THE HOSPITAL CATE. We sit here listlessly and wntrh tie sun Creeping along the board beneath our feet. 1 W are the convalescents thry have done AJ1 that they may for ns. There, from the street, People gaze upward at our balcony. Idlers against the railing lounge and wait Till lome grim sight reward expectancy. Oh, that we, too, were thero beyond the gate! Barred like a fortress. (If one could shut out Suffering, as from the world one shuts it in Ccliind closed doors!) Here we arc walled about And set apart for pain. Our nearest kin Have of lie, piteous, only sight and aound Twice in a week's time as the rules dic tate. Some of u die beforo the day comes round. Death's rules are rigid, too, behind the gate! , Easy lo entpr. Hear the planning gong! The fourfold beat of flying hnoft ami see The gates awing open. Room there in tlio throng! Make way for human life in jeopardy! Susy the entrance. "Step together, rueo!" Slow the return, yet do wc all pass through ?ome by thia gaiaway to old homes ngnin, Some by a narrower gateway to the new. Caroline Pucr, in Collier's Weekly. M A White Carnation. $1 i i--) By Miss Kitty Cm.? 'r -r f B was only a newsboy, and it Ml dirty nnd ragged one at. that, but under his torn jacket "V"" there glowed a spar!: or chivalry. One night, when Mies Alice Ilea, ns liie whs hurrying for her trniu, dropped a bundle of papers from her muff lie sprang at once to lie;' assist ance. Wilh a qni'-k "I'll pick 'mi up, miss," he gathered them together, brushed off the dust anj handed tlioui to her with a queer little grab at his dilapidated cap. "Thank you, little fellow," Kile said. "Won't you have one of my flowers?" and selecting one from a targe bunch of white carnations which she enrried she put it into his kind and theu passed quickly ou. Bobby gazed at the Sower with n look of amazement, which Knon changed into a broad smile of delight. "I'll take It home to Maggie," he said. Maggie was his sister, who abated with him the two tiny rooms In n wretched tenement which Booiiy colled borne. So lie buttoned It under hl8 jacket anil took it to Massif. The next night Cobby was on tno lookout, and his vigilance was not in vain, for when Miss Ren paused luui she smiled pleasantly. A young man la a brown ulster was with hjr, nnd he, too, gave Bobby a caroler littie nod. Bobby's eyes wero bright as he wont homeward, ami Maggie met him nt the door with a face as happy as his own. "Oh, Bobby," she cried oa;erly, "I showed Mrs. O'Brien my flower this afternoon, and she said if I kept lr In water maybe It would grow roots, bo cause it's got such a long stem and to many leaves to It." Sure enough, after a few days of careful watching and tending, tiny white roots appeared. Thin Masglo filled an old can with earth, and trie little plant was gently placed lu it. It grew and flourished, and with It the friendship between Bobby, i lie flower lady as'he called her nud the young man in tho brown ulster in creased. Every morning Bobby was watchlug for toem, nnd every cveniug he stood where thoy woulu pass hiJi on their way lo the train. There .was always some pleasant greeting ready, which brightened Bobby's (lay and sent him home at night with a cjc'erful heart. But one chilly February morning, as. Bobby' stood In his accustomed place h saw the young man come across the street alone. There was a troubled look on his face, and he passed Lobby without even a glance. A vague ."car rose in the boy's heari, ami nothing was able to dispel I'. other customers missed tho cherry sal utation wilh which he usually greeted tbein, and more than one looked curi ously ot the childish face, with Its pre occupied expression. On the third day Bobby could endure It no longer. As the young man crossed the street some onu stepped Ulna-fly into the path. He looked down impa tiently, but bis face changed u he recognized the boy. "What 'is It?" be asked quickly, but not unkindly. "The lady, sir?" Bobby said, faiutiy. "Isn't ehe coming any more?" "I hope so," said the yuiin mnu gravely, "but not Just now. He is sick, you see, and the Conors say it will be a long time at least before )ie can come again." Bobby turned away. Tho dread in his heart bad been put lino words, nml the direst knowledge, although be bud longed for il, was uhnsst mure ihau be conld bear. At last. Just a week from the morn ing when he bad first beard the sad news, as Bobby stood at his post bit saw the young man coming across the street, with a face so white and act and stamped with terrible sorrow that for a moment Hobby's heart stood still. Then, as the young man 'tame close to lilui, he stepped forward involun tarily and laid his baud ou the brown 1 sleeve. The boy spoke no word, but the other read the question In the eager, anxious eyes and said lu a low, choked voice: "tine died this rooming. I uiu going oacn in (in hour." Bobby bund dropped from (he young man's arm. For a moment he atood still, dazed by the words be bad Just heard. Then, regardless of bis unsold papers, be turned and went slowly back to the old tenement be had left but half un honr before. Muggle started with surprise as he came in, but one glance at his grluf- irienen race told hor the whole storr "Tho lady, Bobby?" she gasped, "la sue- i She's dead." raid Bobby, drn,piug into the ucarest chair and laying bis hoad on the old table, "tie vnnnL' mnu told me. I'll never M-e her again, and I cun t do auj thljig ur her!" And tho nun.' tltfiiiv .huL.-u by heavy b.i Mutfb'W Hood lli-n!ly biside him for some moments. Then suddenly turn ing, sue went Into the second of the two little rooms. When she returned she enrried the old can In which they had planted the earnntlon. It now held a sturdy plant, and bearing Itself proudly aloft on Its slender stem was n beantlful blossom. "See. Bobby," she said, "laying her hand on the bowed stem. "I've been keeping it for a surprise for you, but you shall have it for tho lady. Per- haps the young man can take it to her." Bobby looked up. Motionless ho looked at the flower, then sprang quickly to his feet. "He said he'd go buck In an hour. I shall just have time!" be exclaimed. Carefully and tenderly the carnation was ct:t from Its stalk and wrapped In whlo paper. Then, only stopping to kiss Maggie lu a way that told the gratitude he conld not speak. Bobby bounded down the stairs and raced away toward the station. He was only Just In time, for ns he aped around the lust corner he saw the brown coated figure crossing the street. Breathless ly he rushed after him and accosted him at the gates. "It's for her, sir," he gasped, hold ing out the precious white parcel. "It grew from the one she gave me that day. It's all I could get. but I'd like It to go to her." ' Tho young man took the flower si lently. For the first time that day tears filled his eyes, and he stood fighting back the emotion that threat ened to overpower him. Then, looking down Into the wistful. chlUish face upturned to his, he said gently, "It shall bo put Into her hand." Anil Bobby was satisfied. Buffalo Times. MOTHER SHIPTON OICN'T SAY SO Information For a Correspondent Who Asks Auont Her Prophecy. A correspondent writes to the New York Sun to ask for Information con cerning tho so-called prophecy of Mother Shipton. What is commonly spoken of as Mother Shlpton's pro phecy Is n piece of rhyme which was first printed about 1802. It is as fol lows: Carriages without horses shall go. And accidents till the world with woe. Around the earth thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. The world upside down shall be, And gold be found at the root of a tree, 't hrough hills man shall ride, And no horse be at his side, l'nder water men shall walk, 8hall ride, ahall sleep, shall tail:. In the air man shall be keen. In black, in white, in green. Iron in the water shall tl'iut. As easy as a woodeu bmtt. Cold shall be found and shown In a land that's not now known. Fire and water shall wonders do. Kngland shall at last admit a foe. The world to an end ahall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one. This rhyme was published In an al leged reprint of a chap book version and .was Included with about ten oth ers, according to Notes and Queries, in a book Issued by Charles Hindley, of Brighton, England. For a num ber of years tt was supposed by many that It was what It purported to be, namely, a prophecy tittered by Mother Hhlptbn in the first half of the six teenth century. Several persons, how ever, cast doubts on Its authenticity, aud in April, 1873, Hindley wrote to Notes and Queries and, to use the words of that periodical, "made a clean breast of having fabricated the prophecy.' There is some doubt ns to whether there ever was a Mother Shipton. The Century Encyclopaedia says she was bom near Kn.iresborough in York- shire, in July, HS8, aud died about 1 ."!). It nlso says in regard to her that she was "a half mythical English prophetess, baptixad Ursula Southlel,! who married Tony Shipton, a builder. Other authorities says she was proba bly wholly mythical. Various other prophecies of legs interest than the one quoted are attributed to her. '" lints Can Bwlui. "Swim?" said the old fisherman, in answer to a question about rats. "Well, I should say they could swim; and dive, too, like good fellows. Wharf rats swim from wharf to wharf, and 1 have seen them dive in four or Ave feet of water. "I have in mlud a wharf that was built upou cribs, to which fishing boats used to make -fast to land their fish. Sometimes boats would throw over here small, waste fish, that were of no use, fish weighing maybe three or four ounces apiece. There were rats living In the crlbwork of this wharf, nnd wh:-n them were nny of these waste tish around tlury would como out to get them. You would see a rat poks his head out from between two logs if it crib nnd look down In the water. If he h.-iw a flsb there he would umko u dive for it, straight to the bottom, and set bis teeth In it and rise with it to the top of the wnter, then scrum. ble back with it Into the crlbwork uguln to eat It. "Can rata swim? WelJ, I nhonld say they could.-Us Aqgcles Times. His I:xtnlv l'rogrNinms. "My idea," said tho ambltlou young author, "la to write a historical novel." ' "Ycsr ; "And, of coarse, a maganine article showing how I came to write the fai tork-ul novel." "Yes?" "Then to dramatize the historic novel." -Yes." "Then to write a niagnxlne artieU showing how I iume to dramatize the bisiorleul novel." "Yes." Tln n to dramatize the magazine or tii-le. " "Ah." "Anil to write a magaxine art lew showing bow I came to dratuutlze tht other mngaKme article." "OoodT" "Tut n to dramatize tho second mugft sine article." " Excellent I Hicellentf "And then to write " Oh! I understand the scheme! Flru progrnuuue if tho public will stuuil for It!" ruck, Proud or Bis Blwni, King Leopold of Belgium Is perhaps the most skilful of royal gardeners and is said to be prouder of the lovelj gardens and greenhouses of Ijickeu whh'h are the products of his fckill ant care, than of nny other of his iu.ui; I'Ok-tiiulH. ' FIGURE LIKE LIGHTNING REMARKABLE FEATS THAT PUZZLE MATHEMATICIANS. ' TngH.li Laborer From Age of Seven Was MarTiil, and American Hy Whose Powers In the Sump nirtrtlon Were Kqnally Incomprehensible. ' Pome sceptical persons who wit nessed Inandl's extraordinary perform ances In mental arithmetic ut the Lon don Hippodrome a short tlmengo. ex pressed an uneasy feeling that they might probably have been duped offer all; that the wonderful sums In addi tion, subtraction, division and extrac tion of root which were proposed to him from the audience, nnd which he seemed to perform with such case aud expedition, to say nothing ot his re penting without error the long rows of figures written on a blackboard behind his buck, might have been all carefully arranged and learned beforehand. Their sceptlelam, however, was en tirely groundless. Inaudl first gave evidence of his curious aptitude for mentally manipulating figures when ho was six years old. At tho age of seven ho could multiply with five figures correctly. And for some yenrs after this he relieved the tedium of his lonely life as a Bledmontese shep herd boy by sedulously cultivating this extraordinary faculty. Anu he is by no means the only Instance on record of a boy of little or no education being able to do sums which might puzzle a senior wrangler, and whose Inexplica ble powers have certainly afforded a further puzzle to the professional psy chologist. A farm laborer from Perbyshfre, named .Tebedlah Buxton, who was ex amined beforo the Royal Society In 1754, was poiweased of a very similar power. Although his grandfather was vloar and bis father schoolmaster of the parish In which he was bom, yet Jededlah, either from natural Inca pacity or from preoccupation with his arithmetical pursuits, never even nc quired the rudiments ot learning, either could not or would not so much as lenrn to write, and was content to work as a farm laborer to the end ot his days. But at a very early age br appears to have had an Intuitive per ception of the relative proportions of numbers, and to this subject he do voted the whole of his attention. Ilia method was so much bis own that bo seems to have been quite unacquainted with tho common Tules. On one occa sion, having been required to multiply 4T(B by 378, nnd having done It aa quickly as one of his examiners could do It In the ordinary way, he wa asked to work the sum audibly, in or der that his method might be discov ered. It then appeared, curiously enough, that he went to work In a very roundabout way. First he multiplied the 450 by 5, which produced 2280 this he again multiplied by '20, and found the product to be 45,600. Of course be might much more readily havo achieved this result by simply adding two neugbts to the multlpht cand. This he evidently did not know. However, he next went on to multiply tho number he had now ar rived at by 3, which gave him the sum of th9 multlplacunt multiplied by 300, and it then remained far him to multi ply It by the remaining 78. Thia he effected by the awkward process of multiplying by 15 the 2280, which was the product obtained by his first multl plication of 400 by 5. The produot thus obtained he then added to the 13ti,S00, which was the sum of 430 multiplied by 300, This produced 171.t00, as the sum ot 450 multiplied by 375. It re mained for him, theretoro, to multiply the original number again by 3 and add tint sum of It to 171,000, nnd by this certainly rather cumbrous process he found the product jf 450 multiplied by 378 to lie 173tl6S. Jededlah had no more general knowl edge than nny average peasant boy of ten years of age, and showed no mem ory for anything but figures. Ho was sometimes Hiked when he returned from church if ho could reppnt t!ie text or any part of tho sermon, but ho could never remember it single sen tence. In one matter only," excepting his figures, did he ever show tho slight est interest, but his Ooslre to seo the King and the royal family was strong enough to induce liim, when forty seven years of ago, to walk to London for that purpose. He was entertained by the editor of the Centlemnn's Mag azine at St. John's Onto, and exhib ited to tho Iloynl Society, -the mem bers of which he afterward referred to aa "tho volk of Slut? Court1." Dur ing bis stay In London he was taken to Drury Lane Theatre to seo "Itlchnrd III.," but neither the novelty nor the splendor of thu show, nor the exhibi tion of paesion, made any visible Im pression on him, ami ho occupied him self In counting the number of words which Garrifk uttered during the per formance. The Gentleman's Magazine for Juno, n."4, informed the public that Jcdedluh had returned to the place of hi birth without regretting anything which he bad left behind him In London, cheerfully returning to ills customary work, nnd quite convinced that a slice of rusty bacon afforded a more delicious repast than anything to be obtained In tho great city. Another untaught arithmetical ge nius, Zeral) Colburn, whosu abnormal development raises an iutorestlng problem, was the son of an American farmer. He wn brought to London by his father In 1812, when eight years old. w hen he was examined and bis pocnlhir powers tested by Francis Bully and other skilful mathematt china. It wus found that although he was so ignorant of the ordinary rules of arithmetic that he could not per form ou pajwr a slnglo sum in multi plication r division, yet that he could mentally multiply any number lets than ten Into itself successively nine times, and give ths results faster than the person appointed to record them could take them down. He multiplied eight into lUelf fifteen times, or. to use tech nical term, raited it to the sixteenth power, aud the result, consisting - of fifteen dltflW, was found to be right lu every tlgirrc Thia whs ' astonishing enough, but ho was able to do things even more wonderful. When asked what number, multiplied by itself, gave 100,021), ho answered. Nsfore the original number could be written down that It was iiX-T. Aud (iguiii wheu asked what rvninliur multiplied twice (uto lUclf, irave W,yjJ,L.", or, to nut it technically, what was tlio cube root of that array of figures, be replied wkh equal facility and promptness that It was 04.". The mathematical experts win were examining the boy found that It was Impossible to find the cube root of these uine figures. In the short est nnd most convenient wny. In less than three or four minutes. Hut what most surprised the mathematicians was. (hat he could almost ns readily answer questions fer which they hnd not been able to provide nny syste matic procedure themselves. Tor In stance, be was asked to name two numbers which, multiplied together, would give Ihe number 247.4S.V, nnd ho Immediately named 041 and 2(13, which are snld to be the only two num bers which will do so. If nny of our mathematically minded renders will address themselves to this problem they will find that It will give them at least a quarter of au hour's stiff calcu lation before they can assure thein sulves that 311,083 Is what la called a prime number, or a number only dlvls. llrfe by Itself nnd unity, a solution which this child was. In some myste rious way, able to see Immediately the question was proposed to hlra. Colburn, like Buxton, seems to have bad a method of his own, but he con fltanrly declared that he did not know how the answers came Into his mind. "God put these things Into my head," he said on being prescd for an expla nation, "and I cannot put them Into yours."- Jededlah lived to tho age of sixty-live with no more general knowl edge or stock of Ideas than n child of ten, nnd lie kept his 'extraordinary calculating faculty to the end, but Ze rah, ns the general culture of his mind Improved, found his special power to fade away. Francis Bnlly was of opinion that Zerah Colburn's feats In dented the existence of certniu prop erties of numbers which mathemati cians had not yet discovered. But II rs perhaps equally possible that they ludieate capacities of the human mind which have hitherto been undreamed of. Loudon Globe. DESTRUCTldN TO INSECT PEST! A Combination of Scientists Banded To gether to KUiulnate I'redtttory Vests. Persons officially engaged ha search ing for remedies for Injurious insects all over the world have banded them selves together In a society known as the Association of Economic Ento mologists, says Dr. L. O. Howard, In Everybody's Magazine. They are con stantly Interchanging Ideas regarding the destruction of Insects, and at pres ent active movements are on foot lu I his direction of Interchanging beneficial Insects. Entomologists In Europe will try the coming sninmer to Bend to the United States living specimens of n tree-Inhabiting beetle which eats tho caterpillar no common upon the shade trees of our principal Etistcrn cities, which Is known ns the Tussock moth caterpillar. An entomologist from the United States, Mr. 0. L. Marlatt, haa started for Japan. Chkin, and Java, for the purpose of trying to find the original home of the famuus S;in Jose s;alu an Insect which has been doing enormous damage In the apple, pear, peach, nnd phira orchards of the Uni ted Sfates-and If he finds the original homo of this scale, It to hoped that some uatural enemy or parasite will bo dlseovored which can be Introduced Into the United States to the advan tage of our fruit growers. Professor Bdrlesc. of Italy, uud Dr. Ken, of Ger many, will attempt the Introduction Into Europe of some of the parasites of injurious insoets which occur in the United States, and pr.riicubirly those t.f the woolly root-louse of tlie apple, known in Europe ns the "Ameri can blight" one of the few Injurious inneots which probably went, to Kuropo from this country, and which in the United States Is uot no lujurloua us It 13 In Europe. " London's Greatest Uanger. "In London there are present 800,0.10 young men." writes W. S. Harwood In the Century. "It is demonstrated by the most enroful and systematic cen sus that fully 600,000 of this number do not associate themselves in relig ious work. It Is among these 000,000 young men thnt the work of the Lon don association Is most pressed. I asked Mr. Putterlll what was the greatest obstacle he bad to overcome la reaching these young men. He told tai that It was not the liquor drinking habit, terrible as is its hold upou the young men of this vnst mass, but the appalling prevalence of vice. If half la true that was told me in London about the prevalence of tho most de grading habits among the young men of that city, there Is little wonder thnt those In positions to know look with the keenest apprehensions to the fu turea future which promnaes to make the young manhood of Loudon within three generations a physical wreck, if not reiuforced by fresher blood from tho provinces. Indeed, there will not long be waiting snch another wave of apprehension ns that which 1ms re cently swept over France concerning tho aoclnl altuation In Paris, if some check Is not found against the ndvauco of Immorality In London." A tVod and Its Origin. "Boycott," says a writer ou "Words and Their History," In the St. Nicho las, came Into common ue fllxmt 1873 to signify a method of injuring the business or social prospects ot a )r sou. The word and thu custom of fibimnuig a boycotted victim arose in Ireland, mit l-oycotting suon became bo general that It was recognized In al) so-called enlightened counlrli. Tho agent of a large landed estate 1u Connu main wan u Captain Iioycoii, who was so unpopular with tho tcimms that they begged lYr his removal. As Lord Enrflt', the landowner, rel'titicd lo re move him, the tenants sought redress by refusing to work for the agent' or wO allow other) to do so. Tradesmen wonld uot deal with him. bis own ser vant deccrtcd him, and many of his frhwda gnv him the cold shonldcr. Finding that ho was In diuigur of star vation a number ot Ulster men came to bis relief, harvested his mips while under tin protection of orraed troops, and enublud him, for a time nt least, to escAne atxtolute ruin. Mtuiy men have been ioyeottcd elncc Captain Boycott's unhappy experience Intro duced tho new word, mid boycott, the world over, Is mvgnlzed as a term for which th'-re Is no oxuet synonym. OUR EVERY-DAY HEROES MEN IN CITIES. WHOSE LIVES ARE ALWAYS IN DANCER. rhey Join the Skill of OladlaUrs With . the Valor of Crusaders Home Inci dents of a Fatal Fire In Mew York City, on St. Patrick's Day, I SOU. In the last chapter of tho Century series on "Careers of Danger aud Dar ing," Cleveland Moffett takes up "The Firemen." "In all Its history." he says, "I suppose the world has seen no heroes like these, who join the skill of gladiators with the valor of crusad ers. Does that, sound like exaggera tion? I should call It rather under statement." As Illustrating the things firemen Go every day, and do gladly, he gives some Incidents of otie particular fire that happened In New York on St. Patrick's Day, 1809. It was a pleasant afternoon, nnd Fifth avenue was crowded with people gathered to watch the parade. A gayer, pleasanler scene It would have been hard to find at 3 'clock, or a sadder one at 4. The Ancient Order of Hibernians, eomlng along with bands and banners, were ncarlng Forty-sixth street, when suddenly there sounded hoarse shouts and the angry clang of fire-gongs, nnd down Forty-second street came Hook and Ladder 4 on a dead run, and swung Into Fifth avenue straight at the pompous paraders, who Immedi ately became badly senred Irishmen and took to their heels. But the big ladders went no further. Here they were needed, oh, so badly needed, for tb Windsor Hotel wns on fire the fa mous Windsor Hotel, at Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh street. It was on fire, and far gone with fire (the thing seems Incredible), before ever the en gines were called, nnd the reason wus that everybody supposed that of course somebody hnd sent the alarm. And so they all watched the fire, and waited for the engines, ton minutes, fifteen minutes, nnd by that time n great col umn of flame was roaring up the clo- vator-sbaft, and people on the roof. In their madness, were jumping down to the street. Then some sane citizen went to a fire-box and rang the call, and within ninety seconds Engine C5 was on the ground. And after her came Engines 54 and 21. and then the hook nnd ladder companies. But there was no making np that lost fifteen minutes. The fire had things in its teeth now. and three, four, five alarms went out In quick succession, Twenty- three engines bad their streams on that fire In almost as many minutes. And the big fire-tower came from Thirty-sixth street and Ninth avenue, and six hook and ladder companies ar rived. f Let us see how Hook and Ladder 21 came. She waa the mate of the fire tower, and the rush of her galloping horses was echoing up the avenue Just as Battalion Chief John Blnns made out a woman in a seventh-story win dow on the Forty-sixth side, where the fire was raging fiercely. .The woman ,was holding a little dog in her arms, and It looked as If she was going to jump. The chief waved to her to stay where he was, and, running toward the truck, motioned It Into Forty-sixth street. Whereupon the tiller-man at his back wheel did a pretty piece of steering, and even as they plunged along, the crew began hoisting the big ladder. Such a thing is never done, for the truck might upset with the swaying, liut every oecond counted here, and they took the chance. . As they drew along the curb, Fire man McDermott sprang np the slowly rising ladder, nnd two men came be hind with scaling ladders, for they saw that the main ladder would never reach the woman. Five stories is what It did reach, and then McDermott, standing on the top Tound, smasned one of the scaling ladder through a sixth-story window and climbed on, smashed the second scaling ladder through a seventh-story window and five seconds later had tlio woman In his arms. C To carry a woman down the front of a burning building ou scaling ladders is a mntter of regular routine for a fireman, like jumping from a fourth story down to a net or making a bridge of his body. It 4s part of the business. But to hnve one foot In tho air reach ing for a lower step on a swaying, flimsy thing, and to feel the other step break under you, nnd to fall two feet and catch safely, that is a thing not every fireman could do, but McDer mott did It, aud he brought the woman safely to the ground and the dog too. Almost at the same moment the crowd on Forty-seventh street were gasping in admiration of a rcscuo feat even more thrilling. On tho roof, screaming in terror, was Kate Flannl gun, a servant girl, swaying over the cornice, on the point of throwing her self down. Then out of a top floor window crept a little fireman, uud stood on the fire escupe gasping for air. Then ha reached lu nud dragged ont an unconscious woman and low ered her toothers, and was just start ing down himself when yells from the street made him hwk up, aud ho saw Kate Flannignn. She was ten feet above him, and he had trf means of reaching her. The crowd watched anxiously, and saw the little llremnn lean hack over the fire escape and motion and shout something to the woman. And then she crept over the cornice edge, bung by her hands for a second aud dropped into the fireman's arms. It Uu't every big, strong man who could catch a sizable woman in a fall like that nnd bold her, but thU stripling did It. be cause he had the nerve and knew how. And that made another lifts saved. By this time flames were breaking out ot every story from street to roof, It seemed Impossible to go on with the rescue work, yet this men xrslnted, even on the Fifth avenue front, bare of fire escapes. They used the long ex tension ladders as far aa they could, and then "scaled it" from window to window. Here It was that William Clark, of Hook and Ladder 7, made the rescues that gave hlui the Bennett medal took three woman out of seventh-story windows when It was like climbing over furnuce mouths to get there. And one of these women he jrem-hod only by working his way along narrow stone ledges for three windows, and tack the same way to his ladder v lib Ihe woman on his shoulder Even so il in iiniTij iirr vtuiiiii unit- III 1.01S I Ian! effort had not Edward Ford cnine I . pat way along the ledges to meet atd help him. CURIOUS FACTS. Hutterflles can stand great cold and still live. Butterflies lying frozen on the snow nnd so brittle that they break unless they are carefully bandied will recover nnd fly awny when warmed. One morning recently the residents of Montpoller, Ohio, reported that they saw :i mirage which was easily recog nised as the village of Edon, eight miles east. Such a sight had never been beheld in that vicinity. Indiana has a genuine snake farm, developed without the aid of stimu lants. It Is a commercial enterprise, the garter snake being propagated nnd fatteued for the sake of Its oil, which Is extracted by running the reptile through a press. Marriageable women In Servla have a queer way of announcing that they are in the matrimonial market. A dressed doll hanging in the principal window of a bouse Indicates that there is living there a woman who is anx ious to become a bride. In the picturesque village of Allesley, Warwickshire, England, an ancient custom, which is found to linger here and there, is still observed. The church bell Is rung nt 5 o'clock every morning In the summer and at 0 o'clock in the winter. In order to arouse sleeping vil lagers and enable them to start work In good time. The enrfew bell Is also tolled at 8 o'clock each evening. A noiseless alarm clock would prove a boon to a host of sufferers from un seasonable din. The suggestion is made that a silent alarm can be given by focusing on electric lamp upon the head of the person to be awakened, and arranging a switch so that the cur rent to light the lamp would be turned on by the clock at the desired time. It Is claimed that the flash of light would lnvarlnbly arouse the sleeper. In the face of the clock of the parish church of St. Matthews, Bethnal Green, London, are two small holes, which from the pavement do not ap pear large enough to admit even a tiny bird. Yet these apertures have been chosen by sparrows as nesting places, nnd tho birds can be frequently seen flying to and from their strange abodes. The operations of the spar rows do not appear to have, affected the time-keeping accuracy of the clock. Massachusetts was one of the orig inal thirteen States, and the first set tlement was made in 1002, which was abandoned the same year. The first permanent settlement was made by English Puritans at Plymouth in 1020. The State was explored In 1614 by Captain John Smith, and Boston was settled in 1030. The first American newspaper was started In Boston in 10!)t). At Lexington was shed the first blood of the Revolution. The Boston massacre occurred March 5, 1770, and the destruction of tea December 10, 1773-. Klreot of Hypnotism on tbe Hypnotist. Dr. J. D. Quaekeubos, the author of "Hypnotism in Mental nnd Moral Cul ture," has some interesting things to say of tbe reciprocal Influence of hyp notism In Harper's. Here are some of the Instances of this reciprocal effect which be cites: "A successful attempt to hypnotize a thief at the beginning of my investiga tions induced nn attack of nervous de pression so severe in character that I dlscnssed the advisability of discontin uing my experiments as a measure of safety. In a week's time I hnd en tirely regained my equilibrium and re sumed my work with renewed zest. A lady who was the victim of a harass ing delusion automatically effected an exchange of mental conditions with me, whereby her unwarranted dejec tion became so realistically nilno that I waa obliged to seek a change of em ployment. At the second treatment, after Improvement had begun, no such effect was perceptible. Coarse natures are especially trying, while refined minds ennoble nnd exnlt from the ear liest moment of contact. The more spiritual tho work, the more conspicu ous the ascent, nnd the greater the con sequent iudlCference of tbe operator to nil worldly or purely material consid erations. One seems sustained upon a higher plane of undisturbed sera nity." An Knfllsu Hallway's Farcsl Service. In England the? Great Eastern Hall way has perfected a system of subur ban parcel delivery that works admir ably. From the outlying districts for a radius of 120 miles an agricultural country In the main the passenger trains bring iulo London nnd to the neighboring sea resorts all kinds ot iivnilm-n nuekeil in boxes of definite size and shape which are furnished by the company nt Inun four to eleven cents. The service fee la tuoderute. eight eents for less than twenty pouuds, two cents additional ror eucn five pounds np to sixty pounds, above which the fee Is twenty-five cents. Stamps atlixed to each package show prepayment. Tbe company publish twn Tinmnhlets. one giving the names of producers who use the service; the other, the names of season-ticket own- n who are iu constant need of sucn produce. The success of the plau was Immediate. -The world's worn. Tba Cap Detention. To Interested but Inexpert observers of the races for tho Amer'ca's cup it has been a wonder that American de signers have beeu able to turn out sis Mnecessivo defenders In sixteen years, each one of which has been faster than Its predecessor. Here Is the Hat: 188j, rurttan; 1S8. Mayflower; 1887, Volun teer; 1803, Vigilant; 1805, Defender; 1809, Columbia. When Burgess cueu It waa feared that lUOCress Wjllld neniut lint Ilerreshoff outdid himself ss steadily as Burgess had done befor him. In some years several new ooats were built uud the best of them was chosen to uioef the challenger. In deed. In that particular our yachtsmen lutve shown more veal to keep tha ttii luas their British brethren havo U win it back.-Harper's Weekly. , QUR BUDGET OF HUMOR LAUCHTER.PROVOKINC STORIES fOW LOVERS OF FUN. Oolr No Rnbher of His H are Llnrnal-a Quirk and F.ITentlTe Most Import M Thins;. A Technical Derenso ttoelaj Training-Reconciled to Ihe Oatlay, Kt . Maxwelton's braes are bonny, mm c.riyuiie extols ( The hasards and the bunkers, there, And the course of eighteen holes. Tia there with Annie Laurie, And raddie. vr .lav I I go, and oh! how blissfully ' .Jye hoot the hours itri tmm Detroit Journal iraaL Mo Robber of Hla Bam. "Jones, you borrow aa awful lot of trouble." "Well. I'm always willing t lend it, ain't I?" Lingual. "Oh. ma." "What la It, Jlrnmie?" "Do we eat 'off' a plate or do we eat W a plate?" Chicago Record-Herald. Quick and Kffectts-e. Willie "How did yon break jon wife of the 'advanced woman' crasser Wise "Told her everybody thought it meant 'advanced' In years. "Kansas Olty (Mo.) Independent. Most Important Thins;. Professor "Can yon tell me anything of national importance about the Ha wallan group of Islands?" Bright Boy-"Yes. sir. The raclfltf Ocean." Chicago Dafly News. "" A Technical Defense. Sue "You said you were going to marry an artist, and now you are en gaged to a dentist." Flo "Well. Isn't he an artist? He draws from real life I" Philadelphia Bulletin. Social Training-. Miss Ootrlchkwk.k "Please, sir, la this a training school?" Principal "It Is." Miss Ootrichkwlck "Plense. sir, I wish to learn bow to cat olives." Ohio State Journal. Reconciled to the Outlay. Mrs. Dearborn "Did Jerry balk when the mlntater charged hint 93 for marrying you?" Mrs. Wabash "He did a little, at first, but finally the parson said he'd do It cheaper tbe next time." Yonkers Statesman. Sincere Orlrf nt His Loss. Banks "You think I look glum. Well, wliy shouldn't IV I have lost a rich nunt." Beach "Did she die suddenly r Banks "Die suddenly ? She Isn't dead at all. Her niece has jilted me." Bos ton Transcript. If Feet Were Nimbler Than Tonsrao. Stutterton "Have I gug-gng-got tut time to cuc-cuc-catch the n-n-next t-traln fer N-N-New " R. It. Porter-"Noo York? Yls; ye have, provldin' ye walk fasther thaa ye talk. It don't lave fur an hoar." Philadelphia Record. Tho Tr imps' View. Resting Robert "See here, Tons, this paper says we have no leisure class in this country that even our million aires are bard-working men." Tired Thomas "That man don't know what he is writing abont. We are the leisure class." New York Her. aid. An Embarrassment. "I don't know what to de with all this money," said the practical relltj cal worker. "What money is that?" Inquired the friend. . "The boss gave me $10,000 to put where It would do most good. I have over 10000 left." A I'lncld Statesman. "I suppose a man in your position is beset with people who are tryhig to impose on his good nature." "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "But I don't complain. If you haven't something that somebody is trying to get away from you, it Is a sign you haven't amounted to much in life." Washington Star. An Extremist. "Talking about college spirit," said the first fair co-ed, "Sophlo Moore car ries it to the extreme." "You don't say?" remarked the other. "Yes, she won't ever cat anything but strawberry and vanilla when she's btJug treated to ice cream, because red and white are the college colors."-" Philadelphia Press. No Yaukeo Blood In Hlu. "So, really." she snld, "I believe my husband hi different from other men." "Oh. yes, I suppose so," ber expe rienced friend replied, "but yoo'tl out grow it. Every woman thinks, doting the first few years, that her husband lis not like stiver men." "But Wlllinm," she insisted, "has never, se far as I know, expected to get a fortune out of an Invention of some kind." ' "' " Tho New I'owor. "Teacher, teacher," said III Me Rich ard. "Well, what Is It?" "Didn't you say yesterday that tho world was kept lu Its place by tho fusee of gravity?" "Yes, the attraction of the sun keeps the world moving lu a regular orbit."' "Then somebody's been strlngtn' mr pa again. He said last night It was J. I'ierpory; Morgun." Caicugo Herald Ilecord. ' A Klow Thot Stunnd. . "Have you ever had a dumb, name less feeling of some approaching disas ter T" she asked. "Well, no," tbe celebrated lawyer replied; "the only time I ever had that kind t a feeling was once after to disaster bad arrived." "Ok, dear! What was It that hap pened to yon?" "Why, you see, girl that I had been engaged to several years before my marriage came into lay office cue day to havo me give her some advice i-nu- cernlnj,' the illnposltlun ot about j::."),f 000 wonu of properly she had just in Ik-illed from su uncle In Australia tla .she hud never fold ma about." - '1 taijo Record Herald. J
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