THE KNIGHT GROWS OLD.
,!..! lid ODIUM OUl vu "J,
i,ib.p-"Minchi"i"k,w,r'
T ili-n bs own a"
f h.r : "Com P'y with I"
.,i.msn lust ten year old
."t t" KnlKht both brave and bold,,
, muldt-n lend to echool !
"CjUlBper-BalD.tth.rul,.
.m,ieimbte In the fields,
1 ' .be o Mekoo comet and steal
,!,.!. from linneft net,
J0d Knlifbt steals Heart from maiden', breast.
M irt this Knlrtl doth whisper K
i lover preur. of the hand.
A little ilifli. w"'-
i million lot world of bliss. r
unit bone quite trim and neatj
T motlier-. mlllnn face and tweet. - -.
j Young Woman' Magazine,
MAMMA JO.
Man Vane's Triumph Over Him
wlf and the Vi oman He Loved.
You will not marry me, Joe?"
OuWld a north wind drove the snow
.gainst the windows with a long, wall
kjcry, but within all was comfortable
nd luxury.
Satin-lined curtains, velvet carpets,
beautiful pictures, and a glowing grate
g-e, which winked drowsily at them
through the twilight.
jo, with a bitter experience of poverty
,1 the daily struggle for bread, bad
thoroughly enjoyed this magnificent
home.
She was nursery governess to Julian
Vane's Httlo boy. Her life had been
poor and hard, She had earned by her
Jeedle barely enough to Bupport her
ielf and ber invalid mother.
After her mother's death this opportu
nity offered itself to hor through the
columns of a daily paper, and she ac
cepted it gratefully.
Vane Hall was a big mansion three
miles from the city. It overlooked the
ica, and was a delightful summer resi
dence; but when the troes wore bare,
the ground covered with snow, and the
ira cold and wild, it might have been
dreary to some, but to Josephine Hol
land, coast-born, It was a never-ending
delight.
The master was a dark, handsome
Din, not over thirty, who spent his
time In riotous living. The old house
keeper told Jo this when she first came.
Hut Jo pitlod the child, who was a fine
little fellow, and she was not daunted.
She had a dainty bed room and sitting
room, the free use of a mugniBcent
piano, and a large library.
When Julian Vane entertained his
boon companions, as ho often did, Jo
abut herself up with her charge and
waited for the revel to end.
She was a brave and resolute girl,
dusky-haired and dark-eyed. She had
improved in look since coming to Vane
Hall; her cheeks were rounder and she
had better color.
Little Ralph took to calling ber
"Mamma Jo." It was impossible to
overlook the fact that be was much
more tractable since her advent.
Mr. Vane began to discover that hi
boj'is governess was an agreeable young
liiy.
One day he entered the library, where
Jo was reading. The boy had been
playintr soldier in his long ulster, with
a blanket strapped to his sturdy little
shoulders and a toy gun over his arm.
Worn out at last he had fallen asleep on
the hearth-rug, with his long brown
curls sweeping across his face.
Ills father gazed at him thoughtfully
as Jo explained.
"Poor little soldierl he deserves I
better daddy!" he said, with a short
lsugh and a careloss shrug of the shoul
ders. "Yes, I think so," returned Jo, facing
him, calmly.
Vane looked at her with a lo oking
mile.
"Don't preach, Miss Jo; il-Mt not
your province."
"Sinco your brave little son can not
make a good man of you, it would be
Mly for a more stranger to attempt
it," she said, as she passed him on her
way to the door.
That was their first little passage-alarms;
after that they.had many.
Julian Vane's half-mocking manner
provoked her into plain speech, which
seemed both to interest and amuse bim.
lie went on much the same as ever
sometimes rather worse, as if trying to
hock or frighten Jo.
But there were intervals of quiet,
when Jo was amazed at tbe man's cul
ture and talents, when she was fascin
ated by his strong magnetism, and filled
with remorse for his wasted opportuni
ties. So a whole year passed.
Vane Hall had grown dear to Jo, and
its master, with his half-mocking, half
tender manner, filled her heart with
rath and sorrow. Now the time had
tome for her to go.
This night he bad asked her to be his
wile, and she had refused him!
' You will not marry me, Jo?" he re
lated, smiling at her incredulously.
"Why, yes, you will, child. How could
e exist away from each other?"
She looked at him in silence, her eyes
wide and dark with sorrow.
He was bending toward her, flushed
nd smiling, sure of success, the dark
ks falling over his forehead.
"Speak!" he said, dropping his hands
BPon horshoulderand giving her a little
o.ke. "Don't stare at me like a little
jaago. Dare you say that you do not
love me?"
"I despise your faults and weakneses,"
he said, slowly.
He flushed, but answered steadily
nough.
"Nonsense! I am much like other
a trifle worse than some, perhaps,
' not half a bad follow. Come, Jo,
when will you marry me?"
"Never," she said in a low voice.
"I say you shall!" and he crushed her
nddenly in his arms and kissed her
n'r, eyes and lips. "I iove you -I love
Ju! Why, Jo, we were made for each
othfT. I admire your brave little soul,
Wnich nevor fears me! Why, I never
wed any woman as I love you. I was
betrothed to my wife In childhood. It
ws a family arrangement. We had a
Wet liking for one another, nothing
ore,"
Do yoo mean to say," said Jo, push
te him away breathlessly "that you
ver told any other woman that you
loved her?"
J ne burst into an irrepressible laugh.
What a little goose you are, Jo! Men
e love to women because they like
! V . . t -
uii n j you nave maae love u
fce?" demanded Jo, grimly.
"Good heavens! Jo, you know better,
'ask you to be my wife to reign queen
"J heart and homel My darling roy
j"te, darling, will you come? Will you
" a mother to my little boy, who love
wll
To'.ce was dangerously sweet and
winnl
"I can not-I dare not!" cried Jo. d
lerntctely, clinching her fists. "I h
- -
pern
es-
- , H
go away from hero to-mor'
I shall
"IVepiMerous:" he. exclaim,-,!, throw.
Inghlimelf away frm h.-r and strl ltni
across the room.
"You shall n it go away from mo Into
the great, cruel world. I ll put you un
Jer lock and kiy."
She smiled at'hlra through her tears.
"Look here, Jo," ho said, coming to a
stand-still before her, "suppose I prom
iso to reform-will youraarrv me? What
degree of perfection must a man ohuln
In order to become your husband?"
This with sarcasm.
She met his angry, gleaming eye
Steadily. '
The man whom I marry must not
spend his lifo in selfish dissipation,
neither must he ride headlong over all
the gifts which Cod has bestowed upon
him. Think what (iod made you," she
added, passionately. "Think what you
have mado yourself.
"How can you come before your little
boy. carrying all the aroma of debauch
ery, when you might make a hero oi
yourself for him to reverence and to pat
tern after? When you have conquered
your vices I will he our wife, for I do
love you, even bett.v than you dream,
and It breaks my hi art to see you so
scornful of all thatls oodand pure "
"How do you knev that?" he Inter
rupted. "I am not scornful of this irood
una pure uuie woman. ou have little
faith In me, Jo, that is plain; but 1 will
astonish you.
"To-morrow yeu shall go, as you
choose for I can find you wherever you
go- and when I have oxoreised the dev
ils which have possosMon here, I will
come for my reward. Only, remoniher.
If I find any other man has usurped me
I shall make a small matter of shootlnz
him."
Jo laughed miserably; sho was quite
sure In her own mind that she should
never see him again.
Sho turned blindly away, but be de
tained her.
"What, going without another word?
Without a good-byo kiss? I go to town
to-night, and shall not return until aftor
you are gone. Kiss me furewell, Jo!"
Sho lifted her palo and trembling lips,
gave him her first kiss, and sped away,
fearful lest her resolution should falter
under the light of his dark eye.
Fivo years passed away.
For a year, yes, two years, Jo kept
alive a desperate flicker of hopo in her
heart
Sho never heard of Julian Vane's lonp
long months of battle with his evil
spirit.
What sho heard of him were his oc
casional back-slldlngs, when ho reck
lessly plunged into evory kind of dissi
pation. lie never came to her, although she
was In the city and ho knew it. and at
last Jo gave up her dream of happiness
and tried to forget it and him.
Sho left the city, drifted here and
thore as fortuno seemed to beckon, new
tewing, now teaching, until at lust she
found herself Installed mistress of a lit
tle school In a straggling California set
tlement known as Devil's Creek.
It was a Dleannnt spot, in spito of its
name, and Jo began to think herself set
tled for lifo. until an anno.vam-e arose
in the shape of a big, burly rough, known
is .lorry (ialore, who had conceived a vio
lent passion for the quiet, sad-cyod lit
tle school-ma'am.
Ho followed her everywhere, made
desperate lovo to her on every occasion,
lent her badly spelled notos, until sho
Mnally began to fear him.
Ono night she was delayed aftor school
by some reports she wished to fill out.
Tho school-house was In a lonely
place, noarly a mile from any other
building; and, looking up from her
writing presontly, she was alarmed to
iee Jerry Galore leering at her from the
loorway.
As she sprang to her feet ho stepped
jver tho threshold, closed and lockod
the door. '
"What do you mean, sir?" sho de
manded, sternly. "Stand aside; I wish
to pass."
"Not so fast, Miss Holland. You'll
Uay here awhile with me. You've put
n too many airs with me, my lady.
Perhaps after you've passed the night
hore vou'll bo ready to be my wife. I'm
bound to have you."
Jo's head was up; her nostrils anatea,
her eyes flashing, but her heart quailed
within her at tho horror of her situation.
At that moment one of the windows
as thrown open from the outsido, and
i man vaulted through into the school
oom. It was Julian Vane.
Instantly the ruffian's revolver was
leveled at him.
"You just make tracks out of here,"
laid Jorry Galore, "or I'll "
Here Jo struck his wrist suddenly with
ine firmly clinched first, and the re
volver went spinning to tho floor.
Itefore Jerry had recovered from bis
istonishment Vance possessed himself
jf tho revolver, and in turn took aim at
the bully's head.
"I understand," said Vane, looking
tho fellow over with the supercilious
unlle which Jo remembered so well,
-I understand that this settlement Is
,.nj ni.rii'a Crook.' For all I know
you may be tho old gentleman himself,
but as tins laty is my iuiuiu nuc,
have not seen her liefore for five years.
I hope you will pardon me for insisting
upon your immediate departure."
Tho rough glared at him for a few
econds. taking in the build of tho mus
clar figure, and then realizing that
Vonn was more tba'i 3 match for him,
be swaggered ant of the room.
Jo, with a little tremulous cry. ran
nto the arms outstretched for her, and
searched the beloved face anxiously.
He was paler than of old, and a few
white threads glistened at the temple,
but he kissed her with a proud and
bappy smile.
The battle is won, Jo. It was a Ion?
and dreary ono. I grew desperate many
a time, and I missed you so, little
i hnio rear I have been
woman. " , . . .
searching for you. I came in the nick
of time it seems.
Jo shuddered as she told him of Jerry
Galore's persecution of her.
"Well, Jo, why didn't I empty this
revolver into him? Let us i go, dear. ou
must leave this place at once. an.
Hall awaits Its mistress, and Ralph, who
U , great boy now. still long, for
'Mamma Jo.'" .
. . j.. w hit and lacket.
Ana io, . r .
locks the school-bouse door for the last
flls vo
time, and pies happuy
with ber hand in Julian ane . arm.
Family Story Paper.
Brown-"Howtlme fiea." JenklM
Si am not .-are of
n n "Then ion have not . not
to Uerali-
THE PATENT OFFICE.
Amrrlra't Imnorluilc Forroa limited In .
t.rrrlan Trmplm
It is a singularly sugge.llve fact that
the Patent Odiee building, one of the
most bea itlful structures in this or any
other country, Is, In the main, a repro
duction of the architecture ef unm-nt
Grewe. It is almost paradoxical that
the inventive genius of this y.ung and
vigorous Nation, a genius that ha-borno
its part in revolutionizing the arts ami
Industries o( tne world, is th'.is visibly
linked to the remote past: that the sys
tem which has placi d our country In the
van of tho march of progtoss, a system
that Is mivssarily Iconoclastic; a sys
tem that cares not for what was, but
looks only to that which Is to be; a sys
tem that makes aggressive warfare on
the past and contemns the present. whili
it pays Itsdevotion to the future.ls housed
n an edifice that wasvlrtually conceived
n brains that moldered back to kindred
dust three thous.nd years ago. It is
consolation to pessimists and they
never tiro of parading tho fact- that In
me respects tho anccnts were superior
'i the people of our &y. We may as
.veil concede that in architeciuro.sculpt
ire, and roetry the Greeks have not
Mi-n surpassed by nat'ons of modern
lines, ltut this concession covers only
i small space In tho boundless field of
ninan effort. Within the Inclosure ol
"iose Grecian walls that oouso oui
atrnt system am wonders thu -. si -m to
" long to a different world tnd to a
tigher order of beings thnu tho world
nd the men for whom Homer sang,
''he ancients knew but few arts. The
uost aftluent citizens of old Athens
vere surrounded by fewer accessories of
asy existence than are at the
ommand of the day-lalorer of
iur time. We copy sonio of the
beautiful forms of Grecian architecture,
hut we add to our buildings the results
if ages of scientific progress. In heat
ing, lighting, drawling, ventilation, the
"levator and a thousand devices that
promcto comfort and enhunce beauty,
wo have made more progress in the
present century than was achieved In
all preceding ages. The ancients of all
tuitions had few and simple means of
traveling by land or sea. Modern In
ventionInvention largely duo to the
stimulus of our patent system has
brought the ends of the world together
and mado nclghliorsof nations separated
by oceans. Except his own Immortal
poem and a few suggestions of the art
and archlfoHiture of his time, there Is
nothing on this continent that Homer,
resurrected and transported here, would
recognizo as belonging to tho world in
which ho lived. Tho steainships, rail
ways, telegraphs, telephones, electrio
motors, printing-machines, factories,
and, Indeed, all that we use, all
that wo enjoy, on land or sea, ia
peace or war, in our homes, In our places
of business, on our farms, in our mines,
or wherever wo toil or rest all, all Is
new, all belongs to the new world.
The Inventions of recent years have so
changed tho world that the man of
thirty Is older than Methuselah older
In that he has seen more, experienced
more than tho oldest of all tho ancients.
We do not suppose the architect of the
Patent Office building intended an
anachronism or a paradox, but it was
a strangely-siifrgestivo conceit to house
the iconoclastic forces of America in a
Orocian temple. Inventive Age
R A RE COINCIDEN C E.
Mellaril tVmtnrr anil the Figure 13 Three
Klmer KlUworthn.
In searching for "Notes for the Curi
ous" wo have unearthed two that are
quite rare, ono concerning Ulchaid Wag
ner, the composer, and his 13s; the
other a series of conlncldent names. It
Is a well-known fact that Wagner died
on tho i:itti of the month; be was born
In 1S1.1; it takes 13 letters to spell Uich
ard Wagner; his name and the sura of
the figures in 1818 equals 13; ho com
posed 13 works and always declared that
ho set liiu head on his after career on
tho 13th of the month. "Tannhausi r"
was completed on April 13, 1845; it was
first performed in Paris March 13, 1S(1I.
Ho left Itayreuth September 13, 1SC1.
September is the ninth month; write
9-13 and add the three figures together,
thus: (1-1-3, and you have 13.
The other coincidence concerns the
name of K. E. Reynolds. During April,
1889, K. K. Reynolds, the Utica (N
Y.) music dealer, was visited by E. E.
Reynolds, of New Haven. Each ac
knowledged that bis name was Elmer
Ellsworth and that he was named for
Ellsworth of Zouave fame. Eiich was
born tho same week. Tho publication
of tho facts brought a letter from Rev.
E. E. Reynolds, of Ludlow, Vt., named
the same and born the same week as the
others. St. Louis Republic.
Kkelvtona the Ijitmt Fad.
Among tho latest fads is the craze for
skeletons. I hear requests for them at
all the bric-a-brac counters in the various
stores. "Nothing larger than those? I
wanted a good big one," said ono fair
dame, disconsolately. Truly this is a
prosaic ago. Time was when tho bare
mention of the word skeleton to one of
the feminine gender caused a shudderof
disgust, and as to having one about the
house barbarous! Rut now a frolicsome
little Imp ueers at you from a bracket In
a dark corner or brushes against your
face as you walk under the gas jet
Surely we are getting hack to first prln
ciples. X. V- Mall and Exnross.
Makini I'p a Jiwpapf
Of the toll which a daily newspaper
demands, of the unceasing attention it
exacw, of the judicious care it requires,
the great pubiio of readers take no ac
count. It might lead a dissatisfied pur
chaser to revise his judgment if he
could stand between two and three
o'clock In the morning in the composing
room of a great journal and witness the
Intense excitement, all kept well under
in properly regulated olllc.es, which
sharacterize the "making up" of the
sheet he sometimes dismisses so con
temptuously. Tbe printer, if then in a
state to speak calmly, might tell him
tbe great point was not so much what
should go in. as what should be loft
out Printer's Register.
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A poor RrabminatMonghyr. North
west Hengal. possessed an amulet which
had li en in his family for generations,
and, as be was almost starving, he took
it to a goldsmith for sale. The goldsmith
broke it up to test tbe metal, nd found
in the hollow center a scrap of paper
covered with minute writ.ng. This be
ing deciphered by a learned pundit, thr
lirahmin learned that by the shrine ol
Pir Sbah Nepal 1. a well dating back U
Mohammedan times, .nd at a certain
distance from tbe well are hidden four
teen lakhs of rupees. Tbe HraLmin ob-talm-d
Government sanction to excavate
the ground.
"1 wonder why to m.ny people com
mit suicide in the spring, doctor?" "1
don't know. I think myself that a well
or river would be better." was the doc
tor', quiet reply- Eimira Gaaetta.
RIPE MIDDLE ACE.
Ttaa Llbrral Spirit ol Ilia I'rritnl A
ami n of !! liraulta.
A quni t t of a century sgJ a married
woman of thirty was extinguished under
a cap and remanded to the regions of
dullness. Her growing daughters mo
nopolized ho thought anj time. They
were (list in every tliinj their wishes
tastes and inclinations were all in all.
At forty sho had quite done with tbe
active interests of life. All that re
mained to her was the supervision of
tho domestic economy, the mlvdonnry
society, and the endless making of
patch-work. Her time was not some
thing to W economized, too valuable to
lie wantonly wasted. It involved no
choice of duties, no substitution
of the nioro important for those
less pressing, for sho hud none beyond
thoMi which wero classified under tho
head of natural responsibilities. Tho
existence of unmarried women w.is oven
more circumscribed, for they had not
even natural responsibilities homo,
husband and children with which to oc
cupy themselves. It was this disregard
of the experience and wisdom which
ought to roir.o with years well lived that
won for us the pitying contempt of Eu
ropeans. The American suoilcd child
was justly looked upon with horror as
dominating society and arrogating to it
self tho place and distinction which in
EuroK wero reserved for Its elders.
We have learned at least ono whole
some lesson from our neighliors on the
othor side of the Atlantic, and the wom
an of maturer years married or un
marriedis slowly claiming and taking
her rightful place. It la astonishing
what things are being done bygrand
mothers women past fifty, who have
raised their children and havo them
"settled in homes of their own." Onco
they would have droned in the chimney
corner over their knitting or the patch
work above mentioned. Now they have
been Inspired by the universal spirit of
enlightenment and must do their part In
the work of the world outsido of homo.
Nearly all tho philanthropic, work of
the present has been originated and
Is controled by mothers of grown
children, or by unmarried women
past forty. They constitute tho
larger part of tho membership of
art and literary clubs, of tho societies
connected with tho churches. They
hold conventions, influence legislation,
and keep a sharp eye on those In au
thority who need watching.
Tho writer visited a frlona several
yars ago and saw upon her walls sev
eral studies in oil. remarkable for their
strength and originality. When the
hostess was questioned sho said: "They
aro my Mother's work. Sho novor know
tlyit sho had any talent, and nevor took
a lesson in drawing until Bhe was past
fifty. Xow she paints Incessantly, and
it Is a constant pleasure to her and to ut
all." China painting ha't lieen takon up
lato in lifo by women who 9erved an ap
prenticeship, not in the lino of art. but
in cooking, sewing and housekeeping.
In a Western city tho organist In one
of tho largo churches is a gray-halrod
woman between fifty and sixty. She is
an enthusiastic musician, and could not
road a note until she was fifty years old.
Helen Hunt Jackson was forty years
old before she found in her writing a
solace for bereavement and sorrow.
In the country the farmers' wivos are
Interesting themselves in tomporanoa
and politics. Tho general circulation
of the newspaper has boon a gousond to
them, and they have been quick to act
upon its suggestions, and so broadoa
and brighten their lives.
The days have passed in which women
are to bo wives and mothers, and noth
ing more. Their duty in that direction
will always bo paramount to every other
consideration, but for tho cultivated and
active mind it Is not enough. Knowl
edge and wisdom confer powor, and
power in either man or woman will find
fitting scope, as water seeks a level. The
education of women within the last
twonty-flvo years has revolutionized so
ciety, and the blessings which have
cotno with it are not only permanent,
but they will be inoroased.
The ultra conservative who can not
adjust themselves to the now conditions
may well say, with tho doughty Sir An
thony Absolute: "All this Is tbe natural
consequenco of teaching girls to read."
Rut what is done can not bo undone,
and no feminine humar. being in posses
sion of her facultios will give up one
inch of tho solid ground which has boon
gained. ,
Old ago, Instead of being full of tor
rors, so far as women nowadays aro con
cerned, ought to be anticipated with
pleasure No one stops to ask tho age
of an interesting person, and with tbe
full opportunities which our times and
our country afford no woman of avorage
intelligence has a right to bo uninter
esting, though she may have passed the
allotted three Bcore and ten. Mary 1L
Krout, in Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A Confinlon of Tongars.
The prohibition of tho uso of the Ger
man language in tho courts of the Raltio
provinces by tbo Russian Government
has created a great con fusion of tonguos.
Tho majority of the population on the
Russian side of the ISaltic knows little
or no Russian at all, and the scenes in
the courts, where the peasants seeking
justice and the lawyers pleading their
clients' cases are unable to communicate
their grievances to the learned judge
who knows no German, are any thing
but pleasing for those concerned. Ons
barrister, on being required to sign an
oath, demanded that he might lie al
lowed to study the document with tbe
aid of a dictionary before bo put bis
name to it This request, however, was
denied as -'unseemly and impudent" '
The judges themselves are lu an
awkward plight being ordered to go to
tbe Rallic provinces from their posts in
other parts of Russia, sometimes at only
a moment's notice, and there seems to
be as complete a chaos a. is posalble. ,
Chicago Herald.
The Sultan Abdul Hamld lives In a
constant fear of his life as the Csar of
Russia does. When be goes to the
nnsque, which he must by the law of
Mahomet do every Friday, a body
Tuard of 10,000 men, well paid and
therefore loyal, surround him.
Speaking of tbe long distances In
this country an Englishman says: "The
longest railroad trip you can make In the
United Kingdom is about six hundred
miles, and they can not realize that
there is a land w here one can ride con
tinuously in one direction for a week or
more. When a local. Liverpool man
starts up to I-ondun. a five hours' ride,
bis friends come to the depot to see bim
off, and i.nke a gnat ado about his
journey, lie Is prot ided with baskets of
lunch and all that fort of thing, while
an American in the next compart
ment has only l-nl a comfortable smoke
and rtad his paper ljen he reaches his
ieatination."
BRUIN'S CROSS NOW.
lis Ala
hhoo-lllarklnf Bad It
Dldol
A err With Rim.
An effort on the part of the Polar beat
to digest a box of French shoe-blacking
has aroused a speculative Interest In tht
minds of the keepers of the Zoo. Xearly
all shoe-blacking contains sulphuric
add, as the Ingredient which causes the
paste to dry and glisten when rubbed
with a brush. Although sulphurio add
is sometimes administered In extremely
diluted compound, to the diseased
human economy, Its offeot upon the In
terior of a Polar bear has never been
conclusively shown by experiment ol
absorbing interest. The bear Is still
living, although from tho general way
ho deports himself, thore Is a suspicion
that ho wishes he was not living.
Tho keepers have found that the
blacking was thrown into tho rago with
a vicious motive by an Italian boot
black who went into tbo garden to shine
shoes contrary to the regulations and
was stopped by the keepers. When ha
left tho garden he rovonged himself by
giving the bear the box of blacking.
The bear rolled the box about and
finally worked the lid off. Then he
smelled It with manifest signs of an ap
petite, and, feeling quite posit I vo that
it was a palatabln and delicious sub
stance of food, ho dug out small chunks
and ato them. Ills eyos snapped with
approval, and bo was having a regular
picnic when ho was discovered and a
frantlo effort was mado by tho koepcrt
to dislodge tho box from the cago.
Long bars, sticks and every thing else
that could ho stuck in between the bars
were used with dexterity and desperate
persovorance until the bear was driven
at bay and thomlsohloTou. box secured.
Around the mouth the bear began to re
semble a black bear, and his tocthlookcd
as if they had been carbonized. He
howled resentfully at the way he bad
been despoiled of tho only delicacy and
variety of food he bad known during
the monotony of his long captivity. A
llttlo lutcr on ho grow qulotor and more
serious. Ho appeared to bo burled in
abstract contemplation.
Occasionally he would shake himself
and throw out an expression from his
eye that was very ugly. Ho grunted
and sworo at least he mado sounds in
an accent, with accompanying looks and
gesture that corresponded closely with
an explosion of profanity from the
human breast. The keepers tried to
comfort him, and wore filled wltn anx
ious solicitude for his future. He got
over It slowly. Now ho Is considerably
bettor, and on a fair road to recovery.
His experience has developed an Inef
faceable suspicion that he was betrayed,
that he was victimized by a cowardly,
degraded and contomptible imposition,
and whilo the internal tiros are fed by
this burning consciousness of abuse, it
is better to keep away from him. For
some to come patrons of the Zoo will be
warned not to approach the Polar bear's
cage, and naturalists will find an Inter
esting new channel of research founded
upon tho chemical combination of vit
riol and carbonized bono with the di
gestive flu ills of a hear
PRICE OF PARIS" FOOD.
Interesting Ktatlatlr Recently Published
lijr the I'rrfi'dt of the Nalne.
Tbo prefect of the Solne has pub
lished statistics showing tho amount of
food consumed by tho Inhabitants of
Paris during last year. Thu yearly
consumption of meat por inhab
itant Is 147 pounds, and of bread 8i!4
pounds. The average number of eggs
eaten by each porson is 183. So pain
staking aro tho oity officials that they
discovered 741.02'.) bad eggs among the
supplies as they entered the city, and
very properly confiscated them. Tbe
beef and veal are mainly of French
origin, but it Is a distressing fact for
tho Parisians that they must eat Gor
man mutton. Thoy are always pro
testing against this Teutonlo In
vasion, and appealing to tho gov
ernment for protection, but there
are not sufficient native shoop to take
the place of the German product. The
French, howovor, are showing un In
creasing fondness for this meat, not
withstanding its nationality. Tho num
ber imported rose from 'A 000 in 1883 to
84,625 in 1887, and to 823,128 in 1888.
Attempts have been made to introduce
frozen mutton from Australia, but with
out much success.
Tbe Parisians are also consuming
more oysters than formorly. The con
sumption rose from 8,000,000 kilo
grammes to 78,3.10,000 kilogrammes last
year. The increase was mainly In
Portuguese oysters, wbloh soli at
less than 91 per 100. The price of
a good chicken in tbe Paris markot
Is from Si to (1.50. Turkeys bring
about ( hares cost the same as tur
keys, and pheasants II each. N. Y.
Herald.
RAT-CATCHINQ SNAKES.
Dangerous I'eta In the Cellars of Memphis
Merchants.
Whatever virtues a oreoplng thing
may bavo usually go the way that bis
oreoplng self Is destined to travel. A
snake is doubtless repulsive to the In
stincts of every one, but there are soma
who profess to endure tbolr ffpugnance
for the sake of a rapacious appetite
which snakes are said to have for rats.
Cases of this kind can be cited on
Front row In this city, the proprietors
of two houses in particular, having a
snake in each of their collars which no
one Is permitted to molest or harm in
any way.
The larger of the two Is nearly twelve
feet long, and notwithstanding it Is do
cile to approach, and apparently other
wise domesticated, its bite 1. poisonous,
and on divers occasions, wbon in a bad
humor, it has struck at unsuspecting
employes.
It is said to have a den In the bluff
where it goes during wet and rainy
seasons, remaining until the appear
ance of dry weather. This snake Is
more particularly a pet with the pro
prietors and those who are not com
peted to go about it
Those who are competed from neces
sity to freque t his haunts have a well
defined aversion to bl. presence, and
would doubtless make short work of him
If it could be aecretlr done without act
ual combat On a number of occasion,
attempts have been made by partle.
whose duties brought them In contact
with the reptile to administer poison,
but thus far it has either bad no effect
or else the rat-eater attend, to bl. own
business.
Tbe snake i. jet black, a. sleek a.
a ribbon and ha. a white rim around
IU neck, breaking Into a bow shaped
mark on its throat It is said to exer
cise wond -rfal ingunity in seeking out
rodents, which, when caught, are swol
lowed at one gulp.
His a fact however, that a snake
will kii p premises clear of rats; and,
while the majority of people would
yield to almost any pest rather than tc
bear with the knowledge that one wis
about a few, and a very few Indeed,
prefer the reptile. Mem phi. Appeal.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
More than 87,000 was posted In let
ter boxes In England last tear in letters
that bore no address.
I Tho lato Augusta l"ft Queen Vb
' torla a splendid gold bracelet contain
ing tho word "Forovor",set iu precious
stones.
An English woman who married an
Austrian Count and was left a widow
has set up in the manlcuro business In
London, and has a distinguished
patronage. The rank of tho lady and
tho riches of her friends enables her to
charge halt a guinea for her manipula
tions, and sho will not work for less.
Australian settlers complain that
there Is a great Increase In destructive
I Insects since the English sparrows ar
' rived and drove out thu native birds. It
i Is found by examination that the spar
row Is more of a scavenger tlian an In-
sect enter. Tho birds will not touch in-
sii-tslf they can getgralnor other kind
I of food.
Oriental furnishings so delighted
tho German Empress during her late
j stay at Constantinople that Her Majesty
intends to lit up some of hor apartment
I ;it thu Hi rlin Palace in Eastern fashion.
She has commissioned the German Am
I bussador to the Porto to procure for her
largo quantities of carpets, hanging di
vans, i In.
There Is no couwtry like France for
.tnrtliig journals. During 188.1 no less
than nine hundred and fifty new news
papers were brought out of which not
one remains In lifn. On the other hand,
tho Petit Journal now claims a circula
tion of l.M,oot) copies. During the
aiuo period thoro were printed in
France over fifteen thousand new books,
including 5,000 new musical pieces.
All suggested remedies for the rab
bit pliigim having failed. Now South
Wales and Queensland aro depending on
iubbil-proof fencing to limit tho unwed
oiuo guest. There are no fewer than
iS7 miles of fencing constructed, Includ
ing the fence on the South Australian
'Kimidary line. Meanwhile tho rabbits
Increase grievously in New Zealand.
The collection of maps destroyed by
tho tiro of King Leopold's palace ia
Lnekon was probably tbe finest in the
world. Tho library contained 4,000 vol
umes, and Included manuscript work,
liy Sir Walter Raleigh and an edltlo
prineeps In Spanish of tho reports of
t'ulmnlms. Tho maps had been col
lected during the last thirty years utter
ly regardless of expense.
Mmo. ltlscholTshelm, tho Marquis
d'Harvey and tho Princess l'otoeka have
always been great skaters, and the
Parisians who gathored to see them
skate In those days when there used
to be Ice on tho lake In tho llols called
them thoThreo Graces. They wore otter
skins embroidered with gold, and nine-thyst-colored
velvet trimmed with chin
chilla. This season velvot iolonalse
and hussar jackets are very fashionable
From sumo curious calculations
mndo bv tho .Minlstejof Finance, It ap
pears that tho loans redeemable and
perpetual-Incurred by France since
1816 aro thirty-nine In number, repre
senting In round figures seventeen mill
iards of frillies, or (180,000,000 sterling.
The second empire borrowed four mill
iards, und licqueathed this dobt to the
republic, which, moreover, considers
tho empire responsible for the five mill
iards which we'e nooded to lborate the
territory from occupation and tho throe
milliards to place tho army on a propor
footing In tho matter of war matorlaL
TRAINING A PRINCE.
How the Trine of Willi's Wna Mail t
Ul'Cjr IlliOnvern.
Many year ago Miss Illllyard, the
governess In the royal family, soclng
the Prince of Wales Inattentive to hi
studies, said: "Your Royal Highness Is
not minding your business; will you bo
pleased to look at your book and learn
your 1 'sson?"
Ills ltoyal Highness replied that bo
would not
"Then I shall put you In tho corner,"
said tho governess.
Ills lioyal Highness again replied that
he should not learn hi lesson, neither
should ho go into the corner, for ho was
the Prince of Walos; and, as If to show
his authority, ho kicked bis little foot
through a pano of glass. Surprised at
this act of bold defiance, Miss Illllyard,
rising from her seat, said: "Sir, you
must learn your lesson, and If you de
not though you are the Prince of Wales,
I shall put you In the corner."
However, threats were of no avail;
tho dellanco was repeated, and that, too,
in tho same determined manner a be
foreIlls Royal Highness breaking an
other pane of glass. Miss Illllyard, see
ing her authority thus sot at naught,
rang tho boll and requested that bl.
father, Hi. Uoyal llighno. Prince Al
bert might be sent for.
Shortly after tho Prince arrived, and
having learned the reason why his pres
ence was required, addressing the Prince
of Walos, and pointing to a stool or otto
man, said:
"You will sit thore, sir."
Princo Albert then went to his own
room, and returning with a lllblo in bis
hand, be said to ill Royal Highness, the
Princo of Wales:
"Now I want you to listen to what St
i'aul says about tbe people who are un
der tutors and governor.
And having read tbo passage to bim,
he added:
"It 1 undoubtedly truo that yon are
the Prince of Wales, and if you conduct
yourself properly you may some day be
a groat man you may bo King in tbe
room of your mother; but now you are
only a little boy; though you are the
Prince of Wales, you are only a child
under tutor and governors, who must be
obeyed, and must have those under them
to do as they are bid. Moreovor, I must
tell you what Solomon says;" and he
read to him tbe declaration that he
who love Hi hi son chastenuth him be
times; and then, in order to show his
child, he chastised bim and put bim in a
corner, saying:
"Now, sir, you will stand there until
you have learned your lesson, and until
Mis Illllyard gives yru leave to come
out; and remember that you are undui
tutors and governors, and that they inusi
b obeyed." Christian at Work.
deadtgTthe world.
NinnrrlM Which Are riiwed
I'rleata anil HUhon.
A severe order near enough to Rrook
lyn to have its workings obse-rved by
visitors Is the hi stem of St Dominic, of
the convents at Newark, X. J., and
Hunt's Point X. Y.
This order is one of the strictest in
the church and tho Hunt's Point House
will lie a branch of the convent estab
lished In Newark. N. J.. by Archbishop
Corrigan when he was Rishop of that
see. The sisters aro strictly cloistered
sjil aee visitor Jhrougb a double grill,
Chere being at least I foot anl a ball
space between the two lattices, and they
keep their face vall' d while talking.
Their dress consists of a white flannel
habit and a black vail. They wear tbe
habit day and night They sleep In a
narrow cell, the furniture of which
conM.tsof a wisslnn lied with a husk
mattress and a pillow, a wooden table, a
large crucifix and statun of the lllessed
Virgin and a wooden washbowl. They
go to bed at b:3i o'clock and rise at mid
night to sinf the matins of the office, In
I,u;.n, until two a. m.; then they go
back to bed until 5:40 a. m., when they
ai tend mass and sing another part of
ihn oltleo until eight o'clock, llrcak
fast Is next served. It consists of a cup
of bim k cotfee and a piece of bread.
This disposed of they retire to their
ells until 8:40 o'clock, when thoy as
'cmhlo In tho community-room to work
until 1 1:30. A dinner of vegetables, fish
or eggs, and bread I noxt eaten. They
never use meat The table furniture is
of wood both forks and spoon. Every
thing they eat must be begged by the
lay sisters. From one to two p.
in., they keep silence, and thon work
and tho chanting of the office take up
tho rest of the afternoon. After supper
they sing vespers and then go to bed at
balf-pust eight o'clock. No outsiders,
not even tho lay sisters, are allowed in
side the cloister, and the lllshop can
enter only once a year. The doors all
have double locks, one on the Inside
and the other on the outside of the In
closure. Any Catholic who enters the
cloister without permission Incurs ei
oommualcatlon. The chaplain orprlest
can not enter the part of the ohapel
where the nuns are. Even the Rlshop
when tho Inmates are electing their su
perior must tako the votes at the grllL
In caso of sickness, when it Is necessary
to call a priest or doctor to the eoll, they
have to lie accompanied by two of the
elder sisters. Otherwlso no one ever
crosses tho line of the cloister. The
visitation nuns of the Clinton avenue
convent In this city observe those strict
prohibition of the cloister in a modi
fied manner, so as to be able to teach.
Tho Dominican nuns keep up a perpet
ual adoration of the lllossed Sacrament
in their chapel, two of them kneeling
beforo the altar In prayer day and night
This takes thirty-five sister. In addi
tion to this perpetual prayer the work
theso nuns do consist in embroidering
vestmentsand making altar Unon. They
woar a peculiar kind of shoo made of
hemp, which they manufacture them
selves. As In dress and objects of the several
orders their methods of receiving postu
lants also dilfor, but they are essential
features common to all. The cutting ot
the hair Is done In all orders, and In a
most ancient oustom. From the primi
tive times when a virgin consecrated
herself to God, hor hair was out off.
This ceremony Is montlonod In the lives
of St. Syneletica (fourth century) and
Bt Gerthrude of Xlvelle (seventh cent
ury). Nuns take solemn vows binding
for life, but members ot the modern
communities, like the Misters of Char
lty, St Joseph, eta, take vows only for
a year and renew them annually on
sonio speclul day. In the oeremony of
profession tho novice is covered with a
pall to signify hor doath to the world,
while thu choir and attending nuns
chant the Do Profundls and a Te Doum.
That is what probably gave rise to the
question about tho coffin. In Rome
thore Is a contemplative ordor so strlot
ly cloistered that they are called Sop
ulta Viva the burled alive so dead
are they to every thing In the outside
world. Hrooklyn Egle.
URBAN POPULATION.
The Growth of ClUe Compared with That
ol the Whole t'ouutr.
Mr. Albert II. Hart has an interesting
and Instructive article on American
oltlos in the current number of the
Quarterly Journal of Economics. The
article show that the rapid develop
ment ot cities In this country lies chief
ly within the last forty years. The pec
ulation of the United States since 1790
bas boon Increased by sixteen times;
and during tbo same period, taking
8,000 persons undor a single local gov
ernment a the definition ot eity, the
number of oltlos has been Increased by
sixty times, and the urban population
by one hundred and sixty times. In
1850 the number of oltlos having an
average population of 85,000 was only
85; in 1800 the number was 141; In 1870
it was 820; and In 1880 It was 286 with an
average population of 89,500. In 1790
tbe urban population of the oountry was
about ono-thlrtloth ot the whole; in
1800 it was about one-sixth; and in 1880
It was nearly ono-fourth of the whole.
These figure 'show a remarkable
growth ot oltlos and city populations, aa
compared with the growth ot the whole
country. One ot the causes ot this re
suit has been the large Immigration to
the United State within the last forty
years, and the general tendenoy of im
migrant to crowd Into oltlos rather than
disperse thomsolve in rural district
and devote thomsolve to agriculture.
This rapid increase of cities carries
along with it a corresponding increase
in their political power, and makes tbe
problom ot good city government for
local purposes one of inoreaslng diffi
culty. The key to the future in respect
to city government, as Mr. Hart thinks,
is a thorough system of popular educa
tion by which "rlghtexamples and right
principles" shall be widely instilled
"Into tbe minds of children." Our pub
iio school system alms to attain this
nd, and is the best praotlcal agency for
the purpose. More stringent natural
liatlon laws, as called for by the Presi
dent, are also ot great Importance). N.
Y. Independent
Nrw llrorsde and New Gown.
Gold brocades in new arrangement ot
itrlpo and colored grounds are sent out
from Paris to combine with dresses ot
plain bengallne or velvet. These new
stuffs, as rich as the lampas used for
upholstering furniture, come in stripes
of contrasting colors, with golden
threads woven in vines ot laurel leaves
or flowers through their center, with
thick gold cord separating the stripes.
Red and black stripes, each two Inches
wide, bave the same bright gold decora
tion. and white and rose stripes have paler
gold vines. Tbe entire front of a dark
bengallne prlncoss gown is formed ot
this rich fabric In the skirt are two
striped brocaded breadths, with a seam
op the middle of the front gored nar
rower toward the top to make the
stripes meets in Eiffel Tower points. In
tbe waist tbe brocade forms a full
waistcoat plaited in four small plaits to
I the high collar, then gathered under a
' wide velvet girdle, and fastened under
the left side of the bodice; a high stand
ing collar passes entirely rround the
' neck and fastens on tbe let; side, villa
a high Mndlcl collar of the beng. 'ne
. of tho gown is confined to the bet of
'the neck. Louisville Courlor-Jowdai.