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NO. 43.
3
Whichever Way.
Wlilelinver way tlm wind 1 )th Mo
Bouiu liourt is glad to hive it so;
Thou Wow it cast or Mow it west.
Tlm wind that Mows, lliat wind is bejfc
My littlo craft nails not nlon.)
A tliotisiuid lloets from every zone
Arouut upon u t ti ' t ii 1 1 1 sr,-i-.;
A 'id wlml f r iin- were fuvoriii r lip'
Might dash another, witli the Mioe'i
Of doom, upon 801110 hidden rocli.
And so I do Hot dan- to piuy
Fur wind that waft tn on my way,
lint Icivo it to 11 Higher Will
To stay or speed me- -t r u -t 1 ) k still
1'luit all is v ll. 1111 1 sure that Ho
Who launched my Lurk will "ail wild mo
Thro' storm a.id calm, mid will Hot lit!',
Whatever lir''.oi may provail.
To land mi'- every --ril past
Witliin His slnltiriiiir ln-uv't at la ,.
Tll"ll Wllllt:oeVer win I doll Mow
H iiiie lii'iirt is ek,, to have it .so.
Alld Mow It '';i-l or Mow it w Ml,
Thy wind that Mow, dial wind is li -m.
Woman's li-cord.
EUSTACIA'S MISTAKE.
"Do I love him?"
And at tin; lucre Men ilie pink Htulc
Jilto Lllhtlioill Moolo'li check llll'l bill:
bhniuk Mill fin Ihcr into tin- shadow of
t ho twilight, its if I In- vi 1 v iei I coals in
tlio grate wore no many prying eyes to
decipher tin! secret nf her heart.
Alld tliell Ju l' foldi'ltd leltllill nil
lier hit 11 I hlio tried to recall tlio J cist
low months of her lite.
Kustiiuiii Mnoni was ! t Mih. Piper's
Companion; licit is she real Id tin: old
lu.ly, went nut with In r for it daily
tVlllli, IU01lili.il lu.T lliccs, cheeked her
housekeeping hoc. units, ami bore with
all her lit 1 1 1 1 moods at put i. ntl v us
Illicit lie. And for those liovol-oud-iug
cervices she lec ivcd tlio mighty
('in i.l.iii of two It ii it. 1 --! dollars per
Itiiiiiiiii and her hoard.
It. 1 1 in I belli It gluy, lim Will fill Hull
lf existence lllll il M I'M. Piper's llephow,
fresh from 11 voyug : limn ('liiu:i,i' uno
to May with his aunt ; ami lin n, all nf
It hll'lileli lie: leaileli oIuUiIh lulled
11 way ninl tin: fmiciinciit nf life be
ciiino i-iihu lirij'hl ninl lliisho.l with tin1
llfll'Mt (lilts I'l duWII, Jt Wlln lllll! I!
1IOVV I'eVi llllioll to her, Ihe companion
dhiji nf this haii lsoiiie yonn ; f.llow,
mill w liilo Ivii-liicia hstciii il, with her
dliy eyes oust iln mi nut h.r ohee hs
glowing into iMiiiriio liln mi, lior
heart soiiiowny e-cupo.l mil nf her
own keeping- - who known wIhtc?
"lo 1 lovo him?"
Maiden inoilo.sty hniil "Xu ; fur hu
lias 11 ever iikUuiI ynii to think mole
tenderly nf him thaiinf any i.'lic ilie,"
vhilo tin) way war I, tclnl 'f littlo heart
ItliHWcri'il "Veri "
What in a irl to I liet ween Iwn
HiujIi fiintrii'lii'tory aci' ni:il. 11s thin?
"Whilu hlio w.i.i In.' lititlili;;, in 11 tlo
licimii 1 i i ileMly, in I'tiiio olil Mrii.
rijier.
'i''.iistitci i,"i'i'iu,l the nhl l.iily, "it hat
itro toil iloiii;,', 1-.1t 1 1 1 t ln r.: 111 lhu
ihirK?"
N 1 tliin vf. inn 'inn, "our little Lor lino
J 11 it . 1 1 1 answer faintly.
"An. I 11 very iiiolitiilile way nf njhmhI-
Jiitf yuiir 1 tliu-, ion. I Mrs. 1 ijnr
hhai'ily .
"Doynii mint me, iiii'iriiV''
"Nn, I ilna't waul ymi, li.it Mr.
lVittiliniii) ilnih, in the hu'li ilniwin ;
room il.iw ntnir.s !" miswviVil Mis,
Vipor, takinc; 11 ilctclluliicl htaml nn
tlio hi' 11 1 li, with h r haiula lichiinl her
llkl) II 1111 II.
" Mr. I'eltili.Hii) mints Mr? "
lii'luti'il KlIHlni'iii in Low ihleroil iiiii iz;
luont. "Yoh, Mr. l'elt ih, iio ivniita to : is
you. N hut im thiTo h.) very w iinloi liil
iiluiiit it?"
"Nothing, inii'uiii, iml "
"Now Iniik lu re, Ku . n -i i, " n iiil tlm
nl, I lady, patting the 1 7 . 1 1 " . round nrui,
lmt uijkiii.il v, ns hh t ilked, ".Mr. IVt
tilinili: i'i 11 very nice m in, u in iiilier nf
tin1 Itonril of llrnkcis, with a hind-
hllllli! hull ul nil 111. I livellll.) ami the
temper of nil ale;. I. Hi loi'l liuil
Hoinc, hut 1 luiii: ymi nr.! past the 11,1
M hi'li inol'i) heiiuly attract 1, ninl he
isn't yniin, lmt I've always heard that
it whs Letter to 1m an old man's d 11
lih than it yiiiltitf itntiiH hluvi.'. "
"Ye., iuii'iiiii, hiiiil I'.iistai'in hiliuhly ;
"hut I Ian yi'iir par Liu -I ilnn't
quite 1111. lei'staud u hat nil tlm in to
1110 !"
"I'n ynu, child!" i-rii'il old Mrn.
l'ipi'r,"Vliy ho wauls tj in irry ynul"
"Me?"
"TI11110 rim alnii.;, and In liuv.! your
jivttii'nt !" hiiid Mr. 1'ipi-r, irivin;; her
pl nti'o 11 push ; ninl it lent, hardly
k.'inwiiifr whi'lhcr i.lui was iiwaku i.r
drcaniiu'. went into the l,ac! diiwiiie
rnoiu to fiu'c t ho M ij. slif lYtlili.uii.
"My ilnr little Kir1," said Mr. IVt
tiliimn dniilitii".; not tlint Mis. 1'iper
had iavi:d tin' way for ln piopmcil,
ilnn't ho fl ight, ni'd."
"1 mil li.it fl i'htelii'.l,"i. il.l I'll liici't.
llllt idle was.
"I only want In ask yi u nne 'pic
t inn I 'n y mi thin1-, mi ' i 1 1 I', 11 u-ni,
tlu.lynl i ' l I f 01 I ii ' hippy to
ii. td. i 'r '
"No ir, I dou't!"
"Jley?" cchuud tho liiiddlo-ftMcl
aiiitor, who had ovidontly cxpoetcd u
very dill'ereiit sort of uuswer.
!-- am very much obli.j.l to you,
bir, faltorod Ivistuciii, "but I would
rather nut marry you! (Jjud evening,
sir;" mid awjy run tlm littlo girl, tor
ri'ed nt in r own impulsive aiuLtiMty.
I 1 htaiiH nIio wont, liko u hunted
lime, hut mi tlm way to Lor uwu room,
tho li.','!.t frniii 1111 upon doorway
streamed iK.'rn.ss tho hull, uud Carll
I'pliam'a voico bounded.
"1 11111 norry ynu do Hot lilii! tlm idou
nf Huh i'ii;;u;;i'iiioiit. Aunt DorciiH,
but"
"I ilnn't liko it at nil !" uuswi'i'i'd
nil Mrs. 1'iptr. "What do a u yoiuii;
man liko you wuut to bj married for?"
Kiistiii'iu puusod to hear 110 f urthor ;
ln r little heart seemed to itiuid ntill
with it (Jieat chock and eolducss. Cm II
I t 1I111 111 oiifNiod, and liovor to tell
her I dull t i funoy but thorn was
an I'll 1 to all that forever! Augur,
Hiief, uud 11 Hpi'eiea nf reselitliiolit
htru;;.;h).l tn;;etlior for maiitory in her
heart, and liko a win..;.) I ero ituro Ku
htaoia llow down stairs 11 "ain, to wh. ro
Mr. I'etliliono was.
"Mr. I'i'tt ilniiiD," hlio falti red --and
her Miitnr nlood upright, with tioiuo
thill!' nf 11 l.uz.leil flee- ".lr. IVtll-
b nn pleusi) ilnn't liuili nt mo but I
h iv.' i'haii!;cil 111 y inilld. "
"t'liau'ed ynur mind, lUntaoia?"
I I will ho ynur wile !"
And then Kiinlueia beaii to cry,
"It's what nirhi alwnVH d i when they
are ciiijiiuvd," thniitlit Mr. IVttiboiie ;
and In- was pleased, after liH clumsy
f ishinll.
Ilaif 1111 hour iillerwurd, Carll I'p
1 11 1 1 1 1 i-aiue into the ipitet littlo 1'iinlii
where Ivistitciit had resumed her old
hi at before the lire, uud was hittili;' in
a b. w ildei'eil, dreamy nort of mood,
alld his even caught I in) glitter nf it
ilium. HI I nn her fnl'e-linger !
"What's that?" said he, it littlo HUM
piciinih!y ; mi l Ivi .taoni aiiMWeri.il:
"It's my eiij,M;;eiiielit riiif;! 1 have
proiiiiM) I to m n t ry Mr. l'ettiboiu: !"
"laistai'iu !'.'
"Why not ?" hhe iilnwered duliiiully.
"Mr. I'i ttibnlie like, me, and 1 may us
well he cli:;a;od us---as ntlier folkbl"
".hist us ynu please," Curll bald
ipiietiy ; nil I olio Week afterward he
hailed for '.ipiiii.
And Ivlht Hiia, pl'i ju lii'ed though slit!
was ii!.;ai!ist Iho fair "unknown ipiiiu
tity" nf Mr. L'pham's life-eipiiitioii,
colli I Hot but pity herself for tho loll;;
m.iiil I:m and yeursnf dmibl and solitude
thrniirji which alio must puss before
he I'limo home aeiiiu! Yen, bin; felt
t lint : he was roVeii;;ed !
The years went by, as yours have u
fif.hinll nf doili;;, whether we lailjjh or
wee., Miilfer nr i iijoy ; ain! nld Mrs.
I'ipi r urew leebh r uud feebler with
every Christ in is. She would have
luis-cd Mis i Moore if who had been
condemned to exist without her tender
c ue, althiiiih bho did scold terribly
when lmstac.it broke tho liiarriit;;e
cniitrai't, and gave Mr. I'ettiboiio buck
the ihauioiid which hit I du.led Curt
rphaui's cvim in the lirelijjht.
"Dear Mrs. Tip :', I am happier
with ynu," coaxed Uustucia, uud the
poor o'lil.llohM old woinitu had not the
heart to chide her further.
Ten yours afterward, Mrs. 1'iper
11:1 I Mustuciii bit befnro the lire, us
th y hud i.at many uud many momen
tous eveiiim.', when the door opened,
ninl in muiclcd Mr. I'phuiu, tall and
brown, uud wiskered like a Corsair.
What u joyful welc nn i there was
for him! lint, after u'l, it certain re
straint lingered nver them nil.
"Don't disturb yourself, I be ; my
I'huir here Is very comfoi table, Mrs.
1'i tliliniie," bald t r 1 1 eelcluoliioilbly,
us he M ilted hiliiM-lf.
"Who is he tulkili;; to?" demanded
Aunt Piper hhrilly. "I'hef j in no
Mrs. Pettibnliii here!"
"Ih not Kiistuiiiit " uud ho colored
and stopped.
"No, bhe'H not, bless oiir heart,
Carll she never cured for hiin!"
"Then" biiid Carll, hieiikin;; to his
aunt, hut lookili;; btniilit ul laistu.'iit
".thy did bhe clifjiio herself toliim?"
"1 don't know myself," iuvnluu
tui'ily uuswerud Kiistaeiu, fechnc; her
cheeks burn ; "it Kill's freak, I bup
pn.si' !"
And thii hiiLject, to her great ro
ll c I', was allowed to drop there,
Tho next day, however, when Curll
v. :.i giving t hem it ;;uy iIchci iption of j
Ins hl'o in the dominion! of tho l'y
coon, Aunt Piper interrupted him
h..in .what ucr iiii.'iilnuly.
"If tun were having httclt it vi'iy
inc.! time there, 1 don't hen what you
c.iine liome at all for !"
"Perhaps,,' bat. I Kiistaeiu with hor
e ,s lixed very intently mi her cro
c ii '.-wnrk. "he ciiini) hern to bo iinu
r ,.1 "
"What do ynu menu?" uske.l Cull.
T that is " hlauimered Kiistiieiu,
In -in lily w ihh'iig hlio hud hclil ho."
tongue. "That evening I engaged
nyo!f to Mr. Pettibonc, 1 uccideutly
liuj.jieiiod to overhear Mrs. Piper uud
you talkiuff ubout your cugugeiiieuU'
"About my engagement. Oh, I re
member it nil. lint it wuhii't uu en
gagement in cbse ; only uu engagement
in futiiro. You were the girl I wanted
to iiiurry, Liibtaein. I wrchlled n mor
tal Inilf hour for Aunt DureW coii
bi nt, und when I gained it you were
weal ing old Pettibolio'n rilio;."
"I thought you loved bomo olio
else," murmured KiiHtiiciti. "I win
half ma I with jealousy. O ('aril how
could 1 think bo inoiuily of you!"
"Ih it too htli) now Diisluoiii, to bj
tho lovers wo might have been?''
"No," uho answered softiy.
The cup of liiippiiionh, long withheld,
was at their hps How ; but they had
lobt ten yejirs uf a lifetime.
When will Inters lcaru to use. their
coiuiiioii House? Now Yolk News.
Water Works in America.
Tho first works for it public mipply
nf water in tho United KtatcH were
built ut the City of IJobtnii in the year
Ili.VJ, uud nothing further was done in
this direction for more than 10 J years.
At the present time for not Iomh than
120,000,1)1)1) of Americans the question
of water supply presents no ilillieultios,
Hiiys F. 1. Ij;:wis in ( ' iisier's Mitgiizine.
For domestic use, for biisinoMspurposs,
or for tiro plot, elioii, uu itbuudiint
supply is to ho hit I nt the turning of u
vulve.
Not only is th.) mipply iiiiimst canon,
but the use uf it roaches extruvng mt
ligiireH. lu the year JNill (Ihieago
used i;.IH,ll00,000 gall. ins of water per
.lay, uud Philadelphia l!7, Hill, 000.
All this water win pumped ti jiu the
iiinirei) nf biipply to reiervoirn or
stiuidpipes for ilihtribiitioii. The city
of Now York has a gravity supply of
water und Uses I SIS, 000, 000 gill hi us p :r
day. On tlm husis of these li ;ures, it
iippears that every man, wmniin ami
child in Philadelphia requires lliOgitl-
lulis nf water for daily Use, in Chicago
about 105 gallons und in New York
ubout 15 ) gullniiH. lu Homo of the
niniiller cities the per capita consump
tion reaches even higher ligures. Thus,
liiilfalo is on record, in lN'.ltl, with it
daily consumption per capita of 1 Ml 1
gallons, ami Allegheny. Ph., nt Iho
H.iiiii) time with it daily per eipitaol
gallons. If these ligiireH uro com
pared with tho per capita consump
tion of the City of London 10 gal
lons per day it will bo hooii what
lavish use is inu lo of water in Ameri
can citicu, and hiiuii! conception will
be formed of t:it; great system of works
required to supply Mich ilcmniuK
Tin' Diamond in the Hollle.
A couple of t'.slicrm n, iu hauling it
big net on tho upper-Delaware Kivcr,
Hour liumberville, Ifiieks (!itinty, a
few days ago, caught it tightly corked
bottle with u long, narrow ribbon tied
around its neck. The ribbon was
fil led with long contact w ith the water,
but through the clour glass of tho bot
tle the lisheriueii saw u small bit nf
folded paper. K. 'moving the Cork
they extracted the note, which read:
"This hot tie was blurted from Diug
iiiiui'm Perry, Pike County, Peiiu.,
Will the lin.hr communicato with one
of the undersigned, stating when uud
where fount!? Signed Ann 11., Ger
trude (!., and Ijnily I,. April 15,
IS, ,"." Kxuiuiiiiug tho hnttle in.ni:
closely, the lihhcmicii nut iced buino
thing bright sparkling in tho huttoi.t
oi it. He turned the buttle upside
dftwii mid it hiuall diamond fell out
into his hand. llow tho diamond
o itiio to be there is, of course, it mya-
terv, hut it is supposed that one of the
girls who bout the bottle on its jour.
uey must have dropped the blolio from
u ring she worn when bhe was putting
the note iu the bottle. Philadelphia
Times.
Lu As u Tramp.
lu New Mexico the people are cir-
luting it petition to ask tho Stcrctttry
of tho Interior to sii.prcsJ Indian
wnn. lerera from tie; resTVatious of
northern Arizona. It is claimed that
the red men are devastating that part
of tho country for game, iu violation
of t In) laws of tie.) territory uud with
the consent of the Indian agent, One
instance is cited where some, Nuvnjoei
went into the Mogollou mountains last
November uud rcmutiic I until Jan
uary, killing :i7f i!eer, 115 turkeys utjiA
an untold amount of hiiiuII game. The
petition states that when giiniii ii
scarce, tho Indians do not Institute to
appropriate tho ranch cattle. Alas
for tho noble red iiiiiu! He is liable
to biuk us low us the degraded w k'to
man iu the scale of civilization,
Iteiits a Itaiik uf Ktiirlaiiil Mole.
A iiiiiu iu Loudon in making a lot of
money by lending out a 1,000 l'.ank
of I'.ugland note for nwo!l weddings to
bo exhibited its the gift nf tho br le's
father. Detroit Freo Proas.
IIIILDKO'S COMMIX.
IHK IJ'Yb 11' THE M ll -I.UV.
' Talii's too loin; to walii dotvustiiir,''
All tlio voiingstiTH .-ay.
leu have to go ho awful l iw,
Aud von must fcol jour wf!.
And you may trip or ynu may bUi
And tiuiihlo dow n Mow.
Midim; down thi) balii. tcrs
Tlio only way to go.
(Hiding down the l.uiii-t'-i -,
Shifter tliuii a 11 e h.
Whizzing tliroiigli th" iituio-i'lierc,
Ciitlin:; iiuiti; a dudi,
Maki'H tlio Mood rush to j.,i;r I. lain,
K icking like a railway tram.
Mind the curves Willi ml ;ht uuduiuiu
As you sway and .'ki-.il.
Jili'vators seldom rise,
They get out .jf g.-ar.
And the railway to th skii-j
Tied up us you h.-iir.
Hut tlio I.oys are lii.tnid to hli .,
Tliroiigli Ihe arid air to ulide,
And they swooi Willi lioyish ride.
And you hear then cheer.
Mli.ling down the haiil-ier
Takes ynur hrcith away.
And, oh : the iei i.. f cirls and h iy.i
I'la.-lii' l with frantic play.
I.iuigliti-r pealing thro' the nir
riv. n away our I'lim ile pair,
hulls the lev ere I hr.c.v .il e ,re,
'Ncalli Hi- i'!iillr-ii:i sway.
- Jaiii:s I.. ki:..-i.i.i.A.
M'UNAMIS.
Soiii') mimes w, re g.veii iii the lir.-t
pi ice, hecuuiie of the occupation uf 1 1.0
person with whoui the lumilv bi'gnu. j l":,"lt", winch is u very unusual thing,
lu nil ngi 'H bin it lib have been very H a- j l" lill'l'' in Friiiiee.
fill uud tociety would not have klmw u Pens, bonus and maize grow with
wluit to tin without them ; ho it emucs I ustonishiii'; bwiflncs when Ireited with
to .us i that u great ma-ay p np!i! b ur ! 'I"1 powerful current uf u Piihuikorll'
the iiiiiiu uf Smith. Wilson was m i ;- j eoil mid the yield wu.-, greater than
iuiilly WiU'hhon, Johiibon IoIiu'h mui, uldimiry. Mxpi-rimeiitn with batteries
Hlld s i nil. SumetiiiioH u lillliiber t,f i Wcro Hot mo hilifi'esbful w li .11 thuelir
hiilil, ers ninl retainers took the iiaiiie "u"1 W"M I'asse.l thr.eigh tlio earth, ho
of their chief in the old warlike tin vs. i cause uf "'.,) ililleioiieo in Ihe rosi.it-
wheli it castle wan ilofoinled by u great
ninny warrioiH and the lord of the cuh
tlo in his turn protected whole vilhigiH
of Wuinoli und children. Some Iiiiiu :!
uro iu memory of plucos, uf rivers, ur j eeived more or less of the electric our
inoiinluiii i where battlen look place, j r,,,,, ! po.verful elecirical
Some are called after their favorite niui-liiti . lunch more s it is 'aclory ro-eoloi':-.
Detroit I'ree l'less. I obtained. Strawberries in
! particular were ripened ill tt reluark-
A SMAllT 1'AlinuT. I ably t hol t time.
(Jliurl- s Dimmd of whoso travels und ' Lleclricul ma 'luiios uro fur too , x
ililvcliluies it book bus been written, j l"'"siv'. Ifweter, for u liiriner to use,
owned it cockatoo, w hich ho had car- i1' ''Jll't in theory they
cried ubout with him on his journeys, ' ''o loo cuMtly in practice.
The bird's n nne was Hilly, mid beeiiis i 1 llu intention in called the
to have been us wise us he was loving. I K''"i'i'';;iiot iforo, aud consists of uu
Diiraiid was asleep in his tent olio day, ' '"'l""''.V pole forty or lit'ty loot high,
while euiiiping iu the tropics, where ''""iiiounted with a cheval do friao oi
wild boa: t i and ilaiigi lolis reptiles j "l'l''1' "pikos, ilc:,ig:ied to net us u
abound, when he was nukeiicd by
Hilly's sliiill cry of "Tune to rise !
Wake up! wiiko up!" iioeoiiipuliiod by
a violent llippiug of wings mid then it
bel ies of baitrji hcre.im . iu th) cocku
too'b own natural tones. This whh
Hilly's u.iiial cry at, hiiiiri. e, but when
Diiruiul sitt up uud looked around ho
knew it to ho btill ii i : 1 it . Put the
cause of the uluriii wits soon plain.
A deadly snako lay coiled up near his
bed, which, us ho guz :d, reared itself
up alul prepared to hpriug on the de
fenseless man. Just when he thought
all hope was nt un cud the bruvo cock
atoo sprung from his perch, seized the
reptile by the nock uud held it tight
until his master could summon help
from without. The Minko was then
killed und hilly whh raised to it btill j ''""'',"t hau upon fruits mi l vegeta
higher place iu his master' esteem. I lm''' t,ll"""t ll" deicriuiiied. Il is only
Atlutitu Constitution. j certain that Mich action lakes ph.ee.
j Some hold tint it ae:s by ui.liu; the
A UUM.-STKAl.lNo Don. pla its to llhsilllilllle t lo ll.'.uto of the
The following umiisin;; story is told ' H '"P"''r '. "hile ..th i., think th,.'. it
by the Hii i.iiiigham ( Ihigland) Mail of I 1"v'"''4 ll'-' nssiunhit i..u of certain mm
a dog developinr u niuiiiii for nursiiit; ' L'1'"1 M,llts ,I,L' "oi!'
dolls: "The latest heiiMttion iu Hirui- j e.xiieniueiit cu:i be tried on any
iiighiuu is the doll hliutchilig dog. luwu ur ""er h si m. ..ug us the po'c
The uuiinitl is the property nf u u y J ii uwiiy from the house. If too close
who re; ides ut Small Heath, und bomo i ' "l',M 11 ''I'.'''"'"!? conductor, but
time iig one uf her little girlH wuh I 'i"",u l?'v : '" proicctiou.
very fund of inducing the dog to curry j 11 'M '"'''. I that a ge uniigii li
lur doll, und the itiiiiiiiii acquired it ' ful,; ",v,-v 1,1 ' Wl" uneh the soil
passion for rein viug the chll I nf her I ,u 1" biuue di gl eo as ten tinu sith
lU'cciiius charge. The dug wimiI.I j c,,!jt " muttiui'. At the pn se.it time
curry the dull ubout for lioiu s, and " Kiit-'cesHfiil fariu'er ha t to bo boiiu
uftelitiiiics tiike it to Ills kelmel uud j "'iuK' l,f " ehelnist, i.iul it iiuiv m i lus
lie down beside it foi'a greater part I l,H though he w ill huvo to he uu eh c-
ol the iluv. Ile never lmraied the '
do I, always gripping its clothes, and
not defacing it lit the slightest. Up
to a certain point its tendencies were
productive of una Illiterate. 1 fun, and
so popular did the dug become that
the children nl Iho neighborhood fre
quently ciuiic to its owner's house
with tlto q.i ry, 'Please, Mrs. ,
cm your dog come uud take my doll
for a walk?" lint by degrees tho itui
inuVs healthy iill'cct lolls for dolls de
veloped into an iibboluto pussion, uud
now it more unpopular quadruped
docs nut i x st in the w hole suburb.
Nut content w it h currying a d i'l w ii i
requested to do so, the iiuiliuil t o.n
liienced to pi uvt I iiruiiud the neighbor
liuud and liiroilily deprive stray chil
dren uf their treasured petti. When
ever and wherever he saw it dull iu a
ehi.d's arms he moil. I htcathily walk
lip to her, seize the pi ize, mid run nil
with it to his keiiiiel. On a single
tin v lu; has been known to bung four
captures home, mid the matermtl ui
.!iu it'.a'i of the neighborhood ii
hointlhiiig terilblc to eoutcliiplute. "
hU'CTRlC fai:mig,
A System of Sub-soil Wire,) ta
Stiruulato Crops.
Hie Aijparatu:;IiiCTt.';iseH the Pro
tfu'jtiu!! i'ilty Per Cuiil..
It has Ion:; boon known that the
electricity in the atmosphere p-iy: un
important part iu the stimulation of
vegetable, growth, but hitherto no
practical use has been madj of this
knowledge.
The results roociiily obtained by
Home French i.eieiil isls w ho have lm n
e'.ji iini. iitiug with tho oil', el of i l. c
trieity mi pLutts iiidieati) that u most
valuable aid to agriculture has been
discovered. A plant deprived of at
mospheric elect ricily by c.iVclile' il
with h network of line st. i l wires soon
withers iiwity uud die.i; w ln L urlilieiul
ly btiinuluted by uu electric current it
blooms with fur m ro vigor thtu in u
inn ninl cniulit ion.
With Ih .so data to work upon the
! experimenter.-) moi teiie.l heeds with
i water an I then subjeclod them to the
iiilbieiiee of an eleetrie current. The
j beods thus treated grew with fat lilnlo
vigor and cuui ) to luitui ity l ooii. r
th in those not s.i troite I. 'J'h even
i-iiee.eded ill linking dit ihtoil.'S ger-
unc'.! of 1 soil iii various places to
the passage of the current. Tho re
sulting crop was uneven iu character,
uci'iir ling us uue particular i cctiou ro-
, 'l"leetiii' ut utiuo .plu ric electricity
This collector is iu.uluted from the
pole by u porcelain kimb, mi I cou
neels with n coppi r wire (also iu
sulut :d fiuin tho pule;, which trans
mits tin: current to it network of wires
j which are laid under tho foil utu
I h'ptli of ubout six foot. Tliosj wir s
uro madj of galvanized iron,
and
their cost is not large.
Ily the use of thisi upp irutus t he pro
duction on u given iiroit has be. u in
creiiseil lifty per cent. The grapes
from vinoynrdi iu tva'oh the gcoiiiag
iielifero isti.od, uro richer in sugar and
alcohol than ordinary grapes. Flow
ers have a stronger perfume also when
stimulated iu this m inner.
The exact chemical notion w hich the
ifi'ian too. New 1 m k urld
llow il .Vuj he Dime.
"Miss M insiird," s iid tho head uf
the biisiuess'iiiiiiM: to his pretty Menu
critplier, "have yuit written those I, t
torn to delinquent debtors tills llflt r
liooli, if you plense?'1
"Ych, bir," said Miss Mansitrd.
"And that long letter to the Kunsiis
City branch house?"
"Yes, nir."
"W !'," said the, hcutl nf the firm,
"J h ive another letter hero I'd like to
g' oil' this nftern.io.i, if ymi please."
fhe btouogrupher aiproached and
,,ut down by tho little wooden leaf
which he drow out from his desk f. i
her.
"The address," said the head of th
house, commencing to dictate rapidly,
"iH James Hroderick, Trent Fulls Sta
tion, Vt. Dear old friend : Your let
ter is received, and I assure you it
gives me great pleasure to hear of
your welfare. I hope your lumilv
will continue in the but of ipirih',
and I bhiill Certainly look forward
with Hiitiijfaetiuh to your propose!
visit Lure- Paragraph. Juregir lto
your inquiry us to why 1 don't got
married, would say that I huvo bjoii
too busy, b it mean to take s'tp, to
liliie.lv the matter nt once. I a:.; t.'iis
afternoon ubout to make u proposition
of the kind you u I 'get to Miss Mary
M uiHitr.l, ti charming young woman
who is employed in my ollico, and
who is in every way lilted to adorn it
home with womanly grace:'. Misa
Mansard heretofore has b 'on ruther
distant in h"i- conduct, but this m ay
be due wholly hi u iiulur.il resolve.
Ph ra g m ph. My Monographer has in
structions to Hppi lid to this letter the
fae! that Mi.su Mansard's answer
The head uf tin: firm iutel ruot .'d
himself and turin .1 to open a 'reli
batch uf bllsillo.-H letters.
"You may linisli thut li tter, Miss
liiisuid, yiilll'si.-lf,'" he bald, "u!
tliuugh I trust ymi uudeistauil that the
first duty uf nn i In j il uy i.o is to obey
tho evident wishes uf her einployer,
whether bpiikeii ur impli d."
And Miss Minsir l ubedi. n'lv with
drew to her typewriter. Chicago
Tribune.
I! iIIihi;i. fur a Nnvi I Piii'iik-.!'.
"I'm I My. r , the hul!....n maker uf
Fuukfui'i, N. Y. , is eugiigod just tow
in mu'iufaeturiiig hihuous f-u u level
juirpose," said lid ward Taylor of Troy,
at th i Arlin ;toii. "Tin y hava been
ordered by shipowners in New Yurk
and will lu place I uhuard their ves
so's fur ii .e iu time of shipwreck.
I'll" Clews will li. it get ill the halloolii
and sail ashore through air, us sum.
might imagine. The outfit coii'.is.h of
it machine for making by drog- ii g is
under pressure, n.i arranged that its
tlow can be controlled. This gas will
he II i d to illlhlto It bill ill b.llluoll uf
sullicieiit hizo to curry n lni" ichuio
from u threat 'lied idiip, hy whicii it
heavier cable can bv: drawn lor the pas
sago of the crew or guud . Nu.ui1hv,
when u bout is wrecked and a hf. -suv-
iu station i t iu the neighborhood it
mortar is ii-e.l by the life miv i., to
shoot 11 small line over the vessi I, by
which a bigger rope is -tietclied allei
wai'l. It lakes a good in ill. i lu in to
shoot btr. light elio'l 'h to do til!', mid
then in almost every case the wind is
blowing inshore uu I dell cti th ; liti".
With the proposed ha Lions no appa
ratus is ii '.'.led uu shore, and the ..am
wind that is blowing it ves:,el oil the
bench will take the balloon to laud.
hlxp rim 'iits uro to ho iiiiide iu ti few j
weeks und are h dug awaited with much
ill'erest hy those oligu red iu coastwise
alupping. '" Wiishingtuii Slur. j
New Vtirk's (irc.lt t inci n.
Tourists kiiuw very little of New l
Yurk Slate's great eavciu. Howe's
cave, us it is know n, is bituuted only
ubout forty miles from Albany, and is
the third largest cavern in the United j
Stat. a, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and '
l.uruy Cavo Virginia, being tho two
which oillrii'ik It ill extent Hlld mag
iipiceu.v. The cavern in question I
Mil:, di: CoVeled by l.f del' lh.WC 111
the w ar IsiJ.au l was foriuerly known
by the name uf I ) . sgurgee Cu ve. Howe
pencil a!ed Its w hiding passage for ll
di .tanc.: of over twelve miles lmt vis
itors do not Usually go beyond Stygian
I. it'ie, a small body of water about
four miles from the elitl'iilice. 'I he
hla'iiei ites uud st-il entiles uro both i
iibiiu. Lmt and b autiail. It is well
lighted with gus us lur back us the
S , ;iari Like all 1 is one of the Woli
d isol thccoiitiiielil. Chicago Tiincn- 1
II -raid.
A Human Head of linn lire
lu the department ul' pl'eliistor.e im
thr ology uf the Smithsonian Insti
tution, Wu-diiugtoii, tin-re is u curious
freak uf nature in the shiipe uf a liumii.'i
head uf suhd iron ore. The corpse
h id b . n . 1 1 : : i : i:i ! 1 v buried iu it hillside
which was full ut wuh r holding iron
in s, ilul . oi. As the hi ain decayed the
iu n inl water filled the vacancies with
its tlcpusit uf iron uro, until finally
there wm only left un exact iiietnl cast
uf w hut had once been it living inuu'u
ui'gan nf thought. Soon the bones of
the skull di em c. I mi l the water belli"
nn longer confined, censed to leave it
deposit, and when the gnive wtic
opened nil that was found wiih decayed
grave clothes and the cumuis iron
s' nll. New Orleans Picayune.
A New I'se for Ihirios,
News com. s of the estabhhumotit uf
it tiielury at I'orlluti.l Oregon, for thu
ci inversion of cheap horses iuto a fer
tilizer. A company hitH been formed
for the erection of ubuttoirs un
the Willamette, accessible fur .leen
water vessels ; whore, horses will ho
billed by bpeiiriug, the flesh rendered
of its oil, and the bones converted
iuto fertilizer, the hides suited, the
manes and tails being saved, giuo pre
.ned, etc.
Whut'ti the Use.
t hat's the use to talk of i-lgliiiig
W le u tho meadow shows it, gruvni
When the ripple's on the river
Aud tho lilies loll uud lean'
What's the use to talk of sighing
When the lurk is in the loam,
And the luoriiiiu: glory V clliiil.iiig
1 1. th" I'lrd. ii gate at home?
What s the use t.i talk of sighing
Win n the rose is sweet with dew
V. lien the m.i.-kiiighird is singing
Aud the. violet is I due?
Atlaiila L' -institution.
HIMOKOIS.
The female chiropodist i-J tho diviu
ity that hhupes our ends.
A He is a relation of yours by mar
riage, 1 believe? li Yea, he married
my girl.
In Ihe bicycle business the greater
the number of unlc'd the groatir tho
falling oil'.
Think how a man wearing bide
whiskers would look iu u marble
limltlimelit.
Miss Oiduii I'd like to see any man
ulive kiss mo! Mr. Sburpe 1 guc::;
you would.
L l ira The riding is Lively, hut
lloggle Hut what! Ltura Am 1 tn
the horse straight?
D.i diaway Aren't ymi spruced up a
goo I deal, Uncle L lony Ye ., bah.
Mull wife Ins done gut work,
Jiluzier How did that bunk clerk
friend of ours Come to bo crooked?
Luzrey He used to ride a bicycle.
Professor - Johnnie, did Willie
Jones leave the room? Johnnie (-.mart
buj - Yes, Hir. Did yer t.'poac ho
it with " i : 1 1 V
Ltlicl -Do ymi allow Cliurh s to Lihh
yam w hen you me lmt eiiguged to him?
Muiiil It isti'l uu allowance. He calls
it it prerequisite.
Dliuk:. -Magnificent library you
huvo! Wiiika-Y'os. When I think
of the pile of money I'vcMink in thorn
books it makes mo feel quite intellect
ual. When it fi'llmv wed- a W'.a.un,
And they I, itii in d'-l'l d" rim,
Wh li if iili'T . li can pay ihe Sill ..
I I. Cll Iwn Iie.irls I'l.'lt a ..I.e.
A wolii iu with a lung thumb will,
iii'C'il.Lli to Di ishurolleb, the authori
ty on pulmi dry, ulway.s do In r best to
have her own wny. So will almost
any other womuli.
Observe a young father trying to
nppea.se it haw ling hahv an 1 yuii will
witness ingenuity enough iu ten niiii-nt-.-.'
to miike oii think that the mail
ought to be an invent. ir.
Justice (severely ) How euiild you,
sir, be so menu us to swindle people
that put coiilideiico in you? Prisoner
Well, judge, your honor, I'il inuko
it wui'ih Mimcthiiig to er it y.i'll tell
me how to work them us don't.
"1 want to sec it big, roomy lint,"
exclaimed the pompous m in us he
-trodc into the real eatate iigi'iit's ol
lico, 'it in. 1 I'm iu a hurry, too."
"You'll lilid a mirror iu the wuh
rooin," replied the clerk politely.
"Dear me," s ti.l Mrs. lluuiiimiine,
"1 must see our grocer right uwuy."
"What fur?" uskod her lisish.inil. "1
iiitve i.uiue llistriietiulis to give him. 1
want to tell him to make our CulL e a
littlo btroug. t and our butter it little
weaker."
A little girl was uvcrhciird talking
lo her do!), win. so lil'lll hud Culiio nil",
exi.usiug the sawdust stuiling. "You
deiir, good obedient dolly. I know I
hu.l told yuii to chew your fund line,
but 1 didn't think you would chew it
bo tine us that. "
A Uii'.iciihilis ( liste n.
There is n.. thing more mousing,
pcrliHpb, m u'l the quaint and curious
"customs" of the House of Commons
I hull the strung.! ceremony which
murks the tcr.iiiiiutiuit o. its every
sitting. The moment the house is ad
journed, btciitori in voiced m bsciigers
uud policemen cry tint iu the lohbii s
ninl corridors i "Who goes home?''
These mysterious words h ive sounded
every night for coiitiirith through the
PuLice of Westminster.
The performance originated at it
time when it necessiiry for mcinbi tn
to go homo in parlies for euminou
pint. Clioll Hglllllst tilt fuotpil.lb who
infested the streets uf London. Put
though that danger h is lung since
passed away, the cry uf "Who goim
home?" is still heard night after night
receiving n reply and expecting
none Chambers Journal.
A l ast Ship.
A Wei liiiiiiu proposes to build a
ship that will h ive it speed of sixty
miles nn hour. Th : bout will he 550
to. t lung an. I fitly feet wide, with u
lilt bottom anil wedge-shaped how
uud si. in; of 10,000 tons ihs
pLic. ui .'iit, mid with eight addlH
wheels on each hide, each making
b'.e'eutecll revolutions u luluuto.