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Forcetu&g that like foam, wind-blown. Oar lives to earth's great We-waves eilng; And that trom daikness, cloud and storm. Yes. trom the ways of pain and lots. His lore, like sunlight, sort and warm. May drift our lowly way across. We hare no patience, and delay Falls heavy on our waiting hearts. And yet how many like os stray Along the world's tumultuous marts? They, too, keep watch, as lengthening toll Grows heavy, when the days are long, And see the prize of fame and spoil Fall far among the idle throng. Ah, life has many days, when gloom Ues black before our tear-wet eyes. And yet even then buds break in bloom. And suns shine in the cloud-h'd skies; And if we keep the chosen path. And find the task that fits our hand, We need not fear that storm or wrath Will sweep the sunlight from our land. If we hold -xa to faith and right. And win one heart to he our own. Have we not conquered in the fight? And felt the joy to victors known? When fragrant lips bestow their kiss. And eyes with lore grow bright as stars, Ufe has bo higher gift than this Even ia that day which no clond mars. Thomas S. Collier, In America. A MOMENT OF ANGER; The History of Mr. and Brownlow's QuarreL Mrs. BY ROBERT DOTE. CHAPTER IV COSTTjrCKD. Having made this important discovery. Detective Hetcham decided that it must be supplemented if possible by the discovery of the body of the victim. He accordingly procured a chart of the North river which showed just how all the currents ran and where the eddies are and the deepest pools. With this in hand he tried to study how the cloak could nave floated to that particular point -where it was found, and thus to trace back its course to the place where it had been thrown in. After diligent study be dec ded that the river should be dragged at a point in the vicinity of the Forty-second street ferry to Weehawken. This work was at once undertaken under bis direction. It bad not been progressing more than a few hours before the searchers brought up to the surface what was at once taken to be the dismal object of their toil. It was the badly decomposed remains of a woman. The garments she had on had been torn and worn so much by the water that they could not be identified, but it was hoped that in the general form and feature of the de ceased some mark might still be found that would be recognizable. Thebodv was re moved to the morgue and the members of the Champion familv were summoned to examine it. They came confident that they were to see there the body of their relative. Sir. Champion looked at the remains stead fastly, admitted in a hesitating voice that it was hard to tell because the face was so distorted and worn away that it unques tionably bore no resemblance to the face of his daughter, and yet he finally decided that it was she. The other members of the fam ily coincided with him and the detectives concluded that they had at last obtained the evidence they sought. For three days previous to this discov ery Mr. Brownlow. by orders of the chief, had been left severely alone by the de tectives. Tnere was one stationed on a chair near the door of his cell in such a way that every movement or sound that the prisoner made could be heard, and so that if he at any time evinced a desire to make a confession there would be opportunity at band for him to do so. However, it bad been decided that no further efforts should be made to induce him Jx confess. On the morning after the discovery of the body and its identification by the Champion fam ily the prisoner was summoned to the chief s private office. He entered with a firm, proud step and defiant demeanor. " Mr. Brownlow." said the chief, in grave tones, "to a man of your knowledge of human affairs and of your age, it must be apparent that your course in this extra ordinary affair is such as will prejudice Tery badly your case when it comes to triaL You must be aware that a search is con stant! v going on to get at the truth of this matter, the truth which you may yourself disclose if you see fit to do so. Tou are un der no compulsion to tell any thing about this at present, and yet you ought to see that it will be to your great advantage to do so. Bear in mind that whatever we may dis cover now, we shall know of no extenuating circumstances "ecause of your silence. It will be hichly important, therefore, for you to let us know your side of the story before the case goes further. If you choose to make a confession you might at the same time adduce circumstances which would causa the court to favor you when your trial comes to an issue." Mr. Brownlow sneered slightly as he answered in a low voice: 'Yon have not yet proven to me that my wife is dead." "Ills unnecessary to do so," responded the chief; '-there is evidence enough not only that she is dead, but has been foully dealt with." Show me the body," demanded Brown low, with an insolent, boasting manner. "Don't go too fast, Mr. Brownlow," re plied the chief, calmly. "I have not the body here, but I can show you this' Say ing these words, he took from behind his desk the opera cloak and displayed it be fore Brownlow. The prisoner became dreadfully pale and appeared about to faint. He could not talk. His eyes were fixed on the cloak and his livid face was covered by an expression of terror, which left no doibt in the Bind of the detective as to his guilt. 'Where has this been found?" asked Brownlow, in a choked voice. You know better than I," answered the detective, "where it should be found." There was a moment of silence, during which Brownlow, stunned, seemed to turn over in his mind the most sinister recollec tions. Do you still persist ia your denial!" asked the chief. "I do." The interview was brought to an end and the prisoner taken back to his celL Two hours were allowed to elapse before any thing was said to the prisoner. The detect ive on guard heard him pacing up and down bis cell incessantly, but that was all. Then be was summoned to the door of the prison, where he was placed in a closed car riage and driven rapidly op town. It seemed a long ride to the prisoner, and when he emerged he saw bimlf before the morgue ot the Bellevue Hospital. He knew what was coming, and those who were watching nisi so sharply thought that the detected tfcc resolution forming ia bis mind to endure the coming ordeal without flinching. Ho was taken into the room where the remains that bad been found in the river the day before were lying on ice. Mr. Brownlow," said the detective in charge, behold that which you have de manded us to show you." Without a word and without a tremor the prisoner looked earnestly at the remains, scanned the distorted face, the ruined clothing, and, after a full moment's pause, looked up at his attendants and said : "It is a lie. That is not the body of Mrs. Brownlow." Nothing more could be dragged from the unwilling prisoner, and he was taken back to his cell. With the facts thus obtained the district attorney brought the matter to the atten- .tion of the grand jury and an indictment was promptly found. Inasmuch as the case had already attracted so much attention from the public at large, and such a clamor had been raised for atrial and conviction of the wealthy prisoner, the district attor ney urged that a day be set for a trial at an early date. The judge, before whom this motion was made, recognized the impor tance of the case, and accordingly trans ferred it on the calendar, so that the trial was for a day within the next month. Many of Mr. Brownlow's wealthy friends went to see mm at the Tombs, but he re fused peremptorily to discuss the matter- with them. He was willing to talk with them on ordinary social or political topics, but when any reference was made to his trouble, or to means for defending himself, he sternly refused to proceed further with the conversation. He declared that he would have no lawyer and would defend himself when the time came, and he still persisted on making no explanation to any body about his part of the affair. The day for the trial came, and Mr. Brownlow was placed in the prisoners' bar before the judge. The charge was read, and to the question of the clerk, whether he was guilty or not guilty, he responded in a clear tone: "Not guilty." " Mr. Brownlow," asked the judge, "are you represented by counsel J' 'No, sir," was the reply. "Do you not wish counsel to be appointed for you!" "No, sir," said Mr. Brownlow. "I pro pose to defend myself." "This is a very serious matter, Mr. Brownlow," said the judge, stesnly, "and you do not do right to yourself or to the com munity by refusing to avail yourself of such opportunities as may be right to clear your self of the charge which you have persist ently denied." Mr. Brownlow smiled, bowed his head and said not a word. The judge thought the matter over for several minutes, and, finally, turning to the prisoner, said: "I shall exercise the discretion vested in me by the law and appoint counsel for you, and in doing so I shall choose one whom I think fitted to represent you faithfully in this court. Mr. Henry Parker will act as your attorney." The gentleman named by the judge was in the court-room, as were a great many other young lawyers attracted by the case and its peculiarcircumstances. Mr. Parker felt that a piece of the greatest good fortune had fallen to him on being chosen to act as counsel for a very wealthy man, and he im mediately rose to move the adjournment of the case until he could have a consultation with his client. The motion was immediately granted, and Mr. Parker consulted with his client with out delay. Mr. Brownlow received him coldly. "I understand," said the young lawyer, "the peculiar delicacy of the situation in which we find ourselves. You receive me unwillingly and I come to you unbidden by yourself and yet compelled to come by the order of the court. Now, you will under stand that in our relations nothing which is said shall be prejudicial to your interests. It is highly important that I should know the truth in this case in order to represent your interests intelligently. Will you not disclose your knowledgeof the matter tome for this purpose!" "Mr. Parker," said Brownlow, coldly, "I appreciate your courtesy, but I can say nothing. I desire no defense, and you will serve me best by withdrawing at once from the case." The young lawyer argued for nearly an hour with bis obdurate client, but could get no concessions from him of the nature that he desired. Day after day he made similar attempts, and when the adjourned date of the trial came to hand he was no nearer to his object than before. CHAPTER V. Never before in the history of the general sessions court had there been such crowds at the doors as when the day came for Mr. Brownlow's triaL The prominence of the accused in social circles, his great wealth, and, perhaps, more than all, his extraordinary de meanor since the disappearance of his wife, had aroused public interest to the utmost. Clubmen and lawyers were there in abun dance, and a score of fashionably-dressed ladies waited patiently at the door of the court until it should be opened to admit them. Measures finally had to be adopted to exclude all except the witnesses aad those who were intimately related to the parties concerned in the trial itself, and even then the stuffy room was uncomforta bly crowded. The' judge entered at a few minutes before eleven o'clock, and, im mediately after aim, Mr. Brownlow was brought ia and placed ia the prisoners' box. Nothing interposed to delay the regular proceedings which included the formal ac cusation and the securing of a jury fro the panel. Inasmuch as Mr. Brownlow still persisted in refusing to employ cean sel, the process of getting a jury was com paratively a short one. At one point the prisoner addressed the court as a juror was being examined for admission into the box, and said: 'Your honor, may I ask if the law allows me the privilege of challenging jurors who are to sit in this case!" at does," replied thecoart. "Yon may challenge, either for cause, or, if good cause is not shown, you are allowed the right of twenty peremptory caaUeagea." iKiiv Iff "IT'S X Ilk!" "Very well," replied Mr. Brownlow, "I peremptorily challenge this mart " "But," cried the court, in astonishment, "he has not been accepted yet by the prose cution, and you waste your challenge until you see whether the prosecatioa wishes him to sit in the box." "That does not matter," said Mr. Brown low. "I do not want this man on the jury, and so shall now challenge him, not to con sume time unnecessarily." Lawyers ia the court-room glanced at each other significantly, and the district attorney was so nonplussed at this action on the part of the prisoner that be stood perfectly still for a half minute before he turned to the juror and said : "You are dismissed, sir." The truth was that Mr. Brownlow's conduct since his ar rest bad led not a few people conversant with legal matters to believe that he was insane, and shrewd lawyers bad said to each other that the prisoner had undoubt edly adopted this course with a view to making insanity his defense, and that he was doing so in the cleverest way possible. inasmuch as every act of his would tend to make jurymen think him insane without having that matter brought directly to tneir attention by a lawyer. When the jury was anally fixed upon, the district attorney formally opened his case in a brief speech, in which he recounted the circumstances al ready known to the reader concerning the disappearance of Mrs. Brownlow and the work of the detectives in hunting up evi dence after that time. He then proceeded to call various witnesses, and presented their testimony to the court. The servants of the Brownlow house were the first to testify. They told all the history of the family since Mr. Brownlow?s marriage, giv ing a great number of ugly and disagree able details, which seemed to have grown in bad flavor since the time that the wit nesses knew that they were to be called upon to testify. Mrs. Brownlow's parents and other relatives also testiled to say that the marriage had been contracted against the wishes of her parents, and that it was generally believed that Mr. Brownlow had married her solely for her fortune. In this way a half day was consumed in present ing a bad background upon which the strongest evidence against Mr. Brownlow was to be placed. That is, it was made ap parent to the jury that he had a very strong motive for committing a terrible crime, and that circumstances pointed to the fact that he had been preparing for it for some time before the thing occurred. After the usual recess, the testimony of the police depart ment was taken up by the facts concern ing the discovery of the opera cloak in the river and the identification of the body at the morgue were brought out. Even the dressmaker was called in to declare that this garment was certainly that of Mrs. Brownlow. The day came to an end before the testi mony for the prosecution was completed, and on the next morning there still re mained to present to the jury the history of Mr. Brownlow's actions since his arrest. It would be impossible to imagine a stronger array of circumstantial evidence than had been brought against him when the prose cution finally rested its case. The court and the spectators turned with the utmost interest to the prisoner to see what he would say. The judge signified to the pris oner that if he had any defense to make it was now the proper time to make it. Mr. Brownlow rose and addressed the court as follows: "Your honor and gentlemen of the jury, I have up to this time kept silence upon the accusations under which I suffer. It is now the tune for me to speak, and I propose to make an explanation of the event about which you have heard so much. I wish to say, first, that I have sat here and inter posed no objection when the prosecution pried into my domestic matters to an extent that was altogether unjustifiable, whatever the merits of the case; that I made no ob jection when a volume of evidence was pro duced that had no legitimate bearing upon the matter, and that I have done so because I felt that I was in the hands of the law, which I respect and always have respected and have never broken, and that I was in the presence of a judge who would guaran tee me a fair trial and before a jury of in telligence competent to see the truth of this case when I should find it time to speak. The facts in this matter are these: I was going out to dine with Mrs. Brownlow at the bouse of some friends on Tuesday, the 14th. While waiting for the moment of leaving wrote a letter, and when my wife, who was ready dressed, came to the study, she sat down while 1 finished it. She asked me to whom I was writing. I answered her that my letter had nothing in it of interest to her. She insisted upon knowin g to whom the letter was addressed, and I persisted that I should not tell her. She became an gry and told me that she was very unhappy, that I had no consideration for her, that she had quarreled with her parents for the sake of marrying me, that she had no one in the ! BFa.rl W m .!?: Z- "JT9T AS TOU rXBASZ." world but me, and that I was happy when I could make her suffer; that I had certainly some lore affair because I went out at times without her, and because I carefully hid from her my correspondence, I answered her that she immensely exaggerated her misfortunes and my wrong doing. My only care was to make ber happy. I did not suc ceed ia convincing her; she became Tery angry and made disagreeable remarks upon the disparity of eur fortunes and declared torcethat she was aaable any longer to bear the conditions ef life such as I made them to her. I opposed great coolness to this. WithaUmvcareDerhawIwaswron enough to smile at her excitement when her anger took a still graver character aad she told me that she was determined to leave me. Iaasweredher: "It shall be as you please." "At these words shedrewteward me with a threatening gesture and said: 'Repeat what yoa have just aow said and I go imme diately. Bepeatit. I dare you to repeat it.' "It was not the first time that Mrs. Brownlow had become excited ia my pres ence. She had threatened once before to leave the house, and I had calmed her with some cnacf lions aad show at affection, ant the repetition of the threat irritated ma Being persaaded that it was a thiag which mast aappaa daily for every light dacas- am, x UMaud: m -" - :' ! a 1..VtePA ' i jvi- Vi fz, fflJL Wfif-::i g- t i aiTr-.f "i L ! BW x "W i mi 1 "My wife went out of the room. I de sired to wait until she came back of her o;vn free will, but inasmuch as this little dispute had lasted some little time and I was afraid we should be late for the dinner to which we had been invited, I arose to go for her. She was not in her room. I searched the whole house; I could not find her. Since then I have not seen her, neither have I learned where she may be, nor do I know any thing more about the case." As the defendant closed his speech a murmur of iacredulity ran through the room, and people thought more than ever that Mr. Brownlow was either actually in sane or feigning insanity. "And have you nothing more to say! asked the court at last. "Your explana tion comes very late. You have had all the time necessary to prepare an ingenious story. Why did you not state these facts at first in the same Jorm or take some other course than thit of rigid silence ia this matter ! "I did not think it necessary," said Mr. confidence, and I thought that after a few ' daTS Brownlow would return to her home." "But why have you been so reticent when questioned by the officers of the law!" "The officers of the law did not approach me in the proper manner. Instead of dis persing the crowds in front of my house.they came to me. They credited public gossip; they insulted me in the most outrageous manner by making accusations which it was beneath my dignity as a man to listen to. An honest man must not be at the mercy of the stupidity of idlers. The whole neighborhood of my house was in an up roar. People were determined to make me speak. I had no mind to give the victory of might of numbers against right. Until the present moment I have not been placed in a position where my words could have effect. I was to come to the trial any way. I was nottcompelled to answer any questions put to me by detectives previous to being brought before the court." The judge turned to the district attorney, who rose in some embarrassaaeat and ad dressed the prisoner. "It is not the part of the pubbo prose cutor," he said, "ordinarily to interpose any defense for a prisoner, especially for one whose means are as yours. It has been perfectly possible for you not only to secure the best legal talent in the city to help you, but the court has gone so far as even to appoint a counsel, whom you have refused to receive. The evidence against you is overwhelming in its strength. Still, although I am the prosecutor, it is the province of my position to get at the whole truth in regard to this matter, and I will therefore ask you one or two questions. It may enable you to make a clearer explana tion of your case, and may in the nature of the cross examination bring out more strongly the case for the prosecution. 1 will ask you, therefore, to account for your time from seven o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, the 14th, until three o'clock the next morning." ITO BE COSTIXrED. PRACTICAL EDUCATION. A Plan Which, K Adopted. Would Prove of Unquestionable Utility. We take it for granted that manual train ing is to become a fixed element of public school instruction. Suppose, with this as a groundwork, courses were arranged in the schools so as to enable a child to be present only one-half of the time without loss of connection in his studies. If the course were continuous from morning to morning, and the same course were re peated in the afternoon, two sets of chil dren could be provided for. Suppose, at the same time, that employers of children consented to engage two children half a day, where each they now hare one for the whole day, the children would obtain both education and income. The employer would be benefited by having more intelligent workers. The second prin ciple, then, is that the public schools must develop an organic connection with the industrial world. The objection will quickly occur that the chil dren's wages would thereby be reduced one-half, which they could not stand. Ii the absurd separation that we have made of education and the application of it is over come, the objection, so far as it is real, will disappear. This will require a system of technical schools connected with the shops where the actual industry of the world is going forward, and that the most favorable avenue to these be the public schools. Here it shall be possible for the boy to pay his way, and very soon to do more than pay his way, while acquiring invaluable theoretical instruction. Our National industry calls for this higher training, to say nothing of its value to the operatives and employers in dividually. It is stated by those who have especially attended to preliminary instruction in engineering, that three years at colleges of this kind (technical colleges), combined with two years in the work-shops, turn out better men than five years' apprenticeship in the latter. With this system it will be possible and safe to provide a sum from which to advance money to such boys as are in absolute need of more than they can mako at the begin ning of their course. They can be allowed to mortgage their future labor, and, since their prospects are better in connection with the school than anywhere else, the security may be deemed sufficient. This, in the mam, disposes of the objection that was raised regardingthe diminished income of those who attend school a part of the time. It will be well if the principle of pro gression is carried beyond the period of youth. No one will say that proficiency is properly rewarded to-day; worse than this, it usually goes unrecognized and unen couraged. This can not turn out good workmen or good men, nor stimulate the young. Open Court. Material la a Stosaw. The amount of material necessary in the construction of a 1,330-ton steamer Is simply astonishing. It takes 40.000 lineal feet ef timber, twenty-five tons for hog chains, and in all fifty tons of iron, 120 bales of oakum to calk the seams, and fully fS.000 worth at paint. The cost of such a boat at the yards runs about f 80,000, to which aa additiaaal 135,000 may be added for furnishing. It takes generally about five months to pat up a 1,600-ton boat, and it should last tea years with ordinary care. Whea the hull ef a boat is finished, every nook and corner ia filled with salt, about 100 barrels being used for a 1,200-ton boat. This is done to prevent the rotting of the timber, aad, strangely enough, the cabins and upper works usually decay much sooner than the hulL Osm of the proofs of the eminent respect ability of these United States m that wa have a dog for every three inhabitants. It costs us 1300,000,000 per annum to support ear 20,000.008 dogs. The food given to aa average dog every year weald yield a retnra f ten dollars if fed to chickeas. A'cosscKFTrvs minister has gone into the letter-carrier business, aad it is said that hisdelrreryMimaroTiag. Tm fir ef jaalMwj barns with racy Uttta , THE EIFFEL TOWER. 0eas Iatmtlr Fet Conrvrainx Tht and Other Tall Structures. William A. Eddy, in writing of ttaa Eiffel Tower ia the Atlantic Monthly, gives some interesting facts regard ing the limitations upon the erection of high structures of masonry by reason of the great weight of the mass of ma terial. He says: "Aside from the Question of outlav or serious difficulty in the construction of any kind of material to such aa altitude, there are questions of pres sure and danger that daunt experienced engineers. M. G. Eiffel, constructor of some of the greatest works in France, notably the trestlework viaduct at Gavabit, 407 feet high, concluded that the building of such a tower had not been attempted in ancient times, so far as known, because iron then lacked the lightness, strength and adaptability seen in modern work. The enormous weight of masonry in so great a mass would not only imperil by its tremend ous pressure the courses of stone near the ground, but would cause an irregular settling of the foundations, as in the well-known instance of the leaning tower of Pisa. In modern work a pressure of sixty-six pounds for each square centimeter (two-fifths of an inch on each side) is considered dangerous. It is estimated that fifty five pounds in this proportion is too .extreme for safety, although, owing to peculiaritea of construction, this has been exceeded in some of the following instances, cited by Mr. Javier: Pillars of toe aome at the la valldes. Paris 353 pounds Pillars of St. Peter's. Borne 36.08 - Pillars of St Paul's. London 4S.70 - Columns of St.Panl.Boaw 4X38 " Pillars of the tower or St. Merri. Paris 64.85 " Pillars or the dome of the Pantheon. . Paris 63.84 " Mr. Navier includes an estimate of 99.25 pounds for the church of La Toussant a Angers, which is in ruins, and so not a convincing example. It thus appears that the resistance in some daring structures is from S3 to 44 pounds and only rises to nearly 65 in two instances. M. Eiffel cites the Wash ington monument, which, in its sim plicity and boldness, he considers re markable. In M. Navier's estimates given for the greatest feats of archi tectural engineering in the old world, this huge obelisk stands, high on the list of wonderful structures, the pres sure at its base amounting to 58.35 pounds in the proportion above given. With the exception of the Eiffel tower, it is easily a bolder undertaking than any other of its kind known in the world, because it stands upon a rela tively small base with no side support, with a weight upon its foundations of 45,000 tons. This immense square shaft, about fifty-five feet on a side, served as an illustration of the danger of attempting to carry masonry to a greater height than before achieved. Fortunately the foundation settled evenly, but to prevent probable demoli tion, the base was reconstructed and filled in with concrete. Meantime the structure began to lean to an extent that caused great uneasiness, and, finally, the suspension of the work. The reconstruction was begun in 1848, and in 1854, when it reached a height of 152 feet, its dangerous condition be came somewhat marked. Its originally intended altitude of 600 feet was then reduced to 500. In 1880. after great difficulties the base had been widened and the foundation enlarged and deep ened. Work was then recommenced and the masonry continued upward at the rate of about 100 feet yearly, until the topmost stone was laid December 6. 1884." The monument is 555 feet high. m m ROUMANIAN LAOUTARI. Musle that Is Enr Weirder Than That of taa Hancariaa Tzlffaa. An interesting feature of the exhibi tion will be the laoutari or gypsy musi cians whom the Roumanian committee has brought to Paris. A few evenings ago they delighted a select company at a soiree given by MmeEdouard Herve, the wife of the well known Orleanist journalist, and last night they earned golden opinions at a private perform ance to which they treated a party of very competent judges at the head quarters of a leading Parisian newspa per. The band is composed of about a score of members, not one of whom can read a note of music: yet the style in which they played a variety of their native airs, throwing in Viennese waltzes and scraps of operatic music, perfectly charmed their hearers. Vio-, lins and stringed instruments of the sither type predominate in these gypsy bands, but the piece d resistance is a species of pan-pipes, in the manipula tion of which they are remarkably pro ficient. Hungarian tzigans have al ready performed both here and in Lon don, but the appearance of these Rou manian laoutari is a new departure which will be highly appreciated by visitors to the exhibition, where they are to play every afternoon and even ing. It is from their earliest childhood, even before they can speak distinctly, that these musicians begin to be initia ted by their progenitors into the mys teries of their art, the talent being he reditary in certain families. In their native country they are in high re quest ia the cafe-gardens on a sum mer's evening; at fairs, and on festive occasions like weddings, though they also figure at funerals. The music of the Roumania laoutari is more wierd than that of the Hungarian trigana, and is probably heard to the best ad vantage among the mountains of Tran sylvania, the minstrels of the hills be ing less affected by surrounding influ ences than their brethren of the plains. London Telegraph. Strange that when the dyspeptic if forced to give up his desserts he but gets bis deaerta. Hotel MaiL MISCELLANEOUS. Blessed are the poor, because thejr can move instead of cleaning house. Milwaukee Journal. A newspaper paragraph estimates) that there are 800.000 railroad em ployes in the United States who re ceive annually $400,000,000, an average) Of $500 each. The Times says it is the custom in Philadelphia to send young ladies to dancing school up to seventeen or eighteen years of age, and then turn them loose on society to learn how to talk. A New York lady won the prize for furnishing the best recipe by which a dinner could be prepared for 1. As soon as her husband found this out ho borrowed the dollar and took his din ner down town. California boasts of the extent and splendor of her flora, but a statement in a local paper that "a. Martinez woman killed seven big tarantulas in her flower garden lately sbow3 that the love of the beautiful has some serious drawbacks there. A New York pilot says that if one sailing craft can sneak past another in distress without being signaled she will do it nine times in ten. It costs the owners money to feed rescued peo ple, and they don't encourage humane actions. Highwayman "Hold up your hands!" Pedestrian "My dear sir. I have just returned from Oklahoma. The deuce you have! Well, you can get a good free lunch on the next block. Good evening.11 Nebraska State Jour nal. At a teachers institute in a back country district in Maine not long ago a well-dressed, rather prepossessing young woman rose to say. with refer ence to educational methods: 4Ther childrane of my skule are gittin' on weller with the new eddycational sys tim than they did with the old un, V-ause its simpeller." A Nbrristown (Pa.) father, on making his nightly census of his nine sleeping children, to see that all was serene, found that one was missing. After a rigorous and exciting hunt of the house and neighborhood the lost one was discovered peacefully sleeping in the family wash-basket into which it had crept at play. A teacher of the Sebewa, Mich., school, took a novel method of supply ing a demand that the school board re fused to heed. She had each pupil bring an egg. and then sold them at a convenient grocery. With the pro ceeds she purchased towels and soap, and the appearance of the children after play hours is much improved. Didn't Suit Mother "Well, did you get that situation as office boy?' Little Son "Nope.". "What was the matter?" "Don't know. The gent is a lawyer, and he asked me if 1 was a good whistler, and I told him I was the best whistler on our street, and he said I wouldn't do. Guess he must want a reg'lar professional." N. Y. Weekly. There is an old negress in Clarke County. Georgia, who prepares herself for death every night, and this is how she does it: After a short prayer she clothes herself in a long, flower-bedecked gown, plaits her hair carefully, crosses her hands on her breast and then falls asleep. Two coppers are placed on the table beside her to put upon her eyelids. She has directed that she bo buried on the banks of the Oconee river, and believes she is going direct to Heaven. She is angry beyond expression as she wakes each morning not having moved a muscle during her sleep and finds herself alive. "It is a curious fact," said a well known merchant the other day, "that the worse case of snoring can be stopped by a low whistle. You don't believe it? Well, there's my office boy asleep now on an old box. Here him snore? Of course you do. The dead could hear him. Now listen." The mer chant gave one quick, low whistle and the fog horn accompaniment ceased instantly, although the lad still slum bered. "What are you doinff?" then asked the man of business, as he roused his satellite with a shake. "Nothin'." was the instant reply of the youngster. "I was j'est hearin' a feller outside a whistling like blazes." Albany Jour nal. A nervous young man, who called on the President, fidgeted around for a while, then walked boldly up to hirn and said: "Some time ago I made an application for an appointment. I want it awfully bad. I don't care for it myself but the fact is, Mr. Presi dent," and here the young man blushed to the tips of his hair, "I am engaged to be married. Unless I get this ap pointment the engagement won't stand. There you have it, and now you know whylamsoanxious." It is said that the card bearing the name of the applicant and the office he wanted was laid care fully away by the President, and that the young man was likely to be nude happy. Anew scheme to induce warm hearted persons to open their pocket books has been exposed in Atlanta, Ga. The scheme was worked by a man and his wife. The latter went from house to house asking for money with whioh to bury her husband. She received several contributions, but one lady, doubting her story, said : "I'll go to your home with you." She did so. and to her great surprise found the husband laid out on a table with a white sheet thrown over him. She was much moved by the sight, and. pulling out ber purse, gave the widow" several dollars in small change. After leaving the house the lady discovered that she had forgotten her handkerchief and re turned to get it. Upon re-entering the room she was shocked to see the 'dead sitting up counting the money. ?n i. r 1 1 f i t 1