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THE CONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Froprictor.
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P.relianr. my tboaght was wide wke.
Or 1 was ilremmlDtc. niay be.
As I sat rocking to auii fro.
My arms around my baby,
I foil along my chwk and Utroat
H.r ruy llni.rs playing.
And stooped to kiaa tbe tunny curls
boat ber forehead atraylug,
rh. foolish rhymes of Mother Gone
In tims and tane came springing
To Hps not made for nog Mil yet
My children like my singiog.
And as I sang, a mystie spell
Changed all the world completely
Another woman singing sat.
And rocked her baby sweetly.
Th woman's facx, a look It wore,.
Llk mine; and yet the rather
"Twaa like my baby's, larger grown,
Twas like my buby's father.
And as she, swaying, softly sang,
I saw some tear-lrops failing;
I knew her thought, I knew ber heart.
Her heart to mother calling.
A sudden passion filled my soul,
I longed to soothe the weeping;
My baby stirred upon my breast.
My baby gently sleeping;
The Tinlou tied, et well I know-
l bough I was dreaming, may be.
Far down the future sits my child
nd rock s my baby a baby.
ROGER'S HOUSEKEEPER.
Th re Forges owed Its name to tbe
casual remark of a queer genius, who,
apt at discerning- analogies betwixt
things and circumstances ordinarily
unnoticed, had discovered the particu
lar one from which the village got ita
appellation on this wise.
Happening to stop his old horse and
wagon one morning in front of the
smithy between the two forks, just at
the bifurcation of a certain highway,
which smithy had on Its right hand a
two-penny country store, and on its
left a not unfrequented tavern, he was
suddenly sfuck with the oppositeness
of calling the spot the three forces,
"because," said he, the blacksmith
forges siioes for the farmers' horses),
the store-ni:m, under the guise of lean
pound-weights and f;it pass-books
forges care and anxiety for the farmers'
wives, and the tavern keeper forges for
the farmers themselves an armor that
must, perforce, receive a severe tem
pering in prospective tourneys, not
commonly supiosed to take place in a
very temperate region!"
Whereat, such as beard him deemed
his observation so well-timed that tliey
decided to christen a village, then be
ginning to spring up in the locality.
Three Forges, and they seemed ever to
regard It as a good joke to repeat In
the ears of strangeis the origin of the
little town's designation.
And now, from so odd a prefation,
let us drop into our narrative.
One warm, bright morning In June a
middle-aged woman, dressed In a neat,
browu calico, was standing at the frout
gate of a two-tory and attic, white
frame house, around which the roses of
the month beamed blushlngly upon
Clumpn of spotted lillies. Iler's was
the third dwelling from the turn that
the street made be Tore ushering one
into the railway station, a half-mile
and more from "the forks,' which
constituted the heart of the village,
and a quiet enough bit of road, except
at train entries or departures, wheti
there usually passed a thin stream of
people to or from the centre of the
place, where, albeit the blacksmith
shop and the grocery remained scarcely
la the least changed, the tavern had
evolved itself into quite a presentable
hotel, thanks to the patronage of sum
mer boarders,
No train was expected at tbe hour
wherewith we have to deal, and the
sole occupant of the well shaded side
walk was also a woman, who, on her
reaching the gate above mentioned,
was saluted with a 'good morula, Mrs.
Jack; heard the news?" from tbe fe
male standing beside it.
"What news, Mrs. Sharp?" Inquired
tbe person addressed as Mrs. Jack.
"Why, haven't you really heard f
"Why no."
TrolyV"
"No, I haven't. "What Is It?"
"Well, they say at least ltoger told
my husband last evening, with his own
lips, that he, Uoser, la go n to git a
housekeeper."
"Mrs. Sharp, you're only jokln't"
rXo, I ain't. That U what he said
to Job, with his own lips, no longer ago
than last night, Mrs. Jack."
-Hoger Koger Braceup golu to
get a housekeeper!"
"Well, yes, he's the man, and no
body else."
But, perhaps, it would not be Irrele
vant to state that Koger Braceup wi
the village cobbler, and sometimes,
though rarely tbe village shoemaker;
that fee was likewise an old bachelor,
and the solitary occupant of a habita
tion containing a couple of rooms and
a shop, at the farther end of the left
hand fork of the street; and, finally,
that his bumble lodging was not more
isolated from other housed than was
he himself socially rrom intercourse
with his aelghbora. For, although
very one knew him to be kindly dis
posed at heart folks relished not his
gruff address, orusty speech, and scowl
ing mien, which were terrible foes to
anything like familiarity. Therefore
he lived a recluse's life, doing his work
to the satisfaction of the public, though
In his own, moat independent fashion,
and keeping his private concerns to
himself, as he was In every way will
ing to have other folks do with theirs.
But, to continue.
"lloger Koger Braceup goin to
Jet a hoosekeeperl" re-ejaculated Mrs.
ack. "Who could have guessed such
a thingt News you may well call it.
Mrs. Sharp. But is that all he told
your husband?"
"That's all, but you don't need to
be informed, Mrs. Jack, as to what
sort of a beln' that Roger is. He'll
tell, you know, lust what he's a mind
to tell, and not one word more. Be
sides that. Job, my husband, ain't a
good hand at pushin and pryin' into
secrets. He Ukes what's allowed him,
and asks no questions. But I think,
on the whole, he secured a pretty nice
tlsh this time don't you?"
"Of course, Mrs. Sharp, but I wUU
he'd got wind of some of the partick
lers." To be sure," interrupted the latter
lady, although she appeared to be
determined to enhance, to the best of
her ability, tbe worth of what was
already acquired, for she exclaimed
presently, "Oh. who would ever have
thought that that old man should get
somebody to take charge of his house
and look after him, after his livin
alone and waltln on himself all these
years! if I'd slipped Into my fifties,
as he has Into his. I rather think I'd
keep on in the old track till I died,
wouldn't yoo, too, Mrs. Jack?"
-Yea, I guess I would; but I do
wish we knew some thin' mora."
"Wait, a d x when w coma to
consider It. But I ain't naturally so
curious as some people, yon know, Mrs.
Jack; and It's only when a thing like
this turns up that 1 catch fire, as you
might fay. and want to sin the matter
to tbe bottom. But. I begin to feel as
you do now yea. I certainly do wish
we knew aomethln' more."
At this stage of the conversation
the apparition of a bare-footed urchin.
Issuing from a pasture lot across the
road, caused Mrs. Sharp's eyes to kin
dle as with sudden apparition.
"These'a Tommmy," murmured she
to herselr. Then aloud, "There's my
Tommy, Mrs. Jack. He's the boy we
need the very boy for us."
"What, howf I doat understand
you, Mrs. Sharp?'
"Why, I mean what I say and
nothln more. Tommy's the very bov
for us. There's not a smarter lad
anywhere about at gettin at tbe gist
of things. If I, his mother, do siy it!
Besides," continued she, half in an
aside, "there's a pair of his shoes that
want's mendin' pretty bad and I meant
to have him take 'em to Koger's yes
terday. So that 'II just suit us this
tuornin' I'll call him over right away.
Tommy, come over here; mother wants
you at once."
The boy thereupon crossed the road,
and, nodding a response to Mrs. Jack's
Good morn i a', how are you, Thomas?"
awaited the maternal commands.
"Tommy, go into the back kitchen,"
said Mrs. barp, "and in the lower
closet on the right hand side, next the
glue pot, you'll find them shoes of
yours that need mendin'. Get e'm and
take 'em immediately to Koger's. Vou
remember I told you to take e'm yes
terday. But. Tommy," she added,
sweetening and subduing her tone of
voice, "while vou are up there try and
find out what ou can. In a nice, polite
way, about the housekeeper Roger is
goin' to get. You're the boy to pick
up news if there's any around worth
hear In', though I bein' your mother do
say it. However," here she spoke less
softly, "you ouzht to feel ashamed of
yourself for not speakin' to Mrs. Jack
just now. He's not feelin' so well as
usual, 1 guess, Mrs. Jack," she re
marked apologetically; "aud that's the
cause of his dumbness.
"Tommy, meanwhile, entered the
open front door an J vanished to do her
bidding; then seeing her friend move
nervously, she was prepared to hear the
presently forthcoming, Well, I b'lieve
I must pa on. I've a good deal to
look after this mornlu'. I hope your
Tommy will find out sometbiu' more,
Mrs. Sharp. I'll call around again
before long."
"1K." replied her neighbor, "and
you may depend upon it, Mrs. Jack,
Tommy will get hold of something. He
always sees more than he's told to see;
he has never failed yet to my knowl
edge. If I do say it."
Well, good-niornin'."
"Good-niorninV
And, while Mrs. Jack tripped down
to tbe curve of the street and disap
peared around It, Mrs. Sharp walked up
the garden path between the roses, to
her door, intent on arriving at the rear
of the house, to discover whether her
son had yet set forth upon bis errand.
But, Tommy, ever willing and ready
to undertake an enterprise involving
the exercise of his detective powers,
whereof he was not a little proud, was
already advanced upon his way when
bis mother entered her kitchen.
Tbe meeting house clock struck
eleven as he ran up tbe three wooden
steps leading to Roger's door, which,
when he pushed it open, made a little
bell utter a snappish tinkle, useful in
apprising the cobbler of tbe arrival of
customers. Lifting his gaze from the
boot be was toeing upon a bench at the
rear end of the shop, the said cobbler
frowned savagely at Tommy, albeit
there followed a comical twinkle of his
gray eyes.
"Good-day, Mr. Roger," spoke the
boy. "I've brought you these shoes
of mine to get mended. When can
you do 'em for me?"
"Xot right off. that's certain, I've
got too much el-ie on baud more im
portant. They'll have to wait awhile.
It wont make any difference If you
don't get 'em right away, will It?"
Oh, no, sir," returned Tommy,
meekly, I can wait."
Then he ventured to ask:
Goin to make a pair of boots for
anybody, Mr. Roger?"
"Well, I don't know as It's your
business If I am; but I ain't, thougn."
"Oh, no, sir, none of my business.
But when can you fix the shoes; to
morrow, or next day, Mr. Roger?"
"No, I can't; I won't be here."
'Goin' away from home then, Mr.
Roger?" Tommy found the courage to
Inquire.
"Well, you are a meddlesome young
ster! Yea, I am goin away from home,
as you've got the brass to ask me the
question."
Tommy dropped his eyes to hide
their sparkle, and began to examine the
seams in the Boor attentively. The
mountain appeared to be coming to
him instead of his going to tbe moun
tain. But, at length, be dared again
to speak, saying: "Do you mind telilu
me when, Mr. Roger?"
I'm goin in the twelve forty-five
train from Three Forges station,"
roared Roger, "if the Lord let's me
live that long; and now you'd better
be attend in to your own affairs do
you hear?"
Yea, sir, Tommy answered, flash
ing with mingled rear and joy, as be
swallowed this choice morsel; for now
he should be able to reap a full harvest
of praise without having had to ex
pend a modicum of his native tact.
So thinking, he laid his shoes down
upon tbe rouch, dirty board couuter,
and then moved towards the door.
"Well, when shall I call in again,
Mr. Roger?" he inquired, most sub
missively. On a Thursday wait let me see.
Yes, come on a Thursday. I'm to be
gone a couple of days. Come on a
Thursday; and off with youl"
No longer did Tommy linger; but,
opening the door, out he rushed,
scarcely hearing Its snappish tinkle as
be jumped atone bound to the side
walk, aud began running towards
home. ....
As for Roger, at precisely twelve
o'clock he stopped work, arose from
bis bench, went to a shelf in the corner
or the shop, whereover were strewn bits
of wax-end and strips of leather, se
lected therefrom a long, narrow throng,
which might do future service as a
strap or collar, and which he slipped
into his pants' pocket. Then, having
washed his hands, changed his coat,
and put on his hat, he walked to the
one window In the shop, drew down its
blue. fly-pecked curtain, opened the
door and stepped outside, locking It
after him and placing the key in his
pocket along with the pieca of leather.
Finally. Instead of taking the street.
he started across the fields for the rail
road station, to reach which he allowed
himself a good balf-hoar.
Not the moiety of that, however,
did Tommy need to arrive again within
his mother's kitchen, which bo entered
with flashing eyes, crimson cheeks, and
well nigh breathless lips, yet Jubilant
over tbe prospect of the admiration
that his presumed display of skill and
courage would elicit.
"Well, Tommy." his mother ex
claimed, advancing to meet him. "are
you back already? Nearly tired to
death with beat and hurryin' ain't you?
Sit down and be quiet, child, a minute.
It won't do for you to talk right off,
although I do want badly enough to
hear what you've got to telL"
Still, though she made her son rett
himself a short time, Mrs. Sharp could
not permit her tongue to delay the per
formance of its interrogative duty, as
the following queries testify:
'What did you find out anyhow.
Tommy? Is the housekeeper a young
woman? Where does she live, and who
are her folks? Are they goin to get
married right away?"
Here Tommy, startled at the extent
of tbe researches that his mother's
questions assumed that he must have
gone into, recovered sufficiently to
deliver what now seemed to him a
meagre budget, but which was grate
fully and commendingly accepted in
spite of its being so far from fulfilling
the demands of the lnterogatorles above
him,
"Goin' away in the twelve forty-five!
yeu don't say? And goin' to be gone
two days I do so wonder where! But
we ought to feel satisfied with what
we know already. Let me see this is
Monday. We have to manage some
how to be patient. There's enough
for one to do, goodness knows! to keep
time from hanging heavy on a body's
hands. However, I guess I'd belter
step round to Mrs. Jack's she'll be so
glad to get these fresh particlers! And,
Tommy, you go now, and yet yourself
a nice big slice of cake, while I'm out
You've earned it honestly, child , and
you are as smart a boy as there is any
where about, though 1, your mother,
do say it."
So adjusting tbe action to tbe Inten
tion, Mrs. Sharp donned her sunbonnet,
and proceeded to bear to her neighbor
the additional information, which, she
was assured, would prove so accept
able. Mrs. Jack was duly demonstrative.
"To be gone two days why, he's
takin plenty of time to It, at least, for
him. He's never been away that long
before since I've known anything
about him. Don't you wish we knew
where he has gone! But I s'pose
they'll get married there, wherever it
is. Don't you wonder what sort of a
woman she'll turn out to be, Mrs.
Sharp? Da you guess be'II bring her
up the street from tbe cars? Not a bit
of It! He'll make her tramp across the
fields that's his way of goin' aud
comin and a pretty time she'll have,
to be sure, cllmbln' fences and stuuib
liu' and tumblin over ploughed ground!
Oh, what a pity Tommy wasn't able
to worm out a l ttlo morel justsome
thin' about that woman!"
Well, I think we'll have to be sat
isfied, Mrs. Jack," returned her neigh
bor, with a touch of dignified severity
in her voice.
"I suppose we shall, for your boy
has done as well as could be expected,
seeln' who it is be baa had to deal
with. It was plucky iu hiin to opeu
his mouth even, before that old bear of
a Roger."
"Yes," responded Mrs. Sharp, loft
ily, "I think Tommy has shown cour
age as well as smartness, If I do say
it."
After a few more reciprocal exclama
tions, and pi of use expressions of grati
tude on the part of Mrs. Jack for ber
neighbors considerate treatment of her,
Mrs. Sharp retraced ber homeward
wending path. Moreover, it would be
unjust not to declare her that, although
the two females had plenty of house
bold matters requiring their attention,
and Tommy ample store of chores to
occupy his time, yet none or them per
mitted the bushel or their private con
cerns to conceal the light of their
lately acquired information. In proof
whereef one had but to mark how
thoroughly an eourant all Three Forges
had become both of the qantity and
quality of the news ere the evening
shadows fell, and many a pair of legs
went to the troubls ot walking from
afar to grant many a pair of eyes the
privilege of gazing upon the drawn
down blue curtain and the fast-locked
door of the cobbler's shop.
Thursday mora dawned smilingly,
aud not long after the arrival of the
early train, any one on pedestriani bent
iu that part of the Three Forges would
have beueld Tommy trotting eagerly
up to the shop, whitse blue curtain was
again lifted, albeit the boy hardly
noticed that it was, as ha grasped the
door-knob, nor did be pay much atten
tion to the fao. that the snappish tinkle
of tbe little bell no longer gave it
warning so curious was he to d iscover
what novelty should greet his glances
when once within the walls they could
have their fill of scrutiny.
Howbeit.they saw only Roger sitting
on the bench at the back of the shop,
just as it he had been working and
pegging away thereever since Tommy's
rua down the road on Monday. He
scowled, too, iu the usual manner, and
likewise gave the boy the same comical
look out of his gray eyes.
'How d'ye do, Mr. Roger?" said
Tommy, feverishly regarding all
around. In the vain search for some
thing new and strikiu-j "I've come
very early; I thought I'd Just stop In
to find out whether I shall come for
my shoes. I don't s'pose I can have
'em right off."
"Well, no; I shouldn't think so; I've
just begun work on 'em."
Did you have a nice time while
you were away?" timidly ventured
Tommy.
"As nice as I expected,' gruffly
answered Roger.
"But sit down on the stool, bub, and
mind your own business, while 1 mend
your shoes."
Tommy obeyed, appropriating the
single stool that the shop could boast
or, whilst his eyes glowed with per
plexity, and Impatient, curious desire.
Like to see something?" the cob
bler Inquired, after a long silence, in a
very gracious tone for him, as if he
pitied tbe child, for Tommy looked as
though he were dying to aee a great
many things.
However, he merely answered,
Yes, sir."
"All right," quoth Roger; and turn
ing toward a screen In one comer of
the room, he called softly "Here,
here, Catcher!"wben, out from behind
the screen ran a dirty yellow, funny
little brute, a terrier, that with hair
bristling over, and almost Into, it's
bright, keen eyes, egan barking as
snappishly as the little bell bad for
merly tinkled, and that would have paid
a not very welcome visit to Tommy's
ankles, had not its master commanded
it to come and sit beside him on tbe
bench. Then Tommy noticed that tbe
small beast had a leather strap, around
its neck.
"Ain't this a beauty?" asked Roger,
enthusiastically. "A pure terrier
pup; none of your cbeaten mixed
breeds!" Then he added with a reap
pearance of tbe peculiarity comical
twinkle in bis gray eyes. "It isn't any
or your business, but I'll tell yeu, bub,
how I came to get him I got tired,
you see, of that bell a jingling by day,
and the rats was fearful bad at night.
So says I to myself 'Roger, you'd better
try and have a little more comfort out
of life; you'd better get a housekeep
er. And bearin' of this pup from a
friend who lives soms distance off
from here. I made up my mini to have
him; and there's the long and the
short of it, exceptln' I had to go and
fetch him. He's just as sharp as a stael
trap, and splendid on rats and on
boys, too, I guess, if they don't know
how to keep their proper distance.
Then be added, "Here, your shoes
are done; and now get along home
with you. I've got to give Catcher
some breakfast; he's awful hungry."
Tommy durst not object to depart
ing, though he would not have been
loath to remaining a while longer. So
he took his shoes; and after paying the
cobbler, and giving the terrier, gravely
seated beside its master, a long, per
plexed look of farewell, and Roger a
"good morniu'," he marched out of tbe
suop.
It is Friday morning, with a repeti
tion or the tableau ot Mrs. Sharp and
Mrs. Jack at the former lady's front
gate, but with the addition to it of
Tommy, stooping behind some rose
bushes to feed a sickly chicken.
"Well, Mrs. Sharp."
"Well, Mrs. Jack."
"Did you ever bear of the like, Mrs.
Sharp?"
"Never, Mrs. Jack."
'The idea of the whole thing ending
thU way a dog, juit a mean little ter
rier dog!"
'And for us to have set the whole
town by the ears, and nearly run
Tommy off his legs, aud made such
fools of ourselves!"
"Dear me, Mrs. Sharp."
Presently, the latter adds. In accents
somewhat more cheerful. "Well, any
how, Mrs. Jack, we could have known
it wouldn't amouHt to anythin' great
for, even supposin' that old miser
had brought himself to agree to chauge
his style of livin', where, in the blessed
earth, could he have fouud a decent,
respectable woman to agree to have
bim? And we've boeu a pair of jack
asses to expect to see anylbiu' better
than what has come to iass that's all
I've got to say."
"Yes," answered Mrs. Jack vaguely
yet resignedly. Then, having spokeu
their good morning to each other, they
parted, Mrs. Sharp walking up the
path between the roses to ber door,
aud Mrs. Jack passing down the street,
whilst Tommy finished stuffing bread
pellets into the sickly chicken's crop,
and started off for the barn.
HAIR AM) CHAItACrtl'.
Oltscrvationa of a IU-Heeilvn llarber.
"It is a Tact." said the barber, "that
a better idea of character Is of lent! me
expressed by the beard than by the
countenance. The art or reading char
acter by the beard is taught as a sci
ence in I'arls under the name or phi
losrraphy.' and 1 understand a book is
shortly to be published in which the
principles of this science will be given
in detail.
'Did you ever notice that people of
very violent teuiier have always close
growing hair? It's a fact that every
man having close-growing -hair Is the
owuer of a decidedly bad temper. It
it easy enough for me to note at a sin
pie glance how a man's hair grows.
Then I know how to handle him.
"The eccentric man has always fine
hair, and you never yet saw a man of
erratic tendencies who at tbe same time
had a sound mind that was not refined
in bis tastes.
"Fine hair indicates refinement.
You may have noticed that men en
gaged in intellectual or especially la
a) ttbelic pursuits, where delicacy is re
quired, have invariably fine, luxuriant
hair and beard. The same men, as a
class, particularly pointers, are always
remarkable for their personal peculiari
ties. "The brilliant, sprightly fellow, who,
by the way, is almost always supeiii-
clal, has generally a curly beard. If
not, his hair is curly. It's easy to
bring a smile to the face of a man
whose hair Is curly. He laughs where
colder natures see nothing to laugh at.
But that's because bis mind Is buoyant
arid not deep enough to penetrate to
the b iltoni of things
"There is a good deal of difference
lielween coarse hair aud hair that is
harsh, though It requires an expert to
distinguish it. For example, a man's
mustache may be as flae as silk and yet
cannot be trained to grow into a grace
ful curve. That's because the hair is
harsh.
"Now people whose hair is harsh
have amiable but cold natures. They
are always ready to listen, but it is
difficult to arouse their feelings. In
men of this disposition the balr on
their heads is generally, in fact almost
always, or a shade darker than their,
beards.
'When the beard Is full, covering
the entire face, the color varies from a
dark shade near the roots to red which
colors the ends of the hair. These
men have very rarely a good memory.
They forget easily, and often leave a
cane or an overco tt behind them in a
barber's shop. They are good procras
tinators and are bad' at keeping ap
pointments. "Think over your acquaintances and
see if the man who is habitually slow
has not a mustache or beard of a
lighter shade than his hair. It's always
the case. These are the men who come
in late at the theatre and get to the
station just in time to miss the train.
"But philograpby is a science It
takes years of study and observation to
acquire It. From long practice and a
natural liking for tbe art I have at
tained considerable skill in discerning
character."
A Covington, Ga,, paper says that
Mrs. Hays, of that place, has a little
girl twenty months old that can sing
and carry a tune without assistance.
Dont allow any kerosene lamps to
be filled after dark. Killing lamps near
a fire is dangerous.
THE POLICE OP BERLIN.
Every Man of the force a. Trained
(soldier Surveillance.
The German ponce are. In effect, a
wing of the German army. Every man
in the force is a trained soldier, disci
plined by service in tbe ranks or as a
commissioned officer. The Berlin po
lice number about 5000 men. The
chief of this force, or president, as he
Is there called, ranks as an army colo
nel. There are IS captains and 133
lieutenants, who rank correspondingly
with army captains and lieutenants,
and receive higher pay. There are 301
sub, or non-commissioned officers, and
over 4,000 privates. Then there are
one first secretary, five assistants, ten
councilors, twenty chiefs of precincts or
department clerks, forty-five assistants,
twenty-five cashiers or bookkeepers,
and 172 bureau employes or laborers.
A private iu the police must first have
served nine years in the army and re
ceived bonoiable discharge. After a
certain period of police service officers
and privates are retired and pensioned
This is but one of several rewards of
fered the German policeman for goo!
behavior and efficient service.
The Berlin police on duty are like
statues, silent and immovable. They
stand in the middle of tbe streets or sit
on horses, apparently like machines,
and oblivious to everything but their
own line of erformance. But there
Is very little information desired by the
ordinary mortal not to be obtained
from the Berlin policeman for tbe ask
ing. He will not be aware of your
existence unless you accost him with
an inquiry. Then, be is all attention.
Intelligence and severity. Speak to
bim in English and he will immedi
ately answer in German, at tbe same
time Interpreting, with his hands and
eyes, until you are sure to comprehend,
and learn all you want to know. Tbe
police are as neat in person and well
uniformed as the army. The detective
branch of police wear the civilian dresa.
No stranger, man or woman enters
Berlin and stops twenty-four hours
who is not registered by the police. It
la easy to look up the person If at a
hotel, where he is asked to register his
name, residence, birthplace, occupation,
destination, and whether he travels for
pleasure or on business, and the nature
of his business. If the person is not
ready about giving this information he
is asked for bis passport. In the
boarding houses, most of them kept by
women, the police officer asks the laud
lady to furnish this information about
her boarders. Every boarding bouse Is
visited on an average of once a week
by a police officer in civilian dress.
There is a quiet formal politeness
about these visits that goes far to
divest them ot all semblance of intru
sion or iuquisitiveuess. But there is
also an authoritative ceremony not to
be misunderstood. This system of sur
veillance is no disadvantage to the
ordinary honest stranger. Not only
could he not get lost in Berlin, but he
uld not lose his friends there either.
One has only to go to police headquar
ters to learn the whereabouts of every
non-resident visitor or stranger in Ber
lin. A Woiriioy.
The Zoologist" for March reprints
an extraordinary pamphlet, entitled
"An Account of Wolves Nurturing
Children in Their Dens." This pam
phlet was printed at Plymouth, In
1802, and has long been out or print.
On a wrapper or a copy in the Zoologi
cal library of the Natural History Mu
seum, at South Kensington, there is
the following memorandum in the
baud writing of the late Colonel Hamil
ton Smith: "This account, I am In
formed by friends, Is written by Colo
nel Sleetnan, ot the Indian army, the
well-known officer who had charge of
the Ttiugg inquiries, and who resided
long in the forests of India." Tbe
writer records a number of cases of
children who are said to have been
nurtured by wolves in India. In one
instance a large female wolf was seen
to leave ber den, followed by three
whelps and a little boy. This happened
near Chandour, ten miles from Sultan
poor. In tbe year 1847. The boy went
on all fours, and ran as fast as the
whelps could. He was caught with
difficulty, and bad to be tied, as be was
very restive, and struggled hard to
rush Into holes and dens. When a
grown-up person came near him he
became alarmed, and tried to steal
away. But when a child came near
him be rushed at it with a snarl, like
that of a dog, and tried to bite It.
When cooked meat was put near him
he rejected it with disgust; but when
raw meat was offered be seized it with
avidity, put it on ths ground under his
hands, like a dog, and ate it with evi
dent pleasure. He would not let any
one come near him while he was eat
ing, brt be made no objection to a dog
coming and sharing his food with him.
The trooper who captured the boy
left him in charge of the Rajah of
Hashnpoor. who sent him to Capttin
Nicholletts. commaudiug the first regi
ment of the Oude Local Infantry at
Sultanpoor. and some interesting notes
as to the boys habits are given on this
officer's authority. He died in August,
ISoO, and after his death it was re
membered that be had never been
known to laugh or smile. He used
signs when be wanted anything, aud
very few of them except when hungry.
When bis food was placed at some
distance from him he would run to it
on ail fours like any four-footed ani
mal, but at other times be would walk
uprightly. He shunned human beings,
and seemed to care for nothing but
eating. If the pamphlet can be proved
to be perfectly trustworthy, it certainly
deserves to be carefully studied by
anthropologists.
Smoking PipM in England.
Perhaps tbe customs connected with
the habit of smoking and using tobacco
in America and in England are as in
terestingly characteristic of tbe two
nationalities as any other traits. There
Is nothing undignified about smoking a
short "briar" or meerschaum along the
streets ot London, Birmingham, Man
chester or any of the great English
cities. A gentleman is none the less a
gentleman because be does this. In
deed to smoke a cigar in preference to
a pipe argues either expensive tastes or
the pecuniary ability to gratify them.
What would our ladles think of a well
dressed young man coming down
Broadway about 4 in the afternoon
with a nicotine blackened pipe in his
mou'-h? Horrible suggestion! Yet la
this country a man considers it In per
fectly good taste to walk into another's
office with a cigar stump stuck firmly
In one corner ot his mouth. Moreover,
he does not take it out even to talk.
Bach behavior in London would give
direct (offence and would be construed
Into aa intentional insult.
CHANGED BY MARRIAGE.
Tbe Effect of Married Felicity ou th
Arersge Man.
It does look as it alter a man got
married he lost all capability for look
ing after himself, observes a writer In
the San Francisco Chronicle. Hot if
it that a man who, as a bachelor, 1;
the pink of neatness, tbe glass of fashion
and mold of form, when he gets a wife
never seems to be able to do anything
in tbe way of dressing himself properly
without his wife's assistance. Thi
young man was at one time a most no
torious flirt. He had tbe best cut coats,
the most beautiful boots, tbe most
elegant neckties in town. He has
been married several years, and be
hardly knows how to button bis collar
now. and would wear his coat iaside
out if bis wile didn't keep an eye on
him. Is it natural cusseduess? Just
a desire to give his wife all the work
and worry he can, or Is it a psycholog
ical phenomenon attributable to do
mesticity? He bad a lucid moment
once, this young man, in which we no
ticed bis boots were pretty well worn.
It lasted long enough for him to say to
his wife:
"Haven't I got any other boots 1
can wear? These are awful."
"Ves," she said, "there is a pair of
side button boots In tbe closet there.'
He fetched them out.
"How does it come that I've bad
these boots all this time and been wear
ing these worn out ones?" Then he
put them on. "Yes. I knew there
must be something tbe matter with the
blamed boots. They don't fit me at all.
I can't walk In them. And be made
faces as he stumped up and down Uie
room. "They are not my boots, yet
they are a man's boots. Madam, who
is so familiar In this house as to have
a pair of boots?"
"Well, dear, they'll perhaps be more
comfortable If you'll put the right boot
on the right foot."
llinla on Nwlminlng,
As the season of swimming is at
hand, a few bints to learners may be
useful. Tbe first essential is to know
how to use the bauds aright, with the
view to keeping the bead well out of
water, and the next Is to keep one foot
on the bottom until sufficient coufi
dence is acquired to raise it at Inter
vals. After a few trials the learner
will be able to raise it altogether.
Then, be not in a hurry to use the
hands, as if life depended on striking
out. but try and acquire deliberation.
Let every stroke have a full sweep of
the arms, and let tue feet take care of
themselves. It is not necessary that
the feet should be raised to the surface
of the water. The body, from the
shoulders downward, should be kept at
an angle of 30 degrees to the plane of
the horizon. This Inclination, with
every forward movement, will tend to
throw the bead out. Sperm whales,
when frightened, sink their flukes and
throw their heads out of water to ob
tain their highest speed. Tbe bead of
the spei m whale is at fiat the front.and
is one-third the size of the body; the
head of a finback is pointed; the one
throws bis head out, the other rushes
through the water horizontally.
The learner who wishes to acquire
the art of swimming for recreation and
not for professional purposes ought to
pay little attention to the movements
of the feet until he has perfect control
of bis bauds; then the feet will instinc
tively come into play and perform
their part without much thought.
Who thiuks of his feet when walking?
In the early stages ot learning a
swimmer does not seem to be satisfied
uutll he brings bis feet to the surface.
This has a tendency to strain the body
just above the hips and to bury the
head. Swimming iu a seaway the
body will take many positions, accord
ing to the height of the waves encoun
tered. Sometimes it will be vertical
and at other times more or less In
clined to keep the head out.
It is well for a beginner to have a
person with him to keep his hand under
the chin at first, while the use ot the
hands is being acquired. These hints
apply only to common horizontal swim
ming; that having been acquired and
confidence obtained, there will be no
difficulty in learning all the other
movements, such as swimming on the
side or on the back, diving or turning
heels over head, iorward or backward.
Remember this, too, that if a person
taken with cramps will throw himself
upon his back he will float without
effort, even if his legs should ba
drawn up. Never neglect to stuff the
ears with cotton wool. Many persons
have attributed deafness to taking
water through the ears when swim
ming. Clgaretteia for Women.
Th proprietor of a large cigar store
showed me recently some very dainty
gold paper cigarette boxes, esquisitely
embossed in figures, and let me smoke
of the perfumed darlings enclosed
therein. They are literally deliciously
scented cigarettes, perfumed with rose,
carnation or heliotrope, imported espe
cially for ladies' use, from Paris, of
course, which supports numerous great
establishments where cigarettes are
manufactured for fashionable women
exclusively. The most expensive kind,
according to tbe New York dealer,
unites the fragrance of delicate flowers
with a souittoix of opium. Wheu I
asked If fashioned women really bought
them, aud if women ot another clast
were not bis best customers, he laughed
and replied that well-known ladies
were devoted to them aud persisted In
their life, careless of ruining their
teeth and contracting tbe opium habit.
He declared that they were harmless,
though the presence of tbe Chinese
drug proves the contrary, and that it
would be a great victory for the nose
when man addicted to the cigarette
bablt had learned to smoke these
ladies' cigarettes. And there Is some
thing in that Idea; heliotrope, carnation
or rose perfume might do much toward
fumigating the smell of burnt paper
which now pervades the atmosphere of
streets aud parlors.
Children In m HuteL
Children in hotels' or boarding houses
are like wild birds In a cage, deprived
of their right to fly and swoop and
skim the air and to swell their throats
almost to bursting with unchecked
song. The wild bird droops and mopes
and mournfully twitters, instead of
singing, and grows disheveled and
dirty and unlovely, and tbe caged child
grows weedy and pallid and constrained
in its movements and pert and assured
in its manners, and before it Is adoles
cent It is a little world weary manikin,
blase of all amusements, supercilious to
those not so wealthy or so well d re-wed
or so fashionable as its parents and their
friends, cynical and agnostic in all ite
views.
Uncle Gilbert; or. In Fort at Last.
Some sweetness in the little girl's
voice, selling flowers, caused Captain
Tracy to stop and buy all she had. He
had. some conversation with her aud
found out her name was Sybil More.
and made a note of the address in his
pocket book.
"There is something familiap-iu that
child's face," he said to his companion
as they passed on. "Sybil is one f
our family names. I wonder if there is
anything in It."
I noticed a resemblance, too, to
some one." said the vouncer man.
"We will call on her family later and
Gnd some clew to the mystery."
In the meantime Svhil hail returned
home well pleased with her first day's
experience iu selling flowers. He
invalid father was asleep when she
came in. but the mother, who knew
how slender their store of saving had I
bezome, was glad of the little money
the sale of the fiowers Lai brought.
She had bad many doubts about lettinsr
her little daughter sell flowers iu the
streets, bnt Sybil was so anxious to do
something to help along that she had
reluctantly consented at last.
They were In the midst of a conver
sation about the incidents of the !h
when a rap interrupted them. Sj b;l
was confronted when she opened the
door by the two geullemeu who Lad
purchased ber stock iu the morning.
"Is your mother iu, little one?"
asked the captain, and when Mrs.
Moore stepped forward they stood fur
some minutes regarding each other
steadily.
The captain was the first to sin-ak.
"Alice! Don't you know lueV"
His voice told her that ber surmise
as indeed true.
Gilbert! mv brotherl Thank Gnd
for this day! The sea has rendered up
its dead!"
Even In the great joy which bad
come to her the first thought ot her
heart was one of intense thankfulness
to her Creator. Tears also welled from
their crystal founts as she listened to
the beloved voice, bringing back the
happy memories or her sunny childhoo.l.
Sybil stood like one in a dreamt
Could it be the Uncle Gilbert of whom
she had heard mother talk so often,
but whom all thought sleeping in au
ocean gravel
She was not long left in doubt, for
she was caught up in his strong arms
and kissed as though she had b t-n a
baby instead of a well-grown gill of
fourteen.
Uncle Gilbert had hungered too long
for the touch of a kindred band to
st.ind upou ceremony. At last he re
leased her; aud as she stood crimson
with blushes, yet beaming Willi joy,
he put out a hand aud drew Roland
forward.
Here's a cousin for you, my little
Sybil, though not a blood relation. 1
picked him up when a little shaver,
aud we've held company ever since.
Bad day for you. eh?" turning to the
young man. "Nose out of Joint?
Never mind. You'll have a share of
old uncle's money."
The boy answered proudly:
"I'm nearly of age. Uncle Gilbert,
and a man can take care of himself.
Give all to Miss Sybil."
"That's right, youngster; I like
your spirit. It's good to have a head
piece capable of steering your own
ship, and I'll allow you have one.
Still, It's good to have a port to anchor
in, too. What says my niece? There's
enough for you both."
But Sybil was mute. She could not
have spoken a word to save her life,
tor Roland's bright eyes were fixed
upon ber with au expression that maile
her heart flutter like a frightened bird.
"But, Gilbert, you have not seen my
husband. Come, it will do liim good
to see your cheerful face."
So they went together to bis Itfdside,
and tbe warm-hearted captain's sym
pathy found vent in devising plans
for the invalid's benelit, change of air
and scene bcinaranioiig the first sug
gestions. "For I'm a rich man, Alice." lie
said, "without wife or child, aud 1 in
going to adopt your family. It was
that pretty face of yours, little Sybil,
that led your old uncle here."
"How, Uncle Gilbert?" she whis
pered shyly, stealing a hand in one of
his.
Captain Tracy opened a locket at
tached to his watch chain. It contained
a miniature in ivory of an exquisite
flower like face, as like to Sybil as
j though It had been iainted for ber.
"By the guidance of One who rules
'all," said he reverently, "this picture,
j aud Roland's notice of your singular
resemblance to It told me a story of
' hoe once more aud led me here, li t
land knew that I had lost sight of
' my only sister during the long interval
that elapsed after 1 was shipwrecked,
j before I was able to tend word home.
He knew also that when I last saw
her she looked as though this portrait
might have been taken for a twin sis
Iter, Instead of her mother. And ever
: since we came Into port we have been
ou the lookout for a clew. Thanks to
lUiland's young eyes, we have found
it."
j It was a happy family that gathered
jln the modest dwelling that evening,
laud It was only the prelude to the fu
: ture.
j Captain Tracy carried out bis m
jlentions towards the invalid, and
under the infiueuce of such hearty
! kindness he recovered, and wan ab.e
' once more to attend to business.
In a few years' time there was a
quiet wedding iu the family. Uncle
' Gilbert's two pets Sybil and Roland
j from their first meeting, had com
. meuced to con that "old, old story"
! which is still so magically new to
' every student of its lore; and, like all
'other of Love's votaries, they fouud
their dearest joy in each other's pies
' ence.
j So, after all, Uncle Gilbert's money
i was not divided.
Cuba's Upper and Lower Ten.
There are but two classes in Cuba.
They are the high and the low. A study
of tbe latter comprehends consideration
of a tremendous majority of Cuban
people. Tbe greater portion of the
island's population has, since the ex
tinction ot slavery, become a wrry
host within the great cities. Fully
one-third of tbe entire population of
these cities comprises those who prac
tically do no labor. They are begzars
and petty thieves and lottery ticket
peddlers and what not. They would
all freeze or starve in our land, but
here they need neither food or cloth
ing. There is not a stove or the need
for one in the whole island. All efforts
et this horde is, therefore, con'jnl
simply to obtaining enough food t
satisfy Lunger.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
Sidney Lanier, the southern poet.
Is to have a monument costing f 15,
(ii KJ, and Baltimore, Montgomery and
Macou will pay the largest part of tbe
bill.
A vein or coal three feet thick,
lately discovered at lioi. Kan., in
Dickerson county, while digging a
well. Is causing considerable excite
ment. Some German sea fishermen are
making experiments with the electric
light for tilght fishing. At last accounts
the results had so far proved very satis
factory. David Jennings, of Lyons, X. Y.,
is the latest discoverer of per)etual
motion, after twenty-one years and
$'10,000 spent iu pursuit of the Ignis
fatuus. The late Vice-President Wheeler
lert f J.",(XiO to chanty and $10,000 to
his relatives, but when the lawyer's
get through with the pending contest
both chanty and relatives are likely to
come oui minus.
Mrs. Hetty Green, the "money
queen" of America is the daughter of
au old Nantucket sea Captain, from
whom she inherits many shrewd traits
of character. Her fortune is estimated
at 510,000,000.
ilerore lie died Allen McLiun, of
Texas, Mich., aged S.'t years, a Spiritu
list, asked that at his funeral bauds lie
played aud dancing and other recrea
tions !e enjoyed. 1 1 is desire was car
ried out to the letter.
The divorce of the Emperor Na
poleon from tlm Empress Josephhine
whs decreed by the Trench Senate
Decemlier 10, lSn'.t, and the marriage
of the Emperor to Maria lAuisa, of
Austria, took place April 1, 1810.
II ugh McCulloch, who was Lin
coln's, Johnson's and Arthur's secre
tary of the treasui v, is SO. He l.niks
to bo (Vi, reads without glasses, runs
around in society, ami he ai.d Mrs.
McCulloch celebiatud their golden wed
ding anniversary recently.
II illicit Herkomer, the English
painter, his laid ai.l his paint-pot
and lirusht", and is devoting himself
entirely to the writing and production
of operas. In which lie appears as thn
chief singer.
Nannie Evans, of Youngstown,
Ohio, who lost her voice by paraiysts of
the vocal chords about a year ago, has
just recovered it through a mild stroke
it lightning received during a thunder
storm recently.
Gladstone's last term as prime
minister covered a tM ind of ITS days.
The Marquis of Salisbury first took
office as premier Juno -JS, 1SM.". He
was succeeded by Gladstone Feb. 0,
lSStj. Salisbury's pit-sent incumbency
of the premiership commenced Aug. 3,
1SS0.
(ueen Olga, of Greece, is a beauti
ful woman, with a plump, well de-vi-loix-d
form, thick handsome halr,aud
expressive eyes. She has sweet aud
charming manners. She is a fearless
horsewoman, but is domestic withal,
aud is often seen at home by the Greek
people.
Grammar schools received their
name at a time when the grammar or
the English language was not written,
and when all knowledge of the princi
ples of language could only le ob
tained through a study of the gram
mar of the ancient tongues, particu
larly Latin.
The late Joseph W. Iirexel, who
was one of the most lienevoleut aud
bioad-mluded of men, lelt an estat, it
is said, worth S.'i,inni,uo). Mr. Drexel
was a one-third owner of the Philadel
phia J.nfirr, and his shares will now
be divided between his In other aud
George W. Chiids.
What Is known in American his
tory as the Ashburtou treaty was that
concluded between Great Britain and
the United Stales, the former being
represented by Alexander Iord Ash
burton, and the latter by Daniel Web
ster. This treaty was concluded at
Washington, August '., 1st.
Since 170 all lighthouses on the
United StaU-s coast have been main
tained by the national government.
Previous to this light dues were levied
upon commerce. The tirst coast light
in America was established in 1073,
and the first lighthouse on Littln
Brewster Island, liosloii harbor, 1715
10. There are three classes of weights
for pugilists, "feather weights." "mid
dle weights." and ''heavy weights."
Men that light at 115 pounds for ama
teurs and 120 pounds for professionals
are classed as leather weights. Middle
weights fight at 10S pounds, aud all
over 1.jS pound-i aro classed as heavy
weights.
Ann Katharine Greene, the author
of the celebrated novel, "I'lm Leaven
worth Case," is living in a blight and
comfortable home in Buffalo, where
stie is engaged in writing a new detec
tive story, iler famous ixiok has now
reached a circulation of 2imj,oio copies
uud still finds a ready sale.
During a recent thunJi-r storm at
Mango, 11. i., a bolt of lighmng entered
a house and Hi. lit a headUiaid off a lied,
aud in the next room transformed a
refrigerator into kinLling wood. Noth
ing else In the houso was injured, aud
where the lightning entered the build
ing cannot be fouud.
Prince B;3inarck'sw ife is descrilied
as a jierfect sp cimen of the German
Iviuxfra'i. She bears hr honors as the
most natural thing in the world, holds
fast by the friends of humbler davs.aud
has but one great object In life to
make her husband and children happy.
The Prince said once of her: "She it is
who has made me what I am."
What is know n as the Draconian
code, originated by llrco in GJ1 H. J..
punished every offense with death. The
lnlliction of the death tieualty has
practically ceased iu Belgium, Prussia,
Bavaria. Denmark and Sweden, though
not abolished. Catherine 11 of Russia
abolished capital punishment m that
country, except for treason, in 17(57.
A corresjioiident of th Frankfur
ter ZiUuwj report! that llamdl Bey.
Director of the Museum at Constanti
nople, intends to visit Smyrna and
order a earful search to be made for
the remaining poitions of the ststue of
Apollo, of which the head and arms
were recently unearthed by a easant.
It is said that for the head alone tbe
sum of 150.001) francs has been offered
the Turkish Government. The statue
was not in oue piece, the head aud
arms having lieen attached to the body
In a most skilful manner.
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