Tetnplo Bar, qnotiug from au old
Jnglish alnianno, tells of three differ,
rot instances of human life ex'.endiug
feeyoud 300 years.
The Roentgen photography, com
ind with the color camera, may sd-
Cutageously be used as a tent (or blue
uoil iu aspirants to aristocratic social
rirclcf, suggests the New York World.
The Miunesota Supreme Court lins
decided that when a depositor's check
d.Haouored by the bauker (or the
alleged reason that he has not suffi
cient f n ntla of the maker in his bauds
to pay the same, when in fact he has,
it amounts to a slander of the deposi
tor, for which damages may be re
covered. A San Francisco woman is suing
lcr sister for $'Jj!),00i) for "services
Tendered" in promoting the successful
viari 1 nu of the latter. In her bill of
particulars the plnintifT specifies that
be "interviewed'' the prospective
Iridegrooni in respect to the engage
ment between him and hor sister.nnd
'solicited him to keep, fulfil ud per
iorm said contract," and that tho in
terview was had at her sister's re-
noH'
Although it is generatly understood
that tho Russian govurutuont contem
plates the introduction of the Greg
rinu calendar at the close of the cen
. inry, it has not yet boon decided
whether the reform shall be effected
uddculy and entirely or by a gradual
process. The latter scheme consists
in omitting the first twelve leap-years
Her 1900, and tho change from the
Id style to the now ' would iu this
way cjver period of forty-eight
JCar.s '
Tho Department of Agriculture
ays that there aro 110 apiarian sock
tics iu the United Statos.nine apiarian
jnnrnaU aud fli'teen steam beehive and
implement factories The honey pro
duced iu the United States in 18C9
was ne wly 13,000,000 pounds and in
18s9 CI, 000,000 pounds. It is esti
mated that there are 300,000 persons
the Uuitod States engaged in bee cul
ture, au I that tho wholesale value ol
Jbouey aud wax produced in 1839 was
17,000,000.
Say- tin New York Triiaine: "The
3lotl:c iild's declined to take any inter
est in onr present boud issue, and
Siay "view with alarm" the fact thut
tho American euglo can get along
quite w.ill without them. England
liken tie fought shy of it Venezuelan
memories were too rocent and rauk
liug, and tho state of American finan
ces too precarious. A new light dawnt
Upon her, also, illuminating the
proposition that we have some money
f onr own which we can draw on io
tim; of need, a fact not unworthy oi
her attentive consideration."
What do you say to this new method
in phoo,'rphy? asks the New York
HerabL Yon can only stand aghast
in wonder. Dr. Roentgen's discovery
of a new kind of ether waves which
will pass through metal, as light passei
ttirouh glass, will have great results,
St enables au expert to take a picture
of a uiau's skeleton and of the whol
pbysioul interior. Heretofore the
surgeon has hunted for bullet with
knife and probe, bat now he can take
photograph of the patient, and tii(
picture will tell him where the bullet
lies hidden. All that is loft to dis
cover is some way to repair the nerve
waste and wear of tissue that is con
stantly going on. After that we shall
live so long that the future historian
will speak of Methuselah as having
died prematurely in infancy.
Ruv. Mudison C. Peters, in a reoeul
erniou iu New York city,spoke about
the restlessness of the women who live
only for fashion and pleasure, and
Teoommeudud as cure (or it the care
ud training of children, which he
Relieved would wipe out at least nine
tieths of the restlessness so much
- complained of. He knew, he said,
that children are becoming unfash
ionable, bnt the necessity of doing
good to some one who needs it waa an
imperative one, and he urged thai
people who had no children of thoii
own should take at least two o( some
other family. There ii no doubt muob
practical sense in this suggestion, re
Jnarkstbe Trenton (N. J.), Amerioau.
The women of fashion and pleasure
re doubtless violating the lawi ol
their nature when they aim to lire
neh life. To be restful and happy
they should be workiug for somebody
who needs their kindly and loving
stini-trations. Something to keep
their ' minds and heart and hand
' kusy. The penalty they pay (or shirk
t1 this duty id the on pointed out
. ' j Hi. , Ptr restlessness. They
- y I s aV to shirk the duty, bat tj
if- - t"" reoa'ty. "
Nest Building.
Because t built ray nest so high,
Must I despair
If a neroe wind with bitter cry,
Passes the lowor branches by,
Ami mine makes barn?
Be.-ause I buna; It, In my pride,
Ho near the skins,
Higher tbnn other nests ohlcl",
Must t lament, If tar and wide,
It seatt"r"l lies 1
I shall net bulbl and build my nest,
Till, safely won,
I hang aloft my new-made nest,
II 1Kb as of old and see It rest
As near the sun.
1. Radford In the New Cnlty.
THE MISSING SAPPHIRE
BY HRLLE FORREST GRAVES).
"A dozen tea-bisouit, did you say,
Mrs. Rjoiiey?" said the baker's wife;
"and a loaf of bread? aud a card of
black gingerbread? Just let me tako
your basket, ma'am, and I'll pack 'cm
in a deal better than you could. Yes,
as I was saying, there be lies, clean
out of his head and raving, and no
body to take care of him but mo. And
yon may guess how much time I get.
ma'am, what with the shop and tho
six children, and Feathortop's old
mother to look after."
"But why on earth," said the cus
tomer who had ordered tea-biscuit,
bread and black gingerbread, "don't
you send the poor fellow to some Los
pital?" "Just what the doctor advised bis
owu self," said Mrs. Feathertop.
"But, la I the minute one mentions
tho word 'hospital,' you'd think be
would go out of his head, poor soul I
'No, no, not' he says, over and over
again, and he holds on to the side of
tho bedpost until ono must have
heart of iron to try nnd get him away.
Aud the worst of it is, he's just been
turned out of his place."
"Turned out of bis placet" repeated
Mrs. Rooney, while Mies Price, the
pale little seamstress who rented the
top back room of Mrs. Feathortop,
end kept herself on infinitesimal mor
sels of bread and meat which she
picked np nobody know where, paused
to listen, on her way through the
shop.
"lie was getting good wages in a
manufacturing jeweler's," said the
baker's wife, evidontly enjoying ber
small andienoo, "and Mr. Ooldilove
sot store by him, for he's way o(
working that he'd learned in (oreign
parts, aud they tell me it's quite an
art to set them precious stones in the
gold so as they'll staud firm and show
off their colors to advantage And
there was a particular choice jewel
sent there to be set as a wedding pres
eut for some youug lady a sapphire,
they say it's called and it was gi'n
into his charge. And from that day
to this ma'am and Miss Price, there
hasn't nothin' ever beon heard of that
sapphire. If it hud been any one
else, Mr. Goldilove would have bad
him arrested ; but this John Judson
had always borne so good character,
and was such au out-and-put respect
able man, as he hadn't the heart to do
it But he discharged him, of course
who wouldn't ? And here the poor
(ellow is, out of place, with no ref
erence, and, so (ar as I know, without
penny in his ' pocket And what
we're to do, I don't know, (or it's
downright sure as I can't spare the
time to give him his drops and look
after him as sick man should be
looked after."
"Has he' no friends ?" said Mrs.
Rooney.
"Bles your heart, no 1" aaid the
baker's wife. "He is stranger in
the country. And poor folks, mind
you, ma'am, don't pick up (rienda
here aud there and everywhere, like
tho millionaires we read about"
Just here Miss Prioa stepped for
ward, with hor little splint basket on
ber arm.
"Mrs. Feathertop," said aha diffi
dently, "I am quite alone in the
world, with no tiea to keep me busy,
If you don't objeot, I'll take my sew
ing down into Mr. Judson'a room and
take care of him days, if Mr.
Feathertop won't mind the night
charge."
"I'm sure, Miss Price, it would be
deed of Christian charity," aaid Mrs.
Feathertop.
And as she afterwards said to Mrs.
Rooney:
"It wasn't as, i( Miss Prioe were
young and pretty. She's forty, if
she's day," said the baker's wife.
"And she's had small-pox, as you may
aee for yourself, Mrs, Rooney, ma'am ;
nd her hair ia red and ber eyelashes
is white, and I often think, ma'am, of
what Feathertop aaid, when first she
engaged our top-story back, 'Peggy,'
ay Feathertop, says he, 'we've got
the bumbliest woman in Mew York (or
our tenant'"
But Mary Prioe, if she was neither
young nor baautifnl, possessed the
rut ttriiet of ick-nur tut
toft step, the quick perception, the
noiseless, gliding movement and be
fore she had been the guardian gonius
of poor John Judson'a room (or
week, the (ever turned and he began
to grow better. .
"So," he said, suddenly, one bleak
Fobrimry afternoon, when Mary Trice
bad been stitching silently by his
side, "i shall get well"
"The doctor says so," silently as
sented Miss Price.
"Why didu't they lot me die?"
groaned the poor lapidary, screwing
up his forehead,
Miss Price looked at him in amaze
nieut. "Dou't you want to live?" she said.
"What have I got left to live (or?"
burst out John Judson. "I have
neither name nor fame left, and can't
even get the chance to earn my own
living. They believe mo to be a thief.
As well dio of fever as die of starva
tion." Miss Price looked gently at hlra.
"Thero is no nocd of either," said,
she. "I have fow dollars in the
savings bank. You are weloomo to
them until you can work end cam
something for yourself."
Jndeou raised himself on Lis elbow
nnd stared at her.
"Why do you give me your hard
earned savings?" said he, bluntly.
"Because you need them more than
I do," said Miss Trico, sewing away.
Judson uttered a low, bitter laugh.
"I thought tho race of Christians
was extiiict," said he. "But" I be
lieve there are some left"
After that he recovered rapidly.
But on tho day on which ho first sat
up there came a thundering knock nt
the door, and in walked old Mr. Gold
love, plump, clean-shaven, nnd look
ing eminently respectable iu his fur
trimmed overcoat and now kid gloves.
Judson started.
"Have you como to arrest me, sir,"
said he.
"Not at all, my dear fellow not at
all," said the old gentleman. "Look
hero."
, And opening his hand he showed,
snugly reposing in the palm, some
thing small and sparkling, like drop
of bluo dew.
"Its tho Mordaunt sapphire," ex
claimed tho lapidary ratber eagerly.
"Exnctly," aaid Mr. Ooldilove. "It
is tho Mordaunt sapphire, aud whore
do you suppose we (ound it?"
"I am euro, sir, I do not know,"
answorod Judson, whoso (ever bright
eyes wero still fixed on the glittering
bluo jewel, as if he expected to see it
melt away.
"Why," ohuckled Mr. Ooldilovo,
"I was the thief myself. Ha, ba,
hal"
"You, sir ?" askod John.
"I heut this coat to tho furrier's,"
said Mr. Goldilove, "to havo the trim
ming repaired whore it had ripped
away. Aud tho furrior found the sap
phire lodged noatly in seam. It
must have clung to the (ur some time
when I leaned my elbow carelessly on
tho table slipped in at the ripped
place, aud tuokod itself comfortably
away. And all tho time I was scold
ing about you, Judson, and believing
you, in my heart, to be thiof, I was
carrying about the missing jewel my-
solf. Good faith, my dear fellow I I've
thought sinoe, if the Lord judged us
as hardly as we judge each othor, our
chances in the othor 'world would be
mighty slim, eh? But I'm sorry
sorry from the vory bottom of my
heart and I beg your pardou, Jud
son I &uu me oia piaoe at tue snop
is waiting for you, with a little rise in
wages, whenever you choose to oome
back I"
And be cordially wrung the lapi
dary's hand once more, and hobbled
off; and it was not until he had gone
that Judson discovered that he had
left a twenty-dollar bill on the table,
foldod iu an envelope, directed to
"John Judson."
When Miss Prioe came in, as usual,
on her way home from the shirt fac
tory where she worked, John. Judson
had a atory to tell her.
'You've kept my heart up many
time Miss Prioe," said he, "when it
has been like lump ol leaa in my
breast, with your tales about the
various little adventures you had
aeeking (or work iu all those down'
town plaoes; aud now I've got an ad'
venture to relate to you I"
Miss Prioe burst into tear when
ah heard it
"I am ao glad, Mr. Judson I" she
oried. "Ob, I am so glad I But
knew all along that you never took
that jewel"
"God bless you (or thatl"said Jud
son, in low voioe.
When Mrs. Feathertop oarae up, she
was full o( Mr. Goldilove' good
nature the pennies he had give ber
little ono, the praise he Lad adjudged
to the shining, glaes-toppeA counter
nd pile of wholesome-looking
breed. .
"And so the sapphire waa (ound
after nil," said Mrs. Feathortop. "But
ear me I havo you heard about poor
Miss Trice? Did she tell you?"
'No," said Judson. "What is It?"
'The shirt factory has failed," aaid
Mrs. Feathertop. "The bnnds are oil
oft without work, and what' worse,
thoir back wages never will be paid.
m dreadful sorry for poor Mis
Trice. It does seem as if she had
nothing but 111 luck in the world.
But there I I've left Tatty in the store.
nd she don't know the prioe of
thing. I must hurry back as fast as
ovor I can."
Miss Trice came down into the
bakery that evening.
Mrs. Feathertop," said she, "lam
oitig to give up my room.
"I supposed so," said Mrs. Feather
top, wrapping up loaf of Boston
brown bread in paper for customer.
'Well. Miss Trice, I'm sorry, but"
"But I didut tell you all," said
MiBs Price. "I I'm going to be
married to Mr. Judson."
Down rolled the loaf of Boston
brown bread to the floor.
'Kb?" cried the baker's wife. "It
in't possible t"
But it was. Tlain little Miss Trice,
with the whito eyelashes, the red hair
the I'ock-niarked complexion, bad
wou n husband after all I
"In my eyes, dearest," John Jud
son had said, "yours is the sweetest
ace in all the world. It bent over
my sick-bod whon I should havo died
save fur its holp and sympathy; it
ighted up tho dark hours of my weary
convalescence: it shone like star
my utmost uood ; and if you will
truBt yourself to me, Mary, you shall
never God helping me have reason
to regret it."
So they wero married, much to the
woqder of the world in general.
"Will," said Mrs. Feathertop, "if
Misi Price Lai got a Lusband, then
nobody need despair."
But Mrs Feathertop' vision was
duller than that of John Judson.
She had not seon the glory of Miss
'rice's pure soul shining through the
plain face. Saturday Night
III British titilaua's Capital.
A correspondent of the Boston
Transcript thus dosoribos Gaorgotown,
British Guiana: "In the hotels are
managers and overseers drinking
'swizzles' and playing billiards. The
cigarette is universal. Everything and
everyone scorns languid and half
asleep. No sigu of a struggle (or ex
istence. They live on nothing and (or
nothing in particular. Business is
good, it is said, but there are no signs
of it Clothing is inexpensive, and
thoy woar little. The heat ia terrific
aud thoy drink 'swizzles' and smoke.
Backward and forward plies the ferry
boat from the east to the west coast of
the slimy Demorara. Ship of every
kind sleop beside the dooks. In the
distance, loom the smoking chimneys
of the sugar plantations. Peace aud
pleuty is written on all The blue
shadows alcep on the streets, and the
hucksters sleep in thorn, lulled by
the buzz of the droniug beetle in the
leaves sbovo thorn. It is tho Lour of
the midday siesta. Toward evoning
the sea wall ia alive with people a
strong dike of massive atone against
which tho sea beats in vain, sanding
up huge bursts of foam to startle yon
two lovera from thoir reverie as band
in hand, iu Guianese style, they lan
guidly promenade in the ray o( the
setting sun."
Denizen of The Veldt,
In the Veldt county is the old wild
herd of gnu known to exist.
Beautiful spotted leopards haunt the
dense reep beds, but they are shy and
hard to shoot
The South African lion is the fierc
est of its tribe, and has grown so bold
that it attacks draught animals on the
march.
The sable antelope protects itself
from the lion' attack by lying flat
down and making prodigioua sweeps
with its terrible saber-like horns.
A Botaleur oagle, when hunting,
flies with its obia, laid almost on the
breast, so that it looka baokward and
and sees any hidden game.
The vultures in the Veldt attain
huge size, and meet every morning be
fore breakfast for plunge end bath
habit that ia seldom oredited to
these birds.
' Sadle-buoked stork appear in great
number in the Veldt, and in the even
ing flocks of them "fly spirals" which
aooouut for their appareut horizontal
soaring.
Plenty of It,
Brown Do you really think that
bicyoling give you plenty of exer
cise? Jones (just learning) Enough?
Why, man, iU gymnMJum. tobog.
,u iuui ..... ww
one. Foot'
MODERN JvVRECKERS.
They Play The Good Samaritan
On a Gash Basis.
An Industry That Has Grown
Into An Art
Tho salvage money paid every year
for saving ships in the waters of New
York City is greater than the salvage
for any other harbor in the world.
The immonso shipping interests of the
city nre probably attended with
smaller porcentage of accidents than
most harbors. There are, however,
hundreds of accidents, from a variety
of causes, in the course of year, to
ships of all sizes and conditions, nnd
the work of rescuing distressed vessels
has grown to to bo a regularly estab
lished business. There are at pres
ent some ton firms devoted to this
work of mercy for fixed charges, and
the annual income from its interest
amounts in the aggregate to several
hundred thousand dollars a year. Be
sides thuso there are scores of pilots,
heavy tugs and a variety of craft,
which aro always on tho lookout for
an opportunity to play tho Good
Samaritan. It happens, however,
that, unlike this familiar example,
those s.iviors of vessels are not
willing to work for nothing more sub
stantial than for charity's sake, and
very exorbitant rates are charged for
such services. The snlvnge is in sucb
cases regulated by law.
If it wore not for these modern
Samaritans, New York harbor would
be converted every year into a regular
ship graveyard. It is not generally
known that there are several hundred
wrecks of one kind and another al"
most within sight of the battery each
year. These vary from the great
ocean greyhounds to tho dirty little
clam boats. The amount of salvage
money colleoted, of course, varies ac
cordingly. These bnsinoss transac
tions between the wreckers and the
wrecked is carried on invariably on
the principlo of "no cure, uo pay."
A largo part of the wrecks about
New York consist of vessels of all
races aud previous conditions, which
have sunk to the bottom of the har
bor. Tho popular moaning of tho
word salvage is the money paid to
somo brave orcw who risk thoir livos
and their boats in the purely disinter
ested effort to save sailors who are iu
the greatest peril on the high seas.
Casus of this kind aro, however, com
paratively rare. It sometimes hap-
deiis, to be sure, that the tiny crew of
some oyster boat or other small craft
have to be rescued from the waves aud
aftorwurd brought to by the adminis
tration of a plentiful supply of stint'
ulunts aud blankets.
The moderu wrecker, however, iB,
first of all, the clever business man.
The popular notion of tho wrecker
with his uudonbted courage and un-
selfishness Las been replaced by I
clever speculator, who works only up
on a striot oash basis. The wrecker
works (or a porcentage, and when he
succoeda in restoring vessol to some
thing of its old condition he is allowed
by law to levy upon a ship if ueces
sary, in order to coiioot nis tun.
Thero are bad dobts in this Sumaritau
business, as well as in any other. I,
sometimes happens that the rescued
bark is not worth the cost of resuscitat
ing her. The rates by tho way, for
these charitable sorvioa are exceed
ingly high.
The largest amount of salvago
money ever asked (or a single job is
the fee which is to be paid (or aervioes
to the great American liner St Paul.
There can bo nd doubt that this is by
far the largest ship ever found in dis
tress in or about New York Harbor,
The work of bringing her safely to
her dock, which wus carried on with
auoh energy, illustrates very well the
magnitude as well as the skill of the
wrecking industry. The larger cou
tractors for oarryiug out this Samari
taulike work have at their oommaud the
most improved maobinery known,
They can on an instant become the
commandera of good-sized navy of
tug boats, lighter aud variety of
marine craft The reputation of these
oash basis Samaritans is so good, as
waa that of the Biblical ancestors,that
they are intrusted with wealth. In
this oase, as all the world knows, they
were required to handle incidentally
rather more than a million of dollars
in gold. New York Journal
Use of Light Kangaroo.
Light kangaroo skins are inado into
the finest brilliant glazed kid and iu
dull finish for ladies' flue shoos, aud
the heavy ones are ttuisbed for men'
fine work. Mueh of it is orimped and
old for tongue boot. Shoelaoe of
j d m gUg m Q( fc-J
i j V
.J
How Two Cent Were Saved. ;
It takes woman to whittle expend
iturea down to fine point and figure
out bargain," remarked s man the
thor day. "I was looking at aome
now books in one of the large shops
last Monday, and just behind were
stacked over 1,000 cheap popular
novels, put up to sell cheap. Each
tier was placarded : 'Three cents each
four dime,' and the tiers reached
to the ceiling. Two ladies were look
ing at the books, both well gowned
aud rather above the average in ap
pearance. They were evidently
strangers, for I beard one say to the.
other t "Areyou going to take book,
madam?"
" 'Why, yes, I thought I would,
was the surprised reply. 'I wan
something to read on the cars. I think
I will enjoy reading "David Copper-
field," so I have selooted that'
" 'Have you got two centB?' was the
next question.
'"I- Ithi nk so,' was the rather
blow respouse, the tone of surprise
deepened.
"Just lot me have it,' said the
other, as turned around to see if
there" wasn't some kind of a flim-flam
game going on. -4
" 'Here,' to the clerk she Lad book-
oued. 'do "David Copperfleld" up in
one package and those three in an
other, and hero s your ten oente.
Hurry, this lady has to catch train.'
"The girl was back in jiffy, and
before any of ns could figure it out the
ady h.nd shoved 'David Copperfleld.
uto the bauds of the traveler and
taken possession of Ler own three
books. 'There,' she said, 'yon get
your book (or two cents aud I get my
three (or eight cents. You have saved
one penny and so Lave L Save the
pennies and the pounds will take care
of themselves,' and she wont of laugh
ing. I'll bet it would Lave taken
man a week to figure that out, and I
am not sure that I Lave it right yet"
Chicago Chronicle.
Inspiration for a Famous Poem.
The remains of Samuel Ward worth
are soon to be cremated in San Fran
cisco, though be died more than fifty
years ago. George P. Morris, who
edited his poems, telle how his most
famous poem, "The Old Oaken Butk.
ot," came to bewrittont
"The family was living at the time
on Uuune Street, JX. I. ine poet
came home to dinner one very warm
day, having walked from bis offloe
near tho foot of Wall Street Being!
much heated with tho exercise,
drank glass of water New Yj
pump water oxalnimlng as no re
placed the glass ou the table: 'That
is very refreshing, how mnoh more
refreshing would it be to take good,
long draught this warm day from the
old oaken bucket I loft hanging in my
father's woll at home!' Hearing this,
the poet's wife, who was always
suggestive body.said: 'Samuul, why
wouldn't that be a pretty subject (or
poem?' The poot took the hint.
and under tho inspiration of the mo
ment sat down and poured out from
tho very depths of bis heart those
beautiful lines whioh have immortal
ized the name of Wardwortb.
Fine Workmanship of the Boers,
Ou tho subject of marksmanship
among tne ioers, Air. vvnite de
scribed the training through whioh
most of them go from boyhood, ,
Pointing to a photograph that hnng in
his room, be said: "I have seen tha
man put rifle into the hands of -
child and tell him to shoot at bottle
a hundred yards off or more, promis
ing a reward of ton shillings when be
could hit that small mark repeatedly.
After a time the lad was taught to
shoot at objeota moving at a distanoe
of 400 yards, aud the promise that he
should have a pony to ride when he
became proficient at that practioe soon
made him an expert shot"
Rifle ranges are not scarce in the
Transvaal, and many of our volun
teers would be glad if they could get
similar opportunities (or musketry
training iu Eugland. The Boera will
have nothing to do with modern mag- -azine
rifles. They are rnied or arm
themselves, with Martini-Henry, and
desire nothing better, unless perhapa
it be Winchester or Colt repeater
for shooting big game on the run.
London News. '
Hard Luck For Miner.
A. Livingstone recently purchased
a mining oluiin in Pine Nut, Nov., of
William Zirm for 150, tho understand
ing being that Zirm would return and
put in a blast to blow the lima eano t
He did o,and when the smoke olea.
way saw one of the rlohest pockeu
yet aeen in Pine Nut. He hastened in '
ud euduavured to buy the property
baok aguiu, but Mr. Livingston re
fused to aoll and is still the owner.
Desert New,