V "YOU PUSH THE BUTTON." UCCCQGCGGGQQQOQOOOaOGQOQOw) .HAUXCBY ALPORT, fot Into (CI the way of not sleeping ntght. through sheer llstlestness, h iM. II took no Interest In his food, either, and hit fellow-clerks down it tli Hitch cock stov work laid to on another that If trial sheet of Alport's wer to balance they'd fall dead of surprise. Th young man htinself knew to a reaaonabl degreo of certainty why he could not work better, and why the hours after work dragged even more lamely than thos In the office. The truth was, he could se no future ahead. II was at that point of hla career w here he looked with distrust upon ev- ..rvtliliii, il-ftiif I., llmaitf 11 grave doubt about hl ability to be come anything more thau a clerk ou a mall salary- He didn't believe be would le able to maintain the agree able social position to which he was born,. and he was absolutely sure that the girl he loved would uevcr accept blm. The girl he loved was Violet Gilder Iceve. She lived In the low. lone ssJlsabethan hou.se Just beyond the out aklrts of town. , Here, half hidden auioug trees, the boautlful houe seemed to drone through life In spite of the eager commercial tow n Just be youd It, ami Into Violet's day there appeared to come nothing but beauty and con ten uncut and whatever was re fined and leisurely. She was In a house hold of gentlewomen, all of elegant, ereue lives all taking money ss a mat ter of course, and t'haunoey Alport felt choked by the Complalsancy of their maimers and by their htatterof fas't prosperity. To take Violet from a life ao placid and full of grace to the toll, and worry, and poverty that must he the lot of his wife was out of the ques tion... That she loved hint, that the hmg Sunday afternoona on that shady law it. talking of music and hook, and, best of all, of themselves, had been as al sorblng to her as to him he felt In the tunermoet consciousness of his sotil. But 'this was all the more reason why he should not Indulge himself in the luxury of her society. If he alone was to endure the pain In sweetie, s ami run the risk of ultimate despilr aud bitterness he might continue to Indulge himself In her society. Hut he coiil.l not Involve her In this suffering. The ouly thlug for Mm to do was to bretik TUKY INil'IKED A BOLT ' OHAPHS. off their romance. It must be an Inter rupted and forever unfinished title, And because of this resolutiuu he moped at bis desk, forgot to sleep, and bud no Interest lu hi dinner. 'It's your turn for a vacation, Al port," his employer said. "You've been looking under the weather. Co on" to some place you've never Been or heaid of and get a change of air and Idea. Everybody needs slinking up ouee In awhile. I've friend who'll tlx you out for transportation If you like. Come, abut up your book and make a holiday of it, and go home and pack. Get out of here to-morrow mornlug. Fellow Is back, and he'll do your work." Chauncey Alport was surprised at himself. He dropped the burden of the w ork' as If It had been a peddler's pack strapped upon him. He put from him with bitter distaste the recollection of his poverty and the dull drudgery of the office. It seemed as If llghtheartedness was coming back to him again. Ho thanked his employer almost tearfully, and got his desk In order ready fur leaving. Just then Fellows, his asso ciate, bat freshly returned from his va cation, came In. . "I hear you're getting out of here," he said cordially. "l'es," responded Alport. "The truth Is I'm so near done for that there's uo use .'In nry staying. I do everything wrong and am In everybody's way. If my vacation doesn't set uie up I dou't know what will become of me," "O, a vacation acts like a miracle when a man gets fagged that way. Got some good novels? I'll get some out of iny case I picked out a rare lot before I started. And, say, take my camera with you." "0, 1 don't know how to use It. Thank you, just the same, old man, but it w ouldn't be any good In my hands." "Yes, It would. It's uo end of fun squinting around at views and pie tending you understand 'composition.' and snapping at things. I'll run a him In. You've got to take It, Hint's nil: You don't know what's good for you. It'll amuse you, you'll see." Bo Alport had no choice, but to add the camera to bis paraphernalia, though lie felt not the least i merest In It. Ills Journey was to Central New York, where some klnfolk of his lived on a fine old farm. He went his way . patient!, finding nothing of Interest except Ills own brooding thoughts. He read the, novels bis friend lent him, bin be could not recall, a few hours after be had completed one, whether he had read.lt or not. ' His tortured mind re fused to accept any Idea, except Violet. The icamera was strapped about him. and as in duty bound he took snap shots at everything he saw which had in It' the least element of Hie pictur esque. He took views of old men with umbrellas, and pert girls with parasols; he got pictures of sheep and cattle and trees and churches and lakes and hills. And, "Incidentally, he took a snap at Niagara"' Falls.. It seemed a silly Im pertinence to snap that little machine at the wonder of green, Impetuous wa ter in Its eterual passion. But he did It, and laughed. ' He.fouud health and strength out lu the fields during his vacation. He be-, came aware of the sweetness of the earth; and be was no longer averse. to llfe.; 'He slept well and ate well, and came home eager to reuew his work nil I determined to endure ills sorrows gal lantly. 1 If he must always drudge, then be would do It without complaint. IT be must live without the woman of tils love, ha would bear It as other meu had iwt&e similar sorrows, with philosophy his t'lioro- 11 wa ashamed of himself for hi u pin reuder to 111 forum. Everybody congratulated him on hh Improved appearance. Violet Glider sleefe, bendlug forward from her pbae ton, nodded at blm In a commeudatory way, and called out that h must comt to e her. He flushed, feeling the old I'm n g at his heart, aud gave au evasive anwer. H knew that he dar not accept that Invitation. Now that lif beat so strongly lu his velus again, aud that h felt o full of potential hnppl ness, h dared not visit her, lest In spite of th guard set upon himself he sliouli. tell her of his love. It was a bard and rasping condition bis poverty. The worst of It was that she would never understand. She would thluk hliw self ish and coarse and cruel, Hh would remember those exquisite evenings, w Ith their air of Insinuating tenderness, and bluvll at the recollection, because of his silence, lie could hardly endure that she should Iws m humiliated. Hut there seemed no other way but slleme. lowu at the shop they Inquired a Unit his photographs, and lie said that he thought lu the Interest of artistic pho tography they ought uever to be devel oped. Hut Fellow, who was au en thusiast, would not have It so. He In sisted upou seeing for. hlnmelf the re sults of In frleud' . Una experience with a camera. No imi preposterous prints came back from the developer. Hog with their tails off. human creatures that looked like monsters, himlsctipcs blurred till even t'orot would have refused to call them the handiwork of the creator, cows who had neglected to fore-shorten themselves, and bills that were a dis grace to their kind aud seemed to have hecu skipping like little lambs at the time of having their pictures takeu, pre sented themselves to the Jeering com ment of llieolllce force. Then, from among those moustroal ties, appeared one amayiug, tieautlful print, rut I of poetry and motion and tight. It was the photograph of Mag ara Kails. The fringe of luce like mist that ibiorated the great downpour of shadowy water, wat there though It tin ted lu the summer wind; the w hirl pool at the foot of th fall seemed to leap and rise aud fall again, with groan ing and a madness of fear. The wind of the water appeared to come from this ti,sd thing. A hush of admlratlou fell upou everybody. It seemed almost a miracle. Fellows picked It up reverently. "It's the best picture of the Falls ever takeu. my boy," be said. Aiu-tt looked at It Incredulously, "It can't be that t took that,'' he said. "There's sum mistake." "You pushed the button," some one quoted. "Nature did the rest on this occasion." The excellence of the photograph was home witness to presently by the photographer, who came down to In quire If he couldn't buy the plate. Fel lows wluked Alport to refuse, though when the price offered began to ascend It was hard to resist the temptation." "You seud that on to the railroad compnuy and see If they won't use It for an advertisement." said Fellows. But dou't give up the copyright- ou must get It copyrighted, you know. This will come out gloriously In a transpar cucv." f, Alport caught the enthusiasm from his friend aud began, like the seuslble fellow he really was when he was not badgered by rate, to push til advant age He did this ao well that at the end of (line mouth he was the posses sor of $10,000 made from hi lucky aud exquisite picture. He had always maintained that with capital lie could lllicriite himself from the drudgery of otlice work, and he proved tills to be true. There were opportunities opening lu his ambition village of which be availed himself. He got In on the 'ground Moor" of an Industrial enterprise, and In a year he had a home a modest Imitation of a certain luxurious Elizabethan mansion of which he knew-ami In the window of his library swung a large and beau tiful transparency lu which the waters of Niagara seemed to forever leap aud siio-.: Violet Alport, the careful young housekeeper, always dusted till with her own hands. "It Is fragile," she said to her maid. "Let uie dust It, and I lieu If I break It 1 will have uo one to find fault with lint myself." Hut her real reason was that of her lares and pennies this was Hie most sacred, and she preferred (tint only those bound to the house by love should take It lu their bauds. Chicago Trib une. AVhere I'epl Live In Tre-. , The delta of the Orinoco lllver In South America Is for a considerable part of the year deep lu water. Yet this tract Is Inhabited by the Warau tribe, who find It their only mode of escape from the terrible bites of the mosquito. The Warn us, therefore, make their habitations In (lie Ita I 'aim, which loves moisture and grow abund antly In this delta, connecting several of the trees together with cross-beams aud laying planks' upon them for the Mooring. The natives of the Philippine Islauds and Borneo sleep In trees. The ape meu of Indlu, tlio Veddas of Cey lon, and the Bukoties of the Andaman Islands also live lu trees. Some years ago, Dr. Moffat, the great missionary, while lu South Africa, aaw one tree lu which there were no fewer than twenty colonial huts of a Kaflir tribe. A pow erful chief had deprived them of all their cattle and weapons. By degrees the lions became so numerous ami during-that the slight Koflir huts were an Insufficient protection during the ulght, aud the half -starved people perforce took lo the trees. (iicerinjc Possibility. The spirit of einulaljou sometimes brings strange facta to light. Two small boys at a summer resort were boasting of the respective merit of their native cities. ,; "There ate a great many more people In New York than there are lu Boston," said one of them finally, with an air of closing a useless discussion.. "That's true, maybe," said Hie little New-Huglandcr, cautiously; "but a great many Boston people have gone to hospitals and almshouses nnd-and Slate prison! I expect If they were all ounted, you'd have lo stop talking about New York!" When a woman admits that she has lieen married a long ns tweuty years, she nearly always claims she was mar rled at sixteen. vVheu a man w auts to get. out. of giv ing a dollar to help a man he gets up n petltlou for other meu to sign, prom ising to five flvtt "DOCI WATCH N EARNEST. Ultnr lotlt Whu Art l.labt hntiM Keeper' Assistant. I'robably the only real "dog watch" In, the world so far a the sea Is con cerned I kept ou Wood Island llgut house, off Blddeford fool. lie. Bailor I the uam of th faithful four rooted watcher who keep vigil there lor pas - lug cran, -HI master Is ilionm U, Oivutt, kccH'r of the light, Having passed most of his nine years of life on rocky Wood Muni, w here the wave beat ceaselessly on the gran- He shore, and the passing or vessels up a nil down the const Is toe chief thlug to break the mouoiouy of lire, Sailor naturally t ,u.e great luteiest In nuu Ileal nun I ci, Early lu lifts when but a II mouths- old puppy, he washroughl lo the is- and fisuu Woodbury Brother' milk rarm In West brook, Me, He was not a sailor then, for his family were farm- ers, being Scotch collie and heep dogs. Hut Sailor wa not, long lu learning the way of the sea. He took a deep luterest In whatever hi master did. and follow ed him around the light station wherever he weut. II noticed, timing other tilings, that his master ofteu pulled a rope that made a Ml ling. The Ml wa a gral heavy out used to waru vreU lu a fog aud lo salute them lit fair weather. It stood outside the lighthouse, few feel sls.vea wooden platform, and the rop attached to It toitgu came down so near th platform that Bailor could easlly reach It. ' On day Sailor thought h woui.1 uav a try at ringing tit ueii. it "saii.oM1 sai.inK a vkbssi. seised the rope lu his mouth and pull ed. Th Ml rang clear and loud. Kallor was delighted. II wigged hla bushy tall vigorously and pulled again. Sailor after a time uotlced that th ringing of th Ml marked the passing f a vessel or steamer. Ills not of :hls fact resulted lu his trying au ex periment. When he saw the next vea lot coming he anticipated bl master lu ringing the Ml. A the year have passed Sailor has kept on ringing salute to passing ves tels and steamer. Indeed, he feela hurt If not permitted to girt the cus tomary salute to passing craft, whll tklppcrs whose course takes tbem oft en past Wood Island are accustomed to ice Bailor. tugging vigorously at th treat bell tongue. They reply with a will on their ih.lp's bell or horn, and In ess of learners a hearty triple blast Is sent tack to the canine watcher or Wood Island, who gives a new meaning to the good old sea term of "dog watch." Sailor may be said to hsv passed the prime of life, but he I still at th height of hi vigor and Is In Boa coo Httoo. II weighs sixty poiind. His ohr I black, marked with tan, and a has a whit spot on "hi breast Jailor has had bl picture taken lu th ict of ringing the Ml. Joseph f, Smith. Jr.. of Andover. Mas having snapped" blm. Th plctur ws r- etitly published lu a (.ondon maga- tine. . A Tarn) Wildcat. From the Kansas City Journal comes i plesslng account of a tame wildcat, the properly or a Ch'lcago gentleman: The cat, which Is as Inrge sa a good- ,..- ......... ..... .... -u ... imiid owner, mil Id whip an even doxen 1 l...tf.l.. In itm if those Irou-Jawed la-asts In as many .ulniitcs, Is as docile and geutl as a ilttell. Trapper James Wilson, whose log -it I 1 ii Is situated In the wilds of the Minnesota wood surrounding Stur geon Lake, captured the wildcat when t was so small that Its eyes were liard 'y open. We trained It for thirteen month, feeding It with cooked beef. nllk and bread, and to-day. In Its new Chicago home, It piny, about the ofllc ii amusing gentleness, stands gravely u the window gaxlng with wondering yes out upon the street, with It. mult!- hide of horses and wagons, or starts n Its brisker moods on a Wild career of leaping about the otllee. -j A Jump of a seven-foot partition la not quite the llmft of Its endeavors, aud i spring of ten or eleven feet from the top of a desk to a stack of boxes, on which It lands without causing the pile to topple over, Is one of Its prettiest reals. I'rncloii Stone. Many of the precious stones now ow ned by Queen Victoria formerly bo- longed to luilian princes. The famous Koh-l-Noor came luto her possession on ihe annexation of the I'tinjiib In 184!), Oue of the rarest gem. In Queen Vic- torla's collection Is a green diamond of marvelous beauty. It ha uever been net. She owns three crowns. The most rtlatlc one, which wa mad over forty year ago, 1 of gold, literally cov ered with diamonds. It Is composed of ' u-hllu ,lln ninnit. mil &')'A .nl,(ua besides many smaller stones. Befor tills crown was made the Oneen wnr ' a gold band . studded with precious itones. This baud Is to tie seen In most of her earlier portraits. The - great Crown, which real In the Tower, la over 100 years old. The Queen la sentimentally attached to pearls, as la the Herman Empress, who has line specimens In her lewei cases; but as she did not wear them enough they lost their color, and had to be "Immersed In sea water for several months before they regained their beau ty. This process is not often resorted to, but it was entirely successful In this case. Peculiar Graves In Zululand. The most curiously decorated graves m the world are the natives' graves In - . j. ... 6iuuiana. buisb oi uiene uiuunus ar i..i. -,1,1, h.n... r.t ....ii- giiiiosncu nivu iii. "vim. ui uicuiL-ios usea oy me ueparu-u iu meir nnai ill ness, and the duration of the Illness la guessed by the number of bottles. Gamhettu' Superstition. 1 Gambetta was so firmly convinced that certain hours of the day are lucky and others unlucky lhat be could never commence any Important undertaking or start on an Important Journey with- out consulting a , famous reader of qards as to the auspicious hour, i When a girl finally lauds a promising young man, she Is as proud as a pea cock. It Is becoming harder every day tt work a scheme on a farmer. TRY TO DODUKDKATIl MANY SCHEMES TRIED TO tS . CAPE THE DESTROYER. of W') ' Men ! rm I tb)l l an.u.l W.y til l.iVuii-roiutliHM Hurries Thou loio ikiirtiNM A man who, whli poor, Is not mm alt aid to die thau most peopiu, oiieu uvt clops tt haunting Uiiur yf Ueuiu alter tie ha made a big tortuue aud spcuU uu unhapiy Ufa and huge sum ,,( money iu trying to avoid tue vuuiui ln, tiequeiiiiy uui'iyuig himself iuio promatue grave iluougu sheer wony Var. iuis pawn mi ou turned tue braiun of a good tunny wealthy peopi Uti ws.ie luoiiomuiiiiics ur them, ' ti.ey t.ori to the. most childish expodicui fc,.cp tlciuu Horn their door, .ou remember Kipling character w,w i,Hj U vm,. ltug oU rope iroai tM ui that the world might spiu uu..er UlU, uutead of carry lug bun along to grvw uult.r, jnet wa au actual cum mv iMt M fw fvatt wjteii jutlU utip.au bugllkbiuuu, who made a i,ug roituu out of silver lu Mexico, uro himself mad through worry tug about hi thalh, , f,t.r rxhaullug all the safeguard toittluu could oner, he ltfht a tmial! Ub)0( vwd h,.j.UUII. .u the t irjgu vtmtt u( W(tU i,lUI i,tf f,m- Uul aenilor. Here, lu rmeitsh haie, M four stone pillar lui-d and a Nuttu l(i-Mii'ivd cabin, wtta h,e looms, rattier like a bousctioat, idb ou vhalr froiu iron girder that crosed the pillars ami swung clear of Hi grouud. out inside Hit be shut him self up, with some books aud a pel Jackdaw for company, aud never hit hla swluglug bouse mill! hi death. ihe aiiemlHin, who livetl lu a amall house tlosc by, used lu row to the luaiil luiid a utile aud a half-when the weather pel nil I led for provision, The urns let sH-ut his time reading and look lug out over the Atlantic from thu cab lu window. HI brnlu bad given way, of course, aud lie Imagined hi Id stood still while the i-uriu revolved un der blm. He had uo relative lo Insist ou hi enierlug a private asylum, ami he died three year later In the cabin, worried out of Ue by the feur of death. His hair wa uow white, though he wa only 4'A, Another wealthy man, Jean Ingle aul, though he had made a fortune by shrewd speculntlou, also gave, way to the dread of death. He conceived lint Idea that all movement and effort wast ed thu tissues of the body, aud thl no tlou sunk so deeply luto hi mind that be went to Ml lu a quiet country house aud hardly moved baud or fool for years; If he even stirred a linger be did It wilb dread, Mlevlng It used up hi vitality aud shurtciml bis life by ao much (line. He soke as little as possi ble, soioetldie not (M-nliig hi Hp for days, and wa fed by attendants with spoon.' All his food counted of 'sloss," to save hliu the fatal exertlou of chewlug," aud hi one amusement waa Mug read to by the hour together, fos he would not bold a. book or turn the page, riven the readlbg he did away with towutxl the close of hi life, believing that listening shortened bl existence. Oue of the quecrcl caea sen at tai vrfl a Mrs. Holmes, a very wealthy widow, who had a terrible fear of germs aud bucllll of all kinds. Kite had studied the subject deeply ar t H ifiW ' T reason, to all apiM-amucc, I ue ureau ur ,i,.H, .fixed her. nod sin- w con vt,H-d she Would die by me wasting dlaen lusplretl by mUws KnfArtng" j,ulll w,j, rmt to the average genu, j4,H lA( tu rooms adjoining eac h other 'lilted as refrigerator aud kept con stantly at a temperature of about 30 jjegrec or Jnl Mow freexlug isiliit. Due would kttpiose thl to Ik- more try iing Hum any quantity of microbe, but ( Ihe ow ner wa happy lu her conscious ' ties of freedom from germ diseases. , ,luim,,r , ,., .' ,. ... . kept at the same miIiii, ami the adjoin ng rooms and ball were also kept cool iluit no current of warm air might 'bring bacilli lu. This lady lived clad lu furs through out the hottest days that biased out tide, inn! her attendants and servant , were obliged lo constantly disinfect themselves before entering her pres ence. They II veil In a perpetual at- m,,aitli,.r nf cmitolU mill, and Ibidr ituMnw hwl , ,my very high wage to ,. HH-VHI1m,lo m). W,u .r. itlst Answer. - , ' ; jSHE & APROVIDENT BRIDE, j . , How a Voutig Womnn Kuvcd Money lor Weiidln lour. A promising youug' lawyer who bos su otlice lu the (ilrurd Hulldlug has us( made the delightful discovery that hla fiancee Is also a lluamier. The young man's sweetheart resides lu Uot- miiutowu, and for several mouths past ho has called upou her regularly thrice a week. When he lirsi met Ihe girl, two ieiirs ago, he was, or course, ex tremely anxious to make a good Im pression, and he lavished many pres ents upou her. The girl's parent are , qt He well to do, but she disapproves -s .. .ii. ..i ,TMr!!4ree.Hal S'.f ' liWTtv iiiUull. till nt IhIa linr. 0 ...-'." :,T:;r..F.T',.' : null h iii-u. iu iiil- u i (-tun (i . events, the young imiu proposed and w as accepted, she felt it lo be her privi lege, and her duty to read him a I. 'He lecture on "Economy.;' st.B t ailed nM attention to the fact that every time he called he had beeu in the habit of i ... a i rr t . U""K'U ""f ' " ,lo""r or ,wo' suggested that In the future he should discontinue the presents, handing over a silver dollar instead whenever be came to see her. He laughed, for he thought she was Joking, but she speedily assured him that she was much lu earnest. So he paid Ids dollar regularly, and Unnlly '' to the conclusion t'nat the money n being devoted to charity. TI.e WW1WI d"' ,w"" 8t' for ,nou,- lino uu eAicuiiiMi iudi nun couicmpiat- ed, Unfortunately, the young lawyer recently took a "flyer" In atocka, and dropped so much money that he had to uotlf;' his fiancee that their wedding ViVr.J room for a moment, presently returned with a satchel containing m B)ver 1 .i..n..,. i.,.i. nin. n,m ..... i... . i " ' ' me -- i - uu, vk i-iiaiigeu, Pt,llu,1lnhl tln.-oiil called. Aula is uie mrgosi uuuer Gardening In Africa, The nialu trouble iu a British West African diet Is a luck of fresh green food. So wrote the late Mary H. Kings ley, tb African explorer, In Climate, umi ghe proceeded to uientkn some of ,ilt, difficulties In the way of supplying ,mt deficiency, Hardening In West Africa Is'nervous tt 0rk. I have worked In gardens there, nmj know that even lifting a kale-Dot not there, as It Is here, a trifling act- oecuuse under the kale-pots you have there a chance of finding divers things that, If lu spirits on a sbclf or tha Brit ii Museum reptile gallery, would give , uw, but there, clos to one's ankles ami not bodied ami corked down, are merely exciting aud uupleas- tit, HUH, If the sualtes go lu Ibe other dlrectlou, on ha th satisfaction ol baring fresh vegetable. There ar plenty of wors thlogi than snakes couuected wltb West Afrl- cn gardening, lu soma places there are elephants, to others hippopotami. HiM'cltuens of either lu a garden for a night ar Incompatible with success, for a season, al least. Then. If you hits a man to all up all ulght lu th garden and ling a baud bell lo keep such In- I ruder off. he keep you awal also, If you lake away the bell and set blm uplubiisliiewltltaflrtoscargam off. a leopard usually come aud takes him away, which distresses you very ioiicIi. (iardeiilng lu West Africa la not to be uudeiiakeii light-heartedly by persons of a nervous or Irritable dlsposlflon. . - : - , ' i ii . .. ifetevention ' The new Herman dictionary of th dusens or th same cosily wine were carlaiu comjHiuml name 74,147 of emptied Into tub, and drunk from tin these ubstaiicc. and the eud la yet far panulklui, spirits and beer being added off. to give "body" lo Ihe beverage; one , Elephtttita have only eight teeth-two man, lu Imltutloii of Caligula, shod his tn low and I wo abov ou each side, All horse with gold; sandwiches made of au elephant' baby teeth fall out wbeu banknotes were devoured; silver wrap tint Miiinisl I i bout font (ecu years old, ped tip lu banknote was thrown to and uew set grows. ; ' . popular actresses Instead of flowers; rimmts) by I'ror. Locb ahow ' '''t. oiiey was so plentirul that the lhat chemically pure salt la fatal t-rfklea diggers could uot "knock It U.li, though present lu Ihe same propor- Attt" r1 f uough. They thought they turn a lu ta water, it I agreed that "' " dl f,'cl lu tb w,r,u It I useful lo aulmals, but th mlxtur r. ! "' " Of It with other null r..n.ler. It uou- toxic, a proves! by bl further experi ment. "Nature" note a remarkable fact In connection wltb the Wcsl Indian hur ricane of September, iHliH. It appeal that before the hurricane oue of th tamest and commonest bird ou lb Isl am! of St. Yluceut wa a small hum ming bird, but nunc of these bird have beeu seen since September, 1NU.S. According to Mous. Slgrlsle. of the French Academy of Scleuce. the only thoroughly scleutltle shuiier for lustau - I-1...II. .. . .11. moving laplilly across Ihe aeusltlv plate. Hot to oblalu gmtd result th? space between the plat aud th shut ter should Uot exceed oue tenth of A millimetre, and the edge or lb (lit must be sharp and caiefully beveled to exclude reflection. The blue coral I known as on of tb most Isolated of llvlug animals. It has beeu described a I lie only species of It genus and the ouly meinlter of ft family, "with uo close llvlngVetatlon ami uo kuown auecaior," Iteecuily, however. I'rof. J. W. Gregory bas dis covered lu the British Museum w hat h believe lo bean ancestor of ibe lonely blue coral In a fossil coral of the Cre taceous period, called I'olytrciiiucl. Hy distilling fresh herring and oily pine wood lu au Iron retort, and then condensing the products lu a Lleblg coiideuser, William C, Day report, In ihe AmerlcanChemlcat Journal, that be ha produced an artificial asphalt close ly resembling the natural product. Thl experiment I regarded a confirmatory ,or-lkf"opn.lon that asphalt aud etrot cum are (be product of a natural d!s MIjiui'i by which th rmoalu of early torwt of animal and vegetable life y-.e lei- Tans formed In the healed - rii.; oi i.i. M'artn. - Hiet Ilai'e . "outcast lu gray." th coyot'ija described by I'rtif. C. F. Holder, as a spMe of wolf which I virtually a wild dog. Domestic dugs, he ' rr. after thanking the captain, strolled says, although I hey will kill the male jilowly out of the police station luto the coyote, will dfteu refuse lo Injure the street aud wandered away. HI Idem female. I'rof. Holder defend i he tlty is still a niystery.-Chlcago Cbrou coyote agalust those who would exter- Uie. minute blui. on the grouud that he la the only effective enemy of the Jack rabbit aud Ibe ground squirrel, which cause so much damage lu California, A coyote lu a camp after chicken yelps so fast (hat be creates the Impres sion that a whole pack Is abroad. Niitmalist have generally aecepieil Ihe opinion I lint nut are uot able lo perceive any soiiuds that uie audible lo human ear. I'rof. Weld, of the Iowa State University, controverts (bl oplu Ion. He describes lu Science careful experiments made by blm wltb four',)hi iP kids, my pretty kids, 'twss mjccIcs or American nut, rrom wiiicb he deduce the conclusion that Jljesu species, at least, are able lo perceive. sounds, but whether they do It by 1 menus of organs of heating, or through the sense of touch being excited by at- mnspheiic vibrations, he la tinablo lo 1 1 . , . .., ... . .. say with ceria lily. He Incline to Ihe , opinion that they do really hear, as some Individual showed a iwrceptlon . of Hie direction of the sound, such a I that of a shrill whistle, ami others, w hich were not disturbed when vlo-1 lently shaken lu their glass prisons, m.m.wl to be "dr veil near v frantic bv i shrill sounds." Itoat Itir Arctic Travel. Boats described as steel ram are uow In use lu Ice-locked Hussluu harbors and rivers and have proved that they en ii force their way through thick Ice, even with 7'J! degrees of frost, .The .T f ' Ll Z nt. iii.-ii. ...... . v. - tuoiilh. has slm-a 18113 been kept ac cessible through tint winter; the Fin nish P"! t of Iiatigo Is now open to com- hietve -throughout ue year. And Inst v inter a sim'lar steam ram kept up connection with J lie TJrnl railway through the Ice of the Volga at Sara- toff. It Is proposed now lo keep open i, .trotiirer boats of this kind the com- mtiulcatlon of SI. Petersburg with the sea aud to force winter connection through the Ice from Aicbnngcl to Ihe ..i. if llio Yenisei. Admiral fnn. rof addressing the Kusslan tleograph- leal Society. Insists that still more pow- irf til bouts of this kind might safely ,o counted on to cope with polar Ice, am aa Nanaen had lo deal with, and S cut a passage to the north pole.- ?. ',,,! tour Ckitmbcts Journal. Spain's Underground Ttlver. The Ouadiana, a Spanish river, after flowing for thirty miles overueau, van- underground, and for the next mile nuRiiies its course as an , Tlerirround river, only appearing at ln the shape of lnkelots, tha lutervam iu i v.. . PVes of the uuurjtaua as they 0gO Ol cj t ground river which has been fully traced. - - Judging by Other Instapoe. "You think we ought to undertake tb publication of this novel, do you?" asked the bead of the publishing bouse. "Well, I think It would be a financial success," cautiously replied the reader. 'Why?" Because tt Is written by a girl, and deals with subjects or which she ou?ht to knowvery little. People ar always disappointed la a circus., ' -' ' H Is mighty poor person who eaa'l pay thank. i DURING THE COLD FEVER. Nlnepln Wr flayed with Botlla of Champa) ta Mt bourn, liold tbreateued to becom as com- wott a silver lo th days of Solomon, lu ou year il2,X)0,UUU, lu eight years tW,uuo,wo, were woo. Kow men at Uoldeu I'olut mad as much as i4W each, a day. Auother exceptionally lucky party uueartbed tbirty-lour pounds of gold lu ou day. No wonder that such -poCk!" were termed "Jew- tiers' shops;" Occssloually a nugget worth Alu.tHg) was uueartbed. The re- suit of thl sudden Inilux of wealth almost without labor, and with risks which ar Infinitesimal as compared to Klondike, was the temporary deiiior- allsatloii of the population. Melbourne, lu Ibe height of the gold revet, ha beeu described by oue who knew It well a "a fevered, drunken, delirious ' psudeuioiilum." The lucky ones-a ml there were thoitsauds of them- squan dered their riches lu the must reckless fashion. Home of their fantastic trick would scarcely b credited were they uot attested by witnesses 'still living. The gnui of ulueplus, we are told, wa played with bottles of champagne, for which be who broke least bad to pay; "' seemeu a ir tins were o. nucu were some of the characteristics , of Victoria's hot youth.-l'nll Mall Maga sin. -. HIS 8INQINQ RELEASED HIM.' I'rUonec Trie III Voice and I I Is ehamil From Cualodr. A few years sgo a young man dressed lu tattered clothe wa locked up at tha Desplslne street police station charged with disorderly conduct. Though his clothes were lorn aud bis hair unkempt ...! Mm -a.l.-l-.Wt..-. I....1I Ilk- Mm, .. , .,, , , . " '"'l'. - ...v poller ma u who arrested blm for doing nothing he looked like au ordluary beg gar. He wa takeu to Ihe police station re us idles of bl pleading aud put lu a dingy cell, where he spcut nearly two dnya, aud had It nut M-u for the police captain he might have stayed there longer. It wa w bllo the other prisoners were Mug tried lu court slid the police cap. lalu was sitting lu his private office looking over report that a sweet letiot voice was beard singing "My Old Ken lucky Home." The moment the sweet note, which were coming from the cellrooin, struck the ears or Ihe police eaptalu ho listened a moment ami drop nd the reports ho was rending ou hi desk until the song sung was llulshcd. When the song was Mulshed the cap tain ordered the prisoner to be brought before blm. When the singer, w ho w as Ihe shabby-dressed young man, appear ed before the police official, the latter asketl the young uiuu to repeat ihe song, which be did. ' Wbeu he bad finished the officer look ed at blm a moment and said, "Young mau, you have a good voice." Wbeu (he captain asked blm where he, lived snd what be did be bowed bis bead as If lu sorrow aud refused to answer. When the ollce official learned under what charge he was being held a pris oner he ordered his release. The slug The HpHllng-Bce at Angel's. "For Instil nee, ti.ke nmv simple word," ses he, "like 'separate;' Now who rail spell it?" lhg my skin, ef tluir was oue In eight! This set the hoys sll wild at om-e. The chillis was put iu row, And al the head was l.imkjr Jim, aud at the toot was Joe, And In kit upon the bar Itself Ihe school- master wss raised. And Ihe harkecp put his glasses down, snd st snd silent g lined. touelilii' to survey These bearded men, with wepplugs on, like scIiooIIki.vs at their play. 1 hey d laugh with glee, ami shout to see ''l"h ,,,n,'r irttti ,1,t' xm A"' K"1' at ",ol,,lor i,h c" ., " r the ( hair gave out "Incinerate," aud ,Wn .,,, ,,,, u imnM ,. ,lu.h ulMm(1 W01U mt , . it.,u , ever learned. When "phthisis" came they all sprung up, and vowed the man who rung Another blamed Greek word on them be taaeu om aim iiuuk As they siit down nguiii I saw in Hilsou's rye a flash, And Brown of Calaveras was a-twistin' his mustache. l ...I . Li-, lt..rt. -.11..... ..1 ...,im ,i mi.lln , .i. ,.,,. ,.,,,,- tmw ,.gB W0P,j , some folks who dyed their hair. And then the Chair grew very white, and the Chair said he'd adjourn, But I'oker Dick remarked that he would wait and get his turn; f Then with a tremhllu' voice and hand, , and with a wajulerlu' eye, The Chair next offered "eider-duck," and nick hctt'iui with "I." And Bilson autllcd-then Bllson shrieked! Just how the fight begun I never knowed, for Bllson dropped, aud llk. he moved up one. - "-Biet Uar,e- A (singular Monstrosity. A writer lu Science describes a curl- 0,' monstrosity which has come undet obswtton. Ibis Is a cock with 1u ' "P?" ,uf but with a couple of well-developed spurs tl,e ,heAd' on pl "cr de r eomb. giving the creature be apjar- auce of being horned. These mock )o whatever they may originally have been, but are loose. Instances are 0u record of spurs being grafted - on to combs, but, so far, no similar cas Is known to have occurred in nature. ' Qualified for the Work. "So you think ho would make a good weather man.'do you?" . "Good! Why, say! he's the evencst tempered man that ever lived." "But what has that got to do with It?" "Got to do with It! Great Scott, man! why, be can stand more reasonable 'kicks' and answer snore fool questions without forgetting to smile than any other man ln the whole United States." Am Xlnhlsnn innn Urhn ho. tn,Al chUdren recent,y tarve(j to deftth w,e tt the tablfl. ton he bad served them all death cam to his fell... ' Peopl should consider th bead mora, and tha heart leas, GALVESTON AS IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PROGRESSIVE - SOUTHERN CITY. Tb OrcatMt Ctta Part an tb Fifth Commercial City la th United RutM-Haa MUa Befor from the Vary f aiorm, Ur mad Flood Gslveston, previous to th devasta ting storm, waa on of the most beauti ful and progressiva titles ot the snny Mouth. Its history Indicate that It bas M-en on or the most unfortunate. lo 1H7- tb entire rsstern portion of the city wa wept away by a tidal wav which followed a terrific storm that raged along the Gulf coast for three day. When the city bad recovered from this calamity aud was built up lu more beautiful and substantial style than ever, a devastating Are nearly do- mssomio varL.it. slroyed It In November, 18H.". lis en terprising citiseus were not dismayed, however, aud the city was soon rebuilt, lu August, lMUti, It was Injured com mercially lo a great extent by the Bra so flood In which rich farming laud having an area or 1,380,000 acres were submerged for eight dsys to a depth ot two lo twenty feet The loss as esti mated by th United JSKtes Hepart meut of Agriculture wa $7.41i,0K. The city ha triumphed over all tliee adversities snd will doubtless arise wltu lucreased strength from the pre rut appalling disaster,, for It Is the greatest ses port or me Koatu, oeing Connected with th entire railway sys tem of the United States and Mexico and having direct line of steamship communication with all the great ports of the world. It Is the Isrgest cotton exporting polut In the United States and among the 1.7 foreign exporting points In the rouutry It holds fifth place. liming the year ISUK Its exports lucreased f I0,fj()0,xi0 aud Its export and hiiiiort trade Is uow fully f 100,000,000 a year. Harbor Improvement. A Icadlug cause or the city's, great commercial progress during tbe past rew year I the harbor Improvement made by the national government. In volving an expenditure or over fS.OOO. 000. lu 1WI5 tb depth 0r the channel over the dar was only twenty-one reel. Hy the construction or Jetties and other Improvements which were finished la January, lN'.iH, tbe depth was Increased to twenty eight feet aud Is still Increas ing at the rate Of six Inches each year owing to the action of tbe wind and tide. This depth of water permit the largest steamers to load aud unload at the wharves. In ak-ilou lo being Die coHiilry' greatest cot iob port, Immense quau'ltle of grain, lumber, live stock aud dairy product are scut through Galveston. Much of the grain from onriiAMs' iiiimk. Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa aud tbe Da kotas, which formerly weut to Kastern porta for shipment now goes to Galves ton because the shippers can save In charges by loading at that port. The I lumber exports lu 1SDH-D amounted to $1,.17.PU and In 1!W, the port handled $.00,000 worth of eggs. Its trade, In live stock, dairy products and poultry has developed rapidly since the harbor Improvements. Location an I Inscription. Galvestou Is situated ou the northeast extremity of Galvestou Islnud nt the mouth of Galveston Bay, the entrance to which Is through the chanuel be- tweeu the city aud the southwest point of tbe peninsula of Bolivar. Tho Island I twenty scveu miles long, runs north east and southwest, and from one and oue-half to three and one-half miles wide. Where the city Is built It Is one and one-half miles wide. It Is inter sected with many small bayous and bordered through Its whole length ou the gulf side by a smooth, hard beach, forming a spleudld drive and unsur passed bathing, , On thl beach Is the magnificent Sea Beach , Hotel. The . streets of the city are btlt a few feet above the level of the bay. They are T iMiliiiai J I'" " THE CIQARETrn BUO. The cigarette bug, after .waxlug, f.it 0 1 the little paper "dope stick," has at last attained the dignity; of goveiiiinerir notice, for the United Stales Depart ment of Agriculture has' Issued Farmers' Bulletin No. 1.0 concerning this in dustrious beetle aud his kind. The cigarette hug is probably placed iu the farm er's .bulletin because a', 'farmer never by any possibility smokes a cigarette, and has no luterest in the subject whatever. The pamphlet, like other government publications, is moderately thrilling. Tiie cigarette beetle's real name, according'' to this ollicial bulletin, Is Lasioderuia Serricorne,. and tU favorite diet ,U cigar- ettes. What it does to a box of the chappie's solace is shown by the above illus tration, which is in part reproduced from the Farmers' Bulletin No. 120. A cigarette full of holes like that would draw as well as a stovepipe with au old pair nf pants stuffed iu at the top, The Lasioderuia Scrricorne is uot proud, however, nor overparticular about its meals, for while it, as dated, prefer cigar ettes, the more expensive the better, of course, it does not disdaiu to feast upon dried tobacco and snuff, .rhubarb, ginger, cayenne pepper, ergot, turmeric, yeast rakes,' rh, figs, prepared fish food and any dried plants prepared for the V -.,l...-l... ' 1. 1- . ... .I.b. , ...... lieruuriuui. n in a uubuiac iu buiijiusv iiui , ,111.. aciivr marvi i;iuaii auiv- 4 cigarette .It is ,bad,noug)i .In all conscience, but But that had, " wide and straight and th residence quarters are beautiful, abounding lo liuurlaut gardens shaded wltb mag-" Delias and oleanders. During the sum mer months tbousauds of pleasure seekers from all part of tb South go to Galveston to enjoy tb many attrac tions of tb city and Ita surrounding. On tb bajr, or Dortb side of the city, la the commercial section, with wharves stretching along for nearly two miles, lined with sheds and large storsge house. In this same portion ar Hire grain elevators with an aggregat stor age capacity of 3,250,(100 bushels. Tbs Island from tbe north side Is connected with th mainland by railroad bridges snd th longest wagon bridge la tb world, nearly two mile lo length. Ou tbe south side of the city, beginning within fifty yards of the medium gulf tide, tha wealthy resident portion of tbe city Is located and this was the first part to tie struck by the fnll force of the recent storm and flood. All of tt eastern eud of the city 'was washed away and some of the handsomest and most expensive residences were her located. There wa one home which alone coat tb owner over 91,000.000 Among th principal buildings of tb city are. or were, tbe new custom house and post office, the cotton exchange, the Court House, th Hall free school, tbe free public library, the Roman Catholic University of St. Mary, the John Senley Hospital and the School of Medicine of the State University. All the build ings of the city were constructed oa substantial and moderd tine. Tb city bad gaa and electric light plants, a water works system valued at 4MfiOO and supplied from artesian wells aud a n'-Tiber of flrst-ciass hotels. In 18)3 th gross city valuations were $'.'5,000. 000. Tbe city debt was $1,750,000 and the officials had authority to Issue SOO.OOO In bonds to raise money for permanent Improvements, and II owned property to the value of $1.055.5i0. The population, according to tbe figures giv en by the census bureau for 1000, Is 37, 7. t . " , Hlstorr of the City., The Island of Galvestou was occupied by the famout pirate Lafltie In 1817 and continued to be hi headquarters until bis settlement was broken up In 1821. It Is believed by many that somewhere! on the Island are burled treasures or tbe pirate and many Stories or romance have lieen woven about tbe daring rover and his island home. The city "of Galveston was X . i as 1 uovkknmkxt Bfii.rixo, ojj.vKsroav founded In 1837. It was the sceue of sHrrlmr events durliiir the Civil War. The Federal force occupied the city Oct. 8. IHtKi, but It wa retaken by tbe ' confederates on Jan. i.. ism. unnn the past few years the United States has speut f!3.000 lu the construction and equipment of coast fortifications near th city. 'fj; Hay of Gnlveton. The bay of Galveston, the mouth of' ..l.-l. I I... t.. !..... wtltcu i gu-iunj vj tue ibiiiuu ... vu . which the city stands as a sentinel, is' a body of water with au area of about 450 square miles. It has an Irregular coast line and branches out Into various arms. It receives the Snn Jacinto and Trinity rivers and Buffalo Bayou. Ow ing to the Island belug but little higher than tbe bay. Inundations have often been threatened. The bay Is quite shal low In most parts. Kent ranee to It 'is through the recently constructed deep water channel and flanking It on either side are the stone Jetties five miles loug. A Bad Case or 1xm Jhw, ir properly classified, fully 00 per cent of the novels of the day would come under the head of dry' goods. ; The dirtier a boy, the worse he looka In curls. .,. , l,M thl. n-. H. ........ II. - a..., I. ..a 1