i
IN the night.
i I hut lb baduwj portal of Bight,
To trsr In bf uliliMl at,
Itl mu1 wLUlr a ranlahad drllgkt
Aad Minutua li f run lb past.
lgl bit JlaiYverlle plsr lb iri
alt- asm
Thai r luvwi atrak s-aln In her art.
flow lb raina of ber vMin sound, at bar will,
Uk lb chord of a bainaa bawrt
It taoulr a dream, surb aa trai clars say
Tblral gives la tbs laud of lb no!
Ad tue aad. awswt tcm awl tba turn pus
aarar-
Tb miulr and glory are duoal
I call on mr kv In Brief pass-oat word.
If only uiiv iTHioiriit lu ilar;
Bui all I bat I bar U lb twitter of bird
TUsl wak In tba morning gray.
Worrs lb far distant Alp inm a ckradlaad
of uww.
Ar a Uku, and a vslley sn fair.
id a wuli'iurvd stone, with It record of woe,
T toil alia la aleeplli there,
i V. Ouw Or j.f la One a WmL
WAYLVID. '
o
"dip, you'd better atart at one.
Don't be on tbe road after dark rith to
much money about you."
Tlif window vu high from tbe ground,
nd tlio dinrrptitublc looking tramp who
bad entered the garden hoard Mr. Stock
well' remark and ruw to a top on tbe
gravi-lcd walk. . .
Neither Mr. Stockwell nor hie trusted
0 clerk, Chip Ferris, m ..' blin a be half
crouched beneath theoa-n window, from
which place their toucs were plainly
audible.
Mr. Stockwell bal the largest grocery
in Lebanon, and Chip Ferris, though only
17 year old, was hi riylit baiQ man.
lie owned aunt her grocery in Milldale,
a thrivimr little villain t-in!it mile away,
and Chip had just been directed by blin
to go ovt'r ""J colloithe inoutb'i re
ceipt from the man in ctiarge.
Tell Munley I II he in Millflle to are
him .Qt a noon aa I ran iret out of the
house. ' Miid Mr. Stockwell, who bad bwu
orercouio ly hit old rcme-Q, tbe rheu
matism. "I've instructed l.(i in the note
to turn over tho collet Q ma to you, and
if any stock U needed he can let you
know."
The man at tbe window did not wait
to hmf more, but went noiselessly to the
gate, all thought of begging removed
from hi mind.
A colli-"! ' .i. im r:.-".fi-d and vicioui
looking an himself, aluod wuitlng for
him aome distance down the street.
'What kept you so long?" he growled.
"Any luck:''
"I should My ao," was the renpoiiM.
"You didu't any money, did your
"No, bnt we'liioon have plenty if we
manage thing right."
. And be proceeded to confide what he
bad overheard, whereat the other worthy a
eye glistened.
"Well, that in lu.. and no mistake,"
be mid. If hu'a only a boy it will be aa
easy a roijf off a log. There he cornea
do-" O
At that moment Chip Ferris waacloa
lng Mr. StockwvU'a gate.
lli walked down the street in the di
rection of the two men, giving them no
more than a casual glance a he .passed
by, for tramps wore no rarity in LebaoOj
"Those fellow are pretty rough look
teg cuQinurs," ho thought. "It'aa won
der the constable hasn't got them."
It wua 3 o'clock then, and he went to
U stable iu tbo rear of the ahopQnd
harnessed the horse to a light vehicle.
The drive to MilMu'o wua a pleasant
one, and Chip enjo.Od the prospect of it
exceedingly.
About a mile from town, renting un
der a leafy tree by the roadside, were
tbe two tramp he) had aeen some time
before.
"Hollo!" he said to himself. "There
O are those fellow a;aiu. I wonder what
they're up to now."
lie panned by in a cloud of dust, and,
looking buck, saw that an animated con
versation hud auddenly sprung up be
tween the two.
Somehow Chip got it Into hi bead that
tbey were talking about Uim.
"They can't know about the money,
of course," ho anid, uneasily, flucb
tuen lookOvfl enough to do anything."
When he reached Milldalo he dia
appointod to leurn tliut Mr. llauley bail
gono into the country to look at a colt
that be thought of purchasing.
Tbe money waa locked up in tbe safe
and he hud the key with him, ao that
the.ro woa uothing for Chip to do but to
wait for hi return, which he did with a
good deal of impatience.
It woa nearly 0 o'clock and the aun
waa far down in the west when Mr.
iianlcy ciune bark, and Chip At no
time in trarLsa-ting with him the buai
Deaa on which be hod come.
"Better stay with me to anppvr, Chip,"
aid Mr. llauley. "There'll be a moon
at 8 to light you back."
"No, thank you," aaid Chip. "I don't
want to bo out late with thla inouey.
I'll juit take some bread and cheeae with
me."
lie bade Mr. Hanley good-by, and,
giving hi bone the rein, waa aoon
going at smart pace through Milldale,
until the hut of the straggling houses at
iu out kirta waa left far behind.
Tbe aun sank behind the duUut blue
kllU and twilight came on.
"It won't be long now before it' dark."
aaid Chip. "I hope 1 won't meet tb-te
tramp again. They'd top me in a min
ute if they thought I bad ao much money
about me.".
Aa the light failed he grew more nerr
oua, and. with an idea in hi bead, be
reined iu the bore to carry it out, first
looking around to satUfy bimaulf that
no one waa in sight.
In hia pocket waa a copy of the village
paper, which he carefully tore into strip
the tixe of bank note.
fie selected from tbe roll of notes Mr.
flanley had given him four of tbe least
valuable and wrapped them around tbe
atrip, placing them in bis pocketbook.
The money be bid in oc of bis shoes,
"Pcrhap I'm over cautious," be told
hlrawlf. with a srail. "Those men
have hkcly enough taken another road,
but if they should try to rob m this bo
gus roll may fool them."
U waa half war bom when be cam
to a large tract of wooUa, thrtugn wuico
the road passed for aome distance.
The thick foliage of tbe over arching
tree shut, out the light, and tbe road
Waa o bad that Chip waa obliged to M
the horse walk.
There was an absurd story which had
long Ua current of a beadles bone
man who appeared in these very woods,
and Chip could not help recalling it with
a shudder in spite of lu utter improba
bility. Suddenly the horse shied, and the
tattled bor cau;ht ijbt of two dark
. .--. ---
ero lyicj u wait at th. sd of Vt
rUC"i-
Ti.e hon ge a lean forwarJ lnt
hand seized the bridle and swerved the
nluinl to one i.!e. so that tbe vehicle
waa neurly i.vertnrnel in Die deep ruL
"No. y.,ii don't, yonngMtr," a grufl
ViiW .ii,. "Jn-l yon give op that
moii. v y . i got at Milldale or it will go
bard . it !i t .,u."
"How ;. you know I ftot any moneyr
asb-d ( hip, with a fat beating heart,
for he i the gleam of a revolver that
w.i in the man' hand.
"Noii.i i f that." r-plted the rascal an
(Tily. "You Just give it up, that' all.
If you don't you'll never drive this wagon
aguiu."
Chip took hi pocketbook out with
trembling linger, and the matgreedily
anati'hed it from him.
"You'll let uie go now, won't yooT the
boy pleaded.
"Not nui," said the robber cdly.
"Uet out of "at vehicle, anddou't waste
an time about it. Do you bear me!"
With shukitig limbs Chip obeyed and
submitted to a thorough search of his
pockets, after which be waa bound, with
bis arms beliind bim, to a tree.
"There. I fum y that'll .'Q" aaid the
man, with a chuckle. "Turu tbe vehi
cle round, Bill, ami let's be off."
"Are you sure you've got all?" his com
paiilou aked.
"Ye," waa the reply, "If we hadn't
nam) up all the matches trying to get a
light for onr pipe I'd count what waa in
the pockutbixk."
The two ngu Jumped into the vehi
cle and drove off iu the direction of Mill
dale, leaving Chip straining and tugging
at the Mx) that bound hiui.
Hi fear that the rohliers would return
when they discovered the deception that
had been practiced 0m them made bim
almost frantic, but all bis effort to free
hiniwlf were in vain.
Helplexa and exhausted he awaited the
outcome, turning (utlnat every noiae that
he heard in the woods.
lie waias brave as any ordinary boy,
but bead of perxpiration were on his
brow and his hair almost stood up on
end when at length be heard the omln
ou sound of wheel drawing near.
Good gnu-iou!" Q said in terror.
"It's they; and they'll kill me."
Nearer aud nearer came the sound,
and then, as ttie vehicle passed by, there
was a auddeu transition from despair to
how. Q
"StopP cried Wup wildly. "Help,
help!"
"Who is itra startled voice called
bk. "What are you doing there"
Mt'i I Chipman Ferris," said the boy.
"Two men, who tried to rub me, have
tied uie to a tree."
lie beard aome on ight, and the
next moment foot teps came crashing to
ward lii m.
Chip was overjoyed to recognise Mr.
Bolton, a fanner well known to him.O
"Mow did you come to get iiQurtO
fix, Cliipr luriiUed, as with a few cut
of his knife he released him from Ills un
com fort ublo ixmition.
Chip explained to Mr. Bolton how he
had Iwen waylaid, and the farmer said
iudignantly:
"The villains! They must have taken
tbe road to Maiden, for I didn't pas
them."
Just aa they were getting into the far
mer' vehicle they heard the sound of
angry voices from behind.
"Quick, Mr. Bolton!" cried Chip, ex
citedly. "Tbey are armed, and they are
oouiiug ba:k.
The fanner ueeded no urging, but
gave his honte thfAhip.
As they tie w on they still heard the
desterate men venting their rage in
angry threats, and they knew they were
in hot pursuit.
They emerged into the open, and look
lug Itock in the light of the moon that
bad risen. Chip could 0 the men as
they beat their jaded horse in their ef
fort In overtake them.
The raacalv.shonteil ont them to
atop, aud diflarged their revolver to
intimidate them, but Mr. Bolton 'a horse
was the fresher of the two, and they
toon gave up the cham.
Chip 0 glad when be saw at length
the lights of Lebanon shining out from
ahead, aud it was not long before every
one in the village knew of the attempted
robliery.
The constable and several men at
once started out to arrest the tramps
and found the horse aud vehicle aban
doned by tho roadside, the men having
feared cupture and taken to the woods.
Uut the t legrnpb is effective, aud the
very next day the rohliers were arrested
In auo'Q-r county and got the punish
ment thev so richly deserved. New
trk World.
A rrlatlll Mbaltar.
While attached to a military expe
dition againiit the Sioux in Wyoming, iu
1877. 1 saw thooe Indians construct at
the various camjM we made what 1 tuke
to be the moet primitive form of bouse
built by human hands. It was simply
shelter, or tepee as they called it.
made with tbe green boughs cut from
the cottonwool tree. Without any
especial preparation of the ground, they
iuiplunted the cut end of the limb in
two parallel rows about eight feet long
and five fi-et apart. The toj were
adroitly bent over the inclosed spare and
fastened together along the middle line,
thus creating a semicylindrical shelter
open at both end. These tepee were
merely intended for two or three men to
sleep in, all the cooking and other ar
rangement being performed outside.
II. W. hhufeldt. M. D in Popular "Sci
ence Monthly.
tlnti !(.
Kotwithstanding the doubtful state
ment of Leibnitt that he heard a shep
herd' dog utter no fewer than thirty
words, it may be asserted that no
quadruped ha been taught to talk any
Ungnage spoken by man. Certain
learned dogs bare been taught a kind of
speech. But this coniista merely of
differentiated tones of the bark. Pro
fessor Benoden, of the University of
Louvain, bad a dog which could ac
company with his voice a tolerably
Complicated air played on the piano.
Another dog, belonging to a ainereni
man, could sing in unisoo an air of
"La Favorita" when a contralto frii-nd
gave bim the keynote. Atlanta Con
stitution. t'slHg' Wm Slam.
A GlaAgow paper states that an engi
neer resident ll-re baa, after nineteen
year' labor and experimenting, devised .
an arrangement in an engine by which i
be returns all the steam back to tbe
boiler after doing it work in tbe cylin
der. In several cane be ha got hi en-
gin Installed and at work, giving
most extraordinary results, and in one
caa a textile factory n i uoing aa
much work with on ton of oual a wa !
' fgriBaWlT djflr With vB t4aV
ta textile factory It U doing a
THE SLEEPING MIND.
rVHILC THE JUDGMENT SLEEPS ONE'S
FANCY RUNS RIOT.
Oeal,i JaiiasMlH mt laeasall
bla Thlat tiering Oar laaref
Haars klraaga BMllsaa Tfcat Oaaar
WkM lha Had? I luwlns
As fur the power of drrsms to rrsusri
lal siarenily obliterated Impreaslnos,
tsrloua Imutiicr are on recurtl; the prva
stit writer once recovered lu a ilrram and
retained after waking a tune which bs bsd
f or moot hs paat mads numerou valo at
UmU to reeall. Tlx loral of bl dream
waa aronerrt room In which the tun bad
actually hern bran). KoriroUen scenes.
disused bsblls, past deeds, old thoughts
ODiedupllrateof sll thrae, tbe "nKtWs,
to I"-sk. of earb bhotoKranh, exists
somewhere iu the sll rspaelous lorai(
rouni of tbe mind; snd It serins to be the
perlsl fund loo of lli dream faculty to
buffi this pack i f rxperirnera, tbe for-gotu-a
and tb uiiforgottrn slilus. ami to
rearrange tbe dlsconnertrd iQit with
arbitrary ansn-hy of raprlce, and with
mors than kaleiduacoplo vsriely of rscoia-
blnsiloo.
llsne of course lli grotesiiu Itixtaposl-
tioo of IncnmpalihU tiling, which is tbe
most fsmlllar though not the Invsrlslde
feature of dream eonipoalt loo, and by which
siit brsil may br Ottrd upon any shoulders.
loubsppen to know a bishop whom In
real life you have never seen or even Imsg
Ined In anyotbrr sttire than th austrreU
broadcloth and episroial black hoar, and
whoa whole apia-aranre einbodlra your
Ideal of decorou gravity, and Jou dream
of srring him driving a slagecoat-b and
wearing a drab grvalcuat and a white hat;
but tbs bnt and coal thrmarlvea, no less
than th bUbop, are douUI.-M transcripts
from your rxperleuee, snd tbe actual Jrbu
to whom thry pnirrly belong, aud of
whom In waking hours you perbsps retain
no recollection, may n-apirar In some
other dream, habited in full prrlatlo garb.
Isuslly the drrsuier artiuirsres without
a murmur In the ludicrous Incongrul'Je,
whence It would (pprar that aa a rulMur
mind are iu fact lenQ rsrlly inssne while
In th dream slate, aud as the converse of
Ibis thesis Mr. tirrenwoud hstsrds tbe
proportion that madness llsrlf Is but a per
petual dreaming. Un ths other hsiid, suns
dreams do appear Intellectually coherent.
assuming what is perhaps oien to sum
doubt that w are ever rrally capable of
avrurately reviewing them In all their de
tail after awaking, and thla Is why It is
spparently ao iinpouublr to lind any theory
that will rmbrae tl.e whols Celd of dream
phruomeua aud reduce them to Intelligible
unity of cause.
Sir. tirrenwoud In onr pasaage falls back
opon ths Idea of mental duality, and this
ecms to derive some conjectural support
from the famllsr experience of dreaming
and knowing wbat we dream, aa though
cms half of tb mind watched the other
half from a more or lesa external and
separate standing ground. Ilul this tsQie
of ths by phenomena w hli h do not advance
us far towsrd a general theory.
You dream of the nrcurrruceof a cer
tain Incident which strikes you as singu
lar and Inexplicable, hut whlrh la prea-
I - 1 ' I . . I . a I
A-ntiy rxpiauieti in iDinxinvm iiiv aania
.TJresm by a seqiafice of other Incident
following each other like the successive
atau-es of tha tinravelment of a mvsterv
plot in Mory of VllklColllior Kdgar
Vne s, th astoumling and incomprehensi
ble thing almut It bring this that, assum
ing you to he the invrntor of yiur own
dream, ynu must bwirs tbe occuO-nee of
Incident No. I have Vlreody conrrivel and
arranged the whole sequence of InridruU
of which i oil hnft- nevertbelns no con
scious premonition. Itewildering as It
seems, there I no resisting this rourlusion
from Mr. Greenwood's facta, and the pres
ent writer remembers to have had mis ex
periener essentlslly snslogous to Mr. (irecn
wood's, wil which was briefly as follows:
HednStiiied tUit be nut squeal ion to sn
Ifitber s-rsou liiTlis form of a request for
Veruln Informstion, snd received adlffrr-
ntWply fnim what be could bare antlti
patel, the reply taking the form of an In
telllifenl correction of his own error as Im
plied In bis query, the mysteriQ thing
being thst he wss enlightened by "hi own
creature," to borrow a phrasa of Mr. Green
wood's, his "creature" giving him Infor
mation which hs received asan an,QUion
of new knowledge, but of which appar
ently hs must lievrrtheleM have been psv
m ssi il at that antecedent point of time
when b framed his own qnextion, for bis
power of conceiving ths question Itself Im
plied bis unconscious fnrecaal of tb reply,
which yet came upon him as a snrpOe.
It Is snot her rase of duplex mind oos
hslf of the mind conveying to tb other
half Information with which th latter
was previotialy unsuppOd. Hut lb pres
ent writer ha had another private experi
ence, If poaaihle, still mors extraordinary.
lie was staying In a small country bousa;
his bedroom waa Immediately above a
drawing room iu which waa a piano, and
another Inmate of the house was a lady
who was an amateur planiW About I
o'clock one morning be drriMird he wss
In the garden, where he was presently
Joined by this lady, and together tbey at
ones entered the houar, when tbe lady,
proctrding to tbe piano, sat down ami be
gan pluyliiK Welter's well known polscca
K, which commences with a trill or
shak. He thereupon awoke to find that
tbe Irdjr was actually at the piano la-low;
that she waa Just commencing W star s
pohucn, and that tbe trill, which occupies
perhaps a fraction over a second In execu
tion, wss just being played.
Now the amaxing, not to sav ataggering,
feature of the thing is this: That the inci
dent which lu the dream waa autecrdeut
to tha playing of tha polaeca vlx., tbe
walk from the garden to tbe drawing
room must In reality bsve tiern invented
by the dreamer's mind after the actual
Bnt note of the music bail brrn struck, aud
Invented for the purpose of trailing up to
thst muaie! Mr. Greenwood will probably
agree with us thst this Is in a certain
sens sn even more complex case than
those of prolepar. It seems to Imply that
tbe dreaming mind cannot only annihilate
tb llmt condition of thlng,aa w appre
hend it In waking experience, but ran also
invert or dialncsts their time sequence In a
manner which the wide awake Intellect Is
powerless to understand or to conceive.
Truly "surb stuff s dreams are mad of"
U a material which w e have yet to analyse.
London riptx-tator.
. Falsa Alaras.
"I h J not found a well defined case of
Asiatic collarrr." shouted th excited riti
sm rial lug inlo the police station. Tbe
health oluc wss trlrphonrd to, tb patrol
wagoo waa called out. and Ave policemen
and a doctor wer hauled anxi ud to the
addrTap(ivrn by tbs ciliu-n, wbrr an in
offrnsirV Cblnra was found putting a
glaasy gloss and a wire edge 6n th neck
wear of son peracMi or prranua unknown.
Indian po! a Journal.
Cranea, storks and wild geeae By fast
enough to make lha trip from n-wrtbrru
Europr to Africa In a wrrk, but moat of
tbrta rest north of lbs Mediterranean.
A Mr. Goodman, of Looloa. bet thst be
wld smoke eighty-six rigars dowa to aa
Inch la U-a than twelve hours. lie did It
with furty-two minutes to apara.
Tb despotism of custom is on tb wane-,
sr art aot content to know tba things are;
w as whether Ibry ought to be.
Tbr have ba twecty-sevea eaaasof
msanlty la tb bsvarlaa royal family dtir
Usg Ue prsseat cratary.
THE AbsENTMINDEO WOMAN.
Argaasswls ta) Tre Tksl Sbe
Is Mot. aa fela Pears, laaaa.
A laly who hastened to explain that '
he is "not a drinking woman," that she
1 "not addicted to the ue of drugs," In
short that ulie liu im habits that would !
tend to impair tlio llltell.i-t, cites sn ex
perience that has cauae-d her much dis
quietude. Briefly told mi l in her own
language, a lis "went dowu town and
forgot to put on either list or I wti net."
This bit of mental slx-rr;ilioii has so
banuted, wi-rried and generally uptt
bcr that she apeals for relief some-
thing lu tin. nature or citation or similar
caaes that may cotniin e her tliut she is
Dot a glaring rxci pt ion to the world of
seiihible a.-iple and that her M-rforuiaiice
is not to be taken as au Indication that
he is iing her uniid.
It ought to tie the easiest thing in the
world to convince this needlessly alarm
ed lady that In the light of the many
and notable example of mental lup4
her extx-netue I rather a pleasantly
distinguishing characteristic and not a
terrifying malady. If she has followed
the daily pa-rs or has read tlio Hosting
bits of biography sho must have uote l
the many strange stories of great in a
...
and women romarkublu for their absnt-"i
liiitidcdtica. Ju fact, the prvoccilatioU
of the mind ho led tsople into many
alurd experience, and has made them
th. .ubjects of many oft told jeal.
But nolsidy would think for a moment
of accusing such ieode of a murki-d
tJ'iKh ncy toward inutility or of intimat
ing that the bruin was softening. The
explanation would Ih that the mind is
u concentrated on what hapicus to be
occupying it at the moment tliut all
other thing are sul liuatcd. For ex
ample, people wrapped lu thought will
be carried beyond their railway station,
will walk several block out of theil
way, will even pass their own dsir.
A further intenntiiuQiiid consoling
thought is the fuct that the profoundest
thinkers afford the must numerous illus
tration of uWtituiindcdlics. Scien
tists, literary men. college professors,
lawyers in short, ull cUkm-s of (sHiple
who are of a studious profession are
noted for such eccentricities. The wise
professor, with hia head crammed full
of the inspiration of the study, I the
butt of the students mid the practical
folk that enjoy the liewildennent into
which bis pres'ctiiatioii lead bim.
Professor Sojih'K les, of llurrurd univer
sity, was a mini of this kind. Professor
Smll, of Amherst, was another. Pro
fessor Walter Hoiightou, the historian,
U a third. It is related of i'rofcusor
Houghton that In leaving hituroom to
pass down a long corridor andienco to
the street he invariably raised his um
brella tincoiiM-ioiis of tlio smile ul the
aillllard ssfliltors,
Samuel T. (Hover, for many yenr the
bright ornament of the St. Louis bar,
was notoriously uliscntminded. He
woul'is enter a restaurant, order a
luncheon and full into a brown study
ovcT a law rase. After the luncheon
bad been served he would pick tip tbe
check, pay the cashicrQitid walk ont,
leaving the fl untouched, entirely un
mindful of the fact thutTOstomach was
till unsatisfied. Mr. Ih-echer has related
torie in w hich thought preoccniuttion
bus playe,! him pranks, and ha lutighed
a heartily as anj Ixsly over the misfor
tunes. O
In view of the thousand of experi
ence that might be cited in evidence of
the extent of iibM'iittiiludedness, it would
apiwur that the lady who pranced down
town bereft of her bonnet has no reason
to fear that she i al.o to 1st bereft of bcr
roasoww Ok thousand Bloomingdulcs
Ifotild not nepoinmixiato tun lunatic in
Mloratageonllstiase. New iork World.
Us tllda't farrbaae Iba bbese.
It waa nearly 0 o'clock one evening
when a gentleman, apparently DO yenra
of age, euterod one of our loading shoe
s torus. Ho wanted a iir of sboA), he
anid, and the clerk proceeded to supply
bia wants. The cu touier at-Iocted it
pair of (3 sIks-s, ami w hile the clerk,
who was iu a hurry to get b-mie, waa
hastily doing them up the man hunted
bi pockets over and after much exer
tion pullod out thirty con i .11 in pay
ment for tho hIicx-s, Tbe clerk protoatcd
that the coupons were of no use, and the
man inaisted tlist they wi re. The clerk
explained that the firm had published
coupona in an evening ipor with the
announcement that they would deduct
ten ccmU from each dollar purchased.
The lion bad cut the coupon from
;hirty paper and saved thcin to secure a
pair of ahoea, and was deeply tliagotted
ihat be couldn't get tucin. Hpringfkld
Jklau.) Ilumeatead.
Ilaralag laaaa 1st Stars Hledsws.
A cheinicul Journal warns pharma
cists aud all other who have occasion to
dUpluy anything iu the nature of a ten
in their window that, a the season
changes, the sou's rays may full directly
Into windows which they did not reach
during the preceding season, and there
fore it would be well to bear in mind
tbe svdhility of Tire ta-ing kindled
through this agency nnd take precau
tious accordingly. That the ahow globe
in a druggist's window are capable of
acting as "burning glasses' i proved by
one case in which the woodwork of
window waa effectually charred by the
sunlight concentrate! on It through a
globular show bottle.
Rapid Traaall la Itarlla.
Thirty miles of underground electric
railway similar to the City and South
London line has Is-en proposed for Ber
lin at sn estimated ex-nse of f 10,000,
000. The plan describe two central
power stations, supplying current at SOU
rolls to forty-eight trains, each with its
own locomotive, carrying in all 144
carriagiw at one time. It is proposed to
run these trains at three minute Inter
vals, a little over half a mile art, and
at a fare of 2' cent it is estimated
that the truffle will he about five per
aona per car mile.
Raaala aad liar aehasal.
The amount appropriated during IW)
for public school by tb Uussian gov
ernment waa f.'r.'C.oiX). How pitifully
mall this la for a great country like
Russia is vividly brought out by tb
fact that for the year Wi the amount
expended fur the public school In tb
Uteof New York waa 1,214.67.5(1.
Kew York Tribune.
Ae Aerlrst rirra ef Mail.
Tbe moat ancient piece of music which
1 atill in existence is believed to be th
.. . . : . 1 r 1 -. f I - -. . .
j ' Xieasiny ui inv a iK-wia. a uim wj ui
I chant wa aaid to have been sung in the
temple at Jeruaalem, and la still to be
heard In tbe Hebrew iynagogne in Spain
' and Portugal. Philadelphia Ledger
THE TAIL OF THE 1)0(5
HOW A CANINE EXPRESSES PLEAS
URE OJ HUMILIATION.
Th luaMrtanl I'srl That tha Tall f a
ItaxtlMf lg flaa la lha (tiaar All
lg Brass la Mag Ihalr Tall Mlws
riraaast hr Itnga Msg Thrlr Tails.
There are many rrHaoii for the tall
bring the chief organ of expression
among dou-i. They have but little facial
exfrciudoti Ivyoiid the lifting of the lip
, ,,, t.-tti and tbe dilation of the
pupil of lhe-ye when angry. The jaws
and the contiguous part a are too much
Nsrializcd for the serious business of
seizing prey to Im lilted for such pur-kkm-s
as they are in num. With dogs
which hunt by st ent the head is neces
sarily curried low, and is therefore not
plainly Visible except to those chjse by.
But in the case of all hunting dogs, such
aa foxhounda or wolv-s which puck to-';
getber, the tail is curried aloft and is
very free iu movement. It is also fre
quently rendered more conspicuous by
the tip being white, aud this is almost
, , i
" uouu...
v uuxeti coior.
When ranging the long grass of the
fl'ru"'u or Jungle, the raised til- of the I
U'U Wol'!J vt? ll'"t " ,u,1'v1i'lCf
Ilul Inelllla-r of the baud Would see of his
fellow. There is no doubt that hounds
hubituully wutch the tails of thore iu
front of t hem when drawing a covert.
If a faint drag IsQ tevted siQ.cstive of
th presence of a fox, but scarcely snftl-
t-ient to Iw sworn to Vocally, the tail of
the Under is at once set in motion, and
the warmer the scent the quicker dm-s it
wng. Others seeing the signal Instantly
Join the first, and there iaau assemblage
of waving lulls la-fore ever the least
wliuiix-r is heard.
Should the drug prove a doubtful one
the hounds separate again and the wav
ing cease; but if It grows stronger whet
followed up the wagging Is-coniesmo.e
and more emphatic until one after an
other the hounds Q giu to whine aud
give tongue, and stream off in Indian
lilt) along the Hue of scent.
The w hole question of tail wagging is
very interesting one. All dogs wag
their tails when iqimhI, and the m0)
nieut la generally understood by their
human associates aa an intimation that
they are happy. But when we attempt
to discover the reason why pleoaunrMliut drill's South street house, and lut-
I 1 .. - i.. .i.i .i... . . i i S . I.. ..a L-o:- as
should I expressed In this way the ex
plunution apga-ura at first a very dilllcult
one. All pliTsicid attributea of living
beings are, upon fti evolutionary
bysitheeis, traceable to some actual
need, past or present. Tho old and de
lightfully conclusive dictum that thing
aro as tOy are la-cause tbey were made
so at the la-ginning no longer can le
put forward seriously outside the pulpit
or the nnrsery. Co
No doubt in ninny cases aa. for In
stance tbe origin olQimun laughter the
mystery seems unfathomable. But this
only result from our defective knowl
edge of data UMn which to build tho
bridge of deductive argument. The rea
son is thero all tho tiuO could we but
reach it, and almost daily we are uble
to nccor.tit for mysterious and apparent
ly anomalous phenomena which utterly
baQlcd our predecessor. Probably the
manner iu w hich doinrntiifjog express
pleasure is owing to eoiuo interlocking
of the machinery of cognate ideas. In
order to Uliderttatnbihia better it may
be helpful to cousiaf-r aome analogous
instance with regard to habit of our
own specie.
ThetQ can be no question that the
oblef delight of wild dogs, aa with mod
ern bounds and sporting dogs, is in the
chase and its accompanying excitement
and conseq ounce. One of the most
thrilling moment to the human hunter
(ami doubtless to the canine), aud one
big with that tnst poignant of all de
light, anticipation of pleasurable ex
citement combined with muscular activ
ity, is when the presence of game is first
detected. Aa we have seen in watoliing
tbe behavior iu pack of foxhounds,
this U invariably the time when tails
are wagged for the common good. The
wagging i an alimstt invariable acoum
Imminent of this form of pleasure, which
Isouh of the chlefest amogf the agree
able emotions when in tlio wild statu.
Owing to aome Inoculation of the
nervous mechanism, which at present
we cannot unravel, the association of
pleasure and wagging has become so in
separable that the movement of tbe tail
follows the emotion whatever may cull
it forth.
An explanation of a similar kind can
be found for the fact that dogs depress
their tails when threatened or scolded.
When running away the tail would be
the part nearest the pursuer, and there
fore most likely to be seized. It wa
therefore securely tucked away between
the bind )g. The act of running awxy
Is naturally closely associated with tho
emotion of fear, aud then-fore this ges
ture of putting the tail between the leg
bccoincaun invariable concomitant of re
treat or submission in the presence of
superior force. When a puppy taken
out for an airing curve it tail down
ward aud scud iu circle and half cir
cle at fullest M-cd around It master,
it is apparently trying to provoke its
paeudoi j nic playfellow to pursue it in
mis-k roinlsst. 1 1 may las observed that
this running in sharp runes, with fre
quent change of direction, is a common
ruse with animals which are pursued by
larger enemies. The reason of it is that
the centrifugal impulse acta more pow
erfully on the animal of larger bulk,
and so give the smaller an advantage.
Dr. Louis Itobinson in Contemporary
Review.
A Hsd llluadrr.
Magazine Office Boy Oh, there' been
an awful tune up iu the editorial room
today.
Businea Manager EM What' the
Ironble?
Oflic Boy Ttie Janitor made a nda
take and put the "No Admittance" sign
at the subscription office and the Wel
come" doormat in front of the editor'
room. -Good New-.
Tb Chatelaine flouqart.
The chatelaine bouquet la quit) th
rage. It la long stemmed and I ua
pended from th waist by a chatelaine
of handsome ribbon, and usually consist
of mere and foliage or carnation and
lilie of the valley. The chatelaine
bouqnet is. however, appropriate only
with bridal or darning toilet. Louia
riile Courier-Journal.
In England celery is much used aa
last course at dinner, dipped in grated
ehe that la. th chew u passed with
it and th celery dip ped a it is eaten.
THE HOU CF CUN3ET."
tlrtulullueary tt. lie VtMch Karat
I arrtt-U the llefuaa I'll.
There win a new pu lure In the Na
tional raiivim of liideiriid"nrfl hall
ronie, a It en, to la? Hvn by strangi-r
from far oft l.i'i la an I tin-re were face
there ti f.-e it that had only recently
come to I'm s',ore of America. The
: picture of ttelf. lis niiu;ili curllioard,
: little niore tuaii a Mjuarti fcat lu sixo, it
oinU-r print, mal, in ;a I'lirioiia n lbvtion
nti its truo In- .mini.', hi ine,l of no in
trinsic value. It had h Id a place Isv
tllliea Mill, l:g tl.e c1ieti)ied relic of a
roloui.il e-;.ite; had Ih-cii cnat among
itrauu'em, to In- li'tally n-w-itcd from the
rtihluh of un aui'tion houe to find final
r-st iu the ball of all hall.
It is "Tli Hour if Minuet" on the
Fourth of July. 1"0. The nciiiberaof
the o. Cou'.incnt.il congreas, having
ignis I the 1st laratioti, are sec-n in th
act of hov, i t the hull Hancock, ills-
I tlllg'llshtsl by Ilia dark drera, st'tnd on
flu. hii-ia in f runt of tliH hull door, an-
noun, iii.r to a friend Unit the lhcliirn-
tlou has just Ns n aignotl. Franklin is
seen at his right, Jefferson lean against
the right pillar of tisy door. Adum it
conversing with jVirerson. Between
their heads i's-ur the f.ce of Living
ston, ami against the left pillar stand
Roger Sherman. Tli form tbe group
On the steps.
BeiVitiing then on tho left of the pict
ure, and counting every figure with nu
merals its a guide, mar 1st discovered,
first, a citizen of the day with the famil
iar Revolutionary covtume; then Wil
son, asi's'ner; next a citizen, und in the
order given, a TorOiinother signer, a
young womau and presumably her fa
tin r, the Indian who bore t 1 Q IWlar
lion to tho carriage of Washiniton,
-- -'
Thoiuus Paine, talking with i.VnJiiir
Rush and Robert Morris. UdlRif wlmf'
oif
weresigm-r. iVhind the heads of fitf-',
gens are seen, ami to the right la a crow I
of patriot., guukers. Tories, etc.. eg-rlv
iliM-'Qingth n 0 sud merits of the
Oivlanitioii.
For about three yenr the picture,
which bear the imprint of "Oroome &
Brightly," was in the poaaession of John
A. Kccll, a well preserved man of more
than sixty years, who has lived in the
quaint two story and slant house, with
it snow white trimmings, for mora than
a third of a century. He wa formerly
with M. Thomas' Hons, auctioneers,
where ho lost many valuable relics In
works of art by U i fl which dintroyed
!... ft....'. U ... 1 1. , I..... H...t !..
ti-rly hss beeu In 0 employ of Kill &
Shaw.O It wua during a sale by this firm
of an old estate on Arch stn-et, where
"The Hour of Sunset" waa i ffered and
would not bring a song, Ihat he himself
withdrew It at tho best bid made.
Then it Iny in the oflli-e of the Chest
nut street store nntil that house was
chased, and all the rubbish la-ing cleared
out Mr. Kccll remembered tho ancient
print and savl it fiom the ash barrel
lid took it Ti the National museum,
wuere he thought it rightfully bclongisl,
a all bis inquirtc have failed to dis
cover nun like It, and therein the an
tique case on the west O.o of the room
It may lie found in an obscure corner.
Philadelphia Ingyirer.
Carlaus (lansas legends.
It is a U-lief among the German chil
dren that Imre lay the Ijister eggs, and
the country children go to the woods
shortly U'foro l'.aster and gather ms,
grK and twigs and form thetn into
ni-SIs, which thev mark with their
names, and then skillfully hide these bo
hind the bushes in the garden or under
the largo chairs or sofas in the library or
sitting room. On Easter morning they
go aud sue what the hure bos brought.
No one knows exactly why th hare
baa lieeu associated with Easter, though
there are many pretty legemla giving
reasons, which are a fully believed by
the little German people as the storie
of the good Kri Kringlo. Tlio only difference-
1 that one come ' at the Christ
mas tide, the other nt tho Easter ftsttivaL
Both are surrounded with mystery, but
both are alike welcome, and are laughed
about and talked about many times be
fore the happy days come again. Emma
J. Uray In Uood Uousekonping.
Malea' Trae Taale.
One of the advantage of light gym
nastic Is that tho sick and convalescent
can make what apinr to be trilling ef
forts, and by them in tlmo be restored
to active health. If too feeble to be
practically able to make but little exer
tion, try what are known as deep breath
ing movements. Lie flat non the back,
take as long and aa deep breutlie aa pos
sible, and while the mouth is cloned
slowly throw the anus up in front and
then at tho side. Rest for ton minute.
Try again the same Inhalation and ex
halation of air, the lutter living pure and
frith. After a whilo attempt th same
sitting up. Theso exercise can safely
be taken by tbe sick one every day sev
eral times, and the whole muscular sys
tem will be improved, Just as If some
revivifying totiio had been given, a fur
better one than any chargod with al
cohol or somo like stimulant. Ladies'
Home Journal.
The War the Paraasr Tavh It.
We are indebted to the clergy for
some odd blunder. A country clergy
wan on a certain occasion choae for bia
text a passage from the Scripture which
had been variouidy interpreted, aud on
concluding his sermon be said, "These
are theconcluidoiii I have reached after
th most diligent study, but I must in
form you that the commentator dis
agree; with me." He was somewhat as
touished the next day to receive a big
bag of potato with the following note:
"Reverend and dear sir: You told mt
this moniln' as bow common taturf
didn't agree with you. 1 hojw aa how
choice kidneys does." Providence Jour
nal
Tha Laat llstarrata Itsa-are.
Mother Painting, music, singing; yon
have learned everything, and haven't got
husband yeL We must next try paper
flower making and wood carving, and if
that is no use. yoa will hsve to learn
otuking. iVr Cik.
A Tea Warts Craving.
Wbat I of particular Interest la tb
scarlet flowered bora chestnut, end wbal
has attracted much notir. la tb pretty
! slisp of almost every specimen. It Is wall
worthy of extruded culture, for II Is at
ones showy, ntst of habit, occupies lllll
space, sod la perfectly hardy aad easily
managed. London tiardro.
The Ragalar frograatiwa.
Llttl Mabrl If you doo'l stop. IU Ull
mamma, and she'll tell papa, and then
pspa will whip yoa.
Littl Johl.nj-XLto I'll cry. and thro
grandma will give ni som candy, and 1
waa'l glv yen any. iroud Nw
A WOMAN'S BUSINESS DRESS.
Kdllar Mary t. artsaaar Idea f a Ceea
tame That Amf Waatea Camla Wear.
Th resolution In regard to sugges
tion for a baalnna costume for women,
adopted by th recent national council of
women nt Washington, has created a
leal of ili'nuton among women in all
part t t tho country.-
Mi as Mnry F. Seymour, editor of Tha
Biisiin Woman's Journal, In an inter
View with a reporter of the New York
Bun, expressed herself un th subject a
follows:
"Lajing aside the question whether
such a coat utne would be ad visable or not,
there is tin doubt that women who ara
engaged in business arc greatly hampered
by the style of drca now in vogue. It
tuke twice a much exertion in a woman
to walk a in a man, and you know when
women are compelled to work for their
living they cannot afford to expend their
strength recklessly. The greatest diffi
culty which business women bav today
la to select the right kind of dress. Now
my suggestion would be, in tbe first place,
to wear a short skirt, on that would
reach to tb top of th shoes. On of
the greatest drawback of tha long skirt
which business women wear at present,
Celt to it weight and clumsiness, is lu
tendency to drag In and catch hold of tba
mud in ttie street and th dust on tb
floor. Th short skirt would do away
with this,
"A woman with both arms full of papers
or package could step boldly across a
street, no matter how wet or dirty it
might be, without being compelled to
stop, transfer her bnrden to on arm, or
hold son A f it U-twoer. her teeth in
C r-V to lift her skirt. TIM kirt hould
inot l,t( heavy material; cashmere or
t to prv'terabie to beavy woolen good.
e' weigiii in ueavy garments, aiatno-
11 U is in theskirt of woman's dres
U' if exhntisU the vitality. Instead of
Uvi the many underskirts wosj-nare
wont to have, 1 would suggest heavy
Turkkh trousers. Thee would be a great
deal o .rliter tliao the number of skirts
which would be necessary to give th
sauie warmth, aud, beside, would leave
th l'rjb free to move. ThO.klvt would
then do nothing but conceal the
trousers.
The objection will probably be raised
that such a short skirt will expos th
foot in an undesirable way. It is true
that women have big feet, and nothing
makes them look bigger than a skirt
which expose th entire shoe aud noth
ing more. To remedy this I would sug
gest that fancy (egging b worn, which
xtend from Just above tbo toes to thro
or four Inches above tbe shoe top. Vhot
would conceal the line rftween tb sho
and the stocking, and, beside having a
pretty effect, wgld mnVo th foot look
smaller than It really is?
So much for the lower part. The waist
should be a simple and aa comfortable
a the reasmaker's skill can make it I
once designed isles for myself which
embodied all my idea of comfort and
convenience. Tha waist consisted of a
jacket and a vest In one piece. Th
jacket wa in reality nothing but two
lung lapel which covered a part of th
body of the waist. In the rest were four
pockets arranged just a they ar In a
man' waistcoat, two in tha upper aud
two in the lower part. On the outaid
of the two lapel were twedpockcte simi
lar to those on a tuun'ag L In th back
drapery wer Inserted two oblong pock
ets, the opeuin ay of which were drawn
together by rustic cord. Under one of
the panula, on the right and th left (idea,
I bad long pockets."
Tb reporter next asked Mrs. Lilll
Deveruux BUk what aba thought of th
idaa of a business woman' costume.
"I think," she anid, "that on of tb
greatest strains that business women
could put thomselve under would be to
dress out of th fashion of tb day. I
shrink from any suggestion of a dres for
women that would uiak th wearer con
spicuous and an object of ridicule. Busi
ness women, more tlian all others, ar
dependent npon the favor of tho public,
aud for them to wear a garment that
would raak tlieiff ridiculous would b
almost snicidaL
"I bcliev that comfortable drees.-can
be made within tb line of fashion.
They ahould be perfoctly loose and easy,
and not too long three or four Incbe
above the ground would be plenty. Th
mt disagreeable and uncomfortable
part of a woman's drees Is tb band
around th waist. Thla can be obviated
In a degree by wearing the waist and tha
skirt of one piece. That is, the lining of
the ditw is all on piece, and tb drapery
is put on that according to th fashion of
the day or the taste of tb wearer. "
Mrs. Itsasa Coakllag.
The reappearance of Mrs. Roscoe Conk
ling on the stnts of New York brings
back to the thousands of friends of bcr
lamented husband, who wer familiar
with hT face only at rare rntervala,
recolli-ctioiis of bor earlier beauty. Mrs,
Conkling must be more than jjxty now.
She is unusually tall looking, being to
rect, and In her mourning garment
seems actually toller than her real height,
which can't be loss than 0 feet fl. ller
eye ar blue and her feature finely
chisolled. Seen side by side with Mr.
Grant, th contrast between ber stately
proportions and the shorter, stouter fig
ure of ber comnion, who complexion
la much darker, is noticeable. Mrs.
Conkling's married daughter, Mrs. Oak
man, wa the companion- of these two
tadic on their visit to the Cot.kllng
piiinting In tb Hoffman House, New
York World.
The Lata Rat Starry.
Mrs. L J. Flsk waa th victim of
bold and daring attempt at robbery th
other night at her rooms on Stat street,
Columbus, U. The thief waa a big rat,
and the plunder which he nearly suc
ceeded iu carrying away waa th lady's
gold watch and chain. Upou retiring
ah placed th watch on a dresser in th
sitting room. About midnight Mr. Fisk
waa awakened by a noia in tb room.
Turning on tb light h found th rat
dragging th watch toward a hole near
th water pipes, which h had nearly
reached. TU rat had taken th watch
from th dresser, drawing it nearly
twenty feet Iu a minuu mors he would
have disappeared with Us plauder.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Trae Ism.
A country paper baa this personal Itrra:
"Those who know old Mr. Wilson, of lid
place, paraonsJly, will regrvt to hear Ibst
be was assaulted In a brutal manner last
w. bnt waa Dot killed." London T,t
Blta. la rreat musicians, as I grvat porta, tb
gift of gaoiua usually xtianijesta itsslf at
an early ago. Muiart sad su are only
brilliant -aaplstif what otsy bs ciwl a
gsaarai law.
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