M'PELICAN'S WOOING.
rri.. r?nrrtrfl Httn
rile Kro r"o --.,.
HaveOyou over experienced the
feeling, Mr. Jlcroiican,
roung lady, softly, "that some great
Opportunity was within your grasp,
but you had hardly tho prcsonco of
MnA, tho tho courage as it were, to
gvuil yourself of it?"
Vhv or ves, Miss liulckstop, 1
havd sometimes iiaa a kiiiu oi icoiinsr
as if I'd been sort of sent for and
couldn't go, you know."
Miss Amanda sighed dreamily, and
there- was a pause, during which tho
two sat in tho semi-darkness of tho
Quickstep parlor and exchanged pro
found silences.
Tho door opened and Miss Amnnda'n
elderly fomalo relative looked in.
"Tho book you aro looking for,
nuntie," said tho young lady, with en
tire self-possession and some empha
sis, "is probably in the library."
Tho elderly fomalo relative with
drew, and Amanda spoko again in tho
soft, musical, porsuasivo voico of a
trained applicant for charity.
rSho will not disturb us again, Mr.
MtPolican."
"She she wasn't disturbing mo
yiy," ho protested.
And he sat and looked helplessly at
the glowing coals in tho grate, with
the feeling that every breath ho drew
was a mortifying and ghastly bluudrr
" As you were about to say, Mr. Mc
Peliean," resumed tho young lady.
" thoro aro times when it seems to all
of is wo must speak what is in our
h in our minds."
Yes." vaguoly answered tho be
wildered youth, and ho tried to re
member when ho had started to say
any thing of tho kind; "yos.o' course."
"And while I am not sure that I
ought to listen to you, Mr. MoPoliean,"
she said, with downcast eyes, " when
you speak to me in this in this per
sonal manner, yot "
Tho young man could feel his pulso
beating a tattoo on tho drums of his
cjfrs, but ho sat like a bound boy at a
1 riorn-uusKing anu saiu noining.
vJ "fy' tno waJi" exclaimed Miss
f i.. ...,!.. ii r i .. .......
JYIlllUlUil, Jll unuubi , X UillU it ilUN
book of engravings, Mr.MePelicnii, that
I am sure you will enjoy seeing. It is
a large book, and you'll b.ve to more
your chui:--; hy, certainly, you can
sit hero with mo on tho Jofa. 1 never
thought of that!"
Tho pictures danced before the eyes
of tho young man in blurred, confused
images.
"Isn't this engraving of tho ' Court
ship of Florence Domboy and Walter
Gay' perfectly lovoly?"
'Which is Walt?" ho gasped.
"There! Look closer. Don't you
sco him?"
"W-who's ho courting?"
"You'll - have to como closer, Mr.
McPelican. 1 declare, though," and
slio looked archly at tho trembling
youth, "I am almost afraid to let you
como any nearor. You look exactly
lio Walter in tho picturo!"
And then tho arm of that helpless
voung man stole in a timid, apologetic,
mneaKing way nrounu uiu waist ui uiu
Ircharming Amanda Quickstep, her
. 1 .1 ! .1 ..t . 1. .
head sank on his shoulder, and tho
book of engravings fell neglected to
tho lloor.
"Alfred," sho sal 1, an hour later, as
sho toyed with a button of his coat,
"you bold boy! How on earth did you
jver muster up tho courago to ask mo
to bo your wife? You know well
enough I never gavo you a particle of
I encouragement.
Tho young man patted her conde
scendingly on tho head and then spoko
proudly, with tho voico of an Ajax de
fying tlio lightning:
"When I make up my mind to do
any thing, Amanda, no obstaclo on
earth can stop mo!" Chicago Tribune.
ABORIGINAL MONEY.
:iiieer Articles AVhlch Tako the l'lnce of
(inlil anil Silver.
At a meeting of tho Academy of Sci
ences of San Francisco, a number of
years sinco, Mr. Stearns presented u
paper upon tho monoy of uncivilized
man, in which ho remarked that tho
durability and ease of manipulation of
sholls have long caused them to bo em
ployed in domestic intorcour30 and
trado; and, among those, he first
enumerated tho common clam of tho
eastern coast of tho United States, tho
purple portion of which constituted the
wampum, or one class of thoir monoy,
while another was mado from tho axes
of a species of Pyruln. In each sholl
about half an inch in diumoter of tho
inside is of this purplo color, and this
was converted into bonds, which thoy
callod Suckanhock, or black monoy,
and had twico tho valuo of thoir white
money or wampum proper, which was
IffJkiado of tho Motauhock or Pyrula. I his
-fvas used not onlv amonc tho Indians,
but among the whites; and it is re
marked that tho solid cash with which
tuc salaries of ministers wero iormauy
-fwid included black and whito wam
pum. Thn monoy of tho wost-coast
Indians is a species of tusk-sholl, or
Dentahum, resembling a hollow olo
phant'a tusk, tho worth dopendlng
upon tho length of tho fcholl. Those
nro strung on corns and workod up in
various forms of beaded And other
ornaments, having a distinct valuo
nniJ; tho Indians, according to tho
ilzoTJiA tho shell and their numbor,
quite as fixed as that of tho specio or
tho papor monoy of tho United Statos.
Tho uso of tho monoy cowry in Africa
is woll known, many tons of tho shells
being annually imported to Groat Brit
ain, and again exported for barter
wlth the nativo tribes. Ciruf urn at
Work.
Tennyson's work nro usod foi
J"ol tisamlnatlou papers in India.
LIGHT FOR THfc BLINS,
timirjf Thut CMvrfi Orrut Sail.', Hot
tn tin Inmate or A j In in.
You have probably often seen blind
asylums brilliantly lighted at night,
and you have probably just as often
wondered why tho blind required such
a luxury. An inquisitive reporter re
cently ivseertulned that tho blind nro
not doprived of their sight to such an
extent as is generally supposed. Super
intendents and managers of asylums
are aware of this fact and know all tho
little foibles and petty tricks of their
wards. Tho blind are most mischiev
ous at tho very time when one would
think them to be tho lea it troublesome
that is, in tho evening. Tho super
intendents in this city understand this
and order all tho gas jets in the insti
tution to bo lighted promptly at sun
down. All the tricky ones are then
watched by tho janitors as carefully as
Tabby does tho mouse. Most of tho
blind have some powers of eyesight,
and light rays, as a rule, can be readily
perceived by them Thoy know that
when all the lights are going at full
bluzo they can not cut up any pranks,
and that all tho books with heavy
print, which thoy can tako to bod and
read far into the night, aro taken away
from them. These aro the principal
reasons why tho passers-by sees all the
lights burning in the rooms of tho blind
asylum. Hut there is another and
special reason. Guardians of the blind
state that the latter derive a great
amount of comfort from tho light.
Many of them can perooivo rays, and
that is the only gratilieation left to
their impaired vision. As soon as
night comes on thoy wait patiently fot
the gas or lamps to bo lighted and then
muse under tho illumination that it
sensible to their optics.
Superintendents tind it hard to di
vide the blind Into distinct classes, ac
cording to tho degrees of blindness.
There is one continuous graduation
from the totally blind to those who car.
see to read large type. The blind arc
divided into three classes by those who
come in daily contact with them. The
first class is composed of those who can
not perceive light of tho greatest inten
sity. Thoy aro dovo'd of the comfort
which light gives. 'I h 5 highest test to
prove total lack of vision is to place
tho blind person in tho direction ol
lightning during a thunder storm, and
if the Hash is not perceived this prove
that tho sense of vision is entirely gone.
In tho second class aro those who
can perceive and appreciate light and
can seo only tho barest outline of the
forms of persons. Those are fed with
illumination and want it most. Regu
larly at sun-down, thoy seok tho chairs
nearest to tho light, and draw ino lia
ble comfort from it.
The third class can not only dis
tinguish light, but can also partially
read and discern the features of thoir
friends. This class is by far tho most
troublesome. Thoy do not especially
care for gas light, sometimes because
it interferes with their little plans ol
mischief. The janitors always mako it
a point to light the gas in thoir rooms
and keep their idle brains out of mis
chief. Light and music aro tho blind per
son's chief delights. All tho lost pow
ers of vision are almost compensated
for by tho extraordinary sense of har
mony and time. A peculiar musica'
talent and gift aro apportioned to the
blind, and secure for them positions ol
note. Many piano tuners aro blind. In
Paris nearly all tho head piano tuners
nre blind porsons. The same is true in
Boston, whore all of tho pianos in the
public schools aro tuned by tho blind.
Albany (Ar. Y.) Argus.
TWO HISTORIC CHAIRS.
How u fiprintm Olllrnr Obtained fosses
hloii of Them.
An incident of Goneral Shoridan'f
visit to Europe during tho Franco
Prussian war is porhaps omitted from
his articlo in Scribncr's through ignor
ance of tho facts. When tho Goneral
reached Borlin ho asked tho Ainoricar
Minister to recommend to him some
young American who could speak Ger
man lluontly to act as an interpre
ter. Tho Ministor recommended Mr.
Cnarles F. MncLoan, hotter known to
Now Yorkers as a Police Commissioner
than as an intoprotor, and ho followed
Goneral Shorldan through tho cam
paign. Tho Genornl relates in Scrib.
ner's how Bismarck tho Great and Na
poleon tho Little sat on rudo wooden
chairs in front of a cottago nenr Sedan,
discussing the situation, and there is a
picturo showing tho two men, ono tri
umphant, the other downcast, in the
peasant's garden. A few days later
Goneral Sheridan dined with Bismarck,
who began to talk of the surrender,
"That meeting." said tho Prussian
Chancellor, "will bo historical. 1 sent
ovor yesterday and bought those two
chairs from tho peasant for ten francs
npleco; now I have them as memon
toes, and I suppose," ho added with u
laugh, "tho English will go on buying
theso chairs for years to como."
Thoro was a goneral laugh nt this ro
mark; but ono otllcer had more tc
laugh at than tho others, and gavo his
reason to Mr. MacLoan afterward.
"You see," ho said, "I know as woll
as Bismntck that tho meeting would be
historical, so tho very next dny I rodt
ovor myself and got tho chairs for five
francs for tho pair." X. Y. Sun.
-
A few days ago Mr. Davis, of St
Augustine, Flu., hoard aboil tinkling,
and couldn't toll from what quarter it
oamo until ho looked in tho air and
saw a buzzard with a small brass bolj
uround his nook. Ho shot tho buzzard
nn'd on examination saw nn indistino.
date. "1503," on the t ill.' II thlnkt
It must littva biwu hu c there by old
Meaendez.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Ono out of overy llvo school chil
dren in Philadelphia is obliged to
wear glasses, and tho. proportion Is
rapidly increasing.
William and Mary College, the al
ma mater of Presidents JelTcrson and
Monroe and Chief Justice Marshall. Is
to bo reopened after a long term of In
activity. It is the oldest college In Vir
ginia, and onoof thootdest In the Union.
Tho following nro tho endowments
of some of tho principal educational in
stitutions of the Up ted States: Girard
College, .$10,000,000;. Columbia. .".
000,000; John Hopkins. $1.000. 000;
iltrvard, 000, 000: Princeton.
6)0,000; Lehigh. $ 1,800,000; Cornell,
fcl, 400,(100.
The Presbyterian missionaries in
the City of Mexico have recently lo
cated seven preaching stations in the
outlying wards nrd districts. In this
way they touch the people who cou'.tl
not be brought Into any thing known
as a church edifice. Lay talent is
utilized, ont-half of these ser ices be
ing sustained by native elders.
Ono of the finest organization of
women in the country is tho " New
York League of Unitarian Women,"
which was formed to promote closer
fellowship, among its members, and
lor awakening and sustaining a real
interest in religious worship, ethics
and philanthropy, and of securing co
operation in the advancement of Uni
tarian Christianity.
Hov. Bradford P. Raymond, who
has just been elected president of Wes
leyun University, has been president
of Lawrenco University Wisconsin,
for some years. Ho studied theology
nt Leipsie and Gottlngen, Germany.
Ho is a man of broad mind, great cult
uro and much personal magnetism.
As an orator ho is impressive, and has
been considered tho most etToetivo
preacher in Wisconsin.
Tho young womon who attend the
now college in Baltimoro ought to be
como robust and well developed, for
tho facilities olTored for physical train
ing aro said to bo superior to any other
woman's collego in tho world. Tho
gymnasium is a three-story structure
covering -1,000 square feet. It has a
largo swimming pool, bowling alloy,
walking track, bath rooms and consid-eva-blo
apparatus designed especially
for women.
Tho overseers of Harvard Collego
have decided that a committee for tho
regulation of athletic sports shall hore
aftor bo annually appointed and chosen
us follows: Threo members of tho
rollcgo faculty, and threo graduates of
tho college, those six to bo appointed
by tho corporation with tho consent of
Iho overseers, and also threo under
graduates to bo chosen during tho first
week of the college year by tho ma
jority vote of tho students represent
ing tho various sporting associations.
An Illinois notion for making
church sociablos pleasant is to give
each person a card on which a dozen
names are written, and tho recipient
of tho card must talk five minutes to
ehch ono whoso name is on tho card.
At tho end of each live minutes a boll
sounds and conversation must ceaso
and new partners bo found. This
t-chomo is said to bo death to wall
(lowers and cliques, and of great ad
vantage to tho social success of tho en
tertainment. VICTORIES FOR PASTEUR.
The J'anioui I'renrh l'liyslclan's 'Woll
I'oiunlrd Claims to Fume.
It is not generally known in this
country that Pasteur's claim to fnmo
rests upon a moro substantial founda
tion than tho discovery of tho method
of preventing hydrophobia by innocu
hition. "If it had not been for Pas
teur," said a woll-known physician
who recently mot Pasteur in his labora
tory, "wo would not bo drinking tho
Bparkllng wines of Franco, and tho
wine-making industry would havo boon
ruined. A blight had como upon tho
wine. Some insidious agent that could
not bo detected was at work in tho wino
and affected it so that it would not
keop. Tho exported wine became acid
and blttor. and the domestic lost Its
flavor and valuo. Tho largo wine
makers wero In despair and knew that
If something was not dono thoir busi
ness would como to an end, and this
meant destitution to thousands of hap
py French homes that dopondod upon
this industry for support Pastour at
tacked tho evil. He found that tho de
teriorations in tho winos wero caused
by organic gorms, which could bo de
ntroyed by a degroo of heat, without
affecting tho quality of tho wine. Tho
remedy was applied immediately on a
largo scalo to all tho wines which hud
undergone ncld formontution, and thoy
wero mndo sweet and puro. Another
Industry was also paralyzed. It was
silk culture. A plague called pobrino
attackod tho silk-worms, inflicting a
loss of twenty million dollurs in ono
year. Myriuds of worms wore de
stroyed, and those that wero left only
turned out a small quantity of silk.
Pastour traced tho disonso to its origin
and found It to bo tho work of a living
organism or paraslto. Tho germ was
picked up by tho worm from tho louf
on which it fed and speedily got into
tho sack which contained tho material
from which tho worm spun its cocoon,
and increased so rapidly that tho worm
was killed, or its sllk-produclng power
was destroyed. Pastour discovered tho
timo when tho poisonous germ could
bo killed and tho method of doing it,
und again saved tho commercial pros
perity of tho French. This Investiga
tion took many years, during which
Pastour was profoundly abused by inon
of science but thoy nil woro silenced
when ho finally killed tho biur." A'.
I. Tribune.
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Some of the Natural 'urloltlr or Thut
Wiinilrrfiil Tnirt r I. anil.
In the Northwest corner of tho Ter
ritory of Wyoming: thero Is n tract
more remarkable for natural curiosi
ties than an equal area In any other
portion of tho globe. It was first
brought Into notice by n party of sur-!
r tti m 'I' !.. lufin 1
oyuis n uiu iiuiuu.i. oi. i., in
In 1870 an expedition, under tho di
rection of the Surveyor-General of
that, Territory, visited tho region, and
in 1871 Prof, llayden, at tho head of a
scientific corps, mado an examination
of its remarkable features. This re
port induced Congress to pass an act,
approved March I. 1872, by which tho
district now known as tho Yellow
stone National Park was "reserved
and withdrawn from settlement, oc
cupancy or sale under tho laws of tho
United States, and dedicated and set
apart as a public park or pleasuring
ground, for the benefit and enjoyment
of the people," and was placed under
the exclusive control of tho Secretary
of the Interior. The limits of this
park, as first fixed, havo been threo
times extended by Congress. Its
western boundary now coincides with
that between Wyoming and Idaho and
Montana, and its northern boundary is
identical with that between Montana
and Wyoming. Tho southern, boundary
of tho park Is tho forty-fourth parallel
of latitude, and its eastern lino Is tho
meridian of 100 degrees 30 minutes
west longitude, it is, therefore, now
about soventy-throo miles cast and
west and nearly ninety miles north
and south, and has an area of about
G.SGl) miles. Tho entiro park Is moro
than C.000 feet above tho sea. Yollow
stono Lake has an altltudu of 7,788
feet, and the mountain ranges that
hem tho valley on every Bido rise to
tho height of 10,000 and 12,000 foot,
and aro covered with perpetual snow.
Until a comparatively recent period
in tho geological history of tho globe,
this spot was evidently tho scene of
remarkable volcanic activity. This is
known from tho hot springs and
goysors that aro so numerous here.
Thoro tiro said to bo fifty geysers hero
that throw a column of water to a
height of from f0 to 200 feet, and from
5.000 to 10,000 springs. The latter aro
of two kinds, those depositing limo
and those depositing silica. The de
posits of these minerals on tho
borders of tho spring form crys
tals in many beautiful shapes and
of many varied colors. Tho tompora
turo of tho limo springs is from 1G0 to
170degreos; that of tho others rises
to 200 degrees and moro. Other feat
ures of interest in tho park aro tho
Grand Canyon of tho Yellowstone,
whero tho perpendicular banks of
tho river, from 200 to 500 yards apart,
riso to tho height of 1,000 foot On
Tower creek, a branch of tho Yellow
stone, thero is a gloomy canyon ton
milos long which is known as tho Dovil's
Don. This creek has, a few yards
from its mouth, a fall of lfiG foot, on
each sido of which stands columns of
breccia resembling towers. Above tho
Grand Canyon aro tho Groat Falls of
tho Yellowstone, !I50 feet high. Tho
geographical locality of the park is
interesting, as it has within Its limits
In Yellowstone lake and Madison hike,
and in tho mountain springs, tho
sources of great rivers flowing in vari
ous directions. On tho north aro the
sources of tho Yellowstone; on tho
west, thoso of tho principal forks of
tho Missouri; on tho southwest and
south, thoso of Snako river, flowing
'nto tho Columbia, and through it into
tho Pacific Ocean, and thoso of Groon
river, a brunch of tho Groat Colorado,
which empties into tho Gulf of Culifor
nia; while on tho southeast sido aro
tho numerous headwaters of Wind riv
er. Tho forosts of tho park abound in
doer, elk, bears and mountain sheop.
By tho latest ordinances of Congress,
penalties aro fixed for tho destruction
of any natural object, tho cutting down
of trees or killing gamo in tho park.
A local magistrate llvos within tho
park to try all cases of violation of
tho rulos mado for its preservation.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
An Extraordinary Incident
For four yonrs Mrs. Bonjamln Mover,
of Soudorton, Pa., was totally blind.
Not long ago sho was taken 111, so that
sho hud to stay in bod sovoral days.
On tho fourth day tfho awoke in tho
morning and exclaimed: "My God in
Hoavon, I boo!" Hor husband rushed
to tho bodsldooand was recognized.
Then tho other mombors of tho houso
hold came in and wero recognized.
Sho pointed out different articlos of
furnituro in tho room, told different
porsons what they woro wourlng, and
In many ways proved that sho saw.
Sho asked that all hor children und
grandchlldron, twonty-fivo in all, como
to her bedside, and thoy did. Sho told
thorn thut sho hud curnostly pruyed
thut sho might seo them all once bo
foro sho died, and this wa tho answor
iohorprayor. Then sho suld: "This
Is tho last day thut I shall over havo
tho uso of my oyoslght." Sho awoke
tho next morning as blind us ovor, una
has been so over sinco. N. Y. Bun.
The Debate Was Postponed.
Trosldont (dobutlng club) Woll,
wo huvo hud. some stirring spoochos
on tho negatlvo sido of tho question of
tho evening: " Is Marriage a Fail
ure?" but nono of tho gentlemen ap
pointed to speak on tho ufllrmutlvo
sido havo responded.
Secretary (whlsporlng) Thoir
wives are hero.
Tho president (loudly) Owing to
tho latonoss of tho hour further de
bate Is postponed. Adjourned I'hilo
ddphiu llcoord.
THE NEWSPAPER LIAR."
IlnnioriiiM IVrk TrlW How lie lot Ir
HU Work. a! UN i:x,rne.
Almost every daily paicr of any pre
tensions to grenttic-4 or enterprise
maintains a "hnmorLt' on Its stall, u
funny fellow whoso business it is tc
make the readers laugh "ha! ha The
following item was writton by one ol
those alleged humorists.:
"l'ecw, of Vt' i. won ll.ico on tlio olrc
t'on, bin hl conso five will l ot permit lilin tc
UiH'p It. lie iiropoM-s to itUfnsc It to nceclj
whIovns In sums nt J.tUsicli Kvcry wlilow it
neon of cnH hoiihl i ui in l.e claim tit once.'
The laughable item w.m started the
Lord only knows whcio, but it is
going tho round", and 1 am be
ginning to got the benefit Of course
If 1 knew who the feil'iw was that
wrote the Item 1 could kill him, and
that would break him of sucking eggs,
but ho is "incog." Ho is like the fel
low who writes an anonymous letter.
Ono would think Mich an item could
not do any harm. It does no harm to
me, except to make my heart bleed
about twico a day. Tho fellow who
wrote it probably thought I would re
ceive lots of letters from pretty widows,
and that I would have a picnic answer
ing them. Tho facts aro that L never
bet a cent on elect ton, and nover won
a dollar, and while 1 may occasionally
give u little money to tho deserving
poor, I havo no thousands of dollars
laid away for tho purpose of, aiding
widows or any other deserving class.
1 wish tho follow who wrote that item
to bo cunning could read souio of tho
letters 1 receive. If ho could sit hero
bosido mo, 1 could mako him so
ashamed of himself that ho would an
swor theso letters 1 am receiving, and
acknowledge that ho was not only a
Mar liar but a foolish ass. These let
ters aro not from beautiful and "fly"
widows, with pearly teeth, rod lips,
beautiful complexion, soulful eyes, and
fat. littlo hands, but thoy como from
old ladies seventy and eighty years of
age, who havo been loft alone, and
who aro so poor and needy. They
never know any thing about news
paper liars, and tako it for granted
that tho above item is God's truth, and
they picturo to mo thoir sufferings
and poverty and despair in such
terms that It makes mo fool us though,
if I wits able, 1 would support thorn all
in luxury as long as the precious
old souls live. Thoy tell mo
how to send tho monoy, and
how much good it will do them
this winter. Ono poor, loving old
creature, ignorant of tho ways of tho
wicked world, shivering from Insuf
ficient clothing, has bought somo
underclothes of warm wool from a
kind merchant, to bo paid for when
aho gets her twenty dollars from mo,
and sho writes such a glad letter of
thanks, and tolls mo that sho believes
I must bo a perfect imago of hor dear
boy who was so kind to hor, but who
was killed at Antietani, or at least sho
supposes ho win, for she never heard
fom him after that buttle, and sho
says I am so good sho knows l will go
to Hoavon, and sho will pray for mo
overy day. What opinion will tho In
nocent old lady havo of mo when I toll
hor tho story is all a lio, and what
opinion will sho havo of tho liar who
wrote it to bo funny. 1 think 1 will
pay for thoso undoiclothos for luck,
any way. Another lottor comes from
u woman eighty-four yours old, who
has been u wid w for forty yours, and
supported hoi'nolf for thirty years knit
ting socks, until sho became paralyzod,
and for ton years sho has been In a
poor-house, bed-rlddon. Sho tolls mo
what sho is going to do with her
twenty dollnro. With ten dollars of It
sho Is going to buy a blanket shawl
und somo warm imdorclolhing, and
somo crab applo jelly, and a chicken
to mako somo soup, and a littlo china
concern which is used to pour liquid
nourishment into tho mouths of thoso
who can not raise their heads. Five
dollars of it sho is going to uso to pay
u debt, monoy sho borrowed nlno years
ago to buy medicine, and with tho rest
sho is going to buy a crutch for a poor
girl whoso limb is shrlvoled, and tho
rest sho Is going to put under her pil
low to bo used when sho Is dead, to
paint tho poor-houso coffin In which
sho will bo burled, and buy a shroud
und bonquot of ilowors for that occa
sion. Well, I can sco that poor old
woman cry whon I write hor that tho
item is not true. I can seo tho tears
run down hor wasted, wrinkled chook,
und I wish tho fellow thut wrote thut
Item, und thought ho wns smart, could
sco hor as I do. But I guess I will
send hor tho blanket shawl, and the
china affair, and havo tho poor-houso
folks inform hor that her coffin shall
bo painted nil right, and that she shall
havo a good sond-off, with flowers.
But, O. wouldn't I like to catch tho
follow who wrolo that smart Alock Ho
about mo. If ho hud a heart I could
show him somo of tho results of his
work, and mako him cry at a murk.
How much troublo can ho caused in
nocent people hy such a follow, who
draws a ralary for being "funny."
I'ch's 6'mm,
..I.
Mr. Rambo's Mistake.
' TT door of Mr. Hambo's ofllco
opened and u lady stood irresolutely on
tho threshold.
"Thunder and lightning, Nnncyl
Shut tho door!" exclaimed Mr. Hambo,
glancing hastily up from his account
book. " Woro you raised In a burn?
Do you suppose 1 want to freeze to
death on account of your confounded
I bog your pardon, madam. I thought
It was my wife. 1 win expecting hor
at the ofllco about this tlmo. Certain,
ly, certainly, mudum. I'll subserlbo
fur tho magazine with pleasure. Put
mo down for two copies." Chicago
TfitlUHA.
unuw-unui
FOREIGN GOSSIP
Tt costs tho Princo of Wares- ?50,.
000 a your to keep up Ills hunting
stables.
Hundreds of English girls aro now
adopting shorthand for a livelihood.
in Berlin heavy wngoiiB. aro nol
allowed on certain streets. In Parte
any carload of rattling material must
bo fastened till It can't rattle.
Tlio (olograph lines entering the
central station at London, aro all un
derground. It appears alt tho more
wonderful when It Is said thoro are
li"l0 different linos.
Princess Eugono of Sweden has
sacrificed her family jowols to build
hospital for cripples upoa un island oft
the coast.
The Queen incurred: expenses in
her jubilee as woll as other people,
the cost to her having boon 00 000,
and tho largest payment being In the
department of tho master of tlio
horse.
Paris receives 100,000 franc by
tho will of a citizen who was run ovot
and killed In that city. Ho bequeathed
tho money to erect bridges over the
streets at the most dangerous points.
The old Town Thill at Loleester. a
curious wooden building, in which
Shakespeare is said to huvo acted, te
now occupied us- n school of cookery.
A pulley still shows whero tho drop
curtain was.
Emperor William of Germany Is
still carrying on his crusado against all
things not Teutonic. Ho has ordered
tho officers of his army to discard
pointed English boot3 and wide creased
trousers. He has also made a change
In the royal crown, which ho consid
ered too high for his stylo of beauty.
The Karl of Onslow, the now Gov
ernor of New Zealand, Is thirty-five
years old. and has never dono any
thing particular In his life, boyoud be
ing a lord-in-wniting to Her Majesty in
1S80, and recently serving as Undoc
Secretary for the Colonies and the
Board of Trade. His salary as Gov
ernor Is !j2.r,000 a year.
A courso of popular scientific lect
ures has been inaugurated at Victoria
Hall, London, to which tho price ol
admission is only ono ponny. The
lectures aro designed to benefit the
poor, and great pains aro taken to
make them entertaining as woll as In
structive. Tlio movement has enlisted
tho sympathy and co-operation of emi
nent scientists.
Tho project of a maritime ship
canal to connect Bristol with t.w En
glish Channel is being revived in En
gland, and it is said a syndleato is in
courso of formation with u view to ita
promotion. Tlio length of tho pro
posed canal will bo forty-llvo miles.
Tho cost of construction is roughly
estimated at 70,000 per nillo.
Drink seoins to bo as provalont in
Belgium as any whero olso perhaps
moro so. A nowspapor published in
Flanders states that "tho daily con
sumption of a worklngmaii not a
drunkard thoro Includes at fi:!10 a. m.,
a 'worin-klllor;1 at 8 a. in., an 'oyo
oponor;' at 11 a. in., a 'whip;' id '4 p.
in., a 'digester;1 at ft p. in., a 'soldier,'
and at 7:!I0 p. m., u 'flnlshor.1 " .ic
regular yearly expenditure, without
counting extras on fostivo occasions,
amount to 219 francs, 800 to 1,200
francs bolng tho usual wages. ,
ELECTRICAL LIGHT.
How It All'iM'ti l'linvcr.H, VuRotablcs nnd
Other rianti.
From tlmo to tlmo, of Into yonrs, ex
periments havo boon mado of tho effect
of tho electrical light on flowers and
plants, with rosuUs soomlngly thu
same, to wit, feoblo efforts of some
plants to prolong thoir periods ot
bloom into the night and thou rue
maturo decay. Ono has only to study
thoir actions, as obsorvod, to concludo
that oven plants need rest, or, to bet
moro preclso, thoy sooni to thrlvo boat
under tho conditions which nature has
Imposed tho poriod of durknoss and,
tho poriod of tho light, which is
heat us woll; or oiso that tho
family of plants, as now thoy aroi
sprung from theso exact con
ditions, and will not thrive without
them. It is tho uaturo of somo flowers.,
as overy ono knows, to open at one
poriod of light und closo ut unothor; of
othors to open only at night and close;
before or at the moment whon tho orb
of day tops tho horizon. So strictly
do somo of theso follow thoir unwritten
laws that floral clocks havo boon con
structed, so thut ono may step out Into
his garden, of a bright day or clear
nfght, und learn tho tlmo hy tho con
dition of bloom on the floral dial.
Prof. Wollnoy, of Munich, sutlsflcd
by experiment thut electrical light will
not advanco or improve plant growth,
recently tried tho olToct upon thorn of.
tho current Itsolf. Wo quote tho fol
lowing, being tho means employed and
its result:
Ho "took patches of ground twolvu
or thirteen feet square, separated by
boards penetrating tho earth to thu
depth of a foot In ono case he ap
plied two earth plates and Interposed
live earth colls; In another ho Inserted
an Induction apparatus; and In a third,
a plate of copper at one side and u
plate of zlno at tho othor side to form
a nuturul buttery. Peus, potuloos, car
rots, etc., wero planted on these and
othor patohoB, but the olectrclty,
whether of high or low potential,
seemed to have either no influence or
a bud ono upon their growth."
Pltints being full of sup, and sup a
fairly good conductor, overy fiber must
huvo been reached, and, so fur as tho
Professor was onublod to poreolvo, th
only effect of tho cm rent was to pro
voko a perturbation oil thu protoplasm.
Sc(tiitlo American.