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BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, APRIL G,
MADAM OF THE IVIES.
BY ELIZABETH PHIPPS TRAIN.
[Copyrighted by-the Author.]
SYNOPSIS:
CHATI KU I. The sc. ne of the story Is
laid in Uic village of 1. i!o i. at an •>!«! home
stead, "The Ivies," ale til wliicli there :f
considerable DufoUij LoCfcrßf^
the heroine, applies fur the position of coiu
pauion to .Mrs. the mistress of
the house. At the station she makes the
acquaintance of Dr. Spencer, one ot the
prominent characters of the story.
CIIAi'TKK 11. -Dorothy is engaged by
.Mrs. Eldridge, who &he discovers is blind,
and enters at once upon her duties as
companion.
CHAI'TKR 111. —She makes the ac
quaiiilanct of the housekeeper, Mrs. May
bcrry, a curious chars, ter who lnis lived
at The Ivies agn at uumj years. On one
of Dorothy's visius tc the village a sudden
illness drives her 10 the house of Dr.
Spenuer.
CHAPTER IV.
My mirror had told me that I had
grown younger niiicc <-0111 i 11s; to Elilon. ,
The hollows in my cheeks had roupdci} 1
out. I could 110 longer Kay that 1 was 1
too white for beauty. j«ml the anxious !
and harrnssed expression which the
unsatisfactory anil unsettled conditions
■jf my life ptfor to my departure from
New York had graven on my features
had wholly given place to the natural
serenity and animation of my up*. I
was somewhat mollified by his explan
|tipn, feeling it flattering to my present
appearance. I smiled.
"Yes." I replied, "it was I, arid I waj
stranded, that is a fact. Hut for yoiir
chivalrous assistance I shudder to
think what might have become of 111 c."
lie laughed, and at that moment his
;«ot)icr re-entered the room, bearing on
i small tf'ay a eup of steaming tea,
the lucre sight of which (teemed tij
infuse new strength into my veins.
I was not disappointed in its effect up
-511 me, for after drinking it I felt like
pew creature.
"1 am veey worry to hiive given you
50 much trouble," I said to Mrs Sjieu
•er, as she took the empty cup from my
■land. "I must introduce myself 1.1 you
in proper form. 1 am Miss Lothrop,
companion to Mrs. Kldredge ,of The
Ivies."
"Yes, I thought so," returned the
joint woman, with evident pleasure in
her own perspicacity. "Vou, tire not
wholly unknown to us. my dear young
lady. My son has heard you grate
fully spoken of by many of his poor
patients, besides wliicli, Mt. Booth
lias mentioned you to us. 1 hope your
Interest in charitable work is not prov
ing too great a tax upon your
Strength.
"Not at all." ! replied with decision.
"This attack Is merely the result of
confinement. It is a'great pleasure to
do some good in the world, even if it
be only to administer another's boun
ty."
She looked at me approvingly, and
the doctor even turned a kindly glance
upon me,
"But you have an excellent home
mission," Mrs. Spencer remarked, not
without emotion. "Even without ven
turing beyond the doors of The Ivies
you have ample opportunity for good
work in ministering to the broken and
arulsed spirit of that noble woman who
8 its mistress. I do not know whether
you are acquainted with the sad cir
cumstances of "
"Mother!"
I welcomed the warning exclamation
that served as an interruption. I divin
ed tliat Illy hostess was one of those sim
ple, garruluous. kindly souls that dear
ly love a bit of gossip, and the expres
sion of the son's face assured me tha*
this weakness of his mother's was In
tolerable to him. I bad no wish to
hear from strange lips details which
tlear Madam had chosen to withhold
from me. To listen to the sad story
that had wrecked her life, without
lier permission, seemed to me treason
able intrusion upon sacred ground.
Mrs. Spencer's round, rosy face flush
ed a deep crimson.
"Oh, David, my dear, pardon me; 1
quite forgot," sin- said hurriedly, and
with more embarrassment, it seemed
to me, than the occasion warranted.
Both mother and sor. were so evi
dently discomposed by her untoward
(illusion that It appeared wisdom on
my part to create a diversion by rising
to depart. This action restored the at
mosphere to its normal serenity, and
drew forth strong expressions of re
monstrance from my hosts. Neither
considered me fit for the long walk
back, and Dr. Spencer urged that I
should allow him to drive me home In
his dog-cart.
I thanked him cordially, but declined
Ills offer, saying that 1 feared the ad
vent of a stranger might disturb Mrs.
Eldredge, who often took her exercise
on the wide veranda at this hour. But
Mrs. Spencer Insisted.
"You are not lit to walk; is she.,
David? Physician's orders, you know,
my dear! Do let my sou drive you.
He Is no, stranger to madam. Why "
Again the warnti g "Mother!" check
ed the voluble ut t rance. She broko
abruptly off again and turned aside to
hide her confusloi . Then the doctor
took up the argui ent,
"You are quite r. <ht, Miss Lothrop,"
he said, "in thinkii g that my presence
might distress Mrs. Eldredge, but I
am equally reasonable In asserting
that you are In 110 iit condition to walk
home. Let us compromise. If you will
permit me to drive you to the gates
of The Ivies I will allow you to walk
thence to the house. Is it a bargain?"
I was glad to fall In with this propo
sition, and while Dr. Spencer was go je
for the trap I had u nice little chat
witji his mother. I hud much ado,
I
1 lllflfl
ifjA
flf/ 1
11 r
"mothkr!"
however, to fend her off the forbidden
subject, for, without making direct al
lusion to It, she persisted in fluttering
so dangerously near It that I was iu
a state of much alarm lest 1 should be
absolutely obliged to cover m.V
with my hands In order to avoid glean
ing unwelcome Information. As it
was, she gave mi? to understand by
veiled pints and innuendoes that the
events which had desolated The Ivies
had also laid waste her son's life.
"It is a dreadful blow to me that
David should throw himself away upon
a poor, miserable little village like this,
The loss of ambition is to a mau what
the loss of vanity is to a woman; it
8 imply lets him run to seed. And «
man of David's splendid attainments,
too! Ah, my dear, we mothers do not
lose the burden of our children's being
when we are dell-ered of them; we
carry them with u- to the grave."
The good soul followed me out to the
dog-cart and tucked the rug round me
with motherly solicitude, and I finally
drove away from her comfortable
neighborhood with her warm entreat-
ies for future visits ringing in my ears.
The drive hom. was pleasant. 1
found the doctor .- aareeifble and In
teresting eompani 1. mid I gathered
from him much iiu jrmation of an im
personal character of Eldon and it**
surroundings. lie 'eft me at the
with as cordial an • xpresslon of antici
pation of our fut v meeting as ili.it
his mother had iufus».d into her fare
wells. and I made iv way up tie 1 >ng j
avenue reflecting p. asurably upon this
new and gen al lenient wliicit had
come so unexpeci. ly into my lifr'.
I had covered ah 1; half the distance :
bet wi I'll house _ gateway- when, to
my unbounded am :ement, I came up
on Madam, who mi ventured out qutto
alone, ami who wa standing absorbed
in thought, lcanin; against tin' rustle
fence which guard 1 the steep descent
of the cliff. I cou J not see her face, !
for it was turned the direction of the [
stone house, at whi „'!i she was intently j
gazing.
1 purposely made my approach audi- ,
bio, that my sudilc appearance should j
not startle tier. In t she took 110 heed I
of me until I laid a light touch upon !
her shoulder, at t...' same time greet- |
ii:g her by name. Then, drawing a
long, long breath, is jf she were im
pelling her spirit .ck from a distant ,
journey into the 1': .t. she looked round 1
ami welcomed me with a smile.
JL!
If iSPI/ i\
bj W \
{ prKVOjSKLY MA)>K MY APPROACH
ArDIHLb.
"Dorothy?"
"Yes, Madaui."
"I have missed you, child. The sun
dial marks 110 hours while lilofothy is
absent,"
1 raised her hand to rnj' lips.
"Is not this too long a stTon flor yon
without companionship, dear Madam V'
"1 have brought a trftsty staff with
me. you see." She held up a stout,
gold-lieaded ebony cane, of Which sh*
fri queiitly made use. "Besides, though
he does not dream I suspect It. I have
a shrewd idea that my good Eraufclin
exercises a vigilant waHeli upon my
from the veranda." And. sure enough
looking round. I espied th'e old 111:111
dodging among the poplars as he made
a surreptitious way back to the house,
safe in the thought that I was with
his mistress.
"May I wait for you, Xfcudam?"
"Certainly, though I mil about re
turning.''
.she paused an instant, and a wist
ful shadow crosjed her face.
After a moment she reswued her
speech.
"Dorothy," she said, "fibJs is an an
niversary. Forty years agrt to-ihiy I
came, a happy. Joyous iprfte, to that
houae yonder." Again she turned her
poor blind ey« s upon the tnolftucholy
pile of masonry. "My cjiild, It is tin
unlucky house, a house <>f sail disaster
and misfortune to all whom it has
sheltered; but, ail! I would like to s.v
It again. I would give niu/cli to look
once more upon the walls within which
I spent so many happy hours."
I was well awe re tlAit she lived,
when alone, almost wholly within tin
memories of oast «vents, and I felt i>
tly (ClU< ify ii „ tliat kill' wboiihl
give evidence i f being so much at one
with me as <0 address me in tones of
retrospection.
I said ao word to disturb the cur
rent of her thoughts, bitf softly with
drew the ebony stick f r<yn her grasp,
and slipped the liand which held it
within my strong young arm. We
waited thus in silence a little, attd
presently she went on.
"Dorothy, I must see it; I must!" she
cried, and there win a deep, uncontroll
able yearning in ter voK?e. "I.ook at
it, child; look closely at it, until it
seems as familiar t j you as the face ot
a friend. Then de icrlbe It tb me; but
describe it faithfully, for its image is
graven on my heait, aifJ| J shall know
If your observatioi is at fault."
I halted a few mi littles, earnestly
scrutinising the prospect before me,
for 1 was anxiovs to fulfil her re
quest to the very ocst ut my a'billity,
and I was afraid lest ijhe should de
tect carelessness 01 slovenliness in my
description.
"I see," I began at length, "a gloomy,
grey mass of rubble-stone, rising c<dd
and" grim against a background of dark
woods. It forms a house of unattrac
tive and even forbidding exterior.
This house is thrcc-stowVd. with a
balcony across its front, enclosed and
supported by heavy wrought iron brac
kets and balustrade. The windows are
without blinds, and white Uisidi shut
ters enhance the nakedness of Uieir
appearance. There are two doors of
entrance, that upon the ground- tloor
opening upon a neflccted. grass gro.w 11
drive'"—here 1 felt Madam snivel- as if
with cold "and appealing t«> liavu
been of but secondary importance to
the architect of the dwelling, for a
larger and more imposing doorway ov
ists in the next story, access lo wltiuh
Is gained by means of a fligln of brok
en and moss-stained stone steps. The
house is square and of uncwmprouiisWig
regularity of outline, and seen»s to be
built against a cliff or ledge, of rocks. '
I felt a sudden movement of eag
erucss from my companion, and Mad
am interrupted me abruiyiy.
"Yes, yes', it is so. 1 know it well,
that ledge. It forms the lurek of the
lower half of the house, and its sur
face is covered with a rude platform,
which communicates with the house
by lucatis of a door oJp<*nitt , K upon
a landing of the inner st4lr-ua.se. Ah,
the dear old platform,' Itoty many
happy hours have 1 speixt thiVe! All,
dear old house that has tyiiloft'i'd nr**!
Ah, dear, hallowed gniajH tfiat s«HI
echoes with the trend of ttfij' foiH wiiich
you betrayed! «Jod kintal? *>ti Inu'e
done me bitter harm aiffl lmt
oh! —I love you still'.—l .Win still!"
I had never seen her moved fiyun lier
stern wlf-eontrol before, and I knew
uot how to meet her demand upon my
sympathy. Hut I took refuge iii sil
ence. That, at least, does not Jar, m-en
if it fails to comfort.
Finally she made a movement irs if
to leave the spot, but turned butort' ile
partinu'. with another request.
"Dorothy, I should like om-e more to
stand upon that platform, t'ouhl w<-
make a pilgrimage there together some
day, do you think? Just you and IV"
"Indeed, yes, dear Matbvfn." I re
plied, without an Inslawf's i::itioti.
I think, if she had prop "d lakiuu
a trip to Jericho i?i a tlyinu 10 « hine.
H should have acquiesced lu the lile.i.
) was so eager to encourage ls-r con
fidence in me.
So. unmarked by special ev- HI. time
passed on until I had been 'a* yi-.ir i:t
Madam's service. A • loser low and
sympathy had grown 1 1 > Iwiw. 11s 11-;
tiian exists ofteutlilies («> weell 111 vJie;-
and daughter, ' knew that Madam
trusted me and that she had couiidcin e
in my discretion, yet I was as ignorant
of the history of her life, of the tragedy
that had devastated The Ivies, as I
was upon the day I first b< came a
member of its limited household.
One fact, and one only, connected
with Mudnm's relations to life outsid"
her own home, I had gained; that was
the fact of the presence somewhere
In the world of a son who had expatri
ated himself for some cause unknown
to inc. She had herself mentioned him
to me, else I should have known lioth
Ing of him, for her Servants were too
faithfe.l to their nlh giame to •
go-«ip ever so slightly cf thi - .iai
com rtii d their Riisiivss >b .1!
hub dt® let!. IS n ••• i V ell fri l! •■•I
so 1 knew that a •• >rr. -pen t
maintained betwe.n ik 111. ln-t ! j
not calh d upon .itln rto rtad or ' ••
swi r tit -e eoninniiiieatii i..s. _ I .i~ •
ed. as I afterwards learnt wasT!n>«
: that Mrs. Maylvvrx st>rvejt ~iirr a; j
such times.
One day. however, as we were sii
J ting at twilight in her bomloir. i'>
j month being February, ar.d .the 1:1
liar.t t!.lines on the b a t!i ai! :ii
| luniination we required, she said to
uic:
••Dorothy. I am afraid I must lay
1 a new duty upon you."
"Kveil then my burdi>p cf employ
ment will be a light one. Madam." I
: answered.
"Poor Mayberry's handwritii is
getting so tremulous that it is beeoin
lug almost undecipherable. It is a ser
i inns misfortune to me. for. clever am
1 anuensis as you are, my dear, you can
' not be of sui'li special service to me as
I my poor old housekeeper has been.'
"Indeed. Madam, are you sure? 1
asked, somewhat chagrined at the idea
! that that poor wreck 01 a woman could
| do better cl.ity than I.
! "Yes. sure," she replied. "1 will tell
| you why. She has acquired a very
' faithful imitation of my owu band
[ writing, in olden times it washer wont
to ivy to fashion herself by such a pool
I model as I. She was a clever girl, and
j you would be surprised to kuow how
| accurately she copied ine in many re
! spects. 1 have spoken to you of iny
; son Darracott. He lives abroad, travel
j Ing from place to place, for he is a rest-
I less man and ill content with monotony.
1 She paused, and sat awhile with her
I unseeing ga/.e bent upon tlje flowing
I fire, while i occupied myself with re
i flections upon the selfishness of a son
j who could allow a blind mother to drag
I out so desolate and lonely an existence
! as this of Madam's because, forsooth,
monotony wearied him. Youth is apt
to leap at hasty conclusions.
"Msyherry ha» been my means of
communicating with him," she went
on. presently. "She has read his letters
to me. and answered them in the first
person fcr me. because, my dear, my
son is not aware of the fttljictioii which
lias befallen me. tnd It has been the
aim of my wlsbrs t > keep it from him."
1 cried aloud at ft.is. I could uot help
it.
"Oh. Madam!" I said, "ft is not right;
It Is not fair to hini!"
She smiled very sadly,
"Little girl," she replied, "you speak
>rith the impulsiveness of your age and
ignorance. Not fair! Is there question
of fairness in adding fresh fuel to the
heap which consumes a martyr? Dar
racott should never have been inform
ed of this ill fortune which lias afflicted
me if I could have prevented it; but,
alas! he complains that he can no long
er decipher my handwriting, which is
in fact Mayberry's and argues some
condition of ill health from this evi
dence of infirmity. He has questioned
nie so closely that I find it. impossible
longer to evade him. and I am there
fore obliged, most unwillingly, to dis
pose the truth to him. So, little Doro
thy. you must hereafter be the link
that Joins my absent boy to ills
mother."
And so It was that . began to write
long letters to Darracott Chester, for
I found that it was by a previous mar
riage that 1 his sou had burn to
Madam. I Khali reTer forget the first
letter I wrote him. It informed him of
his mother's affliction, but so lightly
was the subject treat ' that it might
have had to do with ~ liere passing
Indisposition, rather than with a dire
bereavement which seems, of all physi
cal calamities, the worst, ihe casual
maimer in which »lie nii.ta. - 4.. flio
matter, ami the effect to appear care
less and indifferent concerning it. gave
to the letter a tone of sklf-effacement
and self abnegation that brought tears
to my eyes as I penned it.
"If he has the heart of a man and
not a stone iu his breast," I said to
myself as 1 sealed it. "he whl come
home to her, whether he dreads mono
tony or not."
And. indeed, t' e return mail brought
to Madam a letter filled with reproach.
It was rather a strange letter, I
thought, for while it was all that was
dutiful, and was marked with sincere
distress and sorrow for her affliction,
it lacked totally in tenderness and filial
love. But it fulfilled my expectations
in one respect. Its writer was about
to return to Eldon.
This prospect, when Madam disclos
ed it to her household, created the
wildest excitement. The effect it pro
duced upon the most prominent trio
was widely different. Franklin was
Jubilant at the thought of Mr.Chester's
return; Mayberry, absurd and unreas
onable as I thought the idea, was,
without doubt, paralyzed and shocked
by the intelligence; whi.e Madam her
self, dearly as I believed she loved
him, dhl not seem wholly happy In the
idea of her son's home-coming.
Unlnstructed as 1 was iu knowledge
of the events which influenced these
various sentiments, I made 110 attempt
to fathom their cause, anil contented
myself with girlish and romantic spec
ulations concert ng the new inmate
which The Ivies would soou receive.
It would be nearly a month before
Mr. Chester would arrive, he wrote,
and during that month I found occas
ion to heartily welcome the fact that a
man of strength and intelligence would
soon be Installed beneath our roof.
For duriug that mouth strange tliiugs
occurred, which titled me with fear and
foreboding, and which yet seemed so
wild and improbable that I could not
bring myself io mention them even to
my good friends the Spencers.
For my good friends the Spencers
had certainly become. Madam always
spoke of them iu the warmest terms,
and cordially encouraged my intimacy
with them. I never had cared for ;i
large circle of acquaintances, but it
was exceedingly pleasant to me to be
to vary what was assuredly a
monotonous existence with visits to
such a congenial house as theirs.
't here was but oue drawback to my
friendship. David Spencer loved me,
and had told me so. I had been oblig
ed to refuse his love, and although he
had begged me to allow his offer to
make no difference in our mutual re
lit t-ions, and I had promised that it
should be so yet it was but natural that
I should feel somewhat constrained in
the presence of a man whom I had re
jected.
1 had thought it only houorable to
wards Madaui that I should acquaint
lier with the matter. 1 was surprised
by the manner in which she received
fuy confidence.
"Is it actually impossible for you to
love this good fellow, my dear?" she
asked, with great earnestness.
"Impossible indeed," 1 replied.
She sighed deeply. _
"l wish it might have been different,"
she said, as If cominuiilug with herself.
"It would have seemed like atone
ment." Then the subject dropped be
tween us.
I have uiade allusion to the fact tli.it
about this time strange ami suspicious
circumstances began to arouse my
curiosity and alarm. The first of these
occurred one evening, or rather one
late afternoon, as I was returning from
a charitable expedition to the village.
My nature Is quite a fearless one.
1 am without the natural feminine iv
luctance to going about after dark un
protected, nor aiu 1 unduly disturbed
by strange happeniugs. Hut, on the )
other hand, I have more than the aver- I
age curiosity ut my sex although, be |
ing aware ut this weakness, I have 1
made myself mistress of it, and where I
1 feel it to be unwise and indiscreet I
1 am able to place a stroug curb upon J
It. But on ordinary occasions it rises |
to the surface, and quite transcends 1
any impediment of fear or timidity (
which migiit hamper its gru t itlcution.
1 was strolling ii|> the avenue, th«n.
' -..line tiii! after dink had fallen. Wile*,
at tin !»iM>t where I ha<l fouifrl
Madam many months ago.
I came to an abrupt halt. I had chane
,.l I i loi'K down .it the Stoue flouse
- ai ding amidst Its shadows, and 1
I could have sworn that I saw n liguro
tlit l>y one oi iis windows,**! approach
,-d th •.•dir. fth ■ .-Uil and scanned the
house cli.scly. Tlu-re was certainly a
r open, tor i dark space inter
vent d bet wi en the outlines of a case
luer.t where, as iu the other windows,
should have be< u whiteness.
This in its. !f was strauge.for never In
all the time 1 hail been at The Ivies
had I seen any sign of occupancy jr j
carctaking about the place. Indeed, 1
had sometimes wondered that Madam
.lid not have it airid occasionally.
Still. unusual as this evidence of lit
in the grim mansion was. it did no
seem to n« then suspicious. I though ,
that perhaps during my absence Mad
aui had availed herself of the aid <>t !
either Mayberry ox Franklin to i
out the inteution tt revisit the scene of j
her former happiness, and my chief I
Sensation as 1 continued my homeward j
way w,as one of regret and" disappoint- j
meot that I had not been with her on i
that occasion.
But as 1 reached the door of The |
Ivies Franklin opened it with an ex- I
session of annoyance on his face.
"Have you happened to see Mr.*, j
Mayberry, Miss Lothrop?" he asked
fretfully. "Here Is Madam warning
her, and she is not to be found aboat
the house."
"No. I have not met her," I answered.
Then I remembered what I had just
seen. "Do you think she could be
down at the Stone House. FranKUnV'
I suggested.
The 0(d man looked at me in amaze
ment as profound as if t bad said;
"I>o you think she could be at the bot
tom of the sea?" He did nc* even
reply to my question. Contenting him
self with ejaculating: "The Ktope
House!" he continued; heu yon have
seen nothing of her. miss?" and as 1
yeplied in the negative, he stood aside
to let me pass, suggesting at the same
time that I should go to Madam and
see if 1 could reudt r the tissisiauc*
she needed.
[CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT.]
The Many Different Myles l'*e<t ia An
cient M urtare.
While universally used by th# ap
cients, the form of 1 he bow varied with
different nation*. The Scythian bow
was in the form of the letter C, and the
bow of the Tartars--descendants of the
Scythians—still ke«p that shape.
The Greek bow was not more tharn
three or four feet in length, but so stout
and stiff that it required considerable
strength and skill to use it. It is said
that the first Greek bows were
from the horns of a species of goat,
the bases being united by ineaivs of a
metallic band. Afterwards other ma
terial was used in their manufacture,
but they still retained their ori&uai
shape. These bows were too short to
be of much use, and, comparatively
speaking, but a small portion of the
troops were armed with them.
The Romans carried the bow to
Britain, where It at once obtained fa
vor, and during the Middle Ages, was
extensively used, forming an important
element of the armies of that period.
The English archers were said to he
the finest in the world, and their skill
decided the battles of Crecy, Poitiers
and Agincourt. The bows Used were
of two kinds, the long bow and the
arbalest or cross-how. The arbaileet
was made of steel or horns, and was
nf tuch strength and stiffness that tt
was necessary to use some mechanical
appliance to bend it and adjust the
string. The arbalestiers carried a
quiver with fifty arrows, and were
placed in the van of the battle.
Kulvea Made by l'rraiurr.
It is announced that an entirely new
method for the manufacture of tatila
cutlery is being introduced int« Shef
field, England, and is exciting much
interest. A round bar of steel is placed
in a machine, and by means of hy
draulic pressure a perfect knife ia
formed —blade, bolster and handle. The
"fash" is taken off, and it is
quently ground and polished by ma
chinery. One such machine is capable,
it is stated, of producing 5,000 of these
all steel knives per day. at a compara
tively small cost In labor. The ma>-
chines are capable of dealing with
kind of cutlery or tools.
l.arKnt Flnwfr In the Worl4.
The largest flower in the world, it
is said, is the bolo, which grows on
the Island of Mindanao, one of the
Phillipplne group. It has five petals,
measuring nearly a yard iu width, and
a single flower has been known to
weigh 22 pounds. It grows on the high
est pinnacle of the island, about two
thousand feet above the level of the
sea.
An Odd Rnllrond.
A horse railroad about a mile in
length, accommodates the residents of
a suburb of San Francisco. The grade
is about percent. A horse draws the
car and passengers uphill, the car de
scends by its own gravity, and then
carries the horse on the rear platform
of the car. The ascent is made at the
rate of 2V& miles an hour, the descent
averages at the rate of 15 miles an
hour.
French Annexation.
Within the last twenty years the
French have annexed no fewer thrtn
2,000,000 square miles of Africa. They
own Alebira, Tunis, "the light soil" of
the Sahara, Senegal, the ivory coast,
the western Soudan, Dahomey, the
French Kongo, and a large tract on th«
Somali coast, while in Abyssinia ti»ey
are making steady way.
The Vienna Lottery.
Despite the fact that hundreds of
persons have killed themselves because
they have been ruined by the Vienna
municipal lottery, the Viennese con
'Jnue to regard the institution with fa
vor. It keeps down the taxes.
miterene* In llnlr.
An authority on microscopy states
that the hair of a woman can be dl»-
tinguished by its construction from ,
that of a man when examined through
the microscope.
Ancient
The British museum contains the
jldest specimens of pure glass which
bears any date. This is a little lion's
head, having on It the name of an
Egyptian king of the eleventh dynasty
A nine of Hallways.
Hallways represent an enormous ad
lition to public w«alth. The value of
:he railways of all countries is some
hing like 5,556 millions sterling.
The Slam.
The faintest stars visible to the naked
?ye are of the sixth magnitude; the
'aintest telescopic stars are reckoned
if the sixteenth or seventeenth magni
tude.
KsplonlTH Galore.
J Thirty years ago there were only two
j lozen explosive compounds known to
j chemists; now the'e are over a thou
' land.
No. 14
POPULAR NAMES OF WARS.
The Cou.|uprt-.l Nation Alinnst Invariably
Com** Klr«t Many Case*.
The conflict between the United
States and Spain lias pasted lhttj
history as the "Spanish-American"
war. At first glance there ia nothing
strange is this fact. Nobody has ever
fonmi out the real source of the names
of the millions of objects and events
Ordinarily it might almost seem the
names were given by accident or
chance. The matter of naming wars,
however, seems to follow a set rule.
KMI iu ina lion reveals the fact that in
almost every case the designation of a
war by a certain popularly accepted
name shows at once the victor and
the vanquished, and that iu such cases
the first name, if two be giveu, or the
one name, if there be only one, is the
, name of the conquered nation. The
two that will at once occur to anyone's
! memory are the "Franco-Prussian"
I war. in which the French were de-
I feat..l. and our own "Spanlsh-Amer*
icau" war.
ltut there are others. Iu the Tro
j Jan war. so-called, the Trojans were
! defeated by the Greeks and Troy was
| besieged and captured. The Macedon
| Kiu wars were gained by the Itomana
! In the twb l'uuic wars iPunicas:
j Phoenician; Carthaginian, because
Carthage was a Phoenician colony) the
Carthaginians were defeated and Car
thage was seized by the ltomaus. In
m*>dcMi times the "Napoleonic" wars,
so called, ended In the destruction of
the armies of Napoleon and the cap
ture and iiuurUonineiK of the emperor.
The "Indian" war of 1841 resulted in
the establishment by Great Britain of
its po\y(*r over the Indian empire. The
"Crimean" war was significant of the
defeat of Russia by the allied armies
(lSpiji. The "Austro-Italian" war <lB
- ended with the defeat of Aus
tria ami the independence of Italy. In
th? "fVCles-wig-lIostoiu" war (18t>4)
thu defeated and forced to
cede and Schleswig to the
victorious Austro-Prussian coalition.
It WOT of this war about a very com
lillcateil situation that Disraeli said,
\vjien asked to explain it, that only two
nfiyi. of iMkom he was oue, in the
whole .United Kingdom had ever un
derstood what it was all about; the
other man was (lead, and he had for
gotten. Nest comes the "Austro-Prus
sfjui" war, iu which Prussia, by win
ding thu decisive battle of Sadowa,
defeated the Austrlans. Then we have
the "Franco Prussian" war, ending at
Sedan i-t£79) witn the annihilation of
the French. The "China-Japan" war,
In wdjicli the Japanese were conquer
ors; the "Cmeco-Turklsh" war, result
kig In Victory to the Turks, and our
owu "Spanish-American" war com
pletes the series, and seems io sustain
tfae contention that wars are named
lTom the conquered and not from the
conquerors.
HuAior Lurk* In Ignorance.
Simic pt tjie answers handed In on
examination are extremely funny,
especially tor library and clerical po
sh to n'i. One young woman who as
plritl to lufcid out books at the public
librhry opined that Chicago's literary
lion, lioburt Chat field Cliatfield-Tay
lor, wrote The Vicar of Wakefield,
while Mr v Canterbury wrote Canter
bury Tales. Tills refreshing young
person glso stated that Mark Twain
was the pseudonym of Marc Antony.
Her knowledge was not confined to
Uterati*e altfne, for she gave the iti
(ercSttug information that Richard
Wagner was a "street car magnate."
The three greatest epics she pronounc
ed to be The Psalm of Life. Old Oak
en. Bucket, and Owen Meredith's Lu
clle. Being asked to write a short ac
count of herself, the young woman
OevuiTvn ran 1 -- -l" 1 ' "J
ttn? gfrnt out*itii of l*tiinanity. One of
tbc eiauiiners unfeelingly remarked
that vif she stays iu that hot library
long slid"ll find herself merely a grease
Spot."
A man who wanted the position of
examiner himself, gave it as his «n-
Itfised judgments that "prohibit" may
lie spcMcd either "prohlbed" or "pro
hippet," according to "whether you
prefer WeWur or utlier awthortes."
Tffe World'* Table.
When we sit down to the great feast
with maukind we are enjoying many
tilings tbnt have delighted fair women
and liuave men in the past, things that
have been on the tables of the cities
great In history and in story. There
are some things which have been add
ed through the incentive of the re
wards oflesied by those Eastern mon
arcbs who were frequently desirous of
new dishes, as that Roman one was
for a new pleasure. Many of these
tilings are owed to travelers who
broufjnt them from far places. Many
have been lifted from the huts and
wigwams of savages to the table of
lAie world. Men have curiously watch
ed animals eat that they might learn
tlfrprobabU' effects of foods on them
selves. Much, so far as Europe Is con
cerned. 's tfwed to the Arabs; some
thing to the Crusaders, armies have
brought back new foods, as that of
AJexandei; the Great and those of the
Kouians. To the wealth of ancient
agriculture modern research has add
od rnuqh. Nearly every country has
eil'dad something, and nearly every
sea, £very part of nature has made
Its contribution.
Too Inqul.ltiTC.
Tommy—Did you do much fighting
during the war, pa?
Papa—l OKI my share of it, Tommy.
Temmjfc-Dld you make the enemy
win? ft
Papa -You're right, I did. Tommy.
Tommy—Dlfl they catch you, pa?
S<n I>«teriulned by Hair.
An antliorlty on microscopy states
that tHe liiti'r of a woman can be dis
tinguished f>y its construction from
that of a man when examined through
tlie microscope.
Mifis Frances E. Mason is president
<*f the National bank in Limerick,
Me., one of the sound Institutions of
tht 5 st»t«. 'Mtfc 1 bank was founded by
her ffcthe'r,, X. M. Mason, and Its In
terests have Dt-en ably promoted under
her leadership.
Polireuien.
London has 13,564 policemen, or
nineteen to every one of Its 688 sqhafe
miles.
A Convenient Sewing Table.
Get two Wooden boxes exactly sim
ilar in sbte anil shape, alxiut 12x18,
audfive OT six inches in depth. Cover
tliMe with cretonne and line with
fjhijn cjjhibrlc to match. Cover four
legs About two filches square with
aretonnfe, and fasten the l»oxes to them
with screws. The legs can be of fny
length reslred, and need not be planed,
*s they are to be covered. One box Is
fastened .'ft the top of the legs and the
other alKiut a foot from Hie floor. Cre
tonne curtains ecu be shirred full and
fastened around the upper box, twTT
on each side, then draped and tied to
each leg with ribbon Im>WS Just at the
top of the lower box. Brass-headed
furniture tacks to tack the covering
give a iftiistnil appearance.
Iledly llulted.
Mr. lirosser—lt's no wonder that the
ra4» have refused to touch the poison
I bought at the druggist's.
Mrs. K. -1 dou't see why. I'm sure I
followed the directions.
Mr. K.—Directions! Do they say to
spread the stuff on that jelly cake you
mailt 1 V"
Wlltl Beast, of India.
OtHciar .statistics for British India
alone show that about 21.000 people
and 90,000 animals are kill
ed there every year by wild beaata.