BRAMBLES ROUND THE WORLD.-VI.

Albany.

I'jio.m Sai'iito^a I wci.t by train to Albany, the capital of Hu Mtuto of Nov.1 York. shu principal objei't u£ iiUercs: is thu now Capitol, v liuu liuildiuy; in ili.s Kuup.is&aiiiic style. With ti.o exeepiioti oi the b'oderal Capitol ax >Vailiing;on. il is. )iurhaps, the lafgeat ant! iinest public; buiUl iii;; ill Anuiiia,

The Journey to New York.

1 had ofceu honrd the scenery of the Hudson tUvc.r extolled, anil therefore choaa to proceed to JNew Ycik Uitv by ouc vi" tiie day boats plying on this JJudsou. 'ibc Americans certainly excel iv tUeir rivur steamers, i Have seen uothing Jike them in any oilier pjrt of tlw wuild. The Albauy, in whiuh I touk my passage, la a maguiiicant vessel, urn ouiy targe, as to size, but in iittinj;s, general cunvouioaeo, aud appointments, pu.-.itivoiy superb. A first ■ o:as.-> mtauiaut is lnaiutaiiitd on boiud, and, if the travoller can .iffiird it, ami v inclined 10 tho ploa>uies of tue table, lie may obtain v most nclwnhti repast, or it his tixchequor be limited, bo may have, for v smaller outlay, what the Aiusricaos term ''a square meal." on tbe whole, I was not disappointed by what I saw on the Hudson iiiwr, ihough I ihink :bo scenery has ba»n pulled to the veige of exaggeration, liuio and space turoid mo to outer into detail. 1 may s±y, Loivcvei, that some of the tutus of the river riiselc sj a combination of views that are very interesting, Tourisis who have t'.uie t» sparo mylic be repaid by stopping at Cats kid, and visiting iho Mountain House, miJ the additional y cabiu wheie Hip V.ai Wiuklo enjoyed bis ioug u.-p, or tlio rush ing falls of Kaaiorkili. Hear Foughkupsi.' a lend in the river biiu^B in :«ij;iit rocky, precipitous banks that Broadly CJUiraa; with tiie sajLery iv other iwielies. The ißitiou ioeky piatloiiu eallc+l ihu Devil, )ankskamiiier, or dancing chamber, should not bo overlooked, iluro, in former times, the Indians celebrated »ome of their festivals. West Point, ioo, is a. plaeo r.i note. Many reiniiiiscuncc-i oi tins war of ludevtitideuuo arc ftuuuectuu VYltk if. it was hare that a huge chaiu win strotcbud acros-j tho river to jueveut the piogress ut tho ii itish vis»eis; st,mt> of the gieat links are still preatrved. Papeug, Jarrytowu, and Tiippan. 1 was reminded oi the. fate Major Audit; lor it was ia ttiis neighbuiir liouii be -vfiia captured and liu»g ss a, spy. As tho trav.-lior apiironeues A'ew York ho 18 iutortstod iv the palatial ri'Sidencss which uiauy of the wealthy cicizens have eroded for tueruseivea on we banks of tbe noble scream. Altogether the voyage down thu Hudson fioru Albany to New York is very enjoyaole, uud I should reeoiumend ii iv preference to a land jour, ney by rail. It was towards eveuin« when we atrived at the City, and I suon faund most eomfortablo—tbotwti rather ex pensive— quarters at the iloiel Brunswick in Jfiuh Avenue.

Visit to Henry Ward Beecher.

I am not aoiug to write about New York city. I take it tor granted that your road ers aie familiar v.ith some of the uiauy books <iDd publications axUut—that give minute descriptions of the city and its in stitutions. But perhaps it way interest some if I narrate an iucidunt of personal cx[>eiience, as it relates to a inau oi world wide notoriety—the ftevd Eonry Ward Beecher. It was towards the cud of the v/eeK wlien I arrived ac JNew York, and I anticipated hearing the celebrated preacher at IStooklyn oa the following riund<iy. But on Saturday inorni»g I waited on a guntluinaa belonging to Mr Barcf.«r'a Church, to whom 1 bad a Jester of introduc tion, aad was informed by him tnat Mr Bt/ochor was snjojiojj a vao.»tiou. " Kut," said t-e, '"you should go aU(I Sl>t) him at his residence He will giv* yo* and you' uiU a ordiai welcome, and if you liku I 7/iil i'i'ia jou a letier to him' Oa vhia was my only chance of seeing Mr Bo&clwr, I determined to follow my friend's ad vice. Accordingly, oa Saturday afturnoon we took the train for Peekiville. A cab from Uie station convoyed v. to Mr Bucerur's deuivoue — it may be truly so c.-lled. Nature hus dnnc much and ;;rt h»s added mauy details to makeMrßeeuher'spbcu au eartuly paradise. It is a lovely spot about two miles distant from the banks o£ the Hndson kiver, and township of Peeksville. Un arriving at the house wo wete received by a lady, tall iv stature, of nobli features, and commanding mien, whom I instinct vely concluded to be Mrs Beaeber. < pre sented my credentials and inquired if air Beecher wa* at home. ' Mo, he is not," said the lady, in polite but rather freezing tones, aad manner souiev/hat forbidding, "I don't know whero he v ; he may be somewhere about the grounds, or ho m:»y have gona into tko city. You cau wait if you please, but I cannot tull when he will icturu; it may be soon, or some hours hence. You had bolter not dismiss your carriage, as, if you wait, it ia a long walk back to tho Dep6(, and I could not simd you there in our conveyance because ona oi our horses is lama." All this occurred ou the verandah, she had uot asked us to enter the house. I interpretod nor wo'ds aud manner u> mean that she did not wish us to stay, aud that we had belter be oft, and was on the point of retiring when the cibrnan, who had bean listening to the colloquy, exclaimed, " Hera cornea Mr Beechsr." I looked In the direction indicated, and saw, emerging from a clump of trees, a manly form of alinoit alderruanic propor tions. He approached rapidly, and dotting a drab telt wide-awake—mack the wors.e for wear — displayed a brow broad and massive like the front of a temple, while the breaze gently stirred the long locks oi light-browu hair thnt descended from the tact of his head towards his shoulders. He fixad a "penetrating glance on me, ns much a* to tay, "Who ate you?" "Oh, Henry,' said the litdy, "here's a, gentle man wL>> wishes to see you; he has brongnt a lettei from Mr S—," and banding uiy card ai>C the latUr I had jjivea hor to her husban..!, she euter«d into the house. " Pray bo seated," said Mr Beccher, point ing to the verandah cbairs. He had not read many linen b*fore he exclaimed, " Excuse me a moment," aad ditappeared after hia wite. What transpired between them I cannot say, but presently he re turned leading her by ttie hand, and for mally introduced her as Mrs Beecher. "You'll stay and take tea with v«, »ir," he continued, " and diamias your vehicle; I will send you back after tea." I thauked him, but said 1 teared it would not ba convenient foi him to de so, aa I had been given to understand that one of bis horses was lame. "Pooh!" said ha, " I am tho beet judge of what is con venient for me to do." Then turning to the cabman, wiiom he seemed to know, he said, " Harry, haven't I as good a pair »f horses as yours. Couldn't I beat you on a pinchV" "I guess you could, sir," replied the man with a grin on his countenance while touching his hat. Find iag that Mr Beecher really withed us to stay, I dismissed the cab and followed him into the house. Evervthiug iv the interior denoted comfort combined with taste. The furniture of tho rooms I saw, might be germed elegant, and th decorations and

•.■Uliuriil iir)-:ii)S;:n:ci!l svincfil the fare tsiloilt c.i liav.iifnioiu :"ioU|>ii<;^. JMi UcxUer's '■ !:i,:ni:t.r was I'.ortli.il aii'l urbaue. FoisonaHjr I jsc L, like ho i-hoU..-; to b.- »ccii, but - i i hinl; thoy haully do him jii.>;r^. The ••:;- I iusx .lijuisl ilmi' the pictuiTH r.ii'ruioiit it. uuipiuuiii, iiL.;;:;:h •■.■■:. :..' '.lie : Muiu (.■'. I i-ii.'viii;: ■.!! heii'A; I,in: Atlcr r.i a va; sj: and cliiitlod ova >:-j:i-(v o£ wj.U-. 'ilwro i -,v...; i ■..Uii.it! Ii;: ■.■ • . -snmiilion oi sn\> orio ily .n Mr !',-n:li. r..; uiiiLUur ;he was ! ; llttUo. but ut l!li: hauiO lime s lUaW'liftt ! i rctifCiit. i hnd tv diinv him »uU Mw 1 iiii'.iirs vi Sj!\\it, thoii occupyint! publii' | .ateatiuu, were lulorrodto, and I e_x|irft»-ed : - lu~.r thivr. conii-iiciitious mUiiit arise Uaii liuutou iiuropean war. "N.," said Ml Bseuhor, "I thiuk not. So long us .Bismarck appioves of iho policy and pro- Ccedurc of Sliig.audjtutio will buuuf-uuvral : war. Jtnsaia has iiei ii '<■•> imitli nxiiaiisLed ! Lv her late war with Turkey, and l>an 100 ' iiiucii ou bur hands .it houij to be able to • euj;iiL;<j iv a foreign war." lvCturriuj; to the I Wh.ili-i-s he said, "(hey aro right in ' principle, but wrong in practice. 'I hoy an. entitled to thu frotdoiu whiuh they crave, but know not how to achieve it. They arc adupuug doviiisu ineauj to a divine oiul " iiuto.nn;; in tlin course of onr discussive chat, tv liis visit to Knglaud at the vivo <> the civil wiir in .^iiiwiic.., i nsked him v ho ioiuiiutiorcd aayini.'in ono oi ids pubic addresses, as reported, " When i am at home lam no; afraid to move ahout; 1 bavo ploaty of loom. L!ut lure, if 1 <;o out afn.r dmk'i Kul as if 1 were in dulcet oi stepping over." Ho laughed, ami replied " 1 aou't remembor ; t >i»vo .-aid so many foolish things iv my lite timu iliac I have no wish to lomembar them." I umx.d the couver.~.itu)ii to liv I>(.">K on tlio "Life ol Lhcut," and c>;pres*ed a i.opo tnat he .ioi.il t<e aido i-: oomp.eto it. lie s:.ui,

'■ Thciu aru many who sympathise with jou in Hint matter. I atu continually im portuned on the subject. My Wifo their,'' pointing a-roas tho table, ;'is at ma about v every day." "No, Henry, not every day," expostulated Mm li.eoher "Ah well," he rej diiid, ''that* a lignr.; of speech, by every day 1 iv. au very frequently. However," \k ;ul U-d, ': (am iu<ryiiiguii t'ue work, and iMfia si,on 10 Uiiish ic^ t have got .v far us the fofiy ilii)j." In veply to iv ijuesuou from me h« sanl lie. aid not iutcn i tlio work to gu beyond two Volumes. I assumed that he vv;-.s f.-tuiiimr with the bauks Canon Jj'uivar nnd Dr Geikie h-.id written oq thus ,me

subject. " Yes," lie said, "oi the tw > 1 like Dr Geikie's tho be.-t ■ bur. I think both ho and Canou Farmr twa« wore of the external icntnresi ot i'mist's life and the historical associations sunoundiug it tbau of his internal lieu aad experiences. It is my own aim to give prominence tv the latter. Just before leaving I. ventured to allude to the great triil Ua had endured, and tha widespread »vniu.ithy tuat Uad been felt for him ia other Uiaih. " Oh," he interrupted quickly, in v manna- be traying some impatience, "all that has passed away liku a summer cloud." Ou the whole 1 much eujoyed the interview. The foregoing scraps aio but ftaguientan leminisceuces of a veiy pibas.mt time with this roujarkuble mau. Wiiiio he was :<rsenc from the room giving ordeia ab.uu the buggy to take us cv [he station, Mr- Beecher said to me, "I am afraid y»u thought mt; very bru-que and discowteou when you arrived, and tuat i. save you but a poor impression of our hospitality; bat the fact in, S'r, so maay paiaoiu co.i»e here asking to >e< ilr Beeouer, nencrilly on begylng erranda, aod h: is -so uasiiy impofied upon, aud so inconuiderata and lavisti in iiid cUaritb-s, that I am obliged to be very car. ful whom I a^mit." I hastened so amire you that I ootertaitiod mo sneh ftelinja—th.nl w;is deeuly s-n.iblo of th kind reception we had met witi:, aid th;it I shoulu carry away oaly pi casurcable recollection- of my visit to Peeks Kill. 4 trail of Mr Boucher'j humour [.coped out us i was leaving. The bu/jy—drawn by a splendid p.ir of pa:.i(S6 WJ I ut the door. W<; h;id sftakea bands and my wii* was alroady seated. But as the i-.oi-.jes hid slightly swerved, making the step ine;mvoa'eus, my ii»t utteinpt to ascend was a faili<r». O^ making v second essay, Air Beeclw ai'i»il inu by a shov;: b> hiud, sayi.iL', ': You have v.ore soliii the.ilr.ny tu.ia I gave y^iu credit for," and with a Biuilu, aud a wavo of his luibd aa a parting salutation, he wave tho word ta thu driver, axid we were oil. KaMULKUi

Rules For Bathing.

AVOID battling witain tv/o hours after a meal. Avoid baUiiog whsm exhausted Ly fatigue, oi' from any otuur cause. Avoid bathing when tho body is cooling after perspiration. Avoid batliiug altogether iv the opea air if, after having been a, short time in the water, it causes a suuie of chillaoaa, with numbness of tbe hands and i\iet.

Bathe when tbe body is warm, proviciedco time is lost in getting into the water,_

Avoid chilling tae body by sitting or standing undr«ised ou the banks or iv boats aiier baviug been iv tbe water. Avoid leinaiuiug too lony iv the wator— lea«e tne water immediately there is the slightest feeling of chilliness. The vigorous and svroug may batlio early in tho uorniut; ou au euspty stomach. The yonng and thoau who are weak had better batha two or three hours alter bieak fa»t Thflse who are subject to attacks oE giddi ness or faintness, and fiose ,vho surfer from palpitation and ot'uej seuso of discom fort at the heart, should iwt bathe without lirst consulting their medical adviser.

Captain Webtf, the iani»us swimmer, gives the followinj hints:- Whan a swim mer gete chilled the blood ceases to circulate in the nugeis, the finger* become a deadly white colour, the lips turn blue; and should be persist in staying in the water after these symptoms develop he is sure to have cramps. So long as the swimmer can di£*eru spoU on hiu fioger n:iiis lie knows tbat his Wood is in good uriior, aud that he is safe and froe from chills, I have been remarkably free from chills, and feel mo3t at ease when in the stlt water under a hot sun. Salt water ieems to attract the heat, aud no matter what tue temperature of the water, under these circuuuUuces I feel warm. 1 have on some occasions sworn si as to keup my body under water, but eve« in sucb. instances, oa coming out I found my back aud limbs blistered. This shows th« pcnelration of the heat from tbe rays of the sun on the water. On one occasion sioce 1 was there last I swam for £400 at Scarborough, staying in rb.e water 74 hours. I used a preparation of porpoise oil, which I ran all over my body, even my face. The oil nils up tha poios of tho skiu, aud keeps the salt water from penetratiug my vitals. All profuisiunals now use oil.

Our natural disposition to evil is evident in this, that vice tracks out ita own path, aud standb in need of no instructer; while it requires not only example, but discipline to initiate us in virtue. Good qualities aro the substautial riches of the mind ; but it is good breeding that tots them oil' ta advantage,

UNKNOWN

.1 liitSSlUli SUVfIHt AItIOIUJ Stimiyes.

( .' 'i:':i'i •■'.u'tiii, jjuc. ii-—Kicholas Nich oLoviiwi UiUUikha-Maklay a Liu-Man say. iU:I aud travfliui', M'lio.jtoi1 iv.-ulve yms, baa lived amout; tha :;av:r.;; of Australasia le uouily lelurucdid lliiisi.i, Mid in his loctiuea beEi'ie. tlu lui;mii:il Geopv.iplucal iJociuty ol tiiiri city han relattu liis otisorvations on tiio low».:;t members of tiiu human race, the l'lipnuu no.;ioe.-. Mr Maklay is au emhibi aslu; ii aur,.ii :t and intrepid traveller. Ho (iistiu>tttU t'ns voluminous books cv the ■Papuan:;, Tviicten by learned antliropidogists oi fcurope who have never luit their libr.uii s, and detenniued to st.c them for huns.-lf, and to visit jilueesi where ut> white man had ever trod. His attention was particuiiiily direuted to the Island of Papua, or New Guinea aud some other almost unknown iauii;. In IS7L', utter having explained to tlio Gei graphical iStifiioty the proj;raui:uu oi his futino study, Mr Malday started on tiia exploration.--, aud vow, afier iwelve yiars he iia- appealed bnfurc the .s.::>ic :,(n:i,.ty to relate his extraordinary tx perieuee. Alter, being Ift alone by the lludsian «io»p of wur V'itiaz, on thu uorth-caatcra coast of Papua, Mr Maklay selected for lii. aLiuili! a s.nuli headland about a inila trom

;>,o Papuan villages, aud theie built a lull of spmo ;<uvau siiu.;ro"fent. I'lOiu tho very beginning h>- was snrrounilcd by imiuy al most iiii.uiinouut.ahlo diHiisiiltie^. tie did not ktiov." a word of the r/apuan um.'iu', uud tliotrt woro no luteipreters ami no die tiuuaryof iln> laiuiia»e. Tho natives were suspicious, and at li;st-unfriendly. Ho had to take fjreat paju-i tv sscuie his daily bruud, and he sull'.aeii jrom a severe iuttr mittßiit fuverand erysipelas, the hue-named disoase buiug epidemic there, Uud or tlle^e tryiu^ eircuiuitauces y\x Maklay suenis tv lmvo displayed perseverance, patience, and discretion which do him giv;.t credit.

At the iiist appaaronco of the traveller in oiie of the ncigl>l)uuiing villlijioh the woiuuu and children hid in the bushes, wliilo tho men soized ini'ir ar.u.s, tiimiuiulud lHe in mulur, aiui thuatiuuHl hi kill him. Mr Maklay iricd tv explain to lliera by signs tliiit lid inlcudtd iiu liarui, and then quietly ruliicil. "ucli visits lvi lopcfited scv\-r..l times wuh ilio samo rtsulti. »ln-- l'apuauu iioiutiid to the sea, iii(."i)i;ig that Uie in truder muit <4i> beyond die aeu whence he ua>uo, Iv order tv batter impivss upon him tlioir dosiii) to get rid of him they occa- Bioually shot arrows at him, which, how. ever, were nut intended to kill, but only to frighten him, for ha suffered only some >li;;hc scratches. As his visits disturbed tin; Papuans and caused alarm among their women and children, Mr Midday thought it would bo by.st to warn thorn of hit iip proach, and so, after his lirat few visits, !i<; g.ivea sharp whistle before enteiina the *il "a^ii 'Ahough tin! women and children 'Us appeared, an usual, yet the men looked calm, aud tiid not their lows aud lance-*. Thereafier Mr Mulday made i: a rule not to eater the village wituout a. warm iug. Tula seems to Live pK-ased the naiives, for afterwaid tho inhabicuntti of tin; two neighbouring viilaj;es,Hi>iendu and riuinbu, ceased to *hu«i his company, thus };iviag iiia: tiie wishetl-f»r upportunhy to ntudy them, thdr ways, and thoir lan- UUugc. " Aiy ctler hclplctisaess ssomed to be my iofeguard,'' suid Mr Makluy. " The Papuans kcew Ihny could kill mv any time tu«y like-i, awl therefore they did not care to kill mc.1' In sis muntbs Mr Maklay had learned enough of vhc Papuan language to find out that thors was another poiut wliicii had cou nderably contiibatud to hi< safety. He re peiit^il'y he*fd the Papuans talking of the " kaaram-iiiuio," which manna man from t«e mi1!."' On i.'iuuiri'jg who the mau from ihe moon >>'.ii, be uarucd t/> bis great sur prise that Uo himaeif was tue niiiu. "You afa iho mau fiom the moou," v Papuan tuiil to him ; " you have lire from tU(: IU.IOB." That BXplained it all. Once in a dark flight, Hi Muklay, wishing to rind sume thiug \!uii-.jr liU hut, whien was built on j-.iies. li; a false lire loft him by the Captain oi tin Vitiuz Tue natives ovidviiclv iioticd i"0 oxiraordiuary li^ht, and ton eluded that Che iiussi.m trcvellur was not ci ear;bly origin. They also believed tua< he could »v; water on lire and could fly.

"Ilearued oi my mppoaLd moou origin too late to curr.;et the enoi1 of the native.-." Mr Maklay said, " especially iv view of tho fact that ti;ey had become p.'oud of my pieseue<", "iiu CHi.istei) to their anemiea of their "kaaianvtanio," and, on my accouut, believkd thenwelvt:* iaviuciblts."

i»uae th' inlmWtants of .soiue distant villugas tieclurod war against the neighbours of Mr Maklay ; and he was surprised to lud that all the women aod iuhtnts weio I jrought to him for protection. On being in formed that tut- man from the moon sided with tti« rii.itlents of Horondu and Humbu, tha enemies were awe-stricken, and thus the trouble wa« settled without bloodshed.

" The mure the rumor of my supernatural orinio spread among tha natives," bail Mr Maklay, " the easier I fuir-d it to penetrate the distant seitlements, a»d to study the in habitants. I did uot do anything iv order to support my itraugo reputation. It was enough for me to roiaain what I was in fact, a European, a naturalist, and a traveller, I was very careful about one thing, and that was not to make any promise that 1 could not fulfil, auH I wus highly gratiiied on hearing that the natives said of uio ' Maklay's word is one.' " On having been guaranteed freedom of movement among ih« Papaun settlements, Mr 'Maklay s«t himself in earnest at his chief work, the study of the Hapuan raco. On the north eastern coast of Papua, which ha called the Maklay coaHt.. helivei) during four years-1871 and 1872, and 1576 and 1877. When he left them in 1872 th 6 Papuans expressed great sorrow, and in 1G76 they joyfully greeted him ou his return. He obtained great influence over the natives, and was able to prevent blood shed, aud his will was fulfilled, at least while he siayed among them, t'e obtai ned a rich collection of arms, utensils, dresses, skulls, and so oa, and made a large number of drawings, portraits, and sketches illustrating the typua of the na tives, their habitations and customs.-

He found th« Papuan, to be on the lowe&t stane of dvili/.ation. 'I'hcy did not know the use of any metal, all their arms and implements being made of wood, stone and bone. They did not know how to obtain fire, but tbey had preserved it from imme morial. Those wliosu tiro is extinguished get it renewed by their noigkbonrs or even <ro to neighbouring villages for lire. The llussian natuialist taught them the use oli iron, aadthe means of getting lira, aud also Gave tbcm many other practical ideas from his experience in a civilized land. "My Jr'apuau friends," he exclaimed " even how are no longer in the primitive state in-which I found them. My presence alone pushed them centuries ;U;c:'.d. 13::t it wa> my good fortune to leuow them in the virgin state of barbarism." rJ he Papuans leave their dead in their huts. The body of the deceased person ia placed iv a sitting posture, and surrounded with palm leaves in the shape of a basket. The nearest relative—wifo, mother, or

damjliicr- keeps up tlio lire near the body in? two oi tlirois wesktij till it isquito (tried. The bodies of infants are liiiiiu; in n basket ÜBilur the roofs of the liirs. The huts with the dead are then diverted. In case il\o dead luavo nn i',c:ir lulativos, thoy wo buried in the iirouml.

i'ho natives on the Maklav coast pienant ii pure .iikl unmixed tjjw whicli cinni'.t !.)■■ [uitiul anywhere ulna, oven in the other pacts of L'npua, In 1S7I) the Hussi n naturalist visited the >outli-wu>tcin coast of Papua. Ho said lie selected that place bcc-nuti iic heard it was inhabited by tlio most ferocious of the Papuans. 'Jhis liiua he too!-: alonj,' with him six teen Malays, among whom were two Christiana, a ciiok, and a huntor. Tlu-y settled ova lil.le island near the coast. In oi'ilur tv butter observe the natives, Mr Muklay, with nix men, went into the interior fif Papua, leaving 10 men to guard his camp. On Uio iiMuntaiiis he diaeovdred v uuriouß lake, out uf wltiuli, neat thu kkorc, the tops of tieeu projected. Ho was told t-nit thfi lake is subjeut to a sudden rise and fall of icawiuers. Maklay explaina this phenom enon! by the exu-.toidiuury ahowuis wlncb onaur tliero periodically. Aitet two days of siu:h raiuburst-, aweut water can be taken e\en irom the sea uear ihe shove.

AVhiLc Mr Maklay was a/way his house was ioouu'l, and (our women, two children, :v.id an old ln^ii of his putty woio killed. The rust of his inun Uhcaped in their boat. Makluy learned that tlie mountain Papuans, over tIOO in number, pointed black and onamumeii with tie leathers of biria of pirur.ion, had attacked tiis tirtle patty and [wisuaid the wtlls. The Malaya d-inianded lo bo allowed to return home, and ie was wkh gtoat dilliculty that he iuduced ihoiu to stay, They moved to auotnur little island, wuotu tno uaturalUt studied the Oirds and beaita of L'npua, Among the aiiinuiia he discovered n kind of kangaroo that cannot jump, but that climns trees. Me Maklay, aesiiiiiK to punish the leadar of tae robbers, pursued thorn to tlit-ir cnnOKb. vVheu hia party came in sight of thn I'apuuns, Maklay went ahead, uceompanied by ono of bis men, in a lij,'bt boat. Thu t'npuans, for protection from the suu. cover tlieir uanooi witU a lij;bt rout! madu of p.-ilm luftvos (Joint: from cne canoe to another, i i ,t»l In hand, Maklay ai liut lotiud Aluyor, the kadeiot tho lobbcra.

" iheu 1 called aloud," said thu traveller "'Muycr, come tut!' Jiut ho oid not ►how himself. I looked under tho cover, u,ml tueie he sat witu his knife ovur a foot Lug in hia baud, He wan more muscular lliau I am, but I turp.i»sod him iv ncrvo, He was dumtoundod by my blidden appear mow. I could luivo lulled him easily, but I. preferred to lake him alive. 1 seized hin anus and ordered my men to tie him with aiope. lie trembled, dropped his knife, and made no resistance. His men weie also awe-urioken by our uudueity. They not only did not attempt to icscno ilinir chief, but i veil assisted me iv transferring him to our boat. ' sent him to thii Dutch Consul at Ambon."

ifurward Mr Midday visited the differ silt islands of the M*luy archipelago, where the natives are oi mixul om'in, Malay and l J;ipu.in. I he Malays for tcnuuisis kept tlie Papuans as slaves, an 1 now i-mploy .htm as laborers, Iho Papuans living on the shores of tho islands arc in thu moat miser.ible conditiou. They often fall victims either to their ferocious mountain neighbour or to the Malaya whu kiduap them au.i sell them us »wvn».

" II you ask a Pupuau," said the traveller, ' Where are you going ?' or ' Whore have you been'.1' you will iuvunably get die nuower : ' I am searching tor food,' or I have been looking fur something to eat."' The Malays have taught some Papuans to use uuus, tobaec , aud opium, and to value gold. In 1575 Miklay visited Papua for the four;h time for the purpose Thu men are allowed to liutoo themselves Oily as a re ward for bravery, such aa the killing of an enemy. »y tho numb«r of figures ouc can judge ho.v miiuy toes tne tatooud Papuan ha/"killed. The women pierce their curs, and wear from oue to twelve pairs of heavy earrings. lv family quarrels the husbands cruelly pull their wives about by the ear liiiya. N'car ihe southern eoa?t of Papua trepan;;! or ana euijuinbtm, abound. S-ome times parties of Cniiiainen coiue therfi to ii*ti, m.d Mr Muklay bears witness that the Papuans kill Chiuamon aud oac them when they eau. hi 1673 Mr Maklay visited the Philip pine Islands in ordei to determine to what race the so-called Negritos belong. In his upiaiou they are of tbe Papuan race, for, ho says, thi y hiive all the characteristics of the nativev o't Papua, aud all their habits and superstitions. The >Vgritos have one very interesting custoui. Before eating his meal a JSegrito unut invite aloud any hungry person who may happen to bo within iie.ir fug to join him at the meal. Whuevur vio lates this custom is killed.

The next year Mr Mukluy explored the Malay peninsula. He crossed it, aad passed along its niiddlo, mountainous por tion. The native Sultans, who arc all de pendent upon the Kins; of Slum, rendered him every possible assistance, giving him interpreters, servants, from rbirty lo fifty men, and provisions, in obedience to the order of tlie K-iny, which the traveller hud produced tor himself. In the muuuiaina ho found two nomadic tribes—the Oran>>- Otaugs and the Orang-Sakuys—both bniius of mixed origin, Papuan and Malay. These tribes are dying out, being pressed jin one sidu by the Chinese and on the other by the Malays. The natives collect camphor, ivory, and India lubber, which they ex change with the Malays for tobacco, salt, iron wares, and colored rags, Their cos tume causiats only of a girdle tbat hardly covers the thighs. They pierce the septum of the nose aud thrust bamboo sticks through it. The woman tattoo themselves, ('hey have a dieadfal weapon called the bUhiim. It is a bamboo tube aoout two yard? long charged with a light arrow which cau be easily blown out with the breath. The cud of tbe arrow is poisoned. One scratch is enough to kill a man. Maklay analyzed the poison, aud founil that it was the juice of the bark of a tree, Antiuris toxicant. Home of the natives add to it thu juice of slrychnos, snake poison, and other poisons, ihe Orang-Sukays have a curious marriage custom. In the presence of the relatives the bride runs into tho woods. After a little while the bridegroom rims after her. If he iinde aud catches til* girl within a certain time, she becomes his wife; if not, he gives her up. Maklay found among these nomads traces of the communal marriage system. The women own ibe children, Tbe Oraug-Sukays leave dyiug persons aloiie in tiieir huts, and never enter the huts again.

In the Malay Peninsula the traveller ounii the smallest coin in the world. It is a minute water made of the juice of a tree. One such coin is worth about the millionth putt of a dollar. He travelled in the penin sula 176 daja, and during 22 days rode on elephants. The peninsula abounds with tigers, rhinoceroses, and wild, elephants. On tlip Kirn Him coast of Papua the Lon don l.'i uiwiiy Soriety employs about thirty missibUdrics, of wliora only two are white tho rest being Papuans and Malaya, or mixed.

"The time is not far distant," said the traveller, " when the Papuans of the south ern coast will speak, road and write Eug lisb, visit churches, and sing psalms, tfn

lortuuately, after the vnisaiouarioij. uud ofton in their own peisons, come tho white merchants, who spread tobacco, opium, liquoM, and hrearms among tho natives. Vi.;us ami dlseancs unknown to the liar hariaus spread there quicker tlmu CJiiris tianity. ividuappins ol tlio cativna is ateo enrriod on uuder tho Hays of Buglaml, Guiniiuiy, Fiunco, i-nd the Uuited State.-:. .Strangely enough, Christianity brinj.;.'! to the tinrbatiana oi the Pacific Ocean not lite, but death. Homa believe that tho bar barians die out because thty !':i:;iujt com pute with civilized nations, but 1 think that the poison t.f opium and liquuis and the diseases lnuught t>y tiio civili/.cil jiciijilc do much nioro to oxterminatu the uativcs tban auy competition.' Mr Maklay returned to Ilussia in order to lind means lo publish hia voluraiuonß niaaaMcripts, An said ho had received liberal oliers from Kngland, Germany, France, and the United States, but he pfu fened that his countrymen should do the woik. To his dibmay the Goograiihic.il Society bad not the required mean?, and so tho Knssiau naturalist was about to leturn to Syilney, whore he intended t» accu|>t tlie English tiller, but at tho la.it lionrßomcliody induced the Czar to<>ivi; him 40.U00 roublea, tho sum needed to cover the expenses of his travelo and to publish hia work.

ODDS AND ENDS.

" Wood is tho thing after all," as the old man said wheu the mad <to<; bit a lar^o splinter out oi his Ic^j and got choked with it.

" Why do you call mo liitdic, my dear," inquired a wife of lier husband. '' iJtcause," waa tlie reply, "you are always asioeiutuil in my mind with a bill."

'Jhe hop uiop will be small. This would bo a sad blow to the e.uiutry if tho broweis hadn't learned years ago how to make beer without hops. " Doctor," he said, "my cold ia bad : What Khali 1 lake i What given relief To woes that make ones eyes so sad I" Key lied the sage, "A handkerchief." Dialogue nor the sea, ou the hotel piiizza : " I do not .•-eo how you ladies can remain here two month ; looking upon the changeless oeiau,'1 "'"But the iuui chauae," was the reply of a lady. In the matter of plain speaking wo uru many ot us likq Ike soldier who in his lir^t hatlle was afraid to lire off his muakut leal he might hurt BOinebody. Young loverfttslc-i—" Wlien ia the best time to travel!" "When you bee thu c.ld ' man and hw bull dog coming round the corner, tir, travel lor all you ,ire wortn. Master : What dooa Coudillao sjy about brutes iv tho scale of heiugV" Scholar: " tie say a brtita i* an imperfect animal." And what is uuin?" " Mau is v perfect brute." "t like your new hat very much," he said; "it's 'chic,' theic's a .sort of 'abaii'lon' " " ilieio aren't any vnrt of a. band on it," she Haid, puutiug; "it's a real udtiich foatlier."

A'riruiikeu burglar blundered iuto his own hou.-o and rohbul himself 'of ;: wnlcli aud i'7o, but uufurtuiiately sobered up be fore lie| could ivpoit hLs loss to the police and have tiie burglar arrested.

A man had a woman's tooth grafted iuto hi- own jaw, aud now every time he passes a mhliUury storo, lliat tooil. fiirly aches lo drag him up to ilin window.

The papers lull of a courtship aud inar ria.'u brought about by a note written on an cgg-shi.ll. It is thu most oggs-tMordiuury lllinr. the two iieaits are now yoked to getlior. "Judge," said a lawyer to nis honour during a lull in a case i>n trial, "what do you consider tin! bast illustrated paper?" '• .-v thousand pound bauk-nuto," growled the judge.

A loquaci'ius blockhead, after bablili.ig aonio timo to :heiidau, said, ".Si>-, I £ear i have boon intruding on your nttunuou." "No, uo," replied Sheridau, "J have uot been listeniug.'1

A leciiit advertibcJienl in a Paris paper runs " Piiiicos, dukes-, eouutn, viscounts, aud others, woo wish to marry rich Ameri can young laili-s wiiti: in ilic iiist iu.-uauuc, in ull cjuiideiiue," and .-o ou.

Thu honest ttai'esmau knows how to make a customer happy, -ijl that is aec cessary is to cnavge him twenty j;ur cent, more than the maiKut price, and whisper iv his ear, " But I'll lee you have it for tan per cent oil."

Why does a duck go mto tho water? For divers reason. x,Vhy does it como out S Kor sundry reasons. Why dots it go back : To liquidate its bil!. NVhy does it come ouc again? To make a ruu on the bank.

A father scolds hi> son for his numerous youthhil errors. " Really father yon wero once young. Did you cover frolic •>" " Sever," said tbe father, with a melan choly sigh ; "when I was young I ha>t no money, and when £ became rich it was too late.'

"Poor fellow!" exclaimed a charitable man, f. cling for his loose change, and de positing a penny in v tramp's extending palm ;'• how my heait bleeds f;>r you. You will go and get something to eat now?" " Not immediately," auswered tbe grateful vajiiuit. " l stole a battle of whi.- key Una moruiu'.', 'and I've been begging all day to try aud gut money enough to buy a uork; screw."

John Wilkea in a lottcr records one of the happiest sayings ho ever heard, proceeding from uo higher a person than an ordinary servant-maid. The Hon. li. S. Conway, Groom of tbe Hcd-cnamber, looking at a furnished house to do let, saw a pretty servant girl, whom he jocularly asked if she was to by let too, as well as the house. " No, sir," said siio, " I am to be lot alone.'

"What would you do if yon were 1 aud i were you!" tenderly inquired a young swell of his lady friend, as he escorted her home from church. " Well," said she, "if 1 wore you I would throw away that vile cigar, cut up uiy cane for firewood, and wear my watch chain underneath my coat."

" See there I" exclaimed a returned Irish soldier to a gaping ct'OWa an he exhibited with some pride his tall hat with a bullet hole in it. "Look at that hole, buys. If it had been a low-crowned hat, bedadit's my head that would have the hole in it."

A woman applied for a situation recently at Belfast, with her clothes drippiDg like a waterspout. Un beiiie questioned aa to her condition, she said she understood the lady of tho homo wanted a wet nurse, aud she had come ready for service.

Iv a district of Forfarshire a ynungploisgh uian wcut courting. For two hours ho sat in silent despair. At last John exclaimed. "Jenny, there's a feather on yer apron •" "Iwadna hae wondered if there had been two," replied Jeuny, "for I've been sittiu' aside a goose a' night."

A German actor, auxioua to secure some applause, aud unable to pay for a clique, secured places in the gallery for his nine children, aud instructed them carefully as to the moment whon they should clap their hands and shout " Bravo." The moment arrived at last, aud, to his amazement, a chorus of nine called out, " Bravo, papa ; bravo."

Victoria Philosophical In stitute Publications.

jLvoltilion: Incipient Stages of Spachil mti'HVtui'eSi

ACCOJIDiNO to the doetiine of Evolution, theru wns a ti!ii« iv tin: history ul the world when ail uiiiiiid.-; wore eyeless, Mid thitt rhe firsteyes weie producedbv "natural s-e'oc tion." Now, wh't does this imply? No thing letw fchau Ihis: At some time in tho far distant past, lliPMj tightkss croatuicj became eonsuions—if oho m;iy use such a word—of tin) existence of Hunt, and were moved by a, desire to possess an organ which would enable them to profit by the light. Xuij desire then led to the fonna r.iim ufa nervous centre, tens-itiva to iijht, and by use ting primitive. eyespot became gradually more and more developed, until, at liiat, the iierfeot eye, as now poasemud by birdsand mammals, was thu io=ult. And all this, too, without ihe Hid of any intelligence or powtr other thuu that which \\a< inherent in the nn roasoiiiuK tulip uf jelly and its successors. Mr Darwin himself, with his accustomed fairness, aamit.. the difficulty of reeonciliog •he hypothesis with reason. "Toisuppose/1 ho says, " thut tho c.ye with all its inimi table' cunfrivaucea tor adjusting tho fotras to different distances, fur admitting different amounts) of spherical and cbroiuaic aberra tion, could have becu formed by natural selection seems I freely CQufoss, absurd in the highest decree." But how does Mr Darwiu Ret over the dilliculty V By deman ding "that our reason should conquer our. imagination." '■ Well, let it be so ! Reason says, that a complicated instrument which U con structed on true scientific principles, and which perfectly accomplishes tho purpuses for which it was evidently made, must have been designed by an intelligent being, and one who must have had the end iv view, at tho lime when lie drew hia plans. JNow, the eye is a complicated instrument especially adapted tv the purpose of seeing, and every part fulfils its purpose, Keason, therefore, says it must have been con structed by mi intelligent being, This is the verdict of reason, ihe imagination of the cvoltuiouist, ou the other hand, seos a multitude of sightless creatures 5 then, after an immense lapse of ages, a certaiu number of the^c eyeless cieatures appear with rudimentary eyes. Thou iv after i.gcs a number- of these improvo their nidi ment.iry org.ius—but some, however, do not. /igiiiu the struggle goes on, aud after ages upon uges havo passed, tLe more favoured creatures become the fortunate possessor of betti-r eyes ; and so ou, until at last the wonderful eye of man is the result, a pretty picture this, but ii is a picture of pure, but uuscteutific, imngina tinu.

Now, as it in the ollico of reason to con trol the imiitfiiiatiiiu, \v« «ill allow the niiistui-lacults to fulfil ita mission. ttcusuii say a ovory enanfje must hnvo it* adequate caiian ; ami so tlio chau^o from the uonaee hijj to tils aeeiu;,', and the possession ot it poTfeot or^-in of vision, must liavo bueu i:lV(Ct»id, 1101. l>y " uatural scicctioQI' — which mvLit lwvo bften unreasoning,—but by iutulligouco—by ike mind and net of 'iocl. llure is iinntliei poinc which shouiil re coivo attention in this investigation. It is this. There aru tUcusancls of creatures now existiiiic -ami winch, en the allowing at the ifivolutiouUt, h; V! existed for unnumbered a^ts, which have but rudimentary eyes- us, for instance, the iVteduaa. Now, it. must not be loigottcn that the aacesturs of theae creatures have beou using their rudimentary uyea iltirinK »li these thousuiids upon thou sands of years which we are tula must have elapsed Htu('e they appeaed, nud yet not, oue of tueai haa succeeded in cvolviug a more complex siruoturu than, any of ita pie doccsaors. How is this? Again, the Xrilobite, one of the oldest of the "Medals of Creadon." had compound eyes like tUrtse oi the iusecta of the prosuit day. And tlitsru have been creatures in ail a".B el tiiu worjii wbich hate possebsod com pouud o.je<, who Have used them well in tliu gaa't struggle tor life all through the ami receutages, and yet t»tt-y ace still the same in strut).me—llo evolution of eveu au vi-> Or au eyelid.

Again, there arc fosail spider.-) found in some ut the o.dcr rocks 'f hefQ spiders have a number of tiiiijjiu eyes. There :ne spiders still, all of which have eyes ot tuu name kind us their ancient ancctton. Aad yet

:.ll tlirongh tho viatj of ages, since the time whou tlioa'- fossil spiders livid and crawled amiiist tlit: forest- ohtlie Mioceue p.'riod, iuw ureatures have had tv li^ht a iisicor batlle than llic-u -Avac'.inidii. tfor nil Uiis, however, nut one of ihem has succeded in eovolving a compound eye, with its ten o: twenty thousand lenses as is potscs'cd by tiie lly wnicli is entrapped in its wonderfully woven web, curdy, u>eii, if the struggle for existence during many thousands of years has failed 10 tlfect uuy cbanao in the organs of sighi in all these creatures, what right has the Evolutionist to assume lint in others there have been all those wonderful changes which his doctrine re quirts us to believe lucre have bceu ? We hold that he has no right to make the assumpuou, nor has he any right to demand that we :-hall allow Ins imagination to dic tate to us what our icanon disapproves of.

Hints for Dealing with Colds.

SLIGUTKK colctf, if unattended by fevorish uess, and especially if the weather is not very inclement, may often be got rid of by a very brisk walk, or otaer prolonged mus cular exercise, so as to produce perspiration is fieely established, we should not expose ourselves to cold airj we should nib the surface of tun body dry, change the ilurmel, or, better still, go to bed for some houis. U the ebill be more severe and followed by a sensation of ahiioihift, by pain in the head, by increat-ed thirst, and by slight fevorishuesa, we should albo try aad produce at once free sweating and this is best effected by at once retiring to bed, being well covered up with blankets, and p-irtak ing ot moderate quantities of waini iluids, such as several cups of tea, or gruid, The ptactice of takiog stimulaats at the outset of a cold is not at all to be recommended, and will often only iucrease the general discumfort. Whca onco sweating is pro (iuced it should be kept up for some time, till a certain sensoof comfort is experienced, or we fall into a slumber; then the clolhing, wet with perspiration, must be changed (or dry, and a few hours after we may leave the b.;d, and the cold will wither have been checked or it will pass off in a mild form in the course ot a few days, during which tune it will sometimes be better to discon tinue the cold bathing, though cold spong ing may safely be had recourse to. If a cold ba associated with a pood deal of fever, especially if tlio shiver ing is very severe and prolonged, if pain or dilliculty of breathing be noticed, medical advice should at once oe sought, for many severe diseases, especially inflam mation "of the lungs and pleurisy, com mence in tbis fashion; or, again, if, after ex po-urc to wet or cold, severe paiu in several joints, together with general feverUhncss, be noticed, do not neglect to send for medical aid, for what looks like a simple cold may bo an impending attack of rheumatic fovor.— J. Brcsahfdd, MM,, OH (Johk and their Comfguencvs,

SIAE SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, FEBRUARY 17, 1883



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