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Portfolio.

WAPENTAKE.

-TO ALFRED TENNYSON.

Foet! I came to touch they lance with mino; Not as a knight, who on the listed field Of tourney touched his adversary's shield In token of defiance, but in sign Of homage to the mastery, which is thine

In English wong; nor will I keep concealed, And voiceless as a rivulet frost-congealed, My admiration for thy verse divino. Not of the bowling dervishes of song,

Who craze the brain with their delirious

dance, Art thon, O sweet historian of the heart! Therefore, to thee the laurel-leaves belong,

To thee our love and our allegiance, For thy allegiance to the poet's art:

KENBY W. LONGFELLOW, Atlantic Monthly,

of his money. Blows are his resource for every trouble, and his reign le one of terror. His amusements are cards and drink, pot-bunting, and harrying his black neighbors.

THE CHINA MAIL.

experience did not quite confirm the general principle, but he felt easy in this case.

humoredly declined to make a bargain The boers sprang to their feet with anger, and the Kafira did likowo. Bech party Days passed by, and Trekateer'a leave looked the other, in the face for a moment, came to an end. Upon the morning fired the white men surprised, the negroes firm for his return he rose before daylight, bat Once a year the boors go for a battue of and ready, assegais perpendicularly poised, the camp had long been astir. When the game, in parties of half a dozen or more, shivering like reeds in a breath of Summer Doctor left bis hut he found that all the Bach has his grast wagon, and sometimes wind. My children have come to seek women had retired into the loof itself. Up two, with slaves and riding-horses. Not me," said Heelipause now I will go with to this time they had lived in rude shanties, many years ago it would have seemed them." He shook hands all round, and just outside its mouth, trusting for safety the Veldt, his warirors to the sentinels who stood on each hill top impossible to exhaust the Transvaal hunting marched soross ground, but murderous driving has, thinned behind him. A hundred yards away Feeli- between their refuge and the kraal. But them. The most enger sportsman could pantra struck up his war-song in low grave the firea were all gray beneath the ashes in satisfy bimself any day, even now, but the tones; his followers took up the strafu, that gray and chilly dawn. Not a soul boer looks upon the chase as a matter of and as they wound off into the distance answered to the Doctor's shout, Rough business. He counts to fill his enormous they chanted it with the fall power of their walle, "interlapping, guarded the kloof, and wagon with horris and hides, nor will he atout langs. The boers have bad reason the space between-through which alone give himself much trouble in the doing of to study each intonation of that threatening entrance could be made had been filled It. Consequently, he goes further and chorus, and they wall understood the hint, with thorn bushes during the night. It further afield every year when beat on one Begun in a low key, and accompanied by would have been easy to wcale the slopes on of these grand expeditions. The Kathir no foaming dances, is meant a grave warn either hand, but Treketeer had seen too chiefs, however, value their own gamo, tng only, an Indication that the Kafire much of Kaffire to attempt it. Low-lying miets hung there, and the coarse herbage and the sight of Dutch hunters is naturally stood upon their guard, hateful to them. Of late years they have

was white as with frost. But through the begun to claim a tax upon each rifle, and

steam and the untrodden grass fierce eyes they are certainly right in doing so. When

were watobing. So stealthily and noiselessly the intruders are weak, they pay; when

does the Kaffir begin war. strong enough, they resist. Several war have arisen upon such disputes,

was marked from corde to serie,

Six or

letter. My brother offered me a home in Holland, and I am on my way to him.”

**They kuled the Totty 1"

Of course' ! ! :

[No. 4540-JANUARY 19, 1878.

tion of the Indian is recommended, and it In pointed out that under certain circam- stances Indians might be admitted to citizenship. The President advises a law So the Doctor finished. I took from him to that effect, and urges that national ald noh topographical information as he could should be sfforded to popular education in give, and obtained, ble promise to com- the southern and other States. In con municate with friends of mine in Amster clusion, the catablishment of a national dám. He never did so. Using such clues university and museum at Washington is as we bad, bome gentlemen joined with me puggested. The Secretary of the Treasury, in seeking Feelipaates, but without success. Mr. Sherman, in his report, agrees with Emboonds we discovered anally but no the financial policy recommended by such kraal as that described. The King President. lost his temper on being pressed, and our messengers returned. Their belief was that Feelipatze had been murdered for the sake of his fetish. Perhaps he made a dimculty insurrendering it. No Kafir oblef, by this time, is ignorant of the value of a diamond, and Emboonda would be babked by all his tribe in declaring it treason for a vassal to possess such a king of stones Belgravia,

I

MY HORSE JERICHO. T have a horse, nos by the name of Jericho. He is a maro, I have seen re markable horses before, but none so res markable as the. I wanted a horse that could shy, and this one fills the bill had an idea that shying Indicated spizit. If I was correct, I have got one of the most spirited horses on earth. He shios at. There was heated discussion in the boers

everything he comes across with the utmost camp that night. Some of them proposed

THAT NEEDLE.

impartiality. He appears to have a mortal to storm the kraal, and kill their verdemmt

There has been a good deal of talk lately, dread of telegraph poles especially and A STORY OF THE TRANSVAAL.

akeldums without more ado; but others

Treksteer knew what all this meant before respecting the expressed willingness on the is fortunate that these are on both sides of Returning from South Africa, in 1872,

argued that the measure would be unjusti fiable, when they did not even know for observing his horse tethered by the door. part of the Khedive of Egypt, that the the road, because, as it is now, I never fall Among my shipmates was a shy Hollander,

In 1871 Treketeer was living with a rich certain that the fetish was a diamond. The old men and women did not dare to American Government should become pos-off twice in succession on the same side, who held communication with none of us,

boer by Leydenburg. At the proper sea- They would have to ride for it after such warn him unauthorized. He mounted and sessed of a mate to the Cleopates Needle," I fell on the same aide always, it would get A pale fresh light now standing solitary and alone on the to be monotonous after a while. This A few words of Spanish which I chanced to use-drew him from his shell at length. It on his master took unto him six hundred an sot, abandoning teams, wagons, and all rode over the Vellt.

Presently, long coast of the Mediterranean, at Alexandria. creature has scared at everything he has seen warmed his heart, he told me, to catch spirits for a grand chasse. Boveral "school in them. How they would be laughed at spread from the cast, scents which, to my nabi.sed ear, asom a masters" attended. They tracked up the in Pretoria if the object gained with auch streamers shot across the sky, descending This monolith, cut or quarried out of a to-day, except a haystack. He walked up country northward, passed the Crokodyl enormous loss should prove worthless! As rapidly. The sun rose, not misty as with huge stehe in the mountain, has quite a to that with an intrepidity and a reckless commingling of hep and snarl and scream. Speaking no English and very little French, and Sushi rivers, and began their bunting for 50 guns, they could well afford that as us, but eager, thirsty, dazzling is beams bistory. It was brought from Heliopolis ness that were really astonishing. And is on the extreme border of the tsetse country a speculation; but wagons and ozen and a lioked his face like fire, and throw a long to Alexandria in the first century of the would fill anyone with admiration to 500 ho could talk with no one but myself. But

bine shadow that rode with him over the Christian ora was erected at Heliopolis how he preserves his self-posscasion in the our conversation flagged; Dr. Trakster A chief of the Moselle Kafirs demanded full cargo of hides are matters much more carded formality so far as to ask no in- bis due of a pound a gan, but failed to get serioze. So it was resolved to visit the dew-white grass. Unmolested the Doctor four centuries before the time of Moses, prasenos of a barley stack. This date devil Bat it. He ordered his people to give the kraal next day, and accede to the Kaffir's went, through lands utterly anpeopled to The Tribune in speaking of this ralio of bravery will be the death of this horse nomb Perangkat day. He is not particularly fast, but I formation when imparting none. upon a certain afternoon somebody pro-invaders no assistance, but they took what terms. They would east lots in a Bible all seerning. But he knew his lonely course antiquity, says:

"We know, we do not guess, but we think he will get me through the Holy Land posed to make an exhibition of diamonds they wanted and shot so they plessed. which should take the diamond sway, and

and glorious was the show. From belts Wandering just top far, however, they the schoolmasters ware set to draw a bind seven miles on the backtrall there was an absolutely know, that the eyes of Moses He has only one fault. His tail has been ing document which should assure all par other kloof to traverse. A picket of warriors and Aaron have looked upon it, donbtless chopped off, or else he has sat down on t and boxes and gimlet-holes in aquares of crossed the fatal boundary, and lost a nnm-

Bitterly vezed, ties their rights.

had its station there, as the Doctor knew read its bieroglyphic columns; that too hard soms time or other, and he has to wood the gems were brought, to view. of their oxen by "the fly."

All was still as he approached, but at the Rameses the Great (Sesostris) had his fight the flies with bis heels This is all Next day they called on Feelipantze very entrance a Kufhr challenged him. He tingly banner burved upon it; that Daring, very well, but when he tries to kick a fly off Each man ranged his treasures into a little they turned eastward, recreased the Sushi, even the quarter. and reached the territory of Emboonda, pyrazold before him, and nye mate unge to King of the Bateceita Kaflrs. Here lack laste kuowledge of the Kafr custome stopped dead, and presently appeared at Cambyees, Alexander the Great, the the top of his head with his hind foot, is

told them at a glance that the tribe was Bessach one of whom retired with a firming oxen and forseeing difigulties they alarmed. Cattle had vanished, and young under chief, who turned the Dootor back Ptolemies, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark too much variety. He is going to get him. with kindly firmness. A young warrior Antony and Augustus know it; that it was golf into trouble that way some day. He Betermination to desert on his next voyage, thought it best to pay the ganze Hoense, children; while of fighting men scarcely accompanied him to the Floof. No nawe equally known and beheld by Pythagorse, roaches around and bites my legs too. I de His wandering eyes fixed themselves and proceedings toward the people were not one could be absent. Foelipantze, however, could be drawn from chief or subaltern, | Herodotos and Strabo; that a long proses not care particularly about that, only I do Dr. Trekateer was immensely interested. and to make a present besides. But their

was all politeness and good humor. He but Trokateez guessed who the enemy might mon of the most illustrious characters of not like to see a home too sortable. I Secure in the King's opened to their fullest. He could not ex-less oppressive,

Ho rode back, not unconsoled, and the middle ages have passed before it, from think the owner of this price had a wrong Amine the stores too closely feeling them, perralssion, they wandered freely through gave them Kaffir beer to drink, and allowed b

but as for salling it, he was more than ever him with hearty goodwill.

nally, that it was the first herald of Egypt that he was one of those fiery, untamed steeds, but he la not of that character. I After to the wagons, a bushman slave picked up resolved to decline. And the boers, sober. Three or four days passed without alarm, to Napoleon and Mohammed Ali, and inquiring their value. hand became more and more evident to pebble, and examined it with delight. Aed by morning reflection, and rather star and then Feelipauze arrived. Preparations The u nestle is not only of beautiful know the arab had this ides, because when this, a bha Doutor wished to say some boer asked him the use of it, and he ex tied to see the chief's fighting fores, did began at once for breaking up the camp structure, but has a commanding and he brought the harse out for Inspection in thing, and I vaguely guessed what it might plained with such stones his people out

not try to bully him. But their confidence not too soon, for the oattle were nearly artistic appearance. It is 72 feet high and Belrout, he kept jerking at the bridle and But his timidity was not to be over their digging knives to fix a handle on in the diamond was so much increased, starved. The oblof felt a visible embarrass7 feet 7 uchos square at the base, and is shouting in Arabie, Ho! will you? Do bome till we had arrived within a very few them. The rumor of diamond do not that they positively offered all the rifles of ment in talking with his guest. He first cut from Assonan granite, which, it is said, you want to run away you forfous beath days sail of England, At length, one had already spread to the Transvaal, but night, he said, while we were smoking none of the party had seen a diamond. the party for it, to be there and then de- denied. any war at all, then made solemn resembles very much the rod Scottish and break your neck

livered over. Such temptation was never oath that the white men had not been con granite. The inscriptions upon the the horse was not doing anything in the Alone on the poop? Are you quite sure

resisted by Kafir, and boor never proposed corned in it. But not in vain had Treketeer needle" are still very perfect, and so are world, and only looked like as I he wanted soul would itno è diamond, without the

such an act of madness. But Feelipautzs passed twenty years in the wilderness. the panels engraved upon it. The New York to lean up ngalist something and thitak All in one breath, after long but agliated

explained it takes that he dare not Ho fald his hand upon the Kaffir's dia- Graphic suggests that on the unoccupied Whenever he is not shying at things; or possibility of mistake?" This was spoken

part with his fetish. His own people would mond, and swore him by that great fetish space on the one intended for that city robobing after a 4y, he wants to do that not allow it, and Emboonda, his userain, Felipautre broke off in a rage and rode should be carved some of the prevailing yet. How it would surpfiae his owner to would certainly out him into little bits for home, Traksteer following. Arrived at the features of our present American civiliza know this-Mark Twain such sa zet of treason. Treketeer's patron, kraal he sought his friends encampment, tion, to that both might go down with the his agent at Pretoris, and sont it by The wagon track ran: northward, and the following inscription order written for Bity guns, direted it to which had evidently been deserted for passage of coming centuries together, As many a day. No signs of fight lay around a contribution from New York, it suggests "Age of abaky architecture,. Public mounted Hottentot there and then, and Trekateer's experience told him that the spite of all assurances that it would do no camp had been shifted leisurely, without balding down before fairly set up

alarm, He did not think it prudent to

"Eight thousand liquor salcons selling good, But other troubles arose,

follow, but returned to Feelipantze and asked information. The fencing and diplopoleon at ten cents a glass, in defiance of macy, not to mention the lying, on both sides, I cannot tell, but it lasted a matter of ten days, and no doubt it was most ingenious. In the end, Trekateer made a desperato resolution. He wore Em boonde's lie upon his vassal's fetish. No Kafirs were present, or such treason would have cost the life of both. Feelipautze, his eyes startling, and grey with superati tiens fear, asked what the Doctor wanted. Te recover his own effects, and no more, had Treketeor set this awful machinery in movement, And Feelipautre promised to let him have them.

counting their angles, weighing them-in his lands. One evening, as they rods back every one to see the corner of his amulet i upon due authority the refugees received the days of Don John of Austria; and opinion about him. He had an idea

silence.

"Perfectly certain," I replied briskly. Another panse of hesitation-They're hard to distinguish at night, aren't they in this Quality and could tell a diamond Quality is hard to distinguish ; but any

from another stone in the dark,

He got up and hammered his pipe nerrotaly on the taffrail. "I am afraid you'll think me an old fool," said the

Doctor.

Voyons done!" I answered. "A man is a fool who does not give himself a chance! If O'Rollly, the cstrich-hunter, had not ridden into Grahamstown with that pebble which he thought curious, Griqualand would still be a desert. I take it that you have some etones which you fancy to be diamonds. Hand them out, Doctor, and I promise that no one shall

ever hear of it.'

He hesitated still. "I want to tell you how I got them—

*All right!” I said, "but the story will be much more interesting if we know be forehand what to call these pretty things. Eat us go and see them."

With evident misgivings he took me to bis cabin, and produced on old Dutch desk

et mahogany bound with brass. It was

a

They know, however, that it would bore stones, and on reaching the camp this agreed that it looked like nothing familiar pebble was minutely korutinized, to their experience, and next day they revisited the spot. It was a many plecs of ground of that Dr. Treksteer is quite cortain, but as to the locality he could not some two mtios from the kraal of Fell declare it lay beyond the Band Elver, and There are many lions in the neighborhood, A marsh is not the sort of ground in which an experienced digger would look

pauta

eub.oblef under Emboonda.

for diamonds. But if there be one fact

I

this"

&

"Navy of wood, and rotten.

"Age of great Indian victories, We defeat Chief Joseph. American loss, 73; Ladian loss, 55,

"Blue glass just pegged out. "Two hundred religions and a defaulter per day i always a church member in good

standing.

Forgery legitimato, if compounded for in time.

"Golden age of lawyers. Fifty thousand and sue hundred thousand dollar fees plentiful...

"Large crop of bankrupt and insolvent churches. Palpits coat more than the ser

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when all the timă

HE WAS IN DOUBT. (Detroit Free Press.)

A tramp sat on a doorstop back In Pine street, tenderly caressing his head and shoulders, when his "pard" came up.

"What is the matter with you, Jacob F "I am in doubt, Henry-I am in docht.” "In doubt what about?"

"Well, Henry, I went into that alley

might a known somethin' 'ad happen for gate up there to get something to eat, there was a dead book agent Jayin' on the flower bed, and a Halment man, with the the peach tree," side of his head caved in, leanin' up against

Well!"

! You see I allers was ventureum, an' I axed a woman standin' there, would the shad, Y give me a rhubarb ple an' a pleos of trosh

you ran in hope of fluding money by night in a desk where the lawful owner cannot find any by day.

The cblet possessed an otter-akin kaross proved in geology by the Cape discoveries, which hung over a cross-beam in his kraal, it is that we know nothing of the conditions He possessed also a pretty daughter a very under which a diamond may be expected pretty daughter, as Troketeer reports. One have not the slightest doubt that Trake-boer fell in love with the kaross, and one teer spoke the truth, and he says that his with the girl. Feelipautee was willing to master and slaves picked up forty-two part with either at his own price. But he stones that day, of the same sort as asked three peaudson oz, that la-for the those he showed me, and that the whole karo the hoer would give him no ox, and party gathered over a hundred and fifty, offered only two pounds in gold. Otter is He himsell, among fourteen, had the the most valuable of all the furs at the largeet found-about four carats, as I judg Capo. Exalted by the previous dissuasion, ed. They averaged perhaps, rather less and knowing himself to be prepared for than two carata. Much ponderous joking events, the chief did not bargain with that

"Well, what happened then there was over the thatter, and many supjes deference thought becoming in a black man

This story was told me in the dark, upon

about. I don't seem to make out whether "Now, Henry, that's what I'm in doubt of "Cape Smoke," so that when the sun toward a boer. When two sovereigns were grew hot all the boers went to sleep under forced into his hand, he threw them angrily A camoeldorn tras. A number of Kafira away, and one could not be found upon the poop of the good ship Mersey, homeward

This monolith was sot up Anno the back porch fall down or me, or I stop- had assembled to observe these extraora search. Words grow very threatening bound from the Cape. The Doctor gave it dinary proceedings. Through the slaves indeed, the boer asking his sovereign or his in a language unfamiliar, without graces of Domino, 1878, in the third year of Tweed ped on a keg of dynamits and it busted full of yellow papers, dried leaves, and they learned what was going on, and a Karos, the Kaffir declaring that he himself style, and in tones hurried and nervous. in jail, at an expense of $150,000, while under me. Whyby, Henry, I'd sooner rubbish of that kind which feeble old brawny fellow approached Treksteer, who had pocketed the coin. In the midst of had lately gone through adventures of my 50,000 men, women and children in this work half an hour than go into that yard Bachelors collect as they potter through still searched, though his eyes seemed this row a messenger forced his way through own, and each of my comrades gambling in city had not a dollar & head to provide again.” extetence. After rummaging all over this burning in his head; what an overpowering the oruah, and told Feelipautes that a little the saloon below would have recounted some against a long and hard winter. One

The strange experience. We were rather blasé hundred thousand framps ravaging the A Good story is told of the late Monsieur desk a time or two, the Doctor found a motive was his to keep at it! The Kafir son of his was tossed by a bull Bizall leather bag, which I had noticed at grinned in friendly style and said, "They're affection of Kaffirs for their children while with that sort of thing in the Diamond country, plundering farm houses, robbing de Balzao. One night while lying awake in

But the next chapter of the the first glance. Before opening it he only little stones you find here! Look at young is almost exaggerated, and the chief fields.

forgot his anger on hearing sach news. He Doctor's tale thrilled me. I had been la-foot passengers, burning bridges and bed, he saw a man enter his room cautions.

wrecking trains.

ly, and attempt to pick the lock of his made another attempt to explain the how

He touched a small roll of notton hanging remembered only the white man's fetish in patient for its end, burning to ask more

Egypt is said to contain a whole paper writing desk. The rogue was not a little what. But I took the bag from him, on his chesthe more nothing else healdes healing, and begged its help. Treketeer details about the situation of that marsh of Cleopatra's beedles, and now the St. disconcerted at hearing a lond laugh from and the way of his possessing he knew not

But I had not expected a catastrophe Louis Dispatch wants to know why St the occupant of the apartment, whom he feathers and pushed back the end of it, had been brought up to medicine, and he ruthlessly sovered a vary Gordian knet,

Lonis can't secure one, at least. But supposed asleep."Why do you laugh ?" and poured a bright little cascade of dia. Treksteer saw something which shook bls offered to go at once, his master raising no dramatic..

Trek teer and the chief wont alone next St. Louis is no more likely to become the asked the thief. I am laughing, my good monde upon the upper bunk. The Doctor'e whole faith in the pebbles he had so labori- objection. Thereupon the party broke up,

happy possessor of one than San Francisco, fellow," said Monsieur de Bazlso, to thing excitement was pitiful; he shook all over ously collected. For the Kaffir exposed Feelipantze burrying to the distant kloof day. An hour's ride brought them to a with anxiety. But there was no need to an angle, sharp and true as the Instrument where his son had met with this accident solitary hill, a lost kop, as the hens world Hadn't ws better try our hand at importing what pains you are taking, and what risk

could cut, glassy white, and shining in the Treketeer found the child bruised and way. Skirting it, they came upon a little koop the poor old follow in sun's rays like a star. He asked the Kafir shaken, but not hurt seriously. He stopped lake, surrounded by trees. Soon afterward

These are the real thing," I said at once,

to unwind it wholly, but this the man a day with him, however, finding several the wagon track was bit, and then, end- and of good water, apparently, though refused to do, saying it was fetish, and other esacs that appealed to his kindly skill. deuly, a thorn fence rose before them. It REFORMS IN THE UNITED STATES,

The ordinary session of the United States The Golos expresses Its entire agreement Bultfontein stones, but you have not been never to be sean. His frandfather found it. Upon returning to the bears catag he ran betwixt trees and water. Fealipautte there. Where did you find them "

and luck had followed the kraal ever since learned that the admirer of the otter-skin made a gesture, signifying, What you want Congress commenced on Monday, when with Peluco Variltohikoff as to the exalue "In the Transact, eight hundred miles Nothing would induce him to show, much cross had taken it in the confusion, and so lies there and sat upon the ground, the annual Message of the President was sion of all the European feet except those from Baltfontein."

more to part with it, but Treksteer might proud was this hero of this feat that he Treketeer went on, looking for an entrance. read. It states that the permanent pacifica of Russia and Turkey from the Black Bea This was rather startling. Every one

wore the trophy upon all occasions. The The chief called, and gave him an axe tion of the country sill remains the most In order to secure the shores of that sea,” ed at Grigusland; but it was a novel idea and be declares that it was at least an inch natives said nothing, but looked askance, hanging to his own waist belt. The Doctor important of the national interests, and it says, against attack, Russia must, as expected that new mines would be discover paas his fingers over the roll. He did so,

The Hottentot bad taken with him two knew then what lay Inside the fence. Be esya that time will furnish an ample an act of self-preservation, retain Ardahap, indeed that the diamondiferous forms and a half diameter; the angles seemed to tion stretched so far north. I became be all sharp and unbroken, so that the gem led horses, as is the custom when under out a gap. Under trees beyond he saw the vindication of the polley adopted by the Kars, and Batotum, which is the natural more eager to hear this story than was must have weighed five hundred carats at taking a long journey. He might be ex. big wagons standing. Advanding toward Government in the South. The President harbour of Kars. For the same reason the resumption of specie, protests she must insist that the Bosphorus and the the lowest estimate Treksteer could not pected back in a fortnight at the latest, for them, a vile stench filed his nostrils. adheres Treksteer to tell it. We mounted to the believe in a diamond of this wine, and he would travel very quick after reaching Presently he kicked a skeleton in the long against the payment of the principal or Dardanelles shall be closed to all ships of poop again, and there the Doctor's tale was infolded. I warn the roader it is no fiction sorrowfully concluded that fortune had ones the settlements, where his horses could be grass, then another. Vultures had done Interest of the United States bonds la war except those of Rosals and Turkey. ezohanged from farm to farm. The boere their work and gone. Some of the oxen silver, and recommends the revision of the If the navigation were made entirely fres, I am writing. To "make up" an adven more betraged him.

The boars worked up while this discus resolved to await his return their wagons lag tumbled in their tracks, some bad tariff, with a tax of 10 cents per pound on hostile fiests such as the English might ture of the sort is so easy that I, for one, would not do it. Nor can I belleve even stan proceeded, and came to the spot were loaded already, but nothing in par fallen headlong in the act of galloping tea and 2 cents on coffee, for the purpose pass along the Russian coats which would now that my informant deceived me on Fawaing and stretching their hugo limbs, toular called them home. Drink enough Human remains here were all negro. Going of increasing the revenue. He favours the hardly be as timid and Inefficient at the himself on any point. But comment will They had felt no disappointments in life they had, and, bealder, all were used to the on, the Doctor reached a but of sticks and coinage of a sliver dollar, with the adjust Turkish feet has shown itself to be. A be in place more fitting at the end. nothing to make them distrust the Fates, intoxicating beverages of the Kafir so branches. Here the boots lay, all teven, ment of the proper ratio between a gold to the other conditions of peace, the Golos They fell into ther prepared for a time of idle jolity, with the assegafs still traversing their and silver coinage, and declares that the thinks they should consist in the creation Treksteer was a successful merchant in especially when kind,

fleshless riba, Treksteor identified his legal tender of allver should be limited in of Northern Bulgeris, with Bosnia and South America, until a revolution destroy Aorte captures over the stone-one offering such as Treksteer dreaded abore every master, pinned to the earth by a spear! amount, with the express provision of ex Herzegovina, into an Independent State ed his stock, and the failure of some great farm for It, another 18 span of oxen, a mood of his savage patrons. I can under Not boers only did he fled but their luck opting the pubilo debt from payment in under the rule of a member of one of the house ruined his aredit. At Alty years third 60 guns. This last proposal abook stand that they made this nervous old man old he had to begin life once more with the Kaffir for a moments are telling of their butt, and a butt has the "roughest" of less schoolmasters, all dead and rotting any coinage of leas value than the present European dynasties; the grant of a fades very small resouroon in himself, and none six years ago, when a few grand chiefs all times in the Transvaal. Trekster asked The guns of the parly stood round a tree gold currency. The President also expendent national administration to South- entalde. His brother and partner returned owned 50 guna. Bas superstition out leave to visit his parent in the Meat, and No res stance had been made. As they at presses his adherence to his views on the ern Bulgaria; and the payment of an ins to Helland but he, dreading the elimate, weighed cupidity, and he refused with his master gave him a week. The Kafirs round a fire, the Kaffir had stolen up to subject of civil service reform, which he demity by Tarkey to Russle for the and wisely distrustful of bis ability to make firmness, The boers looked at one another had not withdrawn their eattle or their them, and killed every man with one fight maintained experience had confirmed, and expenses esused to the latter State by the way among a hand race of men, chose to They had rides and revolvers, 80 shots at families from the refuge ign that they of astegals. Then they murdered the recommends the revival of a Civil Service War, 17" observes the Goigs on the last Commission. Referring to the war in of these points, Germany received fre Beek his fortune at the Cape. There he least, and the Kafire round had only did not think the danger past. The spot, slaves, and even the cattle.

Among the bodies Treketeer recognized Europe, the President says that neutrality milliards of france from France, We DKYDOR drifted straightway into tutorship, if one spears Probably the man took alarm he of patirse, was naturally strong, such as boys may so call the business, But among said, "What security have I for the 60 and veterans could defend with a reasonable with shuddering disgust one not belonging has beau maintained towards Russia and claim less. The German armies were maine wealthy boers, of whom there are many in guns You may take my fetish, and strike hope of anodes. But the space was not to his party-asmall, alight shape girl Turkey, who had shown dus regard for tained in France as the expense of the the Transvaal, the schoolmaster is an me doad with it A great fetish. It must enough to feed some thousand of cattle, and Further clue to the tragedy he never treaties and for the rights of Americangs enemy, and levied contributions to the officer of the household, as one may say, be, or you would not offer to mich money, very hard work is proved to keep the poor gained, but that is enough for one who Upon the subject of extradition, Mr Hayes amount of 250,000,000 £ But Rumia caas saya the United States and Great Britain not expect that lie troops In Bulgaria Though the fermer have no children, be Come, make me terms! So they all at besate allee. The boys would take out no kugwa both bear and Kailir.

Nothing had been taken or touched fu the were agrood, and this question should not should be maintained by the population still keeps a pedagogus to read and write under the cameeldorn and arglied, the more than a few hundrede at a time, though ble letters, to advise him in politics and schoolmaster begotiating, of course The they bowled to see their darling dreatures wagons. Tresteer found his effects, packod be allowed to disturb their friendship of and the indemnity can in her case be there. social matters, and to amuse him with shrewd Kaffir proposed that one should get thinner day by day. & Kaffir loves his thom, and left the dreadful scene. Feel frustrate justice. All points of disagree fore hardly smaller than that of Germanys stories of the world beyond the fart. The fatth the gunt, while the rest remained hildren, but his very soul is moved by the pautée sat outaide the gap crooning his war went would be settled in due tima, goes It might be repiled that Turkey, has no schoolmaster, in fact, is half secretory, hall with him. But this would not do for the loss of an c. Before the Dostor's leave song. Before they departed he motioned bly in a new treaty, The Banery award money but she has for months been wag steward, all cervant. In a few embarrassed Envoy moist dafty the fetish with hizi expired, still greater vigilante was intro. Treketeer to make tip the hole and then would soon he communicated to Congress ing a great war against Russia which must bat pregnant words, Dr. Treksteer let me to certain its value, and not one of duced. Military orders prevailed, asuttles latching his assegnis in one hand and his A treaty with Great Britain protesting trades have cost her several hnedred milliat of understand what bumiliations, drudgery, the boers would trust another to saturn, were strengthened into plokets, and the fetish in the other, he led the way silently marks had been submitted to the Senate francs. She must have possessed this auto; "And to the place remisins The recognition of the Ding Government in for It would be too absurd to mature that and unkindness he had passed through in The debate continued till afternoon; and Barrison slept upon its arms, So Traistser toward home.

Mexico had been deferred by cocarrences in all her military expenses have been bald by twenty years of his life. The Transvas meanwhile group after group of Katrs concluded that his friends would be making to this day" concluded the Doctor.

Did you not give information at Fre the Bio Grande, bet assurances had been England, John Bull has never yet throwa boer is a white Kaffir, raised above the same strolling to the spot without domonas more jovial time of it then common. He

rebelved that the Mexican Authorities had money into the water thronga, bistokla avage in few respecte, and in several sization. The whole force of the Faal bimself recetted the kindest treatment, toria !" I asked.

"Why should I bring war upon these both the disposition and power to prevent loves But if the Porte has realy bblained beneath him. He despises the secretary ambled gradually, each man with assegals especially after it came out that he was not busotiraging bis children to do the likes and knobkerry. The boars were too much sa Africander. The old chist who some poor creatures?” he replied. "They had tuvations and depredations, and the Pricey frozi Londen, perhaps "le En Ani But at the same time, he dogg them with occupied to nobles, until five hundred manded told him again and again not to provocation enough. Besides, I have not aldert does not anticipate an Interruption friends will also pay the war commi bu den Antal bratality upon sotplates of idleness warriors or more squatted within range of fear, for he had healed their sick and passed through Pretoria. The same night of friendly relations with Mexico, "The 16 is all the samo to n whee the mo pr bed buhariot, for he was the full worth i them. Then Feelpanty rose up, and good. | Katrs neves forgot & service. My friend's our Hettensch returned, bringing me policy of boomt trmiment and fas strilion. ; eomes from,