' . a- - '
WHEN . MEAN TO MARRY.
WhflB a ( bmm to lurr -WU
lis tdW i d'tptit wttb IWt:
I'-ut If Toa cbiKt to tu isll,
Pry U.f a wml. ) flx the 4i.
When daafbtcra ht witb ar feet,
A muttesr r.iUr toil to bu ;
ii auLkf tb paa4ivv wfmb thr -t.
And umo4 tt tot king bub tAir vw;
Am lu hmtf imt iby woulU marry.
And not mmy soldier emu
A talk ur oooimuMury :
Whn (tntU U4u who hat-spot
T h oi r for a lover t mn4.
Cotwm lo .br( bi ' tnu-ttily lot.
And do Bot Dito Mm lot of land;
When toudk rowhanim ar allowed
lo flod ami w d i ha furuiHr. girls.
Who dun t S)M?t to kw uit.l
Wlib rut.it,., dUujou'U. and pwU;
W Jwn v1vT in vhnrc, urmll frly tin
llietr heart aud hand to hid bf ir oue,
j nd His thev wr w ut to live.
Witlitn tbeir air oo-Btory bouaa,
Tho. madam if I'm tun twoM
hi-4i loqiiii thU Inuwly Ut.
ill bruth Jnv xvr, ethane tosodd.
And look atMut me lor a wife 1
THE AUNT'S EAKRIXCS.
Ix-ctcctlvestories have always lieen
my favorite form of literature.
have read many, and have gained
from them a thorough contempt for
probability and the polii'e. The first
thing von should do when a crime Ins
been committed, as 1 often said to
I'ncle I'offkins. Is to suspicion the
most unlikelv man as bcinir the crimi
nal. That was the course I adopted
when Aunt I'offkins' earrings were
stolen. It was In the morning when
trie theft was discovered. Aiititcani"
down late and ran Into t ho room
where I nchr Poffk ns. lora, and 1
were breakfasting. My aunt bore!
traces of strong agitation, and she I
had forgotten her cap. j
"My earrings" t-tn cried. "They j
aie gone they are stolen!" (
"God bless my soul!" exclaimed'
I'ncle I'ofTkitm, dropping his teacup
as if he had tcen shot, and leaping
UP with a yell of pain. He said the ;
yell was attributable to the heat of
the tea, which was trickling down his
legs.
My aunt explained. The earrings I
were kept wr.ipjs'd in cotton wool in '
a jcwel-liox on her dressing-table,
The Ikix was never locked, and the
housemaid had access to the room, j
The girl had only been in the, house
a week, and was known to have a
Ikj.iu. My aunt and cousin at once j
concluded she was the thief, and, sent !
for a policeman, win searched her.,
trunk ann found nothing, of- course.
I could have told them that.
Meanwhile 1 kept my r ye on I nch:
I'offkinti He was the one person .
who could have no motive whatever
In stealing the earrings, lie was
very rich, 11104 respectable ana ex
tremely Mow and noisy In his move
ments: moreover, my aunt would
have given him the earrings at any
moment If he had asked lor thetn.
Evidently he was the last man to
attract huspicion. Accordingly I
watched I'ncle 1'offk ins closely.
We passed a week of exe. lenient.
The police were running in and out.
Dora cross-examined the housemaid
inqewantly-' Aunt PofTkins went
about weeping and remind ng every
one she met that the earrings were a
present frtm I'ncle l'ofTkinsou the
occasion of their engagement. My
uncle himself affected to make light
of the mutter and went so far as to
loudly and ostentatiously cur.-e the
earrings. He was wrong if he thought
I could be put off the scent by that
clumsy muneuver. I never left him
alone; 1 tracked him to the city,
hung about all the morning, shad
owed him when he went to luticn,
when he returned, when he crossed
over to the exchange. 1'nknown to
him 1 was on his bu-, inside if he
rode on the top, ami on the top w hen
it rained and he stowed himself away
Inside. He never escaped me, except
while he was in his ofllce.
At last, after ten days' wearv chas
ing, 1 wan rewaroed. I need not say
that the police had discovered noth
ing. The house was still topsy-turvy,
and my aunt subject to intermittent
hysteric That wronged creature,
the housemaid, did her work with a
mop in one hand and in the other a
handkerchief wet with innocent tears.
Hut to return to I'ncle 1'olTkins. The
tenth day after the earrings had dis
appeared, as he was brushing his hat
before leaving the house and looking
at my aunt's tear-bedewed visage, his
conscience smote him and he so far
forgot himself as to exclaim audibly:
I "I'm blamed If 1 can stand this
any longer!" The folly of the man
waa Incredible. I had him now. In
an Instant 1 w is after him. He took
a bus, I took a cab, and started for
the city. Xow came the odd thing
I'ncle I'offkins disappeared. How
It happened I do not know, but when
the bus pulled up at the bank I'ncle
I'offkins was not to be seen. 1 .oued
tloned the conductor, but he had evi
dently been brilxsd, and tol l me very
rudely thai he had something better
to do than answer my riddles. He
drove on, and 1 wasleft for the llrst
lime at fault.
It was evening befoie J t.aw I'ncle
i'otlkins. 1 was going home in a
very disconsolate state, nhen, about
two hundred yards from our gale, 1 j
earned htni ahead of me. Quickening i
my pace I stealthily approached him,
lie opened the gate and passed In:
noiselessly I followed. A little
further on, sheltered by the shrub- j horror she bent to give the baby a
bary, he stopped, and after a j brisk shake, crying Joyfully, "llobbv,
tealthy glance toward the house took ' dear! Wake up and laugh for the
from his overcoat ocket a small mo- j butcher, Hobby!" Hoston Common
rooeo case. I stood on tiptoe just be-1 wealth.
bind, and, with mingled horror and
satisfaction as 1 looked over his
shoulder. I saw the earrings! 1 was
right! Uncle I'offkins sighed. "Shall
1 give m to her or not!" he said to
hlniMlf. "It's waste, Still it will
kMp bar unlet." 1 watched the
struggle between his good and evil
angel. Clearly hln good angel had
triumphed so far as to bring the ear
rlDga wltl.ln fifty-yards of Aunt I'off
klMt hut now camo tbe tug of war
It was severe, nJ il ene'ed In th
victory ( f evil. I nele I'oBkina, but
ting the case with a snap, exclaimed:
"It's all blamed onnsense. I'll take
enj back Ut Abraham's to morrow."
Abraham no doubt was the re
ceiver, for luy uncle went on, in a
sat isfied tone:
"He'll make no trouble about tak
ing 'em."
He was putting the case in hit
iKCketwnen my loenrigs overcame
me. Hooped for one's elderly rela
tives is a praiseworthy feeling, but it
must not be allowed to override
higher duties. 1 flung myself on
I'ncle I'offkins, crying:
surrenaer: 1011 cannot escae
me.
My uncle fell heavily on the giavel
path. I fell heavily 011 top of him
and pinioned bis arms to the ground
"lorn, he exclaimed, "what the
mischief are you drunk.'"
"it is useless, sir," 1 began, "to
affect ig
I had leached this point when I
was violently collared from In-hind,
lifted Unliiy oil my uncle's chest,
where i had u-eri sitting, and was
deposited on a grass plat, while a
deep voice said i.i my ear:
".Now. then, young man. turn it
up You're a lively '1111, you are.
i Kust your aunt and now your uncle."
The new comer was a policeman.
From his picket he produced a pair
! of handcuils and put them on my un
i resist ing .vrists. Then I found my
t voice.
"Wb.it are you handcuffing me
I for?'' I demanded. "There's the
! thief."
";ammon!" said be, grinning.
"Why. you fool, there's the prop
erty," saiil I.
He looked atfd saw the earrings ly
ing on the ground by I'ncle I'offkins
An expression of bewilderment over
spread the otllcer's face as groping
again In his pocket he brought forth
a pair of earrings. 'J hen gazing from
the pair in his hand to the other pair
011 the ground, he ejaculated softly,
and. to my ears at least, mysteri
ously: "These earrings In my 'and was
found In your drawer, young man,
wrapped in cotton wool. '() do you
account for that?"
"These on the ground," 1 retorted,
"were found in Mr. I'offkins' jx.cket
How do you account for that?"
He shook his head sadly. Then he
suddenly brightened up. He had an
Idea He produced another pair of
handcuffs, clapped them on my
uncle's hands and cried cheerfully:
"We can't be wrong now, can we?
March!"
So I'ncle roffkins and I marched,
the policeman between us, with ahold
on each of our collars, and In this
predicament we were presented to
Aunt I'offkins, 1 to I)ora, and to the
housemaid.
The housemaid giggled consiun
edly, for which under the circum
stances one could hardly blame her.
Aunt I'offkins experienced a relapse,
and lora alone was equal to the nitu
atlon. She made us sit down and
gave us each a glass of sherry. Then
the recrimination began. I'ncle I'off
kins declared his earrings were not
the stolen pair. Distressed at my
aunt's sorrow, he had gone to the
jeweler's and bought her a similar
pair. They cost ho guineas. The
st ruggle I had witnessed was between
love and economy, not honesty and
crime.
I swore that the earrings founu in
my bureau had not been placed there
by me.
"And yen are both ulte right,"
said Dora. "Cncle's earrings are not
the stolen ones. Tom, do you re
member having the toothache?"
It was clear to me in a moment. I
had asked lor cotton wool, had been
directed to my aunt's jewel box, and
from It 1 grabbed a large handful and
carried it to my room. Then, on re
flection, I had tried brandy Instead of
laudanum, and the cotton wool was
thrust In the drawer out of the way.
The earrings had been buried In the
cot ton wool.
"So you were the thief yourself!"
laughed I ora.
It was true. If only I had strictly
followed what my reading had taught
me' I'or, improbable as it was that
I should think I'ncle I'offkins guilty,
it would have been still more im
probable had I fixed the crime on my
self. 1 lacked the full courage of my
principles, and the result l.s I'ncle
I'oflkins and 1 do not speak. Chi
cago Post.
P.ritrtlnliijf the lliitclipt.
Do you rememlior the Irishwoman
who told her consumptive son lo
"Cough for the lady, Jimmy?" One
of my nursemaids gave me a yarn lo
match that. Iiaby Hob had been
ailing, fretful, and wakeful for a few
days, and It occurred to me that per
haps, if his carriage was wheelolup
and ('own the path the sunshitiv and
sweet summer air might be the best
anodynes for the poor little -hap.
Sure enough when 1 looked out at the
end of half an hour Haby Hob was
rosily sound asleep: and my heart re
joiced. A little later the butcher's
buy, corning In at the side. gate,
stopped to gossip with Kathleen. "A
fine baby you have there!" said he.
"And If you think that when he's
asieep, It's awnke and laughing you
should see him!" hald she; and to my
l.lqilltl fuel.
Another engine fitted with liquid
feul has been running on the Orcat
Kastcrn Hallway, England one of a
class of ton similar express engines
and, as compared wltb the other nine
engines doing the name round of duly,
la reported as doing efficient crvlcc.
The man who la given u, sober re
flection seldom gets Into a tight
Plata
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
How to Itmitror loan-u-lmivt from C oro-
olkn-M-ttiiic t-rnre I'wli - Arx-nir la
Wail rer-Murkt-tlujc buull Lod
Adultrrallou of SM-dh.
Dr-atrurtlouc of luH:-ts.
In the spring, when the sun warms
the earth, the insects appear regu
larly. There are hundreds of speci s,
and their was du!er. Some can en
dure the lowest temperature, while
others bide U-yond the reach of old.
It is in the winter when they are
Inactive and helpless, and as the
hai its of many are well known they
ran be det roye-l witb but little ef
fort. A farmer alone can do some
thing in the way of attempting to
lessen the number of insects, but no
doubt the discussion of this matte
befoie the farmers' institutes would
lead to united action aud more satis
factory results.
It Is a fact that the greatest pro
tection to li sects Is a very cold winter.
old does not dest oy manv kinds at
all. while others go down in the earth
IjcIow the reach of the frost. It is
the warm winter, during whiih the
earth alternately, thaws and freezes,
which increases their liability to de
struction. W hen the ground is warm
il becomes damp after a rain, and
should the ground suddenly freeze
the result is fatal. To withstand
cold, th n the Insect must be pro
tected against dampness. Instinct
prompts it to guard against sudden
changes bf t mperature. Kggs that
are glued to the limbs of trees are
protected to insure hatching in the
siring, and thousands of hiding
places are utili ed to protect those
that seek seclusion under shelter.
Wliile the farmer can accomplish
much by examining and cleaning hm
trees and vines as far as he Is able to
do so, as well as burning all refu-e
andsiubbe, he can do the insects
heavier damage by plowing his fie ds
as soon as the ground will permit.
If not prevented by th frost the
ground should be turned up, and
many irsects will thus be bro ght to
the surface in a condition of help
lessness, the llrst rain, followed by
free Ing of the ground, putting an
end to them, cocoons being softened
by the moisture and broken by the
fro -it lb Ids that are overrun with
cut worms can be r (Iden of theru in
this manner if the plowing is deen,
and. while the work may not destroy
all ot them on heavy sod ground, yet
It will greatly reduce them In num
bers. As stated above, however, the
best results O' tained in lnect exter
mination Is when the community is
det -rniliu'd to destroy them: but ih'
individual farmer can accomplish
much by seeking to protect his own
farm and using the plow for that
purpo-c whenever an opportunity Is
a, orded for so doing. Philadelphia
Kecord.
Ar-nl- In Wall f'aiwr,
It is generally known that arsenic
enters Into the coloring of many kinds
of cheap wall papers, and some of the
better grades also, writes W. 1. i'ond
in the Ladies' Home Journal. These
are generally, but not alwivs of hues
in which green predominates, and are
very Injurious to health. The first
symptoms of arsenical poisoning are
headache pains In tho eyes at the
back of the pupil, Itching, and gener
ally nausea of the stomach, all of
which are liable to be the result of
living In a room with wall paper on
the walls which is impregnated with
arsenic. A Bimple but effectual test
wili immediately lo ate the presence
of the mineral, and every housewife
should have the necessary knowledge.
Take a small piece of the suspected
paper and lay it In a wat h glass, or
lu a porcela 11 spoon, pour over it
enough solution of the household am
monia to cover It, lot It stand a few
minutes, and then drop in a piece of
nitrate of silver (lunar or stick caus
tic,) and if a yellow precipitate forms
as It dissolves there is arsenic pres
ent, and tho paper should be re
jected. If the n trate of silver dis
solves without yellowappcaring there
Is no arsenic, and no trouble need be
apprehended.
( lotcr liny ;ool Knougli.
We doubt whether there Is much
if any advantage in ensilaging the
clover plant. Anyone who has tried
cutting gr. en clover In a cutting box
into fine pieces will understand that
It requires an immense power. It
seems easier when the power Is furn.
Ished by horses or by steam, but the
strength to run the cutter wears on
it very fast. Cutting cornstocks is
easv work in comparison. Then after
cutting the cloer does not work in
the silo as the corn does. It is too
nitrogenous, and will turn black
with excessive heating, however care
fully it is covered up. The smell of
rotting clover is peculiarly offensive.
Even If comparatively sweet, clover
ensilage loses more valuable nutri
ment than (In b corn under like clr
clistances. It Is a -mistake, there
fore, to lecd clover as ensiLge. The
clover is ncede 1 to balance tho corn
ration, but It Is all the belter,
especially In winter, to be. fed dr..
Cood, well cuicd clover hay will be
eaten readily in cold weather by
slock after they have eaten all they
will of corn ensilage. i'art of the
ration ought to be dry. In our v iew
tho clover should be that part--
Swret from ('oriiMOilltA.
The Idea of making syrup or
molasses from cornstalk uicc is not
at all modern. It was 1 . uei.ed In
a letter from Abigail Adams to her
bus and, John Adams, dated Sept
21, 1M7, in which she says that there
was not a town within -III miles of
whoro she wrote that the process of
grinding cornstalks and tolling the
piece was not in successful operation
lly re II 11 lug the syrup It made a very
good mollis '. This was a tlruV
when American commerce v a cut
off by the lirituh. and New E:iwlaud
farmer were dependent upot their
own resource for sweet It is pos
sible that a considetao'e paitorthe
molas-jn in those days was for dis
tilling into rum. Mrs. Adams writes
that a very good syrup was made for
this purpose by I ling the juice
from ground conisU.ks. The sta ks
were stripped and gl en lo the call e,
the old-!ashioned idea beinge idently
that they made a better feed than
the courser stalks.
Marketing Small Loads.
The waste of time in marketing
small loads of p oduce is enormous
with many farme s. They often act
as if their time had no app eciable
value, hitching up a single horse and
light wagon to draw to market what
sometimes little mo e than pays
their expenses while away from
home It. is olten common for farm
ers who have business In the city or
village lo put up some kind of a pro
duce to sell for the purpose of pay
ing expenses This may be a ne
cessity occasionally, but the ten
den y is to make the pract ce of go
ing lo market with a light load a
habit. It is one that few farmers
can afford to acquire. The time
sient on the road i." lost so far as
farm improtementgoe. There is no
farmer who cannot if he will tind
profitable employment on his farm at
nearly all seasons of the year.
Aaultenitlonn In SiIk.
To detect adulterations in seeds
we must use the sieve, water and
microscope, says I'rofessor lilount of
Coloiado. Hot water dissolves pow
der and dirt and washes off the
coloring matter. The sieve makes
the separation of the, true seed from
the impurities, and the microscope
discovers the shape, natural indenta
tions, p otubcian es and discolora
tions. To determine the vitality of
the seed put 10 or Ii-O inside of three
or lour sheets of blotting paper,
which wet and keep where it will be
warm all the time, and in the dark.
Jn ten hours radish will germinate,
cabbage in eighteen, wheat in
tweut.y-six and corn in thirty-two
hours. These ruies are simple aud
will cost nothing. They may save
you much.
Keeping Munnre from Fr-.insr.
Manure In winter should be piled
in heaps large enoiuh to ferment. It
will theu always b;- warm in the
middle, and if tile manure be from
grain-fed horses it will tie sure to
heat and lire-fang in the middle
while frozen at the outside edges.
The act oi turning of the heap, put
ting the frozen part in the center,
will stop this loss, but after two or
three times turning the manure will
be compact so that it will heat much
more rapidly than at flrst It must
then be trodden down so as to pre
vent act ve fermentation, or better
still be drawn and spread on land in-
, tended fo.' hoed crops next season.
Farm Ncep.
Tn k queen bee has been known to
; live fifteen years and to produce fer
1 tile eggs during the whole of that pe
' rlod of time.
1 r is not the old tool or machine
i that deserves to be thrown awav, but
1 the worn out one; and it may not be
' in the last state, even if old; It all
depends on the care it has received.
Fkncks are a necessary evil, to be
dispensed with if possible, and to be
made as Inconspicuous as possible if
you must have them. No dooryard
was ever inclosed with a paling fence
without marring Its beauty.
Tiik well-known purslane, one of
' the most persistent weeds that in
1 tests farms, is said to produce more
seeds than any other plant, one pod
containing 3,000 seeds, while each
plant will produce twenty or more
pods.
; Fa i( mi: us do not pay as much at
tention to their crops as they do to
growing them. They are often at a
loss to know to whom to ship their
goods for sale. The farmer has the
' same opportunity to understand
what to do with his produce as the
; merchant who buys and sells
Is addition to the use of the Bor
deaux mixture In the vineyard and
I potato fields It has been generally
' used in the fruit garden and propa
gating pit, as a fungicide. It has
proved especially valuable in check
ing the ravages of the red rust of the
blackberry and the leaf blight ol' the
cherry.
1 Hoos may be led on clover hay,
I and iti is one of the best and most
' nutritious foods that can be pro
vided them during the winter, rnak
Ing more pork and of better quality
than when corn alone is fed. Cut
the clover into short length-, scald
It, sprinkle witb bran and give it as a
warm mess.
Wouldn't Iteiliiee Them I ni l her.
One day a .vcotch parson was talk
i ing to a member of his flock. Dur
ing the conversation h" asked Sandy
how he liked his preaching.
"() verra weel,"sald he, "only ye
always exaggerate too much.''
'Well, the next time you hear me
exaggerate," replied the minister,
"you whistle."
"All tight,'1 said Sandy.
The next Sunday in the sermon
foxes' tallt) were mentioned.
"We, all know," said the parson,
"that foxes hate very long tails.
Some peopie say they are forty feet
long."
Sandy whistled.
"Others say twenty feet"
Sandy whistled again.
"1 myself think about ten feet"
.Sandy whistled again.
Then the parson, raising himself on
tip toe and looking Sandy full in the
fa c, called out:
"Sandy McDonald, I'll no tak an
il her Im h off the bastes' tails gin ye
whuttie t il the end ot the world."
OLIVER CROMWELL.
Hia Country Lllwrty Bui li. -
eawe a ;reat Tyrant.
It is tafe to say that England has
produced few more interest ng char-
jacters than Oliver Cromwell, the 1
j great Puritan. Inspired by religious .
zeal he won great victories, rirj Eng- ;
j land of a tyrant and implanted a love 1
of freedom which has lusted until
j now and yet, inspired by a mad am
' bition could show himself as great a j
' tyrantasany Stuart and finally gloom- i
ily meets his end. his life endangered I
by plots arid his name hated by bis
countrymen. It is 'l years since he 1
passed away .'rom this world but the j
impress he made on Kngl.sh-speaking
people, in some ways is still
aud indelible
fresh
. liver Cromwell was born al Huul
log lou April. 1. ..-.!'. of a gentle
famiiy which were th1 owners of con
siderable pro erty. In his I ovhood,
from the various anecdotes told of
him. he seems to have been strong
headed and bent on having his own
way. lu his stu les he in ide poor
progress and his teachers considcre 1
him little better than a dunce and
otten Hogg d him severely. He was
sent to Cambr.dge to (ollege and
afterward lived in London where he
studi d law. His life in both places
was not different from that of other
young men of his class and it was
only alter his marriage in ! 130 that
he adopted his extreme religious
views, lie experienced a complete
change then; to persons lrom whom
he had won money at play he made
restitution and much of h s time was
devoted to preaching and praying in
the Puritan s meeting houses.
Cromwell had served previously in
Parliament but it was during the
ses-jion of the long Parliament which
began in Pi-Mi that lie became es
pecially conspicuous. lie was ap
pointed on several important com
mittees and gradually became known
as one of the most uncompromising
opponents of King Charles 1. and t ie
royalists who were seeking to estab
lish a despotism in Kng.anil. The
differences between the King and
the Puiitau party increased and at
last in Hi-ll, civil war broke out The
royalists in Parliament vacated their
seats and joined the King and, Oe
to her !i, the first battle was fought
at Edged 11. The war went on
through the ear and the royalists
were triumphant; it really seemed as
If one more important victory might
put, an end to the Puritans, when
Cromwell undertook the reform of
the round head forces. He sought lo
inspire them with a eal begotten or
rellgbn. It was not, he told them,
an earthly power which they fought
against but it was the great principle
of evil. Thev were fighting in be
half of Jehovah himself and were
like the people of Israel warring
against the enemies of the Lord.
This teaching inspired the soldiers
with courage and, in addition. Crom-
ll'ttll i r 1 1V1H i ifnr I hn t.,-t i.nrf.,,,1 ai
cipline into h!s forces. At once the
t do began lo turn; battle followed
battle and in each the Puritan arms
wer - victorious. Finally, at Naseby.
June 14, 1 04."), the King's forces were
completely overthrown aud dissipated
and Charles fled to Scotland.
Eminent as Cromwell had been as
a soldier from this time forward ne
showed himself a statesman of no
mean order. Parliament under his
inlluence passed several acts of great
popular benefit and Jfor once showed
itself the champion of the people's
rights. In 1H47 the Scots gave up
Charles to the English. Cromwell
was disposed to make some terms
wllh him and 1 t him easily regain
his crown, but as Charles could not
tell the truth to any one or be faith
ful to a single living soul, as it was
seen to be impossible to trust any
promises or pledges made by him it
finally became evident, to Cromwell
that If the liberties of the Knglisli
people were to be preserved Charles
must be sacrificed. 'Ihe army had
been ever opposed to Charles and it
is believed that Cromwell used his
Influence w th the soldiers to still
further pre'udice them against him.
June 4, PUT. Charles was taken and
Imprisoned. The Parliamentdcbated
long over what to do with tne King
and whether it was riot better, even
now, to come to some terms with
him. The army watched these de
lays with impatience and finally,
1 ecember li, Col. Pr.de invaded the
House of Commons and turned out
all who would show the King any
favor. In Juftuary Charles was
brought to trial, condemned and be
headed on the 271 h. ( rom well was
at the bottom of this. His name
stands third on Charles', death war
rant and the execution was brought
about through his influence.
Cromwell's n 'Xt proceeding was to
put down the remaining royalists in
Kugland an i Ireland and defeat, at
least for a lime, the pretensions of
Charles' son to the throne which
were upheld by the Scotch. These
things he did In a series of great bat
tles and by 10."1 Cromwell was su
preme. The. wcakess of this great,
man now becomes apparent Not
content w,th being the act.ial ruler
of England he would be lung and to
that end he now directed his every
force. iol "lice and unconstitutional
measures were employed; those only
were allowed to sit in Parliament
who were known to be In Cromwell's
avor. while hlsopnonents were driven
out with Ignominy. A despotism
followed equal toanything attempted
by Char e- I. Cromwell rcvied cus-
toius of the monarchy and adopted
the slate of a price; he had himself
called Lord Protector and in every
way sought to add . to his personal
magri I licence. Continual plots wero
formed against bun in consequence
and be could only avoid them by the
constant employment of spies and
other htimll atlng expedients.
If Cromwell showed himself weak
In -his personal ambltloop, bowe er,
he made Flngland feared and re
spec ted by every foreign nation.
Never before had she assumed so
proud an attitude before the world
and neer nad she played a more con
spicuous part in foreign politics.
Whether consideration of these
things would have 'saved Cromwell
from his enemies' pints cannot be
told. Fortunately, perhaps, for him
self, death stepped in and delivered
him f om his enemies September 3,
A New Arliliiiiil Ml one.
A new artificial stone is being made
jn Germany, which appears to le im
measurably superior to many kindred
materials now in use. The saud
employe I. which is well dried and
sere ned 1 efore being used, contains
fn,m -' 10 :i l1" cent, of clay. It is
placed with a certain proportion of .
I gro.ind lime into an 1 on drum with
1 diagonal ledges in thcinte ior. which
, is tiieu closed and nlovviy t evolved by
steam so as to secure a thorough in
corporation of the materials with
each othe '. The mixture is taken
out and conveyed 10 an apparatus
consisting of a fi line of w. ought iron,
having a Hat t ed. on wh ch molds are
ouilt up. When the frame is t iled
co ers are placed on the molds,
everything is wedged up tightly and
the frame and molds ilro nin 01 'ails
: into a cylinder. When the cylinder
is closed wat r and ste 1111 are ad
mitted. The water 11111 t c ver the
; molds, and the steam is admitted at
; a pressure of 4'i pounds or u pounds
! per s iuare Inch. The steam forces
i the water between the crevices of
i the molds, the waiei slakes the lime,
j caus n' it to expand in volume, and
1 as the molds resist the outwar.i ex
j pansion the lime is forced into the
; sand and cements it into hard stone.
! The steam pressure is kept up for
three days. The frame Is then with
drawn, and twelve hours are allowed
for cooling before the taking to
pieces of the molds and the removal
of the stone. D.l.'crent tints can be
given to the stone by mUing a small
percentage of colored earth with the
lime and sand in the cylinder. In
some experiments made in England
lo ascertain the resistance to thrust
ing stre-s of six 1 -inch cubes of this
artilieial sandstone, three ot them, of
buff color, crushed at an average of
lHii.n tons per s tuare loot.-while the
rcmainin : three, which were gray,,
went at 177.0 tons per squie loot.
Queer Cats in a Church Spire.
The trio ot felines which B. E,
Wo dbrey, a carpenter of Brighton,
found in the tpire of the First Parish
Church of Brighton recently, are of a
species entirely unknown. About a
year ago the property of the First
Parish w s sold. Ilecent'y Mr.
Wood, rey began to tear down the
old spire of the church. He first
tore off a heavy wire screen that en
closed the belfry. Thisscr. ening has
beer! n place for a 1 umber of years.
When it was removed three most pe
culiar cats were seen to jump from
rafter to rafter and ascend to the
1"' the!Plrj:
They were exceedingly wild, and
their appearance is extremely pecu
liar. They are covered with a coat
of long shaggy fur; their teeth are
long and are almost like tusks. On
the nose of each is a large tuft of
hair resembling a tusk. They are
very agile, and spring from rafter to
rafter with theease of a squirrel. It
is not known how they got into the
spire or how long thev have been
there, but they must have been con
fined in their aTial abode for many
years.
About a vcar ago a stra ge singing
noise, was beard coming from the
spire at frequent intervals, and it
was thought that it was caused by
the swinging of the vane. It is now
believed that it was c msed by these
animals. How they have managed
to live is unaccountable, unless they
catch the sparrows that abound in
the spire. It is not known how their
supply of water was obtained. Mr.
Woodbrey will endeavor to capture
t hem. Boston Transcript.
A l-'HCt.
The head of one of the government
establishments gave orders that strict
watch was to be kept over a plot of
grass near his house, aud that no one
was to be permitted to pass over it.
A poli enian, new to the force and
place, was put on guard.
That same day the Governor's
daughter, on her way to return some
visits, and unaware of the order
given, took a short cut across the plot
of grass.
"Hi! there, getotf that grass," im
mediatelv called out the policeman
on guard.
The Governor's daughter in great
indignation drew herself up and con
tinued on her way.
"Hi! do you hear me," shouted the
man, "will you get off that grass, or
must I make you?"
"Fellow," said the lady, "do you
know to whom you arc speaking? 1
am" with dignity "the Governor's
daughter."
Policeman (who suspects a trick:)
"1 don't care who you are, whether
the Governors daughter or his great
grandmother, but this 1 know, that
my orders are that no one Is to cross
over this grass but the Governor's
cow, so off you goes. "
Tableau!"
Music lor a Hulehcr.
A music teacher undertook to
coach up the young and beautiful
daughter of a wealthy butcher in the
art of crotchets and quavers, and hav-
ing In duo course brought her to pcr-
fectlon in one or two easy show
pieces, such as Tannhauser" and
"Lohengrin," sent her borne lo
her pa.
But the master of (he marrowbone
and the cleaver was far from satifr
fled. "1 wanted yer to teach he'
sorucuhln' appropriate," said be
somcthln' as she could play when
we gives a party. Ain't there a com
poser named Cboppln? Well, that's
the bloke tcr write a bit 0' music for
a butcher."
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