PBIjji mw 5 TE.OTELATED TOR TH DISPATCH. In a large park, under a stately old oak tree, stood a little vellow Daisy which was very much dissatisfied with her lot in life, and, in the two days that she had been blooming, had found nothing worth living for. "If I could only climb to the top of the tree as the Tine does," she thousht, "'I might at least have a more extended view; but on this short stem I can scarcely sec over the blades of grass. Then, too, this dress is so homely. How dull it looks in comparison with those red tulips." Through the trees the large white palace could be seen, and sometimes the Daisy heard the merry voices ot children; but they were too intent oa their own pleasures to think of the lonely little flower. As the Daisy recounted in murmuring tones its trials and grievances, it noticed thai the blue sky was growing gray and dark, and that the treetops were shaking violently. "What is the matter now, I wonder, said the flower. , , .v Large drops then began to fall from the clouds. Thevbeat noisily against tue leaves, and fell so heavilvon the grass that the tender blades bent under the heavy weight. A Eaindrop struck the Daisy with such lorce that the little flower drew back oflended, determining to have nothing to do with such rude company. . . "I be" your pardon, little flower, said the Kaiudrop, "if I have hurt yon; but I came in great haste, and your little yellow blossom seemed to afford such a beautiful resting place." The Daisr, much pleased over this com pliment, aked in friendly tones: Have vou come tar?" ., .. " "Far," repeated the Raindrop, "I hardly .know what you mean by that; but I have been en the way many days and nights. A STORM OK "How much yon must have seen," sighed the Daisy. "Yes, I have seen a great deal, and if it will cot tire you I shall tell you about my travels." "I should be so delighted to hear some thing about this great world; but are you not tired alter your long journey?" asked the Daisy as she raised her petals to form a more comfortable resting place for her visiter. "I have seen stormy days," said tbe Bain drop, "but it is so pleasant to be permitted to stay in one place Ions enou;h to talk to anyone. The first davs of my life were spent in a small lake high up in themonn tains. Those were happy times, with my brothers. Sometimes the wind sported with us or made music for our dances; then again we were quiet and still, and on the smooth surface of the lake were pictured the blue heavens with its light fleecy clouds, and tbe peaks o; the hish mountains which surrounded us. These mountain peaks were very beautiful with their white, glittering ice-ioverincs which, in the moraines and evenings lighted by the rays of the sun, shone with purple and gold. "There was one particular place near the shore, where I loved to stay. There among some high mountain peaks', a white srouse had built its nest, and I used to delight in watching the beautiful bird as it left its nest to pick the fresh buds from the bushes. One day when the bird had gone as usual in search of icod, I saw a marten steal slyly toward the empty nest. I wished to give warning, but had no means of making my self heard. The craftv thief crept nearer and nearer the beautiful eggs, and in a mo ment more would have been upon them. But suddenly a rushing noise was beard, and quick as an arrow, a large eagle pounced down upou the robber and seized him with his sharp claws. Never before had the treat bird scenifd so kiuglv, and as he flew away aith his booty be resembled an avenge ing justice defending the cause of tbe op-. Dressed. At one end of the lake was a nar row opening toward which I saw many of my brothers moving and then passing through. Where they went Idid not know; but nouc of them ever returned. A great desire suddenly seized me to follow them. The lake seemed so small and narrow, and I wished to see the outside world." The Daisy smiled. She well understood this feeling, for the same desire to travel had taken possession of her, also. "That was a tiresome road which we must take," continued the Kaindrop. "It led over rough, sharp stones, and often de scended to such a depth that we rolled down, stunned and breathless. Sometimes we ran between such bieh, rocky walls that only a small strip of the blue sky could be seen; bat soon the rocks disappeared and the sun again smiled upon us. On and on we went. From the right and from the left we were joined by millions of brothers who pnrsued the same way with us. Finally, we came to a great basin prepared for onr bath. And certamlv we needed cleansing, for in our course down the mountain we had car ried with us stones, sand and plants. After a refreshing plunge in this basin we con tinued our way, chasing one another in wild glee over rocks and stones, until, weary of the sport, we became quiet and still. Great boats and ships laden with rich treasures cow floated upon our surface. "One day I remember well. The sun ihoue brightly, and the air was mild and pleasant On the waves rocked a small pleasure boat, in which sat a gay company. A little child was present, in whose lap lay manv blue flowers, which she wove into a wreath. When the garland was ready the little one placed it on her enrly locks, and a sweet tace bent over the edge ot the boat smiling at the image pictured in the waves. "While a gay song sounded over the waters, a childish hand gently caressed us, and when it was lifted I clung to one of the rosy finger tips. How soft and tender it va ADd I quickly pressed a kiss before joining my companions. The boat then inoved toward the shore, and the sound oi the song died away in the distance. "Our course now ran by rich cities and old castlrs. How proud they looked when h trrinbllnir sunbeams played around them, and howmystenoui i in tbe pale l.ght of the mooA When wc had passed by widej fertile plains sau whiihk gram ucjui, a r voice cried: 'The sc. the sea; we are going to theses. "Curiosity urged us on, and in great ,,(. m nlnn-red into the boundless ocean whose beautv far exceeded my wildest im aginations. "For many days I experienced a great presuie in thiuking that I formed a part ot this great flood; for the sea, large as it is, is made up onlv of countless drops of water such as I. One day a little cloud ap peared on the blue arch above us. It was so small that I hardly noticed it until one of my companions who bad been in the sea longer than I eaid: 'We shall have a storm.' , . "I could not believe that so small a cloud could bring danger; but gradually it became larger and larger, the wind howled ungnly, and wc were tossed rudely about, now up hill, now down. Suddenly I struck some thing hard and remained lying there. Around me roared the great sea waves with their white caps, and above me was dark night. Tremblingly I looked about and found myself on a piece of wood projecting out of the sand. " 'I have had a sadder experience than you," said the wood on which I Iay. 'I once belonged to"a proud ship which sailed over every sea. A storm more furious than this overtook us, and we were driven on this sandbar. Hour by hour we sank deeper and deeper, and, although the storm roared loud Iv, it could not drown the voices of the dying. And all the happy people who sailed away in that shiu lie buried here.' "The wood then became silent and I shud dered from cold and terror. When the sun again shone through the clouds I found its warm rays very pleasant; but soon I noticed a change was coming over me. I grew small and slender, and finally, as a light vapor, I was carried upward, and with many others like myself formed a cloud, which was driven on by a strong north wind. A little voice near me said: 'The sun, our king, sends out his beams to collect troops, then his generals, the winds, send the cloud regi- THE SEA. ments where they are most needed.' " 'Where are we going now7' I asked, but no one answered. " "On, on we must go, in such haste that I have lost all recollection of the places we passed. Then we began to sink from our lofty position. The lower we came the larger and stronger I grew .until, as mv com panions, I became again a round drop of water, and we came to refresh the thirsty earth." The raindrop was silent for a moment; but as the sun shone forth it continued: "How lovely it is here, and how happy you must be to have so beautiful a resting place. I must go now, little flower, for the King calls me. I thank you many, many times tor this pleasant hour." In a moment the raindrop was gone, and the little yellow daisy was left alone, but she began to see the beauty of her surround ings, and was never again heard to murmur or complain. Paysie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for the little Folks That Will Keep Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week If They Solve Them Correctly Homo Amusements. Address communications for this department IcEK. CEASBOUKN, LewUton, Maine. 1322 PICTOBIAL ENIGMA. - A quotation of 23 letters, from Shakespeare. MIS5IE SINGES. 1323 DUAL UNITY. Made for each other, as you see. And matched with greatest care; "As true as steel," we sure must be A most united pair. Keen, polished, quiet in our way Yet often pointed, too; Gossip often times will say What cutting things we do. We cross each other with a clash. " Yon know, for j ou have seen usj But woe to him who is so rash . As to interfere between us. M. C.B, 1321 ANAGRAM. Death, Salt Tight Liftt See tbe strangling man arisel See bis sufferings and bis woesl Little wonder that man diesl Little wonder tbat be goes From the stern besetting cares, Where be pain and misery shares. To a world, be cares not wbatl Naught is worse than what he's got. Halt, to lire, a welcome, death; Take awav this feeble breath; May both Dick and Maysie be From this sinful world set free. Both have seen their share ot pain. Shall they feel it once again? Shall this, readers, bo Their fateT We shall only watch and wait. H. C. Bueobb. 1325 A LITEBABY COMPANY. A High School student sat up late at night preparing an essay on Literature, till at last veariness triumphed over ambition and he fell asleep In bis chair. Then a throng of visitors entered bis room literary characters of the past and present and from both sides the water and courtesied to blm as they came through tbe door. One man with a reckless looking gaze said sternly: Young man, opt now thy book, and stndy tbe lives of the great poets. Then a lady with a face of surpassing sweetness, de manded tbat be write at once a racy article on iiiajbiVbead seemed to be .filled h a racket. Aay-carts and cannon uniting to authors. It seemed to the poor boy tbat tbe i swell ino souna ana gua rooww seemeo. hom 6,25.23.27.22. SVfCT I; 18. 13. Sj,Zjz6?S,2& lnc before his eyes. Then one of hi visitors asked bis opinion of the origin of the Royal X; and whatever that meant, the bewildered boy co aid not tell. But when a long-haired man looked at him keenly and asked blm to bins tlie Ifu aonnet for their amusement, ho felt that the predicament of Homeo was far pre ferable to his. Another said: "Bring now, my boy, with rile august, the Hp'aher Ashe, and we will take our tieparture." When at last the boy awoke be ielt tbat he had a much greater insight into literature than ever before. Ethyl. 132G NUMEBICAL. Borne 1, 11. 2. 6, 8, 11 Are dwellers of all countries under heaven. And In each quite at home; 8. 6, 4. 11 love to boast of the skill With which they wear all manners at their will. Wherever they may roam. They 1. 9, 10, 11 adventures rare To sbock tbe timid or enthrall the fair, And mat witnont nntruth; For they have been 10, 7 many lands. Have taken bread from rude and gentle hands They are complete, In truth. BlTTEB SWEET. 1327 TRANSPOSITIONS. FirsU I am ill-bred. Ill-mannered, rude, With selfishness I am imbued; A rustic, snrly and morose. All this, and more, my nature shows. Second. Sometimes I mean a sudden pitch, Tbat throws you over In the ditch; And If your lover should you leave You're left in me, do you perceive? Chattie. 1328 A HILLINEB'S SHOP. One day I went to a milliner's store to buv me a winter bonnet, and what do you think I saw! Tberewere yards and yards of a certain article yon might see in a meat shop. Them were bats and bonnets tbe material for which gavo a suggestion tbat thy had nerves, and the decorations for them accused a large bird of bribery.. Looking around, 1 saw quantities of rubber piping arranged in pairs, and timber for railroad tracks. Seeing many other things of equal inconcruitv. I thoueht that such a variety shop conld not furnish first-class bon nets, so decided to look farther befor pur chasing. Ethyl. 1329 BEVXRXAXi. Upon tbe jtrit my boy would play, And it amused bim day by day, At last, grown weary of the din, He changed it for a mandolin. Grown weary of the last, the first He tookairain and it reversed. And then "A little oird" he found That cheered him with its merry sound. AIDTL. 1330 ENIGMA. rm worn by men and women, Who think me very nice; Bometimes I cost but little. Sometimes a goodly price. A mighty people use me In time of peace and war; Bnt now I'm nearly out of date For what they used me for. I am a kind of souvenir, Ot beaveniy design; A beautiful remembrance! Of love and peace a sign. , CHATTIB. 1331 rrVE-'WOKD ENIGMA. Five birds redeem From "Jordan's stream," And "Autumn wan" And "Weekly Ban." Common birds you here will find With tbe letters right combined, Borne are those that near us are. Others may be found afar. AEOTL. DECEMBER FSIZES. The November competition was a lively one. Shall not that for this month be more sot A prize that will delight tbe winner will be pre sented each of the senders of the best three lots of answers to tbe December puzzles. The solutions should be sent in weekly Install ments, and no one should expect to get a com plete list, as such a feat is not often accom plished. ANSWERS. 1S13 Cat-tills. 1314 Dispatch. 1315 The vowel E taken from heaven leaves it haven, a place nf rest, and with it the com bination of consonants may be vocalized, thus: "Severe yet tender he redeemed Thosphere where deeds detested teemed; Then persjvere, ye perfect men, When tempted keep the precepts ten.'-' 131(5 Black Spanish, Bed Leghorn, Sea bncht, Plymouth Rock. 1317 Braces, races, aces. 1S18- V MID PORED PERILED M O BADA11AD VI R I DOMARTJ DELA MATER DEBATED DARED D U R i D 0 M A R U S B 1S19 Charm, march. 1320 Sticiss (Styx), sparks, soot (salt), ashes, blaze, siuoke. 1321 Sum-mary. TELEGRAPHIC TROUBLES. 111 Wires Made Trouble With a Business Man's Harmless Message. The telegraph played a merry game with a business man tbe other day, says the New York Times. He has been in the habit of usinfe the wire to convey all sorts of mes sages relating to family matters, and .he has labored under the delusion that everybody in the telegraph company's employ could read his handwriting with ease and accu racy. When he reached his store on the day in question be got a piece of sews that sent him to the nearest telegraph office in a hurry. He wanted his wife to know the glad tidings at once. There had been a cer tain jovial event in tbe Household ot a cousin, who dwells over in Jersey, and so the good man wrote out his mess ige with a light heart: "Am going to K.'s. Pretty girl. Won't be home til! late to-night." He made his trip across North river, saw the new arrival, and didn't reach his domi cile until midnight. Much to his surprise, bis wife was sitting up lor bim. So whs her mother, who was paying them a visit. Both ladies were icy cold in their demeanor. Tliev spoke rather viciously ot roues and profligates and of what happened to such evil persons. Tbe man was thunderstruck. It was all a mystery to him. "Convicted by bis own telegram," said his judges. The man was still more perplexed. He wanted to see the dispatch. It was laid before him and he read: "Am going to kiss pretty giri. Won't be home till late to-nigbt." The man has since then succeeded in convincing his womankind that it was all a teleerapher's blunder, but when he sends a message home now he prints it out in capital letters. UBS. STANLEY'S BEAUTY. Some Persons Who Have Had the Audacity to Dispute the Claim. And they even dispute the claims to beauty of Mrs. Dorothy Stanley. It was a charming room in white enamel, and she lay back in an arm chair in a gown of deep dead rose, making a picture of high-bred English womanhood against a background of snow and flame. And the irreverent youth looked and said: "She is pale, and why does she brush her hair ofl her fore head in such a peculiar roll? She is scrawny, and yet, being English, she puts a great diamond ornament just where it will call attention to her collar-bone. If every body hadu't said she was handsome I wouldn't have besn so disappointed. "Their reverent exaggerate matters.bui it is true that Mrs. Stanley's beauty is in her expression. When her 'face is in repose it is probably less attractive than that of her sister, Mis. Evelyn Myers, who is one of London's clever women photographers. Historical Massacres Are Myths. Dr. Stephen B. Weeks, of Johns Hopkins University, hit made a special study of the early Virginia settlements under Sir Walter Raleigh. He maintains that it can be shown by legendary and historical evidence that tbe earliest setttlers in the new world were not massacred, ns is generally sup posed, but were absorbed by the tribe of Croatan Indians, and.tbat their descendants are still to be found in North Carolina, INDIANS OF LEISURE. Each of the Osages is Worth Kear Ten Thousand in Cold Cash. INDEPENDENT AS MILLIONAIRES. A Deposit That Hakes Them the Richest Kation io"the World. . QUITE A DECEKT SET OP PEOPLE WRITTEN rOR TUX DISPATCH. If each tribe of Indians is considered a separate nation, then America has the rich est nation in the world. The public is ac customed to think of its Indian wards as beggared and beggarly pensioners upon the bounties of the government. This is a mis taken view. Poverty-stricken, or even de pendent, tribes are tbe exception, while many are well oil in this world's goods. One tribe, tbe Osages, is so rich that if all its assets were turned into ready cash there would be $10,000 to each person, from the veteran warrior, whose scars of honor were achieved in battles of three score years ago, down to the tiniest pappoose making his first protest against the barbarous baby board. On a map of the United States trace the Arkansas river from the point where it crosses the southern line of Kansas to tbe ninety-sixth meridian, thence due north back to Kansas and follow the State line to the starting point and vou have bounded the Osage country. It is a triangular piece of territory containing 1,600,000 acres. HOW THEY GOT KICH. "When, in 18T8, President Grant adopted what is known as the "peace policy" in dealing with the Indians, the Osages were occupyingja vast reservation in the very heart of Kansas. It was becoming more valuable every year, and, as the whites were crowd ing in closely upon them on all Bides, the Osages asked Uncle Sam to let them sell out and go to the Indian Territory and grow up with the country. This proposi tion was satisfactory all around. Apprais ers were appointed by the Government and millions of acres soon changed hands. A part of the proceeds was used to pur chase a new reservation in Indian Terri tory, but the bulk of it was held in trust by the Government. As the sale of tbe Kan sas lands proceeded, the trust fund grew, and now it has reached the enormous sum of (8,200.000,' Be it said to the credit of all connected with this trans'erof land, and the handling,of such vast amounts of money, that it was accomplished with as little job bery as any transaction of the kind in the history of the Government.;! THE OSAGE PBOPEBTY. The Osages bought their present reserva tion irom tbe Cherokees, at the average price of 75 cents nn acre. To-day 80 per cent of it is worth $2 an acre, and the remainder the tillable portion is valued at from $8 to $12 an acre. Their personal property is represented by nearly a million dollars, and they have a school fund of $180,000. Foot ing this up, the Osages are found to be worth, in round numbers, $15,000,000. As the tribe is made up of about 1,500 persons all told, it is an easy matter to compute the average of wealth per capita. There is enough tillable land in the Osage reservation to give .every man, woman and child 200 acres apiece lor a farm, and enough grazing land lett to tack on to each of these larms 800 acres for a pasture lot. It con tains 10,000 quarter sections. As a quarter section is half a mile square, were these placed side by side it would make a strip of land from Manitoba to tbe City of Mexico. It is an easy place to make a living. The resident United States agent some years ago offered to serve the tribe in his official capacity for six years, without salary, for the unlimited privilege of putting cattle to eat up some of the millions of tons oi grass going to waste in the reservation. Of course this official knew better than to make bis proposition to the department at Washing- 11 y asning- -tort, so nothing-came of it, as the Indian themselves were powerless to accept or reject' ant or reieel business overtures. MAREYINO OUT OP EXISTENCE. The fact that of the Oaages iuliy one-third are half-breeds, or "white Indians," as the iull-hloods call them, shows what a tempta tion it is for a white man to marry into the tribe. The full-bloods are slowly decreas ing in numbers, but tbe other branch ot the tribe is rapidly on the increase. It is a matter of only a few j ears when the Osjges will be a nation of whites, as capable ot holding land in severaltv, and of enjoying all the privi leges of a United States citizen as are the average citizens of the States. Do these Indians work at all? Yes: many of them would shame some white men. One of tne best fields of corn I ever saw was raised by as red an Osage as could be found in the tribe. He was proud of that crop. He would wave his hand toward the field and exclaim: "See what an Indian can do!" But the blanket must go out with tbe com ing in of general farm work. It is inimical to manual labor,although an Osige plowing with bis robe of pride tucked about his waist is no uncommon sight. ESOW A GOOD MING. The most oV them, however, do not work. They know all about that big ne3t-egg of theirs at Washington, which pours more than 563,000 into their laps every three mouths. They also know tbat it is inex haustible, to what's the use of working? The interest on the trust fund is paid quar terly. Etch member of tlie tribe comes. in for an equal share of this money, which amounts to 51 SO, or $1CG annually. No matter bow young the offspring is, if he only has a name on the roll within 24 hours of the time payment begins, he draws as much ns the biggest chief. A head of a family, which consists of threo wives and two or three children to each wife, has an income not to be ashamed of. And this is only pin money. A few acres of land under cultivation and a few cattle and pouies will keep the aver age family, or would have done so iu the days oi aboriginal simplicity. But with the present-day luxuries in reacb, some of these simple children of nature emulate their white brethren, and are always hard ud. What do they do with their money? Tbey live it up 'or gamble it away. That is, some do. A PEBPETUAIi DEBT SYSTEM. Much of it goes at once into tbe hands of the traders to tav off accounts which have been accumulating for three months. It has been but a few years since the payment was almost wholly swallowed up by these run ning accounts. When the old score was set tled, the Indians found a storelulof new goods waiting to be bought on credit. But the cash system is coming more and more into vogue as these people become fore handed. There is considerable ready money among even the lull bloods. After paying cash for' everything they buy they still have money. They canuot in vest it in real estate, for land is as free as air. Some of it they loan to an unfortunate brother whose wallet has a mysterious bole in it. Some of it goes to satisfy a taste for fine ponies and mules. They can afford to ride in good carriages, and so the carriage has come to supplant the saddle. But there are poor fellows among them who never have any money. When they draw their slice nt payment, up steps the trader and presents his account. It cats a big hole, u hicb trad er No. 2 proceeds to make larger. It by chance he comes out with a few dollars lett he is tempted into a game of "moccasin," and tbe little balance vanishes like a Sep tember frost at sunrise. WHAT MIGHT HAP7EN. Thus It would be if the entire trust fund of 18,000,000 were equally distributed among, the Osages. The money would quiekly gravitate into the hands ot those who knew how to keep it, and some would be penniless. The Osages have made great advancement in zu years. Traders who hare been wiw them for the greater part of .this time can see the certain progress-, toward civilization .in the character oi the articles most in de - mand. The trade now calls for scores of household articles which an Indian had no use for ten years ago. But tbe greatest progress is shown in the patronage of schools. Immediately on tbe removal of the Osages to Indian Territory a large and handsome school building was erected with funds set apart for'that purpose. For manv years it seemed a useless expenditure. The Indians seemed determined that they would not educate "their children. Tbey recognized thendvantages of an education to a poor White man, who had his living to make, but failed to see how, they could be benefited by any change in their mental status. THEY HAD NO NEEDS. Having plenty of money, they reasoned that a year spent in school would be so much time wasted. Year after year their iaithful agents advised, persuaded and threatened, but all to no purpose, until the threat became a living measure. Tbe In dians were informed that their interest money would be withheld it all children of school age were not at school five months in the year. This touched their pockets and had the desired effect. Within six years the attendance has in creased from 25 per cent of the school popu lation to 80 per cent. When the other 20 per cent are gathered in, the Osages cannot ouly pose as the wealthiest people, but they will also carry off the palm as the greatest patrons of education in the world. Linnaeus Kobebts. HO STEALING THIS SOAP. An Invention From Abroad That Will be Welcomed In Business Offices. St. Lonlsl'ost-Dlspatch. A very original and practical novelty for toilet stands of public convenience has just been patented and introduced abroad. The device is extremely simple and handy, and fully explained by the accompanying'cuts. Figure 1 gives a complete view of the same, while figure 2 represents a sectional view of the soap, one-third of the actual size. The bracket of the apparatus is fastened by the the side of the basin, and the chain attached to this is mad.e long enough to allow the soap to swing at a proper and convenient height This keeps the soap clean and dry, allows it to be used economically and prevents it from being carried off. Whenever a fresh piepe of soap is needed the box screw D in Fig. 2 is removed by means of a little key, which comes with every apparatus. The lower porcelain plate C is then taken off, together with porcelain tube B. which slips throngh tbe cylinder in t'uecentsr of the soap, it being cast expressly for this apparatus, so that another cake of soaD can be inserted with the greatest ease. In order to keep the spiral screw D taut a -.. -. ,. . .. i . ,i, ,t, -r r - . , . ..,,. ,.. . - " .. . .... - . ' can be bad in all sizes suitaDie lorouices, hotels, waiting-rooms, toilet rooms, in sleep ing cars, etc. MAKING BHLIAED BAILS. The Modns Operandi as Described by an Kastcra Manufacturer. New York Times. The process of manufacture is very simple, but it requires great skill. The block of ivory is placed on an iron chuck, and one half the ball is turned. Then the cutting is reversed. After the second half has been turned, the ball is hung up for a few months in a net to dry. The ball is kept free from any draught, as ivory cracks when exposed to either a hot or a cold current. When thoroughly seasoned, the balls are turned so as to produce a perfect sphere, and here is where tbe skill comes in. Not one man in a hundred who have been taught this process for years can turn a billiard ball accurately. After each ball has been tested for size and weight, the polishing is done. This is simply a wash of whiting and water applied vigorously. The ball tbat is properly made always retains its polish. A ball will not remain perfectly true, however much it is seasoned, because of the continual concussion, which causes tbe cells to close. It a ball is very much played with, especially in warm rooms, it is very liable to crack and become untrue. I have known a ball to run untrue in a match of a thousand points. They can, of course, be readjusted, and this is one of the principal branches of the business. We never take nff more than one-twentieth of an inch, unless the balls are very bad. They would be of no use for a match after readjustment, but for ordinary play they are quite as good, perhaps better, because they have been consolidated. As to price, that depends upon the quality of the ivory, its density, and the straight ness of the core, besides the perfection of shape, color and weight. In making balls for a match we will turn out 300, and per. haps not be able to pick out more than four perfect sets. That accounts for the seem ingly extravagant price which is chaiged for perfect billiard balls. INTELLECTUAL WOMAUXHTD. Good but Not Brilliant Within the Grasp of the Fair Sex. London National lteview. 1 Tested by actual results, it is found that the fogies who contended that women have little aptitude for mathematics are right, al though they have been laughed out of court. The superiority of women in modern languages is not daringly obvious; in classics they are found inferior to men, while it appears very doubtful whether any considerable number will hold their own in medicine. Finally, experience fully confirms the opinion always held by sensible people, that ordinary degrees and good, though not bril liant, honors, are well within tbe reach of all industrious women with fair mental powers. African Game Protection. New York Bun. 1 Tbe East Africa Company has decided now that some efforts must be made to pro tect large game against wholesale slaughter by European lovers of soort. ' It has there fore closed its territory to these hunters, and tbey must find some other field for the exer cise of their proficiency. The restriction upon shooting in this re gion has come none too soon. Hunters were killing without any discrimination every thing -they came across, even though they could not utilise the food thus provided. The Duty of Congress. Boston Herald, j What is the duty ot this Congress, then, at its coming short session? Principally to nass the apnronriation bills. Beyond that, .l to shoo aU uartlian legislation. Fig. SThe Soap. Fig.L FLASHLIGHT PHOTOS. They Serve tor Interior View?, but Timo Pictures Are Better. HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH A ROOM. Importance of Arrangements, the Windows and the Exposures. BDRKIX6 THE MAGNESIUM POWDER IWBITTIK TOR TUB DISPATCH. 1 The natural inclination.of every amateur photographer, particularly at the start, is to take, or try to take, pictures of his friends in poorly lighted rooms. In the opening paper of this series it was suggested that tbe beginner confine his efforts to outdoor ex posures until he becomes familiar with the workings of his lens, his plate, his developer and the other primary factors in the art. The reason for this is the simple one that it is far easier to, take good pictures in the open air than in a room of any kind, where the light is necessarily distributed unevenly and generally supplied only from windows at one of the four sides. Everybody1 who has been photographed by a professional photographer has noticed that the "gallery" used was prepared in such a manner as t6 admit the light of heaven from the roof and from at least two sides. This, of course, is impossible with the amateur, who cannot take all his pict ures in one particular room. He there fore must bring other devices into play to help him light his subject properly. He could not do this intelligently without first having learned the value of light by means means of practice outdoors. MUST USE QUICK LENSES. To b?gln with, the operator must pay special attention to his lens and plates for interior exposures. The latter should be very rapid, the same as are used for instan taneous exposures in tbe open. As a rule it is best to give the lense.the "full opening," i. e., no diaphragm, or stop, in locusing. Or, if any stop is to be used, it should be a large one. If a person or a particular object in a room is to be photographed almost any lens will answer, but for a general view of a room the wide angle lens is the only one to use. This style of lens gives only a slight exaggeration of perspec tive, which is rather a merit than otherwise, as it makes the room look larger than it really is, without giving the distorted lines common to pictures made with other lenses. It is as necessary to keep tbe direct rays of light from striking the lens in taking in teriors as in outdoor exposures, if not more so. For instance, do not point your camera toward tbe windows unless they are on the side of the room you wish for your back cround, and then only if you can darken them and get your light from another quar ter. It stands to reason that if the camera is pointed in the direction of a window through which a bright light is tallowed to shine the plate will be quickly affected by that strong light and only to tbe extent ot the space occupied by the window on the plate. WILI, DEVELOP XTKE A FLASH. It will come up in developing like a flash, leaving the rest of tbe plates under-exposed and indistinct, it in fact anything at all is to be seen. Therefore keep your light to your back or to one side. Windows may ensilv be darkened bv hanging shawls. piano covers or blankets over them until near tbe end of the exposure, when tbey should be uncovered for a second or two, just long enough to show that the windows exist in the picture. Large pictures, mirrors and other bright objects in the room should also be well looked after, so that no reflection of light is thrown from them npon the lens or each other. The arrangement of the furniture in the room i a, most important matter. The tout ensemble .mav present a pleasing effect to the eye, b'ut the 'eye alone cannot be trusted in this ease. Look at the reflection of the effect on the ground glass of your camera and see that there is a harmonious appearance there. A cozy arm-chair may look all right in the foreground to the eye, but perchance you will find that it is in a direct line with the lens and a large part of the background, thus shutting out much ot the desired part of your picture and giving the impression afterward that you had been photographing an armchair rather than a room. GETTING TnE FOCUS. Having arranged the articles in tbe room to best advantage, secure an even iocus by foensing on an object situated about three quarters of the way from the lens to the back of the room and a little to the right or left of the center. When this has been done put in the smallest diaphragm tbe lens con tains and begin tbe exposure. The length of the exposure should be generous iu all cases. To secure good results as to detail, etc., where the light is not too strong or evenly distributed, at least 45 minutes should be allowed. It will be lound neces sary sometimes to allow two or three hours, when the end of the room is rather dark. It, as noted above, any of tbe windows have been screened, cap vour lens when you con sider the exposure long enough, take down the blankets or shawls and uncap the lens for a few seconds. A few a;tempts will show the operator just what length ot time" he needs to get these interior viowi No two rooms nre alike, and it is therefore impossible to lay down a fixed rule. Itooms with bright colored walls naturally require a shorter exposure than those whose hangings are dark and somber, and the extent of light.as governed by the size and number of the windows in a room is different in every cise. All this pertains to the photographing of tbe room itself. If only a person is to be taken, the method is much simpler. The suggestions regarding the direction of the light, of course, must be observed just tbe same as in outdoor exposure. The subject is to be well lighted; not tbe camera. PHOTOGRAPHING A PEESON. Plare the person so that the light from the window will fall directly on him, or her, on the full face if possible. It tbat is not practicable,place tbeperson sideways to the window and on tbe far side hang a sheet or large white substance at a distance of three or four feet from him, so that the light will be reflected from tbe window and both sides of the face will be illuminated. It is well to screen the light from tbe lqwer part of the window," unless it is not very strong. If the ligbt is used only from the upper part of the window it will sometimes be found that heavy shadows are thrown from the nose and chin downward. These can easily be softened by reflecting the light from a white sheet of paper laid on the floor. The lens should not be stopped down with a small diaphragm for pictures of this sort. A good wide opening is better", be cause it i almost impossible lor a person to sit still more than half a minute. With a good light, a well .illuminated subject, a rapid plate and a large stop in the Jens, pictures of this description require only irom 6 to 15 seconds' exposure. PLASH LIGHT PICTUEES. Interiors of all kinds can be made quickly by means of flash lights, and while they are not as soft and satisfactory as those made in daylight, verv good results can be ob tained. The difference is.abnut the same as everybody has noticed between davlight and arc"electric light illumination. Objects of all kinds take on a more or less ghostly appearance under the,iufiuence of electric light and cast very sharp shadows. This is true also to a large extent with the flash lights used in "photography. But any smnnntof fnn and much real satisfaction is I to be had by taking flash pictures ofgroupi, etc, in tne evening. There are several good "flash-lamps" now in the market, which combust tbe mag nesium powder quickly and at any desired moment. It is not, however, necessary to have one: the powder can be used in a little pill box with a fuse attachment. All dealers seep them. Tbe lens should be used with a large opening, and after the focusl has been accurately determined, the gas or lamp lights should be turned down a little so as not to make much of a glare on the plate. Then tbe lens is to be uncapped and tbe flash made. Hold the powder above and back of the lens. JIOliE TIME TO DEVELOP. Keflect the light on to the subject by means of a piece or while cardboard. As soon as the powder has been burnt, cap your lens agaiuand your plate is ready for develop ing. It will be found that plates exposed by flashlight require more time iu develop ing than others. Tbe more white you have in your subjects for flashlights', the better the result will be. Black dresses, suits, etc., "suck the light right in," so to speak. Be sure that the light is a little higher than your subject, so that the shadows will bo thrown downward. Open a window or two after taking a flash picture to allow the room to be cleared of tbe smoke and smell of the flash. ' Look out for reflections from mirrors and pictures. If you don't, you may get some queer results. Above all things, mind your eye in com busting magnesium powder. Keep tbe lamp or "cartridge" at arm's length irom you. W. O. .EscmVEGB. In response to The Dispatch's offer to anrwerin these columns any questions rela tive to amateur photography, several com munications have been received. However, alt bnt one were anonymono, and, in accord ance with The Dispatch's universal rule, vere thrown into ihe waste basket. -People who are not willing to trust tbe editor with their names are not worth bothering with. All questions received hereafter by responsi ble persons will receive prompt attention. Address Amateur Photograph Department, The Dispatch, Pittsburg, T?a. Follow ing is one question and answer: Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 28L I have read with a good deal of Interest your excellent articles on amateur photography, and seeing that you propose answering ques tions pertaining to photography. I thought that it would be a good chance to find out a point tbat has been bothering me for a good while. It is this: I find that, after taking my prints out of tbe toning bath and patting tbem in the hypo tbey turn to :i kind of grayish color. Sometimes I can tnrn them to a (rood color by drying tbem beside a hot lire. Now, I would like you to tell me bow to remedy this defect and what causes it; whether it is In the nega tive or paper or maybe it is in tne pnotozra pher, which I think it is. Hoping to see the answer in an early issue, I remain, DANDY. Answer. The fault lies principally in the toning. As stated in The DISPATCH ot November 24, a print will turn gray in tbe fixing bath if left too long in the toning solution. Thin negatives generally produce gray prints, even with the utmost care. TICTOBIAK MOUNTED BOXES. An Effective and Popular Volunteer Military Force In Australia. The military forces of the Colony of Vic toria consist of a permanent force of militia and volunteers, with a headquarter staff and separate staff establishments tor the militia, the mounted rifles, the rifle volunteers, the cadet corps, the engineers and the artillery. The Victorian Mounted Itifles are a regiment that was raised in 1&S5 at the request of the Government. It is 1,000 strong, but is to be increased to 1,200, divided into two battal ions. The force is extremely popular, and there is never any lack of recruits from all parts of tbe colony; it is said to be the best equipped mounted infantry corps in the British Empire. The service is purely vol untary, each man Uncling his own horse and saddle.whilethe Government finds his equip ment. Each effective earns 3 for bis com pany, which is funded and devoted to tbe company expenditure for militaryt duty. The uniform is plain and serviceable, of kbakee, with crimson facings and brown leather appointment, the uniform of all ranks being assimilated as much as possi ble in order to avoid officers being picked off. OF PREFIXES ADD AFFIXES. About Tom Ochiltreo'g Lavlshness and Other People's Troubles. It is related of Tom Ochiltree, says the New York Timet, that on his first visit to England he awakened diverse emotions in the breasts of a country gentleman and of a tailor by addressing a letter to the gentle man, "Mr. Thomas Kuggies," and a letter to the tailor, "A. Fitwell, Esq." The gen tleman was sorely ofiended and the tailor lelt flattered. The customs of this country make no par ticular distinction between the prefix "Mr." and the affix "Esq." In England there is a wide distinction. The title "Esquire" is worn by Justices of the Peace, well-to-do country' gentlenien, and professional men. It ranks next to Knighthood. The prefix "Mr." is applied to tradesmen and other plain people of respectable callings. The miscellaneous use of these two terms is sometimes confusing to students of social and commercial etiquette. Here, for instance, is "G. V. W." who, in writing a businessnote to a bank cashier, is puzzled to know which is the correct way to address tbe gentleman, "Mr. J. B. Ho.mes, Cashier,." or "J. B. Holmes, E-q., Cashier." Business courtesy knows no'fixed code by which such a ques tion can be decided. In this country the prefix "Mr." is a perfectly proper and respectful designation of any gentleman. Nothing more is neces sary in addressing men not occupying official rank or station. On the'other hand, the afiix "Eq.," meaningless as it is here, is accepted as a title of dignity, and cer tainly can give no offense. American busi ness men are no sticklers for titles of any kind. Conciseness is the main thing in their correspondence. Most of them would, no doubt, address "G. V. W.V'bank friend as "J. B. Holmes, Cashier," and that would meet all requirements of business courtesy. ONE OF THE LATE FADS. Kettle Drums a Popular Feature In Eecent Social Entertainment. . The drums whicb are coming into vogne this season-cover many Friday nights, and altogether the poor, much-abused day bids fair to be properly rehabilitated in favor. The drums, by tbe way, are a real novelty. Wc have them from England, where they are a revival of an entertainment of the last centdry. Then they were called kettle drums. In our more practical era we shorten the title by half. The dram is a dance and supper, whose tedium is relieved by the per formances of entertainers hired for the pur pose. Between dances you have oui'c, vocal .and instrumental, recitations, read ings and all sorts of amusing oddities from whistling women to performing pigs, if yon choose. With such a wide range of possi bilities it may readily be seen that tbe drams will be a go in this valuable town, lavs the J. New York; World. T N.5T '!t 'feAh t KISW . KA " ? Bs?m m to Wtt A Victorian Mounted liijlrman. Somersaults of a Mighty Monster of Ice in the Arctic Seas. WATES OP DESTRUCTIVE POWER An Iceberg- Sent Throagh a Floa Ij a wift Undercurrent. DAXGEE3 THE SAILORS EXC0DNTEB No one who has ever seen a grand, stately iceberg on "its solemn southward march" would ever credit these floating islands of ice with undignified capers and eratio move ments. Still, a great mountain of ice will sometimes vary its monotonous movements of steady dniting by turning somersaults and whirling tricks until it looks like soma huge hyperborean hippopotamus, with a skin of snow-like whiteness, wallowing around in the waters of the Northern sea. I have seen but one such overturning of these moving mountains 'of marble, and surely it looked as if tbe "great waters of the deep were breaking up" and that the end of all things bad come. Great green waves went thundering by as if a hurricane might have been howling for bours across the sea that but a few moments before had been as motionless as a mill pond. Flying flecks of foam dashed down from dizzy heights above, and its slippery sides were almost covered with cascades formed from the waters that have been lifted up by the rapidly overturning berg. LIKE AN EXPLOSION. The first intimation we had of the coming of the convnlsion was a dull shock frost ji Floating Iceberg, under the water against our ship's side, as -if a snbmarine blast had been exploded, and a moment afterward a huge rising of the sea near one side of the iceberg was ap parent, and through this vast lake of up lifted waters broke a snow-white mass ot ice that had been detached from ihehuge crystal mountain far down in the ocean's depths, and that came whirling to the surface with a swiftness tbat seemed to lift it half way out of the sea, and which kept it spinning and splashing lor a full five minutes after ward. The release of this portion from its frozen fetters far below had disturbed the stable equilibrium of the ereater and parent berz, and a moment aiterward it began its stu pendous swaying, as if some earthquake were influencing it from beneath, until in one of its colossal careenines it fell over and seemed to bury itself in a mass of milk-like foam, as if a thousand demonds were drown in? in the lashed waters of the green sea, and that sent tremendous tidal waves tear ing across the depths that would have engnlfed the Great Eastern had she been near. It sank for a second only and then rapidly reappeared with acreamv crest that in shallow sheets of white poured down the ni-rnf ndicnlar sides of tho mighty glacial giant that was trying so hard to find a quiet rest iu ms wamry ueu. ANOTHEE GEAVE DANGEE. Every observing bov and girl has prob ably noticed how much more powerful and erratic are the winds around the base of a very high building in a city than elsewhere in it. And io with the great iceberg It catches ail the wandering winds of the high heavens and directs them downward, wind ing and twisting around its base until it is very unsafe for a mailing boat to venture near thtse eddying gusts. The Arctio whalers, who are'the best navigators of these ice-laden waters, call these little bergs, that break off the big onces either above or be low the water line, "iceberg calves," and they havo no friendship for them for the reasons I have already given, although they will occasionally deign to pull up alongside of a small "call" and cut enough ice off of it (which I suppose they ought to call "veal") to fill up their refrigerators or ice chesls, and to haite ice and ice water aboard until it slowly melts and disappears. I have spoken ot them as littie icebergs, and they are so in comparison with tbe nirent her from which thev sprang, al- r though actually some of them are found oc casionally as large as the biggest uiocks oi buildings in New York City or Chicago. No wonder is it then if a piece of ice as big as the New York City postofiice or the Capitol at Washington or the Auditorium building of Chicago should break offfrom an ice mountain, however large, that it might de stroy the floating equilibrium of it and set it to turning and spinning and lashing and splashing the water until it finally settled to a state of rest. CUTTING TnKOUGH AN ICE FLOE. But of all the curious capers cut by these colossal masses of ice none is more singular, not even their somersaults, than one I saw being performed in the entrance to Hudson Strait. A furious cale was raging that was driving a drifting ice-pack before it as if it were a herd of frightened animals. The' great flat field and floes of ice were speeding eastwaid be.ore tbe whistling wind almost as fast as our snug little ship; for we were under double-ree ed sails, so furious was the storm. Looming up out of the drifting gusts and whirling eddies of the snow, bear ing westward, came the pearly sails ot an Arctic ship a mighty iceberg that with a superb serenity in the awlul storm cut its way directly through all the obstacles that faced its Iront. It bore down in the very teeth of the wind, and bared its boreal breast to tbe fields and floes, crushing tbem as if tbey were so many eggshells, and scattering t the flying glacial splinters port and star board like a swift-rolling wagon wheel scat ters the dust. This mastless hyperborean hulk wasobeyr ing the mandates of a marine current down- -In the depths ot the old ocean bed. Six sevenths of the iceberg is submerged, and tbo superficial current, being shallow in tbe strait, discovered by old Heinrich Hud son, while the air, being so much lighter than water tbat even a gale can form but a small component of the forces that deter mine the track or these Titans of the North, so we were greatly awed and edifiedby the sinzular yet superbspectacle of an iceberg sailing directly against the wind and forc ing its way through fields of ice that would have crushed and sunk the mightiest mailed man-of-war of modern times before it could have made a half a mile. Fkedeejck Schwatka. BEPABATE POIHTS OF VIEW. How the Independent and Partisan Press Look at the Message. From the Philadelphia Evening Telezrapb.) The partisan newspapers of the Repub lican faith find nothing in which is not ad mirable and commendable, and, per contra, tbe Democratic organs, with one voice, con demn it as lacking every quality of political wisdom and virtue. The independent press, which seek to serve nothing but the truth, speak of it fairly, setting forth on the ona hand its merits, on the other its errors. Bearing Sea Bights. Kew Tork Evening Post.1 Convince the American people that they have the right to prevent Britons front catching seals beyond the three-mile limit in Behring Sea, and it will not be necessary to rerer the matter to arbitration, or to have anr verr nroloneed correspondenes on the subject ILy 1 si r f y i
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