saafcawaaggB 7 -:V .JWy ?SjA? P55 -psi 5fP5W-- 7fr y . FEATURES WHICH CATCH THE EYE OF THE t THIS COMET -WILI. STRIKE THE EAT.TH kakch 4, 189a S1P AN j Kixd Old Gentleman (assisting boy HOT TOU manage lu fTC. LUdb uaiiwn ujf wic gunwa imuuc- Bright Youth I don't. Cere's always some jay a-standin' around as takes it up for me. Puch JULY AND OCTOBER. Oh, What a Difference in Crossing the Ocean in Those Months A HEARTREXDIKG TALE OF WOE. The YTorst Ton ETer Heard About Eea sickness More Than True, BUT TEE PIXAL RECOVERY IS EAPID From a knowledge born of experience, I am prepared to testify that crossing the Atlantic Ocean in July and rccrossing in October may be very different voyages, at least it happened that way with me. And now in great humility of spirit I want to take back, as it I never said, all those pretty speeches in regard to the "joy of an endless sail," the "heavenly delights of life on the ocean wave," etc. Heavenly, indeed 1 If there is to be iound anywhere on this footstool more of the "other place" than there is in a few days at sea with old ocean in one of bis tantrums, I hope my hie lias not been spared through seasickness to find it. "What any of the passengers on the Arizona had ever done wicked enough to dpterve the punishment we got is yet to be fonnd out We were most emphatically in great disfavor with the elements. Every trick ol torture known to him was played umhi us and the changes rung with varia tions. The entire scale of misery was thumbed upon our snsibilities from lowest to hichest key and back again. Clouds, rain, Jo; and storm without and general wretchedness within. Tins was the order o! the day ior the third week in last month on the Atlantic. Verily the person who has said, "The worst is never true" had not been to sea in a gale; had not Knocked about in a steamer bunk un til his sides ached and every bone in his body felt as if broken on the rack; had not reached that stage in both phys ical and mental weakness when he would have civen his head tor a football without resistance; he had not yet experienced that ceaseless, awful sensation produced by a restless ship so nkin to the start and stop or an elevator; had not felt the bottom drop out of his stomach and the top fly off his head at least once every half hour of a miserable three davs' existence; and had hallooed New Y-o-r-k almost continuously lor the same length ot time only to have 3'urser Jones send in word to keep on his boots lor if the weather changed we should reach Xcw York in five days morel The "Worst 3Iore Than True. Ah, no! lie had not experienced any of these casualties in ocean travel or he wonld have realized that the worst ot seasickness is more than true; and that "the halt has never been told," and that one passing through such intolerable sickness does not care to tell the other h3lf not even though that one be a woman, so pioverbially Jond ot telling. But sea-sickness does not kill, that is the worst I know about it. Not even a concerted eflort on the part of friends willing to assist it will kill, otherwise I should not now begiwngyou my experience. Imagine, if vou can, having reached a stage in general wretchedness wlien vou wondered how yon could ever have found any delight in livine, especially in eating; when you hate the sound of the saloon piano, which some ooe who should be seasick keeps ceaselessly thumping; when tue souna ot nappy voice or sight of smiling faces is to vou what the red rag is to a certain infuriated animal, and these things, aggravated by the odor of a one-time de lightful beverage, which comes lrom the coffee room unlortunately too near your torture chamber. Imagine these annoy ances, and then imagine an irrepressible spirit-like Comica, who keeps provokingly well, coming in to tell you how many good things they had for dinner and bow she en jovedthem! Ah, Comica, all things shall be forgiven yon, barring your too, too solid appetite. Kext comes the kind stewardess, rtho seems only to have pulled you through this far to torture the little remaining life out vW -&- i V I TJT TnE VICINITY OF TV-A SHIN GTOST ON Jieu Tori JVcst EXAMPLE. to get barrow np the gutter) I don't see of yon. The good soul has brought you the. bill of fare to whet your appetite, and music ally runs over ve'al broth, fried halibut, boudins of pheasants, curried calves' head, roast beef and baked potatoes, goose and apple sauce, fowl and sausage, baked ham and sweet sauce, corned beef and vegetables, string bean stewed Spanish onions the list is never finished, for by the time she gets that lar you probably reach out after something throwable that you intend to hurt when it hits, and the eflort is too much for you. Yonr Temper Still "Ultli Ton. The only normal element of jour composi tion left is your temper, and you give it reign at this point and end by Vthrowing up things" at the stewardess. It goes with out telling, she gets paid in the work you make her, for reading that bill of fare. The mnsical fiend goes by your room singing "Sailing, Sailing on the Deep Blue Sea." Uow you want to strangle him. A sailor just out hide more appropriately whistles "There Are Moments When One Wants to Be Alone." You say, "right you are, sailor, and this is one of them." Then you try to find a side to your anatomy not quite worn to the bone upon which you may turn for a few moments rest and" with your face to the wall try to think what ever induced you to cross the ocean. But you can't make it out. There seems now to have been no good or sufficient inducement. You are certain your own country is more beautiful and interesting than any you have suffered this torture to see, and the feeling grows that if the Atlantic ocean was" all that separated earth from heaven you would not be tempted to cross over. Your next idea, which by the way has alternated with every other one you have had during tnese days, is to try to sleep. For one fatal moment you let go of your self, lorget to brace your back against the side ot the vesel and loose your grip on the excuse of a guard at the front of your berth, the storm-tossed ship takes a header, and so do you. The next moment you are rolling around with broken dishes, shoes, brushes, traveling bags, etc., which litter the floor of your stateroom. Only last night you heard a man thrown out of bis berth in the room opposite You had heard oaths, smelled sulphur and seen blue flames directly afterward. You thine ot that man now and envy him his ability to express himself at a time like this. Too big to cry, not well enough edu cated to swcir effectively and utterly mis erable, you now feel sure the future holds nothing that can add to your misfortunes. But how little you know yet of the many ways in which a sea-sick mortal can be tortured. If your experience is to tally with mine, the irrepressible returns about this time, and with her some recruits from .the sick list, and some who like herself have not been sick, and who "would not get sick for anything," "never in all their lives had such a good time," and "it has been just too sweet for any thing to see a storm like this," and the Arizona set a "perfectly splendid table," etc., "and the sea air does give one such an appetite," and then if you are really as peppery as I was, you intimate that goats might "be able to relish tin cans and door knobs even on sea, but being altogether human you bad gotten sick on celery and roast chicken. One ol the Exasperating Features. I do wonder why it is everyone persists in talking about something to eat to sea sick people, when it is so well understood that is an. unbearable topic at such time. The first question asked you by anyone putting their head iu at your door will be "Have you taken anything to eat to-day?" Knowing in their souls you have not and cannot. Then, every thingthat was ever swallowed by a human from a "little broth" to corned beef and cabbage will be sug gested foV trial. My word lor it, beef and cabbage will sound good compared to broth. Of all words in the English, that one at this time is the most hateful to your ears, and you fall to scheming how you can have it stricken from the dictionary. But consider yourself lucky if some one a little more fiendish than the rest does not suggest that very old remedy, the bacon and the string. This prescription is so old that it is now moss-covered, but is Btill being passed around among the sufferers. Not one will fail to remind you of your lack of amibition in remaining in your berth or fail to urge you to make an effort and get upon deok. Dead tired of contend ing with people who know more ot your oondltion than you do yourself, and con vinced you are not to be left alone to die in peace, and having no revolver or other weapon of extermination, In sheer self- A BONO OS" THAJTKSOrVTNa Zi IEMOflc; . ,fll r.,v- y- 'HMliliii inn""1' ,, l' iBiFfoHflb J 1 CT'J "S.V-1.T I - '""laii '. jiii 'SwmS? Iwm "" A. Ar) '. Mattd JlTOiiKE Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, "It might have been," !fea Tort ffiegram. defense you make the effort and go above' but with your teeth clinched upon the re solve to jump overboard upon thj first op portunity, and end it all. fascinated Into Forgetfalness. But once on deck securely tied to a chair, and in the presence of thegrand and mighty storm, you are fascinated into forgetfulness of everything else, even your own wretch edness. Archbishop Hughes is the one who, so nearly as I know, has the most graphically described a storm at sea. So I refer you to his description. But for sea-sickness I am sure it is ex pected that I have a remedy to add to the alreadv endless list, but I buve not That is, not a new one. I can only say the best advice given me, and which I shall strictly follow if ever again caught at sea in a storm, will be, upon the first premonitory 'symptoms, retire to my berth, lie flat upon" my back, take no food for 24 hours, or 24 weeks if neeessary, and drink all the champagne I can get Champagne comes high, but one must have it in sea sickness. It really is one of the most effective remedies and not hard to take, as you probably know. From no other malady can one recover so quickly and completely as from seasickness. 1 don't believe it was two hours after we had outrun the heavy sea, which had so stirred up the waves and our internal ar rangements, and we had been given bait a chance to stand on our feet, until every sick man was up sorting out his shoes and every sick woman was out of her berth doing up her back hair. We met where we had parted at the dinner table and a more sheepish looking lot of individuals than we were yoa have never seen. One stupid person, a man, of course, said some thing about the late unpleasantness, bnt he was promptly squelched. No one had been seasick. Some 'there were who had been suffering from toothache, headache, neu ralgia, rheumatism and a few even owned to having felt a few twinges of gout, but all were subject to such attacks and would have had the same on land, but no one had been seasick. We were all in shape for the concert that evening, which had been delayed all week on account of the storm, and afterward slept for the first night in eight without rocking. Next morning we found ourselves in quarantine, and lost no time getting on deck to once again feast our eyes upon the precious countrv which during the week we had vowed between gasps never, no never, to quit again. Bnt the vows of the tourist made in seasickness are much like lovers' tows made in wine, and already our misery was so far relieved that every mother's son apd daughter of us was ready to turn back to England. Maky Temple Batabq. THE STAFF OF THE PB0FHIT. How a little ainlatto Bor Came to Ba the Shereef of Morocco. Pearson's YTceiiTl A curious story is current in Morocco concerning the late Shereef. As his father, Mulai el Erbi (who lived to a great age and was reputed to possess miraculous power), lay dying, surrounded by the elders of the Tabians, they begged him to nominate his heir, the eldest son not necessarily succeed ing to the Grand Shereefdom, though all of the prophet's blood are Shercefs. But by this time JIulai el Erbi was too feeble to remember the name of the favorite among his numorous family. He could only reply, "He who playeth with my staff" meaning to indicate by this description one of the children of his age, who was in the habit of riding on his walking-stick. A negro slave woman, whose ear had all the time been at the keyhole, overheard the words, and immediately put the Shereef staff in the hands of a child she had borne him. The result was that when the elders came put of the dead man's chamber, thev found In the passage a mulatto boy who adswered the description, and, in accordance with the death-bed injunction, educated him as the Grand Shereef and chief of the sect of Mulai Taib. Such is the Morocco story, and it Is per haps true. It is certain that Mulai Sid Hadj-ebdes-Salaam was a well-marked mu latto, with all the pompous manners and oo casionalgood nature of the "buckra man." Tsni Is no larger or better aeleeted itoek of diamonds, watches, Jewelry, etc.. In this city than yon will And at M. Q. Cohen's, 88 Fifth avenue. Call and examine the stock and prices. It will pay yon. THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, i itilluJi ELECTRIC BICYCLES. One DeTised in England for Which Great Things Are Claimed. SOME GROUND FOR' GRAYS DOUBT is to the Practicability of toe llachine Until Ihoronghly Tested. THE LATEST ABOUT THE SUBTLE FLUID " rWRlTTEN TOE THE DISM.TCH.1 The electrical bicycle is again cropping up. This time it is in England, and its in ventor promises to give the public a ma chine that can go from the most northerly to the southern extremity of Great Britain without stopping to have its batteries re filled. The weight of the batteries when filled with liquid is to be 44 pounds, and the whole weight of the apparatus is to be 155 pounds. The English financial papers also announoa that a small company is to be brought out with a capital of $15,000 for the manufacture of electric cycles. Until, how ever, the practicability of the electric cycle is demonstrated beyond question, the pub lic may be pardoned some degree of incre dulity concerning it Tffe electrical tricycle, which was designed by a well-known elec trician in this country some two years ago, failed to reach the practical stage, and al though the storage battery is turned to bet ter account in England than here, the record of English electrical bicvcles is not by any means satisfactory. Whether this latest form of bicycle will be an improvement on its predecessors remains to be proved. An Electrical Irrigation Scheme. An electrical irrigation scheme on which very large agricultural interests depend has been organized in Idaho. The amount of available water at the Shoshone Falls in in the Snake river is estimated as second only to that of Niagara, and it is constant all the year round. The principal fall is 950 feet wide and 210 f feet high, although a second fall increases the total bead to 290 feet An electric plant for the generation of power is to be erected on one side of the river, the conformation of whose banks are specially favorable to the project, as no tunneling will be necessary. The Snake river runs through a canyon of considerable height, and its waters have not hitherto been available for the irrigation of the surrounding valley lands, the soil of which Is extremely fertile. It is proposed to carry the current along the river from the generating station at the falls to points where the canyon walls are lowest, whence the water can be electrically pumped into irrigating canals and sold to farmers. The rates now prevailing for irrigation are from $15 to f40 for bringing the water on the land and an annual rental of $2 to $3 per acre. The possibilities of the investment are seen from the estimate that under the existing conditions the expenditure of 5.500 horse power will irrigate 120,000 acres of land, it is proposed to ultimately extend the transmission of power to the Wood river mining country, which will also be electrically lighted. An .Improved Electric Elovato. There is a large class of persons to whom the prospect of a ride in an elevator is almost as alarming as the idea of a sea voy age, and even robust people are often rendered absolutely uncomfortable by the Jolting and uneven motion of the -elevator, as ordinarily run. The evil may result from either of two causes, the elevator itself, or the elevator boy. A new electrio elevator has been put upon the market which promises to banish these sources of discomfort, by giving a smoothly running car, under perfect control, provided with devices that ensure its safety ju any kind of accident; a- car that starts gradually and Is fret from jolting, no matter what the apeed may be at the moment ot stopping It it impoealbU for any elevator boy to torn this car into an instrument of torture, as its ston ean bo Just as perfeotly fradaated as its start. The jhS-x - Qb ErVAV.Vrl J "hZ.uc3J& SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27. AUTUMNAL REVERIE. Mes. Murray; HlLli (in a sentimental racod) Leaves have their time to fall. Mb. Mubeay Hill That's just where they differ from the price of gas. Taax Siflinga. THE MILKY TVAY. safety precautions are most complete and the car'can neither be dragged up into the roof of the shaft nor dashed down at the foot of it Another great advantage of this electrical elevator is' that it can be placed wherever it is most convenient to the purposes of the architect, either in the basement, on the roof, or at some interme diate spot The idea of locating an eleva tor on the roof is'a radical departure from existing elevator practice; but it has been found so effective in working that it will soon become customary, especially where there are a nest of elevators operated and where the basement space is more valuable than that which would be occupied by the machine on the roo Besides the absolute saving in space, this elevator renders other economies possible. In an office building, the ab sence of the noise, odor and heat of a steam pumping plant, and the substitution of this elevator, leaving only a low nressure boiler to heat the bnilding in the winter, would make the basement habitable, and the space thus saved would accommodate one'or more good offices. The latest forms of this elbvater are a waycar with a capacity of 32j feet per minute with a live load of 2,500 pounds, and au express car, having a ca pacity of 400 feet per minute with a load of 1,800. As Applied to Omnibuses. The coming appearance of the latest form of the electrio "bus" is announced in the London papers. It is to carry 12 people in side and 14 outside, exactly like one of tho ordinary type of .London 'buses. To eaoh 'bus will be allowed three sets of accumu lators, in which the electrical energy will be stored. The running of these 'buses is in the hands of a Dower storage company, which undertakes to run electric cars for any railroad company for 6C per cent of tho gross takings, leaving the remaining 34 per cent to par directors' fees, secretarial and office expenses, rent of buildings and capi tal charged. It is this company which sup plies the electrio 'buses with accumulators. One set consists of 08 cells, each weighing about 50 pounds, bringing .up the total weight of the new 'bus ready for running to rather more than 3J4 tons, as compared with the heaviest horse 'bns, 34 hundred weight, and the lightest, 28 hundred vweight The store of energy to be supplied at one charging will suffice for a trip of. 14 miles. The calculations as to working appear to give prospect of the present low rate of tares on the lines .operated being main tained. On the basis that one lino of 'buses 'consists of 25, with five spare vehicles in the yard, and reckoning each 'bus to com plete six 14-mile journivs daily, the total cost per mile, including maintenance, would be d cents, as compared with 10 cents per mile for horse traction. In other words, each electric 'bus is estimated to mean a saving to the proprietors ot ?20 a week, or sayi,uuu per aunum. iieyond this the ratepayers are looking to be the gainers by the substitution of broader and smoothly running wheels for the eight hoofs of a pair of horses, giving at each step a sledge hammer blow upon the asphalt, wood 'or masadam, with ruinous effects. Advaace of the Electrio Railway. The statistics of electrio railways are ex panding at a prodigious rate. Electricity is now running about 500 street railroads in the United States and Canada, a gain of nearly 200 in two years, and fully equal to one-half the total street railwaysystenis of America. The investment in these roads has passed the $200,000,000 mark, but gives no signs of falling off to a lower rate ol in crease. The magnitude of the increase may be seen from the fact that only in February, 1891, the investment was estimated at 50, 000,000, and even in 1887, there were only 13 electric roads working throughout the entire country. Rich Ore Mines In Tasmania. The richness of the ores found in Tas mania is marvelous. Becently some Zeehan chloride was twice tested by private analyses and found to assay nearly 20,000 ounces of silver to the ton. The accuracy ot these tests being doubted, two spec.mens were submitted to the Government ana' for trial in his laboratory, with tlu that in both samples he found over 2o,U00 ounces to the ton. Mm. Botd JJiviTr, of the Arm of Boyd A "Vx, TTood street, returned from Xew York on Tueeday, whither he had been on aft mat ters conneoted with ills firm. We may look tot the latest and best etohings and an aortitis at a result of hij trip. 1893. AMERICAN CARTOONIST. JVorf&na .ffullrffn. FAUNTLEROTS RISE. The Little Lord of Fiction as He Ap pears at Hijh School. K0 MORE OF TEE LONG CURLS. And the Lad Is Decidedly Popular With His loung Companion!. IN KANT RESPECTS STILL A MODEL tWRITTTK FOB TOO DISPATCH. I It is only a few years since the appear ance of "Little Lord Fanntleroy," and yet, wherever boys and girls read, he is known and loved, and, with his sweet sister, "Sarah Crewe," is the delight alike of young and old. To the many to whom these two great children's classics have become household stories, it may be interesting to form the acquaintance of the original "little lord" as he now appears, a high-school boy. He is not at all reserved, and you need not fear he will repel yonr advances. You will find him, too, so modest that if yon did not know you would never learn by any utter ance of his own his identity. He does not like to acknowledge that he is the original "Fanntleroy," because he thinks it seems like arrogating to himself all the beautiful traits of the character, and yet, as your ac quaintance with him deepens, you find that he is pqssessed of many of those same traits, the same innate manliness, quaint in its frankness. He is a universal favorite, for, as one of his young friends expresses it, "He is so chummy;" and yet, for all his popularity let me whisper it quietly he is not spoiled. JTo boy could be more unassuming or more deferential to his superiors. (An End to the Carls. ' . Of course the flowing curls with which you have always pictured him have long since disappeared from the well-formed head, and the hair itself, although once golden, is now ouite dark; but his eyes are still the samelarge, brown and expres sive. Owing to the misstatements of the press at the time of the sickness and recent sad death of his loved and only brother, Lionel, the impression seems to prevail that the original of the character is no longer living; but it Is all a mistake. Just m how far Vivian is the original, and how it is that the world is indebted to him that the in comparable story was written at all, I shall tell a little, further along; meanwhile some characteristics of his school life. In study hall he is himself a study. As his face bends over his work you are in voluntarily reminded of the earnest boy who used to lie on the hearth rug in "Mrs. Errol's" little parlor reading aloud to his mamma. He has most likely selected some corner nook, and there, buried in his book or busy with his writing, he remains un noting andunnoticed until the hour has ex pired. It is interesting to watch him write. He is possibly preparing an essav in bis English work, the branch in which he EDeciallr delights. Watch hischnbbv band a good, boyish hand, with the genuine soil and stain upon it as it glides over the tablet before him; line after line, page after page; consulting now and then the book on his desk for a fact, he scarcely pauses to look up until the whirr ofythe elctric bell announces the signal for the sections to form. Sorrow for Ills Brother. The relations of the two brothers were most beautiful, and tne loss of the one is to the other a lifelong sorrow. One sad sen-ten"- '.i " presses it: "We had expected It j i , me, but I caWot get used to :t; w i" e a'.vays together." Of tu pretty picture the little fellows used to make in thevf long curls and Fauntleroy costume, asnhey plaved as chil dren before the home of Dr. and Mrs. Bur- nett, more than one can speak. Either been a veritable "L! stepped from out ideut of Washington them might have le Lord Fauntleroy" e ot those pictures so lamuiar to us an. when later they proved a source he costume they wore to school sometimes grief to them, for the pull at their dress and itreei urchins won' in ether ways annor themi but the brothers, small a tkty wara, alvayi : r. " v Ju cye Qv$i fck A ' ! THE AMERICAN FARMERS' SIGHAL OP DISTRESS. Chicago Inter-Ocean, i The earth said to the comet, by the new moon's fitful shine: "Some people say you're Biela's; fair stranger, pray be mine." Chicago Keia Rtcor& valiantly defended themselves, some times much to the amusement of lookers-on; who still relate the incidents. Both were like most other lads and en joyed climbing on earth carts and passing wagons quite as mueh as the average small "boy. Ot course they were often mischiev ous; and Vivian, it has been insinuated, was even sometimes known as a "terror" something, indeed, he is very farfrom being now. ' As has been intimated, he finds great pleasure in the association of his young friends. He forms one of a set of four who call themselves "The Committee." The "Committee," although friendly to all the boys, is somewhat exclusive, and does not like to have its inner circle intruded upon except at regulation times. The mem ber of the "Committee" are his intimates, with whom, to use his expression, "I quarrel and make up, just like my brother." A Talent for Invention. He is thoroughly American, has some thing of a talent for invention, and already has a share in one or two patents which, for a boy of 16, is saying considerable. It is his object to invent something or do some thing that will make tho world better a worthy ambition for any boyt He is also interested in photography, and as an ama teur has had quite an experience. His latest venture is in the line of printing. He has a fine outfit, and there will soon be issued from his press, in book form, one ot his mother's recent productions, which late ly appeared in Scribnar's Magazine under the title of "The Drury Lane Boys' Clnb," an account of an institution for newsboys founded by Mrs. Burnett in London during her late sojourn abroad as a memorial to her son, Lionel. His chums are his assist ant printers, and a busy time they have been having of it on Saturdays and out of school hours. Being conscientious about it, his school work keeps him pretty constantly employed. Dr. Burnett says of" his son, that he "has the knack of sticking to a thing," and when deep in his Latin in vain for him may the boys outside whistle and his chums ring, the door bell. He is oblivious of it all until the lesson is finished. He has a great liking for language studies, and is already quite proficient in French. He is particularly fond of studies in literature and of history, but he has a decided aversion to mathe matics. He has a great taste for the an tique, old and rare books being a specialty, ane he knows how to appreciate the valne of a' junk shop in starching for treasures in this line. An Appreciation of the Beantlfnl. He is a good pianist, and has a fine ap preciation of the beautiful. It is delightful to see his enjoyment of nature in a bit of scenery a waterfall or the qniet river not onlr enjoying it, but analyzing it, noting curious effects, and seeking to share his pleasure with yourself. He likes to analyze his moods and'feelings. I have seldom seen a boy more happy than when, at the end of a school year, with the removal of its strain, he found himself promoted without a single condition. It was just like him to try to analyze his pleasure to discover why he was so happy. Illustrated From His rhotograpb. But I think I hear you asking: "Just in how far is he the original of 'Fauntleroy?' " Let the "Little Lord" speak for himself. The account is not long, and, in. his own words, is about as follows: "When I was about 7 I said one day: Momma, it is a long time since you have written a good ttory for children: won't you write one?' 'Yes,' she said, 'I will tell you about a little lord.' She told me some ot it. Afterward she wrote it, adding muck more to it. She read a good deal of it to me, so the world has me to thank for that story." The wonderful story was not written in a day, however; several months elapsed be fore Mrs. Burnett allowed it to pass from her hands to the public. The illustrations were taken from Vivian's own photograph, and represent him exactly as he appeared at that age. He will still show you the drawing of himself from which "the engraving was made which rep resents "Fauntleroy" standing beside the big dog. ,This is abont the extent to which Vivian will admit his originality of the character; but I think the giftcd'lady, his mother, would tell you that, while the story is purely a creation, she in it portrayed the beantiful ingenuousness and simple good ness of heart of her boy a simplieity of goodness which is still his, and which ex hibits itself in many ways. W. ESWIX PBXfcRV CtntaLHigh School, Washlnjiea. 1. ATLANTIC CITY FIRST In it Least One Feature, According to the Census Returns. THE PEOPLE'S SEASIDE RESORT Averages Mora Faloons Tlan. Any Place in the Country. 0&w THE ODDITIES OP" THE EXD1IEEATI0J rcrsmsposnENCEorTnx DtsrATCS.1 W.ASHnrGTOX', Nov. 26. The pop-camera has played an important part in the taking; of the eleventh census. Thanks to it, t her volumes comprising results will be a series ot most entertaining picture-hooks, filled with pictures f everything that is suscepti- ble'of being pictured. An entirely new, feature of the work,never before attempted, has consisted in preparing descriptive re ports on the savage peoples of the United, Cfatoa an A A lid" Trias a ai-a ArrtnTtariwa ' ethnologic treatises, profusely adorned with places illustrating the manners and customs of the races discussed. J. he quarto onj mines and mining, which is the only one aaj yet issued, contains many flash-light viewa of scenes in the bowels of the earth. The most picturesque feature of the census ' picture boots will ba that portion which' relates to the natives of Alaska. In tha region drained by the Kuskakwim river andj its tributaries numerous villages exist in purely aboriginal condition, and thousands of people beheld in the official enumerator the first white man they had ever seen. That gentleman, while ascending the Kus kakwim, river, subsisted chiefly on the eggsj of wild fowl, which he purchased with, needles. l Needles Are Negotiable. ) Needles are a negotiable medium in that, country, and he carried a supply of them ia; his waistcoat pocket. On one occasion, while passing through a swamp, tho natives wno paddled his boat robbed the nest of a mallard duck of it eg:;". For a joke, tho' enumerator dropped tnree needles into tho' nest as if in payment. Taking the matter quitp seriously, the natives spread through' all that district the report that thera was a; man so anxious to trade that he paid ducks j for their egg?, and the news was cirried fori hundreds ot miles, causing the census ajentt ' a good deal of troubie and annoyance. These Eskimo of the Kuskakwim are ex travagantly fond of tobacco, in the use of which they are obliged to exercise a re markable economy, owing to its rarity with them. Oa this account the tobacco is mixed with a large proportion lof wood ashes, and the ail id for chewing is nassed from mouth to mouth in a social way. When not in use. the quid is usually placed- behind the owner's ear. Tobacco in so pure a condition as this is considered iooj good for the women, and they are only too happy to receive the used-up quids. These' they dry, powdering them and mixing them' with wood ashes so as to make a snuff", to' the use of which they arc greatly addicted. Even figures are sometimes picturesque. Those pnt together by the Census Bureau,! seem to indicate that" the people of Chicago' are cleaner than those of New York, inas-! much as the average person in the Windy City nses 91 gallons of water daily, whereas- the consumption of the same fluid on Mani hattan Island is only 71 gallons per capita. ' 'Use Plenty of Water. Philadelphia onzht to be called the City' of Fountains. It has 040 ot them, Balti-j more coming next with 13" and Boston third! with 74. The water supply of Milwaukee is' larselv consumed iu the shape of beer. ' It mar be presumed that the people of Milwaukee drink more beer per capita than, those of any other town, inasmuch as tha beer gardens of the city have seating capa- Uv vYit mMA than nna.h'llf flF trl TtftrTllo tlo'n. The town which can boast of having; the greatest number of saloons in propor tion to its inhabitants is Atlantic City, 2T. t J. It possesses 15 such resorts for every 1,000 people. Butte City, Mont, whloh, long held the reputation ot being the wick edest town in the United States, has onlr 13 saloons perJ.OOO. Chicago has mora dogs than any other city in this country, licens- inz 17.000 of these animal annually at ! tacn. 1 i4K I t I if i Tr-mnlTrtf ir rftriirt
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