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u "1 Delicious. DISCU1T. MUFFINS. WAFFLES. CORN BREAD. GRIDDLE CAKES. DOUGHNUTS. Can always be made with Dr. Price's Cream Bakine Powder. And while cakes and biscuit will retain their moist ure, they will be found flaky and extremely light and flue grained, not coarse and full of holes as are the biscuit made from ammonia baking powder. Price's Cream Baking Pow der produces work that is beyond comparison and yet costs no more than the adulterated ammonia or alum powders. Dr r-;re's stands for pure food and good health. PROFIT IN LITTLE THINGS. a HsMMafal Inventor Tellt What H Hu Found Most AiIhU(mu. William Westlake, the railroad Inven tor, wbo patent have made a fortune (or him, darted in life as a roller boy in the WiHconein office in the days when thia paper, which now keeps the fastest of presses hustling to get off its daily edi tion, was printed weekly on an old Frank lin preea. Becoming dissatisfied with his salary of $2 per week, he severed his con tention with the establishment and tried bis hand at several jobs, learning, among other things, tinsmithing, and finally Irifting into railroading. As a coppersmith be got work on the Id La Crosse road and became an engi neer. He filled" the first locomotive ever ran in Wisconsin, and stuck to engi neering nntil one night he mistook a swinging lantern for the conductor's sig nal, and starting his engine just as an old ' lady was boarding the train, threw her down and cnt off her leg. He resigned and set alxmt inventing a conductor's lantern that hIiouM be unmistakable. The result was the half green, half white lantern that is used now the world over. The glass could not be made in this country, and it was three years be- ' fore he got one made iu Europe. While Working on t lie La Crosse road he invent ed the railroad lantern with a movable globe, which is now universally tued. ' He offered that invention to two Mil waukee gentlemen for fi.iO, bnt they laughed at him. Since then millions have been sold and fortunes made out of them. In 18C3 he went to Chicago with $0 and started a business that became the Adams & Westlake Manufacturing com pany, which employs 8,000 men. Mr. Westlake made inventions by the bun , dreds and sold tho patents, but he savs he never got 1 per cent, of the amount other people made from his inventions. "I sold my stove board for .$100,000," he said, "and the manufacturers make that much every year out of it." Mr. Westlake had on his hands a great many patent lawsuits, and getting tired of the worry six years 1130 he sold all his patents remaining for (10,000 and with them the lawsuits. His home is Jn Brooklyn, and there he spends his time free from business cares. Mr. Westlake's patents are counted by the hundreds. He invented the head light, the car lamps, the oil stove and dozens of other things for every day use. He has recently made some great im provements in the headlight He says that he has found that it is the little things that pay, and that there is no money in inventing costly machinery. He is at present amusing himself by trying to invent a substance with which to coat the bottom of bis yacht which will prevent the formation of barnacles. He says he has made a sort of enamel, so smooth that nothing can stick to it, and it Las worked very well on a center board. He thinks it will work as well on the bottom of the boat. Milwaukee Sentinel Suspense. "One night," said a chemist, "a doc tor came and woke me out of a sound sleep to prppare morphine powders for an old gentleman named Martin, who bad been ill for some time. I weighed out the morphine and put it up accord ing to direction, but thought while I was doing so that the powders seemed to be unusually large. Next morning, when I was arranging things in the shop, I found that there was a ten grain weight in the scale beneath the one the prescription called for, and each of those powders was ten grains too large. ' "A cold chill ran down my back when 1 realized the mistake, for it meant al most certain death. A short time after ward the doctor came in, and I thought my time had come. Bracing up as well as possible, I asked: " 'How is Martin this morning, Doc torf 'He's dead. " 'Did those powders kill him?" I stam mered out. and in fear and trembling waited the answer. But the first word relieved mee M 'No: the powders had nothing to do with it He died half an hour before they were received." New York Ledger "Who Was shot Last WektM In 1S51 Mokelumue Hill was one of the worst camps iu California. "Who wassbot but weekr" was the first question asked by the miners when tbey came in from tbe river or surrounding diggings ou Saturday night or Sundays to gamble or get sup plies. It was very seldom that tbe answer was, "No one." I Men would race up and down tbe , thoroughfare in single file, as boys play I the game of "follow my leader." each Imi tating tbe actions of tbe foremost. Select log some particular letter in a sign they would Ore iu turn, regardless of everything but tbe accuracy of tbe aim. Then tbey would quarrel over it as though tbey were hnn nUrinff a irume OI maroies, wane ZZ.TZtiZ DTa k GUI ! likely to am or wouuu pie la Century. A Qnoer Mi. I liaher has 3,0u0,0uU volume on hand which George Sevingle.of Stovertoo, 0..b tb ar unsalable. uZlLul ST. A cycling corp. ha. been added to th. oth mpecT.Xr teadrfUving tb ' eqalpmeet of tb. Salvation Army. Fifty XE&oaW specie., tbAni- young ma bav. been requ-tod to volna- both uppeTTml lower jawa. is r tor three year, to travel on wheels tilled with long and sharp, won Ilk. fangs, rendering it extremely difficult for It to pick 1 There are many simple and effective du grass bke other sheep. It geu its chief sub-, lnfectanta, among which are coffee pound auutio. from twigs and young shrubs, to. ed and burned ca an iron plate, sugar bark and tender wood of which it devour, burned on hot coals, vinegar boiled with arUiv -bt Bapubiic, Tb sod sprinkisd on tb floor and fur gTwouy.-t. aiiar f a tick rwn. DUMPLINGS. POT PIES. PUDDINCS. CAKES. The Mojd 8cbu4 la UosUw. But perhaps tbe school presents none of these sight, hut a very different one; a lgli half sad, yet not without a ray of xladne a picture not composed of trained teachers or loiiiternus youthi or prattling children eagerly listening and as rticrly speaking, out oi a group ot deaf and dumb. And now. U ever, you may see what intense enthusi asm may be thrown into manual traiuinz. The poor unfortunate deprived of bearing and of speech find her a new field in which to exerru their minds and express their Ideas. By their disabilities tbey are enabled to concentrate their minds better than their more fortunate brethren, and even outstrip mem in excellence of workmanship. Among th boys there is a deaf mute torn. 16 years ot aga who suraM all others in the school, a result attained not by superior talent but by clow application. Near him another boy of magnificent build and grant ability dashes off bit work now planing, now earring, wttb a master band. On th othe tide of tb room, in the midst of that row (if girls neat, even pretty girls there ar to most noticeable; one a brunette, who quick, observant eye omits nothing while her snow white hand deftly draws and carefully carves tbe uiodel Beside her stauds a quiet blonde with blue, thoughtful eyes, carefully examining ber model; and then, as if sudden ly discovering some nw principle, makes feature of joy and resumes her work. At th close of tbe exercise she take the flushed model to ber teacher, and, with a pleasant mule, joyful feelings struggling for expres sion iu her soulful face, says, In tbe deaf mul laugua-, "I love this work." V. B. Aru- grim-won in Popular Science Monthly. All Habit. We ar all creatures of hublt, even iu per forming duties for which we have prepared. A little boy, whose mother had taught bim his letters, went to school one day, and at tempted to go through them with the teacher. ain effort! He stopped at "11, and was un able to recognize "(J" as even casual ac quaintance. At length a happy thought oc curred to him. "Taist my turl!" he said, eagerly, pointing to a sunny lock of hiiiroiihisueck. "Mamma always does when 1 say 'em." The teachiT began to play with the curl, ami the little boy's memory returned. Even grown (wool are dependent on habit iu fulfilling public duties. Mr. (forge Vt Cable one evening not long ago, as we learn from another paper, lectured in scranton, Pa. A lai'Ke audience greeted biiu wilb tbeir presence, but only that. When the noted author was introduced he was received with a dead silence. Host speakers would have leen embarrassed almost beyond recovery by so frigid a recei tinn, but Mr. Cable was equal to the occa sion, and administered a just rebuke In th happiest possible manner. lie said that in order to appear at bis best hefore an audience it was quit necessary that ha should lie greeted ' with a noise ot some sort; they need not scream, nor waa it necessary for the ladies to wave their bon nets, but a loud rumbling noise he must hear. Of course the noise came, ami when it bad ceased be thanked Diem for their unsolicited applause, and added that now, with tb boldest effrontery, he could begin as he bad Intended "Dear friends. 'Youth s Com panion. Drug More. In Flat Houses. "You have a nice place here,'' remarked a gentleman who bad stepjied into a drug store, evidently newly established, on on of th rapidly growing thoroughfare in outlying Brooklyn. "Yes," replied tbe druggist, rather dubi ously; "it is only an experiment, though." "Bather an expensive one," continued th Brst speaker, glancing at tb handsome fix ture aud belongings. "Ob," laughed the druggist, "that Is at tb landlord's eipense, not mine," Further conversation revealed the fact that It is a common thing for owners of flat bouses to fit up th ground floor in the most complete manner for us as a drug ttors as an inducement to a druggist tenant. Shelves, lettered drawers, prescription counters, shelf bottles, and tb big wuidow carafe holding th colored liquids, all thes and more ar contributed by the landlord. In return he expects to gain by a speedy rental of bis apartments, people being much more ready to establish themselves over a drug stor than over stores of another sort New York Bun. A Man's Clothe. Th most elegantly dressed man who has walked tb streets of Boston for fifty years was th late lamented Nathaniel O. Greene. He had an eye for color. He would go into tb shop of a tailor who might be unknown to bim, having been allured by a piece of (roods in the window, and ask in bis winning Umes: "My friend, can you make a pair of trousers according to a pattern that I will drawl" Then with chalk h would outlinsoo the cutting table precisely bis idea, take from bis pocket a memorandum of width of waist and length of leg, and, without asking price, would order the garment to I sent to his ad-dn-a. If that tailor carried out bis idea he would buy clotb wherever h' saw what h lilted and return and patronize bim untd be mad a mistake. Ho, also, with his coats, es-pn-ially overcoats. If tb tailor remonstra ted as to fashion, Nat would smll and pat bis .boulder, and inquire: "Ar yon to wear ton garment when finished or am If Your reputation will be injured because yon follow my playful, perhaps reason loss, fancy. Boston Gazette. Tow Many Publication.. France is afflicted with mora literature than It can nse. A tremendous plethora of novels is reported in Paris. For exam- P 4MU0 copies of the last production of a j popular writ' ' bav been returned to tb I publishers. It is said that another pub- a midsummer nights dream. Th. sorcery of ancient worsts h quelled. The sunshine full, but half forloeuly fair I' poo (he bills, slues from our earth and air Th fairy folk ar. gnat. Yet I beheld. Km lately. Mbemn and Puck (impelled On flrerlr rhartois iliniugb Hi mstt, la rare Moonlighted revels. How tbe tricksy pair P"or mortals rtsdo.ll What erne music swelled! Then, by the slnqtirnr. of sweetest words. I knew the ronjurv of Miskesueare's brain. And recoiriiiiHl in l heir cmnismkin chords Th. spellof Mrndclsaoliu'eeiK-haultns strata. Full clearly sang tbey both nntnmy beam Th. fair) of the centuries is Aril -Henry Tyrrell la Youth's Companion. THE SON OF THE SHEIK. Tbe smell of the warm slimeon thcj.liff river and th weet, heavy aud sickening odor that exhaled Into th unspeakable k.J .I.. .L . .1-1 l lue.ie-rn sir mini ill. iiuncne 01 las .s , , , . 1 dead and scorched water reeds U with me, yet; also the sight of the long stretch of , dry mud bank, rising by shallow aud barely perceptible degrees to the edge of the desert sands, aud thus disclosed by th. .hrinkag of the Jellffe during he hot month. Hal I can remember just how those mud hank looked. Tbey were very broad and Very black except where they touched the desert, and there the sand had sifted over them in light, transparent sprinkling aud In rapidly drying under the sun of the Sahara had cracked and warped Into thou sands of tiny concave cake that looked for all the world like little saucers in which Indian ink has been mixed. (If you are an artist, as was Tbevenot, you will the better understand this.) Then there waa th. reach of the desert that drew off on either hand, and that ' rolled away, ever so gently, toward the place where the hollow sky dropped out of light behind the shimmering horlion, awelling grandly and gradually like some mighty breast, which, panting for breath in the horrible beat, had risen In a final gasp, and had then, in tbe midst of It, sud denly stiffened and become rigid, while on this colorless bosom of th desert, where nothing stirred but the waxing light In the morning and the waning light In tbe night, lay tumbled red and gray rocks, with tbln drift, of sand in tbeir rift, and crevices and gray -green cacti squatting or sprawling iu tbeir blue shadow. And there was nothing more nothing, noth ing, nothing except the appalling beat ud the maddening silence. And in the midst of it all we. Now, "we," broadly and generally speak ing, were the small right wing of General Pawtrot s division of tbe African service; speaking lea broadly aud Irs. generally, we were tbe advance guard of said divis ion, and speaking in the narrowest and most particular sense "we were the party of war correspondents, specials, extras, art- its, etc., who were accompanying said ad vance guard of said wing of said army of Mid service for reason, herein to be set forth. As the long, flati black scow of the com missariat went crawling up tbe torpid river, with tbe advance guard straggling along upon the right, "we" lay upou tbe deck under the shadow of the scow's arm ing and talked aud drank kouscousaow. I forget now what had led up to It, but Ponscarin had said that the Arab were patriotic, when ftab Axxotiu cut in and said something which I shall repeat as soon a. 1 have told you about Bab Azzoiin himself. Briefly, then, Dab A noun had been born twenty-nine years before this time at Tlemcen, of Kabyle parent. bis papa was a sheik had been transplanted to Fram e at tbe age of ten, 'and had flourished there in a truly remarkable manner. He had graduated fifth from the Polytechnique; he had written books that had been "cour ronnee par 1' Academic;" he had become naturalized, be had been prominent In politics no one can cut a wide swath Iu Paris in anything without bitting against la politique, he had occupied important po sition in two embassies; he was a diplo mat of uo mean qualities; be had lots of influence; be dressed In faultless French fashion; be had owued Crusader; he had lost money on him; be had applied to tbe govern meut for tbe office of ".Sotischef des bureaux-Arabea dan 1'Orao," in order to recoup; be had obtained it; he bnd com on with "us," and waa now on this, his first visit to bis fatherland since bis tenth year, on his wny to his post. Voila Bab Azzoun. And when Ponscarlne bad spoken thus about tbe patriotism of the Arabs, Bab Azzoun made bim answer, "The Arabs are not sufficiently educated to be true pa triots." "Buhl" .aid Santander, "a man dor. not require to be educated In order to be a patriot And, Indeed, the rudest nation have ever been the moat devotedly patri otic," Yea," said Bab Azzoun, "but It is a narrow and a very selfish patriotism." I can't see that," put in Pouscarlue. "A patriot I. like an egg be is either good or bad. There Is no such thing a. a good enough egg;' there is no such thing a a good enough patriot,' if a man la one at all, he is a perfect one." 1 agree," answered Bab Azzoun; "yet patriotism can be more or lew narrow. Listen and i will explain" he raised bltn- self from the deck on his elbow, and ges tured with tbe amber mouthpiece of bis chibouk. "In looking backward upon the gradual development of patriotism In tb minds of men since tbe days when tbey first began to band together, you can see It psa through five very distinct stage. Patriotism, first, waa but love of family of parent, and kindred, but then a tbe family grow aud expands Into tbe tribe, It, too a. merely a large family become the object of affection, of patriotic devo tion. This Is the second stage tbe .tag. of tb. tribe, tb. clan, tb. gens; men call themselves of tbe Gothic tribe, of the Clan Cbattao, of the Gens Fabianua. In tb third stage, tbe tribe baa sought protection behind the Inclosure of walls. It 1 the age of cities; patriotism l toe aevotlon to tbe city. Men are Athenians ere Grecians, Komaus ere Italians, Cartbagin Una ere Africans. In tbe next period pa triotism mean, affection for tb. state, fur th county, for tb province, and Burgun dian, Norman and Fleming giv freely of their breast blood for Burgundy, Norman dy and Flanders, while we of today form tbe latest, but not tbe last, link of tbe lengthening cbain by honoring, loving and serving th country above all considera tions, be they of tribe or town or tenure Yet I do not believe this to be tbe last, tb highest, the noblest form of patriotism. No," Mid Bab Azzoun, "this development .ball go on, ever expanding, ever mount ing, until, carried upon iu topmost crest, w. attain to that height from which we can look down upon lb. w orld a our couo try, humanity as our countrymen, and b. ball b tb. best patriot wbo Is tb. least patriotic." "Ab b, Bcbtrel" exclaimed Bantanner listlessly, throwing a cushion at Bab At aoun's head, "va to coucher. Il' too hot to theorize; you're either a great philoso pber, Bab, or a larg sized" be looked al bim over th. rim of hi glass hefore con eluding "idiot." But Bab Azzoun had gone on talking In tbe meanwhile, and now finished wilb and so yon must not blame me If, lookluv noon them" (he meant tbe Aralisl "and theirs in this light, I And this African campaign a sorry business for Fraor to ns engaged in a vast aud powerful govern ment terrorizing Into submission a bonl half starred fanatics," be jaw nod, "all of which b very bad very bad hab! giv me some more koosmusaow. W were aroused by tbe Hidden stop pag. of tb. scow A detachment of pbvrs" Dear or upon the right bank, scrambled together In a Jiollow quar. A battalion of ou- loiinlis, with liiiiks and houmous rippling, scuttled by us at a gallop, and th. Twenty . i.ii in .1 i-. - imiti viiowruni u .simiue iii iue mint line hailed at a "carry" on the crest of a sand ridge, w liicli bid theliontou from tighl;1 Hi still, hot air of the Nihara was ainl deuly pervaded with something that mused us to our fi-et in au iu-tjinl. ranlaiidrr w hlppMl out his ever ready sketch book aud begun blocking iu the liitidrue ami the position of the troops, while Thrvenot Hatched hi. note Ikh.1l ami "stylograph." Of tb. scene which now gathered upon us I cau, Iu iYct to lime, place or rela tive succession of detail, remember notb lug, only out of that dark chaos can I res cue a few deurbed ami fragmentary Im pressionsall th more vivid, neverthe less, from thrir Isolation, all the more dis tinct from the gray blue of th. Iwkgrotiud against which they truce themselves. Instantly, some, here diwiiietingly near, an event, or rather a whirl of events that rushed and writhed themselves together , i, . 11i....1 tv n Minviinei inwv ii iis.auia;vi'lllliK;A' ty, ,ddenly evolved and widened like the fierce, quick rending open of some vast scroll, and there were slgr-ig hurrying, to and fro and a surging he.iveuwttrd of a torrent of noises uoises of men aud nols. of feet, noises of horses and noises of arms uoises that hustled fiercely upward above the In-own mass aud closed together iu th desert air, blending or joining one with another, joining and seiurnling, reuniting and dividing; noises that rattle; noises that clanked; noises that boomed or shrilled or thundered or quavered, and one well known noise that, at regular intervals, waa dominant over all as of a mighty flood of planks and boards falliug from some vast height upou the earth beneath. And then ram. sight of blue-gray tremulous curtains but whether of smoke or dust I could not say tumbling and billowing, bellying out with the hot tempest breath of th. battle demon that raged within and whoa, outermost fringes were torn by serrated flic of flashing steel and wavering rauks of red. And this was all at first I knew w had been attacked and that behind those boll Ing smoke billows, somewhere and some how, though exactly how and where I could not tell, men, infuriated into beasts, were grappling and struggling, each mau, with every sinew on the strain, honestly striving to kill his fellow. And now we were in the midst of a hoi u . o,.r u,e,,. , u v.. cam there I cannot recall, though 1 re- member trivial enough as It was that the water of the Jeliffe made my clothe. heavy and clinging and uncomfortable remember this, although a mortal fear sat upon me of being shot down by some of our owu frenzied soldier. And t lieu came that awful rib cracking pressure, a. from some outward, unseen cause, the square was thrown luirk upon Itself. Tbe smell of sweat, of horse and men, the odor of the powder smoke, tbe blind ing, suffocating, stupefying clouds of dust, the horrible fear greater limn all ot here of being pushed down beneath those thou sands of trampling feet, the terrible pitch I of excitement that sickens and weakens, the mouieutiiry consciousue. vanishing as soon as felt that this was what men culled "war," aud that we were experienc ing the stern reality of whnt we had a oft.' it read. Il waa not inspiring, not thrilling; there ... .....i. i i, i., , i. i!i.i.... i... , ., , ,,., ',,i' : r? . ., ,., :'.i.,... i.,....ii 1...1 bluoxl lust that eighteen hundred years had not quenched, and all Its so called sublim ity aud glory faded out of sight at th. magic of its real presence. I looked at Bab Ax.otiu; he was .land ing at the gunwale of tbe scow somehow we were back ou the scow again with an mi loaded pistol in his baud. He w as watching the buttle on the bank. His nostrils quivered, and be shifted his fuel exactly like an excited thoroughbred. Uu a sudden a trooper of the Kleveuth Cuiras siers came spinning round and round out of tbe brown of battle, gulping up blood, and pitched, w beelug, fnco downward, Into the soft ooze where the river licked at the bauk, raising ruddy bubble, iu tb suuie as he blew his life breath in gasps iuto It, and raking it into gridiron pat terns as his quivering, blue lingers closed Into (1st. Instantly afterward came a mighty rush across the river beneath our very bows. Forty odd cuirassier burst Into it, fol lowed by eighty or a hundred Kuliyle. II cau recan jusi now me norse l oots r.iiueu i on the saucer like cakes of dry mud and nuug luem up in coiiihiit-s irsKineiiM o . hind theui. They were a fin sight, those Kabylcs, with their fierce, red horses, their dazzling while bouruous, their long, tbln, murderous rifle barrels, tliuudering and splashing past, while from the whole mass of them, from tinder tbe shallow of every white balk, from every black bearded lip, was rolling tbeir war cry, "Allah, Allah II Allahl" What long dormant recollections tlrred In Bab Azzoun at this old battle sboull As he faced them now be was no longer tbe cold, cynical boulevardier of the morn- lug. He looked a be must have looked when be played a sixteen-year-old boy- about the feet of tbe horses iu his father's black teuL He saw the long line, of th. douara of bis native home; he saw th camel and tb caravan crawling toward th sunset; b saw tbe women grinding teal, be saw his father, tb bearded sheik; be saw th Arab horsemen riding down to battlo; he saw tbe palm broad spear polut. aud tbe blue yataghaps. He was no longer tb. Parisian, the "product of civilization," tbe "race problem." In au instant of time all tbe long years of culture aud education were as a garment .tripped away. Once more he stood and stepped the Kabyle, aud with these recollections bis long for gotten native sjieecb came rushing to bis tongue, and in one long, shrill, exultant cry be answered bis countrymen In their own language, "Allub-il-Allab, Moham med reasoul Allahl" He passed me at a bound, leaped from the scow upon tbe back of a riderlea. horse, and, mingling with the baud of the Ka byle., sped out of .ight. And that waa the last 1 ev.r saw of Bab Axsoun. Argooaut. What W. Like. Among tbe many things that are hard to understand Is the fancy entertained by to many people that other people will be Interested lo bear at considerable length what they like to eat and what tbey do not liketoett There seems to lie nothing of very great Interest to one's friends In tbe fact that one is passionately fund of cab bage and, onions; and yet, next to the weather, tbe most frequent subjet of con versation is probably the subject of eat able. "If there's anything I dot on," say Mrs. Chnbb, "it's a nice leg of mutton, wilb a butter gravy and capers. And I like" "But," says Mrs. Hcrsgg. breaking In, "Is there anything more horrid than pickled trlper I can t hear it." "My favorite sauce," Mra. Chubb con tinue, "is fried spple sauce; and scalloped apples I can't get enough of." "IjiwsI" exclaims Mrs. Bcragg, "yon don't say sot No kind of fruit agrees with me. And I don t see bow anybody can eat those miserable things they call olivea." bo they go on for an bour. "Well, I must be going," says Mrs. Hcragg, rising at last, "We've hsd a real pleasant time!" Throughout tbe whole interview Mrs, Cbubb has been talking about tb. thing .h. likes, and Mrs. bcragg baa been talking about tb. things she doe not like. Each one ha been following ber own tempera ment: aed while she bss nut been at all in terested is what tb other haa aid .he haa beea greatly interested in what sb. herself has said. This principle of eompromis b general ly tb basis of these little conversations about food. Youth'. Companion. t II . I.MII. St. ....... I NEW AND INTERESTINO GOSSI ABOUT THE MAINE 6TATE5 MAN. Is Kdllnrlsl and Theatrical Asplratlu.s. How He lirirteri Into Pnllllr His Pandne.t (or Music t l-n Visit la a Walking Malrh. rOoprrli-hW INI, br American Preea As la tum. 1ST befor. Mr. Illnine wss oom tnatcd (or the pros Idiocy In ISM th. writer met a geu tlrtiian alio for many years haa Ihs-ii the publisher ami om tier of th Portland Dsllj Advertiser This isauiier which haa always been influential Iu Portland and virlnlty.aud it was with this paper that Mr. Ulniue, not long after he moved to Maine from Penusxlvsnia, Iwcam connected inasiihortlinalrcaimrity. He wss eniplnved by the proprietor to do general I work, and was wctcd to turn his hand to anything, from the writing of an edilo- rial to th. penning of a local pun. After i he hail served In that capacity for a year ! or so Mr. lllain. felt that editorial work ; waa.uttrely to his liking At that tim. be determined to make it his life business. So far as his associates in The Advertiser ! office were concerned, while tbey realized that Mr. Illnine possessed an exceedingly i acuta Intellect, and grasped by Intuition seemingly what others would scotiir ouly ' after patient lalsr, yet It seemed to nou of them that lie had auy Idea whatever, : any premonition, so to swak. of tb die I tlnguished career which he was to make. I II waa Interested In polllica, but appar ently no ruoresothau any other newspa per editor wbodoes his work well. Mr. Illslnes salary, which was our raised after bis first employment on that paper, was, when he left the paper, twelve hundred dollar a year He thought h. should receive more, he said that It was Impossible for lilni to .upport his family ou that sum, but that he could do It very H(lpw bmre,t dollar, a year, .., . ,i. ...... n.. ...i .... and save a little each year. His employer did not want to lose him, and at th sain tune b fell that be could not afford to pay I as much money as Mr. Hlaiu watiteL There was considerabl negotiation be tween them, but it came to nothing, and I Mr Hlaiu determined lo resign and goto i At'.gusta, where hi wife's friends lived. and see If he could not do better for him self. Thus It hapiHMied that Mr. Illalne la-cam tb editor and part owner of a weekly paper in Augusta, aud thus li hail oppor; unity to lake personal Interest In politics, lo secure an election lo th legis lature, where, after a few months' service, b. became, of a sudden almost, conscious of bis remarkable capacities. II was able to attend to hi. newspaa-r business and to his political duties as well, as his pner was published at the slat, capital and It waa only,lssiied onoe a week. Il Is an In teresting mailer for speculation lo think what Mr. Blaine's career might have been had his employer Iu Portland agreed to bis request and kept him on that pasr for guns years as an assistant editor. Of at TllR iniTOHIAL HMK. tnnrM th, t)ml , )lm ,,, ,,, itMeit ooller or UtU.r. b(lt ,u oBV.l(mieut mluht bav. taken an atitirt.lv different course had he renitilned In Port land. Mr. Blaine's career as a statesman I. tb. development ot hi. career aa a politician. Hi. extraordinary Influence in political management waa develniwd verysoou after he entered polllica, aud it Is due partly to a seal aud enthusiasm which were some thing phenomenal, at leiut In the expert enoe of Maine politician. A political cam paign with Mr. Blaln in Main had all the .lenient of a great battle. He waa chairman of tb lal committee of his party for many years, ami the work which be did In that capacity was frequently ph. oomenal. One one occasion, when a des perate battle was being fought In Maine, aud tb. Greenback party seemed likely to secure supremacy, It was the fnrtuue of lb. writer to see Mr. Blaine as the mana ger of a campaign. He was probably the most ubiquitous man who ever took part In any cauvaa He would be seeu on afternoon in Portland, and perhaps tb next morning would be beard from Iu tb uttermost part of th stale. He was In Aroostook county one day and Penobscot county tb usxt; h descended upon the en emy here and there Willi the celerity of tb. hosts of th. Assyrians. He was no headquar ters manager, be carried his headquarters In bis bat aud bis head He would spend half th. night Iu a compnrlmentof a sleep ing car, dictating correspondence, analyz ing reports, studying th. weak place. In Disown Hue. and th. strong places Iu lb. enemy's, and making drafts upon hu re sources which were always met lie was autocratic and yet tactful, he ruled with Iron when uecessary, and with velvet when It waa wise. He waa utterly without self consciousness. Not a trace of that deadly mannerism for. politician which la called "big bead" was apparent in hi. manner. Hi. overwhelming personality, that vary quality which afterward mad. him so con spicuous In national affairs, was wrhaps never afterward so splendidly mails maul fest. ills theory of politics was the theory of tb. general in battle, and that is that uoces must be won at all hazards short of dishonor. He otic said that politics waa not gratitude, but that It was power perhaps lb most perfect epigrammatic description of the sclent of politic ver made. It was such management as this, kept up long after be bad become a national flgur aud even a presidential possibility, that distinguished Mr, Blaine as a political manager. No man has av.r excelled him iu this direction. Jtls not generally known thai Mr. Blaine b passionately fond of music, but lo hi. family this disposition has loug been rso Ognlxed and catered to. Uu. of tb. most pleasant lllnsl ration, of il occurred a few year ago at tb Fifth Avenue hotel, In New York city. Mr. Blaine had just com from Washington, and had beru assigned to the apartment In that hotel which ar always reserved for him In tb. office of th. notel were gathered many men of In fiuenc wbo bad come to call upon him. Their cards wer sent up, but to none of them did Mr. Blaio grant sn sudl.nc. He was tired; he was not in tb. mood for talking politic, or business with auy one. Could th crowd in th corridor below bav Men him they would bav been amazed, and hi. action, would bav. dispelled any euspl (ion. regarding hi. .tat. of health. A young lady, a member of th. fsnillj ilLALM'iO A UhlJ Al(H)l3r,y.l"'"l''iiephiiiih. as In bl cos -3 irmiie parlor and Mr Ulnltie, having t'lvcn orders to admit no one excepting Itiriulieis of his family, lrisi across th. parlor Moor nil I he ex uls-rune, of a buy, pint fill a a kitten, ami trmng lb young Lilly veiiily actually nalttsl or danced wilb an impromptu step with her to tb pi. mo 'Now." said he, 'I nant some miiKir. a ussl .olid hour of il, and first of alt I want tun lo piny me that gixs-e or tin key snug (mm the os-ra of "l b. Ma. cone..'" It Has a inriisly of which Mr. limine mi. wry Innn in )outig woman plnril it over, ami he clapH-tl and shout ed, "Kncorel encore!" slid she bad 10 play it ainii I hen she took up the other niel tslies of I hat os-ra, and so for an hour sli delighted this wonderful man with the. simple Utile soims He snatched up an evening pver, after the impromptu concert was ended, and, tnrulug to the ainiiseiiipiit Hiinouticeinenu, if a sudden Ismndisl into the renter of th AT TDK rtANO floor, shouted "Hurrah," aud said, "They are going to sing 'The Mascolte' at tb theater thia eveuiug, and we'll go, all hands." And two or three hours later Mr. Blaine and his party were Iu a box at the theater, b. being concealed by the curtains, and his delight waa as great as that of a child wilb tbe performance. Yet tbe next morning the ntcra announced that Mr. Blalu. had been holding a secret political Conference somewhere in tbe city that evening. He bad mil seen a politician all that day orevrulng. Mr. Blaine I very fond of th theater, and his tendency Is toward high comedy, although be doe not disdain a genuine rollicking farce. He was a great admirer of John T. Raymond' representation of Colonel Mulbrrrr Sellers, and never fulled to see and hear It w hen it was possible to do so. Joe Jefferson at Hob Acres always bad a charm for him, but he did not care so much for Jefferson's Kip Van Winkle. Mr. Blaln' family, or some nieinls-rs of It, say that there have been time In his life wheu be almost wished that he had made the stage .hit profession. Of course such desire was never seriously entertained by him, but he has always felt that If chance had brought him to the stage be would have made a great reputation as an actor. One time whil shaking of this he said In Joke, "Some of my would l fflrudsos sert that I am acting all th time, and if I could do so well with th world for my stage, why sliouldu't I do well lo th. play bousur" Mr. Illalne Is no great admirer of athletic .Hrts, aud he has lieen amused that sum. of our public men have confessed to a weakness for reading accounts of great priz. fight. II like to driv., but rare. nothing for raring or for a siedy horse. But there was one sport, which for a time was a phenomenal rniae In New York, which attracted his attention. II was In tbe city st the lime of one of the earlier (ix (l.iy walking mutches, when New 1 ork city even Ita most staid professional men Imcama fevered with that frenzy. Mr. Blaine's curiosity was excited, and having soni leisure moments he it nil led across Madison square and entered the building where this curious display was going ou, exH'tiug lo stay but a few mo menu. He stood In a dark, obscure corner of the building and w atched otiug Unwell and O'lxiary, the American champion, and the other haggard walkers and runners aa he supposed for alaittt half an hour. But on looking at his watch h found that h hail, been thrr nearly three hour., and bad Ulisscd an linMirtant appointment at th. huteL He never could explain what tb. fasclnatieu was which held bim rooted to AT Till WAI KIX0 MATCH. th. spot, blithe did not feel very guilty, for be saw distinguished men whom b. ku.w under th. sum. spell as he himself was at that time. It was the only .xhlbl- tlonof athletic sport w hich b. srer wit nessed In New York city. E. J. F.DWARD. Vlrllins of ItaUlraiiak. lilies. Either tb reptile, of Florida ar nyr deadly thiiu those of Arizona, or else nerve and coolness have s good deal to do w ith human self preservation. A residuut of Key West, l'la., while deer bunting the other day, waa bitten by a raUb-suake aud died In four minutes. It is Is-lleved that fright contributed to bis quick taking off. Iu contrast with this Is. the case of Joe Chavez, a plucky Icn-year-oM of Ulla City, A. T. Recently be was bitten by a rattler. He neverwhiniHreiwbilethelesb arouud the wound was cut away, The linger wa. Corded near the baud aud Hie arm near the shoulder, and the child made to drink con siderable brandy. He was put on tbe train and sent to Yuma, when the doctor ap plied such remedies aa the case demanded. Although an hour and forty minute, had elaM'd from the time the lad waa bitten, the case yieldisl promptly and tbe boy is well. The snake waa four feet six lacbee iu length. Honest 1'otlfr.slim. l anoKATinN. (he's tweet, she's ing, h" s gsy, she's pretty, Blis s food, she's true, she e bright, .he's witty; There's no ot her iprl in the wbole luf city bo wholly divine at she. IL llkSITATIO.1. , lis t rt. li, .he's fair, she's thy. she's winsiaf, Her soul la so pure Ibst Unnntlit of sisnlog Would All ber ith rrief, and I'm beg inning To fear she's loo good for at. III. DKTtaMKATIO. ' But Still .round ber I daily hover. Six knows no ruil t-ss 1 4sre sbov. ber. And wbee 1 have sho a her how much I loe. hsr i ll win her-Just wait and Ml iv.- -I What's this In th. psnerf Am I alive, or Hs. I (um aisdt How eaa I survive ber I Bile t f um and Moped w lib a burs car driver! Waal, fool a ms. ceo he! - twtutrt ill. Journal V 1 THEIR BED A COFFIN. LIFE OP A SMALL RELIGIOUS COM MUNITY IN MONTREAL, A Rlgnront Kilslenr. At fertala Tin, f III. Isv Voting lilrls Wear Heavy O. Chains About Their Seek. Thar Ar but flv. ICnthnslasis, However, There are five women and one man fivmg In .Muiilre.il who sleep every night in ruflitis. For some time past The Em pire correspondent haa been told of certain Dr. .Inclines, a widower and graduate of the Victoria School of Med icine, who, without obtaining permis sion fnun the ecclesiastical authorities, had founded a community, and in order to verify the reports of the extraordinary character of the bouse in question a visit was mid to the establishment Tbe re porter was received most cordially by the doctor, mid, while conducting tbe correspondent through the different de partment of his singular little monas tery, ho related the history of the work since ita foundation. Dr. Jacques has the appearance of a rery sincere innn, bnt is evidently touched on the religious question, and, in fiM't, he admits thit Archbishop Fabre la not pleased with the work be is carry ing on. However, he believes God is with bim, and that the ecclesiastical ap probation will sooner or later descend upon his head. 1 "I made a bargain with the bon Dieu," began the zenlotu doctor, "the year the smallpox raged in MontreaL I visited no liwe than 1,200 cases, and in return Uod greatly favored the mission 1 have in hand, viz., the adoration of the 'Holy Face." WEARINQ OZ CHAINS. Among these patients was a family from SL Jerome named Anbin, and the father and mother, with five daughters. the eldest 21 years, and the youngest IS. now live under the doctor's roof, The parents live like ordinary mortals, bat the five children lead a life almost as se vere as the terribly austere regime of Carmelite nun. The house in question Is not of modern construction by any menus, and when the visitor waa shown into the court yard in the rear the elder Atitun was ongaged washing the doc tor's wugiiii, and hi. good wife was sim ilarly occupied with the wiudows. As this worthy couple do not belong to the community proper, and conse quently do not sleep in coffins, they were left at their work, and the next Door was reached. The five little sisters, as tin) doctor culls them, were found robed in red material, with a white head drees fulling down over their shoulders. These girls have no education whatever, yet their medicul protector says they are very learned in things pertuiuiug to the Celestial sphere. They retire at half- pnat 8 and arise at 4, and although tbey do all the work for the bouse, the greater part of the day is spent in adoration and prayer. Hy the side of a nicely decorated altar stands a post aliout aix feet in height, and upon the latter hangs an ox chain ten feet long, the use of which was ex plained as follow by the good doctor: hen Montreal is given over to carni vals, to halls mid iarties, and when tbe devil finds it easy to tempt frail man and womankind, it is at these seasons that the five sisters devote themselves ui(t intently to tHMiitcnce and prayer. This heavy chain is bnng around each sister's neck fur an hour at a time, while they kneel In prayer for their sisters of the world whom destiny ha thrown in temptation's wny THKY SLP.KP IN COFFINS. The doctor now draws aside a curtain. and a large, deep coflln, painted black and covered over with gray cotton meets tho astonished gaze of the reporter. Tbe cloth being removed the pillow is found to be made of soft wood, and not a single article of clothing is visible. The five sisters sleep upstairs, the second Boor be ing divided into a half doien small, cheer less rooms or cells The furniture in each of these sleeping apartments con sists of a black coflln, a table and a tin washbasin, the same absence of clothing being quite as marked a on the floor be low. In reply to a question Dr. Jaoquea stated that the girls would rather die any time thun leave the community, and he rattled off the most wonderful miracles that bod been operated following a brief sojourn iu bis community. A brother from Oka had left his own establishment broken down with disease. and after a sojourn of forty-eight hours had returned to bis monastic home in tbe Otlund weighing sixty pounds more than when be left, and betug quite unrecog nizable by his religious confreres. "In fact," concluded the doctor, "far more miracle are performed here than atSte. Auue de Ueatipre, and everything haa been done but bringing the dead to life agaiu." The only recognition ot this famous community by the archbishop of Mon treal U in the fact that the Kuv. M. Fit- jatratilt, of St. James church, is spiritual director of the live sister in question, of whom throe go to communion every morning and two three times a week. Cur. Toronto Empire. American litttuene In Vienna. A Viennese bank clerk was recently robbed of a Htckage of !i?,(JU0 floruit that bad been intrusted lo bis rare. The clerkt employer dectdtsl to advertise tbe loss in what a Vienna pas-r calls tbe "American system." In other words, be proun-wl to ask uo nuestious II tb thief would retnrn ;KJ,(mI florins, keeping th Iwlnnee for bis trouble, Theoffur was ac cepted and the money returned, but nnfor- uuately tbe clerk waa not notified of th efforts made to recover the money, and about the time the banker received it the clerk blew out bis brsins, not in the American stylo, however. Kan Francisco Chronicle. An Actress' Underwear, "Underwear! That's how ( keep from catch- big cold; I wear th sum quantity at all times, on ami off th stage, and so when I sot In a low bodice draughts do uot trouble me, and when I in In a bigh on. I am uot too warm. 1 never Wear one stitch oti'tb. ita'. that I do off It, ami eveu my handkerchiefs, yea, those pretty one with the lac bonier, belong to my sta". wurdrobe, I am not Mrs, (Irimston when I go on the stag, and I do not want ber clothes; 1 am Mrs. Kendal, th. actress, and 1 prefer to put on hen." Mi s, Hernial in New York Herald. A Hri(hl Voiiiii Man In KnglsBil. in English bishop lately ordained a young gentienian as dincon, and frit it necessary to send for th clergy man who had reenniiiiend d bun. "What may your lordship want with meC "I wish, tir, to speak about that young man." "What young man, your lordship!" "Tti young man, tir, bum I ordained. , I want you to keep him in check. I bad great difficulty, sir, in keeping him aroui examin ing m.." Clothier aud r'uriuuer.