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AFTER THE BLOOMING.
Oh, little rosefiud with petals red.
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Some day your frau'ranee will all lie gone,
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Much prized you are now.
Little rosebuds cannot always last.
And. oh, little-maiden, with eyes so blue.
As you sing, and laugh, and are gay.
Does it come to you
That some day, too.
Your roses will pass away?
I:ut the little roseliud nods on by the wall,
Caressed by the winds so free;
And the blue-eyed girl
Swings in the mad whirl
I'nheeding the song and me.
till, wise little rosebud and wise little girl.
Why turn to the dark ere you must?
Xd on and laugh on
Till your pleasures are gone.
Live to-day! For the morrow trust!
Johnstone Murray, in Womankind.
A QUEEU ADVENTUKE.
It liaiuMMicd aliout seven years ar.
1 hul liecn traiKsacting; stmie business
in London, and was returning: by the
aftoriitHni mail to my lioiuc in the coun
try. lJcinjj the only occulta nt of the cur
riajjrf in w liich I rilc, 1 bioUc tlie teilinni
of the journey by reading, in the dun
lig-htof the chill IK-ccdiIkt day, some of
the several jieriodicals with which I
had furnished myself at the tiookstall
previous to my departure lrorn the sta
tion. The papers at that time were full of
accounts respecting1 sc. ft -tart ling out
rages ctiuuitted just previously by a
baud of deserale nihilists, who, in their
own particular mt-nner, were levying
war uioii civilization iu a well-known
European capital. The lejnjrts were
alaniiiiig-ly graphic, and an air of in
security was engendered oy reading
them, for rnuior had it thi't the ramifi
cations were well-nigh limitless, ex
tending into other lands lieides their
ow 11, and it was plainly hiuled that Eng
land was shortly to rece:e ix social
share of their attentions.
I read on until the growing darkne'-s
rendered the operation too ditlicult to
Ix- longer indulged iu, ami then mused
11 1 Km what I had read fntil, half my
journey beii.g accimplislitd, it became
necessary for me to change my train.
Willi a quarter of au houi to spare, I
entered the bullet attached to the sta
tion at which I haj stopped, with the
object of obtaining' some needed re
freshment. Having eaten nothingsince
breakfast, -I was hungry, nud hokc;l
round for something substantial where
with to appease m appetite.
The only available thing beside the
usual sandw ich was aCermau sausage,
which I lugan to tackle without the
least compunction. Althou;,. not an
edible that I usually indulged in to lie
correct, 1 had never liefore tasted it
the inelegant polony seemed to my
sharpened palate quite toothsome food,
anil 1 ate vigorously, and felt, as 1 1
lieved, all the letter for it when the
time came to resume m v journey.
1 had a eompanien this time, a man
who, like myself., was closely wrapped,
and who occupied the seal directly op
posite to the corner one in which I
placed myself. In his hand 1 noticed
t hat he carried a small, oblong parcel,
incased in brow u paper and tied with a
strip of thin string, so at ranged as to
form a loop for the fingers that held it
On starting, my fellow-traveler made
a few commonplace remar ks alxut the
weather, and later on, with an air of
decided sociability, offered mehisllask.
1 am aware that it is not ordinarily ad
visable to accept hospitality iu I his w ay
from a stranger, and it is a thing 1 al
ways set my face egaitisl. but, in this
instance, I broke through my custom
and took the proffered drink, and then,
drawing my wraps closely around me,
snuggled into my corner, and tried to
make myself comfortable for the rest
of the ride.
I had not lieen long thus ensconced
when a kind of drowsy stupor liegan to
creep over me, which steadily increased,
despite repeated efforts on my part to
shake it off. As I bat in this semi con
scious state, my 'hough to reverted to
the nihilistic literature I had Ix-cn read
ing, and instant ly it occurred to me t hat
the brandy I bad been crinking wa
drugged. The thought was not a pleas
ant one, and somewhat alarmed by it,
I made a farther attempt to rouse my
self from the lethargy into which I was
falling, but without success. Suddenly
I lost consciousness entirery.antl every
thing became a blank.
It wa-sonly for a few moments, how -ever,
for my senses returned as quickly
as they had left nie. although my power
of ;u'tion was quite gone. I seemed liko
a person under the influence of some
mesmeric spell, from which there is no
escajM. In this condition my gaze in
stiiictivelv turned to my conpanion,
and 1 noticed, us I thought, a mysteri
ous change in his appearance. II is com
plexion had assumed a malignant air.
his eyes wore a wild look, and round
his mouth there curled a cunning smile.
As I sat watching him, lie licgaii tv
undo the parcel in his hands, and draw
ing away the paper in which it was in
closed, exposed to view a box apparent
ly made of tin. A little hinged door on
one of its sides, which he presently
opened, showed that, the interior was
filled with a siieeies of clockwork ar
rangement, and instinctively I guessed
that the tiling 1 Ix-held was one of thos.;
diabolical inventions which have come
to be known by liie term of infernal ma-
hiiies.
On behclding this horrible engine of
destruction, which, for aught I knew,
might be fnsed ready for its dreadful
work, mv first thought was to stretci
out my hand for the communication
cord, and, by stopping the train, letthc
authorities know the manner of man
they wejt carrying; but, on at tempt itig
to rise, I found that my limbs utterly
refuse-d their office, and I was as he-lp-less
as though I had Wen Itound hand
and foot. My companion, evidently
divining ny intention, spoke.
"You are powerlcs to move, he said.
addressing1 Rie. "The xtion iiiihilie.l
from my Ibusk is a sjxfial dectct io 1
w hich will prevent act ion on your part
for some lime to corte. So sit. still an. I
listi'ii! You k now . doubt less, what this
is." he mtiniu-d, i-oinliu"; t; the li.
which Ir.- had pl:o-ed on tbe scat lesiie
j.ini, ard most likely vo l guess what
I aui av the : ai time. In casr you ilu
not, I will tell yon atemcethat I am one
of that noble band who have for their
object, in Mfc the emancipation of man
kind from the runny of authority!"
"In either wends, you are a nihilist n
elynamitaid?" I suggested.
'lse those- 1erms if you like," lie re
plietl. "'1 here is nothing iu a name.
Acts are the things whereby men are
judged. l!t'iirw!ial I have to say! TI:
society to which I lielong has elecreed
the immediate doom of an authorita
tive rule?, aud with t hat object has elis
patcheel emissaries far and w ' te car
ry out its behests. A big blow is shortly
te; lie st ruck, and there is not- a country
in the- whole of Eurtipe which will es-e-aje
it. liussia. (Germany, Austria.
France, all are' e'emde'inned, ami even
England, the- vauuletl homo tif the free,
is not to lie exempt. At the present
moment, there are 111 picke'el men.
arme-el wiih the meKst eleatlly bombs, in
London itself, awaiting the signal to
e-eunnience'. One more' worker is re
epiired, and I am e-emimissioned to find
some one to supply the want. I have
done so. anil my choice falls upon yeui!"
I stJirte-el ill iny seat at these werds.
tit tercel 111 a fiercely earnest tene. He
conclude'd :
"Yeui, yes, yon must, liecomc one of
'.is; must enroll -oursclf uutler the ban
ner of emancipation, ami strike a blov
for bU rly!"
"And what if I ref use?" I inquired, as
quietly as my excitement would allew.
He h-ane-d feirward, ami hisseel rather
then sjHike iu my e-ar:
"If yeu will not elo this, then you
yemrself are eloome-il! Mark me, un
less you jtin our ranks you will never
leave this train alive!"
"Who will prevent me?" I asked,
again inak ing a vain ende-avor to rise.
"I will!" he shoute'd, fiercely.
"I elefy you!" I exclaiiue-d. with a
firmne-s I elid not really fe'e-l, thiuking
t hat a eletermineel attit tide might ies.si -
bly overawe him, for assassins are in
variably eowarels. 1 was mistaken in
my man, however, for on hearing my
words he put his hand under t he e-loal.
that, eiive'lopenl him and elrew forth
Milliard, the shnrp-Mintil elge of
whie-h he felt critically w ith the tip ol
his lingeT.
"1 will give you one minute in whie-h
tj cejiisider your de-cision," he said,
"aud if at the end of that time-vein re
main obdurate', then this blaele jren's
straightway through your heart!"
In order. I suppose-, to amuse- himself
during the interval he pr:e-ke-el several
holes with the point of the- insti ume-iil
in his arm just aloc the wrist, from
each of which the blooel sepuirted in
small, purple jets, shewing how sharp
was the w capon's e-dge. In a litt le w hile
he said :
"The time is up. What say you now?"
"What I said liefore," I replied. "Do
your worst!"
Instantly he sprang to his feet and
e-luU-hed me by the throat.
"t'eivv artl !" 1 e-ried, half choking, as I
was, and struggling in his iron grasp.
The e-pithe-t seeme-d to madden him.
for his faere lnt-ame liil with sudden
rage, his eyes glared wildly and his
breat h came in t hick and hurried gasp:--.
"You shall never say that again!" he-shoute-d,
tightening his hold until the
bl.K'l swelled up iu my face and my
e-ye-s se-emeel ready to burst freun their
socket s.
Willi the e-ne-rgv of elet-pa'r 1 made
'on final :i I teni t to ree-ove-r my miwci
f ai-linn. and felt tha' I was suce-e-e-O
ing Tin e-tTect eif the potion wis evi
dently working olT. ami with us' re
turning to my limbs I realized that
now was my time. ('eiie-e-utrating all
the strength I had into one tremendous
effort, I manage-el to free nivse-lf from
his grip and immediately close-el with
him. We struggled viole-ntly together
for a few seeonds, neither gaining tin
mastery, and the-n I stumbled and we
lolh fell to tbe ground, he upH'rniost.
It se-emed that my hour wa-s come, for
in his baud he held the deadly wcaKm.
As i saw the gleaming blaele descend in
one swift stroke I raise-d my voie-e and
shouted
"Tickets, please! All tickets ready!"
It was the summous of the -eille-etor.
1 rubbed my eyes ami loeked around.
There was my fellow travele-r sitting
quietly on the seat opiMjsite, re-garding
me. with an amused expre-ssien on his
face.
"lleen sleeping?" he querieel, as my
gaze caught his.
"I supjKise 1 have," was my hazv re
ply. "And tlreaming, 1oe," he added, with
a smile; "unpleasantly, I should guess,
by yeiur manner."
It wa.s se. The sultstantial repast of
which I hae partake-n had lee-n the
means eif bringing on a heavy slumlier
which laste-tl right em te my jotirney'.s
e nd. and the fearful adventure through
which I had lie-en passing was not, as
I had imagined it, a thing ef reality,
but tinly a heirriel nightmare, engen-ele-reil
by the reception of a mass of in
eligestible foenl into a constitutionally
dyspept ie stomach.
My companion, of course, was no
more a nihilist than I was. The only
fusible article insidt his brown-ptiH-r
parcel was a Ikix containing a hundred
choice cigars; anel his ila.sk, he assureel
me, held nothing more iujurious U the
system than a quantity of fine old
t'eignae.
As I relateel to him the experience
through which I had gone he indulged
in a hearty laugh, and, while I could
not refrain from jeining him. even at
my own exjiense, I inwardly registere-el
a vow to give ("ernian sausage a very
wide lierth for the future. Tit-Bits.
THEIR NAMES NOT KNOWN.
A New York man w ho rMse-overeel a
lire in a tenement, early a few morniogs
atr aremse'd the sleeping inmates by
firing a pistol several times in the hall.
A new York !lerist has just aid
$li.0oo for the sede rights to I he Mich
igan carnation known as "Mtirella."
It is a very large flower of a elecp reel
color.
A KietX clerk went chess mael recent
ly. He threw tip his Ksition, played
chess all day long, aotl when he ceiul l
find no partner played alone. Finally
he Iniught a rope ami hanged himself.
A yeiiug woman of Lyons, who had
probably ri'ad "Hoccaccio," but not
Kogers" "Cinevra," shut up one lover
in a trunk when another kmx-keel at
her eloer. She then went out ami for
get ail aliout the matter till the next
day. when she found the man ill th";
trunk dead and the ioliee unwilling to
ae-cept her explanation. .
THE STORY OF AN 1. 1). B.
"Well, old mail," e.il an unfamiliar
oiee, as 1 was waiting for my train at
Liverpool street, "you're not a day older,
t'.oing home to ten. in the same old,
;teaely fashion? What, don't you know
nieV 1 ishoulel have known you any
wiieie!" With puzzleMleyesTtiirneel and stared
at a big, bror..e-d leardeel man whom I
hail no reeeille-tiein of havinpr sie'n Ih
fore. He laughed loudly at my er
plexity so louelly tliat several people
stare-el at u, which as a staitl e-ity man,
hating to be conspicuous. I very much
elisliked. Consequent ly it was in no
frienelly iasJiion t hat 1 eye-el thestranger
who thus noisily e-lainieel ae-epiaictane-e.
"Don't you renu-mber Harry IKiwn
ham," he sa"nl. at last, "who workeel
miller you in that tlug-hede of an eifiw-e
king age w he-re I supiose you're still
giiiuling on in the same old way?
Shake!" he adeled, peremptorily, thrust
ing out a. huge sunburnt hand with
which he gntsia-d mine till my lingvn
were rtrushe'el. "Now yoti must come?
ami eline w ith me. Your w ife? Oh! she
won't mind j-our playing truant fir
once;" ami in a short time my master
ful acquaintance anel I were se-jile-el op
isit eaeh other in a well-known
le-staura nt.
Yes. I tliel now rejnembf r him. Hut
he was cJiangeel inib-ed from the slim
young fellow w ho had Ut-n tJieflightietit
clerk in the office, iinel whose fchort-e-oming-s
had, after inniimenible gruudi-bug-s
on the part of tlie firm, leel to his
dismiss;U. Oce-asional surmise-s had
since bet-n indulgexl in by his femie-r
comradets as to his i-jtxeer, none ef tiiem
of a oomplimeut&ry k'uid, as I candid
ly remarked.
"They weren't so far wrong," he an
swered, oarelefssly. "1 was never fit for
humdrum life and Wicks aud mortar.
'1 he ivilil frcedemi of uncivilized regions
v as my iele-ul. Would you like te hear
my aleiit.ures? tlwiugh your rigitl re
sectability may be somewhat rudely
isliockcel."
Of course I assenteel. One aJwayshas
a certain curisity aliout an ae-quaint-ane-e
who eliyapjienrs in imiecuuions
j,-uise, and turns up years aftei w ards
with all the external signs of wealth
which Downham showcel in rather tew
preinotinceil a fashieni for goewl taste.
"When ha e you come from?" I saiel
looking at his breinze-el face, curiously
"Freun Seiuth Africa. Iiii'lel nt
Southampton two elays age. Am I go
ing Imck? No, sir, not. much. It
wouldn't lie healthy. The e-ountry's
oo hot -in all senses. I've made my
pile, and am going to settle down in the
south of France, when my siste r's lte'n
living as a (,overtiess for yeeti-s. IiKr
girl, she'll know what leisure anil lux
ury are now; ami there's a charming
place I've liought there. Climate anil
surroundings justsuit me, for my eJiest,
big as I look, sometimes gets w rong.
"What have 1 done in South Africa?
All sortes ef things. Hut my last and
most. er iat.her seh. successful pa rt was
that, of an I. D. I ."
I hxikeel at him in some perplexity,
for what, he meant I could not gnss.
He watchi'd me with an amused smile.
"You rsee-m puzzle-l, olel man." he said.
"It's nothing to do with elynamite (I
starteel being a nervous man). Not
but w hat explexsions of a sort are son."
tiieies its eonsequence. I thejtight you
knew what these mysterious initials
meant. They're as plain in South
Africa as A IJ C in your firgy island.
I. 1). It. means an illicit diamond buyer.
Au illicit diamontl is one which has
lie'e'ii conve-yetl gooel word that.
Shake-spearean, isn't it? from the
mine in other than le-gal fashion. And
there's a elul of legality, let me tell
you. in diamond eligging. There's a tug
staff of oilieiaJs to loek after it. Illicit
eliamonds are usually feuind and elis-pirse-el
of by the Kallirs ennplo.M-el in
the mines though by no means only by
I hem anel seld much lelew Ihei rvalue
to well speculators like myse-lf. who
take tJioir cJii;nce in iew ef t.he big
predit."
"Wliat?" I g;isiel. "Then you have
ce-tually liought' stolen preiM-rty!"
"Well," hi, saiel. enxlly refilling our
glasses, "that's erha.s your way eif
putting it here. It's not eurs iu South
A:'rica. I!esides. I think I've he-aril e-ve-n
in this resee'tiible city of money le-nd-e-i--
buying reversions fer a imre' song,
and sieculateirs purchasing stoe-ks and
share's from di spenelent hohlers. knetw
ii;g secn-tJy that theise stocks and
snares were going1 up in a elay eir two
w 11 li a IhuhkI. Also of house's and land
bought, from private, knowledge ef a
s;.eeely ele-nnnd forthem. fora trifle, the
se Hers lie'ing quite igi;erant of it.
llavent you hi-sinl of such things?"
I el id net reply. I was too much Uset.
I!ere was I, a head clerk of many yi-ars
standing, dining anil drinking cham
pagne at the cost of an illicit diamonel
buyer.
"However," he nstiinel, somewhat
tartly, "1 don't ask for your approval ;
I simply wanted to amuse you with the
-tory of my adventures; so you may
ii.iagine I'm soliloquizing.
"Why should the mining companie-s
have the ni.inoMilv of all the diamond
yielding districts?" he continued, in a
t'e-rce tone (and I thought it Iie-st to
elrink my chanijMigne sine-e t Jit- twit tie
w as oKneel, and My nothing the'se
adeiitunrs some-tinies e-arry reveilvers,
I 5e liete). "There's a big profit in these
things. The law is very strinyent. and
there's gntit difficulty in passing the
st-.nes from the finilea- to the I. I). 1.
I.ut the profit tempts )ieeiile and in all
classes, teie. let me tell you to engage
el i re-c.t ly or inlirectly in the traffic
"I liegan very niexhtst ly. and as ca
ital iiicrea-K-tl I ine-reaseil my swcula
tions. At last, suspicion was awakene-d,
and I was seare-hed when leaving the
fie'lds. Hut the searcher, though very
pertinae-ious anil clever, had lieen seen
by me lie fore I saw him. I was smok
ing a big Dute-h pijic, ami this gave me
an idea. 'Sublime tolmcco that from
tJie east, to west! Y'ou elon't smoke
yet, I suppose.? No! Oh, joue
missed a good de-ul of life's pleasure's.
Well. I epK-ei luy four diamonds into
the big bowl. covered itwith "liaccy.anel
v cut on puil.iigand chaffincr the se arch
er. w ho w as burning toilistuigui-ih hiui-e-Jf.
I knew that thus defeat would
make him niore pertinaeious than ever.
And too it was. Now I had I -ought of a
Kaffir some. i. tones of great value, and
how to get tieem out safely puzzled me
not a little. Some fellows under similar
eircumstanci's had recently tried vari
ous dtxlgets which had lexig leen epii
ia r. false boot heels, hoi low rid ing w h i ps,
and so on, and Ln each case the dia
monds had been discovered with very
i' n pleasant onseepjone-es. For ye-ars of
em:pulsory working at t he brealvwater.
for instance, inay tie the result, and
yet I was determined to chance it
rather than lose these stones, which I
shall never forget for the trouble they
cost me.
"After perplexing myself day and
night my enemy X always liovering
about near me a sudden ielea flashed
into my bruin. I had a jvxrt ieolarly
ugly bullelog who was of asurly elisjiosi
tion, ami was much laughed at on ac
count o: my fondness for him. The elog
v.ere. a thick collar which was a neces
sity, and that collar pave me the "tip.
I remeiveel it, cut slis in t he insiele anel
put the diamonds in them. As I was
leaving- the fields. X, of course, jiounced
on me, anel I affected a certain amount
of uneasiness, .which produced on his
mind corresKntling glee."
Hen Downliam paused and 0eneel
his ioeketlook, ami from it he took the
photo of about as ugly, ferocious and
elisreputable a bulldog as was ever asse
ciated with heroes of tine Hill Sykees
class.
"Isn't he a beauty?" he sakl. fondly,
ns he handed me the ploto. "1 shall al
ways love that ioor dog; he died on tlie
vojage home from tlie absurd preju
elice. of some of the passengers w he
didn't appreciate his play fid nature as
I'm pretty sure and putshed him over
board; a t any rat he disnpjieared. Yes.
si r. t hat dog got my best haul t Jirough ! "
"Didn't X sMrch him?" I timidly
epieried.
"Se.irch him! Everybody gave him
as wide a lerth as they coidd they
wen under delusions about him, pretty
cre-ature! No poor Grip lay down,
while the clever X was fussing about
me, anel grow led at him. "Send that in
fernal elog ef yours off,' he said, irri
tably, and little did he think wlien I
oKeelicnt.lv did so that be was sending
off the biggest haul of I. D.'s he was
eter likely to find. Of course he found
nothing on me. and his r-Lge was a cau
tion. However, he went off, ami some
elays later I started homewards by leis
urely stages.
"I feit pretty secure by this time,
and carrieel Uie diamonds in my pex-ket.
Iiowever, as the train left the station
for Capetown. I chanced to set one of
the. diamond fields elettctivts jump in
to thergnnirtl van. That was a suffie-ierit
hint to me-, to make things snug, but
how to get rid of the eliamouds t his time
1 could not see, as Crip wasn't accom
panying me that journey. IxxkiDg
lound tJie carriage, I saw a broken
black liettle uneler the scat- There was
my cache, as the I ndiatxs say."
"Hut surely the detective," I milelly
intersed, "would have looked under
the scut?"
"Well. I suppose he would," elulv re
narked Downhaiu, "unless he were as
bigan idiot as somepeople. J ust wait,
my good friend. In-fore -ou credit a man
w ith congenital ieliocy."
I shrank back silent. He looked
fierce and dagger-like, and on the whole
I began to w ish I'd gone to Liverpool
street for some other train.
"What I did," he resumed, "was this:
I wrapjied up all the stones in pieces of
newspaper, and carefully put them into
the lottle, tilling up the-spacee by more
paper as tightly as possible. Then I
looked care lets-sly- out of tlie window,
smoking, but my eye always on the
guard's van. When I saw notnxly look
ing out of course the chap tlwuiglit I
hadn't seen him, and was probably tell
ing the guard what a fine haul he was
going to make I quietly droppd tlie
breken tKtttle clear of the line, marking
the sot one's eye gets well trained
eitit on the vehlt, you know."
"At the next station up came tlie de
tective. They have power to search sus
pects, you know, and I was ae-corelingly
rummaged again. Hut this chap, Z.
let's say, was as unsticeessful and as
riled as X. Of course, I hadn't a dia
mond about me. And mut-h inelignation
did I elisplay. Some days later 1 went
back to the place where I elropped my
black bottle, found it and its contents
intact. After that Iliad no more ndven
turefs with thtse stones, and they
partly liought my place in the south of
France,
"Yes, they're very clever, those D. F.
D.'s, and have many fieople in the'ir pay,
both black arul white, calleel 'traps.
They dem't usually make mistakes, but
they eliel in ruy case. What do you
think? conclude! Downham, empty
ing his glass.
What I thought I certainly was not
going to say, and, ineleed, I hardly
knew when I was. It was an aw f ul ex-lKrie-nce
for a ste-nely-going1 man of
business whose career has leen as un
til filed as a duck pontl. I parted from
him. however, with much outwanl
e-ordiality. but I have not seen him since.
I sincerely hope he will n-niain at his
place in the south of France, which I
snail carefully avttid if I ever visit the
continent. t handlers Journal.
In Ileal Life.
"You have no heart,"
Pale, but tearh'ss. she stooel liefore
him. and looked him squarely in the
eye.
She was poor, but proud. Adverse
ftrtune hat! reelueeel her wardrolie to
:t calie-o basis, driven Iter anel her only
iiirviving mother to the top flat of a
Wa leash avenue apartment lieuse. anel
hanlenisl the lines aliout lier still beau
tiful mouth, but it could not elim the
luster of her blue-black eye or tame the
uneoiK jiierable spirit that animate-el
every fiber of the lissome form staneling
cre-e-t with unconscious grace and await
ing his answer.
"You have no heart," she repeated.
"No, miss," replied the butcher, "but
we've got some mighty nice liver. Will
that do just as well?" Chicago Trib
une. Kdue-st Ion In Old Pern.
Education was mouojiolized by the
Incas and the nobility. The teachers
were called "a mailt a " The "quipu"
were the hooks. The epiipu was a small
c"inl from one to two feet long, made
of variously colore-el threaela twisted
together. From this other anel thinner
conls were hung, forming a fringe;
all the conls were of elifferent colors.
The colors representee' obje-cts, such as
gold, silver; sevmetimea white signifieel
ieace; red. war; but. they were chiefly
used for calculation.
WILLFUL WILLIAM.
The Autocratic Methods
German Emperor.
of the
Ilia PavMlon for Saying and Itolnc Things
In A ttenaavtionml Manner lie I tterly
Ignore the Makers ot
the K nip l r.
The most interesting figure in Europe
at present is the young tierman em-pe-ror.
He is tlie last of the kings
among men who go Uethe housetop to
prielaim that in their esacrcd M-rsens
the stivereign rule's by "divine right,"
and that a king is still "the Ixird's
anointed." Like to Webster'sedd seddier,
he is a ruler that has come dow n to us
fnun a former generation, or rathe-r a
former age, the tlark or the miihlleeuie.
when there was no pre-tension that
royalty might not aspire to which was
not reaelily acknow leelgeil by the
jopular mind. The elde-r king might
anel did claim that a divinity elid he-elge
him aliout. and that the lejer who
touched only the he-m ef the. royal
mantle would elepart wheile anel c!e-an.
and his claims to anythiiitr. natural or
supernatural, were conccdeel to lee gienl.
"The king can elo no wrong" is still a
ple-asant legal fiction, but it was. once
a matter of iepular lielief. Neilioely
really lielieves it now. but the yeiung
enqienir trie's te make it ajqu-ar as if
every tmely lielieves it, anel he l::cs no
doubt convinced himse-lf that he elen-s.
How he ran do so in view of the criti
cisms made upon him and his condue-t
by even a jiart of the press of his own
country and the e-aricature and rielicnle
of the foreign newsjaers. esiiecially of
the London Punch, seems inconipn-hen-sible.
That he is not. at all like eine- of
the. old kings of the middle aires, as he
pretends to lie. who rulenl alesolutcly.
w hose will or w him was the only law- of
his suhjects. is easily demonst rate-el.
neit only by the fact that the iH'ople
have their representative le-gislat ure.
who make the laws, impose taxes, and
make or refuse to make appropriations,
but that his olel chancellor. banishe-el
and stripieel of all authority, can and
eleies arraign and elefy him aud his jkiI
iey. and cannot lie silenceel or punished
fer his tilieluracy.
The truth is that Emperor William is
really a make-lielieve survivor of the old
seirt of kings who ruled autocratically,
absedutely. and. as was contended, w ere
kings by di vine right. He does the most
extraordinary things and says them,
and all the world, even in Ilerlin. looks
on at the Kectacle and laughs as if the
kaiser were a king of a sprightly bur
lesepie set liefore them on the stage. lit
is always in evidvnee in one way or all
ot her. and always suggesting an e-leler
sort of royalty. At the lm liquet of the
Hrandenburg elii't, stieaking aprojios of
the silver jubilee of I !u empire, l.e made
a iiumlier of exceedingly florid and se-n-time'iital
refereni-es to the special grae-e
of Heaven to him anil his house since he
has lieen emieror. He exalted king
ship ami nis graniltather directly. and
thereby, iudii-ectly. himself. "What
have we witnesseel," he sail, "and w hat
has In-en elTecttnl. we owe sedely to the
great Einpe-ror William and his trust
in (ioil. The entire e-ele'brat ions of the
victories of the German arms, whie-h
were held in 1'M culminated in the
glorification of his lersonality. which
has liecome nothing less than holy tt
us." Not. a word about the eilel chan
cellor, who was not royal except in his
majesty of mine anel purpose: but who
was the master of William and who
really won all those vietories and eiut of
them constructeet the mighty German,
empire, with comparatively insignifi
cant Prussia as a nucleus, ami out of its
king create-el an emperor, anil gave this
brash young swashhucker a chance to
make himself so interest ing and pictur
esepie a pcrsemagc.
Ileferring further to his grandfather,
and as if to wholly obliterate Eismarck
and what he had elone. the einieror
said: "It is our sacnel duty to prese-rve
tils perseinality anel hallowe-d memory
against all comers." incluelir.g. ef
course. Hismarck and all that group of
great statesmen anel soleliers who
planneel anel fought with him for the
making of the empire, and who gave
William II. the opportunity he is now
enjoying of iosingas an eild-time kimr.
to the (mat amusement of the I'.'th
century. The czar of Kitssia is a n-al
autocrat, but eve-n he is an tqi-to-elate
monarch. He eloes not send hyste rical
messaires to Mr. Krnger, write solids
or iaint tdle'gorical pie-tuns. make ri
eliculous sMet-hcs or pretend to W ab
solute with the Eeiclistag .ssiying nay
to his prhemes of elmation. taxation,
or militarism. The young emperor is
a source of universal inten-st. neit emly
lieH-ause of what, he elen-s, but of the e-v-lectation
of the more extraerdinary er
ridiculous things he may elo next. lb
keeps alive, by his prancing and posing,
memories of a royalty that is foreve-r
past, and suggests, not what a kins; is.
but what a kingwould be if llith century
civilization and political progress would
let him disport himself t the top of
his tient. XoIkxIv except England and
Hisman-k pets really angry with him.
liarring memliers of the family of his
grandfather that he turns out of eloors
or loe-ks up in their castles when the
royal humor takes him; he is not
offensive, but amusing. inU'resting and
pieturesque as a preteneler to a sort ef
inaje-sty that has no existence outside
of history. Philadelphia Tele'graph.
SHARKS' FINS ARE HIGH.
Bmailar Srrt-. ud C'hlnerwe. SUtmm
A re (ireratljr Kaert-iae-d.
Chinese politicians are doiilithss
making great capital out of the- fact
just now that the price of sharks" fins
has gone up entrmously of late-.
Whether this is really el ue to these- hot
sea leviathans becoming seare-e-r. like
whales, or to their displaying more ac
tivity in evading capture, is disputable,
but tbe fact n-maius that their tins,
as a delicacy, are In-coming elearer and
dearer.
It is generally supiosc that sharks"
fins are never eaten outside of the
celestial erupin. iiut they e!i occasional
ly figure iu select liauquets in England
auel France. Sofarasknown they have
not lieconie a staple luxury in this coun
try, however, though bey an oce-asion-ly
serveel at luimpiets g-iven liy San
Francisco epicures. The Chine-se are
very fond of them. anel. notwithstand
ing the cost of the last war, still show
such a desire for these delicacies that
the price is still rising-.
FADS IN THINGS TO EAT.
Artlelen of I Mel W lilt h Are Alleged by
t rni to Have Me-dit-inal alue.
Celery is invaluable as a lood for those
suffering from any form of rheumatism,
for eliscase of the nerves, and nervous
elyspe-psia.
I-ttue-e for those suffering from in
somnia. Wate-rcress is a remeily for scurvy.
I'e-aniit.s for indigestion. They are
e-spee-ially rt-e-oiiimcnde-ei for corpulent
lialn-te-s. Peanuts re made into a
whiile'soiue and nutritious soups, are
lirow util and ue-d as e-olTec. are e-ate-n
as a reli-.h simply hake-el. eir are pn--pare-l
and scrve-d as salted alniouds.
Onions are almost t he lu st nerv ine
known. No medicine is so useful in
cases .if nervous prnstr.it ion. anel there
is nothing else that will si quickly n--lieve
and tone up a woniout svstm.
Onions are useful in a'.l cases eif coujrh.;.
e-olils and inl! ucuza ; in consumpt ion. in
somnia. h prop'iobia. seurv v.eiave-1 and
kindred liter complaints. Eate-n every
other ilay they s(,n h.,, e a clcariiig and
whitening effect m the t-oiiijilexion.
Spinach is us-f ul ti thos,. with grave! .
Asparacus is used to induce rs
irat ion.
Carrots for sufferers from asthma.
Turnips for nervous disorders and
for seurv v.
I 'aw lie-ef roves a "Teat l-enefit to
mtsiiis of fniil -onst it ut ion and to
those' suffering from e-eiisuniptioii. It
is e'liopM i t'ne. se-asniicd w ith salt, and
heatinl by placing it in a el ish ef hot w a-te-r.
It assimilafi's rapidly and affords
the lest rmurishme'iit.
F.L'ir-- e-ontain a large anxjunt of
nut riiiient in a iiimjute-t. quicklv avail
able fe.rm. lU-aten up raw with Mir.tr
they are- used to e-lear and st re-nut hen
the- voii-e-. it h sura r a tul 1 inoti jui-v"
the- l-at-n white eif fU!Z is ti re-lie-ve
hoar.-e-in-ss.
Honey is w holesome. stre-n-the-ning,
e-leansimr. healing and nourishing.
Fri'sh rijH- fruits are e-xelent for
purifying the blooel anil toning uji the
svsleni. As sjx-eific r ii.ih! ie-s eiranires
are- ape-rient. Sour eirances are highlv
re'e-,ni! nie-iiel.-.! fur rhen mat ism.
Ci ;! ill "Tries for erysijielas are- ucej
xternrdly as well as interr.allv.
I.e-iiions for fete-rish thirst iu sie-k-ne-ss.
for b:lioiisueNS. low feve-rs. rheu
matism, e-oiighs. e-ol-ls. liver ceniiplaini,
etc.
l.lacklM-rries as a tonic. I'seful in ali
forms of diarrhea.
Tiiii;:,tii.-s :re a nwcrfu! aperie-nt fir
the liier. .. mt, re-iirn renieeiy for eiys-p-epsi:'
:u il indiii'stion. Toiraloes are
in v a I i.i I !e in nil e-otni:t:on of thesvs-te-ni
iti which the use of e-alomcl is in-elie-.-it.-d.
I'i'j's are ajie-rier.t and whoh-some.
Thev :;re s:iid t i be- valuable as fi5l for
those si ffcri tig from e-ane-er: thev are
iise-i e- t'-rn.i ', ly as wi-II as internallv.
Apples :ir- useful in nervous d s
npsia; tbev are- nutritious, nie-d ie-inal
ami vitalizing; t he-y a"i ibg-st ion. clear
the Viiie-e-. c.irrii't the acidity of the
stotn.ie-h. and are- tain hie in rheuma
tism, inseiinti'a and liter trembles. An
apple e-emtaiiis as unu-h nutrinie-nt as a
Hitato in a ple-asaiite-r and more wholc
sotne forni.
tirajie-s dissolve and elislexlge Travel
and e aleuli and bring 1 he stomach and
Imvvcls to a heal t hy e-ondit ion.
Pie plant is wholesome and ajnrient;
is exci-1 le nt for rhfiniiaf ic si!tTi-nrs and
useful for purifving the blinvl. Htiuse
keeitr. ELECTRICAL FLASHES.
It is expecteil that the e-lee-tric light,
of the future will lie obtaine-d by the
utilizing of broken er alternate cur
rents. Ele-ctrieity is now applieel tei the type
writer. A ree-ect invention provide-s
means for moviug the carriage anl
mller of the machine by e-le-ct rieity.
If ail the tele-graph line's of the world
were combined and stretche-el in one
straight line they wotile reae-h vsi.:vm
miles, or enough to encircle the earth
TkI time-s.
The process of e-lectro-rine-ing is lie'
ing prefern-d in Er.glanel to galvaniz
ing, csreciai!y for the tulies tif lK.iilers
for marine- work. The aelhesion of the
zinc to the iron is e-ensiden-d sue-r:or
to that obtained by the old process.
An -e-ctrie loring plant has lieen cr
elereil for the Slate salt tunics at Hal
lein, Germany. The plant will com
prise a high-pressure turbine, e-oupleei
ebrect to a eeiitinuous-curn-nt tlynanio
and two toring iiiachine-s.
In what is known as the 7-e-rener sys
tem eif electric we l lii-g t he e h-ct rie are is
elct'e-cte-el in any de'sired ebree-tiem by
means of an adjustable horse-shoe elee--tro-magnet.
The arc is drawn out like
a blowpijie flame of extraeirdiuary in
tensity, anel is niaele to elo we-hling and
brazing in j.ositions ordinarily epiite
out of reach.
THE MUSICIANS.
Wagner's "Walk ure" was given 17
times in successien at tlie Argentina
theater in Home.
F. II. Cowen. the composer, has lieen
selected to conduct the Manchester anel
Liverjieml Philharmonic iwieeTts. in
sueH-e-ssioii t the late Sir Charles Hall..
The once elistiuguishe-d prima elotui.i.
Mme. Ku lka Gerste-r. w he), afte-ra short
but brilliant e-an-er at Her Ma jesty
theater anil also in the l'nitil States,
partially lest her singing voie-e. is at-out
to start a vocal acaelemy in IVrlin.
During her recent stay at Keiiue the
pope ret-eive-el Minnie Hauk in sjeci: I
auelie-nce. ami gave her ermissien t.
lie prese-nt. at the private mass cele
brateel by the poH himse-lf in his pri
vate chapel on New Year's elay. A few
elays afu-rvvarel the singer was pre
s nted to the queen of Italy, at the
queen's own ele-sirc, anel sang a few
swings at the Qnirinal.
Tna ;atlanet,
"Yes, I tol i him that it was said that
kis-ses were much sweeter in the
dark"
"Anel he ttirne-el down the ga?"
"The ieliot die nothing of the kind.
He just sat there like a stick and tsaiJ
that if a irirl were as banelsome as I.
he thought. darkness would eletract
freun the pleasantness of the occasioai,
lt w;is a very nie-e ceriiniIinienl. tiut
there is time to speak and to act." -Cincinnati
Knquirer.
Heptili-s anel fishes are not general
ly provide! with eye-1'ds. the-se proteee
tions lieing to them unuect-ssary.
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