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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. 5 'i '." n ' dWyjh. W8&- 72 m. z'jt'M- jpi&ssr' (SXbJ INTERNATIONAL ciiAH-nn xxxv.-fCoNiisLKio "Yoti!" sho exclaimed; "1 tnought you wore dead!" "Trtily," ho paid, "nnd you rcjoion to find that 1 still live; is It not so, Mar jorlo?" Sho did not answer him; her M-ry Wood seemed to bo freezing In her veins, and lur face worn such an ex pression of horror that for a moment oven ho was rendered dumb. "Marjorle," ho Bald, "b't me hear your words of welcome. 1 nm an rxllo now, driven to peck refngo In Scotland, to escape the bullets of my foes. "Why why have you come to mo?" "I have come to you for comfort. I Jiavo como to tako you with mc to share my English home!" "To shnro your home!" echoed Mar jorle. "I will not no. never. You havo done mo ovll enough already hut I am-free. I know you now, and I will not go with you." "You are free!" he said. "Whnt do you mean by that, mon ami?" "1 mean," Bald Marjorle, "that you nro nothing to me. You have said so, nnd t know it, nnd I wish never to sec your faco again." "Possibly, but our wishes arc not al ways gratified. I am sorry you cannot glvo mc a better welcome, slnco you will see mo not once, but many times; b to being free, that Is all nonsense. Wo aro In Scotland now, remember; nnd you why, you nro my wife." "Your wife!" "Yes, my wife and now, chorlo -although 1 could use force If 1 chose, I havo no wish to do so. I ask you mere ly to fulfill your duty and como with mo to my home." For a moment Marjorle gave no an swer; what could Rho say or do? No triced for blrn to tell her sho was In his power, she know it only too well. While In France bo had the, power of turning her from his door, and heaping Igno Iny not only upon herself, but upon her child; In her own country his pow r was absolute over them both. With a wild cry sho threw up her hands and called on God for help and comfort, but no answer came; It seem ed that for her there was no help In all tho world. CHAPTER XXXVI. HERIE, am 1 for given?" said Caus sldlcre, again hold ing forth his ' hands. The sound of his volco recalled her to herself. Sho shrank away from him In positive ter ror. "Keep back," sho cried; "don't tourh mc." "What do you mean?" "I mean that I hate and fear you! Wlfo or no wife, I will never live with you again never, never!" Confident of his own power, CoussI 'dlcro never winced. IIo had expected something of this kind, and was not wholly unprepared for It. Ho paid nothing, but quietly watching his op portunity, ho lifted tho child In his arms. Finding himself thus suddenly nnd roughly seised from his mother's fsldc, Leon serenmed wildly, but Cuus tiidlerc shook him, and bade him bo nt peace. "That is what your mother has taught you, to scream at tho night of your father. Now I will teach you otherwise." "Glvo blm to me," she cried; "glvo mc my child!" "Your child," returned CatiEsIdlore. with a sneer; "thn child is mine. I havo a right to take him, and to keep him, loo, and that is what I mean to do!" "To keep him!" cried Marjorle; "you would never do that; you do not want lilm If you do not enro for him, nnd ho Is all I havo In tho world." "But I mean to keep him all tho mime!" "You shall not: you dare not; you Khali kill mo beforo you tako my boy. Leon, my darling, como to mc; como to your mother!" Sho stretched forth hor arms to tako ho child, when Caussldlcro, livid with "passion, raised his hand and struck hr in tho face. Sho Btaggored back; then -With a cry 6ho fell senseless to tho ground. When sho opened her eyes t wan qulto dajWiill about hor, und as quiet us tho grave. "Icon," eho moaned feebly, but no answer camo. Gradnaiiy'thc dizziness parsed away; fiho remembered all that had occurred, and 'with TMlowinoan she sank agqlu upon thKrbuniVerying'bltterlft But Boonibcp Bobs:abatcd, and Im patiently brushing away her toarp, sho vet herself 4o wonder again what she must do. On one thing sho was deter mined, to bo with her child. Yes; at any cost they must bo together. Sho rose to her foot again and stag gered on toward thn Castle. Her scald ing teanj fell fast, her breast was rent wlth'JBobs; and for tho1 first tlroo In her llfo sho began to question, tho lo ncflcenco of tho Dlvlno Father", whom nho had been taught from her child hood to revere. It WUM' lato when sho reached tho Castle. Miss Hethcrlngton, having crown fearful nt her long absence, vaS 7 IB :. jrfL. zr:SzlV3tX Mi8 fogW'ffr We&si J.- f ft ,5 M I2S7 i ( 0) gjyyjtnjvjvi. PRESS ASSOCIATION. rushed forward to meet her; then with a cry she shrank away. "Majorlo, sho exclaimed, "what's wrong, and and wherc's the bairn?" At the mention of Leon, Majorle wrung her hands. "lie has como back and taken him from me!" Sho looked fo wild and sad that the old lady thought her reason was going. Her face was white as death, and there wan a led mark on her forehead where tho man bud struck her. Miss Hethcr lngton took her hands and soothed her gently; when sho taw that her ei'm ncss was returning to her, sho said: "Now, Majorle, my balm, tell me all about It!" And Majorle told, trembling and cry ing meanwhile, nnd Imploring Miss Hethcrlngton to recover her child. "Dlnnn fret, Mnrjorle," sho said, pat ting tho girl on the head; "there's nothing to fear. Tho man'H a knave, we ken, but he's a fool as weel! Bring barm to his own bnlrn, not ho! Iio'a o'er sharp to put hlmsel' Into tho power o tho English law! . 'TIs the siller ho wants, and 'tis tho siller he means to get!" "But whnt shall we do?" sobbcd.Mar Jorle. "Do? nothing. Bide quiet a while, and he'll do something, mark mo!" "But Leon whnt will becomo of Leon?" "DInna greet for the bnlrn; T tell yo he's safo enough; after all, bo's with his father." "But he mustn't stop; I must get him back, or it will kill me." "You shall havo him back, never fiar. Marjorle." "But to-night what can be done to night?" "Nothing, my lassieabsolutely no thp. Get you to bed anil rest you, and to-morrow I'll tell you what wo must do." After a good deal more persuadon Marjorlo was Induced to go to her room, but during tho whole of that night sho never closed her eyes, but walked about In wild unrest. When tho dawn broke she descended the stnlrs, and to her amazement found MIps Hethcrlngton In the dining-room, Just as sho had left her on thc.prcccd ing night. Tho weary hours of vigil had dono their work; her face, always white, was positively corpse-Uko; her thin gray halts were disheveled, nnd her eyes were dim. With a piercing cry, Marjorle ran forward nnd fell at her feet. "Mother!" pho cried; "dear mother, what Is tho matter?" Tho old woman laid her trembling hand upon Mnrjoric's brown head and smiled. " 'Tis nothing, my child." she paid. "Tho hours of tho night have passed o'er quickly for me, you see, for I sat thinking, and now you boo tho dnwn has come. Marjorle, my poor Mar jorlo! I wonder you eon over find It in your heart to call mo mother! seo whnt sorrow has como to you through me." "Through you? Oh, no, no, no!" "Ay, but 'tin so. Mnrjorle. 'The sins of the fathers shall bo visited upon tho children unto tho third and fourth generation.' Through my sin you suf fer." "Bo not say that It Is not true." "Ay, but It Is true. Through my sin you were made a poor outcast, with no mother to watch over you, no kind hnnd to guldo you. When I think on It, It breaks my heart, Marjorle It bicaks my heart." About ten o'clock that morning a messenger came to tho Castlo bringing a noto for Mnrjorle. It wns from Caus cldlero, nnd dnted from Dumfries. "I nm here," ho wrote, "with the rblld. Do you propose to Join me, as I can forco you to do so If I choose, or am I to keep tho child only? I might bo Induced to yield him up to you upon rcrtnln conditions. Let mo know whnt you mean to do, as my stay hero will sot bo of long duration, nnd I am making arrangements to tako Leon away with me. "Your husband," "LEON CAUSSIDIERE." Mnrjoric's first Impulse was to rush to tho placo where alio knew her child to be, but Miss Hethcrlngton restrained ber. "Bido a weo, Marjorlo." sho said; "we'll get tho balm nnd not loso you." Sho dluralsscd Caussidlcro's messen ger, nnd snt her'owrf servant for Suth erland. When tho young man nrrlved sho saw him alone, told him. in a fow words what had occurred and put Cnussl dlore'n letter In his hnnd. "Bring hack tho child, Johnnlr,Ruthf crland," sho said, "oven if you have to kill tho father.' Sutherland took the letter, and, wljh theso instructiona ringing in his cars, went to Dumfries to seek Caussldlcro at thn placo mentioned. Ho was llko a man demented; the blow had beca so sudden that ho hardly realized us yet what It all meant; ho only knew that ho had fallen from tho brightest hope to the blackest despair, nnd thnt henco--forth ho must enduro a living death. Tho house he sought wns a small fnn In ono of tho by-streets of Dumfries, and Sutherland know it well. Ho en tered tho plnce, found a shock-hended servant girl In tho passugo and asked for tho "French gentleman who was etoyluc in tho house." "You'll find blta ben yonncr," raid tho girl, pointing to a door on tho ground llnor. Sutherland beckoned to her to open tho door; sho did so. Ho entered tho room nnd closed the door behind him. Cutissldlcre leaped to his feet with an oath. Leon, who had been sitting pnlo nnd tremulous lu n comer, rushed for ward with a cry of Joy. But before he could reach Suther land's sldo his father clutched him nnd drew him back, grasping the child so roughly ns to mako htm moan with pain. Then, white nnd furious Cuussldlcrc faced Sutherland. "So, It Is you!" he exclaimed. "How dare you Intrude here? Leavo this room." Sutherland, who had placed his back to tho door and put tho key In his pocket, niado no attempt to move. Ho was nblo to keep his self-control, but IiIh face was white as death. "Monsieur Caussldlore," he said, "1 have come for that child." "Really," paid Cnussldicre, with a sneer; "then perhaps you will tell me what you propo.o to olfer for him? Madamn Causldlcro must pay dearly for having made you her messenger." "Sho will pay nothing." "What do you menn, monsieur?" "What I sny. 1 mean to take that child and glvo you nothing for him. You havo como to the end of your tether,MonsIeur Cnussldlere. You will find this time you hnven't got. a help less woman to deal with!" Caussldlore looked nt hint with a new light In his eyes. What did It mean? Had thn man really power? and If fo, to what extent? A little reflection as sured him that his momentary fear waH groundless. Sutherland might talk as ho chose. Caussldlore was master of the situation, slnco with blm lay all tbu authority of the law. "Monsieur," ho said, "yon are an ad mirable champion. 1 congratulatu inn damn on having secured you. But pray tell her from mo that her child remains with her husband, not her lover." in a moment Sutherland had caught him by the threat. "Scoundrel!" he cried. "Let mc go!" hissed Cnussldlero. "If you havo taken my wlfo for your mis tress, you shall not bully me!" But ho said no more. Grasping him more firmly by tho throat, Sutherland shook him till ho could scarcely breathe; then lifting him, ho dnrhed him violently to the ground; then, without waiting to see what he had done, ho lifted tho frightened child In his arms and hurried from the place. CHAPTER XXXVII. Y WHAT train of circumstances had tho dead Caussl dlcro again becomo quick, or rather, to express it In cor rector terms, how had the Frenchman escaped from tho perils nnd pains of death? Tho answer is simple enough. Among tho patriots of tho Parisian Communo there were two Canssldleres, In no way related to each other, but equally doubtful In their conduct, and their antecedents; nnd It happened, curiously enough, that our Caussldlcro'H alter ego had also been arrested for treasonable practices. Tho Paris of those days has been compared to Pandemonium; everything wns one wild frenzy of hurried and aimless haste; and tho newspaper re ports, llko tho ovonts they chronicled, being chaotic, and Irresponsible, It hap pened that tho fate of one Individual was confused with the fnte of the otlwr. At tho very moment that ono Caussl dlore was lying dead before tho sol diers of tho Commune tho other wns escaping in dlsgulso toward tho Bel gian coast, whence, after divers vicis situdes, ho sailed for England, to reap pear Anally m Annnndale, llko a ghost from tho grave, as we have seen. (TO UK continued ) I.lttln Attention. "Evil Is wrought by want of thought, Ab well as by want of heart." If husbands only ronllzcil what tho llttln attentions moan to their wives thcro would bo many happier unions. It Is not tho cost of a gift, thnt makes It precious to tho recipient. A tiny hunch of violets brought homo nt night betokens tho thought given to her even whllo business occupies his attention, tho most trifling souvenir of a wed ding or birthday anniversary becomes a sentiment underlying its proffering. Women mny Ikj foolish, they muy bo all heart nnd very llttlo reason, but the man who understands their nature and caters to It Is tho ono who stands higher In their estimation than tho ono who uc!s as though all they cared about wa material comfort given with any sort of brusquerlo. Of course there nro many mercenary women thou sands and thousands who can marry for a homo nnd for rich raiment. Those pooh-pooh tho violets and valuo only tho diamonds, but tho avorago fem inine heart, tho sort which a man wants to beat besldo his own, flic foundation of truest sympathy and love, Is moved moro by tho llttlo at tentions in wblch sentiment In involved than by tho grt offerings roprencnt- Ing only a ntupcndous. sum of monoy 4 involved. A BelOih Woman. Grimm "Women aro such selfish creatures! Thoro was an oddhop at breakfast nnd ray wife Insisted fiipon my eating it. It wan all because sho wanted to mvcl In tho Batlsfne,t,i6n of self-denial, A case of pure seinslineBs." Kllmm "And what did you do?" Grimm "Oh, I let hor havo her way and I ato tho chop, Tlrerb "are fow husbands so indulgent an I am," Hos J ton Transcript. AN OLD MAID'S SONG. HE boarders used to look across the boarding house ta V." nt the Old Maid with a kern, psychological sort of Interest. "Wh should sho look so happy?" tho elder, who was something of a belle would d o -can't havo any ndtnlr- niand. "."Tie crs." "Why should ho look so happy?" tho younger, who spoke of Art and Missions with capitals In her voice, would ask. "She can't regard being secretary to that lawyer as a noblo calling." And the lci of tho hoarding hnuBO used .i1m to puzzlo over the Old Maid's Jnyousucsp, "for sho has no husband," they said, "and nt her ago can hardly hope to get one." But I never marveled at the gentle spinster's radiant faco after wo bail heard tho Singer, not because hear ing his voice was enough to provide his hearers with a fund of Inner Joy for tho lemalnder of their days, but because of the song ho snng. Now, tho Old Maid had lived so long in tho hoardlng-houso on the square that It had become second nature for her to choojo the less tarnished spoons in thn holder nnd to nold Instinctive ly tho top slices of bread on the bread plate. Slio was familiar with all va rieties of boarding-house servants, nnd sho knew that all alike despised her as "llic fourth floor front." She knew by heart tho landlady's stories of pressing present need and of past afllucucc. Sho had nothing to learn in tho matter of substituted giw Jets, and her feet were trained to skip the torn spots In tho stair carpet. Alto gether thcro was nothing In the Old Maid's position In hor boarding-house to account for her serenity. Down-town tho Old Maid wns a ste nographer In a law office, where pret tlncss wns nt a discount as a hindrance to umenlttlng toll. Sho did not rcal- tzo that her chief attraction to her employers was the lack of distracting features nnd complexion. Long as sho had lived in tho sordid but educating boarding-house, she had not learned everything that was to bo learned about motives and sho believed that her father's old friendship with tho lawyer had much to do with her po sition. Before the t emote day when the Old Maid first camo to tho law olllcc and tho bonrdlng-bouso sho had lived in tho country. Even yet when tho spring rains came down nnd drenched tho grim pavements sho had a swift, fleotlng senso of lato snows molting by the rim of tho brooks nnd of timid "IT'S MINE! IT'S MINE." ; flowers pushing through the soft enrth. And whenever thcro was tho fresh odor of new-growing grass, and now sproutlng leaves in tho city parks her mind turned toward peaceful, pastoral ways, and her eyes wero filled with visions of billowy, blossoming trees, of plowmen moving across uplnnd fields, of tho waking up of llfo nnd industry. In short, tho Old Maid was a poet, although tho crude llttlo ex pressions of hor emotions never met tho keen eyes of critics or even tho klndly,.cjcs of her friends. Well, onco upon a tlmo tho Singer camo to tho boadlng-housro on tho squarp. Ho was ,young and his au diences they wero largely feminine declared thnt nowhero clso was thero a singer who carrolcd out songs and jobbed out ballads so movingly. Whether or not ho was peerless is n question, but at any rnto ho had made a great bucccsb, and people wondered thnt bo should como to tho dingy abode of tho boarders and tho Old Maid. Some said that it wan becnuso ho had lived thcro In tho days beforo he was known to fashion, and somo whispered knowingly thai tho lady to whom tho Singer sang lived over tho way in the stono house with tho bal conies nt tho window and tho guard ing lions at tho door. Bo that as It may, It is a fact that when the Singer camo to tho city for his 'series of con certs and recitals ho sanctified tho nbn'de of tho Old Maid with his pres ence for a whole week, And tho Old Maid waa agitated mysteriously by Ms presence, though it .is doubtrul if be oven saw her shabby llttlo figure i One night sho cfcpt down iho stair way when tbo houso was still and dipped a paper beneath the Slngor'ri door sill. Tbo paper bore 'a got or vcrstfl written in tho flno hand of a woman who was educated a quarter of a century ago, und a lltt!o noto that read: "If you should sometimes find this worthy to sing I would bo tho happiest woman on earth." Now, tho Singer felt a brutal indlf ferenco about all happiness save his own, which had been Boroly tried thnt night by tho lady of bla songs. So ho merely muttered: "Confound Imbocllo womonl" Then he looked at the verses nnd then bo went gloomily to bed. But through the night, as he reflected upon tilo bllgbud hopes and the hardness of ilwk his fate, some of tho Old Maid's lines rang themselves thiough his mind: 111 seo thco In each flower that grown; Thou art not lost whllo lives tho rose, Not lost whllo lives tho rose, io foolish refrain Insisted. In the morning tho silly rhymes would not be banished, lie found him relf humming them to an air, and by nnd by- so weak wan be, owing to tho cruel lady- he sat down at tho piano and played tho air softly. it was tho panio week thnt ho gavo his great concert at tho hall tip-town. With Indifferent generosity ho offered thn landlady tickets to bo distributed and so It happened that tho Old Maid ami I went together. Tho Old Maid w:n very pink nnd very tremulous, and, not being In her confidence, I could not understand her stale. After all there was nothing In a successful singer of .1.1 to excite a spinster A-eiiogiapher of fiO. Tho Singer had auug grand opera arias and the music from masses. Ho had sung Scotch ballads and Germnu love songs. But ho could not sing enough to satisfy his audience. After each properly numbered selection he wns recalled again and again. Finally hu camo out and said: "I wish I could tell you tho nufhor of tho words 1 am going to slug. They were sent to me anonymously In man uscript, and I have no means of giving credit to whom It Is due." Tho Old Maid's figure quivered. She breathed sobblngly and drew closer to me, and I wondered If she were go ing crazy. Then the Singer snng tho simple verses. They may have been very bnd as verses, hut ns a song they wero n succtWH. The nudleneo listened In tently, tho women looking up, as wo men look when loweied eyelids would let tho tears brim over. And when the Inst verso rang out, plaintively nnd proudly: And though thou hast banished me, I touch thee In each nodding flower; I seo thee, dear one, eveiy hour, In sky, or star, or sen. All beauty holds some hint of thee, And so thou canst not banish me, Thou canst not banish me, tho hnll forgot to applaud for fully three seconds, when It caught Its 1 1 nm Hi and surreptitiously wiped Its eyes. That Is, all but the Old Maid. She wept qulto openly, tinning her ra diant, tear-stained faco toward me. "It's mini)! It's mine!" sho half nob bed. "O, It's nilno and I am so happy!" And then sho told mo tho whole story. But neither prajers nor en treaties could prevail upon her to let me tell her secret. And tho boarders still wonder why It Is that u colorless little l.uly llko the Old Maid sometltues wears a look of pride. FBHAK OF NATURE IN FLORIDA Slrrtrli of T.mtil, .10,(1011 Aiti In Kxtnit, Cntrreil with HliiU-llnlc. Payne's prulrle, threo miles south of Gainesville, Fin., rcivera an urea of ((), 000 ncrcs. A largo proportion of tho pralrlo Is now colored with water, but thcro aro thousand') of acres around tho borders of the Inko which has been formed on which horses and other cat tin graze. There Is no way of estimat ing tho number of cattle, hut thero nre many thousands, and they nro in fine condition. Tho pralrlo, or savanna, which it really Is, occasionally goes dry, tho water passing out through a subterranean pnssngo called tho sink. Where tho water goes has never been determined. When tho sink Is open the Inkc goes dry, and when tho outlet becomes, gorged or choked a lako from five to seven miles wide and about eighteen miles long Is formed. When tho waters of tho lako suddenly leavo It thousands of alligators, stinkcs, fish and turtles nio left with nothing but mud for their places of nhoic. Tho ilnh and turtles perish, hut the saurlans and reptiles seoli nnd find other quar ters. For miles along the northern border of the lake thcro Js n buccoh slon of sinks, nvcrnglng in depth all tho wuy from tweity-flvo to 100 feet. Subterranean passnges run lu every di rection, leaving tho ground lu tho shape of a honeycomb. Tho ground is llablo to glvo way nt any time, creat ing a now sink. Scenery around tho lake, especially on tho north side, Is unlquo nnd grnnd, nnd Is nn attractive feature to strangers who vlRlt Gaines ville. Tho Hlnk has long been popular as a resort for citizens of Gainesville, who go thero to fish, boat ride nnd In other ways enjoy themselves, it in said that this vast area of laud could bo drained nt trifling expense, and wero it drained It would be the largest ns well as tho richest tract of produc tive land In Florida. It Is for tho most part a bed of muck, Tho laud is owned by various individuals. Too Mltle Itnpri't fur four In. Kansas City Star: Tho rojwated np pcala which conservative writers and speakers feel called Uwm to mako to tho peoplo to persuade them to main tain respect for tho courts sbow forth a noccasUy which ought not to exist in this country. They simply proyo that tho court aro not worthy of thp honor and confidenco whloli tbo public would llko to yield them. Venice and tit Uorte, It Is paid that florae ot tho" Venetians-thoso who havo never been to tho mainland have never seen a borse in all their liven, a 'showman onco brought ono to a fair and' called it a monster, aud tho factory bands paid a shilling each to see the marvel. Hedes. If thero Is a heaven, there la naturally a bell. Ono could not exist without tho other, but tbu Bible .1oe3 not teach of a brimstone bell, but merely by implication. Rev. John W. WeBtlock, Christian Church, Omaha, Neb. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS. nnmrtlilng limit tho VCny In Vflilrh Tlirv Ar Mnilr, The ancient Egyptians made nrtlflclal floweis of horn shavings, stained lit various colors, nnd leaves of pn'nted linen h.ie been found in tomlm at Tliebei'. From a renioto period tho Chlneso havo used tho pith of a cer tain kind of bamboo for making Unw orn, CrnsmiH, one of tho Roman tri umvirs, was the tlrrt In Homo to havo them made of gold and sliver. During the middle nges flowers mado of metal, eatln, silk, wax and paper wero used In tho Human Catholic Church with symbolical KlgnlllcatloiiB; on festal oc casions they wero worn merely for or nament. In 1782 Segutu, a botanist and chemist, began tbo manufacture of flowers In Paris, employing parchment for tho flowers and bristles for tho stems. His work was so perfect ami artistic that tho Jealousy of somo of thn leading painters was aroused. From that tlmu tho manufacture of artificial flowers steadily grew nnd developed Iti Frnnce, and lo-day tho French excel In them. Tho nrt was introduced into England during the French revolution by refugees who mado use of it ns a means of subsistence. It has been suc cessfully naturalized In tho United States. Knives of various sizes and shnpes, stamps, gofferlng-lronn of dif ferent kinds, moulds called volncrs, und ngnlo or glass burnishers, aro the chief tools mado uso of in tbo manu facture. Tho leaven und tho petals un usually made of silk or cambric, tho material to bo shaped Is folded so vera I limes, laid upon a leaden tablo, nnd u stamp Is driven through It. Goffering- Irons nro made uso of to hollow the petals; vclucrs, as tho numo Implies, aro used to vein tho leaven, and tho burnltihers aro employed to glvo tho petalH a polished appearance. The stamens and pistils aro formed of wire iiivered with silk; tho stalk Is mado of wlro coated with a green material, and Is fixed to tho stems nnd pistils, mound which nro attached tho petals nnd, lastly, tho calyx. Buds aro made of cotton or glass balls covered with silk or cambric. Tho florists' fingers, guided by skill and taste, havo much to do with the beauty of tho flowers produced; grent Ingenuity Is often dis played even in a cheap sprig consist ing of several materials well put to gether and arrnngod. French whole sale houses engaged lu the manufacture of artificial llowors havo each pome special branch: thim, ono makes only roses, another wild flowers, n third leaven, etc. Tho best and most cxpcii slvo llowers nro hand-pnlnted. Dancer nt Another famine. Tho provisioning of thoso Russia ir provinces which havo been most nf fected by this year's mud harvest is becoming n question of increasing dif ficulty. Tho assembles or zemstvoa ur now deliberating on tbo special and urgent measures to ho taken for saving tho population of tho threatened dis tricts from a repetition of the terrible Bufferings which they underwent In tho Inst famine. Thcro Ik general agreement an to tho necessity of lend. ;lng tho pcasantB corn bought with the special funds at tho disposal of each of tbo provinces affected, but as tin needs of tho peasants, greatly exceed theso ronources tho nsacmbllen have all decided to ak tho government for very largo loans of money. Suicidally Mlnilril Anlmnlf, Herring and other fishes have Bought death by rushing ashoro in my rladn, regliuentH of ants by deliberate ly walking Into streams, swarms of rats by migrating In tho faco of their deadly foes, and even butterflies by fiylng lu Immense clouds straight out to sea. It would bo Interesting to lenra tho causes of this apparent wholesale and deliberate Bclf-dcstruc tlon. NEW THINGS. A hottle-washlng machine reccntlv patented has a rotary brush mounted on tho end of a hollow shaft with per forations through which water flows to clcanso tho bottlo as tho bruBh re volves and loosens tho dirt. Clotheslines which need no pins tn fasten tho clothes aro being mado of wlro links with tho ends ot tho wlro lying parallel with tho sldo of the link to foim spring clamps into which tho cloth Ih forced to bold it fast. A Washington man has patented a boat which has the rear end submerged with tho scat overhanging an open well, tho front of tho boat bolng raised above tho water line, tho advantage being that the boat Is not easily rock ed. A new 'combined spring pedal nnd too clip consists of a steel plate riveted to the pedal shaft with teeth1 at tbo rear edge to grip a cleat in the shoo cole aud tbo front portion elongated aud curved over at tho end to form a too cl)p. To Jndlcato that, the contents have been tempered with or that it jiaa been refilled a new bottlo baa a double neck forming a chamuer, In which ia placed a paper or other material which' will chr.L'gn color as aoon aa the' liquid touches it. A New. York ,man,(haa patont,ed a reversible stre,ej car. In wbJcb, a turn table ia, mounted on thoJrucc,to sup port thn carl'whici 'is turned by a crank ort'fhWjront'platfbrni geared to a, circular tobln'ed track insldo tho turntable! Two PennsylvunlnnB havo patented a frut picker, .consisting of a, polo with a steel loop at tho top,, .having tbo upper rdge sharpened and bent inward to cut, tho fruit from; the limb. A loose ly woven tube mado of eorda ia attach ed to tho under aide -of tbo loop1 and extends down to the lower end ot tlie safe U kraJc the tell ot the fruit. ' h .. Ja .w r 'ii. M ftftU enra