U nmaminn
rllBUM
0 rent again tbla month I Tbla
th third Urn It ba happen
within th half-year. I'll go
there myaelf aud get tb money, or I'll
know tb rnsou why."
Matthew Dean waa In particularly
bad humor tbla raw December morn
lug. Everything bad gon wrong
Stock had fallen when they ought to
bav risen bla clerk bad tipped over
th lukstand on his special and pecu
liar heap of paper th fir obstinately
refused to burn In tb grate lu ahort,
nothing went right, and Mr. Dean waa
consequent!-.- and correspondingly
cross. ...
"Jenkins!" ' i
I "Yea, air."
! "Go to the Widow Clarkson'a and tell
her I shall be titer In half an hour,
and expect confidently mind, Jenkins
Mjoufldeutly to recelv that reut
mouey. Or else I shall feel myself
bilged to resort to extreme meaaure.
jYou understand. Jenklnar
I "Oertaluly. sir."
I "Then dou't stand there startn' like
an Idiot," snarled Mr. Deane, In a sud
den burst of Irritation, and Jeuklua dla
appeared like a (hot.
' Just half an hour afterward Matthew
Dean brushed the brown hair Jut
prlnkled with gray from bla aquar
yet not unkludiy brow. Tutting on hla
fur lined overcoat be walked forth Into
the chilly winter air fully determined,
figuratively, to annihilate th default
ing Widow Clarkson.
! It waa a dwarfish little red brick
house which appeared orlglually to
have aspired to two-storyhood lot, but
cramped by clrcumstauee had settled
down Into a story and a half, but the
wludows shone like Rraailtan pebbles,
and the doorsteps were worn by much
scouring. Neither of thes clrcum
atanoea, however, did Mr. Deane re
mark as he pulled the glittering bras
doorknob and strodo Into Mra. Clark
son's neat parlor.
There was a small Are very small,
as If every lump of anthracite wa
hoarded In the stove, and at a table
with writing Implements before her sat
a young lady whom Mr. Deane at one
recognlxed as Mra. Clarkson' niece,
Miss Olive Mellon. She waa not dis
agreeable to look upon, though yoo
would never have thought of clausing
her among the beauties, with shining
"lPfcirgRTO OKAt.WITH TOU
i 1. 1 i .'i
black 1
nir, Mue, long lashed cyw. and J
prcttv 'mouth, biding teh I'ka
a Very
rice k-'rw" ' v'-'t-' we 'li y.
Miss Mellen rose with" a polite "noii,
which was grimly reciprocated by Mr.
Deane.
"I have called to see your aunt, MIsa
Mellen."
"I know It, sir, but as I am aware of
her timid temperament, I sent ber
away. I prefer to deal with you my
self." Mr. Deane started the cool audacity
of this damsel In gray, with scarlet
ribbons In her hair, rather astonished
blm.
"I suppose the money' la ready?'
"No, sir, it Is not."
"Then, Miss Olive, pardon me, I must
peak plainly, I shall send an offleer
here this afternoon to put a valuation
on the furniture, and "
"You will do nothing of the kind,
Ir."
Olive's cheek bad reddened and her
eyes flashed portentously. Mr. Deane
turned toward the door, but ere he
knew what she was doing, Olive bad
walked quietly across the room, locked
the door, and taken out the key then
ehe resumed her seat.
"What does this mean?" ejaculated
the astonished "prisoner of war."
"It means, sir, that you will now be
obliged to reconsider the question,"
aald Olive.
"Obliged."
"Yes you will hardly Jump out of
the window, and there Is no other meth
od of egress unless you choose to go up
the chimney. Now, then, Mr. Deane,
will you tell me If you a Christian
man In the nineteenth century Intend
to sell a poor widow's furniture be
causeshe la not able to pay your rent?
Listen, sir!"
Mr. Deane had opened his mouth to
remonstrate, but Olive enforced her
words with a very emphatic little
tamp of ber foot, and be was, as It
were, stricken dumb.
"You are what the world calls a rich
man, Mr. Deane. Yon(own rows of
houses, piles of bank stock, railroad
shares, bonds and mortgages who
knows what? My aunt has nothing
I support her by copying. Now, If this
case be carried Into a court of law, my
poor ailing aunt will be a sufferer
you would emerge unscathed and
profiting. You are not a bad man, Mr.
Deane; you hove a great many noble
qualities, and I like you for them."
She paused an Instant and looked In
tently and gravely at Mr. Deane. The
color rose to his cheek It was not dis
agreeable to be told by a pretty young
girl that she liked him, on any terms,
yet she had Indulged In pretty plain
peaking. "I have heard," she went
on, "of your doing kind actions when
you were In the humor of It. You can
do them, and you shall in this Instance.
You are cross this morning, you know
you are! Hush, no excuse; you are
elfish and Irritable and overbearing! If
I were your mother, and you a little
boy, I should certainly put you in a
corner until you promised to be good."
Mr. Deane smiled, although he was
getting angry. Olive went on with the
utmost composure.
"But as it is, I shall only keep you
here a prisoner until you have behav
ed, and given me your word not to an
noy my aunt again for rent until she
la able to pay you. Then, and not un
til, then, will you receive your money.
Do you promise? Yes or no?"
"I certainly shnll agree to no finch
terms," said Mr. Deane, tartly.
"Very well, sir, I can wait."
Miss Mellen deposited the key In the
nn win I
Uf I1M.
pocket of her fray dm and lat down
to ber copying. Hd h been a .man
Mr. Dean would probably bavt knock
d hex down a It wa, alia wort an In
vlIW armor of power In tb vary fact
that abt waa a fragll, allgbt woman,
and aha kntw It.
"Ml Olive," b aatd, truly. "let
na terminate tbla uutuuxry. Unlock
tbat doorr
"Mr. Dean, I will not!"
"I (ball about and alarm tba neigh
borhood than, or call policeman."
"Very well, air. Dean, do o, It you
pie,"
She dipped bar pen In the Ink and
began on a freab par. Matthew aat
down, puaaled and dltoomuted, and
watched the long-lashed eye and faint
ly fluted cheek of hi keeper. 8b waa
very pretty wba a ulty ab wat ao
obstinate.
"mi oiitr
"Sir?"
"Tba clock baa Jut atruca 2."
"I heard lt.M
"1 ahould Ilk to go out to get torn
lunch."
"I am aorry tbat tbat luxury ta out
of your power."
"But I'm confounded hungry."
"Are your
"And I'm not going to atand thla aort
of thing any longer."
Nor
How provoklngty nonchalant ah
waa. Mr. Peane eyed the pocket ot
the gray dree greedily and walked up
and down th room pettlihly.
"I bar an appointment at 1."
"Indeed! What a pity you will b
unable to keep It."
lie took another turn aeros th room.
Olive looked up with a mile.
"Well, are you ready to promt"
'"Hang It, yea! What eU can I dor
"You protnlaer
"I do, becaua I can't help myelf."
Ollv drew th key from her pocket.
with icftened eye.
"You bar mad m eery happy, Mr.
Dean. I dar aay you think me un
womanly and unfemlnlne, but Indeed
you do not know to what extremltle
we are driven by poverty. Good morn
ing. lr."
Mr. Dean aallled forth with a curt'
urn complication of thoughts and emo-
tiona struggling through bla brain. In
which gray drcsse. long lashed blue
ryes and acarlet ribbon played a prom
inent part
"Did you get tb mony, alrf" askd
the clerk, when h walked Into the
otllce.
"Mind your business, air," waa the
tart response.
"I pity ber husband," thought Mr.
Dean aa he turned the paprra over on
bis desk. "How she will bcnpvck him.
By th way, I wonder who ber bus
band will br
Th next day b called at the Widow
Clarksou'a to assure Miss Mellon that
be bad no Idea of breaking bis promise,
and the next but on after that be
came to tell th young lady she need
entertain no doubt of his Integrity. And
tb next week lie dropped lu on them
wltlkJiajartlcular errand to serv as
in excuse! " " T -
"When shall we la married. Olivet
Next month, dearest) Do not )( u
Uqi It fT lr.M .
"1 bavo no wtabe hot yours. Met
tliew," '
J'Ttovlty. Mia Olive Mullen, so hear
'tfinT nielTttonC"on woulu suppose ou
bad never locked me up here and
tyrannized over m as a Jailer,"
Ollv burst Into a merry laugh.
"You dear old Matthew; I give you
warning beforehand tbat I mean to
have my own way In everything. Do
you wish to recede from your bargain?
It Is not too late yet"
No, Matthew Deane didn't; he bad a
vague Idea that It would be very pleas
ant to be henpecked by Olive!
GREAT YIELD OF APPLES.
Immenae Qnantltie Grown Annually
Id tba United Bute.
It 1 an established fact that the Uni
ted States now bold the record for rap
Id development of fruit Industries,
such aa tbe growing of orange and
lemons, peaches aud grapes. A a na
tion we eat more fruit than any other,
and grow considerably more than we
eat. Eighty millions of dollars a yenr
is the figure for strawberries alone. A
hundred million would scarcely cover
the value of all the grapes marketed.
Teaches we raise in astonishing quanti
ties, In orchard containing aa many as
300,000 trees, but our banner crop, so
far aa fruit Is concerned, is apples. We
have produced as mauy aa 210,000,000
barrels In a single season, and have
sold as high as 8,000,0000 barrels In
England alone. We carry In cold stor
age every winter anywhere from 0,000,
000 to 10,000,000 barrels of the crop of
the season before, in order to secure
better price. Ships weigh anchor In
New York, three at a time, In a single
week, bearing apples to Europe. In
deed, It Is one of the greatest Industries
the country has ever witnessed, and
promises to take rank aa the chief fruit
crop of the world.
Mill County, and, Indeed, all the
southwestern section of Iowa, la truly
a wonderful apple country, but not
much more Important than one of a
score of region In various part of th
country which produces apples. In tbat
county alone there are over 000,000
trees, averaging at the lowest ten bush
els a tree per annum. One hundred and
fifty thousand of those tree are In one
orchard. Tbe total output la clone on
to 3,000,000 barrels, or enough to sup
ply the present American sale to Eng
land. .
New York, however, has two coun
ties, much smaller than Mills, which
do even better than this, and as a State
It raises three times as many apple aa
Iowa. The counties referred to are
Niagara and Orleans, In th western
tier, which together raise 7,000,000 bar
rels of tbe best kind of market apple.
All through thla area are orchards hold
ing 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, and occasion-'
ally 100,000 trees, which in blossoming
make of the roadside a paradise.
Watch-Chaln of Peach Stones.
A Lewlston, Me., man has a curlou
watch chain made of peach stone.
Each of the nine stones Is carved on
each side in a different device, so that
there are eighteen different designs.
The stones are Joined with bar of
gold, the whole making a rich and
novel chain.
Condemned Tragedies.
"What do you think Is the saddest
work of Action you ever read?"
"Tbe cook book," answered the young
woman who bag not been married very
long. "Not more than one In ten of
those pieces come out right" Waah
Ington Star,
TEACHING KEDSKINS.
METHOD OF EDUCATING INDIAN
CHILDREN.
ProarM Mad by tb Introduction of
Manual Training Into cnooU-Oratl"
firing keautt of aa kmperlmenlTrletl
bt Mim hietelle Keel.
Blue her appointment a superlnttm
lout of ludlau tvuool M. K.iulhi Itei'l
utu accouiplUhed wouder by tun Intro
duction ot manual methods lu ageuey
schools st aucrvd throughout th West
ern Htatvs aud territories. Uarly lu
tier carver a upcrlutoudetit hu be
came convinced, a ah herself xpre
e it, that "amotig all children, iudlnui
and white alike, th shortest road to
th brain l through th hand." lu a
perfunctory way mauunl training bad
been lu opera tlou before Mis Iteel re
ceived her appointment, but slue theu
It has received clo atteutlou aud th
result bav been gratifying In tb
extreme. In th early day of th re
public most Indlau teacher (ought to
lift th aboriginal mind to the plaua of
Chrlstiau eullghtcumuut by menu of
text and sermons, catechism aud lu
Junction, aud too commonly their ef
fort ended lu tb tad realisation that
the teed was sown on stony ground.
Half a eeutury ago tome teacher be
gan to reallxo tbat the chief need of tbe
Indian It for practical education Involv
ing manual training aud actual Intro
duction luto the art and Industrie of
their Caucasian ueignbor. and tu ef
fort of those teacher who adopted
thla plan wer always mora or leas
fruitful-' It was not uutll tb advent
of Mis IWcl tbat tbe system wa given
a really fair trial Tbe result ha been
o satisfactory tbat doubtless th work
will bo still further developed 0 fU.
tur. Observer of educational prog
re are Impressed with th (ucreaslitg
ly practical character of Instruction lb
our own schools; the kindergarten baa
passed th experimental stage aud be
come an Important wlucatloeal factor;
manual training ba been substituted
for the dreary grind of word drill,, to
tba Immeasurable benefit of pupils, aud
uatur teaching I rapidly replacing the
busk of dead knowledge In every uni
versity and In all tbe better normal
schools aud high schools, well a in
many of the primary schools through
out th country.
In ipcaklug of the benefit accruing
from thla sytiem of education Mis
Iteel aald rcceutlys "Tb benefits of
thl educational revolution to the chil
dren! and youth of America bav been
very great, yet tbe advantage of tb
modern method are Incomparably
greater to Indian children than to their
Caucasian contemporaries. Allowing
for exceptional case, the Indian child
I of lower physical organisation than
th white child of corresponding age.
Ill forearm are smaller and hi lin
ger and band lens flexible; tho very
structure of bis hone and muscle will
not permit so wide a variety of man
ual movement a are customary
among Caucasian children, and his
very luntlncta aud modes of thought
are adjusted to' tbla Imperfect manual
development. In like manner hi face
I without that compWte development
of nerv aud muscle which gives char
acter to expresaive feature; hi fac
seems stolid because It I without the
mechauUra of free expression, and at
the same time hla mlud remains mea
onifIV" nW.'d because of the very ab-
aence of fnccunnlsin for Its own expres
sion. In short, the Indinu lustlnct aud
nerves aud musclea aud bones are ad
justed one to another, and all to the
bablta of the race for uncounted gener
ations, and hi offspring cannot be
taught to be like the children of (he
white man until they are taught to do
like them. Tho children of our aborig
inal Innd holder are now ward of the
nation, and In the minds of most right
thinking people thry are eutltled to
kindly consideration."
WHERE IMMIGRANTS LAND.
Extensive Quarters Heine; Built en
Kills Island, New York.
Early next year the Immigrant who
arrives in New York Bay will make his
first landing on free soli In one of a set
of spacious building which are now In
course of erection on EUl Island, New
York Bay, The new Immigrant sta
tion, when completed, will consist of
the large examination and ofllce build
ing, a restaurant laundry and bath
house, a power-house and a hospital
and a physician' house. All of these
are to be fireproof. The' government
does not Intend that the catastrophe
which destroyed tbe old station on the
night of June 15, 1897, and threatened
the lives of between 200 and 300 Immi
grants, shall be repeated. No wood
has been used In the construction of the
main building except in the floors of
the offices on tbe second story and In
the trimmings.
The architects have adopted a color
FASHION PLATE
ytiree-ijuurtcr Cout. C'.oth Crook TtUumud with
achem In red brick, Indiana llmeston
aud Main granite. Tb design Is pick
ed out In tb light atone and accentu
ated by th contrasting tint, The big
building I further accentuated to the
distant paascr-by on th water by four
towers. The exterior lu torn respect
suggest au exhibition hall Owing to
th abseuceof any building not in har
mony with It lu dimension and design,
th eye doe not eouvey to th mlud
an Idea of Its lx. It cover one aud
otin half acre of ground and I !U5x400
fct. ' .
In order to provide greater Isolation
for th hospital and furnish a baslu for
the anchorage of tb steamers used lu
transporting the Immigrants, new
lalnud, about three acres lu extent, hn
beeu mad southwest of the main Isl
and aud parallel to It The two are
connected ou th Jersey City Hide by a
crib. Tb hospital I being built ou
the Jersey City cud of thl m,w rect
angle of laud. The physician' house Is
to stand ou the southwestern extrein-
- - " " " ""1
IMMKJltAST IHT1TAL EIJ.I8 INLAND.
Ity. The other bulldlug are on tb
main Island, the restaurant, laundry
aud bathhouse adjolulug th main
building ou the northwest eud and the
power-house occupying th north side
of the Island,
All of the building and the landing
pier and ferry slip ar to be connected
with covered passageway. that
from the moment be laud ou the Isl
and uutll he leave It tbe Immlgtaut Is
uot once lu the open air utilcx be la
permitted to walk upon tbe broad prom
enade on the roof. There are no loop
hole by which be may leave without
the consent of the official,
Ellis island ba been used a an Im
migration station line IKtll. Shortly
after Congress relieved New York Stat
of tho supcrvlslou of the European Im
migrant entering through this port a
wooden bulldlug 7SOx2A0 fert was
erected ou Kill Island a a station at
an expcue of between 1500,000 and
ftX),0tio. It wa opened on New Year'
Day, 1MH. Ou tbe night of June 15,
1KP7. the big nondescript building, do
scribed at the time a a veritable tin
derbox. wa burned to tbe ground, for
tunately without the loss of a life. The
Immigration otllce wa moved back to
It original home lu the barge otllce
and preparation were made for th
construction of a series of fireproof
buildings to replace tho old building.
The cost of these I over ll.ooo.ooo.
HYPNOTISM AND PUGILISM.
15 Btilijrct Itecoms a Touuh Ctt
tomee When Under tb Influence
One of the most vrvXZXV of
I
the attention of metltCRl mcu h
. ait jt
EDUCATING YOUNU LATTEK DAY SAVAGES.
the Baltimore Sun. The victim, too,
for a time mnde things lively for about
twenty persons who were atteudlng a
tea In the West Eud Inst evculug. The
scene of the singular actions of the vic
tim of hypnotism was at the residence
of W. J. Oilman, No. 022 West Marsh
all street. Tho subject of the hypno
tists was John Sweeney, the son of a
well-known Ilvcry man.
Durlug the evening It was suggested
as an additional means of entertain
ing the guests that some one be hypno-
llxed. Young Sweeney, who I quite j
a powerful young man, olfered hi serv
lccs, and was soon under the Influence
of a young operator nnraed Cook, lu a
few moment It was seen that thoyoung
man was completely under Cook' In
fluence. The comnnnv became annoy
ed and suggested that .Jhe.lpclL.JieJj.nrthqiiake,
broken and the victim released. This
wns attempted, but In vain. Yi yourii,'
man cut np ail Korts of antic. In b's
efforts to'flnse hla p!l"jtJ,! ,' iUi-?):
tor was Artib!y slugged anW'erir
of his frout tooth knocked out. Sv-ftcncy j
manlfesw wohdc-rful fcals of itrength. I
At times half ti dozen "or more men at
tempted to seine nnd bind hlmj. but
could not do so, The service of a itai
wnrt policeman were called upon. When
he got within reach of the lutter' fist
he received a terrific blow, which aont
blm spinning awny more thnn twenty
feet Sweeney, under the pceullnr In
fluence, appeared to Imagine himself
a prlKo-flghter, and for a time It wns
well that few disputed this point with
him.
OP OUTDOOR GOWNS FOR
Usndana Silk, SessouuMe Ooitum ot Llirtit Cloth.
A physician waa finally ummoned,
aud after long itrurgl th young
mau waa baudcunVd. II wai removed
to a hospital for treatment. Iweeucy
remained In a stupor uutll tbv next
morning about 8 o'clock.
GRATEFUL FOR A KIND ACT.
How an Initltn Kewardtd a Man Who
t Handared Him a rlc.
In "Travel lu New England and Now
York" Tresldcut Dwlght of Vol Col
leg tell a good dory of ludlau wit
and friendship,
lu lh early day of Litchfield, Conn.,
an Indian called at th tavern and ak
td the landlady for food, frankly stat
ing that he bad no money wlib which
to pay for It Hhu refused him harshly,
but a white man who fat by noted the
red man' bnif-famished state aud of
fered to pay for hi supper,
Tb meal wn furnished and the In
dian, hit hunger satisfied, reiurued to
the tiro and told hi Iwuefnctor a story.
-fin-.
"You know the Illblc?" suld tho red
skin. The man aasented,
"Well." said tho Indian, "the Hlble
say, Uod made world, and then he took
hi in and look at hi in aud aay, 'He good,
very good.' He made light and he took
blm and look nt blm aud say, 'He good,
very good." Then be made dry laud
and water nnd sou and moon aud grass
ami trees, aud took blm aud look a I
hliu aud say, 'He good, very good. Theu
he mad beast aud birds aud fishes,
and took blm and took at blm nnd say.
'He good, very good.'
"Then be made man and took blm
and look at blm and say, 'He good,
very good.' Then he made woman,
and took blm and look at him, aud be
uo dare say oua such word!"
Tba last conclusion wn uttered with
a meaning glauce at the landlady.
Borne yeara after thl occurrence the
man who nld for the Indian's supiM-r
wa captured by redNklns and carried
to Cauudtt, where bo wa made to work
Ilk a slave. One day an Indian en me
to him, recalled to hi mlud the occur
rence at tbe Litchfield tavern, and end
ed by saying'.
"I that Indian, Now my turn pay.
t see you home. Come with nie."
And the redkln guided tho man back
to Litchfield.
lllt"t f Waterapouf,
A column of water lxty or seventy
feet In height that covered an area of
nearly too feet square wa a sight that
rnptnin Llddle and tho crew of the
unship King Itleddyn, which arrived
it Mi(fv iifT Pfllitlii'fh hunk. Hflu1
I . .... - , " - t , .
,tf (he morning of Sept. 10.
Captain Llddle-, In describing tho un
usual spectacle, said;
It was about 0;.'I0 In the morning of
the KMh, when wo were tu latitude
23:14 nnd longitude 87:07, while off the
northeast end of Campcche bank, In the
Gulf of Mexico, that we observed a col
umn of water whirling In the air nt a
height of apparently sixty or seventy
feet, and covering nn area that appear
ed to be about 100 feet squnre.
"Tho column, which looked like a
man of steam, made a beautiful sight
t twt n0 t,0 air. All around It the
water was foaming and frothing like
breakers In a shoal. As to what it wns,
I don't know; It looked like a volcanic
eruption, though I never heard of any
volcanoes In tbat region. It may have
been duo to an upheaval caused by an
Captain Llddjo aald that the spectacle
was visible for half an hour, and that
m the King Itleddyn gradually sailed
tut of sight of It the water .calmed
down and then suddenly rose a train.
f hooting a atcnmlng column high Into
iha air.
A girl may keep quiet on the subject
nf her Intended's lui'iimn until after
their engagement Is nnnotiuced, but
that la the turning point for boast or
walls. .
Too many people une perfumery In
stead of water to drown evidences of
unclcanllnesa.
Lota of men who
never aw wood. .
have seen treca
AUIUHN WEAR.
Vliltdug Coitume.
Walking Coitu
r mi r ' ...I ju
Th Chines art not mentioned cith
er In tbe Old or th Nw Ttapint
It I uot known from wblcb of thai
on of Noah they descend. A a na
tlou they date sever I thousand yar
b(ick,'
By arrangement with tb two gov
ernment of Krauct and Germany, a
telephone ivrvlc ba been Inaugurated
bctwrttu f'arli, Frankfort and Berlin.
Tb charge for tb us of th wlr be
tween Prankfort aud Tarls I 80 eeut
for, three minute, aud between Tarl
and Berlin for th tatn tltu.
Thing grow very fast In th short
Arctic summer. A toon a tb snow
melts off lu many place tb ground la
covered with a vine wblcb bear a
small berry something Ilk a huckle
berry, porwong It I called. It I our
and ha a pungent taste, and tb In
dian leave off work aud go porwong
hunting, cramming tbemsetve with
the berries.
Th theoretical velocity with which
water (low under a glveu bead I 8.03
time the square root of the head. To
find the pressure In pounds per squar
Inch of a column of water, multiply
the height of tbe column In feet by
.4'M, approximately; consider that ev
ery foot of elevation I equal to ue
)f'l piinuii trcmir pt-r iuurt' Ircti,
A new luiiuiftrloe cable U ti -u'u li
lit Id. Iieien Knaliml and iln-mmi;,
his I the flfm cable, and a lompn-
Ifcttinlv hie of the Increase la Mi ca
ble I ruffle between the two couutrte
may be gathered from the fact that,
whereas lu 1HM, when (he fourth cable
wn laid, the annual number of cable
gram was l.N07.HitH per annum, no
fe ver than 2.4ift.ll3 cablegrams ar
now annually transmitted.
M. Gain ha examined th structure
of the embryo of grain of wheat and
barley obtained from Egyptian mum
my cases, and And that although th
(rain have undergone but little change
In external appearance, and the re
serve substance hav retained their
chemical composition, the chemical
composition of the embryo ba been
completely altered, and It la no longer
capable of development, Tb dormant
life of the seed must long ago hav ex
pired, and M. Gain regard thl ob
servation a entirety disposing of the
spocrypliul statement that these seed
ran germinate after thousand of
years.
Kir W. II. Treece say tbat one great
advantage of electric over steam trac
tion on ml I roads I that It Imprense
continuous nnd uniform torque, or
turning, ou the shaft, while th actldn
of the steam locomotive I Intermit
tent. Tin consequence Is that wheel
driven by an electric motor got a con
tinuous "lilie" on the rails, a steam
driven wheel do not By mean of
thl constant grip, slipping on greasy
rail Is avoided. It I also possible,
with electric traction, to apply the
maximum torque at once, and thus to
bring a railroad train up to It great
est speed much more quickly than 11
poHlhh with steam traction. Thla ad
vantage Is especially valuable on city
Hues, where stoppages are frequent and
distances between atatlons short -
Coder government encouragement, It '
la said that Siberia I gaining 200,000
farmers per year. Among It export
ire cereals, butler, wool, leather and
dried nnd preserved meats. Already
this remote country, which the popu
lar Imagination Is apt to picture a a
vnt waste, the abode of front and snow
and misery. Is becoming talked of a a
poMslble competitor with the well
known cereal-producing countries of
the world. A member of the French
bureau of foreign commerce estimate
that, on the basis of the present popu
lation of Umisla In Europe, Siberia can
sustain 80,000,000 inhabitant, although
now It hns not one-tenth of that num
ber. It produce one-tenth of the
world's yield of gold, but owing to t II
:iiHtlc otiKtacles many of Its mine are
not worked, and Its Immense coat de
posits have hardly been touched. .
YANKEE DEIFIED IN CHINA.
American Poldler of Fortune Wor
shiped ae a Uo 1 by Monstollana,
To worKhlp a dead American a a
god to make a pilgrimage to hi shrine,
to hear tale of tbe miracle enacted
there-all thla I possible In China,
where a Josshouso stands over tbe
grave of Kdward T. Ward, .who cre
ated the evpr victorious army to which
llordon afterward owed bla fame.
Ward, the Yankee soldier of fortune,
wns the only foreigner ever deified In
China. Ha won thla sacred regard by
hi military genius, for to him more
than to any other Individual was due
the crushing of the Taeplng rebellion
that bloody convulsion which for
years devastated the richest province!
of China aud cost millions of lives.
He was born in Snlcm, Mass., in 1S28, 1
aud from boyhood sought desperate ad
ventures. Balked of a West Point edu
cation, ho went to aea. At the out
break of the Crimean war he Joined
the French army, but after hla arrival
at tho front he bad a quarrel with his
superior officer and waa allowed to re
sign. After taking part In Walker'
filibustering expedlttou ngnlnst Nica
ragua be shipped aa a tailor on a vessel
bound for China.
Ue reached Shanghai In 1850. Th
city was In a panic. Chung Wang, the
grentest of the Taeplng generals, bad
reached Sung-Kalng, eighteen mllea
away. The foreign powers were do-
lu" notllluB
In dcspnlr the merchants
of Shanghai proclaimed a reward of
$2H),000 to any body of foreigner who
would drive the Taeplng from Sung
Kiting. Ward presented himself to the chief ,
morchant and entered Into a contract .
by which he waa to receive the entire
reward If he ahould raise a force and
capture Sung-Klang. He gathered un-1
di'T his standard 100 European and
American sailor and in the face of.
great difficulties marched on the ene- j
my, in a pitcnea uauie uetore me
wall of Sung-Klnng he drove back
8,000 Taeplngs, but retreated when an
other force attacked hla flank.
On his next expedition from Shang
hai he was re-enforced by a body of
Imperial Chinese troops, whom be de
Rlgned to use for holding the place
wou by himself and hla soldier of for
tune. Thla time be captured the city
although outnumbered a hundred to
one.
The only reverse he encountered
were In two successive attempts to
capture Sing-To while the defenders i
rnMn Mmm.nilnil I.. hh 0ni.1lal.mnn '
named Savage. In the first assault
Ward waa wounded In the Jaw.
Brought to trial by the foreign consuls
of Shanghai for violating the neutral
ity laws of hla country, he escaped by
swvs-ring that he waa no longer an
Am ran citizen, but a Cbtneie iub-
jeet II met a hero' death In a pitcfr
d battl near Nlng To. Shot In th
stomach while leading a charge, b re
fused to leav tbe field, but remained,
Ilk Wolf, to org bla men oa to vic
tory.
Tbe Chines burled blm In tb Con
fucian tempi, wblcb wa a uulqut
honor for a foreigner. A shrln wa
reared over his grav and declared
tnlracutou. Horn year later th Te
kln government proclaimed blm a Joss,
-Nw York World.
. LAW AS INTERPRETED.
An agent who forward collection to
a ub-gut and direct blm to mak
any other us of tb fund than an ap
plication thereof for tbe benefit of the
principal la held, In Milton v. Johnson
(Minn.), 47 U II. A. BL.1i, liable to tb
principal for aucb misuse of th fund
by th (ub agcut.
A person excluded by a co-tenant
from a uilu In which be ba a leas
of an undivided Interest I held, In
I'aul v. Cragna (Nev.), 47 L. ft. A. 540,
to b entitled to maintain ao action for
damage and not to be limited to 'an
actlou for partition or ao accounting
of rent and profit.
An Intention to convert reil estate
luto personally when bought by a part
nership Is held, In Darrow v. Calkin
(N. Y,. 48 I. It. A. 2Ui, to be manifest
ed by Its purchase for partnership pur
pose, with partnership funds, and It
use In the partnership buslues Indis
criminately with chattel property.
High! of the owner of a life Interest
la lauds to inafniaiju. an actlou of parti.,
4 a.M .. t.v ler or me esiaiv ii,
lemaittder l (JimjM In IV . Itlsuw
(tv., -W ! ir.i.-SM. where It I bold
that a d-Me"etH'iig over a part of
tho v.uptrly to a life truant In fee sim
ple In a pnrtlllou case I wholly vo'd.
Garnishment against an executor to
reach a debt of th decedent before de
cree for distribution of asset I denied
In Hudwin v. Wllber tMlcb.), 47 L. K.
A. 845, In th absence of atatulory per
mission, although the debt ha been
placed In Judgment In a suit revived
against th executor. The numerous
tithorttle on th question of garnish
ment of executor or administrator are
reviewed In a note to thl case.
Provision of a penalty for violation
of a statute enjoining upon railroad
companies th duty of blocking switch
es I held. In Narramore v. Cleveland,
C. C. k St. L Railway Company (C. C.
Oth C), 48 L. It. A. 68, not to mak that
remedy exclusive of action by person
injured by th neglect of the duty Im
posed, unless such Is tbe Intent to be
Inferred from the whole pnrvlew of tbe
tatute. With thl case I a note re
viewing the authorities on th liability
of an employer for Injurle to servants
caused by want of blocking at switch
es. FISHING IN CHINA.
Hew th TUcatorlat Art la Practiced
by Cunning Celratlala,
In thl country the fisherman I a
man who uses hook and Hue or the net
In following his profession and folka
would siare with wonder to see blm
tart off with a flock of birds to help
In catching fish. Yet thl is done in
China. There the Chinaman mny be
seen In hi sampan surrounded bv cor-
,mmi mho in wiitw at bio rdtt. a, I. e
in fh-h aud bring tiieuj to the bot.
r-...tsl'ta oor'-wiani fapttit-e a ts4 t,,0
tr It Ut carry alrinp
'mc ! !t:
T " " '" "f a-MM&e,
moB Wtil 20 t Ii
-Ml
ilo
sue!
I L
!h;4i'lilh!uiau wU!tt to catch inr
1 'f?' l!l I' so m u.i the aid of a
'' rcmor. This flh la
'. f ;t l-ad a ot dt ti, or n -kcr
by which It attached Itaclf beneath
moving objects such aa sharks, whale,
and the bottoms of ships rather than
make the effort necessary to Indepen
dent movement.
The fisherman fasten the remora to
a long cord tied to a brass ring about
It tall, and when be reaches the tur
tie ground put It overboard, taking
care to keep it from the bottom of the
boat. When a turtle passe near the
remora darts beneath him and fastens
to hla shell. Struggle ns he will the
turtle cannot loosen the grip of the
sucker, and the Chinaman his only to
haul In on the line, bring the turtle up
to tbe boat, aud take blm s board.
Washington Tost
Hetort CourtAou.
A recent English visitor to India re
lates the following Incident of travel to
how tho character of the Intercourse
between the English and the resident ' ue coulJ ",nat 80nle People accuse
population of that country. The Tar-' 'u of K't,ln8 a double lifer "By
aeca have been scarcely longer In the George, I do!" exclaimed. Mr. Spotcash,
pcnluaula thau have the English. They' eminent merchant; "1 work twlct
are tho ancient flre-worshlpper of the' urd as any mna ln employ."
East. Chicago Tribune.
Another Englishman and I were on Elsie Yes, dear, my husband Is a
the night train, and we were the sole oc- doctor, and a lovely,l'ellow, but awf :lly
cupants of the cohipartmnt It was ' abscnt-mfnded. Adu Indeed! Elsie
near midnight and we were stretched Only fancy! During the marriage eere
on our respective couchea, when our ' mony, when he gave me the ring, he
slumber were disturbed by the en
trance of a family of four or five Tnr
ees, among whom were a lady and a
child and an old gentleman of some
what feeble but refined appearance.
Of course, although we were not dla-
turbed, there was a little conversation
and oiscusston wnue coucnes were be
ing prcpnred nnd berths let down, and
ao forth, till at last my fellow-countryman,
losing his little store of patience,
rolled over among bla ruga with a
growl:
"I wish you would top that chatter
ing, you Parsers!"
To which remark, when they had set
tied themselvea a little, one of the men
rcplled:
"Flense go to sleep now, Mr. Gentle
man!" .
Poor Lo' Itetlglous System.
So benign waa the religious system
of the Indian that each, department of
the animal kingdom wa provided with
a little divinity to look after Its af-
falra. Thus the Spirit of the Great
Swan looked after all swans, the Spirit
of the Great Turtle controlled all tur-
tledom, and so on through the list, ev-.
ery kind of an aulmnl having Its own
protecting spirit to guard Its Interests
and punish its eenmles. These dlvlnl-
tlegwho are under the control of the
Ureal opiru icii gicm uiieiusi id
the human race, and any one of them
might become the protecting genius of
any particular man.
Strength of the Golden Eagle.
The golden eagle una great strength.
It lifts and carries off with ease a
weight of eighty pounds.
The people are very good and patient
considering that all that ninety In a
hundred have to look forward to Is a
game of cards with a neighbor thla
evening, or a missionary meeting day
after to-morrow. . -
It I perfectly natural to like more
than one imd of pie, but death to th
man who like more than one woman.
Politician art aa sure to finally faJaa they are when It comes to telling
out aa amateur musician, j tbelr ago, . ,- ''7"-'
"Do yoo bellev that on man ran
lov two women at the same timer
"Ye; If neither of tbero notice It!"
Uoaer Gesellschaft
A Clever Turn: "What a pretty felt
bat that Is of Mr. Flypp's." "Yes;
that' her summer hat lurued around
with the back to the frout'-Ctevcland
Plain Dealer.
Fltznoodle (to gamekeeper) When I
wa lu Australia I shot the biggest kan
garoo the native said they ever sawl
Uaiiiekeeper-Hlnde,.d. slrl Whut wa
rou a-balmln'at?Tlt lilts.
Mr. O'Keagan-DId yex ever hov yer
alni read, Mr. O'ltcllJy? Mrs. O'Hellly
Thwat a question, Mr. O'lteagan.
laveu't 01 Imd ten children an' bad to
-pankallof th!m?-Judge.
Chance for a Hero: "When I marry,
It will be a brave hero, who fear noth
ing." May Ye, dear: I am ure you
will never wed any other kind of a
man. Philadelphia Bulletin.
"A I came by the kitchen window,
lane, 1 thought I taw you on a young
man' knee!" "Well, ma'am, It It aa
artist friend of in I tie, and I hve bi-ea
fVlnai Uai turn IHIn'- "Pun.
Rarber-Shttll I take n little of th
rnd of your hair off, lr? . Cus'o.Vt
Yes; I think you had better tat: ; it off
it the ends, unless you tan get It out f
at.-. ...i.i ii . .
iuv uuuuie. uiasgow livening Time.
8he-If you love me o much, why
don't you prove It by some act of cour
ge. He-Ureat Scott! haven't I been
banging around for two boor when
yon were playing gof?Brouklyn Llf.
Tbe Three Degrees: Johnny-Taw,
what do they mean when they say a
man "takes thing easyr- Paw-That
he I either a philosopher, a kodak fiend,
ir a klcptoinanlac-Iliittimore Amerl
fan. Mother-Tommy, whrst makes yon so
lateT Tommy-Had tome words with
tbe teacher, and she kept me In after
school. Mother You had words' with
the teacher? Tommy- Yes. mother. I
couldn't pcll ein.-TJt H!t.
A Clever Compliment: HuHband-
YoU Slirelv in nnt Inti.nit .1,..
. ..... , uIJ iuab
magnificent hat-why, people would
think tbat you wished to distract their
attention from your face! Meggendor
fer Blaetter.
Teachcr-Now, children, suppose thl
clasa-room were suddenly enveloped In
flames, and escape cut off, what would
be the best thing to do to prevent loss
of life? Tommy Tattcr-Kcep oool
Judge. "It ba always been my rule," said
Mr. Borem, "to spend as I go." "In
deed," exclaimed Miss Sharpe, glanc
ing significantly at the clock. "In tbat
way 1 auppose you have saved consid
erable money."-Phliudelphla Press,
If been four years now," said the
deserted lady, "sluco he left me and
bis happy home. I remember It Just
th ck-or. ti.,.M:nL ft nnm Ml i ,1,
jt la thd bouse'-liniianaMI Vn.
Yr:x uurhl.Urfr. Uow m.let vm,r
Jitti. - boy ti, Hr. S.'l"; Jienhy a
u,oUi-J yutiili. ;,. Kliu-u--Well,
emttit-m y;u u'-'.k I w :u Un. l 1
hav.'it't iiiireti io opu my uo.ro.
Slaf.l
.."ii Ju4 Cra !!..
dislikes more thau anything else to
.peak in public." "That" a nice trib
ute to bla wife." "How so?" "II
probably gets a chance to say all ba
wants to at borne." Chicago Times
Herald. Tbe Sure Road: The Old-stager
Young man, if you would be successful,
you must do two things. First get
lome enemies. The Aspirant And sec
ond? Tbe Old-stager Secoud. irritate
them ao that they will make you prom
inent Bazas.
"Ah, George," she sighed, "do you
remember bow we used to alt on one
chair at papa's?" "That was all right
at papa'a,"' replied the practical George,
"but I'm not agoing lo forget that these
chairs cost me good money !" Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"Do you know," snid bis confidential
clerk, breaking It to .him as delicately
felt my pulse and naked me to put out
my tongue. Ada Well, he won't do
the latter agaln.-Spnre Moments.
I "This a great story," said the new re
porter, "but I can't thluk of a good
bead for it It's about a trusted em-
ploye, whose accouutu wee fouud to ba
crooked, and when he was accused of
It dropped dead." "That's easy," said
the Snake Editor, helpfully; "bend It
'Died from Exposure.' "Philadelphia
Press. ; . -
I Noble Little Georgia: Proud Mamma
Wasn't Ueorgle a noble little gentle
man to lusist upon Nellie's helping her
self to a peach before he took one him-
geif ? Uncle Henry Oh, yes, very no-
1. 1 .. f-.... f i... nrlint mnrlu vmt 1... '.. II ! -
help herself first? Georgle Because
there wasn't but two peaches, a great
big one and a little bit of one. I knew
Nellie would be too polite to take th
, . T,.n-..i,
' -
French Tobacco
Many Frencn medIcaI JlM.n nre aban.
aouIng tIie use o( tobacco, owing large-
,y to the government monopoly of that
f0mmodIty. According to the physl-
clana the clgara of tbe "Regie" (those
m&iQ at tne government factories) are
,0 unif0rruly bad and the tax on all
other brands 8 so prohibitive that the
Dn,y sensible thing to do Is not to smoke
at all.
Electrtc-IilghtinR Machinery.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
electric-lighting machinery In this coun
try may be obtained from the state
ment that the public Hunting stations
of New York City alone supply Incan
descent lamps each year to the num-
be of 2,125,000. This is Independent
of ose furnished by private plauts.
Seedless Apples. ;
A fruit-tree propagator has produced
I seedless apple. These new apples are
superior In flavor to the ordinary kinds.
High prices are being paid for the trees.
What a noiseless world this would
ba If women were as quiet all the tlm