the Marthal told me there were about one thousand more polygamists who were " on the underground, " as concealment is called, and who were dodging the law officers as vigorously as if they too were included in the hunt. FuUj fifteen hundred of the polygamic citizens of 'Utah, to state the fact mildly, arelresisting the laws of the land, and dare not' shew themselves in public for fear of ar- rest. At the lowest estimate there are 3,000 men in Utah who are living in polygamy, but nearly one half of this number are prac- tising the principal on the quiet and will not acknowledge that they have more than one wife or that they are living with more than one. same I ^setTp"""'""'" ^^ ^^^^ ^*V resemble quince closely r'nuTh* '",â- "••, •^"•' cores, pe. »% j^" ""oked in a little water. ri'P^es ;1ms of area's nice jelly may be made. ^r " " nice prepared in this way. ^4kte ^^^^^^^- Wipe, singe and cut ^Moii^jj, "" pieces ready for serving I -^m^. pepper; roll in crumbs, *d lerve • u ^^^ ^^^ ^°^ ^** ' " 5 rl in the same -^ th. I.*"" cream sauce and bacon. ' â-  ' •• parts, the breast, second robust,' but that wells from the heart of that boy, is ' duplicated by the unfortunate exile whose will bears him on ever in the right even in manner I despair of the face of scorn, or sympathy of the 'a^vTdla to those who have not seen world. To him misfortune is the solution u â„¢^ .irn This was a charm by no of a problem that nothing else would serve ' deSent on h^ ge'S^' He iight I but for him who sinks beneath tiie force of ha^eitheSeatwritfr he was and yet circmnstances very little can be promised. :^t?^tt^."ria"He_^about to ^l^U^e^ to ^attend Mm., His I K r...- "«•'• The cores, peelings, I ^^med hfrstreaming eyes full npon.him, ^^^^^^^ ^^arm of his te'^. fr^'^M^A starting up suddenly, answered,, The ^j^^g -^ went away G^n.an went aw»,^^«nng; ^^ i ^e:^de^denf on Ms^genim, He might the poor creatures me, jx^x saved when a behind ^ize her .•^i^«^s1r,'kl'^^ne side â€" him said rieaao ,^ t -rf ^-o an ?^Wk ^JS" "to the sauce. Have ^rtirti at hia easel behind a mg ^iu»?.'"'t thai, '-•â€" ' ' "" "" ,ugh was San for croquettes, arrange Q«nnan walked on. lw"»t iS.\?yâ„¢gl««ket and lower into lot the tKi/.i,.«.4. _s sj. _sii ti^ka i thin! was brimful of enjoyment. There was a peculiar humorous protest in it whra " reoounW or hearing anything specially ab- 1 Tl** SS^SCaaWho should aay, "Ton my soul, ihia ia too ridicnloua I S««irtt*'**.*'"*«t pieces it will take! «..„• of a man ander arreat â- *«Mt bacon into the frying addp»u» f« mwMf^ in FUl- Thia •llj bUJ^jd. f andboiatlng out aeah aa tiiovA ^^^ of tha ridioalona ovwrwhohned the aeL himlikaa tide. whidi oanifld aU hearata His eyes are blinded with the stifling hor- ror of his situation. His condition is truly, pitiable aU the more because he will never forget its cause. There are some things m life that we cannot forget because we tiy to, and per- hapa, because we should not A memory of a condition which rendered tiie oiaana of nund and aonl naeleaa will never be forgotten by any man or explain- ed, ornndentood. The Longest Bailroad- The Russian transport Russia, which lately arrived at Hong Kong, carried eleven engineers sent to survey a line of railroad sixty or seventy miles long from Viadivo- stock inland. This is to be the first link in the great trans Siberian road, which is to put St. Petersburg within fifteen days by raii of the Pacifi^o. The scheme is the most gigantic ia history, but not the most dif- ficult. The Siberian road will be twice as long as our Pacific lines, but instead of bringing a solitude to connect two. civiliza- tions, it will traverse a more or less settled country all the way. For the most part it will be laid in a plain, and the engineering difficulties will be prin-ipaily confined to protecting the line from snow and frost. The road can be bujtt slowly, and the local traffic will support the completed sections. The part now to be surveyed from Vladivo- stock inland, will do a good business in transporting the products of the coast region to the ocean. The road is rext to be ex- tended to Lake Baikal, where it will Secure the important trade of Irkutsk and its tributary country. The Russian Govern- ment has already contracted with the vol- unteer fleet to carry the rails and rolling stock, and the scheme seems to be fairly under way. It is now time to revive the suggestion of an American genius to run a line up our side of the ocean and bridge Behring Straits. m Allison Marble and Lottie Roebuck of Cobb county, Ga., were engaged to be mar- ried, the day for the wedding was set, and lots of friends were invited, but on the morning of the wedding she didn't come down to breakfast, and when her mother went to call her Lottie's room was empty. The girl had ran away, and at last accounts none of her friends knew where she waa. The whale is upward of sixty feet inlength, and would probably weigh when captured between seventy aad eighty tona. It is om ofthelargeatof thatapadaa evercaptorod, «nd would yield about thirty barrda of oiL /. 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