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Newspaper Page TextAFTER THE STORM, j I 66TfF we rnn't agree, ma'ara. It's II high time we parted company," . "wild Mr. Barnabas llumugtoii,' "My eentlnieiils exactly," said Minn Tatty Chickson, "and the' aootier the 'better, according to my way of think lug." f Mr. Bufflugton was a portly Individ ual, with a ltomtui nose, Irou grny hair and a stout, short ngure. ' Mia Chlcksou was tall and spare, with little spiral curia and the remain of a complexion, and with bine eye that had been pacing bright tweuty years ago. "There Is an end to nil human endur uee," observed the gentleman sternly, "Sir," said Mis Chickson, "l have put up with your eccentricities until lor bears nee has ceased to be a virtue." "A month's notice!" aid Mr. Bulling ton, savagely rloiirMiltig his yellow hk pocket handkerchief. "You are ijuhe at liberty to go at the tnd of twenty four hour, for all I care:" retorted MUs Chickson with dig nity. ) "Madame, 1 take you at your word," said the gcutlciuati. "Sir, I shall congratulate myself If you will," said the huly. Mr. Barnabas Bulttngton had lodged with Mla Tatty Chickson for ten years. He was rich and eccentric; she was poor and proud. As young people there hail been certain love passage between them-or rather the bud of love passage, which had never blos somed Into full perfection-and when Mr. Butftigton came home from China and found his old pastor's orpliau daughter trying to gain a scanty live lihood by letting apartments lie en gaged her entire second tlonr at once and paid his way like a rajah. "Toor girl: poor girl!" said Mr. Nnr nabas Bulungtou. "Hut how thin and old-maidish she has grown: I really cau't Imagine how I ever could have faucled her a divinity. What fools young men are. to be sure!" "1'oor. dear Mr. Butllugtoo! How stout and vulgar he has become!" oaiil Miss Chlcksou. "And only to think how sleuder he was oure! How the dreams of oue's youthful days do alter:" Mr. Barnabas Huihngton was not per fect enough to be eanonlxcd and Miss Chickson had her petty peculiarities. The consequence was that little colli aious were Inevitable. And oue day there came a longer measuring of wordy words than usual, and Mr. Buttlugtou uud Miss Chickson formally parted. "Ten years is quite long enough to tolerate this state of things," said l la old bachelor. 'I'm only surprised that I haven't turned him away long ago," said the old mold. So when Mr. Butllngton had gone away In a cab piled high with baggage. Miss Chlcksou rang the bell for her inald. "Barbara," said she. "Yes, ma'am," said Barbara, j "Mr. Bufflugton has gone at last." "So I perceive, ma'am," said Barbara. "And won't he come back agaiu, ina'am?" "Never," said Miss Chlcksou with spirit. "Oh," said Barbara, rather surprised, "It will be necessary for us to reduce expenses," remarked the mistress. "Uf course I cannot afford any longer to keep so large a house as this. Mr. Bufflugton, whatever his faults, cannot at least be accused of parsimony." "Certainly not, ma'am," said Bar bara. "Of all liberal, free-handed, kind spoken gents " "Barbara, you will oblige me by hold Ing your tongue!" said Miss Chickson. "Certainly, uia'oni," said Barbara. "Get trie a cup of tea," said Miss Chickson, "and when I have drunk It I will go out to look for a cheaper bouse In a less aristocratic neighbor hood, Barbara brought up the cup of tea In a quaint little Wedgewood teapot on a Japanese tray. Miss Chickson drank It In silence, looking sadly at the tire. Tea was, so to speak, Miss Chick son's Inspiration. When she was low spirited or In doubt or puzzled, or In any way thrown off her mental bal ance, she drank tea and straightway became herself again. Meanwhile, Mr. Barnabas Bufllngton, jn the solitary splendors of the West End hotel, was scarcely less 111 at eas-. "I don't like this sort of thing at all," said Mr. Bufflngton to himself one morn ing a month later. "It Isn't home like. There's no cat here. Tatty Chickson always kept a cat. There's something very domestic and coxy-looking nliout a cat. I'll go out and look down the advertising columns of the dally paper and see what Inducements they hare to offer In the way of quiet, respectable homes for elderly gentlemen." So It came to pass that Mr. Barnabas Burlington sallied forth, not house hunting, but borne-hunting. ' It was not a so readily disposed of business as he supposed. This home was next to a livery stable; that one contained a young lady who was prac ticing for an opera singer; the third smelted as If the drainage were defec tive; the fourth was too splendid; Hie fifth too shabby. "I don't know but that ' I shall he compelled to sleep at the station house," gloomily remarked Mr. Barn.i bas Butllngton, "for. come what may, nothing shall Induce me to go back to that noisy hotel, where the waiters don't come until you have rung the lu ll forty times, and the soup is served half cold." He was walking pensively along a quiet and shady little street, with both bands thrust down In his pockets and the front of his hat tilted down over his nose, when, chancing to look up, he perceived a gray cat dozing in the bay window of a modest-looking house, and on the doorway thereof was placed an unpretentious notice: "Board and lodgings at moderate prices." "I like the look of that place," said Mr. Burlington. "They keep a cat there a gray cat. It's not splendid, but It looks comfortable. I'll try It." lie rang the bell; a neat little maid servant In a white apron and frilled cap responded to the summons. "Please, sir, Missis ain't at home, but I knows all about the rooms," said the little damsel. "1 can show 'cm, ajuI I can tell you the terms. " Baruabaa Muttlmrton liked tha look ol tu rooma and lie did not object to tin tmnjng wild sliding bolt out from till terms. There wai a bright coal flit "f " 11,1 10 '""a Ihhii1i heavy burning In tho grate. 1 extensions of the four sides of the box "Missis wautd tut rooma to be wall tl"'lf l"" 1'iin-lsely the sumo prliiol sired." said the girl, Courtcaylng at W t,,Mt uixm wl,1,u I,M tuodorn cry other word. '"ink-vault lu universal Use to day I "Your mistress, my girl. Is a woman managed, of sense," said Buttlugtou. "Tbla Ml t lei The history of the relic Is romantic n,. mntiKP I'll iika ii,. .iri io.ni The strung Itox was hurled by IaiiiI for a m.iiiih roriaiu with tha nrivilvir1 of renewal If Uud myself aulted." lie took off his hat uuwouud his com- forter from about 'his neck ami sat own before the cheery ahtut of thi ln,r "Uo and tear down the Mil at om.M said he. "And leave the door opeu sc that cat " I "But, air," whispered the whltt- apmnod lassie, "If my missis' Never mind your mistress." said Mr. Burlington, cavalierly. "She wanted a boarder ami she'a got oue( W hat mors would she haveT" . And so speaking, he hailed a cab In the street, and bade the drver go for fall trunk aud hat boxes w ithout delay. Miss Chlcksou aud Barbara had been! T Fnlifax heirs sent It back to lr. out selecting some new pie plat ten and ' Woodcock tilled with silver plate, and pudding basins, aud little Betsey wa;,ll "'"'"K eventually passed rroui eagerly watching for them at the area ' "r- Woodoot-k to Mrs. Hannah Hun door when they came lu. jbar. of Winchester. At Mrs. Huitbar's Tlease, missis." said Betsey, "th,, room Is let. Aud he's sitting upstairs now, with the cat In his lap." 'Who is It?" demanded Mlsa Chlck sou. "The new boarder, ma'am. " "What Is his uauier "Tlense, ma'am. I don't know," said Betsey. Miss Chickson walked off Into bet tittle parlor and sat dowu; fauulug her self with her bonnet. "Betsey," said she, "go upstairs, pre sent my complliueuts to this stranger, aud tell him I shall be glad uf an Inter view at once. He may be a burglar, for 'at I know." "Yes'm." said Betsct. Aud aay she tripped, returning I ... presently. "He's cu hi Hi', ma'am," aald she. Aud lu stalked -Mr. Barnabas Buf tlngtou! "tiood gracious me!" said Miss Chlck sou. "It's Tatty Chickson. Isn't Itr saM Mr. Buttlugtou, staring with all his eyes. "I might have knowu that It waa the same cat. However, uia'ain," re lapsing Into a betllgereut attitude, "1 won't Intrude; I'll leave the premises at ouce." "Uou't," said Miss Chickson, falutly. "Kb?" said Mr. Butllngton. "1-1 hope you don't bear malice," said Miss Chickson. "I'm sure I wsa a little impatient." "Uou't .mention It," said Mr. Bufflng ton. "It was all my fault." "I was unreasonable," said Mlsa Chlcksou. "I was a brute," said Mr. BurTltigtoo. "I have reproached myself bitterly," said the lady. "1 haven't had a moment of peacs since," said Mr. Barnabas Bufflugton, sincerely. "Shall we forget and forgive?" whls pered Miss Chlcksou. "I kuow a better plan than that," said Mr. Butllngton. "Let's beglu the world on a new basis." "I don't understand you," said Miss Chickson. "I like you and your ways,': said Mr, Butllngton. "I didn't know how much until we separated. Let us settle di,wu together for life, Tatty Chlcksou. Let'i be married." "At our age?" said Miss Chickson, "We shall never be any younger,' said Mr. Butllngton. "If you really think people wouldn't laugh," hesitated the spinster. "What do we care whether they do ot not?" said the bachelor, recklessly. And the result of this conference was that Mr. and Mrs. Barnabas Butllngton are now sitting, one on either side of tho hearthrug, with the gray cat In the middle, as harmonious a trio as one will often And. And the bill Is taken down perma nently. Cleveland Plain Iiealer. Itedeeiiiing a Burned Ticket. The clerks In the ticket redemption office of he Pennsylvania Railroad an cousiauuy oiccimg wun new experi ences lu the way of requests made fot the redemption .of unused tickets ot portions of tickets. The request mailt a few days ago surpassed anything of the kind that the clerks ever experi enced, and at the same time demon strated the extraordinary business tact of tlio gentleman making the request. A man who had purchased n ticket for St. Augustine, Fin., appeared at the re demption window and produced an or dinary match box, which upon being opened was found to contain some ashes and a few bits of charred card board. Ho stated that he had pur chased a ticket of the company for St. Augustine, which had accidentally been burned, and requested another In Its stead. The only evidence to sub stantiate his statement were the ashes (mil Hi,, Ivva till. tt cnrdlimif',! tia nua bearing a number and the other the ! ,h"r 'T 1ko,s' the purses, and the bank word "St. Augustine." An Investlga-1 PrH hlln; of Americans, who are tlon revealed that a ticket for that ,,roVP.rbl""?. th? ""Nt ,l,iwal almng point corresponding In number to the number upon the burnt relic had been sold, and, after some correspondence with the connecting roads over which the ticket had been Issued, a new one wm Issued to the man. Philadelphia Record. Statistic of Newspapers.' The total number of copies ot news papers printed throughout the world Iq one year is 12,()0(MHK),(H)(l. To prlnl these requires 7S1,'J40 tons of paper, ot 1.7-!!),!i77,)00 pounds, while It would take the fastest presses, 3.1.1 years to print a single year's edition, which would produce a stack of papers nearly fifty miles high. I Much Com iiioii er. -f "Just think of It!" he exclaimed. "Seven cities claimed the poet Ho iin-r." "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "It's different nowadays. Kvery city claims 'at least seven poets." Washington Ktar. , When a woman Is genuinely In love, she Is seized with a desire to confesn all licr wrong doings to her lover, and he hears a lot about crocheting on Sunday, etc. UORO FAIRFAX'S 8TRONQ UO 'IbaHtory of an InUrtallna Utile of the Karty lay of Vlrtflntit, In cup of the apartments of the Ho tel Raleljju, now occupied by Philip W. Avlrett, in remarkable relic which lint t history of great Interest. It It nothing more nor less than the lion itroug box of Thomas, Lord Fairfax, llrst lord proprietary of Virginia. The lKx,orehei.ls made of heavy wrought Iron, Into which Into been welded Iron utrapa crossing each oilier Ml light an iilca. The alight ornamentation on Ilia front of the box shows It to bo of Hal Inn woik inn nlili. They Ik In' III a slate of remarkable preservation. Tim keyhole I In ihe center of the massive lid, and n large, heavy key, black with age, turns easily In It, A wonderful thing about the lock Is that lb key In Fairfax at his honio.Oreeim way Court, I "'' Winchester. Vs.. win re he died. 'I'll reason 'hat Fairfax burled It was that he had filled It with money cidlect. '.v him In Hie shape of revenues for i the crown, but he died More ho had I . oiqairi tinny u imxp it up ami enjoy the treasure. The only person who knew about the burial of the box wn lr. Thomas Woodcock, of Winchester, After the death of Lord 1'iilrfax Pr, Woodcock dug It up and tok It to Thlln dolphin, where he gave It to the agents ot hp ,,Bnk ' Kngland. who sent It to llCuglnnd, atlll tilled with the money a'"1 niiiuluienia of title. When the con- t" 'ml' I"" removed the Imix was I given to the Fairfax heirs In Kngland, deatti sue witieu the ta.x lo tier uaugn ter. Mrs. Philip Williams, of Virginia. during her lifetime, and provided that It should then descend to Mrs. Will lams' heirs, among whom was Mrs. Avurltt, wife of Iter. James B, Averltt, formerly of Silver Springs, aud now of North Carolina. Inirlng the late war the chest was again buried by those who had It In possession at Winchester, and a large quantity of valuable silver pldte was placed In It In order to protect It from INisslble sclxure by the soldiers. Sev eral years ago the Imix was dug up agalu. Ita wherealKut having U-en j discovered through Information re- reived from a former slave named , . a , . , .randerm.n. who had helped to bury i It liiil B'luk ikMiiiiieii ml 1 lid u.uieil tt 9 I ia It. but who preserved the secret of Its location until he found death was near, when he divulged It to the proper par ty. The heirs of Mrs. Philip Williams gave the strong box to Mr, Philip Will iams Averltt, who now has It In his -srsslou. Among the treasures which were ctm tallied In the strong (six at the time It was burled during the tale war was a miniature portrait of the late Philip Williams, painted on Ivory by Item- liramlt l'eaie. the miniature is en ased In a quaint oval silver bs kct, and Is also In the oesloii of Mr. Averltt, Authorities on such matters have ex- inward Ihe opinion that the miniature Is a tine eeclme.i of Pcale'. marvelous art In miniature portrait painting aa there ta extant-Washington Kvenlu Star EXPENSE OF F0REI3N 1 RAVEL. Immense Hums of Money ftpenl in Knrope tr Tourists. The amount of money extended by tourists In Europe has. If official rec ords abroad are to be accepted as au thentic, Increased enormously of late years. There has Wn recently Hied with the Swiss minister oMInniice and customs at Berne a detailed statement of hotel receipt In that country, from which It appears that the gross receipts of Swiss hotels rose from M.Ho,h francs In 1KS0 to 11 I,.TO,ihs) u 1Mb-). The entire annual expense of the Swiss republic amount In a year to between Ki),(ns,(kmi nml isi.imni.isk) francs (the budget for this year Is giv en at the latter figure), aud It would seem, therefore, much as If the hotels of Swltxerland take lu more In a year than the government Itself does, Tho Swiss figures are not the only ones fur nished In KiiroM recently on this jsilnt. A French record shows that every year there are i!70,(SKi foreigners who pass from a fortnight to a whole winter on the Itlvlora. Kvery person I supiiosed to expend on an average 1,hm) francs, or X'JiK), in the country. In other words, the foreign visitors spend In the coun try every winter the sum of f.'H.ISHI,- (XX). The Fngllsh are put down as con tributing one-third of this amount; the French themselves contribute another (lllr(. (i(.rmHll(l, ,,,WllI1H .,, UllH. Hnus ,, Amr,llm Mlri,e tlw ro- malnder. From being a poor country when It waa annexed to France, lu lHiK), Nice has become one of the rich est departments of the republic. Home figures recently compiled of the revenues to hotels from tourist In Paris show the overage uitinber of for eign visitors to Im- ix i.i mm. It Is custom ary to estimate at It) francs, or $2 a day, the hotel bills of strangers lu Turk Estimating at $!! a day each the hotel bills of tSO,f00 tourists, and at about as much more their other out- lavs, nnd It Is to bo seen that tourists lu Paris can be put down for an ex- ..... . . ... peniiuurc ot nearly a quarter of a mill ion dollars a day. Tho total sum expended by tourists In Kuropc lu a year Is probably not very far from 7M),000,00, and a con siderable portion of this comes from iraveier. iiuHHians come second, lira alllans third. New York Sun. Weed Killed by lOleotrlclty. Electricity la used to destroy weeds lu a now device, which' can be used on an ordinary mowing machine, one wire of the dynamo being attached to the cutting bar and the other grounded through one of the wheels, so that If the weeds are cut when damp a current of electricity enters each root and develops luiDlts or close olmorvutlou he burns It as the top Is cut. ' . . Is likely to be easily beaten wheu any- . j thing uniiHiuil takes place. ' A Natural "Old Glory." I -We rend lately of a tendency to run A novel flower has been fouud at the" ttw"-v of n engine, which was a Isthmus of Tebuautepee. It lias u fac- m,t mystery for a time. Tho engine ully of changing Its colof during the ,-ould speed up for a few moments day. In the morning It Is white, when1 'IHl0"t y apparent cause and drop the sun Is at Its zenith it Is red, and at l,,l('k to 1,8 normal speed without any night It ia blue. The red, white and ' thln ,Mln ,lort!' 're engine was blue flower grows on a tree about tho taken 'npnrt imd examined carefully, size of a guuva tree, and only at noon l,ml particular attention was devoted iocs it give out any perfume i lo the governor, but , nothing wrong . I could be found. One day, while the The Circumstances Warranted It. engineer was looking at the engine, She Mr. Bryee Is a most exemplary it suddenly speeded up about fifty rev young man. It Is his boast that ht olutlons above the normal, and before never uttered an oath and that he ner- the steam could be abut off It dropped er tisea even the mildest expletive. : back to the regular speed. The engine He-It la, eh? Well, when somebody was stopped, the governor again taken stole that 200 setter of his I distinct! apart, the valve mechanism examined tieara mm say -Dog goner " When Tom Kherldiiu waa rending fcuelld with Ida tutor, ho found It very tedious, ami after a time hit asked: "Waa ICuelld a good mau?" The tutor did not know, "Was ho ail honorable, truthful inn ii?" "V know nothing to the contniiy." "Then don't you think we might lake his word for nil this," When the Athenaeum Club was first fVil, t'roker, oue of Ita founders, was urgent that no man should lie ad uducd who hud not In aonie way ills, languished himself In literature. Hoott after he proposed the Huko of Welling ton, when some one said: "The duke has never writ ten a Isiok," "True," re plied t'roker; "but he Is a capital baud at reviews." A clever remark miidii at a London dinner not long ago Is reported by the Basar'a correspondent. They were talking of tleorgo Alexander, the Lu actor, and sonut out remarked that his real name was Samson, "What pity." an lit a lady, "that he doesn't keep HI It's such a good iiiimo for a plycr. Mamson was the llrst actor I... l.u. I,. .1 II... 1.... .....O wi nu n A Scotchman living In Ixindon recent ly ran across (wo of his couiitrymK ind took theiu with him to a big puffin 1 Junior, in bis hospitality lie sont to Ihclr table champagne, and yet more champagne, and after a time went to mtt personally how they were faring, He found them depreased. "IIo; are (on getting ouJ" ho asked. The reply .ahie: "Oh, we're get tin' on dim, but we're verm fateegglt with time mineral waters." A Judge of the Bombay high court, who U MMiipoiis In mauiier and never forgets that he Is a Judge, was walking up and dowu the platform of a small raljway station up-country Just la-fore (lklll(, , ,,m ,,., At t)lllt moment h hot and perspiring Kngllsh man rushed on to the platform aud said to the Judge; "Is this the Bombay train?" The Judge coldly remarked: "I am not the station master." The ather man at once retorted: Theu, confound you, sir, why do you swagger shout us If you were" Tho celebrated Massimo family In Rome, bo claim dicelil from guluttis Fablus Max I imia, the dictator, have lust celebrated, as they do annually, ihe aunWersary of the restoration to lire of Paolo Masxlmo. who died lu KtK'l I lid was miraculously revived by St. Philip Neil. It was to the grandfather I llltll S1TI l ( KHI IW IHU linilMIIK"!! W , w ml N hjIisu put the questlou: "And are you to sure you really are dtweiidod from Qiilutus Fablus Maxliuus?" "Well," answered the prince calmly, "they have been saying so here In Itoiiio for the last two thousand years," A certain novelist, who recently re ceived from a huly an unstained letter asking the loan of his Issik, on the plea that she could not obtain It at the book tellers' In her own town, sent her a re Ply worded as follows; "Hear Madam: lu ,,,wn "J J, nMo '"V. M''" pears to In a lack of nil sorts of things ",m" "re rn""' F"" ";''"" . ... ... . .... ., i.,.. ,....... V recwi wor. inn a.so m ""V"'" f"r l,ve n" 1ss.snIou. It Is true, the book you lesire to obtain, and also the stamps to oay ita carnage, nut, to my regrei,-v Ma Ill) wiuiuiii me m-ci-flni Ruing without the necessary string 6a make It lito a parcel. If you can iif plv me with a piece I am at your serv ice." A temperance lecturer once addressed in unconvinced audience Id Kentucky, ml when he made he announcement that the effect of alcohol Is to shorten life, he was astonished to see an old man rise at the back of the hall and bout, "You're a liar!" "Why?" In quired the advocate of Adam's ale. "Been use, sir, I've been drinking for icvenly live years, aud I'm ninety and in likely to live to be lis), I am strong rnoiigh to lick you If you'll step out dde." "(h, no doubt, sir.. You're an xccptlon, sir. If you keep on drink tig" the lecturer paused. "What?" naked Ihe Impatient old toper. "If you keep on drlnklug.you'll have to Im shot nil Judgment day." When the Methodist conference at Lawn-nee, Kan,, was almost ready to rlose, some of the minister were dis cussing the appointments, and agreed among themselves that everything was coming out satisfactorily, the appoint ments having been all fixed tip. Then another preacher bade his brethren not to be too sure. "For," said he, "I was In conference with Bishop Fowler once, nnd we llxed everything dp, and theu the bishop asked to be allowed to com mune with Hod n while. Tho rest of us retired, nnd from tho condition In which wo found the apiKilntmcut when we camo back, I should say that, If the bishop talks with God again to day, he la likely to break that slate of uurs Into piece so small that we cau't write our names on 'em." Sir William Rowan Hamilton, pro fessor of astronomy In the Dublin Uni versity, used to recall, with a humor ous melancholy, his first meeting with his predecessor, Bishop Brlnkley, when, said he. "I inn afraid I offended him." Hamilton was a youth of eighteen, and at next blm at some public luncheon. They did not speak, nnd tho younger man felt that good manners required ,,l,1 ,0 ,,rck tlie . His eyo hap-J A MAa. ,.M ....... . 0 V .... I pened to rest on a large map of Van Dlcmcn'a Lnnd, hanging on tho wall, "My lord," said he, turning to the blsli op, "were you ever In Botany Bay?" The bishop turned to him with a look of severe displeasure. "lCnt your soup, sir!" thundered the old gentleman; "eat your, aoupl" Anil then It occurred to Hamilton that the bishop thought he was asking 'whether ho had ever been ."tratiHpoi ted," for at that time Botany Bay was where desperate criminals were sent. Mjatrrl u Dofcoia In llnglnes. v Defects often develop In steam en gines nnd other machines that are very mysterious In their origin, and call for great lugcntilty in detecting the cause. Ltiless a man in charge of an euglno ,aud a minute Inspection made orw the Whole machine and nothing could be fouud the matter. Some of the people about were begin ning to think that Ibis erratic tuglnw was acting outside of natural laws and that a real mystery surrounded the tendency to run away. By accident the engineer grasped the governor belt and w surprised to find that the pul ley turned ou the shaft. The pulley was of the common kind, made In two pieces and bolted together, being held to the shaft by the friction of the parts. The bolls had worked loose and permit ted the pulley to turn on the shaft at short Intervals, When hearing about this mystery the surprise we experienced was that tho engineer did not thoroughly examine that pulley after he had looked at the governor. MOgERN NAVAL WAKFARE. Horrible Krocltj of Attarkn with the Nsw Hnpld-l'lrlnu tuina. The modern naval batilo iiuint de velop ail entirely new lypo of courage Nothing like the ordeal lo which the crew of a ship tinder the lire of bat teries of tha present typo Is exposed has ever been known before, In Nel son's time a ship waa subjected to a broadside of round shot once In live or ten minutes. Thirty or forty cannon balls would rattle against tho aide of the vessel, cut through Its rigging, plow lis decks, or pass harmlessly lu ihe air. Between times the men would have a respite, except for the popping, more annoying than 'dangerous, of musket balls from the eneuiy'a tops. But now tho deck of n ship In ac tion are swept by a storm of projec tiles, ranging from rifle shots to half- ton shells, but every oue propelled with a vicious energy that expresses a determination to clear everything out of It path, Taking great guns, rapid lire gnus, and imichln guns to gether, a llrst class battleship can fire at least :i,UK) shots a minute. 1'bnt means that fifty projectiles, largo and small, go hissing over the ciieiuy'a decka every second. I'ndcr mh-Ii tor nado of steel every weak ainit Is seurched out. To stand up In such a meteoric shower Is like facing a Mix- sard. Wholesale staugliair le u cer tainly, and every man cau fwl a rea sonable assurance that be will lurnUli part of the material for It. The man who takes part In a nimh-m iinvul battle iiiiinI not only hold bis own life worthless, but b must be prepared to endure without a tremor the scenes of horror around blm, and to do his duty as coolly wheu Ida com rades are falling on every side as If he were on parade. Take this Inci dent, for Instance, descrllM-d by Pbtlo MHIIrTen lu his account of the Lnttlo of the Yalu: "The Captain of one of tho twelve- Inch guns, while training o laying It, lanyard lu hand, had his bend dnslxsl off. It frtig'to'iits striking tboso iiIhiiiI him, As he toppled over, a man on the step Mow caught his Isxlv around Ihe waist, pasM'd It down Into I he arms of those Is-luw, uud, cntcblng the lanyard from his stiffening tnisp, took his place, corrected hi aim, and Hrod." A single shell, In this Ladle, strik ing the Japanese flagship Mnlstt shims, killed forty-nine olli'vr nml itiou and wounded over fifty tuore. And the Chinese were poor murks- men, compared with American or Brit ish gunner. Imagine a.iasj projec tiles striking a ship every mluiile, with such possibilities of carnage In a single one, and It inny lw piwll,o to iipreclaln the quality of courage re quired of the inialerii ninu-of -war's man. New York Journal. An Klrvstor loclilenl. Two women wandered Into a build ing on (irand avenue and halted near the elevator. They saw the place was nicely car Mted and contained comfortable scats, and one of them took a look lu the mir ror, "Now, F.llxa," said the older one, "you Just take a sent In this settln' room while 1 go upstairs and see the la wyer." F.llxn took a seat In the elevator, and the old lady slarted up the stairs. She had Just reached the llrst bind lug when she heard a yell and saw the "sltilu"' room flying toward tho sky with Kllzii Inside. The old lady was dumb with amaze ment, and stood liMiklug up at the ele vator which paused a moment at tlif seventh floor and then started to de scend. As It passed her she saw KI1.H was still alive, and she hastened to the lower floor, where she arrived In tlmti to seize F.llza as she came out. "Did It blow up?" she Inquired. "No," replied the young woman, "It didn't blow up, but It flew up." "Maybe that young man was trying to elope with you," said the obi lady, ixilnllng a linger at the elevator laiy. "You come right out here, This I, no doubt, one of those places that we have been readln' tilNiut where they kidnap people, and right In daylight, too. It Is a lucky thing that 1 saw the kidnap er or he might havo carried yon off for good. Come along before be kid naps both of us," The Iwo women made a bolt for the avenue aud disappeared, nnd it took a bucket of water to revive the clevutor boy. Tabby Takes the lOlevaior. The Philadelphia Isittrse Is the home of a very Intelligent cat. This tabby, 1 which Is coafblack, without a single white NKt upon her, has a fondness fot traveling In the elevator. She la per fectly at home there, and hovels up and down many times dally. She goes to the door of the elevator shaft nml mews until the car comes along and tnkes her on. The various elevator men are very carefui of her, for she Is a great moiiser, and lu the bourne, tia In other big buildings, mice arc trouble sotno. These little pests frequently do stroy valuable document: unppoNodly safely sitowed away In desks and draw el's. Tabby nolltlea the elevator men what floor sho de-slrcs to get off upon by mewing loudly ns the cur touies to the particular story, in mis way sue makes a tour of Inspection of the enitir bulldlng.-riilladelphh liocord. Latest Engine or Death. Military experts are at present Inter ested In a new self-moving etu"whlcl Is to bo a veritable carriage of death. It Is to bo driven by a sixtccn-hors power engine at th9 rate of over forty miles an hour over a country reasona bly level. The climax and purpose ol this rwnarkablo machine Is to carry two rapld-flrlng cannon. One man only Is' needed to run this terrible wheeled weapon of war, and this same mau also attend to the firing and loading. Statistics as to Insanity. Statistics are published showing that between the ages of 24 and 25 tha chances of a single man going nind are Ave and a half times greater than that 1 of a married man. While the propor tion la much reduced, It la shown that from 20 to 65 yeara of age the chances nf a single man to go Insane are iuub . larger tluut those of married me 1 CHAT OF THE CHURCH WHAT 13 GOINQ ON IN THI RE. LIOIOUS WORLD. , Mews Notes from All Lands Rstardlnc Tbtlr Hellglaus Thought and Move msnl-wbat tue Or sal DtMoaalu lions Are Doing. The Manllr of Mrs. 0V trivial seem Ihe circumstan ces that so u oi- times unexpectedly cotne to us. and X ilil K K'. under the I I Wm I nrnvM. ...... direction and Im pulse to our lives! Truly we "live and move and have our being" In (I od. The sllirhtcKf eliHiiirM In ir.ii&W human rein Hons, the railing o an autumnal leaf. the shadows lengthening around us at eventide, the pale, sad face of the euf ferer whom we (usually meet by the way-these, with tell thousand other incident In life, are profoundly slgnlfl cant, llod watches every one of them Intent upon our highest good, lie an proaches us. ami Influences tia by tho aniaiies'. events; nothing Is overlooked by Him. Ills ordering of our minutest affairs Is always In love. And these slightest variations lu our human lives, so Insignificant less visible In their of feels than the unolwcrved ripple that break upon the shore-are suddenly Invested with wondrous meaning when we rightly view them. These varla lions are made, In the divine thought, the connecting link through which our whole subsequent Uvea become resplcn UCllt. When we go forth each day to our appointed tasks, what consecration and divine trusts should mark our choices How near lo Him should we live! How painstaking to seine all those Uule thread of Influence which are secretly woven Into the texture of life; little lu liiiiimu thought, but mighty, so often lu the formation of character In our seler. ai,d others! How can wt live a single hour without prayer? How we ought to cherish habits of charity toward all, Increasing the sum of hu mau happiness by our godly cheerful lies, stimulating the virtuous, helping tlm ivciik, syiiipathlxlng with the dis tressed, advocating the cause of Ihe oppressed! Ill this way It will be found that the Master meets us dally lu tba way, going before us lu everything to direct our steps. Thus, lu companion ship with Him, we shall be always ready to hear Him speak the Dual word: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hat been faith fill over a few things, t will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord!" I l.lim Our llrat. Do not try to do a great thing; you may waste all your life waiting for the opisirtiinity which may never come Tut since Utile HiIiil-s are always claim Ing your attention, do them as they onie. from a great motive, for the kloiv of Cod, to win hi smile of at provni, ami to do giMsi to men. it is harder to nlod on In obscurity, acting tint, than lo stand on the high places of the Held, within the View of all, aud to do deed of valor at which rival armies stand still to gate. But no such act joes without the awlft recognition ml the ultimate recompense of Christ. To fulllll faithfully the duties of your station; to uo to tue uttermost tne gift of your ministry; to bear dialing annul iiinv and trivial Irritations as martyrs bore Hie pillory and stake; to find the one noble Inilt lu people who try lo molest you; to put the kiiulest construction on unkind acts and words; to love with the love of (Sod even the unthankful and evil; to 1m content to be a fountain In the midst of a wild valley of stone; nourishing a few lieu en and wild (lower, or now aud again a thlrslv sheen: nnd to do this always, and not for the praise of man, but for the sake of (Sod-thls makes a great life.-F. B. Meyer. A Little Hcriiiou, Be strong to hope, () llinrtl Though day Is bright, The star can only shine la the dark night. Be strong, O heart of mine, Look toward the light. Be strong to lar, 0 IleartI Nothing is vain; Strive not, for life is care, And Urn! sends palii; Heaven 1 above, and there Best will remain! Be strong to love, 0 Heart! Love knows not wrong; Didst Ihoil love, creature even Life were not long; Didst thou love (bsl In heaven, Thon wonldst be strong. Adelaide Aline Proctor. The Maklim of Chnrncter, Do not let us suppose that character require great circumstances for the tanking, Character cau lie made In poor circumstance. - There are huge uianiifactorlcs in this country, with magnificent machinery, with chimneys belching forth clouds of black smoke, to pollute the air, where they turn out carpels of most wonderful nspects, which would almost make yon HI to look at, ami which perish quickly lu the using. Far away In the Kaat, In some poor little hut, an Kaatern workman Is working with threads of many colors beside him; he has been tolling for ycars. and when ho has Mulshed he will have turned out n single square of Mich beautiful coloring and such perfect workmanship that when It comes to this country It will be bought at a great price, and the owner's great grandchil dren will seclt fresh and beautiful. So much for tho great manufactory and the whirling wheels and the noise and the smoke; ho much for the quietness and obscurity of a single workman! Bev. John Watson, D. D. (lau Mae la reii). - Convert Making Truth, There can bo no effective gospel min istry without tho atonement of Cal vary. There can be no truly successful missionary or evangelical operations without the blood of the Crucified. There can bo no soul-saving work In tho home, or in the Sabbath school, or lu the church or In the community, where (ho atonement of Christ is Ig nored or despised. Only he who truly and fully, presents and magnifies the sacrifice of Christ has tho assurances of a harvest of salvation beuctlts Presbyterian. Attentive to Duty. "Are you not afrold to live here?" laid a visitor to a lighthouse keeper. "It Is a dreadful place to be constantly In." ... "No," replied tho man, "I am not afraid; we never think of ourselves here." "Never think of youroelveal How Is that?" "We know that we are perfectly safe, I A. Hill I and only think of having onr lamp b.lghtly burning, and keeping the re flectors clear, so that those In danger may be aaved." ' That Is what Christiana ought to do, They are aafe la a bouse built on a Itock which cannot be moved by the wildest storm; and, In a spirit of holy unselBsbuesi, they should let theli light gleam across the dark waters of sin, that they who are Imperiled may be guided Into the harbor ot etcruaJ safety.-ltani'i Horn. What to May Im Trouble. lo time of trouble say: First He brought me here; It Is by his will that I am la this straight place; lu that I will rest. Next He will keep me In his love, and give me grace lu this trial to be have aa his child. . - Then-He will make the trial a bless lug-teaching me the lessons he means me to leant, and working lu we the grace he Intends for me. Last In bis own gMid time he can bring me out againand bow and when ho know. wiy: I am here 1. By God'i ap pointment. 2. In his keeping. 3. fu ller his training. 4. For his time. Bev. Andrew Murray, Prayer Better (bin Worry. There la not much gain In thinking about the things over which one can have no rout rot. It Is Mier to leave thorn prayerfully with Hod. The uinoH who tries to think of such things wor ries. He Is worried about bis health and about the weather and about his family, aud about the wickedness of tha world, until he has learned the lea sou of prayer. Then he doe the )ct he ran each day, and leave tho rent with t!od. , Traits Is Truth. There are times lu the history of ev ery Individual, aa well aa every church, where things look blue. When there Is a going back on the truth once attained, aud wheu the ordinances of worship are corrupted, and when men who once spoke out against the Inroads of corrup tion become silent aa the grave, It looks blue for the rest of the faithful ones. But no matter who comes or who goes, truth Is truth, aud Hod Is true to it Christian Instructor. (Subject of Thought. Ktinul Is a malady for which the only remedy la work; pleasure Is only a pul iation. They pass best over the world who trip over It quickly, for It 1 but a bog If we stop we sink. If we could tie happy, we should open our ears when among the good and shut them when among the laid. What men want la not talent, It Is purpose; In other words, not the power lo achieve, but the will to labor. True gisnlness Is like the glowworm lu this, that It shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are ujioii It, Temperance and labor are the two Is-st physicians of men; lubor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents him from Indulging In excess. Studying human nature from a dis interested point of view Is one thing. Bemarklng Its rise and fall from an in terested standpoint Is another. Coiisclousueas of error la to a certain exteut a Consciousness of understand ing; and correction of error Is the plain est proof of energy and mastery. There Is a great difference between being lu the world and having the world In na. Let a ship be In the water and It Is all right, but let the water be In the ship and down she gin. : No man lives without Jostling and tM'liig Jostled, lu all ways be has Iq elbow himself through the world, giv ing and taking offense. His life Is a battle lu so far as It la an entity at all. Man jKistpones or remembers. He does uot lire In the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heed less of the rlchea that surround blm, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he, too, lives with uature In the present, above time. Heroes of principle are the demand of the hourmen who believe some thing aud who will not swerve from what they believe, and who are not time-servers, weather cocks, tickle and variable; these are the characters most necessary to-day to tho stability and progress of society. It Is a very poor record when night comes If we have been sjicudlng every hour of the day with our thoughts bent wholly tion our own pleasure or profit. If this Is a sad way to spend one day, how much worse Is it when we spend a week, a month, a year, selfishly bent upon our own affairs. MISTAKES OF INSECTS. Present Day Naturalists Deny That They Keaaou, Few aclentlftc prejudices have been more dilllcblt to overcome than that which removes from animals the rea soning faculty, and probably many years will yet elapse before It will be recognized that all animals which come under ordlunry observation are endow ed with the same kind of faculty, al though developed In various degrees of a descending scale, which distinguishes man aud the so-called higher organ isms. The bee aud ant hove been fre quently held up as the beat exponents of the Instinct class, and more reccutly of the "exceptional" animals which do- t-idoiinft iDitaiitilnir nou-era? nml tt vnn a rude ahock. not only to the layman,' but as well to the scientist, when Sir John Lubbock, as the result of an al most endless series of experiments, an nounced a few years ago that these ani mals were, "sadly wanting" both lu their Instinctive and Intellectual traits, Iu other words, there were many times when both Instinct aud Intelligence erred for them. Some most remarkable Instances of tho erring of Instinct among insects' have frequently been noted by natural- lsts, and they add an Interesting chap ter to the physiology of sense. One of these was the cube of a butterfly, which persisted In visiting the artificial flow-, ers ou a lady's bonnet, mistaking them for the natural product. Another, and perhaps more striking, Instance of fault Is noted by the distinguished French entomologist, M. It. Blauchnrd, and concerns a species of Kphlux mothyv which entered a hotel room' In the ', half obscurity of early morning, nml was fouud to flit with direct; Intent' t'o definite parts of walls and ceilings. These were decorated with palutiugs of leaves and flowers, nnd to the hit ter the Insect approached In repented attacks, thrusting forward Ita probo scis, aa though Intent upon Intruding it into tho opened cups of the beguil ing flowers. After repeated failures and the resulting discouragement, the ' workmen, eacu family having a separ effort was given up, aud tho aphltix Hte dwelling. ' ' ' escaped by the window. This case of i self-deception is Interesting In another way, Inasmuch as tt proves that It Is nt .inrav th son so nf smell hot ,f ' times that of sight, which directs in - sects to . their , flowers. Washington Star. '"" I SUBMARINE PHOTOGRAPH". ,V ..- . , ; i ; flctore Have JVn Taksn Very Sac csMfutly Cmler Water. Prof. Lou la Bon tan, of the Sorbonrj. bos written an article for the Century describing bis successful experiments In "Submarine Photography." Prof. Boutan, descending In a dlvlng-eult, . .... L. - , . m . t. . . 1. . . t. bottom of the sea at various depths. Koine of these pictures are reproduced hi the article, Including one taken by magnesium light. , Prof. Boutan says; The extent of the surface of the earth covered by water Is vast, since It far surpasses that 'of the dry land. What do we kuow of this part of the globe hidden by, the sens and oceans? Very little. It must l-o admitted. Kxcept along the Immediate edge of these Im incuse howl which can be explored Id diving bells, the means which natural ists have at their disposal for exam ining those depths are most rudliicutv nry. Nobody can. go down Into tbein, as the tremendous pressure of the wa ter renders this Impossible, For a long time, therefore, It was Imagined that the bottom of the sen was one vast ex tent of mud, without the presence of living things; but numerous sclcniltlc expeditions finally proved that such was not the case, and that a multitude of curious aud even fanUiUlc animal were to be found there. Tho product of even a single catch, Including many sharks, as made by us at the Arago laboratory, convinced me that at a depth of eight hundred meters the bottom of Hie ocean Is full of life. All these big shark (Onlrnphoru gau- ulostist are carnivorous, iu order to live, tbesn animals must cat other ani mals; so there must ! many other ani mals whence the come, although we know almost nothing about them. - As regard the sea, the naturalist Is lu much the same situation as would be an Inhabitant uf tha moon who could live In ethereal space, but could not breathe the ulr which envelop our earth. Let us supjiose that this voyager from the ethereal regions should come In contact with our atmosphere, lie would float above the highest strata without Mug able, to penetrate them, separated from the earth by the gases wiiicu iirrounu it. uuai musi lie uo If ho wishes to know something of what exists below the layer of cloud which hide our globe from his view? ii,. t.i ,.u ...... -..n.... i .. nwum u urn .oil liniui tMlfil UUVB , done construct dredges and ueta, and, having weighted them, would let tbeiu down like the aiwlior of a balloon, and try and pull theiu along the surface of the earth. Do you think that with such primitive Instruments he would obtain very' precise ideas of the terrestrial' globe? Kvery agile animal would flee la-fore the apparatus, which, If It did 'not get Irretrievably caught In acme oak, rock, or lofty factory chimney, might bring back, after having scraped for somo time along the surface of the earth, bits of leaves, pebbles mingled with soil, rtc, all of which, however, could give only a very vague Idea con cerning the coiiHlltutlon of the globe. I'p' to the present our naturalists have done hardly more than this. Though It Is quite true that the appar atus used Is as iK-rfoet as possible, and that the most Illustrious students of nature have displayed in tlielr labors au Ingenuity which I should never dream of calling Into question, at bot tom the proct-cilliig Is the same lu both cases. They drag rudimentary instru ments blindly through the depth of the seas, , tp - What a change will come over the sit uation the moment It becomes possible to let dowu to the bottom of the ocoan a -photographic apparatus provided with a powerful artificial light! "Although this camera will not be able to bring back pictures of wide extent, niny It not succeed in satisfactorily photo graphing one hundred square meters ot space? And will uot such photographs contain a most precious fund of Infor mation? Everything, leads one to believe that it will soou lie possible to construct nhntor-rntihtfi nmvnmtila tt-hl,-h u-lll a ... compllsh Its work without going so far ns this, and without launching forth Into hypotheses which have not yet Ikh'H realized, It may be asserted Hint submarine photography can already produce useful results. in the Immediate vicinity of the coasts, the photographing of land scapes, the interiors of grottoes, ani mals caught In their medium, furnishes the student useful and precious Infor mation: and, from an industrial Dolut of view, oue may see how It cau be em ployed practically. Suppose, for In- suiuce, n uip iu oc hi uie ootumi or the sea. How are we to know Its ex act position, and. to determine the ex teut of the damage which It has suffer ed? A giwd submarine photograph) would be more valuable to the engin eers than nil the Information Which divers could 'furnish. Pagan Ceremonials Among Pueblos. Feriiiiud Lungren, the artist, coutrlii utes to the Century an article en titled "Notes on Old Mesa Life." This Is supplemental to an account by F. W. I lodge of the lOMiuoIoglcal Rnrcau of his "Ascent of the Enchanted Mesa." Mr; Lungrcn says: . The yearly celebration of the dance and fiesta of Sau Kstevan nt Acoma, while owning a Christian saint's name, has nothing Christian about It; It Is at soliitely pagan. It la a savage eelcbra-' tlon of au event widely distributed among all peoples, lu all times, being, lm racr.a. uarveso.uu. w .i.. .tsg. ' flllillljjf W 11', ilWHI0 l.A,lIIUj4 IllIll. ! environment and natural causes. . Iu nearly all of the Bio (iraiule pueblos the principal pagan ceremonial was given, the name of that saint In the calendar whose day fell the nearest to the begin ning of the celebration. i The Cricket aa a Thermometer. ' The rate of chirp of the cricket, Prof. A. K. Uolboar notes In the American Naturalist, scenia to be entirely deter-.. mined by the .temperature, and this to . such a degree that one may easily com pute the temperature' from the-chlrps ' per mluute. Thus, nt (50 degrees Fahren heit, the rate la eighty per minute. At 70 degrees Fahrenheit the rate Is 120, a change of four chirps a minute for , ench degree of change. Below a tem- ; peratnre of 50 degrees the cricket ban ., no, energy to waste In music, and there would be but forte chirps per minute, ' , ;., lis . .... " ; , i , ,,- I ' "Jj ' .-Great Isteel Works. ' Tli steel works In course of erection , at .Saratov, on the Volga, covers ninety, two acres, and are so arranged that tba ' raw material Is delivered by rail at the highest part, descending gradually jflur Ing the process of, nranofacture until the finished products are deposited In (hewarehoihie on the, river bank. A model village is being built for the Cost ot Coining a Sovereign. The coinage of a sovereign (about 5) costs the English minted (about Hi cents). "'.'' ; The confidence man Is an adept , .making farming profitable.