fruDdle bed "here 1 'P'
pUsd Wt might not mi
EL'S ph th,t lumb,r 0
D artclous rest in the
born" coocb hlM" ClM
of delight, from tht foot to
...JLr little, desr Utile, old truu
jjt bed.
o-j trundle bed where 1 wonder-
Jjf.Xougb the window, .ud ll.t-
J ,j with owe
JVtb Of th winds M they trom
Jf S where the rob.o. .o
Jl beard the lov. murmurous cblrp
of toe wreBi
the ketiliJ liitlessly chirrup sgain.
,be umre of tae dreams of Ibe
"Tl modi u-d.
M , old tnin.lle bed! Oh. the old
traodle bed!
,j a plump litHe Pillow and old-fash-
joartl pred;
oor white h"'1 "1 lh hUaktti
iliore.
.(rj Jotd and tucked around with
ttf tNCbCf of lore;
jj, wire of my mother to lull me to
rjthToM fairy stories my memories
Mat
(b a the Ullles that bloom o'er
the bead
M bowed o'er roy own la the.old trun-
die bed.
jum wBlteomb Riley. I
Htfffftsrtn-gggs- gf n-et
! nis RimV HAY I
W
;rtljtsjcf f i-gf f f g-f g:-t
IT WAS my busy day.
A pile of correspondence as d.-i unt
tof to a man's ambition a Pike's
jaiortbc F.lffel Tower burdened niy
jakud there was a kink In ray tetn
wfTbich 1 bad calculated would re
nin i dinner at Martin's, tete-o-tpto
siti Marguerite, to effectunlly straight
en ooL Martin's chef makes a certain
pite that puts a man at peace with all
t: world, while Marguerite is at once
nothing and stimulating, ltko cbam
jmse. it till point my refiectlona were In
ternpted by Forsythe, the best fellow
b the world, out wltn an unlucky bablt
of turning up at the wrong moment
I didn't give blm the glad nand exact
ly, for wblcb I was sorry enough nfter
tird, but he was too preoccupied to
: ' f.
Ob, Pre aometblng to say to you.
iatln," he said after a few prelitn!
arttt, with the effeci of nawiug Just
SBfmbered something.
-All right," I replied, taking- my feet
til chair to ibore :t toward bdiu, "but
uit It twenty words if you ran. I'm
Hi roth to-day."
"I cm do It quick enough," he went
on, vlthan uneasy Laugh. "I Juki wr,.U
tout yon If you've any Intentions of
t matrimonial sort, you know, toward
liirfwrlte."
"Tbtdevll you do!" I exclaimed. "It
trUnme that's my business."
"fwhaps It is," be said, with an all
ef wlahlna; to do me every Justice, "por
hapi H la, hut It's mine, too."
"Indeed," I remarked, feeling that I
u taaaswerabla,
"Voo see, Austin," cried Forsytbe.
"when you Introduced DUlard and me
to Marguerite we both thought you
were a trifle gene tn tint direction, and
wjea I found I thought aucb a lot of
aer i couiun t Uve without her felt
tilt I had no right to ask for her until
I found out whether you wanted her
pnnelf."
"Deuced good of yon," I commented,
Wffly, seeing he bad paused for a re
ft "It only seemed fair to give you the
M chance," he finished, looking nt
me la a hurt sort of a way that mode
ae ithamed of myself.
"Tou're all right, old boy," I hastened
tony. "Forgive me; you took me by
larprlaa. But since you ask me don't
Bind laying I never bad a thought of
Birrylng Marguerite'- (which was true
enough, and I'd never thought of any
oneelie marrying her either).
"I'm mighty glad of that," cried Kor
Jthe, Joyfully.
"No doubt," I said, a trifle dryly; but
ce hutened on: "I'm going to tnke
to a picture exhibit thla morning,
ud thought I'd like to ask her then.
Jou usurod me the field was clear.
hope I have your good wishes, Aus
tin." "Certainly," I Bald. "Go ahead and
"I for ber, and good luck go with you.
old man."
Painful memory of the grip he
lemy hand on leaving still lingered
th me when Ulllard dropped In an
J Iter. 1 gave DUlard the other
hud.
"Usllo," he cried. "Busy, Austlnr
"itaer," I returned, shortly. Dll
M a only occupation in life Is spend
n Income of forty thousand a year.
a It's hard to be glad to see a man
J that when you've got your own
wen on the grindstone.
"iUlt
a word In your ear and I'm
"It's about
ujb," ue announced.
-"Werlte. vou know."
"Marguerite!" I exclaimed, "then
""e beard "
"Beard What." ho prlo
ttrrd to her?'
OMtamlw
oaiH; "what mpiria mm think .1,
va. i thniw. . .
- ...USuk juu raioer iancieu
to a tremendously glad to hear
2 n t Pare abo"t her." (I wasn't
J '.hat rd 8al(l that, but I lot It
n "She and her aunt are going to
e bnc0 with Forsytbe and me to-J-iad
I thought I might get a chance
Ion, my luck wlth her then- Hut M
0 ' yu Introduced us I thought I
Wt to Kive y0U tne flrlt chlnce ...
'in sounded famlllar-too familiar.
W. don't mln m T i.
5?"?- "My Intentional toward
"nerlte are wholly Innocuous. Wish
uccesa, DUUrd."
aaged to evade his parting hand
cm.!,' wvlng my fingers a second
hlng. aad be dt.p4rteU hlppy
A . - W IUI1LU IUU umu ume
anajyt mr . , . . .... ,
fiied being forced Into posing as ft
sort of trouaered fairy godmother to
Marguerite.
Of course as long as I had no Inten
tions whatever of asking ber to marry
me 1 could hardly be so absurd as to
resent some one else doing so. And
certainly Forsythe and DUlard bad be
haved handsomely no one could have
done more.
But to be asked for my consent to
Marguerite's nuptials as though I were
ber elderly uncle or bentvoleut maiden
aunt was a trifle trying.
At 5 o'clock I was on my way to see
ber. I felt that however unpleasant
my new attitude toward ber might be.
It at least gave me a right to know
which one of my friends she nad accept
ed. By the time I reached the car 1
waa aura It waa Foraythe; when I
alighted at the corner my mind waa
made up to accept DUlard as her fu
lure husband, and when 1 entered the
door I had cfcme to the conclusion that
whichever she took she was undoubt
edly doing well for herself.
"What. It is you?" cried Marguerite,
when 1 found her In the library.
"Did you exptct some ons else? I
asked, scanning ber closely. She un
doubtedly looked happy.
"You wore here yesterday." she re
plied. "One good turn deserves another." I
said. "Itosldes I've come to congratu
late you."
"Well'" she asked and settled down
comfortanly to listen. Marguerite Is
very provoking sometimes. She kuew
I was all at sea.
"DUlard !s a man to be proud of," I
hazarded, watching her face.
"Are you proud of him?" she In
quired, looking up at me with big qoeg
Honing pyes. After all the role of fairy
godmother to Marguerite wasn't so
bad I reflected, that Is, If one couldu't
Do anything else.
"And bis fortune " 1 went on. Ig
noring ber question.
"Ah, his fortuue are you proud of
that, too?" sb- asked.
Perhaps It wasn't DUlard after all.
"But Forsytbe," I said, shifting my
ground, "he Is a man in a million."
"Yet, be Is," said Marguerite reflect
ively. "See here," I cried desperately,
"which are you going to marry?"
"The man in a million or the man
with a million?" she cried wltb a sauci
ly lifted chin.
"Yes, which Is It to be?" I repented
eagerly.
"Suppose," she snld, slowly, "suppose
I asked your cuudld. unprejudiced hon
est ftdrlcaT
"Oh. then I suppose I should have to
advise you to tnke them both."
"Yes, 1 suppose you would," she as
tented thoughtfully.
"Or else u refuse them both." I add
ed.
"Ah, suppose I bad already done
that." she snld softly.
I felt my breath fall me suddenly.
"Marguerite!" I cried, and a moment
lui"r fouuci myself nn engnged man.
"Hy the way," 1 remarked as we sat
waiting for the pate at Martin's that
evening, "bow were the pictures?"
"Iieally I've forgotten." said Mar
guerite with a happy little sigh. "This
bes beeu such a busy day.'
"Come to think of !t." i i plied, "I've
had rather r busy day m.solf." hl
caj(0 Times-IIerald.
School Io h llaromct' rs.
It looked like rulu, ami naturally be
bud ou u pulr of light shoes and cuirled
uo umbrella. The car slopped ou the
fur Bide of (Jlrnrd avenue uud a youug
lady got lu. She bowed, uud sat dowu
beside the Snuuterer. who recognized
lu ber a school teucber friend.
"What do you tbiuk of Ibis beustly
weather?" queried be, dlsgiuueedly.
"U It going to rain, or Uu't It?"
"I cunt tell you today," answered
the youug Indy, smlliug uu acceptance
of whatever uilght come. "If it were
a school day. uud you were willing to
come to school wltb me, 1 could tell you
In a very few mluuies with absolute
certainty. It'll ouud funny to you,
but It's true. 1 have noticed that you
can always tell what the weather Is
golug to do by tbo children. They're
r.gulnr barometers. If there's go.n,'
to be a storm they get restless, and I
nave the hardest klud of work to con
uol them, l'anlcularly the boys. The
girls ar'cu't so bad, but there seems to
be some mysterious quality about ap
proaching rnln that always affects the
former. I've got so now 1 don't blame
them, because I dou't believe they can
help it So you see," she concluded, as
she got out at Chestnut street, "cbildrcu
have their uses, after all. "-l'biladel
pbla Inquirer.
Great Pest In South Africa.
One of the greatest pests of south Af
ri,. la the locusts, which descend In
swarms each year upon the farms of
Natal and the Trunsvnal. 1 hey some
time flv In such numbers that railroad
trains are blocked and are forced to
wait until the bodies of the Insects are
hamlad from the tracks. 1-ast year
the government of Cupe Colony paid
out $S.MX for locusts eggs, ai me mie
e 19 epnta a nouud. As It takes 40.1KSJ
eggs to weigh a pound nn Idea of the
enormous number destroy eu m uiw
way may be gathered. But the locusts
are not an unmixed curse. They are
enten by tho natives, who soy mej
w. Heiielmis food, and all animals
Including horses, are said to be fond
of them.
H.1..1.1 Tree In the World.
The town of Kos, the capital of the
..n Turkish island of that uame lying
off the coast of Asia Minor, possesses
the oldest tree In the world. Under Its
shade Hlppocratei luculcateu nis u s
clples in bis methods and views con
i ttia haadlnai art 'J.wO years ago
...n.ir, eurrles the age of the tree
back to the time of Aesculapius (of
..... .... in, ...unites was a llneul de
HVW iaiyY" ... .
scendanti, which would add some 4ij
yeara to lu age. A great pan nt
trunk It built round, and there Is u
fountain known as mm-
i The circumference of tn
I ii UaJ we ftftBM
trunk la 30 feet and tbeie are two
main lower branches, wuicn an.
ported by masonry columna.
People tpeak of tht havoc mine pie
can work on the ttomacu. um .i -peaceful
at gruel compared with auet
pudding.
When men have more money than
.. . j .,., f I.U.Lr 1LV ftU Uioie
iney nwu iuw
tbftB they hftve.
A PECULIAR DISASTER.
Part of a PUtureujue Italian City Slid
Into lb tea.
In a peculiar manner death came to
a number of people nt the famoua tout-
lat retort of Amnlfl. nn Italian city sit
uated on the 'iulf of Salerno, southeast
of Naples. Owing to th action of lb
water uudermlulug the rock upon
which Aiualfi ktundt a portlou of the
placa slipped Into the sea. taking with
It two hotels, a Capuchin mounstery
and several villa, and crushlug oadof
its enormous weight four vessels, the
crews of which fortunately escaped.
The number of dead was at first bellev
ed to be very lurge. but. marvelous as
It may seem, only ten persons lost their
lives. The monastery contained mauv
mouks sua the hotels uiutiy guests, aud
all of these, together wltb the 0000-
pants of the villas, were at tlrst sup
posed to be lost. The mass of earth
and rock which slipped Into the sea Is
estimated at 50,000 cubic yards and the
shock of Its reudlug and crashing into
the water shook the principality for
miles aroimd The hotels destroyed are
the Cappuclnul and the Sunta Calerlu.
A malll. the scene of this disaster, is
city of 7,000 souls and has a great
antiquity. It took Its origin lu the
fourth century, though Its uame did
not merit the historian's notice until
'.'00 ye-irs nfterwnrd. It then became
an independent republic, with a vast
trade with the east, and at the xenltu
of Its power and fame It numbered
"I though' t' - t rl all nnnnon and
i threw tbviu may." TBI Juggler
seemed borrifled "Do you think 1 do
this by myseir r l said, und packing j
up bo departed.
The well was carefully dragged and
st last the lady's rlug was brought to
the surface. That ring, ut least, had
certainly been In the water Hut bad
the tlrst nug been as faithfully con
signed to the depths? Experts will he
of various opinions as to that -yet the
hypothesis of confederacy and of a
duplicate key to the d sp it, h box it
difficult. - Longman's Magazine.
I'owrr of Iim toil. .n. .ii
BrtryoM knows that the ImagtnftrJofl
la frequently utcd by phyaleUMM lu
effecting cures of pailcuia who are
suffering from meiiinl mid phyalcnl
dlaordtra. The most raccestfol pruc-
tltloiier Is be w bo pnss. vs. M the faculty
of Inspiring confidence lu hltuelf to
begin with and thru In the treatment
be advises. recent DUOIDcf of u psy
etiological lourual lelntes an Interpol
lug OZporlmMI made by Mr. Kloou
with the view of demonstrating how
ensily this facility cau be , ailed Into
play.
In the course of a popular lector he
preOMtOd to bis audience a bottle con
taining distilled water, which he un
corked with elaborate precautions, and
then, watch In band, be a-ke,l thus
present to In lh ale the exact moment
at w h.ch the peculiar odor was per-
SPE.NDS LIFE KILLING WOLVES
Ncbraaka Mao Who Has a IJuaii Oc
cupation. Peter A. Watson f Wolf Watson"!
of Omaha. Neb. draws a salary from
the Nebraska Live Stock association to
par blm for puttlug in bis entire time
killing wolves. He bus reduced UM
wolf census of the stale so that be can
kill but '.'iJ a year BOW, W beu be b
fan be killed Sou a J car.
Watson's father, a famou hunter,
who shot buffalo with Buffalo Bill ou
a contract to supply the l uion Pavinc
railroad builders with meat, was killed
lu ft wolf chase.
The sou Is now us stis ghl as an
Indian aud a famous rider, lie goes
from point to point where eomplalut Is
made of wolves' tleprcdatlous, riding a
superb burse and acootnpftQlfd by six
of hla flue stagboundo. I. and
burses run dowu the wolves lu tue open
prairie.
Then the truiulng shows. A wolf
could kill one of Watson s dogs, hut the
IX show- team work, and so divide the
tnlmftl'l attention thut they are seldom
1 1 J u red.
Upon his hunting trip Watson carries
inly a revolver, and seldom needs to use
even that. When hp needs It, he Bl e.i
It badly, for thou
attack a man so I
a hard pressed wolf will sometimes sell
his life dearly.
Ouce a big gray wolf Jumped nl Wat
son. clawlug the flanks of his BONO and
the rider's right leg and hand Watsou
reached over with his left band, drew
his nlstol and tired four shots at the
wolf, but didn't barm the brute much,
as his horse danced shout so as to spoil
his aim. Watson bsd but one shot left.
He put hit pistol lu the wolf's mouth
und. at the risk of blow ing off his own
IliiEPrs. tired, 'flint shot finished the
animal, aftpr which the bleeding man
and horse bad ten weary miles to travel
to the nearest town. Itut. weok as lliey
were from loss of blood, lliey took Ibe
wolf wltb them.
i lie petal It. ne iikims
igb n wolf will nej.r
OBg at be might run.
CAPUCHIN MONASTERY. WHICH SLID INTO THE SEA.
60,000 souls, wltb a contrlbutary popu
lation la dependent territory of 000.000.
During the crusade Its Inhabitants
founded the hospital of St. John of
lriiKnleni from which the Knights of
Malta derived their uame. Toward thp
twelfth century Its decline began, part
ly Hup to wars with the I'lsaus and
partly to the encroachments of the aea.
In 1342 Its quays aud pumic worKs
h ere destroyed by storms aud luunda
tlOUB.
A malt) Is now only a shadow of its
former self. Itt chief Industries are
Hia making nf paper, soap and maca
roni. Amalfl It picturesquely situated
mm . A, ML
and Is surrounneu oy nwunisiui. iuc
Capuchin monastery dettroyed dates
bacr. to 11H2.
MARVELS OF INDIAN MAOICIANS
Wonderful Feat of Which Lord Lytton
Waa a Witneaa.
The following story of Indian magic
waa told me by the person to whom it
tnid hv the late I,ord Lytton. I
gave It In my own worda, for the ex
OftllODt though humiliating reason that
I have mislaid the M8S. Wheu In
in.lin Lord Lytton often Bought out
conjurers, but never saw any but tho
usual feats, such aB the mango tree
trick and the tiaskei trick, i ue dmumn
lu each case is known, or. at all events,
plausible explanations have been given
k. Mr Mnskelvne and other experts.
On one oeciilson I-ord Lytton liked
something In the looks of the conjurer
who was performing In the open space
before bis house. After the ordinary
exhibition bis lordship asked the magl
can If be could not do something more
out of the common way.
The mnn said he would try. and ask
od for a ring, which Ixrd Lytton gave
him. He then requeBted nn officer to
take In either hand a handful of seeds
- one sort was sesame. The name of
thp other sort my Informant did not
know. Holding these seeds, and buv
Ing the rlug between bis linger and
bumb, the officer was to go to a well
In the corner nf the compound. He
was to dispose of the seeds In a certain
tray 1 think on the low wall around
the well. Into the depths of which he
was to throw the ring. All tble wns
done, and then the mage asked I-ord
Lyt'on where be would like the ring to
reappear. He answered "In bis dis
patch box." of which the key was at
tacbed to his watch chain, or at all
events he had It wltb him on the spot.
The dispatch box wat brought out,
Lord Lytton opened it aud there was
the ring. This trick would be easy If
the British officer was a confederate of
the Juggler's, and If be possessed a
duplicate key to the dispatch box. In
that case he would not throw the ring
Into the well, but would take It Into the
house, open the box aud Insert the ring.
Hut tlils explanation luvolves enormous
lmprobabllltlet. while It Is unlikely,
again, that the conjurer managed to
insert a duplicate ring Into the dispatch
Ihox befoieband. Lord Lytton then
asked the Juggler If he could repeat the
trick. He answered In the affirmative,
and a lady lent another ring. Another
officer took It with the aeeda, as before,
and dropped the ring Into the well. The
countenance of the Juggler abend In
the pauee which followed. Something,
be aald, had gone wrong, and be teemed
agitated. Turning to the tecond oftteer.
he asked: "Did you arrange the eeedt
u 1 bade our "No," aald the officer,
celved by them. Within fifteen aecOBda
those Immediately In front of him held
up their bauds, and withlu forty Bee
oiids those at the other end of the room
declared that they distinctly perceived
the odor. There was nn obstinate
minority, largely composed of nun.
who stoutly declared their Inability to
detect any odor, but Mr. Slosson be
lieves that many more would have
given In had he not been compelled to
bring the experiment to a close within
a minute of opeulug the bottle, eeverr.l
persons in the front rank finding the
odor to powerful that they basil y
quitted the lecture-room. It would
have been Interesting to know the at
titude of the audience on learning the
liberty that bad been taken with their
Imaginations, but on this point, unfor
tunately, the report it silent
MEN OF MIQHTY EfcT.
If Not Glunts TkOf Were at fceaat t ..
commonly l.arice.
Was the gient west Inhabited by a
race of giants In prehistoric days? It
R. Laird, who was In Kanas City re
ceutly, claims to have new evldenci
that It was, says the Kansas City Jour
oat. He Is a New- Kuglaml geologist
who has spent ninny mouths In making
Investigations In the canyons, table
lands and gorges of Arizona. He left
for the east with bis evidence, in the
shape of a voluminous typewritten
manuscript, carefully put away In
hand bag. He declined to make public
the full purtmrt of the document.
Mr. Laird makes no boast at having
had a band In the Investigation, but
savs the discoveries were made by a
guide who has been a resident of Wll
Hams. A. T., for many years and who
has been In every nook and cranny of
the mountains In that district. I he
claim that there existed In prehistoric
times a race of giants Is old. but proofs
are not found every day. lu this case
they were found In the shape of Im
meuse footprints, which have become
bardeued In the llmestoue format out
of the district.
To substnutlute his statements Mr
Laird carries with blm several photo
graphs, showing by comparison wlib
the foot of a miner the relative size of
the giant's foot. Some Idea of Its great
site can be gulned when It, Is seen that
the depression In the rock strata caused
by the greut toe Is more than twice at
large at the miner's foot. The fact that
animals lu prehistoric periods were of
such Immense sl.e Is advanced as sn
argument that man was also abnormal
ly large. Uilrd Is a firm believer lo
this theory.
PHOTOGRAPHY IN LAWSUITS.
Difficulties In I'rrsrnllnw BetdoaOO Ma
trrlnllj l. - I 17 t'uiiirru.
"Photography has reduced the dlf
Acuities lu lawsuits and triuls to a min
imum," remarked a member of the bar.
"lu times past It was the universal
custom lu murder trials to laku the
Juries to the Bcenes of the crime, to
that they could get a better understand
ing of the testimony aud the facts In
the case. Besides the time Involved,
there was consldehable expense in this,
there was considerable expense in tills,
grams, drawings and sketches cODttaBt
ly used lu lmiortnnt trials. All this is
now done away by the photograph,
which Is always accurate. In making
copies of exhibits In civil causes, BOtBB.
deeds, wills mid the like tbo blue print
has done away entirely with the ser
vices of the draughtsmen w ho were em
ployed to reproduce the same.
"I remember well the celebrated trial
of General Daniel Blcklta, then a re
presentative from New York, for the
murder of Philip Marlon Key, who was
the United States dlstrlctnttoruey. The
pictorial exhibits In this trial almost
filled one of the walls of the courthouse.
The clubhouse In the frout of which the
shooting occurred, now the Bite of the
Lafayette Square oppra-houae, was. of
course, the principal picture. Then
then was a drawing of Lafayette
square, showing how Key signaled over
to Mrs. Sickles, who resided on the op
posite side of that square, and a big
drawing of the house on Fifteenth
street, between K aud L streets, where
the meetings between Colonel Key and
Mrs. Sickles took place, as well as the
signals which were displayed on the
house Indicating to Key whether or not
Mrs. Sickles had arrived there. Be-
tldei thete, there were other plcturet
and diagrams which wpre prepared ny
William Forsvth. the city surveyor.
Tbey cost considerable money, but the
whole thing could now he oeller re
presented at the expeuse of a couple of
dollars and ten minutes use of a kodak.
I have known of hundreds of dollars
being expend. ! In the preparation of
facsimiles of exhiblte, forgeries, etc.,
all of which can now be reproduced In
a half hour by the blue print process
and at a very trifling expense compar
atively." Washington star.
When women tike their trouble! to
the Lord, their husbands should do the
same. Id order that Ue may bear both
bidet of tne story.
Ilonapartlet Nnhllltr.
The Bonapartlst nobility have a tnl
out for gilding their coronets through
marriage. A Nay In 1890 secured the
heiress of Latlttp, the banker. His
nephew married the adopted daughter
of Mine. Heine. The Due de Rlvoll
married thp latter when she was
Dowager Duehosse d'Elchlngen. He
and she are now Prince aud Princess
of Essllng. Moat of the Murals have
married great heirs SS OS, The Prince
de Wagram Is husband of a Frankfort
Rothschild. Fouche, Due d'Otrante. Is
settled In Sweden, and Iihs had matrl
mnnlal fortunp therp. The Due de
Tarente has Just married thp widow o
M. Cameacassp, who was sn emlnen
barrister, prefect of police, deputy
and one of the most amiable French
men I ever knpw. The new Ducbpsse
de Tarente is "Ikss" of the (ieneral
Company of Omnibuses and has for
tune from other sources. She has twe
daughter nearly grown up who attend
ed the wedding. They give promise o
beauty. The wedding took place a
Doual. Marshal Macdonald, first Due
de Tarente, was not Scotch by birth
but the grandson of a Scotchman who
was driven by the defeat nf the second
pretender to take refuge In France. ID
BPttled at AuiPire. The Marshal wa
not Bonapartlst lr fppllng. Hut he wa
ao cold-shouldered by restored royalty
at to be glad of Its d Isa DDM ranee lu
1830.- Loudon Truth.
For motor cart there should be a
large field for aluminum. A further de
mand for the metal- will be brought
about by Ita Introduction Into tbo mili
tary servlcoe. All parts of the soldier's
equipments' hsvp practically been made
lu aluminum, such as mess tins, water
bottles, buttons, helmets, parts of rifles,
typographical statistics show that flf- cartridge cases, flttlugs for gunt. tentt,
ty tw j volcanic Islands have risen out I horseshoes, portable bridges, etc.. ana
of the tea since the beglnulng of the It It well known that coorlneuUI
ceutury. Nineteen of that number have armlet, notably the German army, are
eluce disappeared, and ten are now In- i employing aluminum ou a large scale,
habited. ! Caasler s Magazine.
The fruit of the nutmeg tree Is ppar-
thaped. It consists of four parts, a
fleshy outer part, a red network within
this, known to commerce as mace, the
shell covered by the mace, and the
kernel, or nutmeg proper.
It Is well known that anesthetics, ca
peclally chloroform and ether, are fatal
to living beings, acting slowly when
bey are used In small qiiautltles for a
long time, and rapidly when they are
given In large doses. This Is true both
for animal and for vegetable life.
Fat or UM materials dlssolvpd from
a feeding stuff by ether, Is a substance
of mixed character, and may Include.
besides real fats, wax, the green col
orlng matter of plants, etc. The fat of
food Is either stored up tn the body
as fat or burued. to furnish beat aud
energy.
Powdered sugar Is said to possess de
cided Inferior sweeteulng properties to
those of the coarsely crystallized arti
cle. In the process of pulverization It
Is claimed that the bent and electricity
produced transform a certain proiwir-
tlon of the sugar Into glucose, whose
sweetening powers are two and a half
timet less than tboee of saccharose.
The lung differs from all other struc
ture! In having two separate clrcula
tlont, the nutrltlvp. aupplled by the left
aide of the heart through the bronchial
arterlea; and the functional, supplied
by the right side of the heart through
the pulmonary artery. This double clr
dilation underlies all the phenomena nf
pueumoulB. and must be recognized In
any definition of the disease, as with
out It the disease Itself cannot exist.
Our new Isliiud of Porto Rico, nc
cording to Murk W. Hnrrlugton. It "the
most densely populated rural coin
muulty proper In Amerlct." It has
about Inhabitants to the square
mile. Wheu the Spaniards first occu
pied It. It was as densely populated as
it la now. Before Columbus discovered
America two successive races bad oc
cupied the Island; one seems to have
been of northern orlglu and the other
was of Carlb stock. Every tillable part
of the laud baa been culilvuted agulu
and again.
Among the flint, quartz and Jasper ar
row heads frequently found lu this
country are certain forms known to
archaeologists at "war points." For
arrows they were mnde small, some
times not more than three fifths of an
Inch long. They are triangular In out
Hue, and were Intended to stick fast In
a wound. Prof. W. K. Moorehead says
that war poluts are found abundantly
s. altered In certain locnlltlea where
there are no Indications of vlllngea hav
ing existed, aud the Inference Is Unit
such places were battle grounds, where
'he red men fougnt In ancient days.
' For many years efforts have been
made from time to time to measure the
heat radiated from some of the bright
est stars. The most successful attempt
appears to be that of Professor Nichols
at the Yerkes Observatory. Wltb the
aid of an apparatus recalling the prin
ciple of the Crookes radiometer, he has
ascertained that the star Vega, which
sldi.es very brilliantly near the-zenith
In midsummer evenings, tends to the
earth an amount of heat equal to that
of an ordinary candle six miles distant.
Arcturut, the star celebrated by Job,
and which has a tomewbtt flery color,
rtdlatcs about twice at much beat as
Vega.
Mrs. kruo-er.
Everybody knows with what wifely
care England's great leader was looked
afterby Mrs. Gladstone. Africa's sturdy
old patriot has also a devoted wife, who
watches bis public utterances prehaps
ns Jealously as Mm. Oladstoue did
those of her husband.
When tho Executive Council Is dis
cussing state measures In the reception
room Mrs. Kruger generafly sltt in a
little room lust across the hall, and al
though to an ordinary observer her
mind seems to be entirely occupied
with her knitting she knows pverythlng
that is going on In the opposite room
Mrs. Kruger Is a very Important per
sonage In South Africa, even If She
does look after her own cooking- and
I've In the most unostentatious wsy
She la a memlxir of the celebrated
Duplessls family, wblcb la related to
Cardinal Richelieu. Hbe Is the mother
of fourteen children, seven of whom sre
Hvtng. Her picture shows her as a stout
old Dutch lady with a very plain race
that has the attraction of greut klmlll
i. .-ss and common
Every time a man makes a fool of
himself by sctlng conrrej-y to his own
Judgment be gets mad.
A remark csreloesly dropped doesn'
aJwas fadl flat,
CACTUS PLANTS THEIR USES.
I'owrrful Alcoholic Drinks Are Ex
tracted from Their Trunks.
Cactus Is a genus of plants, the type
of the natural order of caetascne. and
comprises numerous species, all of
Which are native to America. The
Bamg wns originally given by Then
phrastua to a spiny plant found In Si
cily. The stems of the cactus are us
ually leafless and fleshy, globular or
columnar, ami are armed with spines
and bristles. The structure of many
of the species Is singular slid grotesque
In the extreme, aud the roughness of
the stalks and the beauty of the flow
era make them otie of the most Inter
Sating hotanic.il curiosities of our con
tlnent They are found chiefly In the
hot. stony places of tropical America,
and their tough snd almost Impenetra
ble skin Incloses abundant Juice. Which
enables them to support a sluggish
vital action without lucouveuleuce
eeu In a parched soil.
Some of the varieties of cactus are
only a few Inches high, while others
attain n height of forty feet. It la a
curious fact that the cactus flourishes
TOB nt the foot of Mount F.tna, In Si
cily. The most splendid example of
the cactus family Is the giant cactus,
of which a line example Is still stand
lug, although It Is slowly rotting and
will soon fall. It waa found at a point
eight mllca Booth of Phoeulx, Ariz.,
near the Pima reservation. It Is about
forty feet high. What the date palm
g to the African deserts the giant cac
tus is to our own arid lauds.
From It the Mexicans extract the
drink called "mescal," and the Indians
also obtain n beverage from It. on It -fruit
the I 'a pa to Indians live fur
wecks as a time Woodpeckers dig
their nests In the trunks and branches,
and even doves feed on the fruit.
When the cactus of this kind dies Its
usefulness Is not destroyed, for the
tough ribs beneath the outer skin are
used by the I'apago Indians for the
foundation of their mud roofs nnd they
also use It lu building chicken coops
and even us a covering for their
graves. It Is not this species of cactus
from which traveleis are supposed to
obtain a supply of water, but the small
cactus, which contains a plentiful tup
ply of tap. sSeteBtlae American.
ALUMINIUM A USEFUL METAL.
It It Available for Many I'urpoM In
the Met-hanlc Aria.
The principal uaes of aluminium are
too many to be enumerated. The pro
perties of tho metal ars so akin to those
of copper and brass that, broadly speak
ing, aluminium or one of Ita light alloys
should, to ft large exteut replace both
copper aud tin and alto nickel or Her
man allver. Such a change would be
followed by various advantages to all
concerned. Not only would there be
considerable reduction In the weight
of the articles, but they would not tar
nish or turn black ou exposure to sir.
The cost should be the same. If not
actually lower, luasmuch aa, bulk for
bulk, aluminium Is already cheaper
than copper or tin, aud Ita prlcu will
continue to fall as tho demaud In
creases. One field, however, remains which
copper Is bound to maintain as Its own,
namely, the construction of Isolated
electrics! conductors. Experiments
hsve alresdy been mnde on a large
scale wltb bare conductors of alu
minium for telephones, with perfectly
satisfactory results, Its conductivity,
weight for weight, being double thut of
copper. Rut when the mains have to
be Insulated copper Is absolutely uu
approachable, on account of Its greater
conductivity, volume for volume,
wblcb It 10 per OBBt of that of alu
minium. Resldea the advantages set forth
hove aluminium Is not poisonous and
pre-eminently adapted for the man
ufacture of cooking utensils. A steady
demand fur aluminium Is springing up
In various kinds of printing processes
as well as In lithography. The metal
appears to answer admirably fur the
construction of tollers used lu calico
printing, and when Its surface Is prop
erly prepared It Is also capable of re
placing the ordlunry lithographic stone.
It can easily be Imagined that. Instead
of having cumbrous nud heavy stones,
which can be printed only on speclnl
slow-running "lltlio" mschlnet. It Is fur
oetter snd cheaper to use thin sheets
of a metal wblcb can be bent Into s clr
nlar form end prluted on rotary
esset.
Hlcyclet. electric light fittings, chains,
a idles, stirrups, gurgtoaj Instruments,
keys, cigar cases, pen snd pencil hold
ers, toilet articles, plates aud dish, s,
s is. f.uks, frames, name plates,
door furniture, hot sud coat pegs, boot
trees. Ore engine flttlugs, bualnesa aud
visiting cards and photographic cam
eras are a few of the things that are
being dally mads la aluminum by vari
ous Onus,
LITTLE SURPRISE FOR HIM.
The Kiperieiueof a Man the First Tims
He PftOOSd the 1'lntr in Church.
"The first time I ever passed the
plate In church." said a reminiscent
mail, "something very unexpected hap
pened. 1 got half way up the aisle,
uud was getting along as nicely aud
smoothly as could be, wheu a man sit
ting lu the end of one of the pews
that 1 came to Indicated a desire to
speak to me.
"Now you know that was something
I never dreamed of. It had always
seemed to me that the man passing the
plnte u ali.ed straight up the aisle In
a solemn klud of way, while the whole
church was still, never pausing ex
cept to band the plate In the pew and
get It back, and the Idea that anybody
could ever speak to bim bud never oc
curred to me, and so this man's Indica
tion that be wanted to speak to me
came ae a groat surprise and tome
thing of a sho. k But I didn't drop
the plate, and I had gumption enough
to Incline my head to him to that he
wouldn't have to thotit to make me
hear, and what he tnid waa:
M 'Can't you have thnt window over
there clOBcd?' And he Indicated With
a little nod a window high up In the
side of the church where the wind
was blowing In and making a draught
"I straightened up and passed on.
and when I bad finished my part of
the collection and got back to the
roar of the church I sent to the sex
ton to close that window, and, as he
saw It go up, the man thnt bad mods
the request sent a friendly glance
down the aisle to me.
"Later, at one time and another In
the course of my experience. I receiv
ed various requests while passing the
plate, and now and then a notice for
the minister, but I was alwnys ready
for them after that."--New York 8un.
Old Map or the United Ntates.
State Librarian Ualbreath has Just se
cured another valuable addition to the
collection of relics at tbe library, a map
of tbe United States, made in tbe year
171)0. The map was fouud In an old
book shop at Philadelphia, and was for
merly the property of a gentleman who
was for years lu the employ of tbe fed
eral government. It Is made from cop
per plates aud Is muuuted on heavy
linen. Uu the chart Uhlo Is territory
wltb rather vague outlines. Cleveland
Is not to be found, and Cincinnati la
designated as Fort Wusblugton. San
dusky lathe only city of any great prom
lueuce. Tbe eastern states are showu
with substantially tbe same boundaries
as they have to-day. Georgia exten s
us far west as tba Mlsslsslpl river, and
the southern portion of Florida la ap
parently unknown. Lake Michigan is
much too uarrow sud I ake Hurou Is
far too broad. At the lower corner It a
curious picture of Niagara Fulls. Mr.
(lalbreath has discovered auother chart
of the United States, drawu in 1774,
and It will soon be sent to Columbus.
Coluuibua Journal.
Made Hill, Too.
A small boy from the slums had been
brought Into the mission acbool, and
for a couple of Sundays be bad been
Instructed lu the rudiments. On the
third Sunday he brought wltb blm hit
rothsr William. To tett hit memory
the teacher began to go over the pre
vious lessons. "Who made you?" shs
asked. "Uod," he replied, promptly.
"And what else did Uod maker The
youngster studied for a moment and
looked arouud hopeleasly till be noticed
bis brother, then bis fsce brlgbtened.
"He made Bill too, I guess," he answer
ed, triumphantly.
Ireland Is about the site of Missouri