KILLING SAUBIAN8.
FIERCE BATTLE WITH ALLIGA
TORS IN PANAMA.
llundrndt of tho lUptlln HUIn by Parly
of Fagllabinen—la»y« Attack of the
Oral urea Ifuntar* Kara Tlielr Lira*
by Uaiyiralt Fighting.
One tropical day, when a fierce sun
was heating down upon ihe picturesque
city of Punsma, two young r»en were
lounging In wicker chalfa under the
spreading branches *t a guava tree In
the cool, Inviting patio of the Hotel
lnglaterra. The young men were r,H
ons of the British nobility, named Har
ry Forbes and Frank Winters, The
commodious suits of the young rnen
concealed splendid physiques, hard
ened by roaming dispositions, which
led them into all quarter* of the globe
in search of adventure and sport thut
could not be found within the confines
of the tight little island. They had
come to the Isthmus simply for the pur
pose of UMsisUng In the extermination
of the alligator!,, with which the rivers
of that narrow neck of land teern, Be
tween puffs h'c tlielr Indispensa
ble pipes, they laid out. u get'*
••nil outline of the plans of an
alligator hunt which they intend
ed to follow on the succeeding
•lay. They hud secured the services
of a half-dozen stalwart peonn Inured
to tho threatening dangers of the
swamps thut line the rivers. The peons
were trustworthy fellows and could be
depended upon In an emergency requir
ing nerve and quick wit. They were to
he useful In poling the cumbersome
canoe up the rivers and branches, In
which capacity they eanaot he excelled.
The next morning, bright and early,
the young adventurers repaired to the
Nachina wharf, where they found tho
canoe and the peons waiting. The lat
ter had carried down Ihe necessary par
aphernalia for the bunt. Both men
were armed with Winchester repeaters
of 4f caliber, a gun which Is most ef
fective In ending the existence of a
grinning 'gator. The sail was run up
and the canoe skimmed lightly over
the whlteraps to an Island about three
miles distant from Panama. The air
was clear, cool and sweet, ami the
exuberant vegetation of the coast on
the left fairly sparkled with radiant
Brilliance and extended Its luxuriance
right to the edge of the blue aud crys
tal water.
t.tfa on tbs (aland.
Then the party crossed over to Fla
mingo Island, which Is small and fair
ly overrun with humming birds, Ig
uanas and snakes. The stop there was
enlivened by a peon killing a large
tree snake over thirteen feet In length.
Having exhausted the beauties of Fla
mingo the canoe set sail for another of
tho interminable islands that dot the
dimpled surface of the bay. A very
different spectacle was now before
them. There wan a hulk used an a
lodging house for tho Chinamen em
ployed by tho Pacific Mall Company,
Off the Island was anchored her ma
jesty’s steamship Pelican. By a pre
arranged plan ten of the officers and
ensigns Joined the original crowd. The
sailors had equipped the small launch
of the cruleir thut took In tow the
lumbering canoe of the young English
men. The officers, besides carrying
Remingtons, were armed with revolv
era. TUcse email weapons, ns u Mini
id out, w<*r(' quite Indispensable, and
certainly eaved some of the party from
a horrible death, Hefore arriving at
the bar at the mouth of the Rio Sucto
a good twenty miles had to lie covered,
which was done without noteworthy
Incident. The river narrowed grad
ually, Its banka clothed with gorgeous
tropical vegetation and Indented by
little back waters, which seemed to be
the abode of myriads of solemn cranes
and flamingoes. The hunters heard
the strange cries of brllllunt plumug
ed birds, and passed close enough to
see the humming birds darting like
scintillating rays of light In the foliage.
An occasional alligator could be seen
basking In the mud of the banks.
When fired at the ungainly reptiles
would plunge into the river with a
tremendous splash, and a few minutes
later an ugly snout would protrude out
of the murky river and give a snort
of defiance. As the boats ascended the
'gators became more and more plenti
ful, and Home of them were twenty feet
in length—veritable monsters. The
river was now not more thun thirty
yards wide.
Ilnndmli «f Alligator*.
The hunters presently reached a kind
of open pool, with small streams and
backwater* radiating In every direc
tion. The air was heavy with the
sickening, heavy smell of musk, which
Indicated the close proximity of the
haunts of the saurlun. Oulded by the
directions of a peon the boats turned
up u small creek, aud upon rounding a
sharp bend, the liuutera were greeted
with a wonderful spectacle, A vast
stretch of mud was entirely covered
with a living mao* of basking alliga
tors, There were hundreds of the re
pulslve reptile*- The place was liter
ally paved with scaly »uurlan*. big and
little. A person could hate walked all
over the Island without touching th«
mud, Itself In atleiupilqg to get clos
er to the vast herd. both t«u»t* ground
ed. The occupant* were so excited that
the grounding waa considered u small
thing. With oh* accord the men stood
up and began pumping lead Into the
en< on*« tou* 'gator*. The scene that
ensued Is beyond the power of word*
to adequately deer rib* I'p to this time
the hunters had »ni r/»llrwl th* grav
ity of thetr predicament In being
aground The unpleeeaut f ;:*• dawned
upon them that the boat * were between
the hundreds if aunty alligator* and
th* river behind, *t> that in order to
eeeap* the reptile* wee* compelled to
pans them by some mean* No soon
er had every rifle been discharged
than the whole hideous herd made a
dash for safety, which was right over
the boats, It we* a question of cour
age and promptness then. Death stur
ed them !n the face. The barking
guns poured a deadly hall of lead Into
the advancing saurian*. To the horror
of the hunters, the brutes did not seem
to care for the hot Are, notwithstanding
that numbers of them were Hkoady
dead on the river hank. Hundreds and
hundred* of the repulsive creatures
w< re trawling down upon the boats,
their tong tall* I"t.lling in the mud as
th«y advanced. On th< right hand side
of the boats nine or ten of the Urgent
'gators lay In their death throes, lash
ing the reeking mud with their tails
and hurling the stinking filth high Into
the air. The monsters crawled over
one another In their hurry to escape.
There whs a wilderness of snapping
Jaws and catapoltle tails before the
hunted hunter*. The revolver* came
Into active play, and the spiteful bark*
of the Weapons were mixed with the
hoarse roars of the maddened brutes.
It was a perfect uvalanchc of alligator*.
(,’anoa Is
At th* critical moment an accldcfct
occurred which for the moment pal
sied the nerves and froze the very
blood of the men, whose eyes shone
with the light of battle. Heveral of
the brutes dived Info the mire under
tho canoe, which had the effect of heel
ing the little craft over. The sudden
movement threw Winters, who «#i*
standing In the bow, Into the semlll
quld mud with a tremendous splash.
The ’gators snapped ut him from all
sides, but he was rescued only after a
terrific and well directed fire had cre
ated a diversion In the unhappy man’s
favor. Presently th* suurlans began to
whip the mire with their tail*. There
was a general tattoo, and a* a result
of the tremendous blows It raised foul
smelling, green and black mud. In
a minute or two the bout* were near
ly half Ailed with blood and water, and
the men's clothes were covered with
the loathHomr mixture. A peon was In
a stooping posture slashing at the
brutes with hi* machete, when hi* arm
was nearly broken by a blow from a
swinging tall. There were numerous
accidents that heightened the excite
ment of the struggle. The greater num
ber of the reptiles had got past the
crafts. As a result of the unprecedent
ed battle there were about 160 dead
reptiles, it was a hunt that will nev
er be forgotten by those who partici
pated In It. The hosts started back
for Panama the next morning, a night
being spent on fhe bank upon which
they were aground. The night wo* not
one of rest, made so by the festive mos
quitoes, which arose In clouds from
the adjacent swamps. After an ab
sence of thirty-five hours the young
mca got hack to Panama, surfeited
with alligator hunting. The clothes of
each wore torn and covered with the
malodorous slime. Their eyes were
swollen, their noses twice their ordi
nary size owing to the attacks of the
mosqultOM. The sun had peeled off
the skin, uud both were suffering from
ague and fever through breathing the
tainted atmosphere of the churned-up
mud. But they endured all with
stoical British fortitude, and were
happy In the enjoyment of a day’s good
sport.
tier Ready Wit.
Though he had long adored her in
nee ret -worshiped, In fact, the ground
«he pressed beneath the soles of her
dainty little number threes he had
never yet been able to screw up courage
to put bla fate to the test. Poor fellow!
he wus one of those shy, modest, self*
depreciating sort of chaps that are
growing rapidly scarcer, or he would
have tumbled month* ago to the fact
that he had only got to go !u and win.
Gertrude Allca knew the stute of his
feelings right enough, but It had
pleased her hitherto to keep him dang
ling In attendance; at last, however,
she had made up her mind to land her
fish us soon a* a favorable chance pre
sented Itself. And the opportunity
came at the Smythlngton’s little soiree,
when the baohful swain, entering the
conservatory, discovered his Inamorata
looking her loveliest amid the palms
and flowers. "Are are you alone?"
ho questioned, timidly. In a moment
the fair and ready-witted girl saw her
chance, and took It then und there. "A
loan, Hen -er—Mr. Kluiilkin,” she
said, with lowered eyelids, "a loan, cer
tainly not—I’m a gift." And fifteen
minutes later, when they emerged from
their retreat, Henry was asklug him
self how he could have been such a
Juggins us to postpone his happiness so
long. Ally Sloper,
An t:itrnordlnnry Vt|«l»UI« Product,
We find In a Canadian medical jour
nal a description of the laughing plaut
and Us effect upon man. It grows In
Arabia aud derives its name from the
effects produced by eating Us need*.
The plant Is of moderate slse. with
| bright yellow flowers ami soft velvety
Ucwd-poda, each of which cut tains two
or three seeds resembling small black
bean*. The native* of the district
where the plant grow* dry these settle
and reduce them to powder, A small
: dttee of this powder ha* curluu* effects,
i It ranee* the soberest tut son to dan*e,
shout anti laugh with the boisterous el
i Itcmint of a madman and to rush
about cutting the most ridiculous ca
> per a for nearly an hour, At the ei
i nlratlon uf this lime ethauslltm seta In
laud the etctleil person fall* asltep, to
' wake niter several hour* with no r«t
ollev Hon of his anllon.
—-—--—
spat*'* Reward Im Irtscss*.
As n rmouipvitee fur wiltllsri » U..
have been wound#.! In Untile and dis
charged on this at count rtpalu niluwwj
such turn to hr* In th* public street*
GENEROSITY AMONG SOLDIERS
Military I*r«f«Mluu !»<>«• Not Enoaorifr
Hrulallt/, Hays II»U Writer.
The sight of the war cured the writ
er of one notion that the military pro
fession may tend to make those who
follow it brutal and cruel, says the
Boston Transcript. On the contrary,
H seems to make them more generous
and kind. It Is not to be supposeJ
that It is wur that makes them so; It
Is probable that removal of the pro
fessional soldier from the field of com
petition for existence among Independ
ent workers and "business men" leave*
him little chance to fall Into that hun
gry and fox-llke Instinctive hostility
to one'* fellows that Is developed by
the social struggle for existence. Alt
soldiers, whether officers or private*,
seem to he engaged, on the other hand,
In a kind of competition of generosity.
It Is u great point with them a kind
of Invariable rule of conduct to bn
ready to sham what they have with
others. This rule of generosity does
not, of course, save them from doing
cruel things occasionally, They havo
not ordinarily a very delicate sensibili
ty to one another's pain; they do no%
•com to waste much sympathy on one
another's physical sufferings. They
he(,r their own without complaint, and
seldom ask favors when they are suf
fering, But when It comes to "grub,’’
or "shelter,” they will give a comrade,
or even u stranger, better than they
havo themselves, If they possibly can.
And the work of an officer, even In the
inoat active ond terrible campaigning,
acems to he easily consistent with the
finest manliness and most delicate
sympathy. And yet we should not
encourage war In the expectation of
cultivating line suitlmcnts any more
than we should Invite yellow-fever epi
demics simply because a yellow fever
epidemic developes fine cases of heroic
self-sacrifice.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
Hunger in its anile stages is suld
to destroy natural affection and all the
humane Instlacts, leaving nothing but
selfish animal frenzy. This effect of
famine Is, of course, the same In very
young victims as In adults. Occasion
ally the finer feelings seem to remain
unbrutallzed. When these are mani
fested In adults, both admiration and
pity are aroused In Hie observer; but
there can tie no more appealing sight
in all the terrible phenomena of star
vation than the altruism of a child.
A writer In Our Young People relates
what bo saw In one of the Cuban
cities.
In a recess of the wall between two
angles of a public building crouched
some twenty or thirty miserable hu
man beluga, In all stages of emaciation.
They were “reconcentrados,”
A lady with a bright smile upon het
face came down the steps of a large
hotel nearby, and passed along the
street. Her Hmllc faded when she
caught sight of the hopeless group, and
Idie stood still In pained and silent
pity. The poor wretches stretched out
their hands, and the little ones ran t6
her and lifted up heir pinched face*,
begging for a coin "In God s name.”
OntlvoB am) pesetas were bestowed
freely from the lady's purse; but what
distressed her mote than all waa the
despair stamped upon the face of one
little girl, not more than seven years
old, who did not move nor speak. Hhe
sat near a woman and two smaller
c hildren who lay on the ground, appar
ently helpless.
Drawn by her great, pleudlng eyes,
the lady went to the c hild and off red
a coin. The haggard little creature
glared at it a moment,and then snatch
ing the money with a wild shriek,dart
ed across tlie street to the nearest'
store.
Directly she returned with a loti,
smelling it ravenously and ulmost lick
ing It with her longing tongue; but she
did not taste the bread. Running to
the wretched woman lying on grouud
with her little ones, she thrust the loaf
Into her hand and then threw herstdf
on her face in the dust, sobbing and
shivering with utter grief. The lady
was deeply affected, and seeing u sol
dier who seemed not wholly unsym
pathetic, she asked hint to bring the
generous little daughter and her starv
ed family to the hotel. "They shall
he cared for." she said. It was a pttla
ble sight, but It gave a refreshing view
of the supreme power of love even over
mortal anguish.
I'eeiillBr loiter* to lh< I'ulMle.
Letters to the editor are an institu
lion In Sicily, as well aa In more civil
ised countries, and one which has just
Appeared In (lie leading papers of l*al
srmo Is worthy of note. It hears the
denature of t'sndlno, the most feared
cud nturderotia of Klcillan brigands, and
Is destined lo inform the reader* that
he has expelled from his band a no
torious robber named Oalbo, as h tv Ins
been guilty of "discourteous and tin
mannerly conduct in his dealings with
the public:," The letter ends with I ha
word*, "kindest greetings of friend
•hip" for the editors.
tie U«t Her.
"Humph1" stuwled the luuill mil
llouaire, "so you aant my girl's baud,
do you? Have you lots of enterprise*"
I Well," retorted the hardy swain, "I'm
after the only daughter of Just about
Hie lie beat and meioest man in Ikes*
, t>arti ‘ New York World
At lift* Usl legs sad arms were to us#
in Kgypt M eatly aa H f\ In* They
I o'er# made by the privet a. who were tb«
pbyatriana of that earls time.
| A whale yield* tx two pounds at iralh
| alb
OVER STATELY PEAKS
DARING FEAT CARRIED OUT
AMONQ THE ALPS.
ItaUroad Ttiouaanil* of V*ct la th* Air -
Train* Urlmu by Kind rlrily Uauaralad
front Mir 'format That flow* from tli*
rtudalao Minder.
——_
(Zurich, Switzerland, letter.)
Tli* during engineer who tin.4 for
year* endeavored to bring within hi*
grgMp dizzy Alpine helghtM hu* uppur
'•nUy at lu*t auctcedcd In forcing the
Iron bound* of IiIm ublqultou* railroad
upon the hlgbcMt of the Alp*' *lulely
peak*. After yearn of effort Mpeui In
trying to *olve the problem how to
obtain an economical plan by which
be could add the Alp* to hi* domain,
be baa forced hi* way to (he top of
Oornergrut, a hitherto virgin height,
While Oornergrat I* not the hlgheat of
the Alpa, the dUflcultlc* preaented by
It to the railroad engineer arc *uch
that, having conquered them, he 1*
rcuaonably a**tired of Mitccea* any
where. In fact, ao certain I* he of
aucceaa that he lin* already planned
to extend hla road a to Mont Hlanc und
other of the hlgheat peak*, and will
begin at once their conatructlon. With
in two year* we may expect to be
whirled to the top of Mont Hlanc or
any other of the Hwl** Alpa In a cur
providing all the meagre comfort* of
European travel. The road up (Jorner
grafc ha* been completed, and trial*
*ucce*Mfully inude over It, Indeed, It
I* to be opened to public travel dur
ing the eomlng week, and before a
month I* gone will be In regular op
eration. It romprlaea « ten-mile length
and rlaea by a gradient of about, one
foot In five during moat of ita aacent,
reaching Ita hlgheat point at KyfMalp
Station, Thl* la altualed on the ridge
and la over 10,000 feet above the level
of the nea and Ilea between Flndelen
and Corner glaHera, From Oorner
grat the traveler baa a view unrlvuled
throughout the Alpa. It hu* long been
the favorite excuralon of Swla* trav
eler. who oacended It to Zermatt by
ublo Italian workmen engaged upon It
made u atrong contrast In uppearunce
and speech to the Inhabitants of the
valley. The bud weather has greatly
hindered the work, as even at the end
of June there were several feet of
snow on the summit of the Gorner
grat. Work wan begun each year In
April or May, and deep cutting* In the
snow added to the cilftteultlc* and dan
gers, However, energy and persever
ance have conquered every trial and
sue ci wilfully carried out v/hat deserve*
to be called the greatest engineering
feat ever undertaken. The highest
rnllroad In the Alps heretofore lias
been that at Hege, This, however,
wus scarcely more Uiun half so high,
while the natural harriers obstructing
Its passage were much lesa serious In
fact, when the present road was pro
posed Its projectors wore laughed at,
hut their Indomitable will and courage
turned ridicule to admiration. When
Blanc Is saddled by the Iron tracks
Switzerland may well boast one of the
world's greatest marvels,
TOO BRAVE TO BOAST.
Scribner's Magazine tells a story of
that reckless daring and cool disregard
of chances which seems so typical ot
the American character. In 1880 a
coaster bound to Huston from the Fast
came to anchor off rigeon (love In the
teeth of a howling gale, Hhe rode heav
ily, and the break-water to leeward,
like a diabolical magnet, dragged the
reluctant vessel ever closer and closer.
The men who wire watching on the
shore saw that It could not l» long be
fore the boat would break up, and
sturled to Hock port for a life-boat to
rescue the crew ; hut there were three
fishermen who saw ut a glance that tho
life boat would never get there In time,
so (Jeorgp Haumler* and the two broth
ers, Kacharle and Constance Hurdle,
started on the run for tho schooner
Cora law, tied up oafely ut the wharf.
From her they borrowed a dory and
rowed out, alt the while talking cheer
fully.
"Hurry, boys! We musn’t let those
PICTURES PROM A LAND OF GOLD.
An milat mill rorrc*|)ondcnt, at
preaent in HritiHlj Columbia. inveatl
KntlriK Hie icoUl depoulta of that coun
try, anil at the name time utidylnn the
tcvcral routes to the Klondike, acnila
the ttccontpanylnK pletureM, made from
■ketcbcM, and he deaeribca the areneu
an follows:
"Starting early j''
on the road to Tel- :«
egraph Creek (II- :J
luHtratlon No. 1) :
we found the trail j
hurd, and the lee, :
ro far uh It appear- \
ed through the j
unow aurfaee, eom- j
pletely covered the • ^
dangerouH torrent
below. We had
heart! bo much about its uncertain con
dition. of open water, brittle tee, and
other unfavorable features, that w«
were agreeably disappointed to find
that our teams passed through casl'y
:>vlth half-load* in the course of the
morning.
"After we had thus speedily and
easily crossed the little canon on the
Hltkinc river, the slu*h became worse
and worse; our teams splashed along
through the water which run over the
surface of the Ice, making good time
until within a mlh and a half of Tele
graph Creek, at which point the river
uus open, with broken masses of Ice
piled up liy the surging current. A
way was, however, found on (he slant
ing nurture of the thick Ice hanging to
the bank, peg* being driven Into the
cracks to prevent the slfdghs skidding
down the Incline. At last we reached
Glenora (Illustration No. 2), a little
cluster of log cabins along the bunk
under a precipitous slope. Hqualld
und meagre us these shacks looked,
they were welcome slgna of human life,
as were the piles of cord wood for the
steamers seen stacked at long Inter
vals on the river bank." The spot
marked X In a little ravine which is
the only trull over the mountain.
“As soon as we got out of Telegraph
«:re*<K w« k<>1 into
<t narrow, «u**p
trail (llluMtrutlon
No. 3) and hud to
u Miimmlt eitl
uuitfd ut frota
1.400 to 1,700 feet above the level of
the Htlklne river.”
a mule path with comparative safety
and comfort. Beyond a foot path as
cends almost to the top, but Ita dan
gers and difficulties forbid its ascent
to ull but the moat Intrepid mountain
climbers. These me well repaid for
their efforts, however. The new road,
however, brings it within the reach
of all. It haa ubout one metre gauge,
a roadbed being cut out of the rock
In the dangerous passes. Near the top
.It passe* through a tunnel ueaily two
huudietl yard* lu length und semi
circular In shape und emergeu right
at ItylTelalp. Hyffelalp there overlook*
the entire Kindt leu Valley, and the
traveler might he well satisfied to re
turn by the way he came, However,
the engineer tins been even more eon*
slderate lly reversing the direction
of his train he carries you right down
'into and through (he valley, bringing
,you back after a beautiful dreultou*
route to Zarmatl The trains will be
dr!veu by electricity, generated from
the torrent that Mows from the Kin
drlen glacier, a huge pipe tlown the
mountain side carrying the water at a
Jllgll pretsiiee lf» tile dtlialllO* beneath
the bridge. The dynamo* are «•
l-able of developing 1 fa hi horsepower
and the current will lie conveyed t»
overhead wire* to ihe motors attached
to the carl luges. The bridge across the
Kindeleit la unique, a* It Is IM feet
above Ihe river, or alsiesn feet higher
| than ihe bridge at Krihourg, hitherto
| the highest railway bridge tn H witter
land The electrical motors will drive
»u to a central cogged rail, between
the two ordinary rails, as the giadient
i ta much too steep for ths train to he
driven b> simple adhesion The Mae
boa been building for the |>jsi ibtve
psora, and lbs ma.vy hundreds of vol
fellows in ttao lifeboat get ahead of
US."
"Won’t they feel cheap? See!’
They had passed ihe breakwater, and
were facing the furious gale. The
three man could hardly hold their oarH;
h waa difficult to keep the dory front
swamping.
After almost superhuman efforts
they reached the schooner, which by
this time wus riding liowi under and
drifting rapidly. It waa so rough a
sea that the men on board had to leap
Into the wutcr and be picked up.
Every one waa saved, and none loo
soon. There waa a desperate hat king
of water, a perilous turning, a pull to
the harbor, a magnlttcent bending to
the oara. and then cams the dull crush
upon the risk*
la five minutes aftsr the men had
been rescued the veoeel waa kindling
wood When they were safely landed,
one of the three heroes said:
SOS *
That's a good Joke op the Ilfs boat
rrewP
This was their only comment upon
the situation, and an far aa ran be
learned, no one ever bragged about the
evploil, or even mentioned it again
the n.'ierm. a treaud It as if It hah
bean an every day occurrence.
The life boat, it le only fair ta add
waa doing her b«et Mho wua simply
loo far aw tv to gel there in lima.
WOMEN OF NOTE.
Sum* Hrlef ConintDl on tho rote So*
Iloro nml Aliriwd.
A Virginia woman who owns a little
land has gone Into the business of
raising sheep. Hhe spent 925, paying
$3 a head for ewes, and then turned
her flock into her pasture land. Hho
rained whst she could care for on. her
land, selling the rest as soon as they
were of marketable age. Hhe gava
only uhout one hour u day to them,
and pulil 4 boy 50 cents a week to keep
the sheep sheds clean and fodder cut
up. Hhe hus been In the business about
live years. The first year she oamn
out $10 ahead of her experiment. At
the end of the fourth year she had a
flock of sixty ewes, all she could keep
with her pastuhage, and In wool and
mutton she found she had a clear
yearly Income of $160, says the Phila
delphia Times. Hindu women In an
cient India enjoyed a slate of complete
Independence, perfect liberty. They
were highly respected and encouraged
to pursue the life they deemed best.
They were not even compelled to mar
ry. There wus evidence that ladies
cultivated literature uud philosophy,
and In the humbler walks of life wives
walked side by able with their hus
bands and male relatives In agricul
tural pursuits. And to this day the
women agriculturists of India enjoy
greater freedom than their sox In ur
ban centers. Altogether, In the ancient
limes the position of women In India
was superior to that of her sex In
probably any other part of the world,
even In learned Greece or Rome. A
western railroad haH taken a stand
against feminine clerks and stenogra
phers, having already discharged a
number of them. As there are about
200 women employed In the different
officers, all giving general satisfaction.
It seems heartless to deprive them of
a living simply because the men em
ployed with them do not. work as well.
If their presence Is so disturbing to
the weak male clerks, It would seem to
la* fairer to discharge such poor ma
terial and replace It with women and
have none but feminine workers. In
fact. Miss Marie Rarle, who Is at
present right In the swim st Newport,
owes her success In the *'400'’ to her
ability as general secretary and man
ager for the “smart set’’ In New York.
Hhe writes invitations for many large
functions and attends to the domestic
details of several large establishments.
PEN PORTRAITS OP NAPOLEON.
He was dressed In a blue coat faced
with while, two gold epauleta, white
waistcoat, etc., and Knglish riding
boots, no ornament In his hat; he Is
a very dirty (Illegible) and his hair
looks as If It never was combed.
I ought to give you a description of
his person, blit I don’t know anybody
he resembles unless It Is my uncle a
little, I think. He la under the middle
size, has light gray eyes, brown hair
and light-colored eyebrows sallow com
plexion, and nearly a straight nose. I •
think he would be goodlooking If be
had complexion. He has, In my opin
ion, the air of a gentleman, and cer
tainly the manners of one,—8lr Au
gustus Foster.
The true expression of hln counte
nance Is u pleasing melancholy, which,
whenever he speaks, relaxes Into the
most agreeable and gracious smile you
can conceive. To this you must arid
tho appearance of deep and lutense
thought, but above nil the predominat
ing expression a look of calm and tran
quil resolution and Intrepidity which
nothing human could discompose. His
address la the finest I have ever seen,
and said by tflose who have traveled
to exceed not only every prince and
potentate now being, but even all those
whose memory hns come down to us.
He has more unaffected dignity than
I could conceive In man. Hla address
Is the gentlest and most prepossessing
you can conceive, which Is seconded by
the greatest fund of levee conversation
that I suppose any person ever possess
ed. He speaks deliberately, but very
fluently, with particular emphasis, and
In a rather low tone of volco. While
he speaks his feature# are still more ex
pressive than his words.—John I^eslle
Foster.
Pawning the Pnahlon.
But It Is not those who are frankly
poor who are tho pawnbroker's best
customers, suya the Westminster Bud
get. fawning la on the Increase; one
might almost say It Is the fashion.
The jeunesse dorse comes In fur coata
and gold plnce-nes "popping" Its watch
and here Is another story: A crack
regiment gave a dance, and one of Its
officers paid much attention to a young
lady. While chatting In a cosy cor
ner she bemoaned the straits to which
poverty had reduced hor. "Hut 1
don't euppoee you have ever been so
hard up as this," he said, drawing
from his pot Vet a green card and hand
ing It to her. It was a pawn ticket
for a dress shirt. "Pretty near It," sbs
replied, coolly banding him a similar
piers of pasteboard for a silk under
skirt This popping" haMt of the up
per tea ckplalua lbs extraordinary col
lection of articles to b« seen la tht
windows of west end pawnshop*.
I'm fur UseSls* SVuim.
In Paris tk* thousands of ssrdlaa
sn>l other tin tow* that are thrown
away every month are aiaatped by ma
chinery into tin eoldlera and sold au
cheaply that the poorest shlMien ran
buy them, while the manufacturer
wakes a fair t r *Bi
Wksl IHkso t>«»
Him droll "Yea, she haa heevi say
ing all manner of wished Ihiage about
me" V*rtead "You should not heed
her. dear. Khs merely repeal* Whet
other people *ay " TH It ita.
