I JFI?CD1VI 1
JUUHHUU5t TO kALAuc
1 BY MARYJJOLMES
CHAPTER XVI.
''Oh, mother, won't you take Shis pll
low from my head anil nut another blnn
kct on my feet, nnd fix the tire, and give
inn some water, or something? Oh, dear,
dear!" groaned poor Rose Lincoln, ns
with aching head nnd lungs she did pen
mice for her Imprudence In crossing the
wet, slippery street In thin slippers and
tllkcn ho,
Mrs. Lincoln, who knew nothing of this
exposure, loudly lamented the extreme
delicacy of her daughters constitution.
Imputing It wholly to Mount Holyoke ills
clpllne, and wishing, as she had often
done before, that "she'd been wise and
kept her at home." Jenny would have
wished so, too, If by this means Hose s
Illness could hare been avotded, for It
was not a very agreeable task to stay In
that close sick-room, listening to the
complaints of her fault-finding sister, who
tossed and turned and fretted, from
morning until night, sometimes wishing
herself dead, and then crying because she
"wanted something, and did not know
what."
"Oh! dear," said she, one evening sev
eral days after the commencement of her
illness "how provoking to be obliged to
lie here moping with tho dullest of nil
dull company when there's Mrs. Russell's
party next week, and I ve such lovely
dress to wear. Why ain't I as strong
nnd healthy ns you? though I wouldn't
be so fat for anything. I'll go to that
party sick or well. I wouldn't miss It
for anything."
Jenny looked up In surprise, asking
why her sister was so particularly anx
ious to attend the party.
"Because," returned Rose, "Mary How
ard will be there, and you know as well
as I how awkward she'll appear never
was in any kind of society In her life."
I don t see what inducement that can
be for you to expose your health," said
Jenny, and Rose continued:
"I want to see Ida mortified once, for
she might know better than to bring a
green country girl here, setting her up
as something wonderful, and expecting
everybody to believe it just because Miss
Seidcn said so. Come, bring me my
dress, Jenny: I want to see if the Honi
ton lace ou the caps Is as wide as Ida
Selden's."
"What do you mean?" asked Jenny,
turning quickly toward her sister, whoso
white, wasted face looked fitter for a
shroud than a gay parjy dress.
"I mean what I say," returned Rose;
"I'm not going to be cooped up here any
longer. I'm going to the party to-morrow
night. If I never go again."
"Why, Rose Lincoln, arc you crazy?"
asked Jenny. "You haven'fbeen In the
street yet, and how do yon expect to go
to-morrow night? Mother wouldn t let
you, if she were here.'
"Well, thank fortune! she and father
both arc in Southbridgo; and besides that
I'm a great deal better; so hand me my
dress."
Jenny complied, and reclining on pil
lows scarcely whiter than herself. Rose
Lincoln examined and found fault with
a thin gosamer fabric, little suited for
anyone to wear on a cold, wintry night,
and much less for her.
"There, I knew it wasn't as wide as
Ida's' into an eighth of an Inch." said she,
measuring with her finger the expensive
lace'TH have some dbw. Come, Jen
ny suppose you go down street and get
It, for I'm bent upon going;" and the
41 - . 1 11 I . . I. 1 1 . . I
iiiuuguuvbs gin sprang iiguuy upon me
floor, and chased halfway across the
room to show bow well and strong she
was.
Jenny knew that further expostulation
from ber was useless, but she refused to
go for the lace, and Sarah, the servant
girl, was sent with a note from Rose
saylns she wanted a nice nrticle, eight
or ten dollars per yard.
I don t believe father would like to
saw how lovely she really was.
"Vou's enough sight handsomer than
Miss Jenny," whispered Sarah ns the
door opened and Jenny appeared moro
simply arrayed than her sister, but look
Ing as fresh and blooming as a rosebud,
"How beautiful yon are, Row" sli
said, "only It makes me shiver to look
at vour neck and urnn. lou ll wear you
woolen sack, besides your shawl and
cloak, won't you J"
"Nonsense, I'm not going to be bun
died up this way, for don't you see It
musses the Jace." said Rose, refusing tho
warm sack which Jenny brought her.
A rap at the door and a call from
Henry that the carriage was waiting
ended the conversation, and, throwing
on their cloaks and hoods, the girls de
scended to the ball, where, with unusual
tenderness, Henry caught up his invalid
sister, and, drawing the veil closely over
her face, carried her to the covered
sleigh, so that her feet might not touch
the Icy walk.
What? Rose Lincoln here?" exclaimed
half a dozen voices as Rose bounded
Into the dressing-room.
Yes, Rose Lincoln Is here, she re
plied, gayly. divesting herself of her
wrapping. Tin not going to die just
jet. I guess, neither am I going to be
housed up nil winter. The fresh air has
done me good already see," nn.l she
pointed to a bright, round spot which
burned her cheek.
A youug girl, whose family had one
by one falleu victims to the great New
England plague, consumption, shuddered
nnd turned away, for to her eye the
glow which Rose called health was but
the hectic bloom of death.
"How beautiful she Is!' said more than
one, as with her accustomed grace Rose
entered the brilliant drawing-room. An 1
truly Rose was beautiful that night, but
like the gorgeous foliage of the fading
autumn, 'twas the beauty of decay, for
death was written on her blue-veined
brow, and lurked amid tho roses on her
cheek. Rut little thought she of that,
as with smiling lip and beaming eye she
received the homage of the admiring
throng.
Just then Ida and Mary were an
nounced. Both Aunt Martha, and Ida
had taken great pains to have their
young friend becomingly dressed, and
she looked unusually well In the em
broidered muslin skirt, satin waist and
blonde bertha which Aunt Martha had
insisted upon her accepting as a present.
The rich silken braids of her luxuriant
hair were confined at the back of her
finely formed head with a golden arrow,
which, with the exception of a plain band
of gold on each wrist, was the only or
nament she wore. This was her first in
troduction to the gay world, but so keen
was her perception of what was polite
and proper that none would ever have
suspected It; and yet there was about
her something so fresh and unstudied,
that she had hardly entered the room
ere many were struck with her easy, un
affected manners, so different from the
practiced airs of the city belles.
Ella watched her narrowly, whispering
aside to Henry how sorry she felt for
poor Mary, she was so verdant, nnd real
ly hoped she wouldn't do anything very
awkward, for 'twould mortify her to
death! "But look," she added, "and see
how many people Ida Is introducing her
to."
"Of course, why shouldn't she?" asked
Henry; and Ella replied:
"I don t know it seems so funnyj to
strain her emotion, she suddenly broke j
away from Rose, nnd ran hastily up to
the urcasliig-room.
Nothing of all this escaped Henry's
iulck eye, ami as sundry unpaid bills
came looming up before his mind, tin
thought proper to make sumo amends
for his neglect. Accordingly, when Ella
re tu i nod to the drawing room ho offer oil
her his arm, asking: "What liuiile her
eyes so red," and slyly pressing her hand,
when she averted her face, Haying:
"Nothing they weren't rod,"
Meantime, William Render, having
managed to drop Jenny from his arm, had
asked Mary In accompany him to tho con
servatory. As they stood together, ad
miring a rare exotic, William's manner
suddenly changed, and drawing Mary
closer to his side, hu oald distinctly,
though hurriedly: "I notice, Mary, that
you seem embarrassed In my presence,
and I have, therefore, sought this oppor
tunity to assure you that I shall not again
distress you by a declaration of love,
which, If returned, would now give mo
more pain than pleasure, for ns I told
you at Mr. Seidell's, I am changed In
more respects th.iu one. It cost me a
bitter struggle to give you up, but rea
son and judgment finally conquered, and
now I ran calmly think of yon as some
time belonging to another, nud with all
n brother a confidence can tell you that
I, too, love another not as once I lured
you, for that would be impossible, but
with a calmer, more rational lore.
All tli Is time Mary had nut spoken
though the hand which llliain had tak
en lu his trembled like an Imprisoned
bird; but when he came to speak of lin
ing another, she Involuntarily rnlsed his
baud to her lips, exclaiming, "It a Jenny,
it s Jenny!
"You have guessed rightly," returned
William, smiling at the earnestness of
her manner. "It Is Jenny, though how
such a state of things ever came about is
more than I can tell ynu."
Fearing :h it the might be missed, they
at last return I tne parlor, where
they found Ki.a nt the piano, play
Ing a very spl..t... ,...I'h. Henry, who
boasted be "iiiuld wind her around his
little finger," had succeeded In to.txing
her Into good humor, but not ut all de
siring her company fur the rest of the
evening, he asked her tn play ns the easl
est way to be rid of her. When aha look'
d around for commendation from the
one for whose ear ulutto she had played
ho saw him across tho room wholly euj-
grossed with her sister.
Poor Ella! It was with the saddest
eartache she had ever known that she
returned from a party which hail prom-
sed her so much pleasure, and which
had given her so much pain. Rose, too,
was utterly disappointed. One by one
her old admirers had left her for the so
lely of the "pauper," as sho secretly
styled Mary, and more than onco during
the evening had she beard the "beauty"
and "grace" of her rival extolled by
those for whose opinion she cared the
most: and when at 1 o'clock in the morn
ing she threw herself exhausted upon
the sofa, she declared, " 'twas the lust
party she'd ever attend."
Alas, for thee. Rose! that declaration
proved too true!
(To be continued.)
ROOT OF OUR TREE OF COMMERCE.
How the Nicaragua Canal Would Nourish the Mississippi nnd
Its Branches Our Great System of Inland Waterways.
1
HUNTING WITH THE CAMERA.
see Mary here, doesn't it?'
uerore uenry could answer, a young
man of his acquaintance touched his
shoulder, saying: "Lincoln, who is that
splendid-looking girl with Miss Selden?
I haven't seen a finer face in Boston for
many a day."
-'That? Oh, that's Miss Howard, from
Chlcopee. An intimate friend of our
family. Allow me the pleasure of lu-
. 1UUIII, 4.IIUI, IUC ,111
uave you mauc sucn a mil." saiu Jenny.) ti-n.lnMnf m" nn,i it,.-.. .m,.i ,
when Sarah was gone. "Mother didn't leaving Ella to the tender mercies of
dare to tell him about your new dress. ' nose, wn0( ag one after another quitted
iur ue iuiu uer sue uiusiu i gel unyming Uer lue nm went over to tne t.ncmy,"
charged, and he said, too, something grew very angry, wondering If folks were
about hard times. Perhaps hes going bewitched, and hoping Ida Seldon "felt
tn fail Vi,ilil,,'t If Im i1.a..1ii1V . ......
.. .. "-"""'"-"'""" i better, now mat sne d made so
If Rose heard the last part of this
sentence she did not heed It, for to her
the idea of her father's failing was pre
posterous. When the dinner bell rang
she threw on a heavy shawl and de
scending to the dinlng-parlor, remained
below btairs all the afternoon, forcing
back her cough, and chatting merrily
with a group of young girls who had
culled to see her, anil congratulated her
upon her Improved health, for excitement
lent a deep glow to her cheek, which
would easily deceive tho Inexperienced.
The next day, owing to overexertion,
Rose's temples were throbbing with pain,
nnd more than once she half-determined
not to go; but her passion for society
was strong, and .Mrs. Russell's party had
so long been anticipated and talked about
that she felt she would not miss it for the
world, ami, as sho had confessed to
Jenny, there was also a mean curiosity
to see how Mary Howard would appear
nt a fashionable party.
"Saturate my handkerchief with co
logne, aud put the vinaigrette where I
can reuclult whllo you arrange my balr,"
she said to Saarah, who at the usual
hour, came up to dress her young mis
tress for the evening. "There, be careful
und not brush so hard, for that ugly pain
isn't quite gone now bring me tho glass
nud let me see If I do look like a ghost."
"Pale, delicate folks g always moro
Interesting than red, hearty oues," said
the flattering servant.
"Mercy, how white I am!" exclaimed
Rose, glancing at the ashen face reflect
ed by the mirror. "Rub my cheeks with
cologne, Sarah, and see If that won't
bring somo color Into them. There,
that'll do. Now hand me my dress. On,
Isn't it beautiful?" she continued, as she
threw asldo the thickly wadded double
gown and assumed a light, thin dress,
which fell In fleecy folds around her
slight figure.
When her toilet was completed Rose
stood up before the long mirror, and a
glow of pride came to her checks as she
many
notice her protege'
Later In the evening, William Bender
came, and immediately Jenny began to
talk to him of Mary, and the impression
she was making. Placing 'her hand
familiarly upon his arm, as though that
were its natural resting place, she led
him toward a group, of which Mary
seemed the center of attraction. Near
her stood Henry Lincoln, redoubling his
flattering compliments In proportion ns
Mary grew colder and more reserved lu
ber manner toward him. Silly and con
ceited as be was, he could not help no
ticing how differently she received Will
lam Bender from what sho had himself.
"But all in good time," thought he.
glancing at Ella, to see how she was af
fected by bis desertion of her and his
flirtation with her sister. She was stand
ing a little apart from any one, and with
her elbow resting upon a marble stand,
her cheeks flushed, and her eyelashes
moist with the tears she dare not shed,
she was watching with feelings In which
more of real pain than jealousy was min
gled, for Ella was weak and simple
hearted, and loved Henry Lincoln far
better than such as be deserved to be
loved.
"Of what are you thinking, Ellu?"
asked Rose, who finding herself nearly
alone, felt willing to converse with al
most anyone.
At the sound of her voice Ella looked
up, and coming quickly to ber side, said:
"It's so dull and lonesome here, I wish
I'd stayed at home."
In ber heart Rose wished so, too, but
she was too proud to acknowledge It,
and feeling unusually kind toward Ella,
whoso uneasiness sho readily understood,
sho replied: "Ob, I see you are jealous
of Henry, but bo's only trying to tease
you, for be can't bo interested in that
awkward thing."
"But be Is, I almost know ho Is," re
turned Ella, with a trembling of the
voice she tried in vain to subduo; and
then, fearing she could not longer re-
A Deltshtrul and Profitable 'Way, of
Mil lylnir mm .ifc.
Of the innny delightful birds I had
the good fortune to know, the worm
eating wnrbler family have nfforded
me the greatest pleasure; for they be
come absolutely fearless uf the cam
era, aud they- place a degree of trust In
one that was as unusual us It was de
lightful. Being anxious to secure pho
tographs of the young, I paid frequent
visits to the nest, nnd what a wonder
fully concealed nest It was, tucked
away In a small depression and bidden
by the roots of an oak sapling. It would
forever have remained undiscovered by
tne had I not, by lucky chance, obscrv
ed one of the parent birds visiting It,
Only at first did the owners object to
my Intruding, and by various methods
did they try to coax me away from
their home. First one and then the
other would feign broken wings, aud
half rolling, bnlf scrambling, they
would make their wny down the steep
hillside In the hope of luring me away.
Then, finding that I was not to be taken
In even by such an artful device, they
endeavored to accomplish their object
by scolding nt me. In less than two
hours they quieted down and simply
looked on In silence. The next tlmo
I visited tho nest they made no objec
tlotis, and I Imagined they recognized
me, and realized that I meant no barm
either to themselves or to their young,
for these bad batched since my last
visit.
Day by day I came to watch the little
fellows, and they grew rapidly, ns all
young birds do. I lnnlly they wcro
ready to make their first venture Into
the great world that, should not acci
dent befall them, was to bo their feed
ing ground for many years to come.
As I looked Into the nest tho family
of fledglings scrambled out as though
they bad been scattered by some Invis
ible hand, so nearly simultaneous was
their action, and In less time thau It
tnkes to tell It each little mite of down
and rust-colored feathers was hidden
among the dead, crackling leaves with
which the ground was strewn. Though
I lind tried my best to watch where
each bird concealed Itself, It was somo
time beforo I collected them all pre
paratory to photographing them. Of
course tho parents wero greatly excited
birds always are when their young
first leave the nest and when thoy
saw tho entire brood captured by one
whom thoy hnd considered n friend
they seemed to regret having placed so
much confidence In me. But only for
a very short time did their doubts con
tinue. As soon ns I placed tho young
sters on a suitable perch they both
ceased to utter that lisping noto of anx
ious protestation, wid to show that they
no longer feared me thoy hopped about
on the camera whllo I was arranging
It. World's Work.
"Strnrts ' lirliiR High Prices.
A genulno Stradlrarlus violin u
worth .whatover the person owning It
may ask. At $1,000 It would not be
deemed extravagant.
So much has been .said and written
of the advantage of the Nicaragua
Canal to the country In general that lis
direct value to. certain ortlous of the
united States has not perhaps been
fully appreciated. A section of tho
country which might be said to. be vl
tally Interested In this undertaking Is
fhat adjacent to the Mississippi River
nud Its trlbutjirles. One of the strong
est arguments which proves this as
sertion Is the map, A child could de
tect the Important relation which the
artificial waterway bears to this great
natural thoroughfare.
An examination of the map shows
the remarkable likeness of the Missis
sippi, the Missouri, the Ohio and their
branches to n tree, the main river form
ing the trunk nnd the others ramifying
to the right and left, the larger
branches In turn sending out shoots.
On the face of the map this system of
water ways stands out like a great
oiik, placed by nature to foster the
commerce of a territory populated by
millions of people nnd the situ of thou
sands of Industries. Some of the great
est cities In the country owe much uf
their progress and prosperity to their
location on tho banks of the Mississippi
and Its branches. The natural resources
of the States traversed by these water
ways have been largely developed by
the facilities afforded to connect them
with the centers of consumption. The
settlement of what we now call the
Middle West, but which Is lu reality
the heart of the United States, has been
In a great measure due to the same sys
tern. The pioneers of Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky and .Ohio, as well as tho
States west of the Mississippi, and
even part of the (Jnlf group, came to
this region In boats at a tlmo when
the railroad and the locomotive were.
curiosities.
A few mouths ago a United States
gunboat explored tho upper Amazon
nnd reports were made by the ofllcers
of the thousands of miles of navigation
which this river afforded. Yet the
Amazon, the Ganges and the Nile com
blift'd do not equal the Mississippi und
Its tributaries lu the mileage of naviga
ble water. Towns nnd cities In no less
than twenty-eight States of tho Union
can bo reached by steamboats from
New Orleans. Fully one-third of the
population of tho United States to-day
resldo lu tho country adjacent to tho
Mississippi and Its tributaries fully
25,000,000 persons, A boat drawing five
feet of water and starting from Now
Orleans can reach 1,000 communities
vnrylng In population from 700,000 to
COO. Among tho great cities which en-
Joy the advantages of water transpor
tation by this system, and which tho
cunal would connect by water with tho
Pacific are St. Louis, with Its 700,000
population; New Orleans, with its 300,-
000; Pittsburg, with Up 250,000; Louis
vllle, with Its 225,000; nnd Wheeling,
with Its 50,000. On tho trunk of the
tree nro Memphis, Vlcksburg. Baton
Rouge, Qtiincy, Burlington, Daven
port, Dubuque and La Crosse, a
chain of communities extending from
the cotton and sugar plantations of tho
South to the timber lands of the far
North.
In a study of this portion of the Uni
ted States a surprising fcaturo Is tho
largo number of streams which nro
navigable. It Is doubtful If tho Mis
sissippi has a branch of fifty miles In
length which Is not deep enough for
steamer trutllc over at least a portion of
lis length. Tho same Is truo of tho
principal branches, with tho exception
of somo of tho tributaries of tho upper
Missouri In Dakota and Nebraska. Tho
shoals formed by rock ledges aro but
few In number. This Is owing to tho
fact that tho majority of tlio streams
flow through a region which offers few
barriers to the natural deepening of
tho channel. Along the lower Missis
sippi In tho vicinity of Now Orleans a
notwork of bayous and other water
ways forms a scries of channels which
extend far Into both Iuilslnmi and
Mississippi. They rearb the famous
axoo Valley In the latter State, trav
erse tho coast country aud give most of
the Important towns lu both States
water imunlcallon with Now Or
leans. The same condition exists along
the Red River, which Is one of tho most
valuable branches of this trunk. Oth
er streams connecting with tho lower
Mississippi nnd of great value to navl
gallon are the Arkansas, tho St. Fran
els, the White, tho Yuxoo, the Talla
bateheo and the Oiiachlla. Steamers
can ply on several of these streams a
distance of over 200 miles from their
mouths, yet all are located below tho
Junction of tho Ohio and the main river.
The Ohio Valley Is traversed also by n
network of water courses, tho largest
of which Is the Tennessee River, reach
Ing portions of Kentucky, Tennessee
and Alabama, nnd of n depth to allow
steamers to go ns far ns tho city of
Knoxvlllo. In Kentucky, the (Irecii,
Kentucky aud Big Sandy Rivers are alt
available feeders of tho Ohio, while
penetrating the coul and timber lands
of West Virginia art) the Kanawha and
several smaller tributaries. Joining the
east side or the trunk are n number of
branches extending as far north as tho
State of Wisconsin, The most Import
ant Is, perhaps, tho Illinois River,
which, with the connection with the
Chicago Drnlnngo Canal, may form n
ship channel between the great lakes
and tho Mississippi.
Iho variety of trnfllc, both forolgn
nnd domestic, which originates lu this
great territory represents nearly every
kind of manufactured and raw tnaterl
nl which tho United States produces.
Tho agricultural staples of the South,
such as cotton, tobacco, sugar enno nnd
rice, nro noted for their quality and
quantity In tho section reached by tho
Mississippi and Its tributaries, while Its
water courses also penetrate tho ox
tcnslvo pineries of northwest Louisi
ana. Much of tho mineral wealth of
Arkansas In marble, zinc and other re
sources lies along tho navigable
streams In this State. It Is hardly nec
essary to refer to tho products of Ten
nessee and Kentucky, which nro ship
pod by water to St. Louis nnd other
markets by way of tho Tennessee, tho
Cumberland and other streams. The
shipments of coal from western I'onn.
sylvaula and West Virginia by way of
tho Ohio lllver to thu lower Mississippi
have reached iih high as a million tuns
In a year, large fleets of steamers mid
barges being employed exclusively In
this business, A large proportion of tlm
eottou business of New Orelaiis Is fur
iiInIkiI by the water communication
which this city enjoys with tint South'
u'CMt, The Industries In thu group of
Itles along tho Ohio River In Inttliina,
IIIikiIm and Kentucky, as well as lu
'hattanoogn, Nashville nud Memphis,
mve been fostered to it coiiNlilurnblu
xtcnt by thu location of their sites ou
iitvlgablo wntcr, giving the iimiiiifae
urers the bunellt of rail and witter fa-llltles.
Tho effect of the construction of tho
N'lcaragun Cnnnl upon tho cities and
owns lu this part of tho country, oven
with thu present area uf river iiavlga-
Ion, will bo to Inci'caao their Import
luce. It brings tho Mississippi, tho
)lilo und the Missouri valleys from
1,000 to 10,000 miles nearer tho great
market which will bo opened to us In
South America, ns well ns the northern
1'acltlu const, A vessel unlng from New
Orleans to Him Francisco, for example,
must round Capo Horn and traverse
iver I.'I.OOO miles of Venn, By tho cntinl
route tho distance Is but -1,150 tulles, or
less than one-third uf tho present
length. A vessel taking n cargo from
St. IaiiiIm' to Snu Francisco by wny of
Cnpu Horn would travel a dlstnuco of
11,000 miles, while by the cnnnl route
It would be reduced to loss than 0,000.
The city of Lutilsvlllu would bo a,5.'t'J
miles from San Francisco, whllo nt
present It Is 11,882 by tho water route,
Tho manufacturers of Alabama could
ship their products to a (lulf or a .Mis
sissippi River port nnd have them de
livered at their destination In less than
half the tlmu now required. Tho effect
which tho canal would have In tho ox
mailing coininerci of this part of thu
South Is Incalculable. No nation 011 thu
globe enjoys such a system of Inland
water communication ns the American
people possess In the Mississippi nnd
Its trlbutnrles.-D. Allen Wllley, lu Chi
cago Reeord-llenild.
A (Joiitletiinii,
Sho was never at a loss In the Inter
ests of the family for whom she hnd
tolled In Innumerable capacities for
years. Over the soapsuds of a Monday
morning, lu tho back kitchen, sho heard
aud retailed the news. Hern was gen
erally of funerals and weddings; theirs
of the minor and major movements of
homo sisters, aud brothers gone abroad,
Onu of these last was expected back
from the ICnst after an absence of four
years. Elbow deep In froth, she con
trasted his qualities with thoso of hie
elder brother In Africa, whom sho (se
cretly) regarded more. "Yes, now,"
she said, referring to her unacknowl
edged favorite, "e was a gentlemnn,
Mister John was. When 'o wanted 'o
lwots cleaned 'e'd eomu to the top of
the stairs and call down, soft-like: 'Mrs.
L., will you bo so kind ns to clean my
ImoIs?' Not but what Mr. 'Arry's n
gentleman, too, but In a different style.
When Mister 'Arry wanted 'Is lwots
done, 'e'd drop 'em over the (Ministers
nnd holler: 'Ends, I want my lwots
cleaned!' "London Academy.
New Mouso In Dublin liar.
On a snml Island In Dublin bay a now
kind of mouse has been found. It re
sembles the ordinary mouse tn nil ex
cept Its color, which Is Umt of the sand,
and the naturalists nttributo Umt to an
Interposition of nnturo for Its protec
tion from tho owls nnd hawks on tho
Island. It Is supposed that they aro tho
lescendants of enstawny mice nnd that
tho protective coloration Is a gradually
acquired result of their surroundings.
A Hystoinntlo Woman.
There Is n woman lu Kansas, IK) years
of ago, who spent exactly thirty years
each as insld, wife, und widow. Kan-
huh City Journal,
A widow usually retains her hus
band's Initials until a new city direc
tory Is Issued, when sho appears with
her own.
It Is one of the unsolved mysteries
how two men can exclmngo umbrellas
nnd each Invariably get tho worst of It.
THE NEW BATTLESHIP MAINE
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THE NEW MAINE, NOW IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.
The principal dimensions of the new battleship are: Length between DerDen
dlculars, m I feet; eng.), over all BOa feet 10 Inches; extreme breadth, 72 ftSt
mean draught, 23 feet (1 Inches; displacement at normal draught, 12,300 tons
estimated displacement at full load draught, 13,500 tons. As to type, tho new
vessel Is to bo an Improved Alabama, two knots faster than that fine battleship;
equipped with a more powerful armament and hedged about with a greater
area of armor protection. reaier
In the contract It Is stipulated that she must on her official trial maintain a
speed of 18 knots for four consecutive hours. "
The "moment deslgacd for the vessel Is a very powerful one. It will consist
of four 12-lnch breech loading rifles mounted in pairs In two elliptical bakneed
turrets, one forward and one m. In addition there will bo sixteen 0-mch rapid
fire guns mounted In broadside, six 14-poundcrs, eight 8-poun,lers, six l-pound-
ors. two Colt milnmntln unit .1. inM. ....1.1 n. .n ' . ! 'l'uu,,u
lH2MlP.hiSe Lrapl,1-flr,) un " b0 WW 'or the fl'rst time on 'an Amer"
lean battleship. There are two submerged torpedo tubes on the ship, the Malno
class neing also the first In which those tubes h
wn hp no. rv- "v"