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I LES MISERABLES. For what aro wo tkanktul? O (ago, declare. From toot high, carren pulpits, tosuffering men: We lixt to four iermon, yoor anthem, your prayer. Tour soft benediction. No answer la there To the question we ask you; the chill autumn air Blowa the word* to our face* again, Tou're talked cl the merchant (hips tailing the And told of the treaturea the barreat would yield; Of the fruit banging low on the o'erburdened trees: Of the odorous breath of the vino on the breeze; but whence comes the mandate, the law that de crees * That we starve In the brown Stubblefield* We battled at noonday with dust and with heat; We sang and we jested to lighten our toil; We hoped the drear winter with plenty to greet— Ah, the mirage to near fainting hearts was so sweet— — But empty our bands, bare and bleeding our feet; The labor was ours, not tbe spoil. The harvests are garnered, the myriad sheaves That pilod tbo wide fields like gold from tbe mine Fill up tbe great barns from the floor to tho eaves; lhe grapes tbat grew ripe amidst whispering leaves 'Stain red, laughing ilps while a starving one grieves Outside for the dregs of tbo wine. For what are we thankful* For prisons ami pain; For our babes nuird’ring sleep with their famish ing cries; For the snow and tho sleet, tho wind and tho rain Beating out tho dull lire from tho heart and tho brain: For the graru wo at last in potter's field galu; For tho stono with its deeply cut lies. —Margaret Holmes In New York World. Tho Fuco of u Scoundrel. Undoubtedly Cagliostro was the most able and successful scoundrel who ever lived. Thomas Carlyle, after carefully inspecting his pdrtrait, describes his fuco as follows; “Fittest of visages were they to be worn by tbo quack of quacks I A most portentous face of scoundrclism; a flat, snub, abomiuable face; flat no6ed, greasy, full of greediness, sensuality, ax like obstinacy; a forehead impm I "it, re fusing to be ashamed; and then two eyes turned up seraphically languishing, as if in diviue contemplation and adoration; a touch of quiz, too; on the whole, per haps tho most perfect quad; face pro duced in tiie eighteenth century. "—De troit Free Press. The Indian’s Physical Emfuraneo. How much bodily pain one of these Crow warriors can undergo I witnessed in 1880, near this post. It was in the fall of that year when the Hon. Carl Schurz (tho then secretary of the interior) visited the captured Sioux and Chey ennes near Fort Keogh. The honorable gentleman desired to observe the natives at one of their dances and feasts, and Gen. Miles, our commanding officer, con ducted him t£ the neighboring encamp ment. The writer accompanied tho party, which went on horseback. As we neared tbe spot wo beheld several hun dreds of Indians squatted down on the grass, singing, shouting and drumming. They were not dancing just then, but wore enjoying a star performance by a solitary warrior—a Crow Indian—some thing of an excruciatingly humorous character—a highly seasoned and palata ble sido disli in the feast, so to speak. Tho stalwart Crow stood in tho center of the circle, entirely naked with tho ex ception of tho proverbial breech cloth; tho blood was streaming from a hundred gashes which ho was self inflicting upon chest, shoulders, alxlomcn, arms and legs with sharp edged knives, handed to him alternately by some of the Sioux and Cheyenne braves. The sight was too much for the some what sensitive organization of tbo fastid ious secretary, nnd giving bis horso the spurs, lie soon escaped from tho disgust ing spectacle. Tho attending Indians en joyed tho performance liugelv, for they were chatting away and laughing gayly wliilo the horrible and certainly very painful mutilation was going on. Tho Interpreter informed me that it was an atonement ceremony on tho part of tho Crow, \ ho had in tho preceding winter killed a bioux. From tho samo sourco I learned afterward that tho very height of tho festivity was readied by tho nudienco when tiie performer finally permitted his body to bo washed with vinegar, after which ho Indulged in fits nnd convul sions.—Fort Keogh (Mont.), Cor. Cincin nati Enquirer. STRANGE SCENES IN JAPAN. Pint Impressions-^Tho Common People. A Strange Festival—Japanese Women. I SHE HATH GROWN COLD. Sho hath grown cold whose kindness won me to | her . . , | Wherefore Is this* In Yokohama is a long boulevard called Wishing them more, I find her favors fewer. the “Bund,’’bounded at each end by a „ ** , • •• -,i. If. wheo we liked, to love my friendship flowered jetty or pier called tho “Hatoba,” with a | With too fond haste, pleasant wooded bill to the left known as | Oh. »y. snould here by cruel Fare o'erpowered, tho .“Bluff,’’dotted with white houses. ...... . , . , — ’ . , . - I- . , , . , Shall 1 complaint'' “Oh. nol true love com- The harbor or bay itself is a circle of j plains not, water jierhaps three miles wide—big | Bping denied.” enough nt any rate to bo so rough in l " Sh4 “ 0 , t . dl * d:lfnr “ 0h ’ no1 tru# loTa ,ll,da ' D • windy weather that tho ships have to get j only fol*o pride." up steam and go to sea for safety. j "Shall I less love herfor her long denlalf" To come now to “first impressions;” 1 "Nay; year by year, there are, of course, two kinds of these. SiDce B,le '* w ? rt 'V' thou shalt find thy trial There are the mere sense impressions, ; Till. It may bo, the m^te “pldt to thee, tho things which strike tlio eyo nml ear : Fresh from Love's fast, as strange, and there aro tho “first im- ! Out of her eyes his look of looks shall win thee, pressions,” which mean tho conclusions springing to tho mind when tiie oxter- ] nals aro first understood. Tho former : class of these “first impressions’' goner- i ally attach themselves to very trivial Win tbceat Inst.” —Tho Spectator. Ill an Old English Churchyard. urn..-., ... Not far from tho inn, down a wallixir- mattcrsThut theyarooften not J tho" less L dered Ian * and then through a paved pas- entertaining for all tliis. The first thing, (' Ba S° where not more than three persons for instance. Hint I noticed in Japan was | can ,' vaIk n ^ roa f,’ ca “ a ‘o the grounds tho .enormous hats of tiie coolies, and I c'nclostng the old church built in sixteen next the ludicrous combinations of ! hundred and something. (Only places of European nnd foreign dress worn by worship hero in which I3 conducted the many young members of the middle j K ™ lco *\ ie Church of England are class. A pot hat, a cotton wrapper or '“fled churches; all others are “dissc# bath gown—thovukata—a pair of long * cl ' s chapels. ) It is a handsome edifice Both Sides of tho Question. Ethel (entering suddenly)—Jack. I wish you to lend mo your ha- -ball mask for—well, for six months at least. Brother Jack—Gracious! sister mine, what on eartli are you going to do? Ethel—Well—if I must tell—it is this way: You know Harry and I are engaged now. He comes every evening and stays—quite a while. Ho is so extremely demonstrative, and ho has such an—ag gressive mustache. I believe in freo trado up to a certain point, then I am for protection.—Pittsburg Bulletin. Ills I*laco in Society. According to a Now York correspond ent, tho western man is looming up on tho liorizou of tho New York woman iix a most astonishing way. “Ho is just be ginning,” lie writes, “to tako his place hero in social life, and ho takes an aw fully big place. Ho takes away the breath <4 tho eastern girl by liis self confident methods, and by tho time she recovers it she very often finds that it is in reality her heart that is gone.”—Chi cago Herald. Bremen's Statue of Liberty. The quaintest thing in Bremen is its statuo of liberty, tho “Boland” as it is called. It is a colossal figure, eighteen feet high, nnd was erected in tiie center of tho town in 1413. In ouo huge band tho giant holds a shield marked with an cagio (that symbol of liberty in all ages), in tho other a naked sword. It was tho gauntlet thrown down to all the world that Bremen would be free.—Chicago Herald. gown—tho yukata—a pair of long stockings and boots—that was a common mixture, tho wearer evidently and rightly thinking that ho had adopted tiie best points of both systems. An hour after landing, too, a re mark mado to mo by an educated Japaneso gentleman on the Beigic recurred to me. I lmd nshed him if tiio comingfonstitution for Japan was likely to includo trial by jury. “After you have seen Japan,” ho replied, with a smile, “you won’t ask that question." I mean by this that I was struck with tho fact that the common peoplo of Japan, courteous and clever and civilized as they aro in many ways—the hewers of wood nnd drawers of water and pullers of jerinkislias—are upon a different plane from the common jieoplo at home. Ono might say that they live in two dimen sions, whereas trial by jury, not in its origin, but in its significance today, is a threo dimension idea. Moreover, tho rulers of Japan see that trial by jury is often a failure or a farce with us, and they have no wish to educate tho peoplo. up to it. In Japan there are almost as many re ligious festivals as in Spain, and ono of these—matsuri is their generic name— The Sound of Thunder. One of tho most terse and succinct descriptions of a natural phenomenon is that recently given by M. Him, in which he says that the sound which is known as thunder is due simply to tho fact that tho air traversed by nn electric spark, that is, a flash of lightning, is suddenly raised to a very high temperature, and lias its volume, moreover, considerably increased. The column of gas thus , , , suddenly heated and expanded is ™„- ^ being celebrated the other day m the times several miles long, and a. the Ja -!™ ‘/T";. 1 ,' vont to lo f f or * l duration of tho flash is not even a ' V,,ll . ,n ', <1e ec Ive tamera, and when I millionth of n second, it. follows that j |f ct 11 I could hardly believo my eyes- tlio noise bursts fort], at once from i corresponded more to one s idea of New Guinea than of Japan. Upon an ordinary bullock cart a raised platform and scaf- | folding twenty feet high had been con- | structed, and bullock and all covered ! with paper decorations and green houghs i and artificial flowers. In front a girl J with a grotesque mask danced and post- ! tired, while half a dozen musicians | twanged impossible instruments and kept up nn incessant tattoo ; 9a,drums. Cliil- tho whole column, though for an obser ver in any ono place it commences where the lightning is at tho least distance. In precise terms, according to M. Ilirt^ tho beginning of tho thunder clap gives us tiie minimum distance of the light ning, and tbo length of the thunder clap gives us tho length of the column. Ho also remarks that when a (Iasi, of light ning strikes tho ground, it is not neces sarily from tho place struck that 1ho first noise is heard. Again, ho points out that a bullet whistles in traversing tho nir, so that wo can to a certain extent follow its flight, tho samo thing also Imp- pcnhig with e. falling meteorite just be fore striking tiie earth. The noiso actually heard lias been compared to tho sound pro I in* ed when ono tears linen. It is due, really, to tho fact that the air rapidly pushed on one sido in front of tho projectile, whether bullet or meteorite, quickly rushes back to till tho gap left in tiie rear.—Scientific American. Singular Boss of Memory. A recent medical journal gives tho re port of a case of singular loss of memory a curious method or silk manufacture in a young girl residing in New York, is said to exist in tho Chinese province of i'bitting in he: i room one day, she Kwangtung. where aro found wild sill: took up a pa.'..age ot letters which worms feeding on tho camphor tree. The sho intended to answer, and jus full grown caterpillar is cut open and the ; amazed to find .b..t she could lmtUP)- silkis taken out in a form resembling i member l lie names or apjwaraucu of any catgut, subjected to a hardening process, j of tie- writers, all of whom were her nnd mado into fish lines.—Arkansaw j own personal friends. Traveler. i She was calm and sane except upon 1 this point: In r memory of iiersons seomed Sharks and Convicts. j to bo suddenly and wholly obliterated. There (at Cayenne) when a convict j She hastily descended to tiie room dies tho body is borne to tho sea and a , where tho family was gathered for great bell is tolled. And then is the vis- dinner, and found that she could cous, glaucous sea surface furrowed sud- net remember a single name or denly by fins innumerable, swart, sharp, face, except that of her mother. Her triangular—the legions of tho 'sharks ' rushing to tho hideous funeral. They know the belli—Harper’s. Knowlcdgo of Haitian Nature. “And so your nico clergyman is going to bo married, Mrs. Marigold,!. I hope you’ll like his wifo as well as you like him.” “Well, ma’am, I’m sure I hope Re but we generally find that when tho gen tleman is haffablc, tho lady’s ’aughty!" —London Punch. Chiefs as Top Spinners. An independent state in tho Malay “Pe ninsula is Pahang. It has just been ex amined from tho outskirts by some En glishmen, who report it capablo of sup porting a largo poulation if tho rulers would cease from Bpending their time chiefly in top spinning.—New York Sun. father, sisters nnd brothers appeared to her ns,strangers, nor was it possible to recall them to her. The faculty uf mem ory of persons ap|x*nr«l to bo paralyzed. It was found by tiie physicians that tiiis singular effect was produced by tho lodg ment of a clot of blood upon a certain part of tiie brain. Another well known mental disorder, which produces forgetfulness of words, results from abnormal pressure, or soft ening, in another part of tho brain. Tho patient frequently takes one word, such as "yes” or “water,” and repeats it a 1 thousand times, imagining that he is con versing with fluency and case.—Youth's Companion. 'llren wild with delight crowded up among tho performers nnd clung like flies nil over tho cart, and only that Providenco which takes care of them, to gether with drunkards nnd tho United States of America, preserved them from making a Juggernaut of it. On foot around tho has hi, as the whole structure is called, were twenty or thirty men, naked ns to their legs, their faces chalked, with straw hats a yard wide, many col ored tunics, in which scarlet predomi nated, deckl'd out with paper streamers and Dowers enougli to make a Sioux chief despair of himself, dancing along to a very rude chant and nt every step banging upon tiie ground a long iron bar tilted with loose rings. Tho colors, tiie song, tho dance, tho music and the clanging iron formed to gether a spectacle as barbarous in taste as possible, something wholly different from what ono had supposed tho gentle culture of tho Japanese to be. At tho timo I was greatly puzzled, but subse quently I learned that this matsuri is not so barbarous as it looks. . I took it to bo a serious religious ceremony. I found that it had just as much to do with relig ion as an Italian carnival has—that is, it was born of religious feeling and lias entirely forgotten its ancestry. Bud dhism, which is the religion of the com mon people, has always played to tho gallery, so to speak, and tiie priests of today make money out of tho matsuri, partly in tho eshapo of tho coins which aro thrown into tho temple ponds and partly from their share of tho subscrip tions of tlio well to do people of tho neigh borhood, by whom the festival is sup ported. The affair is thus a Japaneso carnival, where people drink fake and play tlio fool themselves or watcli others doing so, exactly as nt Nice or Venice. No account of “first impressions,” too, exteriorly, built of stone, with n steeple whoso fine proportions have lieen much admired by students of architecture. All around, in tlio great churchyard, lio tho dead of past generations—«a few of tlio inscriptions dating back nearly threo bun dred years. Somo of tlio graves, I was told, contain tlio remains of n dozen per sons—ono coffin being placed upon tiie top of another, room ix'ing mado for tlio new comers as the earlier tenants of tho graves moulder into dust. Here, after patient search, I found tho graves of an cestors long since passed away.—William T. Tinsley in Lyons Republican. One's Own Lite Experiences. What would lio tho effect upon litera ture if every (icrson of spirit nnd tho ability to write fairly well were to em body in a siuglo romance the most vivid and commanding experiences of his own life, from tho timo when lio began to think to his maturity, and tell faithfully tlio most sacred emotions of his own heart, while faithfully photographing tho peoplo anil tho life around him? Wo should have a flood of intimate autobio graphies, but slightly guarded by tho veil of fiction; heart breaking confes sions, interspersed with broad views of tho beauty that there is in life, and dashed with humor; and whoso reality would command otir attention and our sympathies in spite of ourselves.—Boston Transcript. A Watch's Cain or Loss. A ship's chronometer is so adjusted as to remain always in ono position, no matter what the motion of the ship may lie, and on that account it keeps better timo than a watch that is placed in the pocket during the day, on a tablo at night, and is more or less Irregularly jarred from day to day by tho motion of tho body. A pocket watch that gains or loses only a second a day is considered an excellent timepiece, but in order to ixi so considered it must make the gain steadily ono day after the other, or loso in tho samo way—it must not bo a second fast one day nnd a second slow tho next. “B. B.” in Tlio Epoch. Snake into anil Yellow Fcvor. Dr. Urias da Silveira lias sent to tho Medico-Chirurgical society of Rio do Ja neiro a quantity of a vegetable substanco which is very common in tho provinces-*- Minas geraes and Barra mansa—and which, lio say3, ho has used with great advantage in tho bites of cobras, espe cially during tho period in which tho most serious symptoms—hemorrhages and ataxo-adynamic phenomena—ap,- peared. lie [xiints out analogies between tho effects of snako bite and of yellow fever, both of a symptomatic anil patbo- Plij-dotoglcaJ Bearing of Corsets, In the biological section the vexed question of stays and tight lacing was discussed hi a separate department. Tho attendance of the fair sox was especially large. The general expectation which they apparently entertained- that the pa;icr would condemn the wearing of stays was. however, agreeably disap pointed, * Mr. C. 8. Boy, professor of pathology tit Cambridge, and Mr. J. 0. Adams university administrator of pathology, who had announced a joint pa;«T ''On tlio Physiological Bearing of Waist Belts anil Stays,” blessed instead nt liaaaiii;; these articles. They have Ini civ been making some palhologie.il experiments, nml had found that n good dual of thb blood stored use- linsly in the ulxliiminal veins is, by slight pressure, placed advantageously at the ilisjKisal of the muscles, brain, and skin. This explains how men, ns well ns women, instinctively employ somo method of ab dominal compression, wearing waistbands or belts, or the more elaborate corsets, at jieriods of increased activity. No doubt fashion 1ms sometimes led to the distor tion of tho female figure by means of Btays, hut if not laced too tight tlio mod ern corset, by clasping tlio waist and sup porting the bosom and back, constitutes a convenient combination of tho different forms of girdle which havo been found useful by tho women of all civilized nations from tho remotest times. Of course, during sleep they aro put off, but during hours of exertion, social or other wise, reasonable tight lacing is fitted to increase mental and physical activity. They, however, cautioned voting ladies against carrying this to an injudicious extreme. By the way, it was suggested to train ers of horses that if they girthed on the racing saddle* behind tlio ribs instead of over them they would thereby gain for the horse tlio same advantage ns was ex perienced by tlio long distance runner from his broad tight leather belt. Several physicians immediately at tacked the paper. Dr. Wilherforco Smith considered it a most dangerous one to bo read to an nssembly liko that. Ho de clared tho evils of tight lacing to bo man ifold and terrible, and that it is perfectly refreshing to find a girl tho muscles of wlioso back have not been withered by wearing stays. Miss Becker took tho otiicr Bide, and advocated rigid and not elastic stays, at tho samo time giving her approval of modern fashions as hotter than somo dress reforms.—London Tele graph. How to FJnlnh a Boole. So I hold a book 13 only*just half writ ten when i ho author nnd tho printer and binder arc through with it. It is hardly that. It is only when tho readers havo annotated it that it is done. Tlio lost edition should includo tho marks mid re marks of reputablo readers, and then the book would bo finished. This is tlio way it would read: “This passage is more eloquent than true—the facts in the case are these;” and "this point tlio author should rewrite in tho light of modern psychology,” and “hero wo havo a noble illustration of how a great mind grap ples with delicate questions often in vain,” or “this passage is written under tlio influence of tiie bigotry that the author supposes lie lias escaped." So a running commentary is made, and tho reader gets tho advantage of both what ho reads and what ho writes. Hcfw is that? you say. I will tell you. You will novor think a matter through and through until you write it down, and ns you writo j-ou are compelled to sift your general notions and mako them par ticular and accurate. So that when you are- well through a volume you havo written n hook if you aro a good anno tator. Really, there aro many of our best authors who never wrote any other Bort of book.—“E. P. P.” in Globe-Dem ocrat. Supentltlmu Concerning Her Jewels. Jewels havo at all periods of history , . , . - - - , i formed the most common nnd diverse foundations for peculiar supsrstitions. r " r ” " There is a lady of wealth and position in drug lie sent should lie tried in eases of yellow fever.—Scientific American. Bather*Tlinn Go Bad:. Yes,” said she, "I will accept your proposal this time, and wo will ho mar ried lxjfore winter.” O, delight!” exclaimed lie. "Your sudden chango bewilders me." I know it must,” continued the sweet tiling, “but tlio fact is I havo just learned that I didn't pass in my examination last spring, and rather than go back to the seminary and stand the disgrace of being- put down I’ll—I’ll even marry you.” No cards.—Chicago Tribune. New York who is tlio liappy possessor of an exquisite pair of diamond earrings. They were given to her by her father on tlio occasion of her marriage. In any general sense of tho word nobody would ever think of declaring this woman to be superstitious. Sho would probably in dignantly deny such on imputation. Yet, Binco those solitaires were presented to her, more than twouty years ago, they have never been removed from her cars, not because of their great value, but ow ing to the fact that she is confident somo horrible disaster will overtako lier should she take them out. Night and day, therefore, with an utter disregard for tho fitness of things, whether she bo clad in calico or arrayed like Solomon in purple and fine linen and glorious apparel, these immense white stones, brilliant as min iature suns, gleam in her ears. At tbo A Truth Well Expressed. “Many persona criticise in order nos. to seem ignorant; they do not know that indulgenco is a mark of the highest cui- would lie complete without an illusion to tore, ” says Carmen Sylva in the current __ tho grace and charm of the Japanese number of Tho Woman’s World, and l. more mention of their possible removal women. The first timo one sees a couple is a truth well expressed. It is the hltlc sho turns palo and immediately changes of pretty and prettily dressed Japaneso learning, the narrow .culture, that is tho subject. I verily believe sho would girls walking abroad under their huge carping and censorious, and mistakes flio of fright if by any chance some one variegated pajier umbrella, with tlidir fault finding for criticism. Tlio highest should surreptitiously tako them out.— elaborately dressed black hair, their jxir- and most liberal culture i3 generous and Clara Lanza. ! feet tiny hands and feet, their large believing.—Boston Traveller. | brown eyes—set obliquely if they are j beauties;" with their delicate, soft ! Elcctrlo Light fn War. Tho Ideal Battlo Ship. The ideal battle ship, according to Ad miral Sir Georgo Elliott, possesses quali fications ranking in this order; 1. Sea worthiness; 2. Guns tfhd armor; X Handiness; 4. Coal eudurance; 0. Speed; 0. Light draught of water.—New York Sun. On a Pcaco Footing. At 200 yards tho Lepel riflo would go through two men. Tho French arsenals T2rt> Sons of Malta. These Maltese are a curious mixture of Moor, Italian, Greek and Aral), and I . „„„ . „ know not what else. They speak a i>ecu- ! toned rv:^ : garments, and tho heavy flat J Tho German military authorities liavo liar language, which has no grammar, silk ohi twisted round mill round their ' experimented successfully with night at- btit since tho British occupation every | waist and ending in a colossal bow he- tacks by the aid of electrio light. Tho shopkeeper sjeaks English, and lie lies in hind; with their funny motion on their Ix-am of light is reflected from a mirror wait for the innocent tourist as tlio clip-clapping pattens, half undulating 200 yards distant from tho lamp, so that spider did for tho fly. He does not lies!- .run and half waddle, and their merry tatu to implore you “just to enter and laughter and chatter—when one sees look nt his goods;" but beware of liisal- them fur the first time, I say, one is i hircmeuts if you would onca;*) with a [ usually delighted enough to follow them I Wantrd to Know. up and down for half an hour under a I . He—My darling, you must bo mine, fine pretense of losi:: 0 one's way or look- I yearn for you every day. ing into the shops. At least I did, till I She—That’s all right; butwhat I want succeeded in getting a snap photograph to know is, will you cam for mo every of them. —Yokohama Cor. New York day after we aro married?—New Yori. I Tribune. the enemy cannot tell where tho battery is.—Now York Sun. full purse, for lie lias a truly tempting display. —Malta Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. If a nolo is lost or stolen it does not have enough ammunition to supply each re * eas *' ma J* er > joy it, if the \\ orld. soldier with 2,500 cartridges.—New York consideration for which it was given and Onn , the account can bo proven. Waterproofing Process for Leather. Ii) will not ho long before tho shoe maker can add to ilia stock of raw mate rials a waterproof leather. Tho process, which lias been recently perfected, is not only of service on tho uncut leather, but can bo used in rendering worthless leather valuable by plumping, stiffening nnd waterproofing it for insoles, counters, box toes, etc. Every part of a hoot or slioe can be ‘‘waterproofed" either be fore or after it is finished.—Chicago News. It is asserted that, under certain con ditions. the bark of tho qailla tre:- * f Chili possesses cleansing properties -a- perior to those of tho best soap.— sav.' Traveler.