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WHAT HAVE WE
.Wo dhnll do flo much In tlio years to como,
But what hnvo wo dono today?
VTe ehnll glvo our gold In a princely nam,
lint what did wo glvo to-tlay?
Wo Bltnll lift tlio heart and dry tho tear,
We shall apeak the words of lovo and cliccr.
But what did we speak to-dny?
Wo nlinll bo bo hlnfl In tlio after-n-whUc,
But what hnvo wo been to-day?
Wo nlinll bring to each lonely llfo n stnllo,
But what hnvo wo brought today?
Wc shall glvo to truth a grander birth,
And to steadfast faith a deeper worth,
Wo hnll feed tho hungering 8ou1b of earth.
But whom huvo wo fed to-day?
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Wo shall ronp mich Joys In
But what hnvo wo sown
We Bhnll build us mansions
But what hnvo wo built
Tin sweet In Idle dreams to bask,
But hero nnd now do wo do our tnuk?
Yes, this Is tho tiling our soul must ask,
"What havo wo done to-day?"
CZuleUn Intclllgonccr.
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XI
KEEPING DARK
HWANT you to toll mo what has
become of Colonel Durnnd," said
Lady Waters, about a fortnicht
fcefore Christmas, and her disappoint-
Aleut wns perfectly unmistakable when
1 expressed my Inability to enlighten
Iker.
, "Every ether person I moot la ask-
It&g tho same question," I returned.
. "I can't understand it In tho least,"
he continued. "I confess I begin to
feel taamensely uneasy. I ovon went
W far as to call at his house "
Wasn't ho nt home?"
"AI all events, his man admitted he
la London. I met him throe
Weeks ate at dinner nt Mrs. Norcutt'B.
pad he kept us all amused the whole
rralaf. Mrs, Norcutt was saying af
Merwanls that no ono could possibly bo
iler) ae kad a ton who must bo neur
it M"
t a eye," I asked, "Isn't Cap
Mifci Dwa&i expected homo from In-
. Afrit. I believe," said Lady
Wmtmn. "Yes," sho added, "Colonel
ghiaaatf la certainly the youugcst-look-mg
mi far his ago in London and
M ef the handsomest and pleusunt
et. But I can't understand what has
4c opened to him."
"Ok well," I Bujreested. "nerhnns
te has run down a bit, and prefers to
tow."
"lie was engaged to dlno with mo
)hra days after I met him at Mrs. Nor
uttV she explnlnod, "and his letter
iff excuse didn't scorn oven to bo writ-
'fes by himself
"A woman's hnnd-
"Ye cp," sho answered, and a short
iftlCBce followed. "IIo must bo nlouo
nrllk enly tho servants In Ills house,"
lm4j Waters continued.
"Bart are you certain he is there at
I suggested.
"1 an not certain of anything," she
"I feel extromclT uncertain.
(ere la en of the most popular men
lie society, who suddenly putt) off ail
lUe evtfements refuses to see nny
Key, deesn't even write his letters
'HaiBflf. There's mystery In tho face
Ma servants: they havo evidently
laeeetved special instructions. Now."
My Waters added, "I want you to
'clear the matter up."
"But how?"
"If I conkl tell you how I could
ffebnbly act for myself," buo nnswor
"but I havo knowu Colonol Durnnd
( geod many yonrs, and I can't help
Reeling nuxlous. Something," she In
Ototcd, "must bo done."
1 admit a dealro to stand well with
Xady Waters, ul though In the present
ease it seemed dilllcult to eeo how it
'inras posslblo to gratify hor. Ah I had
explained, she wob by no means the
'enljr person to wonder what had oe
furred In connection with Durand, who
had Ih effoct suudeniy disappeared
from his friends.
After eotiBldcrablo roflcctlon the only
'feasible plan appeared to bo n Jour
sey to his houso in Muuchostor street,
wbcro he had lived alone since his
'wife's death, over four years ago
vfkoro mora than ouco I hnd boen en
teriaiucd nt his munll and very select
parties, than whlqh none in London
mtsro more cnjoyauic.
"Celenel Durand is not at homo, sir.'
4d tho builor, and I placed ono foot
ewer tho threshold.
"Net out ef Loudon?" I suggested.
"No, sir,"
Ia iho eoloncl quite wcIlV
-Quite well, air."
"Jlo tlouwu't uppeur lo havo received
ewgr-of Liu frhmdi very recently?"
"Net yevy receutly, air."
"1 nruute." I nexstoted. "that, ai
4heh Ue hi 'not mt homo' t rlsJtorw
hweuci yanuuu w aemuuy
aHH.
hi the
DONE TO-DAY?
tho by and by,
to-dny?
In tho sky,
to-dny?
"IIo is not at homo to visitors, sir,"
was tlio discreet answer, so thnt I re
turned to Lady Waters no whit wiser
than I left her.
"You didn't attempt to bribe tho but
ler," she suggested, whereupon I ex
plained that I did not care to bribe
any member of n friend's household.
"Besides," I added, "tho butler used
to be ono of the colonel's regimental
servunts; the two left the army to
gether, and ho is absolutely Incorrupt
ible." "Well," said Lady Waters. "I can't
pretend to be satisfied. One hears of
tho strangest things. Why should
Colonel Durand rcfuBO to receive nny
body? Why doesn't he write his own
letters? No one outside his own house
has oeen him for three weeks, nnd you
must admit the affair has a mysterious
appearance."
I did not dispute tho statement for
an instant, although I had no doubt
tho colonel had some excellent reason
for his retirement. In my case, I did
not seo my way to take any further
stops In the matter, and, Indeed, both
L.auy Waters and myself were ou the
point of leaving London for Christ
mas. It was the second week In Feb
ruary before we met again, nnd then
she sent me an urgent summons to her
house.
"Now," she exclaimed, before I had
been a minute In her drawing room, "I
am determined that something must
be done!"
"What about?" I asked, not think
ing of Durand at the time.
"About tho colonel."
"Good gracious!" I cried, "you don't
mean to say that he Is still keenlnc
dark?"
"As far as I can gather," she re
turned, "no one has seen him. He has
not been to his club I can't
meet a man who has entered his
house."
"Are you certain he is there?"
"Absolutely. I have been two or
three times this week. The butler ad
mits he Is in London, but when I ask
ed to see him I was simply told 'not
at home."
"Then," I said, "there has been no
news of Durand for longer than two
months."
"If I don't arrive at some explana
tion before this day week." cried Lady
Wutera, iii her most determined man
ner, "I shall intorm the police."
"Rut of what?" I demanded.
"I am tormented by all kind of nun
plclons," she answered. "lie tmy hare
been murdered"
"Oh, but "
"It Is quite possible," eIk- f4ktML
"and his servants may be in e
splraey to net In this way to throw
persons oil tho Beent."
"Durand might never forgive you If
you called public attention to his af
fairs," I urged. "Ry tho bye, have
you thought of writing to him?"
"Of course I hnvo written." she re
torted. "1 have begged him to pee me,
hinted that his friends are anxious."
"Well?"
"I received an answer in the Bnme
woman's hand," Lady Wnters coutln
ued, "assuring mo that there was not
tho slightest causo for anxiety, and
that ho would ask his son to como to
see mo soon after his arrival next
month."
"Earlier than you anticipated?"
"Of course," safe! Lady Waters,
"that may be a slip, and Colonel Du
rand may not havo received my let
ter." ISnger for Lady Waters' sako as well
as for Dura nd's to prevent the mlstako
,of informlnff tho police of her suh
plclons, I thought the matter over the
suine night, with the remdt that I de
tarmitittl roycLf to wrlto i the colo
nel. Sitting: down at once, I made r
clean breast of things, explaining that
his old friends, tormented by anxiety,
hnd mado up hdr mind to communicate
with tho authorities unless her ularm
should bo allayed by tho following
Monday. IIo must have received my
letter in duo courso the next morning,
for nt 11 o'clock an answer was deliv
ered at my door by hand.
Breaking tho seal with not a little
excitement, I saw that the short note
wuB written by a woman not very
well written to tho effect that Colonel
Durnnd would bo happy to Bee mo at
3 o'clock tho same afternoon. I confess
thnt I had seldom felt more curious or
more Impatient for a few hours to pass,
for, tax my ingenuity as I might, it
seemed dlfllcult to hit upon n probable
explanation of Dumnd's retirement
"Will you walk this way, sir," said
tho butler, and, somewhat to my sur
prise, ho led me past tho drawing-room
door, up a second flight of stairs to a
room at tho back of tho house.
"If you will wult one moment, sir,"
Bald the butler, as ho cautiously open
ed the door and about 18 inches fur
ther in tho room I saw a second door
(obviously a rocent addition) covered
with black bnize. When tho servant
Invited mo to enter tho narrow space
between the two I confess to uncanny
npprohenslons, the moro when the out
er door was closed and wo stood In the
most total darkness. A moment later
I was ablo to advance within the room,
but this also was in such darkness that
It wns impossible to distinguish the
position of tho window. Though the
day was cold, no flro burned In the
grate. I heard tho door shut, and as
sumed thnt tho butler had retired, but
I felt afraid to go further into the
black room, lest I overturn some arti
cles of furniture.
A second Inter, however, I recognized
Durund's voice
"That you, Merchant?"
"Aro you there, Durand?" I cried,
and then I felt a hand on my arm.
"Let mo lead you to a chair," he
said quietly, and presently his hands
were on my shoulders as ho pressed
mo down.
"But what on earth makes you sit In
the dark?" I demanded.
"I'm going to tell you though I
should have preferred to tell nobody.
It's a case, however, of saving one's
self from one's friends. You're the
first man I have seen since that dinner
at Mrs. Norcutt's early in December."
"Lady Waters met you therel"
"My eyes had been bothering we,"
he continued, "and I had an appoint
ment with Ramsay, the ophthalmic
surgeon, the following day."
"Good heaven," I exclaimed, "you
have not lost your sight?"
"Not not yet," ho answered; still in
the samo self-controlled voice. "But 1
am going to lose It You understand
there Is not the slightest doubt about
It. My blindness Is absolutely certain
a mere matter of weeks. My my
boy Is on h'a wny home. You see, 1
should like to see the denr chap's face
once more. I cross-examined Ramsay.
Ho said thnt if I lived entirely in the
dark, kept quiet, didn't smoke or drink,
1 might Just manage to hold out"
"My dear follow "
"There are only a few weeks more,"
he continued. "I believe I shall do
It"
"Do you mean," I said, "to tell tne
you have been stuck up here In total
darkness since December "
"A ray of light" ho answered,
"would absolutely destroy my chance
of seeing old Donald. Ifa five years,
you know. We haven't met since his
mother died "
"But haven't you tried to hasten his
return?"
"One hates to mako a fuss," said
Durand, "And, you understand, I don't
want to see the chup with a long face.
He Is ou tho way, and I believe I am
going to hold out So now you can tell
Lady Waters that there's no need to
send the police. PerhupB both she and
you won't mind keeping It to your
selves. Now," ho added, as I heard
him rise from tho chair, "I am going
to ring for Banks to take you nwny."
I stood by his side, scarcely know
ing what to say, until, first the outer
door wns opened nnd shut, then the
Inner.
"Let me guide you," snld Durnnd,
nnd I turned In the darkness n moment
later, gripping his hund.
"How on onrth do you get through
the dnys?" I oxclnlmed, almost In spite
of myself.
Durnnd laughed far moro cheerfully
than I could have dono.
"Hoping I shall got a look at old
Donald," ho nnswered. Tho Sketch.
Htm WtiH tfoing.
Hoax My wlfo went out to shop to
dny and lost a pocketbook containing
520.
Joax Did sho loso it going to tho
stores or coming back?
Honx Jolng. I eald there was
monoy in it didn't I? Philadelphia
Record.
Itookofollor'a Grant Flower Garden.
John D. Rockofoller is to have a
flower garden at one ef his summer
homes which will cost $50,000. The
plana for it were drawn by hla son.
The cheaper the ahow, the more It
ruxtu lo ptoiwto m& tafrare.
ptTujyence,
Water now supplies 1,500,000 horso
power for electrical work, about one
third of it in tho United States.
Henry Fuchs, who died recently at
San Francisco, was the Inventor of
barbed wire. It Is said that he made
n fortune from his Invention, but lost
It all In Alaska when he went in search
of gold.
Somo observers hnvo doubted the
reality of N-rays because they havo
been unable to seo the brightening of
a phosphorescent screen. Mr. F. E.
Hackett now claims to have measured
the brightening, quantitatively, nnd
has found that unnnnenlcd glass in
creases the brightness 10 per cent and
a silent tuning-fork 3 per cent
According to Professor W. S. Frank
lin, tho most Important things to be
considered in placing and adjusting a
lightning-rod are a good ground con
nection and a direct path to the
ground. This matter of directness of
path is so vitally necessary that in
comparison with It the insulation of
the rod from the building, either by
air spaces or glass supports, is of
small Importance. In fact, Professor
Franklin holds that "if the path is di
rect there is no need of insulation, and
If tho path is roundabout, effective in
sulation Is not practically feasible."
A curious motor not likely to bo
put to practical use haa been devised
by M. Leboyer, a French experimenter.
After careful search he has discovered
a stone called the donilte of Auvergno
In which water rises by capillary at
traction to a height of four Inches.
Placing two square sheets of this stone
vertically in a basin of water, he sus
pends from them pieces of saltpeter
sonked fungus, nnd bencnth this puts
n little wheel with blottlng-pnper pud
dles. As the water passes from the
stone to tho fungus, the latter wets
tlio blotting-paper on one side of the
wheel, causing that side to fall. Evap
oration then lightens tho lower part of
the . wheel while another portion is
mnde heavy by wetting, rotation be
ing thus set up, the rate varying with
the state of the atmosphere.
In discussing before the St. Louis
Academy of Science the origin and
evolution of glass lenses as aids to eye
sight Dr. O. Barck contradicted some
widely accepted opinions on this sub
ject For instance, he found, as the re
sult of on examination of historical
authorities, that to the Egyptians, the
Greeks und the Romans glasses were
unknown. This Is in contravention of
tho common statement that Nero used
glasses to correct his near-sightedness.
Spectacles, Dr. Barck says, were In
vented by two Italians, ArmatI and
Spina, at the end of the thirteenth cen
tury. At first only convex lenses were
used, but after about two centuries
concave ones were employed. Thomas
Young discovered tlio use of cylindri
cal lenses In 1801, nnd the astronomer
Airy applied them for the correction
of astigmatism in 1827. Bifocal spec
tacles were Invented and first used by
Benjamin Franklin In 1785.
FRIGHTENED BY UMBRELLA.
First Uaed n the United 8tate Created
a Sensation In Streets.
How many persons know that Bal
timore 1b the American home of the
umbrella; that awuy back in 1772 tho
first umbrella ever seen in the Unite I
States marched through Baltimore
town with a man under it; that good
old colonial dames ran for their lives
at sight of it; that horses hopped
fences and tore wildly from meeting
house posts; that barmaids in yo tav
ern ran to doors and windows to hois
the show, while yo Btar dipsomaniac
shouted with "much power nnd great
vigor" thnt ho would never touch an
other drop; thnt 6ranll boys threw
stones nt It, nnd that the town was in
an up'ronr?
Yet such Is history. A book In the
city library says It Is so, hence It must
be bo. In fact, there Is not the slight
est doubt of It for tho night wnt?h
(who Avas called night watch because
he worked In the dny) sent in n riot
call and re-enforcements were only
prevented turning out because there
wns only one night watchman on the
force In thoso good but somewhat un
certain days.
It Is to be regretted thnt the um
brella was not mado here. It was a
foreigner, thouch It was brought by n
Rnltlmorean on a Baltimore ship from
India.
Imagine tho figure the gentleman
must have cut In the eyes of the pop
ulace as he meandered from the doelc
with tho village gang nt IiIh buck and
tho village dogs at his heels. There Is
no record to show whether he was
chased out of town on the quaint old
charge of being possessed of tho devil
or wns tnken gently but firmly to tho
ducking pool and dropped In. But
whatever huppened to him It is a very
good bot that he did not wander
around long without encountering a
trouble factory of somo kind.
Yet if ho lived it was to laugh. He
lived to see others adopt the lmporte 1
Instrument which ut first cauflod a?
much nppaehenfilon. He saw the Idea
expand and broaden. The fame ef tb
Baltimore umbrella traveled to Putt,
delphla, and coon it woa adopted by
the quakcra with much enthusiasm.
Next it was heard of In New ork,
whero tho Holland Dutch, who had!
brought nothing with them from the l
other side but the language they spoke, T
marveled among themselves, saying
"Verily, this la n good thing to push
along."
And thus from town to town tha
umbrella craze sprond. Tho bicycla
mnnla of later years was nothing com
pared to It, nnd tho "auto" craze 1st no
worth mentioning In the same breatbii y
Everybody scrambled for nn umbrella. V
Babies cried for thorn. They became
the fashion. They became inseporabta,
frora tho village sages, who could uMJ
think except they walked and whw
could not walk unless they had thclc
umbrellas under their arms! or may
hap over their heads. The umbrella
became a badgo of rank and dignity,
And all because away back In 1773
a lone man walked through Baltimore
town carrying ono, tho first umbrella
seen in this part of tho world.
CLEVELAND At HOME.
Placid Life of the Ex-Pro Bldeut I
Princeton, N. J.
Lunch at Westland is served at 1
o'clock, when the children return from"
school. Several hours later, If tbt
weather is fine, the carriage is madf1
ready, and Mr. Cleveland with Mra
Cleveland and one or more of the fan
lly drive about the town or along om
of the many delightful country rond
In tho vicinity. The horses are baya,
and If not fast, arc safe and service
able.
Dinner, the formal meal of the da
at Westland, 1b served nt 0 o'clock,
During tho evening, If tlio family II
alone, Mr. Cleveland gives his time tt
his children until their rctlrlng-houn,
or talks with Mrs. Cleveland. Verj
often he reads. The ex-Presldeut U
deeply interested in works of hlstorl
cal or political character, but he occa
slonally devotes attention to a good
novel or a work of lighter theme.
If guests are visiting the houso, Mr,
Cleveland Is not averse to a game of
billiards, at which he showB a consid
erable amount of skill.
Tho routine of life at Westlan
moves easily. It is a placid, altogeth
er happy existence. Tho ex-President
is a prime favorite among the neigh
bors, and the lively interest he takes
In local affairs, including politics, hat
endeared him to all Princeton. When
he walks abroad, which he often does,
he is approachable and always ready
for a talk with any one who greet
him.'
Mr. Cleveland's connection with
Princeton University is a source ot
considerable enjoyment to him.
though not a regular member of tlr
faculty, as Is generally believed, the
several lectures he delivers each yeni
In fulfillment of a lectureship bequesl
gives him a seml-offlclnl attachment
He Is on the best possible terms with
the university staff, nnd the porch at
Westland often contains a gntherlng
composed of such distinguished men
n8 Professor Frothlnghnm, the emi
nent nrchneologlst, and Dr. Van Dyck.
For the past few years an address te
the students by Mr. Cleveland forms
a regular feature of commencement
exercises at the university.
At these functions the ex-President
conforms to all the rules of col lego eti
quette, and appears In a black gowa,
a mortar-board and the gorgeous black-and-yellow
bow of an LL.D. Mrs.
Cleveland also takes great interest la
college affairs, and she Is a conspicu
ous figure in the audience. Woman'!
Home Companion.
Der Ate Up Ills Turnips.
A farmer at Fibre, In the upper pen
insula, has a grievance which he hai
laid before the Secretary of State. Ix
a letter to the department ho says:
"I want to explain to you that tht
deer have eaten all my turnips. I had
two acres of turnips nnd now I hnvi
not got a turnip, and they havo de
stroyed two acres of my pens. They
nave made a complete sweep of both
and I can prove It If necessary. Now,
gentlemen, If you are gentlemen, ns I
suppose you nre, you will net like men
with me nnd pny me for their damage.
I value tho peas at ?15 an aero and
the turnips at ?20 an acre. Now, gen
tlemen, If you do not pny me some
thing for the grain nnd roots I will put
nn end to more deer thnn all the hunt
ers from tho lower peninsula. Now,"
I would like to explain tho matter ts
you. They do not mind a scarecrow
in the least. Now, the game Inws sny
deer enn not be killed only In Novem
ber. Do you suppose u mnn has got
to let his crop be destroyed about ItA
Now, I have nothing to feed my hoga,"F
i-i i: i lull iiiuuni:,
A Itootor.
"Why does he lead the yells?"
"Because he hopes to become a pro
fessor of languages."
"How will leading tho yolls hel
him?"
"Why, It's Just another form of ex
tracting tho roots." Olevoland Pluin
Dealer.
If you are so mart, answer thl
Why does a berae eat grass backward
and a cow forward.
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