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food or sleep she reached the palace and
delivered the letter 10 the Gar.
What can / do for you? asked the
Car of all Russia.
What do you do for nihilistsp" she
asked him.
I'VE shoot them," he answered angriIy
Then | shall be shot" She said IL so
calmly and deliberately that the Gar
looked at her in surprise.
"'Nihilist or no nihilist, my child, you
have saved my life and therefore | spare
yours. You may return to your house in
safety"
With cry like hunted animal she fell
at his feet.
Don't send me back. The bullet that
struck the courier was meant for me.
heard the word 'Traitress!' Kissed by my
own father. and if go back he will not
miss his aim again. He has sworn to kill
me II L prove false to the cause, and be
will keep his OATH. pray you don't send
me back"
lie saw her agonv was genuine, and
placing his hand on her head said: Rise,
child; you stay here" Al that moment
Ivan Liveresky, the courier of the Gar.
dashed into the room. His clothes were
covered with mud, and his body weak from
loss of blood.
'Thank Godw he cried. when he saw
the Gar. "Otaroff, the traitor, is cap
tuIed, has confessed all. and you are safe. !"
He was my father" said Nodine,
softly.
The courier caught the back of chair
for support, and the Car turned to her in
anger.
"Yes. do with me what you will. l am
NodiDe Otaroff, who despses her name,
her father and most of all herself"
Wait moment" said the courier to
the Gar; there is some mistake. Otar-
of gave me some papers and confessed
having stolen child out of revenge from
the rich COrkisky. Her nahe was No.
dlne." And Liveresky handed the docu-
ments to the Gar. who in turn, after
glancIng over them. gave them to the
young girl.
Il VIII send a messenger to Moscow,
and one who would travel night and day,
without sleep or food, to deliver this letter
TO The noblest Of Russians" So said the
Car and left the room.
You have saved my life" the courier
cried.
And you mine," answered Nodine.
Yet, my loved one. it is worthless with
out yours"
Then" she said, with glad tears In her
eyes. Il give mine for thine. I love thee,
Ivan Liveresky."
He took her in his arms and kissed her
many times. When Corkisky arrived he
found he had gained child only to lose
her again. for NOdine gave her heart and
hand TO young soldier decorated with the
order of st. George, given to him by the
Car of all Russia.
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OTAROFF. TRAITOR
A r1issiOn of Revenge
Which Love Overcame.

81 trust YOU with a sacred duty" said
the general, as he handed his courier a let
ter. Remember, you are to stop for 9TH
ing. If YOU fail. YOU will be shot, but if
you succeed the Order of st. George will
adOrn your breast. Now go, and God be
with you in all your peris."
The young courier knelt and swore to
protect the life of the Gar with his own,
and then he pushed the curtain aside, leav-
ing the general alonc."
The evening was fair. cool and beautiful.
AS the general leaned from the balcony of
the palace he thought whata farce this ball
was wren his heart was full of terror for
the Gar and all Russia.
In an adjoining room. near the marble
pillar, sto d young girl covered with
magnificent satin and jewels. Looking at
her with flashing eyes was man of about
a., with cOal-black hair and cruel express
sion.
'Nodne. this must be your work" She
shivered as he spoke, but Otaroff. the
traitor, had no mercy.
And to it at Once!' he said.
"What is my task? 2" she asked him, and
again she shivered.
''An easy Que. my beautiful queen
Merely to throw yourself in his way and
this courier will forget the Gar and all
Russia"
IL doubt it." she answered.
You must not doubt it," he cried
fercely. and held her wrist so tight that
the pain made her face white to the very
lips.
"Our scheme must go through this time.
and the courier will arrive too late. You
hear, my beautiful daughter?"
Il hear you" she answered, and
wrenched her wrist from his grasp.
But, father" she said pleadiDgly, "you
have never used me as decov before. Oh
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ignorant portion of the masses. called by
the bstter class of people 'IpdiOs."
AS he stands before one. so short. slightly
stopped, with thin, long face and apparent
lack of chest, one would scarcely think
him capable OF walking the sm oothest level
with such staggering loads as he daily
nacks through some mountain pass. To
be fully appreciated he must be seen
sfripped of his shirt and with his cotton
tronsprs rolled UP almost TO the groins,
ready TO pick I'D his load Then the power
fnI development of this swarthy man OF
th.. maintain can be observed at its best.
His neck is one mass of hard muscles. His
shoulders are. broad and magnificently
siyong while the actions of the large and
s,nr.aripl sinews ran be traced at every
motion tl:at 10 makes. The alyes Of his
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A CURIOUS VILLAGE.
1t Is Built on Piles at the Mouth of
the Missis sipDi.

Among the 65, 600. 600 poodle in The United
States there are probably not 500, outside
of the locality, who are aware that at the
mouth of the Mississippi there is little
village built upon wooden piles standing
far out in the water. This village, which
is called BaliZe. saws Harper's Young Peo-
pie, is reached from the mainland by
GAUGES or boats. and it's inhabitants
have TO climb kind of pOle-ladder
to get to the donrways OF their
homes. This is probably tile only place 10
the United States in which "Dile-dwell-
iDgs" occur; but all along the Venezuelan
coast and at the mouths of the Orinoco and
Amazon similar villages are frequently
met with, manv of them being inhabited
by the Indian fishing tribes of the Amazon
estuary.
These strange inhabitants were first
discovered by AlonZo de Ojeda, who ac-
companied Columbus on his second VOYAGE
to this continent. In 1859 he undertook an
independent voyage to explore the northern
part of South America, aud he took with
him Amerigo VesDueci, W ho wrote graphic
account of the expedition. The following
extract from translation of Vespucci's
work gives the origin of the name Vene-
zuela, and tells of the connection between
the curious village discovered there and
| the name VeneZurla: proceeding along
the coast they arrived at vast gulf re-
sembling tranquil lake, entering which
| they beheld on tne eastern side a village
the construction OF which filled them with
surprise. 1t consisted of twenty large
houses shaped like bells and built on
piles driven into the bottom of the
lake, which 10 this part was limpid and
but of little depth. Each house was pro-
vided with drawbridge and canoes.
| From the resemblance TO the Italian city
| Ojeda gave the bay the name of the Gulf
OF Venice (Venezial" The country itself
was afterward called Valenzuela, or Little
Venice. the original Indian name being
Coquibacoa.
In Lake Maracaibo, south of the bay Of
Venezuela, similar pile buildings are still
erected by the Goajor Indians.
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CHRISTMAS IN BOMBAY.
How the Day Was Spent in Far
AWAY India.

away i0utd.
Do you care to know how we spent
Christmas? l will tell you. We arose in
the cool of the morning at o'clock.
After we had a cup Of tea, some fruit.
bread and butter. the open carriage was
at the door. and we put on our pith helmets
to keep off the sun, and drove away.
First we went TO the Jain hospital for
animals. The Jains are curious sect of
Hindoos, one OF their ideas is the sacred
ness of animal life. And so they have a
great hospital, where they gather all the
sick and wounded animals they can find,
and cure them if they can, or keen them
till they die. The brOken-egged cows,
sick pigeons, NANCY dogs and melancholy
monkeys are very curious. We stayed
there awhile, and then drove to the Parsee
burial place. The Parsees are Persian
sun-wOrshipers, who have been settled
here for ceCturies, and are among the
most intelligent and enterprising citizens.
Their pleasant way of disDosing OF their
dead is to leave body on high tower,
where vultuTes devoted to that business
come, and in about an hour consume all
its flesh, leaving the bones, which, after
four weeks OF drying la the sun, are tum-
bled into a common pit, where they all
crumble together into dust. You see the
towers with vultureI waiting on the top
for the next arrival, but no one is allowed
to enter.
Then we came home and had our break
fast, writes Phillips Brooks to the Sep
tember Century, after which we drove into
the town, whence 1 sent telegram of
Merry Christmas" to you at IL o'clock.
Then We went to the service at the
cathedral, which was very good. Then |
drove out to the GOvernmeDt-house, where
the Governor. Sir James Furgusson, had
invited me 10 lunch. Very pleasant people
were there, and the whole thing was in
teresting. the drive out and in, about
four miles each way, was through the
strangest population, and 10 the midst OF
the Queerest sights. After my return q
went there alone). we wandered about the
native baZaars and saw their curious
trades. At 8 o'clock Mr.. Kittredge gave
us a sumptuous dinner at the Byeulla Club.
where, with turkey. plum pudding and
mince pies. we made the best of that end
Of Christmas day that we knew how.
After that, about 10 O'Clock. we wandered
out into a native fair, where we saw their
odd performances until late into the night,
when we drove home along the cool sea-
shore. and went TO bed. tired but very
happy, after the funniest Christmas day
we ever passed.
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of track on the west side of the city and
hegan to carry passengers from one side of
Cleveland to the other for one fare. He
had to have omnibuses carry his passen-
gers two miles in order to do this, but he
more popular, as the regular ruaus
charged two and three fares for the same
distance. In the meantime he did every
thing to get his roads connected. He
worked with the City Council. but in his
own way. He never gave any passes over
his road. He said he did not use a pass
himself and no one should ride free. He
was willing to pay man or councilman
for his services, but he would not give him
a pass. Well. he finally got his measures
through and eventually secured one of the
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ent use as binocular telescope the neces-
sary lenses are supplied. When these are
removed and the Photographic fittings are
set in the now vacant places, the iustru-
ment becomes a camera. with a focusing
and locating finder. to be used by looking
into the large end. as shown in the first
cut. while the second cut is sectional
drawing, showing the internal arrange
ments.
The two obiectives seen in theissmall
ends are twin lenses. and that to the left
casts its image on the rim of small metal
roller slide, while the finder on the right is
so arranged that the aerial image may be
ground glass surface, this latter course te-
ing desirable when the person using the
The morning call., 1893-09-10
THE LOVE AFFAIR.

Sweetheart. you have not known me-
IL be great or wise:
Yet somewhere you shall own mo
Beneath Gods splendid skies!
Though now life's broken chalfce
No earthly sweets can win,
Some day, at Loves own palace,
Your arms shall take me in!
BONE day rose will blossom
White in the thOrny ways,
And on the dark Nights bosom
VIII fall the morning rays!
Some day when ] am lying
Pale from the storm and strife.
Your liDs shall seek me. dying,
And kiss me back to life!
Then will the bird d-songs. ringing.
fall soft on fields OF bloom;
Then VIII the streams flow singing
lnrougn groves of ricn perfumeI
Then shall the world benighted
The est splrndor win
Ana at Loves palace lighted
Your arms shall take me inl
FRANK L. STANTON
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VOLUME LXXIV-NO. 1O2.
THE CARGADOR OF
Heavy Burdens Transported Over Almost Impass-
able Mountain Ridges.

One of the most interesting institutions
in the Mexican republic is the cargador.
This cargador is hardy and powerfully
built man who earns living by carrying
upon his back heavy loads, carga being
q measure of weight of 800 pounds, which
such person is supposed TO be able to
carry, hence the name cargador.
This peculiar individual is not the prod
net OF single section of the country; on
the contrary. his sphere is general. In the
cities he is one of the first persons whom
a stranger meets as he alights from the
platform of the cars or the step of the
stagecoach. The cargador rushes up to
the arrival and offers TO carry his baggage,
from his hand -satchel up to his heaviest
trunk, regardless of its weight or size or
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freight over the road at rate with which
the mue-drivers cannot compete, espe-
cially where time is not much of factor
in the shipment of the goods. OF course
none but the strongest and fastest men
can successfully compete with the pack
animals.
'The cargadsr," declares the writer OF
the above in a contribution to the Times
of Chicago, nike many other antique in
stitutiOns of queer Mexico. is fast disap-
pearing. In the mines he is yielding to
fast introduced. On the highways in manY
of the States the railways have effectually
driven him to other occupations. 1t is in
The morning call., 1893-09-10
A SONG OF A VIOLET.

In life's last. lone December
There blooms one violet
But why should / remember
When she can so forget?
She Will not m mourn or miss IL
When cruel frosts shall Kill;
But lean. fond lips and kiss IL.
For we remember still
In unknown paths ana places
Her fairy steps NAV be,
Bus still her pictured face is
The dearest dream to me,
And though the skies above me
With stormy scenes are set,
The dark eyes seem To love me
All. how could they forget?
Oh. that the winds might watt her
This dying ViOlet's breath!
That life might follow after
Ana die the violet's death!
For then. her heart, believing.
WOnld leave, poor. wounded dove,
Upon my lips, half gritVing
The first, last kiss of love.
FRANK L. STANTON
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the distance to be covered. In the city he
also enters into successful competition
with pack mules and delivery wagons.
carrying heavy loads of merchandise
to and from the business houses, and in
such places where corn and fodder have
become uncommonly dear through prevail
ing drought, or where the streets are stony
and uneven, the cargadOr has almost en-
tirely superseded both pack mules and de-
livery wagon. While such are his chief
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What Is Needed.

There come times when all of us SYM
pathize with the Episcopal Bishop. who
was ..ighteously indignant at some wrong
and who arose in the conyocation saying:
''Mr. President, l think it is the duty Of
this right reverend house to set forth a
form of sound words to be used by man
unt.er stroug proyocatlon." - Louisville
w sstern Recorder.
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instrument cannot otherwise control the
accommodating property of the eye.
Being an opera, or maTice glass, inde-
pendent of its photogra phic functions, and
that form being still preserved when it is
converted into Photographic apparatus.
1t can be used where no other camera is
available. Moreover. the focusing being
done in the manner of all binoculars,
moving objects may be followed. aug
keptin view through the glass until the
desired moment. when they can be secured.
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occupations he does not draw the line at
anything and can be frequently seen carry
ing ore out of the mines, water through the
town and even corpse and coffin to the
grave.
The mountain cargador, who scales the
diZZying precipices and descends the deep
ravines of the Sierra Madres. Is by far the
hardest and most interesting type of his
class. Five feet six inches is his usual
height and 40 pounds the average weight.
He belongs to the dark complexio ned and
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the cities, where for cheapness he can sue
cessfully compete with the horse and
heavy dray, that he still has cOnsidera-
bic hold; but with the introduction of
larger and lighter vehicles his sphere OF
usefulness is being gradually narrowed
down to that of porter and mere Grand
boyo
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THE OPERA-GLASS CAMERA

- - - H>hNtIN<hE EIfo q uIIIGIIL FUSSESSs
ing Many Virtues.
The new opera-glass camera has been
briefly described in the Globe-Democrat.
A mors detailed description, with Illus
trations from Photographic Work, is
here given. The framework and focus
ing device of the instrument is that
OF an ordinary opera or field glass.
and to make it complete for independ-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-24
The Age of Morality.

L. D. Burdick, in the Christian Reg
lister, tells about an old book in the
National Library at Paris, France which
was 500 years old when Joseph was in
captivity in Egypt, B. c., 1920; and it
was only second edition of book
published originally some 800 years be-
fore the issue of the second edition. In
round numbers, it made its first appear
ance in book form some 1900 years B. c.,
or 1900 years ahead of our present
philosophy and supposedly advanced
ideas. Yet when we read its translated
contents we are forced to say: "There
is nothing new under the sum-" The
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-24
Puzzles.

Lying in my cell of a Sunday, many
varied thoughts fit through my brain
and among them has doomed up the
contradictory news reported in the pa
pers of American charity and generOs-
ity. 1t does seem to my mind that it is
very absurd of Americans to pay a
large sum to foreign nObleman who
has become bankrupt through gam
bling and excess, whilst vast numbers
of their own cOuntrymen are out of en-
plOyment and suffering for the necessa-
ries of life. Again, we hear of city
councils spending large sums to glorify
the success Of some wealthy private cit
izen, while they will not allow more
than three dollars month towards the
support of poor woman and her fam
lily of small children. If such reports
are true there must be something
crosby, so loudly boosted of, only a
sham Or cloak for Individual aggran-
dizement? Do our rich men owe more
to a descendant of Columbus than to
the tOiling millions who have enabled
them to become rich? If the descend
ant of Columbus needs help why not
give him an equal chance with the rest
of the dead broke" and send him out
west to grow up with the country on
100 acre prairie farm. Are our munich
palities to make the poor help out the
poorer on the plea of ''nO funds" and
Immediately squander the means of
sustaining hundreds of poor families on
floats and arches? Or was this lavish
expenditure merely bluff at the world
to conceal their municipal poverty?
Again, statistics show that Christian
missions spend on an average $3.50 for
each prOselyte in so-called heather
lands While 1 admire the zeal for
Christ shown in this outside missionary
work I cannot help thinking Of the
work left undone at our very doors.
Three hundred and fifty dollars rightly
expended would 60 farther in Chris
tianizing right here in Minnesota than
among the wild men of Borneo or Mad
agascar. Charity, it is said, should be-
gin at home. To mind compelled to
thought during the long hours of Sun
day these and similar questions seem
unanSWerable. G..
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-24
German Socialism.

In an article in the Chicago Graphic
of recent date, written by Edward T..
Heyn the propaganda of the German
socialists shows clearly that anarchy is
as far from their views as possible. The
platform upon which they stood in the
recent election was as follows:
l. Universal suffrage for all, regardless of sex.
2. The introduction of the referendum and the
right of decision on the acceptance or rejection
of any laws by the people.
8. Peace and war to be decided by an interna-
tiOnal board of arbitration.
4. The right of holding public meetings and
freedom of speech.
5. Repeal of all disbursements of public funds
for churches or for religious purposes.
G. A free public school, to be unsectarian, and
the attendance to be obligatory.
Z. A militia instead of a standing army.
8. A free Judiciary
8. Medical aid and medicine to be given to the
TO- progressive income tax, capital tax
and tax on inheritances and the adjustment
of all indirect taxes.
H. Creation of all laws for the benefit of the
working classes, based upon national principles,
such work to be only eight hours a day; night
work to be forbidden and insurance for working
men to be managed and conducted by them alone.
The first clause was very generally
the opinion of MIRROR contributors
Aug 10. The next seven clauses are
very much after our manner of govern
ment. Clause nine is an admirable
phase of good government. Clause ten
is practically, with few revenue eXcep-
tions as to Injuries, the taxation system
of Great Britain. But in clause eleven
we strike class legislation. Who are
the working classes. Is he alone who
handles pick and shovel workman
Or will you include mechanics and ar
tisans? And if these, include every
man that does any kind of work for his
livelihood. The brain worker and
thinker is as worthy of his hire and
governmental protection as the manual
laborer. Because a man is working
man." is he more liable to honesty than
government clerk who knows his job
depends on honesty and good work? If
the American workman will release
himself from the thrall of machine pol
iticians and wire pullers and see that
the good of present laws are enforced
and the bad wiped out he need not yet
court socialism.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-24

The following was written for THE MIRROR
with too prophetic inspiration. Of course he
didn't mean to, but the writer Numbered against
the wrong side of prison rule and fell into the
third grade AS we remarked once BEFORE versi-
fcatiOn is too Straining to the mind this weather.
let our readers keep as cool as they can on prose-
You may tell me that story of the hare
And the tortoise as oft as you will;
IknOW that man who huStleS gets there
Ahead OF the man who sits still.
Of course he stumbles who goes on too fast
But I'd rather blunder and fall,
Yet reach the goal surely somehow at last
Than never arrive there at all.
If the reform system is not equal to reform
ing the petty larcenist, plagiarism shall cease if
ScOrn and ridicule can kill, but it is hard to say
if either can penetrate the moral hide of a petty
arceniSt so small as to steal, for the mere pleas
ure of stealing a literary composition that can
do him no manner of good.
The Argus-eyed vigilance committee of one
who discovered and exposed the plagiarism of
C. A. E. did at the same time himself try to play
it on the editor. But "Vaulting ambition hath
Ger leaped ITSELF" He scared too high. The
bird of paradise could not be Matched from the
egg of the lazy cuckoo. We, even we, ignorant
though we are, could recognize:
Tel me not in mOurnful numbers,
Life is but an empty DREAM
Yet when we asked the offender the source
whence came his inspiration he had not the
intelligence to see detection but brazened it out
as his own offspring. "Shade of Longfellow didst
thou shudder! Yet has the mortal bard not so
much to shudder at as the unfortunate editor.
Here was one whose crude ideas, ungramatcally
and Theoretically expressed, had been trimmed,
dressed and polished, till their originator grinned
in self-complacent satisfaction and imagined
himself equal to fathering the Psalm of Life.
Verify has Shakespeare said:
elbow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thy tooth is not so rude
As mans ingratitutde.
Therefore will the moral prescriptions of Doe
be no longer doctOred by the editor, nor will
he be given any further opportunity to pagiarize
lest he be inflated to appropriate Hamet's Sol
| iloquy or even the Constitution itself.