.THE CRY OF THE DREAMER* I am tired of the planning and toiling In the crowded hives of men; Heart-weary of building and spoiling. And spoiling and budding again. And I long for the dear old river, Where I dreamed my youth away— For a dreamer lives forever And a toiler dies in a day. v I am sick of the showy seeming Of a life that is half a lie, Of the faces lined with scheming In the throng that hurries by. No, no; from the streets' rude bustle, From trophies from mart and stage, I would fly to the woods' low rustle And the meadows' kindly page. Let us dream as of yore by the river, And be loved for the dream alway— For a dreamer lives forever And a thinker dies in a day. —John Boyle O'Reilly. COOCOCOOCOCO3COOCOCOCCCOO § WHEN PHYLLIS TOOK ME g g SERIOUSLY. g o By Ilerbert McUenn Johnson. q 0 O OQCOCGOCOGOGGOGGOOOCOGQCO j£ "I PHYLLIS," I oskod, "will I / you marry me?" "Seveu { tecu," said Phyllis. <j- I looked at her In aston ishment. "Seventeen?" I questioned. "Seven teen what?" "Why, the score, you silly," she re sponded demurely. "Some one has to keep track of it." That's tile trouble with Phyllis. If 'her sense of humor were not so highly developed, I'm sure I would have had Iter ages ago. She never will take me seriously. "Bother the score," I cried desperate ly. "Anyhow, we'll not count the other sixteen times." "But I would very much rather." Phyllis was staring Into the fire. I didn't know just what she meant. I never was much good at guessing. "Well," I answered Indifferently, "just as you please. Count them If you like. All I meant was that none of them mattered so much as at this lime." "Positively your last chance, ladies end gentlemen," she cried gnlly. I assented in my most dignified man ner. Phyllis laughed. I do wish she Would take me seriously once In a While. "Why do you keep on proposing to me Jike this?" she asked me. I shrugged my shoulders. ' " 'Some men there are love not a gaping pig; others are troubled If they behold a cat,' " I quoted. "Are you answered?" "That is no answer, thou unfeeling man." "If you must have It," I replied flip pantly, "I suppose It's my form of di version. My hobby, If you will. We oil have our hobbies, more or less, you know." Phyllis frowned. I liked that frown Immensely. Then she looked at me quickly when I was not expecting It. "You appear to be enjoying your self," she complained. "Me?" I queried In mock Innocence. "Oh. I protest; really, I'm not" Phyllis frowned again. "I know it," I agreed. "I ought to be. Seventeen times ought to lie pro ductive of more than it has shown so far. I wonder," I concluded dreamily to myself, "I wonder if eighteen will do }t?" > "You haven't been answered for sev enteen yet," salnd Phyllis. "No," said I, "nor for any of the lther sixteen, either." "Now, there was Darey Graham," said rhyllis, inconsequently. "He asked me to marry him nineteen times and swore eternal devotion each time whether I would have him or no. There's a man for you!" "And then went and married Kitty MePherson," said I, almost to myself. "No," corrected Phyllis; "Kitty mar ried him." "Willie Atkinson came next," I ven tured. "He only ran up thirteen," said Phyl lis. "Which accounts for his failure," I suggested. Phyllis paid no attention to my re mark. "I think the little fellow from the bank whom I met In the summer came after that?" she murmured Interroga tively. "Surely you don't count him?" I questioned in surprise. "Why, you told mo yourself that he only lasted till the second round." "He would probnbly have stayed longer if you hadn't come down that Sunday," said Phyllis, in a vexed way. "You always do turn up at the most Inopportune moment." "Had I only known you didn't want mo " I began. "I can't remember who was next," Interrupted Phyllis, quickly; "do you know?" "I think," said I reflectively, "I added hbout two to my own score that day. I always liked you in white, you know." "Three," corrected Phyllis, consulting her tablets. "Hold your head that way again," 1 said. "What long eyelashes you have!" Phyllis deliberately turned the other way. "Hold it round," I com manded. "I want to look at it." Phyl lis held it round. Phyllis likos to be commanded at times. "A rather pretty mouth, too," said I, gravely; "anil your color is also very fulr yet. One would never guess you were getting BP in years." "I'm not!" denied Phyllis, with n cer tain assumption of dignity; "I'm only twenty-three." "You don't show it," I responded gal lantly. "Were I asked to make a guess, I should say 'sweet sixteen' and " "Quite so," said Phyllis, dryly. "How awful It must be to be laid on the shelf," I remarked sympathetically. "I'm not!" asserted Phyllis, Indig ■ant]/. "The very idea!" I murmured in • surprised way. "I never even Insiu uated such a thing. But you know." I concluded dismally, "you haven't had a proposal In three weeks." "I have," insisted rhyllis; "I had one just to-night." "Oh, hut that doesn't count," said I. "You told me so yourself. These are only sort of trial heats, to keep you in form, you know." "Oh!" sniffed Phyllis. "Besides," I added, "I need material for my stories." "What a risk you are willing to run for the sake of material!" said Phyl lis. "Yes," I replied suavely, "but It Is necessary that one mpke some sacri fices for the sake of art." "Suppose, though, I were to accept you some time?" queried Phyllis in an awful tone. "I would have a new climax for the next one," said I. indifferently. I had expected Phyllis to be affected; instead, she burst out laughing. That's the trouble with Phyllis; she never will take me seriously. "You're a goose," she complimented me. "Aw, thanks," I murmured. "So good of you!" Phyllis regarded me gravely. Now, it's an odd thing, but whenever Phyl lis looks at a fellow just like that he feels sort of funny all over, you know. I think it must be what they call personn] magnetism. "Jack," she said, "do you know that you have some gray hairs?" "It's not polite of you to remind mo of it," said I. "And your complexion isn't as good as it used to bo," she continued. "Be sides, there are a lot of little things— particularly about your clothes." "Nothing serious, I trust?" I asked, in alarm. "No," said Phyllis, "nothing serious. But a lot of little tilings. I think you need some one to take care of you." "Parks is an unexceptionable valet," said I In his defense. "But he draws his salary every month," put in Phyllis. "And why shouldn't he?" I Interro gated. "Now. a wife " began Phyllis, musingly. "Would draw hers at the end of the month, and every other day as well," I concluded. "Yes," said Phyllis, taking no notice, "I think you need a wife. Now, why don't you propose to some nice girl. Jack?" "I have," said I, stoutly. "Huh!" snorted Phyllis, in disbelief. "How many proposals have you ever made?" "Seventeen," said I. I think Phyllis was pleased. Any how. she smiled a little. "There was the Rawshaw girl," said she warnlngly. "Nice girl," I assented warmly. "Nothing particularly queeullke about a girl's carriage when she's only five foot throe." "And Bessie Fleming?" Phyllis was getting back at me. "A sweet creature," I agreed, "but I really prefer blondes." "And then there's a whole host of others that you might have if you wauted them. You're a catch, you know." "I know," said I, wearily. "I sup pose that accounts for my popularity." "Oh, no," said Phyllis, sweetly; "you're rather nice as well." "Thanks," I replied, "but with a score of seventeen, it doesn't seem to have benefited me greatly. Will it do me any good to make it eighteen?" Phyllis toyed with the corner of the sofa cushion. "You might do a great deal better," said she, deprecatingly. "Then I don't have to mnke it eighteen?" cried I, for once in my life comprehending. "I did not say that, sir," said Phyl lis, saucily. I don't think I ever snw Phyllis look so beautiful, and the odd part of It was, I couldn't see her eyes, either. She was staring full into the fire all the time. If it makes her look that way, I wish she would look into the fire always. "But I do make it eighteen, Phyl lis," said I, soberly. , I took hold of her arm and turned her round so that she was facing me, but she still held her head down and I couhl see only her eyelashes. Phyllis has long eyelashes. "And you'll marry me, Phyllis?" I whispered. I don't know whether I raised my tone Interrogatively or not. I hadn't the same control over my voice that I had the other seventeen times.' Phyllis looked at me with a funny little smile. She never will take mo seriously. "I suppose this will make a new climax," said she. But her looics belied hor ■words, end for ouce I was bright enough to see. "No," I replied, as distinctly as my throat would let mc, "this is not a cli max. This is a beginning."—Toronto Saturday Night. Biggest Eloplinnt on Record. There has lately arrived in one of the German ports the hide and skele ton and tusks of the largest elephant on record. The monster is stated to have measured sixteen feet nine inches in height front the forefoot to the shoulder, which is no less than over three feet more than the tallest ele phant hitherto known. Up to now tho record has been held by Dr. Donaldson Smith, the American explorer, who dur ing his first trip to Lake Rudolph shot an elphant which stood thirteen feet four inches in height. The present giant Is also of the African species, and If the measurements are correctly stated, he eijuals In size the huge mam moth of prehistoric times. The tusks, strange to say, are in no way remark able. PLUCK AND OF ADVENTURE. THE VICTORIA CROSS. OtQK* ANUARY 20 is the unniver- S T ft sary of the lustitution of 2 J S " le soldier's most pre -1 J eious decoration perhaps "WOW the most precious decora tion in the world—the Victoria Cross, for it was Instituted by Iler Majesty the late Queen Victoria on tha 29th of January, 1856, and so is not quite fifty years old. While it is the most prized of all tile decorations and orders an Englishman cau win, it is also the most democratic decoration in the world, for, although it is the official badge of an act of sublime personal courage and daring, it lias no concern with rank, long service or wounds, and it may be worn by one who lias been only a few months or even weeks in the army, while olliers who have spent their lives in tlie service and gained rank and other decorations may not possess it. It may be worn by a private soldier or a field marshal, and on the roll of the heroes' names are to be found almost every rank in both the services, for the winning of the Cross is possible to any one, as it is granted "as a reward for conspicuous bravery or devotion to the country in the presence of the enemy," or as the inscription upon it records, •For Valor!" The Victoria Cross had its birth dur ing the Crimean war, when Queen Vic toria felt that some recognition of the personal daring and heroism of her sol diers in that terrible struggle was need ed, and it is said that the designs for the first Cross were made by no less a person than the late Prince Consort, who, needless to say, was most inter ested in the institution of the decora tion and the selection of those on whom It was first bestowed. The royal war rant clearly lays down the conditions under which the Cross may be won, but the whole of them may be summar ized in the one sentence, "For conspic uous bravery or devotion to the coun try in the presence of the enemy." There are not many who are unfa miliar with the appearance of the Cross, but for the benefit of those who have only seen It In photographs or pic tures, I may say that it is about an Inch and a half wide, and has In the obverse centre a crowned lion, under neath which is an scroll bearing the words "For Valor." It is attached to a bar on wiiich Is a spray of laurel leaves, and is suspended by a broad ribbon, which is bine for the naval service and a dark red for the military. Both the Cross and the bar are made from bronze which formerly formed part of some of the Russian guns captured during tlie Crimean war, and complete Willi the ribbon and pin weighs just under an ounce, or 422 grains, to be ex act. It is engraved with the name and regiment of the recipient, as well as the date on which he won it, and as soon as this is done it is dlspntched from the makers to the sovereign to be stow upon the hero, for it is the one military decoration which Is always when practicable conferred by the sov ereign in person. One could well ill! a bulky volume with stories of how the Cross has been won, for there has not been a single Cross granted the winning of which would not fill a chapter of itself, and so only a few details concerning some of Its wearers and how they won it can be given. It is strange to have to record that the first Victoria Cross was won by a sailor, for it has come to lie looked upon as almost entirely a mili tary decoration, yet such is the case end it is still stranger that the deed which gained it was performed a year end seven months prior to the institu tion of tlie decoration. Another feat ure is that at the time of winning it he was a boy serving his time as midship man on board 11. M. S. Hecla, and the story of how Charles D. Lucas, now an Admiral, won the Cross as a middy will always form one of the most glor ious stories among the many in its his tory. It was at tlie bombardment of Bomarsund, in the Baltic, on June 21, 1854, that a live shell dropped in the midst of a group of men of whom young Lucas was in command. The fuse was almost burned away, and an explosion seemed Imminent, but with out a moment's hesitation the young midshipman sprang forward, grasped the spluttering shell in his hnnds, and rushing to the side of the vessel hurled it overboard, where it exploded before it reached the water. Such an act as this displays the subllmest courage, for it combines intelligence and instanta neous action, and In a boy it was espe cially meritorious, and so young Lucas was chosen as the first recipient of the decoration eighteen months afterward. The next cross was also bestowed upon a naval officer, now Rear-Admiral By tliesea, for an action performed during the Russian war while he was serving as a lieutenant in 11. M. S. Arrogant, on September 16, 1854. During the Crimean war altogether 111 crosses and two clasps were awarded, and It should be explained that a clasp, which is equal to a Cross, is awnrded to any holder of a Cross who performs some act of bravery for which n Cross would have been granted were it not pos sessed already. The winning of a Cross, it may be explained, carries with It an annuity of £lO, which may be in creased to £SO, payable quarterly, to all excepting commissioned officers, but including those who have risen from the ranks, while for each clasp an ex tra annuity of £5 is awarded. The power to increase the annuity for the winner of a Cross from £lO to £SO only came Into force in 1890, and was di rectly attributable to riper Flndlater, the Dargai hero's action in going on the the music hall stage.—St. James's Ga zette. HUNTING ALLIGATORS. ~ 'Alligators move rapidly under water, are hard to see, harder to hit and the harpoon will penetrate only the least accessible portions of the body. Nor docs the title to the hide nec.essarily pass with making fast the weapon, says Country Life in America. One afternoon In the Cheesehowitz kee Itivor I harpooned a large alligator which towed me up and down the stream for an hour or two and then sulked in its deepest part. I pulled on the lino uutii the boat was directly over him and stirred him up with the harpoon pole. He rolled himself up on the line in the manner peculiar to sharks and alligators, and banged the boat suggestively. We rowed to the bank, and, making fast to some bushes, hauled on the line until wo succeeded in worrying him nearly to the boat, when he rose to the surface and at tacked us with open, mouth. We re pelled the attack with harpoon pole and rifle. The former was promptly bitten in three pieces, but the latter aparently finished him. It was so nearly dark that we decided to carry him in the skiff a mile down the river to where our sloop was anchored. We broke the seats out of the boat, and together managed to lift the head of the alliga tor aboard nnd tie it We then tied the other end, when the reptile came to life nnd landed n blow with his tail which lifted me out of the skiff into tho saw grass, with the breath knocked out of my body nnd my hand and face badly cut by the grass. Boat and boatman were capsized. As my rifle had fortunately been left upon the bank I was able to kill the alligator again. We secured him by floating the boat under him and then bailing it out. The nligator completely filled tho boat, so that my companion and I sat upon ills back as we paddled down the river with gunwales unpleas antly near the water. It was growing dark and the water around us was becoming alive with al ligators. While we were reflecting upon our overloaded condition our alli gator came to life again and shifted ballast until water poured over tha gunwale. We quickly balanced tho boat, only to sec it again disturbed and to ship more water. A scramble for the shore followed, which we reached without capsizing, nnd where we left our victim for the night after again killing him. In the morning our buz zard friend from the Homosassa Rivdr, surrounded by his family, was sitting above him in the tree, waiting for us to attend to our carving duties. There are drawbacks to hunting in the Great Cypress Swamp, Even na tives have been lost and died in Its re cesses. It is bounded on the east by the Everglades and on the west by a series of impenetrable mangrove thick ets, alternating with deep channels. If lost one should turn his face firmly to the north, and as a guide remarked to me, "lie ought to get somewhere in three or four days." A HERO OF THE SHIPYARDS. On Friday last a big boiler, weighing sixty-four tons, was about to be' low ered into the hold of a steamship at tho New York shipyards. The 100-ton crane, so called because it will lift ti weight of 100 tons as easily as a college girl lifts a wooden dumb-bell, was swinging its great arms toward the monster boiler, eighteen feet in cireuml ference. Perched on the top of it was a workman—a poor Norwegian .who scarcely speaks English. His back Was toward the crane, and he never sow it, nor did any one else until it was with in two feet of him. If the arm of tho giant crane struck him it would crush him as It would an egg shell. Twenty feet below was the ground strewn with jagged pieces of iron, to fall on which was instant death. The workmen be low saw his danger nnd shouted to him. The man turned half way round and felt tho crac coming. It was death either way, nnd, paralyzed with fear he collapsed. At this critical moment when every one else had lost his head one man was there who knew what ta do, and did it. Twenty feet away when the impending doom over tho man was first seen, in less than two seconds he cleared the space and stood among the jagged iron. "Jump for your life! It's your only chance!" he cried, and braced himself to catch the falling man, while the crowd held its breath. The two men came together with an impact so great thnt both were picked up senseless. II was a case of clear grit, cool judgment and prompt action. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. A WOLF-CATCIIER'S ADVENTURE A wolf catcher of Mont Berra, in the Alps, lias had a curious experience with famished eagles. The man was engaged in his trade, and was proceed ing to a lonely part of the mountain to rebalt his traps when three huge eagles swooped down upon him nnd circled round and round him as he tried to keep them off with his staff. One of them, coming within reach of his stick, received a smart blow on tho head, af ter which it and its companions drew further off, but still hovered in mid air over the man as he climbed the pnth to Ids traps. These he hastily baited, and had turned to leave them when tho eagles swooped down with tremendous speed on the bait in the traps. Almost before the man could realize what was occurring he saw each of the eagles securely held by the Jaws of a wolf trap. The captured birds, mad with hunger and fear, fought fiercely to get free, and in order to prevent this tho wolf catcher despatched, them with his staff, and brought tlie three bodies back with him in testimony of his tala. Our Admiration, Too often we admire the person who will listen to reason, because he gives us a chance to talk.—Philadelphia Tel egraph. The Grand Jury of Cook County (Chicago) reports an alarming Increase in tha nolo of cocoino. THINNING OUT FRUIT. More large fruit, and of better qual ity, can be secured by thinning out the fruit on the trees. It is a loss of fruit and an injury to a tree when It ripens a large amount of fruit, and the crop next year will also be reduced. Ten barrels of prime apples will sell for more than three or four times as much inferior fruit. GRAFTING AND BUDDING. In grafting, scions from choice stock are transplanted upon seedlings of un known possibilities, and also, scions from plants of naturally weak growth are profitably grafted upon sturdier stock. A graft is a branchlet or twig, carrying one or more buds, cut and in serted in the stock In away that brings together the new wood of the two. In budding, a single bud, with as little wood attached as possible, is used. In grafting, growths of the preceding year are employed, and these are im bedded in the stock in the spring. In budding, the lately formed buds of the growing season are inserted, forming a union before the season closes, but remaining dormant until spring. In fruit tree grafting, the scions pre bet ter cut in the autumn and preserved over winter in a cool, frost-proof cellar. —The Delineator. BEST LANDS FOR FRUITS. Have you noticed the condition of the soil In your orchard vineyard, or berry fields immedtaiely after a rain? If you find the water standing upon the soil, or if you find soli water soaked, it is evident that the land needs ditching. I have seen sandy soils, with a hard-pan beneath, which would hold water almost like a cistern, nnd which needed tile draining in or der to let the surplus water off freCly. Sometimes people write us asking why their orchards do not bear fruit. In many Instances these barren orchards need under-drninlng. I have never yet known fruit trees, viues or plants to bear profitable crops of fruit where they were standing in wet soil; that is, soli on which tho surplus water does not pass off readily. This is one rea son why fruits usually succeed better ( on up-lnnds than on low-lands.— Green's Fruit Grower. BLACK KNOT ON TREES. rium nnd cherry trees are more affected by black knot than any other fruit trees, nnd the trouble is one that should be remedied as soon as detected. Spraying is more or less useful if the disease is not deep seated, but when the wart-like knots arc of good size tlie best remedy is to remove them with the pruning knife or saw. Cut off the affected limbs regardless of tlie effect on the form of the tree, for it is the only effectual cure. Trees thnt are well cared for, annually pruned, nnd the soil well fed are rarely troubled with this disease, and it is more often found where there are but a few trees than In orchards, unless, of course, the same neglect extends to an orchard that is generally found where there are but a few trees. In this con nection it Is worth while to observe that most of the troubles of the orcliardlst are due to lack of proper soli culture and care of the trees. It must be granted that very many dis eases and insect enemies come despite all care.—National Fruit Grower. BRANCH OF TREE TOMATO. If one would be considered quite sane One should not discuss the tree tomato even yet. Otherwise one is likely to be reasoned with gently nnd informed thnt tomatoes grow on vines instead of trees. All this to the contrary notwith standing, there really is a tree tomato. A branch of sucli a tree is here shown as it Is grown by Mrs. Shepherd of California. She has grown It several years, and feels that it has a great future as u fruit for shipping. It comes into bearing along during the holidays, IV when fruits are scarce, nnd ships long distances perfectly. Some say it is practically hardy in California. This tree, however, grows under glass. As to the fruit, there seems to be no understanding. Some call this rich, tomato-tinted production fruit; others toninto, which Is equivalent to a vege table. As to flavor, it is said to be a Cross between tlie tomato and the plum, nnd is equally delicious as a salad or a dessert. Experts think the day not far off when it will be exten sively grown. One good specimen, nnd about the easiest to get at here In the East, is in the Bronx botanical collection In New York. For some time past this tree lias hung full of these rosy, plum-shaped fruits, or vegetables, which linng singly or in clusters of two, three or four.—Philadelphia Rec ord. AN EARLY FLYING MACHINE.' Remarkable Invention bv a PortusaeM Which Fulled to Work. In the Evening Post, dated the 20-22 December, 1700, is an interesting <le- Bcription of a,flying ship then lately in vented by a Portuguese priest. Unfor tunately, for the glory of Portugal it did not fly, as was expected, 200 miles lu twenty-four hours, or at nil. In or der that the deeply scientific among j our renders may understand the cause W of its failure we quote a few extracts from its specifications. The ship was fitted, in the first place, with "sails wherewith the air is to be divided. It had also two pairs of bellows "which must be blown when there is 110 wind." At opposite ends of the hull were the Globes of Heaven and Earth contain ing i them the Attractive Virtues." Those served as covers to "two Load stones placed in them upon Pedestals, to draw the ship after them." We have not yet exhausted the list of motive powers carried by this remark able invention. Over the whole was "a cover made of Iron Wire In form of a Net, on which are Fastened a good number of Large Amber Heads which by a Secret Operation will kelp to keep the Ship Aloft. And by the Sun's heat (certain Mats) that line the Ship will be drawn toward the Amber Bends." It is strange that a (lying ship fitted with so many alternative appliances should ltnve failed to fly at all. Possibly the Amber Beads tried to fly one way, the Globes another, the wind and the bel lows worked in yet other directions, and tints stable equilibrium resulted.— London News. ■. WISE WORDSI Cunning has effect from credulity of others. It requires 110. extraordinary talents to lie and deceive. —Johnson. Suppose that a man should advertise to take photographs of the heart; would he get many customers?—D. C. Moody. There is not in nature a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate auger.—Young Webster. i There are two kinds of politeness; one says, "See bow polite I am;" the other, "I would make you happy."— Tomllnson. The consummation of madness Is to do what, at the time of doing it, we Intend to be afterward sorry for; tlie deliberate and intentional making of work for repentance.—W. Nevius. To see clearly bow a right or wrong act generates consequences, internal and external, that go on branching out more widely as years progress, requires a. rare power of analysis.—Herbert Spencer. Command thy servant advisedly with few plain words, fully, freely and positively, wrth a grave countenance and settled carriage; these will pro cure obedience, gain respect and main tain authority.—Fuller. , Ileal political Issues can not be factured by the leaders of parties, and can not lie evaded by them. They de clare themselves, and come out of the depths of that deep which we call public opinion—Garfield. The man who has so little knowl edge of human nature as to seek hap piness by changing anything but bis own dispositions will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the griefs which he proposes to remove.—Colton. Lying Is a hateful and accursed vice. We have no other tie upon one an other but our word. If we did hut discover the horror and consequences of it we should pursue it with fire and sword, and more justly than other crimes.—Montaigne. What we count tlie ills of life nrs often blessings in disguise, resulting in good to 11s in the end. Though for the present not joyous, but grievous, yet, if received in a right spirit, they work out fruits of righteousness for us at lust.—M. Henry. Curiosity in children is but an ap petite for knowledge. One great rea son why children abnndon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is because they find their curiosity balked and their in quiries neglected.—Locke. When It libber Wn New. "Rubber," suid a dealer, "which is so eomrnou an article with us to-day, was unknown to us in 1750. Here is what Priestly said of rubber in 1770, the first mention of rubber that we have." The dealer brought out a bit of paper and rend: " 'I have seen n substance excellent ly adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the marks of the black leadpenell. It must, therefore, be of singular use to those who practice drawing. It is sold by Mr. Man. Ho \ sells a cubical piece of about linld an J inch for throe shillings, and he says it will last for several years.' "—Phila delphia Record. Entire m a Power For Good. A powerful instrument for good might also be found in fiction, if wo had among us a new Thackeray, ami, further, If the satire were taken seri ously, says the Lady's Pictorial. Un fortunately, however, a novel of to-day exposing the folios and vices of "smart" society is rend with a clfuckle rather jlinn a sense of Indignation or contempt, and the result is that its influence as.n social.force Is scarcely greater, although less offensive in its form of application, than that of a newspaper report of a salacious di- , voree case. Y i BrlHah Forage Cap. I .In one respect, at least, the British Anny is getting more nnd more like that o'f Germany. The new forage cap wfileli Is shortly to be served out Is said to be more Teutonic in its cut and style than anything which has Mthcrto been seen on the heads of British soldiers.
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