r:
UNDER THE STARS,
JTic mldn.ght hour Is here, and silence brood I
With folded wings o'er all the sleeping world;
The whlppo will within the sedg fen
Hath hushed bis querulous uoa-g, and the dull
owl
Tits calm and voiceless In the darksome wood.
Impelled by sleepless care I walk abroad
Through the moist meadows, where the breath
Ihr flowers
VBend forth sweet Inccrtso to the stooping hills
JV'hose shadows hold the vale In loved cm
brace.
Eoftlv.the breeze comes from the groves afar
nd pothering from the meads a thousand
,voets
flarTtliem away in sllcnco to the stars,
alUt earth sits weeping tears of pearly dew
For the dear loss, but speaks no ovll word.
Dut of the moonless skies the luminous stars,
Circling In wondrous harmony and graco
'Itound the great central throne of majesty,
Flash down sweet words of peace and truth
and love;
Peace in the perfect motion of the spheres,
1" ruth In the light that streams upon the world,
&nd love In the dread power that holds them
v still
VInswcrv:ng In their way through tho bluf
deeps.
t bow my head In silence as I walk,
nd saddening cares nnd wearing toll forgot;
I listen to the voices of the stars;
For oh, they speak with no uncertain sound,
And in their motion s ng Thy praise, O God,
Thy pru.se and love, Thy majesty and might
u such 11 blessed hour urlcf Hies, and leaves
The soul rojoiclnir, foi the glory of God
Falls down In golden rnys upon tho earth,
And truth and beauty live in tho sweot light.
.-P. J. Donahue, In Sprlngtiold (Mass.) lie
publican. HUMBLE HERO.
An Incident of tho Flood in tho
Alabama Rivor.
Negroes frequently exhibit a won
derful degree of heroism in times of
danger. An instance of this I wit
nessed in tho spring of 1880, whon a
freshet in tho Alabama rivor caused
tho country on each side to bo over
flowed by water for many miles.
Tho negroes on tho river planta
tions wore tho greatest suft'orors.
Their cabins would bo undor wator
almost before they know that danger
threatened them, and hundroas of
them were sornotimes found huddled
together upon somo knoll sufliciontly
elevated to be abovo tho wator. Thoro
they often remained two or three days
Vand nights without food and exposed
to a soaking rain. Fortunately, tho
weather was not cold.
Many relief expeditions wore sent
out from the neighboring towns to ros
cue them. These consisted of ono or
more boats, manned by export oars
men and swimmers, and filled with
cooked provisions, blankets, etc. One
day tho news came that tho negroes on
certain plantation had sought refuge
upon a corn crib, around which tha
water was rapidly rising, and so ren
dering, their condition exceedingly
precarious. Two boats started out at
onco to their assistance. In ono of
theso I went, accompanied by another
whito man and a negro.
An amusing occurrence took place
not long after our starting. In the
middlo of a submerged field, about one
"1 hundred yards to our right, we saw a
little, woolly black head, with a
frightened black face beneath it, pro
jecting from the wator. Wo
rowed hastily towards it and drew
out of tho muddy wator a negro boy
about oight years old, perfectly naked,
and lie'.d him up ariiong us.
"Hero. Moses," cried one, holding a
tin cup with whisky in it to his mouth,
"hero, tako a drink."
"Tako a bito of this bread, Moses,"
cried another, trying to crowd tho
bread into his mouth.
"No; lot Moses havo some' of this
fried bacon. It'll do him tho most
good." said tho negro oarsman.
But Moses shook his head and turnod
aside from all tho offorod food.
"I'so erbleoged to yer, marstors,"
ho said, while his whito tooth shone
and his eyes rolled wildly. "I'so
erbloeged tor yer, biit I hain't sot down
1 in two days, by tryin' to keep my hoad
out'n do watah, an' all I wants, ef yer
ploaso, is to set down."
Ho was promptly wrapped in a
blanket and sot down, whore for an
hour he sat. without moving, enjoying
the porfect rest of his now position.
At tho ond of that timo ho boguu to
eat. I draw a vail over his porform
V anco in this line. Wo feared wo had
rescuod him from a watory gravo to
kill him with eo"n bread and bacon,
although tho negro oarsman insisted
that ho nover heard of u "niggah bain'
hurt by too much to oat." Meeting a
returning boat soon after, wo put
Moses in it and sent him to town. I
nover hoard of him again, but presume
ho survived both his unusual bath and
banquet
Wo resumod our journey, and Just
boforo dark sighted tho corn crib,
upon which a mass of black hu
f manitv clustered like a swarm of
boos. A heavy rain was now falling,
and daylight beginning to fade away,
their condition bocomo most distress
ing, as they sat in perfect silence
watching our approach.
But wo did not npproclato their ox
tremo poril until, as tho boat struck
against tho frail log-houao, which was
in tho water to tho edgos or tho rooi,
It visibly shook and tottered. The
poor creatures began to clamber hur
riedly down to tho Doau
"Ston!" I crlod. "Tho .voraen and
children first"
Tho men obediently rosumod their
eats. Wo took in first the children
wd thon tho women, getting thom all
In eafelv. and wore about to push on,
tolling tho men wo would hurry back
foghorn as quickly as possible or send
LhtPfirat boat we met, whon a vory old
woman (I noticed she was tho last to
net in tho boat and had dono bo re-
Inctantly) adzed tno corner 01 mo
nouee, and, looking anxiously Into my
laoe. Bild:
Marster, ain't you gwino take my
"No, auntie," Innswered, "tho boat I
i. , t? .
id iuu mil uuw. no must, win, uu wo '
como back."
Tho words woro hardly out of my
mouth when with a sudden spring she
was up and on tho roof ngain. It
shook as sho scrambled on all fours
upon it and took hor seat by a little.
withored old black man, whoso hand
sho seized and held as if sho was afraid
wo would tear her away from him.
"Come, auntie, I cried, "this
won't do. We ean't lonvo you here.
and wo can't wait any longer on you."
"Go on, murstor, sho answered.
I thanks yer, en I pray do good
Lawd to fetch you all safe home; but I
gwino stay hyah wid my ole man. Ef
Simon got to git drownded, Lyddy
gwino git drownded, too. Wo dun bin
togedder too long to part now."
And wo hud to leave hor, after
throwlug them somo blankets and a
lot of provisions.
As wo rode oil in tho rain nnd night
a high falsetto voice, tremulous with
o, camo across tho waters fi om tho
crib, whore wo left tho almost certain
ly doomod group in the blnckness of
darkness. They dared not havo a
light for foar of sotting fire to their
frail support Wo stopped our onrs
to listen to tho song. It camo clear
and distinct First Lyddy's trembling
voice, and then a chorus of a .ozen or
moro of tho deep bass voices of tho
men :
" We're a cltng'n' to do ark,
Tako us In, take us In.
Funic watah's deep on dark,
Take us in, take us In.
Do' de Hash Is po' en weak,
Take us in. take us In.
'Tlsde I.awd we gwintur seel-
Take us In, tako us in.
Den Ii iwd, hole out dy han',
Take us In, tako us In.
Draw de slannhs to de lanv
Take us in, take us In."
We could wait and listen to the
weird sounds no longer, but struck
our oars into the wator and hurried
away.
Most fortunately wo camo across a
boat bont upon tho same errand as
oursolves, which went immediately to
the crib and saved all of its living
freight Tho crib had, apparently,
been hold down by their weight, for.
as tho last ono loft it, it turned over
and floated away to tho gulf.
Thoir rescuers told us afterwards
that as thoy neurod tho crib, tho first
sound they heard was an old woman's
voico singing:
"l)e Lawd is hyah'd our cry,"
Answered by tho men:
'Take us in. tako us In.
En He'll save us by en by,
Tako us in, take us In."
To this simple-hearted old creature
divorce courts and separations were
unknown. With her it was "until
death do us part Detroit fcreo
Press.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Thoy Form n Completely United Iloily,
KntprprisiiiK anil Harmonious.
No State of tho Union is a nation,
though several States exceed huro
pean nations both in sizo and popula
tion, the Si'ato of Now York, for ox-
ample, being both larger and moro
populous than tho whole of Switzer
land; and no Stato reprosents a his
torical nationality. Ilenco tho ox-
perionco of Amorica, it may bo ob
served, throws no light on tho possi
bility of using "federalism and local
autonomy an convenient methods
either for rocognizing and giving freo
scopo to the sentiment of nationality
which may oxtst in any part or an em
pire, or for mooting tho need for local
institutions anil distinct legislation
which may ariso from differences be
twoeon such a part and tho rost of tho
empire." Tho States, looked at as a
wholo, mako up tho United States,
but tho Uuitod Statos are nothing but
tho political form into which circum
stances havo molded tho constitution
of a oinglo nation. Tho Americans
aro as much ono pooplo as tho
Fronch or tho Italians; they form
a moro complotoly united body
than do tho inhabitants of tho
United Kingdom. Tho men you moot
at Now York difior leas from tho men
you meet at Chicago than Londonors
from the oitizonsof Edinburgh or than
both from tho citizens of Cork. Tho
difference, indeed, botween whites and
blacks Is of course fundamental, but
tho aim of tho negro is to imitate to
tho best of his power tho ordinary
Amorieiin citizen, and thoro does not
exist at present and, as far as ono
daro prophesy any thing, there is not
much likelihood there will exist in tho
Union any thing like negro national
ity. Meanwhile nnd this is of pri
murv imnortanco tho division into
States does not correspond with dit
feronces of reliirlous creed. An En
glishman who goes from London to
Edinburgh enters into a now moral at
mosphere Who can pass a month in
Scotland without hearing of tho dlf-
feroncos which dlvldo tho Froo Church
from tho Establishment? What sane
man living in England cares to recall
theso subjents of division? Tho Ro
man Catholic citizen of Ticlno Is a
dlfforont man from tho Gorman Ho
man Catholic of Lucerne; each differs
frnm tho Gorman Protestant of Berno
or tho French Protestant of Geneva.
A cltlzan of tho United Statos Is an
American: ho is not a Callfornlan or
a New Yorkor. Edinburgh Rovlow.
Doing His Prettiest.
Mr. Budworthy Rather clover fel
low, that young Dudolong, don't you
think?
MUs Tewstuloa I really couldn't
tell. Ho scarcolv uttered a word tho
wholo timo ho was hero.
Mr. Budworthy Sly dog! Ho knows
whon ha is at hla bost Puck.
Woaleyan University, Middle-
town. Conn., boa an endowment oi
$700,0001 . .
PETER THE GREAT.
Tlio Half
Crmy Imperial Genius Who
Created Modern ItU'slti.
In 1 TU'J ho created himself Hmporor,
placing the imperial crown upon his
own hoad, and soon after on that of tho
Llvonlan peasant girl whom ho married,
the mistress of his favorite l'rlnco
MensehlkolT, onco an Itinerant vendor
of meat pies; she afterward succeeded
Peter ns Empress Catherine 1. Ills
merciless cruelty was shown early, on
his return from his first journey, after
pulling down the revolt of tho Stroletz,
a body of janissaries who had risen to
replace his sister Sophia on the throne.
Ho executed 2.000 of them In cold blood.
Ills only son Alexis, who had opposed
his measures and was accused among
other crimed of "defending the proscrib
ed beards and ehaftans of tho peasants"
had gone abroad with his wife, but was
lured home by an oiler of reconcilia
tion, when he was seized and condemn
ed to death by his father and executed
in prison.
His interference was as trying in
small as in great things. One story of
his didactic tyranny sounds like a lesson
out of "Sand ford and Morton." It Is
told by a Frenchman who heard it on
the spot in Finland, whero he was sent
by Louis l'hilllpe's government to ob
tain blocks of rod poryhyry which
tho Czar Nicholas had granted
for tho toiubof Napoleon under the dome
of the Invalided at Paris. Peter was
traveling incognito in part of Finland
just conquered, where he was executing
some naval works, lie met an over-fat
man. who told him he was going to
Petersburg. "What for?" asked tho
Czar. "To consult a doctor about my
fat, which has become very oppressive."
"Do you know any doctor there?" "No."
"Then 1 will give you a word to my
friend. Prince MenschikotT and ho will
'introduce you to ono of tho Emperor's
physicians." The traveler went to tho
prince's house with a note, the answer
was not delayed; tho next day, tied
hand and feet, the poor man was dragged
oir on a cart to tho mines. Two years
after Peter the tireat was visiting the
mines when suddenly the minor throw
down his pick, rushed up to him, and
fell at hiH feet, crying: "Grace, graco,
what is it 1 havo done?" Peter looked
at him astonished, until ho remembered
the story, and said: "Oh, so that is you;
I hope you aro pleased with me. Stand
up. How thin and slight you havo be
come! You aro quito delivered from
your over-fat; it is a llrst-rato euro. Go,
and remember that work is tho best
antidote against your complaint!" Prob
ably, as over-fat is a disease, tho poor
man died of his "cure."
"Tho impatient activity of Peter," as
a Gorman writor calls it, attempted im
possibilities; a perfectly barbarous poo
plo could not bo dragged up to tho lovel
of civilization of other nations by mere
forco of a despot's will without passing
through any of the intermediate stages.
Accordingly tho mass of tho Russian
people continues much tho same in hab
its and education as thoy woro whon
Peter began his reforms, and a sort of
vaneor among tho peoplo and military
classes covers a degree of bar
barism and corruption which tho
rest of Europe has long left
behind. Tho restless ambition which
ho bequeathed to his successors has gone
on to the present day. Cut on" at first
both from tho Italtic and Black seas,
thoy conquered tho intervening torri
torv in each case, and now declaro that
thoy will nover rest until thoy got pos
session of tho Dardanelles, "without
which wo havo not tho key to our own
house," said Alexander tho First. Nine
teenth Century.
KNIVES FROM OLD FILES.
in Kxperleneed ArtUsm Kiplalns How
They Arn .11 tide.
As smiths aro often asked to mako
knives from old files by farmers who bo
liovo that such knives aro hotter than
any thoy can buy at hardwaro stores, I
will doscribo my way of makLng thom.
I first draw tho temper by heating tho
fllo to a cherry red, then placing it in
tho ashes, and five inches undor tho
forgo and leaving it thoro until it is cool.
I thon grind out tho fllo marks and noxt
comes tho drawing. I mako tho heat
no highor than a bright chorry red, and
use a good smooth-faced hammer. Tho
fllo is drawn a little thicker than tho
back of tho blado is to bo, and the blado
is thon bent, edgo being on the Inside.
Tho blade Is then drawn to an edgo, tho
drawing on tho inner ourvo having tho
effect of straightening It. When It has
been drawn to an oven and ulco color
and straightened, three holes aro drilled
in it so that tho handlo can bo fastened
on it, and it is then shaped with a file.
It is necessary to avoid gotting tho edgo
too thin, or elso thoro will bo trouble in
tempering.
In tempering I uso soft and somewhat
warm water. I soizo tho handle ond
with a pair of tongs, hold tho blado over
a clear, well-charred llro with tho back
down, and heat ovonly to tho first holo
until I seo that tho blado is red, and
thon plungo it endwlso into tho wator.
This should leavo tho blado so that
whon tried with a fllo, tho fllo will tako
hold just n llttlo. If this test shows
that tho blado is too hard, I dip it in
linseed oil, hold it over a slow, clear flro
until tho oil ignites, and then dip into
tho water again. This will toughen and
enahlo it to hold its edgo bettor. Tho
grinding should bo dono on a good, oven
faced stone.
I havo made many butcher knives In
this way, and havo nover heard any
complaint about thom. Thoro is not
much profit In such work, but It helps
to fill up lelsuro time. Cor. Blacksmith
and Wheelwright.
The 'Force or If-.l.lt.
On tho day boforo tho oxocutlon tho
kcepor informs a doomed man that a
visitor wishes to seo him,
"Do you know who ho la'" asks tho
doomed man.
"No."
"Well, just ask him if ho wanta to
collect a bill, and if ho docs, toll him to
call day aftor to-morrow." Toxaa Sitt
ings. A Toledo manufacturer exhibited
at tbo Detroit exposition a cako of til
ror soap wolghlag S0i pound".
SHAKESPEARE.
Statue
In the Memorial Gnrtlcns, Stmt-
foril-on-Avon.
Ono of the features of Stratford, Inter
esting to the Shakespearo pilgrim, is
Lord Ronald Gower's statue of the poet
erected last summer in tho Memorial
gardens. This work is fine in some of
its details, but not fortunate in all, and
certainly Infelicitous In Its composition
nnd Its side. It consists of a vast pedes
tal, on the top of which stands the full
length bronze figure of Shakespeare,
while at tho four corners of the base are
bronze figures of Hamlet, Lady .Macbeth,
Henry V. and Falstalf. These character
figures are hero named in the order of
their merit Hamlet Is the fulfilment
of a noble Ideal. The face and figure
are full of misery, yet full of thought.
The type of man thus embodied would
be at once recognized anywhere an Im
perial, powerful, tender, gracious na
ture, completely broken and subjugated
by hopeless grief. Lady Macbeth,
though conventional In treatment, does
convoy the idea of remorse and of
physical attenuation from suffering, and
likewise the sense of being haunted.
Henry V. is represented as putting on
the crown. The figure Is lithe, graceful
and spirited, and tho action of it is nat
ural. It lacks royal Individuality, how
over, and It might bo taken for anylwdy
as soon as for Prlnco Henry. Falstalf
appears as a type of gross, chuckling
humor, and almost might bo taken for
Gambrinus or King Peer. Tho intellect
and tho predominant character of FalstatI
are not Indicated. Theso figures are
dwarfed by tho size of tho stone thoy
surround a huge pillar, upon which ap
propriate linos upon Shakespeare, se
lected by Mr. Flower, havo boon In
scribed. Tho statuo of Shakespearo
himself shows a man of solid self-conse
cration and iron will; an observer, of
universal view and incessant vigilance.
Tho remarkable feature of this figuro Is
tho piercing look of tho oyos. This is a
man who sees, ponders and records.
Imagination and sensibility aro not
strongly suggested. Tho face lacks
modelling; it is as smooth as a child's
face without characteristic curve or
wrinkle; perhaps it was designed to ex
press an idea of eternal youth. Tho man
who had Shakespeare's obvious exper
ience must havo risen far above all that
this world can do, to bless or to ban a
human life. This structure, finally, has
been badly placed. It stands on tho
south sido of tho Memorial building,
and within a few feet of it, so that it is
olmost swallowed up by what was In
judiciously intended for its background
It would show to far better advantage
if placed farther to tho southward, look
ing down tho long reach of tho Avon to
Shakespearo's church. Tho face of tho
poot could then be seen from tho spot
whero he died, while his face would still
look, us it does now, toward his tomb.
Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
THE USEFUL CACTUS.
Without It tho Avnrnco Mnxlcnn Would
I.eud u Sorry Kxlntonee.
The remark has been mado that "tho
cactus has many good points and will
not he sat down upon." Tho remark is
a true ono, for, as is tho reindeer to tho
Laplander, so is the cactus to tho poor
Mexican. It furnishes him with a home.
suoh as it Is. Ills food In many ways Is
nrenarod from tho cactus. Sit down to
a meal In a wretched Mexican jacal, and
if you do not wish to spread your length
upon tho lloor, you win oo oncreu a
small wicker stool made from tho tough
fibro of tho cactus. The matting spread
unoii tho dirt floor, which serves as a
table, is woven from tho same material.
Corn-meal cakes (tortillas), Iwiled
beans, great fat fellows, and a pleasant
and wholesome dish of stowed cactuscut
into small squares, about tho size of a
pea, will constltutoyourropastof solids
Tho fruit, without which no Mexican
moal is comploto, will be the luscious
tuna, which grows around tho edges of
the prickly loaves of tho cactus, and
which, whon growing, rosombles a huge
groon shield surrounded by a oroscont
of thorny knobs about the slzo of a small
apple, as If serving as a protection for
tho tender edgos of the leaves. In
Moxican dinner, sweots always occupy
a conspicuous part, and on this occasion
thodulce will bo tho presorved roots or
loaves of this same cactus.
Though tho Moxican peoplo aro not a
race of hard drinkers, yet at meal timos
tho wine or other fermented liquors aro
inevitable, and. as tho lower class of
Mexicans can not woll afford wino, you
aro invited to partake onco moro of this
much abused cactus, this timo in tho
form of tequila, a most atrocious drink,
which looks like gin, harmless enough
to all appearances, but which goes down
your throat liko a wave of fire, and
lew glasses of which will mako you
drunk clear to your linger tips. Should
this provo tpo much for you, you aro at
liberty to partako of another boverago
derived from tho samo sourco, but not
quite as ardent, 1. e., mescal. This llq
uid leaves a dollcato suggestion of tar
and red popper in your mouth, and,
drunk after eating a certain kind of do
mestlo fruit, It is vory dangerous, and
in many cases results vory disastrously
for tho imbiber. Moxico Lottor.
Uppi'r Ilurniiih' Magnetic Ilnnk.
In a recent report on magnetic rock
among tho hills of uppor Burmah, Dr,
Nootllng describes a mountain or hill at
Singaung which consists of a hugo mass
of iron ore. Having noticed on the way
numerous piecos of iron ore, which bo
camo still moro frequont on tho south
em sldo of tho hill, an examination was
mado of tho latter In various directions
and It was found that tho surface waa
ovorywhero covered with hugo blocks of
iron ore, originating ovldontly from tho
superficial decomposition of lower beds
leading to tho conclusion that the wholo
hill must consist of a largo mass of th
oro. Dr. N. was unablo, howovor, to as
certain tho geological conditions undor
which this oro occurs, or its exact limits
or oxtonslons, on account of the donso
luntrlo, as well as tho tremendous at
traction, tho latter rondorlng his com
pass useless. Ho estimates, howovor,
that tho hill covors at loast an area
about a squarn milo, and that it risen
about two hundred feet abovo tho lovel
of tho Twlungo valley. Tho oro
kttnnatlto core x id o of iron. N Y. Sun.
GOWER'S
HONEST CARL DUNDER
The Old I'pllnw Ik Cstrlilng On to Amur,
lean Ways nt I.nst.
"Hello! Mr. Dander!" saluted SorgMnt
Kendall ns that individual entered tho
Central station, with a broad, satisfied
smile on his countenanco,
"Hello! Sergeant Vhas cafe'thlngs
ull right mlt you?"
"I guess so. ou look happy."
"Sergeant, I vhas shust like sweot oil.
No moro troubles for mo. I vhas catch-
ng on to do shust liko Americans."
"I am glad of that. ou used to ixj
terribly green."
'So I vhas. Threo months ago Idoan
Know some beans in a bag. 1 1 a! hul
Dor cows come along nnd take mo for
some grass, if it rains 1 sluatnlt right
out doors und got wet. tin! ha! It
tnakqs me laugh when 1 seo how green I
has!"
"Anything happened lately?" queried
tho sergeant, in a careless way.
hell, not mooch. Some fellers try
o boat mo, but doy doan' mako omit. I
has too sharp for 'em. One feller comes
along mit six pairs of sheep-shears in a
luuille. He doan want to sell doso
hears, but he likes to borrow three dol-
ars for one day und leaf 'em for secur
ity. If ho doan' come pack in ono day
doso shears vhas mine."
'I see."
'Ho doan' come pack. Maypo ho
iroak his leg or something, but dot vhas
nothing tome. 1 keep dose shears. If
ntnopody boats me, sergeant, he shall
isif to get oop worry early In dor morn
ing."
'1 presumo so. Havo you tho shears
there?"
"1 haf. 1 belief you like to seo 'em."
"Thev are worth two shillings a pair,"
said tho sergeant, aftor an Inspection.
'You are out of pocket fourteen shtll
ngs, and what, do you expect to do with
sheep-shears?"
Ileafons! I doan' think of 4et!"
gasped Mr. Dundor as ho grew white in
the face.
"Any thing else?"
"Vhell, 1 got my llfo Insured. Iflonn'
loliof 1 vhas shouted by dot. A feller
comes along und says vhas I Carl ldn-
tlor? I vhas. Vhell. der President of
ler United States says ho likes mo to
all on you and insuro your llfo. Din
vhas a new company UDd n now idea. I
ot you in by dor ground floor. I Uko
your name to influence odder peoplo.
4 'How vhas dot now idea?
'You pay only two dollars oaffry
twenty years, and if you dio your wifo
gets S75, 000. It vhas der biggest thing
out. Slilldrens cry for It Wandorbllt,
Shay Gould, Russell Sago und all dor
big follows vhas Into It. How oldt you
vhas who vhas your grandmother how
many teeth havo you lost oudt vhas
you eafor bit by somo dogs did you eafer
own a white liorso how ofton you fall
down stairs do you rldo on somo bloy
elos, und dis vhas der truth, dor whole
truth, und nothing but der truth."
'And ho wanted tho two dollars in ad-
vanco?" queried tho sergeant.
'Of course. Dot was to pay for
shwearing mo."
"Well, you are beaten again, Mr. Dun
der. Insuranco men don't do business
that way. Good day!"
'How you mean?
'You had bettor go homo.
Have you
got a tub In your houso?"
"Of course."
"Any bran at tho barn?"
"Yes."
"Well, mako tho tub about half full
of mash and then put your head to soak
for about forty-oight hours. When
th rough buy somo No. 4 sand-papor and
polish it down to tho bono."
"Sergeant, vhas I somo greenhorns?"
"Vim are."
"Vhill 1 eafor learn Bomothings?''
'Never."
"Then, good-bye! I shan't try no
moro. it vims a nueor country, uuu
nothing vhas dor samo two times alike.
Vhon my body was brought in hero
doan' mako fun of it. Shust uso itshont-
ly und say dot I did so well ash I could."
Detroit Freo Press.
CHUGWATER'S MISTAKE.
How tho ttrowllng Old Gentlemun rut Ills
Foot In It.
Mr. Chugwator (growling)-Samantha,
that young Snodgers comes to this houso
altogether too often to suit mo.
Mrs. Chugwator Ho's a docont, clvit
sort of u young man. I havo no objec
tions to his coming.
Mr. Chugwator (raising his volco)
Well, I havo! Ho may bo a good nvor-
igo young man, but I toll you I don't
want him about this houso!
Mrs. Chugwator (placidly) I don't boo
what business It Is of yours, Mr. Chug
Mr. Chugwator (rising to his foot and
bringing his list down on the table)
You don't seo what business it is of
mlno? Why, good heavens, madam!
Ain't I tho head of this family?
Mrs. Chugwator (mildly) I supposo
you consider yoursolf suoh.
Mr. Chugwator (In a toworlng rago)
I certainly do, madam! And if I say
that giggling simpleton of a Snodgors
Isn't tho kind of a man I want for a son-in-law
it goes, Mrs. Chugwator! It goes
in this family!
Mrs. Chugwutor (swootly) It won't
go this time, .losiah.
Mr. Chugwator (frantically and at tho
top of his volco) You'll seo madaml
Tell mo which ono of tho girls ho cornos
to see! Deceivo mo if you daro, Mrs.
Chugwator! Which is tho ono?
Mrs. Chugwator (pleasantly) He
comes to seo tho hired girl, .losiah.
Mr. Chugwator takes a largo chow of
plug tobacco and goes down-town with
his hut pulled over his eyes.) Chicago
Tribune,
A Slip ot the Tongue.
Mamma Why, Harry St. Clair. You
naughty, naughty boy! I hoard you toll
your llttlo brother just now, that you'd
"knock him into tho middle of noxt
week" if ho didn't sit ovor on tho sofa.
What do
guugo?
Harry
"ploaso
slipped.
you moan by using suoh lan
I I or I meant
sit over," but my
Timo.
to say
tonguo
'YuBf'said tho dontlst, as ho yanked
away at the tooth regardless of tho pa
tiont'e yells, "a man Is bound to succeed
at his work, provided it la dono with
j bufQoloat palnfc" Iieuiat TvavalAb
PUMPED BY ELECTRICITY.
An KITrrttve Orgnn Motor Introduced ht
Sovnrnl New York Churches.
Not least nmong tho many uses
which electricity now subservos is its
adaptability through tho medium of
motors to tho operating of church or
gans. During tho Inst two or throo
years experiment. havo been mado to
this ond by tho various olectrlc light
and electric motor companies, which
havo finally resulted in tho perfecting
of n machine which is fast revolution
izing tho nntlquated methods of pro
viding largo organs with a satisfactory
motive power.
Tho first church In tho country, nnd
probably in tho world, to mako uso of
this latest triumph of electrical scionco
was St. Paul's, of this city, which for
nearly n year has oporntcd its organ
by means of n one-horso powor C nnd
C motor, whero formerly four men
wore required to do tho samo amount
of work. Tho experiment has been
watched with great interest by oleo
tricinus, for its success meant the open
ing of n largo nnd romunorativo Hold
to manufacturers of electric motors. It
has proved such a comploto succors
that seven of tho largest church or
gans in New York havo recently been
similarly equipped. They nro St
Patrick's Cathedral, tho Collegluto Ro
formed Church, tho Madison Square
Church, Trinity, St Thomas', Calvary
and St. Ignatius'.
Tho advantages of tho motor ovor
other moans of pumping organ bollowa
aro so many und ovldont that It is but
tho question of a short timo boforo all
churches within reach of tin olectrlo
current will bo provided with tho labor
saving appliance. Henceforth tho or
ganist is independent of his bote noire,
the human organ blower, or tho vaga
ries of tho gas onglno. Ho now seats
hlmsolf nt his instrument, Drosses a
button within roach of his hand, and
tho motor revolves, tho bellows rise
and fall, and tho organ, obedient to his
touch, gives forth its music in praiso of
tho works of man ns woll ns of God.
No longer Is ho In momontary droad
that tho small boy, owing to tho sopor
ific Inlhioncos of his playing, or to tho
defective working of an antiquated en
gine, will forco him, figuratively speak
ing, to whistle for a broezo.
Tho uso of tho wntor motor, tho
cheapest of all known mothodsfor gen
erating wind, was mado impossible in
this city somo years sinco becauso of.
tho enormous waste of wator which. It
necessarily involved. Tho groat and
insurmountable objections to tho gaa
engine is that it has boon found impos
sible, either to mlnlmlzo or ovorcomo
the noise nnd tho greatoxponso involved
both initial und constant Tho cost of
the equipping an organ with an oloc
trlc motor is loss than half that for tho
simplest kind of gius onglno. Tho cost
uf operating is also decidedly less. It
is not more than ton dollars a month
por horse powor, and as tho slzo of tho
motor is increased tho relative cost per
horso powor is diminished. Whore
tho church is already tlttod with olec
trlo light wiros tho oxpenso is, of'
course, much roducod. Tho St. Thomas
church organ, tho largost in tho city.
Is easily and satisfactorily run by a mo
tor of four-horso powor.
The small space that tho motor occu
pies, tho evenness of its blowing, the
facility of its control In starting nnd
stopping, ns woll ns in regulating, and
tho llttlo attention roqulrod, nro the
special advantagos olaimod for it ovor
any other powor used for this purpose.
It runs with practically no noise, is true
from heat or odor, gives no trouble
from frost in tho coldest weathor, nnd
is always to bo dopondod upon to do
what Is asked of it. If an organ u
built for powor. Its attachment ia the
work of a moment If built to bo run
by hand, it can easily bo transformed
into ono ready for powor. Regulation
may bo otlected by varying tho speed
of tho motor by tho movement of the
hollows, or by using a constant speed
inotor employing a mcohanlcal move
ment to connect or disconnect tbu
powor by shifting a bolt which is noted
upon by tho rlso or fall of tho hollows
Tho ouo in uso at St Paul's la an
automatic motor conuocted to tho main
driving pulley by a shifting bolt. Whor
tho bellows rlso to a certain point this
bolt Is mado to work on a Ioobo pulloy,
thus disconnecting the motor from thu
driving shaft Whon, howovor, tho
bellows fall bolow this point (by thu
uso of compressed air) the belt is mado
to automatically shift on to tho tight
pulloy, and tho motor again does its
work. Another mothod of rogulation
is by connecting tho motor itself with
hollows to rogulato tho powor given
out by tho motor. As tho bollowa riso
tho speed of tho motor is reduced until
they aro full; at that point tho motor
is nt rest, and starts as tho bellows
again falls. -N. Y. Timos.
A Mississippi Ulrl's Revenge
A young lady of Mississippi was
visiting tho bluo-grnsB region of Ken
tucky, and was entertained nt a dinner
party at tho Governor's mansion. Dur
ing tho courao of tho dinner a degener
ate sou of tho Governor talked loosely
about things in general, and among
thom of a visit to Mississippi, remark
ing that ho had not seen a pretty
woman in his tour through tho Stato.
Tho girl from Mississippi awaited hor
opportunity, and during a lull In tho
conversation turnod nnd asked tho
Governor if what she had hoard of tho
gontloiBon of Kentucky waa true.
Tho Govornor wantod to know what it
was, and tho attention of tho wbola
company was directed to tho lady'n re
sponso: "Woll," said sho, "I heard
that Kentucky gontlemon oducate their
horses and turn thoir sons out togmW
1 - San Fraucibco Argonaut.
tie man?"