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THE DINKERS.
A PECtXlAR PFOPLE. CHIEFLY
ForND IX PENNSYLVANIA
tho DesceDdanrs of German Reli¬
gious Refugee* and Their Strange
Dress Queer Ceremonies and
Quaint Ordinance*.
Some fifteen miles from Lancaster by
turnpike and twenty miles by rail lies
the little village of Ephrata. it
secluded, sleepy-looking little place, in
ipite of the railroad that runs through it.
shut in by surrounding hills and by a
tow hue of mountains dignified by the
name of Ephrata Ridge. The houses of
the town straggle along a broad road
which crosses the railroad near the sta¬
tiou, dips awaT until it -weens around
in a curve over a bridge, past an old
^ n ^ n L° f awav r ^to^ r ^u^tra k
The houses, genera! iv brick-built, in
manv cases old-fashioned, are verv com
fortable and home-like
Here one meets the Danker ]■
every by-road and lane—m--u with Iona
beards and flowing hair parted in the
middle. At the farm houses are pleasant,
ISP ■Hie style of living these
of good peo
pie, their manners and customs, are of
the most primitive type. Their aim is to
imitate the early Christians in their hao- •
its of life as well as their religious tenets
There i.« absolutely no distinction of casic
'
•mong them.
Thev settled at first near Philadelphia.
In a spot which has since been called
Germantown from the it,? various 2 German Sb
the eariv part of the confiiSl last certurv The
rect wester^Pennsv^vania is ehiefl v ^mt to eer tral
and ana western Pennsylvania, tiut has has snread spread
to other States, principally those of the
Northwest, though there are churches es
tablished in western Marvl ind West Vir
ginia and '
North Carolina. Tlieir dress
n? of the simplest description quaint and
old-fashioned in itscut they offer no re- I
sistance to injuries; theyotoerve no con
formity with the world and its manners '
and customs; they refuse to take oaths
in courts of law; in these and many
other ways resembling the Society of
Friends.
Some of their religious ceremonies are
exceedingly curious. They celebrate the
Lord’s Supper after the manner of the
primitive Christians. ’
The feast begins about the time of can- j
dle-lisrhting. The men are seated upon
one side of the meeting-house, the wo
men upon the other. The first ceremo
is that of the washing of feet, each sex ,
performing this duty for its own. Those
ently enter the meeting, carrying tubs of
lukewarm water, and each member on
the front benches removes his or her
dices and stockings. A man on the men’s !
.ide and a woman on the women a ti.cn
wash the feet one by one, taking the right)
hand of each individual, as they finish
the washing, and giving the kiss of peace, j
After the one who performs the washing j
follows another, with a long towel girded
•round the waist, who wipes the feet just
washed, at the same time giving the right ;
hand and the kiss of peace. As I
one benchful hag the ceremony performed.
it gives place to another. While this
ceremony is being conducted, the minis
ter or teachers make a brief speech or j
read appropriate portions of Scripture re
lating to the subject.
The next ceremony is the supper itself.
Each third bench is so arranged that the
back can be turned upon a pivot at each
enu, so as to form the topof a long table.
This is covered with a white cloth, and
presently brothers and sisters enter, bear
ing large plates or bowls of soup, which j
are placed u ( ion the tables. Three 0 r j
four people help themselves out of the
same dish. After this the communion is
•dminiso red, and the whole ceremony i
concludea by the singing of hymns and
preaching. This the brethren hold is
the only true method of administering
the ordinance of the Last Supper, and I
also hold that it is similar to that cere
many as celebrated to the earliest Chris
tian Church. j
Another peculiar ordinance amon"
them is that of anototin<- the sick with j
off, in accordance with the text to James
v. 14. The sick one calls upon the eld- |
ers ol the meeting, aud at a settled time
the ceremony is perfon led. In consists
of pouring oil upon the head of the sick
person, of laying hands upon them, and
praying over them.
The ordinance of baptism is adminis
tered in running water aud by threefold
immersion, the officiating minister then
laying his hands upon the recipient, who
still kneels in the water, and praying
over him or her. !
no The stipend ministers whatever, or teachers, elected who receive by the | I
are
votes of the members of the church, he j
who receives the largest number of votes j
being pronounced elected. These dec
tidus are summoned by the elders of the
church, who preside over them and re
ceive the votes of the people, either viva
voce, to whispers, or by dosed ballots,
If no candidate has a majority, or if
there are a greater number of blank
votes east than for any one candidate,
the election is pronounced void.
Such is a brief and condensed account
of these people, and of their religious
customs and ordinances. They are called
Dunkers, or Tunkers, from the German
tunkea, which may be interpreted to dip,
or probably to “sop” is a better equiva
lent word. They assume for themselves
the name Brethren on account of the
text, Matthew, xxiii., 8, “One is your
Master, even Christ, and all ye are
brethren.” They also sometimes call
themselves “God's Peculiar People.”—
Harper') Uaganine.
Getting a Jury.
Owing to the wide publicity given the
Cronin case, says the Chicago Herald, the
bailiffs sent out with the special venires
have had to resort to all sorts of schemes
to divert the suspicions and get the names
,of the business men whom they are
anxious to summon. For instance, the
other day one of the wily bailiffs entered
the big wholesale dry goods establishment
of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., after eligi¬
ble jurors, and near the door he ran across
one of the general salesmen. “What is
your name, sir?” he asked. The sales
man told him. “And your initials?”
This information was forthcoming. The
inquirer wrote the name on a card. “Is
that right?” he asked as he held it up.
“Yes,- said the general salesman,
“Then, said the bailiff triumphantly,
“I want you as a juror in the Cronin
case.” The salesman grinned. “Where
do you live?” asked the bailiff as he was
filling out the warrant. “In Aurora,
IU.,” responded the salesman as his grin
broadened. The bailiff wilted. Another
salesman who had been standing near by
a “6 having great fun over the conversa
tion began to laugh heartily. The bailiff
turned to him suddenly and asked:
“What s your name, sir?” Before he
thought he gave the answer desired. “I
««ow you live in (.Yi'-ar 5,’ said the bailiff
out another summons, “and
the foto laughing take man this lean's caught. plate." And
w»*
Rabies.
To the question. “Which is tbe most
valuable precious stone?" probably nine
people out of ere. - least, would
without the slighter*- hesitation reply,
■•the diamond,'’ but the value of a good
sired diamond cannot *PP" ach that of a
ruby of the correct color ami twihl
d i mezLbious The worth of small rubies
—stones that are of less than a carat- -13
if anything, rather less than that of '
< i
moods of a like description: bi
occurrence of large spec ciinen >f s
dark-carmine tint which i 5
as the the sine value qua of non the of a good ml j i
causes gems > mere
in a fair greater proportion tl an in the !
case of diamonds, Rabies eighing
more than four carats are s excep
tional that when a perfect one of
fire carats is brought to th« market.
it will command ten times as high a ,
sum as a diamond of the sai ne
while a rub T of six <' arau - wubout «**
in all probability, brtog’T’ high a price j
“ five thousand dollars per carat, or fif
teen times as much as a diamond of like
size and faultte*me».
All over the East rubies are regarded j
with the greatest jio&sibie favor, aud so it
has been from the earliest times of which
we have any record. References in the j
Book of Job and the Proverbs of King
gsiiii which
woman, and the pa**£e in wis- .
dom 19 “tolled abovf- rubies shows,
^nn that when th -e early writers ;
w i* be <i to find a simile embodying tneir |
idea of priceless value, they turned to the
ruby as the most precious of the sub- ;
dances with which they were acquainted.
The finest rubies are found in Burmah,
»nd from time immemorial it has been a j
law of tnat country that all rubies above ;
*.......- -«-rev
King, whoever may have been fortunate
enough to find them. It is thought that
to this dav there are concealed in Bur
mah. among the treasures which , . , the .,
British invasion caused to lm hidden
awav, rubies of far greater size and value
than any which have, up to now, been
seen oonntry. The law which
(V™ i]np ™ bie9 to the ruler of the land
undoubtedly caused the destruction of
ma uy magnificent specimens of this gem,
t° r finders of larger stones than usual
would if the opportunity was favorable,
break them into fragments, each weigh- ,
tog less than a carat, and thus insure !
themselves the possession of several ru- .
hies, incomparably less valuable, it is true,
,ban tbe original in which they were once j
united, but still their own iustead of the j
King s. London Standard.
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Desolate Siberia.
No one can thoroughly understand,
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roads. , Alongtbe whole of the post
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J** ^tersburg • ho »«“ one d -o almost d d separating gave up ail us from hope
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”®^ cr ’ ®J. cn ln ‘JV* depths of a Bornean
“ ™ tk f 8 1 ’ “ u f f ^‘> th ® tl loa ' l| ®!- ized v a . nd world C " 1 olT as
'"-ossmg S.berm. . Everything after
the brst b ? c ? ne mec,lamcaI - )n,lk ' I
"* K toa at ’ lie stations, going to sleep at
a moments notice, if there were no
horse3 ’ h » rness, "r' tllum f “““ lf * hero
w ere - aad r /: tl lrul “" to t'”’ depths of our
kdoomv , telacle, , ithere to lie hour after
l, ‘T’ da v f te ’ day with nothing to look
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at but the black road and eternal pine for
nothing to thmk of save fair, c.vthzed
80 b ! r away, but to which one
fclt ’ w ! th f k ' nd °‘ gloomy satisfaction,
p vtr y i in S e 0 tb ®°° ar bells was bring
,n 8 ^ ^ter hjen the scenery does !
8 ! one for a11 thcsc drawbacks. The !
l,lbeM “ , forests are uot K rand - but the
trees bare a dwarfish look produced by
the im,,u ' nse l ,lains - Not a bird, not a
smmd ' ,s ht ‘ ard In these vast solitudes,
and when the horses stop and the bells
aro sll< ' I ? t ’ the st ‘"n css becomes almost
°PP ressiTe -
Trained Fishes.
Mr. the William Pounce Pair, de Leon of Atlanta, Bathing Ga., Pond, who |
owns
pets fishes. Behind his bathing pond he
has a beautiful lake surrounded by a tall
fence and filled with trained fishes. The
water is alive with perch, bream and
carp, but so well trained are they that
it is next to impossible to catch them
with a hook and line. Tlie water in the
pond is blue and dear. When you
reach the rustic seat on the bank it seems
as if you are looking upon a large French
plate mirror. After a moment spent in
listening to the lonesome song of a lazy
bull-frog, chanting melodiously from be
neath an overhanging bush, you reach
into a box behind you and get a stale
cracker. You pitch it into the water,
and then a change come3 over the pond,
One, two, three, four—a hundred perch
and bream come darting from the sandy
bottou and congregate about the white
cracker, each waiting for the other to at
tack it first. While they are waiting a
large carp, a great ungainly fellow a foot
and a half long, rises lazily up and sucks
to the tempting morsel with a smack
heard all over the pond. Another piece
of cracker goes in, and small fry' gather
about like chickens about a strange look
tog bug. The king of the tribe, a large
bream, makes a dash for the cracker; he
misses it, another and another tries his
luck, and then it is a free-for-all sc ram
ble; the water boils aud ripples, and one
smack follows another in quick succession
until the cracker is secured, It is a
pretty sight to watch the fishes when
they are fed. It is very seldom that
they bite a hook, no matter how' tempt
ing is the bait. Mr. Pair has a genuine
affection for his fiuny family, aud it is
exceedingly rare for one of them to adorn
his table.
Pine Straw Pillows.
Tbe American Analyet relates the fol
lowing incident: “During a visit to the
home of a most estimable lady living Oil
Indian River, this editor was'told of a
discovery that had been made which may
prove a boon to sufferers from lung of
bronchial troubles. This lady having
heard that there was a peculiar virtue in
a pillow made from pine straw, and hav
ing none of that material at hand, made
one from tine, soft shavings, and had the
pleasure of noting immediate benefit,
Soon all the members of the household
had pine shaving pillows, and it was
noticed that all coughs, athsmatic ot
bronchial troubles abated at once after
sleeping a few nights on these pillows,
Au invalid suffering with lung trouble
derived much benefit from sleeping upon
a mattress made from pine shavings. The
material is cheap and makes a verv pleas
ant ami comfortable mattress, the , lor
of the pine permeating the entire room
and absorbing or dispelling ail unpleasant
odors.”
WOMAN’S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATTUE f OR
IKMiMVt READERS.
THE art or IBanPIKC.
A chatty saleswoman in on t of our
large millinery bazaars. to wnotn the
w bole fashionable world is as familiar as
■hough she dined and lunched at the
most rechereha houses, thus discourses
upon what, from a saleswoman’s stand
point might be termed the good and bad
p^nts of certain well-known leaders of
fashion.
“l used to We to wait upon Mrs.
Hamersley, now Duehes, of .Marlbor¬
ough, gushed thi* garrulous saleswo
man, “ because she never asked the price
anything and was always so pleasant
and usee. She never ran down the goods;
admired nearly everything, took what
>he wanted and left the store without
a “> more fuss than if she had
a¥e ^ * emale shopper with a
nrmteri purse, She was always accora
by her ma.d, who took charge of
bundles. Mr«. Astor, h< iwever, is a
ve ■ry different sort of shopper, She al
ways inquires closely into the prices be
fore making a purchase, and she «hows a
very oisennunating knowledge of values
mmm
? g n ® r |^ t -’'
this well-known . society . leader has be
to
Undlcd, « to speak, w,th glove. One
* '1 1 certain what Mrs. Stevens
t* to or do, and as it would be
worth my position for mo to offend her,
J »lways draw a breath of relief when she
lias been served and has taken her de
parture. Mr*, rotter we used to see more
frequently before she went on the stage
easy to wait ,f»™ upon, f-i. knowing *»*m, what she
wanted and taking it without unneces
sary parleying. 7,„, The Vanderbilts never
patronize us to,t outs.de ..... that .. . one family , .,
there are few New l ork women of fash
ion whom 1 have not waited upon, and,
with few exceptions, I have found them
courteous ana amiable and apparently
finding as much enjoyment in this favor
>te feminine occupation as their less ex- |
wlea sisters .—a tic tork W'MJ,. j
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exercise for q,ri. s .
What is the best form of exercise for a
„; rl? j g a question fre quentlvasked \nd
lhere be but one r eply llguch exer _ j
rise as will develop alike all portions of
t jje body.” If one has a hollow chest
ana r0UD(1 8 h 0 ulders, the chest must be
expanded and the lungs increased , in .
size. If tile arms and back are weak,
these muscles must lie strengthened, J- i
T T v,„ hus 0 it is setn that there ___ is . no one u , best , :
form of exercise.” j
To attempt to train a girl’s mind by ,
study, as Latin or mathematics, for ex
ample, would be no creater foilv than to
try to develop her ^ physiciafly ’ by the
tico of a gi j 0 {or of , u3
walking or swinging Indian clubs,
where one cannot visit a gymnasium
regularly, it would be advisable that a
dozen or more ladies in a community
form a woman’s athletic club, fit up a
small gymnasium aud employ a teacher
for a few hours each day. The small
ou tlay will prove a far better investment
in a very few months than if put into
mining i* stock or a sealskin cloak for the
b wlnter ,
The first thi to ascertain is the ea
pacify of the lungs. How often do you
drawa fu „ breath? Can vou , when
standing with the arms and hands ex
tKndp ,i before, yon and after taking a full
inspira tion, touch the knuckles behind
the back without the tendency to cough?
Can )U touch the backg of tlu , bands at
5li in this position, or even make the el
bows meet wiihout assistance? Try it,
nQt oncPi butoften; lf youcaun ot accom
p bsb j t at first, keep at it until it is ac
eomplished, ' and you will soon find that
you are not quite 3 so round-shouldered,
and that lu have expended,
vyith the , u denunding more air, the
blood wiU bt ,,. 0Ine bctter oxyge nated,
the eye will grow brighter, the cheeks
m0 re ruddy j and the brain clearer— Com
mercM A vertiter .
FASHION NOTES.
The color of the newest notepaper is
olive green.
Sailor hats of fclt are among the win¬
ter novelties.
Black dresses were never in higlier fa
vor than at present.
Sleeves that are puffed very full on the
shoulders are no longer ° in favor.
The kid gloves worn by childreu , have
usually tn'he but two buttons, although they
art P p to be had l,.d to to the the number number of ot six six but- but
tons.
Short shoulder capes b of cloth, with an
upper cape almost , as full as a ruffle, will
be worn in the intermediate season, just
before the heavy wraps and long cloaks
"
are donned
One of the striking features of the mo
nient is the almost unmitigated flatness
of the backs of some of the elegant im
ported costumes just received from both
London and Paris. ,
Some of the now cloth shoulder capes
have long mantilla ends in front, but
most of them are only sightly pointed or
round. The “square-cut” all around is
the one most favored by young ladies,
married or stogie.
There are now in fashion a number ol
very graceful short capes for driving,
late afternoon fetes and evening concerts.
Some of them are made of large-meshed
Brussels net silk, embroidered to imitate
Garrick capes, placed one above the
other.
Some of the new wraps are made to
represent a costume in themselves.
They are usually in Directoire style, with
fichu-like shoulde rs capes, stylish yoke
pieces and turn back cuffs, and others
have friar's hoods, with odd pointed
kcrchief fronts.
Stitched edt;es and metal buttons give
a neat finish to double-breasted and
Norfolk jackets of tbe new soft wool
Scotch plaids, which are frequently made
U P with a full pleated or kilted skirt, or
j silken blouse or skirt waist and sling
sash, the jacket being worn only in the
' street or for out-of-door service.
Black woollens, bordered with woven
designs also in black, are seen among
other novelties in woollen goods. These
black borders are sometimes iu clustered
satiu stripes, again in velvet anc. plush
stripes, in geometric figures, arabesques,
and mediteval, ostrich fearher, Greek
cross, palm, and other leaf designs.
Strange Parlor Ornaments.
There are fashions in death and mourn
ing as well as in dress, although, of
course, they do not change quite so fre
queutlv. savs an exchange. For some
time it has been the thing among many
people to have to their parlor urns con
taining the ashes of the dear departed.
»»•Hpm popular. It originated » Connecticut,
where, m many homes, may be seen lying
on the center tables curious looking ob
long silver plates. A closer inspection
will reveal the fact that they are coffin
plates, with the inscriptions to be looked
for on them.
SINDAV SCHOOL.
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After the everlastii^ covenant made with
David concerning rift aon and kingdom, as
recorded in our ia*t lesson in this book .chap
vh.), we read of David's great prosperity,
•abdning all Lis Israel, enemies round about and
reigning and over untoalfhis all executing judgment 1*3-15).
justice people (viii.
Then. :n his prosperity, comes his awful bin.
bv which he gave great occasion to the ene
of the Lord to blaspheme; which is
Mlowed bv the record of his son Amnons
sin and his death at the hands of his
brother Absalom, followed bp the Bight of
Absalom to his maternal CTandfather. the
Kids isanishment of Geshitr, where he anode three and rears
in from his lather b>»
home *cha r; jd ®‘ 1
1. "And it tame to pass after thi^ that !
Absalom prepare i him chariot* aad L irses
and fifty mm to run before him/’ The
of words the ‘ chapter after thL«''seem immediately to refer preceding. to the ©Vents If \
Absabim cbsriotf and hor»>5 aud j
intended s men were ;
in some way to do honor, or show j
gratitude to his father, the King, it would j
s. era but right and natural; but that they j {
should be tokens of rebellion against and in
mg® i rulers and ambassadors. "Kose
aa early” agmfymg up ■
m an expe^ion great,
to ‘*1^3 ton
Jeremiah concerning urging His God's people unwearied
earnestness in to repent
and turn to Him. to laa. v 11, it is used
w
lesson, for here we see Absalom in the gate
the city cordially greering every one who
&me with any matter to the King for judg
sstisvsisasxExsL tog them that if h- judge he would
justice" was a see
that every one had
* •'Absalom said moreover Oh that I
were made judge ^bavid’s m the land. ’ The title of
our lesson is. rebellious son.” and
his name is mentioned thirteen times in our
lesson. Everything seems to go bv cimtrast
of I'e^ 1 " bui'whit'a
turberof peace he proved to be; theu as to
h ) 9
, %*%£%*£££l^nofon^ f
ward appearance, saw anything but beauty
there. His hair, which he must have beeii
once Tfear’ wdghtothen ^uS^aSm
seven and a half pounds Trov (a shekel beim.
about nine pennyweights) (xiv., 3^; but this.
was the cause of Ws death ' cha fi
5, «. “So Absalom stole the hearts of the
men of Israel,” By fair words to every man
who came to the King for judgement, b
taking them bv the hand and kissing them
he thus won their hearts to himself. David',
kiss to Absalom was of the same nature a,
the father's kiss to the prodigal son (Lu. xv..
30); but these kissesot Absalom w^re more ol
the nature of the kiss of Judas when he b(
traved our Ford Jesus Christ, for every 011 1
of them was a stab at his father s heart.
_ UT
said Absalom to David, the King, probably
after lour years instead of forty as iu thi
vase (see R. V. margin); but what a liar h
" as and hotv desperately wicked; there w,t
murder in his heart and that against his owl
father, but ho seeks to hide it under a pre
tens© of paying a vow unto the Lord, whil*
all his vows must have been to the devil
rather than to the Lord; and that he should
select Hebron for his base purpose where lay
buried the bodies of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob indicates only more fully the extreme
hardness of his heart.
8. “If the Lord shall bring me again in¬
deed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the
Lord.” This, he said, was the vow which he
had made to tho Lord while in his banish¬
ment in Syria. Lot any father or mother
who have ever rejoiced over the conversion
of a wayward son say what must have been
David’s feelings on hearing these words from
his much loved but heretofore erring Absa¬
lom. Oh, that he had only meant it, but
alas that the heart can become so hard that
it can put on religion for n
to deceive even God Himself.
9. “And the King said unto him. Go in
peace.” Believing him to be sincere ho gives
him a father's blessing and bids him go in
peace; but there was no jjeace iu that fou!
heart, plausible covered by so fair an exterior and
such words, for “There is no peace,
saith the Lord, to the wicked” (Isa. lvii., 21).
10. “Absalom reigneth in Hebron.” No
sooner does he leave his father’s presence,
with that father's last words to him as words
of peace, than ho send3 spies through all Is¬
rael who at a given signal are to cry: “Absa
J0211 reigneth in Hebron,” which was virtually
saying: “I hereby rebel against my father
and drive him from his tin-oneso David
understood it, for he .said unto all his ser
vants: “Arise, and let us flee, for we shall
not else escape from Absalom,’’' and the ser¬
vants said: “Behold thy servants are readv
to do whatsoever my lord the King shall ap¬
point” the King's (verses 14, 15). with Contrast this the conduct
of and son the conduct reply Ittai, of I)avid’.‘
servants, of a stranger
and exile (verses 19-21), and does it not re¬
mind you somewhat of the conduct of those
of whom it is written: “He came unto His
own and His own received Him not, but sls
many to as become received the Him, to them gave He
powder sons of God.” (John i..
“i?* - “They went in. their simplicity and
they know not anything.” This is written
of tbe t Y° hundred men out of Jerusalem
who . went with Absalom. If we would fol
low Jesus in this spirit, simply trusting, not
knowing nor desiring anything but His will,
what bussed people we would be and what
glory He would get through us; but to fol
{ low perdition a leader like Absalom thus blindly is sure
12. The people me-eased continually with
Absa lo m .” How thoughtlessly the browd
will follow a popular leader. How multi
t»des turn away from tho God of truth and
His dear Son to listen to an IngersoU. If
a railroad company will run its cars to some
mountain park or seaside resort on t he Lord’s
i >l } l !i!’ 1 15 *,*!’k' s .a** 1 U J', u aw ? y from
t , , com
nmndments to do evil. Ifa ritv wifl tolerate
Sunday thither. baseball what thoughlesscrowds will
1 flock And so in all directions an in
i creasing multitude is ever following the one
whom Absalom followed, and who would love
to destroy Jesus, the King of Kings, and all
followers.—Lesson Helper.
A Figh With a Polar Bear.
In July, 1886, two whale boats ye re
sailiug leisurely a toss S antar Buy in
the Ocliotss .Sea, when the harpooner
remarked : “A big seal on the port bow,
sir. ” This ‘ b g seal ” proved to be an
immense Siberian bear, which, caught
on the ice t'oe in his search f. r seal, liad
taken to the water aud was swimming least
for land—a distance of at five
miles. From experience we knew this
j p would be a’formi.'ablo antaax nist
on shore, and any interference on our
part would have been carefully con
s dered. But this seemed a sure thi- g
ami safe, so to take in all our sail and to
get a harpoon and lance ready was the
work of a few minutes It re mired no
man r nvering straight, to approach theoid fellow,
so with a fu l heal, a harpoon
was fairly planted in his ba k.
Talk about transformaton scenes!
With a terrib e snarl he leaped ahno t
| out of until the water his ; b he pul ed sides at b the ilged har¬
poon own ;
with teeth and c aws he crushed aud
twisted tlir Austral an iron-wood har¬
poon-pole into a thousand slivers. He
“took - ' our ine “hand over hand” un¬
til it spun through the “elio ks" as if
fast to a running w! ale. Failing to
ele r himself, he suddenly rushed for
our l>oat, and, before the ord r to
! “Stern a 1 for your lives!” could be
j obeyed, and both only feet were cn the gunwales,
ve were saved from capsizing,
aud perha s something wors-, by the
prompt action of the liarpooner, who
s.ashed old bruin s paws with his sheath
knife until he let go, wild with pain nnd
ra K e - A.l t.,)s l ad taken p ace m a mo
’ at l ’ nef
rflfitss*: o.’ 1 , ".;':;
his reacb> wo to ok great care not to got
into bis d ntc hes acrain. and a skillfully
thrown ance soon decided iu our favor
Jt v as a two-hour tob to tow lrm iuto
shore, but we fo t amply paid b sv ab
for supper, aud the sight of a bear that,
although poor in flesh, must have
weighed over a thousand pounds.
Brass Button • n tire Regu'^t V.m&
The pres *cs ar bv na
ir.esD* the s bat hate
liv&Tf worn in ie l nittM otate* ;
Uie icsie A t •enr
tVi arnir
-t TS
re; i Washington ordered that t t KTclS X)
.a non Vftl >f *‘a
blue or b k eo«t reaching to t
ultd full tr.mmed, the fastened
ba A, with ten c®en-w<wrac button-noh
in i-t of each lapo*
and ten :a v ge regimen '* . yeilow button*
^ epical d stances on * a h side, three
l Lw '' \ n«yimaritil P ' V butt ns on each
* °
• , oh
rnn, r a °d a llKe Bomber tu ftlso pc
tt. P- Tiie navy fticci s were or*
dered nn’forms’ t ) wear ye l w buttons tlio olu
ce s * w th these buttons, blue
coat , w i t l, rt J facings, red waistcoats
and , blue , , breeches, . „ to being a very ray
and attra dive afiair. tin the ut-er
band, the mar ne officers wore a green
coat with white facings, white breeches
cnlge-.l with green, w ite vesis, silver
epau'eis, black gaiters and white but
tons.
In 177^ the uniform of the army was
change 1 ngain. The coat was ordered
to be blue the fm ings white, buff or
, * „ h , ie the ( , ava !, v 1 a J villlte but
tons. . In 178- t .e in fail ry als> 1 _ . re .
put into white buttons, the rest of tne
uniform b.-ing of blue ground with red
mmm
cocke ,i l, atg v , ith white binding. of A
lmiuhpr , f e i ia!1 ,. e3 in the unionn
the .rmy was made in 1810, by one of
which Mfc'cers of the general stall wore and
rock© i hats without featlieis. vests
breeches or pantaloons, white or buff,
bi 8 h m 1> °'' t ' s ani1 8 ‘ 1 8 F nrs > ““J 1
singlebreaated blue coat* with ten gilt
buttons. When tb© civil war broke out ;
in 1861, some of the volunteer troops
3 tons, trJ but as &rajss, t..e confede.ates ndopttd
the same States color for their regulars, ad bate the
Lmted troops wore c to
with yellow buttons in ninth t‘« same
fashion as they wear them to-dav. The
re „ a ation3 C cn,'eniinc the arrange
men t or cronijin'e of buttons as in liea
of rank are, however, of mu h
more re eut date.— L San Francisco
Salt Water Good for Men Doing
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Each recurring h sens m in a mill
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with - hicli man should a lay his thirst.
By the use of salt, water can be very
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Enough silt in drinking v ater, to be
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the flavor would not be noticed. But
there is this to recommend the smaller
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prepared drink over the mineral spring’s
200 taken to in 500 limited grains uantity, ; tho latter while must the for¬ be
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A young student of physiology stated
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food is swallowed it passes through the
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rt aches the heart, where it meets the
oxygen and is purified.” Another de¬
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minute.” A third observer, “We have
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