CUP OF -H- COLD WATER lly EDWARD S. ELLIS. VMYi 1. was on a ilr-n-y after 2 T noon, n long i i mi- nito. 'Inn a little Ior,.thy Maylield .at in the door of Jut limn nhiylng vi!li her 1 1 1 1 1 . ' Heynnd the c liihl tlimiiuli f l'.i open 1m(." could be seen the mother nf Hit -p. lining wheel, hominim a l.ymn i)i;n was ax simthini: as :i 1 1 1 1 ! u I . "1 inn-! have a drink." suddenly aid !;,,. J 1 1 1 1.. ; if (In- senvtlinll uf 'hirst lui'l .iust i mi I itself iminit'eM. Nnw lii.r.itliy, you will have t -1 :i y liflh' h' !? 1 emue bait;; I won't be .one icuj:-. .mil ynu iinit In- real iond." VlMl llll- Mill' wt lll'f dull on till- Htl-p. v.-.in Lit back aaiut the jamli, in -rder that he niinlit ii' :i in t :i i ti a tf -n I l'!'i!ioii during lu'r nan's alienee, and it way the yeiim; mistress ran down the wlmJn.u ji. itli to tin- spring, only a fi w lcds nir at the ri'ar of tin; limis. . Dorothy ran every step of the way. bei ,uie 1ip couldn't help it. anil, pans iic i;. froi.r of the crystalline spr.ng of ii y roKlii'-ss, she loid; a brown gourd Vrmii its resting place on a projecting ledge of stone, and. stnopins down, O.pped it Into tlie wafer. Then she h'ld i, to hei lips, while its dripping jcl:.i moistened the i timers of h.r mouth mid the tip of her pun jioso. Two or three swallows were sutllcleiit. ami. with a sigh of enjoyment, she laid down thi! visstl and was about to whir! round and dash back to the house, when she was abruptly checked 1 y the appearance of an Iudiau war r. if. who came from nniuug tlie umler '... '.:, walking as silently as a sb.idov . y.'i was of iiieiiiuin height, rather good looking for one of his race, his long bi.uk hair haugiLg loosely about his shoulders, while two or three Hand ily Mained eagle feathers projected from the i-rown. Ills countenance was not disfigured by the hideous paiut which li.s people use when tiny so upon the warpath, lie wore the simplo billing sliirt. ieggings and bendeil '.noeeiisins common uniting the New iaigland In dians two i-cut uri- ago. The buck torn lianill, of a knife thrust into bis grille at :he waist showed and he rasped tin.- barrel of a long, old-fashioned flintlock rifle, whose stork n st.d n l ho around at his feet. "What do you wain?" fi.ir!rs!y n.sked Dorothy Mnylit M. after the blue yes had looked for a moment straight :uto the Mae!; orbs of tlie redskin. 'Tirink water.' rcplHl the Indian in fairly good English. Once more, Mintc-iiing up t'.ie gourd, the girl dipped it Into tin- spring and held the. dripping vessel toward her dusky Kttrst. The immobile face never changed as lie reached out the tree l.i.nd tool; the gourd and hdd it to his lips. That he was thirsty was iiiii kly siiiiwn, lor he steadily drank, gradually 1 linx the vessel and throwing li.s head bael;. while the astonished Iior- 'tl:y M.itdied the "Adam's apple" i;: l:b" throat as it Nibbed up and down, v.n::i not a teaspoonfMl of M'ate. v as Jef : in tiie ou:'d. "Oil. ii.yl" she i . yon haven't had a were a lit lie boy : j ii:ore. do you 7" "No." replied 11 e shake ct his head n iro-.ird sai down on Mrew the back of hi- aimed. "I .-Hess .lriiik -in.-e vou ,: don't want any Indian, with a : be vetnriieil tllP lie- l: i i u n . I U.-inl across a ml bh moist lips. "Iieur me: Ilavi n'f y.m .o any J.iiiulkeichief ':' aslieil iie ' i 1 1 i oe.e. liiinin up her no.e in i!.uust. I'lie ltld.ali was S'ii:i"M h:-1 t.iysiilied over Ihe inline of the iir'iele, but all liecanie l ie:.:- when the litiii- miss -wiiipped out A piece of spoilers 111. en troiu the lini'laf i.l her dri-s. and. -leppinu lor Wilrd. fan filliy wiped :'v,:i Uie mois ture that reinaimd The;i -ne imtii i-d several beads oi' per.-piration on tlie led. an's fori h: ad -for the day v,-'s -u!-i:y. and he bad traveled far and he -ooihin-ly r.-ii;oed tliem "Theie." slj, renniikcd. r.-freati::i a -t-p ,-v..d vli ii. h.-r wi.rli with satis fa. tioi). "now you !ooU l:e s .inebody." Ii is inn often :li::t a meii.iier of the li'.'fjaif race beu';iy il.e ein'oliou of mirlli: but this one looked at the 1 ttii- miss and uiidiT-inol lor wn bis mouth moved until lii even white elb .-liotle In tu een "H I:. it's your n:i ua "Dorothy- thai'.- t oipe ' be V lips, iski d. ii:i..n- of :i.y i-oli. too.'' ' I.ive dereV" continued the M'urrior. J-'OilitiiiK a liliier towird tile ion dwell inf. wliicli showed annum tlie leafy limbs of the trees. Of course t do. Where do ,u l:reV" lie turned un.f louud. a, lie sat on the mound, anil pointed behind him. off dere. good win. I, It:!" -iri enn't v.rdk." ' Yes, I can, if 1 wanted to. but I don't :.r. ; to. Un ion '.! any !,(;!.. iirl like me'.'" Aa 111 Hie '':. smile and the speu kini:. "Won't you In time':" ".Mebbe." was .'; face whs li' l,y f, Jje'id nodded, without Int: her to fci-e me knit,,. the mm ."oniuiittal re- f'l.v. "Vou mtiKtn't t'orrfet it. I'll look for l:ir every day and will feel bad if J'oti lift briiiK lior to sie nie." "Wluit fader's m ini V" nskeil the In di.ui, who hiiil hardly removed his jilerelns even from the face of the cLntleriiij; miss. "Why, bin mime j, my father. How f-imple you are!" There was a glow of real mirth in the countenance of the red uiaa nt this scornful reply of the little till, uud iu a video of wotulerful geutleiieti he added: "He fader have odt r iiumC'." '(Hi, why dldu't you uny vi-ltut you n.eani? He in Mr. Mayfleid. Do you know lilui?" A llent nUake of the lieud wu lhe ien;ionse. 'Hornet linen Indians come to our tiouae. Jf they are hungry w glv them nouiethliiB tn eat. Ate jou Jjiiu. ry? 'Cauiia If j"u are It wlil soon be supper lime, and if you will ito with me you can have all yon want and stay at the house till mot-nlnR.'' "No liunury jro bark in vnod." It suddenly dawned on Dorothy that It was her turn to laiojih, nml sh" did so rlht lieu rl lly. "I know why you can't out any sup per. It's 'intise yon drank so lniich water that yon can't bold another mouthful." The conversHiioii nilulit have Listed a loiiir time, for the Indian acted as if he were intercstnl In ilie chatter of lhe little one, whose question and oh s'Tvation came so last that little op portunity was (dvcii him to do more than unswer questions, some of which were of a most puzzline, character. Suddenly the voice of the mother was heard. The prolotiiied absence of the child had caused disquiet on the part of the parent, and she was callint: to her. "That' my mother," ixciaimed the littl" one ly yvity of explanation, -j shall have to tin now. (loodby!" She was oft' like a fla-di of sunshine hut liad taken only a Jew steps when fche Hopped short and looked around. "You won't f onset to brim; your little girl to see meV Won't you tell me your name?" The warrior had risen lo his feet and was iiiovini; away. He. too. checked himself, mid. turning his liciul. an swered both questions, but unfortu nately, Dorothy did not catch what he said. She ripeatcd her queries, but the red man. for some reason that cannot be conjectured, did not look around again, nor speak, lie struck into his loin:, silent si ride, and quickly disap peared among the trees. "I guess lie said be wij,! tiring his littie girl to see me." innnnnrPd Dor othy, a s she hurried up the path to her mother, who was vnitim: for her. and to whom she related her singular story. And little Dorothy waited and watched for the coming of her dusky visitor leading his child by the hand, but be never came. TAUT II. One soft September afternoon in bJTo Hugh l.arduer. a lusty young man, car rying a llintlock and powder horn, came to the home of Jacob Maylield with alarming news. ' It will not do for you. lo remain an othet hour." were his words to the palefaced husband and wife. ' King I'hilip and his warriors are near you, anil no one is safe." Whither bhnll we go?" ''To Deertlild. Captain Moseiy is to be left there with a small force, while the rest are busy in tlie harvest field. The . ilhiu'e is only a few miles off, and if you make the most of your time and are very careful you can reach it in safety. Will you do it?" Yes, with heaven's help, I am greatly thankful to yon, Hugh, for your kindness." "It Is but a neighborly act. I must hasten.'' Time Mas precious, and, bidding the hatband ami wife goodby, the young man hurriid out of the house, and. breaking into a loping trot, headed to ward the camp of the brave; plotieiTS t nun Ipswich. Jacob Maylield was too wise to dis regard the warning of Hugh l.arduer. Without encumbering theim-elvcs with anything in the nature of luggage, tlie father stepped out of tlie house, fol loiveu ),y bis wife, holding tLe hand of Dorothy, who was now two years older than wlun she had given a drink, of old water from tlie spring to au un known Indian. The door was shut behind them, but the latchstring was left hanging out. :u iioeordiinee with the hospitable dia tom of the border. If the Indians chose to visit this outlying cabin, they would met t with no trouble in securing entrance. It was nearly S"ii miles to Jieer.leUl. ;he distance being greater bbcnii-e of die circuitous route taken by the pio neer, lie was familiar with the route, and was hop ,'ul that by following the advice of Hugh lordlier be would avoid the hostile lvdm -n. who were liable to be encountered at any lime. All -.vent well until the winding oti-se through tlie woods, marked at times by an indistinct trail, but often r vWthoiit any mark ut all, hud 1 1 passed, riinilly, the father stopped in front of a deep, calmly flowing stream, i duKcii feet or more In width. "We must reach the other side, soini how." he remarked, as bin wife and child paused at his side. "Can't you jump it?" asked his wife, with a faint mnlle. TcrhapH, by taking a 'short run: but how will (hat help you and Jiorotliy?" "I will tell you," replied the child. "Take mamma lie one arm and me in tlie other, and then make the Jjiggest jump you can." "I inn afraid it would land all three in the middle of the stream." "Jtut you tuu Kwini out with us." "If It in iieemsiiry to swim I ran tarry you ull across, but It isn't pleiu nut to have our clothing wetted." "U will not harm in, for the weather I., mild," mmgented the wife. "We may do better." They inortd up the stream kearchiiiu to: a strailer jdiioe, and met better for tune than they expected. One wai found where the width was barely six feet, to leap which wn u gligut feat, even to the wife, Qccuatomcd to the rough, outdoor life on the frontier. Dorotuy wan equally certain she could accomplish it a readily at her jjureuti, who were inclined to think the wa warranted In the belief. There w enough doubt, however, to cause the father to tvy a somewhat original plan, which wag carried out with as tounding ri'nulu. " He laid hi gun on the ground behind them, and lifted his laughing child, his hands beneath her arms close to her shoulders. 'Then, standing on the edge of the stream, he swung her back aud forth with Increasing oscillations, having explained Hint he Intruded to throw her acrosn. "(Hie. two, three, and I hero you go." As he uttered the last exclamation, she left his grasp, and, describing a short parabola, landed lightly Umiii her feet, on the further bank, and, un der the lufpiilse of her own momentum, ran several paces before she could check herself. "There!" called Hie pleaded parent. "That Is better than trying to .lump and tailing Into the slnani." ' Hut I shouldn't have fallen Into the stream ' Jacob Mayflold heard a slight rustling behind him, and, turning bis head, was confronted by live Indians, one of whom, stooping us silently as a shad ow, had caught, up the white mini's unn from where it lay. The mother uttered a cry. but It was been use of the terrifying sight on the further shore. An Indian warrior stepped from behind a tree, only a few feet away, and approached the child, wlio-o bink being turned, suspected nothing of her peril, w hile In id speech, less by what she saw Just across the brook. At Hie moment when the parent was unarmed, the half-dozen warriors made It i in and ids family prisoners. Since all the Indians were nrmcd and in war paint. Maylield and his wife did not believe their lives would be spared for more than a few minutes. Their astonishment, therefore, was great when one of them by gestures Indicated that the couple were to leap to the other side and Join their child. Since she, too, was in great peril, the curious command was obeyed on the instant. The wife easily leaped across, and was followed by her husband, tlie former being quick to take the trembling baud of Dorothy. The warriors talked for a few min utes in their native tongue, while May Held anxiously sen lined each face lu inrn. iu the hope of recognizing an no iiuaititance to whom be could appeal, but alt were strangers, though if every one had sat at his board it probably would not have affected the case. Tlie chief was saying something, nnd in tlie net of gesticulating with his free hand, when, to th" astonishment of everyone, Dorothy Maylield tugged at the other arm. The surprised leader turned angrily and glared down in her face. "Don't you remember me? I'm the little girl that gave you a drink of water, oil, a good many years ago." For several .seconds tlie painted face w as a study. The Indian stated nt the upturned countenance, silent, jieeriug and intent. Then the shadow of a smile played about Ills mouth, he laid his hand on the flaxen hair, and. in a voice of wonderful tenderness, uttered the -ingle word: "I i ir'thy!" "1 knew you would remember me. You told me your name that day, but I did not hear you; tell mo again!" "l'omolaoom; white people cull ino King Philip." "Why didn't you bring your little girl to play with me? 1 watched, oh, so many days, but you forgot all about it. didn't you?" "Too far good way little girl can't walk so far." "That was so long ago that she must now be a big girl like me. Site can walk it now; will you bring her to see me?" "Some time," was the grim response. King Philip,, tlie grim hero of the greatest war in the history of New Jmgland, had not forgotten the Inno cent child who gave him a drink of water two years before. Without hesitation, therefore, lie an nounced that no member of this little family should be harmed. Not. only that, but in face nt the fact that he was urgently nedced elsewhere by Ids warriors, he accompanied Dorothy and her parents through the forest until ibey came In sight of the little village of I leei Hi id, when, knowing that all danger was nt an end, he bade them linodby and hurried oft'. Cassell's Lit tle Folks. Modal Tenetiimita, No account or model tenements would be complete without the state ment of the remarkable fact that they not only offer the advantages outlined, r. nt us cheaply as they do. and lire run ns beneflcently as if they were a philanthropy, but that they also liay mutually four per cent, ou the Invest ment, as a cold business proposition. It 11 not n theory that is being experi mented with; the xperiiuentul stage has ling since been passed. It is an accomplished fact, I-ver since tlie ten ements were built, euch half year two per cent, dividends have gone regularly to stockholders of record. The Invest ment is paradoxically a business aud a philanthropy at once. Thus it comes about that the $1,0jO.(nhj gift or Henry I'blpps, the steel magnate. If put luto operation according to the best plans of the City aud Suburban Humes Com pany of New York, as It undoubtedly will be, will net $40,000 a year-it is assured which will be reinvested iu other houses, and endless chain to ban ish the slum. October ICeader. Wlutt Ha Did lo "HamUt." A group of actors at the Players' Club were once engaged in a discus sion us to tlie ability and impartiality of certain professional critics of the drama, when the lute Maurice Hurry more referred to a certain Denver jour nalist who was widely known for his dm in:i tic criticisms. ''Hayward," suld Mr. Harrymnre, "was certainly one of the ablest of them. He wrote most learnedly, with the keenest analysis of every phase of the actor's art, nod, above all, with no little wit. I am Just reminded of what was, perhups, the briefest dramatic criticism ever peniud. It will probably outlive every thing else Hayward did. It ran about as follows: " 'George C. Mlln, the preacher-actor, pWyed "Hamlet" at the Tubor Craod Opera House last night. He played It till twelve o'clock.' "Harper's Weekly. A Nultla faunas. "It nil the mints In the Pulled State, begun to colu to-day, and kept It tip at the rate at which they have worked luce 17D2, making double eagles, eagles, half eagles, quurter eagles, silver dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies they would com plete 91,000,000,000 on August 20, 2010, A. D." Now you will have some Idea how much you will have when you get to be a billionaire.--Bo (ton Globe, t Dnr llmill r Korntln the Klghia or 'Tlione ManrvH t: It is a singular thing that tie should find it so easy to hurt the people we love bi st. The people who live In the house witii us, those for whom we would no tnnlly do most If It en mo right down to deeds, are the ones with whom we take the least care to be courteous and kind. Not outsiders, for whom we care nothing; notour friends and neighbors, not those among whom chance throws us, but the dear home people who love us better and have done more for us than anybody else, have to bear the brunt of our Ill-temper and harsh words. Home is regarded as tlie nnturul place to ''let oft steam." and there is, curiously, small thought given to the scalding hurt that overflow of wrought up feelings Is going to do the family. Some of us who are the pink of po liteness annum outslth rs leave our politeness entirely out of our dealings with our own. If even the common courtesy we practice toward strangers were made n part of nil our dealings with our own family there would be Intinitely less friction In the average home. "Kstelio is mad at inc." n young woman was heard to say lo her thlr-tcenyeur-old sister. "She will not speak to me because this morning I went luto her room without knocking. She has such un absurd sense of dig nity." Perhaps Kstelle carried her dignity t. extremes, but In the germ of It she was right. She only demanded the common jiollteness her elder sister would have shown to u stranger. It is strange indeed that we find it so little worth while to be particular with our own. In reality we should be more so, for tlie more strongly peo ple are bound together by affection and the more closely they come in con tact in daily life the more strain there is on feelings, temper and nerves. Try n little more politeness among the folks at '.ome. If you are not treating youi own people with the same courtesy you give to others, try for a while to do so, and see if it does not improve many hitherto trying and um'iappy situations. Life Is Just our chance of learning love, as the wise jioet said. And there is no better opportunity to learn that lesson than iu our daily contact with those who are lieareRt and dearest to us.-rhlladelphiu Bulletin. Courts For Oftlre Boys. So many different tilings are beins taught in the public and private schools nowadays that there are few Inuovn- I tions in the lino of pedagogy that will I be a surprise to the natives who are I used to hearing tales of Superintend- cut Maxwell's "fads." But there is I one new course started this fall iu an institution that makes a business of originating novelties lu the way of education that will be likely to make the old-fashioned folk riib their eyes to read of It. This is nothing more nor less than an "office boys' course," designed to teach ithe terrors of the business world the tuost approved methods In filing, in dexing, mimeographing, letter-copying, etc., as well as applied arithmetic, busi ness Ktigllsh, spelling and penmanship. The director of the school lays special stress ou the fact that "Importance will be laid upon business etiquette." -New York Press. Ilia Itnnann. One of the witnesses called in n Chi cago divorce case last year was a high ly respected clergyman iu the Windy City. According to one of the coun sels in the case the following eonvcrsa. j lion took place between the Judge aud i the minister, said bis Honor: j "Dr. Blank, if you were on tlie bench ! In my stead, and were acquainted with all the circumstances of this case, would you grant this divorce?" "Assuredly I would, your Honor," re plied the clergyman, without the least hesitation. . "But," said the Judge, "how do you recoucllo this assi rtlon with the injunc tion of Scripture, 'Whom flod huth j joined let no man put asunder'.'' " I ' Your Honor," responded the minis- j tcr, with convincing gravity, "I .'tin quite satisfied that the Almighty never Joined this couple." Harper's Weekly. An Anllpliniiy of Love. A poet, has suld that "as for Brown ing's love for his wife, nothing more tender and chivalrous lias ever bi-en told of ideal lovers in an Ideal romance. It is so beautiful a story that one often prefers It to the sweetest or loftiest poem that came from the lips of either." True; yet the lives of the two as poets make the story what it is. Their lives, Indeed, were poems, as Milton said poets' lives should be, and their poetry was their life, us Mrs. Hrowning isuid should also be true of pools. The world could spare neither the lives nor the poems, and especially would It be poor without those poems hi which each sang of the other. Take these together, was there ever, in nil 11;. treasury of the world's literature, so angelical au autophony of love.'nn theuhd by the two radiant and Im mortal lover themselves? Century. How Is It. The vacation season is over, when many u man who has long nourished, the Ideu that ids business or his work could not possibly get ulong without him goes away for a week, a month, j and comes buck to find that some office ; boy has carried his work or business i along as a side Issue and tuken very good cure of it without in the least interfering with his own duties. It is ulso the sou son when, after Ink ing his vaeatlnu, the hard-worked va cationist comes back to home and labor to rest up, (wearing that there Is no rest like labor aud no vacation like sticking to the bench and doing each day his daily task. Denver Jtepubll csu. EaglUh-IlrMMMl BaUus. The practice of some nanus, the products chiefly of missionary col leges, to dress in English fashion wai denounced at a recent Calcutta meet ing. The rajahs donned the dhoti and chudder as a protest against young Bengal doing himself up In cout and trounera, double eollurs aud loud-colored neckties. Allahabad Pioneer, HOME POUTENfcSS. IN THE PUBLIC JSYJB. 1 - " if JOHN V. Who Has Succeeded John I'. Wallace PROCESSION OF THE GIANTS. Among the most Interesting ceremo nies In Europe are the giants' proees slons, as they are termed, which arc held annually In various cities. They are especlully popular In the Flemish provinces of France and Belgium, where every community of Importance has some personage of huge propor tions Intended to represent u hero or other notable of the past. Although of enormous size, as lliu photograph shows, the giants are car ried about the streets with little ditti culty, owing to the material of which they are composed. The skeleton Is usually formed of light wood with iios slbly one or two Iron' rods extending from the head to the foot to give strength to the structure. Over the skeleton Is fastened n stilt fabric, such as canvas, and the proper proportions are obtained by pudding with cotton, hay or some other suitable material. I'pnn this groundwork is placed the pnplcr macho which usually form the exterior. This substance is so light and Is applied with such skill that the resemblance to tlie human features and figure are really renin rkablc. Occa sionally the face is formed by a musk showing the tlesh tints, but the major ity of the giants tuny be termed enor- PIIOCKSSION lnous dolls, since their mode of con struction is so similar to that of this familiar toy, and so much of the same material enters into their coiuisisition. The group of giants in the accompany ing photograph are known us the (iayon lamlly, and are among the larg est in Kurope. The father of the fam ily is no less than twenty feet in height, from the top of the plumes in his helmet to his feet, while his spear is over twenty feet in length Itself and the shield larger In circumference (ban the wheel of an ordinary wagon. Mine, (iayon is eighteen feet In height, but, ns the Illustration shows, of excellent proportions nnd extremely lifelike In appearance. They ace sup jiosed to have throe children, the larg est of whom is eleven feet In height, the next ten feet In height, while the one called tho "baby," which can be seen to the left of the mother, is u foot higher than any of the crowd of peo ple surrounding the family. At loust once n year the giants are placed njion vehicles and drawn about the streets iu u procession, in which military und civic soldiers tuke part, their escorts sometimes numbering a thou-uud people. Scientific American. DEVICE FOR MOISTENINB GUMMED SURFACES. . The evils of moistening slumps aud envelope flaps, particularly iu large quantities, with the tongue are too well known to-requlre description here. The accompanying engraving lllus- ?. it t ' ' - " i . . ...TV"''-" ',.-:' I'' I', '"" ''' Ji'. T' V-.. ev;i 'J-''"' '!;V-'Vc Llr r . lW .'.''., M-'V':"," DP. t ICS FOB M0J8TK1INI OCMUEU Bi ll- STKVK.NS, as Chief Ktiglneer of the Piinama Canul. 1 rates a rather clever device for avoid ing this disagreeable and unsanitary practice. Strapped to the back of the hand is a water reservoir, from which a tube leads down to a thimble on the first linger. The flow of water lu the tube Is controlled by a needle valve op erated by a thumbscrew nt tlie upper end of the reservoir. The water is taken up by a suitable absorbent ma terial on the thimble. Capillary at traction, as well ns the force of the water falling through the tube, insures a steady feed to the thimble, which screes as au ever-niolst linger for mois tening the gummed surfaces. TESTING BERLIN'S AIR. A curious object, which nttructn uni versal attention, has for some weeks past been fixed ou the top of the ad vertisement columns in tlie most fre quented parts of the Berlin streets. It looks, says the Loudon Louder, like u tin chimney pot. but hurt- a scoop shaped opening nt the top. It is watched all day long by ono of tlie street cleaners, who climbs up and claps ou a cover whenever there is the bast possibility of rain falling. To relieve the anxiety of the Borlln ers the authorities have now explained OF THE (HANTS. the-object of tlie strange decoration. It is a dust catcher; the dust arrested by tho scoop fall on to a specially prepared glass plate, which Is renewed ut stated Intervals. The used plate Is immediately placed in an air-tight box aud taken to the laboratory of the city's sanitary specialists. There it li examined and a record kept of the na ture of tho dust found In It. ' The end aud aim of nil these mysteri ous doings is to discover whether the dust contained In the atmosphere of cltits lu Infected with microbes, and If so, with what microbes. From the ma terial thus collected the authorities hope to be able to Judge whether lu f.Mttlous disease! are disseminated by means of the dust blown up from crowded street. Our export in July, 1105, amounted to 1107.033,000, exceeding July, KM, by 7,610,000. Mauua I-ou, lu the Sandwich Inland. 13,(150 feet high, 1 the highest iuount- X aln which rises directly from the set. bampi.es okkmn'm mi sr. Commercial Review R. 0. Dun 8c Company's weekly review of trade says: Almost without exception, report are favorable regarding the nation's com mercial progress. A needed decline in temperature has stimulated distribution' of wearing apparel and other seasonable merchandise, relieving anxiety that heavy stocks would be carried over at tlie end of the seaion. Some whole salers are receiving supplementary or ders in these lines, but as a rule dupli cate business has not become general. There is no decrease in the inquiries for spring shipments from jobbers, and little idle machinery is found in the lead ing nranufarturing industries. Produc tion ami consumption of steel is at a new maximum, without the unsettling in fluence of a return to the inflated prices of a few years ag.. The railways have been purchasing new equipment freely, yet there ii the usual delay in moving freight that has apparently become inevitable at this sea sou. Textile mills are well occupied, al though tlie labor situation is more un certain, and the teamsters' strike bad a tendency to interrupt business. Failures numbered 210 in the United States, against 2.13 last year, and 25 in Canada, compared with jS a year ago. Hradsf reel's says : Wheat, including flour, exports for the week arc 4,267,109 bushels, against 2,8.?l, 4K2 last week, 1,479,613 this week last year, 4,004,873 in 1003, and 5,007,620 in lyoj. Com exports for the week are 701,138 bushels, against 776,435 last week, 449.151 a year ago, 1,392,214 in 1903 and 15.1.205 iu 1902. WHOLESALE MARKETS. Baltimore. FLOUR Firmer ; winter extra, 305(113.25; winter clear, 3.75(01 390; winter straight, 3.95S-M5; winter patent, 4-3545; spring clear, 3.(icu) 3 9o; spring straight, 4-3XS4-5S ; spring patent, 4.6otf5.oo; receipts, 9,930 barrels; exports, 230 barreh. WHliAT. Firm; spot, contract, 86f.j (a 86.4; spot, No. 2 red, Western, 88(0) 8814; October, 86W186K; December, 8889; steamer No. 2 red, 78!; re ceipts, 14.473 bushels; exports, 48,000 bushels; Southern by sample, 70(085; Southern en grade, 82 (i"87. CORN. Finn; spot, old, 61 ; new, 57; October, 61; year, 53! Vo SJf4 ; January, SaJS3j; February, 5t?s (i: 52'ii ; March, 51 JStfTj-; May, 5("52Vs; steamer mixed, 55; receipts, 22,208 bush els; new Southern white corn, 53?! 57; new Southern yellow corn, S3(u6j. OATS. Firmer; No. 2 white, 3(J sales; No. 3, white, 35K-(j6: No. 2 mixed, 34f-i(fi35; receipts. 85,297 bushels. RYE. Strong and higher; No. 2 Western, 73 expor; 7570 dome-tic; re ceipts, 7,251 bushels. HAY. Quiet and unchanged. BUTTER. Firm and unchanged; fancy imitation, I0(a20; fancy creamery, S3(a2; fancy ladle, 17(0.18; store packed, M" 15- EGGS. Firm and unchanged; 25. CHEESE. Steady and unchanged; large, 13; medium, 13J4 ; small, 13)3. SUGAR. Steady and unchanged; coarse granulated, 4.90; tine, 4.1)0. New York. BUTTER - Steady and unchanged; receipts, 4,385. WHEAT. Receipts, 91,000 bushels; exports, 261,360 bushels. Spot steady; No. 2 red, j elevator; No. 2 red, g0-. f. o. b. alloat ; No. I- Northern Duluth, 09J4 f. o. h. afloat ; No. 1 Northern .Man itoba, 98 f. o. b. afloat. CORN. Receipts, 25,800 bushels, ex ports, 39,268 bushels. Spot firm; No. 2, 62' elevator and 62'j f. o. b. alloat; No. 2 yellow nominal; No. 2 white nom inal. OATS. Receipts, 95,500 bushels ; ex ports, 72,621 bushels. Spot tirm ; mixed oats, 26 to 32 pounds, 33(1135; natural white, 30 to 32 pounds, 3$W'Slj ; clipped white, 36 to 40 pounds, 36(11)38. CHEESE. Strong; receipts, 2,325. State, full cream, small and largo, col ored and white, September, fancy, 13; do, October, I2j ; do, fair to good, I2'7f I2?4 ; skims, full to light, 3!-4di 104. EGGtv Strong and unchanged. l'OULTRY. Alive, weak. Western chickens, 11; fowl?, 12; turkeys, 14. Dressed, irregular; Western chickens, 9I7: tttfkeys, l4ji'2o; fowls, lo(Vri2;. BEEF. Barely steady. N City extr3 India mess, $17,0007.50. TAI.I.OW. Firm. City ($2 per pack nge), 4; j; country (packages free), COTTONSEED OII.Firm. Prime yellow, 2iy.11 27. I'ETROI.EUM.-Steady. ROSIN. Steady. Strained, common lo good, 4 0?te4. 10. TURPENTINE. Steady, 70)(71. COFFEE. Spot MiOj quiet. No. 7 invoice, 8--fi ; mild, dull; Cordova, itf.it 13. SUGAR. Raw, steady. Fair refining, 2; centrifugal, 96 test, 3!-i; molasses sugar, 2j; refined, quiet. - POirti'OES. Irish, steady and un changed; 6weets, firm; Southern, i.oo(i ''75' , Lire Stock, New York. BEEVES Good steers in fair demand and firm to "iociliigher; all grades selling more freely ; medium and common steady; bulls and cows steady; steers at 3.10(5)5.50; oxen ami stags, 3.2001:4-40; bulls, 2 5o4i'3.75 ; cows, I.So3-iO- Liverpool and London cables quoted live cattle slow at QCa-njc pei pound, dressed n eight; refrigerator beel selling at 8J-4C to 9c per pound; exports 3.250 quarters of beef; tomorrow, 1,554 beeves and 6,830 quarters of becf. Chicago. CATTLE Market steady : steers, 3.15(11,5.75; stockers and feeders, a.I5(a'3.4o; heifers, 3.oo4.6o; canners, -5(f375; bulls, 2.1013.35; calves, .1.5(a.'7.i5- SHEEP. Sheep and Jambs easier; sheep, 5-oo('i575; lambs, 3.00(.50. FACTS WORTH REMEMBER1NQ. The Time is a native of America. The pear and apple arc from Europe Parsley was first known in Sardinia, Fosil pigs, the size of cows, have been found iu Oregon. It is said that 7,700 wives were de serted by their husbands in New York last year. Spain, which 25 years ago was first in the world's prodiic'ion of copper, now ranks third. - Tlie American HorsesUiie Company is considering the erection of a plant at Hamilton, Ontario. The American Chicle Company, Toron to, will erect a factory at a cost of bIkmiI (30,000 to manufacture chewing gum. King Edward' chef, M. Mcuagcr, was among those Mo receive Uinhday honors on the occasion of his majesty's rccinl celebration. Unable to pay his rent, Fred Eilgc, of Ncwcastle-on-Tyne, England, was lold by his landlady (o tcck other quarters. In revenge he murdered her baby. A "pier" properly should be of stone. The word is identical with the Frcnrh "pierre." A "pitrglass" is a glass that should be placed on the stouvwork be tween two windows.
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