THE CBIIM£EEI'£R'S WIFE. llow Slip Nnrrri ller llulntitl* Wlfi-A Ntorr ol itir Water Work*. A writer in tlm Chicago Tribune says:—l wonder how many of the hun dreds who hsik out at the lake every day and see tlio crib-tower rising up against a blue or a gray sky, as the case may be, know <>f a scene that took place there nearly three years ago'{ At the time of .which 1 speak tho orilekeepcr was a Fien named Kalstrotn, a gigantic man and heavy in proportion to his size. He was known about tho wharves as 'Big Charlie,' and his claim to distinction was that lie had, as he said, 'gommanded a bark of a ilousand duns,'in which be had sailed the North Seas, and in which. Vikinglike, he had carried off his with, a bright faced Irish girl, from Drogheda, one of the east ports of Ireland. Tho was a small woman, with gray eyes and long black lashes. Sho had strongly marked eyebrows and a mass of waving black hair that crept in lit tle curls around her temples and the nape of her neck. She had the piquant nose of her race and a generous mouth tilled with strong white teeth. It was in March, and the day was one of those soft, treacherous ones that lare unwary flowers to their destruction, and sow pneumonia and bronchitis broadcast. The sun shone warmly, and the great lake seemed todream of springtime. Thecrilelarder was like Mother lluli bark's cupboard, and llalstroiu took his small boat and rowed ashore. In tho few hours he spent among the shops and in taking a glass of beer witn his friends, the wind changed, and when he reached the shore with his stores, ho found the lake churned up to the furv peculiar to inland seas. Ho was worried, but had such con fidence in his little Irish girl, as lie called her, that he spent the night quietly. The next day found the storm as wild as ever, and he spent the hours of daylight striding up and down the shore, for by this time lie knew the few provisions had given out, and that his wife was actually suffering for fi>od. Twice lie launched his boat, and twin it swamped. At dark the light gleamed out from the criletop, but to Kalstrotn's eye it bad a palefnl glare, and morning found him determined 'To goev 1 ln-v to svim vor it," as he swore with some round Seandinvian paths. Fortunately the wind was more quiet, and. after hard work he came under the lee of the ■ ril>- walls. His wife had spied him, and she east him a noosed rope from the top story of the crib; tor the waves rolled so high that all the storm doors and shutters were bat tern! d>wn and the white caps spit at the lantern as they drove before the wind. lie caught the rope, and passed up his bundle of supplies. She dropped it a second time; and, just as she got it under his arms, a gr-at wave swamped the boat, leaving him cling ing to the wall; blinded and bruised, and depending on the little woman up aloft for his life. She hegrn hauling on the rope, and had drawn him as high as the sill-frame —he thrusting fingers and toes into whatever crevices offered. As he reached his right hand up, the wind came round the corner with a yell and ♦ore him loose, dropping him Into the lake; but the faithful Iridi girl paid out the line as fast as she could, and he found himself with a chance for life still in his reach. Up he came, hand over hand, and as he entered the window he saw her fall, and in the dim light he noticed nstrangi discoloration of her face, a black stain on the bright rag carpet. and the fact I that her dress was torn to rags in front- Well. to make a long story short, when he picked her up he found the wedding-finger of her left hand entirely gone, and the tendon ripped out up to the eiliow. It hail been caught between the rope and the stone casing when he fell, and his great weight, playing against the wedding-ring, had done the mischief. But, as she said, "It weren't a time for faintin*. mi-s." And -To hafl hauled him up with the right hand and those strong, white teeth. The rugging of the hemp had cut her mouth cruelly, and she had ground her knees against the wall so desper ately 'hat tli" thick stuff-gown she wore was frayed through and through. That night the wind shrieked and roared till tho lake went mail with noise, and the waves threw their spray among the pigeons under the eve of the lantern-roof, and the injured woman moaned through the house for the re lief tha* could not come. Kabttrom signalled and signalled for help, and four days after the accident a lat got out, and Mrs. Kalstrom was taken to tho hospital, where the wound was dressed, and where she lay for many a weary day. When I saw her first, I noticed with great satisfaction that a fall of pretty lace covered her maimed hand, and that 'Big Charlie' iimkrhiarough husk held | a real reverence and affection for her. I These feelings ho bore to witness every j where, anil when his friends would (day upon him and say half in jest, and half in earnest: "Ah, Charlie, you're a lino | fellow, ain't you V" ho would answer wit>i naive eoneeit and eonlideneo: "Vase, 1 am ; for I lief gominanded a hark of a dousand duns ; hut dere's a better dan mo at home. Andev any body Bays'Kalstrnm's a vine vellow,' j you gan dell hiiu.'Yase, but Kalstruin's vifo is a vlnor." " A Lamprey's Nest. One day late in spring, writes John Burroughs in the t'liitury, as I was passing over a bridge I ehaneed to see two lampreys, or "lamper-eels," as they are usually railed, engaged in building their nest in the ereek below me. It was one of the most eurious speetaeles I ever saw in ourstream. They were a few yards below the bridge, just where the water breaks from the still pool beneath it, and Hows with a rapid current over its roughly-paved bottom. They were distinguishable from the yellowish-brown and bl.u k stones and pebbles amid which they were working only by their motions. They were tug ging away at tin- small movable stones with great persistence. I went down to the water's i-dge where they were within reach of my stair, the better to observe them. They would runup to the edge of the still-water and seize upon the stones with their suction mouth and drag them hack with the current and drop them upon their nest. I understood at once why their nests, W hiell 1 had often ob-orv ed before, Were alw ays at the beginning of a rift ; it i that the fish may avail themselves of the current in building them. The water sweeps them bu k with the peb ble In stemming the current to seize it. They are thus emfbled to move stones | which they could not tir in still water. The stone. \ ariisl in si/e from aw .d --nut to a goose egg. \Vh i one of them was tugging ;t>vay at a stone tr five \ i ars! >hc \s r.- av\ idovv, vv ho- j cxtensiv e landeil interests lay in blah i, and who had found line islueational advantages for In r • hildrea, and a pleasant si" ial circle for herself beneath tin* peerless blue >ky ami within the circling snow-capped mountains that bound Zion. She lived in a double house with long French window s, sur rounded by a blooming garden. The furni'iire vv a. clcgan' and convenient. Church privileges were ample, and she had snide friends among the M >riuo is. Her'"t. ii'iin was her landlord, whose particular (iffeiiee was his t"o great dc sirct<) make improve iin-uts and repairs upon her residence, lit- manners vv cro very mild and pleasant ; but he at la-t justified Icr antipathy by sending bis first wife t.i ask her t i In- Ids fourth spiiiise. J',, FREE herself F r >III associa tion with him after this, shi Isiught the house, when he cisdly told her that what she regarded a- audacity had l,een prospered by the Lord, and ena bled him to M || at a profit. The romance iif >ait Lake City Is the story of Libbie Young, and visitors are sure to hear it as an illustration "f how love rub i the vv>>rld. Libbie V'liing resided in Philadi-lj-hia. (bi<> of her relatlv es was the sis-oml wife of Hrigham V oung, dr.,and while v isjting her husband f-l 1 in love with Libbie, and Libbie became infatuated with him. she refusisl to marry him, how ever, unless hedisi-.irdisl his wive an agreement whi> h, s!rauge to say, was agreed to. Hrigham, dr.. then made a •• ttb im-nt on each of them and he and Libbie .re married. 'I bev livel happily until the death of old Hrigham inducisl his s..n to look t>>the sin ' ''ssioti to the pp-sidem y, vv hi *i. to strengthen his intlaenee with the church, he took to himself two nf-w wives, (in this Libbie left him, and ••ver since both of them have broken hearts, She still maintains intimate relations wih his former wives, and frequently visits them ; and when sh goew to Salt Lake, Hrigham hovers around her residence to get a glimpsr •>f her, but she will not see him. And yet everylK*iy says she loves hi at and he still loves her, though ainhitiot proves the stronger passion.—J.ijqiii 'S/fCn ilaju:ine. IHsrrhea In ('aires. In the treatment of diarrhea in young calves it is best always to liegin with a laxative, (live, according to age, from two to three ounces of castor oil. Af ter four to six hours give a mixture of two drams of compound chalk jsiwder with optuty, one dram of powdered gentian, one ounce of peppermint water and three ounces of starch emulsion. This dose may be given twice or thrice daily, according to the severity of the case. It is bi\st to let such a calf suck the mother; if this, for any reason can not I"* done, then the rations of the calf should be small, but frequent; and instead of milk alone it is liest to give equal parts of fresh milk and flaxseed tea, in a blood w arm, never in a cold state. The admixture of flaxseed tea will prevent the milk from curdling in theca'f's stomach ujKin which depends thn scouring.— Hreederx'* ilnsrtte. Oil upon Troubled Waters. Captain Hrice, one of the inspectors of the Hoard of Trade, was in Aberdeen Scotland, the other day, watching ex periments for the purp-ise of rendering the passage of vessels over the bar safe in stormy weather by pumping nil upon the water. A heavy southwesterly gale was blowing. Seal oil was used. After tho pnmps had been at work twenty minutes the crested waves which were dashing with great fury against the piers, became greatly as suaged. and the entrance was rendered safe. The experiments were considered successful. Since Wolsey, 1583, the following British and Irish cardinals have lieen created: Fisher, 1585; Beaton, 1540; Pole, 1558; Allen, 1504; Howard, 1004; Norrls, 1704; York, 1807; Erskine, 1811; Weld, 1837; Acton, 1847; Wiseman, 1805. Sharp ITaclloc. A certain Miehigamler who had long suirecilixl in dodging a curtain creditor, iutn few witkfl ago cornered in the nltlcc of a mutual friend, and tlio credi tor begun: "Sir! you have owed mo $.15 for a year past, and now I want to know what you are going to do ahout it?" "Well, I'll think it over." "There will he no thinking it over, my friend. If you don't pay me I'll sue you." "You will?" "I will, sir!" "Then you'll herertain to get a judge ment. 'I he party which brings the suit always gets the verdict before a justice. Know ing this, you will take advantageof me?" "I wfl ." j "Very well. Now,then, I deny that I owe you a dollar." "You do?" "I do, sir, but in case yon w ant to borrow SJ" of me for a week here it is." "1 don't care whether you call it pay ig or lending, so long as I get niv money," replied the creditor, and lie made out a receipt in lull and took tin money At the end of the week he was asked to n turn the loan, but laughed at the | absurdity of the request, Suit was bi gun to recover it. the mutual friend ; nnsl asa witness, and the plaintiff re ceived judgment in his favor and had a clean receipt to show for the debt.— !>• '/■ i' T'n• l'ri*s. The True Standard of Value.' V.dues are relative, due person puts i high estimate on w ha* ar. dherde m* worthless. A .a\agc covets a diowv feather or a gamly trinket, Civil;/ I ladns so me t i 111 ** s h.lVe a :in:lar t.Uiey. . but, again, an an* jiiariaa a -uld p: . ■ an old I 'Nik above a bale of 1 • .it}:• r Mid a barrel of trinkets. V\ ic> shall say what is the real test of value m material j -ssions? A bttlc -liill [ was recently startbd by what -he had heard s.uil at the family table al>ut a robliery in the neigh! :h I. A -In 1" amid the possibility of In r own h MM being cut'red by robW'-s she trembhsl for her choice j"■ *— i*in s. "Mama." she w hlspe-i-d, "do r bin rs tak' dolls?" Jl<-r d**lLs vvt re her< tn-a-ure. If tln-y ' vere iii darig-r, life had new perils b r t.er. "No, III} dear," "aid In r lll.lloli i. "lloblHTs don't w ant d'dls. Why -lcwld tiny take them?" "I didn't kin w but they would want them f>.r their little i girls," was the answer, showing the child-belief that r-bbers were human, and th;it their children had • hild-l' iig ings ami child l.iiii i. With the a-- suranre that her dolls were safe, that "Mlc girl had l--s i|r> .el of robbers. What was the loss of family silver or of clothing and jewels, of l~ ks and ; pictures, if the dolls Were to is- left I nharmeil? After all, was that child's j estimate of values wrong or unn al, or is the trouble with the rest of us? Sunday School Tim•*. Sarrwd Animals In India. In every larger city there are walled tanks where .-.tared crorudiles aw ait the •"attribution*of the pious. In Benares thev subsist upon the rent of a rnfhly. Asbestos Asliestos is not a rare mineral, as it Is found in most of the middle and northern States in this country and in Europe, in all mountainous sections. In New York there is a diqstsit in Itichniond County which affords fibres two feet long. In Hrtinswirk, N. there is a fine deposit of the interlaced variety, the mountain leather, so-called. In Maryland, asbestos of good quality is found in several localities. In Mas sachusetts it occurs at Brighton, Hhef- j field, I'el ham, Windsor, and several other towns. The mineral Is plentiful enough for all our wants, even If. some day, it is used in house construction, an event not improbable.— liotlon Jvurnai qf Commerce. 'The Kiiicdun Colony In Alts California. Fully a century ago the pleasant vales leading up into tho Coast moun tains had been penetrated by tho fron tiersmen of Mexico, of whb'h country this whole great region was an ill-de tincd province under the name of Alta California. These men were herds , men or farmers. Early in the present century a colony of ltussians and In dians from Alaska, under the leader ship of Ah xander Koskoff, lamb-da. Itodcg., Hay, and began fanning where now is the village of Hodega. Not .-nt isfled with this place alone, however, they travelled northward some forty miles, ami establishi-d a permanent tra ding post and agricultural station ncai Salt Point, the site and many of the buildings of which are now occupied | as the village of Fort Boss—an angli ci/i'd abbreviation of I'm rh -tilts wer> apparent. The i-ha: c -teristb evi dent • s of bl'Hsi-]Hiisoning nevertheless set in. and f" fere night the man wa- a corpse. What the drain It is a well-known fa t that people w hose limbs have Iss-n amputatisl tell }■ a that Uiry can fi • 1 their fingers and toes for a long time afterward foi year*, sometimes and will even d<>- scribe pains and ibTmite sensation, afTistmg certain joints of individual digits. This is readily understood when we remember that the brain is the only jiart of'he lody that fis-ls, all sensations and Impulsi s In ing conveveil to it from different parts by nervr tibres. Fis lings of pain, heat, cold, touch, and the functions of the special si revs arc telegraphed to it; and when the connecting m rve i- divided it may Is- -' inc time before it learns to local ize truly the seat of the sensat en it ap pns lates. When we knonck our "funny lMini-s" we experience a thrill in the little linger and in er lmrder of the hand; the fait lieingthat we have stim ulated the bundle of telegraph wires— known as the ulnar nerve—which transmits sensations from that finger and part of the next, in the middle of its course, as it xvinds round the joint of the elbow, star. The Age of Steel. Even if there w as once a time wnen the state of industrial civilization could fittingly be described as the age of iron, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, that time is past ami gone. We are rapidly approaching the age of steel, i Iron is being superseded in many direc tions by Its more popular rival, (treat transportation lines prefer steel rails to iron ones or. account of their superior wearing qualities. True, there arc many iron tracks still in existence; but there are also wooden tracks on some old fashioned railways. "Wire rods will henceforth In* made of steel rather than of iron. Already the production of steel in the t'nited States is reported to exceed the production °f i r,, n 'n mag nitude. For many purposes iron is so admirably designatist that it will re main. certainly for many years, and probably forever, in common use ; but, 1 the number of instances in which it has lcen or is Wing superseded by steel Is much greater than would havs lieen lxdicved a decade ago. The Lancet says that women often wear a w-i ight of clothes such as few men would care io curry. Dreamland. 'inly in vision* an ton, IM MiKM IWKAbKAI'HS. A title of the sea A w-a-erjwnt's tail. The latest thing in cradles—The new Liihy. Years are like tigers. They always eotne with a spring. Definition ~fa *olli rof fortune—A soldier who has none. When a man wants to step on the *< ah-* lie gets aweigh. We admire spirited anitrthls, hut de liver us from a wildly enthusiastic mule. The rising young man of the future J- one Who V. ill he w illing to jump up and huild the morning Irrc*. Ther- are a g l many d< •late and unroiufoftahle thing in thi- world, hut •] lig hat in a -now torin strike* us •i- alxillt the climax. 'I he < J* rator* in niythi< al mines are alw ays willing to let y, in : hut there i* quite a difTerejp eh-1 < n letting >ou in and letting y-.u win. "What Ls the difference between a glass half full of water and a hroken < rigagi'llient ?" Ope 3* let filled full, and the other !- not fulfilled. With exceptional truthfulness a that is scan dalous. -a.d a farmer, x*h< was given to long drinks, to a brother agriculturist: "What l-r<-<*l of rattle would Vou advise im t<> adopt f "Short horns," was the signili-ant reply. I'oiir daughters of a Kentucky farm er e]oj,*i jn one night, each couplo I.tking a different road, and it drove the old man al*ut crazy to decide winch party to pursue. D>ng Tong is the name ctf a very successful Chinese artist at Chicago, lie has paint'*! the picture of a man and a dog. and you can tell which is the man and which is the dog almost al a gluacv. "Julia, my little cherub, when does your sister Kmma return?" "I don't know." "Didn't she say anything l>e fore she went away?" "She said, if you came to sex-her, she'd be gone till doomsday." One gacat unpleasantness attending a man's getting tnarri*l is his utter insignificance on the occasion. The bride is the object of attention as the star performer of the show, and he is rcgareen married a short time. The other day she slung her arm around him. and warbled, in a low, remulotts voice: Do you realize, \dolphus, that now we are married* we are only one?" "No," replied the brute. "I can't realize it. 1 have just paid a #7.' milinerv bill, and a lot mors of your b Ms, with several outside pre cincts t<> hear front, so 1 am Wginning to realize that, as fur as expense gtes, instead of being one, we are aWnf half a dozen. I can't take in that idea of our Wing one just yet, not by a large majority. "I tell yon what it is, fellahs," yawned Adolphtta. "I'm making an awful commotion among the girls Only w anted a little fun, ver know, but deuced if they arn't all falling in love writh me. honor, I believe I'm getting into hot water,yer know." "l)o you?" said one of tho girls whs chanced to will have the same effect Upon you as it does upon the lobster." "I say, Mar tha," exclaimed Adotphus, turning aWut, "you're deuced ly sharp, yer know, but blamed if 1 know what you're driving al now." "Oh, nothing," replied Martha; "only lobsters, you know, are green till they get into hot water."