WHEN LOVE KNOCKED.
it mv heart's door Lov knoeked ono day.
"Open!" he Ml'!, tut I heeded tint.
For enre wss there nnd o I thought
There . no room. Love went away.
But noon again did he npprnr,
Much mor perKent thnn brf n
To hlai I opened wide th door.
When In! dull Care n-het out Willi fear.
Lore !n my heart norv rlirn supreme,
Ami so when t'nre '-rimes Into view
I t"!l him. "Tin r's no room for yon,"
For Love makes life n happy tlrenm.
PAQUAREITKS PAINTER.
ir rr.iiTHA noi.MXd.
E lived in n collar
1 Uat opened on h
tmv court forlorn
of shrub or flower.
But the cellar
w dry, anil had n
great foti th win
dow through which
. tli u Aim idrciimcd
3 v--"' iMoNotitdr when
the nun wm shining and tlio tiny
court, w it Li its patch of duty grass,
where here nnd th to ti j erseveriug
dandelion held nlolt its golden piim
pun, was jili-natitt rit look on thnn
the dreary alleys into which tho ether
cellar- indows i"o!;t'd.
But wheu the sun was hi d n, nud
the ruin ciiuio dc.vn with its monoton
ous dti, drip, from the sides of tho
high iTick wall thnt surrounded tho
little court, t h. n the cellar rained
vi ry dark nnd very fur nwiiy from
iii itvcn, indeed; mi I th ; young painter
w UN forced to come very lii-ur to tho
couth window, which was his only win
dow, nnd niton, to hold his skrtchcloso
to tlie rniii-w(-t window panes in or
der to work nt nil. And on those days
lie whs not hopeful ; for his dark eyes
caught shadows of tho sky without ;
his coul refused to drciini those dreams
of sunlit Spain for which tho canvas
waitc 1, nnd only his homesick heart
ached with longing for them.
And 1'aripiiir. tte di-diked tho rainy
days hh well. For when they muie
she cjuld not tit on the rickety old
flight of stairs which, just outside tho
painter's door, led up to tho garret
whero she lived ; nnd on whio creak
ing steps' idio mt, oi sunny days, like
a very plump angel on n very uncer
tain Jacob's Inil li r, to watch, un
noticed, the painti r at his work.
I'lirquiin .te was iotir, anil htrsolf a
picture. Her round httlu face had
not lost its innocent babyishness, nor
lur blue eyes tin lr touching trilsttul
ncss; just im her plump can, Is still
In Id their baby dimples. A sunburnt
little lace it was, ior Furqunrct'.c,
could never rememlier to keep tho
high-crowned Miubounct securely tied
under li'. r chin us it whs put, and in
an exciting moment it was sure to Lo
pu-hed far buck, until it tump on her
shoulders, swinging on to the fat nock
by tu t.trins relentlessly knotted in
' 1 . 'r- tho --
. 4 v.l,) ut'
wurnibhe ., brownish curis freo to the
sun nud air. And tunny exciting mo
ments had chi! and tho Mtnlionnet ex
perienced hii.ee thu pr.iiiUr tame to
live iu the ccllnr.
ifo wat not n person to nttract n
child, for Ins mouth was gr ive, almost
Hevei'e ; he rarely npidic or Miuilcd. and
lii dark eyes were sud, sue when they
lluahed ominoudv at time.-.
l'ut Lo was ui wtrk on n vrcat pic
ture a .viiiiip!! of Spain and to the
lonely child, who. when her mother
wci.t out to work in the morning, was
lelt for a lo'm day to hi rs If, who had
few toys and no companion-, this pic
ture, w hich irew in iieauiy every day,
was as a priceless tre isiite a never
tailing j iy. Hour utter hour nhe ml
with hiiu. Is folded in her lap, not inov
ill', HCUlce il:(ril.'4 to drouth, le-t lie,
this muiiMuu who held on his tlimati
thotdriuo luar.l with its wund-rfitl
dahes ol color, i-honhl look up, tee
her there and wend her uwav.
Sr'ho had kept her silent watch nil
through the tnukiu of tiio lone; ray
wall that overlooked tho deep dluo
day ; hu l even watched in t-ileiico a
vino cliniliin slowly up the crunililiug
Htouesimd I'los-oni into n KL'arlet (low
er ; uu.l when tho artiht tracoil a lion
iu tho htoiic, above tho glowing
blooms painted it out and in iiuuiu
ami out once more with ono reckless
sweep, throwing tho brush f ir from
him, with a lierco word hibsint; bo
tween his teetii, hhe trem'ded to tho
tips of her small bare t.es; tiling back
tho bonnet from her lluhius cneeks,
nud leuued forward fo far that bho
Kcemod poi-e.l noon the Very riloo of
tho dusty htep, lii;o a timid bird reu ly
for tli-ht.
lie was (striding up nn l down his
brick-pawd Liuydom, muttering to
himself :
"Dut I will have him! Yes, I will
have him! Tim moment is not yet my
nwu, but it will come. Tho picture
Mijall bo perfect. It shall be to her not
a pictnri but a realization, a living
hour! She shall not loret! She
shall tiot le another's !"
lie stooped and pieke I up the brush
from the corner whero it lay, nnd,
wiping oil' the Mind it ha I coflor tod,
camo Lack to his work with u quick
impetuosity of risolve.
With steady hand ho sketched the
lion in ii 'tiin, ho paiuicJ on with free,
jiiiok strokes, nud in an hour a per
leet reproduction was hi", of tile uplnu
did form tii.u guarded tho wall in tho
shadow ot the old Spauish fort.
"Ha, ha! my beauty, hn, ha!" ho
Ituhed, with u last c tress of tcuu and
tou-TU, "I have you
"Yes, you've got him !" ctuuo iu
measured tones of complacent convic
tion from the win low behind him.
ilo turned, and beheld his en
thusiastic aadieuce literally -wept off
iU leet , for I'aipiarette, by aid of tho
ruin tub, had reached his window sill,
aud, forgetting her fears, kuelt upon
it, leaning uuxiously forward on her
outspreud hands, her wido-opeu eyes
glowing with excitemeut.
"When did you see him last, fay
t i l' Jy
the district of KMT. there were iu coses 01 I Aldate li'xe Vaoe."
tholere aud 14 dea- Is from that duwiwe. caudldate iu w r".
little one?" ti sked, tmiliog .oddlj.
The smile lighted hie face in a way
that was very pleasant, and Faquar
ette, gazing up into it, felt satisfied.
"Just before yon rubbed him oat
the Inst time," she answered, gravely.
"And," smiling more and more,
"do vou like him better now?"
"Yes," eaid the child. "Yon said
you'd have him, and yon have him."
"How long have you been here?"
ho questioned, suddenly.
"Oh, every day ! I sit on the steps,
so 1 can see tho picture. And I sit
still, so's not to make a noise. I will
ro back !" And she began to crawl
slowly backward, supporting her
weight oa her chubby fists.
Ilo leaned forward, and catching
her by her arms, to retard the exit
which seemed likoly to end in tho
rain-tub, ho drew her in again, saying
kindly :
"You may sit here in the window,
if you will kee p ns still as you have
kept on tho steps ; and not get in my
light and interrupt my work" ho
had id rcn ly turned to the easel aain.
Ifo took a little red npplo from his
pocket nnd toHsod it iuto her apron.
The wind rose, and the cnrls, bereft
of the sheltering bonnet, streamed back
from tho baby's lace, and tangled
themselves together. A cloud scur
ried over, and dashed a few big drops
on her cheek; nnd presently the rain
began to fall fust. Faqnarctlo sighed,
and drew on tho refractory bonnet,
preparatory to departure.
l!nt the pninter only drew the easel
nearer tho window, nnl went on with
his work.
Already a little stream was running
out of tho gutter above, nnd tplash
ing in tho ruintub below; nud tho
whito sunbounet hung limply, like a
wet cabb.ige-lenf, over tho peachy
fai'e, when tho child, twisting herself
into a tiny bundle in tho corner of tho
windo.v-seut, that her shadow might
not fall atbftArt tho canvas, swung
softly down to the edge of the tub,
thence to tho ground, and took her
silent way to tho lonely room in tho
garret.
ut the next day brought tho sun
again, nnd with it Fuquarctto. And
no sooner had she seated herself on
the steps than tho painter looko 1 up,
smilod a cheery good-moruiug, aud
motioned her to the seat in tho win
dow. Sho came gladly ; and this tinio he
leaned far out and reached her with
his strong hands, and lifted her up at
ono swing.
Aud sho beamed with delight when
sho found ho had folded an old rout to
fervo as a ciuhion for her ; and, lvst
o! all, when ho told her she might sit
there every day.
It was two month later, when the
summer had waned and departed, tho
leaves wero drifting into brown heaps
in tho alleyway, aid the dandelion
blooms had resolved themselves into
airy globes that broke ': tach rude
w.id, and sent h cloud of
miniature whito worlds foiriug aloft
from the diugy court, ns if to seek a
world of summer beyond tho skies it
was tuen, iu tho early autumn, that
ouc evening tho picture was finished ;
and the painter said with a sigh: "It
is done !"
riu-tiurctte wns not there nt tho fin
ish. Ho had hardly hoped to com
plete it thnt day, but it had seemed
)iT:ct to her in tho morning when
she hud viewed it from her throtio on
tho ragged coat. And she was bo
tilled with a Imiration and deli jht that
she had found it hard to ttrucglc
iiguiu-d nu expression of her focliurf
other tnan Lx'statio clippings of her
hands. lint silence had beeti her
watchword siuco that lirst delicious
duy, far back in a dreamy distance,
when ho had given it to her. And
well i-ho obeyed its warning.
When lie hud stopped ouco to criti
cise, she had told hini.hnlf-regretfully,
that j-ho would uot return in the after
noon, us sho was going out with her
mother, wiio hud a half-holiday that
lay. He had scarcely hoard her then,
so aiiKorbed was ho in his own thoughts;
but now, when tho work was done, aud
ho laid down hi brush, and was con
fronted by th) old coat on tho window-sill,
ho missed her presence from
tho accustomed place.
Ho covered tho picture carefully at
last, and went out for a walk iu tho
twilight.
When ho camo back, ho brought
with him tho moruing paper, of which
ho hu l not thought till now, aud, light
ing his lamp, hut down by his pine
tabic to read.
At the siinio moment an anxious
lit t lo liguro crept half-way down tho
tdops outside, aud leaned agaiust the
wooden railing, looking in. Ho was
absorbed, nudsho kept h'.r uccilstomed
puet, hoping ho would see her soon,
and tell her of the picture.
His eyes sped rapi lily dorn tho
column nnd stopped, Ixoi.
There was u miirriugo notice ! Her
marriage !
Ho sat to still, and looked so whito,
that l'aquurette was frightonoJ, and
tried to call her mother.
Then ho had spraug to his feet, torn
tho sheet iuto a thousand pieces, cast
it from him, trampled it, llung chair
and tabhi out of tho path, aud tra
vel sod tho room like a wild beast,
cugod.
The trembling child gavo but one
more scared look in tho direction of
the easel, sufa in a distant corner,
then sped awriy up tho dusky stairs.
Moruing found the painter still
paciug up ind down more nlowly
now with bu.e of ghastly pallor.
Tho sun was high, the morning
warm, thu vo cos of school 'children
tloutiug in to him like harshest dis
cord from the streots before he tlung
himself iuto tho chur he had left the
night before, aud buried his fuaa iu
his arms,
There he made a resolve.
An hour lutet, he arose stiftly, with
the hesitation of an 'd rnvn, ap
proached the shelf a firs-
place, and took down a small vial. It
was half full of a dark fluid; and he
looked, absent mindedly, at the grin
ning skull and the cross bones that
the label bore, grotesqnely colored in
orange and red by bis own hand.
Then he drew out the cork. He
taised the bottle to his lips, and
paused ; for a soft voice said, pity
ingly:
"I tbonght you were sick ! Do too
have to take bad medicine?" And
Paquarttto slipped down from tho
window, and stood looking up at him
with innocent, tonder eyes.
Ho turned from her, nnd leaned his
head against tho rough shelf.
"Don't! I'lease don't!" pleaded
tho trembling voice, while the little
hands caught at his own. "I know
vou feol bad ; but look here, what I've
brought you a whole orange all for
yourself I I didu't ask tor it; 1
bought it with ir y red bea.ls. Look !"
She tugged gently at his coat sleeve
with ono hand, holding tho orango up
to him with the other.
Ho let hit arm drop until it fell
about tho baby shoulders, tho hand
still holding tho vial ; nnd sho went
on, soothingly, ns a mother persuades
a tired child, ns her own mother might
have dono with her :
"Now ! I'll take tha nasty racdicino
away I'll put it over hero ncd you
shnll rat your oiange."
Sho drew the uncorked bottle care
fully from tho tenso fingers an sho
spoke, and trotted away to put it on
the table.
Then she cnnie back, smiling.
And tho man stooped down, and put
his nrniH nround the child, and held her
closo. And hho cuiiiiht up a corner of
her apron, aud wiped away tho teara
from his cheeks.
"Do you like it with sugar, or just
so?" -he asked.
There about tho plump, sunburnt
neck showed a narrow whito circle
where tho beloved red beads hud left
their impress. Ho bent his head and
kissed it, thanking Clod for trust and
innocence.
Trteuty yeor.i havo come and gone ;
Lut if you should happen to wander
down a certain pleasant street, and up
a winding staircase, at its end you
would find there an artist's studio;
and in it, tho artist himself, surround
ed by his pictures.
Ho loves them, passionately. Hut
if you should tempt him to tell you
which ho loved the best, nud counted
as his masterpiece, he would point you
proudly to ono of a baby girl, bare
foot, nnd clad in a checked apron,
with a whito sun-bonnet, pushed far
back, forming a background for tho
curly head; with dimpled mouth mill
ing, nud trustful eyes of bluo looking
wurmly into your?, and ono little hand
caught in a string of bright red beiidj
hanging about the chubby nock.
Aud when you are gono away u0
artist will perchanco open a tr
near by, und take out tho coir rj
ot no i aud ioo& on,
them vwiu tender eyes bo long, per
Imps', that tho door will open very
soltly nt lust, and a dark head thrust
itselt into tho opeuing; and when its
owner sc cs whnt tho artist is doing,
sho will slip quietly along until (-he
is behind his chair ; and theu nsk,
softly, ns one white arm goes mound
his neck :
"What, dreaming?"
And the artist draws her to him.
"Thank !od, I urn not dreaming
now!" he whispers, fervently.
And both the soft arms are c'tusped
aronu 1 his neck, nnd the bluo eyes,
(-till sweet nud trustful, look iuto his;
and l'aipinrctto t-toops, and ki.isci thu
painter. The Home (jiioeu.
The (iipi'ii'm C'liacliuiiin.
Queen Victoria's state coachman,
Edward Miller, is an old nud faithful
servant, who has hell his post for
thirty-six years. Ho drove tho (Jueen
to tho luko of York's wedding, on
which occasion ho bandied four hordes
from tho box. There were no postil
lions. Tho Hipremo control of tho
royal stables rests with tho master of
tho horse, un olllco at present held by
tho Duko of l'ortlnud. Next to His
(iruco iu command is tho crown
equerry, Sir Heurv Enart, who is
really tho actiug chief. Sir Henry,
by the way, looks after the naming of
the horses. His duties, however, are
uot all bo light as this ono. The im
mediate coutrol of the mews is in the
hands of Mr. Nicholas, who was form
erly a lieutenant iu tho rayal horse
artillery. Ho bus under him a btalT of
about sixty olliciaU.
One of tho most interesting relics of
tho old liiekiugtam llouso is the
"ridiug horse," which has other inter
ests than that of tho grammarian'
escape. In it the royal children wero
taught horsemanship, and on tho wall
ono may see the irou brackets usud
when they prncticed lemon cutting
New York llocorder.
A Method cal 1'iissy.
A feline of which tho ticket oollea
tor at the Suuekumuxou Streot Ferry
is the proud and happy possessor has
literally made a name for itself. The
cat came to the ferryhouso about six
months ago as a homeless orphau, and,
being a mottled animal, was duly
adopted under the appropriate name
of Speck. Hi nee that time Speck has
manifested a lively interest iu tho af
fairs of the ferry, particularly in the
arrival of tho boats. Ilcfore tho ar
rival of a boat tho methodical pu-i
takes up her i-tation just inside the
gate aud remains there until the last
passenger has lauded. Thau she re
tires iuto tho waiting romi and reap
pears just in time to soo the boatleavo
the slip. At all hours of the day and
night while the boats are running the
cat continues a mysterious vigil, and
in recognition of her peouliar trait
the ticket collector has lengthened the
name of his intelligent pet, it now be
ing known as Iuspeo.or. Fhiladel-
! phia Record.
SIMON BOLIVAR
CAREER OF THE SOUTH AMERI
CAN LIBERATOR.
Like tVashtngtoa, Ills Ruling; Pas
j lon M'aS 1'atrlotUm HI Signal
Service to Our Far South
ern Neighbors.
TnERE Is an equestrian sUlne
ol Simon Bolivar, the Ven
ezuelan Liberator, in the
c, Central Fark, on the west
side, near the Eighty-first street en
trance. It was presented to the munic
ipality of New York twelvo years ago
in the name of the President and poo
pie of the republic of Venezuela, and
was the work of an unrenowued Venez
uelan sculptor. There is another
equestrian statute of Bolivar in the
capital of Fern ; there is a Bolivar
monument in the capital of Venezuela ;
nnd tho liepublic of Bolivia was called
by that nmo scveuty-oue years n?o in
bouor of Bolivar. It was to Bolivar
that all of these threo South American
countries owed their deliverance from
Spatiish rule, and each of them pays
honor to his memory as its liberator.
Bolivar was a native of Caracas, tho
capital of Venezuela, and he died in
tho prime of his life, in the month of
December, sixty-rivo year ago, after
bis work of liberation had been com
pleted in South America.
As the name of George Washington
is loved in the I'uitedStutos, so is that
of Bolivar iu Venezuela, and in Fern,
aud in Bolivia. In Caracas thrro are
(datucs of both Bolivar nud Washing
ton, as in New York there aro statues
of both. The ruling passions of both
men were patriotism nud the love of
freedom, though in several personal
qualities tho two wero uulike each
other.
It was in his capacity a liberator
that Bolivar rendered tho very highest
eervico iu Spinish America. His
couutry, and nil but ono of the other
countries of tho southern continent,
wero provinces of tho Spanish mon
archy, governed by agents sent from
Spain; their a!lairs were administered
in tho interest of Spain, for tho en
richment of Spain; tho Spanish rule
was tyrannical and corrupt ; the people
were despoiled. Bolivar drew the sword
for deliveruuce nnd independence ; ho
won succe;ses wherever ho waod
war; ho carried his flag southward
from the Caribbean Sea along the
slopes of the Andes; Spain fled
from bin presence; foreign A-uri
nation fell before him; on,. nisl;
province after anj;'J-- Wfts relieved
--"v0. - 5ok'','f luo Europcau muii
iT.uy, which had been borno for cen
turies; and, largely through his heroic
and persistent efforts, the whole of
Spanish South America became a chain
of republics, far better oil under re
publican governments than they ever
were under tho despotism of Spain.
This was the prime servico of Simon
Bolivar; and it is no wonder that his
name is acclaimed from Caracas to
Lima.
We havo Foid that Bolivar was in
mauy respects unlike our Washiugtou.
But wo do not care at this time to
mark the d inferences between tho two
men. Bolivar's lovo of power nnd
dictatorial disposition wero clement
of his ereolo character which did uot
prove disadvantageous to his cause
during his stormy and victorious
career. We desire to keep in mind
here but tho ono nil important tact,
that it was mainly through his achieve
ments that vust domains iu South
America wero nt last relieved from
their long thraldom to a European
I'ower, enfranchised nnd turned into
belf-govcrniu; republics.
It was while yet a young man that
Bolivar entered into tho struggle for
independence Tho btory of his cam
paigns iu tho Spanish viceroyalty of
New Cirana Iu is a thrilling ono. It
was in lbl'.l, after many victories over
Spam had been won, that Venezuela
aud New (iranadu were united in u
republic under the name of Colom
bia, and Bolivar was made Presidout.
It was threo years afterward, when
tho euemy had taken his departure,
and a constitutional government bad
i been established, that tho revolu-
! tionists of Feru asked his assistance in
I driving the Spanish army from that
country. He inarched southward upon
I Lima, entered the city iu triumph,
I wa chosen dictator, crossed the Andes,
I defeated tho Spanish forces there, rec-
! oguized the Government, and re
signed the dictatorship, Tho Spanish
provinces which now constitute tho
Kepublio of Bolivia also asked his aid
after taking his name; and not the
least of the services which he rendered
iu their cause was the preparation of
a code of laws. Tho subsequent
career of the Liberator, after he had
returned to his own country, was
troublou., and he resigned the Presi
dency in 1 s.i i, a ew months before his
death, nt the ugo of forty-seven. He
had earned his title. Spain hud boen
driven from South America. "Amoug
the facts," suys one of his biographers,
"which ataud forth strouly in his
favor, are these : That ho conquered
the in Jepeudeuco of three countries,
and secured their recoguitiou by
other Nutious; that he gave them
laws which provided for the better
administration of justice; thnt he
died no richer from having had tho
control of the treasuries of Colombia,
Feru and Bolivia; and that he ex
pended iu tho people's eervico nearly
all the iargu l'ortuue which he inher
ited." Such wero the circumstances under
which the deliverance of Colombia,
which then comprised Venezuela, was
accomplished. It was accomplished
through a long war waged by a great
Venezuelan leader, and illustrated by
heroio deeds. The Spanish power iu
South Amerioa was overthrown. Eu
rope ,was defeated there, as she had
been defeated elsewhere iu America,
Kew York Sun.
A Carious Indian Custom.
A curious method of obtaining
horses is practiced by some of the In
dian tribes. It is called on tho plains
"smoking horses." If a tribe decides
to send ont a war party, the first thing
to be thought of is whether there are
enough horses at hand to mount the
warriors. If, ns is often the case, the
horses of the tribe have been stolen
by other Indians, they decide to
"smoke" enough horses for present
needs and to steal a supply from their
enemies at the first opportunity.
When this decision is reache.l'a run
ner is dispatched to tho nearest friend
ly tribe with the message thnt on a cer
tain day they will be visited by a num
ber of young men, forming a war
party from his tribe, who require
horses. On the nppointed day tho
warriors appear, stripped to the waist.
They march silently to the village of
their frienls, neat themselves in a cir
cle, light their pipes and begin to
smoke, at the same time tusking their
wishes known iu a sort of droning
chant.
Presently there is seen, far out on
the plain, a band of horsemen riding
Ksyly caparisoned steeds fully equipped
for war. Those horsemen dash up to
tho village and wheel about tho band
of beggars sitting on the ground, in
circles which constantly grow smaller,
until at last they aro ns close as they
can get to thf smokers without riding
over them. Then each rider select
tho man to whom ho intends to pros
ent his pony, and, as ho rides arouu 1,
singing and yelling, ho lashes tho bare
back of tho man ho has selected with
tho heavy rawhtdo whip until tho
blood is seen to trickln down. If one
of tho smokers should flinch under
the blows, ho would not get his horse,
but would bo sent homo ou foot and
indisgraco.
At last, when the horsemen thiuk
their frieuds have been made to pay
enough iu suffering for their ponies,
each dismounts, places thu bridle iu
tho hand of the smoker he has selected,
nnd at the sarao timo hands him the
whip, saying:
"Here, beggar, h a pony for yoti to
ride, for which I have loft my mark."
After nil the ponies havo been pre
sented tho "beggars" are invited to a
grand feast, during which they arc
trcatol with every consideration by
their hosts, who also load them with
food suflicieut for their homeward
journey. Tho bravca depart with full
stomachs and smarting bucks, but
happy iu tho possession of their ponies
and in anticipition ot the timo when
n.C'r.f tends snail be in distress ana',
shall come to smoko horses with them.
Philadelphia Times.
Most Woiiilorlul Light In the World.
In tho lamp house of the Govern
raent lighthouse station at Thompktns
ville, Statcn Island, is housed the
most wonderful light in tho world.
Tho light itself sttnds fifteen feet high,
the face of its bull's eye is nine feci
across and its 'euses are as much a
four inches thick. It is capable ol
flushing a ray of light equivalent to
tho power of 2.")'),Oi)i,00!) candles, nnd
the distance from which it can be seen
ou clear nights is practically limitol
only by tho curvaturo of tho earth.
The tlush will have tho intensity anil
blinding glare of a stroke of light
ning. That part of tho light which re
volves weighs lifteeu tous, and so ex
quisito is tlio mechanism by which it
is moved that tho pressure of lingers
will turn it. A child could control
tho machinery, nnd tho motive power
which propels it is a single bit ol
clockwork iucujjd iu a box two feet
square.
Tho light consists of tvo concave
disks about eight und onc-hnlf feet in
diameter. These disks aro placed
buck to back about n foot a part, aud
iu position look like tremendous dou
ble concave magnifying lensos, so
large that they could not bo cast in
two single pieces, and hud to be built
up iu segments, und the whole strung
together on a great irou skeleton.
Aud this, iu point of fact, is precisely
tho case.
Buck to baok the lenses inoloso a
hollow interior, iuto which is thrust a
powerful electric light. This light of
itelf is about 70i)0-condlo power.
When its light is projected through
these hugo magnifying prisms its
power is intensified more thau 33,000
times.
It is altogether beyond the human
imagination to grasp the possible ef
fect of 230,000,000 candles, which is
the illuminating power of this new
light house wonder. At tho present
time the finest oil lamp which ingen
uity bus beeu ablo to devise may be
seen ou a clear night eomo thirty-tlvo
or forty miles at sua. Tho new light
may be seen at a point 120 miles
awsy. Spuro Moments.
The Bock ol (iibraltnr.
The rock of Gibraltar, which is one
of the strongest fortresses in tho
world, is conuected' with jSpain by a
low sandy isthmus, which is constant
ly guarded by English and Spanish
soldiers. There are many natural
caves in the rook, which are the
home of largo numbers of very small
monkeys. It is tho only place iu
Europe where wild monkeys live. The
original name of Gibraltar was Gebel
al Tarik, which signifies Tirik's moun
tain, and it is said that in 711 a Sar
acen warrior named Tarik ben Zeya I,
lauded there, and built a fort, which,
after passing several times from the
bauds of the Saracens, or Moors, to
the Spaniards, and baok again to the
Moors, was at last captured from the
Spaniards by tho English in 1704, aud
since that time has remained a British
possession. New York Sun.
The Bank of England has 11(30 offi
cial on its payroll, wbioh amounts to
about $1,500,000 a year, and 1000
clerks. If a clerk it lata three times
he receives a warning, the. fourth time
he ia discharged at oace .
THE DAINTY MAID AND THE ROS
0h! tell me yonr secret, my dainty maid
So asked her a red -red Rose;
"I know you1 ve a lover you love full well
As far as a maid's lovs goes.
Sat that is ehatiRintr from day to Any
" It changes, as every one knows '
I'd give my llfn for th on I lovo!"
Ho slKhing the reJ-red Row.
The dainty maid tossed her dainty head,
And gnthcrod the rd-rvi Rose;
'Then Ml Is? the one vou shnll love," sha
snid,
"As fnr as a flower's lovo kos
And so wo aro o,ults!" sh guyly crlod,
(For now In hor hodfen It (flows:)
"your love shnll he mlnolf It lnt hut a day
"T my life!" slhd thn red-red Rose.
Susan P. Drown, In Puck.
PITH AND POINT.
dome of the mirrors which ore Lein?
held up to nature appear to bo blurred.
Fuck.
-Tust attempt to sell a man "his
choice" between two articles, and sea
how quick you will sell neither.
Fuck.
Be careful of yotn old shoos. They
will coino in handy at your wedding,
nnd much handier afterwards. Adams
Freeman.
"Oli, I nm slnule fr.-ni oli ."," Vsid sho
In n low nnd winning vocm.
Put li Klnri' l nt t li s.'.i(l.r snvagclv,
Wiieu ll" ll-k" I her "rron W how ehujee?'
.Judge.
Thn sting of a bee, according to a
Fcientillc journal, is only cne-thirty-second
of mi inch long. Your im
agination docs the rest. Philadelphia
Becord.
Grinnen "What nro you going to
take for that frightful cold you'vo
got'" Barrett "I'll Hko anything
you'll oiler. Do voir want it?" Chi
cago Tribune.
Imitation may be the siucerest flat
tery; but tho mod-st man who con
trols tho original, genuine, world re
nowae.l patent article has no uso for
thnt sort of adulution.
I saw you in my dr.'.i n l i-t tiU'iit, eld friend:
i I knew 1 slejit an I llkewiso dreamed, lor
! when
I We met you col liy ate 1 :n" ly nil I wide
Awali".yoti wo'.iliHiuv l nie I me lor a ten!
I ' Detroit l'ren Press.
"Miss Gush hasn't much of a heal
I for mathematics." "Why so?" "Dur
j ing tho evening I lrive hoard hor tell
I how, on threo different occasions, she
I was 'frightened half to death.'"
! Fuck.
' "You talk n' vonr ",',. ys wero too
tight, old raiu." "Oil, no. They're "
very large." "Oh, that may be."
"Well, then, what- " "I wasn't ro
ferriug to their size. I merely said
they wore tight." Chicago Post.
Susie "And so you are an old maid,
auntie a real old maid?" Auut Ethol
I "Yes, Susie, denr I'm n real old
I maid." Susie (wishing to bo nice aud
comforting) "Well, never mind,
I poor, dear auntie ; I am sure it isn't
! your fault." Boston Courier.
"Won't you put your name down for
. sometniug for this charity?" "No, 1
I will give nothing!" "Well, then, will
you write your name for $10 for ap-
pearanco nke?" "For nppcaranoj
sake? Oh. well, I am uot i-tiugv I
will writo 50." Fliegendo Uluettcr.
Mrs. Vunsock (to visiting guest)
j "Won't you stay to dinner to-night?
I I bought a pair of splen lid cuuv.is
j back ducks bcca'is-3 Ferdinand bus
gono hituting, nnd h ? always likes to
j have a game dinner when he comes
back from a shooting trip." Judgo.
I "What kind of a mau is Skinner?
I Does he do much iu tho way of enter
j tuiuiug?" "Entertaining I Why, Skin
ner is a good enough fellow in his way,
j but ho thinks too much of his monoy
1 to spend it iu feeding people. Really,
: I don't believe Skinner is hospitable
' enough to entertain a grudge." Bj
i ton Transcript.
i
Sho Could Whip Him.
I West Virginia, tho Mountain State,
, is lull of interesting characters. Back
I o' tho rather aristocratic little town of
1 Phillippi are fastnesses not yet dis
! turbed bv the onward march of civili
zation. A well known politician was
canvassing through that section for
votes, when he camo to a cabin wherw
a young woman was holding a man on
tho ground by his curs.
"Done got enough?" she asked.
"I give up," be taid. Then the girl
released tho man, who wont- away
looking very much abashed.
"What's tho trouble?" inquired the
politician. '
"Thar wa'n't no trouble," replied
tho girl. "He juss nxed me to morry
'im, an' I've ellus said 1 wouldn't marry
nny man I could whop. Kinder looks
lik'o I ooul lu' flu' one. I've tried
rnos' of 'em 'round hyar, an' none of
'em ain't uur i;ood. 1 tol' 'im all about
it, nn' didu't waut ter whop this un
much, but he jess went down soon as I
tackled 'im. 1 reckon I'll hev ter be
an' ol' maid. I kain't abide haviu' no
man that ain't mo' of a man thau me."
Washington Star.
Foreiguers In European Cities.
Jj3 Siecle, Paris, says that there is
so chief city iu Europe which con
tains such a large proportion of for
eiguers as Fans. In Lon Ion there
are 05,000 foreigner; iu St. Peters
burg thuie are 2:1,0 i t, or twenty-four
to every 10J0 inhujiiHuis ; in Vienna,
33,000, or twentv-two per 1000; ia
Berlin, 18,000, or eleven per 1000.
These portions are small in compari
son with Paris, where there are 181,
000 foreigners, or seventy-five per
1000, to which number must be added
47,000 naturalized Frenoh subject.
In Paris there are 20,803 Ger naus,
and in Berlin there are only 397
Frenoh people. As a general rule,
foreign competition is less keen in the
occupations eugaged in by women
than in those by men, always except
ing the occupations of Uooiestio ser
vants and governesses.