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A( (diaiiNO to the showint; of the T.imo-, of Kansas City, that Is declared to le the result of a careful examina tion or the recor J of the Tarious coun ties, the land mortgages in the State of Kansas amount to 3233,000,000. A California pbyslclan declares that whisky is not an antidote for rat tlesnake bites, and puts forth strong arguments to sustain his theory in a recent Issue of the Scientific American. It is evident that the doctor is no fish erman. A i uiLADi.LrniA engineer estimates that a horse cau draw on an asphalt paveir.eni three times as much as he Can on Belgian blocks and six times as great a lo.ul as it can on cobble stones; and estimates that the wear and tear of .a"i.i an 1 carriages on Belgian blocks is ulou: ten times as great as on afplialt. Tiik episcopal Bishop of the State .f New York receives a salary of SlU.UX) ier annum, which is the largest received Ly any bishop in the country. From that llure the salaries run down to 51.3'Ji, which is the lowest. In Eiig'.aud Bishops of the Established church get all the way from $20,000 to 73,0C0. Word has been received at the Nary IVpartman: that the Bethlehem Steel Company, of Bethlehem, Pa., U about reaily to start up its works. Tbis com pany has the coutract for supplying the rorglngs for the eiuht, ten and twelve inch guns for the navy. It baa recently erecteU a sUel plant costing over Sl,WO,00', and now that its man n fac tory is in ruumng order it is expected that the forgiugs will be sent at once to tho Washington gun foundry, ut ere th" a-ms k coa&tructed. - Ii.LEr.u-.r.E SiiiNATCnes. Certain ly m.ii:y correspondence editors share in the opinion of the Lincoln (Xeb.) . n, m.i ' that, "if there Is ODe man who deserves to be hanged without benefit of the citriy, it is tho onewhostnds you a lrtter, requesting a reply, and sU'us his name Willi bucU a combination of ins.uie flourishes that the prince of darkne.s wouldu't be able to read it. This nan will frequently write very plainly from the beginning of a letter to the end, and then, taking it for granted that you are perfectly familiar I.; ,,M.r. rfch tin on the ten and. ride it all over the bottom of the page, under the Impression that be is append ing his signature. Tn k UK Is no use getting excited about the seizure of an American vessel by Haytl until the facts are positively known. If she was engaged in run- i.wV:u! and aiding rebels then ha ouirht to have been seized and con demned, and the only thing the United States should do about It Is to give Ilayti a vote of thanks for having put a BtoD to her unlawful traffic. On the other hand, if she was innocent of wrong-doing it will be sufficient for the United States to establish that laci io get redress irom Haytl without the ex penditure of powder or blood unless the IUvtIens have become extraordl uanly reckless. A Committee or Grand Armt Men having teen appotnted to define and establish relations between the Grand Army and the organization known as the Sons of Veterans, it is vrobable that the latter body, now In dependent, will be made as was first pro- posed, something In the nature or a junior order of the Grand Army to nerretnate its principles. The Grand Armv Itself Is Cooined to certain de. cav. and at no distant day will become so cnpplel by the age and infirmity of its members, reduced also In It num lrs, that it will need the assistance of tt.e Sons of Veterans to carry on Its wcrk, particularly that of decorating the eraves of soldiers. The junior crilerls co r posed of young material, good for h .If a century of acJve Hie. TriE reports of the general offlers of the Knights of Labor show adegenera- tion cf the order which, nniess el anre oL-curs. is bound to ultimate In Us complete destruction. From rcemDer.hlr) of 753.0OH two years ago, It has fallen to a membership or a little more than 2o0.000 this year, and even with this depleted list there are eviden ces of serious contentions among the leaders. It is to be hoped that these d fTerences will be adjusted and the rro-perity aud growth of the fraterni t rt:.ine.i. The Knights of Labor have proved a most beneficent organiza tion. and have invariably shown a will- hirness not onlv to do f ull Justice to emtilovers. but to treat conservatively nit o..a.H..n in disnnte between them aud employes. Such an organizaUoi cannot well be spared, and the danger tkat has shown itself should be luffi. dent ta lead tn sLfdS that Will VoU Jarlt Frost wu out lat night oa a lark, 'Neath tte moon-beams clear and bright. II nipped CTery nut of theolU shag-bark, With Lis touch so stea'.tby and light. "I'll crack them open aad bang them there To ripen in the son, I'll leave my cant on the windows where Every acbooltoy will bare one. "The youngsters are tired of books, I think. And Ions for my annnal leant, I have bat to beckon with nod and wink. And they're here from eldest to least." Old Hickory laoshed in his glee aloud And whispered in Jack's friendly ear. "I'll bold them back till the noisy crowd Of your merry boys draw near. "Then I'll swing my arms and open my bands. And shower my treasnres down. For I'm ready enough at your command To bit every boy on the crown. "I welcome the shots they aim at me, And shake my sides at their fan. Their jokes and clubs they fling in gleet I pelt them back till they ran. "I watch as they fill each basket and sack And rejoice in their brave, good will. But I'm sorry at last to sea them so back And leave me alone on tha hllL I'll gather my strength for another year, And rill np my store for the boys; Sly work is not small, tho' I only stand here. And add my mite to their joys," r.KOKEX HOPES MENDED. 'That Is all that to me. aunt?' you wished to say 'That is all that I wished to say to you, the elder lady repeated with slight sarcasm, and EJwiua felt herself therewith dismissed. She went out or the room and down the long staircase, feeling strangely weak and helpless. Some one came dancing In off the piazza for this was their last summer home at Broaifleld. Edwina knew it must be Kitty, but Edwina could hardly see. Her eyes were still bllndel by the weakness that had settled upon her while her aunt was speaking. She did not call to her cousin, as she might have done an hour before; she did not look at ber. She did not wish to see any one just now Kitty least of all. But Kitty, baiting, saluted ber with a blithe Neddic, my love, stop a bit: I want to tell sou something. There was little similarity in their appearance. They were both fair; but Edwina was out-and-out a CUy tail. slender, pale, and rest rved, while Miss Carmlchael had few. If any. of the characteristics of her mother's family. l'lump and Sandy was Kitty, a trine freckled, with bewitching dimples, a saucy mouth and divine Irish-gray eves. By nature she was as rollicking and impetuous as her late father. Colonel Carmlchael, whom ber grandfather Clay had never forgiven for running away with bis youngest daugmer, Kitty's paternal inheritance of good looks and good nature had been greatly to her advantage in a worldly sense. She had this, and this only, to blame for the manner in whlcb her grand- tatner ri?.t treate.1 ber in his wilL The old gentleman had died some. thing over a year previous, leaving the u!k of his larce fortune to J-dwina, onlv child of bis late son Edwin,' while to Kitty he had left only a miser able little stipend, barely enough to upport her. Grandfather Clay had never been reconciled to Charlotte, his youngest daughter. Kitty had borne lier lii-iucK wiui philosophical good-humor, and con tinued to reside, as previously, witu her maiden aunt and cousin for both girls were orphaned these many years. tdwina was generous ana naa thoucht the will unjust. '.Never mind. Kitty,' sue naa saia. you shall have a dowry wuen you marry; meanwhile, i want to arrange for vou a little extra pin-money. 'Dowry is all right. said iwllty but never mind the pin-money.' And It was with difficulty that Miss Clay Icould prevail on the proud little crea lure to accept what was by rights her town. But Miss Carmichael's thoughts were far enough from the subject of unjust wills as she hailed her cousin there on the staircase. EJwlna descended the remaining Isteps, looking paler than usual. 'What is it?" she asked slowly. But Kitty's sharp eyes noted some thing amiss. 'Neddie,' sue erijd, 'what is up?' 'Nothing,' said Edwina faintly. 'I I don't teel quite well. Aunt Joseph ine has been talking to me: I think I will lie down a while.' Il'ml If aunt has been talking to you I suppose you d need to lie aowu and rest,' said Alias uarmicnaei, oryiy. I'll see you again by-and-bye, .Ned. And she turned like a young squirrel and whisked herself out again into the fresh air. Edwina entered the drawing-room and threw herself upou a sofa. It was dark and - quiet, and no one would interrupt her there. Mie wouia nave a chance to think over what her aunt had been saying. Suppose it were aulueniic, the win that her aunt bad discovered that very morning In its strange hiding-place, the old clock? And her auut semed to think it authentic I thought It best To ten you at once. Edwina.' she bad said. I wul not show vou the will; I have reasons But it is certainly your granaiatner s handwriting, witnessed by toe uateses. father and son, who called here a week before father died, and sailed a day or two later for foreign parts. They have 1km abroad ever since, vou remember There is another thing: Your grand father, lust before he died, spoite Kittv'a name, and men tne ciocai We thought he meant only the clock should be hers. I cannot tell way l should have been impellt d to open that clock this morning. F.dwina. if this snouid be ir mis raUmitv should fall upon you, and I cannot belD regarding it as a calamity. I do not consider myself wanting In affection for my sister's daughter, as well as my brother's, but Kitty Is so different, so little aClay if thiscalam ltv should fail you shall share all that l'.Hissess of course. But meanwhile your wedding Is set far October: this is the last of August. t not for a moment suppose that vour loss of fortune would affect your hetrothed himself but his family. t-,o ur Tprr proud, very ambitious FT..T even be mrcenarf. Edwina, I have rsplaced the piper In the clock, ...ri snoken to no one of finding it. Suppose we leave it so until after your i,iir. You need bot decide at tbink about it awhile. This. ,.Aarvr. is mv advice.' v.iwina went carefully aver ber annt's communication. Supp-iae it were true? Suppose her grandfather Clays In some strange sudden remorse, had dene this thing? She remembered t last week of his life. He bad been apeechless nearly all that week, and had tafcen little notice of anything or anyone. It was quite possible that he bad turned about and written the few words necessary to revoke all former wills and leaye every thing to Kitty Carmlchael. Yet why should he turn from one Injustice to another? She asked her self bitterly why he could not have divided his fortune fairly, providing for both granddaughters alike. Edwina was far from- avaricious. Had she been quite her own mistress had there not been Aunt Josephine to disapprove, as well as other complica tions she would long since, of ber own free will, have made over half her Inheritance to ber cousin. But now to have everything swept awayl It was a crushing, humiliating prospect. ith .Frederick Montgomery, ber affianced husband, it would probably make no difference; but with his fam ily? Her aunt's suggestion was very forcible, appalling! With all ber faith In ber lover, Edwina bad not lived twenty years and over and escaped knowledge that a man's family may clutch and control him with ten times the ease with which they could control a daughter or sister. Edwina was streniously conscious that her father would never have been guilty of a run-away match, as bad been ber Aunt Charlotte, the mother of Kitty. In all such love matters women are Infinitely stronger, tenderer. and more faithful than are men, and Edwina, knowing this, could not measure her lover by her own heart. Edwina lay there for an hour or more. Consider tne matter as sne might, there seemed no relief, no solu tion. She sat up at length, with her head throbbing and her face on fire. The afternoon was slipping away, cue heard the clock strike five. She arose and went out upon the piazza. Kitty was reading in a bammock on the lawn. Sae descended and came towaid the bouse. Have you been asleep, Ned?' she asked. 'Your face is flushed. I'll run sn 1 get yon a fan.' 'No,' said Edwina a little sharply then. 'No, dont, dear; I really don't feel warm. What book were you reading?' 'The most exciting affair I could find, of course. Neddie. I wish you'd begin to rush your wedding prepara tions a little. 1 shall perish of dulness here.' Edwina moved uneasily. Suppose there should be no wedding because of her altered fortunes?' But Kitty ran on blithely enough: 'You've a notion to marry it doesn't make very much difference whom, you know. I have begun to tnmk I ought to marry somebody anybody that's nice and good natured, and will take me about the world. You'll be gone in a month or so, and I shall be left to Aunt Josephine's mercy. .Kitty maae a little grimace; she was sitting on the steps, while Edwina occupied a rustic chair above. I don I ee,' shw tmiw up, 'bow I shall exist, Ned. when you are married off.' Edwina answered with vague bitter ness. '1'erhaps something will happen to alter things.' Kitty puckered up her brows. 'Alter things? I'd like to have a hand at that. But there's no danger. I've a precious mind to marry l'bil Fortescue. He's not as One a lover as your Frederick, but " Elwlna could endure no more. 'I think I will go in; it is time to dress for dinner,' she said wearily. She did not go at once to her own room. She passed her aunt's door and went towards the chamber in which her grandfather bad died, and where the clock stood In which the paper had been found that morning. She wondered how her aunt had come to enter that chamber. It was usually kept locked; and things remained as at her grandfather's death. She turned the knob softly. Impelled by uncanny fascination. The door was locked, as usual. Edwina now retraced ber steps and sought ber own room, where she threw herself upon the bed and covered her face. Miss Josephine Clay and Miss Kitty Carmlchael dined tete-a-tete that even ing, and Edwina was absent. She was not well, was the word she sent down; they might send her a cup of tea, please. It was a considerable battie mat tne girl was Ggbtlng out alone. Everything eeemed against her. She plainly read her aunt's wish that nothing be said until after her marriage. She admitted her aunt's apprehension as to Frederick Montgomery's iamuy to be well grounded. She conceded that Kitty would be practically as well off In receiving ber great fortune a month or two later as in receiving it now. But, on the other band, truth, honor I Did not these demand the Instant wrestling of that paper from its hiding-place in the silent chamber yonder? Did not right demand that not an hour passed without .Kitty car mlchael knowing her true position? Ldwina was lighting out a bitter battle. Thank Heaven, she bad courage to look in the face of all possibilities deprivation, mortidcation, even the breaking on ot tee marriage. The room was dark now; she bad not lighted the gas. The bouse was still, save that Kitty was playing dance muslo in the drawing-room, playing softly, not to disturb ber cousin. Edwina stood upon ber feet once more, she opened tne aoor ana stag gered out Into the hall. She knew that her aunt had come upstairs. She went slowly towards the latter's room and rapped sharply. Ed wlna's entrance was unsteady. I have come to speak to you about that that other will," she said at once. I I have made up my mind that Kitty should know of It directly. There Is no reason for for delay.' Miss Josephine replied with cold disapprobation. 'I think we fonnd several reasons when snsakintr of it this afternoon. There was a moment's silence. El wlna could still hear Kitty playing softlv in the drawing-room below. Then she spoke again, a little hoarsely: 'However that may be, I have ae cided. I have taken time to consider well; I have looked everything in the face, and I I could not sleep to-night with this upon my mind. V ill you give me the key to grandfather's room. that I may go for the paper I The elder lady regarded her incredu lously. 'You can hardly be la earnest, Ed wina?' I am thoroughly in earnest.' said Edwina in a c'-ar voice. 'Will you please let me have the key?' Miss Josephine Clay bad risen to ner feet; a certain wild look was on her face a look that only came there in extreme anger a look that at any time previous would have caused ber niece to tremble. But Edwina returned her gaze with out flinching. The elder lady's band slipped slowly Into her pocket and slowly out again. One slim arm reached out disdainfully. The key dropped upon the carpet be tween the two women. Edwina stooped and picked it up. Thank you,' she said. . Miss Josephine answered with a cold ness more bitter than any threat: Go your own way. But by and-Dy, expect no sympathy from me.' Edwina new from the room. At seemed to her she must make haste, lest later she should lose the strength now buoying ber np. With shaking bands she unloosed t je door of that silent chamber. The light from the hall made objects suffi ciently distinct. A moment later ber trembling fingers bad closed upon the paper. She closed the clock, came out of the room, and relocking the door, came to the baius- sters. 'Kitty, Kitty!' she cried out desper ately, "come up here quickly.' There was a strange ring in ber voice not excitement, but exultation. Vic tory I victory. The battle nearly ended I Kitty came rushing up the staircase with amazed eyes. 'Come into aunt's room.' said Ed wina, less steadily. Now that all was over, perhaps would come the reac tion. 'Kitty.' said Edwina, 'Aunt has found this In tte clock that grandfather left you. You are the one most inter ested and 1 congratulate youl' Kitty received the document calmly, 'Full np, Ned, pull up. lou are awfully excited.' And then she read it aloud. Great goodness!' she exclaimed, when she began to compreuend. 'You don't suppose that is good for any thing.' She had turned to Miss Joseph ine, but the latter sat silent and impas sive. 'Yes, said Edwina; 'it is certainly grandfather's latest will. You see the date and the witnesses. It it will change everything, of course; you are the heiress. Kitty, you have been kept out of your rights too long. It it may be oh well, whatever happens will be for the best, I trust!' 'Bah' said Kitty; 'and what do you suppose the Montgomery's will sayr Edwina drew a little sobbing breath and made no answer. But Miss Carmlchael turned sharply at another sound. Miss Josephine Clay had stirred and emitted something like a sniff of con temptuous pleasure. 'Sit down, Edwina,' said her cousin. pushing ber into a chair. She went over to the mantel then. did Miss Carmlchael, and stood where the light of an nnglobed bracket made the writing on the paper more legible. She spoke again presently. t here is jusi one thing alxmt it.n Grandfather with dua icauect to hi- memory was altogether too cranky ail will-making. You needn't frown at me. Aunt Josephine. Tbis has alway been my opinion. While everythlnc was Ned's I Kept it to myself; now that everything is mine, I don't hesi tate to speak it out aloud. 1 say be1 was cranky. He might have divided luiugs, u be a Kiiuu;i uiau. ivii this bit of paper. I'm too fond of NeJ- die to spoil ber affairs; so, here goes!' Kitty I Edwina sprang to ber feet with i startled cry, for the cirl bad thrust th paper into tbe blaze of the gas. Miss Josephine sat as one stricken dumb. 'Ob, KittyT That was ail her cousin could say.. The charred fragments fell and were! scattered over the mantel: and Miss! Carmicbael walked nonchalantly away' from them. What in the world should I do withj such resposibilities'i" she inquired. lrd( want to divide with you, that's about all.' I Tears were flowing down EJwIna's cheeks. Kitty,' she said, 'the division will be made to-morrow. I ought to have done so sooner; indeed, I would, but for She broke off. Kitty had glanced significantly at their aunt; she evidently understood. Edwina kept her word, and all went well. The marriage was not inter rupted. Moreover. Kitty herself was shortly after betrothed to Phil Fortes- cue. Winter Resort la tho Southwest. The Medical Record cites a recent report of Dr. W. M. Yandell, the Health Officer or EI Paso, Texas, as conclusive evidence "that the south western portions of our country oiler great advantages to invalids, and especially to consumptives." In a population or 11, CO J at El Paso tha total mortality during the first nine months of the present year was only So, or a death rate or 7.03 per thou sand. This Is an extremely favorable showing when compared with that oi other cities. The death rate per thou sand of London is 22.14; of New York. 20.47; or rrovldence. 19 83; or Paris, 20.48; of Dublin, 33.94. These figures. partly based on tbe census of !-. afford most striking contrasts with those of tbe southwestern city. But this it not all. Vt. X andell affirm: that no cases of consumption originate at El Paso, and if deaths by accident be excepted from his tables the actus mortality in the city was only 59. oi 5.36 per thousand. It would be bare to find a town on the continent with i smaller death rate. Several years az the New York Herald urged upot physicians the desirability of establish ing winter resorts for pulmonary pa tltnts in tbe Southwest. We are no surprised, therefore, that the Medico, Journal now says: "Our medical inei should inform themselves more fully o Its advantages. The Southwest has climatic advan tages for certain classes of inva'ddt superior to those or Southern France It would surely be a great boon to tie many thousands of people in the north ern parts of the country who have t flee annually from our severe winten and springs to have the choice ot i Southwestern health resort, especial! in years like tbis, in which Florida hat been infected by yellow fever. The State University of MIssou i has seventy-three professors and assis ants and 800 students. GLASS EYE3. Bow Tbry arc Fashioned and Made ty tbe Parisian Experts. The Paris trade in glass eyes must be very rich one, for every week there are nearly one thousand enamel eyes na lo in Fans. The important manu ficturers, the scientific wen, the art itts of the profession, inhabit the Fau kourg St. Honore and the neighbor lood of the Madeline. They travel all tver Europe and transport their manu- bctnres to St. Petersburg, Vienna and tvea Constantinople. The sumptuously turn'shed salons m which they receive their clients in Paris indicate connec tions among the wealthier classes. They federally select a one-eyed servant, re placing the organ of which he is de ficient with one ot the best articles or their manufacture. When a client, a Utile frightenad, perhaps, at the pros pect of an operation, hesitates about Confiding an eyelid to the instruments or an operator, the latter rings a ben and Jean Polyphemus makes his ap pearance. "What do you think of this fellow?" asks the operator of bis client. "Study Uls teaturers and tell me frankly what you think." "He looks well enough," answers the other a little hesitatingly. "Well, Jean, reveal your secret to the gentleman." Whereupon Jean introduces a knit ting needle under bis eyelid, removes his eye and places it in tbe band of the astonished &iectator as unconcernedly as though it were a shirt stud. The cabinets of the large Parisian derlers contain thousands of samples of eyes, all sl'glitly varying the one from the other. Sjme are small, others large; some black, others blue, hazel brown, light brown, bluish and greenish grav. There are laughing children's eyes, the liquid-looking eyes ot young girls, tbe languid eyes of middle-aged women, eyes with an amiable or sinister ex. press on, or severe, official eyes, or the slightly nimy eyes of old men Many of the French dealers, too, keep eyes which they loan out by the week or month, or even for special oc casions, and there is a constantly ac cumulating stock of eyes which have been returned because they would not fit some fastidious customer. The manufacture of artificial eyes consists of three very distinct operations. Be fore the artist, who is seated at a table. is a lamp, the flame of which, blown by a bellows moved by the foot, gives a pointed Jet of the strength he desires and within reach of bis band are placed rods of enamel of different colors. He begins by taking a hollow tube of col oriess crystal, one of the extremities of wnich bein soon melted by the fire of the lamp forms a ball when blown As the color given by the crystal has no resemblance to that of the sclero tica, usually called the white of the epe, tbe first laber is to color the ball in such a manner that it may be or the came tint as the natural eye. To at tain this result he applies to the ball enamels of different colors, which, amalgamating with that of the crystal in a pasty state, gradually give it the natural that of the eye. This obtained. - ne manes circular opening in the- cn tre of the ball demtiued to receive the i'jupil and irK Tne artist begins on Jie iris, which is formed by several imaleamated enamels. Tbe iris finished. i;ie places in Its centre a spot ot black 'enamel; this Is the pupil, which he en circles with its areola, ana lie con eludes bv drawlnz those infinitely small j obres which are found in the iris. The globe of the eye being completed, it re mains now to place it In the centre of the balu Nothing is more simple. The hole made in the ball, which becomes i he sclerotica, having been calculated tccotding to the size of the eye globe l is placed in it aud soldered by means ' if the lamp. This done and tbe ar ist 's flnishing touches navmg rectiuea he small imperfections of the whole work, it only remslns to pare this ball in order to obtain tbe eye shell. No mold of any kind is used, the breath and baud of the artist being alone em. ployed. Each artist, by the by, is per suaded that be alone possesses the best formula for producing tbe most limpid enamels, whose color is most like that of nature. A Peacemaker. The mountaiueeer of Tennessee Is a curious combination. He Is Ignorant, but courteous, unlearned, but sharp poverty poor, but open handed; suspic ious and cunning, yet scorning any un fair advantage. He is shiftless, but virtuous; most always a sinner, as the word goes, yet holding to some of the commandments with a grip more ten acious than a Christian's, I have eaten his hoe cake and possum, slept before bis rude fireplace, walked and bunted with him. studied him Irom all sides. and yet he is as much of an enigma as the day I first saw him. One evening, alter a nara aays climb in the mountains beyond Athens, I came upon a log cabin near the road. 1 said evening, because every thing after 12 is evening" in the South. It was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. A man sat on a log at the door smoking and whittling, three children were playing about, and a woman sat on the door sill with elbows on ber knees and her face in her hands. As I came near the man looked np and said: "Howly, stranger?" The woman slowly lifted a face the :olor of a sunflower, gazed at me for hair a minute, and then added: "Howdy?" Tbe children sat down on tbe log in i bashful way, each sucking a finger, and tbe father pocketed his knife, knocked tbe ashes from his pipe and loutlnued: Make yerself x'ghtto hum, stran ger. Children, bring tbe goird, and you, Jen, hunt up a bite to ear." I explained that all I asked was a drink or water, and some Information about the route, but he spoke np with considerable energy: "You must stop with ns to-night. There's no other place for ten miles whar' they are fixed to take yon in. " I demurred and he insisted, and I finally sat down beside him. We had scarcely begun a conversation when tbe woman looked np and drawled: Say, Hi.' "What?" 'Better git yer gun." "Why?" '"Cause Iloblnson's coming." Tbe man rose np, passed tbe woman, and next moment came out with a rifle In his bands. He stood on the log and looked down the road, and as I cast my eyes in that direction I saw a man leave tbe road and take to a tree. "Yes. that's Bobinson," muttered my host. "Stranger, you'd better squat! Children. lay low! Jen. look out fur yourself!" I sat down on the ground beside tbe log, while the children took cover on the other side. The woman never moved. "Who is Robinson and what does he want?" I finally asked. Lives down on the creek, and wants to thoot me," was the calm reply. 'He's glittii' yer range. Hi!" re marked, rather than exclaimed, the woman. Next moment a bullet whistled ovei my head and the report of Robinson' ride came to our ears. He couldn't hit a barn at the end of his gun!" muttered Hi, who stood with rifle ready to raise to bis face. there was a long silence, and then be stepped down aud said: Guess we'd better go in. stranzer. Robinson's an onery skunk, and is probably creepin' up on us for a clusser shot. Jim don't mind us. but make yerself to hum." The door bad not been shut to after us as we entered the cabin when a bullet struck it. This aroused the spirit of the woman, and she ex claimed: "There. Hi Skivens, didn't I alius say Robinson was a coward?" "lea, you alius did." "Aud you hev got to wipe him out?" "Yes, I hev. Tain't no use pultin' up with him no moah." "Have vou and Robinson been at this thing very long?" I asked, as I sat down. " 'Bout three years." "It's what they call a feud. Is it?" "That's the name, I guess. I'd have had him twice if my gun hadn't missed Gre, and he's bit me once " "Only a trine, though," added the woman, as if I would regard the wound as a stain upon his honor. "I'd like to see the mau as could kul pop!" exclaimed the oldest child, a girl of 10. "Go long, Nancy. and take that with you!" said the mother, as she bestowe I a sound cuff on the ear. Robinson now tired a bullet through the only iront window aud uttered u war whoop. 'Go!n' to stand it?" queried the woman as she looked over to her bus band. In course not. Stranger, I'm sorry for this muss. That onery Roblnsou has taken advantage of your bein' here to raise a furze. Don't blame it on me." I excused him and asked him for the origin of the lend. He could not give a clear reason, and after ten tnin utes' argument he consented to let me go out and talk with Robinson. opened the door, waved the only white cloth the woman could find in the house, and soon after went out. 11 u iuson was behind a tree across the road. "Howdy, stranger?" ho queried a3 I came up. "Has Hi surrendered?" When I told him that I had come to act as a peacemaker he laughed the idea to scorn. "Didn't he tell a bull bar room full of fellers at Athens that be could put me on my back?" ne howled. "And what else?" "Didn't be call me a sassafrax chewer aud make fun of my shootin?" I went back to Hi, and be roared out: "Didn't he brag of how bo could out-jump me?" "What else?" "Didn't he say we run off durin" the war?" I went back to Kobmson, and just as darkness settled down I patched up a truce. He was to come into the cabin and talk matters over, being guaran teed protection. When we entered Hi sat on the edge of the bed, rifle In hand. The two men glared at each other a minute, and neither the wife nor children seemed to have a quicker heart beat. Robinson finally place I his gun in a corner, went over to III with extended hand aud said: "We've bin oneiy long 'nuff. I know you kin out wrassle me." "Yes, we've bin powerful onery," replied Hi. "I alius knowed you could out-Jump me." "And I chewed sassafrax." "And we run off durin' the war." That settled it. The wife set about getting supper, and it wasn't ten minutes before Robinson was trotting one of the children on his knee and saying: "Mighty peart you ngster, Hi. Seems to take arter both of ye. Wife hevin' any chills tbis summer?" And the pioneer, whose rifle was at balf cock and only two feet away, re plied: "Purty fa'r, child, as they run. No, Jen isn't chlllin' any this sezun. Say, Jim, let's fix fur a bunt to-morrer. I got track of a b'ar yesterday up yere ajpiece." And they went off together In the morning before I was up. Electricity in Japan. Although many similar societies have been formed of late, both in the United States and In England, yet tbe pleasing Information is just heard that an insti tution having for its object the further ance of electrical research has been inaugurated in Japan, with a member ship of nearly eight hundred. "This evidence." said a well-known electrician, "would indicate that Japan has gone much further in electrical study and research than any one in tbis city would have supposed. It is furthermore stated that the admission to tbe society is based on the most liberal rules and regulations, that would put to shame some of our own instltu tlons. whose narrow-mindedness Is reflected in the cast-iron rules which preclude the possibility of only a favored few being admitted. At tbe present time the ranks of our American engineers are largely and valuably reinforced from England, France and Germany, but we may expect before long that Japan will be supplying us with experts for our old and younger companies in every branch of work. It is to be hoped that this new Japanese society will be growingly useful and prosper." Women as Apothecaries. The Russian government has gran ted permission to women to devote themselves to the pharmaceutical pro fession, provided they pass the same examinations as are established for male candidates. Apothecaries, bow ever, who receive female pupils will not be allowed to take male students also. Persian and Orient! patterns lead, both In silk and woolen goods. A XOBLK CALLING. How Trained Nurses are Tauirht to Tend The Sick. Trained nurses have proved as much of a success In Chicago as have the members of that dignified profession In other cities. The Illinois Training school supplies to a large extent the corps of nurses that have charge of the wards in both the country and Presby terian hospitals. Acting on the belief that the value of the services of a nurse is in proportion to their intelli gence, capacity and refinement, the applicants to tbis school are subjected to a month's trial, during which they are carefully examined In all the com mon school branches of study. If their record in every way is satisfactory they are Invested with the uniform and enter upon the regular course of instruction, consisting of study from text books, medical lectures aud prac tical work in either hospital. After a year in the school pupils are expected to perform auy service re quired, whether it be in the hospital or in a private house. Eighty young women are now In this tialn'.ng school and places could be provided for as many more if the supply were only equal to the demand. The day ot the convivial Sairy Gamp is no more, for people are fast recognizing the fact that getting well when one has been sick Is as much a matter of good nurs ing as hard dosing. Even more so In many cases. The majority of appll sants who desire training for this new profession look forward to gaining a livelihood thereby, and some hoe irom it a life of usefulness among the sick poor. The Illinois Training school is as cheerful as any private home, and the young women who re ceive a training there leave when the course is over with a great deal of reluctance. The practical part of the instruction Is very thorough and includes a knowl edge of the management of helpless patients, making beds, giving baths in bed, bandaging, the dressing of blis ters, making poultices, and preparing. looking and serving delicacies for the lick. They are taught how to venti late rooms properly, to take observa tions for the physician, care for rotm. ind manage convalescents. They learn how to take aud record the stale jf the pulse, temperature, ai -Pletite, delirium or 6tupor, breath ing, sleep, condition of wounds, and effect of LU'-dlciue, diet, stimulant, or narcotic. A superintendent has charge jf the entire corps and Is responsible to the medical staff for the proper per formance of duty. A competent head nurse is in each ward to louk after both the night and day nurses, and with at ending physicians gives Instructions to the novices at the bedside of pa tients. In addition to a knowledge of nursing there must be the quality of Uousewives, for to each ward is at tached a dining room for convalescents, ind for the -care of that, with the kitchen, store rooms, and linen closet, the head nurse must account. A look in at any of the wards in the zouuty hospital will reveal two, three. or more of these tender women clad in blue and white striped dresses of seer sucker, each cippeJ with snowy white iprous aud cutis. lliey are going ibout from cot to cot ministering to the wants of patients in the various stages of Bickness and recovery. All is lulte, orderly and cheerful. A physi cian enters aud after examining a patient turns and speaks a word or two So the nurse standing near. She gives no answer, but goes to a small room idjoinlng and returns In a moment with bandages and cotton, which she lands the doctor, still without a word. rhere seems to be something approach ing the military in the discipline ob served throughout the whole establish ment. On the opposite side of the ward lies a woman hugging close to her i fat faced baby. It is not her own, out one borrowed from the lying in ward upstairs. All the wan faced somen turn their eyes towaid the aughlng little thing as iu a few mo ments a nurse bears It from the great muny room. In the children's ward ire the same attendants, some carrying very sick ones in their arms, and oth ers amusing the little ones that are ible to sit up and bold toys or books. 1 The patients that linger on the bor derland of death are cared for In small rooms that contain but three beds sach. Here tbe labors of the nurse must he unremitting, although little or no medicine Is required. Many ot the poor men and women lying In these beds are past all hopes of recovery, and it is only by administration of patient. skillful attention that the fitful tlame is kept alive a lew days longer. In the well warmed balls the convalescents and some of the women are assisting a nurse to fold linen tor baud Ages. Phy sicians are passing up aud down iu elevators, and friends come in to visit tbe patients. The "Daughter of the King" are scattering beautiful blos soms everywhere. Upon the completion of their labors in the training school the nurses, fur nished with diplomas signed by the managers and the examining board of the. hospitals and i avvided with J10J In money, begin their several careers. Some get positions as heads of hospi tals, others respond to the ever in creasing demand fur private houses, nd Bum: commence a life work among tbe siek poor. IteMriclions. Perhaps there is nothing under which men wince and fret more than the restraints and restrictions which the circumstanaes of life force upon them. And yet, humanly speaking, there is no greater helper, no surer guide, than external restrictions. Every one knows that It is compara tively easy to act the gentleman in a society where the forms of etiquette are rigidly observed; but It Is not easy to come up to the same requirement in a society where freedom is the rule and where rules are Tree. A newy employed street-car driver has no dif ficulty in finding the route over which be Is to direct bis horses. He cannot drive off the track without being jolted into a consciousness of bis own error. But a ride across a trackless prairie, while it leaves the rider free from the restraints of the rail, correspondingly opens to him the danger of going astray. Many a young man desires to leave bis present employment that he may be "his own master." But no one is competent to master himsell until be knows bow to impose restric tions npon himself as tbe servant of that master; nor will be be competent to serve himself until he knows how to accept the restrictions which It would profit him to receive from himself as the master of that servant. NEWS 1 BRIEF. During the last five years 423 Uvea have been lost at sea among the Eng lish herring fishermen. The temple of Apoho, at Delhi, the most splendid temple dedicated to that deity, was built 1203 13. C. In the Sandwich Islands the na tives paint their faces and knock out their front teeth In mourning for their friends. As the old man grows more and more blundering, if be will grow more careful, it will go far to counterbalance that infirmity. A shopkeeper having sunk bis floor two feet, intimated that goods would be sold considerable lower than formerly in consequence of recent im provements. Insurance statistics lead to the re mark of a contemporary that Ameri cans of the middie and upper classes are healthier and longer lived than Englishmen. A university is said to have been founded at Bo'ogna by Theodosius about 433, but the real date of the establishment of the University of Bou logne was 1110. In giving introductions it is proper to introduce the gentleman to the lady, the younger to thp elder, the Inferior iu social position to the superior, etc. Chloride, a gas first obtained by Scheele in 1774 by treating manganese with muriatic acid. Sir Humphrey Davy, in 1810, stated to be aa element, and named it chlorine. In Iceland it Is the custom for everybody to kiss everybody else he meets. It requires a goud deal of skill in Icelau 1 to meet only the peo ple you would really liko to sea. Inasmuch as there are judicial precedents against wearing the Mother Hubbard style of dress iu public, the attempt to put them on the judges looks like a dauserous proceeding. A lamp to charm the unsuspecting student is a copper serpent with silvery scales on its rough back and tail, which coils Its writhing length into n ring and lifts its fiat Ileal to vomit out flames. Mrs. Frowning, wife of the poet, was n little woman win) diersed exactly us she pleased without regard to fashion, and who hud a very decided mind of her o n and a habit of expressing it. Circuits weie divided into three, and three justices were appointed to each, 1170. Four years later tliev were divided into four, vth live jus tices to each. They havj been fre quently divided. ( The swiftest bird on the wing Is the frigate bird, a nort of nautical bird ot prey. It cau ily more than titX) miles an hour, but there is no trust woi thy record or tho eed or wiiicli It Is capable. The eiuperoi of ( iei many has lies towed the older of the. B ack Eagle upon his wife. The order that the av erase American citizen het'ins tolx-stow on his wife aliout this time of the year is that of buckw heat c ikes for break fast. llai.ince or power, to ;issi:re the In dependticy of States and control the ambitions of sovereigns, was lira laid down us a princ-j lo l y Itnlum p.jlit'o ians of the fifteenth c-i.t ny, on the invasion of Charles Vlll of Fiance, A. 1) ll'Jl. Of the fast trains of the country the longest continuous inn is that of 113 hours, 2r minutes. upin the South, rn l'.ieilic line from s.iu Fran cisco to New Orie.iin, 2.4'J i miles. The average t-pced upon tl ii line is miles per hour. The wii.ntr of first pnze at the recent beauty show in Spa, Belgium, has since been showered with oilers of ;n:.rriag. It Is said that among thoso in tho field for her hand are no less than ten marquises and a dozen counts and vi.icounls. The gill is a native of Gu aleloup. i David Jennings is Ihe latest jxt petual motion lunatic, llo lives In Lyons, N. V., and commenced with youth, health and fortune twenty years ago to develop his I'l-ane idea. ll has sieut bis Intellect, his youth and 550,000, and Is precisely as near mak ing something out of nothing as he was when he started. He I!ud:i it easy to come very near to it, as the boy did to finding his hat. An Influential paper of Buda Pesth. Hungary, advocates a reform in the upiier house of that country, mak ing titles of nubility descend only to the eldest son, and having them insep arable from a seat in the House, liug lish fashion. The reason Is fantastic enough that so-called barons and dukes have been killing themselves lately because they had no money to support their dignity. Edward A. Dawden, a brakeman on the Noilheiu Pacific Road, d.s played rare courage after having both Teet cut off alxive the ankles by his own train. He gather.-i up the several parts, wrapped them In his handker chief and then crawled across the tracks and washed his stumps l;i a stream. Shortly afterwards he was found, conscious, and taken to a hos pital, where he declared he would re cover. Dawden is 20 years old and a native of Wisconsin. Atlanta. Ga., has a paper house. No wood, buck, iiou or other ma e lial Is used about the building, it is a neat little store painted sky-blue, and was erected by a Frenchman who is agent for the paper of which it is cou structeJ. Tl.e raiteis, the weather boarding, the roof and thu llooring are all made oi thick, compressed paper lioards, imiervious to wat-r and as durable as wood. The .house cannot catch on fire as easily as a wooden building, becauM; the suiface of the paper is smooth a':d hard. Down In Maryland the other day, when Dr. Fulton married iliss White, the ring used was male or a goid button that was on the wedding guwu of the bridegroom's mother, and a marvellously tattered shoe was sent by an old darky along with the informa tion that it was one of the last pair that "marster,"' the bride's father, bought for him in slavery limes, an 1 so he wanted it flung after youag tu.s tress to msuie her gooJ lu.k. A practical Joke was p'ayed on Mayor Hewitt of New Yolk, recently. He received a letter whose writer complained that a "gang of thieves ami murderers were Infesting the block bounded by Ceu'er, Iouard, Elm and White utieets, and that a citizen coul iu't go through that block at nignt." Mr. Hewitt referred the lelt-r to Captain SleCullagti with the usual direction. The C aptain made prompt reply. ITe said "the charge was true," but added that "the thieves and murderers were ail under lock aud key." They were in the Tombs. i - it. U. 3. Mail Routei3
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