'CONCEBNINO THE BALLOT.
"A voting woman ! Ah ! " said he.
"That's something I wonld hate to seel
A woman shy and sweet should be ,
And rule at home all modestlce. "
As softly stroked his ample knee ,
"But women ought to vote ! " said she.
"The women , they arc moved , " said he ,
"By Impulse , as you must agree ,
They mi ht be won by sophistree ,
With arguments and subtletec. "
" "
He . with anxious pokes his knee ,
"But women ought to vote ! " said she.
"To wield the ballot calls" said he ,
"For strength and for integritee ,
And power to golve with ccrtaintee ,
The problems of the ccnturce ! "
He spread his hands upon his knee ,
"But women 6ught to vote ! " said she. *
This man , a candidate was he ,
Acitjafllcertobe ,
Just then the door-bell jingled free ,
A sable son of Afrike * ,
Had called , the candidate to BCC ,
"What docs jou pay for votes ? " asked he.
The candidate uneasllec
With nervous hand caressed his knee ,
"Call 'round election dav , " said he ,
"With Patscy Mack asdJolm Magee , "
Then held the door all graclouslcc ,
With caudidatlsh courtesce.
"Is that a voter ! " queried she , . /
"That he is strong , I must agree ;
But can he solve with certaintee
The problems of the centurcc ? "
The orator no more spake be ,
But madlj pounded on his kncr.
. Jin. George Ardiibald , in the ITaukeye.
LOVE AND DUTY.
It was a wild and rocky coast , along
which ran the path that led to the
home of old Martin Frere. At ordina
ry times the cottage would have pos
sessed but little attraction for a bold
stirring youth like Owen Glenn. But
a visitor had of late brightened up its
precincts a young girl named Annis ,
named after the aged grandmother
who dozed by the hearth through the
long evenings , content to watch the
bright flames as they shot up from the
broad fieplace , and perhaps to see
visions of the past with her dim eyes.
Dame Frere was a sharp-voiced ,
bustling woman , long past middle age ,
and not having the name of possessing
a yery sweet temper , but she had a
soft place in her heart for granny , ' and
it was to please her she had invited
her pretty name-child to como and
visit them for a few months.
Annis was a tall , slight girl , as
straight as a pine tree and as graceful
as a fawn. Her yellow hair hung in a
perfect mane of shining curls all about
her shoulders and far down below her
waist. Imagine a sweet , innocent face ,
lighted with great lustrous dark eyes ,
and a red mouth "almost always curv
ing into smiles , and you have some
'
i iea of'Annis.
Most of the young girls in the vicini
ty were buxom , merry lasses , with
hair and eyes to match both of in
tense blackness end with more or
less of the hoyden in them. Their
laughter was loud and hearty , and
their ways more frolicsome than refin-
ed. So it is not strange that when this
t
graceful , quiet stranger came among
them , with her shy ways and blonde
coloring , her swift changes of express-
sion and native ease of manner , she
was at once taken into the -hearts of
all the young people in the neighbor
hood.
' It is a great mistake to think that
one girl is insensible to another
maiden's beauty. Sometimes , to be
sure , she may have a feeling of jeal
ousy with regard to it when she is nat
urally of that disposition , but of tener
she loves the object of her admiration
all the more because she embodies ttat
ideal which' exists in every human
soul to a greater or less degree.
Owen Glenn had fallen head over
leels in love at his first meeting with
Annis , and had not missed an oppor
tunity of meeting her at the various
rustic gatherings to which she had
beeninvited ; and to-night he was go
ing to te-t his fate by telling Annis
( that he loved her , and ask if he could
lope for a response to the ardent feel-
ang with which he had been inspired
"by her.
Owen was not at all certain as to
( the success of his suit , for there was
another who admired Annis , and who
was far aoove him in worldy station
and wealth , and as Owen , in'his free
dom from vanity , also thought , in
.good looks and mother qualities calcu
lated to win a girl's heart.
I Annis had received the pleasant lit
tle courtesies and attentions of both
in a way calculated to wound neither ;
though , as to that , it would have been
an impossibility for her to be other
than so sweet and gracious as not to
enkindle hope in each passionate
young heart.
Thus matters stood as Owen started
from his home to take the long and
tedious walk over the cliffs , which
must be traversed before he could
Teach the cottage which sheltered the
object of his love.-
It had , been raining steadily ail day
long , and as night came on the wind
'had risen to a gale.
But , wrapped in his waterproof
cloak and lighted on his way by a lan
tern , Owen cared not for the threaten
ing elements , and walked along whist
ling softly , now and then pausing to
'shake himself , after the fashion of
some huge water ' dog.
Then he w'ould trudge on again ,
thinking what a terrible night it must
be at sea , and breathing a prayer for
the wave tossed mariners far from
home.
Suddenly a dull , booming sound
reached his ear.
It came from a seaward direction ,
but at first he kept on his way , think
ing :
"This is not the harbor , and every
one who has the slightest knowledge
of the locality will be sure to avoid
such a dangerous coast ; so it's no bus-
inea1. of mine. "
Again the -'sound came. This time
Owen stopped and listened.
A thought came into his mind as he
did so , but it .militated so directly
against his inclinations to give heed to
i ° that with anjjmpatient * 'Pshaw ! " he
started on. " ; < ; , „
But he could not rjd , himself of it
It was this : "If a-ship'is in peril , and
has lost her wajy , the only thing that
could save Jier would be * a huge bea
con fire to cast a light upon her sur-
roindings. " , ; fe „ ! , . - - . ' , .
I'o bjuild a , fire wpuld be a work of
time 'andfof Jiard labor. * * . . . ; -
, To'kecp one up long enough to do
any good would take hours of watch
fulness , and he would have to aban '
don all hope of seeing Annis that eve-
ning. *
It was a hard struggle , but inclina
tion proved to be made of a material
which could not hold its own against
hts strong sense of duty.
He gave up all thought of the pleas
ant greeting he had been living upon
in his heart all day long , and set him
self to work to gather fuel for the bea
con fire.
After several hurried journeys to the
'woodland , which lay a little distance
away , he succeeded in accumulating a
pile of branches and dry twigs , which
ho had raked out with his hands from
a deserted hut , which stood on the
confines of the thicket , and had evi
dently been gathered together for
some purpose ; but under the circum
stances Owen felt himself justified in
taking it , as it would have been al
most impossible to have kindled a
flame of green wood.
Just as he had succeeded in coaxing
a splendid blSzo into life , a voice
cried :
"Hallo , Glehn , is that you ? What
in the name of wonder are you do
ing ? "
"I am answering to a signal of dis
tress. Hark ! " as a dull sound came
again from the sea.
"Well ! old fellow , I wish you joy of
your post , and hope it'll do th'e good
you expect. For my part , I'm off to
old Martin's. I hear little Annis is
going away to-morrow , and I don't
want to miss a sight of her beaming
face to-night. It's bright and sweet
enough to be a man's beacon light for
all his life. Good-by , and good for
tune attend your work. It's lucky all
are not such selfish fellows as I am. "
It was as if a thousand fiends were
tugging for the mastery of Owen
Glenn's heart , as he listened to * the
rattling talk of the gay , lighthearted
youth.
Should he give Robert this chance of
seeing Annis , and of perhaps asking
her to be his wife , during this very !
night , while he stood and worked to
do good , and in God's providence
tried to be the means of saving the'
lives of people who were nothing to
him ?
;
Thus his thoughts ran over and over !
again , repeating themselves like the
voices of mocking demons , while out-j
wardly he labored on as unremittingly - ;
ly as though no influences of the kind
were at work , piling on fresh fuel for
flames , or pushing some burning log
into a better position ; and in that way
he won the victory.
Peace succeeded to the wild storm
of agitation which had momentarily ,
threatened to engulf him. Thus the
night wore through.
With the morning came a great
calm. One would not have thought
that the sun-flecked waves which came
leaping in , white-crested and tumult
uous , to meet the stern barrier ot
rocks , and crawl up , up almost to
their summits , could be aught but
playful in their force. Ah , it is a
treacherous beauty that of the sea.
Too tired to notice the beauty of the
transition from storm to sunshine ,
Owen walked slowly home. His work
was done , and he must rest.
Late in the day he started out for a
walk. He was in that miserable state
of mind which oftentimes follows some
great exaltation of spirit. The thought
that Annis had gone away without nis
seeing her again weighed upon his
mind like an unwelcome incubus.
At the voice of Robert Hunter , who
stopped to accost him , he shrank and
trembled as though in pain , but he
listened as intently as though his life
depended upon what he was about to
say. Had he proposed to Annis , and
had he been accepted ?
"Glenn , " he began , " 1 wish you and
I could change places about last
' . "
night's work.
"It's rather late for that , now , " was
the quiet answer.
"I'm fully aware of the fact , and
that's what I regret about it. I'm
afraid I'm dished in a certain direc
tion. "
"What do you mean ? " asked Owen ,
with sudden interest.
"Why , if you believe it , I might
just as well have left my visit unpaid
last night ; indeed , had - < far better have
done so. Annis was so interested at
the chance of there being a ship out
side in distress that it was all I could
do to prevail upon her not to face the
storm and 'come and help , ' she sad ;
and she gave me some pretty hard
rubs , I can tell you , about my leaving
you alone to do 'the good work , ' as
she called it. I don't believe that lit
tle Annis will ever look at me again
without a thought in her mind of what
I ought to have done and didn't. "
Such a tide of joy rushed through
Owen Glenn's heart that he could
hardly speak , and while he was strug
gling "to hide his emotions Robert went
on with his revelations , little realizing ,
the effect of his words : ]
"She's not going home " to-day just
on that account. She" told me to tell
you to come lip and see her and tell
her all about it. I wish it had been
my luck to make such a hit. Wpmen
are great on any one who touches their
feelings. You ought to see her eyes
snap and sparkle when she was lectur
ing me about not staying to help you.
I never saw her look so pretty. But ,
halloo ! what has come over you. " For
Owen was hurrying off in the direc
tion of thecliffs. ,
As he went Robert caught a look
upon his face which told nim more
than Owen intended. He stood star
ing after him , thinking to himself :
"I see it all. My failure will be
Owen's opportunity. Well , he's a
"
food fellow , and "as long as I can't
ave her , what odds does it make ?
And I saw last night that she cared no
more for me than if I had been a
stick. "
When Annis caught sight of Owen
approaching the cottage she ran out
with an impulsive "Oh , how glad I am
to see you ? I do so want to tell you
what 1 think of you. ' *
Then she stopped short. Something
in Owen's face filled her with confu
sion. But outstretched hands were
already within his clasp , and his low
murmured words of love were sound
ing in her ears :
"I am as elad as you that I have
done something to please you , for oh ,
Annis , ! , lbve you so dearly that I
would do or dare anything for your
And then , she never know how it
came about , but his arms were about
her and his kisses were upon her lips ,
and she found that she loved him so
well she was willing to promise to be
his wife , whenever he should be able
to earn enough to make a home for
her.
her.They were both young , and it would
not be hard to wait , and they were so
sure of one another's love.
The prospect was at first that sever
al years must elapse before their mar
riage , but suddenly all was changed
for them as if by magic.
A letter came from abroad within a
twelvemonth. It was addressed to the
minister of the little seaside village ,
and asked for information as to the
person or persons who had kindled a
beacon light in answer to a signal of
distress from a sailing vessel on the
night of , giving the correct date
and the time when Owen had sacrific
ed inclination to the dictates of duty
and of humanity.
That light had saved a valuable car
go from being lost , and the writer pro
posed to give half of the proceeds to
the parties who had been instrumental
in the matter. Also a medal was to
be struck off commemorative of his
gratitude that the lives of all on
board had been thus preserved to their
families.
Owen became at once the boast of the
village. For when a man's fame has
reached foreign countries his own
townspeople are sure to re-echo it.
The wedding day was set for the first
anniversary of the evening when his
good fortune came to him in the guise
of disappointment , and Robert Hunter
was the first to congratulate the young
couple.
"Who'd have thought , " he whisper
ed to Owen , "that the tables would
have been so turned ? Truly , 'There's
a tide in the affairs of men which , tak-
at the flood , leads on to fortune , ' and
you took it , my boy. " Alfred Crayon.
The Destruction of Bhamo.
The Kakhyen tribes have at last car
ried out their oft-repeated threat to de
stroy the Burmese town of Bhamo ,
which is situated close to the Chinese
frontier. Bhamo lies on the banks of
the Irrawaddy at the distance of about
a mile from its point of junction with
the Tengyue river , which has been
also called the Tapeng. Although
only a small stockaded town consist
ing of a hundred houses , occupied by
Chinese and Shan traders , besides a
very small number of Rurmese officials ,
Bhamo has been considered one of the
most important places in Burmah as
the point of departure for the caravans
proceeding to Talifoo , one of the chief
towns of the province of Yunnan. It
has been visited by all the principal
explorers of southwest China since the
late Mr. T. T. Cooper so nearly reached
t from the side of Yunnan during the
height of the Panthay rebellion in that
province ; and for the greater portion
of that period it has been the seat of
an Anglo-Indian consulate , to which
Mr. Cooper himself was the first per
son to be appointed. It will not be
forgotten that he , who certainly did
more than any one else to promote the
success of exploration in the border
districts and countries of India and
China , was assassinated by one of his
guards at this very place. The term
BTakhyen , it may be stated , is the
Burmese name of the tribes which in
habit the greater part of the northeast
portion of what is nominally termed
the Burmese monarchy , and lying be
tween the Irrawaddy and Salwen
rivers. The Chinese call them Yeuh-
jin and in their own tongue they speak
of themselves as Chingpaws or Sing-
phoos , which means simply "men. "
These tribes are in their habits a mix
ture of robbers and traders ; when
brigandage , fails they take to barter.
They have been tersely but accurately
described as being "ignorant and cred"-
ulous as children , but fully alive to
the profits of the carrying trade. "
With regard to their own personal
habits and characteristics , it may be
said that these tribes have little to
recommend them. Gen. Fytche calls
them "dirty , unkempt , ugly bar
barians , armed with bows and arrows ,
spears and match-locks ; drunken , su
perstitious , and lawless to the last de
gree. " At the time of Maj. Sladen's
mission some of the principal chiefs
bound themselves to maintain the se
curity of the road , but the decreased
interest taken in the establishment of
communications between India and
China by the Indian government since
his visit has suficed to cool the ardor
of these tribes in commerce which
mainly arose from a feeling of self-in
terest. The attack on and destruc
tion of Bhamo are important princi
pally because they show the extent of
the disorganization caused by Thebaw's
misgovernment throughout his do
minions. Unless prompt steps are
taken the disorder will extend to other
quarters , and one of the most fertile
portions of Asia will be'given over in
definitely to the prey of a number of
rude tribes who can defy with im
punity the feeble authority which is
all that the Burmese can claim and on
rare occasions attempt to assertCor. .
London Telegraph.
Jews in Prussia.
In 1816 there were in Prussia 123,938
Jews , in 1843 206.527. in 1861 262,000 ,
and in 1880 363,790. Seventeen per
cent of all Jews in the kingdom reside
in Berlin. Jews emigrate from
Prussia much faster than they immi
grate to Prussia. Between 1822 and
1840 the immigrants were in excess by
10,400 , but since then the emigrants
have had the majority by 35,100. In
1880 there were 16,000 foreign Jews
residing in Prussia , of whom the great
er part were Russians. Philadelphia
Press.
A Historical Death.
A young lady from the West who
is visiting friends in Boston , was ad-
miririg Bunker Hill monument.
"This is where Warren fell , you
know , " exclaimed her companion.
"Yes , poor man ! " she said , gazing
at the top of the monument. "It must
have killed him instantly. " New York
Sun.
COLOMBIA.
A Captain's Experience in the Civil Wars of a
South American State. .
"I am back from a country where it
is possible to go to sleep under one
form of government and wake up a
subject of another , " said Capt. Peter
Letournau , punctuating his remarks
with puffs of smoke from a Guayaquil
cheroot. Capt. Lotournau has just re
turned from the Pacific coast of the
United States of Colombia , where he
has filled the position of commander
of a war steamer. Ho left Wilming
ton , Del. Jan. 3,1884 , in command of
the Boyaca , built there for the Colom
bian government. Among his officers
were Capt. Charles Miller , Jr. , first
officer , and Miller Moore , second en
gineer , both Baltimoreans. On his
long passage the ports of Trinidad ,
Pernambuco , Rio Janeiro , Montevideo ,
on the Atlantic , were touched at , and
passing through the straits of Magel
lan , Valporaiso , Callao , Ghauaquil and
Buenaventura were taken in on the
Pacific side. At the latter port the
Boyaca was turned over to the author
ities , and her name changed to the
Colombia. Then Capt. Lotournau and
his officers were commissioned , but be
cause of the absence of any law to en
force naval discipline the officers de
clined to wear the livery of the Colom
bian government. Up to October last
the Colombia was most of the time at
anchor off Buenaventura. This forced
idleness arose from the inability of the
government to buy enough coal to
eep the vessel cruising. In the early
part of that month one of the chronic
revolutions of the coast was evolved
from the ambitions of several generals
of the state of Panama. With the con
sent of the general government the
Colombia'was placed at the disposal of
the Panama authorities , and the most
important factors in the expected
naval engagements were two pieces of
ordinance on the steamer , for which
there were neither powder nor shell.
Previous to the Colombia's arrival at
Panama the steamer Avaralla had
been taken possession of by the rev
olutionists and started on an expedi
tion along the coast. Another vessel ,
the Moro , was sent after the filibuster ,
but returned defeated to Panama.
The Avaralla put into Agua Dolce ,
landed her handful of revolutionists ,
returned to Panama , and surrendered.
The Colombia then prepared to capture
the revolutionists. Capt , Letournau's
material was of the most primitive
character , and his fighting strength
was about fifty Colombian soldiers and
a number of generals.
Upon the arrival at Agua Dolce the
revolutionists consented to surrender
conditionally if paid a sum of money.
Payment was promised , and the rev
olutionists embarked and were landed
at Panama and so ended another of
the typical revolutions. One morning ,
shortly after , the citizens of Panama
awoke to find that the Avaralla had
taken her departure in the nijrht ,
loaded with revolutionists , who were
to attack Ecuador. She was next
heard from as having had an engage
ment with a man-of-way of that state
about Nov. 20 , off Tomaco. With the
proverbial good luck of the average
South American revolutionists , the
Avaralla came out victorious , and
made the legitimate authorities seek
safety in the Guayaquil river. The
Colombia , under Capt. Letournau , was
again alive with preparations for a
naval fight. Her orders from the
Panama government were to drive the
Avaralla out of Colombian waters or
destroy her. Upon her' arrival at
Tomaco it was learned that the
Avaralla had landed her men in the
Guayaquil river and was then destroy
ed. At the latest accounts the rev
olutionists were waiting to be bought.
Returning to Buenaventura , Capt.
Letournau resigned , and Capt. Charles
Miller was commissioned commander.
The Colombia returned to Panama ,
and as the vessel had burned consid
erable coal in her two cruises , it is
supposed she will lie there until the
country collects some taxes.
"I was glad to get away from that
part of the Pacific coast which is owned
by the Colombian government , " said
Capt. Letournau. "At Buenaventura ,
where we laid most of our time , there
is almost a perpetual rainfall. The
climate is full of fever , having much
the same effect as Chagres. Tomaco
and Buenaventura , excepting Panama ,
are the only places of importance on
the Pacific coast of Colombia , and the
only ports visited by the vessels while
under my command. Buenaventura
has about fifteen hundred inhabitants ,
of whom fifty probably are white. It
has a dozen stores , and derives its
prosperity from the market it affords
to the vast country lying back of the
mountains which wall it on the east.
A railroad is being built from it to the
interior. Nineteen miles have been
completed , and the work is progress
ing very slowly. The enterprise is in
charge "of a Mr. Connelly and his son ,
both of Wilmington , Del. , where the
rolling-stock and bridges were built.
The exports of the place are dry hides ,
india-rubber , ivory nuts , and cattle to
Panama. The whole coasting trade is
done in British steamers , which are
making money by their extortionate
rates. For example , they charge $45
in gold for a passage between Buena
ventura and Panama , a distance of
three hundred miles. Salt , on which
3i cents per pound import duty is paid ,
is" brought from Peru. It is sent to
the interior on mules. The quantity
of American goods furnished along
the coast struck me very forcibly. The
principal articles are hardware , canned
goods , soaps , candles , coal-oil in cases ,
dry goods of very loud colors , readymade -
made clothing , glassware , and crock
ery. Customs duties are enormously
high , and the most exorbitant prices
prevail for everything needed. From S3
to § 4 per dozen is demanded for wash
ing , in addition to which you must pay
extra for the soap used in the process.
American white cut sugar brings 30
cents per pound. California flour § 14
per hundred-weight , fresh beef 30
cents per pound , potatoes 20 cents per
pound and hard to get , cabbage from
Callao 75 cents per head. Plantain is
the only vegetable cultivated , but
tropical fruits abound.
"The natives live in bamboo huts ,
and their dress is of the Adamite pe
riod. Notwithstanding the country
abounds in the most valuable species
of hardwood forests , the houses m
which the representative people live.aro
erected of pine from the forests of Cal
ifornia. To give an idea of the size ol
some of the trees in these magnificent
forests , there are canoes in the harbors
seventy feet long , six feet wide , and
four feet deep , dug out of a single
tree. I have seven steers transported
in one of them from the shore to a
steamer in the harbor.
' The people have little religion in
them. Sunday is almost unknown , or
at least it is regarded as the best day
for fandangos and orgies of a ques
tionable character. A priest occasion
ally calls , but an effort for several
years past to build a chapel has only
been rewarded with the erection of the
frame.
' The United States of Colombia has
an army of about five thousand sol
diers , who up to the last annual cele
bration of their independence were a
shoeless lot of ragamuffins. They got
new suits on that occasion. The
steamer Colombia comprises the navy
on the Pacific coast. The absence of
any rules or regulations for the gov
ernment of a ship-of-war in commis
sion gave mo many trials with my
crew. They left whenever they
pleased , and I had no redress in claim
ing them. The national government
is almost bankrupt , and because it
could not pay for coal my vessel did
most of her cruising at anchor. "
Referring to the Panama canal ,
which Capt. Letournau paid attention
to on the trip across the isthmus , he
said : "Tho canal is progressing very
slowly. It is in sight of the railroad
nearly all the way between Panama
and Aspinwall. Villages are scattered
along the different sections , made up
of the habitation of the workmen , of
which there are about 12,000. Work
on the Panama end had just begun on
the arrival of the dredging and other
machinery , and the operations on that
side will be confined to the deepening
of a river on which the canal is to en
ter from the interior. A few feet has
been taken off in places along the ca
nal in the interior , but at Aspinwall
improvement is noticeable. A break
water hall a mile long has been built
to protect the entrance to the canal
and afford a safe harbor for vessels
waiting. A handsome town has
sprung up on the breakwater , com
prising two streets of cottages erected
after the American style and orna
mented with double rows of cocanut
trees down each street. The rock ta
ken from the excavations has been
used in macadamizing the muddy
streets of Aspinwall is famous , breed
ing death and pestilence , are being
filled up , and the sanitary prospect is
very cheering to those whose lives are
spent in that home of chills and
Chagres. On the Aspinwall end the
canal has pierced the country about
three miles , and is about one-third the
width intended. At present it has
about six feet of water in it. The ar
rivals of lumber from America for the
canal are immense. " Baltimore Sin.
A Well of Castor Oil.
What there is just inside the little
earthy crust of this old globe of ours
will probably never be known. In the
old-fashioned theologies it was con
sidered a prison or hospital for all the
small gods that the big gods knocked
® ut but couldn't quite kill. After the
heathen deities ceased to be looked up
to by anybody but poets and artists ,
our religious ancestors fixed up the
interior of the earth and converted it
into a residence for Satan. And now
this idea is nearly exploded , and men
don't know much more about the
place than they did 4,000 years ago.
Now and then a volcano or"an earth
quake will shake up something new ,
and miners occasionally strike a fresh
fact and bring it up to light , at the
risk of having : it taken to some learned
professor , who will call it such a hard
name that nobody will ever try to pro
nounce it.
Mr. William Gutchess , a farmer of
Port Byron , dug a well on his prem
ises last fall , and when he got to where
the water was due he struck oil. And
it wasnjt kerosene , either , but real
good , sweet castor oil , such as his
mother used to give him when he had
the croup. Instead of running off to
some chemist with a sample of it , he
took a bottle of it to his neighbors ,
and they all said it was as good as
could be bought at the drug store for
$1 a pint. The whole country around
there is said to have caught the craze
and gone to digging wells. Boston
Globe.
Impure River Water.
It appears that impure drinking
waters contain bacteria in numbers
proportioned to their degree of impur-
ity. Acting upon this fact , MM.
Proust and 1 auvel had been cultivating -
ing various river waters in gelatine ,
and afterward , by the use of a micro
scope constructed for the purpose ,
have succeded in counting the number
of microscopic organisms in each cubic
centimeter of the fluid. The water
of "the Vaune , which is considered
? oed , contained 11,000 bacteria. The
Seine water was found to contain
242,000 of the organisms , thus justify
ing the serious complaints made
against it. The result arrived at by
the microscope are in exact accord
with those obtained by the ordinary
complicated and expensive chemical
analysis. :
A Boston Bean Story.
A Florida youth who bought a pair ot ;
shoes without trying them on , found
on reaching home that they were just
an eight of an inch too small all around , t
He thought , however , that he would
enlarge them sufficiently by the "bean1"
process , > o he filled each shoe to the
top with large white beans the variety
that swell to nearly double their size-
gave them all the water they would
Bold , and then left them to the mercy of :
the beans. In the morning he found that
they had increased in size from No. 5
to apparently No. 8 , and that the up
pers had raised up on one side , expos
ing a huge crevasse and allowing tbe
beans to escape for several feet around.
The next time he will pare down his
feet. Boston Journal.
Some of the New York dab men hare be
taken themselves to the Innocent amusement
of chewing gum as a hard-times diierslon.
Vanderbilt and Grant.
About once In so often it becomes
the duty of The Sun to say something
decent of a millionaire , and some very-
respectable people have almost como
to the conclusion that this paper is
regularly retained by millionairesj to
stand by them when they gofcin a
tight place. No man is so poor that
The Sim will neb do him justice , and
no man can bo so rich that it will see
a national injustice done him and not
enter a protest. The subject of this
interesting sketch is Will/am H. Vanderbilt -
dorbilt , of New York. Half , the papers
in the country are warming , William
up one side and down the other , be
cause it is alleged that he is ruining
General Grant by causing him to mort
gage all his property ! trophies , presents - f
ents , etc. , to secure the hundred und
fifty thousand dollars Grant borrowed
the day before his firm failed. The
papers say Vanderbilt is a heartless
wretch , a whelp and a nine-spot.
"Vandorbilt Takes All ! " is the head
ing of the article going the rounds ,
and editors who can think of any
thing mean to say , say it , and say it
quick and often. And yet , Vander
bilt is showing more genuine heart in
the matter than Grant's most intimate
friends , and has allowed this stuff of
Grant's to bo covered by his mortgage
in order to save the trophies from
Grant a..vay from the creditors of the
thief Ward. Did Vanderbilt show a
very mean disposition when Grant
went to his house one Sunday and
asked for a check for a hundred and
fifty thousand dollars , to save his
bank , and "Bill" signed the check and
handedit over to Ulysses ? Vanderbilt
simply knew Grant as a great general ,
and he didn't ask any security except
his word. Would he have done the
same by any business man in New
York ? Not likely. He was not lend
ing money as a business , and was not
protecting banks from failure , but
there came to him an old man , hob
bling on crutches , a man who had
saved his country , as nearly as one
man could save a country. He did
not como as a business man , but as a
neighbor , a friend. Vanderbilt would
have lost the money before he would
have humiliated the old man by asking
security. He just handed the money
out as he would lend a shirt to a friend
whose shirts had not come back from
the laundry. The next day the check
was used , and the bank busted , and
there were not assets enough to put
in tea. Vanderbilt no doubt felt sore ,
but he didn't feel as sore as Grant
did. Grant knew what Vanderbilt
had a right to think of him. He had a
right to class Grant with Ward , the
thief , and Grant went right to him and
told him he had been deceived , and
having borrowed the money on his
own personal account he wanted to
secure Bill , so he mortgaged every
thing he had on earth. It is well he
did , and well that a man with so kind
a heart as Vanderbilt , the abused mil
lionaire , holds the mortgage. When
a subscription was started to raise
money to pay the "Shylock" who
held the mortgage on Grant's property ,
the "Shylock" says , "Well , you put
me down for about $60,000. " And if
no money was raised the mortgage
would never be foreclosed.
It is a very serious thing for a man
to be worth as many hundred million
dollars as Vanderbilt is , because it
sets thousands and hundreds of thous
ands of people talking and writing
against him , and a man has got to
have a pretty level head to keep from
hating the whole world , if he reads a
thousandth part of the bad things said
of him , but we doubt if there is a man
in America who does more good with
money than this same Vanderbilt. Ho
cannot stand on the street or in his
office and be giving all the time , in
fact he can scarcely give at all , per
sonally , except in cases like the half
million dollar gift to the College of
Physicians and Surgeons. If he gave
audience to one in ten of those who
want to talk to him to bleed him , or
to get subscriptions , it would take
turn twenty hours a day , and because
lie refuses to be importuned , he is
called a hard-hearted wretch , and yet
through others he gives away enough
every year to build a hundred miles of
railroad. His action in regard to Gen
eral Grant is generous , kind hearted
and noble , and that case is not an
isolated one by any means. If the
aublic knew of a hundredth part of
the good that side- whiskered man does ,
they would take off their hats to him
when he passes on the street , instead
sneering as many do. and when .they
pass his mansion on Fifth Avenue "they
would say "God bless that man , " in -
steadof what they often do say , and
if the time ever came when his house
was surrounded by a mob , as was Jay
Gould's recently , a million men would
march to its defense at a moment's
notice , and make a human wall around
Bill Vanderbilt and his loved ones that
no crazy mob in all the world could
iiave any' impression on. It is cruel ,
unpatriotic and desperatelv mean for
respectable newspapers to "allow irre
sponsible reporters and cheap writers
: p have carle-blanche toabuse a man
like Vanderbilt , and it is little wonder
: hat he delights in getting in a wagon
aehind a fast horse and flying away
Tom ill mankind , and forgetting that
ie is abused and misunduratood and
ualigned because he is rich and does
jot advertise in the newspapers every
; ime he gives away a million , dollars
or charity. About fifty years from
low the fellows that are abusin
Vanderbilt will be giving money freely
o build a monument to him. and they
ivilJ ask pardon of high heaven for the
vrongs tney have 'lone him. He is a
horoughbred , and the time will come
vhen evervbodv will believe it. Pec.fc'3
" '
un.
USB For It.
Mr. Black My love , I have been
Tying for a week to find out what
his thing in that 3011 gave me for a
S"ew YeaVs present.
Mrs. Blank How stup'.d ! Why , it
s a purse to carry your money in.
"Strango I had not thought of that.
Hurious contrivance , isn't it ? But you
enow , dear , I have no use for any-
: hing of the kind. "
"Nonsense. Of course you have.
Sy the way , the bill for it has just
seen sen * . "Here it is. "
"How fortunate. I can carry the
in it. " Philadelphia Coll.