Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — Page 5

THE LAND OF SILENCE "Twlxt the ihming steep* of joyance And the death-cit nr lake of ruth A low land lies—a wonderful land — That knows not age nor youth. Roses! roses! roses! nnear. a r ar, they blow, All rarely pale, all richly ied, All white as the driven mow. Re£ blooms for the lips of loving, And pale (or the lips that fig ', And shining while for the honest lips Unstained with a coward lie. For they blow in (lie land of silence That lies by the lake of l'uth, And the soul tba - plucks shall walk un vexed la the fairg.een meads of truth. [Harper’s Weekly.

GRACE DESMOND'S PERIL.

BX HARRY O'CONNOR.

“Did you hoar that, boys?” said Pierce liyan to a group of which ho formed a part, sitting around the cheery turf fire of an inn, in a small fishing hamlet on the western coast of Ireland. Every voice in the company ceased speaking at once. The roar of the neighboring surf and the wild tumult of the tempest, us it whistled end shrieked without, broke distinctly on the hearing, but for more than a minute, during which all listened intently, nothing else was heard. “It was merely fancy. Pierce,” said one of the group. You ought to ” The speaker stopped short, for, at that instant, the deep boom of a cannon, out at sea, sounded distinctly and fearfully across the night. “There is a ship on the coast,” said Pierce. “Hark! a third, gun. und it sounds nearer thun the last.” “And the wind is right on the shore and blowing a hurricane,” said another. “Lord be merciful to them,” ejaculated Pierce, “but let us hurry to the coast, und spe if we can help them in any way.” With one consent the party moved toward the door, first, however, calling to the landlord to bring lanterns and ropes in case the latter might bo needed. As the door was opened a gust of wind eddied into the room, flaring the caudles in their sconces, and whistling keenly around the corners of the apartments. When the adventurers stepped outside they wore almost borne down for a moment by the intensity of the gale, which, sweeping unchecked across the plain that lay betwixt the inn und the beach, burst on the house with almost incredible fury. It was snowing violently, and the flakes, hissing and spinning in the hurricane, almost blindod the eyes of the adventurers; but drawing their frieze topcoats around them, the warm-hearted travelers bent their heads against the wind and hurried to the coast.

The shore to which they turned their steps was a high, bold, rocky eoust, against which the surf was now heating with a violence that shook the cliffs to their base and flung the spray in showers over their edge 100 feet above the raging deep below. The party hud stood some time, however, on the summit of the rocks before they could distinguish anything through the storm. At length a light, shadowy object gradually assumed the outlines "of a ship flying before the tempest und started out of the misty distance. For one moment she was seen driving up toward the spectators. That moment, seeming to them an age, was spent in breathless horror. Each one involuntarity clenched his hands tighter together and gazed with straining eyes on the powerless craft that was sweeping onward with such mad velocity to the cliffs at his feet. On, on she came, driving amid the white foam. A moment moro and there was a crash, followed by a shriek that rose even above the storm, and froze the very hoarts of the listeners. It ceased and "the hurricane alone was heard. “It is all over,” said one of the listeners. “May the good heaven give rest to the souls of those who have gone to their last account this blessed night.” “Amen, said another, and again a breathing silence followed. At length Pierce Ryan spoke. “Did you hear that cry ? ” “I did. It sounds like the wail, of a child.” “It is just beneath the cliff,” said Pierce. “Listen! there it is again—it is a woman’s voice.”

There was no doubt any longer that a living being was crying for succor from tho foot of tho cliffs, and a dozen lanterns were immediately' lowered over the edge. For an instant, and an instant only, by the light of a lantern lowered furthef down tho precipic?, but almost immediately shattered to pieces, the face of a female had been seen, cast upward in earnest supplication. But what could be done for her? The frenzy of the gale forbade any attempt to rescue her by descending the cliff, and it was certain that she could not live until morning, exposed to the driving snow, the intense cold, the washing of the surf and the fierce eddies of tho gale around the precipice. The spectators looked at each other in dismay, and when, in a lull of the hurricane, the cry of agony came again to their ears, a shiver ranthrough their frames. Meanwhile the cliffs were becoming crowded with people, who, apprised of the wreck by the signal guns she had fired, poured forth from their cabins to render what assistance was possible to the sufferers. A fire was soon kindled on the verge of the precipice. As the fire flung its light across the countenances of the group, there might be traced in every face an expression of the most anxious concern, while each spectator gazed out toward the ocean, striving to catch through thdfleecy storm a sight of the wreck, or peered down over the cliff to discover the exact position of the sufferer below. During all this time persons had been arriving at the scene of the disaster, bringing ropes, tackle, and other appliances by which aid might be rendered to the crew aud passengers of the dismantled ship. At length, the fire, flinging its ruddy blazo far and wide around, enabled the spectators to catch momentary gleams of the wreck. She appeared to bo a ship of heavy tonnage, and had ran so high up on the rocks that she stuck there as if impaled, her stern falling off seaward, whilo her bows overhung the boiling vortex on the land side of the sharp rock on which she lay. The racking of the sea had by this time broken her hull in two, and the forward part, crowded with living beings, fell away into the gulf below, just as the ruddy blaze of the flames enabled the spectators to catch.their first glimpe of the wreck. One wild shriek rose over all the uproarof the gale and then a silence, if silence there could be amid that hurricane, fell on the scene. “There is not a soul left alive. I fear tho sufferer below is the sole survivor,” said Pierce. “Can nothing be done to save her?" asked some' of the spectators. Many

shook their heads, and several turned away as if longer delay spot was useless But, when silence reigned for some time, Pierce Ryan stepped out and said: ■ “The only hope is in descending to her aid, and with Heaven’s Help 1 will make the trial. Give me a sope.” “It's madness,” said one. “Don't attempt it, Pierce, if you value your life,” said another. “You’ll be killed before you're half way down.” “Xo matter,” replied Pierce, “I'll risk my life to save a fellow creature, and if I am killed, I’ll die in a holy cause.” “Nobly spoken, Pierco Ryan,” said Father O'Brien, the village pastor, “and may your Heavenly Father he with you in your attempt. He who guided the children of Israel through the desert, will not desert you in this extremity.” The words of the venerable priest lmd an invigorating effect on the listeners, and infused now hope into their bosoms. The tackle was speedily rigged, the tire was replenished, and then the adventurer stood on the edge of the cliff awaiting a lull in the gale. The attempt now to be made was one ot the most perilous nature, and death would bo sure to overtake the adventurer if his nerve should fail him. The side of the precipice was I nearly perpendicular, it shelved in perhaps a few yards in its descent, while its surface was broken everywhere with fissures and jutting crags. The only possible means by which the foot of the i precipice could be reached would be by the aid of a pole, used with a quick eye and steady nerve, to fend off the adventurer from the side of the cliff. Added to all this peril, however, was that of the darkness. How could a person descending the face ot the cliff on such a night, guard himself with any certainly against the numerous jutting fragments of the rpek ? Or, how could he, even if he could effect his own descent, ascend again to the edge of the cliff above with another person? At length it was arranged that Pierce should descend at once by means of a rope, girt around his body, and made fast above, while another rope should accompany him dow r n. Then if ho reached the foot of the precipice in safety, cloaks and blankets should be lowered to him in order that the sufferer might be protected against the chilling blasts. Everything having been arrangod, the daring ad venturer seized a favorable opportunity during the lull of the gale and commenced his descent. The light of the fire, us it shivered on the dark face of the precipice, and the wild whirlpool of foam below, gave an ominous character to all around him; but his heart was a stranger to fear; und skillfully avoiding the jutting angles of the rock, he readied at length the foot of the cliff, and with a light bound springing over an intermediate chasm, stood by the side of the fugitive from the wreck. We shall not attempt to describe her emotions during the dizzy • descent of young Pierce Ryau, nor the glad cry of joy with which she saw him land on the rock to which she clung. • She would have thrown herself ut his feet but he would not permit it. Raising her up, he said:

“Our thanks are duo to God alone, let us pray to Him that we may escape the peril which yet surrounds us, for I scarcely know how we can reach the top of the cliff. But do not. droop, for 1 have come to save you or die with you.” The fugitive raised her grateful eyes, and then Pierce saw for the first timethut she was a young girl apparently seventeen, and of unusual loveliness. Pierce felt that he could duro the same danger a thousand times to win another such grateful glance from the eyes of the lovely stranger. But the exposed situation of the rock on which they stood—for every wave dashed the cold spray over them—soon recalled him to the necessity of providing a place of shelter for his companion uutii means should be found to raise her to the summit of the cliff. With great difficulty, and aided by the rope from abovo, he succeeded in elevating her to a narrow shelf of the rock, some ten feet higher up the face of the cliff. “I can never sufficiently thank you,” said the grateful girl, “but God will bless you.” “I see that they are lowering down cloaks in which to wrrtp yourself und keep out this pitiless storm,” said

Pierce. The bundle was by this time swinging overhead, and, watching a chance,young Pierce soon succeeded in catching and diseutangling it from the rope. Happily he had provided himself ere he begau his descent with restoratives, and these he now applied freely to the sinking girl. He besought her to walk to and fro, on the narrow ledge of rock on which they stood. By these efforts he succeeded in partially reviving her, and at the end of half an hour, he saw with joy unspeakable, that the tempest had begun to lull. Pierce now gave the signal to those above, and soon a chair was descending. How lie trembled with eagerness during the minutes that elapsed ere it reached the rock. At length the chair swung on the ledge where they stood. Not a moment was to be lost. Exhorting his companion to rally her energies for this last effort, he lashed her firmly in her seat, and seizing the rope by which the asoent of the chair was to be guided, gave the signal. The attempt was perilous to the last degree, but thoy knew that it was the only chance for life left. With tearful eyes his companion took leave of him, but Pierce, assuming a cheerfulness he scarcely felt, bid her retain her presence of mind and ail would go well. “Oh,” said the girl, “it is only for you I fear now. How can you reach the summit, when there will be no one below to guide your ascent?” “The God who presserved meonce will preserve me again, if He sees fit,” said Pierce. “Before ten minutes I shall be safe at your side.” With a beating heart the yonng man gazed at tho dizzy course of the chair. Once or twice he trembled violently as he saw it despite all he could do, swinging in dangerous proximity to a jutting rock, At length he saw it grasped by two or three strong arms. It was drawn inward and then he knew that his late companion was safe. In a few inmates the rope again descended and Pierce By an, by incredible exertions, reached the summit of the cliff without injury. The moment his feet touched the cliff the first thing his eyes sought was the rescued girl, who, deaf to every entreaty, had watched from the top of the cliff until she saw her preserver safe. The rescued girl, whose name was Grace Desmond, proved to bo the daughter of a wealthy merchaut in a neighboring town. She was returning from her education in Home with her governess. Pierce Ryan, her preserver, was the son of a well-to-do farmer. The grateful father deemed it the happiest day in his life when he placed his daughter's hand in that of her preserver, and gave her away at tho altar to one who by risking his life for her when she was a stranger to him, had proved that he would, be a protector to her in after life when she was known and loved. —[New York News.

Oratory Against Horse Racing.

Jerry Simpson is not the man that h* is represented to he by some of the daily prints. He dresses neatly and has the appenraneo of a keen-eyed business man. He is called “Sockless Jerry,” but he declares that since reaching man's estate he has never worn shoes without socks. Ho is a fluent talker, and the trouble with him is that he does not know when to stop. At the Alabama State Fair lie was advertised to stand on a platform with Senator Peffer t.nd deliver a spooch. As this platform was in the grandstand and directly opposite the judges' grandstand, Mr. Simpson was advised to out it short, so that the racing programme could bo finished bofore dark.

Senator Peffer spoke briefly, keeping liis eyes on his watch and then Mr. Simpsoil began to unwind himself, 110 tickled the Alabama farmers and took no note of time At 2.80 o’clock the horses were on the track and ready to score. David Bonner, presiding judge, did not like to be discourteous, but as Mr. Simpson would not stop.thore was no help for it. The bell was sharply rung, and it drowned for a space of one minute tho voice of Mr. Simpson. Tho orator paused with a smile on his faco and then calmly proceeded with his speech. The horses scored and finally got the word. The orator kept at it until- the quurt6r polo was passed, and tlion, us his hoarors rose to their feet and grew excited over tho shifting of positions o£ tho contestants, Mr. Simpson rounded a period and stopped. He watched the finish of the heat with some interest, and then was lost in the throng. That evening, at tho dinner table, Mr. Bonner apologized for his seeming rudeness, but Mr. Simpson good-naturodly stopped him. “Xo explanation is necessary. My time was up and I knew it. I simply wanted to see how long I could hold an Alabama audience against tho race boll. 1 lmvo frequently made tho experiment in other States, and now I am satisfied thero is nothing more moving than a horse trot.” As Mr. Simpson spent his younger days in Cleveland and Chicago, lie learned a good deal about the light-harness horse before Bottling down in Kansas. —[Turf, Field and Farm.

Bismarck Made Him Rich.

There was buried in the little town of Biesenthal, Germany, a few days ago. a man who played a part in the life of Bismarck. It was Gustav Bannowitz. On May 7, 18GG, Bannowitz, who was then serving his three years in the army, was stationed at the Russian embassy in Burlin, when Blindt fired a revolver at the exchancellor. The bullet hit tho prince, but failed to do him injury on uccount of the mail coat which ho wore under his uniform. One of tho comic papers in Berlin asked, senteutiously, at the time: “Herr Yon Bisinurck, who is the blacksmith who sews your shirts?” Bannewitz succeeded in capturing the criminal and Bismarck never forgot tho service. The prince beeaino a good customer of the little book-bindery which Bannewitz owned und his patronage niado it populur. During the Franco-Prussinu war lie had him attached to the royal headquarters, whore he was almost always at his side After tlio war Bismarck did not lose sight of the man, who therefore died a rich man, owning several palatial mansions in Berlin and a ltirge country estate. He also received through the intercessions of the prince fourteen decorations. —[New Orleans Picayune.

Olive Trees 2,000 Years Old.

It is almost inexplicable that the venerable olive trees should have survived the ravages of so many centuries of warfare and desolation. Many of them are known to be from 1,500 to 2,000 yeurs old, and .their gnarled black trunks are nearly hollow, while the fresh branches grow and the crops succeed each other above. To those who thiuk of Athens as she was and us she is to-day a feeling of despondency and molancholy is inevitable, but, considering that during the last few years the Greeks have done much to develop their manufactures and to introduce modem methods into their employments, that feeling may well give way to hope fora prosperous future for the industries of modern Grctoe.— [New York Press.

An Albino Brook Trout.

I have received from Colonel John Gay a small albino brook trout, three inches long, which was presented to him by Mr. J. P. Creveling, Superintendent of the Allentown hatchery of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. This little trout liub pink eyes; the sides are of a pale “straw color and described by Colonel Gay as sparsely red spotted in life. The fins are paler than the bony and the teeth of the upper jaw deep brown on their outer surface. The fish is slightly deformed, the portion of the backbone near the tail fin being slightly bent downward, whilo the lower lobo of the tail is more nearly horizontal in direction than in the normal fish. This albino was hatched in Allentown from one of the eggs forwarded to that s’tation from Corry, Penn. Superintendent Graveling has a number of deformed trout now living, some of which are curiously distorted. He says they seldom live to a greater age than ten or eleven months. —[Forost and Stream.

A House with 4,000 Rooms.

The Vatican, the ancient palace of the Popes of Rome, is the most magnificent building of the kind in tho world. It stands on the right bank of the Tiber, on a hill called the Vaticunus, because the Latins formerly worshipped Vaticinium, an ancient oracular deity, at that place. Exactly when the building was commenced no one knows. Charlemagne is known to have inhabited it over a thousand years ago. The present extent of the building is enormous, the number of rooms, at the lowest computation, being 4,422. Its treasures of marble statues, ancient gems, paintings, books, manuscripts, etc., are to be compared only with those in the British Museum. The length of the Statue Museum alone is a fraction over a mile. Conservative writers say that the gold contained in the medals, vessels, chains and other objects preserved in the Vatican would mako more gold coins than tho whole of the present European circulation. [St. Louis Republic.

A reform which removes one of the most shocking practices of the Dark Ages has just been brought about through a circular sent to all the Governors in Finland, declaring the auction of paupers and iunuti.es to be illegal. Up till now parishes have not had asylums aud workhouses for the sick and aged; but everyone who has from one reason or other hod to live on the parish has once in every year been sold at auction, aud given to tho bidder who has offered the lowest tender.

DRESS AND HAPPINESS.

THEY ABE BOTH INTIMATELY CONNECTED. A Discussion of the Dress of Woman as Wife—How Young Married Women and Older Married Women Kuril Make Mistakes—Handsome Velvet Wrapper—Reception Dress, Etc. Timely Advice to Ladles.

ness, and if home bo woman’s empire, then is it the more necessary that its empress should at all times he as neatly and tastefully clad os her purse will permit. Young married women make really a terrible mistake by taking the position that now that the honeymoon is over there is no necessity for that scrupulous attention to dress, and the older married women commit an equally dangerous error by not continuing the old-time neatness and exquisite tidiness which was once so pleasing to their yoke-fellows. I therefore propose in this article, writes our New York correspondent, to discuss the dress of woman us a wife, as man’s constant companion, or even as Petruchio calls her: “My goods, my chattels, my house and my household stuff.” At any rate, call her by any name you choose, the unwritten law of the world puts her in the man’s house not merely as Petruchio terms it as “household stuff,” but. as an ornament, a gracious figure, a being full of sympathy and comfort and counsel. The sagacious woman above all things knows that man wants tho world to think well of liis wife. As a rule, the well-dressed woman has no greater admirer than her husband. Hence should she ho, of all things in the world, most careful of her appearance as the priestess of the home sanctum. This is her way of showing that she appreciates his admiration. Most women look well in what are termed wrappers, deshabilles, and loose house gowns. In my first illustration I present for your thoughtful attention, maids as well as wives—for there never was a woman who had not at some time in her life an intent to marry—a charming loose houso gown made up in garnet velvet with coral dots. The fronts are double, tlio outer ones in velvet hanging loose, and having no gores; while the sides and back are fitted to the figure so as to make the train hang well. The Watteau

VELVET WRAPPER.

fold starts from the neck. It is made of a breadth of the stuff taken straight and let into the center seam at the back, which for this purpose must be opened for an inch or so below the waist line. The side breadths must be cut bias. The two back pieces should bo cut bias and be left as long as desired. The under fronts have a flaring collar which is also lined with the velvet. The surah front is sewed on one side to the lining, buttoned in the middle, and hooked on the other side. The passementerie girdle, coral and garnet, is also sewed on one side and hooked on the other. The straight collar has a chemisette sewed to the lining of the garment and closing at the back. The sleeves are double, those of velvet being cut straight, split up and lined with the coral surah. The undersleeves ' are puffed, and have a frill falling over the hand. Both sleeves are sewed at the same time in the armhole seam. The entire robe is lined with white satinette or thin silk, which must have two flounces with machinesealloped edges. Another lovely loose house gown will be found in my second illustration, of an entirely different style and possibly more likely to call forth a fuller chorus of plaudits than the velvet wrapper, in that it is younger. It is strange what an instinctive dread of old age there is in a woman’s nature. It is partly the men’s fault, however, for there is no reason in the world why the middle-aged

CREPE DE CHINE HOUSE ROBE.

woman should be pushed aside. True, some wine sours, instead of becoming mellow, and oftentimes it Is not the fault of the wine itself, but of the atmosphere to which it was exposed. Well, to return to this exquisite garment, which at a glance appeals to your love of graceful drapery, I may say in a word that the material is a crepe do chene of hydrangea tone, made up with an embroidered front of old white watered silk, having a few folds at the side hidden by the sash belt of blue velvet. This ribbon passes through an opening

XE swallow will not make a summer, nor will one smile make a happy home. Happiness is only to be had in tills world by wrestling i F or it in the way )acob wrestled with [die angel until he got a blessing from the celestial messenger. Drd ss. though you may riot think so, is very intimately connected with human happi-

As the great majority of homes fall within the category of modest ones, it behooves the lady of the manse to exercise economy with regard to dress, and make the hard-earned dollar go as'fur as possible. In view of this fact, I recommend to your notice the sleeveless velvet casaque which you may wear over any dress and thus often impart to it a look of newness and tidiness. Black probably would be more likely to go with the largest number of dresses, but there are neutral tones which harmonize with almost everything. These casaques are at present very modish, and, in addition to the fact that they are easily made and quite inexpensive, they are as a rule very becoming. If you wish to attain a little mere brilliant effect you may trim with fur and fit a plastron to your gown. It is at times quite astonishing how one of these sleeveless casaques will furbish up a ldst year’s dress and give the stamp of novelty. Skirts keep stubbornly to their plainness, but then it is a pla'nuess that calls for infinite skill to attain the right hang, fitting glovelike around waist and hips, and then, with an exquisite gradation, spreading out into a fullness that allows perfect freedom of movement. To think that it should ever come to this—to be told that a well-fit-ting skirt is more difficult to make than a well-fitting waist. A Milwaukee Arm deals in bicycles and pure maple sirup, two things that certainly ought to go fast.

and is fastened at the back under the collarette. The Watteau pleat is gathered at the neck and hides the opening of the gown. The sash is tied at the front, its long ends falling as indicated. The broad collar is of cream lace and runs into the crepe do chine jabot garnituring the fronts. The neck is cut out as shown and trimmed with a ruflle of white silk muslin scalloped. The sleeves are of crepe de chine, having three folds on the inner side, and are set off with a deep lace ruflle which falls in jabot stylo when the arm is lowered. A great mistake made by the young wife is that all tine feathers must be kept for public show, that anything is good enough for home wear, where as a rule you only meet your intimate friends. “They know that I have better dresses, if I only choose to wear them,” you will say; but let me ask this ingenious economist how sho thinks a shabbily dressed woman looks amid elegant or even ordinarily flue surroundings. Poor enough, I assure you; quite out of plaqe—in fact, a most disagreeable discord. “Keep thy house and thy house will keep thee," says an old proverb. Upon tills wise saw I would embroider a more modern motive —viz., respect thy house and others will respect it. I grant vou that a guest must needs lind something more than tine clothes in order to feel at h >n;o. A satin gown w Ith Pompadour figures of itself might furnish forth a very cold welcome, even admitting that it was garniturod with the warmest smiles. Men love good cheer, and good

RECEPTION DRESS.

cheer iB never more enjoyable than when presided oyer by a pretty woman appropriately gowned. in my third illustration you will see an exquisite little house dress, so graceful and becoming that it would almost have the effect of a liberal education on your husband, with particular stress on the word liberal. It'may be made up in many ways and with many combinations of tone and texture, but one very pretty way would be to select a ehevroned woolen displaying a harmony of lightgreen, cream, und black. The dress should bo cut umbrella style, by which I mean in narrow breadths and very bias at the top, so that the stripes of the material may join more and more at a point. You finish the bottom of the skirt with a black velvet ribbon about an inch and a half wide. The coreog •is of the same material, only the upper portion is covered with a gray silk muslin blouse-fashion, and falling a little over the corselet, which is made up of Byzantine gold material. It must be boned and made over a strong foundation and finished top ami bottom w'ith biuok velvet ribbon. On the lower side this ribbon is tied at the back and falls in long ends. The skirt is made deml-train and has very few pleats at the back. The cutout is gathered and there Is a narrow ribbon sewed under the head of the gathers and tied in front. There are double sleeves, the under one of the woolen material covered with puffed silk muslin. The puffed portion must bo cut straight and bo gathered top and bottom. The cuffs are of the same material as the corselet and have the same finish. A very useful garment for the privacy of the boudoir may be made up in plain or stamped flannels with lace garniture at the throat ami wrists. You will get an idea of what I mean by glancing at my last Illustration. As a rule, however, such negliges are hardly permissible in dining or living rooms, although with a little thought and moderate expenditure they may be made to assume quite a dressy and coquettish look. It all depends upon the wearer. It will be

FLANNEL NEGLIGE.

remembered that when tho messengers arrived to inform the Princess Victoria that she was Queen of England, that lady, then not much more than a girl in hor teens, had not yet risen, but springing oat,of bed and snatching up the first neglige that presented itself, she met the dignified ministers with such a charming grace and composure that they never once thought of her inappropriate toilet.

CATS AND DOGS.

CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT MANKIND'S FAVORITE PETS. Dogs Descended Variously From Coyotes, Wolves and Jackals— Cats Domesticated by the Ancient Egyptians. ‘•Cats and dogs have a varied ancestry,” said a naturalist to a Star writer. People commonly imagine that in speaking of dogs they are referring to a single species which Ims many varieties. But in reality the name is mereiy a conventional ono. under which are grouped in popular parlance all of the domes'looted caniihe. The North American coyote is in fact, much nearer to the greylioun 1, zoologically speaking, than the pug is. It is simply a wild dog. So is the wolf likewise. From just such wild types man’s faithful four-tooted friends are descended. “When Columbus discovered America ho found that the Indians possessed dogs. They were direct descendants of the wild coyotes of the plains. You can find a beautifully mounted group of ooyotos in a glass case at the National Museum—a male, female and young ono. Their resemblance to certain domesticated dogs is very striking. On the other hand, the Eskimo dog is derived from the wolf. Doubtless the first dogs which were trained to serve mankind were the jackals of Asia, which are to this dnv very intelligent and doeilo when turned. There was a kind of dog kept by the ancient Egyptians which was evidently obtained by breeding from a slenderly built species that is wild in Africa at the present time. “Wherever the ennidm , have boon found by'mtui the most docile of them have been transformed into domesticated dogs. Young ones were reared and bred from, the best tempered and most intelligent specimens being preserved from generation to generation, until finally tho beasts became gentle and affectionate servants. Spreading over Europe from Asia the human race brought with it the tallied progeny of the jackal, and from this original sourco are presumably derived most of the European breeds that uro best known to-day. By artificial selection mankind has actually boon able to create races of useful brutes.

“With eats the .ease is in some respects the same. The first people known to have domesticated them were the auoient Egyptians, on whose monuments representations of these animals are found its early us JfiOO B. C. It is on a tomb erected uho it 11100 I!. C. that, puss first appears unmistakably as a domesticated creature, being shown seated beneath u chair. In ancient Egypt the cat was an object of religious worship and was even an inmate of the temples There was actually a eat goddess named Buliastis, who wus always depicted as having a cut's baud. Behind the tempie dedicated to her at linui Hasson grout pits have ( beeit, found cmitauiing multitudes (if oat mummies. The out was also regarded as an embjcin of the sun, its eyes being supposed to vary in eolorwith tlio progress of that luminary through thp heavens. Likewise its eves were believed to undergo u change ouch lunar month, for which reason the beast was also sacred to the mo n.

“ Herodotus said that when a cut died a natural death in an Egyptian house tho occupants of the dwelling went into mourning nud shaved off their eyebrows, When a tiro ocourred they were more anxious to save the cat thun to extinguish tho conflagration. Nevertheless, in some parts of the same country cuts were regarded as unclean animals, for a creature which was considered sacred in one town was often viewed with horror as impure In a neighboring city. That was tho case with the crocodile in Egypt, which in some parts wus ruthlessly hunted and destroyed, while in others it was made a pot of, laden with gold onmmimts und waited upon by priests. “The ancient Egyptian cut wus the progeny of a species that is wild in that country to-day, being known as the seiiM municuiutu. This latter may lie Regarded ns the ancestor of nearly all existing pussies of domesticated varieties, its descendants were brought from Egypt to (ireece and llomo, whence they spread over Europe. When tlio Homans invaded Britain they found plenty of wild cuts in the woods, but the people owned no tuino ones. The felis muuiculntu is of a yellowish color, darkifr on the buck and whitish underneath, with obscure stripes on the body and a tail ringed toward tho end. "Cats are so common nowadays that people do not realize their value, although they would soon do so if they hud to get along 'without them fora while and suffer from tlio plague of vermin which would arrive through unrestricted multi ply Dig of tlio pests which the pussios destroy and drive away. So late as tho middle ages cals tvero comparatively source in Europe and were so highly prized that any person who killed one was obliged to pay u fine. This penalty sometimes required to he paid-in the shape of a pile of wheat big enough to cover tho slain animal when it was hold vertically by the tip of its tail, the nose touching the ground. “Conditions other than those of mere breeding seem to have much influence on the development of physical character iu cats. In one authenticated ease a tabby which hud lost her tail by having that appendage run over gave’ birth in her next litter to three stump-tailed kttteiis out of seven. The Manx cut is not the only tailless variety. In the Crimea is oiuid another kind of cut which lius no tail. The domesticated Malay eat lias a tail that is only about ono huff tho usual length and very often it is tied by nature in a sort of knot whicli cannot bo straightened out. It is said tliut in China there is a cat that has drooping ears, though 1 am not able to vouch for the truth us to that point. The Mombas cat of the west coast of Africa is covered with stiff, bristly hair. A Paraguay cat is only one-quarter as big as the ordinury cut of this part of tho world. It has a long body and short shiny hair. In South America there is a race of cats which do not know how to miuuow.”

Christening a Camp.

Thomus Egan has a special claim to the title of pioneer, since he came here in 1846. In 1848 lie settled down at Dry Diggings, now known os Placerville. A few days before Christmas, 1848, the name of Dry Diggings was changed summarily to Hangtown by a grim eircumstuuce. “A few days before Christmas," said he “Dry Diggings was surprised by u story told by a white-faced miner. While resting in his tent at uight five men entered. They decided to kill the minor if he showed uny sign of awakening. Therefore he lay perfectly still, and, out of the corner of his eye, watched the men pocketiug his precious gold dust. Next day the miner told his

story, tho IhioTes were arrested, tried before Judge Lynch, condemned first to be whipped and finally to bo hanged. I was present itfthe hanging of three of them. They were drawn on a team under a large oak tree. Hopes were placed around their nocks, a crowd below held the long ends, tho horses were lashed awny from the tree and tho next minute the three culprits were dangling in midair. “In this way wo ushered in Christmas . of '4S, and we agreed to change the name of tho camp to Hangtown. On Christmas eve a grand dance was given. One lady was present, an.! lucky .was the man who bail the good fortune to lend her in tho cotillon. \Yo laid a substantial supj>er of coffee, pork and beuns, ami very little beet.” —|PlaceriilleChronicle.

HEROISM REWARDED.

Female Convicts Bravely Rescued Drowning Citizens. On November 2 last there passed over tho Andaman Islands, the East Indian penal settlement, a oyolonewhioh caused immense damage to property and great loss of life. Ono or the places which suffered extensively from the gale was Port Blair, the principal port of the islands. Lyiug off this port on that day was tlie steamer Enterprise, belonging to the East Indian murine and used principally for convoying prisoners and provisions and supplies to the islands. The Enterprise was caught by the oyolono with her anchors down and no steam up. In a short time sho was a total wreck. !She had a crow of eightytiiroo officers and men, and one by one they were swept by tho rushing scoa from the places they had sought for safety and found their death in the wild waters about them. There were no life-saving appliances at Port Blair, and though tlio wreck was soon by'tho officials and a number of the convicts, it was seemingly impossible for any effort to ho mado to save the unfortunates from tho wreck. Among thoso who were watching wore a number of fenutle convicts, who had huddled tinder tho leo of tlioir prison walls to escape tho fury of tho gale, which was blowing with such violence that it was impos- - iblo for a human being to stand against it. While the men stood silently by watching tho struggles of the drowning men one of the women proposed to soino of her follow convicts that they try to rescue some of the drowning seamen. Her proposition was that some of the convicts should get to the shoro und there form u human life line from the bench out into tho sea. The inpouring sens were thundering upon tho rocky shore with a violence that, seemed to shake the very earth. Nothing daunted, the female convicts, imoo thoy reached tho shore, linked hands, and their leader, followed by her equally brave sisters, plunged into tho sea to save a man who could he seen struggling helplessly in the water. Tho women were dashed from their foot at tlioir first, attempt and hurled violently upon tlio shore. Again they clasped each other's hands and again they sprung undauntedly into tho raging waters. This time they were more successful ami the leader grasped the drowning umn. Thou they turned und tho almost dead sailor was carried safely to tho shore. Iu this way they rescued nix men. The remainder of the crew perished. The officials at Fort Blair mado a report, of the affair to the Indian government. und no a result it, was announced that tho leader of (lie gallant hand would ho released from imprisonment, and that tlie terms for which the others had boon sentenced would be very materially shortened.—[New York Herald.

Iron Pipes and Rusting.

A simple and economical way of tarring sliool iron pipes, tokeep them from rusting, is as follows: The sections as imnlo should be coated with ti coal tar and then filled with light wood shavings, and tlio latter set on tiro. It is declared that tlie effect of this troutmont will bo to render tlie i/on practically proof against rust for an indefinite period, rendering future pain ing unnecessary, in proof of tliis assertion, the writer cites tho example of a chimney of sheet iron erected in lHliti, and which, through being treated us lie describes, is us bright and sound to-day as when erected, though it bus never lmd a brushful of paint applied to it since. It is suggested that by strongly heuting the iron after the tar is laid on tlio outside, tlie latter is literally burned into the metal, closing the pores and rendering it rust proof in a far more complete manner than if tho tur itself was first made hot and applied to cold iron, according to the usual practice. it is important, of course, that the iron should not lie made too but, or kept too hot for too long a time, lest the tur should be burned off’. Hence tho direction for the use of light shill ings iusteud of uny other means of heating.—[Scientific American.

Destruction of Germs in Water.

The sterilizing of water is cusily accomplished by keeping it at or near the boiling point for fifteen minuets; five minutes beat is sufficient to destroy all harmful micro-organisms; still less time suffices to destroy the disoase-produclng \ urietios which are recognized as liable to occur in water. Thus, merely raising to the boiling point a clear water containing the micro-organisms of malarial disorders,typhoid, cholera, diphtheria, or of suppurative processes, and allowing it to gradually cool, iusuros the destruction of these germs; they are also destroyed by keeping the water for from a quarter to half an hour ut a teniperaturo of 170 degrees F., though occasionally very resistant but harmless bacteria may get into water. The brief heating, however, renders them safe for drinking purposes; but when it is desired to destroy every micro-organism that may be present in a contaminated water, it is to bo heuted for one hour, and allowed to cool s'owly, whon it may be used for cleansing wounds or for alkaloidal solutions.—[Boston Cultivator.

Mending a Broken Ship.

The steamer Castlemaine, lad, n with 1400 tons of wheat, was wrecked while entering one of tho English ports, the hull subsequently breaking apart amidships. After removing the cargo, temporary bulkheads were erected in each half of the hull, the water was pumped out and the two parts were towed into port. Apart from the breakage of the hull there was little damage done, and it is proposed to join the sundered portions and repair the ship.—[Philadelphia Record. Near Caspar, Wyoming, a valuable vein <y coal has been iouiuf fust beneath tile grass roots.