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IF THEY KNEW. If only my mother knew How my heart is hurt within mo, She would take my face in her tender hands And smooth my cheek, as she used to do In the days that seein so long ago, When childish tears were quick to flow; She would smooth my face with her tender hands If sb* felt the grief within me. If only my lover knew Of the surging, passionate sorrow, He would hold me close to his si "dy breast, As once he held me the long hours through— AVhen we had not learned to live apart, But leaned for love on each other's heart; H< would hold me close to his heaving breast, If he guessed my passionate sorrow. But it pierces me like a knife To think that they do not know it; T t h i]* t-V. o** Aor* 1 a t , _ | i ■ * ” i-<*“ I’jun. in niy pieaumg eyes, i Yet never question my hidden life;— Can touch my lips in the same old place A et never look for the soul in my face. < di. the tears are bitter that fill my eyes To kuow that they do not know it! —Curtis May. THE Ainil. The doctor and 1 wereen joyinga much needed rest in a little cottage at Waikiki Honolulu’s ideal watering-place, says F.' L. ( 1 rke in the San Franciscis: o • C>ronie)«. htrolling along the beach one aay we came across a group of native Hsheimen repairing a large saffron colored net one hundred feet lon<>- per haps, and ten feet wide. “Take a 100 t at that,” said the doctor, •who, born and brought up on the islands, >vas ianiiliar with the language and habits of the natives. ‘ That is made from the fibrous inner bark of the olona a sm ill tree growing in damp gulches! I be natives have a way of separating the inoei bark from the outer green pellicle, and scrape it into long smooth threads, which they twist into thin cords, with which the net is made. The fiber is as strong and smooth as silk, and fish lines snd nets made from it hist a long time, 11 “If it is so strong what it bo?” 1 asked. The doctor repeated the question to the fisherman and then translated. “They say that they were just outside the breakers yesterday with the net, and I managed to entangle a specimen of the ‘.Mano Kiliikihi’ (the hammer-headed shark) and he did the damage. It seems that they can’t manage one of that spe cies of the huge white shark in a net. ; They have to use a hook to secure such sea monsters.” After asking a few more questions of the na i.es the doctor told me that they were going oti in a few days to try to capture one of the huge sharks known as “niuhi.’’ or man-eaters, and that they had oil. re-l to take us (for a considera tion if we would promise to sit still in the cauods. “It’s a good chance," he added, “to! enjoy an experience that not one foreigner in a thousand meets with And these fellows wouldn’t oiler it now if they did ; nut believe that the niuhi would scent us j white men, and be a 1 tire more ready to j take the baitjon the chance of its bein" you or I.” Having had some experience in a Sandwdch Island canoe, it was not with out a feeling of trepidation that I con sented to embark again in one, under the circumstances. The agreement was made, however, and we he'd ourselves in readiness to start wdienevcr the signal should I,e given to do so. But elaborate preparations had first to be made by the fishermen for the pro jected trip. They first took the live s and part of the flesh of some common sharks, they had caught and wrapped j them in the broad, stout leaves of the ki-p'ant. These packages were then thoroughly ’naked in a rude s one oven built on the beach and packed in the canoes af bait. \\ hile this was being j done two of the larger canoes were lashed together by their “outriggers’’ so j as to make one double canoe. Ou the ! interlocked outriggers a platform was built, andoa this were arranged piles of 5 bait and a strong line. With the bait was stowed two or three bundles of ‘ awa, ghe root of the piper methys tichum, which, being chewed, is stupe fying n its effect. Gourds filled with fresh water we:e also provided, and finally, when the fleet was ready to sail, an ancient “kahuna” (half priest, half I sorcerer; appeared and examined every r thing critically. It was his province, by Its incantations, to prevent the dreaded man-eater f.om devouring any oi the fisu-rmea, and so the doctor took pains to have us specially mentioned in his iuvo atious. A swiit, light double canoe was fitted up for us, and four stalwart paddlers as signed to the duty of keeping us inrthe midst of the S2)ort, and still out of dan ger. Everything being in readiness, two or three of the lighter canoes w -re launched and their occupants paddled oiit to sea to discover some signs of the wished for man-eater, while we were di rected to be ready to c nbnrk at any tin<A It might be a day or two before the fish ermen sconts would come across the proper indications of the presence of the niuhi. That variety of the shark tribe comes voluntarily into shallow water, but must always be sought for a mile or two from land. There he makes havoc •• mong all other kinds of fish, and his 1 iresence is indicated by the commotion among them. So the doctor and I leisurely dined that afternoon on the b-oau veranda overhanging the rippling sea, and lazily sauntered through the grove of paints and down hybiscus-shaded, jasmine scented paths, bordered by brilliant leafed crotons, watching through thin clouds of tobacco the shimmer and play of light of the setting sun on the gleam ing surf. Now and then we would glance up to the sharply-defined peak of I'amoud head, where seven hundred et above ns we knew the sharp-eyed uives were watching for the signal l.om the fishermen far <>ut at sea. At last it c une. When the western sky was ablaze with the glory of a trop ical sunset, a shout went up from the group of expectant fishermen on the beach. They pointed to idamond head, where, c early drawn against the purple sky, was seen the naked figure of the watchman flourishing his scarlet malo.or breech cloth, which he had torn off to signs with. It took is but a f3w moments to reach our canoe and spring in. Immediately our crew of paddlers forced the light hulls into the water, and in another mo ment we were darting over the smooth water inside the reef in hot chase after the large double canoe, ou the platform of which sat the kahuna wildly tossing his arms about and howling out a dismal incantation. All the paddlers sat on the gunwales of their canoes, and with vigorous rhythmic strokes of their broad bladed paddlesdrove fbrward the vessels. Soon we felt from the plunging motion that we were on the i n ner edge o f the breakwater. Another moment and the roar and hiss of the coming waves were upon us. I glanced at the doctor and J had ju-t a glimpse of him, as he sat low I down in the stern of his canoe, his mus cular hands clutching firmly the edges of the craft, while from between his close set teeth depended h : s beloved meer schaum. Quick puffs of smoke betrayed liis excitement as tne canoes reared and plunged over the breakers, and then we were gliding easily over the long swell outside. Though it did not take us long to reach the spot where the man-eater was known to be, yet n ght had fallen on them, and it was by the light of torches made of the baked kernels of the candle nut strung upon cocoa-leif fibre that we drew near the fleet. As we did so the dip of paddles was noiseless, and it was by signs alone that the “luna,”or head fisherman, gave direction to the rest. By the smoky, red light of the torches we could see men busily scattering about the baked meat they had brought, and also half-chewed morsels of the awa root. As they did so there was the gleam cf the fins and tails of hundreds of fish darting to and fro for the food. Now and then a larger one than the rest, with sides glowing with phosphorescent light, would dart among the smaller fry, s altering ' them right and left. “They are tlie ‘mußO-Kanaka, ’ ” whis pered the doctor (we had both crawled ou to the platform of our canoe), “the shark god of the old Hawaiians. It is the kind they believed could assume the j forms of human beings at will. And there! there!” he added, quickly, as a : massive bulk rose slowly from the depths j below’, “there is the‘mano-keokeo, ’ the j great white shark!” Just then the old fisherman stationed ; ne ir us suddenly crouched down, and, j touching the doctor with brown : hand, pointed to the water near the stern of the canoe, next to us. We there saw, gleaming in the opalescent depths, ! two bright spots that shone with a ma lignant, greenish light. They were set in a monstrous, shadowy head, beyond which we could dimly see a huge brown body. Below the cold, cruel eyes wre traced the outlines of a iormida- j ble mouth, that, even as we looked j opened slowly, disclosing row upon row of strongly hooked, pearly white teeth, with deeply serrated edges. As this frightful mouth opened the monster rolled half over and vigorously snapped at the b ndle of food sinking near him, It was the Miuhi, the fiercest and most voracious of his tribe, and as he moved along the crowd of fish darted away in terror. Even the great white shark sul- ‘ lenly gave place to this tiger of the sea, \ who swam slowly about swa lowing the ; food the fishermen kept throwing to him. I As he thus moved from place to place his j whole body seemed to exhale a peculiar light, that streamed from the tips of his fins and long, unevenly lobed tail. & the gleam of ih s peculiar phosphores cence his motion could be c osely watched, and finally the experienced fishermen saw’ that he was becoming gorged, So intent had we been watch- j ing his movements that we had <f.* t noticed that w r hile be was being fed the | fleet of canoes had been silently moved in near the shore. Now, looking down, i we could dimly see the white sandy bot tom, and in a few minutes were in quite shallow water, opposite an opening in | the reef where the surf did not break. ! Our progress had been very slow, and 1 now for awhile the canoes halted, while ! hovering between them was the man eater, evidently somewhat stupefied by the awa he had swallowed with the food so freely given him. The old Kahuna had, during the whole performance, kept up his pano ramic display, though in a guarded, quiet mannejr, while the fishermen kept close watch upon the shark. He gorged to repletion, evidently intended to take a maj), and so settled slowly down on the white sandy bottom. He was the perfect (submarine) picture of overfed helplessness, and it seemed as though we could almost hear him snore. And then commenced a curious exhi bition of and daring. A noose had been made in the end ot a long, strong rope, and this was taken by an experi enced old fisherman, who quietly slipped overboard from his canoe and allowed himself to sink to where the man-eater was resting his body enveloped in that strange, weird light. That was the moment when, if the shark had been shamming sleep, he would with one vig- orous sweep of his tail aud a snap of his jaws have earned the name of ‘ man eater.” But no; he was for the time being powerless, and w;tli infinite dex terity and skill the native succeeded in passing the noose over the brute’s head aud about his middle. lie then quickly rose to the surface and clambered into his canoe, and the fleet was again set in motion. The canoe to which the line about the shark's body was attached moved very slowly aud carefully, just enough strain being kept on the line to raise the captive’s body clear of the bot tom. Sometimes the shark would be a little restive, and then wc all waited “until.” as the doctor said, “he rolled over aud went tc sleep again.” At length we ivere close into the beach and all but two canoes were drawn up on the sands to wait for daylight. The | two remaining ones lay over the sleep ing niuhi, the end of the line to which he was secured being taken on the beach, and then all hands took turns in watching and sleeping. The job might have been completed that night, but this the Kahuna forbade. “We have the right to snare the man i eater in the night, while he is drunk, ’ he said, “but we must wait for daylight, when he is sober, before we kill him.” By daylight a crowd of people had as sembled on the beach, and the signal was given from the canoes that the niuhi was awake and getting restive. So the long line was seized by a hundred hands; ! it straightened out, and then, amidst the triumphant song of the Kahuna who took immense credit to himself for the 1 capture) and the yells and laughter of the crowd tramping away with the rope, the enraged man-eater thrashing and plunging about, was drawn out of the | water and over the yellow sands. As his ; huge body plunged hither and thither i he snapped savagely at everything, but in vain. A crowd of fishermen were al ways about him, raining a shower of blows ou his ugly head, until he lay, beaten to death, on the shore. Great were the rejoicings over the suc cess of this hunt for the niuhi. Every portion of the body (whch was eighteen feet in length) was eaten, for it—the bones and skin especially—are supposed to endow the eater with high courage and great strength. As for the one who slipped the noose over the head of the man-eater, he was given ati extra portion of the liver, was extravagantly praised for his skill, and would, the Ivahum said, be fortunate in everything he undertook thereafter. The Working Girls' Friends. “What class of persons are your best customers!” asked a reporter for the Mill and Express of a New York bird fancier recently. “Shop girls, seamstresses, milliners and other working women.” was his un expected reply. “Rich folks buy the parrots, educated canaries, the rare for eign birds and the expensive aquaria, but the pretty working girls are the best and steadiest buyers of the common varieties, and without their custom we should fare badly. We are one with the florists in that respect.” “How do you mean:” “Well, you just ask the florists—l mean the cheap sidewalk florists of the market and street corners—who are their best customers, and you will get the same answer that I have given you. I can’t understand it, either.” “These pets and flowers,” said a mod es* working girl to the reporter a half hour later, “they cheer us and we should feel lost without them. Why, we can almost always tell when one of our com panions is going wrong, that is, coming home late, becoming bold any gay and entertaining longings for dress and orna ments, by her giving away her pets and plants or neglecting them.” The canary is by long odds the favor ite pet with working girls. The little stcy-blue nonpareil birds, as they are called, love birds, Java sparrows and others are well represented. Guinea pigs and white mice also occasionally receive their share of fostering attention in these humble homes. As to flowers,’ the hardier, cheaper and prettier of pot plants are the most popular. The geran nium is the most common; then comes the heliotrope, then the fuschia, and they also cultivate the wall flower, daisy, the gilly flower, the primrose, several varieties of the pink, the oxalis or wood sorrel and whatever will thrive in cir cumscribed quarters with limited care. The working girls are often put to their ingenuity to have their pets and flow’ers attended to during their absence from home in the pursuit of their vocation, especially in coid weather, whim the more delicate specimens are apt to suffer severlv in the lofty, unwarmed tene ments if not cared for. Sometimes one who is too ill to seek her daily work, but able to be about within doors, vfill minister to the wants of a dozen pr more of such possessions on behalf of com panions lodging in the same house. Sometimes a kind-hearted landlady will volunteer similar offices for a trifling re ciprocation in the way of stitching, mending, or of some cheap but pretty worsted or cardboard ornaments- for her vacant walls. Child-Catchers For Locomotives. A Birmingham, lirgland, contempor ary reports a child-catchers.” This is a startling title, but it refers neither to kidnapping nor to any other form of crime: and the trial was not a judicial proceeding. It was an experi ment with new appliances which had been fitted to a steam tramway engine to prevent, if possible, any dangerous con sequences to children straying on the rails. This humane purpose seems to have occupied the attention of quite a number of inventors; but ths result of the experiments with their various in ventious is not entirely satisfactory. AVhether the appliance consists of arms to seize the child and lift it off the track, of a mouth to sunk the child in to a place of safety in a' hollow at the back of the engine, or an india -rubber sheeting to catch and hold the child, or of “a spring cushioned triangular projection” to push the child aside, or of brushes to sweep it away, confidence in the gentleness of the steam motor's use of its benevolent machinery when iu full working trim has not been established. The india rubber dummy child, of course, made no objec tion to its treatment; but a mother could not yet see her child in front of the tramway engine without apprehension. The inventors will doubtle-s tv/ again, and we hope withancre success.— London Fete '. Shootinsr Trout With a Gun. Mr. Hatcher says: ■“Whenever I felt as if 1 wanted a trout- for dinner I would stroll over to the pond aud bring one down, or up ratliei, with ray rifle. Be tween 11 and Ti o'clock at midday are the hours when they can be shot, as for some unexplained reason they come up near the surface. 1 always aim for the head. No, the ball never penetrates the head or any portion of the fish. It is seldom that even a scale is disturbed. The rifle ball never touches them. They are killed apparently by concussion. The water, 1 think, flattens the ball. Immediately upon being shot they rice to the surface, floating upon their backs. I never take the trouble to fish with a hook, preferring my rifle.” —Atlanta Co/ 1- stituij-n. A Modern Solomon. It has always been supposed that Solo mon was the wisest man who ever lived, but it looks now as if Mr. P. T. Barnum. the showman, is worthy to wear the sage king’s crown. A Kentucky farmer recent ly wrote the great showman that he had “the only three-legged chicken in the world,” and would part with it for •SIOOO. In the same mail, Mr. Barnum received a letter from a .Jersey farmer who also claimed that he had “the only three-legged chicken in the world,” and would sell it for SIOOO. Mr. Barnum simply sent the Kentuckian's letter to the .Jerseyn an aud the Jerseyman’s letter to the Kentuckian. Could Solomou have done any better in deciding this case?— New York Journal. No exposures will destroy the delusion of dupes who doto «i being humbugged. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. Make the Kitchen Attractive. Considering the fact that so many wo men are obliged to pass a great portion ; of their time in the kitchen, why noi make it an attractive apartment rathe' 1 than stow it away in the basement, or in i some dark corner of the house, as is notV j too frequently done ? Most houses dis play pleasant sitting-rooms; but if we j judge of the conveniences and general pleasantness of the kitchen by the rooms in front of the house, we utterly fail in our conjectures. To make a little show in company rooms, how many actual kitchen comforts are denied in many households? It is surely better to begin our house-furnishing at the kitchen and work toward the front as we are able. Let the kitchen closet be well stocked, even though the parlor suffer a little.— Agent's Herald. Instruction for Laving Carpets. Carpets are often badly laid down, i either from ignorance or carelessness, j The carpet, neatly folded, should be ! brought in and laid down as it is folded, ; the way the widths are to run. It must then be unfolded by degrees, aot dragged open any way. When the carpet is thoroughly opened out, let the centre width be laid perfectly straight from one end to thi other, a tinned tack put at each end to keep it in his place and all the other widths laid straight according to the first. AVhen one end of the widths is straight and thoroughly stretched, let it be tacked down with tinned tacks at rejpilar intervals, begin ning at one end and working towards : the other. When thin first end has- been ; firmly fastened down, let one side, at right engles to the end nailed already, be tacked, taking care to pull it out “taut,” as'the sailors say. AVhen the side and end at right angles have been fastened down, the coßic-sponding side and end are easily manured, and the thing is done.— Fete Tori World. Peacock Feather Fan. Take a small Chinese fan, round or slightly oval in shape, cover it with dark green paper muslin or any dark green thin material; cut the feathers-; about four inches long, measured from the top of the fibers, Have a bottle of mucilage ready; begin by clippiug the ) libera remaining on the quill, from which has been cut the tops, takes these fibers and glue them all around the edge of the fan,so they will extendabout two inches over the top of the fan. Take the largest size of the feathers and glue in the center of the top and have them j about one inch longer than top of fibers. Keep- on glueing one feather after an other, arranging so the smallest wili come to he bottom. AVhen the first layer has been placed all around the out- 1 side etlge of the fan begiu the second layer. Keep on until one side is all finished: let it dry then begin on the other side; when all is finished and dry,, take a curling knife or any other blunt knife or shears and begin curling the j long fibers into nice large and soft 1 curls. Those on the edge curl closely ; down to the-edge. Next wind the han- I die with peacock-blue ribbon, finish with a full bow with long ends of the same and you will have a beautiful fan.—De troit Free Press. Veal in Tempting Snapps. Many very delicious dishes may be made of veal. To be good, veal should be about two months old, when the flesh will be firm,, with, a pink tinge, and the bones hard. , Veal is divided into fore and hind quarters; the fore quarter is divided into loin, breast, shoulder and neck, the hind quarter into leg and loin. Chops are cut Irom the loin, and the leg is used, for cutlets and fillets. „The loin, shoulder and fillet and breast are used for roasting. The knuckle and neck are used forsoup, stews, pies and croquettes. Fricandelles of Veal.—Put on one gib of sweet milk and half a teacup of bread crumbs to boil until thick. Chop a pound of lean veal very tine, and add to the bread crumbs and milk; season with a tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper to taste, take from the fire and stand aside to cool. When cold form into small balls, dip in beaten egg and fry in butter until a light brown; take up care fully. Thicken the gravy in the pan with two tablespoons of flour, then add a pint of soup stock, stir until it boils. Put the frii audelles into a saucepan, pour over the gravy and let simmer one hour. AAffien ready to serve add a tablespoonful of AVoreestershire sauce. Veal Loaf.—Chop three pounds of lean veal and a pound of fat pork very fine; roll a dozen crackers and moisten with a teacup of sweet milk and two well beaten eggs; mix all together and serve with nutmeg, allspice pepper and salt. Make in the shape of a large loaf and bake an hour and a half: butter frequently with a little butter and hot water; take up dry, set away to cool; when ready to serve, slice thin. Fricandeau of Veal.—Cut a thick slice four or five pounds from a fillet of veal, trim it, and lard the top. Put some pieces of pork in a kettle, with some slices of carrot, an onion stuck with cloves, a stalk of celery and a bunch of parsley. Put in the meats, sprinkle with pepper and salt, and cover with a greased Fill up the kettle with sufficient boiling stock to cover the meats. Put on a tight lid. JSet in a hot oven for two hours, and serve with tomato sauce. Blind Hare. —Mince three pounds of veal and three pounds of beef; mix with light well beaten eggs, a pint of stale bread crumbs, a littld pepper and salt, two grated nutmegs, and a tablespoon fui of cinnamon. Form into an oblong cake, roll in cracker crumbs and bake in a hot oven three hours. Veal Patties. —Mince a little cold veal and ham, allowing one-third ham to two-thirds veal; add a hard boiled egg, chopped, and a . seasoning of pounded mace, salt, pepper aud lemon peel ; moist en with a little gravy and warm. Make puff paste, roll thin and cut in round pieces, put the mince between two of them, pinching the edges together, and fry in hot grease. Salmi of Cold Veal.—Put two or three ounces butter in a saucepan, when it melts stir in two tablespoonsful of flour, when this bubbles add slowly a half pint good broth, a chopped onion, a bunch of sweet herbs, pepper and salt to taste, and a tablespoonful of current jelly and mushroom catsup each; cut some slices from a cold roast of veal, lay them on the prepared gravy, after it has , simmered fifteen minutes add a squeeze of lemon juice, take up and serve on toast. Courier-Journal. WISE WORDS. A good conscience is the finest opiate. It is oetter to do well than to say well. V ou must love in order to understand love. Goo 1 nature should lead in the list of the virtues. The friendship of the artful is mere self-interest. No place, no company, no age, no person, is temptation freS. The majority of people are most generous when they have nothing to give. Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection finish him AA'oman is the Sunday of man. Not his repose only, hut his joy. She is the salt of his life. Look up. and not down;look forward, and not back; look out, and not in; and then lend a hand. Ah! when shall all men’s good be each man’s, and universal peace lie-like a shaft of light across the land? He is rich whose income is more than his expenses, ana he is poor whose ex penses exceed his income. How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew! Aou may deceive all the people- some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time. Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worse man in proportion as he- is unfit for the mar ried state. A good book is commendable for two reasons, because of the thoughts which it contains, and because of the thoughts which it suggests. A man without discretion may be com pared to a vessel without a helm; which, however rich its cargo, is in continual danger of being wrecked. Violin Villages, No- miTsical instrument is deservingof' greater care than the violin. A good one will last for centuries-, and improve with age. A newspaper writer tells something of the people who make the best violins, in MarKneukirchen, with its surrounding villages, Klingenthal, Fleissen, Kohrback and Graslitz. in Sax ony. where there are about 11,000 people who do nothing but make violins. The inhabitants, from the little urchin to the old; gray-headed man, the small girl and the oid mother, are all engaged in mak ing some parts of a fiddle. A good instrument consists of 62 dif ferent pieces. The older men make the finger board from ebon\’ and the string holder of the screws. The small boys make themselves useful by looking after the glue-pot. A man with strong, steady hands and a clear eye puts the different pieces together and this is the most difficult task of all. The women generally occupy them selves as polishers. This requires long practice, and a family having a daugh ter who is a. good polisher is- considered very lucky. Even a young man, when he goes a-wooing, inquires whether the young girl is a good polisher, and if she is it certainly will increase, his affection for her at least twofold. The polishing takes a good deal of time, some of the best violins being twenty and, even thirty times polished. Every family has its peculiar style of polishing and never varies from that. There is one that makes nothing but a deep wines color, another a citron color, yet another an orange color and so on. il ascriptions in Saxon Houses. Many of the houses in Saxon villages bear an inscription of some motto or sentiment. Often, says the Youth's Companion, these sentences show great originality, seeming to reflect the characteristics of the house-owner. The following examples of such homely literature are taken from “The Land Be yond the Forest “ Till money I get from mv father-in-law, My roof,alas! must be covered with straw,” of course adorns a thatched cottage. Another has a more serious ring: “ Within this house a guest to day. So long the Lord doth let me live; But when He bids, I must away, Against his will I cannot strive.” The mistrustful character of the Saxon thus finds vent: “ Trust yourself to every one; ’Tis not wise to trust to none. Better, though, to have no friend, Than on many to depend.” Another wise body writes: “ Howto content every man. Is a trick which no one can; If to do so you can claim, Rub this out and write your name •” Hanged For Witchcraft. The last persons judicially executed in England for witchcraft were a woman and her daughter, nine years of age, w r ho were hanged at Huntingdon in 171 G. The last judicial execution in Scotland for witchcraft was a woman in 1722, who was.condemned to death by the Sheriff of Sutherlandshire. There is an account of a woman having in 1727 been put into a tar barrel and burnt at Dornoch, Scotland. The penal acts* against witchcraft were repealed in 17:10 in the reign of George 11. In 1751 Ruth Osborne, suspected of witchcraft, was murdered by a riotous mob at Tring, in England; Thomas Colley, one of the leaders of the mob, was tried at the ensuing county a-sizes, found guilty and hung in chains on the spot where the murder was committed. Tid-Bits. New Zealand Sport. New Zealand now contains greatnum bers of wild cattle, which have descended from those lest by the farmers during the Maori wars which ended in 1868. Hunting these animals is an exciting and dangerous sport. The game is not easily secured, as the animals hover—seemingly for protection—about thickets filled with long twining creepers, in which progression is very difficult. Into these vines they dash at the slightest alarm, eeming fully aware that neither horse nor man cau follow them. Chinese Ginners, Consul Peters, of Ningpo, sijs the on ly large cotton gins are situated in Ning po. The cotton is separated from the seed by the use of hand-power treadle gins, manufactured in Japan. They are worked eighteen hours a day, and iu that time turn out 240 pounds of seed cotton, or 80 pounds of lint cotton per gin. These contrivances, although prim itive, are superior to the little treadle gins used by the cotton growers. Steam power is now being introduced to work the gins with. The Chinese gins clean the seed better than the American saw gins. The cotton ginned retains the en tire strength of the fibre; it pulls the cot ton from the seed. Cotton is purchased by buyers in the cotton growing sections and shipped to Ningpo to be ginned. AA r hen ginned the cotton is packed in sacks weighing 160 pounds. The staple is short, ranging from naif to five eighths of an inch. Cotton in bales is not packed tightly, and a 160-pound bale is as bulky as a bale of American cotton. The price paid for the cotton iu April, 1888, was 7£centsa poundginned. Most of the cotton ginned in Ningpo is manufaetuced into cotton goods in China. One American 100-saw gin would do the work of twelve of the hand-power gins used in Ningpo. The chief profit in the ginning of cotton seems to be in the selling of seed. The seed sell at about-the rate of 00 cents to $1.12 per bushel. The seed when sold is used- in the manu facture of oil for fertilizing and for feed ing of stock. Certain of Success. Patient (to young Sawbones, who is about to-cut off his arm) —“Doyou think the operation will fee successful, doc tor;” Young Sawbones—“Of course it will; 111 have that arm off in less than tn#- minutes.” The sponics ami goblins that delight To till with terror all the night; That stalk abroad in hideous dreams Wit h which, dyspepsia’s fancy teems, AVili never trouble with their ills The man. who-trusts in Pierce’s-Pills. I)r. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets:— vegetable, harmless, painless, sue! The Union League Club of New York will raise $500,000 to complete Grant's monument. Conventional “ VI on on ” Resolutions. _ Whereas, The Monon Route (L. N. A. & O. 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