: , i ) I
The Water Mill.
CPl'!, never "Ca ' Again with
water that Is past." v -
Why mourn the sun that has f unk in the
. .... . west; " , v - ;
my mourn ithe mirth, that is part of the
past, ' ' -
Why mourn the music whose notes are now
still,
"Why mourn the water thafs gone past the
mm:
The tun of tomorrow win rise in the east.
iue inirin
of tomorrow will grace a new
feast,
New music tomorrow will bring a new thrill,
jw wsier tomorrow will run through the
The cool winds of Autumn may scatter the
leaves, - -
The reaper will gather the. bright shining
The grist that is ground will its purpose ful-
fill.
It needs not the water that's gone past the
What matter If Winter must come with its
frost.
There are joys which without it would sure
ly be lost; -
Jte ana me snow cannot throttle the
will,
yor freeze np the water, that runs through
the mill.
A new year will open with heaven's new
Sprlne. ..-
ew hopes will be borne on the zephyr's soft
mug,
ew music will come with the robin's gay
sm-1" grind a ncw grist at the
B. 6. Potts, In tie" Christian Inquirer
STOLEN DIAMONDS.
BY MARLTOX DOWXIXQ.
Ab, Damon, old boy! Glad you've
dropped in. I've got something that
I think will Interest you, seeing you
are a newspaper man. What do vou
thjnk of this?'' and Mr. Wards worth,
or the firm of Wards worth & Blank,
manufacturing jewelers of Boston,
piacea a paper, m the hand of the
youug journalist.
- "au nai.a goouiy mm lor some
one' replied the reporter as he read;
".-,ooo REWAHD.
For the apprehension of the criminals or
the recovery of the diamonds taken from the
iu"JtttT! & Caspar, London,
u omuui wctciiiucr lsi. ilia tnouEht I
tbt therms Lave been 8m,Iw.,,, tn J"
z -oo,v wv 4.M4iiva
as no attempts hnve been made to disnose of
them either in Great Britain or upon th
comment. Uealers and officers of the law
are cautioned to be on the alert. The iewU
stolen are of the first water, large stones.
anu me wnoie amount valued at '30,000.
. Signed) Jaspar, Stcrgis & Jaspab,"
London.
"vum ue use loosing tor a
neeuiC 1U tllft har-mow. T ilmnlil eorr n
commented Damon, as ho finished the
perusal of the notification.
"Very much," replied Mr. Wards,
worth as he folded the paper and re-
piacea it in' his Docket. "Yet it
wouia be a diflicult matter for any
one to dispose of such a quantity of
diamonds even though they succeed in
getting thorn into the countrr. Nevor-
mejess, it behoove? U3 in the business
iu xcep a suarp lookout, and to in-
4uire cioseiy wnera a stone comes
. i
rrom, that is brought us to mount. If
the rogues attempt to place their plun
der on the market within six months
or a year, they will staud a very good
chance of being apprehended; but if
they can afford to wait, and have
nerve enough to retain the diamonds
in their possession until the excitement
has died away, the thieves may be en
abled to get rid of the gems in small
lots without causing suspicion."
"Well, I hopo it may be yonr good
fortune to run across some of the
sparklers, for I would like to see you
capture the reward," repliod the re
porter, with a smile.
my no Knows out what it may
come your Way ?" returned the jewel
er, laughingly. "You board most of
the incoming vessels, and I should
think might stand a pretty fair chance
to hear of any smuggling game, and
by working up your information be
able to claim some of the Englishman's
five thousand pounds."
ixoi so mucu or a chance as you
might Imagine, my friend," replied
Uamon. "True, I might have to re
port the arrival of vessels, and of
course visit many of them, but if
there was any smuggling detected, it
would only be my duty to write the
ttery for the paper, and I could not
expect to receive any credit from the
aotbonues for the apprehension of
we guuty parties. But it was not t
talk shop' with you that brought me
in. Doyoujeo this?" and Damou
y yucKage, neatly wrapped in
paper, yet not so disguised but what
riAiri tin k
vumu seo tnat it was a quart
uoiue. -mat is some are, old Bur
gundy. At least the stewar.1 nf
British steamer affirms that it Is. Now
I want you to come to my apartments
tonight ana tate a hand at a game of
whist, and you will have an opportu-
nity to sample the Wine. What say
your?
"iwouia ue only too pleased to
make one of the party, not whollv on
account of tho contents of the bottle
lor you Know -a am somewhat ab-
temious, but to enjoy a quiet game
Of Whist'
"Very well, I will look f0r you at
eight o'clock, sharp. uooa-Dy, and
-- --- - I
with little ceremony the hustling j0Ur-
naust turned on us ueei auu 1Crt his
inend's place of business to complete
ihe arduous labors of the day.
At the hour of eight two reporters
and two jewelers, all old acquain
tances, were seated about a table in
Damon;i room, enjoying thennelyei
hugely ai they laughed and chatted
over the topics of the day.
At length the host arose and said:
"Xow ye, supposing we try the
quality of the steward's present I
don't suppose that any of us arp con
noisseurs or wines, although we might
be able to know what would make a
good newsnaner Rtnrv
against it, or tell the quality of a piece
of gold when taking it in hand. How
ever, we all have tastes, and . in this
free country, are at liberty to express
our opinions. So. Mr. Wards worth.
yours, first," aud the reporter-essayed
to fill the glass of his frie:
AUhough Mr- Damon had carefully
removed the cork, vet to hi
only a feeble stream of liquid issued
forth.
"Ah;" he remarked, "something
has fouled up the neck of the bottle.
Never mind,- we'll soon fix it," and
taking a long lead pencil from the
breast pocket of his vest, he wiped it
and thrust Jt into the aperture. With
a gurgle the wine bubbled forth, then
a bard substance struck the bottom of
the goblet.
'Why, if the villains who put up
this Burgundy have not left broken
glass in the bottle," exclaimed Damon,
with ill-concealed disgust. "They
t """ custbm
era,'
Stepping to his bachelor cupboard
the reporter took therefrom a silver
spoon, with which he fished out the
foreign substance and dropped it upon
the table, exclaiming,
'There's the thing which might
have been the cause of some one's un
timely death, and the subject of a
good article for the morning jour-,
nals."
A cry of surprise escaped the lips
of the jeweler-guests as each simul
taneoasly stretched forth a hand to
grasp the small object which had been
the means of so disturbing the equan
imity of their host.
"Why, Damon! It's a diamond!"
cried Mr. Wards worth, excitedly,
"A diamond!" rciteratod the reDor
tors aghast with astonishment.
me t ' , , ,
.....""" not a valuable gem, I never
saw one," continued Wards worth.
"What say you, Richardson?" turning
to his companion in the trade.
"It is a stone of the first water,"
conclusively replied the experienced
dealer in precious metals. ' "How
came it in tne Dottle, do vou sun-
pose?"
"Cau it be one of the stolen jewels,
think you?" asked Damon, his news
paper instinct leading him with light
ning rapidity to trace their "find" to
the steward who had given him the
wine, back across the Atlanticr even
to the vaults of its original owner.
Perhaps," answered Wardsworth,
his voice huskv with excitement-
"Tint.
I " -
and we will examine the contents of
the flask."
If the throats of the quartette had
been parched with thirst, they would
not for an instant have thought to
moisten their lips with a drop of the
liquid.
His hands trembling, Mr. Wards-
worth struck off the neck of the bottle
by a single blow of a fruit knife
which he took from the table, then
allowed the Burgundy to flow freely
ont into the China bowl. With bated
breaths, the men watched the glitter-
ing spray as it fell from the jagged
edge of the shattered glass!
Diamond after diamond mingled
with the ruddy wine, and sparkled
with scintillations which dazzled the
eyes of the beholders I
For a moment the occupants of the
room stood about the table, speechless :
Then the jeweler grasped the hand of
his host, and exclaimed:
"Damon, your fortune Is madel
These are undoubtedly the ieWels
which were taken from the safe of
Jaspar, Sturgis & Jaspar, London,
and the reward of twenty-five thou
sand dollars is yours. A small for
tune, my boy, a small fortune!"
Then if the Englishmen's gold
comes this way. it shall be divided
info four parts, and you, my friends,
shall share with me,w returned the re
porter, promptly. "Bat what is to
be done? I know a column exclusive
for the morning paper," and the
young man sprang towards his desk
with the intention of writing out a
startling story of the wonderful re
covery of the stolen diamonds, valued
at 150,000.
He was restrained, however, by his
friends, who assured him that to pub
lish the matter now wonld be to serve
as a warning to the thieves and thwart
the ends of justice.
"We will take the diamonds down
to my store and lock them up," said
Mr. Wardsworth. -Then notify the
police,
who wiil probably arrest the
steward,
and then cable across the
news.
"I am sorry that I have been the
means of cansin? trouble to the man.
for we are old friends," observed Mr.
rttmnn
"The steward mav be innocent"
urjred Damon's companions. "Do
- - -
you think if he knew the contents of
the botUc he wosld be likely to give ft
away? No 'sir." added Mr. WTards-
worthj "you may
worth. iMn mv m.t .nrAl iht
6oma of the principals in the affair
have blundered, and blundered badly.
aeverthelesi. it was a brilliant scheme
to smuggle the diamonds into Amer
tea
by this mean 6.'
Tte jeweler's argument proved cor
rect. The arrest and trial of the
steward of the ocean steamer elicited
the fact that he had been intrusted
with a bottle of wine by an acquaint
ance in England, which he was asked
to deliver to a gentleman who would
call for it in Boston. '
There was no name attached to the
package, and he supposed it was of
no more value than others of a similar
brand which he had m his charge,
belonging to the ship's stores. lie put
it in his room, and never gave it a
second thought, until on reaching port
he was presented with an order for
the delivery of the wine. Being in a
hurry at the time, he handed the caller
what he thought was the right bottle.
Then, a little later, when Damon
came on board, he made the reporter a
present of the one containing, the
srems
The steward was subsequently ac
quitted by the authorities, but received
his discharge from the steamship com
pany for his indiscretion.
Damon, the reporter, was given the
reward, but could not prevail upon
his friend3 to share it with him, they
urging that it belonged to him and him
only.
Once a year, however, up the present
time, the quartette sit down to a little
dinner together, and as may be sup
posed, the principal topic of conversa
tion is that wonderful bottle of Bur
gundy, whoso contents were never
drank, though a portion of them serves
to enhance much of the feminine
beauty both in America and England,
although few of the wearers realize
that their glittering gems were once
eagerly sought for when they were
"Stolon Dinmnnda." TYankftft Rladft.
The Sense of Smell in Dogs.
The sense of smell is by no means
so developed in man as in dogs, cats,
and other animals, but it is often ab
normally keen in individuals deprived
of other senses; blind deaf-mutes, foi
example, can recognize their friends
and form an opinion about, strangers
solely by means of this sense. Possi
bly, however, animals are only sensi
tive to certain smells, while uncon
scious of others that affect us. If this be
the case, they would naturally be able
(,6 follow up one particular scent more
easily than a man, this scent to which
they are sensitive being to them less
confnsed with others.
Dogs are able to track their masters
through crowded streets, where re
cogniUon is quite impossible, and can
find a hidden biscuit even when its
faint smell is still further disguised by
eau do cologne. In some experiments
Mr. Romanes lately made with a dog
he found that it could easily track him
when he was far out of 6ight, though
no fewer than eleven people had fol
lowed him, stepping exactly in his
footprints, in order to confuse the
ecent.
The dog seemed to track him chiefly
by the 6mell of his boots, for when
without them, or with new boots on, it
failed ; but followed, though slowly
and hesitatingly, when his master was
without either boots or stockings.
Dogs and cats certainly get more in
formation by means of this sense than
a mau can; they often get greatly ex
cited over certain smells, and remem
ber them for verv 1
j 0 W.VV.D.
Chamber's J ournal.
Why Mountain Tops Are Cold.
The decrease of temperature expe
rienced on ascending to the tops of
the highest peaks of mouutaiu results
from various causes; to say that it is
"because of the lofty altitude" is not
sufficient. To begin with, the greater
ratification of the air, which Is always
encountered in upward travel, neces
sarily diminishes the absorbing power
oi me air. lbe temperature of the
atmosphere is greater near natural sea
level because such air transmits the
rays of the sun without decomposing
them, and cannot, therefore, be heated
by them before reaching the surface
of the earth, where decomposition sets
in and frees the heat contained In the
sunbeam.
It is a well-known philosophic fact
that the air receives the principal por
tion of its heat by what is known as
"radiation" from the earth, and th
greater the distance from average sea
level tne less must be the power of
such heat as a warmth-giving quality.
Another, and perhaps the chief, rea
son is that the vapor screens, which so
effectually tempers the climate of this
country and prevents the rapid dis
persion of the heat from the warm
earth, diminishes as we ascend a
mountain and allows the heat to be
freely radiated, leaving only its oppo
site behind. St Louis Republic.
A Do That Fares Samptnously.
The latek Duke of Marlborough, so
the story goes, did not like dogs, and
when he married Mrs. Hammersley,
who had a pet pug, it was decided
that the animal, who was getting old,
should be left behind in the States
and-"boarded out." Some fifteen
hundred dollars were spent annually
on the dog, whose homo is in Phila
delphia. It is, accordin? to alocai
paper, bathed every other day in hot
mUK andv fed with chopped steak. It
wears a blanket out-of-doors. Its
kennel has divisions for sleeping, eat
ing and bathing, the sides being glass.
f Argonaut 1
JAPAN AT THE FAIR.
Japanese at Work on Their
Headquarters in Chicago.
Artiskns With Quaint Cos
tumes and Curious Tools.
Jolly men from Nippon land worked
all day yesterday at Jackson park,
says a recent issue of the Chicago
Kews-Eecord. They worked because
the Japanese government headquar
ters mpst be completed for the open
ing of the Exposition, and the time !
short for the undertaking.
Something about the quaint cos-
lumea, the sroodT nature of the work
ers, the peculiar forms of the struc
tures under way drew the crowd of
vwitors to the north end of the island
to watch the nroceftd
The toilers are as picturesque as a
"iV WA 0ii Japan can be. They were
ai wort on a temporary house that
looked like a joke. The Umbers were
Olid enOUZb. but therfi W!Tnfc ft n.tl
in the whole affair. The cross-pieces
ere lastened with pieces of jute rope.
The carpenters used no ladders of anv
sort, but climbed from ground to top
uu oacK again with the agility of pro-
irapezists. The men who
worked aloft had bunches of rope
vt ,neir waist, with which they
Aa8ieucu ine umbers passed up to them.
vrer in another corner of h . i
closure, which prevents the wnrtma
from being overrun by spectators, is
bnea run of curiosities. Ther r
planes that look like toy tools and that
arearawn toward the workman in
stead of being pushed from him. The
adzes have long, curved handles and
broad, curved blades. .When the Jan
anese carpenter wants to cut with his
T m - -
aaze ne holds the end of the curved
handle with both hands, turns the
blade edge upward and chops as brisk
1. M.
iy as u ne really were working the
right way instead of unside down.
But the handsaws are tho great curios
of the collection. They are about as
long as a butcher's cleaver and the
teeth are set with a slant toward the
handle which is only a strong, round
piece of wood bound to the saw with
a fiber wrap.
For all their implements seem but
toys the men achieve surprising re
suits. They already have the founda
tions of the three Japanese, temples
ready for the upright columns aud
were busy yesterday assorting the fin
ishing material' that was shipped from
Japan to go into the superstructure.
rrt - ' .
j.ne woi-King costumes of the men
were as curious as their implements.
A blue-colored cap with ear-mufflers,
a heavy blouse over a tight httin
shirt; trousers that would do beauti
fully for bicycling, they fit so close:
felt or cloth shoes, some with flapping
soles, and all devoid of heels that is
the garb of the laborer from chrysan
themum land.
Watching the Japanese at their
work, one can understand why they
captivate the foreigners who visit theii
country. With all the urgency of the
contract, there is an amazing absence
of foremen, of loud commands and
violent imprecation. The laborers
move about as serenely as if it were a
pleasure to work. When they address
each other it is with an inflection of
courtesy and good nature that wonld
drive an American "bb88,1 into frantic
suspicion of an impending strike
While the artist was sketching some
of the men, the others quit work long
enough to pass judgment on, the
sketches and then went back to sort
ing timbers as though such pauses
were the prooer thing, even in a rush.
A Whale and Her Calf,'
A Companion contributor, an old
whaleman, says that he onco saw a
whale calf killed, and has no desire to
repeat the experience. It was off the
roast of Lower California. A whale
had been killed and the boats were
towing it toward the ship, when the
men caught sight of a large cow whale
with her calf, at the windward. The
fourth officer cast off from the tow
and went in pursuit The boat soon
came up with the whale, but when the
harpooner was just ready to strike.
he became alarmed, and taking her
calf between her fins,- started with the
speed of a race-horse in the direction
of the dead wnaie.
As she neared it she slackened
sneed. and the calf swam In her wake.
Presently the young one seemed to get
bewildered, rushing from one whale
to the other, and soon it broke water
right beside the second mate boat.
All bands bad been cautioned on no
iccount to Injure it, as such a proceed-
inw would make tne mother furious;
but an Indian, seeing the creature so
near, could not withstand the tempta
tion. lie seized a lance, and the next
minute the salf s life-blood npurted
all over the boat. A few minutes
more, and the youngster rolled over
and died.
The officer was still chiding the In
dian, when the mother whale was
seen approaching her offspring. Slow
er and slower she swam. Then she
lay still, while quiver after quiver
iras seen running through her bodr.
In rain she tried to make the little one
tnckle. At last, in her despair, she
placed her flukes under it and tossed
i into the air. It tank and was seen
no more.
. .
All this time the men had sat mo
tionless, watching the lTctiiig scene
ow they began to puiL , It was to
late. After shooiing out of the wale
for her full length aud falling b
again with a tremendous spl-islithe
mother made straight for iha sjcoml
mate's boat. The officer shoicd to
his men to jump for their livesJ They
obeyed, but the mate aud the Indian
stood at their posts.
The next instant the whale ) leaped
on of lhe water and threw herself
straight across the boat. It was shiv
ered into pieces, and the two men were
iustantly killed. ' "
By this time the crews of lhe oth-r
boats were leaping into tho sea, in
spite of their officers' commands.
When the enraged creature broke
water again, however, a lance thrown
by the bomb-gun transfixed her.
As she SWam round and round in
her death flurry she tried in vain to
reach the
uaio. xuen mhj
rolled fin pWardt and lay gU11
a he men? clambered into thf Iviata
again, and no doubt all felt, like our
contributor,: that pne such spectacle
was enough for a lifetime. Youth s
Companion.
FatVUse as a Food.
Liebig taught that fat snilt .,n in
the body and that the free carbon com
bined with the oivpen tk-n ;n -3
-f O aM IO
piration to produce carbonic acid, nnd
that it was by the act of respiratory
comoustion that the bod- ht wo
maintained. Fatty foois were hmM
considered necessarv n h,i
ducers. Recent investigations, how.
ever, show that though fat is spilt
up ana combined with oxygen in the
production of heat, especialiv durinir
muscular, exercise, the process is ef
fected in tho tissues by the action of
the cells, and not in tho lung, as for
merly taught. -
The use of the fat is now regarded
as three fold: 1. To maintain the body
heat. In cool lnitniao j .u-
body is subject to rapid coolino. fattv
foods become a necessity, so that the
carbon may be easily supplied for
combination with oxygen in consump
tion, iience the Greenlander con
sumes large quantities of blubber and
oil. - 2. To produce force. A muscu
lar tissue is only produced at the cost
of oxidation in the tissues; fat is
rapidly burned off during exercise.
If absent the tissues themselves would
be wasted. 3. To prevent the use oi
albumen. A purely albuminous diet
is wasteful. It has been proved ex
perimentally that a small amount of
meat food taken in consideration with
bread and fat suflices to maintain the
albuminous structures of hA hn.it
. iVUJ
belter than exclusively lean meat
diet.
Fat stored in the body as-adipose
tissue is a bank on which the body
may draw for supplies of energy and
heat when required. It is stated that
in the Franco-German war of 1870 tho
German Emperor, acting on the
strongly expressed opinion of Ebstein
that muscular fatigue could best be
supported ou fat, gave orders that
each soldier should have served out to
him 250 grammes of fat bacon. It is
also a well-known fact that fat ani
mals bear deprivation of food betler
than thin ones. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Travelled on a "Dead Man" Tirirt.
Live men can travel on railroad
tickets calling for the transportation
of a "corpse in a casket." The rail
roads have granted this prerogative
without any fight The case in which
the decision was made was that of
Harry Knight of Denver. He was
suffering from what was thought to
be an incurable disease and was
brought to this- city by his sister for
treatment. On the advice of friends
she bought round-trip tickets, the re
turn portion of her brother's ticket be
ing made out for a corpse. Instead
of dying in this city Mr. Kuight got
well and went back to Denver with
his sister. He insisted on travelling
on the "dead man" ticket The con
ductor objected at nrst, but finally ac
cepted the slip under protest He re
ferred the matter to tho officials of the
road and they decided Mr. Knight had
a right to hit ride back to Denver.
This action may have been influenced
by the fact that the transportion for a
corpse is double a first-class fare.
Chicago Post
Too Many Oranges Not Wholesome.
"Too many oranges are not whole
some for any one who has a tendency
to gastric trouble," ay a well-known
physician. It Is generally supposed
that orange are particularly healthy;
and in many families they are regular
concomitants of a breakfast table.
parents thinking that they must neces
sarily be wholesome, whereas in some
eases they are positively injurious.
One of my patients, a boy of 12 or
thereabouts, has had a severe attack
of stomach trouble every winter for
several succeeding years, attacks for
which I could find no apparent cause.
until I happened to find , out by acci
dent that every year, about that time,
the family received a barrel of oranges
from Florida, upon which the children
were allowed to regale themselves
- '
freely. This was the whole trouble;
oranges did not agree with the child,
and when he ate them freely he was
ill. 1 stopped his eating them and he
has never had a recurrence of the
trouble. "TN'ew York Tribune.
Il
QCAIXT A5D CCUOUS.
The true amber is a fossil gum.
rm m .....
xne .Middle Ages were famous for
their soups.
Processes for printing colored cali
coes were invented in 1764.
In the Island of New Britain a man
must not speak to his mother-in-law.
The free lunch eaters of New York
City consume daily two tons of potato
salad.
The electric welding of metala was
fisst practically applied to commercial
work in 1888.
Chrysanthemum salad af.er the
Chinese style is a new wrinkle at the
Paris restaurant. J
It is said that furnished flats lately
built in New York City have pianos
built into the walls.
In sorting over the letters from va
rious parts of tho world, 197 different
ways of spelling Chicago have been
found.
In Mexico a street car can be hired
for personal use for $3.50 per day,
with a right to stop at one place for
two hours.
A piece of sycamore limb about
eight inches square and completely
petrified was recently found near Los
Alamos, Cal., by Samuel Sirrine.
. A deaf and dumb book canvasser
old seventy-six books within four
days recently in three small New
Hampshire towns, with commissions
amounting to $150.
A Maryland woman entertained
three guests some time ago, named
Mrs. Sprinkle, Mrs. Shower and Mrs.
Storm. It should have been a quar
tette aud balanced by Mrs. Sunshine.
The ragman's prolonged and some
what doleful cry, which used to bo
heard more frequently than at present
in our streets, hus its prototype in
Genoa, from which it came directly to
this country. ,
Santa Anna District of California
produced this season, without irriga
tion, a stock of corn that was nine
teen feet high. The distance from the
ground to the base of the first ear was
nearly twelve feet.
Robert McGee of Kansas City, was
scalped bv the Brule Sioux Indians iu
1872. Since that time he has lived in
almost constant agony. Tho entire
"top of his head is almost entirely with
out skin. He wears a linen covering
over his head.
Virginia has had only three repre
sentatives iu the cabinet since 1849
W. B. Preston, Secretary of the Navy
by appointment of President Taylor ;
A. H. IL Stuart, Secretary of the In
terior undei Mr. Fillmore, and John
B. Floyd Secretary of War under Mr.
Buchanan.
Rather more than sixty-nine persons
in every 100 in London are liviug in
comfort, while rather more than thir
ty in every 100 are living in poverty.
Of these twenty-two are poor and
6even very poor, while not quite one
pergon in every 100 belongs to the
lowest classes..
Marriage by Capture In Israel.
We read in Genesis, xxxi, 26, thai
When Jacob had secretly made ofi
m with his wives and flocks, Laban upon
overtaking him asked, What hast
thou done, that thou hast stolen away
unawares to me, and carried away my
daughters as captives taken with tho
sword?" From which it is evident
that the practice of carrying off wo
men by force was not uukuown. In
Numbers xxxi, we read that the Is
raelites, having defeated Midian,
saved thirty-two thousand virgins as
booty. They had at first spared all
the women, ns spoil, which shows that
it was quite usual to do so; but on
this occasion Mo6cs induced them to
murder all those who were not vir
gins. In Deuteronomy, xx, 14, women
are classed as spoil; and in Deuteron
omy, xxL 11, 14, are the regulations
to dc oDserveu in taitmsr to wire a
woman captured in war. In the song
of praise attributed to Deborah and
Barak, when exulting over the defeat
and death of Sisera, we find (Judges,
v, 30 : "Have they not sped? have !
they not-dirk'ed the prey: to every
man a damsel or two?" These are all
cases of capture de facto, and they
show 'conclusively that the Israelites
captured women and took them to
wife. That it waa also a common
practice among the neighboring na
tions we Infer from I Samuel, xxx, 5,
where David's two"wivei are carried
.off by a raiding party of Amalekhes.
But, besides hostile cap tire, the
Israelites had also marriage with the
form of capture an important point
for it shows that marriage by capture
had formerly been the normal mode
of obtaining a wife, and that the cut.
torn of ages bad caused a semblance
of violence to be considered necessary,
eve a in marriages made by arrange
ment. The Old Testament tbrae la
to "take" a wife, as for example!
Genesis, xxiv, 67; "And Iaae
Lrought her auto her mother Sarah's
tent, and tbok Ilcbekab, and she be-
came his wife." Popular Science
3Ionthly.
The value of the boney and wax
produced in tho United States durin"
tbe past year ha been estimated at
$20,000,000.
is
One Relic Left.
rv,- i..tj . r,ipr never tired .
Of grumbling nd he most conspired
To ridicule things nowadays,
In contrast with o?d-fashioned ways;
He'd sandwich jeremiads 'tween
' Each mouthful of his eating,
.And sighs for things that once had been
lie ever 5 ci'vo
uThere hain't no more oJd-f&sbion' sense
He my with enipbwis intense.
"No more oU-fasb!on circus shows!"
v. w.fhton rains or snows!'
'So more olJ-fashion hearthstone log3
"No more old-fashion sleighing
'2o more old-fashion' pedagogues P
-So more old-fasbion' praying I
And so he kept a drumming at
So more okl-fa&htone'd this or that
Till Mumm, our silent boarder, coughed.
And said in accent crisp yt soft ,
The while a meaning g auce be shot
O'er rim of lifted tumbler
''Well, anyway. I guess we've got",
A real, oid-feshioned grumbler!"
Boston Courier.
HUMOROUS.
Lightning cxpress-rThe telegraph.
When a man is on his knees be fori
a lady, tho presumption is that he i
bent ou marriage. "
lie I can tell just what people art
thinking of me! She Indeed! Hoi
unpleasant it must be for you!
f -
Many a fellow who is coneplcuoai
for his sighs before he marries turm
out to bo a very small man . after
ward. -
Brown AVhat do you use barb win
fences for? Hayseed So the hired
man won't stop to rest every time he
climbs over.
School Teacher Why were tit
prisoners who wcro executed called
'poor sinners?1' . Scu61ar Bccaim
rich sinners always get off.
The youth heaved a sigh as he murmured,
Quite happy I'd be, that is certain,
If fringe only looked on my trousers
As well as it docs on a curtain.
4,No,M said Many Springs, "I yeve.
stand before my mirror any more.
That determination, I "presume
said her sarcastic friend, i "is the re.
suit of mature reflection." .
lie ou say you love me, nut cau
not be my wife. Is it because I am
poor? , There are t,etter things in tho
world than money. She Quite true;
but it takes money to bujrUiem. ,
Mrs. Fangle I've advertised for a
servant for a whole week with no re- .
suit. Mrs. Cumso Well, I adrer-
Used for a good-looking help-lady and
had thirty-four to select from the first
day.
Mrs. Dal ton Do you always have
good luck with your bread? Mrs.
Young wed yes, indeed. Mrs. Dalton
How do you manage it? Mrs.
Young wed I always buy it at tho
. ,
bakery. ,
That lawyer wouldn't charge mc
anything for his services. I suppose
he has an eye to business in the
future." "Yes. It's as much a
case of paving the way as it is of
waiving the pay."
Rosin for the Yolce.
An Italian scientist has just made a
new discovery which Is likely to ren
der good service to professional sing
ers. From the vibratory influence of
ro6in on violin strings our doctor
argued that a similar effect might be
produced on the vocal chorda. After
dissolving a quantity of roaiu in spirits
he applied the solution to the"6ald
chords by iuhalatiou.
But, what is ei ill more marvelIon,
by adding certain substances to these
inhalations, different results are ar
rived at. Add tincture of benzoin to
your rosin and tho voice will jump up
an octave; balsam of tolu will lower
it half an octave, whereas spirits of
camphor will extinguish it altogether.
Those unfortunate persons who live
next door to an opera singer wil
please note.
Brothers In Congress,
Jot since tho days of the IV'asb
burns havo thcro been brothers in the
same Congress. History in this re.
spect will repeat itself next year.
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, wiL
enter upon his fourth term, and at
the same lime his brother, Kcpreeen
lative Cockrell, of Texas, will begic
his first term. The Senator .
youngest of the brothers by two and
a half years. But he has eighteen
years tho start of the Texan in Wash
ington life. Both were Coirfederaiet
from the beginning to the end of the
war. Both attained the responsibility
of the command of brigades. The el
der Cockrell directed the famous
Globe-Democrat.
: The Ages f,VarIM'JiIr4s.
Herr Wcisraann, a distInguiLed
German biologist, has. pointed out
that the average duration of the life
of birds it by no means well known.
Small singing bird lire from 8 to 18
years. Havens have lived for 100
rears and parrots still lo
tivlty. F owls live from 10 to 20
years. The wild goose lives over 1 00
years, and swans are said to hare at
tained the age of S00. The long life
of birds has been regarded as compen
sation for their lack of fertility and,
the great mortality of tbeir young.
; Qualified. '
'Then," he said, rising, ! am (0
understand that you decline me abso
!utcfr.,, "Xo,M sho answered, i mada no
och sweeping assertion. ; I wa kcep
your presents." fXcw York Herald.