The OU Trar ami (he Sen.
How Swift they go,
Life's many years,
With tl elr winds of n
And their storms of tears,
And tbi ir darkest of nights whose shadowy
Op'
Art- lit with the flsshra of starriest hotes,
And their sunshiny day on whose on Ira
heavens loom
The c'mnls of the tempest the ihtdom of
gloom !
And nh! ire pray
Willi a itrlefto drear.
Tint tbe years may ntny
When Ibelr ((raves are neiir.
1 ho' tlm brown of to-morrows I radiant
nnil bright,
With love and with beauty, with life and
with light.
The (tend Ileitis of yesterdays, cold on the
titer,
to the hearts that survive them, sre evrr
more dear.
For the heart to true
To eaeh Old Year cleaves;
1 liu' the hand of the New
flowery garland weaver
Rut the tlowcrs of tbe future, tho' frsgrnnt
mid fair
With the past's withered leaflet may never
compare;
For denr I each dead leaf and dearer earn
t horn
In Hie wreiths whl. h the browt of our ait
jcar have worn.
Yen! men will cling
Willi a love to tbe last,
And wildly Mill
'J heir anna rouuil the past !
At tbe Tine th.it clings to the oiik thnt falls,
As the Ivy twlnea ruund tbe erumhled
nll;
for tbe duit of the p:it tome hearts higher
prise,
Than the star that flash from tbe future's
bright skies.
And why not so
The old, old year.
Tiiey knew and they know
All our hopes and fears;
We walked by their side, and we told Ibein
em b ttrlef,
And they kissed off our tears while they
whispered relief;
Ami the stories of heart that may not he
ri vea ltd
I u the hearts of the dead years are buried
and nealed.
Let the New Year sing
At the Old Year's grave;
Will the New YcurbriiiK
What tbe Old Year avcf
Ah! the Hd'auger-Year trips over the snows,
And liis brow la wreathed with msny a roee)
Kut how many thorns do the rose conceal,
Which the roses when withered will soon
reveal ?
, Let the New Year smile
When the Old Year dies;
In how short a while
Shall the smiles be sighs?
Vea! Stranger-Year, thou hail many
charm,
And thy fsce Is fair and thy greeting warm,
Kut dearer tbnu thou In his ahroud of
mows '
Is the furrowed face of tho year that goes.
Yeal bright Xew Y'car,
O'er all the earth,
Wlttl song and with cheer,
They will hull tby birth ;
Ihcv will trust thy words in a single hour
And they will love thy face, they will lau
thy power,
For tbe New bus charms which tho Old has
not,
And the Granger's, face makes tho Friend's
forgot.
l-'alher Kyau,
BETWEEN TWO LOVES.
BY OLIVIA WAItUKI.L.
While trying to secure somo wilt
flower for my cousin Goilrudo, I lout
uiy buliuico, uml full over the clill,
svhero Ihey found mo UiiconcUu. I
will any right hero lliut I hail not per
formed till dangerous feat because I
loved Uorlrmlo more Hutu liar siator
llopo. I felt that I wus destined to
lota my liourt to one of them, hut at
tho time was undivided lit my liking:.
I had boon unconscious for seino
day, when one morning I knew for
the tii 11 1 1 til o what wut passing about
ate. I could distinguish toft voices
that were familiar.
I trlod to opon my eyot and to
speak, but in vain. A weight, at of
lead, pressed dowu my lids and tied
my tongue.
But I could hear, at flrst faintly,
thuu (listinclly.
"Isn't It very strange, Garlic, how
certain inltfortuuo't are to couio to
gctharr Only ihluk of that bunk in
Calcutta falliug, and of cousin Rich
ard loving liis fortune, whllo ha it ly
ing here tick and unconscious I"
It it more disagreeable than
strange, I think," Gertrude's voice
tntwered, "for from a great catch ho
hat bouomo a pjnpor. ' I mutt tay It'
disappointing enough. I know ho
lovet mo devotedly, Hope, and I hnd
almost grown to like him at well, but
oowofcouiso, when he gelt bettor,
shall at once have to put hlui in hit
true place. "
"Gertie I Gertie! don't make your,
self out to hou'tloss and mercenary!"
Hope cried, her childish voice grieved
and pleading. "Say , :you are
uly jetting I Pleate dot You
don't really mean that, whiie a
aian Is rich, you can fclve blra your
heart only to take It away again wbeu
rouble comet to him!"
Tlinl It just II, Mitt Hope; and
when you have seen t,lfow more
year of Me, and Ioarntl how very
nlco money Is, you will abandon
your hlgh-inlndnd a'tllude nnd learn
io look out yourself for number
one"
I thtiddarod through all niy feeble
boss at I listened. Could tucli sordid,
wicked words be Issuing from the
beautiful mouth of her whom I had
deemed my Ideal woman?
There was a nullo of drapory, aud
Gertrude roao from her chair by tho
window.
"I'm going now Hope, for I see
mamma coming up the path. Who'll
rolluve you In a few moments, and I
want to practice a little." '
Coming to my bcd'lde, she paused
a moment.
"Pour Hick, how pale he looks!"
Hope said, softly.
"lie looks more yellow than palo,"
licr slstor answered. "But here comes
matninn."
The door that opened to admit Mr,
dean's motherly form closed upon
Gertrude.
"You need the fresh air, too, llopo
Ittiit uway, dear, Into tlm garden'
I'll lake care of cousin Dick. The
doctor will Im here soon. I think ho
will sen improvement."
"Do you, 1111111111111? Hn look very,
very ill to me," said I lupus voice
above my pillow.
Do you renlly think ho will get
better, innmma?''
A tnnr foil upon my forehead.
"To ho sure I do. My child, your
heart Is too sensitive for others'
trouble. You are growing to look
llko a shadow yoursolf. ltnti out into
the garden this moment, or the doc
tor will have two patteuis instead of
ono."
Ho this was the nattiro I had deemed
Inferior to the other. I had neglecled
the fragrant violet whllo stretching
my hand to reach (ho inoro flaunting
rose, and in doing so had discovered
tlintik fortune, In time! tho thorn.
Gertrude did not exporlenco the
trouble sho anticipated lu putting mo
in my "true place," for it was Hope
now to whom my convorasllon was
directed, mid whoso good will ( strove
with nil my powers to gain. At longlh
I had I lie. aatlsfuotioti of knowing that
my cflor'.t were not futile.
"lint I thought It was Gorlrtide
that you cared for, Dick," she said to
me, after; with nil the eloquence I
could msutcr I hud told her one day
what she had grown to bn to mo.
I ndmli'ud Gertrude I lovo you.
Hope; aro you suro, now dial my for
tune has taken to itsolf wings, that
you care for me enough to becotuo u
poor man's wife?"'
A proud flush crossed tho sweet,
Hi)nllivo face. "No girl could bo
poor whom you love," she ntiHwerod.
My undo und aunt wcro truly fond
of me, and nun I a no demur when they
learned tho state of allalrs. I Imvo
forgotten to say thnt both Gcrtrudo
and IIpo wore children of Mis.
Dean's llrst marriage so that no ob
jeetion could be raised on tbe point of
relationship,
"Wcmiy not be rich, but all tho
same we shall bo hnppy," I atsurod
thorn.
Aud they wore tntltflid.
Our marriago wat to take place in a
year's time. Tho days rolled by, un
til a mouth bo fore the blissful event.
Ono day uncle came Into tho library
with a plcco of intelligence.
"Mcrlewood," a magnificent plnce
that for a long time had been uuicn
anlod, had boon purchased, he had
hoard by a goiillomiin who was soon
to bring there a brido. Extensive
nliorationt and Improvements had a I.
ready boon begun.
'Oli,"cxclaluiod Gertrudo, "what a
prospect for a bride! Morlewood Is a
tilling abode for royally luolf. X
wonder If sho Is pretty, and if she ap
preciates her good fortune."
"I can answer tho tirst," I inter
rupted, smilingly, as I took Hope's
tiny baud in mine. "Sje is very, very
protiy, and hotter, sho is good. At
to the last, I do not bolluve she ap.
preciatos what you call her 'good for
tune' as yet, for sho does uot know of
it. Sho still thinks that her botrothod
It a poor man, not realizing that it
somotlmes happens that a part of a
fortuno may be lost through the fail
ure of one bank, while tho gteator
bulk msy reinalu unharmed iu au
othor." Rising, I led my wandering Hope,
Into whose gentle face a kuowlcdgo of
the truth was dawning, to her
parents.
"Uncle, aunt and Cousin Gertrude,"
I said, "allow me to present to you
the future mistress of 'Morlew-tod.'"
Of course ths questions then came
fast, and there wot some Utile excite
meat, not unmlngled with chiding
directed at myself.
fo tha midst of It all. with a mis.
turo ot expiessions upon her ti'unll?
en in face, among which surpriso nnd
chagrin were foremost, Gertrude took
her departure from the room. And
so I won my wife, my Jewel and my
Hope, the anchor which will hold me
fast no matter how many may be the
temptations which the coming years
esu hold.
Beeswax.
The manufacture of beeswax. Is In
itsolf an Important industry In this
country. Formerly It wai prepared
In a crudo way by simply pressing the
honey out of the comb. The best of
it Is made from the cuppings wilb
which tho beos cover up the colls after
they ore tilled with honey. It Is now
commonly refined for market by a
new process of American Invention,
sun's rays being employed to assist
tlio operation. The crude wax Is put
Into a shallow metnl tank covered with
glass, alongside of which Is a mirror
so placed as to Tolled the rays of tho
sun Into the tank. This produces a
very high temperature insldo of the
'auk, tho bottom of which is an In
dined piano. The wat a it molts
runs down and strains llself through
wire gaur.e into a receptacle.
After cooling, it is ready for mar
ket. Decswux Is utiliod for a great
variety of purposes among others,
for nrtillclul flowers, phonograph
cyllnders,oliitmouts, pomades, loalbor
dre'niuK. and the beautifying ot
floors. It is used for embalming the
dead, and by dontists for taking
moulds of people's jaws. In India It
Is cinployod for dyeing cloths, those
portions ot the fabric which are not
lutondod to tako the color being cov
ered with a thin layer ot wax. One
of the most important ues for bees
wax is iu tho manufacture of candles.
Roman Cai hollo priosts are not per
mitted by tho rogulalious of the
church to employ candles mado of any
oilier materliil Hum wax produced by
bees. In (ho Orook Church everyone
who attends divluo sorvlcos uiut bring
a caudle of wax. The people provide
themselves for this purpose with little
tapers.
In countries about the eastern part
of the Mediterranean those tapers are
current like) coins, being n medium of
exchnugo lu a small way. Tho chart
tublo give tl ic in to boggars instead of
coppors. Mendicants go from door to
door with baskets, collecting the lit Ll o
c indies, and sell them to the churches,
lu Europo much wine and vinegar are
in ado from honey, and lu France cakos
of honey, sugar and almonds are con
sumed in Tint quantities. Honey is
nhletly utilized for medicinal purposes
tn China. There, ns well ns in India,
the larv j) of Decs aro considered a del
icacy, and the brood-combs containing
young grubs aro much rolislicd.
Uostoit Transcript.
Russian Hotels.
The hotels of this city and t.
Petersburg are among tho largest in
tho world, says Frank G. Carpenter,
writing from Moscow, Russia. Tho
Hotel do Europo ot the latter city hat
many hundreds of rooms and you 1oe
yourself again nnd again lu wuiidoriug
through them. This holol at Moscow
must covor tire ucros, and you can
food a thous.uid puoplo iu lis res
taurant nt ono time. Tho restsurnn't
of the Russian hotels Imvo sopaiato
cashiers from the rooming parts of the
hotel aud you pay for your meals when
you get them. You cun gut a very fair
dinner lioro for 79 couts, und I had for
this anion lit today a soup, a ronst,
tome (lull, some game and a dessert
This moal was served under a great
dome and my tablo was next to a mar
ble fouutuiu lu which tl h were swim
ming. When I ordorcd my fl-.li I
stepped up lo the fouutuiu nnd pointed
out l lie flsh I wanted to the while
gowned waller, and he took a not and
dipped It out and sent it to tho kitchen.
It was a ttorlet, which it one of the
finest timet of Rusta, and within ten
minutes after tho waller had caught
it I found it sizzling on a phtle before
me. I tako my dinners and my luuchos
iu the restaurant, us I the Russian
custom, and my brcnkfiist is always
soi vod iu my room. I Imvo this when
1 Lrct up, and It consists ot lo t or
cotl.-e with bread and butler und uoth
ing more, If I order tea the waller
brings it in lu a tumbler instead of a
cup, and I have adopted the Uus.lau
mothod of drinking it with a bit of
lemon In the place of milk. This
breakfast I pay for with my room,
aud I am expected to glvo my waller
from fifty cents to a dollar when I
leave for having sowed it to me.
She Seised Her Opportunity.
'I am always moved by the sound
ot music," aaid young Phlathead, at
the clock struck 11.
"Let me play something for you,'
said Miss Uultte. with sud lea eagi
MAKING RAIiY.
rAtf.tmti OP CJKN Kit At, OYIIEN.
I'OHl'H'S PI,AM IM TEXAS.
ItowthnThen.-r Originated and How
I'ixperlmenls Wore Conducted
Alinnanhprlc CntndHlnns tin
changed hjr Concussion.
ENKRAL DYItKK
forth's fourth finer-
fjrfiment in rain-mukinu
lT TeM has proved,
says a Chicago Herald
letter from Sim An
tonio, no more suc
cessful or satisfactory
than wera his three
experiments of last
year. There seems
to be something in
the atmosphere of
Texas thst is "a-in"
tho theory of the
scientists who helicfi)
in rainmakltitr by at
tacking the heavens with hrunh. It is
probable that this will end all fmthcr
attempts to carry tho theories to a suc
cessful conclusion in this State, even if
it does tint result In the abandonment of
the theories altogether. Tbe people who
havo hacked General Dyrenforth's last
experiments nro satisfied that rainmakmif
cannot be made a successful or profitable
pursuit; the co npany which was to have
been formed, bad tbese experiments been
successful, will probsbly not materialize,
and the geutlomen who hivo put up all
tho way from flOOO to t50lif) each will
return home poorer in purse, but rich in
experience.
In view of this Isst unsatisfactory at
tempt to disturb tho forces of nature, it
may be interesting to give a brief history
of the icienco of raininuking by force of
explosives. Ex-Scuator Karwcll is really
tbe guilty person who projected this un
happy theory upon a" unsuspecting
world. He was not the discoverer of the
alleged science, but he is responsible for
supplying the means with which General
Dyrenforth made his first experiment.
Tho real ditcover of the science was K l
ward Powers, who in 1871 published a
book entitled "War and the Weather."
This was a collection of historical data
tending to show that even in very dry
regions, battles, during which thero was
cannonading, were followed by copious
falls of rain. The fact was not new in
itself, for even Napoleon had written in
the aamo strain of many ot hia cam
paigns and many European scientists of
a later day wrote ot tho unusually wet
SOME OS TUB ISSTtlUMKNTS.
seasons which prevailed throughout
France during the Franco-Prussian
war. Jlr. Powers, however, presented tho
matter in such distinctive and concrete
form that it attracted general attention.
Mr. Powers wanted the Government to go
into Iho business of rainmaking on lines
Ciju'vulcDt to fighting a great battle; ho
wanted to rofott to I eary cannonading
with the uual Implements of war, and
lie estimated that tho cost of two exper
iments cxcluiivo of the cost of the gun;,
which wcro to bo loaned for tho pur
pose by tbe Government, would b'j
(161,300. T.iis wss a suggestion too
expensivo to be thought of, and tho
scheme in itsolf attracted no attention.
Nine years later General Daniel ltuggles,
of Virginia, invented a balloon which
whon tilled with gases, could be sent
into midair carrying ulnft explosives to
be let go at whatever distance desirable
by meaus ot electricity. It was this in
vention which attracted the attention ot
MANOPACTUBWO OSVaB
6cnator Farwell, who has already given
the subject much thought. General
Dyrenforth was also a student of this
method of producing rain and !he and
Senator Farwell had just about this time
acquired, through his interests in the
Texas State capital syndicate, an enor
mous cattlo ranch in Texas, and natur
ally the subject was one of great interest
to him. Lieutenant John P. Findlsy,
ot the army signal service, was also an
enthusiastio boliuver in tbe theory of
rain-production by artificial means, and
he, Senator Farwell, Genera! Dyrenforth
and General Ruprules bad, during the
years 1680 aud 1830, many consultations.
At Ust Senator Farwell obtained from
Congress an appropriation ot 99000 with
which to test the theory, the tame to be
expended by the Department ot Agri
culture. Out of thlt fund the expert
mensot last year in Tsxaa and ot Ust
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jjiifpi
nils rr
summer at Fort Moyer near Washington
were conducted.
As tno world knows, none of these ex
periments were completely satisfactory.
In some of them rain was no doubt pro
duced in limited quantities, but whether
from tho result ot the experiments or
tNrr.ATfsii tub
.xri,nsivK nsr.i.oo.
Irom natural rauscs, was not fully de
termined. General Dyrenforth believe
that he produced the ruin. I.Msintcreitod
people who observed the experiments and
noted tbe atmospheric condition', before
and after, were inclined to believe that
the detonations and concussions of Gon
eral Dyrcnfotth's batteries had very lit
tle to do with it. Hut certain it is that
mi experiment directly produced rain in
sufficient quantities to bo of any practi
cal valuo in proving tho correctness of
the science. Granting that the rain was
tbe remit of the explosion tho limited
quantity which fell wa entirely too ex
pensive n luxury for common people to
indulge In, nor did it come in sufficient
volume to be of any benefit to the region
in which It fell.
MARINO flTDRCnKS
Though prosecuted upon tho line
general line, the experiments in Han
Antonio wcro conducted In a somewhat
dillcrent way from tho preceding ones.
A higher power explosive was used anl
hesvier chariic fired from tho ground
tbnu were lirod at any of tho experi
ments ot Inst year. The new explosive,
culled roscllite, invented by Dr. Itosell,
the eminent chemist of tho patent otlioe,
Washington, was used for tho ground
batteries. This it un cxplosivo of ten
per cent, higher power than dynamite,
and been n so it is impossible to rxplodo
it without tho aid of dynamite, it is
infinitely more safo to transport and
handle. This cxplodvc 1 a mixturo of
thirty-two parts of nitruto of soda,
twenty parts of chlorate of potash and
two purls of nsphalt oil. The chlorate
of potash and oil nro mixed together,
and that mixturo is mixed with tho ni
trate of soda. When complote the
mixture cannot he distinuiselicd from
a Hoe grudo of light brown suifur, Ic is
absolutely non-explosive in mere han
dling; it cannot even be exploded by
the ordinary explosive cap. To explode
a five-ponnd cartridge of rosollito ro
utines two ounces of dynamite, and the
insertion Into thm of the ordinary ful
minate of mercury cap. The cap ex
plodes the dynamite and the dynatnito
I explodes the roscllite, and then you want
to be conveniently absent Irom tho vi
cinity. In tho San Antonio experiments,
charges us lure as thirty pounds were
exploded from the ground. Tho charge
s umallv tied to tho limb of a tree
at about live or six feet from the
tround, then a duplex electric wire was J
connected to the dynamito fuse and cap
and carried a distance of a thousand foe;
to a portable dynamo. When the charge
was fired tbo noise wss simply appalling.
Many of these explosions were within
2000 yards of houses In the vicinity. It
is quite safe to say that there was not a
whole pane of glass left, and chimneys
were shattered and doors blown in.
Usually tho trees upon which the charges
ot rosellito were nfPxed wcro blown into
toothpicks, und In some cases even the
OAS FOU BUXOOSS.
roots were torn from the ground. In all
previous experiments the explosives used
in the ground b itteries were rackarock
nnl dynamite. Much was expected from
the rcelllte, that being a more powcrlul
explosive, as it doubtless is for reading
or disintegrating purposes, such at uso
in mines, etc., but it was the opinion of
General Dyrenforth and tbe other experts
that for the purposes of rainmaking it
was not as good as tho other mixtures.
It did not seem to make the same con
cussion, nor was its noise as great. But
all experience shows that ground batter
ies and explosions are ot little value. If
rain is to be made at all by explosives it
must be by balloon work in the clou-Is.
Whatever result wat obtained from any
of these experiments wat manifestly the
result of balloon ' explosions. Not only
ware they more powerful, !the noise
greater and the concussion more terrific,
nrt tv
zmm
but they seemed to retch tho very center
of moisture In the hesvens.
General Rugirloi't plan offsenillng ex
plosions aloft by mca ns of balloons wat
not used In any of these or preceding
experiments. A simpler and more effec
tive plan wa adopted. From the very
first General Dyrenforth took no stock
In lending explosives aloft to be flrod
from balloons. The very plan was for
bidding nnd too dangerous to bo
thought of. Ry the aid and invsntivn
cenlu of Dr. Rosoll a method was dis
covered of inflating the'halloons with ex
plosive material, sending thorn tip to
work out their own sweet will, and at a
proper moment explode either by means
of an electric battery or time fuse. The
first experiments were with electric
wires, but these wcro cumbersome and
costly, nnd therefore in ths San Antonio
experiments tho time fuso alone was
ii'ed. The explosive to fill tbe bal
loons is a combination of hydrogen and
oxygen In the proportion of two of the
former and ono of tho latter. This mix
ture of gases explode with the slightest
spark, nnd when it goes it goes for all
it is worth. Tho explosion of a twelve
foot balloon at a height of 4000
feet Is a pretty sight. The flash is
10,000 times the power of an aro
light nnd It shoots out points
and jottings very much like the sua dur
ing n total eclipse. Ami then the awful
stillness which prevails between the
brilliant flash and tho frightful concus
sion which one awaits on tip-toe, fa
almost awe-inspiring. When tho crash
comes it is terrible. If tbe explosion bas
taken place near or under a cloud there
is tn echo, and another ocho, and Beam
ingly a wave of echoes reach the earth In
proportion lo the number of clouds, but,
after all the clouds don't seem to mind
wcsiirjsv'ir ' . a'
Vl its
OAS fOn IlAt.LOONS.
it much. Once or twice during tbe bal
loon experiments one could see that the
cloud rifts were disturbed, but their per
turbation nnd quite conspicuous frown
did not result in tears. If the science
ot rainmakiog is evor to bo carriel to
success by thoso method it must be by
balloons, and to employ them in suffi
cient numbers will entail a cost and dif
ficulty of construction nnd operation
scarcely conimcnsurato with any benefit
likely to be obtainod.
Turl Carriers of Ireland.
A distinctive feature of tbo historic,
melons of Killnrney and other parts ot
Ireland are tho turf or peat carriers, who
sre usually women employed by the peat
farmers or those who make a business ot
cutting up the soil of the red bogs into
a Ttmr carrim.
tqunres, which are dried aud sold for
fuel. The women are the wives and
daughters ot cottagers, frugal, industri
ous, remarkably handsome and of tine
figures, which sre strengthened and de
veloped by this out-of-door labor. It it
not infrequent to hear them singing in a
rich, natural voice the plaintive songs of
Ireland in their native Celtic tongue.
While the manufacture of fuel out of
turf is curriod on by man, these women
do considerable business In selling it in
its prepared state or In delivering it,
in small quantities. Thoir wages sre
mere triflo, but help to eke out sa exist
ence that is full of privations.
Strange.
This globe it full of octant and of
lakes, both large and small, but the ae'.lU
pond down near sraadpa't (aim I essv
Mt find at all. Puck. .
. Hit r.lf . .-