Queens County Review 18961002

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FKEErORT, N. Y., FRIDAY. OCTOBKH 2, ]89(>.
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JOHN J. RANHAM.. PreiOileiit.
WILLIAM rORRMAN. 'tloe-Prmlileiil. WILLIAMS. UALL, Cwihler.
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ran ROCKAWAV, N. Y.
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CARPENTERS ANU BUILOIiRS.
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JOHN P. WRIGHT.
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FRKCPoirr
TraiD Tobbciy ia paitlmble b^ daath la Arizona. The Supreme Court hu |nirt npbeld the conatllntioDality of the itatate.
Tbe eampaign of 1896 aoon reaoWed itaelf into a oaiapaign of edneation. The Ameriesn people neTer knew lo mnob abont Mexioo l>efore.
Aoeonling to the laet cenros of Pnusia tbe inoreaae in popnlation of ihe oitioa has been 92.1 per 1000 dnr¬ ing tbe Ust flre years, white the in- eresse in tbe rnrsi diatriota daring tbe isme period hss been only H.i per 1000.
Resesroh hss rerealed to tbe Bsth (Me.) Enterprise that tho flrit phy- sioJsn to practice in tbst town snd its vioinity wss s womsn. It was sbcnt ITSO, sod bsr fleld extended over s large acotion of the eonntry. There is no womsn practicing medicine io Bath to-dsy.
It was once rsid tbst thete wss lit¬ tle or LO dmnyenneas in Frsnoe,. wbere the people indnlged freely in light wines, but anoh aoeraa to be no longer Ibe osae. A man'a temperance aaaooistion hss been established re¬ oently in Paria, snd tbere ia declared to be greet need for it.
An experiment ia being msde at the Elmira (N. T.) Keformstory of tbe ef¬ fect of diet sa s morsi sgenL Under the wsge esrning ayatem of tbe re- formstory the inmstea mnst earn th^r living snd Aeep s credit balance to their sceonnts in order to progress towsrds th^ release by parole. To msintsln tbia credit bslsnoes priaoner mnat restrain, regnlste snd exert him¬ aelf in s way which ahowa hia improve- meni. Hitherto thexl.etrste haa beea inflexible, bnt now an enlarged acsle of dietary privii'egea is provided, in¬ creasing from/^rade to grade, ao thst the prisone^esn ont ol tbeir own so- enmnlstioiia aelect meal by meal st tbeir nlware, provided slwsya thst they Iroep their expendllnre within tho limus of indnlgence allowed by tbe fovemment at the reformatory. It ia belisTed thst many of the pri^nera will, for an ioTitlog tsble menu, pay the neeeaaary price ot more attention to work snd discipline, and tbns pro- greas along the lines of reformation.
Ssya Hsrper's Weekly: It wsa re¬ cently reported thst the poat of mili¬ tary sttsche to the Amerioan Embassy to London was vacant, and had been of¬ fered to tbree offloers, all of whom have declined it on the trronnd thst tbeir salaries oonld not support the dignity of tbe job. It iaa vory pretty plsoe, snd one thst hss not been nsed to go begging. It oalla for an officer of tbe rank of major, and gives bim little to do except to look handsome and to adorn London society witb bia preaence. He is entitled to wear tho most deoomtiva clothes of any one connected with the embassy. When he ridea ont with tbe Enibsaaador be goes on ibe front rest inside, and not on tbe box seat witb the ooaohman, aa ill-informed persona bave erroueonaly anppoaed., Opportnnitiea to meei folka that really sre folks oome to bim daily. He dinea out nearly every nigbt, and aeldom is at loas lor a besrty meal ot nourishing food. Hia chief expenaea are tor lodgings and o^b hire, bnt4lie heaitation of worthy (Offloers to accept the plaoo indicates tbst even those expenses msy be too considerable. Tbe real troable must be tbat the majors in Unele Sam's army are midJle-agcd men with fami¬ lies, and a salary that might msintsin the attaobe himself well enough in London will not alao maiutain bia family, either at home in hia abaence or with him abroad. If lientensnta bad rank enongh for the plstse, it would probably be easy to keep it fllled witb young nnmarried olBoers ot the requisite atatnre snd comelineet.
A very enrions stste of aflTsirs is re¬ ported from France, where the popu¬ lation, whioh bas been (teoreaaing for some lime, ia growing at an alarmingly feeble rate. For aome time tbe de¬ crease among the French baa been a cause ot comment among European economists, bnt in uost cases it bss been escribed ta tbo tremendous de- straction smong tbe men who, duriug the Prnaaisn wsr, were just entering npou tbo miJillo years of msabooil. Thia excuse caa be uaed no longer, snd it is noted witb mortiflcatiun among tho Frenoh leaders thst tbe present trifling incresse in the popn- Istion is dne chiefly to tbe immigrs- tion ot people from other Natioos. Tbe wisest observers of the situation claim to have found tbe reason for tbia andden arrest in National growth, and their explanation is both plauai¬ ble and an important object leaaon for people of other lamia. It is poiutvJ out tbat tbe increaae of taxation in Franoe to keep up tbe burden ot the National debt baa beeo such that peo¬ ple wbo, some youn ago, were per¬ fectly willing to asauoie tbe ronpou- sibility of aupportiui; a houiebolJ are now afraid to make tbe veuture. The Frenoh peasant is proverbially thridr, and one of tbe chief enda of bis thrift is to fopply his children with enuiii;!! means a|ioD wliieb to make u rMptvta ble etart in life. 1( be caunot siii'|H>rt a faiuily and leave it in compsralivelr eaay circumetaDeoH he prelers to Lave no family to iU(i|>ort. Ue would ratlier forego the alteiiipl to hee^l up a bouK- hold if he believea that i>otail>lv bis stlt'tupt may be a failure. Tint, fact is uow offere.l in explanation uf llie remarkable ftlliug off lo lb.- ^rnwlb of Frenoh |iopnlalion, aud the l.'liieai(o Itecvrd maiutaiua "it ia a plausible one. Tbere conld be oo better proof o( ihe intimale rcU.ionabip wbioU National lo((islsMon beara to Individ nal and Xattonal proaperity. The lavs i which oppreaa Ihe people of a Nation I hart It pbyaioally Jaat as aataly aa tki«r bait it Oo^i^iaUyr'^
UIVINO.
We only Hto ontw; and ilwith's terr.re
With life's bowpra anil rnjxw entwltif. And onr Uvea would be darkeuod liy erro.-s
Did wa evro, like cats, possess nln.»! Tbey wonld be, pertiaps, all of tbcin wostevl,
And rocUeasly sriatindored swar. And not bait of the |ors wool J Iki taste 1
That one life oan 6tiibrui?e In a luy.
Let 11:0 lives thnt we IWo bo worth Uvinir,
Let the days thnt we Bpeodbowell 8pl'U^, Lot us save for the ploasuro ol itlrlog.
And not borrcwat flfty por cent.; IjCt as neroroasso IptIui; and lenrnini;.
And uae llfo for Its noblest eadn: Tben when dust to duM I? mturclng.
We shall live intho hean.1 of our freu>l;<.
MY CIIU.\l KATt\
II.^T was my por trnit, withuut > doubt cf it. Why sbonld Miriam . Mowbray have been eo absorbed in it? Why should bUo have been so HtHrtld on deloet- ing iny presence in tbo library?
And then a de- lightfnl, bliasful feeling shot tbrongb me. I atnggered for a mouient like one intoxicated—intoxicated witb my own happtner^. I said to myself n few mtnutus sinco that if I conld but delect the portrait on whioh Miriam's attention had been flxod I would bo maater of her secret.
Was tbat eo? I bad found thc por¬ trait. Had it really made uta Ibc maater of her secret ?
1 pansed oa I pnt to myeolf thc ques¬ tion, and drew a deep breatb. 'I'bcn I strove to answer it witb otber qties- tions. Tbe master of ber secret I W.ia tbat secret love aud wos it Iotu for me?
Yea, I felt eure of it. What olbrr answer could tbero be? Bbe bail loved me all along. She bod "let couceal- ment, like a worm in tbe bud, focit ou her damask cheek." 1 wai iu tUe seventh heaven ol delight. Miue, after all, wonld bo tho privileg.i uf breathing that potent wor.l wbicb wonld start my Qalatcu loto lifo.
I descended tu tbe drawing room and found that not only bad tbo urxti- mcnt ended, but tbat iroaoiblu uM Mowbray bad departed—and, of course, Miriam had departed villi him.
"Tho old bear I" I oxclaimej. "That's tbe ac imul hois, aud not no artichoke. Ho woultl be j libel oo Ibc vegetable kingdom I By Jove, Miriam must have a lively timo of it, ouo wny or the otber, I must chaugo all thut by and by."
I wsa slready bogionin;; to regard her as my wife, and was luontally eu¬ gaged in tbe prospective duty of clip¬ ping my father-in-law's wingv, wbou a {isnd waa softly thrust into my arm, and, waking from my dream, I saw the bright uyus uf Knto looking up into mine. They weru usually dnnciDg with a mischievous light, bat tbey were serious now.
"Woll, Hob," ehe nsked, "how <1i,l you get ou? Hnvo you said auytbin.L; to Miriam? Yuu bnvo giveu mu tbu right to ask you, you know." -
"To toll Iho truth, Kate, I bnvo EOsrceiy spoken two words to ber."
"Ob, thou I WUH not guilty wbeu 1 oame npon you in tbe librnry of inter¬ rupting an avowal. I folt very uu- comfortable at that lime, for Mirimu looked awfully cuosciuua uuil slill more awfully scarlot, uud you lnoUeil — wull, i don't kuow how you lookoil, Bob. It waaa surt of exiiro~siuu — ahall I say ?" "Please,  Kate."
"Wfll, it was tbe eort of e.viiresiiuu you would expect to lind ou tbu fuce ut a man who lind just piekod up n parcel and wasn't quitu euro what w.j inside." I laogbcd.
"Yonr keen eyes dou't miss mui-b, Kate. You bavu guessed souicwbirc near ihe truth. Wbeu yuu uaiueujiuu mo in tho library I had mado a dis covery. but it waa only a partial ili.i- oovery. I had fuund unt that Mirimu Mowbray woe gruatly inlerestud in u portrait. I oonld net ul the time make out whose it was. I have since ex¬ tended my knowledge." "Well?" she asUed eagerly. "Nuw, Kate," I eaiil, tensiug bor, "that's whore tbe curiosity of wom.m cornea iu. Yon are as bad as tbu rent of yonr sex, I declare. Of cdurHuyou are linrniDg witb curiosity to know whose purtrait it was—confess uuw!" "Indeed, sir, I am not I keep my onriosity for better tbiugs. Sly wu man's wil ia not so sluggish tbat it hns uol already guescod your mystery."
"Hal hal" I laugbo.l. "Yuu tliiuk ao, I'll forgive you if yon have. Here, I will tear this abeet frum my pocket- book. Oblige me by writiug upou it the name of the person—"
"In whoae portrait Miriam waa iu , tcroatcd?" j
"Precisely."
She  took the  paper  and  peucil  1 , banded  to ber and  wrote ui>uu  it u name. I
Khe gave mo back tbe peucil, Imt not tho alip of paper.
".Km I not tu bold tbe paper?" I askeil.
"Yuu shall aeo it," i-bn auswi-rcl, fuldiug it tightly up, "after you bnve ih'jwn me tbe purtrait."
"Very woll, Mias DiBtru^tful," 1 taid.
"It was Misa Curioiiity just now. You are partial, Uoli, to calling p,^^,> pie bard names. Y'ou are an lnnl n^ the reat of vuur sex, I dti-Ure," nito said, pfrtly turning tbe tnliles U|iiin me for my language of aniomout urf'i sinee. "Hut, come, tako mc lo h, e tbis wonderful porlmit."
1 took bi-r to tbo library, open- 1 tbe album, sud turueJ a;^uiu to iuy portrait.
"Tbere, Miss Pert," I saiJ, puititiii.< to it tiiumpbnntly with my liugr, "there is tbo portrait lu wbieb >li-> Muwbray was ,o grently intere-ti-.l. Will you have tbo kiu>lues.s lu bau I me over thai slip of ;iapeiV'
Kale did uut auxwcr, Imt UrstlooVi'.l at me ami tbeu at I'ie |Hirlrait. Theu abe clO!H.'J the album aud looked sg.iu at lue.
There was a look iu ber eyed nuob nn I had uever s, i-u Iben' before, ll "u-. ot wouder an,l yet of pity —I'ilv f.r ue, who couBiJt-re.l uiy»tlt tbe bapi i eat man un eartb '.
Hut tbat was tbu way wilh Kate, li sbe's a wumau of reiniurce, ub,'« a vo man of surprises an wvH. With h.r it is u'-uslly tbu uucip-vtcd tbnt bu|i peuH.
"I bare perfiTiuo.l my part nl Ibc bar;;aiu. Kaiv. I b ivc vati.iU'.l y.mr cnri.iMty. Will y.m u.iw tisv.' Ibe c.iiirti--y lo pi-rfurtu vuur-? You bavt writteu a c.-rlaiu Dsino upuu a pte.v ul iia|>er. Will yon hire tb<i kiuJues^ to baud It tu me?"
"! cian'jt, H'-'L—I osi""' " I   caught  a diclinct treoijur   m bvr Vi..ioe aa ahe saul iL I      "How au?    Yuu decline Ul show vu: thai paper?"
"I |Nt>Biisc4 to give il to you after nm kM skown me tbe purtrait, but I iii aot my iaaediataly aA«r.     Yoa
shall see it aomo day; I promise you."
".K sheer evA«iun, Kste, and not like yuu. Huwever, it ia a matter uf little conseinencc."
"Of little consequence, as yon say."
"The ono important thing is that I have made a great discovery all through that album. Yuu guess wbnt it is, Kate?"
"That—that—" sbo stammered. "That Miriam Mowbray lores me! ' I said triumphantly.
Bho glanced at me again with tbat look I had junt bo'ure seen in ber eyes —bnlf pity, half wonder; tben sho eoid tremulously:
"You^vou will speak to her to morrow, will you not?"
"Yes, Kate. I'ou are tho only ouJ to whom I bave wbif pered my secret: nnd—nu'l I know you wish me guod luck in my woiiiug."
"Iu tbnt and in all Ibin.'^, Bob?"
Tbe sweet eyos looked strnight iulo miue, ns sbo beld out ber hand ; 1 held it for a moment; tben sbo withdrew it hastily sod escaped from tbe room.
Tbe next day I visited the Mow- brayf. Tbe lime was opportune. Mr. Mowbray was out, but Miss Mowbray wasin.
1 hurry over that disa.<itrous iutcr- view. I urged my snit with what elo queuco I could command. My pro- ]ioFal was at tirst received with chilling silence, and theu came the crushiug intimation thnt it wasdeclinod.
I wili do her tho justice, however, to any thnt sbo let down u fellow ai geutly as tho circumstancos wonld per¬ mit.
She acknowlo.lged lo mo that she loved anuther, aud I Believe there wore teara iu her oyes—I am certain there wero in her voice—is sho mada tho coufessioQ. Her father, sho candidly admitted, was opposed tu her lover, nud bad declined to annntiou his ad vauoes, Uo had promised, however, to rccousiiler bis verdict in tbe eveut of tbu young fellow's prospects im¬ proving iu tbreo years. That time had nenrly elapsed. Until that timo bad elapsed thny had given their sacred word of bouor that tbe secret oi their lovo for each other should not be dis¬ closed, und tboy had further promised tbat uo communication ehuuld pass between Ihcm.
I conld uot but adrairo a woman who rumaiuod tbns faithful both to hur father ond her lover, eveu though that lldelity proved at tbo same timo tho death blow to my hopo?.
I tbink that I stammered out somo¬ thing to tbat oiTect as I bowed myself from the room, and kept asking my¬ self: "Who is tho mysterious lover? And why waa sho so absorbed in my purtrait iu.tboolbnm?"
Lifo seemed vory blank to me when I stood onco moro in the street. Wbnt hould I do now? I scarce knew. One thing, however, was very certain. Be¬ lore I did, anything I mnat llrat cou- sult my ulnm—mv ohum Kate.
I turned my steps to hor homo. Uere n greater disaster awaited mo. Kute had left Templeton that morning on a visit to an aunt iu Dorbom. It wus luitu uncertain wbon cho would re¬ turu, but sbo would not be back for n iiiootb, ot least.
It was not uutil 0 dny or two hnd iinsied tbnt I lioguu to realize all I hml lu?t in tbu sweet compouionship uf Knt'j. It was uot merely her loyalty, ber unfailing brigbtuet-a and sympathy, but uot till then iliJ t understand the gap sho bad filled iu tbo lust thrue yeurs iu my life.
You will say that I waa flokle, im- pressionnblc, infirm of ]>urpoae, lock¬ ing resolution and n know!e(li?o uf mr owu miud. Wull, I am content thnt tbnt cburgo should bo mado against Illl'. My sitnjilo reply is that you di<l uot know Kale. She was ono of tbtiuu wbo, by tbuir very unsolHshuess, nro never adeqnatsly valued until you miiis their voice, tbcir smile, their baud. .Mont of us jiuTKUo onr illusions. My illusion wiis Miriam Mowbray. Ulowly I began to hio that iu tho background uf thai ilhiiiuu tbcru was o rcolity— Knte Braud.
Hnrely o mouth had clop-'cd when tbere cumo the uews tbot Kato was ill.
-1 should havo liked to bnvu gono to ber nud cuu.tule her, ns nho so ofteu consoled mu ; but wbat could I du iu tho circumHtuoces?
It wosmr practice tu viait tlio Brands dnily, to mako iuquirius —how nux- iuQsly they could uot gneaa—about Knte.
Due morniu^! I found ou array of truuks aud trnreliu.; lings iu tbo bill. I'\ir u luumont I tbougbt sho migbt bava returued, and my heart leaped .„a lly to ray m-j'.ilh. But whu shoiil 1 come forward and clnsp mu wurmly hv tbu hand but Guy—Ouy Brand, her brother-ruturuod from thoCnpol
"Ouy I" I exclaimed.
"Bub, old felluw I Yuu scoreuly crpLCtod to SCO me, diil yuu?" be i^aid, seeing my look of astouisbment.
"Indoed, I diilu't I"
I migbt have added, that, next to peoiug Kato, his wns tho most weloomo fui^ul cuuld have seen.
"Come, Hub," hu said, takiug mo liv tho arm in tbu uld fatniliar way uf unr colleno days, "I havo much to say to you."
Ho touk mo to tho room—tbe li- Irnrv —wbere I bad my lust interview with Kate. Uuw ofteu I bad siucu recoiled it.
"We an uM ebum-i. Bob," he snij, "nud I nm going to speak to you frankly. I am fnr frum o spiritualitit, bypuotist, or ouythiug of tbot kiud ; but there must bo o community of i|iirit betweeu us, for 1 flnd tbat, tbongh HO fur soparatod from eacb utber, wu havd been on Ibu S'ame traek."
"The samo tro?k," I repeated, senrcely knowiu'j; what to make uf tbi.i btraugo preliminary.
"Yes, on tbo same track. First, uuswor rae ouo que.*ition—nrt you still luaraored with Miriam Mowbray?"
I was staggerel by tbo qunstiun. Huw lihonld bo know tbat I hal lioen rtiaiuured with Miriam Mowbray? llu w la sear,'bi0i; lue with his eyes as be K| nko. .^I'-pari-utly tialistied witb Ibu iTrutiuv, ill- yut iuto my hands a letter t.l blin, dated tbreu mouths bock, Ir Jtu his t-i«ter Kate.
I can scar -ely tell you the astonish¬ ment Wltii wbicb I Teail ll. I was tbe bef,'inuing uf it; I wus tbe%nd of it.
It set lurtb tbo confeasions I bad raado tu her of my lovo for Miriam Muwbrav ; it magnitled a tbonsaudfold Ibe little Borvu'o I bad .lune fur Iluy m t'ae past;ouJ^Il ende.l liy an ap- ^,¦\i to him tu give me a fair field in trfing lo win Miss Mowbray's ban.l. Was tbire i-vi-r sucb a letter penned truai Hflir tu brother?
"1 cannot iiuderstaud  it.     I am ul
to.'i-ther mvatillel," I answered.
i     "J'j-t   ci.    la't   mo  tbr.>w  a liltU-
li,(bt uu Ihe eitnalun.      Yiu   did  nut
know, lurause il was a M-rnt, but Iw-
', lun- 1 left i;ii.;Uu 1 fur Suntb Afrija-
I'lfir',   lu   fart,   tbo   illuers   tbrnuttb
« bieb yon bi-l|K-d to uurso me- -1 was the
i furluuale luvt-r uf Miriaoi Mowbray ;
; '.^rliinut,. in uue m'U.'m.'. liut   unforlnn-
al'j   lu  ouctber, sinee   Mr.   Mowbi^y
• iKild  n.ll at  thai time   acknowledge
rae IH-C4II-K.- 1 bail uok male a poaition
. f.^ mys..-lf.    Now du you aee wby Kate
wrote lo me?" I     "1 —I nn.lerJtand," I atatcmered. \    "My answer to the letter wsa—"
"Ob, yon needn't aav, Guy. I seo it all," clasping him by tuo haud. "Yonr nnswer tu that lotter wos 'Let my old chnm go in and win,' but I hove lost, and yoa ?"
"Cau I say that I hnva won, old fol¬ low?"
"Yes, Ouy ; yes; I am not nfroid of hearing tbo truth. My illusion ia quite gono. I oan only wish you what your noblo sister wished me—good iuek in your wooing. By the bye, would you mind hnn.ling mo that al¬ bum at you elbow?"
Ony liondud it to mo iu some sur¬ prise at my sudden rcaue!,t.
"Thanks," I said. "Par.lon me one moment.
I quickly turnod over tbo pages agnin. 1 need not bnve done so ex¬ eept to further conviuce myself thnt I was an ass.
I saw ot onco tha portroit in whioh Miriam Mowbruy was absorbed on that night whun I was deceived into be¬ lieving that sho loved rao. I had put tho pencil mark on tho jingo nf wbich Ihc olbnm was open, but I had loft ontiroly oat of the question tho por¬ troit on tbo opposite side, which was tho portrait of Ouy Brond.
As old chums we hod been pluced in tbo album facing eacb otbor. Kate ba 1, of conrso, seen my mistake, but rather thau wonnd my foolings or my vanity—which wos it?-.hnd not hinted o suspicion of the truth.
Love in more souses than ono ia blind...
Tho aamo dny I discovered that Kate wns returniug home. I gained perraiasion to bo her escort.
Uow gladly I winged my way to Dnrham. I foun.l her scarcely tho Koto I hnd lost seen bur. Sbu was pole, moro aubdnod, but atill tbo Koto I knew eo well.
Thero was less of tho old brightnoss of outlook, perhaps, bnt sho cnme for¬ wnrd to greet mc with that srailo which befuro nud siuco has boeu tu mo as 0 lifo beacon.
I said to her in awkward fashion all thnt hnd been finming itself iuto i\ speech on tbo wny down. Tho answer which..I roceivud this timo was for difierent froni that which I reocivod to my othor petition.
When her heod wns resting on my breast sho, oskod mo coyly throagh a mist of boppy tears:
"Would you liko to seo thit—that slip of paper frum your nutobook, Bub?"
"No, deor," I anid with ti smile. "I tbiuk I knuw by tbis titno tho nnme you wrote on that pnpor. Busidus, I nm above thu feminine instinct of— of "
"Curiosity," I wns nbont to ndd, but she out mo short with a kiss.— (Jussoll's Mognzinc.
M'tEMflFIC AXI) ISIIUSTUIAIi.
A now kind of wnterproof dross goods is boiug monnrootured in Franco out of tbo feathers of geeso, ducks and bens, treated iu a peoulitkr ranunor.
Threads of shredded steel nro usod in Oermany as o subotitutu for saud- pnpor. It is soid to work more quickly nud uniformly than samlpapur an.l docs not clog.
A method of nioUelling wood hna beun devised by tbu Oermnu cboiuist Longboiu, tho wood boiug covered by a tbiu coating of racial by either a dry or wet proousa.
A Frouch nstrouomcr is of opiuioQ tbat tbo red glow uf tho plnnet Mnra is cniised by crimson vegolalion. Uo Ibiuks that tho grass !^ud folingu theru are re.l, not green, as they uro ou earth.
An Knglish motor car innnufacturur is building » two-story steel' housu to run ou wheels, proiiollcd by a motor under it. Tho top story iscoUopsiblo KO as tu euiiblu tbo house to poss uuder bridges.
Tbo air after u honvy Enowfnil or nhowcr ia usually very door, boenuse thc suow or rnin iu foiling brings down witb it mont uf tho dnst ond im¬ purities, nud leaves tho atmosphere exceedingly oluor.
A submnrino raonntain range boa boon diaeovered in Iho aoutborn part of Dovia Stroit bv tho Danish ateamer Ingulf, wbich hns boen corrytng on deep-sea explurutioos ou tho Iceland and Urcenlond coasts, for tbe past two yeors.
President Octave Cbauute, of tbo Americau Ijuciuty of Civil Euginours, bus offered o prize of glOO fcr tbo best mouogrnpb on thu kite, giving a full theory of its niucuaoici and stability, with ijuoutitativo computations ap¬ pended.
Tho French periodical L'Eloetricite hos on article on somo eucccssfnl ex¬ periments of Dr. Dolmas in killing tho pbylloiers nnl otbor orgoniFma dangerous to plants by meaiM, of elec¬ tric currents, utter wotting tho soil with metallic solutions.
Balloons in Franco cost from 8-iOO tj $i>UO for thoso holding 50U cubio metres of gos and frum SluOO to 81200 for tbo.-iu containing I-'iOO cubio metres, tho largust size usually mode. Tbey oro let at the rate o f i'ii) or 840 a llay iu a Idilion tu tbo cost of tho gas, wbicb is about fuur ceuts a cubic metre, so that a balloon cxourdiou costa frora $Si) to SlilO.
In Oermouy a new pr.icpHS of colur- iug leatber is beiu'.? ex|iluite.l. Elec¬ tricity is utilized us tbo activo agent. Xbo leather is placid upuu a ziuo lulile, wbicb furms tbe positive pule. 1'be dyeiug material is poured over tbis and tbo negative pole cunnoctu 1 to tbe lootber. Under tbo action of tbu current tbo roluriug inatti.r peno- Iraloa tbe leather, aud patterns may lio designed upun tbo surface by cover¬ iug it with a pntteru platu conuccted tu tbe negative jiolo.
_ A ({ue.'n's Prisun Cariii t.
yue.u Victoria is pusaensod ol ono of tbu mobt ri-murkablc ortteles ever ranJo lu iiri'uu. Tbo Su|>«rintendeut of Agra Jail somo inuuHi.s agu received an order to weave a carpet of special design for Uer .Mnjesly. On it twenty- eight'of tho duftost cuuvicts uf tbe ea- tablisbmeut bnve been esgagcd. Tbe carpet measures seventy seven fee* by furty foet, nu,l is tatimatetl tu cuutoiu uo fewer than ,111,0011,1110 stitehos.
RuTslljr on a Klr.^ Engine,
A It.iyul Diicbess snl a Oerman Princess riding uu a lire cn<iua was tbe eight tbat grstilie I ouo-qtiarti.r of Lun.luu reeeutly. Tu.3 Ducbe»i ot .V'.linny, with ber si«ter, Priuce»s K'tzabclhuf Wal lev'k-l'yriuuuf, viMle I tb-'S<intbwiirK Piro De.irtuii nt, wh.'n
1 false alarm anl u tire lirill were srrun.'cd,   nnl    tbo    I'iiuClssos    wire
'.riveu tu tbe tire on Ibe iua'.;biae.
Anrirnt  l'a»i<lir«.
Tbe Cbs'uplK'lls id .\r.;yll began in mill. Talleyraal d.itt» from ll.'ii; I Bisraurck (rum li7i). tin- (irunvenur I family, tbu Dnkes ul Weatmtnater, Iiin;.;, tbu Atistnan bouse of Uapa- I burg goes liack tu *jr,i, aud Ihe house of liuurbun tu -siil. Tbu deaoendants I uf MoUainmeJ, born .'>7l>, arc all rsgia- { Krinl carefuUj and authuriUtively ia I a buuk kept lu Mecca,
8n,K pcrrico.tTs. Nu matter of what color your petti¬ coat may bo, brilliaut or pnle tinteii, a blnck silk llounoe, jnst ot thu very bottom in the chic fad of tho momeut. Above this you rany uso any raodo of trimming tbnt your tustu euggest.s. Flounces nru os much in voguo os ever, tho more tbo better, but the rannuir of thuir finishing is ipiite uew, Tbe narrowest possible velvet piping, of wliolover uolor jou desire, ia ruu on the lower edge of oach tlounou oud forma o hooding for tbo top one. Brilliant plnid silks will bu ruservod chiefly for stroot wenr, whilo tho now shodod gloco tulTotas »nd flowered moiros will bo Iho must cburuiing nccompaniincuts for ball gowna. —New Yurk Juurnol.
WEDDING   nlKilS  OF   WELSH   tIDLIl.
It ia becoming an establishod cus¬ tom fur Knglisb Princess to bo lunr- riod with rings of Welsh gold. Huch a ring was plucod ou tbo Pri ncess stay's ilngor by thu Duke of Y'urk, oud tbo aamo kiud was used at tho marriogo of Prinoess Maud a fuw weeks ogo. Tbo lost ring wus presented by u Welsb deputotion, lod by Sir Jobn Pnnlostou, at Marlborough House; it wos iu- closod in a-beoutifnl silver osskut cra- bollished with Welsh mottoes and tbo Arch Druid read a loyal address in Welsh. Much gratiticotion wus given to tho Wclshmou ut this timo by tbu annonncumcnt of the Princo of Wo'o.s that Princo Edward of Yurk is kuown to hia rolutivos as Dnvid.
A SW-EET SCE.VTF.D TILMIW.
Bed clorcr blossoms ore excellent to uso for stuQlng and making sweot pillows or mixing with swoct olovur, roso loaves, lumon ahrtib, or AUy fra- graut shrnbs or blossoms that ycu may gather. Moke a muslin pillow oover and till it very full <with tho blossuma, putting jnst a sprinkling of aalt in with them, and alsu a very few ground spicos. Sow np the cover ond keep it in a dry ploco nntil tho blossoms oro dried. Then with tho bauds knead the pillow to mako tho blussums fino nud ouvor witb sumo pretty, thin material. Such a pillow will rutain it's fragrance for a loug time.
Pillows of difforont sizes modo iu thia way for hood rests, sofo pillows, eto., would ranko very aoooptoblo Christmas presents, and as tho year is moro than half gono it is nono too Boon to mako preporatious. Tho jiil- lows of difToront shupua and sizes might be proporod now ond only the outsido coveriug would ueed to lie added to cumpleto o gift pretty oud at tho aoiuo timo serviceable. —Farm, Field nnd Fireside,
THE  sroNE or PIII2 ANO iil'AIliJI.i;.
It ia no longer foshiunnblo tu tbiuk tho opal au unlucky stone. 'Tbis is duo to Queeu Viotoria's udmirution and collection of tboao lovely gems. She uftuu givon away ojiols os kec])- fukea. It wus Scutt's novul, .\uue uf Oeicrstoiu, whioh brongbt thc opal iuto disfavor, and for a timo jewelers cnuld uot givo awny tbcir utock of theso stones.
An old superstition forbids the pick¬ ing up uf nu opal, for if yuu do this you pick up some ouo else's bod luck. Napoleon wonted to present o ranguifi- ceut sot of opnis tu Eiigouie. but sbu would not bear of iicocptiug tbora. Tbo ladies of Oeruinuy bavu uever been troubled with this superstition ood bovo alwoys woru tbe gora. Amer¬ icau wumou hnvo token it np of late yoars and tbo jewelers show sujierb ilotiigus. Ouo setting shows a goliiou eagle, with outstretched wiugs thickly studded witb opals, tho oilgos incrust¬ ed with tiuy diatuuuda. Strikiug do- signs of butterflies, beetles and dragon flios iu ojioU, to;(etber wilh ciuer- olds and diumonila luako beautiful efleots.
Away liaek in ancieut times tho opal iustcod uf being cuui-idored un¬ lucky was tbougbt u veritable Iticky atouo, possessed of power to cbanii owny evil and was ofteu {>iveu to friends as a talisman.
CASTINO A nniUE INTO TM NILE.
Usually Egypt makes 0 regular Fourth of July of tbo eoremc ny kuowu OS tho Cutting of tho Khalig—thu canal that ia to Cairo what tbo Nile is to Egypt, or tho Oran Barranca to Funchol, which, indeed it strikingly resembles iu that portion which rnns beneath mediiuval gables aud ijuoiut old bridges, on its settiug out lor what wos onco Holiopolis. When tbo Nilumetor justifies tbo hoira of all tbe ogoa in believing that tbo Nile will boar bleeding the dam is cut, and tbe symbolical brido (made u( miiJj thrown in. Shu used to bo real lli'sli oud blocd till thu folluwurn of tbi> Prophet took over tho cuuutry, but they aro saiil to havo stopped Ibo cus¬ tom as being o wilful wunt* of scarce women. This year Cairo is to be robbed uf its bnuk bolidny. Time was when tho Caliph himself got up eurly to SCO it, and spont a mattor of 3:^11'',- IKI0ur8'250,OOOun tbo fostivitios, while tbu Nile blozcd witb light liko tbe Crystal Poluce. Twelve huudred years ago thc Cojits told Araru, tbo llrst Moslem ruler, that on tbu Ibirteuutb day of Ibeir luuuth lluoaueh tbey wero accustomed to hcoreb fur a ytiimg aud handsome maiden, tear ber frura ber bomo by foroo, oud, drossiug ber at- 0 brido, tbrow hir iuto the Nile ut llhoda. .\niru ordered o rude slut tu-, to be substituted, aud eveu .Vupoleun kept up tho practice. But becliiise of | the cholera tbo wedding won't come oil | tbis time witb auy sjileudor. Tbo llei t j of lactern-lit buata nu.l tbe mut,io pur- ties, and oil that, will bo urruhtud if Ibcy try it ou lu iloliance uf tbe sani¬ tary aulocrnts. TboKhi'dive will jnst sen 1 a ilepnty ashistaut bilji tu wove bis hand tu tbi mau who ctit-< tbu dam, nnd thot IS nil. Tbe .leru-wbeileis aru piisaiu;? up in piun'urtbs to tlin end of tbe l-wir Kj-'M.t lin-, ucl will be put tugotber by .\ruburli:'u'i-ri-,wbo only get iinadrn|ilu pay fur   iluiug  it.
T'be mi'ldle of tbu; lu'uutb, probably, will wituess tbo furnial iuau.;uratiuu llf tbe electric tramwuys — bl iu'ius ai. ureful -aud tbu duukey boy will tin 1 his u<-)oupEti'*u largi'ly gum'. It is rittbur a sbjck, .-eilb'-li'-al y Hpookiug, tu tlitnk uf beiUL; tU'.tur-curried to Sala-lin's ftruuifbuM uud utber itlu-uuc piiii'es; litit wbou one takes rail to Jcruaalvn-. it r^ ems no lou luuuugru- uus.-I'all MuU  0»/.ette.
Mrs. William /euniugs Bryan in aa Cbtbiii-ia-tic  aul adept devutee of tbe
Wbocl.
.K woman in Ewt Harlford, Cunn., killed thirty one Kuakcs lu her yurd the other day.
.K Hobiuson (Mo.) lass of twenty, four summers is tbe mother of twelve ehihlren, Sbo has been uinrricd seveu years.
-K woman faitli bonier ill Kalamazoo, Micb., treiits borie-i nud plants ond bas OS guol luck witb Ibem as witb buinnu |iHtiouts.
According to tbu latest rorisinu cus¬ tom silver bucklos ou tho liioyolo suit are the lutest iiccossioua to tho stylish cycling costume.
Tho typo of woman who worrioa shop assistants und buys littlo or notbin-.;, is knnwu iu oao uf tbo big Loudou shops ns n "counter-irritant."
Kcventy-aeven wumen havo taken tho IS. .'1. di).>reo at Lou.lon University this term, in odditiou to tbirty-six who wero presented for uthor de¬ grees.
Tbe raost prolific writer in Russioit said t.l bo Mmo. Irtiio Feduesovo, a pcnsaut ill tbo proviuco of Potrossn- wodak, wbo bnu giveu to tbo world more Ihnu 1(1,000 poems,
Mra. Carrie ,1. Nelson conducts one of tbo lnr,'est dairy fnrma in tho Stale uf Vermunl. It issitunted in llygoto, Calodoui'i Cuuuty, oud is kuown 03 ouo of tbe best farms iu tbo connty.
Coitplaiuta nro mado that womon ticket sellers of tho Southorn Pacific Uailroad in Ookloud, Cul., nro rudo to customers wheu too many quistionsorc oskod ur when copper ooiua ore offered for tickets.
Baroness llirach is continuing tho philautbropic cnterprisus of her loto huabnud. She bos just given 820,000,- 000 to hia scbemc providing fur tho oraigrutiou of indigout Jews from Bus¬ sia to tho Argentine Iiopublic.
Tho number of womon atudonts at tho Berlin Uuiversily bus dcoronsod during tho lust half year from sixty to tbirtyfivo, tho reaaon givon being tho difliculty of ndmisaiou and tho necoa- sily of renewal every hnlf year.
Misa Surnb Elonnor Veoder, of Lyons, N, V., who bas becu studying iu on art school iu Paris, bus gained tbo Oeu paiiitjug echolarabip of 80OO. This scliolarship wus instituted by llirutn Oeo, of Itbaoa, N. \'., one ut tho trnsteos of Cornell University.
Tho Presidont uf thu Oerman Loogno for tho Prevention of tho Killing of Birds for Decorutivo Purposos ia a woman unmo 1 Agnes Eugol. At the luternntiounl Cougruss of Perth ^o delivered o lecture and poiutod out wanton dostruclion of birds tu gratify modes of tho inumout. ,; A uuw urgnuizatiou, whoso purpose ia to discourngo tbo wearing of tbo luithurs of wild birds, ^ tbo Mosso- cbuaettea Audiibju .Society. Tbo Soo- rotary uud Treasurer ia Miss Harriet K. llichnrdsun, whoso ollice is iu tbo Niitiuuol Hivtury Society's Bourns on Berkuly street, Boaton.
It ia ¦ well, fays au nutbority, to chnugo tbo wny of dressing tho hoir occnsiountly to reat it nud rontoro ita vigor. If arrange 1 perraonoutly iu oue wuy it is apt to becomu tbin, brit¬ tle uud dull. A iurthor cautiun is to part tho hair ofrcsb every day, other- wiso tbo jiartiiig will widen most uu- bccomiugly.
rAiiii.-iN Notrs.
Empire wreutbs llgnro larjjely iu tho Intcbt jewelry designs.
An nil white get up fur tho wheel la considered extremely chio.
liroendo, iu sntiu, lias a pntteru only iu tbe raid.Ilu of eacb breudtb, so that it cau bo used without being cut. Tho pattern i-^ u garland of roses ou whlto gruuud.
Never wero wings, quills and ull sorts of fentbrred uruoraeut 1 moro in vogue. Bunido beiug used iu tbu lleld of millinery, tbey docoratu tho new inutrs to a largo exteut.
Tbo blook luces with Chautilly pat¬ terns ou uet grounds nru uiuong tho bailing notiuus. There is a great dool of tuu au.l butter eolored Irish crochut in vuuilykcs uud scallops.
Mueh white guipnru for trimming moru costly dressus baa loug ooceutu- atod poiniM uud sc-illoped string-col¬ ored trimiuiugs of lawu umbroidcry, witb squarus of loco uet iu; and oircloa oud squnres of thick work mixed with luou have beeu brought unt iu snob endless priifusiuu, we uro indood pre- purud for nuy emcrgeuuy.
'The duck suit is o staudord orticlo iu tbo wardrobe of tbu wcU-drossud womau. Tbure uro very flue qualities among tbu uuw ducks, uud tbesu mako extremely c.'imfortablouud sorviceoblo oosturaes, although somewhat expen¬ sive OS to Inuuilry bills.
Ouu lllack guwu is quito necessary fur sunimer wenr, uud canvas wears well ond dues nut crush. 'Tho fashion of liluok gowuH being cut up to sbow nu uuilerskirt bunenth is ntlruetivo tu inuuy people. Accordion plnitings of silk ur lisso louk grneuful peeping from nuder tho pnuels, and tiuy ruchings uf luce oau be used to edge thom iustead of jiorsomeuterie.
Block gri'ualine in many clogont efleels and fancy black cbilTons have nliuost entirely nstirfied tho plnce of black luce fut bnudsorao gowus. Stylish wiuata nro nho mado of tbi-so mater¬ ials, to woar wilb black satin akirta. .\u elegaut importol waist of blaok occur liuu pluiluil point d'esjirit net la striped ut iiitcrvnis Irom neck to licit and over bngo iiulTed sleuves with Illnek satiu rilibuU, uu tbe edges uf wbicb are Hewed narrow black lace beaded -by o tiny line of jet—anothor liuo goea iluwu tho center j)f tho rib¬ bon.   The effuot is rich nnd rocburcho.
I'abib'ss Uine liullets.
Dr. Dolorme, surgeuu-in-cbiuf o! tbi- Preneb army, bus beeu lecturing in Paris befure Iht; .\e» Intuy of .Medi¬ cine ou tlie ue-* Kli-el-ouatuil rifle bul¬ lets and tbtir ellei'li, at iiri.jccto.l from Ibo rauilern luaga/.ino nlle, says the Daily New.'. i'be lUust ruiuorkablo fact in couuo'^liiiu with tbem ap]>ears tu be tbis, tbut tbey cnnsu very little pain to tbi-e wbu ure i-truck by tbem. .tt Funriuii H, iluriug tbe nuts there, une luau wns wuuuic.l i-o badly tbut b.; ufterward suiTend from paralysis, vet llo did nut oVeu auBpcct bu wsB rbut until bo niw bluod stums upou bis elotbos. .Another man, wbu wo* sbot Ibrougb tbe leg,, ili-s-ribo 1 bis seusa- tiuus tbm-: "I felt a Kligbt shiver Cume over rao." Another, who was shut tbriifgb tbu urui, could ouly re- tuember tbut his elbow twitobul aud ths,: hw ;:;v:.-!t:ulir;!y c|..«^'l bia lUt Dr. Delortue lluds tbat when the bul¬ lel mceta with all obstacle at a shurt uiktnncc, say from DkJ tu 15u yarda, Ibey are very apt tu explode, and tbs piectM uf metal ars Capable ot doing aeru/ua uischial.
SAHBATll SCUOOL
INTERNATIONAr     l,KSSl>N     KOn UCTODKIt -4.
.,    KlllisI His RrotlHv.
In 0 fit of aneKr, brvitbor slvw bralhnr -li pnbllo strvM, aad Is the prasaaea ot s
Lesson    Text:   "Molomon    AnnlnleJ
Ulnc,"   I   Ktnxa.  I.,   IiH '.t»—
UulilonTrxt  I KIntsll.,
It -I'ommf nlary.
as. ''Then Kini Davi.l an!.w.>r.>,l an.l sol.l, rnll me lUthshi'lm. Ami slio cnmo Into th« lilne's prosen.'ii nnl stood holoro Iho klne." Ikil.'ishi'lin filntiKhliT of nil oath) wns thl mothor of Soloihon or Ji> ilillnh (II Sara, xll., it. 2.1). Tliooo.'a.slnn ol her Mnir snnt foi at this timo wiks a mattor com-ernluu tin throno anil tho lilnirdom, ns fullv dis<"rlt>«l In tho nrst iwrt of this oharlor Tho trouhloi of Israol wns now Adoiil(nh, tho fourth sor of Davi.l (11 s,m. III., I) Ills nsmo slunl- dos "Ji'hornh. my I.or I," hut his notions snl'l, I nta mv own ninstor. an I I'll ms.stot oihors, too. Lllio Aim-ilom. ho is aenlnst thr kinit nml tho klngilom an IsaijR.'stlvo of aiitl. ohrlst.
sa "An.l tho kini; tr.txc nn 1 s,il,l. As th« bonl llvoth, thnt hnth n*,Ii'omoil roy soul oul otnil ilUtr-s.v" Alihoiisfh on his .l.-athhoil ho hn.l n» fonr, lor ho o.iaM say. "Bloss th» Lonl, O mv soul, wlio forolvoth all Ihino In- Iqtilllos, who n>li'«iiii-th thv llfo from iliv struotlonl" (Ps. elll., 4. .'il. Ills oomfort Ic his living hour wns not that ho hal lioi-o falthlul. or 'Ivivl n porfivt llfo, lull It wss tc tho llvln« Owl nn.l Ulsfallhfuhinw. of whoT ho 8nld. "Altlioagh mv houso l>o nut so witb (loil, yot Ilnlh Ho mmlo with mo nn ovorlast. .Inu oovonant onloniil In all thlnk-s ami sure" (II Sam. xxlll.. S).
3\ **Assar.i,llv S.iloinnu thv son shall roign nftor nio, ami ho shnll .sit upon nn throne In my stond." This was tho Lonl'* appolntmoHt, na fullv stnto I In I Ohron. .Txil., 9. 10, anil In chapter xxvlll.. 6, DnvM anv.s: "Of nil my sons—forthe I,or,l hnth given mo many 'sons~Ho hath oho.soa Hol¬ omon. mv SOD, lo sit npon tho throno ol Iho klngilom of tho Lorl ovor Israol." Whon Iho i^iioon of Shoba oamo to soo Solomon, «h< salil. "Dlnsaol ho tho Lnnl Ihy Oml, whlol: iloilKhtoil In thoo to sot thoo on His throno, to bokina for tho I.or.l thv Ooil!" (tl Ohron. Ix., R.) JJo enrlhly throne wna ever callod tho throno of tho LorJ, ox.wpt Ihal nt Joru. jnlom, ami Ji*rns,ilnm shall vet lie tho throns of tho Lonl for the bonollt of all Nations, nolwlthstnnding all untl-Ohrlstlnn halroj (Jor. III., 17, 18).
31. "Lot my Lonl Klnu Pnvbl llvo for ovor." Thus s-ilil Uathsholin. Compnro I Sam. X., 24, anil marsln, sml also Noh. il., 3; Dan. II., 4, eto. nnvld still lives with Christ In glory, awaiting tho reaiirrootlon of his boily, unless he roso from thn iloiwl In thocirapnny of Mi-.fh. xivll., 51, 59, whiob dni-9 not Boom probable fron Aots II., 29, 81. Onr gront oomfort as holiovors Is that Hs who onoo dloil for us on Calvary la alive forovormore, having oil powor In hon van ami nn earth, and l>oi-aiiae He lives wo llvo also (llov. I., IS; John xiv.. 19).
32. "Anl King Dnvfil sahl: Call mo Z iilok tho priost, ami Vathan tho prophol, nn'l Bonnlnh tho son of Jnhnlala. Anil Ihey camo before tho king." All are at bla blil- blng, wbethor wifo or cfflcors or servanta, for any mnnuor of sorvloo wholly at his oom- mnnilmoot (I Chron. xxvlll.. 21). The king, ilom was woll roprcMoctoil by tliose now ns. sombleil, the king, priest and prophet ouil one of Ihe lonllng mighty mon (II Baia. xxxlil,, 30). Our Lonl Josus Christ Is all In one.
83. "Cause aulomon, my son, fo rlilo npon mIno own mule nml brtni( lilm tlown to Olhon." It was foretold of Dnvid's srentoi Hon thnt Ho shoull ride upon a oolt, tho fonl of nu nsa (Zooh. Ix., 91. nn<l Ihla He mitually (ltd. It Is foretold uf Him that He will coma i>jion a whlto horso, aooompanied by nil ths annles In heaven, lo ovirlhrow His onemlos and ostnbllsh His kingdom upon thn throne of nnvld. nml this Ho will auraly do (llov. xlx., U-IS; Ina. Ix., «, 7, Lnke L, 32, 83).
84. "And lot Znlok tho priost and Nathan Iho prophet anoint him thoir king ovor Israel nnd blow ye wilh the trnmpot ond sny, Oo.l save King SolomonI" Tbe pointed of tho Lord trom the flrst uso of Ibaphraso Id I Hnm. II., 10, 3J, points lo lllm wbo Is trulv the Lord's anointed, and of whnm oil nnolntoil |>rlosts nnd kings uro but lore- sbailowlogs.
39. "Hosbnil be king In mystoad." Thess words "lu my stead," found also In vorse 80, nlong with the words In verso 3 <, "ride upon niino own muio,"omphnalsa very strongly that David's plnoo was to lm tnken by Sol¬ omon. Tbn wonls In Oou. xxll., 13, ''In the atoad nt his son," shov how truly tho mm took Isaao's plnoo os a snerllloc, nnd lust na Irnly tno Lonl Josus Christ look our plaoo to sulTiir in our stoad. Hu look our place tbnt wo might tako His (II Our. v., 21).
38. "Aud Uoualali the son of Joholadn an¬ sworod tho king atul said, Aman; tho Lon] Ood uf my lord Ibo king suy so too." This Ib a propor attltmlo of n sorvniit to a king, saying amon to whnt tho king says, hoortlly uno with him In all ho says and doos. Whnt happy peoiile Chrlsllans would Im It ua In tho dnys of David "wliiitsoevor tbe king OUI pleaaod all Ihe poopio" (II Hatn. III., 88). As Iiollovors tt Is uur privllegn lo think God's thoughts, oat His wonls and bo heartily onu with Hltulnevi-rylhlng. Otherwise we can¬ not Ivalk wltb Him (Atnoslil., 8>
37. "As tho Lord hnth boou with my lonl tbe king, evou so Ho Ihi with Holomon.'' Tho si'Cret of nny succi'ss ot David was tbat, "Iho Lord waa with lilm" (II Som. v., lU; vlL, a, vill., n, 14). It wns evou so of Mugos and Joshua and Oldoon and Jorenilnh (Ex. III., 12; Joshua I., »i Judg. vl., IB; Jer. 1., HI, nnd as If It lucludoil oil ulso. It was ono ol our Lord's parting word bolore Ho nscnudod, "1,0,1 nm wlih you all tho days" (Mnth. xxvlll., 20, It. v., margin). I olton think Ibul It la thi'grootitst of all Iho promlsos for tills prosont life.
B8. "80 thoy eaused Solomon lo ride upou Kins' David's mule and brought bim to Olliou." Thoy did nslUoy worn cummoodod. Thus ill 1 Noah nnd Mosos nud Joshua, and tlius do nil tho Inlthful. If wo nre only will¬ ing an I otiodlonl. we sball oat the gooil ol tho land (IsiL I., It'), but 11 wo n'luao oud robi-l It will bo 111 for us. Whou wo havo iliini' OH wo aro told, tbat Is our jmrt and re¬ sults nro with lllm ul whom It Is Wfltlen, "Tho Lor.l 11' Hosts h-ilh sworn, saying: Hunily OS I bovo IbuuKhl so shall It onmo to pass, and iw I bnvo piirposud so shall II »tnuil"(Iao.   xiv.. 24, 27).
;i9. "Aud Zadok lhi'|irU-st tisik nn hornol oil out of tho lull "ranolo nnd auolnteil Bolo- men, snd thny blow tho trumpot, nnd aU Iho people snl I, (iodsavo King Holumon." 'Thus tho kinudum wai ostahllslioil lu tbn mnu whom Ood nppolnteil, and thn purpose of tho Lml was thus lar porforinod. Tlio iioo¬ plo n'j.l-iiil with gn-at Joy, ami tlio olty laiig i.gnlii (vor.-"» 41), 41). A.liiuljuh iM-gged for ins IfT'', uii'l ll was given lilm uu condltl'itiH (vers ¦< .'.u 5.1). Kvorf bi'llfvor is an amilul- i-il prinst kimt. Lot us walk worthy of fuoh n hlKli cil'liii'.r. brluKlng glory lo UIm whf (iuth oiiliea ua-s-Loasou ilolpor
WINS   A   FORTUNE    BY   SOBRIETY.
U«>rc.< f'riK^krr, af Kau Fr.>ii.'lni<i, (lets •4*!),000 rur Five Veara' Aballneuce. Kult hn.s booubMUKht at Hnu FmuolHCoby C. F. Cnwkor and W. H. Crookorto iHrmln- nio a trust uudur tho will nf tho lutn Charlea Crookor-Wy wblob thoy wore custodlaun ol IWI |i|lM0bonis uobohnlf of OoorgeCnieknr. Thoturmsol tho truit nro Ihat If within Iha niloon years Immodlntuly nuocis«llngtbe tus- tntor's death Ooorge Crookor should for five years utiatalo from tbo use of Intoxicating lli|Uor thn iKinds ahall belurnoil over to him. OlburwUu al the end of nitnen yiwra Ihoy are tu ito to tbo othor holrs^tho ohildnin of C. r. Cn.i'k'ironJ W. H. Crocker aud Mn. Aloxaoder.
Tho piaiullirs avorthat from Septomlior 2i, l.stiI,ioHi'pt.'Mils'r;J'i,IH'jc,OoorgeC'n>okorlia» nUtaluoil. liny di'.<lrH, llioroloro, lo turu ovor till'inoui'v lu lllm nud terminate their tru.t nml huh t'hn othor liuirs to glvn theiu aa opportiiiiltv to it.tnlillsh In court uuy objeo- UoU Ihey may have to suoh a ouurso.
H,500,000  ESTATt    LEFf   HER.
KlnUucM uf  a New   Vork lllrl  iUpalil by an Did SpanlarJ.
Miss KllT.al-'lh Aliny, wh'i Is twenty y-ar, old uul liven with hor alilor ut No. ^M WimI Korty-lbird »in«it, .Sow Tork Cily. tins tiei.n a Ivlsixl by a Havuoa lawyer Ihnl .hi- Is eolu holreas lo Ihe iwlatn of Inm Martlm-r. a Spaol-h l.lnulor In Cuot, whloh Is valuwl at »I..'iO0.00i. Hlio and hi-r lawyer will go l> Culiu lu aliout twi woi'ks IJ lnko poaamatou of thn pnii»-nv.
Misa Aiuiy r.<urii"d four in-inlhs ag-i frum Cu». wh"n- sh- bal boon vWtiug >"iuis ,-.,ii»liis who llvoil ou a pUnlnllon ndl.ilulug tliut l.l Marlliinr.. lu MiMauiHia. Wtilfn th.irs Mhi^iiii-i In.l III, snl Mm. Aliny fiun»»I hiTi. H-i-rr MartiB.-x'a two luiiia w-re klll.sl by 111* Hi...ul»ti. and thn old plantar II0.LI0 Mnriiaa, wlii'n :hn».H,ii iliorl ol a Drf.keil beiiH. Hi l.'tt 111. f'lnu'j'to hu. fon.er nt:»». lugruli;- I 'il ^oc^gIilt i'ju of ber k luduns-".
fllnal.a'a Cltr Ma*.
O'nuha, Nnt.., has uow a olty Hot, fHI'.W' Illg th'i oiaiiiiile ol i;invnlau.l uad Cbli-Jlifi. It I., ..-.iniiAnnd ut tho oolora ailupt»l by Ihe liK^I oricaolsatlun of tuslaiva. mea, km wo a-, Ibo "KulghU III Ak-Sw-lkHi.' a a.iniMui tl',u of red, green ami yellow. Ttiey ar« nrnham ootrno, aDd rmrrv wt-if Ior Jntautotit^ purpoaea 00 Ihe nrnr.!, and houiM topa, TlM aymboUaia la a.irae(im.9i* givou aa r*Mt lorlbe H'Mnl ...attle which go to llislr alaacblarls ia«i ab iiiolra ol Houlb Ouialw, Iha itraea Lw Ih'i alfalla-«nHa wbleb ki aaMhw ol ll» braaka'a t«ails« Dcoituau, aad Iba valtow tet ovfB, tha Use of all lubisata'a ¦aaia.
number of amwtatnrs.   Tba murdafsA I	
' Watt, twenty-alcht yaara at aas^ [ plamlier.   Bla mnnWar la Bobart Watt,
Is Andr<<w I
iweotv-fonr >-«ais ol aga, a ratlroad 81
Tho munler waa a dellbarate uae.   Tto tam^
doror i>si'«pe<L
Tho traimly wna ennmml at  tha DraWl •tree! rroMtng of Iho NeW York Oeatral Ball. r,>«d, Rooheatar.    I'revlous lo the ett: brothers wei« In a aaloont  Iliay oiM
ovortho matter ol pavlas thMr iMiaH
¦11*   .
at Ihelr fatber's house. Aaitrew aeeoasdMl kr-v.Aor of not hnving paid hlu rlchltal 4CaM of the iHinrd money. |lub<>rt made tba aato* .'hnrgV' oKslnst Andrew.
Andrew then left the saloon la eoapaa| wltb o friend. They stond l%lkm« oa a ao» ni^r foro few minutee, whi^n lloCiert aaoM uul of the auloou and walked nver to Whan Ihe two men were standing. Ha walked ba Iwoen the two mi-u and ilruek lila brMkaa Tho brothers cllnobod and fell to tb« MOOad, Andrew Iielng t>e under teao. Tbe BMa> wnro then sepa-tnted aud Andrew ROt ajlea his loet. It was then seen tbat he bsd b<«a st ah beil. He ataggered alonft the airaet, bal bad not gone far whon he reeled' aed fell ts - thogniund. An ambuhuioe waa aaoii>4>as< ami the wounded aaaa wan laken to tbe hoa pital. Ho died IBem an hour later. Mellhei of tho men woa Intoxkiatod at the tlaie ot tha lalul light. 	
SecrrtaiT Palmer In a PHa—aia.
Rporelary ol State Talmer la In a dlleams, Tbs election law eompela Ihe Beentarr « Stnte to have made aoompllalloBotlbsslsSi . tlon atatuea and to bave a anfflelaat aaoibal . of eoples of it printed to enable hlia to far ulsh eight tor eaoh eleotlon dMtiol, the dia tnbutlon to the eleclion oBlsma to M mail by the eounly clerks.
The Inst Legtsature mode no provJstoatoc Hid oiirrylag out of thta eommsad, aad tha OoostjIntloD probllilla a Slate oSsar fHM contraeting for any aneb avpolles SMSpl them 00 an available approptlatloa. ¦aiaS lary Palmer aailmatce tbat It woaM eost tsooo to make tha oompllaHoa, aad ahtfiM t*),000 tor the entire work. Hn has dsalM to eeoum reasonable llgurea frota a pctatsi -
willing to do the work aad talie bla "^	
of aeauriag pay tor it from tlio nest I lura
Solrlda In Ihe Cohoea Pnllee Ifiadas
William T. Sherman, ot Barrtaoa plasa Troy, commlttod sutolde In tho Obhoss Pai Uoe Beadi|unrter* a few nights aflO. Sha* mnn, who la an aitlal, entered BaadqaaiISM at 6 o'cloek, plaknd np a New Tork . nowspoper, and read an aaeonnt ota In the metropoUa, wbere a voum maa WM bad beoome deapondent had aadad Ua Hfl hy ahootinft himaelf luur tlmaa la ths kiaiili He luld aside tbe paper, aad tnkiaa a I* volver from theSeraeani a dask abot UaMall four timea In Ihe left aide of the Biasat Tha shooting was done ao quickly that tt Wat over bofom Chief Smilh reaOaed what tlM young artist had done. Bherman had liaaa out ot work alnoo laat April, aaa WSS da . <l>ondeDt. 	
Killed HIa Wife aad BlaaasU; Feler Kwam, thirty years old. 'mardsied bU wife, Mary, at ItuSalo, and then eat his own thro.tt with a nutor. Mis. Ksaaif llrsd wtlh her brother, Jo.seph Bshal al M Lemon strael, bavlnf aeparaled tlOBi hat, busband In February. Kemm aslled at-tte ' booae In the momlng.pothed l(t».B«b*MMa and aaldt "I wont my wlla." HMi BsM oalled tor help and ran Into the ttiest. Nelghlwn rushed to hor aaalatsa•^ hat WlM* Ihey eotered Iho bouaa Ute. Mala wai' found on Ihe kllchun floor dead, har haal having been oul open with a hatsbat Mama was found la ao adjoining room, dsad.
New Skvak Fanw.
On a lorm at Bla Plata, on tbs Kris Bal^ i road, s large area haa beea tsnasd Id. aad II .'; will bealooked wlthakunka bya ulllasa Olo .; Elmlra. .A tranoh aeveral feet deep has beaa dug and filled 10 tbe lop with sttaw. aad '-^ with Itila aa a foundation a hlgb feaes has ^ been ereoted to keep thu liltle animala taithla bouads.
The profit to bedorlved from akunk farm- illg rusults'from Ihu sale ot Ibe bidaa, wbiob bring a good prloo when sold to tiirrlera, who make them lulu -'wool aaal," TIm uaiy fann nfthe kind kuown In Ibia Stat* ia aaar Ithaea, wbioh haa neUed IteowaerasplsadW;
piuat.   >^
Came Down With   Ilia HalltM*.
Professor 0. C. Donnette mada a balloot nnoeustou nt the Franklin County Fair, lla..<. iono, and when up abont MO feet Ihe wiad opened n rent lo hia balloon, causing il to oollaiiso. HIa parachute being twiated at the limb he waa unable lo oul looaa from tha "¦yl luilloon, aud enmo down wltb It Tbe |iara>' tjhute openeil allghlly, brealiing bla tall, and bu would not bave been Injured bnt tor apoal In a wire feooo uaat ot tbe groanda, which hs' struok. Two ribs ou bla left aids wer* broken. ^^^^^
Rtmok by a Train and Killed. William Swart, a larmar of the town of
Florida, wa* struck and killed hy an sxprsD ttM trnln ou the West Shora Iload.     Ha was  la  ' the set ot driving aoross tbe track.     TlM horse he was drivluit uaeapei unbatt, bal guu tbut he w^ loading waa killad.
Itun on a Matlaaal Haak.
Tbe Flrat National Dank at i<prtngfl*ld waa obliged to oloae tomporarlly. Tbe oause of Ibe auapaoaloD was due to a mn and lbs la- abllily of th* bank readily to oonvHt sssarir Ilaa Into caah to moot thsdsasad. Tbs bank la oas of Ike moat anbatoaliai la Wsst*-. un Mf w York aad ia oooaidorad aolv*«t
Mlaeola Pair Olaeed. Thn nfty-nftb annual lair ot tbo Oussa* County Agrlouliural Aswalstloa at Mlaaola came to a suoceaalul cloae.   Th* attsadsasa was the largest in many yssn and tha Ml wa<  a  auucesa ia every paitiealat.     Th« ' oflcsra ot the aaaoalalloa aay that dailail '¦ Ihe flve days ol Ihe fair ths attaadaasa wai' about 100,000.      	
foalwaater KUlad by a Kata* Oit.
Hiram H. Wllkaa. poalmMlsr at (Hta*:-, mont, about tbree mllaa below AUM^V, tt^ Ihu Weal Shore Ballroad, whil* rldlaCWaMI tluulb Pearl aireet, Albany, wa« atiask btrff- motor ear, thrown oaf, run ovor l>yllM«|, sod killed Inatantly. He wa* flllF.Ma fiHI Kf age aOU Isavaa a widuw aad oos son.
Waut le Adapt a Watlaaal Wlattea,
(Iovernor Morton has raoaived s soaaaNavi ^ cation frum Iba Oofemor ot llotth flsrsHaag rMiueslIng tbst hs asm* two d*l«gat*s aaAil Iwo alternate* lo altaad a Hatioaal Oo««aa> 1 lion to be held al AahevHIs, N. O., OslcbW^ 21, 92 aod 23, with a view ot pstttioiliac 00» fj (roas tu ado|it a Nalloaal flowerfW AMiUK J
Cheeae Maker Kllla Hlaaaelt. William  A.   Wheeler,  forty yean 0(4 ti
well knuwn and popular ollloaa of WaH Mlt^ riaburg, proprietor ul a obaee* laMonr. **a>^ nilitoU sulolde by ahooting bimasiria tta,! head with a revolver. Mo raaaoa oaa br tlgned for Ida aot.
Trampa Uuro a Haaae.
who lived about une mile wa wns lurned by tram|is.
•nillh was awakeusd atmul • o'aiosbs. ta,^ oy the bursting la of s dour.   He fmnied 1^ three tramp*,   who   '
beat and kickwl him nlmuvl lato
Ity.   Hu wua tbeu dragged oul ol the iKiai^>|
aud after aultlug tbe ploae on aratbolrasapl'
llsapiieartid.
Oen*
al Wew*.
Supervlaom ol Ueiuaelaar Oounly vaM •> ogalual pruseeutlug Oaorga U. Mocirisoat MbJ defaulting County Treasurer.
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tbatliaO
lurbstea* I
W. V. WenlDTOftb, wboae .__ wraeko.1 Ihe Victoria Uolel, N«w york waajianloned ty Ouveruor Morton '
Tbooiture Upright, a wall-tindo the town of Hbuwauguok, Ulaier cuuniltted  suicide   by   nultiag Mental dnrnuirement dun tu mt HUpIsSH-d lo lie tbe eauae.
Uue  huudnul  nud Iweuty. muinliers of tba Volunleur Lit* of Ihn Statu, received madala tur duni.
The ooniervtono uf Ib* ihmt tMi,ltt doput In Mlildlniuwu wa* laid by shipful  iohu  Htewart.   ticaad a.uioot ul Nnw York Slate.   H* « ty Orand lyodite nlleera.   Over t, liarailud, and a l«o.|uM given Iqf tha llallroad l-illowed.
Tbu Jury ut liuffalo la Ibeaaaeotlab llu«h, ul Klmlra. in<lleled lor i lu eono'-ciloa with lua defuael 1 tlonal Ikiuk, bruugbt la a vordlet of aat |
ly-
Cbarges of uafalmea4 la Hoti Ibl Havag'i riae na Ibn arm uflbel Ouard are tu be made before Oovi Ion.
H. WlaaerMiiiJ, a prooilBeal tai noutno. toil uadar Ibe wheal* a-*"^ log from a jiaaamige* trala ar ¦¦ ton.   Ul* lett imt   was sat sC at I aad b» died stsHdau^t.
WiUaoi MMbaai, aa 1 taaaddaadJaSwaBlMl
I ajiTaMfl Iwin
liJXiAiiiU