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%\ I PART L WISH I had the courage to begin thin tale by turning to my professional visiting books and, taking at random any month out of the last twenty years, give Its rec ord as a fair sam ple of my ordinary work. The dismal extract would tell you what a doctor's —I supose I may say a successful doc tor'*—lot Is, when his practice lies in a poor and densely populated district of London. Dreary as such a beginning might be, It would perhaps allay some of the Incredulity which this tale may probably provoke, as It would plainly •how how little room there Is for things Imaginative or romantic In work so hard as mine, or among such grim realities of poverty, pain, and grief, as those by which I have been surrounded. It would certainly make It appear extremely unlikely that I abould have found time to imagine, much less to write, a romance or mel odrama. The truth Is, that when a man has tolled from 9 o’clock In the morning until 9 o'clock at night, such leisure as be can enjoy Is precious to him, especially when even that short respite is liable to be broken in upon at any moment. Still, In spite of the doleful picture I have drawn of what may be called “the dally grind," I begin this tale with the account of a holiday. Id the autumn of 1864 I turned my back with light good-will upon London streets, hospitals and patients, and IUU* my Ben*, In lH« North K*pr j«» The A rut rounl it# Inn e\t tha whPflfl ftPTl t a thrill of delight through my Jaded frame. A Joyful sensation of freedom came over me. I had really got away at last! Moreover, I had left no ad dress behind me, so for three blessed .weeks might roam an undisputed lord of myself. Three weeks were not very many to take out of the llfty-two, but they were all 1 could venture to give myself; for even at that time my practice, If not so lucrative as I could wish, was a large an Increasing one. Having done a twelvemonth’s hard work, I felt no one In the kingdom could take bis holiday with a con science clearer than mine, so I lay back mind, and discounted the coming pleas ure of my brief respite from labor. There are many ways of passing a holiday—many places at which It may fee spent; but, after all, If you wish to (enjoy It thoroughly, there is but one .royal rule to be followed. That is, simply to please yourself—go where you like, and mount the Innocent holl i day bobby which Is dearest to youi heart, let its name be botany, geology Wymology, conchology, venery, pisca tlon, or what not. Then you will be happy, and return well braced up foi the battle of life. I knew a city clerk with literary tastes, who Invariable spent bis annual fortnight among the mustiest tomes of the British Museum and averred that hi:? health was more .benefited by so doing than If he bac passed the time inhaling the freshes: sea-breezes 1 dare say he was right it hlj assertion. Sketching has always been my favor ite holiday pursuit. Poor as my draw ings njit> be, nevertheless as I turn them over in my portfolio, they bring “to me at least, vivid remembrancet /i f m u no cu'bot ntt/1 nlnlurisaniiA snivla happy days, and congenial companion* It la not for me to say anytnfng oi their actual merit*, but they are dew to qje for their associations. This particular year I went to Nortt Wales, and made Uettws-y-Coed m> headquarter*. 1 stayed at the Hoya Oak. that well-known little Inn deal to many an artist s heart, and teem ing with reminiscences of famous mei who have sojourned there times with out number. It mm here 1 made thi acquaintance of tht man with »h >*• life the curious event* here told ur< connected. On the ft rat day after my arrival al Uettws my appreciation of my liberty was so thorough, my appetite for tb* enjoyment of the beautlee of nature m keen and Insatiable, that | wrnt so fvi sad saw ao muyh. that when I return*! to tk* Hoy a I Oak night had fallea ant the hour of dinner had long passed by I was, when my own meet «u pi*,^ on (be table, the only occgpant of tb« cogee-room Just then a youag mat entered and ordered something to cat The waiter haowlag ao doubt. msi» ■thing of the frank camaraderie whict estate. or should estot. between Hu followers of the painter s srafl, laid hit cwver at my tahlo. Th* aewcwmet seated himself gave me a pteaaaai am tie and a aod. aad la Ive miaul* we were la full swing of t-oairrsatloa Th# moment my eyeo f«U ugga th« youag mao I had aoitred how singular )y haadowm* ho wsa Charles Car rictus • (•» this I found afterword ta ho ku name waa about twenty tw* tear* id age. Mo waa Util, hut slightly hutlt his whale hearing aad hgure being re ma/hahiy etegaai aad graceful Ht Jwwhwd ivm mere ihaa gentle maah ha leeched distinguished Ills face was gal*. Ha fowturew well eut. straight aad regular Mis fWtWhoad spoke of htgk intellect usi quallltaw aad there war a>m*what at that develwpmeat over th« oyahrows which phreaslog <*u I he ||g*W ewastdei ao svtdegew tf the pus session of imagination. The general expression of his face was one of sad ness, and Its refined beauty was heightened by a pair of soft, dark, dreamy-Iooking eyes. It only remains to add that, from his attire, I Judged him to be an artist— a professional artist—to the backbone. In the course of conversation I told him how I had classified him. He smiled. “I am only an amateur,” he said; "an idle man, nothing more—and you?” "Alas! I am a doctor.” "Then we shall not have to answer to each other for our sins In painting.” We talked on pleasantly until our bodily wants were satisfied. Then came that pleasant craving for tobacco which, after a good meal, Is natural to a well-regulated digestion. "Shall we go and smoke outside?.” said Carrlston. "The night Is delic ious.” We went out and sat on one of the wooden benches. As my new friend said, the night was delicious. There was scarcely a breath of air moving. The stars and the moon shone brightly, and the rush of the not far distant stream came to us with a soothing mur mur. Near us were three or four Jovial young artists. They were In merry mood; one of them had that day sold a picture to a tourist. We listened to their banter until, most likely growing thirsty, they re-entered the Inn. Carrlston had said little since we had been out of doors. He smoked his cigar placidly and gazed up at the skies. With the white moonlight falling on hie strikingly beautiful face—the grace ful pose Into which be fell—he seemed to be the embodiment of poetry. He paid no heed to the merry talk of the artists, which so much amused me— Indeed, I dfubted if he heard their voices. ) Yet he mv^t have done so, for an | noon aa they had left us he came out of his reverie. "It must be very nice.1* he said, "to have to make one's living by art." "Nice for those who can make liv ings by It,” 1 answered. "AM can do that who are worth It. The day of neglected genius has ."jone by. Muller was the last sufferer, I think—and he died young." "If you are so sanguine, why not try your own luck at It?” "I would; but unfortunately I am a rich man.” I laughed at this misplaced regret. Then Carrlston, In the most simple way. told me u rnnA Heol a limit aimueif ne Was an orphan, an only child. He had already ample means; but Fortune had still favors In store for him. At the death of his uncle, now an aged man, he must succeed to a large estate and a baronetcy. The natural, unaf fected way In which he made these confidences, moreover made them not, I knew, from any wish to Increase his importance In my eyes, greatly Im pressed me. By the time we parted for the night I had grown much inter eated In my new acquaintance—an In terest not untlnged by envy. Young, handsome, rich, free to come or goi work or play as he listed! Happy Car rlston ! II. AM DISPOSED TO think that never before did a sincere friends hip, one which was fated to last unbroken for years, ripen so quickly as that be tween Carrlston and myself. A» 1 now look back I find it hard to associate ’ nim with any, even a brief, period of time subsequent to our meeting, dur ing which he was not my bosom friend. I forget whether our meeting at the same picturesque spot on the morning which followed our self-introduction was the result of accident or arrange ment. Anyway, we spent the day to gether. and that day was the precursor of many passed In each other's society, Morning after morning ws sallltd forth to do our beet to transfer the same bits of scenery to our sketching blocks. Evening after evening we returned to | dine side by side, and afterward to talk 1 and smoke together, Indoors or out doors as the temperature advised or I our wishes Inclined, Ureal friends are soon became in* I separable as long as my short holiday • l*«t*d. It was. perhaps, pleasant tor ) each Iii eerk In n,mlik mm tour Ilk* klanwif. Back could uk th* otk*r'« »pmum of iko morlta of tk« work 'l"n* »n<i fool happy mi ik« ap proyal dull glsoa An krttai a aiaudard «>f NNlkM la toa klak fur • »m pro trwionai VS k*n Ha praiao# >«ur work ka pralaaa |i kul aa Iko work ul an out tidot, Yno* lo#| iOat •«nk maun *a da '»«• rondomna It nnd diakanriana you bad Carnal on rand lu do *• I Ikmk k# Ktiakt hart foarUaalr •obmiilod k>- prod oiiot>* in an> run atlanllou# rrllt* Hi* drawinga a»r« Uonmaaurakly aturo amain and powrr fkl ikaa win* lla kad uaduuktodly aront UluMt and I *M awk aurptlau I In knd Ikal a«*d a* ka waa at land ***** ka »aa fcallar at Ik* Mpum Ha mold. WHfc a krm bold Hand draw i rapidly lb* aiai mar «• too* luoaaaaaa | It apinud and trua narw war af th* ■ aiudlaa b* akonod m* ikal | mold wllfcoui Mallory adrlao him prondtd , ka tnwld tniak aa b* ko*aa In k*ap onilrnly in tbo blabor bran, b nf ik* art I ka»* no* b*f«,« ii * a MUM nf aui ' lino fa«*a drown by kirn maki «f [ ikaa Irani memory and aa I '.»*« at them the original of each cornea at once before my eye a From the very first I had been much Interested in the young man. and as day by day went by. and the peculiari ties of his character were revealed to me, my Interest grew deeper and deep er. I flatter myself that 1 am a keen observer and skillful analyst of per sonal character, and until now fancied that to write a description of its com ponent ports was an easy matter. Yet when I am put to the proof I And It no simple task to convey In words a proper Idea of Charles Carrlston's men tal organization. I soon discovered that he was, I may say, afflicted by a peculiarly sensitive nature. Although strong, and appar ently In good health, the very changes of the weather seemed to affect him al most to the same extent as they affect a flower. Bweet as his disposition al ways was, the tone of his mind, his spirits, his conversation, varied, as It were, with the atmosphere. Ho was full of Imagination, and that imagina tion. always rich, was at times weird, even grotesquely weird. Not for one moment did he seem to doubt the sta bility of the wild theories he started, or the possibility of the poetical dreams he dreamed being realized. He bad his faults of course; he wbb hasty and Im pulsive; indeed to me one of the great est charms about the boy was that, right or wrong, each word he spoke came straight from his heart. Bo far as I could Judge, the whole organization of bis mind was too high ly strung, too finely wrought for every day use. A note of Joy, of sorrow, even of pity, vibrated through It too strongly for his comfort or well-being. As yet it had not been called upon to bear the test of love, and fortunately— 1 use the word advisedly—fortunately he was not, according to the usual sig nificance of the word, a religious man, or I should have thought It not unlikely that some day he would fall a victim to that religious mania so well known to my professional brethren, and have de veloped hysteria or melancholia. He might even have fancied himself a mes senger sent from heaven for the re generation of mankind. From natures like Carrlston’s are prophets made. In short. I may say that my exhaust ive study of my new friend's character resulted In a certain amount of un easiness as to his future—an uneasi ness not entirely free from professional curiosity. Although the smile came readily and frequently to his lips, the general bent of his disposition was sad, even despondent and morbid. And yet few young men's lives promised to be so pleasant as Charles Carrlston’s. I was rallying him one day on hit future rank and Its responsibilities. "You will, of course, be disgustingly rich," I said. c-arriaion stgheq. "Ves, if I live long enough; but I don't suppose I shall.’’ "Why In the world shouldn’t you’ You look pale and thin, but are In cap ital health. Twelve long miles we have walked to-day—you never turned a hair.” Carrlston made no reply. He seemed In deep thought. "Your friends ought to look after you and get you a wife,” I said. “I have no friends,” he said, sadly. "No nearer relation than a cousin a good deal older than I am, who looks upon me as one who was born to rob him of what should be his." "But by the law of primogeniture, so sacred to the upper ten thousand, he must know you are entitled to It." "Yes; but for yeare and years I was always going to die. My life was not thought worth six months' purchase. All of a suddsn I got well. Ever since then I have seemed, even to myself, a kind of interloper.” "It must be unpleasant to have a man longing for one's death. All the more reason you should marry, and put othei lives between him and the title.” (TO HI COSTISUKO 1 A Novel I’Ihd of llullillng. A German inventor has built a house of hollow tubes, whose advantages are, he suys. a constant temperature, and In cidentally strength, comfort and baau ty. He first put up a frame of water tubing, allowing continuous circula tion to a stream of water. Around this frame he put his huuss In tbs ordinary way. The peculiarity Is that all floors and ceilings are crossed and rwrousd by the water pipes. Ths water, having passed through hortson tsl tubes under the floor* and ceilings posses through the vsrtlcal tubes un til sll have been gone through In tbs summer fresh, coo! wstsr circulates un der pressure through the net work ol tubes, cools off ths walls, sad sftsi having rua Its course Hows consider ably warmer than when It snisrvd la Its course It has absorbed much bent, which It carries sway. During ths long sad severe wlater the water entering through the basement Is Brat heeled t« asarly luo degrees sad then forced through the celling Of course Stuck of the heat la left all over ths house sad at the outlet the temperature el the water Is sb>ul It degrees Thl speed of the stfruisiloa of water cap he regulated so as to allow Being I terieia temperature, egual throughout I thv huti.nag —. ... t*ss»W uses tin t«u tesis While taihiag to some friends at Wtthesharve. hi t’wirtsh tlesday eg itrtvbea deaf and dumb He wro'e ug • pie*# ef paper Iki hi he ntarmevh this e»t| pass »B la three days, I base what II ta I bei* bed It het>-re II seems that Hester when la IrsUud tea rente ago «se threwn Hum « , herse As a result wf injuries revolved, he was deal and dumb far three darn Meaty twer years mas* he has had I similar altar h lasting In each lust sues three data Nee Verb has IS SPAIN’S ARNOLD. DR. ZERTUCHA ALLEGED BE TRAYER OF MACEO. A Mali of Many Hlilea—He Will Hove a llaril Time Convincing the World That He la Not a Traitor to Mao kind. _ K. MAXIMO ZKH TL’CHA, the sup posed Benedict Ar nold of the Cuban revolution, who Is alleged to have betrayed the gal lant, fearless Maceo and bis stuff to death, Is a man of many political sides. He has been oy turns friendly to all parties In Cuba, and has participated In the political agitation of the Island for many years. After Muceo's death he ‘’surrendered" himself to the Spaniards and was pro tected by them. It was on the Infor mation given them by Zertucha that the story sent out by the authorities at .Havana was made up. The doctor. In telling how Maceo met his death, said that the general had a force of 2,000 Cubans who were attacked by <500 Span iards. Maceo and bis staff were In the center of the forcea. In the battle that followed, Maceo and his entire staff were killed. The Cubans fled. This story Is laughed at by the Cuban agents In this country. They say that officers like Maceo and bis staff do not expose themselves to Are. I)r. Zertucha, say the Cubans, has been variable In bis sympathies for years, at one time hold ing to Spain, at another allying him self with the Islanders. The doctor was DR. MAXIMO ZERTUCHA. formerly surgeon in the army of Spain. Many years ago he went to Cuba, and by political intrigue was made the mayor of the town of Melena In the province of Havana. He baa been more or less Intimately associated with every political party In Cuba. He was at one time prominent as a leader in the party of the autonomists. Next he became identified with the reformist party, and then he became a conservative. When the present revolution was sprung, Zertucha changed Into an out right rebel and offered his services to Maceo. He was an able and scientific surgeon, and was of great service to the cause of Cuba libre. He is a fin ished botanist, and bis knowledge of materia medlca is extensive. This, coupled with the fact that he is famil iar with the medicinal qualities of every herb on the island, made him an Invaluable man In the service of the revolutionary army. He freely gave his services for the cause of liberty, but bis alleged treason has made his very name odious throughout the world, and It Is thought vengeful Cubans will never be satisfied until his body fills a iltohnnrtpnhld OTU UP The Manitoba Question Mettled. The long-vexed question of denom inational schools in Manitoba, which hts occasioned much controversy in the courts and in the legislatures of the province and the Dominion of Canada, has been settled, so far at least as the governments are con cerned, by an agreement which pro vides for religious teaching in the pub lic schools at the dost* of each day's session. Attendance upon this re ligious teaching is not to be compul sory, and in schools where there are both Catholic and non-Catholic pupils, the time allotted for religious teaching is to be equally divided. There is to be no separation of pupils by religious denominations during secular work. Where the average attendance of Cath olic children reaebea a certain number, at least one Catholic teacher is to he employed; and a corresponding pro vision is mnde regarding non Catholic children. **rovt»lon ia also made for teaching In both French and Kngltsh, under certain conditions. The Homan Catholic hierarchy dues not accept the eattlemeat. and will endeavor to pre vent its going into effect. tlM IIIMM Mas I Mil la UlltUlS Whenever grsuae gets into a boiler the evil effect# are common to every type, in the oid data grease used to be purposely let reduced la ordar to pre veat scale, aad most ef oa have beard of the maa »h« »n» seat to clean a boiler, aad eke made himself ee com fortable that be fell asleep lastde He • a* for get tea aad tbe butler closed up aad set is cork After tbe uec-at l_p*e *f time, boiler cteaaiag day agata came round aad la tbe aMoaleh mewl of every use ibe belter eaa tuned le be free from stale Tim mystery •as, fence ever sap'aiaed efeea the buses ml tbe act salsa maa eaa fousl at tie helium It la however mere than doubtful tf a ay etber bind d animat ar cage labia fat Would bale prudu ed ppy surprising results aad builsr gtaMrra are aot availafeln every day Hr such a purpose Ceeeter • Mags life-. AFTER THE JAMESON RAID. It Wm * “Bit Different” from the Uat Ride. "I must keep to what happened to day,” says a writer In 8crlbner’s. "We struck York road at the back of the Great Western terminus, and I half hoped we might see some chap we knew coming or going away; 1 would liked to have waved my hand to him. It would have been fun to have seen his surprise the next morning when he read in the paper that he had been bowing to Jail birds, and then I would like to have cheated the tipstaves out of Just one more friendly good-by. I wanted to say good-by to somebody, but I really couldn’t feel sorry to sec the last of any one of those we passed In the streets—they were such a dirty, unhappy looking lot—and the railroad wall ran on forever, apparently, and we might have been In a foreign coun try for all we knew of It. There was Just sooty gray brick tenements and gasworks on one side and the railroad cutting on the other and semaphores and telegraph wires overhead anil smoke and grime everywhere; It looked exactly like the sort of street that should lead to a prison and It seemed a pity to take a smart hansom and a good cob Into It. It was Just a bit dif ferent from our last ride together— rather, when we rode through the night from Krugersdorp with hundreds of horses' hoofs pounding on the soft veldt behind us and the carbines clanking against the stirrups as they swung on the sling belts. We were being bunted then, harassed on either side, scurrying for our lives like the Derby dog In a race track, when every one boots him and no man steps out to help—we were sick for sleep, sick for food, lashed by the rain, and we knew that we were beaten; but we were free still and under open skies, with the derricks of the Rand rising like gal lows on our left and Johannesberg only Miicru mjiten uwuy. AN ARIZONA MUMMY. Was (luce a Very Klcb Person of ths Anrient Artec Nation. An Indian mummy has been found In Arizona, near Prescott, that Is be lieved to have once been one of the great men of the Aztecs, says the New York Journal. It was found by John P. Blundy, who communicated the facte to George P. Kunz, the New York diamond expert. Beside the mummy was a basket Oiled with a half-peck ol turquoises. With the Aztecs green wat a sacred stone, and wealth was gauged generally by the number of green stones the person owned. Every man’e treasure In those days was buried with his bones and neglect to do this wai regarded as highly sacrilegious. Foi the nourishment of the departed soul a few ears of corn were added. The turquoises Mr. Blundy found were in the form of beads. These the Aztecs Arm ly believed saved the wearer from fevers, serpents’ bites and diseases The mummy is a singular specimen, al together unlike the Egyptian variety, The skin Is dried flrmly over the bones, giving it a withered appearance. Tbli Is due to the rare air in Arizona, which dries, but seldom has the decomposing effect of our atmosphere. A BIG VENTURE. Prof. Gayley of California Undertake* a Wonderfully DUBcult Tn*k. Professor Charles Mills Gayley ol the University of California will soon go east and to Europe to select twen ty of the best English scholars in the world to collate a book, to be pub lished by the university. Jt is to be a grand edition of representative Eng lish comedies until and Including the time of Oliver Goldsmith. Such a col lection has never before been pub lished. and the University of Califor nia will get the credit of the work, foi I pRor. oAYuev. IU Impress will be on the title page Profeeeor (lay ley U now In com wont ration with Professors Klttredge at Harvard, lluniero of Haverford, and Klurgel of Stanford ae to the beel corps of aaaieuau on thle word. II la prupoeed to got up a eumptuoue edl lion of old Keg Usd cowed lee eoneiet lag of playa dy Heywood. Udall. Tyly, Peels. Uretne, Judnaon. Shakespeare Iteauaiont and Pteteher. Chapman Massinger, t’owtey, Congreve, Steele (lay, Colemaa. Sheridan aad Quid •with Thirty two playa will ha ee levied, aad will he au treated ae l« •how the ev slut lea of Kagtieh cowed* j a* a literary type Profeaaor Uayle* will visit all the lead lag universities, but a ill epea I wuel of the year he w|t| ha ahrtwd at Oatord Tde pubtlvatioe a til he ilaeslv ae ewoa ae it will bt Issued I row the preaa, aad wilt, dy ea leadlag tde fawo of tho uaivereitv, wore tdaa repay Ida iaatttutlaa Pat j tde •«pease Meet eyeteote el •>iiilu*4 pel sees Id# eyslews e» Vt tills Id l«a| ) and Pltwsh Wt. there were lit eye tr we of shorthand published, and sleet i that date there have been It I wahihi ' a total of «•«. % IN GERMAN UNIVERSITIES. Women H«t« Been Recently Aitulttc^ with Eocouni|to| Beaultn. A new stage In the development of the question of the admission of women to German universities, and one that has been looked forward to with Inter est and curiosity, has Just been reached, says an exchange. In the last few years American and English women and. In smaller numbers, Russians have been storming the doors of German universities, and, where they have been successful In gaining entrance, they have done so by virtue of the certifi cates and training they have received In their own countries. In all but a few exceptional cases German women wore debarred—by their lack of prep aration and of the means of obtaining It from such privileges as were grant ed to foreigners. A German woman ap plying for permission to enter a uni versity where an American or English woman wag studying was told that she must either go abroad and return with the degree or diploma presented by her foreign sister or that she must attend a gymnasium of the fatherland and pass Its final or ablturlenten examina tion. The latter course was Impossible —for all gymnasia were absolutely, and perhaps wisely, closed to women; the former course was In general Imprac ticable. To put an end to this state of [things two or three gymnasia for girls were founded on exactly the same lines as those for boys, and girls were pre pared for the same final examination twhlch admitted thalr brothers to the .university. From the girls’ gymnasium ’In Berlin six girls have now passed inis ex«£-lnatlon, and, armed with the same certificates and training as men students, have p,“«ented themselves for admission—three t? the Unlveralty of Berlin and three to the University V of Hallo. Halle bos acted with thorough consistency In the matter and admitted II1CIU UWU iLH HifrU H al HUIU6UU) <&UU UNO as a student of natural science), with out restrictions, to all Its lectures and laboratories. Berlin has, however, been less liberal; the two students who wished to study medicine have been re fused admission to all the anatomical lectures and laboratories, and the pro fessors have availed themselves freely of their liberty to refuse to admit wom en to their courses—even in philology, the subject taken by the third student. Before pronouncing Berlin grudging In the matter we must, however, remem ber that with Its 8,000 students and Its situation In a gay capital, it stands on a different footing with Halle and Got tingen, and It behooves It to be careful iwhat it undertakes. The result, on the whole, seems to be sufficiently encour aging, however, for the number of stu dents attending the gymnasia is stead ily increasing. "PARSON JIM.” In the l.lttle Daguut IJe Told ttie Boys Why He Came Out West. Prom the New York World: It was the season of the year In Texas when the cattle are rounding up to be driven north for better grazing. The cow boys had just finished supper, and sat around their little dugout swapping lies. Gradually the conversation turn ed on the motives which prompted the different members of the group to go west. They all told of the more or less discreditable causes for their mi gration, with the exception of a rather taciturn but generally popular fellow who was known as "Parson Bill," be cause of the clerical cut of the attire which he universally affected. "Why did you como we3t, Parson?” queried Swamp-angel Sam. "Well,” drawled out the individual addressed. “I left the east because I didn’t build a church.” Everybody smiled at what, was con sidered the drollery of the Parson, who, not noticing the merriment which he had created, continued: "It was this way. We used to hold meetings in the district schoolhouse In Massachusetts and I did the preaching. The little flock grew, and It was de cided to build a small church. The funds, as they were collected, were put Into my hands for safekeeping." He paused. “That's why I came west.” BIG SPRINGS FOR UNCLE SAM. lonir to H« Buffer* on Big (iuna nod Other* I’lirfil Behluil Arumr flute*. Soft rush Ions to take up the recoil of I'ncle Sam', great gunn are being made In Pittsburg, Pa. Experiments 'I are ulao under way to apply the cushions to the breastworks of forti fications and battle ships ho as to les sen the force of the shock caused by a heavy projectile coming In cunlat.l with armor plate. The principle ol buffers on tbe ends of tbe platforms «l railroad passenger coaches Is to be ap piled to guns and armor plate, and th« experiments will k« watched with con stdernble internet by everybody. If * aucceee they will mark an ere In th« building of battleship* and forte. Tht cuebione for the gune are huge spiral springs made of the very beet eteel. Home ere aquare. while others art round. They are being manufactured la considerable quanttttee. lo.aa.it«g note PmUtea. A new faekton ha. arteen la Hrotefc country bouse# during >k> last few y.are. All sporting men like porttdgt fur brwakfa.t New. ft i. not a pretty spcttacle in see muatecked and bearded men .at porridge and cream so guw J that delectable muapouad is pla<«d up on a aide table bob tad a wreea «r in n little sale raum end when tb. lard* «» ci.alien .troll down on • tiunday m rush lets on a week day te breakfast according te up lodete etlqu.il* ug eat Ikeir drat breakfast etaad lag Tkle feeM u mmlada an utoup of Ute UdMlan habit el eating eabouab* ttr bora deeuere at a aid. table i* tke drawlag-raom ksfw.p demanding It tke dicing r*«ta - New Verb Tribune % ■