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,
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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
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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.