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Tho grip is pronounced by a Vienna,
physiclau of high standing to bo mias
matic in character.
In the last five years tbo number of
Methodist churches in Chicago, III., has
beon doubled. Tho membership has
also doubled and one million dollars
added to tho church property.
Tho Now York Commercial Bulletin
says perhaps there is no greater test, and
no bettor evidonceof tho general nativity
of business throughout tho country, than
the earnings of tho principal railroads.
A county in New York Slato is c on
sidcring becoming its own insurer against
fire. Uuo argument used is that tho
count-.'having $100,000,000 of property
is mora responsible than most of the
insuranco companies.
Tho San Fiancisco Chronicle opines
that tho cultivation of a peaceful dispo
sition is not calculated to inspire respect
in such countries as Chilo. "Had wo
been as truculent in our doalings with
fifth-rate countries as England," it be
lieves, "tho Chileans would not bo
peaking of the Yankees and their navy
with contempt."
Tho new monitor Miuntonomah, with
four ten-inch guns and a fiuo lot of
rapid fire weapons, will prove a formid
able antagonist to any but tho very heavi
est foreign ironclads, observes tho Sv.i
FrauciBCo Chronicle. Stationed at the
right place she could kuap a whole fleet
of cruisers from entering nnd approach
ing closo to New York harbor.
Tho proposition to have tho old ship
President, which was captured from tho
United Blatej by th British in the War
of 1812, transferred to Chicago for tho
Columbian Exhib'tion, is very generally
approved by tho officers of tho navy so
far as its sentiment goes, but the idea is
hardly practical, suggests tho Bostoa
Transcript. The old ship now lies in
the West India Dock near London, and,
although she makes an excellent ship for
the nominal headquarters of British navy
officers who are assigned to duty in Lon
don, and an excellent drill ship as well,
she is totally unable, because of her ad
vanced nge, to cross the Atlantic.
The chief figures of tho chief medical
officer ot tho Prefecture of Police show
.that lunacy has increased in Paris,
Franco, in tho last sixteen years somo
thirty per cent. The inc.ioaso is duo to
tho prevalence of t v morbi I types,gcn
eral paralysis and alcoholic iusauity.
Alcoholic insanity is twice as prevalent
now A3 it was fifteen years ago. Almost
O third of tin lunacy cases are duo to this
disease, nnd tin tendency of it is to bo
come more violent and to show a more
marked homicidal character. A dreadful
pecularity of it is that it descends to the
children of its victims. The cxtremo use
fulness of many of the candidates for
the guillotine must have been observed
of lato years, and the explanation is
probably to bo found in alcoholic in
sanity. If tho Princu of Wules persists in his
reported intention of marrying his chil
dren into English families, observos the
Ban Francisco Exumiuer, he will give his
house a new lease ol popularity that it
needs. Albert Victor, the heir presump
tive, is to marry Priucess Jlury of Tcck,
who is practically au English girl. His
brother, Prince George, is said to be en
gaged to the daughter of an English
Duke. The eldest daughter is the wife
ot tlu Duko of Fife, and it is reported
that the second daughter is to marry an
English nobleman. Tho British nation
has shown a good dc d of irritation at tho
nmrriago of (juocn Victoria's children to
the little royalty of Germany. In ths
brave old days when England was made,
Englishmen and Englishwomen were
good enough for royal blood to mate
with, and the English people appear to
believe that the policy is a good one to
day. At last it has dawned upon the people ot
Northwestern Ohio, announces the Pitts
burg Dispatch, that thoir supply of nat
ural gas is almost exhausted. So confi
dent have they been in its performance
that the naturo of the discovery is almost
startling. To-day not more than one
tenth of tho manufactories iuNorthwost
ern Ohio are supplied with natural gas.
At the same time the supply for privato
consumption has been so decreased that
many a family has tossed tho gosburncr
into the back yard and returned to hick
ory and coal. Many others kept con
stant supplies of coal on baud ready for
emergency ut uuy time. Coal is also
bi.rned with the gas when it is low by a
majority of the consumers. Since gas
was first used for fuel hero the pressure
has decreased over 350 pouuds. Ths vol
u i.e, however, is sufficient for all the
drains upon it. The trouble is that the
pressure is too weak to forco the gas to
the burners. It lies sluggish and dor
mant in the mains, or in a state of inertia
in the rock and well.
kissino thb ncm,
O heart of mine, wo shouldn't
Worry sol
What we've mimed of calm w. couldn't
Have, you know I
What we'v. met of stormy pain
And ot sorrow's driving rain
We can better meet again
If it blow.
W. have erred in that dark hour
W. hav. known
When our tears fell with the shower,
AU alone
Were not shin, and shower blent
As the gracious Master meanlf
Let us temper our content
With his own.
Kor, we know, not every morrow
Can be sad ;
Bo, forgetting all the sorrow
W. have had,
Let us fold away our fears .
And put by our foolish tears,
And through all the coining years
Just be glad.
J. W. Riley, in Indianapolis Journal.
TI1E AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A
MANUSCRIPT.
BY CLIFTON E8DAILE.
NLIKE Franken
stein, my creator
loved the thing Bhe
bad created. Out
o f innumerable
scraps was I created,
and built upon a
disused skeleton ot
some old romance.
Nevertheless, I was
beloved and tender
ly nurtured.
When I say that my fair creator was
ambitious for me, you will, I trust, not
misunderstand her. Bhe craved no
jewels or costly raiment for her beloved
offspring; Bhe but asked that I might
live, and appear in print. My creator,
I have since observed with prido, was
very beautiful.
Tho first distinct recollection I have
is that my leaves fluttered together on
the dainty desk before which sat a sweet
girl-woman. In her hand she still held
a gold pen, but the ink on its nib was
quite dry, and she seemed buried in
thought.
I looked up at her rosponsively, and
she took mo up gently and read me in a
oft voice, which has ever since seemed
to me closely relatod to the sweet odor
of lilacs which were then blooming.
From that moment I lived. As I lay on
tho desk before her, there was a sudden
noise at tho lattice; then someone said
in a low voice, "Sister!"
My creator etarfed up so suddenly
that I knew Sister must bo bcr name;
and I always think of her by that name,
though I have since heard her called by
several others.
Sister went quickly to tho window.and
said, in a frightened whisper: "Jack,
why have you come here, and in broad
daylight, too? Uncle will storm so if
he finds it out, and I shall never be able
to reconcile him to you."
By this time a young boy, three or
four years younger than Sister, had
climbed in at the open window, and I
saw how much they looked alike; but
his manner, clothing, and voice were
quite different. All the people I have
mot in tho world, except Sister, are like
Jack men, I believe, they are called.
In the mean time Jack was asking her
for money. "I simply must havo fifty
dollars to-day, Sister; you can easily get
it out of uncle."
"No, Jack; ho will givo roe anything
i. the world but money; and that, be
says, he will not give me."
"So he knows my gentlo little Sister
would give it to naughty Jack? By the
way, Sis, I think a bean stalk would be
better for Jack to climb than a lattice
nnd a lilac-bush. Kindly see that it is
changed before I come again."
Jack had a roguish, merry face, and
Sister was evideully fond of him. I be
gau to feel a strange, sad feeling about
half way down my second chapter,
which I have learned siuce from conver
sation with other MSS. is not an uncom
mon ailment, and is named jealousy.
Sister looked cautiously around, then
flushing a little, said, "Jack, I am try
ing to earn fifty dollars for you."
Jack gave a low whistle of astonish
ment. "Poor little Sister, why, how
can you earn money f" be asked, looking
at the silk-robed figuro before him.
"I have written a story."
"You don't say 1" and Jack regarded
her with surprise and pride. "Wasn't it
hard to do?"
Sister came over to the desk and ca
ressed me with her pretty "hand. "At
first it was hard, but not when I really
got started. Oh, then, Jack, I loved
it."
It was sunset, aud the gay light flashed
on the pretty jewels in Sister's rings as
she patted me tenderly.
"But the trouble is, I must have the
money at once for "
A noise was heard in the ball, and,
without finishing his sentence, Jack slid
out ths window, and Sister hastily took
up a book. A rap on the door. Sister
went and opened it, still holding the
volume, with her forefinger between the
leaves.
A tall and handsome old gentleman,
entered, lie bowed with old-school
courtesy, saying: "It is such fine
weather, I have ordered the carriage.
Are you ready to drive?"
Sister looked into the kind though
severe face. "Yes, uncle; I should like
of all things this tweet evening to lake
u drive with you."
So she put on a pretty wide straw hat,
and went away with the old man, and I
felt lonely.
The Bunset had gone, the piuk aud
blue afterglow had alno left, and the
gray came in and tiuged everything,
until at lust the black came ami
swaliowed up what was left. I must
have gone to sleep then, for when I
awoke a great soft light shone in the
window, and Sister was standing before
it, saying, softly;
"How pale my white lilacs aro thero
in tho moonlight I" Then, as a slight
noiso was heard in the hall, she
whispered, "Is that you, Jefferson?"
"Yes, miss," came from a very black
old man, who entered and stood upon
the threshold, as if awaiting orders.
"Jefferson, have you saved up filty
dollars?"
"Yes, missie, I has dat; an', fo' do
lnnd's-sakc,missic, Jefferson dun' no' what
to done wid dat same fifty dollars."
"Jefferson, will you lend it to me?
There is something I want to get, and I
don't want uncle to know, and I will pay
you back ever so soon."
"I'a jest too pleased, missio. I was
goln' fur to ask you to keep dat money
fo' me fo' do present;" and the old man
hurried away.
Sister came and stood in the moon
light, and I saw she was crying, but she
only said, "Dear, kind old Jefferson I"
Presently ho came back, and banded
something to Sister, saying: "I thank
ye, missie, fur keeping of it forme;"
and he hurried away again.
Sister went to tho window. "Jack,"
sho whispered.
Then I heard loud voices, and she
handed the money out the window to
some one.
"Qod bless you, Bister I"
"Good-night; be a good boy, Jack."
Thon Sister came and knelt down by
the desk, and bcr beautiful hair rested
on my pages; then splash came two tears,
and so I was baptized.
I was not a nice child ; but that, I
am convinced, was my own fault. Bis
ter, however, thought I was delightful,
and though she ought to know, her
opinion was not corroborated by others.
I awoke one morning to find myself
being roughly handled for tho first time.
A great ugly man was seated by a huge
desk in a big office. Thero were many
other men somewhat like him, all sit
ting at groat desks in the same office,
but the particular man to whom I refer
was more disagreeable, I am convinced,
than any of the others.
He tore off tho paper wrappings in
which I had been swathed, and flung
them into a great capacious scrap basket.
At that time my knowledge of scrap
baskets was limited, but subsequently
this part of my education was corrected.
I fluttered nv leaves coqucttishly as he
glanced at mo, but I at once became
aware that he seemed to see through me
without looking at me. He fumbled me
over, reading a portion ot the last chap
ter, then said, sotto voce: "More trash;"
then, aloud, to a young man at the next
desk :
"Here, bundle this back. I think,
however, I tore the address, so look out
for it."
Then ho slipped a rubber band over
me, and I tumbled pell-mell into the big
basket after the shreds of my envelope.
At that time I was the only occupant of
tho basket, but in an hour, one after an
other, thirty other manuscripts were with
me iu the basket.
The youth who gathered us up seemed
in a hurry, and left me, with my torn
address, till the following morning; then,
having more time, I presume, he picked
me up, not unkindly, though he laughed
in an amused way, glancing down my
first page.
"Poor girl 1 (evidently a girl), she will
bo disappointed, doubtless."
Do you suppose he meant Sister)
At home again! And Sister did seem
disappointed; but she read the little
printed slip, and then wearily looked
over my leaves.
Noue were torn or soiled, so she kissed
mo gently, and directly I was sent on
another voyage.
My experience was much tho same as
before. The printed slip I brought back
was a different size and shape, and I ob
served with anguish that my dear crea
tor teemed worried, and I feared she was
disappointed in me, or perhaps growing
to dislike me, as others did.
One alternoon when I returned from
a peregrination longer than usual, I was
handed to my fair creator where she
walked in the sweet-scented green nnd
gold light of tho garden, accompauied
by a lull and handsome young man.
She sighed, "Again 1" as she received
me; then I trembled in her fingers, and
somehow my string became uutied, and
I escaped from my wrappings.
Her companion hastened to pick me
up, handling me with a consideration
no other man had evinced toward me.
Then he said to Sister, taking both her
pretty hands as he pluced me in her
keeping.
"Sweetheart, if you love me, why in
sist on this long, this endless delay?"
Sister looked down, and a tosy color
stole over her face, while her lips quiv
ered. "It is so hard to speak of. I have
contracted a debt, and, until I can repay
it by my own earnings, I cannot marry;
it would not be honorable; and no one
will publish my story."
She was still looking down, sad and
embarrassed, so she did not note her
companion's expression, but I thought
ho was about to rend the pale evening
air with a wild peal of laughter, so
sparkling were his eyes with mirth and
happiness.
Imagjne my astonishment on seeing
him quite grave when she lifted her eyes,
as he said; sympathetically:
"Yes, I uudeistand, dear. By-tho-way,
have you tried tbo Uushington
Publishing House?"
Yes; 1 had but just returned from
their commodious scrap-basket. He
seemed very kind. When be left us,
Sister took mo to her pretty silk-draped
room. Bhe sat by the open window,
aud I lay still in her lap, and wondered
from Title to Fiuish what I could do to
make bcr happy.
It was, I think, two days after that a
Utter lay beside me on Sister's desk. It
was from the house ot Gushington, and
contained a check for seventy-tivo dol
lars, and a note from the editcr stating
that by mistake I had gotten iu a pilo of
rejected MSS., and been sent to her by
his assistant without his knowledge.
Would she kindly overlook tbis,und per
mit his house the honor of printing- her
work?
Then you shouldsithve seen her. Bhe
was liko a glad June morning in her
loveliness. She laughed and cried all nt
once.
When I returned to tho editor's desk,
ho read me over carefully, then he ex
tracted quite a long letter from a pigeon
hole, and I had an idea it concerned my
self. This surmiso was correct.
The august presence deigned to per
mit a pleasant smile to play over his
features-like a flitting sunbeam as he an
swered tho letter sotto-voice: "True.dear
friend, we do sometimes print even worse
from one cause or another." Then I
was sent to press in tho hands of a sad
little "devil."
8ister and her husband have always
maintained a peculiar fondness for me,
but the rest of my readers say, "Strange
how this magazine is degenerating 1"
Do you suppose they refer unkindly to
me as I appear in "print." Harper's
Weekly.
About Kid Gloves.
A town called Grenoble, Franco, it
the place where most kid gloves corns
from; yet of the twenty thousand ot
more tourists who pass though the capi
tal of the Isere Department each year not
more than ton ever go out of their wny
to learn something of this great national
industry.
For it is national, as Franco holds the
chief position in the world in this lino
of commerce, and wherever you go you
are sure to find that tho best gloves are
of French manufacture. This success is
not due to a question of taste only, but
to excellence of workmanship also.
There is nothing mechanical about
glove making; it is all hand labor; there
fore experionced and skillful opeiativcs
are necessary to produce good merchan
dise. But as Frenchmen do not like to
leave their homes, it is the Belgians, tho
Germans and the Italians who go abroad
and devote themselves to the production
of an inferior kind of goods for toilet
purposes in other countries.
At Grenoble alone 1,200,000 dozen
pairs of gloves are manufactured an
nually. This represents a value of
$7,000,000 to $7,200,000, and this
gives employment to 25,000 workpeople
of both sexos. There are 4000 men and
21,000 women residing in a rayon of
thirty-eight miles around Grenoble who
live by this work. Glove making, thon,
is interesting from a social point of view,
as it is one of the few callings open to
female labor in which they can earn re
spectable wages without abandoning hus
bands, homes and little ones.
When I add that out of the $7,200,
000 worth of gloves in that region at
least $3)000,000 are distributed in wages
among an almost infinite number of fam
ilies, you can imagine tho anxiety with
which recent parliamentary deliberations
over the proposition to franchise the raw
material were awaited by the population.
A tax on skins brought into Franco
would have meant ruin to many hard
working people who get a comfortablo
living out of tho industry. New York
Recorder.
A Curious Mutiny.
There arc some curious points in tho
case of the mutineers on board tho
French ship Aime, who were recently
tried at St. Pierre, Newfoundland. Tho
vessel started from Bordeaux but had
not proceeded vory far upon its course
when the crew deposed the captain and
put him in irons. The first mato took
command. His purpose was to reach
the Azores. But in a few hours it be
came apparent that he did not know
what he was about. Accordingly, the
crew sought their ex-captain next day,
lashed him to a mast, and commando I
him to steer for the Azores. Ho refused
to do so unless he was releasod. The crow
set to work again on thoir own account
got more muddled than before, anil
finally accepted his condition. Forth
with he put the ship about, aad carried
them to St. Pierre, where thoy were
promptly seized, tried and condemned.
The extraordinary feature in all this is
the fact that the captain was tho only
man on board having any knowledge of
navigation, and the question arises
whether this condition of affairs is com
mon on French ships, or in tho mercan
tile marine of any other nation. In all
well found ships the first mate, at least,
is supposed to carry a master's certifi
cate. Boston Trauscript.
The American Sandwich.
"The great Amorican sandwich is now
an established National institution," said
Frank P. Brodlo at Hurst's Hotel. "Did
you ever think how the term originated?
A groat many people suppose that the
popular comestible is in some way con
nected with the Sandwich Islands. This
is a mistake, because the civilize'' vfWld
had sandwiches long before it knew it
had any Sandwich Islands. Anothei
popular fallacy is that the sandwich was
invented by the English Earl of Sand
wich, from whom it took its name. The
fact is, tho name of the man who foisted
the sandwich on the world is unknown.
It was known, however, iu the times of
the Itomau Empire, aud tho soldiers of
Claudius Coisar incluJsd it in their ra
tions. As an article of food tho sand
wich dates from tho time to which tho
memory ot man runneth not back. As
an instrument of torture und death it
made its advent with the first ruilroud
eating house.1' St. Louis Star-Sayiugs.
The "Facial Anglo."
What is cullod tho "facial angle" was
invented by Peter Camper, and first de
scribed by him iu a book published iu
1881. Its use is iu measuring the ele
vation of the forehead. One line is
drawn from the middle of tho ear to the
edge of the nostrils, and auother theuco
to the ridge of the frontal bone, and the
greater the angle the greater is supposed
to be the intelligence of the 'subject
measured. In the interior t to fa
cial angle is usually bctw ' aud
seventy ; with European ' seventy-five
to eighty-' . -uu
Frauchco Exawiue'
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
White tar is now.
Electric cranes increase.
Chess matches by telephone are
popular in England.
A mochanical lotter-stamper worked
by electricity is being tested at the post
office in Washington.
A German inventor has patented a
system of employing tho trolioy electric
system to propel boats on canals or
rivers.
Tho Industrial Society of Mulhouse,
England, oilers a silver medal for the
application, in any form, of electricity
to calico printing..
Immense bituminous deposits have
been discovered in Alsace, Germany, ani
no less than seven companies have re
cently beon formed to work them.
It is proposed to make the employ
ment of tho electric light in the German
factories compulsory in places where
artificial light is required during working
hours.
Professor Dewar, an English scientist,
found, in making some experiments wit,
liquid oxygen, that it has strong mag
netic properties, adhering closely to a
magnet until entirely dissipated.
Th" "utp'jt of the Baldwin Locomotiv.
Works, -Philadelphia Penn., last year'
was 918 locomotives, of which' 101 were
compounds. The output for 1890 ex
ceeded this number by thirty-five.
The iron work of the railway up the
Rigi, Switzerland, has been fouud to
suffer less from rust than that of the or
dinary surface roads. Tho ties aro won
derfully well preserved, those laid seven
teen years ago being still in good condi
tion. In popular histories of tho seven
wonders of tho world we read that the
Pharos, the first light-house, could be
seen at a distance of 100 miles. In or
der for this to have been possible the
Pharos must have been a inilo and a
quarter in height.
A new torpedo was recently tried at
Portsmouth, England. It is intended
for discharge under the water, and with
engines developing fifty-two horse-power,
it can realize a speed of thirty knots on
hour. The maximum diameter of the
torpedo is eighteen inches.
Down to the timo cf Homer, who
flourished 207 B. C, as little was known
of tho surfaco of tho earth' as is now
known of the interior. Greece was then
regarded as the center of tho earth, which
was then surrounded at the distance of
500 miles by the ocean river. Later tho
land was extended further and a United
form given to the old continent.
Very extensive and valuable deposits
of nickel have been found, at Sudbury,
the junction of the Canadian Pacific and
tho "Soo" Road about 130 miles oast of
Saul Ste. Marie. The mining is confined
largely to three companies, one of which
is au American company with headquar
ters at Cleveland, Ohio, and its works
represent an investment of between $1,
000,000 and $2,000,000.
To distinguish genuine butter from
oloomargarine the following test is recom
mended: Draw a knife through a ploc
of tho questioned butter and separate the
parts thus divided. If it ever saw the
insidoofa churn there will be watery
exudations in the track of the knife, but
if it is a combination of prepared and
disguised fat there will be a smooth
greasy surface only. This tost is largely
used by butter merchants.
Telltalo Shoes.
"Thoreis more character in shoos than
in any other article of a man's dress,"
said a Broadway shoe doalor, looking
out upon tho passing throng one dull
day. "A man may deceive the eye of
an export in every other particular but in
shoes. I mean tlie kind a-id the way ho
wears them. Walking is an involuntary
performance, and is not a matter of study
and stimulation. Every man will cer
tainly wear his shoes in a certain way.
And as a rule he will wear shoes that fit
his build, his business and his tempera
ment. In nine cases out of ten when ho
couios In here for a new pair I can toll
the kind ot shoe he will waut by tho
manner in which he has worn out the
pair he lias on whether on the toes, the
inside or outside of tho heels, on the ball
of tho foot, inside or outside of the
ball, or whether the rest of the shoe
gives out before the sole. Ho may take
some other kind, but he'll want the shoes
I seloct.
"Yes, sir, there's a deal of charactor
in the wear of a shoe. Every clever do
tcctive knows that. Givo a good de
tective the imprint ot a criminal's foot
on yielding soil and ho can sizo his man
up pretty well, especially if tho Blioo be
rather worn. That's the ouly thing a
man can't disjjuise. Lots ot first-class
detective stories have been written on
this, but there is nothing remarkable
about it to me. Tho individuality in a
footprint is the individuality of the
wearer of a shoe, and I've been noticing
that for thirty years." New York
Heruld.
A Famous Maine Mansion.
Tho old Pepperell mansion at Kittory
Point, Mo., built over 200 years ago,
has probably sheltered mora famous peo
ple than any other houso on this sido of
the Atlantic, with the exception ot
Mount Vernon and Monitcello. The
house was built by the first William
PeppereU, a great merchuut ami ship
builder of his time, who accumulated
vast wealth by trade, and his mansion
reflected the extent of his means. Fac
ing the sea aud surrouuded by a great
park where herds of deer disported, the
old mansion was a delightful place of J
residence. 1 he famous Sir illiam
Pepperell, son of tho builder, enlarged
and adorned the mansion at the time ot
his marriage, iu 1731. This William
Pepperell, tho only Amoricau baronet,
was a remarkable man. Ho was tho
richest man in the colonies, and had
at times as many as 200 vessels s'loat.
He was a successful General, and was
seen at Louishurg, and his politi ' ill
llueuco wtut very great, N 'k
bun.
HUNTING THE WILD JiOAR.
THE FAVORITE SPORT OF THE
GERMAN EMPEROR,
An Imperial Shooting Party Initia
ting av New Arrival V Boar
"Drive" Uniform of the Hunter.
While gemsboc or chamois stalking
appears to be tho favorite sport of the
rulers of Austro-Hungary and of Sax
ony, that of Emperor William and the
house of Hohenzollern is wild boar hunt
ing. This species of game abounds in
tho imperial preserves of Koenigs-Wus-tcrhausen,
of Lctzlingcn, of Goohrdc,
nnd of Springe, the latter quite near to
the ancient city ot Hamclin, celebrated
in legendary lore for its "pied piper"
and for its rats. Tho preserves nt
Goehrde are, however, those most af
fected by the young monarch, as they
were also by his grandfather, the lato
Emperor William. Persons invited tor
the first timo to these imperial shooting
parties have to go through a regular form
of initiation, somewhat akin to that
practised in the case of people "crossing
the line" for tho first timo at sea. Ou
the evening before the day on which the
hunt is to begin, and when the party
are assembled in the smoking and card
rooms of tho Jagdschloss after - dinner,
the yreat oak table in the dining room is
cleared and ornamented with several
linos of chalk. The Grand Huntsmen
von Kotze, or his deputy, Count Falk
enstein, thereupon, after receiv
ing the Emperor's finaf instructions,
selects a dozen members of the porty and
conducts them to the dining-room, where
thoy take their places around the table,
each armed with a wooden spoon of dif
ferent size. At a given signal the hunts
man in charge of the imperial pack of
bloodhounds, who has been statioued at
the entranco leading into tho dining
room, sounds the view halloo on his
horn, and immediately every one of the
wooden spoons is rubbed up and down
the oaken table in a manner that pro
duces a sound similar to that of the
noise made by a pack in full puruit. Tho
person about to be initiated is tbereupou
seized and blindfolded, after which the
doors are thrown opeu aud he is carried
into the dining-room and laid athwart
the chalk lines. Tho Emperor draws
his short hunting-kuifc, and after mak
ing several mystic passes with it in tho
air, strikes the prostrate body of the neo
phyte a smart How with the fiat of the
broad blade. The huntsman toots forth
the signal of "dead, dead," which is used
to call the pack off tho quarry, and tho
new-flodged "wordmen" is permitted to
struggle off the table and on to the
ground. I may add that the E.npcior's
blow with the huutiug-knifo is not the
only ono which tho neophyte receives
while stretched ou the table, nor does it
constitute the sum total of tho initia
tion, but only the conclusion thereof.
Indeed, there is sometimes n good deal
of rough horse-play on these occasions,
in which tho Emperor, who delights
therein, takes a prominent part.
The boar hunts on tho following day
partake of the nature of the chamois
drives, the only difference being that the
drivers, or "treibcrs," aro assisted in
their work by a carefully trained pack of
boar-hounds, which are ' accustomed to
obey the horn signals of the huntsman
in charge, and nro of much service in
driving the quarry from its lair iu tho
dense brush and underwood. Another
difference is that the shooting party in
stead of firing in the 'direction of the
drivers are under strict orders only to
tire away from them. That is, ono is
practically forced to wait until tho wild
boar rushed post before one's ride may
be levelled. Of course .it sometimes
happens that the boar, instead of charg
ing past, charges directly at one iu tho
most fierce and aggressive manner and it
is for the sake of being prepared for au
assault of this kind that each member
of the party is provided with a kind of
pike or lance, which goes by the euphon
ious name of a "sowpen."
The custome worn on these occasions
is au exceptionally hideous uuiforui,
specially invented and devised by tho
present Emperor. It consists of a
double-breasted frock-coat of gray cloth,
with grass-green lapels and collar, green
striped pantaloons, with high boots, and
a gray Tyrolese lint with a wide green
band. Any person who ventures to as
sert that the Emperor looks well thereiu
is guilty of a reckless disregard for tho
truth and of the basest flattery. For
the gray coat and hut, and especially the
green facings, cults, collar, an 1 hat
bund, only serve to intensify the bilious
tint of tho Emperor's complexion.
Harper's Weekly.
A rutliotic Scene.
It was only a sparrow, but the
sight of it, crouching timidly in
the judge's sheltering ban ), awakened
a tender interest. It ini such
a mild, melting iittto eye, and it regurdid
those around with such a trusting glunce,
that I really felt a syujputy for it
awakened within me. Tho judge's
daughter took the little creature in her
white and jeweled hands, aud was softly
smoothing down its feathers as she
leaned forward to the grute iu which a
hot bod of coals wal smoldering. The
bird saw an opening uudui tho grate,and
as the caressing hand was raised fiew out
aud lodged itself immediately underneath
the bed of red hot cals. The- small
party of lookers-on stoo 1 aghast with as
much horror as i it hail been a child.
Then there was a united effort to save Uuj
life of the little sparrow, but it was too
late. The draugut had drawu it up into
the fire, and it hod suffered but a mo
ment. A silence fell on the group of
observers that was ouly broken when a
shining t:ar was brushed iroin beiieuth
each eye. Atlanta (Ua.) Journal.
Arabia and the Horse,
By a great many people Arabia is sup
posed to be the home of the horse.
From ancient Roman, Greciau, and He
brew history it is readily learned that
the horse was unknown iu Arabia long
after he was a common factor iu the ule
id bouUiern Europe. Chicago Tiums.
Passing, I saw a woman fair and sweet
Wit I. lilies at her feet;
A flash of triumph on her lifted face
A if her soul victorious in iU race
In Love's ethereal flight unlettered sprang
through space.
I saw her ono. again, her sad eyes wet
With limitless regret,
Pallid with countless wounds that hidden
bled;
Th. lilies inhor pathway lying dead.
Yet, in despair, sublime hor soul still swept
o'erhead,
Crowned by its own dofeat.
Mrs. Whiton-Stone, in Iioston Transcript,
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
ATTAINMENT,
A double chin when two womoa
meet.
You can't measure a girl's lovo by )U
sighs. Elmira Gazette.
Of two women chooso the one that ,
will have you. Texas Sittings.
a : s.n :.nnnn. i. t .. r An v
upniu aims iui;idt3t:i4 lUU tllllU. Uli wot IV ,
Dut ic is siiu Duoyant. uoston tieraia. i
Nebraska has au Indian lawyer. Ot ;
course ho is a Sioux. Minneapolis Tri- ,
bune.
Tho dark ages are the ones that elderly
Bpiustcrs refuse to divulge. St. Joseph
News. '
It is When the turney is is .oven
that the cook studies Browning. Lowtr.
Courier. .
A literary man becomes a nobleman
when ho is barou of ideas. Lowell
Courier.
A statesman can always got a pull by
going to the dentist's office. Biugham
ton Republican.
There aro too many people in the
world who use their nest eggs to mako
-r A .1. : . nui...
LUKU Ul niUUIBUU UTIUIJC. -
Smiles that crack in the middle witli
their metallic hardness convey but littlo
cordiality. Charleston News.
When wild young rnou start out for
fun they are going to have it it they have
to fight for it. Dallas News.
Of course it is possible Jpr
to bo "fair and square but wc ike hor
better if she is round. Bostoa Post.
TkA .1. !...,. .!, 1 :
of knowing that thoreis always sonic- ;
body thinking of him. Columbus Post
Mrs. Bacon "What a sour look Dr,
Pill has." Littlo Minnie "I guess he
takes his owu medicine, mauin
Statesman.
Stephen Tehee has been olected se
chief of the Cherokeo Nation. A
we should gigglo. Memphis Appt
Avalanche.
A man's character is liko a pb
graphic negative It is black I
has been subjected to tho cneuiistry c
circumstances.
"Did Ann gain much by going to
Vassar?" "Yes. She gained au E on
the end of her uame. She is Anne now." '
Brooklyn Life.
"A man can accomplish a great deal,"
said tho Missouri Judge, "if he only hi
time therefore I give you four yoiTrs.''
Columbus Post,
"This is a bad sign," says Hicks, as
the shingle of Bludboory, Blithers & Co.
has blown from its place ami lauded ou
his high hat. Harper s li.iz ir.
The man who never puts off till to-
morrow what ho can do to-day must in
evitably eat a groat deal more thau is
good for him. Somcrvillo Journal.
"Let's go into the restauraut and got
something to eat." "But I'm not. ho
gry." "That's no matter; you will .
before you get anything." Tid lJits.
'Why do you go to the concert if yc
don't cure for music?" "To amuse ut
self. You have no idea how happy
fcol when it's over." Flicgendo Bluett
Patient "Doctor, I fancy, some
I've got a touch of the gout." Doc
"Fancy, my dear sir! If you bud
wouldn't fuuey you'd know." (
He "I never cau undenitaui
but I suppose that's natural."
"Why?" He "Well, I suppo
possible, for a pretty girl to be p
New York Press. '
"I am afraid that George is triflir
me." "Why, dear?" "Ho has
telling mo I am too good a woman
the wife of such a man us ho is.'
diauapolis Journal.
New Clerk "Whet do tho jobb
mean by putting 'c. o. d.' on all
pockuges they send us?'1 JeVeler
guess they think we aro a little lisliy.'
Jeweler's Weekly.
WatU "Every man has his o
secret sorrow, I guess." Potts
indeed. Even the happiest appear
man has a skeleton in his midst."
diunapolis Journal.
"All is fuir in love and war, isu't"it.
she said. "I don't know," ho replioi
doubtfully, "I've beeu iu love a good
many times, but 1 never was married. ".
Detroit Free Press.
'How are you coining ou with your
tragedy?" "Better than I expected. I've
killed off all thiriucipal characters ex
cept two ami they ait not ou sperrtnt.
terms." Texas Siftiugs. -
"A cynio U aiuuu who is t!ied of tho
world, isbeuotC'tho youug Wni"gTtit-.'0
stud'-nt raked. "No, no, my child," rt-'
plied the knowing tutor. " V cynic is a
man of whom the world is tiro J."
"What did tho minister preach
ubout?" asked a lady of her littlo sou,
who had uttuuded church, "iio preached
ubout two hours, ma," said tho
small hopeful. Detroit Free Pres.
The Smallest Shoe Stim.
The Boot and Shoo Week I
'he smallest shoe store i
is a little shop ut "
street. It's widili
meut, it says, "is.juit ..
three inches L . weeu witlls,
its solo occupant, us he sits wi
against ono side, burcly moiu
his work and swiug his hammer
touchiug the oppoaitu side,"
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