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DREAM OF THE SEA.
A farmer li.l In hi prairie homi
I.ny ilrratrilng of the seal
If" hud nr'iT s"rn It, Imt well lie knn
Jt 1. 1, -t in-. I l:nnn n 1 le'iiviilv line;
An 1 lie ilronrniil lie swept 'r Its waters
(In-,
Witb t!i" Tvlnl-t n-hlowing free,
'Yi'.h tli- wiiiil" so frih and free.
H" ..!'! and Ii ni,' "Tin1 ilny will fomo
Whi'ii Hint shall lM tri" to in-;"
I: ! r. vi'ar- swept lv lit m ho nhviivs foiin-l
TUt In- fist were i-Imi. I nut lilt hands
Wero l"Hlll'l.
Till nt Id-t ni lay in a mirmw ticim 1.
far from tli" onl'Mug koh,
TV- o.rrnwiiitf, sobbim- sou.
(Mi. ri hi y tli'T" are rn this plain" to-night,
That dreamed of a n.vni(i' f In':
A:m1 l:iie nid in tli"ir s ml 'I'll" ilny will
i'"'ni)
Vin tiiy bars shall sw""p tiirmiith the
-iiifn ..f r. .!!? :
Hi. ir eyes igfivi -liiii mil l!i''!r lip. prow
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .
A'ar fr-cu tic fussing s.a.
Tin' turl'iili'iil, t'"--.im.'
All.'Tt Illg.'l.uv Pullirt.
THE DRIFTWOOD FIRE,
i.. i;.vr.
' O Ilulph Marginal's
girl in to iniirry a
lun.l IuIiIm r, nl tor
h!I, ninl tiot h soa
fariii'.! in nil, us
Willi III III- Illost
lint ii ml?"
"That's what
they HHV, F.onuld.
She's always held
a grudge against
tlif sea, and miiiiM
vomkr, for it
mado her iiu or
phan lie fore she
conltl wiilk. 1 was
inily n youngster
th-'tl, but live hi
long ns I limy, I
can't forget that
night tin; cries of
t 1j e : 1 1 doomed folk
lire in in v curs vi t. "
"Aye"." H.ki.'l ti.o
ether tmiti, wild was mending ii torn
Milt lllld stopped tIDW to look lit. his
work ; ''I min i us if 'twere yesterday,
lmw tlic tri ut ship oatno Hwirlm ou
tin- riu'Uf, tin I t'ni noise ot tli" htor:n
Ha l the M il in th" awful l! ii'kiu'u,
for tli.' 1 1 -lit wim o:il, hi yu mitiil, mi 1
oM Jack )orr, tins lii,'litkror. lyut.;
on ins iioiiim dim: ii were n visitation i
of misfortunes nil in n Im.ly, t hat
Uii-ht."
"Ami you ncvtT hcaril nu thin ,
KotniM?""
"Il.nr? Wlmt hliotil.l I lunr?"
itskcil thu olilor Mini), looking rjiMM
picioitHly. "1 lii'iir.l t)i crush of t!n
hhip iin thorockn, mi I th roar of luo
I rnik' r, iui'1 tlio Koiiud of mt'ii'ii
voices, Imt whether thojr were riirin
- "I" :-:uor!ftl c miM U'l!. Vrl tvt
V. us ti.ero to hear?"
Tin' Younger ni'iti lookol t!i"'ilit
f'll for i lnoini'nl us if Ii" wi-ro r- volv
lur Mime Mm in Ins tiiitnl. lie was it
Woii.ol, hiin.'wy liHlH'riiiuii of lino pro
portion anil th.it nir of ii'lvi'iitutv
which lii'lonH to thm who "j;o
tlown to the La in ship. " Mo evi
tli'titly thought li' ttor ol wil l' ho was
oiii'4 to nay ntiil merely voliinteero 1
in iilisiver to li i -t cumra le's ij'ii'.sti.jn
the oonserviitivo roiuurk :
"Hint t-torm was the wor-t I ever
w as in, li ro or alivwliere else."
"It wi le the otilv lil;,'llt, too, in the
tie' history of r.ia.-i; IJoaeh liht
Iniilse that the li.vht w.ii n il," hiit'l
llottul'l. "I've hear 1 it s-i.l t.iat loul
1'lay was Hii-p ct oil, hit: I nay, whore
w as t he mot ivc V"
"Wreckers?"' s.i'."to.'t".l tii" other
mail, w iioWHS hliov. ;i us l'o,li illlM.
"I've iieai'l it hllitr i. '
"l'hcro wire i.i r than a hi.i! -t'wero
a i.i 'k, lull there "as not a hit
o! four, tholl or hili'V. Alel tin. ri!
wvro in vi r hut on" livin,' man i.i these
1 il l s to iuisWi r to tie; lioM-ript ion, aiel
what ho took from the wreck no u'.L.r
III II II Wlllltl'il." '
"Vmi mean lhilph I! ir 'on it '''
"I .I..."
"lie picked no the rhiM. hilt whv
ill I he not Hi-lei h r to her folk?"
"Mow ooilM he? Tiiey Wero ull
ilron neil !"
"Jler father ninl mother were
ilr.iw iiel, man, hut tliero must h ive
heen home h.n livin m t'u fori;i:;il
country they hailed iroin?"
"Ask him," Miid Ho null, si 5
billciitit'y. ".S!e 's niin' to lead in n
now; iiiaylike t-hc'll he ijoiii-' to those
name piirts herself with her Ir.s'iand.
Look yoii'It r oii tho lieaeh ; t-he ain't
tut I loiikin;.;, though not in roy us
01110, Imt hhe niti't to y nekly.
Ibey do hay lhir t'.nat ii mor.a! ;;uu.l
to In r. "
"He'd lmttf r he, or there's jl."itv
In ru would know the reason w hy,"
aid tin1 younger man hotly us lii.s
eyes lolioiveil the ilirei-tion of Hon-
Hi I's K!ld h:lW two fol'.lH Ii eliuill' mil!
to tho other, walking hi cvly alou;;t!ic
heach. The oeeati w is us mini 111 u
pou I, mid 110 hint ol hhiiwreck or vio
lence hovered lctteu thu til :i j iiliuvo
ud it h relleclion holow.
".Sho never likod to walk on tho
licHc'u-- with me," thought thu youn
1111111 ; "thu nlwav'H Nai l hhn Imte.i tho
MO'linl of the wuves. l'eihupi if 1 had
lien 11 liiiidhiiiiiu -"
No, Tom, hIid was not for yon, pool,
hoiii-ht fellow that yon worn and are.
Vmi are not the only one to curry tho
lame lord, wounded luve, 111 thu i.lu l
tor of thu heart and mnk 110 fi",c.
Tutu known us ho hoos the two togeth
er that c 11110 weal, coinu woo, tlioy
will ever liu tnatoH. And hi t Keuerous
nature is pri at enough to hu (hid,
Konald had iiuished Hall-men 1
i ri j iiii-l was now ilihjiosecl to talk,
'J'0111 lingered to look hi hint on thu
lady of his love, whilu yet to lovo htr
wi re uo kin.
"They tell queer talei of that night
wheu tho foreign vpusel wti wrecked
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fitnl nil Lor crew rlrownod on Black
Ilcnch. I hud to he with old Dorr to
eao his dyincr, nd na a man can't
well lie in two place at onco I conlJn't
leBTe erne to aeo 'tether," aaiil ltonahl
in a retrospectivo vein.
"1 was there ami eaw it all," an
swered Tom, "Imt I was a bit of a lad
morn in tho way than ont of it but
" ho stopped and was ilont.
"A wild nort of yarn waa Roinff
'lont the li:?ht that nipfht," coutinuod
llonald ; "folks naid old Uorr Bout a
man to liht thu lantern, and the fel
low Hworo he went, and left it burn
ing. After tho nhip struck men tried
to qrt iu, but tho tower wero locked.
There was a boy that aworo that ho
ran up tho lighthouse, atairs of bis own
accord to light tho lantern, and a
stnuigo man stopped him and threat
ened to dirk him if ho didn't go back.
Tho boy wero aearod and wiid ho smelt
brimstone."
Tom lauprlmd. "I was tho boy," ho
said, "but I don't remember tho bri:u
htono." "And did you know them?"
"I must go," said Tom 'Mirrlodly,
ns ho wiw tho two ho had been watch
ing returning that way, and 1.0 walked
olT with the onsy roll of thu aea-brod,
making a harmony in tho landscape.
It ha I boon the great event of the
littlo tUhing hamlet, this wreck of
seventeen years a?o. Others might
count from tlm wnr, or tho fire, or
lloodH, but witli them everything had
either happened before the wreck or
since. It whs tho Anno Domino of
eventy.
Small wonder! Such a ntorm as
raged tliit night had never been known
heforo or siuoi!. Tho death of tho
stricken keeper would havn been man
ifestly a visitation of God, but tho
whole culmination of tho uuiisnal and
unoKpoetcd, in tho disasters bv laud
and sea, carried with it aa efloct of
superstitious awe.
Nor was the oletnent of mystery
wanting. Homo unknown hnnd had
ritinuiMhed tho Black Iictiek light
and lured the unfortunate uhip, seen
in the oiling at nightfall, to her doom.
Who w.n tho niMoreunt? What had
ho to pain by it? The tin lerwritors
mid ciilvago men laid tho loss of tho
vessel to ii 'cident. Tho cargo being
of mi ;ar tho hhip was from Mauritius,
Anurica-bouiid th"ro was nolhit:g
saved, mi l further it was not u wrnck
er's htation. Tho ono object rosc!id
was 11 balm taken from its dead moth
er's iirins by t!n man Kalph T'mrgonat,
who had bee'i living auiouglhe tiahor
loll; for his health, ho sail. He
seemed, howevi r, to have no l.ick of
health or money, and ho did not find
favor with tho tturly lllierinau, pos
sibly on accouut of being himself a
for o in tier.
15ut his adoption of tho waif of tho
son, the littlo Virginian 11s ho na'niod
lur, went far toward settling all uu
jint prejudices against him, aad pro
dixposing everybody iu his fvor.
only that ho hel l himclf atoof, and
while kind and courteous kept a cer
tain wcll-iietinnd distsnco between
himself and the comuiunit v. And
from that on, tho worst thing they
could say of him was that lie was
proud. As ho w is evidently ot goo 1
lineage nil I ha 1 inherited wealth, he
was f org i v. mi by tho majority for be
ing 11 gentleman. True, thorn wero
still some w ho asked eac!i other why
in all those years no relative h i, I ever
darkened his doors, whosiw an evil
and morose spirit lookin oat of his
dark drooping eyes, tin I tho
hii I loiV
11 II I CU-
oI ri morse in nis lonely
life,
forced solitude.
lint ho iv his adopted ilimuditcr Vir
ginia wieil 1 havi) lau:;h"d to scorn
these illo Kir mi sea? I lor ""a na
ll'iiph," as sho had been taught to call
tiini, t'10 best, ilcarest old pup l in tho
world, who had caught lii-r ii;i out of
tiio cruel sen that bereft h: r of father
and mother, and ha 1 love I an t cher
ished tier us th-1 iipplo of his eye evi r
since! Sil" would have hern almost
capa'ole of kiliing any oil ) who would
have dared aspers.i him.
And ho loved her so well that ho
could ;ivi) In r to iitiothi r mi that siio
might never bo left aloue iu a world of
ci:n 11:1 I iu. fiittlo iu sho knew
ubout it, for all the-'o things had been
kiM.t from Irr sho still kno.v they
esisted, uu I she would not always have
her dear toiler lather to guard her.
For sho learned, ipiitj by asci lent,
what I'upn llilph wou'l never hivj
told her, that his health v.mi no v seri
ously iill'ioted soinethiug wrong with
the heart, tho result of that ir.vful
ni'-iht on tho b.'aoh sho thought liko'y,
and she could hardly bear to havo hint
continuo t'uo.so lou.y, lonely walks, un
less sh; might go too.
Shu hu l met her lover, Paul May
bio, 111 ouo of her occasional visits to
the metro. olis, imd thu two young
people h id beeU !!Vltlll!ly llttrft'.'tO 1 to
eae'u other, oil H02. mat, no doubt, of
their birthphicu being tho sumo. Tho
ship which had goiio to pieces on Dlaok
Heacli could iilouo reveal thu uucrot of
Virginia's parentage, but her rogister
was food lor tho Hahui. JJut it wns
hiipposcd they wero Mauritians, and
this young man was also a Mauritian,
sulicieiit reason that his name should
bo l'uiil, for on tint isiaud of tho In
dian Ocean Paul and Virginia aro
nappy luemoiies find 1110 nv.mes aro
perpetuated. lUlph iJiirgenat must
have thought of this when ho named
the habit cast at his feet, Virginia.
Ami again a tragedy was crowned by
tho prototypes of the ill-fated lovers.
It was a cool evening iu early fall,
or rather in lato summer, when tho
twilight has grown abort an I that in
describable quality is iu tho air which
denotes tho coming of uulumn.
llicmwoh, tho Hermans call tho fuel
ing that comes with tho llrst coolness
of thu air, aa if ouo stood on tiptoo on
the border of an uu imeourod coun
try, uud caught the overpowering
odor of unknown flowers. And
through it all the eternal -iphing of
thu tea. ...
Virginia was a healthy girl, hut by
no means robust. Hho said as littlo
as possible of her dislike to her enemy,
the sea, but beguiled her adopted
father away from it as much ns sho
conld. It did not jcom. to her that
ho loved it, but rather that it held an I
fascinated him. Ho would nvrr talk
to her of that night, but ho had told
her that he, too, t ,11 Mauritian, and
thus accounted fo his interest in tho
wrecked ship.
"This will bo tho last night of Our
stay. Let us have a tire. We can sit
around it aud tell stories or roast
dulse, and eat it," suggested Virginia
as the eool night closed iu.
Kalph liargetiat had built a luxuri
ous home for his adopted daughter,
situated 011 tho top of a elifT from which
tho who'o ountrysido was visible,
and with the sea thundering nt its base.
Wide-arched llre-plaecsnbounded, and
it was a cheery sight in nights of gloom
when it sent a liirht of warning far
out on the blackening sea. lie.t never J
since that one fntefnl night ha I they
lucked the lighthouse beacon.
Ho a fire was made by a servant and
when tho family wont into tho room
tho pilo of dry kindling was ignited
and burning freely.
lialph started back in horror ns he
saw tho flames.
"Who has dared?" In excUimod,
and then as su Mouly became nuout.
"It was I, p.ip.i your own Virginia.
Now, you old dear, what harm is it to
burn that old rubbishy stutT. and 1
have read or heard that it makes tho
most beautiful tire in the world. Maybe
wo will seo a ghost or two wh-J
cares?"
Sho looked up laughing iuto hot
lover's face, nnd he laughed iu return,
but ho did shudder, too. If there was
one quality lacking in this perfect
eroatnre it was her want of sensibility.
IIo had seen her put her foot on 11
worm, hurrying in its crawling pace
out of her way, and crush its life out
with no compunction. Ho thought
himself that driftwood lir -s 111 i. 'lit bo
painfully suggestive, but both men
wero under her oomploto control, and
although P.alph looked stem and white,
he sai l no more about t ho disobedience,
of his orders, that dril'taoo l should
never bo burned in that house.
An uuHcconutiible silence and gloom
settled mi the little oonipativ at first,
but ns tho drift woo 1 lire iUIh Intel
plowed in lliiui -s of prismatic splen
dor, Virginia beim-. al'uojt unnatur
ally briihaut and ex-ite I.
"Oh," sho cried, clasping h"r hinds
with more enthusiasm than either her
father or lover hal ovef seen, "whv
havo we not always burned driftwood?
Look at tho changes of c dor in the
llnmo aud theshapes I am sum that,
old hull his a story to tell. Wait!
Wuit ! I see a ship ut sea she is full
rigged an I I can discern tho luce of a
man and woman."
"Virginia! I command you to keep
silent. Dare to disobey me and to 1
will regret it forever 1" spoke ililpli
1'nr.jonat witli white, com;ires 1 lipj.
Tho girl patd no attention to him.
If she wero actiug a farce, it had all
tho intensity of truth. Her eyes wcm
set like thosi oT on;? in a trance, mi l
us she roio to her feet and pointed to
the heart of tho heainiful .vrit'.iin ;
ll.uues, sho seemed to grow t i'.l iiu 1
majestic.
"fiioro is a coast I savin to know
it and s"e, tho waves ur" (lathing up
on the ro.ik.s, and the ship too gal
lant ship is riding s-ifn far a way.
Hut ujw it is night all is black, 11
man hurries aloii c too coast ee, h
is goin to tin' light - ho us t h" el iin'm
tho stairs ho is thoro a iu - u -.it an t
now tho light is goiio I see his la v
it is you !" uu I she pointed a 'J.ts;:ii v
to Hilph.
"Sho h nia 1 !" cried the wr-: 'h I
mall as ho 'looked l.ito lur I.i.m with
lour and aversion.
"It is nothing," said h r lo'.vr, will
a shu IdiT ; "she is 11.1 1 ;iniii.r u nil."
"i sec tiio ship .strike on to" ros:s
Oh, O il! I can hear tioor cries
lllld theiv Oil the shop) is til it !a l!l
waiting, watching, an I
woiui'ii 1 saw on th'! dec
111! sloop-i to KllV.!
spurns her with his to
tier i i i th
, .-h' is ulivo
her no, Iu
t ho thr 1 .;. i
tier iia
into t tn s -a
-and so i!:a;i
o.' that mil is
pours.
And thu t ioj
yours
Again she pointed a con lomning
finger nt Hilph HargenV, who
erouchol iu his j'j'iir with uiilaooj in
his oves.
"Now nil nrc dea J no siv.uelhing
moves a chil l .1 littlo wlntij thing
that holds up its buoy arms, and thi
11111:1 tikoa it iu his, an I walks 11 110:1;
thu dead, and it is tho niiun man tint
pushed tho woman iuto tho sea!"
Ha. ill II irjonat sUriuiCoi. aloud :
".She was false I S!io deserved to
lie! I hal my revenge, bit tlii'uk
vou not I have esiMpel punNi-unit !
Night or day sho is bv mv sidu! Ha!
see lur now, uu I sho bnugs thuui all
tho poor drowned souls done to
death fur her crime. Take her away
Closo her eyes her terrible staring
eyes, uhvavs watehiug ma. T-a-k-u
h-e-r away !"
Ho loll prostrato on tho lmarthstono
just as Virginia sank back iu hurchur
rubbing hur eyes and id irinj vaguely
around.
"What has happonod?-' she askol
wildly; "ha?i3 I boon asleep? I feol
so strange aud Pap Hilph who has
hurt Liui. is ho iil? Spoak, dear, to
your own Virginia!''
Hut never again would Ibilph Dirge-
uat apeak to mortal man. llohadirouo
out on that sea tun waves of .vliioii re
turn not to hither shored. -L)jtroit
Free Press.
A Monumental l'lieiiiiiiiei:o;i.
Tho perpendicularity of a monument
is visibly ull'jcted by tho rsya of the
sun. On every sunny day a tall 1110 11 u
mont has a regular lean lor tho sun
This phenomenon is duo to the greatust
expansion of the side ou which thi
rays of tho sua f'Jd -PortUud Oro
goaiuu.
WOOD FOR MATCH I&
sfAi:rr: iv ki kopk nvr tmcn-
TIHTIi I.N AMKKICA.
T!i Hest Stud for His turpo Is the
Aspen, 18'oiuno It Is Klak-uble-tait
snl IJiiii(lIrd
by Machinery.
yili: Department of Stitn will
soon issuo n rp'mrt suit rest
itit; that tho United States
i, mi:;ut i.irnisii woo.i !or trie
Hon matches to factories In Lurojie.
In tlormany and elsewhere on the
Continent supplies of tho raw mate
rial nr running out, and manufactur
ers will bo o'diged to look elsewhere.
Tho best I'lnfY for tho pnrposo is the
apen. The tree, which is getting to
bo raro abroad, is plentiful vuu'igii in
rnanv parts of th;s country, and largo
profit is likely to bo olit iinod by ship
ping tho logs across tho water.
Aspen has a number of advantages
rts a material for matches. It is free
from knots, of uniform Hiibstatico and
easy to work. Heiug porous and
spongy, it rea lily absorbs tho parallno
that is used in tho manufacture of
Snelish matches. Most important of
nil, it is very combustible. OSvioiisly,
it is desirable that a match sliaU burn
leadily and quickly. In this lut re
spool ii' pen fur surpasses pine, poplar,
linden and birch, all of w hich ar" em
ployed for making matches to a large
extent. At present prices a cubic
motor of aspen wood is worth from
SI."o to Jtl. 1.", according to quality.
Manufacturers requite that the as
pen wood shall be free of rott.!!l pith,
and as far as possible from knots. The
latter point is imtiortaneo, bccm-i) the
wood iinmediatoly around tho knots
is decayed. Logs eight inches iu di
ameter aro available, but tho lieui.iud
is greatest for ten-inch an I tweuty
inch trunks. To produce trees of
such a si.o requires from tweuty-tivo
to sixty years. Of lato tho match
making industry has grown to n groat
importance in Oormaur. Factories
aro scattero 1 all of ovor Silesia, Pom
crania, Schleswig-IIolstein, I'.ivaria,
Alsace-Lorraine and tho l)ti:hy of
Atihalt. Tho fi rtniu concerns use
about .", (i0i),ttl' cubic feet of aspou
wood annually, nnd .." this three
fourths is imported from llussh.
One notablo advantage of tho aspou
woo 1 is that it is ilakable. Tho tim
ber for t!n: pnrposo is cut out iu
blocks fifteen inches long loug
enough to mako seven '.nntchc.i. Af
ter being freod troni the bark the
blo.'ks aro put into a midline resem
bling a turning U'he, with a lixol
cutting tool, by which a continuous
strip of veneer is turnol o'X precisely
the thickness of a mitch. While thi
is b.'ing done small kuives iuparat
tho sheets of venoor iuto suvju b ids,
so that seven long ribbons ara pro
duce I, tho width of cadi just tho
loiurth of tho match that is to be.
Next, thcfo ribb(iiistro fni'; more
than I'M ut a time, iuto another ma
chine, though first tho; nrc cut iuto
six-foot lengths, and the knotty parts
uro removed. This contrivance chops
tii' m nt the rate of thousands a miu-
t'.to into match-stick, which aro after
war I dried in heated drums that re
volve. The Micks thus prepared are
then sifted to remove all splinters,
and the same uppiratui that accom
plishes this purpose arranges them
parallel, so as to be conveniently bun-
lied. 1 ina.Iy, they aro dippel in
'ouibusti'olo mixture . From tho
felled tree to tho finished "iu:ifers"
ill is done by machinery.
Tiio uniform annual j.-rnvlli-ring'' of
tho aspon give homo.'cui.ous rib oous
- nil as ur" ::ot equaled by fir an I
otlnr wools. Th" abseucii of "rain
I'll. lira:', practicable to utiliz-i tlu
shavings fo. iiii!.:h boxes. Ace r ling
to tin.- 1 it st uud 1110.-1 improved meth
ods, thc ribbons uu I iiisteh-boes uro
produced by (ou iii'K'tii tii from tho
iimo iiiateiial. FiTorlfi huvo b 'en
iii'i lo to eiuploy tii iilwiiva-pleiitiful
pine, but it cannot bo lliko 1 to advan
tage, because tho annual layers are too
thick uu I vary iu tho ir thickm-'.
Tuns the ribbons uru unequal. A sin
gle machine will turn out lo,0.) I,')')')
mutches in ton hours. M itches aro
manufactured on a very largo sjala in
the Unite J States. It is reckoned that
every man, woman aud child in Kuropo
uu I America, tukiug tho average, usos
eight matches every day iu tho year.
iSt. Louis (nubo-Domo'rui..
Amelia's lir-l moral Fyiv.
Tho lir-t humiiii retiiains lawfully
committed to tho Inner. il pyr a withiu
tho limits of tho United Statos wero
thoHU of the deceased Colonel lloury
Laurens, a Hevolutiouury patriot, who
died at his country scut near Charles
ton, S. C, on Hecoiuber S, 1712. The
legal authority for carrying out what
was thou thought to bo tho most
shocking rito whs contained in tho
will of Colouel LanreiiH, of which the
following is an extract; "I soloaiuly
enjoin upoti my son, as uu indisponsa
bio duty, that, us soon as ho conven
iently can after tuy ilecrfu.se, ho cause
my body to be wrapped in twelve
yards of tow cloth and burned until it
be entirely cousumed." Tho ubovo
queer request was curried out to tho
letter on December 11, 17'J2, aud was
tho boginning ot humau cremation in
America. Atlanta Constitution.
A New lla lroul Itcuulntlon.
Employes of tho Hoston and Maine
havo recti vud tho tollowiug circular,
signed by tho Superintendents and up
provod by the (Jeuersl Manager:
"Your attention is culled to the fuot
that you aro not allowed to uso tobac
co iu any foiui what ovor whilo ou
duty, nor on trains or iu stations when
oft duty with 11 n: form or badge on.
This rule is imperative, and must bo
regarded ot all tiinoa." Soteuiiflo
American,
Valun ol the K.tmin Plant,
riiou Lee, of New York, a hiah-bom
Chinese yonnn man, who was educated
in the Norwich (Cohn.) Free Academy
and Yale College and later married a
Nutmeir maiden and became a ciliZMi
of the United Stte, is about to tin
dertake in company with his brother
Henry a novel anil important expert
tnent related to the cotton nr.d wnolen
making busine. Together they hsvu
leased a part of tlio lower Kturtevant
factory nt P.eatt Hill, Conn., from
Charles Hard, trustee of tho Sltitle
vant estate, and liL'gati work in tiieir
uu h rtokhig this week. It is their
design to lem niHtrato tho practical
and pre-eminent value of tiio Chinese 1
ratnio plant in th" manufacture of
silk, cotton and wooloti fabrics through
a process that is outirely didY-rent
from whit has heretofore boon use I.
Although ramie has been employed iu
England, Fraifo nnd Germany in
making tho goods note I for a quarter
of a century, nevertheless the Messr.
Leo will apply it iu 11 now way, with
a new treatment, and have no doubt
that tho value of tho tiiannfiu'lurod
product will bo greatly enhanced
thereby.
P.amio is a shrubby Chines') nn I
Mast. Indian perennial of tho nettlj
family. It has numerous reed-like
stem, from four to six feet higu, witli
laro, heart-shaped loivcs, siiv.ii-y
whito underneath. It i cult iv.it 0 I
more or less extensively in tli South
ern Statos au I West lu lb's. Its
lino fibre is rapidly coming into uo
for almost every pnrposo hitheito
served by cotton. If t!i ) Mgssj.
Lee's experiments aro sue 'essful, it is
believed tliey will provo to bo if al
most iuestiinab'o value. No York,
Sun.
A I.anl an t Wat -r MMtnl!o.tt.
An interesting steamer is just, about
to bo started on some l il;esa few miles
distant from Copeiihiigen, tlio peculiar
feature being that the steamer has to
make 11 short journey overland, the
two lakes being divided by a strip ol
land. Across this a railway has been
constructed, crossing a high road,
which necessitates a gradient oil both
sides of 1.. "i t, the metals being ordi
nary rails. At the two ends the rails
have been carried into and under the
water ou 11 woolen structure. Hy
means of piles the steamer is guided
on to the rails, which correspond in
position with two wheels lived on each
side of tho steamer. The steamer goes
theu on to tho rails nt "full speed''
an I travels up the rails ou the on-)
side and down tho incline on tho other,
into the water, where the propeller
again takes over its function. Tiio
engine is compuratieely po verfiil, aud
iu addition to tho usual pro, idler shaft
there is another shaft, winch, by means
of a chaiu, works tho small wheels on
which tho steamer crosses the rails.
Tho boat also his 11 powerful brake to
moderate its npood down tho lueliue.
Tho steamer is forty-four feet long,
capable, of holding seventy passengers,
and the eugiuo iiidieate.sttwenty-sovou
horse power. All the trials have passed
ofl' perfectly satisfactorily.
This reminds us of tho celcbrutod
Orukter Aniphibolos, invented by
Oliver F.van-, of New York, in ISJd,
which traversed Ian I mil water. It
was a boat providod with four wheels,
for laud service, and a propelling
wheel at tho stern lor tho water. It
was driven by steam uu I operated with
success.
It would ritllo along ov r tho
groun I until 11 stream to be cros-ed
win reached, then pluugo iuto tho
water, pa ldlo across, thou wheel up
I tho bank, and uw ay it would go. )liver
Evans was a proline inventor. .?eca
title Aiueric 11:.
IIo'.v lo Dry I'.uhr. lht-,
During the fre:jueut me of i::.ibro!
las wo should keep in mind the oft
repeated caution concerning cro iu
drying them. They will last irtoh
longer if tlioy uro always pin -ed nh ju
wet with the handle do -.vtiward Vulry. i
Tho moisture thou falls from I'm. e lge j
ol tho frani" and tho fabric dries uui- I
tormly. When it titands handle up-
ward, which is commonly the caso tho 1
top of the umbrella holds tho moist-
uro and nut only takes a long ti" ) to 1
dry, but soon injures the sill; or ther
fabric used lor tho cover and rusts the
steels. This is tho cause of this part
of the umbrella wearing out buforj
any other part. Umbrella eases uro
also responsible for th rapid wear ol
tho silk. The constant fri.-tioa causes
tho tiny holes that appear ko provok
iugly early. When not iu iuo leuvo
tho umbrella loose.
Long DMatice Telegra'.ihing.
Kv tho connection of several di:ier
cnt lines
was established between Derby aud
Capo York, Australia, 11 distance by
tho wires of 7-PS miles. This is be
lieved to bo tho longest telegraph lino
iu tho world. Tho rato of transmis
sion wua eleven words per niiuute.
Thero wero foiirteou repeatiuj tta
tious. Scientific American.
Death of (he t at Dahy,
Gussio P.urr, the fat baby, n'iio has
been exhibited in n tent, died yester
day at Coney Island, of paralysis of
the brain. Aussie was born fifteen
mouths ago iu Custlotoo, S. I., and on
account of her ahuormal si.u attracted
the attention of tho medical fraternity
for several weeks after her birth. At
the time of her death she weighed
ninety-two pounds. New York iter
aid. Change: Nuino to Help liusliios.
Six brothers of New York City,
named llorskowitz, have obtained per
mission in tho Supremo Court to
change their name to Herbert. They
askod for the change beoausu the name
Ilerskowitz was un-American aud a
detriment to their business. New
York Witness. .
HOPSEHOLII MATTE US
TO KEr.P TttB SILVER SntOnT.
Various methods ar rcconimondfi
from time to time for keeping tbn'
to nnderstand how to pack away ,i,J
iio turn i uo 10 no lined lor ion,
time. Silver plats should slw. 1
cleaned with preparod whitini m.,i
1.1. . 4l.i- t iU - ""'1
ii'" miu j'linvu iiu lllllo Spin'
01 wmo sna tne samo quantity oi
water. When tho silver istohBro
" .i mis nniiiu luijtiurv SUOillq I),
carefully rubbed over it with ,
chamois leather and the nlnt
oped in green baise baps, and if j.'
in a dry place in a good box it will
ready for use at any time, merely rt,
quiring to be carefully dusted wba
taken out of the bags nntil all jv,
white powJer is removed.- St. LeS,
Star-Sayings.
wssn rnsi.t.ins is ntn? w.uzn.
Challiescati bo beautifully ws.tli
in rieo water, lloil half a pound 0
rice in rather more than two qns-t,
cf water. Let tho water become tnp;
and then wash tho fabric in it, rui
bing it with tho rice, as if it fr)
soap ; rinse two or throo times in ric
water, trom which, however, the
has been strained, and used the iJ
rinsing water well clilntod, so that P
. . : 1 1 ,
niaiTiiii may noi isjcomo too ,'
Iron while slightly damti. Silkto:i
ings sliotihl lie washed and rinsed
lukewarm water and wruug betw;
towels. Woolen aud silk nndire.u
slioul.l bo washed m warm soap mi,
to wnicU a littlo ummonia Iim b
suneii. 1 ne suit garments tnsy im,
lor a quarter of an hour in this Mr.
sratiou before being rubbed bets J
the tiugers. It 1 use twice through ten '
clear water and hang to dry within:
?are, pulling out all wrinkles. Ir
under a cloth before quito dry.
ton t ultivator.
i,r:MNi KiTcunx wooowon
A housekeeper with half a eentitrf
xperienco says that cleaning Lite
tallies ana stuns witu soup is ,
mistake. It disintegrates tho fiber
the wood and turns it yellow.
tays that vi-rv hot water and borm
very hot water alone with plentr
strength, will givo tho very best
suits. This is all very true, pron!
one uses ciieap soaps mauo ot cliea.
;nls nnd all sorts ot aboniinnti
but homo made soap, which nhou
abound in every well regiiiute.l lit
in, will uot proJ'.ico this effect ; a:
the work is much more easily
pio.kly done than with simple
water and scrubbing.
One of tho points of grnce in
mou'swork is to have learned to
things easily as well as thoroughly
woman might, with much more pro
occasionally bur a now table tlian
wear her btreugth and life out c!ei:
ing the old one, when bv a lilt
knowledge of scionoo and chemii
ho could neutralize tho grease in
wash off the 00 iu pound of oil ul
kali with a few dashes of Ia:1.
water. New York Ledger.
rivF-Misrrr. otNonrtnnruri.
Thero uro a few unggcstions tin
1 have occurred to me while 1 huve'nf'i
reading a uumher of recipes, aril li
' coius to tmss them 011 for the l"-ne
i of those who have not had utiv t-xp-:
ence. snvs a teacher of cooking. !
reading a reciui) this morning
' some milk was usod. If th" h
suits uro to bo obtained, ii' v. r
1 soda alone, but take tin eii nil il'U
! tit (;f cream of tartar, uNo l" s
I that votir milk is firm uud sohd.
1 1 t.....f..... l-v Tl.
1 ll.li nuill it.i.l LUi ':.J i.v- ....
! some 0110 says "use cither Linl
i llnnr. K.istera or Western." 'L
I of cotirse, you can use eitliT
' will find th.it tho Lasteru will D 1
I givo the excellent results wln-i
i i'iiii iilil i'ii from thu ehtel'M, 1 1'
i w hen used for gingerheer and I
I For i.iiigirbrbread tin 1"'-
. fur suiieiuor. Use '2 cups ho'
lloiir, 1 cup molasses, I toisjn
I soda (h.'Vep. 1 tcaspi.iiful fc' J-
(level), i teaspoon Half, 1 ta.'lo-;
of shortening will give a poriVrt
gerbre.i 1, if baked iu a mo h rr.teot
If neoiilo renlifd bow in ill V irI"'
gingerbread to cake for coiiimi)" '
and how much better it was mrU
there would bo a meat refurmi'.
In .1.1111 in the lino of sweet CuiD'l
mistrt. hioI nnn o f tho duties'
take so much of our time wi'l 1
,vitt, If l.ilres 1110 11
five minutes to make this niugcr-
nnd mv fainilr orefer it to UNI-1
! 1
cake.
ni! tt'Ks.
fiinr-or Knnns-llllil cun of no:'"
n" . " 1 . r-
. nnn en 11 nf uil i ir lini'.lllll! C'l '
teleraphio corumiinicatioa 1 , b():i un,i -tir . .U,)ue:
flour, three tablespoonfuls of
nn.l ., I. , w l II f 1 1 I III SllM
viuesar: stir all tcgotuei
un l '
flour enough to- roll.
Apples, Steamboat Style rr( lj
quarter some turt apples, wy
t .ii ..niik e'
t ,1 u u na inir iiitii. r,'..
... .... .a,,.n .n,l I illir.
.i.t . ...,n. .....ii .us of bl'-
wujia vitit oiiiitit
pour little water in with thef
and bake. Servo warm.
1 - c ..t . . .1 . . 1 at tl
viuuijicweoii d'""S" , 1
.n. nf warm milk. lialf-CUP Own
one salte. oonful of salt ami tf
. . s. ...If J
make a stiff baiter, wueu
beat iu two tablespooufuls '
butter aud stir iu a salts!"",
,1 in hot water.
..,01n ,inr.. n,ull,r tillH. M 1
llftecu minutes then bake.
Point.. RollPut ouo cup 0'
rnoshed potatoes iuto Baiu'e"-1
a A.i.i t ...ilk: 1
VU ilAUiUKpOUUllll t't m..--.
with pepper and salt; 'lj 1
from the lira aud boat uutH
Put a tablespoonful of butter iJ
ingpan, wheu hot nut In thep0
spread evenly over tho pan ;
-l - .11 l. . . ..,11 lit a
til eoldoa brown S roll
tai servo smoking hot.
mr t, rjsnsr tii1 c'sW sns n'.sf 't