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than Henry, whose blood was up, rushed to
the grindstone, and with a powerful blow
broke the irons from his wrists, calling
upon his antagonist to do likewise. This
he seemed loath to do but, finding that he
had no alternative, he finally freed himself
in the same manner and Henry rushed
toward him to renew the contest, but his
foot slipped, and before he could recover
his guard the negro wound his arms about
him, and a fierce though silent struggle
ensued. Backward and forward they
swayed, while we stood in anxious suspense,
the whites, of course, sympathiZing with
Henry, while several Portuguese warmly
esroused their countryman's cause.
would gladly have given Henry hand,
but knew his dislike to anything unfair,
so 1 confined myself to muttered sugges-
tlons intended to give him the advantage.
AT last, freeing his right arm. my chum
began pummeling the negro's face, which
was soon streaming with blood. at the sight
OF which the cook rushed to the cabin door
and shouted to the mate:
Mist LawrY! Mist Lawry! Come queek!
Dey's fghtin' agin!'
Upon which the mate ran to the spot and.
seizing heavy piece of ironwood, he
rushed at the two young men and struck a
savage blow at random. 1t landed on
Henry's head and felled him to the deck,
insensible, while a long, ugly-looking cash
In his scalp made me fear he was killed.
A liberal application of cold water re-
vlved him, but his wound had to be stitched
together and he was on the sick list for
several days.
The fight was all taken out of his antag-
oHist, however, and after this he made no
more trouble during the voyage.
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CHAPTER XIII.
A NATIVE CHURCH.


The first Sunday after we dropped anchor
pesrlv all hands went cn shore, where the
shady groves of palm trees offered a refresh
ing contrast to the ships deck, upon which
the tropical sun poured down its rays until
the iron work became almost too hot to
handle, and the pitch in the deck seams was
fairly melted.
As we passed under the ships bows, we
could see the anchor and chain lying on the
sandy bottom, and so clear was the water
that one sailor insisted he could touch bot
tom with an oar, being only convinced to
the contrary after trying in vain to do so.
In reality, there were 18 tathoms OF water
under us. although so near the beach one
could easily pitch a stone into the trees So
clear was the water that not only was our
huge anchor and chain visible, but every
little pebble and branch of coral was easily
DISTINGUISHED, lying on the milk-white sand
lar below the surface.
As approached the village 1 heard a
peculiar drumming noise, which echoed
among the trees, and as We neared the
native church l saw a long, hollow log,
with either end resting on two crossed
stakes about two feet from the ground. The
ends of the log were covered with some
Kind of skin, upou which two natives were
heating with sticks, thus notifying the in
labitauts that divine service was about to
begin. | passed on to nv friends house,
from which l could obtain an excellent
view OF the churchgoers as they solemnly
marched along.
Words are inadequate to give anything
like faithful description OF their costumes.
Although they use no clothing OF account
On week davs. on the Sabbath they bloom
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seen approaching or when for any reason
they do not wish to receive" the braid is
laid on the threshold, and, in plain English,
means mot at home" As there are no
doors or shutters to their huts, something
of the sort is imperative when privacy is
desired, and no native would dare to trans
gress this custom.
They are still ruled by a chief, with
whom, however, the missionaries have great
influence, but his commands are law and
transgressors must answer to him for mis-
deeds. The greatest possible punishment to
a Kanaka, and one which is rarely inflicted,
is to taboo him. Literally translated,
this word means ''forbid," so any custom
which is forbidden BY the chief is said to be
''tabooed" When a man is "tabooed' he
is forbidden, under penalty of death, to
have any stated abode, he must not sleep
for two consecutive nights in the same place,
and no one is allowed to converse with him
or help him. He is thus ostracized from his
fellows, and if the taboo" is not soon re-
moved by the chief he often throws him.
self into the sea and perishes rather than
live on these frightful conditions.
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thousand feet. Smaller quantities of
erupted substances we're thrown from nu-
merous minor vents. The heavier material
quickly fell back into the sea, while vol
canic dust, light brown in color, like that
which caused the red sunset glow after
the Krakatau eruption, foated away
at great elevation; and higher
vet rose vapor from the craters, expanding
into clouds OF dazzling whiteness. Each up
throw from the main craters carried hun
dreds of tons of matter which was from
II to 16 seconds in reaching its greatest alti-
tude.
The next day the volcanic forces were
quiescent and the Sandfy approached near
enough to see long narrow island about 40
feet high. A few days later the eruptive
energy was resumed with greater violence
than ever. and when it finally ceased, Fal-
con Island, as it was named, was three
miles long, a mile wide and $50 feet high at
its highest poiut. 1t was four years later
that Mr.. j. J. Lister made the picture OF
Falcon Island from which our view is
taken.
It VIII One Day Be verdant.
Many Pacific island, the result of vol
canic action, was Just such an ash heap
when first il peered above the sea. A little
soil has accumulated in spots on Falcon
Island and few cocoanut trees and plants
are dragging out a sickly existence.
Mr.. Lister says the islands nearest to it
justify the inference that the volcanic
debris of Falcon will give resting place to
host of marine animals and plants; banks
of pelagic shells will accumulate in sheltered
places; coral reefs will grow and reach the
surface; sand banks will be formed to
which the seeds of shore loving plants will
be drifted by the waves. and another YER
dant island will be added to the summer
seas. CYRUS c. ADAMS.
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MICE BY THE MILLION.
They Furnished a Feast for Dogs, Cats,
Owls and Other Animals.

They Furnished Feast for Dogs, Cats,
Owls and Other Animals.
The Naturalist.1
During fine moist summer, when grass
and flowers were abundant, mice increased
to an abnormal extent in La Plata. so that
everywhere in the fields it was difficult to
avoid trsading on them, while dozens could
be shaken out of every hollow thistle stalk
lying on the ground The most incongruous
animals swarmed to the feast which they
provided. Dogs lived almost entirely on
them, as did the domestic fowls, assuming
the habits of rapacious birds. The cats all
left the houses to live in the fields. Tyrant
birds and cuckoos seemed to prey on moth
ing else.
Foxes, weazels, and opossums Jared
sumptuously, and even the common armid-
lilo turned mouser with great success.
Storks and short-eared owls gathered to the
feast, so that 30 CT the latter birds could
often be seen at once, and they got tat and
bred in the middle of winter, quite out of
their proper season, in consequence. The
following winter was a time of drought, the
grass and herbage had all been consumed or
was burnt up, and the mice, having no
shelter, soon fell prey to their mum erous
enemies, and were almost wholly e1termi-
mated
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steamer Samarang discovered in 1888 south
west of Tenimber will give zest to travel in
that region. The same may be said of the
Bismarck Archipelago northeast of New
Guinea, where while ago Captain Allison
in the steamer Fei Lung discovered new
island now known as the Allison Island, a
we'll wooded and fertile bit of land rising
$50 feet above the sea- Mr. Fl. H. Ronilly,
describing his cruises in the Western Pa
cifc, says that many of the reefs and islands
east of New Guinea are not marked on any
chart, and the position of many others is
incorrectly laid down.
The fact that many islands, particularly
in the Western Pacific, appear on the
charts more or less out of position shows
that there is still much work for explorers
in this part of the world; and it is remark
able that explorers are now studying for
the first time islands whose existence has
long been known. The three larger islands
of the Louisiade and D 'Entrecasteaux
groups off the southeast coast of New
Guinea, populous and interesting in all
their aspects, were first described by Basil
H. Thompson in 1889. They had never
been visited before, and absolutely nothing
was known about them.
Keeping Secrets Till Fortunes Are Made.
Now and then traders light on some
guard their secret well, for it is not to their
interest to attract rival traders to the fields
they monopolize by announcing to the
world the discoveries they make. Not long
ago trader who had done a good business
on the Woodlark Islands, gave the charts he
made to the captain of the German man-of-
war Garcia, and they have been published.
Explorers were beginning to travel around
among his islands and he could no longer
hope to keep his knowledge to himself; so
he made contribution to geography.
A Scotchman named Donald Dow was
found in 1886 by an exploring party living
alone among the natives on the island of
Jesus Maria. He is said to be the only
white man who, up to that time, had lived
among the savages Of the Bismarck Archi-
pelago, and ne was not at all pleased to see
the intruding white men. He was collect
ing beche de mer, and in due time ship
was to come to carry off his cargo. 1t is not
known that any white man ever landed
upon the islands of this great archipelago
before 1875, when the Challenger e1pedi-
tion was there. Dow said that if he was
not killed, and if the captain of the Dancing
Wave remembered to pick him up, the ish |
he had gathered would make him rich |
man TOR life.
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the natives still say that it was pushed up
from the bottom of the sea. though it is evil
dent that it was formed by the enormous
volumes of mud and debris that were shot
high into the air from craters that had
opened in the sea floor. 1t was at this time
that the remarkable spectacle was wit
messed of a great bay full of violently boil
ing water; and for some time the neighbor-
hood was rendered uninhabitable by reason
of the immense quantities OF fish that were
killed in the super-heated waters.
Ths Birth of an Island.
We NAV expect from time to time to hear
of the birth of new islands along the various
lines of volcanic action through the Pacific.
The same forces that reared Iceland above
the sea, within q recent geological age. by
means of matter brought from the bowels of
the earth are still in operation and the two
most conspicuous examples of these gigan-
tic convulsions of nature that have recently
occurred are found, one in our Aleutian
chain and the other in the middle OF the
Pacific in the Tonga group.
Old Bogasov is a volcano the Russians
wrote about over a hundred years ago. For
40 years it apparently had been extinct un-
til its internal fires burst forth again in
1882, and from new craters opening IN the
sea floor a new mountain was thrown up
from the sea. New Bogaslov was first
seen in 1883 and the isthmus shown in our
picture connected it with old Bogaslov
This isthmus and the rock in its center
called Sail Rock have now sunk out of
sight and vessels pass between the new and
old mountain. New Bogaslov has the dis
tinction OF being the latest addition to our
domain. Nobody saw the birth of New
Bogaslov; but little party that left one of
the Tonga Islands in October, 1885, on the
Schooner Sandfy, witnessed the appalling
spectacle of the making of a new island at a
distance OF 40 miles from the nearest land.
Nature In Its vo:canic Travail
One of these pictures gives a faint con-
ception of the wonderful scene before them
as they gazed upon it eight miles away.
Vast masses of volcanic matter were rising
in three great columns to height of several
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HAGAR WORE EARRINGS
She Was the Woman Who Set tho Fashion
Many Centuries Ago.

She Was the " oman Who Set tho Fashion
Many Centuries Ago.
According to the Moslem creed, says an
exchange, the reason why every Mvham-
medan lady considers it her duty to wear
earrings is attributed to the following
curious legend: Sarah, tradition tells us,
was so Jealous of the preference shown by
Abraham for Hagar that she took solemn
vow that she would give herself no rest
until she had mutilated the fair face of her
hated rival and bondmaid. Abraham, who
had knowledge Of his wife's intention, did
his utmost to pacity his embittered spouse,
but long in vain.
At length, however, she relented and de-
cided to torego her plan of revenge But
how was she to fulfill the terms of the vow
she had entered into? After mature refec-
tion she saw her way out of the difficulty.
Instead of disfguring the lovely features of
her bondmald, she contented herself with
boring hole in each of the rosy looes of
her ears. The legend does not inform us
whether Abraham afterward felt it incum-
bent upon him to mitigate the smart of
these little wounds by the gift of a costly
pair of earrings, or whether Hagar pro-
cured the trinkets for herself
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islands is known to be inhabited. Aban-
doned by his shipwrecked comrades,
who took refuge on another island, he had
lived in solitude for about year, faring
poorly upon seabirds and fish.
Beside islands that have existed for ages
before mariners have seen them are others,
thrown up in few hours or days from the
bottom of the sea by volcanic eruptions
Natives of New Britain and the Tonga
group have witnessed this remarkable phe-
nomenon within the past few years. One
morning in 1873 the awe-stricken natives
along the shore of Blanche Bay, New
Britain, saw in the bay an island which
was not there the night before. 1t was
about 900 feet long and 300 feet wide, and
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CHAPTER XIV.
THE KANEKA'S REVENGE

For few days after my last visit ashore
was kept on the ship constantly, as the mate
unfortunately considered me the only men,
Der of the ships company with artistic
ability enough to redecorate the ships
stern and bring out the name once more, for
the crew had painted the whole stern a uni
form yellow, regardless of the large black
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Wrecked Amid the Breakers.

Many good ship by bad seamanship
strikes, sinks and goes down. So many a
strong constitution and fine physique are
wrecked AMI become Il total loss through
neglect of the premonitions of kidney
trouble easily remediabe a. the outset with
Hostetter's stomach Bitters. The impetus
given to inactive kidneys and bladder by
the bitters never produces irritation a s I'M
medicated stimulants do and prevents dis
case. Take the bitters i'll rheumatism, uys-
pepsla, constipation, malaria, la grippe.
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Among his family and friends he is dearly
beloved, and in all his life has never been
known to do an unjust or ungenerous thing.
As he bore poverty and neglect with pa
thence and sweetness, so he bears his wealth
and title without particle OF vanity. In
appearance he is still very much as Carlyle
described him nearly half century ago,
with the addition of full beard and great
many wrinkles. The stately figure, full six
feet high, is now greatly bent; but he car
rics his 50 years nobly, as becomes a great
good man who has ever "borne the white
flower of blameless life"
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Many Modern Robinson Crusoes.

1t is not improbable that sailors to-day
are living the lives of Robinson Crusoe on
little island specks here and there. Such
a castaway, a sailor named Jorgensen, was
found in 1888, living without human COM
panlonship on Midway Island, in that vast
expanse northwest of Honolulu known as
Anson Archipelago, not one of whose little
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CAnRARA AwNINos-Don't fail to see then
II you want awnings. At Mamaux q Sons
$50 Penn avenue. Tel. 1872 Tlisu
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LATEST PORTRAIT OF TENNYsoN.
The Aged Poet Laureate Hasn't Changed
Much in Half a Century,

Much in Half Century.
The portrait below is the latest of Lord
Tennyson, England's poet laureate. He is
one of the most modest of men. He has
never appeared in the House of Lords since
he took his seat in robes, by the bye,
which were lent him for the occasion by
brother peer, and were much too small for
him-except once, when he voted in the
minority for O reform in the franchise
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BUGTNE is absolutely the best insect ex-
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rrrs-Au fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's Grea-
Nerve Restorer. No fits after first days use. Mari
yelous cures Treatise and 81 70 trial bottle free to
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DoNT allow your house to become overrun
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NEAPoLrTAS AWNINGS, warranted sun fast
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oev. HOGS or Texas on cu--,.s.


1fomN Vd7rer'oN Dnft NNrN
LooxronT. Tex. June Ping" said the
know whore got by Ratlins' at. 1 have been
using Il ever since can remember. and have
original. do not say that u 10. Anyhow. II
has been great comfort to mo throuRhout
A." Do You ever cuss. Goyernor?"
Not for many years. quit II before the
war When / was small boy thought II was
scientific exhibition. OF profanity. only to look
up and see my. father bending over me. ]
would quit. He took me at my word and
have kept my promise. In after years. when
was a printer md an editor and UNDERGOING
would remember my promise Just about the
time when my temper was about TO- get tho
best OF me. BY Gatlins. I have enough to con-
tend with to make me q star .cusser. but
don't 60 any further than dad blanc it.
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II ohnIcal'y Innocent.


The Judge Of Western court was not
thoroughly posted on the case before him. but
no WAS ono ut those mon you have probably
heard OF. who thinks he knows it, all.
You arc charged with horse stcaling." no
said. loNi,y, t3 tho prisoner: arc you guilty
Not guilty. your honor" responded the
prisoner.
The Court looked surprised
DO You mean to say the animal you rodo
into town on to-day, and which WAS identified
by half dozen citizens, WAS yours?"
mo. your Honor"
We'll. sir, did you buy IT."
mo. your Honor
Did the owner present II to you as n token
OF esteem 2" and tho Judge smiled.
No, your Honor and the prisoner smiled
a little himSel
:" Didn't you fcloniously enter the stable OF
the owner of tho animnl. whore 1t was kent. in
the dead of night and remove i forcibly. with
out his consent or knowledge"
Yes. your Honor, more or less" replied
tho prisoner. boldly.
:" We'll. don't YOU call that horse stealingY'
mo. your Honor"
And why not prayF and the Judge was
more sarcastic than ever.
because it was mule. your Honor" and
tho prisoner gulawed ut his own joke to tlAs
extent of II $40 ilre for contempt OF court
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Pussy and He reathrrsd brood.


BELAIR. Nd. June 22.-Mr James Forwood
q: Darlington. Hartford county. has cat
which has developed nm interesting trait
lleing kittenless sna adopted rs her own a
come 10 her when she purrs and follow her
around. When any OF the brood stray into q
picfing each chick ur carefully by the
tarG Of it's neck deposits 1t safely on its
owners premises, Calling the chicks, to hcr
tcrhorly ael carefully ns their feathered
m"ther wonid have done. Tho chicks appear
~ accept the situation. and are thriving.
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