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Tbo sea hat, no herbivorous onimal.
It is a great slaughter house where all
the inhabitants prey on each other.
The North Carolina House passed a
bill requiring all teichcrs in the pub
lic rohools to lead aloud to their pupils
at least twice each year tho Conetitu
lion of tho United States and that of
tbe State.
In Gorman schools French is taught
to a greater extent than English. In
the higher class schools English is an
optional subject; in the commercial
eohools more time is devoted to French
than English.
The feeling in Cape Colony, South
Afrioa, over the Jameson rid still
runs high. A meeting of Dutch and
English farmers in a oertain town not
long ago was onlle.il to order in Eng
lish, whereupon the Dutchmen left
the room in a body.
Two months ago an act was passed
in the New Zealand House of Assem
bly which allows women to praotioe
at the bar. Strange to say, there has
been no rush on the part of would-be
women barristers, and things seem
much what they were.
Tho Biddoford (Me.) Record thinks
it a solemn fact that whereas fifteen
years ago it took a man a day to color
300 pounds of iadigo bluo, a boy can
Daw do a ton in the same time at half
as much pay, and a now change in the
mill will now enable a man to do what
two have been doiug.
Oermnu physiologist who devoted
himself with great patience to the
counting of tbe hairs on different
heads, to ascertain the average num
ber on a human head, found that,
taking four heads of hair of equal
weight, the number of hairs aooording
to color was as follows: Bed, 90,000;
black, 103,000; brown, 109,000; fair,
140, 000.
A delogate to the recent bookma
kers' convention in Buffalo, N. Y., ex
cited most of the others to violent
protestations to the contrary by as
serting that a genuine fireproof- brick
is as yet an "unknown quantity."
Ho was urged to modify his assertion,
nodBaid that he had only expressed
his personal opinion, and the conven
tion was not bound by it in any way.
The New York Independent says:
t'Our hearty congratulations -go to
Miss Ellen Hinsdale, daughter of Pro
fossor Hinsdale, of Miohigan Univer
sity, who has just received the degree
of Fh.D. from the Oottingen (Ger
many) University, tbe first woman to
roceie the degree in philology at
Oottiugeu. That a woman should be
allowed to receive the degree aftsr
earning it nearly drove one of the
Professors of Philology into feminine
hysterics. "
In 18G8 the average price of steel
rails was 8158.50 per ton, and that
year total production in the United
States was only 6451 tons. By 1873
the price had deohned to $120.50 and
tbe output increased to 115,192 tons.
Ten years ago over 2,000,000 tons were
produced, the largest on record with
tne average price down to $37.12. In
1896, the price was uniformly $28,
nd the output only 800,000 tons.
Through the break of tho steel rail
pool contracts were made as low as $17,
which the American Agriculturist
thinks is a remarkable showing in price
changes of a generation.
t During the next four years twenty
nine railway systems of this oountry
will have bonds maturing to a total
--. par value of $223,000,000 in round
numbers. The larger proportion of
these bonds bear interest at six - and
seven per oent. The total annual in
terest charge whioh the companies
1 Hveto pay amounts to $1. 500, 000 in
1 numbers. Between 1901 and
;;"5 twenty-nine other roads will have
maturing bonds to the amount of
E2C2,0()0,000, -en which the annual
interest charge is not less than $16,
000,000. In nine years, therefore,
railroad bonds amounting to $500,
000,000, and calling for annual pay
ments of $30,700,000, will mature.
Immigration to this oountry from
Europe has lately undergone a markft
.leoliue, notes the New York Mail and
Express, the arrivals at all ports dur
ing tbe last seveu months having been
15,523 fewer tbiiu-for tbe correspond
ing period the year before. This de
crease appears to have been due partly
to industrial depression here, but more
largely to the iuduoements which the
South American countries are offering
to new settlers. Tho agricultural
development in progress in South
America is attracting a large immigra
tion, aud will ooutiuue to do so for a
Lug Ifine to come, but with a revival
of business in this country there will
be another rubh to our own shores.
COURAGE. .
e mm.
How strange this conflict of our dally llfo.
This human life, with all its lores and pnlnsi
With all Its heavy losses and Its gains,
With all its joys, and all its grlof and strife.
A nation struggles tbro' mistake and sin,
Drave lives are lost and fiercer grows tbe
fight.
Thro' dark, sad yeors men grope toward, the
light,
And thro' the clouds they see the dawn be
gin. Rise up, my soul, to fight thine own good
part,
For everywhere is victory born of pain,
Rise o'er the ashes of thy passions slain,
Bo stroDg to bear and to endure, O heart!
C. E, Bancroft, In Youth's Companion.
MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
TROPICAL night oa
thePacitio! The sky
is studded with
stars, which are mir
rored in the vast
deep beneath. There
is just enongh air to
keep the Dolphin
moving at a quiet
rate, and tbe passen
gers are gathered on
deck to enjoy tbe
matohless evening.
A short distance away stand two
lovers Edtnuud Presoott and Flor
ence Harris looking out npon the
ooean and meditating and conversing
upon the scene.
"How different this sky from our
northern firmament I" remarked the
latter, afjer a pause. "I can hardly
recognize my fa'vorite constellation.
The Southern Cross is beautiful, but
then I miss the others. Ursa Major
has entirely disappeared, and as for
the Minor Bear scarce a star of bim is
visible."
At this observation, whioh was in
tended for no particular ears, Adol
pbus Fitzgibbon aroused himself,
"Aw what's that, Miss Harris?
Aw I have yon seen bears at sea?"
"Yes, and monkeys, too," was the
quick but good-natured reply.
All of us laughed, while Fitzgibbon
looked very silly, then grinned huce-
)y, then seemed to meditate some
scathing witticism, then oonoluded he
would not, and stretched ont upon
his side with his back toward the
lovers, and pretendei to, or really
did, full asleep within the next fifteen
minute.". .
I was reclining on the deok, about
a dozen feet from where the lovers
stood not with any intention of lis
tening to their words, but simply be
cause 1 Had taken my position first,
and was too languid to change it.
bad been an invalid for years, and
was now recovering from a very severe
spell ol sickness.
I was lazily drawing at my Havana.
puffing the thin, fragrant smoke from
my mouth without removing the oierar.
and gazing upward at the brilliant
stars as they slowly sailed overhead.
I was in that delioious, dreamy state.
half-asleep and half-awake, bearing
only the murmur of the voioes around
me, as one hears the faint sound of a
distant waterfall.
1 presume I had lain thus for nearly
an bonr, and my cigar had burned al
most to my moath, while the long
column oi asnes was still unbroken,
when something struck my ear like
the sound of a bell. It was not until
I had heard it several times that it
seemed really to atTeot my senses.
All at onoo I gave a start, the ashes
dropped upon my bosom, and I arose
to a sitting position and gazed around
me.
"Hark I" said I; "didn't you hear
that bell?"
"Just what I have been trying tp
make Edmund believe!" laughed
Florence Harris. "He persisted in
not believing it.
"Listen I" I said, raising my hand.
And immediately there fell a death'
like silence.
And while thus intently listening.
there came across the sea. faint but
distinct, the soft, distant sound of a
bell. We soarcely breathed for a
minute, llie strange, solemn sonnd
was repeated at regular intervals, as
if swung by tbo hand of some ex
batisted sufferer, or tolled by the swell
oi tne ocean.
The captain by this time bad bp
proached and stood in the attitude of
attention.
"We must be near tbe land," I ven
tured to say, rather in the form of an
inquiry than that of an assertion.
"No, sir," responded the captain.
"The nearest it-land is a good 800
miles away, and this doesn't come
from there, I should think."
"What can it be?" asked several in
tbe same breath.
"The sound comes from that direc
tion," said Florence Hurris, pointing
toward the equator.
"Perhaps it is on board a ship," I
again ventured.
"Don't think it is," replied the oap
tain, with a shake of the head.
"What con it be?" asked Florenoe.
To this no one ventured to reply
for several moments. In the mean
time tbe tolling of the bell had be
ooine quite distinct, and Adolphus
Fitzgibbon gave a yawn, a groan, a
kick, and awoke.
"Aw yes aw I was about to sug
gest aw that the tea-bell should
ring aw aw aw 1" he stammered,
confusedly rh-iug to his feet, and
pitching back aud forth. Then, see
ing us all in the attitude of attention,
ho asked, "What aw the dooce is
the mutter?"
"It's the Bull of Doom!" exclaimed
Backstuy Bob, a tall, scarred suilor,
from his position at the wheel.
"Pshaw ! you're childish," replied
the captain. "Whatever it is, wo are
rapidly approachiug it, for notice how
much louder it sou mis."
Such was the case. The bell was
uow heard clear aud distinct to the
touth, and was approaching nearer
mm.
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every moment. Shortly after, the
captain took his night glass and gazed
long and intently in that direction.
When he lowered it he said :
"I con just discover a dark body
rising and falling on tbe waves, but
nothing more. Backstay Bob, you
have got the best eyesight of auy one
on board. See what you can make of
it."
Bob resigned his place at the wheel
to one of the men and catne forward
and took the glass. Ho bold it to his
eye for several minutes without speak
ing, and, to all appearances, without
even breathing, while we waited his
word with the deepest interest.
Finally he gave a great sigh and low
ered it.
"Blow me, if it ain't old Davy Jones
afloat."
"How does it look?" several of as
inquired in the same breath.
"I ll be hanged it I can tell ! There s
no bowsprit, and"
Here be leveled his glass again, and
shortly after continued bis observa
tions. "There's no rail no nothin'."
"There must be something."
"Aw oertainly aw something,
certainly, if your vision aw is able
to discern it, ventured the gentle
Adolphus Fitzgibbon.
"Don't you see anything like a sail ?"
inquired the captain.
"Not a speck, or any place to put
one, either. Hold a minute !" ex
olaimed Baokstay Bob ; "I've got her
in range now. She ain't got the least
mite of a boom, yard, or anything
like. She looks like some great hulk
of a lightboat. Hold on again. I see
the bell. They ve rigged it up at the
masthead, so that it swing back'ards
and for'ards every time the thing gives
a lurch to leewards."
"Can you see anything aboard?"
"Not a crectur, living or doad."
"Keep away a oouple of points"
oried the captain to tho man at the
wheel.
"Ay, ay, sir!''
And tho ship's oourRe was altered so
as to bring her rapidly to the mysteri
ous craft toward which all eyes were
dircoted.
Several of the company now openly
remarked that there was something
supernatural in the appearance of this
boat, with its tolling bell. To all of
these Florcnco Harris and her lover
replied lightly, neither of them having
tho least faitn in their credulity.
The captain listened impatiently and
then said :
"You're all a set of cowards. No
doubt you imagiue Old Nick is aboard,
with a crew of little imps, bound for
the Gallapagos Isles with a load of
brimstone. If you'll content yourself
for half an hour longer, ill tell you
something about it, for 1 intend to
board that old lumbering hulk, even if
it turns out to be the r lying Dutchman,
or Davy Jones flagship, and shall ex
plore it from stem to stern."
To show that he mesut what he said,
orders were given to heave to, and to
get ono of the boats in readiness. By
this time the nondescript was plainly
visible to all.
It appeared to be an old hulk, with
a'sincle mast in the centre. The bell
was suspended from the masthead,
and ever and anon sent forth its sol
emn tolling, as the hulk rose and sunk
with the heavinga of tbe sea.
Before the ship was brought to we
had passed tbe bulk some distance, so
that when we halted there were sev
ersl hundred yards intervening, and
it was only dimly discernible.
A boat was lowered, and the captain
having selected a orew, pulled away
toward the hulk, x asked permission
to aooompany it, but on aooount of a
recent illness was refused, i ortun
ate for me indeed, was that refusal I
There was something so extraordi
nary regarding tbe appearance and
action of tha hulk that the curiosity
of us all was so intense as to be pain
ful. We strained our gaze, as the
captain and his orew drew rapidly
near it.
We saw tho distanoe swiftly decrease
between tbe two boats until tbe shad
owy forms merged into one. And
thou followed an impressive silence
suddenly broken by a bowl, a pistol
shot and a scream ; and us our hearts
almost stopped beating we saw, a mo
ment later, the boat put off from the
hulk, aud the men rowing with all
their might back to the ship. As
they came nearer we disoerned that
the captain was missing.
Baokstay Bob dushed toward the
boat and, shaking his net at the men,
demandod furiously :
"You oowurdlv dogs I Where is
Captain Luster?"
"The demon has got him I"
Absurd as tho reply might have
teemed at any other time, it was ut
tered in solemn earnest, as the ghastly
faces of tbe crew attested.
In reply to our eager questions,
they said the moment they came along
side the craft they heard a low, hol
low, unearthly sound, whieh caused
them to hesitate. J. he captain climbed
up the side of the vessel, descended
the hatchway and disappeared from
view. lie was hurdly out of sight
when the noise they had heard at first
was repeated, far louder aud fiercer,
The next moment the report of the
captain's pistol was heard, followed by
a ternlio shriek, aud then all w
still.
Horror struck, they called loudly
and repeatedly to their commander,
but receiving no answer pulled away
from tbe bhip.
"You're u purty set of oowardly
sueaks, aitit you, to go and desert
your c iptain that way, when, like
enough, ho needed you to save hislife,"
exclaimed Baekbtay Bob, forgetting in
bis fury that the first mate was among
thoso whom ho denounced. ' 1 m co
Hi'.; back t that old hulk, aud if I
can't net at the denim in any other
way I'll put a keg of powder in it uud
blow it to blazes 1
"Bob is right, if his excitement does
make him forget his ruanuer," said
the mate. "It was not my intention
to desert Captain Luster in trouble:
The men were so frightened that I
thought it best to come back and get
a new set."
There was some difficulty in procur
ing the requisite number; and, ac
cordingly, Prescott and myself wore
accepted. As the former wont over
the ship a side, Ilorenre Harris said:
"Don t come back, Edmund, until
you have beard what hat beeoine of
poor Captain Luster.
He gavo her his promise, and a few
minutes later the boat shoved off, and
we rapidly noared the bull, which bad
aoquired such a strange intorest to ns
all.
Presoott, in addition to his revolver,
had a small Italian dagger, which I
observed him handle as if to assure
himself that it was reliable. Thon, as
he replaced it, be remarked to me :
"There's no telling what's inride
that mass of lnmber, and this may be
the weapon I need, after all."
Arriving at the craft, after a short
consultation, it was agreed that the
fonr oarsmen, the mate and myself
should remain behind, while Baokstay
Bob and William Presoott should ex
plore the bulk.
As it was morally certain that some
dreadful danger menaoed all who en
tered tbe cabin, and as I was good for
nothing, I needed no more urging
than the mate to remain in my posi
tion. Presoott went first, holding bis pis
tol in one hand and a lantern in the
other, while Bob closely followed with
his cutlass. We saw them descend the
hatchway. AH was still, and then I
beard the single excluination from
Prescott :
"Oh, my God!"
This was followed by a terrible roar,
a quick succession of pistol shots, and
then all was still again. The next
moment both Prescott and Baokstay
Bob emerged to view, oovered from
head to foot with blood.
"Come aboard," said they. "The
danger is over."
The next instant we were on deok.
I rushed to the hole, and gazed down.
Merciful heaven ! what did I behold?
By the dim light of the lantern we
beheld the mangled body of Captain
Luster. The head and one of his limbs
were gone, and there was scaroely a
semblunce of humanity in the remains
before us. Near him was the gaunt,
terrible form of an expiring Bengal
tiger, killed by tbe bullets, cutlass
and dagger of Presoott and Backstay
Bob.
The two latter, on entering the
oabin, saw the mutilated body of Cap
tain Luster. A low growl warned them
of danger, and as Presoott turned his
gaze he saw the tiger crouching and
in the very act of springing. Drop
ping his lantern he fired his revolver,
anJ, as the terriblo animal bore him.
to the lloor he drew his dagger and
stabbed him again and again. The
needlo-poiuted instrument reached his
heart, which, united with the slashing
blows of Backstay Bob, settled his
hash before he could inflict any ma
terial injury.
We now made a critical examination
of the plaoe. A number of human
bones strewed the floor, and several
articles of wearing apparel, whioh
seemed to indicate that the plaoe had
been tenanted by two human beings
of opposite sexes, and had probably
been torn to pieces by the tiger. The
room was long and low, extending the
whole length of the vessel, and hav
ing at either extremity a massive iron
chain, terminating in a heavy ring at
one end.the other being fastened by a
strong staple to a beam in the vessel's
side.
The brute had a chain to his nook
and bad been oon fined to one corner
of the room by a delicate iron ring,
which had been put there to be
brokeu. Over the centre of the room
was written something in an Indian
dialect, which was pronounced by the
mate (who had spent several years in
India) to read :
"I hive bought I have found that
whioh I sought vengeanoe."
Carefully removing tbe body of the
captain to the little boat, wo scuttled
the mysterious craft, and saw it sink
to the bottom of tbe ooean. Shortly
after, the captain was wrapped in his
winding-sheet uad followed.
The strange, awful tale regarding
tbe old craft we never learned. It
ever remained to ns all a deoided
mystery of the sea. New York News.
High Schools In New York.
New York City is to have high
sohools something it has not had,
says the New York Press, since tbe
old High Schocl was turned into the
Normal College. The city now has its
Normal College for girls and the Col
lege of the City of New York for boys,
but it has no system of high schools,
whioh are popular in nearly every
other city in the Union. The Commit
tee on High Schools of the Board of
Education at the meeting of the Board
recently recommended the establish
ment of three high schools, and the
report was adopted. The Girls' High
School will be situated in the building
now occupied by Grammar School 47,
ut 36 Eust Twellth street; tbo Boys'
High School will be in the building
now occupied by Grammar School 35,
at CO West Thirteenth street, and tbe
mixed, or "co-ed" High School will be
in the building oooupied by Grammar
Sohool 02, at Courtlund avenue and
157th street.
The Board appointed a committee
to visit the schools of some of the
other cities so that the lutest ideas
may be put into practice in the high
schools of New York when they are
established.
.Made a Fortune Writlutr Stories.
At least ouo of tho "pouny-a-liuers"
has had success in this world. It is
stated that Euiilo lticbebourge, the
French novelist, bus amassed a fortune
of $100,000 in twenty years, by writ
ing sensational stories for tbe Petit
Journal.
THE MERRY SIDE OK LIFE.
BTORIKS THAT ARB TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
Inducements She Knew Host In the
Kestanritnt Sato liocntlon An
Alternative, Ktp., ICtc.
"Whistle, daughter, whltle,
And you shall havo a tv'nu."
"I never whistled in my life
My whistle will not go."
"Whistle, daughter, whistle,
'Twill bring you cash pur week."
"Uh, goodness! come an I teach mo
How to mako a tuneful squeak."
Chicago Itoeord.
AS ALTERNATIVE.
"May I kiss your hand?" he asked,
Bhe removed her veil.
"No," she repliod. "I have my
gloves on." Lifo.
A SAFE LOCATION.
Jimmy "Say, fellers, if youse wants
to play ball, come around my way."
Tommy "What for?"
Jimmy "Dere's a fat cop on dat
beat dat can't run."
IH Til KK.STAURAXT.
Brown "Was that beef a la mode
you asked for?"
Smith "It was a la mode whon 1
asked for it. The fashions may have
ohaugeJ sinoo. " Puok,
NOT A YBAItLlSn.
Bridges "Why, sure, with such a
past Bhe must succeed on tho stage I"
Brooks "And yot I'm fearful. The
quality of hor past is all right, bat
think of the quantity."
RHB KNEW BEST.
Prima Donna "Those flowers ara
not for me."
Conductor "Yes, thoy aro."
Prima Donna "Well, they're not
the ones I paid for." Pick-Me-Up.
A FORCED rilANOR.
Mr. Prospect Hoights "Before I
was married I always said I would
never wheel a baby carriage."
Mr. Papleigh Push "You changed
your mind, eh?"
Mr. Prospeot Heights "No; my
wife did." Puck.
1118 OKl'KNl'B
"The New Womon's Club will never
biro Tenoi, tho singer, again."
"Why so?"
"He was billed to sing four times
at their annual dinner aud each time
he warbled 'What is Home Without a
Mother I'." Truth.
OllKAT I'llOHPECT.
Blanche "You don't tell me that
you are engaged to a hotel waiter?"
Cora "Yes; but he'll bo rich romo
day."
"Nonsense !"
"Certainly he will. Don't you know
that all things come to him who waits?"
FIRST, LAST AND ONLY.
Mrs. Jones "Do you remember
that night in June, Hcury, when you
first asked me to marry yon?''
Mr. Jonos "If you relor to that
first, last, single, solitary and only
occasion upon whioh I over asked you
to marry me, I do aud you never
gave me another chance, reiuomber."
11ETWEES TWO FIHKH.
The Fiancee "I'm very muoh di
ploased with Jaok, aud I'm half in
clined to break oft the engagement."
The Cunfidanto "You won't do
that, will you?"
The Fiancee "Well, I dislike to do
it, beoause, you know, mamma has
been so violently opposed to our mar
riage." Puck.
UNUSUAL FEE.
Mrs. A. Qnitt "So you cleared that
poor Mr. Liftcm from tho charge of
stealing that turkey ? Well, I'm glad
of it, but he's such a worthless charac
ter that I don't believo you will ever
get a cent for your pay."
A. Quitt (the famous criminal law
yer) "I may not, but I've got a
blamed good turkey out in the wood
shed." Truth.
PLED DRdENERACY,
"You admit you are au impostor?"
said the judge.
"No, 1 didn't, your honor."
"You claimed to bo blind, and yet
you have an unimpaired eyesight."
"That's true, your honor ; but I'm
morally blind, sir, aud not being ablo
to see the harm in my innocent decep
tion "
"Six months," ejaculated tho judge.
Harper's Buzar.
I'l ItB FOR TUB CM H HAUIT.
Mrs. Yeast "I wish I could thiuk
of something to keep my husbaad at
home at nights."
Mrs. Puncheon "Get him a bi
cycle. "
Mrs. Yeast "I'hiit would take him
out more than ever."
Mrs. l'unebeon "Oh, no, it
wouldn't I My husband got ono tho
day beforo yesterday, and the dootor
fay hu won't be out for a month."
Household Words.
TUKltE t PANdKU.
"It seems od.l," remurliod Mrs. Ten
spot, "that with all the words in tho
English language uu ordinary person's
vocabulary is only about two tboubuud
five hundred words."
"It io odd, my dear," toplied her
busbaud, "und it behooroi you to bo
careful."
"Me careful? Why?"
"You go through your voculiulary
so uiuuy limes a day tin re is danger
that you will wcr it out." Judge.
People who tell new-papers iu tbo
streets of Moscow, itu-siu, aro com
pelled to appear iu uuiiorm.
SCIENTIFIC AM) 1XDUSTKIU..
Alphonso Borgot rocently describe!
a method of studying the expansion
of liqnids by means of photography.
Belgium has followed the example
of Italy in adopting a twenty-four
hour time on the railroads and in the
post and telegraph offices.
To preveut nuts from turning loose
tbe bolt is fluted for a short distanoe,
a spring ratchet fastened to tbe nut
engaging the grooves in the bolt.
To promote combustion in ftirnacci
a double sot of fans, one larger than
the other, are sot in an air-shaft, ex
haust steam acting on the smaller set
to ran the larger or air fans.
A new boll which will not run off
tbe pulley has a rubber flange on itf
edges, which fits over the sides of the
wheel and is stiffened by means of a
oord thrcadod along its edges.
A new design in repenting rifles has
a, double chamber or magazine for
cartridges extending tbe length of the
barrol, ench chamber being connected
in turn with tbe firing mechanism by
a lever in the slock.
From maps and papers extending
back 230 years, Dr. Hermann Wulsei
finds that the lakes in tbe Canton ol
Zutich have greatly diminished in
number and size. The forest area
has boon reduced but little, but the
vineyard arei has steadily increased.
An old sea oaptaiu of Long Island
has proposod the uniViuo schomo of
equipping moitar batteries at life
saving stations from which to throw
bombs filled with petroleum to calm
the waters raging arouud a wreck.
Through the resulting smooth water
and surf, the rescue work would be
comparatively easy.
Signor Marconi, whoso use of tho
elcctro-Btatia system in telegraphy has
created extraordinary interest in Eng
land, is some years under thirty. He
is a typical Italian in appearance. He
is the pupil and protege of a promin
ent Italian electrioian, aud took his
invention to Eugluud to sell it thuro
as in tho best market.
Pnourantio tiros aro said by those
who have made tests iu France to save
thirty to titty per cent, iu draft over
ordinary carriage wheels. Tha ex
periments were over macadam, paved
and ordinary roads, and over muddy
ground and ground covered with two
inches of snow. Tbe greater the
speed tho greater proved the saving.
Barbed Wire fur Cuba.
The reportod intentions of Spain to
secure peace at auy price in Cuba,
even if it involves tbo sale of the
island to tho insurgents, may put au
end to theplausof General Wcylor to
erect new troohas with whioh to keep
the Cuban revolutionists out of Ha
vana. But tho Pittsburg Times says
he is getting tho material with which
to coustruct thorn iu Pittsburg. The
material will be an American barbod
wire, with extra barbs affixed, and an
order for 2')l)0 tons of it has beou
placed with tho Oliver Wire Company
of the South Side. One thousand
tons are aleady being shipped to Now
York for transshipment on tho first
vessel leaving for Havana, and tho re
mainder of the amount will bo for
warded as soon as it can be manufac
tured. Tho wire will mako a continuous
lino CIO miles long, aud will bo
stretched on polos ou tho outer bank
of a doep aud wido ditch. Bchiud
this the Spanish sharp shooters will
lio in ambush to pick off adventurous
revolutionists, and as well to stop all
who attempt to invade tbe lines of tho
Spanish soldiery. The order came to
Pittsburg makers through the Spanish
Minister at Washington, Honor
Dupuy de Lowo, au I is oousidered a
dosirablo one at this time, when the
ilemaud for wire it light aud the slug
gish ooudition of tho steel market
makes a 2000-ton order worth getting.
While tho wire in itself is iu a
single strand, whon followed up from
the ore to the finished material it in
volves a vast amount of labor to make
it into pigirou, stool billets, wire rods
and wire, aud oocasious the employ
uieut of a large force ut workmen, to
whom will be paid, iu cousuqneuoo,
overal thousand dollar in wages.
Ilelliieinent iu Serving Food.
Refinement in serving food, the use
of pretty dishes aud clean napery,
having hot food hot, and cold food
cold, is the difference between homo
cocking aud boarding houso oo tking.
Tne idea seems to prevail among
boarding houso keeper that what
bourdcrs want is variety, and variety
is giveu, ofteu at tbe expense of qual
ity, ulways at tbo expense of proper
preparation. Tho thiuits that should
bo hot ooiue to tho table iu a luke
warm condition, and cold things are
anything but cold in reality, in the
whole bill of fare, there will be not
one single thing that is properly pro
pared, or perfectly served. A single
chop, a hot roll and a cup of colfee,
all perfect iu their way and properly
served, will make uu uugol ol a crank,
when a dozen liulf-eooke 1 dishes,
served in a slovenly manor, will simp
ly drive one into u passiou. Wash
ington Star.
Orliu ol the Word "Mmb"
"While turning over the leaves ol
thoeighth volume of the Spurting Mag
azine, publii-hed ill 17'.'!!," says H
writer iu Notes aud 1,'ueiies, "I have
comu upon wlmt 1 tliiuk is u very curly
iustunue of the word 'suob.' The con
text does not indicate its meaning,
but I upprcheiid there is no doubt that
wo must interpret it by Shoemaker.
The writer is disoour-dug of races at
Whitchurch. Ho t-ays that 'there was
a very respectable field ; aud although
neither the Duke of (ueensberry,
Lord Kgremout nor His Royal Midli
ne's, the Prince of Wales, were pres
ent, it being holiday time, a number
ot royal snubs were.' "
WHEN I HAVE TIME.
When I have time so many things I'll di
To mnko life hnpplcr and more fair
For those whose lives am crowded bow wit
care,
I'll help to lirt them from thMr low despair,
whQ I have time.
When I have time the friend I love m well
Shall know ni more these weary, tolling
davs;
I'll l"ad hir feet In peasant paths always,
And oheor hor heart with wnnls of sweetest
praise.
When I have time.
When you have time! The friend yon hold
so dear
May be beyond the roach of all your sweet
Intent;
May never know that you so kindly meant
To llll her llfo with sweet content,
When you had time.
Now Is the time! Ah, friend, no longer
wait
To soatter loving smiles and words of eheer
To thoso around whose lives are now so
dear;
Thov may not meet you In tbe coming
year
Now Is tbe time.
Indianapolis News.
HUMOK OF THE DAY.
A woman's reason may not con
vince, but it often puts an end to the
discussion. Puok.
Fortune's ladder has no top. No
man ever stoppod olimbing for want
of another rung. Puok.
"Don't you think, Grumpy, that
Miss Harshly is a beautiful singer?"
"Very, but she can't sing." Detroit
Free Press.
Teacher "What did Christian do
when he got to Hill Difficulty ?" Cho- .
rus of Pupils "Got ofT his bike."
BoBton Transcript.
Ot all the many withered here
That hand's by far the proudest.
It didn't piny the best that's olear,
litlt thon it played the loudest.
WashlmrloD Star.
Lcola "Don't you thiuk they are
two souls with but a single thought?"
Hazel "Well, I shouldn't wonder.
They are both making fools of them
selves." Truth.
At midnight, in bis guarded tent,
tbe Turk lay droaming of the hours
when ho could, hide to somo extent
behind the eoat tails of the Powers.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
"Dawkins wears the best clothes of
any man in the club." Yaas; he de
serves great predit for his taste in
dress." "Well, hn gets it from his
tailor." Boston Globe.
Dobson "An unsigned poem is to
mo a symbol of modesty." Hobson
"That's funny ; it always strikes mo
as an indication of cowardice." New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Prompter "King the curtain down,
quick." Stage Manager "What's
the mutter?" Prompter "Ono of
the star's diamonds is disarranged.''
Philadelphia North American.
"Harold," said Harold's rioh uncle,
"if you will only stop smoking cigar
ettes, I'll bogin smoking them myself
and shorten my lifo by at least ten
years." Indiuuupolis Journal.
"It's a shame," criod the young
wife; "not a thing iu tbo house fit to
eat. I'm going right homo to papal"
"If you don't mind, dear," said the
husbuud, reaching for his hat, "I'll
go with you."
"Have you Been Bedding's new
book?" "Gracious! Has be also
turned author?" "Oh, no. Better
than that. He has dusigued tbe cover
for somebody else's book." Phila
delphia North American. ;
"That fellow" The dark-browed
man's voice shook with emotion and
things "would sink to auy depths
far tbe sake of wealth." It was true;
the chap be cursed was a diver by
trade. Cincinnati Tribune.
Byder "Well, it's a mournful fact
that a good bioyole will wear out tbe
same as everything else." Wheeler
(a beginner) "Yes ; I suppose so.
But, betweeu you and me, I think I'll
go first." Brooklyn Life.
Author "You have no idea bow
many stamps I use postiug my manu
scripts to various editors." Critio
"Very likely. I thiuk there ought to
bo excursion tickets for manuscripts
at reduced rates." Tit-Bits.
Kersmith "You dou't take any in
terest iu the question of bloomers,
perhaps, because tho question has
never come home to you. What
would you do if your wife wanted to
wear "bloomers?" Kajones "What
wonld I do? I'd let her wear them I
I guess you don't kuow Mrs. Kajones !"
Chicago Tribune.
The Height of i rets.
It has, perhaps, occurred to few of
us that the boughs of trees ooeupy a
very tl liferent posiliou iu summer and
winter, respectively, but Miss Agnes
Fry has made careful measurements
of the height from tho ground of
brauches of both walnut and mulberry
trees iu Augubt aud December, aud
she fiuds that iu some cases there is a
diifereuoo of as much as thirty-one
inches in the height of the same branch
from the rouud iu these two mouths.
This particular figure was obtained
with a branch of a mulberry tree, aud
it was fouud that iu December a weight
of thirty-five pouuda was not sufficient
to lower it to its summer position.
Iu other oases there wcro differences
ot from thirteeu to uiueteen iuobes in
tho distances iu summer aud winter
respectively of branches from the
groutid. No wouder, tbeu, that tho
diagnosis of a tree in winter from its
general outliuo is io difficult a task.
l'ublio Opinion.
It is said t at iu twenty years Euiile
Biohebuurg bus amassed a fortuue of
100,000 by writing seusatioual stories
for Le Petit Journal of Paris.