at Vtlfll lu a..
Of f atber'd dead f rum all Aiiu-rli-n, nonh. nuth.
wi. wiiriii-iney eaill up,
' ; r.nwno farm, from
fertllo Pennsylvania, Humus. Ohio.
rrom th iin-aaurflMa Wei, Virginia, th aoulb.
His Csrohnaa, Texas
(Even here. In my mom aludowi and half light,
In the noiwlrw, metering flames.
Again 1 am the aialwart rank on tiling, rlslnjr-I
hear the rhythmic tramp or (he armies);
Tou millioo iinnrlt name, all, all-jou dark b
quest fmm all the War,
A special verse for you-a Hash of duty loni org.
lected-your mystic roll strangely guiber'd
here,
Fch by nam recalld by me from out the dark
nnw and deuth's axhm.
Henceforth to be, deep, deep within my heart, r
vonmig, inr muiiy a mim j ,, Ur,
iuiit ucsuu nin enure or unkuuwn name, or
airiu ur souiu,
Embaluied with lore In tbla twillirht aonr.
-Walt Whitman.
THE DATE,
At inrmen iprang out of bed that
morning she exclaimed with exuberant
gayety:
rP.1 , v 1 . .
nKinj, iwmy ni wsii am years
out;
And she ran to the mirror.
She surely expected to find her face
entirely changed. The l.ia.nnu' ilium
tienceof the little child, the still stronger
wishes of tho grown up girl, the readimt
of romantic verses and fantastic stories
everything contributed its share to
wards setting forth in tnac brightness
Hint so ardently longed for hour in hei
life. And without doubt she was now sur
prised not to find a radiant ulorv crown
ing her head, except the blonde braids
Which formed a halo about her forehead,
Then she raised her eyes, and while
site rested her gaze upon a picture that
hung on the wail utidcr a wreath of
everlastings she could not suppress the
words:
"How beautiful mamma was! We do
look very much alike."
Indeed, the countenance of the young
and beautiful woman, inclosed by the
frame, and that of the charming maiden
resembled each other like two sisters of
the same age. The expression of the
face, the childlike, undecided irlance,
gave the dead it'i..io.t i':e appearance of
a younger sister, and a perpetual smile
seemed to play about her lips.
"I am as lieuutiful as she," Carmen
continued, without taking her eyes from
the picture; "only it is noticeable that 1
have a more decided character. Of
course, for have I not been the head and
mistress of our hoise so long now? And
if any one should erhaps not take me
for such, just let him ask patia. But
there, I chatter, and he is certainly ex
pecting me.
Carmen hastily completed her toilet.
gracefully grasiwd the tram of her morn
ing dress, and quickly left her room to
go to that of her father.
Don Juan Crisostomo Lopez had just
at tins moment finished shaving. Ilis
face resembled that of a priest, gentle
and good. With a little comb that he
always carried with lain he bad once
more eomled his gray jK'ruke that ie
mke, so inseparable from his personality.
with which Don Juan Crisostomo had
covered bis head ever since years ago he
had passed some lime on the island of
viiua. vt uric uu unci nunc it-ter imu Mine
.!......, .... - ..i ...
tered bis health and robbed him of his
hair.
uiriueti; exuiuimeu uoh owm on
hearing the noise of the door, and he
turned with open arms toward his
daughter. He pressed her tenderly to
his heart and murmured:
"Yes. she is the living picture of her
mother. Poor Consuelo! rrom me she
. has not one feature! Cut is there a bet
ter balsam for my wound? For does not
her charming being, with all her beauty
and grace, return to me in this child, so
uiomieami sweet, tnat sue left Ueiinm in
the cradle when she Btppjied down into
the grave?"
; "Listen, little rogue," said he immedi
ately thereupon. "You must not think
that I have forgotten this day. Yonder
on the table lies the present."
(Quickly Carmen released herself from
his embrace anil ran to the siot men
tioned, A pretty little c:tse stood on the
marble slab. Carmen oened it and
showed her delight
"Ah, what a precious ring! A ruby
et in diamonds."
"It is a memento of your mother,'
said Don Juan, whose eyes tilled with
tears. "1 often heard her say that she
Intended one day to present it to you.
It must lie ono of the ornaments of her
girlhood, for 1 did not give it to her
Put it on your finger."
Then they went to the dining room
and breakfitsted in the happiest mood.
The southern sun. that floods with it
golden rays the coasts of Malaga, where
father and daughter are living, danced
in the bottles and glasses and drew vivid
flashes from the stones of the ring. Car
men did not take her eyes from them,
now taking the ring off, now putting it
on, as she examined it closely.
Suddenly she exclaimed:
"Ah! my Ood! I have broken it! Do
look, jwipa! But no! It can be ojiened
like a medallion; and there is a date on
it, too: 18- Waif
She cleaned the ring with a few drops
of water, and after she had carefully
rubbed it the date shone forth clearlj
and plainly.
"June 2," lWiC. Does not this date re
mind you of anything, pa?"
"June 2. istki?" related Don Juan,
and dropied his fork. "Xo! O yes! in
June. 1 btM, I was in Cuba. You have
made a mistake, little oue. Let, let nif
see."
Carmen gave him the ring. Don J nan
read the date, anil a slight pallor covered
his face. Then, shrugging his shoulders
and smiling, he exclaimed:
"Nothing! nothing! some forgotten
anniversary, iierbaj entirely without
significimce."
But uo one knew better than he with
what lealous care he had collected all
the reminiscences of the life of that wo
man, whom he idolized in his memory,
And which he treasured there as faith
fully as one treasures the allies of a be
loved creature in a sealed urn.
He could not, therefore, calm himself,
notwithstanding the great effort he made
to control himself. Without saying an
other word, be arose from the table, and,
after he was out of Carmen's presence,
he hurried to his room in search of soli
tude, there to solve all the questious that
were rising in his troubled brain.
So; be could not harbor the least sus
tiicion against Oinsuelo. It must be a
mistake. Who knows? It was not
at all therefore from any misgiving
that Don Jnan turned to that little cof-
" ' for where 1 preserved . th. fetu. of
As I lit In twilight, Ute. alone, hy th fllckerlnc i Consuelo like priceless jewel-those of
oak flame, their courtship and those which th in.
Musing-on Umg past war seenee-of tbcouDtlea .1 t .1 , 1 "
buried uukuoD nidi-. w,ewmtm , denies of the wife Imd inspired in her
Of Ui mwt i-nuxaauiiiiideiitedair'Baniliea 'during her uiurriaje of three year un--th-
unrvmniu. til death CHine to rob him of hi com-
.,,! .,:r.. ' .',.l,h ?'" - panion. Since that time he had never
I1". 'Veil for a moment, Willi the key
j 'f -""er; 11 WUS UIWByS attached to
M watcn clinin: for it seemed to hiui
that he waa there also preserving sotue
thing of the soul of the dejwrtcd.
uutor uts trembling hngers a small
paohage of letters fell on tha tulilA
Their envelopes were all covered with
post marks which indicated th. stations
of their great journeys, ami carried the
..5e': r
"aenores Ramirez & Co., for Don Juan
Crisostomo Locz. Habana."
lie soon found the letter sought in tho
package, and the date June 3 IMO
sprang before his eves. She had written
it on the day that followed that uivste-
nous anniversary that was inscribed
on the ting.
Did he mistake, or was the letter really
iuieii wnu a iromuuug nauu.'
Don Juan read:
"At last, after many weeks, I took
my first walk. Manuel icrsuaded me to
uo it. Ue tried it several times before,
but in vain! But yesterday I yielded.
auu we wanted uiong the beach.
And in a postscript Consuelo added
"You may imagine that at the sight of
the billows I thought of yon, since you
live so far away, far, far beyond yonder
unie line or tlie horizon.
Don Juan dropped the letter. lie
also was looking at a distant, indefinite
point, with the unfathomable expression
or one who seeks to explore the nasL
Then he read hurriedly tho four lust let
ters or the package. The nume of Man
nel did not again appear.
This silence apearcd to him like a lie.
The more so since he found on his re
turn that Manuel, his youum brother.
who looked so haudome in his ship offi
cer's uniform, was still in Malaga. And
he was now insrpnnilile from them and
gave them the plainest pro fs of the
greatest attachment And how intent
he was ou becoming the godfather of
Carmen! And then only he returned to
his ship and set his sails for distant seas.
But suddenly the ship stranded, and no
one hut a boatswain could save himself.
n..a. 1 I . . 11 a a
uui in me letter which Manuel wrote a
few days before he left the harbor for
the bust time, he inquired after all with
much sympathy.
And in Don Juan's memory the recol
lections followed each other prophetical
ly. The inconsolable pain with which
Consuelo received the report of the ship
wreck. The despairing effort with which
she asked his forgivenesi in her last mo
ments.
"Forgiveness! What for?"
Dn Juan struck his forehead with
terrible indignation, and he almost
screamed out when Carmen gently rapped
at the door.
"What!" exclaimed the girl, entering
'yon have not yet put on your fin
coat!"
Cannon was dressed to go out, with
parasol in her hand and hat on her head.
Don Juan arose violently and like a
surprised criminal. Without looking at
her, he murmured:
Where ar'' we going?"
Why, to cemetery, papa, as every
year.
Soon he was ready and the two started
on their Way. On the street Carmen felt
how her father's arm trembled in hers.
Don Juan win talking to himself.
" hat are you saying, papa?" Carmen
asked him.
"I am couutiug."
"Paces?"
"Xo, months."
"But, my Ood, I have never seen you
like this. Of what are you thinking?"
They entered the cemetery, and pro
ceeded to their family graves. Before
Don Juan opened the gate, he stood still
for a moment and viewed the individual
stones.
Two names were inscribed on them:
Manuel Antonio Loiez, ship ensign, died
on the ocean, July 11, 1WJ7, and Consuelo
Anas de Lojiez, died May 6, 1SG8. There
were two other Btones on the same bury
big plot that were awaiting their inscrip
tions.
Don Juan sank his head and knelt
down.
Cannon was already accustomed to
those gloomy meditations. She left him,
therefore, undisturbed, passed to and fro
m the little garden that surrounded the
graves, touched up the flowers ana rib
bons of the wreaths, and added fresh
ones, uut wiien about twenty minutes
later she saw that her father still did not
move, she called him with a soft voice.
Don Juan did not answer.
"Poor papa!" said Carmen, "he loved
her so much!"
She again went away and read the in
scriptions on the long rows of graves.
W hen she returned her father was in
the same bent attitude, his forehead al
most touching the earth. Already a
few curious jiersons were observing him.
Cannon t.-lt a little asliameu ou ac
count of this strange manifestation of
his i;rvt sorrow aim approached him.
saying:
Uut. papa, yon win take cold, it u-
time to return home. Come!"
Dou Jnan did not move.
lie resembled a statue. Cannes
touched his shoulder and then he arose.
His face was covered with a door pallor
and bis eyes reflected the bewilderment
of iusanii v.
He arose mechanically from the earth,
exii imed ms amis as u towards a vision
and munnured:
"Consuelo! Consuelo! How could
a love him more than me?' "Franco"
in Five Stories a Week.
Tho Very l aefiil Cent.
Per.r.ies, so long despised in the south
and west, are now demanded by those sec
tions ci eagerly that the Philadelphia
mint, t lie only one nianufuc'.nring minor
coins, c-u-.ot keep up with the demand.
Thrca u::i. ion pennies were made at the
mint tes: L'.ontb, but If double that num
ber hid le.a produced it is probable they
could tt oncv have been placed la circula
tion. V. i '.. l!io influx of common, vulgar
copper peiiuies in the extravagant west
and the aristocratic south, there is a drop
la the general prices, particularly of small
articles. This, while benefiting tho buy
ers, will also do gotd to nicrchams by in
creasing consumption to a very decided
extent. Pennies are very good things,
particnlirly if one bas enough of them,
and their widespread Introduction all over
the United States, though rather late In
coming, new seems assured. Trade Ex
porter. Would Make Lair Tent.
One concern at YVaterville, Me., made 18,
000 OU) square yard of cotton goods but
year, and a Maine Dewipor figures that the
cloth would mako a tent that would cover
S7U acres, and bold all the iople of Maine,
New H.inibire and MamacbuaetU comfort
aUr swud, with a ruig of nun Uutn 168
ai.-rv la tbe center, lntaat ring the M.Oofl
tone of Maine couklUexuibitedaltogethar.
New York tJuo.
ALL MGIIT liEVELERS.
IN AN UPTOWN RESTAURANT EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
t9 Who Mart al mn Cailnc Uoum al
' O'Cloch a, Tea and
Com-A
fcnorer al the TabU-Tba
Man About
Town,
It U SoVl.ck In tlie morning, and thia isau
i lt,wn s'xtb avenue rmuurant hu h never
: f'"" nli:h, ur ,u'-,ml "Areata o'clock
l",' "'""l"' ,y? nu,y, ,.to
th. diluent, early ruing man of bu.iue-.
' fo,u"'l'u ul i"lf and roll prviwratory to
bis trip don towu; the wurkmgwoiuan
1 with her morning U-a and Uut, who lubora
1 1"""1' for ' lr llu'i liw "au whodm-wit,
i"1"'" diaiiumiUj tho k''1t and tin
! U"';'!,vl,,r1: " )""' Ju.t atarting out to
- ...u, mn. .uv man m nouiaiuiv uiu aMv
w ho baa keen too much of it all hero to but
at one common altar of auoteuauce. Un a
Uuid are two brilliantly policed veanels re
puted to bold tea and nilfee. In effect they do
hold what wuaouceati Infumou of U and
rolfee, from which the soul and rwui-e flid
boura ao. It ia now a tame, tu-U'lew, abile
ami nmrWi fluid. It nutttent uL The pub
lic ilrink it and seem ntiII.Hl. An Ameri
can rtwtauratcur of the middle cla ia not
bound to furnlfh what bis guta do n call
for. Tbiwe brilliant uriin, with their com
plicated Biwrutu of piand guiiKee fur
regiateriug the lieiljt of the Buid within,
"KKext monuineiiu to the dearted virtue of
tue lieverni; they bold. Without all is
whited and lirillmnt; within it ia a tea and
coffee aeiiulcher,
When you call for coffee there is some
thing lioieleiuly exuatTnting In tlie habit
uated ajwurance with which the waiter grabs
an inch thick rimmed cup, turns the stale
nuni into it rrom tlie elaborately molded and
Kilihed faucet, and baii; it'dowuou the
table liefore you. He considers it coffee or
tea. Protect to him that the Uuid has lost
its strength, all virtue, all aroma, all sem
blance of its original oelf, and be would act
you dow n as an Anarchist, a Nihilist and a
moral pestiieure from hiarestaurautith point
oi view,
The tea and coffee are brought in very
thick, heavy cun. Occasionally thew cups
are notched, ua if aomo one had tried to bite
out a piece. Other eui have several noU-hes
and suggest the edge of a aw. Onliuarily
they do not have more than two notches.
The window la filled with pieces of pie
uimce, pumpkin, apple ami cranberry. Ily
each piece of pie ia a bit of chevse. The pie
u now ready for operation. Some of these
pieces of pie have beeu waiting for days lu
this window. 8o bus the cheese. The sun
has shone on the pie aud the cheese. The
sun lmarta s flavor of its own to pie crust.
It is a sun baked flavor. The sunie sun
hardens the cheese.
A customer enters, seats himself, orders
coffee and cakes, aud goes to sleep In his
chair. The waiter brings him bis order, lie
sleeia on. Presently be snores. It ia a snore
as regular and peaceful as though be were in
IkhI hnter Ave young men. They are fash
ionably dressed, carry canes wear exiieusive
Jewelry, are up to the requirement of the
season as reganla neckties. Their wanner is
almost boisterous. Their self consciousness
never desert tbem. Their faces are clean
shaven. Their silk hats are glossy. Their
hands are of feminine delicacy. Their culls
were put on in the evening, their boot heels
are not in the leasl woru, but flat as the face
of a greenback. They ear ll'J iwntaloons.
They are full of the effervesi-ence of youth
and something stronger, ibey may be cot
lege students, w ho have been laboring at the
tuski of education until 'J m the moruiug aud
are Hungry.
The waiter stands patiently by, while, be
tween loud talk and laughter, they study
with lively diligence the lull of fure. Tney
seem eujoying life. Ho seem ouly endur
ing it.
The snore of the snorer amerts itself plainly
at intervals amid the bum of voices around.
Ilis coffee and cakes steam under bis nose.
Ue beeds them not. His bead titis buck at
Intervals. He restores it quickly to its place.
The unconscious effort is winful to witness.
A young man enters. He is aliout to seat
bim at the same table with the snorer. W'beu
it evidences itself to him that there a snorer
sits, be moves away. A man is talking
somebody's philosophy to an old gray head.
The gray headed man ia silent and meek.
He says little in reply. The talker has in
his hand the book of the philosopher he ad
mires, The two have finished a nieul of
corned beef bash. Now with them is the
"flow of soul." The philosopher so enthusi
astically talked about is of the Htiitivo
school. The talker is a positiviat. Tlie old
man doesn't seem to be much of anythiug.
Hence, he is a good man for a oaitivist to
talk to. Occasionally the talker roads the
old man a inssage; or he reads him a whole
uige. It seems to nude little difference to
tbe old mau. He makes no resistance.
There now enters a mau with a mau about
town air and three young ladies of the garish
order of beauty. They at-at lliemsolves at a
table. All order fried oysters. This starts
tbe man at the oyster counter into life and
activity. He manipulates those oysters long
opened and covered with cracker dust It is
some time since some of these oysters drew
their last breath. Tbe artiticiul heat of this
place has not a refreshing quality. It is
steamy, mingled with muny breuths aud
many odors.
Tbe snorer Is still audible. His Albert hat
falls on the floor with a bang. It does not
awaken bim. The waiter picks it up, puts it
on, Jogs bim gently by tbe shoulder and sug
gests that bis coffee must be getting coli
Tbe snorer awakes, looks surprised and en
gages the reujt before him. Prentice Mul
ford in New York btar.
Speed of Telegraphy.
When the first electric telegraph was es
tablished the sjieed of transmission waa from
four to five words a minute with tbe five
needle instruments; in IMU the average rate
for newspaper message was seventeen words
a minute; tbe present pace of lie electric
telegraph between London and Dublin, where
tbe WheaUtotie instrument is employed,
reaches 4ti3 words; and thus what was re
garded as miraculous sixty years ago has
multiplied a hundred fold in half a ceutury.
Deviled Almonds.
The fashionable relish, deviled almonds, is
easily prepared. Blanch one-half pound al
monds and wiW them very dry; beat two
ounces of fresh butter in a frying pan, lay in
the almonds, and fry gently till of a good
golden brown color. Lrain tbem ou a piece
of clean blotting paper before the lire, dust
them with salt aud cayenne and serve very
hot.
fcautelng.
The word saute, frequently met with in
recipes, mean simply cooking an article In
Just enough hot fat to keep it from burning
vr sticking ; in short, what tbe ordinary cook
means by frying. It is useful as distinguish
ing this method from frying proper, which
U immersing tbe article completely in hot
fat.
Didn't Need Any Point.
Broad Street Dame (waking from sleep
as the clock strikes at 11 p. m. Mercy
toe! Have yon been down stairs reading
all this time?
Husband I've been sitting in the bars
parli
teen
lor waiting for that young man to
re.
"Bemember, mr dear, tnat toq were
young once yourself."
"I remember. That why I watch
lim." Philadelphia Beeord.
There is a mountain of coal la Wild lions
vail. Wr. T.. which bas Ua buruinz tut
thirty years. It sands up dause vuluiuss oij
A BUREAUOFBLACKMArL.
London Vainplrn Who Mali a Living
Out of Aiuerlraii llualneaa rlnie rirlea,
It Uaa mw.il. come t the knowltxl-e of
Amrrii-au cupltaluti anil promoters tbul
tiieiiaanvlt-iiuitic and carefully tilanued
bureau of lilac, mail lu vsintvuce in London,
tin workup of which are miit-ouled from
tho public, but which have proven a thorn
la the side of uumernus American cuter
prUca. Bo fur as known, the limd of the
bureau i a man who move la fair buiness
andax-ial i-irvlea In London and luu iiillit
euco lu tvTo or three iiewapnHrot!lf, lu
cludiu a "miauciul" pttier. llu huaauuiu
ber of corniHiiiileiul ou thia anlo of the
water, where lie formerly lived fur a num
ber of years. They keep liim informed at to
Americans w ho go abroad to ruiao money fur
the promotion of euUrii'ixituf variout kiuila,
Tho miuutett dcluiU of theao enterpriM, are
anvrtoincd by thow corrvspouiUuiU, in ordur
to tlnd any tamiblo Hums.
Ou the arrival of au American In London,
to present to the bankers there any scheme
of Uuauciul cooxruliou, he la called Uion by
tue bead of the bureau, who delicately
proffers his services. It these bid accepted
and terms agreed Uu sutlleiently exorbi
tant, all gots well. If not the unfortunate
American ttiuls his projivt ONiaiUvl in a urt
of tbe press and attacked in circle w here the
blackmailers move, Ulten lie turns about
and conns home disgusted, realizing hour
i " "
show buttle be may exwct to Iwbled by
uopciess it is to ugtit away rrom borne. If he
uii ii uo uu wit, aa ue cau. au
army of smaller blackmailers spring up to
stick him. His bust course is to ignore them
all, of course, liut few men have the courage
to uo tnat,
A shrewd American promoter who told cf
these thing from experience, added this ad
vice: "Tho best way to be rid of the vaiu
pine is to keep yourself and your project a
secret; If you go to London to raio money,
go to au obscure hotel und tuke lodging.
Keep away from club and exchanges. Deal
ouly with the bunkers. Oive them tho fullest
opiKirtuulty of investigation. When you get
your money come away as secretly a you
went. Hby, 1 cot f'.io.oW w Loudon ouce.
and bad a bogus suit brought to enjoin me
from carry ing it out of the country until I
should have settled a commission bill I had
never dreamed of contracting.1 Now York
Tribune.
Tampoua Funeral Displays.
For twenty years or more there bas been a
loud protest iu New York, from the press
aud from the pulpit, aguinst extravagance at
funerals, but it doe not soom to have done
bit or good. 1 be extravagance is aa great
today as it ever was, and it sometimes seems
even greater. Tho long lines of carriages
following hearse to too cemeteries are not
shortened, aud the heaps of costly flowers,
Instead of diminishing, seem to grow larger.
It is not uncommon to see a couplo of car
riages crammed with flora I offerings alone
In a funeral procession, while the hearse also
carries a fair shore. The custom of sending
expensive tribute of flowers to lie uin cof
fins or be bunked around tho room is almost
a mania. It bas been preached against, writ
ten against, condemned iu a hundred wavs.
but it still goes on. Even the request In the
published death notices, "Please omit flow
ers, Is wholly disreganlcd. The flowers nre
piled in up to the last moment, and then
there is a small mountain of them to I
taken to the cemetery, where they rot in
few days and have to be raked away aa rub
bish. All efforts to sbate tho flower nuisance
(for that's what it really Is) have thus fur
wholly fuilcd, and the outlay to keep it go
ing Is as reckless ana lavish as ever,
Tbe carriage abuse also bold its own, and,
not only that, but very often the omiimnt
or many of the carriuges nil themselves w ith
whisky from flusksor bottles on tbe way to
the cemeteries or when returning, aud get
up scenes of tho most scuudnlous kind, la
some cases, lu fact, a funeral is simply a ca
rousal, with all that the word Implies, Per
sons are sometimes seen stumling by an oien
grave so drunk that they nre in danger ot
tumbling iu. Many of tho funerals tluit take
place iu New Y ork are no credit to religion.
or civilization al any rate. uw York Cur,
Detroit r ree Press.
The Period of Retarded Growth.
It will be noticed that w lieivo the age of
most retarded growth for the boy Is about
13, and tbe age of most rapid growth (after
tho llrst two or three years) is about 10, the
corresiKiuding ages for girls seem to I
about uand IJ respectively, Iho period of
retarded growth seems to lust longer with
boys thau with girls, A more imisirtaut
portion of the total growth seems, ou the
average, to be gained by boys between the
ages of M and HI than by tbe girls between
tho ages of 1J mid 15 (their timo usuully of
most rapid' growth). But, on the contrary,
during the time from birth to the age of 17,
boys, as a rule, acquire a smaller portion of
then full growth than girl do Iwtween birth
and the age of 1"). Iu the great majority of
cases girls add very little to their height
after LI, though of course there are many ex
ceptions. Hoys, on the other hand, usually
add two or three Inches to their height after
10, It is noteworthy that when girls grow
after l' such growth I nearly always aivoin-
panied by certain Irregularities, w hich ap
pear to Indicate some similur relation In the
case of such abnormal or Irregular growth
as undoubtedly exists in tho easo of tho rapid
growth always observed at aluut tbe time of
puberty. Uicbard A Proctor,
llarn and Fence Advertising-.
When barns were first pitched upon as sign
bearers the advertising contractors bad no
difficulty in obtaining the privilege lu return
for painting tho roof. 1'ulnt is a stumlurd
preservation ot shingles, and the thrifty Jer
sey or Pennsylvania former jumsxl ut the
chance of getting but roots aiulod for noth
ing. Tbeu comietitioii stepiicd in. Some
body else wanted to be advertised iu such
conspicuous places, and was t iiling to iaint
the entire bain and form hou-to us well for
the privilege. In this way tbe price but
risen until some thrifty farmers have been
able to get long term contracts at I oO mt
year for the use of their barns or fences,
which are to bo kept lu good condition by the
advertising comsiny. Forms with good
barns near the railways or great highways
have thus etihanoed in selling value, and the
owner chuckles to himself as be jingles hi
Stijiend. New York Graphic.
The Hnake of 11 ugal.
The mortality from snake bites in Ben
gal is much larger among women than
among men. They are usually bitten In
the early morning, when they go out un
seen before daylight, either to fetch wood
from tbe faggot stark or for some other
domestic purpose. During the rainy sea
son, when nearly all the rice fields areun
der water, the snake take refuge lu the
higher plats of land, on which the vil
lages are built, aud they bide themselves
In tbe little woodstarks and granaries In
the court yards of the bouses; while not
infrequently they take up their abode In
the house itself, where they are allowed
to dwell with impunity, and sometimes fed
with milk, until, on some unlucky dsy,
the wife tread accidentally on the snake
in the dark, and it turn upon her and
bite her. From the bite of a full grown
cobra death ensues lu a very few minutes,
slid the natives bare no such remedies st
band as English science might nse, but
they put a vain faith In tbe fanciful
charms and incantations recommended by
their priests. Quarterly Review.
The Create! Elevation.
The greatest elevstion which has been
attained by man I 87.00U feet about
seven miles this height having been
reached during a balloon ascent made by
Cilaishcr At this tremendous distance
above the earth's surface physical exer
tion is found to be almost impossible.
owing to the great rarefaction of tbe at
Hioapuere. ieirou rrtarras.
ft' TWKLVI' .MINUTES.
THE TIME IN WHICH
WOOD AMPUTATED
PROFESSOR
A LIMB.
A Thrilling- ( onlr.t Ilrlwrea Two Kinl
Bant hurgroiM Iiiim Ing a Siti'huiai
WUat Yaukra ail lo A iTeltjr Tlwa
of hurglral Work.
"Yea, geutleiiuMi, I remeinlirr well the fiVt
time I auw 1'rufiwior Wood, 'old Jimmy' on
wo lined to cull him for abort, do thowiuiv
operation. It was during my Unit tlx months
service as Interne lu this very lnpitul, uiul
tho prottwor waa at the head of our diviiou
1 waa aa full of book knowledge truutise
cn aurgrry then, but greener thou gnu w ith
t huuillo end of the kuifo."
Tho speaker was the professor of clinical
surgery iu u leading uiih1ic.iI college, lie hud
Just compli bil, iu the pri aeuie of a lurD-o
cliuatof atudiiitBUemlilii in the amphithea
ter of Hellenic hospital, the dilllcult oeni
turn of amputating at the hip joint the leg of
Oiioof theHjoritieuts, w ho bud beeu Injured
by fulling from a scalTohL
"Well, alut that tie Langeubeck, of
Berlin, descr'.ifd a imxIiiVatieii of the old
opvrntion ul the bip, and Dr. M'ooJ wua anx
ious to ixTform it Mure his student. It to
"-'IP ,,v tun m. lain-mirr, UIO luillou
Hootch surgeon, came over to this country
bapiH'iicd that Ir. L'allemlir, the famous
lor the tmriH of tukuii.' a mi'ii ntoour h.m.
pitul systems, and uuturally he became the
gUi-At of I'l'. Wood, wlio wua a crusty old
bachelor and had an otllce ou Irving plait).
"I'ullender was a true tvw of tho canny
Bcolchmun, with a brogue that ciiuscd tho
bovs to suiilo every lime ho iiiMreMicd them.
"For a week lie attcuilcd all the livturce
and clinics of the prolcMtor, and naturally, a
hi u4iluiiU, wo were trying to do our pret
tiest. "One Friday afternoon Saturday being
our main oieratlug day- tho professor cuino
iu alone, aud la-fore going tho round of the
wards, a was his custom, ho asked:
" 'What have you got for to-morrowf
" 'There is plenty of material, professor,'
Was the reply; 'almost anything you liko.'
"'That' gtssL Olud to bear it Looks
liko biisine s,' the professor remarked la
conically. " 'Uy the bye, doctor,' he presently re
sumed, 'lwidc our regular work I should
liko to bnve two os'ratiou tlutt are exuclly
alike. Can it be donef
"The surgeon informed him that in ward
eight there were two oor fellows who
s uiled his skillful hand to release them of
their legs, which bud beeu muiighxl beyond
tho lioiie of cure.
"The old gentleman's eves brightened, Slid
forgetting that he was a bit stiff, ho Jimmied
Up and exclaimed: 'How fortunate, doctor;
incli t nrllent luck. Have thotn all ready
for to-morrow aud Ml show him something
that will mal.e bim think a little more of the
ability of Aiuoricau surgoous thau be due
nowf
"It was Greek to us aud nobody knew what
be meant.
"Half an hour before the rllnlo the pro
fessor, acconiunicd by Dr. Cullender, arrived
at the hospital. Dr. Wood worn a white wuist
cout, and tbe ever present red rose drood
from the luisi of bis rriuoe Alliort,
" 'Dr. C'allcmler and I will each do one of
tlie amputations at tlie thigh, just to see bow
quickly It can lie done,' bo sum carelessly,
"Instantly we graaied the iitui'.tiou and
the remark of the previous day became eu
tirely clear. He wits going to show tho
Scotchman that he could even do au oi ora
tion quicker than the re mi-U gave htm credit
for if be was a mind to, and the glum, dreamy
expression of his eye showed that he meant
to l.'ty himself out.
" When tho first case was brought up Dr.
Wood rose, and grasping Ur. Cullender by
tho arm, led hiui over to the table and asked
bim to proceed. We had everything pre
pared, and 1 was just applying the buiuluge
after having removed the other dremlngs,
When Dr. Culleuilur took tbe kuifo iu band
and begun tbe oiierution. Kxuctly twenty
three minutes after he made the first incision
bo tied the femoral and nut down, leaving us
to attend to the minor uctuila.
"The professor watched his Scotch Col
league and followed every stage of tho oiieiw
tion w ith great Interest. As soou as we got
tho patient down stairs I bud the other one
brought up from the wnrd. He wus ulrcady
etherized, like the llrst one, aud it only re
quired a moment or two to empty tho or
tcrics ii nil complin the big vessel, and men-
tullv I called tnno.
"D;. Wood picked out his fuvorite double
ei!..cd amputating knife, hobbled over to tho
Kit side of the (wtient and picked up the
bruised limb, lu a twinkling he made out
tho line of demarcation, and stwtdied himself
for the circular Incision.
With a single sweep the flesh was laid
bare to the bone, aud without losing a second
the riogtoum was craN)d away. To all
apjieuraiices the professor wus working at bis
regular gait, but we could sue the difference.
'Dr. CalloDiler was fairly staggered, and
bis eyes bulged fearfully, so great was his as
tonishment. 'Click I click! click I' went the
bulldog forco as their sharp teeth closed on
tho ends of the bleed ing vessels.
"The saw was next brought Into play, and
with a ih Ish ilmh-er-r-r, the femur was di
vided. The dressing of the fliiaaud smooth
ing tbe cut surface of the bono completed tho
professor's pint of tbe operation, the rust
oeing leu to us.
'Die time, gentlemen, was exactly twelve
minute, or, lu other words, bb beat Uio Scotch
surgeon eleven minutes."
"How ubout the character of the workr
asked the junior assistant.
"Well, that would be bard to tell Doth
patients recovered, and, to tell the truth, tho
slump made by the profinsor, while not
quite so ueat, was to my mind much more
sorviceanle than Dr. Cullender.
"Professor U'ood mude no reference to the
rapid time, and Dr. Cullender was too much
surprised to say a word about it. I don't think
It has been equaled since.
"Directly afterward Professor Wood did
Langeulwck's operation, and without hurry
ing himself be can-fully mudo bis flute ss
you saw me do today, and went through the
various stages step by step, nevjr stopping
except to change one instrument foranotner.
It was tbe prettiest pleco of work in major
surgery I ever saw done. Hardly bad be
wlixil hi bands dry when Dr. Cullender
grouped both of them and exclaimed In broad
bcoU'h:
" 'An', dochtor, sure ye've outdoun Lan-
gentsx-U himself.'
home years afterward, while In Berlin,
Dr. Wixsl visited tlie great German surgeon,
and a 111 in and lasting friendship sprang up
between the two men.'' New York Btar.
Nut at All Kitraordloary.
"This, ladies sn' gents," vociferated a
menagerie orator In a small town in Ken
tucky, "Is the great Arabian dromedary,
with two humps upon bis back instead of
one, but the extra hump will cost you
nothing. He is the Arab's beast of bur
den. He fetches an' carries, while the
Arab sits Idly lu the sand and (impress
ively) he ran go eight days without
water!"
'Only eight days!" waa the genera! ex
elsmation, and then tbe crowd moved on
in search of something Interesting. Phil
H. Welch.
All Got Their Khar.
'Sin. mr dear pupils," said Deacon
Barnes to his Nunday school class, "Is tbe
legacy of Adam."
And tbe bright boy in tbe class re
marked that that was probably tbe first
ease on record where a wUl was not
broken.
'Yes." said tbe deacon, "but It should
be remembered that there was enough to
go round. I don't remember bearing of
anybody who didn't receive but share of
the Inheritance." Boston Transcript.
THE MISANTHROPE.
IX me go no In my own way,
free and uiilnitninelnl: no h "tii'ywl rxen
Of yount, uor aunlil that li run ay,
fan unooth the ulh I Irvu.l .
Tho world Erin ou and rittii jireacb
lint hope l dead!
Itope lived for one brief Initnnt lu my breaat,
And then It died like hiiv doner
Dom of the earth and of the earth a part-.
wlmt in liTe to me?
Or future lite -tlut fairy Imwer
You call elerniry?
ie,iil,e Wilniot fliirrla.
THE CUH3E OF SCOTLAND.
There Are Twenty-four Reason Wlijr the
Mn of IMauiuiiila Is Called rnliiear.
Every reader 1ms at some period of his
or ber life heard of the nine of diamond
referred tons "the enrse of Scotland;"
bnt why, erlint, you have never taken
Uie time or trouble to ascertain.
In my "HeiKisitory of tho Harennd the
Wonderful" I find no less than seventeen
explanations of thp origin of the expres
sion, while Southwick's "Quizzism and
Its Key" gives eleven, sewn of which aro
wholly different fnmi the answers given
in the work alsive referred to, making in
all twenty-four different accounts of the
origin of the expression in tbe two works.
Southwlck traces it back to 1715, men
tioning a caricature of that date which
represents "tho young chevalier" at
tempting to lead a herd of bulls ladon
with papal curses across the Tweed river
with the uiuo of diamonds lying before
them.
Perhaps the most satisfactory explana
tion of the enigma Is that which refers
it to tho massacre of Olencoe. The or
der for that cruel deed was signed by
tbe Earl of Stair, John Dalrymplo, sec
retary of state for Scotland. The coat
of arms of the Dalrymplo family bears
nine lozenges, resembling diamonds, on
its shield, Thus it appears to have been
with reference' to them that the nine
spot of diamonds wits called "the curse
of Scotland," The best and most likely
of tho other reasons for the origin of the
expn'ssion are given lsdow.
During tho reign of Mary a thief at
tempted to steul the crown from Eliza
beth castle, and succeeded lu abstract
lug nine valuable diamonds from it. To
replace these) a heavy tax waa laid on
the people of Scotland, which impover
ished them to such nn extent that nine
diamonds, whether on cloth, cards or
real jewels, were spoken of as "Albion's
curse. "
In the game of Tope Joan the nine of
diamonds is tho poo, whom the Scotch
Presbyterians consider a curse.
It is a.o said that the Duke of Cum
berland wroto his inhuman orders at
Cullodcn on tho back of a card, the front
of which was marked with nine dia
monds. The "Oracle, or Rosolver of Questions,"
printed in 1770, says that the crown of
Scotland had but nine diamonds, and
that tho Scotch pcoplo were too poor to
add to the collection. St. Louis Re
public, A Little Darren Kingdom.
The little kingdom of Greeco embraces
a territory of about 2.1,000 stpiure miles,
and has a population of a little more than
'.',000,000 Ureeks and Albanians. Scot land
has about the same territory and almost
twice us muny sople. Switzerland bass
third less territory and a third mors
people. Belgium and Holland taken to
gether ha 'o alsittt the sumo territory as
Ureece aud live times as muuy people. As
for wealth, tireece Is proverbially the
poorest country In Europe. Her rugged
mountains and barren shores are hardly
lit lu many places for the scantiest voim
tut Ion; she has uo rivers with fertile
banks; ber commerce is still undevelom'd,
aud she Is rut oil from Europe by the
treacherous Adriatic and by the InhoHpit
ahlo strip of Turkish territory that prom
ises to keep her for sn Indefinite future
from opening her railwuy connection with
tbe unrtu.
Iu Ureece today it Is the universal ctis
torn to speuk of "going to Europe" Just
Americans do with tho stormy Atlantic
between New l ork and Liverpool. Add
to all this tho fact that this little barren
kingdom of 2,000,000 souls bus a public
debt of (bO, 000,000, and supports an army
as law ss that of tbe United mates.
The taxes are so high t hut the island of
Creto, now under Turkish rule, would
nearly double lis ratio of taxation should
It enter tho kingdom of Greece. But iu
spite of all this discouragement Alliens to
day Is a busy lilve of educational Instltu
tlous, and lu all the country villages there
are thrifty schools, a compulsory law
being carried out with more vigor year
after year, len veurs ago the statistics
for Illiteracy lu Greece were ahead of
those of Italy today, aud these ten years
have revolutionized educational aflulni in
Greece. "II. W. II." in New York Post.
Chine aa Oplara (muggier,
Who do I think are tbe most successful
smugglers? The sleek faced, uionn eyed
Celestials, most emphatically There is
no portion of a vessel or Its cariro sacred
or safe from the manipulations of the
rascals They have the deadly drug
plaited In their queues, quilted In their
clothing, packed In the cork soles of their
shoes, and tucked away In the soft, cling
Ing folds of their silk handkerchiefs
They have false bottoms and sides to their
camphor wood trunks, false bottoms to
their cooking utensils, snd they are false
all the way t hrough 1 hey will construct
material to resemble coal. Gil the Interior
with opium and plac It In tbe coal
bunkers until all suspicion is allayed and
uie steamer uiscuarged; tney construct
tin boxes to fit around masts and cover
their deception with false mast coats well
calculated to deceive the Inexperienced
eye of a landsman. They will store It
away In boxes of tea, cover it up wltb
preserved ginger, snd have It they will,
despite all efforts to suppress the prac
tlce.-New York btar.
Id th Cause of Dclenc,
A man went down from Paris to
Auteull a few weeks ago, and, hiring a
room in a secinuea part of the city, shut
himself up In It with a quantity of provi
sions. He stuffed the kv holes with
paper, pasted paper ovet the window
panes, and In other wayr manifested a
desire lor secrecy. Arter lie bad remained
there several days the inhabitants told
tha police about him and the doors wen
burst In. It was then found that he was
Inoculating three terriers with his own
blood In order to ascertain whether a bite
that he bad received from adoir was likt-lv
to prove fatal He explained that be was
experimenting In tlie cause of scleuco, aud
expected to discover some means by which
every man could be bis own Pasteur.
New York nun.
Catching Monkey arltb Deer.
At Darfur. in Africa, the monkeys are
said to be so inordinately fond of a lind
of beer made by the natives that the be
erage is useu oy treacherous man as a
means of rapturing their unsuspecting
relatives lans oi beer are placed within
reach, snd when the convivial monkeys
have become so thoroughly Inebriated
that they fail lo know the difference be
tween the man and tbe ape tbe negro
takes the baud of one of them, in all good
fellowship, snd leads bun off. The other
naturally follow bim, and so good by to
their liberty. Ouce a Week.
BILLION'S IN A CART.
HOW CUSTOMS RECEIPTS ARE TAKEN
TO THE SUB-TREASURY. .
From .100.000 to 1,000,000 Carried lo a
Modral (lid Hand t art A Hlmpl If.
trm-liHlly (u.h-.l N.w pun of Pay.
Ing Custom
A heavy wlni-led hand cart, wltb a thick
set little guiding wheel lu front and pushed
by two men from behind, clattered down th
steps of the William street entrance to tbe
custom bouse at !i t' tlie other afternoon.
I It was I nil. in si y followed by four broad
shouldered lulsirm men, a niKntb faced old
I mini of cleru-iil upieuriiiico and a atero
likin' man with a heavy brownish mus
tache, who ipiickly Ki-oiiied themselves oa
both side of it nil I In front of it aud be
hind The little group, wilu the curt rum
bling In the center, pushed rapidly to Wall
street to the north aide aud then went at
a quick pace up the street to Nassuu,
then around to fine street and wu
swallowiil up iu tlw rear entrance to the sub
trcuMiry building. All uhm the Journey
from the custom house to the siib-treusury
people Btopni ami gumi curiously at tbe
' group as it hurried along and tried lo gets
gliuiu of the curt It was not a very hand
some vehicle. The box was literally a box
iron bound and tightly lis ked with a heavy
brus wdlock, but those who understood the
mutter knew that it might coutniii anywhere
from t'sxi.iMO to f I, ooo.ooo or inure, and that
this money represented Uncle Hum's daily
tolls on meivhmiiliso uiirted from abroad,
and that it was on it nay to be poured into
the treasury, another contribution to swell
the great surplus which now lie idle there.
TIIK kNW Or TIIIKVM.
For over twenty year, ut uUmt the same
hour on aix days in every week, th curt bas
made tho sum Journey surrounded by Its
escort, How many thieve have cast en
vious eye at it, how muny Seculutors on
the vorgo ot ruin, bow muny dishonest bank
employe with the iuiieuding crisis of dis
covery hanging close over them, have
thought that to only liuve for but a few
weeks or a few ilnys the contents of that
ugly iron bound box would be rescue from
ruin, flight or suicide, anybody ran Imagine.
Doubtless many a gang of knave have
wasted many a long hour trying to devise
aomo during icheme to wuylay it guardian,
siiiush the heavy liox and make off with ita
content. Itut from all thia nothing bas
ever coma Kor nearly a quarter of a cen
tury the old curt bus trundled over its route
and not an unlawful baud bas been raised
against it. Collector iledden in bis time
did reirive, it is true, a written warning that
a plot bud boon hatched to attack the treas
ure cart, It waa the work of some practical
Joker, most likely. A little extra precaution
wa exercised f.rr a time, but the plot never
devcloieiL The most daring robber could
not fail to see the madness of such an at
tempt The cart ho carried It millions
with never the loss of so much a a cent
Familiar a is the sight of the little vehicle
and it guard Its upiearam-e never fulls to
partiully stop the hurrying Wall street
throng for a moment. Those who know
what It means east a reverent eye on it as It
passe. Strangers who understand nothing
of It catch sight or the big letters "U. B."
painted on each end of the cart, and the hur
ried seriousness of those who surround it and
know that It U uo light matter that Is in
bapiL
Tbe system by which the money Is thus
transferred is perfectly simple. Iu tbe
cashier's ollli-e at the custom bouse are kept
four boxes, Iron bound and made of thick
oak board. They ure two feet In length by
on foot III breadth, and about a foot in
depth. At euch end is a massive iron handle
that lu itself welgha nearly two of the fllteeu
pounds at which each box tips th beam.
When the day's work is completed tbe money
Is eouutiil ami placed In thesu hoxe. It is
then delivered to the cusUsiy of United
Slate lirtivtive T. J. Murthu. Four labor
ers then come, anil each one shoulders a box
and curries it to the ground floor. Here the
boxes are placed in tho strong box on tbe
cart, which Murtha hs-ka At the sub-treasury
th money is again counted, and if it
agrees w ith the custom house count a receipt
I given.
DAILY AVKRAOIC or CAHIL
"Tho daily average of cash we carry," aald
the good until nil detective, "ia about t-'iU0,-Oofl,
though of course there are many days
when we curry over a million. When we
have a good deal of coin the load is a very
heavy one, ami this, with the weight of the
cart and the boxes, makes It no easy thins; to
push. We ahvnys huve two men pushing
and four around it, lsitle myself and the
niessenger. 1 am the ouly one who is armed.
W go up the north side of Wail street be
cause there aro more wople there and always
some of lusjiector Byrne's detecMves about
I have only been here about two years, but
I supiswo we have curried not fur from tiV),.
000,000 In that time. What wealth that eld
cart ha had iu it iKiwelsl It makes a man
dizzy to think of it The surplus In the
treasury would bo as a little chicken feed In
your pocket comsired to it i never feel
th least fear of an attack. How could
they get away with anything! The
street is (Uled with H-ople. They would
have to disable me Hint There would be
pistol shot before that Then they would
have to smash in the box ou tin cart, and
then they would have to lug away the dead
weight of one or more of those Inner boxes.
There would ls Alio people snd a dozen DO
licomen ami detectives about Is-fore they got
that fur. . The system Ia almolutely safe so
far as that Is concerned, unless a small army
of despcrute men sweep down uu ua"
Notwithstanding the svauiu inaugurated
of paying customs due through the medium
ot bank desisit in tbe sub-treasury and
certified bunk check drawn thereon, tbe old
cert still goes over its regular route. But the
days of iu glory are tiumlwred. Already
fully half the du'-j are paid by the check sys
tem, and as Its advantages become better
understood by banks and importers it will
sursede the old system. So the historical
cart, like many another Wall street celeb
rity, will drift iwmiilcsa into some obscure
corner and ita past glories will of forgotten.
New York WorlX
Height of Mrteorologlral Station.
Of the present very limited number ot high
Station for making meteorological observa
tions there are only two iu Europe which ex
ceed 8,000 meters In height, being about
10,000 aud 11,000 feet resgiectively. Among
those in this country Pike's peak, which has
an altitude of 1 1, 100 feet, exceeding thus, by
more than 3,000 feet, any in Europe. These
great height are much more accessible on
this continent than in Europe, there being
five In America where 11,000 feet or more is
reached by railroad built for facilitating
mining work; the highest of these iu North
America ia Mount Lincoln, in Colorado, th
mining works ou which are U,.J7 feet above
the sea. Public Opinion.
Certain Bigna ot Civilisation.
The covernor of the Gold roast made a
visiting tour among the native chiefs in
his district to leant their desires ot the
government. Tbe king of Pram Pram
wanted to revive an old custom, of wmcn
a part required the exhumation of the
dead; the people of Quetta wanted th
tax on spirits reduced from a shilling to
Sixpence; Addah wanted a reduction of
the rum tax, a road to the beach, a school.
a bell to mark the timo, and a free ferry
across the V'alta river and Increased sale
lies to the chiefs; the kinirs of Odumassie
and Akropong each beg ired for a pair of
handcuffs and a lump. I here are signs or
clvUization on the Gold coast. New York
Bun.
Lik Other Weupoo.
Oen. Wolaeley aays that tb bicycle Is a mil
itary instrument of great promise. And, ia
koe with many other nuiitar waapona, it
i bic a raUiur than kills.