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" II TTT 1 i ri .?i if W7WJ JT-.-OOsJI T.J ,n,,''d I'll! ffilHWf RILL, - THEx PLOTTER, i A NEWSPAPER MAN'8 STORY, in Imi vestorday Hint old TJmi'iJmm InrH.-J Into the ofllce. ,,, chair or two. Ml Iilm- fll"wn ' .. ..m, drunken gravity. ,tJV;l- h .'l,,,. l.1ai.k-claU.tl Job. ... I,.. n.lK 111"' I"1 l-ndn up gent piirugraiiiis I called tlio see what Uu cnu Ve. (c . so much n ilium?. UU''1""" -....Intel ley the , r..t Won' "IT1 "... M-DI. J1 ..... .....i..t,..1it fill .1l"'r'.. . ..... voting feller?" lie "1"'lln ' ' ' .i;.v,.,l tone. i lie 1kI. in i - M,llllkia tobao- i, wealth -if MIhiIH'K mustache J ".ilHimo a Job?" Ho W ...1 V I.U' 111? llll I ..i,in i:l' on'- ) v .tl ally V.IMI i - -lU-at.d Hi" l",':,,ro- ruui. , , , - -a... thin mini ii' ' """ J-" . i .t.i w , ...,,, urn i ll d,m "" M'"" ' ' . Jo, y.mng feller," Kriitnt.N il Mr. " 1 ' . n i ..it liililn ntul 'limn r"" 1 .i lull ,.', turn nnr ,J r-'l- "'" ... .... i t:ke this r no. onuy nioMiiptii.'iis glance in iu ' ' IHeprwuaiM.' Iln-r n. Tl.i-n .h,,,,,. III. Ills emit. Illll'l LI" Oil! f" irh iiiv tobacco grubbed a .'n,f and wi iil l' work. Tie proof of Unit one-horse billhead , ubi'D II was liiiiidi-d mi', about .iiinrt.m (if in. lmiir later, tllll'd eltli Joy. 11 v 11 a """B 01 u, uuli ,-i mat"rilH-o. lioruu want to slay here awhile.' 1 iW. bavins In mental view liu- ,n.ui onlfrt for lull work on tlio objiIi of Mr. IJain'H iiuiiu't luimMo iSij Id that tin.-. Hill wan KtiinoiiiK tM-i arms. 1..itIiik at mo wltli ji oniH'jcil n i ii 1 lit of IiIh. Tuurse-cf ) c'u stand my price." Wbt Is II':" D( muicI a llcuri' alum! seven dol .11 nirk lillicr tliati I filt wo till afford; l.nt as I iiuiidcrcd over It. jil.lwl. "Hut I c'n do more work js two ord'uary men cf I fc'lt It t' All rislit." I said, flnnlly. "we'll try i nn-k," and I turned njjalu to my iliWoD," tit? "I want t' make wrtK'nit'iit with je. Ihm't let me lite anr money. I can't xtaiid pros- ritr. je mi. S.i. e' j e'd Jest's koou i( me out nt Mime linardlu'diouse. 2'fll me a little eailn' and liurnlu' t'- 4". I'll 1 lle,l." TLimas ann.e.1 to, ns was bIno tlio -lium that I stake" Mm rr another 4 to "steady Ills ncrveH." Then il n-ttlwl d.iw ti to work and If ever Tt.iMiitaror the llrst maLMiitudo I. tlie Hi-printliitf line, lie wiim that w I l.wk kiiiii1.s of tlio llrst two tbrw Join lu turned out, and with - I sillied f.irth and booked more rVn than i' had received In moiitlis i: hut old Hill, hIow In his move--tHai be was. proved eipial to tlio A and everythliitf was done on promised. Nut only was ho "HMe In Ins worklnu capacity, but H'l us all amused with a constant ' of anecdotes, related In his dry drawling voice, rendered lilts- ' "! Wra of dalliance wltu Joint "lijcuru and tobacco. He claimed lu he. mid probably was. f 'I'jeawuf ac,., mid was a walk "ncloiH'dia of L-eoirnilihlciil lufor. r'".uavii,K walked, he said, lu ev oi nirv .... . ... . . m .. 'e nice or i do rnrtn '"TiUehlmlUI, laiiLMiaue Is iirlnled ? lie ha.l worked on tlio Now Trl,,uui Cveley-s time, and "a or tin. n. vera I tlmiiK.n.,1 u. "to could readily decipher "old T copy. Cairo. KW-pt, was one ,j "Ul-u' ine-way places lie had r. ' ,i!HT''.' .'"' m"1 '"'ordliinly the """ Africa." which so. I"rl US II III II, il r ... I.. . . II. i,. 1 1 ."-.-in in mo icasi "Had Uceu wlili lla !.,. i. !. i, 4i nir, -nffll n.mr"1"tr' 1,0 touched Into -.-m. ur.ipn.,1 Into nclialr near I.n l" "i.iioill KllcnKIIlir. "M'J remarked lu Keiieral. 1.1 :i in il.ii r "U.'ili 1 i sil. k In liaini, Wtn lle- d. :i re -U..1 .Iii..r lll-conccaled fr I possessed literary Din r , "" some tr uiagn - uu. Jtiilt.j that 'fstlons. Firunk Ive 11,1 "P wuon . . UII Til' rt 1 .1 a ...uu. uoou ones, "Vet?" Ml'). . arlly-for I bad mi l . . '; 0f '" ""r wiui timt va -H, , Ml "U rnt,ll,'B B"'l 1 BUI. frn a . nn enough." 'r-tun?.', r.,.,.!!,,n,,p- 8,,, fm. St . ' . . 1 " "'il yon sonic "'kl.t. mi' we'll chaw tb' "'lueirr,,,,.,,, ' "Heritit i. ' IM" ror -8,Jk'"8 W v ! '"ralr8- nUj ,1)0 'I'ose nl , VU'h 1,0 '"'I'Hrted 'r ;of l,u "i'"" which !'c'1Jh1 ,, : ""s "r ni'tlon were to it.. , ' u,u' i "Mm ""Id that bis ef. rf,, ..1"!"1"'" f'u'tl.'Hs. Klther bui . "rpit "le ..iii.i.iiI f. . il IUt,n!, I'V Hill ilrunk. , ,r '" sliiKutarly obtuse At,,, ''"' 'll't-'s as nm himself "Wof";, "" 1M Bol" t0 In ...""'""feorfoiirniau. ""' of old ItlU'i "ST;' ,'tm nni' "'"Jo bl". bi, h r,'"" nu "r'nl ofXUlll''-'lanu,,,lH.r.f .'"ifulV l'il""n I 'H th. l" publish If i thVn -,..,tl11- He rend It ouj lurid pro fanity directed t (.,Ht turned and left the oilli c. At u ocloi k In ti - . , . , ... k i noon ne cai'li. . "''ins aim abusive, and wain,, what money was due bi,. i .,,.,, , ll KMMlliti I.I... . i . . . 11 I t,,. . . ', '""X """ "' wanted ..... , U'o ofllee awl.il juu nil th' ollicc:" he ,,,- 'lllllni. my time:" ll.. ,1... I ... . . . H closed, r,ill(" I pli'iiij. ,,' , , " dollars do until to. morrow V "t!lve-iiie,y,lm. .,.. out. cashed a che k with h.,,P ' "-, ami ,.,m. ,a, k and cave Hill ".".ley. It. Went ut Kiowlln i.-Mi.iiiK ,L. cauie In, Khowini; ... i. ii .ti i h , llls (i,.,.,,l(.hi ,,,, down by the stuve. I'lt'-iidy to Ko to work, liiiiv i nsk,i t in koiii f hit th' road" he sa .l. Krullly. "C'u yu let me have four ttj ... rcat t aesar. Illll! You won't quit .. uu iii.,sc Jol.s on the book'" I filed, lu disniay. "MlKht as well. Won't be nnv (rood 'f I stay," he replied, with cotisideia ble llrmncss. ! i Kt ,(, fliur ,,.. . nim after shakiu hands in. ronmi, he disappeared In the direc tion of the railway station. About six months later Kill floated Into tin. olllce nKiilu. If be had been sober during tbu Interval, there cer tainly was nothliiK about his appear a neo to iudicatf It. I have seen al most every variety of bum and tramp, but In all my exporleiice I cannot recall Mooting one of such thoroughly un wholesome appen ranee as old Hill pie senti'd that morning. "Wle gold's, s ij-V" be 111. tighed. clieerfully. holilin out a dirty paw. "Know me'f" I surveyeil bhn with illsgust, as I remarked: "It Is possible that a bath and a bar ber might disclose the face and form of my old friend Hill. Hut now-great Scott, Itlli: .; nnd get a bath and a hair-cut." He tool; the dollar I gave him. chuck led hoarsely, and left, to return In about an hour somewhat Improved In appearance, and ready for work. "Say," he remarked, as he took off bis coat, "I've got th' best "denied plot fra short story ye ever heard of. I ll tell ye t'l.lght." Hut. alas! It was like all the others he had given me, and quite as value less as those he siibseipienlly Imparted to mo during his three weeks' sojourn with us. At the cud of that time, he oepaneil in tniii li the same manner as before. He got drunk, "went broke," borrowed a half-dollar again, and walked out of town. l-'or the next three years be showed up at Intervals of live or six months departing as Innocent of means as when bo arrived, always, however, with a new suit of clothes. Never did he fall to ainioiitii-o, upon his arrival, that he bad the "best denied plot" for a story I ever heard of. And never did one of his Ideas avail me anything. A year or so after the death of the nlwnys sickly Journal, of which I had been editor-in-chief from the begin ning, I met Hill in Chicago. 1 was then "doing police" on one of the morn ing papers, and it was w Idle unending the Monday "round-tip" at the old Ar mory station that I became aware of his presence. As the police Judge, al ter looking nt the name on the sheet before him, remarked something about "Jlni-Janis" being n more appropriate na nie inn "I la ins, I glanced up. au.l there, lu the prisoners' dock, was old Hill, looking, i W. so tough:-biit with a knowing leer on bis face as he n g ulzcd nie. 1 whispered to the Judge, who grin tied. "Old friend. ehV William, tin. olllecr says you were drunk and disor derly, Saturday night. How about It':' "Cullty, Judge," said Hill, cheerfully. "M bin. Ever been here before, William V" "Not as many times 's I ought t' been." "Coming again? No? IMscharged. Your friend here wishes to see you. William." Hill was entirely unabashed when I met lilm nt the door, nnd seemed great ly amused as m.v suggestion that he ought to be ashamed of himself. "I never thought you'd conic to this, Hill," I f aid. severely. "Kiddle-de-dee, boy! Likewise, Hats':" replied Hill, with coarse disre gard for the dignity of my olllclal star. "Ef I had two bits f'r ev'ry time that's happened. I wouldn't be trylu' f bor row a dollar now," lie continue 1. adroitly. He got the dollar, and on the way up town unfolded to mo one of the "best denied plots" for a story he had ev. r evolved: but It was not good enough to consider, and my manner told him so. "I'll leave ve here," he said abrupt ly, ns wo came to Van Huron street. '1 look too tough t' go uptown with ye. Hut lonky, sonny, tics' time I see ye. I'm sure golu" t' give ye n plot that'll make y'r hair curl. I'uderstand : Wo parted, and Hill made a iiee-nne for the nearest place to get an vye . . , r opener" Thnt was tne nisi i r-a him for two years. Of nil the u!il.iilt"tis Imliv Miials I ever ran across In all s"'ts of oiit-oi -tne i tun i ;.. t..tf way places and elscwnere. ion ij....- was the one ofteiiest In eviil. n. e. . ..' :cxt time I saw hlin be was In Now York; next. 1 found him otli.-iat:"- a- foreman In a little newspaper ..i.i' m n Nebraska prairie town; aim a '.ir later he turned up I" 1 raio'iv " nnd stumbled across my paui. each nnd every asloti lie nan n best denied plot" all ready to give m". nnd, ipilte ns retfuhirly. iiotbiiis' eame of lt0 A few nintith aft. r s.-lm: mm '' San Kranceo, while lm i tinir wnn "' edlOr of a paper In Southern .Moxtfo. I beard n fnnn'iar v.u.e the door of the cotup-'Sing -room -togie question about a "Job." Heboid sane l'l gi'iz.,1, ,l Weill ,,, J , W l,y ,1, , , ,,,;t to ti,e ,!:, "HI. It a w 'ars it -V.,i; ' "t ,e lieiirly ,; ' ""ce. a few w. -.. . -;.ii. i i.v now." il:t tl.ell lull's I rwa.v. '-S.iv. s,,m,.- i. I ... " ' 1 1 I I.' Lot smnethii,. , ,,.u """I t -ni-l.t. Ifs ; vl .... ej.'d leer oil After he about l.lm. "'' 'il- tl ! I ilt.-ii:i ' "!1,l sllaiil.teli Ii 1 it i-'ii -' to I... th,. . s- ' I ''""!. -He's g..o I 11 ke! I It: 111 Mil,,.,.; 'I alter his l:.M ji,,,,. 'ols ago. II, .'k about ABDUL HAMID A BAD DEBTOR. ' - .? - ,n d from remark- e. i f Mire. or and take tl., e.l, y'r this tl,,,,. "AH right, nm. ,,,., '" "' '.'.Li with mo." riaddy a,, ,p,e, ,, , 1 ''''"'t b' bin, t.. a..,,,,, . ,. ,,., "I'd work II,. tii.. ..i ,i ' f employuieiii, mid also llml ,,f Ii "f his old enemy sl'.'lls" came on s , wl'. n I drove out next .lav. 1 was ,- """''"'ied by this elieel-fol ..I.I who seemed happy as a b.,y over llllool;. lie had one or two "l.lnls" l'": hut he .Hit out nun When I failed tll.-Iil. ehalige '"'iiig out of rea when one of his hat. the to lllil, to enthuse over Hill had been Well 1 1 S at While 11:11, I." about three iiioiiilis, and during that nine had succeeded t n!y in stand lug olY "the enemy," I, U in making himself the most popular man In camp, besides. So It was with genuine re gret that everybody heard that he was about to pull up siakcs and ve on. Hut the roving fever had liini, mid nothing we could say or do would in luce hilll to reconsider. Without his knowledge, 'the boys" bestirred themselves In his behalf, and on the eve of his departure lie was de coyed up to I lii-liis' boarding h.uise, where a "grand ball" was being held In llls b r. And when they presented the old fellow w ith a handsome watch: "This Is addin' Insult f Injury." said Hill, with grateful terns lu his bleary old eyes. About midnight, when the hullo wns at Its height, came startling news, brought in by a hi io arrival from the Arizona line. The notorious "Kid" ami bis cut throat band of reds were out on the war-path, and it behooved those present- the men, at least to net to their respective ranches and look after their buildings and stock. . . . A week later found us. a mere hand ful of men, hampered by the presence of half a hundred women and children besieged in garrison by a hundred or r ore agency-fed redskins, who had ob viously succeeded In heading off cour iers going toward the inllilarv Hosts. and proposed to starve us out. Ami we wore in a sad way. There wis plenty of water, but provisions wn? getting distressingly low, and worse still, our supply of ammunition could not hold out much longer. It was a very dejected lot of men that gathered together that August morning in Iligglns", which was our "fort," and discussed the situation. It had come to the pass that, unless help arrived very, very soon, we must man age to get a courier through to the fort-a ii undertaking that, more than likely, meant death to the man at tempting It. In this emergency arose' old Hill. "I'll go. f night." said he. "I got no body f keer f'r nie; no chick n'r child. I'm nearly To years old. mi' not long f'r this world, anyhow. 'Course. I'm a tenderfoot, but I c'n try f git through, anyhow." It must be confessed, to our ever lusting discredit, that we saw the logic of Hill's arguments, and the protests against his proposition were few au.l Insincere. That night, mounted on the best horse In camp, and heavily aniiol. Hill Ijams went out into the darkness, to give up what remained of his miser ahh mistaken life foroih. is. He must have got I'M In the hills that night; for when Ihe reds sighted him, next day. he was only a few nib s on his way. He gave Ihein a run ning light for several miles. Inn was finally hit by n stray shot and obliged to seek cover ill the rocks, lie made a good tight tor ins etiiiiug inc. as tne empty cartridge shells around the rock where be laid sought refuge amply proved. W- found him the second day after he left us. stark naked and hor ribly mutilated. In his lightly clenched left hand was a scrap of paper, evi dently overlooked by his murderers, on It-was hastily written "Hoys: They've got me. nnd I can see them crawling up. (loud by. Hill. P. S.-.Iust got one. Maybe Nlbsy can make a story out of this." . . . There was more, but It was unde cipherable. I thought that. Willi his eye on the enemy, he had tried to out Hue another plot. - Lester Ketchum, In San I-'raiiciseo Argonaut. How in, Hiiltan Made an Amrric.-n Urm .It for lla 1'i.v A certain lumber llrm of this rty re tlian two years ago shipped to Hie Sult.in of Turkey several thousand dollars- worth of Its most valuable goods. The order Included mahogany and clxihy logs of unusual s:.e, and of the liiiest coloring and general .iia!lt!,v that could be obtained. The payment, or rather the promise to pay, was in the shape of a draft mi the Sultan, the money to be forthcoming upon the ar rival of the logs at Constantinople. Naturally the American llrm regarded the Imperial treasury of Turkey as K 1 f"r the price of a shipment of lum ber. I ' due time the mahogany and the ebony re.iehed the ;.,!. leu Morn, and the Mediterranean Steamship Com. panv sent In to the shippers a gentle reminder that the settleme f freight charges was In or.er. Hut meanwhile nothing had been heard from the Sul tan or his agents, and the New York lumber dealers did not fancy being held responsible- for charges upon g u which were not yet paid for. Cable 'lispatehes and letters were s.-ut t the I'efte. but the "si.k man of Europe" was apparently too ,uy attending to his Armenian subjects to lie able to look after such trifles as settling uitli American creditors. No satisfactory response f any S..1I colll.l I b,., j. Tl"'" "' I her Urm made applica tion to Main.,,. id Hey. at that time the lurkish Minister at Washington, lie promised to see that his sovereign paid the bill without further delay, and the hopes ef the dealers were 'again raised. Hut not even Mavroycnl Hey U:ls "''le pen th.. Sultan's purse- strings. The Armenian question still absorbed his aiicn:i,i. Mavroycnl Hoy was recalled without having ac complished this bii f ,k. The linn had for months practically abandoned all idea of ever getting the money. "ii the last day of October word was sent to the linn that the diaft had lieoii paid. Since then the aciual money has 1 II received. The moral of this transaction would seem to be that, if y,,u have business dealings with .u llamld II. you must be content to wait a while for Jour money, he being a slow debtor. ; but one who will eoine around at last , If you give him plenty ,.r llino.-Xow York Tribune. t Ii ft I M .1 w in t M I kill L ft 1 vV : -i ' Character In Hair. Men with line light hair are smart, conceited, and If they do not marry until late In life are apt to grow cross nnd sellish. If a girl w ishes to select a liiiobatid she should examine bis hair Very closely before accepting him, be cause It is a tine indication of what ills disposition Is. Mi The Sore I of I'lurnnN. Experltneiitshavesliowii that pigeons are able to outstrip the fastest express ifaliis.alihough he average they it y at the rate of only about thirty four miles an hour. M .iisleur Ko.leiibach. in Trance, believes they can attain a ve loelty exceeding seventy miles all hour They are said to be unable lo tly Ion; disatices In a perfect straight Hue; i.p I'ai-ciiuy nicy are easilv driven aside bv shifting air currents. l:luui1loii of Natural :. Recent statistics show that the supply or natural gas in the fnlted States fell off one half from lsvs to lVi.i. The d line has I u less In Ohio and Indiana than lu Pennsylvania, th product In the last named State being worth more than nineteen million dollars lu sss, and h-s than six million dollars lu iv.i.V "wing to the adoption of less wasteful methods, th,. falling off has not I u so rapid since lv.U. but It still amounts t an average decline of Ihe per cent, every year. MnUlm, C.,im KpsIkI Klrr. Attention ha, lately bivn drawn to a product called -wire glass." which. It Is asserted, presents all effective barrier against tire. It consists simply of a mesh-work of wire embedded ill a glass plate. Even when licked by Haines nnd raised to a red heat it docs not fall to pieces, and experiments have shown that, employed in windows and sky lights, wire glass not only risdsts the lie.it of tire, but also the shaileiing effects of cold water poured over It while It Is yet glowing hot. A I'liint Ati.lt. Professor Atkinson, the Isdnnlst of Cornell I nlverslty, has discovered near Ithaca nu example of the very rare pheiiotne called a "plant atoll." It consists of a ring of plants tloaling In a pond, with a circle of clear water with in the ring. The plants derive their nourishment from the decayed vegeta ble matter that collects alsuit their roots, and tl nre gradually becom ing nnchorcil to the ImUnm, so that In cm wnn uiie mown i i , i,-i,.. -ii, ii ....i .. in i... r i , ; . . -1", .III..,, 111, I Vl llll, 'I I, ....... 'S 1 1 1 oruaih. niaue tlio best ills- reseiol.ll,,,. it,. i I'llllils. t hey are quick, thoughtful and less apt to be sellish than their very light or very dark haired brothers. Those whose hair turns gray prema turely are nearly always good fellows. They are a little nervous, but are brainy, sympathetic and very honora ble. The hair turns white from being overscrupulous In money mailer and friendships of toner than II does for grieving over one's shortcomings. Near ly all redlieaile I people are smart, whether the hair Is coarse or tine, but w hen you do run across one that Isn't ho ks the stupidest person under the sun. Tin- women with pale blonde hair, or the colorless, ashy kind, are Impulsive, loving, tickle. They are not to be depended Upon, but are Usually i: 1 company while they like y..u. On tlie contrary, those with dark brown hair are very loyal. They are full of sentiment ami easily affected. They enjoy keenly and suffer In proportion. Women w ith tine black hair are hlgii strung, and those with coarse black hair. If they are smart, are nearly al ways mean. All women with dark hair are more tempestuous than those uilii , light hair. The dark eyes and coin, plexloii that go with the different : hades of dark-brown and black deuon. strong feeling. They are also more faithful than light-haired women. Men who are bald are not desirable as hus bands unless they have money. I'liila- j llelphia Hllllelill. 1 I ntolls of the southern oceans. Who., Nebraska Xn Lake. Extensive deposits of nncleiit vol. I cnnle ash lu Southwestern .Nebraska : have lately been turned to useful ac count ns a source of pulverized pumice, j w hich has become mi important article , of commerce. Professor Salisbury, of J the I'nlvcrsity of Chicago, after cmiiii- Inlng the localities where the asli Is I found, concludes that It was deposited j In water at a lime when that region of ! country w asVovered by a lake which Is ! supposed to have existed late lu the j tertiary orlod, nnd the ash is believed I to have bis'ii Isirne thither by winds. their work told. The death-rate rmim .low II slowly. It Is to day, nt tl ml of thirty years, ipi'itc p.-r cent. ,,,,t than It van when the health de;,.in- nt was ..rgaiil.cd.'and New ork has hoi ii redeemed from a reproach for which t'lete was no excuse, for u i city III the wo:!, I has ii.lt natural op p.. nullities for g I salutation. The immense stride II has tak. :i w is measured by Ihe mortality during ihe unprecedented hot sp.-: of l.i si im nu r. It was never so gnat. as. Indeed. there never was an c r.-ii.-y I, he It since records were kept. Oni.tig Ihe ten day s It I isted the heat ciav.' I many Hole victims than Ihe last cholera cp. deniic dining Its whole season. Yet. beyond those killed by the ibr. , i f feets of the sun. Ihe mortality .vas i. n giilatly low: the infant m.ntabty ever the linger tliat poiuis iincrt iugl.i to ill. sore spots lu a commun.ty. If any iheie be was so noticeably low as In e.iiisc a feeling almost of exultation among the sanitary otliciab. And it was shown, by comparison with carper hot spells, that the population yielded re slowly to the heal. Where it had taken two or llir lays to reach the climax of sunstroke, il now took live. The I pi'', better housed, better fed. ail.!. breathing clean air lu clean str s. ha i ' ae.Uiic ji power of resistance to w hi. h the past had no parallel. Th,. sau,' i rians had proved their case. "I.lghi m Park Haves," by Jacob A. Hiis, In Hie Century. lmicroiia I i,i !--1 1 ... Or. John Kit to. the well known I'll gllsli writer and coimuciitator en the lilhle, wns by no means devoid of Im inor, au.l he took considerable pleasure In relating some amusing adventures' which jit one time and another had be fallen hlui. One of these narratives is limited by lr. Eadlo lu h.s "Life of r. KHto." Arrii lug at Constantinople fr.un coun tries farther lo the cast, and having learned to regard the umbrella ns a mark of high distinction. I wns much astonished to llml It in very common use there In rainy weather. However. I soon had occasion to learn that traces still remained of the distinction, so us ually throughout the East associated wlili that article. I resided principally at Orln Kind, a village on the Hosphorus about throe miles above Constantinople; and hav ing urgent occasion, one w et da v. to go low ii to IVra. 1 set nm, umbrella In hand. On arriving nt the waterside. I found none of the boats that usual I v ply between the village nnd the lioldell Horn, mid was therefore under the ne cessity of walking nil the wnv along the road behind the row of buildings H at face the Hosphorus, l i. ii of unwritten ns, the erty. -The our in Irook of our civilization ami liberties. Christian, not pagan. Hev. A. 11. t, I'etr.iit. All people In tills Christian .-oiistiiiition ,1" i is .Storms. Method I lie. tuabt, , country are Intellectual. All the edu cated. They read the newspapers, and keep posted on affairs To be an Amer ican is to wear ihe badge of Intellec tuality. Or. Mang.is.irian. Society of Ethical Culture, ( hi. ago. Individuality. 11ns is an ago of the Individual, au.l llnie is no danger that Ihe possibilities of Individual expres sion will bo lost. Hod's purpose is that every man shall stand aUoliite!,- on hu own individuality. Ucv. S, It. K idler, Episcopalian, Huston. I Spain. Spain is a robber. She has appropri: I lo herself practically all legislative ami administrative powers in Culm. Her doctoral laws are such i thai Spaniards resident lu Cuba ar always lu th,. majority. Ucv. It. ii. Illutchlns. I'resliyteiiau, Cleveland. old Age. -There Is something fair In a calm old age that causes us to bend aliii.isl liMoluntarily and In head III respectful honiai.-e. so beautiful. The passions k. The tempos! nous are stilled and se- thc km clliie tlie Age can be are held III longings of .lie youth romly sils upon the brow of hlin who has grown old gracefully. ii whoso heart time has laid his haul gently. Halilil Oavld I'hillpsoii, Hebrew, Cln liiiiiatl. The Turk. The Turk Is by Instinct a thief and a murderer, ami his path is always marked by rapine and the shed ding of the blood of tlie Innocent. Cleve land should be praised for what he lias dared to say against the bloody work of the Sultan.- Eishop .1. l Newman, Methodist, Sau .Esse. Cal. Tramps. - A man w illing to work and dot able to tin. I It has a right to live. i The human society that compels u tramp to M Is considered out f order. j Such a society n Is prompt recoil- I struct Ion. Such a society Hie twentieth lory will set In order. - Itev. M. W. Heed, Independent, Oeuvcr. ! Oambling. -The sin or crime of gam bling has spread Itself over society, ami Is drawing down strong n It Is ono Kofniila Ke mill lij X-ltura. A curious application of ihe X rays to the discovery of unseen things was re- ciiitiy mu.lc i.y .Monsieur l.cinolue nt IChi lms. The chalk strata lu that part of I' rauce contain the fossil Ikiiics birds, reptiles mid mammals, and fr. luontly those nre shattered In the at tempt nt removal. It occurred to Monsieur I.eniolne that the embed. I fossils might be photographed by the aid of tlie X-rays, since the latter pass readily through chalk, but nre largely Intercepted by the phosphates of bones, It Is rcHUic,l that Ills photographs clear ly Indicate the details of the hidden fossils. "The Hounds" und 'the Hovers." "The Hoiili'b." and "The Hovers' were rival bands of boys, not in The Hoy's set. who for many years made out-door life miserable to The Hoy nnd his friends. They threw stones mid mud at each other, and at everybody else; and The Hoy was not lnrre.iient Iy blamed for the windows they broke. They pumhed all tlie little boys win: were belter dressed than they were nnd they w.-re depraved enough am! mean enough to tell the driver evcrj time The Hoy or Johnny Kobertson at tempted to "cut behind." There was also a band of unattached guerrillas who aspired to be. ami oitct pretended to be. either "Hounds" m Hovers they ill. I li"t care wuicii. . . . , .... i 1 1 Tl- .. wins lllllte, III Clllples. Illl'l il " J , , theV met 'Ihe Ito.V ill-Uie Ho-y ash in to which of the organ:.iti himself bcloiige.1. ir n. Kov. r," they claimed t and i. 'iinicl him. i r n. If In m tiipaihy they hois'.., I tae lo punch... i hi in n. ...... ,,h IO.S..C at, ell-. T anyway, ..n g-n.-ral lle.ld of th'' H-lVCfs" killed, iii front ..f T in Eratikloi !! and The Chi.f had a dub r ,-gg tiicr'-han. A Suggestion to tlio Agent. When ieneral Lew Wallace was serving as Territorial (lovernor of New Mexico a few years ago he ship . pe.l home to In, liana a rnrloa.l of curios for his friends. The collection for the most part cnnsl.itcd of boxes of minerals, furs, Indian blankets ami beadwork, and with thorn was includ ed a diminutive Mexican burro or donkey Intended for a neighbor's child as a pet. When tlie ear reached its destination the freight agent In checking up tlie contents of the car misunderstood tlie word "burro," and, thinking that It was the phonetic attempt of some illiterate railroad to sp. il "bureau." was unable to llml any piece of furniture to tit the bill of lading. On tlie other hand, he found lu the car a loiig-.-ared donkey Hot Included ill tlie bill. Acsirding to custom, w hone, er Irreg ularities are discovered, h. promptly j telegraphed back to tin- snipping point: "Car No. A ll u.u.-i .pie, con- signed Wallace, arrived, minus one bu reau, plus one Jackass. Please trace mid notify." (ieneral Wallace himself dictated the answer: "I'h.ingo places with the Jackass." Chicago Times-Herald. pole riot. W. I..-, r W :ii;-. It is T: -.1 ,ns In said lie was n be "Hounds," declared him- W itll the "Hollli.l.s." ,-ers" " colors, and If he il.siiaillie.l ev punched him. principles. "The II I. .llli.o.le!lt!y .m I;, l.-y's hbery .ot. In a fireman's ,f th- lloiltl.Is. ,1. be. -J tne a respe.-t- with a st.itei in t- IICH.I I he Chinese are b.ad -milkers in tl made beads so 1" rains do not meiitlo Muling. sa d to be 'he od.t ie w.iii. I: tney lime tig that th.-lr hitto- n a tJlie n hell their Industry was not .'indent, an! the Chi nese today do the work JiM as their forefathers did. and the styles are the sain'. Aft.r the Chinese no ph. are so expert as the Venetians At present there are nc.ro than 1,.jsi work men in the Island of Murami alone who nie engaged In b. a I making The few manufacturers In "'her parts of th world have nil learned the M ini of the craft In Venice. the I'. Ill oveniu.' " .-vi-a jj.jveruu.eL'-n M.irk.-t. mar f bii-. to- !',. y met tw .in-, ip.es Str, : but they St. Nbic la by the Husslau 'i..ler:l prevails IU of Suutli Husila. It. .s. on the , ,.f the et I'.rry I I not roc a s. I. at Quite A i.proi.rii t -. ,.. wonder what the meaning of that picture i-V The youth and the maiden nr.- in a tender attitude. ShO Oh. d"U't .Vol! see? He ll.lS Just a-ke. her to marry him, and she has ,i,-c,.p:... Mm. 0 "AIj! how appropriate tlie title." -I doll't see It." "Why. this card at the bottom taya 'Sold.' "-Tit Hit. O Unlnt.l Kiililirr. Owing to the Increased ilemaml for India rubber, caused by the use of pneumatic tires for bicycles and otln vehicles, there Is said to be serious danger of a "rubber famine." Tin method of gathering India-rubber lu tropical countries lias been exceedingly wasteful because the cash-sl way, that of cutting down the trees, has too fr. iltii-nily iM'eii adopted, 'iii,. search for substitutes has resulted In making known the virtues of a South American tree call, si the balala. This abounds In Hiitlsh (iiilami, mid the rubber pro iliiced from It, while not possessing tin electric lllld Home other properties of caoutchouc, Is said to answer very well for most of the ordinary purposes of India-rubber. XYondt ra of llir llruln. That portion of the hiiImIuiicc of the lira in which is known as the "grav matter" is supposed to be most lull- mutely related to intellectual action. Sometimes curious aggregation of grav matter are found In particular parts the l. rain, ami or. ! re.l.nlck Peterson has recently suggested 'n the Popular Science Monthly that these may be tlie cause of the extraordinary menial powers occasionally exhibited by per sons whoso general Intellectual a. paiity hardly rises aliovo that of Idiots. I Such powers, or aptitudes, alw iys ru late to some special faculty, like I icin , ory, without Including other faculties The aggregations re f err ! to, Oo.-ior 1 Peterson thinks, might explain the mar ; velloiiH memory for music exhibited by , "Elind Tom," ami the still more exra ; ordinary powers of Iliinecker, "the j child of Lube, k," who lived III Ihe early j part of the eighteenth ecn'tury, and w ho "knew Ihe chief Incidents of the Pen tateuch at the age of one year, ha.l mastered nil of sa. ro.l history nt two years, and was Intimately nc.iialnted with modern mid profane history and geography, mid spoke Erencli nnd Latin, besides his native tongue, nt the age of throe." When four yearn old he died. Nrwr Vork'a Hsnllnllon.Q The nppeal to the public conscience told ut last. Willi that attack In the churches, w hich had not been witiioia blame, the new era began. Thnt vein1 (IsT'.n n public compel. tl. in evolved the present type of tenement, far from per fect, but nu Immense Improvement up on the wicked old barracks. The mi Hi lary reformer got tlie upper hand, and palace of the Sultan, who was thou re siding lu It. As 1 approached Hie gate of this mansion, with my umbrella over my head, I observed that one of the sciulm-ls stationed there accosted me In a commanding manner; but not com prclicmlliig what he said, I went on. l'poii which the soldier ran toward me witli his fixed bayonet leveled, and without any Indication of a friendly in tcntioii toward my person. that I took my person safely that day to the great city was probably ow ing to the g I nature of a Turk, who was walking close behind me at the moment, nnd w ho, on observing the ad vance of the soldier upon me, snatched my umbrella with violence from my hand, and thrust me forward, partially interposing himself between me and the assailant, who thou returned to his station, and allowed me to proceed in peace. The friendly Turk, In returning niv umbrella, cm lea voted to explain the fact, which I afterward ascertained more distinctly, that It was Incumbent on every one to take down Ids umbrella III passing the actual residence of the Sultan. I had observed with mime surprise that persons walking before me lower ed llnir umbrellas as they approached the palace, mid again elevated them when they had passed, notwithstanding the luavy rain, but without Imagining that this was a matter of obligation, I observed ati stihsciptcnt occasions that persons passing on the Hosphorus lu boats never omitted to lake down lluir umbrellas ns they approached the front of the mansion which the "broth er of the sun and moon" honored with his presence. one of these buildings was a favorite ; "f the greatest clime breeders In the land. There Is nothing else that causes so much crime and sin -except the one vice of ll.u..r. -Hev. W. A. tiardner, Christian Chinch. San Francisco. True lieligloii.-Scorpions breed un ler st s. So ceremonial religion of ten covers nil manner of meanness nnd Vicious selllsliuess. True religion means n life that is absorbed lu the person and teaching of Jesus Chrust. Whatever detracts frmn the sacred life and mission of Christ Is not Chris, linn, Is no pun of true religion.-Itev. I'r. I Presbyterian, Cincinnati. Heretics. -The real heretics nre He) narrow bigot who Insist that no man may have any part In the eternal sal vation unless he swallows some creed as Impossible as Jonah was for the whale. If I could ex niiiunlcate any man It would be the man who pre sumes to deny all grace to those who live Justly with uniiikln.l. but who do not accept their clammy dogmas.-Itev. I.y ma ii Ward. I'nlvorsnllst, New York. WINTER COSTUME. (rent Thuw. Some farms lu the hill country of New England nre provided with so thin a coating of soil, and so abundant a supply of the material of stone wall, as to call for the exercise of unlimited patience and philosophy on the part of the native farmers. "I'mle Amos," said n summer resi dent of Ashvllle, stopping hi horse close to Mr. Wlllct's Hl.uio wall, on the other side of which Ihe old farmer stood, "w hat do you think of the the ory that all our rocks came from th" north in Icebergs originally)" I'ticle Amos, resting from bis daily task of removing the stones from his south Held and piling tlioiu lu heaps and mounds, surveyed his iuestloiier lu silence for a moment with a solemn ce. Then he stooped, nnd taking up good sized stotie III each ha ml, lie looked down at them, w hlle keen enjoy- ; tin uit of his prospective Joke tugged at the corners of Ills mouth. i There's Jest one thing I'm clear about, he said slowly, "mid Hint Is, if lis true, it must have been a mighty warm season w hen I hey utruck my farm, nnd no mistake." I ll (oil. I lleelle. The most remarkable gold beetle In the world are found In Central Amor lea. The head lllld wing cases are bril liantly polished with a luster lis of gold itself. To sight nnd touch they havoi all the seeming of metal. Oddly enough, ; another species from the same region has the appearance of being wrought lu solid silver, freshly burnished. These i gold und silver beetles have a market: value. They nre worth fr.un 5 to 10 inch. Huppy t'onci .tlnii In Picks for Cold Vti-.ithrr Ijri-M.iu. To the enthusiastic cyclist who rides Ids "silent st I" on a cold day the liieslion of dress Is a most Important one. His rapid progres accentuates the effect of the low temperature on his body, and unless be Is properly clothed he will he very iincoinfortable. Tim old timers who have ridden for years In all sorts of weather all agree on tlio costume ns pictured above as the Ideal one for cold weather. The cyclist should wear a suit of medium weight under clothing. Over the underclothing --,'U"7.'J' 1 i ji- . . JX. W IMI.ll toslTMK roil t'TCI.lsTS. heavy, closely-woven golf stockings, n heavy, closely woven sweater or two, If nil. I enough, and a heavy cycle suit. As his feet, hands and cars will be most susceptible, he should wear fur lined gloves, or, If they are loo expens ive, heavy woolen gloves, arctic over shoes nml a clise-lilting cotton skull cap that may bo pulled down over his I'll i s. A Ho up Shot. A little child often not only leads but mouses by original descriptions of ordi nary events. Says the Pittsburg Chron icle: A Judge's little daughter, who had at tended her father's court for the llrst time, was very much Interested In the proceeding. After her return homo she told her mother: "Papa made a spois-h, nml several other men made speeches, to twelve men who sat all to gether, nnd then these twelve men were put In a dark chamber to be developed." She Meant III Poet. An English w riter suggests that Scot tish ptouumiatloli Is misleading. "On you like biins'f" asked the goveriny,s. Yes," said he, "If they nre made with sultana raisins au.l not currants.' Whereupon she blushed, and explain. d that she meant the poet "lln'mt." The Arkansas river whs named from ii nation of Indiana; Uo called (Juap Va. Not Alt llnldncat. Olek-Polly played n rattling gisid game at 'kcr last night, didn't she? Oail i who lost some of Ids money) Ye s. I guos she did. Olek -There's n girl for you! No lack of go ii I h in t her! All boldness and dash! I inn -Not nil !"!. lues, .denr Isiyl Polly wns shy several time last night, when she though! nobody Hollos! It.- Naw York Trihuuu,