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ai) del neilfl"10?. toLf durance and t than , can J rro .4 7d laS TO A SOUTHERN LYRIST. 1 nnr by the yellow chrysanthemum. And the red row thou uiilat amd ma, Tbou nevermore abuuliM be aai! ami dumb Wen It In my power to befriend ihea. Ti Poesy woo lib a bet'k.mins atnlla ' To lure nw Mid net annul nie; All Joy the breathed u we alraypd eratwhlU I would gladly, (mrly lend (lire, IM the sources learn of Ihy mualral Tem - , From lite eodu.'. who baa II In keelur; Soft hie to tby aide and rich mea-urea rrlieara W believer I caugul ber aalerpiuf. I'd borrow from her the minls-anis stured For oilier ban la to enkindle; Sweet fiinclea Meal from her fmllcaome hoard, And train) of long from ber tplndle. I'd win all her secrets of lyrical art And hiaten to thee to betray them; No other ahould list at the door of my heart I'd nitukaaly, loyally May tliera. Tea: awear by Ike yellow chrysanthemum, And tbs red ruae thou didat aenil nie, Thou nevermore wilt be nr. 1 n.i.l dumb If lit In my power to befi und tbee! -tlla A. Gllcaln New Orleans Tlmnbrmocrat THE FIVE DOLLAR BILL "What do you think of that thing a capital to get an education?" queried the young tlx footer from the nest. ' lie ex tracted E bill from long, flat pocketbook as lie spoke and tossed it upon the tubli lu front of him. Kwas a $3 note that hail evidently passed through few hands. and yet was no late Issue from the gov eminent s money factory, for the dull, furred lines ulong the corses told of long storage in some tight quarters. With Its whitened places ulonn the folds and the remnants of smartness about the rest of lis face, it bore a family resemblance to gray headed, rosy cheeked, dead black imistached polico sergeant of the old regime. The young man of the east picked tip the bill, unfolded It and leisurely In spected it under the kindly glare of the Incandescent lights of the Sixth avenue chop house lu which ho and his friends were sitting. Two "rabbits" had dlsup peared to muke arrangements for visions , i f the nigM, the second brace of fat 'tobies" had suffered seriously from draught, und half an inch of tobacco on each clgnr had burned into flaky white ness. It was a wet, chilling night out side; it was a cheery, warm evening within. And so the young man of the east wns nothing loath to hear the tale of the ( bilL "I don't know why It was," quoth the narrator, "or Just how It was thut I came to III for college. It was partly lurk, and partly, 1 suppwr 1 vrnrsemy old Yankee schoolmaster, who hud drifted west al most the year 1 was born, clung to the New r.nghind idea that after the three R'a came Latiu, Greek and algebra in every well regulated curriculum. I pegged away nt them dutifully for three or four winters school didn't keep there in spring or summer then, the scholars had other engagements at that time of tho year without much Ides what my work was leading to, until when we 'said our pieces' on tho last day of the term, the old one took me aside. 'Well,' ho suld. 'you're about fitted for college, I guess. Which oue are you going top 'That was the first I'd heard of college. First the idea scared me, then it tickled me. Before I slept that night I had mude nn niv mind: I'd make the venture. And the schoolmaster settled my choice of col leges when he snid: 'ou will have to pay your way; you will have to make money; go where there's most of it spent, where there are most rich youngsters wh" don't realize that a $1 bill sometimes means a day's work for a num. They'll spend and 'you'll proilt, or else your fathers were horn in Connecticut for nothing. "Well, I came eust that fall, passed my entrance examinations for after all I found that the old Yankee had been a good teacher und struck tip an acquaint ance with oue of the professors whose looks I liked. He gave me valuable ad vice, told me where to get a room, and how to fit it up with a stove, three or four chairs, etc, I was extravagant on just one point I bought a good bed. When these thiugs were paid for I had just $8 this bill and some change. That night was my own, for the college work didn't begin nutil the next morning. 1 walked out among the dormitories, and there I made my first strike, A truckman had a load of trunks to deliver on the upper floors. I offered my nld and he took it. For that I made enough to be sure of something to eat for unothcr day without Impairing my capitol, and I felt easier. The next day I began to get acquainted with the men, and before night I had secured a roommate. Low as my rent was I wanted to havo It shared by some one else. But eating was another ques tion, my appetite permitting no division, and, although I did my best to pick out the cheap and filling from the bills of fare, I was down to my nve uouar um uc fore I made my next discovery. "Half a dozen boys in my division bad formed a 'club,' and I was dining with one of them when it came. My friends were getting pretty bad board and paying pretty dearly for it. They knew it as well as I and fell to talkiug alwut It, and from the conversation I got an idea. That night I traveled about the college neigh borhood until I found a house whose mis tress agreed to furnish mo with tablo ac commodations for ten men, do the cook ing and furnish the necessary service. I had done some mental figuring in the meantime, and knew that her price was satisfactory. But I went to my friends, and that evening I had secured nine to join my club and pay me f(l a week apiece. On the 54 1 figured it out that I would be able to pay ten men s ex penses. The plnn is common enough at a good many colleges, I have since learned, but it was new there. But I soon found that as a caterer I was at a disadvantage. It was hard work to get credit at the shops, for my $3 bill was something I couldn't use to impress the grocers anil ,ii, crvrxLufullv. niv boarders had vigorous appetites and a catholic liking for pretty much everything. It was a close scrape of It for a month. Then I mt . hit. .heiul and beean to feel easier, e" to until two citcuuisuiiiwb wiimi nearly ruin me. They came together one was a snow storm, the other was an accident disabling one of my boarders, who owed me quite a little account. "To tell the truth, I hadn't noticed how the winter had been coming on, and the snow caught me unawares. It meant that I must have an overcoat, just at uie time one of my sources of revenue was cutoff. In fact, I had been depending upon the Injured man paying np his score to give me a little spending money, ana 1 saw that as far as my restaurant wai con- t m t,u,k for no hein from It on the clothing account. But I hail to have the coat. There was no doubt about it, in fact, it was surprising how cold I felt. There was Just ore thing to do, aud I hur ried down town. "Tier,' I said, as I rushed Into a ready- awl clothlnz store, -give me a ut3 rTHIMt VOU'Ve TOt. "The salesman fitted me a garment that u,,.;.i.k.,i tha virtue of weieht. But .1,. rhnau aunnosed to be dead. but wasn't, and came home to read bis .iinh I thoncht it couldn't be laid on too thick. It was not a beautiful gar ment, but it was pretty cheap-about f.V, I think. , . ,, " just send it op to my room,' I said, s carelessly as 1 could. I pulled out my fateful fiver In an offhand wsy, unrolled It, let a look of mild suspicion pass over my fact) as If was amazed at lu being In a stab of single blessedness, and wrplainea bud half tiiiuuta fitr ma while th nutu heoitaled, but ktudent credit was generally pretty good and I got my Coat. The ni xl tiling tua to pay fur it. To tell the truth, 1 had a very indltinct idea of linw it wns to l done, and for several days 1 pimilci over the problem. Ue- tween wih-k and worry I rather let my studies !, mid so it was not surprialug when one i.f the timfeKMir aked uie to remain inter the recitation. I waited, expecting a warning to greater diligence at least. Iiiktead, I was aked a few qtiealions and, before I knew It, had told the professor of my financial embarrass ments, lite story Interested hi in. and at Its close be aknl me if I had ever 'tu tored' any. I had only a vague Idea of tutoring, but be gave me a hint. In col lege there isulways mors or leas Instruc tion ouuido of the class rooms given by students who, fur tho tune, art as teachers for their buy or behindhand mates. It pays pretty well from $1 an hour tip. My friend gave me more thnn advice, he Sent me two or three classmates in need of an Intellectual nurse and in de?perat danger of lielng tlropml. 'If you can pull them through, 1 was told, 'you will be doing wonders and your reputation will be made as a tutor.' "Did 1 work with those men? Well, I've never toiled harder; lighting not so much for glory as for that overcoat. And I won It, and as my pupils did get through an examination some renown came in the bargain. Luck generally comes with a ruth when It sets toward a fellow, and some especially tough mathematics Just then threatened to put half the class on the Invalid list. 1 hod all tho work that I could do, and it seemed t'J me that I was coining money. The overcoat was paid for, nnd n suit of clothes sadly needed before wns added to my scanty stock. In fact, by Christmas I was able to pay up my term bills which, after all, were light enough aud having some dollars in my pocket I felt like taking some recrea tion. That . meant a trip to New York where well, I'm not proud of it, even If I was but a I'reshman I was buncoed, waking up ouo ciondng In a police station with nothing but my old stand by, the (3 bill, which had been in an inside vest pocket. A few hours later I got Into a court, which, from the way business was rushed and sentences liiiixwed, was any thing but reassuring. The judge heard my talo of woe and both of us lenrned with what I was charged, a general frac ture of the peace at an eariy morning hour and an utter inability to explain anything. So said a policeman, who very likely was right. I'm sure I couldn't prove thut ho was not. "'If you will let me go, juiige, I pleaded, 'I'll gi.t out of town as soou as 1 can.' His honor was Inclined to be lenient 'It yon can show mo,' he said, 'that have the means to go away I'll let you but the oillccr says you hadn't a penny when you were searched at the station.' "Out came mv one bill in an instant, ana I was free. Did I spend It In getting back to college? Not a bit of It I tramped all the way. I wns superstitious about that note and wouldn't have broken it for anything. "1 utorlns kept me the rest or my rour years In college, my eating club going to pieces very soon. But I kept my 'V b11 the way through, and have stuck to it ever since. I'm goiug to have it framed; It's my mascot. You're In a bank, you sny, and of course, It looks like any other five dollar bill to you. But I wouldn't part with it for gold." . ,"No," qnotli tho young mnn of the east, seizing the chav.ee to slip In a word edge wise. "It docjn't look like any other bill to me." "Why's Hint?" demanded the west snsplciously. , "Because" and the east smiled a smile that was bland "the bill's a counter feit." , LICENSE OF LWVYERS 13 OFTEN USED FOR MOST BRUTAL ADVANTAGE- A ( JtkK MUM II II KVIITIKU NA TION! L, IJTKIIKST. lira. Menaboa a Wliuets la a Ola bra led t'aa Von a l4 IIomm a a Heaiill atf Impertlneul Hralal CrwM-kxaiulnatlou A baa Affair. pi 1 ru 7 NTIIKfTUCACO daily raiMrs of late have been much revelling of the details of a attit at law. The case presents many sad and distressing f e a turea as well as the "cuwhldlug'' In open court of I'. A. Mellugh, one of the lead ing lights of the Chicago bar. The parties to the suit are numerous, but alrlkinglv Interesting as regards family history. The MeMahon family is one" of the oldest in the Western me tropolis. John K. MeMahon has seen It grow from a mere villuge. His wealth grew with it. Ntue years ago when be retired lie se tied a nutig fortune on each of his children. Among them Is Edward MeMuhon, a lending Petno- cratio politician, also with an aptness to disregard the obligations of the Catholic church to which the other members of the church were warmly devoted. Some ten years ago Edward Me Mahon won the hand of a "darling" young womiii. of Muskegon, Mich., Miss Nellie Motiordim. They lived in a spacious und richly furnished resi dence on Ind ana avenue. Chicago. For two years perfect happiness reigned. Two little ones strengt hened the ties that at lust were severed by the death of Mrs. MeMahon, which oc curred in lsrt.V Not long after this.. MeMahon met Elizabeth Carney, a pretty grass widow who hint secured a divorce. Thev loved and were married, outside Ttia llrwaaway wf lbs Uaalnaaa Maa. The business man knows Broadway as a street blocked with moving drsys and wagons, with pavements which move with nnbroken lines of men, and that re shnt in on either side by the tallest of tall buildings. It Is a place where no one strolls, and where a man can as eas ily swing bis rane as a woman could wear a train. Pedestrians do not walk steadily forward ber or in a straight line, but dodge in and out like runners on a football field. . They all seem to be trying to reach the bank to have a check cashed before 3 o'clock. The man who tops to speak to a friend or to gaze into a shop window Is Jostled and pushed and shouldered to one side. Every one seems to be trying to catch up to the man just in front of him, and eery oue has something to do, and something on his mind to tliiuk of. too, if his face tolls anything. So intent are they on their errands that they would not recognise their own wtve if they passed them by. This is a spot where the thermometer marks fever beau It is the great fighting ground of the city, where the battle of business goes on from 8 o'clock in the morning nutil 3 In the afternoon, at which tune the work flag a little and grow less and litis hurried until 3, when the armies declare an armistice for the day, and march off up town to plan a fresh cam paign for the morrow. The armies begin to arrive before 8, and gather from every poiut of the com pass. The ferryboats land them by thou sands and hurry back across the river for thousands more; the elevated roads marshal them from far up town, gather ing them by coui;anie at each station, where they are unloaded aud scattered over the business districts in regiment. They come over the Brooklyn bridge by tens of thousands In one long, eudless processiou, and cross the City Uull park at a muck step. It Is oneoi the most uu pressive sights the city has to offer. Sonbner a H1FJES8AXDAITIIO1.ES8 THREE SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS OF ACTIVE LIFE. Mrs. A. la. T, MUIme)'s Varied and Valuable Literary Work llevlew A Iter nii. and Moilea Fure aud V. bolesonie. you :;,.! ."".'A in lr Wo !. I Xvrs IliuVhAVoiygy. 1 V Ten came the storm. Row They Got Home. Closing time was passed, and all the guests of nscloon nt Berlin, Germany, had left the placo except four, who had fallen asleep over their glosses. They wero so ilrunk that tho nroprietor failed to wake them. Having called a cab, be ana cauDy carried the sleepers to the coach and scntcd them in It. The nostier men gave Instructions to deliver Bleepcr 1 on front seat at a house on Frederick street, sleeper 1 on back Beat in William street, anil so on tor sleeper 2 on iron auu uu ua scats. Cabby took his pay lu artvauce anil drove off. Ten minutes later every light in the auloou wns extinguished, and pro prietor nnd waiters commenced snoring musically. Their rest did not last long, however. A loud ringing of the saloon bell awakened the bartender, who Jumped out of bed, put on hastily a gown and ran down stairs. Whom should he find at the door but cabby. "I am not used to the general parcel business," he said, "nnd so forgot to have them liibclcd. On the way they tumbled over one another, aud I cannot muke out which Is which." Then the sahwu man marked each or tne four with a name written on stiff paper and stitched to the coat lupel, paid an other fare, nnd the cabby proceeded once more on his trip, delivering eacn man ac cording to the direction given for his lubel. Foreign Letter. It rtealsn of the Catacomb. P.ir a Ions time fubo opinions were en tertained which have been dispelled by moCorn reseurch. The catnrotwis were supiiosed to be forsaken sand pits and stisie quarries, excavated by the heathen and occasionally used as receptacles for the corpses of slaves and criminals. But it is now ascertttinea irom uie iiiuerruuu of soil, which is not at an auapieu tor building material, anil the moue oi con struction, that they are of Christian origin and were intended from the be ginning for buriul places. Another error, that they were pluces of refuge from heathen persecution, has likewise been abandoned. The Immense lulior required for their construction could not possibly have escopetl the notice of the llomun po lice; ami the heathen persecutor, by simply closing the access; could have easily smothered the Christians by thou sands if they had taken refu-T! in those dnrk and narrow passages. In plte of t'ic knowledge gnlued on the subject within the last twenty yenrs, these errors .. ... .it ill repeated in popular books. 1 .i,fisor l'hllip Schaff mine Century. Should Hv Known Hotter. Verily, this age is not that of the in come"! A ladv, whose fortune not ad mit ting of her riding in her own equipage, a- d laving a number of visits to pay, did ns t'. rest of the world does in a similar plijlit. and took a cub by tho hour, her voun;; daughter aiToiniinying her. Economy prompted brief calls, but at one hou. she remained longer than this 'vout'-' i pi-son" deemed at all advisable, and on returning to the carriage was sharply rebuked by her. "But it was impossible to leeve; Mit was Tery entertaining.'' said madame la mere. Never mind," replied little mademoi selle, "I should think you'd know better than to waste a seventy-five cent ride on a twenty-live cent woman!" Boston Herald. ' Palntltia: Paint laf Tana. The everlasting enamel paint with '..i,ih lb det-orating English woman now covers everything not lively enough to escai frotn her, is employed to cover palm leaf fans to be carried with evening costume. The enamel hardens them, and tliey wear terv well, and with the dec oration of a ri'bln bow they look well. hether ornamented wild Dowers or out. when the owner w urea c one coli slie can cover It wun rnamei oi a diff-rent hue and be newly auiuped.- nf the church. Th McMahons coulu not reconcile themselves to n marriage thut the church would not sanction. Accord ing to their belief, she was still the wife of Carney. Mrs. Carney's otherwise high con nections was of no avail. Her father, Col. Edwards, a gallant soldier, now conducts a theater at llraud liaplds, Mich. , The MeMahon family eonspir d to strip Edward and his wife of their riches. His partnership arranirements w ith his bn thers were broken. He was charged with frBUU and finally left tho city either persecuteu oriusgraecu. Anywuv he went to Detroit, Mlcb., Vim. Kate Smith, wife of l'eter Smith, a brother-in-law, and Edward's sister, took part with her mother In the case. In istlil Edward took charge of the child, and then there came re ports that the child was lieing neg lected and Inhumanly treaU-d. An anon vinous letter was sent out making violent attacks on Edward and his young wife. The latter cla med that Mrs. Smith was the author of the letter, and Jan. 1, lti'.H, she brought suit for $100,000 against Mrs. Smith for damages for defamation of charac ter. In the meantime the child Milton was being cared for by Edward's mother. Mrs, John E. MeMahon. He returned from Detroit, and after sev eral attempts to gain possession of the i ,,v rpsnrieil to the courts, claiming that the mother only desired to keep the child le.uuse of tne lortune com ing to It. The case was heard before Judge Collins, who listened to charges of immorality and drunkenness against both young MeMahon and his w ife. June 4. ItM'J, he decided that he could visit his child as oiten as ho pleased, but that he could not take the custody of It until fall. The child was placed In an asylum by the court but again MeMahon and his wife gained possession of it. The next move was to have him arrested for at tempting to poison his own child. It was while bis trial on this charge was in progress that Lawyer Mcllutrh re ceived a horsewhipping at Mrs. McMa- hon's hands. He attacked ner morai character. Stung to the quick by his heartless treatment of her Bhe pounced upon him like a lioness and administered a severe whipping before the oflicers could Interfere, MeMahon u a . nwmitttxl. But the charges made against her character proved 'to stinging for Mrs. MeMahon. A few days later she be came hysterical Now she is In a mad house. l'ublic opinion is in her favor. The case will probably result -dn a change In the laws of Illinois which permit an attorney too much license. Ye KnterprUIng An lata. Artist "You print pictures of pub lic men and events in your Sunday edition, I believe'.'-' tireat Editor "les, lnneea, an wo can get" Artist "1 have here a number of niM,ln.aof Mr. Blaine at liar Harbor. This one represents him in an Invalid s chair surrounded by doctors. In this one he Is tottering along leaning neavllv on his att ndants, and in this--" , . tireat Editor "But, sir, we are in favor of Mr. Blaine for President." "Oh! Well, here is another aet rep resenting him knocking down an ox with his fist, pulling np trees by the roots, and playing- jackstones with ten ton rocka." Ham AarnteU Water la Produced. In the neighborhood of the extinct Eifel volcauo. near the Uhiue, in Oer- many, are found springs of mineral waters which give off large volumes of natural carbonic acid gas. This natural gas becomes thoroughly purified iu pass ing np through some two or tnroe nun dred feet of water, which of course means a considerable pressure upon the gas. This gas. being duly collected on tbs surface, is subjected by means of miuins to the pressure of five or six hun dred nounds per snuare inch, condensing it into a clear transparent liquid, which is forthwith stored in steel or wrought iron cylinder of speciul constrnction and exitertioiml strength. The manufacture of aerated waters is now readily carried on by means of these tulies. which are easily transported in a manner at once simplo, rapid and Inez' pensive, no machinery whatever being required. The apparatus consists simply of a closed copper vtssel of any required size, nearly filled with ordinary pure water and connected with a tube of corn nressed eas. Cm turning a tap on the table the lib erated gas rushes under high pressure Into the copper vessel, become thor oughly incorporated with the water, and produces forthwith the aerated mineral water which is so largely consumed and att lustlv appreciated at the present day. The aerated water can now be drawn off for immediate consumption or bottled for future use. Mineral water thus pro duced is stated to be entirely free from any flavor of chemicals, sometime dis cernible in that which hus been prepared from artificial carbonic acid gas. Cham' ben' Journal There I slight consolation to au author to lie reminded that posterity will undoubtedly reward his lalstrs. Fortune nines tardily if it finds him under the and and the dew. It Is pres ent day appreciation that affords most MttisfuctoVy food for agreeable rellec- tiuii, rather thun pneertam aunein tious of possible post mortem fame, 'Ihe returns need not I e, ludeed often are uot, made at ihe clear ing house, but these are by no means to be disregarded; but tome In the thousand and one ways that express esteem and an ubiding reeignition of tcrvue for Sopg and Mory. And not In the least, nor least gratifying, among the many methods of showing this estimate, which cannot fail to wiirni tlui heart ami uuickeu the pulse, U tlmt uellirhtful custom of suitably eWrving the birthdays of our popular sons and story writers. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, whose tur a dav oocHiredScpu l is one of tho rare, hea thy, hearty American auth ors whoso writings have done so much to sweeten homes light up gloomy nooks, und make happier una mure tnt graut lives that, but for ber aud those of her pure ichool, would probally have never i onceived. not to say Jolm d the belter half of their uoing. Aiteni e Dutton Train was b rn lu liosioii, Sept 1.1, ls;'4. Her lamer, r.noeu Truln, was extensively engaged In nijreantile pursuits, owning aud man aging fieets of vessels that sailed to the most instant iuiws umier m Southern Cross as well as to the w idely scattered parts of the realms of the Cwir of all the Kuaalaa, while he founded and maintained a line oi orait that whitened and plowed the stormy Western ixeau between tne aiersey and the Hub. Every advantage that Boston enjoyed lu the matter nt a care ful, thorough education, was at the cotninunil oi tne iiuure amuor, be guessed from those w no were ner teachers, Mr. hnierson aim .tiiss i . and her friends, l.r.l.yuum Heecher.Dr. I.owel. and Dr. and Mrs. Hanoi, vt un such iruiiles to form her character aud mold her mind, she grew.lnlo a grace ful, cultured womanhood. At the early uge of Id she became the wife of Seth 11. Whitney, oi .union, near Boston, mid where her homo has been ever since, although lor an me time she hus spent he summers at Al steud, N. 11. For over a third ot a century .tire. W hliuey bus been a contributor to tne best of America's magazines, as well as an author whose writings, both prose, and verse, have found thousands of UDPtecintive readers. in tne jear Is.iT her first published work, a poem, apiieareil, entitled "light lu the Sea.' The remainder of her more Important works are In isrnl "Mother u. ose lor Crow n I oiks" was Issued; lu H"'-'. Hoys at Clieiiiusset; in is'Mi Faith Cartnev's lilrlhood;" In lsti "The tJnvworthvs;" In isiltl, "A Sum- . ., .1 1.1 I If... Uier in I esiie iioiiiuiwmw 18.1H. "I'tttlenee htiougs uiiiing, )stli, "Hitherto;" IS70, "We lilrls;" IsTl, "Ileal Folks;' l.:i, "i Other Cii'ls;" ltlT'l. "Sights ami Insights;" H0. "tMd or Men; 1SH.1, "Honnyuoroiign, ."", spuu tarns ami ' "J " li-HT, "imnoiius ami tutu these, "Mother (loose, "Vte tuna, The Other tiirls, 1 lie ttaywortnya, loaqnltoaa nf California, Glowing acconnts Induced na to try the southern mines, and a passage to Stockton was secured on an old tub of a schooner at the rate of three onnees of gold, or thirty-six dollars per head. The deck was crowded with men of every nationality. Tho rolling hills, tawny and Necked with green trees, bounding the bay of Sim Francisco, Suisuti and San Pablo, were novel and interesting. The very color of the earth, covered with wild oats or dried grass, suggested a laud of gold. The sight was Inspiring. But when we reached the mouth of the San Joaquiu our miseries U-gan. This river has an extraordinarily tortu ous course, almost entirely through tule or marsh lands, that In 1819 produced bushels of voracious mosquitoes to the acre. 1 had never known the like be fore. It seemed as if there was a stratum of swarming insect life ten feet thick over the surface of the earth. 1 corded my trousers tight to my boot legs to prevent them from pulling np, douned a thick coat, though the heat was intoler able, shielded my neck and face with handkerchiefs and put on buckskin gloves, aud in that condition parboiled and smothered. In spite of all precau tions our faces were much swollen with the poison of numberless bites. To escitie the hot sun we took refuge below deck, ami to drive away the pests a smudgo was made on some sand in the bottom of the boat, which filled the hold almost to suffocation. The mosquitoes were too ravenous to be wholly foiled by moke. 1 think I never endured such vexation and suffering. Sleep was im possible. The boat had to be worked by baud around the numerous bends, and half the time the sails were useless for want of wind. It was a burning calm in the midst of a swamp. Out even in our distress there was a humorous side, provoking grim smile at least. E. Q. Waite in Century. HOW TO DISAPPEAR. The Vanl.lilns Lady Has Latelf Keen Improved I bob. Every hody is fainlllur with the trick In which a womun la seated on a chair and covered witn a shawl, and at the bidding of the magician the woman. illsapiM'srs from sight, just a be with- v "v ,r-i-V' n One Too Often. A recent Oerman paper tells the story of an elderlv man who bad for a wife one of those trying person who, accord ing to their own ideas, are always in the right, and who make it a point of con science to prove every one else in the wrnnir The poor man wu never allowed to make any statement without uaving u instantly disputed by hi accurate but irritating spouse. She had acquired uch a habit of correcting and contra- dietinir him that, according to the tory, she one dny made a mistake which gave her suffering husband a chance to laugh at hnr Do vou remember, my dear," he said In a retrospective mood, "the letter case embroidered with pearl beads that yon made for me with your own hand, when we became engaged? It was worn out years ago, but I can still see it very plainly. On one ide there was era orom- arHl a beantif ul butterfly, and "The butterfly was on the other ider interrupted his wife, In her most deject ed tona And she always complained that Mr. Underfeld "was fond of telling storie withoutany point." whenever he referred to this conversation arterwaro. Welhlng Machines. Weighing machines and scales of some kind were in use 1800 B 0., for it is anid that Abraham at that time "weiirhed out" 400 shekels of silver, cur rent money, with the merchant to Eph- ron. the Hittite, as payment for piece of land, Including the cave and all the tandiog timber "in the field and in the fence." Thii said to be the earliest transfer of land of vAichany record iur vives, and that the payment was made in the Drescnce of witnesses. The original form of the weighing scale was nrobably a bar suspended from the middle, with a board or shell ns nended from each end, one to contain th weiuht. the other to contain the matter to be weighed. The steelyard was probably so called from the material of which it was made and from IU for- I I AU mer lengtn. it is aiso auowu mm u Roman balance, and is of great an tiquity. St Louis Republic, TbTSiandlaavlan Way. There is an American custom that the Swedes do not seem to take to very kind- rat I - a I M..,tnm ftt I ffita T I Tl fT ' URl. A. P. T. WI1ITSKV. and "Patience Strongs tiuttug are probably the choicest. All ner wrinngs nro p"i and sparkling. Her pot-ms are bright, and ronnlng through them all is a gol den thread, like that whiuh led the classic hero onto, the labyrinth al ways leading out Into the ngnt WONT ENLIST. THEY w And Two Ctrl Hia-Tailaea. Marshal Mclntlre of Marshalltown, Iowa, arretted two female horse- thieves last week, wno rbtb u.r names as Kutn Downey and LUlie Hill, the latter being dreaaed In male attire. The horse stolen belongs to Mr. Me Worth of Hinckley, I1L. and was taken from Sandwich and driven to that city. The girls are about IB and 17 year of Karalac His Crafc. Jinks What's Winkers doing for living tow? .... . t Blinka-Oh, anything that hU rich wife tell him. Ir The Swede is too thrifty to find delight in paying over and over again for "booze" which some else win nave me benefit or curse of. "No," ays a gpntleman, who has lived hi a section of Minnesota thickly populated with Scan dinavians, "the average Swede or Nor wegian never stands treat like an Ameri- n Thev liave. however, what we Americans, living among tliem, used to .!! a Swede treat.' that is, every man pays for bis own drink. A do-n of llu-m ari'll ma un to lite bar togKhtr and 1 r.lr In nniaon. and with the best of tMnir iirevailimr all around, liut w hen it mmM to eUlm every one of thera goes to the bottom of hi pocket for tl price of the liquor lie has personally ab sorbed. That's a "Swede treat.' "Pio neer Prese "Listener. Bloai Indians Not Foud ef iBfantry Service. Says one late from thtf Pine Ridge Agency: "The effort to enlist a com pany of Ogallala Slonx in the United Stales is the personification of failure. First thev are opposed to being what they are pieaseu vo term diers, and are aggieved at the fact that the government raised a company of cavalry among the Brule at ltosebud. The Itrules are not regarded is friend lies. They resent the Imagined prefer ence for the Hrules, and look upon the walk' soldier as an uncalled-for dis tinction. They are possessed of the idea that the 'walk soldiery get the worst o things, and cannot be con vinced of the Idea but what they will be comp lied to carry on their ba ks a Mil,!. taint and stove. After tvsn months of hard labor Lieut Kinsey has aneeeed in enlisting but lour in tne i-oinnanv. with no prospect of any more. Qaoltlug la C'aaada. Ten ma composed of tea men each, belonging respectively to the Domin ion and Montreal Cuolting clubs played a mutch at the grounds of the latter at Montreal. Can., recently, ine mon treats performed better than their an tagonists, ultimately winning uaunn., by a score of Js7 to P.m. On the pre vious day. at IW-llei llle, mt, a match was contested by William Todd, of the Montreal club, and F. Claus, of the Fellevllle elub, the stakes being :.o side. During the first half of the mateh the contest was close, but after wards the Montrealer obtained a good lead, finally winning by a score of &i to 43. Sir, keaernl Orant, Mrs. General lirant Is the object of To Improve tha Luufa. A device recently Invented for the promotion of deep breathing Is likely to be of value to tint chtwted, round shoul dered and weuk lunged people. The de vice Is a small belt or cord which encir cles the chest at the point of it greatest expansion, aud a take up mechanism to which the ends of the belt or cord are attached. The take up mechanism con sists of a coiled spring, adapted to tighten the belt at intervals, and a train of wheels, by which tho speed of the spring in taking up the belt may be reg ulated. Upou the exhalation of Uie breath, after the full expansion of the lungs, the chest return to the size nat ural to It In ordinary breathing, thus leaving the belt loose. Immediately the take tip mechanism begius to gather In the slack of tin belt, which it coutlnua to gather, and finally it tightens the belt about the chest until the pressure Is un comfortable to tho wearer, and compel him to take another full inspiration, thus lengthening the belt This lengthening I accomplished by tho withdrawal of the strap from the case, which act again coil the spriug. The spring in turn, when the breath is exhaled nnd the chest resume it nat ural size, again begins to gather up the slack of the bolt Those processes con tinue as long as the device I worn. It Is claimed that the device induces full breaths at Intervals, and thus naturally strengthens and enlarges the lungs and chest-New Vork Telegram. Our Would Its Arlatoorata. Thousand of American young men of fair education and excellent possibilities, captivated by the pictures of English aristocrntio life drawn in English novels, are leaniing to despise the simple, ra tional, useful life of the worthy Amer ican citizen, and to court consideration aud vulgar popularity by adopting the habits aud leading the useless uvea or English lord A la usual in such case the copy is a caricature of the original. The untitled American lord prove usu ally to be a vulgar creature, having to assert hi self-conferred lordship by all that is most unattractive, mostiuhumane and most un-American and that I a good dual in the English aristocrat. In Euglaiid aristocracy ba no need to display or to obtrude itself; in America it can exist only by display and obtru sion. For thi reason the American would be nobleman must necessarily court attention and try to strike the vul gar Imagination by the mere accidental of aristocracy, such as any boorish Dive can command houses, horses, turnout, yachts, opera boxes and tha like. And the vulgar are impressed byuch things, bow down iu servile reverence before them and do their best to make a similar diplay. Professor Thomas Davidson in Forum. Tits Silent lloatniaa. "Who can wlin? Who can wimT shouted a man who wanted to cross a river in a boat A crowd of boatmen gathered round him, crying, "I can, lg nore, I canf Only one wo (ilunt ami remained in hi boat all the time. "And can't you swim?" Inquired the stranger. "No," was the man' curt reply. "Tbon you sliall take me across. " The Gentleman bad adopted this meth od to escape the Importunity of rival boatmen in that part or tb country) perhaps also be shrewdly suspected that a man who could not swim would be the safor pilot. Capitan Fracassa. draws the shawl, leaving nothing be hind but the chair and the newspaper on which it rests. This trick has been motll:!ed and improved upon in various ways until at present It hue as sumed a new feature, in that the shawl also disappears simultaneously with the woman. The preparations are the same as la the old Way of performing the feat. A newspaper made of caoutchouc has a larire square cutout in the center, not visible, however, to the eyes of the spectators. This paoer is spread on the tloor over the at aire trsp and tha chair is placed upon it in such a man ner that the trap, opens between the legs of the chair. Hack ot the chair a aoreeu Is placed. The woman comes In and sits down un the chair. The juggler covers her w ith a silk shawl In the manlier shown lu cut I, begin ning ut the head and finishing at tha knees and feet. Then he retreats and pronounces the magic formula, "line, two" at the word three" the shawl and the woman have both disappeared. As in the former cnae, so often ex plained, the woman la lowered on the trap while being covered and an Invisible frame support the shswl and gives it the outline of the "female form divine." At the word "three" this form disap pears below the trnp. the seat ot the chair fulls into position and the shawl, which Is held behind the scenes by an luvlslble thread, It withdrawn so quickly that It seems as If woman and S-J Jt moment- later? shawl vanished at the same time. The whole depends, of course, upon the swiftness of the action, which delndes the eye. ' Theatrlral Notre, "True People," a play founded upon Tennyson's "Enoch Arden," was tlrst produced at Baker City, Ore., May 4. The play Is now being toured under the management of T. 11 Horton. Jen nie Slmonds and T. B. Sortonplay the leading roles. I.otta Hollywood will play the sou brette In "Master and Man.'1 Viola Wnlteorab has reslgnod from ilarle llubert Frohman's Co. Frank E. Turner has signed with Ear Kendall's "A Pair of Kids" Co. C. 11 Larsen will manage Oea W. Larseu's tour in "t'randall's Corners.' The Conreld Opera Co. will open at Norfolk, Va., Oet l. for a tour of the South. "Poor Jonathau" will be the . principal attraction. Arthur Olles, an English actor, who was with Daniel Sully last season, is aid to be losing his eyesight Charles Cowles, who msde a lilt as the Vermont farmer, in "The Canuck, litis avhieved success aa the Stranger In . "A Hole In the W round." He will go out with a play of his own next season, Introducing Kansas life. "The County Fair" is said to be doing good business at the OjH-ra Home, Melbourne, A us., where it has had a six week's run. MISS LILY ELTON. near A (barailng Burleaquer With i Admlrere. ' Idly Elton, portrait of whom Is here given, Is numbered among the leading burlesqners of the day. She ia Tha Unprotected Neck Spar. It is ours to warn, and with warning cive counsel that shall protect. Between a mini's coat collar and lint brim there lies a space of neck that modern hirsute fashion has li ft Wire exposed to chilly wimls, uncovered to coll. If collar be upturned, some help is found, but merest less draughts still play at w ill alxait one of life's centers. For beneath this ex posed skin li' what anatomists call the cerebro-spinal axis wha-h i the center of animal as the front brain is the center of Intellectual bf whence proceed the nerves tlmt govern both heart and lungs; anions others, the iineumogustric and spinal accessory. So, in la-e of most in iudicious exiswire.it would logically seem thut extra effort sliould I made to guard this semiuve area William t. Hubjhinson, M. V., in American Maga zine. ' Tbs Kdannade lvelllns The bouse In which Senator Ed. mnnds passes his summers at Hurlint ... i i i ...i i t i ton. Ik, IlBJt lrru tn.tufieu uj continually for fifty five years. . I n not only blessed with a prety face but has a well cultivated voice. Her form Is divine and as a New York paper put It, she has lots of "admirers in tha front row. Prupar Eaoath. Bells (md.lenly)-I'm afraid all this talk about students in rather f rivoloia for Sunday. May (easily) Oh, but they're all theologi cal atodauts, you know. Harper'! Baaar. A boomerang. " flow do you account for tha rank unmor- . ..... i . . , . . . n iuui i ta . . . . ri. i n . i. , . k .mi . nrw an old-faaliloneo, tnree stort ""'iiiiiwkh'm .lMtlln9 eorimv and pom forla If. I We bars Itt.OUO New Yorkera attUed oronnda surroundlnz It are va R. M. ILara " anawarad Mr. Uketowa.-Liffc Mrs. General (.rant Is the object oi - b j 4 , much MalielU.ua devotion at the Grand TheM trkX ' T Inion hotel. Saratoga, "d the gue.U V iM M aJYSlbot-Wb watch h.re reverently n,r better contented with life than Twa BU-lncs Is Hor Bow. 'hat does that wife of yours da -- .... .. 1 l i.. iM u.r. ' " t""1"""1 " '"o wiav" Inow ttiAl TOO ars oaiaf VTlXZtT I rb" nU" lhem " ""Vbeir rileW-PmU y whUL-EI, , - iruiu i . . that I must havt made son mutate