I
MT. DESERT A- RETROSPECT.
f'F. W." In Demorert'i MontlJy.J
A happy girl at Mt Desert,
A cliaperon, a man or two
A college oarsman all alort
To gui Jo aright the birch-canoe.
A buck-board ride o'er bill and dole
Li rely college songs that echo far;
Then, dipping oars, aud twilight pate,
Aud twanging of a soft guitar.
A moonlight row, a camp-fire glow,
A sail across the sun-lit harbor;
A mountain walk, a quiet talk,
A f rieud of whom uo chance can rob her.
A dulnty costuiua for the Hop,
A score of favors at the German;
'A heel-and-toe that cannot stop,
A chance acquaintance with some mer-tnan.
.A tennis-cap for valor made,
A dim piazza meAnt for strolling,
A tiiuh a midnlpht serenade.
A sound of jolly numbers trolling.
Then
A folding of the costumes gay,
And no more time to laugh and flirt,
.A few lost words, a big bouquet,
A waving hand and Mt JJosert.
.SITTING FOB A PHOTO.
The Old-Time Method and the A
tonlshlnff Ileanlta ThereoC
Bradford (Pa.) Star.
The camera became an alarming object
when the artist threw a block cloth over his
head and converted himself, as it wore, into
one large glass eye. The patient was told
not to move a terrifying injunction. He
was earnestly entreated not to wink, and the
result was the tears Instantly flowed into his
eyes until the craving for winking became a
madness. His bead was fixed into an engine
designed to steady it, but which in reality
appeared as if it was meant to crush it, and
in this potation he was told to loon happy,
and to think of something agreeable, whilst
the operator watched him with his hand on
the cap over the lens waiting for the happy
expression to come into his face. It was
hardly surprising that the usual consequence
of a sitting of this description was a likeness
the predominant characteristic of which was
that of acute mental suffering and consider
able physical anguish.
You are constantly coming across tho most
extraordinary poses, the most astonishing
expressions of countenance, the most melan
choly grouping. It is not the fault of the
photographers; the sitters will have it so,
and object to artistic arrangomcnte. A fond
couple, for instance, imagine that a most
picturesque and pleasing effect may be pro
duced by Matilda sitting on a chair looking
up at Henry, who loans poetically over' her.
In real life nothing could be more idyllic
than such an attitude; but in real life a par
ticular subjection of light will not make
Matilda look like a West Indian negress, nor
will Henry's bowed bead lead one to suppose
that it is possible for a man's face to consist
entirely of the parting of his hair.
One young lady, in the resolution to look
uncommonly pleasing, comes out as though
she had been just about to sneeze when her
likeness was taken. An elderly lady of turgor
propoitions, quite ignorant of the law of
photographic perspective, insisU upon sitting
"so," and is represented like an elephant In a
gown. People with turn up noses, with very
long noses, with no noses to speak of, delight
in sitting en profile. On the other hand, peo
ple decorated with four or five chins, and a
corresponding amplitude of cheek, love to
present their full faces. A short man insists
upon being taken standing. A tall man will
cross his legs, desiring to appear an easy at
titude, and by projecting his boot in the
sphere of the lens is depicted as the possessor
-of a foot that should make his fortune in a
.traveling booth.
A 300-Year.Old Bible.
Minneapolis Tribune.
A curious and valuable book has recently
come into the possession of Mr. S. A. Thomp
son, of this city, it being a Danish bible of
the year of 15SS. It was printed at Copen
hagen by Matz Bengaardt, and is one of the
second edition ever used in the Scandinavian
peninsula. Its history is known for the past
5200 years, having been in the Svendsgaardt
family for that time, and it contains the fam
ily record lor most of this period. About
. seven years ago it was brought to this coun
try by L. Svendsgaardt, and, after changing
hands several times, was recently purchased
by Mr. Thompson in Otter Tad county.
The book shows traces of its age, both from
its worn condition and the style of its bind
ing. The covers are of Norway pine some
five-eights of an Inch in thickness, and cov
ered with hog-skin. The corners are finished
in brass, figured in fanciful shapes, which
have been battered and worn till whatever
beauty they may once have had has been lost
The work is profuse in its illustrations and is
valuable chiefly for these, as being well-
preserved specimens of the engravings of
three centuries ago. Quaint and curious are
some of them. The creation of Eve is one
such, the idea being taken from the literal
wording of the scriptures. Adam is asleep,
ana the Creator is drawing a fully-devel
oped woman from his side. A curious thing
is that in the sky the sun, moon, aud stars
are all to be seen at the same time. Many
of the engravings, if not all, are made in
accordance with modern rules of atrial per
spective, a thing not always done in works
of that century.
A singular fact is that in the New Testa
ment there are no engravings until Revela
tions is reached. The life of Christ hod not
a single scene, and the only representation
of Him is where He appears to John in Rev
elations. The value of the book is not far
from $1,000, and Mr. Thompson is in com
munication with parties east who wish to
purchase it
Stirring Times Ahead.
Demorest's Monthly.
There are indications all over Europe which
are ominous for the reigning monarchies.
England is a republic in all but name, France
is one beyond all peradventure, while in
Germany, Italy and Spain, the great body of
the populations are republicans in theory. A
change will probably come over Europe soon
after Kaiser William's death. The kingdom
of Sweden is even now shaken by a popular
democratic agitation. King Oscar, a descend
ant of the French adventurer Bernadotte,
bas repeatedly set at defiance the popular will
as expressed through the Norway Storthing.
And as a consequence there is a determination
on the part of that nation to assert its right
against the autocratic rule. King Oscar
may yet lose his crown if not his bead, for he
has violated the fundamental law, by making
the same pretensions which cost Charles L of
England his life. There are stirring timet
ahead for the peoples of Europe.
The Tarantala Industry.
Chicago Herald.
Digging out tarantulas and their nestx has
become quite an industry in Santa Barbara,
Col The insects are suffocated with gas,
then stuffed, dried and fastened to a card.
The retail price is 50 cent each, but many
hundreds are sold wholesale for $3 or M per
dosen.
One of VThitelaw Reid's fancies is to es
chew the words "edition'' or "issue" and tut
therefor "impression,"
KINGS OF THE KITCHEN.
The ArtUtle Dignity and Importance
i Jianier i ooks Malnrlea and rer.
qniMiten Knleyrd by t'hrfs.
Philadelphia Press Interview. 1
"Do cooks, or, perhaps it would bo
better to say chief cooks, recsive largo
suit, icd
"They receive very exeellont salaries.
T.AMI.AB tl... 1 1 , I ,
K muuy ueou nsnK ciurks or
chief salesmen in dry poods houses.
The stomach appeals as forciblv as tho
Drain, lue Hoffman houso, in New
York, pays its chief $3,000 a year.
Pelmonico and tho Bellevue of this
city annually $3,000. That, howevor,
is only the money portion. A chief re
ceives his board, lodging and wine in
addition all of tho best description.
The Bellovue cook is also provided with
his clothes, made bv a first-class tailor.
The salaries paid by other hotols in the
country vary from $3,000 to $2,000.
No chief of ability would take any less
than the last named Bum. and only then
unuer pressure. Assistant cooks, often
uppreuuees oi tne cLier, receive
salaries varying from $12J to $05 per
uioniii, wuu Doaru.
"Of what nationality are cooks?"
"Nearly all of them are French
There are a few English, one or two
German and American, but the land of
Gaul is the home of culinary artists,
Tho French cooks are a close brother
hood. They baud down t;ie secrets of
thoir profession ono to the other. They
graduate under the tuition of the older
members of tho fraternity, to whom
they refer with the same reverence that
a young painter pays to his master.
The cooking of certain dishes, the in
gredients of particular sauces.the flavor
ing of special bou( H, are only revealed
to tumor members of the profession nn
dor promises of strictest confidence, and
also only when it has been deeided that
the novices desiring initiation will be
able to do proper justice to the making
oi tne cuei a umvre.
"In the kitchen," continued the hotel
proprietor, "the chef is supreme. In
deed, all over the house the chef is
treated with the respect due to a gen
tleman. He has his distinct table and
servants to wait upon him. He gener
ally invites his chief assistant to dine
with him. Nothing menial, it is under
stood, is attached to his office, and
waiters abstain from familiarity with
him. Cocktails are served to him when
he arisos; claret with his lunch and
any wines he desires at his meals.
Cooks have seldom been known to be
come drunkards, or even gluttons.
They have far too fine a perception of
taste and flavor to abuse either. I
have known a chef to invito a brother
artist to dinner, and the pair have
dwelt over certain dishes with the same
lingering scrutiny and affection that a
sculptor bestows on his finest produc
tion, boyer, the greatest living cook of
the last century, at times wept bitterly
because the dishes he occasionally
served to crowned heads wore not prop
erly appreciated by their royal consum
ers. Roman emporors "covered thoir
cooks with honors, and monarchs of
the middle ages frequently knitrhted
the kings of their kitchens. Indeed, in
the present day, the art of cooking is
not despised by the finest gentlemen.
Our f ish House club in this city is an
instance. The clubs in this country
and in Europe could produce several
rivals even to noted chefs."
"And chefs in private houses?"
"Are not Quite in as good a position
as cbofs in clubs and hotels. They of
ten have more to do, and less assistance.
Thoir salaries are generally of the
highest average, but the men them
selves are seldom artists of the first ex
cellence. Vanderbilt, Havemeyer and
other millionares of New York employ
men of cordon bleu rank, but outside
New York there are few private fam
ilies in America who rise to the dignity
oi a man cook. Air. urexel is the only
man in this city who employs one."
"But l'liiladelphians have cooks ?
"Yes, women, who receive wagos.
say, from $4 to $8 a week; and very
good cooks many of the women are.
But there is always something lacking.
A picture by a novice may be very
pleasing; by genius it may be wonder
ful in conception and execution but a
few touches in each instance from the
brush of the maestro arid what a dif
ference !"
Imitating Old Hooka.
TChicago Times.
Collectors of postage stamps have
long had to guard carefully against the
danger of paying large prices for skill
ful copies of rare issues, and now, it ap
pears, bibliophiles must confront a
similar deceit, a firm in Dusseldorf
having taken ont a patent for its pro
cess of imitating old books. They
Erint with old fashioned type upon
and mado paper, which has been satu
rated with an aniline solution, and then
sprinkle the pages with various dyes
that give them an aged and moldy
appearance. Finally, when the sheets
have been bound np into a volume, the
edges of the leaves are steeped in spirit
and fired ; and it is said that after a
reprint has gone through this treatment
it is all but impossible for any one,
unless he makes use of chemical tests,
to distinguish the forgery from an
original. In order to obtain a patent
the Uusseldorf firm have probably con
vinced tne authorities that their own
immediate intentions are honest, but
some of their successors are sure to be
scoundrels.
Want's Pans.
Speaking of the origin of some names
in Oregon, The Oregonian says of
Grant's pass: "When Grant was a lieu
tenant he was camped there with a party
of soldiers, and they got to playing
enchre for $1 on the corner. The game
stood three to three. Grant picked up
his cards and had the right bower, ace
and king. He concluded to pass, think
ing he could enchre his opponent, a
burly miner. The result was that he
lost his dollar, and the place was called
.Grants pass.
"How do von know when a ev clone is
coming?" asked a stranger of a western
man. "Oh. we get winaol them, was
the answer.
The New York elevated roads draw
the line at dogs and people with big
baskets.
The Nueces of Ce. Operative Hoele-
lira.
nVmoret'i Mnntlilv.1
- j
In this country, eooMTative societies
nave ueon a laiiuro. Inueod they can
not be said to have succeeded auywhere
except in Eneland. and there onlv in
one kind of business, to-wit, in stores
lor uistnimting goods at a small ad
vance over cost prico. All attempts in
the wav of CO-onorative ni-vlnntinn
Hint is, in the manufacture of goods
have been almost total fuiluros. Of
course, companies and corporations
nave succeeded in transacting businoss,
but we are siwalfinir nnw nf )ia w.
operation of working-people, so as to
secure all the profits from their own
labor. The co-operative stores of
England, however, have been wonder
fully prosperous. At the close of 1H.H1
there were 1,180 distributive sociotios
in successful operation. Those had
573,000 members. The share capital
was noarly $29,000,000 and thevearlv
sales were over $100,000,000. The
Baving in profits was about 10 per cent,
or $10,000,000.
The two largest co-operative societies
in England ore tho Civil Somce Supply
association and the Army and Navy Co
operative society. This last society
employs 3,500 men and 200 women. It
has been so popular that it has begun
manufacturing articles for nnln Tim
secret of the success of distributive co
operation is because everything is done
for cash. The stores of England pre
viously cave unlimited credit, and con
sequently mado many bad debts, and
mus were iorcoa to put high charges
on all their (roods to make n lirintr
profit. Tho co-operative sociotios in
troduced cash payments, mado no bad
debts, and thus had an advantage over
the old-fashioned store. Doubtless the
reason why co-operation has failed in
this country is because of the ono prico
and cosh system introduced originally
into tne dry goods trade by tho late A.
T. Stewart. Selling cheaper, and beincr
content with small profits, he ruined
his competitors in trade, and by the
magnitude of his transactions acquired
a vast lortuno. Ifis the cash system in
the stores of our lareo cities which has
prevented the growth of co-operative
Bocioties here.
An Ilonrst German's Dilemma.
f Detroit Free Press. 1
A German farmer war nn tri'nl in nnn
of the jnstice courts the other day for
assault ana Dattory, and had ploaded
not guilty. When the cross-examination
came the opposing counsel asked :
-.mow, jocod, tuere was trouble be
tween you and the plaintiff, wasn't
mere t
"I oxnect dere vhas."
"He said something alxrat your dog
oeing a suecp-Kiiier, and yon resented
! 1 AM
u, en f
"Vhell. I calls him a liar "
"Exactly. Then he called you some
imru names t
"He calls me a saner-kraut Dutch
mans."
"Just so. That made von mod?"
"Oof course. I vhas so madt I shake
oil oarer."
"I thought so. Now, Jacob, yon are
a man who speaks the truth. I don't
Deneve you could be hired to toll a lie.
"Veil. I nlief I vhas nootv honest."
"Of course you are of course. Now,
iaooo, you must have struck the first
blow. You see ."
The other lawyer objected, and after
a wrangle the defendant turnod to the
court and said :
"I doan' oxactly make oudt how it
vhas. I like to own oop dot I shtruck
first, but haf paid my lawyer $5 to
lirnvo Aa nAAam vlinn T Ann 1,1.-. i-
tell a lie, but I feel badt to lose dor
M
money.
No Mystery to film.
Detroit Free Press.
A stubbed farmer, who had come to
market with a load of potatoes, entered
a restaurant near the Central market.
and called for a dozen oysters on the
hall-shell. Aconpleof jokers happened
to be in the place, and, while one at
tracted the farmer's attention for a mo
ment, the other dropped a bullet into
one of the oyster shells. The man
gulped down one after another, until
he got the one with the bullet in his
mouth. Calmly and quietly he bit at the
load with his teeth calmly and quietly
he removed it from his mouth and
turned to the light.
"By George I but it's a bullet 1" cried
one of the men.
"Frobably shot into the oyster to kill
him," added the other.
"Well, that is a mystery." said the man
behind the counter.
"Gentlemon, that's no mvstery to me."
repneu tne iarmer, as he deposited the
1 1 1 m .....
ball in his vest pocket . "At the battle
of I air Oaks, over twenty years ago, I
was hit in the log by that very bullet.
It's been a long time working up, but
she's here at lost, and I'll have it hung
to my watcn chain u it costs $5."
Hissing; Men.
New York Mercury.!
The Russian men kiss each other on
Easter morn, and the Latin men on any
occasion wnen seized with a spasm of
friendship or affection. It is nauseat
ing. On the entry of the German
crown prince into Madrid, Alfonso
kissed Fritz and Fritz kissed Alfonso.
It was in keeping with the Latin prac
tice that the Spanish king should sa
lute the heir of the throne of Germany,
but Fritz was inexcusable. The Teu
ton race was supposed to have evolved
out of that sort of kissing, which is an
exhibition of weakness, better called
Miss Nancyism. Alsace and Lorraine
are not likely to be retained by a kisser
of men.
Novel Artillery Projectile.
Chicago Tribune.
Herr Erupp, of Essen, has just taken
ont a patent for a flat-headed artillery
projectile. It tapers slightly at the
butt, and not only pierces the plates
more easily than the pointed kind,
which are apt to deflect when striking
iron at certain angles, but it is calcu
lated to hit the ironclads below the
water-line.
UrMaheppera.
Sew York Herald.
In one district of Yucatan in a fort
night there were killed 30,000 pounds
of grasshoppers and over 11,000 pounds
of locusts.
SAGE AT A CANDY STAND.
How the Millionaire Charaetcrlntle.
ally F.xtenda III Ilnnlne Inntlnet
frem Italian to Ont.
"Uncle Bill" In Chicago Herald.
Russell Sago is the only man who
know how many millions of dollars
Russell Sago possesses. At any rate,
he is enormously wealthy. Emerging
from a railroad meeting of directors the
other day, in which ho hod Wen in con
ference with Jay Gould aud othor Crm
bumos, he came to a little caudv s'and
in tho street. Fart of the stock con
sisted of chocolate cubes in a heap.
"How much are those?" Sage asked.
"Two cent apioco," replied the ven
der.
"Haven't you any for a cent?"
"No, but 1 can break one of 'em in
two."
A piece of tho candy was accordingly
halved, and the millionaire bought it.
He is careless as to dress and rural in
countenance, so that his manner of
purchasing excited no surprise, except
in several spectators who recognizd
him as tho Wall street celebrity. To
them his caroful saving of a cent indi
cated characteristic parsimony, and bo
foro night their account of it hud been
carried bv brokers' tongues all ovor
town. Nevertheless, Sage is a philan
thropist. Ho has given $150,000 to
Cornell university, lie is a lilxral con
tributor to charities in his home city of
Brooklyn, ho is a financial pillar in
Plymouth church, and in other ways
privately ami puuuciy uenevoioiil.
How do I reconcile theso facts with
his dicker over tho candy? Simply by
calling your attention to tho impor
tant consideration that they are
all outside of Wall street neigh
borhood. Ho leaves sentimental
softness behind when ho enters that
precinct of hard business. It is as
thongh ho deposited his heart in somo
safo receptacle on starting for his daily
struggle for more dollars and took along
only his head full of brains. He is nota
bly exact and just in all his dealings.
His written agreements to buy or soil
stocks technically denominated puts
and calls pass current in Wall street
like bank notes among merchants. lie is
an arbitrator among speculators, too,
and hisoff-hand decisions aro seldom
appcalod from, so sound and respected
are they. It is high praise of a Wall
street operator, all things considered,
and I would not like to bestow it reck
lessly, but I really do not believe that
Sage would have divided tho pioce of
chocolate unoqually if tho cutting had
baen left to him by a blind dealor. It
was in business hours, tho spot was
within business limits, and ho was in
stinctively extending his business in
stinct from dollars down to cents. Ho
was fresh from the absorbing work of
bargaining aud scheming over the wholo
Delaware & Lackawanna railroad.
Could he lie expoctod to instantly throw
off the monoy's-worth-and-moro-if-possi-ble
spirit? Looking at the subject in
that reasonable way, it is fair to acquit
Russell Sage of meannoss in this pur
chase of half a square of candy for a
cent.
Fremont's Duel and t'andldary.
Croffut in Chicago Tribune.
The other evening I mot Mr. J. C.
Derby, the votoran publishor, who is
about to publish his rominiscences
under the covor of "Fifty Years with
Authors." During the talk conversa
tion fell on his rather remarkable in
tercourse with eight of our presidents.
He told an incident about t.e first Re
publican candidate. "Whon Fremont
was nominated," he said, "I wanted to
issue his biography, as our house had
been in tho habit of printing tho lives
of presidential candidates. Casting
about for a whilo my choice fell on
John Rigolow, editor of The Evening
Post, a paper which, formerly Demo
cratic, had become Republican. I mode
an arrangement with him to do it. Rat
The Tribune was also a power in the
country at that time, and Charlos A.
Dana, its managing editor, was very
much in earnest for Fremont's success.
I wanted The Tribune satisfied with the
biography; so it was finally agreed that
Rigelow should write it and that Dana
should see all the proof-sheets, thus
bringing their joint shrewdnoss and
prudence to bear.
Plus project was carried out. Every-
thing went harmoniously nntil the
work was half dono, when Dana re
turned a sot of proof-sheets which gave
an account of Fremont's duel. He
thought it was not best to allude to tho
duel at all It was a foolish inci
dent of the candidate's youth;
millions of people were opposed
to dueling, and many would not
vote for a duelist. Rigolow insisted
that a biography should be voracious
and complete ; that nothing should bo
dodged or concealed; that all that he
had put into the book about the duel
was historical matter, well known to
his enemies, and if left out would bo
quoted not only against him, but to
prove the nntrustworthiness of the
biography. Dana pleaded that if the
duel episode was included in the book
Fremont would lose the wholo Quaker
vote and would he defeated. It was in
cluded, and Fremont was beaten. Rut
he made a splendid run and consolidated
the Republican party. I doubt if any
body else could nave polled more votes.
No Inside Clapper.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
I have not seen a bell yet in Japan
that was supplied with an inside clap
per. Even the bells that serve as tiro
alarms in the cities are simply bells or
gongs, against which some wooden
or metallic object is pushed. These
temple bells are rung by means of long
wooden beams, hooped with iron,
which swing by means of ropes sus
pended from the belfry ceiling, and are
pushed back and forth by natives. The
belfry always stands apart from the
temple.
F.cotinm.
Exchange.
rrofossor "Egotism consists in con
stantly talking of one's self. It is a
very bad habit for a young man to get
into." Student-" Oh. I seel Then
yon would have a follow admire him
self in secret. ell, perhaps yon are
right; bat I can't understand why a
person shouldn't share his pleas
ure with others." The professor did
not pursue the subject.
Grant and Ward.
"Uath."J
Tho friends of Gen. Grant throngh
ont the country may l interested to
know that his private affairs are in a
fiourishingconditiou. Ho ho ono-fourth
interest in the luiiikmg firm of Grant &
Ward, which had an original capital of
fl(H),(HMi paid in. I lyases S. (I rant,
Jr., put in $100,000 and Jamos I). Fish,
tho silent partner, $100,000. The firm,
chiefly managed by Ward, did very
well, and Gon. Grant desired to come
in. He first put in $50,000 and after
wurd desiring his sou Jesse to enter the
firm, his associate agreed to lot him
put in $50,000 mere, but in his own
name, so as not to incroaso tho number
of partners. Whilo Gen. Grant takes
no part in making contracts, signing
checks, or iu the eventive dotails of the
business, ho is a valuable man through
his character and connectionsboth for
credit mid for diplomatic work. Re
sides making largo divisions of profits,
this firm has about $H00,000 of securi
ties belonging to it.
Mr. Ferdinand Ward, Gon. Grant's
partner, is worth a million and a half
and was only 32 years old last week.
Ho ltegan lifo as a Presbyterian mis
sionary's son, buying and selling certifi
cates of metulership in the New York
produce exchange. He predicted that
these certificates would go np to $10,000
npicco. They can bo borrowed for
temporary uso by any person desiring
to do businoss in the exchange. Mr.
Ward has a fino villa at Stamford,
Conn., and thero mado tho acquaintance
of Gen. Grant's son, which U)d np to
his connection with tho father. He is
ono of the phenomenal young men in
this city. Ho camo from Goneseo, and
among his earliest transactions was
selling to tho region job lots of floor loft
over at tho produce exchange.
Mr. Ward, as I havo intimated, is tho
son of tho Rov. Dr. Ward, Presbyterian
milliliter at Goneseo, N. Y., who was
for mony yoars a missionary to India.
Rov. Mr. Ward was afterward consul
there. His son never went With him to
the Indies, bnt camo to Now York with
the intention of entering Prinooton col
logo, but found that his instincts were
toward business, and he became tho
clork in the produce exchango nndor our
present Comptroller Grant. He has
kept the confidence of evory employor
and friend ho began with. Tho mayor
has put into tho hands of his banking
firm tho negotiation of the $30,000
of aqueduct bonds, and Mr. Fish, his
first friend of wealth, takos breakfast
and dinner with him in Rrooklyn evory
day.
Iloand te Hee the rroeeanlnn.
New York Journal
A wisp of a lxy waitod in Fifth ay
enue, Now York, Monday afternoon foi
the procession. He was clubbed by a po
licoman for not getting outf f tho way.
Ho was kicked by a oolorod major's
horso. A hook and ladder wagon
knocked him down. Throo companies
of Jersey militia marched over him.
He mado Lis way through tho crowd
which skirted the sidewalk, cuffed by
this man and jostlod by that, and got
to a fonoo in front of a Fifth avonuo
hoiiHo, stood upon tho top of the fonco,
which was about half an inch
wido. no was thinly clad, and
as tho rain came down grew
very wot, Whon the bands came
along playing "Rod, White and Rluo,"
"Marching Through Ooorgia," and "I
Novor Drink Behind the liar," tho rain
ceased to him. He threw np his raggod
hat The rain dripped off his clothes
as it drops from an icicle. He was
soaked with rain. Ho hurrahed and
shouted in tho rain. Ho was oblivious
of tho ruin. To him it was an Radian
summer day. When tho Voluntoor Cro
nies, appeared he was bosido himself
with enthusiasm. His wet clothes were
as tight on him as his own skin. Ho
jumped down from his porch and rau
into tho street. He caught hold of tho
rear part of Rig Six fire engine, just
behird the tigor, and marched, thrilled
with happiness at touching the engine
wit,h his hands, all tho way to the Bat
tery. Whon he was coming back a
heavy artillory wagon ran ovor him at
tho Rowory Greou and mashed him
into the miro. He was pulled out and
ran away covcrod with mud, but fall of
jy-
Egypt's) (.Igantle Task.
Pall Mall Gazette.
Thero is something unspeakably gro
tesque in tho attempt mado by tho
pigmy state at the mouth of the Nilo to
establish a gigantic empire in tho heart
of central Africa. The restored govern
mout of the khodive is about the weak
est powor in existence. Yot it is bent
upon attempting a task from which
England herself would recoil.
The Soudan, it should never be for
gotten, is as largo as India. It stretches
1,000 miles in one direction and 1,300 in
another. Unlike India, it is inaccessi
ble by the sea. It is inhabited by war
like tribes of the same faith ; it has
neither railways, canals, nor navigable
rivers, excepting the Nilo at somo
poriods of the year; and its only roads
ore cainol tracks, tiom first to last it
lias never paid its expenses. The at
tempt to hold it has cost 50,000 lives at
least, and the not rosult is that we are
waitincr anxiously to know whothor or
not Col. Hicks has shared the fate that
has already overtaken Capt. Monerieff..
To re-establish the authority of the
hgyptisn government if -t-gvpt worecut
off by a ring fence from the rest of tho
world would bo difficult enough, but
what chance is there of success when
the dwarf at Cairo insists on carrying
on his shoulders the burden of foreign
empire?
Jen Davl to au Editor.
Chicago Herald
W. J. Lampton, a Cinoinnati journal
ist, recently wroto to Jefferson Davis
claiming relationship, He received the
following good-natured reply: "Some
years ago a correspondent endeavored
to trace my relationship to King George
III., connecting therewith a theory that
the writer and myself wore the proper
heirs to a large fortune in England. I
replied that I must surrender all claim
to the fortune, being quite sure that I
was in no degree akin to George; but
an editor is a different thing, and I shall
be very glad (that fortune in England
not considered) to be assured that I am
a relative of yours. In the moan time I
am very respectfully yours."
RAPID TRANSIT IN NEW YORK.
The Itroadway I'ndrrgronnd It all road
the Kest ( andlilnte for Publle Ap
proval. Croffut In rionwr rrww.
Rapid transit in New York still
clamors for solution. The elevated road,
with all its dodging of equitable taxa
tion, is an untold blessing to tho city
so great a convenience to travel, and so
striking a benefit to property, that, liti
gation against it has ceased almost al
together. Rut it is insufficient quite
insulllcient. For five hours of every
day it goes crowded, and does not begin
to accomodate thoso wishing to rido.
And these aro the very hoars that
measure the need. As tho strength of
a chain is only the strongth of its weak
est link, so tho requirements of np-and-down
travel in New York is measured
by tho thousands that stand on plat
forms iMttween 5 and 7, unable to get
on the trains. Moreover, these roads
aro running to their full capacity. They
cau run no more than four cars to tho
train, aud the trains can go no nearer
together. What next? More elevated
roads aro objected to, because they are
really an eyesore, ore somewhat dan
gerous, and mo up valuable ground
that is needed for tho wagon-way.
Tho noxt candidate for public np-
Iiroval is the Itroadway Underground
lailrood company. This has a charter
to construct a tunnel road of two tracks
from tho Rattery to tho Harlora river,
forking at Madison square and passing
northward via Madison avenue aud
Rroadway. It has given a bond to tho
city to finish this road as far as Ceutral
park by January 1, 1887, and the money
u promised to complete tho big job by
that time. Rut tho company is going
before tho legislature this winter to ask
for an extension of its powers the
right, namely , to lay four tracks instead
of two, the middlo pair to be for express
trains, going at the rate of forty miles
au hour, including stoppages. In order
to do this the wholo of Rroadway must
be dugout twontv feet deep and arcaded
tho wholo width between the buildings,
the upper roadway, at tho present level,
being devoted to its proseut uses. The
company claims that it can daily carry
a quarter of a million passengers, or as
many as all tho publio vehicles put to
gether now carry, and this is probable
enough.
The chief objection hitherto made to
this plan is that it would injuro build
ings on Rroadway, that tho jar might
shake thorn down. M. C. Smith, the
president, ox-Socretary Windom,
Jerome Fasslor, of Ohio, and "WiUiam
J. MoAlpino, and tho Baron Blanc, civil
engineers, havo boon to London this
summer, examining the underground
road there in its bearing on this diffi
culty. The road passos under all sorts
of great buildings, including hotols,
churches, and a largo hospital, goes
under thtf great thirty-six-ton monu
ment of Goorge IV., within six inches
of the mnsonarv, undor hundreds of
tottering old walls : and yet Mr. MoAl
pino tells me that it has never cracked
a bit of masonry, or had a cent of dam
ago to pay, and that the trains of a rood
under Rroadway will cause loss vibra
tion to the buildings than is now made
by a passing omnibus. The reports oi
the engineers will be laid bofore the
legislature with mops illustrating and
substantiating them.
A Oaring Mehool Teacher.
Detroit Free Press.
The town of Shenandoah, Pa., which
was recently bnrnod, though a place ol
12,000 inhabitants, is not down on the
school maps. At Wilkesbarre, Pa., a
school teacher undertook to remedy
this defect by sotting hor scholars to
seek information in the roports of mine
inspectors, newspapers and people in
town. The foots colloctod by each
scholar were then read aloud to all. Of
course it is hard to believe, but it is as
sorted on good authority that the chil
dren took moro interest and showed
more enthusiasm in this work than they
did even in respecting the alphabetical
list of tho rivors in Ilindoostan and of
tho mountains of South America.
Of course, too, there is dangor of the
school teacher's dismissal for wasting
her own and the pupils' time, but that
is one of the risks of th businoss. If
toaohcrs undertake on thoir own respon
sibility to excite the minds of the schol
ars, to loosen their grip on tho text
books, to sot thorn to investigating and
observing and thinking for themselves,
they must also tako the risk of running
against routine ami rod tapo.
WcNton.' Advice.
Exchange.
E. P. Weston, the pedestrian, is in the
habit, by his own account, of giving
wholesome advice to the Rritish aristoc
racy about their diet. He occasionally
dines at tho tables of tho great, and
makes comments on the viands some
what in this style : A lady who sat. next
to him,, and to whom he was a perfect
stranger, expressed a dosire fouboel
well done. "Excuse me, miss, but you'll
get no more nourishment ont of thafrthan
out of ohips and shavings." Mr..Weston
is not without hopes that he will eventu
ally reform the dinners of the peerage,
and persuade "our old nobility" that
half-cooked meat and a walk of 500
milosin 100 days, make the summit of
human bliss.
Nllsftnn.
Gath.
Nilsson has mado much money, bat
her marriage was not fortunate in a
worldly point of view. Her husband
was a speculator, who took her money
and lost it, and went insane. What re
mained his relatives endeavored to get.
She also lost money in American in
vestments. Bho is making money, and
it is to be hoped that she is more than
independent. A little of the peasant
adheres to her. While singing in New
York this winter sho has once or twice
robuked talk or noise on the stage, and
shown that the extreme north of Europe
has hotter blood than the south.
Mary Anderson's Poses.
Olive Logan writes from London
that the talk of 5 o'clock teas is Mary
Anderson' statuesque poses. Gossip
boa it that she frequents the Rritish .
museum and learns of the sculptured
Hebe and oi Helen the secret of their
charm; of th Nereides, the swan-like
grace of the movements of tea god
desses j of tho various Vennsos, the los
art oi thoir wondrous.'faflcinations.