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St Ictty In Advance. VOL XIX
The Consul's Wife.
EY nELRS T0RRR8T ortAVES.
IF, they nre determined
not to like mo," said
Oofaviu Durell. with
P" tears of mortified pride
! sparkling m lior eyes
ns she laid down the
frigid letter ho hud
liecu rending. "And
It is crueily hard for mo to bo forced
to meet them without Sigismund's
presence- to sustain nud ibol I me. I
liuow just bow it will be. My mother-in-law
will look coldly aud critically
upon everything I do ; my stepdaugh
ter will fancy mo a tyraut, and steel
herself against mo ns if I wero an in
quisitor. Homo will bo a dungcou
uud life a burden ! Oh, I wish I al
most wish," shu added, correcting her
self, with the shy smile of happy wife
hood "that I had never married.
T3nt, aftor all, what nousonso that is,
when Sigisiuuuel is so good, so noble,
to worthy of a wife's devotion !"
Mrs. Durell was cn her way homo
from ludtn, and, seated iu the coo),
marblo-paved apartmeut at Gibraltar,
from whence tho Peninsula and Ori
ental steamship win to sail the next
ilav, ho watched the palm leaves sway
jug in tho breeze, tho flutter of the
gay green an I whito awnings, and tho
turbaned Eastern servants passing to
and fro with trnys of black coffee,
delicately flavored ice?, moulded to
imitate apples, oivitiges uu.l ponicgrnn
ntes, with absent, unseeing eyes.
Never before h id sho been parted
from her husband, who was American
Consul at ouo of the Oriental portn,
but a Midden c.ill had arisen for his
presence many hundred milos back in
the mountain country a wilderness'
to which it was impossible that ho
could take his delicate young wife.
There is uo telling how long I may
bo detained among thoso semi-savages,
Octy," he ha 1 uaid to his wife, "and 1
can ueither take you nor leavo yon.
Go homo to bv mother and make
frieuds with little Eudora. It is pos
sible that I may follow you inn few
months, if all goes well, but, at all
event.", I shall feel safer if you are on
American soil. Leuson, your maid,
is an accustomed traveler, and Leon.
ard, who commands tiio I'acilica, is
ray old fiicu.l, so that you will laeii no
care.
"But, Sigi.imuml," cried Mrs. Du
rell, with a countenance of ludicrous
dismay, "a- motuer-iu-law ! and
stepdaughter To bo compelled to
co n f rout them, all by myself!
"My dear little goose!" said the
consul. laughing. ".Now you nre
frightened at moro shadows. ".My
mother is tho dearest old lady in tho
world, and Dora is a darliug."
"Couldn't I stay with you?" plead
ed the young wife, clinging to his arm.
"I'd rather bo murdered by tho na
tives, or die of cholera down on the
plains, thau g back to America all by
myself."
"Nousenso! nonsense! nonsense I"
cheerily cried out Mr. lurell.
And so tho matter had been settled.
And Octavia was thus far on her tedious
voyage home, when, crossing tho
chequered piivemeul. without, a slight,
graceful figure glided by, with float
ing lace scarf and deeply-fringed, red
colored parasol.
"It's Janio Weldon !" cried Octavia,
springing up and rustling out to inter
cept tho movements of the beautiful
stranger.
"Why," cried Miss Weldon, in in
finite surprise, "it is Octavia Olcott!
And here, on tho heights of Gibraltar I
Of all places, who would havo dreamed
of meeting you hero?''
"1 am going to America," said Oc
tavia. "So am I," raid Miss Weldon.
"But my umiio isn't Olcott any
longer," said tho young wife, laugh
ing and blushing. "1 airt Mrs. Sigis
rnuud Durell."
'Then," said Miss Weldon, with her
eyes growing larger and moro brilliant
than ever, "you nro the daughter-in-law
of Mis. Alkinoud Uurell, tho very
lady I am going to visit. Do tell me
about her. Is she nice? Is she lively?
Is sho "
Octavia burst out laughing.
"I nevgr saw her in my life," said
she.
"Neither did I," said Miss Weldon.
"But she has invited mo to visit her
because my Aunt Barbara was an old
friend of hers. And you really havo
married the charming young consul
widower? My darling, 1 congratulate
you I"
"I was a governess at Calcutta," said
Octavia blushing and looking exceed
ingly pretty. "And "
"I see how it was," nodded Miss
Weldon, who had been Octavia's
schoolmate Jong ago. "Love at first
sight and I don't blamo Lim, when I
soe how pretty you have grown. And
I suppose dear old Mrs. Durell is de
lisrhtod to havo you ?"
"Sho isn't delighted at all," said
Octavia, solemnly. ".She has writton
me a letter as cold as ice, regretting
that her son shonl I havn married
again so ptecipitately (just as if his
first wife hadn't boon dead tivo years)
-hoping that we should be ooDgeaikU
V7
but fearing very much that I should
find the quiet and solitude of Durell
Court too dull for my taste"."
"But that's horrid 1" said Miss Wel
don. "Not in the least like tho letter
sho wrote me. Wait a miuuto I have
it liero in my pocket."
JAnd, with a heart thrilled by a feel
ing somewhat akin to envy, Mrs.
Durell real the affectionato, almost
motherly epistle, t.hieh invited Miss
Weldon, for her aunt's sake, to make
Durell Cour- her home for as long a
period as she pleased, assuring her of
tho warmest welcome and love.
Octavia's eyes tilled with tears.
"Why couldn't sho have written
such a letter to me?" sho exclaimed.
"Because, my dear, you are her
daughter-in-law," Miss Weldon phil
osophically answered. "No woman
can welcouio tho girl who has stolen
away her son's heart. It isn't in human
nature."
Octavia was silent for a minute;
then she exclaimed, suddenly ;
"Janie, I've an inspiration n posi
tive inspiration ! Let me got And
you keep away for a little while t"
"Go where? Keep away from
whom?" said Miss Weldon, in amaze
ment; and then with brightening
eyes, she added: "Oh, I see? Oc
tavia, you are a genius ! Como hero
and sit by mo, and we'll arrange it
all."
The golden autumn time had come,
and tho woods around Durell Court
wcro wearing their brightest dyes.
Little Eudora had skipped around
nil day, gathering the sweetest roses,
arranging violets iu saucers of Dres
den china, adding new beauties to tho
suito of npnrtuieuts which hid been
prepared for Miss Weldon, tho only
child of "grandmamma's dearest
friend."'
"For we must enjoy her society all
wo can beforo my odious stepmother
comes, said Eudora, all unconscious
that she was in the least degree un
charitable.
l'oor child ! she only echoo.l tho
chiiii of popular opiuiou, after all.
And when grandmamma's pony
phaeton emu back from tho train
with the tall, lovely lady iu black, Eu
dora llo.v into her uruis with nil a
child's innocent enthusiasm.
".Staud oil' a little, uud let me look
at you," sai I tho child, joyously,
pushing back her jetty curls ah, so
like Sigisuiuud's that Octavia's heart
thrilled within her! "Oh, you are ex
actly liko what I pictured you ia my
miud! Aud wo are going to bo so
happy togother you and I, ond
graudmnmma until uutil my step
mother comes!"
Octavia looked wistfully nt her.
"Dear Eudora!'' sho said, impul
sively, "I love you already. Promise
mo that you will lovo me!"
Tho warm hearted little girl coverod
her checks, brow and lips with kisses.
Dear Miss Weldon," said sho, "I
promise you a thousand times over."
And Mrs. Durell led tho guest smil
ingly to her room.
"My darling," said she, "I want
you to bo very happy here. For you
are tilling a place iu our hearts that
has long been vacant my daughter's
place !"
"But Mrs. Sigismund Durell?"
suggested tho stranger, coloring
deeply.
The old lady made a gesture of dis
sen. "I can never love her !" sho uttered,
sadly.
"But roe you will be kind to mo?"
"My dear .fauie, you nre liko my
own child already;" lovingly spoke
tho old lady.
And Mrs. Durell never suspected
tbo rain of bittor tears which poor
Ootavia shed when sho was at last left
alone.
"But I will mako them love me!"
she thought ; "and when oace thoir
affection is thoroughly mine, I will
not let them withdraw it from me,
merely because I am Octavia Durell
instead of Jauie AVeldon I"
And this beautiful young impostor
had not been a week iu tho house be
fore she had won all heerts. Sho was
grandma's darling, Eudorn's confidant,
tho pet and sunshine of the house.
And oh, how her heart beat when
Mrs. Durell looked at her tenderly
one evening, and said, with a kiss:
"Dear little Jauie, I was thinking
how many thousand dollars I would
give if rjigisiuuud's wifo were liko
yon."
Octavia turned first red, then white.
"Mrs. Durell'," sho said, hurriedly,
'if I were Sigisuiuud's wife"
And just then a bevy of guests were
shown in, and the words of confession
were checked on Octavia s lips.
But the secret betrayed itself at
last, as secrets will always do.
It was a rosy December sunset, the
snjwy holds all dyed with carmine,
the hugo iire of mossy logs crackling
in the tiled flre-placo of Durell Court.
Tho old lady was serenely dozing in
the blaze, nnd F.ndora was helping
her guest to arrange roses, fresh gath
ered from the green-houses, iu antique
niwoliea yases, when the door sudden
PITTSHORO,
ly opened, nnd a tall, well-moulded
ligure strode in.
"Well, mother! Well, Eudora-"
Tho old lady started up with a cry.
Eudora looked with diluted, wonder
ing eyes; but first and swiftest of
them all Octavia was in her husband's
arms.
"Sigismund!" sho cried, hysteric
ally. "Oh, Sigismund !"
Old Mrs. Durell recovered herself
with an effort, and looked on in
amazement.
"Sigisruund," sail she, "I did not
know that thin lady "
"This lady, mother," he auswerod,
brightly, "is tho sweetest and dearest
little lady iu all tho world to me my
wife !''
And Octavia hid her faco on her
mother-in-law's shoulder.
"Dear Mrs. Durell," sbp whispered,
"forgive mo for stealing your hearl(
by strategy, for, indeed, 1 despaired
of ever winning it iu auy other way.'
Jaio Weldou told me that I might
borrow her personality. She, too, is
coming alter New Year's."
"I'm sure," said Mrs. Durell, ner
vously whipping her spectacle glasses,
"I don't know what to sayl"
".Say '1 forgive you,' "said Octavia ;
"and say also, 'I lovo you, daughter I'"
"I lovo you, dear little daughter,"
said tho old lady, fulteringly. "And
as for forgiving why, I nui not oertain
but that I need forgiveness the most
of all."
While little Eudora clung clo3oly t
tho yonng wifo's side.
"I don't caro whether you nre my
step-mother or not," she said. "I love
you, nnd I shall always call you
mammn, now !"
And then tho happy, excited little
group gathered around the fire, and
explanations followed all around.
Octavia had to recount her little
plot, so often nearly betrayed by the
fullness of her own heart. Sigismund
had to relate the combination of
circumstances by which he had ob
tained a year's leave of absence from
his Eastern consulate, and managed to
take them by surprise; and a moro
joyful little household was nowhero to
be found.
"I was beginning to wonder why
Mrs. Duroll, junior, did not come,"
said the old lady, with ft smilo.
"And 1 was dreading it, terribly,"
said Eudorn, with a pretty little moue,
"and nil tho time tho mischievous
darling was iu our very midst."
And that very evening Octavia sat
down nnd wrote to Jauie Weldon what
a success her plot had proved. Satur
day Night.
Asbu's S5,)00,000 Hotel.
William Wuldorf Astor has $3,000,
000 inverted in lho Waldorf Hotel,
aud has never been Under its roof but
ouce, ouly to visit a friend who hap
pened to bo staying there. He drove
up to tho la l es' entrance, walked
through the hall about fifty feet to an
elevator, got out at the fifth floor,
went to Mr. Kissatu's room, remained
half au hour or more, rode down the
elevator, walked to his carriage with
out looking to the right hand or tho
left, nud drove nway.
Ho has been in New York several
times since his hotel was completed,
but this ia the only time ho has ever
entered the doors. Whether his in
difference is n freak or an affection no
one seems to know. The managers of
his business, who are old family
friends and occupied a similar rela
tion with his father, submitted to him
the plans of architecture before con
struction was begun and they were
approved by hiiu, aud he, of course,
advised us to nil that relates to tho
property. But ho never goes there.
A friend suggesta that his peculiarity
may perhaps ariso from the fact that
his lute, wifo took an active part in
plnnaing and particularly in seleoting
the decorations of tho house, but one
would suppo.10 that would iuoreoso hb
interest iu it.
A special reason for Mr. Astor to
feel au attachment for the Waldorf is
found on tho iirst floor, where the
dining room of his grandfather is
exactly reproduced. When the old
mansion was torn down to make way
for tho hotel tho architects carefully
removed tho decoratious from the
walls of tho original dining room, the
old-fashioned marquetry floor was taken
up, tho mantel, sideboards, window
frames nnd doors, tho fireplace, chan
deliers, nn 1, iu fact, all the finishings,
and furnishings, which are of black
walnut, handsomely carved, wero
stowed away, and then reset in what
is kuown as tho Ator memorial room,
but William Waldorf never has had
tho curiosity to see it. New York
Dispatch.
How "I'miit Sniu"' (jot Ills Xamp.
Tho nifl iiiumo, "I'nclo Sam," as an
plied to tho L'uitodStiitosOovernraent,
is said to have originated as follows:
Samuel Wilson, commonly called
"Uncle Sam," was a Government in
spector of beef and pork at Troy, New
York, nbout lXVi. A contractor, El
bert Audersou, purchased a quantity
of provisions, aud tho barrels were
marked "H. A., Anderson's initials,
and "IT. S.," for United States. The
latter initials wero not familiar to
Wilson's workmen, who iuquired
what ttiey meant. A facetious fellow
answered : "I don't know, unless they
mean l ucio nmu. A vast amount
of property afterward passed thrugh
Wilson's bauds marked in tho same
manner, aud ho was often joked upon
the extent of his possessions. The
joke spread through nil the depart
ments of t!io Government, and beforo
long the United States was popularly
referred to as "Uncle Sam." Ladies'
Homo Journal.
Elephants In Kugland.
It is certain that tho elephant, tho
rhinoceros, tho bear, the hyena, and
other wild auimals were at one time
common in England. Several bones
of these nnimals have been found in
Kent's Cavern, about a mile from
Torquay, ix-ience.
CHATHAM CO.. N. C.,
Love's Millionaire.
Not larRO of limb, nor great of brain.
No wealth on land, no ships at se:i;
With scant iiluas of lass or gain,
An ordinary toller ho.
What then his secret of success?
His wondrous powr to havo nnd hold?
JiispiMisir ho of love's large&si.
Al 'hemlst of uucoiiutei Bold!
Mrs. M. L. R:ivn.
IWy Harvest Queen.
I "f was years ago they eallo 1 yon quen,
i Whn all llm world was fre3h and green,
Tho sun nluft iu H7.ur skh'S
(Warm as tho sirtilo ia your blue eyes)
' Its KlUtenln'.; I ry sent mlowa
Xo Klld tho flowers that formed your crown.
Lova brushed your chek with rosy
wini;
All! that was sprlug!
'Twss years nso they callod you quasi);
Tho world was wrapt In heavenly sheou.
A violot camo penpiug through
With timid wUh to azo on you.
Tho brooks lau-jlu'.l low with softonej
ni'rth,
llird carols la Id -ne 1 all tho earth,
Youth hfld you iu iis magic ring
All' that was sr.riug!
'Twas years ao tlioy eallo 1 you qiioon.
, 'Twas spriuir aud you wero seveutoeD,
It Is tho mellow ai'itumu now,
I Tlm's flnnerpiiiits an' ou your brow.
I kiss your eheek, sweet withered rose,
I And feel a peH'-o around m ) close.
; That uevor in tho spiiiif? ha? baon,
Aud erowu you queen 'ny naivesi qiioi-n:
-Jessie l nine, in Detroit Free Press.
Wonderland.
Sweet eves by sorrow still unwet,
To you tho world is radiant yet,
A palace-hall nf splendid truth
Touehed bv the n ,,u liozs of youth,
Whore hopes and j us aro over rife
Amid the mystery of life;
Ami. seeking all to ua ierstand,
Tho truth to you is wonderland.
I turn and wnteh wllli unshod tenrs
Tito furrowed train of ondod years;
I see tho eacrer hope, that wane,
Tho hopos that ili- in endless pain,
Tlio coward Faith, that falsehoods .hnko.
The souls that faint, tho hearts that break,
The Truth by livid lips bemoaned,
Tho HlKht dollied, the Wrong onthronod
And, striving still t" understand,
The wo.-ld to nio is wondorlnnd.
A llttlo time, then by and by
Tho puzzled thought itself shnll rti .
When, like the throb of distant drum",
The call iuevila'do comes
To blurring brain nud wt-nry limb,
And when the nulling eyes grow dim,
Aud f ist tho gathering shadows creep
To lull tho drowsy sonso to sleep,
Wo two shall slumber, hand In hand,
To wake, perhaps, ia wonderland.
-II irry Thurston Peek, iu Tho Dookmnn,
The Mother's Song.
"Two wonea sho 1 bo grinding nt the mill;
tho ouo shall bo taken nnd tin other left."
"All day, an'l all day, as I sit a! my meas
ureless turuing,
Thoy come anil they go
The little ones lowu oa lho roik4 and tho
sunlight is burning
On vineyaids below;
All (lay, nnd all day. a I sit at my stoaoand
nm c 'uselessly grin tin.",
Too almond boughs blow.
"When sho wis hro O. ray first-born!
hero, grinding and singing,
Mv hand agnl.ist hers,
What did I reclt of the wind wliero the a'09
is swinging.
And lho oypress vine stirs?
What of n bird to its little onej hastening,
living aud crvtng,
Through the dark of th firs?
"Whn she was by me, my beautiful, bore
! by me grinding,
i I saw" not lho glow
Of the grape; for the bloom of her faeo that
I the sunlight was llndli.g,
I And tho po negranato blow
' Of her mouth, and the joy of her oyes, and
I her voice, like a dive t ) um siug-
I u.
j Made a garden ngrowl
! "Was it I? Was it I, for whom Death came
seeking nud culling
When ho found her so f lirV
I At tho wheel, nt tho wheel, from dawn till
i the dew shall be falling
! I will wait for him there.
Death! (I shall cry) I am old, but yon shadow
j or pluuis that are purpling
Was the hue of her ha r!
"Death! (I shall cry) in the sund of the
mill ever turning
I Till dark brings releas,
j Till the sun oa tho vineyards below nm to
i erimsou is burning
I There is measure of peaee,
' Fir all day, and nil day with the wheel
! are hi'reves to mo turning!
But death! (I shall call) take mo heneo ere
the daylight its shadow i spum
ing!
Il'nce, ore tho nlghl-timo can wrap mo
nrouud with my tenrs
aU'l
my
yearning
When t he grinding shall cease."
Virginia Woodward (.'loud, in Ladles'
Homo Journal.
Tliey Always Do.
John B. Scott, a prominent member
of the Bar in Albany, N. Y., is regis
tered at tho Kaleigh. Said he last
evening: "A neat rejoinder was ouco
made by Judge Charles I Daly, Chief
Justice of tho New York Courtof Com
mon 1'lciH.
"The case involved a delicate ques
tion as to the construction of a statute,
and the Judge, after long considera
tion, decided tho question in open
eomt, giviug hn reason in a few well
spoken remarks, which caused a lull
iu the court room. The silence was
finally broken by tho attornoy for the
successful party to tho suit, who stood
up and said, with an air of patroniz
ing approval : 'May it please Your
Honor, I, for one, entirely agree with
you.' Tho venerable Chief Justice,
with a twinkle in his eye, which be
tokened appreciation of the joke, but
with a perfectly grave face, quietly
removed hisglasscs, and, amid absolute
silence of the spectators, said : '1 have,
Counselor, generally found iu my ex
perience that the successful attorney
entirely agrees with tho Court.' "
Washington Times.
"ncre," said the clerk, "is a novel
that woulJ bo very suitable " "What
I'm looking for," said the new woman,
blaudly, "js something unsuitable!'
NOVKMBKUM, IWMi.
I'OiTLAIt MIEMC.
Chicago has uu electric elevated
road.
Tho Uuris doctors ore using tbo bi
cycle craze as a means of treating in
sanity. Italy has more steam btrcct rail
roads than any other country in the
world a mileage of about 3J'J0 kilo
netres. Luminous inks may now be used fo
print signs to be visible iu the dark.
Zi'nc salts aud calciums ore the med
iums generally used.
A San Francisco physician is pre
paring to construct au air ship, which
ho declares will csrry passenger to
New York in forty hours.
Of about NiH) 1 children in twenty
fivo schools iu London, whose sight
was tested by Carter's method, only
forty per cent, had normal vision iu
both eyes.
Tho astronomers calculate that if
tho diameter o? the sun should be.
daily diminished by two feet, it would
bo HJOO years before our best instru
ments could detect any dillereucj iu
its size or brilliaucy.
Euglnn I has decide I t.i h lopt tho
metric system of weiglitsaud measures,
aud the Government, iu tho pcrsou oi
its President of the Hoard of Tru le,
has drafted a bill to bo submitted to
Parliament at tho opening of tho next
session.
The distinguished chemist and ex
Miuis.ter of Foreign Affairs in France,
M. Berthjlot, h u e il.'iilato 1 that tho
copper mines iu tho Moiiut Siuii
rauge wero worked Tddt) years ngo,
and are, therefore, tho oldest mines in
the world.
Some idea of the vn-t extent of the
iurlace of tho earth may bo obtained
when it is note 1 that if a lofty church
iiteoplo is ascoudo 1, and the Ian Is.-apui
risible from it looked at, !i',"W such
landscapes mu-t be viewed in older
that tho whole earth may be seen.
A receut invention is the pneumatic
solo for eye! iug shoes. Between tho
inner aud tho outer leather ii fitted n
tubo filled with air to tho pressure of
twenty-live pounds. This has tin ef
fect of preventing vibration, nnd will,
no doubt, prove a comfort to many
riders.
Tho United States Naval Survey,
the University of Harvard nud the
Civil Engineering College, Corn dl,
arc combiuiug to ascertain tho preeis i
longitude of Cornell. Twenty stars
are to be simultaneously observe 1 at
Washington, D. C. , Harvard au.l
Cornell.'
Those Funny College Buys.
Knowiug tbo horror with which tho
average policeman regards a college
student, several Uuiversity of Penn
sylvania students started out to havo
some fnu with the bluecjats on Thurs
day night. They purchased a b irber
polo 'from a retiring tciisorial nrtisl,
and immediately upon getting posses
sion of it dashed like mad nlou
Woodluad avenue. Ju-t as they ucare I
Fortieth 6treet, a burly hlnecuat, see
ing a chance to make his reputation,
commanded the suppo.-el thieves to
halt. Without being accused of any
thing they yebel iu chorus: "Ve
didn't steal the pole. Indeed, wo
didn't." This doehrntiou naturally
cause I the officer to think otherwise,
and with drawn club he inarehe 1 them
off to the patrol box. After being
taken to tho statiou house under pro
test, they produced the receipt lor tho
barber polo nud were allowed their
liberty, much to the disgust of their
captor. Not beiug sati-iied with tho
success of their scheme thus far, tho
frolicsome studeuts repented their an
tics on Lancaster nveuue, au 1 wero
ngnin arrested, and proved their inno
cence as before. After performing the
samo trick iu other districts their
scheme was discovered by a police ser
geant, who telephoned to nil the sta
tions in West Phihidclphi i instruc
tions not to arrest tiny crowd jocu run
ning'with n barber po'o. This mys
terious order is causing miich food fov
thought by the knights of tho locu-t
west of the Schuylkill. Philadelphia
Beeord.
(Juoor Project of a H udier.
"A barber in my town lr.s discov
ered a new method of making the time
pass pleasantly for his customers,''
said L. A. Warren, of Owas-o, Mi.'li.,
nttheEbbitt. "He ue l t. be a great
talker, but read eo many jokes aboui
barbers tilking to their oiis'om'r
that ho quit and put up u notice,
'Please dou't talk to the barber, as ho
don't want to talk when at work.'
Sotno of his patrons did not like tin
innovation, aud tha barber hit upon a
novel plau of makiug the time pis
plcasautly while his cuto;iicr i wer-
being shaved. He has three little girls,
all of whom nre excellent elo 'iilionists
for their ages, 11 o has them tuko
turns of au hour cch nt timo recit
ing stirring, patheJe nnd huiuoroin
vorsos. When no customers aro iu
tho shop they cau amuse Uhmu'cIvcs a .
they please, but wheui patron outer",
the barber says, 'iiceito for th .gen
tleman, Annie,' and Annie gives him
'Sheridan's Bide," Tin Poluli Hoy,'
or somo other favorite.'' Washington
Star.
Jfe Roache.i the Hig'ics! Aitilu !e.
Sir William Maitin IVivny, wLo
has departed for Spitsbergen, can
boast of ha viug loached a higher alti
tude iu the Himalayas thau m y either
climber has ever attaiued. Ho reached
the summit of Pioneer Peak, 2.'.,Hi;i
feet above the sea, after spendin;
oighty-four days oa suow and ice, an I
traversing the three longest of lhe
known glaziers outside cf the polar
regions. He states in a recent nrticlo
iu the English Illustrated Magazine,
that tho rarity of tho n'r nt these great
altitudes did not affect hint so lo.ig m
ho kept himself out of nuy cramped
position, and Kept tho che.-t free ;o
that the lungs might expand to tho
utmost limits. .
M. II.
tl'KIOLS PALI'S.
A Boston society belie lias Lad her
dogs teeth tilled with gold.
Chiness gardeners grow little oak
trees ono and a half iuches high iu
thimbles.
The horse chelnut indicates luxury.
This is thought to be on account of
the size of its burrs.
Tho peach blossom indicates su'.--mission,
though how it came by this
meaning it is not clour.
A drive well near Idaho Fall", Idaho,
struck water nt a depth of lt'2 teet,
lifter goiug through ninety-eight feci
of lnvn.
The finge-r nails of tho King of An
nam are as long n? his fingers, an I tlu
chief duty of live of his wives is t i
take care of them. Ho has over o:k
hundred wives.
A museum iu Ilorliti ha si-cure I
possession of Luther's Bible which ho
used iu his study. Its mar .'ins :ir
covered with notes iu tho reformer'
handwriting. It was printed iu P.il
in 150'., an I is iu exeelbnt state of
preservation.
Whilo removing rock by blasting in
Dado County, Georgia, L. M. Mt-rri-wether
sttti.'k a miuiat.ire artjsian
well. Water comes from a split in tho
rock in a stream of nbout !M ') gallons
an hour. It h is now been running ut
that rate for several week".
The ol let-t house in Woo li ridge,
Coun., has been burned t tno gr.nui-1.
Tho houso wis built in l'i'17 by Puv.
Mr. Woodbridge, and it was the int 'n
tiou to celebrate tho tw hun Irr- itli
anniversary next year. It was occu
pied aud owned by John Currio nnd
family nnd Mrs. Calhoun and daughter.
Snake Biles,
The late Capiniu John (I. Botuko,
who wis tho first intelligent wliito
who witnessed tho M-iki suak dance
Bud kept thoroeorl of it, thought
that these In li nn possess antidotes
wo had uot yet discovered. To-, lay
tho real stil ly of nntitoxiues has com
inenced, audit is by lr. A. ('.dinette,
chief of tho Pasteur Institute, of
Lille, that the properties of nu nutt
venomous serum havo been ex icily
explained. Dr. Phisalix's experiment;
show that under certain precautions a
man or uu auimal may suffer hardly
nuy iucouveuieuco from the venom of
viper. Remarkable results hnve beeu
obtained with the venom of t lie eohn.
Wheu two milligrammes of thedriel
cobra poison iu solution were injected
into a rabbit's car, tho animil was
dead after twelve minutes.
But when a rabit was protected by
former extremely weak solutions of
the cobra poi-on, an) thou tho same
sdrong i u fusion of the venom was in
jected iuto it, th-' iiuim il wm not in
convenioneed. Dr. Calmetto's inves
tigations began with tho stil ly of the
nature and veiioiu o! many different
kinds of snakes. Whence does tii-.i
snuko collect it-- venom? It must tako
it from its own b!oo 1 nu 1 concentrate
it iu n particular glau.l. Of courso
there may be changes iu this poise'!! dif
fering from Hint loun I in th? original
source the blood of the siiako itse!''.
We know that tho pig nu I the mon
gooso nro not affcctn.l by snake bite--,
nu I it is natural to suppose that in
their blood there is something which
makes them immune. Following tho
Rous method, Dr. Cnliuelto took a
horse, because this iiuimal shows a
natural resistance to snake bites. Too
horse was inoculated with a lethal
dose of cobra poison, and the auimal
was not seusib'y inconvenience 1. The
injections wero continued for three
mouths, by which time the horse "ould
stand a dose fifty times tho lethal
Btrength. The blood of the horse U 1 1
acquire! immunity. Taking twenty
cubio centimetres of t his horse serine,
it was found to be suilie-ieiit "to euro a
man suffering from tin bite of a deadly
icptile." More curious was this:
when a snake was inoculated w ith this
horse serum, ho did not niif -r when
bitten by any oth-n- kiul or variety
of Buake. llarp- r's Weekly.
Largest Mule Heal Kier Male,
The biggest mule deal that ever took
place in this country occurred at Salt
Lake City in Im? , wlien at public auc
tion Bon Ho'.lid iy brought from I'nclo
Sam 4300 lie id of big stout Iowa aud
Missouri mules. These line- hybrids
had been taken to Utah iu the fnmm
expedition ngaiu't the Mormons, which
croisel tho plains in 1K"'7 under the
command of AUnrt Sidney Johnson.
Wluu th expedition rove la lizzie
nnd had to bo rec ill.-1, tho Govern
ment found it had no tw for so many
mules and they were consequently
condemned nnd e'ldeie l sold. They
were put e.u in lots of A ty nnd sol I
nt prices rangiu; from ?"i Ho 81h n
heal. Ben llo.li -lay tin 1 tho stuff to
pay for the stub tails, nu I s.-eing a
Bpecula'ion in them he took the who'o
cavallurd nt his own price. On the
first day in Juuo the mules wvre
started on n dr.vo to California. They
wero driven in bands cf 3 );, n week
apart, nn-l only . Klwero kept iu Utah
for snio there. The mules were readily
sold in California in lots to suit pur
chasers ut tho nvi-rago prico of .-!'
per head, mi l llolliday eleare I out
moro than sd.i O ki'O t cn tho dicker,
which goes down in histery ns the
biggest mule deal on record.
A Hi ell Joke.
That was a rich joke i vcrv rio'i
joke whi-:h a good young mm in j
Chicago thought he would play, when j
ho moved a luhy'x c iriia.ro a lew rods j
nway from tha st jrj where it mother ,
was shopping, just to see how scared ;
sho would bo at I'm ling her baby
gone. But its iichue-s came out u j
its fullness only when the go I young j
mau had to pay a lino of 230 for his I
amusement a pen-illy from which the
fact that ho was nu olicinl of the Y.
M. C. A. di lu't save him. St. Paul
Tic-neer Press.
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Doubt thou my truth.
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Through a!l the changing yean,
For I'vermorp,
Thee will I truly love,
Serve and a lore;
I. T of all else to III i
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With faithful In-art.
nm and point.
Many a blessing in disL'tii.-e i-ll'eelu-ally
el u les detection. Puck.
"Undo Hiram, your puinpkitn nt
lho fair nro ei.orinoiis this year."
"Ya'as, I helped tu uloug Mi my
darter's new bi-.iel.le pump." Chica
go Record.
"Ostriches swallow rocks to help
grind their food." "Yes. And poor,
down trodden men grinds his own loo I
and gives the rocks to the !un ll i ly."
Detroit Free Press.
He "What do you think of young
Tones?" She "I think if he had
lived in biblical days, Bahiiiu's n-s
would never have attained such pro m
inence." Harlem Life.
A minister having walked through a
1'illngo churchyard aud observed tho
indiscriminate pr.iis-es be-dowo I upon
the dead, wrote upon the gatepost tho
following: "Here lies tho deal mi l
here the living lie !" Tit-Bits.
"You have been thirty years in th
public service uud are rich and iudu
pendent. Tell me, judge, why do you
uot retiro on a peu-iou?" "Because
if I should do that I would not get my
iununl vacation." Fiieut-udo liiin.-t-tcr.
Ho (telling a hair-breadth udv.-ti-(urn)
"And in the bright in .lontight
we could see tho dark muzzles of tho
wolves." Sho (breathlessly l "Oh,
how glad you must havo bci ti that they
had the muzzles on!'" Harper's ll.i
znr. Not Altogether Hopeless: ' I shall
never marry,'' declared Mi.-s Ehlerlv
in atone meant tube firm. "Don't
say that," answered her bot friend,
Floreuce. "Women older thau you
bnvo had proposals." Detroit Free
Press.
"O, Mr. Smyth, your lu-wvvp.-r
jokes nro so funny I alwe.ys ivil them
twice." And a ter Smyth ha 1 do
parted, with his bump of sell-esteem
considerably extet; io 1, sho toll tlu
other girls that she had to do so iu or-ue-r
to see the point. Texas Silling-.
A Considerate Arrangement : "Now,
professor." said tht hos;e.-,s, "I want
you to havo numerous piani-sinio
passages in your feieelions lor lb'
musieale." "You aro fou l of the sen
ti mental, theu'r" "Not especially.
But my guests will want to hoar them
selves talk ouco iu awhile." Wash
ington Star.
"I am tirod to death," declared
Mrs. Younghusbnud, m she ruachel
home from town the other i-veuing.
"What's tho matter?" risked her hus
band. "Beeu having baby's portrait,
t ikon. They havti u way of taku:g
them instantaneously now.you know."
"How long were you nt it 'J'' "i'hreo
hours and a half." Tit-Bits.
The While H' w-c in Trim,
Tho custom of r .-fitting ii'i 1 refur
nishing the Wh to ilouse on the eve
of a Presidential el.cliof lias been lo!
lowed this fa'. I ns usual, nu 1 next
March the mansion will bo in splendid
condition for Cleveluul's successor.
In the cat room the white aud g d 1
borders nud pani-!.i have been rei-ton-d.
The new carpet selected by Mrs.
(.'level nn 1 In fere i-he h It fcr the sum
mer has been compared to "a vdil-.ib'o
cloth of gold. "
Then- is also t o be a new carpet laid
in the corridor. The greet', blue and
red nrlcrs, that were refitted to s.niic
extent lust year, nre to remain as thoy
wi re.
The state dining room is a sort m'
store room for tho house when not
)-ut to its legitimate use, nnd largo
rolls cf carpets covered with l-urlao-,
uud large pieces of furniture in - hero
disposed of for the summer month.
Among these is tho little wicker hi ;h
chair once used by Ruth t'lovel-ni !, de
eidedly the worse for wear, but giviti ;
the scene a touch of nature that chil
tlren's belongings always suggest.
Tie President's room, the Miu -tiii.i
sanctorum of the mansion so to speak,
has beeu decorated with palo tin-ns
and creams, with u touch of pink hero
and there, that make it one of in
most tiistefili nnd dautie-st of room':.
A shield of the National Colors in e tell
of tho roundel corners gives th"
npnrtmcut an official air. The carpel
selected by Mrs. Cleveland is of pa!
grccu anil pink.
The cabinet room, adjoining tb.i,
apartment, has a ii'-w crim-'on velvet
carpet, and tho i-'airway le.i.linp. t i
this part of tho house his been Ue-wly
carpeted.
Manila.
In soma of tho Eastern countries,
notably Arabia mil Persia, u louini
answering closely to that lo -nti -m I
iu the Scriptures is still u.iti-.r i'ly pro.
dueed iu coiisi leraVo qnci-ily. Ii
comes from the teuder l-r inch -s of tiio
tamcrish, and is known U- lho Per
sians by tho name of "tu nari-l;
honey." 1 1 consists of teat : -1 1 k o rop.s
which exude iu consequence in lho
puncturo of nn insect during tin
month of June u I Jt ly. --PutladN
vhia Lo lgcr,