TUB SORANTOST T1UR TINE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEQEM iio, iMor. 5 I (uban Filibuster. OiV sweltering evening the little strainer Olivet lny gently rising and fnlljlig on the oily swell oC Aniens Hay. It was overpoweringly hot. with n otaiimy heat thnt made respiration dl(loult und exertion an Impossibility, wMlo across the tull palms nshoie and tie white houses of the Cuban town thorn rolled u maps of steamy haze. Uenoath the Olivet's poop awnings, from which the condensed moisture trickled and fell In drops, the captain, engineer and mate sat before a well spread table, whereon llasks of ted and yellow Mine nestled nmong mangoes, erlni3on bunnnas and golden pine apples. The three were on better terms than is usually the case, for, having been engaged Jn a certain trade be tween the gulf ports and Cuba, In which they occasionally carried goods not enumerated In any manifest, the voyage had been a prolltable one for nil concerned. "Well," said the mate, mopping his dripping forehead, "I never want to go ashore In Arucas again. I can see that llrlng squad now, and the half dead wretches writhing upon the stones. Thank goodness, we're going out tonight. I'm sick of Cuba. There's another butch of insurgents to be done to death tomorrow, they say. Cold blooded murder, and a dlsgiaco to humanity, 1 call It. And now I sup pose they're going to church proud of what they've done. Listen to them pah!"" From out of the mist above the town there rose the cans of bells, and when this had died away a strain of music came through the listless air as the crew of a Spanish warship lying close at hand formed up in parallel lines along her deck. The band tool; up Its station, und the olllcers stood bare headed upon her poop as the silken folds of the Spanish ensign Muttered down from the peak, a limp streak of crlmsin and yold. ".Music nnd incense In the churches, and half-dried blood on every stone In the plaza ills a curious world. After what's I've seen I could be u rebel myself," said the mate. The captain merely nodded; he was a plain man, and rnrely wasted words; but the grim old engineer glanced toward the Span ish cruiser with a Hash in his keen (yes thnt his firemen knew und dicaded. "With steam at a hunner' an' fifty, an' seventy revolution), I would like lino to mind the auld Olivet's stem right through her Just there amid ships," he said. The captain smiled us he nnswered, "I believe you, air. Gor don." Then the mareha real rang out from the cruiser's deck.and afterwards there was silence, only broken by an unlove ly voice chanting something about home, dearie, home, In time to the wheezing of u concertina beneath the cargo bont'.s forecastle awning. Presently the skipper rose sharply to hla feet. "Hallo, what in the world do ym wrint?" he asked, as a gaunt man, dressed In dilapidated linen garments whlch might have been white a long time ago. came up out of a provision barge alongside, and climbing the poop ladder dropped wearily Into a chair. Thrusting 'back the remains of a shapeless Panama hat from a swirthy, sunburned forehead, he said. "Well, you ousht to know me. Captain Arm strong. Thought I was a Cubano. eh?" and he turned . pair of wolfish eyes toward the table. The skipper gasped with astonish ment. "Watklns who joined the Port Tampa filibustering expedition?" he said; but the engineer interposed: 'The, man's just starving. Give him time. Drink this first and eat, Wat klns; we'll listen til ye after." The stranger ate ravenously, like one vho had not seen food for days, and then, throwing back the linen lackct, showed a curious blue mark on his shoulder and livid scars upon his wrist. "That's where a rifle ball went in, and In t Iron made the others," h'e said. "Cut off from the ship, landing arms we were, and hunted like wild beasts." "Where's Wilson, who went with you?" asked the skipper. '"I'm comlns to that," the mail re plied. "Wilson nursed mo when 1 was shot.' and then we fell into the Span iards' hands. An officer laughed when I said wo were Hiitlsh, and they burn ed my wrists tc make mo toll win-re the rebels lay. It's true, Goidon, you needn't stare like that! I saw them tear out one wretched peasant's nnlls. 1 gut nway one night, nnd as I hadn't been In the West Indies ten years with out learning to speak Spanish like a native, 1 followed that detachment of Cnzadoros day and night. Mooning In the swamps and begging as I went. Trie peasants all hute the Spanlaids at lvart, and they gave me what they ci uld. Today I stood in the plaza, and raw my Cuban comrades shot like dogs. There are others, anil Wilson is among them, too, whom they take on board the cruiser tonight, to be mur dered In batches somewhere else n an example, nnd the question Is, will you help me to take him out?" "It's a risky business, and I don't ?ee how It Is to be done. Why didn't you renort to the consul?" sail the skipper, wrinkling his brows. Watklns rose stlllly to his feet, n gaunt skeleton of a man, with the stamp of pain and hunger upon hh face. "There's no conbul In this for lorn place; and how could I reach Havana without money.and the chance of being seised on the way? I've pass ed as a Cuban, and the Sunnlsh olll cera would Insist I was one; they don't wnrte time on Investigation. I-asl ' Itching, Irritated, ecly, cruttcd Sculpt, dry, thin, sad falling Jlttlr, cleaned, juriad, u 1 beauti fied by warm itiainpoa with Cuticct.a Bor, and occasional drctalnui of Cuticcsi, purest of emollient!, tlie greatest iklu curci. Treatment will produce a clean, healthy scalp with luxuriant, Imtroui balr, when all elic fall), RoM thfiHjrhnut th worll. Foma Dui'O 4d Cur.. Coar, - lrop., Itftktnn. o7""ilov to produce Luxuriant Iljlr," milled fret, SKINS ON FIREwi,V:KKHi"d night they took off a detachment of prisoners, rlx neijroo boatmen, who hate the Spaniards like poison, nnd two half-drilled conscript guards In ouch barge. Another batch goes oft at 10 tonight; I found that out. Now, If you drop Inshore, yon might run foul of the? craft by accident," Then the speaker (lung his arms above his head, as ho added: "See here, Armstrong, I followed that detachment starving, and risked my life a dozen limes In trying to contrlv" ir.y comrade's es cape. If you can't help be I'll go back and die with him. Which' Is It to be?" "It's a risky business," said the skip per again, "but we'll try." The mate brought down his list with a crash. "We'll tnke him out," ho said: "yes, by heaven, we'll take him out, If we have to run down the cruiser, too!" The engineer said no word, but hurried away below with a grim smile upon his face, and from the vigorous language that rose tip through the gratings It became evident he was busily engaged. Presently the escape pipe trembled and throbbed with a vibrating rush of steam, and the mate chuckled, for he knew that Gordon's heart was In his work: as a rule he would sooner spill his blood than waste a pound of coal. At !) o'clock the mnte stood upon the forecastle head, clad In streaming oil skins, and the cable came grinding home In time to the end of the wind lass. The rain camo down as It only can In the tropics, smiting the Iron decks with a rattle and roar.and speck ling the oily sea with white. The crew stood about him, nnd nudged one nnother ns they noticed their officer's unusual Indifference to the mud the links flung about deck and winch- drum, for news had leaked out through the steward that something unusual was on hand. "Ileg pardon, sir," said the grizzled quartermaster, touching his hat, "but we'd take it well If you was to tell the captain that if it's savin' some poor wretch from the Spanlaids we're with him one and nil." "Thanks," answered the mate; "I'll let him know." Then he climbed to the lofty bridge, nnd when the telegraph tinkled half speed ahead there was a great splashing and seething aft, for the Olivet was flying light nnd her propeller whirled round half-blade clear. With a heavy thud accompany ing the clatter of the well-worn en gines, and n shivering through all her lusty plates, she headed ln-shore; and Captain Armstrong leaned out over the bildge rail with a very anxious face as the lights of the cruiser diew near, swinging to and fro through the rain like twinkling stars. A shatp challenge rose from the Spaniard's poop, and some one cried, "Keep off with that steamer where are you going?" "In shore, to pick up a last barge of rum befoie we go to sea," the mate hailed in Castlllian; and a hoarse voice answered; "Uuen vlaje; vaya con dlos." The cruiser faded into the blackness astern, and the mate said quietly: "She had no steam, sir, I think; there was no vapor about her funnel." "Thank goodness for that," was the answer; "we've more than enough. Gordon's burning coal very recklessly tonight. You may as well put out the side lights now, and bring Watklns up here." The mate obeyed, nnd when he re turned the stranger paced excitedly up nnd down the bridge with the water soaking from his tattered garments. "Get my spare oilskins out of the chart room," said the captain; "It means fever to sot soaked in a climate like this." "The fever and I are old compan ions," Watklns nnswered hoarsely; "and I've work to do tonight. Can't you hear oars?" Ills companions strained their eais. and presently the dull noise of wood grinding against thole-pins became faintly audible. "Yes," .said Captain Armstrong; "there they are at last." A low, black object, tinged about with phosphorescent tire, came splashing out of the darkness. Watklns hailed her In Spanish: "Have you seen a barge loaded with ruin casks?" "No," answered. a sullen voice, and what followed was not a blessing this time: "Vaya al diablo." "He's not there; he would have rec ognized my voice," said Watklns. "Sup pose they should keep him nshore!" Another barge came up, and passed; but neither did she contain him they sought; and the three fell strangely silent ns they wnited, listening with all their ears. Half an hour of ner vous suspense followed, during which there was nothing to bo heard but the welter of water along the plates, and the clanking of the engines as the Oli vet slowly circled round. Then the rain ceased, and presently the splash of oars drew near again. "This must be the last: surely ho Is there," said Captain Armstrong. "The only thins wo can do Is to run foul of them. Most of the ollve-sklns can swim, and If these can't they must take their chance. Hall them when they're near." The telegraph tinkled for full speed, and the bridge rails rattled as the hnlf submerged propeller whirled and splashed, driven by every pound of steam. "Steady helm," said the cap tain, as a patch of deeper blackness appeared upon the starboard bow with a flicker of lambent sea-fire about it, Tito mate hailed the approaching barge, and nil started ns an ITngllsh voice made answer. "Help, for the Lord's sake, help! Itun them down," It said. Then followed a sound which might have been a blow with a rlflo butt, and some one cried In Spanish, "Silence there, rebel dog!" Then the oars splashed confusedly, and a negro shout of alarm rang out. "She's plenty way." said the captain grimly, "nnd we enn't do wholesale murder with the propeller. Port there hard over helm!" The clatter of the engines ceased, and thero was a grinding of wheel chains as the lofty Iron bows swung round. A man stood up In the barge waving a lantern, and then the white streak of the steamer's forecastlo head hid the craft from Bight. A clamor of cries followed, and above them all the threo could hear a shrill voice calling in Spanish, "Stop her before you run us down!" "Steady helm," was all tho captain said, and the noxt moment thero was a dull, crunching nolso beneath the bows as the Iron stem bit Into tho yielding timber. Then something rasped and bumped along the plates In a phosphorescent swirl of water, and nn Kwjllsh shout enmo from nmong the wreckage, "Will sonic one fling me a lino?" A ropo went whistling out, and tho mate sworo viciously beneath his breath as tho end swung slacky back against the side, while the captain, leaning over the rail, sent down a cheering cry, "Hold on, we're coming back, nnd we'll have you yet," as the steamer forced ahead Into tho dark ness. Then a shadowy figure leaped up on the side-light screen, balanced Itself for n moment, nnd, Just as tho mate stopped forward to lay hN hands upon It. flung both arms aloft and launched out Into mld-nlr. "The crazy fool there's another to be llshPd out now," gasped the mate. "We'll tttop her and back her down." snld tho cap tain. "Stnnd by the gangway with a lantern, and lower tho Jacob's ladder." Again the propeller chutnul nnd rat tled, and presently grent wreaths of white, spangled by luminous green and gUd, seethed forward as tho Olivet slowly went astern, until Watklns' voice came from somewhere beneath the poop. "Way enough! Stop her, or the screw will cut us up." The vibra tion died away; the steamer came slow h to a (itandstlll; and the mate leaned down to the lowest step of the lndibr. while wiry seamen, clinging like cats to trailing lines, and Jamming their toes against the landings of the plates, climbed down her side. 11 y tho yellow glow of th.' mate's lantern the over turned nnd crushed-ln barge became faintly visible a short distance from the quarter. Shadowy objects loosed their hold upon It, nnd came uplashlng toward the ladder. Ulack hands caught at the rungs nnd lines, and with a shout of "t'p you go," a dripping negro was helped aloft, and dragged over the tall with a vigorous kindness that al most dislocated his arm. Another and another followed, and then some one cried In Kngllsh: "Throw me tho end of a line. I've got him here, but he's hurt or faint." A senmnn Hung a rope, and raising his lantern tho mate paw nn indistinct, figure crawl out of the water and make the end fast to some thing which lay upon the wreckage, half In nnd half out of the sea. Then, with n cry of "Ilenve a little," the man slid down Into tho water, and, aided by the tightening line, seized his comrade by the arm, and struggled with htm toward tho vessel. Leaning down, the mate stretched out his hand; thin, sinewy lingers grasped It, and when he hailed the deck above, ready hand hauled upon the rope; the half conscious man, for such he seemed to be, swung rapidly aloft, and a hoarse hurrah! rang out ns he was lifted over the rail. Watklns and two Cubans dragged themselves out upon the ladder, und, as the mate slipped aside with his toes upon the landing of a plate to let them pass, another head came Into the circle of light, and he fancied he caught a shimmer of uniform buttons, nnd saw btald about the wrist as the swim mer thrust forward his hand. "Send one of the negroes back to make a stout hawser fast," shouted the cap tain from the bridge. "Ho handy, there's no time to lose." As the mate raised his head he fancied he heard a soft thud, and a smothered gurgle behind him. When he looked down again the Snanlsh soldier had disap peared. In answer to his challenging glance, a Cuban said: "He sank sud denly, and there was another hurt by your bows. Hut It Is no matter theiu aie too many of the kind in Cuba." The mate shuddered a little and said no more. Whether murder had been done or not he never knew. In any case, he thought it was no business of his If the Insurgent had avenged some butchered comrade and he had seen things In tho plaza of Arucas whUdilmd set his own blood on lire. A negro swam out with a hawser, and when he came back the mate hailed the bridge: "Got them all now, sir, and tho tow lino's fast." Meantime, as tho steamer went ahead agaUi. a group of seamen stood In the twinkling glow of a lamp about tho after-hatch, glancing compassionately at the soaked and haggard wretch who lay gasping on the tarpaulins, with his head upon Wutklns' knee. Uoth were worn and wasted by sickness and hunger, and there wus something pa thetic In the .sluilt of the hollow cheeked man chafing his comrade's thin wrists, and bending over him with anxiety and pity in his face. Pres ently the sufferer moved a little, and made an effort to rise, but Watklns cheeked It gently. "Not hurt, thank the hotd!" he said. "Tho shock has been too much for him, half-starved as he was, and broken down with sick ness. You're In good hands at last, ,11m." he added softly; "and It would need all the Armada of Spain to take you from us now." The mnte, looking on silently, felt something tickling In his throat, and a growl In which pity and fierce wrath were strangely mingled went up from the hard-handed, weather-beaten men about him. The steward held out a flask of wine, nnd Watklns stretched forward his hand; but a stalwart fig ure In greasy dungarees thrust It rude ly aside, and knelt upon the deck. "Wine, that's nao drink for a Flck Christian only fit for garlicky Span iards. Here, lift his head, this will pit fresh life intll him," said a voice with the accent of the Clyde-side ship-yards; and this time a laugh went round, as Gordon, the engineer, attempted to thrust tho neck of a whiskey bottle forcibly between the sufferer's teeth. "You'll choke him out of hand; gent ly with It." said Watln.s. Presently the spirit did Its work, for the man sat up, leaning ngalnst his comrado's shoulder. "That did him good," ob served the latter. "It's a long time since I saw a civilized drink either, and I'm somewhat played out myself." When he-handed the bottle back thero was very little left Inside. "That's not bad for a start." w:is Gordon's comment, "an' there's plenty malr. When I've raised anlther ten pound upon the stnrbatd boiler we'll try the rest," "I think you cap move lum now," Interposed the mate. "Stow tho sick one In my bei'th, and help yourself to everything you want there, Watklns. See to tho two Cubans, steward, and vott, quartermuster, take the negroes fotward. Hach man to his post." Kind hands carried the rescued Kngltahmitn below, and the group broke up. Tho male climbed to the bridge agdln, and, thanks to the blackness, they slid past thu cruiser with slowly lurnlntrm;l!ies unobserved. Th'en, with her much-patched boilers throb bing beneath a fearful overpressure of steam, and a curious tremor through out her frame, the Olivet drove out to sea, faster than she had ever gone bo fore, or ever would again, tho remnlns of tho shattered bnrgo rolling over and oeer In tho flashing, screw-churned wake, nnd straining at tho double tow lines until they cut It adrift far out In tho gulf. It was long past midnight when enp tnln and mate took counsel together In lhr chart room, "li.ive you made up your mind what to do?" asked tb.ii lat ter. "I've been thinking It over," was thn answer, 'and have decided to let well alone, nnd say nothing about tho matter. 'Whothpr the tiddlers got ashore, or wore settled by the Cubans and negroes, Is no concern of our.', and we've towed the launch awny. Now, some of the Spanish olllcers must have known that Wilson, at least, was a r.iitlsh subject, and, unless they catch us on the coast, they'll say noth ing for their own sokes, If we report It, there'll be a raking up of ninny things best let alone; for nil our calls arc not set down In that olllclal log. Weil land tho Cubans tomorrow nleht nnd crawl close along the coast all day out of the cruiser's sight." On the second night Captain Arm strong stopped his engines off what one of the negroes said was the mangrove-shrouded mouth of a lagoon, and then addressed the Cubans. "Gentle men," he said, "I'm sorry I must de 'prlvo myt-elf of tho pleasure of vour company now. This part of tho coast !s In your own friends' hands, and I wish you all good-day." Watklns translated, and one who "coined to be a person of Importance swept his Panorama hat to his kino us he nnswered: "Senorcs, we are your servants for life, nnd wo will never forget." A boat was lowered; negroes and Cubans climbed down Into It, and when tho ma'c seized the tiller they pulled ln-shore, guided by the roar of the surf. It was very dark, and beyond a nnrrow circle ol dusky sea, rising and falling In glassy undulations about them until walled In by a dingy haze, theio was nothing to be seen. The phosphorescent water flamed about tho oars, and fell, as It were, In a stream of lire every time the blades roc up, and oven at that distance from tho shore the odors of steaming for est and rotting vcgelatlon were heavy In the nlf. For a while no one spoke, and then one of the Cubans gripped the mate's arm. "Listen," he said; "a steamer comes." "Stop rowing," cried the mnte, and ns he bent low down toward the wat er, a regular, throbbing sound fell upon his cars. "Th" cruiser, most likely," he said, "thank goodness we carried no HghtH nboard the Olivet. I can't tell Just, where she Is, but the sooner we got out of this the better. Give h:r way theie, all you're worth." The oars tipped through the water, and the boat shot forward Into the darkness, the negroes thrusting upon the looms beside the IStitish crew. And all the time the steady pounding of englncH drew rapidly nearer and near er, though the belts of haze which hung over the swaying sea-How took up the sound and Hung It to and fro, ns they always do, until no mun might say from whence It came. "Lay In the ears," said the mate at last. "She's somewhere close at hand, nnd the noise will only give us away;" and the boat rose and fell motlonl rh upon the glassy swell. Then there was a sound like tho rip pling of thin Ice, and with a mass of fiery froth boiling nbout her bows, and one tiny Jet, as It were, of green llame, creeping up her stem, a steamer swept out of tho mist. There was no sign of any light about her deck, nave th ' the long tube of a plvotgun gllm nit l faintly with a rellection from sitir. -what, and a trail of luminous va por streamed from her lofty funnel. The men dared scarcely breathe, for sh:- passed but a few fathoms away, and the mate's heart stood still as a hall came down from a look-out on tho foremast. Hut it was only the routine cry of the watch; and the next mo ment her white poop faded Into a wisp of vapor, and the boat rocked violent ly on the tddylng wake. "Thank goodness, she's gone!" said the mate; "and now I'll be easier when we'v landed these gentlemen, nnd the Olivet's under way again." A negro piloted them Into the lagoon, nnd an hour later they caught the glimmer of a green port-fire and board ed the steamer again, Captain Arm strong listened gravely to his mate's story. "It's a iriiVcy I didn't burn that light too soon," he said. "Well, If they're looking for us down the coast, I'll head north for the open sea. It will be a long time before wfc see Cuba again, nnd I'm Junt ns glnd. This kind of thing Is too exciting for me." Many months after Captain Arm strong found a pack.t awaiting him at the olllces of the liritish owners. It contained a handsome pair of binocu lars with threo words and a date en graved upon them: Arucas, in recuer do. Tho cnptaln did not feel called upon to explain why th y were sent him, but he uses the jIiuhcs still. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. TIII2 ItlCCKST SNAKES. A Python About Twenty Tent Long Was Once inhibited in Loudon. From the London Standard. The reptile house has just lost one of its oldest Inmates, the giant reticu lated python (Python reticulatus),from Malacca. The specimen was presented to the society by 13 r. Hampshire In 187C, and has consequently lived In the menageries about twenty-one years. According to the label formerly at tached to Its dwelling one of the large compartments opposite the door of tho reptile house It measured about twen ty feet In length, and was believed to be the largest specimen ever exhibited In the gardens. According to the opin ion of many practical naturalists this was too modest a claim, for it Is doubt ful If a larger specimen has ever been exhibited anywhere. For a long time the reptile had been In a bad state of health. For the last two years It had not taken food voluntarily, but had to be fed by the keeper by a process of cramming. The carcats has been sent to Urazner, of Hrlghton, to be mounted for Mr. Walter Ilothsehlld's museum nt Trlng. A good deal of controversy has raged round the question of tho slzo of the great constricting snakes tho pythons of the Old World and tho boas of tho New. In his "Travels on thu Amazon," A. It. Wullaee professes his belief In the exlPtenco of boa's eon slderably over thirty feet In length, though he Is careful to say that the largest he himself met with were "not more than from llfteon to twenty feet long." Pome time ago Mr. Jamrach publicly ofiered 1,000 for a python thirty feet long; but no collector has ns yet found such a reptile, or ho would certainly havo claimed the reward. It Is, of course, almost Impossible to measure a very largo and lively snake, and, to show how estimates differ, It limy be mentioned that a python In tended for tho Indian exhibition was JONAS LONG'S SONS. A. Crash in Furniture Our Furniture Department 13 crowded. We must make room for better display. To do this, we will offer at a sacrifice today and tomorrow our entire line of Parlor and Library Couches which will be sold absolutely at their cost price to us. 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This reptile was afterward deposited for some little time In the Zoological Gar dens, and the late Mr. Hartlett puts Its measurement at eighteen feet, which was, doubtless, much nearer the mark, That particular reptile was brought from the Sonderbunds, and while In the Gardens discharged the remains of Its last meal before being captured, which was one of the young wild pigs so common in that district. The evi dence was incontrovertible, for the horny covering of a hoof had escaped digestion and showed conclusively the slue of the nnlmals generally pi eyed upon by pythons in a wild state, giv ing Hat denial to some of tho startling stories, unfortunately still current, as to these reptiles being able to over come horses and oxen. In a provin cial museum there Is a well-mounted python colled round the trunk and fore-limbs of a tiger, but the "guide" warns visitors that the exhibit Is to be taken as a specimen of the taxider mist's skill, not as a representation of whatever occurred, or Is ever likely to occur. two Nov 1:1. WKi:.cin:.s. Ono Made ot Hickory and Steel nnd the Other of Aluminum. From the New Yoik Sun. There is a man In tho city who hns occasion many times in the course of a day to regulate the How of water here and there from pipes In an es tablishment In which there are many streams constantly (lowing. He car ties a wrench In his pocket just as a man might carry a lead pencil. A wrench of the ordinary kind would ob viously be too heavy to be carried con veniently, nnd so he made a wrench to suit himself out of hickory. On each side of the head he laid a thin .steel plate, running rivets through tho two plates and the head, one on each aldo of the eye. 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Many questions are referred ' H sHi i298 && g JONAS LONG'S SONS. AAMU fitted witli heavy Traveling Bag - . Men's Alligator Traveling Bags, leather lined, covered frame, brass trimmed, patent clasps. n-inch $2.69 13-inch 3.39 ij-inch 3.98 17-inch 4.68 Men's Canvas Dress Suit Cases, strongly made and very durable. 18-inch $ .75 20-inch 89 22-inch 98 24-inch 1.19 26-inch 1.39 Also a complete line of Dress Suit Cases in leather or canvas leather bound, at less than two-thirds their value. to cabinet olllcers over long-distance phoney. Secretary llllss rot infrequently holds conversation while ho is In New York with ollieiids of his department, nnd, whi'o In Wai,hlnRton, lie Ins Inter views with his biiMlnesti malingers In New York. I'ostmiiKter-General Gary, wni'it in Haltlmore", utilizes the same moans In looking after his department, anil, while at tho capital, In supervising his private business. Nearly all the cabinet olllcers do the samo thing, and It Is understood more than one member of the cabinet would probably not bo in such a position were it not for the convenience of modern meai of communication, which 1ms no longer made It necessary for an olllclal to bs tied to his desk In the department over which he presides. TWO LITTLK S TO It IKS. About Tolstoi nnd a 1'olicemnn nnd a Queen mid a I'unaant. From the Sun. Count I.eo Tolstoi believes In preach ing the gospel of brotherly love wher ever he Is and to all who will hear. About threo mouths ao he was In Moscow. Ho saw a policeman lay rough hands on a drunken laborer, Jerk him about the collar, nnd start to drag him to th station. He was horrified by the policeman's violent treatment of the case and remonstrated. "My friend," ho objected, as h'e placed himself In front of the policcman.'i.ave you read the Gospels'.'" The policeman looked over the odd figure before him, and evidently was inspired with some respect by tho Count's long white beard. He answer ed only half grimly: "No, I haven't." "Well, If you had known more about them you would not treat that poor man so," The policeman scrntchrd his head, looked pityingly on the philoso phor, nnd then camo back at hlni "Sir, have you read the police regu lations for the city of Moscow''" "I have not, my ft lend," replied Tol stoi. "Well, If you had, you wouldn't in terfere witli me when I am trjlng to obey them." That ended Tolstoi's ef fort to evangelize the police of Mos cow. Tolstoi has been obliged by the In firmity of his eighty years to give up much of his literary work. Twice In the last year ho hns hail light strokes of apoplety. He still tides his bicycle, however, and Is accompanied on most of his wheeling trips by one of his daughters. Ho has been highly pleas ed recently by tho work of a young man named Conlbsl, who Is translating "Anna Karenina" and "The Kicutzcr Scnata" into Japanese. Conlssl Is a student nt the Kleff Theological school, though a born Japanese. A storv that has no connection with the above, beyond Its origin In Kurope, Is told of tli'o Italian Queen's August visit in tho Grossoney Vulloy. Marg heilta received front a peasant girl, to whom she took a fancy, a pair of lace mitts, When sho reculved tho mitts in Koine last mouth, she sent bad; to tho JONAS LONG'S SONS. Couch, covered in velour, very pretty, regular price $21.98, Today at $17.50. Couches,covered in good quality corduroy Regularly $26.00, today at $21.00 Regularly 14.98, today at 11.00 Regularly 13.48, today at 10.50 Regularly 9.98, today at 7.49 steel springs guaranteed to retain their Toilet Perfumes. Special for today and to morrow. Four ounce bottles of fine scented toilet perfumes, variety of odors. Bottles are in fancy shapes. Sold in other' stores at 9c; regularly here at 49c. For this sale only At 39c. Table Doylies. Something to interest the women. Handsome drawn work tabledoylies, handmade with hand embroidered cor ners. Two styles, worth c and 50c, at 19c and 25c The An expert Philadelphia chef Cafe PrePares t'le fd served in the cafe here. Everything first-class and at moderate prices". Regular dinner, 11.30 to 2.30 Forty Cents. Scranton's Great Department Store. gill two kbl gloves, one filled with money and the other with sweets,. In a note she told the girl to wrlto which' one of th" gloves pleased her tho more. The girl wrote this answer: ".My Dear Queen: Your presents have caused nn- many tears. My. fath er took the glove with tho money In It and my little brother stole all the .sweets." rnitaiANUNT rr.ouit i'astk. The following has given me the greatest satisfaction, as It has others, including wholesale establishments who havo tried It. and the cost Is practically nothing. 'Die peculiar advantage of it is that It is tniide up quite thick, keeping any length, of time, never gets watery or sour, so that a three mouths' stock Is made at onco, and then reduced to tho desired con sistency when wanted. Formula: Tuke of wheat Hour, eight ounces: alum, borax, of each, one-clghtlt ounce; boric acid, oil of sassafras, of each one-sixteenth ounce. Mix In a granite ware dish, using a gquuro redwood pad dle. Add all at once cold water, eislit ounces, and whip out all lumps, then a. Id coiuentrated ucetlc ueid, ono ounce 'or two ounces of M per cent.) and boiling v.ater, all at once, sixte-en ounces, liuco over a hot lire and heat to break tlio starch globules, indicated by tho appi'iu nnce of a bluish tint nnd great adhes iveness, stirring constantly to prevent burning. (Don't continue tho heat too long,' for It cooks somewhat after removal from the lire.) Transfer to a covered Jar, and when wanted reduce this with boiling water, about ono part of pustu to two ff water, observing to add tho water s-lowiy and boiling hot. nt the samo time whip ping briskly to a smooth cream. 1'opuUr Science. HAD ins hi:vi:.ngi:. Ill tho days of her young womanhood the witness had Jilted the lawjer who was now about to cross-examine her, nut thero was nothing; In his Impassive fa. 'a or calm, even tone of voice, to Indicate that any recollectlun of lior hcnriu-vi cruelty In the long ago still rankled In his mind. "Miss Jarvls," ho said, "you stated a few minutes .ago that you recalled tlia time nt wlilchlheso events took place bo cause It happened to bo your birthday." "Yes, sir." "May I ask you to stnto again tho exact dato of your birthday?" "Yes, sir. July 10." Tho lawyer's opportunity had eoinn. but he did not Jump at It with overwhelm ing haste'. That would have been inar tistic, and Uiwyer I'robuh was an artm In his line. lie rose slowly to his fi" I. walked with nicahined stop up and down tho limited space tho crowded condition of the. court room left at Ills disposal, und slopped at last In front of the wit ness. "July 10. I think you said?" "Yes. sir, July 10." "New Stylo or Old Style, madam?" Chicago TrUiuiiu. , All thn Difference. "My dour; how do you spoil 'peal?' " asked tho poot. "I inn writing a lino about tho pealing or tlio brazen bells," "I can't tell," suld his wife, "until you tell mo whether you are writing about chimes, of brouzo stutuos." Iudlanapolla journal, . i .
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