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V THE QUICKSANDS. El I TVYI-OB was a typical rnatKnman. HH father bad beta pioneer ! bit grind. hni been uw v "i back wi"-" Mssourl "1 Ark"n- . . ,i m t ie I'leucn, 10 dm M,V IS'IC-UH" - own la'T lof could ,pe the W :Do7 oIi-r'rn..lubeH.,.n.,,e MDokeof k Mi.n tbfl ,ba poun. .. ...i,.WM'l "O" . . .t. . . f.thor nao itsnv . A .1.1. I . I . ...Mill" tO W ' corres in tidied ' in known as those Dug h 1 further west In doing until one " .. ,nr,e.noullngly unhealthy ,"" . ...,ii.hI bis fau7 WO one of aim m- . ,.. nralrl ivatwiw Kboonrr" h nsrslsted ' b, found himself under the shadow S the rtockr yonntoiM, and lie woke ' ,o mo fact tnal hi. wife ni a broken down old woman and hi Leliter Una and IiIh son Tom "nliout - nnln' tn rrn r tn u lis at uw n,1B b." louDg Tom Taylor bad not Inher ited the WW lovc of clmn8e tuat uatl distinguished bis ancestors. He was a .....I- .enslble fellow and wanted to ...a. down on a farm, where bli moth frWuld live Letter than she had been nr.,! where Lena could have n ,h.nn to know more about books nblcli she bad iearued to read In some MMssnUbU way, ana or wuicu sue m verr fond. And w Ell Taylor In his 50th year titled down to the cultivation of a farm not far from what is now Canyon City, but which was then a cluster of flblni where prospectors resteu ueiore folnf over the mountains to South Tarx. Here Ell Taylor and young Tom worked with so mucb success that within few years they had a comfort able bouse and outbuildings, a dozen cowi and as ninny burst's, and, great est of all evidences of prosperity, money laid by for a rainy day. Lena Tiylor, tbongb miles awny from tbe nearest neighbor, was not destined to remain unknown and un appreciated. The fame of her thrift and her beauty was discussed about the campflres of prospectors In the mountains. Many of them bad gone a day's Journey out of their way to see her, and the general opinion was that the man who made a successful "claim" to her hand would have, by all odds, the Utiest piece of property In the territory. It lias been said that poverty and suf fering are the greatest tests of charac ter, but we are Inclined to think that It requires s stronger, nobler nature to withstand a change in tbc face of sud don prosperity than to meet reversals With philosophy. Ell Taylor, was prosperous, and with his prosperity vanished his Inborn dis like for settled communities. It was he who carried all the farm produce to Canyon City and purchased there such supplies as were needed by his thrifty family. Had be confined bis purchases to these supplies all would have been well, but, unfortunately, he bad chance to gratify his taste for strong drink, and he yielded to It till the pas sion became bis master. The saloons of the frontier at that time were open gambling dens, "run' by sharpers who plundered without re morse the men they bad first made drunk. One of these places was kept by man named "Mart" Estel, who had the eoreted reputation of wealth and the unenviable reputation of a desperado who had killed a number of men. Ho always denied being rich, and when questioned alwut his shooting exploits He would lay bis hand on his hip and u.r, with n chilling laugh: iou can bet that when Mart Estel Had! himself In a tight box he knows low to tlx the lock that will let him cut. titers saloon become a favorite re tort with kii Taylor, and be not only tot drunk there, but the news reached family that be had fallen Into the biblt of gambling. Tbe latter report ai confirmed by the fact that he no "onger accounted for the mouey ho had lot from the sale of bis produce. Lena and her brother begged their father to keep away from Canyon City, nut, unheeding them and blind to the n ot his invalid wife, be persisted ln the course. And now the son and daughter, who en, h M 8glr t0 secul'c a Perman rui riome. expressed an anxiety to move ' inner Into the wilderness, but their 'Jther became stubborn, saying: horIrnma(le mc ,ettle down here "J nets I u itsy," 3.,eD mUQT were nearlng their ' 4 founS man. dressed In the "" of a hunter, but with a refinement F manner that convinced Una that , J? "aD 0r8'nal mountaineer," "me to the vnllev tn u-mm. ,h. ti. - .. ...... 'I a man whose 'inn wa, ,i, ,..., . . . '. . tliere kit asset! to nonnl In then I be huntod and prospected e "' '-I'l'orlng mountains. He gave s osjbsm ..George Herrou.. anu as dsn , 8 week for tba nccommo "'n an. showed a willingness to pav mSFft Mri- Taylor aud Lena ed to take him In. tithTr? "l'.rron wai handsome and lone.' m"lancholy Joung man-such rur,n nuist "PPal Powerfully to the rr.at deal often for 7 boi 4,,lme- nJ lien he returned waiw,! ! m brought ". ,nKl Lena ,S '",1 8tran'',! WIJ fl0"- 'or thlch CUrl0U8 'Plmeus of ores, tne ., "aiDlned VlH his micro Lo ac'ds. Uosmi !" ll,rKel' a nat,er of ocla W it , nnJ- therefore, to lie wonder- watn.. . ,.'na crew t0 ""a-,(h "e I Nnter, nor ,h tue ,lght of ner Presslve face i MS f i. VOU HAVE MT ANSWElt, SAID LENA. - Ml ., .1 ... - .. WU.. br alove h' valley. Mart Estel had takaa to Tlalt- make a living up to this time. Father bad no right to mqrtgagc the farm and the stock, for they are more of my making than of his, and I do not pro pose to let any man Interfere with my rights." "Ah, my young friend," said Lawyer Itopgs, opening one of tbe pniiers he held In his hand, "your father has here sworn that he owns this farm and the stock; If be has sworn to what ain't true, why, nil Mr. Estel has to do Is to apply to the officers of tbc law in Den ver and have him arrested for swin dling and perjury." On hearing this Eli Taylor groaned and bis wife covered her face with her thin bands. "I have no more to say about It," said Tom, going to the door, "only this that the man who arrests my father will undertake a life Job, and the man who carries out our little property must do so by force." After Tom bad gone Lena asked: "Mr. Estel, can't you give us time to pny you? Father got only arm at your place. He was not a drunkard nor a gambler liefore we came here." And I didn't make him one or the other," said Estel. "But I told him be fore what I tell you now that Is, that you can say one word that'll free him from debt and make yourself rich." What Is that?" asked Lena, with forced calmness. He my wife," said Estel, reaching out his hand. Iena drew back and tbe color fled her face. Her simple life had made her unconventlonaL so that she spoke ber mlud without any thought of the con sequences. "Marry you?" she said. "How could do so when I do not love you?" "But you will learn to love me," ald Estel. "That Is Impossible." "Why so?" "Because I love another." "Who Is ber "That matters not." she said, wlfh spirit, "you have my answer. But I will not take "no for an an swer, thins over wnai i nave sum. and In one week I shall return; should you then refuse me I shall take what Is mine. With this ultimatum Estel and his friend left. Ell Taylor aad his wife tried to make Lena see that It wonid be to me su vantiae of nil If she accept.-d Hotel's proposal, but she finnly replied: I m readv to die to save euner uij father or my mother, but It is too much to ask me to sell my soul." Tom stoutly took bis sltoas nH -hn (Jeorire Herron return. -u art game; UlUU'll Inn II ,. ,uc "ey. uui it chanced that he never came there except when George Herron was away. Ell Taylor hail ceased coins: to Han. .von City; Indeed, he seemed to have lost all Interest In tho farm, In bis rainiiy, ami n himself. Lena and her mother tried to eber bits, and Tom worked harder than ever to make up for his father's losses, but si in Bin went nhout like heart was broken. The reason for this melancholy was at length made manifest. One day Mart Estel, accompanied by a stout, florid man of 40 who looked much like himself, came to tbe farm nnd held a long consultation with Ell Taylor. "I hnve kept It all from my children," snld Ell Taylor to Estel and his com panion, who was known as "Lawyer uoggs, - out l reckon the best way Is to have them In and make a clean breast of It." "Yes; they might as well know It first as last," said Estel, "and more par ticularly Lena, for she's got It In ber power to square the accouuL" "How so?" asked Ell. "Didn't I tell you bow when last you was down, and didn't you promise to sMnk to ber about it?" asked Estel. "I wasn't myself then. I've forgot all about It, and I wish I could forget that I ever came to this settlement," said the distracted man. "Have your family In nnd let us talk It over," said Lawyer Hoggs, as he drew some papers from his pocket Mrs. Taylor, Lena nnd Tom were called In, nnd Mart Estel, without any preliminaries, went on to tell how for a year or more Ell Taylor bad been getting deeper and deeper Into bis debt "I loaned money and did all I could for .Mr. Taylor," said Estel, "and at last, seeing that be could not pay me, I took a mortgage on the farm and tho stock. The mortgage Is due, and If Mr. Taylor or none of tbe family nlu't able to take It up I'll sell tbe place or I'll take It for what's due me." "I don't know anything nliout law," said Tom Taylor, "and I don't waut to know, but I've tried, nnd so have mother and Lena, to work bard and him all isiat bad happened and asked bis ad v let-. "I csn help yon by giving you the money," replied the young hunter, "but mj oener is Hint the. fellows uneves aim are playing a bluff If so. I think Tom tt,,d I can I bam." "It's this young Herron that I a s In love with." .aid KII Tu)lr to his lfe. "If It wasn't for him she'd bsve Lstel and we could keep the place. I won't have him atwut here no longer." In his blunt way ti. qM man told t.eorge Herron to leave, frankly ex plaining tbe reason, and George said In reply; "If I cannot help you. Mr. Taylor. 1 will not stay lu your way." Hie next evening, after a long talk with Lena and her brother, tbe young hunter shouldered his rltle and went away, and Ell Taylor felt that his property would bt now secure. In which event he compromised with bin scHMi ness by promising himself that he would never get drunk nor gamble again. At length the dreaded day came, and with It Estel, Bogfl and a DOB! bet of Olen they had brought to take posses slon of tbt place. They found Lena even more deter mlued than before, for she positively refused to speak to Estel lu the lions,'. "Will you speak to me outside?'' be asked. "Yes; ou the bridge over Quicksand Creek," she replied. This was the bridge on the road leading from the farm to Canyon City, and tbe stream which It spanned was tilled with the quicksand that makes traveling lu that region such a terror. t earing some harm. Estel's friends followed at a distance, and tho. moment he stood on the bridge with Lena they suw a young man lu hunter's garb ap pear nt the other end. They heard this young man cry out: "We meet nt last, Belmnn!" Estel loomed frozen with terror: nfter a few seconds be laid his hand on tbe bridge railing nnd leaped over, his object being escape, but be found himself In the remorseless grasp of the quicksands. Uoggs and others ran up only to see Estel or "Belmnn," for these were only a few of his names, disappearing. "That wretch," said George Herron, pointing to the stream, "murdered ami robbed my father two years ago in Salt Lake City. 1 bave been looking for blm ever since, but I hold you to witness that he died by his own net." With their chumplou gone Koggs and bis companions had no further inter est In bis case. Ell Taylor was never troubled ngalu. He changed his hab its and made over bis farm to bis son, though he thinks that bis son In law, George Ilenon, Is quite as line a fel low as Tom. New York Ledger. TIIK CZAfi OF RUSSIA. A CHARACTER SKETCM Or THIS MIGHTY HULLR. III. Trace Pi UHSeal HaoOIVOO to M iii. Ukemetn that letorj win Pro nte liaaortel Ho Otoailfswti I i .ink mid Krarlr... An admirable efcaUtctef Okotefe Of Cxar Nicholas II. of Itusstu Is drawn by the English Journalist, V. r stead, lu the American Monthly. Nicholas IL, says the writer, In st.it me does not resemble lu father, who mu a SOD of Aunk. It Is a mistake. In. never, to speak of him as if he wen eiceptloD- ally slight. He Is abotll I same height as Gen. Gordon, wh be re sembles in other tilings besides tbe tun ber of bio inches. tVbon bo rides or sits the Emperor seems as tall us niost men. When he stands ho is n little taller than Lord Kelson or Napo leon Bonaparte Good staff, says the old adage. Is often put up In little bun dles, and the giant In popular legend Is usually as dull as he is huge. In phy slque the Kmperor Is wiry aid vigor ous. One win. sees bin OVOT d.iy told me that physically Nicholas is a mucb healthier man than his father. The llrst and most i ous,i, uoii char acterlstlc of Alexander III was the solidity of ins mental temperament. lie was I.y no menus dull. Hut be was slow. He put bis foot down like mi elephant, and when he put It down he was not quick to take It up again. Tbe characteristic of his son and itMCeaaor is quite different Alertneoa, exactness, lucidity, and deflnlteneM are four ox Tn cr.An N-irnot.AS n. coUenl qualities iii a man, ami tho Em peror has them all. With nil this there is an absolute absence of nny thlng even distantly approaching prig glshness. Many years ago Mr. Glad Stone described the present Emperor lis Ancient Ky n.t.oMsin of the Glove. a Charming type of the best of our pub In the history of dress the position of He school Isiys. He was frank, fear tbe glove Is unique. There was a time less, perfectly natural, and Simplicity when the glove was an emblem of con- j Itself. Nicholas II. I- no lunger a buy. Bdence. Forming a part of the regal He bns borne for several trying years habit, It liecnmc a badge of rank. In I the burden of one of the greatest em the Middle Ages the ceremony of In vestiture In conferring dignities or be stowing lands was consummated I.y the giving of a glove. Likewise, the depri vation of gloves was n ceremony of degradation. Then, too, It was the cus tom to give gloves In payment of rent, the gloves In-lng accepted as a guaran tee of n retainer's service, which was the chief condition of tenure. On the Scotch border tbO glove held a high place ns a gage. Here a glove borne on tbe point of a lance proclaimed an net of perfidy. Biting tho glove was a sign of hostile Intent ami tin- usual prelude to n quarrel. Throughout the history of dress they are found symbolical of pledges, gages, gifts or favors. Gloves also form part of burial rites, nnd were carried In funeral processions until the middle of the eighteenth century. When a mniden died It was the custom to place In the center of the garland which Was borne on her coffin a pair of white gloves a Symbol of virginity and Inno cence. Woman's Home Companion. Which he did that evening, they told Imauv things from tbe public Cabhy's Hcvenge. A stipendiary magistrate In n town In Yorkshire who was not given to err on the side of leniency once had before liltn a cab driver who was charged with furious driving. After some severe comments on the man's conduct a heavy flue wns Imposed. A few days after the trial the ningls trnte, who had been detained rntlier longer than usual In the court, wns hur rying along to catcb bis train, when, seeing an empty cab bandy, he balled the driver and directed him to proceed to the station, telling him that be was pressed for time. The driver, however, heedless of the hint, kept to a very gen tle trot. "I say, I say, my man," cxclnlmed the fare, with his head out of the window, "drive faster thnn this." "It can't be done, sir," replied the driv er. "Ye see, If we drives faster we're had up nfore the leak, nnd we gets fined; so we has to be careful." He did not alter bis pace and neither did the "beak" catch bis train. London Tld Bits. Feathered Surgeons. Some Interesting observations on the treatment of wounds of birds have been made by a writer who tells of a snipe both of whose legs he bad un fortunately broken by a misdirected shot He recovered the bird only the next doy, when be discovered that the poor thing bnd contrived to apply a dressing of down nnd a sort of splint tu each leg. A ligature of grass bad been uspd to wind many times around the wounded pnrts, and was securely fas tened by coagulated blood. Twice the w riter has brought home snipe with In terwoven feathers strapped on one or the other leg, which undoubtedly had been broken. Mransr. Mr.Crlmsonbeak-Dldyou ever think what a funny thing a lemon Is? Mr- Crlnisonbenk-Wby funny? "You know how sour It Is?" "Oh. yes." "Well, people take them to make 'em sing sweetly."-Youker Statesman. A Very Clever Young Lady. Governess-Coinc. Ltlul; It's tlwe for good little girls to be lu bed. Ethel Villi. JlllD siorgnu; uui you know I bsve ueeu usuguiy iuuay.- Jeweler's Weekly. l isters snd roll top desks bide a grea plres in the world. But be la still as absolutely simple nnd unaffected as he was when Mr. Gladstone met blm In Copenhagen fifteen years ngo. There Is still iii blm nil the delightful school boy abandon of manner, n keen sense or humor, it ml a hearty, outspoken frankness in expressing his opinions which makes you feel that you nr. dealing witii a man w hose character is as transparent ns crystal. Add to all thin a modesty as admirable as it is rare, and it must be admitted thai even If the net human product Should tall short of being n great ruler, ho has at least all the qualities which make men beloved by their fellows. The bright, clenr blue eye, the quick sympathetic change of feature, tbe merry laugh, succeeded in a moment by an cxpres slon of noble gravity and of high re Solve, the rapidity and giat f his movements, and even bis curious Utile expressive shrug of the shoulders, ere all glimpses of ii character nol often found Unspoiled by power. Those who know blm best appear to love blm most nnd naturally enough each one thinks his only fault Is that he is too ready to sacrifice his on n con Tonlenco and his ow n wishes to oblige others. A more dutiful sou never - it on a throne. He is singularly happy lO his marriage, and tho Emperor of . Russia will never lack f the most Intelligent nml loyal of chancellors While his wife lives. As his parents before blm set Burops an example of domestic unity nnd felicity, so Nicholas 'II. maintains the honorable and happy tradition. He Is loyal In his friendship! , nnd slow to part with any of those " bo are In his own or were In bis father'! service. Distinction! of ill. Reign, So far bis reign has been illstln gulslied by three tilings. First his frank recognition f tbe fa that until he found his feet ii ml h id acquired dfjltie experience lu the business of governing II became hint lo serve bis apprenticeship modestly and silently Tbe second salient fen ture in his reign was marked hj i significant blend of the two conflli ting tendencies - the Intuitive instinct which enabled blm to divine the right thing to be doln uinl tin- modi st reluctanpa to impost Ills Will Upon the r experienced ml mlulstrntors who thwarted ami crip tiled his policy, I rerer to Hie gener-ots Initiative taken bj lbs zar in the di rection of an amelioration f the harsb ness of the Polish regime as be Inherit ed It from his father in thai be showed true Insight and a keen sympathy with subjects who were suffering from un doubted grievances lint the fine.. ,,r reaction and the h alottsy of a dominant bureaucracy, aided perhaps i.y tin somewhat unreasons bis agnoctatloni of some of the I'.des, checked the full realisation of Ills deslgnsj. To some this may seem an admission that lie was lacking In strength, It would bo more Just to recognbta that be fell he was lacking In experience. He was young tO the responSlhlHtlOl of govern Oient. It was lienor to bide his lime. Safely aud slow lb -y stumble who run fast. There Is one thing stout tbe peace r ser.pt which no one can deny. It wns splendidly audacioftl as well as tuagnllleently ainMilous. Wise It m.iv he or foolish, but mean, tty or un worthy It was lie'. Will lie have the tierve to stick to It? The resolution to put It through'' I be strength to ovi r power the Immense forces which will ! hanked together to defeat his gen erous and most sensible design? That Is the crux of the whole question. 11 It never be forgotten that Nicholas was not only turn in the purple, but thsi he his. as bis sire, and grand sires, ri Impel Ion. a series of imMuirchs u U swayed a scepter. THE SAGACIOUS HERO. Bo aalsted en CerVtla Condition! Bo fun- Maalfottloa m Bravery, "o," declared the Captain, "i pool tlrelj decline to lead my QompOtty up thai bill." ' sn ." sx claimed the Colonel, "do you know that what you are saying Is rank IllKlltsiI'llllllltloU'" "Call It insubordination or what you will," the Captain returned, "but I re fuse to go." The Colonel was furious. Tbe coin. pony ibat be bad detached for the pur pose i f storming the bill and capturing the feti on lop of It was tin- only DM I ha I -mild be spared, and unless bis plans as arranged were derated the whole campaign would rail. Not only that, but bis little army would lu all probability bo cut off from the main body and wiped mil of existence. It was a critical moment The Cap tain could be court mutinied ami shot for his refusal to obey orders, i.ut what of It? Every man was needed. Tu vourt martial and ihOOt the obstinate Captain would not be lo lake the bill and the fort. He was the only man who COUld dO it With the force at bis coin mend. What was to lie done? The Colonel gnawed bis muatacho ami though) hard. At last be decided to appeal tu the Captain Instead of ordering him. "Think, man. think of the glory that you will win if you do this thing," be urged. "I know all tils. ut that," the Captain replied. "Well, for benveu's snke, don't you want to be n hero? Think of It: The entire nation will applaud you!" "I realize that, and I am anxious to become a hero; but I is.sltlvely refuse to do It until you drive nil these corre spondents back and keep them off the Held. 1 propOOS, If 1 dO this business, to retain the sole mngjKlne rights on It. I'm not going to do a heroic thing ami then let somebody else gel S.VKI a page for Writing It up!" So the hill was taken, snd the far seeing Captain Is now living In luxury ami winning new laurels with bis pcu. Cleveland Leader. SCHOOLS IN THE ORIENT. Tharo i. Atniiiiiiiiit ChasjoetoQol aa Bngltsb Kdneattoa There. Throughout Itrltlsh territory. In the Orient, churches mid schools nre scat tired ii I ut, and always nre at bead quartern, military or etrU, All the sub J. els of her Majesty the QUOM can ell ter the Christ an churchOS and Chris tlan Sunday SChOOll If they wish. They Ufa not tile "destitute ben then" of (be old lime pbraM "destitute of the melius of grace;" and the "Eurasians" Euroi ' Asians, hybrids ambitious lo be classed as "EuroMnns," crowd promptly into the Christian churches. Their main rush Is for two, either the Protestant Episcopal or Methodist; tiist iii preferment tho Episcopal, tin old established church of lOngland, he cause there all ottlelnls go the viceroy, tin- local governors ami their faiiilllis Whoever represents the rilling power aid the next the uethodlat churches wlih Ii, ns here, have the popularizing drawing faculty, being zealous and eu ergot le. There, a-, here, the Itoinan Catliolh churches get more people than anv oth er church. Their pictures of saints and angels and the Madonna and tin Sailor, ilielr dressed statues and tin-It pro, i sslotial celebrations the not) cdu catcd can get hold of nt once, ns I story; nml a story w 1th points of resem Main e to their Inherited I'nllb. Chris t III 1 1 1 1 , s heroes and heroines miircli well Into line Willi sacred biography which they before were familiar with Their old time bl'focl ami heroine- were very grotesque, but, for all Hint sacred; sacred so what. That whoh people Is grotesque. Their art Is gro lev, pi,,. e are different. Hut we art not Symmetrical In fact, W! also an grotesque. Chicago Inter Ocean, J . s JES3 sT"Mv ft v ft V ,.! ' SiT.v -'AT DARING PICTURE HUNTERS. I ItiklnK it lit fur tti lu, j. ..s.- o, Qetttng a Baap Hint. The English brothers, (. and C Ke n inn, have made 1 particular ltUdj of photographing Insects, birds am small animals In their native haunts ,4j4gf - I AN KNTIlt MASTIC rilOTOOBAPBlBi An egpedJtlon has i. eii organised in England for a new exploration of the Atlantic depths, with n view to set tling the question whether life III the Mean Is confined to Is-lts near the sur face and the bottom) or whether the In termed la to tonoo are also Inhabited. The steamship Oceana, fitted with now apparatus. Including self closing nets, is t carry ibo sxptorera, The deepest shaft lu Colorado Is that of the Geyser Mine, nt Silver Cliff. which penetrates this rock to depth f '.Moo feel. Hut even Hint Is n shallow put. ture beside the MM which goes doWB Into the depths of the COUMtOCk l ode, again active and productive. In I thai wonderful treasure house, from j which more than live hundred millions in value have been taken out. It w explorations are expected lo roach a depth of six thousand feet. The wasp, like tbe bee, Is ruled by a QVSOIl, She gathers the malerlal for tba beginning of s nest, with powerful Jaws she chews up wood Into pulp, and mixes It with a gummy substance se creted b) herself, ami thus the founda tions of the bouse are laid. Then a few eggs are batched nut, the young r tiued, the work of construction Is carried on n little farther until the queen mother's progeny Imperfectly dOTOloped females are utile lo assist her lu the undertaking, Within the past year aluminum lias Imi-ii Introduced in I ml Is for tin- manu facta ra of cooking utensils employed by the native Inhabitants. The expert mssl mis begun at Madras, mid It Is rcMrtcd that the native metalworkers have readily substituted aluminum for copper and brass, while refusing lo change tbe traditional shapes which for generations have been given lo their utensils. They Insist on genuine hand work, and some of them have de veloped much skin iu manipulating tbe new metal 11 appears that the in w planet, HQ, ns astronomers now call it, which at limes comes so near the earth, made BUS of the closest possible approaches i.i I8M It Is "bard luck," aud Just a little surprising, that It was not discov ered then, for II will not be again so favorably placed until 1084, when for some days It w ill be less than 14,1 issi miles distant from the earth. In December, ishki, it will come within al... ut 80,000,000 miles, and lu 1H17 a lit tie closer one of our American iistrmi Omsn suggests for II the name of PltttO, but Whether the discoverer, who, sccordlng to accepted astronomical usage, has the right to Inline It, will ac cept the suggest Iou remains lo be seen. The Han. Mountains in Germany nre the center of the canary bird Indus try. The birds raised tin re have schools for tbe training of thcli voices. The best voices are caiefullj selected, and their owners set apart In a class by themselves, a canary with u faultless voice and long experience In singing Is chosen for a teacher. When the time c s to train the young birds they are suffered to bear and Imitate only the pure notes of the leader of the schemed. The St. Andreiisberg canaries are reek oiled the finest singers In the world. Singing BrbOOlS for birds also exist In New York, where Imported German bullfinches an- trained with the sld of a Bute, n reed organ and the human voice. TIlS trainers ate tnarveolusly expert whistlers. Bullfinches can be taught lo pipe the lillies of popular songs ami operas. I pspor. nnd nn iron style rnr a pn. j They ue wrltlug for corro.poudonce i only, as they bave no book of science oi history. I he missionaries furnish the religious works printed In IBS va rious dlnb-cts of the Islands. The unlives of the Moluccas have a very pleasing way f eorreshindlng witii their friends. They arrange flow ers f different colors in a bouquet in such s way that the receiver under stands by examining the varieties and their shades iwblcb represent so many Characters), what bis friend Intended to say to blm. I i in ll.ihy lo Nee (.rnmlpa. 'John, are you sure you have Hie extra hollies : "Yes, my dear. You have the can of milk all right." nb. yes. You didn't forget the extra wraps, did you I "No; here they are." "Nor IhS extra linen?" "No, in. I I. You have the bag with the toilet tilings, haven't von?" Ves, dear, oh, John, won't mother be pleased! You are positive yon have till- I les.'" Yes, yes, my dear. Also the wraps nnd linen. ' And I have the milk and toilet things." Well, I guesa we're nil here, then And here SOUr train. Hasn't the little larllng been good' She hasn't given you a bit of trouble, has she?" What? Me? Johu, haveu't you got her ? ' "Why, no. 1 thought " "Oh! Obi Oh! How could you for get her I Oh, my poor little baby! You iiniiaturnl father! Ami she's all nhni In the bouse, nnd I'm sure it's burned up by this time! Ob, my baby, my baby, my baby!" "Here, Mary, get In here quick. Cab by. drive like the devil home agalu." Harper's Ilnzur. FROM THE PUBLIC EVE. Bz'Beaator BvarSs la Now mi gears Bid and Totally III I n,l. Kx Senator Kvnrls bus entirely dis appeared from the public eye and. ac cording to the BeklODSSS Of mankind. Is almost forgotten. You never see bis name In lbs newspapers, says tbs Nssi York 1'ress, nml seldom bear b in spoken of these days, although twenty live years ago lie was one of the most COnsplcttOUS men of the nation. lie still lives in a large old fashioned red brick bouse with green blinds, In Stuy vesant square, lu the old part of New York. Mr. Kvarts Is now si years old and totally blind. He lit! nil day In a reclining chair In n sunny room In the second story of his residence, where a young lady secretary attends to bis correspondence and rends to blm the newspapers, msgnalns and novels, lie retains full possession of Ills faculties and continues to enjoy life, for several old cronies call iiihiii blm every day and some of bis numerous grandchil dren nre almost always around bli chair. The neighbors sny Hint when they see a white a pruned nurse and u baby carriage they know It bslOUf! to the Kvarts family. No pleasant day passes without a visit from nil the grsndclilldreu and the old gentleman watches eagerly for their coining. Some of them be lias never seen. The light began to leavo Mr. Kvarts' eyes nlM.ut ten years ago, after an accident, when he was thrown from a car and struck tils forehead upon ths pavement. The doctors sny t lie -hock burst the blood vessels of his eyes and caused n lllm to spread over the retina which could never be removed. He lias received treatment from the best specialists In Bumps and America and Hr. Dotafleld, n celebrated oculist of New York, calls upon blm ut least once n week, but gives him no bops of recovery. Otherwise his health Is as vigorous as one could expect lu a man of his age. lie has taken no net ITS part In affairs since he left the Sen ate, although he still retains n nominal Connection with IiIm old tlrm, Kvarts, ObOStS s Besmsn, ths Junior partner being one of bis seven sons lu law. Two Of ills sons and several other members of tbe family are employed With tho firm. Notwithstanding his eventful career Of nearly sixty years nt the bar, In poll tics and public otllce, Mr. Kvarts has re sisted all persuasion to write the reinl Ql SCenCM of his busy ami eventful life. Often Iii oiib-r to SSCUTS the Is-st re suits, they ha?S risked their lives some striking snap shot. Tho uiustrn lion show s one of their a'.lelnpts to pho tOgrSpfa a sea bird lu H borne by th) waves. Ages of 1 1, in, ,1s According to some unturnllata thi b ugth of life of animals Is as folluws: The fox from 1 1 to Ifi years. The cat from 15 to 17 yeara. The dog from 10 tS IH yesrs. The bear and wolf from 18 to 21 yearn The ihliioeeros from 20 to 22 years. The horse from 22 to 2.1 years. Tin- hen from so to 2 years. The porpoISS from 20 tu IKl ;art. The cnim-l ami crow list years. Tin- tortoise 1 10 years. The eagle 12l )car. Tie- ,-h phSBl l"0 : II I S. The whale I.OUO years. Dialect of tbe Philippine. According to a Spanish missionary, who resided eighteen years tu the I'hll Ipplues, there Is no language that Is Common to all the Islands, inn each canton bus a dialect peculiar to Itself, All these dialects, however, bave some affinity, somewhat like that which ex ists between the Italian dialects of Lombard)', Sicily and Tuscany. On the island of Luzon there are six dia lects, some of Which are current lu the oilier Islands The most universal are the Tngula and lllsayn. The latter Is wry coarse, while the former Is more p..li. led and peculiar, ami to such a degree that a Komau Catholic mission ary WbO bad a thorough knowledge of everything pertaining to the Islands was BCCUStOmed Ul say thai the Tagnla laugusgv had the advantages of four of tbe principal tongues of the world Hint It was mysterious, like the He brew; that It had tbe articles of the QfSOk, as nrsU for nppcllntlon ns for proper nouns; Hint It was as elegant and copious ss I.alln. nnd that It was s well adapted as Latin for compli ments and negotiations. The tint Ives mnke use of but Ibree vouels, ami have but twelve con sonant, which the! express differently by placing a dot above or liebiw them. They have I.. I from KuroM'nna to write from b-ft to right Instead of from lop to bottom ss they formerly wrote. I'slui leaves wcrj formerly "A for The average amount of sickness In human life Is nine days out of the year. Leather motley circulated In BUSSlS so recently ns tbc time of 1'eter tbu Qrest, It costs over fin a minute to (Ire the Maxim gun nt the rale of 750 shots a minute. 1'ive hundred trailing vessels leave the Thames dally for all parts of tbu world. A sign before IbS door Of a New York dentist reads thus: "Teeth extracted wlille you wait." Tho finest lemon orchards In the world nro those In Sicily, where nn acre of lemons Is --ortli i : Tho constant Is bOf Of four persons for an entire year is required to pro duce a cashmere shawl of the best qua Illy. The most extensive cemetery lu Kit rope Is that nt Home, In which over six million human beings have been In terred. A curious butterfly exists In In l a The male has the left whig yellow aud the right oue red; tbe female has these colors reversed. Itussln stands fourth as n naval power, Japan sixth. Tbe order Is (Ireat Brltalll) I'rnnce, tho Uulted States, Itiissla, Hermiiny, Japan. One of the choicest delicacies In .la mulct! Is n huge white worm found In the heart of the cabbage palm. It tastes, when cooked, like almonds. Tbu oldest sailing craft In tbu world Is the called (iokstnd ship, a Viking vessel, discovered In a sepulchral mound on the shores of Christian. n fjord. It la a thousand years old. There are now about 350 public li braries In ( 1 rent Britain, says Science. These libraries contnln over five mil lion volumes and issue about twenty seven million books each year. The Bnnunl nttendnuce of rentiers Is about sixty million. In comparison with these figures the following, recently published, will be Interesting: Them are H4I piX.llc libraries in Australia with 1,400,000 volumes; 2U8 , with '. ... ...... volumes. In New Zealand; one bundled) with three lunched thousand volumes, In South Africa. In Canada ths public libraries contain over 1,500, iski volumes. In 1800 (be United States, sccordlng to government statistics, pot sessed 4,t)2il public nnd school libraries, containing 3.'l,on 1,872 volumes. Don trui. Tiie follow lug remark of s Highland clergyman, tnken from the spe. tutor, shows that a Celt Is u Celt, In Scotland as well ns in Ireland In a sermou preached In a smnll church lu Stnitb Spey, the pastor, after Inveighing against slothfuluess, said by way of climax: "DO you think Adam and Hve went nlM.ut the Harden of MM with their hands in their pockets?" I Uronnd rtor Divorce. Mrs. Orson I hear that Sarah Jun- son Is going to get a divorce from her husband Mrs. Ilrown-Yee; and 1 don't blame her one mite. He s a monster. W ouhl you believe It, he actually used one of her golf sticks for a poker tbe otbei morning? Boston Transcript Secret societies evidently originates In Kgypt. Klimmles ths word there.