Crossed the brook. ' . -nh klrtle blue I"?, whit feot bnre. ;;fc7.n(l Ullea dock. rl"m"' 1 1 1 ."'''I'L.lil.i.brook. resd"11"" .mlnff wntor. lontli to go, . ,'d rook t.d fern; n s twlat and turn. "III. K'gi, crossed the brook. ,li,ttbro(tUtl. willow lenvei, rttbs bun o( autumn sheaves I" ,betlnlienrt perceive? rll of look; ,Tp.llwwrouKht, . crossed the brook. ,rtMnK merry lay, ..llBRon (lie hill: Vn bl-letiio brook that day ".OTiiemKiht live for dye, Warm In "book; ..,lrt things ',tlwUt wlni?' , ,(tfe erossod tliu brook. mi beyonil (lie nnrrow tide .lull she drew. !,.,ed.ille Ht hr sldn Litotlelirlioe. .... f ,tHed my alii'iisl""-"- I tried; Mtmyllim"isbook! I .till Inrirot. I Hie knot .jPefgle crossed the brook. 30530030OOOOOOOOOOOO IllEY AND NERO, g 33j30a03OO0O3OO3OOO.'5 1 1; hero s name was Doinbey. Nobody at the old farm house had ever dreamed of niakiug 11 household pet of a little black pig, but before tbey began to think about the odd ity of the nudertak- Ll been accomplished, aud the if ruled the household from i uiiil. oetl in thisway: Domboy, it brothers aud sisters, was i may pen one morning iu upringtiiue. He closely ro : bn brothers and sisters in lisclean cut toes, in his deh- Vrp pointed ears, iu his pretty Ill 1119 OUUI I, UUI I J , lllait, but not least, iu lits tqueal perhaps the loudest teit of them all. iiut there distiuct mark of difference liu aud the others while i laowy white, Dombey was with beautiful white star rehead. ;li9 very first his mother pon him with disdain. Then ia grew to dislike, and the to i hatred which almost ootDombey's death. No one -i reason. They surmised, that on accouut of his som- u appeared to bis mother au Miieas rattier than of light. ki was only turee days old 'tea into the house and laid it vhicli stood iu a corner of iluliioued kitchen, near the Then his paradise began. a with sweet milk out of 'It, Ho was washed and ud brushed every morning. jw very soft and silky uu Mtant cure, aud everybody wiueui and roudle them. 7 took kindly to ail the pet iMired. Why shouldn't he? p oi love are plauted in the "erj little animal, whatever m life. And Dombev did J Wed to show tho family 'ppreoiated the love and care 1 "Poi lam. and this end in be played uuder the apple "aorcuard, he would bring Pple he could find and lay it HJ at thn fnnf nf liU mia. 3 always waited, too, tor her "Pi aud rub his ears, aud '"URoodlitt la n o- ho was '""Ijf tail would wiggle with t would Htart ont again to of the family had been 'J'PPJ ly Dombey's coming '", the great black New J. whose home the farm had ' years. Duriug all these " uu uoen the most im mag0 of the household, -oiiaue kindly at all to P- He even felt a oertain wuiempt for his mistress 'old be interested iu so Object as ft niir and """Oat. Who hfifnin l.n.l ,0'iiy one ever making r or a not h DAiQ lit I V ha knew had y oi stick a happening. VUB1, u, owu iooii la Inn, vA..l...l- tt: M ' wvl "CIO uut nes still allnivB.l fn wo, were not for "loou uap by the fireplace . i .' Hest of all, his mis- "'Ul the IIBtlnl ntfafitlr.il 1 f4"- Then l,o !.. "'0l hn littu..; I,,- l. , !" "uu 1,1 UrgorheandNero be ylr "e8t"or in the Frog us barn every morning. 1 , beU8 when tUey wer j-'iraj from shelter WIT 11 o cha,.a Wh , ivki1 ... toil, . 1"0UU)I y Rowing ""'PPatoh D.n.1 miller, ,?f l'tanls. Dombey .uwm when the sue - uuintn 'lP niltU ..!!! 1 .1 MI. ""joiueu vu tL, " "i'I"9 irees grew, ,6 .. "-"u me nirea men ,, e(i to tear it ,lnvn t..,. it down "oies a week, at lllEnnvaia1 l.tn. red 1J wi MVIT ' ould go to the back 1 orouarci, anu w, ', f"H force, would ' 1 Cd!.H;t 11.. . .. b tu. 1 woveil from its i bii -"uiiiej, Wliu luo av, 0 P'uk nose aud his .- Will- 'oal Ot'tlillnVV tlnilUtnnb ... fill turn .t iri. it n iwnldy ho and Nero 4'r'!l80 nn tl, 'UU!"l';a three sides of the bouse. The house stood upon the side of the hill. A flight of steps led from the verauda to the lawn. A few feet from the steps a jagged stone wall separated the lawn from the orchard. It grieves me to tell what happened there one stormy morning in November. Dombey and Nero were indulging iu their rainy day romp, when the Utter, coming round the cornor with all the force cf his many pounds, ran full tilt into Dom bey, who had just reached the edge of tho steps leading down to the wall. Dombey, with a pitiful cry, was hurled down the steps against the sharp stones. He struggled feebly foi a few moments, then, with a moan, hi little life passed away. Nero had bounded after him, and, in his dumb way, tried to rotiso the littlo fellow. It was of no avail. Then Nero under stood, and with one sharp, piercing wail threw himself down beside Dom bey in au abaudonment of grief. Nevei again would they piny tag together, never again would they pull the tur nips and hunt applesl The family had been busy all the morning aud had not thought about tueir pets, when dinner time came and no Domboy scratched at the door, clamoring for admittance, inquiry wis made for him. Some one had seeu him aud Nero rac- ng on the veranda. Auother had seen Xero run into him, and thought thnt the blow must have given the littlo fellow a hard tumble down the steps. Then Bridget retnombercd to have heard au agonizing ory. They went to the veranda to look, and there they found Dombey dead, and poor Nero beside him watching, with one paw throwu across the little pig's back. They buried himthat afternoon just as the sun came out of the clouds foi tho first and last time that day. The red rays bathed iu full glory the little grave under the apple tree, iu tho cor uer of the orchard which he loved so well. When the family lei t him N'oru guarded the grave. A vear has passed sinrte his little life went out. Nero has grown old and melancholy. He still speude hours at the grave. Nothing can in duce hiiu to atay on the veranda. He has never beeu seen to go down those steps to the orchard since that fatal day. Whou he visits the grave he goes over tho wall at the rear of the baru. Every one missos Domboy. Noothei pet has takou his placo. The dearest souveuir of him which remains is the door leading from the back eutry to the kitchen, where he was wont to scratch his entrance into aud out ol the house. It was his way of knock ing. New York Herald. A Hum Dlplamnt. lie is a small boy who likes to have the things that he wants and he is diplomatic about getting them. The other day he had goue out to make a call with his mamma upon an old friend. Now, dear," said mamma, as they stood on tho doorstep, "remember that you are not to ask for anythiug." "Yes, mamma, answered the small boy. "I have been busy almost all the morning making crullers, saul tne frieud as she entered the room and greeted them. A beatific expression spread over the small boy's face. 1 like to near you taiu aoui crullers," he said with a smile of more tl-an childlike innocence. "Why, are you foud of them?" asked the mamma's friend iua pleased tone. "Oh, ves, very," said the small boy, looking, if anythiug, still more iunooeut. "I didn't ask for them, mamma," ho cried iu a tone of indignant pro test, as the door olosed on the cruller- maker, who had cone to briug in a sample. New York Times. I.uit Art of lining Funny. rV hard tone pervades most of the iokes of the day. Periodicals that are supposed to be puuiisueu lor laughiug purposes only are giveu over to flippant remarks about divorae, henpecked husbands, mannish wom en, and cooiug lovers. Iu plaoe of the old-tune stories that illustrated odd phases of Americau character, the huor of the ilay seems to re volve about three or four subjects that were sacred iu the first place, and that now have been worn thread bare. No real humorists have arisen to counterbalance this downward drift. If any young writer shows niomisa as a humorist he succumbs to the clamour of the epigram and be comes ovnioal. or proves that he is merely a "specialist" and oau do no more than hammer away on one note. To be crenuine. humor must be broad and kindly. It must acknowl edge no literary rules and must not know the meaning of flippancy. Ah matters stand now, Mark Twain is the lust of the real Americau humorists Denver llepublioau. Twin Tflcoie, Au interesting telescope has just beeu put in position at Potsdam, says the Hoientino American, it is a uu plicate instrument, being oomposed of two tubes, side by side, the larger one for photographic purposes and the other is to be used visually and as an aid to keeping the images station ary upon the plate during long expo sures. The photographic one has i diameter of tbirty-two inohes and i foual lenath of forty feet. The visual nliiflntivfl is sliehtlv longer in foous, being forty-one and n half feet, and twentv iuob.es in diameter. For this instrument!whioh will be employed to determine the motion of the stars in the line of sisht by means of the spec troscoue. a soeoial dome has been built. Mineral Waalth of Sllierln. Hardlv anv mineral can be uamed that is not obtainable somewhere in Siberia in abundant amounts. The mountains surrounding the Kinghisian nlains are known to contain not only gold, but also copper, silver and lead ore. The Altai Mountains, oovering au area ton times as large as Bwitzer land, abound iu copper ore, silver and lead ore. sold and preoious stones, Iu the KiiBnezki Valley are beds of ooul so vast as to suggest comparison with the Pennsylvania fields. The richest aud most extousive gold de posits occur iu Eastern Hiberia, an large petroleum deposits have recently beeu discovered ou the Island oi Mag hnliu, CARNITURES FOR THE NECK. Jollar Model Am Yarlnui a the Ma tarlala For Maklna- Tliein. The woman whose wardrobe must 30 limited can scarcely overestimate ;he value of having on hand a quan ;ity of extra stocks, lace collars, bole :os, novel bortbas and fichus. Given a liberal supply of these, a single "best gown" may be changed from time to time topresontthe appearance it freshness for an uuusual period. The skilful needle-woman usually can manufacture these garnitures after re ceiving a few general directions. Col lar models of the present season are as various as the materials in which they may be made. They include the plain high stock, the high pointed shape, and those that curvo upward at the back. The foundation collar is of white taffeta. Over this is draped smoothly thin cream-colored batiste, outlined with narrow lace motifs iu which baby-ribbou plays a part. Honitou figure designs would prove the best mediums for tho needle-woman who desirod to repro duce this design st home. The stock fastens invisibly in tho centre of the back. At the centre of the front is placed a soft full bow composed of tvo loops aud a centre kuot. The long ends that remain are loosely netted at a point five and oue-uuli niches hclow the ueck-bauit. Jteyond this kuot the pointed embroidered ouds hung loose. The mid-lcugth not is to be seen iu nearly all fancy cravats aud scarf effects, whether of chitl'on, moiiHseliue de soie; Brussels et, or silk lawn. Narrow ribbons ore amoug the gar- itures employed for the talfeta stock. These are from one-quarter to three- uartcrs of uu inch iu width, aud ofteu are adjustable. The wider rib- ons are passod twice about the ueck nnd tied in a small bow in the frout. Narrow ribbon velvet and baby-rib-bou are used plentifully upon stocks of nioussoliue de sole, aud a pretty conceit consists iu concealing the fun eniug iu the o iutro of the back uu dor a succession of diminutive bows, Jabots are returning to favor, and these are most useful among the numorous forms of neck garnitures, supplving a pretty fuluess to slender figures. A simple methpd of miking thee at home is to double a length of ace three to five inches wide ami shirr the plain edges together. Dis tribute the fulness upon a backing of ribbon (an mch wide or less) in such mauuer as to produce the eltect of i mttorlly cravat at the nock, aud ad just to fancy ribbon talfeta or lace covered stock. Harper's Bazar. lnnUU Woman a Hlioeinaker. Au old proverb says, ".Shoemaker, stick to your last," but, iu Denmark the shoemakers are iu a quandary how to live up to the proverb, and the cause of all the trouble is a bright, good-lookiug Danish girl, Bertha Olosen, who has recently invaded tue trade and compelled the ancient guild of the shoemakers to accopt her as fellow craftsman, and this is how it came about: miss uieseu is ine daughter of a respectable shoemaker in Fredenkshavn, Denmark. Tour years ago she surprised the members 5f the aucient shoemakers guild by demaudiug to be registered as au ap prentice to her father. To say that the members were flurried does not fully describe the situation. Finally one guileless member found a way out of the difficulty. "Grant the re quest, he said, ' alio is like all women; she does not Know her own mind. Hue will soon tiro of her fad aud we will never hear of her again The advioe was followed, but not with the result anticipated. A few weeks ago Miss Uieseu pre sented hersolf before the members of the guild iu the City of Koldiug and submitted a pair of shoes made in every detail by herself, as a proof of her skill and kuowledge of the trade, according to old established customs, and applied for a membership in the guild. Her master proof was care fully examined and found to be per feet iu every detail and so beautifully finished that the examining members not alone granted her a membership, but also awarded her the guild modal, which is only presented on most ex traordinary occasions, aud it was further decided to have the shoes sent to the Danish department of the raris Exposition as the. first pair of shoes ever made by a Danish womau, and. as far as known, by a woman in Europe. Miss Uleson is now twenty-one years or age. sue expresses uerseu as delightod with her trade and would not exchange it for domest.o or any other employment. She expects to establish herself in Copenhagen as i custom shoemaker and hopes to in duce other womeu to oome to her and learn the trade. Mti. Joseph Chamberlain' Home Hiehbury is a most comfortable and commodious house, but it is too new to be admired iu a land where houses must echo with the tread of genera tions before they are considered true homes. It seems very modern even to Mrs. Chamberlain, who foramrly dwelt in quaint old home in HMem, Massachusetts, that was erected by the Cabot family in 1750, aud is red oleut with the memories of her Pur itan ancestors. Her English house breatUes the spirit of the present. It stands upou the brow of au eminenoe, aud tne arounds gradually slope down to a broad valley, which is girdled by hills. The library is entirely lined witn book-cases, adorned with fantastic curviug most beautifully executed. Above the book-case runs a broad oak shelf upon which are many exquisite bits of pottery. Jn the passago load ing to tho Secretary's apartmont hang the royal loiters patent oreutiug the American Boyal Fishery Commissiou, with the grout seul attached, hand somely framed. Perhaps a sentiment attaches to this parchment, for it was when ou a commissiou in regard to this mutter that Mr. Chamberlain met the Americau girl who became his third wife. Harper's Bazar. Woman's nullriln at tl I'arU Fair. According to the Parii Figaro, tho Palais de la Fern inn at the Paris Ex position has forcseon everything. It will be the natural and agreeable refitge, a talon of good company, a homo full of attractions, aud the epe oial exposition of all that interests women, aud children also, for the mother should meet with the highest consideration there. Large spaces, with all possible com modities, are reserved for the bakery, the restaurant, the tea-room, aud also for the display of all objects which interest woman, her toilet, her occupa tions, and also the pleasures and arts in yhich she figures. Iu leaving the buudiug a rich womau will know where to go to buy whatever she wants, and a poor woman how to earn her living. Furthermore, there is a large hall ou the second Door, with electrio ele vators. Performances of various kinds, concerts, and conferences will alternate iu this theatre. Novcltlri In Shirt WIM. The white shirt waist is undeniably the favorite this season, and the very soft, fine lawns and muslins are in greater demand than linens and piques. Low-necked and sleeveless silk slips are worn nnder some of these, leaving the arms and neck of the musliu shirt, transparent. When a colored silk slip is worn uuder those waists, yokes and sleeves of lace are very pretty aud effective. A tucked yoke inserted, with stripes of em broidery, run with ribbon is a pretty fancy, ami blaok ribbon looks particu larly well. Hlcoves, the seams of which are connected by entre-deux of embroidery, are pretty for the slender arm. Colored shirts of cambric and musliu, with deep square collars, showing a transparent bib aud collar of lace, are cool and snmmery looking, aud shirts of soft washtug silks, tucked aud with transparent yokos, or insertious of lace in white or black, are now and smart. A pale blue is inserted effectively round the shoul der, with pointed straps of tinted luce. Fanrlna In Neckwear. T ia II o will be more used as a founda tion for lace appliques and embroid eries than lisse this year. It will be freely employed both by itself aud with an admixture of lace. Heveral tulle cravats are ornamented at the ends with deep tucks, into which arc run broad satin ribbous. The long crepe do chine scarves and shawls, fringed ami embroidered, are alsc seeu, reminiscent oi a lime iuai is past, when every detail ol dress be spoke grace. The whitu tulle bow is iu high favoi for ueck trimming and hat strings. Those bows are fresh, dainty and co quettish, aud add a femiuine graze tc the tailor-made costume. Anotuel fancy is the short scarf, the ends em broidered with glyciuia, both flowers and berries being formed of petals iu relief composed of mauve inousseliuc do soio, tho pistils and foliage being embroidered in colored silk. JrgHiNGs Black taffeta silk Eton coats are ornamented with rows of white stitch ing. The baudaiiua ties worn a few mouths ago are supplanted by the softer and lighter tones of the Persian patterns. New spotted silk muslins in all black aud mixed with accordiou pluitod bluck chiffon form lovely mouruing oveniug gowus. Evening gowns may certainly be elaborate, with that curiously simple elaboration which necessitates the best taste with au almost uulimited expenditure. Suede gloves are very much worn, as they always are in summer, for the reason that they are muoh cooler than the glaoe glove. Pastel tiuts are the popular shades. Ono feature of French underclothes is that they are never made with yokes. They are fitted with darts, aud where fulness is necessary it is gathered iu with a ribbou or tape. Htitchiugs and tuckingsforin au im portant purt of blouses aud accordiou plaited mousselines aud chiffons are again to the fore. When worn with out a coat, these look best with a high, swathed baud or broad ribbon twisted deftly rouud the waist. Colored lawn petticoats have not usurped the place occupied by silk skirts, but they are a very welcome feature in this department of dress as they are much cooler than silk. They are worn with cotton gowus ohiefiy aud ought to match the gown in color. Home of them are elaborately trimmed with laoe. Since the tailor gown has become an aaoepted feature of the feminine wardrobe, the vest is au important item for fashionable consideration. This year especially open-fronted coats will be very fashionable, aud women who desire to vary their coat costumes are ordering two or three sleeveless waistcoats. Toques are the prevailing style of hat, perhaps, but there are hats with fluted brims, hats with bell crowns and hats with almost no crowns at all. Polka dots of straw on black malines formed into a toque are very effective. Straw applied to net aud laoe applique on straw are especially pretty features of th new millinery. Nearly every gown has a narrow belt made of stitched satin or taffeta drawn and fastened invisibly in front iu the effort to secure the Parisian girdle effect, which makes the back appear short aud the line over the bust to the wuist uunaturully long. It is these details in dress that now dis tinguish the smart from the dowdy womau. Why He Skipped Society New. She had incidentally mentioned an outertainmont giveu the preceding evening, and the chronio bachelor said he hadu't heard of it. "It was iu all the papers," she said i.i surprise. "But I never read the society uows, he replied. "Why not?" she asked. "Because," he answered, "that is where the accounts of weddings are printed, aud I always try to avoid tho J pad things of life," Chicago Post. MlWk INDIAN MESSIAH DANCE. tfOST REMARKABLE RELICIOUS MANI FESTATION KNOWN TO ANY RACE. Die Ilenearclie of Our F.ttinnlna-lcat Bii. rean Anion; the Varlou Trlliit Have llevealed the Secret of the Ileil Men' fihnat Dance Indian Statecraft. "I " EPORT comes from the Ton gue River country that the Indians of that region are (T restless and making prepara tions to inaugurate a Series of ghost or Messiah dances. The military authorities have been appealed to aud if the excitement continues in all prcbability there will eventually be a 3onflict between the red man aud the troops which will eud disastrously for the former. It is more thau a matter of pity that this Government at its very formation did not take definite steps for the soientiflc investigation of the Messiah dance as practiced by the various tribes and thus preserve to all future generations an accurate story of the origin of one of the most re markable religious manifestations known to any race or time. Since the United States Ethnological Bu reau has been given latitude in its study of the Indian much valuable in formation in regard to this dance has been secured and made permanent. The work of Professor Mooney among the various tribes in the study of the ghost dauce has proved invaluable. We are beginning to dimly realize that the North American Iudian was a past master in statecraft and that to-day as a Cherokee, au Arapaho, tin Apaohe, or a prairie Sioux he is not a stupid mass of flesh and bones, but a progressive, intelligent human, who needs only fair treatmeut, honest haudliug and decent opportunity to niako a far more creditable citizen than a considerable percentage of the white men to be found in the average city ward. The greatest offense ever charged against the North American Iudian was no more than tho worst said of the Filipino to-day he re sisted where he believed himself to be right, aud hisoppoucnt, the inevitable white man, to be wrong. Aud iu this connection there has been more trash and falsehood written about his Mes siah danoe than all the toars of the gentle recording angel can ever wash out. You have seeu good Methodist brethren at the height of psulm-siugiug iu the oatnp meetings go through many peculiar gyratious aud say many peouliar things. Yet they were act ing under no difterent primary in fluences than the Indian iu his leap ing and jumping Messiah dauce. With the Indiau it is as with all men, he has been looking to the uuanswenug skies for ages to see the sign of tho coming of the harbinger of joy the one who is to restore youth to the face of the earth and peace to the body aud minds of tho inhabitants thereof. In the Indian belief thoir Messiah will bo white iu color. The Indian's red skin is but an indication that at one distant time he offended the Groat Spirit and his color was changed from whito to red. But he will be restored to the white skin, the emblem or mark of iunocence, when the Messiah ap pears bofore him and by his presence makes the very "hills leap and laugh with joy." When the Indiaus of central Illinois first saw whito men in the persons of Marquette and Joliet they believed and said that this was the tokon that the Messiah was near and that his eventful nppcaranoe was a matter of short moment. So ou the banks of tho Illinois River these guileless Indians duueed before the Frenoh Jesuits aud deolared that "never had tho sun shone to brightly nor the earth seemed so beautiful" as on the day when they approached. It required but a matter of a few years to oonvinoe the Iudian that the white mon were not the forerunners of tho Messiah, but of the evil spirit, bear ing iu their hands the instruments of ravage and ruin. This discovery, though, did not destroy the Indiau be lief that the Messiah would come. Regularly prophets appeared among the tribes aud foretold the coming of the Iudian Christ. The tribes were warned that they must cease thoir idolatrous reverence for the medioine men, that they must quit the use of liquor, drive all dogs from their camps, uo longer make war upon women. By oeasiug these evils they prepared themselves for the Mes siah's appearance. The prophets passed through all the regions ofjthe Columbian River tribes; they come to the Sioux npou the Missouri; they visited the Winnebagoes and the Chip pewas and passed among all the tribes of the Ohio Valley Territory. So powerful was their influence that on one occasion au entire tribo of the Chippewas left the Lake Superior re giou and traveled to Detroit, where they had been told the Messiah would meet them. Great was the exoitement always when the prophets appeared and foretold the coming of the Deliv ered. The dauce originated as a re ligious ceremony, aud with the Iu dtans it has always been kept as a part of his religious demonstrations When commanded by the prophets to prepare for the Messiah, who was to restore his land to him, return the buffalo aud drive away tho white man, he fitted his body and spirit for the eventful time by the dance which is now termed "ghost." Although elab orate iu all its parts, there is in its origin nothing more thau this. In late years the danoe has beeu observed as a rule when the Indiau was smart ing under treacherous treatment re ceived from Government officials, plunder by contractors, huugry and iusulted. Entering the dauce with these emotions, it has not seemed strange to those who knew him that he should readily reach a frenzied state of mind, aud later rise against the Government. The Indiau ia hu man, something which has not always been admitted eveu by philanthropists. He belongs to the universal brother hood, There are picttiresquo features to tho Messiah dauce of keenest inter est to those close to tho study of the progression of religious freuzios through different bodios of men in different climes. The shirt worn, the musical instruments used, the songs sung, the manner of praying, the phy Hical exhaustion, all are part of a oere- mony probably as old as the world it self. The Government has mada vig orous effort to suppress the dauce, but not with any remarkable degree of success. Tho last serious Indian re volt with which the Messiah dancs had intimate connection was that of 18!0-'.)2 oovoring the killing of Sitting Bull on the Grand River and the Woundod Knee fight in which the In dian women and children were slaugh tered in dozens by Custer's Seventh, hot for "revenge" eveu upon the In dian babe clinging iu terror to the breast of its fleeing mother. II. I. Cleveland, in Chicago Times-Herald. CURIOUS FACTS. . At Clifton, W. V., Frank Hinkle, while sharpening an indelible penoil, a small piece of it lodged in his eye, discoloring the ball to a deep purple. One eye is blue and the other purple. California is knowu as the "Land of Wonderful Trees," nnd Mariposa Grove is known for and wide as "The Big Tree Couutry." "Wawona," sometimes called the "Tunnel Tree," has a roadway cut through the solid heart. The tunuel is twenty-seven feet through, ten feet high and ten feet wide. Doubtless the most unique spot in Europe is the little village of Alton berg, where on its border four coun tries meet. It is ruled by no monarch, has no soldiors, no police and no taxes. Its inhabitants speak a curi ous jargon of French and German combined and spend their days in farming tho laud or working iu tho valuable calamine mine of which it boasts. The curious gymnastic feats which parrots sometimes perform iu their cages have beeu ascribed to the desire of the birds to vary tho monotony of their life in captivity. That was the opinion of Mrs. Muudsley, the wife of the Central American explorer, until she lived in the forest region near Co- pan, where she saw the parrots, in a state of perfect freedom, indulging in all tho feats practised by their caged cousius. Romarkable experiments were late ly reported to the Cambridge Philo sophical Sooiety by Miss Pert, and Francis Darwiu. If a "sleeping plant" is placed iu a dark room after the leaves have assumed the noctur nal position, it will "awake" noxt morning, i. e., assume the diurnal po sition, iu spite of darkness. Still more remarkably, if oue-sided illum inations cause tho leaves to take oblique positions, they will resume such positions ou awaking next day, though in darkness, They have some very curious crim inal laws iu Mexico. Foriustance, it is twice as much of an offence to mu tilate the face of a woman as that of a mau. The law seems to be based on the idea that a woman's best posses sion is her beauty, aud that to mar il does her a great injury. There is au other curious law. If a person should be wounded iu an encounter tho pun ishment to the offender is fixed by the number of days his victim has to staj in tho hospital or under a doctor's CRre. A line is fixed at forty days it the way of a general division. If the injured man occupies more thau fortj days iu his recovery tho ponaltj doubles up, "Ureat-Grnnny Tell Me." A German officer has confided to M. A. P., says the Loudon Mail, a story of how when the Crown Prinoe of Germany was a little fellow of three or four years old he had a way of looking a soldier up and down as if he knew every detail of his uniform from head to foot. "I believe," said the officer, "he'd see by looking at yon eu face if the gold lace at the back of your collar were tarnished!" In this quioksighteduess little Prince Edward of York resembles him. Not long ago, while showing a lady a toy book of soldiers, the child pointed out some slight mistake made by the draughtsman in a Highlander's uniform. "How do you know all this?" asked the friend. "Well, Great-Granny tells me, yon soe!" was tho reply, "She and I talk about soldiers!" Flail Klectrocutlnti. A Russian inventor has patented a method bf fishing which is based on the electrocution of the nibbling fish by a powerful current. One side ol the secondary of an induction coil is oonneoted by means of an insulated wire twisted around the flshiug line, to the baited hook, and the other sitU is immersed in the water. It is claimed that on slosiug the switch an electrio current passes through the insulated conductor, the fish-hook, the body of the fish which may have seized tho hook, aud the wator, ot sufficient power to shock the fish into insensibility or to kill it as the case may be. Paper Tint Pleailng to the F.ya. Persons who write one or two let ters a day and who read little can have no idea of the effeot of oertain tints of paper on the human eye. Paper manu facturers are constantly striving to produce tints that will please and gratify. Nearly all bookkeepers wear spectacles, not because they work harder than anybody else or use their eyes more, but for the reason that the paper in their ledgers and the ink used are of tints that tend to injure and de stroy the optio nerve. One Urge manufacturer of writing papers at tributes his succoss entirely to having discovered a tint that rests the eye. Mourning; Ire In Philadelphia. The most strikiug style in mourn ing dress for women, which is now frequently seen on Chestnut Street, is a bright-oolored shirt waist, with the mouruing band around the left sleeve, and a black skirt. Dress makers say the style amoug womeu is attaining wonderful approval, and in timo the mourning veil aud sombre clothes will be no more. Philadel phia Record. Comparative Welnht of llata. The average silk hat, size 71, weighs five ounces; the average stiff derby hat of the same size weighs four and one-half ounces; the aver age straw hat of the same size weighs two aud oue-ouartttr ouuess FOR ENGLAND'S AKMYJ PUPIL3 TO RECEIVE MILITARY TRAINING. Will Add roar Million Troop to In Conntry' Fighting Streath Tho Kara or Meath at the Head of le Ul(antle Undertaking, England Is about taking an Impor tant step In preparing material for fa tur military service. It Is proposed to make every public school boy tn tho land a semi-official adjunct of the Brit ish army, compelling him to take thor ough military training under govern ment Inspection so long as he remain In the public schools, and providing for tho establishment of school boy mili tia In the shape ot cadet corps anil battalions under the direct control of the war office. The schools are to re ceive therefrom $500,000 a year by way of support. Unless some unforesoen circumstance comes up to change present arrange mnnts; tho resolution will be presentstl to Parliament within the next few wcks. The new plan will affect about 4.000,000 boys In the I'nlted Kingdom. They are those In what are called the hoard schools the schools supported by government and tttnod by tha children of the middle and lower cl-isses, as distinguished from the pri vate schools patronized by "nentle-nn-n's" sons, with which the Educa tion Board has nothing to do. Most THE EARL OF MEATH. of the hoys who enter English board schools do so st the age of 11 or 12, nnd leave ni 14 or 13. Following the new plan, In these-three years they will have learned the manual ot arms thoroughly, as well as marching and formation, using dummy guns. When tho boys leave school the cadet corps will bo ready to receive them, any where between the ages of 12 and 19. They will then be armed with car bines, will drill once or twice a week, practice marksmanship, go to camp for a month In summer; In fact, he simply a pocket edition of the volunteer regi ments that exist now. After thut their natural destination will bo those regi ments one of the great alms of thU movement being to estohllsh a reserve for tho volunteers exactly like that which the army reserve and the militia constitute in relotion to the regular army. The originator of the whola big movement Is tho Earl of Meath. nnd the man who has helped him most to bring his dreum to reullty Is one Paul Krugor; for both Parliament anil the pcoplo It represents were never uo ready for Just this sort of thing as they are to-day. MARKETS. 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