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Job work cash on deliver.
Emperor William pays for bis trips
on the German Government railroad
the same as other mortals.
bays St. Louis Post-Dispatch: If,
as scientists assort, Niagara Falls is to
disappear, nature will have performed
the greatest operation for cataract
ever known,
Spain, it is said in Madrid, will
presently send 27,500 additional
troops to Cuba. Yet let it not bo for
gotten that Spain still refuses to reo-
ognize the existence of a state of war
in that island!
During 1803 American rich men
gave for oollcges and benevolent pnr
poses a round $29,000,000. During
1894 they increased it to 832.000.000.
In 1895 they gave 832.800.000. and
notwithstanding the hard times of
1890, the gifts amounted to $27,0
000. '
The St. Louis Globe-Democrnt ob
serves: It is a curious fact that a club
of women formed in New York to go
to the Klondike has engaged a man to
do the cooking and dish washing. Un
less he is fastened matrimonially he
will bsT apt to "give notice" when he
reaches the diggings.
There is an extraordinary decline in
number of persons applying for civil
service examinations, the total for the
whole country during the current year
. being only a fourth of the aggregate
for last year. This decline is probably
due, to the fact that many WQuld-be
offlcescekers are are now finding em
ployment in other directions.
It may interest men who nre losing
the natural covering of their heads to
know that an industrious Frenchman
with a patience rivalling that of a Chi
nese puzzlo-workor, has made a calcu
lation of the number of hairs on the
average hnmau head. His estimate
Is 127,920. Tliore are ' probably few
authorities in tho world to contradict
him. .
President McKinley expressed what
the New York Herald calls a happy
thought when he said that the old
British fortifications at Crown Point
should belong to the Government.
There are many relics and ruins of
ooioniai ana revolutionary days m
New York that should be preserved
and at the same time left open to the
people.
The Right Hon. James Bryce, author
of "The American Commonwealth," has
publicly assarted that women are the
scholarly sex and that men are caring
less and less about learning, their
chief absorption being eithor business
or athletics. He says that in the fu
ture all must look chiefly to women to
nphold the love of culture and learn
ing, and that the best education for
men is the best for women.
Tennossee's Centennial Exposition
at Nashville is surpassing all records
in exposition finances. If the atten
dance continues as large as heretofore
it will pay back to the stockholders
dollar for dollar and possibly a small
dividend in addition. It was an am
bitious project to launch in the depth
of a business depression, and this suo
oess Bhows that the times have not
been half as hard as the talk.
Wjile the State Legislatures of this
country have been coping with millin
ery matters in the way of theatre hats
and feather trimmings, remarks Youth's
Companion, the French Government
has reoommended that its horses be
put into sunbonnets. The straw man
ufacturers have been doing a largo
business in consequence, and summer
mortality among horses has largely de
creased. The amusement awakened
in the beholder at this odd gear is but
an echo of that a century ago when
men first appeared carrying umbrellas.
The well-known British statistician,
Mr. Mulhall, points out in a paper on
the subject that, relatively to popula
tion, no Europeau country can vie with
New England in the matter of manu
factures, the fact being stated that, in
tho case of the latter, the value of the
annual output represents $319 per in
habitant, while iu the case of. Great
Britain it is but $115, Belgium $88
and France $74. The rate, moreover,
at whioimauufaetures have advanced
in New Eugland he finds to be incom
parably in excess of the rate in Great
Britain; thus, the annual value of
manufactures per inhabitant of Greut
Britain was 9111 in 1850, and but $4
more in 1890, while during the sumo
period iu New England it rose from
$104 to $319. In other words, British
manufactures in general, during the
lust forty years, have done little more
than keep pace with the population,
while those of New Engluud show a
ratio per iuhubitant three times greater
thuu that of 1850.
LET US LIVE
Iu tho youth of the lmart,
Ere tho glorious ray
That was horn of life's morning
Hnth faded away;
Whilo the Unlit lingers yet
In tho oyos thnt aro dear,
And tho voices we love
Will remain with us here;
While the warm blood leaps up,
And the forest resotinds
With the tread of tho horse
And tho bay of tho hounds,
Oh, ever and alwnys,
Ho long us we may,
-MRS.SEABURY'STRIAD
32
Uy LUCIE
7
ELL, now," said
Mrs. 'Beanian,
briskly, to the other
members of tho Sew
ing Society, "after
we voted at the last
meeting to get a
(lles fri n mlnia.
ter's wife, I just went np there to see
u anytiiing else was needed.
"I've been thinking," interrupted
Mrs. Lane, a gentle-faced little wo
man, "that perhaps we'd better give
the money to Mis. Seabury. and let
her got just what Bhe wants for herself.
What do you think about it, Mrs. Bea
man?" ,.
"I don't think nothin' about it," re
torted that lady, sharply. "She hain't
got no judgment, I know woll enough.
She how rnsty that black dress of hers
is! If she'd a bought somethin' that
wouldn't get rusty she'd a showed
judgment, I soy! It wouldn't be
right to give hor money to spend, and
I, for one, would be against it."
Mrs. Bdaman glanced around the
little circle. She was a large, portly
woman, with a massive double chin
aud keen black eyes. Her month had
a habit of shutting tightly, and she
would press her lips together until
only a Hue was visible. She was
dressed in a bright blue wqolen gown,
made perfectly plain, and ornamented
about the neck by a ruffle of red silk.
She was a wealthy widow, and as
president of the society and the largest
subscriber in tho church, her word
was law with everyone.
Moek Mrs. Lane was tho only per
son who ever dared to argue with her,
and to-day she ma le a feeble effort to
defend the minister's wife.
"Perhaps Mrs. Seabury didn't have
money enough to bny a good black
dress. They must have got awful be
hind with his not preaching for so
long. Aud really, it doesn't seem as
if I should waut any one to buy a gown
for me."
She looked around for a supporting
voice, but there was none.
"Well, now I'll tell you jnst how I
feel about it," said Mrs. Bosnian. "If
I Wasn't A Vrtl-V fr.inil in.l.ri, rt
ITOuds. ntltl ftnmeliodv Hint wna Dl,,. i.l.l
gj and pick me out a dress that would
1 I I t. M 1 . .
wnur, mm wo ii uiu i ia'.iq nor cooklo
With IliimtltltlQa Vtlf tlnHn'n' nn.l alni.l.l
-.aww uui SJVSILIIU f (IUIIOUUIIIU
buy it, and pay for it, I should feel to
be thankful, I know."
There Was a subdued ninrmnr nf no.
sent from the other women.
As I was saviuor when noimlw,lv
iiiterrupieu uie, went on Mrs. Hen-
man, with a severe look at Mrs. Lane,
"I Wflut III) tn Mis' Kenlillt-v'a In in.l
out if anything else was needed. Well,
now. I tell VOU it lilniln me font hn.ll
Mis' Seabury was tryin' to cut out a
dress for Nannie that's the one next
to the vouusrest aud sua didn't 1. AVA
half cloth enough. The biggest twin
was- washln' the dishes, aud the other
twin was tryin' to keep the baby from
cryin'. He certainly is the fussiest
bahv T Aver eeo If a vell.nl fl,A wl.l
l! - " J .1 I . ,uu II UUIO
endurin' time that I was there, but his
inotuer sain sue didn't tlnnk he was
sick. Then .Inlninv l,o 1 t),, .
" ' .UW IWU1U
ache, and he bellered most of the time,
aud Mis' Seabury was just as patieut
with 'em all, aud just as perlite to me,
as couiu ue. i tiiutrt see the minister,
for he was writing his sermon, but I
did have quite a talk with her. Why,
they hain't got nothin' to wear, aud no
money to buy anything with. She
didn't want to tell me, but it came out
a little at a time."
' Here she paused for breath, and
Mrs. Drisooll, a tall, gaunt womuu with
a little wisp of huir twisted iuto a
kuob on the back of her head, made a
remark. .
"They must be awful shiftless peo
ple, I think. I don't believe she's got
uo faculty."
"That ain't either here nor there,"
retorted Mrs. Bcauiau. "They hain't
got no clothes, sure, and that's more
our business than whether they've got
any fnoulty."
She could criticise the minister's fam
ily herself, but uo one elHe should have
the same privilege.
"Well," she continued, "I went
dowu to Claremout yesterday, and in
to Clarke's, where I always trade,
they had a piece of goods that was a
bargain. It was a good heavy piece
of twill, and by taking the whole piece
tho let me have it pretty cheap. It
cose considerable more than we in
tended to pay, but I'll muko up the
rest oilt of my own pocket."
"Why, there'll be a lot luore'u we
shall want," said Mrs. Drisooll.
"No, there won't be, neither," an
swered Mrs. Beauiau, "for we'll muko
a dress for every one of 'em, and a
speuoor for Johnnie aud a cloak for
that yelliu' baby." Aud hor glance
swept triumphuutly around the group.
"Won't tbey look kind of queer, all
dressed alike so?" ventured Mrs. Lane
again.
"I don't see as they w ill. They'll
look kind of nico and neat, I think."
Mrs. Beamau's eyes were a trifle
bright, aud all . her old friends knew
what that portended.
"She'll be gettiu' mad in a minute,"
tbey thought. "Then sho won't do
BY THE WAY.
As wo Journey through lite
Let us live by the wav,
Lot us live In the thought
That In mirth or la sorrow
Has a strength for each day
And a hope for each morrow,
With smllos for the future;
Though tears for tho past.
And Joy In tho hours
That fly from us fast.
Oh, ever and always,
Ho long as wo may,
As wo Journey through llfo
Let us live by tho way
D. WELSH,
'fx
nothin'. It's her way or no way with
jurnmuu every nine.
So there was no other dissenting
voice, and the matter was considered
settled.
"We'll OUt and mnlia 'om nnii..Un.
w. .TV.. ,
and you-oan come to my house and sew
on 'em. Yon know the conference
meets with us next month, and we
ougui to nave em done by that time,
so we'll have to work fnt
"What color did yon say the cloth
BSKea Mrs. Driscoll.
"It's a kind of a dark plaid, and not
really dark, neither. It won't fade
ana it wou't wear out for one while,. T
know. Now you all come to-morrow
afternoon, and we'll begin. Mis'
White's about Mis' Seabury's size, so
we'll fit that dress to her. The biggest
twin is about the size of my Rebecca,
so we can got that dress easy enough,
nun w o ii mime one a little smaller for
the other twin. :The rest of 'em we'll
nave to guess at."
i uo nope the cloth isn't very
bad," thonght Mrs. Lane. "AnnBea
man hain't got no more taste than a
sottin' hen. And T iln tl,'nlr Tir;' u
' ........ i.i . y i. r
bury wjtild hate to wear auy thing very
She knew it would be of no use to
argue with Mrs. Beaman, so she said
nothincr.
A few weeks after this Mrs. Seabury
snv uy ue wiuuow oi ner mtie sitting
room trvincr tn Amman tVin f-a4fl 1 , 1
l o ... i. 11111 uuuji.
Perhaps if the baby's mother had had
less care aud hard work the child
would not have been so fretful. Even
now her miud was filled with worry
about the nhilili-a
w M u m n 11,1 vivkuca
They had literally nothing, aud the
uuiugiu ui uiiriucru Vermont necessi
tates something warm.
un, ir wo could only get out of
debt, how lmimv ua bIi.hiI.1 li..t"
f I , ....... v. u v. . CUC
thought.
tier mind went back to that June
day, twelve years ago, when she had
married Mr. Seabury. How bright
and fair evervtlmin- liml Uaan In (l.,,,., i
. - o " wvwt. w 1111.111 ,
To be sure, Mr. Scnbury was iu debt
f. .i i ...
lur ins truncation, outtney were young
ami strong aim could soon pay the
muuiuii. urn tue cniuireu came fust.
Then the ruinistr l.mt lw lmnltl, .,,,1
was unable to preaoh for more than a
year, i ue terriole debt still followed
them, and now. nfter lu-nlvn van.
they were no more able to pay it than
i.:i i r '
"iOJ JJUU UDDU,
Air. oeaoury nad no talent for mak
ing friends, aud his manner in the
pulpit had become dillideut and halt
ing. Perhaps he was discouraged with
iiis iriiiiiess struggle asrainst fate. At
any rate, he was thankful to get the
chance of preaching in the little village
oi xyuuuur, aimougu ne Knew his
abilities were far beyond the capacity
of his hearers.
Through all these unfortuuate years
Mrs. Seabury's faith iu her husband
had never wavered, and she brought
up her children to venerate him.
Her sad reflections were sud
denly broken into by the entrance of
Estheri the largest twin.
"Oh, mother, mother!" she cried
throwing herself at Mrs. Seabury's
feet aud bursting iuto tears. "I never
can bear it in tliA w.nfl.lt ill. .1..nHi
w " v . ' . . wu, viv.ui ;
Oh, dear!" Aud her speech was choked
oy an agony oi teors.
I "Whut is it, Esther darling?" cried
Mrs. Seabury, laying the baby on the
lounge, regardless of its wails. "Tell
mother all about it, dear."
It was very unusual for Esther to
break dowu. She was only eleven
years old, to be sure, but in wisdom
and experience she was twenty. She
could scarcely remember when the
burden of the housekeeping had not
rested on her slender shoulders, while
Hope, the smaller twiu, had always
had a baby in her arms.
"Tell me, Esther dear," repeated
the auxious mother.
"Oh, mother, those awful dresses!
We never can wear them we never
can! All just alike! Aud how the
baby will look in a cloak of it! Aud
poor Johnny has got to have a spencer,
aud it is Bueh awful cloth!"
"Calm yourself, Esther, and tell me
what this is all about. T dmi't nn,l.
stand in the least. "
"I went down to see Rebecca Bea
uiau tliia afternoon, "said Esther, con
trolling herself with a great effort.
"lfer Innther nulr ed ma tit um'f in
. . . ...... .i " n V. n ill, .1. inn
parlor a few minutes for Rebecca was
busy. The dining-room door was open
a little, aud I eould't help seeing iuto
the rottlll. All the ladiea whn 1ml, tn,.
to the sewing society were there, and
oh. mother" here Ksther li..ru - I,,
cry again "they are making some
clothes for us, aud Rebecca was try
ing on my dress. They are going to
make us each one, and a speuoer for
Johnny, aud a cloak for the baby, all
off the same piece of cloth, aud here is
a bit I picked up from the floor. Isn't
it dreadful?"
It certainly was. As Mrs. Bemnau
told the ladies, it wus a plaid. The
predomiuaut color was purple, and
there were lines of green, red aud yel
low, the vellow bainir tha widest Oim
dress of it would have looked strange,
but tue appearance of a whole family
clothed iu it would certaiuly be strik
ing. Mrs. Lane had told the truth
when she said Ann Beaman hadn't no
taste.
Mrs. Seabury took the sample in her
hand. It was Btrong aud fine, as Mrs.
Beamau had said. Esther stopped cry
ing to see how the cloth affected her
mother.
Mrs. Soabury possessed a quick im
agination, and a keeu sense of the ri
diculous which the long years of hard
ship had not dulled. Already she saw
in hor mind's eye the family of five,
clothed in that startling plaid, march
ing into church.
It was too much for her to bear.
She leaned back in her chair and
laughed and laughed.
"Why, mother, how can you?" asked
Esther, indignantly. "Why didn't
they make a coat for father at the same
time? It would be just as suitable for
him as it will for you. Oh, have we
got to wear them?"
"I'm afraid we shall have to, dear.
There really is no money to bny any
thing else, and we caunot go without
clothes. We must be thankful for
what we can get."
She could laugh no more, but was
just on the verge of tenrs.
"If it wasn't so queer I wouldn't
mind. Why didn't they get some
plain color? Rebecca says her mother
selected it. I didn't stay to talk about
it I couldn't. Rebecca walked part
way home with me, and she talked
about it all the time. Her mother paid
for most of the cloth, and the society
is making it up. How conld they do
such a thing?" And poor Esther burst
into tears anew. "Rebecca thought
we'd be pleased," she added.
Mrs. Seabury had collected her scat
tered wits during this last speech of
Esther's.
"Esther, my dear," she said, "this
certainly is a cross for us to bear. But
we must try to think of how little con
sequeuce clothes really are. The ma
terial is strong aud warm. It will
make us comfortable clothing aud we
must wear it."
"I don't see why," said Esther, re
belhously, "You cau wear your old
block dress and we children can stay
at home."
"It never would answer," replied
her mother. "Mrs. Beaman and the
other ladies have meant to be very
kind to us. We must consider their
feelings. How hurt they would be if
we refused to accept the present which
has cost them so much, in time aud
expense! Come, Esther, you must
help me in this matter. The other
children will take it in the way that
you do. If you accept the gift cheer
fully, and as if you were pleased, they
will do the same. I shall depeud up
on yon to do this."
"I will, mother, I will!" replied
Esther.
"And above all things, do not let
papa suspect that there is anything
peculiar about the clothes, for it would
grieve him so."
Esther's example was of so much
value that not one of the children
made any complaint when the new
garments were brought home and tried
on. w lien tue cloth was made up it
looked even more startling thnn it had
in the sample. The girls dresses,
even little Nannie s, were made iust
like their mother's, with straight,
plain skirts and short-waisted bodices,
which buttoued in front. Such frocks
had been worn by children when Mrs,
JJeaman was young, and she saw no
reason for making these iu any differ
e,nt fashion. Her own daughter's was
after the same style.
No one knew how hard it was for
Mrs. Seabury to leave her house ar
rayed in snch a garb. But it was a
great deal harder for her to see her
children made so conspicuous. There
was no trace of her unhtppiuess iuher
face, however. Her struggle had been
silent one, iu the solitude of her
chamber, and no one knew that there
had been a struggle.
It wus indeed a fantastic procession.
for the cloth had held out wonderfully
well, and Esther and Hope had short
capes to wear with their dresses, while
little Nannie had a loug one with a
hood to it. ihe capes were hued and
wadded, aud were really very comfort
able. Mrs. Beaman had felt that the
crowning point was reached when she
found pieces enough to make a cap for
Johnny iu addition to the spencer.
Ihe parsonage was about a quarter
of a mile from the church, aud the Sea
bury family had traversed nearly half
the distance when a carriage drove up
behind them.
'Herbert, Herbert, do see those
queer lookiug people," said the lady
who was one of the occupants of the
carriage to ner husband. Thev are
boused iu the same kind of cloth.
They must belong to some institution,
or perhaps they ure strolling players,
and dress in that way to attract atten
tion. Do stop and ask them something.
wont to see their faces."
The gentleman, who was much older
than his wife, smiled iudulgently, and
.irew in his horse beside the little
group.
"Can you tell me ihe way to Mon
trose?" he asked courteously.
Mr. Seabury turned to reply.
"Why, John Seabury, can this be
you?" exclaimed the gentleman, hold
ing out a friendly hand. "You don't
kuow how pleased I am to see vou
uiu!"
"Aud I to see you, Professor Dawes.
Ada," turning to his wife, "this is
Professor Dawes, whom I knew bo well
at college. You have often heard me
speak of him."
rosave her life Mrs. Seubury could
not repress the burning flush of morti
fication which rose to her cheeks as
he acknowledged Professor Dawes's
kindly greetiug aud replied to that of
his wife.
"What will thoythiuk of us in these
grotesque clothes?" she thought.
"Oh, they will see that John has not
succeeded as a preacher, and they will
think I have been a drag on him and
kept him from advancing. No woman
who would dress herself and her chil
dren like this could be any help to a
minister."
While these bitter thoughts passed
through her mind Mrs. Dawes had
been surveying the little family with
kindly eyes; all the amusement had
died out of them.
"A conference to-day," said the pro
fessor, turning to her. "What do yon
sny about going in for a while? We
can do so perfectly well, as onr trip is
one of pleasure aud not of business.
Our time is our own to spend as we
please. "
"I should like to stop very much,"
returned his wife.
"Then Twill drive on and meet you
again at the church," said the profes
sor. "I remember that Johu Seabnry,"
said Mrs. Dawes. "He was in college
when we were first married. Y'on ex
pected great things of him. Why is
he buried up here?''
"He is doing good work here, doubt
less," returned her husband.
"Well, I think he could do more of
it in a larger place, where he would re
ceive more salary. . What a beautiful
face Mrs. Seabnry has! The children
are very pretty, too. Did you notice
the largest one, the girl with the big
black eyes?"
"I didn't look at tho children very
much," replied hor husband. "Were
they not dressed rather queerly?
Is that the fashion now?"
"Oh, you dear, foolish man, of
course it isn't. Can't you see that
they have had a donation party or
something, and nil those clothes have
been given them? They nre obliged
to wear them, but don't they hate to?
You could see it in every face, even to
the baby in the carriage. It's too
bad!"
Her remarks were cut short by their
arrival at the church.
Mr. Seabury was pleased to intro
duce his old professor to his brother
ministers, many of whom were not
college men. It plnced him on a dif
ferent footing among them, and gave
him new life and confidence. When
it was his turn to address the meeting
everyone was surprised at his elo
quence. During the intermission for lunch,
all the ladies, eveu Mrs. Beaman her
self, felt a little doubtful of the suita
bility of the purple plaid for the min
ister's wife. There certaiuly was
something incongruous iu her refined
face and ladylike figure combined with
thnt cloth with the crude coloring.
As for Mrs. Seabury herself, all
thoughts of her attire hud passed from
her miud. She was engaged in con
versation with Mrs. Dawes, and the
time passed very pleasantly for both.
After lunch was over the professor
and his wife went ou their way again,
with many good-bys to the minister
aud his Joseph-coated family.
"Isn't it fortunate that we happened
to go through Dunbar to-day?" said
Mrs. Dawes. "And how lucky it was
that Mr. Seabury's family hud been
presented with those clothes! If they
had not been dressed so queerly we
shouldn't have noticed them. Then
we should't have stopped at the con
ference, and heard Mr. Seabury speak.
And wo shouldn't have known how his
abilities were wasted here, and you
wouldn't have hud the opportunity of
helping him."
"I help him, my dear?" exclaimed
the astonished professor. "I never
dreamed of such a thing, although it
is a pity he should not have a larger
field."
"I kuow it has not occurred to yon,
but it has to me, and that is the same
thing. Mr. Mcrton, who edits the
Christian Messenger, is going to resign
in the spring to go to India. His wife
told me so. And you nre going to got
his position for Mr. Seabury, who can
write beautiful sermons, but cannot
preach them very well. I know all
about it, for Mrs. Seabury told me,
aud this idea came iuto my miud at
once. Y'ou will do it, won't you, Her
bert?" "Woll, well, I don'tkuowl" said her
husband, dubiously.
The plaid drosses went to church
every Sunday all winter, aud appeared
at the suppers aud entertainments
given by the society. Long before
spring it was painfully evident to every
one that those garments hud been a
grievous mistake to every oue but
Mrs. Beaman; apparently she admired
the work of her hands as much as ever.
"I declare," said Mrs. Drisooll to
Mrs. Lane, "it makes me ashamed
every time I see that circus procession
marching up tho broad aisle at church.
If Ann Beaman ever gets us iu such a
box as that again, I guess she'll know
it!"
In the spring the town was electri
fied by the news that Mr. Seabury had
received a very fluttering oiler to edit
the paper of the denomination. The
salary was so large as to seem mirac
ulous to these simple people. There
was no question about Mr. Seubury's
acceptance. Of course he must tuke
it. Such chances come only once iu a
lifetime.
If the people were surprised, how
much more so were the minister uud
his family! They little kuew how im
portant a purt the plaid dresses hud
played in the mutter.
As soon as it was decided that they
would go, Mrs. Beainuu mulched bold
ly up to the pursouuge.
"Mis Seabury," suid she, "I guess
I mude a mistuke when I bought that
cloth. It really won't just what I
thought 'twos, come to get it home. I
guess you huted to wear the things,
ud 1 ilou t blame you uuy. ion have
looked mighty queer."
Mrs. Reuuiuu, auswered Mrs.
Seabury, "what you did wus out of
the goodness of your heart. You real
ized our necessities und tried to till
them. I have always appreciated the
true kindliness which prompted you.
The particular colors of the cloth were
of little moment."
Mrs. Scnbury hesitated moment,
then continued:
"It wouldn't lie quito honest for
me'tosay thnt I liked the garments or
that I really enjoyed wearing them or
seeing the children wear them; but I
never have lost sight of the fnct that
your intentions were of the very
best."
"Well, now," said Mrs. Beaman,
heartily, "I'm glad you don't bear me
no ill will for making yon U look like
a menagerie. I guess those things
won't do to wear down whore you are
goin', though. So, if you'll just get
all the clothes together, I'll take 'em
home and color 'em so you'd never
know what they had been."
Mrs. Beaman was as good as her
word, and the twins rejoiced in dark
bine dresses, while Nannie and
Johnny appeared in brown. Mrs.
Seabury's gown came home a fine
black, warranted never to grow rusty.
Mrs. Beaman had no equal iu the
oonnty when she once began to color.
The baby's little cloak was left nn
tonchod, for he hnd fretted himself
iuto a better world some weeks before,
and the uncouth garment was nlways
a most precious possession to Mrs.
Seabury.
Every summer Mrs. Seabury and
the children make a visit to Dunbar,
spending moat of their time with Mrs
Benmnn; and the minister's wife never
regretted the courage with which Bho
faced her trial. overly Magazine,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Students and physicians in Berlin
can now avail themselves of a newly
founded circulating library containing
only medical books.
The swallow has a larger mouth, iu
proportion to its size, thnn any other
bird. Ho needs a scoop-net mouth,
for he docs all his feeding on the
wing.
Place a snake on a smooth surface,
as a polished table, and it makes no
headway, because it fiuds no resist-
once ou the smooth surface to aid it in
pushiug ahead.
An attempt to acclimatize ostriches
in South Russia has proved success
ful. The ostriches boru in Russia are
much less sensitive to cold than the
imported ones, and their plumes nre
equally good.
Major William J. Davis, Secretary
of the Louisville (Ky.) School Board,
has sold his collection of fossils to tho
University of California for $15,000.
Mnjor Davis sacrificed the magnifi
cent collection to pay his debts.
With the assistance of tho latest
machines, a. piece of leather cau be
transformed into" a pair of boots in
thirty-four minutes, iu which time it
passes through the hands of sixty-
three people and through fifteen ma
chines.
A new X-rny tube, with adjustable
cathode, shows that tho exact posi
tion of the cathode enormously affects
the penetration of the rnys, a change
of a third of an inch giving a range
of penetrative power from the highest
to none at all.
The wave lonth of Rotcngeu rays,
according to Prometheus, has been
ascertained by Dr. Fromm, of Munich,
to be fourteen millions of a millime
ter, or about seventy-five times small
er than the smallest wavo longth of
light. The determination was based
upon interference-phenomena.
Iu some late experiments on the
bursting of small fly-wheels, tho first
wheel tested, 15J inches iu diameter,
bust at a speed of 6525 revolutions
per minute, or rim speed of over five
miles a minute. A timber casing
around the wheel was completely de
molished, aud a piece oi the rim was
shot like a bullet through four inches
of pine and 2 J iuches iutc the hard
wood floor.
The scheme of covering the Sahara
with forest is pronounced by M. P.
Privnt-Deschenel nttoily impractica
ble, the arid plateaus being hopeless
desert. Ou a limited scale, however,
the valleyB most of which are favored
with a small amount of water may
be successfully pluntod with tumarisk,
acacia, eucalyptus and poplar, the
last named tree unexpectedly proven
the most suitable. Iu the forest shel
ter, vegetables aud fruit trees may be
grown.
Fluorine, remarkable both as the
most active of tho chemical elements
and as the only oue forming no com
pound with oxygen, was with great
dilliculty isolated by Moisou in 1857.
Its liquefaction, just announced by
ProfeBsor Dewur, adds a new nnd ex
traordinary detail to the cheinrstry of
cold. The gas liquefies at a tempera
ture of 185 degrees below zero Cent.,
and the product is a yellow mobile
liquid which has lost the iuteuse
chemical energy uud become entirely
inert.
Horned Touds.
Horned toads are numerous all over
the southwestern portion of the coun
try, from Texas to California. They
are of all sizes, from the little tiny
toad to those the sizo of your baud.
They nre coverkdwith horns, aud have
two large ones on top of the bead. These
touds aro not bloated aud round, nor
do they sit up like our common toud.
The horned toad is flut aud longer
more slender. His eyes blink uud he
catches a fly uh quickly us auy toad.
The horned toud is harmless and about
the color of the ground; is eusily
caught, and r.iuny huve been nent iu
boxes through the mulls to friends in
the East, but Uncle Sain has put a
stop to that. No more horned toads
through tho mails. Iu Culfomiu the
touds are cuught by the Indiana und
Mexicans and sold to sailors, who sell
them iu Honolulu to catch flies.
raid fur Cutter'. Mtiitpllti..
A Western man bus, ufter twenty
years' efforts, succeeded iu collecting
75 from the Government for supplies
furnished (luster's uruiy iu its way to
the Little Rig Horn.
COME. APART ANtRESTA WHILE.
G'omo" .apart and rest a while;
There nre menv coming, going,
" hose dr T Hps fwrget to emtio,
vt no forget to renp, for sowing:
Frmn the ho street's surging tldo
Hest Is but onsi step aside.
-A.Willis Colton, Iu Ladies' Home Journal.
HUM0R0FHE DAY,
Don't explain yonrseJf too much;
give the world a chance t. think well
of yon. Life.
"She used to be so delicnaKe before
she took to the wheel." "Wet,, she',
indelicate enough now." Dotroit
lourunl.
For the Klondike fever "
The only cure alack!
Is to drop a Klondike
Icicle down the back.
Chicago Tribune.
"You ought to go up to Alaska, Mr.
Staylate." "Why so?" "They have
a night there two mouths long." He
went. Cleveland Plain Denier.
In the Butcher Shop: Customer "I
should like to see a nice calf's head."
Butcher Boy "Yes, sir. Father will
be down directly." Boston Traveler.
Though critics may condemn
And prudes treat him with rigor,
The sculptor, spite of them,
Has cut a pretty figure.
Judge.
No mntter how insignificant a man
may be there is a girl somewhere in
the world who will consider him dis
tinguished looking. Philadelphia
Record.
The peoplo who regard croquet as a
quiet, religious sort of a game never
tried to cross the lawi. after night
where the wickets had been left stand
ing. Atchison Globe.
"But if you must reduce your ex
penses, why don't yon discharge your
privnte secretory?" "What! And
meet nil those creditors personally? 1
should say not !" Detroit News.
Trivate Moriarty (tho raw recruit)
"Halt, will yoz? Who goes there?"
Cnptain Bighend (itidignnntly)
"Fool!" rrivnto Moriarty (unabashed)
"Advance, fool, an give th' counter
sign." Judge.
"I see a party of missionaries has
started for Klonkike." "Yes. I sup
pose they intend to operate on the
peoplo who are homeward bound with
tales of their rich finds." Philadel
phia North American.
"Do yon consider Meeker a self
made man?" "No; I think he was
made to order." "Why so?" "Woll,
judging from the way his wife orders
him around ho must have been made
for that purpose." Chicago News.
"A Fronchninn says that love is a
disease that closely resombleB alcohol
ism." "There may be some truth in
that. I have noticed thut the gold
nure is frequently eflicacious iu both
diseases." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"That was a sensational prayer Dr.
Gumma delivered the other Sunday. I
wonder if ho expected it to be an
swered?" "Certainly. And it was,
too. Why, nearly every paper in the
country replied to it." Brooklyn Life.
Nay, chldo hi in not, though sadness ho re
veal; Nor seek him out and ask him to be gay,
Ho pniil a hundred dollars for a wheel
Whoso price went down to seventy next
day.
Washington Star.
"Those St. Louis people ure mak
ing a great fuss over that one-pound
baby that was born there the other
day." "They have a right to. It
counts just as much iu tho census as
if it weighed a ton." Chicago Tri
bune. "Don't cry. Buster." said Jinimie-
boy, nfter the catastrophe. "Napole
on didn't cry every time his brother
nit him accidentally on tho eye. "I
kuow that," retorted Buster. "Na
poleon did all the hittiu' ou the eye
hisself." Harper's Bazar.
"I wonder," said the emotional girl.
"why mou do not fight for a woman's
love as they did in the days of
chivalry." "Because," said the dis
gustiugly handsomo young mail, "it is
easier for a fellow to go to a summer
resort." Cincinnati Enquirer.
"You suy you wnut to marry mi
daughter; have you spoken to her?"
les, sir," replied the young man,
und have gained her consent."
"Well, if she bus suid 'yes,' thut set
tles it." Then the young man goes
home und wonders if he isn't too young
to many such a girl. Staudurd.
Dubsley "Well, I suppose your
son will soon begin his lust yeur in
college?" Parks "No, he isn't going
buck." Dubsley "Oh, that's too
bad. He ought to go through, now
thut he's got along to the last year.
What's the matter?'' Purks "Why,
didn't you kuow that he had a fever,
and thut his hair hud all come out?"
Cleveland Leader.
Sbuilow of a Rouud. Wave.
On observing an explosion of oue
hundred pounds of a uitro-compouud
from a distance of three hundred yards.
E. J. Ryers lately saw what he sup
poses to huve been the shadow of the
sound wove start from the point of de
tonation and travel iu the bright sun
light for at least half a mile down the
valley. This led to camera experi
ments by Professor C. V. Boys, tho re
sult being a series of pictures by au
auimutogruph, showing the wave as a
complete circle instead of u semi-ellipse
us it should be ou the sound shadow
theory. The "Ryvos ring" is aston
ishingly black to the eye, though ap
pearing us a circular light shading in
the photographs. What is the cause
is still uncertain, but it is pointed out
thut the expluuutiou giveu may be
tested by noting whether the phenom
enon appears when the sun is
clouded.
An Indian rtlatlon Agrld.
The Suiita Fe Railroad has selected
a full blooded Indian as htutiou agent
ut Wilmore, Kan. He is C. H. Hook
out, who once worked as a section hand
on the road, but learned telegrtyhy
aud educated himself in Englidb,