JL : .. ' tTKAXSLATED FOn TnE DISPATCH. There was oue time a peasant who was so I miserly that, although possessing great wealth, he would allow himself but one good meal a -week. At other times, when craving food and suffering from hunger, he would lock himself in the room where he kept his treasure, and letting the gold pieces fall through his fingers on the table, lie would listen to the merry jingle and say: "Is not that sweet music, and while listen ing to it can one think of hunger? "yith this gold I could buy bread, meat and w ine such as Kincs have; but in a short time the food would be gone and my money too. .No, no; I shall keep my gold and enjoy its pleas ant jingle." Tne peasant's little cottage stood at the foot of a high hill, far from any town or city; but this place pleased the money-loving man; for he had no visitors to entertain, and no shops near to tempt him to part with hi! precious gold. The peasant lived alone, with the exception of his ouly child, little Adele, who milked the cow, took care of the house, and. on Sundays, cooked the dinner for her father. In the evening, after the milking was done, the peasant would give his daughter a bow 1 of milk and a little bread, which would be all the food she would have until the next evening. Often the little cirl thought she would run away to the citv, where she might find employment, and earn enough at least to buy bread. But the distance was great and she did not know the war. So Adele remained with the iniserlvpeaant, always hoping that some thing "would happen to make her life brighter. ot far from the cottage stood a great rock, under which was the entrance to the dwarf kingdom. These gay little people roamed over the hills and valleys, and no oue knew anything about them. One day, WHEN HE W-AS HUXGRY however, the dwarf King's daughter became very ill, and the King, fearing lest,his child should die, called a counsel of all his sub jects to know w hat should be done for the suffering Princess. One little- dwarf, who was so old that he seemed to have lived ever since the world was made, said: "There is but one cure for the King's daughter. She must drink a jlas of milk, which must be given just at midnight, and by some one w ho will at the same time send a kind mes sage to the sufferer." All the dwarfs dearlv loved the kind Princess, and although the ground Was cov ered deep with snow, they started out in quest of the milk. No one expected the peasant would aid them, and all, with one exception, ran as fast as they could past his hou-e. But Knipps thought: "Perhaps when the peasant hears of our distress, his hard heart will soften, and he will help us." And just as the little clock on the mantel was striking 12, the dwarf knocked at the cottace door. The peasant sprang up, thinking someone had come to rob him of his wealth, and grasping a stout club, he opened the door only a tiny crackf and said: ''Who comes at this hour to disturb a poor old niau?" Knipps told of their trouble, and begged the peasant that he would give the milk, and t,cnd a kind message to the princess. "What do I care for your king or his daugh ter?" asked the man, "take some of the gold which you have hidden in your caves, and buy milk for your princess, and do not bother "me at this time of the night." lie then shut the door with a bang, and the dwarf turned sadly away. But Adele had heard the conversation, aiid when, after his harsh words her father had closed the door, she sprang from her bed, and opening the window of her room, called softly: ".Little dwarf, come here. I think I can help you." In sin instant Knipps was at the window, and handing Adele a small golden flask, which he carried, begged that she would fill it with milk. Bringing forth the bowl which contained allot' her meager supply, the little girl poured the entire contents into the dwarfs flask, and then said: "Tell the Princess that Adele sends her this milk, and hopes that it will make her strong and well." "With many thanks, and promises of eternal friendship, Knipps departed. It was as the old dwarf had said. As soon as the Princess heard Adele's kind message, and had tasted the milk, she at onoe bcpai to grow btrong, and was soon quite well again. In the meantime the peasant, after he liad refused the dwarfs request, went back to his bed and thought: "Those dwarfs are a thieving people, and doubtless are trying to find out where I keep my treasure, in order that they may steal it 1 am glad that I have gotten rid of them so easily." The next morning when the miser was walking through the forest hesaw a great company of dwarfs, led by Knipps, coming toward iiiin. liich one lutd his arms full of snow-lulls, and they began to pelt the peas ant, and cried at the same time: "i'ou iiave alwajs wanted gold. Gold you shall ha e, and gold shall bury you." Th old man now noticed that as the balls struck him they became flakesof gold.and soon a large heap was about him. With a glad cry lie hastened home for a bag in which to put his treasure. When the peas ant liad picked up cery grain of the precious metal, he put the heavy bag upon his shoulder and started to the city, where he would exchange the gold for money. The snow was deep, the distance was great, and when the man rcached'the city he was almost exhausted by the weight ol'his bur den. When he liad made his trade with the goldsmith and received the shining coins, he thought: "Now, I am richer than the King. Shall I not buy myself a good Beair' Bnt when he had looked again at the ! ft '-0 tfe money he said: "So, I am not hungry, and this gold is better than food." He then started on his war home, and as he traveled over the long, lonely road, he became weak and weary, and wished for bread with which to satisfv his huncer. Finally, overcome from fatigue and lack of loou, Jie sanK tat lie grouna anaaiea. anen came the dwarfs in great numbers, and buried him deep under the snow and cov ered him with the gold which had cost him his life. In the little cottage at the foot of the hill, Adele waited in vain for the return of her father. 3Iany times she looked out into the stormy night "thinking to see him plodding through tne snow. She milked the cow. j and being very hungry, she ate her own supper and that wliich she bad prepared ior her father. Then fearing lest the peasant would return and punish her she crept into bed were she soon fell fast asleep, and did not waken until morning. But the peasant did not come the next day nor the next, and during the remainder of the winter Adele lived alone and was really happier than w hen her father had been with her; for he had always been unkind, and never seemed to love her. Yet the little girl alwavs expected him to return, and did not dare to touch the gold which he bad left. One day she said to herself: "When spring comes," if father is not here, I shall w ait no longer. I shall take the money and goto some city; for I am lonely here, and this cottage is a very uncomfortable home." So the spring came; but the peasant did not return, and Adele decided that she would lcaie the home, where she had so little pleasure, to seek a new one. On the night when she thought to sleep in the cottage for the last time, as she was making ready for her journey the next day, suddenly she heard sounds of music and singing. The walls of the old house creaked and groaned. And a few moments later Adele foundherself in the hall of a large HE riXGERED HIS GOLD. mansion, and arcund her was a group of dwarfs, who said: "We have not lorgotten how you aided us in our trouble, and as a reward for your kindness, we give yon this home, with horses and chariots, fields and meadows, and servants to whey your every wish." It was all as the dwarfs had said, and Adele lived happily and contentedly in her beautiful home, until a noble prince came and carried her, as his bride, to nis father's palace. Paysie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for the Little Folks That "Will Keep Their Brains Busy for 3Iost of the Week If They- Solte Thera Coirectly Home Amusements. Address communications for this department to E. It. Ckadbodbx, Leivistcvm, Maine. 1565 A SCHOOL OF CELEBRITIES. (S) 0 g) In a certain part of the world, not clearly stated on the map, is a curious school, which I was fortunate enough to be enabled to visit. Ono fino diy I presented myself at the door and was ushered in by the author of "Hail Columbia" (7). Tho United States Government (1), who sat at the teacher's desk, greeted mo cordially and ordered the "Little Giant" (2) to hand "mo a chair. Tho class in history liad just been called, and was about to proceed, when the "Wizard of the North" (17) came shuffling in, and w as sentenced to ten minutes' stand ing on one foot for tardiness, us was also the "first white child born in America" (16) and tho "Iron Duke" (19), who followed close after. "Who discovered America?" was asked. The "King-maker" (6), who stood first, thought it might havo been Davy Crockett, but was quickly told by the next pupil the founder of tho Grand Army of the Itepublio (3) that George Washington did. Tho ques tion was passed to 'the "Hero of the Dark Continent (1), who had some idea that holiad done the feat himself, and then to the "JJirst Postmaster General of the United States (5), without being correctly answered. They w ere sent to their seats in disgrace. The class in music wag then called, and the inventor of the Merrinmc (8) caroled "Annie Kooney"very- creditably, the author or "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" (9), and the "JInster of tho House of Gold" (20) coming In very strong on the chorus. The."Horoine Lucknow" (IS) performed on tho comb.wUilo the "Finder oi tho True Cross" (15) bummed an alto. Tho "Father of History' (14) rose and sung "Home, Sweet Homo," uud tho clas in geography was called. Tho author of "One Tongue Enough for a Woman" (16) proceeded to talk for himself and all the rest about the earth's rotundity, and, time press ing, I took my departure, leaving him and tbo "Seourgo of God" (21) in a hot debate with the "Sage of Jlonticello" (12). Bluff Hal (10), and the author of "Liberty and Union," now and forever, one 'and insepar able. Mrs. C. B. S. 15G6 RIDDLE. I Ton often see us resting under table, sofa, I chair, , (g) - jSSSA THE Who search for burglars 'nea.th the bed, may chanco to spy us there; All housekeepers dur virtues know; wo save them work galore; Tet this is all w e ever do we roll upon tho floor. So lowly is our station, and so quiet are onr ways, Tou hardly ever notice ns, or think to speak our nraisc; If one "day wo went away, onr loss yonwould deplore. And wish you had us back again to roll upon the floor. M. C. S. 15G7- THE CAMPER'S rAEADISE. There is a certain cluster of mountains much frequented by tourists, and it would seem that one might camp there and have many of tho conveniences of civilization. For instance, if one wishes to do a washing there, he will find, ready made, an article laundresses use for smoothing clothing. When dishes are to bo washed, there is a box-like article at which tho operator may stand while washing them. If thirsty, the means for quenching the thirst may bo found near at hand. Does ono camper wish to make a formnl call on another, tho little pie A of stiff, rectangular paper is there for him to tnlte with him. If ho goes nutting, he will find a bag in which to bring home his nuts. There, too, he may find a large boat in which to float down the stream. If ho may wish to try his skates, behold! there is thebnildingin which to wearthem. There, too, may be found tho hard substance such as nbounds in all mountains. , But among all these conveniences there is one drawback: for among these mountains is always to bo found the man who has con ceived somo wild scheme, and makes it the business of his Iifo to talk of it to others and try to bring them to his way of thinking. Ethyl. 1s68. curtailment. It is a K-ftote, to see a prime The place of merit take, And make pretence for its short time, Ana expectations wake. Sooner or later, every on , The light of day must face; And then Its fleeting race is run, And empty is its place. Brrran Sweet. 1569. sambo's conundrum. Sambo and Pompey were lounging idly in, tho shade of a large tree' ono warm day. Having nothing to do, they were doing it with great diligence. A small dog was brisk ing playfully among the shrubbery, and tho house cat in sleepy content, sat watching him. At length Sambo with a great effort, inquired: "Say, Pompey, why am decatso much more sedate to aan ue aogi" ETHYL. 1570 MUTATION. Sad the wail of winter's galo Rises and fulls. As the fading ray of dying day Homeward calls. Silent long is the w ood-blrd's song, Idle is the plow; Waving trees, mid summer's breeze, llavo "io buds now." ALDISE. 1571 DIAMOND. 1. A letter. 2. Apropos. 3. Stripped off. I. A degree of honor, o. Associated in busi ness, (obs.) 6. Procuring. 7. Any species ofpennanent property. 8. To discompose. 9. The concluding clause of a writ. 10. A prefix denoting separation. 1L A letter. Gwendoline. 1573 charade. Poets who delight in alls, S ng of brooks and waterfalls, Of a maiden with a crook, Of her lover with a book, Of he secon'l voice of trees, Many men and women please. Poets who dwell in the one, And the present always shun, Sing rare talcs of chivalry, Tales of conquests wild and free, Days or license more than law, Many lawless natures draw. But the poet whose rare art Shows the subtle human heart, Be he denizen of fields Or of cities, for me yields More delight than scenery, Howe'er well set foith It bo. Bitter Sweet. 1573. numerical. A 1 2 3 1 southern looking man came down the street of a small village and nearly 2 3 4 of the people were wondering who he might bo. "4 5!" exclaimed ono old lady. "5 6!" said another; "5 6 7!" laughed a young one, "whoever he is he 678,1 suppose, 78 much right to walk these streets as any of us. K. ot even a poor 78 9, with its heavy load, can go through the streets without arousing the curiosity of some who wish to know the par ticulars of everything they 9 10 1L" Then'sho smiled and blushed as she said to horself, "They little know that he' is my lover who has come all tho way from 123456789 10 11 on purpose to see me." Mrs. E. 1574 CURTAILED DECAPITATION. All glossy hair, Or dark or fair. Or curly, waved, or straight. If dressed with care, Conveys an air. Both modest and sedate. Midst it should rest, Liko bird on nest, Becoming hat or toque; And brow so pressed Needs not a crest Its fairness to evoke. A. ANSWERS. 1554 Manhattan Island. 1335-1. Felicity. 2. Infelicity. . " 1556 Cab-leg-ram. 1537 Goat sucker. 1558 Late, tale. 153 Strode, trode, rode, ode, de, e. 1S6U u a. u u x. i. : ii a A s N. C O E 11 A T T O O P T I E B HOD E N S 1561 Teeth. 1562 Wax-works. 1563 Lager, regal. 1561 Circular-are, curl. A THTXNDEEB0LT MAKlS GLASS. How the Tube Known as Fulgurite Is Manu factured. New York Journal. 3 "Did you ever see the diameter of a lightning flash measured?" asked a geol ogist recently. "Well, here is the case which once inclosed a flash of lightning, fitting it exactly, so that you can just see how big it was. This is called a 'fulgurite or 'lightning hole,' and the material it is made of is glass. I will tell you how it was manufactured, though it took only a fraction of a second to turn it out. "When a bolt of -lightning strikes a, bed of sand it plunges downward into the sand for a distance less or greater, transforming simultaneously into glass the silicia in the material through which it passes. Thus, by its great neat, it forms at once a glass tube of precisely its own size. Now and then such a tube, known as a 'fulgurite,' is found and dug up. Fulgurites have been followed into the sand by excavation for nearly 30 feet; they vary in interior diameter from the size of a quill to three inches or more, according to the 'bore of the flash. "But fulgurites are not alone produced in sand; they are found also in solid rock, though very naturally of slight depth and frequently existing merely as a thin, glassy coating on the surface. Such fulgurites occur in astonishing abundance on the sum mit of little Ararat in Armenia. The rock is soft and so porous that blocks a foot Jong can be obtained, perforated in all directions by little tubes filled with bottle-green glass formed from thg, fused rock. There is a small specimen in the National Museum which has the appearance of having been bored by the teredo, the holes made by the wortn subsequently filled with glass. "Some wonderful fulgurites were found by Humboldt on the high Nevada de Toluca in Mexico. Masses of the rock were covered with a thin layer of green glass. Its peculiar shimmer in the sun led Hum boldt to ascend the precipitous peak at the risk of his life." La Grippe Prevented. La grippe is positively prevented and re lieved by the use of Aunt Bachel's Herb Pad. During the prevalence of the disease last year thousands of these pads were worn with universal satisfaction. The aroma or vapor from the pad, arising in front of the mouth and nose, changes the nature of the air breathed into the lungs and is a prevent ive as well as a cure. Price $2. Made and sqld by Aunt Kachel Pad Company, Alfred Speer, President, Passaic, N. J. Send for one at once, - VT8u PITTSBURG T)ISPATGH, A EIDE WITH BUSKIN- Wakeman Has. a Lively Encounter With 'the Great Englishman. A MIGHTY INTELLECT IS DECLINE. Proposed Yisit to Brantood Spoiled by a Face at the Window. DROPPING IN ON A BIG GIPSY CAMP rCOBBISFOHDEIfCE OP THE DISrATCH.J Bowjtess, 'England, May 22. The entire year of 1888 was passed by me in wandering among the peasantry of Ireland, with the exception of a few days' visit with friends in Northern Lancashire, England. Journeying from Oarnforth to TJlvcrtson, I entered a railway carriage in which sat a man muffled to his ears in wraps and rugs. My presence and especially my having left open the window of the close compart partmentmade him uneasy. He snorted and fidgeted for a time, conveying by unde niable token his intense displeasure. Then, making a deliberate grab at the window strap, he hurled the sash back in its place with a crash, and, as he gave his wrappings a tempestuous swirl to replace them, snarled at me: "Do all Americans live out of doors?" "All," I responded cheerily, "save those living in tepees and tents. We haven't time to build houses. We like it. It's our way." My companion instantly shot two spare legs wide apart out of the rugs; leaned a thin body and face far forward as if to make his passionate glare the more effective; and, cutting a swift, large circle in the firmament os the musty compartment with the index finger of his skinny right hand, piped in a vociferous treble: Sparred Into Classic Bage. "It is not your yav, sir; it is God's way. You Americans would assume the credit of eruption's cosmic plan. Even if you lived as you falsely assert, you would be unaware of the dignity you unconsciously, or impu dently, assumed. Supreme intelligence wedded to supreme simplicity are alone competent to the realization of eternal Truth!" I acceded to all this so quickly and eagerly that it seemed in a manner to shat ter my nervous companion. He slid back npon nis scat in such a helpless sort of way, that I at once gathered the man and his wrappings together; soothingly adjusted the latter; and was relieved of some anxiety to find in a little time, as evidenced by certain rhapsodical snorings, that he had passed over, if but temporarily, into the poppy land of dreams. This gave me an opportunity to gratify an almost imperative curiosity. I went so far as to examine his hand luggage. The plain Koman initials "J. It." were all I found Stamped upon antiquated portmanteau and rustier handbag. But over in the corner of his seat was a neat brown paper parcel, which might have held a bit of un touched lunch; and I saw on this the start ling legend: "For Mr. Buskin." Not c Faco for a Happy Heart. When John Kuskin awoke, we could both look out of the compartment window and see the tide sweeping in from Morecambe Bay across the Levcn Sands. It seemed to please him, and his large gray eyes flashed brightly under the grizzly brows with a light that transformed his pinched face into something like kindly radiance. But I do not believe it was the face, despite his im perial fame in the realm of art and letters that had ever stood between the world and a happy heart since that long ago time when the mystery of his life left him in wifeless and childless isolation. ' Some impulse of companionship,lcd him to question jne closely and without cere mony regarding myselt and my then literary work in Ireland. I answered him honestly, addressing him by his name, and expressing regret that Englishmen like him would not do as I had done visit the lowly of Ireland in every part of Ireland with an honest pur pose of discovering misgovernment and its deplorable results, and protesting against it in high places where it would be heard. This threw him into another paroxysm of rage in which' he gave vent to language I would not care to repeat, the tenor of which may be shown by his closing objurgation, repeated again and again, "Guns, not gov ernment, lor Ireland! Iteceived a Very Vigorous Itejfly. Mr. Buskin, or no Mr. Buskin, I would not "sit silent under that, and at all risks denounced his barbarous Toryism so round ly, pointed out his own inexcusable and whollv ignorant malignity with such daring, and illustrated his lack of humanity, while famous before the world as a prophet of illimitable tenderness and charity, the logical outgrowth of his endless battle for the worship of nature, truth and God, with such unspairing reckless ness, that its very audacity, or some man ner of kind'-- introspection, calmed him, just as the train slackened its speed at Ul verston. Here when I hastily left the car riage with a curt "Good day, sir !" he called to me to return! Beaching his thin hand out to me he gave my own a hearty grasp, and said most graciously and friendly: "Bear away a kinder thought of me. You have been very plain, sir; but you have done me good. I am not well, sir; not well at all. But I like any man who is not afraid of me. I'll think about Ireland. Come to my home af Brantwood, any time at your pleasure." The grizzled face had everything human and good in it as he spoke. 1 thanked him; said I would come; and hurried away in the crowd; but with the then many conflicting emotions in mymind, I said to my welcom ing friend at TJlverston, as I mentioned my ride with the famous Englisman, "If it had not been John Buskin, I should have re garded the man insane." A Sad Scene at Brantwood. "John Buskin?" he added sententiously. "Oh, everybody up Lancashire way knows he's always been crazy!" Before I could visit Brantwood it was known to all that the cloud which is sel dom lifted had dimmed the great man's in tellect. But a little time ago the cable told American people that he had attempted to take his own life. Brantwood itself as seen from the high way seems like a single facade of gray old stone, set in a hanging wood against the verdure-covered mountain escarpment. As I stood there for a time drinking in the beauty of the spot and the quaint simplicity of the structure a face appeared at the win dow. Then another was seen beside it. The latter was big and rosy. It was the face of a keeper. The former was deathly white, features, hair and beard. It was pressed against the pane as if with the meaningless impulse of a babe. In a moment more two white claw-like hands were raised. These clutched nervously at the bars of the sash. The whole picture was that as if tho living shade of Buskin for an instant implored for Telease for imprisonment; despairingly ex erted a last feeble struggle for liberty; voicelessly but eloquently cried out to God for flight beyond the misty purples of the far mountains to the TJltimaThule of eternal rest. I c6uld not bear to .see it longer; and heart-sick from the frightful picture and its dolorous suggestions, made hasty flight from Brantwood; forsaking the. pleasant highway and plunging bravely towards "Windermere over the rugged Eurness Fells. A Large English Gipsy Camp. In three hours' time, I suddenly came to the edge of a circular dell or dingle, at the western descent into Dalepark, about two miles from the southern end of Esthwaite Water. A tiny ghyll leaped the edge where I stood, into the dale below, plowed its war in a spumy "force" through the little hol low, and leaped out again in the direction of Esthwaite "Water; and I saw that the only entrance to the strange basin was alongside the latter waterfall. X also saw in the little dell, nestled along either side of the foaming "forced' the round, brown SUNDAY, MAT 31, hooded tents of the larges.t Gipsy camp I had ever come upon in England. As for towards of a quarter of a cen tury any Gipsy camp in any land or clime where ihave found it has been my homeis long as I wished to tarry, and it wa&already late in the afternoon, I was" not long in making a circuit of the fell-brow, clamber ing down the sides of the little glen en trance where I Saw that a seldom" used way led through protecting larches to the Pat- were hirHnrr 'beside uermg campnres. Busy Scenes Around the Tent's. There were but few in camp at this hour of the day. These were the very old men who were pothering at all manner of tinker ing upon broken donkey carts, donkey gear that required mending, and pans, pots and kettles which were being renewed in true tin-smith style for peasant housewives roundabout; many young chauvies (Gipsy children) that were at all "sorts of rustic children's games; and the gaunt old spae wives, too old for the labors and artifices of the road, who still always serve to hold the reins of good government in any Gip3y camp well in hand, while bravelv preparing the evening meals against tne younger wanderers' return. During the interval I had leisure for ex amination of the picturesque camp and time for learning much of the way and annual journeyings of this particularly large single community of English Gipsies. There were 16 tents. I knew that meant housing for from a-score to two score Gipsies. They were indiscriminately scat tered along tne little stream over whose channel, cut in the solid rock, one could anywhere step or leap. The dingle com prised perhaps 80 acres of land. The part chosen for the camp was always a paten of sunlight, which Gipsies dearly love. Descendants of Noted Families. Here were representatives ,of all the Bn lish Gipsy families of note the Whartons, Stanleys, Eeynolds, Smiths, Brewers and the Falls, Baileys and Boswells, descend ants from the Scottish Gipsies of Yetholm by intermarriages of generations ago. They were all originally potters and packers. Their former permanent home was in "West moreland and Cumberland. In olden times they made all the 'rude -delft ware used by the Umbrian peasantry, and by journeyings into Staffordshire brought back in .their carts over the old Liverpool, Manchester and Carlisle coach road much of the 'better ware; even trading in "Mlntons" and "Wedgewoods" at the houses of the Um brian gentry and nobilfty. Now they have their winter homes in Liverpool, Birming ham and Lancaster, and before the. snow drops and primroses are showing their pale lusters besides the English lakes, the Gipsies arc back there in thetr old haunts; many of the men dickering and trading atihe Um brian fairs, and otten buying and shipping horses to Manchester and Liverpool; some pursuing their ancient calling at tinkering and osier work; and the women selling wil low ware- and trinkets, and reaping rich harvests and dukkering (fortune telling) among the "Umbrian dames and the less credulous but more generous tourists who throng the lovely region. The Genuine Gipsy Belongings. I had not been in a Gipsy camp since my last year's brief wanderings with the Kom many in our own loved land; and it was like a delicious home-coming to see the genuine Gipsy belongings that were here. There were the rude forges that could be slung under the creaking carts. There, innumerable odds and ends ot the real tinker's craft. There, the camp fires, which, low as they may smolder, are never allowed to wholly go out, because they represent a lingering loyal trace of old Aryan fire worship. There, crouch ing by cart or tent or fire or on haunches at the glen entrance, as if sentineling the glad eventide return of absent masters, were the brave, loyal, gaunt and voiceless Gipsy dogs. Here and there the kettle sticks not the stage tripods which burlesque Gipsy reality, but the strong, sacredly- prized, crooked iron kettle sticks with their siz zling pots beneath. While here and there, but always facing each other and the fires between, were the real tents- of the Bom many; hoods rather than tents; woolen blankets, like our grandmothers' stout old sheets, stretched over oaken bows, and fas tened with polished oaken skewers; all so snug and strong that no ordinary storm can wreck this tiny Gipsy home. And I knew that my bed this night would be beneath one of these, on piles of sweet rushes from the silent tarns above, mingled with fra grant fronds of larch and fir. Edgab L. Wakeman. LIKE TO BE HUMBUGGED. What a Woman Phjslclan Says About the Wants of Fatlents. New York Evening Snn. t A woman physician In the city told a most remarkable thing a day or two ago. "It takes a deal of conscientiousness to keep a physician from becoming a quack," she said. "It's such an easy thing to quack when you know your patient wants you to, and that because the patient" wants it, it would perhaps be beneficial in the end. By quacking I mean resorting to clap-trap and unscientific methods, such as the faith-cure and its like. No one but a physician has any idea how great a demand there is for this among intelligent people. "They don't want the nonest, straight forward exhibition Of the action of drugs on the body. They,want a mystery about it, an exhibition of healing as a divine force something that appeals to the imagination. And because it's a subject for the imagina tion the demand comes not from the ignorant 'and unthinking, but from the most intelli gent and best-Informed, people. "I nave known some of the most logical and clear-headed people in.this city to ofler such a resistance to scientific rational meas ures in medical treatment and insist so strongly upon some Illegitimate and inade quate course, as to put the honest physi cian's patience to its last resort. 'It isn't quite that they'like to be hum bugged. They don't know it by that, though the physician does. They want some thing for the imagination to work on. And that's the stronghold of the quack practi tioner, it takes an nonest man or woman to practice medicine honestly." A Very Tunny Incident. New Tort Telegram. There was a Very funny incident con nected with a fire' in a milliner's shop 'in Brooklyn recently, which somehow or other did not get into print. The proprietress is fair, fat and 50 and highly excitable. On the discovery of ihe fire she made a rush for the. showcase to save some bonnets. She got inside, and. before she, was aware of it, the door hadswnng to and had locked her securely in. And then the fun .began. The case was in full view of the crowd, who began to guv and chaff her. No key could be found to fit the snap lock, so the firemen carried theucase and its contents across the street, where, the crowd began a war dance around the unfortunate lady. Finally, in sheer desperation, the old lady br6ke the glass and made good her escape amid the cheers of the assembled crowd. Rheumatism. Bheumatism.is an inflammatory disease; sometimes beginning suddenly, sometimes coming on very gradually, for which le ru-na is a never-failing remedy.. It has been tested in all forms of rheumatism, and it is no exaggeration to sav tbat,Pe-ru-na is a specific ior it. It neutralizes the acidity of the blood and lessens the fever and thirst. Pe-w-na applied hot to the joiutsjsoothes the pain and reduces the swelling. No other medicine is needed to treat this universal and dangerous disease, either to quiet the pain, remove the swelling, cleanse the blood of acid accumulations, or, guard against heart complications, than Pe-ru-na.- Those wishing a complete description of rheuma tism, acute and chronic, and spring disor ders, should send their address to The Peruna Medicine Company( Columbus, O., for a copy of The Family Physician No. 3, which will be sent free. Estimates .furnished by sample at. resi dence on furniture re-upholstery, su Hatkjh & Keenan, 33 "Water su '189L HOBTQrG WILL GOAT. An Exciting. Sport to Bo Enjoyed on an Isle of the Pacific CAPTURES FROM A HORSE'S BACK. Animal3 llaced on Bocky . Catalina for Shipwrecked Sailors. SHOTS HADE FROM BOATS LY THE SEA CwmnjfirroB nre dispatch. MONG the pictur esque features of Southern Cali fornia are its islands, especially those of the Santa Barbara group and Santa Catalina, the L latter lying off.Los Angeles, 30 miles distant. Rodri guez, the early ex p 1 o r e r, mentions the island in hi3 memoirs, describ ing it as being densely populated with In dians. He also dwells upon its many beau ties. Catalina is the gem of the Santa Barbara channel and the largest of the islands, being 23 miles long and from 2 to 4 wide, and almost-separated by a narrow isthmus at its northern portion. It lies parallel to the coast, extending north and south, and rises abruptly and precipitously from the ocean. From a distance of 60 miles the island looms up, two of its peaks, between 2,000 and 3,000 feet high, being especially notice able. From the highest of these a grand A YIE-W OP and impressive view stretches away. The island appears to be a perfect jumble of peaks, the original range being cut by in numerable canyons, worn away by the rains of centuries, their sides in turn divided and rent by smaller gulches or canyons. A Near Approach to Paradise. It is a habit- of the enthusiast to label every attractive place paradise, but if the term should be attached to this western island one would hardly gainsay it from a climatic standpoint. The breezes from the blue ocean come laden with the odor of a thousand flowert. From the deep canyons and the bits of mesa land the musical notes of the plumed quail call to its mate in the chaparral, while the melody of the lark and other birds add to the charm of the surroundings. Descending into the center of the island, its charm increased. vThe air was soft, balmy andclearasabell; asubtle something suggesting the perfection of climatic conditions which is here almost at tained, i The trail led down a canyon lined with flowering shrubs, at the bottom of which a clear stream ran tumbling into the sea. I followed it until my horse could move no further; then crept down the brook bed 1' Almost Within Grasp. until I looked through a deep gap and saw the clouds of mist sweeping in from the sea and heard the bark of the sea-lion. Making my way to near the summit again I rode within a few feet of the edge of the western border, and looked down perhaps 1,200 feet. The drop was almost perpendicular, so much so that a stone tossed from the back of my sure-footed mountain pony fell in the water. Midway between the top and the water masses of cloud or mist hung, beaten in by the west wind and beginning to creep up the canyons like flecks of silver. Below the blue water could be seen here and there, while the hoarse bark of the sea-lion told of neighboring rookeries. How the Goats Got There. The upper portion of the island is fairly level, so that a horse can be run a few miles, but the climb to reach it is not inconsidera ble. The wild goats of Catalina have be come famous. Years ago they were placed upon the island by some philanthropic per son, it is said, to benefit wrecked seamen here, and now, fairly wild, they afford am ple sport to the hunter who requires an ob ject in his wanderings over this mountain island. . My first shot at them was during a trip to what is known as the middle ranch. I was mounted on a fiery little steed, bred on the island by Mr. Frank Whitley, who has lived here 30 years, and while I was listen in" to my companion's tales of the olden time, from around a bend came the Bound of senrrving feet, and through the trees a mass of flying forms was seen; so near that I had not the heart to fire, though my rifle was across my saddle. t The goats had been drinking in a little glen to. the left, and, surprised, had dashed across a clearing and up the steep mountain side through patches of cactus and chapar ral. A touch of the spur and we were after them, my pony reaching the band just as they were springing up an old traiL, They were so close that I determined to try one from the saddle a proceeding If ound rath er difficult the fiery broncho plunging up the mountain and dodging the cactus, excit ed by the rush, shouts and cracks of the bul lets now heard. over the divide. Twice I al ihost reached the horns of a, fine buck, then as victory was almost within my grasp; the pony flipped and I slid off, holding on to the rein and being dragged 10 or 15 feet down the canyon. Up and at Them Again. -The broncho, by no means discouraged, quickly sprang to his feet, with ears up and eyes cast toward the fleeing forms that were now disappearing over the divide. After a short ride up" the little canyon and around the divide, where I had several good shots at long range, I returned to the low land to find the rest of the party coming in from the adjacent peaks highly excited with the sport s9K u "YyAl -anjW sSL o MAJMkk and bearing a fine head with massive curv ing horns. The island at this point was the sports man's ideal; a valley shut in by mouptains, covered with a carpet of green and flowers of every tint; flocks of plumed quail were on every side, and so tame that they tfuld be killed with a rifle. There was an element of excitement in roaming through these can yons. A nnmbcrof years ago some cattle were placed upon the island, and the in creasing descendants bad become wild and vicious, gradually developing all the caution of their ancestors in allowing themselves to be rarely seen. A friend had once seen them, .and while sitting on his horse had Sent a Bullet Up the Canyon. been charged directly down the mountain side by a bull so quickly that he could not fire, and barely escaped being bowled over into the canyon. The highest -realization of singular sur roundings was reached npon another occa sion, when, with Mexican Joe as guide, we approached the wild goat by water. We were drifting along the northeast coast, the sea being so lumpy and the wind whistling down the canyons in such sudden gusts that we hugged the shore. THE ISLAND. We were rowing along, when our guide pointed to the cliffs that rd3e above us. L followed the direction of his finger, and saw high on the slope of the bluffa black and white spot. It was a wild goat, and so far it had doubtless not seen us. Several others were near by. The shore here was an abrupt precipice. Near us stood a rocky column almost alone, rising out of the water 40 or CO fecf, and surmounted by the nest of an osprey tnat rose shrieking a warning to its mate. Beyond this the wall of rock rose directly upward, then extended back, form ing a little canyon, the sides of which were covered with brush that grew Ipss and less, until at the very summit big bowlders and crags stood ont apparently ready to fall into the sea. By these bowlders the wild goat stood, and as the osprey rose and circled by it, to gain a higher vantage, it stopped feeding and showed its big horns against the sky. . Tec make a shot at such a distance and under such conditions was worth trying, The boat was pitching and tossing about in the trough of the sea, and watching my cnance l sent a bullet up the canyon, 'mere was a crash, a roll in the brush, starting a minatnre avalanche into the sea below and that was all. There was one chance that the goat would roll down into the water, but it did not, and whether its horns are waiting for me on the edge of the precipice, or whether the animal made off could not be determined, as we found landing in such a sea an impossibility. Further down an other shot, and a successlui one, was had in this novel sport, made as it were, on the fly, while the boat bounded zlong.in the dark shadows of the island. A Feature of California Sports. There was something weird in this passing panorama. The abrupt clifls, their strange colors of red, vellow and grays, the deep canyons, the glimpses of peaks beyond with their cappings of cloud, the soboing of the waves as they rolled and plunged into deep caves, the coiling fronds of kelp1 all tend ing to create an impression that this island was, not 40 or o0 miles from the populous city of Los Angeles, but for away in the Sonthcrn seas. Wild goat-hnnijng has become a feature of Southern California sports, and the big horns and grizzly heads of the ancient ani mals will soon be rare. During the summer, when the little village of Avalon is filled with guests, hunters climb the peaks, and the ring of the rifle is heard in the canyons, while during the wintertourists from Los Angeles and the various resorts make up parties, charter the steamers, and enjoy all the delights of a midwinter trip to this ro mantic spot. Until quite recently the people of South ern California have been singularly blind to its beauties, but one by one the choice spots are being picked up! Men of wealth are buying canyons and harbors; the yachts of the local clubs anchor in the bays, and in a few years the wild glens of the island, its eyries and secluded spots, its ancient Indian graves and landmarks will become so well known that much of its present charm will have departed. Charles Fkedebtck Holdeb. HOW TO REED A D0LLAB. Putting the Corrugations on the Edgo of the Bound Silver Tiece. San Francisco Chronicle.! What is the "milling" on a dollar or other coin? Probably not pne person in COO would answer this simple question correctly. There is a popular belief that the corrugations on the rim of a dollar are the milling. A Chronide reporter thought so too until the point happened to arise in a conversation with C M. Gorham, coiner at the mint, the other day. Jlr. Gorham went into the coining room and picked up a "blank," a round piece of plain silver cut out of a silver bar. It-had gone through one machine, which had slightly rounded the edges. The blank was dropped, in a milling machine, and when it came out a minute or two later the rim was flat and the edges of the rim were raised a little above the level of the sides. The verb "milling" used in this connection is this raising of the rim of a blank piece of money, and the noun "milling" is the plain raised rim without reference to any corrugations anywhere. The purpose of the milling is to -protect the surface of the sides from The milled blank was dropped into a stamping machine, from which" it dropped a perfeqt dollar. While in the machine the piece dropped into a corrugated collar, and the piece rexpanding under great pressure the nm Was iorceu llliu me tuuu;auuuauu .became similarly corrugated. These jiaral- lei nOlCnCS or conuuiuu, tcucianj "uiu the milling, constitute the "reeding." The tirm is adapted from its architectural use to express a small convex molding, especially when such moldings are multiplied, parallel to each other. Oub customers all speak, highly in praise of St. Patrick's Pills. They are the best Berry -Bros., Carroll, Neb. For sale by druggist "WSU TBTED TO HAVE FOK Wl'l'K HM. A Little Incident That Cured a Smart Ohloaa for Life. Cincinnati Times-Star. "I remember a friend of mine," said 'Squire Johnsont "who considered himself funny. He went to a prominent jeweler oa Fourth street, and purchased a watch, for f JO, receiving a written guarantee that tha watch would keep good time for a year. If the watch failed the purchase money was to be refunded. . "Well, my friend was called to Europe soon after that, and spent several months traveling about various parts of the earth, and it happened that he returned to Cin cinnati on tho very day the guarantee of his watch expired. ' Asking me to accompany him, we went to the jewelry store, and, calling out the pro prietor, my friend laid down the guarantee, which the jeweler read, and then expressed himself ready to fulfill his contract. "The watch was placed upon the counter, ' and was found to be just one-half minute too fast. The jeweler placed it carefully in a drawer, and going to his safe, counted ont five crisp 510 bills and passed them to my friend, with a smile. " 'Yes, but I don't want the money,' ha stammered; 'give me back my watch. It was only meant as a little pleasantry. 1 have complied with ray contract,' replied the jeweler, 'and I only meant a little busi ness.' 'But I must have that watch; said" the thoroughly disconcerted funny man. ' 'Well,' replied the jeweler, proceeding with his work, 'I consider a watch that varies only one-half a minute in a year worth more than 550. I will sell you the watch for $100.'' "So chagrined that he hardly knew what' he was doing, my facetious friend paid over the $100 and pocketed the watch. " 'When yon need -another good watch give me a call,' said the jeweler, merrily, as we took our departure. Well, do you know I never heard of that fellow doing a funny thing since?" THE BEAUTIES AND THE BTJTTOH. Two Washington Girls and the Electrio Accommodation. Seattle Press-TImcs.J Two young ladies from the northern dis tricf who had evidently come into the city for the purpose of seeing the President, created considerable mirth at the Hinckley block on Saturday afternoon. They wished to go up in the elevator, but after they had stood for a minute and no elevator came to take them up, one of them said: "Hadn't we ought to do something?" "Oh, yes!" replied the other, and at the same time she clasped her hand over tha electric button, but failed to ring it. ".Guess you have to blow in it," said tha first speaker. "Guess so, loo," said the other, and down she went on her knees and commenced blowing. After she had kept this up for about 30 seconds a gentleman who wit nessed their unsuccessful efforts to bring the elevator down, stepped up and ex plained the modus operandi. With heart felt thanks and blushing cheeks the ladies ascended. Some Children Chrowing Too Fast become listless, fretful, without ener gy, ihin and weak. But you can for tify titem and build -them up, by the use of OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AND HYPOPHOSPHITES OF lime and Soda. They will take it readily, for it Is al most as palatable as milk. And it should be romembered that AS A PKE- TEXTITE OB CUBE OP COUGllS OB COLDS, IN BOTH THE OLD AHD TUU.13, II 13 1 nupnllll f en Irtnlfl .hif?faifriVwZ. I UniVUMLllU. 1VK tCOTT'S EMULSIOX SOtD BT JOS.l'LEMIXG 4 SON", li Market street, Pittsbnrsr. mfr!9-82 MEDICAL. DOCTOR WHITTIER 814 VXSS AVKMIE, riTTSBUBG, TA. As old residents know and hack flies or fittsbur! papers' proe. Is the oldest estab lished and most prominent physician in tha city, devotins special attention to allchronio KSC3rcN0 FEE UNTIL CURED sponsible MrDXnilfv ana mental dis pcrsons. IN tn VUUo cases, physical de cay, nervous debility, UcK of energy, ambi tion and hope, impaired memory, di-ordered sight, self distrust, bashfalness, dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, impover ished blood, lulling powers, organic weak ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, unfitting tho person lor business society and marriage, permancirtlv, safely and prh ately SThBLOOD AND SKINSSS ernption, blotches, falling h.iir, bones; pains, glandular swelling", ulcerations of tha tongue, mouth, throat, ulcers, old sores, aro cured for life, and blood poisons thoroughly eradicatedfromlRMAPY ,k,Id"?y a?d tho system. U II I Vi nil I j bladder de rangement", weak back, gravel, catarrhal dicuarges, inflammation and other painful symptoms receive searching treatment prompfcrelief and real cures. Dr. Vhittier's life-long, extensive experi ence Insures scientific and reliable treatment on common sense principles. Consultation free. Patients at a distance as carefully treated as if here. Oflico hours, 9 -k. M.-to8 r. M. Snnd.iv-, 13 a. m. to 1 1 M. only. DR. WHITTLUlS.'sn Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. jaS-U-nrawt 0 WEAK MENSSS early decay, wartlng weafcni-w, lost mannood. etc. 1 Will 9C11U a "IWUttUlC MVUIKKJ i-l.. .- MWUU14 fall Particulars for homo cure, 1'H E 15 ot cbarge. ASplendid medical work, sflould bo read by every man who Is nervoui onit debilitated. Address, ProS. F. C. FO WLEIL, 3Xoodas, Coaa de2-31-DSUWk UCAI TUIwnI!t,itoI! iii-ni I ! new Youthful color and llfo to BRAT Hair. Uw only DR. HATS' HAIR HEAITK. Most witjulartory Hair grower. JOp. London SnjplT Co., Hi BMway, It Y. 11 air book f reo nils' KILL COLKs. Bui CUBS hrUraa, Euliu, Bain. - Sold bv JOS. 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