NEWS OF THE WEEK. Thursday, tnn Miss Kntle Staggers, young lady of Ulauvclt, N .in. nrnll known , was burned to death. rponkor Heed told n, western congress moil tlmli he thought congress would lie ready tn niljnurn by Mny in. His highness the Tlmkiir of Hhmjiiag'ir died at Bombay. He wns HH yearn nf age finil n knight commander nf 1 lie rtar of India. Miss Lucille fMovrnrt l'olk, daughter nf Mr. mill Mrs. WMIIntii Stewart I'nlk of Ditltlmnro, wns married tn Mr. Will iiiin K. t'nrtor of Philadelphia. The president sent, to thn sennto 1 ho nmnlmitlim of .1. Kearney Hlce of Nm Jersey tn honttnrney nf the (Tnltoil Slates for tho district of Now Jersey. l.nuls (inrdnn, shirt niniiiif.'iotiiror of New York, wtis convicted nf nrsnn III tho third degree on tho charge of Hotting flro to his factory nn July ill, IH1I4. Tho Might Hon. Hugh V. K. Chlhlois, formerly first lord of tho iiilininiltv, chnn oollor of tho duchy of Lancaster nnd (limn clnl secretary tn the treasury, died In l.nn dnn. Friday, Jan. M. Jamcn Williams wns held for trlnl, charged with attempted highway rohliery III Now York city. Hon. Anion Pnnl, a prominent cltlon nf Nowllelds nnd nno of the leading inon of Now llnnipshlro, died, nged ha yours. Harvey Pago, wlfo nnd two young sons, nged respectively It yours nnd II months, woro hiirnoil In death In tholr homo In Alarongn, Mich. Peter Hull, one nf the oldest conductors 111 tho employ of tho Krlo ltnilroml com pany, died suddenly of hemorrhage at Middh'town, N. Y. The president has sent to the sptinto tho following noinlnntions: .lohu H. Hrnc klesby, oollootor of customs, district of Hartford: I). W. Andrew, district of Plymouth, Mass. Herman Ii. Mueller, charged with om liczzling (14.1100 from tho Schlll. Brewing ooinpiiny whiln acting an ItH bookkeeper In Kiinsiis City, lias Iwen acquitted after A three days' trial. Tho Fanners' I.onn nnd Trust company of Now York has filed n hill In tho lulled Mates circuit court nt. Chicago to foreeloso n mortgage for 7,775,01)1) on the Lako Street Klevatcd road. Saturday, K.I). 1. Tho plaster factory of M. .T. Dnann & Co., nt Ynnkors, N. Y., was destroyed ly fire. Loss, :n. 10 in. Thirty-two collieries of the Philadelphia and Heading company In Pennsylvania ro cclvcd olliolal notilleation to shut down. Paul ilrlgham, alias David I'nlcmnll, tho notorious conlldonoo man, was sen tenced In Now York to seven years in stiito prison. A plaster hust of the Into K.ttgeiie I lold, from tho studio of Signnr liaetano Tren tanovo of Klorcnco, was unveiled In the llhrnry of the I'lilou league chili In 111 -ongo. Klre destroyed the tannery of Jacoli Stlne & l'o., nt Dover, Del., together with hides nnd furs valued nt lii,oou. Tho fire Is supposed to have been of Incendiary origin. (iovornor Morton has granted n further respite ti Hat Shea until Feb. 11 lieenuso of .1 udgo Mayhem's ndvioo that lie cannot give n doelslnn In tho matter of tho appli cation until Koh. 7. Monday, Feb. S. Kx-Scnatorn Idon nnd Ahlxit of Colum lius, t)., have hoen Indicted for lirlliery. Wllliani Ciesar, the oondeiniioil murder er, died suddenly In his coll nt tho state prison nt Sing Sing. Tudgo Stephen Peery of San Diopo, Cnl., committed suicide ly shooting himself through the heart. Mr. Richard Crokor of New York lins 211 horses In training at l.eleonilw Mogls, near Wantage, In charge of Charles Morton. Tho federal census of Mexico, which Is now completed, shown a population of 12, 542,(157. Tho City of Mexico has H:in,ti:ift. Kev. Henry I.ltts of Deckorton, N. .T., a moinhor of New .lerscy Methodist confor enco, died 111 Susquehanna, Pu., aged 711 years. tioorgo Dllss, tho partner of Governor Morton In tho hanking llrm of Morton, 111 ins & Co., died suddenly at Ills resi dence, 587 Fifth nvenup, Now York. TitfHiilny, tlan. 4. The cigar factory of Sihiilimnhl & Co., nt Cohocton, N. Y., was hiirneil. Twenty five men are thrown out of work. (-corge Williams, said to be wanted In New York for manipulating the accounts of HlrdHoye& lllrdseyeof that city, vvasur reeled In Chloagn. Captain J. Cloveland Cieor, (!(), ono of the Is'st known of the sound steamer com limiHlers, died nt his homo. In Norwich, Conn., after a short Illness. Kx-Pollce Commissioner Stephen B. French, who was for several years tho inti mate friend of Chcstor A. Arthur, shot and killed himself in Now York. The hlstorio First Unitarian church on Mooting House hill,' Dorchpxtor, Mans., n familiar landmark and the oldest oliurch In the district, wan destroyed liy lire. Spenner W. Coo of Now York city died at tho age of (ID. Mr. Coe was formerly a partner of Mayor Strong vt Now York and wan also at one time associated with the late (ioorgo lilisn. Kov. Joseph Cook, the famoun Boston CongrcgationnliHt who recently returned from Australia nnd Japan, In nt the sani tarium, Clifton Springs, near Rochester, utTorlng from an acute form of uervoun prostration. Ho In nearly blind, Wednesday, Jam 5. Cecil J. Khodun, cx premier of Cape Colony, has arrived in London. A rich gold discovery Is reportod from Flint crook, in tho Georgetown district, Mou. Dr. Kmtl U. Hirsch. pastor of the Sinai congregation, Chicago, ban declined tlie call of the Bethel congregation of New York. Judge Joslnh W. Wright, one of the Into Judge of the Meroer county (N. J.) court, dropped dead at Princeton Junction while on bin way to Trenton. It has boon announced that King Alex ander of Servia has been betrothed to Princess Hclene, third daughter of the Prince of Montenegro. The nteamer St. Pnul, which wan grounded ten dayn ago off the Now Jersey ouast, wan floated. The vessel wan ap pareutly uninjurod by the accident. An Knglish flro innurance company h. deposited 5,600 minces of gold In the nub treasury in Now York In connection with the new government bond loan. The gold wan secured from the vuulu of the Bunk of Kugluud. The major part of the einployoon of the Textile Manufacturing ooinpaiiy at West field. Mass.. manufacturer of coffin trim mings, quit work on account of a reduc tion of wasviu Tlia Kew Jersey Mate Convention. Thenton, Fob. 4. The Republican ntate eommittee han decided upon April 16 for the Republican convention at Tren- ton for the naming of delegate to tho Re publican national convention. Grand Duihru ol Olilcnburn; Iead. BtiiLIS, Feb. S. The Gruud Duchess of Oldenburg is doad. Sbe wua born in lH-ti, and us Klialjelb, prinoean of Suib-A Hun burg, she was married in 1H5H to the Uraud Duke of Oldenburg. PROGENY OF FREAKS. SOME RESULTS OF ROMANCES IN THE SHOW BUSINESS?. The First Real l.lTlnn; Rkeletnn, RIs Wife and Their Thres Rkln and Itnne Nnni, An Old Mnsenra and aids (thus Man-aa-er Taps Itla Memory Tank. Acnirdiiig to Mntin'er T. 15. Kncltott of tlin llijon thontor, Isnnn W. Hirngn8 wax the flrnt nniintnrnlly or nlinnrnially thin skin and bones mini to be exhibit ed to tho puhlin under tlin titln of A "living dkololnn. " It Wua during tho palmy days of llarnnin'B (4rentest Show on Knrlh, nnd whiln that rolrbrnted plinwiiiaii vens rnkiiiR tlin continents in nenrch of oiiriosilieH in lKfl4. Iiioidotit Blly Mr. Sackolt wim in those days with Tony I'Kftnr. Mr. Haricot t wan aoling an doortciidor, tnnniiger nnd nil nronnd in mi for Pantor. llolind previonsly boon nut with Millin Christine, the two liendcd girl, mid lind nn eyo nnf for freaks. Whoti tlin Tony Pastor pliow rrnrliod Fliridn, Stimn & Mnrrny'ii rir rns mine tlieie. Tlin old i)ihabitant(i will remember Stone & Murray's, show. It, was rontpiiipornneonn with Dnn Hioo'g, Thiiyer fc Noyi' nnd afterward with t lio John Kohinsiiu firens. With Stimn 8c Murray was lunar) W. Sprngne, tlin living skeleton. Mr. Spragnn lunl been disenvored by Illinium in Mansa chtiKelts. lie was the first living Fkele ton on roMird sinen the discovery of tlin world liy Adimi. And Spraguo wan a rrnl living Hkeleton (on. v Ho was noth ing but skin and holloa, yet he wbr healthy nnd jolly. In lNtifl Panitiin rnllontpd Bevornl rn riosiiios, incliidiiiR Siirngnn, nnd sent thorn for a tonr nf tho world. Sprngne was the big curd. Next to him wnn a skeleton woman, nearly n attenuated ns SpriiRne, whoso iiiiino hns wnped the wonderful memory of Show mini Suckctt. Among the other freaks with which Biii-nuiii exponlrd to and did as tonish the world wan Joyce Until, the colored woman ho picked np in the south, anppoHed to bo 1 35 years old; tho "woolly horse," and Annie Swan, tho first giantess ever on exhibition. Sprngne, on the Rtenninr going over to London, fell desperately ill love witli tho skeleton woman. Sho returned bin nffrotion, nnd, nccording to Malinger Suckott, wlio was on tho voyage, it was n sight for the sentimental to observe the billing nnd cooing of those attenuat ed specimens of Pharaoh 'a "lean kino. TIim outre love affair gave Hainnin a business hint, which he was not slow to take nilvHiitii;n of. On their arrival in dearold "I.tinnnn" thn showman adver tised nnd heralded thn astounding fact far mid wide that on n certnin day there oonld he seen nt St. Jiiihor hall (whore they were showing) something that tho world had never before witnessed, name ly, tho mnningp of two living, breath ing skeletons. He nlso announced the fact that never before in tho annals of show business hail such n tliliiR ns the wedding of froaka been performed in public. This wns a fact too. Of theentlniHiastio crowds which sneh a nniiiue nunouiiconient drew, or the interesting conduct of the living skele tons, wedded in the presence of "as RPinbled thousands," Manager Sackett is silent. But ho tells of a fact, how ever, which is of nnch Interest that it was recorded in medical works, but never before has semi the light of news paper prbhcntion. That was that a year after thn marriage of tho skeletons tho wife bore a child which also was a "living skuleton. " Stranger still to rolnte bnt Saekett stakes his fortune on the truth of, it- two other children wero also born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Sprngne, nod (hey were also of the skeleton mold. For many yours aftorward (lie parents trnvelud with their niiiialurnlly thin offspring and added to the stock of (lie world'i astonishment, including both crowned heads and those' that were bald, Tho original Spraguo nnd his wife are dead. bnt the three skeleton children, now young mou, aro showing nbouttlio conn try, healthy, happy and rich. This is the only case or succession of cases iu medical annals where a father and mother transmitted the disease of wasting atrophy to their-offspring. Mr. Hackett also tells of nnother woird case that came under his observation lu his peregrinating show days. Major Bnrncll, a celebrated showman of the sixties, found a pair of fieuk twins in tho son th, the offspring of colored pco pie. One of the twins, a boy, was black as Kongo stock. The other, a girl, was a pare albino. The major engaged the twins for his show and exhibited them for years The albino girl grew np and married an albino in the west. The offspring of the marriage was a baby as black as the ace of spades. Of course this enhanced the showing ji-ice of Charley and his albino wife, and Major Bnrnell increased thoir salaries accord iut?ly. D. K. Proscott was the discoverer of tho far famed Sleeping Beauty, whom he found in Tennessee iu the sixties. He brought brr to St. Louis. She was young girl of surpassing beanty, with but one fault discoverable. She slept nine tenths of the time. She was the greatest puzzle the medical men bad , ever seen. It was one of these latter who deprived her mother of a fortune and Prescott of one of his most popular curiosities. The yonng doctor wbb left alone in the showroom one day while the beauty was sleeping as usual. His curiosity prompted him to take out bis lancet and puncture her arm. The blood started cut and the beauty awoke with i a scream. Her mother rushed in from ' an adjoining room. Seeing the blood flowing from her daughter's arm, she fainted away. This ended the showing of the Sleeping Eeauty. Uer mother took her borne, und she never slept in public any more. Buffalo Courier. Good Jis;sllon A good digestion is as truly obliga tory as a good conscience ; pure blood is as truly a part of manhood as a pure faith; a vigorous brain is as necesdary to useful living as a vigorous will, which it often helps to muke vigorous, and a well ordered tskiu is the first con dition of that cleuuliuess which is next to godliness. H. W. Beecher. Th. TJsual Way, Faddy You know there is no rule without an exception. . Duddy I believe you. I never lay down a rule at the store but most of the clerks take exception to it Boston Transcript. Their own physicians. n)tlf Dwtorlna; Promoted by ths tlss of M4V lelnen In Compressed Tablets. Not only has thn general introduction Df medicine In the form of compressed tablets simplified the work of the doc tor, but it lins also ynstly promoted self doctoring. Tho number of remedies put np in this form for popular use ron itantly increases. Many druggists make specialty of these things. You see them displnyed near the soda water ountain, pnt tip in small bottles and old at prices that must yield a hand some profit Half n down remedies for Indigestion are thus sold, some contain- ng pppsin ns tho active principle, oth ers containing soda mint, some bismuth, omn charcoal or more powerful disin fectants. Home are designed to remove acidity of the stomach ; others to attack a catarrhal condition. Others are to pro voke appetite, and still others are to promote ono or nnother natural fn no tion. A down headache cures are sold in this fashion, and the different emolli ents for thn throat are almost innumera ble. There are Rrip tablets, liver tnb loirt, heart, lung and brnin tablets. Persons who have eschewed patent medicines all their lives buy these tab lets of one sort or another, because most of them are supposed to be well recognized remedies. Most of the tab lets nrn advertised only in medical jour nals, in accordance with the require ments of the mndirnl code, and many of them, uo doubt, have ohtainod their popularity through their use by reputa ble physicians. Quinine, which is now extremely cheap, is sold largely in the form of two grain pills or in larger pills con taining iron. Although believed by many physicians to be a dangerous rem edy, it has long been self prescribed by all sorts of persons, especially in mala rial regions, and it is one of the reme dies most freqnently bought withont proscription. It is self prescribed for malaria in its many forms, to check a cold in its early stages, and ns a tonic. Stimulants of one sort or another are sold in this form, bnt more especially perhaps ut the soda fountain, which has beoomo a sort of medical dispensary. Many headache remedies are dispensed at the soda fountain. Some nre recom mended or suggested by the attendant, bnt many persons have their favorites among the various sedatives and febri fuges, and some are called for as regu larly as the fruit simps. New remedies are constantly introduced through the soda fountains, and many old ones have long been included iu the annually lengthening list of tho soda water dis pensers. New York Snn. IN A BALLOON. The Bensatlonn That Ara Rnperlnduced by Its Klnln( and FsllJon;. A dim sunlight strikes us iu the bal loon. Suddenly we realize we are in bright sunshine again, with fleecy white clouds below ns and a deep blue sky above. Look at the shadow of the bul loon on the clouds I Seethe light pris matio colors like a halo around the shadow of the car. Here we are nil alone, in perfect silence, in the depths of a great abyss massive clouds tower ing up on all sides, a snowy white mass below. But no sign of earth uo sign of anything human. Not a sound, not a sign of life I What peace! What bliss Horrors I What's that report? The bal loon must have bnrst. Oh, nonsense I Keep still! It's only a fold of the stuff nipped by the netting being suddenly released ; that s all. Well, we are fulling, for see the bits of paper apparently ascending. And we must take care, for the coldness and dampness of this cloud will cause the gas to contract, and we shall fall rapid )y. So got a bag of ballast ready, for we are already in the darkness of the cloud. Now the gas bag shrinks and writhes, ana the loose folds rustle to gether, and it gets darker. You can feel tho breeze blowing upward against your face or band held over the edge of the car. Well, that's not to be wondered at, for remember we are falling, say 1,000 feet a minute, which is the same thing as if we were going along ten miles an hour sitting iu a dogcart, Not quite the same, yon say you'd sooner be in the cart? Well, perhaps if the horse were going straight at a wall, without the possibility of being able to stop him, you would think otherwise. But look I There is the earth again ; so out with your ballast. Go on) Pour out plenty ; there's no good economizing. Blackwood s Magazine. Bhs Wanted Pink Cheeks. There is a girl on the North Side who admires pink cheeks, but she will be careful after this where she sets them. On a recent afternoon one of theoarettea was being jogged over the boles in the pavement of Rush street. At Huron street the wagon was stopped, and youug woman stepped in and took seat near the center of the car. She knew several of the women, and return ed their bows. She was a pretty girl fashionably gowned, and was on her way to a public rehearsal. After sitting quietly for a few minutes, she, in an apparently unconscious manner, put her hand to her cheek and gave it a slight pinch. On her hands were black gloves, The day was damp and the slightest trace possible of the color was left on her cheek. Then she pinched the other one. A black spot showed. This she continued until Adams street was reach ed, and never a woman spoke. When sbe reached the Auditorium, her cheeks were a good color, bnt not what she ex pectedChicago Chronicle. Mark Twain's XAtest. The anthorship of "The Personal Recollections of Joan of Aro," which has been appearing serially in Hur per's Monthly during the last year, and which has been credited to nearly every well known author, is finally determin ed. Volume 6 of the National Cyclo pedia of American Biugrapby, a work of such accuracy that it may be ooneid ered official, contains a new biography of Mr. Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) which enumerates this work in the list of bis publications. Th Other Ylew of Ii. "Cottar had his Brutus I" exolaimed the young orator, and as he paused to note the effect of bis words a voice front the gallery replied, "Weil, boss, yer may be right, bat it sllars kinder struc. me dat Brutus bad CtBsar. "Washing ton Times. TO BANISH POVERTY. SALVATION ARMY TO ESTABLISH A FARM COLONY TO "MAKE MEN." Will !e Ullnated In New .Tersey Will rot low th Idea Worked Ont In General Booth's "Darkest EntndH Aim In to fllie a Man Kaek His Keif Respeet. Following thn nnnnunnempiit (hat Commander Ballington Booth of the Salvation Army la to be transferred to another command oomos the news that the "farm oniony" which Oennral Booth as long had it in mind to establish in America is about to be opened in Mali wall, Bergen comity, N. .1. The site selected is near the estate of Theodore . Hnvemnjer. The plnn is still partly secret, the dntails of the purchase not having boon mndn known ontside the national hendqnnrters in New York. Tho farm colony Is to be modeled aft er that which General Booth established some years ago in Hndleigh, Kssex, in Kngland. The object of the farm is not, as has been said, to support agod members of the Salvation Army, but to carry ont General Booth's "manmaking" plan, as his scheme for giving unfortunate mortals a now start in life iins been nailed. The plan, in brief, is to take men out of the gutters, give them a chance to work if they nre willing to do so and finally render thorn self support ing nnd decent memliers of tho com munity. Colonel Kadin, who is Com mander Ballington Booth's right hand man, admitted that the farm colony plan was nearing completion, but said he could give none of the details. I learned, however, that the work to bn done Is practically the same ns that now carried on In Kugland. For in stance, it is calculated by officers of the Salvation Army that there are iu Now York 100,000 men nnd women in the streets out of work, ont of money, down at the heel, rugged, wretched, bankrupt in pocket and courage. The farm is in tended to give those persons a new start in life. It is not in!ended thnt they shall be given money until thoy hnve earned it, because, say the Salvation soldiers, to give money to a man who han not earned it is to lessen his splf re spect and mnko it easier for him to no- ccpt charity ngain perhaps snek it when he might earn money by honest toil. Kngland, when General Booth touch ed its big heart with his stories of 'Darkest Kngliuid, " contributed fiOO,- 000 for tho work which ho outlined, mid it is not thought that this country will be less generous if tin appeal ismadn for funds with which to attempt thn banish ment of idleness nnd poverty. The farm at Hndleigh comprises l,la0 acres, mid it is thought that the one here will be about as largo. Man making," according to the army idea, nims at four things in chief. First is the tilling of the soil, upon Which unskilled labor can be profitably employed. This ufTords an opportunity to learn whether or not u man really desires honest employment and is worthy of assistance. The second point is to so cultivato the land that the work will give every msn a useful training. The third is to carry on snch industries as are connected with farming and in which unskilled labor may also be employed under conditions more healthful than those en joyed ingrnntcitins. The fourth is to fit a mau with o knowledge and character which shall afterward prevent him from becoming a charge upon the community. On the Knglish farm men are only kept for six months. They are paid according to the work they do and are clothed and fed if their wages are not sufficient for those needs. A list of employors of labor is kopt at the farm, and men who have proved skillful and faithful are sent to these employers with a recommendation such ns is likely to secure employment. The tone of the colony is pure. While the discipline is not irksome the atmos phere is good. The men and women who are so bad that they cannot reform are soon found out and sent away. Here the plan pursued in regard to populating the colony will be to draw recruits from the army meetings and from the public parks and other resorts of unfortunates and outcasts. Such men and women will be asked why they are in distress and if they are satisfied with their lives. If they desiro to change, they may join the colony, earn a living, recover their solf respect and learn to battle with the world anew. Now York Herald. Sana; la the Choir For Elshty Teen, In the last 12 years of Mr. Starman's ministry at Waldborough's famous old German Lutheran ohnrch no salary was paid, the congregation being too poor. Old Conrad Hyer, who, although 101 years old, was as brisk as a man of 60, and bad acted as chorister in this an cient church for 80 years, reading and singing from the fine print of Watts' i bymnbook withont the use of specta- I cles. Nothing remains on earth to mark the sojourn of these men but the dilapi1 dated ruins of the building and the tall marble column in the cemetery ; which tells the passing traveler that there lie the remains of the sainted Ritti and St arm an, pastors of the Ger man Lutheran ohnrch of Broad Bay. Lewiston (Me. ) Journal. A Misleading; Report. "I hear the colonel is a bard drink er." "Huh I He's the easiost drinker I ever saw in my life. "Detroit Tribune. Liked Lawyers, It is recorded of Andrew Johnson that when, senator or president, he was invited to a dinner party, he was accus tomed to ask if any lawyer was to be among the guests. For, said he, law yers always lubricate things. He took a greater fancy to William M. Evarts, bis attorney general, because of bis post prandial fame than because of bis emi nent legal attainments. Green Bug. Coen a Long Way. Borax My wife makes a little mon ey go a long way these times. Henpekt So does mine unfortunate ly. She's always subscribing fur mis sions in Africa and Polynesia. Fear son's Weekly. Shan no toil to make yourself re markable by some one talent Yet do not devote yourself to one branch ex clusively. Strive to get clear notions bout 1L Give up no science entirely, for all science is one. Seneca. LEIGHTON'S FAIR MODEL. Dorothy Pen, Who Toned For Many nf Hln nest rietnres. A tall woman, benntifnlly formed, with a skin firm and smooth nnd of that golden tinted white thnt Honnor de lights In, a head Grncinn enongh to have furnished inspiration for one of Praxiteles' Aphrodites, with Rnldnn linir, violet eyes snch a woman is Dor othy Dene, whom the late Frederick Loighton made famous iu many of his best known paintings. She was his favorite model. With all her charms of person, Dorothy Dona is as simple as a ohild, modest and retir ing. Her naturalness, nn mnch as any thing, endeared her to the groat artist, who was devoted to her for many years. Humor has woven n romance iu his life, In which his model flgunw. It says ho loved her, but Unit cirenm stnnres over which he had no control prevented him from marrying her. She is one of five sisters. They all live in Iiondon, whore they have a oozy little apartment in South Kensington, the art center of the British capital. It is one of the most artistic flats in Lon don, and one iu which more beaux esprits, painters, musicians and littera teurs gntber, when she is nt home, two Sundays in each month, than In any other in tho big city. Miss Dene visited this conn try In the winter of 1891) and was seen on the stago Iioto. Her theatrical venture was not a brilliant success, but her beauty caused unite a sensation. She spoke of Sir Frederick Leighton he hud not Ihen boon made a jicnr with groat tenderness. In an interview with her nt that time, pnblished in The Jour nal, she said, "Although Sir Frederick is over tlO years old, he is the youngest man I know, and, I might add, the kindest, most generous. Sho told of where the great artist painted his wonderful Grecian pictures. He believed in the beautiful, lived in the beautiful, and many of his best can vases adorned the walls of the room lu which thny were brought into existence. No "artistio dust" was visible there everything was neat, she said, showing an even mind given to beautiful thoughts and the portraying of them. He was the son) of good nature and occupied in Knglish society a position somewhat like Channcey M. Dopew dims here as regards his after dinner speak iug. Whenever there wns a big banquet, Froderick Loighton was always there and when he spoke ho always had some thing to say and something to which everybody listened. New York Jonr nnl. MISS RUTH'S AMBITION. The President's Daughter Wishes I Father Were I'olleeman. Little Ruth Cleveland is a national character. Her brief career has been watched with interest by all classes of American people without regard to po litical nmiiatiuns or prejudices. Ruth is now 5 years of nge, and sho begins to understand the distinction she enjoys as a daughter of the president. But, lifter all, Ruth is only a child, with the ideas and instincts of innocent infancy. Child hood's estimate of greatness was charm ingly illustrated by Ruth the other day. One of the policemen whose duty it is to guard the private portion of the grounds iu the roar of the White House is a stalwart specimen of manhood. He is hnbitnally careful as to his attire, and his buttons always shine with a brilliant luster. The other day, the weather being balmy and springlike, this policeman took his little daughter with him, that she might enjoy the well guarded flow ers and the clean walks of the private grounds during his two hours of dnty. The little girl is not quite six years old. While the policeman was pointing out the beauty of the grounds to his daugh ter, Misses Ruth and Esther Cleveland, under the escort of their respective nurses, loft the mansion for a healthful run iu the fresh air. Rnth ran ahead of her nurse, and, upon discovering a girl of her own age, strutted up and survey ed her from head to foot. After looking the little girl over, Rntb straightened herself up, and, with an air of impor tance, said : "My papa is president j who is your papa?" The policeman's daughter defiantly replied : "My papa is a policeman." Ruth glanced np at the burly form, ornamented with bright brass buttons, and, hanging her head in an abashed manner, replied : "I wish my papa was a policeman." OIRECTED HER LETTER TO HEAVEN. Pathetic Little Story of a Child's Epistle to Her Dead Mother. At a recent wedding the bride had retired to ber dressing room to don her traveling gown. Her mother bad been dead a year or more, and sbe bad bad the constant care and companionship of her little sister ever since their afflic tion. The 7-year-old entered the room and .went to her sister's chair very thoughtfully. Drawing a letter from the little pocket, she said : "Alice, here is a letter to mamma. I have just written, telling ber all about the wedding. Will you send it to her?" The elder sister, a little shocked, re plied as gently as possible that she couldn't send a letter to mother. Then the little one, looking quite bright, said promptly : "Oh, yes, you can, because now you are married, you will be getting a little girl, and when you send for ber, just give the doctor this letter, and be can take it to mamma when he goes for the baby." And there on the envelope was the address, printed as best she could : "To Mumnia, In Heaven. Kindness of the Doctor." She took the letter, and hugged the little one to hide the tear which was rubbed off on the curly, brown head. Washington Star. Something New In College Tricks. At Mount Union college, during the usual term oration of the junior class, W. M. Fatherly, a junior, whose borne is at Lisbon, was delivering bis address. He was waxing eloquent in bis orator ical flights, when suddenly a big white curtain descended iu front of him, com pletely shutting off the speaker from the audience. On the enrtaiu was painted in glowing letters, Uod help these lit tlo juniors." Fatherly ceased speaking, and his oratorical effort has not yet been finished. Cincinnati Commercial Uaaette. . . TN THE HEATER PIPE. THE RETIRED BURGLAR RELATES HIS MOST SINGULAR EXPERIENCE. tie Had an Klegsnt I.ar Out of Wedding Presents at Hln Merey When He Made an Unfortunate Step In the F.nd He Made a Contribution to the Collection. "Ill a honso thnt I won looking over in a town up tire stale nno night," said the retired burglar, "I came across something that I never struck but that onco in all my experience, strange as it may seem, nnd that was n lot of wed ding presents, all just, ns thoy were ar ranged for display. When I turned my lamp into the room, I wished I had brought a horse and wagon ; there wan a good deal of it that wouldn t hnve hpeii of any earthly nsn to inn, but it seemed n pity to leave any of it behind. But if I couldn't curry it nil off, I conld have the fun of picking, nnd I started to look thn things over. Thpy wore ar ranged m tables nnd chnirn nnd on the floor nronnd on thrrn sides of thn room ; on the side opposilo to tho side that I had comn in nt, nnd on the sides to the right and left ; running nronnd those threo sides ill n sort of irregular order. On the siiln wliero I was thorn were a few chairs. I thought I'd start in on the left and work nronnd to tho right. and I started from tho door mid had gone about threo steps when I went down through thn floor, ns it seemed to me, bnt what I had really donn wns to step down through an open register. I suppose somebody must linvn dropped something down through it and have taken it out to got it and forgot to put it back. "There was n wiro screen under the register over tho pipe opening to keep things f i oin dropping down the pipe, but it was very fine light wire, and it didn't stop mo at all; I jnst slid down Into the pipe, pushing that along under my feet. When I dropped into the pipe, Iliad boon facing to tho left; in some way as I went down I got skewed around so that win n I got down as far as I did go I wns facing to the front ; that is, toward the center of the room. The pipn didn't go straight down, bnt with a curvp. I bad thrown np my hands ns I went down, nnd I snpposn I might have gonn plumb to the furnace if I hndu't clutched at the rdgn of the regis ter opening and hung on. A minute be fore I was going to take my pick of a roomful ; now where wan I? "I hud stalled across the room carry ing my tootling in one hand and my lamp in (ho other. Tho shock when I went down had shaken tho bag ont of my hand, but I hud held on to my lamp, though it was lying on its side now with my fingeis clutching through the handle. The falling of tlin too hag and tho striking of the lamp on thn floor and tlin scraping; of tjjn wirn gauze down through thn tin pipn innst hnve made all together a good deal of noise, and I expected every minute to hour somebody moving about np stairs and coming down to haul inn out. bnt no body did conic, and I set iny lamp up straight, and after I'd waited a minute or two more I started to seo if I could haul myself ont. "As I lay iu the pipe my head wns below tho level of the floor; by a great effort I could raise myself so that the upper half of my head was above the opening, but no higher; thoro was no room for play; when I got (hat high, I found myself with my elbows close to my body and fairly wedged into the pipe; I couldn't, get any higher. "I let myself down again, nnd after awhile I pulled myself up again, nnd held on by one hand and hold np the lamp nnd swung it round on tho things. Then I let myself down again, and won dered what I was (oingtodo. It wasn't only uncomfortable, there in the posi tion I was in, it was mighty hot and upjiloasant evory way. If I let go, I didn't know bnt that I'd slide down against the furnace, and, of course, I couldn't stand it for an indefinite length of time, mid when I'd been iu the pipe I should imagine about two hours, I made, up my mind that I wouldn't try to stand it any longer; I'd got to come ont some time, und I might just as well come out then; in fact, better, for while the chances of my getting away at all were mighty small, they would be hot ter at night than they would bo iu the daytime. "So I made up my mind to kick on the pipe and wake up the house and have the thing settled. So I kicked once, twice, and then I kicked again; and by snakes I I kicked the pipe open at my feet. There was a joint there, and I'd kicked it apart, and the sections I was in sagged down with my weight, and I slid out on the cellar floor. The sagging down of that part of the pipe detached it from the part above and it fell on the cellar floor alongside of me. That made noise enough to wake every body up; there couldn't be any doubt about that. "I went out by the same cellar win dow that I came in by. It was the first and only such lot of stuff that I ever struck, and I never got a thing out of it; iu fact, I added something to it my self a set of tools and a dark lantern." New York Sun. Early Candlelight State Dinners. It appears that iu oldeu times the president used to give his dinner par ties at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The grandfather of Representative Acheson of Pennsylvania once dined with George Washington, und his family have pre served the iuvitutiou. It is written iu a business hand ou a fourth puge of a sheet of ordinary note paper, with the lines rnnniiiK lengthwise across the sheet, and reads us follows: Mr. Acheson Is rcqacstcd to dine with the president ud ThurMluy, tho &kl iust., ut 4 o'clock precisely. Fell, it, 17U7. Chicago Record. narder to Ct Aim "I suppose that it would take a great deal of observation and experience to enable a man to pick the fastest horse entered for a race," she remarked. "Yea," replied tba man of mournful experience, "but that isn't what yon are trying to do. What you want is to pick the horse that is going to win." Washington fatur. The most easterly point of the United States is Quoddy Head, Me. ; the most westerly. Atto island, Alaska ; the most northerly, Poiut Barrow, Alaska; the Bjost southerly. Key West, Fla. REAL FACTS ABOUT HEN MANURE. Why It Varies In Quality Mixing With Ahsnrhentn I'se For Qnlek Crops. This substance in richer thnu the dnng of other animals because it contains both the solid nnd liqnid excrement, whereas thn dnng of cows and horses contains comparatively littln of their urine un less absorbents have boon frenly used. Nitrogen (mumonin) is voided mninly in the liquid part ; hence if both solid and liquid excrement am obtained to gether this most expensive element of plant food is saved, together with tho potash nnd phosphates In the solid ex crement. Hen manure contains all these lunnniial rtilistuncos except whot the fowl relains for sustenance, growth and eggs. Thcrpforn quality of droppings depends upon food consumed. Thns a pen of fowls fed on a concentrated mix ture of wheat bran 8 parts, linseed meal 4, ground oats (I, gave a manure con taining one-fourth morn plant food than a like pen fed on cornmeal instead of this mixture. The quality of hen mnnnre as nsually cared for varies widely. When first void ed by well fed birds, it contains about B0 per cent wnter, 1.8 per cent, nitrogen, phosphoric, acid 1 nnd potash ono-hnlf of 1 per cent, with about 20 percent in soluble matter (limn, magnesia, sand, etc. ), the balance being organic matter of littlo nominal value. At 15 cents, B cents and 4 cents per pound respectively the nitrogen in a ton of such fresh drop, pings is worth :i.90, phosphoric acid $1, potash 40 cents; total vnlno r. 80 per ton. But nearly half of thin nitrogen may be lost by evaporation, and as it is the most valnablo pnrt enre should be tnken to preserve it. This mny be readi ly done by freely using an absorbent un der the roosts, also using it in tho bar rels or piles in which the mnnnre is kept, cnrnfully sheltered from moisture or heat. Dry enrth, well dried muck, lnnd plaster (gypsum or snlphnte of lime) or even finely sifted coal ashes mVo excellent absorbents, but not lime or wood ashen booiinso they might lilmr nto the mnmoniu (nitrogen). Unless absorbents are thus used nnd tho manure frequently scraped up, mixed with more absorbents nnd put, in a sheltered plane, Thn American Agriculturist, authority for thn foregoing, colenlatos that about onn half its value is lost. Tho New York experiment station found that adult hens kept in nonfinn ment mndn about. 110 pqnnds of drop pings per year, fresh weht, or about lfi pounds air dry. On tlin above basis this would bo worth H cents. Fattening fowls nuido morn and much richer ma nure. Roughly speaking;, therefore, it may bo said that hen inaiinrn may bn reckoned ns worth fi to 10 cents per fowl per year, according to thn earn tak en of it. Tlin plant food in hen iiinnnro is most in n soluble form, quickly avail able to plants and useful to givo crops a good start or for quick growing crops. The llrlne Test For Potatoes. When potatoes are placed for a few minutes in brine, the lightest or those of poornst quality and most deficient in starch rise to the top. By this method it is nn easy mnttnr with the aid of a hydrometer to determino tho amount of starch and lienco tho qnality of thn po tatoes. E. S. fioff, who planted the light, tho medium and tho heavy pota toes as indicated by the brine test for two years in succession, reports to Rural New Yorker that, unlike European in vestigators, ho noted no improvement in the quality of the crops as a result of this selection. Ho found that tnbors growing nearest the surface wore of low est specific gravity or poornst quality and that the spooilio gravity increased with tho depth nt which the potato grew. This he ascribes to tho cooler tempera ture found at groater depths. He also found that potatoes grown in level cul ture, with the consequent lower tem perature within the soil, had a greater specific gravity than those grown in hills. Leaehlng of Barnyard Manure. In a report from the New York sta tion Professor Roberts makes plain that horse manure when thrown out in a pile unsheltered from the weather loses nearly half its value in six months. Mixed barnyard manure when piled in a close pile so that fermentation is very slow, but without protection from rain fall, loses about one-tenth of its value, while the loss if thrown under the eaves, to be leached by rains and thaws of winter, is much greater. At this station fresh manure piled in conical heaps in January shrank 65 percent in weight by April, and the loss of its fertilizing in gredients was equal to 3 per cord of the manure. Subduing a Drained Swamp. A farmer who has cleared and tile drained fimr acres of swampy land which hag for many years been covered with bogs tells in The American Agri culturist that the sod was so tough that it bad to be broken np with a double team of oxen. The easiest and most ef fective method of subduing the laud next spring is to sow corn broadcast for fodder, and the following year put in corn or potatoes in hills and cultivate thoroughly. After that the land may be seeded down or used for any crop de sired. Thrifty Calves. We raise our culves ou skinimilk and bay, with the exception that iu the first few weeks of skimiuilk feeding they get a handful of oatmeal each. The heifers uro growu on pasturage und hay till nearing the time of coining into profit. They are all the time kept thrifty and growitig. The cost of thus raising then is small, because they are fed on low keep. We now have a string of them 1, I! and 3 years old, as promising as any to be found iu the pumpered herds. Maine Farmer. What She Wae Meant For. A lady of great beauty and attractive ness, who was an ardent admirer of Ire land, once crowned ber praise of it at party by saying: "I think I was meant for an Irish woman." "Madum," rojoined a witty son of Erin, who happened to be present, "thousands would back me in saying that you were meant fur on Irish mau." Htraud Magazine. .
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