WHAT PROFITS IT.
What profits it that gold is won
And greed is fattened day by day?
What profits it in pleasure's sun
To waste the heart by mock an l play?
What profits to rise and shine
In some brief hold of placa and pow'r?
What profits it to feast with wine
And die of thirst at even's hour.
The gold we gain, unsanctified.
Will char the soul with ceaseless flre;
The pleasures by the world supplied
Are lotus plants that root in mire:
The throne and praise the mob bestows
Is set on sand—it flees as breath;
The wine that gladdens as it glows
Then maddens and expires in death,
The gold that profits is the grace
That makes the Christ my friend In need;
The pleasure that fills time an 1 space
Is love that works in daily deed;
The power that makes a king in truth
In holiness that God hath given—.
The crown of age, the hope of youth.
The upward, manly march to heaven!
—Sam W. Small, in Atlanta Constitution
WANTED—A GOVERNESS
fOVERNESS— (En g
lish) required at once
by a Russian family
at O lessa; French,
drawing,music; three
girls, eldest fourteen;
salary 15'K); refer
ences exchanged. Ap
ply personally be
tween two and six
to-day to Kauseroff,
Langham Hotel.
He was an elderly
Russian, slightly
gray, the "Kans
croff" of the news
paper advert! so
raent. He spoke
English like the
majority of his well
educated companions.
When Cecil Pentreath, with outward
composure and inward tribulation, was
shown into his private sitting room at
the Langham Hotel that afternoon he
laid down the Times and regarded her
pretty face with evident approbation.
At the end of five minutes he said ho
believed she would suit his friends, and
that he would pay her passage out to
Odessa, providing—and he did not doubt
that it would be the case—each found
the other's references satisfactory.
"I will give you till this time to-mor
row to consider the matter and make tucu
inquiries as you think proper," he said,
in conclusion.
"Anyhow, I suppose I need not start
for a week or two!" she asked. 44 1
should like a little while in which to
take leave of ray friends."
"Naturally you would/' he answered
kindly. "There is no immediate hurry.
A fortnight hence would suit the Petio
witches very well, I've no doubt."
The next afternoon, having perfectly
satisfied herself in the interim anent the
respectability of her future employers,
she went to keep her appointment with
Mr. Kanseroff.
lie was not alone to-day. Another
man was in the room, a younger msn ;
wno was seated at a writing table strewn
with papers, and who merely glanced up
and bowed as she entered, and then paid
no more attention to her.
Kanseroff rose courteously, shook
hands end asked her to sit down.
"Well, Miss Pentrcath," he sai I, "and
have you decided to go to Russia!"
"Yes," she answered, simply.
As she spoke she was conscious that
the stranger—his interest suddenly
awakened—had turned his head, and
was looking at her earnestly; the keen
scrutiny rendered her somewhat uncom
fortable.
lie said something rapidly to his
friend in Russian. From the note of in
quiry in his voice, and the mention of
her own name and that of Petrowitch in
the reply, she guessed correctly that he
had asked who she was.
In the ensuing few minutes, while she
discussed business matters and settled
the date of her departure, she was sen
sible of the fact that every word she ut
tered was being absorbed and criticized
by the man at the other ead of the room,
and that all the time he was watching
her clobdy—that his eyes never left her
face.
When at length she rose to go he called
Kanseroff aside, and the latter left the
girl with a brief apology and a request
that she would remain a moment.
The two men talked eagerly, excitedly;
but it was the stranger who was haviug
most of the say. She could not under
stand them, of course. It appeared to
her, however, that he was making some
proposal of which Kanseroff did not ap
prove. At last the elder gave in, but
half convinced and shrugged his
shoulders, remarking in English.
"Well, have yonr own way. But you
must make your own arrut-ge meats; I
shan't interfere."
The younger man turned abruptly to
Cecil, who had been watching the little
scene with natural curiosity.
"Miss Pentrcath, would you like to
earn $5000?"
A rush of color flushed Cecil's cheeks.
"Ah—yes," she said, with a little
gasp in her voice. "But why do you
ask me? Bow could I could I make so
much?"
"Very simply. By leaving England
in two days instead of two weeks, and
taking a little packet of papers with
you—a little packet that is of such
great importance to my family that I
do not care to transmit it in the ordin
ary way, through the po3t."
The girl's clear eyes met the man's
bewildered questioning. Then a sud
den light dawned upon her; his motive
became clear.
"Oh," she cried, and her breath came
and went rapidly; "in plain words, sir,
you want me to smuggle papers into
Russia which would get me into trouble
were they discovered by the police?"
"Yes."
"Yhen I must decline; it would be
wrong."
4 On tho contrary," ho said quickly,
"it would be right. You might even
be the means of saving a life."
His tone and manner were earnest.
Whether he was speaking the truth or
whether this earnestness was merely as
sumed to convince her it was difficult to
say, but the girl was satisfied.
'•May I ask why you have chosen me
for this work ?"
••First, because you are going to the
country anyhow; secondly, and chiefly,
because you are a foreigner and a mere
girl. You will pass unheeded, unsus
pected, where others would not—that is
to say, if you can keep your self-posses
sion when it is needed, and I think you
can, for, though you are sb young, you
have nerve, character—you are to be
trusted."
She did not speak for a moment, but
thought deeply and rapidly, with her
gaze upon the floor.
Woman-like, she shrank at the idea of
danger, and was about to refuse; then
she thiust all thought of self aside, and
only remember her mother, her sister,
the man she lovei, and what such a sum
of money could do for them, aud hold
her tongue.
••Give me SIO,OOO and I will do it."
••You know how to ast, Miss Pent
treath."
••I won't jeopardise my safety for
less," she said firmly. "If I were alone
in the world 1 should refuse altogether;
but I want the money for the sake of
those who are very dear to me."
"Very well," ho answered, after a
pause, "you shall have your SIO,OOO
directly 1 receive advice that you have
fulfilled yt>ur part of the contract. I
will give you the papers the morning
you sail. Wuen you arrive you must
wear a white rose—au imitation one
will do very well. Your responsibility
will cease and your reward will be won
wheu you have delivered the packet
safely into the hands of a man with a
similar flower pinned in his coat, who
will contrive to ask you—how, when or
where I cannot tell you—for the present
from his friend in London."
Two days later Cecil found herself on
the desk of an outward-bound steamer,
the parting over, tho voyage begun.
On the ship the time seemed endless
to her, and sue could settle to nothing.
Every day seemed a week. She was in
a fever of irapatiencs to reach her desti
nation, and get tho critical period over.
Yet, such is human uature, when she was
told by a fellow-passenger that they
would arrive the next morning, she
would have given as much to retard
t'eir progress as previously she would
have given to accelerate it.
She was awakened about 8 o'clock in
the morning by the su Ideu cessation of
accustomed motion as the Korniloff came
to a standstill beside the quay at
OJessa.
Already the deck was strewn with
luggage, crowded with passengers, an 1
iu a wild state of commotion. Officials
in uniform were affixing large seals to
all trunks and packages, large an I
small, prior to dispatching them to the
custom house to be ope le 1 and searched.
Other officials were ecauuing every
hole and corner of the steamer itself,and
one stood in the gangway, apparently to
prevent any one from going ashore.
"Do they always search the ships like
I this?" asked Cecil of one of the officers,
with whom she hal grown friendly
during the voyage.
•,No, it isn't usuil. You see they're
oa the alert just now to stop certain
papers getting into this country. The
pasxmgers—3oine of the n at least—will
very likely be searched, too. Nobody
has been allowed to land yet."
She felt herself turn red and then
white, and she nervously fingerel the
imitation rose which she had that morn
ing pinne d for tho first time at her
throat.
"Mrs. Petrowitch will be waiting for
me. Surely they'll let uie land now."
4 'l dare say they will. I\l find out
for you," said the sailor, kiudly.
lie wont up to one of the custom
house men and spoke to him in Russian.
"This young English lady wishes to
go ashore at once. There is nothing to
detain her; I suppose?"
Ttie official called another, and the two
eyed Cecil and consulted to/ether. Of
course, she could not understand a word
of what was passing, and in consequence
had to enderu awtul suspense with as
sumed indifference.
It was evident to her at last, however,
that they had not tho least suspicion
of her, for one shrugged his shoulders
and walked away and the other asked
in French, as a mere matter of form:
"Have you anything abuut yon, any
papers?"
It was for only an imperceptible in
stant she hesitated, and thea she told the
first deliberate lie she had ever told with
a calm face and tho blood tingling to her
very finder tips.
"No."
j "Very good, mademoiselle. You need
not remain."
Mrs. Petrowitch and one of her girls
met her and took her home. She wa9
an :.miable woman, anl no doubt the
governess would have been very com
fortable beneath her roof; but all the
same, if she could secure her SIO,OOO,
Cecil did not intend to remain long in
Russia.
The following morning at about 9
o'clock the front door was thrown open
in common with every other door in
Odessa, and a stream of people begau to
pas in and out.
Every man who entered, whether he
were gentleman or peasant, took two
eggs from the pile on the table, broke
one and ate a piece of it, and presented
the other to the hostess or any other
female member of the household with
the formula, "Christ is risen." To which
the lady replied, "He is truly risen."
Cecil was watching the scene from a
corner with considerable interest, when
a dark mun, dressed like a peasant, ad
vanced and extended an egg to her. He
wore a white rose, and he pUced himself
before her so that his figure saieldod her
from the room.
"You briog me a present from my
friend in London," he said softly and
rapidly, in excellent English.
For answer ihe slipped the packet in
to his hand.
Ho gave a sort of sigli of intense re
lief and concealed it at once without tho
least sign of confusion on his face.
When she raised her head to look
after him he was gone.
About 5 o'clock in the afternoon a
month later a curicus little scene was
enacted outside the entrance of a certain
large block of offices in London. A
young lady drove up in a foun-wheeler,
and sent a boy into the building with s
message.
A moment later a mm came out,
whoso perplexed face suddenly crim
soned with astonishment and dolight as
he saw her who wished to spcakto him.
He shouted to the cabman to drive on—
anywhere, sprang into the vehicle and
clasped tho girl in his arms. t
"Cecil, my darling."
"Frank!"
"Why didn't you write to tell mo yon
were coming home?" he panted. "Why
are you back again so soon? What does
it mean?"
•*I wanted to surprise you. Oh, Frank,
I've good news for you—such good
news! What should you say if I told
you that what we'va always longed foi
is ours at last—a little capital that will
enable you to start in business for your
self?"
Then, incoherent with happiness and
excitement, she told him all. He hoard
her story, and wheu she had finished,
touched her cheek with a gentle hand.
"But, ray dear, I caunot accept so
much from you."
"Tueu you value money more highly
thau you value me!"
"Cecil, what an idea! How dare you
say such a wicke 1 thing? You don't
believe it?"
"1 shall believe it if you still refuso.
It must be so since you are not willing
*o take the $10,00), and"—she hid her
blushing, happy face on his shoulder—
"and you are willing , to take mel"—
Boston Globe.
Soft Rater Better Thin Hard.
Everybody likes soft water, but man]
half-scientific people have a kind of ides
that hard water, that is water wit)
carbonate of lime dissolve! in it, ma]
be of some value in tho nutrition and
development of bones, and especially ic
tho development of children's bone 3.
D octor J. M. For, who is entitled to I
hearing from the fact of his having
given valuable information on the sub
ject before a royal commission, holds I
contrary view. Ho maintains that thi
principal use of water in the humat
oody is for solvent purposes. In tha'
cise it is manifest that water which hai
seventy or eighty, or even 100 grains ol
solid matter per gallon dissolved in it
must be lc9s powerfully solvent thao
water which has not more than five <
ten grains. The water which is used u|
in dissolving the lime cannot dissolvi
other soluble substances—at any rate,
not t) the full extent of the natural sol- j
vent power of unadulterated water. It
is sometimes argued, as already noted,
that water having lime dissolve 1 in It
may, when drunk, give up its lime to
tiio body and SJ help in tho formation
of bones. On this point Sir Lyon Play- j
fair says: "I have seen evidence given
in cases of water supply not only that it
was desirable for health, but that it
(carbonate of lime) was absolutely neces
sary for the formation of bones. Bui
that showed a lamentable lack of chemi
cal knowledge, because the lime required
in food does not corao from tho water,
but from the solid paitic'o3 of food taken,
and I do not think that tho lime in
water has any influence on the process ol
animal nutrition." The water consumed
in the mountainous districts of Scotland
is soft water, and Highlanders are uol
generally supposed to bo deficient ii
bone or mu cle. It is also stated thai
the tallest people in Great Britain are tc
ba met with iu soft-water districts, loi
instance, in Cumberland and Aberdeen.
The tallest people of all are found in
Aberdeen, which is a very sott-water dis
trict. Soft water is, in s iort, pure
water, so far as lime is concerned; and
both in sickness and in health, and, in
deed, for all ordinary purposes for which
water is required, it is much to bo pro
ferred to hard.—Chicago News Record
Tliu S'gnal Corps.
The signal corps, United Stales Array,
aa new constituted, is limited to fifty
men. The pay of a private in tho corps
is SIOO per month,aa against the sl3 per
month paid to an ordinary privato in tho
ar.ny. Naturally admisaiou to tho corps
is much sought after by men in the ranks.
It is customary when vacancies occur to
give the first chances for eulistmont to
tho3o soldiers svho have distinguished
thomselves by long service or natual
ability. Admission to the corps is by
special enlistment, and is properly
looked upon ai a promotion. i'or fur
ther information write to General A. W.
Greely, chief signal officer, United States
Army, Washington, D. C. There arj
no special enlistments for arsenal duty
in tne army. The men who are sta
tioned at tno buildings are detailed from
the ranks as occasion may require.—
New York Sun.
Held by Fierce Wolves.
The wolves in many of the southern
and southwestern Governments of Russia
are vry bold. From Volhynia and Kiel!
several fatalities are reported. Villages
lying adjacent to the forests are continu
ally harried, as are those solitarily situ
ated on the steppe. Constant night
watches are kept by tho peasants for tho
protection of their cattle. In their en
counters with these savage pests tho vil
lagers care nothing for pistols or revol
vers, but place their trust in such weap
ons as stout cudgels, wood axes, bill
hooks, scythe blades, reaping sickles,flail
stocks, etc.
On the post road between Odessa City
and Nicolaiefl a wolf pack of over a hun
dred head is said to be on the quarry
path, and several battue parties, writes
our correspondent, are being organized<
for its destruction or dispersion.—Lon
don News.
ON HAWKS AND OWLS.
SOME NEW FACTS CONCERN
ING THESE BIRDS.
Popular Opinion Has Done Them Great
Injustice —Tliey Aro Montly Desirable
Visitors, and to Destroy Them Is Folly—
liablts of Some Well.Known Species.
The Farmers' Friends.
The bulletin on Hawks and Owls,
published by the Department of Agri
culture, contains a lot of most curious
and Interesting information. Inci
dentally, It proves that a class of
birds commonly looked upon as ene
mies of the farmer really rank among
his best friends. Instead of being
lndlscrlmitely destroyed, they should
bo preserved and encouraged to take
up their abode In the neighborhood
of the home. Out of seventy-three
species of owls and hawks In this
country only six arc harmful, and of
these latter three are so very rare
that-they need not be considered.
But two—the sharp-shinned hawk
and Cooper's hawk—need he taken
Into account as foes to the husband
man. The rest of the hawks and all
the owls aro either mainly or wholly
beneficial, so that the folly of offer
ing bouptles for killing them, as has
been done by several States, Is most
SHAHP-BHINNKD HAWK.
egregious. In the course of the In
vestigation which has brought about
these conclusions the stomachs of
2,700 of these feathered creatures
| were examined. Nearly all of them
J were found to contain mice, other
small mammals, and insects, while
i the remains of poultry or game birds
| were only discovered In a very few.
Kill the GraHMhoppera.
I Another plague of grasshoppers Is
threatening in Colorado, partly be
cause that State put a price on the
heads of hawks and owls a few years
ago, in consequence of which thou
sands of the birds have been de
stroyed. Among the natural enemies
of these Insects are wild turkeys,
prairie chickens, sage-cocks, quails,
skunks, foxes and snakes, all of which
are killed whenever possible, so that
they are fast being wiped out. Thus
the grasshoppers, when favored by
exceptional seasons, have a chance to
multiply to an astonishing extent,
whereupon they suddenly assume the
affensive and with their invading
armies take possession of the country
and strip It of everything green. One
of the hawks which people who dwell
on the Western plains have been ac
tive in trying to exterminate Is
Gwalnson's hawk, which feeds ex
clusively on grasshoppers and crick
ets when It can get them. Each in-
oooraaa aiva
dividual will consume 200 grasshop
pers daily, and It is reckoned that a
fair-sized Hock of this species will
cat 1,000,000 of tho hoppers In a
month. Sparrow-hawks aro great
enemies of tho grasshoppers. In
parts of the West and South, where
telegraph lines pass through miles of
treeless plains and savannas, these
llttlo birds use the telegraph poles for
perches, for lack of better resting
places. From tho poles they make
short trips at brief intervals to pick
up a grasshopper or a mouse, which
they carry back to the porch and de
vour. At times, when grasshoppers
arc abundant, such a lino of poles is
pretty well occupied by the hawks.
They sometimes attack young poul
try, but are too small to copo with
any but small chicks.
An owl which should be protected
ny law is the burrowing owl. It des
troys immense numbers of scorpions,
centipedes and other noxious insects;
but Its virtuos nave not "protected it
from being slaughtered for millinery
purposes.
Tho Soreoch-0-.v).
Tho little screccli-ow!, well known
In most parts of tho country, Is inde
fatigable in Its work of destroying
mice and Insects. It may often be
seen at dusk hovering about barns
and outhouses, watching for mico, or
skimming over fields and along
hedge-rows In search of grasshoppers,
crickets, and beetles. 1 tany birds of
this species have taken up a residence
In tho cities, having leasucd to feed
upon that most destructive nuisance,
the English sparrow. In winter ru
ral residents often notlco the tracks
of mice which form networks on the
snow, crossing and recrossing,passing
in and out of walls and stacks—tend
ing to show how active these small
rodents are when most of the world
sleeps. Occasionally such a track
stops abruptly, and, while the ob
server is trying to read more of the
history written in the snow, his eyes
catch the faint Impression of a pair
of wing tips near where the trail
ends, and Instantly he is mado aware
that a tragedy has been enacted.
Screech-owls also feed on chip
munks, shrews, moles, and occasion
ally bats.
Probably the most important from
an economic point of view among
owls Is the barn owl. Its food is al
most entirely made up of injurious
mammals. In the West it feeds
largely on pouched gophers, and the
stomach contentsof many individuals
examined have revealed little more
than the remains of these rodents.
To appreciate properly the services
of this owl, it must be remembered
that pouched gophers are among the
most, if not the most, destructive
mammals which inhabit this country.
In the South this owl lives largely on
cotton rats—another very destructive
species. In various other localities
it feeds extensively on the common
rat. The great horned owl, which in
the East is persistent in its attacks
on poultry and game, kills immense
numbers of rabbits in rabbit-Infested
parts of the West, where its assist
ance is invaluable to the farmers. It
is much addicted to eating skunks,
SCTUMOII owr..
of which it devours great numbers
wherever those objectionable animals
are common.
On the whole, owls are declared to
•be among the most beneficial of all
birds, inflicting little damage on the
poulterer and vastly befriending the
farmer. Their eyesight is not so de
fective In daylight as is popularly
supposed, but it is keenest In the
twilight of morning and evening.
Hunting during these hours, their
food consists largely of those animals
which hawks do not trouble much,
and their work supplements that of
hawks, helping to prevent the undue
increase of many obnoxious rodents.
The smallest owl in North America is
the elf owl, which is found in the
Southwestern part of the United
States. It is less than six inches
long, and it nearly always breeds in
the deserted holes which wood-peckers
have left in the giant cactus(s.
How Illrris of Prey Feed.
Of the birds of prey with which this
country is so well supplied there arc
but few which deserve to bo put on
the black list as injurious to man.
One of the owls which are in ill re
pute with the farmers is the barn
owl. Nevertheless, its reputation is
undeserved, Inasmuch as 97 per cent,
of its food consists of rabbits, squir
rels, rats, mice, frogs, and crawllsh,
The long-eared and short-eared owls
also feed extensively on mice.
The injurious species of hawks,
which feed mainly on animals that
are useful to man, aro the sharp
shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, the
goshawk, the duck-hawk, the gyr-
I! AUN .-OWfa
falcon and the fish-hawk. The gos
hawk is comparatively rare in most
farming districts of the United
States, being a bird of the far North;
otherwise its destructlveness to poul
try would be great. Eew species are
j more fond of poultry and game birds,
i Its large size enabling It to carry off
with ease a full-grown fowl. Buffed
grouse often fall a prey to it, on
which account it is sometimes called
the "partridge hawk." It strikes
down a hare with ease. Much of tho
111-favor with which birds of prey in
general arc looked upon is due to the
depredations of Cooper's hawk. This
is a common species throughout the
United States and Canada. It is the
true "chicken hawk." Cooper's hawk
and the sharp-shinned hawk feed al
most exclusively on the flesh of do
mesticated and wild birds. When
they find a farm where chickens can
be captured with impunity they
make daily excursions to it. and, un
less killed, will soon depopulate the
yard. Domesticated pigeons are par
ticularly sought after by Cooper's
hawk.
Sparrow Destroyers.
In one direction the fondness of
these two hawks for the flesh qf birds
promises to be of benefit to the coun
try—namely, in the destruction of
fho English sparrow. Both of them
have learned from experience that a
desirable food and one easy to obtain
is to bo found in tho towns, and even
in the streets of large cities it is not
an uncommon thing to see one of
SUCK ' HAWK.
them rush into a flock of sparrows.
This is the only benefit conferred on
mankind by them, for they rarely
attack mammals and insects. Theii
small size, daring and rapid flight
render them easily recognizable, and
they need seldom be mistaken for
their Innocent relations. Both spe
cies should be destroyed whenever
and wherever possible.
The gyrfalcon, the largest and
most powerful of the true falcons, is
rarely seen within the borders of the
United States, and then only in win
ter. It feeds largely on ptarmigan,
grouse, water fowl, hares and poul
try when available. The duck hawk
Is another big falcon, and is closely
related to the famous peregrine fal
con of the old world, which was used
so extensively in falconry in "ye olden
time." It Is rare in mostpartsof the
United States, fortunately for the
poultry yards and the game coveys.
In fact, the sharp-shinned and Coop
er's hawks are the only two of thede
structive species which are at all
common in this country. The fish
hawk, although a magnificent bird,
and one that lends attractiveness to
many a sceno by sea and river can
not be classed as a useful species from
an economic standpoint. It eats fish,
and fish only, and is often a nui
sance to the fish-culturists. Some of
OKBAT HORKRD OWL,
the most valuable kinds of fishes, as
trout, bass and mullet, fall victims
to Its splendid powers as a llslicr.
The rough-legged hawk, ono of the
largest species, fcclls exclusively on
the smaller rodents, and the number
of meadow mice it destroys is well
nigh incalculable. It passes under
the name of "hen hawk," though it
never destroyed a hen or chicken in
its life. The marsh hawk is one ot
the first in economic importance, be
ing abundant almost everywhere in
the United States. It can be recog
nized by its long slim form and from
the manner in which it beats back
and forth over the prairies, marshes
and meadows in search of ground
squirrels and mice, of which it an
nually destroys vast numbers. Occa
sionally it seizes small birds, and once
in a while a stray chicken, but the
barm it does is inconsiderable. The
buzzard hawks, which include nine
species, are large, sluggish and too
slow of wing to secure such agile
prey as wild birds or even poultry.
Their food consists of small mam
mals, insects, snakes, toads and frogs.
Eagles are nothing more than big
hawKs. The golden eagle's food is
mainly composed of such large ani
mals and birds as rabbits, lambs, tur
keys and grouse. A hungry eagle
would doubtless carry off a young
baby if it found one unprotected; but
it would not convey the infant to its
nest uninjured, after the manner de
scribed in many fanciful stories. A
bird of prey always strikes its talons
deeply into its quarry before bearing
it off. The favorite diet of the bald
eagle, which nns been chosen as the
national bird, is fish, but it will also
devour creatures that wear fur and
feathers. An eagle of this kind shot
on the shore of Hamilton Bay, Luke
Ontario, had the bleached skull of a
weasel dangling from Its neck, the
teeth ilrmly set In the skin of its
throat
A Telephonic Newspaper.
The London Standard's Vienna
correspondent tells us of the very
newest thing in news—a Ballamyidea
translated into fact. The first so
called "telephonic newspaper" ap
peared in Pesth yesterday. In othei
words, the latest items of news —po-
litical, local, commercial, sporting,
and other—are sent out from a cen
tral otlice by telephone to the sub
scribers, who for this intelligence paj
the very modest sum of 75 cents l
month. This novel undertakin|
comprises at its central o(Hc<
two departments—a regular edi
torial otlice, which receives the
telegraphic and oral messages and
works them up into leaders 01
paragraphs, and a special tele
phonic publishing department, where
experienced speakers, each possessing
a soft but distinct voice, transmit
through the instruments the contents
of the manuscripts delivered from
hour to hour by the first department.
There are two languages used, Ger
man and Hungarian, The news in
cludes stock exchange quotations and
financial articles, reports of theatri
cal performances, book reviews, and '
paragraphs on all the miscellaneous
topics found in a daily newspaper.
The subscribers who receive tho
news have a square wooden tablet be
fore them, from which are suspended
two tubes long enough to reach theli
ears when they are sitting in an easy
chair or at a writing desk, or even
when lying in bed. Tho service com
mences at 8 o'clock in tho morning
and lasts until 9 in the evening. The
novelty has so farheen very well re
ceived In the Hungarian capital.
Do You KnowT
Do you know that you can drive
nails Into hard wood without bend
ing them if you dip them first in lard?
That corks warmed in oil make ex
cellent substitutes for glass stoppers?
That a lump of camphor in yout
clothes-press will keep steel orna
ments from tarnishing?
That stale bread will clean kid
gloves?
That bread crumbs cleanse silk
gowns?
That milk, applied once a week
with a soft cloth, freshens and pre
serves boots and shoes?
That gloves can be cleaned at home
by rubbing with gasoline?
That weak spots in a black silk
waist may be strengthened by "stick
ing" court-plaster underneath?
That tooth powder Is an excellent
cleanser of fine filigree jewelry?
That a little vaseline, rubbed in
once a day, will keep the hands from
chapping?
That gum arable and gum traga
canth in equal parts, dissolved in hot
water, make the best and most con
venient mucilage you can keep in the ■
house?— Exchange.
Chronicled lu a Woman'* Album.
Flerro Lotl's likes and dislikes wore
chronicled by him lately in a lady's
album. His favorite color is "chang
ing mother of pearl." his favorite
perfume the wild "pinks of tho
dunes," his favorite animal "thecat,"
his favorite color for eyes and hair
"it has often changed; it depends
upon whom I care for." In answer
to the question, "Which Is the vice
you most detest, and why?" he writes:
"None. I havo immense pity for
them all." His favorite occupation
is "lo wander al>out in the open air
in the East," his favorite pursuit,
"riding or gymnatics." His ideal oi
earthly happiness is "to be handsome,
young, agile, and strong;" the pleas
antest time of day, "(ho evening on
shore or very early morning at sea,"
the country to live in, "India,
or Mohammedan country:" his favor
ite nation, "the Arabs, because of
their tranquillity." As to his hero of
history he write: "I know so little of
history." As to Ills hero of fiction:
"I have no interest in any." As to
his favorite writer: "I do not read."
••N 'thing l.lko a Good Old Mother."
An English paper tells a story of a
well-known bishop who suffers from
Impaired vision. He recently he'd a
levee. At length a guest approached
and said: "How do you do, my lord?
My mother wishes to bo kindly re
membered to you." "Ah," said tho
bishop, "that is very good of her.
And how Is the dear old soul? Noth
ing like a good old mother! Be sure
to take care of your old mother.
Good-morning." The bishop d d not
in the least know who his visitor was,
and said to his footman, "Who was
that?" The servant replied, "Tho
last gentleman who left your lord
ship's reception is the Duke of Con
naught. "
Wary. V
Mr. P. H. Winston and Hon. 11.
A. Gilliam were for years leaders at
the Bertie County (N. C.) bar, and
had each a full appreciation, from
experience, of the skill of the
other. At one term Mr. Winston
was suddenly called away, and placed
bis business in the bands of his
nephew, Duncan Winston, a recent
acquisition to the bar. "Now," said
he, "Duncan, if Gilliam makes you
any offer of a compromise, decline it.
If you make him one, and you find
he is about to accept it, withdraw it
immediately."
St. AuguMtliie Dlstan ed.
Tucson, A. T., is said to be tho
oldest city in tho United States. An
old Spanish land grant issued in 1551
has recently been unearthed.
"IV hew I
The amount of tobacco chewed In
tho United States last year vjujj
plghty-flve tons. ™