5g3aaF - IBnnnwBJBaJBWHB1 ieajpnjJBJEp$?T5sS eBsBBflSsJJJJSfM& -rc aPteS!? " ' v V '&' kK"mi&- - ti' T . fttkmkmKUklKlu,iimmmmmmit0mim r :- THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. M. L. THOMAS, Publisher. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. PEOPLE WILL TALK. ou mny uct through too world, but 'twill bo very slow. If you listen to all that Is said as you go: ou'll bo worried, and f rcttwl, and kept to a tew For racddlcij'no tongues matt havo socio- thin? to do, Ami pooplo will talk. ir quiet an moilcjt, you'll havo it prourarl Ttont yourliumMo position Is only assumed Vou'ro a woir In sheep's clothing, or olao you'ro a fool: liut don't pet oxoitcd keep perfectly cool For pcoplo will talk. And then, if you show tho least boldness of heart, Or n slljfht inclination to tako your own part, llicy will call you nn upstart, conceited and rain: Hut keen straight ahoa'l don't stop to ex jilui ilian For people will talk. If thn;a(lbareyourdrcs?,orold-fashlono'lyour tint. Some one will surely tnko notlco of that, And hint rather Btroiitf that you can t pay your way: Dut don't pet cxcltod, whatever tboy Bay For pcoplo will talk. If you drew In tho fashion, don't think to es cape. For they entlclso then In a different shapo; You'ro ahead of your means, or your tullor'a unpaid; Jlut mind your own business thoru's naught to be mudo. For pcoplo will talk. Now, tho best way to do Is to do m you plonse: For your mind If you havo ono will then bo nt case. Of course you will moot with all sorts of nltiMo: Hut don't think to tUrp thorn It alnt any use For pcoplo will talk. FISIIIXU WITH A PICKAX. Hammer for Hod, Clilnclafor IiU FomhII Flafc and Where to Find tuetn Fence iffade or Whale' Bono Some Bis Fish Storle. "Going into tho plumbing business?" a. well-known scientific man, who was rigged out in a rough-and-ready suit and carried a bag suirgcstivo of bad drainage and defective Hues, was askod in the Grand Central Depot. "No," ho replied, laughing, "Tm ;oing a-fishing, and this is my outfit. I lave found a place in tho country where salt-water fishing can bo had. Sunderland, Mass., is tho spot, though other equally choice places are Scho harie, N. Y. ; parts of the Cattskills, Milford, N. Y.; Ithaca, Buffalo, Cum berland, Md.; Moorstowu, Pa.; South bury, Conn., besides many othor places; and if you want largo game go to Canon City or Charleston S. C. Of course this is sub rosa, because if if. gets out tho country will bo iloodod wth Waltons next summer." " You said salt fislj, not salt cod?" "No. They arc genuine sea fish from salt water. It's all in tho bait I tiso this kind," opening tho bag and dragging out four or five hammers aud an assortment of cold chisels, "aud ono kind answers for all." " Ah, I sec. You refer to tho rock fish." "Yes, fossil fishes. It is far ahead of live fishing, I think. No squalls, seasickness, or waiting for bites, and when you do hook one it don't get off. Then there is tho same variety, only they arc much more curious, ranging from armored fellows rolated to tho gars up to sharks a hundred and fifty feet loug, and whales perhaps larger yet. My rod is a hammer, ami cold chisels make tho best Hies; and here is something in lieu-of a harpoon for large game," holding up a wad of gun " - cotton. Rep .4 jjocs it require any skill?" "Certainly," was the reply. "I Lave over seven hundred different kinds in my collection, so you seo 1 can cast the lly to some purpose Of all fossils, fishes arc the most difficult to get out whole, the slightest wrong stroke, in many cases, spoiling tho specimens. Many of them I treat to a gluo batli as soon as possible, and this prevents further breakage I find them in all sorts of positions, upright, fiat, some torn to pieces by larger fish, but most of them have evidently died and be come covered by the mud of tho bot tom in shallow water, so when taken F out you havo tho fish itsolf, or its per il feet shapo, and tho cast Sometimos a i skillful blow will separate the shale so that tho upper pioces can bo lifted off I and used as a cover and protection in f; tho cabinet. Wo often find the food of V" the fish in its stomach, and in this way Vt v. its habits bocomo known. I don't i " known," in answer to a question, ' "which is tho hardest work. I havo tramped all day through the roughest ; ( Adirondack country, wet and hungry, , for ono trout, and have blasted and i' hammered at a ledge, torn down stono fences and set them up all day and only , realized one lower jaw for my pains, but as it was a now species I felt paid. Doubtless the latter involves the most f manual labor, and I have frequently tramped ton or twelve miles with a load t of rocks on my back. Had I been forced to do it, I should have consid ered myself a martyr. Stono fences in . tho right localities are good places to r look for specimens, and I have been hs- saultcd. blackguarded and even sued by farmers for hauling them down, but i it is ono of the excitements of the ' sport." "All tho localities you mentioned were onco under water?" " Yes, tho Devonian Sea covered tho spot, and tho aspect of the continent was materially different from what it is now. Tho temperature, even, was de cidedly different. At this timo tho Rocky Mountains and Appalachians were only islands, and the Green Mountains, though above water, were much lowfer than at present." "How long ago was this?" "Well, tho time is given as 39,000, 000 years more guess work; but wo can easily form ideas of tho immensity of time by looking around ns, and we see that the surface of the earth has not changed perceptibly as far back as we have information, say four or fivo thousand years. Now, during thp De vonian age, strata were deposited from five hundred to fifteen thousand feet in thickness. You can draw your own conclusions as to whether this deposi tion could tako place in a hundred thousand or a hundred million years. The earliest fossil fishes and more than two thousand have been discovered in all are found in tho Schoharie grit, and were ganoids remarkable creatures with bony plates or scales, a regular armor. They wore related to our gar f shos and sturgeon of to-day, and, stranger yet. to tho reptiles. They could move their Heads up ana down, a decidedly unfishliko arrangement Some bad plates, like a green turtle, and pad dles instead of fins, with which they V moved along. They all had curious vortcbrated tails, that is, tho vertebra extended into tho tail, cither the centor or the upper lobe, giving them a re--"'"-. " markablo appearance. One of these, the megalicnthys, coming from the 5- coal age, had such enormous teeth that -v ' the v would be taken for those o a croo JkT odiie," some of them being seven inches -, long. The head of this monster was 1 ' protected by immense plates. The as . terolepis was twenty to thirty-five feet toeg. sad was a savage creature. One f the largest was called the din- tehthjn A single massive plate occu- $$ . - pec toe eenter oi me oacs, ana was :-''"? voce than two feet in length -and zi J- ' . - ,treadia. The head was three feet in . and the mandibles were two km length, by sue inches in deptn, '--,, Vd solid bone. One you might call the !'i i'r '2 kawkler-fish kad head lormed like ;- i-v-. sfc$eM,aad was prolonged backward into -- f -':-?w61epots,so the animal resembled '"?" x-iTjfomtao Went arrowhead. Its eyes s&XW" FlJ-"m" " "" w'" " "c whllo tho small body was covered with rhomboklal scales. Another, called the rhizodus, was a carnivorous fish of great size. They are found in tho limo stones and marl that underlie tho coal formation, and with them arc found ferns, land plants, freshwater shells and crabs, showing that the local ity where they were discovered wa3 an estuary. So perfectly arc some of tlicso fishes preserved that every bono, and oven the softer parts, can be ex amined, especially in tho macropoma, a magnificent fish resembling our carp. In nearly all examined the air bladder, or a body that took Its place, is found, and is always torn, it evidently enabled tho fish to regulate its buoyancy, so that it could move with equal fae'lity in cither very deep orshallow water. One of tho most remarkable fishes is found in the cretaceous beds, and is allied "to tho salmon of to-day. Tho head id about the size of that of a grizzly bear, short and blunt like a bulldog's, with short, cylindrical teeth like those of a tiger, and equally as large. Two pairs of them cross each other on each sido of the end of tho muzzle. It is called scientifically the Porthcus, ami many specimens wcro found by the late l'rof. Mudge. They were from eight to ten feet in length. One fine specimen was found weathered out by tho wind and rain, forming a mound on the bank of tho Solomon Itiver, Kansas. Numerous other species were found, in the desert tracts, near Fort Wallace, Kansas, on tho shores of the great cretaceous sen that once was there. What is the largest fossil fish known? The sharks from the tertiary period are probably the largest. Some of them wcro pos sibly ono hundred and fifty feet long. 1 have some of their teeth in my col lection that are ns perfect as when thoy were in the fhh, and tho enamel is as rich as ever. Some of the teeth ure as large as your outstretched hand." "But how do you know they were a hundred and fifty feet long.?" "By a vory simple calculation. Take the jaw of one of the allied sharks of to-day the curclmrios as a model, aud arrange these fossil teeth in seven or eight rows in an imaginary jaw, or one made of plaster, and you will have a jaw largo enough to hold several men, and to give it a proportionate length will roquiro the number of feet men tioned in all likelihood." A lino collection of fossil fishes, the best in the city, and probably in tho country, is owiiod by Dr. Newbury, of Columbia College, and the largo sharks1 teeth can be seen at the Museum in Ccntrnlll'ark. Dr. Sir John Hunter, of tho College of Physicians and Surgeons, London, in describing a specimen of medium sizo, says: "Tho length of tho base of this tooth from the carclutrotlon mcgakxlm (Agassiz) is four inches eight lines: that of tho longest of its sides, fivo inches ten lines; with it is placed a tooth of nn unusually large specimen of the largest known living species of atrduirias, tho length of the bao of which is ono inch eight linos, and that of tho longest of its sides two inches throo lines. This tooth is from a shark about twenty feet long. The fossil shark, if bearing the same pro portion to tho teeth, must have been over sixty feet long," Tho fossil tooth used in Sir John's comparison was from tho" mioccne tertiary for mations of Malta, and was a third smaller than the largest found in America. Prof. Agassiz made similar comparisons with like results. Tho teeth, al though under ground for untold ages, still in many cases retain their beautiful polish, and tho lino serrations of the trenchant edges aro as porfect :is when first depositod. If a longitudinal section is removed from one ot tho basal auglcs, the thin layer of enam eled dentine will be found intact In tho fossil shark's tooth, or glovio vclra, this enamel is composed of animal sub stanco and calcareous earth, and is nearly in the samo quantity as the re cent but the central part of the tooth ljas its animal substance in a state of mucous interspersed in tho calcareous mattor. TIkj teeth wero formerly found in great number by Prof. Holmes near Charleston. S. C. " You mentioned fossil whales," the reporter romarked; "do 3-011 capturo them with gun cotton or tho ham mer?" "I have excavated a good many with a pick-ax," was the reply. " The are found in Georgia and Alabama in tho tertiary beds not in hard rtKsk and are comparatively easy to get out You seo tho plantations near the coast aro the beds of the old sea, that has reced ed and exposed tho animals that have been buried in the bottom.- Tho im mense 817-0 of the bones show them to have belonged to animals much larger than those of to-day, and so plenty were they at ono time that tho planters of Alabama were obliged to burn the verlebnc as wo do stumps, tojctrid of them, and many built fences ofthem. Tho sections mak'o good garden scats. It was a wonderful ago when , these creatures lived, in which such animals as tho camel, rhinoceros and monster sloths were indigenous to American sou." N. Y. Sun. 8tage-Bldin? in Nevada. In Nevada, recently, two rival coaches started out on parallel roads, each four team, on a gallop. A Now Yorker, being the only passenger in ono coach, took a scat with the driver. He endured tho first fivo miles vory well, as tho road was protty smooth, but he finally care lessly observed: "This paco is rather hard on the horses, isn't it?" "Oh. no! They aro used to it I haven't begun to swing 'cm yet," was the reply. "If we were going a little slowor I could enjoy the scenery much better." "Yes, I s'poso so; but this lino isn't run on the scenery principle." That ended tho conversation until the horses turned a corner, and the stage rode around it on two wheels. Then the New Yorker remarked: "I suppose you sometimes meet with accidents?'" "Almost everyday." was tho brief reply. "Is there danger of something giving wav?" "Of courso; but we' vo got to tako our chances, (i fang there." At tho end of another mile tho pass enger controlled his voico sufficiently to inquire: "What if wo should not reach Red Hill by exactly two o'clock? I am iu no hurry." "No, I s'poso not, but I've got to do it or lose ten dollars."' "How'" "Tve got an even tctf bet that I can boat the other stage into Kcd Hill by fifteen minutes, and I am going to win that money if it kills a horse." "Say, hold on!" exclaimed tho other, as he felt for his wallet " I like to. ride fast, and am not a bit nervous, but I do hate to see horses get worried. Here's twenty dollars for you! Now let's sort o' jog along the rest of tho way, and get a chance to smoke and talk about the Indians." "Whoa, there! Come down with you gentle, now! take it easy, and don't fret!" called the driver, as he E tilled in, and reached for the green acks with ono hand' and for his pipe with the other. Thereafter the New Yorker had more scenery and less bumps. , m m Confederate bonds have been sell ing at 2 10. This is owing to the aesthetic craze. Evcrybodyrwants an tiques and otherwise useless things for bric-a-brac- Puzk Mr. Henry James, Jr., the novelist is soon to return to America. Premiftr t Marry. A iit for breach of promise of mar riage has been brought to trial in Can ada thai involves some points of general fTutercst John Faulkner, a bachelor. owning property to the amount of forty or liftv thousand dollars, promised to marry Irs. Jano Tillson. a widow whose husband hsd been one of his tenants; and a written memorandum of the agreement was drawn up and a day set for tho ceremony. Very soon, however. Faulkner seems to have repented of his step, and when tho day appointed for tho marriage arrived, he was not ready to proceed, and tiic ceremony had to be postponed. Ho was always unpre pared to enter upon matrimony when the decisive moment arrived; but Mrs. Tillson was alivays ready, and clung to him patiently. Finally, he seems to havo btruck upon tho idea of treating her in such a rude and insulting manner in the presence of other persons that it would Iks im pos3iole for her to submit to it without degradation. She discontinued her efforts to bring the marriage about and commenced suit against him for breach of promise, claiming damages in the sum of live thousand dollars. Faulkner did not improve in his offensive behavior toward the plaintiff after the suit was instituted; but when the case was called in court for trial, he took the whole foundation from under her feet by offering, through his coun sel, then ant there to marry her. It was plainly impossible for her at that stage of their relations, with any seno of decency or self-respect, to accept this offer; and yet tho Judge was forced to say that he did not see how the suit could be maintained under thcf existing law, if she declined it - r Breach of promise law, as frequently laid down in tho courts, is peculiar in this respect. Iu othsr contracts, if there is a refusal to perform, and suit for damages for the breach is com menced, an offer to carry out theagrcc ment is then too late; but a different rule has been enunciated in respect to contracts of marriage. The plaintiff's counsel argued that the defendant, by his intolerable con duct, had mado it impossible for her to accent his oiler at that stage, and that this distinguished tho caso from others; but Judge Cameron doubted tho soundness of the distinction. "More over," said he in cilect "tho meaner you prove this defendant to havo been, tho less damago do you prove, and tho weaker do you mako your ground for recovering a verdict You .sue for damages incurred by this man's refusal to marry tho plaintiff. In the first place, ho says he now is willing to marry, and in the second place you show him to have behaved so contempt ibly that if ho persisted in his refusal it ought to he regarded as a benefit rather than an injurv to her." The plaintiff's counsel argued that his client lost a share in tho defendant's property, to which she would havo been entitled as his wife. The Judge, however, ad hered to his view of the case, and although ho finally allowed it to go to trial, it was withinstructions to tho jury that caused thorn very speedily to briug in a verdict for the defendant It has often been said that breach ot promiso suits ought not to be favored; and recent action of the House of Com mons shows that such is the sentiment entertained by a large proportion of Englishmen. But the answer to this and a sufficient one--has been that there ought to be some remedy for the in jury that may bo done to a confiding woman by a faithless man, who, after permitting her to wait for years in the belief that he would fulfill a promise to marry her, heartlessly forsakes her. If, however, the view of the law taken by Judge Cameron is correct, it is clear ly in the power of any man, if ho bo sufficiently mean, to break such a prom ise and still avoid legal liability for it When he gets rcaily to discard tho woman to whom ho has pledged his faith, he need only begin a course of such cruol conduct toward her as no woman can endure; and if this docs not suffice to free him, ho can flatly re fuse to fulfill his promiso, compel her to begin suit, wait until tho case is ready for trial, and offer to comply with his contract then,. but in so con temptuous and offensive a manner as would forbid tho accoptancc of tho offer. Tho more outrageous his beha vior, tho weaker the cause of action against him. It may be said that in one senso Judge Cameron is right, and that a woman ought to bo glad to escape mar rying such a fellow; but it cannot be denied that if he disguises his true char acter, and leads her to wait for hini until other matrimonial chances aro practically lost she has beeu subjected to injustice, for which there ought to he some remedy, even if it bo by way of punishing him rather than of compen sation to her. Many women would never think of seeking rodress for such a wrong in the courts; yet there niaj be cases in which they ought to have tho right to do so. As society is con stituted, tho prospect of marriago is more important to the avcrago woman than any business venture to tho aver ago man; but it is clearly not so well protected in law: N. Y. Sun. m m A Braln-RaUler. S.iid a telegraph repairer to a St Louis Jlcpublican reporter: " The world speaks of our business in a con temptuous way, and believes it re quires no more nerve and ability to fol low than "that displayod by a smart monkey or wild cat, but in that opin ion the world is mistaken. Did it over striko you that wo are compelled often to climb poles which arc frail and rot tcu and likely to snap in twain while we arc up among tho wires? Well, if you never know that before, let mo tell yon that poles often break, and more especially in the country, where poor timber is used. A pole once snapped when I was on it and had I failed to Eosscss sufficient presence of mind to ang on to ono of tho cross pieces at tached to tho wires, I would undoubt edly havo fallen violently to the ground and broken my neck. The wires stretched and let mo down easy, there by preventing what might havo proved a fatal accident" "How about tho electricity in tho wires, docs that trouble you to any great extent?" was asked by tho re porter. "I should remark it did.. It has been known to knock men off iho poles. As long as wo handle only ono wire there is no danger oi onr sustaining a shock. It is when we touch two wires at the same time with different parts of our bodies that we get ugly shocks. 'The boys all hate a 'brain-rattler' worse than any other dose." "What do you mean by a brain rattler?" "Why, I thought everybody knew what a brain-rattler was, but since you ask me to explain, I will endeavor to tell you what it is. When a man is working among the wires sitting astride a cross-piece near the top of a pole it is tho most natural thing in the world for him to rub his ear accidentally,. against a wire white holding another fa his hand. The' shock 'produced by this combination of currents is simply ter rific I have often been shocked in this way, and I'll tell you it made me feel as though my head were flying into a thousand pieces. You now understand what a brain-rattler is. "Every man who undertakes to be come a pole climber must learn by bit ter experience the dangers he wishes to avoid. A green man who knows noth ing about the science of elcctrkatrwill often aro up info'a network of wires on a damp day, while the old stagers staad around and look at him as he squirms and kicks. This is mean, but we all -have to go through the same experience while serving our apprenticeship, ym know." "It is not customary to work oa wet days then, is it?" " Mo. of courso not I'll tell you it a fearful contract to undertake to fix a broken wire on a wet day. I have seen some of tho boys kick and squirm on the cross-pieces and yell so loudly that you wou'd think they had gone off into spasms. I have ib my mind ono young man la par ticular who ' came near breaking his neck. Ho was what you call ono of your 'smart Alecks.' It was a damp rainy dav in September when he went up ib spfice a wire. As soon as be reached the first cross-piece he though he would mako the boys laugh by performing various antics, so ho sat astride ono of tho wires near tho polo and caught hold of .another. The batteries attached at the rnds of both wires were heavily charged and he was so badly shocked that the men were compelled to go up and take him down In fact the shock almost killed him. As long a3 we can hold on to dry wood tho danger is not so great but the moment the poles and your clothes become damp then we must look out for double chain lightning. At night I havo seen sparks flying from my hair when the wires were heavily charged. The wires, you arc undoubt edly aware, arc always charged, wheth er there is a message upon them or not There fs ono duty polo-climbers are often called upon to perform which is hazardous in the extreme and that is climbing among the wires during a thunder-storm, when steel-toed light ning is manouvring about in the at mosphere. When a wire breaks, we daro not neglect to repair it a minute, thunder-storm or no thunder-storm. Our business, you see, is not the mot delightful in the world, but for all that it has its . bright side. We are paid well, and aro not worked very hard. To-day, for instance, while it rains, we aro permitted to enjoy a holiday. Wo aro paid by the month and have more holidays than aro accorded to men following auy other occupation you can name." A Western Casablanca. Yesterday afternoon a small lad rode up and down tho streets trying to sella little jackass which he was riding. "How much for this beautiful jackass?" ho shoutod, at which those along .the strcot gave a broad smile. "Is he gentle?" askod a horseman. "Just like a. sheep," said the boy, and a moment lator tho animal landed him clear into the crowd. "Ain't ho awful funny?" remarked the boy, as he not up. "Dad learned him that trick," and there was a smile on his face that would have done credit to Grimaldi, "Oh. ho's a daisy," continued the lad; "full of vinegar and spirits; can't tire him out." Hero tho animal gavo the lad a kick in tho stomach that Keeled him in tho mud. "Always tryin' to show off before a crowd; I 'learned him that trick for the fair," continued the lad; trying to sup press his tears. Nobody wanted tho jackass, and tho boy, mounting, rode to the next corner, where about the same performance was repeated. All day long he rode up and down the street; extolling tho gcntlo qualities of the jackass and picking him self up from the mud every timo ho was pitched off. Ho stood up to the racket with as much fortitude as Casabianca ou the deck of the burning ship until he finally got a bid of three dollars for the jackass. This seemed to entirely flatten out the boy's grit. Ho was thrown from tho jackass for tho last timo, and, turning homeward, left the animal in the street, ns he remarked: "Have I been lyiu' all day and wrestlin' with the mud for a three dol lar mule? I wouldn't go through such a deal again for Shaughuessy's big trot ter." Sail Lake Tribune. A Factory (Jirl's Luck. For a couple of years past a young frirl of modest mein and considerable icauty has been employed in the Bcvenvyek mill at Sandlake. Her parents" wero poor but respectable residents of that town, anil tho educa tion which she received was entirely through her own efforts. About a year ago a young druggist of this city began to "pay attention" to tho comely young factory girl, and for a timo it was thought that a wedding would bo the result. But tho match, if ono had been contemplated, was broken off by the relatives of tho young man, and tho girl for a time seemed very much put out over the affair. She declared that sho never j'romised io be the young druggist's wife, but it gave her pain to realize that his relatives should deem her benoath him. A few months ago a distant relative of the young lady living in Brooklyn invited her to visit that city. While thero she became ac quainted with a rising young banker, a member of the New York Stock Ex change. Tho young man was not slow to discover the fact that the factory girl was a jewel of tho first wator. Ho inquired into her ancestry, and learning that her family were respectablo people, and thero was nothing against them but their poverty, he proposed to her, and after duo time was accepted. The young lady has returned to Sand lake, where she is preparing for her marriage with the New YorK banker. The event will be celebrated this month, and the other girls in the Beverwyck mill, who were prone to ac cuse their former companion of having been giveu the cold shoulder by a " pill maker," now treat her with great re spect as the promised bride of a rich New Yorker. Troy (AT. 11) Telegraph. A Courteous Manner. Bmsquo people underrate tho ini- Cortanco of a pleasant manner. Look encath tho surface, they say, to the roots of character; pay no attention tc outwardappearancc, to voice or gesture, tone or manners; they may be all de ceptive, and they must be all superficial; it is what is said done, and how it is said or done, that is alone deserving of notice. On the other hand, there are some to whom manner is everything. Each new acquaintance has to pass th? ordeal of their criticism, fs he polish ed, courteous, graceful, dignified? Then they are ready to receive him without further question; ho bears the stamp of their order. Is he rough, crude, awk ward, or shy? Then they care not to examine the kernel that may be hidden under so unattractive a shelL Both these views are imperfectand mistaken, though each contains enough of truth to make it plausible. To depreciate ot ignore fine manners is essentially ab surd. Their charm is irresistible, even to those who fancy themselves proof against them. Yet it is not so much in lomsclves or for their own sake that they delight us as in the promise of some thing better and deeper. They are signs or symbols of character, feelings, affections, thoughts; and it is to this that they owe their value and their charm. Exchange. A jury convened by the Sheriff of Queens County, N. Y., declared Charles H. Rogers to be of unsound mind.,and Judge Armstrong appointed the young man's mother his guardian. His father died about a year ago. leaving an estate worth $350,000, and Charles as his only heir. It was shown by testimony that 1 he had no appreciation of mosey in ex- cess of a quarter of a dollar, and. in all ! his life had never asked for more for I any purpose. His menial weaKnessjs in great pan. suinuuieu tu ure tmit se of tobacco. Fraefe at Caere Fain. "What a beautifully arranged tablo and what hanibootc articles," remarked lady to her escort at a fafr la aa up town church. Tho tabic coalalQrd a fine array of fancy article. There were surer-mounted hand -cla c, carved drvMlng-c3.c. lace neckwear, jcwlery and other good. " Howtho ladies la charge must have Worked to get so many nice things contribstd. What a marked contract thi. table present to some of the otHer,', laid the gentleman. "It will bring the church quite a fund by itclf." I"he couple moved on. and a gentleman who had heard their conversation approached and Mitl: "You must excuse tae. but I cannot help sotting you right ou the ubji?;t sbout which ou were juit speaking. That table which you adnurt. and think will to benefit the 'church, i what is called a comailasion tabic, and will not obtain for tho church as much money as many of the plainer ones. The good are obtained from regular business houses at tho current prices. What are sold are paid for, and what are not sold ate rulunicd. All that tho church receives is the coiumLvsion given by the merchant Thw coiumivioii sometimes reaches as high as fifteen jer cent, but more frequently docs not exceed ton per cent From this you cau easily 5ce that if a commission tablo in an evening takes in fifty dollars, the profit only amounts to five dollars. If ten dollars ia taken in at ono of tlio tnbles whuie the goods aru contribute!!, the church fares doubly as well. Many ladies like to mako a great show at their tables', and adopt the commission method. It is much easier to et'them this way than to get them for nothing, or to personally make up fancy articles. Pcoplo are attracted by the greatest dis play, ami, as in the present hitaneu, the lady who has the commi&aiou tab'o gets greater credit than tho one who has got her goods contributed, and who has been to much more trouble. "l'nirs aro usually gotten up for a religious or charitable purpose, and the money expended at them i.s not for thu articles received, but for the benefit of the deserving object When a man spends ten dollars at a commis.siou tablo he thinks that his money is expended for this good purpose, whereas nine tenths of it goes into the pockets of tho wealthy merchant, who really owns tho articles until they aro sold." For the past three years tho system of selling goods on commission in fairs has steadily gained ground. Many merchants sell thousands of dollars worth of goods in this way. It is considered a regular source of revenue, and is courted by many firms, who, iuliddi tion to receiving a fair price for their wares, also get a very good advertise ment Frequently a piano manufactur ing firm give a -fSUO piano to a fair, which is rallied for at one dollar a chance, there being iOO chances. For this piano the firm gets $:.'50 in c:i!i aud 2,')0 cluuices, to say nothing of tho advertisement Other valuable articles which arc rallied for in largo fair.s aro often obtained in this way. .V. Y. Sun. The Earth Drylus Up. Thero is abundant evidence that tho amount of water on tho surface of tho earth has been steadily diminishing for many thousand of years. No one doubts that 'thero was a time when the Caspian Sea communicated with the Black Sea, and when the Mediterranean covered the groatcr'part of the Desert of Sa hara. In fact, geologists tell us that at ono period the wholo of the earth was covered by water, and tho fact that con tinents of dry laud now exist is proof that thero is'less water on our gloho now than there was in its infancy. This diminution of our supply ot water is goinir on at tho present day nt a rate so rapid as to bo clearly appreciable. Tho rivers and smaller streams of our At lantic States arc visibly smaller than they were twenty-five years ago, Coun try brooks in which men now living were accustomed to fish and bathe in iheir boyhood havo in many cases to tally disappeared, not through any act of man. but solely in consequence of tho failure of the springs and rains which once fed them. The level of tho great lakes is falling year by year. There are many piers on the shores of lake-side cities which vessels onco ap- Iiroachcd with case, but which how hard y reach To the edge of the water. Harbors are everywhere growing shallower. This is not due to tho gradual deposit of earth brought down by rivers or of refuse from city sewers. The harbor of Toronto has grown shallow in spito of tho fact that it has been dredged out so that the bottom rock has been reached, and all the dredging which can be done to the harbor of New York will not permanently deepen it. The growing shallowness of tho Hudson Is more evident above Albany than it is in the tide-water region, and. like tho outlet of Lake Champlain, which was onco navigable by Indian canoes at all seasons, the upper Hudson is now al most bare of water in many places dur ing the summer. In all other parts of the world there is the same steady de crease of water in rivers and lake?, and the rainrall in Europe, where scientific observations are made, is manifestly less than it was at a period within man's memory. What is becoming of our water? Ob viously it is not disappearing through evaporation, for in that case rains would give back whatever water tho atmosphere might absorb. We must accept the theory that like the water of tho moon, our water is sinking into the earth's interior. AT. Y. Times. The Romantic Story ef a Mine. The mention in the Star that tho Mexicans 4tad taken possession of tho San Feliato mine and driven the Amer ican company, which was working it away, recalls to a writer for tho Star the romantic story told her by a prom inent New York ph sician in September. He said that twenty years ago he was in Chicago, and was called to attend the death bed of an old Mexican. Tho doctor remained faithfully at his side until he drew his last breath, and just before he died the old man said: "Doc tor, may God reward you for your kindness" to me. I have no money to give you. bnt I can tell you a secret known to me only, which may some time prove valuable to you." In a faint voice he then told of how he had be come possessed of the knowledge of the exact locality of one of the lost nrccs in Mexico, which had not been worked for more than a century, and he gave the physician the maps showing ' the situation, which he had been carrying about with him, being too poor himself to use the knowledge for his own ad vantage, but always hoping to find some one to buy his Taloablo secret The phrsiciau thought little of the mat ter at the time, or until many years afterward. Within a year ho has been therewith a partaer and bought the land where his maps said the mine would be found without disclosing why he wanted that tract The mine was found, hasoeen successfully worked, and has proved one of the richest mines in Mexico. JTaAiffto Siar. There is no permanent care for bone-spavin. . It is caused bjra diseased growth ef bone around the joist which cannot be removed and always reasaias as a source of irritation and I amines when active exercise is taken. The only alleviation is by cooling the joist by cold water applications and then bUsterisg, which will give relief for a time, but the lameness will return. After a tiae when the joist becomes grown over and. immovable, the lame ness will be chanced into a stiff joint. X. Y. Timet. rEiisrmt asi litf.kikt. Jatnei V Brace, of Ne-r York. ik phitaalhroplt who rcctmUr died, tpuad kotw&i la the Wc.t for 1Q.UX) poor chit 'siren J The following incriptk ha beca t placed ou Prof. cSffonl iumb la Hih galo Cemetery. KaaaU "I rx not andarat eeocclred, I livrd. ad dH a little work, 1 am sot and jn-ujrr not " J The proprietor of lh Ikwton ?" ,?. licwa PuUlfer. iUArH and An-f-Urewik, hare tart4 ou a ikwth-rn tour In a special car. It u al that tho ! yearly mcoaio of each from the ncr J paper is &0.OOa Mt5 Blanche Willis Howard, the author of One Saninwr" and of "Aunt Serena," i dcacrtbd &s tall, plump, prettv blonde, with the mMt golden of gold hair, delicate cocijcx ioo and blup eye. Mi Sara McLean. th author ot I the successful book "Cajw Cod Folk." j is said to have kept th eorap.frted MS. ' fur a year Iwforw mhmitliag it to a ! publisher, and having at lal offered it I with much doubt and heitalko, hat been greatly aurprbod at Its popularity. Mi vi Lotta and Mr. Kdwin Booth arc aid to bo the richest representa tives of tho dramatic profusion. The former is worth half a million, and tho latter estimates his wealth at $ tfiO.UXl Mr. Joseph Juffcrnn comes third on the lUt and Mr. John McCullough Ita made ?1 10.000 in the past three years. It Is learned from a credible source tliat Clara Louise Kellogg will at the conclusion of her present concert pn gagement bo unite l In marriago to Mr. Whitney, a wealthy New York gentlo man. after which she will lcare thu stage. The ceremony will, it I stated, occur in Chicago at tfio home of one of MUs Kollogg's friends. - In 150 Dr. Holland was cnga2l as the assistant tMlitorof the Springfield (Mass.) Jtcpui'ltctin by Samuel Bowie. His first year's salary" was flbO, and hi.s second year's but 00. At the end of tho second year, having become dtat islied with his pay. he proposed to leave tho ollice. Mr. Howies then offered him a partnership in tho ollice, ami a quarter of the establishment was sold to him for $.l..ri00. his notes being taken for that amount When Dr. Holland sold his share iu the Springfield liejmb Ucnn in lbG7 it was valued at $200,000. giving tho Doctor 50.000 to begin his literary life with. JIL'.HOKOUS. How much agony, in the way of house plants, do you intend to inilict on yourself this winter? Ihtton Jtst. Jersey Cashier: "I am guilty, and willing to go to tho Penitentiary. Tho depositors can go to the I'oor-houso." lAuisvttlc Cuurier-Jotirnal. (Inibb is the natno of a New Jenoy militia (icncral. lie is first to tho front and the last to leave a banquet .V. O. IHcayunc. - "Cleanliness," wo aro told, " is next to godliness." ruder those cir-ctim-tauces, we mav assume that .ioip is next to charity; nt all events, let's soap so.- -Ju bj. Somebody has figurod out that there are fifty ono drinks in a gallon of whisky. How many drinks make a drunk has not yet boon arithmetically demonstrated. -Syracuse Ileral'. An advertisement in a New York pa per reads: " Wautcd- A compositor; ono who uses neither tobacco nor rum." So it would appear that in some cities compoiilors actually uso the.so vile things. It doesn't seem credible. Sorristown Herald. "Few people," says an exchange, "realio what a wonderfully delicate structure tho human ear is." That's a fact Thoy bang away at the car-drum as though it wcroabass-drum, and boro into it as they would bore into an oaken plank. Boston Transcript. . Tho three servants wcro discussiug tho merits of their respective lovers. Susan was very nuro that hers was the smartest and tho best Mary said her beau could dance and ho was a porfect gentleman. "Well, I don't earo what you all say," spoko tin KUen, "my beau can beat tliem all, for ho sings base-ball in tho choir." I'hilailelphia Nctrs. A gentleman who was inspecting a house in the most fashionable part ot Austin complained that tho location was too dull and lonesome, that thero was no life. " It may seem a little dull now," responded tho owner of tho house, "but you wait till the first of the month, when the grocers and butchers are trying to collect their bills, and you will think thero is a fair or a circus out in this part of town. I know it is a little, dull during the ilay. That's the way it is in all fashionable locali ties, but just wait till about twelve o'clock at night when.the.so high-toned roosters come homo drunk, and ound on their front doors and whoop." Texas Silings. Honest, But .Not Tee Honest. Brother Gardner to the Lime-Kiln Club: "If I should find a porfcckly honest man honest in his expressions, honebtin his dealings, sincere in his statements I shouldn't like him. He would be a loncorac object in dis aige. He would seek in vain fur companion ship. While 1 bclievo dat honesty am do bes' policy, I doan' look to ecc it fracticcd beyond a certain limit When trade mules wid a man I kinder like to doubt his word. I want to feel dat he am kecpin' still 'bout do ring-bones an' spavins, an' datdc beast ho says am jistturnin' fo'tccn y'ars will nebbcrseo his twenty-first birthday no moar. It am monotonous to deal wid a man who am pcrfcckly honest If I lend a man money I want him to be honest 'naff to return it but if he kin trade me a watch worth three dollars for a gun worth scben I shall think none de less of him. If men were so sincere dat we felt oblccgcd to bclievo wbatebcr dcy asserted we should hcv no use fur theories an' arg.ments. When I gib my note I expect to pay it When lax a man how he would like to trade his wheelbarrow fur my dog I'm not gwine to inform him dat Caesar am all bark an' no bite, an' he am not gwine to tell me dat he borrowed dat wheelbarrow ia de night an' forgot to return it If a grocer leaves me in charge of his sto Ize gwine-to sot fur half an hour beside a box of herrings an' keep my hands in my pockets all de time. Yet if dat same man sells me a pound of tea be expects me to try an pass oa" on him a half-dollar wid a hole in it "Contincr, my frens, to believe dat honesty am de bes policy, but doan expect too mnch of so-called honest men. You km trust men wid your wallet who would borrow a pitchfork an nebber return it Yoa kin lend your hoss to a man who would cheat you blind in tradin obercoats. Yon Kin send home a pa'r o dead docks' at neon day by a man who wosM steal vosrJive chickens at midnight When 1 lend my nayhur Mocha colec I like to wonder if he won't par it back in Rio. When de ole woman bnys kaliker oa a guarantee she rather hopes it win fade fa de wsahiaV I solemnly bdieTe dat dew-rrki am honest nuff jist as kasa. Wheu yen jpn yonr word stick to k if it basts ee bank.' When yon de a job ef work do k welL When yon make a dset pay k. Any man who am mo honest dan dat will want yen to cat a penny in two te ssake eat his shilling; ire will ring yennpat midnight to re turn your monse-trap; he wuTtake one saiegie from your bunch an eSer yon de oae-handredih part of whatde bench cost; he will horrow yoer boot-jack an insist dat jon borrow his wash-board ( ofset it- ne will now pnrceed to bts- ness." DttreU Fnt f Our Young Renders. TUK DASC1S0 LJZAV2S. ta li " " Nc to t Srf J tuKa ta f f We .M ur T .. x If r !t Kt rt um ittria wi tit -?. trtxt j1 wtr. ir tt a wN rta Little dsartnr l. Wfen.uMW Itfcuuljixi Nxw'tni ti tl y". rWit tml ST.A BklJe 9pC4-4 1 tnt rtj- H H t& Jf, Little 4larta lrrt. TV grrt lfTO wM4 ker, uf r-tti t !-- Hum tr tatr IfcvtuHtfw tvt Whifcr ju Ut 4at b rtmttrt UltW-4tx1a( I --v t-ttmf i crr-tt leutit7 rfm Wk triv t4etoX. VYhltr;uK u. Hh j-ur Oe. - L Uw. . .fcfc.. THE STOKV OF A FLOOD. More than eighty rear ago three lit tle huglult eti lit lieu wcrw i!rtun!y M ranztn iheir mystic game for All-hal low eve. Thoy w?re aknie in a tiny cottage, nearly half a mile from any neighbor, for father and mother hod I ! Utby with them, and wuuid not U back zone 10 me wiwn 01 are, tatmjr m i gory and litiht Xancm hlt to each olh j 3rs comjwuiy, were preparing without , Afthadowof fear to amue lhtroelr in their uwu fashion. Two big luni ' of lead wru ruady Ui bo uiel!.d. and thun iourvd into water, thero to . ( mime hundred of quaint lutlo nhapr. ! tho chetuuLi. carulully matched and ' named, wero hopping ga.ly about on tho taro-placo and half a tloien ny ' cheekvd apples tloatod latil.nl Umglr in a tub of water, wailing for a couragcou diver. I "It's no umj. Nance." nid her nUtcr j ' you will never gut one, H you krep on oaUti vourstdf nil intrht I?t iu ' oo now who will bo married and who will die. Kuperi, you go Into the gar tlm. and bring mo in omo earth ou a plate, while 1 get tho ahc and wa- , --. ter." Tho boy took a tlidi of yollow tonn ware, and went out to dig up the mold. It was a cloar night but blowing hard, and wihl scraps ot cloud caum llvlui; bo lore the face of the moon, whllo to I hli loft he saw the white bank tf tho i river Lea. and could hear tho nnh of the waUsrs ajt thoy wopt angrily by. How high tho river l.Hikoiirthought Ititnert tvnti-tiitir' It Imtml In lifru! mill how loudly it sounded ' Ho hal ! uovor m-'oii or heanl It liku that beforn. J and for a momrtil ho joxl wondering j what hail caiiod 1I1N Middou rio. Then Margery's voice calling for thfi earth mndo him forgot all about It and in nuothor miiiulo ho wat bick iu tho warm, bright kltohi'ti. without a thought ot the foaming torrent outaido. While the children weio busily en jjajjeil in this now game little Nanco cal.c! out. Loik! Margery, Uokl tho floor It all weti" With a boiiiKl the bo" sprang t the diMir and opened It Not'tiug but walor mot his eyes -walor as yet but a couple of inches deep, but which was noltly, .steadily rising in the uuxmllj'ht while tho ru-h of tho rlvor nouuded now as if it wero close by his Hide. In an imtant he realized what had hanjMjnod. Tho Lea. swollen bv heavy rains, had over tlowcd its ban!., and tho water was gaining on them fast Already It had entered tho room whom thn frightened children stood, only half understanding their treat danger. Go up Ht-iir." shouted Kujrt to his Misters; and if the flwxl rises that high, wo will climb out on thu roof, (io quick!" Hut Mancry stood still, her brown eves fillmir with tears. "Oh. l.uport" 1 she cried, "tho nor little baby ducks and chickens! That wdlallbedrowiicd; and what ever will mother .say when ihc comes back?" l.uport never howled her. Tho water by this timo reached to their ankles, and to close tho door was imosibh!. Thoroughly alarmed, he drew tho little girls up tho laddordiko taircan Into their low attic. It would not take long for tho waves to mount that high, and their only hojMj of n.tfctt lay in climb ing on to tho uteep Moping roof. Upon. ing tho window, he crawled cautiously out and then helped Nance nnd Mar- gcry to follow him. Side by side td , jrum tilo n,,Pt f ppi'H.r nourtMia the three children, and saw tho sulltai He had Hred in that eltr a nimir f I waters, white and foaming In the moon- yoam. and ww a rag plrker. An-'f liirht surge and sway around them. Uia old rags in tho collar in whk-h h Where could they look for help? Their . y wrrq wn,i deed. Und. ria . Vo 4 father gono. their neighbors gnorant j th, raltui of fifty thousand dHr that they wcro alone in the houo. and ' Many caes not unlike thu cmw t- perhaps io the general terror forccUing Kht from time U Uwu True. kbh all about them. Abandoned In their win pay urh men gnw rich frmt Ihr great peril, witli only a boy of twelve to t m,.rjj aarlng. Hut th;nj uwt l aid and save them! rArnw wrn asearlngs. for ti..lHn;r Poor littlo Nance sobbed and shivered Mcd to nothing will produce nothisg. as sho crept closer U her brother s side; though continued through a Jong 11- sT Margery, bewildered with fright flood ttftr thousand .lotlars to a n.g.iHkr as if frozen into stone; but Uupcrt. with ! for bU ran and his interest. hnnf that fast-beating heart and a dcipatrin - jtj, jncJI of hu tuin rol hari light m his bine eyes, watched the cnisl j,, ,,r0jiuble crou though h i--at waters as they nc and tried to think alwlW nothing for bi. lrmg. hull, how best to act for his sutcrs sake and j nt-pfekers an? not pal bandw,fnH for hw own. Ho could hear m the dls- r ior tf,clr trouble. - Contrariwise." utnee encs anu snouis anu coma see 1 IkAtihrAfl rwsvtH nrt vtr w-,f jI. -. I k UVIIUIVJ V?nMl VH I1M4IJ WP"fi"Hil of the common danger. He knew that along the outskirts of town, and through the scatfercd tarish of Ware, relief boats were errn now rowing from homo are to China, and In the flowrry lad to house to save those who lived in cot- tho junk L-Ues tho plarj of iht tnrgo. tacs too low to shelter them, lla Hot ou the qufct watrtKirn of U11, called until ho was exhausted, but the J Netherlands the skipper has fair salHftgL. only answer was the sullen roar of the or towing. Vaaztsse and the tAhvc Lea and the beating of the waves around creat rivers of toe flowery land offer him. Already they were lapping again nt obttacie unknown to hm. Th? das the attic windows. Something must bo gers and difficulties of the junkmen ar done and quickly, jf he would sarc his iocufeataliy to be learned from tho sisters from perishing. " trade report of oar coots! at Ichaog "Margery, he said at last " would , yon be very much afrail to slay hers alone, with Nance, while I try aud get some help? "Oh. Rafertr shrieked the child, throwiar her amis arooad him. "ron wouiu sureiy urownou. in www . .. m . - .v a we. What can you do in such an awful of wild gorges and rapid. Ofer the flood?" asouatalo there arss ao road. The "I could try and swim to the manor osly chanael of ccramuakalioa U thn fans." said the boy. " It U sot sore fasaoof rircr. At Ichaaj. C.OCO jask. than half a mile off at farthest, and bosad down river, arrive year! r. and there are plenty of Coat'og booshs and sbostt 7.000 boasd sp rivr- TVrA feece iu the water to ret me if i tire are of- freqseaS occurrtacc rVhea Ka oat. Margery. I antt go. or we shall i aceideat happen, the crew di ent a all drown together; and yon kaow." he ' dock for thcaatelre on the spt patch aildetL with a sob, -1 prosaised father op their craft best they can. and put that I would take care of yon. forth aals a a month or tw The "Hot to leave t here alone! Oh, j danger incurred an be tears t i rota KHpcrt. I should dier tie fact that at ene rtfnd the wh4e cur a. Bat RHpert' aind was aiade an. reat f the YzUa iwm .town a "Jt ntaKbe done at once.' heaanL channel of nee mon than AeTenty-gve "eritwai he too late. Margery, try yards wide with treateadeni ve'ecUr. and be a bttie brave, and keen tht VThea the aot w vkiled by me coW hohtof Sance if the warn reach yon TO1 there was a Week of the traate. so bctare 1 can corae aacx. eae 00a. i iwiusiic juu in isra uiiuwkh j off his shoe and jacket, he aakl once , sore: t0 ICa?r lr!t hGid ' Off .J- ABvat nnaV9 ViSalE'SQ Bes9 WC VBCJI' I m-m it. t ef wal tolfre. waters, jn which no sum eeeid hoje a aariek d fed into jsSesce. her little ater she MlUZC nVJWJWlnfW IAC m . m - ,- i a i aa i Lsasanr-at etsn v sm Bvvw aeaenannt lira nrsbJ p mm fl W r W on- How key eonld hieyonag strength avafi mgwmst their snifhtj pewnr? In a niinate he was sweet eat ef sight and, wkh an awfel feeling of IoaeJiaeas. she cronched en the reef, hofclieg Xanee Sn heranaa, aehaao meet passea slawij ae an hear, while the waves crept ever higher and i luchcr. taer wasnec ..i JL.i watched the aliffht aiJ9rfl ffi ' T eh.r ttnT tnct.Vr- WK4 h.l Urm ot Rnr-f t ' WhU mm!4 lww vt Ih ? jUrt rer 5rttl4 ftuw lr tSrt. d 0 ' , 4?Mr rr4 4.jfitT whs t crU rr Sr brwtivr ctr hvl trl Marr? " hi li' trJl. jtisd mtajM r pAri- U hl ym wtl of vmtm Kor Xttf Wrr. Itei tTrr ' U Fr t hr tfeAt tyeM Wr ba, nntx'h Utr ChJt u ifc W t. lh4T nifiotMt " jrrv'i m Hin. Tne snoOtUi- rrx " UtwaV, t K? "" 4 hr otanj; " smstt - titrry 4a lataKUr U4mH . all jrsw. d ,l chttl hi kn gtwr dftpinosr to th mdl f mmth dw4tfca Aft Hop w 'jC wikco far In th dWian 'U fcvk. bhJi tlUjr trf b l watorv d grtwttt UrsFK- !! nwc cry teftt It ! . tr tk 'H' V (Win. Nancts' Naarc" h feWl. ifc. are comUs thnT arc en Ktrt ha m ihrw. after alt IU k .- u. a ho aht Im wiht At.oUormiFutv,diht" !' 1. warid WUo titfnm r HWl 4 from Iheir trUu nttjc Pw V lakl fccntiy in Ih boat. 2ar . omoU4v but .Marker) tnmWt Iho quwtloa ho HKtnoJt lrl WhorU Km-art? lw rrW i. jont 50U. 1 know. Wt to t uewr Th men. l bbrer nuutor farm. loAnl at vh . a troubled t?vv bat mad Marger)' pitiful gUn wthhUviM Ir mvn to undortaod 'k.l tas irw moant lift mart havo l wlw."k ahL nlowly. and a It talkie w. Iwr wdt, "lu bo woW).k.Mlwgfai to come?' ' Ay. that he did. wfrl mm mt thn ruwor. "'I1 " l?. ta jhVp no rrd to tl! Ui ul If had not Wnu a Kwe4 id frtfffatoed fU. w? would hate rtHWl i bctorn." lie stopjHw!. and Marjtorr Wkd at hint with dated and trUil m. Xt gently a ho i.M he W4d Ut !.. lo hour bolor. th drHtrl ln4r at u - . r little l;.irha.rod ln hd tho torrent t-at the wtt.h-t ( 1 Uw manor farm. Kttry eKWrt htv4 mado to bring bak im. fx.rW t h. but it wa t.Mi Into. MruiU-JC . through ho night in lh ci-o n?. tin child' !ght lrtnth ruvl km tnei git on out, and th wuv il thoir iiirhl bunion hither atl thia Ht cruel sjxirt ll had wtrlvim r.t s.M hU tulirht for hU iter aV, tl h hail retcuod thi'in. for when Utt hMln dcivl Inxly wa itcjiill. all r bort?l tho hrlplrsa family In thn rM.jp cut olf from any asiianca, aiil a Uw- wa jient out Imttntlv fur iHi might tlll bo allvo. Hcn U vrj. juU In timo. and .Margory and Wr lwl sUter woro that dar rciWTml al t wtdl to thulr mothor' nnnt. And lorn voar aflor. whoit ehlMfa of her own gathered artmid hw k-. Margory would Udl thttiu i AU hallow evo thu utory of Umt dcrolfl night, and of thnjr brave lW m1v Hiiort who with boyWh powrn tnd rifkod and lwt lib Itfo to ir ike tors commUl.nl to hu oaro. -mrj loumj I'ttijJc The IbR.nikrr. Tliat humblest of btiiliioa. rnjj-rl-lerting, is by no means a amaU aa.r Indivtiliial rag-plckors and r.gUr ers nny do very' IHtlv. but thoir nfjtr- gate teeoiuos uiinion.o. kltle 4 Wa " lately put jxmoil to paor tsilh th f4 lowiug estimates. Hie llltr md!- jveoplo oi tho United S'tn.e. do .t d eanl lens than llvo jMund of orthH each a year. This ttoiild jftvw tt him dred and fifty million jmuiiU of rngfk Tho tailoring ostnblUhinnU. ktr?r 1 small, do not In thoir cilt.i. pflK leis than the saiiifi nmouiti. whwh. being of Iwltur qualltr, cuiimw4 t Ini'tmr tirinn. 'Ilien tfils Inlaws l clalnw that tho domnstlo rtM. urh as carpets, bcdd.ng, ctirtslti. ele . a canlwl in thu yoar will aimmni u a- other wii.il fiuantity of tw Itundrml mid fifty million jimd, Tlm 1 y Ugethcr glvo jMtron huudrrd and fifty million jMMinds of malorial for the rag man bag per yoar as tho pru-ltiet t the country which iiieaim nt an m c.miderablo btislnow by atir mt ' That fortune arc onioUmM mad" j tills buslneM Is pmrrd by th follow in true stiiry In nn Kaatem Hty. nl IMg ninco. an old man wns fMuii dca.1 n a ' tnlaurfil.ti, 1'llnr Hi jttji tttmrXr r4&l. Bn,j Jf WM .'cnemlly thm-ht he ilwl ...-. ..... v...-..- ., .-- j -.--. , Twellcdce aay. Chinese Khen. What canals art? to Holland. rir?r i IWweea the east and wt of China. roughly dirII by the Ilwh mcrilan. there b a world of oornoerce carrkd 00 by meaes of the junk. The wetcru . half I cut off from ibt a.t by a tucces-( sl-n of precipitous nvjunta-'n. throoghf wmca me j aagtw; oreaju m a usnem v -r r fcwer n 150 jaaka beias: at anchor. JataMdiatclr below were Srteen wreck- t. ri TasesxnL. - ! 11 imm sutasaca.? m liaareseT U!mau war. tm mtten rJ W .L-ttlTK eral t, whe. acconJla te esw aniherk. nteet have aiiiabered ever 10.0W o TW kartltn m r r rtMi n 1 L m irr . -w mmr" ' -' daring their iatnwae jm1 pcnitm vov- . age we saay w aeiiere to have no CtfaWrtlWft rWaTnAf 1 aaasl.f lean nd been started whether the aavsa3oas Bv mmt rrwi vr f v -mT9 aa vW vV1 ..a . not he ntade practicable frft Bnt ne snrver ha( vet been ts vtVWVtl 9WHV7S 3 K VWVWVJJ I- the rmawarw ef the werid wenM pceic Abeet Frealdeat Graekrs grave are te he alanled a weeefn-r beech. thiTraatodaleak, ahnchnjeaadaiilveric 1 I 01 T T f- fcfc:. - .EArl-dBU . ' . v -..