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af5tvssI JJCT f AfrN. ".MW ATTHKW KI.l KIt. editor of III Inner Circle. hHil jfnie out . .... t.nlf nu hour to synchronise waKu. ossistnut, j. Qnbnn !,., rclgneil icilipsjritr nj iu un ... v, rf occasion when Elder I. 'i.-.,nt whether he liinl gone out rt i bit lui ir cut (nt a restaurant OB- lltel. or Ml away uu iwm" (id,, or bad taken a week off be ETJia fell far from well. J. Graham laml'l'l' n '" "- i...i with plenary powm na (bltloui. and Intelligent, and Bird . -i .( mill trustworthy; Matthew I ... hHlllanl nnd lazy, bad long since rici. " iiun Klder thought of b, gi to do- Champnlei did them. clerk bad Just lam on i.iismpmeB k the furtn which a vliltor had Blind NAME. Miss Cynthia Page. TO BBB. The Wlter, BUSINIM Prirtte. DATS SAM "Well. I'll see her," aald Cliampnloa. le hud seen the uauip Cyutbla Pago In h) . i'r. . appended to curious fid Interesting stories. lit. was not Ill-pleased, when tbo lerk showed her lu. to find that ihe ul youth and beauty on pale and tnys- cal llueii. Her long, rained laahea, d tin- lingering glance of her gray et, termed to aay: "You do Intereit pe." J. liralium Champulos found hlni elf Duping that Matthew Elder, after lym-lirotililng bla wateb. would find It eremiary to go and see a man almiit a or, at any rate, would delay bla Dturn. lu the meanwhile be wna anx- tiui to know what be could do for Mix me- "I am speaking to the editor?" said J'-- Pig, a little doubtfully. 'The actual editor, Mr. Klder, It not l at present, but I have full power to ct for him." "1 nee." She was still In doubt. "Pray Ik- assured of It. I can mnko outmets with you. accept stories from ou, sign checks for you. so If you have nytliliig to propose "Ob, It's not that! In fact, I came lu Duciiicnce of a proposition which he Id already made to me." "Well. I shall be very glad to carry anything that he has begun. As n ale he incutloui these things to uie. pt this time I am In the dark." be smiled mysteriously. "But you i't lie sure t tin t you would wish to rry on what he baa begun." fAs Mr. Klder li the supreme author here. I -hoiild have no choice. Hut. rn If I had. what you suggest ll el- finely unlikely." IWIljr unlikely? No two men can have liids exactly alike. It's such a funny (rangeinetit you have here." "It works well enough In practice. both know the character of our pa- r, and what our public wants. I say nil iwuK WAS A Limi DOUBTPtrta p i unlikely that I should be unwilling carry on whatever Mr. Klder has gun. for this reason and also liecause uow and admire your work." 'h. da yon think It's any good?" Of course I do." tepeiklng frankly?" 'Speaking frankly. It's full enough faults; some of It lecrus to have run ay with you and got all over the CO. Hut It's horribly Interesting all e same. You see, It's original." On, yes. she assented. "I am orlg- If 1 mm not, I shouldn't be here." That sounds cryptic." he snld. "Pos ly, I shall understand It when I ow the nature of Mr. Kilter's pro- Mi. He wants some itorlei from u?" Xo, no." Thcu what Is It?" P'oyou kuow that I'm afraid I can't I you." Very well, then; there's nothing t be said. Mr. Klder ll out at etit. You'd bettor call again. I Hoe yon think It would make some retiee whether Mr. Klder weut on Jh hl buslui'ii, or I did?" P'n sure It would-thc greatest dlf- ence." You think I shouldn't tin nu Mill" Not as well Von'd iln lu,f !orlnrtn. ')' beit,.r ( ih. I must iro." she hlnsh. roe. good-byed, aud faded out of office. en Ullnutei litter Matthew Kilter d'l'e aged, bald and cheerful, snuii- H Into the room with his hands In -. k. tg. 'w'ell. Bill: Everything all right?" r.liler had not found In the ai lment of naniei provided for '"pules by the accident of bit birth 'i the guesswork of bis christening filing which took bis fancy. "aid Champnles shortly, still atcd by his Interview with Cynthia I "Quart Into a tin pot. Plugged w"h ads, and Bowse has Just sent 'hat he'll wnnt auother half-page. ' "''all have to leave over everything ' 11 wait, and some things that n't" Ah: you don't keen a tight enough B! on Bowse." "s'n In md tackle him yourself. "" this woman called to see you oldn't tell me her builneia." latthew Elder took this miner silo ank down In a cbalr. b!1. this li rather bad. I ought to have been In. What with my unfortu nate enthusiasms, aud my wretched memory, I shall get myself into trouble. Msten. I met this girl two or three tlmei a year ago; never gave her an other thought till I ciunc on a story by her that was perfectly magnificent-O. horribly good: probably the best itory that has been written In this century. I dnshu! off n letter to her at once, atid so worked up myself nltout It that I said, to show my sincerity, that If she liked I'd marry her, and she could call at the office this morning with her an swer. She'd have refused me. of course, ns they all do, mid crhaps I'm better single; but, none the less. It would have bttfl more civil not to have forgotten the appointment." "Bcnlly," said Champnles, "you must be a little mad." "Undoubtedly," answered Elder, cheerfully. "It's the price one payi for being so excessively Intelligent." Cbniupnlei stnred blankly at the desk, trying to recall the exact words of till conversation with Cynthia Page. "Look here. Bill," said Elder, "write and say you waut to see her about a story: then when she comes do the ex plaining for me. Say I was railed away by telegram. Ray It was from motives of delicacy. Say ntiythlng." The following li from a subsequent issue of the Ten Cup; a Journal con ducted by ladles for ladles: "One of the most brilliant of our lady writers. Miss Cynthia Page, Is, It Is whispered, shortly to be led to the by nienoal altar. The fortunate partner of her future Joys and sorrows Is J. (ira ham Champnles. a young Journalist of great promise. Our heartiest fellclta-. tions. Speaking of weddings, hnve you seen the really beautiful designs In pearlettes Indistinguishable from real pearli now lielng shown in the win dow! of ?"- Black and White. ONE OLD SCAMP ili.n Colonel 1 ,t o. llurk SupiHirted for Minr Years. They were speaking of suceosful business meu nud soliletiotly DMOtiotMd old Colonel Titus Bark (which Isn't bis name, although It ought to lie). "There Is a mini who has made a great deal of money," commented one of the party, "but be has hecu absolutely no value to the world except as an Illus tration of the vice of avarice. 1 doubt seriously whether he has ever sH-ut one penny on anybody, except thf mem Iters of bis Immediate family, whom be couldn't avoid supporting." "I think you do Bark nu Injustice," replied mi other in the group. "Men of bis stamp tire ofteu strangely generous In secret and take the greatest pain- to hide their good deetls from the world. They seem to tllld II bitter pleasure III being misunderstood. Ill this particular case I could cite you to au old man in New Orleans whom Colonel Bark bus quietly Htipportetl for a number of years, und I feel pretty certain that he lias never mentioned the matter to a living soul. It's au old fellow who used to know his father, and what makes bis action all the more pral-e worthy Is the fact that the recipient of this bounty is anything but an engag ing character, lie Is crabbed, coarse. Illiterate, snarling ami as ugly in a mud fence. He has a breath like a buzzard anil a uose like a tomato, nud I'm iM-rsunded he tipples a good deal lu private. The Colonel must be per fectly familiar with his shortcomings, but he never chides him and never imt uilts anybody to speak ill of him In bis presence. In fact, I've known htm to tell more than one deliberate lie to shield him from the CODjeqUeaca of bis pure I'tiiaetlui'ii Bverybody ha tea tba old rascal. I doubt whether he has an other friend In the whole city." "You nstonlsb me!" exclaimed tba first nM'iikcr. "How long lias tills bean g" Ing on?" "Pour yeftrs. He has DO other source of revenue and If It wasn't for the Colonel he'd certainly Is' dead I saw hi in hobbling Into his otllcc only this mornlug." "Well, well, that strikes me ns lielng rather pathetic Who Is tba old scamp, nnyhou V" "Tl-t tus Bark, of course." New Orleans Tlmos-IH'iuoera t. The Hergpant's Trltiute. A very great military authority said, "There are DO bad regiments, but only Bad colonels." There Is abundant proof that Napoleon's belief Is shared by the rank ami file of soldiers, but this fact oonld not be more happily UJoatrate than by the following story, taken from the London Illustrated News, of a quaint compliment paid to tba German Ciown Prince, afterward BmperW Krederick: After tba battles of WelMenburg and W o, i th. w hich he had won. the Crowu Prtnca was sauntering alone one even ing past a barn occupied by a party of VYnertemberg troops. Hearing some thing like stump oratory going on. the Prince opened the door and looked lu. Kvery one oe. "Oh, sit down: I'm sorry to disturb. I dare say there's room for me to do the same." aald the Prince. "Pray, who was making a speech?" All eves were turned on a sergeant, whose very intelligent countenance bikiil. however, sorely puzzled when the coiiiuiauder-lu-chlef asked: And What were you talking about'" yulckly recovering his presence of mind, the sergeant confessed: "Will, of course, we were talking of our victories, aud I was Just explain ing to these young men how. four yeari ago, If we bail bad you to lead us. we would have made short work of thoie confounded Prttaalanaf' m , . , . t .. . ,. . . vnttllf on r.XpSTlUirUl ' - ' - " m I wltb in lngenloui michlne which ibuti OYr a man i eyei o that the eyelid ai It work! opem ind cloeei a cbroco-1 graph. So far the quickest wink on reoerd la about a ilxtb of a second. j REGAINING HIS FORTUNE. Csn. CirnMi a striking limmple of Aaseehfaa Pint k. No better example of American pluck and pcrseveiuuce has been km In re cent yours tl.au that displayed by Qtfr era! E. Burd tiruhh, f irmer mlulster to Simtn aud once candidate for Oov eruor of New Jersey, far years tba tSeueral was distinguished for his promluence In military ami public af fairs. He spent bis money unstinting ly and was one of the most generous meu of his State. It was as a partner of the firm of William It Kaufman & Co.. Iron founden. of Sheridan. Pa., that he lost bla fortuue. He bad Joined the tlrtn as a special partner, he thought, but w hen their crash came he discovered that bo was a general partner ami personally liable for all the Arm's debts Instead of for the amount represented by the lock he held. In lStsJ he was hurried off ns mlnliter to Spalu on twenty four hours' notice. He left power of attorney with three friends and gave direction! that they were to Investigate all bis llnauclal af fair! and particularly bis Interests In the Iron company nt Sheridan. Their report ihowed that he had an Income of IPsj.UUO a year. He returned from fcpnlu In ISM, In UN the great panic W ok, k nt uo oHt iin. ame and Iron went out through tba ottom tlunnclnlly. Urubb lost every thing except hope. He closed his magnificent home, lent bis family to friends' iii London, lived In a room at the works on W cents day, studying the situation there aud then Intonated English capital wltb which he kept the works moving. Thla was Inter withdrawn by tirubb accept ing options on It. Since the revival In Iron Industries be has formed a 18,000, 000 syudlcate anil Is getting the big end of the Immense profits of the business. He will shortly reopen his magultlceiit home and live ouce more In the luxury of former days. CURLYCUE APPROACH. Tornsdo Tenra Am; Mnat Hctiiurk abte lu i if In lotitilrT. Wheu the toruado tore tti way through the town of Hastings, Minn., It took with It the uioet remarkable bridge In the country. When the local engineer set to work to lolve the prob lem of how to uiuko a bridge until tin inu - i lain -,iM L- JKal IlKlllOK AT HASTINGS. elcntly high for the Mississippi boats to pass under, anil yet not so high as to make a hoisting apparatus necessary for the vehicles that would pass over, he u Mn-1 to build an Incline roadway that would begin some distance from the river nnd lead gently up to and over the structure, but the Hastlugs town Official! Objected. They wanted the public highway preserved Intact, and they wanted the bridge ai well, ami they told the engineer that he could take the puzxle home with him ami solve It or reslgu lu favor of a more Ingenious man. The engineer brought the solution dowu to the olllclnls uext day. and they at ouce siiuctloucd the construction of the remarkable bridge shown in the cut. The Inclined roadway Is there but Instead of going straight ahead from a point n distance away, It cork screws within a small space, being ele- vatisi on pillars that Increase In height as the bridge rises until the level of the span is reached. PasseiigeM on foot and travelers In vehicles Wind around a spiral roadway, tirst going toward the river ami then turning their back! to It and then facing around toward It again, until nt last they Und tbemaolVM on the bridge proper, l utll the cy clone came along nud slgnilled Its dis approval of the freak structure by de molishing It, the bridge had terved well the ueeds of the people of Hast lugs. OolortOsOi Water Is said to be colorless. Per fectly pure water is colorless. Wt, however, do not And lerfectly pur water In nature. Clear water, how ever, we generally find. In very cW water sunlight penetrates to a dept i of over fifteen hundred feet The depth to w hich daylight penetrates de pends, of course, on the traiispiireiii y of tba water. The Mediterranean being famed for tba clearness of Its water, admits light to a great depth. Thll Is also the case In the Caribbean Sen, a hen tbO water Is of crystalline clear ness, object! being discernible on the bittoin nt very great depth. Near Mln dora. In the Indian Ocean, the spotted corals are plainly risible under one hundred and fifty feet of water, du ally the light of the iuu one hundred and fifty fe"'1 below the surface of the ocean Is no more than that of the moon, while it six hundred feet In many parti of the ocean there ! perpetual dark neii. Now a Proper Term. Now that the OonabMM of Warwick hai opend lor needlework shop In Bond itreet. London, aba can with Jus tice lav claim to being a geuulue "s ib s lady." H. r establishment ao far baa been crowded with the memU'ra of nobility, and each visitor baa made a purchase of some sort, nether It waa aevdud or not WlLUOAf IMITH. WOVJd discover In GAME FOR TWO LIVES. lbs Kontaiillc anil Orneraas I Mvslr j ot " IMeaf to it it. Old "WihloaW ' Smith, the last of the famous bund of Texui pioneers. Is liv ing at a hale and hearty age near L'ald well, Texas. He docs not look like a - lawyer, but he has t! HilUl lllHill ll lanm at.,., I aud decided cases of the grcatoft lm portajKO. He doe not liciir any very mark a d reseiu IllllllC t,t II ..lt..-.tk Uil'M -iMs 1,111 '"' lMS 'VSW VI 4 tJ mandeil a ilder able force in battle, ami while military critics might have complain.,! that he was defldenl in strategic ablBty, none ever charged him with a lack of valor. l ew people his face or manner liny of those trails that distinguish a duelist, but he has dOUtOPltrated that he poaeeeoea them all iu an t tnlnenl de gree liy ordering "pistols and coffin' for two" more than once I ikih one Occasion be had the audacity to Invite General Bonaton, who was nt that period president of the republic, to "come out and exchange shots" with him. He says that the obi warrior "floored" him by coolly making a note on a slip of paper nnd putting it lu his desk. Iu answer to the enraged chal lenger's inquiry, the lieiieral simply aid: "Mr. Smith, you are the for tletb; when I have killed these other thirty-nine damned scoundrels who have challenged me i in accommo flute you. Be patient, sir." Smith came to Texas In ISJllt, and nerved in the Texan army through all the long wars with lelco. He win ul-o a soldier In the great civil war, and When that elided he enlisted to tight Indians and remained ou the bor der until there were no more Co Inauches to shoot. On one occasion Smith wns captured by a roving band of Cuinancboa, many of Whom were well known to lilin They frankly told him tluit they In tended to make him run the gantlet Hid burn him at the stake when they reached their village on Oevll Klver. The captive had a tlask of whisky, which the chief took away from him. After taking several drinks the old .warrior asked Smith If he could play '-even up." Smith proudly (toasted ttmt be could beat any man living play ing that particular game. This an swer appeared to put the Indian on his mettle, nud he at once propopod that they should halt by the side of the war path "ni1 Pbxy for tba highest stakes that mortal men ever waged on n ganio Of chance life. Smith eagerly agreed PRPSIDl-NTIAL PKOFILB5. OAUK Volt TWO 1.IVKS. to the proposal, and they sat down un der a tree anil dei.lt the cauls ou a blanket. The other warriors till tint ed nud anxiously watched the game. The chief's name was Big Laugh, so culled ou account of a natural grin that marked bis features. After a short time they stood 0 to li. and it was Smith's deal. He ran the cards off mid turned a Jack from the bottom. Smith had won hi! liberty and Big Laugh told him that be might go; but the Texan had so thing else lu view. He might have walked away, but he determined upon another act which marks bin ns a generous soul poillllld of the highest courage. There was a young white girl tied on one of the ponies who was weeping In the BMMl piteous agony. Smith coolly proposed to play another game, staking ids life against the lllierty of tills t g girl. Big Laugh evidently pleased with the white mini's courage, ami after tak Ing another drink he began to ihuffla the curds. The glii was cut loose from the pony ami made to stand on the blanket, while the thongs for binding Smith In Caae be lost were thrown at her feet. Again they played a cloM game, and at tba end of a short time M 1 Q to !; but It wns Big Laugh's deal With what awful lotereil thai poor girl must have watched the turn ing of that trump. The Indian slowly dealt the cards, and. peeping at the trump, n hideous grin spread over till face. "I was Hire that all was lost, and wns Just In the ui t of springing nt bis throat." say- Smith. "Wbeg lie turned the queen of hearts for a trump, lie oonld not give me, of use. and I held lKilh the ace and deuce of hearts." Big Laugh was by this time hllnrl ,.,,ulv ilvnnk nud 111 a most excellent good humor. Hi not only kept his Word and gaf Smith and the roong girl their liberty, but ni furnlahed them two ponies and allowed Smith to take his gun. The liberated captives reach ed the settlements In safety. First Hank Kuti In london. The tirst "run' upon the banking In stitutions In London of which any rec ord exists took place In 1667, In which several Lombard stru t banken aud goldsmiths Who had loaned out the money Intrusted to them found them selves unable to mi-ct d' insnds for Im mediate payment. Many creditor! as sembled and rh.ts ensued. Pour bank er! were hanged at their own doori before order could Is- restored ami the creditors penunded that they were not being awlndled. -. In- l-i portion of Mriee. The dlsproionlou of thesexea li still rery great lu Australia. In Western Australia, e. g. there w.re only .'.l.issj women In a population of HW.unu. At the avenge picnic then la too much ipelkUig. Cinctn jcrrtnsoN Ij.o.apaja Lincoln V mwcs ) ill f ti MAriaiSOM CLtVtLAND 7KINLty. r J I. THE OLD-TIME RAG CARPET. RataMlebmente u bora Floor Cover Inu t Mailr from M.tttr Materials. Those w ho suppose that the rug car pet Industry Is u tiling of the past are Quite mi-taken, for the manufacturer of rug carpets nud of carpet- from ma terials once need Is a nourishing In dustry lu almost every large city. He wlm lUppoOOi t hut tile rag carpet Is Confined to the country district Is lalsir lug under a delusion, for there are thousands ou the tloors In cities and many weavers Hud employment dur ing a large part of the year lu iiiuWIng mote, for tlie demand. Instead of ceas ing, ts apparently on the Increase. A nig carpet can hardly be pro nounced a thing of beauty, its Irregu larity of appearance, and total lack of pattern do not commend It to the at tentJoO of the aesthetic. But what It lin ks In beauty It makes up lu utility, and every sipiare fool of It Is ofteu re dolent Willi memories. The house wife who for years has Is-eu saving her rags for the pursise of having a rag Carpel can truce back to Its origin ul most every strand 111 Its substance, it Is an epitome of the family history, often for n couple of generations. Thll line of blue Is from father's old army out perceptibly showing the wear that would reduM an ordinary new carpet Into a condition of threadbare destitution. NO MORE BAGGAGE SMASHING. Mrt-hatiUni Uraluos-I 'r Kafe llatol lltts of HauiinBr. Oeorga B, Wall, of Cadillac. Mich , has Invented a mechanism for handling baggage. It Is lu reality a pneumatic elevator, attached to Die side of the baggage car door, ou which may le lifted grips, trunks or other bundles, tine of these machines was completed recently, and has since bang in use on the Qrand Bnplds aud Indiana Bull way. It consist! of a cylinder of brass, four luetics lu diameter and the feet or more lu length, which Is titled lu nu upright sisliloii nt the side of the door of tlie baggage car. It Is prov Idcd with a telescoping collar or shell of Irou, slid Ing titer It upon the outside, and Ukiu the Inside Is a plstou attached to this shell at tlie top. Au Iron platform Is attached to a steel arm, so arranged that tlie arm can Ih- connected llrmly to the bottom of tlie lifting steel Jacket. Wheu a cock li turned air of setetity pounds pressure from the loureo that 1NTKBIOB OP A BAO CABPET PACTOBY. Coat, that streak of red Is a reminis cence of a certain bright lined dress wblcb once faadnated the gana of somebody, "It doesn't inatler who. we gre Old folks ourselves now ;" tliut bit of brown recaUl I pair of unineiitlou aides that were on.e won by Johnnie, then passed on to TommU and then be Ing a little too far gone for Willie, went Into the rag-bag; these lines of white, well, white tags can lie made from a good many tilings. The sine ipui MM ntioiit the rags is that they siiuii not be too much won and that they shall be toru Into strips from a quarter to a half Inch lu width and wound Into balls. This done, the carpet maker, after being propitiated as to price. Is ready for business, lie provides the warp, the machine, the lalsir. anil the "cuss words." his cus tomers furnlib rags, compensation ind gratitude, according to their opinion of the llnlshed fabric. The rug carpet milker is usually id vanced in years, for not nnny young men now learn the business; It Is tOO slow nnd dull for the enterprising spirit Of young America. He generally bus a bund loom which Is ulso an heirloom it probably deecended to bim from his father, sometimes from his grand father, who worketl at the same brad when Marlon was bushwhacking In the Carolina! and Oeorga IV. area buying Heaalana to send over for the pnrpoaa of exterminating the rels-lllous colon ist!. A well made rag carpet li a sin guhirly substantial fabric, thick, heavy and durable, nnd with proiier care, w ill outlast many of the flashy looking but It 1 ii i hI ly made carpets which are sold In the stores at cheap rates aud com mend themselves to the puriichaser by their appearance rather than iiuallty. Making new carpets out of old ts an Industry which was begun In this coun try abOttt twenty years ago. and has attained large proportions In almost every ' "' carpets are made up Into rugs of any desired size. It fre QUOntly bappeni that the housewife bus a line carpet of Wilton. MocjttOttl or Axmlnlstcr, which Is greatly worn lu one or two places or has hud n hole burned in it or has come to grief from the overturning of a gravy boat. The carpet is too good to throw away ami too bad to give away, so she goes to the carpel man. Who listens to her tale of woe unit covenants In consideration of so much a BOjnan yard to remake her carpel into u rug. It is delivered to him. ami with a device not differ Ing greatly, except in size, from that employed by binders to trim the edges of their sheets, lie cuts It Into strips half an Inch In width, then si-Is au tin willing Isiy to picking out one or two threads from tlie sides of each strip In order tO make the edges pack closer together. This done, the process of w eat Ing begins, the strips being beaten and packed together with a steel "reed'' or rod, thf) result lielng n COD pact fabric, from a half Inch to nu inch lu thickness. A selvage edge Is pro duced by turning the strips at tin- ends, and. If desired, fringe is added ami a very handsome mottled rug, showing all the colors of the original carpet, Is produced. The carpet maker usually etlinates ulsitit one yard for every two of the original, tlie diminution In surface measure Is-lng caused by beat ing up the carpet Into greater thick liens, for the rugs be manufactures are alsiut twice as thick as the original UWpet and ulsut tit- times ai dur able, laataneaa an- ritod by him of enrpeta of this kind being lu constant use mi the flisirs of nurseries anil other places, where they are lubjeeted to very rough HoalailBl. for ten or twelve years, and still presentable it the end of that time. For many purposes, ai for l-drooins, hallways and the like, they are even superior to the new. for they will itsud an md-Unite amount of III usage wltb supplies the air brakes is admitted to tlie bottom of the cylinder. When the full pressure Is turned on there Is n lifting power of ITB pounds upon the piston, but the bxVontOI claims fur bis machine only a lifting capacity of mnj ponnda, lie says that A NTI- II Alio AOK SMASIIINO IIKVIt'K. with this device, which he has patent ed, two men cnu do the work of a large Dumber, anil do It quicker and wltb less wenr to the baggage. MAIMED HANDS. I'alr Owned bjr ( barter llemisM, the "ii. . Noted Mall Catcher. It hardly seems credible that a pair of hands such ns are produced lu this picture would Is' of any use- to their owner. Maimed, disfigured nnd knotty as they appear, their owner, Charley Bennett, the once noted base ball catcher, who a few years ago suffered the loss of both legs lu n railroad accl- MAlMKIl BUT VAl.t'AIII.K IIA.KIIS. dent, Is able to ileal out clgan lu hli business In Octroi!. Tin- unnatural shape of the hinds was acquired In the tlayi when a catch er was unprotected by a glove and forced 10 take his medicine behind the bat. Masks and chest guards were also uuthought of in those days. Hon e-vhal I'tsh-. Wonderful are the tales of traveler!, ami the proof Is generally ready for purposes of subilantlatlou, If tbelr truth is called iu Qoeetion, A tourist who hail returned from a trip to gentile and Tueoiua was de scribing to his Eastern friends the glories of that region, It! marvelous climate, and the rapid strides III peo ple are unking In the arts and science! of dvillaatloa, "I tell yon," he said, "they nre away 1 hen 1 1 of you s-ople here. Even the ulinuls nre more sprightly, ami have more gonheidatlvenesi it them than the animals lu this pan of the country." "I have heard," sild a sarcastic list eiier. wltb a wluk at the others, "that the flih out there can ling." "Well, they do have a kind of Puget Sound about them,'' rvjoiued the txav- DUNGEON OF THE REVOLUTION. Msnalona In Kalr mount I'arh thmt llrlil Mate Prteoneee to ittit. Pew of the many visitors to Pnlri mount Park. Philadelphia, are fully aware of the Important part that sev eral of the old mansions scattered over accKI.ASII AMP l ilf PVKUObm Itiuwi where rtsa tras. the pleasure grounds hate plated lu our city's hlitory. Among those which have played a cotmplcuoua part lu the historic life of revolutionary times Is the group stand ing lu the Kusi Park, and known as Mount Plea lent, "The lialry," and Itocklnnd Mansion. Tlw latter place was formerly attached to Mount Pteee- ant. lint pas-ed Into the possession ,,f John Lawrence In ITDfi, who was then a OOUnctUUaU nnd Mayor of Philadel phia. It wns lu one of the room! of this mansion that lieu, Washington ami his wife were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence on May IMI, 1700. Tim house has more of a historic prominence, however, by reason of the pnrt It played lu later years. 1 Hiring the revolutionary tlmo part of the premise was turned Into a prison for those who were the State's captlvea. Many prisoners were coutlned In tho cellar tluugeoiM, among them promi nent men who were in those stirring times guilty of misdemeanor or trea son. Just who these were thero Is but little writing left to tell, is much of KM early history of Bocklaud has boon loet The ground on which the mansion stands was originally part of a great tract belonging to Kdwnrd M'ttlin. and sold lu 1T.VI to Councilman ami Mayor John Lawrence. It ll evident from the history recorded of the place that Councilman Lawrence waa a convivial fellow ami was ever giving dinners aud parties. At the many Inns ami hostel lies his name has been found recorded and long accounts itiudltig igaluit him. In I'tVa the property was sold to t'apt. John slacPberson, who, however, never criwtscd the threshold of the ma lesion. Iu lsltl It was iHiught by (ieorgo Thomson, a merchant in the city, nud In IMUl the properly was sold to Isaac C. Jouee, who lived there wltb his family until (he estate was taken for park puristses. Too Well hiillatetl. It Is no easy matter for a violin maker to rival the famous Hlratllvarlus In struments, but this nu American maker did, aud did so effectually that experts pronounced hli violin I geuulue Stnnll- vartua, The successful man was George QeUI Undo, whose recent death rein.-!.-- n famous vlollu maker from thla country. His remsrkable ability as a preparer of violins was known to many a distinguished player, such ai Ole Bull, Itemeiiyl nnd Wllhelmj; but be made, so runs the story, his greatest success at tin- last Pnrls Exposition. To that exhibition he sent au Imita tion Stradlvarlua, ami to test Iti mer its had It placed on exhibition ai tbo genuine article. A committee of expert! carefully ex amined the Instrument, ami pronounc ed It a Slradlvarlui. Bo fnr Mr. OemUnder's triumph was i pl. t,.; but now enme a dltflciilty. Wheu ho claimed that It was not an old violin, but a new one made by himself, tho Committee would not believe Mill. They declared he never made the instrument, nnd pronounced him nn Impostor. He had done bis work too well. A Chair of t'liolelsm Needed. I m IchiMid Is about the hardest tlooi man has to wear, ami ns I have ob served uncles and their habits, they either spoil or repel the small cbaim and chnpesses who happen to lie mado their nephews ami nieces by nn acci dent of birth. I'ucles are either In tensely genial or Intensely Irritable, mid. us fur us I am con lied, It Is my belief Unit our colleges should Include In the curriculum a chair of "L'ucle Isin." I'm le hood Is a relationship that man bus to accept. It Is thrust upon him. lie can't help himself. To be a father or a mother Ii n mutter of voli tion. But even In n free country like our own. If n mini has a brother or n sister, he Is liable to Mini himself ao uncle at any time, whether he wishes to be one or not. Then when It hap P0JM he's got to reason out a course of procedure without any basis In pre vious experience. Woman's Homo Companion. Morgue In a Newspsper Offlo. lit this time, one would think, nearlr everybody has censed to wonder at tho way In which newspaper! cau come out with column nfter column of blogrnphy the very morning after some eminent has passed a war. and It Is an osn secret that a carefully written "life" has been pigeon holed In the ,,tilee months, any, yean, In-fore. Biographies. Interviews, personal i.iirnifritiihs. ill yield their utiota to the compiling of an obituary, but In Kino cases the subject has the grcwsoiue ex- lenee of Im'IIIC Waited UOoll Whlln yet living to furnish material! for tbe notice. Gold and Coal Kiporta. The South Afrlcau Republic exported last year 4,0.10.010 ounces of gold and nearly 4U.UUU tone of cool.