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J3 ' 9â€"-c\~é 0â€"6â€"0... â€" o - oâ€"oâ€"o~o-â€"oâ€"o * K i now an inherited fear_of man. A man 1 lupon horseback can ride under a tree 0 i on which a hawk is lodged without ‘ I Young FOlkS. lexciting it, while it would speedily fly OIlfrom a man walking. On horseback ’ l vI-o-oâ€"oâ€"o-o â€"o â€" oâ€"oâ€"o-o- 0â€" THAT BA l) TEDDY BROW'N. The wurstest boy i ever see 15 jes' that Teddy Brown. He's jes' as bad as he can be For 0”“ daft“? came down what is meant by “ steward f" John- To visit me awhile, un' play. ' ’ ' â€" ‘z ' ' a man that doesn't An' said our pa's an mas 11F A Ste“ ud 15 . . . . . . v . ___\Vh Jes' ive us t htn s on (,hrtstmas day, . mind his own busnness._ Teacher y, Aug th‘ ain't $10 Santy Claus. lwhere did you get that idea? John- ! ridges. Squirrels do not. show‘dreed of l horses or wttle. but by this time they all know man. Teacherâ€"Johnny, can you one can get near to a covey of part-t1 tell me ‘ nyâ€"\Vell, I looked it up in the dic- I hain't go'n' play with Teddy Browan tiongry, and it said: A man who at- l'tl like to well-as not. But. he says Sanly can't come down A t'hlrnbly like we got. An' he says how would his sleigh go. Last Christmas time, because There wasn't “then a speck o' snow? So th' ain’t no Santy Claus. He's jes' the wurstest boy I guess That ever was, un' I Hain't go'n' to play with him. but es’ Go] on an' pass him by; So'd you, of you could hear him say That jee’ our pa's and ma’s _ \Vlll give us things on Christmas . day An' th' ain’t no Santy Claus. Toll-311's LUNCH. It was a very nice lunch to begin with. and if you could have peeped tn- to Tommy Brown's tin dinner pail. I , knew that you would have said so too. There were sandwiches. filled with minced chicken, a generous piece of sugar gingerbread, a custard baked in a blue and white cup, and a bright red apple, and as Tommy saw all the nice things being packed in by his mother. he thought that they looked very ap- petizing, and that. he should enjoy them very much at recess time. for he was always pretty hungry by then; but that lunch was fated to meet with many mishaps. In the first place. Tommy was so busy working on his snow-man that he did not come in to get ready for school until the very last minute. and then he had to hurry so. he forgot his lunch altogether. until he had got part way down the street. ,So he had to come back. and that made him later, and he started to run. when he stub- bed his toe. and down he went, and the cover come off the pail. and its con- tents rolled out into the snow; all but the custardâ€"fortunately that re- mained in the pail. and Tommy hastily brushed the snow from the sandwiches and gingerbread, rubbed up the apple. put. them in his pail. and started on the run once more. but, when he came to Mr. Allen's house, out rushed Don. Now Don and Tommy were great friends. and many a romp and tumble they had had together, so. when Don saw Tommy running along. swrugtng the tin pail. he thought it an invitation to join in a. race. and friaked and jumped about till soon they were all down in a heap again, only this time. before Tommy could pick himself and his lunch up, Don had eaten the sand- wiches and the custard was upside down. Tommy- managed to save m05t of it. however. and 'the gingerbread and apples. and leaving Don looking after him with wistful face. hurried along for school. where he finally ar- rived late. hot and breathless, and put what remained of his lunch safely away. As recess time drew near he began to feel hungry. as usual, and regretted the sandwiches. though he was very glad that he still had the gingerbread and apple. which he thought would taste good. But, alas! when he open- ed his pail he found that that last tumble must have broken the cup. for the custard had all leaked out and soaked into the gingerbread, till it was impossible to tell which was which and he scattered it out on the ground for the sparrows; so there was nothing left but the apple and Tommy did not get much of that either. for he gave four bites away and he had already promised the core to a boy who had given him one the day before. It. seemed a long. long time to Tommy before the closing bell rang. and then he hurried home as quickly as he could. and when he told his mother about his lunch. she thought that he ought to have. not only an extra big dinner. but also a second helping of pudding. an opinion with which Tommy fully agreed. BEASTS AND BIRDS. One rarely finds in the woods or fields the dead body of a wild animal. as such carcasses are soon devoured. although the bones may often be seen. Everything preys on something else; the wounded. the old. and the sick speedily fall into the power of their enemies. The creatures can scarcely find any place so secluded as to be se- cure: the hurt bird sees the shadow of the hawk as it soars with keen eye, looking for its prey. Day and night the birds and boasts prowl about. and the dull of sense. feeble. and aged meet speedy destruction. How much do the wild animals know of death? It is impossible to say. yet two things are certain; they have a four of it. and they understand how to kill each other expertly. They know the right place to bite on enemy. Their object in killing is generally to obtain food: but one animal does not attempt to bite a piece of food out of another living creature: it aims to kill first. and then to act. The wild creatures. fiona within the re- thicklv peopled by men. have tends to the affairs of others." ‘ FUNNIGRAMS. _â€" Jttckâ€"l‘m in an awful dilemma. Dick â€"Eng:tged to two girls, I suppose. Jackâ€"No, to one. Susieâ€"Papa, what makes a man al- ways give a woman a diamond engage- ment ring? Her Fatherâ€"The woman. Preachleighâ€"Do you think 1 exhaust- ed the subject in my sermon .1 Peach- leigh-Wcllâ€"erâ€"l don‘t see how it could have escaped. Mrs. Newedâ€"VVas I nervous, dear, during the ceremony? Her Friendâ€"- \Vell, atrifle at first, darling, but not after \Villiam had said "yes." Heâ€"He that courts and runs away, will live to court another day. She-â€" But he that courts and does not wed may find himself in court instead. What is the brink of war, pal The brink of war? Well, it is the feeling which seems to exist all the time be- tween Bridget and your mother. Brief Dictionaryâ€"A flirt, broadly speaking, is any woman who is attrac- tive enough to be opposed to marryâ€" ing, without being thereby any less likely to marry. Mrs. Youngishâ€"Oh, Bob, what shall I do? Baby is crying because I won't let him pull all the fur off my new muff. Mr. Youngishâ€"\Vell, that’s all right. Give him the catl The Effects of VVar.-â€"Johnny, underâ€" neathâ€"I‘ve got ernuffl Let me up, will yer? Eddie, on topâ€"1f yer’ll gimme yer jack-knife an‘ ten marbles fer an indemnity, I’ll declare peace. Wastedâ€"This is not' the ordinary campaign, cigar, Dennis. These are ten-centers, straight. Take ahandful. Thanky, Mr. Outfort, I’d vote fur you if 1 voted fur anybody, but I furgot to register. His W'ifeâ€"W'hy don’t you go to the doctor and find out just ,what you ought to eat and what you ought to avoid? Dyspepticâ€"Oh, 1 know all that now. I ought to eat everything I don’t like and avoid everything I do. Far \Vorse.â€"â€"Sniggletonâ€"-I‘m in trouâ€" bleâ€"My landlady told me I‘d have to settle up or leave. Giggletonâ€"- Why, you’re in luck, old fellow. I'm in a worse fix than that. My landlady told {no I’d have to settle up before I could eave. Two of a Kindâ€"Husband, at the breakfast-tableâ€"Oh, for some of the bis- cuits my mother used to make. \Vifc, sweetlyâ€"I’m sorry you haven‘t got them, dear. They would be just about stale enough by this time to go well with that remark. Mrs Greenâ€"I hear that Sarah Jun- son is going to get a divorce from her husband. Mrs. Brownâ€"Yes; and I don’t blame lter one mite. He‘s a monster. Would you believe- it, he actually used one of her golf sticks for a poker the other morning ? It was a wild day in the Cortes. I ask you how, demanded the minister- ial Deputy, driven to a frenzy by the assaults of the opposition, we are to curtail, running expenses? Don’t run so muchl shouted a Carlist Deputy. And amid cries of Viva Espanal the session closed. Pa‘s Experienceâ€"Say, pa, queried Willie the other morning while pre- paring his geography lesson, how many motions has the earth? I don't know, Willie, replied the fond parent as be bound a towel soaked in iceâ€"water about his throbbing brow, but they're numerous, quite numerous. These two converted savages were speaking of a third; nothing is to be gained by repeating names here. He'd sell his soul for a dollar! exclaimed one. And that‘s ‘way below-cost, if there‘s any truth in the statistical re~ ports of missionary expenditures! re- plied the other, evidently much dis- llll'l)ed. lt‘s Wonderful, said the credulous man, simply marvellous! Have you been to see that fortune~teller again? Yes. Don't you think most of those people are animated by purely mercenary mo- tive. : This one isn‘t. Just think of his being willing to go on telling for-'â€" tunes at a dollar apiece. when he could give himself a tip on a horse race or a lottery drawing and get everlast- ingly rich inside of twenty-four hours. ‘ Remarkable Coincidence.â€" Somehow l‘m awfully stupid toâ€"night, remark- ed young Borum, languidly. lb;- other evening. . Indeed you- arc. wtnrted Miss Cutting. somewhat impulsix ~ly, Do you retile mean that! asked the young men in surprise. l,_morcly en- dorsed your remarks; didn't you just now assert that you were stupid? she queried. Yes, but I only said so with- out thinking. And up to the time you Spoke of it, she replied, [only thought so without saying it. DANGEROUS WORK. The Government Looks Alter Hlm sharply l â€"Dttrerenr Classes arm-lush Pilots and t Then- Particular Services. ' “The pilot is a chapter in surprises " when you come to investigate him," ' says Leonard \V. Lillingston, writing on " The EngliSh Pilot,“ in Good W'ords. ," His home is not the rolling deep; he, ‘SDf'nds as much time in the railway train. And the men. at the top of the profession, make as much as $4,000 a - year. A pilot, who in a pilot, is so by exam- ination, the writer informs us. It is true that the unlicensed brum or hobâ€" ! bler plies in underband ways for hire, lbut: he has no recognized standingâ€" l more, he and those who employ him are [liable to prosecution. Broadly, avessel lentering a port must have a pilot, and ;the pilot must have earned the right, in the London district, to wear the metal button of Trinity House. Trinity House, the writer explains. life the nautical college or bureau of navigation, founded in the time of Henry VIII., and having in charge the lighting of the coast and the regulation of’ pilots. The classification of the pilot is a little intricate. There are inward pilâ€" ate and outward pilots, North Chanâ€" nel and South Channel pilots, exempt pilots and choice pilots. THE CHOICE PILOT is at the top of the profession, and if lucky may make his $4,000 a year. He llS chosen by the great steamship com- panies to take charge of their vessels only. From exceptional skill or oth- er personal reasons, he thus gets all the best work, that is the biggest vesâ€" sels and the longest distancesâ€"the charges are regulated by the draught of the vessel and the distance. The chief reason for the existence of the choice pilot is time saving. An ocean greyhound cannot afford to lie to at the pilot statioa till a man is avail- able to take her in. So the choice I pilot trains to Plymouth or Falmouth, where the vessel touches to land mails or passengers, goes on board, and she can then steam into port without stop- ping. For pilotage, with afew excep- tion, is compulsory. Before 1886 the choice pilot could tllke one vessel out and bring another back, and there were men among them earning more than $5,000, a year. This state of things was so obviously unfair to the ordin- ary pilot that a regulation wasmade inhibiting men from asking charge on both " outward ” and " inward’ ves- vels. There are choice pilots at most of the important ports. The " exempt " pilot takes vessels ex- empted from compulsory pilotage. They are chiefly boats engaged in the North Channel coasting trade, and must have on board a captain or mate with apilâ€" otage certificate, which, however, ap- pears to be no guarantee of efficiency, or there would be no need for the “ ex- empt." North and South Channel pilots take out and bring in vessels on the North and South Roads respectively. Orfordnees is the pilot station on the north coast, D-ungencss on the south. THE IN‘VARD PILOT starts from either of these points and goes as far as Gravesend, the outward pilot starts from Gravesend. Each men return-s by train to his staring point. From Uravesc-nd to London Bridge is the domain of the river pilot. The boat in. which the pilot goes out to seek his customers varies accord- ing to the needs of the coast and the demand for his services. The steam cutters which ply off Dungeness are the best type, the cables of the Tyne the worst. The coble is only twenty feet long by five feet wide. It has no deck, 90 that those on board are exposed to all the fury of the weather. The Liverpool schooners are fine sea- worthy vessels. The largest ports are served chiefly by cutters. 'At Holy- head and on the Clyde they have lug- s’tiled boats, while at Greenock and Hartlepool they have tugs. There are rather more than 3,000 pil- ol-s on active service; each man is well known to the authorities. The confer- menl of a license involves the regis- tration of the most intimate details as to height, complexion. weight and general appearance. l. The headquarters for the port of lLondon are at Gravesend. Sometimes é-lllll vessels pass there in a month, and sixty will at one time be waiting to toome in. V E The vessel wanting a pilot flies a jack {at the foremost during the day, and burns a blue light at night. The pilot ;flag is blue and while. though on [some parts of the coast each man car- ’ries in addition a distinctive flag of his own. Men on the station can tell lthe name of a vessel BY ITS “'HISTLE. l One has a note of plaintive melancholy, ;:t fourth yape like a dog. and so on. 1 The pilot is in some sense a govern- lmcnt offloial for Trinity House is not . the irresponsible authority it was once. but is mysteriously related to the board of trade. Should war break out ,the Trinity House man‘s servit'ex "to be on? have been. requisitionm‘: The (‘l'. noel Squadron is supposml to know it - way about. and is not all-m-c-l in Him pilots on board. Foreign men-of- war may enter English ports without THE ENGLISH PlLllT’S marmosets. “ mills INTEng 0F llllllll. It is a ventumme calling, and to follow it one's spirit must be touch- HE IS PRETTY WELL PAID FOR HIS ed with the joy of the flowing sea and VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN AMONG the wind that follows fast. The intro~ ClVlLIZED PEOPLE. duction of steam, with the increase of __ traffic and speed and in the size 0f‘Dr.Marhh-,a Mullen! Mllslonary, Tells or the vessels, has allde greatly {0 “18 the Quaint. and Novel Sights no In: risks. The pilot hours must lie to on §"n_"ow Mum,“ an. pondm‘m- ihe track 0f the vessels to b6 0‘ any Punluhmcnls of Pupils-Strange Fm“- Gel-Vicev and COlliSii‘nS are only “V‘En' vnlsand Burltll'usloms. ed by “’mmufll Vigilanca- Boarde Dr. E. C. Machle, the medical mis- and landin are e uall werilous.I . , ‘ Boarding aE'essel inqa gusle hf wind'lsmmry- “110 599m “8111 years and a has often to be faced. Landing in a half in the interior of China. httsmany “wavy 5941 is Still more dangerOUS. for i interesting things to relate about the the pilot must often take his chance of any boat, seaworthy or not, which will take them to shore. PLAGUE AND FAMIllE. sussm THREATENED "wrru‘i'w‘o GRIM MONSTERS. â€"- Threc-Fourlhs of the Inhabitants of the Village or Anzob Amlctcdâ€"Tlte Russian Government llnve Taken Declslve .Vlcns- ur.s. Russia is at the present moment threatened with a double dangerâ€" famine and the pest, or plague. The famine will fortunately be localized in the districts of the Volga. Already the provincial authorities are doing their best to fight against, or at least to attenuate the effects of the famine. Large provisions of wheat, sent from Siberia, are being distributed among the starving families. All able-bodied peasants have been enlisted by the gov- ernment authorities to labor'on public buildings and other works of public usefulness. . The government has also decided to employ a. number of these peasants on the construction of new canals throughâ€" out the steppes, for purposes of irrigaâ€" tion since the bad harvests of the past few years are precisely th eresult of the barrenness of the soil. But, whereas the famine only inter- ests Russia, and, in reality, but. asmall portion of the empire, on the other hand the plague interests all Europe. This dread disease prevails in the Proâ€" Vince of Lamarcande, in Turkestan. It was in the village of Anzob. County of Iskender, and District of Piandjekend, that the disease suddenly made its upâ€" pcarunce. This region is a wild one; mountains, difficult of access and sur- rounded by peaks which, in certain cases, are over 13,000 feet in height. THE ASIATIC PLAGUE. the tchouma, for such is its real name. does not. appear this time to have been imported from India. The first sus- picious case was that of an old woman of the village of Mtarzin. Another naâ€" tive woman, belonging to the village of Anzob took charge of thebody, wash- ed and buried it. according to Mussulâ€" man rites. A few hours later this woâ€" man was taken ill with the disease, and died three days after. But the plague had already spread about‘her, among her relatives; first her parents, then her brothers and sisters died. A panic soon seized the inhabitants of Anzob. There was no physician in that remote community, but the wise men of the village held a council, and by a unani- mous vote came to the conclusion that the poor woman who had first been afâ€" fected by the disease had not been buri- ed according to the rites prescribed by the Prophet. Hence the anger of the Almighty,whom it was necessaly to apâ€" pease before the disease could be st0p- ped. Action was immediately taken in the matter, and the natives repair- ed to the Mohammedan cemetery. They disinterred the body of the unfort- nate woman and, after having exam- ined it at length, buried it again ac- cording to the most. approved Mussulâ€" man rites. As a natural result of this performance, a few days later threeâ€"fourths of the inhabitants of the village was stricken with the disease, and the tchouma, as everybody knows, is incurable. - But the Russian Government, to its credit be it said, does not go about mat- ters half way when a question of pub- lic hygiene and safe ty in involved. No sooner had it been informed of the exâ€" istence of the disease than the mili- tary authorities of the province took DECISLVE MEAS URES. All the public roads leading to the. con- taminated village of Anzob were shut off from the surrounding country. and the peasants of the neighboring vil- lages called upon to form a sanitary girdle around the community. Doâ€" tachments of Cossacks were in their turn posted at certain intervals for the purpose of keeping a close watch over these peasants. Then the Russian ofâ€"‘t ficers entered the village, which was' found to be a perfect nest of infection. Mohammedans are. as a rule, not. clean- ly in their habits, but in this regard the natives of Turkestnn are doubly Mussulmans. Orders were immediate- ly given to burn all the clothing and the furniture of the dead. and to thor- oughly disinfect every house in the] village. Those stricken with the disâ€" ease were at once isolated in special sheds, hastily built for the purpose. Those of the inhabitants still free from the disease were ordered to give up all their clothing, bedding and house- hold utensils, which were burned. Ac! cording to the latest advice 3 commisâ€" sion of bacteriological physicians, no- companied by hospital nurses. has started for Anzob. Izllll the result of its invvstigntiuns is awaich with no lil- tl‘ impatiu-nc- l'l St. l’t-tr-rsburg. liut tit-r» IF certainly n-: rlu'tlll that the (“383503 in thi: 1.5a: nu is, as in l878. [a pilot. However, they may hang an the tchouma. ion a tray. condition of affairs in the Celestial Empire of which Europeans ordinari- ly know nothing. The cause of education, he says, is very much in the background in China, and sadly neglected among the poorer classes. In the schoolroom the boys and girls study aloud. They al- ways recite with thcir back to their teacher. If a pupil should fail in hts recitation he is beaten over the head with a ferrule. Chinese education consists mainly in the memorizing of the classics. This includes the Chlll‘flO‘ ter and names of things. But it to only after six years of memorizing that they are taught their meaning. While there are A GOOD MANY SCHOOLS Of this class in Chitin, there is no education supported by the Govern- ment. They are all conducted as priv- ate institutions, on the principles of self-support. .The teachers of these schools are either paid a small sum of money per annum or otherwise in pro~ duce, such as sausages, rice or meats. Every village has its school. None of the common school branches are taught, such as geography, history and arithmetic. For the latter is substi- tuted the abacus. Both at the begin- ning and close of the school session the pupils are required to bow to an image or tablet of Confucius, before which incense is constantly burning. One of the most useful and frequent animals in China is the bovine species known as the water buffalo. He gets his name from the fact that he is very fond of water and must bathe and roll in it twice or thrice each day to keep himself healthy and sound. The wat- er buffalo is used for the plow, barrow and roller and for all kinds of draught; purposes. The Chinese regard the ani- mal as sacred to the uses of man, and laws are enacted PROHIBITING ITS SLAUG HTER. But this law is generally . evaded through the connlvunce of Chinese of- ficials. The buffalo is slaughtered for its meat, and the official gets 60, 70 and sometimes 80 pounds of it not to enforce the law. It is killed, wheth- er sick or too old to labor, and its flesh eaten. While the latter from a healthy buffalo is wholesome and good it is much coarser: than the meat of a cow. The water buffalo seems to be afraid of foreigners, and the foreigners in turn are afraid of him. He appears to regard the attire of the stranger with forebodings and mistrust, and generally be will run away from him. Sometimes through this very fear he will make a stand and charge. This makes him generally feared by the for- eigners, who, to make sure of their safety, get out of his way. The Citin- ese think so much of the water buffalo that his image is the principal feature at the annual festival of spring. At this festival the Chinese make a representation of the water buffalo in paper or clay. This image is carried to the temple in great pomp, where the head official receives it. Amid the ftr- ing of crackers and the blazing of lights the worship of the image is conducted. After the ceremony is over as the image is borne out, it is stoned by the spectators and broken to pieces. The fragments are carefully gathered by the Chinese and carried away for good luck and a prosperous year. The burial services of the Chinese are very peculiar. The dead are buried outside of the city's walls in a most barren and desolate place. The graves are usually mounds, circular in shape only those of the wealthy bcing surâ€" mounted by lombstones or slabs. ." I: each spring of the recurring year the relatives of the dead VISIT THE CEMETERY. And cut off the grass, or pull it out, making the surface as desolate and bare as possible. On the very top or - apex of the mound they put a circular piece of earth, and othcr pit-cos of earth are put on the layers below. These picc- es of earth hold pieces of paper con- taining prayers. In front of tho graves they burn paper trunks mn- talning paper clothing, paper sedan ch'-irs, paper images of cloth'ng, etc. These images are supposed to go to the spirit world to h 'l[) the dead. Wine is then poured out as :t libttlion, and roast meats are depo iled at the grave After a fo-w hours, as lilo-y are left untouched. thcy make nwrry on the feast, facetiously supposing that their beloved dead haVc already unbib-t ed the spirits and essence: of the food and drink. The coffin of thc (,‘htna- man is shaped something like the trunk of a tree and is painlud red Coffins are given to thc aged on pre- Scots, to remind them of approach’ng death. If a poor man who has on» of his. relatives buried in a mound should become affluent he has the remains dug up and put into jars. Tbs-n a mm pitious place is sought throth the agency of a necromanccr, and the bones are buried in great mole and a monument is erected over them. One of the most prolific of trades in (‘hina in that of mcnding warm. The Chinese tinker is almm! ubi ‘uétnus in «wry nook and corner he may he "on with .1 pimp of porcelain ware, mend- ing it with an owl attached to a how. a” ...._ . w. 4;........' o.~â€"- . . -...~. .. -.. ...... \A.J ARAA A v.4. A A 4_A_--A-..--._.-AAA‘