I TO FREE AN ANARCHIST.
HOW A WOMAN'S CURIOSITY UPSET
AN INGENIOUS PLOT,
Thrilling Account of the Attempt to Ite-
Iciox- llerkiuunn. Who I. Confined In the
Allegheny Penitentiary for Shooting 11.
C. Frivk Murine: the llomesteud Strike.
The Pittsburg correspondent of the
Chicago Record, writes as follows:
Woman's curiosity—responsible for
many things—led to the discovery of
the tunnel by which Alexander Berk
man. the anarchist who shot Henry
Frick during the dark days of the
Homestead strike, expected to crawl
to freedom. Had Miss Jennie MeCarty
not been so curious to know something
about new neighbors it is possible that
Berkman would now be ut liberty.
The western Pennyslvania peniten
tiary stands on the north back of the
Ohio river in lower Allegheny. On
three sides of it are houses, some of
them being within 30 feet of the prison
wall. Sterling and Refuge streets meet
at right angles at the southeastern cor
ner of the prison. Miss MeCarty lives
on the corner of Sterling street, and
almost directly opposite is a two-story
brick house at No. 28. From a sentry's
box on the top of the 35 feet high pris
on walls officers of the penitentiary
could look into the windows at No. 28.
The house is owned by J. W. Langtitt,
an engineer in the penitentiary.
In the middle of May a man giving
Ms name as Thomas Brown and his
address as Chicago agreed to purchase
the house from Langlitt by paying
$250 cash and agreeing to pay the re
mainder in installments of $250 every
two months. Of course every woman
in the neighborhood heard of the sale
and ail were curious to see the new
neighbors. The latter were four or
five men and one woman. All the fur
niture they had was a few chairs, a
table or two, a lounge, some cots, a
couple of large mirrors and some rolls
of matting. The day following their
arrival a piano was delivered at the
house by a local music firm.
A wngonload of lumber and several
hundred feet of galvanized iron pipe
about 2c, inches in diameter was also
unloaded and the stuff carried into the
yard behind the house. There are
women in every neighborhood who see
everything taken into a house by new
residents. It was thought a shed was
to be erected and new spouting put on
the house. Miss MeCarty, living oppo
site with her sister, had been "keep
ing a line" on the house for ten days,
and remarked thut their new neigh
bors were peculiar people.
They seemed to keep the front door
locked all the time, and ttie woman
sat at her piano by the window, which
was always open. She was the first
up in the morning in the neighbor
hood and the last to go to bed at night,
and played the piano continuously.
If the postman had a letter, the gro
cer's boy some vegetables or the milk
man was delivering bottles of mflk, it
was the same. Everything was handed
to the woman through the window.
The front steps and pavement were
never swept, and tlie woman appenred
to do nothing but play the piano, and
her voice, a ri*li soprano, could be
heard all over the neighborhood.
"Well, I don't know, but tilings look
mighty funny," said Jennie MeCarty
one night in June while she and some
neighbors were enjoying the music.
"That piano wouldn't be going all the
time if it wasn't for a purpose. I hon
estly believe those people are building
u tunnel under the street to blow up
the penitentiary."
Langtitt, prison engineer, who owned
the house, was sent for, and the day
following the door was opened.
Warden Wright and the other prison
. officers never allow themselves to be
surprised at anything prisoners may
do. but what they saw in this house
dazed them. In the front of the cel
lar was a closet about six feet square.
In tiie bottom of the closet was an ex
cavation six feet long and two and a
half feet wide. The hole led under
the foundation of the wall and out un
der Sterling into Refuge street. The
tunnel was explored s far as the
guards could go. but foul air in the
hole drove them out.
After making sure that there were
no men in the tunnel the party ex
plored the house. In a pantry on the
first floor was found an ordinary blow
fan. by which air was forced through
galvanized pipe into the tunnel. At
tached to the roll of the fan was a
leather belt, and this was also around
a large buggy wheel, between the
spokes of which was a handle used to
turn it. Each revolution of the wheel
' caused the fan to revolve and blow air
Into the pipe. The latter ran along the
roof of the tunnel, which at no point
was less than two feet deep and wide.
In the front room of the house stood
the piano. On the wall alongside of
Y the instrument was an electric push
button. The wires from this also led
Into the tunnel. The latter had been
properly braced, or shored, the wires
being neatly tacked to the woodwork
holding up the roof, and the iron pipe
nlso held firmly by hooks. An electric
bell was found in the tunnel, and the
reason for the existence of the push
button was plain. The woman, seat
ed! at the piano, without stopping,
could press the button and alarm the
men working in the tunnel should dan
ger arise. Over the piano was a large
mirror and another was at the woman's
back. Without turning her head she
could see people coming along .the
atreet from either direction, and at the
same time watch the sentry on the
wall.
But little furniture was found In the
house. Cheap matting was on the floor
and a gTeat quantity of cooked meat.3
in the kitchen. The dining room table
was just as it had been left after a
meal. There were si* soup bowl*,
which had been used, and si* knives
and forks. This led to the belief that
six persons were in the plot, and that
they had gone away hastily.
Down in the cellar at the entrance
to the tunnel was found a suit of
clothes, in one of the pockets of which
was a cipher letter. It was supposed
to be a letter of instructions to the es
caping convict telling him where to go.
Several experts agree that in the com
bination of Hebraic, Itusslan, German
and shorthand characters there is
something ahout the East 72d street
elevated station and First avenue. No
body has yet been found who can
read the cipher.
When it was found impossible to ex
plore the tunnel from the Sterling
street end because of the foul air
which the blow fan could not drive
out, excavations were made 011 the
outside. Men who have crawled in
went over 150 feet parallel with the
Refuge street wall, and the tunnel
was easily found. After crossing Ster
ling street It runs close to the peniten
talry wall. The latter is built 011 piles,
which were cut with a saw and hutch
et by the tunnelers.
The prison end of the tunnel was five
feet from the wnll and within 40 feet
of tile prison hospital. It terminated
under a large flagstone, which was
over a thin crust of eurth and gravel,
about three inches thick. Between it
and the prison proper was the large
prison stone pile 011 which convicts
work. The flagstone was so wedged
in the earth that it could be moved up
like a trapdoor sufficient to permit the
passage of a man.
Nothing could be easier than for a
convict to drop behind the pile of
stones if he knew the exact location of
the end of the tunnel, jump into the
hole and pull the stone after hiui. If
he were missed and the hole discovered
the stone would block the passage of
any pursuers. By the time It was got
out and other obstacles in the tunnel
overcome Berkman could be out in the
street dressed in the clothes left for
him.
Police officials, miners and others
say 110 better piece of underground
engineering exists than this winding,
tortuous tunnel. From beginning to
end it was 2<l(> feet long. It was fin
ished about July 4, the woman having
played the piano all that day, and the
diggers left it "upto Berkman." Itwas
not tiie latter's fault that he did not
get away. According to a story told
by one of the keepers. Berkman was
suspected of being up to some kind of
mischief and was locked in his cell
just about the time his escape was
planned. As the time drew near for
him to make the attempt he became
nervous. This was noted by one of
the keepers, and without giving any
reason for it they confined him.
Some months ago Berkman made a
birdcage, and one of his friends on the
outside sent him n canary. The latter
he evidently intended to use to get
away. He had been noticed kicking
at the earth near the hospital. He
seemed to be "feeling" the ground with
Ills feet. When one of the keepers
asked hint about it he said he was
merely uncovering new gravel for his
canary. In that end of the prison
yard there is plenty of gravel, but
Berkman gathered enough for a doz
en birds.
WASHINGTON NOMENCLATURE.
No Prenid*nt'll NHIIIB in tlio Senate, Four
in Uouiw, Directory Full of Them.
In the Senate there is no name cor
responding with that of any president.
111 the House there are four—Adams
of Pennsylvania, Pierce of Tennessee,
Polk of Pennsylvania and Taylor of
Alabama.
In the city directory of Washington
all presidential family names are re
pented. and in some instances the
Christian names.
There are 14 John Adamses, two
James Buchanans, one William Hen
ry Harrison, one Benjamin Harrison.
1:1 Andrew Johnsons, seven James
Monroes, two Franklin Pierces, one
James Iv. Polk, 12 John Tylers, four
Martin Van Burens, 13 George Wnsh
ingtons with no middle names, and
one William McKinley besides the
president.
There are 18 Arthurs, 18 Clevelands,
10 Fillmores, one Garfield, 71 Grants,
20 Lincolns, a raft of Madlsons, Tay
lors galore, Wasliingtons by the page
and a number of McKinleys.
Washington. Jackson, Lincoln and
Garfield are the only presidents hon
ored with public statues. Washing
ton and Lincoln have two each.
There is none of any vice president.
Daniel Webster Is the only cabinet
officer and senutor who has been so
honored, for Garfield never took his
seat as senator.
The army has one general. Scott.
The navy lias Farragut and Dupont.
The supreme court has one, John
Jay. first chief justice.
The above list does not include the
statues in Statuary hall.
The city directory of Washington
always includes the president, not one
of whom ever was or is a resident of
the city, and the same is true of all
cabinet officers, heads of departments,
senators and representatives and all
other officials, few of whom call
Washington their home.
Most visitors, and many who live
In Washington, speak of Jackson
square or park, forgetting that this,
the most generally known square in
the city, is Lafayette.
The Rest Way.
Castleton—What do you think!
Here's a fellow who writes and says I
borrowed $lO of him over eight years
ago, and he wants the money.
Clubberly—Why don't you write
him back and tell him it takes more
than eight yours to change your dis
position ?—Puck.
THE LOG DRIVER'S LOT.
AN OCCUPATION THAT REQUIRES
THE STEADIEST OF NERVES.
Trials of the "Walking- linn*" —Hard and
Heavy Work Done by the Lumbermen
of Minnesota This Season to (let Their
Logs Afloat in the Missis^ip|l River.
C. C. Kelly of Fergus Fulls, Minn.,
nimrod. student of nature and writer
of short stories, went down to Minne
apolis the other day to meet a few of
his old New York friends and escort
them into his bailiwick, where they
are now spending a pleasant vacation.
"Log driving in this year of our
Lord has been, and still is. for that
matter, about as near that fearful
state of affairs called 'the worst ever'
us anything earthly could be," said
Mr. Kelly. "Every river, lake, brook
and rivulet tributary to the father of
waters and all the tributaries of his
tributaries in the pine-bearing district
of Minnesota, were covered with logs
destined to feed the great mills of Min
neapolis and other manufacturing
points 011 the Mississippi. During the
last winter and this apring the water
was not.
"The snow-fall of last winter was
scajity and, to make things worse,
that scant provision went off so
gradually that most of the little water
into which it was converted went else
where, than into the streams, and did
little, if anything, toward raising
them to a log-floating height.
"Then came the dry springtime and
the drier summer, and the water fell
every day instead of rising.
"Of course, on most streams driving
was out of the question, and on all of
them it has been a woefully ex
pensive operation when it could
be done at all; but withal,
it lias been again demonstrated
that to stop Minnesota loggers stock
still, sudden death is the only poten
tial instrument. In the face of low
water, high wages, head winds, and
every impedinu nt, they have gone
ahead and scored as great a triumph
over adverse circumstances as even
they can point to in the past.
"Ordinarily, a drive, though always
furnishing plenty of hard word for
every man in it, has enough of excite
ment and enough of easy spells where
water is plenty and logs run easily, to
keep everybody keyed up to a concert
pitch, and at the same time to avoid
putting the breaking strain on anyone.
"But it's another story this year.
From breaking the rollawnys to 'turn
ing out* into the Mississippi it has been
hard, heavy work, steady 'sacking' and
'hossing' over almost water-bare rap
ids. till even the iron lumberjack has
come to find out that there are such
things as nerves in his composition.
About the time he makes that discov
ery, the common run of humanity, if
engaged in his work, would have been
dead about three weeks, 'Sacking'
consists of drifting and carrying logs
from the muddy shores of the streams
where receding water has left them
and putting them in the channel—and
if Dante had been 'onto' the horrors
of thut pastime he would have given
It a high place in the tortures of his
Inferno. It has to be done in water
up to knee deep, combined with a foot
or so depth of mud, in which the feet
of the workers sink at every step, and
a day of it consists of 14 to 1G hours.
Just imagine seven days in the week
of such work, and three months of it
on end, and you get a pretty fair idea
of what log-driving has been this sea
son.
" 'llossing' logs over the rapldsmeans
wading'out into water rushing with
the velocity of a bullet, getting peavy
hold on the big. stranded logs, and get
ting them off the rocks and into the
current, by pure force of muscle.
"It's dogged as does it, my masters;
it's dogged as does it; and the lumber
jack can out-dogged the doggedest man
that ever stood in shoe leather—or went
burefoot, either.
"Talk about conducting a campaign
in the field! Why, Mac Arthur and
'Bobs' have luul picnics compared to
the man who lias to bring out a big
drive on a long stream. The command
er-in-chief of that great work, known
in the profession as the 'walking boss,'
had the problems liefore him of getting
out a tremendous mass of logs with
barely enough water to float them to
the Mississippi if they had lain in the
river in one solid mass, from the land
ing nearest the mouth to that nearest
its source. But they didn't lay that
way by a great deal. The great mass
of them were not in the river at all,
but landed on lakes and brooks tribu
tary to it; and in brief, what our good
walking boss had to do was to get them
Into one solid jam in the river, keep
that jam moving so as to keep pace
with the moving water, 'boom' them
across the many lakes through which
the stream flows, and get them into
the Mississippi before 'the water got
out ahead of theiu.' To do that he had
to get them out of every lake and
brook In such season that the out-com
ing logs would fit into the space in the
'main jam' reserved for them, and lie
neither too late nor too soon to fill the
appointed place; to fight as many
i head-winds as Yanderdecken encoun
tered in trying to round the Cape: to
watch every dam on lake and brook,
and guard the outflow of water as
though it was his own heart's blood;
to be here, there, everywhere, from
mouth to source of river, as omnipres
ent as the enemy in high wind, at all
times; to eat when lie could, and to
sleep whenever he got the blessed
chance; with the sky for cover oftener
than not; to work 48, aye and 72 hours,
on a stretch when the rare 'fair wind'
came, and he could get a good spell of
'lacking' done; in short, to be a prodi
gal of his brain, brawn, energy and
nerve, and miser of water for nearly
three months, and from the morning
the drive started, early In May, to get
the first chance to take off his clothts
on the night the main jam passed the
last rapid, a mile from the mooch of
the river. And this high-pressure gait
he kept up for more than two months
and a half, and never let off a pound
of steam one minute of the time. But
do it he did. and. though claiming to
feel 'as if he had been pulled through a
sick Frenchman' when it was all over,
he did not look a wlilt the worse after
getting a bath, clothed, 'and into his
right mind,' than before the drive start
ed. Likewise lie went off up the river
the very next morning to 'see about
starting the boys to haying.' as if such
exploits where an everyday occurrence,
and so much matter of the day's as
not to be worth special attention."
—Philadelphia Record.
GAS-LIGHTED BUOY BELLS.
New an J lin porfant Aids to Safe Naviga
tion— I.akew Need Tliem.
With the thousands of reefs, shoals
and bad spots abounding on the chain
of lakes, any improvement in day or
night warnings is appreciated by lake
navigators. It has come to be known
by them that there is an improved gas
buoy and the matter is much talked
of among the masters and they are
asking why the lighthouse board does
not introduce them on our crowded'
lakes and rivers and straits—crowded
now by finer, larger freight craft than
are to be found on the Athiuti<| or
Pacific.
It is ascertained that experiments
with what is called the Pintsch gas
lighted buoy-bell attachment have
been carried on l'or more than a year
and that the results prove it to be a
perfect success. Buoys of this type
are now made that will not only burn
continuously from 80 to 365 days, ac
cording to capacity desired, but will
ring a bell every 15 seconds auto
matically, thereby overcoming the
fault of the ordinary bell buoy, which
is dumb when the surface of the water
is perfectly smooth. This improve
ment to the Pintsch buoy costs but
S3OO more than those without it and
is of inestimable value to the masters
of all descriptions of craft, from the
500-footet* down to the smallest coast
lugger; and it goes without saying
that tlie great and growing yacht fleet
of the lakes and tlie princely private
steam yachts are as much Interested
as other vessels.
When lake vesselmen know of some
thing they need and want they are
not backward in asking for it, ami the
indications are that the lighthouse
board will soon hear from the Lake
Carriers' association in regard to the
adoption of this new improvement on
the lakes, whether it hasyct been adopt
ed on the seacoast or not. It is said
the new style of buoy would be much
more serviceable in crowded channels
than the electric-lighted buoys, which
are extinguished and become useless
during gales, a time when they are
most needed. The Pintsch gas buoy
never goes out during the time for
which it is constructed to burn, while
tlie ringing of a bell in a fog, in addi
tion to a permanent light, would be a
boon tlie need of which lias long been
felt. —Chicago Inter-Ocean.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The greatest height ever reached
in a balloon was 26.160 feet. Two of
the three aeronauts who made this
ascent were suffocated.
In the province of Smolensk, Russia,
there is held every three months a lot
tery In husbands and wives, who are
chosen by the chunee drawing of a
lottery ticket.
All classes in China dress by im
perial command, and when tlie Pekin
Gazette announces that tlie emperor
lias put on his winter hat on a day
prescribed by centuries' unvarying as
tronomical custom, all China does
likewise and turns over the chair
cushions, exposing their "winter side."
E. A. Mnrtel, the French explorer
of caverns, whose discoveries under
ground have attracted much atten
tion. reports that lie has found in
the department of Halites Alpes. a
cavity in the form of a "natural well."
whose depth exceeds that of any other
known. He has sounded It to the
depth of about 1027 feet, but the act
ual bottom has not yet been reached.
In a Springfield (Mass.) hospital
was recently a man with a musical
heart. Several doctors examined liiin
and found that owing to tlie peculiar
valvular action of his heart it gives
forth at every beat a sound like Ihe
twanging of a violin string. The man,
whose name is Joseph Millkovoski, at
tributes tlie peculiar noise to a wound
received from tlie dagger of a Russian
Cossack some years ago. The knife
entered the heart and came within an
ace of ending liis life.
The Belgian artisan spends his lei
sure in a very curious manner.
He keeps a special cock for crowing,
and the bird which can outcrow its
fellows lias reached the highest pin
acle of perfection. The mode of opera
tion is to place the cages containing
tlie roosters in long rows, for it. ap
pears that one bird sets the other off
crowing. A marker, appointed by the
organizers of the show, is told off for
each bird, bis duty being to note care
fully the number of crows for which
it is responsible, in the same fashion
as the laps are recorded in a bicycle
race. The customary duration of the
match is one hour, the winner being
the iiird that scores the highest num
ber of crows in the allotted time. A
groat number of these competitions
have recently taken place in the Leige
district, and in some cases heavy bets
have been made on the raiult.
To Take Oreuie from Wallpaper.
Lay a sheet of thick blotting paper
over the stain, and then press a hot
ltou over it. As soon as the blotting
paper berimes greasy move it; bring
a clean part of tlie stain, and then ap
ply the iron again. Repeat this until
the stain has quite disappeared.
Why Clot lien Are Boiled
The purpose of boiling clothes Is to
expand the fabrics by steam, and thus
to loosen the dirt and let it drop out.
This purpose may be accomplished
within half an hour after tlie water
first, begins to bubble, and further
cooking turns the clothes yellow.
While the ylothes are boiling they
should be turned with a clothes stick,
but not punched or lifted, so as to
tear them. As soon as the clothes are
taken out of tin 4 holler they should be
plunged into clean, cold water. The
second boiler full of clothes should not
be put into the boiling dirty water,
but have a fresh suds for their own
cleansing.
Curtalna for Cupboard*.
In small rooms it is a mistake to
have cupboards in the little recesses
ro often found on each side of tlie
fireplace. If shelves are really
wanted there, have them by all means,
but cover them with a pretty curtain.
This should be hung from a pole in
side the recess, so as to take as little
space as possible from the room. The
effect of a pretty piece of drapery will
be decidedly pleasant to the eye, and
on cleaning days the contents of tlie
shelves may be protected by having
a cotton dusting sheet fustened over
tlieni, so that even then, the cupboard
doors will not be missed. Of course,
on these special occasions the cur
tain should be taken down and thor
oughly shaken.
Furnish the Kitchen.
It is a mistake to lavish money on
drawing rooms and sacrifice the kitch
en.
Kitchen utensils are of the first im
portance. The cook cannot do her
work well without proper tools and
proper environment.
A kitchen outfit costs little. New
oilcloth for the floor, table and sink is
cheap and adds immeasurably to the
contentment of the maid.
An attractive kitchen bespeaks the
good housekeeper. It is easier to
convince the servants of the desirabil
ity of keeping It clean.
Neat tin nml "Wooden boxes witli
labels are a delightful acquisition to
the kitchen elosets and much more
pleasant to handle than leak3 T paper
bags.
Patter witli pinked edges for the
shelves will work wonders for the
general effect and a growing plant or
two gives an air of luxury which sur
passes those who have never tried it.
How to I-numler Silk Belonging,.
In this age of silk shirtwaists, jack
ets. silk handkerchiefs and stockings,
to say nothing of the many pretty
lace belongings, it is a serious ques
tion witli women as to how these
dainty possessions may be laundered
Without the work really costing in
a short time more than the original
value of the articles. To remedy this
trouble, every woman should learn
how to do the work herself. It is not
laborious, and may certainly be called
a fine art. When ready to wash any
silk articles, fill a small tub half fuil
of warm water, to which add a table
spoonful of powdered borux. put the
garment in, and wash very gently
witli the hands. When clean rinse,
and squeeze free of water. Spread
carefully over 11 clean cloth, which has
been stretched over 11 table, pin se
curely, being careful to smooth out
every wrinkle. When dry. remove
the pins, and pass the article through
the hands several times to remove the
glazed appearance and give it a fresh,
new look. No ironing will be neces
sary.
Laces may be done up in tile same
way. In spreading them over a
cloth, great care should lie given the
work of smoothing every flower or
design out, and pinning in shape. Edges
should be picked out. mid ar
ranged in place. A little time must be
devoted to doing this work, but the
results will lie entirely satisfactory.
i>D
R£C/F£:S
Raw Beef Sandwiches—fine pound of
ground beef, two old onions, pepper
and salt. Have the butcher remove all
suet before grinding. Cut the onions
fine and mix witli the beef and salt
and pepper. Make Sandwiches of
white bread.
Stuffed Eggs—Eight eggs, 011 c table
spoonful of butter, one saHspoonful
each of Anchovy paste, salt mid pep
per, one tablespooiiful of vinegar.
Halve the eggs, mix the yolks with
the seasoning, refill tlie halves and put
011 each a sprig of parsley.
Cheese Crackers—The eggs will not
require all the filling. Mix with the
remaining filling three tablespoonfuls
of grated cheese and spread between
salted crackers. I'ilo around tlie
edge of the egg dish. The cheese and
parsley help to rossova onion odor
from tie fjtrxtb.
THE WAGE OF THE WORK-A-DAY.
I hail the souls of mute singers—
The forgotten and voiceless throng—
Tliut thrill the earth
With the priceless mirth
Of labor's tin worded song!
They are knights of faith and of pa
t ience,
True kings of the sea and soil!
For they pale the glory
Of war and story
By the chivalry of toil!
—John Malone, in Harper's Weekly.
HUMOROUS.
Oloselist—l spent my two weeks' va
cation visiting relatives. Wigwag
Then I suppose the two weeks are aIA
you spent.
Blobbs—What time was it when
he died? Slobbx—Nobody seems to
have noticed. Blobbs—What an un
timely end!
tioodman—Do you believe there is
happiness beyond the grave? Hen
peckke—-Not on your life. 1 did my
courting iu a cemetery.
Wigwag—l think I should be fond
of playing golf. What should I learn
first? Lofter (with fire scorn)— Learn
to say golfing instead of playing golf.
Miss Fayded—l'm sorry to have to
say No, but you might have read the
refusal in my fuce. Mr. Fresh—l'm
no good at reading between the lines.
Hoax—What do you suppose is the
best way to become a famous bridge-
Jumper? Joax—You might work up to
it gradually by starting to jump
board bills.
"Do you know many lawyers?"
asked the Inquisitive man. "Yes; a
good many," replied the man who is
usually engaged in litigation; "but my
acquaintance with them Is usually
brief."
"Do tell me all you said to papa,"
gushed the dear girl. "Didn't you
feel backward at first?" "I did," ad
mitted the puzzled suitor; "but how
did you find out that my hat was
011 the chair behind me?"
Clubb—What did your wife say to
you when you got in last night?
Rounder—What? If you haven't any
thing more important to do, I have.
"What do you mean?" "I can't stand
here talking to you all day."
"I've noticed," remarked the clergy
man pointedly, "that the man who
goes to sleep in church is generally
very wide awake in the baseball
game." "Yes." returned the handened
sinner, "the delivery is different, you
know."
The great merchant glanced over
his spectacles at the slim young man
who had applied for a position. "I
have just been graduated from college,
and I feel that—" The great mer
chant interrupted hiui. "I aui sorry,"
he said, "but just at present we have
no vacancies in the firm."
"Bob*" and His Family.
Here is a new story, fresh from the
other side, which shows to a remark
able degree the picture of England's
greatest military hero in the light of
husband and father. It seems that the
most perfect sympathy has existed be
tween Lord and Lady Roberts since
they were married, 41 years ago, and
Lady Roberts, herself the daughter of
a soldier, has always been able to as
sociate herself with the chief interest
in life of her husband. Her work in
India in the cause of the soldiers' wives
will long be remembered by the Eng
lish. and among her own sex she is as
much beloved as Lord Roberts is by
his men.
The death of their son at Colenso
came all the more severely to Lord and
Lady Roberts, as they were a singu
larly affectionate and united family.
The greatest affection existed be
tween the distinguished father and his
promising son. Lord Roberts was most
anxious that bis son should achieve
distinction in the same profession, and
his valuable experience ami sympathy
were always at the son's service.
"Bobs" was very proud of bis son's
prowess in the saddle. At a race meet
ing some time ago In Ireland Lieuten
ant Roberts rode clean away from the
field and won by a dozen lengths. "My
son must not be encouraged to ride;
a soldier has to keep all bis abilities
for the service," said Lord Roberts;
and then, with a burst of paternal
pride, "but in all my life 1 never saw
anyone ride a better race."
An Impt-ARftinn.
A recent English writer tells the fol
lowing. which reminds one of the defi
nition of faith, that "faith is a leg of
mutton iu a boat." lie is writing of
his trip on an ocean steamer.
"Out of 220 cabin passengers we had
only one 111111' girl 011 board, aged about
ten. Of course, we all made much of
her. One day I was making a sketch
from memory of Fastnet Rock. My
little friend was by me. and she asked;
" 'llow can you sketch a thing that
you do not see?"
" 'I remember it. I have an Impres
sion of it,' I said.
" 'What is an Impression?'
"I explained by making an impres
sion with the round end of the pencil
on the back of the band, and then say
ing. 'There is an impression, and one
is also made by seeing—only in a dif
ferent manner—on the mind or brain.*
Witli this explanation the little girl
seemed to be satisfied.
"The next day I was talking with a
bishop on board, and snid to him, 'My
little friend hero can tell you what an
impression is.'
" 'And what Is an impression?' he
asked.
" 'Oh.' said she. 'lt is just a round
hole made on the hack of the hand by
pressing a pencil on it!' "—Youth's
Companion.
The man who sees an opportunity
is the one to seize it.