F1KE FANCIES.
1 am sitting by my fireside.
In Its warm and ruddy glow.
While thod&T la slowly dying " 7 " "'
' And the shadows come and (f; '
And within the glowing embers
Shadowy forms I seem to see
Shadows that bring back to memory
Friends and days once dear to bml
And although this firelight dreaming ..
Pleasant is, yet still there ran
Through it all deep tones of sadness.
Like to shadows o'er the sun;
For the dear ones whose sweet faces
Hade my heart so glad and gay.
They with whom I talked and journeyed
On each happy summer day
Now are absent; and I miss them
As I sit alone to-night.
As I see then dreamland faces
In the dim and flickering light.
let someday In the far future.
If our Father wills it so,
I shall meet the friends I dream, of
In the firelight's ruddy glow.
But to-night, when they are absent,
It is pleasant Just to see.
In the glowing light before me.
Faces of those dear to me.
80 1 sit and dream and wonder.
In the fire flame's ruddy glow.
While the day is slowly dying.
And the shadows come and go.
Good Housekeeping
A Deep Hole.
For the last 200 or 800 years there has
been much speculation among; scientific
men as to the exact cause of the phe
nomenon of earthquakes, which has in
cidentally added new interest to the
query: How thick is the earth's crust?
la discussing the earthquake problem
different schools of scientists have taken
different views of the matter, one branch
of them supposing the "quake" to be the
result of an effort of the great internal
heat to escape through a weak portion
of the earth's crust; the others declare
that it is caused by shrinkage of the
outer strata on account of the cooling
process going on deep down in the
bowels of the earth.
About ten or twelve years ago the Ger
man government made a gigantic effort
to settle this perplexing question for all
time to come by sinking a shaft near the
city of Schladebach, with the object
especially of obtaining trustworthy data
concerning the rate of increase of the
earth's temperature with each succeed
ing 100 or fraction of 100 feet of descent
At last accounts the shaft had reached a
depth of 1.892 meters, which is believed
to be the greatest depth to which man
has yet penetrated the substratum of the
globe. The temperature of the shaft at
the 1,300 meter level was 48 degs. centi
grade, or 120 Fahrenheit If this per
centage of increase is maintained the
boiling point of water will be reached at
about 3.000 meters, and at 45 miles the
heat would be sufficient to melt any
known substance. St. Louis Republic
Deceived by Appearances. '
On a Philadelphia train that came
through here the other day the pass
engers derived considerable amusement
from the actions of a handsome young
man and a worried looking but still
pretty woman. . They were so entirely
absorbed in each other that they were
not separated for a minute the whole
trip. When she wanted to walk on the
platform in Baltimore he promenaded
up and down at her side, yet they never
spoke only when necessary, and the
people concluded that a honeymoon quar
rel was in progress.
Nobody doubted for an instant that
they were bride and groom. When they
got out here to change cars for Rich
mond, their destination, the conductor
who knew the man well, said: "Well, so
Jong. Hope you get her there all
right" "Oh, 1 guess so. But she's a
mighty slippery customer, and 1 have to
watch her like a cat." - The good looking
man was a deputy sheriff, and was tak
ing back to Richmond an unusually
' u(iuiki turn ue uou imcKea 10
Philadelphia and arrested. Washington
Post. 0
I Afraid of Being Burled Alive.
I for one am not at all surprised at the
rather startling instructions in the will
of the late Duchess Pozzo de Borgo
that in order to make quite sure of her
death her heart should be removed from
the body. The dread of being buried
alive in a condition of trance or coma is
spreading curiously, and 1 have heard
quite a number of people express a de
sire to be cremated, not upon hygienic
grounds, but simply through a horror of
being buried alive. The supposed neces
sity of such strong measures is not very
flattering to the doctors, but that it is a
growing idea, is obvious. Lady's Pic
torial. A Gentle Voice.
Tommy Oh, I'm so glad you've come
home, papa! Mamma has been awful
mean to me today.
Mr. Skyflatt Ah, 1 am afraid yon
have been a naughty boy Did she
spank you?
Tommy No; but she scolded, and her
voice sounded like it does when she talks
at the ice man down the dumbwaiter
shaft Puck.
Ex-Governor Long, of Massachusetts,
possesses the remarkable ability of recol
lecting what he has written without
reading it over even by himself. It is
said that during his most animated
speech he has in his mind's eye a vivid
impression of his manuscript, so that he
knows where every page and every line
ends, and even where there are inter
lineations. Fowls have undoubtedly a larger vo
cabulary than any of the other domestic
animals; yet in half a day yon will proba
bly hear from them all the sounds that
they use in ordinary life. But anything
out of the ordinary is instantly expressed
in unusual sounds.
Possibly the most expensive cigars ever
made were the 20,000 Havanas made for
Spanish Marshal Prim as a present for
Napoleon III, each cigar being stamped
with the imperial N. in gold. They are
said to have cost $12,000,
1
Soundings in the Black Sea show that
beyond a depth of 600 feet .the water is
so impregnated with sulphureted hydro
gen gas emanating from decaying ani
mal and vegetable matter that living
organisms are not found there. "
They (kiuUin't See tlie Joke.
- Three meuibeu of the .Episcopal con
gress sat in a corner of the Lafayette
writing room- talking over - some impor
tant subject All were men"., ranging
from 50 to 65 years, all were dressed in
black, and the face .of each wore a look
of intense interest - Those who noticed
these gentlemen were aware that they
were discussing some important church
question, and nobody heard what they
said but one young man who appeared
to have fallen asleep in a chair near by.
As he half opened his eyes the western
bishop gravely said: "
"Gentlemen, I wish to ask" a question."
The others drew nearer as the bishop,
carefully adjusting his spectacles, con
tinued: "Gentlemen, why is grim death
like a tin can tied to a dog's tail?"
A silence ensued. . The two clergymen
thus addressed mused for a while and
then shook their heads.. "Give it up,"
they said.
A grim smile spread over the bishop's
face as he added, "Grim death is like a
tin can tied to a dog's tail because it's
bound to a pup." Then he burst into a
roar of laughter, and the others made
feeble efforts to join him and appreciate
the joke.
Late that evening the three met again
in the Lafayette corridor, and the bishop,
a little embarrassed, said: "Gentlemen.
I told that story wrong this afternoon.
What I really meant was this: Grim
death is like a tin can tied to a dog's tail
because it's bound to occur not to a
pup."
The others laughed this trip. Phila
delphia Press.
As Others See Us.
"A funny story is told at the expense of
Sir Richard Moon, chairman of the board
of directors of the London and North
western Railway company. Sir Richard
is one of the most energetic railway
magnates known, and is the ter
ror of the employes of the company,
for they never know when he is about
to pounce upon them. He makes a point
of visiting every station on the line at
least once a year, and has an odd habit
of overhauling the books and accounts
of station masters at inconvenient times.
He knows the price of everything, and
is said to have rowed an unfortunate
freight agent for giving too much for a
packet of carpet tacks.
One day he dropped in at Crewe station
about 5 a.m. and saw a couple of porters
hard at work cleaning up things gener
ally. Sir Richard was delighted. "This
is the right way, men," he exclaimed.
"I like to see such painstaking industry
begun so bright and early in the morn
ing." "Industry be blowed!" said the
man addressed tartly, who of course did
not know who the fussy old gentleman
was. "We don't commence work at this
unearthly hour, but we've just heard
that old nuisance. Moon, is on the road
somewhere and we're getting ready in
case the old hunks' should drop in on us
unexpected." In justice to Sir Richard
be it said he took no notice of the oppro
brious remarks, but quietly slipped away
and gave the men the go-by that time.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
He Had a Wife at Home.
"I have a little Bible at home," said
the bad man, "that in 1868 I wrested
from a Sunday school class of nineteen.
I haven't opened it since, and it is as
new and clean as the day I got it"
"Bring it down some day; Td like to
see it," said his friend carelessly.
The next day the bad man came into
his friend's office, and, throwing a little,
half wornout book on the desk, he said:
"There she is, old man, but I was a
little wrong about its condition."
"I should say bo," said the other; ("how
does it happen that this little book 'is so
badly worn, when you thought it was
clean and all right at home?"
"Well," said the bad man. and his
voice was a bit huskv, "the truth of the
matter is I've got a little wife np at the
house and a couple of young ones. They
sometimes rummage through my thines. "
Presentation to a Canine Hero.
' At a public meeting in Morecambe a
handsome collar, bearing a suitable in
scription, was presented to a dog for sav
ing the life of a child. The dog, a fine
specimen of an Airedale terrier, the
property of Cab Inspector Lamb, - was
accompanying two young men on a walk
in the country, when by its excited man
ner and actions it attracted their atten
tion to a large dike. In the bottom of
this they found the body of a child about
8 years old, lying face downward in the
mud, there being only a few inches'
depth of water at the time. On being
extricated the child was found to be
almost suffocated and was with difficul
ty restored. The dog has on other occa
sions given evidence of unusual sagaci
ty. London Tit-Bits.
A Barefoot Rothschild.
The spectacle of one of the rich Roths
childs going daily barefooted can be wit
nessed in the village of Waereshofen,
near Munich. But the sight of great
people going in their bare feet in that
town is so common as to excite little re
mark.. It is one of the requirements of
Father Kneip, the nerve doctor, of his
patients. They are also required to take
a morning plunge in ice cold water and
eschew all meat and intoxicating drinks,
but they are particularly required to
run barefooted. Paris Letter.
Muealsr Power of Insects.
.The muscular power of some insects
is simply enormous. A French ento
mologist had a pet beetle that could lift
850 times his own weight If the human
species were as strong in comparison a
large sized man could lift a freight en
gine from the track -and carry it 200
miles between sun np and sun down.
St Louis Republic
The London Clearing House.
. The daily average at the London
clearing house for -1888 amounted to
22,250,000. If these transactions for a
single day were settled in coin it would
require 175 tons of gold or 2,781. tons of
silver, while probably the documents
actually used did not weigh more, than
a hundredweight. Gentleman's Maga
DEAD PAUPEBS' GOODS.
BELLING AT. AUCTION THE . ODD
PROPERTY OF SUICIDES.
A GrewMmfl Scenes What Becomes of the
Effects Which Paupers Leave Behind
When They Take Their Own Lives.
They Find Their Way to the Bowery.
"Misery's auction sale" took place
Thursday. - It was held at 5 Duane street,
aiiu uiuugu buab la hul its omciai name
it occurred to a reporter, who heard it
called so as a most appropriate one. .
The auction has an odd and grewsome
origin. When a man commits suicide
by pistol or knife the coroner takes pos
session of the weapon. If the man has
no friends or relatives, and. leaves no
will, his ciothes and any personal effects
that he may have go with it
After the unfortunate is laid beneath
the sod of Potter's field, and all the legal
formulas have been observed, the coro
ner hands : all these things over to the
public administrator. The large num
ber of suicides in this big city, the mys
terious deaths of unknown men and
women and the deaths in the poor gar
rets serve to swell this official's interest
ing collection of estates and heirlooms to
such a size that a special man is kept
busy looking after them. ,
Should any of these articles be valu
able they are placed in the office Bafe or
else sent to a safe deposit Company. But
the bulk of the 6tuff that falls into the
administrator's hands is of little value,
consisting mostly of cheap furniture,
clothes, bedding, revolvers, knives and
odds and ends, of which every man pos
sesses his share. These things are sent
to the storehouse at 5 Duane street, ad
joining the Newsboys' Lodging house.
and there they accumulate until the pile '
giuwu wu uis lur Liie piuce, wnen tney
are auctioned off to the highest bidder.
THE AUCTION EOOM.
When the reporter entered the place
the sale was in progress. The auc
tioneer's pulpit like stand was ain the
middle of the room, and that function
ary, in a silk hat, was deeply engaged in
overcoming the objections of a poorly
dressed, stout Irish woman to buying a
cheap watch that might have been silver
orsteeL The room was filled with a
motley gathering of men and women. It
was a poor looking crowd, although
here and there a scintillating spark be
trayed a diamond on the person of a
Chatham street ''curiosity" dealer. Many
people who daily pass the curiosity shops
on the Bowery have wondered where all
the odds and ends displayed in the win
dows' come from. Had they attended
this auction they would have known.
There were perhaps a dozen of these
dealers present, and they bought largely.
Then there were many women, poorly
dressed creatures, who stopped bidding
when the article passed the dollar point
Where they came . from, or what they
wanted the stuff for, nobody knew save
themselves. The auctioneer got his
money he didn't care. The curiosity
dealers shrugged their shoulders it was
none of their business. The stock of
fered was scattered about the room. -; It
included knives, umbrellas, old clothes,
bedsteads, rusty bayonets, billiard balls,
carpenters rules, peddlers' outfits,
chromos, revolvers, chairs, tables, stove
pipes, etc., all mingled in rusty, dusty
confusion. The sale proceeded after
this manner, the auctioneer saying:
"How much d'ye bid? ' Forty, forty,
forty forty-five? Fine silica umbrella.
Maybe a duke owned - it; maybe a
duchess; maybe a bum stole it Forty
five! Once, twice, down she goes. Mrs.
Mulligan, that's the name, isn't, it?
Forty-five cents. Now we have lot No.
3"8 -a saber. How much d'ye" and
so on.
There was a story connected with
every one of these articles, a romantic
one undoubtedly in many cases, but no
one there knew it or evinced the least
desire to learn anything about it.
UNEOMJLNTIO BIDDERS.
A suit of clothes was held up by the
boy. ,
"How much d'ye bid?"
Those nearest the 6tand felt the cloth
and examined the clothes carefully, then
a bid was offered, and another, and so
on until the hammer felL Mrs. Mulli
gan must own a second hand clothing
store, for she bought a great deal f
clothing.
. "Lot No. 847 one coat and vest Hcjw
much d'ye bid?" came the monotonous
formula of the auctioneer.
"Lemme see, cheviot or what? Wh&t'B j
it made of?" asked Mrs. Mulligan. She !
examined it closely for a moment with
an eager face. Then she said in a dis
appointed way.
"It's got a hole in it."
Yes, sure enough, there was a small
hole in the coat, right above the upper
outside pocket. The auctioneer pressed
his finger on the spot for a moment and
then remarked in a matter of fact voice:
"I trness that's where the bullet went
through."
The coat and vest were sold, and when
some poor fellow buys them he will
never know that a bullet once pierced
his coat and reached a man's heart
"Where's lot 880?" asked the auc
tioneer. The assistant handed up a package
wrapped in a dirty piece of yellow paper.
It was untied,, and with a clattering
noise a lot of revolvers and knives fell
out on the table. Big revolvers, little
revolvers, old fashioned ones, self cock
ing affairs. Colts, Smith & Wessons,
bulldogs, American and European makes,
daggers, bowie knives, stilettos, b.ight
rusty, all kinds and in all condi ciona,
and the sight was enough to send a chill
through a man. The people who were
gathered in that room, however, did not
see anything suggestive in this, and of
fered their bids on each weapon as it
was put up as though it were an every
day occurrence with them. .
Then pawn tickets, for small amounts
generally, were sold for twenty-five and
thirty cents apiece. When the last ar
ticle had been sold the auctioneer said:
"The sale' is ended, ladies and gentle
men. Thank .you for your courtesy. 1
hope to see you soon again," New York
Sun. . $
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