TILL TELLS TIME.
NDIANA SUN uil to
mmmmmm Af ih.- K ... 1 In tl..
lH.si.loPl Valley ow Uia IUM'
arj rime of To-dajr GUM to Ue.
Adopt"1'
K Harmony, lud., Is probably the
mn In tlM lIlMlgBlppl viilley tbut
, .mi dliil town cioca. 11 ih proiiu-
. .1... oldest nun mi"' rename une-
u the country. It has been turii-
. . ill,. m!iiiitr!t anil Hours ami days
LI ivl w Ihoui over .aj cents ro-
ii never runs aow a, never goes
. .trikf UUll US lii! "If SUI1 docs
it is rename. io-iav it 18
.i.init more than n 1 1 iiu-pu-ce it la
curiosity. It Is ulstorlcul probably
...i ii Bun imii nil V'lll.'l llllll"
i ... in mi ana iii in s mwcL new
ti-.iu 11 ClllllllV Sl'tt I'llll'llt lll
arm"".' ' ' . : :
.mi. mi which 111 mill is placi d
. i. ..Hi In- the colonists nml wan
i i..- thriu as a barrarus. it was
Ml, V
... ..! in INI 4. mere were no raii-
i. (,. tn.se (lavs nil as evcrvuiiiig
,:iiis iu ... w - -
... i.l there WUS 110 Deeil of llhv-
..i. f mi l ie vvltulo u-i.i- it
ii. s.nni' schedule then. lor
.......i . ... tlie en lnii v intern oil ttv a
i. .. r 1 1 ii il nU nml hour glasses.
... .i.i- i kii.i tinsutlsfuctorv anil nt
st George EUpp, the leader, conceived
he Idea of having a town clock.
Haa nt It. Kind.
He was probably the tot to endow
I V lliumim ion.. ...... ....... .... ....
PDCt He went to the forest and cut
be solldest black waluut tree he could
mm t I . .1 ....... , .. I m. t
ingtbl ii ml made a facing (1x4 feet. A
. . m...ta ..,lli.il m.rnjg thu l..i. (.. tlir.il,'
at ik. mm If, ii., tliiill llllil 111., ,..,l,.ln
acksuillli turn out a piece or steel
BJ j - .
1 II K SUN DIAL TOWKR CLOCK.
I't.c ploittfl ti ihown hy tlic nmrkliiK between
win win iftken at 91W0 p. m j
lire. The date of the construction
n 1 ,1 , v iir iitt'il ii i Toss l ie titll Ill
I'ttftw itf tin. In iiiln r wnrils. Imnirtl
n iw u.-r,- !ikn tin' hunrtt At 1 he Imi
mu in the center Is the tluro of the
win u tiling of glory, with a man's
itlt-.H. I II lilt' III III I III N 11 II lilt'
. it i1 it fun i i nt 1 1 ii ir r. ii ini iir
Ilil flii'M fnatiinliur illnu'llv linlnu tint
tt.., K.mvc Mm iliuiii In IK., f'. . : I . . i i
mm I .1 T O fl 111 PI Mf ii...
... jl ll.. I .l 11 1 I.. ...
est side of the dial, running down the
fast. It will be seeu that there were
two sixes. It was the hi-glulng and
ending of the day. Other markings
until the sun went down could be reck
fened on the wall very readily.
Though the storms of seventy-eight
yens have heat against the dial. It has
tint begun to show the wear. The tlg-
t,r. a bm illallnol oa r',..,i..1. Mi..t,
Wen- placed there yesterday. The col
ony pa Med, another one took Its place
mm passed imu .New iiarinotiy became
pii (iii;ii.iij tun u. i icui i iiuuiia uii.
bassed and bablet have grown old and
lie hours Just as reliably as It did In
1S21, wlicii It was put, Into place. The
old bolldlng Is now occupied by a mer
chant who has shown good business
lodgment by utilizing the suroundlng
IDI n tlie walls by signs setting
forth his line of wares.
Bondlall are curiosities now. Proba-
b'y than one pera in under .15 years
out of every I.ikki population ever saw
one. Si, 11 It has been but a short time
since the sun dial regulated affairs, and
BOUgb watches were used they took
their time from the dial. Dp to 1MB
were was no uniform time. In that
Bear Professor Charles V. Dowd tlrst
IHIK Hi lii.iiianp.ia f..r MM 1 ,, t , t I 1 1 II
tsndard time. He sought the rall-
(.1(1 Hi',, in..., pa mm .1... ,...ra..,,a ....(
iiiniiakria ai III, , o.
m h..i,it- . . ' i OI'UUl D,:, U(J
ir ii.,r..tii t-, .. ,, . I ., m. I j ..ll . . r i i.nn . . n
- i in Diauuuiua U.I v. , , iu vu
h. Blln 1 I
- mmml HUUIB,
Adnntlort nt RlatBff nril I I ill i-
'foui his work and energies evolved
(1(11 IU ,i I ....! I
. uun KUOWU IIS S1UUIIUII1 II11JC
""ii aiso nas uie sun nun it a us
roiir meriiiiaus, eaen one uour
m u .. i
inn nine were cnosen hb miw
in nuaus. mey nre uie eveuij-
rth ..i.i-i. ...... i
-. -u.iii passes neari niiaiieiiiiini,
m DlOetleh, passing marNew Oilcans
o of- I.oula;tbe onehuudredand rlfth.
N :""l twentieth, near Vlrglula City.
y 'he division thus adopted the apacS
pween than readily became divided
B'o nilnutes and they Into seconds,
.ii ier an i iit worlil is tuus irans-
"r:i" 'I into one urent sun dial of linae-
ry Hues not ontv traclnir the mlu-
t'-s. lint .ii-.... itA . i .. I . I . .
" ' 1 U 111," !llllll I 1BI. IBII'U.,.
-"tlcally It was Intended that each
f'dlan should govern the belt seven
B,J half degrees on each side of It;
- mere nas been a slight variation
u this. The W)il time nf thos
THE VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE AT A 0 LANCE. QRiEF STRiCKfN ANIMALS-
LOST ON THE OCEAN.
at the edge of the belt will differ
"( ainiiiiaru in ne iti nun an nnur
'" detaBa of the syvteiu were worked
P W. V. Allen, secretary of the rail-
r , . . . . . ...
-u- nine convention, it was noi until
Sv' that the railways took bold In
ftlest. In that vear 110 m-r cent of
adopted standard time, and now
KEY to MP
bbmbbj tLono ('''"'.' Liftt. SS.
' i ii. CirBian. Fiuiu 1S8'
ShbukbibI na ir it.
Cu.illJl, mm
1 1&f
i '
ftnB.n, i9t.
&AKBBR OB1 I 1?0.
u mmm J M 01 luBn 'l LTllf.
. 3Kuir, io, i i
o...o.oo Lomu Ckmv.u1, fS8.
,1LONO AaSHCtlSM '8VT '
The controversy over the bonndarji bt
tween Veneiueln and Hritish liuinnalhas
baen waged for years, it brought Lbs
United Siutes and UrcHt Britain to the
verge of war in 18JI5, when President
Cleveland sent his famous Message in
Congress declaring that this country
would not permit (Jreut Itritnin to deter
mine the boundary line by using violence
against Venezuela.
Venezuela never recognized the differ
ent boundary lines proposed by Ureal
Britain, even as demarcations of disputed
territory.
A brief description of the most Impor
tant of the boundary lines follows. The
map shows all the several boundaries and
is mi Inraiuable guide to the proceedings
of the tribunal:
1SH The Hritish acquired Jli.iHKi
aqnare miles in Qulana from the Dutch,
1886 The Itrilish resident niiiuster in
Caracas notified the Venezuelan Govern
ment of the urgency of e recti nc light
houses and placing buoys iu ltariina Point
and Hoca (J ramie of the Orinoco, show
lug these places were aeknowleilged to be
in Venezuelan territory. In I!) Hnrima
PolM was claimed by the British.
1WO--A man accused of murder wn.
tnkeii to trial iu Denrara. The lawyer
in chart;? of the defease proved that the
crime had ban committed in CaM hlO"
rUCO, and the accused was aispiittisl by
the court under the plea that the murder
hud beea perpetrated in Tsaaanelaa terri
tory. In ISial Ureal Hritsiu claimed t'nuo
sforacOa
1SJ- On nccotint of the luiundary rststi
planted by Mr. Scliouibiiruk and winch
bore the llritUh flag, the Veiiesuelan
(internment sent instructions to Mr. Tor
tiipie, its plenipotentiary minister in Ba
rope, to ileMuiid from the Hi :.- QoT
eminent the rOCOgnltioa of the Integrity
of the territory of Venezuela.
1881- Lord Qranvllls peopoaad a limit
line to Dr. llojus, minister of Venezuela
ut London.
ISM Mr. Kortlipic proposed to Lord
Aberdeen a line to he accepted by both
government! as a tiual settlement of the
dispute. Other hues were proposed sub
seipieiitly by the Venezuelan Govern
incut thr.Mik-h lr. Juhuu Viso and Dr.
Jose Maria ltojus.
1 Dot Lord Koiebcry proposed a BOW
Ixiiindnry to the Veiiesueluu miuister.
iQuamao Blanco,
1800 Lord Salisbury propoeid " bound
ary which has been culled a "cupricious
line for arbilrntion."
1880 The Royal ideographical society
'of Iiudon issued a inop iii which the po
sition of Si'liouihiirgklt line was changed
from its position on the maps of 1M-I0 snd
later dates.
The extreme of the claim of the Hritish
is defined in n memorandum sent by Lord
Salisbury in 1880 to Minister L'rhaueja.
New York Journal.
the United States and the commercial
world operates on that plan. The time
of the seventy-fifth meridian is called
eastern time, that of the ninetieth
culled central and that of the one hun
dred nud tlfth mountalu nml the one
hundred and twentieth Pacific, The
adoption of standard time made' New
York's time four minutes slower than
previously. At the conference of the
International Geodetic aaaoclation held
In Home In 1888 the question of cosmo
politan time was tlrst discussed.
PORTRAITS AT HOME.
Fuairetjtlona for Handllnii thu T.ltiht
Two Hmple t"'creen.
Although all kinds of Interior work
are much more dllllcult than outdoor
work for amateur photographers, ow
ing to the illftlculty of managing the
light, nearly every one who has a cam
era tries the former sooner or later. It,
Is not at all uncommon lo Itcgln on por-J
X
, .
ll.-'l, mmmmm.
1
rOHTR A IT PlIOTOOII ATIIV.
traits, which require a good deal of ex
perience and technical knowledge. In
the gallery of an artist one Oaually
tlnds that the studio Is provided with
a skylight. The auiuleur Is rarely able
to command one. However, In a recent
Issue "The Mechanic Arts Magazine"
made some excellent suggestions on
this point.
It was recommended that an ordi
nary side window be shaded up to a
height of about five feet from the Moor
by means of bookbinders' board. This
can lie cut to lit the window casing. In
front of the binders' Istard should be
hung cambric, of whatever hue. gray
or black Is preferred for n background.
Some subjects require a light one and
smile a dark one. Hence the material
should be hung In such a way that It
can be changed readily. Iu order to
get a good supply of light from above
n reflecting screeu Is provided. It
should consist of white cloth a sheet,
for Instance. Beginning nt a distance
of eighteen Inches from the side wall,
one edge of the sheet should tie fast
ened to the celling. The lower edge
of the cloth should be stiffened with a
strip of wood, like a sail. Then the
screen OUgbl to It- Inclined away from
the window- at an angle uf about
degrees. Another screen, hung from
the celling or mounted on feet at one
side of the sitter, out of range of the
Camera, w ill assist In lighting one side
of the face more than the other In a
full face picture and In Illuminating
the face for a profile view. The mag
azine here referred lo goes on to say:
"Where the photograph Is to be a
full length figure or a three-quarter full
length, care must be exercised that the
upper part of the subject Is not more
strongly lighted than the draperies
nearer the Hour. It Is well, on this ac
count, to spread on the Moor a white
sheet or a number of newspapers, so
that the light may lie reflected upward
against the lower part of the figure.
"Where a person has light curly or
iii iffy hair It Is beet to Illuminate the
hair brilliantly by setting the top
creen abont as shown In the Illustra
tion and then arrange the side screen
to reflect light on the face In au up
ward direction, so that as far as poaal
ble Its stronger shadows may be soft
ened and too much contrast prevented."
A woman nlwnys likes the hat that
isome other woman wears better than
she likes her own, and blames the mill
iner for It.
Many a man who claims to lie dis
creet Is but a coward.
THE "KISSINQ BUG" UNDER THE MI.R05C0PE.
Hp you meet a dark-cyd stranger wh.tc features resemble a pair nf McyeJa
lamps on an ice pick, feeling his solitary way by means of a lihK.lc covered
with dog's hair, you will be safe in assuming that he is BM iBBolsStM pidpse,
alias ki-slug hog, Iu order to recognize him after this fashion, however, it will
Is- necessary to use s microscope. The illustration was obtained by this means ut
the Smithsonian Institution.
This hideous Insect is called niclanol.-i-tcs plclies by the scientific men ami
is a predatory insect. Until recently it was never known to feed on man Its
favorite pasture bus been the cuhiciilar bug that inhabits Is-diling, and Its most
acceptable fit-ding time Just after that hug has hud a meal of blood from a human
lieing In this way ntelauo, etc.. gets a taste of human blood. It has now gone
into the business for itself, and taps its food sappiy without the sld of a vicarious
dlSTbe1kissing bug is black, has a fat tody, snd doc sll Its hunting by night
llli the wolves in "The Jungle Hook." It Is about iin inch long, has s narrow,
n. inted bead and a beak as sharp as that of a mosquito. When it sucks Its
i tim who is always asleep, feels uo tsin. hut the stung porta swell to ten
tl 'normal size In from two to four days. Collodion is used In the treatment,
nnr I al le i ause of the prevalence of tue nielamdt-ste this year is Uie great
.bund.mv of kneed life to ! found everywhere. Nature has provided this
v. to rt-iT Una laterpillars and other Insect pent, and with the disappear
Bpaosa 777, , , ,,,, , wiU disappear also. Again, nature has provided
25 mm of itarasites w hich iu turn feed BBSS this insect and destroy Its eggs.
A rub the ".In--1 I " ii- makes his borne under the bark of rotten
Tu jn-t, mns with gr-t swiftness aud is hard to rstch on thst account.
h'hTJ.. mostlv at night. In the larvse stste these creatures resemble somewhat
It flies mostly wn sua M u h(, SutM1 f California snd Teiss and In sll the
8outhwt'ern .-unt'ry where' con.i.ler.bie snnoy.uc .ndcmig sre c.usl b,
Its denrcdstlous. a la c. uiJy kevma as the Ore.t Big Bedbu.
ll. , Manifest Ursst AfTnlluu for
Other, of I In li kind.
Lovers of sport, whose guns have
brought dotvu muuy a swift wluged
btrd or fleet footed onlmitl. may per
haps lie able to mutch the following
stories by memoirs of their OWB, The
first is extracted from James Forbear'
"Oriental Memories."
A BMtnbOt of a shooting party killed
a female monkey, and cnrr.nl it to his
teUt. The tent was soon surrounded by
forty or fifty monkeys, who mude a
great BOlaa, snd seemed disposed to
aliack the aggrfssanr.
They retreated when be presented his
fowling piece, the terrible effect of
which they had witnessed and appear
ed quite to understand, but the head
of the troop stood his ground, chatter
ing furiously. The sportsman, who
perhaps felt some POtttponctiOB fur
having killed one of the family, did not
like to fire at the creature, and nothing
short of tiring would sutthv to drive
hi in off.
At length the monkey came to the
door of the tent, and flndlni: threats of
no avail began a BMBB0 table meaning,
and by the must Impressive gestures
teemed to beg that the slaughtered
animal might be given buck The dead
body was accordingly given him. He
took it sorrowfully In his arms, ami
bore It away to bis waiting companions.
Those who witnessed the extraordin
ary scene resolved never ngalu to fire
at one of the monkey race.
A case equally pathetic occurred at
Chalk Farm, near Hampton, In Kng
laud. A man set to watch a field of
liens, which hud been much preyed
upon by pigeons, shut an old male pig
eon that had long been an Inhabitant
of the farm. Its mate Immediately set
tled Dpon the ground by Ita side, and
showed her grief Iu the most expres
sive manner!
The laborer took up the dead bird
and tied It to a short Make, thinking
the sight of It would drive nway other
depredators. The b, reaved bird, bow
ever, did not forsake her mate, but con
tinued day after day walking slowly
round llu stick.
The kind hearted wife of the bailiff
nf the farm at last heard of the circum
stance, and Immediately went to afford
what relief she could lo the poor bird.
on arriving at the sstt she found the
hen bird much exhausted. It had made
a circular beaten track around the
dead pigeon, giving now and then a
little spring toward him. Ou the re
moval of the dead bird the lien return
ed to the dove-cot.
SEA DISASTERS THAT ARE SEEM
INGLY INEXPLICABLE.
ABSEN T-MINDtD MAN'S FEAST.
Ordered mid gjaj bosmI ve lllah and Then
Would Not Kut It,
The celebrated Uretich composer,
Mellhac, who died lately, was one of
tin- abeent-m laded geniuses, lie was
also a man of simple tunics In the mat- I
tor of food. It Is related of him that,
on uu occasion w hen one of bis operas .
was being presented, ho entered, in '
evening dress, a fashionable restau- j
rant and threw himself down at d
table, thinking euruestly about the
musical event of tliu evening and i
ulsmt nothing else.
A waiter brought him a bill of fare,
mid Hons, Mellhac quite abstractedly
Indicated wllh his linger Hie first dish
on the bill that Ills eye had struck, it
happened to he (he most elaborate and
costly dish ou Hie bill, ami when the
waiter went to the kitchen with the
order there was commotion there.
The proprietor himself arrived, and
he ami the chief cook devoted them
selves lo the preparation of Hie famous
dish. One man was sent fur this
choice Ingredient, and another for an
other. Meanwhile Mons. Mellhac wult
ed. absorbed.
At last the dish wns brought with a
great lloiirish, ami the proprietor stood
not far away to observe the result.
When It was deposited on the table
Mellhac looked at It with an expressloU
uf melancholy intereat.
"I ld 1 order that'" be asked.
"Certainly, monsieur!"
"Ho you like It?"
"Hut but yes, monsieur!"
"Then ph ase lake It away and eat It
yourself," ordered Mellhac, "and tiring
ne two fried eggs!"
The order was carried out. and the
proprietor wondered If he had a mad
man lo deal with.-Youth's Company
Ion.
Instances Where iSreat Mix Have
III. w iieMred, home of Them In 1 Mini,
itriwiu t Bather ami on UatresMed
WatOrBf l.e.vlna No I ruce.
It BeeCBe passing strange, consider
lug the enormous amount of is can
trulllc carried on nowadays, that It
should In- poentbtg for it vessel to put
out to sen ill fit condition, only to van
ish from the face of the waters and
leave uo Indication of Its fate. True,
there are hundreds of unidentified
derelicts filiating about the seas nml
some of them may le the vessels which
have so mysteriously vanished. It Is
appalling to think of sacb mysteries
lis the fates uf these vessels, which.
setting nail with hundreds of passen
gers to whom the voyage perhaps
promises happiness, wealth nnd all the
Joys of life, never reach their destina
tion and are never again heard of.
Take the case of the Hurvle Castle
as a striking example. She vanished
j not In mid ocean, but between the itorts
of luutidoii and Plymouth. Into the
latter pott she should have put ou her
way to Australia. But she. never
rvuchiit fly mouth nml not a living
soul knows how or where she van
ished. It Is most extiaordlnary that
she should have beM lost so near to
land without so much as n spur Itcltig
washed Babon to tell of tier fearful
fate.
Equally mysterious, is the case of the
Atalaiitu. This tamous training ves
sel nils stationed off Bermuda with
more than l!."sl souls ulioartl. Curly Iu
Ivnii she set sail for a short CTUIm and
from that day to tills she has ucver
been beard of.
A very cotisideiable percentage of
the vessels which disappeared forever
In this mysterious milliner were run
ning between Knglaml ami America ut
the time. It might 0C thought that the
terrific sens of the vast Atlantic were
resHisllile. Put It has 0000 proved
that many vessels were lost when the
menu was almost ut dead calm.
A birge sailing ship left New Or
tt'iins 10 me years ago for Loudon
Thrice sin- win- sKiken ami reported all
well, nud she was facing exquisite
I weather and n smooth sea nt Hie third
time. Yet, It Is known, she was lost
with all hands within twenty font
hours, and to this day uo truce of tier
bus been discovered.
In lbs early part of 1889 n five must
ed bark, the Maria, a newly construct
ed vessel, ami at that time the third
largest In the mercantile marine, set
sail, Iu benntlfn wealher. From one of
the biggest ports In Cm bin China for
Uamourg, with every promlae of a fair
Voyage. Hut she never reached tier
many, She vanished shortly nfter le
llig spoken Off the west const of Africa.
nml nothing has been found since lo
Indicate the fate that befell her.
Another vessel running between Bug
land and America w bleb met uu end
nf a kind none but those who shared
It ever knew, vv us the first-class steam
ship President She tailed from New
Yolk for Journey to Liverpool. Ill Hit
siiiliig of s. having on hoard a full
crew of experienced hands and of
fleers mid n distinguished company of
passengers.
She left New York In fine weather,
tn splendid condition, and with no lea
sou for fearing anything she was likely
to meet. Hut she wns never sHtke and
never heard of again, mid, although
fifty-seven years have passed, no one
yet knows to what dire Calamity her
end w us due. London Mall.
rntnract shot a third boy Into the office
of our friend. Hon Gaol tan,
Inside the door, i u a wooden settee,
were sitting some of the family ser
vants holding their Infants, aud the
same stream on who Ii the boy traveled
through the door washed the whole
party, seltee and all. across the hall
way Into u heap ut the foot of the
stairs.
The crowd Itampoded, and then, be
fore further mischief was doue. wo
managed to shut off steam.
Ancient (.old Mines in Attica.
Many Interesting evidences of an
cient mining are being discovered Iu
the South African gold fields TbOSg
ancient miners used metal tools for
working soft grounds: ami the remains
have I n found of small rumaCH for
sharpening their toola. They also un
derst I the ue of lire for disintegrat
ing the gold bearing rock, but their
knowledge of milling was extremely
limited, especially when contrasted
with the scleullllc methods of the pree
cut day.
Just What She I v peeled.
A middle aged Proman called at an
tnsnruuee office of ii provincial town u
day or two ago to announce thai she
wanted lo Insure her house.
"For how much.'' asked the agent.
"Oh. alioiit t'J'Sl."
"Very well. I will come up and In
vestigate It."
"I don't know much about in
siirnnce," she said.
"It's very plain, ma'uin."
"If I'm Insured for 1800 and the
house Is burm d don n. I get the uioucy,
do i r
"i 'erttilnly."
"And they don't ask who set It afire?"
Oh. but lin y d". We shall waut to
know all about It."
"Then you needn't come up," she
said, us she rose to go. "I heard there
was some Mich niton It somewhere,
and now i see bora it is." Tid-Bits.
One objection to pinyer Is Hint a
great many east their burdens on the
liord, and shake off further responsi
bility, leaving some one less given to
pinyliig to hluzc a ) out of the dlf
Uculty.
Itefreshmeuts are not served at par
ties because guests are hungry, but
because people drop tln-lr reserve when
eating begins, and commence to get
acquainted.
A woman who argtu-a real well li
bsitr a fav write In society.
A FIRE-ENGINE IN MANILA.
Powerful Machine Mude a Decided Hen
.iilliui About the UiiuT.
In "Yesterdaya In thu l'hlllpplnes"
Mr. Stevens gives an account of the
testing of a new tire engine which had
been inrported from tba Dotted states
for a Wealthy resident of Manila. HI
Ctpltan wns delighted with thesppear-
ance of the machine, glistening with
brass and nickel, and Invited all the
prominent people of the city to witness
Its trial. The Important day came and
a crowd assembled, curious nud expec
tant, to sec what the great American
lire engine could do.
The engine hsd beta placed out on
the quay: all around stood groups of
open mouthed natives.
My associate and I felt fairly Im
portant as we griitlly bade the police
clear the ground for action, and blew
the xvblstle to scare the crowd.
The huge suction hose was run Into
the river and ten natives were station
ed at the nozzle of the four Inch hose,
which was pointed up the small plaza
running back from Ike ipiay. Thu hell
rang and I team was turned ou.
It worked well, and the Itlg stream
went su fur as to soak down a lot of
baled bllWOeO lying OB a street corner
nt the next block, suposislly beyond
reach. The owner of the tobacco came
to the door to see what had happened,
and us the engine begun lo work better
the stream of water knocked him over
ami played around tint entrance to his
storehouse.
To avoid complications of this sort
we shut off st cum long enough to shift
the hose over for a more unobstructed
spurt along the river.
A few minutes later an open throttle
einis( .1 a huge torrent to belch from the
long nozzle with such force us to make
Ihe tell hoseinetl feel nervous, and 111
their excitement they turned the
stream toward a lighter which was
being poled down the I'aslg by two
Malays. The foremost of theae was
washed backward Into the lighter, snd
the hindmost swept off Into the river.
A Cblnamag who MM paddling a load
of vegetables In a hollow tree trunk
suffered a slmlar fate.
Then suddenly, as we opened the
throttle to Its lost notch, the excited
bosemen tried to turn the torrent; but
with Its force of fifteen hundred gal
Ions to the minute It wns too quick for
them, ami with one mighty kercliug It
broke away and sent the Uoxxle Dying
round like a windmill.
Before they knew what had struck
them the leu men holding the notxle
tavrc Mteked prostrate, aud two small
hoys were whisked off Into the river
like so much dust. A dozen lightning
wriggles of thu hose, aud the frenzied
A PORTO RICAN FOREST.
white Dandy," by Valuta Caldwell
Meiviiie, is u companion story to
Block Beauty, it conclndea with
n old liui-so s Appeal" In Ktetry.
Mrs Vovtilch has dramatised her
novel, The Gaddy. and It will be per
formed In this country next fall Henry
Holt Co. have Issue I the seventeenth
Impression of the novel.
Some one has said that "a woman of
genius is a won wiiii wings, ami paws
ou the ground, pillions In Ihe air a
shudder and ll struggle leiween the
two kinds of locomotion: a tearing
apart of body and spirit; a general un
rest."
Sidney Leo. the editor of the "Hlc-
tionary of National Biography, nnd
author of Ihe "Life of Shakspeare. ' ap
peals to Englishmen owning copies of
the tlrst folios of Shakspeare to keep a
firm grip upon them, ns thai country Is
ticlug rapidly drained of these trcus-
urcs by the Lulled Slates.
'i he title of .lames Lane Allen's forth
coming novel Is The Mettle of the
Pasture." Shakspeare lovers will re
member the stirring lines Iu ' Henry
V." Iu which Ihe phrase occurs. It la
to be another novel of Kentucky life;
the largest and the most important
Work be has yet Written, Mr. Allen
expc.ts to bare the work ready for
publication In the autumn
The Nineteen llumlntl. gfl illustrated
1'uris France periodical, now appears
regularly In both the Lugllsh nml
French languages. Bdltor Frederic
Mayer has made a great success of the
Journal, which trims of the coming
Par la expos Hon from n literary ami
pictorial standpoint. The directors
and leading archllecls of the BXpoai-
t Ion and several literary men mid wom
en of Hurls are contributors to the
Nineteen Hundred, which is a most
successful example of American Intel
llgencs ami euterprlea aero as the ocean.
Ilslt-Deail.
A child like faith In the arithmetic
confounds nil the logic of Ihe schools.
This was ihe experience of Pittsburg
life Insurance agent who, says the
News, wrote II pulley oil Ihe life of II
Chinaman the first ever written fur a
man of that nice In I'lttshurg.
How the tnsnrsnce man did it be
alone knows. The Chtiiumau hud no
very clear Idea, lie only understood
thai If he p., d the premiums promptly
he would be entitled to five thousnud
dollars some time. He began bothering
the agent for the money after u couple
of weeks had passed, and the agetil
tried to explain to him t till t he would
have to die before any one could gel It.
Then the Chinaman fell down a cellar
way on Grant street mid was badly
hurt. Ills friends tried to attend to
bin Wltbonl calling In a doctor. When
they did call In I , two days later, the
doctor was angry,
"Why didn't you call me sooner?" he
asked. "This man Is half -dead uow."
Next day the Injured mini's brother
was at the Insurance olllce with a claim
for twenty live hundred dollars.
"You're not entitled to anything on
this," said the Insurance mull, "until
the man la dead."
HDO0t0t say him half dead," answer
ed the brother. "Why he no get half V"
ft Abounded with i Hlrda, Nats)
Hnd Fruits.
A war ittriespoiideiit's adventures are
set forth by Ldwlu Kmerson, Jr., la
tie Century. Ill an urtlcle entitled
Alone In Porto Itlco." Mr. Kmerson
say s :
By nightfall, nfter 1 had ridden up
and down some of the most unprepos
sessing hills, and got tangled In no end
of clinparral. cactus, ami other thorny
undergrowth, which changed n new
I kui gee coat I had Istiight In Sun Juan
lulu an old rug. I found myself on a
high range of sierra, from n Jlluiro
negroes i learned that i was half-way
Is-iween the towns of Qucmadoa nml
Juguus. and that I would Hint n U-tter
trull for my horse below. So I rode
dow u o lovely green ralley, where
plantations of coffee and tobacco lay
side by aide. As It grew darker, bats
fiew nil about me. and I hoard thu
evening cites of birds which sounded
like our w hip, kno w Ills and mocking
birds. At Inst I struck the trail Hint
the Woman bud mentioned. I rode on
n little way, nud took the horse Into a
clearing, where there was n spring well
hidden from view, nud then I hobbled
bis fii t to the halter rope, Hung my
self on the ground, ami went fast
asleep. The lust thing I lienrd was
Ihe Imiiittful song of the soltliilrc sing
ing Iu a copse above me.
1 was aw likened early the next morn
ing by the screeching of green par
rots, quarreling with other birds in tho
top of .1 cocoa nut palm. 1 was
drenched with dew. but forgot all IIS
I thought of my horse. To my givnt
relief. I found bin Standing behind a
bit of oleander hush red with flowon,
crunching the Juicy stalk of u prickly
pear. 1 Watched him with Interest as
he took the stalk and with his teeth
ripped off the sklu with nil Its thorns.
He whinnied as If we were old friends.
After bridling and watering him, I
found the null, and rode off southward,
Ou the way I ate everything 1 could
iimi. from green chorrlea and guava
plums to Juicy mangoes, which Stained
the front of my coat, and bell apples,
the meat of which suggested mildew.
There were alao custard apples, a largu
green fruit not unlike cream puffs In
side. I he most astonishing and the Itest of
nil WU ( fruit called puIlM In oui
language, sour sap. It Is about as large
as a quart how l, and so nourishing and
full that n single fruit was enough for
a good meal, although that did not de
ter my none from entliig four. Later
1 found that they are also relished by
dogs, of springs ami streams there
were so many that I had no four of
dying of thirst. If water wns not
band, I COUld always climb a cocoa
nut trs, aud throw down the green
nuts, which were filled with au abund
ance of watery milk, more than 1 could
drink nt one time. Other nuts there
were In plenty; but ninny were mors
COliOUa than edible, even to my wllb
lug appetite. One hud a delicious
odor. I tasted a little, and thought It
Ideal for flavoring enndy. But It soon
dissolved Iii my BOUth In n fine dust,
absorbing all the moisture, so that I
bud to blow tt out like Hour. Nothing
ever mude me so thirsty in my uie,
unit even nfter rinsing out my mouth
I felt for n long time ns If 1 sragcj
chewing punk or cotton. The fruit of
the tamarind only added to my tor
ments by setting nil my teeth on edge.
When we reached the next spring. I
fell off my horse for fear he would get
all the water. Only nfter I hud satis
fied my thirst would I let bin drink.
Battle Tunes.
One of the pluckiest of war corre
spondents is Janes I reel man, who was
wounded at Kl Cnney In the Inst
charge. He gives n curious account In
Ihe Cosmopolitan Magazine of how cer
tain tunes haunted him III each buttle.
He says:
In every bnltle that I go through I
somehow get a melody In my bend, and
hum It lo the end nf the action. 1 sup
pose It Is the result of nervous excite
ment. All through the battle and tuns-
acre of Port Arthur, in the Jape noes
war. I hummed an air from Meudels
Ohn'a "Springtime," ami during the
shell fire I fouud myself actually
shrieking It.
Win n I started In the charge on Fort
Oaney i begun to hum "Rock of Ages."
ami I couldn't get rid of the tune, even
when I was lying among the dying of
Chaffee'l brigade In the huspliul camp.
I remember that when Henei-al Chaffee
bent over me, after I had been shut,
mid asked me BOW 1 was, I couldn't
answer unlll I hnd finished. In my
mind, one phrase of "Itoik of Ages."
hiindiijr ln (- '" Holland.
Ill Holland the Sunday delivery Is op
posed by the religious classes to some
extent, mid those who do not wish that
n letter Ih- delivered ou Sunday leave
the small notice attached to the stump,
ami the letter NBSMlttS over till Mon
day in the poetoffice, Those who do
ti,,t i nre if the letter is delivered on
Sunday, or, rather, who wish It deliv
ered on that day If it arrives at Its
destination, simply tear off tho small
restriction clause. Therefore, the mat
ter simply Is the delivery of thu letter
on arrival, ami bus nothing to do with
Its travels ou Sunday.
Old Names In Kansas,
An (dd deed unearthed at the Hock Is
land offices Iu Topeka discloses the fact
that at one time the Kansas river was
known us the "Camp" river ami the
bluffs at Kansas City as the "foothills
of the Rocky mouulalus of Missouri."
When there Is a wedding In the
uclghlH.rhood, work Is ITBBnended all
day vv idle the women keep count of
bow often the express wagon stops at
the bouse.
"Started'' Ms zars Suspension llrl gti
There lately died at Lincoln, Neb., a
man named 11. J. Walsh, who had an
Important part In Ihe construction of
Ihe first suspension bridge at Niagara
Kails. Mr. Walsh was born In Ireland
Iu I s.l I, but was brought to this coun
try when he was a baby, bis pnreuis
going to live at Niagara Kails, N. Y.
When he wua still a Isty the first
eteps for the construction of the sua
pension bridge were tnkeu. The first
thing of till wus to stretch a single wlro
across the chasm. The englueer In
charge hud thought of a way- to get 11
across.
"What boy Is the best kite flyer In
town?" he asked a rvaldent.
Thu Walsh boy was named, and ths
engineer asked that he be brought. He
was nut it t- to nnderetaad that he must
fly ,H kite across the Niagara Itlver.
lie fiew It across, and allowisl to coma
down on the other side. Men wers
there to seise It. Then thu engineer
attached a wire to the string on bis
side, and the meu on the other aide
detached the kite, aud by menus of tba
siring drew Ihe wire across. By this,
Iu turn, a cable was drawn across, aud
the bridge was well begun.
Mr. Walsh afterward moved to Ne
braska, and beogns a prominent cltls
zeti of Lincoln.
Most things taste as If Ihe cook had
put then ou the lire, ami had gouu off
aud bad forgotten them.
Suspltilously Hnolhlng.
The Very Itcv. A. K. II. Ituyd, recent
1 deceased, In Ills book. "Last Years nt
si Andrea a," tolls Ihe follow ing inne
log little stories. Referring to a letter
from an exile 111 this country, telling
how Its writer went to bis room each
Sunday morning ami read aloud one of
Iir. Boyd's sermons, ihe reverend gen
tleman Mid, ns OM greatly needing
help, in- was thankful if it helped him,
but he recalled what a dear obi suffer
er In his gjdlnbffiDgh congregation tub
him. wllh the kindest Intention:
Vl I can't sleep ul night," said
she. "I sny to my hUSband, 'Ob, read
p ne of my (b ar minister s sermons!'
And he has not read live minutes when
I mil sound asleep!"
The "dear minister" said, of course,
that he was delighted to hear It, al
though It wus not wholly for thai pur
pose tl ruiotis were published.
Ir. Lludsay Alexander, of Edinburgh,
bad a similar compliment paid him,
nr. Boyd goes oa to relate. Be wsayj to
visit a re-iless sufferer, ii good ivuiiian,
nud her friends asked him to rend s
, aai ti r of the Bible to her. This be
! led io do. Iu a few minutes she
w as sound asleep.
"Ah." subl one of her friends, "see
Hie SOOlhlng power of the Word!"
Tree Twenty Centuries Old.
The old' -t tree oa earth with an au
thentle history Is the great Bhoo tree
of Burmab. or twenty centuries it
is been held sacred lit Buddha, and
no person is allowed to touch the trunk.
W hen the leaves full they are carried
away as relics by pllgrlina.
Home women always look its thougf
their bull Is aUul It) lull down. ,