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\Caro not In 1114 u.nul 14(3,1,
lap Blow. 1 had Sid -lied mut of 41,,3141
:1t le,"t fora tIl lI'umll4 time.
A2nln,l. the stove lily finger., 1 hp,
:rnrl blletered them "4 1(ging sore
in tryln • to scrub I ie elf/Oleg a hit
I se'nbibed my. dildos the (110)9?.
The churning netod'specially mean;
The tenter would 0lmn+t debit
And then go bnek to frothy 1reittn,
As if 111nd.lu;t hegnn.
'1710 lire welt 4,114. ass flro 41611 do
11.41, 1140 W 0011 is 1104 put 111;
And, as I thought of a meet for taw,
I did not Blow 4114,ere to begin.
14 it w1/ tic 1' was fixing pol',aleoe end perk
Not Ili for a ,log to 110,1.
Illy wife returned from her forenoon's work.
As fresh as rose, and as 1,014141,
With n moll Med n le I quit the room,
Anil botool: me to the shod,
\\'Idle she got a dinner exam ly at noon,
.00.gowl as 100r 141414 spread.
11'0, sat at the table npnosite•whc,
Al, always we the before,
Rhee she askoli lvith a sn1ile in 110r.4weet1/1,,c
oyes,
111 would exchange sonic more 1
Then, sir, T confessed 171~ faults and sold;
•'1l1y dear, you're as good 1.11 11 11 01.011,
The W01111111 who 1.01114 the faintly' fod
is running a big machine."
That Baby,
It wits 14 wee mite of a thing 111 pink and
While, delicate as a lowborn 4'ielet and
beviod within a world of softest whine stuff
that rose tip around its tiny face like billows
of a frozen sea caught in a ground swell. It
Wnr, to tell the truth, ^funny looking little
creature -this little baby, with its soft silky
hair lying in fluffy patches ever its pulsating
h0ad 141111 iia flit little cheek all excavated
with pristine dimples that its yet were en.
aeglltlliit011 4,1t11 tl0 expanding pmperilies
of a lmhy laugh. Its little eyes were tonna
and wondering, and the Iliputial mouth
seemed made only to pucka' tip for a, mourn-
ful wail every time some mistaken 014 lady
would try to spread &demonstrative hiss all
over the little face-
Father and mothe'gazed upon this little
newcomer into their 1museholrl with all
that pride and joy that can come front no
fount save that of the love born of instinct,
He would take the petite bundle of infin-
itesimal baby and innumerable skirts tip in
a gingerly, awkward sort of a way and look
at it fora moment, and then he would lay it
down gently upon the sof4 pillow agnin as
if he feared it would break if it should by
any chance be jostled against anything so
tangible even nsa strong current of air.
Tien, when all the rest had gone, the
mother in whose eyes now dwelt that new
light hitherto unknown within their depths,
would gather up with a confident grasp the
little thing that wa8 all in all to them both,
and would insist upon calling the father's
attention, for the four hundredth and odd
time, to the many and fast multiplying
beauties of the little creature and would
then be highly indignant if be did not re.
peat twenty times 111 succession the admis-
sion that 1/010140 confdent •that it was rho
most beautiful and wonderful baby the world
had ever produced. She would catch the
infant up to her bosom and hiss its little
face nntl it scarcely had a fair chance to
breathe, and then she would lay it down
again and, moving slightly away, feast her
eyes upon the 1)14.10 0110'S varied ,harms
when shrouded in the heightened enchant -
mums borrowed from distanse.
It wag .0 001011011 enough sort of a baby
after all, but then 1t was their baby, and
they thought there hard neve' been a baby in
the world that could boast one•lalf the
charms that were embodied in the little piece
of humanity they called their Own. ''here
might be many babies who 000111 tip the
beam of the grocer's settles a pound or two
more than theirs, and there might be a
thousand parents who thought they had
babies more beautiful than tllisJlittlo fellow,
but this mothot' and father were not yet
ready to admit 0110 possibility of the ars
proximate 0orreettne00, oven, of such a line
of reasoning. This 41(18 their baby, their
only baby, and it Was therefore the only
baby on earth for them and, besides, it wee
-their Valentine.
To be Remembered in the Dome.
It is better to hesitant than to say tel•
Wise or unkind things.
Do not boast of birth, wealth, influential
friends or bodily prowess.
Look at those who address yon; bub in
speaking to others do not stare at them.
Remember that&servant is a man or a
woman, and will mpproolete treatm oat
as such.
Acompliment, to bo appreciated by any
sensible person, most be prompted by sin•
corny.
Never urge another to 110 anything
against his desire, unless there is danger
before him.
Never otter an apartment, ooettpiod by
%nethot' person, exoopb rho common rooms
of a dwelling, without knooking.
Ladies should pass through a door first,
hot a gentleman in to precede in going up
stairs.
Dowd; constantly refer to experiences or
honorable positions whiely may have been
enjoyed.
Always give preference to elders, visit
ars, those of superior position and those
who are weak or ill.
Do not forgot a kind word to each mom
bar of tho family on parting at night, or a
pleasant greeting on mooting in tho morn-
ing.
Do nob deprecate the gifttvhich you give,
nor land imnedlately that; which is rceoiv•
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up tile baby, '{.tv that iii' li 111'7 were put
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A Tale of Brinks.
1,1vo cle:ul, new, perfr„Ily plain bri'4,1
lay 1,n lb„ ;lnnr, dud rhe {?u'l lvhn h:vl
brought them in surveyed them with n1,.
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11fill 11410,e,'' 0.401 the aen!p'r, "Pat al'e
to wind thew with r)bbons mod put
then n 1 In the par u1' table.
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t•ronl to -day and nee those brieke, and you'll
w)411 you had them, 'Phey are 11'.1 to l,c
useful, and some of them eramonental,"
`1.414) days I"tsr'h r nor Wu+ inn'oaue.
ed 10 a group of I1,rtie11.3 which she failud
10 l'14(.0,1111/.1.
1 rick No, l," said the sb.>,yw„nuul
proudly, f1 is a pope weight. 1 never 1,t 1 a
more 4,itisfa,•tol'y 0111'," The llu'e1.1.t ser.
taws of ilia bri dt were 1114 6 11 411 da,014 blue,
fine of them forreII'g a baeltgroun) for:I
splay of deli gate: white !Meryl's. 'Ch:':Silos
were left tie nrriunl 130,1,,7', and Ilia whole
Wall 1011(40.1 11'11.I1 la coat of transparent,
varnish, through which the blue showed lite
11111111101 111111 whioh would keep it clean.
" It stays put," explained the fleoorator,
" and that is what ono 1va413 in a paper-
weight."
Brick No. 9 wag not very pretentious. It
was covered neatly with carpet, with a
loop of braid at ono corner for a handle.
" I have t.hat behind the door to keep it,
front striking against the well, Like it
hotter than a knob out from the wall.
it's useful, too, to steep the door open or
half open, or as 1 want it. You know
everybody leaves the door open in winter,
;and they just as 811801y shat 11 in sun)1001',"
No.:3 looked like a glorlfie3 copy of No.
2. 11 was covered with velvet and adorned
with a big bow of ribbon -(at which the
scoffer spilled) and had loops of ribbol for
handles. "This is a ribbon weight. You
know the best way to keep ribbons nice,
the children's hair ribbon. for Instance, is to
fold them up and put then under a weight.
One generally puts them under the pin-
cushion, but tilads makeshift. This makes
a capital prase for ribbons and for gauze
veils ns well."
Brick No. 4 formed the foundation for a
pin and needle cushion for the 801011; table,
too heavy to be mislaid or taken elsewhere,
And brick No. 5? Well, she eell'ossed
that had been left in its unadorned sim-
plicity. It was intended to be i10141141 and
wrapped in flannel and to serve as a bed-
fellow for eol11 feet.
Among the Ooo'as•
Ilam To.\IT. --One pint of milk, one fall
teaspoonful of flour, half' :up nf-cliopped
ham, four slices of buttered. toast, Boil the `
milk and thicken it with the flour. Add
dm had, imil throe minutes, tape morn the
tiro and told the beaten egg, stir ~veil and
poi'' over the toast on a hot platter. This
Is a nice dish, when there )s only the rem.
molt of a lam in the house, or it is nice for
an emergency dish, since It 0ln be (11a110
from canned had.
11ol,Assrs C',utl:.-One cup of butter or
other Shortening, 141'1, cups sugar, one cup
molasses, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon-
ful ginger, one teaspoonful cloves, ono 401).-
1'poonMtl soda, four and one half ones of
dour, three eggs. Stir bntcer, anger, rum
lasses and apices together, then add the soda
dissolved In the milk, then the tlottt•, lastly
the milk. This is very excellent molasses
cape, but the quantities given make a very
largo attire, so that for a small family it will
be necessary to divide the Quantities.
GI\l7EnnitEAn.-000 cupful of soar man),
one cupful of molasses, pinch of emit, tea.
spoonful sods, two teaspoonfuls of mixed
spices (cinnamon, ginger and allspice), flour
to matte n batter whioh will fall readily
front the spews.
A Arai Roto-1'or,y,-To ono quart of
wa4e, two cups of granulated sugar add
any flavoring preferred and lot it boil until
it forms a syrup. Matte a dough of a pint
of flour, pinch of salt, tablespoonful lard,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder. 4,1)x with
sweet 0111k or water. Roll out thin and
spread with cooked fruit of ,any kind ; cell
tip into a roll, pinching the ends so as. to
retain the fruit. Lay Ibe padding carefully
in the lot syrup, basting it with it, and
place it tit once in a hot oven to bake, Baste
often, It will pull' up and 4111 the dish.
Servo the sauce about tiro roll.
Farr) Air3'rox 01(0114, -Tho custom of
frying mutton 01/0118, so common in many
houses, cannot be too strongly condemned,
says Maria Parloa in Goal I•Iousekeeping,
Many Housekeepers make rho plea that the
fat, dripping from the clops, blazes up and
blackens then?. If all the draughts be
opened and the chops be fastened between
tho two pats of the double broiler and
Mimed constantly, while cooking, they will
cone be the table unsmoked and handsome-
ly browned. They must be served at once
on hot plates.
One Woman's Day
The following, 18011 an exchange, is cer-
tainly worth reproducing hero 1
1 am just a plain 100111(4(1, itooping house
in my own home, with a family consisting
of my husband, a 5-yoar•old boy, a girl 01
11, end a boy away at sohool most of the
time,
Bub I want to write and toll you what I
did last Sunday -just to see 1f I may not
bo classed with tho busy women.
Got up as 7 o'clock to call the nook did
not go baok to bod because the baby woke
up coughing.
Mixed for breakfasts, pertain kind of rolls
my husband always wants Sunday morn,
1llge.
Buttered the baby's broad, prepared two
or three dishes of oatmeal and 1111111, cut up
meat into mouthfuls, poured coffee and was
pleasant all through breakfast, getting
through in time to get my 11.year.old toady
for 0 o'clock Sunday school ; gave the baby
a bath, went to my roots, locked rho door
and sewed on two buttons.
Prepared a duck for roasting,gat here l tip
the family wash; searohed for and founds I
ne
missing pipe ; straighted unl
pe'ttinga•oo,
end am(' "Yes, dear," 0vetw time my ions.
band asked m0 to look for something mis-
laid I played blocks with baby ; helped nn.
ravel 0410 ramie in your child's nage 1
punished the baby tor teasing tho family
dog, 111111 wrote a oh0orfmi, moral letter to
my boy at 461/1,01,
Presided over the luncheon table, Motor,
twined two of my husband's friends while
ley ha8uand was shaving. Sang to the baby
1481 110111`. Planned my little girl's winter
snit while listening to my husband reading
aloud, and kept rho baby quiet by elating
out paper dolls for him.
Took a grease spot out of>ny Ooat,straigh4.
oiled a picture franc, stuffed tomatoes for
V/ AR £WM°Ei,3 ARID FfGUh03.
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tine.
Th„ Nu1141'1111 )0311101.+n of the War ruiners
111 Heppe L•)re4 ro0111 for rho , nrlsi41rra;i0n
of a few t:i.7ts and 1i4nros. although the
-V1Nl, u, 1'1.1010 11;,,'.,;1,' delhu'os that "in
the jmd'ancnt of high 014401al circles thet•r,
is no oval' for alone, at least for the pees'
ant," tile coneonl,rat)on of troops in Alsace
and Lorraine is daily reported, and appeals
in all 0hape0 and forms pointing out the
dangers which threaten 1110 Fatherland
and nece'saity for the pa08age of the new
army bill are found in 118110an journals,
panplilete, and reviews, and often signed
by men of high standing in she Empire.
(!no of these appeals comes from General
Von ,dei' knits, a well-known write' on
military affair's. In the 1.''ohe'/l" /hinds.
r/,rt>1 he says that France, with Iles' 38,11110,-
000 of in hal) tan is against (lcrmany'e 40,000,-
000, posse0scs in men, ollieors,artller'y, and
horses an army considerably stronger than
that of (leruuany. Every year under the
(1(140 military laws she h^s been adding 42,-
000 men to that army, and in a very short
time she will be able to put into the field
half a million of trained more soldiers than
llermany can boast of to•day. He takes a
rather gloomy view of tho future of ills
00m103,, dwelling upon the fact that the
French army in 1880 was exactly five times
ns strong as her army of 1870, and that it
most soon hecom0 001.41(4 times as strong.
In addition to the increase of the forces
in Alette•1,otmine, We ole told that May-
mice
aymice is to be converted into an entrenched
camp, The Alitymwe••1t1'asburg line of for•
titivation, 4:4 to lie extended toward Bale,
With the 4:1440' of 004,01itlg the numerous
railway hedges ooroaa the Rhine. Those
bridges were built expressly fur the purpose
of 11111)1114 int; the rapid transport of troops
f,'0m Southern Carnally into Upper Alsace.
Moreover, 44itycoco forms the principal
basis of s0p4lie14 for tho German armies on
the left of the Rhine, and, notwithstanding
Ps enormous strength, it is new decided to
ionise it 91111 stronger, 111 view of the extra.
ordinary growth of the French forces.
According to 11111 most 0.11'01111 estimate
so far ,uilo R 880)x, on tI,o on ',break of hos-
tilities, cold put in line two ty•five artily
corps, which, 1141,1011 to the French forces,
snake all told fw•tysoven army corps. The
army corp" of the triple alliance are as fol-
lows : Germany, twenty ; Aoal•,'ia, 4,11)4 -
teen ; Italy, ten ; total, forty -throe. Con-
sequently -Fromm and Russia have tour
1a1hly corps more than the triple alliance.
Been under the new Military law and the
npplioatioll of tho two years service in all
its force he iripli00 would still be numeric-
ally infer 011 to Prance and Russia. To be
sure, it may be that the German troops and
the German generals and officers are vastly
superior to the French and the Russians ;
but nobody can say that for a certainty,
and General Vol dor Goltz expresses grave
denims upon the subjeot. Unfortunately
the thing remains to he tested. But the
most carious thing of all in the present
military situation of Europe f1, that in ease
of wet this spring or eummor-and the pos.
s)hility of it seems by no means remote -
the bulk of the forty-seven French and
Russian army corps could be hurled against
the twenty German corps, and the first and
most tortilla blows of the contest squarely
delivered before the Italians or Austrians
could tomo to the assistance of their prinei.
pal ally. Indeed, the first great shocks of
the molar might be deoisivo ; and, should the
Germans bu defoat0,1 in the beginning, it is
feared that tine Italians and the Austrians
might, after ail, be disposed to leave her in
the lurch. However, if thetfernn4(1 troops
should he fortunate enough to he command-
ed by a great general, and the French find
Russians etlhdeiuntly unlucky to he without
one, the advantage of numerical enp0riority
would be considerably diminished.
Submarine Eruption.
Volcanic eruptions ere very common et
the bottom of the ocean. During the past
uentary swims of vessels have frequently 1.0•
ported seeing sulphurous:smoke, flames and
sets of stem rising ant of the micl-Atlautto.
]yr, Darwin and Other scientists have ox•
pressed t1/( opinion that a1 archipelago is
in pf140808 of formation its thcmiddle of that
great watery expanse. 1t would be ditli.
cult to estimate 1.00 highly the political a1(1
commercial impo„tanto ,01/6141: a group of
islands might acquire if in the next 3000 or
30(10 yea's they should rise between 80.
11(010na and Ascension, Tito Atlanto is
already dotted with islands which are, 1(1te
the 130rinndas, simply the green tops of
v0loanic peaks rising precipitously from the
11001' of the sea andpromoting above the
snrfaoe, Many anon Mountains there are
which are unknown because they are not
tall enough to emerge out of the water,
There is a drowned 'mountain of this sort
not far frau, the coast of California. Though
it is two miles high, the 4014080 flow a mile
Whore it.
However, the Paci4ie 4s the groat region of
volmant0lslands. The snntho'npert of that
ocean in oto vast archipelago, mainly of
lava. Soma tho tales aro of peculiar form,
being in the shape of rings surrounding
bodies of tvnle'. 'Ph1, biggest of 11/080
"mtnlls," ns they oro called, is that of
T'logolon, at the east end of the Caroline
group. ft let a strip of land from five to
eight wiles wide, and in form of a circle,
varied by hills land valleys, and oovered
with tropical vegetation. 16111010808a body
of water 0n whose 1 00.,) Orpa11g0 all the naV-
ias of the world might ride together ab safe
anchorage. 'These atolls aro 111 important
feature of the geological formation in that
part of the woe d. They aro scattered all
over the great watery 4vn8t0 of tits South
Sea, looking 11)tu the lust outpoints of 1,
001110111 eontioent. At one time they were
ordinary islands, with mountainous centers,
4101.. in 014111 00,00 the mistral portion has
sunk, lei4vieg the fringe of solid coral reefs
built by patient polyps, 'Chem are natlally
from one to four tloop.wator entrances,
through whioh, ships can roach snug liar•
tot's in bad weather.
1Y ' I 116+ II•m r y, ;Lod
rwrdul❑l , cn,ntnea't 411611'4-e1'1.n 1
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gat l lrifeu out, of the 1101141 to earn /lel'.II1L-
respe'•t? 1110. Imwler, If you were the
L,.st woman 01, 14:1.1433,04,1 1 he „,6'116 1 nimbi
bnt tvnrlt far y (u for ;,110n,hpu it 18001s.„ \11
" \VLat have rill (11,11(1. 110 41ho,t d.
Ill
\Vhy, yeti' e mom around with your 1111.14
in (lie lir awl lonied It over that girl until
' elle fell t.1.1114.1.1 to leave. 'That's about the
tourtoen tilnu•I,uldthgirl y ua'411 111'0(1111441
Iinto the earl h i1 the lesl, tilt 3e ">,. 11.'11 1,.
wonder yeti 111111 got a girl 1" Al ay 111 50111'
kltehmn hill' a 1114~."
".Lite. hail no fault, to !Ltd with In
" `")ill h i.lo't 111, ? She was probably
afraid to tiny her life wits her owl'. ME.,
LOwII.L, 1'111 110 111411 to interfere with 111,•
ole4t i' wallets, 1116 when Wit dtatige ranks
46141,1 ovary fourth day fur ten r011,xcu1.uc
yea)' it ,trilt•'' Tito.' that thole ton it I .
01, u
w thl 1 •,,.ulirally 41111,111 i1, th1' 4.
01001, VI, 111 (1113 tion) 1 have refrained
iron: my )114 a ward, hilt 1 mew leo! is wy
deny 1.1' interfere. 1 0411'1 llmlet•st•iul what
you 11111-441 to gain by' driving daso out 04
1110 how -a,"
" 1 didn't. I not «nit, asked her to stay
011 lint ,71101'011 t0 increase her wages.
"If you didn't drive her out of the house,
then who or w11at did?" demanded 44r,
13
"She said she was leaving 01 your 40-
00u01."
" 1V-4111141 1 Mrs, Bowser, this is no time
for joking. This has become a very serious
Adair."
Yee, I ]snow, She is to cone Lech for
her wages. 'that's her et the door now.
Perhaps you'd better go down and question
her."
" All !So I will. It will be the best way
to arrive at the truth."
Mr. Bowser descended to the basement
and opened the street doer. It was lane,
the cook. 1t struck Mr. Bowser that she
hada heartbroken look, and Ids voice was
very aympathetie as he began 1
" iVe were just talking abon4.you. Mrs.
Dowser says you have lett the piece."
" Yes, sir. I wouldn't work in this place
for S10 a :week," replied Jono.
1 She Was continually nagging and boss-
ing and walking on you, I aupp050? That's
exactly her style."
"1Vhom do you meat, sir?"
" Why, Mrs. Bowser, of colleen. I was
just telling her that hoe management of ser•
vants was---"
".11rs. Bowser has nothing to do with my
going, sir!" interrupted jane. "It's on
your (408011(41, sur! I've been cooling for lif.
teen years, anti I can tell you 1 never work-
ed in a worse place, It's find fault at break-
fast, growl at tench, and Irick at dinner,
and I wonder that any molt will stay a
week 4"
1 find fault? I growl? I Melt 9" re-
peated Mr. Bowser in great surprise.
" Yes, sir. There's not a ratan in town to
compare with yell. Yon ant more than two
ordinary men, but you must lint Meg about
everything. Yon haven't sat down to the
table since I've been in the house that you
didn't growl about something. Your wife -
poor lady -has to put op with it, but I don't
and I won't ! You owe me $8 balance, and
I've come for it !"
" And you -you left on my account I"
gasped Air. Bowser as he began to grow
pale.
"Yes, sir, as all the others probably
have and will 1 Your wife is It good mis-
tress, sir, and no girl moil stand your med-
dling and fault•linding."
"'Then \les. Bowser's domineering way
and total lack of executive management did
not drive you out of the plasm?"
"She never domineers, air, and no house
is managed better. I am sorry for the poor
lady 1"
Ha I You are inclined to be impudent 1"
"l'tn inclined to tell the truth, sir. I've
soon for my money."
" \Voll, there it is, and I might as well
have thrown it into the fire. You were
the poorest cook w1, ever had and oleo the
most waatefol. I am very glad of the op-
portunity to better myself 1
" And so am I, sir 1"
Mr. Bowser uttered a snort or two and
walked upstairs. Mrs. Bowser was wait-
ing for him in the baok parlour, and as lie
entered and dropped into a chair and pick.
ed up a paper she asked :
" Well, aid you and out why Jane left
1110 place 1"
"Jano 1 Jane ? nave
you had a person in
your employ named Jane ?"
" Why, Jane the cook !"
" And what have I to do with Jane the
cook, or Sarah the second girl, or Molly
the nurse, or any other servant in the
house? 1600 people around here, and 1 infer
that yon have engaged them, I incidentally
!tear 01 their leaving, and I take it for
granted that your incapacity as mistress of
the house is the cause of it. Things have
drifted to a point where no change can bo
hoped for and I shall continue to sud'e' in
silence -suffer and stake no sign, 1\1 re. Bow-
ser C'
And he sighed and suffered and grew raid
and white by turns until poor Airs. Bolvaer
began to wonder if ho wasn't an abused
husband and entitled to public sympathy.
The Only Satisfaotion•
Last summer, as a Northern man 1000
riding through Alabama, he met a father
and son riding at (miens gallop, and both
armed with ahot•guns. They drew up as
they reached him, and the old men oatled
out
11 gay, stranger, 4100 ye meta young man
and a gal riding the sane mule, and bump
lug along as if Satan was after thein ?"
No,
" Well, my darter has eloped with Bill
Gordon, and Sans and mu are trying to get
within shooting distance before the knot is
tied."
Ah I Why that couple were being mor•
rio,l in Blulkville las I envie through there
an tont' ago."
' Did the gal have on a blue waist 1"
" Vas."
" And was it a cream mule Y'
Yee,"
" 31(141 10(48 it a Hall follow with a shoord
look ?"
(1 It was,"
" That was them, stranger, and I'm m0olt
obloagod. Slam, we're too late to stop 'ens,
and the only satisfaction wo kin gib is lot
our 1109000 jog along into town and shoot
the preacher artor 410 gib that Il'
Tho philosopher Yeioor•atos was tailing
no part in a eel'0r814t1011 where soaldal was
going on. He W0,8 aslc041 why he did not
join in rho entertainment, " Because," re.
plied the, "I have often repented of having
spoken, but never of having preserved el.
knee,"
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1 .l nd to pursue him 1 1', the Litter end of
,hoe,. lie may h.• a 11( 1n1•r nr 11 fel }WC,
1.1111 1i011. 1111• 41'111 him of his iwh1odds
7:6 t1,. 11,, n',,i ,lrtie 1 the 4 111.11.. tient,''
mea) he 11111s1 lrrblrce ,lie, :Omctules In his
ho wa" not a victim to 11411144
rivdom e 116. prnperry warn never tnllclle,i,
nal 14 knife. ,va planted 111:4). 11101 in the
grnnnd,
- Ohmrles, Nuke of Burgundy, was cited
three times just befero !1i, death, but failed
1 to appear. On another remission un English
noble foiled his bed sinking through the
floor of his hotel into the earth, and he
self 1,0end end hold for judgement, 01
course, his landlord was a lien:bar of that
order,
And however irregular thio 000r80, it
helped justice in those erne' days, when
might was right and men 41000 serfs.
Other etnlrts wetisluw, uncertain, and 4114)1.
01111 of a0100s. This ins silent, swift, and
terrible. 1t struck ones, and had no need
to strike again. Escape from ice meshes
was Ilnpeelible. The most cunning hider
1400 trached down ir. his obscure (411,1 dis-
tant retreat,
And strange though it may k14mn its legal
authority as a court of the holy Roman
Empire was extended until the downfall of
that empire, in 18016, It (motioned to exist
fl• \Vestphalia, Germany, until 1811. Thou
the last mysterious shadows of the "Vehm•
(lericht" dial utterly away.
TO GDIDE THE MARINES•
Six Ti1011s1)"1 Lighthouses to the Wo'1,1,
11(13 or Them in America.
The lighthouses of the world are in round
numbers 11.000, wi:.l, about 250 lightships.
Of these Europe. Iles 3,:100 ; North Anleriee,
1,390 ; Asia, 4711 ; Oceanica, 310 ; Africa,
-'111; South A11orica, 109; and \Yost Indies,
1110. Tho coasts of the United States are
illuminated by 8112 lights. distributed as
fellows, At114utic coast, •tri?;G'ulfcoast, ill;
Pacific coast, 38 ; and the North-western
lakes, 115. Of these lights thirty-two are
displayed from lightships, nearly ell of
which are on the Atlantic „oast. The most
fatuous lighthouse of 401/601/ history gives
Zany record was the lighthouse of Pharos,
on the eastern end of the island of that
name in the 13ay 01 Alexandria. 11 was be-
gun by Ptolemy Soter, and w118 finished by
his successor, Philadelphus. It is said to
have been 400 feet bleb and to have o0st SOO
talents, equivalent to S1,+34(1,000,
The ol.lost lighthonso in the world is at
Coruuna, Spain, It was built in the reign
of the l4lnperor Trajan, and in 10:14 was re,
constructed. England and Frances have
towers erected by their Boldin conquerors
which were used as lighthouses. Contrast-
ing them with the light towers which hay
been built for the benefit of commerce, we
see that the art of building has lost nothing
with the lapse of time. The greatimprove-
ntent of the later towers over their prede-
000eors is that the atones of each oourse are
now dovetailed together laterally and vorti•
cally, Fortncrly ,notal and wooden pine
were used, or dependence placed entirely
in cement. The modern method was first
used at the Hanois Rook light, on Guern-
sey. On the upper face and at each end of
one block are dovetailed projections, and on
the tinder face and at the other and are
dovetailed indentations. Tho upper and
under do'etailes fail into eaoh other, and
41 hen the hydramlio cement is placed on the
surface it so looks the dovetailing that the
stenos can not be separated without break-
ing. So when the cement is set and hard-
ened the whole of the base is literally one
solid masa of granite.
It Took 500 Volts.
She was a tall woman with a severe oast
of countenance and a mole, from which a
good-sized goatee depended, on hoc left
'Meeh. She hoarded a Belt Line street oar
the other night and found every seat men -
pied, No man offered to give her hie seat,
and she planted 'herself jest inside the boor
and 05ua'elyacross the an tritium. "4-4144404(1,"
said the eelld11,tor, politely, "I wish yon
would move fol'ard a little in the oar."
"1'11 do no such thing," also snapped. "But,
madam," continued the oonduuto', " pee.
ple have got to get in and out this door."
I don't mire if they have. I'll stand here
and nowhere else," she maid, and her voice
11'148 very viuegury. " I shall have to in-
sist," said the conductor, putting one hand
on her shoulder. She glared at him with
unspeakable fury. Then she said, wrath-
" Take your hand oil' me, air, I'll
stand here and nowhere else." "But I ill•
8i8t-" "I don't care what you do. I have
paid my faro and I won't be bossed around
by no boy of a conductor. I'll stand hero,
and you no' no one else own Idako 111e move
a peg." Just then the motor man tried to
slow down his ewe, and, by mistake shut.
the current o0' entirely. Tho car stopped
suddenly Wild the tall woman wont piling.
lug down rho aisle and landed on her knees
near the front door. Everybody smiled and
the conductor laughed aloin. She pinked
herself up and shouted furiously: " Laugh,
blame you, but I want you to understand
you didn't make me cone I"
Tim's Tull Name.
A negro, familiarly known as " Tim "
White, 011 0110 0008.01011 foulltl it necessary
to record his full nape. rho not 1ulr.etural
supposition that '!Tim " stood for'1'ilnothy
was met with a flat (denial,
"No, sah 1 My right name is, What.
tim8r000'souls'wo-poor-mortals•bo White.
Day jes' calls 110 !Pim fo' sho't, sah 1"--.
Illness of the Ameer of Afghanistan.
According to tho latest nowt; from L'a'bs
(says tho 9'fpuo• Calcutta, corrospoudolltl,
tho Amcor is 0gain vory 311, and is unable
to attend to business, • Possibly this 110.
oonnts for rho delay in giving a definite
answer to tho invitation to the Jellalabad
Conference. It may nolo be roamed that
the meeting cannot take place before Lord
It,00brt's departnro.
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w,1y. Six 611• u" wore kill,til, Y 1
Al W00.11 01/.1 toil dui ❑. ,mit .,f ('•, ••
a
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tum:'11•�• 111, Eire 111314 1,14,
: The )11.01,10 01 001111111y Ito preparing
0t Ito 41,1.: 11..,',,0f t lige ut case of a
11 r,et1 i, n of Friday n _ht'4 reign. of
tri r ,.
Awed tw" ti l.,, t4," '1,011 tin lie -
r11. 141(10 e1111..1114 1 11'(.0.'.1C1111111. 1111111y
:u'1' 10/J0, 11'11 10 4„ :ere,usly0nn1m.l• A,
ho;n•y siege 1.'11:1!'.' at NA00111/111'y 011 80.11.11'.
flay uv tOIlg.
-11. 11 ol.na, in Pike •malty, a church
academy, p14,1,1g will, two stores and sev-
eral residences were blow'' down. hive+
lives were lost, a white W'n>Ia1. Mrs. 13011,
and four negr'es. 'telegrnp)1 wires are
down. Trains 5'rniuu in are delayed and
but meagre information can be obtained
from prints diatatit from the railways,
Adt-iee+ from Piedmont, Pike county, a
few miles distant from Mnleua, report that
Only two 1,0110es out of twenty remain
standing. A lady named Hawltins was
killed and her parents badly wounded. Al -
must everyone In the town was wounded to
1 some extent. It )s impossible to estimate•
the dam ig0 at this time.
Before and After,
"Next Monday even)ng, "wrote the editor
of the Pigeonville. ('y''l:,e, , "our people will
be favored with a treat such as we seldom
enjoy fu our little city. The world-famous
Yollerhy 1>ranatic Combination, presenting
the sparkling comedy, 'Wooed and won ; or
The Lost latch -key, will appear at Becker's
hall, en t„e north .,ide of t.ne public square,
with a en0144oy of artiste whom It is a pleas.
ure to coum,end to the fav0ru410 notice of
all lover, of pure old refined comedy.
Wherever the \•olletby Dramatic Combine.
tint has 1' ay ,d this 8eas0u it has been
greeted with peeked houses and the enter-
prising is rpt , to o' Hee•kcr's Hall is enti-
tled to the tha:ka of the community for
giving u• the nlipor(ttnitn of welcoming so
eminent company of eters and specialty
artists to our Illidet."
About ,t week later the editor of the
1;411'!„711 bat ,low' again soul wrote as fot-
luvs:
"Last Monday night a tenth.rate gang of
barn-atertners calling themselves the Ye1-
lerby Dramatic Combination held forth to u
slim and snlfering audience at I1ecker's
Hell. They performed, or rattler murdered,
what they called the "parkling comedy of
'Wooed and Won,' a dreary collection of
old and moldy ehestnuts,batd-leadecl conun-
drums, and gags that wore whiskers when
Noah went into the ark. There wasn't it
'sparkling' feature in the entire performance,
It was a nightmare all through, and the
'toting' lvaa worse than the 'play.' If there
is a Member of the 'combination' who could
earn a dollar a week drowning out wood-
chucks or possesses enough iramatic ability
to turn a grindstone without the aid of a
prompter 11e didn't appear last Monday
night. The only wonder is that when so
palpable afraud as this cheap aggregation of
snide actors comes to town anybody can be
found who cares to waste half a dollar to
help the pestilent humbugs on to the next
town," etc., etc.
Ten Tons of Diamonds.
An astonishing statement was mode Wed
uesday evening at the society of arts in the
course of a paper by Mr. Bennett H. Brough
on the " Mining industries of South Africa.'
Ho said that since I80;, when the diamond
fields were first discovered, there have been
exported from Cope Colony more than 110,
000,000 carats of diamonds, the value of
whioh approached £711,000,000. Their weight
would exceed ten tons ; a heap of them might
form a pyramid with a Lase nine feet square
and six feet high. Putting it another way,
they would fill a couple of Picitford's vans.
The figures are large., and nr0,I should fancy,
open to correction; but Mr. T. Rennart., who
is responsible 1011 rho statement, is a man, I
believe, who knows what hots talking about.
-(London World
She Can't help It.
Misleading statements have been printed
concerning Lally Henry eotnerset's owner-
ship of licensed shops and inns where iutox-
1CA(Iing 1/,11101'1 1001'0 sold, which 0een1Od
father )nemnsiotentu•ith her zeal in obo tem•
penance clause It is now sone 10 years
sumo Lady Somerset inherited her father's
Property, and though she has closer. Dight
of the licensed houses at the expiration of
the leases, several other landlords still hold
ground leases which have not as ,yet expir-
ed, with the Iloenses of which Lady Henry
has no tight to interfere,
The Sort of Men They Like.
Three girls are exelanging confidences,
and telling each other what sort of men they
iked bast.
First Girl "I like a man with a past. A
that with a past is always interesting."
Second Girl -"That's true; but I don't
think ho is newly so interesting as the man
5111th !a futur"
Third (11111-e,"
The man whet interests me
most is the plan with a present.'
His Name.
" There wises it shontlenan celled to see
ye while ye 1108 OOt," said Mrs. llotscooe's
reeenty-engaged Highland servant, as her
Mistress retarded frnrn a shopping excur-
sion the other afternoon.
" 0h, indeed," said the lady ; " where is
his card 9 Ile surely left one."
" No, mem," was the reply. " Ho said
ho forgot his card case."
" I wonder who it could have been," re.
'larked Oho lady to her001f, and then aloud,
" You surely asked him what name, Mag-
gio ?"
" Ooh, yens," answered the handmaid
promptly, " Ho said it was Immaterial, I
think," --_-
A Hopeless Case.
Prank -Do you know how I can cure May
of loving Ino?
I3e)le -No. If she loves you her ease i0
plainly hopeless.