Queens County Review 18960410

              QUEENS COUNTY REVIEW.
PaMtsbed Ever}- Fridnr Horning at
FEEEPOBT.  QUEEHS COUNTY, N. T
CHARLES   D.   SMITH,   Proorletor. ANDREW J. MAC LEiAN, Editor.
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VOL. I.
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, ]89(>.
NO. 23.
riNA.yci.ii.
THEFREEPORTBANK
CAPITAL,   $30,000.
Main Street,   •   Freeport, L. I.
JOHN J. RANIIAl.l,. I'r«>i.l.'iit.
¦WII.I.IAM KIlllKMAN'. Vlcel>r«.i,lrnt. WILLIAM .S. HALL. 1'iu.l.lcr.
BOA IID OF OIIIKI-TOItM:
Jnhn.l. Handikll. Willinm   For.-iiini
Wllllain K. Il„l,l.'r, II. Woaley I'ln.-.
Har%'rv Jl. Smith. Williitiii li.   .Mill.'
•Wkllx'C If. ('«rnwi'll lip.,.!:.' WrIIiu'.',
Thoiiiu I) tnnlth, I'lih-F l'.'ltil.
Cli»ui.r<»y T. Hi.roKii... Stiiifl,
Op«n. enrei.l I.W.I I.nli'li.vH, fromllB. m. 1.. • p.m. OIT.-n. fa.'illtiH', »ri.! iii.lil.'eni.'iiH. In <.rery deparli.H.f.1 .^..iiil l.,ll„MM',.f .'itli.T tl,,' New Vork or llr,«ikhii llniikN „r Triint l,,ii, panlfM. and .-v.-rv iu..'..iiii...Kli.ti.,ti aa far im HonaMrut witll ...nnervHll..- iiiKii»tf.'n..-nl.
Inlvrmt al 111.. r«Iv .if ll,r...'per .-.inl. iiai.l nn ilmi. .l.-iiii«lln. tl.n.fl in.,nll.N .,r n.'.rv.
llrafta liwu.'.l ..n all tuiriK ot Kun.iH*.
D.Mn afrvnenil Kankliii; hiiHiiuiv..
Ar-«-.«.iiila ..f r-.*r|w,raIi..iiH, i-vniipanica, ao- eietivti. etc.. Hf.ll.-ll.'vl.
Entlr. aallflfa.'ll.m aw«.irf.l.
Imiuirltw will rwM.lv.' [,r,iiiipt atti-nll'in, anil b« cnwrfully
BankofRockville Centre.
Tlllaaa At«.. KonkTllla Crnlrr, I. I.
Wn rt.i a (tiiiiiirul HaukiuK Bn.'niinfia of Ui^iHiHit mill DiivK.niit.
Int«r«Ht I'.iiii (111 HiMi.liil Di'iKwits.
Buukiiig H.)iir*-!l A. M. t.i ,1 1'. M, Batnrrtny, '.» A. M. t.i Vi M.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Rnbrrt A* llnvimiii, Tli»niiii.li. Kniulit,
J.il.n Vln.'onl. Ilirnii. II. .'^iiiltl,.
Ol..nlW.>mill.C.,n.U.n,  W.i.I.y H, Hinllli. Janim W. liiilllsiiii,        rliarl.-K I.. Wnlln..-, nharlmW. IIb..-». Aiisllii f'..rii«,'ll.
Hl>iiin<.l K. I'liillli.-.. Kri.n,'i« I-'. WIIm.,,.
Jolin W. 1>.-M„II, .i,.l,nr  lliiviK..ii.
Ollviir IlavlMiii, Kil.vi.ni T. 'I'l..r.'nl,,n.
Illtllllllcll W   I'larmtll
BAMITEL K. I'llll,l.ll'>-. I'r.'i.i,l.'nl.
¦rilOMAMII. KNIIIIIT. Vi... I'riwiil.nt.
IIIUAM  II   HMITII. Ciu.l.i.r.
rnorKiMioN A i.
DH. G. H. HAMMONO,
FrtEEl-OItT, L. 1. Onira and Rcalilxnea, FuUon Street.
OR. EDWIN CARMAN,
 om.'s   an.l   llml.lrnee	
COR.   SMITH  naa   BEDELL STREETS, I'-RErpORT, U I.
OR. O. L. LUSK.
Ilralth Officer f.ir li.e Ti.wo of IlrmpaU-a.!,
UOCKAWAY BCACH. N. V.
THOS. O. CARMAN. D. D.S.,  ItKNTIHT	
Maim sthkkt, riiEKPORT, n. r.
Umce lioara: • a. in  to « p   m.
Dr. A. D. Roaantlial,
:-eXPCRT DENTIST -:
» MAIN   STUKKT,     IIEMI-STKAD,   N.    V.
WM. R.  LONGENECKER, D. O. S.
HI K<;i':ilN   IIKNTIKT.
Willi U,ii|{.'iiu'k.'r llr.,Ili..ra, 619 EuiToa STaccT, Baooaiva
ll.lI'Ma. 9 A. U. T.ir. l>. H.
V   L. SMITH,
TBTBRINAnv HlllUiKUN   aod IIKNTINT.
Free faet. U I.
FRANCIS B.  TAYLOR, LAWYEK. CORNGR MAIN AND PULTON 5Tj a   aampaUad, I. I.
WM. A. ONDERDONK, •I Attorney  an.l  l:..niiM.lur'al-l.aw.
Onirt., No. ,tl Main Hlreel, (l,eF.irK«ll.ill.liiiK.alKI.H,ri.   IIKMI'STKAII Hal.mlayi,at |{..ai.l..n.'t.. Kt^.nl St , ii..Hr Ihll Civil an.l Crliiiiiiiti l,ii>lii,.'«.
E. V. BALDWIN,
-.:«BANJO  SOLOIST.}^-
Concert EngagemenU at Low Kate.«.
Aililnwi, HEMPSTUD or FRtCPOBT.
lirNINKMN   (A HIM.
WATKIN W. JONRS & CO.,
Ol.ll KNTAIIMSIIRII
Real Estate f, Insurance Agency,
Fah Rockawav, N. V.
C. S. RANDALL, Ar«hit*ct,
OAre .-or. Hr«H>klyn ave . and M.in «l .  ,>i,p
tlKilroa.!   I>r|»l. Krcrpairt'l.   I
naaaanrf.'4perin.-ali,»i.prepare<ll.irail,'Iawra .-'. of buildllit;*.
CHARLES L.  SEAMAN.
Carj)enter *'"' Huihlcr.
rRitPOllT, V I.
ENtimklm. .'Ii.wrfnlly pv.>u. Cuiitr.u-U t.iikrii.
GEORGE A GILSOR RATROR,
CAIU>ENTEIt5 AND BUILOIiKS.
FREEPORT, L. I.
Ilavink- r.^.'iilli ,..i„,.h-l«l III,' KKVIKW
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.¦..I.lni.-I»   f.,r  rtr^t   ,.lta»  «„rk.
CL9CRT A. BEDELL, AucticnMr,
FMr.p,.l,T   I.   I
Kalo^nf H.M»I   K...,i, „„|   lyr».„»l I'r..|.,rt, COMlttMml on 1...I lerma. '   "'
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JOHN  P. WRIGHT.
./w V c I'I o i: Ii K R,
H-»l.l,i,.-..
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PIANOS  TUNED
¦l t* Eiptft *» fark Taatr
ORGANS R   PAIkED.
Prices Rwuonible.
AfPUV   AT  TUK
REVICW BUILDING.
FREEPORT.
Tho popnlation of Mexico is ttro an J one-half times that of Cana.la.
"KUIed by a  rejected sailor." is o headline that has been frcqnent of late.
Chile has more poeta in proportion to htr popnlation than any other conntry.
Beforo tho rebellion editors wrrc baniB'jed from Cuba witbont the formality of a trial.
By 1000 Greater London will prob' ably have a population of 0,490,000, whilo Greater New York will have 3,900.000.
Thero are somo 15,000,000 "snpcr flnons women" in Europe that it does not know what to do with. There aro not enough boohelora to gc aronnd.
Alfred Austin reecivos a salary ol 8300 a year as English Laureate, an.1 draws book salary from tbo timo ol Tennyson's death in 1802. So far Aastin is a long way ahead of the game.    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Spain allows Cuba only SIH^.OOO a year for pnblic instruction and makoe tha University of Havana a source ol profit to tho State. Even Hayti spends more than Cuba for tho edncation of its people.
Of 182 brands of commercial fertili¬ zers, leTenty-siz hare been fonnd be¬ low the manufacturer's guarantee anlysis byL. L. Van 81ykc, at the Now York Agricultural Ejperiment, Geneva. Tho farmers aro cvitlently being deceived.
While horses in tho United States ¦how a decrease of only two per cent. in nnmber in fonr years their value has decreased within a fraction of llfty per cent. To-dn.v a good bioyole coste more than an ordinary borse, but it ia fai less expensive to keep.
Germany is among tho strongly nil- vanoing commercial oonntri.is. Her advonce has beeu most marked in the valne of her iraport.% which increased during the eliivon yearj from $Ml,'j,. 000,000 to 8981.000,000 o year. The value of her ciporU concurrently fell off to tho extent of $40,000,000 a year.
Signor Cnirano, an Italian lawyer, will not bo safe in Sonth Amurica. Ue has written a book on "South Ameri¬ can Dictators," in which ho gives the "Presidents" of tho Southern Repub¬ lics anything but a good name. Tresi- dent Diaz, of Mexico, he says, is the best of them, but be is pnictioally a dictator, though devoted to the intcr- osta ol the peopio.
There were 114,430 fewer children being ednoated in French primary ¦ohools than there were five years ago, acoording to the laat report of the Minister of Public Instruction, while in the five years the number of pupils in the schools of the Christian Brothors nearly doubled. The Brothers are now teaching 1,3(35,887 children, with no aid frou the UoV' ernment.
The savings bank in the Newsboys' Lodging House, New Y3rk City, al¬ lows interest on deiiusits at the very liberal rate of six per cent, a month, or aoventy-two per cent, a year, Twenty-flro dollars is the largest sum pertnitted to draw that pleasing rate, and bnt one depositor has reached tbat degree of aSiaenoe. Tbe amallest de¬ posit at preaent ia Ihree cents, and there are in all forty-one names on the books.   	
The horse-flesh cannery In Portland, Oregon, haa been foroed to shot down, and the mnstangs of tho Oregon pliiini will be allowed to roam uumolcsted for some time. It Ncems ihat tho Bul- giau market, on which the prumotere of the enterprise oouuto.l, was rniui'd by Chicago canuers, who shipped rot ten meat, and tbo Japanese failed to take kindly to borae-flesh. 'Iha man¬ agers of the new enterprise have prob¬ ably come to tho conclusion that the way of the reformer is har.l.
New Yurk contains a remarkable woman hypnotist—icmarkalilo from tbe fact that the hypnotizes herself. She is the wife of a coll.'uo priueipn' at Ureal Hon.l. Kna. Her tiiinio i. Klizaliotli Slr.vkcr. "Thre.i mouth.- ago." sho Kays, "I came bero a uer vons paralytic. I conld not utan.l. After spcn ling raueh money ou lon.l ing spccialiKti. I trie I liTpn,.ti.'.m iik n last recourse. Aft.-r the secou.l sit ting I discort-ro.l thnt I was alilu tc hypnotize my»ol/. 1 Jo it by i-implj emg.tying my mind o( aU thoughl whatever. Tbeu the by nolle stat. comes over me. Tben I suggest to myself that there is nothing the mat' ter with me ami I am all right. %)( result of it IS that I can do a .lay citAt hard work as auy woman in New York and i am Koiug lia.^k home."
The AsaoGjation for the I'r.'sorra tiou .if Vir,tini* .\nti.]n.ties. Moeo iti> organizatiou in 1S.S9, ha'l purchased the old powder magazine in Williami- bnrg, which i.'< now being eonverte.l into a mnaoum for coKiuial relies; tb.. homu of tbe mother A VViii.hicgtoD. lu Fredericksburg, an.l the historic homa ot General Nelson, in Yorktown. It now desire* to pur.-hase the site of tha ancient House of Hiirgeii."es, in Williamsburg, in wbioh tho aMemblies that goverue.i th.' e.iloniea met after tbe soat ol l.overnment was remove.l from .Tamest.iwti, in lt'.'.i>, ami fo rr.et U|.on It a siDiplo htonc, engrave.l with the names of the e^htr-nine me:iil.>r> I.f tbc.\astuably wbo. unier the lea.lcr ..hip of suob men as IVjIon IlanJolpb, RobcrtCarter S'cho'a*, RichanUIenr. Lee, Richard Bland. Patrick Hcsry, Thomas .Tefferson and lltorge Wssh- iB^OD. fireU tbe torch of patriotism aad fi»*J»a.
NOTHINO   ts   LOST.
Kothing Ik lost; tho wood* nnd Celils grow
green again In spring. The earth nnJ Bower, are toll ol life,—new
IKo In everything. Wri fall asleep nni rest, nnd watn, nnJ call
It daily life, And sleop nt ia«t,—an.l end of pain, nnd end
of core an.l .'.t rife.
Kothlng Is lost, for life Itself Is only n pass¬ ing thought!
Wo lose our yestonlay, 'tis true, but h ild the g.30d It broui;ht.
Nothing Is lost, tho sweet, sweet songs eotn.* to ns o'er and o'er.
The sanin fond fact's oft roturn, ind will for¬ ever m.in'.
—J. W. D.inovnn, In Doihore-Kt.
A DRAWING ROOM PUPPET.
ILDRED WARING
considers herself <^W?^I I ^ Jl "n-intellectnalper- *'^^^^*'.i . eon.    Her intellec¬
tual capacities dis- ]ilay themselves in ^^w    '^Jf'-^        the occasional  pe-
^>^^Sr rusal   of   nninter-
"'^rv'. esting  hooks   and
in the subsequent distribution o f fragments of their contents to unwilling listeners. Ordi¬ narily, tbe only result is to render ccnverration impossible, bnt that evening, in Mrs. Arkwrigbt's snug¬ gery, she annoyed mo into argument. She had been reading some idiotic book about tho Indian Mutiny, and began to fabricate generalities about men as the result. Ueueralitics only hurt tbtir perpetrator; but I knew Mildred's guncralitieH wcro not gen¬ eral. Little Dicky Whitliread had been chuHiug Harold I'ilkiugtoo, who hnd hovere.l about Mil.lred for Ihe Inst seasou ; nn.l her remarks about s'.rong mou a-jd ilrmving-room pup¬ pets obviously siiplied to tbem. Mr. I'ilkingtou is a large, dark man, with a small, .lurk mind—tbe kin.l of man who ouly smiks to show his teeth ; uml Uieky—well, Dicky is what you would expect in u mat: whom men and many women call Dicky.
"NiebolsoD," said Mildred, sentun tiously, iu tbe eoiirso of our ar,.;ii- luent, "was a resi man. He t\'aH n tail, silent man, who iu a groat crisis rose to tlie occasion."
"That was n coinlorl,"yawned Lena Dawson, "ile mi{.;ht have improved it."
"He wns prob.ilily," I snid, without tbe leitst notion who tbu man named Niebolfcou wus, ",i person whom men cousidi r stupid and tiis wifo a lii'uto,"
".\u.l tbero was Lord Lawrence," went on Mildred, with o couteniptnous snill; "tbey were both huroef."
"It's muoh eiisi.r to bo a hero than a .iocent huilinud," said Mrs. Frobish- er, who is so altaohed to her own hus¬ band that shu is compelle.l to conceal it with cyniciHin.
"Thank you, Mrs. Froliisher," I said, "that's exsctl.v what I muau. I believe real go.id sorts are real good always; und tin' lilt!.' tliiiigs mean ii'o>t leoiinso its so hard to make tbem melodramatic."
".\t Lucknow —" began Mildred.
"Bother Lucknow," I interjected rutlier rmlel.v ; "1 never was iu an In¬ dinn mutiny ; bul if I were, I'.l rnthtr be there with a man who's been nice, when hu's beeu wot tbrou.gh."
"Let's ploy at it." said Lena Daw- Fon, waking up. Lena makes life n kiml of rouud game. "Wo might have a Jviro jirize. I fhould like to kuow wbotlier there's a real hero iu the houso."
Lena evontnally arrsDged Ihe game. The next night tbero were to be pistol shots emuuatiug Irom a tlctious burg¬ lar, anil the hero prize was to ba given to the mnu who behaved bei-t.
"i nocd.r what the men will do," said Lena.
"Let me see. Old Major Turner will certaiul.v Ood-bless-his-soul. And your husband will probably at once fnve you, Mr.s. Frobishor. And what do you think Mr. Arkwxight will do, Mrs. Arkwright?"
"It would lie a groat op|iorlunity for his tire grenades. I should think he'll invent a new burglar trap that will make the house uninhabitable," i-uggestcd Mrs. Arkwright, mali- riouslv. Her huslian.I's iuventi..U'. lire ll triiil to Mrs. Arkwiiglit. and lie hlld recently almost Kuccci.ded in per¬ manently extiuguishiug two of the Arknrights with a patent grenade.
"And Mr. Pilkiugton?" went on Lena.
'Thero is a gallery iu Ihe iiftuirs of meu," I raid.
"Wo shall see," sai.l Mildred.
"He'll take good care of that, if he does .in.vtiiiiig," 1 answeru.1.
"I know, " sai.l Luna, "It will male it better fun if wo draw for tho m. n aud make n sweepstakes of it"
Lena always regiilat.'S the rules of her games, aud we acquiesced from force of habit.
"I've got Mr. Arkwright." she an¬ nounced, OS the result of the draw.
"I hopo he'll bo heroic aud not eleo- Irio, or ttUTthing of that kind. Mrs. Miller, you an.l .Mra Foulkes have ex changed husbands. You've got Major Tumor. Mrs. Arkwright. Ami I'm alrsi.l, Mr.. Frolnslier, yon'll have to hope for heroism in vour hii-.lisu.l. Mil.Ire.l, Dicky's falku't.i .vou —I fear he's uot a big, silent man. And you, Kitlie." she said to me, "will be gla.l that you've drawn Mr. Pilkiugton."
1 believe Li'U.^ oooke.l that .Iraw, liul none of ns protested, except Mrs Froliihher.
The affair came off tho next night. Mr-, .\rkwright went down an 1 got her husband's roviilvor out of thi' gun ro.iio. Lena tired two shots, and Mil.lred au.l 1 w.re deputed to alarm Ibe -mokiog ro mi.
'There's a burglar upstairs," I ex¬ claimed, breathlessly, "in .Miss Daw¬ son's room. He's trie.l to shoot Miss Dawson."
"(io.l bless my soal!" said Major Turner.
".Sen.I for the police at once," said D.an Foulkes.'lirmlv.
"V.Va.re'8 mv wife?" said Mr. Fro- bi.-her.
"Is he in the bouse still?" asked Mr. Arkwright.
"1 think so," I said. "We've locked the .l.or on the outsi.lo"
"lle';l g. t mt ..f the win low." re n-srked .Jajor riirn.r, with a liioo.ly thirsty look. "Make a row at tbe dour. I'll wait for him on tbo lawn," whi.'h I believe he di.l, with a double: barrello.l guu.
There nas a rush np stairs. It wa« rather a luQuy scene. They all got some kind ..f weapon except .Mr. Pilk- ingt..n and Dean Foulkes. The latter str..de u|i with noru^ed pomjiositv, apiarontlv jrci erej lo combat ttt- foe in tb.' mtre strength ol his offi.'ial capacity. Dicky staved aloue in tbc amoki_g room un.l siuoke.1 on.
"Dicky." I *.ai.l, "are   y.m afraid?"
"1 dont think I'm afrai.l of the bnrglar " he rei'liei; "bnt if tbo«« idiots are going ui ¦ r.- al.ont a be<l- room promucnoiuli. Id rather be here."
I oast h withering look oi. 'im and faUo'ved Um olhera ts fUlr^   I wv
Mr. Pilkinijton np to the door and un¬ lock it. vhile the others paused.
"Yoa'd better surrender -rjuietly," he exclaimed.
lie looked the ideal of qnict brav¬ ery.
"Lot the ladies go awny," he went on, when there was no answer. "We must search the room."
He walked boldly iu and tbo others followe.l. Of course there was no trace of a burglar. Wc were awaiting further developments with intorost, when that silly litWe Mrs. Frobishor quieted her perturbed husbond with the truth. Ho imagined, I think, that a burglar's sole object would bo shoot or steal Mr.s. Frobishor. Of course the game was rather spoilt, for w might have had a good long burglar hunt.
The men went again to tbe smok¬ ing room. Msj'.'E 'I'lirner sai.l some¬ thing about lumbago wben be came iu. olherwiso they look the thing rath.'r well. Dicky merely remarked, I believe: "Jlad I didn't bother abont it"
"Kiltie, you win Mr. Pilkiugton," said Lena afterward, "though thu Ma¬ jor was a goo.1 second. Tho burglar, probably, woul.l have got out of tho window, and the lumbago is iu many ways worse than a burglar. He's a dear old thing. I shall make his gruel my¬ self if ho does get bad."
"My man was aa inglorious last," said Mildred, triumphautly.
"What, Dicky'?" asked Lena. "I didn't notice hiiu.    Whnt did ho do?'
"With a mssterjy inaction," an¬ swered Mildred, smiling maliciously nt UIO, "he stayed in tho smoking- room, mounting guard over the cigars."
"Cowardice," said Mrs. Foulkes, who was immensely pleased at the Dean'.' behavior as tho Church Mili- taut. "iirgues uu entirely bad moral disiiosition."
Sovernl other people made several other severe remarks about Dicky.
"We shall huvo to try him for cow¬ ardice." said Ltna. "Wu might play at that to-morrow night."
I went to bed. and left Lena arrang¬ ing the details ol thu game.
At breakfast next day poor littlo Dicky got freely snubbed, aud Mr. Pilkiugton Kiuiioil witli a placid air of heroism. I ba.l to pretend to thank him for winuiug the swoop for me, Afterwar.l I overhear.l him remark to Mrs. Foulkes that "she mustn't be too hard on tbe little beggar." Magna nimily is tiie kind of quality that such a aiau r. vels iu. Altogether I was very much annoyed. Dicky didn't seem t.> min.l lu tbo least. He merely smiled wiien Lena l.d 1 him ot the trial, ami lieparteil to tho summer hou^e with a novel and a pipe.
I wont out to talk to him soon af¬ terward.
"Hullo? Miss Anstey," he said, ns I came near, "you'd better uot spuak to mo.     Uucloau, unclean."
".Shut up, Dick.v, ' I answorod. "What doos it all mean?"
"Oh, only that I'm a oowird. Miss Anstey," ho replied with a smile, "oud Pilkinuton is u hero. Have they got him a liiiinl crown vet?"
"Dou't bo hilly," I snid. "What did you do it for?"
"1 om to lie tried to-night." he an¬ swered, "aud yuu mustn't attempt to extract admissions from me. Hy tho way, who is the learne.l   prosecutor?"
'*Miss Warin;j[."
"The Lord hath delivered— Do yon ever bot?" he chuckled.
'-I've backed yon for n good mnny gloves ulr.'oily, Dicky," I sai.l.
"You've u tasto for baokiug oulsi.l- ors, have .you, Miss An^toy?" be an¬ swered. "Woll, it wouhl spoil it for yon if I lold yon ; but don't hedge, f hero's only one thing more I'm pray- in.g for."
I couldn't oxfruct anything less or- ocular from him except that ho was rea.liug Kipling to cultivate a taste for spurious biavcry. He strolled ncro-n the lawn soon afterwar.l with a large white feather in his buttonhole, nnd went out for a long walk.
At diuner Dioky was quiet and said very li tlo. Iiut he whispered to me. 'Try to make Miss Waring angry. Tho thicker she lays it on, tho bettor it'll be."
"Mildred," I said aftorwar.l, "Dicky's got something up bis slecvf."
"Has he?'' sbo said Kuilously. "Whut is it?"
"llis arm," I answered.
Mildred, like mo-<t superior persons, hntos catehes, au,l though this ,ino is, I am tolil. ancient, it hoi the .lesired effect. I wante.l to ilo my best not only for Dieky, but for mysolf, for I hll.l boon pluniiing on the result of the trial during the day to an extiint that alttrme.l me.
"You'll get horribly scor.^d olT, Mil¬ dred," I went ou. "I boliovo li.'ll jus lough your esse out of conrl. His eroi.s-examiuution of Mr, Pilkiugton ought to be lovely."
"Oh, istbishisi.lea?" sai.l ^lildrel; and I left her in a state lu.liguatiou c.nic.ictiiii; further pleasoutries lor the luekloKS Dlekv.
.\h tho .'Vening was warm, we held the triol in the gar.len. Mil.lred mu.le a most offens.yo siieeeh about Dicky. "Fashion's popiujay," "tiiido-sioclo sr-'on.,.," "chicken hoortel tailor's mo.lel," were, I r<iinember, among the u;,'ins ,.f her ,lenii!iei:itlon. Ma,or Tur¬ ner, wh., was ^n.Ige, trie.l t.i mo.lerate h.'r ouce .ir twic.', and Ijono whisper.'.l to me that shu wonld make .Mildre.l an apple pie bed: But it was tho eulo- gium on Mr. Pilkiugton that was the mo.'.t icter.'Stiug part of her speech, for It couclii.lol with a molo.lramatie onnonucumont ol Mildred's engage- meut to bim.
"Thooncthing wantin.;," murmured Diskv softly t.i me.
Then there were a lot of witnoascs, of whom 1 was oue. Dicky ]ust sot anl smoke.1 anl smiled. When Ihe case for the pr.isocntion was over, Dicky said quietly. ".Mrs. Arkwright, might I liorro'T yonr butler for a few luiantos."
The butler c«mc, and Dicky asked him :
"Did I speak^to y6n ycster.lny alter lunch? "
"Yes, sir."
"Di.l 1 in luce you to t.'U Mr. Pil- kington that you ha.l heart from Mrs. Frobisher's maid that there was to be n proton lel burglary?"
"Yes, sir ¦'
"Didyoa'^^"
"Yes, sir."
"What ,lid he say?"
".legaveiU'.. an io'lucoment, ^ir, uot to teii uuy .,ue e\v," sail tho bul- .tr, with a lir.ia.1 gnu
"Ihanks,"  said Dicky.      'That'sall
' I wait to say--except,   perhaps,   that
Mrs.     Fr.i'.i^hcr   and   Mra    Fuulkcs
>bouldr.'t di-cuat secrets near tbe snm-
', mei house."
I I don't think I ever saw any one look a m..,re compli-u idiot tbou Mr Pilkiugt.jD, or any .ue angrier than I Mildred. Tho court broke up inform- '. ally, and every one apologized to I Dicky. Mildre^l and her hero weut I off alone. Later in the eveuing I sent the pro.'eed« of the swtep roand to jXilJred'At Lena's suggestion. That was tbe last 1 saw of her fot soma I time.   She diaappeired earl/ the next
dny, and Mr. Pilkington wi.% suddenly called away in 1  c afternoon.
"Prig stiokiog isn't bad aport," was Dicky's comment—Pick-Me-Up.
SCIEXTIFIC ASD ISBUSTRIAL.
Tho seamless tube finds favor.
Germany has a steel wire flywh.'el.
Pui-cr telegraph poles are increas ing.
Harvard College haa discovered fourteen new variable stars of long period.
A bill hos been introduced into Con¬ gress for the construotiou of cruisers in which electricity will be used ns a power.
Dr. Peters, tho African explorer, iE about to undertake a new exploration of Somoliland nnder the auspices of o uumber of wealthy .\merioan8.
Tho rennsylyonia has introduced ot economical innovation ou its South¬ west system by having the fires on all its locomotives started with crude oil.
Naphtha is now used for scouring wood. It is claimed to bo less injuri¬ ous to the wood fiber, aud more pure wood oil can be saved than whon the wood is scoured with alkali.
The layer of decaying matter cover¬ ing forest soil has been fouud by M. E. Henry to increase gradually for obout ten years, when it reaches 600U or 7000 pounds per acre, nud thereaf¬ ter romaius very nearly constout in quantity.
Dr. do Ilenzi, professor of clinical medicine at the University of Naples, reports that in twenty-two oases where ho has used Dr. Marogliouo's treatment for tuberculosis ho has fouud o dis¬ tinct improvement, nnd iu somo has cured thu disease.
One of the novelties exhibited ot the National Cycle Showot Crystal Palace, Loudon, was o canopy which piotocle.i the rider from suu or roin. Tbis canopy is like tho ordinary buggy top, and is ste.idiod by means ol a small wheel otthe bock whioh runs on tho ground.
Tho moisture of the eye is a genuine solvont. Many persons have gone to bed troubled with a foreign substance in tho eye, nnd havo waked np in tho morning to iiud it goue. In mnuy cases of this kiml the foreign matter has beeu dissolved by tUo moisture of the eye.
Lorgo deposits of platinum hove been .liscovered at Fittield in New South Wales. Ono bod of platinifor- ous load ore is a mile long oud from sixty to I'M) feet wiilo. Tho cru.lo metal contains about sevcuty-ftve per cut. ot jilatinum and sell, on the field for $Ct an ounce.
The common houeo Ily is said to be provided with 16,000 eyes ; that is to say, his two componml eyes have each .SOJO facets. By this singular orrangu- ment ho is enabled to seu in every ,11- ruction, and to oludo with great skill and success the many daugurs that threaten his daily existence.
AfChicogo dispatch stales thot the first neoillu factory iu tho United Stiitee is soou to bu established iu that city. The noodles ore to bo made by a uew machine of .\im'rican invention, whicli can tnrn ou-, it is asserted, 'i.^OO noodles an hour at n cost materially lower than thu protent price of im- porte-l uoo.llos.
George IJ. King, in 'Psycbe, n well known entomological journal, asserts that ius.'ots freeze solid during tbe winter and thaw out wheu warm weather comes. This surely has never beou .leiiionstratod. If once tbe |iower of evolving heat is lost life goof wilh it. At least this is a groat prin ci|ile in biology. Thero ore liquiils which do not fre.'ze uuder o low torn- poratiiro, ami thoso possibly enter iutc the insect organism.
Tiirec Pllliii'.'i ol Fire.
Tbe pillar of lire iu tho sky which figures HO conspicuously in Biblical literatnro has lieon discovered. .\t least that is ono theory advanced os a result of a remarkable henvonl.v ilis- ]ilay wilnessod December 2 at Bnlu- wiiyo, IU Matabelelaud, South Africa. It 13 thus described in a letter to the Royal .Society of London:
"I think it may interest yon tc know that on extraordinary flash ol lightnin; was witnessed from thii place this evening at 7.38 p. m. It has been rainin;; in torrents nearly all lay long ; the heoyons seein heavy and saturated wilh rain, but wo havo had no thunder at oil.
"Wo wero seatoii aroiiml a table in a room lu Fife street, oud only one ol us had his ojesturned in tho direotiou of the lloor. which was ojion. Snd- .leulv he exclaimo.l: 'lioo.l gracious I just look at that lightniii:;; it's stand¬ ing still!'-
".\11 of OS jiromplly wont to the door, whence we witnessed o truly ex- traor.linury sight in the shape ot threo ribbons ol o greenish-white lightning, which hung iu tho sky motionless for whnt must have been liftieu to twenty secon,Is, it seome.l to l,e a long way off IU a northwesterly ,lircction. as we hear.I n,, report of thunder whatever. Wo put some questions to ,)ur Mako' lako boy, who sal,! that he had never seen au.vthiu',' like it in all his life. There coulil be uo mistake abont it. It was H.s distinct as posKiul,'. ami it must hove lasted fifteen secou.ls ot least. 1 shoiiM sav twenty myself."
For fear these statements would be regsrde.l as a joke, lightning that stoo.l'Mill having nevor been heard ol before, the lea,ling banker ot lliilu wayo oU'l tw.. merchants signed thif letter to tho Koyal Society, and thej ad.led tb.' names of halt o dozen otbci witnesses.
steppoii It un.
It it a commjuly accepted theorj that a muu steps three fi^et. aul manv o tract of lan.l has lioen "steppe.l off' instead ot measured witl.'.« chain. Ic tbo West they obviate the difflonltic" ot surveys by the lau,I b.'ing .livided into seetious, but iu Pennsylvania much of the propeity, aspecially in the laountaius, must still be described by metes au.l bounds.
In   .,uu   .if tbo counties in Wostarn Pennsylvania aro two brothers, one of whom IS tall an.l lank, the other short and fat.     Many   vears   a.;o   they pur¬ chase.1 o trset ot mountaiu   lan.l   call¬ ing fir a milo   square.     They dividcl the labor of   measuring   it, one   step- plug off one aide, tiio other  the other ! sido.     Theu they fence I it in aud were perfectly s.iti»Sed nntil recently whon suit was brought to recover aconsider able tract of the lan.l.     EacU   brother : swore that they knew thoiu. osaremenl ' to be right, aud told   how it had beeu .lone,    'f hi n, a« the apectat irs saw tb. sh.irt legs  ol   the   on,", acoroeiy  lonp on.High t,, reach the door when he sat In a chair, and tho elongate 1 extremi' ' tiies of the other, there was   a   general ' laugh, in which the ji.lge an.I atvirnej j..ineJ.    Upou surveying, it was foun.I tbat one line was   a   mild   and   a   ball long, and the otber oniy  a   little ovei ball a mi'e. —Washington Star.
Miaery may love eompasy ; bat ILc ' boat tboald renember that tbe gaeet ] it set lik«l7 to tttiftoettt.
srra witOTK roK okoroe. Tho first successful woman editor nnd proprietor of a newspaper in tbis oouutry wns, occoriliug to tho Hart¬ ford Courant, Miss Watson, who edi¬ ted tho Courant 120 yeare ago. Sho numbered omong her subscribers Georgo Washington.
STTAW    IIAT.1.
Tho straw hats nnd bonnets whicb ore'on exhibition in the shops ore ol- most without cxv'option of extruvag.»nt patterns nml of odd colors. Peculiar blues, greens an.l rods predominate, with a fow black straws curiously woven, and still tower of wbito or creoiu.
rr('nK.s.s has a ni'iiian ATTKunAsr, The Duchess of Marlborough has a young Nubian us a personal attendant, a living souvenir ot tho rocout visit of tho Duke and Duchess to Egypi. Tho Niibiau sleeps outside the bedroom of tho Duchess at night and attracts con¬ siderable attention oven iu Paris, where colorod otteudauts are not rare. —New Vork Worl.l.
A .-rnAX svMi'ATnizEn. Miss Susan B. Anthony, who is now crossing the continent for a loug visit in Oolifornia, said in <!hioago : "I have beeu so intensely lutorosted in Cuba and hopo to "inch to see them free that 1 would bb williug to wait awhile for tho suffrage voto to soo them win their noble fight for liberty, nnd to see tho women—who havu boon with the patriots—givou nn oiiuul placo iu tho uew republic." — Detroit Free Press.
A WOMAN AT THE IlAn.
Mrs. Wesley It. Davis, a ludy in tho prime of middle lifo ouJ the mother of a growu-up son, was the only wo¬ mau among tbu 100 cau.li.lotes who applied tor admission to the bnr of ot Now York State in New York City, ou tbo hist Saturday of January. Harper's Huzar says: "It has been Mrs. Davis's pleasure to suare her sou's legal stii.lies, and sho has pii- tiontly troldou the beaten puth which lies before all wbo force their way into the invitiug, but jealously guard¬ ed, profession of her choice. A South¬ ern womau, coming ot a foinily of jurists, Mrs. Davis iuherited a jiredl- Icctiou for tho law, aud hor friends hope she moy enjoy a marked success aud win laurels nud money iu her now vocation."
VALrn OF A nEOOMISJ BOVN'ET.
Tho value ot a becoming bonnet cauuot bo ca'culatod. One's gown may bo simiile, may have beeu made over a number ot timof, may, indeed, bo almost shabby, but if Ihu bonnet is becoming all olso is forgotten.
One's bonnet has much to do with bringing out tho virluos or otherwise, uot ouly of one's oyos nud hair, but ot one's skiu and tho shape ot one's head. Tho round-face.1, plump bounty must givo up her lies unless they ore of the narrowest ami looped witb so much oaru that the idua of framing thu fnll moon is not suggosto.l. Sho whos-j face is slemlor (iioliteuess gives that name to thinness), thou there must be a soft, full framing and broad loops that will touu dowu all angles. She who is sallow must odiuiru rose, pale blue an.i hullotropo ou other women, choosiug golden browu, that most charitable of tones, .loop crimson, uud if 0 light evening color is required, n dolioate shrimp to make tho yellow of hor skiu white. Thu palo womau chooses rose, dark blno, all re.ls, dark greeu. glowing (lurplo and blo.ik to gain color, while she of tho rosy cheoUs selects palo bluo, heliotrope, olive, cream wbito ami crimson, if she wishes them not to look liko roses. If your eyes ur.i dull do not miilio them seem moro so by puttiug sourkliug j. t or ' brilliant rbinostouos near theiu.— ' Boston Cnltivutor.
A   rLEVEr.   WOMAN   STIJTOr..
Miss B.-ssio Ounhotema Potter, whose Work is so inurke.lly origiuiil us to bring her fame ahilu yot in her toons, is a St. Louis girl, young, en- tnusiostic, with tho light hearted cor¬ diality of a happy chil.l. Sho is a wee mite of a woman, with great, durk eyes and an exiiressi.iu of rare s-.veol- ness aud strength. Miss Potter is uu artist by iustiuot, affection and train¬ ing. Her art impulse is OHsentiolly modern ami realistic. Indeed, her ability to see the artistic possibilities in modern lifo is undoubtedly oue phase of her genius, and it is this characteristic that has so individpal- ized her work and bronght hor such immediate recoguition in ihe art world.
Wben tho fashionable young women of Chicago come to Miss Potter's stii.lio to b.j ".luno" in on., of her p.ir- trait statuettes, sbo does uot iusist npon their :lonuing Greek or Empire gowns, or suggest u Gainsborough hot or loco .lra]iery. Sho accepts lior sit¬ ters as they come, dressed by Worth, Douoet or a Chicago modiste, finding. as she expresses it, " 'lines' and grace enough in tbe niueteoth century mai.len aul her gowns to satisfy her in the luterj,rotation of art."
MisM Potl.'r .loes not. confino herself to this work ,iu miniature; sh^ has done excell.'Ut work in lifo sizu busts an.l bas-reliefs. Her bust ol Professor David Swing, completo.l a year ago, is, perhaps, the most impressive piece of work she has over modeled. After feeing the bust one .loes not nee.I I., be tol,l that Professor Swing was a great hearted, big brainel leader of men. —Dtmoresl's Magazine,
It was by a majority of only one that ; female auffrage was defeated in the ' Iowa Senate. {
Five tL..u<anl tw.i hun.lred an.l fifty patents Iiut.; boon i'suod to wo- i men in the Uuite.l States.
One of tho most snccessfnl dealers | iu mines ou.i real est'it.i in the worM : IS Mrs. H. C. Co.gr,ive, ,if Jophii, Mo. ,
Mrs. H. W. IL Story is knowu as the "aoman fruit grower of Southern Caliiurnia." She hai one of the largest waln-jt grov.'S lu the worli.
Mrs- S. S. Frackelton i» famous for bor own inventioUK. Sho liegau by grinding clav in a.coffoe mill aud roll¬ ing It out with a pastry roller.
MrF.     Caroline   H.     Polhemns.   of Bruollyo. jiroposos t^ bnild a dispen¬ sary lor Ihe Loug Island Hospital, to cost   S-^''.o,hj;   also U<  give jiop.iWD ' for its eodowtPf nt.
Mra Cari.lad Agncro ue K.chards, widow ot a prominent C«b.ia phyai- r-ffi boQcbt tbe firtt ratt mad 4a the '
Cuban warfare and carried tho cart-' ridges to Camagncy.
Nearly 400 English women wero clocto.l on the poor law boar.Is. forty women on the Pjrish councils. Tho total number of womon elected this yoar in England and Wales is 803. a gain of C24 on last yoar.
In Now South Wales tho two groat ojijiosing political leaders. Sir Honry Parks ond Sir George Dobts, havo both declarod themselves in iovor of woman suffrage, and the Legislature bas pasBoil a resolution supporting their views by a very large majority.
The Emjiress of .lapun is President ot the Re.l Cross Sooiety, the orgniza- tion which gave Christian help aud sympathy to wounde.l Chinese pris¬ oners.
Laura A. C. Ilonghes, a graduate of Tufts College, of thu Trainiug Sohool for Nurses and of Sargent's Gymnas¬ ium, has been elocte.l a member of tho Massachusetts Medical Society and of tho Boston Hospital Club. She estab¬ lished ouo of the first emergouoy hos¬ pitals iu Boston.
Miss Gertrude Simons, tho Sioux Indian girl who carried off the orato¬ rical honors ut thoKarlham (Ind.) Col¬ lege tho other day, was educated at a Quaker school iu Wabash, lud. Sho was born ou tho Sioux Hoservation near Doadwood, South Dakota, twen¬ ty-two years ago.
High handshaking ha.l its origin iu Lou.lon in the necessity ut drawing- rooms and other Court functions of ladies carrying thoir heavy trains over tboir onus. Try carrying a weighty drapery ovor ono urm, and seo how natural it is to uso the right arm as hi.gh as pos.sililo to shake.
Miss Alice M. Tuft, ot Uplon, Mass., has invented an attnchiuont for a paii of buttoned shoes. It is u commou shoo button with attaohmeutseo jilaced thut thoy can be lot out or drowu in to suit tho wearer's taste. It afford* comfort, and Miss Taft thinks sho can make <iuite o o little amount of money on it.
CJueou Victoria's most recmit oo- citpiitioii hss, it IS said, boon tho rea.l- irg of the works of modern English pools. Sho has lu'inifcsted a purlieu lar liking for tbo writings ot William Watson, and has rea.l llis "LachryraiB Musarum" eeveral tiiues. Her favor¬ ite novelists ore George Eliot and William HIaek.
Mrs. Uhl is considerable of a lin¬ guist, speaking with fluency tho lan¬ guage ol tho Country to which her husbauil becomes thu second Ameri¬ can Ambassador. In this respect she has tho ttdvantsgo of her distiuguished consort, alio, though himself of Gor¬ man aucestry, is struggling with bis earliest German nouns.
In tho many silK foctDriesin Turkey n large nuiulior of women ami girls are employed iu unwiudiug tho cocoons. Some of the silk is ot a most exquisite yellow ond the rest pearly white iu color. Tho poo.' wo- nw.'n can earn ,inly about four piastres a day, e.piul to fifteen cents, on.l havo to work bard to got even ns much as that.
FAsmOl   NOTF.S.
The latest costumes for bioyllsts how whilo cloth facings.
The four-button suede glove will bo tho gloyi' for spring, and tho beautiful (¦oft Froueh irray tho most fashionable color.
Brown is tho favorite color and many are the beautiful blon.iiugs of roso, pink, lavender, green aud whito with it.
The lij.'htwoigbt English tweods arc shown iu hnirliues and herringboua Btrijios of black or gray on a uentral grouud.
Whito is to bo a fashiouablo color and tbero aru to be fouu.l somo very smart white wrajis whioh will look well with hummer silks.
In belts tho novjities are profuse, nothing Booming out of place, al- though tho narrow belts still retoin tho groat,'st popularity.
ValeneionuoH lace is moro than ever used for undorliuen anl othor things. Tho price has gou'j uji tweuty jier cent, within a very short timo.
Among tho wash dresses in prepara¬ tion for Slimmer t»o footures aro prominent—ono is tbe belted basque giving a short frill all around below tho bell; tho other is bishop sluovas, full aud straight, gathered iuto wrist¬ bands.
Hemstitching and fine lace are the preferred trimmings for garments for the liltlo onus. E-nbroi.lery mnst bo ironoil with moro or less dressing, and is scratchy au,l disagreeable. Many a child cries of hurts brought about by uocuintortalilo clothos, or tho.so inailo of unsiiitabto mat.nul.
Green crepe cloth ma.le up with a front and sleeves of green brocade, patterned with pink ond gold, whioh gives the effect of cmbroi.lery, makea u very serviceable tea gown, and tho jilaito'l epaulets and turnover collar of crepe shoubl be embroi.lere,! on tbe edge iu colors to match   the brocade.
The skirts of oil thu summor silka are vory wi'le, an.l llarc ont more than ever. S.jiuo are trimmed, but tbc ma¬ jority are plain, only the arrangement of tbo Btriiios gives the oflect of trim¬ ming. All the waists have a basque back, or have a bias rulllu whicb starts from tbu side un.l is very full at tho back.
The Sourrnir nt lirstltnde.
An instructive aul j.alhotio custom still prevails in Munich. Every desti¬ tute ohil,l foaad 1,,'ggiug iu the streets is nrrcste 1 and carried to a charitable lustitution. X)n his arrival he is pho- tograjihud—dirt, rags an.l all. After being maintaine.1 and ednoatoJ, when he leaves the institntiou to begin life, tbe beforo meutiono 1 photograph ia given to him. aal be is required to make a s,>len.in declaration that he will keep )t as a remimler of tho wretched stale frf.in which h'? was saved and of the kin.inoss shown. Tho society has received msDV gifts from it. reclaimed waif4.—The Sketch.
A Pet t:aKl .
A pet eagio rec.ntly [ncke'I np tho two-year-old boy ot Mr. an.l Mra J. L. jilurri..ou, of Gaiuetfviiie. Fia. and carried him Mivenly feet iuto the sir i>eforo tbe mother's eyes. The yoang eaglcta, which were lu the eagle's neat near tho hooae, began to aoream and tha mother lurd tnru'.i anl alowly de- ¦cende.i. Wneu forty feet from the gronud tbe dropped th* boy id a cedar Irtith. sLd he was out lexiiMul/ in- iorei.
I   Love  y.^a,  dliaii.
"I U.ve y.^u. dear."
Tii.T.' I' H'S plir.i.S" s.s w irn anl oil
In nil th.' worldi nor one so sweet
To loTef*s lips or mal.len's enr—
A/s iHis n'tnln:   "I lovo yoo. .lear."
"I l.ivo y.iu, dear."
Ttu-r.' IS n.t change ns time gofts oa.
I.';- new Word* seem to mean a^i rau'.!i
As wiion th.'y'rr' utten-.l fon.liy n-'a'
111 Iromliling tonosi "I lovo you. d.'.ir."
"I l.iv,. you, dear." N.l night .S.1 darli, no d.iy ao I.mi; llutHnp..|irlBgs.'oinforti., thohiiirf: If only "s.im." ua,'".st;ili,!oth near To niurniilr low: "I luvu y.jii, .l".ir."
lir.nOR OFTHE !)\V.
Rome temptations nre like privilege* "—granted oiil.v to ii lew.—Li(o.
"How was th." I.ri.I,' given nway?" "Ily her complexion."—Chicag.) l.ec- ord.
Tho man who is ahoa.l of his timo nsually isn't worth much when hi.s time comes.
Sbo-^"Havo you really got a coro¬ net?" Tho L.ird-".No; bat bore's tho pawn ticket."—Lifo.
Tho man who can le.irn from li .i owu mistakes, can iilwny.i bo Icaruiii.g something.—Kuiii'n Horn.
Beforo taking Ihe will for the dec 1 please reiuemlier thnt wills nro more easily brokeu than deeds.—'Iruth.
After men havo beconio pr.imiucnt, it is discovered that tbeir lazines.i was 0 sign of genius.- .\tchison Globe. ,
Smokeless powder mast bo on em- bnrrassment, at times, to tho warrior who doesu't know which way to run. —Tiuth.
Gazely —"Is it good to sat at night boforo going to be.l?" Luzboy — "Ho dotinite. man, is what goo.l to out?"— Hoxbury Gazette.
"Have thoso jieoplo in the other flat beeu married long?" "I think uot; ho takes naps on her best   silk   jiillows."
— Chicago Recor.i. "Tho  game   is   u|i,"   remorked tho
hungry customer, as ho n..ted tho ad¬ vance in price of bir.Is on tho bill of fore.—Philadelphia Hecor.l.
Mr. Boodles—"You begin life sh a barefooted boy, I umlerstaud?" Now Clerk—"Yes, sir ; I was born without shoes."—New York Herald.
"Poster designs are said to be often mero accidents." "Some of them ranst bo regarded ns fatal accidents, too."—Chioogo Evening Post.
Drug Clerk—"How will yon have your soda—hot or  cold?"    Customer
— "Guess I'll have it hot; haven't time to wait for it to get cold."—Rox¬ bury Gazette.
Louise—"How do you como on with that leap yoar proposal?" Emma— "I dou't kuow yet. Harry is still I'X- aminiug my letters of recommenda¬ tion." -Judge.
Easily Explained: "Here, yon aro no kind of an ollioe boy if you oan't tell tho timo of day." "Please, sir, I WON I'ddicoted at a uight school."— Chicago Tribune.
Hort—"1 can't thiuk of marriage just yet; you know I'm not rich." An¬ gelina—"What difference does tbat make?" Bert—"None, providing you are."—Roxbury Gazette.
"So you were thrown out?" re¬ marked the ashbarrel. "That is what you get for being crooked." "My crookedness is not my fault," said the nail. "I was driven to it by a wo¬ man."—Indiauopolis Journal.
"Jennie," sold Mr. Portly, "I wish you'd put a 'V in my dress trousers. I'm getting too stout to weor 'cm." "I will," responded his spouse; "but I wish you'd put a couple of 'Vs' in my purse. It's getting su thin that it slips through mv fingers."
Hermiouo—"Isn't .Inek good? Uo has engaged himself to mo, you know ; bnt he snys he will not biud me to bim. If 1 can got somebody else, he says bo shan't iuterefere."    Blanshe (sweetly)
— "It is evident that ho feels perfectly sure of you."—Boston Trouscrlpt.
lie Was llis Unu lllpllnnai'r.
A good story oomos from Meeker Connty, Minnesota, ond has to do with a woU-known country school district there. ' When it came timo last sum¬ mer to hire a teacher, tho local Hoard discovered that tbero wero two applicants, both youug meu. As to salary theru was no dif' ferouce butwoen their bids, but tho secoD.l onu insisted that, if be wero employe,I, the Board should prb- ville a dictionary for the schoolroom. Thu first one miido no such .l^aod, and said that hu woul.l be well able to get along without a dictionary. As bo uXpresMoil It, it was iiselul only in tho matter of defining words aui giving their "pronunciation." NumDer ono got tbo sohool. Last week tho Board mnile its flrst visit to the buildmg. Everything wout well for tho first flf¬ teen minntuH, but finally a red-headed, freckled-faced youth in tho rear of Iho room bold np bis right ban.) and snapped his fingers iu a very energetic manner.
"What is it, Charlie?" askod the teacher.
"I want to know how tu proDonnoe a word," iiniil Charlie.
"Spell it," replied tho teacher.
Charlie, lu a loud voioe, spelled out the word "vooabulary."
"Vo-oa-bull-ary," rosjionded tho teacher, placing tbu accunt oo tbe "ball; " anil h<' a.lded, as to ils mcau- ing: "Apjiertainlng to horned oat¬ tle."
Tho Board cat short its visit and is now looking tor a new teacher and get¬ ting rea.ly to buy an unabridged dio- *«onary.—Mioueauolis Journal.
IllejvleJiisiinit;. Consiib'tolile   discussion   has   been aroused omoug.phyaiaiaDs ami   wheel¬ men by Ihe r.'oeut publiuation of a re- j port that  a womau  had   gone   insane Irom excessive riding   of thu   bicycle. I Her   sjiine  became   aiTtcted,   and  her physieiau eaid it was dau to too   much { wheeling.
This IS not tho only case of the kind. I Letters   havo   Lieu   written timo   aud i again to the medical press by   doctors ' who bave given tho subject carefnl al- I tentiou, aud it ap;Hiars to be generally I agreod that over'indulgence   in   bicy- I oliug will indoce one of  tbe mnst ma- j lignani forma of insanity, owing to the ' long continued pressuro on the  apiue. { The   di-ease of   "wheel insanity"   lai { not gaimsi   much   fi>oth,>ld   yet,   doc- ' tors say. becauso il bas uot had   time. {      Bicycling is as  yet   only in   its  in- ' fancy, and so also are the diaeaies ouu- j neeted with it.      The "iiicyclo hump" Ul only beginuing to develop,  while,it j will  require Inlly a geueratiOD to  es- I tablisb the bicycle face, foot, arm and tuoi evVButrio.lm. The new diseaso uay bo avoided by the wheelman   in two   ways—first, by moderate use of the wheel;   and,   sec¬ ond, if  be   insists on riding a  great deal,   by  having a proper seat  eon. stroeted so tliat the  apine will he re¬ lieved of the weight which, ia mud itia obli(td to Mppwt—X«V Xotk JcumL
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Lesson Text i "Parable of the <lMaf
hupper,"   I.uKe   xiv.,   15-Si4—
Uolflen Text 1 Lake zlv.,
17—Commeatary.
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111. "An.l when ooe ot tbem tbat sat it ni.-at wtth niin heard these thing* he mit-' lint., niiii. llletKKvl Is hn tbat ahall eat htttt in tbokluKilomol Ood." Jesua wa* dlalag with ono of thnehM Pharisee* on tbe Sab> liath dny (vorae 1). and. allkouicti He kaaw thatthliy only Invited Ilim In order to watch Him with evil intoot. vet He accepted thaiB' vitation. He had no f«ar ol man. He llvadi only to Klotify Ood. He never satd anvthlaa In si-ois't. but always ononly (John vlli.. At). In ttiia house He healed a man wbo had tli* tlMlwy. He then taught humility to thOM who loved thn hi-st plaqra. Alterward Bead- visiMl His boat to do good to thoee whoao«l<_ not return the compliment raiherthaa to thiwe who oould. tor thus he would be ro<-onipeased at Ihs merrreotloD ot tbe Jnat —that is. ot roune, tf hn was a Jast man aad would take part Id that rJSBlieutlon. Thla led to thu remark ot one ol tha Kneel* aa i^ c.^rd.v1 In this verse. Bee this kingdom aad e.atlug and drinking referred to In ehapter xzii.. -:9, SO, 10, Ml also sea Bev. xtf., •; XX.. 6.
16. "Then sold He ante him, a eertain man made n great supper nnd bade laany." Ill Math. xxll.. 9, whioh IsproboMy a parallel iilnstratlon, He said. "Tho kinfdom of heaven Is like unto a certain king whlah ma,ln n marrlaRe tor hts son." loua. nv., 6, the al'uudant provislou tor tbe fataie^ which may well be suggestive ol the preeeaU Is spoken of as "a feast ot fat tbioga, a IMal of wines on the luei., of fat tbiags fall ol inRrrow, of wines on the leee well reflaed.** The many who are bidden ar* oomprebeoded In Ihs "wbos'^iveis" of John 111., Iti BCB. X., It; Rev. xxll, 17. But how shall tbey hent ofthe supper, and Its abilndaat pto^ vLsloD, and the great King, and Hlsd^ar Boa, nnd- nis great love, unleas some oae shall bear thn tidings? Ars we ihlnkin* o( th* hundreds of millions whose lavltattoos tat In our hands? And we are taklnit onrowa ' timn tn nasi them oo, and a very long tllM j It Is, and wn do not seem to be la the leart -. bit of A hurry about It.
17. "And sent hts servant at supper tlm* to sny to them that were bidden. Oome. tor all things are now rea.ly." Ao Invited gtaaM would think It strange tu tie required to help prepor.. the feast tu whioh he had beea la* vlteil. yot sinnorsaeem to thipk that they moat dosnmewhattowBrdth«lBOWDsalvatloa.Thto Is nil wrung, fur It Is as a feast fally pre>.
fiamd. Our Lord Jesus Cbrlal has by Hlf If., and death snd rusnrreetlnn, wlthoat the least hell, from i.nyman,wrought out aeom- iili'to redemption fur all who will aooent Him, and Ho Himselt Is made unto all saw "wisdom, rlf^toousnoss. sonetlfleation aad rodHmptlon" (I flor. l,,8t.) The great Wo«"-~ for us to ery Is "l^onie.' See Isa. I., It) Iv., 1, 3; Math, xl , 38; Rev. xxll., 17.
1.1. "Aud thny all, with uueeoasont, iMgaa to make excuso." I saw an Illustration ot this 111 connect Ion with tho opening of a mis¬ sion hall In a certain ully whlob the lA>rd gave mn tho m.-iney to build. It was for Ibe lost and tho onteast from all society. We bad a nice tea, with and abundauoe of good things for ab<inl 100 pnopln. Free tlokeO ha.1 been given lo as many women ot the . street (for It was speolally for them), aad Ihey hiul promised to o.ime, but when the hour had oomu na.l all things woru ready, nut one woman appoan.d, 1 then made a tour ot the bousw and saloons, and by lov¬ ing entreaty obtalD.id some; a seoona tour obtained some meu, aud a third visit some ehlldt«D, und su our tables weru ailodl I oan never forget It.
19, 20. "I pray thee have mn exoased,"or, "Therefore I oaonot come," was tha reply trom eaob. How trivial tbe reasonal A place of ground to be seen, some oxen to ba
f.roved, or a wife to bo admired. It Is BOt Ikelythat n man would buy a pleoe ol ground wllhnut lint seeing It, or some oxaa without flrst proving tbiim, so Ihat-1beta seems lo have boon somu lying baok ot those uxousus. As to the wife, why oould h« not bring bur with him, for a man aad Ul wile aro one, and he would Iw a poor ipait- men of a man who wonld acoept aa lavlti^ lion lo any place where hia .jnta was act wanted-/ Ile Is also a poor speelBiea ot a' Obrisllan who can go whero his Savloar la not wantiMl. An bomvit reply from these ao- otisars, who evidently did uot Ilk* the mau wbo made tbu sup|>er, would have been, "No; I do not onr« fo go," Tbev lltuitrate tun fact that "tbo carnal mind Is enmity Against Ood."
31. "Ooout quickly Intn the streets and Innos of tliH city and bring In hither the i..)or, an.l tbt maimed, and the halt, and the nlln.l." The S4.rvaiit's responsibility Is to deliver his Master's message plainly, faltb- lully and lovlngln Ih.'u tnll Ills Master aad leuvu results tu Ulm, .Wu read IhWt the iipostlns told Jesus aU Ihlogs, both what tbey ha.l done and what they ba.l taaghi (Mark . vl., .10), Lol this hn onr ouslom, relying up¬ on Ills aseurane.. that His word will aeoom- iillsb tbat wbleh Ho please* (Isa. Iv., tl). Iiut now notice thut thn servant Is seat to a new lot of h.iarers, and urn we to be oler la- vlting the snmo nibollluus poople, or (pesd 1 thn Inyltatlon lo thoae who have not yet heard? In view ol tha eominnad, "Preaeh the gospel tu every creaturel" what thiBk you?
23. "And the servant said. Lord, It Is done as Thou host oomnionded, and yet there Is ro,ini," The puopiu p.>s8esalng thla world's goods having refused the InvltatloD, It waa nnxt given tn thoso wbo hnd uu poaseaaloo*. tho pour of this world, etc., hut while boom of these com., thero was yet ruum, for "with thn Lord lh..ro Is plontuous redemption** (Ps. eiix.. 7).
2!l "And the Loni sold unto the servaat, go out Into tlie highways ant liodgw and eomiiul thom to eonie lo, tbat My house may ; beflili.,1." A ynt wl.Ier range and a moro urgent call, llous It not snnm as If Hs wna now urging ns iiioru than uv..r to enter tha .ipnn .loon, (in every eld,', and at least com- p.'l l»..iplot.i li.'or tho gla.l tidings tbat ao ull whoui Ibl. Kiitlier has given to Illm may eomo to Hlui, and tha tlmo of the kinffdoia mm.'? Tb.i portion ol thn chapter lullowlag I.ur leason tuaohes ua how lo I... His true dl^ elplivi. All whu truly iiocnpt Him are4ived by Him, but we nre saved lu order lo become llis wltneM.es and fellow lal>orei* (Aala I., 8i I Onr. III.. II), aud this can h« aooompllshed unly ou thn linos ,<f verse* 36, 37, N.
34. "For I say uul.i you that Don* ot tboe* men wbleh were bldilen shall taste ot My supper.' Com|iaro chapter xlll., Uandaea Jul. xxivl.. IH. This .lues not laave oiajr room fur a pussllilllty ul another ohoaea aftordialb. Wblle Ihere Is lite oa tha earth In Ibis mortal liody whosoever will nfcy ' some, but tha soul Ihat dies nleottag ObiM culu Itsnif og from all bope. "How Is thf uceutod tlme.'^—Ijossou Uelner.
CRIME IN SWITZERLAND.
AglUtlan lo Farar of llMtvrlDl Ml* Daalh
I'einllr. Tbn alsrmlog lanieaae la.4he aaabe»el murdnn. In Hwltserland bas glvno rise lo aU' other agliatloD lo fsvor of Ihu raatoniMM ol capital pualahmenl thr.iugbuul Ibe Coaled erutlon, and It Is uot  Imimsslbl*  thai lhi
7nn*tlouwlii Ku'.nlKitiul to apopularvota n I87« Ihn Fnileral tVnstllullon abollahut the death |M.ually, li.it thn Oaulons relalaai Individual llliertv lo rnslorn It, and one o tbn flriit to take ailvaulaffB of this outloo wai Lnoern.., where, oowever, theru lias sino* beno only two ex..cutloDS, eaob tor a peeil llarly atrjolou* orltnn, of whInh Ih* vtMlai were wumeu. Tnar.< ago ibn murderors ll Lneerus usad to be beheaded with a sworl lutho market plaee, liat uow a galllotla* li used and eXwuUons take plaje wilbla pilfOI walla
Vor a If atlonal Flowar. Thn r.iiumlilnn Aaa<i,?ialloo. whose olHeet is to l.rlug aii.,ut tbn ofnolal adoplloB of Ihs •-.ilambliie as Ihe Nntbinal fl.iwer ol th* llnltn.1 Htaie*, has L,»',ii startad In Bo*tOB. Its uruaulxatloa bai lust bena pertaotad af¬ ler ot,talntua on lnd,,nH!nient of Ibe move- meat from many m[,r„senlatUe Amerteaue, Including nniila. wni.-rs. horltoallarlals aad b'.tHnli.tA Ib various narU ot ttas eoantry. In i.rdnr to aonoinnllah Its parpoee tha aao- elslioo p/nnoon to 'jlreaial* *i widaly M p..«>ll,'n Inf'.miattxD rngardtng Ibe oalqai ,|u.'ilin"iitl.>i.s o' th., n.ilumhlne lor Colum¬ bia'' flower niDl.lnm nud lo other way* tc aruiisn I be Interest* ol American* la IU* dl- section.	
To ttava a Town.
Thn town ol Wnnalnh.'n, Wnih.. ia to he m .vod two niii'-s fr,,m Its prnannt loeatlfta to a point on tbn bauk of u river. II I* a prully fair *ir.«d town, t'lO. All the buldiaaa wlU I, > mov.«l In Ihr usual way lo lbs a*w Isea- Mon. Tta*n. Is not an adeqoale sappir ol water whHrn tha Iowa aow stauta. aal la a-ldllloa Ihe eitis .u* hta laatnttt at the av- artmotlb.) own'Wiof thS priasattowa Stn*, Who bare fl ml Ibu prlee oi tks propectv Ot a very blgb Bgnra.
Peeallar Uaath at a fir*. Aeorge Austin, nf llafinaa Ojaaty, •as, iB*t death la a ixeuliar aasMaot, had mTh~l to tba boas of hti, "" David M«kl, Whieb was oa  ' •avti* *:i»MhaU eflMB.