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0 For Mississippi River Gamblers In the Old Days. o tiiit n.E!:m the mmns. Half TOaaaaad firfmliml far thmrp -trl Their Arts mm the slaswaaalt Haa. In llrtwaea ak Lawla uul Maw UrUsaa. om fcalartalsln Rasslalar 'IV 1 It''!' A 1IF.IIK are .Unit 10 of the real ul lima Mississippi river gamble who linger about Mem phi on Ylekaburg, ami common di-llght or thclra It to re lata tha glories il gambling on "tha river" Id the gum! old dart brfora railroad hemmed In the Mltalaslpp up and down roc bank from sou re to mouth. Tmn KUIson, now tut taring abou Vlekiburg on warm day and f. owing tha effects i f severe rheumatism :nl Ti years of ag- I i every movement, la probably the moat widely known of any of il.ii old livrr gamblers now living. ' There Itn't any more gambling now. mid Twit the other day to a New York fun eurn-apondelit, "and no gamblers either. Look at what they call gamblers ik.w kills, nothing but kids, who haven' t- t either aenan nr manners. There aln u.any of u old fellows left, and It Is hard . r.itchlng must ot the time to make reg ular connections with meals. The rive i.h.'I to te I lie place for gambling, but ti.at't Ihvii dead for over 'Jo years, and I it ii t gut- It'll rrer route to life again. Hut thue were the day, my buy, great itm for the town, with 84 steamboats all nt the wharf at once, lite levee covered mih ilrnrs, and every sport with stuff In h! in kcls and lots of good clothes. - 1 giics there were 5o0 men who worked the boati betweeu hero and New Orleans, in, I t hrru's no telling how tniirh money tln-v illil pull off the travelers. It was doad r.t-y money, too, all the time. Kvery one mIi.i traveled hod lots of stuff, and every cue was willing to la-t, and bet high. So h.-n a Mlow cl lit v In ha won right out of the hole at once. Those southern planters iiwd to lose money just like fun, and wa tinned right and left. Occasionally they t-nught on, and there was a shooting match, hut the boys didn't tuke much chanoa on being plugged. "Tli fellows had to be pretty slick, I ran tell you. When a boat started out of New Orleans, say, couple of gamblers would be on latnrd. They wero often well educated fellows and always fine dreaaers. All they did was Jut get acquainted with nun with money, and sit np how much they hiul. This was easily done, becau rani playing was the only thing to pass hut the time. 1 him) rappers wouldn't win any money. They were just to do the gentleman, but when they got off the hunt their pals mine on at aome point up the river with a full knowledge of bow much money there won on the lioat, what men had It, and how thine men were best np pnutched. "It wasn't hard to get acquainted, and It wasn't hnrd to get up a gumo ot euchre after a drink. Once the game was on the thing was smooth. The dealer fixed the deck and dealt nut a good poker hand to the mark, but a la-tier one to his own part ner, who promptly divlarvd: " 'I've got a hand I'd like to bet on.' " 'St have I.' replied Mr. Mark, and then they got Into betting, and the stranger got skinned right and left. The cards were stocked and marked on the hark, so that ho didn't have any chance at all to win. All the ploying was done with tdd it hacks. I've seen fellows pick every c .i.l In a pock and call It without miss 1 : kC o. I've seen them thufflo them hi,.- fur one all through from tup to bot tom, n that they wero In the same post thin after a doien shuffles that they were In at flnt. They'd just flutter them up l.ko a (lock of quail and get tbo aces. kingn, queens, jacks and tens all together n cany an pie. "A sucker had no more chance again. t ih"e fellows than a snowball has In red hot oven. Every deck was marked. ' When the fellow was roped Into tha game, the gnmblers went to the bartender and bought a deck forfl. Tbey owned nil the dirks. The bartender usually stood !u. and that's where moat of those old river men got their money. A bartender on the river couldn't knock down any thing, so bis only chance was to stand In ' WUT, TOC LCI PR, THAT'S sO-ASt-0 FKOa) sr. uiftt." "h tha gang. They divvied pretty fair In times. I have known captains to 'md In and take their share of the plun- r like little men. ; The baru-ndrroftcn came In very handy. When the party sat down to play, he would flrt show up with the drinks ordered by gnmhler. He'd get there just after the 'Jikencut the deck and pass around the drinks on the tray. It wasn't any trouble Jutt carry a marked deck under the irnyond drop It down while picking up he cut deck. The deal went on, and the ;ckers got skinned. I have seen this :..fl made often, and a fellow would bard believe It can he dole so quickly. "A outlier scheme was to get the sucker ' bet on picking out tha cards, say the '.'" it. He'd bet the sharper couldn't pU k "-t the jack of spade, and tha tbarpcr wuid mlsa It a couple of times and com plain that his bead was wrong. He man tfid to go away Jutt then and leave the ik la-hind hlrn. when bis pal would sug i -t the plan of stealing the Jack and then t-ating his own game. The victim fell n. of rtiurae, and thi y affile the jack, and hid It In his pa-kct Then the Bret 'in came ba k. and the talk Is renewed, ' J the ia-tt g-t high. The sucker Is sura can't La, for he has his Jack In his p- -k.-t, and ha Is willing to bet on a dead ir thing. ' s-o they go, and tha man with the cart! it pi, fc, out tha cards. " There's the jack of diamonds,' and "? It turru; Jack of hearts.' and there ba 'ura enough. 'Jack of clubs' cornea all and twit ha ears, 'And here's your ". sir. Jack of spades.' and ba pulls It t fan djwn, and pushes It toward tha bark, who us tU Uai ea Us pard la hU porke. He doubl.-s Ws Vt that It Un the card, and the tat Is taken. The third party turns up the isuil, and to his sur prise It u the jock of pades. shifted Inou f another deck. I saw a man haw fl, lu) sntnat game to an old gambler named Hill use. and he never said a word, bu go hit grip and left the Uatt at the net landing Hilly IVnplcs used o Work on the lower river, and he was a dandy He n' in a jituge rnmi tnts city one day to a lit tie game, and the Judge, who wasn't very nitan. cauglit on to bis gome. He went to the liartctid.r ami got a lot of wildcat money, wrnpict It around with a eoiipl of twentlim, and nut some fleet In the mhl die. They started on euchre, and the Judge go tne usual good .kcr hand, and Mr. I'enples plny.d In. The judge knew W plea game was to let him win to maki hit Ilnal nklnnlng all the sun r. He lt couple of times Ju.t to fliwh hit Mil am! kin off Uvea to Hilly. They played till tupper. ami tne Judge quit I . winner. Alter supper Hilly waiit.il to otvn u tin game, but the Judge wouldn't have It and Hilly klcU.tl. He went aahore and told a friend al.mt the fellow who had done him. and jiut as he was telling It th Judge ramu to the rail, and Illlly pointed mm out to nit rriemi. Why. you surker.' said the friend 'that s so and an from St. Uiula. II knows every gambler on the river.' 'Hilly offered the Judge a I .KM) suit oi cloths not to tell the story, but the Judge ouiilii t hear or It. aud all New Orlcai heard the tury when the Judge got off i no nuul. "Another old ganihlcr was (ilacotk Harr Davis was a great old boy. Jim .Mc Lane's mother allowed him IIii.ixkj year not to come near her, but he was broke nearly all the time, for all that, nm! lie had to gamble to make hit way. Man Johnson was a dnl-y, a hard player, w ho never wore a alr of hunts worth ! than $J0. (.ill) C'ohern and Tom Mai lav were the dnaers of the river. All their win nlngs used to go In clothes. They'd o n to Paris for their underclothing and all that sort of thing. They were gtvat rival lu those days, when divas went for soma fS f ' ' "I SAW A lUf.t 0 BOT ITAVD I P AT HO. thing. Dock Hill was McIjuic's partner. Then there was Dig Alciandt-r, who worked out of Natchei; Jim Mi Donald, a dead shot with the plutol; Ashlock, who could do more funny work with a deck of cants than I ever saw before or since. I couldn't name them all. 'They were good fellows, free with their money as water, after scheming to butt heir heads to get It. A hundred didn't bother them any more than a chew of to bacco would you. W hat drunks they used to get on after they came In off a trip! And clothial They were all dressers. They wore soft black hats, black clothe, high heeled taints, low necked ahlrts, with hlg loose collars and ties and frilled bosoms. They had a solitaire lin-aMpIn and a big solitaire ring, and one of those big, long gold chains going round the neck three nr four times and hanging down over their breast. They didn't drink anything hut wine, and they would ride across the trect In hocks rather than get mud on their shoes. They were line fellows, edu cated men, who could talk to any one about anything, and as polite as anything you ever saw. There used to he soma big games on every boat. I'oker was montly the game. They played bluff and brag great deal, and the betting was high. I saw a man from Hnpklnsvllle, Ky , nte his whole tobacco crop In one night and get up and nevermind It particularly Many a time I ve seen a game player Jut tkln off his watch and ring and at mis and play them in. Men often hwt their goods playing In their way bills. I've urn them betting a bale of cotton at a crock, and It wasn't at all uncommon to bear an old planter betting off his niggers un a gixal hand. Lvrry man who ever ran on tlx river knows that these old planters ux-d to play In their body servants, valuing them all tha way from 1300 to f 1,500. I saw a little colored boy stand up at :U0 to hack his master's faith In a little flush tvat wasn't any good on earth. 'The niggers dldn t seem to tare par tlrularly about It, and It was so common that nobody noticed It particularly. Oam bllng was commoner then. Why, It was nothing but gamble from tha time the boat left St. Louis till It reached New Orleans. I've seen a faro game, three poker games and monte run nlng In tha cabin, and the dirk hands played at chuck a luck. The gumhlers ould come In dUgulsirl In liayurd clothes to akin the passengers. Maybe there'd be four or Ave on a boat, all up pusably strangers to each other and play ing Into each other's bands. .Sunetlines there'd be a kick, and the captain would get hot. W hen a paanctiger would squeal, lite captain would ak him to pick out the man who rohlmt him, and the gambler, If nabbed, would have to give up the stuff and get off the boat anywhere the captain chute to run her In. The boys used to have falsa whUkers and wigs for these occa sions, so that when tha kick was made hey couldn t be picket! out under their dinguises. Many a time I have known them to jump off the boat to get away he fore tha kick wot niade and the victim could look at the paaaengcrs to And out bis man. l ev swum ashore mrecu many tliue. Kurraa I'm Tor llumaa Hair. Iluman hair is in great demand in some of the countries of Kurj, and the supply Is said to b inadequate. Our tisul in Korea points out that there is plenty ami to (are in me in riuii mug- loin. "Tha Koreans, ha adds, "have remarkably fine heads of hair, an 1 they pit their 'combings to use that 1 bve ever seen elsewhere. A Very lame number of the saddlecloths placed uieli-r the packs of their poll let are maile of hair woven into coarse mats or bags, and the halters and bead ropes of their am Dials are largely computed of the tame material. 1 believe that human hair i largely exported from China to Eurnj. and Korea conld funmh a large and heap iapl'ly did the people know there there was a demand lor It. tlere a chance fur some Jiioik r of commerce. Westminster Oiaiette. The WMdrrfnl awga. Tha Congo the m't wondi-rful wa terway in the world, u is min as in parts so that vessels may paw one another and yet lie out of siht It baa twice tha extent of the navigable waters of tha Mississippi and its tnbo taria and threa tiruca its population. Philadelphia Press. HIS APOLOGY" FOR CROSS WORDS. II Was a W"4ral kkou, bat Iks Nsvada tl' fnMlaU4 las Utdjr. "Un my oterlsnd tnptohau Francis co I was treated to the exhibition of tvagh ranchman put very much on his fi"l N bailor, said a New iork lady. . i . . ... n citaugni out at one or the stations in Nevada fur dinner. I have forgotten the name of the plsce, if ever I noted it, but if it wunu't Poverty Flat it was una-tiaiiii-1. Not feeling hungry, 1 leaned hack in my chair, idlv looking at thedi tint sand bills through theopeu window ''eite, nnmiliilflll of tha rattle of knives and plates around me. A rough roti-e at my very ear startled ma from my dream. " 'Here, why the hell don't you pass me me but '.err "It came from the nearer otia nf two Ulwart, suiiluirtii-d men, who seemed to la- ranchers i-r mitiers. They sat U-ide tiie In duaty high top l,t and rough jajmkels, with their broad briiuiueU hats on, and w ere eating as if they had long arrears to make tip in the way of tenure meals. "Imagine my aMotiLlnnetit at such summons, wiiicti I made no doubt was addressed to me. Hut I was too much ititiuiiduled to be indignant ami hastily handed him Hot only the butter, but ev erything else within my reach. At this he looked round at tne for the tirt time, and his look of amazement hwcd that be was worm) taken liuk than I had been. He did not thank me, but took bis bat off and put it under bis chair. and nudging bis i-otiimuion said in au awentncki n stage w biapcr: " 'I say, Jim, take your hat off. She's lady.' "Then, evidently winding to make fur ther amends for bis discourtesy, be again turned to tne: " 'Say, inarm, hev ye ever seen a live wildcat? Xante ef yer ain't I've got one outsido here I cutched myself, an I'll tuke ye out after we get through calm an show it tcr ye.' "I thanked Lnu and said I would be very glad to sea it, as I had never seen one. After dinner, having still 10 min ute to 'pare, we went to h the wild cat.. It was in a rough wooden hoi with wooileu bars, crouching as far back as it could get, with its ryes gleaming like coals of fire. When one of the men of fered it a piece of meat on the cud of a tick, it made a spring that seemed as if It would break through the bars, but the stick bad a sharp i-oiut that made it beat a hasty retreat, though not before it bail secured the meat, over which it snarled viciously. It ow ner told me be had brought it to the station to send it to a friend who kept 'clubhouse,' what ever that is, in Carson City. I asked bitu to tell us bow be caught it, but be fore be could anawer the conductor called out, 'All a board T As the tram got under wuy I looked back and saw uiy two friends flying acros the country ou their mustangs." New York Suu. Mags Driver t l arljr Itaja. Speaking of stage drivers reminds one of the glory of stages, which reached it crowning point when rival lines run be tween Sui rami tito and irginia, Nct. Six magnificent horses to each roach, tho roaches the finest poaaible, tha horse caparisoned with every ornament w hich could be added to enhance their beauty. The driver, in a uearkiti coat and cup, beaJolilll gauntlets, was little sover eign in hi way. No matter what the grade was, no matter how fierce tha blizzard or bow deep the snow, be cur ried things through on schedule time lie cared nothing for Miowalidc or big! water, and bis ruling idea was that h must make the station ahead of the op- poaition line. In thi work there were a dozen men, each with personality of bis own and 11 with perfect art in their bauds and their brain which inada them sover eign, and the locomotive that iireccded them did not very much increase tha time which some of them made. Ea bad bis friends, hisrhainpioiiH; each was greatest in his sphere among a certain crowd, but they were altogether great The like of them was never before and never will be again. Salt Lake Tribune. CBATllTOllISfllE Dr. Oswald on the Philosophy of Pure Cussedness. THE liLJIO OF IHMUKT1VKM SS. IngralUede la tha l'rrralla ul kli;, but t'taa rirbruaa lluga SMt Intra t'rar. Ilea llatiu lulanea mi tVanlua and W li kr.l l.ilrllr. Ingratitude U a privilege of kings, hut rvt it inh pit U lan cn-oturesaa ln g m liable to 111" of aggn-lveneaa, which Hi luanyeaxa can t t U explained b) lie rv llivtloii of Imr.h treatment, writea Ilr 1'ihl I.. 0itld III the St. Unil. tiii.U lK uiiaTitt Only a few wivk ago Imlinii t m ra gave an bumiiiiI of an old farm, r lmu k'lhtl by a lit rkhlre Uiarihit hwl eiijut'tl the privileges of a family . t and had Urn -riuliiel to mnm nt w ill "How In the world did that haa i:' ' atkiil the old woman w hen her !iul.n..l draggetl hlin-lf up the porch with I... howcli tr illing on the teaL ' I don't know," g,eicd the dying in tu "Dltk (the Uurl tli w at me when I ismc out ot the ttalilo it ml kmaki-d median U-fore 1 could nm Ii the houae. I I i.l nothing but a pull to light lauk, and in ripiil me all to ph ecs " Our meilneval ancestors would h .ve blirneil a brute o( that sort at therlVkU on a charge of U-lug nNtaeaMd by the devil, and then' are really caae when the rule of keeping your tciii) r In the treat incut of animals Is all ulmoat impractlca ble precept. Thi n- on- lim inof horneil rattle that would make a row Worshiping lllndiaj swear, and a few years ago a Ten ih-moc granger killed his own mule on the highway. The creature having got a pi-Mile lu hi hoof, the farmer lopeU his team to remove the olt ruction and had ju( mvomplpi-hiv! hl kind puraiae when the brute kh kill lutck and oiahitl alwut a dozen of Ilia Iral Itrth. 11 h the blood tnainliig from hi mouth and half erased with tuiu, he made a ruh for the tall box uf hia wagon, snatched out an ax and treated the brute to a dot of the lex tall oula, hitting away with all his might, on Iri Mra Thertnouwler. The deep sea thermometer, a invented broad and improved by officer of the L tilted State navy, is a marvvlously iu Lrniou and effective contrivance. It is in effect self registering instrument, though not technically so called. The thermometer it so arranged that it is au tomatically turned upside down when tha machinery begins to draw it up from tha depth at which the temperature it tu be ascertained. The effect of the invert ing process is to break the column of mercury, and a small portion of the col umn remains in the upjier end of the tube, exactlyeuough to measure the tern perature at tha moment of inversion The tuba is graduated so as to read from either eud, aud the quantity of mercury in tha npper part of the tube is to small that it doe not renjKind to any but great and cudden changes of temperature. It thu Iibi jh na that the reading, when the thermometer reaches the surface, it prac tically correct for the temperature at the point of inversion. Kansas City Times. A liars Chaste. Mother Yes, my dear. I know that he is very much older than yon are. He is one of the old faahioneil gentlemen, the only one of the old stock left unmarried, aud I advise you to take him. Daughter Hut why? Ha is not even rich. Mother Wealth doe not bring hap piness, my aaugntrr. Line ma latner before him, be will do his own market ing, and if the steak is tough yon can growl at him inatead of hnn at you. New York Weekly. l-arljr frpraHy. "Papa," aked Tummy Goodman, who was Cain' wife "Caroline," said the Rer, Dr. Good- roan alter an ominous pause, amire Itig bis wife, "will you please band me my heaviest tli r and leave the room? There is going to be a trial for berey right here and rht now." Chicago Tribune. The agt of whalm is ar-rtaiu-d by the size and uumt r of lamime of the whalcltone. which iinT"- yearly. Agm f 800 and 40y-ar. have bw-n assigned to whale from these iudlc-atiuti. In China the name Chang la pro nounced "Jong." with the long ind tha "a " Thiy;iiiT -srwunt fr tb nickname "John" as applied to China- N I'XritOVOKkD AaSAt LT. the "tooth fur t.aith" principle. The team tarted, but he run them "down and be- hiUm-d the offender till he ilniiiited with her jawbuni kma-ked Into tplluters. ' Well. Well, Ala-, you did it now," suld lielghlair w ho bad come up In llmo to witness the hut act of the tragedy. "What the mischief did you do that forV Here, hwk at nie'snld the farmer, re moving his hand from hit mangled mouth. Icotcn knows I'm a laair man, but I'd killed that beast If she hail becu worth $1,000." Frank nurklaml, however, contrived to control bis temHr when bis pet monkey tore up a stack of hit examination patter on the eve of tho critical day and content ed himself with chucking the culprit Into a liag to keep him from further mischief. Ills rotcntuiftit was pmltably mollified hy thefuct that the kind bead mauler eon selited to llle the frugiueiits of the MS. with an explanatory Indontement, and It might m lueatloni'vl if his phlltaMiphy had Itcoti prtsif against the talents of a ynung chueiua luiltoon of my aniualittance. I lur ing a teiiiMirary alMenro from home I left that verautlle pet In charge of Hr. Hulajrt son of Atlanta, who stain tent him lav k as ''the gn atct nwil ever heard of In sa cred or pn.fnnc. hlntory." One cold night Mm. K. had quartered the young African In a snug luuket U hind the kitchen ttove and almoat fainted when she entered the kitchen the next morning. Hesldes Imttk Ing the bakket and tearing every shred of his unclothing, her guest bad tmaln-d 47 bottle of Dili) preserve. set of plates and aaurers, a lamp, a thermometer, i buahel hag full of mtarelluneous rna-ken titaet big coal oil ran after removing f topper and Uttered tha floor with fi .g mi nts of wall paper. A hlllygout In a garden can be- n lliil upon to ilea t my tho moat valuablo plantK with complete disregard of their digvstlhln qualities, and a similar penchant fur gra tultoua mischief Is of tan observed In deer and pet squirrels. Pet la-overs are Incorrigible thieve, and If given the freedom of tha houss will cram their lxilbox with all sort of stolen mlacrl lan let, slippers, towels, brushes and lumit of coal, and if taken In the act show no sign of repentance, but fling themselves pr. trate, snarling and hissing Ilka angry cats. Their matrimonial habit, however, an' unexceptionable, while several species of alt water mammals practice polygamy and are as Jealous as Turkish pashas. An old male of a fur seal tribe wllleorrnl noinu half hundred female In some cavity of the shore cllfft and not only try to kill Ins pasacrs of bis own tex, but mutilate any of his plural wives whom be should catch In the attempt to wriggle back to tho tea. It would he a miataka to supiaaw) that any creature on earth an obstructlonUt coiign-aaman perhaps excepted can tur paas an old horae In the obstinacy of lit balking Ills, t'nder a shower of blows that make the hair fly at every crack, or with the ruth of an approaching rxpn-sa train ringing In Its ear, th pn-ptatlcrout brute will dig It nonf In th ground and stand like a rock, glorying In It martyr dom llko a Ilrahmon fanatic. Then' are rases on record of horses (landing their ground agalnat the shock of an ehrtrln Lattery or moving forward Just enough lo pull a wagon across the bundle of bias Ing brushwood that was scorching tln-lr hide, though the Flemlah method of cure la somewhat leas easy to riilt W hi n a horse or a mule Is guilty of balking, they hitch two heavyweight nogs to a stmt rope, slip tha other end around the thnsil of the sulker and pull him along unless he prefers to lie dragged along and gel strangled. In bcaat of prey aggressive humors rm excusable, but tin re are tartilvomnt anluiali that abuse an opportunity for wholeaal slaughter far la joitd lite limits of any all,le bualiieaa eilg-iii y. No one that has not ttrn a tlurp killing dog at ork ran Imagine the wolftth gh of hit SUix-eaalve attai ks on victim afu r victim, the frenry of carnage airviitly rUIng wltheav-h munler, and mlnkt that gain access to a bcnboiia will continue their inaaiai re even after the ground la covered with more dead poultry than thi-y could rut In a year, as If umkr the Influence not of a natural appetite, but of Danta's lemon af deatrurtlvem-sa Manv a ctffln is wrvered with rusrsi by hand that never b f re gave it oocti pabt any King but thonie. tiniiha'i Shurtlreat4. Tln re is an old woman up at fcVnh. in Nt.tlajid, who ooiniiitiniiatHr with y-ta-n Victoria every day in the year. Hi r maji-afy is fond of mt thing rxittch, among others ah'rtln xL Now, f ir some n-aoon nrotlw r ah rtlriul can not tie male in En!gand asitthiuld be. Hut a few years ago bi r maty iliacrit- red at Perth an old woman wh t could make it as no one i I-e, m n in H-1 ,t lanil. could make it, au- whiih t.irte the same agwl dame has every day lkid A SILK WOfiM S THAEA0. Pis tVt.a.ii if ul I rrallea uf a SUM Moe tVttMtlrrrtll lavrrl. S.1L! What a wo tidi rf ul product It is. .t!nl v. h..t a t- iitvi Ii ii. ti.iie has tpriiug .lit of It! Hue i f the a-tnlllaliing f.ii'a ill tie In toiy i f the hum. hi r.et- la the .iy In wl.i. h gri .if reaulta are attained f.-r it out of little c.i'iH.x It lacanviva l le that the f ,l of mall might have I--II ih run! ftmii soiue ef the largt! ft in tat or iitita or raita w lii. It grow i'ii t'ici iiriH. Tlx bulkof the I read of man lind "the atalT uf life" la, however, drawn, aa all know, not from the heavy In. id fruit or big t til a ra, but from the iMiupatutively minute grama of wheat, barley and rye, millet and rim In like j manner the larger p- rti. ti of the gar- I titi'titsof huinaii ta'iugs laobtaiiiiil from j the tllort Wiad oil thebai ktof ahirp and ': ,-nita or from the small nf the n t j I "ii plant, which lud-s ItSMnls in a ball i f white fluff fr iu which wo spin the i cotton. Silk it an i-apvrially iiot.tbln In tamv i f the wuy in which our race , tliakca much out of little fur Ita licetl Here is an iiiatgntth-ant wurm winch ftriN uain the glutinons leaves of the i mi.;i rrr and gra.luallr tills itaelf with a atuky "'inainiid w Inch I not for its di na't purjvi to iMiiiato thu ot'ii. When the tune inines for the worm to undergo that strange mctntuorpliii into the chryaalia. It ii om to cat and sluwiy weav.s round itwlf a casing cniiipiMHl entirely of one long tltna.L It tpillllillg lllllalle.1, the atteliuateil creature tukes tho intermediate form preparatory to its wmgid ttato as a moth, lior in anything in nature more full of rreutive nivaterr and ileaigtL What tho worm il.a-s for it own lonely cud man umtia- fur ohjivt nf U-auty, f.u-hioii and comfort Tln silk grower patiently nnwuuls the luatrniM thread from the aiint where the silkworm be gan to that where its filmy lion--was llui-hed, and from this liny plunder priligs the w hole vot eillfli-o of the silk itulu-try. To the small pale Worm U na ty owe her uiixt lovely and glittering raiment, nor has art anything more ex quiaito to fiothioii, to eintiroider, to ls tow iu splendid folils or to imitate lu uiinting than the soft shining web which is mail from tb poor worm' patient lulair. Extraordinary I the difference be tween the minute portion and the great bale of Lyons or china satin the un conscious toil of tho rutcrpillur and the looms that In a thousand factum and worahiij Interlace the thin HUr Into mil superb ami dazzling patterns Notlnug ran imitate, nothing excel the charm nf that fine uiicrt-evplc lissue drawn by the worm' uingio from the niiillarry leaf. It posmwm- a uatural glitter which U shared by nothing else in tho world and which make it n-w in ble under the niicrisM-npe waving wire of goliL Manufactured Into cloth, it givt tu a tula.tuni-0 at niu-e light and warm, durable and freely taking all sorts of ilyea, each creature contributing in hiscia-iaiU about I.OIHI feet of the thin thrcatl The wtt knew iintliiug of ilk at all befnm thu rciguof Augustus, though tho ('liiiieae had woven it ever since 2700 U. (', Stunn Peraiiui monk find limiight eggs of the silkworm in a hollow rune to ('oimtaiitinoplc, A. I) out. Tho Kmi-cmr Juxtiiiian tisik tho btiHimw up, and so it "pread to Italy. Hpaiu and toiithi-ru Fnuice, although China was still the chief source of su ply. Loudon TelegruplL Kara I'laal Lsavas (isaa. Olio nf tho difficulties In the cultiva tion of plant lu a sitting rami it that the dry air and dust tend to ring the a ire of the leave. Deprived of th ruin which would naturally clean them and not ofteii watered with roso- att or syringe, tho plant kept in room are apt gTailuully lo liaas Iheir health and liaik mim-rnhln, if they do not alto gether din. Tho Nut remedy for this i tho ngular uae of a small piece of soft old tMingn with slightly warm water, and if a little soft soup it atldeil all tha la-tter. K-arlully is this neciiwiry in tlm winter when dust i rife, and a "blight" I thru at It weaken! point a thorough clcumting during lb cold mouth will result in frevdnni from It during tha luniiueT. IVai tlco and deli cate handling are ueedid for sucexwa Home plant are much easier to ssmge than other. Among these may be men tinned tbo India rubber plant, and alao small pe-linent of iulms, both of which lierd fnatn ut w oidiilig when grown In a room. Orange tree and many othi-r plant exude a kind of sticky eutlul oil, which catchiw the limit They Ihero- foro n-qulro at iul attention. Aspidi tru and many other plant turd samg ing often to kei-p them lu health lu fact, all plant with ovi-rgnn foliage and others which will boor it are strengthened and Improved by tho froe use of the sjajiiga Cleveland Lcadt-r. Lcrlnf. We learn to love by loving. It grow by practice. Like everything i-lse. It gather strength through exercise. The more we keep at it the easier and more natural it U-coim. We ran form the habit of looking at people with love, thinking about them with love, aak ing of them in love and acting toward them lovingly. Our dis-da will react 0m our tlioughta, and our thoughts and firling will prompt to actioiL ho we may become stc ped in love. It will radiate from us aa the light from thu lamp. We shall be charged with it at the battery Is with electricity, and pow er will go out from us. Ho insteail nf rrylng Idly, "Oh, for more love!" let n lay more stress upon the pnu-tine. If we continually use what we have, It will inrrraae. Ni-w York Ledgi-r. riurlUa's loses. Florida is one of the grcabwt of luk ttab, if the iiuiiila-r of it lake and lakelets entitle It to be to classed. It ha a half n ore of coiuiderabla lakes, including f ike hoW, with more than 600 siuare mile and many cort of mall loli and pond srsttcrcd over aa area 40 or 50 mile wide and several hundred mi lis long. Chicago Herald. A law enacted in Germany re'iir that all drugs Intended for internal u be put up in round bottle, while thos fur external nt shall be put up In hex agonal bottle. A woman or a man lP.th a careful ex pression and a manner of repose al way look year younger tn the birth reg- $ later give out. A DANGEROUS PLIGHT. Oaalll.l amur( Hclllt.j A.laalura With I'ular llawr Is lltatuld Hrfltnu. There is ail old soldier named Jake riavntlv n tunnal to San FranciaiM frnm an An-tto ituim who haa nt.t'le up this muni Hot to gn on aln it In r w haling ex pedition mi matter what liaia lia. The reiwii la tlua: On one ivai.ii during hit late voyage Jake was on tiie wafiii III the Itaikout cruiCe at the iiuwlhi-ad, and it was night that la, as Uiinu tught as ii i v. r gt fs up llierv in turn tiier The sun had U-eii dow n alauit an hour ami Wniild riMt again aUmt au hour later It Wiut a laaiitlftil tight as the ahlp lay tin re in the br, and the air Krnnil militating with a 'hidinnriit glow that in Irutnl cven whi n- and maile pnahadowa. On all aidea the p.-u k ice lay eh mi to the vcsm-I and nucliiHl for miles iu every dinttn n, l.r. ki n .i-a tioiially byalsrgi- U rgor the faint out hum of another ship The iletu o w iia pmfouiiiL It airmid to pnalm e a roar lug sotlllil like the Waves nf a distant lavou. Such surrniiiidiiigai w ill put a person ill a aoiiiuvtiiatia-o atate, from which the slightt-at aotiml will awaken hnn with a start Juko suddenly sow something w lute In the gitalin climbing tlm moat. tint impulae Was tu jump to the ili-. lt. but U fort i he could act upon It the wliiteobjii tiilmlatl through theltibla-r hole, and Jake then saw It w its a polar la ur Juko realiid that he was in a ii ii ait diuigemus piatittoii and lagan tu think of means to cm apiv Ho called to tho watch on thrk la-low, but they couldn't hear. lie triial tu get out un tier the canvas, but the la-oat gml'latl him and pulltil him hock- It began thumping him, and every time Juko at tempted to niovo away it would growl Suddenly bis eyes lighted on a me hanging lo the deck just buck of the cradle. Ily this means he thought he could n m h the divk. Toswiug himself free was but thu work of an lustuut, but the brur muile a jump and caught hold of bis font Hut a few vigorous kick freed him, and then la-gnu a new terror. IVrha tho mpvw iui not strong ami would break, or ho might mias the lay and awing agauiat tho moat and be ilaaheil lo deal It The moment lu tho air seemed yean, flllevl with horror, and M-verul tuiuw Jako wished he bad taken bis chaiui- with the bear. To grab the stay and hold on was tho mint ililllctilt. and twice Jake' bauds tlipiail aud almost lost it When ho reiu-luil tho deck, ho Innkid up aud suw thu rui swing buck tu the cradle, where tho bear grablad it It tried to do as It hail seen Jako do, but bad uo siMiiier swung clear than it slip pod and fell to the iltrk. Tho rn-w hud braratcak for bn-akfast Han Friuirisco Iteut Mlrle Arid aatl Tla, In a pap-r rend before the 1 union Chemical sia'iety by C IL Walker on the action of nitric acid on tin, aome of tho prevalent idea on that subject are shown lo laj singularly crroncotin Among thine I thu geliernl tlipaatilloll that mctullio tin diaaolve in nitric acid with tho pnaluctioii of both a stoiiiioii and stuunir suit, aciimluig tu the Condi lion of teiiia raturo and iHHii-elitration of tho acid. In Ihewi later exi riiiu lit niado lu tleleriiniie tho aiiioiint of tiuiiuin suits formid under various con ditioii of leiu-rutun-, rum-eiitratioii nf acid anil lnnaaof tin treuteil it iaahown that with dilute aciiU the im-n-OMi of tempi'rnturo ho but littlo effect, but with mora eoiiinitrntod acitl the effect I niiiro markeil, fur the alteration of a few more degree will nilmi- the amount of faniiou salt In nothing, while lu crease of cuuceutratiou, other thing be ing equal, dia-rvaaea the proMirtiou of stannous salt It 1 found thai the yel lowish white substance formed from con centrated solutions la a liyilrutcd stuuiilc nitrate of varying rompoaitiitii, ileM-iid-ing on the time between pnaluctioii and analysis, also on the met hi al of purifica lion adopted for eliuiiiiating thu uitric rid. New I ork Kun. A HOTEL ROMANCE. ItUMSaay la tha Illumatle Oaarl.r. The advance agent of theatrical company which waa lo mako a visit uf three night lu Washington bail sum-molisi- In legal phraseology pn-Hkred aud tealed with wax, notifying tbo ra ce iver that he niusl apaor at thu box office and boy at least ouo ticket uf ail tnittoure fur the play. They were formally addressed aud rut by nieeeeuger to the pnmilneiit a plo uf Washington. A uumla-r uf for eigner lu the diplomatic corp received them, and not uiiderstaudiug the arul iar method ruaortcd to by the Amcr Iraua haatoued to tha avm-tary of state to demand pmtertimi, prolosting thai they knew nothing of the matter men tioned in the summons, and that it was a breach of national law to arruxt au ac credited fureigu representative. It required the couibiued effort uf Korrctary Oresham and hi several as sistant wiTeturic to explain the thing to the fonigiiiT without hurting Iheir fueling or wounding their dignity Wsslilngtou Letter. New HssallKcteroiil fraversa, London Til Hits bus "twisted" 13 proverb as follow: "All i not beer that's bitter. The plmlgu in time avi crime. It' the long rana that curia low learning. She talk miatt who talk fast Who can't be cured aliould lm IncuniL There's many a tip 'Iwlxt the meal and the lip. The nearer lb -bed the colder the sliia t Wheu the fuel goea Into th Are, tha fog flic out of the chimney. Marry for taste man, rather than treasure. Ouce kitten, now pie. It isn't the scowl that make one funk. Half a sofa' better than no bed. " Only liming. "You've hail Si years' experience a farmer? Well, it's pn tty hard work, isn't it?" "I thought it was till 1 came to town oucv to run m grocery store. I'm buck on the farm agin. Fannin ain't work. It's rvatin. "Chi cago Tribune. In 1300 the ginll maker' trail waa an Important industry In every part nf Europe, tiirdlt were tit fanhion fur lailiu of rank, wbisui in ail t ion wa shown by the girdle. This article was uf leather adorned with grid or prectou atom and waa often III inch. wide Tb Red sea is suprssied by soma to have derived ita name from th large nnantitlna nf red etirsJ and tiiuk colored Initance of extrem old aga are more hl,.h ,1,1,1. ,. Ih. riant is common among those who exercise them- , ...h ..nau,,,,!... dWived from tha with her own bandt a cai of short- ', selves with gardening than in any other .j.nt Moma-a, "sea of Edom," Ed out V.' Ili.ata S.aly Marrlrd l aupls War Maale llapj br sa Old Itarbelae. Then' is many a awevf romaiice cher-llu-l by the i-itor Id New York that It never ilreaunal i f by the pr-eiio, v end.ty atpli-iif Iiumih-. Much of this Mtuauiv it 11 it twin ly (Muni-cfed with the hotels Iu tlu-ae old hotel every raitii ia iiilerwoviti with the hlatnry of hiiiiilnila nf persona, and every tim one nf I hem a puma it in thu city the inter t l revived in the past One day a friend ltd me iluun llniatlway on some pretext or uiiother.aiiil we finally pound U f.int the old New York Imti L "1 ttoppid there nu my wedding friit," he finally blurted out "My wife w i!icl it 1 1 1 -r in it her bail .topped there ill her time and 011 In r wialiluig trip My wifo w:ut uiixious In avupy the tttiiii rm. in that her mother hitiL We lia.1 la-en inarriid that tlay. and thltwss our flr-t hoti 1. jtmt as it boil been in her mother's 1 ae, and my little one' mind was siin harged with the romance of the thing Hut, like all young mar ried folk a, we hail a horror of being ron apicuous and at the Ural didn't llko to nay anything alamt it tu the rlerka Al laat, bowevir, I mtiatend euc.ugo enough to ha k over the ngicter just to oMi-rtuin w hetlier the naun wo knew the nuinla r, fliar and everything, as my bride huil tigunil it all up In her ow u mind was n-ally ia-cupiiL Wo. thought we might gi t into it nu mine evcuia- i. another I merely ihircd lo grntify her Hut I nmltlu't tinil the nuinla r at alL Yon can't fiajl a hotel clerk very eaaily on such thuign, ami iu a little tune lis hail the whole thing out uf 1110. " 'Cinifouiiilially stirry, sir,' said he, 'but thai particular naun livupivd by a n gular bunrdcr and una of the cross cat old Itachcliir I ever knew tiai' "That aetthd It Ko I went upstair and told niywifosUiut It Tln ru was 110 help for It Our na.m wa guml eilougli, but she thought it would be so tileo if we rttuhl huvo tho rame one her mot her anil father had There wa no time to think much alamt it, for a few friend ruiuo in to seo un mid wo were tlruggi-d off to a Ian party that evening When wo came in, however, tlm naun clerk called mo into the private oft'.ce and handed me a key lo the cherished room. " 'I happened to mention the mutter to Mr. , 'said be, 'not with any Idea of bis giving II up, uf rourao, bnl na a curious cin-uiiutanir, when, to my surprise, bo told mo to teuiler tho uiw uf bis room to you at unco. Uu was going away tonight anyhow, bo said, for a week and you could have the ntoui for a wia k, aud longer if you w anteil It 80 there you are. No, bo' gone. You're to take pom-Mion jnt as it is. ' "Well, wheu I told my wife, thu wa so excited and plcawd that slut cried a little, and wlu n wo found onrarlve Ih occtipanta uf a la autifully fitted up and decorated room a naim that lunktsl at if anmcbtsly of tnstu and rulture livid in it, tho nana she wauled because iu it year ago her mot her staid young bride, as she was well, uld man, you couldn't blame me much fur participat ing somewhat iu the romance. " New Yotk II.-ruliL The I'saalng af llallra. After an existence of much utility of ola.ut 4H) years It it noticed that itallo ia iltvlining uieukiirably ia tho favor of printers, partirulurly on uuwtiaprr work. It is occuaiuiially m-en, however, lu imMirtujit (ilitoriaU This lack uf fa vor haa, it would seem, beromo more markeil silica) tyan-ttiug machine have come so largely into use on the daily new spapcra The ium-oard output from th ma chine ba a itnuig Ieudent7 lo do away with the use of Italic, every effort being dim-tnl to the simplification uf their tiruduel Thu it ba biiM considered giajil enough lo put the uuimw uf new paper and other titliw iu nuiion on uewapopiTt, the oomptstitimi fur which plaint haa becu uttentl, and if there ha beeu any niiiiuient It boa bei-u too weak to make itself bi-ariL Th publio doe not care anything about the matter. AU that 1 wanted is a readable paper. Wheu niacliiue are turning out thousand of em per hour in the usual rush to get a paier to pnwa, there U no time to be frittered away In going loan italic case situated perhaps at the other cud uf th composing room. Th face (land aa much chance of being uand aa there U of reverting to the cusiutn of oorrectini in the form. Bookmaker. Altai aapbaria Ksptlfs, Some luterottlu.' obavrvatioti of a oosmical nature are annouuoed aa having been maile by M. Fryo, the well known bydrographical engiuirr, who after year of patleulttudy hascalculaUd theatrmsy phcr lc cxpausioiu and Uepreasion which coincide with (priug and ueap tidutv II declarta there have been raaea in which air was moved in waves 1 33 yon Is high, and in place where the taxrotnetrioal pressure wo wven-tenth of an Inch, or 0.S nil lea, near th upper surfac of th earth' atmosphere, condensation and dilation uf thi magnitude being fre quent, the Incandescent and fluid mat tcr under Ihe earth' crust la found to act iu concert with the air and sea at the full uf th moon. Thi conclusion la based upon tb data of observation made simultaneously at different and widely distant geographical point, th fact being established that the earth rise and fall like the ocean and the atmosphere. New York Sua Mlaas) 4 I'atrllariuanss. North Colorado slid part of Wyoming and Montana are genuine mine of pet rifactions. There are lelriaction of every kind, including many varietie uf wood, fern and plants, fish, toads, nail, fn-gs, serja-nts, shellfish aud ob ject which cannot be classified. Th deposit often occur in layers, a tbongh aora great natural convulsion bad de stroyed the animal life uf a whole di tnct at once. Th aeientitU make very few and tolerably weak attempt to ax plain the singular phenomenon, and the fact I evident that they know no more about th matter than do tb men who pick out the best (pacinian and sell them to tourist. Chicago Herald. 1 bread, parked it hena-lf .nd dispatched etcployottut 1 it to '4 qoavn. IlaisWhi Ldrer. 1 O o signify tug red, Xaalaakst Ahaaat. Claimants for priority are cooatantlr getting into trouble by making s Is ta rn en Is founded on insufficient premise. Referring to th mention ky a Dottoa paper that a lady candidate for overseer of th poor at Dedham wa tb first of bar X to aspire to that office, the Kao tucket Inquirer say: "Nantucket elected lady overseer a year ago Mr. Mai la da S. Barney and again in l!M ha re elected the same lady and another Mrs. Buaan P. June. 80 Nantucket Is a year ahead and proud of the tup ah took."