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V nt ns0 n t n ns n n. n v n a The ride Who J Changed Her Mind j on OU say you don't believe In fate, tWyou fellows," said young Fred ! Julian. he e ntertalned a patty of boou companion lu hti bachelor 'rooms, "Well, that's because, At pros vnt, you haveu't had an opportunity of Judging from persoual experience." "Well, aud have you?" asked a oho tus of voice. "Bather! It was a little Incident thnt 'occurred about lx uiouth tco, litter rlng-to me, at least ami If you like Ml tell you all about It." "1H," tald 111 friends, ami the young roan lounged back lu hla ebalr ami wit It hla eye ou the nre commenced bis uur ratlve without more ado. "It wa oue lovely doy In the July of last year," lie began, ' ami 1 wa wart lug Jubllautly off for a mouth' holiday at Scarborough. Kuowlng my luxuri ous habit a you do, my friend, you will not be surprised to hear thnt when I reached King' Cros I selected a tur ner seat of a that Was smoker, and provided myself with, plenty of cigars ami magaxlucs. To complete my antic ipation of a pleasant Journey, just a I swttled myself comfortably aud the guard gave hi whistle, the door opened ml a pretty, excited young lady came bustling In. She seemed relieved at bavin- caught the train, and sat down In a state of breathlces aud smiling ex it a us Hon. i "I looked over at her from my comer; so did a loudly dre-osed, bounderlsh looking young mnu from his, for sue was an extremely prvtty girl, with browu curly hair, small features, and the daintiest little tin tire In the world, I frowned at the loudly dressed young TUK YOUNU MAM C'OMMK.NCKD HIS .1AK RATI V R. inuu, aud he frowned at me, and Just then the girl looked up and caught y glance of admlratlou. She stiffened, aud then her eyes fell upou my cigar, which 1 had left smoldering lu my baud, and a look of severe dlspleasur came Into her face. " 'Are you aware, sir,' she said, aus terely, 'that this la not a smoking car riage?" " "Isn't it? I answered, looking up at the window. 'Why, goodness nte, they must have forgotten to take the lubel down.' The girl followed my glance, and at the sight of the partially obliterated letters, half concealed by the blind, her face crimsoned with mortification, and, biting ber Hp, she took up a paper hur riedly to hide her confusion. " 'I have made the same mistake, my dear," said a kindly matron on her right. 'It doesn't matter much; a lit tle smoke won't hurt us, will It?' " 'Xo; I must change at the next sta tion," she returned, sweetly. " 'Excuse uie, I broke lu, 'but this Is an express train.' " 'Do you mean to say It doesn't stop at Peterborough'' " 'It doesn't atop at all,' I said, 'until .we get to York.' " 'Oh, dear! What shull I do? I must get off at Peterborough,' she exclulmed. "Tin so sorry,' I murmured, turning to the girl. 'Can I assist you In any way? If It Is a cose of necessity, you know, we can commuulcato with the guard.' " 'Oh, ik) tliat 1m I mean I don't think It would be considered so,' she stammered, her face suddenly suffused with blushes, 'l'ou see, I was going to a wedding.' "The elderly matron smiled, I had all 1 could do to repress my amuse ment, while the loudly dressed young man In the corner sniggered audibly. " 'Oh, well, I shouldn't thnt worry me, If I were you, I said soothingly. 'It's disappointing, but they will be able to ilx It up all right without you.' "Tho blushes deepened aud the girl hung her head. " 'I'm afraid they I mean, I ' "She broke off in confusion, aud the Id lady bent toward her. "'I quite understand, my dear, she said. 'It wouldn't be a wedding with out the bride. I'm sorry for you, but you mustn't fret. It can't be helped now, and you must send a wire directly .we get to York.' "This seemed to raise the girl's spir its, and she began to laugh, a little hysterically perhaps at first. Then sfie thanked me prettily for doing nothing, and begged me to smoke, and declared she really didn't mind the smell at all, ibut rather liked it" When the train rushed through Peterborough she laughed more merrily still, and was so charming and unaffected that long be fore we reached York we were chat ting together like old friends. We' found out then that we" had mutual acquaintances, that our respective homes were situated but a few miles from each other, and many other Inter esting facts. ! "When the train drew up, I proposed to assist her In finding out tho tele graph'offlee, and thither, therefore we .went. ; " 'I don't think I'll send a wire, after all,' she said hesitatingly, as we found the place. , , 'Why not?' I said, In some surprise. " 'Because because I think I'll go straight home.' ' "'But think of the anxiety of the poor chap,' I said feelingly. 'Why, he may be thinking all kinds of dreadful tilings have happened to you,' : "She stood Irresolute for a moment; then she picked up a form and wrote, nd, for the life tf me, I could not re sist looking over, AU that sua said was: ""I hav changed my mlml.-PhyllU.' " 'Of all the cool cheek, Ct Is the coolest!' 1 thought. "But 1 stepped back aud pretended to be much Interested lu tho company' timetable. " '.Now we must find out the next tralu back,' 1 said, a sli turned again to me; 'and theu wo will have some tea. You mut want some badly.1 "Hut your train -j ou will surely lose It,' she murmured. ""York I uiy destination,' I said tin truthfully. "After that 1 found out there wa no train for an hour, aud we took our way to the tearoom, wins my pretty com panion made in her willing aud sym pathetic coufiduut. She wit uuhnppf, very unhappy, at home, and, In an 111 guarded moment, had agrotnl to a run away match without the knowledge of her parent. Now she was thankful, very thankful, that she bad been pre vented. It seemed like fate. That was the summary of her remarks. "There, uow, you follows," broke off the narrator abruptly, "1 ueedu't tell you much more; only that wo each ex changed cards, agreed to see one an other lu London, and that we parted cheerfully at York." "And did you fulfill those promised?" said oue of the listeners, w ith Interest. "(Hi, yes! Wa have seen some little of each other since then." "Aud her name?" "Will soon he Julian," said the young mau promptly,-Penny Pictorial Xluga slue. SANQ THE SONGS OF FREEDOM. John W, Hutchinson ut r'aiuou Kui lly of hint-era. The Hutchinson family of singers ar a pli-asaut memory to the ohh-r genera tions of people now alive. It Is nearly a generation since they appeared lu the West, It Is more than that since they were lu the height of thefr popularity. Their sweet voices, attuned to simple melodies, entranced tens of thousand all over the country and wherever they went they received hearty welcome. lutervst In this band of singers has been recently revived by an attempt made by the chlldreu of Joint W, Hut chinson, the only survivor of Iho origi nal "family," to cast him Into an lusatte asylum and gain possession of his prop erty. The attempt failed, for the Jndga liefore whom the case was heard decid ed that the veteran, although past the allotted years of unit), Is still mentally capable of raring for his estate. The family was In many respect a remarkable one. There were sixteen brothers and sisters, all gifted Tar above the average with musical voice. It remained fur three of the brother. Joliu. J ml son and Asa, with their sis tor, Abb, to blend tbelr Voices In per fect harmony. The emancipation of the slave and tho prohibition of the liquor trattie became their watchword. When the brothers first started on their campaigns of ong they entered Into a compact to abstain from the use of tobacco and alcohol aud demoralis ing associations. The compni't wa never broken. John Hutchinson' voles I (till sweet and tuneful, and when warmed to his subject It rings out with wonderful power. He hn given In his long musical career more than Il.tHHJ concerts, and though HO years of age on his next birthday, he Is still hopeful of doing more public work. lie Is a very forcible speaker, with an Irresistible fund of humor, and his powers of mim icry have assisted greatly In pleasing and Impressing an audience. He was always of a peaceful nature In matters relating to himself, though quick to re sent aud battle against a wrong to others. The town of Hutchinson, Minn., founded by the brothers early In the T0's, is a flourishing community and Is steadily growing. During the '40's the Hutchinson vis ited England and sang to large houses and before many of the celebrities of that country. Harriet Martlneau, John Bright and Charles Dickens were loud In their praises of their musical gifts. Among the songs with which the Hutchinson delighted large audiences were "Tenting To-night on the Old Camp Ground" and "The Fatherhood of Clod and the Brotherhood of Mau." Ktealfng Ills Thunder. The lndignuut-looklng passenger was about to speak, but the conductor head ed him off by exclaiming In a loud tone of Irritation: "This Is the slowest train I was ever on. Whuff the use of having a sched ule If we don't pay any attention to It? The drinking water tastes ns If It hadn't been oft the kite lien rongo ten minutes. The car doesn't look as If It had been swept for a month, and It Is full of Idiots who insist on'openlng the win dows When we go through tuunels, so thnt the cinders can blow It.' The passenger caught bis breath and then exclaimed: "I was Just about to say that this whole a flu I r la an out rage." "I know It. But you're lucky. You can travel a few miles and then get off and be happy. But I've got to stay on this train for hours every day of my llfe."-Washlugton Star. Irrigation for Northern Meiico. The extensive arid regions of North ern Mexico are, to be Irrigated by canals from aid extended by the Federal ant State governments. MONKEYS IN INDIA. Art Cnntiti-llr l.li-llcrou t'nnnttrfktts tf Tlitlr Hiiitmu Cousin. "When I wa traveling lu Northern India," said a gentleman who bad rs ceutly completed a Journey around tit world, "1 was constantly ltuprced with lb almost human way of thv monkey (her. You te they art never molested, which I alio tru of ths bird, and they ar a tain aud Impu dent a spoiled children. "I reimmihr thnt on morning whlls we were sitting at breakfast on ths veranda of our hotel stiddeuly w heard ths noisiest chattering, and down tho main street of the lowu came a crowd of loug-lalled monkey, running a rites evidently. They shrieked and chattered at every leap, tripped each other up, pulled each other's tall and seemed lit be having a generally hllarlou time. Whlls w left ths table to watch their antic some Indian crow that had been solemnly lined up ou ths veranda mil watching u eat, inada a dash fur ths rood and had quite a fight with the na tive servant befors they were Dually driven away. "But tho monkey of India ars surely (be most Irresponsible people In ths world," continued ths traveler. "I call them people becsuss they ars sncli lu dicrous counterfeit of human being, lu mnu of the obi temples (her ars monkey settlement. I remember ou In particular wnlcli was sacred to tho sliulnnt. There seemed to bs thou sand of ths creature, aud I wa Md that 0,0(10 had recently been taken to the wood to get rid of them. But In this temple I saw llttls simian mother nestling snd rocking their babies In their arms for sit ths world , llks a Christian mother. 1 venture to pick up one of the Infant that wa ruuulng about, and instantly ths baby guv a typical Infantile squeal aud the excited mother came to me, chattering angrily. I put tue Infant down, and ths mother, her eyes still biasing with auger, car ried the llttls one to a corner and pet ted and rocked It, frequently turulug to give mo a ooruful look. "It I not uucommou for ths monkey In the tree to reach dow n aud tolas ths traveler's hat a he passes. "Perhaps the most remarkable sight In connect Ion with ths monkeys In lu dla I witnessed early one morning. Ws wers riding in ths highway and by a vacant field. Suddenly from ths neigh boring forest a troop of monkey en tered the held and began a regular May dance, taking hold of bauds sud form ing a largo circle, then dancing round aud ronud snd chattering gleefully." LAW AS INTERPRETED. Constitutional mandat of equality of taxation a near s may bs I held, In Drew v. Tiff! (Minn ), 7 U 11. A. to be applicable to Inheritance tsxe sud to be violated by txemptlous which discriminate bet ecu dlffereui classe of peraou. An assessment for a street Improve ment under a resolution dec laring lbs Improvement expedleut Is held, lu Nor folk vs. Young (Vs.), 47 U It. A. 674. to be unconstitutional for lack of ilus process of law, where the notice did not designate any tribunal, place or time where the party could be heard. Coutract to expend f tO.niO In "open ing aud developing" mining property which consisted of a large number of mining claims, both quarts and placer, and In erecting a ten-stamp quarts milt, Is held, lu Stanton vs. Singleton (Cal.h 47 U It. A. 834, to be one which equity will not euforce by specific perform ance. Authority of railroad commissioner to order a company to build and main tain a depot or station house Is held, In State ex ret. Tompkins vs. Chicago, HL Paul. Minneapolis aud Omaha Railroad Company (S. 1).), 47 I H. A. MO, to b conferred by a statute authorising them to notify the company of Improve ments which they adjudge to be proper. Power to decide between candidate for Justice of the peace who bare au equal number of rote 1 held, In State, Crow v. Kramer (Mo), 47 I It A. 551, to Ie In violation of the Constitu tion, which provide for the election of uch otltcer without any provision for deciding the tie, while It doe make such provision In respect to other offi cers. With this case there Is a not on ths decision of a tie vote at an elec tion. Made a Strong IMca. The spread of education In the South la rapidly developing the negro, and his highest amblHou I to be a lawyer and a statesman. Occasionally his ex ertions get hltn beforo (lie court rather earlier than he plans. Samuel Jack son, Ksq., who had read soms law, fouud himself In-fore the Judge for some little Irregularity with the fifth commandment. The case wa clear. "Oullty," ald the Judge. "What ou?" asked ths Important Samuel. "The facts," wo the reply. "I beg your Honor's pardon," said Sam, grandiloquently. "You may And me guilty on do facts, your Honor, but I respectively maintains dut I'm Inner cent on do technercalltles." New York Life. The Pineapple. It Is a notorious fact that ths pins apple Is considered the least healthy of all the edible fruits of the tropics by those who know anything of the mat ter. The Juice of the green and grow ing plant Is accredited in Java, ths Philippines, and throughout ths far East generally with being a blood poison of a most deadly nature. It Is said to be the substance with which ths Malays poison their krlshes and dag gers, and Is also accredited with being the "fJnger-uall poison" formerly In use among the aboriginal Javanese women almost universally. These women cul tivated a nail on each hand to a long, sharp point, and the least scratch from one of these was certain death. Na tional Druggist. ' M. Delbler. M. Delbler, the 1'reuch executioner, has nccumululed a fortune of 600,000 francs by his skill In working the guil lotine. At an execution In Paris, some time back, he hud his little son with him, from which it Is supposed that lis Intends him to follow the same profes sion. Cossack Despise Trade. Tho Cossacks rarely become mer chants. Though they maintain 00,000 fighting men, and can muster 128,000 In u emergency, there are but 410 of their own-people engaged In business. Outspeeds a Horstf. Ostriches are not the only swift-run-nlng animals that can outstrip ths speed of a horse. There Is a land crab In Cuba that can rival the ostrich, and go much faster than a boras. The costliest campaign Is that which begins when a girl Is 10, and tennlntes when shs Is 26 in her marriags to a 00 I month man. -r Sifevention The Insect Vednlla cardinal!, Intro duced to California to feed au scale !" sscis, ha mcceeded o wvll lu It work that titers I nothing (i ft food-ami they are now lu danger of dUappeitiing through starvation. Ths rnrth within the Arctic circle' supports a considerable population, but the Antarctic circle Is without trace of human life, I'pou eight mllliou square mile surrounding ths south pole, the font of man ha never trodden. In the Island near Klugaporo a n Industry ha been developed, that of producing purs gutta perch from t leave of the gutta percha Ire. The leave are ground up ami pounded In boiling water. Dry leaves coulalu a much 12 per cent of sap, Two of the largest Huhmkorff roll ever made hav been ordered In this country for a foreign government, aud will give au electric spark forty live Inches lu length, expeudlug energy amounting to three or four-horse pow er, ami lis v big a potential of half mllliou volt. It I tab! that ths nut tree of the world alone could, If necessity arose, provide food all the year -rcund for ft total population Vwt tliues teaisr than the present. It has lw intmi oul to the Washington itepw ut of Agriculture tint Brsi-'J ',- VmI 1'ara grow In such proftniou thai i . sand of ton of thei.i are wanted vry year; with eocntvt U 1 th same lu many ceuter. Kvery sufferer from nerve know that a gloomy day affect htm unfavor ably, while the first ray of sunshine make uiiu gay agulu. It ha been suggested that the green of vegetation, the blue of I lie sky and the bluegreeu of the wan may thus have a power ful Influence lu calming the spirit. I'arvllle, however, caution hi readers against too sweeping conclusion. All that we can y U that colors irrtaln 1 appear to affect the organism, and that the subject will bear further In vestigation. lu winter mouth tornadoc occur only In the (iulf states, but In sum mer they ooetir In the North, In Ne braska, South Dakota. Iowa aud Min nesota. The sverage Is Iwenty-flve a year." They are simple examples of vortex motion. A mns of air rotating si a low level run Into a vortex, snd a lube I projected downward. The velocity of the lower end of the tube may reach two hundred itilb- an hour, and It Is the partial vacuum caused by the whirl aud the sudden luruh of the outside air that cause the disastrous explosive effect. The black muds containing gold w hich are prend along the shore of Norton Sound, near Capo Nome, Alas ka, are said to differ from similar sands found on the const of California and elsewhere, because they show no Indication of having been transported by stream of water. The flake ami nugget of gold that have been found at Cape Nome are not water-worn, but sharp and angular In outline. A wide ly accepted theory 1 that they have been transplanted from a . great dis tance by glaciers, their original sou, -e being yet undiscovered. The report of United Etatu C tu ids Shmer of Labor t'n! ! V lKlHt on "Hand ami Machine l.nlwr" set forth some, very luter-tit ;p ts. Aided by mnUtowiKi.tsN tn n turn out a product which would re quire the lubor of nearly 40,otHi,tKX tneu If produced by hand. In America tho advantage derived from machinery Is about twice a great a In lvuroH, so that the actual population of the United States Is equal In productive power to l."iO,000,0O( Europeans. With lalsr saving machinery, oue generation of men can do the work of four ot live generation of hand worker. SOLID BRICKS OF YELLOW. tlol.ltnl.es as Ihcy Kruih the Mint Need Not II Avoided. A paragraph lu the New York letter of the Ledger stated that there had been received at oue of ths bnuk a lump ot gold from British Columbia weighing 7.NU7 ounces,1 In shape of a cone, 13 Indie high and 34 Indies In circumference at the base, and valued at 133,275. At the United Slate mint lu till city It was stated yesterday to a Ledger reporter that It was unusual to ship gold In such large masses, It must have been cooled In a crucible, which was broken from It, Judging from Its shape. No such musses hud ever been received at the mint. The usual form of gold brick Is that of an ordinary brick, tho very largest being valued at about $.'10,000 and weighing about 1,500 ounces. That such bricks are not easily handled was eas ily demonstrated by tho reporter, who was allowed to lift from a truck a brick from tho Denver assay oltlee, 8x4x3 Inches In size. It was Just the size of a building brick, only three quarters of an Inch thicker, but It weighed ninety pounds and was valued at $21,000. Though small, It could not easily have been gotten awaj- w'th.- Very Utile gold as It Come front the mines Is received at the niiut A 'uw small Jot brought, I y th e:,,t dike miners Is nil llx-t ba scett from Alaska. Tho dust, or tla.'.e, Is taken to the nearest assay oHlo, prob ably at Scuttle, ud -there sold to the Government, which purchases all that la offered. It usually contnlus more or less sliver or copper or both metals. It may bo refined at the assay ofllce, but Is usunlly refined at tho mlut. Many bricks shown to the reporter looked like silver, tho proportion of ouo-thlrd of that metal giving them that appear ance. Some small bricks, worth about $5,000 apiece, were shown which had been reflued to 008 parts In 1,000, prac tically pure gold. These were for a prominent watch case manufactory for use In It business. Chemically pure gold Is made only for testing purposes. Philadelphia Ledger. SOME EXTRAORDINARY BATTING How a Baseball Game Whs Won by Fierce Operation with the Stick. "When I was playing right field for the Hurtling Lilacs," said tho man with the sandy whiskers to the man with the sun burned neck, "I was con sidered on exceptionally strong hitter. But all records made by me, or by any one else that ever pretended to do things with the stick of hickory, were cast In the shade by the performance of a tall young man of the name of riunk McOuggenhelmer, who played one day with the Lilacs. I had seriously hurt my thumb while running bases, and Plunk was engaged to take my place. The day he covered right for as we went against the Whistling Thistles, Ws wws very anxious to win, as we , had won forty nine game snd had lost none, sud ws wanted to have fifty iimc to our credit with a clean record. "The game began, sud the Whistling Thistle went to bat flrt. They had three men on bases, when the batter knocked a lln ball toward third. Those ou bases thought that It was good for a lilt, and started to run, but our third baseman Jumped Into the air aud caught the ball. He touched third base, thereby retiring tu runimr, who hud started for the plate. Then he ran tow ant second aud met the runner and touched htm out. II had made a triple play unassisted, "The umpire hud called two strikes on the (list inuu up for our side when tho opposing I wirier made a tremen doiisly wild pitch, the bull going about four feet over lit catcher's head. Our batter bud the presciics of mind to strike at It, and he euslly made first be fore the catcher could recover the ball. The second man let the ball hit hint, and the third singled, thereby filling the bases. Theu Mctiuggeubelmer came up io bat, and we noticed that his club ws re enforced with steel baud. " The first ball pitched, plunk hit out, and, to the consternation of the This tles, It could uot be found. bile they were chasing wildly around looking for It nil of our runner scored. Just a flunk was crossing the plate the first busciuun discovered the ball. McUug genhelmer had driven It oul with such force that It bad penetrated the ennva of the tlrst base and bad lodged liuldo ih" bg It was so firmly Imbedded lu the sHiiiibag that It took five minute to extract It. Jin' scram! time flunk emu lo bat . tUvii- the ball eight Inches Into ths ground, list In front of the piste. The pitcher and catcher dug frsutlcally, but before they could exhume ths ball flunk had scored, Kvery ball he bit be banged to pieces, and seven new oues were used In the course of the ga.iie. "The Whistling Thistle were so ner vous after that that vveny time McOug genhelmer batted they threw them selves ou the ground to escspe Injury. And they were so generally upset that we easily defeated them by the score of 40 to 7. "At the end of the game McOuggen helmer had driven the ball tulo the ground Hi ice times, and .sd knocked four boards off the center field fence." IMMUNE TO SNAKE POISON. 't her snd Son Whu Think Nothing of :rlntf Miihh ly Vtmimuu husk. A gentleman from North Ui-orgla, whose statement cannot be doubted, tell a story of a father and sou, w hich, says the Chattanooga News, Is almost lucredlble. They live near the Durham mines on the Sand Mountain, and are mimed Ullsou. The remarkable thing connected with them Is an entire ab sence of fear of snake, even of the most veiioinou description, and their Immunity from nuy evil effect from the bite of the deadliest reptiles. The father and sou came to the mine not many days ago, according to ths statement of this man, the sou with a large copperhead, one of tile deadliest 'of licorglu's many deadly snakes, coll ed In his cap on top of ills bead. The father hint a large rattlesnake, alxnit five feet long, lu his bosom uext to his skin. They seemed no mors afraid of them than If they were pet mice, snd, after putting these strange pete upon the ground, this exlrnordluaty pair, In order to prove their lack of fear, pro voked the snake until each was bitten in the arms and leg a number of time. No 111 effect whatever were maul f h1, aud the mau told the narrator tliiit no snake bite bad the slightest crtV 't on him. Ho ami his son can take iiiUJto most deadly snakes, such as the copperhead, rattlesnake, and moccasin, without any thought of possible snake bites, other than tho slight palu natu rally experienced. The mau has no explanation to offet, taylug he has been that way aluce he cau remember, fhyslclaua try to ex plalu It by saying that they have be come proof by continuous bite aud Inoculation, somew hat lu the same way that vaccinatum protect agalust con tracting smallpox. But this cau 'ardly be true, If the man Is to be believed, since be states that he iuis enjoyed Im munity since his eurllcst childhood, and the sou, a small boy, Is also Imiuuue, aud has been all his life, The case Is one which might be prof itably Investigated by physlcluu aud scientific ineti. A few such case have been told of before, but vaguely aud In definitely, but t lilts 1 vouched for by such undeniably good and reliable au thority that there cau be no possible doubt of Its truth. Tho Informant is positive that th poison fangs of the snakes exhibited had not beeu extracted, and be I equully positive that there was no de ception practiced. After submitting to the bites, the man and the boy both showed their hands and legs, and the small punctures with the blood exud ing therefrom were sceu by doxeus of people. HEROIC CURE FOR AN ITCH. Berlo-Comlc Kxperlene of a Man IlelA Up tr a Koud Ascot. Whatever differences of opinion may exist In regard to other subject, those who have been licld tip by highwaymen are unanimous In the statement that no matter how few the holders up or how nmny they held up, each and every ma t wlti that the robber's weapon wa H.-iii i.-ii directly and solely at him. Years ago In California a traveler was on a siii(.'0 coach that a pair of bandits went through. The fourteen passenger were all made to get out and stand lu a row, with their hands high over their heads. One burly ruffian stood guard over them with a double-barreled shot gun, whllo the other engaged In the pleasing tusk of relieving them of their valuables and spare cush. This partic ular traveler was nearest the mau with the shotgun. Whllo the ceremonies were In pro gress bis nose begau to Itch nud Instinc tively bo started to lower one hand to scratch It. "Hands up, there!" came the stern order, and his hand went auto matically back Into place. But that Itching redoubled and iignln ho essayed tho rellcvcful scratch, "Say, what' tho mailer with you, anyhow?" de manded the highwayman. "Are you wishing to become a lend mlue?" "My uose Itches so I cnu't stand It any long er," tearfully explained the sufferer. "I simply have got to scratch It." "No, you hain't," utigrnminntlcnlly corrected the knight of the road, "Jcuuse I'll do it for you." And with that bo proceeded to scratch the offending unsal organ with tho tuusiiile of his shotgun, l'ou cun wager your shoes that that partic ular nose stopped Itching with great ub-ruptuess.-Troy Tress. Some one asks what bouse party Is, It Is a party where the hostess has t worry about sheets as well as tabla cloths. - If a man meets six girls In the courst of the day, five tell him that he la "reaJ nie mean." -- . AN INQINIOUS CALCULATOR. Alhlne Invention Ksmarfcabl for It Klapllrlty, A calculator remarkable for It sim plicity snd liigeuulty and entirely dif ferent from other machine which em ploy a series of tapes, has beeu psteui ed by Chow Ling Shatig, of Macao, China, and I described lu the Scientific American. The device considerably vlmplltle multiplication aud division, Our Illustration show the complete spparstu aud on of ths tapes em ployed. Upon a base of wood or other mater! si giihles sre secured which form puss sges for a series of endless tains. In vur Illustration the tapes are desig nated by the Human numerals I., 11., HI., IV etc. hacu tape I longitudin ally divided Into two column sud Into group of nlu numeral each. In the firt group all the figure are screes; in the second group the numbers "1" to "0" are Inscribed; lu the third group the number "2" and Ij multiple up to "IH" are written, the unit being lu the right hand column and the ten In the left liaud column, In the next group are the multiple of 8, 4, etc., up to the multiple of II, after which the multi ple 1 to 0 appear In the center of the tape, the division of the tape tulo two column being abandoned at that point, When It Is desired, for example, to find ths product of eight time eight thotissnd four hundred sud ninety seven, ths tapes I II., III. IV., sre M -Ml)1 i-ir A RIM TLB moved uutll the number "8." "0." "7," of tho tape are ou the same horl xontul line, the other tape being left In their normal positions. In the eighth line will be fouud the number 7u" on tape 1.; lu the same line, tape II. bears tho number "72;" tape 111. the number "U2;" and tape IV. the number "U4." The product Is obtained by noting for each tape the number con tained lu the right baud column of that tape, with the addition of the number In the left hand column of tho uext tape to the right. In other words, contigu ous numbers of different tapes are added. Thus, In the present case, "2" ami "5" from tapes I. and II. are added "2" aud "7" from tapes II. and III., and "4" and "3" from tapes III. and V. The result obtalued Is "07.07H," which Is the product sought. The tlgurlug of other products la readily understood from this example. To multiply by a mini ber larger than 10, the well known method of adding tho results of partial multi plications Is employed. lu division the calculator Is employed to Hud multiples of the divisor aud to do away with tedious multiplication. In dividing 212.425 by 8,-107, for In stance, 21,242 is divided by 8.4117, as usual, giving 2 as the first figure In the quotient; the calculator may be used for this operation, slnco It show that 21 (In the thousands) Ih between the double (10,01)4) and the triple (25,401) of 8,407.- Twice 8,407 la alien read olT as 10,004, and subtracted from 21,242, leaving 4,248. To this remainder Is added the last figure. 6: and 42.485 Is then divided by 8,107. The machine shows at a glance that 42.483 Is equal to S multiplied by 8,407. 'The result of the division Is therefore 25. Buskin's Mother. . "My mother's general princlMes of treatment," says Mr. ltnskln, "were to irniird me with steady watchfulness from all avoidable pain and danger; and, as for the rest, to let me amuse myself ns I like, provided I was uelth- er fretful nor troublesome. "But the law was thut I should. find mv own amusement. No tors of any kind were at first allowed. Nor did I ever painfully wish for what I was never permitted fur an Instant to hope for, or eveu Imaglue the possession of, such things as one saw In toy shops. I think It should be related that I was steadily whipped If I was troublesome. "In all these particulars I think the treatment of my childhood was entirely right. As soon as I 'was able to read fluently my mother begun a course of Blblo work with me, which never ceas ed until I went to Oxford." .,, An Odorless Onion. The latest product of scientific propa gation l. the odorless onion. Just how au onion cau be odorless and still re main an onion Is not explained. To 1 nl till I., nil V... tU uium licoiuu 111(7 UllOl 19 (111 IUCIO IB Ul an onion and thai is euough. The elim ination of the characteristic feature of a vegetable of such long and strong stnudlng In natural history ought to be lockoued among the proudest achleve- I, 8 z it I i J a if -191 i pi UJ 131 j 7lo 01 7 a 2 51 - i t i H 'no & t'i -1 ... P, . P. Jj. i ! ! . J; I 0 0 1 g . A A lfeJI 4 LQ.tMLU. 1U L9 Lit LU t.Q UU ik jj 3. 4 ' It lamMMmm . s : Ik 29. il its io lkLLi.LL LkM LkdmV fc ' - 3.h liqcaLiiiLtit'dui.dllL ... -..i.CfLS22: I a iya..lfl if f ia!l-il"li IP ii-aiit22f:-n!i$iL- )' nient of man. But an onion deprived of that delicious tang and the pene trating scut which goes with It, can hardly bs an ocloo. Tho palate which loves onion will not recognize It; call ing a whitened, Innocuous, Insipid, plated bulb an onion will not make It one, No true lover of onions will hall this new Invasion of science. He est til onion st dead of night. In sllsiic sud solltudo. He rejoices In It sud sleep upon it. The Incense of his prslse fills the room snd soothes him to delicious sleep. II rise In (he morning sfter bis sacrifice to pas the day In purifies tlou, to scs no one till the sun Lath sunk with Indigestible substsuces. Its rudiment vegetable can command such devotion from It votaries. It Is a lux ury and a worship. Shall he yield all this delight for an odorless bulb? I-et other do s they will, he will not. An onion without Its odor would be asham ed of Itself. Milwaukee Journal. InslliK't of Cat. The Instinct of animals In the mat ter of self preservation I curiously Il lustrated, say ths New Orleant Times-Democrat, by ths fact that sev eral doseu cat found refuge during the Ottawa fire In a wooden house which, although the buildings on each side were burning down, refused to catch fire, and remained Intact. Cal have a peculiar gift In thl direction, since, In addition to their reputed nine live, there I a popular superstition CAlCCLATOR that they will only eat what Is good for them. This may or may not be a fallacy, but the Instinct of self-preservation, which I common to all anlmnlsH ex cept, perhaps, horses (who, being very bags of nerves, will during a fire he have with suicidal obstluucyi, lias been proved time and again. The rats which, in practice as well a In theory, desert the ship which Is no longer sea worthy, are a notable example of It; and there are mauy animal lovers who would not consider It any way extrav a gant to suggest that the (juucklng of the geese In the capltol was due to a knowledge on their part of tho facts that the entry of tne enemy would mean the cutting of their throats, While the rousing of the Romans would earn them a debt of gratitude and per sonal Immunity from the poulterer's shop windows. How Lincoln Hebuketl Ills Critics. At the White House one day during the Civil War, some gentlemen were present from the West, excited and troubled about the commissions or omissions of the administration. Pres ident Lincoln heard them patiently, and theu replied; "Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was lu gold, and you had put It lu the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara liver on a rope, would you shake the cable or keep shouting out to him, 'Blondin, stand up a little straighten Blondlu, stoop a little more; go a little faster; lean a little more to the north; lean a little inoro to the south?' No, you would hold your breath as well as your tongue, and keep your hands off until he was safe over. The government are carry ing nu Immense weight. Untold treas urea are lu their hands. They are do ing the very best they cau. Don't badger them. Keep silence and we'll get you safe across." . A llemarkable Calculator. Dlnmandl, a native of Pyluros, one ot the Greek Islands, seems to be a re markable calculator. After a mere glance at a blnck-bourd, on which thirty groups of figures are written, he can, It Is said, repeat them In any or der nud deal with them In any arith metical process. It Is said that he never makes an error In calculations Involv ing billions, and he can extract square or cube roots with marvellous rapidity and accuracy. An eminent German specialist declared the other day that these ready-reckoners were Idiots. This Is not the case with Dlnmandl, who writes poetry and novels In the Inter vals of business, and shows consider able Intellectual capacity. It la learned that one girl's popularity among the other girls Is due to the fact that whenever she visits at their house she luslsts upon washing the dishes. It's a case of misdirected energy when a young man runs after a girl w ho doesn't appreciate him. NOTABLE DEAD LIE THERE. Kins' Chapel, Bocton, First Belli U . 10M, and It Graveyard. At the corner of Tremont and School streets la Boston stsnds on of the most historic churches In thst city. This church I King's Chapel, and when It wa built It took the place of small wooden chape! stsndlng on the same ground. The little wooden chapel bad been erected In lite year 1089, and the land on which it stood was taken from (be public burial ground by Gov ernor Audroi, It was the first Episco pal Church, snd Its attendants were tilled the British officer aud loyalist. It bad the first organ ever beard la New Knglaud, a certain Thomas Bat t!o having given It the Instrument In 17L1. In the year 174!) the corner atone of the present building was laid by Governor Hhlrley, but tho chnrcb was not completed until 1780. In thst year George Washington was present at an oration given In the church celebrating Its completion, and he contributed five guinea to the church. During tho lege of Boston thl wss the only church In which regular services were held attended by the British officer. When the city wa evacuated by tho n 1 a iso's ch-I'ki., nosro.t. British the rector sailed away to Hall fax, carrying with hi in the church reg ister, commuulon service and vest ments, aud the church was closed. A few years later It became the First Unitarian Church, aud It Is to-day one of the most Important of the Unitarian churches. Governor Shirley lie burled In'a tomb beneath the porch of the church, aud In the old burying ground at the side and In the rear of the church are the grave of mauy of the good men and true who were among the found ers of the city of Boston. Here ma be seen the graves of John Wlnthrop. of Governor John leveret t, of Mar Chilton, of Lady Anne Andros, wife of Kir Edmund, the Governor. Lady Audros died In February, 1088, and her funeral was held In the evening by torchlight. The funeral of General Joseph Warren, who was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, was held lu this church. The body was followed from the townhouse to the church by a great procession, and the funeral oration wa by Peres Morton. In later year tho funeral of many dlstloifulahed Bos toiilon have been held from King's ChnpeL C anity of Ittible and Emerald. "It Is Impossible to set any definite value ou rubles at present," said a New Oilcans Jeweler. "The mines were ex hausted several years ago, aud the few flue stoues that remain on the market are worth whatever oue chance to ask. They are far more valuable than dia monds lu fact, the price la purely ar bitrary, depending chiefly on how badly the purchaser want the gem. The last . mines to be worked were In Slam, but they are now entirely closed down. Practically the same thing umy be td or emeralds. A few find tht ir wa to the dealers now and then, but the sup ply has dwindled to almost the vanish lug point, nud to secure a fine specluieu Is purely a mutter of luck. They afe no longer kept In stock by the wholesalers, aud when oue turns up It brings a fan cy figure. 1 am speaking, of course, of first-class stoues. Both rubies and em eralds vary enormously lu quality. Sometimes It Is hard to tell just what they lack, but Its absence Is unmistak able, and constitutes the difference be tween a true gem and a mere colored stoue. For example, I have a four carat emerald that 1 have tried to sell for $100. It Is a pretty stone and seems outwardly to be perfect, but It lacks something. 1 have seen four-carat em eralds sell for ?i,000. They were the same size, same weight, same shape, same color as the one I have, but, ah I the difference!" New Orleans Times-, Democrat. ' - j Amusing a Princess. When Priucess Heuty or Battenberg was a child, she aud ber uurse were al lowed to ramble about the Balmoral es tate, to visit the tenants, and sometimes to stay to tea. One rartu was a favorite resort and oue aftcrnoou, tea over, good Mrs. D -looked round anxiously, perplexed to provide amusement for a Princess, pre sumably salluted with toys and joys of every kind. "What can I do to amuse your Roya! Highness?" she asked, and was prompt ly met by the reply: "Oh, Mrs. D , do let me dance ou your bed; I may not do It at home, and I do so love It." Permission wns gladly given, and the child danced to her heart's content on the snowy counterpane. The Work, of an Oak." A single oak of good size lifts 123 tous of water dining the mouths It Is In lenf, says Frank French, lu Scrlb ner's. This moisture Is evaporated and rises to form ram-clouds. AH the trees are busy doing the same thing, and tho rank fern's and mosses and deep mould or the forest depths, acting as reser voirs for jthe ruin which falls upon them, In their turn feed the springs and brooks. From this we cnu gain some Idea of tho Immense forces which tho forests exert in equalising the evar oration aud precipitation, and prevent ing periods of Inundation and drought Russians as Fish Eaters. There la no country In the '-world In which so much fish Is eaten as In Euro pean Russia, and the reason Is because the Greek church has many more fast days', and observes them more strictly, than the Western Catholics. The use of meat Is prohibited or greatly restrict ed on nearly half the days of the year, and the result is to give enormous Im portance to the prolific home fisheries lu liver, lake and sen, which supply 0(1,000,000 people with fish food. Alns lee's MogaxlueT ! Wood Pulp for Soldiers' Clothing. ! Wood pulp paper as military cloth tug Is used by the Japanese troops. It Is marvellously tough, and has an ap pearance that might well be regarded with satisfaction for summer wear. II holds stitching uncommonly well, whlls Its warmth Is undoubted. ' j A movement has been started to rid letters of "Dear Sir" and "Yours truly," as they mean nothing, and take up. time. Also, let "Esq." and "Hon." go. It Is said of some families that when the rent a house the always wreck 11 ' - - - - - - L-c-yig"
