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$ljc !ail)am Record 1 iC'O 3 XT. A. LOUDON, EDITOR AND PROPfcTETOB. :RA.T.EjS OK ADVERTISING Quo square, one insertion $1.00 One square, two insertions. ... 1.50 Ouo eciiarr, one mouth 2.50 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $150 PER YEAR Sfictly In Advance. VOL XIX. PITTSB01K), CHATHAM COUNTY. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 181)7- NO. 20. Tor larger u Ivortisement liberal jUtflK ts Ml'i 1)0 Illlldli. Artist wiiript. The Adventures Abroad of a Painter from America. B SIDNEY LUSKAc n rnArTKn i. . TXc cause of tho uproar proved io bo aJmplo enough. 1 Emerging lnlo tho Disfhofeplata from ttio sido 6irrct that I li.nl followed, I found a groat crowd gathoi fd before tho Marnioihof, fhoiring "Death to Conrad!" and "Whoro is Ma hUde?" with all the force of Its collective lungs. Tho Mar luorhof was tho lcsldcuco of Prlnco Conrad, hi other to tho reigning Grand Duke otto reigning, indeed, but now very old and 111 nn J like to d;0. The legitimate successor to th throno would have been Ottos granddaughter Ma thllde, tlit only surviving child of his tddest son, l'rauz Victor, who had been dead iheso ten years. But tho Grand Duke's brother, Conrad, was covetous of bcr rights covetous and, as bar friends nib-god, unscrupulous; and if Bhe were but out of tho way Conrad would come to rein. Humor, Indeed, whispered that he had mndethroe notual attempts 'o compass hor death: two by poi.-oa tin I ono by tho duggor, ench, thanks to fonw mirarln, unsuccessful, lint a fortnight ago, upon tho first out break of fatal symptoms in poor old Otto, Mathihlc had mysteriously illsap- eared. Her whereabouts unknown, ull the world was in ft great commotion. "She has lie i s:i 1 is in hilling," surmised some people, "to escape tho designs of lier wii ked uncle." "Noj" retorted ot here; "but h' tho wiekol unrhi himsolf, has kidnaped her, Fequnstcri'd her, perhaps made mvny with her. Who can toil?-' As an inquiring bi ranger, tho situation Interested n o; mid, Irom tho top of a I gazed iton nits nrf:r-voiCED tectonic t MOD, convenient doorstep, 1 gazed upon this deep-voiced Tcutoiiie uiohwithn good doul of curiosity. It must havo num bered upward oi a thousand individuals, compact in its center and near the pnl ace, Lu-. scattering toward its edges. "A eca of faces, a sea of pale, frowning faces," X thought, und I reabzod for tho first timo in my life, whala perfect meWi phor that ir!- a ten of faces. No other imaginable phrase could so exactly have hit off the scene beforo me; a sua of faces, a surging, troubled sea. Young inon's faces, for the most part; many of them ijultc beardless. "Students from tho university," I guessed. My own station was at tho very out skirts of iho assemblage, the station of a casual spectator, bharing my friendly doorstop with me. there were a couple of sharp-fa 'cd priests, two or three pretlyish young g'rls bare-headed, presumably ma out from some of tho neighboring shops and a young nuu with a pointed black beard, rather long black hair, and a tuoud-brimmed, soft folthat, who looked as if he might be a member of that guild to which I myself belonged, the ancient and honorable cempauy ot tiitlsts. t To lilm I addressed a quastion: "Siudonts, I sup) osa'r" ' i'0is, their leaders are 6tudents. Tho Etudenls and tho arians of tho town ore of the l'rlin ess' party. 'Iho arn.y, the clergy, and tho country folii aro for tho 1 vineo." llo had discerned from my a'centthtt I was a foreigner; hence, doubtless, tho fullness of his nnwcr. . "It eoon.s to be a harmless mob enough," I 6ugKCst I. "They make a lot of noise, t j bo euro; but that breaks no bonus." "There's Just the point, snid ho. "The l'linecss' friends light only with with their throats. If tho had some boue breakers among thorn, tho piofeont ",ouiplication could never havo arisen." UutmcHiiwhilo tho multitude, cout.n ueJ to shout, in key so diverse as to exhaust the chroma ib; scalo: i "Oivo us our l'rincofSi "Whero ia tho Hereditary Grand Duchess?'' I "Whfre is Mathildo?" fDown with Conrad!" Shame on Coi.rad!" , "Hang Conrad!" Death to Conrad!" I And such like, 6o that for Conrad, on the whole, it n.ut have boon a bad quarter o: an hour. Presently, however, camo tho sound of a bugle "winding in the distance. The sound iirtw nearer and noarer. Tretty soon the bug! r in pi n-on appeared, gorgcoi.s in uriluuni, motin'od upon a btautiful white horse, advancing fclowly up the Dishofepiatz, towards the crowd, trumpeting wlih all bis might. "What is the wcaUng of that?" I liskcd. 1 "That is tho signal to disperse," an swered my companion, "llo looks like a Mo.or Cieneral, doesn't he? But ho's only a trumpet sergeant, and he's lol Jowed at a hundred yards by a battalion of infantry. His trumpet blast is by way of warning. IMsperse (juiotly, it Buys, and all will bo lorgiveu. Tarry and tho soldiery will arrive and make things hot for you." "His warning does not seem to pass unheeded," I remarked. "Oh, they're a chicken-hearted lot, these friends of tho Tnnocss," he us fientod contemptuously. Already the mob had begun to melt. Of mob, properly speaking, Id a few minutes, nothing wus left; only a few tragglers in knots her and there, among them my acquaintance and my Jotf. lie was a handsome young fallow, mmM with a thin, dark face, bright brown eyes, and a voice so soft that It 1 had heard without 6eetng him, I should al most havo eupposod tho speaker to be a Wuman. "We too had better bo oCf," ho said. And prove oursolvos also chicken hearted? queried I. "Oh, discretion is tho bettor part of valor," bo returned, "Dut I 6hould immensely like to stop and see tho advent ot tho military," I submitlod. "Ila! Like or r.ot, I'm afraid you'll havo to, now," ho cried. "Hero they come." With a murdurous trnmp-trump, tho soldiers wore pouring into tho Jiischof i plntz from the side streets leading to it. "Wo must taJio to our heals," said my young man. "We were merely on -lookers," said I. "Cons-.-ious innocence!" lnugho I ho. "Nevertheless, we bad better run for it." And with our fellow loiti rers wo began most ignominiounly to run away. But beforo wy had run far wo wore stof ped by the voieo of an olleer. "Halt! ilalt! Halt, or we lire!'' As one man wo halted. The officer rode up to us, nnd with true military taciturnity vouchsafed not a word either in question or explana tion, but funned us In ranks of iour abrensl, end surrouniied in with his men at urin. Then ho guvo tho com mand to march. Wo were perhaps two dozen captives all told, and a good quar ter ' our number woro wnpion. "What are wo in for nowV 1 wozdtrcd aloud. "Co 1 knows," replied my friond. "A night in the t'astlo of St. Miohael, at any rate." And lie thrngged his ahoul tiers. "Ah, that will bo ro'tmntie, said I, fee ini: like ojo launched uton a aiu of I adventure. CIIAITKU II. lie was fjuUe r.ght. Wo weromarcBcd ni'rors the town, through its narrow tl.oii ughtaivs, over its sharp paving stones, and into tho court-yard of tha t'ariile of Ht Mb hafJ. By tha time, we got there nn l tho heavy oaken .gates were shut hell nd us it, win noaily ilark. "Jlere y"u pass tho night," announce 1 our ollicer. "In tho morning humph! we wili see." "Do you mean to sty 1 hoy aro going to afford us no better ncoomuiodatlou than this?" I demanded, apostrophizing tho powers of the air, rather than any definite personality. l!ut tho dark yo iug man took It upon him to reply. "Ko it 60om-s" said he. "Fortunately, howover, the night is warm, the skies are t loar, and to gazo upon tho stars is reputed to be most elevating for the spirit." Our ciiVicor, his brief but pregnant harangue coiioiudel, had vanished into the casile, leaving us a corporal and threo privates for a guard of honor. We, tho prisoners, gathered together In tho middle of th court-yuid, ull of in, and held a sort of impromptu indigna tion meeting. Tho women ware espe cially eloiuent in thvir complaints. Two of thso women I reerni.iei as having been among my nuighiwis of tho door-step a half hour sineo, and we ex changed i ompassionnto glances. Tho other four were oldish women, who woro caps nnd aprons und looked like do-ines-il'. servants. "Cooks," whispered my comraAo. "Pome good buighst will bo kopt wait ing for thoir suppers. Oh, whitt a l.rkl" Our convention llnully bioko up with an informal rorolut.oa to the ilfeet that, though we ha I been most shabbily treated, thero was nothing to be done. "W'o must grin aud bear it. Dnt let us make ourselves comfortalilo ns wo may, nud seek distraction in nn inttr ehango of ideas," proposed my mate, lie 8 atcd himsolf ui on n fcarrol tLmt lav leuathwlrjo ajeinbt tho rntlownd. atid mot:onod mo to place myself Lekid Uim. "You are En.fj'ish'r" he inquired in un abrupt, t; nnau way. "No, I aai nn American." "Ah, it ia the bantu Uiir.g. A tourist? Uavo you b en long in X ?" "Threo tlnyn." "Tor heaven's sake, what hove you found to keep you h ro ttiroo daysr "1 am a painter, and tho town is paintable. " "Still life! Nnturo niorto!" ho cried. "It is tho dullest littlo town in Christen dom. Dut I uui glad you mo a paiutor. I nm a musician a tiddler." "1 suspecLed we wero of tho sauio general elan," said I. "Did you, though? How funny! But I nlso seemed to scent a kindred soul." "jtore is iny card. If we're not be headed in tho rooming, I lio o wo may see more of each other," I went on. He took my card, nnd, by tho light of tho match ho stru-k lor tbe oeeamon, read alouil from it: ".Mr. Arthur Wuui Wright." pronouncing tho Tnglish nuu.o without difficulty, "i havo in card, but my name is Sebastian l.oeh." "You ept-ak Luglbh.J" wus siy infer oneo. "Oh. yes, I eponk a kind of 1 nglih!" he coniessnd, using tho ton 'tun in fU"3 tlon. He had bcarcoly a tr.i;o of a lor- "You speak it uncommonly well," 1 1 declared. "Oh, I learned It as a child, nnd then I havo relatives in tngland," ho ox plain, :d. "Do yon supr"60 there would be any objection to our smoking?" I asked. "th. no! let us unoko by oil means." I ottered him my cigarotto fa e. When wo had our cigarettes allr wo resumed our talk. "Tell me, what, In your opinion, is tho truth about Mathildo?" I began. "Is she in voluntary hid ng? Ur is her uncle at the bottom f it.- "Ah, that is too hard a rlddlo!" ho pro tested. "I know nothing ubout it, nn. I I have stenrccly an opinion, but I may say very frankly that I am not one of her partisans. She has no worse enemy than I." "What! r.eally? I am surprise J at that. I thought all the youth ot X were dovoted to hor." " She's a harmless enough little por aoa ia Lor way, perhaps, and I have nofhlng post!lvo 1o chargo ngr.inst her. Only 1 don't think eh is nui io of t:io I roper etu f for n. iclgnlng monarch. She U too giddy, U.o light-headed, a sort of ni'id-cap hoyden, fcho thinks too lit tlo of her dignity. Court ceremonial i-3 inlinitely tiroouio to her; nn 1 tho slow, dead 111 o of X she fuirly hates. Harmless, rocossary X sliohns been known to call it. Bho was nov.-r born t' be tlia motionless figure-It md ot this tiny ship of et ito; and with such a crew! Oh, you should boo tho ininisleis and courtiers! Dry bi ni s and parchment, puffed up with tedious German etiquette! bho Is too eusily bored, too loud tf aniusemcn'. She wus born to bo a Ko hOMilnn, an artist, liko yo i or mo. 1 pity her, jor thing I pity eveiyono win so (U'Rliiiy is to inhabit this dreary principa ity but I can't appro o of le r. Sho, too, by-the-by, is a tiddler. Sho is said to p ny the violin very wo 1. My own thought te bu ware of liddlUig taoa orchs." " You hint a Kero," said I. "Yes. l'vo no doubt she'd fiddle, over tho ashes of X with tho bef,t will m Iho world. Suyn Xero crossed with u Haroun-al-l.'aschld. I lear her reign would bo marred by many a queer nvd iiight esca; ado, liko that of tho merry caliph, o ly with iut his intermixture of wroiu-rlgutiu i. She'd seclt hor own amusement solely, ihotu h to seek thut In X , pshaw! You m.gut an well seek for blood in a etoin-. Oh, she'd n ako no end of nits.'hief. The dovil hath no agent like a woman boiod." "Thut's rather true," I agreed, laugh ing. "And Com r.il what of him?" "Oh, Conrad's a beast, a squint-eyed, enlulalin; bea-t, there's no doubt of that. Dut a beast might mako u good onou,'h grand duke; ami, nnyhow, n bcit-t is all that a beastly littlo grand 'lu hy liko tliis do-orves. However, to it 11 yi, u my own secret feeling, 1 don't h-iievo ho 11 ha'0 the chnnoo to prove it. Mathiide, for nil her ennui, is dcseribod fis most tenacious of her rights, and us a shrewd littlo body, too, down at the. tiotrmn. 'I tint la inennftifttent. but ! there's tho woman of it. Oh, sho's in- con-je.iuoutial to a degree! I can't help btispeeting somehow that unless her unelo ba really killed and buried hor siio will eontiivo ly hook or crook to coiuutohnr throne. For my rait, I'm sorry. I should prefer to be ruled ly Conrad. Dut 1 would net bet my money on him, all tho same. Have you ever Boon him? Ue has tho funniest, ugliest 6quinl in I urope. That night was very Ion?, though we noi.ompliahed a lot. of talking; very cold it stoincd, too, though wo were in mid summer. I dozed a little, with the stone wall of the enstlo lor a pll ow. At daybreak our guards wero changed. At six o'e'o :k- wo wero visited by a dapper lit lo biihultorn, a lieutenant, who looked us over, asked cur names and sundry other pcr-onnl questioiu, scratched his chin lor a moment , reiieoavaiy, ana finally, with an ulrof inspiration, bade us beguile. The gates weio thrown open, and wo Igsuod from our prison freo. "it's been almost a sensation," said Sebastian lt ic'u. "Well, so one caii oS poileneo almost a sensation, even in ! Live nnd learn." "You are not a patriot," snid I. "My dear, dear sir, I am patriotism persouilied. I am ideuti led with my country ho-irt an I soul. Only I find it dull. If that be treason, mako the nn Bt ot it. I could not love tlieo, dear, so we'd, loved I not dullness less. It la iot e cry night that I am arrested and sit on a barrel smoking oigaretles with an cnlit?hlaiio I foreigner. Tho L'nglbdi are t;. t generally accounted a lively race, but by comparison with the in habitants of X. thoy thine like diamonds." "I dure say so," I acquiesced. "But I'm not English. I'm American." "So I perceive from your accent," an swered he, Lni ertlm.-iilly. "Hut as I told you once before, it amounts to the same thing. You v, ar your rue with a liinereiii'o, that is nil." "Speaking of sensations," said I, " Bli.ill di" if I dru'tdnn'. acupot coffee." "You'll llud no publlo house awake at this hour," sa il Sebastian. "Theu I'll wake one up," vowed I. " W hat! nnd provuko a violation of tho law? J!y law they're, not ulloivcd to bo opn between midnight and 7 o'clook." "Oh. la.vs bo hanged. I must havo a OUp Cf I'OliO '. " "Eeally, you are delightful," asserted Setiasti.m, putting hU ana througk mine. l'resontly v. e enmo to a beer nail, at wbo-o door I begun vehemently to bang. My friend ttuo I by, shaking with laugh ter, wh.eh seeme I to mo di -proportion-uio to tno humor of th : event. ''un nru ea-ily amused, "snid I. "Oil, uo; tar irom It; but this Is such a lark, jim know," said ho. Dy und by wo wero seated o) posito Oil', h oiher at u tublo, Fipping 1 ot colt'oe, served io ua I y a sleepy keluier in u ioile.l w.iite up on. As I iojkoi at Sebastian Do.di, I rb srrved a startling phenomenon. Tho apex of his right whisker lmd becomo - , i onstRvun a tTAnn.ixo ruiNOMF.xos. detached fruu the sMn ami was stand ing Oat half an In, li aloof Irom Itis chick. Iho sigh'- sent a shiver down ii y s.iiro. It was ceitainly cost uu natural and eerie. His eyes were blight ninl honest; his voii a wa solt ami re fined; ho spol.o English like am in and a brother; Mid his ehara'ter. so tar as f had got at it thiougli his tali,, seemod widmsical and open; but Mi beard, his dashing, Mack, pointed teard, whi ti I'm not sure I hndn t been euvying him a littlo, was p" uliar; and instiu, 'lively I felt for my watch. It was f-afo in its pla 'e, nnd so was my purs '. 'I here'oro at tlie door of ilie bierhaus. In due time, wo tmuo eai h oilier a friendly good-by. llo pr.unisnd 'o look mo up one of thesn d.iv s nt my hot I. "1 have' en oye i your sreioiy moio than you can th.u!:." he .-aid. ' Some of fiese days I'll diop in an! see you, a l'inip.o'ii--te." ;t ii r: rnMisrtn.l r.vriiv desite insutiabi tliercfoie is always In want. and MEWANDDAINTY."'" 80 31 K T AST H I' VL OAK 31 K X IS IO It LYoc uivvh 'K jiix ix r r v. A J.ong Coat of Fiir-Trimmed Heaver i'lotli for 31Is'js Chlld's IJrownle Cay and Jlu If. J I IIE original iinporto l model rf If the stylisU garment depicted J. ia tho first largo engraving, and described by May M ni ton, was niado of brown beaver cloth trimmed with etono marten fur. Tho m.mm ml Bl'l'l.I-U L0TG broad oollar and narrow front edging of fur forms tho attractive feitturo of tho coat. Tho jaunty hat was of brown lelt with trimming'! of ribbon anil stLV pointed quills. Tho tloub'o-brcanteil lronts aro looso-littiug. Tho broad collar nnd tho btylish ilariug collar, which may bo made of velvet, plush or Astrakhan, oIoho invisibly with coat hooks and loops, threo largo buttons i ' fleeting tho closing just above and be low tho waist Una. Inserted pjekets on each front ara finished with p ickot hips. The back ami sides li: closely with tho usual cenlre-back, si lo r.u 1 undor-nrm seams, tho extr.i fnlnc.-sbj-low tho waist lino being laid iti t.vo handsome box-plaits th.it blind out well in ftodet stylo. Tho faftuiona'ulo ; coat sleeves aro stylishly lull at tho top, fitting tho arm clo-oly below ; tho elbow, und completed at the j wrisU withrouu l (hiring culf i. The mode s adapted to all runner of eloaliiugB, including kersey, bearer, , boiicie, twcod, hero'0 and. choviot. j Tho garment can bo complct.;,! with a strictly tailor-finish, or trimmed with fur, velour, Astrakhan or neal plubh. To make this cor.t for u rais-j wm mm mmm -V'J.Ki'iTT' CUILD'S UROrtME in tho modiura eizo will require five aud one-half yards of lifty-lour-inch wido materiul. child s BnnwsiR n.issKr avd sit'i'p, Tho second largo illustration deniels a quaint little Drowuio bounet and a stylish little mull' designod for (,irls J from one to sis years cf age. Do!h j arc worn with a dressy little coat. Tb ' r,Vp r, ITT T.V FOLK'S bonnet, coat ..ml mull' aro made olUll JjlllJiL J? UliHO. fore.-t-gritcn Bilk heavily corded witii ! trimmings of vtlvi t in a darker thade, and narrow binds of beaver. Tha bonnet, rising iu a high point, Las a seam which rxteuls from the point to tho front edge uu l is smooth-fitting at tho sides with tho a Iditioual material atliiobiick laid iu eloso overlapniojj pl.iitH. A eireuiitr curtain or rulflo is joined to the bottom, and the front edges havo pointed levers ihat aro wi.b.'st at thj top, graduating at tho lower edge, where a wide ribbon pret tily bowed serves as fastening. Tho hood is nrrancil over a olose-fi'tin liuiug that has a soft ruuho of laco eu- t'OAT TOP. MI3SE3. eiroliu llio face of tho littlo wearer with becoming eilect. The deep rullla that outlines tho froe edges of tho coKiuctte ii hero represented ns made of nil!;, but m iy bo nlso fashioned of wid,) ribbon either giithero 1 orquilled. The dainty littlo mull" is adorned with a full bow of ribbon. The deep ruiMes at each en I are circular in hh ip: causing them to tbxro stylishly. Cloth, silk, velvet, plush nnd cordu roy aro couiiaen liJilo for inakiug, in conjunction, with luce, ribbon and iur. T', mako the hool nnl mufl for a child of fo.ir yeiiis will take one-half hard of tvenlylAo-iiich wide ran tcr ul lor tho hoo.l a id ono-half yaril extra tor t'ao lining; and for tho mull t!,ive-!)Uit!n o.' a yard oE tlio sauii) Wkil'u I'Oods. :r.w (!o::Tfiti:. T!io rotter" oi rare, ptrteil on tho left si lo an .1 arrange.! in soft waves on each si lo of tho heal, is a l is lionablo fa.! of tho moment with etyli h youu:; Mor.i. n. If tho hair is uot naturally w.;vy, it is pjt up on c::tra largo i'itis ui u i o Li t , the hair well CA1 AN i Ml'FP. mni-tenel before it ii twined iu nnj out, on the pm-. A ela-ip that co'iios w it !t th i box of pin i holds tho wave J ire es firmly iu positiju. Mow York; " mud ho'o is a di-ea-c centra thM may ' pre id ruin to a whole highway,'' says tho L, A. W. Bulletin, w 0 1 1 A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN j TEREST TO THEM. 'somelliiuK that Will Interest the Ju- venlle Meuihera of Ilvt ry Household ! -Oiiuint Actions and Jtrifcjht Sayiniia of iMuny Cute and Cunning Childrcu. A Kwct Monopoly. If nil the world wa candy. And all the s'.ar were cal.e, Oh. wuiildii't it be dandy Our daily thvice to take? They l'or vot tin Cut. Two baby mice, the wi.rld to see, Went forth one (lay ubriin with glee: Hald Number One to Number Two: "We're clever yoiingsli iv, iih nnd you, Aud j.ist to prove that this is true We'll scorn nil traps as old mice do.'' With puffins rtipsts and Haunting tail, Said Numle-r Two; ''We cannot fail If we but follow our cood sense. To rapture cheese- aud then go hence " But Just thou the family cat cam" lions nnd grabbed up both of the con eltcd little mice, who .saw only the -raj). The moral is but you're elevur ;nough to see the moral tor yourself. The Mntt-o' und the Rabbit. A mouse endeavored to convince a rabbit of ihu advantage of woarwg u long tn.ll. "Yon." said he, "uiv net admitted to ihe best society, like myself, and I do not doubt tills Is the sole reason. Cer tainly a leng tuil dots give one in air." While the two friends were arguing a kite swooped down upon them, and Mcli betook himself to h's hiding place, l'ho rabbit was fairly Lidden. bin the motiso was easily illvovered and drawn fivm l.is phu'e of refuge. Into which he had not lime t draw bis boasted badge of sneiet;. As the kilo bore off his prey, the rabbit remarked luietly: "My friend, the mouse, would have been better off had ho not been quite so distinguished." After the I'ench Is Gonf. What do you suppose becomes of nil ihe peaehstones that are discarded by the hundreds of thousands in the groat peach-canning factories, to say nothing of the many that nre left from tho peaches no nre nil eating every day while the delicious fruit lasts? Have you ever thought anything nbout them, except th.1t they were not good to oaf; They nre not; that Is so; but they havo 1 use, however several, indeed. Bush els and bushels of tle'in nre sold to fruit growers, wh i plant them to grow young peach trees, that nre in turn set out for peach orchards. Front the oil nf the kernel that is found in the In side of the stone a powerful drug. Prus sia acid. Is distilled. It la a poison If taken In a tery smnll quantity, but It Is a valuable and useful drug for vari ous laboratory purposes. A third use of the pesielipits is to dry them and use for fuel, tor which purpose they are escelh nt It Grew in the Garden. Last week one of your friends brought In nn odd little bust, ihe head of a laughing boy. It was beautifully carved and colored a rich brown. "I don't believe there's a boy or girl In Chb-agn," he said, "who can 1ell what this bust Is made of. And, what Is mere, tl ere nivn't many prown peo ple who could guess." It wasn't wood ihe br..-t was too heavy nor Ivory, nor bronze, nor put ; ty, nor clay, nor plaster of paris, uor marble. What was it, then? Why, nothing but potato, n!thoi'.ir!i one would hardly believe that so beauti ful an object could be made from a homely, every day lriMi potjuo. Some of our boys and girN who are clever with their jack-knives would like to know, perhaps, how to prepare potatoes for carving. No doubt some of you could .1j sohio very pretty work with them. I'iioose a potato w'ub'h ii perfectly sound and not at .'ill bruised or wit In-red. l'O not peel it. but u.h it ill 11 weak solution of sulphuric acid until quite clean. A druggist wiil prepare the mixture for you. Uol! the potato in the solution until dense and solid. Take It out, wash It iu tepid water, removing all traces of the acid. Then dry it In a warm place. Wlieu free from ull moisture it will be found to resemble Ivory in ai'pearanee, and e.iu be carved ns desired, or It will tain- any dye. Why not try potato Ivory? Vlio Idscovcred America? "O, F.lsie, do you know Mr. Marshall doesn't know anything, hardly? He's just as Ignorant!" said Tuul to his cousin. "W hy, I'anl l'urant! and he's a min ister!" said lii.sic, with a shock, d face. 'Tap. i says he writes Uoe sermons." '"Yes, but maybe be reads them out of n book." said i'ntil. "Anyway. 1 guess he never went to elil,l, for ju.-t now when I came out he w.is lying in the haiiiuio, k ai d he ak J me, "Who dis covered America':' and I sa d. "t hi'ls toplicr Cohiiubn,- did, d' course,' und he said, 'l:d lie':"' "O my!" said E!-ie. "1 guess the Stone Church people wouldn't have him it' they knew it. Wo yon think we ought to tell Deacon Baxter'."" "Perhaps we'd better wait a while," said Paul, " 'cause he's only just got bis things moved, and mamma says he's the nicest man to board she ever knew. Bet's go and sit down mar him. nnd may be he'll ask us something about it and we'll te'.l him all we know, 'cause ! feel so sorry for him." "The con-Ins seated themselves near the minister, with the kindest inten tions, and lie greeted them w ith a ple.w nnt binile. "Wo yell believe Columbus d'seov rred America, IllsleV" he nrked. "Paul gays he did " "Why, jivs, e;r. I s'no...i everybody knew that." said F.lsie. "Queen Isa bella sold all her jewels to build him I hive ships, nnd when he got here he was so happy he kissed the ground." "Wid he tind any one hero be!'or him?" nsked the minister. "O, yes," paid Paul, "Indians lots of 'em." "Well, then It looks as If America was discovered before Columbus ar rived," said the minister. "Then there were those other ftianso people who lived, perhaps, hundreds of years be fore and left high mounds and fortifi cations, beautiful vases, ornaments and weapons. They died and left no his tory. I have thought sometimes that they may have discovered America. I've puzzled over it a tood deal, SO I'm glad to know." Tho miuiiter. with n merry twinkle iu his eyes, took up his b-jok. while Paul and Kislc went silently away. When they were out of hearing. Paul said: "I guess we won't have to tell Dea con Baxter about it. lie knows enough." "It's v..-- that don'l know everything," said Elsie. Yon' h's Companion. Hid Not Know JI s llnii'rhter. A few days ngo I was waiting lu tho Giand Central station when I was un consciously made a w itness of quite a romantic; meeting. As the passengers from tlio train eaine filing along tho platform I spied among then General Sickles, who was returning homo from a spoeebmnking tour. As be ncirefl the waiting room a young girl of Span ish type, nt bountiful fece and liiure, brownish-black hair mid deep black eyes, fringed with long, curly eyelash es, Elopped forward and exclaimed In a sweet, woil-moilubHod voice: "Is this hot General Sickles':" lie bowed and answered, 'It Is," Thereupon tho young woman, looking him straight In the eyes, exclaimed with a merry laugh, which revealed two rows of perfect teeth: "Don't you know me?" The general, again bowing end this tlmo also smiling, said: "Pardon, but I must confess nnd also regret that you havo the advantage," The young girl, not a bit '"feazed," looked at the genem! allVctioiuitely and replied: "Bonk at me. Don't you know your daughter Kda?" It was Miss F.d:i Sickles, who, with her brother Stanton, had but ti Ow days previous arrived from S pn In. They hail come to vMt their father and arrived while he was away. Ascer taining the i.ay und the hour when ho was expected, they had gone to the station to in'et nnd surprise him. Ass Miss Sickles is now about 10 years oi age, and as her father had not se.m uor since sho was 0 years old, it Is not strange that nt first meeting he did uot recognize her. Sho Is bis (laughter by his second wife, who resides perma nently In Spain, a.- she does nor enro for ibis country. General Sickles Is the happiest man in town, nnd iilin ist daily c;:n be seen with bis daughter limkinL' the round of the big siores. Tow ti Topics. Cormorant I'istiMur floats. The birds sit on the sides of the boat, on sticks projecting over the water. They perch in pairs. They- are dirty birds with rag ted wings, plucked to keep them from flying. Iu color they are a nieiallic black, with mottled ot creamy nnd even white bosoms. They have long, narrow, curved bills of the flesh tearing character. Their perches are wrapped with straw, to give tho birds a good foothold. When fishing Is done their m.v' iV tightens the noose that each wears around Its neck, and. putting a ftiek before each one, lift It down to the water. When they have caught fish enough, or more likely, have become so soaked that they must be taken on board to dry, he rown among theta and lifts them back on their perches. Their skill lis in their gri ed, and their greed has doomed Ih: in to servile labor. They are caught on the Heii coast wlu-u young, nud are trained by iheir purchasers until they are worth tt ti dollars, Mexican, apiece. V, la ii they are iu the water they uot only dlo for lish, bui are b.iid to swim hwiitly under the water alter iheir prij. When a lish Is caught, the bird lKts to ihe surface nnd gasps and chokes to get the li-di dow n. The other Hi'tls rush at hlni to wrest his pny from him. The fisherman harries to the spot, beats the other greedy birds nway, Htid bi'iing the sitecessful cor morant inlo the boat, takes bis lis! iron. Dim, loosens bis throttling s'fiitg nnd pokes some food into his rnvenorta beak as a reward of merit. W hen tun bird: are returned to iheir perches lm prepares for them a fairly pood diu nor uf riee and small fish, scolding of beuiijig tho-e that are quarrelsome. The Ball lteiore Wiui'iloi), Wellington's conduct is u riddle About the middle of the afternoon he was informed, through tie- Prince of Orange, as to his enemy ' tuo eineiits. With perfect eahn. he couiiiuinded that his troops should be ready in tin Ir eantonmoi.ls; at live he l-,M:eil orders fo.- the divisions io march with a iew to i oneentratioli at Nive'les. the east ernmost point that he Intituled to oc cupy; at ti ti. Just as be was setting out for the Wuchess of Bichniotid's ball, lm gave definite instructions for the con cent ration to begin. About twenty minutes n ft or Iho Prince of Orange bad reached the ballroom Wellington sent him quietly nway. nnd then, summon ing the Wake of Ktehmond, who was to have command of the reserve when formed, he nsked for n map. The two withdrew- to an adjoining room. Wel lington closed the door, and said, with an oath, "Napoleon has humbugged me." lie then explained that lie bad ordered his army to concentrate nt CMmtre Bras, adding, "But we shall not stop him there; and If so. I must light biiu here," marking Waterloo with bis thumb-nail oil the map us be spoke. Ceutury. We wish girls were politicians; poll- tlclana always squeeze a man's hand.