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Ir tceins to look very much as If
tie London T:r,,es woulJ not only be
compelled to c.intraJIct its Farnell
fake, but aiKloglze for it.
Kai.-ei; William, of Germaay, is
t!. most rebtlesa man In Europe, sleep.
less, eating less, and Idling less
than uny rul?r In Christendom.
Kiiopk. I,;LANr ought to be proud
of ht rs.-X She ha.i abolUhed the prop
erty nuuliacutioa for voters and re
ilticcl the tiaiu of residence to two
l-iir3. Thafi light 'Ilhodj."
mi: Ciiach; Commls
hioner of London, England, rolice, has
ivsigreJ hia position in response to
popular iudiznation o-er his failure to
unravel the mystery surrounding: the
VYIiiU'chapel murders.
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.
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