AFTER 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.