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haps cherishing TO the last the fancy of a
visit home, which is rarely made, more
rarely enjoyed. and yet more rarely repeated.
No part of the world eXerts the same at
tractiye power upon the visitor and the task
before me is TO communicate to fireside trav-
elers some sense of its seduction and de-
scribe the life, at sea and ashore, of many
hundred thousand persons, some OF our own
blood and language, all our contemporaries,
and yet as remote in thought and habit as
Rob Roy or BarbaroSsa, the apostles Of the
Caesars.
The first experience can never be re-
peated. The first love. the first sunrise, the
first South Sea island are memories apart
and touched a virginity Of sense. On the
2S:h Of July, 1888. the moon was an hour
down by 4 O'clock in the morning. In the
east radiantiag center of brightness told Of
the day; and beneath, on the sky line, the
morning bank was already building. black
as ink. We have all read of the swiftness
Of the days coming and departure in low
tfic and the sentimental tourists are at one,
and has inspired some tasteful poetry. The
period certainly varies with the season.; but
here is one case exactly noted. Although
the dawn was thus preparing by 4. o'clock,
the SUE was not up till Is o'clock; and il
was 3; 30 o'clock before we could dis
tinEush cur expected islands from the
clouds on the horizon. Eight degrees
south, anu the day two hours a-coming
The interval was passed on deck in the
silence of expectation, the customary thrill
Of landfall heightened by the stTangenrss of
the shores that we were then approaching
Slowly they took shape in the alternating
darkness. Ma-huDa, piling up to truncated
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this city in June, 1888, on the yacht Casco
fer a trip TO the South Sea Islands for the
benefit Of his health Tie novelist in re-
cent letter published in the Pittsburg Dis
patch gives the following interesting account
of his trip: l chartered accordingly Dr.
Merritts schooner yacht the CaSco, "A tons
register; sailed from San Francisco toward
the end of June, 1883. visited the Eastern
Islands aud was left early the next year at
Honolulu. Hence, lacking courage to re-
turn 10 my old life Of the house and sick
room, l set forth to leeward in a trad
ing schooner, the Equator, Of a little
over 20 tons, speut four months among
the at0lls of the Gilbert group. and
reached Samoa toward the close Of
1889 BY that time gratitude and habit
were beginning to attach me to the islands;
had gained competency of strength; l
had made friends; l had learned new inter-
eSts; the time of my voyage had passed like
days In fairyland and l decided to remain.
If more days are granted me they shall be
passed where l have found life most pleas
ant aud man most interesting. The axes Of
my black boys are already clearing the
foundations of my future house, and l must
le,rn to address readers from the uttermost
parts Of the sea.
That l should have thus reversed the YER
dict OF Lord Tennyson's hero is less eccen-
tTic than appears. Few men who come to
the islands leave them. They grow gray
where they anghtel. The palm shades and
the trade wind fans them til they die, per-
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perhaps my subsequent friend, Kauanui.
whom l remarked there, sitting silent with
the rest. for man of some authority,
might leap up with an ear-splitting signal,
the ship be carried with rush. and the
ships company butchered for the table.
There could be nothing more natural than
these apprehensions, nor anything more
groundless. In my experience of the islands,
were to meet with such to-day, should be
more alarmed and tenfold more surprised.
The majority of Polynesians are easy folk
to get in touch with, frank, fond of notice,
greedy OF the least affection. like amiabe,
fawning dogs; and even with the Marques
ans, so recently and so imperlectIy redeemed
from blood-boltered barbarIsm, all were to
become our intimates, and one, at least,
was TO mourn sincerely our departure.
The impeachment of tongues WAS one that
particularly overestimated. The languages
of Polynesia are easy to smatter. though
hard to speak with elegance. And they are
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Alexander i.

lsmail is not the only despot who has
thought a Parliament an excellent thing.
After the Punishment of Napoleon Bona
parte TO ST. Helena. Alexander |, Emperor
of Russia, made tour through the other
countries of Europe, and visited England
in the course of his travels. When he re-
turned to ST. Petersberg he told his Imperial
Council of the strange things he had seen
while abroad; and said the most wonderful
things of all i'll the way of government was
the opposition in Parliament. He thought
II an admirable way to get at all the sides of
question, and have body of men whose
business 1t was TO oppose the Govern
ment in debate and find fault with all its
measures. He suggested that it would be
all excellent thing for Russia, and actually
proposed that they should organize an OPP
position Council, whose business it should
be to discuss and oppose all The imperial
orders and plans and stand up to be knocked
down at the pleasure of the Emperor. The
Council lost no time in demonstrating the
impOssibility OF having an opposition in a
despOtic country like Russia, or at any rate
1t could not exist except under guarantees
OF immunity from arrest, which the Govern
ment would not be prepared to give. So the
scheme of the Emperor fell through His
idea was that the opposition was something
like the exercise Dag of the boxer-some-
thing that receives whatever blows are
shOwered upon it and rebounds in order to
give the eXerciSer an opportunity ta develop
muscle,
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The Undercround Railroad.


Recently newspaper gave an account of
the smuggling across the frontier from Can
ada of a considerable number of Chinese
who were unproyided with the passports
required by law. In the course of the his
tory it was stated that they were brought
''in by the Underground Railroad" Those
Americans who have reached the meridian
OF life understand the character of
the underground railroad, but the rising
generation may require 4 little eXpla-
nation. In the days before the war the
term was used to designate the way
IN which runaway slaves from the South
ern States were helped ON their way to
the North. until they had reached the
Canadian frontier and were safe from re-
capture. 1t was necessary to observe much
secrecy and caution to make a Journey of
this sort successful, and when inquiry was
made as to the mode in which coored in
dividual had escaped from his master the
answer generally given was: He came
through by the Underground Railroad" So
mulch was that expression In use that some
English newspapers gravely commented
upon the existence of an underground road
between South and North and an English
man told me soon after the war that many
OF his countrymen honestly believed in his
existence OF that mysterious route. The
friends of the runaways in the various cities
and towns along their route of travel were
designated as agents of the Underground
Railroad, and letters were sometimes sent to
them with that designation.
Early IN the civil war the negroes in the
border States focked TO the Union camps in
considerable numbers. In some they we're
welcomed, while IN others they were ex-
cluded. according TO the proclvites of the
commanders of the camps. One day a camp
commander who WAS noted for his anti
Slavery sentiments received letter from
resident in the neghborhood, complaining
that several of his negroes mad fled. ana
were then at the military station. He asked
that they be returned, or, at all events, ex-
cluded from the camp, in which event he
believed they would come home without
much delay. The commandment read the
letter carefully, then folded it in the shape
OF al official document, and indorsed on the
end, Respectfully referred to Superintend-
eut of u. q. Il. r" That was the last that
was heard of the case.
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summit. appeared the first upon the star
board bow; almost abeam arose our desti-
nation, Nnka-hiva, whrlmed in cloud; aud
betwixt and to the southwark the first rays
Of the sun displayed the needles of Ua-pu.
These pricked about the line of the horizon !;
like the pinnacles of some ornate and mon
strous church they stood there in the spark
ling brightness Of the morning, the fit sign
board Of a world of wonders.
Not one soul aboard the Casco had. set
loot upon the Islands. or knew, except by
accident, one word of any of the Island
tongues; and 1t was with something, per-
haDs, OF the same anxious pleasure as
thrilled the bosom of discoveries that we
drew near these problelnatic shores.
winged by her own impetus and the dying
breeze, the Caseo skinned under cliffs.
opened out cove, showed us a beach and
some green trees. and fitted by again, bow
ing 10 the swell. The trees, from our dis
lance, might have been hazel; the beach
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clothes-the resident trader, Mr.. Regler,
and the native chief. Taipi- kikino.
Captain, is it perm tied to come on
bOard?" were the first words we heard
among the islands Canoe followed canoe
till the ship swarmed with stalwart, siX-foot
men in every stage of undresS; some in a
shirt, some in loin cloth, one in a hand
kerchief, imperfectly adjusted; some, and
these the more considerable, tattUOed from
head TO foot in awful patterns; some barbar
Gus and kuived; one, who sticks In my
memory as something bestiaI, squatting on
his hams in canoe, sucking an orange and
splitting II out again to alternate Sides with
an ape-like viyacity-au talking, and we
could not understand one word all trying
to trade with Us, who had no thought of
trading or offering US island curios at prices
palpably absurd.
There was no word Of welcome; no show
OF clvllity; no hand extended save that OF
the chief and Mr.. Regler. As we still con-
tlnued 10 refuse the protfered articles, CON-
paint ran high and rude; aud one, the
Jester OF the party, rallied upon our mean
ness, amid leerlng laughter. Among other
angry pleasantFies-" Here is mighty fine
sup" said he, TO have no money on
Die Tepugnance, even with alarm. The ship
was manifestly in their power; we had
women on board knew nothing of my
guests beyond the fact that they were can
nibals; the Directory my only guidr) was
fuil OF tlmid cautions; and as for the trader,
whose presence might else have reassured
ME, were not Whites in the Pacific the usual
lnstigalors and accOmplices Of native out
rage? When he reads this confession our
kind friend, Mr.. Rsgler. cansaffoTd to smile.
Later IN the day, as l sat writing up my
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Formerly, il was usual for non-profes-
sional gentlemen living in town to have
brass plates bearing their names ON their
front doors. 0nly Two survivals of this
convenient practice fingers in the writer's
memory-one in London, at the Earl
of Warwek'o house ir St James,
and the other, till recently, in Edin-
burgh, at the Earl of Wemyss' old town
house. When and why did this become
discredised among what French n0velists
delight to write OF as lie high-life? Any one
who has rung at the wrong door in a
London street must have WINGED before
the aggrieyed and dignified air of the six
feet OF broadcloth and plush whom he has
disturbed in the study of the Morning Post.
Never, or hardly ever, do the servants in
Ne. 100 know who lives in 80 or 101; aud as
for the residence Of Mr.. Riser, Q. c., being
known to the footman of Sir Gilbert Grande-
chose why, the idea has only to be-
mentioned that its absurdity may be
apparent Whereas another custom
which has neither utility, ornament, nor
cleanliness to- recommend it-that of caus-
ing servants in livery to load their heads
with white powder--threatens to live as long
as there are masters and men.-Biackwood'S
Maya zine
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extremely similar, SO that person who has
a ti9eture Of one or two NAV risk, not with
ouS noIei an a.telhpt upon the others.
but interpreters abound. Missionaries.
traders and broken white folks living on the
bounty OF the natives are TO be found in al
most every isle and hamlet; and even where
these are unservlceabe, the natives them
selves have often scraped up little English.
and in the French zone Though far less COM
monty little French-English, or an efficient
pidgin, what Is called to the westward
'Beaeh-la-Mar," comes easy to the Polyne.,
of Hawaii; and from the multiplicity of
British ships, and the nearness of the States
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Added to these are Egypt. Tripoli. Mo-
rocco, the Central States of the Soudan on
the north and the Orange Free State and
Transvaal on the south.
The principal possessions of Portugal are
Angola and Mozambique. France has Alge-
ria, Tunis, Senegal and dependencies, the
Sahara and Western Soudan, part of the
gold coast, Gaboon and French Congo.
Madagascar IS also assigned to her, although
her hold is by no means complete. Ger
many has in Africa, in the Cameroons,
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News comes from China of the capture of
a coastiDg steamship by gang of pirates
who had gone on board in the guise of
passengers. AT a preconcerted signal they
took possession of the ship, killed the cap
tain, one white passenger and one Malay
Quartermaster, and drove the other Euro
peans Into the captain cabin and nailed the
doors upon them. Then they made signal
to some. jnnks, and. after pInndering the
vessel OF all the specie and other valuable
and robbing the passengers, white and Chin
csc, they went on board a junk and sailed
away. The officers then broke open
the cabin, doors and resumed control
of the ship, which was immediately
steered for Hong-Kong. Every few years
there Is an occurrence of this sort in Chi
nese waters. and there is great excitement
about IL for while. Then the incident is
gradually forgotten until recall ed by its
repetition. In 1887 / was in China, and.
when going from Hong-Kong to Canton on a
steamer commanded by an American cap
tain, Iobserved that as soon as we left port
the hatehway leading to the lower deck was
securely fastened down with pouderous pad.
locks and Malay quarterDiaster stood by it
with cutlasS and revolver, and he or sub
stitute remained there during the entire voy-
age. The pilot-house and the captains room
on the upper deck were well stocked with
firearms, and no Chinese passengers were
allowed above the hatchwav. After the
oPaih was chptuItu TN lol4, Salu the cap
tain, the trial of such of the pirates as were
afterwards eaugh trevealed the fact thar they
bad originally Intended to take this boat, and
fifty OF them were one day passengers on
her; they were prevented from making The
attempt by the accidental circumstance as
they said, that at the point where their
junk was waiting to meet them there hap
pened TO be three foreign vessels. l found
by looking at my log that on the day men,
toned we did pass three foreign ships ex-
actly where the pirates indicated. then
made up my mind that they should not have
chance at me in future, ard fixed things
up In the way you see. If every steamer
plying on this coast would do this YOU
would not hear of any more Spark cases,
and as long as am running on this or any
other Chinese coasting line will be on my
guard against pirates. Their game is to
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tied. The Anglo ortuguese treaty has
not been ratified and just now
contest is going ON between England and
Portugal relative to the interior region, south
of the Zambesi and west Of Sofaia. inrlud-
ing Mashonaland and Manica The Port
uguese claim that Gungunyana. son and sue
cesser of Umzila, is their vassal, and our
missionaries, in their expedition to Gun
gunyana's Kraal, two years since. found the
Portuguese flag floating there. Gungunyana
has since removed to his southern residence
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A VERY MUCH DIVIDED COUNTRY.
Sketch in
t. rope Powers

Baene. on the Limpopo, while at the same
time effectually maintaining his authority
over the region called Manica. where Mu-
tassa is chief. Within the last month it is
affirmed that Gungunyana has become dis
gusted with the Portuguese and has agreed
10 accept the protection of the British South
Africa Company. The boundaries in this
section therefore may be readjusted There
are also some disputes as TO territory claimed
of the Zambesi
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We give g sketch map indicating the
divisions of Africa as it has recently been
parceled out by the European powers. Our
map Is based upon one given in the Noyem-
Der number of THE Proceedings of the
Royal Geographical Society" Of Great
Britain, and indicates the most re-
cent agreements made by the various
powers. Some boundaries are still unset
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Changes of Climate

Kill more people than is generally known. Par
tcularly Is this the case in instances where the
stitution is delicate, and among immigrant pcpu-
iation seeking new homes IN those portions OF the
West. and where maiarial and typhoid fevers pre-
vail at certain seasons OF the year The best prep
arative for change of climats Of diet and water
which that change necessitates Is Hostetters Stom
ach Bitters, which not only fortihes the system
against malaria. q variable temperature. damp and
the facilitating effects OF tropical heat but also the
leading remedy for coustlpation, dyspepsia, liver
complaint, bodily troubles especially aps TO attack
emigrants aud visitors to regions aear the equator
mariners and tourists Whether used as safe
guard by sea voyagers. travellers by land. miners
of agricuitursts in newly populated districts. ths
fine specific has elected the most favorable tcsti
mony.
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$4,000 miles; in Damaraland. 5000 miles :;
in East Africa, $780, 900 miles. There is British
Africa, which comprises her west coast
colonies and the Niger, 900 miles; Cape
Colony, Basuto, Zalu and Beehuana lands.
100000 miles; East Africa, 10000 miles !;
Natal. 2l,000 miles; South Africa Company
and Nyasaland. 100000 miles; Somali coast,
$4,000 miles. 1t will be seen that France has
the largest area but much of her territory is
desert, and as the Movement Geograph-
ique" says, "eveIy one Will admit that, SO
far us yalne goes. England has no rival in
Africa" The Missionary Herald.
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Emma Mabella Baker. wife of George
Broderick, is not to take Emma Abbotrs
place in the Abbott Opera Company, al
though such an announcement has been
made. Mrs. George Broderick is a con-
tralto, and is now with the Lolita company.
Emma BrodeIick, wife of William Brod-
erick. the soprano, is the one who is TO sue
coed Emma Abbott.
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forced upon him by the European Powers,
and made Nubar Pasha head of a reformed
administration, only to dismiss him sum
marily not long after.
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come on board fifty or sixty strong, as ordi-
nary passengers. and then, at a precun-
certed signal, they flash out their arms, aud
the Europeans are taken by surprise"
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Senator Edmunds is ona Of. the few Con-
gresslonal orators who preserve the town
meeting attitudes" He is simple in his
language. old-fashioned in his manners. and
there are but few flights of fancy or
figures of speech in his solid speeches.
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In the whole of Africa there are II, 900
square miles of territory, of which 2, 500, 600
square miles are unassigned to the protec-
ton of some foreign power. We find in the
Involvement Geographique" some tables
sions of the various countries, including
what are called their several spheres of
Influence" The following are the sum-
naries in square miles:
Portugal, TIA .993. Germany .O35 72O
Spain. 2l0.00O. Italy $50 0OO
France 2.3OO2i8 lGreat Britafu l. O9 AS
Congo Free States !. 100000.
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Men and Their Mothers.

Men are what their mothers make them,'
Says the poet, even so.
Mothers, VIII You make Your children
Happy, or the heirs OF woe?
" Men are what their mothers make them"
Mothers. see your task Is done
Thoroughly. by wise example,
And wise precepts, one by one
Teach your children that a wholesome,
Cleaniy mouth they ought TO keep,
And sweet S0ZODONT use freely
Daily, when they rise from sleep.
Polish the Youngsters Teeth
With S0ZODONT, aud when they grow mp their
mouths VIII be garDshed with sound and band
some ones. The foundation OF many tooihache
Is laid In childhood by neglect and II is very I'M
portan{ 10 tie weil-Deing OF either child or
auult mat the teeth should be we'll taken care of.
Bau teeth are no ut mastlcators of the food, and
Dreeu Dyspepsia. Make them While and strong,
therefore, with SOZ0DONT, q preservatiye OF
supreme exceiienee ana purity. Use II without
delay.
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Sir Charles and Lady Dixie are seeking a
week or two OF Tepose in their pretty French
country house on Cape Brun, the rocky
height above Toul0n.
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TALKS FOR BOYS.
VII.
By Colonel Thomas VI. Knox.

The following appeared recently in
weekly newspaper published about forty
miles from New York City, in the county OF
Suffolk, on Long Island:
" If the gentleman that stole two boots
from in front of my store on Wednesday
night will call on me l will gladly exchange
either the No. 10 or No. IL, so that he will
have pair that will fit him. | do not mind
the loss of the boots much. if he really
needs them, but / hate to have two pairs
spoiled"
This is to the point. and emineptly practi-
CAL 1t is to be hoped that the thief respond
ed to the call and prevented the spelling
of two pairs of boots. Apropos Of this, l am
reminded of an incident in New England
town, years ago, where the robber, and not
the robbed. was the proposer of practical
adjustment Of matters. The first and second
volumes of three-volume work had been
stolen from clergyman's library during the
visit of donation party" and no trace
could be found of the thief One day the
clergyman received a letter which was with
out signature and written in disguised hand
to the effect that the writer had found the
work very interesting. and as it was in
complete ard the third volume could be
OF no particular value to the reverend
gentleman without its two companions
llo "Uuiu, Hu uhups. ne Wiling 10 sell
it at a fair price. If he would chalk
the price on a corner of his front yard
fence ard il the price, was not too high
the writer would promptly remit aud desig-
nate where the book could be left. so that
he could. obtain it without intruding upon
the valuable time of the minister of the
gospel, for whose labors he had the highest
appreciation.
Mismatched Boots.
Speaking of mismatched boots reminds
me of the experience of a friend of miEe at
a small hotel in Philadelphia during the
Centennial, where the man-of-all- work was
a colored individual who was unable to read.
His greatest difficulty was in the distribu-
ton Of thirty or forty pairs of boots to the
rooms where they belonged. One of the
chambermaids usually marked the boots for
him and occasionally aided in their distribu-
ton, but ofteDtimes she was busy when
Sam had completed the work of polishing
and then there was trouble One morning
my friend opened the door of his room just
As Sam had deposited in front of il No
10 congress gaiter and No. 'low-cut''
shoe. The CATER was all right as it was my
friends, but the shoe was all wrong.
SAM" said my friend, isn't that strange
looking pair of boots for a gentleman to
wear?' With. ssh," answered Sam, at
down on de mex flo jist like EN- The
matter was made right by the suggestion to
Sam to take the "low-cut' downstairs and
exchange it for the galter of the other
pair" Sans trouble had arisen from his
endeavors to read, and in finding a fancied
resemblance in two numbers that were not
the same.
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SAILING Tn
THE SOUTH SEA.
Robert L0lis StGVGlS0l'S First Day
With the MarQlGSalS.
THEY TOOK HIS YACHT BY STORM.

Delighted with The Pretty Ship, But Scarcely
Up 10 The USagGS Of Polite SOiety-Tla
Balm and Beauty Of The Pacific Isles Have
Completely Captured the Popular Author
and BE Will Live and Bic Among Them.
Sensation Of the First Glimpse Of Land
After The Long Voyage.
Robert Louis Stevenson, the well-known
author, it is within tile knowledge of great
number of people in this community, left