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And so she sank. with all her crew. Lad in that same storm also sank the galley that Cleopatra had sent to search for the Syrian merchant. Thus were all traces of ne lost, and or surety she believed that was dead.
 But l rode on toward the shore. The wind shrieked and the salt waves lashed my face as, alone with the tempest, rushed upon my way, while the birds screamed about my head. No fear felt. but rather 0 wild uplifting of the heart; and in the stress of my imminent peril the love of life seemed once again to waken. And so plunged and dr1ted, now tossed high toward the lower- ing clouds, now cast into the deep valleys of the sea, till at length the rocky headland loomed before me, and saw the breaKers smlte upon the stubborn rocks, and through the screaming of the wind heard the suIlen thunder of their fall and the groan of stones sucked seaward from the beach. On high throned upon the mane of mighty pillow hfty oubits beneath me the level of the hiss ing waters; above me the inlzy sky! It was lionel The spar was torn from me, and, dragged downward by the weight of the bag of gold and the clinging of my garments, struggling furiously, sank.
 Now was underline light for Q moment streamed green through the waters, and then came darkness, and on the d arkness pictures of the past. Picture after picture -nll the long scene of life was written here Then in my ears heard only the song of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-12

chance our divers threads will once mot mingle ere the web be spun. Charmioi who unasked didst love me-and wh, prompted by that gentle love of thine, aids betray and ruin me-fare thee wellp' Wildly she gazed upon me-she stretche out her arms as though to clasp me; an then, in the agony of her despair, cas- herself at length and groveled upon tn ground.
 l took up the sack of clothing and tn staff and gained the door, and, as passe' through, one last glance I cast upon her There she lay, with arms outstretched- more white than her white robes-her darI hair streaming down her and her fair brow hidden in the dust.
 And thus left her; nor did again set m, eyes upon her till nine long years had com and gone.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-12
A YUCATAN BULL-EIGHT.
Poor Beasts Cruelty Tortured with Fire and
 Spear-Thrusts.

FOOT Beasts Cruelty Tortured with Fire and
 Spear-Thrusts.
 Bullfghts have been so many times de- scribed that will spare the reader the de- ta1ls Of this battle, writes a Mexican cor respondent of the Philadelphia Record. Suf nee It to say 1t was as cowardly cruel as most of them, even moro SO in one particu lar, something which had never seen be- fore. After having tortured the bull into a frenzy Of rage they lassoed it and held it firmly by the horns while the picadores fixed upon It's back the figure of soldier in A cooked hat and seated in a saddle Both soldier and saddle were made of wood. paper ard gunpowder, forming formidable piece of fireworks. When it was firmly se cured, all fell back to safe distance. The plcadores, mounted and with poised spears. LOOK their places in the ring and the band struck up the Hymno Nacional. At the same instant the moose was slipped, iber- atlng the pull, the heel of the soldier was fired and shower of rockets were let off within few feet of the bulls nose. It's hrst dash was furious, Maddened by the whlzzlng and explosions, the shouts of the crowd, and the fire and smoke of the engine of torture on it's back, the bull dashed blind ly at every picadore, receiving thrust after thrust from their spears Finally the powder burned out, and the poor beast oIIedulHR WILL QlQOu ana with it's back fearfuuy burned, beloved for mercy and crawled teebly around the ring looking in vain for way of escape, raising implorinp eyes to the spectators as if pleading to the mild faces of the women. Thus five bulls. one after the other were brought in, played with and disposed of, and I am almost glad to relate that in the course of the afternoon. three of the brutal picadores were un- horsed by their victims and carried of for dead. None of them were killed, however. as l afterwards learned, but one was mained for life and the others so severely hurt that they will not fight bulls again for many day,
 was amazed to hear people near me con- plaining bitterly because bull-tights are such tame affairs, unlike what they used to be before the Government placed so many restrictions on them that their dangers have been mitigated and their excitement as we'll. President Diaz lately decreed that bull=fghts should be given only on Sunday and other fiestas, because when held on weekdays the people neglected their work to attend them.
 Not till long after sunset did the last fight end. According to time-honored custom the last bull was comparatively tame one; and with its advent the ring was thrown open to the boys, who swarmed into the arena and, amid roars of laughter, pulled, hauled and hustled the poor toro till he could hard lY stand.
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 some hovel where must hide, I could bear, day by day, to look upon thy fair face, and seeing, remember, that those lips betrayed mel Not thus easily shalt thou atonel This even now I know: Many and heavy shall be thy lonely days of penancel Perchance that hour of vengeance may yet come, and perchance thou shalt live to play thy part in 1t. In the Court of Cleopatra must thou still abide, and while thou art there, if yet live, l will from time to time find means to give thee tidings. Perchance day may dawn when once moro I shall need thy service Now, swear that, in this event, thou wilt not fail me a second time."
 "I swear, Harmachisl I swearl May everlasting torments, too hideous to be 1reamed-more hideous even, by far, than those that wiring me now-be my portion if fail thee in one jot or tittle; ay, even though wait lifetime for thy word!"
 "'Tis well; see that thou keep the oath not twice may we betray; go to work out ny fate; abide thou to work out thine. Per
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-12
CHAPTER XXIv.

OF HIS BEING CAST FORTH AS AN OFFERING TO THE GODS or THE SEA: OF HIS soJoURr IN THE ISLE OF CYPRUS; OF HIS RETURN TIC ABOUTHIs; AND OF THE DEATH OF AMEN EMHAT
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-12
The Alphabet of Gems.

Some one has got up an alphabet of precious stones as follows: Amethyst, beryl, chrysoberyl, diamond, emerald, feldspar, garnet, hyacinth, idocrase, kyanite (more commonly cyanite, blue mineral,) lynx-sapphire, milk-opal, natro- lite, opal, pyrope, quartz, ruby, sapphire, topaz, uranite, vesuvianite Ca species of Sarnet,) water-sa sapphire, xanthite, zircon Ca Cingalese stone).
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-12

MADE my way down
 the stairs in safety,
 and presently stood in tho courtyard of the great house. It was but an hour from dawn, and none were stirring. The last revcler had drunk his Ill, the dancing girls had ceased their dancing, and silence lay upon the city. I
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-05-11
THE KENTUCKY WAY.
How Love Finds Words Among the Ma.
tiyes of the BIue-Grass State.

How Love Finds Words Among the Ma
tives of the BIue-Grass State.
had been asleep in my seat in the
passenger-coach as the train was roll
ing through Kentucky, and was aroused
by couple taking the seat in front of
me. l did not raise my head, but made
out that he was a young fellow of
twenty-five, or thereabouts, and she
was young girl of eighteen or twenty.
Reckon he's asleep?" queried the
girl, referring to me.
''pm shore of it," he replied, after
taking a look at the back of my head.
There was an interval of silence, cut
on the bias and warranted first color,
and then he queried:
''Glad ye come, Mary?"
'Sorter, Bill"
''We's friends, hain't we?"
"Shore."
81 never did keer fur no other gal. q"
"Shoo! Now you is funning me-"
''Shore as 1 live, Mary. 1 woul dn't
marry no girl in our hull section, no
how"
''Honest?"
"True as cucumbers. Pap likes ye,
Mary"
'Glad ont"
''And nam likes ye.
''Glad ont"
"And pap was a-saying to me that II
I got mar'd could bring my wife right
home.
Your pap is good"
"But can't git mar'd, Mary"
"Deed, but why nOt?'
"Cause nobody loves me-"
"Shoo! Reckon somebody does"
mo they don't. If they did they'd
show it"
There was another interval of silence,
bordered with forget-me-nots and Or
namented with orange blossoms, and
during this minute l think he seized
her unresisting hand. l think she was
ready to be seized. He probably
squeezed it as he said:
$50 you reckon somebody doesP'
yep"
"Then why don't they say SOP"
"Waitin', mebbe."
"Waitin' fur what?"
tTo be axed to say So"
He was trembling with excitement
and he could not control his voice as he
said:
eff they loved me they'd squeeze my
hand, wouldn't they?"
''Reckon they would"
(Squeeze-zip-gasp. Hello, Gen.
tralD
"And-and, Mary, if they'd marry
me they'd squeeze agin, wouldn't
they?"
"Shore they would"
(Squeeze-whOop-call up the par.
SONY
Then he leaned over and kissed her,
and Cupid danced hornpipe up and
down the aisle.--N. Y. Sun,
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-05-11
PITH AND POINT.

An old office-seeker says that the
Burest appointment in politics is dis
appointment
The man who never changes his
opinion is one who never enlarges his
information.
The lighter the individual, the
easier to float in the social swim
Washington Critic.
1t does not take an imaginary evil
long to become real one. e.-Philadel-
phia Call.
TO seek a redress of grievances by
recourse to the law is aptly compared
to sheep running for shelter to a bram-
ble-brush.
The man who is suspicious lives
in a constant state Of unhappiness. It
would be better for his peace of mind
to; be too trustful than too guarded.
We are all dissatisfied, The diff
ference is that some of us sit down in
the squalor of our dissatisfaction,
while others make a ladder of it
Once Week.
The result of self-examination on
the part of some people is abundant
satisfaction; with others, it is so de-
pressing as to almost bring despair.
Both are wholly wrOng.-United Pres
byterian,
Alas! it is not till time, with reck-
less hand, has torn out half the leaves
from the book of human life to light
the fires of passion, from day to day,
that man begins to see that the leaves
which remain are few in number. =
Longfellow.
-Affectation naturally Icounterfeits
those excelences which are placed at
the greatest distance from possibility
of attainment, because, knowing our
own defects, we eagerly endeavor to
supply them with artificial excellence.
johnson.
"A smooth sea never made a skill
full mariner, neither do uninterrupted
prosperity and success qualify for use
fulness and happiness. The storms of
adversity, like those of the ocean,
rouse the faculties, and excite the in
vention, prudence, skill and fortitude
of the voyager.
-'Tis pitiful the things by which we
are rich or poor "a matter of coins,
coats and carpets. little more or less
stone, or wood, or paint, the fashion
of a cloak or hat; like the luck of
naked Indians, of whom one is proud
in the possession of glass bead or a
red feather, and the rest miserable in
the want of it.-EmersOn.
1t is always a bad sign as to ones
real character when the more you
know of him the less you think of him.
The fact shows that he seemed to have
excelences which disappear on a more
intimate acquaintance, and has faults
and defects that did not appear upon
limited and partial acquaintance. One
regrets in this way to change and re-
call good opinion which he had of
er.-Independent.
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Increase of the Worlds Navies.

According to a recent estimate, the
humber of war vessels launched last
year by the naval powers of the world
was 60, while more than 100 were
building when it closed. England led
with 15 vessels launched and % build
ing, France launched 9 and laid down
10, Russia launched 2 and began 10,
Germany put vessel into the water
and ordered or laid down 4. Italy
launched 10 and laid down Is, Austria
launched no vessel, but laid down or
ordered 3. China added vessels to her
navy and ordered or laid down more.
Japan ordered 3 and launched 3, the
United States launched and laid
down 6.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-05-11
PHONOGRAPHIC DOLLS.

They Sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star, and other Pretty Tunes.
Fifty years ago the little girl played
with rag doll. Then came wooden
dolls, then wax and china, and finally
papier mache and bisque. Then the
dolls were taught to creep, and even
walk, and when they progressed so far
as to say mamma" and papa in
squeaky voices, the little girl no doubt
thought the acme of doll culture had
been reached. But within very short
time dolls have been produced that
actually recite "Mother Goose's Mel
odies," and other standard poems,
such as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star"
How is the wonderful effect pro-
duced? Easily enough, by means Of
the photograph.
The dolls are about one foot in
height. The photographic apparatus,
occupying the body of the doll, has a
space perhaps two or three inches in
diameter in which to operate. The
dolls are brought from Europe, but the
talking machinery is manufactured
and inserted here.
As each doll reaches the proper age
it is turned over to a governess spe-
cially employed to train it's phonO-
graphic ideas how to shoot. This lady
gives the most careful attention to the
education of the dolls. She recognizes
the value of individual training, i'm
parts separate instruction to every
doll. Knowing the great initiative
power of little folks, she is particular
to modulate her voice to just the
pitch which she wishes theirs to as
sumo.
The doll pupils are required to re-
peat her words until every accent and
infection is satisfactory. The dolls
have such wonderful memories that
not only do they repeat their lessons
with accuracy, but they even ''hold
the voice."
This faculty of theirs compelled the
employment of lady instructors. The
deep, gruff voice of a man reciting
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" had
rather a gruesome effect when issuing
from the lips of rosy-cheeked little
dollie.
Their voices are strong and their ar
ticulation so clear that their conversa-
tion can be heard up one fight of
stairs with distinctness-sOmew
more perfectly, in fact, than when
close by, as there is little z-r-r-r of
the machinery which is not noticed at
a distance.-Golden Days.
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A COMICAL FAMILY.
Story of a Ridiculous Goose That Want
to Be Turkey.

Story of Ridiculous Goose That Wanted
to BE a Turkey.
Come, little folks, let me tell you q
story at which l laughed more than l
had laughed in a year; and it is all
about a ridiculous goose which was
not content what the dear Lord had
made him, but tried with all his might
to be something else-the foolish Great
ure!
Once upon time, down in Glouces-
ter, a lady, who is great poultry
raiser, found that one of her turkey
hens was ''clean distracted to &C to
setting, and there wasn't a setting of
turkey eggs to be found for her any
where. Miss Lizzie put on her think
ing-cap; she could not bear poor old
Mrs. Turkey to be disappointed when
she had set her heart upon raising an
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UNLUCKY FRIDAY.
The Ancient Superstition Still Holds Good
Among Seamen.

The Ancient Superstition Still Holds Good
Among Seamen.
If any one tells you that superstition
has died out among sailors and that
the old prejudice against going to sea
Friday no longer exists, don't believe
him. The superstition, prejudice, call
it what you, will, is as strong as ever
and lives in quarters where one would
least expect to find it. None Of our
big ocean steamers leave the port of
New York Friday. 1t would be con-
sidered unlucky by every one of the
crew from the captain to the cabin
boy The Cunard Line steamers sail
from here Saturdays and from Boston
Thursdays, the White Star Wednes-
days, the Anchor Line Wednesdays
and Saturdays, the French Line Satur-
days, the German Lloyd Saturdays and
Wednesdays, the Hamburg Line Thurs
days, the Pacific Mail Mondays and
Thursdays, and so on all down the list
of the big companies that ferry the
Atlantic. Not vessel belonging to
any of them is allowed to commence a
voyage on a Friday.
Speaking of Friday being an unlucky
day, last evening asked Commander
Rockwell, who commands the United
States steamship Yantic, if it is con-
sidered unlucky in the navy to sail on
Friday. Certainty it is. " was the
response. Very few officers want to
sail on a Friday if it can be avoided. l
am certain that do not. Why, the
first time ever put to sea on a Friday
we were near having one of the great
est tragedies that the United States
navy has experienced in fifty years. 1t
was while was serving on the Oneida
that we left Norfolk, Va, that day,
and we were hardly at sea when a fire
broke out close to the magazine, and,
before it could be eXtinguished, the
powder bans were so hot that we eX-
pected the ship to blow up at almost
any moment. No, sir, if can get
ready 1 will leave the navy yard April
l, but if l am ready a Friday l shall
certainly wait over until Saturday."
Captain Rockwell is a typical officer
of the school which is giving us our
new navy. When men of his stamp
think Friday unlucky, is it wonder
that Poor Jack should fight shy of the
unlucky day?-N. Y. Star.
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fore, in came Doak himself. Well, we
wept over him. and bathed him in
champagne, and he took it like a little
man. | made place for him beside
me, and told him how [ had done it.
Its lucky says he, laughing like
a good fellow, that you cleared your
self by six o'clock. 'Why?" says I.
WELL he says, "it's falling market,
believe. If my well was dry, all
right; but there's oil out there sure as
sin, and there's oil all around You
sold in good time
" Not bit of it, Doakey,' says l.
You're all wrong. Tddo it again. and
hold over, too
"'At the same fgure?' said he.
" AT the same figure, said l.
" How much would you take?
"'All you want to sell
"'ru see you,' said he; and we
shook hands.
He took out a pencil and wrote
the agreement, and l signed it; and
then we knocked-the neck off another
bottle, and l don't remember the rest
Of the night. l SlCan1 in wine"
''But about a half-dozen fellows
dragged me out of bed in the morning.
It's all up with you,' they said. 'Doal1
exploded his mystery, and it's a
''gusher. ~ Sure enough it was, and
the cuss knew it when he loaded me.
The market dropped plumb from 81. 80
to $122."
Sandy, still smiling, sank back in
his chair, and smoked in silence.
He hasn't told you," said my
friend, ''that if he had wished to he
could have ignored the trick, as it is a
rule of the exchange that all transac-
tioDs made out of the regular session
may be declared off. But Sandy
wouldn t take advantage of the provis-
ion. So he lost his $250000, and
owed the market about $4,000 more" !"
I've nearly paid that off," sighed
Sandy.-Once a Week.
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HYena-Spearing in India.

The hyena, though a most useful
scavenger, is not a noble looking ami
NAL, and his nature is decidedly cur
rish. He is not beast usually select
ed for the chase, but affords certain
amount of fun when nothing better is
to be had. Many a sportsman, when
disappointed in finding boar has had a
run after a hyena. These beasts do
not go at any great pace or charge like
a brave old boar, yet they are not easy
to spear, by reason of the quickness
with which they turn and twist. In
our first illustration the amin al has
Just turned sharp at right angles and
thrown out the man who was about to
spear him, letting another cut in, while
the horse of third, putting his foot in
hole, comes down, and then, getting
rid of his rider, continues the chase on
his own account, biting and striking at
the hyena, which makes no attempt to
resent this strange onslaught. We
observe that Mr.. Moray Brown, in his
excellent book. "Shikar Sketches, "
mentions similar incident. But
doubles and turns can not always save
the hyena; at last well-directed
spear-thrust ends his career on earth
and finishes the difficult pursuit
Illustrated London News.
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PULLMAN EMPLOYEES.
How SIeeping-Car Conductors and Po
ters Make Both Ends Meet.

How SIeepine-Car Conductors and Por-
ters Make Both Ends Meet.
'DO sleeping-car conductors and
porters really make so much money!"
l asked, in my native manner, of a
sleeping-car conductor the other day.
why, no, not any more than other
people. I'll tell you now. we don't get
much of salary, and are expected to
make extras on the train in order to
break even. Of course it's against the
rules of the company, but we have to
contrive some way to get around them.
If a man has good porter who will
share with him you can get along nice
ly. Now, suppose, for instance, I'm
going through from New York to Chi
cago, and at night man comes in the
car here in Toledo and wants a berth.
[ give him one.
''Now, | make out his berth check,
and give it to him. Then fill out my
own ticket. That is, he thinks L do,
but don't make a mark on it, merely
pretend to fill it out, seeP Well, the
porter comes along, and destroys that
m ans berth check, and who ever knows
the difference?"
"Wel, that's a great scheme" ," said 1.
'But that amt all. The rules are
that a sheet and pillow case are to be
used but once. The agents at the end
of the road keep strict account of the
number of passengers and number OF
sheets used, but we are just little too
fly there, too.
This sheet and pillow case l have
just given out the porter takes the
next morning, smoothes out nicely,
dampens just a little bit, folds careful
ly in the same creases, places at the
bottom of the heavy pile Of bed-clothes,
and when he gets down to them again
they look like they had just come out
Of the laundry.
''But spoilers are so common that
we have to be very careful. l remem-
Der, years ago, when | was running
between here and St. Louis on the Wa
bash, my porter, who was an old col
ored man, came to me one night after
the car had quieted down, and whis'
pered:
" Da's spottah on dis cahr
' How do you know, l asked.
'"'Ca'se his boots s ma'kedn
''You see the porters have a system
of marks which they put on a mans
boots. If they ascertain that a GER
tain man is a spotter, they make a
mark on his boots that the other por-
ters understand, and then when Mr..
Spotter gets on another car he is an
nounced by a secret signal. al.-Toledo
Blade.
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VOLUME XVIII.
ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Why hurry and worry,
And live in a furry,
To gather in dollar and dime,
When life will be sweeter,
And true JOY completer,
BY living one day at a timer
The world that we live in,
Receive in, and give in,
Hath many beauteous cline;
With treasure on treasure
To add to mans pleasure,
Created one day at time.
Why borrow grave sorrow
To weep DER tomorrow?
Tomorrow. brings roses, not rime.
All, then, how much better
Then forging a fetter
To live just one day at time.
Hope meets us-love greets us,
And softly entreats us
To rise from the dust and the CRIME;
Not rush up the mountain,
But stop at love fountain,
And journey one day at time.
With leisure, seek pleasure,
joys o'erflowing measure
No headache, no heartache, no crime.
Then the right task discerning,
Just wages be earning,
BY toiling one day at time.
Mrs NJ. A. Kidder, in n. Y. Ledger