boORIIOUillpALACEl
BY MARY J. HOLMES I
CHAPTER X.
' It waa beginning lo b daylight la th
city of Beaton, and aa th gray east
gradually brightened and rw red la tti
coming dy, young ma a look! out upoa
th buay world around him wlih that
feeling of utter Itmclturu which on so
ortea feels In a great city where all I
new and Strang to Mm. Standi J four
week bad iunl attic lha notea of a
tolling bell bad fallen tadly upon hla tar,
and ba bad looked Into a grave where
they laid bla mother to her Ut dream
Ion rest A prevailing fever bad effeet
ad what th fancied ailment of year
bad failed to do, and Hilly Bender waa
now an orphan and alon In tha wld
world. II bnaw that b bad hi own
fortune to nuke, and after aettllng bla
mother' affair and tmllui there waa
nothing left (or him, b bad cow to tba
city, and on tbla morning want forth
alona to look for employment, with no
other recommendation than the frank,
boncat expression ot bla handsome face.
"It waa foolish la nit to attempt It,"
thought he, aa h stopped In front ot a
larg wboleaal establishment Hi ty
taught lha aiga a which waa lettered
"R, J. fteldea Co. Tb nam tonnd
td familiar, and aomalblng whispered to
bin to enter. It did ao, and meeting In
th doorway tall, elegant looking young
man, b kd for Mr, Seldcn.
"My uncle." returned th gentleman,
who waa bob other than George Mont
land, "haa not yet com down, but per
bapa I ran suawer your purpoae Juat aa
well. Do you wiah to purchase good?"
Hilly, thinking that everyon must
know bla poverty, fancied there waa
something satirical la the queation, but
b wa mistaken; the maimer waa nab
oral to th speaker, who, at Dilly mad
no dlrivt reply, attain asked: "What
would you Ilk, alrT
"Something to do: for 1 bar neither
money nor home," waa Hilly prompt aa
ewer. .
"Will you give nit your name?" aakd
George, .
Billy complied, and when b apok of
hit natlv town tteorg repeated It after
blm, saying: "I have aoni acquatntancee
who spend th auumirr In Chicopee; but
yon probably bar sever known thorn."
Immediately Hilly thonghl of th Lin
coln, and now knew why th nam of
Seldea seemed ao familiar, II bad heard
Jenny apeak of Ida. and felt certain that
B, J. Seldeo wa her father.
For a moment George retarded biro la
tently, and then at Id: "W seldom em
ploy alt-anger without a recommenda
tion; at ill, I do not believe yon Bed any.
My unci I wanting a young man, but
th work may hardly suit you," b added,
naming th dntie he would b expected
to perform, wblob certainly wer rather
meuiat. Still, at th wage were liberal.
Hilly for want of a belter, accepted th
altuatlop, and wa Immediately Introdue
d to bi business. For autu time he
only taw George at a distance, but waa
told by on of the clerk that b waa
just graduated at Vale, and waa now
junior partner In bla and' establish
ment " - .
"W all lik him very much." aald the
clerk, "he it ao pleaaant and kind, though
llttl proud, I gue."
Thl waa all that Kilty knew ot him on
til h had bwra in Mr. Seltlen' employ
ment nearly three week; then, a he waa
one day poring over a volume ot Horace
which b had brought With him, Ueorge,
who chanced to pan by. looked over hi
ahoulder, exclaiming. "Why, Bender, can
you read Latin? Keally, till la a nov
elty. Ar you fond of books?"
"Yea, very," an Id Billy, "though I bav
but a faw of my own."
"Fortunately, then, I ran accommodate
you." retrirned George, "for I bar a tol
erably good library, to which you can at
any tim have acceaa. Buppoa you com
round to my uncle' to-night. Never
mind about thanking me," he added, aa
he taw Billy about to apeak: "I hat to
b thanked, ao to-night, at tight o'clock,
I shall expect you."
Accordingly, that evening Billy started
for Mr. Selden't. George, who wished to
aav blm from, any embarrassment, an
awered bla ring himself, and Immediately
conducted him to hi room, where for au
hour or ao they discuasrd their favorite
books and author. At last, George, aa
tonlt" ed at Billy' general knowledge of
men and things, exclaimed, "Why, Ben
der, I do believe you are almoat aa good
a scholar aa I, who have been through
college. Tray, how doea It happen?"
In a few wonla Billy explained that be
bad been In the habit or working sum
mer and going to school at Wilbraham
winter; and then, aa it waa nearly ten,
b hastily gathered up the book which
George had kindly loaned him and took
hla leave. A be waa descending th
broad atairway he met a young girl fiwh
lonably drenned, who stared at hi in In
euiue surprise. Id the upper hull she en
countered George, and asked blm who tiie
atranger waa.
"ilia name la Bender and he cam from
Chicopec," answered George.
"Bender from Chicopee:" repeated Ma.
"Why, I wonder If it Isn't the Billy Ben
der about whom Jenny Lincoln baa gone
almoat mad."
"I think not," returned her coualn, "fur
Mra. Lincoln would hardly suffer ber
danghter to mention a poor boy' nam,
much lest to go mad about him." '
"But," answered Ida, "he worked on
Mr, Mncoln'a furm when Jenny wna a
little girl; and now that she It older she
talks of blm nearly all tho time, and
Rose saya It would not surprise ber If she
should some day run off with him."
"Possibly It I the same," returned
George. "Anyway, be la very fine look
ing, and- a fine fellow, too, beside being
an excellent tcholar."
The next day, wben Billy chanced to, he
alone, George approached blm, and after
making torn casual remarks about the
hooka ba bad borrowed, etc., he sold,
"Did you evffr see Jenny Lincoln In Chic
opee?" "Oh, yes," answered Billy, brightening
op, for Jenny bad always been, and still
was, a greut favorite with blm; "Oh,
yet, I know Jenny very well, I worked
for ber father tome years ago, and be
came greatly iniureated In her."
"Indeed? Then you mutt know Hen
ry Lincoln?"
"Yea, I know him," said Billy; while
George continued: '
"Ami think but little of him, of
course?"
On this subject Billy was non-committal.
He had no cause tor liking Henry,
but would not soy ao to a comparative
atranger. George was about moving away
when, observing a ll'tle, old-fashioned
book lying upon one of the boxea, be took
It up and, turning to the fly-leaf, read tbo
nam of "Frank Howard."
"Krank Howard! Frank Howard!" he
repeated; "where have I beard that
name? Who I he, Bender?"
"He waa a little English boy I once
loved very much; but he la dead now,"an
awered Billy; and George, with a aud
' denly awakened curiosity, in Id:
"Tell me about him and hit family,
will you?"
Without dreaming that George had
aver teen them, Billy told the story of
Frank's slckneaa and deutn-of the nob!
conduct of bla little slater, who, when
there waa no other alternative, went
cheerfully to the pooruouse, winning by
ber gentle ways the love of those unimed
to lore, and taming the wild mood of a
maniac nntil the wna harmless as a child.
At he proceeded with hla ttory George
btcania each moment more aud more In-
tereated, and when at last thr wan
pan., h akd, "And to Mary I th
noorhoua now!
"I have not motload ht nam, and
pray how cam yon to know It?" antd
Dilly In aom aurpria.
la few word Uieorg related th par
ticular of bl acquaintance with th
Itowanla and then again asked wbr
both Mary and Klla wer.
Billy replied that for a few year back
Mary had Uvd with a Mr. Maoo.
whil Klla, at th tint of br Mother'
death, bad beea adopted by Mr. Caaa
bll, "But," aald b, "I avr think (
Ella In connection with Mary, they ar a
unlike: Klla to proud aad vtla and allly,
and treat her ltr with th ntnioat
rudeneaa, though Mary to tar ator agree
able and Intelligent, aad at I think the
bet lookln,,, '
"8h must have changed vary much,"
answered George, "for If I rmmnr
rightly ah wa not reinarkabl tor per
tonal beauty."
II waa guing to tay ater, when aom
oa tlapped bint rudely on th shoulder,
ratling out, "How ar you, old teller, aad
what la there In ttoatoa to lattreet tuch
a tctpegrac aa I ant f '
piking up. Billy w before blm Hea
ry Lincoln, eaquWuly drtd, but bear
ing In bl appearanc v Ideal Hark ot
dissipation:
"Why, Henry," Mclalnwd ' George,
"bow cam yon here? I auppoaed yea
wr drawing lampblack caricature at
torn on of th tutor la old - Tabs.
What's the matter? What bar yen been
doing?"
"Why, yon tee amwered Henry,
drawing hit cigar trout hit mouth, "o
of th aopha got bla arm broke la a row,
and aa I am ao tender-hearted, aad
couldn't bear to bear hint groan, th fac
ulty kindly advUed at to leav, aad nt
on before m a recoaimeodatio to, tha
old nan. But I fixed 'em. I told be
wat la Uoatoa, where he's la Chicopee,
ao I juat took the letter from th one
myaelf. It read beautifully. Ie you
understand?"
All tbla time Henry bad apparently
taken no notice of Billy, whom George
now Introduced, aaylng b believed tbey
wer old acquaintance. With th cool
est effrontery Henry took from bla pocket
t uultalng gla, and, applying It to hla
ey. aald, "I'v absolutely stud ltd aatll
I'm nearsighted. How long bar th old
folk been In Chicopee?"
"Several week. I think," answered.
Ueorge; and then, either ttecaua b want
ed to bear what Henry would aay, or
becaua of a reawakened interest In Mary
Howard, h continued, "By th way,
Henry, when you cam so unceremoni
ously upon us, w wer epeakl!"! of a
young girl In Chicopee whom yoa kav
perhaps ferreted out ere tbla, at Ben
der taya ah la fine looking."
Ueury stroked hi whisker, which bad
receixvd far more cultivation ibaa bl
braina, atock bl bat oa one aid aad
answered, "Why, yea, 1 auppoe that la
nvy way 1 waa something of a h'hoy with
th fair tex, but really I do not now
think of more than one handaom girl
lu Chicopee, aad that la Ella Campbell,
but th I young yet not aa old aa Jenny
altogether too small fry for Henry Lin
coln, Km). But who la th girl?"
Billy frowned, for he held Mary' nam
aa too sacred to be breathed by a yoong
man of Henry Lincoln's character, while
George replied:
"Her name la Mary Howard." "
"What, the pauper?" aaked Henry,
looking algoiOcantly at Billy, who replied:
"The tame, air."
"Wbew-wr wbiatled Henry, prolong
ing the diphthong to ao unusual length.
"Why, ahe'a got two teeth at leaat a foot
long, and her face looks aa though ah
bad Juat been In lb vinegar barrel aad
didn't like th taat of lit
"But, without Joking, though, bow
doea she look?" aaked George; whila
Billy mad a movement aa If he would
help the luaolent puppy to find his level.
"Well, now, old boy." returned Henry,
"I'll tell you honestly that tha laat tim
I aaw ber I waa surprised to find bow
much ah was Improved. She haa awsl
lowed those abominable teeth, or don
something with them, and la really quit
decent looking."
Ho aaylng be took bia leav. Juat then
there waa a call for Mr. Morelaad, who
also departed, leaving Billy alone. "It
i very arrange that ah never told me
she knew him," thought he; and then tak
ing from hia pocket a neatly folded letter,
be again read It through. But there waa
nothing In it about George, except tha
simple words, "I am glad you have found
a friend lu Mr. Morelaud. I am aur I
should Ilk blm, juat because ba to kind
to you."
"Yea, she's forgotten blm," tnld Billy,
and that belief gav him secret sstlsfao
tion. He bad known Mary long, and
the Interest ha had felt In her when a
homely, neglected child, had not la tha
least decreased at th lapse of tim grad
ually ripened her Into a fine, Intelligent
looking girl. He waa to her a brother
still, but she to blm waa dearer far than
a sitcr; and though in hia letters b al
ways addressed her as, such, In hit heart
be claimed ber aa something nearer, and
yet be bad never breathed In ber ear a
word of love or hinted that It wat tor her
sake ba tolled both early and late, board
ing up hit earnlnga with almost a niiser'a
care that the might be educated. -
Itcgulurly each week the wrote to blm,
and It waa th receipt of theaa letters
tnd the tliougbtt ot her that kept hit
heart to brave aud cheerful, as, alone
and unappreciated, except by George, be
worked on, dreaming ot a bright future
when the on great object of bla lit
should be reitllieed.
(To be continued.)
The Pickle Teat.
There had been an epidemic of
mumps in Denver, and every afternoon
brought to the beiiltb department a
number of children seeking permission
to return to school. Hotnetlmea no doc
tor wa preaent, and they had to wait,
Bo, says the Republican, Dr. Carlln de
vised a meant by which bit aecretary,
Mlaa Currlgnn, might teat the appli
cants. ,..
'Tlcklct are the thing," aald Dr. Car-
II ii. "If a pernon with the slightest
trace of Inflnintnatloii In the thyroid
gin nils takes a hite of anything sharply
tour, the face la Inatnntly contorted.
In extreme onset the pain It extreme."
Ho a bottle of mixed pickle wat add
ed to the pharmacopoeia of the office.
N'ow, when there la no doctor Id the
office, Mint Current! line up the appli
cants for certificate and goet down
the line with the bottle of plcklei. If
the child takes the pickle and amllei
na a liealtljy child ahould, be may go
buck to school again; but if be tcowli
In palu he la condemned to ttay at
home.
- Her Supposition.
"Did you tay you took a atall at tha
theater while you wer In London T
asked Mist Cayenne. '
"Yea," answered the young man wh
was airing his foreign Isms,
"I auppoae," she proceeded pensively,
"that It nitiHt have been one of tboet
recent production that the critics con
demned for their horaeplay'-Wath-Ingtoo
Star,
POWERFUL UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP OHIO.
-
The battleablp Ohio, recently launched at rraaetaro, la th aewest "pride of the' Aatericaa aavy." lb It forty
feet lunger lhaa the Gr-gon aud 8,ikJ tone greater la displacement. Kb to twenty feet longer th the low aad 1.000
ton greater la dUplaceiii. ui than that aliip, Her largvet tifl will be twlv Inebe. Her lecondary battery will contain
altleea ineb rttle. Th Oblo't dluien.lona are: Length on tb water Una, HMt feeti width, 73 feet 6 laches wa
draught, 3U feet U luch.: uiailmum draught, So feet 8 Inch: dlsplaceoieat, l'J,500 loos; speed, 18 kaota: mailasoi bort
power, lulk; total rual supply, iwa) to i. Hh will carry on lag officer, one commanding officer, elxleea wardroom BV
cert, twelve Junior omcera aad rive warr ,ai offlcer. In many reapecta the Ohio will be th greatest of all mrln fighting
marhinea. The wurka of th ahip will b of th moat approved klad, Iter engine room will reeemble a great workshop,
fitted with th fineet tool that ran be m id. Th ahlp herself, with her winding and alleyways, her broad dcka aad
hundreds of apartment, will be Ilk a a nail city behind walla of ileal, fthe will he her telephone yttm, kr lighting
plant and ber water work, la thl t -el girt city wilt be nearly l.OtW tacandeaceat lamps aad telephone eemmnalea
tlooa between all parte. Th filling of t water-tight compartment at any tlui Bead be ao ran for alarm. Th touch
of a button la th central nation will el x every water tight door In toe time ttua would tab to give lb order. Ur
complement will be about fttw mea, t
HOW HOQS CaVrCM SALMON.
Wad ta the Weatorit Mr tm aa I
Dive far the KUh,
la lb (liaht of Washington, aa all
acbool boys and girl doulitlo know,
are th greatest aalinoti fisherlea In
i America, livery tpr u th twlft mouu
; talu aireauit are fairly alive with lha
beautifiJ reildlab yellow Bh Uhree and
four teet lu hugth ami weigh ng often
I twenty five aud thirty p il; di. at they
(to up the riUer to ilci u.li th. tr ;g tu
the headwater of die mountain
atreama, Theu In Use w: Ijr fall Ihey
come down agitin. tt l Uur ng two aea
out that what I known a ti.e salmon
run I ai H full height, and th a la the
'tim lo which th Wahlugtou tnyt
took forwanl to all the rcl or th year.
Rut the i)iierrcai timber ate neither
Indian nor buy. They are bog, tu
fond are lb hog of tbla delicacy,
which costs Hi people of London It a
pound, that the farmer a ho have pas
ture along ih river have gn-ar irou
tile fencing the farm to that Ih hogs
cannot get Into th lrem, Mr. 1 1 04
wadea lu or iw(ju In, according to the
depth of lb at ream, and then watches
for the aaliiion. The anlimm awlm
along uuausnH-tltigly. Mr. Hog It ready
for blm. Quick aa a flnah he fas'ena
bla greedy Jawt about (he great Hah ami
crrlet htm aahore, there to devour htm
HoO CATCHK aALMOX.
with th greatest relish. Then hack he
Blip Into th water to watch for th
axt traveler along that way. II will
keep tbla up until bl hunger la aatle
flod. Tbla Indulgence ruin th bog
for pork, however, aa It give It a
"flaby" tatte, and no one will buy It.
That I the reason th farmer keep
tbetr bog at far from tb ttretmi at
poulble.
SIXTY THOUSANO A YEAR.
Chicago )ytia II I.ral tUlarlel
Tlthea )fllclt la tk Cevnirr.
John L Rabin, preaidoot of th I'a
clBo rltate Telegraph aud. Telephone
Company, baa entered Uoa bla dutlea
In a larger Held of activity aa the man
ager of the Chicago ayatem of tele
phone. There bar been promotion
all ahmg the raclflo coaat llu to fill
tb place made vacant by th transfer
of expert from Ban Prauclaeo and
dpokane to Chicago. Mr. Habln re
ceive a talary of f;is,fx per annum
from the Chicago company. He alao
retain the presidency of the raciric
Btate company, receiving from the Ut
ter corporation S23.0OO per annum, Hla
compensation la, therefor, fHO.OOO a
year.
John I. Rabin waa born In New York
Oct 8. 1847. When 15 year of age be
left the public achool of Brooklyn to
enter the mettenger aorvlce of the In
dependent Telegraph Company of New
York. After an apprenticeship of five
moutba he waa aent to New Brunswick,
N. J., to open an office aa operator on
tba new Una then building between
New, York and Philadelphia. II re
LORD HUGH, THE HOPB OF THE CECILS.
Ixrd Hugh Cecil, who at a recent Irish domonttrallonja th Hons of Com
mon, advocated th Imprisonment of rebellious member ot Parliament, la th
"rising hope" ot Lord Salisbury's "feillvt circle," at Lord Hosebery recently
called tb Prim Minister'! family, ' Lord Salisbury's eldest ton It not looked
upon at a likely successor to tha political position of hit father, and tt It Lord
Hugh, th youngest, who It viewed at the coming man ot th Cecils. Ht it th
only unmarried ton, and baa lived all hit life with hi father, whoa disciple ht
It. II It th only Cecil who rnlaet any enthusiasm, or who wants to be enihu
tlaatlc. To him, as to hla father, politics It an etseutlnl part of religion, and
b speaks to tha House of Commons aa If he wer preaching from hla brother'
pulpit at Hatfield. He la earnett enough to ravolt from patty turn when they
Interfere with freedom of thought and conviction, and Intense enough to propose
revolution la parliamentary procedure which no other member of th House dar
gapport He It 81 yean old.
ft : . . .
V" ! 1 " 1 V
mained but three month la tbla posi
tion, being tranaferrod to Whit 1'lalna
and from there to New York, where be
became Bight operator oa tba Wntern
pre line of th trailed mate Tele
graph Company.
In liuH Habln entered the amy 11
JOHM t. ABia.
mltWary telegraph operator, aud waa
atatlnnod with th headquarter of the
Fifth Army Corn at Fort retcottwrg.
Ya. II amed through the war, ami
when the atruggle ended be etiled at
Italelgti, N. C
The young operator waa rootle, and
aaw lo th Wet the optmrtiitilty for
advancement which tb Eaat eemed to
deny blm. He Joined lha Collin over
land telegraph expedition, formed for
tha purpose ot building a Hue overlaud
front Ran Frauclaco to the mouth of
th A moor river In Rlberta. II wa
atatloued at Plover Bay In Rlherla for
over a year. In the fall of 1SU7 Mr.
Rabin returned to Kan Fmuctaci, and
fur aeveral year wa aa oerator la
the employ of the Western t'nloii. Iie
Ing atatloued at Rait Uke. Helena and
other place. Rlnce then be hn trrad
ually risen to bl prevent position. '
It baa been bla principle to make th
telephone popular and profitable by
making It ao cheep aa to ba within
the reach of all. He baa achieve I this
result by eatatillahlng varioua classes
of aervlce, rangltig In price from II. Ml
to $5 monthly. A a reanlt of this pol
icy there are abotit five tlmee a many
telephone on the aparaely ottled Pa
cine coaat a there are In th densely
populated middle Weal, ,
Waalilng a Wild Tlgee.
A atory copied from "I France du
Nord" llluatrate th length to which
perfect fearleaanea may carry a man,
The famou lion tnmer Peaon hired at
Moacow a poor Cossack, who waa aa
Ignorant of the French language a of
fear, to clean the cage of bl wild
beaat. . '
Instruction wer given to tb man
by mean of gesture and dumb tbow,
and apparently h ihorouRbly under
ttood what he wa eipected to do.
The next morning he begun bla new
dutle by entering with bucket, aponge
and broom, not th cage of a tame
beaat. bnt that of a aplemlld untamed
tiger, which lay atleep upon lb floor.
The fierce animal awoke and fixed hla
eyea upon the man, Who calmly pro
ceeded Jo wet hit larg aponge. and,
tiuterrlfled. to approach the tiger.
At tbla momeut Pexon aaw what waa
golug on, and waa atruck with horror.
Any aound or motion on hla part would
lucre the danger of the tltuatlon by
rouilng the beaat to fury; o b quietly
watted till tb need aimubj aria to rush
to tb mau't a at 1st aur. -
Tb tiwujlk, pong In band, ap
proached tli animal, and perfectly
fearleaa, proceeded to rub blm down,
aa If b bad been a bora or dog;
while tba tiger, apparcaily delighted
by th application of cold water, rolled
over on tta back, stretched out It pawa,
oarred, aud offered erery part of tta
body to tbe otonjik, who waebed blm
aa complacently aa a mother batbe
br Infant.
Then be left the cage, and would bav
repeated tbe baaardoua experiment
upon another aavage from tb deeert
had not Peaon with difficulty drawn
him off. " -' - '
Hie Kiplanalton.
Th explanation am author art
compelled to make to reader of literal
or Immature uitud wben tbey an
obliging enough to make them at all
are often a good literature a tb
pataag wb'ch called them forth. Kllaa
both Cedy Hiantou aaya, to ber "Eighty
Year or More," that ah once wrote
Dr. Holme, at th retuet of a young
nephew of ber, to aak an Important
quoatlon. Did lb doctor really have a
ervaut who almoat laughed blmaelf to
death, aa dcecrlbed la "Tb Height of
the ltUllculour Dr. Holme replied:
I wish you would explain to your
Utile nephew that III atory of lb poor
fellow who almoat died laughing wa
a kind of dream of mine, and not a real
thing that happened, any more than
that an old woman lived In a (boa, and
had ao many children ah didn't know
what to do. or that Jack climbed th
beanstalk and found tbe glaut who
lived at the lop of It
You can explain to him what to
meant by I magi nation, and thua turn
my youthful rbymea Into a text for a
dlacourae worthy of th Concord
Reboot of Phlloaophy. I bav not my
poem by me, but I remember that
"The Height of th nidlculou" ended
with thl verve:
Ten daya and algbia, with eleeplet eyea
I watched that wretched man,
And since. I never dare to write
Aa funny a I ria.
But tell your nephew be muktn't cry
about It, any more than becaua geeae
go barefoot, and bald eagle bar no
nlghtcapa. m
Habit of Ui Cat.
All the cat' habit abow It to be by
nature a tolltary anlmnl. Kren In early
life, when family tlea bring out th
luatliict of aaaoclntlon, tbla I apparent
If yon compare the play of pupple
with that of kitten you will find that
In one cat companionship of aom
kind la eeecnital, for If a puppy ha no
playmate of hi own apeclea b will try
lo muke ue of the neareat biped;
wherea a cork or a bit of airing, la all
that I neceaaary to aatlafy the require
ment of the kitten. Th way In which
tb eat take It food I a algn that In
Ita natural atate It la not In the bablt
of associating wttb greedy companion.
When given something to eat It first
carefully amella th morsel, then take
tt lu a deliberate and gingerly way and
alt down to finish It at leisure. There
I none of that Inclination to anatch
haatlly at any food held before It which
we oliaerv In well-trained dog, nor
doea a cat aeem In any hurry to atow
Ita good In the one place where thiev
ing rlva'a cannot Interfere with them.
Indeed, no greater contrast lu natural
table manner can be observed any
where than when we turn from th
kennel or th plgaty and watch tb
dainty way In which a cat take It
moala. That a cat allow peopl to ap
proach It while It la feeding without
allowing Jealousy provea that It doe
not attribute to human beings lik
tastes with Ita own.-WIld Traits In
Tame Animal.
Tb littler of Europe,
There are now twenty-teven royal
tamltlet In lCuropo, Of these elghteeu
ar German, namely, th Ilobenxol
lern, Wlttelebnch, Wettlu, Wurtem
burg, Zalirlngeu, Heaion, :' Mecklen
berg, Holatelu, Anhalt, Rchwarxburg,
Ilapaburg Lorraine, Welf, Keua,
Rchnumliurg, Llppa, Waldeck, Naaaan
and Lelchtciiitcln; tlx are Romanic or
Latin, nnmely. Bourbon, Bavoyen, Bra
gnnia, Monaco, Bonaparte and Berna
dotte; two are Slav, namely, Obreno
wltacb and NJenoah, and one It Turk
lab, the Oatnan. Of tb forty-one
throne In Kurope, thirty-three are oc
cupied by German prince, among
which are the ruler of Auatrla, Bel
glum, Bulgaria, Denmark, England,
Greece, Holland, Portugal, Houmnnta
and Ruaala. Tb one powerful houae
of Bourbon ba now but on crowned
representative the boy king of Spain
The to-cnllcd Hnpiburg houae la really
extinct tlnce 1740. The present royal
family of Austria belongs to tb Lor
rain line.
Illiterate Itonmanla, ,
Roumanla would nppear to be th
most Hill era to country In Europe. The
last ceuitta ihows that. In a population
of nearly 6,0(0,X0, nearly 4.0iM,OCO can
neither read nor write, and that only a
little over 1,000,000 have any education
at all.
Uprooted Trees Stilt Live.
The "life tree" of Jamaica grows and
thrives for months after being uprooted
and exposed to the sun.
Jt Is an utter Impossibility for a short
man to fall In love with a tall woman.
He simply baa to climb for It.
Sixteen year Old girls are all alike
In two particular: they are all good
looking, and never have a cent
VITINAN OP TWO WARS,
Oeeeral ntJha Farter, Wh Died
Neceatljr,
Gen. Fit Jobo Porter, who died r
ceutly at bl bom In Morriatown, N.
i la bis With year, waa a veteran of
two wars and at one time was the
most dlcuad nan In military circle
In America,
n was born In Portsmouth. N. It,
In 1M23 and In IH4S, 00 graduating from
tba lulled Slates Military Academy,
was assigned to tba Fourth artillery.
He participated In tb Mexican war,
receiving th brevet of captain for ser
vice at Mollno del Bay and that of
major for dlatlugutohed conduct at
Cbapultcpee. After tba war ba was
for a tltuo a military Instructor at
West Polut In 18D0 be became aaalat
aut Inspector general and on tba out
break of tba Civil War waa made brig
adier general of voluuteer. Tba fol
lowing year hs took part In the Virginia
peninsular campaign and then succeed
ed to th command of tbe Fifth Army
Corpa, prth'liatlng In tba battle of
Mecbanlcavllle and Galnee Mills, HI
command at tb battle of Malvern Hill
offered th wain restotanc to tb Con
federate assault on that day, Already
b bad been breveted brigadier general
In tbe regular army tut meritorious
conduct st Chlckshomlny, II was
now mad major general of volunteer
ant waa temporarily attached to Gen.
Pope's army of Virginia, II to corn
waa unable to move forward at th
second battle of Bull Itun, Aug. 29,
112, but In th afternoon of th 8Mb
It waa actively engaged and to Its ob
stinate resistance It Is mainly du that
tb defeat was not a total rout '
For his Inaction on the Drat day Gen.
Porter wa court mart la led and caah-
lered the service, being disqualified for
(SENEKxALi
FTTZ JOHN PORTEISr.
holding any office of truat or profit un
der the government. Thl verdict waa
much discussed at th tim and alnce
and Gen. Porter laborei long and
alondfuKtly to have It set aalde. In
a bill for bl relief wa Introduced
In tbe Senate, but failed of. paaanga.
President Haye. however, nnder the
finding of an advisory board, remitted
lliat part of th lenience which dis
qualified Gen. Porter from holding any
office of profit or trust under th gov
eminent During President Arthur'
administration a bill removing the fur
ther (llaalillity wa vetoed, but muler
Cleveland Gen, Porter wa restored t
the army a colonel. Gen. Grant after
an examination of th matter express
ed his belief In Gen. Porter's Inno
cence, After his forced retirement from the
army Gen. Porter engaged In business
In New York, In 1884 bo became a po
lice commlitslouer, aervlng until Ihsh.
In IWnl he had an offer from the Khe
dive of Egypt to become commander of
hla army, but declined.
SELLING A CHILD'S BLANKET.
The Auctioneer' Laat Set Brenttht
Hack Tender Mamorle.
It bad been a very busy day at the
exchange, says tbe New Orleans Pica
yune, and (be auctioneer bad grown a
trifle weary over the repeated trials
which bad beset snd worried even this
Trojnn son of tbe stump. The contin
ual refrain of "Going, going, g-o-n-e!"
echoed In bl btwlu.
For many year be had been a prom
inent figure In the auction mart, aud
under'hl hammer bad often gone the
fruits of a lifetime of accumulation;
gone for a song, treasures over which
tbo miser had crouued, the lover sighed,
the mother wept-all gone,
"How much am t offered J" bad sent
to the four corners of the earth so
many things thai day that the auction
eer hoped there was nothing left; but
there was. Ills Indefatigable aaslatnut
had raked from a corner a bundlo of
bedding and handed It up,
"What can I get for thlar ho cried,
force of habit forcing blm Into the
rut again. "Another opportunity." As
he unrolled tha bundle some one bid
"Fifty cents."
Theu not another vole broke tbe
stithies' which had settled over the
crowd as a child's blanket hung before
their gate. Why? Did the sight of
that small wooleu cover tell to them,
tho callous crow'd, a pitiful story?
The busy man forgot to cry his re
frain as he dropped his eyes upon the
little square. Here and there on It
small stains, nt If tears, had fallen,
met his eye, and his mind went back
to a scene he never would forget
Tbe bedchamber had been darkened.
About tbe blinds th gleams of sun
light crept Into the room and fell like
golden shafts upon the little cot over
which bis wife hung In au agony of
bitter pain. He saw again the little
white hands-bands that had crept so
often about his nock at night as ho lay
by his side pick fallerlngly at Just
such a cover aa he now held lu his
grasp. He saw the little head with Its
mass of tangled curls moving restlessly
on the pillow, and he felt again the hot
touch of the re" .''is upon which be had
pressed his own U loving caress, eager
to soften the pain and, woo back Into
health the loved little form slowly
drifting, drifting away. -
The crowd was gone, This busy man
saw nothing but the child who had
grown Into his very being aud then
looaed his little grasp oa the world
and had gone drifting, drifting out Into
a sea wblcb promised infinite love, but
left bitter desolation and despair for
tboe left behind. Tba tear falling
upon bto bearded ebecka woke hlia from
bis dream.
"Gone for 60 cents to tba only Ud
der." '
Tbe auctioneer lgbd beavlly at be
got down from bla eland aud watched
tb crowd depart, and then be went
bom to bla wife, hla heart ailed wttb
sorrow at tba thought of bit awn dear
little on, and tb empty cradle.
HIV. DR. WEBB.
Ag4 Worker ta Moaee aad Ferlja
MlawteaaFf Field.
Ber. Pr. Edwin B. Webb, tb aged
and widely known tulaalonary worker
of tba Congregational Church, died at
WeUasley, Mass., recently of senile de
bility, 111 moat prominent offices In
tbe work of tba church wer chairman
of tb Prudential Committee of tbe
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Mhwlous, President f tb trus
tees of Hartford Theological Beuilnary
and member of tbo KxecuUve Commit
tee of tbe Congregational Home Mis
sion Society.
Dr. Webb waa born In Newcastle,
Me., In 1820. fits father was a farmer,
and tba future tnleslouary labored a
a farm boy and afterward aa a helper
lu a country store. Ilia tastes were In
tellectual, however, and be patted
through Lincoln Academy and Bowdoln
College, from which last named Insti
tution be was graduated with a degree
In 1840, la 1R47 be entered Bangor
Seminary and was called to a pasto
rate before bla gradcatkm. If Insist
ed, however, on a few month' atudy at
Princeton, and thenc went to Augutta,
Me., to begin bla mlnlttry. II wa
called by a congregation In Boton In
, IfettO, snd became pa it or of Rhawmut
cnurco in wa. in mat year ne waa
elected a memlaw of tbe Executive
Committee of the MaaMcbuaetts Horn
, Missionary Society, a post which he
, held until bl death. In 1K76 Dr. Webb'
usefulness in the- tutsslouary field took
vX Guv ;
aav. do. n. a. waaa.
on a wide expansion. He bad already
visited Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Asia
Minn and other biblical lands, and hs
entercJ Into his larger labors with spirit
and devotion. Dr. Webb, lu bla prime,
was an eloquent and a powerful
preacher.
Free Mntrd. '
James Itussell Lowell said, "All dea
cons are good, but there are odds In
deacons," aud tt may be added that
there are odds In other varieties of
men. , ;.....,
Squire Blank, according to Harper's
Baxnr, was not only the richest man in
his village, but tbe stingiest as well
Nothing gave blm such keen delight as
to get something for nothing.
due day he and several of his neia-h-bors
had lieen In conference with k
manufacturer who contemplated estab
liehlng a mill In tbe town. The confer
ence was held In tbo one stora of the
village, and at Ita close the manufactur
er stepped up to a showcase containing
;tj.srt .n.t !!- ; "
"Have a cigar, gentlemen."
All the men selected a cigar except
Squire llliu.k. He didn't smoke. There
fore he aald:
"Thank you. sir, but 1 don't smoke;
but as the cigars are a dime apiece, I'll
take a dime's worth 0 mustard If you
say so,' t . ' ; t , s
Of course the astonished gentlenwn
"said so," and the squire went hom
jubilant ever "a bull half-pound o' mus
tard that never cost me a red eeut,"
Spontaneous Klexjucnce.
I Not uufrequently the Irish peasant
otters a saying wblcb amounts to gen
uine spontaneous eloquence.
When Charles fiavati DulTv. defeated
In his struggles to mnke Ireland lode
pendent, was about to sail for Austra
lla, a number of Iris tup oh gathered
about bin) to sav cood-bv. One of 'hem
brought an old prayer-book, on a blank
page or wuieu ue nsaea uuay to write
his name. v
(in,, nf lilt comnantons.' who' wni nrn
vlded wltb a more presentable volume
said: , ,
"It's a shame, Tom, to offer such I
book to Mr. Duffj for his signature." t
"Arrnh." . retorted " Tom.cs "win'
shouldn't I offer It to him? Isn't It
like himself, tattered and torn In thi
service of God and . the people' ,
While the average girl takes about
year to got ready for ber wedding, os
a pinch a girl could get, ready In five
minutes. it s .;,'',' t
iMi'!
"Do you bellsv in pun' r 'pull' as
element In success T "Neither."
"What tbenr "Dlg'-Detrolt Fro
Pre. ;
Ktbet-You know, I want husband
who la easily pleased, kiaud-Don't
worry, dear. That' tb kind you'll
get-Tit Bits.
New: "What's your son been doing
la tba Philippine?" "Fighting for bis
country." "What! Has b turned
Filipino r-IJfe.
Temcber How many commandment
are there? Small Boy-'Leven. "Elev
en? What lath eleventh?" "Keep off
tb graa,H-Boston Journal.
All's Well That End Well: Timid
Lady-Are people ever lost In this riv
er? Boatman-No. ma'am; w always
find them In a day or two. Fun.
Their Fate: Mamma Bird-Did I ever
tell yon what become of bad llttl
bird wben they die? Little Blrd-Ph,
yes! They're used In tb millinery
business. Puck,
Tb Law: Prisoner-It's difficult to
see bow I can be a forger, your lord
ship. Why, I can't sign my own name)
Judge You are not charged wltb sign
ing your own name.-Tlt-BIt.
"Tb Secretary of Agriculture is go
ing to distribute trees." "That's right;
flower seels, treend after a wbll
hammocks, fountains and garden set- .
tee. "-Chicago ttecord-HerahL
A Future Great One fiboes: When
a mother puts away ber baby's flrst
tboe, It Is with self-expreaaed be
lief tbat soma day tbe Btate Historical
Society , will send for It-Atchlson
Glob. ...
"I tell you your country It painfully
new. Why, you haven't even any fairy
tale." "Haven't eh? Well, you Just
come with me and look at tbe tablet
oa our beat monuments." Cleveland
I'm In Dealer. v
Customer Didn't you tell me this
horse waa afraid of notblug? Dealer
That'a Juat what .1 said. "Why, h
able at bl own shadow," "Well, a
shadow Is shout as near nothing as
anything I know of." New York
Weekly.
"You are wanted In a huny at Mr.
Gaasam'a," cried the meaaenger
hreathiesaly. 'Ar you sure they sent
for rr asked young Dr. Killlstn.
"Yea, they said yon couldn't do sny
hsrm. as Mr. Gaxznm's dying now."
Philadelphia Prws.
"What Is the marriage rate In the
parts?" aaked the atranger who was
getting atatlstlct. "The marriage rate."
re ponded the native, proudly. "I two
dollars for the licence an' a kiss from
tbe bride. The sheriff gets both, aa'
I'm tbe sherirf."-Phllnde!pbla Becord,
Butte Ysns, 81 Is dead: went Inter
town ter git a tooth polled; dentist fel
ler told him he'd bet V take gas fuat
in'- Joab-Dentlat gev lilio too much,
eh? Rube Oh, n; after tbe dentist
feller told blm that be went back to
bis bote! an' took the gas hlsclf. Phil
adelphia Press. -
Mldwood (papering a room, persplr
lngly Penelope! Mrs. Mldwood (sp
prehenslvely What Is It, Mortimer?
Mldwood Well, I guess Ibe man who
made a geometrical rule tbat parallel
line never meet, never t led to bang
wall paper with parallel stripes In Itl
Brooklyn Eagle. '
Steelton-I think the latest Incubator
has reached tuch a height of excellence
tbat Improvement would be Impostlble.
Clayton I don't know about tbat Th
man who should Invent an Incubator
that would scratch up worms for tb
little chicks would make a fortune.
Philadelphia Record.
Two workmen were standing before
a large advertisement of a ta'r re
storer and discussing : ita optlmlatlo
promises. "D'you think It'a truer' said
one. "True!" replied the other. "D'you
think If It was true that the barlstoc
lacy wouldn't 'are 'cuds of 'air like
"edge'ogs?" London Globe.
Breaking It Gently; Clergyman (af
ter being rescued from the shipwreck)
-Mr. Smith, did I really appear scared
wben we thought all would be lost?
Mr. Bmlth-1 can't say that you were
cared, but for a man who has been
trying to get to beaven all tbese years
you appeared moat reluctant to accept
tbe opportuulty. Bazar.
, Some Eastern singers in a Western
town not long ago, whose coming had
been heralded by big posters announc
ing "Concert" all over the place, etc..
overheard tbe following between two
of the natives while walking horn
from the performance. "That was a
beastly concert Nothln' but music!"
New York Evening Sun.
Noah's Good Heart: "What did tbat
seedylookltig fellow on tbe dock want
ot you, father?" Inquired Noah's
youngest hopeful of the ancient marl
bier. "He wanted to come aboard
with us." And what did you tell blm?"
"I told him 4t was Impossible." "But
I thought I saw you hand bltu some
thing." "Well, yes; I felt so sorry for
him that I loaned him my best um
brella." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I say, Scribbler," said Sappy, "how
on arth do you think up all these chaw-
acters that you wlte about?" "Oh. I
take them from ' real life,", replied
Scribbler, "but they never smipect
Take, for Instance, the character of
Woodby Britten,' who is always say
ing 'dooeed this and 'dooced that
Now, that s a fellow I know very well,
but he doesn't know I'm using htm."
"Oh, come now, I say. How dooced
clevah of you! Dooced stupid of him,
thought" Catholic Standard and
Times. . ; . . ,.' ;
1 The Pigeon of St. Mark. -
Venice has asserted the right of
ownership over the famous pigeons of
Saint Mark, Some enterprising street
boys who had made a business of kill
ing tbe birds, when brought up In
court, pleaded that the pigeons had no
legal owners, and they Were fed by the
public on the Plana San Marco, The
cltj- authorities maintained that the
pigeons were the Ward of the old re
public, and therefore ot the present
municipality, a view that was adopted
by the court.
Heat Holidays,
In the public schools ot Switzerland
heat holidays have been established by
law. Recognizing the well-known fact
that the brain cannot work properly
When the heat Is excesalve. the children
are dismissed from their tasks when
ever tho thermometer goes above a cer
tain point.
., The Scotoh Language. '
An effort Is being made to establish
In one of the Scotch universities a cbalr
for the Btudy of the Scotch language
and literature. :
Man proposes and the girl sends blm
around to papa to see It be oppose.
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