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ed the Vother day “the merry,” Wtherry brown, " she is doing a. money-making busi- ness in more senses than one. A German, new resident in England, says that. having served for six years in the German army, he can confidently say that the military system of that cJuntry consti- tutes the most oursedly tyrannical form of slavery that ever disgraced a. civilized na- tion. Is it any wonder that England and the United States are completely overrun by Teutons anxious to taste abroad the sweets of freedom which they can never on- joy at home? An eminent English Mint official, who prides himself on his ability as a coiner, states that England at the present time is losing a. million a year on silver money, and that the calling in of the condemned half sovereign will cost her $250,000 a. year for some years. The recoining of old so7ereigns into new ones also entails a. heavy loss. The only paying department at the Royal Mint is that from which the bronze coinage is is- sued, and that shown an annual profit of $360,000. While E gland is thus losing in old and silver, it must be satisfactory to Eeel that, in what one of her Aldermen call- The juvenile inhabitants of Berlin have grown so musical in their tavts that a peti~ tion to the city Police Department is now in circulation requesting that the practice of the art be by ordinance confined to such hours as will least interfere with the intel- lectual pursuits of the neighbors, who con- sider the eternal thrummiug an ins‘ippora- able nuisance. An advertisement in the Paris Egan) an- nounces that a. man of 35, titled, intelligent, and energetic, would accept any situation, even cne perilous and requiring him to go far away, or marriage, in return for the pay- ment of $20,000 of debt. Any one who wants him must write to B. L. H. Paste Restante, Rue Montaigne, Paris. The heirlooms of Blenheim, which the Duke of Marlborough is trying to sell, in- clude one of the very few services of solid gold plate existing in England. The Queen and the Dukes of Buccleuch and Wellington are understood to be almost the only per- sons possessing them. There are in Great Britain three State pa.- pers, the London. Edinburgh. and Dublin Gazettes. The first makes a large income by reason of the various notices which the law requires to be inserted in in. Besides these papers there there is the official police “Hue and Cry” for each country. M. Pasteur officially announces that his researches have led him to the important discovery that if the poison of rabies is in- troduced into the bodies of monkeys it is greatly diminished in its virulence, and that in this milder form it may by inoculw tion be introduced into the belies of other animals without producing any serious evil, but, on the contrary, destroying the liability to canine madness. Col. Malczewski, who died lately at his house in Prussian Poland, was 100. \Vhile serving in the Prussian army he was taken prisoner, and forthwith entered the French army and took part in many of Napoleon's campaigns. After Waterloo he went home, but in the rising of 1830 entered the Polish army, and. being taken prisoner, passed 47 years in Siberia. He was only released in 1879. The deep-sea fishes taken by the United It is said that only one small herd of buf- faloes remain in Texas. This has been feed- ing on the Pecos River, in the Staked Plains region, but a. band of hunters is hovering about it cvntinually, killing the animals as fast as the meat can be cared for, and its days are numbered. This is the remnant of what wan known a. few years ago as “the great Southern herd.” There is at present a. great dearth of Pro- testant theologians in Germany- Very few young men choose the Church as a. profes- sion, and, according to a. recent account, the pulpits of several country parishes are Va- cant liteially for the want of a pastor. A sign of the impscnnious times in Lon- don is the substitution at the clubs of 3, mp of whiskey for 6 cents in lieu of sherry and hitters for 12. The receipts for wines an! liquors in most clubs have, by reason of blue ribbonism going hand in hand with hard times, sensibly decreased. A sign of the impecunious don is the substitution at the of whiskey for 6 cents in lieu hitters for 12. The receipts The National Library of France can boast about a. million more books than that of England, but then it had a. start of about a century. As early as 1617 a. decree was made compelling publishers to forward to it every book they published. In the eoiirse of last year the German Lifeboat Society saved 277 lives, the rescued persons belonging to 47 German vessels, and to 5 English, 4 Dutch, 4 Swedish. 3 Dan- ish, and 2 Russian ships. The Society sup- ports 87 lifeboat stations. The London Religions Tract Society knows that last year itiasued 30,000,000 tracts, and that its “trade receipts" were $948,155, but unfortunately it Cannot say how many persons read the tracts or benefit- ed_by _their perusal. V Some time ago Mr. Ellis Laver, of Man- chester, England, offered a. prize of $2,500 for the best safety lamp {or use in mmes. Over ninety lamps have been sent in, many coming from the United States and others from the Continent. A meeting of the Paris bar has passed a resolutionâ€"which, of course, has no legal efl'ectâ€"that the receiver of a letter has the right to publish it without the consent of the writer or his hairs. The first “Secretary of Scotland" will gobs.ny be Lord Aberdeen. L)rd Rose- ry is an abler man, but as the appoint- ment does not carry a. seat in the Cabinet, it is not likely that he will accept it. It seems that the report that there was a. plot to destroy by dynamite the German Emperor at the inauguration of the Nieder- weld monument, although at first contra- dicted, is quite true. One hundred and forty-seven thousand persons visited the reading mom. in 1882. of the British Museum and only 70, 000 that of the Paris Public Library. The directors of the Chicago Driving Park have resolved that hereafter races shall be run on Sunday as well as on any other day. Horse Racing on Sundayâ€"Hard Times in London-The German Militia Systemâ€"An Old Soldier &c., &c. Temperance men in England complain that at bars ginger ale costa twice as much a: the eame quantity of beer. INTERESTING ITEMS. fashion, according to circumstances. Better the first than the last ,' but both are wrong. Give her something to (loâ€"something which involves routine. Let her keep up a. slender course of study. Give her gosd books and papers to read. Find her Occupation of some kind, or she will soon become restless and uneasy and ripe for any mischief. w V 7 .e. â€" --. “.vv wuv'llvh vu- , _ _ - V, . Take our advice. Put your boy on the right track and keep it clelr. Ten chances to one he will go unhurt until he is twenty- flve or thirty ; and thenâ€"well, you need not break your heart because he breaks his. Accident! will happen, you know, they must come, sooner or laterâ€"but later is better. Give him something to do. As for your daughter, as soon as she leaves school her books ere thrown aside, and she is ex pected at once to identify herself with household interests, or to become a. lady of t.» .L:_A A , Occupation as a Preventive. Never forget that idleness is ruinous to young people, and give your boys and girls plenty t) do. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," or, to change the figure, it is very easy to run a locomotive when everything is in running order, but after acalliaion itis 'quite another thing. 'I‘..L_ H... 4j__.-A Sunlit Rooms. No article of furniture ,should be put in a room that will not stand sunlight. for every ro )m in a dwelling should have the windows so arranged that some time during the day a. flood of sunlight will force itself into the compartments. Tne importance of admitting the light of the sun freely to all parts of our dwellings cannot be too highly estimated. Indeed perfect health is nearly as much de- pendent on pure sunlight as it is on pure air. unlight should never be excluded except when so bright as to be uncomfortable to the eyes. And walks should be in bright sun- lights so that the eyes are protected by a veil or parasol when inconveniently intense. A sun-bath is of more importance in preserving a healthful condition of the body than is generally understood. A sun bath costs no- thing, and that is a misfortune. for people are deluded with the idea that those things can only be good or useful which cost ‘ money. But remember that pure water, 1 fresh air and sunlight homes, kept free from dampness, will secure you frOm many 1 heavy bills of the doctors and give you health and vigor which no money can pro- cure. It is now a wellâ€"established fact that the people who live much in the sun are usually stronger and more h€ulthy than those whose occupation deprives them of sunlight. And cerlalnly there is nothing strange in the result, since the law applies with equal force to every animate thing in nature. It is quite easy to arrange an iso- lated dwelling so that every room may be flooded with sunlight some time in the day. and it is possible that many town housi s could he so built as to admit more light than they now receive. The other day a crowd assembled at the limestone quarry north of Warm Springs to witness the discharge of a big blast, says the Salt Lake Tribune. Stone had been been quarried out so as to leave a paling one hundred feet wide and over one hundred feet high. This face was nearly perpendicu- lar, but had a bench or step extending up from the base forty feet. From this point a tunnel was run in on the dip of the ledge forty-three feet. and at the lower end a crosslcut forty-three feet long was made. At each end of this cross-cut a well was sunk nine feet deep, bringing the bottom on a level with the floor of the quarry. In one of these wells 100 kegs or powder were placed in bulk and wires were so arranged as to enable the two masses to be fired at the same time by electricity. The powder and the wires once in position, the Wells were filled up with tamping. The manner in which the tunnel cross-cuts and Wells were arranged made it easy to confine the explosive force of the powder so as to be more eflective. \Vms were stretched up the hill about seven hundred feet to a sale ‘ place, and a portable battery was carried to the spot. The crowd of :psctatcrs viewad ‘ the quarry and such features as were visi- ble, and ntired to the valley below, one thousand feet away, where they had a good chance to witness the explosion. Mrs Frank Pascoe touched ofl' the powder just at 4 o‘clock by merely pressing akey of the machine, and at once the whole face of the quarry was raised, and fell in an immense mass of broken rock. from the size of an egg up to that nearly of a house, Mr. Pascoe estimates that the blast brought down and loosened up between thirty and forty thou- sand tons of rock. The report of the ex pic! on was not heavy,â€"in tact, less than is often made by a stick of giant,-â€"but the tumblirg of the rocks made the earth tremble for quite a distance. The amount offismoke which rose in an immense cloud gave some idea of the amount of powder used, and for some time obscured the View. An ill-timed cough or sneeze has often in- volved unpleasant consequences, but Mme. Dodieau came to grier the other day through msrLly a. sigh. Tnis lady. tired of her husband, a. master butcher of Ham-e, sloped with a. young man in his employ. af- ter she had provided tunds for a good time out of the butcher's cash box to the extent of $2 000. M. Dodieau’s telegram brought a. detective to the fugitive’s hotel in Paris. There he found in bed a solitary young man, who swore roundly at him for viola- tion of domicile. The officer was about to retire, when a half-stifled sigh arrested him. Search revealed a. cunningly conceal- ed closet, on opening which the erring and straying butcheress fell ‘half fainting into his arms. A L'ndon paper, in its account of the meat of the Coaching Club, says the Elri and Countess _of Shrewsbury were conspicu- ous by having no guests on their coach, and they did not join the gay procession that wended its way to Hurlingham after- ward. It will be remembered that Lard S. eloped with Mrs. Mandy. nee Morewood. What. however, has tended most of all to put England’s premier Eirl out of society has been his heartless conduct to his mother. It is said that on .this account the Prince of \Vales cut him dead. States Fish Commission steamer during its late cruise in the Caribbean are exciting much interest at the Smithsonian. Curiosity is intensified by those specimens of deep sea. fishes which are nearly or entirely blindâ€" the eyes becoming atrophied or obsolete from disuse, like those of the fish inhabiting the Mammoth Cave of Kentuckyâ€"while others have large eyes, and the blind fish of the cave are allied to some superficial marine fishes that have Will-developed eyes. »<'.>N A Big Blast. »<->w assembled at the Warm Springs to grbig b!aa§,_aays Whtn all was secured undireedvâ€"tâ€"he word to haul was given, and the tiger was DRAWN UP HEAD FOREMOST INTO THE BASKET, which was only large enough to receive him, and thus he was unable to struggle with effect. As soon as he was well into the basket the whole was drawn up and then laid on in; side, when the mouth of the basket we. at once laced up, leaving nothing but the tiger's tale protruding. When all was fast tne nooaes iound his throat were slackened, so as to admit of his breathing freely. The noosee were, however, still left round his neck for after operations. The basket was now slung on a. pole, and, with its contents, borne down the hill to the road, where a cage was in readiness to receive him. The cage was six feet long by two and a. half feet broad, and was made of l The planks covering the mouth of the pit ‘ were then slightly sepaw. ed to admit of the ‘ ropes and poles being passed down. The noose of one of the ropes was lowered onto the tiger’s head, which intrusion be resisted violently; but, by skill and patience. the Malays managed to get the noose over the tiger'shead and round his neck. This was effected by manoeuvering his paws and mouth with the poles. As soon as the noose was in position, it was drawn tight enough to prevent its being removed by the prisoner. The other rope was then passed down and. secured in a similar manner. The operation of placing the two nooses round the neck occupied twenty-three Iminutes. The ends of the ropes were then passed through the cylindrical baskets, entering at the open end and passing out at the small hole at the other end. Thoy were afterward passed over the overhead beam, and were held by a. party of twelve coolies, ready to haul when directed to do so. The basket was then placed mouth downward over the pit, and the planks were moved just sufficiently to admit of the basket being lowered into the mouth of the pit. The exact elevation of the basket was regulated by a third rope, which was lashed t) it and passed over the overhead beam and held by one man. The first thing done was to rig up a strong beam 1% a height of about nine feet over the hole, and this was supported on well- secured uprights, to which it was firmly lashed with withes. Next there were pre- pared tvro cylindrical baskets made of green rattan. One of these baskets measured two two feet in diameter and eightieet long. The other was made just sufficiently large to be passed into the large one for the purpose of giving additional strength. One end of each basket we] open while the other was closed With the exception of a. hole of about three inches in diameter, the use of which will be afterward explained. Having Jammed the smaller basket into the larger one, the walls of both were firmly laoed together throughout wit withes, to avoid any chance of s1 pping. Fnally two new hemp ropes, two and three-quarter inches in circumfer- . ence. ware prepared with runn'ng nooses. Small pieces of sticks were pzssed through the rope as stoppers, to prevent the loop from running before required to do so. As soon as a few long poles were cut and pre- pared. with afork on some and pieces of Wood lashed on others to form hmks, all was ready for the operation. [‘he manner in which the Malays worked was much to be admired. Every a'z‘ange- ment was most complete, so than no acci- dent cculd in all human probability occur, and when the mcss difficult parts of the wcrk was going on, strict s lance was main- tained among the operators, each of whom seemed to know his role with exactitude, and all worked like one machine. There seemed no fear and no hurry, while, in ad- dition to their endeavors to brilg their labors t) a. successful conclusion. they seem- ed to have THROUGH SYMPA’I‘HY WITH THE VICTIM whom they treated as gently as possible. m. n . .. . . . For nearly six asys the poor captive lay in the pit (being fed very sparingly so as to reduce his energy), while preparations were being mude for caging him. At first a large square hole was dug adjacent to the pit,and it was intended to have placed a cage in this hole, having done which the partition of earth between the hole and the pit was to have been knocked away and the tiger driven into the cage. After the hole was dug this plan was, however, abandoned, as it was clumsy and dangerous, and the opera- tion of caging the tiger was put in the hands of six Malays, who, as a race, are noted for their knowledge of Woodcraft and of the habits of animals. I, with two other officers and a lady of the garrison, we re the only Europeans who were fortunate enough to witness the Jere sight of caging a wild tiger, and I Wlll attempt to describe the op :ration in detail. As soon as the owner of the pit into which the tiger had fallen was aware of his prize, he covered the mouth of the pit with strong planks, and at once looked around for a purcher. who was soon found. The sum of $125 as, (about £25) was paid for the tiger as it lay at the bottom of the pit, and it after- wards cost $0 to have him caged and c>n~ veyed to Singapore. While negotiations were being carried on, spectators were per- mitted to look at the magnificent animal, for which purpose the covering of planks was partiafily nmived. He did not at all relish these visitors, and g Ive marked signs of' disapproval by growling and springing up. He had, however very lmle room for move- ment, but. on one occssion very nearly reach- ed the 10p of the pit. The pit in which the tiger was caught was circular, and measured 11 feet deep by three feet in diameter, contracting slightly at the bottom. It was dug in sindy clay, and as the sides were clean cut the tiger was not able to escspe by scrambling up. The situa tion was on _the margin of a. jungle forest, and the pit, along with others, had been dug for the purpose of capturing wild pig. Those pits are covered over with thin sticks and grass or leaves, so that any unwary animais quite unaware of the unsound stste of the ground. It is presumed that the tiger was either in pursuit of wild pig. or was wending his way to an adjoining tarmyard, when he got into difficulties. An Interesting and Exciting Episode at Slngapon-e--The Neat and Effective Eflons of Malay Workmen. The interest of the community of Singa- pore, India, was lately excited by the au- nouncement that a. fine tiger had been cap- tured in a, pit situated in a Chinaman’s warden close to the eighth milestone on the Bukit Timah road leading to Tahore. This road, usua'ly almost deserted, became alive with spectators proceeding either by car- riage, on horseback. or on foot to and from thgscene of the capture. CASING A TIGER. “The Rhine," called at the government of- fice far his passports, when the following conversation took place with the clerk: "Your name, if you please 2" “Victor Hu- go," “Age 1’" “Thirty-three.” “Profes- sion ?" The poet lifted proudly his Olym- pianfrontand replied with majesty: ‘ ‘Found- er of my school." “Very well. Write”- turning to a fellow-clerkâ€"“write cm. a. pass- port for M. Victor Hugo; age, _33; acnool- master." Though it is not incumbent upon thee to complete the work, do not, therefore cease from pursuing in. If the work is great, great will be thy reward, and thy Master is faithful in His paymentâ€"Translated from the Talmud. Victor Hugo, when about to make the journey in} U armal‘ny‘wbiqh inspired his book, There are three crownsâ€"of the Law, the Priesthmd and the Kinaship: but the crown of a good name is greater than them all. He or she who gives charity becomes blast. or, as it is wutwn : "A beneficent soul wxlt be abundantly blest.” A miser is as wicked as an idolator. Teach thy tongue to any “I do not know.” Thy {rind has a. friend, and thy friend’s friend has a. friend ; be discreet. :D:splse no man and deem Inthing im- possible ; every man has his hour and every thing its place. To pray loudly is not a. necessity of de- vomon ; when we prav We must direct: our henna towards Heawn. “grace is only in the heels," which is dis- pl iyed by Cninese soldiers, can only inspire contempt among any troops but such as are even on a. lower level of inefficiency than Chinese warriers. A! Corporal Trim says, “one good thrush with the bayonet is worth them all." with a mxtehlock; each mnksmsn takes five shots each day, and is rewarded or punished accordinv as his varied success places him in one of the three classes of proficiency." This is the kind of milit Iry exercise which part'oularly delights the Chinese mind. Such exhibitions of agility as mmersaults and leaps are, to their thinking. inexpres- sibly terrifying to the enemy, and when so- companied by shouts and cries, cannot fail, they ecnsider, to spread dismay in the op- posing raoks. The “shout of battle" has. through all time, been recognized as a power in the fight; but the "buxom valor" whose 1y exchanges his seat at the same moment. ‘Vhile mounted they likewise fire three rounds with the matchlock, shoot three flights of arrows. and attack and defend with the sword and iron whip or flaili. ' ' ' They have, besides. six triala monthly in horse and foot archery, and twice a. year, for 12 days atqtime. practice at a. mark With these troops also bows and arrows are the favorite weapons, though a. small proportion of the men carry matchlocks. Six times a month they practice archery on foot : and every string and summer, dressed in armor, they go through the same exercses on horseback. This division furnishes a guard of two men at each gate of the “for- hidden city,” whose dutv it is to sit holding a. rod bar] across the getaway, and who rise only to princes of the Maui. It also sup- plies the night patrols within the “forbidden city,” who allow no one either to enter or leave the precincts unless he be the bearer of half a. broken token which when fitted with the corresponding portion in poasessien of the cfljcer on duty matches it exactly. The “light division,” as its name indicates, is especially intended for services requiring strength and attivity. The men ire drilled “six times a month with the scaling lzdder, when they al-o fire three volleys wit 1 the matchlock ; six times they wrestle and per- form feats of horsemanship, one rider leap- ing on the back of another 3 horse, met at a gsl'op, while the rider of he latter similar- Do you liva near a pic 15 fool. If the fox is king. bow before him. In conclusion, I must again My that all praise is due to the Malays who carried out the operation of noosing, raising. and caging the tiger. Nothing could exceed their skill and method of workingâ€"Correspondence London Reid. u, nlul luau, cum in Ene confiiiig . According to such meas- urements as could be made as he lay in the basket, he is nine feet long from his nose to thief his tail. ... ...._.-‘. v... “u. Auycu. At first the backward movement was slow, but when the tiger discovered that all was apparently clear behind. he slraggled out of the basket and flew to the back of the cage, where he waschecked by the bars.and retain~ ed by the ropes round his neck, which were drawn in with lightning speed by the Ma- lays who. were evidently prepared for this movement of the tiger. The movable bars were now replaced, and the basket was cut away from the cage. All that remained was to remove the ropes from his neck, whicn was one by means of hooked sticks ; and then the poor beast, finding himself free to move, rushed frantically about the cage, although his movements were much prescribed. Covers were then put over the cars and this soothed him. The cage having been hoisted on to a bullock cartI was re- moved to Singapore, where the tiger is now on view, previous to being shipped to some dealer in England or America. He is a magnificent animal, beautifully marked, 8nd ‘ stout beams and planks, except at the ends, which were encloeed with iron bars of an inch in diameter. Four of the bars at me end conld be drawn up, and ssrvrd as a door. The mouth of tne basket was now firmly lashed to the end of the cage, where were the movable bars; and the ends of the ropes which were round the tizer‘s neck. Were by means of a. hooked stick passed backward over the tiger and through the cage where they were held by men ready to haul. The movable bars of the cage were nyw drawn up, and the mouth of the basket was cut by means of a. long knife, but as the tiger seemed indisposed to move out of the basket. his hind legs were levered backward with sticks, while the men in the rear hauled on the ropes. thcflh. One Wing of the Chinese Army. HEBREW THOUGHTS. Little Florence C. was besieging her fath- er to take her to visit her grandmother, who lived some miles distant. To get rid of her importuning he said: “It costs $10 every time we go to See grandma, Florence. and $10 don’t grow on every bush.” “Neither do $10 grandma; grow on every bush.” an- swered the little girl promptly, and her 1,. ............. logic ‘ _-.. .1... v. any more than if it were told them by an intimate frien 1. But they read it and re- peat it ; and owing to the eye defects before spoken of, they scarcely ever repeat it as it is printed. So we all become involved in a congeries of misrepreseutatfon.â€"Gharlea Dudley Warner, in Harper's Maqazine for July. VVhat is the matter with the human race? What obliquity is it that induce! people to tell lies out of which they can get no possible benefit? Are the majority of people con- sciously unveracious, or are they really the dupes of their senses ? “ I said in my wrath all men are liars.” Perhaps he might have said it coolly and with scientific precision. Perhaps it is a question of physiology rather than of morals. The human frame is ac- kno wledged to be a wonderful p'ece of mech. anism. The Psalmist admired it, but it puzzled him. If he had been a scientist he would have been able to give physiological reasons for the opinion that there is no: one perftc‘. manâ€"no, not one. Scarcaly a per- fect woman. It is known ‘thst two people do not see the same thing alike, and conse- quently they describe it difi'erently. They do not hear the same statement alike, and they always repeat it with variations. Of all witnesses the eye is the least trustworthy. It appears to be the most subject to delu- sions. There is a reason for this. No two persons have eyes alike. The two eyes in ‘ one heed are seldom alike ; if they match in color thev are diflerent in form, diflerent in focus. Not one eye in ten millions is in a normal perfect condition. The focus is either behind the retina or in front of it, and the eve is either near-sighted or far- sighted. What can he expected of such an imperfect organ in the way of correct obser- vation I It appears to be still worse with the ear. It is at bests. crooked organ, and nearly everything that passes through it gets a. twist. And these two defective machines are allied with probably the meet deceitful little member that ever wasâ€"the tongue. The efl'ort of the tongue in put into sound and speech the so called impressions obtain- ed throueh the complic ited mechanism of the eye and the ear is a ludicrous failure. Any am who is familiar with a court of justice or neighborhool talk knows that. And owing to the sympathy of one part of the body with another. the thumb and the fore and middle fingers (which hold the pen) become infected. Tne su’s :itutior of the inflexible stylozra- phio pen for the flowing quill steel it was thought would tend to remedy this defect. But this obs'aile in the way of writing does not check the ten iency t) prevaricate any more than stuttering does in the case of the tongue ; and it is just as diflicult for astut- terer to speak the truth as for uglibton- gued person. The consequence of this in- fection of the pen‘fingers is that what is not strictly true now and then creeps into print. People are beginning to find out this physical detect, and many persons now will not believe what they read in a neWspaper Ann Mr“... LL,“ :5 :4. _r,, L,I‘ .- "J r,--, ....... 5, .suuu-uu, nauasuu. Fathers, mothers, brothers, and-sisters look on and only seem to enjoy the terrible phys- ical sufferings of those who should be near- est and dearest to them, and even suggest new ways in which their afflictions may be increased. Is it any wonder that these de- votees become crazed, or worse still, meet their death 2 In three cases out of five so we were informed, the exercises end in the death of the celebrants. Littlg Florence C. was . . 7 ~ v â€" V - â€" ~ r r‘v the flash at short intervals, causing the crim- sm streams to cover the grounds on all sides of the poor, suffering, ignorgnt, fanatic. 1).“, It required fully an hour to make the journey. for the cross-bearer fell upon his Iace no less than seven times, a. scourging being administered 11pm each occasion. The top of the hill reached, the cross was erected and he who had borne the instrument thither was stretched upon it, being tied hand and foot. Again and again he was made to feel the thorns, until at last from loss of blood he fainted completely away, and there he was lett while all the others returned to the church. The victim of this fanacticism, this hideous barbarity, must remain upon that cross until the darkness may hide those who come to carry him away. Savers] have died under this usage. but even this never serves as a lesson for the luture. All day long this seIf- beating is kept up being varied now and then by new and ad- ditional methods of torture. Long limbs of the cactus bush are lashed up and down the limbs, so that the sharp, keen thorns, pierce the flash at short intervals. causing him prim- 0.- _...J .4 v‘ vuv A“ ulnlulUl-I- One of the men with much effort Look the crass upon his ba:k and the price-salon was ready to s'art for a. little hill about one mile distant. A sort of Weird malady or chanting was set up and the scourge immediately ap- plied to the back ofeach devotee by his own hand. Blood started at every stroke, but the lashing wad kept up without cessation. Sev- eul times he who bore the cross fell under its weight, when with a. horrible demoniac shout from his brothers in misery he was brought to his feet again and given renewed courage by a terrible scourging administered to him by those nearest. The Journal man on Friday had an oppor- tunity of witnessing the methols of these people as exhibited at Naciemento, in the northern portion of this county, and one of the strongholds of the order. The little adobe church was filled to overflowing with devotess of the order and idle curiosity seek- ers. Services were commenced with singing and then other exercises followed prelimin- ary to the horrible work snsoon to follow. An immense cross had been provided, the length of which was fully tweIVe feet, with a cross-bar of about six feet, and the whole weighing fully 175 to 203 pnunds. Those who were to take part in the brutal, cruel exercises were three men ranging in age from twenty-one to twenty-eight years. All were stripped to the waist, and each carried a piece of soap-weed, which is very tough of fibre, and through which thorns from our native cactus hai been pushed. making an instrument the very sight of which brought back thoughts of the daysof the‘Inquisition. n., .e.. ' There is within a. body kromn a. Penitentes. The men with us here, The was convincing: They HORRIBLE RELIGIOUS RITES‘ Bax-barons Practices of uh “ Pen!- tents" at New Mex o y. Given to Lying. thin the limits 0’ New Mexic) n as Lxs Flagelautea or La! The latter name is more com mg the methols of Ehese d at Naciemenbo, in the J this county, and one of vi the order. The little filled to overflowing with I-.. Aâ€"JV went. ‘ curiosity seek. ed with singing owed prelimin- aoon to foilow.