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I L REST JKE 4? i k I' i I Germany charges GreatBritaintvTlh trying .to disturb the peooo of Eu rope. Australia bad Inst year 07G0 miles ol railway open. Tbo capital expended on them has been S337.000.000 j tire not revenue over workiug oxpeuses is 24tier cent. Belgium, liko Italy, has adopted Iho "wonly-four-doy method of marking time for railway, post and tolegraph ; and the 'old distinction- of a. m. on 1 p. m. is to bo abolished. Japan haa a praotienliy inexhaust ible supply of con!, but it is not liknd, because its combustion prodacus donee roliimos of eraoko and makes it . disagreeable iu factories and ou .. steamers. Of the criminal population of the New Y6:k Stale prisons 2001 are now . ferving their first term, Ciy are Borv- JUg ille"r 8eojn 'orQ, 823 nnv V'served more than one previous term, whils 117 are of confirmed and de cided oritniual toudouoies. A scholarship of American history has been founded by the Ndw York Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The sum of $250 per annum is to be devoted to tbo purpose, and the student passing highest in a competitive examination will be entitlod to pursue, for two years, the highest course in American history taught by Barnard or Colum bia College. f, Sinoe 1820, when immigration sta istios first began to bo kept, tbero Jpave come into the United States to live 17,544,G!)2 forciguers, or almost exactly the present entire population of Spain and half a milliou moro than .the entire population of England in 1851, and over four timos the present . population of Scotland. It might also be .remarked that this is 1,000,000 more peoplo than there are in all Asi , atio Turkey,' ond about eight and one half times tbo present population of Oreeoe. . A now idea in finishing railroad cars has just been introduced by the - New York, Ne.w Haven and Hartford .railroad, notes the Pathfinder. It consists in covering the outsido of the ar with' a thiu shenting of copper, iu toad of paint and varnish. The new fluish is put on more quickly and is nondurable than paint and varnish. . The copper may bo oxidized before it is put on or. lolt to the natural oxi dizing influonce of tbo air, which soon develops a handsome color. About 1000 pounds of the Bheet copper ore required to. finish one car. It is Btrango, marvols the New York Tribnne, that American business moo persist in packing goods carelessly and unintelligent! for export to Mexico andiSonth American oouu tries, inas much as ty ure constantly told that they are thereby hurting their market. ' The United States Consuls in Mexico bavo again called attention to this matter, but their warnings will prob ably be unboodod. If the American merchants don't want the market of the Western Hemisphere, very well. But if they do, then it is surely worth their while to pay attention to tho idiosyncrasies of the people whose trado they seek. . The lst thing out is the music " euro, which is being exploited in Muu ioh. A harp is attached to a rocking chair in suoh a way hat when the pa tient rooks the harp twangs, and there . you are. This may be all very weil iu 'its way; but what is really wanted is a cure for the misguided people who think they can play on pianos, harps, flutes and things, though they really cvn't The New York Tribune main line that if the Munich rjrisio cure, Ljr the way, should be attached to tho rockers of tbe American summer ' resort hotel, the summer hegira to Europe would be greater than eve, though we don't believo that Munich would reap much advantage from it. A correspondent of a London paper laments the "swaggering nomencla ture oftbe British Navy." Another correspondent suggests that suoh names as Bounoer and Insolent, which Lave erewhile adorned ihs list, should be replaced by something in a differ ent tone tho Ritualist, lor iustauce, or the Thoughtful Badicul. Some years ago a classical poet iu Englaud likened the Ironclad to a rhinoceros, ami it is rather a wonder that the Ad miralty Lave not before this adopted the tyiuie of that powerful and self-ns-ktrting onimnl. These are his lines : O Couoeutration of brute force, ltliluoccros of tho doups! O uly Doles, on wlio.se chores No soft L.ituua eltojjs! v Bcitut room In thee for birth or lovo 'ilid Monster's furnace boru, The Iron-throated cun? above, lielow tbo rising bora. A BONO OF RIGHT, Faint fatalists will shiver Behind tholr coward creeds, When like a mighty rlvor The new-bora ph'ilnnx speeds, All hoarts on Are with one desire To win by noble doeds. For whore tba earlh was sod Jin With manv blttnr nr. From those whom Might had trodden witn iron beols for years, A spirit brlirht, the prince of Bight, A templo fair uproars. And In Its precincts holy None shall havo hardihood To claim nbovetho lowly A place for birth and bloo I, Fornono shall rise at any prlco, Except by dolug good. THE WER oFToVE. BY ANNA 6HEILDS. '.F ever a spoiled baby grew to a spoiled child, and t"ttt baby, Js&'WtfW riTeJ ' the last Clarence Parker reached his twenty' nun year, mis latner ieit tnis scene of earthly change when Clarence was a crowing youngster of two years, and his mother, the sweetest tempered lit tle woman to be found, immodiatelv commenced a system of indulgence ad mirably calculated to make a milksop ol tier only eon and tbe Loir to his father's large estate. That he did not grow up vioiouswas probably due to the faot that he fairly idolized bis mother, and would not have grieved her for any amount of self gratification. Also, it must bo confessed, because he was too indolent to care to seek pleasure that did fall directly aoross his path. Ho had been educated by a private tutor, till ha entered eollege, had graduated there and traveled through iuropo with liis mother. Mrs. Parker was a little woman, a mere mite besido hor tall, stalwart boh, who called her by a thousand pot diminutive names, in half a dozen lan&nagep. She was bluo eved. fair haired and daintily pretty, neat to the extromo of nicety, gentle, low voiced and exquisitely feminine, yet withal witu a wen storeii mind ami an intol lect that made her a obnrming com panion, even for her co'logo fledged son. Many a suitor had tried to win her from her ono devotion, but in vain ah ucr love mat was not lier son a was buried iu his father's crave, and she never put oil the soft grays, purples ana central tints ol second mourning. "When you are married, Claire, I will buy one pink rose in honor of tho oocosiou, . rhe would say. But at twenty-live, Clarcnco bad never giveu her occasion to think of tbo piuk rose. I bavo said bo was spotted, and in a certain sonte he was. Without any vicious tendencies, be looked the am bition and energy that ure the attri butes of a true, manly nature. Tall, strong, in perfect health, handsome as a younsr Apollo, he was content to (lawdlo through life, spending his am ple income upon dress, jewolry, opera tickets, a well-appointed equipago, aud the meaus of a lazy, usoless ex istence. And his mother, proud of his beauty, bis polished courtesy of man ner, his devotion to herself, asked no more. But she was a truly loving womau, and when Clarence was twenty-five was willing to concede her throne ia his affections to a younger, stronger lovo, tho love that would brighten her son's life with home happiness whon her scepter was in tho collin. And half proudly, half regretfully, she recoguizod the fact that the ideal of womanhood he had foundod upon her example made him far too fastid ious in his intercourse with the girls of modern eociety. A loud voice an noyed him, A brusque maunor dis gusted him. "When I find a young lady as gen tle, refined aud lovely as yoursolf," ho would say, "I will move heaven and earth to win ber. Until then, let me enjoy my liberty." it was in the late spring ond Mrs. Parker was preparing for her annual removal to her oountry seat at Chest nut Hill, when a letter reached her from ber cousin and life-long friond iu Ohio, begging ber to take charge of his only daughter for a few months, while he was absent upon a trip to the far West, ne wrote : "You have so often ur,?ed mo to allow Myn to pay you a visit that I do not hesi tate now to a-k your bospiialliy for ber. I i-auuot well take her with rac, a. we aro a party of uluo meu upon a prospootluii jaunt. 1 do not like to leavu her hore aldiie. Will you add to your kludutus by tistuit tho on nlosod check for hor dress. We bavo lived In this lonely suolusiou hu Iouk that I do not doubt her whole attire will b ulurtliiiKly primitive, aud she bus uo friouda bore lo bolp her solout Uoory." There was much more, read aloud to Clarence, with this explanation: "My cousin John became a hermit when his wife died, ten years ago. Ho is wealthy, and a man of loaning, but be has buried himself for years upon a lonely farm. 1 have urged him of ton to send Myra to a good school, and let her make ber home with me, but be said the child was bis only comfort, and I believe they have been insepar able from ber babyhood. She is let me see she must be nineteen." Clarence made a grimace. "When does she come?" Le asked. "Thursday. We shall bo at Chest nut Hill, but you eau come into tbe city to meet bur." "Certainly." And at the appointed time, iu a fuultloss suit ol summer gray, Mr. Clurence Parker drove his carriage aud ooal-blaok horses to the ujopot. The train was just in, aud be watched the passengers stream by till one an swered his ideas of hia expected Ouusiu. A girl, very tall, very straight and' very handsome, in a dark, Southern stylo, dressod in ill-fitting gray linen, with a plaid abawl on her arm, walked past him to the dressing-room, with a free, graceful step and poise of her glorious head eminently suggestivo of country life in the Wost. ".She is a perfect squaw," Clarenee thought, slowly following hor to the ladies' room. The next momont, gracefully bowing, he asked : "Havo I the pleasure of greeting Miss Myra Delano, my cousin?" "Ah, yon are Clarence I" she said, showing two dazzling rows of teeth in a smile of frank pleasure. "Is Cousiu Clara here?" "My mother is at Chestnut Hill.but I havo ray carriago hore to drive von out of town. Shall I take the checks for your I aggage?" "I am desperately hungry," she an swered, "could wo get somothing to cat whilo tbe trunks aro being carried out?" ''Here? I could drive you to a quieter restaurant" "No.no; here I I could eat fried whale, I am bo starved. I have bad nothing but gingerbread and apples sinoe yesterday noon." There was no resisting such an ap peal, and Clarence led tbe way to the depot restaurant and oflored his cousin the bill of fare. It being one of his great points in feminine perfection that the appetite should be delicate and needing coaxing, he was abso lutely shocked to see Myra Delano eat. onou an indiscriminate iu ruble of provisions would hove mode his mother ill for a month; but Myra hoortily enjoyed steak, exc. coffee. pie, rolls, cakes, oysters, anything and everything, as the waiter put it bofore ber. She was not rudo, did not eat with her knifo or hor fingers ; but she had not one of tho little dainty tricks of mannor tnat mado Mrs. Parker s table etiquette so charming; and Clarenoe, trilling with bis own luuohoon. won dered if iu six mouls he could eat as much as this "eqnow" eat in one. In bis own mind he christened her "squaw," though ho was far too courteous ovor to epoak bo of her, even to liis mother. All through the long drive home, But) chatted, frankly as a child, of her journey, her home, her anticipations of pleasuro in ber visit, and, while hor voice was clear, ringing and musical, hor language was well chosen, giving no jar to Clarence's fastidious taste, though he wished her tone more sub dnod. But her dowdy hat, her cotton gloves, her Btout leather boots, her untidy hair were oil an offense. In bis first hour alone with bis mother, he implored her to buy some dresses for their guest that were not two sizes to big und seven sizes too short. Aud Mrs. Pjrkor, utterly over whelmed by tho tall, handsome girl thrown upou her care, found her life suddenly burdened with unwonted re soonsibility. First, there was a daily fight to settlo between Lucillo, hor own Fronch maid, und Myra. "But, madame, the dresses nevare will fit, nevare, if mam'soUe will not wear ze corsot, or lot me make ze fit," tho maid would protest. "I cannot breathe, all pressed up so, Cousiu Clara," Myra would remon strate, "I should stifle iu an hour." It was didlcult to compromise, but Mrs. Parker, by exorcising the patience and geutloness natural to ber, finally prosontod Myra in a well chosen wardrobe that gave her the freedom of lunge and movement she craved, and yet set off the magnificent figure. Tbe girl's owu utter ignorance of dress amazed tbo little lady of fashion. She found that a half-yearly visit to the nearest town, an order to tbe dress maker to make warm drosses for win ter and eool ones for summer, com prised Mvra's idea of dress. Scrup ulously cleanly, she was absolutely itnout vanity, and as pleased as a child to note tbe improvement in ber looks produced by a becoming ar rangement of ber abundant raven hair, and the tasteful broach of bright color in ber carefully appointed dress. Tbe first time Clurence saw her in a dress of black silk tissue with a dash of vivid crimson here and t hero, at the throat, in tbe glossy braids of hair, the sash and sleeve knots, be was ab solutely amazed at her beauty. "If only she was not such a savage. bo thought, regretfully. liut there was not one hour of tbe day that she did not jar upon his fas tidious ideas. He rode with her at her request, aud told Lis mother, confidentially, that he never imagined anything but an Indian or a circus rider could so mauago a horse. He sang with her, and fouud that he must actually exert himself to prevent his doep baritone notes being over powered by hor ringing, powerful voice, full of sweetness audmusio, but utterly uncultivated. Ho found her iu tbe cordon, driv ing the gardener distracted by ber criticisms upon his plants, and prov ing all her theories by transferring roots with ber own bauds to spots of ber own selection, where tbey invari ably improved. Ho caught ber in tbe woods, prac ticing with a revolver, shooting ut a mark ; aud she pathetically told him she was all out of practice, aud ouly hit her m irk six times in nine. "I suppose there is uu shooting to bo had here?" she said, dolefully, aud thou described huuts she had takeu with ber father, iu the far Wetteru woods and plains, us if ehootiug deer aud squirrels were every day affairs iu a youug lady's life. i-vory uuy Clureuco fouud some prejudice rudely shocked aud every day he fouud new fusciuution iu Myra's society. There wus au irresistablu charm iu tbe very frankness of bur maunnor,the daring of her movements, that were tree as a child's but never awkward or abrupt. She was absolute ly iguoraut of ull feminine pursuits. kuew nothing of sewing, housekeeping or tho numberless accomplishments that mado Mrs. Parker so fascinating. And yet she had an instinctive avoid ance of any uncouth or rude speech or act. As Clarence once told bis mother, the was thoroughly gentlemanly. She told Mrs. Parker onco, in a sudden fit of sharaefacodness for her ignorance of womanly duties, that bIio never knew a lady. Her father was not willing to have her associate with tho neighbors' wives or their daughters, aud their ouly servant was an old Bailor, who oooked for them. AU Bowing was done iu town, and sent out to them, and when the garments needed mending, tbey were sent to the orphan asylum. "Am livery dreadfully" she asked, in perfect sincerity. "You are not at all dreadful? But I think it would pleaso your father if yon learned some womanly accom plishments." "I could make him more comfort ablet I never knew what a dreadfully rudo home we havo till I oama here. Our piano is in tbe kitchen, and papa's books are everywhere. I don't suppose youug ladies here have a rifle, revolver, riding-habit and hat, whip and fishing rod iu their own rooms, but I have all of these. As for work-boxes and orocbet-neodles, I never owned either one or the other. But if you will teaoh me, Cousin Clara, I will learn to sow and cook, and make home pleasant." And Cousin Clara, won from the first by the bright, beautiful girl, will ingly taaght her all she wished to loarn. It was 'only in brief snatches she could learn. Sewing worried her ; oooking smothered ber; housekeeping aocounts bothered hor. Yet gradually she was toning down. Only tho spirit of mischief pos sessed ber whou Clarence was near. Knowing all his fastidious tastes, all bis indolent, dilettante wayi, she de lighted to jar npon the one, and shake him out of tbe other. She roused a new ambition in his mind by keenly pointed saroasms at his effeminate pur suits. She challenged him to races, shcnting matches, pedestrian trips, and fairly drovo him about by the laughiug lash of her witty tongue. It was curious to note how they came by degrees to a level, the one shaking off unmanly indolence, the othor softening masculine traits, whilo tbe little winded god of love hid, laughing, unsuHpected by either. Mrs. Parker found him out first. Loving Clarenco above all else on earth, her mother instinct taught ber quickly tho reason of tho change in him, the influence that was giving bim an erect carriage, a new light of energy in bis great dark eyes, an added inter est iu the affairs of his own fortune, seeking fur channels where it might flow to benefit others as well as him self. And reading the secret Clarence as yet did not himself suspect, Mrs. Parker exulted in her heart to see how Myra was just as surely bowing her lree, frank nuturo to the yoke of lovo, softening her manner, toning down her joyous ringing voice, training ber bands to womanly work. , Autumnal winds were scattering tbe crimson leaves when John Delano came to New York for tho first time in ton years, and was the guest of Mrs. Parker in her city borne, to which the family had just returned. He came for Myra, thinking of ber happiness to come back to her free life, and sbo grew pale at hia loving caress, "What ails the child?" Le asked, turning to his cousin as Myra left tho room. "She was never so quiet as that in her life before." "You will know soon, John, No, you may know now I" said Mrs. Parker, pointing, as she spoke, across tho ball to tbe library, where Clarenoe had risen as Myra entered. Just one long look iuto the two faces satisfied the father. "It will be well with her when I am gone," he said, half sadly ; and when Clarence came to bim to win his con sent to wed Myra be received bim cordially aud gladly. "it will be lonely in the old home, Le said, and Myra, clinging to him, besought him to go back no moro to the solitary life ol tbe past. "We need you here," she pleaded; and Mrs. Parker endorsed tbe petition. After the wedding of the young folks and their home-coming to tho new house Mrs. Parker insisted upon their ocoupying, Cousiu John fell iuto the habit of speuding bis evenings with Clara. They wero to lonoly, these middle-aged pooplc, each de prived of a comrnuiou of years. They missed the "child" who bad been the center of all love for each, and, talk ing often of thoir mutual loss and gain, drew tbeir Bore, lonely hearts into close communion, uutil Myra, walking iu upou her husband "oue morning, auDouuced: "Claire, I havo been to see your mother, and father was there, aud guess?" "Well, I guess that after this who ever goes to see my mothor will bo very likely to find your father there." "Yon knew?" "Not a word! Is it settled?" "Yes. They iusist upon a quiet wedding in church, aud we can oease to fret any longer about cither one or tbo other missiug you or me." It was quite true. The powor of lovo that bad eo softened and improved Myra, so ennobled Clurence, had drawn the bitterness of their early widowhood from tho hearts of John Delauo and Clara Parker, aud shed benign light over two happy homes. Now York Ledger. Cost of New Freucb Artillery. The introduction of the new quick firing artillery iu tbe French army will oost jf jO.OJO.OO!). The uow Canet gun delivers flvo 110-pouud shells at a range of four aud a half miles iu ono minute. "Did you ovor feel nervous iu pub lie speaking?" asked au emineut man of Mr. Gladstone, "iu opening a sub ject, often," raid Mr. tiludstoue; "to reply, never." THE MERUIT SIDE OF LIFE. STORXE9 THAT ARE TOLD BT THK FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Warning Iter ljiist Kesort Kyiial to iho Occasion Knows Ills 1'ln.co All Kljtht Klcrco Fighting;, Ktc. When your donr (jlrl (ra7.es at yon. With n Klunco to melt yon thiougb, Don't Imutflii", like a stupid, That hor thoughts are all ot you- Ten to one hnr daluty miidiiR Is construct od on this wis-: "When wii'ro mnrrle 1, won't I break bim Of his horrid tasto In thw." Detroit Journal. ilF.H LAST UESOIIT. no "Why did Miss Oldly take to the violin?" She "Because thcro's a bow goes with it." Detroit Free Press. A DEFINITION. Teochor "James, can yon tell me what is meaut by a cubio yard." James "I don't know exactly, but I suppose it's a yard that the Cuban children play in." Boston Traveller. E(JtJIi TO THE OCCASION. "Why, A lice, you don't mean to toll me that you accepted whon ho pro posed ou the 13th?" "Yes, I did. 1 knew it would be bod luck to refuse." Detroit Free Press. KNOWS HIS PLACE ALL I1IOHT. "The laboring mau does not seem to know his place at all," said the effete person from uerois the rca. "He don't, eh?" said the American farmer. "Just you sit around till dinner's ou the table." Cincinnati Enquirer. riEitCE FKinriNO. General Weyler mopped his humid brow. "This has been a hard-fought battle," said he. "It has, indeed," his Seoretary hastened to say. "I have punched throo holes in my typewriter ribbon." Cincinnati Enquirer. roon itEoy. Maud "We're gotting up a gamo of progressive euobre, aud aro trying to resurrect a fow prizes. Haven't you some littlo trinket or othor to con tribute ?" Begy "What's tho matter with taking mo?" Maud "Oh, we have a bobby prize already." WOMEN IN FlNANCrj. Mrs. Cobwigger "1'mgoingto draw my money out of tho bank, dear, and put it in tho ono where Minnie keeps her accouut." Cobwigger "Do you think it a safer bank?" Mrs. Cobwigger "Thore's no com parison. Thoy give you check books with lovely gilt edges." II i FOLLOWED THE TEXT, Barrou "..-lorry you can't como in, Van Tiutram, How was tho ser mon this morning?" Van Tiutram "I didn't bear tbo sermon ; but tho text was good." Uarron "Indeed I What was it?" Van Tintram "It was that beauti ful passage 'He giveth His beloved Bleep.' " Brooklyn Life. HUN OUT OF DENTISTS. Tenderfoot Dentist "Why, some body has simply drilled your teeth without tilling them?" Fizonwood Peto "That's right, pard." Tenderfoot Dentist "Wh what was tho matter?" Pizenwood Pete "Yer Fee, I con't keep t'um shootiu' ever' time a nerve's teched 1" Chicago Becord. AS ESCAPE FROM BCI'FERINd. "It is remarkable," said tho man who dabbles ia science, "that huiuau beings should show so littlo intelli gence when thoy are very youui;." "That," replied tho bachelor, "is another evidence of the gre it wisdom ot nature. In case tbey happen to bo tho cbildreu of prominent parents, it prevents their being afflicted by tho pootry written about them." A CONFESSION. "Honestly, doctor," said tho man who prides himself ou betug skeptical, "isn't there a great deal of imagina tion in your profession?" "To bo oaudid with you," replied tho physician, "I think tuore must bo. A number of my patients seem to iui agiue they havo paid my bills iu full, whou as a mutter of faot they haven't even given me a dollar ou uocouut." Washington Star. EXHAUSTED RKSorHCEl "What art you bothering your father about?" asked the boy's mother. "I want him to tell mo a story, aud bo says ho doesn't know auy. " "Perhaps ho will make up oue as bo goes along." "1 asked him to. But bo said bo bad becu tontifyiug before an investi gation committee all day und it had used up ull his uirtcrial." ashiug ton Stur, -IHS CONVF.ltSATIO.NAL EFFORT. Ho did not kuow much about pic tures, aud wheu shu spoke of a gill frieu l's achievements with the brush, ho wus a littlo at sea. He said "yes'' and "no" with reusouublo uocuruoy, uutil hho bappeuud to fcuy : "What I am especially disposed to praise is her coloring." "Her coloring!" he echoed with alacrity. "It's tuperb ! Youkuoi:,l always did admire bionics." Wash ington Star. Tbo inau who would help mankind must be willing to be called a crank, tiUIEXTlFIO AXD INDUSTRIAL. Salicylic acid, borio acid, borax and formaldehyde are some of tho chemi cals added to prevent milk from sour ing The sanitary condition of Madrid, Spain, leaves much to be desired. During tho week from January 3 to 9 the bilths wore 302, tho deaths 437. Eagles do not have different mates every season as do birds gonorally ; they pair for lifo, and sometimes oc cupy tbe samo noot for many years. Most British geologists aro now prepared to admit that the earth has passed through several glacial periods, instead of only ono, as is oommonly supposed. In tbo mountains of Sweden, Norway and Lapland all vogotation would bo destroyed by the Norway rats were it not for the whito foxen, that make special game of the rodents. When we look at the sun we Bee him, not where bo actually is, but where ho was about eight minutes and eighteen seconds ago ; his true place is tbon al ways in advance of his apparent place. The Frankfurter Zoitung claims that au important medical discovery has been made in Frankfort, namely, a method of communioatiug to the hu man systeji tbo effects ot iodine, bromine, mercury, morphium, iron, etc, by means of electrolysis, instoad of via tbo stomach. It thinks it will lead to a now science and practice of therapy. A loug scries of organic, iuorganis and vogotable pigmeuta have been ex perimented with to determine their rolativo permanency on ootton liber. Tbe universal pigments were found to bo tho more onduring, romaining un changed by sunlight and moisture after 3GG days. Authracono pigments rank next. Tncu comes auiliuo black, whilo rosoline is least stable Vege table dyes are almost oqual to anthra cene, but depend on a mordant for their fastness. 'Power for tbo Junfrou Eleotrio Book ltailroad will bo supplied with two waterfalls producing 4500 horso power. Iho steepest grados will bo 1 iu l.nnd tho minimum radius of curves 328 feet. The conductors will bo over head. " Thrco trains, holding 200 passengers, will bo kept moving at the samo timo. The length of tbo line is 7.6 miles, and tho total riso is 6555 feot. Tho Bpoed is limited to 5.3 milc.i an hour, tbe trip taking Ofl minutes. Tho cost is estimated at $2,000,000. Clerks Celebrate Their Promotions. "I do not kuow when it was started," observed an old War Department clork, "but for tho past forty years I know it has been tho custom for every clerk to culobrate his promotions iu salary by hauding around cigars to his fellow-clerks in tho soma division. It was a simple enough matter when I first entered the War Department, but now, when some divisions havo hun dreds of clerks, it is rather a serious affair. Woe be to tho clerk who hands around a poor cigar on such an occa sion. The cigars must be of tho best. Tbo proper thing ol lute years is to let a mossongcr hand tho cigars around, with tho compliments of tho donor, though in olden timos the promoted clork always handod them about per sonally. Tho box must go with the cigars, so that every oue can soe exact ly what kind of a cigar is being dealt out. Tbe saw, 'a man is known by tbe company bo keeps,' has been for such oooasions turned into 'a man is known by tbe cigars ho hands around.' Tbe sumo or a similar custom may exist iu some of the other departments, though I have never heard of it. Tho cases Lave been rare where promoted clerks do not celobrato. Now and then clerks give dinners und suppers to the clorks in their own room ou occasions of this kind, but the cigars have to go around to tho eutiro division to have the cole brat ion perfectly regular." Washing ton Star. Says He Is Able to Jlako tiold. Benjamin Brazelle,of St. Louis, Mo., Boientisl and inventor, claims to Lave solved not only tho problem of tho transmutation of metal, but of the trausmntatiou of clay into gold, silver, iron and other metals. More than this, Lo claims to Lave discovered the true source of electricity, aud Bays that by it be is enable 1 to work tho marvels ho has in store for tho futue. All tbe kuown laws of chemistry aro to be revolutiouized and tho dreams of al chemists are to become practical reali ties. 13 y aottil test, Mr. Brazello asserts, ho has ohauged silver into gold and gold iuto silver. The trans mutation of metals ho considers tbe most insiguiflout part of the discover ies ho has made a ircio nothing ia comparison with tho feat of changing clay iuto gold, silver, iron, calcium, alumiuium, gluucinium aud fifteen other metals not kuown to science, whose qualities Lave not yet been do toruiiucd by the discoverer. Mr. Brazello advances the ' thoory that metals are endowed with life and grow tho s.inio as uuy plant when placed under tho proper conditions. A com paty backed by strong capital bus be gun tho erection of a plant at Fuirlawn, St. Louis, to test Mi'. Brazello discov eries. Chicago Hecord. A Sl'Mv tiuiiiif Postal Card. A pjstut o.krd that repaired fiftoeu years to travel ninety nine miles breaks tho record for tlovv postal de livery, It was mailed iu Leicester, England, iu June, l.vSI, und has jiidt been received iu Loudou. Tbo address was pl iiuly writteu on tho curd, uud uo ono knows wherj it Lai becu all this timo. Ltmdou Work of Salvationists, Last year tho Salvation Army iu London provided 3,2-1, 'J17 meals aud ,33'J,2 10 lodgings for the pour. It received iu pay $1'JO,000 aud iu con tributions S'J1,17j. THAT'S WHO I Who hypnotized rue with ber ways Until my heart wns all ablaze With love, and every nerve appeared To bo, liko lightning, double geared? Luciuda. Who llsloned to my earnest picas, And warmed toward me by decrees Until she called me Sam, and snld I'd sort o' turned hor littlo head? My swoctheart. Who lot me kiss hor one sweet nlfihi llcncaththo moon's whito metal llghf, And said she'd evor chair to mo As clings the bark unto the tree? My betrothed, Who loft the altar at my side, Dressed In the trappings of a bride, And said attain and yot akhIu I was tho king of all the meu? My wife. And now who otU-n calls me dowo, Upon her faoe a vicious faown, And if to answer her X dare Eotwluos her flutters In my hair? Samo girl. Deuvor Post. 1ILM0U OF THE BAY. Orator "My frionds, what is tbe price of liberty?" Binthare "Three to ten dollars, acoordingto the judge." Judge. "Hor sweet humility," he wrote They read it with avidity, Aud o'er the printer's break did gloat llo sot It up "humidity." Clevoland Leader. Deacon Black "How did you like it down at Bloomtown?" Bov. White "I toll you tbey'ro wide awoke dowu there I" "Ob, then you didn't proaoh for them ?" If you'ro a cyclist, sir, you know It makes a dltTcrouoo whero you go; For there aro regions ot rotreat Where rubber tiros won't stand the hoot. Detroit Free Press. "Hear about Timmina writing a poem to Dollio Fliptoo's foot?" "So", did be?" "Yos, and when be road it to bor ber foot went to sleep, bo she says," Indianapolis Journal. Alioo "Well, Maud, I hear you are engaged to Jack." Maud "Yes," Alice "Well, I congratulate you. He was about tbe nicest fiance I ever had." Newcastle (Englaud) Chronicle. Fresbmau "Isn't young Bush brawny enough this year to ploy foot ball?" Senior "Oh, yes; Iio'b all right physically, but a recent spell of fovor causod his hair to full out." Judge. Miss Sborthair "What changes Lave taken place in tho world I" Pro fossor Loughair "Yes, indeod, my dear. In the days of Methnsolah it was tho men who used to lio about their age." Jndgo. "I'll teach you to play pitoh and toss I" shouted an onraged father. "I'll Hog you for au hour, I will I" "Father," instantly replied tbo incorrigible, "I'll toss you to make it two hours or nothing." London Tid-Bits. Mrs. Minims "Georgo.aro you euro you looked up tbo house?" Minima "By Jove) I can't remember about tbe frontdoor." Mrs. Mimms "Never miud about tbo front door. How about tbe cool bin ?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Now Boomer (sarcastically) "Is this all tho soap tbero is in tho room?" Landlady (dooidedly) "Yes, sir; all I will allow you." New Boomer "Well, I'll take two moreTooms. I've got to wash my face in tho morning." Baltimore News. "Dearest," bo said, "I live upon my love for you." "Tbcu," she coldly returned, "I suppose you've been eat ing cloves to throw others off the scent." And when he got outside be knew that tbo last words bad passed between them, Cleveland Leader. Fond Wifo "What are you worry ing about this evening?" Husband (a young lawyer) "Au important case. My client is charged with murder, and I can't muke um my mind whether to try to prove that tbe deooased was killed by some other man or is still live." New York Weekly. Passenger (ulighting from cab) "What's tho charuu?" "One dollar." "That's qui to reasonable. 1 knew by your fueo that you wouldn't try to bo extortionate." "Thankee! "I knew by your face that you'd be too mean to pay more than the logal fare with out a law-suit." New York Weekly. Helen "Oh, yes; he always thought tho world of me. Before we wore mar ried he used to Bay ho was willing to die for mo." Nellie "But be didn't, Helen "Of courso not. llo was bo thoughtful, you know. He said that ho did not dare to do it lest I should bo uuable to replace the loss." Household Words. lluw tJ ltrst. To understand how to rest is of more impoitauue thau to kuow how to work. Tbo latter can bo learned easily; tho former it takes years to learn, and some people never learn the art of resting. It is Mtnply a chaugo of sceues aud activities. Loatiug may not bo resting. Sieepiug is not always resting. Sittiug dowu for days with nothing to do is not restful, A change is needed to bring iuto play u different set of faculties, aud to turu the life into chanuel. Tho mun who wu.o utnu, iinds Lis best rest iu play ing hard. The man who is burdened with care tin Is relief iu something that is active, yet free from responsi bility. Above all, keep good-natured, uud don't ubuso your best friend the stomach. A briilt lleiii lai'lioii. Tho school ohil lreu of New Orleans aro raising a fuu 1 of S ) ) to erejt a monument to John McDouuugb, who bequeathed inure tbau (Jl.OOd.OdO to New Orlvuus for educational purposes. The gift has resulted iu tho erection of moro tbau thirty public school buildings, iu which 18,0'JJ children ure ut prcscut enrolled.
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