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‘ and otiered to get leave of absence for you THE aluminium-inn. By Mark Twain. The moment the usual civilities were! over, Hastings caught sight of me, and came- straight w1th cordially outstrechod hand; then stopped short when about to shake, and said with an embarrassed look : “I beg your pardon, sir, I thought I knew you.” “ W by, you do know me, old fellow.” “ No I Are you theâ€"theâ€"” “ Vest-pocket monster? I am, indeed. Don’t be afraid to call me by my nickname - I’m used to it.” ’ “ Well, well, well, this is a surprise. once or twice I’ve seen your name coupled with the nickname, but it never occurred to me that you could be the Henry Adams re- l ferred to. Why, it isn’t six months since you were clerking away for Blake Hopkins in Frisco on a salary, and sitting up nights on an extra allowance, helping me arrange and verify the Gould and Curry Extension papers and statistics. The idea. of your being in London, and a vast millionaire, and a colossal celebrity l Why, it’s the Arabian Nights come again. Man, I can’t take it in at all ; can’t realize it ; give me time to settle the whirl in my head.” i “ The fact is, Lloyd, you are no worse off than I am. I can’t realize it myself.” “ Dear me, it is stunning, now is 11’!) it ? l Why, it ’s just three months to-day since ’ we Went to the Miners’ restaurantâ€"3‘ “ No ; the What Cheer.” ' . ' “ Right, it was the What Cheer ; went' there at two in the morning, and had a chop and coffee after a hard six hours’ grind over those Extension papers, and I tried to per- suane you to come to London with me, and pay all your expenses, and give you somethiugrover if I succeeded in making the sale ; and you would not listen to me, said I wouldn’t succeed, and you could n’t afford to lose the run of busin es and be no end of time getting the hand of things again when you got back home. And yet here you are. How odd it all is ! How did you happen to come, and whatever did give you this incredible start?’ - “ Oh, just an accident. It’s a long I story-a romance, a body may say. I ‘ll tell you all about it: but not now. ” “W hen Y” “ The end of this month.” “ That’s more than a. fortnight yet. It’s too much of a strain on a person’s curiosity. Make it a week.” “ I can’t. You ’ll know why, by and by. But how ’s the trade getting along ‘2” His cheerfulness vanished like a breath, mad he said with a sigh : “ You were a true prophet, Hal, 9. true prophet. I wish I had n’t come. I don’t want to talk about it.” _“ But you must. You must come and stop With me tonight, when we leave here, and tell me all about it." ' “ Oh, may I? Are you in earnest ‘2” and the water showed in his eyes. “ Yes ; I want to hear the whole story, every word.” _ “ I ’m so grateful ! Just to find a human interest once more, in some eye, in me and affairs of mine, after what I ’ve been through hereâ€"lord ! I could go down on my knees for it !” He gripped my hand hard, and braced up, and was all right and lively after that for the dinnerâ€"which didn’t come off. No ; _the usual thing happened, the thing that is , always happening under that vicious and ag- precedence could n’t' be settled, and so there was no dinner. Englishmen always eat din- ' ner before they go out to dinner, because . they know the risks they are running ; but nobody ever warns the stranger, and so he walks placidly into the trap. Of course nobody was hurt this time, because we had all been to dinner, none of us being novices except Hastings, and be having been informed by the minister at the time that he invited him that in deference to the English custom he had not provided any dinner. Everybody took a lady and processioned down to the dining room, because it is usual to go through the motions; but there the dispute began. The Duke of Shorcditch wanted to take precedence, and sit at the head of the table, holding that he outrank- ed a minister who represented merely a nation and not a monarch ; but I stood for my rights, and refused to yield; In the gossip column I ranked all dukes not royal, j and said so, and claimed precedence of this one. It couldn’t be settled, of course, struggle as we might and did, he finally! (and injudiciously) trying to play birth and j antiquity, and I “seeing” his Conqueror' and “raising” him with Adam, whose direct posterity I was, as shown by my gravating English systeni--â€"tlie matter of name, while he was of a collateral branch, _ as shown by his, and by his recent Norman origin ; so we all processioned back to the j drawingroom again and had a perpendic~ ular lunchâ€"plate of sardines and a straw i berry, and you group yourself and stand up and eat it. Here the religion of prece- dence is not so strenuous ; the two persons . of highest rank chuck up a shilling, the one I that wins has first go at his strawberry, and i the loser gets the shilling. The next two chuck up, then the next two, and so on. After refreshment, tables were brought, and we all played cribbage, sixpence a game. The English never play any game for amuse- ment. If they can’t make something or lose somethingâ€"they don’t care whichâ€"they I won’t play. We had a. lovely time ; certainly two of us liagl, Miss Langham and I. I was so be- witched with her that I couldn’t count my I hands if they went above a double sequence; v and when I struck home I never discovered it, and started up the outside row again, and would have lost- the game every time, only the girl did the same, she being in just my condition, you see; and consequently neither of us ever got out, or cared to won- der why we didn’t wish to know'anything else, and didn’t want to be interrupted. . And I told her~â€"-I did iiideedâ€"â€"t01d her I] loved her, and sheâ€"well, she blushed fill her hair turned red, but she liked it; she said she did. Oh, there was never such an evening! Every time I pegged I put on a postscript ; every time she pegged she ac- , knowledged receipt of it, counting the hands the same. Why, I couldn’t even say , “Two for his heels ” without adding, “My, l how sweet you do look i” and she would sayJ “Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen six, and ii pair are eight, and eight are sixteenâ€"do you think 50?”â€"--peeping out aslant from ‘under her lashes, you know, so sweet and cunning. Oh, it was just too-too ! Well, I was perfectly honest and squareE With her ; told her I hadn’ta centin the worldj l. â€"-I but just the million-pound note she ’d heard so much talk about, and it did n’t belong to me ; and that started her curiosity, and then I talked low, and told her the whole history right from the start, and it nearly killed her, laughing. What in the nation she could find to laugh about, I could ii’t see, but there it was; every half minute some new detail would fetch her, and I would have to stop as much as a minute and a half to give her a chance to settle down again. Why, she laughed herself lame, she (lid’lndced ; I never saw anything like it. I mean I never saw a painful storyâ€"a story ofa person’s troubles and worries and fearsâ€"produce just that kind of effect be- fore. So I loved her all the more, seeing she could be so cheerful when there was 11’!) anything to be cheerful about; for I might soon need that kind of wife, you know, the > way things looked. Of course I told her we should have to wait a couple of years, till I could catch up on my salary : but she did :n’t mind that, only she hoped I would be as careful as possible in the matter of expenses and not let them run the least risk of trench- ing on our third year’s pay. Then she began to get a little worried, and wond- lered if we were making any mistake, and- starting the salary on a. higher figure for the first year than I would get. This was good sense, and it made me feel a. little less confident than I had been feel- ing before ; but it gave me a good idea, and I brought it frankly out. “ Portia, dear, would you mind going with me that day, when I confront those old gentlemen ‘3” She shrank a little, but said : “N-o ; if my being with you would help heartcn you. Butâ€"~would it be quite prop- er, do you think ‘5” “No, I don’t know that it would ; in fact I’m afraid it would n’t : but you see, there’s so much dependent upon it thatâ€"” " Then I’ll go anyway, proper or improp- er,” she said, with a beautiful and onerous enthusiasm. “ Oh, I shall be so happy to think I’m helping." " Helping, dear 2’ \Vhy, you ’ll be doing it all. You’re so beautiful and so lovely and so winning, that with you there I can pile our salary up till I break those good old fellows, and they’ll never have the heart to Struggle. ” Sho ! you should have seen the rich blood mount, and her happy eyes shine ! “- You wicked flatterer ! There is n’t a word of truth in what you say, but still I’ll go with you. Maybe it will teach you not to expect other people to look with your eyes.” Were my doubts dissipated? Was my confidence restored? Yen may judge by this fact ; privately I raised my salary to twelve hundred the first year on the spot. But didn’t tell her ; I saved it for a sur- prise. All the way home. I was in the clouds. Hastings talking, I not hearing a word, When he and I entered my parlor, he brought me to myself with my fervent ap- preeiations of my manifold comforts and luxuries. “Let me just stand here a little and look my fill ! Dear me it ’s a. palace ; it ’5 just a palace ! And in it everything a. body could desire, including cozy coal fire and supper standing ready. Henry, it doesn’t mere- ly make me realize how rich you are; it makes me realize, to the bone, to the mar- row, how poor I amâ€"how poor I am, and how miserable, how defeated, routed, anni- hilated l” Plague take it! this language gave me the cold shudders} It scared me broad awake, and made me comprehend that I was standing on a half-inch crust, with a crater underneath. I didn’t know I had been dreamingâ€"that is, I hadn’t been al- leaving myself to know it for a while back ; but nowâ€"oh, dear! Deep in debt, not a cent in the world, a. lovely girl’s happiness or W18 in my hands, and nothing in front of me but a salary which might neverâ€"oh, would neverâ€"materialize ! Oh, oh, oh, I am ruined past hope ; nothing can save me 2 “Henry, the mere u'nconsidered drippings of your daily income wouldâ€"-” “Oh, my daily income I Here, down with this hot Scotch, and cheer up your soul. Here’s with you ! Or, 110â€" you ’re hungry ; sit down and-â€"” “Not a bite for me : I’m past it. I can’t eat, these days ; but I’ll drink with you till I drop. Come l” ' “Barrel for barre], I’m with you ! Ready ‘2 Here we go ! Now, then, Lloyd, unrecl your story while I brew.” “Unrcel it? What, again ‘1" “Again? \Vhat do you mean by that?” “\Vhy, 1 mean do you want to hear it over again?” . “Do I want to hear it over again? This is a puzzler. \Vait ; don’t take any more of that liquid. You don’t need it.” “Look here, Henry, you alarm me. Did n’t I tell you the whole story on the way here?” “You ’1” “Yes, I.” “I’ll be hanged if I heard a word of it.” “Henry, this is a serious thing. It troubles me. What did you take up yonder at the minister’s '2” ' Then it flashed on me, and I owned up, like a. man. “I took the :learcst girl in this worldâ€"â€" prisoner !” So then he came with a rush, and we shook, sud shock, and shook till our hands ached ; and he didn’t blame me for not having heard a word of a story which had lasted while we walked three miles. He just sat down then, like the patient, good fellow ho was, and told it all over again. Synopsized, it- amounted to this : He had come to England with what he thought was a grand opportunity : he had an “ option” to sell the Gould and Curry Extension for the “ locators” of it, and keep all he could get over a million dollars. He had worked hard, had pulled every wire he knew of, had left no honest expedient untried, had spent nearly all the money he had in the world, had not been able to get a. solitary capitalist to listen to him, and his option would run out at the end of the month. In a word, he was ruined. Then he jumped up and cried out : “Henry, you can save me 1 You can save me, and you’re the only man in the universe that can. .Will you do it Won't you do it ‘3” “ Tell me how. Speak out, my boy.” s -_.___.__..___â€"_____-â€"__.â€"â€"â€"â€"- I was in a kind of agony. I was right on the point of coming out with the words, “Lloyd, I’m a pauper myselfâ€"absolutely penniless, and in debt !” But‘witha white- but idea came flaming through my head. an'l I gripped my jaws together, and calmed myself down till I was as cold as a capita- list. Then I said, in a commercial and self- possessed way : “ I \villsavc you, Lloydâ€"” - “ Then I’m already saved ! (loll be mer- ciful to you forever ! If ever I-~â€"” “ Let me finish, Lloyd. I w.ll save you, but not in that way ; for that would not be fair to you, after your hard work, and the risks you’ve run. I don't need to buy mines; I can keep my capital moving, in a com- mercial center like London without that: it’s what I’m at, all the time ; t here is what I’ll do. I know all about t .at mine, of course ; I know its immense value, and can swear to it if anybody wishes it. 3.011 shall sell out inside of the fort-night for three millions cash, using my name freely, and we’ll divide, share and share alike.” Do you knew, he would have dancchtlie furniture to kindling-wood in his i'isane pay, and broken everything on the place, if I hadn’t tripped him up and tied him. . Then he lay there, perfectly happy, saying : “I may use your name ! Your name- think of it 1 Man, they’ll flock in droves, these rich Londoners ; they’ll fight for that stock 2 I’m a made man, I’m a made man forever, and I’ll never forget you as long as I live I” p In less than twenty-four hours London was abuzz -! I hadn’t anything to do, day after day, but sit at home, and say to all comers : “Yes; I told him to refer to me. . I know the man, and I know the mine. His character is above reproach, and the mine is worth far more than he asks for it.” Meantime I spent all my evenings at the minister’s with Portia. I didn’t say a word to her about the mine ; I saved it for a. surprise. W e talked salary : never any- thing but salary and love ; sometimes love, sometimes salary, sometimes love and salary together. And my ! the interest the minister’s wife and daughter took in our little affair, and the endless ingciiuities they invented to save us from interruption, and to keep the minister in the dark and unsus- piciousâ€"wcll, it was just lovely of them ‘. \Vhen the month was up, at last, I had a million dollars to my credit in the London and County Bank, and Hastings was fixed in the same way. Dressed at my level best, I drove by the house in Portland Place, judged by the look of things that my birds Were home again, went on toward the minister’s and got my precious, and we started back, talking salary with all our might. She was so excited and anxious that it made her just intolerany beautiful. I said: “Dearie, the way you're looking it’s a crime to strike for a salary a single penny under three thousand a year.” “Henry, Henry, you’ll ruin us !” “Don’t you be afraid. Just keep up these looks and trust to me. It’ll all come out right.” So as it turned out, I had to keep bolster- ing up her courage all the way. She kept: pleading with me, and saying: “Oh, please remember that if we ask for too much we may get no salary at all ; and then what will become of us, with no way in the world to earn our living ‘2" “’e were ushered in by that same servant, and there they were, the two old gentlemen. Of course they were surprised to see that wonderful creature with me, but I said : ' “It’s all right gentlemen ; she is my future stay and helpmafe.” And I introduced them to her, and called them by name. It didn’t surprise them ; they knew I would know enough to consult the directory. They seated us, and were very polite to me, and very solicitous to relieve I her from embarrassment, and put her as much at her case as they could. Then I said : “Gentlemen, I am ready to report.” “We are glad to hear it,” said my man, “for now we can decide the bet which my brother Abel and I made. If you have won for me, you shall have any situation in my gift. Have you the million-pound note ‘1” “Here it is, sir,” and I handed it to him. “I’ve won !” he shouted, and slapped “Yes ; he’s my steppapa, and the dearch one that ever was.» You. understand now. don’t you, why I was able to laugh when you told me at the minister’s, not knowing my relationships, what trouble and worry papa‘s and Uncle Abel’s scheme was givmg on ‘2' . y Of course I spoke right up, now, without any fooling, and went straight to the point. “Oh, my dearest dear sir, I want_to take. back whatI said. You have got asituation open that I want.” “Name it. ” “Son~in-law.” “Well, well, well! But you know, if you haven’t ever served in that capacity, you of course can’t furnish recommendations of a sort to satisfy the conditions of the contract and so--â€"-” “I‘ry meâ€"oh, do, I beg of you! Only just try me thirty or forty years, and ifâ€"’ “Oh, well, all right ; it’s but a little thing to ask. Take her along.” Happy, we too? There ’rc not .words enough in the unabridged to describe it. And when London got the whole history, a day or two later, of my month’s adventures with that bank-note, and how they ended, did London talk, and have agood time? Yes. My I’ortia’s papa took that friendly and hospitable bill back to the Bank of England and cashed it; then the Bank canceled it and made him a present. of it, and he gave it to us at our wedding, and it has always hung in its frame in the sacredest place in our home, ever since. For it gave me my Portia. But for it I could not have remain- ed in London, would not have appeared at the minister‘s, never should have met her. And so I always say, “Yes, it’s a million- pounder as you see ; but it never made but one purchase in its life, and then got the article for only about a tenth part of its value.” -â€"[’l‘he Century. W English Railroad Rates. ’ There is sullicicnt evidence to show that Engliin railway rates, if they have not been so high as to interfere with the natural de- velopment of a trade that has in past years enjoyed redundant prosperity, have at any rate been notably higher than the average rates charged on foreign railways. And not only‘so, but while the rates on other systems have been more or less reduced of late years, English railway rates have re- mained comparatively unaltered. Reductions have, no doubt, been made here and there, and in some cases over a. considerable area, but the railway com- panies adhere to their established principle of charging as much as the traffic will bear, which means in a good many instances fully as much as they can get compatiny with keeping the traffic alive. It is this admit- ted practice which has led to a species of revolt on the part of large bodies of traders, which has evolved the Manchester Ship Canal, and which has now for many years past threatened the evolution of other canals designed to provide transport between the Midlands and the sea, as well as the revival of the whole canal system of the country, in active competition with railway lines. The railways again plead the high efficiency of the service they render, and for this, no doubt, they are entitled to all praise, but, to use an apliorism of the late Lord Beacons- field, you are not likely to allay the pangs the traders cannot afford to pay for them ‘2 lThe marginlavailable for railroad freight and for profits is a constantly diminishing one in all industries alike, and in many cases traders can hardly afford a. lialf< penny ton-mile rate, where twice that amount would have been little felt a few years ago. The exploitation of manufac~ turiug capital and technical knowledge is re- ceiving a smaller return, while that of the means of distribution appears to suffer no diminution. It is not unnatural under these condi- tions, that the traders should have become dissatisfied, and should have insisted, as they did, upon Parliament seriously grap- pling with the whole question of railway powers and charges, with a view to mak- ing rough places plain and crooked paths straight. ._...___._o.._._._. NB ELY 300 PERISHBD. ".- Abel on the back. “Now what do you say, Russian Convicts on the Way In Siberia brother?” “I say he did survive, and I’ve lost (Wei-taken by a Snowstorm. Details have been received at St. Peters- tweuty thousand pounds, I. never would burg of a. sad loss of life among a- band of have believed it. “ I’ve a further report to make,” I said, “ and apretty long one. I want you to let me come soon, and detail my whole month’s history ; and I promise you it’s worth hearing. Meantime, take a look at that.” “ What, man ! Certificate of deposit for £200,000 ? Is it yours ‘3" “ Mine. I earned it by thirty day’s judicious use of that little loan you let me have. And the only use I made of it was to buy trifles and offer the bill in charge. ” “ Come, this is astonishing ! It’s incredi- ble, man i” ' “Never mind, I’ll prove it. Don’t take l my word unsupportei .” But now l’ortia’s turn was come to be sur- prised. Her eyes were spread Wide, and she said : “ Henry, is that really your money ‘3 Have you been flbbing to ire ‘3” ‘ “ I have indeed, dcaric. But you’ll for. give me, I know.” . She put up an arch pout, and said : “ Don’t you be so sure. You are a naughty thing to deceive me so 1" "â€"011, you’ll get over it, sweetheart, you’ll get over it ; it was only fun, you know. Come, let’s be going.” “ But wait. wait ! The situation, you know. I want to give you the situation," said my man. “ Well,” I said, “I’m just as grateful as I can be, but really I don't want one.” “ But you can have the very choicest one in my gift.” “' ‘hanks again, with all my heart ; but I don’t even want that one.” “ Henry, I’m ashamed of you. You don’t half thank the good gentleman. May I do it for you '1” ' “ Indeed you shall, dear, if you can im- prove it. Let us see you try." She walked to my man, got up in his lap, put her arm around his neck, andkissedhim right on the mouth. Then the two old gen- tlemen shouted with laughter, but I was dumfounde'l, just petrified, as you may say. Portia said : Papa, he has said you haven’t a situation in your gift that he’d take ; and I feel just “ (live me a million and my passage home as hurt 115â€"” for my ‘optiou ’ !- Don't. don’t refuse l” “My darling lâ€"is that your papa?” convicts bound for the prisons of Siberia. The band numbered in all three hundred and seventydour persons, including a large number of persons sentenced to exile for political crimes. In accordance with the custom the convicts were marching to their various destinations. They had spent the night in Tomsk, Western Siberia, and con- tinued their journey early in the morning. A snowstorm was prevailing, and when six liours’ march from Tomsk the storm had become so severe that all the roads were obliterated. Chained together, the convicts struggled on until gradually the weaker ones fell in the deep snow, dragging the stronger ones down with them. Despite the efforts of the Cossack guards the exhausted people could make no attempt to save themselves and they were abandoned tolfreeze to death, while the others were driVen forward, those in charge of them hoping to get them in shelter. The storm continued to increase in violence, and the travelling became worse and worse. N ow and then prisoners would drop by the wayside, where they would soon be covered by the rapidly falling and drifting snow. When the guards managed to get what few remained of their charges to a. placo of safety they found that of the 374 persons they had started with only 91 survived. Sixty two of those whohad per- ished were political prisoners. Among those lost were Madame Lazarov, six other wom- en,_and four children. of hunger by regaling your guest with a bottle of Maraschino. Of what use are these unique facilities if So as to Know What You Take- The Berlin police have adopted a common- sense method of dealing 'with persons who advertise harmful and poisonous prepara- tions for sale, which has the merit of not putting in motion the tardy and uncertain machinery of the law. Immediately be- neath the objectionable advertisement they publish the announcement that the prepara. tion above named has been analyzed and is found to consist of such and such a composi- tion, its intrinsic value being so much. In .1 “'omim One orIlie Sufferers ofa Month *5 Hardship on the Pacific. Capt. Peterson of the bark Lady Lampsou, his wife, and five seamen arrived in Honolu- lu recently in an emaciated condition. They came in an open boat only eighteen feet long, and -reported that they had been' twenty-eight days tossing about on the Paci- fic. While the occiipants of the frail craft were not entirely without provisions during their long battle with the elements, the ef- fects of short commons and lack of sleep and shelter were palpably apparent. Mrs. Peterson, who was clad in a thin black gown,was worn nearly to a shadow, and her strength failed her completely as she was lifted from the boat and taken to an hotel.‘ . . The men were sunburned, leaden eyed, and-listless.» Their heads drooped, and it was with difficulty that they would be got to speak, but Capt. Peterson told in a few words that the Lady Lampson had been wrecked at night on a reef near Talmyra Island when forty-four days out from Syd- ney, and the crew were compelled to take to the boats. He was very weak, arid. spoke in a whisper, afg‘ the same time beg- ging that his wife be taken where she could get nourishment and a little rest. The Kanakas lent willing hands to help the waifs of the ocean into hacks and car- riages,and they were quickly driven to where they could command attention. The little boat in which they had journeyed over 1,000 miles became an object of interest for hundreds of people. It was partly deckpd with canvas,and strips of the same material. had been stretched above the gunwale on either side to prevent her, being swamped. In the boat were a couple of nearly empty water kegs and a small quantity of biscuit and canned goods. - “I haven’t had my clothes off for twenty- eight days,” said Capt. Peterson when seen at the hotel. He was hollow-checked and unshaven and looked indeed' as if he had suffered both mentally and physically. “The Lady Lampson,” he said, “ was from Sydney, and we were bound to this port with 600 tons of coal for Wilder &, Co. We left Sydney last November and were forty- four days out when the Vessel struck. We had had bad weather near Fiji, having been in a hurricane for twenty-four hours, but after that we had fine north-east winds until we get near Palmyra Island, when the weather became dirty. It was 5:30 o’clock on the morning of Jan. 16 when we struck, I had not had an observation for two days. The night had been dark and stormy, but- the water was smooth then. I knew I was to the east of the island, and that there 'was a sunken reef somewhere around. I was on deck myself, and had two men on the lookout aloft. There is a strong westerly current there, and I guess we were going about five knots an hour with all sail set. i " Five minutes after she struck she be- gan to break up,a.nd I ordered the beats out We lowered the two boats. I took charge of one and First Mate Hairy Miller took the other. In my boat there were, besides my wife and myself, Second Mate C. Brown and Seaman .VV. Carloon (both Swedes), Cabin Boy W. Hayden of Liverpool, F. Veller the cook, who is a. German, and E. Everson, a Norwegian sailor. The mate's boat contained a German sailor named Sny- der, Oscar Maguersen, a Swede : J. Jorgen- sen, a German, and a. seaman named Mar- tin. “ We started from Palmyra Island in coma pany about 7 in the morning, having only five gallons of water for the two boats. The island is only forty miles from the reef, but the current and tide were so strong that we were trying for nine days to make headway against them, but couldn’t. We drifted to the westward, so I resolved to put back to the bark. We sudered greatly through want of water, and we had barely enough to moisten our tongues, which were swollen and dry. “ We found the bark settling down and the water washing over her, so we got aboard quickly and put some canned goods, biscuit, and water into the boats. We rig- ged the boats with canvas and then started again for Palmyra Island. \Ve tried for two days to make headway, but the heavy swell and wind baflled us. Thinking I would lose sight of the mate’s boat, I told him to steer for Honolulu, and I steered for here myself. \Ve lost sight of 'the other heat and have had heavy gales ever since. I have only had an hour’s sleep at a time (hiring the day, and have never lain down. At night the spray came over, wetting us all to the skin, and in the day we dried our clothes in the sun, if there was any. The men have been quiet and uncomplaining, even though on short allowance of food and water, and, thank goodness 1 we lostnobody from our boat. It was a terrible experi‘ ence. though, the worst I have met with during fourteen years of seafaring. “ After we passed the island of Maui we struck a storm and the boat half filled with water. We thought then it was all over after passing through so many other dan- gers, but we managed to bail her out and keep her right. The first vesscl we saw since we struck, twenty-eight days ago, was a steam schooner off Diamoan Head this morning. I hope the mate’s boat is safe, and if he steered to the eastward I think they are all right.” .-_._q’........_. ORUEL BUTCHERY. A Drunken )iiucr Murders llis “’ifo aml Sister-in-law, and Cuts :1 Bach A despateli from Albia, 1a., says :-â€"A shocking tragedy has just occurred at Hitc~ man, a mining town near this place. Will- ian'i Frazier was a drunken miner living with his wife and babe at Carbondalc. A few days ago, on account of Frazier’s drunken- ness, his wife, taking her babe, left him and went to Hiteman to stay with her sister, Mrs. Smith. On Monday evening Frazier came to this place and yesterday morning he went to Hiteman. He walked into the Smith house and without a word plunged a. knife into his wife’s heart, killing her almost instantly, Mrs. Smith, hearing the dis- turbance in the room, was coming from the kitchen, when Frazier, with the cry ofa demon, sprang upon her, driving his knife to the hilt in her breast. She died in a few minutes. Frazier then nearly severed one leg from the body of the child and cut it in other places. Frazier was captured two miles from here and lynched by a mob of this way lately was stopped the sale of a. miners. much-advertised cosmetic, the chief com- ponent of which was that deadly salt of mercury known as corroswe sublimate. l Beatricem“ No; 1 Madgeâ€"“ Do you prefer blonds men I" prefer old midlmvcry â€"[Chamber's Journal. 1 old and plenty of gold 1” PWBNTY-EIGHT DAYS IN A’s? 414,. - 1 season.” .