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dead. The murdered convicts are
usually cut up and mutilated, and the
remains buried in out-of-the-
places. The hunting of the "hunch-
backs" IS the escaped convicts are Oft
en- called in derision, has gone on for
years, entering so deeply into the hab-
its of the people that it has escaped the
attention of few travellers through East
ern Siberia Where are the men?"
was asked of q woman left in charge OF
a small village adjoining the highway.
"Gone after the hunchbacks." was the
reply. Such is the prevailing democrat
ization in this respect that boys have
been heard to ask their fathers to kill
vagabonds in order that they may see
show the fellow will roll on his hump"
In some of the governments it is certain
death for a convict escaped, or still I'M
der supervision, to be caught returning
from the mine. Occasionally the sol
diers initiate the colonists in their ex-
ploitation of the vagabond. The Cos
sack. as well as the ordinary colonists.
covets cheap labor, and is in the habit
of rewarding with an ounce or two OF
lead the convict who declines to pass
from one condition of bond slavery to
another.
During the colonization of the Trans
baikal region the hunting of vagabonds
was one of the common diversions OF
the newly-arrived settlers. From
Tomsk to Chit there is a locality that
has rendered itself notorious for the
pursuit on large scale of escaped con-
victs. In the Tomsk Government itself
whole villages are described as living
solely by the robbery of vagabonds.
The river karasan has been so filled
with the bodies of murdered convicts as
to become putrid. Near Fingul open
woods are known as favorite ground
for the slaughter. The whole of the
districts full of the memories and ira
ditions of Siberian man hunting. He
roes of the sport are still alive, Bitkov,
Romanov and Zavorota were each eN-
pert in different ways. Romanoy for
instance gained celebrity in the village
of Fingul, where he was in the habit of
lying in ambush close to the highway,
and shooting down every vagabOnd who
passed. In the autumn evenings Bit
kov used to pick of stragglers along
the banks of the river Augar. During
subsequent sport along the Biryus there
were individual Siberians who boosted
that they had brought down As many
as sixty and in some cases ninety vag-
abonds. Only upon one of these hunt
ers of men do the vagsbonds seem to
have taken vengeance. They selected
one Paramonich, who had been all his
lie engaged in killing convicts. The
vagabonds assembled together, seized
him and brought his career to a close
by plunging him alive into cauldron
of incandescent metal.-St. Petersburg
Cor. London Globe.
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ton. after telling the folks at home"
and he drove hastily away.
just before reaching home. and wnire
revolving in his mind how best TO break
, .he bitter disappointment to his moth
err. his eye caught the faint print of a
small. slender foot. here and there by
the side of the read. Sometimes. for
twice the length OF the sleigh. it would
be utter 10 t: then again family. and
then more DO dly. discernible. His heart
gave fierce bound. and he sprang from
The sleigh and bent over and examine d
the footprints they were Identical with
those on the long marble steps at Mont
ford House.
The barn door was open: he gave
Bess light cut with the reins, threw
them across her back, and she shot
straight as an arrow into it the run
ners grating family on the great floor
as Ralph threw open the door into the
kitchen, fully expecting to meet the
surprised and disappointed face of his
mother on the threshold. But instead
she rose up-he saw she had been weep
ing. and that she was still trembling.
despite her effort TO be calm-and
placed a chair for him. and then
looked anxiously and piteously in his
face.
do you know-have you heard, he
asked, quickly, 'that she is gomez
"Give him the letter. mother" Ben
Anderson said. in low, unsteady
voice, getting up and walking toward
the window, and then coming back
again.
Myra Anderson drew a little damp,
crumpled note from her bosom and put
it in his hand.
Your father found it in the entry
after you had gone. 1t is torn at the
edge where it was pushed under the
door, and it is damp yet with the snow"
she said, struggling bravely to keep
back the tears.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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Embarrassed.

Mrs. Macchetta blanche Roosevelt
Tucker) relates an embarrassing exper-
fence that she had in an interview with
Mr.. Longfellow. The poet in converse
ton with her Cat his home and in the
presence of his family had said. refer
ring to certain specimens OF absurd cur
rent rhymes:
II often wonder how such things ever
come to be printed but he added with
his usual Justice: my failure to appre-
ciate it is, however, no sign that rea-
son does not exist for writing it. Many
persons in this world may like and adj
mire what could not give a second
thought to-"
Yes" replied Mrs. Macchetta.
"there is no accounting for the rubbish
that will find its way to publicity; the
authors are never known, and perhaps
it is as well. L can at present only call
to mind one instance. under the head of
poetry, which runs rs follows: Or
/ stopped (says the LADY, with an in
quiring look around. as if retracting any
idea of repeating it; but an earnest
"Pray 60 on" in which the Profess
sor's voice was uppermost. insisted on
hearing the aforesaid "rubbish;" so /
cleared my throat. and proceeded:
There was little duri
And she had a little turl
That hung in the middle of her forehead;
When she WAS dOOd.
She was very doOd indeed.
But when she was bad she was horrid."
Imagine nv confusion when the poet
raised his eyes, and with faint smile,
said:
why, those are my words, are they
not. Annie?" turning to his youngest
daughter. who at that moment was
gracefully stepping out upon the terrace
through the low window, and, curious
10 say. was humming to herself the
very same rhyme l had just character
lied as rubbish"
"Why. of course. papa" said Annie,
laughingly, "that comes in your nursery
collection. Don't you remember when
Edith was little girl and didn't want
to have her hair curled. you took her
up in your arms. and shaking your
finger at her. commenced: There was
q little girl, etc-?'
The poet laughed, they all laughed,
and /. in spite of my discontinue, had
to join in the general merriment But
/ could not forget my awkward position.
To have declared to gentleman's face
an opinion which at best could have lit
tie real value, and that opinion any
thing but fattering, tried me sorely.
The poet was too good -natured to say
anything: but it was impossible not to
laugh. 1t was one of those condolences
that occur when least expected. Yet
rarely does one get come up with in
such cruelty matter-of-fact way. and
ny self-esteem dropped lower and lower
till it was lost in humiliation.-Lonltel-
louis Home Life.
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Man.Hunting in Siberia.

Sorry, indeed. even when death does
not come to put an end to his existence.
is the iot of the convict who has sue
.eeded in escaping from the mines of
Eastern Siberia Without reso 'rces OF
anv kind, he must beg or rob his way
back to Russia The alternative of
seeking employment is one which often
has disastrous consequences The con-
Wet of the lowest type regards the ST.
berian colonist as an inferior, and has a
saying which describes him as '.blind
for three days after BIRTH" But the
.olonist has his revenge. He works the
yupercilious convict like beast of bur-
len. and gives him Is little rest and as
little food as possible. When wages
are demanded the colonist has an origi-
nal way of satisfying his laborer. The
money is paid without demur, but be-
fore the convict can get clear. he falls
dead. killed BY bullet from the gun OF
his cruel employer. This method of
payment is some lines carried out on a
large scale. 1t is adopted in the case
of vagabond laborers who. having I'm
ished their autumn work in the fields,
return to the neighboring village to be
paid of. The wages are forth. 'oming.
and the laborers allowed TO depart with
their hardly earned money. But they
have no sooner gone than the peas
ant farmer assemblies his neigh
bors, and having provided them
with horses and firearms, the whole
party saIlies forth in pursuit OF the vag-
abonds. The retiring laborers are
speedily overtaken: most are killed on
the spot, all are robbed. the recovered
money being divided between the farm
er and his confederates. The only re-
spect shown for authority is the preva-
lent habit, where robbery has been the
motive of slaughter. OF concealing the
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The Shah OF Persia.

When the Shah of Persia visited
Europe during the Paris Exhibition. he
succeeded not only in raising loan Of
$4,000. 900 sterling. one penny OF which
has never been repaid, but also in figur-
inc heavily on the debtor side of the
ledgers of London jewellers, hOsiers, tall
ors, upholsterers, armorers, photograph
ers, e to-, whose bills he refused to
pay on the ground that he was the guest
of the British Government, who ought
to paw his bills. He further defends the
action by a set-off against the nation,
claiming f35,000 worth of diamonds
were stolen off his bride at Buckingham
Palace.
The mighty Father of the Sum-" as
he insists upon being styled, granted con-
cessions to English contractors for the
building of eighteen different lines of
railroads; signed agreements for the
purchase of 4S0 pieces of artillery,
1900, 600 rifles and 40, 900 saddles; and
engaged about 500 Generals, Colonies,
doctors. dentists. engineers. chemists.
painters. sculptors and mucisians to or
ganize his army and reform and civilize
his vast dominions. MANY of his pur-
chases were delivered, but never paid
for; and not few of the professional
gentlemen went to the Persian Court OF
Teheran-at their own expense. be 1t
understood where, after being shame
fully treated, they were obliged to find
their way out of the barbarous country
in the best way that they could.
His Majesty never eats meat unless
the animal from which it comes is killed
in his presence, and, as he was too lazy
to descend to the court yard, the carpets
in three of the apartments of Bueking-
ham Palace were ruined by sheep being
slaughtered on them. The food he eats
must be cooked by his own cook, and, as
it is feared that he might poison his
august master, he is made to partake of
every dish before the latter touches it.
He gave signs of his innate cruelty by
looking for hours at English conyicts
condemned to penal servitude. and was
only prevented BY the policemen on duty
at the palace from beheading one of his
secretaries who had incurred his dis
pleasure, and became indignant on being
told that the English laws did not allow
q master to cut of the head of his own
slave. and left the country in disgust
when even the authorities would not hang
the secretary at his request 1t is need
less to say that the latter preferred stay
ing in England to following his master
to Persia London Cor. Philadelphia
Px,ess
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THE CHILD-EACE.

At morn or eve. where er I go,
In crowded streets or breezy hill.
In summer rains or winter snow
A wistfui Chiid-fac haunts me still
When all my life is out of tune,
And SORROW spreads her cherries night
1t breaks forth like a gracious moon,
And g'lds my gloomy clouds with light.
On the dulllabors of the day
glory-beam il seems To pour;
Forbids all wild thoughts when ! pray,
And makes them purer than before.
know not when saw the face:
wrist not how or whence il came;
Nbater the time. what er the place,
IL baunt5 and follows me the same.
Was IL a vision gave il birth,
Or some chance memory that / keep
Is IL a habrtant Of earth,
Or but a dream child born of sleep2
cannot paint its form in words;
Its wondrous grace cannot sing,
No more than can The April birds
Lay bare the mystery or spring.
feel that face will never go
As long as I draw living breath;
Twill be my guiding star below.
And then twill beacon me In death
Perchance when have crossed the stream.
And stand upon the holy hill,
I'll md twas truer than a dream.
That dear Chifdface, which haunts me stil
o. f -Chdmbsrs' Journal.
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The Russian People.

NJ. Leroy Beaulieu remarks that al
though the masses of the Russian peo-
pie have no sympathy with the political
aspirations of the Nihilists. and are
apparently well protected against their
attacks, yet they offer to the revolution
airy propaganda one vulnerable point.
A considerable portion of the soil is
still alienated from the village commu-
mites. and toward it the agitators are
able to direct the longing eyes of the
peasants, who are told that the Gar
wishes the whole of the land to belong
to them, but that his desire is thwarted
by the mobiles and officials. Utterly ig-
norant and credulous men, to whom
such statements are made by the dam
gerous fanatics who hold that lying,
like murder, is fully san toned by the
necessities of revolutionary warfare.
may possibly be induced to take part
in a wholesale massacre of all persons
who do not belong to their own order.
As one of the high priests of Nihilism,
now a Siberian exile. has remarked, if the
masses rise in revolt they will recognize
no difference between the various
wearers of Western costume, they
will act in the same manner toward
all; they will destroy the whole of Rus
sian civilization, making no ception
in favor of science. poetry or art"
After the three days of pillage at kief
last year. man of the people was
heard to say: I'VE are breakfasting
with the Jews. we will dine with the
landed proprietors, and then sup with
the priests" Some idea of the strange
opinions held by the peasants may be
gained from the legends current among
them with reference to the assassination
of the late Emperor. One of these.
widely circulated in Little Russia. states
that after the fourth attempt on his life
God sent for St Nicholas and said:
las there is such enmity against the
Car he must have committed crimes.
Go and protect him once more against
his enemies. But if he does not amend
his wavs, abandon him to his fate"
Accordingly It. Nicholas protected the
Gar against the fifth attempt on his
life. the explosion in the Winter Palace
But as the Car did not amend, st.
Nicholas allowed him next time to fall a
victim. .Athen6um.
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The body heat of birds is greater
than that of any other class of animals,
ranging from 100 deg. to liz deg. Fahr-
enheit Among the mammalia it is
from 95 deg. to los deg, varying in
adult man from SO deg. to 100 deg.
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A man at Meridian, Miss. has just
recognized and recovered a mule that was
stolen from him before the war.
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Orange Culture in Southern California.

The orange-tree grows all the time.
That is to be thought of. 1t calls Tor
! the frequent cares which are its due as
well in winter as in summer. Not a
| few persons of the invalid class who
! had looked upon its culture as mere
pastime have been broken down
/ through this cause. and having taken
up more land than they could manage.
The lesson of such cases is not to at
tempt too much, but to keep TO the five
/ or ten acres perhaps within one per-
sonal capacity. Nor has it been polite
to put everything into the single crop
! of oran es. The smaller fruits, peach
/ es. plums, and especially apricots, for
| canning, which come into bearing
quickly, are useful in tiding over the
rather tedious period of waiting for the
orange-treeS TO mature, and are always
! in profitable demand. To start exist
ence com ortablv here the newcomer
should have capital OF from five to ten
! thousand dollars. Peculiar energy, of
course. will do with less.
! 1t requires about nine years to b. ing
| an orange-tree from the seed to full
bearing. On the other hand. it is found
that by deity inserting an orange bud
! into a small shoot of lemon-tree slitted
/ in an y shape. and setting this in the
ground. tree can be obtained which
bears marketable fruit after the second
year. The controversy RACES as to
whether it is worth while to do this,
since the product is but dwarf. like
the dwarf pear-tree; and though it
yields early it can never yield much,
and its fruit does not stand shipment as
well as that of the seeding. Against
this it is maintained that it lives longer
than the Seeding, yields choicer varie-
ties of fruit. more uniform iE size and
quality. and not subject to the singular
form of destruction which sometimes
oyertakes the seeding. that of being
dashed against its own thorns. WiLiiam
Henry Bishop, in Harper's Magazine.
"A singular accident occurred in
Colfax, La, recently, resulting in the
death OF a negro boy about sixteen
years of age. In company with three
or four VIII te boys he was walking
along the street peeling sugar-cane with
the big blade or a very sharp knife,
"HCh d SiustiIcE uc1Eo UON Isiu up II Oh
behind and playfully jumped on his
hack. The josie caused the knife-blade
to enter his breast about two inches,
and either penetrated his heart or cut
an artery close to it. He sank to his
knees with an exclamation of pain, and
in few minutes was dead.
"A canary owned by lady in
Dubuque, Iowa, upon being given its
liberty in room. one day. few to the
mantel where there was mirror.
Tn mixing that he had found a mate, he
went back TO the cage and got a seed
to offer to the stranger. As the image
refused to eat the seed. the little fellow
poured forth his swee est notes, paus-
ing now and then to watch the elect.
After awhile the poor bird went back to
his perch. and with his head hanging.
remained silent the rest oil the day
0tCa state Register
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rCoprrfghted.l
VIOLA
Thrice Lost IN a Struggle for a Name
BY MRS. r. y. EDISON.
CHAPTER Xv.-CoSrISuEp.

A swift quiSering flame shot across
her face, and she gasped. as if her
breath was going from her. then she
looked up and said in firm, clear
voice:
81 accept YOUR offer, Mr.. Montford. :"
The blood rushed to his face, he put
out his arms toward her. when with a
cry of alarm Victor sprang before him
and caught him as he tottered and fell
forward.
'Quick! open the windows, dom { you
see he is in fits' he cried, staggering
with him to the sofa
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hope from his heart
mo; do not think so. my friend.
Victor said. calmly. Ii was not cold
the storm was not severe, and there
was moon. l think she has gone tC
the civ. and perhaps further. only
waited Your coming before sending. n:
it was barely possible she might nave
come to your house. ] thought"
Let me go; l cannot wait. and it i.
my right to tind her. Ralph exclaimed.
YOur right?" Victor asked. laying
his hand nervously on his arm. and
looking searchingly in his face.
Yes. the right man has in one he
loves he replied, resolutely meeting
his look.
A faint Pickering red came into Vic
tor Montford' cheek
Perhaps YOU are thinking of nv
cousin Blanche" Ralph said. quietly.
land the rumors which have associated
our names; but there is nothing in
them-at least not now. Blanche
doesn't believe in cousins marrying, /
expect. or else somebody else was be.
fore me-: he added, with faint smile
and mean NC look.
All, how the light flashed into the
pure, fair face, and the flickering color
shot up to the blue veined temples and
white, boyish forehead!
MAY be it is lie. but it's such a
white one, and makes him 50 happy, be-
side giving Blanche the advantage, III {
l IA her tn nix it S less sin to tell il than
it would be the TRUTH" Ralph said t.
himself. approyingly.
There was str ng, warm grasp of
the hands, but nothing more was said
until Ralph was seated in the sleigh, and
had taken up the reins.
You will let me know as soon as
possible?" Mont:ord asked, earnestly.
Before noon-perhaps before len
o clock. shall drive directly to the sta
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EGYPTIAN, DlsTEMPERs.

1 s
"Egypt is as deadly in August as
India in June" say old travellers; and
this sinister reputation is only too well
deserved. The same distempers which
almost destroyed the army of I.ouis
IN Of France, at .Damietta in the thir.
teenth century, decimated the troons
OF Bonaparte and those of his sncces.
sors, keiber and Meuou, at Alexan-
or'a a.Iil IN the the end of the eighteenth. In
uee"' those who have been in Lower
Egypt during the unhealthy season
may we'll wonder not that an n,an,,
should succumb to the climate lint ,h.t
any one should escape. The drc.d,,,
'k hamsin," or hot wind, which the
strongest man cannot face without In.
stantly feeling his muscles uustrunc.
his skin parched and feverish. and his
whole body limp and nerveless as a
wet rag, is Of itself a sufficient agent Of
evi'. The fevers engendered by the
malaria of the Nile delta are as yiru-
lent e as even those of European Turkey.
While the devastating, visits of the
plague itself are neither few nor for
between. A less fatal but equally for.
mldable enemy to an invading army is
the terrible ''Egyptian ophthalmia.
which, although often brought on bv
the unclean habits Of tho natives. is
Mt times generated III another and q
very singular fashion. A small green
fly persistently settles upon the sores of
the diseased eyelid, and when driven
OF carries tho infection along with Il
wherever it alights. SO common ia
the disease among the Arabs that Me-
hemet Ali is said to iiave formed two
battaiions of one-eyed men, the one
wanting the right eye and the other tho
left. In 1871, this complaint made
great ravages in the army OF Bona.
parte, one of whose best Officers. be-
coming blind in the desert, was force<,
to cling 10, the tail of q comrades horse
III order to make his way back to tho
camp Hun 4a"iiasi rat.U-+ .a,lia 'i
1t is a. common saying In tAlexan-
dria that can Egyptian Arab with two
eyes.is AS rare as n SNOWFALL in june"
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drunkenness has less sway than for
. merly, and n drunken Choctaw is a
rarer sight than it once was. l remena-
Der Il timo when nearly all the Choc-
taws 1 saw We're drunk.' r.sr
"A ou spoke Of oratory as one of the
features Of the feasts. What sort of
orators do the Choctaws make I" ,..,,..
"Ihey have brilliant imagiuations.
are easily moved, and having a musi.
cal language are naturally great ORR.
tors. Some of the speeches L have
heard them deliver were masterpieces
of eloquence. You have heard of the
lawyer who delivered an address In a
case which made his client tremble, as
it was splendid argument against the
claims he was employed to urge. The
alarmed client whispered his impress
sion TO the lawyer, sThis is what my
opponent will urge,' remarked the law
yer, and he then proceeded to refnte-
the arguments he had advanced. r
heard just such a speech on one occa.
sion. An Indian orator began by up,
oraidlng me for coming amonig then,
and eating their bread, and spoke so
mauycruef things tina I'll Joined in the
surprise of the chief and the whole tribe
Oh listeners The chief whispered to
the bold orator. lie smiled and in a
magnificent burst of eloquence por.
trayed the benefits of my ministry and
said that was ever welcome among
them.' .......E .. .,..-H
The reporters stock OF interrogato-
ries ran short, and after examining
some souvenirs OF Father Rouquette's
trip he departed, first obtaining Il pro-
mise from the good priest to give him
information upon any point he had
forgotten to ask about. ....- ... ..rl 40