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rrhe prisoner seemed unconscious Of

The prisoner seemed unconscious OF
the words that escaped her trembling,
scarlet lips. She sang Of distant lands,
Of freedom and of love; of her dear old
home in the valley at Jonesborough
and the loved ones she had left behind.
Lenora's eyes were radiant, and were,
indeed, the windows to her pure soul.
This song came from her lips In
verses that rhymed and told the feel
ings of her sad, aching heart.
She had been sitting at the piano
nearly two hours, but to her it seemed
but short time.
Finally she became weary, ard sud
denly the sweet sounds ceased. She
whirled round upon the stool and gazed
round the room ID strange, frlSnb
ened manner, as her eyes rested upon
Sylvester and Gertana at the farther
end of the room. .
She sprang from the stool and
clasped her white, trembling hands to
her breast.
"Oh! How cruel of some one OF
something. I thought was far away
from here, far away in freedom and
happy lands, but it was only dream,
q vision. All is gone"
Her golden head sank low upon her
breast; a deep moan escaped her white,
trembling lips, while her whole body
was convulsed with sobs.
She raised her head and gazed stead
uy at Nol for few moments, and
vnen, ike an arrow IRON a DOW, she
darted from the room out of the open
hall door down the long gravel walk
and out into the street.
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CHAPTER Will

While Brown was playing and sing
ing, Sylvester and Gertana seemed to be
under some strange, unaccountable in
auence, and were powerless to move or
speak, until few moments after she
had disappeared.
It was Gertana that broke the ST.
lence.
"Sylvester, this lady that you have
broug ght and want me to be kind to
does not seem to wish for your COM
pany. Do you suppose she has gone to
her room, Or"
"My God! Gertana, do not know;
but if she does not relent and love me
q little it will kill me. I'll give all
up but her own sweet, pure self; l
yield"
He sprang to his feet, and with out
stretched arms and clenched fists ne
staggered through the door where
Lenora had disappeared.
His whole frame shook with emotion,
while his face was pinched and drawn
with pain.
He rushed into the library, looking
like. a mad man, gasping, "Lenora,
Lenora, Lenora!" but she was not
there, and he foul d the hall-door
open.
"Ah, she would not leave me; she is
up stairs" And he spreng up the
stairway and into Lenora's room, like
man that was fleeing from death.
The room was empty, and, like a flash,
the truth dawned upon his mind. A
low, deep moan escaped his ashen lips,
and his arms hung limp at his sides.
As he stood there, picture OF misery
and despair, he seemed like statue.
"She is gone, and am-lost-lost-
forever" sounded through the empty
chamber. Noll stood there few min
utes. gazing fxedly at the little snowy
white bed, with it's rich silken curtains,
in the agony of his disappointed soul.
He then left the room, going slowly
and silently down the stairway, more
like q ghost than man.
Gertana was standing Of The foot of
the stairs Hasiittiing assiitting ior Noll.
As she saw him descend, so sad, SO
changed, and looking as If he had lived
years in those few minutes OF agony,
she realized that something had hap
pened.
"What is it, Sylvester? Tell me,
quick, what ails you? You frighten
mel"
II fear all is lost, Gertana, for she is
not in her room, and am sure she has
escaped.
II am too weak to do anything, for
can scarcely stand, but have the SER
wants search the house, and if she can
not be found in it, send them into the
streets. Stop for nothing, but for
heavens sake find her if possible" :"
As he finished speaking he leaned
back against the wall, unable to stand
alone any longer.
Gertana saw that Noll would fall to
the floor unless she did something for
him, and she quickly brought some
brandy, which she made him drink.
He then recovered somewhat, and
thu patient Italian succeeded in per
suading him to go to his room, and
allow her to attend the search.
Noll was soon asleep, under the infu-
ence of the brandy, and did not waken
until quite late the next morning.
As he started for his room, Gertana
ran to the servants hall, and ordered
hem to search the house; and if the
strange lady could not be found, that
hey must then search the grounds. and
notify the police.
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tThere must be certain amount ol
liberty given to the Captain to punish at
his own discretion. or else he would be
entirely at the mercy of his crew. But
this range of power has been gradually
limited and cut down, until there are
only few punishments that he can
legally inflict. These are distinctly
stated in the naval regulations, and are
as follows: /. Reduction Of any rating
established by himself. 2. Confinement,
with or without irons, single or double,
not exceeding ten days, unless further
confinement be necessary in case OF
prisoner to be tried by court-martial.
3. Solitary confinement, on bread and
water, not exceeding five days. 4. Sol
itary confinement, not exceeding seven
days. 5. Deprivation Of liberty on shore.
i. Extra duties. No other punishment
shall be permitted on board vessel be-
longing to the navy, except by sen.
lcnce Of general or summary court
martial. All punishmeGtts- inflicted by
The comlsa4aaaateler, Or by his order, except
shall be fully entered upon
the ships log.
This is IN awfnl drop from the days
when Il Captain could do as he please d
when he got away from soundings, and
was the monarch OF all he surveyed.
There was one punishment that went out
of vogue probably before the birth of the
present century, and it was called keel
hauling.
"This was simply one way of murder
ing a man. A rope was fastened around
his body and then passed under the ship
to the other side. Then another line
was fastened to his feet and he was
hauled down into the water and under
the ships bottom until he came to the
keel, where he was scratched around for
2 while, and then, when it was thought
that he was sufficiently out of breath,
they haul him UP again, full of salt
water, unconscious, with half of his skin
scratched from him. He usually died.
But that is a barbarism that has passed
into tradition, and when Captain wants
to kill man he shoots him. And they
used to shoot men in the old days, shoot
them right off the yard arm and never
stop to pick them up, but let them drift
astern, to die if they were not already
dead. There undoubtedly was an enor-
nous amount of cruelty in the old times
Of slow sailing ships, and many a man
has borne scars to his grave that were re-
ccived from the stroke of pin in the
hands of an ulgy-tempered mate. But
now if man goes wrong he is put in
irons. This is not much of a punishment
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when in a temper that he would not
think of doing if he thought twice about
it. This is simply because an officer is
merely human being after all. For ex-
ample, commander with whom l was
sailing became provoked at the actions of
certain man and ordered a swab to be
put over his mouth. When the swab was
taken off the poor fellow was dead. He
had suffocated. That officer did not re-
turn home for several years because of the
row that was raised, very rightly, by the
seaman's friends at home. He was given
cruise after cruise, until an order was is
sued placing a limitation upon ottenses
committed on board naval vessels, be-
yond which no one could be trled-l
think it was three years-and then nc
came home.
"Thc loss of 'liberty,' as it is called,
by which is meant the leave to go on
shore, is a severe blow to sailor in these
days of no grog. 1t is his only chance
of finding sweetheart or getting
drink, and he feels very much like a
pluck ed bird when he is told, in punish
mcnt of some slight offense, that he will
have his liberty curtailed for a week or
month OF as long as the ship is in
mort. This is a very common pun
ishment and is very often inflicted by the
Junior officers without any reference Of
the case to the Captain. Then there IS
the loss of rating or q grade. which
the man has earned by his faithfulness
and good behavior. The law stipulatcs
that a commander shall not disrate any
man whom he has not rated himself, but
this is fiction. Whenever aship comes
home from cruise her commander dis
rates every man on board, making them
all plain seamen. He is then relieved by
his successor, who at once reratcs the
same men, so that it can be said that nc
has every rating under his control on
board the ship. This is subterfuge that
is probably known to the department,
and with rood commanders it would not
work any hardships; but sometimes
man is disrated who has not really done
anything, and then the punishment is
very severe, especially as the rating gives
him more pay and considerable authority
on board ship. 1t is the same thing as
being reduced to the ranks in the army,
but it is more frequently done. - Wash-
ingtom Star.
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hang on to the under side with his hands
and feet, and without any ropes or lines
to hold him there. This was terrible
thing, for man soon became exhausted
and fell to the deck below, which was
some feet. Sometimes, in former days,
a man was lashed to the rigging by his
wrists and ankles.
''Flogging went out of date just be.
fore the war, together with the grog, AN
other relic of barbarism. The cat, as it
was called, or the cat. of-nine-t tails, as its
proper name is, was an awful instrument,
and the terror of fresh sailors. In fact
there were but few who did not fear it.,
and those really assumed their attitude
or indifference. 1t sometimes meant
death to a weak man, with its nine long
rope ends with knots tied in them, swung
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IN THE NEST.

Gather them close to your loving heart
Cradle them close to your breast;
They will soon enough leave your brooolnG care
Soon enough mount youth golden stair
Little ones in the nest
Fret not that the children's hearte are gay,
That their restless feet will run;
There may come time in the by-and-by
When You'll sit in your lonely room and sigh
For sound of childish fun.
When you long for q repetition sweet,
That sounded through each room,
OF Mother mother!' the dear love caus
That will echo long through the silent halls
And add to their stately gloom.
There may come time when you'll long to hea
The eager, boyish tread
The tuneless whistle the clear, shrlu shopt,
The busy hustle in and out,
And pattering overhead.
When ths boys and girls are all grown up,
And scattered far and wide,
Or gone to the undiscovered shore,
Where youth and age come never more,
You will miss them from your side.
Then gather them to your loving heart,
Cradle them on your breast,
They will soon enough leave your broodine care.
Soon enough mount youths topmost stair
Little ones in the nest.
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WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG.
By BRET HARTE.

Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted melody no one knew;
And the woman stopped, and her babe sh
tossed,
And thought Of the one she had long since lost,
And said us her tear drops back she forced,
sI hate the wind in the chimney
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted melody DO one knew;
And the children said, as they closer drew,
.'Tis some witch that is cleaving the black nlen
through,
'Tis q fairy trumpet that just then blew,
And we fear the wind in the chimney
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted melody no one knew;
And the man. as he sat on his hearth below,
Said to himself, 1T will surely snow,
And fuel is dear and wages low,
And II stop the leak in the chimney.
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted melody no one knew;
But the poet listened and smiled for he
Was man and woman and child, all three,
And said, 1T is Gods own harmony,
This wind we hear in the chimney"
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THE TEMPERANCE TEXTILE.

The plans for the temperance temple to be
erected by the Women's Christian Temper
ancc Union at the corner q Laeallc and;
Monroe streets, Chicago, as formally adopted
and given to the press, show strikingly
Beautiful structure, the lower portion of the
exterior being Of brown granite and the
upper stories of bright red brick set in black
mortar A feature not now existing in the
case OF any structure in the city is court
on the main front of LaSalle street 301G9
feet, extending from the top of the building.
There There IS also court ~. IN the rear an and an alley
the street frontages, will afford an abund,
ance Of light for all parts of the building. The
structure is so planned that Of thirty-fve
Offices on each floor only four front upon the
court. The main entrance OH LaSalle street
will be the widest in the city, and will lead
to rotuuda in which the elevators all front
Upon an arc Of circle.-W. G. T. u. Buiie-y
Yin
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by brawny boatswain. The ships COM
pany were usually gathered around to
see the punishment, so that all could get
a glimpse of the frightful example. They
used to tie the culprit up to a grating in
the ships side, with his hands lashed to-
gether, his clothes stripped from his
back. Then came the lashes, thick and
fast, counted as they fell by the Captain
or hp Lieutenant, who stood by to see
that Justice was done. The number OF
lashes determined the severity OF the
punishment. Men were fogged fol
everything, even the most trivial offenses,
and it was not uncommon to meet sailors
whose backs were all SCARED up with the
marks of the cats claws. Nowadays
they do not fog in our navy and it is
good thing. When they did fog men
they tied them over a breech of a
gun, with their hands fastened together
underneath and their backs barred to the
lash.
'sThcre is one punish nent which, al
though it is prohibited by the regula-
tions, is still practiced by some COM
manders. This is 'tricing up, which is
simply tying a man by his thumbs until
his toes just touch the floor to take his
weight. It is torture that should be
punished by the imprisonment of the
man who orders it done. It is done in
several ways; but the most common is to
tie mans thumbs together behind him,
pointing upward, and then draw him up
by means cf a cord passed over block
above. This brought him up on his
toes in a second, tell you. He had to
get up in order to relieve the strain on
his thumbs. 1t was awful to see man
in this position, and it had more effect
on the crew than any other of the petty
punishmcnts. Of course fellow in this
position was roundly laughed at by his
mates, and this made the punishment an
the harder to bear. AftteefF~a while a
man would up an his strength and
fall, his weight coming all upon his
thumbs. Then he would be cut down,
more dead than alive. Another position
which was adopted was to bring the
arms straight up above his head and tie
the thumbs there. A man in this atti-
tude was under a somewhat less strain
than the other, but it was very hard,
nevertheless.
"a Captain will sometimes do things
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TEMPERANCE.

A SWALLOW OR TWO.
Have you heard of a-something well call
it bird)
That's abroad like the Wandering, Jew?
1t sweeps here and yonder on ocean and
shore,
And turns the whole universe blue.
The laws of the lands are its perches; the,
earth
Moves not till the creature shall nod;
1t cries for legion and legions arise;
Each claw is the sword of god
'Tis stronger than death land how cruelg,
and Kings
Bow low at its movable court;
lis the rival of Atlas; for spheres cannot
whirl
Till itgives them its noble support.
The world is too small for it's nest, so it
builds
On singular, terrible plan,
In order to fully develop its wings 80
IL must hide in the brain Of man.
All, then the astonishing plunges and flights!.
Describe its man9uvres who can
The man may imagine he swallows the bird.
It's the bird, though, that swallows the.
man.
Jessie Nac0regor, IN National Advocate.
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WAYS OF TYING A KNOT.

The false knot, or grandmother's knot,
slips apart easily and is not very durable.
Zig. ~
The double weaver's knot Zig. 81 is
much more serviceable than the single
{ig. 81, with which fshnets are usually
tied. Fig. 10 shows the common fish,
net knot.
The freman's knot is very strong.
Fig. ILL., 1t is formed by placing two
nooses over each other.
The hangman's knot Zig. 12) is made
by forming a moose, and pulling the
rope through the first moose in the shape
of another.
The English knot Zig. 1S is very SER
viceable for tying 6shlines together.
The carpenters knot Zig. 14) fastens
securely two cords to ropes, which may
be much thicker st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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NO DRINKERS WANTED.

Nearly all railroad managers are now
agreed in prescribing strict temperance TO-
their employees while on duty. They have to
Of more accidents than any other one cause,
On many roads an employe who is found to
frequent drinking places when Off duty soon
gets discharge. So many such have been
turned of that it isnow known that drink is
the cause Of their discharge. 1t is becoming
the same in lesser degree 10 other employ
mcnts where skill, nerve and character are
needed for success Inside of fifty years no.
man without capital will be able to earn
living except as a day laborer if he has drink
ing habits
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NEW YoRK's DRINKING PLACES.

The report of the Commissioners Of Excise
Of the city of New York for the year ending
places licensed to sell intoxicating LIQUORS in
the city. Of these 262 are hotels; 1857 are
saloons licensed to sell all kinds of liquor: 1A
are ale and beer saloons; 1866, ale. beer and
wine saloons: 152. restaurant. and SO steam
boat licenses. The total number Of licensed
drinking places other than hotels restaurants
and steamboats, is 6142, decrease Of rs dur
ing tho year. There are 109S store-keepers
licensed, an increase of 127 over the previous
YEAR.
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JOlnny's Last Question.

Mamma--sI am tired Of your everlast-
ing chatter, Johnny; you had better go
to bed.
.Johnny-'.Are you very tired, man.
MAJ
Mamma-.':Yes, very tired
Johnny-~"Then, mamma, why don
ymu 60 to bed?'
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IT is reported that sixty persons in
France are excited over report that a
q relative of theirs died in the United
States twenty years ago leaving them
heirs to s4O,OOo,OOO. 1t may be true
that such fortune was left to them,
but if they knew the power of absorp
lion of American lawyers they would
be placid in the assurance that at this
late date there is not enough left for a
massage across the briny deep.
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Largest Sailing Ship in the World.

The largest sailing ship in the world
is in the possession of France. She is
vessel with five masts, on four of which
square sail is carried. The length is 344
feet, with beam of forty mine feet. The
cargo which the France could carry is no
less than 1000 tons. The ship is built
of steel, her masts and yards being OF
the same material. She IS at present
trading between France and the Pacific.
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INSANITY INCREASING IN FRANCE.

France is developing some facts on the
liquor question that do not harmonic with
the claim of the liquor men that liquor drink
ing is entirely harmless in Europe. The
Paris correspondent of the London Times
states that the number of persons admitted
into the special indrmary for the criminal
classes and vagabonds Of the capital is rap.
idly increasing, and gives these figures from
the records to prove it:
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With insanity thus rapidly increasing in
France, and with forty-one per cent Of the !
crimes in Germany last year committed by
intoxicated persons Bacchus and Gambrinus
can have no apology for existing longer
Voire
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A YEAR ago last January the United
States Fish Commission sent to Judge
James G, Swan: of Portland, Ore, 200:
Holsters from Woods Holl, Massachu-
setts Bay, to be planted in Puget
Sound. These were carefully planted
by Judge Swan at three points-Scow
Bay, Point Hudson and Point Wilson.
There were also planted GAO, 900 live
lobster eggs. OF late many OF these
Holsters have been seen on their feed
ing grounds, and there is every reason
to believe that they are thriving and
doing we'll
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1t is supposed that in the next Eu-
ropean war the artillery can effectually
stay the advancing infantry at 1000 yards
distance.
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The unmarried ladies of Massachu.
sctts have S29, 900, 900 on deposit in the
savings banks of that State.
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IN his private capacity, Bismarck
carries on the business of distiller,
paper-maker, and farmer, and has re-
Gently added that of brickmaker, hav-
ing established large brickyard near
Lauenburg, where q fine bed of clay
exists.
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How to Tie n Knot.

The manner in which thread, yarn,
braids, cords, etc., can be tied into a
knot is very manifold.
We begin to tie all knots with loop
Zig. ~ or moose. Fig. 2.
The double loop, which is also called
the cable clinch, is used for fastening
rope to cable or ring. Fig. 81
A simple knot doubled is called the
water knot. Fig. 4.
To fern an eyelet at the end of d line,
the Flemish knot, which is very durable,
is used. Fig. ST.
The straight cross knot or chevalier
knot, is used for connecting thin cords
of equal size. Fig. 81
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WOMEN are Findings new occupation
in serving legal papers, said we'll
known lawyer recently. Almost all
prominent law firms employ man
solely to serve papers; but often the
server runs up against some individual
whom it is impossible for him to get at.
The most wary debtor will not suspect
a woman of having clandestine designs
against him, and well-dressed female
paper-server can easily gain admit
tance where it would be impossible for
~ anfar
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AT Huntington, W. Va, q Young
man who had escorted q young lady to
the theater fell sad victim to the per-
nicious habit of going out between the
acts. About the second time he went
out to see a man his fair companion
arose, invited friend to accompany
her home and gracefully retired.