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?h:* ;:V-v:T'-;;;r'i ,.» J>Xi &*v«w .RULE OF THREE; HE master of the schooner Hare­ bell came slowly toward the bar­ ber, accompanied by bis mate. Beth men had provided ashore for a voyage which included no intoxicants, ? and the dignity of the skipper, always • sanent feature, had developed tre­ mendously under the influence of :lwini stout He stepped aboard his sefceener importantly, and then, turn- feotg to the mate, who was about to fol- Bmt. suddenly held up his hand for ""What did I tell you?" he inquired 4wv«fely as the mate got quietly Tlw? mate listened. From the fo'c's'le the low gruff voices of men brok- ,«« by the silvery ripple of women's Ksqghter. v " "Well I'm a Dutchman," said the mate, with the air of one who felt he was expected to say'something. "After all I said to 'em," said the afcipper ~ with weary dignity. "You Vard what I said to 'em, Jack?" "Nobody could ha* swore louder." tes- the mate. •'An' here they are," said the skipper « amaze, "defying of nie." "They've been and gone and asked females down the fo'c's'le ag'in. Vm know what I said I'd do, Jack, if «K7did." *^Ssld you'd eat 'em without salt," qpoted the other helpfully. TB do worse "than that, .Tack," said He skipper after a moment's discom- Jttnre. "What's to hinder us casting off qpiclfj and taking them along with m*r **If yon ask me," said the mate. "I say you couldn't please the better." "Well, we'll see," said the other, nod- sagely; "don't make no noise, Mted by the mate he cast off the which held his unconscious vis- i to their native town, and the wind being off the shore the little schooner drifted silently away from the quay. The skipper went to the wheel, and "the noise of the mate hauling on the jih brought a rough head out of the fo'­ c's'le, the owner of which, after a cry ts bia mate below, sprang up on deck sad looked around in bewilderment. "Stand by, there!" cried the skipper, as the others came rushing on deck. "Shake 'em out." "Beggin* your pardin, sir," said one •f them, with more politeness in his than- he had ever used before, "Stand by." said the skipper. "Now, then," shouted the mate,, afar ply, "lively there! Lively with it!" The men looked at each other help- Ifaasly and went to their posts, as a aeteam of dismay arose from the fair ftelags below, who, having just begun tfecealize their position, were coming •a deck to try and improve it. "What!" roared the skipper, in pre­ tended astonishment; "what! gells afeoard, after all I said. It can't be! I arast be dreaming." "Take ns back," wailed the damsels, Ignoring the sarcasm; "take us back? Gap tain." "No, I can't go back." said the .skip­ per. "You see what comes o' disobedi- «aee, my gells. Lively there ou that .mains*!, d'ye hearV" TWe won't do it again," cried the as the schooner came to the BgeaiBi of the harbor and they smelled the dark sea beyond. "Take us back." "IS ean't be done," said the skipper, cheerfully. "It's agin the lor, sir," said Ephraim Bfddle, solemnly. "Bosh!" said the skipper; "they're atewaways, an' I shall put 'em ashore at the first port we touch at--Plv- prey to gathering uneasiness,(Watching their movements with wrinkled brow. From the forecastle and the galley they procured two mops and a broom, and he. caught° his breath sharply as Miss Evans c^pne on deck with a pot of white paint in oae hand and a pot of tar in the other. , "Now, girls!" said Miss Evans. "Put those things down," ' said the skipper, in a peremptory voice. "Sha'n't!" said Miss Evans, bluntly; and with mops dripping tar and paint on the deck they marched in military style up to the skipper and halted in front of him; smiling wickedly. The heart of the skipper waxed sore faint within him. and with a wlfd yell he summoned his trusty crew to his side. ' '/ y•• > ' The crew came on deck slowly, and, casting furtive glances at the scene; pushed Ephraitrt Biddle to the front. "Take thos,e mops away from 'em," said the skipper haughtily. "Don't you interfere," said Miss Evans, looking at them over her shoul­ der. , "Else we'll give you some," said Miss Williams bloodtlxirstily. "Take those mops away from 'em!" bawled the skipper, instinctively draw­ ing back as Miss Evans made a pass at him. , "I don't see as 'ow we can interfere, sir." said Biddle with deep respect. "What!" said the astonished skipper. "It would be ag'in' the- lor for us to interfere with people," s said Biddle, turning to his mates; "clear ag'in' the lor." • "Don't you talk rubbishy" said the skipper anxiously. "Take 'em away from 'em. It's my tar and my paint and " "You shall have it," said Miss Evans | reassuringly. ». "If we touched 'em," said Biddle im­ pressively, "it'd be an assault at lor. All we can do, sir,, is to stand by and see fair play." "Fair play!" cried the skipper, danc­ ing with rage, and, turning hastily to the mate, who had just come on the scene, "Take those things away from 'em. Jack." "I'm not goin' to raise my against a woman for anybody," said the mate with decision. "It's no part of my work to get messed up with tar and paint from lady passengers." "It's part Of your work to obey me, though," said the Skipper, raising his voice. "What are you afraid of ?" "Are you going to take us back?" de­ manded Jenny Evans. "Run away," said the skipper with dignity. "Run away." "I shall ask you three times," said Miss Evans sternly. "One--are you go­ ing back? Two--are' you going back? Three-- gazed earnestly at them and took the wheel. "You won't hurt old Biddle, I know,1** he said, trying to speak confidently. "Of course not," said Miss Evans, emphatically. "Tar doesn't hurt," explained Miss Williams. "It's good for you," said the third lady, positively. "One--two---" "It's no good." said the mate, as Eph­ raim came hurriedly into the rigging, 4<you'll'have to give in." "I'm if I will," said* the infuriat­ ed skipper. Then an idea occurred to him, and puckering his face shrewdly he began to descend. "All right," lie said, shortly, as Miss Evans advanced to meet hiim. "I'll go back." He took the wheel. The schooner tame around before the wind, and the willingcrew, letting the sheets go, haul­ ed them in again on the port side. "And now, my lads," said the skip­ per, 'with a benevolent smile, "just clear that mess up off the deck, and you may as well pitch them mops over­ board. They'll never be any good again." ; He spoke carelessly, albeit his vqice trembled a little, but his heart sank within him as Miss Evans waved them back. "You stay where you are," she said, imperiously. "We'll throw them over­ board--when we've done With them. What did you say, Captain?" The Captain was about to repeat it with great readiness when Miss Evans raised her trusty mop. The words died away on his lips, and after a hopeless glance from his mate to the crew, and from the crew to the rigging, he ac­ cepted his defeat and in grim silence took them home again.--Washington Post. MISER SCHRAGE. SCHKAGE. In the midst of a breathless, silence she drew within striking, distance, while her allies, taking up a position on either flank of the enemy, listened attentively to the instruction of their leader. "Be careful he doesn't eatfth hold of the mops," said Miss Evans, -'but if he does the others are to-'hit hfctit over the head with th£ handles. Nijver mind about hurtingVftim.7 >• s heartrending series of screams the stowaways rounded his sen teaee, screams which gave way to sus­ tained sobbing, as the schooner, catch- Sap the wind, began to move through ttr water. "Yau'd better get below, my gals," Biddle, who was the eldest mem­ ber of the crew, consolingly. "Why don't you make him take us ftaek?' said Jenny Evans, the biggest af the three girls, indignantly. "Cos we can't, my dear," said Biddle arfoetantly. "You don't want to see us *at Into prison, do you?" "I don't mind," said Miss Evans, tesiffclly. "so long as we get back. Ceorge, take us back." "I can't," said Scott, sullenly. "Well, you can look out for some­ body else, then," said Miss Evans, with "You won't marry me. How would you get if you did make Hw skipper put back?" "Very likely six months," said Bid- 4I#\ solemnly. •Six months would soon pass away." aald Miss Evans, briskly, as she wiped her eye. "It would be a rest," said Miss Will- fluns, eoaxingly. The men not seeing things in quite the same light, the girls announced their intention of having nothing more tado with them, and crowding together Sr tbe»-bows beneath two or three blan­ kets consoled tearfully with each other an their misfortunes. Ijooking at all the circumstances of toe case, the Captain thought it best to Keep the wheel in his own hands for a (fane, and dawn found him still at his Best. Three dispirited girls put their heads ant from their blankets and sniffed dis­ dainfully. Then, after an animated dis­ cussion, they arose, walked up to the akipper, and eyed him unfavorably. "Why, he isn't any bigger than a boy," sajd Miss Williams, savagely. "S*ity Ave didn't think of it before," said Mis& Davies. "I js'pose the crew won't help him;" "Not they," said Miss Evans, scorn­ fully. "If they do, we'll serve them the same." They went off, leavina the skipper a "Take this wheel a /tfilhujt, Jack," said the skipper, pale but determined The mate came forward aud took it unwillingly, and"the- ^kippKr^ trying hard to conceal his trepidatiay, walked toward Miss Evans and trie£ to quell her with his eye. The power of the hu­ man eye is notorious, and Mi*s Evans showed her sense of the danger she ran by making an energetic attempt to close the skipper's mouth with her mop, causing him to duck vHth amaz ing nimbleness. At the sam$ moment another mop loaded with wlite paint was pushed into the back of ais neck. He turned witto^ory of rage, and then realizing the odhs^against him flung his dignity to thje' winds ar#l dodged with the agility of a schoolboy Through the galley a^nd rcund the masts with the avenging mors in mad pursuit, untih^reathless and exhausted he suddenly Sprang 6h to; the side and climbed frantically into the raging. "Coward!" said Miss Evans shaking her weapon at him. , ,, "Come down," cried Miss Williams, "Come down liken man." "It's no'good wasting'time ovar him," said Miss Evans, after another -rain ap­ peal to the skipper's manhood. "He' escaped. Get some some more utuff on your mops." The mate, who had been laughing boisterously, checked himself saddenly and assumed a gravity of demeanor more in accordance with his i*;sition. The mops were dipped in solatsan sil­ ence. and Miss Evans, approaching, re­ garded him significantly. "Nqw, my dears," said the mate, waving his hand with a deprecating gesture, "don't be silly." "Don't what?" inquired the sensitive Miss Evans, raising her mop. "You know what I mean," said the mute hastily. "1 can't help myseii." "Well, we're going to help you," said Miss Evans; "turn the ship around." "You obey orders, Jack," cried the skipper from aloft. "It's all very well for you sitting up there in peace and comfort," said the mate indignantly. "I am not going to be tarred to please you. Come down and take charge of your ship." "Do your duty, Jack," said the skip­ per. who was polishing his face with a handkerchief. "They won't touch you They're afraid to. They're afraid to." "You're egging 'em on," cried the, mate wrathfuHy. "I won't steer; come and take it yourself." He darted behind the wheel as Miss Evans, who was getting impatient, made a thrust at him, and then, springing out, gained the side and rush­ ed up the rigging after his captain. Biddle, who was standing close by, Manitoba's Premier Incognito. About one year ago a respected citi­ zen of a small town in North Dakota walked into the hotel with his wife for the noonday meal. He saw at his table two strangers, one a young man, pret­ ty well dressed, and the other, evident­ ly a farmer, about 60 years of age, with a gray, rough beard and well-worn and ill-fitting clothing. Little attention was paid to the pair, beyond a hasty scrutiny. The citizen and his wife were thinking of taking a trip to a lake in Manitoba, near Crystal City, for a few days, and were talking about the trip, inquiring how long the fishing would be good, etc., questions which those who were talking seemed unable to answer. The old farmer spoke up, and, venturing to explain that he lived quite near the lake, told all about the situation there, where to go, at whose house to stop and other needed infor­ mation. Little else was said, but the impression made on the citizen and wife was not sufficient to cause them to make very much inquiry, and no one about the hotel knew who the two men were. he seemed to be a nice old fel­ low," said the wife, "though I noticed he seemed quite helpless in regard to disposing of his lettuce. Probably his first meal at a hotel." "Very likely," replied the citizen. Tne next day the citizen met his friend, the liveryman, who said: By the way, did you see Premier Greenway of Manitoba when he was here yesterday? His driver brought h.m down bete from Crystal City, where he lives, you know, to catch the train for St. Paul and then to Ottawa, as he was in a hurry to go. He said he thought Greenway was called there to confer with Laurier and fix up the school question. He took dinner at the Columbia, and I didn't know but you might have seen him."--Boston Tran­ script; Took His Trunk on His Wheel. Evidently determined to lessen his expenses for a trip to the shore, an in­ genious wheelman pedaled down Wal­ nut street early the other morning on a tandem, the rear seat of which con­ tained an ordinary traveling trunk supported by means of a board fasten ed to the seat. Comments and smiles were numerous as the strange-looking load went about, but the cycler wore a satisfied expression, which showed that he was proud of his ingenuity. He got along swimmingly until he reach ed Second street. In the midst of a gathering of produce teams the daring rider spied about ten inches of an open­ ing. Giving an extra spurt he attempt­ ed to pass through, evidently forget­ ting he had the trunk in the rear. There was a sudden jolt, a crackling noise, colored language, and all was over. By a miracle the cycler was not hurt, but was merely thrown among a lot of splinters which had formerly been a trunk. In a dazed manner he collected a lot of shirts, collars, outing suits and several other essentials to a sporty time, and,' strapping them together, tied them on the seat again and started for home.--Philadelphia Record. Europe's Oldest Professor. Samuel Rrassai, the eminent Hun­ garian professor, has just celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of his advent to scientific honors. He is 97 years old, aud is the senior active teacher of learning in Europe. Through his un­ selfish devotion to the cause of Hun­ gary and the purifying of the Magyar language he has established a firm place in the hearts of his countrymen. Mr. Brassai lias contributed a number of scientific inventions to the physical laboratories of his college in Buda- Pesth, among them a chronometer with which he watches the standing of the sun each day and thus regulates the town clocks. He is a great' philanthro­ pist. Most of his money has been giv­ en to the advancement of sciences throughout his land. Most of His Life Spent in Prostration Before His Golden Idol. The remains of Christopher Sclirage, the Chicago miser who was robbed In March, 185X5. of $45,000 In money and securities, were Interred recently at Whiting, Iud., the home town of his Bon, Fred Sehrage. Life had few attractions for the white-haired econo­ mist outside of the strong iron box in which he kept the residual treasures of fifty years. Old g. age and want, an Mi ill-matched pair, %{!/» made a piteous plea for the shriveled and starved body of the bondholder, but with all their importunities they could not melt the golden heart of his golden idol. r Of the $45,000 in bonds, securities and money which a cordon of robbers filch­ ed from Sclirage last year. $30,000 had been recovered, and this fortune fat­ tened in Sclirage's safe while the old man starved. For at least a month be­ fore his death Sclirage had practically abstained from food. Before a protest? ing body had confined him to Ills bed he spent much of his time searching the garbage boxes near liis"" hovel at 7.11 Jefferson street for morsels bt food, and when weakness shut off his last supply he would accept nourishment only from the hand of his friend and tenant, "Pat­ sy" Gurley. When Gurley entered the room of the miser early one morning he found the old man lying on his back, his limbs dis­ tended and the long, yellow fingers of his grimy right hand pointed toward his treasury. A dingy kerosene lamp smoked on a table near by and cast a yellow light on the pallid features of the sleeper. Wearied with watching, the old man had closed his eyes and de­ tailed the bony fingers of his hand to keep vigil over the precious coffer. The rising sun dispelled the ghastly shadows of the scene and a friend ex­ tinguished the yellow light that burned extravagantly at the bedside, but Sclirage slept. He will not awake in a world of stocks and bonds. The story of Sclirage's life is a night­ mare. His biography is a tale which might well have been told in the days when weazened old hermits lived on roots and herbs and commuted a life of available happiness into the insane glances that periodically they cast into coffers of worthless gold. Sclirage began life seventy-six years ago. He was born in Germany, and when a youth followed the flag of the emperor, coming to America late in the 60s. With the savings of his early days he purchased a tract of land, which is now a part of the site of Whiting, Ind. With his wife's assist­ ance he managed to make a fair suc­ cess at farming, shipping his produce to Chicago. Hard work was the first stage of his Insanity, and when he arrived in Chi­ cago a few years later, he prepared to emerge into the second stage. He bought a house and rented rooms to lodgers. With thetiucome he received he made loans in small amounts to his friends and exacted heavy interest. When his fortune began to assume an air of independence he commenced to cut down expenses. His son and daughter, unable to endure their home surroundings, left for Whiting, Ind., where the former is now successfully engaged in business. The daughter was unhappily married, but was ^divorced several years ago, and is now the wife of Herman Westenfeldt of Whiting. Nearly five years ago Sclirage's wife is said to have died from starvation, but it was not until June, 1S95, that the old man met his first real sorrow. That was the occasion on which he was rob­ bed of three watches and $225 in cash. Shortly afterward he bought an iron box in which he deposited liistreasure, but the ill luck followed him, and in March, 1890, he was robbed of $45,000. Sehrage never recovered from the shock incident to the second robbery, which apparently had the effect of ag­ gravating his penuriousness. Of late years he had been in the habit of inspecting his money and bonds night and day, and at times would be found staring like a madman into his strong iron box. Mrs. Fred Sclirage, daughter-in-law of the miser, and Mrs. Anna Harms, a friend, made occasional visits to the Sehrage hovel, but could not induce the old man to spend a cent for food. The theft of the bonds became fam­ ous owing to the long investigation of the alleged connection with it of Alex­ ander Ross, former assistant chief of police; Ed Smith and otliei-s. As the result of the trial of the men indicted for the robbery, among them "Sleepy Burke," all were given their liberty, with the exception of Gordon, who is now serving a term in Joliet under the Indeterminate sentence act. together a .small hole In the bone eve* the nose must have formed, which act­ ed as a lens In the same way as a pin hole can be used to take a photographic picture. This also proves that the retina of the eye acts like a camera obscura where the objects from the out­ side become visible when the rays of light arrive there after passing through a small opening.--Philadelphia Record. SURE WAY TO SAVE THE SEALS. Plan of President Jordan Appears to Be an Effective One. Last year President Jordan of Leland Stanford University was appointed by President Cleveland to make a thor­ ough and scientific investigation of the habits of the herds, and the causes of their rapid decline, and the results of the study are unusually interesting, es­ pecially in the charmingly simple and effective remedy which President Jor­ dan proposes. To insure immunity for the mothers, President Jordan proposes the striking plan of branding the fe­ males so' thoroughly that they Will be practically unavailable for skin hunt­ ers' purposes. He and Ills staff made a careful practical test of this method and found that heavy.and ineffaceable brands could-be burned across the back of the mother seal, in the parts where the skin is most valuable, without hurt­ ing or seriously incommoding the ani­ mal. They branded more than S50 ani­ mals in their experiments, and he calls into evideuee the practice of giving the Aleutian Indians 5,000 seals each year for food--a measure which involved the herding of about 10,000 anii^ials in. or­ der that the quota of bachelors might be separated and killed. So much for the mothers and the more important sex; but President Jordan is not in­ clined to turn the noble army of bache­ lors over to the tender merqies of the seal hunters. He thinks that it would be feasible to herd up, say, 50,000 bachelors in July, on St. Paul's or St. George's islands, and keep them fenced in during August. Since the climate conditions of Beliring Sea confine ac­ tive operations in the open water to these months the poachers would be at a loss for game sufficient to justify their rather costly paraphernalia with such a number of animals subtracted from the field and with the females un­ marketable--and the industry must die. --Scribner's Magazine. Voyaging to Heathen Lands. The recent voyage of a certain brig from Boston to the gold ccyist of Africa, as described for publication*by her cap­ tain, is interesting reading. It will doubtless interest the temper­ ance and missionary societies to know that the brig left Boston last fall, laden with 170 hogsheads of rum for the lit­ tle-known gold coast. Although she took some other articles, most of the profits of the voyage were to come from the rum. So utterly primeval is this isolated part of the African coast that the cargo hod to be landed through the surf from the vessel. Through some remarkable aboriginal instinct the natives scented the cargo almost before the brig was in sight, and as soon as she was at anchor dove through the waters like hungry sharks. Among the interesting facts about the African natives related by the cap­ tain is that since there are no beasts of burden and no conveyances on the gold coast the barrels of rum are rolled in­ land by hand, so that liquor lias been thus rolled hundreds of miles into the country. It is further related that the natives have become so infatuated with rum carried from various countries to their coast that a vessel which proposes to have its cargo landed must carry it as currency, or no business can be done. Gold is a depreciated currency, as against rum on this lonely coast. The wonderful 4,000-mile voyage of this brig to the gold coast with 170 hogsheads of New England rum offers some most Interesting suggestions for missionaries and temperance reformers to ponder.--Boston Globe. Severn's Advertising Points. Some odds cannot be overcome by the best of ads. A smart advertiser doesn't write "smart" ads. It is as easy to spoil a good ad as it is difficult to write one. Genial warmth in the ad will thaw out the purses of readers. Poor advertising succeeds oftener than good advertising fails. Change the ad often and each time let it be a change for the better. Time is economy, but the people who have most time have least money, and those who have most money have least time; so concentration is neces­ sary in the ad.--Ad Sense. An Atchison man is writing a novel in which the villain is avenged by his rival marrying the heroine. Could See Through His Nose. Several authors of the sixteenth cen­ tury mentioned the existence of a man who, having lost his eyesight, could see through his nose. The story, much doubted at the time and pronounced fabulous by physicians, is nevertheless true if the researches of E. Doullot prove correct. It seems that the vie tim had lost his right eye early in life and later ou while climbing a cherry tree fell upon a fence, the pickets lior ribly mutilating the left eye, the cheek and the nose. The surgeon called in considered the eye entirly destroyed, sowed up the wound and it healed in time, forming a large scar where the eye had been. A year later the man tiien considered stone blind, lay in the grass when lie surprised himself by dis covering that he could perceive through the cavity of the nose the sky and the color of the flowers on the meadow around him. From that time oil he practiced for five or six years to see with his nose, which to him became practically the organ of vision. He gradually become more proficient in seeing in this way and could see every thing beneath htm. while he remained quite insensible to the light from above The condition of this man can be ex plained scientifically. Although the lens of the eye had been to.rn from its socket by the fall the optic membrane and the nerves at the rear of -the cavity of the eye had retained some of the seeing power. When the eye had healed TWO HISTORIC VL3ELS. Progress and John A. Dix Lie Hot- tins: in Calumet Harbor. y In the Harbor of the Calumet, Just beyond the swell of the waves of the lake, lie the wrecks of two historic vessels. One of them within the span of two seasons earned for its owners a fortune which made them Independ­ ent, and the other did long and honor­ able duty for the government. One wreck is that of the Progress, New Bedford whaler, the other that of the John A. Dlx, United States revenue cutter. Within the week the famous whaler has been sold for a song--$10 Is the amount named as. the price paid-- and the old cutter has been disposed of for the value of the engines which are held within the battered hulk. The Progress, which lias successfully withstood the attacks of the Ice laden seas surrounding both poless lies on its side on a Calumet mud fiat. It was built "on honor" more than half a cen­ tury ago and to-day, aged as it is, the elements' destructive agents find, it hard work to make inroads in its oak built sides. The Progress was built at Westerly, R. I., in the year 1848. It was. then considered a monster among vessels and was the wonder of the peo-v pie who flocked to the shipyard from all parts of the State to witness the launching. On- its first whaling trip the Progress secured fifty barrels of sperm oil, 1,750 barrels of whale oil and 16,000 pounds of whalebone. On the second trip the catch yielded 1,000 bar­ rels of sperm oil, 2,700 barrels of whale oil, and 33,000 pounds of whalebone. The catches were within the limits of the northern seas, and after the com­ pletion of the voyages the Progress made successful trips to the South Pa­ cific. The vessel was finally sold to the United States government as a store ship aud was eventually picked out as one of the ships to be sunk off Charleston Harbor to help blockade that port during the war. Saved from this fate, the Progress passed into the hands of private owners again after the war and went back into the whal­ ing service. It was pinched in an ice­ pack which sent two consorts to the bottom, but the oak sides which are now slowly disintegrating in South Chicago's mud saved the vessel from destruction* The Progress escaped and in getting away managed to save the crew of the sunken whaler, Illinois. In two seasons it earned $200,000 for its owners. . The Progress was sent from New Bedford to be one of the World's Fair attractions. At Montreal the ballast was taken out and the vessel came through light. A distinguished party of people met it off Racine and sailed to this city, but now there is none to do it honor. During the Fair the Progress was used as a nautical museum. It changed ownership several times and now is worth only what the copper will bring in the market and what the wood will bring for kindling. The John A. Dix was built during the war as companion boat to the revenue cutters Andrew Johnson and W. T. Sherman, though it was considered a far finer vessel than either of them. The engines with which it was equipped were said to be the best up to that time put into a vessel of its class It did service for the United States for years and was finally sold to an excur­ sion promotiug company. Its sale was made possible on account of the en­ gines, which are still capable of doing good service. The Progress and the Dix are sep­ arated by only a few feet of water They were good servants, but in their old age they are forgotten.--Chicago Tribune. Rita's new novel Is entitled, "Good Mrs. Hypocrite;" and deals with life In Scotland. Henry James' latest novel, "What Mfttsie Knew," has just completed its run in the Chap Book. The work will at least staud as one of the notable new contributions to the study of child life. It will be issued in volume form. The American Book Company has just published "Curtlss' Semi-Vertical Copy Books," by C. 0. Curtlss, the for­ mer head of a commercial college In Minneapolis and St. Paul. The new system combines the advantages of both the vertical and the slant writing, and is expected to commend itself to teachers. A meeting was held in Liverpool the other day to start a subscription for a memorial to Mrs. Hemans. It is ex­ pected that the memorial will take the shape of a fund from which an annual, prize will be awarded in a lyrical com­ petition. The successful poet will re­ ceive a considerable sum if the commit­ tee's expectations are fulfilled. Hall Caine's new romance, "The Christian," is described as a drama of frail human nature aspiring to perfec­ tion and struggling to attain the high­ est ideal. The story opeus in the Isle of Man, but the action takes place for the most part in London. The romance is said to thjrob with life, and the emo­ tional force of these pictures of aspira­ tion, temptation, love and tragedy reaches a height which will make a lasting impression upon the literature of our time." One is glad to hear that Mr. Ruskin is in good health, and that he takes daily walks in the neighborhood of Coming- ton. The addresses he delivered some years ago at Oxford on landscape painting are a.t length to be printed. The reason given for their tardy publi­ cation is that Mr. Ruskin has not until ecently been satisfied with the pro­ gress made in the art of photogravure, it being, of course, necessary to have eproductions of those pictures to which lie referred. The volume will contain eighteen large plates, including some reproductions from Turner. The Yankton, S. D., Gazette says: South Dakotans will be pleased to learn that our own Sam T. Clover, managing editor of the Chicago Post, is about to bring out a new book--a story for boys --entitled "Paul Travers' Adventures." The book will be published by Way & Williams, Chicago, and will be profuse- illustrated. It is a striking and unique production, displaying Mr. Clo­ ver's genius at its best, and it is sure to make a hit. Mr. Clover recently de­ clined a consulate, which for the rest and opportunity for literary work he greatly desired to accept. His declina­ tion was because of need of his services on the Post. Derivation of Names of Dishes. Gumbo is simply okra soup, gumbo being the name by which okra is often known in the South. Chicken gumbo is soup of okra and chicken. Macaroni is taken from a Greek de ivation, which means "the blessed dead," in allusion to the ancient custom of eating it at feasts for the dead. Succotash is a dish borrowed from the Narragansett Indians and called by them m'sickquatash. The sandwich is called for the Earl of Sandwich. Mulligatawney is from an East India word meaning pepper water. Waffle is from wafel, a word of Teu­ tonic origin, meaning honeycomb. Hominy is from auhuminea, the North American Indian word for parch­ ed corn. Gooseberry fool is a corruption of gooseberry foule, milled or pressed gooseberries. Forcemeat is a corruption of farce- meat, from the French farce, stuffing, I. e., moat for stuffing. Blanc-mange means literally white food; hence chocolate blanc-mange is something of a misnomer. Charlotte is a corruption of the old (English word charlyt, which means a dish of custard, and chocolate russe Is Russian charlotte. A Useful Ant-Eater. When a horde of hairy yellow cater-- pillars infested the linden trees at the Zoological Gardens recently, Head Keeper Manley, who is in charge dur­ ing the absence of Superintendent Brown, was sadly puzzled for a way to get rid of the pests. Poisonous sprin­ kling mixtures, tar and coal bll were all applied to the trees, but the results fell far short of what had been hoped. The caterpillars flourished in spite of all, and seemed to increase in numbers. Then the ingenious head keeper had a happy idea. He took the South Ameri­ can ant-eater from its cage,-and secur­ ing it with a collar and a long cord started it up one of the trees. The way the creature laid about with its long, sticky tongue, scooping in caterpillars by the dozen, more than realized Man ley's greatest expectations. It took to them with as much relish as though they were its natural food, and in the course of half an hour completely cleaned the tree. Manley put the ant- eater up another tree and it ate until it was gorged. Since then it has • been turned out three times a day, and so great have been its Industry and appe­ tite that the caterpillars are nearly ex terminated.--Philadelphia Record' Uses of Sawdust. The most useful and extensive use of sawdust is probably as an absorbent on floors6and in spit-boxes, but it has found many other economical applica­ tions. Compressed with pitch or with its own intrinsic resin, if it be very resinous, it forms excellent kindlin blocks. It may be burned as a fuel in specially prepared fireplaces. Fuel blocks are made by compressing it with various substances; An artificial hai*d wood Is mentioned as formed i this way. At some factories it is di; tilled for purposes of lighting and the ammoniacal by-products. Oxalic acid may also be made from it. It forms a valuable litter for stables, and has fer tilizing qualities of its Own. Eggs are preserved by being carefully packed in it. With albumin, liquid paste, alum bichromate of potash, or molasses, It makes excellent briquettes; with ce­ ment, lime or gypsum, a material for constructions; and with slacked lime an excellent mortar. Mixed half and half with sand and clay, a material for par tition walls and ceilings is formed, Sawdust is therefore a very useful ma terial. An Island of Ice. H. J. Bull, who some time ago cruis ed in Antarctic waters, encountered the largest iceberg ever seen by the eyes of civilized man. Mr. Bull says that one day they sighted a long island flat on the top, but rising in one place to a greater height. Sailing along at a distance, they found that it was about flfty-niue miles in length. No land in that position was marked on the charts, Drawing nearer, the captain announc ed that they had found new land, the crew was called up to greet the discov ery with a "hurrah," grog was served all round, and the Island was christen­ ed Svend Foyn, in honor of the famous Norwegian whaler of that name. There was severe disappointment a little later when it was found that the hi"' tract was 'merely a floating iceberg of\itherto unprecedented dimensions. Its dirty gray color, probably produced bv the sifting ashes of a volcano, was responsible for their mistake. The berg was about fifty miles long, of un known width, and as 600 feet of it rose above the Avater it must have exJt?nded about 4.000 feet into the sea depths " Cholera's Death Rate. In the cholera plagues since 1S4S the death rate has been tolerably uniform about 40 per cent, of the cSses termin: ating fatally. „ Job Worth Holding. The best paid official in the British service is the Lord Lieutenant of Ire­ land, who receives £20,000 a year. _ -- -- : The season is rapidly approaching when men will sit on dry goods boxes and abuse others for not doing more "for the town." < An American Lord Chancellor. It may not be generally known that one of England's lord chancellors was born on American soil. His name was John Singleton Copely, and he was born in Boston May 21, 1772. He was the son of J. S. Copley. R. A., the por­ trait and historical painter, who was a resident of America during the war of independence, and who, at its conclu­ sion, elected to remain a British sub­ ject. When the future chancellor was 3 years of age his parents went to Lon­ don, and resided at 25 George street, Hanover square. As a barrister the son joined the Midland circuit. He en­ tered Parliament in 1818 a smember for Yarmouth, and in 1819, as Sir John Copley, became solicitor general: in 1824, attorney general, and in 1826, master of the rolls. In 1827 he became lord chancellor, and was raised to the peerage as Barou Lyndhurst. He was lord chancellor in two administrations, and held the great seal until the fall of the Peel government in 1846. How to Wash Flannels. Flannels require care in their wash­ ing to prevent their shrinking and keep them soft. Make a strong suds of some pure white soap and water as hot as the hand can bear it, put in the flan­ nels, and let them lie twenty minutes. A flannel should not be rubbed, but drawn through the hands until It seems perfectly clean. Prepare another tub of water, not using quite as much soap, jmd when the flannels are taken fiom the first water, drop them into the sec­ ond water, press through that and put them Into a warm water, slightly blued. Carefully wring the flannels out of the last water, shake them well and dry as quickly as possible, taking care not to hang them where they will freeze when drying. When sufficiently dry, iron the flannels and hang them unfolded until well aired. Flannels should not be rolled up when dry and laid oue side to be ironed later. The "World's Newspapers. A statistician has learned that tne annual aggregate of the circulation of the papers of the world is fstimau-l at 12,000,000,000 copies. To grasp the i<Jea of this magnitude it is stated that the amount of the paper would cover uo fewer than 10,450 square utiles of sur­ face, and It is printed on 781,250 tons of paper. We might press and pile them vertically upward and gradually reach our highest mountains. Topping all these (ind even the highest Alps the pile would reach the magnificent alti­ tude of 490, or. In round, numbers- 500 'miles. Calculating that the average man spends five minutes reading his paper in the day (this is a very lew es­ timate) we find that the people of the world altogether annually occupy time equivalent, to 100,000 years reading the p a p e r s . i y / ' (lie Car^s of tiffice. Weary Watkins--"They kin ail run for office that wants it, but none of it fer me. I've been there. The responsi­ bility broke down me nerves." Hungry- Iiiggins--"What office did you ever liold?v . "I wuz deg catcher."--Indianapolis Journal. Why don't turnips and beets ever dis­ agree with people? No one likes ttir- aios and beets, anyway.