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fluea, »aa ew Mt 1w op- * aad saan Is not W.ST "human of ittjr till man iball rlvar, rushing to tha saa, of a rock-bound deep, • In. tta course, turns 'round r ift pursue Its way; lent to the perfect state checked by that the d< of worMbrand MS while we Mem to retrograde* •9m taa stream, refreshed by rest cow h forco and volume sreatar than ba- fore, renew our march, and, strangth- rise, and words and deeds to undreamed, ence is an Incident of growth. JPower that dies win Uve acaln next ?P*ar, WJWi of its kind will bring' to bloom •Ad their charm to nature's boun­ teous Store. nsttwt, too, declines, and. passing, leaves tt but a name to place on history's am Its seed a better people spring Add momentum to the world's ad­ vance . so our lofty destiny unfolds ; step by step, we're drawn toward that S***t light eh emanates from Him from whom We sprang, unto whom we go. That Is our' goal; surely as the end of life Is death* Sad of man is Ood. --Casper B. Tost Fire-fly's Light. |9T WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT VIS- SCHER. ithor "The Harp of The South," etc. 1j?hted 1900: Daily Story Pub. Co.) |The Trumbo house, a handsome and resque suburban chalet, was led with £he white light of electric itiipeence, but a fire-fly lit on the screen of a window and led liis pale, pink light, Intermit- itiy. | Persons in the room laughed at the !>le attempt to lend lustre to the M, and an observant fellow re* rked: ["It is like the frequent attempts of to instruct the wise." [Jane Stanton, particularly, and the lpany, generally, had high hopes Henry Winter, the bright philoso- ler and up-to-date man who had ched » short sermon from the text the fire-fly's flash. Winter was to wonders yet as an Inventor. In- he had already done some little loaders that way. Now ho was labor upon a larger one, and they all tew It [They who knew Winter best were of him. Others were inclined to leer at him as self-conceited. But >t to his face. He waa too com- itive for that ie of the first was June Stanton, id she was more than fond of him. [But Delia Poynter--"nee Vance"-- the amateur society reporter would --cordially disliked this man. She id a past. Futures were cheap to fcr. And there were other reasons ir her dislike. 1 Winter was a social star. He had rich and melodious baritone voice could accompany himself with %'̂ f fe| j p m r -And had shown it gaping open." liar, piano or banjo. He could rite pretty verses and recite them tchingly, and among his other ac- implishments was a knowledge of imlstry, and so, he could "tell for- Delia Poynter offered her hand to later, that he might read it There 1 been a time when she would have en it to him for--well, "for keeps." (any women--men too--believe im- lcity, In "what the cards say," and the mysterious traceries of the though they pretend that they not And the most of them think none of the seers can see any- lng but the good in their palms, lbs. Poynter's dislike of Winter did extend \o the terrible degree of soring his fortune-telling powers-- When a woman dislikes one that ach, she is dangerous. However, tantalized him with sneering and nical remarks, until, at last. In aa dertone that no one else could hear, told her some things that he need- not the aid of palmistry to unfold, he knew them to be true, ex- ineously. Hers was a wondrously beautiful id aad she withdrew It ss if from t. A blush mantled her temple and of hate glinted from her eyes. » the low buss of an angry wasp !• the whispered question--and meant It to sting: "Is there anything yon do not bap- "Nothing that I know of," he ra­ ted, audaciously. Tha real secret of Delia Poynter's tt red of Wlntar waathat he was oat aad. she taf* that ha later. The tines of Its ttltWMiilii* mnnbera. aad MUiUlrys^,: many from9* of young and mlddk ajndJS»iA t̂̂ ir̂ wî s ̂of meanfiaawtot tr̂ jm sqd& îH ^aotsvlss, came tha ttakto ot - mandolins • witli ' the etrttas of guitars. In one vine-dao pavilion. on a white planked floor, th« cake walk prevailed, to the rattle ol baajos in rag-time melody. Mirth, music, lore, bright-lights aad ht&ilgfcts, ware the tinting *f the " fr ... 5'>• "Nothing that I know of." picture, with dark shadings where the shadows fell. Thalia, Terpsichore and Euterpe of the muses, were there In modern garb, aad Daphne with fauns, satyrs, nymphs and bacchantes--up-to-date-- flitted about in this garden of revelry, mixing with the guests--of them. In­ deed! Delia Poynter found opportunity to whisper to June Stanton: "In twenty minutes stroll over, alone, to the mound In the North Grove, and you will see how true your lover is." A moment before the schemer had whispered the same words to Henry Winter. Each in turn had accepted the message with u fine show of con­ tempt. But Delia had not lingered to discuss the matter. She knew that both would attend. She was informed as to the flashes and moods of love, in all stages of the game. She knew a jealousy, from its first hint to the frenzies of Othello. The North Grove was the site of a ruin. At the spot the Trumbos had built their first home, when the> came here from Virginia--Just George Trumbo, his young wife and her younger sister; It had first been a log cabin. Then with prosperity's de­ mand it had given place to a small brick cottage. Trees stood about the. cabin and the cottage, and they wers here yet. Hence the grove. Fire had destroyed the cottage. Then came the grass-grown and shrub-dotted mound that hid the debris of broken brick and stone. The chajet arose as the rich man's home, and the North Grove was an almost hallowed spot. Near to the foot of the mound, on the side toward the chalet, was the deep and ancient well that had served the Trumbo home In the old days, but its waters were now unusued and it had been covered many years with heavy planks, almost overgrown with the rank grass. Henry strolled away from the merrymakers. He had missed June from the party, and yet she was there ~in one of the shadows, on a rustic seat, alone; thinking of what Delia ^Poynter had said; struggling with the thought of obeying. "What could have been Delia's mo­ tive for saying what she had said?" She would see for herself. She glanced about among the groups. Henry was cot there. Then she flew along the path, Sad stopped suddenly, when near the mound. She had faintly made out the familiar figure that had halted and was angrily speaking to Delia Poyn­ ter, whose white form was but a filmy fleece against the black where she stood at the foot of the mound. A fire-fly had flashed Its pink, pale light at the very edge of the old well and had shown It, gaping, open, a black spot before him, which, with an­ other step, would have been the door to his hereafter. Had he taken the step June Stan­ ton would have unwittingly joined him, a moment later, in the dark depths below. Delia Poynter had torn away the heavy plaaka, - *wo Key*. The night clerk of a leading- hotel of Washington, D. C., says that last winter a southern congressman came to him and demanded that his room be changed. When asked what displeased him he replied angrily: "Well, that German musician in the next room and I don't get along well. Last night he tooted away on his clarionet so that I thought I never would go to sleep. After I had caught a few winks I was awakened by a pounding at my door. •What's the matter?' I asked. 'If you please,' said the German, 'dot you vould schnore of der same key. • You vas go from B flat to G, and it spoils der music.'" Boston Kd•cation Fall* Short. Judging from the following notice, which was recently posted on the wall of a small railroad station within 20 miles of Boston, the educational pow­ er of "the modern Athens" does not radiate as far as might be supposed: "The train leaving Boston at 1:30 p. m. will leave at 1:45 p. m., and at all other stations along the r«id |ytteeii minutes later.9 _ c 4'* . linn M{ iij -* Diamond King of Booth Afrtsa Alfred Belt, the diamond king; ol South Africa, is only forty-six yean old. His whole fortune, estimated ai 1200,000,000, was made la twenty-flvs HW. :'V- v :•' " ; 1 iatio&*r peopl«. The only parallals t jcftow «re in some of the Balkan states. At al- W pol&t la rural Rttuda yon think yourself In the Interior of Setfrta or Bulgaria, except that even in these countries the poor peasant Is not quite so poor, and his bearing Is more independent. Long train Jow- neys in Russia are dMna^a experi­ ences. Once past Che limits ot tie towns, every village Is the sama--a wide street or two--not really streets, of course, but deep dust or mud, ac­ cording to the season, and from a score to a couple of hundred gray, ona story wooden houses, usually dllapb dated, sad a church. Russia Is still first and foremost an agricultural country; she produces including (Po­ land) two thousand million bushels of grain, and grain products form mora than half her total exports to Europe; therefore, at the right season, there are great stretches of waving fields and later, the huge mounds of straw; whence the grain has been threshed. But it is in her most fertile districts ithat the worst famines occur, for fa­ mine--a little one every year, a big one every seven years--has now be­ come a regular occurrence. And the country, as one flies across it, leaves the general impression of indigence. In sharp and painful contrast with western Europe, there are virtually BO fat stackyards, no cosey farm housi, na chateau of the local lands owner, no squire's hall--pitiful assemblages of men aad womea just on the hither side of the starvation line. And, from all one learns, disease is rife. Whole vil­ lages, I was told by men who knew them well, are poisoned with syphilis, and the authorities, gravely alarmed at this terrible state of things, hava appointed of late, several commis­ sions of inquiry to devise remedial measures. Drunkenness, too, la a na­ tional vice, the peasant having his regular bout whenever he has saved up a small sum.--From "Russia of Today," by Henry Norman In the. Oc­ tober Scribner's. • -.A • r *--- : x _ FAMILY QJF DESTINY. •Wilms to Corsica Go to gr« Napoteon*S, Birthplace. Visitors to Corsica always go to see the house where Napoleon was born. A sojourn in this Napoleonic mansion sets the Imagination working when one remembers the children that were born therein. There was Joseph, the eldest son; Napoleon, the second; Lu- cien, Louis, Jerome, Caroline, Ellse* Pauline--all the children of an ob­ scure notary, and in the course of time (and not so long, either) they wore crown torn from the heads of kings, wore them defiantly, too, in the sight 3f the whole world, and caused them­ selves to be embraced as brother by emperors and kings, and great nations fell at their feet and delivered the and and people to a band of Corsican idventurers. Napoleon, as emperor of France; Joseph, king of Spaiu; Louis, king of Holland; Jerome, king of Westphslia; Pauline and Elise, Prin­ cesses of Italy; Caroline, queen of Naples--all of these remarkable peo­ ple were born and educated in this modest house up a back street by a woman unknown to fame. Letitia Ramolino, who at the age of fourteen, married a man equally obscure. There is scarcely a tale in the famed "Ara­ bian Nights" that sounds more fabu­ lous. There is plenty of food for re­ flection in a visit to the Casa Buona­ parte. • > • -**1 '7 A ItSppf Oli 1(1 in tlii When Burman parents are past their prime their children pray them to "nobosat," which means that they should be at the children's charge for the remainder of their lives, as the children had -first been at their parents'. The turning point is not marked by any formality, but a child approaching parents on a solemn oc­ casion adopts the gestures of venera­ tion. The aged are not idle; they pre­ serve a great elasticity of mind and interest in things; they study their re­ ligious book and occupy themselves with their grandchildren. When they are too old to go on pilgrimages with the others they keep the house and tell their beads alone. The old people wear plainer clothes than the young and, according to old Burmese fashion, less of it. The human dignity of the aged is of a kind that apparel can not add to. Steeped in the spirit of Budd­ hism the aged never yield to anger. Wanting neither for necessities nor honor, the pathos of their serene old age Is purely that of years, A peace­ ful end is their lot--Femur's Book on the Chinese. .. The "PntMtut Pops*? WSifc Clement XIV. has been the "Protestant Pope," because he is­ sued a bull in 1773 suppressing the or­ der of Jesuits. This society was es­ tablished by Ignatius de Loyalo in 1537 to establish the power of the Pope. Protestants, kings and national bish­ ops were to be regarded as enemies, and It became the most influential so­ ciety in the church. In 1656, when the Jesuits were in the height of their power, Pascal published a book against them, and from that time their influ­ ence declined, until France, Portugal, Spain and other countries of Europe demanded that the Pope abolish the order, which was afterward restored 4? Pins VII., In 1815. Th« Kilo o< Dlffcnat Nations. The English mile is 1,760 yards; Scotch, 1,984; Irish, 2,240; German, 8,106; Dutch and Prussian, 6,430; Ital­ ian, 1,766; Vienna (post mile), 8,296; Swiss, 9,153; Swedish and Danish, 7,3411-2; Arabian, 2,143; Roman, 1,628 Mr 2,025; Tuscan, 1,808; Turkish, 1,826, aad Flemish, 6,869. The English mile Is that recognized in Ireland, but oc­ casionally some of the old-time mUee are referred to, > Gold beaten, by hammering, ca& io- duce gold leaves so thin that M,N9 must be laid upon each other to pro* fha fTilrtness of an laeh. L one of the most re- iwa of the Paris exhibi­ tion Jtitft'.iMaed has been the multi- plidt* .«£.<£*««* and novel systems for 'light In electricity iae extraordinary electric lamp that must be lighted with a match proved one of the triumphs of the German section. In gas lighting the portable boxes of a Paris company have already found their way into general use. Acetylene, that peculiar French discovery and invention, astonished the visitor by Its wbite effulgence all along the Seine, between the new bridge and the Street;! whispering together over something in the municipal and houee-lighting line that is absolutely sensational. The discovery or invention contemplates the tlisiiiitjgittUoii at the burner of common air, pumped through ttte mains --«ir that costs nothing but the pump­ ing. The great question Is (Which is to he the cheapest and the best Gas and electric lighting companies may or may not have to go into liquida­ tion--in any case, the honest citizen may hope at last to come into his own at no distant day. If first noticed the "fountains" . ot wthMi equally <wit& dweller la «itM» i»ay enjoy gas llghtin« all over his Mtfmtu These gas fountains--using the word in the French Keumj----fefO-loag, narrow metal boxes, standing upright, of soUd construction, to hoid compressed 11. luminaUacE gas. that 'by means of rub­ ber tubes Is 'led to incandescent burn- eta by way of movable lamps like those that stand on center tsfctes in America. This Is the story of tbtt "fountains"; but simple as It If, henr is it that no one thought of it before? The gas boxes, sold to the consumer 9mm * "|£" fi ^ k of Jtfatlons. *fte powerful new Ameri­ can petroleum laiup3 oa the Quai des Tuillerdes show that old-fashioned "coal oil" is still to be heard from. In the exhibition grounds and on the Paris boulevard the alcohol lamps with Incandescent gas burners compete with the electric ligiht More curious still and full of a va^rue promise are the mysterious psychological and lu­ minous metallic lamps. Finally, the scientists and capitalists of Paris are -j* t i i . *' **' * 'Z4 «"t" * 4 * \', i-'. i t his canned-gas company at the ex­ hibition, -but they are now doing busi­ ness on the Rue Auber, beside the Grand Opera, and are beginning to ex­ tend their business all over Europe, Asia and America, writes our corre­ spondent. It is in the full tourist quarter, and I fancy there have been few Americans in Paris this summer who have not stood in admiration be­ fore the simple-looking device dis­ played in those show windows by :««te !twl THE CITY Caracas, Venezuela, was again visit­ ed by a severe earthquake last week. Fifteen persons were killed and many others injured. Great damage was done to buildings, including the Pan­ theon and the churches. The United States legation was badly damaged, but all the occupants escaped unhurt. President Castro, who leaped from a balcony on the second floor of the government house, had one leg brok­ en. Mr. William Henry Doveton Hag­ gard had a narrow escape, the second floor of the British legation having fallen upon him and buried him in the debris. Reports from the Interior show that the effects of the earthquake CARACAS. were widespread. The disturbances were felt as far aa the region of the Andes. There were many wonderful escapes. Caracas has twice been shaken by earthquakes in recent years. In the middle of November, 1896, a severe disturbance occurred at midnight There were two distinct shocks. There was a panic in the city and most of the inhabitants fled to the open places. There was little damage done, how­ ever, and no loss of life. The city of Caracas, which has fre­ quently suffered from earthquakes, was visited last July by a series of seismic disturbances, which did great at $5 each, require only to be taken home and set up on shelves. Three form the regulation "battery" for a moderate-sized house, lighting the three rooms which the French light brilliantly, the dining room, the ante­ chamber and the kitchen. You will not often find gas-burners in French bedrooms, candles being considered the correct thing. The company as­ serts there is no other installation of gas that can be made so cheaply. Caracas. damage to property. There were seven terrific shocks In succession, and the residents of the city were terror- stricken. President Castro and his family slept for several nights under tents in the Plaza Bolivar, and all the churches and theaters were kept closed for a week. Critic* Christian VVtftoi*. A dispatch from Pretoria announces the death from enteric fever of Prince Christian Victor oi Schleswlg-Hol- stein, eldest son ot ̂ the Princess HMK ene of England and a grandson at Queen Victoria. H# was born in 1867, and was r major in the King's Roy­ al rifles. He joined the King's Royal rifles twelve years ago, and saw a great deal of war service. He took part intheAshanti expedition, which brought heavy sor­ row to the queen Prince Christian through the death victor. of her son-in-law, Prince Henry of Battenberg, aad waa promoted brevet-major in recognition of his services. He was at Omdur^ man with the sirdar. Latterly he served with his regiment la Ireland. He was 35 years of age. The emperor of Austria always used to send the late king of Italy annual­ ly a present of 10,000 picked Havana cigars. A Very ClexJer ^Sculptor. Lady Colebrcoke, the English beau­ ty, is a very clever sculptor and car­ penter. She is quite an artist in the carpentering line and has made many useful and l>eautiful things, as, for Instance, a perfect pillar box, Wihich stood In the hall at Abington. _ She has a class of l*dy Colebrooke. women and girls every week from the surrounding dis­ trict, to whom she teaches needlework an<d carpentering. Admiral Sampson's retirement in February win not break his family's .connection with the navy, for he has three sons-in-law--Lieutenants Jack­ son aad Roy Smith and Ensign Clu- verfus--In the service, and his son will probably enter the naval academy juajt year. - • " " if> ii' •. 'J' v. A heart full of grace ta.ltfltar-itata * kead full of notloas. ijTrem the Siege of f*eltfn. The Maxim-Nordenfeldt Mounted to Rake the Walls of the Imperial Car­ riage Walk, from Which an Attack Was Expected on the Besieged Le­ gations at Pekin.--Black and White. The Cuoamonga Peatta of the San Gabriel range of mountains In Cali­ fornia are 1,000 feet Mot a Free &htnKftr. ; Before his departure for the Malayan archipelago Profes­ sor Haeckel waa invited to becoma the president of the German Asso­ ciation of Frea Thinkers, in plac« of Professor Dodel, who has resigned. Professor Haeckel declined the offer as being inconais- „ tent with his pres- ent position as professor at Jena. The late William L. Wilson a death almost exactly parallel to of Robert E. Lee. The tifo men not only died in the same oflfea, but in the same house, in the same room, aft# in the same bed, and they were buried from the same chapel. The high price of coal haa ao ralml the price of paper thai the printai* and editors ot' Prfcsaia aaaemUed in Press have reaolvad to lpemMtpt ifca of their newspaper* T ftftCOi A ers ot state &i Mine in the Tilton Member* CahiH, «ns; Thomas as Je: Coal OH T he o] ty of Chi Kelly, O. L. Haibert of th< of this city, cago and J. salesman for! meeting war hoisting dtana to year. *wn «• The Chic unable to aged Nl been was traced, clairvoyant ther of the fident that ha cago and th#i in that city. sue the more man than-Wt of the PalttMiirl declared registered at the der the name of A| a name that day that Pearson to a three-story a door plate of neither the police have been able to < Joha D. Ro$|ttiP$M^ of Chicago pleased at the BOtorU the university by rc Of some of the prof comparing him to the last straw. Hlfe? mediately sent a letter P Harper commanding refrain from the any connection. T|Nfev to have mentioned idiots aad to hav| sane asylum. The j of a star *i6fcmber ulty in Dr. Haiyar's the doctor the "pyrolet^Sicfffefcl, ii sensational statements" by membtit of the classes. A whoianlt tm # took place in £aglew«n Ing. Eight-'Warttoia.? by C. W. Jones of the league, Chicago. The served in time to before Justice morning session tlon pigs" was tailed by las traction toDKaghteiaftf A distriet aohooi of the tbird district of ters of Rebekah, opened * ̂ with delegates present from nineteen lodges in the district!! President Olive J. BlackmaA < risburg and State Secreta^f Richards of Decatur ha#e' the work. A banquet waa Odd Fellows' hall. Bays Site for Boys* Bishop Jenssen of Catholic diocese has pu Addle, a country house t of Lebanon, and win a new Catholic he says will In the central sists of a large mansion erected Morrison, ̂ a fcei& war. It Is One of the places in the state. So to Bwropa, », victors National by Tfriirnpnan' Aarora The Aurora three last fa meats h»y_ known circus this winter. pear with Austria* turnamai^ competed cago Zouaves #id the Walsh Zouave* of St Louis. M StMloy Stanly of pr filed a loo Baakmpt. a, Chicago writer _ bankrupt 3* 'fcaa !ft* relief from 4[*fete in the IwfeBd oprt, and also uled a*^S|g|ip|ting to 1135, ha says. aA a*empt All tka were unnawad, the credltom lag d«*cp& iMryars, dentists ers. One;•**. the largest c W. R. Ifiatrkam, director of the from wfeooi Mr. Waterloo 12,156 in st Paul several yearn agtf l#«p Company Sard for Damages aggregating from the elevated controlling the d for alleged d tfce value of property of Albert A. The marriage Of Centralis, Nighswander of tike home of tfc»£ Immediate reiatlvea . ' 1 'k*' ki'i 'M(4' Vy ' /'"a. •- * *• \ i 'A ... ' i: ; Vv. .-: •" ' -ii", ' %-',W ' i? V U - ' l ,