IHHEK sPfF'paiSfW'rr - f jV TTHTEK SHALL I DRA"W AFTER THE DINNER. T tell Ten, Jav, Christmas isn't what it nsed to be. I can't get out of it now for less than "5250," " "Eight you are, my boy. Absence nsed to makehe heart grow fonder, bnt it'i presents does the business now." Harper'i Monthly. FORTUNES FOR FLORA. How Young Swells and Old Dandies Annihilate Their Pocketbooks. THE FASHIONABLE POSIES KOW. Etch tti Girls ire Fnrcbuios In the Mcst Frofase Banner. BOHH EOSEB THAT COST 51 50 E1CE tCOBWtSrOSDIKCI OT THI DISPATCH. Ket Toek, Dec a "I want to be hung up." When a dapper young "blood" or an old Gotham dandy comes into a floral establish ment in Tifth arenne, some bright fall afternoon and uses the aboTe expression, at the same time winking the other eye, the tradesman knows that the customer is In love, and that this is perhaps the begin ning of a long campaign, in which the prin cipal scene is to be Cupid dallying amid the flowers. Maybe she's an actress. In that case there will be no limit to the hanging-up matter. Every swell Gotham florist knows ihat his enstomers seldom pay cash for the floral decoration to their loxe affairs. There is plenty of risk in the busi ness, but the profits are so large that tho tradesmen take the risks. Xou would be surprised at the number of men in swell circles who play "broke" to their florist. "Chase me, chase me." This is what they say when the tradesman presents a bilk Flowers for the Ballet Girl. Thousands and thousands of dollars are spent yearly by the young dudes and the old chappies of Gotham on their favorite tctresses. Maybe Cholly goes to the "Black Crook" some night, and there, on sight, falls under the fascination of the chorus cirl's fatal beauty. She has long blonde hair, fine as spun gold. If you love her devotedlr and truly, as does Cholly, you will readily believe that the hair is her own. If you are cynical or dyspeptic, you will have your doubts about her ace and her hair, but Cholly is in raptures all even ing, especially when the lime light is flashed or when his beauty is enveloped in the dizzy and bewildering rainbow tints of light through parti-colored glass under the bie calcium reflector. Next day he coes to the florist, takes that worthy aside and tells him all about it "I think a hundred-dollar basket will do, h?" Chollv nods. "I will make you a basket four feet high. It will be delivered over the foot-lights promptly a 9 o'clock. It will be decorated with very wide pink and blue satin ribbon t yard long. For a hundred extra I will put a couple of doves in the basket, con cealed amid the roses. The doves will have satin ribbons tied to their feet. As the basket is handed over the lights, the attend ant shakes the souvenir and out fly the doves. Ah, old fellow, what do say to that, eh?" "Ver-ry well, hang me up for-r two hun'.ned, don'tchewknow." Awfnlly Expensive Posies. This is about the way the average Gotham heavyweight opens the tall season. He will keep sending flowers week after week, until his fond one takes flight to another town, or until his eye is entranced by some new beauty. If he is madly in love, he will follow his darling over moun tains, rivers and States. It is oiten done by the giddy boys of New York. They usually return wiser and tamer chappies, thouch. . It is a common thine for a swell New Tort florist to prepare a R500 basket lor tome actress. To order a (100 basket is a commonplace. A 300 basket usually consists of called roses, generally "American beauties," of rare size and sweetness. The flowers are cut iith the stalks, and when placed in the cold-tinted basket stand four feet high. The offering is tricked out with 'great widths of blue, gold, pink or yellow ribbon. In the center of the booquet space is left for a satin or lace box. The usual protesta-tionr-of regard are written on scented note paper. Zhere'i a new fad this fall. It says that CURRENT POINTS OF THE LIKE. A" York Herald. the young society woman is to spend her pocket money buying her dear boy a button hole bouquet This may seem like a trivial aflair; but then the fashionable buttonhole is something whose cost is staggering, con sidering all things. "Well, Mau-uii, -what ar-r you going to buv me to-day?" Tnis was hiWequest as they strolled, arm in arm, past the swagger floral shop. The darling girl tabes the hint at once. She in vites him in. She gravely goes- up to the counter. She studies his clothes, his com plexion and his cane. She makes up her mind what color will harmonize with his appearance. She closes her eyes and con siders pansies, violets, lily of the Talley, roses and white pinks. She selects at last a buttonhole of white pinks. The bouquet is of enormous size. It is a good thing that her escort has a strong spine, else he wonld droop under the load ot sweetness she now is pinning on his lapeL It is the fashionable bouquet for chappies. It is as large as a plate. The swell thing this season is white pinks. The bouquet is stun ning in size and stunning in cost The swagger cirl buys ner chappie a bouquet every afternoon. SIlss Million's Boses. Little Miss Million receives roses in January. Thev are rare American beauties. They cost, in Fifth avenue, $1 CO per rose. That is $18 a dozen. Maybe she gets two dozen a day, in a big blue-and-gold box. Cholly pays for these. "There are hundreds of high-rollers in Gotham," says the exclusive florist, "who spend enough each season to keep a family spend it on flowers for ths giddy queen of the foot-lights and upon their lady loves. It is not uncommon to receive an order from some young dude to deliver to his lady friend a bouqnet each morning, say for a month. He will plank down $150 with the order. For this sum we are to send little Million a bunch of selected roses for 30 mornings. There is to be an air of romance over the gift. It is to be sent to the house promptly at JJ o'clock each morning. No note or name is to accompany it. Little Miss Million is not to know, yon know. Of course he will call each night and see his flowers on the piano. Maybe, one night, he will be rewarded by seeing' her wear one beautifnl rose in her yellow hair. I am, sure that is wortn 150 to any young chap pie." "Do women ever do that sort of thing leave monev for flowers?" "Well, I" cannot say that they eTer do." The Season's Favorites. The flowers that are to receive the sanc tion of the "inner 150" this fall and winter have now been selected. They are white pinks first, then violets, then roses. Or chids will also have a calL These are very expensive, indeed. Would you like to spend a 2 bill for a single orchid, along about December? Maybe you would con sider if cheap. At any rate that is the price. Most fashionable people wear their flow ers on Saturday. No one knows why this is. It is one of the unique facts about Gotham's wealthy class in the matter of flowers, their use and abuse. More flowers are sold on Saturday after noon than any other one day of the week. Madame drives up in her carriage: Mercury runs from the shop toher carriage door; what 'will it be to-day; yes, some white pinks; yes, we will send them by messenger at once; three large baskets, at $50 apiece; very well; oh, certainly, we will charge it certainly, certainly. Then comes the yonng dude; then the old chappie; then the gray dandy; then the pert young thoroughbred girl, with the fine eyes and the peaches-and-cream com plexion, who always speaks of her gown as a "confection." Hour after hour the dazzling trade rolls in. At for the swells, they are all "broke." Xlowcrs for Funerals. There is no limit to the monev that mir be paid for floral decorations for a swell Gotham fnnerak The late lamented Patrick S. Gilraore's funeral was made memorable with offerings whose value run up into the thousands; but it is sweet to know, however, that many of these flowers came from the common ptopl, who loved him so well in life. General Grant's funeral was graced, swell florist say, with more flowers than New York ever saw before or since. In Gotham the "floral emblem" holdi foil sway in the matter of appropriate tribute! to death. In Gotham, If you are an athlete, your friends will probably remember you with a pair of "floral boxing gloves" at your demise. t In Gotham, If you die at 8:30, Tonrfrieadi j THE v -JfcS a&T JLNOTHEB SOUTH SKA. MAKING BAILBOATJ will probably remember you with a grand "floral hall clock," the hands stopped at 8:3a In Gotham, if you die a letter-carrier, your friends will probably remember you" with a "floral lamp-post and mail-box," with a letter to yourself on top of the box, addressed with your name and the legend, "At rest, in Heaven." In Gotham, if you die railroad man, your friends will probably remember you with a "floral train of cars," engine and all. In Gotham, If you are connected with the Brooklyn Bridge, and should chance to die, your friends will probably remember you with a "floral Brooklyn Bridge," maybe nine feet long. John Hubert Gbeusei THE ART OF FORGETTING. Hamlin Garland, the Western Author, Draws a Clever IJttle Sketch. They lay on the cliff where the warm sun fell. Beneath them were rocks, lichen spotted above and orange and russet and pink beneath. Around the headland the ccean ravened with roaring breath. It flung itself cease lessly on thcland, only to fall back with clutching snarl over the pebbles. The smell of hot cedars was in the air. The distant ships drove by with huge sails bellying. Occasional crickets chirped faintly. Sandpipers skimmed the beach. The man and woman were both eriy. He lay staring at the sky. She sat with sombre eyes fixed on the distant sea, whose crawling lines glittered on'its purple sweep. They were man and wife; both were older than their years. Tney were far past the land of vouth and love. "O wife!" he crird, 'let us forget that we are old; let us forget that we are disillu sioned of life; let us try to be boy and girl again." The woman shivered with a powerful, vague emotion, but she did not look at him. "O. Esther. I'm tired of lifel" the man went on. '"I'm tired of my children. I'm "tired of you. Do vou know what I mean?" The woman looked into his eyes a mo ment, and said in a low voice: "No, Charles." But the man knew that she meant yes. The touch of her hand grew cold. "I'm tired of it alL I want to feel again the wonder and mystery of life. It's all gone. The love we 'have now is good and sweet and true; that of the old time was sweeter. It was so marvelous. I trem bled, when I. kissed vou, dear. I don't now. It had more of truth, of pure, unconscious passion, and less of habit, O teach me to loreetl" He crept nearer to her, and laid his head J in ner lap. mt iico was Knotted wiin nis passion and pain. The wife and mother sjghed, and looked down at his bair, which was getting grav. "Well, Cbarlier.she said, and bnried'her fingers in his hair. 'Til try to forget for your sake." He could not understand her. He did not try. "He lav with closed eyes, tired, pur poseless. The sweet sea wind touched His cheek, white with the indoor pallor of the' desk worker. The sound of tho sea exalted him. The beauiful clouds above him car ried him back to boyhood. There were tears on liis face as he looked up at her. "I'm forgetting!" he said, with a smile of exultation. Bat the woman looked away at the violet shadowed sails, afar on the changeful purple of the sea, a,ml her throat choked with pain. The Ladici' Home Journal. A Bather Dirty Bet. Among the novel bets on the Presidential election, one made by six students of Wash ington and Jeflerson college is hard to .dis count. The bettors were three Bepubl (cans and three Democrats. The terms of the wager were that the losers were to stand in a ring six feet in diameter, and the win ners from a distance ot 40 feet be allowed to throw one dozen eggs at tbem, the unlucky ones not being allowed to dodge. The bet also provided that the losers should fiurnish the eggs. A Strunso Coincidence. In 1810 Elbert county, Ga., gave William H. Harrison a majority or 999 for President In 1892, just 52 years afterward, Elbert county gave a majority of 999 against Benja min Harrison for President. In the late election thero were only two Sepnblican Totee cut. ft ML " 1 V,, o fffip vv -Jft L aw Jit JF W W ilk tX x i 1 vtrYr lit' QL W. PITTSBURG - DISPATCH. INTEREST "" r l BUBBLE. JttrW Tort iVeU. BATES. Chicago Timet. NOTES AND QUERIES. - Answers to Questions- of Interest Salsed by Curious Headers. GENERAL ZEE'S OLD EEGI1IENT. A Tody of Officers TOio Became Famous Upon Both Sides. ANCIENT AND MODERN INFORMATION Who were tho field andllne omcers of Gen -oral B. E. Lee's EeRiment, previous to tbe War of tho Rebellion? A P. B. The regiment was the Second Cavalry. Lee was assigned to it as Lieutenant Colonel In May, 1855. The Army Begister for 1856 gives these as the field and princi pal line officers for that year: Colonel, Al bert Sydney Johnson, who resigned in April, 1SS1, and entered the Confederate army, dying' as General in 18G2; Lieutenant Colonel Bobert E. Lee, who resigned from the First Cavalry in 18G1, and became Gen eral in the Confederate army. William J. Hardee was senior Major; be entered the Confederate army, became a general and died in 1873. The junior Major was George H. Thomas, who became a general in the army, and died in 1870. The senior line officer was Captain Earl Van Dorn, who resigned January 31, 1861, became a Major General, C S. A., and was killed in a per sonal quarrel in 1863. Edmund K. Smith was second captain, and other officers who are - remembered only as names were Captains William B. Bradfate, Charles E. Travis, and Charles J, -Whiting. James Oakes commanded the color companv; he became Major in 1861, Colonel in 1866, and retired in 1879. Innis Palmer became Colonel in 1868, and retired as Colonel. George Stoneman, Jr., who commanded the' fifth company, became Colonel of the Twenty-firjt Infantry, Major General, and retired in 1871; he was Governor of California in 1883-87. Captain Theodore O'Hara commanded the sixth company in 1855, but he resigned in 1856; he became editor of a paper, and served as a Colonel on the staff of General Albert Sydney Johnson, C S. A, during the war; he died in 18G7. His famous poem "The Bivouac of the Dead" was written in 1848, for the return .of a Missonri regiment of voluntiers from the Mexican war. Next to the last among the Captains was Albert G. Brackett, who became Lieutenant Col onel in 1868, Colonel of the Third Cavalrv in 1879, and retired as Colonel in 1891. The Quartermaster was Lieutenant Kichard W. Johnson, who retired in 1875 as a Brigadier General, disabled by wounds, and the Ad jutant was Lieutenant Kenner Garrard. It was a great regiment, officered by many fa mous men. Plenso give me the Democratic and Whiff votes at the Presidental election of 1852, of the States that passed ordinances of seces sion. LA.F. South Carolina chose her electors by a vote of the Legislature, so no figures can be given. Georgia gave 16,660 votes for Scott, the Whig candidate, and 31,705 far Pierce; Mississippi gave 17i548 Whig votes, 26,876 Democratic. Florida cast 2,875 votes -for Scott, against 4,313 for Pierce; Alabama, 15,038 for Scott, 26,881 for Pierce. Loui siana, 17,255 lor Scott, 18.C17 for Pierce. Texas gave Scott 4,995 votes, and Pierce 13,552 votes; Arkansas joined in with 7,404 lor the Whigs, and 12,173 for the Demo crats. Virginia gave Scott 57,132 votes, 'Pierce 72,413: North Carolina gave Scott 39,058, and Pierce 39,744 votes. Tennessee favored tbe Whigs, giving Scott 58,898 votes and Pierce 57,018; Kentucky followed suit, with 57,068 for Scott, against 53,806 for Pierce. Maryland gave the Whig ticket 35,077 votes, and the Democratic ticket 40, 032; while Missouri cast 29,981 votes and 38,353 votes for Scott and Pierce respec tively. Tell me something; about the explosion of a Runona Government vessel some years acp, by wblon some cabinet pffloers were killed. F.L.H. The vessel was the XT. a a Princeton, built by Ericsson, and having a screw-pro- jHtUer. Oa tie ?feh tt Febmrr, -1S4J, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4. PICKED x. T TIV First Thuo Dolng'anythlnff In crimes now? Second Thug No, goin to quit Everybody's been robbed. Chicago Neva Retort, BUB2ITNG HIS BRIDGES. iVju TbrXl iVfS. President Tyler, Secretary of the Navy Gilmer. Secretary of State Upsher, Commo dore Eennon, Mr. and Miss Gardiner, of New York, Senator Benton, Senator Phelps and many others, left Washington forMt Vernon to see the vessel's machinery and try her guns, which threw balls weighing 225 pounds. On the return trip, shortly after 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a final shot was fired trom one of the guns. The party stood at the left of.the gun; President Tylerj'however, went to the other side -of the vessel just before the gun was fired. The gnn burst on the left side, throwing a large part of its metal into the midst of the group pf spectators, killing Secretaries TTncti-r- inil fjtlmrr. Commodore Kennon., iur. uarainer, our. iua.&.c, . um.. ..,.. President Tyler's valet. Mr. Benton had the drum of his left ear burst; and many other persons were injured more or less severely. Are there more men In tho world than women? Ihtxeestxd. Over the whole world the proportion of the sexes is about equal; but in separate parts of 'the world it varies greatly. For instance, in this' country there are 98 women to every 100 -men; in Europe there are rather more than lop women to 100 men. Canada has 95 women to 100 men. In un civilized countries the men are believed largelv to outnumber the women, this on account ot Hie fact that more men are needed to carry on the wars in which such people are constantly encaged, and because ,of tne rougher ways of living. But so long 'as there can be no census of Africa and Asia, so long statisticians can only guess at the proportion of the two sexes. . r. if C HT..W.... ...vn a mm nn1 Who was Colonel Bowie, and tor what was he famous t B.W.D. Colonel James Bowie was a Georgian, born about 1790. When quite young his. parents removed to Natchez, Miss., where he grew up. He was a" second in a duel fought across the Mississippi from Natchez, 'and in a fizbt which followed the duel, drew a peculiar knife which he used with deadly effect. The knife was an ordinary blacksmith's rasp, sharpened and set in a handle. After the duel he sent the knife to a Philadelphia cntler, who shaped it for him and made other knives like it. Bowie joined Crockett in the War for Texan inde pendence, and was at' tho Alamo when it fell; he was included in the massacre of the prisoners March 6, 18.16. Is there any liquid, fluid or pate that can be put on cloth or wood, and make It so that It cannot be burned? II. A. B. A strong solution of common salt, or a strong solution of borax, will make cloth or wood incombustible; so will a solution of silicate of soda. The solution, to be ap plied to wood, shonld be made of one part of thick syrup of the silicate to three parts of water; and as much as the wood will absorb should be applied. Then lime whitewash should be applied; and before this coat is quite dry a second coat of tbe solution, made in the proportion of two parts of the syrup to three ot water, should be laid on with a brush, LEAD AHD KUBBEE ABB S0ABCE. A New Material Has Been Made, Superior i to the Orlfinal Article. Comment has been made thousands of times on the fact that there is no lead in a lead pencil, and, if possible, less In the useful household preparation known as black lead. In a few vears it may be possi ble to add that there is no" rubber in India rubber, says a writer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat Tho imperative necessity of finding some substitute to make up for the inevitable scarcity, if not failure; of the original ar ticle has long been recognized, and.it really seems as though the difficulty had been solved at last.' The imitation consists of manita gum, resin oil and one or two other Ingredients bearing as little resemblance to rubber, but forming, in combination, a sub stance equal to the best rubber and much superior to the original article. The substitute is very elastic and pliable, and can be produced at less cost than the average quality of pure rubber. As, more over, it will requiro less adulteration with lead, zlno or similar material, it will be safer and better to use in many ways.- Tni guaranteed cure for all headache U Bremo-Seltitf-100 a bottle. 189a BY THE CARTOONISTS. OH THE ISLE OF MAN. It Is an Ancient Land Where Liberty Baa Never Lost Its Sway. IKTERE8TING AND HOSPITABLE. Patriarchal Laws and Olden Ceremonials Still in Togne. A THOUSAND TEARS OP HOME RULE rrOimisroOTircrci ot titb bhfatoH.j Douglas, Isle op Max, Nov. 19. "Dear Little Isle of Man" is the fond title by "its natives of one of the most diminutive and interesting island countries to be found in the civilized world. It is a sturdylittle bit of sea-girt land, set in tne turbulent Irish Sea almost equi distant from England, Ireland and Scotland, forever .withstanding the fiercest of ocean currents and the wildest of ocean storms. The hardy little nation inhabiting it has as ceaselessly bid defiance to the maelstroms of conflicting interests ot men and govern ments seeking its thrall, and from almost prehistoric time has preserved so remark able a national independence, that to this day it comprises practically the only folk on British soil who enjoy the full benefits ot self-government. Briefly told, the little Manx nation has had three periods of history a period of Celtic rule, one of Norse supremacy, and of British dominion. In the tenth century the Vikings came. They had just over come Iceland and established their Norse kingdom there. When they found the "Dear Little Isle of Man," they mode short work of taking complete possession. 'The women were dark haired, fair skinned and blue-eyed. The Vikings were freckled and bleached as to, hair and eyes. The Manx nation of to-day sprang from the union of these handsome Celtic women and these huge freckled men. 4.n Ancient Form or Government. The latter were led by one Orry. He Is called King Orry now. Whether he was a ses-rover or the son of a Danish or Nor wegian monarch, does not matter. But he became King of Man and the Isles. He was great without the title. He gave the Manxmen their first constitution. It was qnite like that which had just been given to Iceland. It was a good one, too, and the proof ot it is that with little change it has existed to this day. King Orry divided the island into six ship-shires. They are the Manx "shead ings'' or representative divisions of the present time. Each sheading elected four men by a popular vote to a law-making house called the House of Keys, probably from the Norse Keise or chosen'men. They were the people's delegates, just as they are to-day. Then King Orry gave the church a share in the government, but pre vented its supremacy. He established a Tynwald Court where church and State sat together. Orry then had built, after the manner of the lava law rock of Thingvellir, an artificial Mount of Lawr. The Honse of Kes sent up laws to the Tynwald Court, or the latter sent them down. Assent in joint session, and the King's sanction concluded the making of law. But laws were never operative until the King, the Court and the House of Keys had convened on Tynwald Hill and promulgated them by reading them first in tho language in which they were written, and second in the language of the people. Every essential leature of this patriarchal and representative government established early in the tenth century exists in its orig inal simplicity to-day. The Manx are the only Norse nation 'left that can show so close and strong a binding to the days of the Sagas through an unchanged governing system. And the folk of this little island are the only people acknowledging, com plete British dominion who are In no way interfered with from Westminster, and who enjoy the actual practical blessings of home rule. Bravery and Bloodshed. A brave and bloody history has the little island had from King Orry 's" time down to its un.rrseryrd cession by its then reicnlng Duke to the Crown, for a consideration of 416,000, in 1825. The system of govern ment is interesting from its simplicity. Elector! must have a property qualification , 1 J - - fgi-- QpaTMMK r - ' -JJ - "$ GbOVEE Good, bad and Indifferent ni iw i rm ut. v - ey"--ct - l WP, I '' iraliNfih3?ffW. Father That is the Toucan, or Millinerr Bird. Young Hopeful Why is it called a Millinery BIrdT rATHER Because of its big bilL New Turk Ledger. in the sheadings of 10 occupancy, or 8 ownership. In towns voters most possess a 4 occupancy or ownership qualification, and this sum gives all women unmarried, widows or spinsters, the same vested right; a right which, although vexing to women suffragists, is rarely exercised. All Manx laws are called Acts of Tyn wald, and the Tynwald Court may still, as a thousand, years ago, be held at anv lime in special session at Tynwald Hill, but must, as then, convene yearly for the pro mulgation of the laws, though, leeally, they may have already gone into effect This ceremonial has now become a national holi day called Tvnwald Dav. It is held on the r 5th of Jul v, or on the 6th, if the 5th hap- pene to fall on Snndav. undoubtedly 4i, 000 of the 50,000 inhabitants of Man are un failing in attendance, and the ceremony always attracts thousands from Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumberland, in England. The Tvnwald Hill is situated just west of tbe center of the island between the cities of Douglas and Peel, and lies in the roman tic pass between the Cairn and Greeba Mountains. Traditionally it is said to have been formed of earth brought here in carts and creels from every parish of the island. An Impressive Scare. Here Is a ceremonv more than a thousand years old. The who'le or the little Manx nation is here just as in King . Orry's time. The great impressiveness of the scene is not only in its antiquity, but in the proof that here are a people who, while respecting their Government and rulers in this sacredly preserved custom, thus annually serve no tice upon their rulers that after all they are still but the servants of the people, and that the people shall ever remain greater than the thing and things created to serve them. And this is the same sort of intelli gence which American people are going to make clearer and clearer to their own pub lio servants in good time. If you were niucn in England as l nave been, you would become very fond of the "dear little Isle of Man;" truly not as a Manxman loves it, with an exnltant and unutterable devotion, for that could not be, but in the idlylic way which comes from feeling you have found a spot elorious in the heroism and traditions of its people, spectrally fair in its sea setting as a gor geous rose cut from a resplendent bed of sapphire, and weird and tender in its moun tain slopes, glens and streams as the misty corries of Scotland's North. Sweet and Hospitable Shore. Because ot this I often run away from English mainland to these sweet and hos pitable shores. It is but a few hours' sail to Man. You are scarcely out of sight of England when Manxland comes in view. Twice I have sailed entirely around this lit tle gem of tho Irish Sea. From any quarter at which you view it, its entire length, which Is but 33 miles, its greatest breadth, which is bnt 12, and its fine bold face from sea-edge to mist-crowned peak, are always completely in view; always suggesting, re vealing, almost thrilling, in their marvelous panoramic changefulness, and ever so rug gedly noble, so solemnly calm, so tenderly sweet and silent, that through your feast ing eyes your heart is strangely stirred and stilled. , , There is not another picture like it rising above the boundless waters the throbbing sea endlessly threading its circling fore ground as with a gleaming delicate thread of pearls. Then a purple rim of shade where the blue waters ripple upon the shingle, or murmur beneath the cavernous cliffs. Then a higher'tbreading- of red and white and green where the towns and ham lets, massed among myrtle, creepers and sycamoes, look baclc upon upland and down upon sea. Then, rounded hills aflame with gorse, told on fold of green and puce, melt ing into dreamful heights among the ten der cloudv Changeless, this is the ever chanelng picture as you approach it while your heart-voice, if' not your tongue, can only articulate, "Mystic, radiant, redolent Isle of Man I" Edoab L. Wakemax. Trees In London Streets. From an inquiry recently made in 17 London districts it has bean found that in 14 of them the number of trees in the pub lic highways is 14,700. Or these 5,158 have been planted by the boards anil vestries, 5.323 returned as. planted "by builders and others. It pays to bar your bdllday goods in dia monds, watches, jewelry, etc, where you can get the best selection ami lowest prices, and that Is atM. G. Coben's, 88 Fifth avenae Mo trouble to show goods. Store open even tags until Christmas. 4ek w i yhsryirr'W CTndnnaff CfemmrrfiJ-C?flzs, ONLY THE BEGINNING. When Time Is Considered in Conneo-, lion Witn Universal Histdry NOT ONE SECOND HAS ELAPSED. Calculation! and Flgnrea WM ami fios Difficult to Grasp. IDEAS THAT ABE DRAWN THEB2FS0X warn sir tob tot msrATcn. As we become acquainted with our earth and by traveling gain some practical idea of distance, it is easy to grasg its 25,000 miles of circumference. We know, there fore, that its diameter is one-third of that amount But when we consider the great solar sphere from which we derive our heat and light and grasp the fact by computa tion, that we are considering a sphere hav ing a diameter of 816,000 miles, the mind, accustomed to gaoge from its diminutive earth standard, becomes bewildered in the endeavor to, comprehend a circumferenee of so much greater immensity. Our globe be comes almost a speck by such a comparison. Yet the star Arcturus, which is a sun for a far-away system of planets, for a solar system to which onrs is only an infant, is 11,500,000 times farther away from us than, is our sun, whose distance is only 92,000,000 of miles, and this distant luminary has the amazing circumference of approximately 224,000,000 of miles. ' Hard to Grasp It, It seems to strain the mind to attempt to conceive of 'such a sphere, whose distance . straight through is 3,000 times the distance around the earth. Here is a sua 55,000 times larger than -our great orb of day, but think of its age, of the eons of time that seem almost eternal, that are comprised la its duration. When we consider the vast ages that passed while our little earth was la It azoic or plutonie state, then begin with ita eozoic stage or the beginning ot the unfold ing of organic life, and trace tbe slow ad vance as it develops the radiate, then the articulate, further on the molluse and, aa paleozoic time is reached, the places, then on up through the interminable centuries into the reptilia on the mesozoio-plane,then, the evolution of the winged creatures up to the cenozoio or mammalial dawn, what a procession of periods, eras and ages is en countered! And still, we are only at the plane, on the horizon, where a creature is reached too human to be animal and yet too animal to be human, and ijist commene inc to foreshadow tbe apparition of coming man. Only the Becoming. Yes, this is the human back of even the the paleolithic plane, it is humanity in un folding embryo, starting on its evolution ary "march, through more cycles of time, through: tens ot thousands, yea hundreds of thousands of years. And yet, comped with this slow development, what must be the lingering evolutionary journey of our sun, and what processions what duodecillions of oycles must be involved in the slow evo lution of Arcturnst Years, to which all the sands of all the seas are as nothing and the career of snoa an otb has scarcely begun. Of such slow movement are the hands on the dial of eternity. Such are the slow seconds that must be knelled away, and when quintill ions ofv Arcturus in succession have thus . come and gone, then even, one second of universal history has not begun. N. Punishment In Persia. In Persia the first time a man is caught ia the act jof stealinz he is "bastinadoed" (beaten on tbe soles of the feet with aa iron ' rod), and made to sign a paper that that will be his last offense. If he forgeta this when the soles of his feet quit burning and trjes it again, tbe second offense calls for the amputation of his right hand. It ha is still obdurate and goes at it left-handed, theVthlrd, and of .course last, resort U decapitation. I v ,y-v r ' 4.
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