THE BEST WIFE OF ALL.
Three travelers met In the Brander Pass ,
By the bubbling Brander Spring ;
They showed their cake and their venison ,
And talked of many a thing
Of books and songs , and foreign lands ,
Of etrango and wandering lives ,
And by and by , In softer tone ,
They spoke of their homes and wives.
"I married the Lady o' Logan Brae , "
Said one with a lofty air ;
* 'There is na In a' the north countrce
A house wl' a better share
Of gold and gear , and hill ind lock.
Of bouses and farms to rent ;
There's many a man has envied me ,
And I'm malr'than weel content. "
"Dream of a woman as bright as day , "
The second traveler said ;
"Dream of a form of perfect grace ,
Of a noble face and head ,
Of eyes that are blue as heaven ,
Of flowing nut-brown hair ;
This is my wife and though not rich ,
Oh ! she Is wondrous fair. "
The third one said : ( 'I have a wife ,
She is neither rich nor fair ;
She has not gold , nor gear , nor land ,
Nor a wealth of nut-brown hair ,
But oh I she loves me ! and her love
Has stood through every test ;
Beauty and gold are good , but , friends ,
We know that love is best. "
They filled their cups in the spring again ,
And they said right heartily ;
"Here's to the Loving , Faithful Wife !
Wherever her homo may be , "
And soon they took their different ways ,
One thought In each man's breast :
'Beauty is good , and gold is good ,
But a True Lovfe is the best. "
Lillle E. Barr.
A JERICHO ROSE.
The Russian Jews must go. Such
was the verdict ; and a fair one , too ,
Tiowever hard it might appear -to the
wretched emigrants who had "been
hustled hither and thither , with very ,
little question as to their own wishes
on the subject. How little Peter Mos-
chelles came to be left neither himself
nor any one else knew ; but a forlorn
little creature stood in .Battery Park
watching the big ship grow smaller and
smaller as it sailed past Quarantine
landing , away through the Narrows ,
And out into the great ocean.
Little Peter had neither father nor
mother , sister nor brother , on board
the ship- ; and that fact , together with
the memory of his recent voyage , en
abled him to bear the disappearance of
the vessel with much stoicism. It was
true he had neither relative nor friends
in this part of the world either , being a
poor little human waif , without any
excuse for existence , and just as the
other.
Having watched the ship out of sight ,
Peter turned his back on the water
-view , and proceeded along Whitehall
street and up Broadway. " Of course ,
he didn't know where he was , and had
310. object in-taking that direction. But
looking ahead as far as he could see ,
and.as well as the moving masses of
the vehiclbs and human beings would
permit , the way seemed long , and cal
culated to afford him , as he pursued it ,
am le opportunity for reflection on his
iuture movements. After a time he
became aware that he was hungry , but
the sensation was not a novel one , and
caused him no surprise. Besides , he
was comforted to remember that he
had a good sized piece of bread in the
pocket of Ms funny little jacket. He
was even more thirsty than he was
.hungry , and , as he had now been
walking a long time , he soon spied a
drinking fountain at no great distance.
'
He has'tened toward it and took a long
and refreshing draught. As he drop
ped the tin cup he drew from the
toreast of his jacket an object which
you would have been sure to throw
away as a dry , unsightly , uncanny
piece of old wood that is , unless you
had previously known what it was , and
.had been instructed as to its special
properties. Little Peter reverently
raised it to his lips and kissed it.
"Ah ! " he softly sighed , "will it ever
bloom for me ? Alas ! I have no means
of knowing , and I dare not put it in
this water cup. They would not let
me stay to watch the miracle. "
As Peter Mpschelles. turned toward
the street again he found himself sur
rounded by a pack of New York Arabs ,
who all began speaking to him at once.
Although he couldn't understand them
he soon guessed their meaning , as each
one pointed to the strange piece of
wood which he held in his hand. He
answered in two words , sufficiently
mear English for them to comprehend
"Jericho Rosen. "
"What's he say ? Tell us , Jewey ,
what is'-t ? Say , fellers , tell yer it's a
kinder heathen god. Let's have it.
Ketch him ! Dod't le's lose it. "
With these and other remarks , un
intelligible to the little Russian , they
made a run at him , but found them
selves outwitted. For though Peter
did uoii understand them , their looks
and tones told him that his precious
Jericho rose was hi danger * He thrust
it into the. breast of his jacket , and
with both hands placed over it , faced
them with blazing eyes , as if about to
do battle with the crowd for its posses
sion. This attitude was so entirely un
expected that for one moment his per
secutors were taken by surprise. That
one moment was enough for Peter.
They had formed a'ring about him , but
iis quick eye had seen a weak place.
He made a break for it , burst through ,
and in the next instant was on the other
side of Broadway , and then flying up
town with the speed of the wind. His
persecutors hastened to follow , but it
was too late. A merciful diversion in
his' favor was caused by an officer
of the society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals. Poor little Peter
was not the animal in question , but it
served to shield him equally well , for
iis pursuers paused at the prospect oi
better sport. An inhuman driver had
heateh a poor horse until the dumb
creature had fallen insensible on the
street , and the officer was now taking
the man in custody. Long before his
struggles had been overcome , the little
Russian had so far outrun his perse
cutors that he felt safe and calm again ;
for persecution was an old story , and
only terrified him while it was immi
nent. He broke his piece of bread in
two , and lunched on one-half while he
pursued his way.
The Jericho Rose had been given to
Peter on the ship by an old Jewish wo
man from the far oft land by the shores
of the Red Sea. She had told him the
quaint legends pertaining to the mys
terious plant that , if placed in the
water the day before Easter , it would ,
if the possessor should be destined to
good fortune in the future , bloom and
put forth all its beauty before morning.
Being a little Jew , you may wonder
why Peter was pinning his faith to a
legend of the day secred to all Chris
tians. But Peter knew very well that
the Christians' Easter corresponded to
the Jewish Passover , and in the matter
of this legend the two were one in his
mind. It seemed to him a beautiful
and wonderful story. He had brooded
over it and dreamed over it till he had
come to feel that his life would only
truly begin on the day when his Jericho
Rose should bloom. This day when he
walked up Broadway , his mind filled
with all sorts of wild and pretty fan
cies , was Saturday , and the next day
would be Easter Sunday ; he had heard
it several times ; for of the few English
words he had yet picked up , these two
were so familiar that he recognized
them instantly.
Day was waning and night was com
ing on ; but still little Peter kept on , for
he feared the dreadful policeman and
dared not stop for a moment. Though
so weary that his little frame was rack
ed with pain , he still kept walking on
and on and on , a pocket edition of the
Wandering Jew. The street lamps
were lighted and the electric lights
shone with a pale , moon-like radiance ;
and then Peter bethought him that the
night would be gone and his oppor
tunity for testing his good fortunelost
till another year. Worn , weary , sleepy
and hunger that thought still super
seded all others. Might he dare to beg
for shelter at some house , and leave to
put his sacred rose in a cup of water ?
Fearing and trembling at the thought ,
he stood still a moment and looked
about him. He had been walking
since morning. And he was now far
beyond the Central Park. A short
distance further stood a fine
large mansion , and a little way
from it what seemed a smaller but still
handsome building , which he could approach
preach by means of a gate that stood
partly open. With a wildly beating
heart , Peter entered by this gate and
went toward the small building ; he
could not bring his courage to the
point of approaching the large one.
The small-sized building turned out to
bo a stable , as he found on entering , in
his search for some one to ask help of
in his extremity. Being there , and a
pile of fresh straw in a corner just in
front of him , the temptation to rest
just for a moment was not to be resist
ed. Poor little fellow ! he had not
known till then how tired he was ; and
after having tumbled down among the
fresh , clean straw , he felt as if he never
could get up again. He would rest
just for a few minutes , he thought , and
then , refreshed and emboldened , would
go on to the large house , and beg for a
cup of water and leave to lie all night
in the stable. At least he would try ,
and , notwithstanding his queer Eng
lish , he hoped to make himself under
stood. Then he felt for his Jericho
rose , and found it safe. How deliciously -
ly soft and warm the straw was ! What
a luxurious bed it made ! Unconscious
ly his little body stretched itself out ;
then all was delightful unconsciousness ,
and little Russian Peter slept as if he
had taken a contract to do the whole
Seven Sleepers in his own small per
son.
son.Hours must have passed. To Peter
it seemed but a minute , though he
thought it was the morning sun that
shone in his eyes. With a mean of de
spair hestartedup ; "for this , " thought
he , "is the morning of Easter Sunday. "
But the glare was brighter and stronger
than sunrise , and there was a loud
crackling and terrible smell of smoke.
Peter rushed to the door , which still
stood open , and there he saw that the
wing of the great mansion was in
flames. He understood in an instant.
Fire was spelled the same to all eyes ,
Russian or English , when the devour
ing element used its own printing press.
Peter flew toward the house ; but there
was no sign of life about it , and all the
world around seemed asleep , save him
self. He rushed to the front door and
seized the bell-pull , and with all the
might of his two wiry little hands
dragged at it till the sound of its loud
summons cpuld be heard out in the
street. But no one answered. Oh ,
how hard it was to awaken happy ,
sleeping , , comfortable people ! Peter
tried again. Clang , clang , clang , went
the bell. Then , with one tremendous
effort he gave an extra pull. The wire
broke , and the handle tumbled out of
his hands. At the same moment an
enraged servant 'tore open the door ,
dragged Peter into the hall and bcxed
his ears , but in the next instant gave
him a good Irish hug and a kiss , in
forming him that he was "a blessed
jewel of an angel. " The glare of the
fire could be seen now through the
open door , and the woman soon com
prehended the situation.
Then all was confusion. An alarm
was sounded from the nearest station.
Peter felt himself borne hither and
thither ; scorched by flames and satu
rated with water ; choked with smoke
and deafened with shouts. But as long
as he retained his senses his willing
little feet flew in every direction , ana
his willing little hands carried to some
place of safety all that was placed in
them. Thanks to Peter's prompt
alarm the fire was soon checked , and
only that side of the house where it
originated was injured. When Peter
was next aware of what was going on
around him he was safe in bed , his blis
tered hands carefully dressed , his
schorched hair nicely trimmed , and the
great object of his existence still possi
ble , for it was only midnight. Not
withstanding the pain it gave him , he
put one hand in the breast of his jacket
and drew forth the rose , safe and un
harmed. Then with the funniest mix
ture of Russian , French and English
words , he tried to make known his
wishes.
"O , mamma , I understand him , "
cried the little daughter of the family
whose lives he had nelped to save ; "It
is a Jericho rose. Don't you know we
saw them at Munich when wo were
abroad last year. He wants to know
if he'll bo lucky all this year , and I
guess ho just will , if we can help. "
As she spoke the bright little girl
bi ought a small basin of water toward
the bed , and Peter placed in it his
cherished plant. He would have staid
awake all night to watch it had not
sleep overpowered him ; but in the
morning , lo ! the Jericho rose had ex
panded every twig and bud and blos
som , till its out-reaching branches hid
the basin of water wherein it grew.
[ Elizabeth C. Winter in Baldwin's
Monthly. _
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The Workings nnd Kesults of the System--
An Ex tract From Dr. Gregory's
Address.
Lincoln Journal.
On account of the heavy rain last
night the most of the large number of
our citizens who would nave liked to
listen to Hon. John M. Gregory's lec
ture on the civil service were unable to
attend. Notwithstanding the small au
dience Dr. Gregory delivered a very
instructive lecture.
The speaker opened his remarks by
giving some statistics. The entire civil
service list embraces 110,000 positions.
Of these 48,440 are postmasters , and
4,000 more are in the railway mail ser
vice. The whole number engaged in
the postal service is 75,000 to 80,000.
The remaining positions are in the de
partments and in the various custom
districts.
Ever since Marcy invented the odious
phrase , "To the victors belong the
spoils , " the civil service has been
shamelessly prostituted to political
ends. It has been used in two ways :
First , the , positions have been used as
patronage ; and second , contributions
have been levied upon those in such
positions for political campaign funds.
When civil service reformers speak
of the political rottenness that existed
in the civil service before this reform
movement , they do not wish to be un
derstood as claiming that all the men
in the service were put there because
of the dirty work they have done. It
is impossible that this should be the
case. Any man of sense who goes
through the departments and sees the
vast amount of work done will know
that there is somebody who works hard
works earnestly and conscientiously.
There are many men who do such effi
cient work that they render themselves
necessary to the department. Thus
many have been in the service twenty ,
thirty and forty years , and there is one
man who has been in fifty years.
But while there are very many good
men , there are many who have been
put in at the bidding of political chiefs ,
and who do scarcely any work. Garfield -
field said in one of his speeches that 30
per cent , of the clerks did the whole of
the work , and one of the chief clerks
affirms that one-third of the force does
two-thirds of the work.
The places in the civil service have
been as counters in the political game.
A man who wanted a position went
through his district and promised to
one man one position and to another
another position for their influence in
securing a delegation for him. Many
men who wquld not use their influence
corruptly delight in using their power
in having so many appointments at
their command.
Dr. Gregory said he had been in
Washington taking observations and
doing some literary work for four years
before he became a member of the com
mission. He gave several illustrations
of the manner in which civil service ap
pointments depended upon political in
fluence , incidents which had come un
der his own observation.
The great evil from the old system ,
apart from the appointment of incom
petent persons was .the absorption of
the time of members of congress , of
heads of departments and of all
officers who had any appointments
at their disposal , in listening to ap
plicants and using their influence
in their behalf. The appointments ,
too , were by this system oE giv
ing the memb'ers of congress the right
to select them , thrown into the hands
of the legislative branch of the gov
ernment , instead of the executive
branch the appointments were made
by the same body that must impeach
them in , case of any official misde
meanor.
Civil service reform was a change
from a system of patronage to one of
competitive examination. Since the
16th day of July last no one has been
appointed to a position in the civil ser
vice who has not passed an examina
tion. The working of this system
brings 15,000 positions out of patron
age , and since the 16th of July not one
of these positions has been filled at the
request of a member of congress.
The speaker then gave a brief history
of the civil service reform earthquake ,
showing that no member of congress
would dare to violate it in the face of
the strong public sentiment in its fa
vor , and preceded to outline the work
ings of the system.
A Six-Foot Mother-in-law.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The advertisement for a woman six
feet high to personate the character of
the "Mother in-law , " in Robson &
Crane's comedy of that name , was the
magnet that drew a number of large-
limbed Junes to the stage of the opera
house at Milwaukee. Most of the wo
men , however , were several inches be
low the required height , although at
first glance they appeared fully six feet
tall. There was one of the applicants
who , according to the statement of
Manager Marsh , "loomed up like a
light house. " She was fully two
inches over the required height , and
the engagement was awarded to her on
sight. Most of the applicants were
Germans , but the successful candidate
was an American. The engagement is
for one night only. The task of select
ing a suitable woman for the part oc
curs every time the piece is produced.
The stage manager has , therefore , seen
a large number of tall women in the
various places the company has visited ,
but he awarded the palm to the Mil-
wankeean for height and symmetrical
proportions.
WITH THE TIDE.
"We rowed one day along the rippling river ,
Fast quiet fields and meadows low and
green ;
We watched the sunlight on the water
qulrer ,
Till both were dazzled with its glowing
sheen.
We left the oity'rf busy bum behind us ,
And , where pule willows drooped on
(
either side ,
We , smiling , said that care could never
find us ,
While down the stream we floated with
the tide.
The litilo birds sang softly in the wiUows ,
The fragrance of the Illy flouted up ;
We rocked the boat and sent out tluy bil
lows
To wake the fairies sleeping In Its cup.
Who thought that life could never more be
dreary ,
The summer sunshine smiled so warmly
down ,
That we forgot how human hearts grow
weary
And die beneath the winter's chilling
frown.
To-day once more I rowed along the river ,
The same pale willows drooped on either
side ,
The birds' low music made my sad heart
quiver ,
As there alone I flnatp < l with the tide.
FLYING MACHINES.
BUI Nye Olanceg Critically at These Me-
cliuntcul Itirtls.
A long and exhaustive examination
jf the history of flying machines ena
bles me to give briefly some of the
main points of a few for the benefit of
those who may be interested in this
science. I give what I do in order to
prepare the public to take advantage
af the different methods , and be ready
at once to fly as soon as the weather
jets pleasant.
A Frenchman invented a flying ma
chine , or dofunny as we scientists
would term it , in 1600 and something ,
whereby he could sail down from the
woodshed and not break his neck. He
could not rise from the ground like the
lark and trill a few notes as he skim
med through the sky , but he could fall
off an ordinary hay stack like a setting
ben , with the aid of his wings. His
name was Besnier.
One hundred and twenty-five years
after that a prisoner at Vienna named
Jacob Dagen told the jailer that he
cuuld fly. The jailer seemed incredu
lous , and so Jake constructed a pair of
double barrel umbrellas , that worked
by hand , and fluttered with this ma
chine into the air fifty feet. He came
down in a direct line and in doing so
ran one of the umbrellas through his
thorax. I am glad it is not the cus
tom now to wear an .umbrella in the
thorax.
In England during the present cen
tury seyeral inventors produced flying
machines , but in an evil hour agreed to
rise on them themselves , and so they
died from their injuries. Some came
down on top of the machines , while
others preceded their inventions by a
few feet , but the result was the same.
The invention of flying machines has
always been handicapped , as it were ,
by this fact. Men invent a flying ma
chine and then try to ride it and show
it off , and thus they are prevented by
death from perfecting their rolling
stock and securing their right of way.
In 1842 Mr. William Henderson got
out a "two-propeller" machine , and
tried to incorporate a company to util
ize it for the purpose of carrying let
ters , running errands , driving home
the cows , lighting the northern lights
and skimming the cream off the milky
way , but it didn't seem to compete very
successfully with other modes of travel ,
and so Mr. Henderson wrapped it up
in an old tent and put it away in the
haymow.
In 1853 Mr. J. H. Johnson patented
a balloon and paraehute dingus which
worked on the principle of a duck's
foot in the mud. I use scientific terms
because I am unable to express myself
in the common language of the vulgar
herd. This machine had a tail which ,
under great excitement , it would throw
over the dash-board as it bounded
through the air.
Probably the biggest thing in its way
under this head was the revival of fly
ing under the presidency of the Duke
of Argyle , the society being called the
Great Britain jeronautical society. This
society made some valuable calcula
tions , adding much to our scientific
knowledge and filling London with
cripples.
In 1869 Mr. Joseph T. Kaufman in
vented and turned loose upon the people
ple of Glasgow an infernal machine in
tended to soar considerably in a quiet
kind of a way and to be propelled by
steam. It looked like the bird known
in ornithology as the "flyupthecrick , "
and had an air-brake , patent coupler ,
buffer and platform. It was intended
to hold two men on ice and a rosewood
casket with silver handles. It was
mounted on wheels , and as it did not
seem to skim through the air very
much , the people of Glasgow hitched a
clothes-line to it and used it for a band
wagon.
Rufus Porter invented an a ) rial dew-
dad ten years ago in Connecticut ,
where so many crimes have been com
mitted since Mark Twain moved there.
This was called the "scroport , " and
looked like a seed ward floating through
space. This engine was worked by
springs connected with propellers. A
saloon was suspended beneath it , I pre
sume on the principl" that when a man
is intoxicated he wefehs a pound less.
This machine floated around the rotun
da of the Merchants exchange , in New
York city , eleven times , like a hen with
her head cut off , but has not been on
the wing much since then.
Other flying machines have been in-
venied , but the air is not peopled with
them as I write. Most ot thum have
folded their pinions and sought the
seclusion of the hen-house. It is to be
hoped that very soon some such ma
chine will be perfected whereby a man
may flit from the fifth story window of
the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago to
Montreal before breakfast , leaving
nothing in his room but the furniture
and his kind regards.
Such an invention would be hailed
with much joy , and the sale would bo
enormous. Now , however , the matter
is still in its infancy. The mechanical
birds invented for the purpose of skim
ming through the ether blue , have not
skum. The machines wore built with
high hopes and a throbbing heart , but
the aforesaid ether remains unskum as
wo go to press. The milky-way is in
the same condition , awaiting the ar
rival of the fearless skimmer. Will
man ever bo permitted to pierce the
utmost details of the sky and ramble
around among the stars with a gum
overcoat on ? Sometimes I trow ho
will and then again I ween not.
BILL NYE.
Beunited by the Baby.
Philadelphia Time * .
Katie Andress , a sixteen-year-old
wife , with a six-months-old baby in her
arms , charged Spencer C. Andress , her
twenty-year-old husband , in the de
sertion court yesterday , with failing to
support her and her baby.
"What is the cause of this trouble ? "
asked Judge Allison.
"It is this , sir , " answered the little
wife , tearfully. "He ho wanted nio
to go live with his parents , and I I
wouldn't do it. "
"And she wanted mo to go live with
her " the hus-
parents , interposed boy -
bana , "and I wouldn't do it. "
"Sly dear children , " said the good
judge , "go settle this little difference
between you , and wherever you live ,
live together. You love each other too
much , I am sure , to care to separate.
Be mutually forbearing and I am sure
you will be happy. "
Katie looked at Spencer and Spencer
looked at Katie , then both looked at the
baby lying smiling in Katie's arms.
"Katie , " said Spencer , as he took
the baby up and kissed it , "the judge
has a level head. Let us go. "
He gave the baby back into her care ,
but as they were going out the baby
turned round and laughed a merry lit
tle laugh right in its papa's face. Papa
thought that was so funny that he took
hold of the baby's fat and dimpled
hands and held them while he tickled
the baby's nose with the nice soft down
on his upper lip. The baby's laugh
grew louder and merrier and the half-
score of elder wives and elder mothers
waiting in the court room to tell their
dismal stories forgot their woes long
enough to smile on the refreshing spec
tacle and to dream again the dreams of
the bygone years , when faith and hope
in them were more powerful than the
sting of new wounds. "See how the
baby links them together , " said appar
ently the eldest and saddest looking of
these. "Oh , my ! oh , my ! the dear
little baby ! May the bond never be
broken. "
The World's Great Bells.
Russia is in the lead in the line of
bells , some of her manufacture being
the most famous of the world. It is
said that in Moscow , before the fire ,
there were no fewer than 1,706 bells.
One called the Giant , which was cast
in the sixteenth century and broken by
falling from its support , and recast in
1854 , was so large" that it required
twenty-four men to rins : it ; its weight
was estimated at 288,000 pounds. It
was suspended from an immense beam
at the the foot of the bell tower , but it
a ° : ain fell during the fire of June 19 ,
1706 , and was a second time broken to
fragments , which were used with ad
ditional materials in 1732 in casting
the king of bells , still to be seen in
Moscow Some falling timbers in the
fire of 1337 broke a piece from its side ,
which has never been replaced. This
bell is estimated to weigh 443,782
pounds. It is nineteen feet three inch
es high , and measures around the mar
gin sixty feet nine inches. Its value in
metal alone is estimated to amount to
upward of $300,000. St. Ivan's , also
in Moscow , is forty feet nine inches in
circumference , sixteen and one-half
inches thick , and weighs 127,830
pounds. The bells of China stand next
to those of Russia in size. In Pekin
there are seven bell , each of which ,
according to Father Le Compt , weighs
120,000 pounds. The weight of the
leading great bells of the world may be
seen in the following :
King of Bells ( Moscow ) 443,732
Sc. Ivan's ( Moscow ) 127,831) )
Pekin 120,000
Vienna 40,200
Olmutz ( Bohemia ) 40,000
llouen ( France ) 40,000
St. Paul's : J8,470
"BigBen" ( Westminister ) 3i,350
Montreal 23i > GO
St. Peter's ( Rome ) . . . . 18,600
Energy and Contentment.
Philadelphia Call.
There are curious problems in hu
man nature. Of ten contradictory qual
ities appear in the same person. There
are individuals parsimonious along
given lines and liberal in others.
There are others who can spread sun
shine or gloom , as one mood or the
other controls. It has been ques
tioned , however , whether qualities that
reach down into the character can beef
of contradictory nature. Yet there are
such instances. As a rule , a perfectly
contented spirit is allied to a negative ,
or at least unenergetic character. En
ergy , on the contrary , is usually re
garded as restless and pushing. Thus
it is supposed to be discontented , as to
push alter more is to evidence discon
tent with what we have. Yet this does
not follow.
There are many instances where per
sons are entirely cheerful , and in this
sense contented , who nevertheless en
ergetically urge the plans of life. Nor
is this inconsistent. Present satisfac
tion does not militate against the seek
ing after larger benefits in the future.
Nor does energy in itself imply discon
tent. Healthful energy is simply force
put into the duties of life , and repre
sents a restless activity that finds
pleasure in work. An energetic man
is usually possessed of ideas. He is
ready to grasp a problem or to com
pass a result , and is restless to reach
it. All intervening toil is nothing
compared with the desire to reach the
end. And this result may only be the
gratification of a sentiment , or the real
ization of an ideal. The inventor rare
ly thinks as much of the financial out
come of his invention as of the achieve
ment of a result in mechanics. And
thus energy is consistent with content
ment.
How They Hani ; on the Border * ot Large
Clttei.
Chicago Times.
It is not alone in the far west , upon
the broken plain , that "squatter sov
ereignty" reigns supreme. Although
in the wilds of the great west the unau
thorized occupant of land may be more
of a monarch than ho who squats upon
ground within the boundaries of civili
zation , the latter is regarded as s
troublesome customer in comparison n
with the former , asserts his rights wither
more vehemence if not more delicate
language , and is a more pestiferous ob
ject to the landlord of acre tracts than
ho of the wilderness. In the vicinity of <
Chicago there are to bo found numbers
of these "squatters , " who have drop
ped down upon the landed estates of , ,
resident and non-resident owners , have \jp
gained a footing by the erection of
"shacks , " and are there to stay until
forced to "move on" at the eiia of a
troublesome lawsuit. They represent
every nationality , and they seem to be
well posted in regard to their "rights , "
which they assume to bo superior to
the right of eminent domain. When
they are discovered , and apprised of
the fact that they are trespassers , they
affect an air of indifference that would
cause the owner to think that he was the
wrongdoer , and to wonder if he may (
not have set foot upon the wrong acre. ,
When invited to remove from the
"squat , " they insist that they are caring J
for the premises and prevent others
from committing depredations. If they
are ordered off , they stand upon their
rights , and point to the courts as the
only means of affecting a removal.
ALL SORTS.
It is astonishing how long it takes a
hired girl to scrub a front window.
[ Kentucky State Journal.
A young man asks : "When is the
best time to move ? " When is his rent
due ? [ New York Graphic.
An actress is like a little girl in one
respect When she gets mad she won't
play. [ New York Dial.
"I tolled you so , " said the sexton to
the bell that cracked and refused to
peal any more. [ Boston Times.
Although Rome had eight circuses ,
neither of them had a calcimined sacred
elephant. [ Oil City Derrick.
"A baby is the oasis of married life. "
[ N. Y. Journal. O ! a sis , is it ?
Thought it was a boy. [ Philadelphia
Call.
"Another expedition to the pole , "
said the man , as he wended his way to
his barber shop. [ Cincinnati Saturday
Night.
In the social circles of the chicken
yard the lines are very distinctly drawn ,
lor each hen has her own set. Mer
chant Traveler.
There is one thing about a house
which seldom falls , but never hurts the
occupant when it does. That is the
rent. [ Texas Siftings.
Two mules used in Salt Lake street
cars rejoice in pet names Sin and Mis
ery because it is a misery to drive
them and a sin to whip them.
A bright reporter on the Buffalo
Express , after seeing a delegation of
Latter Day Saints , remarked that
"Raphael never painted such saints. "
Most married women think bachelors
ought to be taxed. Most bachelors
who go into society at all are taxed
pretty heavily. [ New York Graphic.
If some tenor voices could be pre
served in cans , the public would gain
by it. The souvenir tenor is a sad af
fliction. New Orleans Picayune.
Tin Ore in the Black Hills.
Lincoln Journal.
Professor G. E. Bailey , late of the
chair of analytical chemistry in the
University of Nebraska , has made a
personal inspection of the extent of the
deposits of tin ore in the Black Hills.
In an interview with a correspondent of
the New York Herald he confirms the
reports of the richness of these metallic
deposits. The ore is found in the
granite rocks of Harney' * Peak , favoi-
ably situated for surface mining. Great
quantities of the ore have been de
tached by the action of the elements ,
and are found in the beds of the
streams. The professor says : "The
stream tin alone is so abundant that all
the companies that can possibly work
ic could go on for twenty years
without exhausting it. Yet this is
but the waste , you might say , of
the main deposit the mere scraps
that water and frost have de
tached , a little bit at a time ,
from the great mass and source of the
ore , which is Harney Peak itself , more
than a mile high , and the surrounding
tin-bearing rock , which , as I have al
ready said , extends for miles. It is
impossible to imagine this great body
of ore ever being exhausted. As to
profit , the richness of the ore , com
pared with that of any other tin-bear
ing district of the world , settles that
question conclusively. I have seen , I i
think , most of the specimens of tin ore f
in prominent American cabinets of
minerals , but none were as rich as
much of the rock I saw in the Harney
Peak region. " When it is considered
that we import 24,000,000 pounds of
block tin yearly at a cost of § 6,000,000
and 500,000,001) ) pounds of tin plate ,
worth $20,000,000 more , it is easily
seen that there is a large home demand
for tin. Provided that the metal can
be obtained at as small cost in our o-yn
as in European countries , the tin pro
duct of the Black Hills may be made to
equal or surpass in value the present
yield of either gold or silver.
"The leek is the emblem of the S
Welsh , " says the Detroit Free Press.
The leak should be the emblem of our
navy. [ New York Graphic.
The heartiest , gladdest singing in
this world is in Christian lands , in
hearts to which Christ has brought
peace and hope.
Beer is injurious to the system only
when drinking it becomes too systema
tical. [ Philadelphia Call.
The long trainis de rigueur for din
ner toilets , except for young girls and
brides.
