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There are now 2.777.497 horses in the United States, not counting those on stock farms and ranches. The largest number are found in New York state, where there are 302.271. Illinois ranks second, with 233,807; Pennsyl vania has 215,977; Ohio, 185,083; lowa, 14<,295; Massachusetts, 132,016; Mis souri, 124,952; Indiana, 124,072; Texas, 100,819 and Michigan, 100,410. Denmark is a small country, but it has the great distinction among en lightened nations of exporting the best butter in the world. A report of Frank 11. Hitchcock, chief of the division of foreign markets in the agricultural department at Washington, says that, while butter is the most valuable ex port of the Danes, "they import a good deal of butter of the cheaper sort from the United States." There is a great deal to be done to make wireless telegraphy applicable to all the necessities of the telegraph business; and by the time that is done the function of the telegraph will probably be so enlarged that it will take all the wire lines and wireless lines together to do the business satis factorily. And what of the possible application of wireless telegraphy to telephony? We may, after all, be only on the threshold of a wireless age, observes the New York Commer cial. The prospective development of our | sub-marine boat is likely to make a j new demand on our naval training sys- ! tern. With only one such boat now in | existence, the Holland, the require ments of the service have been met by i volunteers; hut Avhen the half-dozen j vessels of the kind now building are ' completed it will not be possible to re- J ly only on volunteers, and a specially | trained force of "submarinists" will be I needed. The duty on these vessels will call for a high order of skill; it will j be also very hazardous. Our sailors j have never hesitated to volunteer for dangerous Avork, as witness Cushing's ! crew and Hobson's; but the require- j ments of the sub—nrine boats are not ! met by merely personal bravery. A new rating seems needed, composed of j trained men, who shall receive special ! pay for their very special work, com- j raensurate with its technicality and danger. The matter has been brought ' before the navy department already, I and Avill he provided for shortly, in all j probability, says the New York Sun. j Tlio Torrcns land-registration law !s j growing slowly in favor in Massachu setts, and in recent months the court ! has been doing about all the business j for Avhich it has facilities. For the ! last two years the record of fees paid i over quarterly is as folloAvs: January, | 1899, $191.60; April. $511.58; July, j $9-19.02; October, $688.91; January, I 1900, $350.02; April, $995.80; July, ! SSS7.B3; October, $1154.08. The entire ! assessed value of the land covered by j petitions presented to the court since i its formation, both the cases settled I and those still pending, amounts to $1,430,557. An illustration of the ad vantage of tlio system for business purposes is furnished by the Recorder. A man Avith real estate in the North End of Boston, which Avas A'alued at about SIO,OOO, had registered it under the Torrens laAV. He went to the bank and Avanted to borrow on the cer tificate. The representative of the bank saw the property in the morning, and the papers were all passed and the transaction finished about 1 o'clock the same day, instead of covering two or three Aveeks Avith the search of tbo title and other delays. A bill is before the federal council of Germany providing that the-time of study shall be for medical students five years instead of the present term of four years and a hair. ANXIETY. Faint hearts, who toil and pray, but doubt . If God will grant! iheu-s is the harvest who in trust Do sow and plant, Nor ponder whether it will be Or full or scant. If once it fail, with diligence They sow again. Another year will surely bring The needed rain. The needed sun. to fill the fields With fuller grain! The Lord of love may hear as tlio He heard us not. But never yet the nrayer of faith Hath He forgot; Some day His word will fruitful make Each waiting spot. We rise betimes, as if our zeal That word could speed; We eat the bread of carefulness. That cannot feed; Delaying rest, we only add •Sore need to need. i Oh. happy they who quietly Anticipate The blessing He will shower down, Or soon or late! They foil, they pray, alight; their faith His will can wait. —Harriet McEwen Kimball, in the New York Independent. } IN PERIL j BY Q. R. Hf THE steamer swept on through a tranquil sea. throwing be hind her a cloud of smoke, the furnaces glowing like fiery eyes in the night. A calmly beau tiful sea, the moon ridirg high in the clear sky and the stars coming out one by ope. On the promenade deck stood two persons, a man and a woman, both young—one beautiful as an angel, and the other stately and strong—the man of all men to win a woman's love—a Saul among his fellows. lie had passed through a great civil war unscathed—ou which side we will not say, for since under the shadow of Bunker Hill t' e "blue" and the "gray" have met, we ran hope for peace in our broad land. This young man had done a man's part in the struggle which is over forever aud a day, and then lay ing his sword aside he had gone out to the growing West to work out for him self a new fortune under the same old flag. The woman by his side was his wife and they had been married but a few weeks. She was a lovely girl, an orphan, whom he had met in San Francisco.. and who had won his heart by her modest, shrinking ways, and he had made her his wife. Then he sailed in the Atlantis for Portland, where he had made his home, and meant to build up for himself a fortune equal to the best in that strong, young State | on the verge of the Western sea. | The young wife, leaning on her hus ; hand's arm, looked out with mournful I eyes across the sea. j "What is the matter, Nina?" he said, i "You look mournful; are you uot hap | P.v?" | "Happy, Robert! I never was so : li"PPy before. Mine lias been a hard j life—a life of toil, with hardly a hriglir | spot in it until you came. It does uot seem possible that this .can last." | "Why not, dear one? Am I not strong enough to defend you from the i troubles in the world? Trust in me. my darling; I will keep you safe from harm." j "f do trust you, Robert. When T cannot do that I will not care to live, j But, dear husband, whatever comes to | us, we have been blessed." | "I don't know what has come to you, Nina," he said. "Why have you ; spoken in that sad way? We slinll | have trouble in the time to come—hu man life is uot all roses—but whatever 1 comes we will bear it together." | "Robert," said Nina Denzil, sadly, | "'we shall not live together. Some j thing seems to tell me that we have i had our happy days. I cannot help this feeling. I do not know why it has [ come upon me. It is weak and fool- S ish, hut I have the thought deep in my J heart." | "Why, Nina, In a few hours, at I most, rve shall he in our new home, ! and then you will forget this feeling, j Shall we go into the cabin?" j "No, no; the sea is so beautiful that i 1 prefer to remain here, at least for the ! present. " | "As you like, dear one. But the air I is getting chilly, and you must, iet me | wrap this plaid about you. This is | our lirst sea voyage, and you mean to | enjoy it to the full." j "Have you noticed the captain. Rob ert? I have noticed tlmt he seems tc | he a good deal under the iutlucuce of liquor." "It is true, my dear. Bat ice is a noble fellow when he is himself." "Noble or not, he is not the man to have charge of so many human lives. I am glad that we are having such beautiful weather, for lvhen he left I the deck an hour ago he Avns not in a. condition to take charge of a ship in a storm." At this moment a man passed them with unsteady gait, and went up to the deck above the wheelliouse. The mate in charge gave up to him the speaking tube which communicated with the op- Sine room below, aud came doAvu the | ladder quickly. "Is that the captain in charge, Mr. Bagley?" said Robert Denzil, in a IOAV voice. "Yes, sir." "Are you sure he is right to have charge of the steamer, Dick?" "A little fresh, old hoy; but in such weather as this it doesn't matter. The fresh sea breeze will hriug him round all light, I reckon. There is no better seaman than Isaac Frazer in the North Pacific.** Robert Trent hack to his wife, whom he had left for the moment to speak to the mate. In a few minutes there came a change peculiar to those seas as the moon goes down. A gray haze seemed to creep on and enveloped the steamer from stem to stern, and they felt the vessel tremble beneath them as her speed was increased. "Why is he running so fast?" said Robert, uneasily. "lie ought to know that it is not safe in these seas.'* Dick Bagley, the first mate, came hurrying up from the cabin and cast a look at the immovable figure above the wheelliouse. "Rather thick, isn't it. captain?" he said, going half way up the ladder. "I've relieved you, Mr. Bagley," re plied the captain, in a thick tone. "When you are wanted you will be called." "Beg pardon, Captain Frazer, but I thought " "Go below, sir!" The mate, who was a perfect ma chine in obedience, at once left him and went aft. On the way he spoke to the second mate, and a man was sent forward to hang out a heavier light on the port bow. But the captain saw him, and shouted to him: "Come in there, you lubber, or I will have you keel-liauled. What are you doing with that lantern?" "Second mate's orders, sir." "The second mate has not got charge of the deck at present. Take away that lantern: I don't want to get up a torch-light procession in the North Pacific. When I do I'll let the second mate know." The man retired with the lantern and Captain Frazer. with an angry growl, lifted tlie speaking tube and roared some order to the engineer. The steamer now fairly leaped under the increased speed, and Robert Denzil sprang forward. "See here, captain." he said. "I don't like to interfere with you in the dis charge of your duty, but this is a little too much. You are frightening the ladies by running so fast, and " "You are The third man to-night who has had something to say about this steamer. Major Denzil," said the cap tain, "and if you will take a fool's advice you will drop it." "But, captain, we are right in the track of returning whalers, and in this fog we may be foul of one at any mo ment. There, what did I tell you?" "Light on tlie lee bow, close aboard!" cried the lookout. "I see her," said th? captain. "Steady there, you at tlie wheel. Let another man interfere with me to night and he is a dead man. I'll cut that ship in two pieces!" Robert saw that the captain was mad with liquor and that unless some thing was done quickly they were in great danger. The ship was coming down under a fair sailing breeze with the wind over her quarter, and unless something was done at once they must inevitably crash together and perhaps send both ships to the bottom of the sea. Looking over his shoulder, ho saw the first mate looking at him with a white, scared face. "Come with me," he whispered. "We must do it to save human life." Both men sprang upon the hurricane deck together. As they did so, Cap tain Frazer thrust his hand into the pocket of the loose sea coat he wore, and Robert caught the shine of a pistol barrel. A sudden leap, the crack of a pistol, and a crashing blow succeeded, and Captain Frazer lay upon his back on the deck, and over him stood Robert Denzil, his left arm useless at his side but with his foot upon the breast of the mad captain. Dick Bagley caught up the speaking tube and shouted an order*, and the head of the steamer fell off, while she trembled in every joint as ihe engineer laid on every pound of steam which his boilers would bear. It was a close shave, for a great whale ship swept under their stern a moment later, so close that the faces of her hop rifled crew were plainly seen by the light of the lanterns. And Robert Denzil, at the expense of a broken arm, had purchased the safety of all on hoard both steamer and ship, it may he. From that hour Captain Frazer was a changed man. He still sails the At lantic. and but only Robert Denzil. Dick Bagley and the wheelman knew why he no longer touches liquor. And tie loves Robert Denzil dearly, and has often thanked him for that brave act. And Nina Denzil, that great danger past, no longer fears that they wili never see happy days.—New York News. More Costly Than Cold. "The most costly metal is gold, and silver comes next. That," said a chem ist, "is what the average man would say if you should ask him, but he would lie very far off the truth, Indeed. Gold is worth $3lO a pound, and silver sl3; hut there are a score of metals worth much more. Chromium and tel lurium cost, for instance, S7OO a pound; while titanium SI2OO a pound, and os mium and zirkon, which are used in the making of electric mantles, sl-120. Barium cannot he gotten under S2IOO a pound, and rhodium and niobium are worth $2(550. Strontium's market price is $4500, didymium's is SOBOO, and tho rium's is SB4OO a pound. Rubidium is a metal worth $11,200 a pound and vaudium is worth $13,000. Above all these, however, gallium stands, a met al discovered in 1815, a pound of which if it were procurable, would be worth $77,500, or 22S times as much as a pound of gold and 5901 times as much as a pound of silver."—Philadelphia Record. lie Caret u), Uirln. Bp careful what you sow, girls! For every seed will grow, girls! Though it may fall Where you cannot know. Yet in summer and shade It will surely grow; And tlje girl who sows good seed today Will reap the crop tomorrow. Be careful what you sow, girls! For every seed will grow, girls! And the girl who now With a careless hand, Is scattering thistles Over the land, Must know that whatever she sows today She must reap the same tomorrow. —The Deaconess Visitor. Iloiv to Lemn the Alphabet. The mother of a dear little boy taught him his A B C in a very agit able and effective manner. She first bought a box of bricks of all shapes and sizes; "then, selecting 26 small cubes, she painted on each a letter. These she put into a box by them selves. Calling her little son to her, she showed him the cubes and told him that they were a family, called the Alphabet family. They were Mother A and 25 children, and a father who had gone out to Africa to fight for the queen, and who would not be back l'or a long time. The child entered heartily Into the game of "pretend," and on the first day learned with ease the name of the mother and three children, says the Philadelphia North American. After ward he learned two more names a day, till the number was complete. As each new number of the family was brought forward his mother built him a house of the other blocks, and made the ground plan of It Just in his own shape, and then with a pencil, drew Ills likeness on paper. Each letter had his own history, and many were the games and adventures which he had in con junction with other members of his family. Within a fortnight the child, not yet 4 years of ago, knew all the let ters of the alphabet, and with surpris ing ease began putting them together and learning the little \*mls which of ten are such a trouble to small stu dents of the art of reading. Venom nun I'Uhrv Venom is invariably associated in the human mind with snakes, and never with fishes; yet the circle of poisonous animals has lately been ex tended by the addition, not only of a hitherto unsuspected lizard, but also of several fishes. There is a fish found in Central America the operculum of which is armed with a spine closely re sembling the fang of a venomous ser pent. The spine is hollow, and com municates at its base with a poison hag, the contents of which pass through the spine into the wound which it inflicts. The dorsal fin of the same fish is likewise provided with two spines, each of which is similar in structure and function to that already described, and, together, they form the most perfectly developed poison appa ratus yet found in this class of fishes. More dangerous, because more com mon. arc two species of fish found in the Indo-Pacific seas. Each of their very numerous dorsal spines is as good (or as had) as a poison fang, being provided in every case with poison hag and grooves for the conveyance of the venom into the wound. The fishermen of the Mauritian and other coasts on which they occur think 110 more of handling these creatures than they would the venomous sea snakes of the same region. Sometimes, however, they are trodden on unwittingly by people wading with naked feet, when they inflict a wound which not infre quently proves fatal. Other fish, and even the sea spiders or weovers of British waters, inflict wounds, with stillcto like spines, so severe as to raise the suspicion that the dart is in some sense a poisoned one. If a few fishes are thus venomous when living, a great many more are poisonous when dead. The typical fish is a more or les3 edible creature; the eating of the forms here referred to, however, fre quently proves fatal. These include many of those curious balloon-shapod fish known as globe fish and sea por cupines, also trigger fish and trunk fish. These may bo readily recognized by the peculiarity of their forms, but less recognizable, although equally poisonous, are certain tropical species of herrings and parrot wrasses. Their deleterious properties are said to he due in most cases to the poisonous na ture of their food. Mrs, Grey'a Good l ull Ira. Colin was standing by the pile of snowballs he had made aid rubbing his hands to warm them. His sister Madge came running out of the house. "Look. Col, what I have!" she cried happily, holding up her haslet. "There are cakes in here, and butter and tea, and all sorts of nice things. We may take it to Mrs. Grey's cottage, down by the pond; so come along." Colin ran indoors for his gloves, and then the pair started across the snowy park. Madge walked along sedately, with her hands tucked into her muff and her basket on her arm, while Co lin kept running off to chase the birds or follow the tracks made by rabbits in the snow. "Col, I wish you'd come here a min ute," said Madge, presently. "I be lieve Mrs. Gray ir, out; there isn't any smoke coming from the chimney. Can we get in?" "Yes; she never locks the door," an swered Colin. He lifted the latch and they went in. "Oh, how untidy it is!" cried Madge. "Look what that naughty Kittie has been doing—the stocking pulled out and the buttons all over the floor." "She's left the window open, too," said Colin, "and the fire's gone out." Madge knelt down to pick up the buttons, while Colin shut the window. "It's the leaves that have made such a mess," he said. "I tell you what, Madge, let's pretend we're fairies, and get it all ready before Mrs. Gray comes back!" "The very thing!" said Madge, as she put the workbox away. "I'll lay the tea while you sweep up and light the fire." Colin was ready and soon the fire was crackling merrily, and the kettle Madge put on began to sing. Just as they had finished there were footsteps outside. Madge sprang to her feet. "Let's hide and see what she says!" she cried. They had only just time to scramble into the cupboard when Mrs. Gray came in, and oh, she was surprised. "Why, deary me, whoever did this?" she said. "Nobody's been here that I know of. It must be the two little fai ries from the big house." They burst out: "I'm so glad your pleased," said Co lin. "But how did you know who it was?" asked Madge. Mrs. Gray pointed to the basket which Madge had left behind, and they all laughed. Then Mrs. Gray kissed them, and said: "Now you must stay and have some of the tea you have made ready so kindly."—F. M. H., in Cussatl's Little Folks. The Sn.l P'igltt or (Joeeo Victoria. Brucie's papa sat at the desk in his office when the telephone bell went "tin-a-ling-ting." "Dear me," he cried, impatiently, "can't I have one minute's peace?" "Hello," he shouted. "Who is it?" "It's me. papa," cried a small voice. "It's Brucie. Come home. Somefin' awful'r happenin'." "What?" asked papa. "Oh, somefin' awful. I'm bweedin", an' I'm all alone. I'm terrible fwight ened. Come home, papa. kick. It's in here again. Oli-h. Come kick, papa." Brucie's plea ended in a shriek, then pape heard a crash, a wild howl, and Brucie's scream. Something awful was happening in the dining room where the telephone hung. He dashed out of the office. Somebody called "Mr. Wilson," as he ran down the stairs; hut Brucie's papa did not answer. He opened the door of the wheel room and lifted the first bicycle he saw, then he flew down the crowded street just as fast as tire pedals would go round. He dodged in among wagons and in front of trolley cars. Drivers shouted at him. and once a policeman tried to catch him; but he did not even turn his head. At last he caught sight of the little house in the big yard where Brucie lived, it looked very quiet and peaceful. He had expected to find it on fire or tumbled down by an earth quake, hut he did not hear a sound till lie opened the front door. His hand shook while he turned the latch with his key. "What if I am too late to save Bru- he thought. He was not, for it was Brucie who came rushing through the hall to meet him. He was a dreadful sight. His clothes were torn, and his face and hands were covered with scratches. His pinafore was stained with blood, and his yellow curls hung like a mop over Ills tear stained eyes. "Brucie, Brucie," cried his papa, "what is the matter?" "It's Keen Victoria," said the sob bing little boy. "Come and see." He dragged his papa into the kitch en. Something was thumping and yowling frightfully. It was Queen Vic toria, the big gray cat. She had squeezed her head into an empty sal mon can and she could not get it out again. She was rushing about and hanging the can against the floor or the stove or the wall. Brucie's papa felt so relieved that he began to laugh. Then he led Bru cie to the sink to sponge the blood off his face and hands. "Now," said papa, after he had bathed Brucie's scratches with witch hazel, "now we will see what we can do for Queen Victoria." The old gray cat was very cross. She tried to scratch papa, but she did not succeed, for wrapped a towel about her. Then he put her between his knees and held her head while he sawed away at the tin with a can open er. Queen Victoria screamed wildly, hut Brucie's pupa did not mind; and presently off came the old salmon can. When Queen Victoria was set free, she crawled under the stove and be gan to smooth her ruffled fur. Brucie cried again with joy, and just then mamma came home. Papa and Bru cie tried hotli at once to tell her the story, and at last she understood. "Dear me," she said, "how glad I am there was a telephone in the house, and how glad 1 am that Brucie knew how to use It!" —Isabel Gordon Curtis, in Good Housekeeping. Ke-pinK I'nilK CleHtl. Paris is said to he the cleanest city In the world. Every morning 2000 male and 600 female scavengers, divi ded into 149 brigades, turn out to per form the toilet of the capital. The men work from four in the morning till four in the evening less two hours off for meals, or ten hours a day. The women are engaged in the morning only. To Clean ISlack Marble. Spirits of turpentine will clean and polish black marble. For removing stains from white marble nothing is better than a paste made of one-quar ter pound of whiting, one-eighth pound of soda and one-eighth pound of laun dry soap melted. Boil the mixture until it becomes a paste. Before it i 3 quite cold spread it over the marble and leave it for 24 hours. Wash it off in soft water and dry the marble with a soft cloth. FurnUliinff a Small Flat. In furnishing a small flat it is ad visable to avoid massive furniture as much as possible, as it is inappropri ate and far from artistic. Marvelous things are done with the aid of a car penter, a little ingenuity and a few pots of enamel paint. For instance, as every one knows, a round dining room table is a tax on one's pocket book and is certainly too desirable to be dispensed with. One can easily be made of unpaintcd pine by a carpen ter and painted in the new shade ot forest green, or stained to imitate Flemish oak, which will be quite as pretty as one could buy, and the cost will gladden the heart. The legs must of necessity be plain and unadorned, but if the tabic is made very low the effect is rather quaint than otherwise. Hinged boxes, prim little seats and sets of irregular book shelves can be devised and treated in the same man ner, and the effect produced by these creations of one's brain and the car penter's skill is far better than that obtained by the regular products of a furnishing house. —Good Housekeep ing. Tnltlc# M lid Tub I o I.iiicn. It is the fashion to dispense with a tablecloth at breakfast and luncheon, when there is a handsome polished board, and to substitute in place of it thick mats, and for the tea or coffee pot a thick blue and white tile. When there is a large bouquet of fresh flowers or a Jardinere of growing ferns and plenty of dainty mats, a breakfast table fitted out in this way may be very attractive. A plate doily under each plate worked in individual colors and designs gives a characteristic fin ish to the table. Dollies and mats in pure white, however, are preferred to color in embroidery on the breakfast table. When the cloth is used, as it always should be at dinner, a thick blanketing of cotton flannel should be used under it to deaden the noise, as well as to protect from the heat of hot dishes. The table linen should be spotlessly white. The table centre, which is placed under the jardinere. of ferns or cut flowers, is preferred in pure white embroidery, laid over the sat iny finished damask. The only color used is that on the china. A tablecloth may be kept spotless for some time if these simple direc tions are followed. As soon as a spot is discovered, put the cloth over a tiny covered board kept for tho purpose and scrub it carefully with a little brush, using soap'and warm water. If an appearance given by removingthegloss will not he apparent. It pays to buy tablecloths with a well covered pat tern. Such linen does not show marks and wears better than table linen dis playing much plain surface.—New- York Tribune.. L& KSC/PZS Cherry Tapioca—Wash one cupful of tapioca, cover with cold water and let soak over night. In the morning put It over the lire with two cupfuls of boiling water, and simmer slowly until the tapioca is perfectly clear; add one and one-half pounds of stoned sour cherries and sweeten to taste. Servo cold with sugar and cream. Chrysanthemum Salad —Shred a crisp cabbage and simmer ten minutes; drain and chill, then heap roughly into a hod of green foliage; mix two table spoonfuls of tarragon vinegar, one tablespoonfnl of salad oil, one tea spoonful of celery salt, dash of paprika pepper; pour over salad: garnish with tiny peppers and hard-boiled eggs. Allow to absorb dressing before serv ing. Pressed Chicken—Boil one or two chicken in a small quantity of water, with a little salt; when thoroughly done take all the meat from the bones, keeping the light and dark meat sep arate; chop fine and season. Put in a pan a layer of dark and light meat; add the lienor it was boiled in. which should he about a cupful. Press with a small weight. When cold cut in slices. Oyster Creams—Line pretty shells ■with short crusts and hake; fill when removed from the oven with this; Cook one quart of large oysters in their own liquor till edges begin to curl, drain, then cut into pieces agd add to one cup of boiling sweet cream. Add three-quarters of a tablespoonfnl of salt, one tablespoonful of butter and a quarter-teaspoonful of pepper. Serve immediately on a hot platter, daintily garnished with lemon slices.
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