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H. & ATKINSON. / very ancient building near tho Battery, New York City, there is a very modern sort of cffice. That is to Bay, the internal arrangements of the second floor in that antiquated block comprise every modern improvement known to e present-day office-builder and for­ ay years ago, upon the ground door upon that same second ist black lettering, appeared "Arlington & Kane," while lower line, in bolder letters, one [lit have read "American Merchants." ington & Kane was a very old business firm, whose credit in New York, London, and any South American city was almost boundless. Three gen- eiations of Arlingtons and Kanes had passed over to the majority since the train ess was established, and now the reins were entirely in the hands of Mr. Walter Kane, bachelor. Now, although Mr. Walter Kan^ was looked upon as a rich man bv his friends and business associates, Mr. Kane knew better, and so did his <shief clerk and book-keeper. In fact things were coming to a crisis "when, one morning, Mr. Walter Kane summoned his head man into the private office. •"How long can we hold out Oxtoby ?" "Certainly not more than thirty days, W; perhaps not so long. There's a pile of paper falls due in about a month." Five minutes later Mr. Kane was vending his way up a narrow and dirty staircase at the lower end of Greenwich «ud presently entered a little, 4mgy, cramped office as dirty and WKty as his own was b'ght and airy. This was the headquarters of Messrs. Isaacs & Hubbakuk, vessel-owners, speculators, bill-shavers, and general babblers in aught that would bring fish to their nek The door of Isaacs & Hubbakuk's inner sanctum being closed and bolted, Mr. Kane, without any preliminary re­ marks, handed his card to Mr. Isaacs &nd proceeded: My South American cargoes have [y been shipped here by the steam- RatfJey & Company; but if you, en, can see your way to making <HI cargoes I shall be happy to my business and give you a share Just now I have a mixed cargo of sugar and indigo at Bahia, au4 upon that cargo I want an advance of $60,000. Of oourse," added Mr. Kane, "I do not •expect you to advance and money until .you receive the bills of lading from Bahia. You can learn all you wish •bout me from any one in $he South American trade. " "We know your firm well, by reputa­ tion, Mr. Kane, and are pleased to make your personal acquaintance," said Mr. Isaacs. "We shall be most happy to snake the advance you mention upon receipt of the ̂bills of lading from Bahia." Mr. Walter Kane then boughed him­ self out and busied himself in his office antil a very late hour that night. He •seemed to be trying very persistently to TOite a signature which was evidently wot his own. When he finally got it to suit him it read "Roderigo Claro." The next morning Mr. Kane in- •Urioted a junior clerk to address an jijelope to Messrs. Isaacs & Hubba- ***k. In this the merchant placed a bill of lading and sealed the Then he wrote a long newsy ir to an old friend of his in Bahia-- "* sort of fellow who would do -anything to oblige a y friend and never, think of asking questions-- "WM VBOBg other thiugs requested him the enclosed letter on the the ship "Miriam," Isaacs & owners, left Bahia. wfeeks later the bill of lading : thousand hogsheads of sugar fifty barrels of indigo had been •wtly received at the office of Isaacs & Hubbakuk, Greenwich street, New Jf01*. *nd on the afternoon of the same •^jy Mr Isaacs wrote out a check for IwWHW m favor of Arlington & Kane. VFhe "Miriam" arrived at New York two weeks after the mail which had brought the bills of lading, and the Captain reported a very light cargo. exclaimed, Mr. Isaacs. Why, man alive, what do vou call /„ .r . hearty i «nd proe k_ • "My £ sugaif tr in Sing 8t«f. Bpt Wlti pense, Wells; draw on us for whatever is necessary." » *-' In the office of the Queen'K Hotel at Hon1 Both were weU men.. at in huge rooWBrehsifir . ^ * 4«i«ttrely smoked verv deiic|^^-flaVQdt!ad <^gara. "Like niysdtf," mi «W «W«r ̂the •two, who f«poke ̂ i% ̂ atrcniK, British accent, "you seem siderable leisure on your me, but you arte jsume ?" "Yes/ said tihe other in n'.iHBry pi nnt, lazy voice, UI am a Canadian. 0-sike yourself, as yon say, I have a good *leal of leisure. Thore, I imagine, the |esemhla«oe between yon and me ceases. For while you are ah Englishman who can afford to "toui»" I am a poor broken down Mas, a failure ift business, and with the narrowest of narrow pocket books. Yon are in Montreal because it «uits you to stay here until you tire of the place; I am here because it is- as juuch as I can do to pay my bill at the hotel and indulge in cigar once in • while." f 1 The Englishman laughed British guffaw. - "My dear sir, I am afraid yon paint jour own picture in more somber colors than is necessary. Permit me to b»nd you my card and, as far as a name goes, introduce myself," The younger man took the paste­ board, upon which was printed,* from a verj line copper plate-- "Sir William Harley." "Sorty I cannot reciproicate, Sir Wil­ liam," said the Canadian. "Copper plates come too high, and I should have to forego a good many smokes to pay for a pack of such luxuries as cards. However, my name is Carleton --Robert Carleton, and I am pleased to meet so genial a gentleman as yourself. " "Thanks. Now, see here, 'Carleton, take pity on a stranger, will you, and show me the sights. My family is up at Alexandria Bay with a lot of Toronto cousins of mine. I got tired of that amusement and came down here to go it alone--I mean by that, no peticoats; d'ye see ? Lets' go down to Quebec on the night boat and have a good time for forty-eight hours." "Impossible, my dear Sir William. I. am not joking. I am simply too poor to indulge in anything of the kind." Look here, Carleton, when I invite a man to be my guest, I don't expect him to pay the bills. Will you come as a pure kindness to m^-that's ail I ask?" The Canadian demurred for a moment but at last consented to accompany the Englishman. They started off by the boat that night, and instead of being gone forty-eight hours they were absent fourteen days. They took in all the points of interest on the river, did Quebec, the Sagueray, the Montmorcnci Falls, and had a good time generally. Bare dinners and cham­ pagne suppers were frequent, and the jolly, middle-aged English baronet proved an exceedingly generous and genial host. A couple of days after the two men returned to Montreal they were again teated in the office of the Queen's Hotel. "Well, Carleton, my boy, in a week I shall embark from New York for home. I must go up to the island for my people and then start. Come up with mo to the bay, will you, that's a good fellow. Fve telegraphed for the steam yacht, which I chartered for the season, to be at the other end of the Lachine Canal this evening. We can have one more jolly time together as we run np the river. Now, don't refuse me." Can't do it, Sir William; Fve been indulging too much already." Oil, pshaw! What difference will another night make to you? You can't plead other arrangements, you lazy rascal. • Come up and be introduced to Lady Harley and my girls. There, ii the old man isn't any inducement for a youngster like you, tyy the girls--two of them, and over in London they pass muster for fair look­ ers, I assure you. Come along." "Much obliged, but it cannot be. Ton have been so exceedingly kind that it hurts rue to disappoint vou, Sir Wil­ liam. Still I am compelled to decline your invitation." The Baronet looked vexed. He stroked his British whiskers and bit his lip. Why," he asked at last. "Why are you compelled to decline. Will you tall me your reason?" A curious smile played over the fea­ tures of Robert Carleton, and something like a twinkle of Harcaatie, merriment was perceptible in his eve. "If you wish, Sir William," said he, "I will tell you. I have most thoroughly enjoyed being the honored guest of the English Baronet, Sir William Harley, in this fair Dominion of Canada; but I fancy I should decidedly not appreciate the pleasure of becoming the guest of Mr. Julius Wells at Alexandria Bay, which place I believe is in the State of New York! Is that reason sufficient?. Good-bye, Sir William," he added, as the quondam British aristocrat moved slowly away, biting his lip until it bled, -"remember me kindly t6 Messrs. Isaacs & Hubbakuk." 8b» !ta«»rds tfc* I4t«rary Svim» • om Society. The book market is floodtClî neir- oomas frot* the press fullaf Aieda, and opinions of &, B, C, and of tM alphabet coupled with Z's declara­ tion that before himself no letter of the alphabet counts for auyihiM. There aunt be a public which caret m hear all the IMBUUM autobiographical or bio­ graphical small talk, or theae Innumer­ able volumes would not be sold ii num­ bers soough to pay the cost of their pa­ per; bat Siat such a public shoold exist is one of the most melancholy proofs of ftttilify of modern education. It is more melancholy still that there should be so many purveyors of the mivthroom and toadstool literature. ^eargo. Didn't you take tall that '®f Arlington & Kane's aboard?" "Sugar! Haven't got a speck of ou- ,<ggar on the vessel." a Investigation quickly followed, and, «pon proceeding to Arlington & Kane's *omce at Bowling Green,/Mr. Isaacs was not long in learning the/true state of af- jBtfs. Mr. Kane had gone suddenly, -the day before, and had left no address, «o instructions, no money, and no veredit. Half an hour later Julius Wells, the ^celebrated detective who had at one time or another been employed l>y 'half the bankers on Wall street, was sloseted with Isaacs & Hubbakuk in their Greenwich street office. The whol® affair was explained to Mr. "Wells. ""The only thing that puzales me," Mr. Isaacs, "is how he got oar fs signature. Boderigo Ciaroeor-' with no one in New York but ^iiiidhres." "Bahl That was easy," replied the Sielsetive. * You can bet that Kane did , eook this scheme in a hurry. He i it in mind for months, and has to some puns to specially secure ~ signature. Wrote him about id business matter, possibly." see here," said Isaacs and ther. "We hate to lose lear cash, but we will y.again to see that d----4, Paper for Building. . The use of paper fabric for building purposes--by the term paper being meant, broadly, a flexible sheet made of vegetable or other fiber,which has been reduced to a pulp, and then pressed out and spread and dried--is now advocated by some builders on the following f;rounds: First, continuity of surface; hat is, it can be made in rolls of almost any width and length, is flexible, or, by gluing several layers together, may be made stiff, and will stop the passage of air, because there are no joints. Sec­ ond, it has no grain like wood, and will not split. Third, it is not affected by change of temperature, and therefore has an advantage over sheet metal as roofing material. Fourth, whereas in its natural condition it is affected by moisture, it may be rendered water­ proof by saturating with asphalt, or by a variety of other methods. Fifth, it is a non-resonant, and well-fitted to pre­ vent the passage of sound. Sixth, it i£ a non-conductor of heat, and can be made also of incombustible ma­ terial like asbestos, or rendered fire-re sisting by chemical treatment. The combination of paper with other sub­ stances, and solidifying the mass by pressure, renders practicable the pro- i duction of a material capable of re­ placing wood for many purposes; and not the least among its characteristics of adaptability is the ease with which it may be made innto sheets of any width and thickness, that will not warp or shrink from heat, cold; or dampness. --Cambridge Tribune, THE silence that speaks--the Button between two deaf mutes* iii u me motive oe to mase money it is not a wise method of making it; and if it be to gain additional notoriety the rea­ son is not of a higher kind. In all prob­ ability the motive is mixed and unan­ alyzed ; the wish to use memories so as to make them pay being combined with that uneasy anxiety to be thrust into public notice which is the disease of the educated and uneducated classes alike, and which makes a sensational murderer of the illiterate rtan as it makes a ,-social merry-Andrew of the cultured member of society. * The caccoethes scribendi has long been known to be a fever and siokhess of feeble minds; but never did it reach such proportions as now, when the cheapness of paint and paper all over the world, and the evei critical condi­ tion of the public intelligence, give it scope for development to aa immeasura­ ble degree^ In the last century, if memoirs had not possessed the excel­ lencies of a particular style as well as a strong historical interest^ it would have been useless to publish them. But in these days style in literature is scarcely at all understood, is neither appreciated or demanded, and therefore the most feeble, ungrammatical, or involved phrasing passes unperceived, or, if per­ ceived, uncondemned by the great ma­ jority of persons. "I have no preten­ sions to literary style" is a favorite open­ ing sentence with amateur autobiogra- phists. It is much as though the painter of a picture proudly proclaimed himself colorblind, Or the musical .com* poser vowed his ignorance of one note as distinguished from another. In these latter years of tbe nineteenth century "everybody writes*; and from the fashionable lady who cannot spell to the tight-rope dancer who dictates his "Impression from an Altitude" any one who has had any grain otf vanity, or shred of adventure, embodies his or her ideas or recollections in an article'for a periodical or a volume for the circtilatihg "ibraries. -Whether a physician beconies iUustrious through a patient's death, or a comic singer has pleased a London or Paris audience, whether an artist has painted a ginshop, or a sculptor has r»orvfi(1 a nlnivn !-*#•%4-V*m 1.--. Lot vCU «• v»v/ n »» juwuca n vicu^iai, uao won a battle, a clergyman has been im­ prisoned by his Bishop, or a lady been distinguished in a divorce suit, one and all of these will forthwith publish some­ thing, article, monograph, novelette, essay, reminiscence, or the letters of somebody else, without the slightest re­ gard to whether they possess any literary capabilities for the work or not. If the public has e ?er beard of them in any capacity, whether marching through a savage country or singing a music ball ditty, whether speaking at a public meeting or rebutting a criminal charge in the dock, they will all write, and they will all find editors, publishers, and publics ready to receive them. A war may become impossible through all nations being armed to the teeth; it may also prove in the future that writ­ ing and publishing what is written will become so general that it will cease altogether. Other methods than those now used may most likely supersede printing, but, whatever the practical means pursued in the future to perpetu­ ate and generalize human thought, it is certain thttt if the "making of books" (or their equivalents) continues to in­ crease at the rate at which it has in­ creased in the last twenty years it will become so frightful a burden, so sickly k plague, that it will cease to have any 4*e or meaning in it, as a locust swajrm perishes of famine from its mtdtitudo.-- O u i d a . v " - ' ; i f ' Blowing Out the Gas. Did you ever see a man blow otft the g»s?" asked one Clark street business man of another. "You can't do it, either," he added, after a Short pause. The friend was not so sure about that, so the twain experimented upon a flame of gas in the office of the first speaker until both were ' weary. Their efforts were ineffectual. "Every few days we hear that some jury has returned a verdict that this man or that woman blew out the gas, jumped into bed and was found dead-- suffocated, you know. There's that case at the St. Charles Hotel yesterday; the same story went out about him." But he was asphyxiated by gas," said the friend. • To be sure4, bnt he did net blow it out, simply and purely because he couldn't. I've been on three Coroner's juries in my life where the subject came to his death by gas poisoning. In every case I found that the man turned off the gas and accidentally turned it on again. Usually the jet is above one's head. He intends to turn it short off and does but in releasing his .hold upon the key his fingers unconsciously give it a turn to one side. I've been accustomed to the use of gas all my life, but one night I did precisely the same thing. The chandelier was so high above my head that I had to tiptoe to reach the key, which my fourth finger knocked nearly half-way round after my thumb and forefinger had shut out the* light. Fortu­ nately, I was not down-right sleepy, tod I smelled the escaping gas." "Why are not accidents of this kind more frequent then ?" "That is due largely to the fact that one is not likely to turn the key back except where it is loose; one that turns hard would not be likely to move for the light tap given it by the fourth and little fingers. And then many people have the transoms and windows opeh, while others discover their blunder, as I did, before falling asleep." "Couldn't very well find it out after­ wards," said the friend, with an attempt at a smile, , " Scarcely. In any event, I will not believe that any man who has sense enough to travel is such a fool as not to know that gas must be turned off. But if} he did not know this he couldn't blow it out if he had the lungs of Goliah of Qatih."--Chicago Herald. Kixo ALFRED'S timekeeper WW six Urge wax-tapers, each twelve Inches long; as they burnt unequally, owing to the wind, he invented a lantern, made erf wood and thin-scraped plates of ox- horns, glass being a great rarity in 887. The ancients had three sorts of time* soft-aial4, a vessel fall Of water, with a holejbt its bottom. - ' • . A Religious Trust. The Governor of Mississippi had jost shoved a flask into the drawer where he keeps, commissions for notaries public, wh»a an old negro was announced: "3ow are you, Carter ? Come in. You have brought me those young chickens, I 9UDPdl6 " "wSi, no sab, I didn' hab time ter fetch 'em dis mawmn'. Come up, sah, on bissness er heap stronger in de sight o' de Lawd den all de chickens ia de world is, I tell you." "Why, are you having trouble down in the bottoms?" . > 4 "Yas, sah, trouble o* er mighty deep sort." • • "• ' "Not on account of politics, I hope." " wus'ii dat. 'Tiijrions. sail, ligious. Tell you how it come erbout. Dat 'munity is mighty well fixed wid churches, sah, aa' until de yudder day it 'peared like dat ever' man in de neigh­ borhood had er powerful fine chance o' goin' ter heaben, but all dat dun changed now." "How so?" "Wall, sah, de preachers da all got ^iergeder an' got tip what da calls er church trust. Da claimed dat da wa'n't gittin' money emuff fur dar work, an' da dun obligated darselves not ter preach fur less den fi' dollars er day an' not ter let nobody else preach lessen he 'longs ter de church. Dat's whut I calls er pine blank shame, sah, dat's whut it is. How you speck er neighborhood ter be 'ligious when dar's sich monst'us' carry- in's-on ez dis ? Gubner, I jest like ter ax you whut de law says erbout <dis pint." "The law doesn't say anything. Who ever heard oF Wdh ' an affair ? Why don't the people rise up against it?" "Da doan kn6w how. Da's got ter hab preachin'an' da kain't git it lessen da gits it from dis trust. I tell you, sah, de Lawd gwine ter slap de life outen er curmunity dat puts up wid sich er awful 'dition o* erfairs. Gifbner, I wusli you'd order out de 'litia an' fetch dem nigger preachers ter time." , "I cannot take any action in the matter." "Whut, yon gwine let dem fellers hab er corner on the 'ligion dat way? Ef I had my way you'd yere some guns pop- pin' down dar. It's jest ez necessary ter hab ligion ez it is bread. Stop preachin' ter de nigger, an' he's gone. I ougliter know, 'eaze I's er preacher myse'f. Say, gubner, ef you kain't break up dat trust, I tell you whut ter do. Give me er prockermation ter dem fellers tellin' 'em dat da got ter let me inter de 'rangement." ' "What!" the governor exclaimed. "W'y, mako em let me jine tah. Triflin' rascals come er shuttin' me out ! How da speck I'm gwine ter make my libin'? But I sees dat you's ergin me, too. I'se gwine back down dar, an' ef da still tries ter shut me out, w'y, suthin' gwine ter happen."--Arkansaw Xmxh eler. V Does Excitement Shorten Life ! Whoever has studied man's earthlv tenure, and the causes which tend ft lengthen or curtail it, will scarcely have failed to notice how contradictory is the evidence of those we naturally look to to explain them, and that their evidence, even when they agree, does not always accord with what would seem to be the facts as they appear around us. One authority says general physical develop­ ment is necessary to prolong life, while another insists that this is not required if the day's employment does not call for physical exertion. Dr. D. B. Rich­ ardson, an eminent English authority, declares, among many obvious though scarcely novel propositions, that every­ thing that quickens the action of the heart, any kind of excitement, taxes and reduces the storage of life. If this were said of those naturally feeble or inher­ iting diseases, or even those leading sedentary lives and living from day to day without the invigorating benefits of fresh air and exercise, it would seem reasonable, for one does not have to be a skilful physiologist to know that ex­ citement affects the nerves as well as the heart. But is the statement strictly tone when referring, as here, to the entire human family ? Surely soldiers engaged in actual warfare, and sailors in peace, as well as war, live among ex­ citement ; besides being notoriously ad­ dicted to indulgence as to drinking and smoking, yet are they long lived. Statistics show it and observations cor­ roborate them. The pension list of the British army, giving the ages of the beneficiaries, men who have served in all climates for from twenty to forty years, and excluding those pensioned sooner because of "wounds received while in the performance of a duty," shows that soldiers do not die as other men do; so it is with the naval pension­ ers of the Greenwich Hospital, now scattered over Great Britain because of its abolishment. In the merchant ser­ vice to-day it is no uncommon thing to find a man 70 years old in charge of a vessel, a post requiring activity of body as well as of mind. From this it would appear that a sound human body can withstand hunger, exposure, and even frequent excitement, if only there is plenty of fresh air and exercise of a vigorous kind thaown in.--Scientific American. ' The Palace Car Cltjr. The population of Pullman, HI., the great palace car city, as showb by the census of July 1, 1888, was 10,560 per­ sons, against 10,081 the previous year. On September 15, twenty-six additional families had been added, increasing it to 10,710. The community continues to be distinguished for its intelli­ gence and orderly character., It is self reilant and self sustaining in every way. There are no idlers. Vis- tors readily notice the absence of people from the streets during working hours. The Pullman bank statement showssavings deposits at the end of the fisoal year of $252,157, an increase of $38,205 from the same date of previous year. The number of depositors lias in­ creased during the year from 970 to iL> 150.--Neiv York Evening Sun. 7. Bather Improbable. Mrs. Percy Yerger went out one day last week to attend a matinee in; the Austin Opera House, after having ift« structed the colored servant, Matildsi Snowball, under no circumstances td leave the house. Having forgotten her ticket, Mrs. Yerger was obliged to re­ turn to the house, and as she opened the door, whom did she see emerging out- but Matilda, dressed up in one of Mrs. Yerger's fine walking dresses, with Mrs. Yerger's parasol in her hand. Mrs. Yerger* was almost speeohless. She gasped*. •* "Didn't I tell yon not to go out? "I'senot going out.I wuz jess^get- tin' readyto,, stay at home."-- Sittings. MOTTO for a oooper- >nea»est_ man 5 ̂J?»stim fri frffoioia £ ... whonever owned a. sheep. Probably if other people'K sheep would com e on (Ulley's promises Md shed their pelts, it -wasn't Gilley's tantt. At least, that is the way he looked at it. # By some hook or exook, Gilley had married * wife at an early day, and ft*ir twenty-seven years she had managed, by taking in washing and hiring out to work in fields, to make enough to keep 9ld Sam and his seven dogs from actual rant. But one day Mrs. Gilley took sick, rnd calling Sam, asked him to go for the ioctor. " "jLtdai no use, Lindy," Sam said, 'jest brace up an' fight agin it." "I isv, Sam, till it won't do no good ir j more. I've fit agin it fer weeks, but I hed ter give in at last." "It's er pore time to git down sick, Jjindy, with three days' washin' ahead an'nuthin'in ther house ter eat. Jist think o' tliet an' see ef yer can't hoi' up erwhile lpnger." "I've nfought o' all thet, Sam, an' it don't do no good. I b'lieve I'm goin' ter die."- ""Shucks, Lindy, don't go ter gittin' no sich fool notions inter yer. Why, think how me'n ther dogs 'ud miss ye, au' jist strain er peg ter git over it. Jist think yer all right." , "No; times has been when that'ud work, but it's played out how, I got to havo ther doctor. "I don't see how I kin fetch 'im, 'thout givin' up toy him tin', an' I got all ready ter go, an' ther dogs is er waitin' fer me now. Think whatter disapint- ment i'll be to ther dogs, Lindy, an' see ef yer can't hoi' up on their account." "Yer know I would ef I could. But I can't noway yer kin fix it. Yer must go for the doctor, quick, fer I feel like 1 wan't goin' ter last long." "Wal, ef I must, I must, though it's mighty unhandy," Sam muttered as he started off. "I don't see what folks wants ter bfe so much bother fer, an' ef they hev got ter die, why they can't put it off till some other time. Tain't no sense in spiling' er feller's huntin' an' disapin in' ther dogs jist fer nothin'." Sam had gone a little way when the thought struck him that he might as well take the gun and dogs along and hunt as he went and came, and accord­ ingly he returned for them. He reached the doctor's house after a somewhat cir­ cuitous and rambling journey. Stop­ ping at *he gate he "helloed" two or three times, when the doctor appeared. "Good evening, Sam." he said, "How'rye, dock?" "Comein." ' . "Hardly time, I guc&fc*'1': "Anybody sick ?" "Yas, ther ole 'oman is grontin' right smart, an' hes er cranky sort er notion in her head that she's goin' ter be tack." "Too bad, too bad." "Thet's what it air, Dock. It's most tarnei bad with three day's washin' er head, an' ther meal an' bacon both out. I reckon ye'd better ride over sometime an' see 'er when yer hev' er odd spell." Sam turned and was soon lost to view in the woods. It was only a couple of miles home, but as the sun was up quite a way yet, he concluded to spend two or three hours hunting, so when he reached his shanty } it was already dark. The doctor and some neighbor women were there. Sam went in, and Beeing his wife dead, he cried: By jux, she wus right, an' it's most dinged unfort'nit, too, comin' like this." ---Detroit Free Press. Customs of the Coreans. CJorea has a population of 15,000,000 people; and the city of Seoul, though jiot the largest in the kingdom, has oeen the capital since the present dy­ nasty come into power, nearly five hun­ dred years ago. It was selected for its location, affording as it does a well- drained basin of granite sand, sur­ rounded by hills and mountains, so joined by the several ridges as to form almost a complete amphitheater, ten miles in circumference. These adjoin­ ing mountains afford numerous strong natural fastnesses, which are provided with artificial fortifications where nec­ essary, and are kept constantly garri­ soned and provisioned as places of re­ treat for the royal family in times of danger. The main thoroughfares of the city of Seoul are some two hundred feet broad, and are usually clean though crowded, but the moie distinctively residence streets are not over twenty feet wide as a rule. As they are crowded with travel and lined with the houses of the poor, they are apt to be untidy and not very attractive. On these streets, aside from the occasional large gate leading into a gentleman's establishment, there is little evidence of respectability to be seen, for even the front Of a gentleman's residence is given up to servants' quar­ ters, and is allowed to look as shabby as it will, as there is no attempt at street display. "About 9 o'clock every evening," writes an American resident, "the deep, rich tones of a bell are heard through­ out the capital; they come from a little pagoda in the center of the city, which holds a large bell some twelve or fifteen feet in height. Formerly, after the ringing of this 'curfew' the men disap­ peared from the streets, which were then given up to the women, who flit about with their little lanterns from house to house, listening to and relating the gossip that is as dear to them as to their sisters on the other side of the world. They enjoy their freedom, even if they must be creatures of the night, tmd a night is never so stormy but a few of these fair ones may be seen by the privileged official, or foreigner, who may chance to be up the street. Re­ cently, however, the law competing men to leave the streets after the ring­ ing of the bell has been repealed, ow­ ing to the fact that so many outrages were committed that it was thought to be a safeguard to allow all men upon the streets, that the honest might be present to answer cries for help and de- lend the women against the unprinci­ pled. After the ringing of this bell the city gates are closed, amid the weird blasts of native buglers, and a very great quiet thten settles over the dark city."--Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. Would Be a Society Lion. | "So you have just returned from Eu­ rope ?" said Mrs. De Porque to a gen­ tleman at a reception. "Yes; I have not been home for more ihan two weeks." "Tell me, do you think that Prinoe Bismarck will come to the United States this winter?" "It is not at all likely that he will." "Oh, I'm very sornr. He would have been so useful here this season." "So useful?" "Yes, I understand that he Is a great leader of the Germans over there."--- Merchant Traveler. . Chaw by MoCalfoafrltt hjB j'ftsa Measures of HtuEfa ueMury* îs ofpeculiar inter­ est. "He wss clear-headed, self-possessed, Holf oonfideat, patriot hopeful, bold, and h« sneoeedfed wherf trained finan­ ciers, who, all' cautious, would i were asked to desu services, next to ll the greatest value March, 1861, to and • itfkd. * * HI ate the man whose Unoolk's, were oj tile oottntry from 1864, I should £34 <• Ir Sffec-i.fvsfcivKviS * .c..'Jii ^.v.. unhesitatingly name 8alaaon P. Chase That Mr. Chase made moae mistakes it admitted by his warmest friends--if he had not he would have been more mortal. He was called Upon to per form duties of the highest important to his country--duties to which he wai Ant.iroly nrniccnutfunojl onj fn« *V.« formance of which he had no opportu­ nity for preparation. His work was gi gantie, and even the most critical went compelled to acknowledge that on the whole it was done well. Two mistakes he admitted--one consenting that the United States notes should be made a legal tender; the other, in advising a repeal of the clause in the first legal tender act which made the notes con­ vertible into bonds. "His friends were forced to admit that he made two mistakes of a differ­ ent character--one in permitting his name to be used as a candidate for the Presidency while he was a member of M?. Lincoln's cabinet ; the other, in re­ signing when his services as Secretary of the Treasury were greatly needed. It may be proper for me to remark here that the personal relations between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Chase were never cor­ dial. They were about as unlike in appearance, in education, in manners, in taste, and in temperament as two emi­ nent men could be. Mr. Chase had re­ ceived a classical education, .and until he entered the political field and be­ came the leader of the Anti-Slavery party of Ohio, he had been a student of general literature; in appearance he was impressive,in manner stately,in taste refined, in temperament cold. Although the larger part of his early life was passed in the West, he was not westernized. He cracked no jokes, and he had no apt­ itude for story telling. He did not and could not appreciate these qualities which brought Mr. Lincoln so close to the hearts of the people. Self-reliant, rapid in conclusions, and prompt in action, he would not, had he been President in the spring of 1861, have waited for Sonth Carolina to strike the first blow; it was, therefore, fortunate that he was not in Mr. Lincoln's place."--Magazine of American History. ' S 5 " : ' ' i A Thoughtful Bememherance. A bachelor tells this charming story: I returned from England in the City "of New Xprk. On the first night out, just as my vis-a-vis at table was sitting down to dinner in the saloon a steward, step­ ped up to him and handed him a letter saying, " With the Captain's compli­ ments, sir." Every night this perform­ ance was repeated. Sometimes the Captain himself presented the letter. It was mysterious and interesting. The gentleman who received the letter seemed to be greatly astonished when it came to him on the first occasion, but afterwards ne merely showed signs of enjoyment when reading its contents. He was a delightful man, and a great favorite at our table; but though every­ body was dying to know where the let­ ters came from. But on the day before we reached New York I happened to be standing on the companion way with this gentleman when the Captain pre­ sented, and the former said, as he tore open the envelope,, "Queer idea of my wife's, isn't it? She sent the Captain seven letters addressed to me, and asked him to deliver one to me every evening before dinner. She thought I would be glad to hear from her every day, and I tell vou it has been one of the pleasantest events of the voyage--this mail delivery in mid-ocean."- Phila­ delphia Press. • I • Fuel Supply. ; Periodically certain journal* attempt to produce the impression that there is danger of the fuel supply of the world becoming exhausted in the near future. Some attempts at estimates are made to give a show of plausibility to the posi­ tion assumed; to this is added the in­ timation of calamity to follow when this rapidly narrowing limit of supply has been reached, and the available resources in this direction exhausted. In these statements a narrow extent of coal- bearing territory is taken into considera­ tion, and conclusions are drawn from a premise established without special ref­ erence to existing facts. It is claimed by those who have given careful con­ sideration to the matter that there are yet large bodies of undeveloped coal territories in Germany, Sweden, Den­ mark, Switzerland, Bohemia, and Russia, amounting, at the least calcula­ tion, to over 80,000 square miles, while China, Austria, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Japan will contribute fully 120,000 square miles of coal-bearing territories, in which some of the veins are reported to be 95 feet in thickness. On the Western Continent from British America to Patagonia, including Australia, there are ooal fields which will add 170,000 square miles, and this estimate includes none of the present working fields of North America or Africa.--The Mining Review. ' How to Thaw Froze* Gas Pipes. Mr. F. H. Shelton says: "I took otf from over the pipe some four or five inches, just a crust of earth, and then put a couple of bushels of lime in the space, poured water over it, and slaked it, and then put canvas over that, and rocks on the canvas, so as to keep the wind from getting underneath. Next morning, on returning there, I found that the frost had been drawn out from the ground for nearly three feet. You can appreciate what an advantage that was, for picking through frozen ground, with the thermometer below zero, is no joke. Since then we have tried it sev­ eral times. It is an excellent plan if you have time enough to let the lime work. In the daytime you cannot afford to waste the time, but if you have a spare night in which to work, it is worth while to try it"-- Scientific American. London Pesple Very Suspicions. The plight of a man who meets a lady in London and wishes to take her some­ where off quietly is pitiable. It maybe his own wife, and probably is, in the majority of instances, but he is treated with an amount of suspician and sar­ casm that would make a horse blush. It is not only utterly impossible for him to get a private room in any but one or two very disreputable hotels down near Piccadilly Circus, but he cannot go into any of the little alcoves in which many of the dining-rooms abound unless there are four in the party.--Blakely i^^rorttn. €01H1 m i IKfc i .f l - A WEIGH off--the ton of coal, ington Post. t give up the ship;" ttiwfc.--Detroit Journal To MAKE a carpet get tip and DAI% beat it.--Kentucky Stcziz Jvx*,<wi. u BEBNE, Switzerland, ought to be * red-hot place. Rochester Post-Ex- press. Ir one is looking for big E vents tie may find them on a fife or flute.--Jfew Orleans Picayune. THERE is scarcely any one who doesn't believe in religion--for other people at least.--Merchant Traveler. A SURVEYOR may not believe fit* chance, and yet he is continually draw ing lota.--Tonkers Statesman. IT is WNEH^ on good il*s§ Eve wore the close of the evening at the end of the first day. -- Mockf Mountain News. WOMAN (to tramp)--How's that soapf Tramp--Tain't quite strong enough, ma'am. I wish you would wash a few - more dishes in it.--Exchange. ' s AND now some German savant has discovered that plants can think. Onion-*, for instance, certainly havo some ̂ stents.-r-Tcrre Haute Express. THE'BWI who is so bine that he says he wants to die is the first to get stuck in the jam ai the door when somebody in the crowded hall shouts '"fire,*-- Journal 6f Education. GEOKGJE--After Miss De Pink, eh? Are you solid wita her father? Gas- Solid? Every time I am with her father I -am petrifibJ.--Philadelphia Record. AN Irish magistrate asked a prisoner if he was married. - "No," replied the man. "Then," said His Worship, amid peals,of laughter, "it is a good thing for your wife!"--Weekly Ledger. COUNTRY WIFE (at French op<*a)-- Come, John, let's go; this show is posi­ tively indecent. John--I know it is, Mirandy, * its awful, but I paid $3 for these seats and I'll sit her through if it kills me.--Epoch. " GUARD (to passenger on platform who hesitates about entering the tram-car)^-- Why don't you walk in ? There's room for two inside. Passenger--True; bat yonder in the corner sits my tailor. Jumps off.--Humoristische Blatter. MR. CRIMSONBEAK--What a tall boy that is on the other side of the street 1 Mrs. Crimsonbeak--Whv, that's Bill! "What, Bill?" "Why, the plumber's Bill." "Oh, I see; that accounts for his being so long."'-- Yonkers Statesman. DURING a melodramatic performance |a stout lady began to sob violently; Anxious Husband-- Come, my dear, let us be going; this is too much for yonr feelings. "What does it matter to yo% so long as I am enjoying myself?*--* L'Estafette. " MORAL CITIZEN--You are dreadfully intoxicated, my good man. Beware, vou will eventually fill a drunkard's frave. Intoxicated Man--Yesh, 'ave lied many a drunkerd's .grave--hio --'m sexton down at the--hie--sheme- tery.--Time.. FARMER'S WIVE--Gentleman here to­ day to offer you $10,000 for that railroad frontage down in the meadow. Farmer --Well, Matilda, it won't do fer us to sell until my suit agin the railroad ter damages fer spoiling that meadow Is settled.--Philadelphia Record. WITH a rashness whioh he never realized until too late, he had kissed the Boston girl right on the mouth. " Never do that again, sir!" Bhe said. "M-M-• Miss Waldo," said he, "if the Lord lets me thaw out this time I will never at­ tempt the like again--at least without an overcoat."--Truth. "MARIA," moaned the dying ex-sailor, "you will not forget me soon, will you?" « "No, John," wept the widow in pros­ pect; "daily will I weep over your last resting-place." "Then I die happy," he replied. It will be so comforting to think I sleep in a watery grave.--- Jiinghdmton Republican. ;/ MR. BRENTLEY (in the heat of passion) --There's not a single hour in the day when our home is happy! Mrs. Brent* ley--O, yes, there is, my dear! Mr. Brentley--Fd like to know when it comes in? Mrs. Brentley--It always comes in just after you have gone oat. (And he started the happy hour at onoe.) IT was an eloquent plea. The perora­ tion was especially flue. "What," said the lawyer for the plaintiff, "will my client get at the bar of justice?" Bat its effect was somewhat spoiled when the defense suggested in a sarcastic voice that if the Colonel we*e to chooser for himself he would probably select m whisky cocktail.--Life. WIFE--(encounters her husband as she enters her carriage at 11 o'clodk p. m.)--Why, Ferdinand, dear, aren't V you getting home early to-night? Has* Oj band--Well, yes, rather, my love. And aren't you early in getting out? Wue --A trifle, perhaps; but I assist Mrs. de Courcy to receive the Baron Swigpil to-night, you know.--New • 'TWA8 IN THE THEATERIF^;T|£:M||I|^ - How beautiful was all around, ' How gileat, yet how bright J $f.; Tr-*. How much of interest to ba fonndty • - '-"V ' "T Yet one thing claimed my sight., . "IV, A little mound all overgrown ' v f . With ID08H inid lilies f ull, * " • V _ ' • -^\ sj; . At Cither eml a little Rton»-- ' f* „• "v* . 'J X ttuw it, that was all. i?' -s*w A loved one rested 'neath thowfloMCS * ' ii Unconscious of mv woe; : - • \ • c U -I • 'Sfr. Tot I thanked Heav'n ere many hiKH My turn would come to go. 4 A fervent prayer I softly breathe*-- \ 1 hope it was not hewd, Stor wildest pasaiona In me . I used the strongest word. • • • • * Or. TWM in the theater I sat, Tfceiored one wati not mine: **• The mossy mound was a Fall hat; Die stones were diamonds fine : v ".Hm£ "f| A Postal Card Advertising Scheme, In the way of advertising, a new $0':. vice has been hit upon, says the Paper Mill, by one of our large dry goods films. At a small, but conspicuoos stand in the store a neat girl sells postal: cards and stamped sheets of paper at less than the face value of the stamp*. The postal card is only three-quarters of a cent, and a large sheet of writing paper, made so as to enclose itself by folding, with a two-cent stamp in the corner, is only a cent and a half. These are sold in as small quantities as de­ sired, provided only that the fractional prices multiply into even cents. Hoir does the seller get a recompense? By printing announcements of his goods, with notices of particular bargains and: special inducements across the edges of the cards and sheets. By this meau he circulates his advertisements' at a lew cost. He was asked if it paid. "Not directly," he answered. "It attracts momentary attention, sets customers to talking, and is thorefore worth doing for a little while; but the only adver­ tising that proves solidly advantageous., is that which is done in newspapers oil good circulation. We have tried evefy* thing, and have found that advertising in good journals invariably pa!ys, while these odd devices are only of transient worth." „ . w ^ s i * * Ci v' • : -1