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CHAPTER I. (Continued.)
"Queer nu Dick's lint-band, no doubt
But I don't sco how he could bu of
fended If you let tho house. Thoro It
Is, lylnj; Idle no good to hlrn nor tiny
one else. This gentleman has a fnncy
J?r seeing ghosts, and pays Mr. Ver
non handsomely for It. Whnt mere
enn a man oak for?"
"I do not know," replied the agent,
bolting thoughtfully Into tho flrv.
"And thoro Is no time to write that In
Gho worst of It. Mr. Vernon Is In tho
Holy Land, and I don't know how long
it would tako a letter to reach him.
Now, this gentleman wants to go In nt
once. In fact, I am to glvo him an nn
wor tomorrow. I'm terribly perplexed
uhout It."
"I don't hco why. Say yes, of coumo,
nnd thnnk your stars for the chance."
"Hut If Mr. Vornon should bo an
gry?" "I don't seo how ho could be. Ev?n
Jf ho was, ho would have time to rot
:oo! again hoforo ho met you. I should
tako tho offer, most decidedly."
"Well, I think I will. Hut I was
qulto undecided when I came In hero,
I assuro you. Hut you aro a clever
roan, Crimes, and one can't go far
wrong In taking your advice."
"Thank you, sir. And now that
business la well off your mind, lot's
lrlnk tho health of tho now-cornors,
and wIbIi them a happy homo at Hol
low Ash Hall."
Doth laughed as they drank tho
toast. Then tho agent rose, buttoned
his coat and turned to tho door. Tho
landlord saw him out; and after bid
ding him good night, stood looking out
boyond tho town, at tho hill, where tho
Jonoly houso was standing, dark,
ullont and grim,
"Hollow Ash Hnll let!" he mur
mured as ho went hack to tho bar onco
more. "Well, that Is u go, and no
mlstako! I wonder how soon It will
'bo empty?"
CHAPTER II.
So tho thing was accomplished.
Tho
haunted houso was let.
Tho next day nil Banloy know tho
tnlo by heart. Tho banker's namo was
Cowloy, and tho young lady who
wished to sco tho ghost was Miss Roso
Cowley, a pretty, fair, Httlo creature,
who looked as If sho would shriek and
run away It a mouse crossed her path.
Her older slstor, Cathorlno (Miss Cow
ley) was a tall, dark-haired girl, with
n high color and flashing black oyes
by far tho most proper person, ono
would say, to encounter a denizen or
tho other world. Hut she did not ap
prove of tho project, and shuddered at
tho very namo of tho Hall. Mrs. Cow
loy, fat, fair and forty, took tho mat
tor easily, though In her heart sho con
flldorod It a tomptlng of Providence
Hut sho said nothing. Sho was de
votedly nttached to her stout, good
tempered husband, and had ho chosen
to walk Into tho crater of Vesuvius, I
think sho would have given ono sigh
to old England, and followed mcokly
In his wako.
Mr. Cowloy, having mado himself
mastor of tho Hnll, was not long In
paying It a visit. Ho took his family
with him, and though tlioy went In
broad daylight, their carrlago was es
corted to tho very lodgo gates by a
select troop of rosy-checked children,
who stared nt Roso as If nho had boon
tho Dragon ot Wnntley In portion,
Only to tho gates, however, did this
youthful bodyguard venture. When
tho driver got down nnd lifted tho
rusty bolt from Its socket tho Hist
croak dispersed tho rabble llko magic.
A dlro vision of Queen Hess In ruff
nnd farthlngalo, coming down tho uvo
mto to meet those who sought to en
ter, uff righted thorn; and with ono ac
cord they set oft at full speed toward
tho village, never daring to look bo-
lilnd thorn, or to slacken their pace un
til they woro snfo onco more at their
own mothers' sides.
Roso Cowloy watched this oxodus
with laughing eyes; but her mother
und slstor looked as If they would
gladly novo followed tho example or
tho children, and taken to their heels
us woll.
"Mercy prcsorvo us" said Mrs.
Cowloy, looking up nt tho Hall. "Who
would hnvo holluvcd It was such a dls
mnl place? Why, yesterday from tho
Toad It scemod pleasant!"
"Dismal, mamma!" said Unso, "1
think It Is nnthlug hut that! Romantlu,
oolltary, lonoly, If you will, but miroly
not dismal!"
"It 1b only fit for rats nnd owls to II vo
in," said Cathnrlno, with a look of In
tonso disgust. "Whnt could papa bo
thinking of whon ho took It without
oven pnylng n visit to tho plnco? How
ever, thoro Is ono comfort ho likes
onug, warm rooms as woll ns any ot
its; nnd tho (list glaneo nt the Interior
of tho old shell will bo sure to dlRon-
chant him. Wo shall novcr live hero
innmmn; so you need not distress
yoursolf nt all about It."
"Don't ho too certain." remnrked
Jtoso. "I was talking with papa this
morning about It, and 1 asked what
was to bo dono If tho plaeo should turn
out damp and cold. What do you
think his answer wns?"
"Why, that In such a enso we rould
n't stop, of course,"
"Not a bit of It," replied tho mis
jshlevoua girl. "Papa said that ho
thought wo woro all apt to pampor
(ourselves too much nnd that It would
do us good to miss n few luxuries and
(comforts for a time."
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Mrs. Cowley groaned.
"I shall havo rheumatic fover, I
know. Mr. Cowloy will nover bo mad
enough to llvo hero. Tho house Is llko
a woll."
"Don't fear, mamma," replied Cath
nrlno, with un air of composed certain
ty that wns peculiarly provoking to
Roso. "Ily tho time papa has had to
::o without breakfast and dinner onca
or twice, because the chimney wllll not
draw, he will be ready enough to go
away. Men mny be stoics nnd ascet
ics and philosophers In theory easily
enough. Hut all their lino doctrlnos
go to tho wall, I observe, when their
stomachs come In question. "
As she spoke, they drew up beforo
their new home, and oven Roso wns
obliged to confess In her own heart
thnt It might havo been n plcasanter
one, when sho looked up nt tho fast
cosed door, und tho blank raligo of
dusty windows. Mrs. Cowloy groaned
again. Tho place was even worso than
sho thought, and she was wicked
enough to pray secretly for a fit ot tho
gout, or a smart twlngo of lumbago,
which should lay her lord and master
flat on his back, und thus ennblo her
to tako him to Hrlghton to town,
oven rather than to this modern
'Castlo of Udolpho," which shocked
her almost more jy Its outward dirt
nnd discomfort than by tho ghostly
tenants which It held within.
"Now, my dear, let mo holp you.
Jump out, Roso, and sco which of us
will And tho haunted chambor llrst,"
said Mr. Cowloy, coming to tho door
of tho fly, his round, red fnco beaming
with dolight nt tho evident trepida
tion of Ills wlfo nnd eldest daughter.
Jump out and sco how you llko your
future homo. You nro ns good as tho
lady of tho manor now, Mrs. C. What
do you think of thnt7 Did you over
oxpect to attain to such dignity, ovon
n your wildest drenms of tho future?"
"I cortalnly nover expected to como
to such a plnco as this," said Mrs.
Cowloy, pltcously, as sho left tho fly.
"Queer old don, Isn't It, my lovo?"
"Very queer!"
"Hut I daro say you will like It In
time. It Is a flno airy place, I can seo.
Catharlno, you will havo cheeks like
cabbage-roses In no tlmo."
"Papa, you cannot think of living
horo!" said that young lady In dismay.
"Can't I, my doar? Hut I do, and
for this very reason tho world Is get
ting far too romantic and fnnclful to
suit mo. What with spiritualists and
tahlo-tumlng, and men who float in
tho nlr, nnd men who sco thlncs in a
crystal, and haunted houses, and seers
who mako almanacs and all tho rest of
It, England seems to bo going stark
mad. I usod to glvo my countrymon
a llttlo credit for common sense, but I
enn scarcely recognize them now, and
hold that any one who makes a Arm
Btnnd ngnlnst thla new-fangled non-
bcubo Is n public bonofactor. I moan
to do It, nnd to mako you do It too.
For this reason I tako this houso.
which tho allly Idiots about horo say
Is haunted. Not ono among them daro
como near tho place. I'll show thorn
that I'm not nfrald to llvo hore. And
thon, porhnps, they will como to tholr
senses again, nnd lenrn that people In
tho othor world aro glad enough to get
quit ot this. Ghosts, lndcod, I have no
patlonco with such nonsenso!"
"Hut, papa, It they como?' suggested
Roso, with n timid glnnco at tho closo
shut house.
"if they do, I'll pinch tholr nosos
with tho tongs!" said Mr. Cowley, sol
omnly, nnd Rose burst out laughing.
"Hut, papa," suld Catharlno, "tho
houso Is so damp!"
"Damp? Nonsense! It Is ns dry ns
a bono. Don't you sco that It stands
on tho top of a hill? How could tho
water get up horo, I should like to
know?"
"I am sure It does, nnd you will hnvo
lumbago and mamma rhoumatlsm nnd
Roso a Buro throat and 1 n perpetual
Inllucnzu. Doar papa, do glvo up this
Keliimo nnd take us to Hrlghton In
stead!"
"Oh, yes, I think I seo mysolf doing
it!" wns the grim reply. "Tnko you
to Hrlghton to wenr a pork-plo hnt
on lh" sands, and show your ankles on
tho plorl No Hrlghton for you at pres
ent, miss. You will stay hero and do
your fellow-countrymen n flcrvleo, it
you ploaso, by disabusing tholr minds
ot a stupid prejudice, by menus of your
own oxporlence. Driver, havo you got
tho key to this door.'
"Hero It Is, sir,'" said tho man. Hut
ho fell to tho tour after presenting It.
H.o wns a lad of nineteen nnd hud
honrd too much of the plnco not to
keep nt a respectful dlstanco during
tho llrst moment of investigation,
"This lock has not been ollod slnco
tho year 1!" said Mr. Cowloy, pulling
nnd blowing as ho tried to turn tho
key. "Hang tho thing, how It sticks!
Hear ti hand hero, my good follow, will
you? Ilnllu!"
Tho key turned middenly ns ho
spoke, tho lock yielded, und tho door
flow open with such vlolunco Hint Mr.
Cowloy landed on his nose In tho hall.
Seeing this, his wlfo forgot her Tears
nnd rnn to pick him up. Roso nnd
Catharine followed, and so nt last they
stood together beyond the threshold ot
tho hn.ied houso. Whllo Mrs. Cowloy
and Cathorlun wero holplng tho head
of tho family to hln feet, Roso gazed
around her with breathless awe, half
oxpectlng each momont to sco aomo
dim unndo approaching to wave thorn
awny. i?ut ru ono camo. All wa
ntlll and quiet They stood within a
small, Bquaro hall, vory dusty and
dirty and lighted onlr by tho fanlight
over tho door. A worn mat covered
the floor, there wns a small Iron stove
In tho center of tho hall, and, loaning
ngnlnst It a curiously carved walking
stick, rcscwibllng tho wand of a magi
cian rather than tho ordinary cane of a
gontlemnn In tho nineteenth century.
Roso took this in her hand, hut quickly
laid It down. It did not seem "canny"
to hold It, though why sho could not
say.
Mr. Cowloy rubbed his head, felt hln
noso carefully all over, and proaouncod
himself qulto sound.
"Whnt mado mo fall, I cannot tell,"
ho remarked. "It really seemed an if
tho door was Jerked from my hand by
somo person Inside. Do you know, my
dear, I lncllno to the opinion that Bomo
evil-disposed person has harborod hero
at somo tlmo or another nnd taken ad
vantage of tho popular belief in ghosts
to carry out all manner of Iniquity In
perfect safety. For aught wo know,
such a person may bo within hearing
now."
Mrs. Cowloy gave a llttlo shriek.
"Then wo nro nil safo to bo robbed
nnd murdered! Denr George, do let us
lcavo thin plnco and get homo as soon
as possible!"
"Nonsenso, my dear; don't Interrupt
mo, If you please! Robbed and mur
dered, Indeed! Is that likely whllo you
havo mo to protect you? I merely
mndo that remark as n wnrnlng In caso
such a porson should ho concealed
horo. I recommend that person not to
como too near, whoever ho may bo;
nnd I add, for his further Information,
that I shall sleep hero with a rovolvcr,
loaded and capped, by my side, nnd If
ho begins nny of his tricks upon trav
elers, I'll glvo him pepper, by Jovel
Now, Mrs. C, come along and look at
tho rooms."
Trombllng nnd disgusted, tho good
lady followed her truculent spouso, as
ho opened door nftcr door within tho
mnnslon. Tho rooms were nil dark
nnd dingy, It Is true, but they had high
ceilings nnd plenty of windows with
pleasant nspects. Sonp nnd water, nnd
afterwards pretty curtains ennd bright
furniture, n piano, nnd n few pictures
would make qulto unothor place of It,
ns Mr. Cowloy said.
CHAPTER III.
Nevertheless, ns tho party progressed
from room to room, a sllcnco fell over
them nil a nameless weight seemed to
rest upon ovory heart. Mrs. Cowley
looked really 111, Catharlno was very
palo, Roso ceased to laugh and Jest,
nnd even Mr. Cowley pursued his in
vestigations In a nervous, fidgety way,
as If ho was 111 at caso.
'Did you over visit an empty house,
dear reader, by yourself? A lonoly
country cottage, for Instance, with no
ovll tale hanging over It llko a dark
cloud nothing to mar Its beauty
nothing to tako from Its aspect ot
homo nnd peaceful roposo? Passing
from room to room, with tho bunch ot
keys dnngllng from your hand, did you
not begin to fcol that something un
seen, but not unfelt, was bearing you
company oomothlng that opened tho
doors and looked out of tho windows
and pointed at tho cornors of tho apart
ments as It to illustrato a story which
you also felt, but did not hear? Did
not that unseen companion becomo al
most too real almost vlslblo at tho
last, nnd actually drlvo you from tho
place not frightened not nervous
oh, no! only with palo Hps and hur
ried Bteps and a hnnd that shook a llt
tlo as It gavo tho koys back In tho
agent's ofllco, and wroto down tho di
rection to which the agent might ap
ply. All this, and more than this, did tho
party at tho Hall experience. Some
thing nay, more than ono something
was besldo them. No ono spoke ot tho
presonco, yot nil woro conscious ot It,
though they tried to laugh It off, oven
In tho recesses of tholr own minds.
(To bo continued.)
BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
A lMibllu Diinrti .mil Material AM In
Coinplt'tlnj; IU
Fow people nro aware that It was a
public dancer who gnvo material aid
in completing the Hunker Hill monu
ment. This uld came from tho noted
Funny Elssler, who, ns Dr. Holmes
puts It, "danced t tho capstone onto
Hunker 11111 monument, ns Orpheus
moved tho rocks by music." Sho
danced at a groat benefit performnnco,
which realized enough to warrant the
managers going on with tho obelisk
on Breed's Hill, which is tho proper
name tor tho historic battlefield ot the
Revolution, In Chuflestown. Tho
monument's corner stone wns lnld In
1825 by Oeueral Lafayette, and on this
occasion and nt tho grand dedication,
Juno 17, 1812, Danlol Webster mado
two of his greatest orntlous. The
Elsslor sisters wero two famous danc
ers, horn In Vienna in 1S0S nud 1611,
respectively, of whom tho youngor,
Fanny, became thu most celebrated.
From 1S30 to 1851 tho enrcor of Mile.
Funny was ono continuous ovation.
Whllo nt Paris sho Is said to hnvo
eclipsed oven Tngllonl by her won
derful dancing of "La Cachucha." Af
ter visiting London In 183S, eho camo
to tho United States, whero her tri
umphant progress wns mnrked by
mnny ndvantngeous offers ot mar
riage, all of whom sho declined. Sho
retired to u villa near Hamburg, Gor
many, 1851, having amassed nn enor
mous fortune, nud died In 1884. Her
sister contracted n morganatic mar
riage in 1851, with Prince Adalbert ot
Prussia, nnd wns subsequently ou
noblcd. Who docs tho best his circumstances
allows, docs woll, acts nobly; angels
could do no more. Young.
Maude Adams in Gold.
Tho gold statue of Miss Maudo Ad
ams, modeled by Miss Uesslo Potter,
of Chicago, out of pure gold, nttracted
tho attention of representatives from
tho whole world at tho Paris Exposi
tion last summer. Now that tho work
of art has, through tho enterprise of
Lit Brothers, been brought to Phila
delphia, many hundreds nro dally, yes,
hourly, attesting by their inspection,
their interest and enjoyment of MIs3
Potter's1 work.
MIbs Adams posed for this statuo for
six months in Miss Potter's studio. Sho
woro a modern gown, mado up in ono
of tho simplest ot tho season's styles,
modest In tho extreme, and yet void
of any eccentricities of stylo which
could, oven years from now, render It
ridiculous.
Tho samo good sense wns shown In
tho arrangement of tho hair, and In tho
poso taken. Just n slmplo girlish flg
uro, typlcnl of, at least, ono typo ot
American womanhood. Tho stntuo hns
been classified as "The Typo of Ameri
can Womanhood;" with this nomen
clature there Is good reason to tako ex
ception; American womanhood is far
too diversified to bo represented by nny
ono statue. Hut tho typo taken nnd ot
which Miss Adams Is very charmingly
typical, is a very sweet ono; winning
In personality, dcllcato and dainty In
faco and llguro is this popular young
actress, and to thoso who havo seen
her only on tho Btago, where sho so
successfully hides her own Identity In
many and vnrylng guises, It Is n great
plcasuro to sco her as her own natural
MAUDE ADAMS,
self; n llguro full of much that Is best
in modern womanliness.
Tho stntuo Is made of California
gold, 14 karats; it weighs COO pounds,
and was cast In tho' foundry of tho
Henry Bonnartl Bronze Company, New
York city. So much for statistics. Tho
sculptress, Miss Bcsslo Potter, Is a Chi
cago girl, who now hns n studio In Now
York. Sho has mado a namo for her
self nlong nn entirely now lino of
sculpture modeling tho modern woman
In tho gowns of the present day. Theso
statuettes aro clever In conception and
execution, and dainty and artistic to
tho highest degree.
Carter of Montana.
Senator Thomas II. Carter, talked
tho river and harbor bill to death and
THOMAS H. CARTER,
rotlred from ofllco the same day,
March I. Ho represented his stato
In tho upper house ot congress Blnco
1805. Hoforo entorlng tho sennto ho
was territorial delegate and congress
man from Montnna. Senator Carter 13
a native of Ohio. In his youth ho re
moved to Illinois, whero ho received
a common school cducntlon. Ho
worked as a farm hand, was employed
In railroading and for a number of
years ho was occupied as n teacher.
During his rosldcnco in Illinois ho
studied law und was admitted to tho
bar. Ho removed to Burlington, Iown,
und thenco to Helonn, Mont. From
tho beginning of his resldonco in tho
now stnto Mr. Cnrtor was qulto suc
cessful In Ills profession nnd nlso as n
politician. From March, 185)1, to July,
181)11, ho was commissioner of tho gen
eral laud ofllco, and In tho last men
tioned year ho was elected chairman
of the Republican national committee.
Petticoat "Rule in Urtttsh Army
That promotion In tho army hns for
many yenrs past been largoly con
trolled by certain ''smart" society
ladles Is not a matter ot common
knowledge. Ono would havo thought,
however, that tho recent agitation
against war ofllco abuses would havo
given pause to these Deltlahs, who
havo shorn tho British giant of so
much of his strength. As a matter of
fact, they seem to bo as mischievously
rati of a S'atfur Kind.
John E. Searlcs, who mado an as
signment In New York tho other day,
was, up to a few years ago, known
ns ono of tho "sugnr kings of Amcrlcn."
Ho organized, In 1880, tho first sugar
trust, and wns ono of tho principal or
ganizers of tho greater trust In 1801,
when ho becamo secretary-treasurer
and chief cxccutlvo ofllcer of tho Amer
ican Sugar Refining company. Ho en
tered tho sugar trade in 1862 as a
JOHN E. SEARLES.
member of tho Arm of L. W. & P.
Armstrong at Now Haven, Conn. In
1880 ho effected tho consolidation of
tho two Hnvemoyer Arms, and in 1887
brought about tho consolidation with
his company of a number of competi
tors, making the capital of tho com
bination f50.000.000. In 1801 he helped
organize the present sugar trust, from
which ho resigned In January, 1809 af
ter his recovery from a protracted ill
ness. Mr. Senrlcs wns born nt Rcdford,
N. Y., In 1810 and began llfo at 1G as a
bookkeeper for a Broadway Arm. Six
years later ho received his start In
tho sugar business. Although ho has
been In the background comparatively
slnco resigning as secretary and treas
urer of the sugar trust two years ago,
Mr. Senrlcs Is still connected with n
scoro of corporations nnd is still a di
rector In tho American Sugar Refining
company. He Is president and director
of tho American Cotton company,
American Typefounders Company, nnd
tho Hyatt Roller Bearing Company;
vice president and director of tho Min
neapolis and St. Louis railroad Com
pany, International Trust Company,
nnd Union Traction nnd Electric Com
pany: chairman and director ot tho
Baltimore, Chesapeako nnd Atlantic
railway; secretary and director ot the
Brooklyn Cooperago Company; direct
or of tho American Coffeo Company,
Preferred Accident Insuranco Com
pany, Western Natlonnl Bank, Spraguo
Electric Company, Terminal Ware
house Company, and Universal Last
ing Company; trustco American Do
posit and Ixtan Company, American
Surety Company, Brooklyn Institute
ot Arts and Sciences, Equltablo Llfo
Assurance Society ot the United States,
People's Trust Company ot Brooklyn,
Terminal Improvement Company, and
Mercnntilo Trust Company. Ho Is a
member of the Lawyers' club and tho
Down-Town Association.
"Rebuff for Carnegie.
Certain persons In Now Brunswick,
N. J., attracted by Mr. Carncglo's gen
erosity In providing the moans for tho
foundation of libraries, recently agi
tated tho propriety of asking him for
a contribution for that purpose. Tho
city authorities, however, backed by
many ot tho leading citizens, promptly
squelched tho movement nnd announc
ed that If a library were needed they
wero amply ablo to build It them
selves. Ono of tho aldermen said;
Who knows but that the library would
bo loaded down with lltoraturo detri
mental to American institutions. It
wo aro to hnvo a library let It bo a
homo institution, nnd for Americans,
young nnd old.
HunK for Shtp-i and Cars.
In mnny places, such as emigrant
ships, cars, etc., it is often desirable
to erect a lnrge number of soparato
bunks, so arranged thnt they may bo
easily closed for removal, so that tho
space taken up by tho bunks may bo
utilized for tho storage of freight, etc.,
when tho bunks nro not In uso. Such
conditions often nrlse, for instnnco, In
tho transport servico, whero a ship will
carry troops on ono voyngo nnd com
missary stores on another. To meet
Uils purpose a Now York Inventor has
devised tho bunk arrangement shown
In the uccompanylng picture. It com
prises two upright posts for each
doublo series of beds, with clamping
brnckots adjusted nt Intervals on tho
posts for tho recoptlon of tho chalus
and Inner edgo of tho bunks. Tho up
rights mny bo cither fastened with
screws or inserted In slots cut In the
BED TO REPLACE THE HAM
MOCK. beams of the ship. Then, too, tho bunk
makes a nioro comfortable bed tor tho
landsman than the hammocks ordi
narily provided.
fey?
His volco la hoarso with misty veam.
For nover was ho young;
Hatched with tho runt unon his wine.
And on his forked tonguo
A speech that rang through Nile-lands
green
Beforo tho pyramids wero Been.
Tho last sweet kernel has ho gleanod
Throughout tho graln-Aolds bleak;
a ramlne-thrcatened plrnto he,
wnoso good namo nono will sneak:
Ho has no shelter but tho wood,
No comrndo In tho Bolltudo.
But, ntlll, though autumn's torn rod
ling
Floats through tho fog-wreaths blind,
And soldier reeda hold broken sworda
Against tho sharp north wind,
His dauntless heart Is In his croak,
Hurled proudly from tho tallest oak.
Scorn of tho frowning skies it rings,
Of empty husks, of chill;
Tho world Is his, howo'cr It goes,
He owns It good or 111.
For him nlono tho day is good,
Tho night Is black within tho wood.
And. somehow, In our wintry cars
ills music, clear and shrill,
Conjures a rnro, ripe summer day
With bluo Bmoko on tho hill,
A corn-fleld swept by shadows long,
Red popples, nnd a reapor's song.
Ho greets tho hunter's breezy horn
With a derisive laugh;
Tho robin's plnlntlvo last good-by
Ho r.'ocs back as chaff;
Ho warms his old breast in tho sun,
And calls across tho twilight dun.
But when tho moon her round lamp
takes
To search tho plno woods dim,
Sho Ands tho owl with wings aAap,
Hut never traco of him!
A blnck blotch on tho night's black
breast,
Within tho hush ho takes his rest.
Youths' Companion.
Comes from Hatuaii.
Professor William Do Witt Alexan
der, who for thirty years has been at
tho head ot tho survey department of
Hawaii and for mnny years past sur
veyor general, has resigned to accept
a position in tho coast and geodetic
survey bureau of tho United States. Ho
will have charge of that branch of tho
department which has to deal with
Hawaii and Samoa. Prof. Alcxandet
was born In Honolulu April 2, 1830.
His father wns ono of tho early mis
sionaries nnd was a native of Ken
tucky. Prof. Alexander recolved his
early education at Oahu college, then
a school for children of tho missionar
ies, and in 1840 went around Capo
Horn to Harrlsburg, Pa., whero ho fin
ished his preparatory course, and
then entered Ynle, graduating in 1855.
After leaving Ynle ho was an in
structor in Belolt collego, Belolt, Wis.
In 1857 ho returned to Honolulu to
accept the chair of Greek in Oahu
PROF. ALEXANDER,
college, and six years ltcr became
president, continuing us such until
187C, when ho retired to organize aud
carry on tho bureau of government
survoy. Ho was a member of tho
privy council under Knlnkauaand Llll
uokalanl, and Blnco 1887 Ms been a
member of tho board of education.
In 1881 ho represented Hawaii at the
lnternntlonal Meridian conference at
Washington. Ho Is a man ot high
scientific attainments. Ho li nn au
thority on almost anything Hnwallan,
and has written much nlong historical
lines. In 1801 ho published "A Brief
History of tho Hawaiian People,"
which has been a text book In tho
schools of Hawaii over since.
An Altruistic Collapse.
Tho Association of Altruists, which
began Its unselfish operations tt tho
Conrow Fnrm, near Mooreatown, N. J.,
somo tlmo uko and from which such
excellent results woro nntlclpatcd, has
collapsed, tho last member of tho col
ony having abandoned tho farm a fow
days ago. Ono by ono tho members had
been given good positions by thoso op
posed to tho success ot altruistic Ideas.
The, promoters of tho ucsociatlon set
forth in their prospectus such glow
ing advantages and attractions that
quite a number of persons In Philadel
phia, Washington, Baltimore and other
cities wero induced to Join tho association.
