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Jils Typfittet) proposal. ME FUTURE OF CUBA 1 IGJ 5HOULD PROSPER UNDER AMER ICAN INFLUENCES. IP. tun. tap! went the type- Wf ,vrtcr, ns under the nimble tin- ii e,rs of the oierntor the type I, flashed up and down with light-Blns-llki- rapidity. Its a warm dny. too-very wnrm. iD,l uo donW that ill-fated instrument felt It. ',Ut y1'' 'nt'U "" 0' thOHK tl.foilared. clenn-ehaven clerks, who k,.,,t throwing languishing eyea In tta 4.(100 of the fair Operator, would n,vt. willingly changed pluccs With, that reeking, squeaking, Jorsplrlug urn cBlue. Bot Amy Northi'ote did not team In very good form on this particular pjorolDfi for gradually iba rattle of tha ngeblM t'tl slower ami slower, una ut but Mopped altogether. & i q matter of fact, little Miss North- cow wan In vt'r' peculiar frame or Sue was extremely roniiintle. tlid afM-Ot one-half of her time In rend ing eevelettea, aud the other hulf In .p.. ..I... ut i i. in i . i galea of love and devotion, of hero MH and martyrdom. King Arthur and pjl tablf round, Lancelot ana Uuluo v.rr, errant knights ftDd ladles fair every legend she had ever read, and - of others she had made for her self, crowded In upon each other in wonderful confusion. The long train of courtly knights and serenading gallants flouted leisurely before ber, and more came, aud still inure, and yet all of them, though so different In apparel, hnd the same face. Aud what a handsome face It was, tool what a tall, commanding figure! Ho graceful It looked In the robee of Romeo, and how glorious lu the armor of Lancelot! Suddenly her reverie was Interrupted by a quiet voice that desceuded from suine illstauce above her. "dead morning, Miss Nortboote!" She looked up with a start, and there stood her Lancelot before her. lie Beamed to have discarded his armor ami donned an ordinary black morning suit nnd a very white collar, "where of," us the olHce boy otice remarked, "the height aud stiffness were marvel ous great." "(iuod morning, sir," she said, In a half frightened voice, nnd then, as the junior partner disappeared Into bis renin, she bent over her work with a very red and very hot face. Then the typewriter clicked again, but not so merrily ns before, nnd fre quent errors occurred. Presently a bell In the office rang twice. This was the signal for Miss Northcote to go Ini i Mr. Norman's room aud take the morning letters, for this young lady was also shorthand writer to the firm. The door closed and she was alone with the handsome young partner. Jaek Unlvortsoii returned to the office, ud. ns he climbed sadly on to his lofty atool, a universal groan weut around the room. Bight stiff white collars ,, . , .I ,,,, 1.. .(k, I. iiiitncu .-.nidniuifiniaij on iiii iicuiis iiruijieo sorrow ruiiy over tneir respec tive Invoices and bills of lading. The morning letters were soon finish ed and the young lady rose to go. "One minute, Miss Northcote, pleaRe. I have a private letter I wish you to write. It Is a rather delicate matter, and I certainly ought to write the letter and Miss Northcote prepared to go home. The ottlce boy brought her hat and cloak, aud Jack Robertson helped her ou with tbeiu. lie would have liked to escort her home, but dared not ask, so he wandered slowly to the Lyric Theater, and wept copiously enough through the whole perform ance. Meanwhile the object of his thoughts walked pensively down the busy Strand, still dreaming of her noble Lancelot. Hut, somehow, this time It was not Lancelot and Guinevere, but Lancelot nnd Blaine, She stopped In front of Whitehall and gazed In admiration nnd awe at the gigantic figures of the two lifeguards on their passive horses. How grand they looked! How strong and hand some! Just ns Lancelot must have ap peared to IQalDa. Then one of those noble wnrrlors winked at her lu a very 'nil. EMVKLOl'E WAS IV MB. MOKMA.3 's wnmno." unromnnttc manner, and she hurried on, feeling very much disappointed, and vaguely wondered whether Lance lot wluked at his Guinevere like that. She let herself quietly In, and went upstairs to her own room, in order to have a good cry, which she hud been promising herself all the day. Ou the stairs her little sister handed ber a letter, which Bbe took into ber room with ber. She laid the letter on her table, wltb the Intention of having her cry first; but catching sight of the address ns she was putting It down, she snatched it up again. The euvelojs? was In Mr. Norman's bandwrltlug. In a tremendous hurry she proceeded to open It, nnd of course took about three times ns long as usual. The first few words were enough. "Dear Madame In such a matter aa this " She knew every word of it every tap. It was the very letter she had written herself; and with a little cry of half-frightened Joy she flung herself on her bed, nnd bad even a longer and more passionate cry than she bad prom ised herself. In these degenerate times the imperi ous Lady Norman flaunts and flour ishes in her baronial halls, loved by her tenants and adored by her husband. But It Is whispered among the ser vants that her ladyship will often re tire to a little private room, where she has sometimes been seen shedding tears of happiness over the bones of a poor, rusty, rheumatic old typewriter. London Evening News. I I HU.WXI.V OVOIIT TO WHITE TUE LKTTKH MYSELF." myself, but as the business concerns the fair sex I thought you might pos sibly be able to help me." "Hear nindame," be began, "In audi a mailer as this, when the welfare of two people Is at stake, perhaps a por onal Interview would have been pref erable to a letter. Hut we city men, whose lives nre spent almost entirely lu business occupations, aud whose thongbta are seldom allowed to stray beyond the conventionalities of this lift, would, 1 am nfrald, mnke but poor Wooers. "To this letter, therefore, I leave the tk of revealing to you what I fear to tell you In person. Whether the length af my acquaintance with you, or the elrcamstancea under which we hnve known each other, will permit of my Baking tills proposal, I leave you to Judge, in my own favor, all I can say la that I er that I Well, I suppose 1 had better say love. Do you think that Is the most suitable word, Miss "Orthcoter" "Yea, sir." "Tee, yes, I think so. too. Now, then thai I love you most ardently. Perhaps lot nature of our Intercourse has kept Die fr.iin disclosing my regard for you, !ut I sincerely trust you will uot allow this to Influence your decision. Our formal acquaintance preveuts me from expressing my deeper thoughts and feelings. Let your gentle heart plead 'or nie rather than thla cold letter. idcb I am painfully conscious la more lite a business letter than I Intended It to l. At least, let me Implore you to Ue It a fair consideration, and If you HI consent to be my wife my whole Ufe shall testify my gratitude and con Haney. I leave my future happiness I "ur hands. Until I know your de r: "ii I shall have none. Meanwhile, remain, youra forever, " That afternoon ecemed a Tery long oe to the little typewriter. 8he copied I"" letter perfectly, and delivered It to llr. Noruiao, wbo posted It blmaelf. Pl'e then went on with the ordinary lettera. At but tbe long day came to an end, The other Side. Optimists are pleasant ieople to meet, but those who have business dealings with them sometimes regret the easy cheerfulness of their views. Somebody once asked a distinguished English barrister whom he met at a railway station, where each was wait ing for a train, how he managed when he was called lu two ways at the same time. "Of course, I cnit't be In two places at once," said the barrister, easily, "bo I have to make a choice. For Instance: to-day two enses in which I am concern ed were called In different courts. One was in the Interests of a clergyninn and the other of a railway Company, "On the whole. It seemed wise for me to stick tot hernllway company and leave the clergyman to providence. And I won my case." "Will you allow me to add." said a mild-looking Individual, wbo had stood close at hand during this conversation, "may I 1 permitted to say, sir, that we lost ours?" Youth's Companion. Tees of Salt. For stains on the hands nothing Is better than a little salt, with enough lemon Juice to moisten It, rubbed on the spots, and then washed off lu clear water. Strong brine may be used to ad vantage In washing bedBteada. Hot alum water Is also good for thla pur pose. In a basin of water, salt, of course, falls to the bottom) bo never soak salt fish with the sklu down, as the salt will fall to tho skin aud remain there. If a chimney or flue catch Are, close all the windows and doors first, then hang a blanket In front of the grate to exclude the air, throw coarse Bait down the flue. For weeds In pavements or gravel walks, make a strong brine of coarse salt and lollIng water; but the brine In a sprinkling can aud water the weeds thoroughly, being careful not to let any of the brine get on tbe grass. Canae of the Kettle's Hong. Feople often wonder w bat makes the high note of a slmertng tea kettle, but the explanation la simple. As the water heata little bubblee of steam Ire form ed at tbe bottom of tbe kettle. Tbeae rush upward and. being attracted to tbe aides of the kettle, they make a J commotion whlcn sets me meuu in vibration and the kettle "singe." Every time we meet a achool teacbet we find that we have always been pro nouncing another word Incorrectly. A man with an elastic Imagination la ant to mistake it for bla cooecleooe. fhe Fertile hut Dtvaatatnl latand Una Inexhaustible Mraiiiircea that Need but 1' roper Manuuenient to Make Them Very lllahlj I'roQiabla. Havana correspondence: The problem of Cuba's future Is one that Is now creatlug wide-epread Inter rat, aud It Is a relief to turn from a picture of trials aud sorrow to a COS .deration of the manifest prosperl ty that seems signally sure to visit the Island under auspices that will bring to the front Its lueihnttstlble resources, rheae need but pro pot management to make them highly profitable. Practic ally the veil Is now dropped over the panorama of human woes lu a past ran Jered inglorious by the Inordinate greed of a greedy race, and It now re quires only the peace purchased with the blood of the men who fell at El railroad and ocean doraa nnd houatngT Its employe lu the Ma teal bull. I ate of their klad upon the Island. The MB ply of Iron Is practically inexhaustible. It can lie mined. tranaioril to sea- lsard. carried by ocean to Philadelphia and thence conveyed to Pittsburg, at a ! lower price than Michigan ore can he bought at the latter city. This la aj problem lu lalmr and transput tBttoB which Is worth considerable study. I'p to date tbe Cuban railroad la a fearful and a wonderful tiling, which American genius must shortly revolu tloulce. It Is narrow gauge, with cars that would not make rea pec table fire wood, and engines of a past age. Tbe tracks are loosely laid. There ta a vast amount of business to he ilone lu rail way Improvement and esteneJon, and new Immigration rules, put In force re Cattily, favor the sturdy class of labor ers. These prevent the Ingress of any more Chinese, whose unsanitary condi tion have been a menace In the past. The health bureau ha already burned down Infected quarter occupied by this class. Another undesirable ele ment is that wbicb have overran the mm I SCENE IN THE INTRB10B BEFOIIB THE WAR Cauey. Santiago and on the hills of San Juan, together with the generous, free-spirited enterprise characteristic 5f the American people to make Cuba is garden-like ns In the primeval days Immediately after the peace protocol, President McKlnley sent a special com missioner to Cuba to investigate loclal conditions there. This has led to a itudy and a grouping of the real eco nomic situations, and the Island's bual uess salvation must come out of the workings, philanthropic and comm. r typical etna HOME. rial, of those who are Interested In re deeming n people and their latent abili ties. There are existing wrongs to re dress, the destruction of war to repair -most practical and Important, the levntlou of the people In all walks of dfe. It la Industrial Cuba that will low come Into prominent view, and a .'otnprehenslve Insight as to the future (hows that tho next decade Is destined (o see a uatlon ascend tho stepplug tones of Industry, thrift and enlighten jient. Political questions and military policy nre uow being considered only ts temporary transition elements; It is the Industrial movement that will con duce to settle all disturbing quest Ion aud improve conditions everywhere. First of all. the country needs more biurets to work in tho fields, ami It -ffurther needs n feasible, definite plan of employing on a satisfactory basla the Boml-slavo laboring population now lu Cuba. The conditions that have long prevailed on the plantations, and which are still to be met with, are not euch as would Induce European Immi gration. It Is quite uncommon to find a laboring man who can read or write. Marriage ts looely regarded, and the Cuban and the Spaniard alike are In veterate gamblers. Field labor wage average about $17 per month, an over seer gets $8T, his assistant $3... Tho hours of labor are long from 4 In the morning till 8 In the night. Latssr seek ing employment In Cuba at present must face these conditions. Meager food and poor accommodations have so far warned away outside laborers, even the negro. With advanced and advancing condi tions, however, it Is believed that un wittingly the American negro will bo the pioneer of a new labor era In Cuba. It follows that what has ennobled la bor In the t'nlted States will have Its elevating Influence among the laliorlng people of Cuba. Herding laborers In barracanas like so many cattle, sleep lug them, feeding them, bathing them with less care than Is shown to fine cattle, ruling them with whip and spur, making no provision or nllowing no time for their mental or moral Improve ment, It Is small wonder that for two centuries tbe sugar planter's crying need has boon sufficient and efficient labor. The better grade that new con- rrnAw faum nnraa. dltloua will maintain clears the prob lem, and Its workings must. In the minds of practical thinkers, enter an era of prosperity for Cuba for all classes, that will astonlab and attract tbe world. "Americanization" must take a band In the rehabilitation of this country so long laid desolate, and, with stable government, the same la bound to de velop Itself. In fact, even now the Initial suggestions of transformation are manifest. Americana propose to build great docks In Havana harbor. Americana are anxious to construct railroads and telegraph lines, trolley roads and eloctrlc light plants. One baa only to visit tbe Jurugua mlns, near Santiago, to understand what American development means. Here, npon mountains wblcb are literally of aolld iron, an American company has ted a small city, building lu evaa eastern part of the Island -shiftless no groes from Jamaica, llaytl and San Domingo. New accessions of this class are now quietly shipped back home, unless they can ahow the possession of HO lu ready money. Cuba doe not want any more public charges It m ods the vim and muscle that built up the great West and developed the mines of Pennsylvania and Alalatna. Progressive work In Cuba for women will be somewhat clrcumscrlttcd for a time to come. There are few avenues open on the Island now In which the gentler sex can earn a livelihood. None are seen lu the shop, none behind the counters, none lu olllces. The "new woman" Is not In Cuba. Still, the training for hospital service and the organization a public school system would give etfrfiloyiuent to many made destitute by the war. The value of the American trained nurse cannot be over estimated In Influence and practical re suits, one end Immediately deal red la that these educate Cuban women for hospital service training the liettor class of women the refined and lntelll gent and now practically homeless. One cat) hardly realize that Cuba Is but a hundred miles awjy from our Florida coast. This means very ready BO eaa There Is no color line; the average Inhabit. mis are pliable, lan guorous, chlldllKc persons, with tradi tion! of Idlcuoss aud ease that must le replaced with wakeful, healthy ambi tion. It Is believed that the hum of Industry will arouse these people ami evoke co-operation. It will take much of the leaven of true energetic Ameri can enterprise to accomplish it. how ever. Gradually, ns American goods come more and moro Into use, there Is One of the oilcera of Gen. l.awton'a illusion ahoorvod among hi man a col ored trooper of tha Tenth cavalry, on being questioned, tile man explained thai lie bad lost his command, and Uk. e.i to lie allowed to remain vhcre he was. lie stayed and did fine service that day. None of hi white comrade Mere able to out, lo him In di1,! of bravery. He twice risked hi life In assisting wounded men to places of safely, but each lime , scaped uninjured. That night he aked the officer whom lie had met earlier In the day lo give him n note to his own commander, ac counting for his absence, and Certifying fo hi 00d conduct. Till Wan willing ly done, ami with the precious pap, r elaeped tightly In hi hand, under cv er of darkness he started In search of his own command. The next morning at dawn. Lieut. I., started on a search for wounded men of his division, and happened to slum. bie over a prostrate body, lie Immedi ately rocogulaod tha brave cavalrymen of the day before, who was fast losing roooctouancco After atruggllng a moment for strength to apeak, the prostrate man held up til Utile slip of pi,..-t and said. "Give It lO Captain A. of I. troop, If you can find him. and tell hltu Williams w nsn't n coward. N Then, with n look of latlaTactlon In hi eyes, hi hand droppiil to hi side. ami he was dead. ORATOR. SCHOLAR, STATESMEN. BMbi I.o,t Crcutrat or Her Men In i Battle Caeteleee Death, The death of EmlllO Castelar has re moved a mail who outranked all his conteiuimrarles In the public life of Spain, and who lie Sides enjoyed Inter national reputation ns n writer, att ora tor and a statesman He was n man of wide culture and at , taluiueiit. Through TUB QUEEN OF ENGLAND'S NEW FI.OATINQ PALACE. u stormy career In maintained bis per v iii in, siKf.Aii.aoiial honor unsul lied, and though actively engaged In politics be disdained the artltlcea of tlie practical politician. Castelar was tmrti in Cadiz III 1S.TJ. and at an early age lost hi father. He had a hard struggle to obtain an edn cation, but by the aid of hi pen sue ceeded. The revolution of s.M was the starting point of his political career. He made a speech at a public meeting lu support of democracy, and the next morning he wa fatuous. He allied himself with the then democratic pa I" : El Trlbuno, and each day saw hi popularity grow. In sbl he took part lu an uprising against the crown and was condemned to death. He lied to Paris, where he remained two years, returning to Spain to lie recognized aa the chief of the Hepulillcail party. After Amadous, who was elected King by the Cortes on the expulsion of Isabella, realgned, Caetelar tisik the folio of the foreign office III the Cabi net of the newly formed republic. Later, in 1S74, Castelar liooaiiio Presi dent of the republic, w ith almost dicta torial powers. While III this position ha did good service for the slate. He was unable, however, to maintain him self In power, and the republic fell. Al fonso Mil. was than proclaimed King, FTATtVINO CUBANS AT AN INTERIOR BELIEF STATION. A perceptible appreciation of the Utlll tlea. Among the younger Cubans, too, a certain emulation, a comprehension that "things aro on the turn'' and a new era Is due these elements urge occupation and ambition. Cuba today has far more In visible national re sources to encourage proepectOf and In veatof than did BO of the Western states manifest fifty yearn ago. The development of tli. se Is bound In time to mnke the Island rich. Tbe new Im portance given to Cuba by the com mercial attention lMstowcd by thla country Is likely to develop It Into an ocean depot, a maritime clearing house, a point for tbe transaction and trana fereace of bnelneea, the value of which cannot clearly l estimated In these, the nucleus, the chrysalis daya of a People now ly freed from the bonds of moral and social slavery, and Just on the threabold of a brlgbt, glorious fu ture of ambition, and hence, ludustry. To "Industrial Cuba" alone the eeono mist and the promoter alike look for the grander results yet In store for this "tale of the aea,' NO COWARD. Anecdote of HraTe ColdUr In the Hantlaen (urapalen. War anecdote of men "not mention ed In the reirt" are now coining In. as returned soldiers recall tbe Incidents of battle, and many of these are full of genuine pathoa. The Courier Journal glrea tbia story, told by a regular army officer: In the two days of real fighting before Ranftago men of the different regiment liecame mixed, and for a time were lost to their comnidi. Thla condition gave rise to tbe report that a certain few bad ahow u the "white feather." and since then Spain has lsen a mon archy. Of late year Cnstelor had not taken a very active part In politics, though he was a member of the Cortes subse quent to the time when he was Presi dent of the republic. Ho ultimately became convinced that a monarchy was the Itcst form of government for Spain. tew Die In Tasmania. If the statement of Harry ltcnjafled, a health officer lu Tasmania, Is exact, that country must Is- conducive to long life ami it dtlea healthy to live in. iu- ssys that the population of Hobart and lu inhnrba is 40,000, ami thai in IBM the total number of deaths wus Ml, or it U In every 1,000. He saye. further, that of the .''il sts.uis who died .'IHo were BMfn than years old, reprinenllng b'v p'-r I.""" of the deaths of Children and nil other under IK years old. He believe hi- I Justified In challenging any other city lu the world to produce equally favorable figure, particularly tbe small figures for deaths under k1 years of age. Tea mania has lee under Ilrltlab control for alioitt one century, and a large pro portion of Its population Is native Itorn of Hrltlsh parentage New York Preae. Datveveity tuinnia. The uuiuUt of students ut the larg est teu universities In the world is a follows: Paris. 12,07; IWrlln. 10,3Ofl; Madrid, 0,13; Vienna. 6,710; Naples, BklOt) Mos. ow, ,di; Bnda Peath, 4.007: Munich. 8.007; Harvard, 3,07; It Petersburg, 3,1113.- Pittsburg Dfa) patch. HIS IMreotory. The laat lasue of the London director; weighs eli Ten aud oue half pounde. The Victoria slid Albert, Queen Victoria's new yacht, launched st Pembroke, la unique suioiig yiichta, iN'ing, aa It la, the largest of lla kind of craft in tbe world. Thla new royal pleasure bout la as large as the Halted Statea cruiser llalilinore, and beside It William K VaBdCrbllt'e great yacht Valiant la only a moderately lxed ship. The mip.-rt.il Herman yacht BobettaoUern I by no iiieaua as aparloii and bulky as the hue vessel of the Emperor' royal grandmother. The Victoria and Albert nil built st the QoVOrnmCttl dockyard In Pembroke Her keel waa laid down Dee, "X 1S!7. Slid ParllaaWBl appropriated nesrly 11900,000 for the work. The total cost will be fully that num. The dimensions of the new yscht are: Length. ggO feet; Ileum. .' feet: draft. Is. feet, ami her displacement la t.iHal ton. The hull is tteelj arced iheathed ami COVeted with cupper. There are double Imt teina, three funnela and two masts. Two acts of triple expansion four cylinder engine dfiVO twin screw with s hnrae power of 11,000, derived from eighteen Belle Villa tsnler. This locomotive apparatus will develop a speed of twenty knots an hour. The royal cabin are placed amldshlpa on the mam deck. In the uplrr deck aft I a roomy pavilion and over this la the promenade deck. Till float ing palace will ts- handled by a crew of 1178 uieu and officers, the pick among the best sailors In Crest Hrltalu. TO AVOID COLLISIONS AT SEA. Ilunuarliut Inventor trrfertaa lvvlre hkh Morka Very Well,. The cut sliows a break which It I claimed will do for navigation w bat the automatic Weiillnghouso brake has done for railroads. The Inventor thinks this appliance will go a long way toward preventing collision at sen. It hit be. 11 tried and found to be clth IctiL The steamship Clotllde, a Imat of 1,000 tons, owned by the Austrian Lloyd Steam Navigation Company, was equipped with the brake. The ship was driven ahead until it regis tered sp I of ten knot was obtained. At a given signal the brake was ap plied. The engines were still run at full speed ahead. Thirty second from of a tulle, reigned the nnwtt tranquil of calms. That, however, was nothing. "The morning of tbe next day I leave you to guess our stupefaction when we saw what? The varnish, having hard ened during the night, covered tha sea with a thlcklsh crust that glUttoncd with an Irreproachable polish! The French three-master LttoJBn Oultry sivnu-d the center of an Immense mir ror of amber, upon w hich, with fairy like effect, sparkled the baa mi of Ilia rising sun"' Folk Lore. The research Into popular belief Is an absorbing and uot a profitless stu dy. Scarcely a day passes that we do not run across some piece of supersti tion that dates, In one form or another, from a far antiquity. Salt la spilled at ' 'SfjafJeHDSri wT-s5s., ,'N ar ..,. Z - - it 'I Tlamn JwJW 10 PATENT IHlAKi: l'OU STEAMSHIPS. the time the whistle signal sounded the Clotllde was at an absolute standstill. Measurement showed that from the time the brake was let fall tho vessel had travelled only twenty feet. The Idet. of the tiling Is simplicity Itself. Tbe brake, which Is the luven Hon of a noted Hungarian engineer named Svctkovlch, consists of huge curved plates of sleel attached lo the stern of the steamer. The hnio can lie vailed, but It Is preferably thai of a parachute. It can U lowered nt will. mid Inatnntan nljra late the water. The screw of it steamship, It should be explained, when working abend, causes a stream of water of terrific force to How back In the direction from which the ahlp has come. Ky lowering the Btata of steel Into this stream the power Is obtained 11 ssnry to cl k the shin's way and bring It to n stand atlll Independent of the engines. Since the stream caused by the screw- Is of greater forco when the ship Is teaming fast, the brake would work squally well whether the speed were twenty knots or ten knols. A FRENCH SAILOR-YARN. Troubled Waves of Ocean Calmed lv v - a Carajn of Varnlah. Clark BttaeeU of England la the beats know n teller of sea tales lit the present Jay, and he certainly relates some mar velous adventures. Ilut ho win iiavo lo I,,,,!, to his laurels. Alphonse Allals of Paris, In a recent Issue of I Jour ual, glvea the remarkable experience of a French sea captain, whom he allow to relate his own slory. SIIicm tie set forth on his voyage from our own New England i-apllal, which Inconlestably exists, and can Ik- proved to lie still In Its place, perhaps we may accept Ida words as truth. "Captain of the three-maatet Lnoten Qui try he begins, "I set sail from Ho ton Jan. Z. with an exiiulve cargo of varnish. What Use people could pos albly find for six thousand barrels of varnish I do not know and bealdoa, thai ha nothing fo do with this story. " The second of February, In tbe early morning, we were assailed by n flight fill tem peat Wave as high as houses beat against my ior vessel, which strained and groamsl threateningly. We could not endure much more; yet the sky showed no promise of change. We were in Imminent danger; every hock Increased our pgdll It WM In pOaalWa to survive such viol e If It Mm tinned. What should we dot "Pour oil BpOB the sea! Certainly, we thought of it; but, unfortunately, wo hnd g board ouly a litre of olive oil. destlmsl for the mayonnaise dressing of an occasional salad. "Suddenly my second officer was 1 truck with an Inaplrntlon of genlna. " "BtlpPOBB.1 Cried he, 'we should I"iur on varnish! Varnish Is much like oil.' "At that moment the hurricane re lOBbled Its fury; truly we npi.eai.il to be lost. "Pour on the vaniNhl" I commanded. "The result waa stupefying. At the ,1rt barrel emptied over to starboard the waves were visibly calmed Umu that side; the second, poured to lar hoard, achieved a like laeoeea "ThereiiKn a sort of frenxy took pos session of the entire crew, myself the foremost. Every one has heard of such a thing aa a collective hallucliualon; this was a collective frenxy, a delirium of wild exertion! We poured; we con tinued to isitir. When evenlug fell, we had poured overboard all our cargo of vamlsb all! And the effect! Around us, at a distance, the storm raged more snd more madly; hut about tbe ship, in olrvu inference of at leaat a quarter table, and with Jest with our neighbor over the prospect of a quarrel, half believing lu the sign, though we may not know that the Unmans did the same. A dog howls nt night, and wo recall the widespread belief that the howling of n dog foretells death, but forget that our early Aryan ancestors assigned to the dog the office of mes senger from the world of spirits. The every day custom Is as old aa humanity; the nursery ilngle may be traced back to an origin In the world's babyhood; the familiar fairy tale which delights nineteenth century children Is found In varying forms In all countries, pointing to a common origin lu a remote age, embodying old Aryan myth, nnd giving 11 Interest ing Information of the conceptions of our ancestors regarding nature aud human life.- Llpplncott's. The Itlght Kind or Oloees. A go...! story conies from an up country mission stain n nt the Cape. The occasion was a native wedding, and, aa usual, the bride was attired In while hat, white dress and white shoes, but great surprise was occasion ed by the fact that alio wore black gloves. The native women on euch occasions try to bo quite a In mode, aud there was a good deal of Inquiry about the girl's departure from the usual custom of dressing entirely In white. The mystery waa explained when she told the clergyman's wifo Unit she had studied an English faab Ion paper, and had there rend that the custom now was to wear tlesh-colored gloves. - LnndOfl Tit lilts. On A 1..1 of the Color. There are of course some wrsons who know about books, says a Ixxik seller, and Insist ou having the book they want without reference to the ...lor of the binding, but the great mass of our customers Judge by ap pearanoea Irah 1.. ..ks and gray l...ks and brown books they won't hnve anything to do with; green books will pass; blue Isxik sell a f hade bet ter) but red books always find a mar ket. Von i nn have no Idea, unless you are lu (be trade, what a difference It makes to n Ismk to be bound lu red. I in K at 1 .1.1011 ....I In the World. The largest diamond In the world I III I he possession of the King of Potru gal, ami Is known a the llragauza It Weigh! 1,010 carats, or fourteen ounces. II w 11 a brought from Hruz.ll during the Inst c. ntury, and was then valued nt some millions sterling by an expert, but Its real value now Is estimated at (400,000, It Is uncut, aud uot a brill iant of the firet water. l,ar real Nwannery In the llrltlah lalea The largest swannery In tho Hrltlsh Isle Is that at AhlsitBhury, In Dorset shire, at the western end of tbe Fleet estuary. The swannery belongs to Ixnl lschcstcr, and contains over 1.0U0 swans. At one time the swannery held as many aa 0,000 or 7,000. Aruhalo Hair Tonlo. The oldest medical recipe Is aald by a French medical Journal to be that of n hair tonic for an Egyptian queen. It Is dated 400 R. C and dlrecta that dogs' paws and aaaea' hoofs be boiled with dutcs in oil. mm Really Kiupiy. "What'a an empty title, par "An empty title la your mother's way of calling me the bead of tbe house." Cycling In Turkey. H la considered a heinous offense to ride a bicycle anywhere near tbe city of qouetantiuople. .