THE OTHER BOY'S WORK.
A boy one day built un a mnn of snow;
lie fashioned it with. all the "kill lie
knew,
And looked nnon it and was glad, and lot
Another, when the happy child with
drew. '
Unshed forth and linttered down the lit-tli-
pile
And trampled all it hnninn semblance
out,
A if it, had been something loathsome,
vile
And heralded his work to all about.
A "oet wrote a hrrnilr little done:
He fn-htoncd it with all the art he
knew. t
And fat and spanned it happily and loner.
And dreamed of praise and fame, ns
poet dol
Hut lo! a critic found the rbvine. one day,
And ridiculed and tore it all apart.
As 'twere some shsinefiil tliiuif to put
nwrv
And left a ulinft deep in'n trentle heart.
S. K. Kiaer, in Chicago Times Herald.
PRETTY WOMAN 1
s ' i
I3y (Iretn Tiryar.
j TV" FTEU tiiiiniiiKo hit
reaction," says
"SOUU'tlllles 11 big.
GT times n little one;
arrive n
Kipling;
some-
tmt 11
romos sooner or lntur. niut nmut lvo ttil.
ed over by lmtli parties. If they desire
to po, with the current."
Had big attention been railed to It. I
miieli doubt if Knicst Waters would
have considered this advice worth bis
notice; nnd ns for bis wife. Debby, she
hud never permitted her thoughts to
create phantasies of any kind, not
withstanding tbnt the IoiirIiu for tho
unknown Is a quality common to lit!
man nnture. ...
To think of any! bine but the pren
cut moment would, to Debby. have
been about the most senseless thins In
the world.
Debby wns a pretty woman, and b( r
exceedingly graceful manners corre
sponded well with her type of beauty.
Ernest maintained that Debby was the
prettiest woman, by far, be bad eve
seen, nnd his friends, who were many,
bore him out in this assertion.
Ernest was what Is known ns a trav
eled man. He had lived In every part
of the world, nnd dwelt among differ
ent nationalities, coming home to find
that Debby Lawson bail grown so at
tractive that be could not be happy the
rest of his life without her.
To Debby, Ernest was the one desire
her young heart bad been longing to
possess; nnd after their marriage; sit.?
believed her husband to be absorbed
by her, and she wns absorbed In him.
But some one, I cannot be sure who,
lias said, "A woman's love always
springs from the heart and goes to the
heart; but a mini's love seldom pene
trates below the surface." Meaning
thojt a man Is liable to have many loves
besides his wife as. for Instance,-getting
up new Inventions, starting out
upon new enterprises riding any pet
hobby that will gratify his love for
novelty or making money.
Before long It turned out that Ern
est Waters hud another love. His
scheme was one for which he was
obliged to neglect Debby, nnd It some
times looked as if he might be neglect
ing the handsome property his grand
father had left him.
It happened that about this time 1i!m
friend, Bert Maddox, visited him, and
he would suffer no woman to be ne
glected. No one could come between Debby
nnd her husband; yet, Judging by ap
pearances, erroneous opinions werj
formed.
The season wns nt Its height. Debby
loved life; so did Ernest.
"But I can't spare the time to go
to the opera thlH year," bo told his
pretty wife. "Bert'll have to take
you," rejoicing in the presence of his
friend, who had never yet failed him.
It did not occur to Debby that she
was committing a great mistake by
being bo often seen in company with
her husband's friend, and absorbed In
his money making scheme, Ernest did
not consider that he was committing
an error by allowing her to do so. A m
the truth of It all was brought to his
notice in a most startling manner.
"I must have it to say that I have
seen one stnr before all this gloi'y
fades," mused Ernest, purchaslufe- an
admission ticket one evening.
The opera season was nearly at mi
end. And he would have the satisfac
tion of surprising Debby and Hurt.
He succeeded in getting standing
room where he could see them both,
congratulating himself on bis good
luck while doing so. Not every hus
band had u-frleud like Burt, who could
be trusted to look out for his pretty
wife. The curtain came down whii.
ho was in the midst of his reflections
"I've, seen a great many pretty wo
men," said one man to another (both
standing in front of Ernest), "what
you may call downright pretty women,
like Wnters's wife, who's here every
night, about, with her husband's
lrleud. But I'vo yet to Uud a pretty
woman who turns out to be an exem
plary wife."
"I wouldu't bother my heud about
pretty women," suld his companion.
"Can't help it," was the reply. "They
w'll come under my notice. l'oor
.Waters! He's to be pitied, and uo
mistake, though ho should have known
better than to marry u woman so much
younger thuu be is, and a pretty one
ut that."
"Here Indeed was a revelation,
brought about in a manner startling
lo Ernest, who had only himself to
blame for Uio remarks to which he
had been nu Dnwllllng listeuer.
"It'. tho last opportunity any one
Will ever have to malign my pretty
Wife," he determined, maklug his way
lo her.
Burt at onco miggested that they
Should change places, although Ernest,
bad no Idea they were doing so liter
ally when Burt gave up his seat.
The man who wan prejud.ced against
tall pretty woman was still venting his
iwrath upon Ernest' wife, nnd -in n
flaanuer Burt could not mistake, when
lio took the place Hint seemed to bo
brdalned for hlra, a he afterward told
(Ernest. He. too, prollted by tic
Words he overheard, and drew from
Khem a lesson.
The two frleuds renewed their vow
iff friendship, each declaring that para
Moxloal though it mlfht appear, they
both felt the foreboding of something
like n calamity which had somehow
been avoided boenuo of the conversa
tion to which each had been nn unwill
ing listener. And to this dny Ernest
does not know how near Burt came to
eriously falling In love with his pretty
wife. Wuvorley Magazine.
A C-NIU5 OF FINANCE.
nought. i Typewriter, nml Pnlil for It
Without, (-outing Htm a Cent.
"Do yott see that young man over
there'" said n man on n cable car, in
dicating a young man reading n pnpor
In the sent, opposite, "lie's one of the
greate-t (inaiielal geniuses In the coun
try. If little things are any Indication
of n man's character. He'll be n mil
lionaire before long, or I'm no Judge,
of people."
The young man's appearance did not
seem to indicate that there wns any
thing out of the common about him,
ami his admirer's companion said so.
"Well, I'll tell you how I came to
discover his genius," snid the man who
had spoken first. "Whn I tell you
what he did I think you'll agree with
me. He secured n typewriter without
paying a cent for It, nnd without doing
n stroke of work for It. and he did It
In a .perfectly honest and legitimate
way, too. In fact, be actually nindo
money on the transaction. I only
discovered how he did it by accident,
and I've been wondering nt the genius
nnd simplicity of the scheme ever
since. He was formerly employed In
the snnie olliec with me, nnd we both
had to do a good deal of writing. One
day he came up to me nnd proposed
that we should hire u typewriter to
gether. " 'We can hire n typewriter for $4 a
month,' he mid, 'and If wo split It be
tween us it will only cost ns (ifty cents
n week each. We can do Hint nil right,
because we wouldn't be using It at the.
same time, nnywny. If you give me 92
now I'll go up to the office of one ot
the typewriter companies and have
tlieni send down a typewriter. I'll ar
range the whole thing so as to save
you nny trouble.'
"I agreed to this nnd the young nirn
went off with the Every month I
paid him $2, and we both used thn
typewriter with perfect satisfaction.
About n week after the first payment'
I learned that my friend was not pay
ing anything for the typewriter, but
wns actually making ft little on It. He
was hiring it out to a man who only
used It occasionally, and whom he per
suaded to pay him fifty cents a wee'
for the use of If. I thought that thin
was rather clever, but I didn't realize
the full measure of my friend's ability
until a year had expired. Then 'l
learned from a man who had enlleii
to collect n payment on It that he had
agreed to liny the typewriter on the
Installment plan, paying ?4 a month
for It. Tlie mnn was calling for tho
last monthly payment on it nt the time."
nnd the typewriter Is now the proper
ty or my friend. It took him a year
to pay it off at $2 n month, and he
was receiving llfty cents a week for
It nil the time. I never took the trou
ble to figure it out, but I can see that
he must have been making u little on
it while he was paying for It." New
York Times.
Turquolxe From New Mexico.
"It Is a fact not generally known.'
snld Mr. William B. Smith, of Arizona,
"that the greater part of the turquoise
sold In this country and a largo, part
of that used abroad comes from the
mines of New Mexico. The American
product, 'it is said, is gradually but
surely displacing the Oriental slone.
Tho colors of the American turquoise
are not only more to the taste of tho
connoisseur, but are moro permanent,
the fading of a New Mexican turquoise
being a very rare occurrence. Tur
quoise milling In New Mexico is of
very remote origin. Many of the pres
ent mines, when located Indicated
operations by the Inhabitants of New
Mexico at a time prior to or contem
poraneous with the Aztecs, stone and
earthen vessels of great antiquity be
ing found in the workings. The rar
est specimens of the wampums of the
New Mexico Indians contain beads of
turquoise, many of them being gems
according to modern standards. One
the most successful turquoise mines In
the territory is located near Los Cerril
los. Many gems of great '.111110 are
credited to this mine, the workings
and Information regarding the output
of which are Jealousy guarded from
the public Other successful milieu
are 'located In the Burro Mountains
near Sliver niy."-WiiHliIngton Star.
Coal to lie Hunt Over it Current.
Dr. II. I'. rratt, the X-ray specialist,
says that within a rew yearn It will be
possible after reducing coal into u
gaseous form to send It through the
air ou an electric circuit, to be reduced
nt the place or destination to a solid,
and to be sold as coal with all the
original qualities or the product dug
from the mines.
"Willie ou the fuce of It," said Dr.
Trait, "it seems Impossible nud ab
surd, nevertheless there are thlugs
happening in nature to-day to bear out
the statement that coal or other sub
stances which can be reduced to a gas
eous form can bo transported over an
electrical current. It Is a well-known
fact among medical men that nn cle
ment or group of elements cun be
transported from one point to another
In the body by the use of electricity,
tho body serving as, au electrolyte, if
we place on the positive polo a solution
of Iodine or a llko electric positive cle
ment it is driven from the positive to
the negative pole." New York Tri
bune. .
Holt 1ml Jordan Water.
A Cicrmuu contemporary Is responsi
ble for tho statement that u smart
American, business man has installed
nu extensive pumping plane on the
banks of the Jordan Itiver, in the
neighborhood of the Sea of Galilee. By
means of a number of modern Ameri
can pumps tho venerable old liver of
Palestine is deprived of such a quan
tity of its holy water as lo supply all
the churches of the world with it. Tha
water is beliig bottled on the spot in
botties af different sizes, and brought
upon the market as tha "Only Ocun
Ine Jordan Water.' Philadelphia
Press.
OHIO'S CENTRAL SCHOOLS
AN EXPERIMENT IN EDUCATION
THE RURAL DISTRICTS.
IN
How Children In Tiro Townlil,i Aro
Transported lo and From Mr-hool
Hetter Attemlanre and metier Per
Anion if the tlenefll Hrrureil,
Dr. IT. II. Lnngsdori. of Camp Hill.
, I'enn., by request of the Commissioner
J of Schools ami Agricultural Secretary
or i-eniisyivaniii, lias been Investigat
ing the workings of the rural central
ized schools of Ohio.
In the New England Stale, likewise
lit n few Ohio districts. 11 town sys
torn, by which children living In conn
try localities are transported to the
nearest village for educational pur
poses, has long lieen employed; but n
complete system by which the schools
of n rural township, remote from n
town or city, arc combined Into one
graded central school. h used hi but
two places of the Vnited States, Orecu,
Ohio, and distnvus. Ohio.
Many townships throughout Ohio n"o
opening their eyes to the fact that
centralization is a practicable method
for helping country pupils to better
educational advantages. Last April, a
complete law to provide for the cen
tralization of township schools nnd
provide 11 high school for the same was
passed by the Ohio Legislature. The
law defines centralization as n "sys
tem of schools In n township providing
tor the abolishment of all subdistrlcts
and the conveyance of pupils to 0113
or more central schools." It requires
that the question of centralization he
submitted to n vote of the qualified
electors of a township. If the "yens"
are In majority, it then becomes the
duty of the Board of Education to
proceed at once to the centralization
of the township schools.
The Board of Education under ccu
tral school mnnngenieiit consists of
five members elected nt large in n
township. It Is required to support 0
graded course of Instruction nnd furn
ish transportation to and from school
to all pupils living more than three
quarters of a mllo from the central
building.
Greene nud Gustavus have sold at
auction their "little red school houseb"
ot sentiment nnd hare supplanted
them by a handsome new building In
the heart of each township.
Greene's $.i(XK) edifice of brick ven
eering with stone trimmings Is about,
all that need be desired iu the way of
a rural school building. Ir contains
seven rooms, besides nn alcove, library,
clonk closets nnd spacious halls. It Is
heated with steam nnd has many of
the equipments of a modern city
school.
Competent teachers have been hired
forllie primary, Intermediate, gram
mar nud high school grades, which
each occupy a room.
Three years of Instruction are In
cluded in the high school course. A
graduate therefrom will be admit ted
to the average college.
A music teacher goes the rounds ot
the central building twice a week that
the rising generation of Greene may
know how to sing.
Iu covered vans, having glass win
dows nt front and back, 100 pupils of
Greene township are carried to school.
A van driver announces by the shrill
blast of a horn bis arrival at a home
stead. Five minutes Is the limit of
time allotted to tardy children t.t
each stopping place. Usually punctu
al, the children clumber up some steps
and pass through a door nt the rear
of the wagon to take their places on
the seats stretched along its sides.
Aiuiosi on me moment cr .;I0 of a
school day moralng eight vans rumble
up the drive lending to the central
building. Having backed against a
platform the wagons unload their bur
dens of noisy boys and girls. From
here the children pass dry and clean
into, the sheltering haven or their
school rooms.
Before tho dismissal of school nt
night the wagons lire waiting by the
platform for their passengers.
The drivers tire In the iniiln am
bitious farmers of Greene, anxious to
fatten their slender pockctbooks. Tliry
provide their own vans nud receive
monthly salaries of S28.
When farm work presses, the women
often lend 11 hand Iu driving the vans.
The tight school routes of Greene
have been apportioned ns fairly ns
possible. Tho wagons covering the
four nnd live mile routes carrying the
fewest pupils.
In winter, when the air blows cold
and roads are rough, the chlldrou will
still be snug In their tedious journeys
to and from school; for heavy carpets,
heaps of blankets and hot bricks will
add to the furniture of the "kid" wac:-
D1IS.
The van drivers have specified rules
)f moral conduct to obey. They also
hold authority over I licit' passengers,
and usually keep them fairly quiet and
well behaved.
"I'll not stir from this spot until you
are nil quiet In your sents," n woman
ilrlver threatened one night. The sur
prised children desisted from their
fracas and the horses went on.
The crude method of rural ninil de
livery that has been established In
lireene and Gustnvus by means of the
central school routes Is proving satis
factory. I' or 11 small compensation
I'tich van driver gets the mall from the
postotlice at night for the families
along his route uud delivers It.
Au approximate estimation of cur
rent expenses In Greene, makes the
cost or inalntHluiug her central school
f;i(K)0 annually, 7(X) more than the
yearly expenditures under the sub
Jlstrlct system.
But tiB partial offsets to the 'light
ened expense thirty-three more pupils,
Home of them being out of town stu
ients, paying tultlou, are enrolled In
the new school thnn in the old ones,
tvhllo high school pupils enjoy two
:xtru months of Instruction.
' Gustttvus malntaliis her central
ichool for about $100 more than tlw
inuunl current expeuses of her sub
llstrlct system. After ' nearly two
feurs of experiment Gustnvits people
ire almost without rtn exception !u
favor of centralization.
The advantages It offers to country
hlldren need not be particularised.
Anyone, by comparing a rnrul school
tvhere there nro either so few pupils
no luteivst can possibly be awlv'ted
nmons thent. or else so many the nno
teacher Is overwhelmed by classo
with a good graded school havlm
competent lenchers for each grade,
will readily discover the benefits to
be derived from eentrnllr.nl Ion.
Tardiness or ausence from school be
cause of bad went her nre back mini
hers.
Property of Greene nnd Gusluvw
has Increased appreciably In viilii:
since the establishment of their cen
tral schools. Farmers nre rnger to buy
or rent laud iu townships, offering su
perior educational ndvautages lo the'!
children.
CAN A RATTLESNAKE BACK?
IltllH Colorado Autliorll ! DlnnRrea Ov
an Interring Jurlloii.
After the meeting of the Colorado
Academy ot Science nt which Presi
dent Regis Chauveuel, of the School
of Mines, delivered nn address tlier
wns an argument about snakes. It
was continued In n desultory way nt
the State Capitol by Curator Will V.
Ferril. of the Historical Society, and
Captain Cecil Dcmie, of the War Itellc
Department, the men who started It at
the meeting on the day previous.
Curator Ferril claims that, hn tins
proved that 11 rattlesnake, when pur
sued, will retreat nnd go Into Its hole
bnckward. He says that a month age
he ran across a rattlesnake which
slowly went toward its hole. lie fol
lowed with discretion nud n gun and
when the rattler reached Its home it
went In. nccording to Mr. Ferril, tail
first, so that It could protect Itself If
attacked. Mr. Ferril Is awnro that
this statement is contrary to the es
tablished records, but says Hint be
cause It has never before been known
to the world does not prove that it. '.
not true. He will mention this dis
covery In his biennial report now being
compiled.
Captain Cecil A. Donne, of the War
Uelie Department, says that, he never
heard of such a thing. He claims that
the theory Is ridiculous and Hint It Is
a well-established fact that the rattlers
go home head first. In proof of this
claim he says that the way In which
curio dealers secure rattlers Iu large
numbers for sale is to follow tho
snakes to (heir holes nnd cut. off their
tails as they dive in the holes. Cap
tain Den lie says he hns pursued this
method on various occnslons and never
snw a rattler even attempt to go Into
Its hole tail first. He usserts that sci
entific experiments have already
demonstrated that a rattler cannot
"back up" or "back down' nud that
Mr. Ferril Is needlessly exciting tho
seientillc world lu bringing up a sub
ject which has already been disposed
of. Denver Iiepubllcuu.
The Cine Vi Kill I rely Ilirrent.
"Papa," nsked the little boy, "do you
remember the first money you ever
earned'?"
"Yes," said papa; "It was n nice,
new, shiny live-cent piece that old Mr.
Gregg, the grocer, gave me for doing
about n quarter's worth of work Iu
carrying 11 load of potatoes Into his
ivllur. I worked all Saturday after
1 0011 to earn that nickel, nnd when
he paid me I run three blocks home,
tired as I was-, to show it."
"And did you put It Iu your little
bank?" asked the little boy.
"No: I got father's permission to
spend it just ns I pleased. However.
1 kept It for three or four days. Just
to have the satisfaction of having
money of my own, earned by my owu
exertions. And If I could have bought
nil the tilings 1 thought or buying with
that nickel I would have had about
ten dollars' worth or books, toys, mar
bles nnd what not. Finally I made
up my iiilud. What do you think I
bought?"
"1 am sure I can't guess," said tho
little boy. "What did you buy, papnV"
'1 went to the bakery and bought a
custard pie."
"Why, pnpa! . And you said grand
ma always had custard pie at home
nud let you hae u slice of it ns soon
ns you got home from school."
"Yes. I used to get a slice, but not
a whole pie, aud she never let mo est
It the way I wanted to. So I went
to the bakery nnd bought my pie and
borrowed a spoon from the baker, and
ate all the custard and left the crust.
I never had anything tuste so good In
all my life."
"You never allow me to eat custard
pie that wuy, papa," snld the little
boy.
"Oh! That's different," said papa. -Indianapolis
Press.
Observations.
Curiosity Is one of the vices of age;
verbosity Its visible form.
A young man harried Is 11 young man
married.
Itenl virtue is the ability to defeat
evil. Sham virtue the ability 10
screen it.
A neglected child of atllunncn is
poorer than a beloved little beggar.
Society aud heaven alike demand
that those who enter shall have culti
vated the ' talents vouchsafed them.
But there the parallel ceases.
Who pains a child by a lie sins; who
comforts It by suppressing the trutn
shall be forgiveu.
Women love and lose; men lose and
love.
Au aphorism to be good must be bad,
according to the majority. And yet
an aphorism Is no joke.
Life Is real, but uo longer earnest,
save to those who have a goal lo
make.
Many a born fool has died a phil
osopher, according to eulogy. Plillu
di-lphla Iiecord.
HU xrlem-e For One Dny.
Colonel Klchard Malcolm Johnston
tells a story of nn eminent GeorirUn.
Walter T, Colquitt, who wns a Judge
by day, a divine at night and a good
deal of a man all the time. While
serving as a Judge on tho Chiitluhon
cheo Circuit, Colquitt was returning
oie evening from church I11 company
with several member, of tho bar.
Welt," Hald he, "my experience to
day has been varied. I held courn .mi
the forenoon, lu the Interval for din
tier nindo a political speech lu thu
eoiiriHousn quare, I eld court In the
afternoon, nfter adjourning whipped a
Whig who uuidn Insulting remarks in
my piesencis ubout my loqd spece'i.
uud preuciied xo-ulifht.
HE FOUND THE ROLL UNDISTURBED
Tha I.lttle "Broker's Mnrrelnn Tale of
Human Hommty.
Somebody In n group bnck of th
Cotton Exehnnge told 11 story nhou'
the miraculous recovery of a lost
watch, and that, of course, set the bnl)
rolling. As usual lu such cases, tin
roxt mnn capped the Incident by a stil!
more nstoulshlng experience. nnij
finally It was "passed up" to a quiet
Utile future broker, who had been lis
toning without comment. "I novel
had but one adventure of that kind ID
my life," he said modestly, "and I'm
afraid It's hardly worth telling. It
happened In this way: One afternoon
last, spring I went down to the post
otlice to register a letter, and, before
going to the window. I stopped nt the
public writing desk to put the address
011 the envelope. I had a big fat roll
of bills In my hand at the time and
laid them down on the ledge, beside
the Ink well. I don't recall the exact
sum they represented, but If wns
large up Into the thousands. I was
in a great hurry nnd very much preoc
cupied over another mutter, ami when
I finished the nddrrr.s I rushed off to
the registry nlcove, forgetting all nbout
tUe wad on the desk. After that
everything seemed to ci-nsp'.re to di
vert my mind. As I was leaving the
building I bumped Into our jiurse girl,
who was hunting for me frantically
with a message that the baby had the
croup and would I please send the doe
tor ul onco. I found him, finally, and
I lieu met my partner, v ho had a trans
fer to be signed Immediately before a
notary. To make a long story short,
fully two hours had elapsed before I
suddenly remembered nbout the roll
of bills. It Hashed through my mind
like a shot, and at the next Instant I
had whirled nround nnd was sprinting
for the postoMico like n madman, or
course, I had no hope or finding any
thing more thnn n clue, and when I
tore up to the desk and saw the roll
lying almost exactly where I had left
It I could hardly believe my eyes. I
grabbed It nnd counted the bills. Not
one was missing. That, gentlemen,
oc-urred iu broad daylight, nt the
busiest part of the afternoon, nnd Inn
place where hundreds or people were
continually passing to and fro. I will
leave It to you whether the lucldent
was not somewhat remarkable."
"Was the wad In plain sight?" nsked
one of the listeners, nfter n pause.
"Yes, sir," replied the little broker,
"nnd I afterward learned that It hail
been picked up ami examined by a
number of different people." "Very
strange." remarked n rice man. Iroui
cally: "the bills were genuine, I sup
pose." "Certainly," replied the little
man, "but I forgot to mention that
they were unreceipted." New Orleans
Tinies-Deinocrat.
Shooting nn Kli ihnil.
"Sir Itogcr," the big elephant of the
Scottish Zoo In Glasgow, was recently
dhot owing to his having shown signs
of vlclousncss. The great animal was
confined lu 11 specially-constructed
cage of Iron bars and heavy wooden
beams. A considerable number of
spectators witnessed the execution,
which was carried through by a party
of five, comprising two sergeants of
the Itoynl Scots Fusiliers, a city gun
maker and two assistants. They were
armed with special rifles anil animuui
tiou. The animal stood quietly with
his head protruding from the opeiliu;'
In his cage. At the signal to lire the
reports of the live rllles rang out si
multaneously. The elephant stood
without making the slightest sound or
motion for two or three moments.
Another volley was discharged, and
his head dropped a little 011 to the
beam nt the bottom ot the aperture.
He then slowly sank ou his side and
died. Loudon Globe.
Current From Wliulnilll..
A novel application of the utilization
of the power of the wind for the pro
duction of electric energy Is being
made ut WHtklel, a small town near
Kappelu, nt the entrance of ih h.iv
or that name. In the Baltic Sea.
...mi muior, cousirucieu oy u. t
Neumann, or that place, has n diame
ter or forty feet, with a wind surface
of 1000 square feet. It Is of thirty
horse power and turns eleven tlmeu
per minute. It operates 11 dynamo;
runs at normal speed when the wind
Is three aud three-quarters miles au
hour. The dynamo Is usually em
ployed to charge th; accumulator,
which furnish the lighting of the towi:
and the driving or several small mo
tors. According to the Elektrotech
uische Zcltschrlft a much more Im
portant Installation, comprising sev
eral windmills and numerous dyuamos.
Is now under consideration.
UuKV'ilce llulei In Orrnive.
Consul McGinlcy reports to the Slate
Department from Athens: "The Greek
health authorities require that all
trunks, packages, etc.. the personal
baggage of travelers, when unaccom
panied by their owners, must, on ar
rival at any port lu Greece. Ie nccom
pnnled by a cerllllcale of orlglu or a
certificate from the health authorities
of the port from which the baggage
was shipped to Greece. As Ignoraneo
of the foregoing rub- has caused many
American travelers delay ami trouble
lu regaining possession of such bag
gage, und as thousands of Americans
annually visit Athens and others pnrts
of Greece, this Information should bo
published widely lu order that they
may come prepared wbh the necessary
certificate to release their baggage
without delay. The Express Gazette.
Oreat Florht or Iii,.r.
It Is a known fact that tho greatest
flight of ducks known for years
swept down thu Mississippi Valley last
rail. The Houston Post tells of tho
destructivencss of the web feet to the
rice fields of that part of Texas. In
one night (locks swept down on a Held
of about ten acres that had been
shocked up, totally destroying the
grain. They tore the shocks to pieces,
scattering tho straw and cereiil nil
over. What they did uot eat they put
out of use. Nightly the ducks e..n,o i.
the million to feed lu the rice country,
nun 11 is no trtcK at all to spend au
hoi.'r or u Just before dark and kill a
wagon loud of the lluest ducks that
fly to the coast.
fLOWERpPRESERVINC.
I Crrinsn Cinlnm Imported t rain IU
FHtlierlMiitl.
German sentiment expresses itself
n ninny odd forms none perhaps Is
more characteristic thnu preserving
lowers. The process Is applied to
1or.il decorations nt funerals, brldid
bouquets, christening bouquets nnd
lovers keepsakes. New York Is one
.if the largest German cities lu the
world, and the practice has been
brought over here from the vnterland.
At least ten or twelve flower-prescrv-prs
are to be found In various parts of
the city, all of whom have a remuner
ative business. The process employed
is more or less a seen;l, and. Judging
from the finished products, varies. In
some, the leaves and flowers seem to
lie crystallized, In others to be coaled
with tiome preparation resembling
wax or paratlin, while In a third theto
lias been apparently 11 desiccation, fol
lowed by the Injection of some fluid
Into the veins of the plmit stems. The
work demands considerable skill, and
Ihe prices charged are quite high,
ranging from Si to ?H) for n wreath,
garland or bouquet. Funeral gifts nro
usually mounted on a background of
white -silk or satin nud framed iu a
Jeen frame and covered with glass,
"oniet lines the silk Is laid fiat on a.
unall round, ovul, or square table and
.-overed with a glass globe. Engage
ment and bridal bouquets are mounted
In the latter fashion, while lovers
ieepsakes are usually arranged In a
'mall Jewel case. Many Americana
nave followed the example of their
iicrinan fellow citizens, but It must bo
.confessed with a smaller display of
nod taste. According to the flower
nreservers their American patrons de
ilre their blossoms crystallized until
:hey glitter like a wreath of diamonds.
Tills Is especially the case when among
:he blossoms nro such more expensive
ypes ns the camellia nnd orchid,
'lowers properly preserved will last
Tor many years. They undergo n slow
ihrlvelllng from the drying out of the
noistiire, and a blenching from the
fleet of the sunlight. At the end of
1 decade the original colors have he
roine pnle tints, nnd nt the end of a
lecond decade almost all are a series
r grave nnd grayish whites. New
k'orl; Post.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
A precedent embalms n principle.
Learning make a man fit company
lor himself.
It Is much easier to be critical than
o bo correct.
The cornerstone of education' Is laid
in the tombstone or ignorance.
He takes the great ornament from
'riendshlp who takes modesty from It.
Such Is the constitution ot man that
labor may be said to bo Its owu re--a
rd.
Iu the garden of humanity the weed
:oo often takes prominence of the
lower.
Better skin a carcass for pay in the
itiblic streets than be Idly dependent
)ii charity.
Make yourself nu honest man, nnd
:hon you may be sure that there is one
ess rascal in the world.
Young men of ability who are not
if raid to work hard for success will
Ind no serious obstacle In their path
:o-day.
Never judge by appearance. A
thabliy coat may cover 11 millionaire,
ivhlle a stylish and good-litting one
amy make a thief look respectable.
The only way to make the mnss of
naukiud see the beauty of justice is
by showing them. In pretty plain
terms, lic consequence of Injustice.
What 11 blessing Is a friend who can
relieve thy cares by hi conversation,
thy doubts by his counsels, thv sad
ness by hi good humor, aud whose.
very look gives comfort to thee.
Tho Experience of a Ileporter.
"Is this Mrs. Sudlelgh?" nsked tho
fouug man ut the front door.
"Yes, sir," said the woman of tho
house.
"I am sent here. Mrs. Sadleigh, by
tho editor of the Dally Keyhole to ask
you If It Is true that you nnd your hus
band have quarreled and are about to
separate "
"You Infamous wretch!" interrupted
the woman, grabbing a broom that
stood behind the door and makiug nt
him with Hashing eye and furious ges
ture. "Well, what did you learn?" nsked
the editor.
"She made n sweeping denial," re
plied the reporter, wiping his forehead
und gnspln;,' for breath. Chicago Tri
bune. Virtue Ita Own Hen-artl.
An East Indian paper reports a case
of automatic justice. Five natives
broke Into 11 gunpowder factory and
stole three bags of gunpowder. Tho
wisest of them remembered tint the
last time be had made a similar at
tempt, the bags which ho had stolen
had turned out to contain only dust,
specially prepared Tor the benefit of
Intending burflurs. They set to work
to toBt the gunpowder, and one of
them removed a handful from a bag
to what seemed u safe dlstauce, and
set It alight, not noticing that he had
dropped an unbroken train of gunpow
der as he carried It along. The result
of his uctlon was that three charred
corpses and (wo skinned individuals
was nil that the civil authorities had
lert ut tho disposal or Justice.
A Yalii Man.
"Talk or 'post-mortem' vanlly," said
tho widow, "why, my second husband
was the vainest mail I ever knew. I
really think that tho greatest regret
he had lu his last illness was that he
would not be uble to count the car
riages nud see who sent flowers to his
owu funeral." New York Sut,
Vleuim Wire Cannot Crota.
In Vienna effective menus of pre
venting future accidents through the
breaking of overhead trolley wlrei
have biH)u decided upon. All telephoue
and telegraph wires which .cross trol
ley wires are to be placed underground
lu the form of cables at liio point
where the ci uslug occur.
BECQAR KINGS.
fTT Trlhnta I'pon Rich nnd root !
Are Obeyed with Alacrity. V
If you want to grow rich In China
become the hoad of a guild of beg
(rars, thieves or lepers, says ths Lon
don Express. Nankin. Pekln and Tien
tsin are the headquarters of the most
powerful of these guilds, and their
rulers nre wealthy anil respected. The
"king" of a clan of Chlneso vagabonds
of these classes derives his Incotno
from a tribute rendered him by bis
wretched subjects, and also levies a
sort of blackmail on traders and mer
chants by undertaking to keep their
f.hops, stores and houses free from thi
particular pests which he controls.
From these two sources he realizes a
large Income and In enabled to live In
11 large houses and keep up great Stylo
in his mode of life. Each clan has a
particular district,, of. the city given,
over to Its operation, beyond which its
members nre forbidden to stray. Hor
rible si -If-muitUatlons are practiced by
the beggars of Chlnu In order that
their deformities may cxdle compai-f-ion
nnd lead to profit. If you sec a
blind man soliciting alms In n Chines
street it is ten to one that he has him
self destroyed his sight. On certain
days the beggars go about lu gangs ol
from firiy to 150. On these occasions
shopki.epe.rs are only too glad to com
ply with tho "klng'3" demands foi
blackmail In order that his subject!
niay be kept, out of their shops. A
king of Chine.se thieve knows every
thing that goes on in his district. 1I
knows who committed certain thfift
and where the stolen property Is. Ho,
like his brother of the beggars, has a
double source of income. A large per
centage of the profits made by his sub
jects Is claimed by him and woo betide
them if they attempt to cheat the au
tocrat. And IT a foreigner Is robbed
he generally can, by paying the "king"
a certain sum, recover his property.
Property stolen from Chinamen is
never brought back. Every Chinesa
city has a leper house o itside its gates
and most of them have two or more.
As In the enses of th beggars and
thieves, there Is an executive head,
called the "king" of the lepers, who
controls all lepers and makes rulos
and compacts, which must be observed.
These unfortunates are numerous
throughout the empire. When In the
first stage or the disease they are
brought to tho leper houses. Good
care Is taken of them as long as their
relatives can meet the demands of tha
"king." But no matter how wealthy
their families may bo the "king" evi
dently drains them of every penny,
nn'd both the leper and his relatives
often have to turn beggars. The poorer
lepers are assigned to miserable, un
clean huts, providing poor shelter
against bad weather.
THE PISTOL HABIT.
One the Court Should Do Their Ilea
to DtmrournKe '
The courts are not severe enough it
would seem from the unremitting ac
counts of crime and accident, in pun
ishing the pistol carriers. The law
against the bearing or concealed weap
ons 1b susceptible ot much more effec
tive application than Is usually given
to it The habit of carrying "guns"
still cling3 to the inhabitants ot cities,
and the death record is swelled annu
ally as a result. A tragedy in New
York the other day Illustrated the evil
forcibly. A man was kneeling on tho
sidewalk in front of his place of em
ployment, marking a packing case,
when ai.uLucr man chanced to pass
Just a the turned his head
and expectorated on the sidewalk. The
pedestrian was angered at a supposed
insult, and after the exchange ot a few
words, drew a pistol and fired a fatal
s'lot Into the kneeling man. Within a
ninute two lives were ruined for a
trifle. The man with the pistol never
had the slightest legitimate need for
the weapon. Doubtless never in his
life had he beeu In such danger a to
warrant its use or even display, par
ticularly while proceeding through the
streets of a city in broad daylight It
is with the pistol carriers engaged in
otherwise proper pursuits just in largo
measure as it is with the burglars, ob
serves the Washington' Star. They are
potential man-slayers, and as such
are amenable to severe punishment
when detected. If the courts were to
insist upon proper verdicts in the
homicide cased which so often the ju
ries will leniently term manslaughter
or justifiable killing, and were to im
pose the maximum penalties whenever
pistol bearers are convicted of the of
fense, this "habit," a relic of the fron
tier days and the wild times of war,
would be discouraged.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
UALT1M0UK. Fi.os.-it. Baltimore
Best Patent, 4.75; High tirade Extra,
4.'Jf. Whkat. No. 2 Ked, 7077. Cor.s,
No. 2 White, 4,1 aAU-i. Oats, Southern
nnd Pennsylvania, 'MdiHi. Hs, No.
r!'u)Cjl " i I a v , Choice Timothy, 1600
ttllj.rxj; Good to Prime, 1;V(H)?15.50.
Stkaw, Kye iu enrlnnds. lD.fjO'&ll.OO;
Wheut Blocks, G .r)ii 7 00; Ont Blocks,
7.6;)'S.'8.tiO. Tomatoks. .Stud. No. 3, .80;
No. 2. .lii. Pkas, Standard, 1.101.40;
Seconds, .HO. lions. Dry Pack, .HO;
Moist, .70. Hiiiks. City Steers, ,I0'
10Js'; City Cow. .lla-.(l',ll. Potatobs,
lbirbiinks, ,f'0 "".. Cvions, .4..fi0.
llou Puoiii'i is. Shoulder, .07'i.U7S ;
Clear ribsides, .0S'a i!J; llama, .1I'
W.IPU; Mess Pork, per barrel, 1'i.UO. ,
Lirii, Credo, .01; Best retiued, 'tM'i
BcxrKU, ri'iii.t-reuuiery, .i.M 2.r; Luder
pine, 24; Crciiimiry ltolls. .ViSii
.2"). Chkkkk, N. Y. Fiinrv, .ll'.lS;
N. Y. Flats, .Vlit.W; Skim Cheese,
.aV j' vi'.lHi'i. F.oos, State, ,222.'l; North
I'liroliiiu, ,20u.2l. Livs 1'oi-i.iRr,
Chickens, per )h., .03i).lt; Iuek, .03
'tf.ll: Turkey, ,07Sv.il. Tobacco,
Mil. Inferiors. 1 ..')()'.'.. "SI; Sound com
mon, il.rK)4..ritl; Middling, J.uti7.0U;
Fancy, 10.(K)a l2.(K). Bitter, Biwt Beeves,
ri.-ll'wii.Ki. Siikkc, 8.tW4.00. Haas,
:l..rK)i(!.0O.
NKW YOKK.--Fi.otR, Southern. 3 H5
'.'4.1'.', "vViikat, No 2 Ited, .S'J.-J.
Kvk, Western, . r5 .."(. Cohn. No. 2,
.4(i'o).47. Oat, No. ;), ."J(l'..'12. But
trh, State, . 17.2-'. Funs, Statu, ,2:!'
.21. Ciikkkk, Stole, .lti.t4'.H.
. PHILADELPHIA. Flour, South
ern, tl.H.Vu.4.20. Wukat. N j. 2 Hid, ,7ti
a 77. Cons, No. U, .4:!. 44. Oats,
No.-U. -.Ii-J'a.:i!l. Itc-m.K, Slate, .2,1
21. , L-.H.S, IVnu'a It., .2.'.'.'.