The dull CvSSf HaasaI (iculni Who
i i 1 1 1 i Minimi ltM..i t
In 17) ho crested himself Emperor,
placing the imperial crown upon his
own head, and soon after on that of the
Llvonian iiensantglrl whom he married,
tho mistress of till favorite lrlnce
Monsrhikoff, once an Itinerant vender
of meat plea; she afterward succeeded
l'eter an F.mnross Catherine I. Ills
merciless cruelty w ;it shown early, on
bis return from bis first journey, after
Balling down the revolt of the Stroletz,
a body of janissaries who had risen to
replace hi" sister Sophia on the ttirono
Ho executed ''000 of them In cold blood
His only son Alexis, who had opposed
bis measures and was accused among
other crimes of "defending the proscrib
ed beards and cbaftans of the peasants
bad gone abroad with bis wife, but was
lured homo by an offer of reconcllla
tlon, when be was seized and condemn
ed to death by bis father and executed
In prison.
Ills interference was as trying In
mall as In great things. Ono story of
his didactic tyranny sounds like a lesson
out of "Sandford and Morton." It la
told by a Frenchman who hoard It on
the spot in Finland, whore be was sent
by Louis rhllllpe a government to ob
tain blocks of red poryhyry which
tho Czar Nicholas bad granted
for the tombof Napoleon undor tho dome
of tho Invalldes at I'aris. I'etor was
traveling Incognito In part of Finland
Just con(iieaed, where be was executing
some naval works. He mot an over-fat
man, who told him ho was going to
Petersburg. "What for?" asked the
Cxar. "To consult a doctor about my
fat, which has bocomo very oppressive."
"Do you know any doetor thoro?" "No."
"Then 1 will give you a word to my
friend. I'rince Monschlkoff and he will
Introduce you to one of the Kmperor't
physicians," The travelor went to the
prince's bouse with a note, tbo answer
was not delayed; the next day, tied
hand and feet, the poor man was dragged
off on a cart to the mines. Two years
after l'eter the (Iroat was visiting tho
mines when suddenly the minor threw
down his pick, rushed up to him, and
fell at his feet, crying: "(Jraco. grace,
what is it I have done?" Peter looked
at him astonished, until be remembered
the story, and said: "Oh, so that Is you;
I hope you are pleased with me. Stand
up. How thin and slight you bavo be
come! You are quite delivered from
your over-fat; It is a flrst-rato cure. Qo,
and remember that work Is tho best
antidote against your complaint!" Prob
ably, as over-fat Is a disease, tho poor
Ban died of his "cure."
"The Impatient activity of Peter,' as
a German wrltor calls It, attempted Im
possibilities: ii perfectly barbarous peo
ple could not be dragged up to tho level
of civilization of other nations by mere
force of u despot's will without passing
through any of the Intermediate stages.
Accordingly tho mass of the Russian
people continues much the same In hab
its and education as they wero when
l'eter begun his reforms, and a sort of
vaneer among the people and military
olasses covora a degree of bar
barism and corruption which tho
rest of Huropo has long loft
behind. The restless ambition which
be bequeathed to his successors hat (MM
on to the present day. Cut off at first
both from the Bitltlr and Itlack seas,
tboy conquorcd tho intervening terri
tory In each case, und now declare that
they will novor rest until they get pos
session of tho Dardanelles, "without
which we havo not the key to our own
bouse," said Alexander the First. Nine
teenth Century.
KNIVES FROM OLD FILES.
An Kiperletiped Artlaan Kiplalne How
They Are Made.
Al smiths aro often aski'd to make
knives from old tiles by farmers who be
lieve that such knives are better than
any they can buy at hardware stores, I
will describe my way of making them.
I first draw the temper by beating the
tile to a cherry red, then placing it in
tho ashes, und live inches under the
forge und leuvlng It there until It is cool.
I then grind out the Hie murks und next
comes the drawing. I make the beat
no higher thun a bright cherry red, and
use a gcssl smooth-faced hammer. Tho
Hie Is drawn a Uttle thicker thun the
back of the blade is to be, and the blude
Is then lient, mlgo being on the inside.
Tho blude Is then druwn to an edge, the
drawing on tho Inner curve having the
effect of straightening it. When It has
been druwn to an even and nice color
and straightened, three holes are drilled
In It so that tho handle can he fastened
on It, and it Is then shaped with a tile.
It is necessary to avoid getting the edge
too thin, or else there will be trouble In
tempering.
In tempering I use soft and somewhat
warm water. I seize tbo handle end
with a pair of tongs, hold the blude over
a clear, well-charred tiro with tho hack
down, und heat evenly to tho Ural hole
until 1 see that tho blade Is red, and
thun plunge It endwise into the water.
This should leave tho blade so that
when tried with a Hie, the tile will tako
hold just u little. If this test shows
that the blude is too hard, 1 dip It in
linseed oil, hold it over a slow, clear lire
until the oil ignites, and then dip Into
the water again. This will toughenand
enable It to hold Its edge better. Tho
grinding should be done on a good, oven
faced stone.
I have made many butcher knives In
this way, und have never heard any
complaint about them. There Is not
MM prollt In such work, but It helps
to till 'ip leisure time. Cor. Blacksmith
tad Wheelwright.
Tht Dm of Habit.
On the day before the execution the
keeper Informs a doomed man that a
visitor wishes to see him.
"Do you know who he Is?" asks the
loomed man.
"No."
"Well, just ask him If he wants to
collect a bill, and If he does, tell him to
call day after to-morrow." Texas Sitt
ings. A Toledo manufacturer exhibited
At tb Detroit exposition a cake of sil
ver aoap weighing MM pounds.
The routes are two. The quicker Ii
down the lied Sea to Suakiui, thence by
caravan 210 miles to Berber: tluuce by
nuggar or steamer to Khartoum; theuct
1,010 miles to Lado, also by water. A
Tery quick trip without delays would b
forty days The other route is by rivei
600 mile to Assouan, ail miles by rail
around (lie first cataract, 180 mile by
water to Korosko, nine days by cararaa
to Abou Hammed, and thence by water
and caravan to Barber, and the rest of Um
journey at before. The desert journey
Own Koroako to Abou Hammed it a hard
ena, with water at but one place on Um
route, but it is taken to cut off the great
Und of the Nile, which la full of rapid
UNDER THE STARS.
Fhe midnight hour It here, and tlltaot broodi
Rilb folded wlnge o'er all tbt aleeplng world;
whlppo'will within the ttdg fea
Math bulbed hit querulout soag. tad the dull
owl
Fin oalm sod voiceless la the ditrkiome wood.
Impelled uy aleepleet care I walk abroad
Through the nioltt meadows, where tbe breath
lag flowers
tend forth tweet Intense to tbt ttooplng hills,
Whole shadows hold the vale la loved em
brace.
fcoftiy tbt breeze comet from the grovet tfar
And gathering from tht meadt a thoutaaa
twteU
Petri them swajr id tlltnee to the iters,
Whllit ttrth uti weeping ttartof pearl j dew
For tbt dear Iota, but ipeakt ao evil word.
Put of the moonleii iklei tbt lumlnoui itara,
Circling la woodroui harmony and grace
'Round the great central throat of mijeity.
I'laih dowo iwaet wordi of peace and truth
and love;
Peace in the perfect motion of the ipberee,
Truth In tbt light thtt ttreami upon tbe world,
and lovt in tbt dread power that holdi them
till
Oniwerving la their way through the bluf
deepi
I bow my head In illence at I wtlk,
and itddenlng caret sad wearing toll forgot;
I I .urn to the voioei of tbt itan;
for oh, they ipcik with no uacertaln tound,
And In their motion tig Thy pralie, O God,
Tby pratee and love, Thy majeily and might
In iuch a bimcd hour grief fllei, and leave!
the tout rojolcintr, for the glory of Uod
falli down In golden riyi upon tbt earth.
And truth and beauty live In the iweet i
-P J. Dontboe, la HprlngQold (Mai ,) Republican.
HUMBLE HERO
AO Incident of tho Flood in tbe
Alabama Rlvor.
Negroot frequontly exhibit a won
derful degree of heroism in tlmos of
danger. An Instance of this I wit
nessed In tho spring of 18Ho when a
froshnt In the Alubama rlvor caused
the country on euch side to bo over
flowed by water for muoy ral!os.
Tho negroes on the rlvor planta
tions wero tho groutsst sufferers.
Their cabins would bo undor water
almost before they know that danger
threatened them, and bundrods o(
them wero sometimes found huddled
together upon lomo knoll sufficiently
elevated to be above tbe water. There
they often remained two or throe days
and nights without food and exposed
to a soaking ruin. Fortunately, tbe
oather was not cold.
Many relief expeditions were sont
out from the neighboring towns to res
cue them. These jontlsted of ono or
more bouts, manned by export oars
men und swimmers, and lillod with
cooked provisions, blankets, etc One
day tho news came that thonegroos on
a certain plantation had sought refuge
upon u corn crib, around which the
water wus rapidly rising, and so ron
do: lug their condition exceedingly
precarious. Two boats started out at
onco to their assistance. In ono ol
these I went, accompanied by iibothof
white man and a negro.
An amusing occurrence took pluce
30t long after our starting. In the
middle of a submerge d Held, about ouu
hundred yards to our right we saw u
little, woolly black head, with a
frightened hluek face beneath it, pro-
ecttng from tho water. We
rowed hastily towaids It and drew
out of the muddy wator a negro boy
about eight years old, porfectly naked,
and he'd him up among us
'Here. Moses," cried one, holding a
tin cup with whisky In it to his mouth,
hure, take a drink.
"Take a hito of this bread. Moses,"
cried another, trying' to crowd the
bread into his mouth.
'No; lot Moses havo some of this
fried bacon. It'll do him tho most
tfood," said tho negro oarsman.
Hut Moses shook his hottd and turned
tsidu from all tbo offered food.
"I'so orhtooged to yor, ninrstors,"
ho said, while his white teeth shone
und bis eyes rolled wildly, "l'se
urbleegcd ter yer, but I hain't sot down
n two days, by tryln to keep my bond
out'n do wntiih. an' all 1 wants, of yoi
please. Is to set down."
Ho was promptly wrapped in a
blanket und set down, whore for an
hour he sat without moving, enjoying
the perfect nvst of his now position.
At tho end of that time he begun to
eut I draw a vail over hit tiorfurm-
ineo In this line. Wo feared we hud
rescued him from a watery grave to
kill him with co "ii bread and bacon,
although the negro oarsman insisted
that he never heard of a "nlgguh belli'
burl by too much to oat." Meeting a
returning bout soon after, wo put
Moses In It and sent him to town. 1
never heard of him again, but presume
he survived both hit unusual bath and
bit liquet.
We resumed our journey, and just
before dark sighted tho corn crib,
upon which a mill's of uluclt hu
manity clustered Uko a swarm of
bees. A heavy rain was now falling,
and daylight beginning to fade away,
their condition become most distress
ing, as they sat In perfect silence
watching our approach.
Hut wo did not appreciate their ex
treme peril until, as the boat struck
against the frail lug-house, which was
in tho w ater to the edges of the roof,
It visibly shook and tottered. The
poor creatures begun to clamber hui
rledly down to tho boat
"Stop!" I cried. "Tha women and
hlldren lint."
Tho men obediently returned their
teats. Wo took In tlrst the children
ind then tho women, getting them all
n safely, und wero about to push off.
oiling the men wo would hurry buck
lor them as quickly as possible or send
he tlrst boat we met, when a vory old
woman (I noticed she was tbe last to
ret In tho boat and had done so re
uotantly) seized tbe corner of the
louse, and, looking anxloiuly luto my
'ace. t lid:
Marstct , ulu't you gwlae take my
ite maiir"'
"No. auntie," I answered, "the boat
it too full now. Ha must watt till w
oome hack."
Tbe words were hardly oat of my
mouth when with a tudden spring the
waa up and on the roof again. It
thook as the scrambled on all four
upon It and took her teat by a Utile,
withered old black man. whote hand
the seized and held at If the waa af rait?
we would tear ber away from him.
"Coma, auntie," I end. "thla
won't da We can't leave you here,
and we can't wait any loafer oo vou,"
(Jo on. marstor," 'ihe answered.
"I thanks yer, on I pray do good
Lawd to fetch you all safe home; but I
gwlne stay hyah wld my olo man. Ef
Sim"" got to git drownded, Lyddy
gwlne git drownded, too. We dun bin
togedder too long to part now."
And wo had to leave her, after
throwing thorn tome blankets and a
lot of provisions.
As wo rode off In the rain and night
a high falsetto voice, tremulous with
age, came across the waters f. ora the
orlb, where we loft the almost certain
ly doomed group In the blackness of
darkness. They dared not have a
light, for foar of sotting fire to their
frail support We stopped our oan
to listen to the song. It came clear
and distinct First Lyddy's trembling
voice, and then a chorus of a ozon or
more of tho deep bass voioes of the
men:
" We're t ellngln' to de ark.
Take ui In, take ut Id.
Turtle wutab'i dtep ea dark,
Take ui in, take ui In.
Po' It Hcih Ii po' en weak,
Take ui In. take ut In.
Tude Ltwd we gwlnter leer
Ttke ut In. ttka ui In.
Den L twd, holt out dj haaV
Take ui In, take ut In.
Draw da ilunahi to dt lan
Take ui In, take ui In."
Wo could wait and listen to the
weird sounds no longer, but struck
our oars Into the water and hurried
away.
Most fortunately wo came across a
boat bont upon the same errand at
ourselves, which went immediately to
the crib and saved all of its living
freight. The crib had, apparently,
been held down by tbelr weight for,
as the last ono left it, it turned over
and floated away to tbe gulf.
Their rescuors told us afterwards
that as thoy noarod the crib, tbe first
tound thoy heard was an old woman'i
voice singing:
"lie I.uwd Ii byah'd our cry,
Answered by tho men:
"Take ui to. take us Ir.
En He'll lave ua by en by,
Take ua In, take ut la."
To this simple-hearted old creature
divorce courts and separations were
unknown. With her It was "until
death do us part" Detroit Frea
Press.
m a w
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. '
Tbty Form a Completely United Body,
Knterprlilug- and Harmonious.
No State of the Union is a nation,
though several .States exceed Euro
pean nations both In size and popula
tion, the Si'ato of Now York, for ex
ample, being both larger and more
populous than tho whole of Switzer
land; and no Stato represents a his
torical nationality. Hence tho ex
perionoo of Amorica, it may be ob
served, throws no light on tho possi
bility of using "federalism and local
autonomy as convenient methods
either for recognizing and giving freo
scope to the sentitnont of nationality
which may oxbt in any part of an em
pire, or for mooting the neod for local
Institutions and distinct legislation
which muy arise from differences be
tweeon such a part and tho rest of the
empire." Tho States, looked at as a
wholo, make up the United States,
but the United States are nothing but
the political form Into which circum
stances have molded tho constitution
of a , ingle nation. The Americans
are as much one people as the
1- reach or tho Italians; they form
a more completely united body
than do the Inhabitants of tbo
United Kingdom. The men you meet
at Now York differ less from the men
you meet at Chicago than Londoners
from the citizens of Edinburgh or than
both from tho citizens of Cork. The
d i iTereiiee, Indeed, between whites and
blacks is of course fundamental, but
the aim of the negro is to imitate to
tho best of his power tho ordinary
American citizen, and there does not
exist ut present and, as far as ono
daro prophesy any thing, there la not
much likelihood there will exist In the
Uulon any thing like negro national
ity. Meanwhile -and this Is of pri
mary Importance tho division into
States does not correspond with dif
ferences of religious creed. An En
glishman who goos from London to
Edinburgh enters into a now moral at
mosphere. Who can pasH a month In
Scotland without hoarlng of the dif
ferences which divide tho Free Church
from tbo Establishment? What sane
man living in England cares to recall
these subjects of division. Tho Ro
nian Catholic citizen of Tlclno is a
different man from tho (ierman Ko
to m Catholic Of Lucerne, each differs
from the (ionr.aii Protestant of Borna
or tho Fronch Protestant of Geneva.
A citizen of tho United States It an
American; he is not a Callfornlan or
a New Yorker. Edinburgh Review-
Doing Hit Prettiett.
Mr. Budworthy Rather clover fel
low, that young Dudelong, don't you
thlnkP
Miss Tcwstulea -I really roulda't
tell. Ho scarcely uttered a word tha
whole time he was here,
Mr. Hndworthy --Sly dog! He knowt
when ho is at hit best Puck.
Weelyan Univertity, Middle
town, Conn,, has an andowment ol
1700.000.
t'pper Hurmah'i Magwttlo Rock.
In a recent report oa magnetic rook
among the lulls of Upper Kurmah, Dr.
Noetllng describes a mountain or hill at
Slngaung which consists of a huge mast
of Iron ore. Having noticed on the way
numerous pieces of iron ore, which be
came still more frequent on the south
ern side of the hill, an examination waa
made of the latter In varloua directions,
and It was found that the surface waa
every where covered with huge blockt of
Iron ore, originating evidently from the
tuperflcial decomposition of lower beds,
leading to the conclusion that the whole
hill must consist of a large mats of the
ore. Dr. N. was unable, however, to as
certain tha geological condttlont under
which this ore occurs, or its exact limlta
or extensions, on account of thedeaaa
Jungle, as well at the tremendous at
traction, the latter rendering his com
paaa useless. He estimates, however,
that the hill covert at least an area of
about a square mile, aad that it rites
about two hundred foot above the level
of the Twlunge valley. Tha ora Is
hermatlle oeroxlde of Iron. N Y. Sua.
PUMPED BY ELECTRICITY.
an KfTeetlve Organ Motor Introduced la
tevaral New York Cfcurehot.
Not least among the many utet
which electricity now subserves it Ita
adaptability through the medium of
motors to the operating of church or
gans. During thelaat two or three
years experiment havo been made to
this end by the varloua electric light
and electric motor companies, which
have finally resulted In the perfecting
of a machine which Is fast revolution
izing the antiquated methods of pro
viding large organs with a satisfactory
motive power.
The first church in tbe country, and
probably in the world, to make use of
this latest triumph of electrical science
was St Paul's, of thla city, which for
nearly a year has operated its organ
by means of a ono-horso power C and
C motor, whore formerly four men
were required to do tho same amount
of work. The experiment has been
watched with great interest by eleo
trlcianB, for its success meant the open
ing of a large and remunerative field
to manufacturers of electric motors. It
hat proved such a complete success
that seven of tho largest church or
gan! In New York have recently beeu
similarly equipped. They are St
Patrick't Cathedral, the Collegiate Re
formed Church, the Madison Square
Church, Trinity, St Thomas', Calvary
and St Ignatius'.
The advantages of the motor over
other means of pumping organ bellowt
are to many and evident, that it is but
the question of a short time before all
churches within reach of an electrio
current will bo provided with the labor
saving appliance. Henceforth the or
ganist is Independent of bis bete noire,
the humtln organ blower, or the vaga
ries of tho gas engine. He now seats
himself at his Instrument presses a
button within reach of his hand, and
the motor rovolvos, the bellows rise
and fall, and tho organ, obedient to his
touch, gives forth its music In praise of
tho works of man as well as of God.
No longer is ho in momentary dread
that the small boy, owing to the sopor
ific influences of his playing, or to tho
defectlvo working of an antiquated en
gine, will force him, figuratively speak
ing, to whistle for a breeze.
Tho uso of tho water motor, tho
cheapest of all known mothodB for gen
orating wind, was made impossible in
this city some years since because of
tho enormous waste of water which it
necessarily involved. Tho great and
insurmountable objections to tho gaa
engine Is that it has been found impos
sible, either to minimize or overcome
the noiso and tho grout expense involved
both Initial and constant Tho cost of
the equipping an organ with an elec
tric motor is less than half that for the
simplest kind of gas engine. The cost
oi operating is also decidedly less. It
Is not more than ten dollars a month
pbr hot'Ho power, and as tho sizo of the
motor Is Increased tho relative cost per
horse power Is diminished. Whore
the church Is already fitted with elec
tric light wires the expense Is, of
course, much reduced. The St. Thomas'
church organ, tho largest in the city,
It oasily and satisfactorily run by a mo
tor of four-horse power.
The small space that the motor occu
pies, tho evenness of its blowing, the
facility of its control in starting and
stopping, as well as in regulating, and
the little attention required, are the
special advantages claimed for it over
any other power used for this purpose.
It runs with practically no noise, Is free
from bout or odor, gives no trouble
from frost in tho coldest weather, and
It always to bo depended upon to do
what is asked of it If an organ is
built for power, Its attachment is the
work of a moment If built to be run
by hand, it can easily bo transformed
into one ready for power. Regulation
may bo effected by varying tho speed
of tho motor by the movement of the
bellows, or by using a constant speed
motor employing a mochanical move
ment to connect or dlsconnoct the
power by shifting a belt which is acted
upon by tho rise or full of the bellows
Tho ono In uto at St Paul's it an
automatic motor connected to the main
driving pulley by a shifting bolt. Whoi
the bellows rise to a certain point thit
bolt is made to work on a loose pulley,
thus disconnecting tho motor from tho
driving shaft When, however, tho
bellows fall below this point (by tho
uso of compressed air) the belt is made
to automatically shift on to tho tight
pulley, and tho motor again doos Its
work. Another method of regulation
It by connecting tho motor itself with
bellows to regulate tho power given
out by the motor. As the bellowt rise
tho speed of the motor is reduced until
they arc full; at that point the motor
is at rest, and starts at the bellowt
again falls. N. Y. Times.
A Mississippi Uirl't Revenge,
A young lady of Mississippi was
visiting the blue-grass region of Ken
tucky, and was entertained at a dinner
party at tho Governor's mansion. Dur
ing the course of the dinuer a degener
ate ton of the Governor talked loosely
about things In general, and among
them of a visit to Mississippi, remark
ing that he had not teen a pretty
woman In hit tour through the State.
The girl from Mississippi awaited her
opportunity, and during a lull In the
conversation turned and asked tbe
Governor If what she had heard of tha
gentlemen of Kentucky was true.
The Governor wanted to know what It
was, and the attention of tho whole
company was directed to the lady's re
sponse: "Well," taid the, "I heard
that Kentucky gentlemen jslucate their
horses and fit the. annsnnt to grass. ''
The largest collection of coins,
125,000 In number, ia In the cabinet of
antiquities, Vienna
Queen Victoria, among her many
other cares of office, has to edit care
fully the Court Circular dally.
At the mayoralty of Bertheoourt.
France, bablea are now baptized in the
name of tho republic and to duly reg
istered. The Empress of Germany Is taid
to wear on her thoulder at court fetet
a magnificent agraffe In diamonds
which belonged to Napoleon I. and
which was attached to hit hat at Waterloo,
COWER S SHAKESPEARE.
tattie In tho Memorial Gardens, gtrat-ford-oo-Avon.
One of the featurot of Stratford, Inter
ttlng to the Shaketpeare pilgrim, la
Lord Ronald (Jower't atatue of tbe poet,
erected last summer In the Memorial
gardens. This work Is fine In tome of
its detaila, but not fortunate in all, and
certainly Infelicitous In Its composition
and i ts sido. It consists of a vast pedes
tal, on tho top of which stands the full
length bronze figure of Shakespeare,
while at the four corners of tho base are
bronze flgu es of Hamlet, Lady Macbeth,
Henry V. and Falstaff. These character
figures are here named In tho order of
their merit. Hamlet It tbe fulfilment
of a noble ideal. The face and figure
are full of misery, yet full of thought.
The typo of man thut embodied would
bo at once recognized any where an Im
perial, powerful, tender, graclout na
ture, completely broken and subjugated
by hopeless grief. Lady Macbeth,
though conventional In treatment, doos
convey the idea of remorse and of
physical attenuation from Buffering, and
likewise the sense of being haunted.
Henry V. Is represented as putting on
tho crown. The figure is lithe, graceful
and spirited, and the action of It Is nat
ural. It lacks royal individuality, how
ever, and it might bo taken for anybody
as soon as for Princo Henry. Falstaff
appears as a typo of gross, chuckling
humor, and almost might be token for
Oambrlnua or King Boor. The intellect
and thepredominantcharactcrof Falstaff
are not indicated. Those figures are
dwarfed by tho size of the stone they
surround a hugo pillar, upon which ap
propriate lines upon Shakespeare, se
lected by Mr. Flower, have been in
scribed. The statuo of Shakospoare
himself shows a man of solid solf-conse-cration
and iron will; an observer, of
universal view and incessant vigilance.
The remarkable feature of this figure is
tho piercing look of the oyos. This U a
man who sees, ponders and records.
Imagination and sensibility are not
strongly suggested. Tho faco lacks
modelling; It is as smooth at a child's
face without characteristic curve or
wrinkle; perhaps it was designed to ex
press an idea of eternal youth. The man
who had Shakespeare's obvious exper
ience must havo risen far above all that
this world can do, to bloss or to ban a
human life. This structure, finally, has
been badly placed. It stands on the
south sido of tho Memorial building,
and within a few feet of it, so that It is
almoBt swallowed up by what was In
judiciously Intended for its background.
It. would show to far better advantage
If placed farther to tho southward, look
ing down tho long reach of the Avon to
Shakespeare's church. The face of the
poet could then bo seen from tho spot
where he died, while his faco would still
look, as it docs now, toward his tomb.
Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
THE USEFUL CACTUS.
Without It the Average Mexican Would
I.iml a Surry Eiletence.
The remark has been made that "the
cactus has many good points and will
not be sat dow n upon." The remark Is
a true one, for. as is tho reindeer to the
Laplander, so is the cactus to the poor
Mexican. It furnishes him with a home,
auch as it is. His food) In many ways is
prepared from tho cactus. Sit down to
a meal in a wretched Mexican jacal, and
if you do not wish to spread your length
upon tho floor, you will be offered a
small wicker stool made from the tough
fibre of tbe cactus. Tbe matting spread
upon tho dirt floor, which serves as a
table, is woven from tho same material.
Corn-meal cakes (tortillas), boiled
beans, great fat fellows, and a pleasant
and wholesome dish of stewed cactuscut
into small squares, about the size of a
pea, will constitute your repast of solids.
The fruit, without which no Mexican
moal is complete, will be the luscious
tuna, which grows around tho edgos of
the prickly leaves of tho cactus, and
which, when growing, resembles a huge
green shield surrounded by a orescent
of thorny knobs about the sizo of a small
apple, as if serving as a protection for
the tender edges of the leaves. In a
Mexican dinner, sweets always occupy
a conspicuous part, and on this occasion
tho dulce will bo the preserved roots or
leaves of this same cactus.
Though the Mexican people aro not a
race of hard drinkers, yet at meal times
the wine or other fermented liquors aro
inevitable, und, as the lower class of
Mexicans can not well afford wine, you
are invited to partake once more of this
much abused cactus, this time in tho
form of tequila, a most atrocious drink,
which looks like gin, harmless enough
to all appearances, but which goes down
vo ir throat like a wave of the, and a
tew glasses of which will make you
drunk (dear to your linger tips. Should
this prove too much for you, you aro at
liberty to partake of another beverage
derived from the samo source, but not
quite as ardent, L e., mescal. This liq
uid leaves a delicate suggestion of tar
and red pepper in your mouth, and, if
drunk after eating a certain kind of do
mestic fruit, It is very dangerous, and
in many cases results vory disastrously
for the imbiber. Mexico Letter.
A native of India residing in Lon
don expressed a wish lately to send by
parcel post to India the ashes of his
cremated brother, to bo d "opped into
the sacred Ganges. Ho was informed
that unless ho could limit the weight
of tho parcel to eleven pounds the
post-office could offer him no facilities,
and he sadly withdrew.
Although a telegraph system has
been in operation in England for so
many years, it Is only recently that
facilities for telegraphing money have
boon afforded the country. Now in
eighteen of the largest cities a money
order can be telegraphed from or paid
at tho 08t-oflice, but already there are
complaints that no saving is effected
by tho new system. Telegraphing is
such slow work in the old country, and
tho mall service is so exceptionally
rn;ld, thut a letter often heats a tele
gram in a fair race
The folk lore of Southern Russia
can be partially imagined from a case
which came before a judge at Odessa.
A man applied for a writ to compel
his daughter to leave the house, be
cause when she saluted her parents
she did not bow to them." He said he
would withdraw hit application if the
would ask pardon and make the regu
lar obeisance. The girl agreed. She
asked jiardon: but when she bowed the
father criod: "Lower. Down with
your head; down below the girdler"
She replied: "I won't bend aa low aa
that not if I have to leave the house."
The judge therefore ordered her to
leave, but tbe gave in finally and
bowed ber head to the gjrdle.
A GOETHE ANECDOTE.
a lBtortatlog Btory CharaeUrletla of
the Great Oirnaa Tninsar.
The following little atory, which ia
amusing and characteristic of great
Goethe In his last yoars, will. I think.
Interest that large portion of our
cultured public which cares for tho
great German thinker and writer.
Gothe was for many yoars Intimate
with Hofrath and Prof. Dr. Fr. Slg-
mund Volgt. and with tho professor'a
wife, born V. Lbenich. Ihe aoctor
and his wife lived at Jena, which it
some nine or ten English mllet distant
from Weimar; and when Gotho visited
the university city, ho commonly spent
hit evenings with the Volgta. Goethe
waa, of course, tho central point of at
traction, and an object of the greatest
reverence In the little circle which
gathered together in the rooms of the
profossor. In tho eeventn volume oi
the "Gootho Jahrbuch" Edmund Sten
gel narrates tho llttlo atory of the
groat man an anecdote communicated
to Stengel by Theodore Voigt, a son of
the Jona professor. Tho probablo dato
would be 1830.
In hit last years Goothe had become
monosyllabic and serious, and waa
also, at times, very forgetful. Ono
afternoon a Hussar from Weimar
came riding rapidly Into Jena, and
drew briilo at tho door of the profes
sor. This Hussar was the bearer of a
note from Goethe to Voigt, In which
tbo doctor was pressingly Invited to
come to Goethe that samo evening,
and it was added that a carriage
would come for Volgt In about an
hour. Voigt, naturally, gladly obeyed
the summons, and was driven to Wei
mar to wait upon the poet Arrived
In Goethe's well-known room, Volgt
found there. In addition to Gootho
himself, Rlemer, tho poot's secretary,
Eckormann, afterwards the poet's
Boswell, and one or two other mon,
whose names aro unrecorded. They
were all sitting round a table, and
Goetho wore a green shade over hit
eyes. No one spoko a word, but each
man had bofore him a bottle of
red wino. Voigt wished to announce
himself, and to inquire what were hla
Excelency's commands; but Relmer
whispered to him softly: "Hush! Ex
celency is thinking." Silence again
settled down upon tho party; the men
sipped their wine noiselessly. At last,
at ten p.m., the party broko up.Gootho
dismissing his friends with his usual
formula: "I wish my friends a good
night"
Tho next morning Excelency could
remember nothing about the invita
tion of Voigt Some idea must have
crossed the poet's mind which made
him dosirlous of seeing and speaking
with tho profossor, but the idea had
vanished, and had loft no trace; so
that Volgt returned to Jena without
having learned why he had been bo
suddenly and needlessly summoned to
Wolmar. H. Schutz Wilson, In Lon
don Athena- mi.
STYLES IN SMALL FURS.
The Reign of the Ilea to lie aa Popular at
It waa I ust Season.
The reign of the boa is not over:
that incomprehensible yet bocoming or
nament, garment, or accessory, in
whichever category it may be claBsed,
has entwined Itself sinuously into tho
affections and around the shoulders of
the devotees of fashion, and there it
will probably remain a considerable
part of tho winter.
Boas of fluffy black bear, Russian
sable, Hudson Bay sable, gray, silver,
and black fox, are nmong tho mora ex
pensive furs, and black lynx, natural
lynx, and black marten are the more
moderatod-priced furs, the preference
usually being either for black or very
light furs.
Persian lamb and astrakhan are
favorite furs this season, and the com
bination of seal-skin with astrakhan is
too striking to escape notice, even
among the smaller furs.
The deep Russian collar, crossing
diagonally on the bust and fastened at
tbe side, is a favorite addition to the
atroet gurment of cloth or plush, and
In seal-skin w ith astrakhan appliques
apparently embedded in the fur, it is
very effective. Collars of Persian
lamb, astrakhan, beaver and various
smooth-surfaced furs, are worn both
separately and In connection with
other outer garments, and partly sup
ply the place of the short capes or
pelerines of fur which are st ill occa
sionally seen. Small cuffs of fur to
match tho collar aro used, but when
a muff Is carried they are not very
graceful.
Muffs are still the small round balls
of fur thoy were last winter, and are
simply finished with a 80ft satin lin
ing. Seal-skin muffs are sometimes
trimmed with cords of silk finished
with small balls of fur, or with bows
of ribbon, and Borne even are trimmed
with other fur.
Trimming furs include a great vari
etyblack furs, such as black bear,
black marten, Russian and Hudson Bay
sables; and light-colored furs, such aa
natural lyux, cinnamon boar, white
Persian lamb and light-colored beavers.
Directoire revet of fur are put on cloth
or plush wraps and redingotes, and
b-jids of fur edging the skirt, the
basque, or in lengthwise strips on tho
tklrt as if they were linings to the
folds or plaits of the drapery, are very
much used on either silk or woolen
costumes.
Turbans and toques of seal-skin are
trimmed with bands of otter, lynx or
beaver, or with wings and different
ornaments of fancy feathers, and often
with both. For trimmings on cloth
toques are of dark or light furs, aa
preferred, usually being selected with
a view to contrast Demoreot'a
Monthly
Ten cenu' was the reward given a
Pottstown (Pa.) man the other day
who found a stray $3,000 team and
apent an hour in finding the owner.
!y,U I""1 flnd y6ur9elf PPfer
In ttudying the good qualities of others
and exercising feeUnga of charity and
irood will t.,u ,.-.i .i .
La?. lhem- 0,16 C0U
make VOU harm V,. .v ..
t. w f- i.j " ""terawe.
Uive free indulgence to every noble and
aTenerout aentins.t .-. ..
Mil.... rejoice in me ex-
!!He f0. of others. Keep
lf out of view and ahow interest ii
Sjmpathlxa wlth 81
tote lata their f,)Br a
HONEST CARL DUNDEfl
The Old rtllow Ii Calchln, oB .
Iran Wayi at La
"Hello! Mr. Dunderl" saluted 8.
Bendall aa that Individual enu J111
Central atatlon, with a broad,
smile on his countenance,
"Hello! Sergeant Vhaa eaffcmai
all right mlt you?" "'erJteaap
"Iguetaao. You look happy
"Sergeant, I vhaa thust like
No more troubles for me. I VnM "
Ing on to do thust like Americans
"I am glad of that. You ulej a, ,
terribly green." 1
"So I vhas. Throe months ago lev.
know some beans In a bag HaU
Der cows come along und take . ,
some grass. If It ralnt I shtandt frS
out doors und get wet. I h,',
makes mo laugh when 1 tee how tnJ
vhas!" smn 1
"Anything happened lately?" ue.le.
the sergeant, in a careless way.
"Vhell, not mooch. Some fellers tr
to boat me, but doy doan' make oudt. I
vhas too sharp for 'em. One feller cornea
along mit six pairs of sheop-sheam n
bundle. He doan' want to 8bll ,w
shears, .but he likes to borrow three dJi
lars for ono day und loaf 'em for secur!
lty. If ho doan' come pack inonediv
dose shears vhas mine." '
"I see."
"He doan' oomo pack. Maypc L,
break his leg or something, but dot vhM
nothing to me. I keep doso shears, u
somepody boats me, Borgeant, he shaH
haf to get oop worry early In der morn
Ing." "I presume so. Havo you the shears
there?"
"I haf. I belief you like to see 'em "
"They are worth two shillings a pair -said
the sergeant, after an Inspectloa.
"You are out of pocket fourteen thm.
Ings, and what do you expect to do w.th
ihoop-shcars?"
"Heafens! I doan' think of t:"
rasped Mr. Dunder as he grew whlU in
tho face.
"Any thing else?"
"Vhell, I gst my life Insured. Idem
belief I vhaB sheafed by dot. A feller
comes along und says vhas I Carl fon
der? I vhaa. Vhell, der Presideit ol
lor United States says he likes me to
call on you and insure your life. Sis
vhas a new company vnd a new idtt. I
lot you In by der ground floor. I tt
your name to influcnue odder peoplt.
" 'How vhas dot now idea?'
"You pay only two dollars eafcry
twenty years, and If you dio your wife
getB $75,000. It vhas der biggest thing
out. Shildrens cry for it Wanderbllt,
Shay Gould, Russell Sage und all der
big fellows vhas Into it. How oldtyou
vhas who vhas your grandmother bow
many teeth have you lost oudt -vhas
you eafer bit by some dogs did you eater
own a white horse how often you fill
down Btairs do you ride on some bicy
cles, und dis vhas der truth, der whole
truth, und nothing but dor truth."
"And he wanted the two dollars In ad
vance?" queried the sergeant.
"Of course. Dot was to pay for
shwearing me."
"Well, you aro beaten again, Mr. Dun
der. Insurance men don't do business
that way. Good dayl"
"How you mean?"
"You had better go home. Have you
got a tub in your houso?"
"Of course."
"Any bran at the barn?"
"Yes."
"Well, mako the tub about half full
of mash and then put your head to soak
for about forty -eight hours. When
through buy some No. 4 sand-paper and
polish it down to the bone."
"Sergeant, vhas I some greenhorns?"
"You are."
"Vhill I eafer learn somethings?"
"Never."
"Then, good-bye! I shan't try no
more. It vhas a queer country, und
nothing vhas dor same two times alike.
Vhen my body was brought in here
doan' make fun of it. Shust use ltshent
ly und say dot I did so well ash I could."
Detroit Free Press.
CHUGWATER'S MISTAKE.
How the Growling; Old Gentleman Put Hit
Foot In It.
Mr. Chugwater (growling)-Samantha,
that young Snodgers comes to this house
altogother too often to suit me.
Mrs. Chugwater He's a decent, civil
sort of a young man. I havo no ohjec
tions to his coming.
Mr. Chugwater (raising his volcc)
Well, I havo! Ho may be a good aver
ago young man, but I tell you I don't
want him about this house!
Mrs. Chugwater (placidly ) I don't see
what business it is of yours, Mr. Chug
Mr. Chugwater (riaing to his feet and
bringing his fist down on the table)
You don't see what business It is of
mine? Why, good heavens, madam!
Ain't I tho head of this family?
Mrs. Chugwater (mlldly)-I suppose
you consider yourself such.
Mr. Chugwater (in a towering rago)
I certainly do, madam! And If I
that giggling simpleton of a Snodgers
isn't the kind of a man I want for a son-in-law
it goes. Mrs. Chugwater! It goes
in this family!
Mrs. Chugwater (sweetly) It won't
go this time, Josiah.
Mr. Chugwater (frantically and at the
top of hlB voice) You'll see madam.
Tell me which one of the girls be comet
to Bee! Deceive me if you dare, Mrs.
Chugwater! Which it the one?
Mrs. Chugwater (pleasantly)-Ht
comos to see the hired girl, Josiah.
Mr. Chugwater takes a large chew of
plug tobacco and goes down-town with
his hat pulled over his eyes.)-Cbicago
Tribune.
A slip of the Tonf oe.
Mamma-Why, Harry St. Clair. Yj
naughty, naughty boy! I heard you tell
your little brother just now. that you i
"knock him Into the middle of next
week" if he didn't sit over on the soft.
What do you mean by using such laa
guage? Harry I I er I mfant to y
"please sit over," but my tongut
alipped. Time.
A" census of form animtus nas
cently been taken by the Italian W -eminent,
and it appears that there
verv largo increase in all "n.
ing'ptgs, which have diminished
siderably in numbers. ,
-The Switzerland Department o
Agriculture has made the tTW"'
sravxs mildew obligatory. For
offenso of negligence the owner '
subject to a fine of from two to ea,
een dollars. .
-The Freuch tervant girl i
ter than the American, and tbe
Counteaa hat her troubles wiln 0f
the tame aa Mrs. John Smith. J
the nobilltv of France waa haua-' a
court and fined teven dollars tbe o
day for lotlng her temper and
a servant girl t