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VOLTJME XXX.
EBENSBXJIiG, PA., Fill DAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1896.
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JACK AND THE IiAilMAID.
A seaniy-fawd old salt with tiny
fold rinps in his ears and Imshy hair
luinino; well down over the Kick of
his neck was sittinp astride the strinp
ioee of the Old Slip pier watching a
of men diseharirintr a carpo of
pineapples from a neat little three
nui.stel whooner. It was u. lu.y aiul.
on the whole, a cheerful scene, for the
men were not only hard at work hoist
ing and sorting the fruit, hut they were
at frecptent intervals aetivcly engaged
in heailMig off a )al f-tlozc n laughing
lioys w lio were lent on getting a goo!
pineapple, in place of the. rejected ones
to which they w fire welcome, l'ttt 4I.e
old salt, f row net 1 and puffed vigorously
at his pie while he watched the scene,
aiul attrtu-teil. the attention of a
sifter of rumors, win) happened along.
"I sjiy. Jack, ni .seem to have srime
thing itnplciLsant on jour mind," tautl
the sifter, "iul that isn't right- How
would a change of tolwiceo do as a med
icine, under the circumstance?" and
the. xiftcr offered the old salt a cigar.
''Thank Ye, sonny," said .Jack, as the
crinkles dcejiened aliout his eyes and
thei droop in the corners of hie motit.h
lH-aiiie somewhat less marked.
"Thank Ye. I was a trifle under the
weather, an it's all along o seein them
'ere pincapplcis. Never heered of a
tihip o tliat najiie, did ye, sonnv?"
"What, l'ineapple? Xo."
"That's w hat I thought. It was afore
your time hy nigh hard to 2d year tJiat
the jraJliiust ackktii atwixt L.iverHiol
an .New York wsls in the tropical line,
which they all had names like Pine
apple an' Iy'inon an' Orange an
llauaiui. 1 1 nil ! In them days I was
jest growin tlui first liair on my face
tin thinkin I w:us some pumpkiiis fer
ltxiks, 1 mt the way. I jot the starch Uxxk
on ten me wlben I shipMtl into the Pine
apple out o' l.iverxol so as I could Ik
in the same .s-hip. Jilong with a riglit
pretty iKirntsiid as IM made the ac
quaintance of some time afore an what
hail dt-tariiiiiied to emigrate in hopes
of 1'tterin of herself huh! Say, son
ny, when I think o' t hat ere v'yage it's
tnore'n I can say rightly whether or
not 1 died an have lieen a animated
corpse ever since er not. leastwise, if
1 didn't lie. all liands an the crazy skip
K'r thought I did, an t4u-y huried me
in a Kimie'at oncoiiunon fashiuii, or else
this "ere wonderment o mine had ended
then ilu thar."
"It was all along of Pink Rt urges,
a 1loomin old crimp, gettin the jo.
to furnish a crew fox the Rnowhall
clipK-r, what wa.s in the opMition
line. I didn't suspect anything when
be hapM-ns tilong an he says: I sa',
.lack, do yd want a ship? So I miys to
him in f isliimuilile language:
"'An if I did, dove, fancy I'd let a
IiUmuIv old thief like yerself draw the
advance ftr me?
"With thathe laughetl somethinlois
teroiM an' nive me a wink an said there
wa.s no pul I in the wool over the eyes
of a Yankee, an' then he says:
" 'Jack, he says, 'you'll le nfter eom
in" to my luse jit, he sa, 'so come
av(iy an Itave a drink.
"An there was me that young an
green I must needs go an have a drinl:
w ith him. So w hail a drop of Scotch
an then he saj-s:
" Mack, what ship have j-ou signed
?to? An" I says: 'Into the Iintppl.
Ail he s-nys: 'Vhat evr did e sign
into her for when the Snow hall 'il make
I he iKisMife in 2d days tin give v
a month's iwiy for it? An I says: 'It's
none of -cr l.uiniws.
"Willi that he lauirhs mt uproari
ous an' p ies me anot her w ink, an' says
t the larmaid: 'Aiwither Sivdeh, my
detir, an then In" says to nie, he says:
"Mack, yer a sorrj- Hep. Don't I
know that. .Nell I'.lyestoii is fiviit. on j'e,
.lack? An' don't I know that die's to
.:lil in the Pineapple, .lael. ? An' I fancy
.Iu-U is sweet on Xell an is layin his
course for to liring Ut alongside o Nell
when it's his watch lelow an she's
a sittin on the comhin of the mail:
latch.'
"With that I liad to acknowledge that
I was sweet on Nell, for I was tickled
to hear that she was sweet on me,
which I'd hcul mj' douht.s slout. l-ciiuse
of the prime attentions the second mate
of the Pineapple was a pay in' of her
1 was a calcukUin' that I was as likelj
a lad as there was in the trade, l.ut I
hnowed that women was powerful tooii
with rank, ami there the second mate
had the start of me. I reckon that
thief of a crimp knowed alnnit the we
ond mate, too, for lie givint me another
wink anil he savs: 'Its have amvl her
to the demoralizat ion of nil rivals, ii
sa vs, an when weM had it we had one
to the health of the lass an tinother
to her brown eyes an another to some
thin I o:uit rememlMran' anothr r an
that's all 1 kjiow till I found myself
j, float on tlitit ere Snowball instead of
the Pineapple, an mj- mates was a
savin we'd got. away a tide- ahead of
the opjofr;ition, but somethin Imd to l;
wrong on Uiard lietxiu.se the skiper
had tudered grog served twice a day
w ith tlried apjJe duff an soft bread for
ever j- dinner.
"I saj', sonnj-, thai, was gaJltts gru'j
an the. ruiualion of all hands l.tLst-wii-e
of me, for I sized him lip a-s a
Kofty when I should lia known he wti.s
crazy, -m so I laj- for u make trouble
sudden. Whj-, he was that crazj' he
hung himself in his cabin before t he end
of the v'j-age; but that's neither here
ner there wait till J tell j e w hat he did
to me.
"You see. sonnj", I 'lowed I'd leeii
slianghaied out o my liliertj- an tlie
pursuit o' happiness, which was alius
worth fightin for. an I done it. I
guess you might wij- there was a mis
imilcrstandin on lxxird the Rnowball
ond it wa-s me that wa.s adrift. The
mate he liegin to order me around in
a way that hurt my feelin's, and seein
I was a mipur.derstandin of theKitm
tion I entered into a conversation with
Mm an the captain, wliat wns clorie
alongside. Thej' wasn't mis'timler
ptaniliir of me well, scarcely. I was
A-tell mi who their ja rents werv. an
the course of my remark was all p!a;r
fu-iiliii. Ro they kinn-ked "even liells
nuteii me an stowed me in the lazcreeU
with jewelry on my wrist that was
never made o the precious nietnJs. I
t an remeniler aliout tlie jewelry an
the kiy-ereet, but what hap,cned after
that for Koine time la a matter of hear-saj-.
"You see the next I knowed of my own
free will I found myself 'in such clxm
tpi.irters as I'd never knowed afore
aruiB tight to my side with parcellin
to hold 'em an parcellin over my face,
an me liobbin around in somethin
I couldn't make it out, nohow. So I
tamed to an stretched mj-self, an
things liegan to rip, an then I pulled
mjself clear of what j-ou might call
my entwinin conditions. What d'j-e
think? When I gets mj' learins right-lj-
I finds I'd been sewed up in old can
vas for a dead man, an then instead of
weightin' nij heels an slidin me over
lnKird thej- turned me adrift in an old
dorj- w lia.t I'd seen a-top of tlie gallej-."'
"WYll.th.at was tough, said the siter,
"You were all alone and adrift in the
dorj- without any food or water or anj'
thing, eh?"
"Sonnj. j-ouve got it straight as a
string when it's stretched."
"I never hward of such a ease as that,"
continued the sifter, "but what does
a man think of when he coiuek to in his
burial rolie, so to speak, and finds him
self drifting like a chip in mid-oeean?"
"Do j-e mean to. ask w hat I was think
in' of?
"Yes."
"I was a-tJiinkii how Pd knock that
shanghaiin son of a sea cook captain
gallej- west the nxt time I clapjK'd
cj'es on him, an I'd ha done it, too, onlj'
he saved himself by suicidin, as I was
tell in you.
"Ilows'ever, t!go on with the j-arn, I
wa-s all adrift in a dorj' an when I t'oine
to take a severe look around I found
tht j-d forgot to taki the oars out afore
droppin the dorj' over, an one o them
oars with that "ere windin' sheet I'd
had round me sarved elegant, for a
?.igual of distress true for it, sonnv.
a windin shift's the most dlstressfu!-h-st
signal I knows on. An when that
'ere was set I turns in on the bottom of
the dorj- for a good sleep.
"I fancj- it was nigh hard to twoln-lls
o the tirst watch that night, when I
wakes up an finds the wind hail fell
an' the dorj- was right under the lows
of a Yankee clipper what was soakin
along with steerage way on an' no more,
an" the lookouts of her had their backs
ng'in the rails an there was voices
alMKird as was indicat.in the presence o
ladies what was enjoj'in'of themselves;
likewise so was others.
'With that I turns to with an oar an
sculls the dory to meet her an takes a
turn with the dory's painter around her
dolphin strikes an climbs up to the
knight heads, an what do j-e think I
seen it was the hloomin old Pineapple
w hat I'1 shipped into an was shang
haied out of.
"Lord, sonnj-, w hy don't ye ask me?
what a man thinks of when he's leen
adrift in a dorj' an finds himself climl
in' on to the one ship what's on the high
seas that he's lookia' for? I'll tell ye.
anj-how. I was thinkin what a lot of
fun I'd have with that Yre second mate
if I found him a-sbinin of himself
around Nell.
"Put sonnj-, this "ere Ip a world o'
disa p ointment.;, as I've often heered
the dominie remark. I climb over the
forecastle deck without eer anjlnxly
a-pajin anj- attention to me, so I
w alks aft, like.T w as one o the crew, an
keeps my eyes eeled for the water
butt, seein I'd lieeu witliout a drink
for sin oiicotnmoi time. ISut jist as I
clapped my eje on it what should 1
hear but a gurglin port of a chuckle
what I'd heered many a time afore, an
knowed it was Nell's. I didn't want no
brink right then, not much: but afore
I could locate that 'ere gurgle rightlj'.
liecause of the shadder o" the foresail.
I heentl her a savin:
" 'I saj-, ma tie, you forgot lo tell
whatever Iwnme o that Yankee Irfir
.lack what 1 was tellin of j-e was so
sweet on me he was for givin me all
of his advance from the Pineapple? a u"
then I heered that ere measlj- teeond
mate a replyin:
" 'Him? Oh, poor devil, 1 was lookin
for him afore we hauled outen the
dock, an I see that Yre Crimp Dink
Sturgoxs, an he said the kid hail got
rifcirin drunk an' tackled the liohhie-:
must ferocious, sty that one o' tihein in
defendin o the majesty o" the law
thumped him overlioard, an thej- was
a-draggin o' the dock at that Yre min
ute for to find the corpse.
"Sonnj-. that "ere lie was more'n I
could stnnd. I'd located "'em by that
time, an', steppin' out o the shadder
where I could see them an thej could
see me, 1 wijs, verj- tjuiet like aji a
lukldin in o m v teiuer till I was readj'
to bu'st, I says:
"'Ye're a liar,' I saj-s. I may ha'
lieen tleaxl. hut I'm resurrected an able
to knock seven bells outen anj- seeond
mate as ever cltawed plug, I says.
"Ilnuray!" said the sifter. "Thrt
was a lark, sure enough. I don't see
why you should be growling aliout
hard luck on the Pineapple after such
1 tick as that."
"Ye don't, hey? I guess ye don't know
much about natur" as it lie to develop
of itiself in tlie liosonis of female women,
an eseeiflJlj- Itaruuuds. Why, I was
just a-CniLshin' 4 the iolLshin' o that
ere face o his'n when Nell sonH-how
took it all in that I wasn't no ghost
arter all, and with that she gathers a
lclaj-iu pin from the pin rail an lays
it on mv head like the was liii'ui" a
bungstarter, an tells nie she'll l'arn f
me not to interrupt the iiolite conver
sation o mj- Wtters 'less thej- invited
me to first. I'm I never see such a
love-sick tiouple its Uiej- was arter that,
an" when we'll reached port thej- wai
married, an opened a Itoardin'-houee
with nionej- what she'd saved.
"As I was savin to j-e, sonny, I was
a trifle under the weather, an it's all
along o seein them Yre pineapples."
N". Y. Run.
A Tragedy Averted.
The Maid (tragicaHj Puflidious
wretch! After me freely expending
jne chewin' gum penny fer dis blossom
you dare ter come inter me precincts
will de fltfwer of a hated rifle. -The
Youth (calmlyl Kats! Itsde
l.n.1 yer gimme yestiddy Wowin itself.
N'.Y. World.
Tho Paaalnw Honeymoon.
He Whj-. we've got. a cricket in the
house! Isn't it cheerful 1
Rhe Yes. And so intelligent. Hear
l.im tnlkinir alNiut the furniture. How
distinctly be says: "Cheap! cheap!"
lloweier, as she had lieen that 4av
tn a Lsit to her sister, w hose hudtauil
was getting Sis a week, w hile her own
dear new hubbj- got but $M, perhaps
her discontent was excusable. Indian
apolis Journal.
A NARROW MARGIN.
Htory of a, Man Who Stood on a Slippery
1'laeo and IV as Kavwd.
"Were j-ou ever susectel of mnr
der?" inpwrel a government official of
a reorter.
"Never," responded the rcjortcr, as
calmly as if questions of that character
were his dailj- foxl.
"Well, I was once, and if you have
any feelings at all j'ou need never want
to le."
The reporter nodded for the oficial
to proceed and the official proceeded.
"When I was aliout Bl or there
abouts," he said, "I was a hard ca.se. I
don't know whj-, liecause my family
were decent ieople and hail some mon
ey; but somehow I flew the track and be
fore I hal attained my majority I was a
gambler, a drunkard, and generallv' a
- tough character, though up to the time
of which 1 am alxuit to fell I had never
lM-en in the hands of the law. biting
in my neighliorhood was a man whom
I hadn't much use for. and it was
known we were not friends, though we
were on seakiiig terms and had some
business relations. Our town wasalnint
thr-e miles from the railroad station,
and one November evening just altotit
sunset, as I was coming to town afoot,
I met him walking to the stat ion.
"He stoppei me, much to mj- surprise,
and asked me if I had anj- monej-, lie
cause if I had he would sell me his
watch for almost nothing, as lie was go
ing to the city unexpected lj- and need
ed cash. As it happened I had two ten
dollar bills and three fives, which I re
ceived from the station agent not an
hour before, and as the man's watch
was a good gold one I thought I had a
chance to turn an honest penny some
thing I didn't do verj- often. Ro 1
t)M'iicd negotiations. Several ersons
we knew passed us as we were dicker
ing, and a.t last I went on home w ith the
watch and he went to t he stat ion with
$25, including a $10 bill with the sta
tion agent's name on it. in red ink.
which had caused a art of our delay
in the trade, as he didn't want it and I
insisted that he take it.
"As it turned out he hail a reason for
not wanting it and I can't saj- whj- I
was so anxious for him to take it. Well,
next daj- the man's dead lody was
found in the woods quite near the sta
tion, and a mile from where we had met
and made our trade, and it was evident
that he had lieen rohlied, for his pockets
were turned inside out and everything
taken. Mj- connection with the matter
did not strike me until the day after,
and I wa.s arrested on suspicion, was
so badlj- rattled bj- the shock of in ar
rest on such a charge that I made mv
case worse bj- talking, and when the
man's watch was found on me and it
was known that I had lieen treiliiif;
the crowd the night, of the murdr. I
hadn't anj' show at all.
"Of course I protested my innocence
and told mj- storj-, but cople took it
with little grace, for my character was
known, and after an examining trial I
was jailetl without bail. What-I suf
fered nolwxlj' except mj self can know,
and Iteforc a week hail lmsscd I had
made up my mind to commit suicide
and end the whole thing. I am sure I
would have done so, but providence had
something else in store for me, and sent
it bj- a stranger. This man was arrested
as drunk and disorderlj- ten daj-s after
mj- arrest, and w hen he was searched in
the station house a $10 bill was found
on him Itearing the station agent's
name.
"The officer who searched hint was a
friend of mine, and as soon as he got
his hands on the bill he thought he had
found a way out of my difficulties, and
went after mj- lawj-er. Theu thej- law
the station ageut. and he identified the
bill as the onlj- one he had ever put his
name oji. and rememlered that I had
, jokingly asked him what to do to m ike
it good. The next move was to make a
few inquiries of the stranger as to how
he came into ossession of the money.
This wa4 one bj- waiting until next
morning w hen he was solier, and charg
ing him direct I J with the murder. It
was so sudden that he weakened on Hie
spot, as most murderers will, and the
result, was that I was saved. Raved in
more senses than one, too," concluded
the official, "for from that daj- I lited n
new life, nnd thank Ood I have never
fallen into evil waj-s since, and that w as
3d j-ea r ago."
"How do jou expliin the notion to
have the station agent's signature on
the bill and j-our insisting on the man
taking it?" inquired the writer.
"God moves in a mysterious waj- His
wonders to perform," was the reverent
reply.
"And the man who did not want to
take the marked bill?"
"He was running away from justice,
lie. had sent every dollar of a fund lie
longing to an orphan and had lieen
ailed to an accounting." Washington
Star.
NEWSY TIT-BITS.
The Louisiana legislature has iKtsscd
a bill to license toolrooms at $1,(K) a
year.
Old English names are frequent
enough in Winthrop, Me., so that on
three stores side bj- side apiiear Ing
ham, Oldham, and Dillingham. The
count rytnen crack jokeA' liecause there
isn't a ham in either store.
Summer residents took dynamite to
the top of Mount Megunticook anil
blew a 2il-ton Ikjw lder from its place on
a clilT, that thej- might watch the spc
tacle of its descent of Mm feet lo the
plain. Maine people do not like It. -
Unscrewing the cover froai an old,
locked melodeou. that the instrument
might aid the choir at the fiua-raJ of a
childless New Knglund widow wlnidicd
recently, the descendant's relatives
eame ujon $12,0iMI in United States
bonds stowed away inside. .'
An immortal cat has-for a long time
annoyed Mr. It. F. Fccley, of Treniont,
N. Y. It has lieen in his family for two
cars, anil he has tried various w.i-d to
close its career. His last plan was by
tj'ittg a brick to its back and dropping
it in the Harlem. That same night it
walked home, handicapped with the
.imc brick.
A matrimonial advertisement, emi
uating from a self-styled young widow
in 'Austin. Tex., caught the attention
of a nilly gentleman in New Orleans.
Correspondence followed, pictures were
exchanged, and be agreed to niarrj- her.
He sent $50 to her to pay her expenses
to New Orleans. Since then he has not
hrard of her or his money.
PLANTS AT NIAGARA.
Studies of a Botauist Around the
Oroat Cataract.
Many Varieties of Flowers Are Found In
the Scant Soil of tho ltot-ky
Kegion The Hand of Man
Mot Neeewoary.
Nature never fails to give us herover
toncs when the plajs her reat syni
phonies. anj- more than do the great
coiiimnts. WY cannot fail to catch
the softening anil mellowing thus lent
to the musical strain, for hearing is in
voluntary, but we must so often Ix
taught to see what is right Iwfore us.
and our teachers are so few, that we not
infrequent I j miss all but the most
dazzling part of tlie outdoor picture.
The devotee of field science is never
more aware of this than on visiting
Niagara Kails. Standing a fortnight
ago on Prosjiect Point, icrhaps the
most striking scenic sjiot in the world
I leaned over the edge of the sheer and
partly overhanging wall and looked
down, not at the great sheet of water,
but at the rocks that continue the gorge
northward.
There is often scarcely a handful of
soil to the square foot, and sometimes
apparent lj' "none at. a'! on the face of
the great pri-cipii-c. yet it is clothed
with wild plants almost from top to
ImiMoiu. So hidden an- tliey bj- the er
pendiciilar wall and the artificial cop
ing above it that many of them are hard
lo make out, but new du-co erics arc
made at everj- change of position. The
coliiuibine, Aquilcgia Canadensis, loves
the vot so well tliat its bright rtl blos
sou.s apiear sometimes after thej' have
disappeared from gardens. The plant
is the most vent tin a me and hardj of
anj' there, and apears in a rock crevice
where not hilisr cle but the bare wall is
seen. It is diltieult to understand how
it subsists or even clings to Ihe wall,
but it coutont and hi Ids out Hollands
for sustenance except It) the humid air.
I )ne or t wo wild ros-s are tiierc, and t he
wild gonKelierrj- sends iipsturdj- stems
lietir the top of the wall. A Spiraea,
probablj- tomentosa, is at home, ami
golden rods, b'hus toxicodendron and
probably IChus ralican, as it is everj
w here aliout tlie falls, and AniH-loisis
quinquefolia. CrtM-pers are Tampan',
hardly less so tlKin in the woods on
Ooat island, where the wild grajie at
tains great size and runs freely over the
tops of quite tall trees. The wild
grae on the edge of the gorge was
just setting its crop and showed v.
luxuriance of bunches that would
charm a vinej-ardist. Itittersweet and
Solatium Dulcamara are also there.
These vines lo not vent ure far dow u the
wall, as thej' need soil, but tle-j' arc
in the spirit of the pl-tce. and are seer
rising from its base and sometime,
making tlieir way far up tlie moist
surface, while the Aquilcgia anil some
smaller greenery that it ie hard to inak"
out in the distance crop out of every
team and ridge and terrace from Iklsc
to summit.
It is this aoeptance of the wild spirit
of Niagara that makes its flora ac
ceptable. The soil is naturally lliir.
and sterile, so that the effort to turn
- the river Uink on the mainland into a
cultivated ark is so far inditTerenV
lj- KticcfKsfuL, and the amliUoiis ever
greens t hat were planted on Hath island
are all gone, l'ut- this makes no differ
ence with the wild plants; t-hey flour
ish everyw here and are as indifferent
to the soil as auj' but actual air p!aiU
can lie.
The wihhtt of our native plants do
not yield luiturally to cultivation, lie
cause t.liev demand atmospheric condi
tions that cannot lie transplanted
with them. The result is that thej'
linger awhile out of their native ele
ment and tlien disappear. I-t Niagara
pretty generally alone and it will netcr
want for flora that is appropriate to
it. There is verj" doubtful need of the
forest tree nursery that is made to dis
figure a nurt of lioat island, or the
thicket of snowlierry, Sv mphoricarpus
racemosus, that Iicgins to shut in the
drive from Hath island. Oarden and
Forest.
Hatter I'rodarrs Fat.
Manj- phj.-icians, according to a lec
tuier on dietetics, are ordering thin
bread ami batter for delicate paitenis,
esjH'cialij' those suffering from tlj-spe-sia.
consumption and anaemia, or any
who need to take flesh. This thin bread
and butter insensibly induces K'rsons
to tat much more butter than thej- have
anj" idea of. It is extraordinary, says
the lecturer, how short a way a fresh
pat of butter will go if spread on a num
ber of thin slices of bread. This is one
advantage, and a great one in the feed
ing of invalids, for they are thercbj- pro
vided w ith an excellent form of the fat
which is so essential for their nutrition
in a way thai-lures them to take it wit h
ont rebellion. Hut the thin bread and
butter has another advantage equaMj
as great it is very digestible and easily-
assimilated. Fresh butter made from
cream :s verj' much more digestible
when spread upon thin slices of bread
than the same amount of cream eaten
as cream kt se would lie. Chicago
Chronicle.
A N.w Surgiral Inatmment.
An instrument which. as the n.une de
notes.. is intended for the arrest of
bleeding in surgical operations, has lnen
perfected by Ijtwson Tait. of Londo.i.
A platinum wire, arranged to c.irrj- a
current of elect rieit J', is inclosed in tlie
blades of a pair of steel forceps or anj'
other requisite instruments the wirelie
ing insulated by a lied of burnt pqe
t lay. A current of suitable voltage is
turned on. th arterj- seized and com
pressed and ill a few seconds the tissues
and arterial walls are so-agglutinated
that the as.sage of blood is rendered
inqiossible. The temperat lire emploj'ej
is aliout ISO degrees Fahrenheit, so t lot
it will lie seen that the principle is fundamental-
different from that of elec
trical cauterizing instruments. It is
stated that by Mr. Tait's instrument
the necessity of a ligature is removed,
and a new- and eompletelj- effective
method is placed, in the hands' of the
surgeon for the treatment of surface
oozing.
' Raring rigeons in lleljrlam.
lielgium is the home of the racing
pigeon. There the stiort is a national
Mistime, and a good pigeon frequently
wins for its owner large sums of money,
the prizes being considerable, to which
heavy pools are added.
NICHOLAS ll.'S OBJECT LESSON.
He Kldea on m Street Car to Show III
Oftlrers That It I -n't liCrar-.
Nicholas II. of Kussia has had some
trouble in iiending the stiff-necked mil
itary etiquette of St. Petersburg reg
iments to suit his rather liberal idea-,.
He is not jxipular with the army, as
were the three Alexanders, despite his
gifts of reading-rooms and dining-halls
to crack regiments, and therefore the
innovations he recominvmls are intro
duced very slowly. Kvcr since he as
cended the throne, for instance, h- has
lieen trying to discredit the notion that
a u armj- otlicer may not ride with pro
priety iu a common street car. TLf
ariny officer in St. Petersburg ha.-; loni.
lieen'supjiosefl to lie too rich and pow
erful and too far superior to ci ili i:..s to
sissociate with the ordinary streetrcar
crowd.
- One tif the few untitled officers in
the Kussian capital ventured a few
weeks ago to ride in a street car o his
barracks. It was a presumptuous an.i
courageous act for he had to aliirht
fore the crack cat alrt'ineii's casino ot
the citj'. It proved to 1h- a very indis
creet act, too, for his fellow officers ::t
once took him to task for disgracing his
uniform, refused to listen to the .:
tioivs of the czar's remarks tm the sub
ject, and eventually .after days of jH-rse-cut
ion. liegan urging on him the pro
priety of resigning his commission. In
his distress the persecuted officer
turned to a friend in the ministry of
war. who brought the whole affair to
the czar's notice. It was four o'clock
in the afternoon when Nicholas heaid
the storj-. He at once put tin a -lark
suit, ordered his adjutant to do th
same, and together thej- went to th.
Sot where the iicrseculed officer h::d
tuken a car. Thej' Imarded a cn-. r'.
on it to the barracks, alighted. b-Btrde-t
n returning car. and went lrack tie
jialaee. The czar wrote out a In ief ac
count of his little trip, and added to it
the inquiry:
"Am I still worthy to wear the :itii
form of a Kussian ofliter?"
He signed the document "N jeholas""
and sent it to the colonel of the perse
cuted officer's regiment. Since then
tla're has lieen eacc at the officers"
quarters of tliat regiment, and the man
who rode on a horse car has l-eti t rett
ed with the deference lielonging to one
who pulls w ires at court.
Perhaps Nicholas got his idea of at
object lesson in this case from Kmperor
Francis .Toseph of Austria. The eni
jieror heard several years atro ih.it hi
officers in Yienna were agitated over
the question of the prtqH-iety of t i.iit-ir
in omnibuses. He remarked inipati-r.t-!j-
that this was a wciiihtv subject for
large brains 'and should lc settled 1k--fore
anj'lodj-s mind broke down t:tiler
it. He then put on full uniform, took
with him an adjulant in full uniform,
and had an omnibus ride. The rid--was
reported in the neviars and the
question of propriety was settled. N.
Y. Sun.
THE USEFUL PETTICOAT. -
Alpaca, and Sateen. Are the Material
Now laed.
Nowadays we seem to hear m;ire of
petticoats than in the days gone ley
Itoth black and white moreen ietticoa1t
in the godet sliajK are w orn to keep tht
dress skirt flaring, but I cannot auvist
them oil account of the weight- DlacV.
white aud colored silk p-tticoals are ol
plain, strijx-1 and tiguretl taffeta; thtj
are usually three yards w ide, though
the extreme ones are over four, well
rullled, and nnished with a velveteen
binding. Aliiaca and sateen are alsc
made up witii rullles of the same or of
silk, but sateen is apt to cling so un
pleasantly that the moired H-rcaiiue is
preferred. This is sufficiently' stilt to
stand out. is bght in weight and has the
soft rustle of silk. The transjmrent
summer gowns are usually worn otcr a
petticoat and corset-cover of white it
colored iiercaline or sateen, as tafT -la.
silk is too ex-iisive for geueral wc.-.r.
French dressmakers make pri license
slis of white for such purjioses. The
chcapes!. icttictwits are those of striped
seersucker. Luster wool of a w iry na
ture makes a serviceable etticoat for
traveling and outing, as it shakes the
dust and will not crush. White muslin
and cambric jicttitoats are only worn in
the house w ith thin summer gowns, so
thej- are very dainty with their trim
mings tif lace and embroidery. Some
of these arc live yards wide and rubied
to tlie knees, with the faintest bit of
starch, as a white skirt must not rus.!e,
though one of silk or arealine should
have this faint sound. Ladies Home
Journal.
Com tWnlnir. Color.
I'.lack combines well with almot r II
colors, except those which are so lack
ing in bright ness as to Ik- too nearly like
it. ""Hlack ami ale pink, blue, j'eilcw,
green, red, lavender and even rather
dark shades of blue, clear brown at.d
gri en are ejta-ellent cotiiI.iii.il ions.
1 trow ii combines well with jellow, gr.M
and bronze if it is the shade of brown
which hits brightness. It is effective
also wi;h black and w ith certain tones
of green. A choctilatw-aiid-milk brown
combine well with olI rose aud the
dull shades of pink. Very dark green
is effective when brightened bj- linings
of narrow trimming of jiale -blue. A
medium shade of green unites with old
pii.k. Hrownish green looks well -with
bronzei.i.d copper color. Dark blue m.ty
lie brightened bj- lines of bright, ri -h
rtnl. by lines of old rose or of clear j cl
low. P.iue of the "elect ric" and "cadvt"
varieties is le-st combinetl with black or
with figured silks in which the same
shade predominates. Youth's Codi
I mnion.
He Was Caae Hardened.
- The lawj er's fair client sat lieside his
desk, her dainty handkerchief readj- for
instant use in her leauteous hand. Th."
fair client sought a divorce.
"He often eame home drunk," ' sh
raid.
The lawj-er made a note on a scratch
pad. "And he leat me with the flat of an
ax." the fair client went on. "And h--calied
me names and thr.w the roast at
me. and he stuck a fork in iuj- arm."
Overcome by the memory of her mis
Jortuncs, the fair client liowed her head
and wept- The lawyer made another
pote. His face cxpresse-1 no emotion.
Whj' was the lawyer tmmovtd at
her grief? Whj- did her troubles raise
no answering throb in his breast?
Ah. gentle render, the-lawyer was
case-hardened.' Chicago Tribune.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Iietwe-ii lv5o a, ixi. the mints i
the world consumed 9.154 Urns of gold
J.nd sl.l.". Ions of silver, the value lie- "
ing 1,227,'iiio.OoOofpoldand 7!3,( m,-
0 i of silver.
A mtistodon's skulL. in a fine state
of preservation, was dug up at HucJian
an, Mich uir tlie Indiana Imumlary, a
few days airo. It m-usurcd 2i j fe-tin
width and lias four perfect tcelJu Tlie
teeth measure aliout four inchvs by six
i.nd one-half inches.
Next j-ar the- Knglish church will
ct-h-brate tlie l?.nth anniversary of the
1 apt ism of ihe lii-st Lnlish king by St.
Augustine. The dean and chapter of
atilcrbtirv still hold land in Kssex given
' King Uthclhert. of Kent, which has
K--ii in tlw ir tntr-rrupl-l .Messhti
1 'nee ,"H7.
-The Man iiiinti euiej-r-ss lias rert-ntlv
j a.-;sd an net by w hich every taxpayer
in the island-. ij . -ou!ed to rt-gist.-r
1 Mis. if at. the ta.; olii.-e. and. iu addi
tion to the usual ut ri-s according to
t'le I'l rllloli sjsTcm tif idetM ifieal ioll.
shall leave in il registrar's look the
imprint of l.i.s rit-'jl thumb.
Submarine cj.bles are usually im
ltldel in the slimy lmttom of tln-ini-ii
' ut atcei lain poii-.t-sthey hang like w ire
1 rider's over d.t-p submarine valleys, so
that- whales and other large intiahitants
:" tlie oe-;!!! deep may le-ome daiirfc-r-oiis;
tiithe cable. Once in awhile it is tlie
table that. Incomes dangerous to tlie
whales, as recently shown ilk tin aeci
ieiit. to the western Itrazilian cable.
The P.ritish li'e Jie.-J trust t-hat is
i oudiicting a iTiKnio agaitisi American
pnititioners in Iuidoii. re--iitly
broi.isrlit suit atranist an American. Dr.
l:ridrewat.-r. a!l-"- i ? that he had "un
i.iw fully. v ilifully and fitls.-Jv repre-.-iit-l
liiitis-. If to ! a tloct-w tif lutsi
i :iie. As Dr. Pridirt-watcr was sIhiw n
to ! the jss. s-s.T f d gr-e!- from New
1 ork atid Phiiaih ijihia lindieal tmlleC-s
t.f international n-putitiou ilw- trust
not only hst its s i; it. but hail to jiaj- st
toan nggnvawof iiearly $1.("W).
An exVriiiici:! was nn ut Iv made in
Kurojw to iletermine what color iu a
soldier's uniform is the 1 at itinspieu
ous to an enemy. Of t n linn two were
ilnssnl in lit lit izmy uniform, two in
d.-u-k gray, two in jTi"-n. two in ilark
bine and two in scarlet. All weretlien
onlenil to m.-iri ii otT. whi'.c a group of
oli"--rs reniaiiiitl w atching tlw-m. The
first lo dis.-tppi-.ir in the lan.d.-npe was
the birht irrtty. and next, snrprisiniras it
may s.-em. the scarlet. Th-n fol'owi-d
the dark gray, w hi.- the dark blue and
tie- !'re.'tt rep-ait ed visible lone after
all the others had disappeared.
HAY FEVZR REMEDY.
Stubbing the Far Vicorouhly Son.etl.uea
lErinc Kelief.
The capriciotisnesji i f hay f.-tcr and
the iH-i-asional relief obtained from an
eiitiri-ly itnpiriea! tiirtliml of treat men:
warrant the pnl.lieation of any nieau-i
which has pron-d sueeessful. ill the
!:opethat il may be of use to some t.t her
t-r-ii affiict-d w ith this annoying dis-
a.y.
FelxT, of Hamburg, rejiorts his own
cas', w hu-li has Uvn si severe :ui t.
icit-ssitate his usinu a clos.il carriaire
all through the summer. His relief
vas brouiiht ali'Ut front aecidentjdiy
noticing that in the winter a. oryra
was usually accompanied vv itli hot ears,
which n-gained their inrmal tempera
tdre w hi-n the discharge from the nns
was established. He determined tot try
:i reversed order of effect on the haj
fevrr in the summer, aad liegan. ae
eordirigly. tt rub his ears until they
It-came red ami hot.
It is now the third year that he has
i ecu able to lead an end in ableexisteni-e
luring hay fever season. He says:
"As soon as the least sensation of full
ness in the nose apcars, there is rec-
srnized a certain amount of pallor in
the ears. A thorough rubbirur of the
ears, at tim'S even to contusion, has
always smi-ecihil in freeing the nasal
mucous membrane frt-m its congestion.
"The rubbing, how t ver. must lie thor
ough, and repeated as often as the least
symptom of congestion returns to the
tiose. Since using this means I have
l-ecn able to take long sandy walks,
sit, and even s!tcp, with ojien window--,
i r iss an evening in my garden with
out distress.
"Several tiat ients have had relief from
this treatment- alvvijs in proportion
to the thoroughness of the rubbinc.
and I hojie bj- this uieans some other
physician may in- able to give his pa
tients the ssime p-reat relief." Chicago
Tribune.
KANT'S WINDLASSES.
The Singular leauoatrmtion of the tier
man Fhiloaopher.
Kant, t he l icrmau metaphysician, w as
i siiigiilar '.'ing. The Knglish writer
1 homas ile tluiiu j- made close observa
tion of Kant's jtrsonal i-uliaritiei-,.;id
frequently dwelt ujiou one of them
with ir tense amusement.
Kant, amongst other studies in tie
;.rt of taking care of himself, avoided
ordinary gaiti rs. He -rniit led no lig
ature to In- pl.iee.l on any irt of his
'mvIj-. fearing to hinik'T in the slightest
degree the circulation of the Llood.
He found it n.--i-ssarv at the same
time to keep up his stockings. Accor.l-i-igly
he had hiiips attached to lliem,
mil outside each hip he wore a con
trivance which may lie calhtl a Ikix
windlass. These affairs somewhat re
sembled an anefler's reel w ilh a spring,
which weureil the line at any given
jxiint.
IVhold Kant then expounding his
hilosophy to a select circle of dis
ciples. Like the famous counsel wh i
could not state his arguments w it hout
twisting a bit of twine, Kant worked
:he windlasses as he talked.
The idea of this grotesque fancj- so
tickled le Quincj' that he often lin
gered on the odd sight it must have'
'cn to observe the master "j ing our
the cable" or hauling in "the slack" by
aiilof this curious machinery! Youth's
Companion.
AsAnred of the Fatore.
"Hut. IlerU rt," she said, "think of
the future You are ioor, and you can
not surround me with the luvuries to
which I have lieen accustomed."
"Hut j-our father "
"He would do nothing for us."
"Do-, he play poker?
"No."
"Then I'll teach him. Trust in me,
darling, and have no fear of the fu
ture." Texas Sifter.
tAXJiJisj GE.N JSKAIXlf..
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