There are indications that the
American woman is gradually growing
taller and larger.
Is suicide hereditary? The futher
and grandfather of a recent suicide in
Marceline, JIo., died in the same man
ner before her.
Had Shakespeare been more modern
ho might not havo written of the
ridiculous excess of ousting a perfume
on tho violet, for n French paper
prints a picture and description of
elaborate apparatus used in artificially
perfuming flowers for tho French
market.
A ten-foot "wind-wheel" in Ne
braska raises a thousaud gallons of
water daily to a height of seventy
feet. These wind-wheels are coming
more and more into use in the West,
and it is thought that they will havo n
very important bearing on the indus
tries of the future.
Mr. 11. Benjafleid, of Tasmania, in
a recent address to the fruit-growers
of that country, asserts that much
of the illness in tho world is duo to a
lack of fruit in the diet. Tho highest
authorities on gout and rheumatism
think that fruit helps to correct the
tendency of these troublos.
The cooler regions of tho globe are
becoming depopulated, and every
where, Dr. D. G. Briuton nssnres us,
the arctic and sub aretio zones have
fewer inhabitants than a half century
ago. One cause is the destruction of
native tribes by tho introduction of
new modes of life, now diseases, alco
hoi and idleness. Another influence
is the fact that the arctic regions, like
the mountains, were originally chosen
as homes only by refugees of eon
qucrod and dispersal bands, and all
who can return to less severe climates
are now doing so. The centre ol
population tends more aud more to fix
itself between forty-live and fifty-five
degrees of latitude.
A citizen of the United States whe
haß recently been abroad says: "Im
agine a city in which every street it
well paved and every pavement kepi
in perfect repair; every street and
alley in the city sprinkled and swept
every day ; nil ashes aud garbage re
moved every day; street railroads
carrying passengers for two cents,and
and one line as low as one cent, and
yet paying royalties to tho city suffi
cient to maintain the pavements; gas
furnished at snob lotv rates that the
poorest tenements aro well lighted and
many even heated with it, These
things are so surprising that most the
people will think that they can only
be had in the end of tho next century,
when tho world has grown much wiser
and new inventions havo made all
work easier and cheaper. Yet tho city
of Glasgow has them all now. The
explanation is that the city has 'a
good and progressive government,'
that the best men accept and hold of
fice, and that tho affairs of the city
are administered for the public good
and not for private gain, or for the
promotion of political ends."
"Nothing can be more pernicious or
corrupting," says the Chicago Times-
Herald, "than tho confinement of
youthful offenders in tho same prison
with hardened criminals, where social
intercourse cannot bo prevonted.
From that moment nine out of ten
boys are lost. Fascinated by tales of
adventurous crime, ani with little if
any moral sense, their dream thence
forth is to emulate the career of the
criminal heroes whose stories they
havo heard. As for young girls, to
send thom to tho house of correction
or to the jail, even for an hour, is to
ruin them forever. There might be
hope for a boy, were it not for tho
contamination received from men, but
for girls thero is none." And yet here
in New York, adds Homo aud Coun
try, some of our now eity magistrates
do not hesitate to send young persons
of both sexes to prison on charges of
but little consequence. A youu" wo
man of respectable connections took
probably by accident an overdose of
some deadly drug. Sho was removed
to hospital, and afterwards arraigned
before a magistrate on a charge ot' at
tempting suicide. She protested in
nocence, and even offered to deposit 11
largo sum of money as bail, but was
committed to jail in default of an
amount that might justly havo been
exacted in a case of burglary or high
way robbery. Jail may have meant
ruin for this young woman, as it un
doubtedly does for thousands of
others, either innocent or guilty of
minor offences, who are railroaded to
prison every year in the city of New
York. First offenders should be leni
ently treated, especially when they
are young. The courts should be so
conducted ns to reform anl not to
manufacture orimiunls.
SYMPATHY. I
A falling of ilow iu tho night.
Which nature can never one© miss;
And a flower that's yielding to blight
Oloweth brighter because of its kiss.
i. ear shed for some breast in pain,
Which cannot impoverish one;
A d a heart may take courage again,
Aud hope on till victory's won.
- Will T. Hale,
MUX'S FORTUNE,
fjjgvSSJ WO men were sit
[J W ting iu tho smok-
|jj iug-room ofLanes
hold, tlio seat—as
Mb, 4lio 8W books
gCS/f7/ tell us—of Daniel
#// Esq., whose
F - ] ancestors owned
VI-T'be island of Soar
tha long before the
English took over the Orkneys.
The house is an old, weather-worn,
stone building that stands under the
hill at tho head of a little bay, and
from tho smoking-room window one
looks across n well-kept though storm
driven garden to the blue sea, and
then to a cluster ot distant islands.
Tho room was furnished as a smok
ing-room, yet there were signs of a
woman's use, as there was a piano
with a litter of music on it and a
work-basket. Tho room, as well it
might be, from tho charm of its look
out, seemed to be tho most lived in in
the house.
"Yon need not tell mo her story,
Uncle Dan," said the younger of the
two men, Georgo Lane, a lieutenant
in the navy and just the rnuu one
likes to think is typical of the service.
"I know enough when 1 know that
Nelly has promised to bo my wife,
and that I am tho luckiest man on
earth."
"That is truo enough, young one,"
said tho other, a gray-bearded man of
about sixty. "Still, you must bear
her story. I wish I had told it to you
before. But it is an ugly story to tell,
though her life has been happy
enough. You know tliat she is my
adopted daughter, aud that I brought
her from Africa. You know that was
her mother."
He pointed to a picture on tho wall,
an enlarged photograph crudely col
ored and inartistic, and yet evidently
of a sweetly beautiful young woman.
"When I know her first she was liv
ing with kor father, an Irish Austral
ian digger, Tom O'Brien, 0110 of a
family of brothers who, from the ear
liest days of tho diamond liclds, were
largo claiuaholdcrs in tho Kimburly
mine. It was a bad day for her when
sho fell iu love with Dick Johnson, a
young fellow who, like most of us, had
come out to the diamond fields to seek
his fortune, but he never did much to
iind it until he married Tom O'Brien's
daughter.
"He managed to get over O'Brien,
and got sorno claims iu one of the
mines for him. But that was no good.
In a few years ho was sol I up. Then
he persuaded his father-in-law to give
him a billot under O'Brien Brothers.
He was made secretary, and for some
time was supposed to have turned
over a now leaf; but ho was always a
bad lot, aud in a year or two ho and
the floor manager of tho company
were caught stealing a big diamond,
| and they were bothsontencod to seven
years. Nelly knows nothing about
this. Sho was a child at the time."
"Why should she over know it? It
will only pain her," answered George.
"But, of course, it makes no differ
ence to me. I would consider myself
tho luckiest man on earth toj have
gained her love, even if she had fifty
convict fathers. By the bye, what
happened to him? Will ho give any
more trouble?"
"Ho never will, but his story may.
Two years after his sentence, there
was a rising among tho eonviets on
tho breakwater at Cape Town, where
he was sent. He was in it; in fact,
he was the ringleader. It was an at
tempt to escape, and in the light he
killed a warder, and for this he was
tried, sentenced and hung."
Line looker curiously into his
nephew's fnco ns said Ibis, but if
he were afraid that what he had told
would make the other unwilling to
marry tho daughter of n man with
such a history, he was at once reas
sured.
"Nelly knows nothing about this,
I suppose. Well, she never need.
Not that I think so much of it. How
ever just a man's punishment is, ono
can understand his fighting for his
liberty," he said.
"Well, that is tho story," continued
Lane. "The year that Johnson was
hung his wife died. That year was
tho beginning of the depression on
tho diamond fields, which lasted for
some time and ruined a great many
men. The firm of O'Brien Bros, came
to an end, the bank taking over their
claims for money advanced on tliern.
"Tom O'Brien died, 111010 of {the
bad times than anything else. The
othir brothers sailed for Australia,
and tho ship they were iu went down.
Nelly, who had been boru the grand
daughter of tho riehtjs-t digger 011 the
fields, was left an orphan, with no
means aud without ft relation in the
world that anyone knew of.
Now, I had .been a boarder at the
Johnson's, going there when they
were hard up. 1 1 had taken n spell at
the civil service about that time, but
wbcu my office was abolished, had
gone down the river, putting the
money tho Government [gave me into
n digging spec. It camo off pretty
well. I don't suppose nuyouo ever
found better in tho bed of the river
than I did. I worked a patch of
ground right out, and by the time the
river came down again, as it does iu
the summer, I had made some £15,000
and everyone was I silking about my
good lucit. I determined to go home,
and as thero seemed to by no one in
the world to look after little Nelly, I
took her with me, aud you know the
rest."
"Yes; how she grew up the sweet
est girl who ever lived, and how she
has promised a fellow who is not half
good enough for her, but who would
give his life to make her happy, to bo
his wife," answered George Lane.
"Yes, I suppose you were right to
keep the story from her, and yet I
hate a secret; thero is always tho
chance that, like an old spent she!; it
may explode."
"You are right," said Lane, "and
the mischief of it is that I think the
secret may come out soon. When I
was dowQ at tho landing waiting for
you this morning, I saw a stranger,
who had come by the steamer yester
day, hanging about by the iun. They
told me ho said ho was from the dia
mond fields, and he had been asking
all about me. I had thought that I
remembered his face, and when I heard
that, it came across mo that he was
Sam Dredge, the floor manager of
O'Brien Brothers, who was run in
with Nellie's father. If ho knew who
Nolly was he might try and trade 011
his seerot."
"Ho would be an infernal villian,
and he would find tho island of Scar
tli.a rather close quarters if ho tried
on that game."
"Well, seeing him has made mo feel
uneasy, but let's forget him. Thero
is ono thing, in marrying Nellie yon
are taking a penniless bride. I havo
spent all I got out of tho Vaal Paver
in restoring the house, and in doing a
bit of improvement about the place,
building aseawall here and putting up
some decent houses for tile crofters
there. The place comes to you, ns it
must; all my money has gone into it,
but thero is still 11 drain of debt and
charges on it. You had better have
married an heiress."
"I love the old place where our peo
ple havo lived so long,but I love Nellie
a thousand times more," replied
George.
"I don't blame yon, though I
would like to havo thought that there
was a little money to go on the prop
erty," said Daniel.
Just then tho door was opened, and
a girl of about twenty came in, whose
bluo eyes and dark eyebrows bore wit
ness to tho strain of irish'.blood in her
vein?, while her bright radiant beauty
was out of keeping with the story that
had just been told.
"What a lot of business you must
have talked over," sho said, with a
blush, as sho remembered what the
business would bo. "Tea is ready,
and, dear, there is a man waiting at
tho gale who wants to seo yon."
"What is he like?" asked Lane.
"I havo never Been him before on
this island. Ho is a tallisli man, with
a red hpard."
"He is tho man I talked to you
about," Lane said to his nephew. "I
will seo him here. I would liko you
to bo present. Don't wait tea for us,
Nelly, but go and h-avo yours."
Walking to the window, which
opened to the ground, he went out,
and soon came back followed by a tall
man whose shaved face was set off ;by
a red chin board. Ho had rather a
colored nose, and a pair of little eyes
that wandered restlessly nbout the
room, though after some time they
fixed 'themselves on tho picture of
Nolly's mother.
"Well, what do you want?" said
Daniel Lane. "I suppose you have
come to see about something."
"Yer right, but I think it would be
best lor me to say what I've got to say
alone—meaning no offense to this
young gentleman, only wo knew each
other out yonder whero they find
diamonds."
"I have no secrets from this gentlo
man. If you have anything to say,
you cau say it before him. Who are
you and what do you want?"
"You know who I am, mister—Sam
Dredge, who was run in along with
Dick Johnson, and who has done his
seven years, and ain't ashamed to talk
of it. Now, I say, hadn't you better
listen to what I have to say without
any gont being present?"
"You can talk before this gentle
man, or you can hold your tongue,"
answered Lane. "What havo you
come about?"
'I. have come to havo a little talk,
about my mate, poor Dick Johnson,
which ain't a very pleasant subject,
and what I have to say relates to that."
And ho pointed with his thumb at tho
picture on tho wall.
"Say what you havo to say, or clear
out without saying it," said Daniel
Lane, as he faced round at tho other,
looking—for ail his sixty years—very
big and powerful.
"You're going to carry it oft'with a
bounce, but I say now it's 'ard. I
comes out of doiug my seven year,
and what do I hhar? Why, that a
month or two after Diok Johnson was
run in, you goes to the river and finds
£15,000 worth of stuff in tho bed of
tho river. Ain't that a treat? Other
poor beggars down the river livo on
mealy meal, nud don't find nothing,
but. you got 'em all. Ain't I a right
to something? Don't yon think that
if 1 was to open my mouth there'd be
a deal of talk ail over these blessed
bilands where you go iu for beiug
sueli a toll? Come ! you know what
I f know, and if I hold my tongue i
] want it made up to me."
| "Now, listen to me, Sam Dredge. I
J know what you know, and if you
[ think you can do auy good by talking
I and letting Dick Johnson's daughter
J kuow what you kuow, and if you think
| you can do any good by talking nud
j letting Dick Johnson's daughter know
[ of the shameful end of her father, you
\ make a great mistake. I won't pay
j you blackmail, and this gentleman,
| who is going to marry her, never will.
I But if you ever do talk, I shall most
likely hear of it before you have left
the islands. If so, I will hammer you
till yon wish I would kill you out
! right; and if you have left those isl
1 audn, we will find you out, wherever
you are, and thrash you. Ay! won't
we, George, my lail?"
"Oar friend here can depend 011 n
thrashing from me," said George.
"In fact, perhaps it. would bo as well
if I gave him something on account."
There was no doubt that these
speeches had a considerable effect on
the respectable Mr. Sam Dredge, but
they seemed rather to puzzle than to
frighten him.
; He stared into Daniel Lane's face
lasif he wero trying to read its cx
i pressioD.
"I want to tell Dick Johnson's
daughter about her father's shameful
cud? Well, I never! Yes, of course;
perhaps it would 'urdly bo the thing.
Well, yes, 1 will say good evening.
The days lengthen out wonderful for
the time of year in thoso Inlands,
don't they, Mr. Daniel Lane? Oh, I
nm your way of thinking, only I have
been misunderstood."
And Sam Dredge, with his wander
ing eye again and again coming to au
anchor on the picture, bowed himself
out of the room to the window.
When ho got outside ho walked vory ;
slowly, and kept taking furtive glances
at the open window.
The steamer left that evening for
Kirkwall, but Dredge did not leave
by her. He was in comfortable quart
ers, he said, as he drank his whisky j
and water and talked to the landloard i
of tlie little inn.
"Yes," said the latter, in answer to
something Dredge had said, "I think j
ono might say that the people here '
are as well behave I as on any of tho j
islands. 1 am an old man, but I never i
heard of any one f rom hero being sent i
to prison. On the mainland of Ork
ney sometimes tho fishermen will take
a drop of grog, and then they will
fight; and I once hoard of a man on
the mainlaud who got into a house at
night and stole whisky. Here if peo
ple look up their doors at night it is
all they think of doing. There are no
thieves on tho ishiud."
"No boltingor barring up of houses,
ay," said Dredge. "It's to your credit,
that is what 1 say."
In the mean time the Lanes had not I
wasted many thoughts about their j
visitor. From the way he behaved '
when he left they began to doubt |
whether ho was quite right in his
hea l. Ho had gone off like a man
who was perfectly provoked and be
wildered, and yet thero was no deny
ing that they had both expressed
themselves very clearly.
George Lane, however, put liim and
the painful story with which ho was !
associated out of his mind, and ho de
termined that the past should throw
no shadow over him.
Very often when he is at sea far
away l'rom all ho loves best, will he
think ot that evening ho spent at tho
old home of his race after Nelly had
promised to be his wife.
When he got to his room ho found
he could not sleep, and after some
time ho gave up this attempt and sat
at tho open window smoking and look
ing out to sea.
It. was that sort of twilight which is
all the night one gets when tho days
are at their longest at Orkney.
Everything was still,except tho faint
splash of the sen. After a while he
saw tho figure of a man walking on the
path that led from tho sea shore up to
his house.
"A strange hour for a visitor," lie
thought, but even thou tho idea of a
thief never occurred to him. The
thing was so out of keeping with his
surroundings.
But tho man seemed to be coming
up to the house, and he passed under
neath his window. Walking stealthily
on tho grass, he went on till ho got to
tho smoking-room window. Then
George recognized tho man. Ho was
their friend of the afternoon, Sam
Dredge. For some minutes lio stood
at tho window which had been shut
up, tumbling at the lock. Jt appeared
to give way without much difficulty.
As tho mail went into tho smoking
room George dropped from his win
dow on to tho grass—it was only a fall
of a few feet—then he silently fol
lowed in the other's footsteps. But
he came to a stop at tho window. The
man had lit a candle,and when George
came up, he was in the act of taking
down the picture of Nellie's mother
that hung on tho wall.
"Now what can his little game be?"
thought George as tho ec
centric burglar take the picture down
and lay it face downwards on tho
table, and then proceeds with his
knife to cut away the card board back.
Then ho stooped forward, and from
the expression of his face George felt
suro that ho had found what ho was
looking for. Just then George sprang
into tlio room. Tho man turned
around fiercely, and with an oath
rushed at him, making a stab at him
with the knife.
But George was too quick for him,
and got hold of his wrist with his left
hand, while ho let out with his right,
hitting him on tho point of his chin
and sending him staggering into the
corner of the room.
The knifo had dropped out of his
hand, and the first thing that George
did was to secure it. Then ho nlood
watching his prostrato foe, ready
enough for him in case ho should
think lii to get up and recommence
proceedings. As ho began to rise,
there was a sound of footsteps along
the passage, and Daniel Lane came
into the room.
"Hullo, George, my boy, what's tho
meaning of this? Why, hero is our
friend again."
"I don't know what it is, but what
ho came after is there," answered
George, as ho pointed at the picture on
tho table.
Daniel Lane took up tho candle and
walked to the picture, and us ho did
so he gavo an exclammation of cur
prise.
•'And enough to come after, too,"
ho said. "Why by Jove, I 'never saw
a nicer parcel of diamonds all tho time
I was on tho fields."
Well he might say so, for the back •
of tho photograph, from which the ;
cardboard had been stripped off, was !
covered with rough diamonds, all of <
them from ten to twenty carats.
By this time Sam Dredge had got
on his legs again, Ho made, however,
no attempt to escape or interfere, but
stood looking at the other two out of
his ugly little eyes.
"Now, look here, let's bo reason
able. That thero parcel of stuff is
mine by rights, 'causo Dick Johnson
and I got 'em, and wo hid 'em there;
and, Dick being out of it, I take his
share. I have done my time for tho
diamonds, and ought to havo 'em.
When 1 heard, after I came out, how
you'd found down the river, I made
sure as tlio diamonds you got camo
from behind that picture, where wo
put all wo took from O'Brien Brothers'
Hoor. You wouldn't be tho first by a
long bit who went off to tho river with
the diamonds ready found. This after
noon, when I was here, it camo over
me all of a sudden that you knew
nothing about the diamonds, and they
still were where Dick Johnsou an .l I
had hid 'cm behind the picture.
"Well, I came for 'em, but you've
been too many for mo. Whoever they
belong to, they dou'fc belong to you.
Now I says, halves, or they go back
to O'Brien Brothers' representative.
Gome, thero is plenty for us both an 1
I says halves."
"Halves, you rascal. Do you think
I would go halves in plunder with
you? Go back to their rightful own
ers, they shall," said Daniel Lane,
and though tlio idea did force itself
into his thoughts tint tho price of
thoso diamonds he saw glittering ou
the table would help to pay off the
debts on his property, he never, to do
him justice, let it stay there.
"You are a fool, Dan Line. A
bigger fool than I thought you," sai I
tho disgusted Sam Dredge, "letting
this parcel go to you don't kuov
who."
"I don't care wh>s3 limy are, they
are not miue or yours," sal 1 Liu •.
"By the Lord Harry, though, I clj
know, George they arc Nelly's. She
is tho only real descendant of the
O'Brien Brothers loft alive that I ever
heard of. That is Nelly's fortune, and
after all you will marry an heiress."
Auk so it turned out. Daniel Lane
kicked Dredge out of doors. The next
day he wrote to the High Court at
Kirnberley, who hud administered the
estate of Tom O'Brieu, tolling how ho
had found a parcel of diamonds that
belonged to tlio O'Brien Brothers.
There wore a good many difficulties
and legal formulas, but in the end
tho diamonds wero sold and the price
went to Nelly as the heiress of her
grandfather and great-uncles. They
realized some twelve thousand pounds,
for they were all picked stones.
Nelly never knew how they had
beeu found. Her only trouble seems
to be that her sailor husband has often
lobe away from her, and her life will
not be darkened by the kuowledge of
her father's crimes and fate.—lllus
trated Bits.
WISE WORDS.
A small tree may bear good fruit,
What science says is man's best
guess.
History is what character ha 3 writ
ten.
If we knew more we could forgive
more.
There is still a lion's den for every
Daniel.
Do to-day what you would do ou
your last day.
Weeds grow fast when a lazy man
hoes the coru.
An hour spent in bad company cau
never be blotted out.
Kill off tho fools, and you will throw
tho lawyers out of work.
A chorus m which many love to
join "Didu't I tell you so?'
Holf-assertivo men often do a large
business on a small capital.
The man who would go to heaven
alone if ho could, isn't fit to go.
So many people aro not at homo
when a golden opportunity knocks,
A civil touguo is a better protection
than steel armor an inch thick.
Fray for your enemy, no matter
whether he is trying to kill you with
his tonguo or n gun.
The man who cau pay his debts and
won t do it, would steal, if hecould-do
it without being locked up.
Some people show that they aro not
on the way to heaven by what they
tell others they must do to get there.
—Ham's Hoi n.
Stimulating Horses With Whisky.
"It has been the custom among cav
alry troops to stimulate the horses
with whisky," said Colonel A. D.
Gate, "and I havo always thought
that it was a good thing to do. In
fact, I have done it a great deal my
solf and with seemingly good results,
but I have been reading some reports
of experiments made in Germany,
where the custom has been followed
for a long time, and they seemed to
provo that horses so stimulated are
much more ant to die from over ex
ertion than those that are not treated
in auy way. It is a fact that 1 havo
noticed myself that horse 3 frequently
becomo drunkards, the appetite grow
ing until it becomes uncontrollable."
—Boston Cultivator.
Never (Jsed the Passes,
A gentleman called on President
Lincoln and solicited a pass for Rich
i montl. "Well, said tho President,
"I would be very happy to oblige you
, if my passes were respected ; but the
fact in, sir, I havo, within the last two
years, given passes to 200,000 men to
i go to Richmond, and not one has got
• there yet."—Louisville Courier-Jour
' ual.
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Snyiiißß and Cute Doings of the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tle Ones to Read.
The Trouble with a Tutor.
"Do you go to school, Willie?" in
quired the visitor.
"No," said Willie, who has a tutor.
"School comes to me. I wish it didn't,
too. Some days are too wet for me to
go out, but there ain't any too wet for
Mr. Diggins."
Flower Ghosts.
Any child who wishes to see the ghost
of a flower lias only to make a very sim
ple experiment. Let liini go up to a
cluster of blossoms and look very in
tently for several minutes at oue side
of it. Then very suddenly lie must
turn Ids gaze upon the other side of
the same cluster. He will at once dis
tinctly see a faint and delicate circle
of colored light around this second half
of the cluster. The light is always in
the hue which is "complimentary" to
that of the flower. The specter of the
scarlet poppy is of a greenish white.
The ghost of the primrose is purple.
The ghost of the blue fringed gentian
Is of a pale gold tint. In these circles
of color the shapes of tho flower's pet
als are always faintly but clearly seen.
—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Rover the Dude.
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How Many Apples Did They Eat?
"Can you tell me," said Will to Bob,
"how many apples Adam and Eve ate
in the garden of Eden?"
"That's a chestnut!" Bob answered.
"Eve ate one and Adam ate, too; that
makes three."
"You don't add correctly, Bob. The
total is 103."
"llow do you make that out?"
"Why, as you said, Eve ate one (81)
:ml Adam ate, too (82). Add 81 and 82
together, and you get 103, don't you?"
Bob thought a moment and then ex
claimed: "I guess they ate more, after
all. Eve ate, for one (841), and Adam
ate, too (82). Total, 1)23."
"Oh, I can do better than that," said
Will. "Eve, for one. ate one (4181). and
Adam, too. ate one (281). That makes a
total of 4,302. Can you beat that?"
"Yes, Indeed! How is this? Eve ate
one. for one (8,141), and Adam ate one,
too (812). That is a total of 8,953. Now
it's your turn."
"I'll quit," said Will. "They must
have ealen the whole crop."—New York
Recorder.
The Obedient Eiru.
Some curious tricks can be performed
with eggs prepared in the following
way: IMerce an egg with a pin, and
empty the contents of the shell. When
the interior is quite dry, pour into it.
some line sand until a fourth of the
shell Is filled. Then seal the hole with
n drop of white wax. You can then
place the egg on the edge of a knife or
the margin of the decanter, and it will
stay where you put It. Take care to
shake the egg well before placing it in
any of these positions, and thus bring
THE OBEDIENT EGO.
the center of gravity to the place where
you desire it to ho. To make a dis
obedient egg introduce into an empty
egg shell some grains of shot and seal
ing wax: Close the hole, and hold the
shell over a flame until the wax inside
has melted. The shot, and wax will
then adhere to the bottom of the egg.
When cool place the egg on the table,
and it will stand upright like the one
shown in our illustration. The egg will
he a source of mystery to your friends,
as it will refuse to assume any other po
sition.
Faved Forty-Six Lives.
An instance of noble adherence to
duty to save the lives of others was re
cently recorded, which is worthy a
place in the school books beside John
Maynard's famous deed:
Shortly after 11 o'clock the engineer,
Thomas Lloyd, discovered that the en
gine house was on tire. He made au
effort to extinguish the flames with a
few buckets of water, hut was unsuc
cessful. Lloyd was alone In the build
ing at the time, and he remembered
that there were forty six meu iu the
iniuc. Without losing any time, lie ran
to the telephone and gave the alarm in
the mine. The footman at the bottom of
the shaft told the miners to throw down
their tools and get on the cage as quick
ly as possible.
By this time the flames had surround
ed the engineer on all sides. He pa
tiently awaited the signal to hoist the
men to the surface. At last he got tho
signal and brought up the cage with
lightning speed. Eighteen men were
aboard. The carriage was then return
ed to the mine for the second load of
human freight. On this trip tor. men
were brought up. The side of the build
ing now collanserl. and the burning
itmber fell all around the brave engi
neer, who still held the lever. At last
the remaining men got on the cage, and
In a few minutes all were brought to
the surface safely. The engineer was
badly burned, but will recover.—Ham's
Ilqjai.
USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL.
Handy mid Convenient Scats Which
Are Easily Made.
One of the most useful phases of fur
niture in a well-equipped bed room is
a shoe box, a clothes box, or a recep
tacle for the children's toys. Every
family has tlieni. They're as popular
as sofa cushions, and yet very few
FOR CNILDRKX'B TOYS.
business stores keep them, and the car
penter has to be looked to for their
manufacture.
A simple and neat box is shown in
the first picture. It is tho size of an
ordinary wooden shoe box, arranged
with tho lid on hinges and covered with
some light, fancy material, such as
cretonne, silkoline or denim The HOC
BOX FOP. SHOES.
ond illustration represents a box with
the lid raised, showing 011 its under
side a series of pockets for slippers,
overshoes, etc., and also a pocket for
button liook, shoe horn and other sun
dries pertaining to footwear.
Another suggestion for a combined
shoe box and window seat is shown in
picture number three, which makes a
very attractive and comfortable piece
snoE nox AND WINDOW SEAT.
of furniture. It can be made of two
small boxes and one long box, or other
equally good boxes of about these pro
portions, made of strong boards; the
proportions should be carefully pre
served. Remove one side from each
small box, leaving the ends, top, bot
tom and one side; place them on the
FRAME WORK FOR NO. 3.
floor a distance apart, with the open
end at the front; between these place
the long box, having a lid fastened on
at the back with hinges; screw the sides
of the end boxes fast to the sides of the
middle box, and across the back of the
three boxes fasten a board to act as a
back to the scat.
Surprise All Around.
There was grief in a South Side
household one day when a careless ser
vant allowed a valuable piece of stat
uary to fall and break in a dozen pieces.
The girl had a good cry and offered
to pay for tho marble, but this was out
of the question.
The man servant, who was also coach
man and landscape gardener, was in
structed to take the fragments of the
art treasure and dispose of them. It
happened that he knew a thing or two.
Instead of dumping the pieces into an
ash barrel ho took them to a repair
shop, where they were carefully glued
together by an expert workman. When
the job was completed the servant took
the marble to a dealer In antiquities and
objects of art, explained how lie came
into possession of it and received au
equivalent of two weeks' pay above the
cost of repairs.
Some weeks later the original owner
came upon the marble in the show win
dow.
lie could hardly believe his senses, as
lie had bought his marble as an origiual
and here was another original.
He went into the shop and priced the
ngure.
"That's very cheap," lie remarked.
"I must explain to you," said -the
dealer, "Hint it has been broken and
repaired."
lie pointed out the faint Hues show
ing where the pieces had been joined,
and then the former owner recognized
his property. He couldn't claim It, as
lie had once ordered it thrown away.
Neither could he accuse the servant
of theft.
He bought the marble and took It
home with liini, and the mail servant
nearly fainted when lie saw It in Its
old place on the mantel.—Chicago Rec
ord.