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pilots Or attendants leave their consort.
When I lifted the ptysalia from the
water the fishes darted about in great
dismay, taking up their rposition beneath
the boat, but returning to the dangerous
man-of. war as soon as it was returned to
the water. Sometimes the pilots were
obliged to desert the ship. When the
wind blew q gale the bubbles would be
stranded upon the beaches in such num-
bers that there would often bea winding
winnow of bubbles along shore, the
wrecks of the beautiful man-of-war, but
the pilots were nowhere to be seen. AS
the little crafts went ashore they made
'Neir way to some other protector.
1t appearance are to be considered,
then certainly the sea anemoDes must be
included among the pilots, as there is
one, if not several, kinds that in some
ihcomprehensible way takes up its posi-
ton on the tip-top of crabs back and
there lives, moving about with its host,
and we can imagine keeping its myriad
eyes open for the main chance; but that
it tells what it sees to the crab that is
thus forced to bear it we may readily
doubt. Why the anemone takes this
position, and why the crab permits it,
opens up wide field for speculation.
The anemone is the natural food for
large number of fishes. Captain Bart
lett, the commander of the ship Blake
in her dredging trip in the Caribbean
Sea, told me that he dredged large
number of cod in very deep water where
it was very cold, aud that almost every
one caught had large sea anemone in its
mouth. Looking at it in this light the
crab might object to tenant that was
liable to be gobbled up at any moment,
as large fish would not, in all proba-
bility, object to an anemone with good
plump crab at the other end. On the
other hand it is, possible that the anem-
one may attract small fry, and so
act as. a decoy, the crab lying buried in
the sand and darting up to seize the in
truder. Various suggestions have been
made to account for the association, but
the real reason is not known, and 1 must
leave it to my young readers to decide
in this case which is the pilot, the crab
or the anemone. It might be said that
the position of the anemone was entirely
accidental were it not found on so many
individuals, and some experiments have
been made with another crab and anem-
one which show that the attachment at
least in this instance is on the side of the
crab. The one in question was found to
bear an anemone not on its back, but on
one of its big claws, so that when feeding
and tearing its prey the anemone was
brought into the direct neighborhood OF
the ford and obtained its share; in fact,
when the crab dined it was invariably
present. A naturalist who made the
discovery thought that it was merely an
accidental occurrence, but near: all the
crabs which he found had their anemone
companions. One day~.e took several
crabs and carefully removed the anem-
ones, but leaving them all in the tank
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poried the condition of affairs beyond the
very defective range Of vision possessed
by the glass-like jelly. The little fishes
found protection here, just as the pilot
fishes did consorting with the shark.
One of the most attractive pilots OF
consorts is found up under the physalia
or Portuguese man-of-war. The latter is
a floating community of zooids, left upon
the water by bubble, richly tinted with
pink and purple, from the upper surface
of which rises a sail that can be furled
or drawn in or thrown to the breeze, as
the case may be. From the lower por-
tion extend long streamers or tentacles
of an Intense purple and q virulent
poison; SO powerful, in fact, that the
slightest touch is fatal to fishes of large
size. Up among these poison darts live
q number of fishes of the exact hue of the
tentacles-a remarkable case of protcc-
tive resemblance. Here they swim about,
and are, according to some authorities,
sometimes caught, though in hundreds
which have examined it WAS never my
good fortune to find the little fish en-
tangled or caught in the tolls of its hoist.
The physalia varies its sail and is blown
along, trailing its tentacles behind,
around which the little pilots swim, float
or lie; now darting out at bits of floating
weed, scampering away at the approach
of larger fishes, but showing decided
curiosity for all strange objects, just as
in the case of the shark pilots.
It is very diff cult to make these little
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But Blanche stood bareheaded in tho

But Blanche stood bareheaded in tho
window recess, Needless of wind or snow,
Appalled, by her look and manner, the
old woman questioned her again; but
still she returned no answer.
"Mademoiselle, are you angry? What
has happened? Why a. you SO stranger"
At last, recalled to herself by the cold
breath of the night, Blanche pointed to
the inner chamber and bade the woman go
there and take her place. With terrible
resolution she conveyed to her the Doc
tors instructions, word for word: For,
she thought to herself, Il will be justi-
fed before God. When I go to meet
my father up yonder land may it be soon)
he shall know that, even TO the last
extremity, I have returned good for evil
and fulfilled the written and unwritten
law"
But what she had already done in bitter
est mercy she felt that she could never do
again.
Without saying one word of the horrible
truth she hastened away, leaving the old
daRe lost in fear and wonder.
Fitting through the dark chateau, while
the wind shook the walls and the snow
drift heaped itself at the door. she
reached her own chamber, threw herself
wildly upon the bed and sobbed hyster-
ically, still with her fathers name upon
her lips.
fro BE CONTINUED
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
HOW TO SWEEP RIGHT.

The common and necessary operation
of sweeping the floor of schoolroom,
factory or Other large apartment is gen-
orally carried out with great inconj
venience to the sweepers, and with the
result that large proportion of the dust
removed from the ground is transferred
to every object in the room where it can
find resting place. The air, too, is
contaminated for long time afterward
with floating particles, which are very
distressing to those who have to breath
in it. ...
All this can be avoided by dispensing
with the common practice of sprinkling
the floor with water previous to the USE
of the broom, and by applying the.
moisture in different way. BY laying
a line Of wet sawdusr right across one.
end of the apartment, and by sweeping
it foot by foot to the other end, it will
in its passage lick up every bit of dust
without raising any in the air. By add
ing to the wet sawdust a small propori
ton of any disinfectant it is obvious that
the cleaning will be still more effectual.
-Neao York Journal. E
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Peaked.Headed PEOPLE.

DR.. Junker. the African explorer, had
a good opportunity for studying the
fancies of the Mangbattu in matters of
personal adornment. They, like most
other tribes visited by him. made q
practice of tattooing the breast and belly
while leaving the face untouched. The
execution of the chosen patterns is in
each case matter of many years, and
every individual design represents an in
dividual period in the Life Of the tat
tooed person.
Men and women alike, in common
with many other tribes south of the
Welle, paint their bodies with the dark
juice of the gardenia and redwood pow
der mingled with fat. The favorites Of
the princes employ most Of their leisure
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came up the tide or current in rapidly
decreasing circles. I threw small line
astern, baited with large sardine. This
was taken end the line broken with a
steady, dignifed strain. Bnt the shark
still came on, its temper unruff1ed by the
sharp barb in its jaw, and wheeled about
the boat with its head slightly tipped,
showing the ugly, hammer-ike r'etub-
erances on either side. 1t passed so near
that could have touched the big dorsal
fin, and I had an excellent opportunity
to note the actions of the attendants.
There were half a dozen in all; two or
three being pilot fishes and the rest the
curious sucking fishes or remoras, As
the shark swept around, the pilots-little
striped fellows three or four inches long
kept at its head, making short excur-
sions from it at every object that ap.
peared like food. They were evidently
foraging on their own account, and that
the shark saw them there can be but
little doubt. But in all probability it
had scented the fish long time before.
aud paid no attention to the so-called
pilot fishes. They would dart at a bit
of seaweed aud nibble at it. perhaps
catching a minute crustacean that had
been floating with it, then darting back
to their huge consort that was wheeling
around and around, wondering where
the fish was, which I had as precau-
tionary measure lifted into the boat.
The remoras we're black, and presented
a marked contrast to tie lighter hide of
the shark. One was swimming with a
wriggling motion beneath it, while an
other was just above. An hour later,
when this bold marauder fell into ny
hands, the black remoras came out upon
the beach with it and fell victims to
their attachment.
The shark pilots belong to the mack
erel family, and besides the common
name of pilot fishes have more digni-
fed "handlc, as the sailors say, namely,
nancrates. 1 think they merely follow
out what is more or less a habit of many
of the family to whom the Term pilot
may be appropriate.
Once when drifting along in the warm
waters of the Gulf of Mexico I came
upon large number of jelly fishes float.
ing like umbrellas in the current. Now
and then they came lazlly to the surface,
exposing their rounded glass.like domes.
Tipping one over to obtain a glance at
the interior and its maze of tentacles,
noticed number of little fishes dartlng
about, as if terribly alarmed that their
umbrella had been upset. They darted
here and there, one or two taking re-
fuge beneath the boat, but when the
Jelly righted itself back they swan, and
| could see them among the tentacles.
evidently perfectly at home in maze OF
what are deadly weapons to large num-
Der of fishes. All these jellies had their
little white pink-dashed pilots, for so
they seemed, thdt swan out and inves-
tigated surrounding objects in search OF
food, then darted back to their protec-
tor. to whom we might imagine they re-
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PRESERVING FLOWERS AND FERNS.

Take very fine sand, wash it perfectly
clean and when dry sift it through s
fine sieve into pan. When the sand ID
deep enough to hold the flowers in aIt
upright position, take some more sifted
sand and carefully cover them. A spoon
is good thing for this as it fills in every
chink and Granny without breaking or
bending the leaves. When the pan Nd
filed solidly, leave the flowers to dry for
several days. 1t is good plan to warm
the sand in the oven before using it, aa
the flowers will then dry more thor
oughly. In taking the sand off, greaS
care must be taken not to break tho
leaves, as they are now dry and brittlel
Pansies preserved in this way will keep
their shape and brilliancy of color all
winter, and many other flowers can ba
equally successfully treated-auything.
in fact, where the full pressure of tha
sand comes on both sides of the leaft
otherwise they will shrivel. To fill Id
flowers with cuplike shapes it is bettei
to lay them on the sand and with small
sroon fill in and around each fowerl
Ferns when preserved in this way have
q more natural look than when pressedJ
and the maiden.hair fern looks almost
as we'll as when it is freshly gathered +
Brooklyn Citizen.
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GRAPES FOB WINTER USE.

Sweet Pickled Grapes-Take ten
pounds of grapes on the stems. Boil 1
quart of vinegar, and add six pounds q
sugar. favor with spice, and pour ovel
the grapes boiling hot. Seal. i
Canned Grapes-select fneripe grapes|
pick from the bunch, leaving the small
stems on. Make syrup of sugar and
water. drop the grapes in, let heat. Hsvl
glass cans well heated, fill with the fruit
and seal.
Grape Catsup-Take six pounds Of
grapes and boil in little water; strain,
add three pounds of sugar, . pint o
vinegar with teaspoonful Of cloves and
cinnamon each, and half teaspoonful OF
salt; boil thick, and bottle.
Spiced Grapes-Pulp five pounds Of
ripe grapes, boil the skins until tender,
cook the pulps and strain, add to the
skins, make syrup of pint of vinegar
four of sugar, and spices, boil; add the
grapes, and cook thick. Put in jars and
cover.
Grape Preserves-Pick ripe grape
from the stem, weigh, allowing a pound
of sugar to a pound Of fruit. Put In I
preserve kettle together, and cook slowly
until the grapes are clear. Take up. il
the syrup is not thick, boil until low. \
Grape Marmalade-Pick ripe grapa
from the stems, pulp and seed, put thu
pulp and juice in a porcelain kettle, with
half pound of sugar to pound OF fruit
cook slowly until thick aud smooth. Stir!
ring to prevent burning. Take up, put
in small glasses and cover.
Grape Jam-Pulp the grapes; put the
skins in one pan and the pulps in AM
other until all are prepared. Then put
the pulps into porcelain kettle and
bring to boil. strain through colan-
der, add the skins and measure; to every
pint allow half a pound of sugar; put
together in a kettle and boil twenty
minutes, stirring to prevent sticking
when thick, take up aud put in glass!
jars. !;
Grape SYrup-Pick ripe grapes, mash
and stand in warm place for three OF
four days. Then put in jelly bag and
let drip slowly Measure the juice, and
to every pint allow two pounds OF sugar.
Mix the Juice and sugar together, place
over the fire until the sugar oissolves{
Take from the fire and stand aside to
cool. When cold put in small bottlesi
being careful to fill, cork tightly, SEAL
and keep in q dark, cool place. !
Grape Jelly-Pick from the stem, put
in a jar, stand in kettle of cold water3
cover the top and boil slowly for one
hour. Strain through jelly bag.
Measure the juice and allow pound OF
sugar to a pint of juice. Put the juice
in preserve kettle and stand over the
fire. Heat the sugar in the oven. Boil
the juice twenty minutes and add the
sugar, stirring until dissolved. Put IN
tumblers and cover with paper Courier
Journal.
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together. Visiting them short time
after, he found that in every case the
crab had hunted around and replaced
the anemone. Next an anemone was cut in
number of pieces after being separated
from the crab and placed with it in
tank, whereupon the crustacean collected
the remnants of its companion and en-
deavored to fasten them upon its claw
and was holding them fast,when found.
So It is evident in this case that while
the anemone may be the pilot or lookout
the crab is the one that most desires the
association.
In an entirely different part of the
animal kingdom, among the birds, we
find most remarkable pilot whose habits
are so singular that for long time the
stories related of some marvel lover; but
finally traveller investigated the subject,
and it was shown that the bird had we'll
earned its reputation.
The story first told to travellers in
Africa regarding the indicator albiros-
iris, as the bird is callec, was that ages
ago an ancestor of the bird had been
stung to death by bees. Its descendants
had sworn revenge, and wherever they
discovered a bees nest and honey they
Immediately flew away to the camp OF
native or white and told him.
This would have been marvellous
tale if true, but the actual facts are quite
wonderful enough. The bird is very
fond of honey, and being unable to get
it out of trees, flies to the natives aud
pilots them to the store. One of the first
recorded observations of the birds
actions was made by Mr.. E. E. Sande-
man, an English naturalist. He noticed
small gray bird with a reddish beak
futtering about the wagon and was
astonished at seeing it dart almost into
the faces of the men, as if to attract at
tention. The natives explained that the
bird knew where was nest OF bees,
and wanted to pilot the men there so that
they would give it share for its trouble.
Mr.. Sandeman determined to test SO re-
markable story, and as soon as the
camp had been made he took several
men with pals aud hatchets and started
after the bird, which, now seeing that
it was being followed, flew to the next
tree. and then to the next, uttering lts
singular cry all the while. For over
mile they followed the little pllos
through the roughcst kind of country,
over rocks and brambles, as the bird did
not 60 by the paths and trails, aud
were about giving up the chase
when the pilot stopped and clung
to the bark of tree until they
came up, then flew TO another and back
again. The natives said that the honey
was near at hand, but hunt as carefully
as they would they could find no traces.
which seemed to exasperate the feathered
pilot that redou5led its cries, tapped its
wings violently, and finally alighted upon
q certain limb about which it had been
flying. The natives now began to ex-
anime this limb, and beneath it socn
found a small hole plastered about with
mud. While they were looking out
came bee, justifying the remarkable
patience and intelligence of the bird. A
few blows of the Ratchet laid open a
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DYENG FEATHERS.

To dye feathers proceed as follows fo}
the different colors:
Black-lmmerse for two or three day}
in bath at first of hot logwood, eight
parts, and copperas or acetate of iron3
one part. ..s.... 4
Blue-In vat of indigo. 1
Brown-Use any brown dye suitable.
for silk or wool. 4
Crimson-A mordant of alum, fol3
lowed by o hot bath of Brazil wood, az
terward by weak dye of cudbear. !
Pink or rose-With saflower or lemoI
juice.
Plum-With red dye, followed by aH
alkaline bath. y
Red-A mordant of alum, followed
by bath of Brazil wood. {
Yellow-A mordant of alum, followed
by bath OF tumeric or weld. .sa
Green-Take of verdigris and verditer1
each one ounce; gum water, one pintt
mix them well and mix the feather{
they having first been soaked in hot
water with the mixture.
Purple-Use lake and indigo.
Carnation-Vermilion and smalt. I
Thin gum of starch water should ht
used in dyeing feathers.-Dstroit Nss
Press. sj
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large cavity. in which was stored a ouan.

large cavity, in which was stored guam
tity of honey. The Kafirs placed
part Of the comb on the ground, and
and down flew the pilot to enjoy the
feast which it had earned by one of the
most extraordinary exhibitions on record
of what we must term intelligence. l
wish I could say that the pilot always
carries hunters to such acceptable things
as honey, but the contrary is the case.
Drummond, the African traveller, was
led to large snake by one, and on another
occasion he followed the pilot from tree
to tree, over the brush and stubble, for
some distance, and finally when lie be-
gan to look around for snake, or, per-
haps, leopard, the bird stopped, and
the follower, peering around, saw neither
of these, but one of his own Kafirs fast
asleep beneath tree.-Brooklun Citizen.
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Gui!dS in China.

Speaking of employers unions, all
classes of Chinese men have their guilds
and these are almost as old as the coun-
try. One of the finest Club Houses OF
China is that of the Canton merchants
of Foo Chow. 1t is made up Of great
number of finely finished rooms ele-
gantly furnished in Chinese fashion
and located in the best part of the city.
Here the merchants come to drink tea
and to chat. They have a temple and
theater connected with it, and the
club consists of five hundred members.
visited at Shanghai some of the finest
specimens of Chinese architecture l
have seen. They were guild halls be-
longing to tea and rice merchants, and
they had wonderful gardens of caves
and rocks built up in the busiest part
of the city. These guilds regulate the
commerce of China. They fill the rate
of interst, the time on which goods may
be sold, the weights and the standards
of goods. A member using different
scales than the one prescribed is fined,
and man acting contrary to the guild
can, in many instances, not 60 on with
his business. One OF the druggists
guilds has just adopted some new rules
which lie before me. These prescribe
that accounts shall be settled three
times every year, and that discount
Of 5 per cent. may be allowed on, cash
transactions. No member in the guild
shall be permitted to trade with the
others while he is in debt to a member
of the guild, and any member who vio-
lates these laws shall pay for two thea
ter plays for the guild, and for the
drinks and feast for twenty members.
Some of these guilds prescribe that
promissory notes shall be dated on the
day of sale, and all of them fix the
rules of giving credit. The bankers
guild fix all matters relating to inter-
est, and these different organizations
make the dealings of foreigners with
.he Chinese more safe than such deal
ings would be in other countries. The
Cinnamon respects his contract, and If
he does not his guild makes him.
Frank G. Carpenters letter from
Peb.i1
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CHAPTER XIII.
RLANcHE's AGONY.

BLANCHE s AGONY.
With low scream frozen upon her lips
In the very act of utterance, Blanche de
Gavrolles, still clasping the medallion in
her hand, fell senseless by the bed
How long she lay thus she could not
tell. Presently, however, she stirred,
and opened her eyes: then, rising on her
knees, she crawled, drawn by some fata.
fascination, to the bedside, clutched the
ccverlet, and gazed wildly at Hartmann,
who lay upon his back, breathing heavily.
Clingng on and painting, with eyes wide
open and dilated pupils, she looked and
looked, as doomed creature looks on the
lpparition of death.
Then, struggling TO her feet and rails
ing her arms in the air, she uttered q
moan most sad and pitiful, full Of horror
and infinite despair.
Father, fatherl"
1t WAS a supreme mercy for her that in
that awful moment her reason did not
snap, like silken thread.
Gradually she began to realize it all.
Her heart was broken, stabbed through
and through by sharp and fatal horror
Not only had she lost the one being she
loved in all the world, but she had lost
him by fatality so dire and dreadful
that it made hope impossible, despair in
evitable. He had been slaughte: ed in the
full flush CT strength and manhood. as
sassinated, murdered; and as if that was
not enough, as if that were not excess OF
sorrow. the cruelty of fate had brought
the murderer to that house, had put his
hateful life in her hands, had planned all
with such lideous cu""iug that she. the
berea>ed daughter, l. i succored and
save the mau whom she should have
hat d and destl ored.
Itw horrible, most horrible!
She beheld tine dying face uplifted IN
the star irht II fee! ]e hands rl1nglno
around the mrrderer; she heard the last
sad words. the piteous message, given in
the voice she knew SO we'll
Aud tie murderer lay there-there on
Ter TIERS bed blo1ght there by ne,
comnassion. saved twice from miserable
6eu:h 10y ler minis te.iuc Gre.