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ruuawleraiiuu of uterlpxm wiioce larurf will
IBertt at the following low rle r
1 Inch. tluiee. ...... 1 M
1 lnrh, S month". 2.ht
1 Inch, e montbi. X.10
1 lwh I year .o
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ouloma.fl uiuoih... 2 uw
kiyiluaiB, I year .'WOO
1 ooluo.n, uontb. ...... 40.00
1 reluutn. I year.... 76.00
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AiiuiiBintratur' anS,Kxrrutir' Notice. t2M
AualU.r't Noli ret x.iA
t-trT and ulinllar Notice 00
jrHenlut ton or iirraeaiitnir ol any eetr(Kr
Mon or (octeiy and o uau uul' atlonn leKIrntd to
call attctitttin to any matter of -limited or tndl
Tidaal lirtereit uiuM t-e paid tr advertlnmenia.
Mix. Il and Job f rlntln of all kluds neatly and
umiuumj execvled at Qic luwent pricea. And
doo'tyou loricet It.
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pert u. h i.in.ee.1 a the ftnin ( ;itmir as thoiio ho
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'EE IS A FREEMAN THOJ THE TRCTH MAKKS FK-B AM) AIX ABE FLAVKS BESIDE.'
SI. DO and postage per year In advance.
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KBENSI5UHG. PA . FRIDAY. JANUARY 5. 1S04
VOLUME XXVIII.
NUMI5EIM.
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The Atlantic Kenning Co., oi
rittsburt V:i., make a qociaIty
of. manufacturing, for the uoines
i'w. trailc the finest. br;uuU of
Illiiminatin; and Liibricalir Oils,
'Naphtha and (Jasnlin
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. jtwer t curti )'r aU dun-iw f the Mmx.
w Tho Harpooncr's Story.
Pn. .T. C- Atwti ,.c i.'o. Txvonty your te I .
wju a linrpu.T in the .'.riri lTt'tir, w bn rlv"
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yo.rwh.ilctU'H'Ttlic Workoronly oi:r.-.r:r-: :'.t-r.-.'-yj.
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Sitting )n tho czist corner
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I.Uiiirf tn ilu rx-t anil j!ru-.fnt. i
M ixinfr now with ycMi-rl .y.
r.:iu!pa. rruli.lMA. tli-.ir (IJ couplfi,
f.:-tn a:: I n.iin ! t il our !hiiu
Ia Ihi'ir twilight hours sen-m-ly,
.'N.-aili uur tunililo cuttut' Uotuc
N-vw their lay arc provrins short.-T.
Now Ouir yours iufiu not so luiic
An.l tluir dim oyirt f.irn K-icLwnrd
V.Ihtp Uit-ir youthful i.loasurcs throng;
Now tlic.r ho!il on lifj grow A wcaRer,
tHl thi-j- f.U.t-r an thny !T - r
' rtul Ihcir f.itU all fours xubduinft ,
.' l.i-.ivci no room for si'lilsh wots "
N'ot a slud.iw min ttin Kntity"
Of tht lr iroamfitl luve-lit l;y. . .
.iKKllll Is b'lt th: R HC Ui llf:vea .
Tin y v 111 ent. r ly anJ hy. l .
S 1 hear tiiom tallcin1? snftly,
r la the Ur!-li.ht'ii ruilJy plow, k
ii tht- I Jppy i it ami prtWnt, . . . ' '
. W-.itlin' for th'Hr time to jfo.
' M. J. M.. Smith. In "hri!ian, at Work.
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LEX VliN'O HOME.
tJnclo Henry's Hoart Is Touched
by n. FanriHar Picture.
f Ifripbt anrt early tlioy nrriveil at the
fair grounds, ;-ami tlio - first, tmililinpr
thoy -ntort-J , was the Art pahu-t'. It
putst tiot 1h infcrtT'l frrirri this fact that
iln'V 1rvd q rt jKiJat all. TJiey eainci to
this strurttiro sirujay lKvcause it xvas a
part of the cxpsittjn titey ,ha:l not vis
iIimI licf.ro. TJwy had cninp Bevi-ral
hurnlreil lnilcs trtsoe) the fair, ami it
tvimlil vT-cflt-nifavily on their mimls if
thM"'frfTel'tti' seo1 any Tyirtioi of it Im-fieltptl--ly
a"" stern souse o( duty, ttafy
jiud "lie" rery buiMHiflf, mm the
convent of La Kubi.la to Ilortieultural
fiall even though the " exhibits " in
some at them were as un'mtellioble
t thern as that inseriptious on an Egypt
ian obelisk. 'The Art palaeo antl the
FislierieT buil1in? aUme remainetl to
hi visited; am! it was to complete their
tyelo of sipht-secinp; that they ha!
come to the fair this mornii;.
j It took no close observer to see that
they were simple, wcil-to-do country
jieople. )ne knew iiiKtinetively -that
their paths hail, lain in M-rjuestered
.lfiees, through ptw.l. preen pastures
where iniM-cyed kitte pra-il eontente.l
ly anil birds sahpr through the l.nir sitni
mer lay.' - It wjis plain to Jk seen b
their honest faees that thry were far
better versed in the ways of nature
than in the wiles of man. This trip to
the fair 'was the supreme event of their
livi-s tho brightest bit of e.b-r n,.r
into the .lull rriv -j-n Yoof of
t htic t - v - writy ha.l never Ignore
r'cr,r't? more important than a
l-.jnaly fair: anJ this pri-at carnival of
the nation boeruetl so stupen J,t;s a:il
overpoweriii tliat sotneti nes a feelinp
of awe catne over thetn. They realized
tie li.pele-vnes of seeing atnl eomore
lien.ii:ir more than a smal ! art of the
wkt.le. At sti.-h times, l"nle Henry
tVMtthl si'ii ami sadly remark that lie
''reckoned" it was too bi f ir hi:a.
: l'n-lo Henry was the head of the
f i:.n!y. lie had a kin.!, honest faee,
ar.d a l.rfk of himplieity that was re
freshinp. I.tn-y, his wife, was a hearty.
biix.iMj old ladv. who looked at re:ue
with the whole world. "I lu ir yoonpest
.,l.ild wa with them a pretty, bud.linp
pirl ot seventeen or thercalamts. Tlin
th.-re v.as I'nclo" Henry's siitcr, an old
maid, whose patient face pave evidence
that her liftv liad tieeii ot.e hnp sju-ri-fiee
f..r the welfare of others.
"I never did care no very preat sipht
(or tlinimos," remarkel Uncle Henrj-,
as they passed rapidly throuph tho va
rious section.
"I kind o like to see em." said his
wife. "'Hut dear me! I fere's so many
J.ii! pit ail mixed tip. Vou can't ln-pin
to sr ip and look at 'em all close, f..r if
y..tl did you wouldn't pit throuph in all
day."
"Ma, look here'."' called the pirl. at
tract 'd by a paintinp of a lioiMjuet of
porpeou-i tlowers. "Ain't this b;-auti-f
ul? Wish I had it- Keekon they'd
sell it, ia?"
."Course. answered her father. "Sell
finythinp here for money.'
"Won't you buy it for me?" she
coaxed.
"What's the use buyin piekchers
when you pit such nice ones free with
every pound of tea you buy?" Uiicle
llet'ry a.-.l-d.
.; "Ihtt they're not like these here. pa.
These are all -painted. '- They're only
jirinted.'' .
i 'COh, I'tiee." All done 'by hand, eh?.
Val, I think Rome of 'cm better been
Jeft undone." " ' - - - -
They at down on one of the sofas to
rc:L
"Mil, I want to learn to paint," said
the pirl. "Tin-re's a lady stays at t lie
Johnson's who teaches follcs to make
j.ielures. Can't I learn?" .
! "I rci'';nn it's tiiee to know how to do
mieh tbiitps " said t!io mother. "What
tlo you tiiink alKiut itv" f lefir-?"
"Tiiiuk it's jionsensi':"' sai.l Henry,
tlecisivi-ly. "Nn cart hly use. Let Flora
j earn, to paititi, and.otir honso wonlil
jsoiiii lie a rep'lar i.icin-her pa'.lery, like
this. Vou po into the Johnson's; where
that teacher stays,, aa.l you si-e a sun
ilower here ano a cat-tail there, and a
jl. .np-leppi-d-bird of some sort over yon
der. Johnson was to 11 in me his pirls
had pot the craze so bad they even
'decorated', the crtal-seuttle and the
spade, and wouldn't let him use 'em.
If 1'lora wants to learn to paint. I'll "pit
some white lead a:i.l oil and let er
tac'ile the front-yard fi-nce."
No one nra-le aiii" response, anil he
continued: "We've seen all this we
Want to. I pinws. Let's po over U that
place here the o,u-er fishes Is."
They were p-wsinp throuph a pallery
in the 1'njted Slates section, tryinp to
timl an nutlet. The old maid sister,
't ho brought up the rear of the little
proup, stopped U examine a picture
III'. re cfosvly.
i "LljoU here, Henry. she fcauL
The X'h'ture to which she ealled his -
attcntivii was entitled: "IJreakinp
!ilnie Ties." " Trie scene was a plain,
bare ro.uu in an ol.l-fa.-hiouel farm-botiiav.-
- A lntl, perhaps eiphtcen, was
l.'avmp his tMiybotxl's honie topoi.ut
alone int. the broad.-unknown w.rld.
His mother, an inti::it.v of i:iatcrral af-
" feet ion in her tenrful eye-, stoo 1 by
him. both her liands reslinp n hii
shoniders. The lKy' father 1i:k1 turned
toward the open d.or. In his hand
was a carpetsack liko th-ise our prand
fatliers carrunl; it ht Id the few belnup
inpsof the dcpartuip lad. The a-ed
prantlmother repar.U-d the scene, a l-.-of
sadness in her patient fuee. A yonn-,'
laily sister sat rear by, her hand resi
inponthe bead of tho family dop a
preat, noble animal, that lokrd
ianxiously into the younp man's face ai
thouph strivinp to fathom the mennin"
tf the stranpo solemnity. A younper
sister a . mere child RtcHKl near.
Thronph the open door could lie sceu
tlu? driver waiting' to convey his pa
senper t the viltape-
The boy's fac was a study. - It
showed tiio keen rep ret ho felt in leav
inp mother, friends and home. There
was no bravado or as.innol carelesj.-
. ness in it- One felt that tears were al
most ready to start probably would
when the excitement of separation was
over. Hut there wa in -"weakness ja
the fae? itexpresseil hiph pttrps. anl
;lirm resolution.' It was hard 'for htm
to.p) like this; but once started he
would never turn back he Mould ac
complish what he set. attaitt. iuietiy
and determineilly. He was otic of those
.lroys you trust instincti vei-. feelinp
'that a pxvl mother's intluence Is stronp
within him. ' v.
I It MSMiieJ so rinL one could almost
fancy hearinp the partinp wonls: "Hod
bless you, my boy. Ikv true to your
self, and do not forget your homo and
mother." . .. '
I'ncle Henry reparded the picture for
some I hue in silence. . It evidently ap
pealed to him stronply.. for as he
, looked his face took on a retrospective
expression.'- The pasttnp crowds we're
i'tmheetleiL' The. time, " the place were
'alike forpotten: The memory of the
. White City-of forty yeart of toil and
.hardship that came liefore faded from
his memory like a dream when-one
awaken- : He for cot everythinp but a
lit t le New. Hampshire homestead and a
' weepinp mother's lat far.eu eJL-r:
; Some .itifi i.p:ussnip brushed rudely.
npainsC him. He started as tine who is
aroused frtim sluniler; then turninp to
his sister, asked:
"Miphty purty pickcher, ain't it,
Alice?"
. Yes, 'tis: ripht purty."
T "It 'minds me somehow of that day I
left home. Don't it you, Alice?"
, "Yes, it does." - -
"Must be .'bout . forty years apo, ain't
it?"' . -
"Forty yi'ar, come next May."
"That chap thert.'s just about my ape
'thi-n. And j-on was the size of that
little pirl. tiK. .u.ir. uin't it? Alice,
that day comes back so clear I see it all
mother tell in" ine pood-hy, and father
- brinpin' the team 'r.-und to the front
door, arc I j-ihi standin there cryin' all
so plain! 7
"And i t vrnWr tier last wrd:4, too
il-tPy. inbreaks my heart to let you
"po. hut I piioss it's for the K-st. I know
you'll always b, a nqo, and not d.
v. hat you'd le ashamed to toil father
an.l me siihhiL, won't you, my hoy?'
"That was forty yeir afo, an I all
that tiaie that .scene has stood out i:i
inymiml jnst as piaiu as if I had a foty
praf of it there. - An I thio jvckch -r
"niiiirts me of ltpiwcr.uU S un.rhow it
brinps it all buck, and for awhile I
sorter forp.-t and ima pinetl I was leav
in" home apin'."
There were tears in Alice's eyes,
white a sort of hay.j path tc.; on Unci j
Henry's old-fashion etl eyc-pla-si-s, an.l
he found it neo.-s.ary to wipe theta
with his handkerchief.
"Say!" he exilaime-.l. as thoupli
strti -k by a sudden i-'teu, . "f won.ier
who ma.!e tliat chroaio. If I knew the
man I'd olfcr 'tin two dollars t make
me another jest like it. Yes I would,"
he persistetl, in answer to an ineredn-loii.-.
plance from his wife. "I't hiph. I
reckon, the way piekchers sell now
d.tys, lmt I'd le willin" to pive it for
this. I'd like to have it in a nice blaek
walnut frame iinnp over the orpan in
the parlor."
"it's kind of purty, but I tlon't see
nothinp very wonderful about it," said
his wife.
"Course not! .Yon wasn't there. You
didn't break no home-ties like I tiitL
Always lived chse to your ma and pa
till they died. ISut 1 tell you I know
how it feels to leave a pood homo and
the Wst mother iu the world, and po
"way olf where the probability is you'H
never see "cm ap'iu. I know how a 1kv
feels alniut then, for I've been throuph
the mill. Say. Flora, do you reckon if
you was to take paiotiu' lessons you
could do such piekchers as that?"
"I reckon so," was the answer.
"Well. I'll tell ye what we'll do.
.When we pit baek home, you may po
to that paintin teacher and have Yr
learn you to paint. Hut if I was you I
(wouldn't pay no prea attention to
ma kin' snnllowers and cat-tails. If!
.was "a painter I'd make somothin like
'that somethin common folks lii.e ine
.can understand and appreciate. I
wouldn't waste two seconds drawin
donp-lcpped storks and posies nobody
never sees prowln. Maybe these ar
.ail weil cnouplj, and tue reason 1 can't
appreciate eiu is leo:iuse I tuu't upon
such thinps. Utit what I do like is a
pi.-kcher like this someth'a' yon can
look at and study, and feel the liettor
; fr tloin' it." Walter Hall Jewett. in
thk-apo ffraphie.
Hipping I i Ku-e Itlrila.
The Charleston News tells some mar
velous stories about the abundance of
rice birds in the dikes and marshes
back of that city. There are always
plenty of them for the Fport?.mcn and
caterer at this season of the year,' but
never lcf.re have they been seen in
such swarms, tlarkcninp the air as
they llit from piaeo to place.. They'
have almost c ascd to lc a tarpct for
shotpuns. and an' so thick and close
tope! her that they are catipht with a
dip net like so many fish. One ama
teur marksman reports tiiat with two
li:-eharpes of his t.hotpim he brottpht
down one hundred and ciphty of the
birds. The Ni-ws says: ."The repular
way now, however, is to pet a lxut
and a dip netand jro amonp the ttitehes
in the old rice fields and dip np the
birds. A peiitleinan went out a few
niphts apo and returned with one
thousand. twohnndr-d and thirty-six
birds. It reuin-d a w:i:r-n an 1 two
bneklioar.ls to carry tlieui all home.
Quito a considerable sum I. as liccu
realized by several parties wli cm
barkisi in t he rice-bird 1 nisi Mess. They
ean Ik iMiupht on the plantations for a
mere sonp, . and when taken tit the
town arc sold for at least twenty-five
ct-uts a dozen."
Jnl ior l.uei..
"I tell you what." sai.l Mr. Watts,
' "I saw a remarkable exhibition of ani
mal intellipcnce to-day!"
j "What was that?" said Mr. Potts,
i "Why, a bridal party started from
the house acrtss the t-treet from where
I live, and one of the ltorse threw a
1 sh'. Now what do you thiuk of that?"
' Indianapolis Journal.
I HUNTING THE IIACCC)0N.
i . . f
Excltluar Sport in the Pall 03 tho
Westorn Baaerve.
'An
KxrevKlraciT Trlrkj Ajilwial That Ca
lte C aptured Ouiy "by the AaaUr-
aare of TruHiet
. . ., Dea.
i The corn is fnlly ripe in tho Bhock in
many fields on the western reserve,
, and the season for ruecoon httntinp, r
"coouinp, as it is more-often called,
i has arrived, with its attendant scenes
; ot sport and excitements lie who has
never experienced the pleasure., inci
' dent to a nipht in the woods with a
. trained "eoon"-dop durinp the month
: of October can only learn what he lias
rnisse! by enjoy inp such an outinp at
the earliest opportunity,' .says -the
Cleveland Leader.
, To hunt the, raccoon at nipht with
success, a trainetiop is indispensable:
! for the scent, disposition and-4 coon"
education of the dop are directly re
sponsible for the number of pelts
which are broupht in at a sometimes
; early hour in the morninp. In the se
' lection of a dop for the sport it isnot
- best to choose a hound, as the ability
and persistence of these dops in "piv
, inp tonpue" warn the- raccoon of his
. danper and pive that crafty little
animal ample time to seek safe seclu
sion in tho hollow of some larpe tree,
i which size and value prevents the
: hunter from- euttinp down. If the
dop's education has been neplected,
' and he manifests an inclination to
follow the trail of rabbits rather tlian
that of the raccoon, the hunter will
not le likely to. carry anythijip home
further than the - remembrance of a
midaipht ramble in the woods.
However, many dops about whose
ancestry there . clusters an imperish
able halo of mystery, develop in:o re
markable "coon" dops. Some of them
are very keen-scented, and will follow
the trail of a raccoon over the pround
where the scent of rabbits and other
animals is encountered every few
yards. A well-trained dop will take
larpe circles and skirt alonp the edpe
of woods that liorder corn-fields, never
"pivinp tonpno" until their approaeb
to the coon is so cloe th1 me Viva
vciou little ixiair finds escape by
. ji:artt'1uipssiblt and scales the near
est tree. Then the frantic anu pro
lotiped notes of the dop proclaim to
the hunter, who may be some distance
away, tliat the pame is '"np" Ami a
coon has lteen "treed." If the tree is
a small one so much the better. The
animal is either siiaken out fji the
branches and the tlop pien an oppor
tunity of tests np his metal, or else the
coon is shot while in the tree and the
dop allowed in at the finish. It often
hapjH-ns that the tree is a larpe one,
and then the scientific part of coon
huntinp is broupht into re'iui.-ilioo'.
The hunter resorts to what is itilleJ
"shiniiip the coon." This is dvne. by
placinp a lantern npou the. heaV; and
walkinp ar.mnd the tree,iintt! tie re-
flection of two small, ball, "of fjro de
notes the location of the parae- ' Some
time's several pairs of plcaminj eyes
are revealed by the rays of the lai-tern,
and then the hunter knows that the
nipht's work will le a poxl one. The
explosion of a hcavily-charpod sliot
pun is the means employed, to dis odpe
the coon from his lofty perch, atid he
falls to the earth with a substantial
thuiL
The coon is 'an exceedinply tricky
animal, especially so if he be an old
timer of the "swamp" variety one
that has encountered steel traps r in
numerable doffs or leen filled with
bird shot. He will take to rail fi-nees.
' ert-- streams, run alonp the )ott jm of
shallow creeks for lonp distances, and
jump anythinp but a freipht train
when thorouphly alarmed. If the dop
is inexporieneeiT, the coon is utually
able to buUle his pursuers, and i safe
from further annoyance forthetiiie le
inp. ltiitofttimesthesapacityof tl edop
will resurrect the trail that sud lenly
terminate. 1 ut tlie creek, and the pen
craiship of the pursuer proves him mas
ter of the situation.
A favorite haunt of the coon in Oeto-lx-r
is in the cornlields that skirt the
lar pest tracts of wotKlland. They visit
tho comiicld:; to feed as sH.n as tlark
ness i'ttl-.s. and will somctiniL-s po
si-vcral miles . to a favorite locality
They aro hunteil for their pelts, .vhieh
may brii:p from one dollar to oik- dol
lar and fifty cents in the market, and .
for the rare sport that it alfordst-t this
scasoh of tho year. Not infretjy.ently
on those expeditions the dop blunders
on to one of those txlorous anima's that
have larpe, bushy, black tails, .-tad a
white .tripe nmninp down the back.
St .no! imes -the acquaintance so suoden
hy formed i t of a latinp nature. I .v this
event the faithful companion of man in
an excitinp chase i'; force 1 to aU.iidon
hi.; favoi-'rle rap ty tho tiro that ho has
bceu Wi.nt to lie and dream upon, and
firsds himself seenrcly fastened to a
larpe airy r.hod at a satisfactorj- iis
t;mce from the house. If he is sensi
tive and refined the lop takes the os
traei:.m to which he has lecn subjected
anil the pronounced coldness oa the
art of the 'umily circle to heart, and
is not apain known to "bark up the
wronp tree.". - ..
There are two distinctive species of
the North American raccoon. The
California or Texas animals differ
from those found cast of the ?Iissis
fippi river in that they have lilac t feet.
'The fur of the prairie coon f the west
hi of liphter color than that tf his
ca: torn brother. This is accounted for
by the fact that all f nr-learii:p ani
mals I;uve darker coats in the more
thickly timlH-red repioiis.
Amrriri'i Merchant Marine.
The transportation 11. -et of the United
States at the iH-phminp of 1SIK1. with
the 1-xeeption of t-aiiallxKits, numlicreil .
iVJ( vessels of all classes, of which
",!7 were steamers, S,J12 were sjilinp
v.r-els and 10..VU were barpi or un
ripped vessels, whose pross tiinapo was
7,(;u:t,irii - tons a-nd whose c-stknated
value sbxid at-'IS.txiO.aiKj. Other :otals
:;htw tliat tlurinp the preccdiiip j'ear
the frvit-'ht imn'cmcnt by the wind-; ope
ratiup American llect amounted to 172,
110, 1 bins of all cot unit di tics. alien
tJ7 il'.at the number of tcrsons of all
clas.- s cmployinl to mode, up the ordi
nary -r ct.mpleAnentary crews of all op
era! in : vesi'.jls f the l'nitel Mates,
Cii'lutiive of pleasure craft on the At
I uitii nust and trulfof Mexico, num-
I In. rod KhI.I'JTi, and that tha total amount-
(mid in waei w as uo less than f J,t07,-
ALUMINUM.
tonfa for Ilooite a lTulU for
iMWlH
Sure to IU" Made or It.
Aluminum, which itself possesses a
hiph doprce of specific heat, does not
really absorb heat itself, and thus is
not liable to tlie chief ob jection to iron
lmildinps In hot countries. T.ut apart
from lipht decorative- purposes, sayfi
the St. Louis l'ost-Dispatchv such as
lalconies, cupolas, finials and reran
das, it is as a rooSup material that
aluminum should Im? most welcinue trr
.the builder. . In plates or scales, two
thirds liphter than copper, ub corroded
by air and undimmed even by the sttl-;
phur of London smoke, it should make
a roof fit for a palace of romance.
The humbler elements of health and
.comfort in the house hardly less im
'portant than its " external defenses
apainst the weather pipes, cisterns,
; taps and putters, now made of iron
which rusts, or lead Which poisons
: would lie more endurinp an.l far more
i healthy if made of this lipht and clean
: ly metal, which mipht also take the
place of all water-holdinp vessels now
made of heavy, brittle earthenware or
painted tin. An aluminum bath is
amonp the probable luxuries of the
( next century. - But it is not as a mere
r accessory to comfort and convenience
.that real development of the new
metal should lie. ' It is for use at sea
' that its most marked quality of liphtr
', ness obviously fits it. ' .'
: The marine -enpineer and the naval
: architect, who are already lookinp in
; this direction for- a reduction of the
j weipht which is inseparable from loss
of eflicaey, whether in speed or carpo,
: cannot neplect.the possibilities of a
; metal. which, when mixed in the pro
; portion of one to fifty, pives to alnin
; inura-bronze 'a hardness and touph
! ness which makes it almost us reliable
; as steel, and which, if the proportions
could be reversed and the strenpth pre
; served, would reduce the Weipht of
ships and machinery alike by two
'. thinls. That is a problem . which
.awaits the - mctallurpist for solution.
The reduction in cost, judpirp by an
nlopy. can only Ic a i;nttkn ot time
and rcsearidi.
' ;rirlest steel now costs little more
'than one-half penny per pound, while
aluminum is fifty times that price.
Hut aluminum exists in far preater
quantities than iron, is more widely
distributed, and neither the limits of
time nor the history of ruetalUirpy for
bid us to conjecture that, as the world
has seen its ape of stone, its ape of
. bronze and its ape of iron, so it juuy
before lonp have embarked -on a new
and even more prosperous ape of alum
inum."..' " - - ' .
COYOTES HUNTING.
Iteliertna; Kaili Oltiorlo the (hiiM. Alter
I leet-I Kte1 Jack Italibita.
''Did you ever see a pack of coyotes
a-rustlin for prub? ' asked an old Cali
fornia ruinor of a- reporter recently.
"I've lived on the desert for niph :;;. ,
thirty years," he resumed, "aiil seei
'many a queer sipht. but coyote a-.
rustlin" for prub licjrt thetn all. Them
animals are as well trained as any
IhkIv of soldiers ever was under Gineral
tJrant. They elect a captain, whether
by drawinp straws or by ballot I don't
recollect olf-hand. Just at dsy lipht a
reveille calls the pack topether and
they come yelpin and howlin" over the
desert like a lot ot thtnps possessed,
their appetites sharpenetl by the crisp
air ami caper for their rep'lar diet of
jerked rabbit meat. The avant cour
iers sniff around amonp the sapobrush
and preasewiHxl, while the rot of the
band form into a bip circle, sometimes
spreadin' out on the plain over a radius
of two or three miles. The couriers
head a jack-rabbit in the circle and
the coyote nearest takes up the chase. -
"You know a jack rabbit can run ten
times faster than a coyote, and when
the one in pursuit pets tuckered out
the next one takes up the chase, and
so on till the jack falls down dead from
exhaustion. Then the whole pack leap
onto him. their jaws snappin' like
fcheepblades in shearin' time. Then
when the jack is disjxised of another
rcville is sounded and the pack apain
form into a circle, and the circus is
kept up until every one of the yelpin.
yellcr devils ha3 satisfied his appetite,
sometimes killin hundreds of jacks
and cottontails fur one meal, far a
coyote can eat a jack as bip as himself
and then looks as if he was clean
starved to death. I wasclean throuph
the late unilcasautnoss with toucral
(.Jrant and I know what scientific pen
oral in is. and them coyotes know as
much as any soldiers that ever lived
about ariny.tacties. The commander
in chief is, usually the oldest coyote in
the pack I and he flit.-, on a knoll where
lie can pive order j to his lieutenants
and. aids, and what thej- don't know
aliout- ambuscades, inaneuvi-rin' and
held tactics pinerally ain't . worth
knowin".""
The Worlfl'a I'retiitlenta.
The president of the Arpentine lie
public is chosen for six years and re
ceives an annual salary of $:;i;.(i(i(. The
French president receives a salary of
8120,000, a house to lire in. and allow
ances amountinp to S12.ooti more; his
term of of! ice is seven years, and he
may Ik' reelected. The president of
the Swiss republic is elected from the
seven federal councillors (who serve
three years), and serves as president
for one year, reccivinp a salary of 62.
7wi. He may le reelected after an in
terval of one year.' The president. of
Mexico is paid S4'..'J77 each year, and
serves four years: he may le reelected
now, (Ion. Diaz, the present president,
havinp had the constitution altered to
permit him to serve.
IntMM-t itriffanJa.
Wasps have Income go much of a
pest in Knpland this year as to be a
national nuisance. They swarm in
houses and in lod-ehambors, they rob
orchards more effectively than a who.e
school of boys, and they destroy the
finest peaches oa the wall and the
juiciest plums in the parden. It vol
pick up a ripe pear under your hv..ritc
tree" says a London journal. t.e
chances arc that half a dozen of these
hot-tempered thieves will sally out of
it, and you may hold yourself lucky if
you do not pet well stunp."
Ilipht Reply in Ripht Place. Vintor
"And so you are plad the schools are
open?" Little Johnny "No, I hain't,
nuther." "Hut you just told that pen
tleman you' were." "Of course. Hc'a
the teacher." lies Moines Arponaut.
FUTURE OF
THE COTTAGE FAR AWAY.
I tan- with vi-sum v.ushoil with tear,'
Yt-i lirifr-litrt.oU-up wrth srnilea.
That uhit-o l tar away in y.ar
Ah i li ;:s fiir la Coios: -A
sweet hut humMp l:ttle pxt,
Tuir us a aur.iuu r iiuy.
To mc- itslM-auty t-uJoih not
The edume lar away.
I see t hat cannot now te lorn.
The loved out- a before:
The n.riairit.'d window fresh anil oleau.
Anil mother at; -
I bear tue che r
tf ii-st- lit-irt- J
-Tt l.ut my iwn'
The cottage lai
' - , . - 4
I cannot ro to loi
.- The tJat us It
Ssome of the l vi
And aome are: -m.
So 1 shail caliti!y nit and view """L
The place lu niritior'8 ray.
To me so tair, to mo no true
The cottatr; far uw-a .
- J I'- lluu-hinson, in Chicago Kccoro.
SIR WILLIA-M'S CLEW.
How Ho Recovered His Stolen
Property by the Aid of a Dog. .
The 25th of March, 1S2 ,. was
marked by a thaw succeedinp a severe
frost of throe weeks' duration. At
Lcnham court, a mansion situated fif
teen miles or ' so from London, on the
west side, preat inconvenience and
some dajuape hail been caused by the
burstinp of a 'water-pipe durinp the
day. In "especial, one room was fen
dered so damp that its usual occupant,
"Spencer" Ltuly ltrown-Sal tor's lady's
maid was comju-lled to chanpe her
sloepinp" place. Instead of sharing- one
of the housemaid's leds she chose, with
her ladyship's permission, to make up
a bed for herself in the small room, or
larpe cupboard, situated at the end of
the corridor which runs throuph the
whole breadth of iA'Tihatn court on the
first story. It whs a room used to
store truiks and lioxes in, and Spencer
placed some of these as a foundation
for her couch Many of theso trunks
had miule the voyape to India and
lioek, for CoL Sir William I'rown-Sal-ter
had distinpuished himself not a lit
tle in John Company service. There
had leen much extra work for all the
servants at Lcnham court that day, aud
it was lat? Ik-fore Spencer retired to
her cuplnianL
On pcttiuif into her lied she found
her novel couch by no means so com
fortable as it looked. It had to be ro- '
arrauped, but ou extinpuishiup her
caudlo a second time she found herself
as far from sleep as ever. While she '
twisted and turned she heard t he stable
clock strike' two. and - immediately aft
erward she becnae conscious of a sul
dued sound outside her doorC Lciucui
boriiip the jokes at her expense at the
supper table alioot the size of her bed
- chau;lrfr, it occurred to Spencer that
her follow servants mipht lie poinp to
.play h.-i' a triclc or inuu'pe in sijine
practical joke. So she sud from her
uneasy couch, and reuiovinp the key
from the lock she hud locked herself
inoueomiiip t j lied f-he applied her
. eyr to the keyhole. The door, as we
nave said, taAea rtireetiy tlie
lenpth of the corridor; aliout two j-ards
from her stood a ma n, but not one of
her fellow servants; he held a liphtcd
candle in one hand, shadinp it with the
other so as to cast the liht now here,
now there. His face was concealed by
a mask of black crape and he was list
eninp intently. A breathless minute
or two passciU and, as if by mapic,
there were tv.-o or three other men in
the corridor, all masked in crape, 1k.
hind w hich their eyes shone in the can
dle plcauis.-- Tiiey went and came and
consulted, noiseless as so many spec
ters. In and out of the rooms, l.ckinp
diKirs lichind them, now ascendiup to
the third story, now deseendinp to the
basement: now the one holtiinp and
shadow inp the candle was left alone
apain.
Siionecr drew hack from tlie keyhole
a moment, tryinp to think if there was
anythinp she could do. Sir William's
room pave on to the corridor; he tans-t
be murdered, thoupht ixfrir Spencer, or
surely she would have heard some
sound, for he often sat late readinp mid
it was round his door that the thieves
were clustered, lie was a passionate
man and powerful, lcloved by hi:,
servants for his Iniunty, thoupli feared
on account of his temper. Surely he
would have made a iipnt for it, if he
had not been taken at some cruel dis
advuutape. What could she do? The
alarm bell, even if she could muster
courape to try and pet to it, was quite
at the other end of the house. Apidy
inp her eye ouoe more to the keyhole,
she was terrified to Cud not only dark
ness, but in the ' darkness some one
breathinp close to the uvr. Then the
handle softly brushed her check as it
. was turned, and lock and hiupes were
strained by the silent jiressure bronpht
' to bear upon them to such a dopree
that instinctively she drew back, cx
poctinp the door to be forced iu upon
her. The door creaked as the pressure
relaxed, and just then the stable clock
struck three.
As the minutes passed and silence
was unbroken. Spencer patherod cour
ape to look from herspyinp place. The
watchman stood alone, candle in hand.
in his former jWace. She In-came stiff
and enl.l at her post: nothinp moved
that she could sec or hear, except that
the man trimmed his candle n..w and
then with his linpcrs and turned his
head watchfully from side to side, his
eyes plcaminp Whind his mask and
socininp now and apain to lix them
selves on her ltirlcinp place. At a low
whistle from the basement he and his
lipht vanished topether, Tukinp the
precaution to sU.p up the keyhole.
Spencer struck steel and Hint till she
obtained a lipht. then huddled on a few
clothes, inserted the key, turned it,
stoid one minute outside in silence and
darknev", then snatch inp up her candle
'made a rush for the only open door in
the eorridoi it v;.s her master's.
Hound hand and foot to a chair and
pao-ped was S.r William. The room
was in the wilJest confusion boxes
caskets, chests all turned upside down,
and their contents scattered indiscrim
inately on tl e floor, llcr luwyr.ldp was
in led, bout.d and papered, too. With
i.ii'.ihl.- ii rs Sn.-ncer set to work to
free her master. No mxukt was this
accomplished than :.t''ci hless and foam
in at the mouth Sir William stappored
out of the i oom an.l, to her dismay, she
he;trd him deseend the stairs. Havinp
released her mistress the lady's maid
next hurried t the rooms of her fcl
low servants, on all of whom the keys
had Ih-cti turnctL after they ha.1 In-cn
threatened with instant death if they
uttered a sound. They were soon re
leastsl and the men servants descended
in a laody to the pround fhxir in search
-of their master. Here everythinp wai
ind -Mjrdcr. - On the 4ininp-rKim table
ivcfe the remains of the thieves' sup
per, but Sir William, as well as the
depredators, had vanishetL The proom
returned from the stables with the
news that his master's favorite hunter
was missiup. There was no doubt uow
lhr.the hatl pone sinple-handod in ptir-
ball. When ho reached the head of the
avenue.'three-ipiarters of a mile from
the house, he dismounted to nnn the
heavy pates. Then ho perceived in the
daw ninp lipht of the chill March morn
inp a stranpe dop sittuip shivcrinp in
side the pates, unable either to sur
mount or pass under them. He con
elndetl at once that the cur holonped to
his late visitors, and that, havinp staid
lichind. either for his supper or in
search of panic, his retreat l ad leen
cut off by the elosinp of thr pates. Ho
resolved to follow the clew tlyis pi von
him, and was confirmed in bis resolu
tion when, the pates lx-inp opened,
the animal scoured awav with his nose
to the pround in the direction of bin
don. Away went the dop. and away
palloped Sir .William, kocpiup an eye
upon him alwtiys. It was broad day
lipht when the three retched the out
sltirtsof Iyon.l.oi. und Sir Wi'.liatn was
hailed by a voice he knew well. It was
that of the major of his late ropi men t.
"Hullo, colonel, where are yon off
to so early?" Maj. Hippins was on his
way home after a nipht's play at
H rooks.
"Turn your horse's head nnd I'll tell
you. returned Sir William throuph his
set teeth. . The idea of coiumiinicat inp
hi., losses and the indipnily he, an old
sol Her, hud suffered sufli'-ed to m-.ke
the blood, which his swift ride bad
kept at fever heat, lioil apain.
Maj. iii'pins did as desired, n rut,
puttinp Ids horse to the pal '.op, received
in as few words as possible the news of
the nipht's occurrence at Lcahum
court as he and his old colon 1 iu: do
their way side by side tht-ou'jh Oxford
street and the Strand, never once los
inp sipht of the monprci tliat was. he
fancied to be, the clew to the recovery
of his property. Dodpinp and w indinp
his way throuph market" carts und
hackney coaches the dop, never once
rclaxiup his speed, diverped into by
streets mid lanes until ho disappeared
rp a court in Leather lane.
DisuiOunUnp and friviair their horses
in cliarpe to a luil, a.. ,
pressed a watchman into their service,
tl.ey aava.ico.l up the com I in si:;;;le
file. Sir William led the way, a cocked
pistol iu cither hand; Maj. Hippins,
who came next, was unarmed; the
watchman broupht up the rear in a
leisurely way that showed him by no
means thirstinp for the fray. Io.r
way after doorway was examined, but
the cur seemed literally to have van
ishetl. la un anple of the cul-de-sac
into which they had entered Sir Wil
liam at. lust discovered an outside
wooden staircase. Ht-spite the remon
strances of iiis colupaii u ns, iic per
sisted in creeping1 cautiously up tho
crazy stairs. There, curled up at a
door, nnd apparently fast asleep, lay
the clew who had so faithfully but un
consciously pui.led him to Ids master's
lair.
A summons to open the door met
with no response. Sir William, to
whom anper and excitement pave ad
ditional enerpy, put his knee to the
thior, biikliup Maj. Hippins "duck" as
he did so. The door yielded with a
crash; a shot passed over the lowered
heads of the two officers and took
elToct in the cocked hat of the watch
man. A short scuille, and the thieves
saved their lives by surrondorinp ut
discretion to Sir William's pistol. On a
table in their midst was spread out the
whole of their "swap;" not an article
was missinp. A presentation sword of
Sir William's, the hilt of which was
thickly crusted with penis, was the
only part of the booty that ha.l nu t
with ill usapc; but every diamond,
ruby or emerald t hat had been h nocked
from its socket still lay on the worm
eaten table, and was, l-fore many
days were past, restored to it.; accus
tomed bed. A few bruises und dents
in the metal work of tho hilt remained
and these Sir William would show
with preat plee in alter days, telling
how the pood sword was lost and won,
while as to the dents and notches on
the blade, pained iu a more legitimate
warfare, the pood colonel c uld scarce
ly ever lie pot to speak a word. Chum-tu-rs'
Journal.
WESTERN OPERATIC CRITICISM.
Siiii-era Who Simply Limf Away
Their
Time..
The hustling western business man
had lteeii to the opera, and was asked
what be thoupht of it. says the Chi
cago News.
'They're lazy." he replied, shortly.
"Who are lazy?" inquired the man
who had spoken to him.
"All of them," was t he reply. "There
seems to le a lack of good business
management that results in a dead
w aste of time."
"Who are you talkinp alout?"
"Tho singers." lie said, promptly.
"They just loaf and take their time
about everything. One of them took
nearly live minutes to pet through a
two-syllable word, a. id the audience
applauded us if she had done Weil at
that. It's an out rape. " sir. to waste
time that way. If they'd just pet
some live business man to take hold of
tie show he'd put some of those songs
throuph in half the time and finish the
whole show without missinpa thin1
un hour earlier 1 ban it's done now. I'll
bet if I was running it those big-salaried
singcra- wouldn't loaf on their jobs
as they do now. And the fiddlers are
pretty near as bud. They just draw
the thing out as if they were afraid In
work, an.l the crowd doesn't seem to
catch onto the way it's bamboozled.
Why, we've got an old, broken-down
' singing teacher out our way who can
put any one of those songs throuph iu
anywhere from live to fifteen minutes'
Wttor time."
An !! t'htnrae Ulm.
Never judge a uian by the umbrella
he carries; he may have just left an old
cotton one for il at tho rctuuraut ho
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