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Loxnos, Feb. 22.â€"Europe has not troubl- ed much shout the war scare this week, chiefly beceuse there has been nn unusual leek oi alarming rumors. An effort was mode early in the Week to elevste Monsieur Flourens‘s speech at Brisncon to the piece of dignity veceted by the Austro-Hunguien treaty squabble, but without much success, for it soon became evident that his blood end glory remarks were only to be regarded in e Pickwiekisn sense. The movements of Bus- sieu troops in frontier districts eppeer to heve been stopped by the fearful weather which hes prevailed throughout centre! Europe, and terrible reports have been in circulation respecting the sufferings of the wretched soldiers of the Czar. Tens of thousands of them are housed in miserable wooden sbsntiea, which are not even snow proof. . n ,,,__ _-_l__ Wu Rumors Fewer and Lou Alarmingâ€" Squally Times Ahead For Bulgaria's Prince â€"The Sultan Very Herd up. 1.--". There is again talk of a European confer- ence for the purpose of finally settling little Prince Ferdinand's fate, but the probabili~ ties point to an attempt at a speedier and ruder solution of the Bulgarian difficulty, which will not require to be refaced by diplomatic solemnities. In Eng and there is increasing belief that Lord Salisbury has succumbed to Bismarck’s wiles, and has in- volved the country in responsibilities which Englishmen, in these degenerate days, are curiously shy of assuming. Under Secre- tary Ferguson has been closely questioned in the House of Commons, but has replied so ambiguously that an amendment to the ad- dress is to be moved, calling upon the Gov- ernment to keep clear of foreign entangle~ mente. Should the Liberals return to w- er or have their own way now, Engliznd will, in the event of a European war, play the safe, if not particularly dignified, part of looking on until the chief combatants are ex- hausted, and then stepping in and making an honest penny by the deal. Turkey’s financial difficulties are becom~ ing worse every week. The Sultan has been urged to cut down diplomatic salaries, but as they have not been paid for months, the immediatesavingsipearssomewhatshadowy. Herr Mauser, to w om his Majesty so blithe- ly gave_an order last month for 500.000 rifles of the newest designs, has supplied only 200 as samples, and declines to commence the stipulated delivery of 500 daily until he has received a substantial sum on ac- count. The Sultan, it appears, has at pre- sent only about l75,000 men with the colors, but he consoles himself with the thou ht that in afew weeks he could have un or arms 700,000 men, provided he could ob- tain weapons wherewith to arm them. tuv v. u..---._v-_- 1y, but Europe refuses to believe poor Fritz is out of danger, when they see Sir \Ioroli Mackenzie re naining in consfant attend- V The rc-ports from San Remo have fluctuat- ed daily. According to the cflicial bulletins the Crown Princejs pray-quip g satisfactoyi ”Wanna-v - ' u..___7° ance, deaf to the entreaties of his hundreds of aristocratic patients in England to come back and look after them. As I write the news comes from San Remo that fresh and perplexing. symptoms are beginning to ap- ,, ,LL -_ r-..‘.-I Hunk mnl‘A nor-IA W‘l"‘"““a ~4 â€":v~w~ ., ., _. pear, and that another and much more seri- one operation may be necessary. A piti- ful story comes from Munich concern- ing Otto, the poor mad King of Bavaria. He is slowly dying, lockel up in the solitary Castle of Furstenried, and the firm ‘ conviction of many Blvarian peasants is that Prince Luitpold, the Regent who, they vow, killed their mad King‘s mad brother and predecessor, Ludwig, is now slowly killing the present King, after whose death the throne will revert to Prince Luitpold’s family. Be that romantic part of the story as it may, it is certain. that the troubles of the poor young King will soon be ended. He has abandoned his favorite pastime of peeling potatoes, and passes his days at the window of the castle, slapping his hands against the glass, unconscious of what is oing on about him. Frequently the un- appy King, alarmed at some fancy of his shattered brain, cronchee down in some dark corner and remains hidden for days at u-aâ€" v _v_ WV. 3 time. Several times the Queen mother, Marie of Pruseie, has asked to see him, but the doctors would not allow it. Finally a few deys ego permission was granted, end she mived At the castle with an attendant of the palace and the doctor. Her son {sil- ed to recognize her, and when she seized his bends, sayin “ Otto, Otto! Erkennst dn mloh nicht 2‘ the poor King begun to cry, then gestlcnlated wildly, and presently __L _:-L-.-s .. -2...â€" 1“ 33’ £3§y°i€iiifiéfbut witHout a- aign 6f remunition. The mother returned discon- lolabe to Munich, and will probably never agdn see her son alive. Tea-Drinking and Nervous Dis- orders. . Tea has a powerful action on the nervous system of some individuals. Dr. Ballard, of Boston, believes that it may produce a chronic poisoning of the nervous centres, shown in increased excitability, due partly to direct action of the alkaloid on the nerv- ous matter, and also indirectly by the pro. duction of gastric derangement. Taken, therefore, too. frequently, even in moderate doses, it places the nervous stem in.‘ con- dition of greater vnlnerah lity to he external influences, and favours the e- velcpmsnt of functional neuroses, or helps to render them rmanent. Whilst there is no evidence to s ow that tea causes organic changes in the nervous tissues, yet, if such A_, Jsl_ ___._.a- --_- .2 AL- vane-u v-c â€"â€" v..- exist? tea ma; roadily aggravate some of the symptoms. ea may act as an important factor in the carnation of neuralgia, hysteria, and alllied ageotion‘sl. When; taken 1(ionstmt. i in arge oses ys a nun y as r- vyenes before irreiyarabgegl'um is done top:he nervous system. In hemiorania and poseibl some other function! neuroses, there L’s probably a craving for some stimulant, and teais better than other equally accessible articles, and so it happens that many sufferers from megrim are great Madrinkers. Among the [Mano the Prince of Wales. on his silver weddln ennivemry, were 3 box of guinea cumin 1: gold do mlnoee, the spots marked wit. redone stones; pie in; and: of fill, nted by famou- m m, end 3 eet of 301 end eilvor chea- EAN NEWS. I remembet thet durin thet afternoon the shy clouded up I. id y, and e bitterly cold wow etorm net in tom the east. How it mutt have swept along thet deeolete Ihore, driving the now right into the face of the beleted tgevelleg l VI ouv vv-u-vvâ€" V... Poor fellow, he hnd started out to walk to a villsge nearly twenty mile. ofi‘, and in- tended to teturn on the third dsy. The weather was clear nnd mild when he not ofi‘ in the forenoon, and he thonghg he gouhi easily reach his destination ‘hefore dark. There were so many hills on the inland road that he resolved to follow the mail courier's route over the ice along the lake shore. It was a lonely journey n winter, for there was not a single house on the way. A good deal of snow had fallen the week hetero, the courier's track was not well broken, and the walking was bad. i‘hen his heavy over- coat impeded him. So when early in the afternoon he met the old courier in his dog- 1 sleigh, as the weather still promised fair, he sent his burdensome overcoat back with him. The hardy veteran of many Al oma winters predicted a storm, and warn his young acquaintance of the danger. But, strong and light hearted, he laughed good. naturedly at the old man's fears, and so struck out again refreshed, walking vigor- ously eastward. Late the next day the search party found him, and oh, the pity of t l \Vhen the storm came down he was still several miles from the village, and he hur~ riod on. How he missed his good overcoat now 2 He had pulled down his cap over his ears and buttoned up his undercoat to his :chin, but the fierce cold wind chilled him through and through. The courier's track gradually filled up with the drift. The air was thick with the whirling snow, and he could not make out clearly the outlines of the hills near the shore or of the larger i‘s- Soon a strange new feeling, vague and horrible, began to grow on him. He tried to repress it, to think of something else, to shake it off Ly walking faster, even by run- ning wildly ale in the direction he thou ht he should go! at in vain. The horri is thought could not be restrained. It came upon him like a stunning blow. He was lost, lost, lost! and in the agon of that thou ht he stopped abruptly an groaned alou . When the first wild spasm had he looked about him. How cold and cruel it all seemed, thiswilderness of ice and snow I The locality was all strange too, and unfamiliar, though he was sure he must have passed this way in his boat many times during the summer. Summer] Had there ever been any summer in this dreary place, and would there ever come another to it and to him? Orwas this terrible present only a wild and fearful dream from which he would soon awake to kiss the face of his sleeping wife with a very ‘ rapture of tender gladness that he was still living and in the same world with her 3 And his two little ones 1 Surely it could not be that he was never to see them any more. \Vhy, when he got back home he knew they would run to him, and ask to be taken on his knee before he had rightly sat down. True, the baby could but just toddle along, but how glad the little fellow would be to see him again 1 Then he had soft blue eyes and red cheeks, and looked just like uis mother. wu uuw uncu- -â€"â€" â€"...-_- lands in the ohmuol thgt had previously been his land-marks. _ -. J “Aviva-v-- Alas, alas I this so happy past to the poor traveller was now but a dream, and there was only a shuddering hope in the wakening. The storm was blowmg more fiercely than ever, and the cold seemed to have become more intense. When the sad, brief reverie had ended, he shivered violently as he he- gan to walk slowly and aimlessly on through 1 the deepening snow. Then he noticed that the early dusk of a winter evening was already coming on. A sudden energy seized himâ€"an energy of desperation. If his life could yet be saved it was only during daylight. When night had once set in the last hope would be gone. He knew not what direction he should take, but he knew that his only chance was to go i on. He was quite calm and determined now. Peering through the dusk and the blinding snow he saw to the right the dark shade of the woods on the main shore. Suddenly he remembered an old road that ran up from the lake somewhere here, through the woods and far on to an putlyingmettler's "Wuw v-u‘. -... 'â€" houae. He turned in the direc'tjon' in which he thought this road lay, half running in the women whioh the new fluttering hope had inspired. If only he could once more get home to his wife and children I Ah, how the thought of it nth-red him nnntter- luv-v n .-â€" 'v-â€" 7‘â€" so hard, plunging, staggering through the deep snow. Soon he stopped for n moment and leaned up against it tree to rest. Then his knees began to tremble and he felt him- self sinking, sinkin . But he drew himself up with a Jerk an struggled on. He had only taken 3 few stew when he tripped on a dead branch, stum led and fell orwnrd in the snow. Ab, it was not so cold after all! He would test just 3 minute here be fore going on . . . How pleasant it was only to lie still for a while I The snow was warm and soft and comfortable, and he was very wary. . . . No, he could not give up yet. . . . He would obsch home now, it surely‘wss not far and Inry snd the children were wsiting for him . . He would rise soon, and try once more to find the way. Yes, it wu cold s‘gnln, so cold I snd the tree-tig- olsshed an rsttled snd grgnnod with 0 wind. . . . W ,94 M AL- -A-_._ __.!_-Il.. 181.4. ebl l Bynt it was elmoet dark when he reached the shore. He felt himself growing week now. His feet began to drag more and more with coldend bewilQermept. I‘tw‘u a Towsrds morning the storm grednslly died “my. the clouds dispersed. and the sun rose oleer on e world of snow. There wss mow everywhere. It lay dealing white on the vest ioe pleins of the ohennel, here end there piled up in hespe end beaks b the swirling blizzard. It bod blown end rift- ed into the olefts and chums of the great nits hills that stretched fer siong the firth Shore, smoothing and softening . .n. a .s , ,e,,. ____.I_ Bunn- nâ€"wvâ€" vâ€"--â€"_-_. There were no drifts in the lne woods through which the loot trnveller ed mud- erod, ut the now had filled them deep, deep eve rywhere. Little term I- e i on the dark green brnnoheeâ€"the wind had ewnyed them too viplently for thdt. . " ‘lwd ,DAL- And now tint the strife and fury of the storm had quite pued e greet stillness ind settled down upon the woods, pervsdin ell its sombre depths. It seemed thes - lence of finality, of completion. At first the influence of the piece Ins not positively mehncholy, only snbdnlng and qnisting. LOST IN TIIB SNOW. AN ALGOIA TRAGEDY. And yet one dreully wondc red if the world had ever been my difi‘erent, or would ever be eny dlflerent lrotn what it wu then. There natured to be no plwe for change, no hope for spring, no memory of summer. It was as if the solemn voice of Nature had cried “llnsn !" 3 ea ago, and not even 1 twig hnd lellen once to break the nwlul stillness. - e Ines-anus.” At times one is conscious of a companion. ship in trees. even a friendship and consola- tion. But the possibility of sympathy and communion had one out Of this wrest for- ever. Humanl o with all its vicissitudes, its tenderness and its tears, was a thing outside of it all, unrelated. utterly remote. The great trunks of the towering pines op. pressed the spirit, overwhelmed it with the sublimitg of their indifl‘erenoe ; their dark 330:, ranches might have been funeral Into the solemn stillness of that afternoon there came a party of men on snowshoes, searching in the woods for some trace of the missing traveller. Their pallid solemn faces showed how serious was theirerrand. Hardy fellows most of them were, long familiar with dangers on water and on land. They had been on such expeditions before, and their experience made them realize more terribly the‘pity of it all. Lost in the snow. The words are a prayer for the dead with the people of that region. ”A, AL A __:-I.!2_._ muv rvvr-v v- ....- _en, Slowly they move on over the yielding snow. There ! that surely was a signal about from one of the arty. All the others hurried to him. Trac s in the snow? Holes rather, once deep down but now half-filled and obliterated. \\'hat a struggle there most have been hero in the darkness and the storm E For the snow was nearly three feet deep all through the woods. And in a hol- low a little farther on they saw where the poor wanderer had sunk deeper, plunging up to his arm~pits in the cruel snow. The men looked at each other for a moment and then hurried forward. They said but little, and their voices were softened and tremulous with a great fear. l' or a time the tracks led nearly straight ahead. Then they swerved here and there, wandering soon in a sad ir- regular zigxag among thefidmry trees. A terrible expectation was upon the searchers. They knew how it must end. And no at last they found him, half-cover- ed by the drift where he had fallen. No tears wet their checks for him, but one of them said quietly, " Poor fellow !” and a tender pity filled all their eyes. Sorrowful. 1y, roverently they carried the body to the neareet aettler’e house, and from there it was taken soon afterward to the lonely borne2 "v.â€" â€"â€"--- V. -V_ V The tragic story spread fer and fast through the district, and on the funeral day the settlers came from many miles to give their silent sympathy to the stricken wife. And now to her forever the solemn gran- deur of the pine woods is a bitter mockery, a shuddering ,remex‘n‘brnnce :‘ crpelly the a ahnddermg ‘relnemornnce ; urucu‘y uuu winter storm shrieka like a pitil§s§ destroyer, and the white snow seems but a frozen shroud. The litical agitation which has sprung up in ndia is drawing to the side of the British some powerful allies amongst the more conservative races of that ancient land. The Bengalees are the active foment. era of the agitation and the leaders in the demand for a more influential voice in the government of the country. The Bengaleea "A thn most intelliuent. acute. and in- :re the most intelligent, acute, and in- tellectually active of the Indium races, but they belongto the lower castes, are com- paratively unwarlike, and, until raised to unwanted influence and importance by the new education, were regarded as inferior to the warlike Mahomedans. Rajpoots. etc., by whom they are still hated and despised. I AA II_L~__ Ina lecture rewntly delivered to Mihom- edans at Lucknow, Sir Syed Ahmed, one of the most influential Mahomedens in India, repudiated on behalf of the whole cor: mun- ity he represents, the proposal w throw or en all appointments to native competition. Recognizing the inferiority of his own peo- ple in both numbers and education, he point- ed out to them that the result of competitive examination would be to place the most warlike and fiery spirits in India under the heel of the Bengalee Baboo, " who at the sight of a table-knife would crawl under a chair. There wouldbsno partof the country," he declared, “where we should see at the tables of justice and authority any faces but those of Bengalees." It is quite natural 1 that the ra id rise of this intelligent and‘ quick-wine race should have at last arous- ed the 'ealousy and indignation of the more maste ul tribes, his former conquerors, and that these should hasten to denounce him as an inferior. But none the less the agitation will go on, and the old-time warriors will have to learn that a new order of things has dawned, that- brains henceforth will count before blood, and that they had better set the schoolmaster at work if they do not wish to come eventually under the oflicial control of the low castes they have hitherto despised. While Russia is making so much stir in Poland, she does not intermit the business of constructin military railroads in Turkes- ten. She isnow running trains across the Amu Daria or Oxus, the great bridge at Cherjui having been completed and opened for travel since the beginning of this year. This ives her a continuous railroad route from ichaelovsk, on the east shore of the Caspian, through Kizil Arvst, Askabsd, Merv and Chanui, and soon the road will be pushed throu§h Bohhars and Samaroand to Tashkend. Vith the railroad to Baku, on the west side of the Caspian, and the connecting boats on the sea, there is almdy steam communication from St. Perersburg beyond the Oxus. The value of this line for ra id military coneentntion on the Ai- ahau routier cannot be overestimated. Trempenienn County is still the hsnner county of the North West. For the pest fifteen do s the thermometer has nged from 10 to 58 egrees below zero. Four mornin in thst time the mercury has congesled In every thermometer in the vill e, and last Saturday morning nt 6 o'cloc the spirit thermometer indicated 63 below. Friend (to plolntiMâ€"“ Well, I eee you won your unit. I congratulate you." Plain- tlflâ€""Thenke. Yes, I but the mandrel.” Some friend (to defendent)-â€"-“ I'm carry to hear yogi-loot your unit.1 old men ?" Defend- _-I i.--A _- H Mercury Prolen Four Days. 57%}: 2‘; 36513351 but me. ” Russia in Central Asia. The Bengalees. A. Srnyzsson. John M. Gnunon nnrl Frank Murny hnvo returned from a hunt of big some in Mendo- cino county, CA]. As Mr. Umuon’a right sun is in a sling and Mr. Murray in all done up in sticking-platen it in supp-sell (but they found what they wore looking for. Tney intended to hunt about tWo weeks and slay large numbers of door, but they got only one door, n coyote and 3 low jscrrnb- big. and they romaine}! only tyio doys. It was on the second day that the pan- ther, also looking for big game, got them. He sprang out from the brush and knocked Mr. Gannon down without giving him a chance to shoot. Mr. Murray then knock- ed the other down with the butt of his rifle an trouble ensued. The panther ot u and tackled Murray, and they rol ed a ut so fast and were so promiscuous that Gannon did not dare to shoot. He danced around, looking for an opening, while Muro ray howled and the panther yelled and clawed. Murray’s clothes lasted about a minute, and then patches of skin and shreds of flesh began to fly. Gannon drew his sheath knife, and lunged at the panther whenever he got a chance, giving him sev- eral digs that increased his discomfort and his ill-temper. Murray and the animal rolled down a bank, both of them covered with blood, and when nearly at the bottom the panther suddenly infused more pathos into his screeching and stopped rolling. His grip relaxed for an instant, and Murray wigged out of the bloody embrace and tun led into the creek. A sharp root pro- jectin from the bank had impaled the pan- ther t rough the loins, and he was stuck ‘ fast. There was danger that he would free himself in a moment and renew hostilities, and Gannon promptly threw himself upon the struggling beast and stuck the knife into his Vitals a few times. Murray was about used up and Gannon had a broken arm. They crawled over to Kearn's ranch, where their wounds were dressed. The next da some of Kearn's men hunted up the den panther, and took off a hide that measured six feet three and a half inches from point of nose to tip of Last year the Czar of all the Russian promulgated an edict, known as the Uni- versity Statute, for the government of the various universities within his dominions. About 200 of them met in the old university, nearly 500 more being outside ; but the po- lice interferred and broke in, shutting the outer gate after them and wounding several of the students in the head for trying to prevent them. A detachment of Cossacks in the meantime surrounded the university yard, where they seem to have amused themselves by wantonly lashing the stu- dents with the cruel knonts that form the batons of the Russian police. w..â€" v- -__ _V 0n the 7th of December another meeting of the students was called, Which was also broken up by the military, a Cossack regi~ ment charging doyvn on them with lances in ,,,2_-l.:_n TA. rest and cevidently meanin mischief. It was useless to attempt to ho d a meeting in the university, and the intention was aband- oned accordingly. But a meeting of more than 1,000 students was eventually held in the Strastnoj Boulevard, the following ac~ count of which is given by a London Times coriesponflent : p n ‘ ,A_J__L_ ‘_-_-_LAJ w.....,.v_..._- . A deputation of lady students presented an address of encouragement and sympathy. It was read amid cheers and loud applause. At this very moment, howover, a detach- ment of mounted gendarmes came up at a sharp trot, surrounding: the crowd on every side, and rushed on the unarmed students, using fists and sabres furiously. Before long the policemen and gendarmu were joined by dvorniks, butcher boys and the like. Resistance became impossible and the students dispersed in all directions. The ground being frozen and slippery, many of them stumbled and fell .down, and while on the ground were fiercely beaten and trampled upon by policemen and dvor- niks. At the Strastnoj monastery the po~ lice managed to cut off the retreat of the fugitives and pin them to the high walls of the monastery and the punishment went on Worse than ever. Many fell exhausted and senseless ; two were beaten to death. A great many of the lady students were thrown ‘ down and injured. At last some of the stud- ents succeeded in finding shelter in private houses, others ran through the streets and were followed and beaten by the infuriated police. Even in remote parts of the city the students were not safe from assault. A student, N., was beaten by tWo dvornike in si ht of two constables. Mr. N. asked their he p, but they would not interfere. He fell down senseless, and when he came to him- self was being driven in a cab with a gorocw‘ “a. "w.- â€"v-_° ..__s my to prison. There were many similar in- cidents. Sc me men went home with broken . fingers. others with broken ribs, wounded etc. Five studentswere killed. After this day’s work students were arrested every- whereâ€"in the streets, in private houses, and at home. Those who were badly injur- ed were moetly taken into custody and stow~ ed away in some prison in order to shut their mouths and prevent the truth from becoming known. Several hundreds were exiled at once. As soon as Professor Skle- fassovskyâ€"one of the best operating sur- geons in Moscowâ€"heard what had happen- ed, he sent his assistants to the different homes of the injured students, but it was too late. They were all prisoners of the Czar. No doubt many of the unfortunate prison- ers have been hurried into exile, possibly into Siberia. No satisfaction, at all events could be obtained by any of their friends or comrades, and it even became dangerous to ress the authorities with questions. The ears of Nihilism are of course the motive ‘canse for such deeds of violence; but no fears can palliate such deeds in the eyes of British fréemen. The man in the moon must have bed an ‘ uncomfortable time of it last the night of the ‘ eclipse. According to the Pittsburg Dis- patch. Prof. Langley, of the Alleghen Ob- servatory, has been able, with the ai of a delicate little instrument called as bolome- tor, to measure the mmperator of our satel. lite; and has found that in winter it is in the nei hbourhood of 200 degrees below zero. e has also found that duringa total eclipse the temperature of the moon rapidly falls as the earth’s shedow passes over it, the sun's rays being shut out and there being no atmosphere to prevent radiation. The entlemau who dwells in the moon, there ore, must have experienced a cold wave on that day, and probebly spoke of lthe earth in terms the reverse of compli- A California Panther. Students and Czar. In Wu n 'l‘errlbIe l‘cllow. Wicked and Big. wllh I \olco like Thunder. Aveosol just urivod in Sam Francisco from Honolulu brings news of the death of o m whose history is as thrilling as that of any pirate king of yellow covered literature. Twenty‘five years ago he was a pirate king as brave and as wicked on pirate kings ni- ways nre._ Singothcn in: has been I hermit. A j__ A__ -_J ....â€".-_ "I’ll IIU. usuvv hu‘u -n ---‘- -v-.. _. ----_.____ in the da set his wickedness and ower he tomman ed a mural called the lied blond, stanch. unusually fast and furnished with powerful nus. Periodically this carmine- red craft in peered from the seas, and in her place won (1 come another, all in sombre black, and named the Black Cloud. This iece of theatrical elfect, which cost noth- ing more than a little paint, had its ex- pected influence upon the superstitious minds of the sailors who were sometimes sent in ursuit of the vessel. Most of them fully be ieved that there was searching un- canay about the craft, and that her Captain had super ustural help. In those days he was the terror of the South Pacific seas, and ‘ the British G )vernment set a bin price upon his head. Hundreds of attempts were made to ca ture him by fair fight and by traps, and y every means that could be . devised. But he eluded all the traps, came out victorious in all the fights, and in every case sailed away with the traditional scornful laugh at the pirate king. He had a Spanish name ,which nobody remembers now, and he was supposed to belong to that nationality, although he spoke Spanish, English, French, and German all with e ual fluency. At last a young English no le- mau, loving adventure and desirous of the reward, undertook to capture him. After cruising around in the Pacific for some time he came, late one afternoon, directly upon the Red Cloud. The buccaneer spoke the Englishman, asking where she was bound an what she had on board. The reply was that they were looking for the pirate, that they knew they were talkin to him, and that he had better give himse i up at once. In an instant bright lights appeared all over the Red Cloud, and her Captain answered in good English. “I will see you in hell first 1' Then a cannon ball whised through the air, but it was aimed too high and passed above the vessel. “ I will see you there," shouted back the Englishman, and a broadside from his guns aimed low, sent the Red Cloud to the bottom of the‘sea. was: vuv -w‘. v-â€"_â€" -_ But the buoeaneer escaped, and not lon afterward he and two of his crew appeared in a rowboat on the barren island of Molo- kini, which is near the East Maui Islands of the Hawsiim group. It is a small, barren rocky place, uninhabited. There his two companions even left him, and there he lived alone for twenty-five years. Since his landing there he was called only Morrotin- nee, the native name for the island. A sailor who has been going to and fro from the Sandwich Islands for ten or twelve years, learned all he could about Morrotin- nee, and says that he was much liked and feared by the natives. They carried to him all the delicacies to be found in the king- dom, and enabled him to life a life of ease and luxury. They said he was a tall man, big and commanding, with a voice like thunderâ€"so powerful that they firmly be~ lieved he could :cause the wind to rise or the waters to subside. They would not allow white men to go near the island if they could help it, probably because :they had been so commanded by him, and when he died the buried him near the place where he ha lived, with much mourning 'over hiac departure. Here is a string of camels with their heads aloft above the crowd, moving with soft- step and long stride as they carry bags of spice that have come from the distant Sou- dan. Here is a rich official with his rat's running in front and his pipe bearer behind. Here comes a lady of rank, perched high on her padded saddle, riding stride legs, and except for the large eyes that glance from the kohl-tinted eyelids above the white veil, and the little henna-stained hands that hold the reins, she might be taken for a bale of silk. Peasant Women hurry along with veils hung by a kind of thimble to their headgear, their lithe forms thinly draped in the long bathing gowu sort of dress of blue cotton, and carrying astride on their shoul- ders their little naked children, with weak eyes and grave faces. There comes a Beda- wee on H! hardy horse. that frets under the cruel bit, the saddle richly oaparlsoned, and the stirrnps broad and coarse as iron shovels. And here, with many a stroke on the tough quarters of the long-cared donkey he drives before him, comes the donkey-boy shouting his “ Roach"â€"â€"" Shemeenuck." “ Reglnk â€"as he steers some large Englishman, who sits perched over the quarters of the “ Homer." Crowds there are of broyn-leg- DEATH 03A PIRATE KING. V‘ nUlIIII. vsvvvun Usuv-vmv 'â€" .7--. __ _- ed, brown-hemmed laborers, wearing the gind of gray felt cap which we see on c owns in the circus at home ; and water-carriers flounder pest, bearing the bursting skins that palpitate and surge with their liquid contents ; and sellers of bread, carrying fl‘at cakes on a tray on their heads ; and sellers- of swords, bristling with steel, like moving stands of armour ; end then the beggars-â€" blind, halt, and deformedâ€"such as Raphael introduced into some of his pictures, but to be seen in the flesh only in an Oriental city. Ophthalmia is so common in Egypt that weak eyes are the rule, not the exce tion, and total blindness very common. n no cases, however, are bad eyes so distressing to witness as in the little children. More infants carry swarms of flies settled in the corner of their eyes, and no attempt is made to remove them. so that at first when you see them with such grave and tient little faces it is diflicult to restrain t e impulse to rush to the rescue of the sufl’erers and have one good “ wipe out” of the irritating pests that infest them. A unique election recently occurred in 3 small community in Gormeny. The vote was taken to decide who wee the “belt men" in the community. Onl one man, a shoemaker, voted, end .- evoted {0' himself, he was declared to be unenlmouel elected to the position of beet men in tl municipality. Mistress and Mudâ€""Whore hue been, Jane 1” “I've been to axmootinv the Girls’ Friendly Society, nt’am.” “ V “a uh“: am the lgdv «y to you." “Pl and wine did the lady ny to you." “P! ma’am, she aid 1 mn’t to n ydu v in, u I mount to. She a! I nu to upon you n my themâ€"Md but It I" Egyptian Types A I’nlqne Election.