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VOL. I. ADORATION. 5liine eyes are like the (loot), blue, bound- Tby voice, the voice of one who rides the ‘storm, bright Thy countenance illumined like Thym-eath the fragrant breath of dewy morn. Amazing breezes daily sing thy praises, speaketh Awukeuing streams thy goodness each. Thine arms, unarmored, prove thy great¬ ness. Thy lips, tby lips my own would teach. Thy brow i.3 calm, serene and holy. Thy heart, unchastened.warm and strong. Thy speech the tongue of men and angels. Thy pulse, thy pulse brings life along, — Helen McQuado Day, Boston. Sheer Luck. Wlien the great pink diamond of Guzuee reached Europe it created widespread interest and took immedi- ate rank with the historical stones of the world. It was compared with the finest gems in the roval and imperial regalia, savants wrote learned ( lis- quisitions upon its beauties, and the magazines and newspapers spoke of its value in a way that made one’s mouth water. Among others whose envy was aroused by the descriptions of the stone was a Mr. Lamorock, a gentle¬ man who had passed under many aliases in his career, and who had only recently been released from Portland, where he had been sequestered for mis¬ taking the proprietorship of a check. As he read of the great diamond his eyes sparkled at the thought of its worth. There it was—£100,000—and Ton could put it in your waistcoat * pocket. But how to get it? The ex-convict, as he pondered over tlie subject, knew the task was not an easy one. The papers imparted the confidence that it was in Messrs.Bons- field Brothers’ safe at Bristol; but burglary was not iu his line. There are trades of refinement in all profes- sions, and he looked upon burglary as vulgar, besides which night watchmen, strong rooms, and electric alarms made such work hazardous and only fit for people better supplied with physical strength than brains. The first step was to obtain the con- fidence of the Bonsnelds. To get this? —an introduction. How?—to forge it! Without more ado he wrote a short note to Congleton & Co., the celebrated diamond merchants of Hatton Garden, asking them if they would care to buy some old family jewels, and received a reply expressing their willingness to inspect them. After studiously ex- amining the caligraphy of their letter with a magnifying lens he set himself to practising a number of curves and flourishes on a sheet of paper. An hour’s work seemed to satisfy him, and he then indited the following epistle: 1 . i. Hatton Garden, Jan 4, 1S96. Messrs.Bonsfleld Brothers: Dear Sirs —As a client of ours desires to inspect your pink diamond known as ‘The Light of Guzuee,’ with a view to pur¬ chase, we should feel obliged if you would send it to us. Gar Mr. Lamo¬ rock will call upon you a few hours after you receive this letter and will bear a note vouching for his identity. We shall be happy to undertake all risk and responsibility for the stone from the time it is intrusted to the custody of our representative, and we beg to remain yours faithfully'. “CONGLETON & Co.” When this production of his pen and brain had been carefully scrutin- ized, our caligraphist composed another short letter, which stated that the bearer was Mr. Lamorock,the rep¬ resentative of Congletou & Co. He went out and bought half a dozen Havana cigars, four of which he steamed open and unrolled. Smearing the interior portion over with a dark, treacly liquid, he rolled them up again with export fingers and put them into Lis case. The first letter he had written he sent by registered post, going down to Bristol by the same train that took the mail. But on his arrival there he waited for three hours so as to allow of it being delivered before calling. He then went to their office and pre¬ sented his credentials,the genuineness of which were not for a moment sus- pected. Bristol firm, who acted with The great caution in all their business transactions, thought it safer that the stone should be under the mstodv of their own rep- THE TRIBUNE. <» “Don’t Grive Up til© Ship.” BUCHANAN, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 2‘A 181)8. resentative, and determined that one of their partners, Harry Bonsfleld, should accompany Lamorock up to London, taking it with hint. this, however, was a contingency provided for both by Lamorock’s cigars and by 11 ueat littie revolver that nestled in the pocket of his great coat. It was a bitterly cold day,and a bit¬ ing east wind made them shiver iu spite of their coats and wraps; so much so that they mutually regretted that the operation of securing a reserved carriage left them no time to pay a visit to the refreshment room. , Ihey r , had , . just . . seated . themselves . . comtortably and the tram was already m motion, when an elderly gent eman with a jovial red aceand black bushy whiskers opened the door and bundled himself in. Bonsfleld was annoyed and Lamo- rock disgusted; but as the intruder was _____profuse in his apologies, and it was too lute to mend matters, they had to accept the situation with the best grace they could. After the lapse °f a quarter of an hour he had talked their reserve away, and proved him- self so amusing a companion that they all became quite friendly; and then Lamorock, who had grown suddenly amiable, pressed the others into accepting a cigai apiece, lhe jolly- '“«> "« “• •• * «■*•*> in hospitality. He opened his hand- bag, and wu i a merry wink produced a flask oi cm acoa, which fctie intense cold made particularly acceptable to them ail. Lamorock, indeed, found the liquor so delicions that he took two glasses. Before they got half through their cigars he noticed with suspicion that the conversation began to slacken, and that his companions showed a disposition to go to sleep. Bonsfleld was the first to succumb To somnolence, and Lamorock even beg® 11 to feel sleepy himself. He fought against the sensation by get- fbig up to admire the colored photo- gmphs beneath the hat-rails and by trying to fix his attention upon the passing scenery. He opened his cigar- ca8e > counted and examined the con- tents, and looked puzzled. He was apparently satisfied that he not given himself one of the drugged cigars,for b e pufled vigorously away at his stump, hoping that it would help to keep him awake. He once thought that the fumes of his companions cigars might be affecting him, and opened both windows. But he fouud the cold air had no efiect. The^ in- tinder also began to look as if he would soon lollow Bonsfleld s example. TT e vainly tried to look wide awake, but his lids would droop heavily, his head would sink down upon his chin, lin< T be would then pull himself together by a supreme effort and try to sit up straight. Their respective struggles to keep awake, however, grew more and more feeble until the pair finally collated in their corners, and slept as if they would never wake again. When the train arrived at Swinton Junction the guard discovered them all asleep, and after trying in vain to rouse them u», the conviction dawned upon him that it was foul play. The three patients were taken out and re- moved to the hospital, arrangements being made by the police that on their recovery all three should be detained in custody pending investigations. So, when they had been brought round to consciousness, they J were taken to the police station. Harry Bonsfleld easily established his identity, and was set at liberty, but the information that the police ob- tained about his companions, the revolvers they' found in both their overcoats, tao tell-tale cigars,and two equally damning cigar stumps, the I'emnanfs of curacoa in the flask and a very suspicious false beard, nil these incidents led to their arrest, trial, and subsequent conviction. Scotland Yard keens the flask as a curiosity', for it has two compartments from which the contents can be drawn a ' the will of the owner by a slight, pressure on a secret spring. Both compartments contained curacoa; but what was left of one sample was found to be drugged while the other was P ure - Tlie jovial gentleman,like Lamorock, had had his imagination fired by the accounts that the newspapers gave of the great pink diamond, He had wormed it out of a clerk iu Messrs. Bonsfield’s office that the junior part¬ ner was taking it up to town, and he thought the opportunity for which he had waited so long had at length ar¬ rived. Tearing away to his lodgings, he had provided himself with a flask and a revolver, and was just in time to catch the train. When the whole faots were revealed iu the police court, the natural astonishment of Lamorock and the jolly gentleman was past de¬ scription. It beat even that of Harry Bonsfleld. All the threeaetors inthis scene are now firmly convinced that one of the incalculable elements con¬ trolling man’s destiny is sheer luck.— London Bun. A BEAUTIFUL NEW SILK. „ , , *.v < Spmn Yet. Some verv vei / remarkable remarkable buffs bugs are are 1 be • j ust Present ! ng a “ l reare, l a by the experts oi the government bureau of entomology at Washington. Most people would suppose that there were enough insects ,n existence with- out resorting to artihcia propagtion; but the fact is that this kind ot scien- title work has a very useful purpose in view. This, too, notwithstanding tlio fact that the species selected for breed- jng are the most pestiferous that can he found, says a writer m tae Boston Transcript. The bug hatcheiy, ot mseotary, „ as it is called is a brick building close «y the department oi agriculture, in ®°"" tru C ^°"J* a bouse, tue . uppei part being oi glass, ™ as to admit p 0 1 * or ‘ c ' - Cm - for’the benzol . S.3 2 ‘P- : warmth ' shelves ' all around , the liiteuoi, • . • and , on the floor as well are glass jars and queer glass-sided boxes con ai.uug a gien ^Th/obieets filling in°tho° glass' "li-iod tars are r tables t pieces £ of fruits i blanches K or im roots ; vpw etc. One does not see any bugs at all, and the reason why is simply that the vegetables, fruits and so forth are the natural food of the insects,and the latter are either inside of them or else are “done up” in cocoons for the win¬ ter. For example, there is a huge cocoon nine .... inches long- hanging . from ,. a twig , . in a jar of exceptional size Ibis is the temporary communal dwelling built by the so-called “gregarious but- terfly in Mexico. Moie coiieetjy spea ang, l is le ca eipi olme ^ a er ° \ ‘ , . .. , co118 iac ie coc o o a * <■ 1 w l e ley aienm e „om n ie me : moip osis, le c ocoon i . a te s asl mat e o in %. pa t :i , an< a e c rin,^ oe ) Ul st 1 ' es *. 0 ,* j ' . .. ,. , emp oyei iu nil c l mus >e tii 1 mous. . n< ei a powei i nn n yj lg glass it is seen to be composed of an m ni enum ei o s umn t , am ' * ] > s em ei si tu ueiu ., nus^ i o lei m e\ ei y ( n ec on. ". 1 1 °’ ncs ls °1' 11 ‘ !’ uuidred or more chrysalids ,., attached . , ° ie " a s ou ie ( 1 ° representing . a futnie butterfly The habit of comb mug tog her to . «^ 11S 1 ‘ un Tl “ ° itLT 1 The , . the nest , . exquisite, . .. composing is and from twenty to twenty-five sheets °t it can e s i lppcc o 11)111 10 ( OCOOU > looklu S a8 woven m a Jooin - If the silk could only be s l )nl b 0 ‘ ‘gregarious butterfly” would soon displace , the silkworm, ini< l UA m ^s am sa ins o commeu.e ^ ald be of butterfly manufacture, Unfortunately, the dithculty remains unsolved though many attempts m this direction have been made. Could a solution of the problem be found, silk would become at once enormously less costly, inasmuch as the cocoons of this kind of butterfly are to be gathered in immense numbers as a wild crop in the forests of Mexico. Dieting on the Side. A certain stout lady resolved to consult a physician about her corpu¬ lence. She had no previous experi¬ ence with “banting” of any sort. The doctor drew up a careful dietary for her. She must eat dry foist, plain boiled beef, and a few other things of the same lean sort and in a month re¬ turn and report the result. At the end of the time the lady came and was so stout she could hardly geLthrough the door. Tho doctor wasTtghast. “|pid you eat what I told you?” he asked. “Religiously,” she answered. His brow wrinkled in perplexity. Suddenly he had a flash of inspira¬ tion. “Did you eat - anything else?” he asked. “Why, my ordinary meals!” said the lady.—Fearsou’s Weekly. Onlv one person in a thousand dies of old age. LIFE AT DAWSON CITY. fntfM-tfMtiiiK Facta About the Metropolis of the Klondike. A journey of forty-five miles from Sixty-mile Post brought us to Dawson City, the wonderful city of the new mining district, populated almost in a night. Although really sixty-five miles distant from the Klondike, it is a typical mining camp, minus the guns. The laws of the British govern- “ tllose lent laW8 ar0 enfo prohibit ™. e !* the at of tnc- all<1 use al . ms; consequently few men carry gunB> j n and aro nnd Dawson at the wsent tilue theI . e aro ab out four thousnlul men ftlul one hundred and lift womeu . Daw80tt , of course, is \ im itive alul ve rydirty,although fl ,, m recent conversation with Mr. La(lu(J j understand that every effort is being made to clean it. There are large stocks of provisions iu all the storehouses, and it looks as though there could be no hunger in the Klon- dike. There will be little or no law- lessness, and there is a probability of very little sickness. The Alaskan wiuterB are healthful. In September can be seen quant iti e3 c f black ducks wending their way southward, and even on the streets of Dawson you can see the sparrow and hear its chirping. Here, as everywhere in A 'a.ka, oat,.re h.a stored her trea- ^res in a safe of ice; in fact, one wl 'iter has called Alaska the nation’s icebox, but to me it represents the paradise of poet and painter. Nft ture has done much for Dawson, but the energetic American has done more, He ,ias l,lult warehouses in which he has stored acres of food, built com- stable log-cabins, erected a theatre, efltablisbed mftnv sak)OUS) billiard- rooms aU( [ dance halls. The sums of money spent in these billiard saloons and dance halls are simply fabulous; fortunes changed hands every night at the different gambling devices. At poker in a single night §100,000 fre¬ quently changed hands, it being noth¬ ing unusual to see §10,000 bet on a single band. Yet do not infer from this that all the miners are gamblers. Many of them never enter a saloon or dance hall. i have a little friend out there, an old schoolmate, who is teaching school. She hugely enjoy’s her winters there. She is at Circle City. She takes a daily ride behind a splendid dog team, a nd, I tell you, it’s great fun. You ride a while, and thou you get out and inn; then yon get in and ride again, No one really knows what asleighride j 8 until he ridqs behind a tine dog team. The inhabitants mauage to get consiaerab i e amn semcnt. They have private dances, parties, and in the summer time they even have picnics, The Arctic winters are most keenly felt by those miners who are obliged all through tbe lo , |{?> (lark winter to live in tents and dugouts. Dawson City is rectangular in shape, It is laid out m town lots. Its streets urc sixty-six ieot wide. It is situated on a stretch of low ground on tho northwest bank of tho Yukon, just be- low the mouth of the Klondike. Toivn lots in Dawson City are selling now at §5000 each. Up to the present time 55 cents at Dawson is tho smallest piece of money used; it is called four bits. Both Protestants and Homan Catholics have already established mission churches in Dawson. Those who visit Dawson next spring will see a live metropolis. Electrical Spanking. Warden C. P. Hoyt of Denver has designed a spanking chair for use in the Industrial School for Girls. It consists of a seatless chair ou which the girls are placed. It is high enough from the ground to allow four puddles to be operated by electric wires. Straps hold the victim’s wrists to the arm of the chair. At the Gills’ Industrial school of Kansas, situated at Beloit, they have whiif is called a spanking chair. Bad girls are strapped in the chair, and an attendent presses the button and the chair does the rest. The Kansas authorities will be asked in a few days to explain the system, and if it is satis¬ factory to the local authorities a spanking chair will be purchased for the Colorado institution.—Pittsburg Dispatch. The ocean contains several fish which clothe and adorn themselves. The most conspicuous of them is the antennarins, a small fish frequenting the Saragasso sea, which literally clothes itself with seaweed, fastening the pieces together with sticky, gala- tiuoua strings, and then, as it were, holding ' the garments on with its fore fins. NO. 20, BIRD-SONGS. To Hear Them Truly Itaqulre* »n £ar Particularly Attuned. John Burroughs writes for The Century an article on the “Songs of American Birds.” Mr. Burroughs says: j Buap ect it requires a special gift of griK . e to enable one to hear the bird-songs; some new power must lie a,ia 0 cl to the ear, or some obstruction removed. There are not only scales upon our eyes so we do not see; there nre 8ca les unon our cars so that we do not hear 'her V city woman who had spent fv much of ‘time in the coun- on ce asked a well known ornitliel- 0 „ st t o take her where she could hear the * bluebird “What ’ never heard ebmP" said he “[ have not will ” sakl the woman ‘Then you never hear it,” said the bird-lover, -phut is, never hear it with that in¬ -ward ear that gives beauty and mean- i, )g to the note. He could probably have taken her in a few minutes where s i ie col ,ia have heard the call or warble 0 f the bluebird, but it would have fttI i en lipoll unresponsive ears—upon eiU 8 that W ere not sensitized by lovo fol . tll0 birds or associations with them Bird-songs are not music, properly „Li,, speaking, but only suggestions of A great mauv people arrested whose attention would be quickly by the same volume of sound made by a musical instrument or bv any artili- t .j a j meail3 ueV er hear them* at all. The sound of a bov’s penny whistle therein the grove or the meadow W ould separate itself more from the background change of nature, and be a greater to the ear than is the strain of the thrush or the song of the spar¬ row. There is something elusive, in¬ definite, neutral, about bird-songs that makes them strike obliquely, as it were, upon the ear, and we are very apt to miss them. They are a part of nature, and nature lies about us. en¬ tirely' occupied with her own affairs, and quite regardless of our presence. Hence it is with bird-songs as it is with so many' other things in nature —they are what we make them; the ear that hears them must be half creative. | am always disturbed when per- sons not especially observant of birds ask me to take them where they can bear some particular bird the song of which they' have become interested in through a description of it in some book. As I listen with them I feel like apologizing for the bird; it bus a bad cold, or has just heard some de¬ pressing news; it will not let itself o„ t . The song seems so casual and minor when you make a dead set at it. j have taken persons to hear the hermit-thrush, and I have fancied that theywereallthetimosavingtothem- selves, “Is that all?” But when one hears the bird in his walk, when the mind is attuned to simple things and j f i open and receptive, when expecta- tion is not aroused and the song comes as a surprise out of the dusky silence the woods, one feels that it merits a H tbe fine things that can bo said of it. Tin? Feet. A contemporary points out one or two facts regarding the feet that can¬ not be too widely known, We all know that our feet spread, and take it quite ns a matter of course; but it seems that, after all,there is no neces¬ sity' for their doing so. They spread be¬ cause we do not know how to rest them properly. The feet do not grow, but by resting them in the wrong way the muscles have been permitted to take a wrong direction, and the foot flat¬ tens, When a woman finds that the instep of the foot is tired, she should change her stockings for thin ones, and put on slippers with a totally dif¬ ferent heel from that of the shoes she took off, either higher or lower, ns tho case may be; Then she should lie down, turn upon her face, and place a pil ow under the insteps of both feet, so that every inch-of tho breadth of her feet should rest upon the pillow. When this is done, the foot is at ease. The muscles rest and strengthen, and the beautiful arch of tho instep is pre¬ served. Possibly some may think this is nonsense, but let them try the above plan of resting when very tired, and they will be surprised to find out. bow successful it really is.—New York Ledger. An Able Man, “Yes sir. Bleeker would make money out of anything, “He is so lucky? 'I should penniless say girl so. Why, he mai'- l ied a two years ago and he got her a position that brings him iu 81200 a year.”— Life.