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I 1 THE SIOUX COUNTY JOURNAL. L f. SIMMONS. Fray. HABRISOX. : : WEBBASKA. FORGOTTEN NAVAL HERO. el Tncker of Fame Sleep is Bevolntionary Maine. In a pea-eful spot on the coast of Maine itt a humble cemetery. It it an acre or two in extent. and slope to ward the east. The blue summits of the Camden til I1m arise in the dim a me. The bright wafers of a river whine through the wosia near by. Birch and pine are growing up all over til- place and among the graves. There in hard ly a human habitation in sight lu a lowly corner of this pleasant though nad It neglected burying greuinl is a wound with a Blate headstone. The tone bears the once conventional tiru and willow, and on it are carve J these words: : Iu Memorv of : : COM. SAMl'KL Tl'CKEK, : : Who died Mar. h In. 1K. : : A Patriot of the People : There in nothing about the icrav or IU surroundings, except the abbrevia tion of a naval title, to show Unit the occupant of the mound was distin guished alsive the rest who sl.-ep near him. Yet U-iicath this green sod lie the bones of one who was a hern hi strength of mind and liody, a man of lion-like bravery, "ue of those f;rand patriots on whom Washington Icunctt as on Knox, Putnam anil Greeue: one who ranked with Jones. Iiei-uiur ami Hull, snd with them bumbled the pride of England, and made our flag a ower to be respected on the Head, Coinn'o dore Tucker's name is to be found in hardly a history of our country. With few exceptions, the cyclopedia find him unworthy of a place in the lists of soldiers and sailors. Yet proliubly no officer of the revolution was more uniformly suci-essful than he. With possibly one exception, he took more prizes than any other man, and in fer tility of invention, lu daring, iu loyalty. In timeliness of efforts, he h:id no peer, while surely no other of the he roes of 7ti was so brulally treated by an ungrateful country, aud no other has been so coolly relegated to obliv ion as this noble soul. Samuel Tucker wag born iu Marble head. Mass., Nov. 1. 1747. He was the third child of Andrew and Mary Tuck er, who had eight children. Mrs. Tuck er's maiden name was Mary Belcher. She was an educated English lady of great beauty and winning manner, qualities which were inherited by her son. Andrew Tucker was a skillful and prosperous sea captain, w ho lived In an elegantly furnished mansion in Marblehead. Of the years of Samuel's childhood little Is known. But we do know that his education was not neglected, tor his father wished him to take a col lege course, and for that purpose placed him in a preparatory school. His penmanship and the style of his letters how that he profited by his Itistruc tlon. Moreover, when the neglect of an ungrateful country obliged him to labor in his old age he was a skillful teacher of navigation. Tucker was born in an atmosphere of seagoing excitement. His earliest memories and constant associations were of the sea. The ocean, ltu k ed with sails, was ever before his eyes. The shouts and songs of sailor, their tales of peril and strange adventures, were constantly In his ears. It is not strange that the thought of life Imund ed by a college campus became repug nant to bim. At the age of 11 he threw off the restraints of home and par ents, ran away from home, and em barked on the Hoyal George, an En glish sloop of war, bound to Loulsburg to Intercept a French transient. His father either realized the boy's bent for a sailor's life, or thought, perhaps, that a little experience would i-ure him, as is the case with most runaway boys. He accordingly apprenticed him to the commander of the Royal George, and in 17511, the year that Wolfe died lu glory at Quebec, young Tin ker be gan as a child a life of toil and excite ment, and commenced a matchless ca reer of naval exploits. Lewlston Jour nal. Vaaint Book Titles. ' . The following are the titles of a lot of curious books of Cromwell's time: The Christian Sodality: or Hive of Bees. Sucking the Honey of the Churchas Prayer From the Blossoms of the Word, Blawne Out of the epl ties and Gospels of the Divine Servica Throughout the Yea re, collected by the Puny Bee of All the Hive, nor wor thy to be named otherwise tlian by tbeae Elements in bis name, F. P." "A Fan to drive away Fliea; a Theological Treatise on Purgatory. "A Most Ie lettable Sweet Perfumed Noaegay for Saint to Smell at," "A Reaplng-Hook, well-tempered, for the Stubborn Ears of the Coming Crop, or. Biscuit Baked In the Oven of Charity, carefully con ferred for the Chickens of the Church and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation." "High heeled Shoe for Dwarfs in Holiness." "The Spiritual Mustard Pot." Roses'l Great Clock. The great clock of Kouen. France, has been grinding out time and trlkiug the hour ami quarters for over 900 years, running all thl tlm wtvhotrt Intemip tton. ' ' - ' Don't put too mocli confldenoe in a 4Vls; hmtav it ras Us tail; that la Mt tke end It bttw wltit. , "What did you buy ih's piece of tnii fc for?" asrH Mr. DaMey crossly a at took up a sheet from the piano. 'I tooght it for oni " replied Mrs. Dsr ter,Detrolt Fro Pre. DUBUS HISTORIC DRIVE. faaoa Kecape of Caatbelta Alter Hia Voyage la a Balloon. M. Iubiu, w ho was Malre of Epen etMse, Oiae, In 1870, baa Just died at Clermont, aged 72. Who was Dubus? Outside of oor small and respected French colony here we may safely say that few of ua know. And yet bin name W liound to be recorded in history and to remain there until the m-orda of the "terrible year" are lost and for gotten. He was the man who saved Geunbetla from falling into the bawls of the Prussians during the Franco German war. The story is wimple enough, but Its very simplicity aervj to teach sound citizen of every country the priceless value of patriotism. Oct. 8. 1870, tak ing advantage of a favorable wind, Gambetta. at-omanied by Spuller, left Paris in a tstlloon. Intending to reach Tours. After nailing in the air at a comparatively slow rate the 11 loon drifted toward the north. The Prussians noticed h, gave chase, aud tired at it furiously. It was hit several times, but the holes niade in It by the bullets caused only a sliglit escape of gas. After some tittle time, how ever, the leaks Is-guu to tell, ami the balloon begun to descend slowly. The famous travelers distinctly heard the hoarse clieers of the enemy, who im agined that their long chase was i-om-iug to an end. and that they were about to i-ongratulate themselves on their capture. Bin jit then all the remain ing sandbags, together with everything that i-ould be dispensed with iu tht car, were thrown out. and once more the airship pointed toward the clsHids. The fusillade became more furious but the bullets were bannles. A light Increase In the wind also fa vored tile fugitives. The enemy wan left behind, but be was still In hot pur suit. The flloon. lecoming weaker and weaker in buoyancy, at last Is--gan to descend gradually. It limited in the woods of Favicres. eleven kilometers from Clermont. The Prussians were coining on rapidly. The Malre of Clermont, M. Dubus, who watched the lialloou and snw the dan ger of the fugitives, hitched up his two strongest and f anient horses to a light wagon, and a few moments after tlieir landing he was driving them at full speed on the road to Jloutdidler. In that drive he Is-at the record and brought Gambetta and Spuller Into the little town In safety. Of course, the Prussians found the balloon, but no trace of the men w-tio were in the car. Such is the simple story of Dubus drive, for which be received the cross of the legion of Honor and an ap pointment to a judgeship lu the Canton of Mouy. Four years ago a monument wa erected to Gamherta near the spot where his balloon descended, and the tree In which the airship got fastened was named "Gambetta's oak." The owner of the land on which it stood has lately cm It down, l?eauae he did not like to have patriotic pilgrim nd pienfekers on his property. This goes to prove that there are bogis even in France, but, fortunately, they are among the sans patrle. New York Sun. Boarded by a Meagoino; Eagle. In the wheelhouse of the Atlantic transport liner Montana, Captain Wii kins. which came into port on Satur day from Swansea, the emblem of the great American repuMIc was In dis grace. I.ast Wednesday, while off the Nova Scotian c-oast, an eagle hovered about the Montana for several hours. When Chief Officer Percy George I-owe took his watch at twilight the bird of free dom swooped down upon the Montana and took a position on one of the Isiat davits. Mr. I.owe devised a measure to i-apttire the arrogant bird, which had Interfered with work on deck by causing the crew to watch It when their attention was needed elsewhere. Creepiug upon the bird with his big oil cont, Mr. Ixiwe threw the garment over the eagle and wrapped It up. The bird was soon a prisoner, with a stout string about bis starboard leg. The eagle was fully KM) mile from land when he succumbed to fatigue aud took to the Montana for rest. He Is marked with white on the throat and every feather has a delicate tip of the same color. Mr. Lowe will present the bird to the "zoo at Druid Hill Park if the commissioners will send to the ship for It. The eagle measures five feet from tip to tip when its wings are extended. Baltimore Sun. Both In the Ma me Fix. A Tioga youth started to take bis best girl to the city one evening last wHt. The couple boarded a street car. and when the conductor came iu for his fare, the young man dived down lu his pocket. To hi horror, he dis-overed that bis pocket was alotoluiely empty. Looking up at the conductor, be blurt ed out: "I've changed my jmnts and left my money at home." Then 1k look ed qnetMon1ngly at the girl. She shok her head, ami murmured: "So hove I." The conductor grinned, the maiden blushed, and the young man signaled to atop. Choice HltHsralctraaua. At. the convention of the Irish race receiitly in Duldin. two speakers, who bad row from the l olled States, con tributed the following sentence in the course of their speeches. One of them, In giving some ibiaiis of personal his tory, informed his hearers that "he had left Ireland fifty-three years liefore, a naked little boy, without dollar in hi pocket." Said Die other: "I'ntil last week,' I bad never set foot In the land of, my birth." "Good morning, Lieutenant! I hear you are engaged to alls Rosenberg. Where hi she nowT Lieutenant Oh, be' at borne congratulating beraetf. Fllegende Blaetterv THE FARM AND HOME MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM ER AND HOUSEWIFE. Beat Way to Care for Sweet Corn Cooking; Graia (or Stock Hedge Are Soil Bobbera-The Farm Work shop a Yaloable Building. Caring for reed Corn. 1 like to shuck my seed corn In the field to Judge the stalk, says a corre respondent of the "Indiana Farmer. This year I gathered it about fair time, and spread it out on a hay loft. It will keep well in a house loft which a pipe gom through, or fairly well in grain sacks, not shelled in a shop. The sack is some protection. But 1 am going to try this winter a plan given by a pro gretaiive farmer at Winchester Insti tute. After corn ls-uite dry he puta It In cracker barrels mixed well with dry threshed oats, the corn still on the cob, and places them In a dry place. This protects the grain much as nature doe from sudden changes of moisture and 'temperature. He says his corn always shows great vitality. It is not enough that corn may "grow," it should grow with vigor. The loft of a workshop Is a typical place. I once bought seed that had been corded under the ceiling of a dry i-ellar. It was swelled tight on the cob, but was good seed. I never like to shell seed that shows a crumpled or blistered face. Yon all know what that te. It should be glossy and bright, clean and smooth. I used to keep a knife bandy aud examine the genu of mn every ear, but have now lieeouie so accustomed to the "feel" of the grain tliat 1 seldom need a knife. If it shells off the cob a little tough and leaves lit tle white points broken off of the grain and left sticking lu the cob, I rejw-t that ear at once. If any mold shows anywhere on the ear. It is cast aside. If It Is a good ear and shells rattling drv and the grain are bright, glossy aud flat and brood and deep, so as to drill one at a time and avoid thinning, '.t jLHes. Very much extra thluning is caused by planting slim grains, "rat tisrtb," so that two are often dropped at once. Boiling Grain for Stock. While we believe every f;inmv who keeps stock In any qnanii'y shoiiM have a steam lsjiler and mill to grind the grain he feeds, still those who lack this can find the next b-t substitute by boiling the grain until swelled and feeding It in this shape. More of toe grain must be fed to prodm the muw result as whole unboiled grain, be cause the cooking Increases bulk with out increasing Its nutrition. Hut the boiled grain Is partly digested In the cooking process, so that it Is less likely to Injure when stock is fed on It large ly. It la better to boil grain, cheap m It now Is. than to draw a prist eight or ten miles, as we have often done, and wait a whole day for a iVbushc! grist to be ground, besld'U paying in money the cost of grinding. Hedges aa Soil Kobbere. Iand In this country is not so valu able as it Is In England, so the waste of ground occupied by hedges and their root extending either side has never been regarded as of much im portance. But as the iKilge grows older it extends Its roots in every direc tion, until as lu the osage orange each hedge plant lwcomes a large tree. In England hedges are kept closely trimmed, and this rcatrhta the exten sion of roots on either side. We inn Dot get the lalsir to do this in this country without making the hedge fence more expensive -than a more jmt mauent fence made wholly of Iron or of woven wire. If the hedge is al lowed to grow, the waste f land it will cause will make its cost greater still. Most owners of liejclges on farms would le glad to be rid of them if they could do so at little cost. A Farm Workshop. No more useful building, or one that will Have more money to the fanner, tan be found titan a workshop, lu whh'h should lie kept a complete set of tools for working in wood. Such a set will not be very expensive, and having a house where they can be kept it will encourage habits of nealiiess, which al ways pay in every buaimws. We would have the tool house large enough to be used as a general receptacle for all farm implements, wagons, sleighs, drills aud carts when not In use. Oue room should Is' partitioned off aud have a small stove, so that it inn lie kept warm for working in It In winter. Make All the Land Par. It la one of the advantages or dis advantages, as the case may Is, of renting land that the man who rents bas fully impressed upon hi in the need of getting full returns from every acre that he pays rent for. If the farm is owned this K)lnt Is not often thought of. If the farmer gets a living, and If he can still lay by a few dollars In the bank at the end of the year, he thinks he Is doing all that can tie ex'iected. Quite likely this is true In times of low prices, when It Is most difficult to make farming pay. But it Is not the result at which a farmer should aim. His attempt should he even if not realized to get some profit from every acre, aud to make his liesl land produce us large profit as It Is capable of doing. When ever farmers aim at these purpise- tbey will be able to withstand coms-tition unless It comes from those whose nat ural facilities for cheap production are auperior to their own. Crop that Patlea the Soil. Home of the recent Investigations in vegetable physiology are of extreme Im portance to agriculture. I hare before referred to the growing knowledge of plant that do not rob the noil. It la a fact that sofue growths actually enrich the soiL Corn aud wheat and tobacco deplete It of such constituents as are not easy to be had, but, on the other hand, li-guinluous plants and clovers make It more fertile. Prof. Paul Wag ner, at oue of the German research sta tions puts plants lu two classes. In the first are w heat, rye, oats. Iwrley. pota toes, turnips, tobacco, vines, chicory, buckwheat, mustard, cabbage all of which use up nitrogenous material and cannot help themselves Uj more from the air. On the other hand, he shows that there is a class that does not de pend on the nitrogen iu the soil, but helps itself from the air freely. In this class he places peas, vetches, beans, lentils, clovers. These assimilate ultro- 1 gen from the air. and the more the j ....t .1.1.1.. 1, fi-iinuinitMl with the soil the richer it Is iu nitrogen for other plants. As nitrogen is an ex pensive manure to purchase, this dis covery Is of vast Importance. If you wish to restore wheat aud coru land sow peas or clover or plant ls-aus for a few years. The Independent. Iiaae in the Foil. In a valuable paper on the relation of soil ferments to agriculture. Prof. Wiley, of the Department of Agricul ture, draws attention to the dangerous possible results of burying animals that have died of some forms of eou tagious disease. Our veterinarians have for years past insisted on the propriety of burning Immediately after death of all animals that have died of anthrax, and Dr. Wiley, in his essay on ferments on the soil, says: "There are forms of ferments la the soil of a dangerous na ture, as well as those which contribute to vegetable life. It has Iwen olwerved lu France that In localities where ani mals that had died of charlsiu (anthrax or splenic apoplexy) had tcn Interred the germs of this Infectious malady have persisted in the soil for many years, and that espiiially when cereal crops are cultivated on such soils there Is great danger of healthy cattle get ting contaminated with the same dis ease. In one case where an animal died of charbon, sheep fed two years on the land w here It was buried were Infected with the same disease and died." The same thing is quite likely to happen with hog cholera. Kvery effort should be made by farmers to avoid infecting the soil by burying the can-asm of any animals that have died of my xymotle disease. Burulng Is the only safe way to dltoe of carcasxe. Science has fully established that several diseaacs of this nature may have their germs kept alive In the soil for several years. I ami for all smii eaes tire is uie ouiy safeguard. Methods of Tillage. The method of plowing Is not so Im portant as the act of plowing or turn ing the sward, yet th method should differ with the soil. Saudy solU de ficient In organic matter and already oH'ii slHiuld receive a different furrow from a comia't clay. The former hliould have a close and close 1 furrow or flat furrow, while t'le Later require a lap furrow. Such :i furrow hsi nothing In breaking lod-itudinally and crosswise in the act of turnliu. A such furrow plow harder, llie'y ad-vis-acy Is of doubtful propri"! y, for we are In tlie age of effective after-illlnge tools In the cutaway tyncs to harrows. No harrow wilu a leu h-ti'-y to pack the soil, like the old spUc-tooth cbss. whose teeth act as wedges, should ! used. A liefore stated, no harrow should 1 used f r tin purpose of pul verizing and of soil d Nouiposi-foii that does Uot open the, toil tuo'v irony to the air than be fore Its use. Aft'-r a moderate use no harrow niitliiiies to make the ro!I more orous so far as in dividual Investigations throw liu'ht on the subject. Country !etri Miiatl. lioldrn Hll Beana. The Golden Wax ls-aus, from th tenderness of their h1s and absence of strings, are much the most wipular j bean for n when green. But not ! many know that next to the Lima ln-an tlie Golden Wax Is also best for us In Its dry state. It has a richer flavor, re calling uie i, una h uu u is csraii urj, j There is, however, stu-b a demand fori wax lien us for siM in spring that not I many of them can Is'-affordeil for eai ilig purpose. Probably If the superior ity of the wax lieau was uiiderstotsl more would lie grown and used dry. The only drawback on growing the wax . bean -largely is the difficulty of shei. j ling It. The waxy condition of the lods keeps the beau from drying out, l as most other beans will do, aud un-! less shelled by baud some ls-aus will be left in the pod. Poultry Yard. Are those surplus cockerel still eat ing the food the pullets should have? Fatten the fowl Just as quickly as possible. When the fattening prtx-cn l begun, stuff them. Are thoe broken window lights re placed by whole ones lo keep out the wet and cold? When the wings are cut, the feathers do not renew until the bird molt, but where the feathers are pulhsl new feathers will apiear in a short time. Secure a quantity of leaves for the hen to scratch In this winter. Place them in the hen house aud scatter the grain therein. The fowls will get need ed exercise in hunting for il. It Is well to make an occasional change in the ingredients of mixed foist. Oats which have been Isillisl for two or three hour are excellent for an occasional breakfast for Uie fowls iu winter, or for au evening meal In sum mer. Buckwheat boiled Is a great egg making food. Select and make a purchase from some reiki hie breeder of auch variety ai may be desired, sir) then prepare good, warm, airy and comfortable quarters, and reap your reward la the well tilled egg ImskeV, when egg are TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER ESTING ITEMS. tomacoti and Critic iarna Based Upon ttsa Happening ot the la-Historical sad Near Notes. Men of the noblest disHiitlou think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them. And the foot-ball player iu all bis glory was ne'er arrayed like oue of these chrysanthemums, but very near It. The astonishing rejsirt comes from Ixiudou that the Sultau Is "perturbed." In the alisciii-e of any adequate details the suggestion Is bazardd that now Is the time to swat him. The niece of Mine. Blavataky bas leen welcomed by the New York Theo sophists. She is a young woman who confesses tn li.(HH) summers lu various conditions of material servitude. The most daring fool that has recent ly appeared is a young aeronaut in Kansas who had himself blown out of a caution when ri.iSMj feet iu tlie air. His parachute did not work and the rent need not lie told. The ulisciouxDeMg of work well doue increases sif-rcwpe-t, stimulates the energy's, elevates the alms, and exalts the character of the worker. While he is striving to accomplish some good iu the world, a reactive gisxl Is entering into hia own life and Is-lng. A great, a good and a right mind Is a kiud of divinity lodged in flesh, and may be the blessing of a slave aa well as of a prince; it came from heaven, and to heaven It must return; aud h Is a kind of heavenly felicity which a pure and virtuous mind enjoys, la some degree, even upon earth. A burglar lu Ixuiville was exposed and frightened away tlie other night by stepping on sn India rubber doll, which gave forth a heairt-rendlng shriek in consequence. Hereafter timid maiden ladies can allay their fears of tlie pred atory "man" by a libera! application of India rublier dolls to different rt of their domiciles. A "socret dlKtauce re-e" is a new and approved feature of bicycling iu Aus tralia. The distance is known to the official only, ami la decided after the race is started. Tls meu race around the track and w hen the starter's gun is fired the race Is terminated, the man in the hud at that point being declared the winner, while the others nwt-ive prize according to their positions. In a race of this sort every one has to do hi beet fnrni the start, as there Is no knowing when it will end. If a mail cannot be is-ally loyal lo truth without sympathy, licit he - can he be truly kind and gcneroiu without truthfuliH-HS. For, If he weakly yields to every one, right or wron, and is what Emerson calls "a miis'i of con cession." he la not really helpiug or strengthening or elevating any one; lie Is only Indulging his own ease, i-y giv ing some oue a cheap, unwholesome, and transitory pleasure. The courage of truthfulness is one of the nrmetd foundations of ail worthy friendship. A dredger of novel construction ha.l lseii built In Rotterdam for use ou the river Ksla, lu Sjiaiu. It priuial fea ture Is that its motive force, In the form of electrical energy of high tension, may be generated on shore by any con venient means, the current being din tribuled either by overhead wires or cables laid under the water, lu the In stallation under notice the central sta tion is situated ou the river bank, and fumlshos current not only to the dredg er, but also to operate an elevator which returns the material dredged into lighters and IkiUaat wagons. All the motions are controlled by one man in the cabin. The iihrtor for oicratiug the bucket chain is capable of developing 45 horse power when making tKW revo lutions lier niluuU. The average power required lo work the dredger is equal to a 1 ut fifteen lionses, ami as the mo tor will account fir 45 horse power in normal working, a good margin Is left for emergency. Beside iqicratlug the motors for driving the screws, driving the dredge chain, raising tlie dredge frame, and lifting the pile, the electric current also works a centrifugal pump. A navy la popularly ::upu-ci to be designed for use In war, and servb-e In it In time of peace ha not been sup posed to lie very dangerous. In fact, laudsmen have been dlstcd to envy naval men the good times they are sup- swed to have. feaMtiug about watering place and Junketing about Ihe world. This seems on reflection to le u I'.U liike. Except the recent war Iwt vecll China and Japan there has Im-cii no wr since our civil war iu whlc'i naval force have made much of n lgurc. Vet it would have lakci a seniauu.'.' of quite respeHable jinipor'loiH lo have entailed aa many cnsuallii-s as navies have suffered within tli.it period. Everybody has hastened io bull'l Iron and steel ships carrying hiue a. ins, none of winch has done sn lighting, yet they have Is-eu cnpslz.ing one after another for England and Spain and other countries, toppling eac;i other over by accid ntal collisions and kill ing and maiming men through defec tive construction and Ire hVlcut ma chinery, till the average mini woull about as sisin think of smoking his pipe lu a powder-lionse is of einlMi'K Ing lu one. Here were nn titrretd of our naval pride, the Indlai.n casting loose in the storm the other day and waltalng about to the Imminent rll of the whole crew and tbj whole ship. In- dd. All this takes Uo a-voiilir of iie endless expense caused by ship grt tlug ou ledge of rock, or mud stmaU, u otupldly placed block in dry docks, aud otherwise "breaki'ir ihcir Iweks. Are such things init :ti;i t-t-? Trout armcred vessels? Isn't I isissiblu lo male them more servie-alde eveq if Ih'-y don't look so well? In St Ixiuis of late an "artist lu hair ha been sued for damages by a put rou w hose flowing locks she bad under taken to subdue to a bright straw color, but which came out a dull pea green patched with purple, uot unlike a Ger man cabbage, the head It decorated ap parently inclosing a core of similar con-slsletn-e aud intelligence. Sampltw of ringlets snd bangs which the artist bad promised to match lu color were dis played, decirly demonstrating a breach of contrai l. In such a case, which la the first of record, aud therefore with out precedent, the difficulty of deciding which Is switch, or arriving at any wlso diiisiou, is apparent. It is uo wonder that the magistrate advised the liti gants to settle the case out of court. Tlie Incident Illustrate the uncertainty of the color scheme aimed at by this clais uf artists, iMilmiiig the moral that It hi much tietter for a lady as to her hair to bear the hue she has than fly to others that she knows uot of. In the iwtUna tlou of some a straw-colored cbevelure may be a thing of beauty and a Joy for ever, but when It can only lie drawn like a prize lu a lottery, with any num ber of pea green blanks Interposed, It becomes too costly, and the desire should find fulfilment If at all in the frank and unhesitating adoption of a wig. Tlie Navy Dcsirtnient ought to tak the battleship Texas out of eervU-e, frame her In a rosewood ds-k and put her on exhibition. She Is too fair aud marvelous a craft to waste on the rude work of buffeting wave him! cruising around the waters of Hnmptou road. Ever slnee she was completed aid put to sea she has l-cu getting Into trouble. It wa only a few Weeks ago tlMit she 1juiiimh her grai-eful none ou a satslbar In a perfwtiy navigable seaway, w here, as everybody knows, there luul never IsH-u a sandbar before, and laid to be hauled off by tugs to be taken luto dry dis k and Inspected. The other day the powerful vessel, while lying tleO up at a dock, gave another proof iT her ex traordinary qualltlew. It ha lieen some time lnv she hud done an act of dis tinction. She was not due to go to sea aud mi wild waves wen- "ouralng around her. So she Just broke her sea cock, staving a thirteeii-ltich Ixrfe iu her steel aide, aud calmly sunk. It dow uot seem that the Texas will ever be Hble to do a uy Uilug better than Ibis. It is Infinitely beyond tlie s-rforiuauces of any other war vessel -not exceptiug that of the Indiana, wbiaie turret broke looec In a high sea and lKiugcd right and left all night, or that of another stately vcsel,' which, in endeavoring to prpmeuade New York hartsr, nut luto a Jersey uiikI bank. It look as though the Texas would Is- able to sink her self aud all ou txwrd if she were snugly drawn up lu a dry dock, fires drawn and all water-tight ctsnparunent closed. Perhaps the Navy Department would do well to take a gissl long look at Uie Texas again. If the last accident had occurred at sea, the death of alsiut J') men might have boeu the result. He Nat on the Baby, Mr. D. is au extensive real cstaU owner In one of the suburbs of New York. He is also an insurance intent and a general adviser on matter of law aud isjulty, and. lu addition to ull this, he Is the proud father of a three weeks old baby. The other dny Mrs D. took the little treasure Into the par lor, ami, after a half hour's cooi'ig, lulh-d it to sleep. Then she laid the child ou a sofa with a pillow at Its feel, darkened the room and went alsiut her household duties. Just as any good housewife would. All this t line Mr. D. was busy lu the garden. Fies. eutiy a ucjghlxir haps-ued along uni stopped for Mr. D.'s opinion on a law matter aud was Invited into the dark-eiM-d porlor. The visitor went straight for the sofa. lie could see the pillow, but did not olsterve the child. He waa adjusting the pillow to make a nic comfortable seat, but Mr. 1. Insisted that he should sit In the big arui chair, a sort of seat of honor for all gin-H's. lie acquiesced and Mr. D. took his sett on the pillow. Alsiut this time Mix I)., whose ma ternal lusllnct bad asserted Itself, peep ed In to see how baby slept. She suw her husband sitting where she had left the child. As she asked In an alarmed lone where the baby was n muffled cry came from beneath the pillow, aiid Mr. D. Jumped up. He had been sit ting on the precious little thing, aud the timely arrival of his wife probably saved the chilli's life. A few moments more and It would have Is-H-n suffo cated. "Lucky for the child that 1 did uot sit on It," remarked the visitor, w ho Is a man of generous proHirtlons. The child Is all right now, but Mr. D. 'docs uot take bis clients into tlm par. lor any more.-New York Times. Unwelcome Visitor. Thl Bits has this bit of a story about one of that class of children, and oth ers, who speak the truth: "You are sure that Mr. How ton la not at home?" asked the niller. "Well, I ought to Is-," said the hon est rvaul. "Hi; li(ld me ho when I tisik your card up. and he said If you would call some time when he was out lie would be glad to see you." Chryaaatheiuuma. It lit said that chryaaiHbcinuma live longer than auy other flower after be ing cut. ' The brightest jewels are the hardest nd coldest. 0 ( r t ( I. ' ' . ' , v -