I A JUSTIFIABLE
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ii. hi-iiliniii broke a I or
(Penca that l,"d ,ttB,ed olue toB
U'..V.' rather a eilHOM affair." he bt-
,., diffidently, "it ha ed luNt
i iranted to go to Bnyswntor lo
i.i imrw. Him 11 tm titer. I
sss mj "" ' - . ..... . .
. , ,i. 'bus at usrora incus.
dare say,
As
remember it wai nasty
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wm K4oi rmi; m mci. "
cached tt'eitbourm Orore there mu
jnj, room for another. Den we picked
anoar K'l PMitBltr. She was a
jouiii: la1 "
Mu! "f conree yon contrived that
,e should sit by yu" 1 BuW
tat nuuM liavu ilono the HUM
MamK" Dt'benham retorted. "Any
una wouM. for she bad ti' iweeteat
(ll,v. it's haunted me all night It lian.
MaOr. i dare H',u wai about m. or
M.rli:iiM L'n nut more. She had brown
Drown eyes you mw, me
klinl that M ini to speak almost- and
iii. v were i haded by long laabea. She
had brow ii hair, too the kind of hair
Hat twliti itself Into a lot of little
earls natural curls, you know. I
Minder why all irll don't wear their
lialr that way. Then her mouth her
mouth "
"Never ii 1 1 nil the mouth," I Inter
posed, hastily, seeing that he was nlsiut
to Indulge 'n an extravagant Hood of
rbapaody. "It was an Ideal mouth, I
aren't a doubt."
She sat down next to me," he went
on. "There wasn't much room, and
!ir thanked me when I moved. She
bail tin1 sweetest voice."
Wi ll, there's nothing curious about
that. I believe you said "
"I'm coming to It If you'll only give
nic lime," he returned. In an aggrieved
kwe. "You've no patience. It was
when the coutV.ictor came round for
Then she felt for her purse; she
(Band It was missing. At tlrst she
thought she must have dropped It, and
1 Nan tied the floor and under the seat.
However, It wasn't there. Poor girl!
I never saw any one so distressed lu
my life. It seemed she had 5 In It,
ami It was evidently quite a fortune to
her. Well, I paid her fare for her, and
BV, --I out together.'
"1 don't think you need tell me any
Bore," I said dryly.
Debennam stared.
"Why not?"
"Because I know the rest"
"How the "
"Yea, I do. You lent her the 5, of
Course. My dear fellow, you've been
had.' "
"l didn't do anything of the kind!"
Debcnbam retorted hotly. "She would
n't let me. That's what I enmc to usk
your advice about I thought that as
0U were a lawyer you might be able
Id Mlggeot something, but I wish I'd
never mentioned it to you."
Of course- I hastened to soothe his
ruffled pinnies, and In n little while he
Went on with his tale. It appeared
that he .i.l seen her home, and that he
hail learned her name. It was Chnrn
l. i Kate Charnley. She was n dress
Baker, and lived with her sister.
II.
"And you want to help them, eh?" I
Mid, after a time.
"Yea, but It'll lie a difficult matter.
They're clergyman's daughters, and
very proud. I don't see what I can do.
Ifi awfully riling, you know. Ken
Blon, to have n pile of money and not
Ik. able to do a little good with It once
lu n way. It's n shame that this girl
should have to slave at a sewing ma
chine all day while a great strong lieg
gur like ma lounges arouud killing
time."
"I suppose you want to refund this
16."
"Yea; I can't do more, but I don't
even tee how I cnu do that"
"Will, you might order a gown of
sonic sort from them."
"Don't be on nss; men don't buy
gowns."
"You could say It was for your sis
ter." "Bui I haven't got a sister, and If I
find shed never let me choose her
I ii for her; besides, she'd have to
be Otted on and all that, you know."
1 was obliged lo admit the force of
th( -. arguments, and a fresh period of
nee intervened. Delienham bad
risen, and was pacing the floor In a
state of perplexity.
'How Mould it be If I Inclosed the
money in an envelope and sent It anon
moody r in. tald at length.
"You might do that, certainly," I re
plied after a little consideration,
"in ihe'd he sure to know who sent
It."
nell, thai doesn't matter, as you are
f'jt likely to see her again."
Debenham s'opped and turned his
yes full upon me.
"What's that? Not see her again?
But I aiusl see her again I-I feel that
fty Ian is-cr-I!uked with that girl.
Kraolon."
""Ii. very well; then that squashes
Idea entirely, unless Look here,
' assume the character of the
thief v,,urself. and send her a letter
s you have repented and return
we money r
' I'm I don't want her to think that
'i l bad lot"
Well, she needn't know that you
You can pretend to be an or
1 plok.iockct"
s I can. I never thought of that.
By Jove, It's a grand Idea! VTbere'l
J ' Pen and Ink? What shall I say?
Bl a lift, old chap. You're a dab
at tills sort of thing."
1 took Ull mr lien, mid nft.T a little
ght, dashed off the following let
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1 " re miss: This Is from me. the
Wot tub r..r .... I . ,.,
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ak lkause yer father wos once
"r' kind ter me when I wos down on
u" hi. k. an I noaa yer needs It a sight
lure thau I does, yer humble servant.
"HI I.I. N'oKKS"
"How will thnt dor gaij, u i
"ed It across the table.
"Splendidly splendidly!" he cried, as
he ran his , .yes over It. "It's Worthy Of
Hill Slkes himself. I'll send It off this
very inltiute." And he thrust It lu an
envelope with a .1 note.
"You'll let mi' know how it answers?"
I said, as he took his hat
"Oh, yes." And then, with a hasty
good-night, ho weal Hying down the
stairs to catch the isist
III.
The following morning it happened
that a matter of business took me lu
me vicinity of Debentuun'a chambera,
and, having half an hour to spare. I
determined to call and see If he had
heard anything In connection with his
plot.
As I was about to enter his sitting
room, however, I heard the sound of
voices, and a hasty ghUMO showed Dt(
that be was engaged, k young lady
was standing by the table, facing !
benham, who looked ai guilty ai any
schoolboy caught In an orchard.
"I got It back this morning," the girl
was aaylng. "A man w ho is employed
on the railway picked It up as he WU
on his way to work."
"I I am very glad." Ocbcnhaui mur
mured, nervously. "He must have
been nn honest fellow."
"Yea," she said. "Hut the strange
part of It Is that by this morning's post
there came a letter from a a thief. In
cloning a 5 note. You can read It If
you like."
And she handed him the precious
missive 1 had concocted.
He read It lu feigned astonishment
"I never heard of such a curious
thing," he murmured. "Ifa positively
Isn't It, you know?"
Of course, this childlike attempt nt
deception didn't deceive the girl.
"Mr. Debenham," she said, "you
wrote this letter you sent this uote."
"I? Really. Miss "
"Oh, yes, you did. It's no use deny
ing It No one else knew of our loss."
"I SKAltCUKU TIIK FI.OOIl AM) I'MMM;
TIIK SKAT."
There was a pause. IieU'tiham stood
looking very red and foolish.
"Come, you'll belter confess," she
said, at length.
He rumpled his hair lu a reckless
fashion.
"It seems Impossible for n fellow to
do a good action lu this world," h"
cried. "He's Klire to Is- found out"
"Then you did send It?"
"Y'e-es. You see, you wouldn't let me
help yon, and so so It struck me that
It would Im n capital Idea to pretend
that I was a thief" (the humbug! his
Idea, lndeed!l. "I never thought for a
moment that you'd see your purse
again, and If you hadn't done so, my
little dodge would never have come to
light."
"No, I dou't think It would," she an
BWeredl "for that was u most realistic
letter you wrote."
Dcbcnhniu groaned.
"You can't think what an effort It
cost me," he said.
What an effort, Indeed!
"I do hope you will let me keep It as
a memento?"
"Yes If you will promise to forgive
me."
"Oh, there Is nothing to forgive! It
was very good of you."
"And you w ill not think the worse of
me for- for trying to deceive you?" he
went on. Itcally. he was getting posi
tively absurd; from Ills voice one would
have snpiMise.l that lie was a prisoner
suing for his life.
"Oh, I think better of you!" she cried
"I Khali never forget your kindness "
And as she gave bin her hand abe
blushed in a ridiculous faablon.
Then Debenham made an ass of him
self. Instead of simply shaking hands
and saying good morning, be held hei
Bngera and said nothing, but Just
stared at her lu a moonstruck kind of
way that was quite Idiotic, and she
drooped her head like a little silly and
went the color of a peony; then
But at this Hilnt I could stand It no
longer, and I quietly withdrew.
Of course I was not lu the leant
toniahed when Debenham rushed Into
my chambers' the same afternoon and,
with a good leal of stammering, con
fessed that he was engaged. He
seemed amazed when I betrayed BO
surprise; but 1 dhlu't tell him that I
had lss-n a witness of his roily.
I was presented to the future Mrs
Delienham and her sister a few days
Inter. When Debanheja asked me
what I thought of her. I told him she
was one of the nln t girls I had ever
met; but as n matter of fact she la
- inferior to haratatar. who, I don"!
mind admitting, lad I. mat she Is the
nicest girl I have ever met aud I
shouldn't wonder
But there, thet'S "another story."-Anawvra.
DEATH OF A DESERTER
JAPAN'S NEW CRL'ISf-K BL'ILT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THE TRAGIC RETRIBUTION THAT
CAME TO CORPORAL HAZE.
OnnoOV In n Cnlif.irnla RetiOMat
eeaneo Mu.iiy tafatnntnd with .. mi-
plno Modi, and Im Kllleil While
Majhsiaaj la Hrt.ri Knk..
When the news came thnt the First
was going to the front California went
half crazy with pride and patriotic
frenzy. The nu n of the Pint were like
madmen In their enthusiastic delltht.
They grabbed each other around the
shoulders and did wild war dances
The sang, they shouted, they hUgbed
and sonic of them cried. Aud Corporal
Henry Haze danced, and Bang, an. I
hOUted, and laughed, and cried with
the best of them. When the ship Went
down the blue bay and past the Island,
past the Cliff bouse, black With DOO
ple, and out through the Coldcu gate
Into the Pacific, Henry Haze stood oil
deck with his comrades. He lifted his
cap. "Hoys," he said, "we'll make Cali
fornia proud of us."
Corporal Haze reached Manila with
the command, liood soldier, well skill
ed lu arms, he had been lilted from the
ranks to command a squad. Manila Is
a strange town, strange even to the
World wanderer. Corporal Haze. Many
kinds of women are there, Japanese.
Spanish, Preach, Malay. There was
more. There was one who was part
native, part Spanish, part French. She
was neither yellow nor black uor white
he was brown, like a shining brown
leaf In autumn, and she tllrted with
the eyes, like the Spanlnrd, and with
the fan, like the Japanese.
It wasn't long until Corporal Haze
was only at the camp at duty hours.
Win n the men of the Plrat cot around
mid grumbled at the climate aud found
fault with the rations and wondered
how long tin y were going to Is- caged
up there to stare at the moon. Corporal
Haze was never there. Then came
great news. The general wanted volun
teers to go to Hollo. I company was
going. Every man who was going Bang
at his packing anil every man who WM
not going sat nbout and grumbled be
cause he could not go. All but Cor
poral Haze, lie turned as white ns
death when he heard about Holla
Some of the im u looked nt him anxious
ly and one of them began to whistle
"The Ctrl I Left Behind Me" In the
doleful time of a dead march. Cor
poral Haze tamed and looked at the
man ntnl his eyes were like the eyes of
a maddened tiger. The tuue died ond
the whistler's Hps.
On the Bd of January, 1R!9, company
I) of the First Regiment of California
Volunteers embarked, among other
companies, from Manila on a transport
bound for Hollo. When the trausiiort
was ready to sail It was discovered
that Corporal Ilttze of company I) was
not in his accustomed place. Search
was n.a.'.c for him. He could not bo
..
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HERE'S A GOOD ROME.
Japaa'a new cruder, the Chltoet, which u n.i t be the fastest f its das
float h hevn completed nt S;in Pranctsca, The Chitons i second -class pro
tected cruiser. She Is to.vj feet In length. -10 feet beam Bud 1 7 f.-. t draught,
Hit displacement l 4,700 tone Bad lo r engines indicate ISJ100 borw power. Her
Brnuuaent Is two fl-lnrh enna, ten 4 7 in. a gun, twelve 13-poued ind i 'J' j
pound raptdVAre gaa aad me u inch t"ncd.i tabea, Particular cure was taken la
her construction, both b the l inen Iron works and by engineer othYers of the
lapaaeee navy. The Japaaeay ofllcera were with the workmen st n times taring
the baildlng of the vessel and there waa not a riet or a bolt thai went into the
rosea! that did not pass before their critical eyee,
would know their lender, and follow
her with so little trouble Unit two men
could conduct a drove of several bu
dred. Nevertheless, If the foremost
mule turned nslde, nil the others would
blindly follow her like a flock of
lhC0p. "1 recall an amusing Instance
of this 'follow iny leader' motive." says
Prof. hi. s. shaier lu "Domesticated
Animals."
Engaged In survey work In Southern
Kentucky, I was passing along a quiet
road when lu the distance I heard a
thunder of hoofs, and In a moment saw
a great drove of mules, the npp. d
leader of which, a man on a w kite
horse, had fallen to the rear of the col
nmn. The creatures, thinking It their
duty to overtake the missing master,
were going on the full run.
Heeding the shouts of the troubled
herder, I turned my wagon across the
road, which, being at that point very
narrow, was effectually barricaded by
the vehicle. Although the rush was so
w ild that the brutes nearly overset my
"outfit," they were brought to a full
stop.
Unhappily, on one side of the road
and one hundred feet from It was a
comfortably built Southern house, with
a broad gallery extending along the
front, while In the door of the man
si. .ii were some women whose atteti
Hon had been attracted by the tumult.
No sooner had the mob of mules been
brought to a stage of surging quiet,
than one of the creatures Jumped the
picket fence, and started for the open
house door.
In much less time than It takes to tell
It, a hundred or more mules were on
the gallery, the floor of which gave
way beneath their weight; they quick
ly broke down the columns which sup
ported the roof, so thnt the whole
structure at oucu became a heap of
wood aud mules.
The unlucky proprietor of the drove.
'
found. The trnnsport was delayed
while a corporal's guard went nshore to
extend the search.
The troopship sailed without Corpor
al Haze, and the soldiers that stayed at
MaJllla sis'ut all their spare time try
ing to get news of tho deserter and to
find him and to bring him Into enmp
aud to blindfold htm and to shoot him
for n coward and a dlsgrnce to his uni
form aud to tho country, llut they
never found him.
Xb soldiers who stayed at Manila
la-gnu to be busy. There were riots and
rumors of riots. And one day the I'll!
pluos came out of the swnmps and
swooped down on the American lines
The California First was In the thick
of the light. The regiment went whoop
ing and cheering Into its first charge.
Hurrah for Ood'l country, boys,"
shouted a beardless boy of a lleuteu
ant.
"OlVB 'em a taste of California shoot
lng." yelled a little pink faced captain.
The Filipinos scattered like chaff Ih.1-
fore the wind. Hut the Callfornlans
found them lying dead In rows mid
huddled le aps. Then, they found a
w hite mini In a 1 1 of water. He had
led the charge, lie wore u ragged uni
form of a lieutenant of the Filipinos.
One of the Americana stooped to look
at him. The white man opened his
eves and tried to sit up. S thing
rattled In his throat, he waved his hand
In a foolish gesture.
"He's trying to sing," said the boy
lieutenant
"It's the deserter," snld a man from
company I.
The white man laughed a little and
then he groaned, and then he lay very
still.
"Dead," said the little lieutenant.
"And gMl riddance," said the man
from company D. And he was dead,
riddled ariU bullets of his own com
pany, from his own regiment
And the men who had come from
California with Ma went away and
left hlui lying In the wnter, with his
face to the tropic sun aud with the
black vultur. s circling over him. Chi
cago Chronicle.
MULES Oct THE BALCONY.
Ludicrous Incident thst Did Not
A mnM th lwnr.
In the old days when mules were
plentifully bred In Kentucky, and
taken thence for sale to the plantation
States, they wenl forth In droven, com
inonly under the leadership or a bell
mare, preferably white In color. In
the course of a few hours the mules
In his consternation, lifted Ids hands
like nn oriental lu prayer, and said to
me meeklyi
"Did you ever In nil your life?"
I assured him that I never did. and
went my wuy, leaving htm to settle mi
Interesting case of damage with the
ow ner of the mansion.
SMILING SAMOANS.
When They Are Riled The; ( an Fight
Like Mend .
The men nre noble specimens, physi
cally tail, muscular, w III. tin erect car
riage and elastic step of an American
Indian. They, too, arc smiling and
kindly In Hum of peace and are (lad
In mantles of the gay prints which
they have bought at the Store; they
greet you with a win.- of Ho' hand
and n courteous 'Alofa." They tattoo
the legs from the waist to the knee,
and as they stride sloug H..se mem
hers appear between the folds of their
drapery as If they were decently dolli
ed lu skin tight li re. They are
Indolent and, when DOl roused to hos
tlllty, ns amiable and fun loving us
children. Th' i work as little as Is
possible, and why should they? The
forest ai.. .in..!- wild bananas, bread
fruit and j inns, which may be had for
the taking, tie X a Is full of fish, which
they are expert hi catching, and If
Providence deigns to send them a fat
tened pig on i twice a year they are
blessed.
Hut these gentle creatures enn fight,
and flgbl cruelly, although their meth
od of warfare Is peculiar! they eut and
drink between rounds, when a sort of
trine Is declared, then go at It again,
ll t nt short range and shoot to kill.
formerly, until the practice was aisd
labod by Chief Justice Id, the killing
was followed by beheading, and this
ceremony was not alwnys deferred,
w here the i Ictlm had lKen only wound
ed, until Hf'' extinct. The heads
were th.ii collected and presented to
the king as an . special proof of prow
ess. This barbarous practice the chief
Justice had the utmost difficulty In
dealing with, and It was not dlscontln
Bad until lbs Other ri preseutntlres of
the triple protet torate consented to en
act a law to punish offenders by fin
Ins them heavily, and adding to this
penalty a lengthy term of Imprison
meni. -Leslie's Weekly.
BIRDS WE SHOOT,
the I'nrtrldgr a Mltturr of Nervous
iihi ami Coureajot
The partridge Is a singular COmblM
lion of nervousness ntnl courage. Its
natural fear of mankind and its In. es
sunt dread of the assaults of such
blood thirsty enemies as stoats, weas
els, foxes and hawks are, of course,
well known. Yet few creatures are
more truly courageous. I hiring the
pairing season the male partridge Is
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one of Hie most pugnacious and deter
mined of all birds, aud the courage mid
devotion shown by isith the parent
birds In defense of their young Is, lu
its way, almost onequalod.
Why docs the partridge tower? Thnt
Is n question OnCS hotly debated, but
now sot completely at rest. A tower
ing bird has been so hit (hat It suffers
from nn escape of blood Into the lungs
or v. in.lplpe It chokes, and lu Its pit
eons desire for air tiles upward and
upw ard until It can fly no higher. Then
It falls, rocket like, to earth, and Is
found stoue dead, usually on Its back.
in spite of the coddling with which
the modern pheasant Is so unduly sur
rounded. Its natural Instincts of wild
DSOS and suspicion nre so deeply Im
planted that n few dsys of roaming In
woodland ami covert suffice to render
the hen reared bird almost ns truly
feral as Its w ild bred congeners. A
curious Instnm f the strange tier
vousness of the pheasant happened
many years ago ilKoO) la the south of
Kiiglnnil. When the terrible gun
powder explosion In March of that year
occurred at Curtis A Harvey's mills at
Honnalow, the dull shock and concus
sion were felt perceptibly In West Sus
sex, more than fifty tulles away. And
it wns remarked by Mr. a. B, Knox,
the naturalist, and by a number of In
borers engaged at work among some
coverts In that part of the county, that
a loud and alarmed crow ing proceeded
from the pheasants In all parts of the
wood for many minutes after the ex
plosion. It has been well said thai "Here to
day, gone to morrow" mny fairly be
called the motto of the delicious w 1
cock. To day they may b. seen lu num
ber! in a favorite covert, yet lo-mor
row not a cock may be found within a
score of miles. If you know that wood
cock are about, lose not an hour If you
are wise, but take your gun and go In
search of them. They are. In truth, the
most evanescent of birds. The flight
of this bird during migration must be
enormously sw ift. A well fed Wood
il "JH-r.M.tL. V .HIS-.' , W i s
'siJ
. .aw-. " T a " - .
A wife alwnys begins at some time
to correct ber husband's pronunclntlon,
but It Is n sign of disillusion If she be
Ins within three mouths after her
marriage.
cock seldom weighs much more thnn
twelve ounces; yet 111 the year 17!HI the
keeper of the lighthouse upon the Hill
of Howth. In Ireland, found a pane of
glass, mora than three eighths f an
Inch thick, broken by one of tboao birds.
which, attracted by the strong light.
had flown ngalnst the pane. The un
fortunate bird struck with such vio
lence that Its bill, head, breastlsme and
Isith wings were all found to Is- com
pletely Smashed. Woodcock feed 111
most solely at night, and by conse-quell..-
lie up closely during (lie day
In those snug harlsirages, In warm and
sheltered Woodland, to which they are
so partial. Their food consists almost
entirely of worms, larvae, small WBhtr
mid mud Insects, I ties and the like.
They have Inordinate appetites, and
with their long bills Isire countless
boh s In sear, h of f"d In the rati plat e
to which they repnlr. The digestive
pro. -ss of this bird Is extraordinarily
rapid. A tame WOOdoOCk, which hud
breakfasted hi the morning upon half
a flower sd full of worms, was found
the same afternoon with Its stomach
perfectly empty, while tiM riaoana con
tained no perceptible trace of Its ample
break fust.
The only way to prevent a man mak
ing a big f'-ol of himself lu later life
In to make a fool of him early.
There cau be no corse of true tors If
true lor nvr tltoa
IS CONVENIENT, COMFORTABLE
AND NEAT IN APPEARANCE.
i.im-ci.t ii, ., , srlth iiir Rqulpasento
of a M ...m .. - A limiting "'Hi an
Interior Arrangement thai Wnnld
lie lined to InSpCQf 0 I eon.
Modem Civilian tiOB has not only ds
Veloped a taste for appearance of a
dwelling house, but has created n de
sire for nil lbs modern Improvements.
No mailer how low the cost of a house
may Is-, people expect nil the equip
K lie he n
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meats of n mansion. The lady of the
house generally cures much more for
the Interior arrangement for com cut
HCe than tor the exterior appearance,
except thai she wishes ll to look pleas
bag aud comfortably homelike, of
course (here are a few who "live for
show." and these only nre the ones
who do not care nlsiut the arrange
ment, "just so it looks nice and attrac
tive," In the design herewith given the lu
terlor arrangement has beBfl the first
consideration, the exterior recoiling
Just enough attention to prevent Its
looking too plain, and make It neat and
pleasing lu appearance. We have that
very desirable feature, a front stair
hall, from which one can go Into Hie
parlor or dining room. These rooms
nre ample In slue and pleasantly locat
ed, with large bays from both, Tho
will then, of course, hnva left two tin
tubes. Next glue a piece of cartridge
papsf over the mouth of one side of
each of your tuls-s, tnking csre to
stretch the paper lightly over the open
lag Make a small hole In the center
oi mi Ii place of paper, take a piece of
siring of whatever length you care to
hale ll. ami then puss one end through
..oh bole, afterwards making n coiiplo
of knots at each end of the string so an
to prevent the latter from coining out
of the holes.
This done, your (deplume Is complete
and quit.- read) for use. The persons
who me p. converse with one another
Bach lake bold of a tub.- and strel. h the
string quite taut. The one who Intends
speaking Ural merely puts the tube In
his mouth and speaks Into It. while tho
other person places the opposite tills to
his ear. A coiivoraiillon can be curried
on In this manner lu a Whisper BVC9 at
u distance of a hundred feet
UNCLE SAM'S FIRST MINT.
Historic Bnlldlna In Philadelphia
Nearly Dantroyed e'lre.
A recent tire hi Philadelphia nearly
destroyed the tlrst mint used by the
Qovernmenl of the L'nlted states, iiy
hard work Hie historic building, situ
ated ai n and :tp North Seventh street,
was saved, to remain a splendid object
lesson of the growth of the republic.
It seems almost Incredible that so
short n time ago this plain old struc
ture represented the entire personal
holdings aud ri al estate of our national
goi eminent.
The history of the tlrst mint of tint
('lilted States began with the passage
by Congress of an act looking to the.
formation of such a nevessnry Institu
tion. The Initial step to put this act In
operation was naturally the apisilut
incut of the olllccrs of the Institution
who should have charge of the estab
lishment. Kor director of the mint
Washington selected David Itltlell
house. the astronomer, who received
his apiMilntmeiit and accepted tho posi
tion on July I. ITU'.'.
Henry Volgbt, n watchmaker, was
appointed chief coiner, and Tristram
Pulton was made treasurer, lu the suc
ceeding year Albion Cox was appointed
chief assayer, and Hobcri Scott en
graver. July Bit I TBS, the corner stono
of Hie new mint was luld by Washing
ton, n distinguished gathering of the
h ading men of the day being present
The foundation stone in place, work
was commenced on Hie building at
once. Ho rapidly for that period was
the work pushed that the foundation
t, '-ksr-ria. - CO s fa .- ' nm.-nUBi K an Easa- ,
UODBRN low I'lticKii inn sr.
wide sliding doors bet men enable
(hem lo be thrown together on occasion
if home entertainment
The illiilng room also has outside BB
trances from front and rear side
porches, Prom the dining n i opens
the kitchen with passage through the
pantry between. The pantry Is fully
equipped In modem style, with sink,
drain board, shelves, bins and pastry
table. There Is also a large china closet
beside pantry, which opens from Isilh
kitchen n ml dining room, tin (he dining
, i side this china closet Is llulshed
very much resembling B sideboard In
style, and provided with a case of
drawers from floor lo thirty Inches
above floor. I'rom off the dining room
opens the family bed room, to the rear
of and connected with which Is the
bulb room. The hath room Is lilted
with lull, wash howl and wnter closet,
and has also a door leading lo kitchen.
tlotiig upstairs from the front, one
lauds in a small hall, with large linen
eloset. ami from which nre accessible
three large bed r ns, frith ample
closets. The front hall Is Unlshsd In
red oak, and Hie staircase, of very III
tractive design. Is built of same ma
terial. The r aliuler of the first story.
except kitchen, Is llulshed In selected
White pine, and Hie kill lien lu Soul hern
yellow pine. All the first floor Is Mulsh
ed natural color lu hard oil. Second
floor Is trimmed lu painted pine. A
cellar seven feel deep Is provided un
tier rear portion of house.
Of the exterior little ii I be said.
The limbers are of good sound pine,
upon a foundation of good rabble stone.
Kills llxH are used with walls above of
X4, plastered three routs Inside ntnl
5cc ood pcxf
covered outside With shlplnp sheathing
overlaid with building paper and half
1 114-lx siding. The gables aud roofs nre
covered with ; I pine shingles. The
I) rat story Is eleven fast Bad the second
story nine feet In height, with quite a
large attic. The house Is heated by
furnace, and will cost to build cum
plele about I2.HD0 K. A. I'uyue.
Ilow in Make n Telephone.
Procure a couple of empty cocoa tins,
Li..., k out the bottom of each, aud you
was ready for the superstructure on
Aug. Mb The framework was raised
on the afternoon of that day. A few
days later, on Sept. lo, six pounds of
old copper were bought for tho mint
by RlUnhOUae, nt Die rate of 1 shilling
11 pence per pound, this luetal being the
rtllST I'MTKD STAVKS MINT.
Ilrst ever purchased for the coinage of
the United States. Three colnago
presses Imported from England arrived
on Sept. , and were put In operation
about Oct 1.
lu Ids message lo Congress Nov. tt,
ITQS, President Washington made the
gratifying statement Hint u small coin
age of half dimes had boeu completed,
the "waul of small coins lu circulation
calling the Ilrst attention to them." Be
fore the end of the Ilrst year after tho
opening of the mint not only half dimes
but also dimes and coppers In a sulll-
elanl quantity to meet the pressing
needs of the couulry had been eolucd.
In 17l the Ilrst silver dollars and
half dollars were coined, and In the
next year the first gold eagles and half
eagles were produced. Up to the year
18M the work of coining at the mint
was done by hand or horse power, but
In the luler years steam w as Introduced
for operating the presses. Tor forty
years lbs old building on Seventh street
jis usisl for the purpose of the mint,
the marvelous growth of the country
then rendering better quurters neces
sary. Flash Measiireit.
Ily menus of a photograph, made
with a vibrating lens, scientists have
calculated the time of a lightning flash.
It comes out one nineteenth of a sec
ond. The calculation is based upon
the multiple Image lu the photographs
ami the rate of vibration of the lens.
The time applies, of course, only to the
particular Hash that waa photo
graphed. When a wotiiau reaches the aga
when no hats are very becoming, she
begins to Hud fault with the new
styles. A girl of slxteeu thinks every
new fashion la prettj.