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THE BEDOUIN'S PRAYER, An "al thu thou tay w, foe; thai thine eye shall seep J, 0rd untarnished while 1 sleep, Allanl And I will fled the way To pkirco such do, auch Christian ilare, lad sand b'm 10 Mahomet's thruuo v DMrroe.1; where dark eyed bouria frown 00 any but tle warlike urarel iUabl I ak oot that thy power Ibali pr8 nia from the doom of death, A thiol! UKnt tn-llBhl ta'en la breath. 1 k oot one extended -hour To draw the apor. anon as steals, And gle the palm a mute caress; Bui. Allah, out of ntilhliiRnesa Uft thou Die wheo the hot brain reels. c meet my death as Bedouin should. At point of Uuic-e. -ueath aiarry skies To meet the glance of tender eyes. Still Dlottled Willi the liattle blood To make from out cold lethargy. Thrilled to the aoul by ber aoft kiss. Whose liquid Ore aliall wake by blba Turougball uuhu.-cI eternity I Martha Eileen Holahan, CAPT. BO DEN. tying ou a shcl f abovo I lie roll top desk to tie office of a South street merelmnt. ' witb a lt of letter and bill files, etc., on -ch side of n hound volume of The London Mercantile Murine Magazine. A lip of red ribbon serves as a book mark I, it. It Is not customary for merchants to keep old magazines among their pa njrj, and a friend of the merchant asked jjjn, yesterday If there was any special Rtson for doing so. "Ves," said the merchant, "it contains . refcrence to my first voyage to sea. lie- ides. 1 lil8 40 sll0W " t0 C(mt' 1,0,1011 wbea' he comes In to see mo. Capt. Bodon b s prosperous Long Island farmer now, liring Bcar Northport, but tweuty years UO be was the master of the Now Haven Icbooner Pandora. I was a lad of 10 then, ,nd made my first sea voyage in the Pan dora. Ho thecaptain and fare old friends." Br this time the merchant had got rid of the dust on the outside of the maga line, and bad opened It at the book mark. On one page, In black faced type, was the beading, "Rewards and Testimonials," beneath which was the statement that ber British majestry and the board of trade had awarded various articles as prizes to sailor men for humanity and bravery, as stated In tne paragraphs following. Oue of these paragraphs had i black pencil mark around It. It was aa follows: "To Capt. Isaac Bodon, of the schooner Pindora of New Haven, U. 8., a gold chronometer in acknowledgment of his bumanity to the master and crew of the brig Fannie Douglas, of Nassau, N. P., wbun) he rescued from their vessel on June 27." "The entire crew of the Pandora," con tinned the merchant, "were Northport citizens, neighbors and friends, you may nr. at home and at sea as well. The mate, Ezekiol Norton, was the captain's brother-in-law; both men owned shares in the schooner, and both were good seamen. The second mate, Daniel Clement, who was about fifteen years oluor than either, was acknowledged to be the best sailor man hailing from Northport. That he was i second mate instead of a captain was due solely to his taste for liquor. "With such a crow as this It is not sur prising that discipline was somewhat las. (Ian o' war discipline never yet got over the rail of a coasting schooner so far as I know, but I rather thiuk that wo hnd more slack rope to ours than is generally found even in the coasting trade. In pits of this, however, the men had a tailor pride in tho craft, and it was not too much to say thnjt the Pandora was bandied and cared for as well as any vessel in tho trade. "Wo were on the return trip from New Orleans for Fall River with cotton, and hid just brought llatterns abeam when there came a piping gale out of the north west that liked to have ended us then and there. The wind came in a squall, and we lost the mnintopuiast while taking in the flying jib aud foretopsail. Then we hauled down the lib and lowered the fore tail on deck In a hurry, after which, find ing the wind Increasing constantly, we cliwyrecfed the foresail and furled the rest if tho canvas, and so lay to and let ber drift. Of course we got the wreckage cleared away as soon as we had snugged ber. "Well, the Pandora was a good sea boat, and after drifting for three days tad losinir nearly 100 miles the storm blew Itself out and settled Into a westerly wind that promised to mako up partly for what we hod lost. We were all anima tion in getting the canvas on her again to take advantage of tho breeze, the more so as she had had a much slower passago up to the time the storm cauio on than usual, on account of light winds. As soon as we got the sails set Mr. Clement and one of the men began blocking out a now top mast from a spruce log that we had car ried for such an emergency. Clement was a good ship's carpenter, and had saved the Pandora a great many dollars for minor Irepairs. "While at work at this, and somewhere about 1(1 n'elivk In tliA mnmlnir thn 111A11 t the wheel saw a wreck a long way off jo leeward. It was plainly a brig, lor, mltkough beth topmasts and the bowsprit jwere gone, the lower masts remained. Vhen the wreck was reported Capt. Boden ame on deck and took a long look at ner hrouffh the glass. " 'See anvbodv on her'' asked Mr. Norton. " 'Not a soul. Take a look at her ourself.' " 'I'm mlehtv clad of that.' said Mr. Korton. takinff thn p-lnsses. 'We'd lose ialf a day of this wind If we had to run own there.' "With that Mr. Clement cot rid of a large chew of tobacco, and said with mphasis: " 'If wo had to run down to her! Ain't going to run down anyhow?' Mr. lenient had been twice picked off of oating wrecks like the oue we vero look ' ig at, and each time it was after seeing number of vessels pass very close to ' indward without paying any attention the wreck, lie was sensitive on the I'oject, naturally. No one made any re I'yto his question. After looking the rwk over Mr. Nortoa said: "'British she is for sure. The squall : jut have caught her all standing. It lowed the canvas clean out of her. I 1 ?n't see enough flapping about her for a i ihrag except that piece of the spanker i j the end of tho guff. There's nobody ' "&rd of her, for there isn't any sort of 1 s'gnal to be seen fore nor aft.' 'Mr. Clemeut snorted rather than said: 'jve me the clashes.' One glance was enough for him. 'There's nothing like shares in the 1 f sel to blind the eyes of a skipper,' he Sl'- 'Piece of the spanker, ehf At end of the gaff, eh? Can't see ' 3 ignals, ehf Don't know no lerence between tarpaulins and the J of a gaff . for signals and a eca of - i r a - i m BfniiKer. en . uni k want iu t an? aim.. I. . c o enough to leave their own mothers a Wreck MIIum 1 1,. lu Mr.ful nf Ind.' r '3h?mor Mr Clement said the more i - r. - nvw ii . ua-v -w be went on to worse until the rap f a got to roiled over the taunts of the that he hauled off and knocked him ih- i he d'dn't stay down; be was L f 'eet again In an Instant aud grab r "apump brake In a rack at the "aat a pump brak, u a eighty . id ' '"P0"!- It la osually made of ash , about thirty inches long and two thJc at the biggest end. Capt ftJeii jrraUa atralti at Ilia name time. Unfortunately Mr. Clement tried to pull It out tho wrong way mid the captain got ahead of him, whereupon Mr. Clement eipectlng a blow, lumped hack and drew a sheath knifo. and aaserted that a ca, taiu who would leave sailors to die on a wreck for the snkeof saving a dollar or two whs a cowardly dog who deserved to die. and die he should if he came a step nearer with that pmnp brake. Then Mr. Norton took a hand iu to subdue the wrathful aecoud mute. "Now by this time tho wreck was pretty well ubeum, and her brukvn spars were plainly visible, but her hull was so low in the water thut nothing on deck could be seen. Our men could see the piece of a spanker (for such It proved to be, aud not a tarpaulin, as Mr. Clomont said), but they believed it to be a tar paulin, and that it was a signal of dis tress. So when Mr. Norton started In with the captain to club the second mute Into submission, three or four of them in terfered. One of them remarked that if tho Chrlstiaus wouldn't 'do their duty to ward distressed fellow bein's It's about time fur the devil to make 'em do it.' Tho captuin was a deacon in tho Methodist church at Northport, .and this made him wince. Ho began to thiuk, too, what his neighbors would say when the story of a wreck being passed in that wuy got around, and turning to tho niau at tho wheel he ordered him to put it up. Then the sheets were eased oil, and we were soon running down to the brig. That ended the light. "In less than half an hour the captain, who was looking at her from the topgal lant forecastle, began to get excited. He was a wnrm hearted tuun, and was as eager to make a rescue as any one when a rescue was to be mudo. " 'There they are, there they are,' he said. 'No wonder wo' saw no signals. They're all under thofo'gnllant forecastle, and the xtcra'a breaking all up. The water's muking a clenu breech across amidships. One. two, three there's five of 'em all huddled togother, and not oue able to stand up, I'll warrant ye. Clear away tho boat. "There was a rush aft by all hands and tho boat was soon ready. Then we waited to get near enough to drop it. Every body wanted to go iu her, and there was almost another tight to see who should have the privilege. But the captain, who was a master bund with an oar, said that ho would steer and that Mr. Clement and two others only should go along, and It was nettled that way, though much to Mr. Norton's dissatisfaction. "Ranging closo up to windward of the wreck, our yawl was eventually dropped Into the sea, and was soon uuder the lee of tho wreck In spite of the cross sea that was still running and In spite or a lot ot the brig's cargo of timber that was float ing about. Hero Mr. Clement and the captain boarded the wreck, aud after a lot of labor got the five men Into the yawl. "Meantime we had run the Bchoouer aa close under the lee of the wreck as we dared to do, and so the yawl rowed down to us, and we took them all aboard. The five were nil that remained of a crew of fourteen, tho rest having been lost when the masts went over the side. The saved included tho captain, the first mate, the cook oud two men. "Off Sandy Hook about fifty miles we transferred the wrecked crew to a pilot boat bound iu. When we reached Fall River we found the papers had been full of tho story of our rescue of those five men. We were all mentioned by name, and the fact that the captain himself had taken the steenug oar or the yawl was made much of. Captains, you know, sel dom do such a thing us make a rescue persouully. The captain of the brig, In his gratitude, had really exaggerated the danger wo run. "Of coui'se the British consul was told all about it, and he wrote a letter to Capt. Boden, thanking him heartily and the crew as well, and saying that the case would be laid before her majesty the queen. Tho outcome of it all was that Instead of the gift of binoculars which her majesty usually mokes in such cases Capt. Boden got a'gold chronometer. "All this time, of course, nothing was said about Cupt. Boden having been forced Into running down to look at the wreck. There was not a man on board who would breath a word about It to another In the forecastle, let alone blab it about North- C', Tho papers said that when Capt. en was called into the Maritime Ex change oue day about six months later and found himself before the British con sul and more than a hundred brokers, who were cheering him with character istic enthusiasm, he broke down entirely, and couldn't say or do anything but rub his eyes with the back of his hand, as if he was trying to get a better sight at something. So they had to put the box holding his chronometer Into his pocket for him. "As I said at the beginning, Mr. Clem ent was in no way thrifty, having too strong a liking for liquor. But he had a smart wife, who, by dint of hard work at whatever offered amoug the people of Northport, 'had managed to buy aud partly pay for a neat cottage, with half an acre of 'ground facing the bay, and iu the southerly outskirts of the village. But the mortgage of somethlngover$3UO, with tho interest, troubled her greatly. I happened to bo, In the house the next morning ufter Capt. Bodeu got the chro nometer, aud she was just saying she wished the queen had given him tho money value instead, for then tho captain would havo been man enough to divide with the crew, when In walked the cap tain himself, without knocking. The cap tain was pluiuly excited. " 'Why, captain,' said Mrs. Clement, what's the matter? Is Sarah or any child slckV " -No, no,' said the captain, as he fum bled for a big envelope. 'No, we're all as well's common. Here's a letter for ye. I reckon it's from the queen of England, and If you'll ask Dan about It he'll te"'fhcn he went out and slammed tho door. The letter was a release of the mortgage on tho house. The captain knew that to Mr. Clement was due the credit of the rescuo of the crew of the brig, and while ho could uot refuse to take the gold chronometer, ho was deter mined thut the Clements should have more than the value of the present." New York Sun. Value of Literary Ideaa. A primitive literary worker said to me a few evenings ago while talking on this subject, "Do you mean to say that literary ideas are really commer cial commodities today, and are paid for the same as articles or stories?" I told her. as I write here: Most de cidedly, as those who are In position to know are well aware, I have known as high as d,000 paid for a single Idea a circulation idea for a periodical and again and again have I known $250 and 300 being paid. Said an editor in my hearing only recently: "1 don't want people who can write, I can reach a score of such within an hour. What I want Is ideas, sugges tions for striking features which will raise my periodical above the others and attract the public eye to it" And he voiced the feeling of several whom I know. A creative mind, capable of clever adaptation of an idea to a de mand, is a possession In the literary world today which I enry any man or woman if put to good use. -Ed ward W. Bok'i Letter. DISf.!!l)I'I) FINERY. WHAT BEC0VE9 OF THE CAST OFF CLOTHING CF RICH LADIES. Dix-overies Mutln hy aa InquUltlre Be porter iianurnU I'oniul la Soeond Hud Clothing More ot the llrlter Claee The Toor Itrlatiooa Net I orjolU-o. "Wlmt do the fashionable and wealthy women of New Yolk do with their dis carded garments?" This question is sug- Seated by niio of our thoughtful readers, loauys: "To be In tho swim these ladies must have cords and cords of clothes to cast off, entirely too many for a supply of their poor relui ions. Do they sell themf Do they invite tho old clo' men to their houses? Thev cannot give 'cm to their servants. W'hut do they do with 'em?" Looking this subject up, a reporter learned that the ladies of New York have various ways of disposing of their dis carded garments, and instead of being at all embarrassed to do so, they could dis pose of many more. It is certain that none of them Is thrown Into the street. That many uf them aro sold Is obvious from the tact that In second hand cloth ing stores of tho better class there are al ways to bn found rich garmeuts that have been but little worn. There Is quite as much difference between second hand stores as there is bet ween stores where only new goods uru sold. There are plenty of second huud stores whore only goods of first quality are sold; where very nice silks, satins, lace, upholstery and brie a brae cuu always bo found, aud where the prices aro kept quito above the reach of onlinury pcoplo, although fur below first hund prices for such goods. It need not bo inferred thut all these goods are bought directly from first owners. In many cases they are bought of second owners, who have received them as gifts from the first owners, who discard everything the mo ment that It goes out of fushiou. DISLIKE TDK 110TUKO. Yet there are rich ludies who sell every thing of tliis kind, not so much for tho money as for the convenience of it. They do not like the bother of doling out gifts. Uf course they do not call in tho ordinary old clo' num. They would not for the world exchange a word with the conten tious juuknien who aro so anxious to ex change crockery for old garments. They deal with quiet, nice people, who make a business of going to dwelling houses by appointmeut to appraise and purchase such goods. The advertisements of theso "uper class" dealers may always bo fouud In tne uenspaiH-rs. Tho fact that the business Is protituhlo is appurent from the fact that such advertisements do con stantly appcur, and such garments may always be found iu second hand stores. Oue very capacious out let for such goods Is found in the aid societies of the various churches and t ho rapacious demands of ladies' fairs. Much rich clothing gets cut up to make rruzy quilts, pin cushions and the million kniekknacks thut go to fill t ludies' fair. The underclothing Is easily ici.ed by the benevolent ludies for distri bution among tho poor, to whom rich outer guruicutfe would be au iuappropriate gift. Some rich ladies do not scruple to use up all their old silk or satin dresses as lining for new garments. These silk and satin linings uro uot only elegant mil styl ish, but they are very comfortable and convenient. They an lighter than ordi nary linings. Hut tho Kor relations ore not forgot ten. Tnere uro many of them lu New York. Most of the rich families have como up from poverty by a long courso of bard work and active business. Very few have been able to bring up all their relations with them. The poor relations have daughters who must bo mudo presentublo when they visit tho rich houses, aud they aro not only uot ashamed to accept gifts of clothing, but nro very glad to get It. There are also many poor women iu New York wIhi have once been rich, whoso hus bands or fathers huvo fulled iu business or died with emburmssed estates, and who rely upon old associates among tho rich for suitable clothing to keep up a respect ablo appearance. actress' cobtcmes. As to tho leading actresses who have largo and exputiMve wardrobes, they do not need to give away or sell much cloth ing. Tho exigencies of their profession require largo quantities of material to pro vide costumes for various parts, and their good dresses are mudo over and over again and reappear in various forms, are Interchanged. i:ii.:ed and mingled so that the original shape Is uurocognlzablo. There Is no end to the uses that expert costumera ran muko of good material, which, whether the property of the rich or the professional, need never go a-begging. Much of the discarded clothing of rich ladies does find Its way to the Btago costumer, and reappears lu the court trains, the ball room robes, and other wonders of tho toilet that grace the fair forms of walking ludies, aud astound the unthinking femulo lu the audience at the lavish expenditure which tho mauagor has made. Much of the best material of the dis carded dresses of rich ladies finds its way to tho dye house, aud there assumes some more marketable or fashionable color, or gets douo in black, which Is equally the taste of the grave and gay, the lively and severe. And thus In many ways the old dresses of rich ladies are conserved and contribute their mite to Illustrate that triumph of civilization that Is approaching when nothing goes to waste. Ihs refuse of the gus house Is made Into the must gorgeous aniline dyes, and applied to faded rich materials, to again reappear In those delightful forms that ever fascinate the gaze of man and absorb so much of the time and thoughts of women. Thus ever the old is transformed Into the uew in the alembic of time and through the genius and Invention of man and woman. New York Sun. Tobaceo In American CiTllliatioo. The development of the American colonies, their rapid growth in the cen tury preceding the American revolu tion, depended in a large measure on a botanical accident, viz., on the intro duction of tobacco into the commerce of the world. No contribution from newly discovered lands has ever been so welcomed as this so called noxious weed. No new faith has ever traveled so fast or far among men as the habit of smoking. In scarce a century from the first introduction of the plant In Europe its use has spread to nearly half the peoples of the Old World. The ea-tern coast of America from the Hudson southward to South Caro lina is peculiarly well suited for the growth of the tobacco plant, and the rapid extension of the British colonies in America, which brought their popu lation at the time of the revolution to a point where they numbered about one-sixth part of the English people, was largely due to the commerce which rested upon the use of this plant Professor N. S. Slialer In Scribner'e. Pereoaally Conducted. Master Where's Bridget today? Mistress Off on a little Jaunt with i ber young man. I Master I see. One of Cook's tours j personally cond ucted. Pittsburg Bui-ktin, Humes ot Kcs t'rehlna. The lea urchin gets Its name from the spines which cover its shell. The true iiuiiie, echinus, meaning a hedgehog, has been corrupted Into urchin, with plain Injustice to aiiiull lads. These curious sliellllsh have acquired strange hubits on the const of France. They are found ut home in cavities of the rock on the shore. The diiunelerof the cavity is often greater than that of the entrance, and the creature is so large that he could not leave his cell evcli If he very much wanted to do so. It is said that thousand of these may be seen thus domiciled In tho granite rock. It is not doubted that the creatures make these holes for themselves, but how they do this Is a question not yet satisfactorily answered. It has been suggested that the rock has been some how acted upon chemically, but this theory hits to bo given up when the na ture of the rock Is considered, and the fact that no acid has been proved to exist In the nniinn!. The matter has been studied lately by a French naturalist, who refers the excavation to inechanicul means. His explanation Is that the creature "prob ably bites tho rock, tho sucker feet are also attached aud a rotary motion is imparted to the body, tho prickly points gradually wearing down the surface." This work would certainly occupy the animal a good part of his lifetime, and the wonder is that no observer has yet seen the excavation going on. An attempt is mudo to conceal these holes by means of mussel and other shells. The rocks in which tho cavities occur are in general thickly covered with sea weed. A iiumberof other ani mals are known to cnctrate rocks, and It is supposed that they do it by me chanical means. In the hard lime stones of Algiers spotted snails were found in holes four or live inches deep. Youth's Companion. Famous Art Treasures. Though the late Sir Richard Wallace left rich and valuable collections hi his two I'uris residences the most precious of his possessions were those which for nearly twenty years ho stored In his house In Manchester square. Startled by the events of tho Commune, Sir Richard reconstructed his London man sion and stripped his Furis galleries to furnish and enrich those of London. In Manchester squaro there are no fewer than seventeen Mcissonlers, ten paintings by Paul Pelaiwho, thirty by Iloraco Vernet, twelve by Eugene De lacroix, and numerous examples of the old masters. There are Ave grand galleries one devoted to modern and another to an cient paintings, one to Oriental arms, one to arms of all epochs, and a renais sance gallery. There are four spacious saloons, three of them named after the painters whose works adorn them Vulasquez, Guardi, Grouze. The fourth is fitted with paintings of the English school. Tho staircase is enriched by what is believed to be tho finest Bou cher in existence. Sir Richard was also a great collector of rare furniture, sculpture, bronzes and carvings. In his galleries are to be found a hundred clocks of marvelous workmanship and bronzes of every age, thousands of wood carvings and of rare enamels, Sevres vases, cameos, intaglios and precious stones. At the time of his death Sir Richard was engaged In com piling a catalogue of his priceless treas ures. London Chronicle. She Trareled on Her Muscle. She stood at the Union depot gate, largely clad in a white dress that did not lit hor. There were lovely big bunches of green on her bonnet. Her feet were large, and seemed to be con tinually getting in the way and ham pering her movements. Her hands were clasped, and drooped down be fore her with a suggestion of pensive ness. Not more than nineteen soft, summery summers and as many hard winters had passed over her head. As she stood thinking huge thoughts a brassy cheeked hackman approached with a howl of "Cab, miss!" Still she was held in the toils of thought With a repetition of his yell the hackman Just placed his hand on the soft loveli ness of that shoulder. With lightning like rapidity the hands unfolded, and the unshaven hackdriver received a re buff alongside tho Jaw. He looked hurt. In an awful falsetto voice the rural beauty shouted: "No, you var mint. I don't want no kerridge, and you slopsided city dude, with a sign on yer hat, don't you put your dirty hands on me agin. Hear? And If you don't want me to pull yer hair and knock yer down don't call me miss. Heart I married Silas Prott last, year, you ignoramus. Oit before 1 hit you agin." The hackman got. Albany Argus. Rave Your Sea Roblna. Did you ever hear an old salt reel curses out by the yard when he catches a sea robin f Fishermen dislike catch ing the sea robin, although their meat Is as sweet as that of any fish that swims, but very few fishermen are aware of this fact. The fish is gainey, but very peculiar looking. Its head is (urge and Hat, with small almond eyes, a large moutli, slender body and a rough skin without scales, and when landed it makes queer noises. When the sea robin is skinned and its head taken off its Hesli is as white as snow. When fried with butter It makes very palatable eating. It also makes fine chowder. An old boathouse keeper at the Rockaway trestle told me that he is in the habit of gathering them up every evening after his boats come in with the fishing parties, who have no idea of their good qualities,- F.rrry Man to Hla 1 aila, Chicago Man (at a union depot) -80 you are moving to Chicago, ehf I'hilftUliia Man Yea, I am tired lieing swindled, and have made up my mi ml to settle in Chicago, where I can get my I'enu- rvlvania coal elieaii. Chicago Man I am moving to I'hilmli-l- pbia. My health is not very K1, and I want to lire here I can get the Ixtit quility of western !( cheap. Omaha World. A Utile Miaed. A youth from the rural regions, wftb his pants at half mast, and evidently eunVring from malaria, called at one of our village stares the past week for a box of queen-ana pill sod a unall bottle of pneumonia. Cou oeoUcut Valley Advertiser. TOM CAUSE'S CAREER. A Story Thai llluslrates the fps and Downs of Western Life. The history of the thrice millionaire hanker of Helena, Mont.. Thomas Cruse, illustrati's the lips and downs of western life, and sets lu strong contrast the two extreme of absolute, grovel ing K)verty and extraordinary afflu ence. "Six years ago Tom Cruse," says Thomas M. Long, "was only a com mon, ordinary laborer, a prospector and a miner. He had sent almost his last nickel, was out of luck, und being out of money it naturally followed he had very few friends. Indeed he was so Mr that I well remember the day when lie was actually refused credit for a fifty pound sack of flour. He did odd jobs about town anything so long as he turned au honest dollar. One ilay he took a tramp into the mountains. When he came back to town he astonished everybody by re porting the discovery of what turned out to lie ono of the richest silver mines In Montana, "He pre-empted the place and made everything solid in his own name. This mine was the famous Prum Lummond, in the mountains near Maysville, twenty-one miles from Helena. A syndicate of capitalists hearing of his great find went out to investigate it Tho result far surjiaswd even their expectations, and on their way back to town they sought old man Cruse. Would he sell the mine? Yes. How much? Five hundred thousand dollars, spot cosh. That was too much, they thought 'Well, gentlemen, If you think it is too much don't take It,' said Cruse. This offer is good until noon, but no longer. I'll-have another price on it after that' They thought ho was bluffing. The next day, after further investigation, they came back to Cruso. They told the old man they were ready to pay the (.100,000, and for him to draw up the paH'rs. . " 'My price today Is $1,000,000, boys,' said Cruso. Of course there was no deal possible tinder the circumstances. Cruso could then get all the capital he wanted to work his mine. Before three mouths had passed lie had pulled out fcJOO.000 worth of ore. and there was still unlimited quantities millions, in fact in sight. The syndicate came back to him ami actually paid over (1.000.000 for a two-third Interest In tho Drum Lummond. "Since that time Cruse has bought other mines, the Iron Mountain, for In stance, in theCiiHird'Alene region, and others. He is worth today $5,000,000. He was married a couple of years ago, hut his wife died, leaving him a child. 'Old Man' Cruse, as ho is called, is a good old fellow, who delights now In talking about his hard times. When he came to Montana, six years ago, he walked all the way from 8ult Lake City. That's the way fortune smiles soinet imes. " Chicago Times. Chirsito's Mayor. This story is told by The Chicago Post on Carter II. Harrison :' One of "Our Carter's" characteristics is a smooth tongue and a cultivated mind. He can charm most people with the polish and variety of his conversation. He once attended a mrty given at the residence of a leading citizen, and was there introduced to a lady who did not catch his name. She enjoyed a hah hour's conversation with Chicago's uiayor Immensely. After he hod left her she asked a friend who had bowed to the gentleman: "Do toll me who that delightful gentleman is with whom I have been conversing. He Is per feetly charming." Why, don't you know? Thut's Mayor Carter Harri son," replied the friond. "Is that really Carter Harrison t" she said. "Well, I declare that he looks and acts like a perfect gentleman. I thought from reading about him in the newspa pers that he must be a highway robber and a thug." An American Abroad. Says an American in Lucerne: "There are sovonteen old ladies from England at my hotel at Lucerne, and all of them wear white caps. As they sit all in a row at dinner they look like the pictures I have in memory of the assembled saints of old village quilting bees. All the well to do old ladies of England seem to revel in doing worsted work on the piazza of Swiss pensions. That young Englishman who sits op posite to me at table has Mark Twain at his tongue's end. Ho thinks thut the United States Is distinguished mainly by having given birth to Mark Twain. There are two young girls at the SchweiUerbof who sing. One of them sings very well and the other thinks she sings very well; but there urothose with whom her vocal pyrotechnics disagree. The great cross of tho evening at the hotel is to have to sit for an hour and hypocritically applaud singing that contains no more melody than a fatal case of chronio bronchitis. , A Plane Among Bees. A "nameless bee disease" has ap peared during the last few years, and the bee keepers have had to lament not only depleted hives, but large nuui hers of diseased bees. The bees look black because of loss of hair, much as do robber bees, or old bees In the spring, and frequently make strange motions in front of the hives, as though dancing or in convulsions. The disease is supposed to be due to fungoid at tack. The remedy is found in super seding the queen with a healthy one, and also in having a plentiful supply of salt water close to the hives, where the bees can gain ready access to it New Fork Telegram. Young Amerlra. A Boston mother was putting ber little one to bed, and said: "I think, I'hnsle, you are old enough to knrn au evening prayer. I'm going to say It for you, and you will repeat It after mo." "Yetu'ui," hl the little one. 'Well, we'll begin. Are you ready r "Yeth'm. Let er go, Gallagher T Boston Courier. A Hore to Hla Friends. "Let's turn down this street; there Smith." "iKmt you want to meet him!" "No; he bos just bought a aarss.-sUfs car's Baxar. Man's Imall Toe. The small toe In man has recently been made a subject of study by 1 1 err Ptltzner. It Is well known that thumbs and great toes are two Jointed, and the other fingers and toes generally three jointed. In many human skeletons, however, the small toe is fouud to be two Jointed, the middle and end phalanges being fused into one piece, though still distinguish able. This variety occurs in about 38 per cent, of cuss, und as a rule in both toes simultaneously; and there are more instances among women (-11.5 percent.) than among men (111.0 per cent.). One naturally thinks hereof shoe pressure causing union of two bones originally m-iarato. But it apMars thut in children, from birth to the seventh year, the fusion occurs about as often as iu adults. Further, the material of examination was not from a class of tcople who wear tight shoes llerr Plltznercon eludes that the small toe iu munis in course of degeneration (Ruckhildiing), and that without apparent adaptation to external mechanical inllueiicea Pro cesses of reduction are also observed In the connected muscular system. The question arises, has tho tendency reached Its limit, or have we merely the first act of a total degeneration of tho fifth toe? Tho author Inclines to the latter view, but desires an extension of these re searches among peoples who do not wear shoes or sandals, or have only of Lite begun to wear them. In living persons it is riot difficult to determine, by stretching nud bending, whether the small toe la two or throe Jointed, and in this way adequate data might be had for determining any orcent4ige differ euces in occurrence of the old and the new form hi different races; also, for Investigating the inheritance of acquired characters, members of several succes sive generations being examined. -Humboldt Mamma's Dolors. Daisy was lost. From garret to cel lar they searched for her. und thou went out to rouse the neighbors and scour the town. At lost, near night fall, the little girl was found sound asleep by the side of a haycock In a neighbor's field. Disturbed by the Joyful outcry about her she begun to cry, and was only comforted when mamma rushed through the groups and' cuddled her to her heart Then the happy processUm went home, and In half an hour Duisy was asleep in her little bed. Papa, however, had gone In another direction, and came home tired and anxious to hear tho good news. Now that there was no longer cause for worry he grew a little cross at hav tng suffered such needless fright and In the morning when Daisy appeared at the breakfast tablo tried to greet her with Judicial severity. "Well, little runaway," he said In a vain attempt at gruffness, "how do you Bud yourself?" Daisy looked up at him with eyes shining in limpid innocence. "I didn't find myself." she replied simply. "Mamma found we. "Youth's Companion. Distance and Echo. Did you ever figure on the exact dis tance that one may be removed from a reflecting surface and yet hear the echo of his own voice? It is said that one cannot pronounce distinctly or hear distinctly more than five syllables In a second. This gives ono-flfth of a second for each syllable. Taking 1,130 feet as the velocity of sound per sec ond, we have 224 feet as the distance sound will travel In one-fifth of a sec ond. Hence, if a reflecting surface Is 112 foot distant tho Initial sound of an uttered syllable will be returned to the ear from a distance of 112 feet Just as the next syliuble starts on its Journey. In this ease the first fifth of the sec ond Is consumed In the utterance of a syllable, and the next fifth of the sec ond in hearing Its echo. Two syllables would be echoed from a reflecting sur face 224 feet distant, ' three syllables from 836 feet, and so on within the limits of audibleness. It Is evident that a sharp, quick sound, the duration of which is only one tenth of a second; would give an echo from half the dis tance, or 66 feet The above estimates are for a temperature of 61 degs. Falir enhoit, at which the velocity of sound is a little over 1,113 feet In a second. The velocity of sound wheo the mer cury stands at freezing is 1,086 feet per second. New Orleans Picayune. The Forgetful Employ. A successful business man says there were two things which lie learned when he was 18 which were afterward of great use to him, nauioly: "Never to lose anything, and never to forget any thing." An old lawyer sent him witb an Im portant paper with certain instructions what to do with It "But," Inquired the young man, "suppose I lose It, what shall I do then?" "You must not lose it" "I don't mean to," said the young man; "but suppose I should happen to?" "But I say you must not happen to; I shall make no provision for such an occurrence. You must not lose it 1" This put a new train of thought into the young man's mind, and he found that if lie was determined to do a thing he could do it He made such a provision against every contingency that he never lost anything. He found tliis equally true about forgetting. If a certain matter of importance was to be remembered he pinned it down in his mind, fastened It there and made it stay. He used to say: "When a man tells me he forgot to do something, I tell him he might as well have sold: 'I do not care enough about your busi ness to take the trouble to thiuk about It again.' "American Grocer. Where Soma Crow t'p Children Beep It. "Oh, I feel so bad," aald a Hartford 6-yeor-old. "I guHei It must be my conscience." "Why, my dear," queried hla mother,"yoa haven't been telling any wrong stories, have your 'Ob, dear, do. But I did eat too much din ner and my conscience acbes right hers, pressing hard on the moat painful spot child hood carriea-Hartford Post DaiVN AND DUSK. Apollo's shaft of radiant flams, Hliatti-rnl against tlia sea's blue shield, On myral'l ripples dance and (learn. Gold sura strewn o'er an esure field. Upon Die uhlnlnif snmls they stand In mora of day and morn of life, Toji'ihur stand, hand claxped In hand, A bridexrooin fond, a happy wife. Thn moon, a silver scimitar, Kavera the driving rack of cloud. Far, far beyond the liarlwr bar The suri(i's iiswn. now low, now loud. Alone upon thn darksome strand, Thn black ware lapping at her feet, A widow slands; ranlnbed the hand, bili-iit the vole thai made life sweet. -Miu-y J. Kufford In Uelford's Maf axlne. ftavlii( Ills nooks. There is u story told on Hon. H. G. St ru ve which has not as yet been made public property. It is sold that during the raging of the great Ore, In which Mr. Struve with all the rest of Seattle was a heavy loser, he rushed up into his olllce to save some of his most valu able Ixniks. It is well known that he had accumulated a vast amount of material, which he purposed working up Into a history of Washington. This material and some of his books were very precious to him. So as the fire came sweeping down toward his office lie rushed up stairs and began to select tho books most valuable. "Ah, this oue I will save. No, I guess this one is more valuable." Thus he hesitated, aud among his many books, all of which were dear to him, he was unable to decido which ones to save. Just then the cries of firemen were raised, and the Judge was urged to como down and save his life. Being thoroughly alarmed and still undecided, ho turned and grubbod the first book in reach and rushed out of the build ing. Reaching the pavement he found he had saved the city directory. Seattle (Wash.) Press. A House Building- lish. In Lake Nyassa, hi the interior of "Darkest Africa," there Is a kind of block fish which every year bailds what the natives term a house. In the mad at tho bottom of the lake it makes a hole soino 2 or 3 feet broad, heaping up the mud removed from the hole so as to form a little wall around It. Tho depth of the hole and the height of tho wall measured togother make a basin from 13 to 20 inches deep. In this lake within a hike this queer little fish erects a mud house, the aver age sized specimen measuring 14 Inches across tho bottom, rapidly coming to sv point in the shape of a broad cone, A hole 4 inches in diameter, always on. the south side, serves as an opening for egress and ingress. A dried specimen of this queer domicile preserved In thei Royal Museum at Berlin has two doors and a partition separating It into two rooms. St Louis Repablio. ltetween the Kisses. Miss JleCusker (of Cincinnati) I'm so glad to aeo you, dear. Aud just In thus for the party, too. Miss Hinckley (of New York) I'm afraid Tin too tinsl to dissiiau much. Miss McC'usker That isn't dissipation chere smlo. Pupa's invited several people you'll like, to go over to the factory aud see them pack Kji k to-morrow. Tld hit. nmethinf Frivolous for Chance. Intellectual Young Lady- Have you any sroi-k eivingafull exposition of the Scales aifi-HoMem question! tlrk at lioult Store 1 uont know ot any nich book. Young hady (weariedly)-I was in hopes I sould Dud It here. I have just come from a -neeting of our Browning club, and I want nine hubt reading for recreation. Chicago rrlbuua. A t'oor Unfortunate. Ous-Aw er yes, Cholly Is er chawnv Ins; fellnh, but he is so awfully defawmcd, 'know. Willie-Poor fellah I What's the mattaa with himl Gus-Why er aw y'know, bis mouth Is to awfully amall-er he cawn't get his lips over the-er bead of bis cane I Life. All the Symptoms. Apartment Housokper How is that young niau In the back room getting along, Bally) Chambermaid He's no young man. He's married. "Married f "Yee'm. He never can find his necktie nor hla bat nor bis overshoes nor nothin' until I looks for 'em." Omaha World. A Riisplcloue Clreumstanos. Father What's that noise in the next room I Mother It's Bobby singing "I want to be an anxttl," dnr little fellow. Father Well, you bad better go and sot what be is up to. New York bun, Had Read Ulna. First Sweet Oirl-Is that Mr. Eowslls, the novelist! Becond Sweet Girl-Yes, that Is he. "Dear met We must act aa if ws bad some sense or else he'll put us in a book." Omaha World. -mm l llisil ' 'j I te.Wslrmiei ii. ' " ii,J - ',7. ' I ,!', t J jit-. . j ...ll;, . S II ! l'-i'f)i"ii- ji5rrinB,.J'-. ji