A BITTER MISANTHROPE.
Hallway Adventure Which IIhto Made
denial Itnu Ilurdette Moro.e.
People who hnvo mot moon tho train
say that I nm of all mon most morose,
unsociablo and unuccomodatlng; that 1
never olTcr to open a window for any
one, novor eloso the door aftor the
brakeman has pone out and taken the
end of tho car and a crashing noise with
him, novor offer to turn a seat for two
ladies who wish to monopolize four
sittings with a trip pass and scalper
ticket; never, in short, oiler any of
those littlo attentions to my follow
travelers which tho fresh young man
and tho simplo old one nro so ready
and so glad to extend. I plead guilty.
1 novor do. 1 will do any thing I am
asked to do, if I have timo, and feel
just liko it, and there seems to bo no
good reason why I shouldn't, but 1
won't volunteer to do any thing on the
train. I used to, some; I a.n older
now, and know so much less than
formerly that both my neighbors of the
road and myself get along much more
comfortably. Years and years ago I
one day picked up a shawl which foil
from a lauy's lap into tho aisle of the
car. As I picked it up such a miscel
laneous assortment of articles, mostly
of an edible nature, fell out of that
shawl that I was paralyzed with amaze
ment, and nothing but tho lurid lan
guage of the owner brought about
the reaction that was necessary to
save my life. For tho largest fee
I over wns paid, I novor afforded
a car full of people so much amuse
ment as I did for nothing by that little
net of kindness. With tho exception
of the lady whoso shawl tho lunch
basket was, and myself, I think every
body in tho car was pleased. And
passongers in tho other cars, all the
way from tho smoker, and tho sleeper
hearing tho sounds of mirth camo into
our car and asked about it. And the
people who had the loudest and clear
est voices told tho incident, referring
to mo as "that man" or to avoid tautol
ogy, as the story had to bo repeated
many times in the courso of 1-15 miles,
"that follow" or "that chap." or
"that man sittin' here." I sawed
wood veryeonscienuonsry for a long
timo after that, but on anothor ovil
day 1 entertained another traveling
audience by tugging at a car window
which had neverbeon opened sinco the
car was built. 1 wore a porous plaster
on the plinth of my spinal column for
a couple of weeks, and reformod again.
I burned tl.o old resolutions on the
tablets of memory, and ongraved them
with a pen of iron on my heart. 1 also
made up my mind that I would en
deavor to remember them.
Well, a week or two since I was
thundering along through the miles of
exquisite landscape gardening that
mark tho suburbs of Philadelphia. A
young gentleman sitting just in front
of mo loft tho train at a local station,
and just as wo started again, half a
dozen excited fomnlo voices shrilled
out upon tho startled air: "Oh! Oh!
Oh! That-young-rann-hao-left-his-um-brolla!
Oh! Ho'll-nover-seo-itngain!
Call-him-quick ! Oh-throw-it-out-to-him-
do-do- do- throw- that- young-man-his-umbrellii!
' And as they pointed at
the young man and shrieked at me, 1
hastily raised tho window, tho powers
of darkness assisting me, yelled at the
young man, hurled tho umbrella at
him liko a javelin, and wo were gone.
In about two minutes a young man
two stories and a mansard tailor than
any member of my whole family, came
down tho aislo of that car with a dark
ened brow, and looked long and earn
estly into tho vacant seat whence I had
just llred a silk umbrella with a ham
mered silver head. Ho looked under
the seat and thon ho looked into the
rack. Thon ho looked at me. I didn't
look up, but I folt his eyes go clear
through mo, as I gazed fixedly out of
tho window and tried hard to think of
the form of prayer to bo used for a
man who expects to spend tho rest of
tho wintor in tho hospital. Beforo
I could romombor it tho athletic
looking stranger said kindly, but very
firmly: "1 loft an umbrella in this soat
a few minutes ago." For ono moment
the ghastilost silence you over heard
settled down on that car, and then
those shrieking women giggled, as
though it was a light thing todio whon
you had a roturn ticket in your pocket
that would bo wasted. I tried to toll
tho stranger that tho young man who
was sitting in thoseat took it with him,
but I thought that I had dono enough
wickedness and folly for one trip. 1
owned up and told him tho truth. He
wns a magnanimous man, and he
sparod me. But it was a moment of
agony, and to-day thoro are white
hairs on the back of my head that 1
never saw before, and 1 novor pass
through Morion station without a
shudder. And I novor again will olTor
to extcud tho slightest helpful courtesy
to a stranger. No; if tho truin should
jump olT a bridge 1,000 feet high into a
cataract iiercer than 10,000 N'lgaras I
wouldn't olTcr to hold a lono woman's
baby and get hor hand bag out of the
rack for hor, while she put on her
gossamer and hunted for her lost
check in caso sho should want hor
baggage whon wo got to tho bottom.
Uurdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
m 'i
An Inexperienced Practitioner.
Old Do- tor How are you coming on
with your first caso?
Young Doctor Well. I haven't got
tho invalid out of his bed yot.
yjifot out of his bed yet! Great
Esculaplus! Why. man, you ought to
have had him in his grave by this
time." Timo.
It is tho man who takos but ono
trip ft year who passes down tho main
street of a town with the largest vattse
in bis hand Atchlsoa GIobo-
DIAMOND CUTTING.
rh Various l'rocee Which Go to Males
a Perfect (inn.
In looking about a diamond cutting
jstablishtnent ono would hardly sus
pect the precious character of tho
material In use. Tho floors aro bare.
tho windows aro open, nnd any ono I
mm- nnfjlf Vll lYln .Inn, imnlinllAHn.1 !
Much is trusted to tho honesty of tho
workmen, but somn simplo precau
tions aro taken. When a diamond
cutter receives an invoico of stones ho
carefully studies each one. and takes
note of its color, size, weight, and
shape. Tho whiter ones look liko bits
of clear alum, tho darker liko clouded
quartz. Tho rarest and costliest stones
aro of sky blue, pmk, and black. Or
dinarily, however, the puro water-,
colored diamond without tint or flaw
is mostsought aftor.
Whon tho boss cutter lyis mado ac
curate record of his rough diamonds
he divides them into groups of four or
live, and gives a group to each work
man. From that timo forth tho man to
whom they are intrusted is responsible
for tho stones. Ho returns them each
night to tho boss and tho progress of
the work is carefully noted. In this
way it is made oxtroraoly difllcult for
fraud to bo practiced. A cutter is sol
dom permitted to polish a stono bo
longing to any ono but tho boss.
Doubtless tho workman would bo care
ful to avoid confusion, but mistakes
might arise. Now and thon a clever
substitution is managed, and onco in a
long while outright theft is committed.
The first work dono upon tho rough
diamond is cleaving. The stono is
placed in a peculiar cement that softens
easily nnd hardons quickly. A littlo
notch on tho lino of cleavage is mado
with another diamond; tho edgo of an
old razor is placed in this notch, nnd
with a sharp blow of tho hammer tho
diamond is split. Of courso when a
diamond can be worked whole it is not
split. After cleaving comes cutting.
Tho diamond is placed in a littlo mass
of cement on tho end of a stick and
scraped with another diamond simi
larly imbedded. Tho cutter has six
points presented to him and ho begins
with tho ono that seems most promis
ing. His choico decides which shall
bo tho upper surface of tho diamond,
for in tho "brilliant" cutting, which is
the most ditllcult nnd the ono almost
generally practiced here, the exposed
surface is slightly flattened, whilo tho
underside runs to the apex of a pyra
mid. In this way eight or ton facots
aro made.
From tho cutter tho stono goes to
the grinder, or polisher, who patiently
turns it and turns it, until tho swiftly
turning wheel hns cut upon the sur
face fifty-eight tiny facets. These
fifty-eight facots appear upon every
diamond cut as a brilliant, whether it
bo a ton-carat stono as broad as your
thumb nail, or a tiny spark not bigger
than two pinhoads. Now and thon a
stono is spoiled in the polishing; some
timos ono is found that can not be
mado to shapo itsolf into tho fifty-oight
facots. Tho wheel on which tho
stones aro polished is a soft iron disk
lined with innumerable curved rays
running from center to circumference
This is sprinkled with diamond dust
and sweet oil. Tho moment a scratch
appear on tho wheel tho diamond must
bo romoved to somo other part of tho
surface
The finished stono comes from tho
wheel covorod with gummy oil, but a
ton-minuto bath in sulphuric acid
leaves tho surface clean and brilliant.
Diamonds pendant from poarly ears, or
shining on snowy throats novor look so
beautiful as thoy look upset and heaped
together upon oiled paper at the dia
mond cutter's. X. Y. Sun.
KING OF WATERFALLS.
A Traveler' Description of a Grand New
Zealand Cataract.
I must lenvo to somo ablo writer tho
work of picturing to tho world in sult
ablo language tho grandeur of what
will soon be known as tho highest
wptorfall in tho world. It consists of
threo leaps in an nlmost direct lino,
but whon standing about a quarter of
a inilo away it has tho appearanco of a
straight leap with two breaks. Tho
upper leaps aro equidistant and the
lower ono shorter. Tho water issues
from a narrow dollle in tho rock at tho
top of tho proclpico; it thon makes ono
grand leap of 815 feot in a rocky basin
on tho face of tho cliff; issuing forth
onco moro it makes another line leap
of 751 feet and then goes tumbling
headlong into ono wild dash of 338 feot
into tho pool right at tho foot of tho
precipice It will thus bo seen that
tho total holght of the fall is 1,901 feet,
thus making it tho highest waterfall
that has yet been discovered in tho
world.
Proceeding right on to tho pool at
tho foot hown out, wo aro told, by tho
heavy fall of water from tho mound of
stones and debris projecting over in
times of Hood at tho oxponso, how
over, of getting drenched with the
spray, a splendid view of tho wholo is
obtained, and whon tho sun is shining
tho ollect is enhanced by a beautiful
rainbow of colors of tho most brilliant
kind conceivable and nearly a full cir
cle in shapo. Philadelphia Times.
One of His Five Senses Blunted.
Wlfo (reading letter from hor shift
less brother out West) "Poor Jack!
Making a scanty living by boarding a
few railroad hands! Used to bo so
proud and spruce, too! Isn't it touch
ing?" Husband (casually buttoning up his
pocket) "Not thU time, Maria; not
this time. Ho has touched mo for
about 73.85 already. Nothing now In
his letter, i suppose?" Yawna and
goes out. Chicago Tribune
BILLINGSG'TE MARKET.
One of the Mnt Unique Sight to be Wit
need Anywhere In the World.
The groat gong striking tho hour of
five in tho morning announces that tho
salesmen of tho market aro to begin
business, and with a hurry scurrying
rush th-y reach their desks, surround
ing which aro anumborof low benches
or tables, upon which are placed tho
,fish that aro put up at auction, sold
and speedllv cleared away to give place
for now stock, this process being ro-pcated-ovor
and ovor again until tho
sale closes. As fast as tho fish arrlvo
in Billingsgate, aftor tho day's sales
begin, they aro rapidly disposod of at
auction, the salesmen using their long
account books. Instead of a hammer, to
knock down the goods. Ono can not
imagine a moro novel sight than can
bo witnessed hero in tho early morning
when busitiess is nt its full swing, tho
porters rushing hither and thither
with packages of tish on their heads,
quite regardless of whom thoy may
jostlo or bedaub, for no ono stands on
coromony, and politeness can not bo
observed in the midst of a pushing,
surging crowd, every individual of
which seems to think only of tho busi
ness that ho Is intent upon. "The
only comparison," says Sn'.a. "I can
find for tho aspect, tho sights and
sounds of tho place is a rush. A rush
hither and thither at helter-skelter
speed, apparently blindly, apparently
without motivo. but really with a busi-ness-liko
and engrossing pre-oeeupation
for tish and all things fishy. Baskets
borne on tho shoulders of tho facchini
of tho place skim through the air with
such rapidity that you might take them
to bo flying-fish. Out of tho way! Here
is an animated salmon leap. Stand on
ono side! a shoal of fresh horring will
swallow you up else" On all sides
may be hoard above tho general din
tho stentorian tones of tho loud-voiced
salesmen, who. perched on tholr stands,
and raised somewhat above tlie huads
of tho hurrying crowd around, shout
tholr calls to attract buyers. From ono
wo hear tho cry: "Hero, yo sole buy
ors. solo buyers, solo buyers, who'll
have this flno trunk of solos?" While
a rival calls out: "This way. yo had
hock buyers, comoon. haddock buyers,
give us an olTcr for this lot of fino had
docks." Others call for "cod buyers,"
"plaice buyers." otc. through tho whole
list, perhaps, of odiblo fishes, until tho
confusion of sounds is so groat that a
stranger can scarcely comprehend how
business can bo conductod under such
circumstances, and it would bo impos
sible for ono who has not seen it to
form any conception of such a scono as
may bo witnessed on any week-day
morning at Billingsgate. Ono thing is
more remarkable, perhaps, than any
thing olse, namely, tho method of bid
ding, which seems peculiar to the
place, for though we tried hard to
catch tho sound of a buyer's voice, or
to dotect a sign by which ho indicated
his bid, wo ingloriously failed in every
instance, which was rathor mortifying
when wo wore mado awaro that the
sharp-eyed or keon-eared salesman had
received dozens of ofTors from persons
in tho crowd almost at our olbow. As
fast as tho fish aro sold thoy aro re
moved by portorsand tho vacant placos
filled by new material until tho sales
end for tho day. While fish aro sold
at auction in Billlngsgato tho system of
soiling by Dutch auctions genorally
prevails in tho markots of tho smaller
ports whore thoro aro no licensed
auctioneers. Bulletin United Statos
Fish Commission.
THE POET TENNYSOW.
A Number of Anecdote lllmtriitlnc III
Kccentrlclty.
A few years ago somo enthusiastic
admirers of Tonnyson gave a large
dinnor party in his honor, and invitod
all their choicost friends in tho world
of lltoraturo an J art to moot him.
Tonnyson, who rarely accepts an Invi
tation, did, for a wondor, put in an
appearanco on this occasion, but dur
ing tho first half of tho dinnor caused
tho groatest disappointment by re
maining absolutely silent, and as if
lost in tho most profound reverie.
The guests, who had oxpected to hang
on words falling liko ponds of thought
from his lips, gazed somowhat wist
fully upon him, when, rousing sud
denly, ho oxclalined in a, loud, sten
torian voice: "I liko my mutton cut
in chunks!" It is likely that thoro was
something of malico propenso in this
burst of confidence, and that tho poor
man folt a not unnatural irritation at
being gapod at and a corresponding
desire to punish tho offenders.
An anocdoto-told not long ago by his
daughter-in-law is amusing, in that it
shows how tho greatest aro not inca
pable of stooping to littlo woaknossos.
Somo very dour friends of Tonnyson,
who had been spending some years in
Persia, returned to London, and, anx
ious to renew old ties, wroto inviting
him to tholr houso. But Tonnyson
mistook tho day, and arriving at the
domicile found tho birds flown. Sitting
down to writo a note of explanation, ho
had tho misfortune to throw tho con
tents of a woll-fllled Inkbottlo all ovor
tho beautiful now whlto Persian car
pot. Tho inaid-scrvant in answer to
his summons, appeared with a largo
jug of now milk, which sho poured ovor
tho offending Ink-stain. "I'll givo you
Hvrt shillings, my good girl, my very
good girl," continued Tonnyson, in
much agitation, "If you will only got
rid of that ubominable ink before your
master and mistress como home" And
together, on their hands and knees,
poet and servant rubbed and rubbed at
tho wretched carpet until not a spot
remained. The girl earned hor flvo
shillings, and whon, a fow wooks after
ward, Tonnyson went to dlno with his
friends, ho had overy reason to bellovo
tlmt sho had told no tales. At any
rato his host and hostess displayed
their gorgoouB carpet without BlgoB of
consolousuess. N, Y. Weakly.
DEADLY SAND STORMS.
One or the Danger ot Traveling AcroM
Pcurrt and Steppe.
"No hot winds here, anyhow, to
drink up your very lifo nt ono gust,
and leave you limp as a wot rag."
Raid I. as wo sat on deck in tho dreamy
Mediterranean twilight. "1 got caught j
by them onco In Egypt, nnd a passing
Arab howled after mo, 'Nono but a pig
nnd a Christian can faco tho khamsin' "
(hot wind). "And I answered, 'So 1
soo, my friend, for you and aro tho
only living-things abroad!' "
"Well, I'd sooner faco that than such
n sand storm as wo had onco In Ari
zona," said a gaunt, wiry, keon-oyed
man besido me. who looked liko an
old soldier. "All In ono momont tho
whole sky seemed to rush down upon
us as If It wero a big peppor-box with
a lid oft", and instantly all wns dark as
night, and I folt as if forty thousand
ants wero eating mo up at onco. You
should have seen how the beasts
whisked round to got their backs to it.
nnd ducked tholr heads down! And
how tho men shut their oyos and pulled
tholr hats down over tholr faces, and
covered tholr mouths with their hands!
But it was no uso trying to keep tho
dust out; It seemed to get Inside one's
very skin. When it olearod off wo all
looked as if we'd been bathing in
brown sugar, and you might have
raked a match on any part of my skin,
and it would hnvo lit right away."
"You need not go to Arizona for that,"
cried his Knglish neighbor. "You can
see tho same thing on tho outskirts of
Moscow any summer day you like Tho
momont tho wind rises all your sur
roundings nro clean blotted out, and
tho wholo air Is a whirl of hot prickly
dust, making you smart and tinglo from
head to foot. Passing wagons loom
dimly through tho driving storm; lndios
hold down their veils with tho grasp of
desperation; mon shut their oyos and
plungo blindly on, liko mad bulls; and
overy timo you draw your breath you
feel as If you wero taking snuff at tho
rato of half a bushel a second."
"Most Russian towns are liko that,"
said I; "but tho worst sand-storm I
over saw was in tho Kara-Koom (Black
Sand) Desert, between tho Ural moun
tains and tho Syr-Darin (Jaxartos),
whon poor McGahan and 1 woro fol
lowing the Russian army in Its march
upon Khiva. It was just about sunset
on tho third day, and I was half across
tho desort, whon a dotachmont of
mounted Cossacks appeared in tho dis
tance, coming slowly from tho north
ward. They had got near enough to bo
plainly aeon, when suddenly ono of tho
jgootof the three camels that drew
my Tartar wagon stoppod short and be
gan to snuff tlio air uneasily. Its un
easiness seemed nharod by my Kirghiz
drivor, who, with Ills loan, wolfish
faco fairly quivering with oxcitoment,
goaded tho boasts to their full speed
with yells and whip cracks up a low
ridge in front of us.
"Wo had hardly rcachod tho top
whon l saw tho advancing Cossacks
leap from tholr horses anil fling them
selves on tho ground, with thograylsh
whlto dust of which tholr grayish-
whlto dresses mingled so completely
that it scotnod as If tho earth had
swallowed thorn. Just thon my camols
fell flat to tho onrth, and tho Kirghiz,
screaming 'Tobbad!' " (sand-storm)
"throw himsolf besido them. I had
just timo to notlco that tho horizon had
suddonly grown blurrod and dim, as if
soon through wot glass, whon my Tar
tar servant draggod mo down besido
him Into tho bottom of tho wagon, and
pullod a heavy shawl tightly ovor us
both. Tho noxt momont camo a rush
and a roar, rocking tho huge wagon
liko a toy, tho air grow thick and
eloso, as if wo wero in an ovorhoated
room, and tho sklrrof tho sand ngalnst
tho tilt was liko tho chlrplngof a thou
sand grasshoppors.
"But just as wo woro almost stifled,
tho noise began to abate, and wo ven
tured to poop forth. Tho passing of
tho storm had loft tho air bitterly cold,
and in tho dim moonlight wo saw tho
wholo plain lashod Into hugo rldgos,
like a stormy sea. My wagons and
camols woro moro than half burled,
and tho Kirghiz was gono altogothor,
and whon ho started up out of tho sand,
In his long white robo, it was just liko
a corpso rising from tho grave. But
for that high ground, which kept tho
sand from burying us, wo should all
havo been dead mon. As for tho Cos
Backs, thoy got up, shook thomsolves,
and went on us if nothing had hap
ponod." David Kerr, in Harper's
Weekly.
Wine at 52,000,000 a Bottle.
Winont $2,000,000 a bottlo Is a drink
that in oxponso would rival tho lux
urious tasto of barbaric aplondor,
whon pricoless pearls wero thrown into
tho wine-cup to give n rich flavor to its
contents; yet in tho city of Bromou
just such a costly boverago may bo
found. In tho wonderful wine cellar
under tho Hotel do Vlllo. In tho Rose
apartment, thoro aro 12 cases of holy
wlno, each caso Inscribed with tho
name of ono of tho apostles. This
ancient wine was deposited in its
present resting place In tho year 1G24,
2G5 years ago. Ono case of this wine,
consisting of flvo oxhofts of 201 bot
tles, cost 500 rlx-dollars In 1021. In
cluding the expense of kooplng up tho
collar, Interest on the original outlay,
and interests upon Interests, ono of
thoso oxhofts would to-day cost 565,
057,010 rlx-dollars; a single bottlo
2,723,812 rlx-dollars; a glass, or the
eighth part of a bottlo, la worth 340,
475 rlx-dollars, or $272,380; or at tho
rate of 540 rix-dollars, or $272 per
drop! St, Louis Republic.
Liko many a young man, nature
begins her fnll by painting things red.
Toto lltt"t Eypri.
YELLOWSTONE WONDERS.
Uath titrating the Itmnan and Color1
Vielug the Opal.
Kvon nt first sight thoro appears to
be something unusual and pocullar
about this littlo opening in the plnos
in tho conter is a shallow depression
that is bare of verdure, tho surface
whlto with an incrustation that proved
to bo salt, while tho converging and
deeply worn trails leading to It and
the numerous game tracks show it to
bo what in tho huntor's vernacular Is
called a lick. It is tho dried bed of an
ancient hot spring that is now a shallow
alkah pool In tho early spring. Cross
ing this littlo meadow we found tho
creek cutting Its further edgo while
tho whlto slopes on tho opposite side
and tho smell of sulphur in the air sug
gest at onco to those familiar with
Geyserland tho presoncoof hot springs.
Picketing our horses where they
might grazo upon the salty grasses
that grow about tho lick, wodosct'nded
tho bank to tho border of tho crock and
found its waters flowing between
smooth whlto walls of polished marble,
and an expansion of tho stream bor
dered by tills creamy whlto rock forms
a natural bath reservoir that ovon the
luxuriousuoss of ancient Rome could
not havo equalled. In tho cento r the
water Is boiling furiously, tho bubbling
mass rising soveral inches abovo the
surface of tho creek, but tho water Is
quite cold, tho commotion being duo to
tho copious emission of gas from some
vent in tho bod of tho stream. Ovor
this spring a stranded log reaches from
bank to bank and served as a foot
bridge which wo crossed with that
sure footodnoss born of the knowledge
that our clothes could no longer bo
spoilod by a wotting should wo fall In.
On tho further sldo of tho crook wo
first notlco a low 'mound of red ma
terial, evidently iron ochro, and just
boyond is a spring now doposltlng
this Hubstnnce. The wator, cloar as
crystal and icy cold, issues from the
conter of a littlo bowl of ochre, sur
rounded by tho brightost of greon
moss. Wo woro curious enough to
taste this wator and found it slightly
acid, highly ehargod with gas and tast
ing liko our soda wator. But it is tho
surfaco of the littlo basins and pools,
filled by the ovortlow of this spring,
that interests us most, for tho surfaee
of tho water is covorod with an ovor-
varylng iridesconco whoso brilliant
tints put to shamo tho hue of tho pea
cock's tall and surpass tho changing
fires of an opal.
This feast of color, with Its kaloldo
scoplc changes, fasclnatod us, and
many minutes wero apont watching It
before ascending to tho summit of a
littlo platform overlooking this spring,
Tho slope is formed of a gray rock,
whoso rillled surfaco at onco suggests
tho terraces of travortlno, tho so-callod
"formation" of tho Mammoth Hot
Springs. It is, indood, tho aanio do
posit from hot springs, but altered and
crystalline tho material noaror tho
stream resembling a courso moss, pot
rifled into white, nearly transparent
crystals. Tho lowor layers aro, how
ovor. nearly as donso and hard as flint,
and it is this material that forms the
marble banks of tho crooks, whoro Its
surface Is polishod until It Is as smooth
as glass, by tho atroam Itsolf. U. S.
Geographical Survey.
CARRARA MARBLE.
I'lecu from tho Italian Quarries Still
Found In Ilonton Itesldence.
There was a timo within tho momory
of mlddlo-aged people whon Italian
murblo was tho only kind thought
worthy of uso in our architecture or
sculpture Tho whlto murblo mantel
pieces which still survive in old-time
Boston hoiiBCS woro from tho Carrara
quarries. Thoro Is ono of thoso old
timo mantol-pleccs in tho Tudor apart
mont houso, whoro it recalls tho brick
dwelling on tho alto in which it was
placed by the Into Israel Thorndiko.
who imported it and a number of othors
from Furopo. Tho Union Club has
several whlto murblo mantlo-pleccs in
its houso o'n Park street, which uro ro
mi ml ors of its occupancy as a dwelling
by Abbott Lawronce Tho abovo-mon
tloned miintol-plocoa are ornnmontod
with tastoful sculpture and uro inter
esting apooimona of a kind of work
which found favor with tho grand
fathers and grandmothers of the pres
ent gonoisition. As whito murblo looks
rathor cold and cheerless in tho modern
housos with its warmth of decoration,
jnantol-pioocs of this material nro sel
dom seen excopt In some old-fiiahlonod
mnnslous whose ownora like to porpot
unto associations of tho past. Many oc
cupants of old houses have romoved
thoso memorials to make way for the
moro fashionable wood on articles of
this nature, and others havo pnlntod
them to correspond with tho general
tono of interior color. In aomo Htatoly
mansions at tho West End which have
fallen a prey to tho boarding and lodg-ing-houso
keeper, tho whlto marble
muntol-plecu, somewhat yellow by timo,
if not discolored by rough usage, is a
significant reminder of tho primitive
richness of thoso now decrepit abodes
of flashy gentility. Boston Post.
Profit In Silver Dollars.
An ounco of flno sllvor manufactures
$1.21) in tJlvor dollars, "consequently
tho Government makes aproflt of tho
difference between $1.2'J and 93 cents,
or 3G cunts on each ounce of ullver
mndo into coin, equivalent to about 28
cents profit on each sllvor dollar mado.
Tho Government is adding to tho sur
plus very rapidly by its coining opera
tions. Last your it coined 20,408.801
ounces, which cost $21,717,853, and on
which it realized a profit of ovor $9,
000,000. Since 1878 it has realized
about $57,000,000, which represents
the profits on 333,502,G50sllver dollar.
N. Y. 'nal.
TWO NOBLE EXAMPLES.
Ken Whoe T.lre IlluAtrateil tho Princi
ple of Common Ilrotherhood.
Two illustrious oxamplcnof colf-sac
rlfice or rathor, solf-forgotfulness, In
devotion to bonovolent work, hnvo
given tho world cause of late to rolled
upon tho higher virtues of human char
acter. Fathor Damlon dying among
the Snndwich Island lepers, nnd Mr.
Crossott dying among tho Chlnoso
seem to us as nearly perfect typos of
unselfishness na modern civilization has
produced.
Mr. Darwin has beon reported as
saying that for ono example of puro
unselfishness in human conduct ho
would surrender his theory dt
tho descent of man. Would not
tho careers of such men as
thoso respond to his requisition? fea
sibly, howover. tho dlsclplo of tho
eminent naturalist would plead that
thoso men woro moved by a moral or
religious motive high nnd oxcolont, to
bo sure, in its nature, yet related to a
potent expectation of a futuro or
Hcnvenly roward; and, thoroforo. that
thoy could not bo said to bo altogothor
free from a kind of selfishness. If
such conduct must bo rated In tho
category of solf-scoking, thon lot na
havo moro of it for tho snko of tho
ignorant and suffering millions in tho
world. Suroly his must bo a soul
lesplcably moan who would disparngo
tho man who gives himself up to
philanthropic work, at nobody's cost
but his own.
A fow years ago a plain man of quint
Jemeanor conferred with us on tho
lubjoct of Chinoso nnd Hlndo char
acter. Ho gave the namo of Croseott
and Intimated that ho was proparlug
to go to tho East In tho character ot
i missionary. This man Impressed ua
by his spirit of determination nnd
earnestness, yet thoro waa nothing of
tusivo In language or manner. Ho waa
tho same man whoso death has just
boon reported, and of whoso unremit
ting devotion to tho unfortunato and
lick of tho common Chlnoso popula
tion tho press has taken account very
proporly.
Wo rojolco in noting such mon.
Tholr Uvea fill ua with respect and nd
mirntlon for tho nobility of human nnt
jre We caro not whonco thoy or wo
bavo como by whatsoever linos ot
"descont" or evolution tho glory of a
algh consecration to docds of charity
nnid circumstances that aro ropolant
to tho groat majority can not bo dim
med by any criticism. They Illustrate,
kho grnnd prlnclplo of common broth
Brhood in man, and bring out into
rivid light thoso oxaltod olomonta that
iro tho property of human naturo only.
Phronologlcal Journal.
ELECTRICAL SCIENCE.
ft Principle Were Known Six Hundred
Year lleforo ClirlaU
In roply to tho quostlon by a corro
jpondont, whoro waa olectriclty first
usod, and who first sent a telegraph
message? tho Now York Sun makes
this roply: Thnlos. a Grook philoso
pher, who llvod six hundred years be
foro Christ, is said to huvo known tho
Blectrlcat proportloa of rubbed amber.
Dtto vonGuorlcko, In 1G47, constructed
tho first oloctrlcal machine Franklin,
In 1748, killed a turkoy by olectriclty,
and roasted it on an oloctrlo jack bo
foro a Hro klndlod by tho oloctria
spark. Porhapa thla waa tho oarllcatt
actual uso of oloctrlclty. As long ago
as 1747 oloctrlo shocks woro sent over
short dlatancoa. Ilclson.ln 1794, by using-thirty-six
wlroa, ono for each lottor or
character, aont mossngos ovor smalL
trtatancos. Morso simplified the tele
graph, using only ono wire instead ot
from thirty to thlrty-alx wires. Ilia
first public mcssago was: "What hath.
(Jod wroughtP" This was on May 24,
1844. Two dayB later tho Democratic?
convontlon In Raltlmoro nominated
James K. Polk for President and Silas,
bright for Vico-Presldont. Mr. Vall,
Morao'a assistant, telegraphed the;
aowa to Morso at tho Capitol. Morso
told Wright, and tho convontlon was
astonished to got a dispatch from him.
declining tho nomination. Tho con-,
vcntlon wouldn't bellovo it, and sont &
commlttoo to Washington to got rolla
bio information. This was doubtless.
tho first nows tologram sent
HE HAD CHARGES.
4 Peaceful Citizen Wuntontr Aiiultl
1T a Minion of the Law.
Ho entered tho Contril station with,
blood on his oar und an officer holding
his arm, and tho first words ho said
woro:
'I want to profor charges against
this ofllcor for brutality."
"Vory well," ropllod tho sergeant.
"Now, thon, will you roturn truthful
answors to a fow quostlona?"
"1 cortalnly wllL"
"What woro you doing when arrest
ed?" "I had just kicked a man."
"What did you any to tho officer aa
ho took hold of you?"
'I told him to go to Halifax."
"Aftor ho collared you what did you
do?"
"Struck at him twlco, tore his coat
and jerked him to his knoos. ' I can,
lick him uuy day In tho wcolcl"
"And ho tuppod you on tho oar?"
"Elthor ho or a cltlzon who mixed
in, but 1 want to prcfor charges all the
sumo. If you lot thoso ofllcors hare
tholr own wuy thoy got too froah. Just
put mo down as William Thomas, who
wusn't doing a blessed thing, but who
was knocked down and brutally beatea
by a million of tho law." Detroit Fi
Press.
A Chicago man, who has had tks
delirium tromons, says ho didn't see a
elnglo snako or rat On the contrary,
he soomed to bo sitting on the limb ef
an orungo troe, and butterflies play
around hlm