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1 p-1 rffl sT - r aj rjigm uycaiii Him inupiH 4Mnf,"1 IptH Mir Jofii hr k fi8l lh74feuot to U great troas- txhiblted but fy lTifliut occasion was Jetty became the Mecca fnarkable pilgrimage that fjluce since the Fourteenth ryT Pilgrims came Trora all qnar many in largo bands headed by banner and village priest They cam in such numbers that accommodations i could not be given thom, and they alept ent of doors by the thousand. The coat is a lootie garment with wide aleeves. very simple in form, of coarse material, dark brown In color, probably tie result of ago, and entirely without seam or decoration. Pittaburg Dis patch. Twsntr-Bv Rhoclsts PuMii.cn u An amusing contretemi, though an awkward one for the persons principally interested, occurred on the Milwaukee train to Chicago one day recently. It was the regular train leaving St. Panl at 8 p. m. and arriving in Chicago on the following morning. One sleeping car leaves St. Paul with the train and goes clear thronirh to Chicago. Another is added at La Crosse and dropped off at Milwaukee. It hod become a bsbit with the porters of the two cars to take the shoes to be cleaned from the forward car to the rear one, where they would converse while putting on the necessary polish. On the narticulur uight referred to both the porters fell asleep over the shoes, and when the car was dropped off at Mil waukee two porters and all the shoes be lonidnir to people in the forward car were dropped off too. The sfiectac'le presented at the Mil waukee depot in Chicago when the train arrived was, to say the least, an unusual one, Tweuty-nve shoeless passengers kicked vigorously for their lost brogans, and a big crowd had fun with them. The railway management wus equal to the occasion. A shoe clurk wus prompt ly on the sjiot; each man, woman and child was rapidly measured, and in less time than would seem possible those passengers were newly shod at the ex pense of the Milwaukee Railway com pany. St" Paul Globe. Kruiiiiiiilesl 8toraf, A funny thing came to the notice of a New Vurk girl on the occasion of the recent warm ell of weather. Crossing Seventh avenue xlie saw a pet young man of her acquaintance entering a door over which hung the ominous three gold balls with his winter overcoat on his arm. lie was walking in a sprightly fashion, and seemed to be at peace with his pocketbook and with the world. And yet there he was on bis way into a pawnshop. Meeting the young woman later all was explained. "You see," he said blithely, "I board and have so little closet room that I can't keep my coat In any kind of shape and so I hang it up." "Hang it npl" "Yes; that is I give it to my uncle. Pawn it, don't yon knowl They pay me about half its value. Perhaps, If I'm lucky, 1 get twenty dollars for it, may . be a little mora. They put it away in camphor for me and next fall I go after it. I had to pay 4 per cent, iuterest on the mouth for the length of time I have had it, but that don't amount to much. In return I have had the use of the mon ey all summer, haven't hud to pay stor age on my coat, and have been furnished with a guarantee that old Uuky' would take good care of it for me." New York World. Rlgnt of Rprlng. If you read these learned maxims and take note of each small thing you may come to be a prophet and foretell the gladsome spring. When trees liegin to blossom and Uie violets to bloom; when the bullfrogs in the meadow warblo booin-ah-booin-ah-booui; wheu ducksare flying northward and bright butterflies are out, and robins go housekeeping iu tin broken waterspout; when grasshop pers are hupping, and black bats come out at uight and venture lu your bed room attracted by the light; wheu birds fly down the chimney, and hens walk In the door, and beetle hold conventions iu the ceuter of tho floor; when the mud is o'er your shoe tojis as you cross the new plowed land you may count on It as certain that sweet spring is near at baud. Harper's Youug People. Ouod OKI Tl The old story of the apprentice who Stipulated that they should not be com pelled to eat salmon every day in the week has its counterpart in an American tradition that in the old times the slaves on a Maryland plantation revolted be cause they were fed so exclusively on diamoud back terrapin. With these deli cacies now selling at fM) per dozen that story sounds very much like a yarn. Forest and Stream, The heat in Buenoa Ayrea is described as exceeding any which has been known for many years. The country, and t pecially the cattle, ke suffered frotr. waut of water. About 40,000 auiniaU (sheep, cow and hones) have perished in the province of Buenos Ayres alone, aod at Santa Fe one cattle breeder has lust 8,000 sheep. In Cueno Ayres three per on recently died of snnstroke. The atesmer Mripna brings ne-s from Australia that Billy Murphv, the ex-ehanipion lesther-weinht pugilist of the world, took poison recently, m hetl.er intentional or not is unknown. Many of his lntimste friends believe that Mur phv is crsty. He i matched to meet Urilfo next month. ft? wis la, ail puDMfli" :8! .d. tflsTdJWnnoInt- itifcfor P rcy'a ! tfial waa week after he left New York. During thla period his mother and stater and Judge Ke telle were the on ly persons wao knew of his es cape. On the morning of the trial the judge dropped Into In spector Byrnes' "o -v h office, with a nowspaper in his hand and Tory grave face. "I want to call something to your rec ollection. Inspector." said he; "some thing of Importance to me, though you may liave forgotten It" "Oh, you mean young Percy Nolun's nue. don't vouT returned the chief of dotoctives. "I remember; lie was a0' oused of a robbery in a jewelry store and t0 went baj for ,im n fifteen hundred dollars. Yes. the trial comes on touay. "You have a good memory. Well, you are perhaps not aware that Percy left New York on the day following the examination and never returned." "Yes, Judge, I happen to be aware of that, tool You seo, we anticipated there might be some difllculty of tho kind, and so we put a man on to watch him. Mr Nolcn spent that night at Mr. Martin s rooms on Fifth avenue. The next morn ing, somo one whom our man took to bn Martin walked out and went up town. An hour or two luter, Martin himself came out. Instead of following him our man made tho mistake of going up stuirs to see whether Nolen was in tho rooms. In that way they both got off. We did everything In our power to stop them, but it was too late, I sincerely hoped ho would think better of It, and como back. I am sorry for you, but there it in!" "As regards myself, I'm not a loser. I don't mind tolling you that, a few hours after his escape, I recclvod by letter the amount of tho bail; It came, I have rea son to believe, from Martin. All Percy's outstanding bills were also paid, proba bly by tho same hand. Of course, Perry alioul I have stood his trial, and had I had any Inkling of what ho intended 1 should bavo used every means to prevent lilt de parture. Out at anv rate ho left no debts behind him." IIo made the mistake of his llfo," said the inspector, emphatically. "As the reason why will be known in a few hours, I may as well tell you now. In tho first placo the evidence against him was not conclusive, and, taking every thing into consideration, the chances aro that he would have been acquitted. Ilis looks and manner and his previous rec ord and social standing were in his favor, though it is true that ho had been making a fool of himself hero aud thcro, as boys sometimes wllL Out a fellow like that is not likoly to steal a lady's pocket book in face of tho absolute cer tainty of being suspected of it. Tho game wasn't worth tho candle." "1 quite agree with you, replied the Judgo; "still there was a possibility that tho verdict might go against him; and you can understand that a conviction would bo as good as death to hiin. "Even then, if we were innocent, tho guilty party would be sure to turn up sooner or later and ho would be vindi cated. I could make a guess, even now, as to who the thief renlly is; but ho has not committed himself yet, and as the monoy stolen was in bank notesof course it is more difficult to trace than Jewels or any kind of personal property would be. Dut that is not the point I was going to make. If he had appeared in court today ho would have been a free man ever after." "Dow can you know thatT "In this way. You have heard all about that alTuir of his with the wifo cf the plaintiff. No actual harm had been dono, but she was compromised and her husband had heard of It; they had had some words about it probably; and when he found Nolen in such an awkward pre dicament, ho naturally was not going to lose the opportunity of jumping on him So he pressed the chargo, as we saw. Dut his wiro did what he hod not antici patedshe joined hliu In the accusatiou, and thereby ranged herself definitely on his side. Of course that took tjo wind out of his sails; it proved that she hated Percy as much as he did, and therefore removed his own chief reason for hating htm." "I understand) but" "Very well Having no longer any especial reason for revenging himself upon Percy, and probably not believing, on sober second thought, thut he hud committed the criuie, he would begin to ak himself how the public trial would affect his wifo and himself. And the first tiling he would see would be that It would involve letting out the whole story of the flirtation. Now, if his wife had persisted In her folly, instead of act ing the part of a virtuous cur, as she did, he might have been willing to have her shown up; but as it was, he would desire to hush it up as securely as potwible. There was only one way to do that, and that wan" "Ah! I see. The plaintiff would de cline to prosecutor "Exactly, and that (as I hare the beet reason for knowing) is just what he has done. Ills counsel are Instructed to withdraw the charge; and of course, under the circumstances, the judge would allow him to do so. Dut when they see that the prisoner is not on hand, it may cause them to modify this course. They might profess themselves ready to go on with the case, and as the prisoner is absent judgment would Issue against him." "It Is that result that I hoped to avoid. It would be a awl thing for an honorable family to be dragged through the dust in Uiis way for a crime for which the ac cused is not responsible," "Us should have had the manliness to face his accusers," repeated the Inspec tor. .o one knows better than ou Judge, that Ui this world a man murtde- life tlfrTlt-TJI Aid al lb1lows Js . n .7 1 .J ... riiBT 11 reponeu a nKOclciyta neignooriiouu ui 'fKlKAAjfift?. od the 13th uh. It .&etf Itr-deft the severest ever .now n Mi thoMatitude. It wai preceded in he)ornlng by a dead calm and exce- live lieaL Early Ul 1110 aiicrouuii weathorwise persons predicted a heavy hint- The oroiihecy was soon verified. "Clouds were observed collecting In the southwest; they rapidly Increasd in size and durknoss. and advanced toward tho northeast, from which quurter a gentle breeze was blowing, ine siorm uursi with torrlllo fury ino naroor o Thomas is a largo nasin. u hihi which is a comparatively narrow pas- ago between two headlands. Thenar- bor was at the time filled with shipping. Including several steamers and largo ves- els. Onoof the steamers was at the tune taking on paHsengers; tho captain gave orders that this should oe stoppea. anu teamed out of tho harbor in tho hopoof weathering tho galo. Tho steamer lias not slnco been heard of. but fragments of It have been picked up at sea, and tnero is no uouoi mai sue irwi. -.t., all on board. The storm was accom pa- nled by intense darkness, greater than that of ordinary midnight without moon " ?h1B rik Tr and the destruction Uj caused was terrible. "After blowing tor a conp.o o, .our. from tho southwest it hauled about ana i blew w,,, equal violence from the nortl, east All tho shipping in the harbor was , destroyed and solera? vessels were lifted out of the water and carried Inland. One largo merchant ship was taken up bodily and planted in the midst of a shorn. The houses ! of the town were unroofed and - - I and in most ' i.. ... I cases anuiiinuteu. upw . urua vi iuur hundred lives wcro rejioneu iosi, anu tho liarbor was full of corpses, which , wcro devoured by the sharks. Onoof . i .i.i.. i:. UlO mosi rcmuraaoie episouus ui iui uio- astrous storm was that of tl.e 0. 8. and n Co... stenmshin Amazon. She lVas ' ,i.. f,. ,i., 1 on which tho hurricane occurred She had cleared from New York with six ! . ..... i. i Iiunvwv.u O fair weather up to within fvo hundred miles of St. Thomas, and was some- nfiauitifrftm nnn n 11111 n.iririi. anu iiuu what ahead of her schedule time. Ac cording to tho narration of the surviv ors, sho met tho hurricauo about o'clock on the afternoon of the tilth. She was put about so as to run before tho galo. Tho wind and waves almost immediately dismasted her, und it was found Iiiiks iblo to do more than keep her before the wind, even tliit taxing all tho powers of those on board. At one tiiuo she was pooped by a heavy sua which broko into the forecastleund swept many overboard. "When the wind veered about tho steamer bccaino virtually unmanageable; she drove before the t;ule, and it was ex pected that she must founder. Rut after several hours she was Huddeuly beached; and on tho storm breaking it was dis covered that she was lying in tho main street of St. Thomas, closo to her own dock. In tho darkness she must have been driven through the narrow entrance of tho harbor, and so across to the town, avoiding by a miraclo numberless ob stacles. She Is, however, a complete wreck, and hulf her ship's company were wept overboard und drowned, while many of the other have received severe Injuries. Of thonix passengers who were on board the following aro killed: Alfred Harper, went Insane und washed over board; Charles Tupier, neck broken; James Blair, wushed overboard. Percy Nolen, washed overboard. The sur viving psisseiigera aro Herbert Simp son and Valentino Martin. Mr. Martin occupied the sumo statu room with Mr. Nolan, and is much uircctcd by his death. Ho says he saw litis shortly before the tune when the steamer was pooped; he was on his way to tho forecastle, under the impression, it is HUosed. that there was greater security tliero than in the stern. "Mr. Martin left for Vera Crua yester day. It Is his intention to return by way of Aspinwall to his sheep farm in New Zealand, near Napier." Having rend thus fur, the inspector laid down tho piiMr, und stroked his chin awhile with a mcditutivo uir. "So the young man is drowned, is he?" he said, at length. "The account seems to look thut way." "Do you mean thero can be any doubt about It'" exclaimed the judgo. "1 don't say there is; and as a matter of course, judge, i recognize the sincerity of your attitude. Still, if 1 were Inter ested in the boy, 1 should think twice before 1 accepted this news as conclu sive. Have you heard anything person ailyr "Nothing. This Is all we know, so far." "Well, you are awure that people re ported drowned at sou wiiiictimes have a way of coming to life again. The sea is a big place, and it's dillicull to be sure what becomes of a man in a heavy storm when everything's as black us pitch Then again, young Nolen. you must ad mil. might find it convenient to have it supposed he was permanently out of the way He could start in under a new namo, with very little fear of ever being interfered with. When this alfuir has blown over or been cleared up, he might come buck and all would he right again, 1 dont say thut Is what has hapiened; I only say it might be so And, consider ing that Mr. Martin was a friend of the family, it seems a little odd that he shouldut have sent a letter giving a full account of the alTair He must have known what a value the mother and sister would have put upon It" "I hope with all my heart your theory may be the true one." suid the judge. "But 1 fear the report is correct," he added, after a paused "There can be no doubt about the hurrfcuno, nor that Percy was on the steamer There was no necessity of Inventing a report of his death; he would be as safe in Mexico or New Zealand as at the bottom of the Atlantic No, I'm afraid the poor boy Is gone. And. as 1 was saying just now. 1 trust that no steps will be taken today ' to blacken his memory The cause of , justice would not be vindicated, and it would add a terrible pang to hi moth er' and sister' grief. Some cousidera . tion should be shown to them." Well, let us go down to the court room'" iaidth Inspector, rising and ii a f tuiipoMt any oo a deud man ii rniin 118 WBS Ml lU'T 1 1. vm u r.mveo van' J lK, ease Mm culled, counsel for the 'uintifT submitted tl.ut their client was nosed to abandon the prosecution Tk.Miirtulil wIim the prisoner wus. and the retxirt of hii death was put In. Thamnrt nhwrved that the prisoner ap- neared to have Intended forfeiting hii bail, and was of opinion that the evl insufficient. Hut ai the pluintiir wished to withdraw, and there waa only a moderate preemption r ,.iit thA mm would be adjourned oendins confirmation of the report of death, when the question of estreating the bail would be decided. CHAPTER XIV. powF.RFUt tJ-T' EVER A L day y -w nfu,r lhjg eventi , v, the InHpector wo R A O, V informed that VV lady desired tosee VJr-? him He gave VTS' $ 0Tticn that gi,e be . y, admitted, and a J J, vounu woman . iffv."?f .ressed In mourn. ; w; 1 ,1R eutered t h J'J room She wo Wkr)i? Dale and hand JfS$frf gome, with pow U,,f erfu, durk cves f j The insiiector rose ShimJft- . and a chair . jiur ghe i InUmt- ness. as if endeavoring to satisfy heelf - ,,, you, . . . , , M m, . wag . ..for "i- ' . . , t now w e ,u ,C8B w ' , - ,i, , Mr Tdrfl rS ercJ oicn, nu u . be- a ew weeks ogor . The inspector I nc "nd his head It come to my knowledge in the ordinary . . . ) H l .1,1 ! hn rwuin routine, no - -- iourned. as vou ore probably aware, and - ...:,. .:n , h . K heard of again. "S resumed. "Ho was lost at sea. iter . l,i P trembled, but a he "JJJ he inspector n-.tetl that she seemed to possess unusual se.. o on. "My mother and 1 are the only ones of the fam. yl eft a live;, ana m ra er aii nvuhd. Mv brother died with a - . Bhauow upon ms name, anu i iuuoiui-i it my duty to remove It. I am sure that it can be done; and I am ready to make any eiTort or sacrifice to do it. Nothing would be a sacrifice that would accom plish that result." "I'm afraid you will find It no easy matter. Miss Nolen. Speaking as a pro fessional mun, I must say that the pros pect is not a hoeful one." "1 don't exited it to bo easy; but I am dotprniinpil to succeed, and I mean to I cive all my life and energy to it," said sho, in tho same quiet tone which she had used from the first, but with im mense underlying earnestness. "Of course, I know nothing about the ways of finding cut criminals, and I don't think thnt, In an ordinary matter, I should make a good detective; but this is a thing 1 care so much about that it's different I believe that if the man who stole that money was to pass me on the street 1 should feed that it was he," Tho Inspector dropficd his pencil and stooped to pick it up Tho notion of identifying criminals by emotional intu ition was not without its humorous side; but he did not wish his smile to be seen; and by the time he had recovered his pencil he hnd recovered his gravity like wise, "Even if you were able to recog nize him in that way, Miss Nolen," he remarked, "tliero would be no evidence in that to fasten the crime upon him. The jury might think you were mis taken, and would refuse to convict; in fact, I don't think you could persuade any judge on the lx nch to grant you a warrant." "I wasn't thinking of putting it on that ground," Pnuline replied, coloring a little, "But when 1 haveconvinced my self thnt I know the man, 1 would tind evidence against him that would con vince tho world too. Only let me know him first, und the rest would be easy." "Well, all 1 can say is. 1 hope you'll find him." "I should not have come here to waste your time merely by telling you this," he continued, looking up at him firmly "I wish to tell you something that may indicate who he is. and then you will be able, perhaps, to help me find out where he is and what his record is. I don't suppose you know that Percy was not my only brother?" The detective intimated that he did not "My other brother's name was Jerrold. He died a few yeurs ngo. They hud rea son to think thut his death was hastened by foul means. The man whom he ac cused of It was tried; the case was ap ealcd several times, but at hist, after having been confined for over a year, the accused wus acquitted. He said that he would be revenged upon us. Why may he not have taken this way to be re venged?" The Inspector began to be interested. "What was his name?" he asked. "His name was Horace Dupee. ne was a medical student "Tell me the circumstances. I may recollect something of It" "When my brother Jerrold left college he decided to be a physician, and he be gun the study of medicine here in Now York. Ho attended lectures and went to the hospitals Ue was fond of fun and a favorite with his fellow students, and 1 suppose he was rather Imprudent in his habit. Ue was good nutured and excit able and the others led him on. "The way the end came waa this; There was a supper given to one of the students who had got through his course. Ue was the Horace Duee 1 spoke of Ue was a clever num. I believe.. I never saw him, and he and Jerrold were great friends. There were ten or twelve other young men at the supjier. They drank a good deal of wine and become noisy and excited. They began to play practi cal jokes on one another. At last Hor ace Pupee got up to make a speech. My brother, who sut near him, kept inter rupling him with jc.kes and laughing He got angry finally Dupee did and made some throat or said some insulting thing. My brother instantly threw a class of wine in hi face, glass and alL TO M CONTtSUKP, $4 ON LirC'S THRESHOLD. A Urttw Senator Cvsrts Received froai ja Gnuiililaiigliler. Ouunoey Depe my: "Enr Tn' .donkey unto Ul. 'md-ir farm in Ver mont. A wees afterward, hs reee ived tlis following letter from hi. little Bi"lcb'ld. '"Dkab ORA.NPPA-T;-e little donkey Is very L'eutle. but lis make, a big noi nights. He is very lonesome. I guess be misses you. I beiw you will roiao up won. then ne won hc JloLome. M1NN.K.--EII Perkins' Let ter. An Accommodating CuenU Tbelr little minds (the children's, home from voeationl are full with the story of their miiimer pastime, and they are eager to recite their experiences, 0,Detin"!,witJf. ' little too much attention to detaiL ISIS latter point " lllurtrated the other day by one loquacious little fellow, in conversation with another about liUown age, who bad evidently been a fellow passenger on the train to Boston. "Funny folk. I lanlonU," said the too communicative child; "the one we boarded wif borrowed pa's geld wateb w en we was goiii' owny, an' he won t get It fer a week."- IkMton Builgot. Told of a Young Logician. From the mouth of our young hopeful of five summers, who was with us in Ban Fran- - I. .... ;.., .inraa anil Was OUt in Alul- ctseu a buui b mi... , ket street wheu the governor's funeral was passing: Ho was very much affected by the tud music, and looking around to me, he said: "Mother, tnereareiwo uhuk uuw make anybody cry." "What are they T' I sui'L "Oh, onions aud solemn tunes, ne said. Boston Globe. Dnervcl It lf v Ann VvW n Ml lil a mother to her son. as J , be handed round his plate for more tur key, "this is tlie lourtn lime you bbyo iu helicd." . know, mother," replied the boy, "hut that turkey pocked me onee, and I want to get squuro with him." lie got bis turkey. Ban i rancisoo asp. Little Molly's Sarcasm. rtrn Father IVeareall well and happy. rv, i. il.v lins i-rnwn ever so much, and has a great deal more sense than he used to have. Uoping tue same oi you, i reuuiiu jour daughter, Mollt. From the German. Taught by Experience. Minister You say a great many bright things, Bobby, don't youf Bobby Not as many as 1 used to. Minister Why not? Bobby Slippers.-ewTork Sun. A Dnston Child. Our little boy, 8 vcara old, was sent to school last wee!: for the fli-st time, and on bis return home :iUed his papa: 'U"l;otau:;httbollretnian bis lettersr Boston Ololie. An Imposition. Bobby (nt the circus, anxious to see the einur, but sees n dwarf instead) Why, ra, that's tho smallest giant I ever heard of! Texas Sifting.. A Costly Ex;eriment. A man living lu the shade of the Catskill mountains heard tliat well water could be purified by lini, and he emptied a bushel and a hulf into his well. On ncc mnt of the dryness of the season there proved to he only threo feet of Hitter iu tho well, and ever since the e::ieriiiieiit he has been selling a good article of whitewash to his neighbors at 3 cents a bucket and walked a mile aud a half to a creek for drinking water for his family. Hotel Mail, Uo V.' r.:!t.iMed Enough to Try. "You mat think wo are very lucreduloas people here," said a young lady to Uus do Jay at u hulo sociable gattiering. "Not nt oil, weally. Huat. made you thi'.l; sof" "Oh, l:or."'!, the fact that you spent as many as five niinutei nt tho piano repeating I e::ni':: tl!"; Hie old son-s. AlorcucuC Traveler. Bis Object " Are you goiug to Europe on business, Mr. BigteadC "Not exactly, sir." "On pleasure then, of courser" 'Hardly that, eithor." "For what purpose then, may I askf "Why, to get a reception on my return, of course. i onkers Uuzette. A Scrlou. Drawback. Now Yorker (who has obtained a place for bis boy iu Philadelphia) Well, Mr. Johnny maker, how are you pleased with the boy so turf Mr. Johnnymaker He seems a very likely hid; the only fault I have to Unit with him is ho Is always in such a hurry. The bpocn. The Regular Course. Ticltai. with nifiitnsi.rtnt lonrvnlntrlrl T ' . t - i - ,t- n - ' havo brought a few verses, sir, for your in spection. If you will kindly Literary Editor (taking manuscript me chanically and laying it on a pile of other noemsl All riL'ht. You can call and rat it to-morrow, Chicago Tribune, A Sure Cure. Citizen What are you doing with that tnanf Policeman I've just arrested hitn. Citizen But he's as deaf as a po.t Policeman He'll get bis bearing before the magistrate. Harper's Bazar. Shabby Treatment Railroad Official I am exceedingly sorry, but I caunot renew your pass. Citizen (indignantly) Wb-atl And Tve had a pass on your road for fifteen year. I Is that the way you treat old customers! Har per's Bazar. Terrible Result, of flax-ball. Wife Jobn, I dout see why the authorities rvrmit people to play that horrid game, base ball. "Whyr "Wby f Because ft causes so much violence and death. In this newspaper account of a single game I tee thst one man was knocked oat of the box and three other unfortunate fellow, died at Drat bass. It's rssJly shock ing." Lincoln Journal. Shivering In the Street In many cities on the continent in these days of extreme cold, the municipal govern ments, from a und previously set apart for the purKwe, plw-eat intervals among the crowded neighborhood, of the poor large Iron braziers, which are kept filled day and night with hot coak, Tbey are circular up right receptacles, about the size of a barrel, with an 0n top and with bo es pierced In the sides for the purpose of a draught They are placed upon the pavement near the side walk at the corner, of streets, where crowd. may collect about tbem with the least ob struction to traffic. Uurinz the bitter cold weather crowds of hatf frozen people hud dle about these braxien Boston Advert er. llPl n L i.k...,. ! Scare. There i a remarkable scarcity of whalebone in the market at InJ inconsequence the poorest qualities ure being disposed of at price, heretofore hardly ever realised for the best that the hardy New Bedford men could procure. Part of bone usually discarded a few years ago are now a staple article, and find ready purchasers among manufact urer. , What little bone of first quality that I placed upon the market is sold at prices which will astonish persons not familiar with the trade. A well known Pear treet firm disposed of several thousand pounds several days ago at $.').20 a ponnd. and a similar figure has been realized by dealers in Euro.e. "Whalebone is getting scarcer every aeason." suid an old South street whale ship boat eteerer, "an' pretty soon there won't be any at all. The blackfish, humpbacks and sfierra whales, from which most of the bono Is taken, don t breed very fast They are killed off faster than tbey breed, and in conse quence it is only a question of time when they will be exterminated alto gether, and the humpback will be aa much a curiobity as the departed mam moth. "There's no more money in whaling for sailors," he continued, "nor for any body but the big concerns what controls a number of these newfangled steam whalers. If you don't believe what 1 say, go to New Bedford. There you will gee lots of vessels, brave ships once, but old hulks now, with their bones bleach ing on the sands around the bay. They were driven out of the business, and the sailors were driven out with them. "The whales got scarce, and 8 or 4 per cent, on invested capital didn't pay ex penses to the owners of single ships, so they had to give np. Only a few of the old timers are left, and I guess they won't last much longer." New York Herald. The Minneapolis Mummy. There has long been a veil of mystery and romance enshrouding the mummy which Thomas Lowry leaned for exhibi tion at the public library. Something like a year ago Miss Amelia B. Edwards, who is supposed to be an expert in such matters, was in Minneapolis, and was called on to shed some light upon the in dividuality of this mummy. With a great flourish the result of he investiga tions was proclaimed to an anxiously waiting world. Her observations were limited to the exterior emblems, for the "inside facta" were not then revealed. Miss Edwards was quite positive that the body was that of a woman, Amen-hotep by name. Miss Edwards wrote out the following ing as the correct reading: A royal offering to Osiris (god of the dead) of beeves, cakes, geese, cakes, , the priestess of the Lady (goddess) llathor grant, to bor ks ilife priuclplo); sepulchral meals, cakes, barley beer, beeves, geese, , cakes, pure water, and barley beer to the Osiris, A men-hotel Justified. The spell has since been broken. Pro fessor Hall, assisted by Janitor Ruuge, opened up "Mrs. Mummy," placed the remains on a table, and removed the musty bandages which enveloped it, and found that there was a sad mistake somewhere. Either Miss Edwards bad not read the hieroglyphics correctly or the ancients had misplaced the body. The body tnifolded to their gaze was certain ly not that of a woman at alL Of this there could be no doubt, and as soon us the professor and his assistant recovered from their astonishment they read the typewritten inscription furnished by Miss Edwards, and then laughed loud and long. As the wrappings were cut away it was found that Mr. Mummy had been in life a man of above the average size, with powerful hands and a wonderful frame. The muscles stood out prominently, the shoulders were broad and heavy, the chest full and deep. Minneapolis Tribune. Reward for Saving 1,800 Whalers. The owners and crews of the whaling vessels Midas, Lagoda, Progress and Daniel Webster, of New Bedford, and the Europa, of Edgartown, have just re ceived the money appropriated for them for their rescue of 1.200 men in the Arc tic fleet In 1871. In that year twenty-two of the whale ships were hemmed in by ice and aban doned. The crews took refuge on the shore, where they heard that there were five ships further south. An imploring message was sent to the captains by Henry Pease, one of the men, asking them to abandon the voyage in the cause of humanity and to take the wrecked men aboard The captains held a con ference and agreed to bring the men down and sacrificed their voyage there by. The award gives $10,801.27 to the own ers of the Midas, $21,527.03 to the owners of the Daniel Webster, $23,611.20 to the owners of the Lagoda, $20,111.33 to the owuers of the Progress, and $33,889.16 to the owners of the Europa. The award was made in proportion to the number of men brought down. It will be distributed by the owners among themselves and crews in the pro portion to their respective lays. About one-half of the award will go to the claim agent. Cor. Boston Globe, Lack In the Los. of an Overshoe. A young man at Peak's Island lost his rubber in the road the other night, there by bringing great good luck to his fa ther. That gentleman, Mr. Charles Trefethen, lost a pocketbook loft fall that contained $1,200 in notes and money, and all his search for it was un availing. But while the son was hunt ing for his lost rubber he came upon the long missing wallet with all its contents intact Lewiston Journal. St. Helena Uecomlug a Deserted Island. For twenty years St Helena baa been going to the dogs, and has now very nearly arrived there. It is the Suez canal that has killed it A final blow waa . given when quite recently the French government decided to withdraw the garrison of imperial troops. Last year this order began to come into effect, and St Helena is rapidly drifting into a position of a deserted land. London Tit-Bit. Aa Amain! SnbM-riher. Pressman (to a subscriber from Sagada hoel Yes. air. thnt nn. m-itl ,.ei,it - . ' r "... i. .uv, wuu, and fold 50.000 copies an hour. Sagadahoc Subscriber (amazed) Gosh, y dimt aay so! An' is that the thing-um-a-ji? - w. me circulation, tool rhil. Welch in Ths Epoch. Philosophy of Ftlqnrtto. "I. it now considered ill brvd to take ths Uv4 biscuit off the ulatar iiu-Hl T!i, .),..!,.,.. of Wacgley. "V ell, no; but it Is decidedly unwise." 'Unwisef" " Tes; always wait a minute, M theyH bring oo soma hot oner-Detroit Free Press. An KuiMrur'. Mtuileut l... During his school career the Oermj. inperor was it iiuh'i-I of tIiestu(j()UljTr jinn youth. He look his place as scoJ uon pupil In tin public school ntrT Hid played und studied with the oU icholurs. At the Html fxaminatioj h, was. indeed, only lentil in the li; .hen lie was two years yoiiiip-r tJmn nates, and was rightly considered UiIiju, June so well thut his tutor wUH i,,,,,, itcly knighted. There Is no fnunu,jn. jBtt'in in t.ermaiiy; he passed io tid or favor. At the University of Bonn I have jn the same benches with him, andifH, him. with his littlo note book, wriu, iown. like a hurd worked repurut nearly all the professor uttered in lectures on the grout German authors o, Dii the genius of our own Shukep(.art Tlie prince wus anxious also to atudr ubjoctsnotjut then in the curriculum and for these the professors attended it his rooms. By the professors the prince wu treated with mi almost servilo adulation, and he won their esteem and love. U had them all in turn to dinner at kit rooms in n villa which overhung t! Uliine, with the honeysuckle, clematU and Virginia creepers reaching over and down the garden walls almost to tb water's edge. The queen sent him out from England a splendid lioat. costing nearly 200, but he used it very little, and it generally Iny moored by the bank beneath hispir. don, idly rocking In the ripple of ths Uliine. But he took part heartily in all ths amusements common among German students, namely, beer drinking, duel ing, torchlight processions, carria- driving, bathing und. in winter, sledg ing'. I do not think he everfoughu real duel, but ho mingled freely with tlie duelers, and in knelpen (drinking bouts) and torchlight serenades, sipping and sitting with the sippcrs of light German beer till late into the night. All the Year Rountl Moniter Splilrn, Far up in tho mountains of Ceylon and India tliero is a spider that spins a web like bright yellowish silk, the cen tral net of which is five feet in diameter, while the supporting lines, or guys ai they are called, measure sometimes ten or tw elve feet long; and riding quickly in tho early morning you may dash right into it, the stout threads twining round your face like a luce veil, while as tlie creuturo who lias woven it takes up hit position in the middle, ho generally catches you right on the nose, anu though ho seldom bites or stings, the contact of his large body and long legs is anything but pleasant. If you forgot yourself und try to catch him, bite he will, and, though not venomous, hit jaws aro as powerful as a bird's beak, and you are not likely to forget the en counter. The bodies of these spiders are very handsomely decorated, being bright gold or scarlet underneath, whilo the upper part is covered with tho most delicate slato colored fur. So strong are tho webt thnt birds the size of larks are frequently caught therein, and even the small but powerful scaly lizard falls a victim. A writer says that he has often Kit and watched the yellow and scarlet monster, measuring, when waiting for his prey with his legs stretched out, fully six inches, striding across the middle of the net, and noted the rapid manner in which he winds his stout threads around tlie unfortunnto captive. Ue usually throwt tho coils about tho head till the wretched victim is first blinded and then choked. Iu many unfrequented dark nooks of the jungle you come across most perfect skeletons of small birds caught in these terrible snares, the strong folds of which prevent tho delicate bones from falling to the ground after the wind und weather have dispersed the flesh and feathers. Rare Bits. A Littlo Oil Ill's Presence of Sllud. Ralph Ball, a littlo fellow 5 years of age, is the hero of tho day in Carbon dale, Pa, Several children were playing around an unprotected well, when Eddie Widner decided to take a drink from it. As the water rises within a foot of the surface tho little fellow thought be could reach it by lying on his stomach and putting his head down to the water, but in trying this feat he lost his balance and plunged head first into the spring, which is over six feet deep. In his full be turned a complete somersault, coming up head first, but as ho went down lie uttered a cry thnt attracted the attention of a playmate. Ralph Ball, who is only 5 years of age. The latter hastened to the place, nnd. with a precocious presence of mind that would have deserted many an adult, he took in the situation ataglance, and, seizing the ulready half drowned boy, he held his head above tho surface of the water until the united voices of the children drew a man who was work ing near by to the rescue. Eddie was restored to his parents rather the worse for his dangerous bath, but was soon completely resuscitated. Chicago Times. Preservutlon of Sight Mr. Priestly Smith.ophtlialmic surgeon to the Queen's hospital, Birmingham, has preiured for the school board of that town a series of golden precepts on tins important subject, which, legMy printed on a mounted scroll, are to be hung up in all the board school rooms. Seveu cardinal maxims are all that are con sidered needful for the scholar to beaf in mind. These are: "Sit upright, sit square, keep your eye at least twelve inches from your work, write on a slope and not on a flat table, read with your book well up. do not read very small print, do not work in a bad light, and if you cannot see your work properly tell your teacher." As there is nothing UU pictorial example, this is illustrated hv four drawings exhibiting good and bad positions. New York Telegram. Tkke OO tho Old Paper. A the season is at hand for general house cleaning and renovating, a word of caution in regard to papering may not come amiss. Do not, as you value the health of yourself and family, alio new paper to be amilied to the walls of yonr house without first removing the' old. It is a tiresome task often, but toi neglect it is dangerous. This caution li especially for those who live in rented, house. An examination of the wsUei will often show layer after layer of old pnpr TT - i If yon wish to hear a fly walk, yon a do it without the aid of the nngaphone. Having made friends with the fly, spread a silk handkerchief over your ear and induce the insect to crawl across the handkerchief. As he approaches youf ear you wiil distinctly hear a harsh, rs-'p ing s-mnd, made by the contact of the insect's feet with the filament of '- , J