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HAM-IE WEATIIEULY, school
teacher, was Intellectual and
sympathetic, and thin led old
i women to declare that If she
rror hsd an opportunity she -would be
popular In society. Old women know,
o, ought to know, thnt these are not
tho two qualities most essential to so
cial Rnceess. Hut In any case It was
not likely that. Miss Weatherly would
ever he much sought after. She was
studious, diffident, not, given to the
enthusiasm engendered by fads, and
was Inclined to believe thnt she had a
mission In this life. She had been
Toted the most popular teacher within
a certain division of the city, and with
the reward of her triumph she would
have gone to Europe, which Indeed
was the object of the election, but
when the day drew near she argued
that she could not nfford to spare the
time. Her frlcud, MIhs Tarker. a
tepcher who had carried the other di
vision of the clly, called on her two
days before the ship was to sail.
"I'm so sorry you can't go," said
Slips Tarker.
"So am I. It would be such fun."
"Why can't you go?"
"F.ecause I have taken up a special
study."
"Oh, how stupid of you! And, he
Sides, what could be a better study
thun Europe:? You've had study
enough. Throw It aside and come on."
"No; I am determined to go through
with It."
"I'm so sorry! But where are you
going to slay while In hiding?"
"At a farm houxo near Ocenu Cave."
"Oh, that's pretty enough, but It Is
not Europe. I suppose you have heard
of the Chlltons, who have a summer
home there. It Is a beautiful place,
and they 'say that the entertainments
there are marvelous. So sorry you
won't throw everything aside nnd go
witli me. It's so fool'sh of you always
tj bo seeking retirement. And I am
going to get even with you iu dome
way."
Miss Weatherly went down into fhe
country, sighing and reproaching her
self for It the short half-sigh of envy
her mind forecasting tho feasts of
history and of art soon to be spread
for her friend. But she sought to con
sole herself with the reltectlon that
Europe rushed through was, after all,
a sort of geographical dissipation.
She was finally consoled, not indeed
by philosophy, but by the sweet ulr of
the summer place.
Tho farm house was old. In the
midst of ancient timber, and the cool
nlr from the sea and the sweet breezes
fro'm-Jhe hills, blushing red with the
Joy of summer, made evening a pleas
ure nnd morning n delight. The home
stead had but one other boarder, an
oldish man who talked political econ
omy, but who possessed the merit of
sleeping during the most of the after
noon; so Miss Weatlierly found herself
free from social obligations. The
neighborhood. 01 at least the "sum
mer" part of It, had adopted tho name
of exeluslveness. Social lines were
tightly drawn. A wag said It was a
place where people came to snub one
nuother.
During n drive tho fanner's wife
pointed out the Chilton place, a castle
like house high on a hill overlooking
the sea. "And I shouldn't wonder
but they've got the big-head nlong
With the worst of them," she said.
"The first season after they came
here I called one afternoon, and It
looked as If they were scared mighty
nigh to death. But I didn't ask them
any odds, gracious knows. I Just
wanted to see what sort of folks they
were, nnd I found oat nt a glance.
The old man nnd his son nnd daughter
that's nil there are of them may be
nice enough, but look at that rabbit!"
The Chlltons were of no Interest to
MIhs Weatlierly. She gave the cnstlo
glance, end not oT envy, cither, feel
ting that the Inmates, having nothing
tp do, must be miserable, but she
could not restrain the question, "How
did they make their money?"
"In stocks or bonds, or something
of the sort, but not by hard work, you
may be sure," said the farmer's wife.
"The young man struck me as being a
nice fellow. He was very polite, nnd
didn't look proud. I Just did get a
glluipBe of the girl, but I saw the old
man close enough. Humph! he looked
Uke be expected me to ask him If he
twid any washing to be done. But I
want blm to understand one thing,
nnd that's thnt the Atchersons are
Just as good as the Chlltons ever dared
to be."
. One afternoon several clays later
Mrs. Atcherson came panting up to
Miss Weatherly's room, nnd, sputter
tng In excess of excitement, finally
asked, "And who on earth do you think
has called to see you?"
Miss Weatherly had no Idea, hut she
euturcd as n guess the president of
some sewing society. Mrs. Atcherson
shook her head. "No; It's younj Chil
ton! Go right on down!"
"There must be some mistake, Mrs.
'Atcherson. He surely didn't call for
cue."
"Oh, yes, ho did. I thought there
might be Bomo mistake, and I asked
lil m particular, and he said you; so
you must go down."
She went down and met him In the
parlor. Ho was so easy, so graceful,
so friendly, that she gave him a smile
of welcome, forgetting her resentment,
whatever It might have been. He told
her that on the following Thursday
night there was to be a ball or some
sort of entertainment at his house nnd
that he had been sent to invite her.
She flushed. He cpuld not mean her.
i "Why didn't your sister call?" she
fesked.
The young fellow stammered. It
Iwasu't to be a very formal affair, he
feald. His sister would have come,
wt she had gone to the city to look
.after somo things. Why hadn't, she
railed before she left? 1T ahrrcrrl
tils shoulders. "You'll httro to ask mo
rosier questions." said ho. "The fact
,1s. Mis Weutherly, I don't know a
Messed tiling about society. I'm sort
,vi a piunger, you know, but I'm weak
u society."
"But whose Idea was It to Invite
me?" she nsked.
"Another one of your hard questions,
I guess. It strikes me that father
said something about It first. The
fact Is, we didn't know you were here
till Just the other day."
"But how did you find ont at last
tlrtit I was here? And what difference
should It make?"
"Oh, really, now, you mustn't lie
cross with us. We don't know every
thing. I guess we nre pretty dumb on
some things. But we mean 'all right.
And If you'll come over next Thursday
night I'll call for you. Will you
come?"
"But, Mr. Chilton, I can't under
stand why I have been Invited. It is
not possible that you people could
have heard of me. I am not a celeb
rity of any sort I don't sing I don't
do nnythiug, and I am still at a loss
as to why I was Invited."
"I think, Miss Weatherly, that you're
Invited because we want you; any
way, I hope you'll be ready when I
call for you next Thursday evening."
She told him that she would, but
she regretted It. and the next day, and
In fact up to tho very time when she
sat expecting blm, she was deter
mined to write to hlni, begging leave
to withdraw her promise. But all the
same, when the evening came, she sat
In the parlor walling. Mrs. Atcherson
came In.
"And so you can't for the life of you
tell why you were invited. Of course,
I don't want to say anything, but It
may be I say It may possibly be that
they have heard who the Atchersons
are. And some one must have told
them what I thought. Did he speak of
me at all?"
"I think not, madam."
"Oh, if he did, don't hesitate to tell
me. My standing nud my opinions
nre well known here. Weil, I doa't
see how they could have heard of you
since you've been in my house. There's
his buggy."
At the very last moment, with her
foot on tho buggy-step, she had almost
turned back with nn excuse, but a
gentle pressure strongly urged her on.
At the very threshold of the mansion,
with the sweets of flowers nnd the
thrills of music In the air, she faltered,
turned about to beg of her escort to
take her homo, but she didn't, and she
found fault with herself. Was the
treacherous glamour of wealth steal
ing her dignity? Had she become n
"climber?" Beneath the soft lights
she felt herself swaying, as If her
nerves were a part of the music. Low
toned words fell upon her ear; she
stood amid blooming shrubbery, nnd
there was laughter everywhere, nnd
iu her heart was n new sensation and
a strange Joy.
But a bitterness 'came with the
dawn, when she sat In her room look
ing nt a fading star, the glory of n
night. Had fate given her a glimpse
of that enchanted life to mock nnd de
ride her? Why had she yielded?
What had robbed her of tho strength
to say no?
A few evenings later she was still
musing, beneath the honeysuckle,
when young Chilton came round the
corner of the house. With a freedom
almost Impudent he snt down, talking
pleasantly; she felt that it was her
duty to resent something, she didn't
know what, but she continued to look
for something, leading him on as if
Into a trap. But the trap was not
sprung, and when ho took his leave she
walked as far as the gate with him,
determined to resent something; but
still she didn't, nud he looked back
from the top of tho hill nnd Bnw her
white and graceful iu the starlight.
One day she went riding with him.
She remarked to the. farmer's wife
that she expected a quurrel; but it d'J
not come. Once she made a pretense
of resentment; but he laughed nt her,
nnd how full of houest, wholesome
music was his laugh.
"You must think I am a peculiar
creature," she said.
"Are you?" he Innocently asked; and
this almost offended her. He had not
observed that she was peculiar. And
she was determined to be more re
served, more serious; but soon she for
got herself nnd was foolish nud full
of fun. When she returned the farm
er's w-lfe asked about the quarrel.
"Oh, It wll come," she snld. "He
keeps on presuming, and tho first
thlug he knows I won't stand It,
that's all!"
The weeks drifted away, like a per
fume. One evening young Chilton nud
Miss Weatherly were walking beside
the sea. "It is murmuring its poetry,"
she said. ,
"I don't know much about poetry,"
he replied. "I'm o busy, ypu know.
I've read a good deal of what they
call poetry, but I feel that you are the
only real poetry I have ever known.
You know, I called on you first to
please my father, and after that I
called to pleaso myself. The fact Is,
I don't see h,w I could very well get
uloug without you. I'm uoth'ug but
a sort of big boy, you know, but I
guess that a big boy loves harder than
anything In the wond when be does
love; nud that's the trouble with mo
right now. I love you, and I want
to heur you say you love mo, and I
waut you to marry me us hoou ns you
will. I may be making a break every
step I make, but I uiu going to kiss
you."
"Oh, Mr. George, please love you,
why, there wouldn't be any any love
on this earth If It wasn't for you!"
" When Miss Weatherly returned
home the farmer' wife, sitting nt the
window wa!ting for her, asked If the
quarrel had taken place, nud Miss
Weatherly nuswercd, "No, not yet, but
It may most any time now. We are
to be married soon."
"Oh, you don't tell me! And I war
raut you Chilton heard what I said
about him, for It won't do to fool with
tho Atchersons. Well, my dear, you
are to be congratulated, for the youug
fellow Is respectable, nnd they say
that he bus made A great deal of
money quite Independent of hUj fath
er, and " -
"Oh, I hadn't thought of his money,"
the young woman broke In. "I had
forgotten nil about that."
"Yes, of course, my dear; Just the
same as when I married Sam Trent.
I didn't know whether he had a dol
lar or not which he hadn't, I soon
learned but an Atcherson hnd given
blm her love nnd Hint was enough.
Yes, I am glad for your sake. But
what do you suppose ever prompted
him to call In the first place? Do you
guess our name had nnythiug to do
with It?"
"I think not," Miss Weatherly an
swered, with n smile. "The fact Is,
I don't know he said that he called
first to please his father and after
ward to please himself; but I don't
know why his calling In the first place
should have pleased the old gentle
man. It Is all a mystery to me, I as
sure you."
Tho wedding took place nt the ap
pointed time, and the young woman
went to live In the great house. It
was a d renin of happiness made renl.
Old Mr. Chilton was very fond of her.
"Tho most remarkable young woman
I ever saw In my life," he said to his
Bon. "Most extraordinary mind a
Jewel, my boy. You nre the luckiest
follow I ever saw. Oh, by the way.
Da blm hns asked for your sister's
hand."
Tho sister was married, and the
young wife was now the mistress of
tho great house. She told herself thnt
she was truly happy, nnd then sudden
ly there came a thunderclap in her
clear sky. It was a letter from Miss
Parker, her frlcud who hnd been tour
ing In Europe. For n long time after
reading it the young wife walked iu
wtctchcdncss up and down the room.
The following is nn extract from the
letter: "I nm so sorry that you did
not come; but ho, you wanted to take
up n spcclnl study, and be sninrter
tiiau the rest of us, and so I was de
termined to hnve my revenge, which
you have, of course, found out by this
time. I know a young fellow who
works In the office of Chilton's nttor
uey, and I told him that the Miss
Weatherly who had gone down to
Ocean Cave for the summer was otio
of tho wealthiest women In the coun
try, nnd thnt she had gone into retire
ment to escape the army of suitors
that was constantly barking at her
heels. Of course, It came to the ears
of the old money-shark, nnd, of course,
ho has annoyed you with his atten
tions." She heard Mr. Chilton go Into his
library, and with tho letter shaking In
her hand she entered the room. "Mr.
Chilton, nn awful mistake has been
made! Head this!" Sho handed him
the letter nnd snt down with a sigh.
He rend It, grunted, laughed, nud
said, "My dear, all men who hnve
children and money nre weak In a
certain direction; but I nm not a money-shark,
aud if a mistake has been
made my son has not made It. I
credit you with a million, my dear.
Now; come, you silly little thing, and
kiss me." And then George's face
showed nt tho door. "So you credit
her with a million? I credit her with
two. Never mind thnt letter, Hallio.
I don't want to read it if It has dis
tressed you." He put his arm about
her.
"But, George, you didn't think I was
rich, did you?"
"Yes. I thought you held nil the
wealth of the world, aud you do."
And down there at Ocean Cave the
sea still murmurs poetry and the stars
continue to smile. Woman's Home
Companion.
Tbo ITarmeiit Gloves.
The approaching departure of the
Discovery recalls that other Antarctic
expedition that started from Antwerp
In the Belgica in the summer of 1S!)7.
Besides tho usual features that nre
characteristic of every Polar vessel
the wooden walls that will bend with
out breaklug before the pressure of
lee', the untamable sledge dogs that can
scarcely bo held under control, the mu
sical boxes aud other seemingly trivial
arrangements for enlivening the long
solitude In prospect the Belgicu pos
sessed one peculiar feature of Its own
In a pair of warm gloves made from
human hair, which had been present
ed to the captain by Nansen himself.
Among his other dlseovrlea the great
explorer had made tho Important one
that human hair was most efficacious
In keeping out the cold and wet. The
Idea is almost worth exploiting in the
West End. Auburn gloves might easi
ly become the rage next winter. Mean
while, one wonders whether the me
dieval ascetic did not really wear his
hair shirt from motives of hygiene.
But perhaps thfs la splitting hairs.
London Chronicle.
Jewelry Concealed In the Fleih.
Several articles of Jewelry embedded
In tho flesh were discovered In tho
making of an autopsy of the body of
Paul Shlrvell, a itusslan, who was
killed lu u mluc. Iu the leg was a
miniature dumb-bell, about the size of
a cuff-burton, lu each instance the
Jewelry had been fastened lu the
man's flesh, which had grown over
the article, completely hiding It from
view.
Oil tho body of Frank Lorenz, who
committed suicide at White Haven
recently, were found similar orna
ments embedded In the flesh. It Is
belle t ed Loreus aud Shlrvell were po
litical exiles from Siberia, aud thai
the fusteulug of Jewelry lu their bodies
was a part of the punishment In
flicted by prison authorities. Phila
delphia Ledger.
A Illicitly Original ThlHf.
The horticultural thief Is abroad
Just now lu Paris, says the Messenger
of that capital, uud one of the fra
ternity has been doing a good trade
lu the fifteenth Arroudlssement. Clad
as a work lug gardener, the man has
pushed a huudcart before him, selling
the most beautiful flowers nt prices
that no French woman could resist.
The flowers lu some Instances were
genuine; In uiauy cases, simply
branches stuck iu flowerpots. Bu(,
whether genuine flowers or branches,
they were stolen stolen while man;
of their owners are uway at the sea
side. It Is said that a large number
of the suburbs of Purls have suffered
considerably during the last mouth
rom this cause, aud It Is satisfactory
to Uud that tho police have nindtt
many arrests. -
MICKS OF THE MEMORY
CURIOUS CASES - OF "DROPPED
STITCHES OF TIME."
The fftrsnve ForgetfiilneM Which Meillrnt
. Men Hnve Knitted Ainnenln Some Ab
normalities Tlmt Are I'nraniiy In the
Extremn Unnl Personutlty.
A few weeks ngo tho newspnpers
reported the case of a young girl who
went out one morning from her home
In a London suburb for a short bicy
cle ride, and wa3 heard of no more
until she was found In the evening
wandering about the neighborhood of
Tunbrldge Wells In n dazed condition,
having entirely forgotten who vhe
was and where she lived. Happily,
such a prank ns this on the part of
the memory of a sane aud healthy
person Is not a common experience;
but instances of a similar kind, of
which neither the physician nor the
psychologist have hitherto been able
to give us any satisfactory explana
tion, have happened much more fre
quently thun it Is pleasant to think
of.
One of the most curious cases on
record was communicated to the Lan
cet In 1845 by Dr. ..Dunn. A young
woman of robust constitution, and in
the best of heatth, fell Into a river aud
wns nenrly drowned. After her res
cue from the wnter she wns Insensible
for six hours, and ten days later she
was suddenly seized with a stupor
which lasted four hours. On awnken
Ing from this her friends were nmnzed
to discover thnt she wns unublc to
recognize nny of them, nnd that she
hnd also lost her sense of hearing,
taste aud smell, as well ns nil power
of speech. She was quite passive, re
mained In nny position lu which they
placed her, nud nte automatically of
nny food which wns placed between
her lips with a spoon. Various at
tempts were made to Interest her, nnd,
after a little Instruction In the use of
a needle, she found some' amusement
In doing patchwork, or working with
worsted, the bright colors of which
seemed to have some attraction for
her. But she lost all recollection of
whnt she bud done from dny to day
and, so to speak, begnn life afresh
every morning. Two things only con
nected with her pnst seemed, even In
the faintest way, to touch her recol
lection. When the lover to whom
she hnd beeu engaged came to pay
her a visit she siiowed a slight access
of pleasure; and nt the sight of water,
though It were only a smalt qunntity
poured from a Jug Into n basin, she
exhibited signs of distress and fright.
Bit by bit, however, her mind came
back. But she had absolutely no rec
ollection of anything which had tak
en place since the tit of Insensibility
which had followed her Immersion,
twelve months previously.
Unconsciousness due to disease or
injury, epilepsy, hysteria, concussion
of the brain, or coma Induced by al
cohol, opium or other poison, have fre
quoutly been known to produce this
strange forgetfulness, which medical
men have named amnesia, nnd of
which they ow recognize several dis
tinct varieties. Its effects are some
times highly curious. Dr. Forbes
Wlnslow tells of a man of scholastic
attainments, who, after nn attack of
acute fever, lost all knowledge of the
letter "f"; nnd of a soldier, who, nfter
the loss of some part of his brain by
trepanning, was found to hnve also
lost the power to recollect or recog
nize tho numbers "5" nnd "7." Dr.
Abercromble cites tho case of a lndy
seized with apoplexy one Thursday
evening while playing cards, who lay
in a state of stupor until the following
Sunday, when, on suddenly recover
ing consciousness, she nsked, as If
nothing hnd happened in the mean
time, "What are trumps?" And tho
phrenologist, Combe, tells an amusing
story of a porter who, In a state of In
toxication, left a parcel at a wroug
house nud, when sober, was quite un
able to remember what ho had (lone
with It, but the very next time he got
drunk, at once recollected what had
becomo of the parcel, and Instantly
set off to recover It
It is a remarkable peculiarly of am
nesia which results from accident that
the patient usually loses all memory
of tho accident Itself as well as of
those circumstances which Immediate
ly preceded it. The Rev. S. Hansard,
whoso case Is cited by Dr. Carpenter,
was driving his wife and child In a
phaeton when the horse bolted, and
he was thrown out, suffering a severe
concussion of the brain. On recov
ering, ho found that he had forgotten
all the Immediate antecedents of the
accident; tho last thing be remem
bered being that he met an acquaint
ance on the road two miles away. Of
his efforts to stop the horse, of the
terror of his wife aud child, he had
no remembrance, and he never remem
bered them to the end of his days.
A strange nnd Interesting Instance
of this partial amnesia which proved
permanent, nnd which may be com
mended to some of our problem novel
ists as calculated to produce a dom
estic situation of some perplexity, is
thus related by an emlueut French
psychologist: A young woman mar
ried to a man of whom she was pas
sionately foud was, at the time of tho
birth of ber first child, seized with u
prolonged syncope, and when her un
consciousness ended It was discovered
that she had lost all memory of her
marriage and married life, although
nil the rest of her past, previous to
that time, was quite fresh In her recol
lection. Her husband nud child were
repulsed with uuger and altirui, and
it was only utter much persuasion, aud
because it seemed more rational to
suppose that she had somehow com
pletely lost a year out of her life
than that all her relatives and friends
had combined In an absurd and wick
ed Imposture, that she consented to
resume her duties as wife and moth
er. There Is, however, not only a com
plete us well as a purtiul amnesia
which Is permanent, but also a partial
as well as a complete umnesla which
Is only temporary. Dr. Forbes Wins
low, one of the chief authorities on
these mutters, mentions the case ot a
gentleman, about thirty years of ago,
of learning nud acquirements, who nt
the termination of a severe Illness was
found to have lost his recollection of
everything, even tho names of tho
most common objects. His health be
ing restored, he began to reacquire
knowledge like a child. After learn
ing the names of objects, be was
taught to read; ai d after this began
to learn Latin. He hnd made consid
erable progress when, one rtviy, whllo
reading his lesson with his brother,
who acted ns tutor, he suddenly
stopped, put his hand to his head, and,
after complaiufng'of n peculiar sensa
tion In that region, exclaimed: "It
nppears to me that I knew all this
before." And from that moment his
faculties nnd previous knowledge rap
Idly came back to blm.
All these abnormalities are startling
enough but there is n periodic variety
of nmnesln which Is auucnnny In the
extreme, -endowing the unfortunate
sufferer with a double personality. Dr.
Azam gave some details of a case
of this kind In the Hevue Seleiitlfique
In 1877. A'young woman of hysteri
cal temperament, ho says, was at
tacked In 18o0 with this singular mal
ady, which cnuseM her to live a dou
ble life, passing alternately from one
to another of two psyclijcal states,
which ho differentiates nsj the "first
condition" nnd tho "second condition."
In her "first condition" she was a seri
ous, grave, reserved, nud hard-working
woman. But, being suddenly over
come by sleep, she would nwnke in
her "second condition" with a changed
character, being now gay, Imagina
tive, vivacious, aud coqueHlsh. While
In this "second condition" she remem
bered all that had taken place In ber
first (or normal) condition; but when,
after a time, she was seized with an
other trance nnd awoke In her "first
condition" she had uo recollection of
what had happened In the abnormal
period, her memory being entirely lim
ited to her experiences In tho "first
condition." As years went by the
transforming trances became more
frequent, but It was found thnt her
normal or "first condition," lasted for
shorter nnd shorter periods, that
tlie originally grave aud serious wom
an showed n tendency to become per
manently nbsorbed In the gay nud vl
vncious coquette. "Know thyself,"
said the ancient Greek philosopher;
but he never contemplated the possi
bility that we might have mote than
one self with which to make acquaint
ance. London Globe.
'Tfi OFU0V5'-, rv
The oldest statue lu tho world Is of
the sheik of an Egyptian village. It
Is believed to be not less than COOtt
years old.
..-....t
In his "Antiquities of Selborn," Gil
bert White speaks of a yew tree In
the churchyard with a girth of twenty-three
feet. Itecent measurement
of the same tree shows n growth of
4.7 Inches In the l'JO years since Whlto
measured it.
Truly there Is nothing new under
the sun. The first silken garment was
worn by the Houian Emperor, Hllio-
gabulus, iu the year A. D. 220. It la
said that garment created a scandal.
Therein lies the fact that there's noth
ing now under the sun.
The young Egyptian Khedlvo is
said to possess tho most costly set of
harness In the world. It Is made of
bluck leather, with chased gold
buckles aud collars ornamented with
the same costly metal. The pad
cloths are also embroidered with gold,
and tho set Is said to have cost $10,
000. It is for four horses and Is used
on all State occasions.
A singular deed has been filed in
Northumberland County, Pcnn. It Is
dated October 0, 1703. In a series of
whereases It traces the ownership of
the land conveyed from tho Creutor
of the earth, who "by parole and liv
ery of seizin did enfeoff the parents
of mankind, to wit, Adam and Eve, of
all that certain tract of laud culled
and known lu the planetary system us
tho earth."
.4.4. ...
A curious barometer la said to be
used by the remnant of the Araucarlan
race which inhabits the southernmost
province of Chile. It consists of the
cast-off shell of a crab. The dead
shell Is whlto iu fair, dry weather;
but. Indicating the approach of a moist
atmosphere by the appearance ot
small red spots, as the moisture in
tho air lucreases It becomes entirely
red, nnd remain so throughout the
rainy geagon.
Tho Schoolmaster has discovered
this alphabetical advertisement lu an
Issue of the London Times in 1812:
"To widowers nud single gentlemen
Wanted, by a lady, a situation to su
perintend the household nnd nresld
at table. Sho Is Agreeable, Becoming,
carerul. Desirable, English, Fucctlous,
Generous, Honest. Industrious, Judi
cious, Keen. Lively. Merrv. Nnttv.
Obedieul, Philosophic, Quiet, Kegulur,
sociable. Tasteful, Useful, Vivacious.
Womanish, Xautippish, Youthful,
Zealous, etc. Address X Y. Z, Slin
mons's. Library, Edgeware Uoud."
In some of thj towns of Holland,
especially those which in mist time
suffered much from Spanish lnvnders
under King Philip II. of Spalu, there
is prevailing the airungo custom of
nnuouneing tho birth of a child lv
hanging to tho front door a rapper or
uuocuer called "klopper," enveloped
Iu linen, laeo or cloth. This usairo.
which Is still observed, particularly
uy tlio patrician families, Is said to
derive Its origin from a Spanish ordin
ance according to which soldiers seek.
lug quarters were forbidden to be hlU
leted nt houses where new-born ohll
diou had arrived. A half-wrapped up
Kiopper- announces the birth of a
girl, ono wholly enveloped that of a
boy. Modern fashion demands costly
luce, which In somo cases la Inherited
from generation to generation, and
ngnin tho luce employed to be wound
round the mother's wedding bouquet
In often used for this purpose. A
tapper's head, shield, denotes the
birth of a sou; ouo half red aud hail
whlto, that of a daughter. .. I
I
Dr. Barns, of Brown University, Is
Investigating the origin, activity and
growth of the condensation producing
3uat particles, their mutual relations
and their relations to electric radia
tions, etc., ns well as, similar study of
the corpuscles of water.
A small piece of rosin, finely pow
dered and kept on the toilet table, will
prove a great benefactor to those who
nre troubled with their eyeglasses
falling off. Dip the tip of the finger
into the rosiu, and put what adheres
to the linger on the sides of the nose.
It' will then be impossible to shake
the glasses off. a.j' '
Dr. Sladen ' communicates to the
Lancet an account of the dangers,
and cases where milk Infected with
the disease germs of scarlet fever, ty
phoid, diphtheria or tubercle germs
have been Introduced into the family
with serious results. The physician
states that experiment has shown thnt
If milk be beared to the temperature
of boiling watiT all disease germs
will be killed. This heating con be
readily accomplished by means of a
double boiler, and a five minute heat
ng should be ample. .f"
Valuable results are reported from
systems of cure that call for light and
air for the entire body. According to
the testimony of Dr. Charles E. Page,
of Boston, the most successful sana
torium In Europe Is that nt Veldes,
in Austria, where for tho greater pnrt
of the time the patients go without
nny clothing whatever. Plants kept
nwny from tho light grow pale nnd
sickly. So It Is held that the skin of
civilized man has been made morbid
by artificial covering, nnd It quickly
responds to a return to primitive con
ytlons. ...
The thunderhends, high white pin
uncles of cloud, nre of two types. The
first type, known as heat clouds, are
small In size, looking like puffs of
steam, nnd may melt In the Intense
heat without causing a shower. While
they Indicate a thunderstorm tenden
cy, yet such a storm may not occur
nearer than a hundred miles. The
true thunderhends, which result In
such storms nearby, are narrow at
the top, have some stratification at
their bases, and are from ten to fif
teen degrees in width. They form all
around the horizon, and not In small
detached patches like the heat clouds.
The remarkable discovery of. large
subterranean beds of Ice, of undoubt
ed glacial origin, was made some time
ago by Baron Toll, and the last issue
of the Bulletin of the Russian Geo
graphical Society contains a memoir
by him describing these old fossils and
giving several photographic .reproduc
tions of their appearance. He found
them on tho gfent Lyakhoff Island of
New Siberia In seventy-four degrees
north latitude. These beds ot Ice
undoubtedly dnte from the glacial
period and contain branches, roots and
other remains ot trees which do not
now grow above seventy degrees of
north latitude. They ore covered with
several layers of soil. Tho Ice bus
apparently been preserved by the per
manent and perhaps Increasing cold of
this region. :
'A curious sample of serenteenth cen
tury manufacture In the shape of a
large geographical copper globe has
recently heen placed In the building
of the Academy of Sciences at Tsars-koe-Selo.
It is eleven feet In diam
eter and weighs three and a halt tons.
Its construction was commenced in
1054, but It was not completed until
ten years later, In the reign of Duke
Frederick of Holsteln. It was present
ed to the Academy of Sciences In 1725,
hut until now has stood in the Zoo
logical Museum at Tsarskoe-Selo. The
outsldo represents the earth and the
Interior the celestial spheres of the
world. There Is a door giving access
to the Interior, where a table which
will accommodate twelve people Is
placed. By means of an Ingenious
mechanism the globe can be made to
revolve on Its axis.
BMeba.ll In France.
Now that buseball has been intro
duced officially la France we may ex
pect that such scenes as the follow
lng will mark every game:
The Umpire I say ze man is out-out-out!
Now do you onnerstan?
Alphonse Sare, you are no zhentle
man!
Henri Par-r-don me, but you are of
se canaille!
The Umpire Accept ze assur-r-ance
of my most r-r-respectful conslder-r-ra-
tlou, zhentlemen, but you ar-r-e a pall
of cr-r-razy monkeys!
Alphonse Oh, did you hear sat, my
poor fr-r-rlend?
Henri Alphonse. my brozznlre, he
has lnsolted you!
The Umpire Oh, go and sit on se
bench and let ze game pr-r-rocecd.
Alphonse You will hear f-r-rom ine!
Henri You will hear fr-r-rotn us!
The Umpire Certarinly, sares. I
will geeve you satusflctioue whenever
you weesh. Only you must put eet oil
for a least tree weeks I hat so many
o:'.zalre duels of ze same sort cat all
my time Is taken up day an' night Is
It agreed? Tray bong, messieurs.
They all bow extravagantly, aud
Alphonso and ncnrl kiss each other
on the cheek as they retire to the
bencr The game then proceed
The Wild Turkey.
The wild turkey of America was the
delight and wonder of the early sot
tiers. The species of 4iirkey which
Corte is said to have introduced into
Europe, and which became established
there as early as 15U0, and from which
our barnyard turkey Is descended, is
not the sumo specie as the New Eng
land colonists found roaming wild in
the country they settled. It la. ac
cording to the best scientific author!
ties, tho species of turkey which I
still found wild In Western Texas,
Arizona, and on the tablelands of
Mexico to Veru Cms. This turkey has
white tips to ilts upper tail coverts
like our barnyard birds, while the
Wild turkeys of the Eastern uud North
ern United States do not.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Central Trad Condition.
R. G. Dun & Co.'i weekly review of
trade says: "Universal sorrow placed a
calming SuikI on the rush and turmoil
of the market place. Everything that
uld be conveniently postponed was
put ide out of respect for the man
whose life was devoted o developing
the wonderful activity in all branches of
trade and industry.
"Mercantile payments continue prompt
but it was to be expected that bank ex
changes would not aliow the customary
heavy gains over previous years.
"Corn has met with another setback.
After passing through tlie vicissitudes
of heat and drouglit it was subjected to
the other extreme of temperature. How
much injury was done by frost cannot
yet be determined, but reports were suf
ficient to force prices to an exception
ally high point on Tuesday. It was not
possible to retain the advance, and there
was evidence of much manipulation dur
ing the movement. One result of in
flated quotations wasinrthcr reduction
in exports from the Atlantic Coast to
290,801 bushels, against 1,518,820 a year
ago and 3,118,215 in 1899.
"Wheat is stronger with less specu
lative support and more actual cash de
mand. Shipments abroad continue
heavy despite much interruption during
the past week, amounting to 4,033,455
bushels, against 3,219,211 last year and
3,242,764 two years ago.
"Failures for the week number istr in
the United States, against 211 last year,
and 26 in Canada, against 33 last year."
LA EST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Best Patent, $4.60.; High
Grade Extra, $4.10; Minnesota bakers
$2.ooa3.io.
Wheat New York, No. 2 red, 760;
Philadelphia, No. 2 red, 73'Az"4c; Bal
timore, jytc
Com New York. No. 2, 640; Phil
adelphia, No. 2, 62j4a62j$c; Baltimore,
No. 2, 63,164c.
Oats New York, No. 2, Philar
dclphia. No. 2 white, 42a424C; Balti
more, No. 2 white, 39c.
Hay No. I timothy, $16.50; No. a
timothy, $i5.5oa:6.oo; No. 3 timothy,
$!4.ooai4.5o.
Green Fruits and Vegetables Apples
Maryland and Virginia, per brl, fancy,
$1.6531.75; Western Maryland and Penn
sylvania., packed, per brl, $1.5032.50.
Beets Native, per 100 bunches, $i.25a
1.50. Cabbage Native, per too, a
$jx. Carrots Native, per bunch, 2
2'Ac. Cauliflower Long Island, p
crate, $2.5033.50. Celery New York
State, per dozen stalks, 30840c. Corn
Sugar, per dozen, native, 8a9c. Dam
sons New York, per 10-lh basket, 30a
35c. Eggplants Native, per basket, 15a
20c. Grapes New York, per 5-lb bas
ket, Concords, a9c ; do, per 5-lb basket,'
Niagaras, loan; do, per 5-lb basket
Delawares, 12a . Lettuce Native, per
bushel box, 30340c. Lima beans Native
per bushel box, 6sa7oc. Onions Mary-(
land and Pennsylvania, yellow," per bu,
05375c. String beans Native, per bu,
green, 30a4oc. Peaches Eastern Shore,,
per box, yellows, 6oa8o; Mountain, per
20-lb basket, 35aso. Pears Eastern;
Shore, Duchess, per basket, I5a20c. New'
York Bartletts, per brl, $.1. 5034.00.
Pumpkins Native, each 3a3jc. Toma
toes Eastern Shore, Maryland, per bas
ket 25a30c; do, fancy, 30a35. Turnips
Native, per basket, 3oa35c. Watermel
ons Selects, per 100, $8.ooaio.oo.
Potatoes White Native, per bushel
box 75a85c; do, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania, per bu. No. 1, 75a8o; do, seconds,
50a6o; do, New York, per bu, prime,
8oa83. Sweets Eastern Shore, Virgin
ia, per brl, yellows. $1.40.-11.50.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
rib sides, 10c; clear do, io;4c; shoul
ders, q!4c; do, fat backs, 14 lbs and un
der, g'Ac; 18 lbs and under, 9T4c; do,
bellies, ioJc; do, mess stripe, 8'Ac; do,
ham butts, 8'Ac; bacon clear rib sides,
11c: clear. 11'Ac: do, shoulders, ioc:
sugar cured breasts, small, i.ijc; do,
do, 12 lbs and over. I3j4c; do, do, shoul
ders, bladecuts, 9Ac; do, do, narrows,
o$4c; do, do, extra broad, loc; do, do,
California hams, 9I4C; hams, 10 lbs, 13
to I3c; do, 12 lbs and over, 1244c;
mess pork, $17; ham pork, $16.50; Urd,
refined, '50-lb cans, lojc.
Dairy Products. Elgin, 22c; sepa
rator, extras, 2ia22c; do, firsts, 60c; do,
gathered cream, iyazoc; do, imitation,
I7aigc; ladle, extra, I5ai7c; ladles, first,
I.(ai5c; choice Western rolls, I5ai6c;
fair to good, 13314c; half-pound cream
ery, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsyl
vania, 2ia23c; do, rolls, 2-lb, do, 20c.
Eggs. Western Msrylsnd and Penn
sylvania, per doz, I7'Jai8c; Eastern
Shore Maryland and Virginia, per doz,
I7$4a8c; Virginia, per dozen, I7!4ai8c;
West Virginia, per doz, 17c; Western,
per doz, 1754c; Southern, per doz, 16a
l6yic; ice-house, closely candled, 16a
17c.
Live Poultry. Chickens Hens, 11c;
do, old roosters, each, 25330c; do,
springs, large, i2V4c; small, ta'Ac
Ducks, spring, 3 lbs and over, ioc.
Geese, Western, each, 35asoc.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Good to prime steers, $6.10
a6.5o; stockers and feeders, $2.5084.30;
ows, $2.5034.75; heifers, $2.2535.00;
bulls, $1.8034.75; calves, $3.0086.75;
Texas steers, $3.0034.50. Hogs mixed
and butchers', $6.6037.20; good t
choice, heavy, $6.9537.30; bulk of sales,
$6.8sa7.oo. Sheep Sheep and lambs
steady at recent decline. Good to choice
wethers, $3.6033.90; fair to choice,
mixed, $3.3033.60; Western sheep, $3.25
a3.65; native lambs, $3.0034.75; Western
lambs, $3.7534.60.
East Liberty. Cattle steady; choice
$5.7536.00; prime, $5.50.15.70; good, '
$5.2035.50. Hogs firm; prime heavy uud
best, $7-35a7-4; heavy Yorkers, $7. 25a
7.30; light do, $7.0037.10; grassers, $6.80
37.00: pigs, $6.5036.75: skips, $4 5oa5-5o;
roughs, $5.8536.50. Sheep steady; best
wethers, $3.8534.00; culls and common.
$1.2532.25; yearlings, $2.5034.25. Veal
calves, $7.0037.50
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Minneapolis servant girls will organ
ize.
There are telephones on Alpine peaks.
Italy's income from foreign visitors is
estimated at $40,000,000 a year.
Eggs to the value of $.7,000,000
were imported by England last year.
Minneapolis plumbers will withdraw
from the Building Trades Council.
' Neiv Orleans paimers work eight
lrours and earn 31 1-4 cents pt.' hour,
Robert Offenbach has paid $62,000
for a seat on the New York Stock Ex
change. The French government is having
special automobiles built to travel oyer
the Sahara.
Tlie New Zealand government is rais
ing the wages of its railway employees
to the extent of $100,000.
Last year England imported nearly
five million cf tlie seven million tons of
wheat that were consumed.
Last year 500,000,000 feet of lumber
were exported ironi the Pacific Coast
and 300.000,000 feet sent Eat.t by rail.
Norwegian fishery commissioners
have been measuring tha salmon's leap
by means of standards erected bi:tiw
waterfalls. They have found that the
6J1 can lsai to a. heieht ol ao freL
i