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catching sight of me, came forward and,

catching sight of me, came forward and,
answering my greeting. said:
''Mr Stanley is in there" pointing
to the hut in the Enclosure. ''Would you
like to see him?"
Every much," 1 replied, eff he isn't
too tired after his march"
Leading the way, he showed me into
the hut, where found myself face to face
with Stanley. He was sitting on box
or old camp chair-I forget which-mak-
ing a frugal breakfast off cold roast
Congo fowl, some hard, brown ship bis
cult and a cup of tea without milk. His
bronzed features, lit up by pair OF
bright blue eyes and set off by the white
mustache he wears and the gray hair
which encircles his forehead, produced
very pleasing impression on me as
introduced myself and told him why l
was travelling on the road to the Pool.
1 asked him if he noticed much
change or any improvement in the coun-
try since he had quilted it in 1884.
"Well," he replied, 81 don't see much
improvement anywhere. There are
more white men out now, of course, but
it strikes me they have too many books
at headquarters in Bona, and too much
Office work and writing of dispatches.
when men might be better employed
doing something through the country.
There are plenty of bridges to be built
over these small streams which rise sud-
denly after nights rain and hinder a
caravans crossing for two or three days
sometimes. Why, there's the Lunzadi
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THE JAMAICA NEGRO.
A Creature Full of Legends, Stories ani
Quaint Proverbs.

A Creature Full of Legends, Stories and
Quaint Proverbs.
The island negro is full of legends,
stories and quaint proverbs. 1t is
pity that they should never have been
regularly collected and recorded, for the
race of the old time house-slave woman,
who held her audience breathless with
the wonderful doings of "Anancy" and
his wife 'Crooky" and a son, ''Tacooma,"
is now almost passed away. All of the
strange, out-of-the-way phenomena of
tropical nature are alive with sugges-
tions of the supernatural and the mys-
ferrous of the negro mind.
At various parts of the island are sub
terranean rivers that here and there
make sudden appearance, to run swiftly
for few miles, and then to disappear
again in the bowels of the earth. In
places the water appears only in circular
sink-holes, always trimming but never
overlooking, even in the wet season, or
never diminishing, even in the dry. In
one of the mountain Businesses a negro
pointed out to me such gloomy pool,
with neither inlet nor outlet. To him
it was the habitatiOn of some monstrous
subaqueous creature named "Croomie."
He told me that nobody dared even go
near the margin, for "Croomie'' would
catch him and pull him under. could
gather nothing from him but the bare
facts, for when pressed him for further
detail concerning 'Croomie's' character
and habits, he evidently took my ques-
tions for covert ridicule, and withdrew
himself into the shell of non-comprehen-
sion.
In their peculiar dialect the negroes
possess fund of quaint saws and prov
cribs. "Alligators lay eggs but him no
fowl" says one. "Fishermen never say
him fish t'ink," says another. Referring
to the land-crab, Little crab-hole spoil
big race-horse." Some of these quaint
sayings show not only the keen insight
of the semi-savage into the characteris-
tics of the voiceless creation, but also a
wonderfully sly and cunning knowledge
of the weakness of poor human nature.
"Duck and fowl feed togedder. but no
roost togedder." ''When man dead, grass
grow at him door," DOG run for him
character, pig run for him life" Hun
CRY dog eat cockroach." ''Man bit by
snake, him run away from lizard" Such
are few of the many score of the like
sayings that pass current from mouth to
mouth of the merry black island peas
antry. Howard Pyle, in Harper's Mag
aZine
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The Little Men of Africa.

The Akkas are described by DR.. Junk
er as the only voluntary nomads of the
Central African regions. They construct
their little cone-shaped grass huts in the
shelter of the trees of the woods, and
live in a district as long as the chase
lasts. They prefer to abide among
some tribes and avoid others. The
rulers welcome them, and they, being
practiced archers and cunning warriors,
are employed in the invasion of the ter
ritories of neighboring tribes. They
possess no industry, and buy even their
arrowheads in exchange for meat, the
produce of the chase. They are timid
and suspicious, and DR.. Junker only
once saw about one hundred and fifty of
them together. They can not properly
be described as dwarfs, but only as rel.
atively very small men.-Phrenological
Journal.
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ROGER EASEMENT.

three white-robed figures, which
judged to be Tippo lib and his
suite, and behind these long files of
ZanZi baris and natives.
knew it was Stanley at the head of
his column, and that he would soon be
upon us at the rate we were progressing.
| urged the Zulus up the hill and got
them into a jog-trot almost with their
heavy loads, while l fastened on with
my camp equipage and the lighter loads
to the Nkissi, where arrived in about
two hours, and found Jephson busily
engaged piecing the portable boat to-
gether on the bank of the stream. The
Nkissi runs through a gorge with
steep banks of $50 to 500 feet, rising
almost from the waters edge.
All my camp loads, tent, bed, food.
etc., we're passed over to the opposite
shore of the river about $50 yards
across in two small native canoes.
Entering the deserted village of Selo,
which crowns the hin overlooking the
river, l found it rapidly filing with
Zanzibaris and Soudanese in long
white shirts and blue uniforms, who. as
they arrived in the shelter of the huts
and trees. threw down their loads OF
piled their guns and crept away into
corners and quiet spots out of the blaze
of the midday sun.
observed young white man in shirt
and flannel trousers moving about what
had been the chiefs house, and he.
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HOUSEHOLD BREvlTIES.

"A piece of sponge fastened to stloK
is good thing with which to clean lamp
chimneys.
Whipped Cream Sauce.-Whip pint
of rich cream, beat the whites OF two
eggs stiff, add them to the cream and
sweeten to suit the taste.
Fried Salt-Pork. Slice cold cooked
salt-pork about half-inch thick, roll 1t
IN cracker-dust, finely-sifted crumbs, or
Indian meal, and fry it like fritters, in
plenty of smoking-hot fat.-HOusehold
Monthly.
To curry chicken, first brown slice
little curry powder and allow it to re-
main covered few moments, and, after
adding more butter, put in the chicken,
cut in small pieces and thicken it with
little flour.-N. Y. World.
Apple Johnnycake Without Eggs
One pint white meal, two tablespoon
fuls of sugar, one-half teaspoonful each
of salt and soda, one teaspoonful Of
cream of tartar, milk enough to mix
quite soft, and three apples pared and
sliced; mix in the order given; bake in .
shallow cake pan thirty minutes
Household.
Birds Nest Pudding.-Pare and core
apples and place them around the dish,
after sticking them with cloves. Soak
two teacupfuls of tapioca in dish OF
water until the water Is absorbed and
the tapioca over the apples and bake I'M
til it is a clear thick jelly. Eat with
rich cream.
Potatoes Stewed.-Cut boiled pota-
toes while warm in neat, medium-sized
pieces, cover them with hot milk and
add salt, white pepper and little butter
for seasoning. Simmer in the milk ten
minutes; then fill au gratin tins with the
stewed potatoes; add top layer of graf
ed crumbs, and bake to delicate brown.
Some like a little grated cheese added
to the bread crumbs.
These two insects are the most COM
mon on house-plants in winter: The
scale is small, brownish. oval spot that
attacks the English ivy or oleander, and
other hard-wooded plants. You may not
think the insect live one, as it seldom
moves, bes if you just carefully turn one
over and loos at it through the glass,
you will find that it has feet. An old
toothbrush and Seak soapsuds will dis
lodge it, rinsing Oh with tepid water
Good Housekeeping.
Cold roast veniSOn makes very good
breakfast curry, as the meat is invari-
ably tender and very digestible. Put in
frying-pan, in teaspoonful of butter,
half teaspoonful of dry flour, and
brown slightly; add Glove OF garlic
and a tablespoonful of minced apple,
half teaspoonful of curry powder, and
half pint of hot water, soup stock or
venison gravy from the roast of the day
before. Simmer and set on the back Of
the range. Cut the meat in neat pieces,
add it to the sauce, and when quite hot,
send to table. Before serving, add the
juice of an orange.
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Matadi to the Pool on stills, Mr. Case
ment, and have no doubt you could &C
complish the remainder of the distance
on your head, if you liked to devote
enough time to it, but what good you
would derive from it, or any one else,
when you emerged at Zanzibar I don't
really know"
With this parting shot Stanley left
US for the night, telling Ward to be up
early for the morning start.
Next day we were up before the sun,
and the repairs on the Peace having
been executed during the night, all was
once more ready for start, and by the
time we had finished our coffee Ward
had marshaled the Zanzibaris, dis
tributed their rations to them through
their headmen, and they were getting
on board the Peace.
Her whistle blew, the engineer came
up to say they were waiting for him,
and Mr.. Stanley rose to say goodbye,
and accompanied him down the steps
of the verandah to the path which led
to the river.
Again shaking our hands, he walked
some PAGES towards the steamer, then,
as if suddenly remem bering something,
he turned round, and, shooting sly
glance at me, bowed to my bulldog
Paddy, who was blinking on the
steps, and holding out his hand to him
said:
'And s)ol- bye, too, Snarleyow!''
A moment or two later the Peace
was shooting out through the rapids
round Kinchasa islands, and every quick
swirl of her propeller through the water
carried the little steamer further and
further away out on to the calm, placid
expanse of the Pool, whence soon only
thin wreath of smoke served to mark
the spot where she struggled to over
take her consorts now steaming with a
full days start up the broad bosom of
the Congo.
AS the smoke slowly faded away on
the horizon we turned away from the
beach and were soon busily employed,
Swinburne and l, arranging for our
coming journey to the upper waters of
the Congo.
l waited at Kinchasa until an oppoT-
tunity offered of travelling up to the
Equator Station, some three hundred and
fifty miles beyond the Pool, where took
up my quarters while awaiting the arrival
of the steamer in which [ hoped to be
able to penetrate the tributaries of the
Congo lying above that point, of which
strange stories almost daily reached
me of cannibal orgies and raiding
tribes who signalized each fresh tri-
umph over Gheir enemies by feasting on
the bodies of the prisoners they had
captured in the fight.
ROGER EASEMENT.
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FABLES WITHOUT MORALS.
The Reader Can Supply the Deficiency If
He Chooses.

The Reader Can Supply the Deficiency If
He Chooses.
A man died leaving large estate and
many sorrOwful relations who claimed
it. After some years, when all but one
had had Judgment given against them,
that one was awarded the estate, which
he asked his attorney to have appraised.
''There is nothing to appraise,' said the
attorney, pocketing his last fee.
''Then," said the successful claimant,
''what good has all this litigation done
me?'' ''You have been a good client to
me-" the attorney replied gathering up
his books and papers, 'but 1 must say
you betray surprising ignorance of the
purpose of litigation"
A foreign nObleman who had married
rich American girl was discovered in
the act of breaking her heart. ''Why
do you break her heart?' asked the dis
coverer. Because" replied the foreign
nobleman, 1.-The law does not allow me
to break her head"
A rich American girl who had married
foreign nobleman was seen weeping
by the roadside. ''Why do you weep,
my good girl" passing traveller asked.
Because my husband has broken my
heart" answered the rich American
girl. "Indeed!' exclaimed the passing
traveller, absently. ''And what, pray,
did you expect?" 81 expected, was the
reply, accompanied by fresh burst of
tears, ''to break his"
A bulldog whose master had put
muZZ1e on him met a maStiff ssT thinL
this ornament very becoming to me-"
said the bulldog, secretly trembling, ''it
is the handsomest in town" ''Before
we part" said the mastiff, closely scan
ming the muzzle, ''you will think it too
loose" ''How SOP" asked the bulldog.
eff it had been tighter" the mastiff re-
piled, ''you would have had to keep your
mouth shut about it and 1 would not
have observed it." So saying he set
upon the bulldog and thrashed him
with impunity.
A famous pugilist who had refused to
fight for purse of $4,000 was seen by
friend some years afterward coming out
of low boarding house, badly lacerated
in the face and with several bald places
on his head. "Well, John,7' said the
friend, cheerfully, ''the grass is pretty
short with you just now, isn't it?'
eyes," replied the famous pugilist,
''prices have fallen. 1 fight for nv
board now" with whom?" asked the
friend, eager to gee match. "With NV
landlady," the famous pugilist replied.
Ambrose Bierce, in San Francisco Ex-
xniner.
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USES FOR AMMONIA.
Many Ways in Which 1t Can Be Utilized Nv
HOusekeepers,

Many Ways in Which 1t Can Be Utilized Nv
Housekeepers.
little ammonia in tepid water will
soften and cleanse the skin.
Spirits of ammonia inhaled will often
relieve severe headache.
Door-plates should be cleaned by rub
bling with cloth wet in ammonia and
water.
If the color has been taken out of silks
by fruit stains, ammonia will usually re-
store the color.
10 brighten carpets, wipe them with
warm water in which has been poured
few drops of ammonia.
One or two tablespoonfuls of ammonia
added to pail of water will clean win
dows better than soap.
A few drops in cupful of warm water,
applied carefully will remove spots
from paintings and chromos.
When acid of any kind gets on cloth
ing, spirits of ammonia will kill it. APP
ply chloroform to restore the color.
Keep nickel, silver ornaments and
mounts bright by rubbing with wooden
cloth saturated in spirits of ammonia.
Grease spots may be taken out with
weak ammonia in water; lay soft white
paper over and iron with hot iron.
Ammonia applied two or three times
on fresh cold-sore will kill it. 1t will
drive it away if used when the cold-sore
is first felt.
A tablespoonful of ammonia in a gal
lon of warm water will often restore
colors in carpets; it will also remove
whitewash from them.
Equal parts of ammonia and turpen-
tine will take paint out of clothing, even
If it be hard and dry. Saturate the spot
as often as necessary, and wash out in
soap suds.
If those who perspire freely would use
little ammonia in the water they battle
in every day, it would keep their flesh
sweet and clean, doing away with any
disagreeable odor.
Old brass may be cleaned to look like
new by pouring strong ammonia on it,
and scrubbing with scrub brush, rinse
in clear water.
Put a teaspoonful of ammonia in
quart of water, wash your brushes and
combs in this, and all grease and dirt
will disappear. Rinse, shake and dry
in the sun, or by the fire.
Flannels and blankets may be soaked
in pail of water containing one table
spoonful of ammonia and little suds.
Rub as little as possible and they will
be white and clean, and will not shrink.
One teaspoonful of ammonia to a tea
cupful of water will clean gold or silver
jewelry.-Good Housekeeping.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Little Man (proudly)-"Yes, sir,
I'm self-made man." Big Man
"What was the matter, did the material
give out" Thine.
-''Is your new employer Christian,
Fred?" mo; I'm afraid not. You see
he has to use the telephone a great
deal" Life.
us the sick man out of dangerf
asked friend. NO." answered his
wife, ''the doctor is still visiting him..
Time.
He Qate at supper)-"I should have
been home sooner, but 1 have been
watching the boys playing on the
green" She-"What color did you
play on?"-Bo~- U~
Mr.. Oldbeau-"Ah, my dear Miss
Southmayd, your face is the very mir.
ror of truth" Miss Southmayd-''No Tot
when you are looking in it, ir.''-Bur.
lington Free PRESS.
-JOneS-"What, Smith rich man.
you say? Why, he didn't have dollar a
year ago." Brown-''I know that. Jones;
but he's failed three times since. -
Philadelphia Inquirer.
-Enthusiast-"Art can never improve
On nature" Dentist.-"Can't eh? Don't
you think that set of false teeth / made
you is an improvement on your natural
stumps?'
"A Hint to Get Out.-Loafer-" GLOW
are you? just thought I'd drop in a
while to kill time" Busy MAXWELL.
we don't want any of cur time killed "
Lawrence American.
Mr.. Oldbeau-"Andy your husband?''
Widow-'Tn heaven these two years. 81
Mr.. Oldbeau-'I'm shocked at the news!
He and 1 used to go out together.
never would have believed it,
Old Friend-''By the way, old man,
how did your scheme of marrying so you
could have some one to talk to pan out?''
Thompson-''Not so we'll. You see,
that's what she married for, too."-
Terre Haute Express.
Mr.. Guzzleton eleven p. m.)-"1
wish you'd give me my dry clothes,
Maria, I'm soaked through" Mrs. G..
with deep meaning)-"Ah, yes; your
breath shows you're not as dry as when
you started. Texas Siftings.
Mrs. McSwat-"Billiger why is it
you never talk of sending me to cooking
school, as you used to when we first be-
gan to keep house?" Mr.. McSwat with
. scared look)-"Lobelia, you know
enough ways of roasting me already
Chicago Tribune.
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A Study OF EInper-NalIs.

Phrenology and chiromancy have long
ago become established branches Of
pseudo-science, and books and pamphlets
on the subject are within the reach of
every body. There is, however, a new
branch of the curious methods of phys-
ical research irvo character which is as
yet very little developed. 1t is the study
OF the finger-nails, the shape and color
OF which are said to indicate certain
traits OF character. Finger-nails, &C.
cording to the experts of the new fad. if
long and slender, denote imagination
and poetic feelings, love of art and lazi
ness. If long and fiat they are the signs
OF prudence, good sense and grave men
tai faculties; if wide and short, thew in
dictate high temper, rudeness, a desire
for controversy and obstinacy. A pink
color signifies virtue, liberality and
courage; dry, brittle nails belong to
murderers and other cruel persons ::
curved in shape of claws as bad or worse
than the last named. Soft nails indicate
feebleness of both body and mind, and
nails gnawed close to the flesh 81 rnifv
stiffness and dissipatiolL-St. Louis Re.
puolic.
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NEW CATHOLIC SAINT.

Ceremonial of the Qualification of Father
Pietro Chanel at Rome.
Recently the qualification of Father
Pietro Chanel, priest of the Society of
Maria, who was massacred in Oceanica,
was celebrated in Rome in the great hall
of canonization, which was Illuminated
by thousands of candles. The hall was
divided into two parts, one being re-
served for the Cardinals and other &C.
clesiastical dignitaries, the other for the
pilgrims. In the galleries were the
ADDRESSES of various converts and the
ladies.
Two oil pictures by Signor Monacelli
represented the death of Chanel and the
miraculous cure effected by him of
Sister Maria, of Monte Carmelo. The
canons of st. Peter walked in procession
two by two, preceded by Swiss guards,
and followed by the Cardinals to the
number of twelve. The latter took their
seats to the right of small dais erected
at the end of the hall. A priest then
advanced and presented the Papal brief
of canonization to the Cardinals, asking
that it should be made public. Cardinal
Massela bowed in assent, and Cardinal
Refso, secretary to the congregation,
mounted a pulpit and read aloud the
decree of qualification, which bore the
signature of Cardinal Ledochowski.
When the Cardinal had finished. the
curtain hiding the dais rose, and dis
covered, amid painted clouds and multi
tudinous lights, the figure of the new
saint in the habit of a priest ascending
to Heaven amid a chorus of angels. The
choir of the Sistine chapel sang the ''Te
Deum." and the bells of st. Peters rang
a solemn peal. The ceremony ended
with a Papal mass, and afterward the
pilgrims and all the guests were allowed
to visit the Papal gardens.-London
Standard.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

why will vegetarians insist that
man should not eat meat? Every body
ought to know that it is meet that he
should eat.-Detroit Free Press.
Beneath this stone lies Cd Eli Blair,
No more he smiles or wrangles,
His life was always on the square,
And hence full of rye-tangles.
-Terre Haute Express.
-"1 never get drunk sir, not by jug
full, said the prisoner to visiting mis-
sionary. EITHER you are deliberately
falsifying," said the visiting missionary
slowly, ''or else you have used very
small jugs" Merchant Traveller.
twill you please pass the butter?"
asked Mr. Grimley's new landlady. 81
always do, Mrs. Beinkinsop," said Grim
ley, until notice it's effect on the
other boarders Will you kindly deal
me another buckwheat cake. "-Leslie's
Weekly.
-"How do, Uncle Joe? Taking your
morning walk around the park?' 'Not
Exactly, sab. finds amt able to walk
all roun' no mo- sence my las touch O.
rheumatic, SO 1 juz' walks half way
roun' an back agin', sab. "-Harper's
Weekly.
-"Well, what did you learn new in
agriculture at the county fair?" asked
Mrs. Granger of her husband upon his
return home from the exhibition.
"Why, 1 learned enough not to bet $40
on the wrong horse next time" Morris
town Herald.
-"What genius you are!'' exclaimed
q young lady visiting an inventors
workroom. 81 believe you could make
almost every thing" "Yes," replied
the young man, modestly. '1s there
any thing you would like to see me
make?" ''Make me an offer" whispered
the girl, shyly.-Munsey's Weekly.
Polite beat-"Can't you accommo-
date me with three dollars?" Banker
'Man alive! you make me nervous.
Why do you always ask for three dol
lars, instead of asking for one dollar or
two dollars?" Polite beat-"Mr. Money
bags, if you think you understand the
begging business better than l do, just
you beg for a while and let me be the
banker. Texas Siftings
Miss Edith Ito evening caller)-
"When I write l have to be entirely
alone and have every thing quiet SO
there will be nothing to disturb my
thoughts. don't see how any one can
dictate to an amanuensis." Mr.. Good
fellow-"It's We Y easy. I dictate all
my business letters "You do? And
don't your thoughts often wander from
the subject until you find yourself I'M
able to proceed?" ''Oh. no. My type
writer is MANN. Y. Weekly.
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GIRL OF THE PERIOD.

the winter morn Is breaking
u landscapes white with snow,
NE cold has sent the mercury
rn to ten or twelve below;
hen the boarders shivering rise from bed
nd quickly don their clothes
hurry to the parlor stove
ahaw their freezing toes;
"a people who must be at work
Sseven o'clock or so
gloved hands shield their ears as through
e icy streets they go;
IN cans of milk are frozen
hat are standing by the door,
"a every body says it never
las so cold before;
I6kn the fair and gentle maiden
j5pm her slumber sound awakes,
1T no attempt to leave the couch,
so snug and warm, she makes.
6e feels she's not quite rested
Al yesterday she shopyed.
ni tripped it at the hop last night
Until she nearly dropped.
flake another nap" she says
ghe beautiful young lady
! d meantime ma will light the fire
And get the breakfast ready"
Boston Courier