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-
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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.