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BOYISH VISIONS. tli tun-st, nuuiilinj vaatera Ma. tuiiu ne'r tolil, ,i,toiiIi childiali fancy all of boa.rn ' unrolled. my rotur rtnloo seat bul clouds and tau'wid wold. ,oui(liln of tha loutli wind, to tht wares mon l'"1 . , tuning of caacado, scattrln( eount- Pi tlirouili my "fsn fucJ olo, "hlnper- ..hoienn'l&". ,w' now ore uatdre's ooUes. and they grata klfcr A-ll"iI of llie Ulltn,ll ' QoJ'tttKKla JjUnjof She thunder heard I etorlea of . 'fhovfliVtit oui I fwl tlm clone btnlde jjiy 0ir did nature forefla. If my reason W .iiHaiMlit- nk iLe fool'"'1 'ln'",1 of IsO"""!! Oh. the k- dcrauf llninwu! . I (,. thlnU the clrttdifu undoi-stand what man w'er cm tout heaven """ 'o'er. Oed tid all the 4 fuulwh dim. a 1 UU '"r illkt l"""'nt ll,llt the child would uni'b the " -Yankee, blade. . TUEPINK 'POCKET jjiM gam Ln R" danced nil the (vrning at u ball at her next neighlior's, the Peyton". She wore a pretty pink jrfia, with a little, Ijtc tri;tiiii(il pocket at the biJe. iTt-r prim i;;:.l partner wan .wing Andrew IVyton, who wan dcer lj in love with her. but lial never toM U love. .... . On this nicjit he hud written u letter, thicli by adroit management lie con trivcJ to place in tlie pink pocket nfore okl It offered her hi hand mwl heart UiJ ended : If you do not answer I shall know tliat you cannot love nie. nml hIiiiII go i iay. So answer came to liiui. Sara had lent the dress, poeket nnil ull. uw:y in I box to the wardrobe, whew she put dresses die wan weary or. Wie Had not . looked into the cket mid knew noth i,,gi.f the letter. Andrew Peyton took silence for re final, and left the country within n month. In a year pretty Sari was dead. XuUxly knew it, but she had broken Lit heart overt!: -irted lover. And mime roinaiH"-' einU'.J. Our story is of mother. , , 1 Twenty years had passed. Moss grew ui the whit stone over tho breast of Sully La Kin;. And at tho old Ii Hue placo her brother lived a widower, ihh one daughter. Locking up at I.u.Ruo from tho road lido you would assuredly have believed that the people who lived there were rich. It was the residence, you; would nat urally have said to yourself, of i'ople u( means. And being unblessed with rial estate, you might have sighed, tilli a little spice of envy for folk who owed such a solid dwelling, such rare old oaks, such a smooth shaven, green, whet lawn, such n garden, and yes, inch a gardener. There he was now uuonjf the roses; but when you have three wishes given you by a fairy, it is wise, us the old tale proves, never to wish yourself anybody else until you euiuino into the private alTairs of that individual. In the story I alluded to the wisher wished himself "that king there," see ing him in a magic mirror, und, be hold I ho was trunsforiiied into a niou irch who had been conquered and was bout to be put to death by decapita tion. Thus the envious admirer of his property, who had wished himself Mr. La Rue beeauso he thought him a rich man, would have been greatly aston Uied to Hud himself sittJujj before an old oak desk, tryinif in vain to arran(,e chaotic iiapers, which when in order only proved that he was dreadfully in debt; or to see his daughter waiting be hind him with trembling anxiety, know ing that he could have no dinner but thesilt pork he so hated, unless by ehuuee he had a little money about to. If ho had it all went well; but. las! if he had not he would turn his blaek eyes on her when she hud poken twice or thrice, and with .his delicate, ivory tinted lingers running ""Nigh his Hue, curly white hair, would ask her in tones of Lear like re Poach where she supposed he could begotten money f Hot It was in the old days of the south, when a southern gentleman might not ork, and that wonderful gardener was uwrotily servant. He was older than J(r- La Rue and prouder of the family. "8 did the eookinir. Ilo did ull the ork except that done surreptitiously "JlIis Sally in the privacy of parlor ' oeurooiii. there is a fascination to people of race in making believe n great deal, ud Scipio Bpokeof his fellow slaves. JW one by one away from their old "we, as though thoy were about the till, ami through his zeal La welooked as well as ever, lie mended lue fences. ttawn and garden in order, trimmed J trees and flourished a long handled uusr among the cobwebs that gath "wfast in the long, low hung hall ""tue ppLitn, 0Ve(1 "erywhere the rich old furniture, uttle upholstery and much curving it, resisted decay. kuiess you liad staid to dinner on a SaSer day you would never have Pced 'kit anything was wrong; and tt the table would have been set old china and good cutlery and ! spoons. Neither did Mr. La great Panama hat, indestructible wstly, or his well laundered linen "WfteU anything. "l"er women knew that Miss Sally "t good gown to her name ; but would have thought the after aimit7, made out of an old extra rfjjf bedroom curtains, very good then allA hlnn&l nna prilllSOQ J her throat and (mother in ber Hair. e last of a i. s...ir (t ith to the tomb, following their con "i-uve motjier thither only a year or part. Miss Sally, at 13, was the Ve'Ufe ' bealth. Tiie family sorrows hers. All was over when she i rn, and Lfo was before her and 7)TO common folk as a queen. evening go and hiivuig no warJroUi to Mak of v.ome.1 .r. m.H ,w mak,hift wa, concocted. S fy had rummaged tho immt f..r bps ami iim.ljnc-l.mk 0" t H l,r..v;., tab!,, !,,,;, i:i,.Uill, !" Lul"'1 '"'"'t llwt had Ufu !..!.,.. u.i,..t ,u, raV(.,.(l f1M(, Mh; hMuw and knit then, over for hei-M-h will, ,.it.,.., t,te. 1Ul,i thll "'"x who .mipp .,1 1 f mi ttdlniivd hergn-aily. It ha. b,rn , trying day. Mr. U Uue had b.-ei, .pnte tragic since dawn and, bineo selling Seiph, would no more hiivo bwuthonghtoftl.au selling Sal ly, had dwided to part with tho Iforse and earring.!. That was u blow. Seipio went under It; Miss Sally turned pulo ami had not tho heart to put roses in her belt. Mr. La Rue had remarked that it would lie Just as well not to end tho 1 alter away, because ho would need that to hang himself with. Hut lit tea tiiuetlu-y had preserved per simmons and bread ami butter with the beverage. Sally found a letter at her plate, and, oHiilng it, read this: Jilts tUu.r-1'ui'l Andn-w u rumlnii borne and we m Riii u Klv a wrty fur him. II lias turn aw.iy twiiir yi.an. uwr kiw hint ln-fore, and I Imva inoilu up n.jr mind It .bail I fiini-jf dn-. .'nine In noino i'lmrm-ti-r. ll nul uiiwk.il lull l'iiw dwaiirTi of iiuuA. but II will l fun. Come early to the airlvaU Won t nu nee yisir dear fnilier t.i lir.-ak through hi rulfur oniw and Join u We nhoul.l Iw m hon ired. He ntedn t eusiiiiiie. unl.-w. he clioow The eld.-r people will l- allowed to do on ih-jr like. Imt ymi Diimt, my dear Your kn lug friend. Fksy "Oh, papul" cried Sally, all her sad nessgone on theiiistant. You'll eonie, won't you f" "You have not stated wha"," n plied Mr. Iji Hue with his broadest aecent and sternest voice. "To a fancy dress bull, papa dear," replied Sally. "1, who sit here waiting for the com plete downfall of our family I. who will leave you soon a beggared orphan -go to a fancy dress ball !" cried Mr. Ui Rue. "Not auothah wo'd."" Oh papa! Then I mustn't either!" almost soblied poor Sallv. You're a woman," replied her fa ther. "The Turks think women soul less. I am not suali but that they ah right, However, lam too poah to give you a ball dress." Oh, I can make up something out of nothing. It's my one talent !" cried Sally. "Hut let mo tell you the occa sion. They say your presence would be an honor, and vim might like to meet" Not auothah wo'd!" cried Mr. La Rue. His oU'dieut daughter held her tongue, mushed her bread mid Jam, and, having culled for Scipio to clear away, went up into tho garret with a candle. I'll go as King Cophetuu's beggar maid in urtisjic rags if I can t do bet ter,'" she laughed. She looked the old bureau through, the old chests, the old wardrobe fruit lessly. Several years of foraging had emptied them. Hut on the top of tho wardrolK', unite out of lier reach, stood a long puxr box. VI at might it not contain of rumpled gauze or lace that might be "done up," or silk that might eleened.' Miss Sally turned on her tiny toes and t .ipped down l he garret stairs. "Scip!"she cried the cull was pop ular in southern homes mid bells were rarer than at the north in those days come here and get that box down for me off the wardrobe in the gnrret." Seip stumped upstairs, set an old table against the piece of furniture and cliiulied down. On his way he stum bled and fell, the box burst open ami spread abroad on the garret lloor lay u pink dress of old fashioned silk, a bow of ribbon to match, a fan and a gnuzy scarf, all little bobs and fringes. Ves, mid a little muslin baa. from which protruded the toes of a pair of slippers, and gloves all roso color anil winto. "Why! has my fairy grandmother heen here f" cried Sallv Joyously. "Wtiat does it mean ?" "I kin explain it, nibs," said Seip. Dat yar dress was worn by yo' aunt, Miss Sam. Doy called her Jliss aaiiy, like .lev call vo". 'fo' evah yo was born. She wiu mighty pretty, Jes' like yo, Mis Sallv. les' like yo'. An she went to a ball in .lis yar dress, so bright an' libelv an' Imppv. She cauio homo pale wan, and she sent uis uress, an folded up in de box. up do garret. Said she never would wear it no mo. She lo.i..,1 it. an' she never did. She died eurlv. Muss Sully. Uut's de story-. heating marring.1 'liu ii I he pretty creature fluttered away, and thu rest of the I all was Mr. Andrew V ton to Sully. Wo uR know what that i ieans. - For hU put." Andrew IVyt.m went boiiie with Mrtuijfi! sensations hi hi beiirt. It teemed to him us if he had omv limn. n'cn bin S.ir.i. He had reud her inline on the i!ny tombstone ill the graveyard, and the barb ol that un answered letter hud rankled in his Irart his whole life thmiirh; but here, fresh and young again, with a look in her -u that seemed to say to hllll, "Try, and m-c if you can win in.'." she st.sid in the iH't-son of Sally Im Uue. her iiif.f, actually hi a gown of tho same pattern. He did not know it was the very same wiih the pink pis-ket ut its side into which he had sliiMd the letter twenty year before, lie dream ed strange dreams that lii;,.it, in which twin girls In rose eolor ran Is fore him. One was his love, one a vision; but which ever he gras-d proved to be a ghost, and melted in his grasp to noth lug. At dawn he slept. He Mill slept at 11 o'clock when Sally in her dimity morning robe made out of disused hed curtains of her grand mother's folded the hall dress hi its Imx again. She ex amined it closely. How Well thev used to sew; no slighting as we slight our dressmaking, and this pis-ket how erleetly every stitch was set. She tsik out the kerchief, and whv! what was this? A letter a little, faint Iv tier fumed thing with her name uisinlt: Miss Sara Im Rue. Of course, she was christened "Sara," although "Sal " was her home name. She oci.od it, her heart wildly. It was an oiler of from Mr. Andrew IVvt.m. What a strange, romantic thing to do a man of llveand fortv a rich man, a man of the world! It was love at first sight, nnd what she hud e.lwavs longed for. And she knew she also bad fallen hi love with him. She was sure now. ll tho morning Sally was in a dream. That afternoon she wrote this answer: Pkah J!n. IYvton On n-arhiiur home. 1 found your lett' r In my k.'t. Siinu you .y ullem-i' iil meai reruwl to you. 1 reply. Hut you know solittlA f me on. you Mim your forliui-H will liiHtf ' Yi ii mny call if you like: niu will tie Kind tosne you HOHlinll I hut In-fore, you do let me 11 you I am a oor Kirl iml"e.. everything la eoini fiom im Kven Ui Hue, 1 fwir. Kven K.'iploHti.yH wllh iih out of lore.and Ihoiik-h mv costly dris lust ni-lit nilhl nuke you t Ii ink I had somo money, even lli;'t wnn mi illusion, ll wardress an aunt of in -ie. who died youn left behind her. rite I could not have lieen at Hi. hall. 1 com-eul within.;, hut you atk ma If 1 lik you. Surely as we. I nn 1 could like u i:euileuuin I had Mceu hut one.-, and i..rh!t I ttmld like you more, hut we must know eueh oilier Ifiier. StiiA la Ki t Seipio t.sik this note to Mr. I'eyton. who awoko from his strange dreams to read it. He understood all. Poor Sara had never found the letter. It had remained in the little pink pocket twenty years for her niece to answer; and ho shed tears forthe first tiiiicsinee he left his babyhood Ixdiiinl him However, he called that evening on the new Sura La Rue; and they uro mar ried now, and his wealth has restored the oid place and its master is happy. And Sallv who loves lier liusban.l so well will never dream that she an swered her aunt's love letter. It is u secret buried in tho depths of that chivalrous bosom on which she revises. Marv Kvle Pallas in New York Ledger. nyiiHinll Fiirmlnir. The Oxford County (Me.) Advertise tells a good story about the enthusiasm which Hon. T. A. Chapman, the dry goods king of Milwaukee, infuses into his business transactions. Mr. Chap man has been personally Binierintend In.r extensive improvements on ins lumiestead farm in Oilead und Ilethel and at the suggestion of a neighbor do cided to clear out the stumps from rm-entlv cleared niece of land by the , .... nu. nf dvnaiuit!!. HPilduri to I ape I'.hZ ubcth for on exp -rienced man to do the work. Mr f'limiiiiuii decided to test the power of tho explosive on a giant oak tree on the hillside, and ordered seven cartridges placed under it and touched oft. The result was that tlio tree was thrown high into the air und blown into a thousan J pieeus. One big limb came down through tho roof of his ele gant farmhouse, but he was so elated with the experiment that ho sent the following telegram to Kendall & Whit ney, Portland: "Dynamite funning big success. Stumps and trees going heavenward. Send throe more boxes." fatl AN AMliCAN CHIEF'3 BADGE. lut.cln i Hi. ; In a Mruu TruUellU Whirl. Iir. I'.'lrr Cuvo Him. Aiming tl:- iiiiiny wr.-!,t of .Jar. colitmeiit riiallv now .Iriiiui about ierm.iiiy l t It. Somali .-hi, f. Hussein Faii-'r. lie git n taste of T-.'iiton!.- ivili-tion while aiding l!u (i.riiiiui Kiniii I'ushu . Ap.'diiion, an 1 could not be kept fr..m hurrying nil t i (lie empire of the llolien.'.oll 'rns us s;un a. he got the if fit) allowed him for his services. Wore siiiiing he invest, il f .' ' l in two libs, two caliiiicn and a superiiitend nt, whom he left In charge i f his liv ery business hi Aden. He created a panic the lli-t dav he ltpiearei in I nter tlen l.liulen. and the ; ruiimiy miii.iwi.-ii tuai eer es.-upe.i poli.v had to lie suminoiied to prevent tannery. Due of the four was tho croud from kfenliin? from liini a ! a railroad traveling man, who had a miss. Poor auntie, I don't remember Her, sitrhed Sully. "But Seip, I tlllliK 1 ll " . rst la. ritvausi .ii.wii Kt:Lins. line ll down for mo right away." Yns'i... Miss Sallv. ' said Seip, iui ' 'sense me for ottering one wurd of advice: I'se of de opinion dat el dat vur dress seems to you to lie suitable fer dis yar ball you needn hah no ruples ob conscience about weanu ou 1 . . L 1 1 A.I, it Mm Sam would nuo ue de family ut heart fer you to dress well and she was jes' your height, jes your huild. Dat yar dress will lit yu ua de skin (its do coon, Miss Sally. tt .li.l Tin sure," thought the girl, as she tried it on More the gloss, "my poor :.i ...tiit would never, never care. 1 if i -.m. she. and it's the blioi.ii in " - . infest tiling. Then sho brushed her hair Into the .tl. 1,-it's wiimstVl.-l'I Ilieperio.H and saw a picture Uke tl portrait of her aunt in the parlor oe.ow u.... she almost screamed. Sii wore it to the ball. How pretty ,helookl! How-quaint! liowsweet! nd whoever lacks a compliment when sfiuthcrn gentlemen are near to wh.yp.r it The f weet Intoxication of flattery that is founde-don fact had thrilled the pH's young blood before her bostess found the lion of the evening and brought him to the spot where Miss Sally rtood among her admirers. A handsome man of 4.".. young enough in all outward seeming to be still charm in tall, broad shouldered, pictur ed; with 00 gray in hh ihair as yet, and with bis own splendid teeth. For the first time in her life Sally heart flU"Unde, this is my friend, M Sally La Rue." id the 7oun hofM' "Sy dear, Jlr. Andrew Peyton. DECAY OF AN OLD FB.IF.ND. lime und Dl.il.iE Car Kno.klnf Out (he llull.my Itrttiiuriuit. "Dinner for four Ves, sir. Hut you will have to wait a few minutes." "All riht," said we. "Hut bo ao exM'ditious us you can, for we uro hun gry." It was tit Illaiikl.iii Junction mid In the railmad station that this conversation- took place. The llrst speaker wore an anxious look, us if Im was afiuid tliat his four unexpected custom ers would get away. The four had come up on a freight train and were waiting for an express. They were hungry enough to tackle the toughest. battered brass toakeltlo that lie clutched tiahtlv with his ri.-ht hand. Every effort was ma 1j to dissuade him from disturbing the pubh:' peace bv swinging this kettle wherever ho went, but in vain. He refused to explain his u licet ion fortius re I her curinus adjiin t of his stn-et costume, and not until Dr. Peters, tho cxnlorer, cume t Jierlin was any satisfactory reason for his be havior obtainable. The rival of Stan ley, however, unraveled the invsterv. When the I'.iiiin Pasha ei'iliiion was in the Massai country, lie said, Hussein conducted himself with extraordinary bravery. Pi ters wished to reward him, but had nothing of vtilue at hand to giveaway. While rumagiiig about in camp for some kind of pn-sent. be came upon an old. leukv. brass kettle that was about to be thrown away lie had it pol ished at once, culled together the na tives, and in their presence gave it to Hussein, with tho assurance that such an article among while men was the customary reward for pre.-J deeds. Since then Hussein has never let the kettle out of his sight. When lighting he wore it tied to his waist; on ship board he carried it in his nrins, and in ficrinauy he. always takes it to bed with him. Chicago Times. In ness Tea. Kd.iralion In H.rilierlittiil. Switzerland the state's hVt bnsl is the education of the youth. ier:i must, first of nil, he univer sity graduates, or else be graduates of high, very high, class normals. They are employed for long terms, almost for life, and uro pensioned when grown old ilk the public service. The schools stand at the head of everything; even the urmv costs less than their schools do. Their system contains six kinds or grades of preparatory schools below the university. There are the primary, the secondary, the rcix-ating, the spe cial, the Real schools, and the gymna sium, the last answering in rank to the American college. The llrst two of these schools are cunipiilsory and free, but the pupil iii.iy choose between at tending the seeoiidai-v school and the repenting school. This latter is intend ed mostly for the benefit of the very poor, who cannot spare tho children from labor after they have finished with the primary school. S. II. M. Dyers in Harper's. Iletl the Orei.l lleinrdy. The medicine for the heart, of all other organs, is rest mental and bodi ly. This does not mean doing nothing at all, but not overdoing; least of all not giving it anything in the way of physical ill Ix-ing to overcome. This must be provided for at all points. Food may be delicate and plentiful, air and sunshine generously admitted, baths uu.l massuge do their utmost, and chilly sleep for want of some extra blankets nr dull days with a poor fire will so disorder the circulation that the other cares l'.i for nothing as far as positive gain is concerned. It takes an all round Intelligence to secure the common health. Most ieo- plo take the one chancn of it that pours out of a medicino bottle. ( liners add to this euro about food and baths, and half cur.! about pure air, while they tuko little rest and next to no sunshine or any cheerful stimulus of pleasure. Of course, the result is unsatisfactory. -Shirley Dare's Letter. l.ot the uiii Thnxiu-h "Quiirlilii." There may not bo much in n iiuiue, but Martin Duck didn't like his. Now it is Duke. The incident that led him to make tho change is thus told: About two years ago Martin was pitching in a game up in Michigan, and iu the ninth inning his club led tho opposing team by one run. Two of tho latter had reached two corners nearest the plate, when a man in the grand stand began IniitatiiiL' the quack of a duck. M.-.rtin didn't show at first that lie was annoyed by it; but as tho "quack, quack, quack J" continued his face be came lobster colored. Ho shoutelto his taunter that ho would fix him after the game, but the fiend gave tho pitch er the horse laugh and went on with bis "ouuek. .muck!" Duke was crazier ilmn the "wild man from Hornco, nnd at hist lie lost his head entirely and threw the ball with all his might at his tormentor. It didn't hit the murk, but two runs came 'in and Martin's side lost the came. After that lie Uiopven me name of Duck entirely. Milwaukee Wisconsin. propped Ilia "Blanket. Said an Atlanta eating house keeper: I sincerely enjoy seeing a oui-io...i-r iniin knuckle' down to a dish of soup. The other dav a big fellow came ramb ling up to one of our tables and ordered an ovster fry. He ate. with such relish and vim that I could hardly keep my eves off him. Presently I noticed that Iltuii.lerst.iod. CoiiL'i-essinan Allen turned up i" the house with a fresh story, says Amosu, CiimmiiiL's. Ilo hud heard it in imw York. It was concerning a friend of Cien. Spinolu. Years ago the goii.'ru.1 met Murk Maguire and John Morrsey, Wishing to compliment Mornsscy the general "aid to Mark "Ah. I see vou have the (.roinw. ll of America with you." Morrissey was highly indignant. He doubled his list, und turning to Mark Maguire said: "What does tlnssphntc mean I've a notion to latum liim." 'Hold on" Mark fchoilted. "Ilo means that you're tho greatest man in America, "f suppose so, when ho is out of it. Morrissey growled. Tho eencral never fort'ot the remark. Whenever ho met Morriss-cy ufterwurd he Miluted liir.it with nil tho honors, but not as tho Cromwell of America. Drowning the Miller. "Drowning tho miller" originate! from tho following fact: If the mill stream below the mill is dammed or stopped the water is ponded buck, mid the mill becomes what the millers call "tailed." There is too much water, the mill will not work, nnd th miller is said to be "drowned out." Hence, when too niu. li of any one article is put into a mixture, it is called "drown ing tho m:llcr."-Detroit Free Press. Kather I!ud Advlca. In the familiur fong, "Pull for the 6hore," thcro is a line, "Cling to self no more," which, as sung by tho col ored children in one of tho schools. sounded strangely, ond on Laving it nondescript friend who might lx al most anything so far as appearances showed. The other two were newspa per men. The few minutes cxjiaiided to half an hour. We saw one of the children of the proprietor slip out of a side .Iiht i on. I iiml.o I. r tbi. luitelii.r'tf hIio.i ii nil our hearts sank within us. Hut when wo were culled to dinner, which the proprietor's wife had prepared with her own bunds dear me! lime was when she bad a doeu servants to call upon wo looked and beheld a Juicy porterhouse steak, with nicely fried po tatoes, a tasty tomato salad and a cup of good collee. A dinner for a king, and so we all pronounced it. The pro prietor was sti'l anxiousand apologetic, and charged us llfty cents apiece, as if he felt he was doing us a mortal injury. "Yes." said the railroad man, "this is .nice a busy and prosperous rail- ay eating house, nut last time nns knocked it out, and the man who once stood guard at the door mid fairly oined moiiev, as they say, is now hav ing a hard time to eke out u livelihood. He was improvident when ho was in luck; bethought his good fortune was going to last forever, and like many another man ho awoke too lute and found himself In tho soup. Where onc.i he would have taken your six shillings with n supercilious look lie is now glad to get half a dollar, and to work for it, too." He is not the only man who has seen his business go to decay, I guess," said the nondescript. I shot M say not, said the railroad man. 1 und I no same tuuigaii over the country. What with the fast t'uiui and long ru'is of trains and tho dining irs which so many roads are operat ing, many oi in.) waysiuo restaurants have gone to pieces. Only a few fa mous ones, like llorn.dlsville on the lie, and Hath on the Lackawanna, keep up their old time prestige and custom. The Aew ork Central hus ruined its restaurants with the deadly lining car. I want to suy one thing, continued the railroad man, in the tone or onu who is speaking well of thu dead. "A great many bud Jokes havo been crack ed at the railway restaurant and tho railroad sandwich. I havo no good word to speak of the latter, but some of the best meals of my life huvo been eaten ut tho former. And 1 have found that if a inun will only take his use and not hurry ho can enjoy a very good meal in tho twenty minutes allot- ed and still havo tune for a stroll on tho platform." New York Herald. DROWNED IN A WHIRLPOOL. Ilia Trnule Prut ll of I'reiildrnt llrowo In the Colorado Murulu Canyon, On the morning of Ji'.ly 0, Mr. Drown nnd the supplies liaiug nnived, wo started Into iho unknown depths of Marble canyon, with three bouts and our rule party of c'ght. That night we camped at the lower (lid of the t oap creek rapid. President Drown Kvuicd lonely and troubled, and asked me to sit by hii bed and talk. Wo sut there late, flunking and talking of our homes mid our journey on tho morrow. When 1 awoke in the morning Mr. Drown w;rK up, and as soon as he saw lue said, "Stanton, I d retimed of iho rapids last night, the llrst time since we started." After breakfast we were again on the river iu very swift water. Mr. Drowns boat with himself and McDonald was ahead, my boat, gelling out from shore with some dillleiilty, was u little dis tance Is'liind. In two minutes wo were at tlio next rapid. Just as we dashed into tho head of it I aw McDonald running up the bank waving both arms. Wo had for a few moments ull we could do to manage our own Ixiat. It was but a moment. We were through the rapid and turning out into tlio eddv. I heard McDon ald shout, "Mr. Drown Is in there." I looked to the right, but t-aw nothing. As our Isiat turned around tho whirl pool on tho left, tho notebook which Mr. Drown always carried shot up on top of the water and we picked it lip as we passed. Mr. Ditiwn's boat was about one-half minute ahead of mine. His boat went safely through the worst part of the rapid, but in turning out into the eddy an upshooting wave, so common in that river lietween tho current and the whirlpools and eddies on the side, up set It without a moment's warning. Drown was thrown into the whirlpool while McDonulH was thrown into the current. McDonald, as ho cumo up, saw Drown on the side of tho current and shouted to him, "C'oinoon," Do answered with a cheerful "All right." McDonald, carried down by tho stream, "was threo times thrown under by the terrillii tossings of the mad wa ters," and with great effort readied tho left bank, whero the current rushed upon the shore at a sudden turn to tho right. As soon as ho recovered himself he saw Drown still in the whirlpool, swimming round and round. Rushing lip the bank ho shouted to us for help. Iu that whirlpool poor Drown buttled for his life, till exhausted iu the light ho sank. R. It. Stanton in Scifbncr's. CASTLES IN THE AIR. Tho London Dl. vulrd. Climbing up the steps to tho ele vated station near the Manhattan beach crossing one evening I heard an old ladv behind mo remark to a coui- pa;e in: Oh, dear! I wish the elevated road is on tho ground." 1 was just tired enough to sympa thize with tho dear old soul, however absurd her wish. Tho remark re minded mo of a controversial tilt I hud with a young Englishman somo tluio ago. lie liuu luiciy arnveu on our shores, and was expatiating on Gui don's superiority to anything wo hud here. He was pushing mo pretty se verely when an idea struck mo: "Look ut our elevated roads," I said. "Vou haven't any elevated roads In London." "Oh, yes wd have," ho answered un abashed, "but wo put tho blooming things under ground so that they don t disfigure tho streets." At that I surrendered uncondition ally. Rrooklyn Citizen. rroiiilallitf. In tho book "To hurope on a Stretcher," tho author says that on board the Italian steamship plying be tween New York and Marseilles a white ox was kept us a supply of fresh meat. but tlio sailors grew too fond of it to give it up. and it went to tho end of the vovuge unharmed. Among tho passengers was a poor lit tle Polish lady, sailing with a sick child, which needed for its health a daily supply of fresh milk. "Oh, madam," said this woman to the author, "I was so happy to see the fuco of that ox. I thought now my boy will have what he needs plenty of fresh milk! I'i ill ami lti.Unc. As Dr. Johnson could not live away from ricet street, so Dul.uc was ever returning to tho beloved mud and dust, tho rain and flickering lights, the crowds on tho boulevards, and tho loneliness of those dismal cutthroat streets which ho has shown as in a stereoscopo at tho beginning of tho 'Ilistoiro des Treizo." "Oh, Paris!" ho exclaims with enthusiasm, "he that has not admired thy somber landscapes, thy broken jets of light, thy deep and silent alleys without issue; lie that has not listened to thy murmurs between midnight nnd two hours after, knows nothing of tho true poetry which is In thee, or of thy largo und curious con trasts." And ho proceeds to sketch tho Rue Soly In colors ut oneo ignoble and over powering. Ignoble I It Is tho proper word for Pulzau's subject mutter, though unjust if applied to tho man. Ho displays too vast an energy, too ex- tensivo a knowiedgo of human nuture, to bo thrust outside tho temple of famo on tlio scoro oi ins in manners, uui the sculptor Is more than tho nnato mist, niirl tho question of realism must bo decided by contrasting tho Venus of Milo with Dulzuo's supremo creation, tho Venus of tho Pure la Chaise, Quarterly Review. A Fraudulent Halt ut XVhlcli Americana Ara Too Oftan I'rona lo lilt. It would seem, ufter till tho publicity given to the sr'liemo In tho papors throughout the country, that few per tons would iuilulgo In the chimera of obtaining a part or a whole of tho es tates said to bo held unclaimed in tho courts of England. Circulars to the clTs t that more than half a billion of donars In unclaimed estates iir.) await ing tho rightful heirs in England. Scot laud, Wales and Ireland continuo to bo scattered broadcast through this Country, and thero Is nu agency in this city employing men to promote Just such schemes. There Is something alluring Iu this little paragraph: "Thousands of heirs have never seen theso advertisements, If your ancestor.! on your father's or mother's si.lo came from any of the alxivo named countries do not fail to send tho ancestral name and ascertain if you are an heir. Your deceased an cestors' rights are yours by Drilish law. Wo huvo information of every cstuto and deceased person whoso heirs have been advertised for in 12.1 years. S?nd Mstal note for twenty flvo cents to In sure Information. If you are an heir we will recover tho estate for you. No recovery, no fee." It must havo been this circular which caused Miss C. II. Clopton, of Columbia, Tenn., to address th'J agency in this city for information concerning a supMised Druko estut j In England, to which she believed sho was an heir. In reply sho was told that Mrs. S. M. Redlleld, of Edwards, Miss., and Mrs. L V. Donelson, of Lexington, Homes county, Miss., hud tiled claims to tho estttte, nnd then the ingeulou dy worded letter suggested to her that sho might bo permitted to enter the lists with the others' consent. Continuing, it said: "Our terms eio tho sumo to each, namely, 1 per cent, of tho amount gained. If wo gain nothing wo get nothing. And if we have to assume the costs, 610 of our feo in advance as a small guurautco of good faith." Tho meat of tho nut Is in the last sentence. Tho circular distinctly states: "No recovery, no fe3." Miss Clopton replied ti this letter In effect that her Undo Elijah know noth ing about Mrs. Redlleld or Mrs. Donel son. In a letter of th: dat j of Oct. 20 sho received this brief communication: "In replying to your favor of Oct. 11 wo beg to say that Mrs. Redlleld litis accepted our terms, nnd suit U now pending in her behalf." For tlio benefit of Miss Clopton and others who fancy that they aro within onu step of wealth tho letter of tho sec retary of tho United States legation iu London, bearing tho date of April 19, 18S?, und nddressixl to a person inquir ing about tho Sunds estate, may bo of some benellt: "1 bog to Inform you that thero is no such 'cstuto' as tho one you mention. Vast numbers of poople In our country aro deceived and de frauded by designing parsons, whorcpr resent that great estates aro awaiting American claimants here, whereas there aro none such." Again, Sept 18, 1887, a deluded per-. son iu Massachusetts, who thought he was an heir to tho Lawrence-Townlcy estate, received a letter of caution, tills til no tho advice coining from Min ister Phelps, iu which he said: "A worso fraud was never attempted. Thero is not a pretense of foundation for it in fact It is simply n device for obtaining money by f.ilso pretenses from the credulous, ow York Times. Coul from I'rat. A St. Petersburg Journal stntes that a Russian civil engineer, M. de ruculofi, has succeeded in producing a fuol from pent greutly resembling anthracite coal, The inventor has obtained a patent for his process, which is said to bo accom plished by tho aid of ccrtuin chemicals, and lately an Imperial commission has iH'on engaged In experimenting with tho fuel, tho result having boen very fuvorublo. Tho peat was found to give a little less heat than ordinary coal, but more than iir or birch wood, which is largely used on railways and steamers and In factories In Russia, In other resiiects. however, tho peat Is siierior to coal, being cheaper, ton turning but a small percentogo of sul nhiir ond being much smaller In bulk. Tlio artificial fuel throws off no dirt and emits no smell, while burning with a clear whito Hume. An editor's Curious Kind. When the editor of Tho Atlions Dan- ner was living it St. James Goose Creek parish, near Charleston, 8. C, he once found n large iron box in an old Held, badly eaten with rust Through curi osity he secured a hummer, and assist ed by two negroes broke a hole Into It, but somo charred human bones and a small key that tinlockod the chest wer" all that rewarded his pains. It was afterward learnod that In the early set tlement of Carolina an old bachelor left In his will $10,000 to any one who would place his bones In an iron box and burn over it 100 cords of pine wood. One key was to be placed In a bottle filled with lead, and dropped into a hole In Cooper river, whore bottom was never found, and the other left In the cfflln. A poor young man compliod with the will, nnd was paid $10,000. The rest of the old man's nionoy he buried, and no one ever found It He behoved that if a person's body was burned In tills world ho would escape Ore in tho next. Tho iron chest Is doubtless still whore it waj loft At Luita Constitution. I,'e seemed to be hunting under the ' said slowly it w. -us discovered that they ' .. . .... .:..:.. I'fUn vonrself nomom. table with one nana, as u ue were i.n-r i-rc ui(j"'6. v- i a fallen spoon. His eating continued I -American Missionary. with the Mine vigor, and I was curious - " to know if he was really searching for It is stafd by a pl.arniaceut.cal con- anvthinz To my inquiry be made ference that the growth of the patent litis astonishing reply, -.NotJinig, oniy , medicine lumnn ..... - - And at that uiomeni ne in recent jc " ' rpnf. radon is mucti more creatuous til v blanket.' fished up bis nupkin from the floor.' Atlanta Constitution. than the hut A to I'rr-Horlji.loua. A correspondent of Tho Chicago Tri bune complains that he took a foreign prescription to a druggist in Chicago who declined to return the pajwr after putting up tlio medicine. Tho writer claims that in England and Scotland the aothecaries return prescriptions, retaining copies. A Chit-ago druggist thinks that a gxd case can bo inudo out for both customs, although "under ordinary circumstances in this city any druggist will givo a customer' a copy of the prescription ho brings In unless the physician's rerpicst is to the contrary." Opposition lo ftrowi.if Idea. The movement on foot for a crema tory is not regarded with favor by a Somerville tnun who sells butter from a dairy farm to private customers, lie says that the less crematory butter there is the better, and he can't under stand why any one smiles. Doston Transcript After some forty years of Immersion in the waters of the pxl of Echo schacht not far from Hennannstadt, several human bodies have been brought to the surface la a state of pr feet preservation. I'liy of Rw Im Srhool Teacher. Tho pay of Swiss teachers, looked at from tin American staiulisilnt, Is Insig- tiillcaiit. It averages less than 100 rsT year nnd randy exceeds JMOO, but then house rent und fuel aro free, the term of scrvieo is almost for lifo and promotions for merit nro constant. Here, as in all matters of publio bene fit iu Switzerland, tho man best fitted and trained for bis plaeo keeps it There Is no turning competent men out kimply "to givo somo other fellow a chance to get in," as with us. liar K-r's. No Danger. Jauistr What aro you doing nowa days? Spacer I am writing tho lives of greut men for a biographical diction ary that is being compiled. Jamse-r Aren't you afraid to under take work of that sort? Spacer. Oh, no I The men I am writing about aro all dead. Puck. Didn't Want Any Eitra Work. "I'm trying to get up a good name. What do you suggest f" "Don't ask mo. I've as much can manago to make a name for my sell" Mutiny's Weekly. pen as I A Block Phrata Watered. Sho lie talks like a book, doesn't be? He Yes; an unpublished oae. Uaroer's Bo Tl.a Prodigal Ron. ' The teacher of a Sunday school class of colored children expounded to them tho parable of the prodigul son. She described In as gruphio a manner as sho could tho young man eating husks while tho swine fed on the corn. In the midst of her description ono atten tive boy held up his hand and said: "Missus, I think that white boy was a font " "Whv do vou think sof '"Case if I had been hiin I would 'a' stolo one o' detu hogs on' had a good dinner." Christian Advocate. , . Not th 8am. Chalkcrlcy Say, what sort of a chap is that young Cutadash, who referred to you when be opened an account with me? Gudepelfch I liave always regarded him as a promising young man. Chalkcrlcy So have II Always promising, but never pays. Clothier and Furnisher. rii note. Jliss Do Culture Mother, I dreamed last night that we were living in a log cabin. Mrs. De Culture Well, my dear, yoa know dreams, Uke weather predictions, go by contraries. fiood News. In one year O.OuO.UOO dozens of eggs were sold In the egg markets, 72,000,000 eggs all told. Dut that is nothing. Hundreds of grocers get their eggs di wt from tho country, so that it would probably bo safo'to say that Now York dud Its vicinity consume 100,000,000 s every year. . ,