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ST. STEPHENJS CHURCH. An Kpleod In Connection With the To war of Vienna' (Jramle.t Sanctuary. The street terminates at tlie PI ut a nnd here In the heart of nil bnsi lvm Is tin Church of St Stephen, the most I tn !' tit ii t one In the city. To enumerate nil It detail would demand too much lime nml spare in this letter, lint a few limy Interest tint rentier, rating the plntz I the "Rieseiithnr" or Giant's Door, which in opened on great occasions only. Of tlio utttfiioil gins window hut two are H-al iiiiciciit oiii-h. Id front of the vestry step is n stone which close the entrance to tho old burial vault of tin; sovereign of Aus trla. The pulpit in of 1312 ami exe cuted In Mono. Extensive reparation fire still being carried on in tho Inte rior. The exterior I much blanched, and In covered with sculptures, noma of which are In n very hud condition. The tower, which rises alnive every thing else in thn citv, Ih 419 feet Ii i cli. It wan erected In 180(M in place of tho old one, which, owing to it condition, had to bo tnkeii down. Tho in est view over the city Ih to Ins had from the top of thin tower. Therein n lillln episode in connec tion with this tower worth giving. It 111 liMtrntfM liow Kaiser JoHcpli in thought of by IiIm subject. I lie evening pre ceding the King a hii tliilny u man gained access to the tower room and commenced to climb to the top of the tower. TliU had to be done l usee tid ing from the outside, and nit he hiyl nothing to cling to one may well im- nginn his task, l'liucv, reader, that you see a man climbing heaven ward 1 upon the steeple of St, Peter', State street, Albany, which well Illustrate that of St. Stephen'. The hour midnight, a fierce wind blowing, around his body is wrapped a flag, 'or two long.liom ho toils iipwanl. Ail below are Huron clous of the unusual proceeding which in going on nuvu a romruilc, who breathlessly awaits the result of hi companion's venture At this stage the tire watchmen, who inhabit the tower in order lo give nlarni in case of lire breaking out In the city, ili ;crn an object above them nml call out: "Who I there?" The climber, now near the summit, hears and aiiHwers: "Only I, I am going to hang out a Hug for the Kmpcror's birthday." Upon tills word I telegraphed to a police "station that a man is climbing the tower. Police men come upon the scene. Tho Wak ing coincide is seen w ith tho climber's boots and, asked who they belong to, replies; "Oh, to my companion, who is aloft." Meanwhile the climber has reached the top, and he manages to get the flag from Ids body, nml what is more, a huge pole which he had car ried over his back, and then at then at the height of 4411 feet lie cllugs with one hand to his frail support, tie the pole to the top of the tower and the flag; to it. After remaining tliAre half an flour he make the descent in two more hours, and Is met hvn policeman, who Inquires: "Are these your boots?" "Yes."' "Then put them on," ami he I matched oil to the station. Upon lielug tiicHtioncd lie stated that he merely wished to give hi Kinperor a surprise, and he was Immediately, re. leasen. Ami lor over a week many person could be seen landing gazing up at 'he flag and prophesying that it would fall. After this the tower was inclosed for-a way up by hoards, but the feat was again attempted bv youth, who, after going a short dis tance, gave it up and relumed to "four teen tin lor ids smartness, jn,w spikes in ti v be seen In place of boards. and the one who m-M ntt.omrrl rim as cent will doubtless soon be ill Heed of a tailor. Vor. AUtntj (Si Y.) Argus, o o i CHINESE TRADE-UNIONS. . Deepotln Oriaiiliailuna Whlrh Coulrol Kvrrjr llraui-h of Trail The Minister of the United Stales at Pcklu, China, transmits to tho State Department at Washington an interest ing article on the Chinese guilds, in w hich It Is shown that every branch of business and every trade Is arbitrarily controlled by these despotic organiza tions. The trade unions boycott op pressively, regulate hours, apprentices, cause strikes, nml adjust prices In very complete manner. Tho guilds all have guild halls, with very expensive decorations, they being arranged for the use of the member somewhat as tire our club houses. The methods of the trade guild are somewhat novel. One member of the gold leaf craft al Soochow recently violated tho rule and Iook more than one apprentice at one time. His union punished him by luting liiiil to iteatu. J lie union was composed of 123 men, and each mem her set his teeth til the flesh of the of fending brother. Other penalties for light infractions of the rule are : the furnishing of a theatrical perform, a nee, a feast for over Uu, wml-quantl, .ties of liquor. While their rule Is, undoubtedly, very desMtlc, the Minis ter considers them not altogether harmful, as they administer justice and compel their members to act honestly. Hcun'.ijie Americtn. I W. I). Ogdcn. of Jakimo. V. T . lias In his Msscssiou a SHrm whale's tooth that lias an Interesting history, it is about live Inches In length and on Its polished side is a portrait uf a Spanish lady tattooed with India ink. The tooth was originally owned by Captain Gray, of the ship Columbia, nml was In the cabin of his ship when he sailed up the Pacific Coaat on the voyage of exploration which resulted ill the discovery of the gi-cat liver Which mo laws the name of his Ves Hi j A. D.iulx-r Is the nnme of hi..;, ... ; ;.. v. . 1 1. .. a or DAKOTA JOURNALISM. No a Itnontorprlalnt- Editor Loot HI Hold on Iho Continually, "Have you a novrspapor here?' asked of a man who came over to where we were ramped on the edge of a little Dakota town. "Yes, ifot one; did have two, but the other feller puilod out last week." "Didn't It pay?" "Naw. he wa'n't no good got out tho weakest paper you ever seen. "What was the trouble with it?" "No new, or least none to 'mount to ft iv thin''. Course, if something big happened that he couldn't ludo seein' he'd git it in, but ev'ry week tbent'd If i whole lot o spicy things that he d keep still's a mouse about, an' stick in a lot o pieces on free trade, or protei tlon, or mebby sometime the tariff. B.it the other man wa'n't that style- no blowln' piece in his'n. but all the 4piey an' interestin' new that hap pened. "So you froze the long editorial man man out" "Had to do it, I tell yon-he didn't know enough to pound sand. W y, lemma tell you a little case: Couple o' iHonth' ng I built mo a new chicken- op not a very big un, cause I only ifot six hen an a flghtln rooster but I made It verv keerful an' put in tw round roosts an' whitewashed 'em, an' three nests. I ligured on half the hens rcshif an serateliin while the other dilft was lavlu'. an' nailed some slats iver a box In one corner to shut up the clirs In an mako em quit their monkey hus'ness, mi' fixed her up in style generally. Pretty soon old Cooper this man that's gone, come along an' (railed him In an'savt!: 'Jes' get onti he new hen-house, I lmhii a-buildin. That looks first-rate,' sav ho. 'Wig '.'In It.' siv L Ho wiggled it. ! pears solid,' say he. '( claim It's tl.i best heii-hoiise In the city, savs I. Woifldu't wonder,' say he. Then he walked off with hishca I down, a-llauk-in', ( rockouod, what he should say 'bout It. Somehow f didn't manage to ee the other fcfhr t(. tell him 'bout It, but Iiordy, how do you think it come out?" "Haven't nnv Men. How did It?" "VI' v. sir, f went utt to Hank freorgo'a an' borrowed bin copy of 'oopcr's paper soon' it come out Hank hadn't got alook at it yet himself an' took It home an' waded through it. but, not aline 'boot my hen-coop! Not a Hue! Not a word! Didn t say nothing 'bout it my name wasn't in the paper! I went so fur as to oven read clear through along piece on 'Our Common School Systmn,' thinkin' meb by that he stuck in so uetblug 'bout my hen-housu In it somewhere, but he hadn't. Well, I was ma. I, an' 1 think I had a right to he. I throwed the pa per down an' didn't even fake it back to Hank. Hut next moruin' when I seen one of the otherV feller's papers lown In the store my eyes stuck out so you could 'a' hung 'your hat on 'em. There it was in hi patter 'limit my hen coop big's a Mexican dollar! It read llketlils: 'We hear ihat Uncle Abuor Doty has jes' compieled a luriro an' convenient hen-housu for his tine flock of Shaiighis, Itramvs, Plymouth Koek. an' so forth, together with his famous llghtin' rooster. Den ltntler. We have not yet Im.l the pleasure of samplin' any of the eggs laid In this new hen house, hut we know that, Uncle Abner Is not the man to long forget ye editor.' That's the very'way he had It, word for word, flame an' all. Jim' soou's I read It I went right out an' told ev'rj bodv we couldn't 'ford support Wld Cooper no Jonger 'cause he was hurtiu' tho town by not mentionln' the improve ments, and I jes' ken' up the tak till what little hus'ness lie did have dropplal off an' nobody wouldn't have nothing to do with him, an' he's left. You can see yourself that we couldn't very well do any thing efco after tjie way he used me on tiiat hen-house." . Carruth, in Chionyo Tribune. KEPT HIS PROMISE. A Ninslt liny SstkiI from a llulnort ljr a Kind Word. i.iri I remember a case that happened years ago in Illinois. A lawyer friend of my father defended a lad for stealin" apples. The owner of the orchard na wbhout pity, but tho lawyer pleaded that the chilli's act was merely one ol gluttony and that he ought to be in dulgentl treated. This wa the view of the matter taken by tho justice and he spoke to tho accused in a fatherly way. "Yu hear." he said, "what has been said about you, that you are no thief; now I am going to acquit you, but you must tirst promise that in future you will behave in a way to redeem this fault you have committed." "The boy, who had been crying bit terly, looked up, w iped away his tears, and gave the required answer in a firm voire. Years passed away. One day n tho lawyer stepped off the train at Detroit he w as accosted by a gentle man w ho asked if he remembered him. "No, I do not recall ever having seen j on la-fore," was his reply. "Well, ( am tho little apple thiol whom you once defended. 1 want to let you know that I havo kept th promise 1 made on that occasion. 2 now own a wagon factory In this place, am a married man ami the happy father of several children. It Is to you and the good justice of that day that 1 am indebted for all this. 1 am sure that had I liccn sent to tho reform school 1 would very likely have grown up to h any thing but an nouest man." Cor. S. O. fV. v Fliiney--"1 don't know how it Is. but the smallest specimen of men in- Variably get the U-si wives." Mr. F. (archly) "O, you luttorcr! AWtia TVdUlOVi. I THE NEVER-REST CURE. Roaeflrlal KfforU of Retnlnr MuieuUr KioroiM ami Kerentli. A there are many tlogrec of ner rou exhaustion, so 'are there many methods of restoration. What would lie pleasant exercise to one might prove laborious exorilon to another, and what night be soothing to one might lie Ir ilatlngto another. In all cases, how ver, complete nerve rest implies tho iiaintiHianco of agreeable sensation iml the avoidance of.nervon agitation. It. may not be possible to obtain such ibsolute rest a is here indicated, but ho, aim of treatment 1 to secure a iciir an approach to it as can Re at tained bv legitimate means. No mean ue used which might injure the general health. The facUhat. women are 8"re liable than men to the severer form of nervous exhaustion is one reason why jhn caos quoted in thesH pages are chiefly thoso of women. Another reason is that. In men, it is rarely possible tn study this stage of tho disease uncomplicated b the effect of alcoholic indulgence. Most men who find themselves becom ing victims of ncivousni'c endeavor to escape the worries of life by taking ref- ige in drink; so llfey usually bring upon themselves other disease of alco holic origin, in women this wa not formerly the habit, but thero is roiso i to believe that the late in-rease of ine briety among them is largely duo to the spread of nervous exhaustion. On the ither Ii it in I thero are many cases in both sex- wlier.t alcoholic indulgence has undoubtedly been tho chief cause of tl.o ailment Although tho nioit severe form of this disease have alone been discussn I, it must not be supposed that milder forms do not al io require special nerve rest. This can not bo secured without more or less change, being mado in the military mode of lifi. Nervous agita tion 1 the chief came of nervous ex haustion. It is almost Impossible even for a healthy man to avoid a curtain amount of agitation in connection witli his affairs, w hile for the nervous man it is absolutely impossible. For tho lat ter, therefore, a frequent holiday is essential. Tho way of spending such a holiday is a matter of urgent Im portance. Many nervous sufferers return home worse than when they left. They climb mountains in Switzerland when they ought to be loitering on tho sea shore lounging tho deck of an ocean tcamer. I hev rise early -'to make the best of to-day" whon they had better lie several hours longer to fix the bene fits of yeslerday.k Like the unskilled riilor, who dismounts for relief, they are frequently driven to bed to recover from their holiday exertion. The amount of exercise must lie regulated by it effect on head or pine. Miire muscular fatigue may be overcome by regular walking, tint nervous fatigue, mint be entirely avoided. If the patient can not tako sutllcient exercise lo sustain his appe tite and digestion he had better under e an hour's massage daily. And when he Iwis once gained the power of walk lug from five to ten miles a day with mt fatigue to head or epine, ho ought, by constant practice, endeavor to ro tain it. Thero is no better preventivo of nervous exhaustion than regular un hurried muscular exercise. If we could moderate our hurry, lesson our worry, and increase our open-air exercise, a largo portion of nervoas diseases would be abolished. For those who can not got a sufTlclonjt holiday the best substituto is an oeca Ional day in bod. Many whose nerves are constantly strained in their daily vocation have discovered this for them selves. A Spanish merchant In llaroo- ona told his modicM man that he al ways went to bed for two or three days believer he could be spared from ms business, and he laughed at those who pent their holidays on toilsome mount- sins. One of the hardest-worked women in England, who has for many year conducted a large wholesale business, retains excellent nerves at an advanced age, owing, it is believed, to her habit bid taking one day a week In bed. If A-e can not avoid frequent agitation we ought, if possible, to giro the nervous svslcin time to reVover itself botwoon i he shock. , Even an hour's seclusion nfter a good lunch will deprive a hurried, anxious day of much of its injury. The nerves can oftou be overcome by strotcgem when they refuse to be controlled by strength of will.f-.VineftYMfJi Century, Manhood In Criminals. Speaking of his experience with crim inals, Judge (ii-csham says: My experi ence with criminals, w hen I was on a district bench, taught in that there was no man devoid of manhood. Place anybody, however depraved, on his manhood, and you will observe his eye brighten up. I have taken men w ho havo been convicted of serious offenses, and after sentencing them to the peni tentiary, have said: "Now, I intend to place you on your manhood, for,I be lieve you have manhood in you. I w ill give you a mittimus, and the marshal will provide you with money to go home and bid your family good-bye. After you havo stayed there a day or two I w ant you to refill at the thwr of tho penitentiary named In the papers yon will receive, and rerve out your sentence like a man. And when jou are through I want you to return to me, ind I want to see what can bo done to v'store you to tho confidence of your vllow-men in aooietr.' I never was lis.ippointcd in a man I thus trusted. ,i nd those convicts whom I have helped u their return from prison have ilway been faithful lo the trusta lm- powiJ i'jk o thciiw CUicigo JvumaL CHARITY IN CHINA. bow ood I DispooMil to tho Toor Hood of Poking. On the first day of the tenth moon (l.t It of November) the winter cliarl lies are opened In Peking for tho dis poiising of food. When the cold season is further advanced the distribution ol clothing is made and tho almshouse! become filled. Two of our reporter recently mado a tour of Inspection among'the charities in tho south city ol Peking. All the institution visited were supported by imperial bounty. The first one reached wa a porridge kitchen, a'lit'.le east of the great cen tral city gato Ch'len Men. The "granary rice" wa already cooked and waiting hot In the great wooden tubs usually found in such places; but although it was nine o'clock none o the poor people had arrived. The ex planation of this unusual laleiies ii that at a place half a mile away they were drawing the ration of good millet porridge first- The grinarv rice is of bad quality, and the people much prefer Iho millet, Ihe second place visited was one where sound millet por liilge wa served, and there men. women and children to the number ol 1,200 were waiting in great room or b.irrai ns the distribution of tho food. It soon began. Two files marched out simultaneously, men on one sble. wo men and children on the other, eac person carrji ing a vessel of some kind into whieh witli great, expedition a dip per of hot i,illet porridge was ladled. Most of ilia recipients returned to then homes to eat, but many homeless one found quiet places in wood-yards and tinny corners of tho streets to finish up tho millet w hile hot, and then go lo the place where the rice already mentioned was wailing for them. At tho tlnr place visited the dispensing was already over, only live hundred applicants lim ing presented themsdve to-day, most of them, a usual, being women and children. This was one of the departments or brniwdies of a large and expansive char it v under the title "Hundred (Good nesses." The functionary in charge informed us that several thousand sometime wore fed. A few st.q further on were, the freo schools ol this same charity, and still further to tlte west at a short dis tanco the winter's lodgings known as "Tho Warm Quarters." This is ap propriated for women and children, lif; v or sixty of whom had already arrived lhev receive porridge or millet aim granary rice twice a day, on whirl they subsist during the winter. Tii "warm quarters" .number eight in th south city, and were opened about te yeiu's ago in addition to the regula ollicial almshouses. The atlministra tion of the charity leaves little to he de sired, many thousands of poor pcop'.i being housed, fed and clothed durin Ihf winter in a perfectly efficient man nor. Chinese Times. CHEAP FUEL GAS. A Vsluahls Invmrlnn 1'erfected by a Pllt. Inii-gii Hrndlrnt. For eighteen months and over Mr. (Jeorge Westinghoose, Jr.. after asso cia ingwitli himself tho most skillei' gas and engineering experts, has been endeavoring to solve tho problem ol manufacturing fuel gas. Associated with him, among others, were S. T. Wellman and T. (Joet., These gentle men now- announce thn entire succcs? oi ineir latiors, ami recently gave a public exhibition of the fuel gas they are making at the Fuel (Jas and Electric Engineering Company's works. The problen these gentlemen had to unravel was by no menus an easy one. It was, briefly summed up, to discover how u manufacture a maximum amount ol fuel gas having a high heating power, from a single ton of any class of coal. with a minimum loss during process oi manufacture, of the total heat limits originally contained in coal. Tho obstacles which had rendered all former Inventions for this purposo use less were many. I hey each required a special character of coal: too great a proportion of the coal w;is consumed In gassilication, and too little convened into gas; tho manufactured gas wa odorless, and consequently dangerous, the amount of incombustible gas con tained was so great as to render pipe line transportation expensive. The process of manufacture employed by tho new company is quito simple. The coal or illuminating gas is first driven out of the gas tho coke, which is an essential part of ihe process, be ing i hen used either alone or with raw coal to produce generator gas, but of s much higher efficiency than other gases. Ordinary water ga i made from the coke not used. These gaseous product are then mixed and form the ultimate product of the process in ita entirety. The mechanical appliance employed, although new and elaborate In design, are so simple tn operation that a plant capable of manufacturing 1.000.00C cubic feet of gas every twcnty-foui hours can be operated by three men and a boy, with alternate shifts ol twelve hours each. The low cost at which this ga can be manufactured renders it a substantial rival to natural gas. and will prove of immense ad vantage to Pittsburgh. Should the natural supply run out, fuel ga could be manufactured at prices to enable local manufacturers to maintain their supremacy. Pittsburgh Difpntch. -"Lady Claro Vere le Vcre," said QaiHin Victoria to one of the ladies of the royal household the other day, "hand me tho morning paper. It con tains my speech in Parliament vester- lav, ami 1 have not yet read it I have worn i'i curiosity to know what I 'aid on that occasion." Sorrittom AroJi ON BEING PLEASANT. It Hako I'ooplo llj nd Chongos Frowao Into rirMBM Htnlle. Say Mr. Thackeray about that nice ooy flive Newoome, "I don't know that Clivewas especially brilliant, but he wa pleasant" Occasionally we meet people to whom it seems to come natural to be pleas ant; such aro a welcome wherever they go a flowers in May, and the most charming thing about them is that they help to make other people pleasant loo. Their pleasantness is contagious. The oilier morning we were in the midst of a three days' rain. Tho fire smoked, the dining-room wa chilly, and when we assembled for breakfast, papa looked rather grim, and mamma tired, for the baby had been restless all night. Polly was plainly inclined to fretfulness, and lindget was undeniably cross, when Jack came in with the breakfast rolls from tho baker's. He had taken off his rubber coat and boot in the entry, and he camo in rosy and muling. "Here's tho paper, sir," sal J he to his f.iilicr with such a cheerful tone that his father's brow relaxed, and he said "Ah, Jack, thank you." quite pleasantly. His mother looked up at him smiling, and he just touched her check gently as tie passed. "Tne top of the morning to you, Pol-ly-wog," he said to his little sister, ami delivered the rolls to Bridget with a "Hero you are, Bridget Aren't you sorry you didn't go yourself this beau tiful day?" He gave the firo a poke and openod a damper. The smoke censed, and presently tho coals began to glow, and live minute after Jack came in wo had gathered around the table and were eating tmr oatmeal as cheerily as pos sible. This seems very simple in tho telling, and Jack never knew he had done any thing at all, but ho had in fact changed the whole moral atmos where of the room, and had started a gloomy day pleasantly for five people "He is always so," said his mother when I spoko to her aboutt afterward. "just so sunny and kind, and ready all tho time. I suppose thero are more brilliant boy in tho world than mine, but none with a kinder heart or a swoeter temper, I am sure of that" And I thought: Why isn't a cheerful dis position worth cultivating? Isn't it one's duty to be, pleasant, just as well a to be nnncst, or truthful, or industrious, or generous? And yet, while there are a good manv honest truthful, indus trious, and generous souls In the world and people who are unselfish too, after a fashion, a person who i habitually pleasant is rather a rarity. I suppose tho reason is because it is such hard work to act pleasant when one feels cross, v cry few people have the com1 nge of that cheeriest of men, Mr. Mark T.ipley, whd made it a point of honor to "keep jolly under the most do pressing circumstances. People whoso dispositions aro natur ally irritable unhappy, think It is no use trying to be otherwise; but that is a mistake. If they will patiently and perscveringly try to keep always pleas ant, after a while they will get in tho habit of smiling instead of frowning, of looking bright instead of surly, and of giving a kind word instead of a cross one. And the beauty of it is, as I said before, that pleasantness is catching, and before long they will find them selves in tho midst of a world full of bright and happy people, where' everj one is as good-natured and contented as they are. Christian al Work. MUSIC AT FUNERALS. Grand Old Tuiim That Aro Now ftunf in Malta and I'olkit Time, I am sorry to observe that the old psalm tunes are getting obsolete. A day or two airo 1 attended a funeral and it was requested by a member of the family that some good old-fashionod hymn, of which tho deceased was very fond, should be sung. I believe the tunes selected were: "I Would Not Live Alway" and "Just As I Am, Without One Plea." Imagine my sur prise as well ns that of the "mourners" to hear the former hymn sung in a genuine polka time w ith a soprano and bass solo. Some time ago I attended the funeral of a celebrated criminal lawyer in a North Side church, and a hired quartette was lo furnish the music. The grand old song "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me," than which a grander tune wa never written, was rendered in beautiful wain time. Ed Jordan was the ofHeiating undertaker, and I momentarily expected Ed to invito some young lady out into the vestibule to have a little waltz around. An old gentleman, living on the South Side, and who has been reared in the Methodist Church, ha left to be given the choir that will sing at his funeral to the original music: Our dajrs art like th frost. Or like the morniug dower. The other is: Why do we mourn departed friend Or shake at death alarm? In this largo city of nearly a million inhabitants I doubt if such a choir or quartette can be found now that know the music. One day a dear friend of mine died, and knowing his love for three beautiful old hymns, that ho had been wont to hear in the little village church far away, and which wa to us so hallowed by sacred and tender rec ollections. I meekly and hesitatingly asked his widow that one of these tunes might be sung. Was it? O no, but she gazed upon mo in a pitiful way, as much a to say I pity your Ignorance, and replied: "That is very old-fashioned and is not sung at all at the very latest funerals." It was then that I was obliged to ad mit to myself that there was a latest fad in fuuerul music Chicago JvunwL GERMAN ANDYANKEE llov an Independent Tln-Feddler Ataa lalied tlnhoepltabla Teuton. A German farmer, living in Mary land, waa notorious for his stinginess, and had never been known when any one entered his house, whilst he wa at table to practice those rites of bospitu. Ity so common among country peoplo. Ho was In the habit, however, of get ting over the omission by an impudent sort of a turn that was inimitable. If a traveler entered the house about noon, which is the usual hour for din ner with American farmers, who are generally a very hospitable race of people, he would say, in his Anglo (iermanlo dialect: "Howt'yedo? Hub you make your dinner?" And if he received an affirmative answer, would say: "Well, den, you peat us." If ho got a negative answer, his regular response was: "Well, don, we peat you." With ibis established character, an Impudent Yankee tin-peddler once tried an experiment upon his patience. This fellow had a prodigious canine appetite, nnd was for this reason the dread of the whole circuit in which he waa accustomed to sell his tins. Ho had, therefore, thought it prudent to annex lo his perambula tion a new district in Maryland; and, hearing of this German farmor, and be ing in his neighborhood, he, one day, presented himself just at the dinner hour. "How t'yo do? Hub you make your dinner?" said the farmer. "I guess I have," answered tho peddler. "Well, den, you peirts us," he replied. "You see," said the Yankee, "I am one of those critters that likes his dinner a soon as he can get it; howsumdever, I'll jest take a look at your taters till the woman ha done,- and then, perhaps, we can trade a littlo." Upon this he sat down, nnd helping himself to one half of tho pork that was on the table, ho shot it down so rapidly that all eye became fixed upon him, little suspecting that tho corned beef on the table was doomed to follow it lustanter. Having achieved the beof, he perceived near to him two line young cabbages, the first that had been gathered that summer; these, which were the German's own dear dish, ho had tho inexpressible hor ror to see disappear in a twinkling, down the implacable throat of the om nivorous tin-peddler. Rising from hi seat, full of wrath, the farmer now shored a huge dish of unsklnned, seedy K)tatoes to the fellow, that were there for the familv, and screamed out: "Will you swallow de potatoes, too, mit me dish und do skins? I should liko to see dat." "No," said the Yan kee, "I guess I telled you I'd only jist look at your tators; it ain't so long to supper time, but I can hold on." r. Ledger. m CLEVER DETECTIVES. lonpeetor Ityrno Talk About th Trait They Must Pwesean. "How do men bocomo detectives, any way? What training and natural trait must a man have?" asked a New York reporter of Inspector Byrne. "That is a hard question to answer offhand." said the inspector, slowly. "The most important thing, I should say, is that men have a distinct liking an undoubted 'passion for this line of duty. That is essential. "A man must like the business and know that ho likes it, lhat ho has a natural aptitudo for it That is the in dispensable prerequisite. Then he must have perseverance youth, Intelli gence, enthusiasm for his work. He must bo thorough nnd zealous, and es pecially ho must bo tenacious. A good officer will lay hi plans and go over a case, nnd perhaps fail; then he goea back and begins all over again, doing his work in the second line as carefully ns at fust; perhaps he will fail again, perhaps a half dozon times, but ho has the bull-dog in him and is up and at it again. That's the kind of a man that succeeds in this business; the man who does something hard does it by pa tience, persistence and tenacity. W hy, I wouldn't give a cent to do something any body can do. if a man i shot down hero in the street and an officer on tho opposite side runs across and arrests the murderer, there's no credit in it "But in talking about the personal traits a detective should possess to do good work. I must not neglect to say that all these are of no avail if he doe not have a thorough knowledge of pro fessional criminals. Without this he can do nothing. Of course the largo proportion of crimes are crimes against property thieving in one form or another." "How is the knowledge acquired?" I asked. "O, in various wavs; by visiting their haunts, perhaps, or some naturally pick it up in knocking about New York. If a young man of inquiring turn of mind sees a iellow who seem a little suspic ious he inquires about him, take note and perhaps talks with him. This local knowledge of criminal gradually wi dens, for all professional come here at one time or another, the budding de tective sees new faces and keeps his records as he picks up information. Then he must study classes of crime. Professional criminal are very clan nish; they run in gangs, the bank sneaks together, the hotel men, and so on through all classes of work. They are all grouped and classified." N. T. Daily Sews. m m An instance of throwing one'! self about was witnessed a few evenings ago at a party, in the case of a young lady, who, when asked to sing, first tossed her head, and then pitched her voice. It is estimated that in the year 1900 the United States will have a popula tion of nearly one huudred million.