ft!
WORDSWORTH'S GRAVE.
Crhlnd Helm Crat, and Gllrer Hone the sheen
Of the retreating nay Is less ond lest.
Boon mill the lordlier summits, here unseen,
Gather the night nltout thoir nakedness.
The liaU Iwanl blent of slieep comes from the hill.
Faint pounds of childish play are In the air.
The rirer murium ast. All rise Is stllL
The vy gravi Htm stJher than they were.
War though nation lie on ntllotj hurled.
And life si ith loll and anrient f ain depressed.
Sere one may soiree belie' r the whole wide world
Is not at jieace. and all nun' heart at rest.
lesti Iwas the jrlfl he Rave: andp"ace! the shade
He spread, tor plrl fevered r. it a the sun.
To him hi bounties are come back hro laid
In rest. In jkmcc, his labor nobly done,
i William Watson In Tho National ncvlew.
J)ELICE.
Tlio crowd of nier tandiug around the
littlo cafe on Rue Comla appeared to Ixs cu
riously affectMl, for. contrary to tlic habit of
tho twenty-five or thirty individuals thereof,
not u single 0110 wuj gesticulating, ami as an
other evidence of their abnormal condition
riot a single whiff of cigarette smoke rono
from tbeuftsumh.age.
Old Miguel, the affable host, with his short
cut white Iiuir, round head, and smiling
Spanish face, himself reined to liavo lost
wmething of Ills vivacity; and contrary to
his custom, fulled to hum sotto voce a favor
ite madrigal ns"ho mixed tho orgeat and water
for somo tliimty customer.
The assemblage on tho banquette gradually
drifted into tho cafe, by twos mid threes,
their conversation being still carried on in
an undertone. Tho movement of feet on tho
sanded Hour gave out more sound than tho
voices of tho tpeukeis, and when Miguel
popjKxl the cork out of a ltottle of jorter tho
report seemed almost startling. Anxiety was
written on (he faces of tho men. Theylooked
lit one another us if some common misery had
woven a fraternal bond between them, and
whcroulwiiys there had been extreme jtolite
ness und courtesy, now was exhibited tho
most absolute self sacrifice and a wish to show
how truo had lieeii tho protestations of fellow
ship Itefom They Nero all young gentlemen
of social stumllng, tho eldest being not moro
than US years of age. To Miguel they wero
known as Ics Poisons Rouges, th Red FWi.
About five yrurx beforo this gathering at
tho Cafo do liicnvcuu threo largo schooners
in cloud of sails disappeared u round Point
Aux llerln, in Lake Pontchurlruiii, bound
out for the Clinudclcur Islands. Each vessel
liud on board lenortwelvo young men, all
uiemltcrH of a pleasure organization that
yearly crulwd uniong thu islands of tho gulf
nftcr roilllsh ami Spnnish maukorel. They
carried their negro servants with them, and
nil tho paraphernalia for capturing tho dcnl
rensof the bright, green water along tho
Louisiana coast. After a delightful run an
chors Here dropjed In nsnug huilioi- behind
ono of tho Chundcleurx, and. for variety,
largo tents niado from spare sails wero
pitched on lhr sundy benrli. Almnt i!00 yards
on tho other sldo of tho Maud tho rollers
from the u'tilf cunio in, pounding tho wind
with a dull, sullen roar. After a bounteous
Mlpiur ami some story telling around tho
camp fires all rolled themselves up on tho
sand, sheltered by tho tents from tho dew, for
u good night's lest. About 11 o'clock it ls'gau
to mill, and this was followed by heavy gusts
of wind,
Tho Improvised tents were soon leveled and
tho diencjied inmates luiriied on board their
respective tehoonor that lay only ten or
twenty yards from tho bench. TheVlnd In
creawHl every iiioiuent. Tho vessels' awnings,
that hud lieeu spread to shelter tho voyagers,
were ripped ftoih their fasten ngs and had to
Im Jninlodly furled. Then, ns tho schooners
U'caii to drag, oxtra anchors were put out.
Overhead the sky was inky and tho wind car
ried tl' spiny across ho Island witli such
force tho drops stung sharply as they struck
tho face. Where the schooners lay thero was
no wa, but tho wind uiiido them Jerk at their
cables venomously. The wholu party was on
deck looking at tho sublime spoctaelo. Moun
tains of waves camo tumbling in to shatter
themselves on tho now phosphorescent sands.
Their doyi boom tilled the air with Round.
Theil thero was a small flvh and tho artillery
of thiukles owued, drowning with crash and
roar tho lushing of the waves. Over tho
waslo of waters there gi. allied n pulo yellow
light that upMjuivd ulinoM suiicrniitural, and
each crest burned w th Its millioiisof luminous
unlinnlrtilftt. Seaward. he nnd, thore was a
wall of ebifny, iigulnst i Inch tlio vision liont
itself vainly. HuddcnU, mini out tho black
ness, two lockut rose together, and diverging
ns (hey ascended, like thin skeleton arms,
thoy stivU'heilover tho Island, thelrexplosiou
M'ltilliig out long attenuated lingers of light,
nIf ilpp-iillng for holp or giving it benedict Am.
Bdnio exclaimed they could see lights,
othei-8 oxelledly declared they could dlstli;
gulfcli it largo ship driving in. A flash of
lightning showed nnnall schooner (siumling
ou the reef outside, Thero was u wild shout
when tho ghastly whito bails, torn to ribbons,
weroillscenn'd.nuil the pleasure seekers rowctl
16 tho Mniid, the littlo harbor being still
qulto MtuiKitb. They woio without menu to
succor, how over, nml could only look for such
swliiiinei-s us might inako for Liud. It was
not long before, tho musts went by tho IkiuiiI
mill tlio wreck comtueuceil to break up. Tho
young fishermen disti United tliouiH'lvcs along
tlio iseicii, reauy to reinicr r.ssManeo to thoso
that might ivudi the surf. After half nn
liuur'o waiting in tho stinging rain, without
nuythlng tsimingiistioiv, thuy wero about ro
turning U their laud locked vessels when ono
of tin part), Tiiooplulu Lalreiv, descriid, lid
ilig ou Umlmgii billow us lightly as i cork,
wbntapjs aivd to bo n tub. Each ilasli of
liglitiilug show ed that It was approaching tho
shorn fast Theophile, tying it nis nivund
his body, stood ivudy to vutU Into tho surf
when It should i-euch It. It was not long Iks
foro h mw il intumt on a high roller that
threateiliNl to swamp it, llodasluvl in, selztnt
it, mxi, nlthoiigli lifted high upon tho sjiihU,
liocluim t( the objict with tho teiuicity of
llfaitsclf, and sjivihI it from Mug wjtsheil
back
ltwiti nn ordinary deck tub, such ns are
uwli around Iho decks of sailing vessel, but
it ww co.'tuvd w lib a jiIihw of canvas hloh
)iul been t'ghll.v fastuutil like n drum head
over it top. lulo tho eager crowtl was
looking, wtlhcmlolty nt thU bit of llotsoiu
from th yiwk ono of tho jwrty cut open the
canvas toff.Vtiud to their astonishment, rct
Ing on a sJ-ft blanket, wits n Italic ubout threo
inoiiths ifyZ -A cry of stirprlsv broke from
hftnofjte.1 tjNelltvlQnUtK.
rU' WuUaliiHiug . dawn, mid a londen
flfthi n-ited lqi-n the surging miter olf to
thooastwurd, Every eye was directed to tho
"wrcclc Only tho low sprit ix-umlnetl vhihle.
The crow (ind iwdseiigen", tf passniKini tlier
vrero, bud jK-riMatl. Thwjdillo Lntreio wiw
rhe first (o si'itFoV, lie liev'kotietl them all to
como near; mid In a voice ttiat could beheanl
nvtin lit lint tumult of wave, he said) "Le
llouget havo now n duty filvwi to
tbciiL Wp civile here for pknsuiv, and
jTQVlili'nce )tt glveii us tlio greatest prlio of
curtli- n life tilnll We adopt this littlo onuT
The Ideti' was novel to ttieso young gallanU,
tMi ivhiconncCttNl Villi tt a sort of dli-
ttriuuftul iulriitoi mnoUKlUlltty which wai
iM.rrwbli-yy llitUT-i'K P. fwfc t . Tin
,1-aulj.. vf.U oil wastbalj L Jit Cl oue vyy
i
tnten on boari ono cf the ffeet, tSe fiiuTng
forgotten, and tho expedition car.y oa the
morning nftcr tbo s'orm started for New Or
leans. Reaching l:re, tho infant was pjt i:i
charge of a competrat nui-se fcsd regular
monthly meetings of i: fatiifrs took place,
nt which its fntiiro vros earnestly civrjved.
) Constant iiKjuiry had faded to (Lseorcr tven
tho name of the (cboouex, and tLero ro
I mained no clew to identify the littlo ono save
j tho blanket in which it wm sleeping whn
' da.hed on Uie sand. In ono corner of this,
I cxquMtely embroidered, ra tho word
I "nHii Ai!vrtfcj!iifTit. tiifidf. In tlif
IMipein, nnilona investigation made every
where, but tbo schooner and her crew wero
never known in lha old Crescent Ciiy.
If ever thero was a little girl that hail
everything her heait could wish for, D-n-e
was tliat girl. Vt'hen sLo was a year ol tho
possessed thirteen rattles, six alligator's teeth
set in silver, fire coral necklaces, half a dozen
littlo gold fhawl pins, four swinging cradles,
a beautiful altar at tho end of her littlo room,
with a Madonna looking down upon her bed.
Over tho mantelpiece, gloomy in Its depth of
hadow, was an oil painting from ono of
Deliee's now fathers, representing tho wavo
whipped Ik-ucIi of the Chandeli urs, with a
wroik going to pieces half u mile oft shoro
nd a tub rising on tho crest of a great sea.
It was not a littlo amusing to seo how jeal
ous of fcmhp'ue attentions to their charge
theso Poisons Houges were. They told their
listers and mothers thut tho little ono was
well cared for and needed nono of their time.
Tho old nurse, they said, was exeiienced,
nd they themselves know a thing or two
aow about babies.
Thus tho months hod crept away, and dolls
md srwlling blocks had taken tho nluco of
rattles. IMico could tell the Haines nf nil
acr fathers, some twenty-two now, for somo
ji mem nau uropjsi oir and w ere carried
)ut upon that road w hich tho averago dead
Orleanlan must travel. When she was4 years
u siih coum commutiu in least live carriages
if ono afternoon, anil it was no uncommon
;hlng to see her out di iving w ith somo six or
light young gentlemen, superbly mounted,
iillng in attendance. L s I'oiss'ous Ilouges
acre proud of their little beauty, and gi-eaa
lurdy fellows, with mustaches that wero lint
ibseived on opem night. wouM hand tint
Iny fairy to tho cat rijgo with tlio grace of i.
Jourtier, and when sho smileil sweetly and
id, "Merci, Papa Jtaoul," or "Yscult,-' they
vould blush like big boys. Her ex
x;iies uero so trilling in comparison
vitli the funds in tho exchequer
if tho paternal organization that it
a as resolved to invest u certain sum aunuully,
mil so ou her fifth birthday, for they hud
elected a birthday for her, so was as well
tared for n littlo girl as any in tho state; and
is for lcauty, why to ask tho question was to
ilevuto to tho zenith tho eyes of her twenty
.wo fathers and to bring to their mouth
iwenty-lwo rjght hands with linger tips
lunched together, which they would kiss us
f tlio flavor wero divine, ami simultaneously
ijuculuto: "Coinino cuf 'iho truth Is that
ler big black eyes, delicately chiseled fcc,
.ymmetrlcal limlMund dignified N-aringmado
ler upp ar as of royul rather than plebeian
llood, and sho led her followers by silken
lords, young as she was. "
Then camo tho duy herelnlefore men
loned, tho assemblage at the Cafo I5ien-
enu, the silence n nl tho anxiety. Four
lays iM-foro Delico had complained of feeling
11 her head ached and her eyes wero in
lamed. Four doctois wero at onco. sent for,
mil after n consultation it was announced
.hut Delico had tho scarlet fover. Her uurs
md guardian occupied a largo private resi
lenco near Miguel's, and so it was that tho
wfo was made tlio headquarters of los 1'ois
ions Ilouges, that nuws might bo received
ivory few minutes. At lli-st thero wero no
wrioiis symptoms, but on the third night sho
(row worse. Bho asked for Theophile, It'ioul,
Jules, Henri and tho rest of her Moved
Japus. These big bronzi fellows would close
.ho gate gently, walk on tiptoe down tho gur
len walk between the camellias and cross the
cmuiht so quietly tho cat could not heur
.hem.
tu tho littlo room an angel faco looked
ip from its nest of soft pillows and n
"title plavcd about tho crimson, feverish
Ips. fcho held out her hand, spoko a'fotv
dmplu words, and tho silent figure would
tithdinw ami go across the street to
Miguel' with a lump in his throat
md his eyes much Inflamed, Then
natters begun to grow more serious. No
lehlcles must pass that way. Thero sfiould
w more quiet over at Miguel's, ud bulletiiii
vould bo sent to tho cafe every hour, so that
.hoy might know how Delico was progressing.
About - o'clock that afternoon tho young
fentleinen wero startled by tho slamming of
vindow shutters over at .Mile, DcIIco'h. They
so from their tallies, leaving their orgeat
intasted and started for tho sidewalk, They
tared over. Old Euticho was opening all tho
.vindow up stairs. Why was this! Then a
ittlo negro gill camo running toward
Miguel's. Theophile litreiv-niot. her and lo
!oro she could seak commanded her silence.
'Mes amis," said he, "tho news need not ba
wld. We know what, it is. Theio is ro longer
nisi of silence. Wo f.ru oliildless." There
,ero sobs iu tho cafo and many wet oyeii.
I'ho panot, as if recognizing that It was no
nolo under restraint, gavo an experimental
'caramba," mid finding that it produced no
icusatlou repeated It,
Two by two thoy marched across to tho
louse, with hat in hand. Up tho gravel!
.valks tho littlo procession camo and on into
',ho largo chamber. They gathered about ths
bedsido and, almost uiifousciouslv. ther
:ios.Msl tlicmschiw as If in tho presence of att
mgel. The littlo IkhI beciimo a shrine, and
theit' waxen beauty with u tmiiloou htr whito
face, their Delico, n taint,
'Vihaps a mother's face had welcomed
Mr 'Heot child iK'jond tho bivakem, and t
mother's hand hud 1ml her up a strand
whiter than the snowy beach of thoChando
lours. "Kho camo front very far," whlsHred
Henri Javier from tho foot of tlio bud. The
Cmilcs thus U'autifully express tho idea that
ono has nurrowly cscapetl death in in
fancy. ".So very, very far," resjwndisl Jules
Vcron,
The sunlight w rought iu rnro design, with
jiiMi'ln. ..'ues, a tajH-stry of shadow ou the
wall Im'.UIo tho beil. Tho littlo clock on tho
innntel lsat its tic-tac, tii-tuo so loudly that
each stroke touched tho heart. Tho wind
from tho garden below cumo softly iu, its lap
filled with the perfume of (lowers, and a
mockingbird ou the chimney over tho way
dropcd some tender notes that wero ro ex
quisitely sweet that the men looked at ono
another ns they stood urouud tho lied, tu if a
volco front another world had sKjkeu. Eos
roissnu Itougos had now no uilulou left.
Tho bond thut had held them together .was
wvvrvd, ,
"We will always reineimr and love her."
Mid Theophile, as ho laid her littlo hand buck
across her breast und pluccd a bud between
tho dead finger.
"And reiuembrr nil orphaned children,
too," said Uaoul Duvergne,
Twenty-two voices atd, "Amen,"
l'oissons Rouge" nove r cume together
aguiu, but each had sown it seed of charity
Iu tho littlo grave iu tho KU Iou(t cemetery,
on which is inscrilxd "Delico," that 1ms
grown through nil the year, und until this
duy beam fruit, Charles li 'Whitney lit
'lluiiuJiuuiociot, .
PLANNING AN ESCAPE.
PLOT OF LIBBY PRISON'S INMATES
TO CAPTURE RICHMOND.
Help from n JIthxk Union Woman Co
operation from TTHsliliiBton The
Tlatis Well I-nlil How the Scheme
Was Defeated nt I-nst.
TTo opened conpypondence with the notori
ous Abbey Green, a brave Union woman
living iu tho city, noted for her outj)okeii
patriotism and the bravery with which she
opproacbed thecolumnsof Federal prisoners,
srhcrc, despite tho bayonets of tho guards,
slie gavo what iclief sho could, often tossing
loaves of bread to them at tho peril of life.
Tho noble woman gave relief and cheering
words to thousands, nnd bravely staid in
Richmond, known to and feared by the re
bels, whom sho defied. If there was n plot to
execute, sho was tho one to co-operate. So
we opened coi rcspondenco with her through
a faithful colored 1kv ou menial duty at the
prison. Wo carefully stated our desires, and
in return received a plan of the city and lo
cation of tho arsenal, a correct statement of
the number of troops in the city, the strength
of tho homo guard and all other information
needed.
After tho plans wero matured nil prisoners
willing to co-operate wero formed into bat
talions and companies, and drilled as care
fully and frequently ns po'sible. Everything
that could bo was converted into a weapon,
and several pistols and lowio knives had been
received among tho contents of the boxes first
delivered to as before an examination was
required, and theso wo hod kept well con
cealed, and they would help greatly in our
striko for freedom. A few weapons in the
hands of desperate leaders would do bloody
work.
Iu order to innko our plot n success, it was
deemed nece sary to inform tho government
at Washington, and get, If possible, its aid.
A flno opportunity of doing this occurred
when tho surgeons wero released. State
ments of our plans wero w ritten ou very line
paper, and this folded up tigh'ly was con
cealed In tho staff buttons of their uniforms,
which wero constructed so that tho heads of
tho buttons could bo removed, showing quite
n space capablo of holding a largo pieco Gf
lino paper. Tho button l:ads on being re
placed gave no evidence of tho valuable de
posits licnenth. Thus wo succeeded in in
forming Mr. Lincoln and tho secretary of
war of our intentions.
A cabinet meeting decided tho plans so
submitted jwrfectly feasible, ami preparations
wero at once made to aid us, nnd an officer
was sent down to tho peninsula to draw the
Confederate forces all out of tho city to re
pel him in his supjKised attempt to enter
Richmond, vlo did 6o, and wo saw from tho
windows of I.ibby the Confederates inarch
by to meet him. Thero wero left oply nlwut
300 homo guards. Our plan was to assemble i
on a certain evening iu tho lower middlo 1
room, burst open tho front doors, seizo tho j
guards In front, disarm them, and with tho
arms so gained intimidato and take prison
ers the officials of Libby, then march to tho i
arsenal, fighting tho homo guard if encoun
tered on tho way, and, with tho nrms iu tho j
arsenal, wo would march to Hollo Islo, and,
arming tho prisoners there, murch back, an 1
army of 0,000 strong. Wo could then easily j
havo taken possession of and held Richmond
against any forco until Gen. Butler, march
ing up, would have re-enforced us, and tho
city would havo been ours.
Our plans, as wo supposed, were well laid,
and everything in regard to their successful
completion progressed as favorably as wo
could desiro up to the very evening of tho
night on which wo determined to muko our
xit. From tho windows wo observed, about
4 o'clock p. in., a "jacl cass battery," as it was
derisively styled, licing located in front of
Libby, and n greatly increased guard put on
duty, whilo a company of tho homo guards
ntood in front.
Presently Maj, Turner, with a squad, as
cended tho stalin, and in a loud tono an
nounced tho order that nil piisoners wero to
descend to tho lower middle room. Not
dreaming of tho trap about to bo sprung on
us, nnd thinking thero was to bo an inspec
tion of somo kind, we obeyed tho order with
out reluctance, thero lieing no necessity for
guards to enforce It with tho points of their
bayonets, as they seemed inclined to do nt
tho least hesitancy to march forward qu.cUly.
When all wero lielow guards nero stationed
at tho head of tho stairs, and wo wero told it
would lo perilous to attempt to come up until
ordered to do bo.
Hour succeeded hour, and darkness set in;
still wo received no intimation of release, nnd
at last tho truth began to dawn upon our bo
wildered understandings. Wo wero pris
oners in a twofold senso in Libby, and under
closo surveillance, in ono of tho rooms.
What did it mean I Had somo ono turned
traitor and disclosed our plot? If such a
ono had been known ho would havo been
thrown a corpso from tho windows
or torn to pieces, but wo could not fully re
alize that such had been the case. Our plan
was nipped, but wo civ.ild try it again. Wo
wero kept in tho room descrilied several
hours and then released and iwmltted to oc
cupy our accustomed places, but wo found
our rooms had been thoroughly ransacked
nnd everything in tho shape of a weapon
taken. Evidently our plot had been disclosed
nnd frustrated. Our privileges wero fewer
afterwords, and a elo.-er watch was had over
our actions. Tho outsido guards wero in
creafed, and so much vigilance manifested
that wo concluded not to mako our attempt
for a timo at least,
Tho manner Iu which tho prison officials
wero niado cognizant of our plans as for a
long timo a mystery. Tho generally accepted
solution of tho problem was thot somo ono of
our number had sold us out. I never know
tho truo causo until after tho war. 1 mot ono
day in Washington city Capt, Jackson War
ner, described before ns tho quartermaster
who furnished us Iwf and bread. I asked
Capt. Warner tho question. Ho said ho re
membered ho occasion well and what excite
ment it caused. When a rpy, who had for u
long time been among us, dressed iu similar
uniform, to report our sayings and doings
dally or weekly, ns was deemed lit, nn-
uouueed that wo had formed a plan to escape,
ho was instructed to watch closely nnd re
port progress, which ho could easily do, for
wo talked and planned without secrecy. Liko
a cau playing with tho mouse, thoy played
with us, and when tired, nnd just at tho
jirojier time, came down iu forco. Dr. John
Henry, l-ifth Ohio cavalry.
A lllc New York Iteitiittraiit.
Thero is a cheap restaurant in Now York
that feeds 8,000 iteoplo a day! It is never
closed, night nor day, and has three different
relays of waiters, cooU, cleaners, cashiers
and other bunds. It Is not noted in tho city,
but is famous iu all tho country towns and
villages In this state, New Jersey and Con
necticut, which aro Its chief souivo of patron
age. How niuny reservoirs of soup nud hotr
many tons of beef it consumes dully aro mat
ter for tho consideration of metropolitan
c orredpondenU of coantry nowspaiiers. Rut
tho figure nro astounding and interesting
wiuiout svnsnUoual cluborutiou, Good
Housekeeping.
NEW JERSEY SAND.
Its Transmutation Into California Gold
nt tlio "I.oiir Uranch."
After the war of 1SC1 was over these peace
ful villagers, who, having contributed their
part toward it, were just settling down again
for another fifty years' nap, were nwakened
again by certain cap.tallsts, who bought up
nil the cheap land they could find within
sight, Frcell or sound of the ocean, and pro
ceeded to invent mouey in it. Our old school
spjakere contained nn nfTccting poem about
little Alfred, or Charley, or somo similarly
named child, who found a shilling coming
homo from school ono day, nnd exclaimed,
Til havo n fortune, for I'll plant it right
awny." These capitalists imitated littlo Al
fred' or Charley, with much better luck.
They planted not a shilling, but thousands of
dollars here in the sand; they seeded these
acres of tho shoro with mere money than
Capt. Ilidd has ever been proved to have
buried anywhere, and they finally havo har
vested n largo urea of golden financial w heat.
Ono of their first shrewd methods of tillage
was to mako their new, straggling, ono
streeted town tho summer capital of tho
United States. They built a miniature Whito
House near tho edge of the sea and invited
President Grant to livo thero two montlis in
tho year. Ho came, with that simplicity of
greatness which never enjoys plcasuro any
iho les because it happens to bo a source of
profit to others. Tha "long branch" of
Shrewsbury river, which gavo numo to tho
whole locality liecauso it had its arm half
ay round the older town, leaped in one sea
son into world wide fame.
Tlio old war chi f of a hemisphere settled
down hero with as little ostentation as ho now
rests in Riverside park; bu- thero were plenty
of commonplaco people, with commonplaco
wealth, willing to furnish nil the style neces
sary for such a village, and to seo that tho
new town was well painted "ith gorgeous
colors. Many of tho dollars that had been
planted in tho pulverized gravel of tho shore
grew Into gold bearing roof trees. Tho cities
brought hero their hotel luxuries for salo;
money drawers were opened wide for sum
mer sndw stoiT..j of bank notes, nnd fortunes
wero niado here between spring and autumn.
Hundreds of acres of New Jersey sand had
been transmuted into California goldl Will
Carlton in Now York- Star.
The Itnston ZVIemling Dttreau.
Tho Eostou Mending Bureau and Laundry
company is a now thing in our city, though
a similar establishment has been in successful
operation hi Now York for some time. Their
plan of work and object can 1 told in a few
words, and the whole thing is so extremely
sensihlo nnd feasible that tho only wonder is
that it was not thought of years ago. The
bureuu comprises a laundry, a dyo liou- nnd
a repair shop, iu tho last of which experi
enced tailors nud skillful needlewomen are
constantly employed in putting into order
every sort of wearing apparel.
Work is dono hero tor both men and
women, though It is especially useful, of
course, to bachelors and other lonely men
who havo no ono to keep their clothing iu
order for them. Wearing apparel when
soiled or worn may bo taken to tho bureau or
called for on postal cardonlcr, and put into
thoroughly good condition again. Tlio linen
is washed und dono up, missing buttons are
replaced, stretched out buttonholes reduced
to their proper proportions, worn tapes and
strings renowed, gaping holes in tho stockings
filled up, while t o outer clothing is cleansed,
dyed, pressed, darned, patched or otherwise
attended to as It may need. These things are
all dono at a very moderate price a pair of
socks darned for live cents, unless too fur
gone and other things iu proportion, tho
tho price being fixed iu most instances by tho
length of time which tho task requires.
Frequently also tho bureau makes a con
tract with gentlemen to press, repair and
keep in order their clothing by tho year or
month, tho principle being the saino ns that
by which tho Chinese pay their physicians to
keep them well. Tho bureau has a dozen
branch offices iu the suburbs and different
portions of tho city, so that patrons living nt
a distanco may bo easily accommodated.
Thero aro numberless busy men and women
for whom tho bureau will savo many dollars
iu tho eourso of a year. "A stitch iu time
saves nine," according to tho proverb, and
mending tho ravages of wear and tear upon
one's clothing saves a good deal elso at tho
samo time. Boston Globe.
ruinous Cencrals as Cadets.
Charles Ward, a hackman at West Point,
has n fund of information about tho military
academy and some of ho now famous gen
erals who wero onco cadets. A reporter
visited West Point tho other day nud was
driven throih tho grounds of tho collcgo by
Ward. Ho appears to bo 51 or S3 3-cnrs old,
is a large, broad shouldered man, with a full
licard, streaked with gray, and an honest
countenance. Ho was born in tho town and
has lieen thero ever since.
"You know them all, then Leo, Sheridan
and GranW nsked tho reporter.
"I know tho first two that is, I saw them
when a boy and remeuilier how tl.ey looked
nud acted. Gen. Leo was i aptaiti of tho post
hero in 1S.V1, and my father used to sell him
milk every duy. I can remember how Gen.
Leo would say, with a snnlo, to my father:
'Now, I desire you to bo careful and not get
too much water m your milk. Tho in. Ik you
cavo inn tho oilier ihiv bad n Kiisnicinns fnsti. 1
Ho said it, though, iu such a kindly, nice way
my father never tiok aiiy offense. Capt.
Leo wos the most soldierly looking of any of
tho cadets. Why, sir, when started to walk
on tho parade ground or from ono quarter to
another ho went ns straight as a leo line, and
never looked back, it niado no difFerenco how
much noio tho other cutlets made in his rear.
Ho was straight, too, as on arrow, and not
very stout, I shall never forget bun ns ho
looked in thoso days" New York Moil oud
Express.
luniifuctiire of Tin Can.
A striking instance of labor saving machin
ery in that which makes tin cans. One of the
machines used in tho process solders tho lon
gitudinal seaiusof tho cans at tho rate of fifty
a minute, tho cans rushing along iu a contin
uous stream: of course it dron or two of
solder is left on the can. Tho droji on the
outside is easily wiped off, but it is not so easy
to secure tho drop left on the inside. An in
genious workman has patented an arrange
ment for wiping tho lusido of tho can without
stopping tho machinery. Result, several
thousand dollars in royalties in his own
pocket nnd it saving of f 15 worth of solder
per day to tho firm that uses it. Thirty thou
sand cans is it day's work for this machine.
Boston Transcript.
A Murketuhlo lltutiuuil.
In Hiaiu a man who has sold himself nt
ga.ubling cau compel his wife, if sho has the
money, to redeem him, but ho thereupon be
comes her property nuil, chattel. This is a
very mailable urrauKcuicut The wife, if
sho desires, can sell her husband off, along
with his summer puh'ben, for a plaster of
puis imago of Bismarck or u sjtotteil dog.
And we aro not surprised a woman with such
it huskiud should so desire, us was proved the
other duy when Ma Kamut exchanged her
better half for a share In a house near Wat
Chang, u cow and twenty ticalj iu silver.
Bangkok Tillies.
DISEASE IN THE MEK.
INVESTIGATION INTO THE HEALTH
FULNESS OF DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Scientists Hare Discovered That There
is Danger In the 3111k Can Contagion
at the Dairy Alnrming Aspect of the
Question.
Tho subject of purity and healthfulness of
milk and ite products has received much at
tention from medical and sanitary authorities '
during the past year, and some very remark
able results of investigations are now being (
made public. A lecture on the etiology of j
scarlet fever was recently delivered by Dr.
E. Klein, F.C. S., lieforo the Royal institu
tion in London. The principal theme of tho
paper was the relation of scnrlet fever to
milk supnlv. The possibility of the dissemina
tion, and oven origin, .of the disease from this
source was considered at length. Recorded
cases are quoted to prove its possibility. The
lecturer treats it as a certainty that milk has
thus caused the spread of scarlet fever. Ex
periments by N. Galthier, n French scientist, ;
hae been published. These wero directed to !
tubei-cular sickness. Dairy produce from
cows affected with tubercular disease was the ,
subject of the investigations. Professor Gal- '
thier found that such articles of diet could i
communicate phthisis or consumption to
poultry nnd swine, and could become thus j
directly or indirectly a serious menace to man. j
Within the last few years a number of out-
breaks or disease havo leen traced with great
certainty to dairies as the center of contagion. I
So well proved have these cases seemed, that j
ttiey Have ongmateii special popular names
for the sicknesses thus occasioned. Thus
milk typhoid, milk scarlatina, nnd milk diph
theria hate come to le recognized. In a
number of accurately recorded cases, an out-
I break of some specific disease ha been noted.
The general history in all was identical. The
spread was limited to a certain number or
families. The medical officers found thot all
the families thus uffected were supplied with
milk from the same dealer. Then, on exam
ining the stables or dnirv whence the milk
came, the source of contagion was manifest.
A case of scarlet fever would bo found in the
family or among the employes, or somo of the
residents possibly had diphtheria. In u num
ber of instances such conditions were estab
lished. At the present time the English
health authorities consider these cases proved.
They form the basis for a somewhat disquiet
ing suspicion affecting our milk supply.
But there is a more scanning aspect of tho
question. The result of some of tho moro re
cent observations is that cows may them
selves become infected with a sickness re
sembling scarlet fever, nnd that such cows
may, by their milk, cansf, the true scarlet
fever to lie developed in human lteings.
This conclusion has been led to by an ex
amination of data in recorded coses. Iu some
instances where the origin of the sickness
was traced to milk, and where ulso a scarlet
fever case had existed in somo person con
nected with tho dairy, too long a period
elapsed beforo the breaking out of the epi
demic to allow it to bo attributed to direct
conveyance by the milk. Another class of
cases is cited in which a human origin, proxi
mate or ultimate, could iu no way be traced.
In one such instance an outbreak of scarlet
fever was associated with a certain dairy.
No human being could iu any way bo fixed
upon as the originator. Even tho sanitary
rwiit.v, ,. ,o. .,,,..! .,-ti, .,..t;,.
suits. Tho disease was finally attributed to
certain cows. Examination of them showed
tho presenco of disease, whoso symptoms in
cluded sores upon the body, ulcerations and a
viscerul complaint resembling that occurring
in scarlet fever iu tho human being. Tho
outbreak had, from other data, been limited
to these cows as a source. Their diseoso so
similar to tho human scarlet fover made it
almost a certainty that they wero tho origin
cf the trouble.
The examination by bacterial analysis was
entered into and confirmed theso suspicions.
The samo micrococcus was found in tho blood
of scarlet fever patients nnd in tho affected
cows. Tho action of tho human microbe on
animals was identical with that of tho vac
cino one. This investigation, a full outlino of
which it is needless to give, clinched tho
proof. Succeeding occurrences investigated l
iu tho same general way gave identical re
sults. It may bo considered as clearly proved that
milk can bo a serious source of danger to
health or life. Tlio remedy is a simple one.
By heat tho micrococci aro destroyed. If tho
milk is heated to Pm deg. F,, it will bo ren
dered safe. Any infectious microbes present
will bo killed. But while this disposes of the
milk it docs not touch the disposal of milk
products. Butter, cream and cheeso aro nil
uncooked. Butter represents raw fat, or un
cooked oleaginous matter. It cannot bo
heated to n high degree w ithout injury. One
of the methods of freeing it from casern was
to melt it, but the process was found to causo
deterioration. Butter must bo uncooked.
Scientific American.
Holler or the Metlokulitln. Indians. ,
Tho wild Indians of tho northwest had 1
somo leliefs that paved tho way for tho ro- j
ception of Christianity. In their legends they
made frequent mention of the "Son of God,"
and ho was nlways spoken of as n benefactor. '
They had also many remarkablo legends i
nbout Satan, and his name iu their language
means "Tlio Father of Liars." They believed I
him to bo nn avaricious being, always prowl- j
lug around s.eKing sometiiing to satisfy his
appetite, and full of deceit.
They had a linn belief in a futuro existence.
The Indian word for "death" does not convey
tho same idea as it does iu English. It is tho
equivalent of "separated," or parted into two,
ns n rope that has been broken by being sub
jected to too much strain. They said of nn
Indian who had just died that he "had
parted," "hud sepurutod." They had u tradi
tion, also, that earth and
closo proximity to each otl
thing that was said iu heaven could bo heard
upon tho earth, and nil tho noises of tho earth
wero distinctly heard Iu heaven. Finally the
children of men on earth liecamo so turbulent
and caused buch a racket that the chief in
heaven could not sleen. ami so b i.itt tnni- !
tho earth and pitched it as far as it now js 1
from heaven. 55.
L. AVhite iu American
Magazine.
A Oiteen's "Hlnck Art." i
The only person who in any way can loast
pt ever having been initiated by the lato
magician, Hermann, into some of the mys
teries of his profession, is nono other than tho
queen of tlio Belgians, to whom ho taught I
privately a few of his wonderful legerdemain '
jierformaiices during a brief season at Ostend, j
and who occasionally do gns to amuse her in-
tlmatos with an exhibition of her remarkable i
talent for the "black urt," Homo Journal. I
More Necessary Than Love.
"I lovo you," he protested, "better than my
life. I would die for you if necessary."
"Oh, nonsense," replied tho practical girl.
"Swear to ino that you will get up and mako
tho fires, and I'll consider your proposition."
Tho Judge.
Pickles should never bo kept in glazed
ware, as the vinegar forms a poUonou com
pound w ith tho glazing.
WORK OF THE STEVEDORE.
Tito Cost of Loading i Cargo The Stx
dor' Liabilities.
The loading nud unloading of vessels is
never done by the ship's crew. It is eflectod
by contract with n middleman, called n stove-doi-e.
In New York harlwr there are, all
told, COO of these stevedores, and many have
iimnKsed great wealth. They are in effect the
agents of the consignees to w horn carcoes are
brought and like agents for the "charter
party, the .egal maritime term for nny jicr
son or company chartering a vessel to convey
a cargo of goods from one port to another.
To illustrate: A vessel has been chartered to
convey a cargo from New York to Liveqool.
She is ready for her cargo and her cargo
ready for her. The "charter party" calls for
I hi stevedore, as nil large sbjpiers usually
continuously employ the same man, and con
i tract with "him to put their cargo aboard.
' This does not mean thut it shall merely bo put
i on tho vessel's deck. It must be stowed
away in the hold and between decks in n,
proper manlier for an ocean voyage. Theso
contracts nro based either on weight or
measurement, and ofteh on both; and ns tho
cast of loading u cargo of a 1,000 ton bark or
, a great ocean steamer will vary from $1,607
i to f S.UM, the opiKiruniity and measure for
I profit and loss on the transaction aro such
' that the stevedore at once becomes o person
j age of no little importance.
i While the vessel is being loaded ho is prac
tically its master. For while a ship's captain
: may suggest t egurding stowage, ho must, ufter
all yield to the nrbitrnry ruling of tho steve
dore, who thus lieconie-. tho responsible party
for the good condition of the cargo on do
livery at its foreign twi t, barring general sea
risks; and the recourse of tho captain who
heiplessly objects to the manner of loading
may bo had in any port of the world, whore,
if he discover that his freight is coming out
in bad order from improper stowage, he can
demand und secure n survey by a "port war
den." on whoso certiflcatr ho bases his own
j and his vessel's immunity from damages, nnd
I fixes them back upon the tevedore. Tuero-
tore, while tho stevedoit'.s profits are often
; large, his liability to loss if. also very great.
j New York Cor. Globe-Democrat.
i I,:ut;uiip nt tlio Hand.
Hands indicate character. A thin, skinny,
narrow palm expresses feebleness of intellect,
I ns well ns absence of energy or moral force.
: A hollow, deep palm indicates misfortune,
loss of money, misery and fuiluro in cnter
j prises. Shnke-spearo tells of nn "itching
palm; ' that, indicates that tlio uioou is out oi
Order, with a covetous disposition. A stiff,
hard hand, thut opeus vth difficulty to its
full extent, betrays stubbornness of charac
ter and reluctiuco to open to calU of charity.
Supple elastic lingers, cn tho other hand,
while manifesting a tendency to extrava
gance, nevertheless indicate talent and sagac
ity. Those who havo short fingers aro quick,
impulsive, and net usually on tho spur of the
moment, more readily than thoso who havo
long fingers. Short, thick fingers, nearly all
of tho samo length, indicate n callous, cruel
chnracter, and betray clumsy unhundincs in
manipulation, as well as a constant tendency
to f ulsehood und tho defamation of tho charac
ter of othei's. Long, slender fingers betray a
peevish, worrying disposition.
Young women ought to choose a husband
whose hands aro naturally red; and hands
made red with difficulty should bo carefully
avoided. A man with dark colored hands is
inclined to biliousness nnd melancholy. As
in indicator of character, however, tho
! Ultimo is tno "doss." a sinan, in lonneu.
! toebly balauced thumb betrays u vacillating
lisnositiou. Smull thumbed persons aro
joverned by the heart, whilo tho largo
ihumbcd aro swayed by tho intellect. Inde
pendent, self reliant people havo largo
thumbs, or ought to havo them, from tho
lint of view of tho chiropodist, whilo pliant,
Jependent nnd easily governed natures may
be known by tho smalhiess of tho digit,
ilwnys remembering that tho fcaturo must
be judged in proportion to tho size of tho
uand and the fingers on tho samo hand.
Jostph Simms, M. D., iu Hall's Journal of
Health.
An Oregon Mountain Itnad.
Travel on tho Canyon road moves on,
rnovesevcr. Tho incomingimmigrant navigat
in a nruirio schooner with chicken coon and
I dred cows behind and a mounted small girl or
joy in tho lead; tho freighter going out with
bis heavy wagon piled skyhigh with wool
sacks ltehind n four or sis horso team, with
hells on the lenders, cracking his whip from
lis saddle mount ou tho nigh wheeler; bheep
amp tenders going to tho mountains riding
i cayuso and leading a puek horso; bands of
dieep, cuttlo and horses; stringing bands of
;nyly blanketed Indians with squaws, packs,
ponies and papooses; prospectoi-s going into
ho mountains of tho Long Creek Republic,
with pack outfits of pots, pans, picks and
;rnb; hunters nnd trappers coming out with
"orses weighted down with meat and hides;
prosperous ranchers with their families glid
ing across tho ridge, iu their light, commo
dious bucks; cowboys hurrying their sweat
kithered horses along ns though very lifo
.h-ponded on their journoy'.s end; oven mount
2d dudes considering that all tho concomi
tants of a bunch grass dudo is n business
suit nud a biled shirt all this is but a slight
portion of tho variety of tho continually
changing nml varied travel that journeys thu
Canyon road. Heppnor (Oregon) Gazotto.
Injustice to tho lien.
This littlo story Major Bon Butterworth
had from a worthy Scot: "I visited our agri
cultural fair," said he, "and I was disappoint-
I 2d to find that tho premiums offered for tho
i best horfes wero so large as compared with
I the poultry premiums. Well, I was called on
f for u speech, you know, and I tool: ail van taga
of it to call attention to the matter, lsuid:
'Gentlemen, it seems to mo that your com
i mt too has made u mistake and dono nn act
, of injustice to tho lieu. Tho horso is u uohlo
1 animal and is worthy of any encouragement
i
d heaven wero in vo fLU' al)lo togivo him in the way of n pir
ler, so that every- ' But, gentlemen, you ought not to foi-get
fen' could bo beard tuat our PIlK)1'tli ot tna products of tho hen
?SE exceed in value tho exports of horses.
Besides, gentlemen, your horses, onco export
ed, aro gone. Not so with tho lien. Shore
mains at homo and keeps right on doinir
business nt the sumo old stand,' Well, you
know, that sjH.'ech umdo such an impression
that tho committee determined to eive tfct
hen u better show hereafter." Now York
Tribune.
Mark Twain's .Mood.
Mark Twain's mood in writing is just tho
revei-so of Burroughs'. Ho suys that ho can
not write in tho cold months. Pointing from
u,s I"1""'" room one Marclj day down to tho
""'imer house in sight, ho said to tho writer:
fcTt?rv, when 1 can get in that with tho
'eaves and binls ulxnit mo I can writo. In
winter I can do nothing that suits mo."
Tll Epoch.
Awakened Tltelr Jealousy.
A slim young beauty, who is tho happy mls
treM of u tnwny St. Bernard dog, has u
witching way when visitors aw with her of
taking off "CzarV silver collar und fastcniug
it round her slender waist. It is just a fit,
uud iu nlno cases out of ten th admiring
sjiectutor remarks ho wishes ho waa -Czar,'
or tho collar. They all tumblo to it. Uatoa
HtruU.