AMBITION.
A fever In the Wood that tmma
; By day and night I
; A heart iinnntislied lliat turm
i Toward the height!
''An eagle in the mm I tliat ycarni
V for t(tunillps Hightl
i
'An inner kp! that tec a star'
Above you glow.
Then shown huw poor a thing you art
And bids you grow;
That points you to n goal afar
j And hida you go!
' A hand that over points the way.
To glorii'K newt
'.Above the future' hill", a ray
That shine for you!
A voice that ever aeein to ay,
"Arine and do!"
Prom prophcry that look before,
A magic word,
By which your very spirit' core
I thrilled anil stirred.
And by whose power evermore
Your will is purred!
IN REMEMBRANCE;
,V I'T HAT Mr. Timothy Burt
I ',pf'",eB to give a rent to
I the new hospital, for oil
J bU wealth, he Is nothing
tut a skinflint."
It was said hi a New. York car by a
lady dressed ns only American Indies
can dress; slip was so flue lu her
mi minor magnificence that Blip quite
overshadowed a little uoneutlty of a
woman HipieezeJ Into the corner.
That little body was elderly anil
old-iunidluh, JuHt the sort of person
to be squeezed Into. comers on every
occasion. Her eyes If any one hail
taken the trouble to look at them
were yourtger than the rest of her;
they were quick-moving anil change
ful and soft.
Elderly though she wns, she had
not reached the dead level of retdg
nution that Is like the Slough of
Despond. She had a little pride still
left, and such a longing to return '..)
her native land that the puin of It
kept her a living soul, and not a
mere mechanical drudge.
"Why not try Mrs. Timothy V" sug
gested the friend of the aggrieved
lady, "perhaps she Is almoner!"
"I doubt It," answered the other
dryly; "there are two of ono mind In
that house."
The shabby little woman smiled to
herself, knowing that Tim Burt had
been gifted with a saving knowledge
from his youth up. Yet the fancy
seized her to try anil win from him
' ittnit the others could not. The thing
would be n triumph, besides
Stopping the car she got out, and
made her way to n gay furniture store
where thero wore mirrors In the win
dow, and gazed Intently at her re
flected face. ' She thought It looked
plainer thnu usuul, so with nu anxious
touch she preened herself, and the
passers-by saw more humor in her
actions thnu she did herself.
"He will never know me again,"
she deeidud; "never after thirty
years. I would not risk It . other
wise." "Arrived at his offices she boldly
asked to see the great man. and there
was something ao determined about
her that the clerk Uld not notice her
shabby appearance, and showed her
straight ki.
"A lady to see you. sir."
This was merely oflieiul politeness,
for she was onjy a .homely, quaint
body with eyes softer than her
tongue. At the moment of entering
she could see nothing but the money
spinner's bald head, for ho was bus
ily writing. She did not siieuk, and
presently he looked up. She was
comforted to see only blank Inquiry
nud no recognition.
"I am como to know If you will
give a trifle towards the buildlug of
the new hospital. More money Is
wanted to finish It, and If you"
Her speech was correct, but net
that of an educated persou, and he
cut her Impatiently short.
"I hare already r'efuaed to oon
tribute anything," be nnswored,
curtly. "I look upon thu plaoo as a
nuisance, and much object to Its betng '
o nenr."
Ills hardness made bcr throw pru
dence to the winds. She went close
and looked him full in the face.
"Tim Burt! Tim Burt! Can't you
mind yeffra agone, wheu the burse
Hinged at 'ee, breaking a lag; an
wasn't it Farmer Jarge'B tatl beast
ns booked 'ee so turrlblo bad, that
you boll led out with the nngubih for
weeks after? If anyone had told
ee then that you would live to have
no pity for poor mortals In pain,
you'd had toused them well for it
you would."
To bis bewildered senses the ac
customed room seemed to fade away
and become lost in pleasant uplands
with brilliant patches of bluebells
among the thin feathered grass. He
could hear the gentle munching of
the sheep tho tinkle of their belLtr,
he could smell the salt breath of the
sea which inuda tho breeze so beulth
giving. . Nay, more; thero was a lad
lie Seemed to see, light of heart, go
lug whistling to his work lu the hope
and freshness of early moruiug, Such
a remembrance made him feel old
and weary, so ho turned angrily upon
the woman. "
"And who may you be, I should
like to know? There Is no reason,
because you happen to como from
the old place, that I "
He broke off, scanning her uneasily
from head to foot.
"I havo not. the least recollection
of you. It is not possible that you
con be "
He paused again, conscious of his
folly iu mentioning names; but she
read hia unspoken fear euslly, and the
pride that was tu her leapt to aruls.
"Bo you think I'm Lucy Porrlmun!
'As though, she would dumenu herself
by Intnidiug upon you here! Surely
you can mind of Martha?"
There was ilollanee about her ns
be liuiked her up and down, this time
with obvloua relief, belug long past
the time when the reappearance of
fount cf 1irpe with silvery chime, .
That ever iipring
Within you and a son aublime
Forever singx,
And like it. hid you ever climb
To higher things!
Thia la the inner world I ae
With light agleam:
'And vet a pawn of deatiny
I afmixt aeem.
What means the impulxe unto me?
I only dream.
About the world men mudly run,'
- greed made blind.
There i ao much that might be done
For humankind;
80 much, O (toil, that I for one
My part would tind.
Thi word fromaomcwhcrccomej to me;
"Kail not at fate,
Tlmno who obtain self-mastery
Alone ore great;
For they shall master deatiny, '
. Strive on and wait."
Denver New.
an old sweetheart could tnc.iu any
thing but nnuoyuuee.
"I see now you arc Martha right
enough," ho .-.nsivered slowly; "you
were alwnys harder-featured than
looey. Folks did say as you took
the skim and left the cream for her.
Yes, I see 'tis Murthu right enough."
He snld It with thoughtful resig
nation, for she had surprised tho ve
neer of thirty years clean off blm!
and they had both sprung from a
class which Is glvcu to speaking
plainly about personal appearance.
"Sit down," be said n little more
cordially, "and tell me how you came
to bo lu these parts."'
"I came to keep house for Jack
lu Maryland, but he died of con
sumption two years ago."
She answered very briefly, and bo
did not think tit to Inquire as to her
present clrciunetances. If Martha
Deriimau had uot prospered, the fault
was nouc of his.
"Dear, dear! and Jack the young
est of you all! What about Looey
now? I suppose she was married up
comfortable years ago."
For all his hardness he was a lit
tle ill at ease then, and his look avoid
ed hers. If he hnd seen her eyes
then In their wistfulness, as she an
swered jauntily enough,
J'To be sure; married up comfort
able to Jimmy Meech, six mouths
after you stopped writing to her."
Although this was not true. It
should have been grateful hearing to
Timothy, yet he resented It.
"What! a pretty piece like Looey
married up to that girl, long-legged
Jimmy, a mnn as never thirds his
mangold? I always thought he was
after you; he'd have done well enough
for you."
Under tho Influence of her presence
the unaccustomed words belonging to
his youth came trooping back of their
own accord. No other way of speak
ing to her would have been natural;
nor did she seem offended at his in
sinuation that anything In the shape
of a man was good enough for her,
but uot for Lucy. Her eyes even
sparkled as she answered:
"They are married all right, and are
as happy as can be! There's heaps
of young stock on the farnl, and you
should see 'em of a Sunday setting
lu church with their five boys and
two girls! 'Twas a pretty sight when
I was borne, but they must be flue
lads and maidens by now."
His fnce darkened, being a childless
man with a head, money -loving wife;
und just then ho seemed to see Lucy
in the exquisite bloom and freshness
of young womanhood. How the sun
shone in her hair, just as It used to!
Krtue of his gold was one tithe as
bright
The woman leant eagerly forward.
"I 'low as you really loved her at
the onset."
"God knows! I was but a boy
chap, with my way to make, and
Looey hadn't nothen."
But he knew regretfully that the
lad und the girl hod even then been
rich with untold wealth rich In youth
and hope ay, and love, a treasure
that his coffers had not contained for
years.
"You've changed," she said slowly.
"What a Bporrlty lad you anted to be!
Can't you mind dowsing Kau Legg
In the pumptro' because be served
our kitten bad an all-over white kit
ten it wus with a tabby tail?"
Tkn clerk opened the door.
"Mr. Carl ltaseh to see you, sir."
I cannot n blm. I am particu
larly engaged."
Then Timothy Burt turned to- her
with a frown of nnxlous recollection
on his lined forehead.
"Not (in all-over white kitten
surely; hadn't It a patch of tabby on
the buck? Ay, I can mind bow Looey
bullied out; she was turrlble fond of
cats. A. bi l buuy that Dan Leggs!
I'd do tho same again." Then hab
itual caution asserted itself "But hu
bid fair to mnke an awful big chu"'
She eyed his" unathletlc figure with
grave compassion:
"You'vo pllmmrd since then. I do
fancy you'd not s'nnd much of a
snock now. But you need not be
betting Han Legg any more; he's been
dead these many years."
The silence lay heavy between them,
KMill he suddenly turned suspicious:
"Whore wns you when I dowsed
Dan? I can only mind of Looey being
by. Where was you to?"
"I was lu the bakehouse, stripping
feathers. 'TIs so long ago you for
get" This remark was providential lu
suggesting a new train of thought.
"You and your feathers, Martha!
I couldn't bide in house when you
was baklu' of them. Tell about
smltchesl I xlm I smell of 'em now."
She laughed a softer laugh thnu
Martha bad ever been guilty of
Marthu, the terrible tidy woman; so
called, more iu exasperation than ad
miration, by the victims of her rabid
eleunlliiess Marthu, who was too
"near" and saving to pay her sister'
tare across!
They were now thoroughly warmed
to their subject, and both revelled In
a quaint and homely speech that
would have astonished the clerks out
side. Timothy Burt required the minut
est particular of people whom until
then he hnd totally forgotten, mid be
wns ninrvelously surprised to And
so innny of them dead. It was like
turning over a full page to encounter
a blank I
"Wo be geltln nlong, Tim; gettln'
woldlsh with aover chick nor child
to comfort us. It do ttltn a plly, too
If you'd a married Lu "
lie silenced her abruptly, and agnln
thp goblen-linlred vision swept fresh
nernss bis fancy.
"It Is to bp hoped." he said, not
without Intent Jealousy, "that Looey's
children favor her. That Meech was
always a dumbleiinre of a mnn not
lint what he'd n-done for you right
enr.ugh."
He bad no Intention of being rude,
but In the old days Martha bad never
minced matters, and hp saw no rea
son to mince them now.
"They nre knowledgeable." slip an
swered modestly, "and the eldest girl
Is like nvhal Looey used to be, so they
tell me. The buoys wur a bit wild
as lads."
Tim Burt assumed an almost pn
rental displeasure.
"No mnnngcmciit about the father."
he said. "I'd have bided them prop
er. I never could bear bad idle
buoys."
"And yet I can mind of some bad
buoys caught, stealing apples Iu
'Squire Thorn's orchard. Toui-fnlr-malds,
they were beauties'."
Tim Burt actually laughed.
"And I was tho only one caught.
The bailiff bided me for the lot. But
yon nre right about the Tom-falr-mnlds,
they were worth a hiding."
"Tim!" she said, aud her voice
grew more earnest: "Tim, do you
never hanker after the old place?"
"I have no time fur such fancies,
or I might."
Ills apathy stirred her Into pas
sionate speech.
"I couldn't bide quiet but for the
hope of saving enough to carry me
back. Oh! when I do think of all the
miles the weary miles, I 'zlm as It
can't be true. Sometimes lu the
work room I see the old home
so plain as can 'be! I smell
the gllly-flowers until I'm sick with
longing. Your house was too back
suiided to have' them so early as we
turrlble backsuuded your garden
was, but the sun would wake up
mornings before even the wood-pigeons
were calling In copse. Can't you
hear them calling: 'Go to school, you
fool, you fool?" And then weM meet
you down the knap, where the man
lived who was hagrod. Don't you
mlud of the beautiful fresh smell of
the earth, at the autumn plowing,
and can't you see the hedges all a-flre
with red leaves and hurries?"
"You have changed," he . said won
derlugly. "I never thought you cared
a trump for Biich Idle fancies. Now,
Looey"
"It's being away," she interrupted
hurriedly, "and upon times it is like
a hunger that nothing will stay. One
day in the gardens I heard sudden
like the lapping of M'ater, just as
the sea would lap lu summer, upon
the pebble-rldge of the cove. The
leaping of my heart nearly stopped
It; but when I looked there was oiily
a foolish little duck squuwketlug la
a puddle."
She wns terribly in enrnest then,
and uusympathetlc. Timothy Burt
even felt a thrill of something like
pity, but she had almost forgotten
li 1 in, for the still waters running so
deep and so silently for yeurs had it
Inst tumultously overflowed.
"I do fear sometimes that. I mny
be strook for death before I've tlmu
to get home. Oh, to die and be bur
tied there,! I ahall never bide quiet
unless I am laid away in that loe
corner with the dear wold folks. You
mind tho llttlo loe corner duwn by
the plow ground? Your poor wold
mother Is hurried there, Tim; and
'tis but a shabby grave for such as
her, bnt there is Just space enough
left for a little body like me."
She had not tho least idea of ask
ing nuy help from him, and she came
to herself trembling and ashamed.
She rose to go, but he stayed her.
She bad touched him home at last,
and his own vision was as clotted
and blurred as hers; for once upon
a time he had loved bis mother dearly.
There was a long pause, and then
he plunged his hand Into his pocket,
brlnglug out all the gold It con
tained. "For the hospital," be snld huskily.
"Stay, it Is not enough, you shull have
more. I will send for some."
And he did. She went "away with
her thin, little, shallow pocket weight
ed down with gold. But he did more,
for he sent her home, as his paid
agent to personally superintend the
erectiou of a suitable monument over
his uiotber'a grave. Before accept
ing the commission, she owned to the
Innocent deception, and Tim Burt
felt honestly glad that, through his
means his old love might return lu
comfort to her native land.
The Joy of going homo nearly killed
Lucy, until she got used to It; bnt tho
grand memorial over poof, homely
Mrs. Burt almost crowded Lucy her
self out of tho loe little corner.
Waverley Magazine.
Figures About lreaal Meet Cars.
Carefully figured estimates of the
earnlugs per year of wooden and steel
cars give a single steel car,, on ac
count of Its lighter weight and larger
capacity, au udvantage of ninety-four
dollars and fifty cents. Thero being
somewhere near 1,600,000 wooden cars
In service in tho country there would
be an aggregate yearly saving of $ 141,
750,000 if steel cars were used. An
other estimate, tnklug the capacity cf
the cars ns a starting point, gives a
result of $147,000,000 suved. There
are now about 60,000 pressed steet
cars In use, aud the first one was nfade
only four years ago. The World'
Work.
, 'f ha AiuHnr'a Manic King,
The Ameer of Afghanistan wears a
beautiful gold ring, to which he as
cribes the fact of his having survived
so long the uiachtuatlotis of Ids ene
mies. He bus been a good many times
reported dead, but thanks to tho
uiugle of bis golden ring he still lives
to praise Us protecting virtue. . -
HE ASSAILS COLUMBUS
CONCLUSION OF V1CN AUD" ABOUT
THE DISCOVERY OF,AMERICA,
ColumlMH tVrnt to Ireland and It la
Charceil That He There Heard of
the 'ew Continent From the Heandl-
navlnna TarnlahlnR Ilia Fame,
For more than twenty years Mr.
Vlgnnud. first Secretary to the United
States Embassy In Paris, hns been
working on a book which Is likely to
convey the last word lu I he famous
controversy as to the discovery of
America, wrl.es a correspondent of
the New York Sun. An account of Its
conclusion will be of Interest now.
Mr. Vlgnaud. after minute and pains
taking research, Is of the opinion that
nil existing documentary evidence on
the subject has now seen the light of
day. The net result of modern Inves
tigation will materially alter many
long-existing Impressions about Col
uinbus and his character. For one
thing, almost conclusive evidence ex
Ists to show (lint the great discoverer
wns nn arcb-humbiig und liar of tae
first degree.
That America wns known nnd vis
ited by the Scandinavians bus long
been nn accepted fact among scholars,
nnd Is very conclusively proved by
that eminent writer, Knl'n, who has la
boriously traced the voyages of the
various vlklugs who successfully vis
ited the Western Continent. He has
even Identified several of their settle'
incuts In a manner that leaves no pos
slide doubt to any fair-minded unpi'?
jndiced render.
But It Is not equally well known that
pven in Columbus's lifetime, and be
fore his own greotly trumpeted discov
ery, the continent had beeu reached
by European sailors driven out of
their course by long coni limed bad
weather. The finest sailors of tin
Spanish kingdom were then as now the
gallant Basques, that marvelous peo
ple who, from being probnbly lu dis
tant ages the original Inhabitants of
Europe, are now confined to districts
of France nnd Spain, near the Tyre'
uecs, maintaining their own customs
nnd, above all, their own language,
that language which shows no connec
tlon with any of the oilier tongues of
the world, unless It be slight traces
with the Finnish languages of North
ern Europe, nnd, curiously enough,
with some of the red Indian dialects
of (he continent they were the 3rst to
discover In modern times.
It Is known that Columbus himself
made a voyage to Iceland on a Basque
vessel, nnd (here probably he heard of
the early voyages of the Scnndinn
vlans, for It was from their Icelandic
home thnt they set out on their west
ern expeditions to the coast of Green
land nud America. But there Is no
reason to suppose It was these early
exploits thnt fired his ambition to dis
cover the western world. The true
incentive came from voyages thnt had
not become legendary.
Only a few years before his great
voyage a Spanish vessel had reached
the continent aud had returned In
safety as far as Maderla, but with only
very few survivors of the crew aboard,
Kome of these reached Spain, nnd
good reason exists to believe that
Christopher Columbus himself con
versed with one of these old sea-dogs
who was passing his declining days in
Hie misery of theslums of Tales. When
lu his turn Columbus came back and
(admirable self-trumpeter that he was)
set the world talking about his great
achievement, the gossips in these same
slums and wharfs of I'alos were
heard to say that ho had ouly done
what others had done before him.
But their multerlugs were unnoticed
amid the universal burst of admira
tion that greeted the exploit of the
bold and Intrepid Italian sailor, more
especially an the court saw cause to
encourage his popularity, tho keen
witted Italian being a useful tool for
tho aggrandizement of Spain.
Columbus, however, had not failed
to take note of the fact, nud he real
ized bow the gossip might In the fu
ture dim his renowu unless steps were
taken to put on a firm basis the record
that It was he aud he nloun who was
entitled to the fame of tho discovery
of the now continent. This end was
accomplished by Ccltimbus's soa Die
no, who made public a letter from tho
celebrated eosmographer Toscanelll,
addressed t- tho navigator, wherein
the learutd geographer approved his
plans for his westward voyage, de
clared that he had himself long enter
tained similar views and that la 1474
ha hud sought to persuade Alfonso of
Portugal of their correctness, address
ing to thnt monarch a memorial, n
copy of which he enclosed to Coluta
Lr.s. Now. Mr. Vlgaand proves that this
letter Is nothing more than a forgery,
both by internal evidence and by tho
collection cf a number of facts, which,
tboug'n largely dr-icistautlal evi
dence, make, when taken together, a
very ctrong chain of proof. Ho bo
llevoa that the actual forger was Co
lumbus's lire titer, who was, lllto Co
lcmbus, a mau of remnrkablo talent
and equally free from lucouvcnlrut
scruple?.
Thla letter has successfully kept ob
jectors silent "or centuries. Mr. Vlg
naud also uhowa that the family of Cu,
hi uliu 1 havo at vniioiu t'.mes de
stroyed documents relating to tho life
cf Columbus, tho last occasion beluff
cf recent date.
Although n 1 Italian, it is remarka
ble that, while he wa;i a voUiuiiuor.s
wriier lu Spanish, enly ouo small doc
ument exists In which Colunibv.s em
ploys bis native tonguo. This exam
ple Is merely a few words of Indorse
men' iu his baud ou the buck of a doc
ument which has been quite lately dis
covered, lie used Spaulsh, even when
writing to Italians.
From all that enn bo found It ap
pears Columbus never kuew be had
discovered a new continent. He
thought that Haytl was Ophlr, Cuba
what we now cull Japau, aud the main
laud the laud of Ind, famous in tules
of travel and the Imagination.
Columbus tvns anxious lu his life
time to hide the meanness of hla ori
gin aud the traces of bis early life.
His descendants have since aided him
lu completing this task. Consequently
very little Is known about his youthful
career, beyond that he was of poor pa
ventage and hud been employed In
very inferior positions. Living, ns he
did, among Custllhius, proud of their
liueuge, he tried to pose as their cqtiil.
I
Thus, when appointed Admiral by the
Court of Spain, he proudly exclaimed
that he wss nnt the first of his family
to nttnln that dignity. Asked who wns
the other, hp cited the French Admiral
Coulomb, with whom he asserted his
relationship.
Two hundred nnd sixty years ago
the first Boston ferry-boat liegau to
ply over the line that Is now followed
by the Chelsea ferry.
A gold weighing machine In the
Bank of England Is so sensitive that n
postage stamp dropped on the scale
will turn the Index ou the dial a dis
tance of six Inches.
Dining 200 yenrs there have only
been five rectors In (he parish of St,
Peler-at-Arches. Lincoln, England.
The present rector has just com
pleted his fiftieth year of service.
There is still In existence nn unre
pealed law iu Switzerland which for
bids thp wearing of hats more than
thirteen Inches In diameter, artificial
flowers and foreign feathers, under a
heavy penalty.
The Itomans always dressed for
dinner, nud the . custom bus been
handed down to us. They put ou
light robe3 of light texture, nud one
w-ns kept for the unexpected guest
who might come unprovided.
In the numbering of the one-dollnr
silver certificates the number 100,000,.
000 was reached by the Treasury re
cently. The numbers will nut run any
higher, as they would become unneces
sarily awkward. A new series will
now start again with 1.
The biggest popcorn crop In the
world Is being grown by A. H. Schnef
fer. In Edgar County, III. He has over
100 acres aud expect 5000 bushels. He
makes a specialty of popcorn and
finds It a bonanza ns few pay any at
tention to this frivolous crop.
'-
Australian papers state that the
experiment of the West Australian
Government in turning domestic
cats loose In the Southwestern dis
tricts of the colony, to check the In
vasion of rabbits from South Aus
tralia, has been a pronounced success.
Deuietrlos Pollorkctes, the "be
sieger of cities," King of Macedon, son
of Alexander's General Antigouos, has
just been dug out of his tomb In the
Thessnllau Valley of Velestiuo by tho
Ameiicnn School at Athens. In the'
tomb all the objects found were of
gold or silver plnted with gold.
A curious fact that has been noted
tu connection with rainfalls is that
gauges placed ou roofs usually gather
less water thau those placed on the
grouiid. This Is accounted for on the
theory that the rain In falling absorbs
some of the moisture of the air, and
the greater distance it falls the larger
will be the bulk of the individual
drops.
The fire which cost Davenport, Iowa
a million dollars recently was
started by a cigarette which a freckle
faced boy, smoked In n lumber yard.
The !?S0,000 tire at Sioux City, iu the
same State, on the snme day, bad a
more curious origlu. The bent of tho
sun ns it passed through the plate
glass show window of a dry goods
store was so intense thnt It ignited the
goods displayed therein.
llucka In the Sahara Deaert.
"The proverbial fondness cf Cucks
for water would lend one to nresn-i.
pose that of all tho world thn rmr
destitute of (Iucks would be the Sahara
Desert, nnd that If a strav "sm-ln.-
tail' happened to drift Into that re-
glon he would either vnmoso or turn
up 111s toes with uricrest delay. Well,
not at all," said a Frenchman now In
tho city who was formerly a resident
of Tunis. "There are parts of tho des
ert where ducks abound, flourish cud
multiply with every evidence of per
fect sntlsfactlou. The fowl is sllnhtiv
different from any of the varieties wo
know la this ecuutry, but it has thy
sumo flat bill, extensive breast nml
web feet, showing that It wns one?
a water bird, though now It scarcely
finds euougli to drink, and lins ho.
como too provident to waste any of
me precious uulils In ablutions. Llku
ino oilier good Mussulmans of th
country, they take their prescribed
bath lu the cand. and their wei. fvt
como iu very handy ns cnowshocs to
wum upon tuo ucep, yielding dust. It
Is clttijj-.d by au eminent French orni
thologist that the Fiiharn i ituclr".
tho remains of a raco of aquatic birds
which frequented thoso rphk u-lmn tim
present desert waa a part of tho At
lantic ocean." Whilo we nre introduc
ing foreign bucrs. bottle:-, .mil iinnuin
luto tuo United States for various purr
poses, why cot try some cf tho desert
ducii In some of ot r arid Western
lands? .ew Orleans Times-Dciuo-
crut, . .
ticlance Kevcnla tha rait.
To construct u whole animal from
a thigh bone or toe joint has been
the iichlevemeut of archaeologists lu
many cases. But to learu the food
and habits of stone-age gentlemen
from the tartar ou their teeth Is com
paratively a new feat of science. Au
English Jourual gives an Interesting
account of the experiments of the
ex-presldent of the Hoyal Odontolog
leal Society. Upon the teeth of an
cient skulls he noticed a black coat-
lug of tartar, aud, dissolving this lu
acid, he discovered tuluute coruhusk
particles, vegetable substances, .part
icles of starch, the pol . of a fish
tooth, oval cells from fruit nnd por
tions of wool; also mineral fragments
probably left by the rough stones used
lu grlc'.ns; the corn. Thus the mode
fo life uud susteuancn of people liv
ing Bonie 4000 ye&rs ngo were clearly
laid bnre to the investlgnlor and arch,
neology could achieve uhnt not all
the printed records of lilstory coull
unfold to U3. -St. Loal UluUe Dem
erat, . - - -
CINSENG FIELD A FORT.
0rnr Frotacta It With. Briatlinf Array
of num.
The queerest vigil in Pennsylvania
Is that kept by .T. O. Osborne, a gin
seng grower, whose garden is Hear
West field. No gold mine claimant ever
watched his treasure with greater
rare than does Mr. Osborne bis
precious ginseng beds. He was twice
robbed of the best roots In the garden,
nnd to prevent further thievery he
has resorted to a most effective plan.
Guns bristle about the edge of the
patch, and lu the centre of the little
fnrm stands a wntch-box that is a
veritable nrseunl. It is fitted with a
burglar alarm, which Is connected
with hidden wires thnt encircle the
field, and within thp watch-box Mr.
Osborne keeps nightly vigil, big com
pnny being a number of trusty rifles
nnd shotguns. The guns that form
a dendly cordon about the edge of
the garden are connected with nn al
most invisible wire. The guns point
Inward, their range forming a terrible
network of angles from which the
thieves can hardly escape.
Once cocked nnd primed, nnd the
wire attached, the slightest Jar ngnlnst
the latter would explode every gnu
In .the circle. It Is cnlculatcd, thnt
thieves, be they ever so cnutlous, will
fdep upon or stumble over the deadly
wire, nt some point In Its circle, and
if they miss the wire connected with
tho battery of guns they arc quite
sure to run afoul of the burglar alarm
wire, and then Mr. Osborne, from his
point of vnntnge, will do some pep
poring. Though his wntchbox Is in
the centre of tho circle formed by the
range of the bristling guns, yet It is
high enough above the ground for the
occupant to escape being bit.
It Is not Mr. Osborne's - Intention
to kill anybody. He wnnts to crip
ple thieves so badly that he will be
able to overhaul and arrest them. Last
season, on two different occasions, bis
ginseng beds were robbed of the oldest
aud best roots, and he does not pro
pose to have his valuable crop again
despoiled.
Mr. Osborne expects to make $800
from bis ginseng patch this fall, nnd
this Is the reason why ho does not
propose to have somebody else dig
from his patch the choicest and most
valuable roots. Next month the gin
seng digging will commence, and then
the professional "sheng" hunter:
mostly old men nnd women, will go
into the mountains for the season's
digging. There they live In shacks,
digging the mountain wild lands over
nnd over for the precious roots. It
takes three pounds of green roots to
make one pound of dry or marketable
stuff, but over and over again some
f the diggers have days thnt they
find as much as ten pounds of the
root, nnd perhaps a quarter-pound of
seed, the lntter having, nccording to
the Chinese, a speclnl virtue.
The cultivation of ginseng is a re
cent experiment, and Mr. Osborne has
been among the most successful of
the experimenters. It is for this rea
son that his valuable crop has become
the temptation of covetous and un
principled "sheng" gatherers, nnd
made necessary his vigorous methods
of protection. It is calculated that it
requires about eight years before the
first crop of ginseng root can be dug,
nnd during all that time the growing
plants require careful nnd constant
watching and a great deal of care.
This fact also explains why Farmer
Osborne protects his plants from
thieves by bristling guas and startling
burglar alarms.
Dlvlne-Dall Rpldera.
The diving-bell spiders, which do not
often frequent the main Thames
stream, though they are commonly
found In the ditches near it, gather
air to use just as a soldier might draw
water and dispose it about his person
in water bottles. They do this In two
ways, one of which Is characteristic
of ninny of the creatures which live
both in and out of the water us the
spider does. The tall of the spider is
covered with black, velvety hair. Put
ting its tail out of the water, It collects
much nir in the Interstices of the vel
vet. It then descends, wheu all this
air, drawn down beneath the surface,
collects Into a single bubble, covering
its tall and breathing holee like a coat
cf' quicksilver. This supply tho snider
uses up when at work below, until it
dwindles to c single speck, when it
oace more ascends nnd collects a fresh
store. The writer has seen cne of these
spiders tpln uo many webs across tho
tonis of water plant 3 in a Luiited
space that not only the small water
shrimps and larvae, but even a young
fish, were entangled. The other and
more artistic means of gathering air
employed by lac s;iider is to catch a
bubble on the surface nnd swlr.i be
low with It. The bubble is then let
go into a be'.l woven under soaio
plant, into which nany other bubbles
have been drawn. I.i this diving bell
tlio eggs r.ro laid nnd thu young
batched, under tiio constant wntcn of
the old cplderi Tho Si-octator.
Gcnlun and Mualc.
It is cold that Edison despises music
nud that Nikola Tcs'.a is peculiarly
averse to Its charms. That is u Btrano
freak. Many believe that u person
who docs not love music bag no soul.
But Bomo cf the r.ckuowledged gen
iuses of history, nmoug them true
poets, could not bear the sound of tho
sweetest melody. Byron had no ear
for music, aud neither vocal nor In
strumental afforded him the slightest
pleasure. Edmund Burke, whose ora
tory was music to his audiences, hated
music. Charles James Fox, another
great orator; Daniel O'Counell, still
another; William ntt, a third; Kob-
crt Peel, a fourth all of these ran
away from tho sound of music. Hume,
the historian, und Dr. Samuel John
son were strangely affected by play
ing nud singing. Pope could listen to
a baud organ, but uot to classic com
positions. Ilogers. the poet, was un
easy at the sound of music, und so
also were Sir Walter Scott, Lord
Tennyson and Southey. New York
Pres.
FUphant a Farm Animal.
A West Virginia farmer is using aa
elephant to do his plowing. A small
circus warn stranded In the neighbor
hood aud the farmer bought the anl
nial nt a bargalu. The elephant la
imi'ii stronger thun a horse team; it
gentle and eats little, aud his owner
la vull pleased with bis purchase.
C0MA1ERCIAL REVIEW.
dcacral Trad Condition!.
New York (Special). R. G. Dun &
Co.' "Weekly Review of Trade" says:
"Though there are some drawbacks,
notably the labor troubles in the iron
and steel industry, business is of well
sustained volume, to which fact pay
ments through the country's clearing
houses, railroad earnings and the
strength of prices of staple and partly
manufactured merchandise offer ample
testimony. Exrcpt in certain branches
of the textile markets, sellers of mer
chandise have an advantage over buy
ers, and distribution is at large as stock
will permit.
"Slightly better terms asked for sta
ple woolen and worsted goods in no
way diminished the volume of sales, and
the light weight season promise's to be
one of activity.
"Grain quota'nr eased off somewhat
during the week, though the net decline
was small. Corn is still close to the
highest price since iHfjj, even with a,
host of important influences militating
against such inflated figures. Weather
conditions steadily improve, making the
outlook bright for late planted corn.
"Failures for the week numbered 305
in the United States, against tl last
year, and 33 in Canada, agaiusi 29 last
year."
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Best Patent. $4.60; High
Grade F.xtra, $4.10; Minnesota bakers,
$2.0oa.vto.
Wheat New York, No. 2 red. "R-Vic;
Philadelphia. N'o. 2 red, 74l$a75J4c;
Baltimore, 76c.
Corn New York, No. 2, 6iVjc; Phil
adelphia. No. 2, 6oa6ic; Baltimore,
No. 2, 65c.
Oats New York. No. 2. 3)c; Phil
adelphia, No. 2 white, I'ia-inc; Balti
more, No. 2 white. 4o"ja4ic.
Hay No. 1 timothy, $17.00; No. 2
timothy, $16.00; No. 3 timothy, $14.50
15.00.
Green Fruits and Vegetables Ap
ples Per brl, fancy, $i.ooai.io; do fair"
to good. ooca$i.oo. Beets Native, per
100 bunches, joca$i.oo. Cabbage Na
tive, per 100 Flat Dutch, $.?.ooa5.oO.
Cantaloupes Gems, per basket green,
loaioc; do ripe, 25340; native. large, per
100. $3.0034,00. Carrots Native, per
bunch, Ialj'ic Corn Nartvc, per dor
en. sugar, 4a6c. Cucunibrrs, per bas
ket, I5a20c. Damsons Maryland and
Virginia, per brl, $2.7533.00. Eggplants
Per basket, I2ai5c. Grapes 10-lb)
basket, Concords. 10315c; do Niagara,
15318. Onions Maryland and Penn
sylvania, yellow, per bu, 6oa70c. String
Beans Native, per bu, 6oa65c. Peach
es Maryland and Virginia, per box,
yellow, 40365c; do reds, 3oaso. Pears
Bartietts, per basket, 3oa35c Plums
New York, per 8-lb basket, I5a20c; do
Eastern Shore, Maryland, per quart, 3a
4. Squash Per basket, 2oa25c Toma
toes Per basket, 23330c; native, per
measured bushel, a"o. Watermelons
Per 100 selects, $12.00315.00; do
primes, $6.ooa8.oo.
Potatoes White, Rappahannock, per
brl, Rose, $2.7533.00; do Chile Rose,
per brl. $2.7533.00; Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per brl. No. I. ooca$i.oo; do
seconds, jjoaooc. Sweets, new. North
Carolins, per brl, yellows, $2.5033.00;
do Eastern Shore, Virginia, per brl,
yellows, $3.0033.50; do reds, per brl.
$2.ooa2.50. Yams New, Virginia, per
brl. No. 1. a$.'.oo.
Provision and Hog Products Bulk
rib sides, gc; clear do, to; shoulders,
do fat backs, 14 lbs and under, 8':
18 lbs and under. 8i; do bellies, 10M;
do mess strips. Yy, do ham butts, S'A;
bacon clear sides, ioj-i; do clear. lo'Al
do shoulders. Q'i; sugar-cured bremsts,
small, 13V3; do do 12 lbs and over, I.J'S:
do do shoulders, bladecuts, gy3; do do
narrows, o',i; do do extra broad. lo;4:
do do California hams, oli; hams, ro
lbs. 13 t I3JJ; do 12 lbs and over, 12-4;
mess pork. $16.50; ham pork, $16.00:
lard refined, 50-lb cans, gjj; do do half
barrels and new tubs, 10c.
Hides Heavy steers, association and
salters, late kill, 60 lbs and up, close
selection, loaiijc; cows and light
steers. giQ'i.
Dairy Products Butter Elgin, 23a
c; separstor extras, 22323; do firsts,
2oafic; do gathered cream, iQaao: do
imitation. 17319; ladle extra, I5ai7; la
dles, first 14315; choice Western rolls,
15316; fair to good, 13314; half-pound
creamery, Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania, 2ia22; do rolls, a-lb, do
20.
' 11'.. r 1 1 t .
tgg.i c:ici n .waryiauu auu renn
sylvania, per dozen, ai6V2c; Eastern
bhore (Maryland anil Virginia),
16'A: Virginia. ai6: Western and
West Virginia, ai6; Southern, at$l
guinea, 37. Jobbing prices of can
dled eggs ) to ic higher.
Cheese New cheese, large, 60-Ibs,
io'iaioi'ic; do flats. 37 ltis, lojaio!:
picnics, 23 lbs, nailVj.
Live poultxr liens, loe; old roos
ters, each. 25.130c; spring chickens,
1313140. Ducks, 8.19c. Spring ducks.
93100.
Live Stock.
Chiracro Cntitle ( iOod to nnmi
steers $5.2536.30; poor to medium $3.60
aj.ao; stockers and feeders about s.etidy,
$2.2534.25; cows $2.5034.25; heiiers $2.50
a5.oo; canners i. 2532.40; caivcs 313.00a
5.40. Hugs Top $6.35; mixed and
hnrli(r Sc f-c:io jz. Sheen frt-wid r
choice wethers $3.2533.00; fair to choice
mixed $3.0033.35: Western sheep $j.loa
inn: vearlinirs $l.2a.l.co: nativ lamha
$2.7535.15; Western lambs $3.7535.00.
East Liberty Cattle Extra $5,403
5.65; prime $5.2035.40: good $41ooa5.ic.
Hogs steady: prime heavies $6.isa
6.22!; best med'iunis S6.10a6.12Mi;
heavy iorkcrs $6.C7'.a6.lo; good light
Yorkers $6.0006.05; common to fair
Vnrlpr anil irraspn S:nai:ni niir
$5.8035.00; skips $4.?sa5.25; rougs $4.co
35.50. Sheep dull; best irthers $37c
3.K0: cutis ano coai.111 3.1.25.12.25:
yearlings $2. 50a t oo; -cl caivcs $6.50
7-i.V - .
LAUUK AND iAUtSTRV
Mats arc made of wire grass. t
Every trade in Sweden is organized.
China exports 11,000,000 fans annu-
Coal is cheaper in China than anv-
herc in the world.
St. Louis carpenters are htrhtmc the
ntroduction of machinery.
Texas planters have shinned 6ooa
pounds 01 cotton to .Manila.
Louisville garment workers are mil
ling a co-operative factory.
Two-thirds of the machinist firms
lave conceded the nine-bour day.
Brooklyn Knight of Labor wunj the
city to again operate bridge cars. ' '
Laborers are scare in Hawaii follow
ing the introduction'' M United Stair
laws. ..
A woman's auxiliary will be added to
the International Longshoremen' As
sociation. . San Francisco drug clerks have or
ganized and started nn early closing
movement.
Printers are prepared to spend Jis.ori
to unit niic New York, Philadelphia and
Pittsburg.
New Or';ans street car employees
arc to receive lR rcr.ts an hour and
ten-hour day hereafter.