Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1878, Page 3

Walked down ‘Through the dark wood. Somehow or other, Se wished that her mother Hal sen: her big brothor T stead of herself: ‘Through dark thiexets swishing, How vain was her wish'h., For be was off fishing, The ls del’, + Now, ‘dear, I'll trouble you: Allof that grub ‘ht 500 € Eltdonble von Up." said the seamp, Now, then, I can't relate t” nat this tramp he ate; Delails and aggregate ‘Are too alarming: Apple sandwiches, Pies in japanned dishes, Boned turkey, canned, which is, Awfully charming. Brown bread, asparagus, Matton with caper ssuce, Brofled ham to taper off, Cheese an wame, Fried e toma‘tuses; potattu: 3od,?* ‘said he, Oh, it was awfal! it is,7° Onions and mutton roast, - Fried tripe and buttered toast, Oysters, they suffered most; Botled turkey gobbler; Muffins and c: Peaches, so ** mm And how this fel Went for plum cobbler! When all the grub was done, When there was nary As though Forever a vieti To chron! e one had licked aim, lysnepsia, ~{ Burlington Huokeye, A MORNING'S EXPERIENCE. The Price family wer enon Send Sof Mr Tnele” ane @ spinster sis! Mother, an Jennings. a piece visiting th get. a new recruit from Ireland Unele and Aunt Price were dressed in th athered in th The f. i eh- best.and their ancient hors Ell th, harnessed in an open wa i them 1, Was in Te chureh in the villa A hiatus, howeve ed inthe proceedings. le ve Kitchen i arasol, While Un t grew around ss Ab iL stom the twain. with her head Mollie had paused in the andma Richton rocked febiy by the dresser, and Bride get peered in from the sink-room, open outhed ness to ta three miles ared to have 3 her switched the honeysuckle t oor with his wh grimly re; tied in a dustet il was remark! far be it from me ‘You know Jan s. “it nak, es and Joseph are ne— “Sho!” put in Uncle Priee, testily: “if come to that 't Marthy “n’ Teant go to chareh Sundays, we'll nove. We sha'n't. be gone more’ two hours, Jest lock up, all you like, and I'll resk your being troubled in broad daylight.” But, nnele,” said Mollie, nervously, *y know they went to Sympson’s at three in the afternoon, when they were all out berrying, and they went to Floyd’s- er t to get something at Flos t Price; “but coming bere ri:ht inthe face of a parcel of women. fo'k, for the litte we've got, would be some ail. “They any body if you think its y house, and th e'se’s; but, as T said befor safe. and wea mile froma bolt lest of the wash-room door, why, thea— Folt lost? How's that?’ “We can’t find it, that’s all: and there’s no thly way of locking it. And here there've been six robberies in a fortnight, and almost a murde “said Unele Pr “ Well, Wash-room door li ativel: litehing the Vl go round athan’s after service A get his pistols. Wtthought much about it, but it woald ‘ n to have “em here ni ce of Wood over this Is “ep quietand don't worry hing like you for worrying. and if any body comes round that old gun of mine out the u see ne locked the b you jest pin chamber wi r. “T's load ain't it?” queried Aunt Pri apprehensively. “1 guess it Would go off enough to make a oise. Abigail “d want to fire something, and she might as well try that. You know the butt end, and that's all that’s necessary.” © Allright,” said Miss Abi ed rimness. There's no t Wl may hit, but it don’t matier much. If you come home and fird—* interrupted her brother; a ood-by, grandma. Jest keep quiet, and [ll bet my ‘best cow nothing ‘ILhappen.’ Whoa, Elijah! Back ! Miss Abigail stood in the door until the an- tique wagon, Aunt Price’s red shawl, and finally the crown of Uncle Price's much worn beaver hat had disappeared beneath the crest of the nearest bill; then, after takin com- prehensive view of ever t of the farin that came within the range of her vision, and her- Seif examining the locks of the shed doors, she came back into the kitchen, where Bridget, whose fears had been great excited by the fore- going conversation, had collapsed upon a chair, and Mollie was spasmodicaliy try 1e-assure her. “There isn't the least danger, B.idget least I suppose there isn't; notuiug may bh pen, you knew. We've only to keep the door Ked and keep inside—just be sure you do that—and you needn't be afraid,” ended Mol i being from Bosion, with all a city irl’s horror of burglirs, very much exagger. at dl the terrors of their position. Shure an’ I'd uiver left home fora plrace here I'll be kilt iutirely in the da-ay toime! ned Bridget, with her face h nh suddenly sa upright. as a gust of wind whistled nb her fresh ywn the That's nothin nd. How it does blow, though! Aunt Abigail, what are you going | a 4 that Wash-room i}, Who Was drag j m* of wood deross the shed, Which she proce: ded to lean against the do: tle T mean to € t hold, anyway, a wind like t ave that door op maminute. J this arranze- yeing the unev beam Wit udfriendly eves, whi tood sympatlizingly in the doorway of hen. li,” continued Miss Abizail, aftera final crowding in of the beam. “I suppose that must answer. Now, Bridge ,we want dinner at a quarter past twelve. Get your fire male, and let the cabbage be boiling, It won't do an good to sit there ake care of th pudding. I'm go stairs to put mother to bed. If you w: taing, speak to me, and don't unlock a door for your Mollie. will :. just See that the lower windows are fastened?” Af era thorough examination of the afore. Said casements, Miss Abigail came back and took her invalid mother in charge, with a fi cau ion to Bridget to “ let her know if she aby one coming.” Mollie, somewhat reas isting quiet, went up to her room and 1 to forget the present in the laiest of Mrs. Southworth s novels. Meauwhile it wo: scribe the conditio: left alone in the kite firmly im th the conv t UnKLOWA t her, at first she dared not mov m her chair. The cacklin® of the sociable fowls outside the door and each fresh gust of autumn wind caused her new tercor. Finally after long waiting, she gained courage to cross ihe floor and light he fire. moving about on her. It a quarter ld be impossible to de. Bridg-t’s miad, thus i known that it e the cabbage e would cert, she had ¢ ast took bi up stairs tof grace, and siz ing the wash-basin, stared for the celiar. | and the potatoes which were in irs fa corner. Bridget never entered this ¢ which was excessi aod irregy without ing be Now the pr spe Was especially terrible, and with a mutter Frayer to the Virgin she went down the stairs with oceasions! nd having filled th Lasin with ain peed, scurried Lack again. But to-day en had aust tors for h a half ous Sound aboy: red Bridget to th: x sche dows and doors. © Wash room half an hours2, adie ibis doer suunded a | scene, b | Ido believe sb ‘ | ehild don’t stop to be fri nsened. now!” crow men had reached th whieh weie depred: help themselves to shook a pear tiee and filed their pockets with the fruit wih a cooluess that caused Miss Abi gail silently to take down the gunand hold itat arms-length as she brought it to the window. joined the spins: c with gingerly care. “ You'd better get out of the way, Mollie. I might hit you jusi as like, | or the thing might exp'ode.” Ic hasn't been you fire it, Side of thé bed. It will kick and throw you down. Guns always do.” only k | shakin ng to | another, while Miss Abi; dently unde nm | the | eu body, followed by a vic a heavy shock agai never and, rushing back to the cellar, pushed th | door together, and held it with the streagth of desperation. | _ Mollie, in’ the chamber above, roused from | her book by this startling interru ito the center of the row Lilsteued.a m> ment, with a face as white as hy Was a final crash below. idea What she was doing. Mollie sta kivchen in such basi last five of the the door he foot, ro: whe: he dh fup, foo much exe tothink of her bruises. Potatoes were seat ered over the floor in every direction. The the’ wash room door ay ou the floor, m me a half-smothered eo had ely time to realize pefore Miss Abizail arrived on the kitchen door was ope dl the be: jess with exc gasped Mo! ment. “Oh sound of “some one's do cellar, and Bridge? Abij for seme weapon of defense. “I dont know. Iguess there are two.” Mis Abigail Waited for no more, but, nerved by the thought of Bridget in the hands of mur derers, Seized the kettle of boiling water from the steve, and rushed to the cellar door, which sainst Sh: soon found that the door was held on the other side, and that it would require her she said to Mollie, Ti re was a trial of strength. Miss Abigail's muscular energy was not despicable, but Bridyet was desperate, and would have died before the door should have been opened. _ ni siood Lack, baftied and exasperated. A bright idea, l owever, preecey darted through her n ne ran itto the wood shed. Mollie, leaving the bed from the kitchen, threw herse if. utmost efforts to open it. “Come and take this! holdirg out the kettle. us’ €r was forced to giv up the contes mind : and signing to Mollie to follow her, kettle in the first handy plae which happe: | ed tole the lowest step of the back stairs, on the obeyed; but Miss Abigail was already ay tack with the clothes-line in her If we can't get in, and. rate! I don't see.as we can help Lut we can keep ‘em down there gets Lack. There's only one window, through. Miss Abigail proceeded h; knot around the old-fashioned nde’ jateh on the cellar door, which she drewtizh then, crossing the kitchen, she passed th otherend of the line around the pum bg it “taut” with considerabl ind it around again and ag: tied itin an unskiillul but vic k Moilie, who in spite of 1 et, had been terror lest. the shou d suddenly burst out upon them, drew a breath of relief! when this was done; but T satisfaction Was dis.urbed bya sharp ex. clamation behind her. ¢ t the ne a het airs to “find over the kettle of wa'tr, amidst rivulets of which she wa upgling. Tiere! now she's killed h ed Miss Abi rescue. Whi Grandma couch in the corn r, and while Miss A‘izail, oblivious of everything olse, for. the mom-unt, aining the ex'eit of her injuries, ommenced a nervous promenade 4b vat Tt was in the midst of this prome- she happened to glance out of the low, and saw, to her utter horror,the f two strange men coming “a oward the house. There are no words English language strong enough to ex press Mollie's feelings at this juneture. Sho Mo. lie looked on in horror, nade thi just clutched feebly at Miss Abigail's dress,a- ihe latter hurried past her in seareh of rem dies for sealds. eee aunt! there are two more of thein! See Miss Abigail looked out of the window, then back at her mother, and stood stock-still in genuine despair; then, iuspired with momea- streng!h by the si f the open wash. reom door. which they had not thought of oe hastened to close it, and hoisted the be “That's ne she said, hurriedly. “Here, Moilie nd help me move this secret the door, Mercy on. us, : she aking in every dded, limb “Now close those inner | Du can't look in, and shut the sit- | ling. A fresh groan from the cellar, elicited by | Giandm Bridget to Was being murdered, did not add to Mollie's comfort. Miss Abigail, having poured lini- ment hi iy over Grandma Richton’s scalds hurried upstairs to Wateh the movements of the approaching enemi She and Moilie hed behind the yel ow eu tain at Uncle > chamber window, peered forth. Tne Richtou’s moans, whieh caused hey were leisurely climbing. “Tuey h-tooking and evidently bent on sion, for the: indfalis,”” “and once “Oh, Aunt Abigail, take care! ICI go off!" exclaimed Mollie. “IT mean it shall, if they do much more,” re- er, turning the gan aroun used for years.” You ought to keep hold of something when suggested Mollie, from the ot ier *‘}hey ve trying the back door,” announced Miss Abigail, in an excited whisper. “They scked once. I wonder if those robbers lar belong to the same set. They're the door, the villains.” Two or three loud knocks sounded through the house, and then the men tried the nearest window; finding that fast, auother and yei il watched thi from above with fast growing anger; th then tvok a leisurely survey of the hou. ied what to do next. 1 wish I could hear whai they're suid the spinster, vexedly. “I heard to church. Texpe keep still aslongas I ean Instead of proceeding to any extreme meas- ures, however, the men calmly lighted a couple of pipes, during which operation they than once laughed uproariou: They T- Ward made a circuit of the house, tried every Window, including those in the sheds, and shook the doors vigorously ; meanwhile Miss bigail aud Mollie followed their course ugh the chambers, the former still carry- x the gun. Having come back to their oriz- inal starting point, they held another consul. tatic {ter which, to the amazement of the wate . they went off to the barn. “Vd like to Know what that’s for!” ejacu- ed Miss Abigail, at her wit'send. “The: steal that other horse, or else they'll get some. thing and break a window up here ; and there's in the HT gone That one in the red shirt said it. they'll get a battering ram next. Ili al | ne knowing what these men down the cellar aie about. All was quiet for a time, the stillness being only broken by the groans of Grandma Rich. ton. The intruders were nowhere to be seen. Finally Mollie, reconnoitring from an attic window, discovered that they had entered the corn barn by means of a rear window, had pence the door, and were sitting upon two rrels smoking. “Mercy on us!" exelaimed Miss Abigal, glancing at the clock and then sinking into a chair, ‘‘Here its ten minutes of twelve oeock and Jouathan and Marthy co:nin, home, withou’ a thought of wha’’s happened. Jonathan ‘Il drive right round that corn bara as sure as fave, and into the barn. They'll be there laying in wait for him. They're seiting just where they can see the whole length of tne road, and they mean to do the sly. Phey'il murder him and go off with the plunder in our Wagon—that’s all?” Mollie's cheeks grew paler yet. “But. aunt, you know we can rush out and warn him when he’s at the foot of the hill; and he'll have Uncle Nathan's ptstois.”” “Not he! Tnever knew Jonathan Price to do a thing the day he said, he was goiug to; and he’s an old man—no mateh for those two wretches. They just mean to kill himand then have their own way. There, the've shut the corn barn door. I told you so.” It did seem mysterious ‘that the two men should have shut themselves in the corn barn. Miss Abigail needed no further evidence of their evil intentions. “ Mclie,”” she said, solemnly, “there's only {ost one thing to do. You must run aeross ts and meet Jonathan, and tel! him to briag two or three of the Clark boys hom: will lum. We've got these peop'e in the cellar to dispose of. Tell them to hurry, for if Bridget isn't dead already, she’s pretty near that. I'd zo myself, but I can't leave you here alone. T you out the front door. and you can kind of creep along behind the walls.” M : Es what if they should clase ine!” gasped pitie. itey won't see you. They've shat the ud you needu’t run across the open aunt, 1 shall have to go out front, and in the ce. Wit! be suce to see me. The y must be wate 18 only posed for a moment. yuu ihey sce you, they'll think it’s oue of theit 5. Hurry now, it is almost twelve. sel by the sliding of some heavy at clatter; (hen came it. whieh ‘Seemed to Bridget's excited senses like the thunders of the Judgment-day. |The door burst open, and oubting that robbers and murderers were behind it, Bridgei dropped the potatoes with a shriek ‘that rang through the house, It was of no use to remonstrate. hurried up stairs, not knowing whether to jaugh or ery, and too much frightened to do either, and was put into the before-mentioned garments; then, without a moment's delay she was pushed down to the front door. now!” said Miss Abi have that gun up at the front wi one of “em chases you, T 1) fire it at him.” “Don't!” cried’ Mollie, ho-ror-strieken at “You'd hit me instead. I woa't reaso + that he isoften haugey ndow, and if the prospect. go unless you- “ Well, well, run along!” and the front door and as cautivasty and Mollie ran under the shelter of the das : spoken by Mr. EL ption, sprar Moved tito Moosevi Hallett’s new house, ui ing-house. Mr. Hawkins had come from a was feautioush dress. There nd without the least | ted forthe 1 she feii down the irs, and bursting open ed into the lower room, i *d Uncle and Aunt Price, peacefully jogging homeward in the scant auiuma sualigai, were amazed to see a nondeseript figure suddenly | appear froma clump oi haze! bushes at U foot of a hill. “said Unele Price, dubiousty, pull- jal, * Wha*s tinal? erazy critter,” exclaimed Aunt Price. “Do go along, Juuaiuau.” “Tt looks more like a runnin: rthy, don’t touch the by to me them clothes looks nat'ral. . In a momen: more the appari ion, clearing lata bound, actually threw itself into zement and amusement were nippedin the bul by the story that the “scarecrow” had to tell, horrified at the groan behind the cellar door, there! halt murdered. ‘Sh Emust | have frightened ‘em, tumbling down stairs.” | fow many of “ein are there?” queried Miss i, in a hoarse whisper, glancing arouud to be a respe made use of the I his front-door bel. was Suddenly about 9 o'cloe! kins was * y | Such garments as needed repairing. Mr. Ht ins first wondered to some extent who cou d. be at the front door, and Snaty decided that if he answered the ring be might out. He accordingly took up the lamp and went to the door, whenee he hurriedly re- turned and called his wife to come and help him bring ina poor woman who was either dead or in a faint. M gue wered the appeal, us Tan, who was lying on the front piazza, and carried her to the sitting room sofa. ' The woman was pale and unconscious, though a strong ruddy tint showed life still lingered in the extremity of her nose. A glass of wine was forced between her lips, and her hands and arms were tenderly rubbed. Under these ministrations she gradually regained con. sciousness just in time to grasp a bottle that Was slipping from her pocket, of smashing itself on the floor. of the worthy coup! Mt git th jistols,” said Uncle Price, aneie ter calmed down Il stop at Clark's a thorn busb, did hud- een minutes they drove up to Uncle Price’s farm, with three ston men in the back of the wagor House and barn seemed uninhabited. Price, rendered warlike Dj | ments, drove straight to the corn barn, and | after a careful survey around began to dis- se after hearing the sermon, Huddup, Elijah” Ehjah, induced his _re-enforce- “ Perhaps the door on the other side is open,” suggested Clark senior, whose quick eye had detected two wreaths of smoke curling faintly around the corner of the building. They take it pretty cvol, A hearty, rollicking laugh rolling out from osed door eaused U ¢ blankly before him; then to ump to the ground arid throw open the corn arn door precipitately, ery from Miss Abiga from the house. of disiurbance, n spite of a warning + Who had appr There were the two ec: one calmly tilted bz midst of another a she, explained, in a nervcus whisper, “they shan’t get out at any ridget any, Jonathan nd barred and too small for a man to craw! Jere: © cried Unele Price, dast his ‘hat to the gro} tremity of his nt—"David Henry Explanations ensued. Th two seafaring nephews of Uncle P had come down ** farm stood it,” and hh the corn barn, meaning to surprise the family on their retur ween times tosee how the ily to tie_a slip- Jandie” of the Ltaken up quarters in of the Red ‘ during whieh time she had eaten_ noth tw nd burglars!” ejaculated David Henry, going off into another laush self first to Uncle Price then to the C| communicated i to Aunt Marth sion, Miss Abigail 3 forgotten Bridger, ¥, When she could make her » Price's good-natured face lengthened, siarted for the house, preceded, how! impulsive David tramp, but h allow her to she remarked, Mr. Haw! ever. by the rushed into the oj unconscious over the clothes-line, which erself!"’ ejaculat- Hawkins vatve her a cail, diving under the rope to the Mr. Hawkins gave her f itude was profuse, the train to her ‘dvine ehild’s bedside, Hawkins felt that half of tramps wa the clatter which his nephew's boots made mong the milk pans on the di r ichton was lifted and laidon a |” David Henry picked himself up, muttering ch had an oath in it “but deigned no farther an- All parties being now on the seen», Unele Price cut the clothesline and essayed to open the cellar door; bu’ this was easier said than done. Bridget’s fright was as great something wh that he would never turn a distr ura T It required the combined strength of tw» the door; which being done, y discovered Bridget onthe upper stairs: with not a particle of color in her Trish face, | and her tongue cleaving to the roof of her mouth in terr If any artist various persons door, the picture would I 10 went dotn st olent frame of mind. He found three tramps (two of them women and the oth ing uneenseious on his piaz ‘hem into the and h Ga rks to fore ad depicted faithfully the hered around that cellar ave made his for ‘as the first to perceiv the comedy of the affair, and a broad grin ly Spread over his face, on the countenances of his two sons Ip one minute the Kitehen, was riuging with a universal and prolonged burst of laughter e stated, that is, that hough he believed their stories, he felt hit the volume of tramps is bed fee One fact_ remains to Bridget left the farm the ‘s little concerning burglar: Uncle Price merely alludesto “that Sunday morning's experience.”—[Hurper's Week! y. I SPOKEN. 5 1 that everywh e of the pilgrim i IU is upon plat elit a.to-relief; upon dirty upon foul note-pay shen he appeared at Whi mthe day.and pougut h Ppose that the whole household | ore a stern and determined le r. Whitman said that ail the tramps in tue | tate had heard about che poor woman w e had heiped. im, Mr. would have sounded better in his. wife's mouth Bad she applied it to dilapi hes Going home with iis” purchases. M Hawkins was met. by river, who told him that he hae Occasionally th nol,” but never rd to Italian, Russian, German or Norwegian, 11 is a fair conclusion that, when fishermen neline almost wholly to a certain kind of bait. ise the fish’ prefer t then, that the French fishermen know what they are about when they bait their hooks ‘nglish Spoken.” They get more bites, , consequently, a larger catch. A hook thus bated dangled before m: one day when I was ina hurry to niby was on the window of an optizian’s shop. wished to make some inquiries of a technical tle timid about tackling lentered; there we ‘kK garden wall, over ‘Y_ oecasivnally paused to | at to any othe nature, and was a litt the matter in French, a white-haired old chap, with a ‘velvet smok- i ip, and a buxom young woman. speak English, I addressing myself generally to the audience ponaed the young wo- le. “Vat vill you?” res] man, with a sunny smile. “*T willlook at ‘your scale for fozusing eye- es,” Said the young lady, as she moved behind the showcase. waited and so did she. I gazed at he: and she gazed at me in ho move to show me any goods or give me the desired information. We rd at each other for a few moments, when. although in‘eresting. ge tiag rather admiring]: quiiing y, but ma finding the thing, monotonous, T “Well, madam ing 1 su: as the response of my vis- a-ris, With her genial smi} T turned to the old man. Hiseyes were glistening, evidently delighted at the liuguis.ie the young woman, who large dogs, and there who is more firmly eonvir vever, uncer any’ circumstances, deserve | charity. Was probably “his A proud old parent was he at that “Can you give me an idea of the manner in ses are numbered—that is to Say, Whether the system is the same i ish? I wish to get a pair of a certain foca) length.” jhe nigh ion makes editer bas just w dispatch tefing all about th politica! editor is just rifle new ing all the errors in six lines of proof. Tue funny man, fiom the tearful expression of his sorrowful countenance, Is Known to be in the throes of a joke. The joke is bora, and this is its name; any move. evidently w: known my busine: { ‘English spoken,” vu speak English beautitully, Miss.” es. ou must have learned it in England,” “And that old duffer there speaks English, too, doesn't he?” ing for me to mike au to doubt the veri- Juite as well as you do, perhaps?” “Yes, Mais, Monsieur, vat vill you?” ‘“Montrez moi des lorguons s’ il yous plait.” _“* Ah. yes!” Now she understood. She dived into the case and brought out dozens of eye- glasses. I discovered the focus I wished by trying until the right pair turned up. She charged me fourteen francs for them, and I discovered a half hour later that the same sold verywhere else for two franes and a hall. paid eleven francs and a half toward the ex- a young French womin to ciently to say “ Yes,” and '—[ Chicago Time: ison i nse of educatin: Vat vill you? Balak Al Shuayb. “T was even, and Fatallah Sayeghir frowned when he heard the wissokaja sing, And the light tinkling of the foo khaloom ‘That echoed from the tullos In the tayt Hed him with grief, Gay with the kossoms of the bill, he doffed, ayhy with the eg: hadoof that his father wore, » leaned a little space upon his kho akiveli in his hand, the bourtiad He shook at Ibrahim Jones, the Tuarick, The remainder of this interesting Oriental legend will have to go over until we can afew more Bedouin* terms. ave, as has the intelligent reader, freauentiy noticed that Oriental legends are valuable in proportion to the number of unintel- le terms with which they giltter, like biis ckle and collar plate in link’ siusage. But we will huntup a glossary and finish the legend of Balak al Shuayb som: time, unless we should receive a memorial thirds of our subscribers begging us not to {Burlington Hawkeye. — *Pronounced Bahd- ween. sir?” asked the was the blunt “Hi, boys, come here,” called out the “here’s a man as is practisin’ for the u " Now that the phonograph makes it possible the sameas beef, milk, lobsters, fruit, etc, missionary sermons can be bottled and sent to the South Sea Islands ready for the table, instead of the missionary him- self. An Illinois man, with a foresight worthy of a better cause, popped the road train, and now the decide as to which county she had better for a breach of promise. for sounds to be cannt g- If they should, they Fut ona pair of Jona- sntalcons and his gray coat. Tuck cupunder bis big straw hat, and, if juestion on a rail- maiden is at a los mence proceedin, FAINTING TRAMPS,. “Tt is all very well to say that tramps are wretches who deserve no help, but I don’t be- lieve it. The tramp is a man ora wor An, as ease mi be. He is poor, and aked. Now, I amnot goic to turn any aked, Pungry wreich from my door without = him aed if everybody would do he worl! wou d be ai the better for i ve were, in substance, the words recen N.Y. and renied D.. gion in the northern part of the ate where the tramp has not yet peneivaiedand he kuew nothing of the real character of that pest. Why he teok up is resi leaee necd not be here s mentioned that he had h Hiallet’s house, aud had bought il id aia rid nionsly low figure under a foreclosure sila, Tha he was a kind hearie old gentleman was_eviden Mo seville forth, though i, migut be Ida mortgage oa Dr. fistiea ad ‘youe that and the Moosevilie pe p's ware gli house, which had so long as at last occupied by one who promised ted citizen, O4the second night after Mr. Hawkins had guage hereinabove quoted. run, Tt wa in the evening, and Mr. Ha y- dozing in his chair, whil eing over the wash” and laying aside perhaps find Hawkins promptly nd with help of her and lifted upa thin and thinly-clad wo. th the view The stranger, after wildly ea‘ling for her “husband,” “father,” “precious baby,” and some more miscellan Where she was and wh: lowed to die. She then exp! @ poor but honest woman, whose husband was _ dead, and whose only child was lying point of death at East Vi on the Moose i way to see her chi money us relatives, ask y she had not been ined that she w: a’ the nice, the Hex! slation ad. ‘She was on her die, and, hiv compelled to walk dy walked for fifteen cons: le re cuti # Dut raw turnip. The bottle in ppies and pocket contained, so she was told, either Whisky or brandy, and had vn to her by a good ¢ or Ww on her TPE ples did not it, although she had kept i a good, kind friend. Lnagining just about tod the gift o! she w: cast Venice if some on ner fifty cents wherewith top Mr. Hawkins and his wile were deep!y gave the woman an excelent rod bed. Inthe morning Mrs. »ply of clothing and dollars. Her grat she departed to take Mr Hthat he had: sa fully Jisified. Du he mentioned the matter to vaintanees, and re ted his d sina sleepy but still a beney man) ly I, revived ith wine, ving listened to their pitiful. stories ecrning their dying children in the nex rr, fed them and sent them a vay. He did howeve: them any money, for a!- ‘as becoming rather large for his purse. ny that he had dene his duty, and ‘his quiet conscience stood in need of a pod deal of sleep. Between 10. en more tramps Fane the frou sd were found by Mr. [Pawkins lyi wet dead faints on the piazza. 1. and iben he lost his temp Pie las amps had to revive thems nL the de itionalones that faim*edon the piazz., en 6and Sthe nex’ morning did no re en a mouthful of cold break t 1 change was noticed in M ive he re. pet tacks and ten yar » and when nd were ou their w awkius used an expres jon thet ed stovk ebbins, ase ed more rom Uva to fty tramps on their way Mooseville. Mr. Hawkins made no reply, bat s Mr. § Diackernthunder.” Just after dark Mr. Hawkins’ was carefully laid with oil-eloth, through which six dozen of eavpet tacks had been hrust with their points upward. When he had completed the work he smiled grimly and remarked to Mrs. Hawkins—who her hands and s “em"—"Serve ‘em right, by gosh!” At 9 eek Mr. Hawkins went to bed and waited to at 9 first by a wild yell, mingled with profane ex- pressions. and then by a sound of rapidly. retreating footsteps. ‘In the course of the | night this phenomenon was repeated twenty- | three times. There was a Gans which ascended to Mr. Hawkins’ win ‘ebbins afterward said, ‘ont piazza in ad clasped id, SO father! it will hurt r the flist summons of the bell. Ir came , and if was al t instantly followed ay ‘ety in the , though they all expressed. nea me degree of surprise and indig here was a good deal of blood and a larze mount of rags on the piazza in the morning, ut Dota single unconsejous tramp lay await- ‘itatiov. For the next week an oc. mp tried to faint on the but ed to abandon that intenion and to i n unchristian frame of mine AS sno n ed that t Times, The Sorrows of Genius. s waning, and the hush of inspira- the sanctum solemn. The news en himself a New York sea serpent. The closing a crusher full of d and thunder, and winding up. with a ter- posure. The prootreader is opening a of penci's for the purpose of ma kK “A man died in Atehison. Kansas, last week frem eating diseased buffalo meat. A clear are of suicide from cold bison.” the intellizent composiior. “This Areh- rm, What is this last word?” To him, the funny man.—"Bison.” Intelligent cor itor 'B,-1,-8,-0,-n?" formed what it means, and the painstaking funny man, with many tears explains the joke, and, with great elaboration, shows forth how it isa play on “cold pisen.”* Says the intelligent compositor, ets itup “cold poison.” Funny man groans, takes the proof, seeks the intelligent compositor, and explains that he wishes not only to make a play on the word “pisen,” but also on the word “bison.”* “And what is that?” asks the intelligent conipositor. The funny man patiently explains that it means “bufialo.” “Oh. yes.” shouts the intelligent compositor, “now I understand” Mortified funnyman retires, and goes home in tranquil condefince and growing fame, r Faper comes,out in the morning, “vold bul- ‘alo. Tableau. Red fire and slow curtain.—[{ Bur- lingon Hawkeye. A SEQUEL TO DimE NoveLs.—Adolph Bald- schneider, the lad who shot th ee times at Mr. Thomas Lynn, in the suburbs of New York, two Sundays ago, was arraigned before Judze Sutherland, in part 1 of the court of general sessions, on Tuesday. Assistant District At- torney Be'} accepted from him a plea of as- sault with intent to kill. He was sentenced to state prison for eight years. According to his own story, from reading dime novels he ran away to Texas, became a desperado, and re- turned to New York a reckless highwayman. BLOOD Porson.—James 8. Barclay, an em- Joye iu a Newark (N. J.) tannery, rubbed his ands: while handiing some Russian hides, on a pimp! tal net i ntly ill, and on Sunday amaliguait pustule having develo} Ityis said he skins of diseased animals will | epmmasic. te the poisons months after slaugh- fer. on his chin. The next day he was *MonG ‘1 e bushes the fisherman lies, To woo : ir Brook Trout with false flies; Aft 1 wooing all day He br eanders awa: * Man Using |: nguaj which Christians despise. | with i Sai cre (Puck. _| blood in his veins.’ ads to nu move OF less he | Hawkins, who had jast | | thing now to mark the spot save a the Methodist meet- al eked a ten- one morning, We arose about diy | beat, very good view. Th s | burning were done by rela‘ives of the deces She had rung | ins’ front door-bell in order to ask } leave to die on his pitzza, but his kKindne had so revived he to reach i | cequest Was sure to be sted from his door, at night the front door bell rang at about o0and Mr. Hawkins got out bed and | | gerously hot that we were obit til, he returned to, | years glide on, haif the lover vn | . Hawkins, he has laid in several | an in Moosevi.te | ht disd, | ee itself! | HINDOO FUNERALS AND WORSHIP. (Bombay Cor. of the Providence last letter was dated upon my arrival in Calcutta, which I found to be a beaw iful eity wi h wide streets, fine buildings and numer ous pleasant parks. (The commevee of Cal eutta is immense. Ships ar nd stern in tiers of four or fi atthe head gear has to be rv y ex'end for several mile® a ank of the river. I saw wh ck Hole of Caleutta we jonrna’, ] is no arge lam, ren We saw a fa largest im the pos!. In the botanical nous banyan tree, one of world. It has three hundred sw feet around. 4 very pleasantly in Caleutta, we started for Ber lay s ride in the cars. Be naies is the sacced ¢ on the Ganges river is M00) Steps ne dau any otuer pace on earth, ydying here got | Tindoos will be saved quite a long tramp, the city is tilled with sup nated specimens of | humanity, ready for cheir long journey! It is & parc ot the red bathe every morning, aud say thei¢ pr before takiig food. “Tue favorite pace for doing beth ison the banks of the Ganges. So. ight, anc We hiced quite a large | by haifa dozen natives, and hata | ands were in the water bathing and washing their being ina suficient time, they weut to one of | the numerous priests to be found on the bank, said their prayers, and the Brahmin painted | their faces, réd or yellow, according to caste. While out on our’sail that morning, w another very curious sight, namely, the burn. ing of bodies on piles of wood, Tae. burning is always done on tae banks of the river, at a place called the ssurning Ghat, and the follow- ing is the general order of arrangements: The body is brought down on a bamboo streteher, on the shoulders of four coolies, followed by the relatives. It is first dipped in the holy Ganges, and then placed on the. bank, while he “wood -is arranged cob-house” fash- on. Then the body is put in the river a and afterwards put_on the pile of wood, Wood is then placed on the | and everything being ready. a boy a big gong, and the fire is lighted. Of there wasa sickening smell, but my curiosity compelled me to remain. It took ey say that the city | went to see thi de three hours to burn the remains to ashes, which were t thrown into the saere { river. The people think that the Ganges flow. | diieetly into heaven. All the di Hof the but they did not. seem ve: laughed and chatt tay Was a capital j> and th tions ever Ta fa if the whole p: Many die in Benares, several of th expense, Twit he body Is placed on its. b. vandie in its mouth, and’ he stream to heaven, via G We spent one day among ated tem ples of Benares, Which number over 1,000, besides neatly 34 Mohammedan mosques. I ad been led to expeet: something wonderful, but Twas greatly dis. specially afier hay Shiba and Uyeno, in Canton, &e Tn ou temple which ly fill raised “Ned “ all around the nei T bought aquantity of uuisand fruit, which I threw at the litle rascals, with the iuea of frightening them, but they merely stood on their htad legs and caught the fruit with great dexterity. ppointe n Such pac an; Hainan AL another temple tuere was a very deep well, and all that’ was neces to be done | was to look down, say a short prayer and then make some request. uo mat er What, and the granted. Batthe most cutious of all Was the Temple of the Brahinin Bull. Ti was filled with people praying toa lot eows. The only sensible think I evald see (the religion of the eountry was the bath. ing in the motning, which was very needful, as the Hindoos are & most filihy people. Our iniention was to go from Benares to Agra and Delhi, but the weather was so dan- ed (oO abandon idea and proceed di-eet to Bombay. [tis aride by rail of about forty hours. Bomb: ty with elegant buildi ce. The most famous nue tery, Where bodies q on the top of atower and are picked to pieces The greatest s however. in and 1 most is Phanta Caves, chasin chiseled out of laige alues, nd is nearly four’ ars ago the Portuguese put here and battered the severely becau-e it was a place of heathen worship LON GEME Every one must. know an impeeunious «hopelessly in love, hopelessly poor. The income go-s in ge Stamps, but he never seems n+ imony. After a certain time, such couple aequ } attain brevet rank in the ey nds. Chape are hardly requic ly. Sie is already regarded as good as vied, long has she been engaged. A ower formoft mar by a usual fiction of ty is theirs: they ar tas free as if they Were actually married, and yet: they pos. ess noue ofthe drawbacks and. respousibiii- ies of marriage. If they wonld but think hea life is like a perpetual houeymoon. In ordinary eases they ean see as much of eich | her as they choose, while the lady has none | of te anxiety of ordering dinner, and the gen- | ueman is never troubled with a butcher's bill. dey possess a'l the luxury of love without a single care; yet so pe.verse is human nature that they would wiaingly exchange their epi cene immunity for the’ poor Beaedict’s Lt, | eight small ehildren given to croup ani | rickets, and a sickly wife who must have daily port wine. They prefer to adventure them- elves with Milton's “grisly porter, who, hav- ing drawn men and wisest men by subile al- rement within the train of an unhappy mat ony, claps the dungeon gate upon them, s irrecoverable as the grave.” But novelists and country 1dyi8 would be grievously poorer — were the World robbed of these confiding | ais. They maintain the fidelity of hopeless | love, and exhibit some of the rarer virtues of | humanity. ery one is the better for know- ing them, though few would care to exchange lives with them, Some long engagements languish unti! few and brief letters tell the too trustful Dido that her hero is coolin attachment. A d+ termined a titude and violent outbreak on the lad part will frequently reclaim the lag yard in the spirit of the Terentian aphorism ut it may quite as easily produce a life-loag rupture, and) engender chedness with many painful memories for both. A politic oman can generally tell to which side the nee Will incline.” An alienation after a years’ courtship was, in one ¢ xperience, followed by a happ iage after the same period of silence; while in an- other case the breach ; able by one of the pa marrying a fresh love. How far the separation of twi souls is justifiable after years of engaged life isa qu tion often raised; The point is nce enough to have exercised the skill of Addison's love easuist. An instance lately came to our knowledge in Which the lady, after complacently resti in an engagement of actually 20 years, had the strength of mind to refuse matrimony when pressed upon her, and strengthened beyond any reasonable objection by the acquisition of the long.coveted sufficiency of income, on the plea that her health was now not equal to mar- riage. Of course the unfortunate lover warin- ty expostulated, and expressed his entire wi!l- ingness to take the lady spite of her heath. [ but it was of no avail. We are of opinion that be was grievously wronged, and hold that a woman Who should draw back after so antedi luvian a pesiod of betrothal is as fickle as if she had broken her troth a year after the en- gagement commenced. Having ‘“turtled” it so long (to use the words of Prince in the case of a Devon Worthy), it is unlikely, to say the least of it, that be could procure a second mate; beside which.his confidence in woman's love must be considerably shaken, aad he is probably glad to find the sentiments of Euri- pides and Milton on misogyny so much in har- mony with his own. The offending lady in such a case may rest assured that she has not only made a inan miserable who deserved a much better fate, but has also created a deter- mined enemy to her own sex. an iesce in the fuevitable. Srendered irre) SOME SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS IN THE PHONO- GRAPH LINE.—A few simple experiments will Satisfy any one as to the power of the voice: 1. Take a silk hat, and, placing one han | on th: crown, talk with the’ opening towards the mouth. The vibration of the crown of the hat corresponds to the movement of the phono- | graph’s disk. 2. Piace the hand on a glass or thin board partition, and talk in a strong voice. The vioration of the partition will be plainly feit. 3. Listen in a room separated by a brick | parti ion from another in which a loud con- veisa.ion is being carried on. Much that is said will be understood, and this can only be by the vibrations of the air in one room being imparted tothe wall itself, which again imparts them to the air in the second roo:n. Words, spoken with a powerful voice, will | frequently drive the phonograph needle through the tin-foil. So delicate is the instrument that indenta- tions not visible to the naked eye vibrate the ci k and give out the original sound. Itis not strange that there should be much increduli y relative tothe performasicoot such a marvelously simple in-trument which per- forms the funetions of two complicated mechanisms in the human body. There has probabiy hever been so important an inveniion made available for practieal use in such short time as will be the ease with the Puonograph. azJoir Bright, in his recent speech at e a reprobed Lord Beaconsfield “nes hay ing a single drop of English BOUCICAULT AS A BONAN. iz the apart FAMILY SUPPLIES {BEAT REDUCTIONS IN FLOUR, &e Cixsell"s Fancy Famtty Plow t Swiss Process Flour. ments of Miss Mary . the other evening, to bid her and her father and mother farewell on their departure for Europe, a Grap sentative fonnd that a. siim y bald head was It was Dion vd impossible to reconeii the tamiliar figure of * hat which stood there, and a 2 treduction to him by the fair trage whoindorsed te remark by adding of Coun in him: i’ Here has the thought less vagabond hero been given me such advice fies when he is going hear that the thri tired in’ his rags is i ntleman with a much was said As wo nell for cash, we have a0 There is not at Had debts to make wi illusions are destro 1218 7th st. nvw., bet. Mand N. Grurres OLL MANGOES, ( MARTYNIAS, \KAST INDIA GHERKINS, TINY TEMS, (AVTUMNS CLUSTERS, WOR} FSTERSHIRE, PREF STREAK. ranches and is | Ter spending several dys | se Wage 3; | abroad, atid pow we he low We'so often a ter than a man of of the Hindoos, and is | yore ss Anderson,’ young actress should iestesses of g | Boucieau’t, “hat our art should » devoted to cell band that is ne r iover, liberal, faithful, aud always at home. She “ANUOE serve to masters. dveameng the illusions of life as long as sh e ‘consequences are real the Hindoos to | N actress sho ers | New crop SWEET Oil B. W. REED'S 8ONB, | ties of the reaiist But isattrue t dy. with per'in © Stalls 688 ahd 638 Center ss Band 21 Western ‘HOICE FRESH MEATS AT ALL’ TIMES, The best BEEF. VEAL, MUTTON and SPRLN LAMB the country afore eae #9-A}l orders faithfully filled; goods delivered, ambled in stocks nor totes. canter | {paid forin full aud kep asan in have never ¢: da miniag shares | and that he was said to Mave msoiidated Virginia aud Cat a large risk in “Linvested three y OTT ‘Can be found at not very largely, and 53 Washi: rs ago in these STALLS No. 82 et, (7th street wing,) and Market, by his frien drawn anything, but ¢ eatin aihiocis is and the lovers of sion eae ae CHOICE BEEF, VEAL AND MUTTO CORNED and SPICED BEEP a specialty. Marketing delivered free, R. KELLY, DEALER IN’ FIRST-CLASS BEEF, LAMB. VEAL, MUTTON, Brc,, CORNED BERPF A 'SPBCIALEY. d 630 Center Market, ‘nd 208 and 06 Northern, jverty Market: or widrens Box 718 City Dg delivered tree of charge to al! parte ot hundred thousand. For example, last July 1.) shares were boughe On ihese we ave re: r twelve dividends of $2 eae! patd for them: good as New Jersey Central, € of other securi Stalls 628. 629 ath street Wing, “Are you not afraid of the Comstock iode ¢ ‘Of course it will bottom may fail out There must by millions a me ving it in tin anza kings them: THE TRADES. Bee* BINDING, 7 mablic 18 respect BOOK KINDE' weretofore, The <n sieved, aud the wor ch has always been a mntroliing interest in a presumable th left in the pocket. “Why do they refuse to avail themselves of ned out will be in the haracter- stic of the estat Suto asks a pe BT-MAKER, AVENUE AND M STREET, osts us To pul ay him forthe us: | of his tunnel “me done the work fo: G IBSON BROTHERS, x PRACTICAL B Its discu-sion can be of very li tle intere should ask your pardon for WNING JOHN C. HOGA Ma . 713 Market facturer of a Newly Patented Spring Roller ‘ublic lags and Tents of the only eeaning nd Ventilating or sale or rent Mildew- Proof AWning Material, RAILROADS. Bae ORE AND OHIO RAILKOAD, THE GREAT DOUBLE TRACK, NATIONAL ROOTR AND SHORT LINE s TO THR | NORTH, NORTHW awe AND SOUTH- May 12, 2:30 p. m, LEAVE WASHINGTO: &.1m.—Baltimore, example, Shakspeare, looked siverp fer bis business al that when fom London, ar wyed his money Uiriftily y fellow-townsmen, and When the: bt them to book ing tosMisxs Anderson ; her particular study. The play ist The part suits her phys. ta very great one, bui it Kiicouwt City and Way *5:20 a.m.—Baltimore. Philadelphia, Now York 04 Sanday toe Baltimore mounted, there is 1 € it a New York se: doubt it would make a arked, “when Miss riisis and plays iu Lo and Paris she may resolve to rei ia and DS und ‘Boston’ Express, Ande: son sees ; a.m —Baltimore, Annap ts and Way Sta- aad Way Stations botweed Hoiay ana’ Preke Thope to profit, very mueh by wha’ [se id not Hike tO imitate any one don't think Teouid if Ttrted. Itwoul: | barrass and spoil what li te Teand to Jearn by practice, not by imitation, n ™ vcks and Way Stations. EW Yor, PHILADELPHIA, Bos- TON AND BALTIMG aE EXPRESS, w New York and Philadelphia, 78:35 a.m.—St. Louis, | Piusburg Express.” Connects for Hi Valley Branch excep Sunday, Calc: 1 ty Staunton, 7AR to’ Ctucinnad, Go- PARLOR Cag Stucinnatt. Chicago and agersiown and hearsing Partheu stop me and: show m showing me w ‘© Grafton and SL REY" umbus. Chicago, day only, Baltimore, Annapolis m,—Baltimore Express. Francaise, no vubt Pshould be del it ker Way. Bu andi be tie tne ph is like the paintia nt you think Pam ng uring to the author. ety woman is . Me 12:10 p.m.—Baltimore, Ellicott City, snd Way Static NeW YOuK, PHILADELPHIA AND 8. Un Sunday to Baltimore and Bladensbarg, Aan: . Frederik 9 ott that way T Jonetion apd Laarel & x; $4:85 p.m.—Frederick, Vinchester aud’ Way Station of Rocks and Way Stations onl ore, Annapolis ani iphia, Norfolk and Baltimore ¥. PASSENGERS FOR NOR- CAaks DIRKCT TO BOAT AT Ns tlon Sunday for Norfolk, at Riadensburg &ud tanta? and Way Stations, JOLUMBUS EXPRESS, maxim, but you may | earn Whalyour +4:40 p.m. —Baitis 15:30 p.m,—Philad FOLK TAKEN IN Til . Beruhardt a great actress?” plied, though “I woader if she had not . She is like a sus on its tail, balancing itself to the | Emaciation is her forte, her, it shakes her frail sone can hear the bones ratile. But she can enfold you in the torture sion—capture.d not enthralled. ‘ks charm—that, however, may bs want of sympathy in me rather than any ‘aull ip heras an ariist $7:16—CH1C?GO AND LERPING CAs to Chi 48.10 p.m, —Ba.timore +9 25- St. Louis Cincinnatt, Loutsvilieand Pitts. vurg Express. SLEEPING CAxs to St. Louis and Hitishurg. No connection for Pittsbarg Sun NeW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND SLEEPING Cag w New York, aud SPECIAL SLEMFING CaR to Plliadel- ‘Trains marked (+) daily, All other trains daily except Sunday, All trains stop at Rel For further information apply at Ticket Offices it, Corner New Jersey ‘Land 603 Pennsylvania aven: street northwest, Washi: le, High street. Geor the passion woiks i orm uBtil one faucis BALTIMOKE EXPRESS. —[New York Graph- Mr. Greeley’s Wood Farm. THE SCRUBBY LOCUST GROVE SOLD FROM WHICH HE EXPECTED SO MUCH. Among the recent en‘ries of real estate siles of the land office in White Piai: | eighty-three and five-eighths acres at Cha; old to A. J. Quind; is memorabie as the Greeley farm, though not immedi. old homestead. Tnis still mains in possession of Mr. Greele; ters, Ida and Gabriele, who are _livi rytown, Ida, wi aud Gabrielle as a member of Many who were priviledged to visit Mr. ley at his Chappuqua home will remember the il farm, or the Woodland Known far and from the mention of i: of Mr. Greeley. \ itself from grubbing amo: carrying out his very radical id ing, Mr. Greeley would harness up Wn, where tickets can and orders will be’ taken for to he checked and received to an: W.M. CLEMENTS, Master General Ticket GEO. 8. KOONTZ. Zina 1878 tO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST, Doubie T ack. Steel pared ig tL lea JUNE 10th, 1878. TRAINS LEAVE WasHINGTON, from corner of Sixth and B streets. as follows: Wor Pittsburg and the West. 10:10 a.m. dally, with,Parior Car to Pittsburg and Sleep! from Pittsiurg to Cincinnati, 8t, Chicago; 7:40 p.m, dally, with Palace Car to ing a portion of | eled with the her husband, Colonel Smith, PE oUt Mm the “Recol: When a bit of Ieisu z his gil cabbages, nu aroundas “Gre 'sark,"and drive out a! two miles to the eighty-three acre: It Was as uxsiglitly and for: ing bit of landscape as the eye of man ever BALTIMORE AND POTUMAC RAILROAD, for Canandaigua, Rochester, Falls and tue north at 7:40 p.m. dail Saturday. wilh Paisce Cars to Watk Lock Haven, and Eimira, at dally “except Sunday. and the Sust 1:45 a.m. and 9:30 p, m, daily, with Palace Cars attached. Limited ‘ullman Cars, 9:20 a.m. dally, ex- For New York an@ the Kast, 1:30 p.m, dail; cept Sunday, with Sleepii ee oe a eae iota Bs ster to Full A row been turned to a_possibie u ture, but the rest wa and filled with ruts. over the whole plot a (agricola arborem cer come up ina Greeley drove of locust trees .), and these h, uous fashion. Mr. his stunt piece of horsetlesh among them, in his shortsightedness pa: ‘Stattention to such trifling a yard deep. bowiders as high, ‘oUng Sapliags or overhanging boughs, th ugh is guests Were apt to be of a different mind, and all the time would talk on about the great of forest planting from a politico- tific view, When no visitor offered m he found his way out to the wood- rm and chopped about with an axe. To-day the plot is covered with a scrubby grow:h of ‘ocusts as big as a man’s arm rookiyn, N. ¥ not the slighte: Jersey City with stacles as hole ‘excopt Sunday, ‘and 1:45». m., an Limited Kxpréss, 8:20. m. daily, except Accominodation for Baitim ‘and 4:20 SHETLAND DaInTIEs.—The luxuries of Shet- -ople would never dream had been in Lerwick for rought up for “She thought One morning— AND | FRED! about ten days—our landla breakfast a well-griled bi we might like a scorie by way of a change.” ignorance, I knew not then the mean- Jpon asking my friend oppo- site he replied with much clearness: “What is 2—why—just a scorie.” Was some kind of game peculiar to Shetland— and I had already dscovered thatdainties were rare, and that nothing must be too rashly de- spised. It was very good ; tender and delicate ; rned that it was nothing a guilof the first year: when its feathers are yet gray, and it has not long used its wings. Most people would dislike the idea of eating a sea-gull: perhaps I should have done so in any other place than % hat I returned to the charg: another day, and without reluctance out suspicion of fishi- en a little tooold. The | landers will not, as a rule, eat these seo- | o further and = Lge Sear seories which zre easily obtained, they will take a great deal of trouble to secure a young cormorant. cook and eat these cormorants, which ible food to any buta er. They also make them into soup whi think delicious ; a strong, unctuous liquid thi from its appearance, must possess some of thé th not agreeable quali- I concluded it and in the end I buta voung sea gu. lean only say t! very eatable more wholesome, ties of cod-liver vil.— JEALOUSY AND MBRDER.—The wife of Jesse r., a large owner and builder of | ts at Bacon Hil, near Schuylerville, N. Y., was fatally shot in the head abont eight o'clock Tuesday evening, the shot being fired | 48: irs. Billings has bee. her husband, and throu h-a window, for along time jealous of there Las been much trouble between them in F nog d a — Lge 3 over . Bilings’ office commenced a suit against ge certain. alleged slan- consequence. Mrs. —— . is a Stement at Bacon Hill in regard to the shoot. ing. The suspicions are very strong acaiast the husband. Billings, it i8 said, shot his iaother many years ago, and excu ed it as ac-