WW. DDI UNDERGROUND RAIL B3 Si ROAD PASSENGER. i RKM KM BBS that multitudes of birds erata singing, buttercups and daisies wore In bloom, nnd tl.e . ,. l.. . .1 ,1.1 l.i I. .11, .11. .. . I " " '" .red-for I picked miii to blow away 1 Lt one breath for In. -It. So :t matt h:ivo MM mi "I" in,,, ,n nK. in i.;,. i , j- km, that I went over lo play vv th (he Sherman lioys. mid thereby met nil A ii c moraine ,i in en 1 1 re .....II-.. il,.. l..-a n. I..,,.. . . , " , fl-Wt -w fl we '" pwbapa by Inheritance from our Bngtlab ntices- ( lor, in iv " " f i '.! anaua u. Ave were cvuum vui iv our lavonte formula, iif. umr. inuner lOCK, K eese In n tlocli, ami It rt'll to Tilin g hot to blind. Hefore his loud announcement of the Drsi if" " iiu.i.ii.-.i-., men ne Has - . r II.,, I. .It,. I 1 ...I.I .1. I I so rapidly counting mat there w. hut a continuous Illumine lioiwecll the t, n Lf bldlOf-plACat. I was at no loss to il. iiii3 ii mi i M.Hii'irii i sr: r, i Ami nil. IMP 1 KIH'W PVi'l'V tin it; nn I , Turner of the premises: nnd as neither ! r uii me '"v- .... ii. i over the stable. This place afforded a riHHi iiiiui'i'ii v .i ,.'"i, us ni-ii im u rum UHlinK mice As I winleil through the liny to the darkest corner, the figure of a man L...l .... I. ..for. inn llA.lv , . , I - ! , I. I pUlllii, , .,.,.., .lit- breath out or me, so sudden and urn x nected wns tlie apparition, lie seemed Ln tnrtllMl Ihntl I nnd .eli.in In the dim light, I made him out to be B 'negro. 1 guessed that he was a fug live r. i . i.i- ,i i n i ... ,. Lnt, as he whispered, anxiously. "Say, chile Is dls yerc Mar.V Abum ThOTOt'l llMl" That was the name of my father, a-lw. u:is n 7.c:l nils lltiO '. I lull St find inse in se was wen k own iv friends of the "cause." and suspected fcy enemies, to lie n station of the On- ,1..r ,,r, i I n .1 II n i I I i el d .ollefirll I II tf vvliow.. musky passengers, often seen by us be- lueeii lie i un imi-i nui ',niiiii nun l: ' JUIJ, IIIJ DIOI.I .... . VUIIJ I. ,llie I I J Keep our owu counsel. It struck no at once thai this fugitive ' . ii . 1 1 1 i v Inn In n tr t. i m . f..L.. thnn In enniliiL' lo the Kliprtn-in heard neighbor Miermnn dechire to my t ,r Hell t U'tis IIS elelirlv , illlte nv ft, i v " . .. .... " .w mm n w. ww a stray horse to Its owner. So 1 answered my Interlocutor In n mouse. Hut thee can't go there DOWl put'liiiiiii o .."no a. on mvi , . ni-r inn.. , an' dou't stir till 1 come for thee r dark. I'm Abraham Tho;nc's I said, seelug that he hesitated a II IV Thereupon he lay down, saying as he I nn 'on ..-III ,,' ',,,,,,,,1, ,.. s mw.r ii imiiiri' , i , 1 carefully covered him with hay. mini mere wns n irnou cnanee oi s horses were turned out lo grass. 1 hay. I had barely time to smooth on the vue, iivo, uiree, luoa uui ior inc. I stowed myself where he would be uu iu me g.'in, so iintl lie uno no oi ler means to relieve his hunger, and ew so abstracted over the problem it I attracted the attention of my "What makes you look so down III the mnn inmr.t- , ..in .iim.m. n iul-ih "Oh, notbln'," I answered, evasively; vox i m so Hungry, i oneve I ve goi Ku.no uiiiii . . .. i ..; i, mi ii 1,1 . ,i i, , ,, ffllllBU I ,11,1.' nn ..,.,..1, I, ,,,, L fit .1 H I ,1 ,1111,11. f.i .lllo , . i . . . , i I ,1 .T ' ' The explanation might pass with L'lT IVII' I lie,' lime nU 'lle ill i . iV 1 'Hurrah for something feat I" cried om. ( nine on' nnd u ted the WMV the kitchen door, where an appeal double slice of bread and butter and dotlirllllllt for .inch of lis I made a pretense of eailng. not with- till Jim Sherman liognn to count n.l il. - . -m . ... Den I nrunt ... .i. l.. I. nn tin, n Knve all my lunch to the negro, lt n,... i .. . 1. 1... - -, i t 'hat I was making a great sacrifice the "cause" In which my fatliei w is u.-Bll.Y ciigngoii. "1 wish thee'd come to our house lu- of here," I whispered to the n."- as ne sat up under the tent ot nay. "Tell ye what, honey," he answered. -vie i was stayin yisi nay. nis .IS On llln,.,i ., rl tin 1 ...,ii .1 ioiL-,t mil - de dim o' de mawulu'-dis yere was e Iilne.. ii "Well, we enn't help It now. All tboe , " no is to keep still till DlgOL" Then Jim shouted wnrnlng. and I - .. ... . ....I,,,,, , .I.,, i. , talrs before my mnn was down and iin lounu me. sum we msmu When the game was ended I went ..lie ii,,i..h.. .........i. I..., ,.,,ii,i nn- I.... .' ':""u" . ' ,.' imm. m . .,. ' "J"J III U1IIIM I. U ' ther of him at the first opportune, he was as anxious as I. s his "I wouldn't have nclghtior Sherman him for anvtblnir. but thee did the i"i coum is? aone, my sou. an i 's nothing for It but to wait till rir .. The commendation comforted me, Bd I proved myself a valuable trencli- w-n at sunner. After nightfall I stole acroai the fields I tO neighbor Sheriunn's. ,,,! nil Mu quill about i he premises. I at once . ' lo the loft, where 1 found my man Just on the ,H.lnt of seitluc forth nlonc. , i1In.i ' t l""C'r may in tha dangerous products. We had crept rautlouitly downstairs and around the barn, not drawing a fioe breath till we got It between us anl the house n imn .-.. i. . - . """" " i Bum "rm'n rapidly to the door, and vnv.s in low, earnest conversation. Than MOM one ran rnnldlv nn the ..!.. , the loft, and presently returned; where- upon the team wan driven away In Kieaier nail than It had eonie. I did not understand It at all. nnd only felt sure that we had started none too MOB. It was brlehl atnrlleht mo .. m we skuiKimI along fences, which led m n roundabout vvnv. till we cam.. , our lOlKC. HMlllllir ,,, .!, .. iri't'S nr u i"ir, ..m The kltebCDdoOV wns o- en. mv furhor sffin.llmr In It I. ullk, i candle -lle-hi ' I ,,i ..II i .1 111 M in. iiiiiiH'ei, . n ;nr IIL'UM H vlo nl at Intervals around the house v-f i.'hiiiii?i nun men, except one wh seemed to be looking In our direction. I tell yon there's no one but mv own family In my house," I heard my father . . One of the men replied. "That's all very well. Mr. Thome, but I can't take your word for It. w hen (here's a nigger In the case. We shall have to search the house." Then, with a terror that seemed to melt my leg-hones nnd take my heart of my body. 1 realized that our house was beleaguered by slave hunters. The two men at the door pushed In past my father, while the others stood more alert. The man who was looking our w.iv moved toward us as directly as If he saw us. though the negro nnd I, by a common Impulse, crawled quickly be hind the trunks of two pear-trees a few feet apart. On he came unerringly, until he was right between us, and I made out dis tinctly the tall, muscular form and red liearded face of our neighbor Sherman. I expected to see him pounce upon the crouching figure of my companion like a tiger on his prey, and wondered If a sudden attack In the rear by a 1- year old boy could be of any avail. He turned neither to the right nor to the left as he passed between us, nor paused ns he whispered with sharp dis tinctness, "Oo back to my barn and lay low till I tell ye!" A few paces beyond us he turned nbmit tad paMOd between us again, re pealing the whispered injunction, nnd g lng b;ick to the house, toak post there, loudly enjoining vigilance upon the others. The negro crawled away In range of his tree, on his hands and knees, as stealthily as a cat, and I followed as Dearly as I could In like manner, till we gained the cover of a fence, looking back from which we saw the light shin ing from successive windows as the searching party moved from room to room, while the figures of the besiegers were dissolved and blotted out lu the gloom. We made our way back to the Sher man place with cautious haste, now startled by a ground nesting bird burst ing up from the grass before us. now making wide detnUrs to nvold some dim object, which proved to be a harmless cow or stump, till nt last we reached the left and lay down upon the hay. with a welcome sense of security In the place which I had lately deemed so dangerous. Then as we rested and by degrees re covered natural breathing, my com panion explained In whispers the mys tery of neighbor Sherman's behavior. "'Long In the nrternoon 1 was layln" klvered In de fodder n-wlshln' mighty hard for night an' suffln' for to eat. an' I heard somebody come a troiu pllng up de stulrs. an' he begin pokln' de fodder, an' me des nnt'aly shakln' wld fear, ontwel fust I knowed he hove de fodder clean off'n me. A mons'ous big, ferce-lookln' mnn he was, wld a red balrd Mme man he was that came to we tins ober yander, an' he holler at me, 'What you doln' here? You's a runaway nigger, dnt's whnt you Is. "When I try for to speak, he say. Hon' you tell me aoOn'. I don' wan' to hear a word out 'n yo' head. You had anything to eat since you ben yere?' an' I toT bin how you done fotch me a little speck. In de niawnlu', nn' he went an' fotch me a heap o' whittles, an' he tol' me to lay still under de fod der ontwel de dark come on' an' den go to de tiex' bouse an' not come back yere no mo', 'cause he ain't gwlne for to have no runaway niggers roun' his place. Deen he klver me In de fodder, an' dat de las' 1 seen him ontwll he come on we-uns ober yander. Oh, he's a Bigbt! curious man, dat he Is." I quite agreed In his opinion of neigh bor SI erman, since he was acting In so unexpected a manner. . u' nt' ni!4'il V mr .Til IJUUI Wiwr " heard a cautious step a.cen. : ug ne stairs, anu "f" ' " - " ; ' " " ; lo re, they can go over to Thome's now. 11 Oili ' With that he went nownsiairs. anu we presently followed, and went over to our house, where all wai quiet after the futile search. . ... A on the following nignt my isiurr rlel the fuuitire to me u. northward, nd we saw no more or a m ' '"c "PON' VOU TKI.I, ME NfFFIN'." run heard tTiat fi. reichc.i Cnn.idi vttte I out further adventure. A few data inter I boppoMi to hear my fniher thanking objkbof IIHIHO very warmly for whnt he hnd done, and the response of the latter wns: "Bbol Ahr'nin. don't never mi a word about Ii. wouldn't for nil' Hi world have It gel out 'at 1 harbor, d a runaway nlgg, r. Why. they wouldn't never call on me agin lo help ketch em. lOfJUTI Companion. GUN COTTON. Data! U of ika Haoafactora of vio- ll'lll I I'lcL , The use of gun cotton In the charging f torpedoes and for other purpose has 1,1 '"e o enormous that some nccoiint of Its modern uimiuf..cturc Is of Inter est. PUN raw cotton or ordinary cotton waste, which la commonly seen In all places where machinery Is used. Is steeped In a solution of one part of nitric and three parts of sulphuric acid. It Is the former that renders the sub stance explosive, the latter Mug used only to absorb the wntcr. thus permit ting the nitric acid to combine more readily with the cellulose of the cotton. After btlag soaked several hours In the acids the cotton Is removed and passed between rollers to expel from It the non absorbed acid. The cotton Is i then thoroughly washed lo remove nnv afld still remaining which would de compose the cotton If permitted to re main In It. This washing process Is a long one. requiring machinery which reduces the cottou to n.uch the same condition to which rags are reduced In a paper mill-a sort of pulp. If It Is to be used In the manufacture of powder the cotton Is still further pul j verlned and It then thoroughly dried. If It Is for use In torpedoes It Is com- pressed Into shapes thai make It easy ' to pack Into torpedo heads. The form j varies greatly, sometimes being disk shaped, sometimes cylindrical; gala it Is lu fiat iqnarOa nnd again In cubes. rhe gun cotton when not compress I Is light, about the weight of an eijual hulk of common batting. Terrible as It Is as an explosive, n brick of It wheii wet may be placed upon hot coals, and as the moisture dries oft the cotton flakes and burns quietly. When dry, however, It will explode with great vio lence If exposed to a temperature of alNiut 320 degrees. It Is usually fired by detonation, or nn Intense shock, which produces a more powerful effect than heat. In the tor pedo the wet cotton Is detonnted by the explosion of dry cotton In a lube, which Is tired by a cap of fulminate of mer cury, which Is, In turn. Ured by the Im pact of the torpedo against the hull of the vessel toward which It Is discharg ed. Chicago Hecord. Spanish Wooden Itullets. It Is well known that Spanish soldiers In Cuba were poor marksmen, but great surprise has been expressed, says the Scientific American, at the remark able lack of execution which character ized their fire at Ouantanamo and San tiago, and an officer of the I'nlted States gunboat Montgomery has been able to throw some light on the matter. He visited the Maria Teresa after the destruction of t'ervcra's Beet In search of souvenirs. He found a large num ber of Mauser cartridges In groups of live ready lo go Into the magazines of the guns, nnd If the entire Spanish army and navy were equipped with that kind of ammunition both Cervern nnd Tornl were nmply Justified In sur rendering when they did. The car tridges consisted of a metal shell load ed with hair and a sprinkling of pow der. The bullet wns nf neither brass nor lend, but of wood. Some army con tractor had Imposed on the ordnance bureau of the Spanish navy, but to what extent the wooden Mauser bullets were used will probably never be known. Old Age 1'enslont In New land. New Zealand, which has prided her self for a good many years on "ad vanced" legislation, and which is often held up ns one of the most progressive, countries In the world (though a Hilt- Ish colony), Is about to Inaugurate whnt may lie called an old age pension regime. I The Legislature of the far off colony I recently passed an elaborate bill, mak ing provision for pensions to persons In straitened circumstances who are over ltT years old. The pension amounts to but $1)0 a year, or aliout j $1.73 a week, and no one who has an Income of over $3 a week or property worth more than $2,700 will be en- titled to It. Twenty years' residence in the colony and ten years' exem plary conduct are requisite In order to secure this stale gift, which Is sig nificant, not so much for the amount as for the precedent which It em-bodles.-Hoston Globe. The Largest Loaves of Itrcad. The largest loaves of bread baked In the world are those of France and Italy. The "pipe" bread of Italy Is baktd In loaves two or three feet long, while In France the loaves are made In the shape of very long rolls four or five feet In length, and In many cases even six feet. The bread of Paris Is distributed almost exclusively by wo men, who go to the various bakehouses at MO a. m. and spend about an hour polishing up the loaves. After the loaves are thoroughly cleaned of dust and grit, (he "bread porter" pr.n Is on the round of her customers. Those who live In apartments or flats find their loaves leaning against the door. Specific for Heaslokn Bright red spectacles accompanied by Internal doses of calomel form a BOW German sp.-clHc against seasickness. It Is deduced from Epstein's Investlgs tlons on the Influence of color on the blood vesels In the brain. Heaslcknest Is due to lack of blood In the brain, while red sends blood to the brain with a rush. By looking at one point fur some time through the red glasses the patient Is cured radically. Before expressiug your honest con vlctlous these days, you must -lock yourself In a room and plug up the key bole. l'p to date, the women members of a certain church have tried every known means to raise the church debt except by putting air bags under It. Confidence often begets confidence u"'n' rotters are not the only poopla who make family Jars. THE CIGARS OF MANILA. Now Much Holler limn Tli c ksaeH ran I aS I lo - mekr Clears gad cigarettes are remarkably heap, even In the face of Ihc economic soodltaOM thnl exist In the Baat. The s boa peal cigar are sold for $10 per IjOOOj and the lnot expenshe for $ml per 1,000. It educe thst to n gold basis, and you find yourself wondering how they can Ik- made for the money. The i-lgarettes are even cTieni'r The cheap est grades retail for H nnd "J'-j cents Mexican per package of twenty four ml thirty cigarettes, nnd the grades III most common use sell at the factory for $'-1i Mexican, or $D,V) god. per l.issi package of twenty four and thirty cigarettes each. The best cigars can be tattgbl at retail at the cigar stands for fi and lo cents Mexican, and It la eeorded that III the days of the BMOOp )ly a very fair cigar, ns Manila cigar go. could be bought for I nnd cents Mexican. The genuine Manila cigar of to day Is not known In the Called Stntes, nnd If ever II finds Its sjfaj there It will at once spring Into Immense pop ularity. The old Manila cigar, short ind stubby, or cone-shaped. Is rapidly passing, nnd In Its place uiisl.-ru cigar are being made. All of the modern hnpc In vogue In Kurope and America have DOtfl Introduced since the monop nly ceased to exist, and anything that pleases the fancy may In- had at the kiosks of Manila. The modern cigar, made of Mia liesl Cagayim or Isaliel lo bacco, Is not a go,d ns the Cuban pro duct, but It will bear fair comparison with It, and Is certainly the superior of score of the domestic brands sold lu the I nllcd Stales. The tobneco Is mild er, and there Is no flavoring Introduced Into It BOt any chemical process resort ed to lu treating It. There are UyOOO Americans In Manila now. and they take very kindly to the I liettcr grades of Manila cigars. The Igaretle are ulso made of pure to bacco. The entire Industry has suf fered on aivoiint of the Inferior grades that are shipped from here, ami Manila cigars have been unfairly condemned. The average small native planter grows no more tobacco and does no more work than Is absolutely necessary to earn a living. He plants In Novem ber ami garners In Ma KB. nnd In Hie . Interim raises what mnlze he needs for his house and farm. He has no other cares, and borrows none, lie pockets the market price when the buyer ar ; lives, and It keeps him until he comes again. He has to sort his leaves Into ' five sizes and bundle them Into uiauos. each of which contains Hi leaves, and there end his troubles, There are eight large and between fifty and one hull died small factories lu Manila, and the former employ from -lisi to li.otm opera tives each. In the manufacture of the better grades of cigars un n and Isiys arc employed almost exclusively, while on the cheaper cigars nnd cigarettes women are more generally employed. The former are. as a rule, paid on the piece system, while the latter nre often contracted for In gangs, nnd answer to their employers only through the sub contractor. Wages vary, not only as to the grade nf the clgnrs made, but ns lo the skill of the operatives, nnd there Is a wide range In pay. Kxpert clgar maker In the large factories can earn $1 Mexican, or -lo cents on the gold basis, but the average Is nearer to 73 cents Mexican, and among the children and less expert operatives wages range down to 'jo nnd no cents Mexican per day. Manila Correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean. Slight Hklrntlsh. The war with Spain has served to popularize lu common language many terms usually employed only lu a mill tnry sense, and has frequently furnish ed the smart men of the press With a new figure of speech. "I shall have to ask yo". Mr. Pad ili-tii," said a city editor, looking over a large bundle f manuscript which a new reporter had turned In ns a de script Ion of a trivial occurrence, "to lie plO that stuff." "To deploy It?" said the new reporter. "I don't understand." "Turn that column Into a line," re Jollied the editor. Pitiful Poverty In Itiissln. Statistics Just published ibow that In Russia only 947.388 families out of a population of about 180,000,000 souls have an Income of over $."oo a year, or that practically more than 90 per cent, of the whole population are constantly In a state of abject poverty and pauper ism In their various degrees. The fig ures I nine appalling when one con siders the case of the peasantry, which forms the overwhelming majority of the population. The average yearly In come of n peasant fnmll.1 consisting of six members ranges from 100 lo $73 a year, out of which between $-3 and $,'13 has to be paid to the gover cut lu di rect taxes. What Htm Win. in a New England graveyard there has lately been discovered an epitaph which leaves a wider scope for the Imagination of the reader than almost any other which could be composed. A person straying through the little graievard stopped to read the words on an old slate sioiie slab; two winged beads were carved shove the epitaph: Here lies the remains of Mary Anu Pratt; Words nre wanting to say what. Think what a good womau should be; She wns that." Nov r Hatlsltrd. Residents of POOCS nr.- changing the pronunciation of the name of the town to one syllable, "Police," liecause that's I'nlted Ststes, and they want to lie like US. At the snme time people of the United States are changing their pro nuuelatloii to "Poll tha," lus-ause that's Hpsnlsh, slid they wsnt to appear well educated. i is i Huiid Moats There Is a fish found 111 Hudson Baj which absolutely builds a nest. This It docs by picking up pebbles In Its mouth and placing them In a regulsr way on a selected spot on the bottom of the bay, where the water Is not very deep. . Icebergs. The Icebergs of the two hemispheres sre entirely different lu shspc. The arc tic bergs are Irregular In form, with lofty plunacles and gllterlug domes, while tbe sntarctlc bergs are flat top ped and galtd loping HE LIKED TH! M. kfaf! tal Boer's kdsBlrntloa f Waneon Was ' eat laovoaelaaT. I was riding along the road leading across Hurricane Gap. In the Pine I mountain range, thinking of the pan liar paopla who lived lu these fastness ' es. when I argl s'artle.l by a voice up the hillside calling to me to come up and give somebody a lift. 1 had ne Idisi Sa0 owned the voice, but n ho ever It wis was In trouble, and I re st.inded and found a mnn of 00 or more caught by the foot under a fallen tree and unable lo get away. He wasn't hurl, and I Mag had him on hi feet, and he Insisted on my stopping further down the mountain and taking dinner with him. He lived In a well kept cabin with hU daughter, and nfter dinner wt sat In the shade of a tree iu the yard and he told me about himself. "A4r you married':" he asked, nfter he told me he was a widower. "No, but 1 hope to be sonic day," 1 an swered, quite sincerely. "You ought lo lie; every man ought to be: a man that ain't ibowla' a right fetllB' to'rd what the Lord's d me fer him; tliar ain't notbln' on the (ace uv God's green earih that Is a patchln' to a woman. I dou't kevr what kind she Is." "You're hale and hearty yet." I said, "and I don't ee why you don't lake some of your ow n advice." "Hon't crowd Hie mourners, mister." he said, waving his hand as If warding off my attack. "Pon'l you crowd the mourners. I'm flggerln" on sever'l ibis very minute, and I ain't quite shore yll which one lo pick. I've baag married four iluies. and eveiy time my notions uv women has got so much higher that 1 11 lie denied iff I don't kinder look forrenl to lotto' n wife Jusl fer the sat Isfactlon uv geltln' another one." The Idea was so elitlrely new that I was overcome by It. Washington Stnr Me Laughed l.ai. A story Illustrating red tape was told me the other day by an engineer oltlcer. writes Arnold While In Harper s Week ly. In Ihc course of Ills duties, which Involved traveling over Ihc country, be sent lu a bill w hich contained a chnrge, "porter, 64." The w ord porter Is one of those dubious terms III the Kugllsh Inn gunge which are capable of two Inter premiums. One signifies Ihc man w ho cnrrles one's baggage at a railway sta Hon: the other Is the foim of black beer which Is known under the name of "porter." When my Informant, there fore, claimed a return of the sixpence be had expended he wns told by the War Office authorities that alcoholic drinks were not lo In- Included lu t In tra! cling allowance of ollleers. He re Jul 1 thai he was not claiming for ill coholle drink, but for the hire of a man to transport his bnggage at a station. Upon which the sapleiil olllclal rcpolu ed that In future he should not claim for porter, but porterage. On the next occasion on which this olllcer. who was a wag, was traveling on behalf of bis country he sent In a bill w hich Includ ed the Item, "cabbage '-'s." The bill was promptly returned by the War Office authorities, with the statement that green vegetables wci- not lo be Includ ed lu the traveling allowance of olll eers. The olllcer replied that he did not mean to Imply Dial he had bought green Vegetables, bill I lull he had taken a cub. nud that, as when he hnd asked for the hire of a porter he w as Instruct- tt to call It porterage, h mid only presume that he was carrying out their lordships wishes III rtalnlttg for Hie return of the sum he had laid down on tha tranaporl of his person ami goods from Hie station under the bend of "cabbage." A Tiny Hlci'lrlc Motor. A Western watchmaker has built the smallest electric motor In the world. It Is so small thai It does not cover a sli ver dime. The armature Is about tho size of a small slate pencil. The front of the motor Is of gold, highly pollsheil, and the coiiiinulntor segments are nlso of the same metal, so Hint viewed from a little distance the scarf pin has Hie appearance of a very valuable and rather curiously designed pin The first thing lo attract the attention Is tha buzzing of the machine, which, by means of a current obtained fr a small chloride of sliver battery carried In the vest ket, is kept III operallou at a high rate of speed, and tgftth a noise like a small nest of hornets. Tho field magnets of the little motor are made of two Ihlcl sses of No. ii sheet Iron scraped down and polished. These are held together with gold screws and wound with No. llll silk covered wire. The armature Is of Hie four pole type and Is wound with No. UU wire. The Utile brushes are of mar velous thinness, having been construct ed of copper, hammered down with much patience and care. There Is a small gold switch on a black rubber base, made with a pin, to be worn on the lapel of the vest. The owner of this novel scarf pin has been asked to exhibit It In public, but Is content with the homage paid to his talents lu his native town, and refuses to show II publicly elsewhere. Work ol It I. Itnts are idaylng luivot with the uu dergroiind telephone and telegraph cu- j hies lu St. Iiuls. They have discover ed that ihc wires are covered wlih par attl ucd paper, and they like the taste.1 To satisfy their sppcllics tfeOf must; gnaw through the lead canting around; the wires. It ha happened lu a iniue I bar of cases UMI the rats In gnawing through the lead cable to gel at Ills greased paper have bared the copper wires so that they touch agog other and cross In such a manner as to make It Impossible to establish com in uu lea I loo , over then Only Indian Twins Alive. Iu Oklahoma TttTttOT the other day twins were born lo While Hove ef the Usages. It has been the custom of In dluns lo strangle l be weaker of twlm shortly after their brllb. White Dove refused lo follow Hie custom of her people, and now Is cut lu the best In dlan circles. She fled with her bsblet to the agent al Pouca and so saved them both. Kllsabeth's fA rlune. The lale buipreat Kllzahelb left a vast fortune. She had a much Isrgrt ' civil list than she ever spent, and bei surplus Income was Judiciously laid out In purchasing property around Vienna, wblcb was bought very cheap, but II now covered with bulld'ngs and enor . moualy valuable. HUMOR OF THE WEEK STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Odd, i in. hi. and Lunuhnbla Phnsrs of Huasaa Nature (iraphlcallr I'or Irajcd by Kmlurnl Word Arlials of Our Usi Dujr-A lludgct of Van. To CMIIsMM In Blrlfe.'- "Having had a taste of war, I. lent. Ilugglns seems lo want more of II." "Why; has he decided to go Into the regular army?" "No; bul he Is going to get married next week." at asassa's iiie. Little Harry Mamma, what's a Baoohaanallan revel? Mamma Thai's a polite name for those social events your papa's club gets up every little while. No ladaeesaeat iiirr. "Ah! young lady. I was young nnd beaatlfal myself once, and then 1 nev er refuned a poor woman.'' "Well, the result Isn't exactly encour aging." A Pnsallilr Krini.li. "Cyrano should have married." "WhyV "It might have Improved his nose to have It held down on the matrimon ial grind etoaa." Chicago Record. A uaurstlnn. "I think Hie name 'Yule' and 'Har vard' should lie given to two of our regular war ships." "Well, what's (he matter with Vas aarT" Puck. Dors Jusl W.-II. "My employer Is so queer; I can't tetl when he's pit used." "Well, you can tell when he's dis pleased, cau't you?"- Chicago Hecord. Identified. Lit lie Albert Pa, who were the sev ell sleepers? Pa They were the first policemen that we have any record of. Ilardlv Ktir On I el. Hollle Was It a quiet spot where you kissed Mollle? Chollle No; Ii was on the mouth. Chicago Journal. in. She Are oii a veg.-tailan? The Poet tea, ofl ami on. Puck. The l.aal Word, of t'onrss. lie I lou t you tadlcvc thai In the majority of divorce eases Hie woman wns lo blame? She t If course, I do. She should never have married. Philadelphia Record. The Man to Talk to. Judge I dou't waut to see you here again. Prtl r I wish you'd say that to the policeman. Soincrvlllu Journal. An I ..ii i '.i-i Mis Tonne Mr. Hunting Is a sin gular man. M -s l-'llklns How ao? Miss Toiniuey lie says he doesn't like golf. Miss Kllklns Rut lots of men don't like golf. Miss Toiiiiney Y'es, but Mr. Hunting says he dou't care who knows It. Judge. A Vnrranne Conclusion. "What a tall girl llrlghnin's daughter has grown to be I She must be six feet at least." "Yes. but she's a mighty nice girl and the little fellow that's going to marry ber w ill be a lucky chap." "Who Is he?" "I don't know." "Rut you Just spoke of him as a little fellow." "Well, being a tall girl, she wouldn't mnrry any but a little fellow, vv.iiild he?" i i.i.i ii. ii l'oBiilliiieiit. "Ry Jove, I'm awfully glad to see you here, Miss Hmwn. When I first came lu I felt quite nervous every body looked so awfully clever." Punch, Ills Mlstaks. lie I lu lu ve you cared fur me the first 1 1 ill- we ever met. She Why, what makes you think that? lie Recause you kept looking at me o steadily. Kvery time I glanced In your direction your gaze was riveted upon me, She oh, bul It wasn't because I had fallen In love with you. I was think ing what a pity It was that there was no one near and dear to you who could b-:i you what wretched taste you had lu neckties. laalaaaga first Venerable Man 1 met old Hill Jones Jusl uow, and he had the as urauce to tell me that he felt as freab as a l wo year old. Second Venerable Man-Likely be meant two year old c' -Indianapolis Journal. Hrvenaa. "Well. I've filially got even with old Rockingham for refusing to have ma a a son in law." "How did you do RT" "I wa a metnlier of the committee thai wa appointed to Initiate blm In our lodge the other night. They say he won't get out of the hospital for a mouth." A rhnnre In Make Money. Mrs. Peck -Henry, 1 ve been talking to you for twenty minutes, and I'll bet you don't know a word I've said. Mr. Peck Say, go nnd try to get somebody outside of the family to take that bet, will you? II , ikma Hack. Mr. Ackllns I don't want to he Im pertinent, but how old nre you, any way? Some of the ladle were discuss ing your age at Ihc club I be other day, and several of them claimed that you were at least U3, bin I Insisted that you were not more than Ik'l. Mrs. Blawlck- I'm glad you were so kind. Of course, you didn't mention the fact Unit you were ready to leave the grammar grade when 1 was In tbe primary class at school, did you? I aaaleioae Mr. Bttnbttl I'm afraid John iKish Into bad company down there ut nW lege. He must Ik- gambling. Mr, llllinbus-Why, what makes you think that? Mr. llllinbus I got a letter from him this morning In which be didn't ask for money. I wonder tf he knows how to stack Hie cards? Now They Ar 'Irsnvrrs, lie- What lovely flowers! Do you know, they remind me of you? She Why, they are artificial. He- Yes, I know; but It requires close examination to detect It. Not liood Voney. "He has money to burn." "Is II really as badly torn and mutil ated ns that?" Chicago Post. Living- I'll lo IIU Principle. "Look here!" exclaimed the woman who had made a sandwich for a tramp and then thoughtlessly left him alone for a minute within reach of two whole pics, "what do you mean by eat ing all that pie?" "Madam," replied the tramp politely, as he let his belt out another hole. "I am a believer lu expansion." -Chicago Post. Looking Backward "What were the most striking things voii saw while you were In Kurope?" "The people who were always strik ing me for Hps." T in . A I way On. Clam What became of that young Woodb you refused last winter? ktanda (Who Is still single) -Oh. he married provuklugly well. "Wot am I molklu'? Illcyelc, ol conrse, stoopld?" A Kataal Performance. "io you have any rule to regulate shaking hands?" "Well. I never shake hands with any man ofteiier than he shakes hand with me." Chicago ltceord. Timely lirlc-a-llruc. "Clara Is always up to dale." "Whnt now?" "She rented wooden Indians tod ir ale her parlors for Hint afternoon lea." Detroit Journal. Ilrrukluu "nt. "There goes an art enthusiast, Tom. Wants to paint. Her mind Is full of It." "Yes. II shows on her face."- Collier's Weekly. Usttlna Qaoli Mrs. Spurks 1 guess Lulu nnd Hur ry are gradually drifting apart sines he's gone back to college. I dou't be lieve they care as much for each other as they did, and I wouldn't be surpris ed If we could break up the affair yet. Mr. Sparks -Ah, that's good. Rut what reason have you for thinking tli.il their affection la cooling? Mrs. Sparks -Well, she's receiving only one teller a day from blm uow. Her ldaa. M ni 1 don't how i an g.j on encouraging him when yuu are al ready engug' d. Jessie Well, I read somewhere once that lii order to avoid disappointments In life It Is always well to have mors than two strings to your bow, and ll seems to me thnl having more than one beau ou your slrlug Is part of tha same logic. Author vn-er He II-Made Names. Robert Southey once wrote under the name of "Abel ShufiTchottoui;" Mat thew Arnold hid hlmsilf behind thu modest Initial "A.;" Richard Whately was "A Country Pastor;" Whltelnw Bold was "Agate;" John Huskln was "A liraduate of Oxford;" Susan r'eunt more Cooer was "A Lady;" Sir Walter Scott was "A Layman;" Robert South ey was "Alvarei Kaprlelln;" Richard Cuhden was "A Manchester Manufac turer;" J. Peiilmore Cooper wus "An American;" Thomas Moore wns "An Irish Man;" Donald (J. Mitchell wns "An Opera doer;" Matthew Arimld was "Armlnlus von Thunderteiitroiic kle" (Pall Mall OaaotUJ! B A Poe was "Arthur Gordon Pjrni" William Makepeace-Thackeray was "Arthur Pendeu nla;" Hcury Watterson was "Asa Trenchant;" James Russell Lowell was "A Wonderful Quia." When a man dies, and his w Ife Is left to take care of the home, she spcndi two-thirds of ber time In running aflei a carpenter. Lots of men who make witty remarks are too dense to realise the tact. Of Course.