HIGH VOICE AND
High voice and low voice,
fort voice and taareh,
' In among the ivy leave,
All along the mnroh,
Pinging together,
Swinging together.
Black bird and brown bird
Folks of every feather.
High voire if itd low voice,
Peep Voiee and shrill.
Thro' the mellow mcudowland
Ob the wtmly hill.
Singing together,
Hinging together,
Oxen, uliecp, and klne
Over heath and heather.
ACROSS HIS PATH.
Br Ida Coventry.
H4
"Well, my lad, it's good to have you
back one more."
Thanks. Untie Hervcy; it'i very
kind of you to say so."
"Are you really better?"
"Bound as a drum! Never felt bet
ter in my life. There is nothing like
w Zealand air. after all."
"Bo I should judge!" exclaimed Sir
Hervey Ralston, a world of affection
In eye and voice, as he surveyed the
unburnt face before him. "Talking of
health, you don't look much amiss
yourself, Uncle Hervey; which, under
the circumstances, is not perhaps sur
prising." Sir Kerrey found his sunny smile
Infectious. "Perhaps not. You will be
able to Judge for yourself this evening.
There is a funcUon at Lady Wolver
ton's, and although I am sorry it oc
enra on the night of your return, I
thought you would prefer to come.",
Stifling his disappointment, Ralston
rejoined: "By all means. Uncle Her
wey. I would not have you change
your plans on my account for the
wld. Besides which, 1 am eager to
ake the acquaintance of my future
aunt"
Sir Hervey laughed. "I never looked
at It In that light before. She is
jounger than you, my boy."
"And so are you in many ways," re
torted RalBton, stoutly. "You are a
feneration younger than most men of
lorty-five, Uncle Hervey. You know
you are."
The deprecating, almost wistful, look
called forth by his words was not lost
upon the younger man, who hastened
to aver: "I was desperately glad to
tear your piece of news; found the
letter waiting for me at Santa Cruz.
You are much too good to die a bache
lor, so I shall kick my heels with a
light heart at your wedding, notwith
standing the back seat now in store
tor yours to command."
The laugh with which he ended was
ot a natural one, and his Up quivered
under the fair moustache. The un
divided affection that between uncle
and nephew was almost unique, was
undivided no longer.
A drive of half an hour brought
them to Sir Hervcy's house.
""H'm!" observed Ralston with a
glance at the newly painted front.
"'Festive arrangements beginning al
ready. Which is the happy day?"
"The 6th of April," replied Sir Her
vey, leading the way into the house.
"And this is the 10th of February ;
ft will be here in no time." '
"I am glad you are back before
April, lad. I began to think Dunedln
was to claim you as a permanency,
and I want you as best man for the
occasion."
Hugh Ralston's eyes shone with
Jirlde. "I feel honored, Uncle Hervey.
Any pretty bridesmaids to the fore?"
"You will probably meet one or two
ef them this evening. We have not
much time u lose. You know your
room."
Xiady Wolverton's receptions were
always well attended. In her position
aa queen of the society in which she
snored she bad been ably seconded by
aer daughter Adelaide, whose engage
ment to Sir Hervey Ralston she view
ed with unalloyed delight His im
mense wealth was an undisputed fact,
tli el r own poverty being known only
to mother and daughter. How much
C the achievement of Sir Hervey's
4eaire had been due to the maternal
jiressure brought to bear upon the
fcirl was not reallzod by the latter her
aelf, co subtle and Ingenious bad Lady
wolverton's tactics been.
Now for the fray," murmured
young Ralston as they mounted ttie
staircase; "the usual crush is evidently
3q store."
They had entered the reception room
and there, standing under the friendly
light of a hanging lamp, Ralston saw
the most beautiful girl be had ever
an bis life beheld.
"Ah!" exclaimed Sir Hervey, the
tilood coursing through his veins with
rapidity almost boyish. "Come.
Hugh, and let me have the pleasure of
presenting you; it is one to which
t nave long looked forward."
Adelaide Wolverton had seen them
jna waa ready with a gracious wel
tatam lor the nephew about whom she
bm beard ao much.
"And this is 'Hugh she said. "You
aiust not expect me to call you anv-
Shine else for your name has become
a household word among us, hag it
aiotr She turned to Sir Hervey, who
mat the Bhy, sweet glance with one of
gratitude. That these two, whom be
4ovm better than all the world besides
should be. friends waa his one desire.
at desire that seemed likely to be ful-
Kkuea aa the evening wore away.
"Tell me." said Adelaide Wolverton
late two hours later, "that you do
91 look anon me as an interloper I
desperately afraid of you before
.1 saw you."
Ralatoa laughed. "And what did
jru-ear In sue?" be asked.
"I bared your jealousy," was the
LOW VOICE.
My voire and your voire,
Rough, voice nd sweet,
Vp tho busy boulevnrd,
Down the slindv street,
Pinging together,
Clinging together,
Tour heart and mine
Pad or sunny went her.
nigh volee and Ion- voice,
Moon voice and slur,
J tint above the treelops
Very, very far
Pinging together,
Swinging together,
Pntellite. aud sun
Vpper world and nether.
-II. K. Vlele.
prompt reply, "for I knew how much
you and Sir Hervey had been to each
other. Jealous people are so unrea
sonable, are they not?"
"So I should Imaslne."
"Ah, the conditional mood! That Is
delightful. Then you do not bear me
any ill will?"
Ralston looked at the upturned face
and rejoined: "111 will? How could I
bear you anything but the very re
verse?" With grandiloquence he tried
to cover his embaraasment; but Ade
laide Wolverton was not deceived. She
knew, and knew also that Ralston was
aware of her knowledge, that their
meeting had proved no ordinary one.
For love had awakened, a love that
would never sleep again.
I see," she said, slowly unfurling
her fan, "your emotion is due merely
to gratitude. Mr. Ralston, how long
have you been away from England?')
The change of tone and subject was
not lost upon Ralston. Tney had been
treading on delicate ground, and,
thankful for the deviation, he replied:
Two years this month, but it seems
like four I have seen and done so
much in the time."
Turning to the girl beside him, he
noted the shade of bitterness that had
crept over her face, and somehow as
he looked he knew that she waa not
happy in her engagement. A wave of
pity for Sir Hervey welled up in Ms
heart, for the baronet idolized Ms
young betrothed.
'i.
Sir Hervey Ralston, honorable and
clear-EOuled himself, Incapable of sub
terfuge or pretense, was never ready to
Imagine evil of any shape in others.
And if during the weeks that followed
it seemed to him that Adelaide grew
more and more Impassive, while a spir
it of unrest had seized upon his ne
phew, he strove to see no manner of
connection.
And what about Hugh?
At one and the same time had the
gates of heaven and hell been opened
to him, and he revelled in his bliss
only to writhe In the agony involved.
No words on the subject had he and
Adelaide interchanged; thus far they
had been loyal to Sir Hervey. But
Hugh smiled bitterly as he acknowl
edged to himself the limitations of
that loyalty. None knew better than
he the subtlety of love's confessions.
On the evening of the last day in
March he waited nervously for his un
cle's approach to the smoking room,
which had been the scene of many a
confidential talK before his voyage to
New Zealand. Sir Hervey's step seem
ed to have lost its lightness, or so It
seemed to Hugh, as be listened to it
drawing near. He was later, too, in
joining him than was bis wont Had
any suspicion crossed his mind? Were
his thoughts of next week's happiness
unalloyed, or were they shadowed by
a vague yet unmistakable cloud?
Hugh Ralston wondered but said
nothing as his uncle entered the room.
The latter, with his usual precision
and neatness, lit a cigar, seated him
self, and was soon engrossed in the
pages of the evening paper.
Thankful to escape the customary
evening chat Hugh paced monoton
ously up and down the room, with
temples throbbing and the blood surg
ing through his veins. How could he
broach the subject that tonight must
be faced once and for all?
"My dear boy," said Sir Hervey at
length, glancing over the top of bis
paper, "could you not sit down? You
seem restless tonight"
Hugh dropped Into the nearest chair.
Silence reigned for full five minutes,
a silence that Ralston broke by say
ing, with the composure born of des
pair: "I cannot stand England after
all, Uncle Hervey. I am off again next
Saturday. You can do without me on
the 6th, can you not?" He laughed a
little curiously as he added, "I am
hardly a necessary part of the play.
Sir Hervey folded his newspaper,
laid it on the table, and deliberately
adjusted his glasses before looking in
his nephew's direction. "Do I under
stand you aright? You prefer not to be
with me on the day of my marriage?"
Hugh Kalston bowed his head.
Sir Hervey rose from his chairand
instinctively the younger man did the
same, a movement that brought them
face to face as the words, "You dare
not be with me!" broke from the baro
net's Hps.'
The eyes of the two men met, and
the bouI of each was read. Then aa
Hugh leaned on the mantelpiece, bury
ing m a race on nis arms with a groan,
it was the elder man who proved the
stronger, who first brought light into
the darkness that had descended.
Hugh was conscious at last of the
pressure of a hand upon hia shoulder,
and as through a vast space and time
he beard the voice of Sir Hervey say.
lng, "It is well, my boy. I am not
worthy of her, and might and should
not have made bet happy. You must
not blame yours r-trom it I am
going now to V Jerton'i and
will release her." The last words
were wrung from lips that were grow
ing pale. Sir Hervey walked slowly'
to the door. Hugh had never moved.
Turning round as his fingers closed
over the handle, the uncle said im
ploringly, "Don't, my lad! Don't take
it so to heart! I shall get over It, and
you you will be happy as you deserve
to be," New York Commercial Adver
tiser. ARSENIC IN THE EGO.
Present In All the Parts In Apprecia
ble Quantities.
Since M. Armand Gauthler establish
ed the fact that arsenic forms one of
the elements of living organisms, the
attention of scientists has been direct
ed towards this question, says the
Scientific American. Among the new
researches are those of M. Oibriel Ber
tram, and In a paper lately presented
to the Acadcmle des Sciences he brings
out the following facts: Following his
previous work upon the presence of
arsenic in the organism, he thinks it
loglral to admit that this element, like
sulphur, carbon, and phosphorus, is
a constant element In the living cell.
Instead of being localized In certain
tissues, as Oauthier supposes. It ex
ists, on the contrary, in all tissues. If
this conclusion Is true, and If arsenic
Is an element which Is necessary to
maintain existence, it should be found
in the organism at all periods of life,
in the cells of the embryo as well as
those In of the adult. It should there
fore be found in the bird's egg, where
the embryo Is obliged to accomplish
all its development without taking
from the outside the smallest part of
the arsenic which is needed. Accordin
ly he looked for arsenic In the hen's
egg. and succeeded in finding it, of
course In very minute quantities. The
egs were obtained from chickens raised
at Paris in an inclosed space and fed
since they were hatched upon wheat
and debris of vegetables. Four parts
of the egg were observed separately
the shell, the shell membrane, white
and yolk.
The matter was first dried and then
attacked by a mixture of nitric and
sulphuric acids, which were perfectly
pure and did not show a trace of
arsenic. To detect the arsenic, he em
ployed the usual method of projecting
a hydrogen flame against a porcelain
plate, and found that all the parts of
the egg contained appreciable quanti
ties of the element, but the yolk Is by
far the richest. Of l-200th milligram
me, which he find on an average in
a single egg, one-half of two-thirds is
contained In the yolk. The white has
a much less proportion. In spite of
its small weight, the membrane con
tains about the same quantity and
sometimes more than the white. With
certain eggs it was sufficient to treat
0.15 gramme of membrane (the amount
contained in one egg) to obtain a
clear arsenic ring. These results,
which differ from those which have
been obtained hitherto, have only been
made possible by an especially sensi
tive method which he uses, They con
firm the existence and the probable
role of arsenic In all living cells, and
scientists may be confident In drawing
the conclusions which follow from
such an Important fact.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Holton, Mo., with a population of
4500, has 17 churches.
In German seek their wives by nref-
erence among servant girls.
In Austria and France a well is not
permitted within six hundred feet of
a graveyard.
A Japanese author Is said to have
completed a work of fiction that runs
into 00 volumes.
Twenty years ago a young lady of
Miller's Falls, Mass., had two teeth
extracted. Now, at the age of 40, she
is cutting teeth In the places once oc
cupied by those extracted.
fmeezlng has been said by at least
cne groat medical authority to be evl
denre of a robust constitution. In
proof of this he declared that people
in feeble health never do sneeze.
What Is stated to be a spring giving
forth a liquid resembling essence of
violet both In perfume and chemical
composition has been discovered in
a valley near Mlllau, Aveyron, France,
Egyptian fishermen receive $20 per
thousand for eels caught In Lake Men
saleh. These are salted and packed
in ice and sent to Hamburg, via
Trieste, where the ice supply is re
cewed.
Leland M. Finks of Calhoun, Mo.,
claims to have the coat of arms of the
Washington family, Washington's offl.
cial pedigree and a silver watch which
formerly belonged to the "Father of
His Country."
In Sitka, when an Indian wife lose
her husband by death, she niakee no
change in her apparel, as that would
bo troublesome or expensive. She a'
sumes mourning by painting the up
per part of her face, from the base of
the nose, a deep black.
A lemon bath 1b a luxury In the
West Indies. Several limes or lem
ons are sliced into the water and al
lowed to lie for half an hour. In order
that the juice may be extracted. A
remarkable sense of freshness is glv
en to the skin by the acidulated water,
Feminine Moors are generally abso
lutely Ignorant of their age. Among
Moorish women this is a point of hon
or, but It Is really no affectation, fot
a their birthdays are never celebrat
ed in any manner the passage of the
years is far lees noticed than it M
with us.
EUROPE'S CHIEF SLEUTH.
THOMAS MELVILLE'S REMARK
ABLE CAREER AT 6COTLAND
YARDS.
Kept London Free From Anarchists
for Thirty Ytars England's Vldoe
Retires en Full Pension Soma
Tests He Underwent Guard of Min
isters. The most famous living detective,
Superintendent William Melville, of
Scotland Yard, who has recently been
charged with the personal care of the
king on his foreign journeys, retired
the other day.
Destroyer of anarchist clubs, pro
tector of kings, he has worked hafd
for 31 years in tho detection of crime,
and has lived to complete his service
and earn his leisure In spite of the
explosive bomb, tho chloroformed bag,
the dagger, and the revolver, all of
which at one time or another have
been carefully prepared for his own
personal (lest nu t Ion.
"The vile Melville," was the mut
tered phrase of hatred often hpard In
the anarchistic haunts of Soho in the
days when Superintendent Melville
was breaking them down and he was
often there to hear It said.
Although at the head of a staff of
detectives, be did not merely remain
at his office In Scotland Yard and
give orders. Taking his life in his
hand, he prowled Soho by night; he
made friends of Italians and French
men, members of the plotting clubs;
"disguised as an anarchist" himself
be obtained Invitations to their meet
ings; he went to their feasts and
dances, and their masked balls were
regarded by Mr. Melville as so many
delightful bits of lurk.
At these picturesque night revels
every one present was supposed to be
either an active anarchist or a friend
and supporter of "the great cause,"
and Superintendent Melville was able
while masked himself to see the
anarchist leaders unmasked and sur
rounded by their supporters.
He chatted volubly with them In
Frotich or Italian, he studied their
features, learned their aspirations, dis
covered their programs of murder, and
in some cases was able to quietly ar
rest red-handed and in the possession
of deadly bombs the very men with
whose wives and friends he had been
dancing.
The way in, which he Imprisoned an
anarchist in a wine cellar is typical
of his methods. The mau was a Her
man, and he bad made arrangements
to assassinate the tben Kaiser on his
visit to'one of the exhibitions in Lon
don. Having got bis man to the wine
cellar steps by a ruse, anil having no
specific charge or warrant upon which
to arrest him, Mr. Melville took the
law Into his own hands, pushed the
man luto the cellar, locked the door,
and kept li'.m sale "bottled up" until
the Kaiser had departed.
One of his Soho vigils unearthed tho
Walsall scheme.
Following up shadowy clues Inch by
inch, and maintaining his fine system
of survellance by a corps of detectives,
he traced the Italian bomb expert Bat
tola to Walsall. There tho anarchist
leaders not only preached the doc
trines of anarchism, but taught their
disciples how to carry them out. In
a secret cellar Ballota held a bomb
class, and had all the paraphernalia
for making bombs. He Instructed
pupils lu the mysteries of various ex
plosives, gave tbem lessons about time
fuses, with the Intention of sending
them forth a host of men to destroy
the royal palaceu of Europe. These
calm studies wens rudely stopped by
Superintendent Melville aud his fear
less men, and four conspirators were
sent to penal servitude for 10 years
and one for five years.
Superintendent Melville discovered
that this plot was arranged at the
most formidable of anarchist rendez
vous In London, the Autonomle club.
In Windmill street, Tottenham court
road. The smashing of this gang by
Mr. Melville was the heaviest. blow
ever dealt at anarchism in England.
When Bourduln was literally "hoist
with his own petard," being killed by
the bomb which he had prepared for
the destruction of the Royal Observa
tory, there was found on him a card of
raemershlp of the Autonomle club.
This sent Mr. Melville down to Wind
mill street. He sat at the receipt of
custom, placed bis men at various
points, and arrested each man as he
sauntered Into the club, keeping this
going for four hours, until he had se
cured a cellarful of anarchists.
The chloroform scheme was one of
the most important of the anarchist
systems discovered by Mr. Melville,
Tho detective met one member of the
Walsall gang aa the latter, on bis ar
rival in London from Walsall, was on
bis way to the Autonomle club.
"What have you in that bottle?"
asked Superintendent Melville; and on
the man refusing to tell he ran him
into the nearest police station, search
ed him, and discovered that the bottle
contained chloroform. Following this
new clue. Superintendent Melville
found that the anarchists of the Au
tonomle club had devised a terrible
scheme for the sole purpose of obtain'
lng money for their murderous propa
ganda and spreading far and wide the
gentle doctrines of anarchism.
Their scheme was to keep observa
tion upon membws of aristocratic clubs,
to "shadow" them as they left late at
night, and at the first opportunity to
chloroform and tob them. Pint and
Duval bad carried out a long series
of chloroform roLberles on the Con
tlnent, the proceeds of which bad been
conscientiously devoted to the same
purpose. Pint is now In prison in
New Caledonia. The man arrested Id
(he street by Mr. Melville waa sentenc
ed to five years Imprisonment by Mr,
Justice Hawkins at Stafford Assises.
This was but a part of an interna
tional scheme by which the leaden
hoped to kill all the crowned bead
of Europe.
The frustrating of the chloroform
scheme and the smashing of the Au
tonomle club made Mr. Melville the
most hated man in England in an
archist eyes. Threats poured In whole
sale. Letters arrived at Scotland Yard
promising the most terrible vengeance
upon Mr. Melville if be did not cease
to watch the anarchists. One anarchist
with a loaded revolver in his breast
pocket succeeded In penetrating the
strait corridors of Scotland Yard and
getting In to Superintendent Melville's
own room.
He began to talk to Mr. Melville
quite plausibly, but the trained eye of
the detective caught the glint of a
shining pistol-barrel behind the edge
of the nnarchlct's coat. Quick as light
ning he snatched the weapon, coolly in
formed the visitor that .he bad nothing
more to say to him, and tben flung
him out Into the passage.
"To hancuff and Imprison him," re
marked Mr. Melville once to an in
timate friend, "would have been to
have made blm a martyr, to have giv
en him just what he lived for; a chance
to shine as the man who for the
'cause' had bearded Melville In his den.
Publicity and the martyr's hnlp are
the breath of the anarchist's nostrils.
By treating him with contempt and
lgnominlously throwing him out I
deprived him of the halo."
Mr. Melville had a narrow escape of
death at Poplar In 1893, when Francois
tried to shoot him to avoid arrest
But the powerful, athletic detective
was too quick for the criminal, and
pinned him down and took away his
weapon.
A sharp struggle at Virtorla station
occurred when Mr. Melville left his
wife's side, went up to the, French
bomb-thrower, Meunler, and started to
put htm under arrest. Meunler drew
his fully loaded revolver, but the de
tective showed that he had muscle as
well as brains, and gripped the an
archist's arm in time. There was an
up and down struggle, Meunler was
secured, and In addition to the car
tridges In the revolver, Mr. Melvtllo
found a large stock of ball cartridges
In his captive's pockets.
Mr. Melville knows his "seamy"
London as well as any man, but he
knows his "seamy" Paris well, too.
One of the narrowest escapes be ever
had occurred there. In company with
a French detective Mr. Molvllle walked
down the narrow streets of the Mont
martre and entered an anarchist den.
The moment he entered, some of the
anarchists recognized him. There was
a yell of anger, a flash, and a bullet
took the ash off Mr. Melville's cigar.
"Oh," he observed, calmly, "I was
not awaro that you objected to smok'
lng." and thereupon arrested a man
who had baffled the officers of justice
for montbs. London Mail.
CHOOSE A LIFE IN JAIL.
Thirty Years Instead of Days Was
"Jimmy's" Sentence.
In St. John's cemetery, Newtown
there was laid to rest "Jimmy the
Paup, ono of Brooklyn's oddest char
aeters, who of his own will had been
on invnate of Raymond street Jail for
30 years. He died on Saturday night,
and his death caused genuine sorrow
among the keepers and jail attendants.
Jimmy's real name was James
Davis, but many years ago the nick
name "Jimmy the Paup" was given
him., Jimmy was a little Irish man
of quaint ways and bright wit, and
his picturesque sayings hal served to
cheer up many a despondent prisoner
to whom ho talked. Of Jimmy's early
history only little, is kuown. It is said
thnt at one time he was the keeper
of the Public Pound in Brooklyn. So
far as Is known, he had no relatives
here.
About 30 years ago Jimmy was sent
to Raymond street jail for 30 days for
some small offense. When his time
was up he wanted to remain in tke
place.
"Ol'm thot stuck on ther place Oi
won't be happy out of it," he said to
the warden. "If yer turn me loose
Ol'll be back again in a jiffy, Ot will.'
Jimmy begged so hard to be allowed
to remain In the jail that it was finally
arranged that he should sell tobacco
and like supplies to the prisoners, in
return for which privilege he took
charge of the white-washing gang.
Jimmy then became a fixture at the
Jail, and every prisoner confined in
the place came to know and like tho
little man, who moved around every
day, cheering them up with his quaint
humor and sayings. ,
Jimmy enjoyed the luxury of a
"suite" of cells. He occupied three of
them; one he used for a bedroom, a
second for a "parlor," and the third
for a storeroom. Although he had op
portunltles to turn quite a penny with
his tobacco-selling privilege, Jimmy
did not seem to care much for money,
and gave away about as much of his
stock as he sold. It is told of blm
that he frequently helped out some
poor prisoner in whose case he took
an Interest by giving blm money when
he left the jail.
Although he was at liberty to go
and come when be pleased, Jimmy
would go out Into the world about
once a week to get a new stock ot
supplies. Once he took a fancy Into
his head not to go out at all, and for
seven years he did not put bis foot
outside the jail walls.
Jimmy, who was 70 years old, fell
111 early last week, and it was thought
best to remove him to the Brooklyn
hospital, where he died on Saturday
night. Warden McLaughlin, Deputy
Warden Wilson, and the Jail keepers
made up a fund, with which a grave
was bought in St John i cemetery.
New York Times.
t
FORTUNE FOR ONE HE HATED.
Eccentrlo Man All Hie Life, He Did
Not Change When His End Came.
To become wealthy after living In
poverty for years Is the peculiar for
tune of Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, now of
Plymouth, Mass. And the wealt!l
comes from the man who hated her,
and whom she despised beyond all
things on earth, P. O. Wright, an ec
centric miser of Putnam, Conn.
For 85 years the wife of a poor
stone cutter, and on his death com
pelled to earn her own living by houye
work and other menial labors; too
proud to seek charity from more for
tunate relatives and able to perform
only the least remunerative lanovi,
she has suffered her full share of hard
ships. Mrs. Wright was seen this morning
performing the duties of a housekeep- i
er. poorly dressed, but with a smile of
hope as she talked of her changed
conditions and remembered her past
trials.
She Is now residing at the parish
house of the Episcopal church. goini
out by the day to do housework. She
Is Intelligent and refined, and has won ,
the respect of the good people of Ply-!
mouth, who are as much elated nt her
prospects as the good lady herself.
"To think," said Mrs. Wright, "that ,
any good fortune should come to me
from my husband's brother. Why, at
the funeral of my husband be wouldn't
treat me decent and did everything to
disgrace his brother's memory."
It was no Intention of the eccentric
man that any of his money should go
to his brother's widow. It all comes
about from his dying intestate.
A few weeks ago she began to hear
stories of the queer doings of an aged
brother of her husband, Peter O.
Wright of Putnam, Conn. Now, Peter
Wright was the last man in the world
he would have gone to for aid. The
two brothers were sworn enemies.
Queerly enough, on his deathbed It
was ascertained that after making the
most grotesque preparations for his
burial the man had made no disposi
tion of his property.
"If he could have devised any way of
taking his money to the grave with
hlra he certainly would," said Mrs.
Wright. Putnam is full of the stories
of his queer doings in these last few
months. He had a monument con
structed with" what was meant to be a
likeness of himself. When It was com
pleted the old man declared it looked
like a Hottentot Indian. He went at
it with a sledge hammer and It soon
resembled a football player. It was
rebuilt after his own ideas.
The reconstructed tomb was a mag
net that drew a great many visitors.
Wright would sit In front of It on One
days and tell reminiscences to the peo
ple that came there to see It. A few
weeks ago he sat for his picture, with
the tomb as a background. On one oc
casion Wright held a small party
there.
He had a grave bricked up to a
height of seven feet and used to keep
liquors there. When he felt like it he
would enter the tomb and proceed to
have a debauch.
There was the Inevitable love affnlr
In Peter Wright's life. A fair maiden
from New Hampshire won his affec
tions. They were never married, al
though a son survives hlra who is now
about 60 years old.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wright will share his
wealth with two sisters, and there may
be a contest before she gets her share.
P. O. Wright's fortune may be consid
erably over $200,000. It was said ho
hold a mortgage on half tho property
of Putnam., He was a tlght-flsted, typ
ical olil money lender.
His tombstone bears the Inscription:
"Going, but I Know Not Where." The
majority of the residents of Putnam
think they know. But they won't tell.
The First Hunting Dog.
It is, by the way, a curious thing that
the setter should not have been used
with the gun till long after the point
er's utility in this way was recognized.
The sportsman of Edward III.'s time
who caught pheasants and partridges
In nets depended for assistance In find
ing his game on a dog of some sort
which was taught to "sit" or "set,"
but not until the middle of the lath
century or thereabouts was the setter
much UBed with the gun.
The pointer, on the other hand, was
imported from Spain somewhere about
the beginning to realize that they
could shoot birds flying; and the
Spanish pointer or double-nosed point
er, as he is called by old writers, be
came the gundog at once.
Col. Thomas Thornton of Thornvllle
Royal, who devoted his life to field
sports, was the man who remodeled
the aucestor of the modern pointer. He
considered the dog of his day too Blow,
and by crossing the Spanish pointer
with the foxhound, obtained greater
speed and stamina, but at some loss of
nose and docility. Outing.
Big Dirt at Galveston.
A New York firm has secured a con
tract to do 11.000.000 cubic yards of
fllling-ln for Galveston, Tex. The Idea
is to raise the low-lying levels so that
the city could not again be ruined by
the gulf tornado and tidal-wave.
The amount of ftillng-ln necessary la
enormous. The flooded' section Is to
be raised seven feet Along the gulf
shore the new grade is 17 to 20 feet
higher than the old.
The 11.000,000 cubic yards of earth
would fill 260 "long blockB" of New
YorV streets 40 feet In height. Im
agine riding uptown on a Third ave
nue car and seeing every "long block"
on either side filled from curb to curb
and to a height equalling the width of
the street from Houston street to the
Harlem river. That would be the
Bis of the Galveston dirt-heap.
Yet the cost of moving the dirt is
only a llttlo more Hhan $2,000,000.
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For Rough Hands.
When the hands look rough and red,
an ointment rubbed in wilt generally
make them more attractive. Mix to
gether one dram of powdered borax,
five ounces of rosewater and one-fourth
ounce of glycerin. After washing the
(hands and drying them well rub this
lotion In. Put on only a little, and If
it falls to be taken up by tho skin wipe
it off and put less on the next time.
The Over 8lnk Trsy.
The woman who Is on the lookout
for Improved kitchen furnishing may
notice the new attachment of a galvan
ized Iron tray to the kitchen sink. It
Is thus In close proximity to the hot
water faucets and the sink In which
the dlshpan Is frequently set to fill.
This Is Intended to save the labor of
moving the dishes from the dining
room table to the kitchen service table,
from which other articles must fre
quently be displaced to make room for
the dlshpan and large draining tray.
With this new kitchen convenience
the soiled dishes may be conveyed di
rectly from the dinner table to the
dlshpan, filled with hot water as it Is,
in the sink. When washed, the dishes
are set to drain on the over sink tray.
and it Is only when clean and dry and
shining after a bath of hot water ond
soap that the drinking glasses, table
silver, plates, cups and saucers and
diBhes are set down In neat piles on
the kitchen table, from whence they
can be carried directly to their prop
er place In the closet or cupboard.
Philadelphia Record.
Location of the Sleeping Room,
There Is no unanimity on this ques
tion. On one point, however, all agree,
viz., that the bedroom should not be
exposed to the north. As to the re
maining three cardinal points we may
as well eliminate from the discussion
a western exposure as too windy and
little luminous, so that It remains to
decide only between east and south.
A southern exposure evidently offers
many advantages. The room receives
the sun during the greatest part of the
day, gets solar heat, and this Is much
better than artificial heat, which is In
jurious to health. The sun also bathes
the room In light, which helps to de
stroy the microbes. There Is. however,
this Inconvenience in a southern ex
posure, that the sun does not penetrate
far enough Into the room. When even
In a position to face the room it Is too
high above the horizon, and conse
quently, cannot send its rays to the
further end of the room, except In full
winter. Besides, a southern exposure
Is liable to make the room too warm.
An eastern exposure, seems therefore
to offer the most advantages. In tie
first place. It Is protected alike against
the cold of the north and heat of the
south. Then it Is favorable to health,
as It incites to early rising, and, fin
ally. It Insures the most abundant
light When the sky is clear and it is
so In the morning rather than in the
later hours of the day the rays pene
trate to the furthest end of the room,
since the sun Is still low on the hori
zon. From the east we also get the
dryest air, and from the east comes
the most active, though not the hottest
light. So, taken all in all, an exposure
of the sleeping room to the east seems
to be preferable to all others. New
York Tribune.
Recipes.
Cranhery Frappe Boil one quart
of cranberries in one pint of water un
til the skins burst, strain, and add two
cups ot granulated sugar and the Juice
of two lemons ; freeze to a mush, using
equal parts of Ice and salt.
Almond Fingers Cut stale bread
in pieces four Inches long and one
Inch wide; dip them in orange juice or
wine; then in minced almonds beaten
egg and dried bread crumbs; put sev
eral in the frying basket and fry In
deep fat a golden brown; drain on
paper, arrange on a folded napkin.
Nasturtium Pickle Pick the nastur
tlum seed when green, leave a short
stem on them; make a weak brine with
alt and water, put the seeds In the
brine for two days, then put them in
fresh water for one day; pack them in
jars and pour over boiling vinegar and
add several cloves to each jar; seal and
let stand one month before UBing them.
Potato Puffs or Rolls One cup of
warm mashed potato, add one table
spoonful of butter, one teaspoonful ot
salt, the yolks of three eggs, one cup
of milk, one and one-half cjipfuls ot
sifted flour; boll the mass thoroughly,
add two level teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and the well beaten whites ot
the eggs; bake In greased gem pans in
a quick oven twenty minutes.
Mock Terrapin Scald half a calf's
liver after slicing it; dry them on a
towel; fry them In a little dripping or
bacon fat; then chop rather coarsely;
flour thickly; aad ono teaspoonful ot
mixed mustard, a -little cayenne -pepper,
two hard boiled eggs, chopped;
one tablespoonful of butter and one
cup of. water; let simmer for five .min
utes; season. Veal may be prepared in
the same manner.
Fried Cakes Beat one egg ; add to it
one cupful of milk; pour this over two
cupfuls of flour with a half a cupful
ot butter and lard melted, one-fourth
cupful ot sugar, three level teaspoon
fuls of baking powder and half a tea
spoonful of salt; the dough should be
quite soft; toss It on a floured board;
roll out to one-third Inch thick; cut In
pieces; fry in smoking hot deep fat;
sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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