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A dupatch from Washington saysu â€"l{ev. Dr. 'l‘almagc preached tron)l the text, Isaiah x11, 11, “Watchman. what 01 the night. ?'_' “â€" “-|An ‘V .I“. V. .Clv “Ca-v ' When night came down on Babylon, ‘ Ninevzh and Jerusalem. they needed‘ curetul watching, otherwise the in- cendiary's torch might have been thrust into the very heart 01 the metropolitan splendor, or enemies, marching from the hills, might have lorced the gates. All night long. on top of the wall and in front 0! the gates. might be heard the measured step of the watchman on his solitary beat ; silence hung in air. save as tome passerby raised the question, “Watchman. what of the night ?" The ancients divided their night into {our partswâ€"thc first watch iron) 0 to 9, the second [tom 9 to 12. the third {tom 12 to 3 and the ionrth [tom 3 to 6. I speak now of the city in the third watch, or from 12 to 3 I never weary of looking upon the Me of the city in the first watch. That is the hour when the stores are closing. Tho laboring men. nu .. quitted the scallolding and the shop, are on their way home. It rejoices me to give them my seat in the (it); car. They have stood out hammered away all day. Their lee.l are weary. They are exhausted with the tug of work. They are mostly cheerful. With appetites sharpened on the swift. turner's wheel and the carpenter's' whetstone they seek ‘ THE EVENING MEAL. The clerks. too, have broken away lrom the counter and with brain weary ol the long line of figures and the whims of those who go a-shopâ€" ping seek the face 0! mother or Wile and child. The streets are throngel with young men setting out from the great centres of bargaib making. Let idlers clear the street and give the right 0! Way to the besweated artisans and merchants ! They have earned their bread and are now on their way home to get it. The lights in lull jet hung over 10,000 evening repustsâ€"the parents at either end of the table, the children between. Thank God. ”who setletli the solitary in families !" I II AL- "v-C‘" A few hours later and all the} places 01 amusement. good and bad,j are. in full tide. Lovers of art. catalogue in hand. stroll through the galleries and discuss the pictures. The ballroom is resplendent with the rich apparel of those who on either side 01 the white. glistening boards await the signal [mm the orchestra. Concert halls are lifted into en- chantment with the warble of one songstress or swept out on a sea of tumultuous feeling by the blast at brazen instruments. A beautiful and overwhelming thing is the city in the first and second watches of the night. u 1...... Hot the clock strikes 12. and the third watch has begun. The thunder of the city has rolled out of the air, The slightest sound cuts the night with such distinctness as to attract your attention. The tinkling of the bell ol the street car in the distance and the buying of the (log. The stump 0! a. horse in the next street The slamming of a saloon door. The hitcough ol the drunkard. The shrieks o! the steam whistle five miles away. Oh, how suggestive, my lriends, the THIRD WATCH Oi" THE NIGHT ! There are honest men passuig up l"‘1 and down the street. Here is a city ‘0‘ missionary. who has been carrying an: scuttle of coal to that poor family! in that dark place. llere is an un- so dertaker going up the steps of a=n building from which there comes a u bitter cry. which indicates that the 1‘ destroying angel has smitten the firstborn. Here is a minister of reâ€" ligion who has been giving the sac- rament to a dying Christian. Here is a physician, passn‘ig along in; great haste. Nearly all the lights} have gone out in the dwellings, forl] it is the third watch of the night. " 'l‘hat light in the Window is the light ‘ of the watcher. for the medicines must be administered, and the fever 4 must be watched. and the restless tossing at? of the coverlid must be resisted, and the ice must be kept on the hot temples. and the per-} petnal prayer must go up froml hearts soon to be broken. Oh. the third watch of the night l What a stupendous thought â€" a whole city at rest Weary arm pre-l paring for to-morrow's toil. Hot brain being cooled off. Rigid mus- cles relaxed. Excited nerves sooth- ed. The white hair of the octoâ€" genarian in thin drifts across the pillow. fresh fall of flakes on snow already fallen. Childhood, with its dimpled hands thrown out on the pillow and with every breath taking in a new store of fun and frolic. Third watch of the night ! God's A_A t f. t f- l alhmbeEiSJEye will 1061:. Let one great. Wave of retreshing slumber roll over the heart. of the great. town. submerging care and anxiety and at. lriends. be not deceived. TlIni-re :31 be toâ€"night thousands who will not sleep at all. Go up that dork alley. and be cautious where you tread lest you fell over the prostrate form of o drunku'd ly- ing on his own doorstep Look obout you. lest you feel the gar-rot- n- AL----_‘. 6h hunk-n In; VII - ghout you. lest you feel the gut-rot.-i er'o hug. Look through the brokenl window pane and see what you can see You say. “Nothing." Than It“. is it ? “God help No tootlighu, but waged} on? “ion w. ' TH E C 11‘ Y SLEEP. :wicious poor. and therefore they dol n '- not deserve our sympathy I" Are . they vicious ? So much more need they your pity. The Christian I. poor. God helps them. 6 Pass on through the alley. Open V\, hut falls otT. at 1 the man falls to 1 l‘ . the floor. asking for more drink.’ ; ' iStrewn through the drinking saloons 1 "up.“ the city, fathers. husbands, sons.'- ”9’ !as good as you are by nature, perâ€" ; Til“ ghaps better. In the high circles 1 “3'0! society it is hushed up. A: Limerchant prince, if he gets noisy and a uncontrollable, is taken by his fel- the low revellers. who try to get him to the bed or take him home. where he falls flat in the entry. Do not wake up 3;: the children. They have had dis- >lere grace enough. Do not let them ' in:know it. gmsi HUSH IT UP. for .But sometimes it cannot be hushed rght. mp when the rum touches the brain .ight and the man becomes thoroughly zines frenzied. Such a one Came home, [ever having been absent for some time, tless and during his absence his wife died, be and she lay in the next room pre- kept pared for the obsequies, and he went per- : in and dragged her by the locks and 'wmishook her out of the shroud and pitched her out of the window. Oh, ght ! :when rum touches the brain you can- _ a ' not hush it up! HOOK. the door. “Oh," you say. “it. is locked!" No, it. is not locked. It. has never been locked. No burglar would be tempted to go in there to steal anything. Only a. broken chair stands against. the door. Shove it back. Go in. Strike a. match. Now, --v' â€"â€" A great "debt at what. is called Christian work goes for nothing, for the simple {easog it. isupot, practi- cal. As after the battle of Ante- tam a man got out. of an ambulance with a bag of tracts. and he we. distributing the tracts. and George Stuart, one of the best Christian men in this country, said to him: “What are you distributing tracts {or mw? There are 3,000 men bleeding to death. Bind up their wounds. and then distribute the tracts." We want more common sense in Christian work. taking the bread of this life in one hand and the bread of the next life in the oth- er hand. No such inapt work as that done by the Christian man who went into a hospital with tracts. and, coming to the bed of a-"man whose legs had been amputated, gave 1 him a tract on the sin of dancing! “ VI wvv v.- ‘--v â€"â€"-_ v V ._ - -Iv- . B‘“ there is n man who will “0" sumption. After recommending the‘ reform. He says, "I won t ’0' cold bath, Mr. Wesley says : form," me' then. haw many 9°“ “Take no food but new buttermilk. are there m a tragedy? I believe churned in a. bottle. and white bsead. there are On every morning cut up a. llttlei FIVE ACTS IN A TRAGEDY. fun-1 of fresh earth. and lying clown Act first of the tragedy: A young breathe into the hole (or a. quarter I have known a. deep man startan on trom home; parents of an hour. and sisters weeping to have him go; consumptive cured this way. over the hill; farewell He further states : “Mr. Matt era. 38 _ klee flung buck. Ring the bell and ol Evesham, was so far gone vxth eonsumptbn that he could not stand let the curtain tell. Act the new: The marriage 31- alone. Dr. Dover (of the celebrated at: nu ma. bright lights; long Dover's powder) advised him to loee white vell trolling through the Cl: ounces 0! blood daily (or a tort- nleb; prayer and congratulation end MM 130 “'04 that longâ€"end u then every other ' . then 0708'! lm of. How well she {LIL-II .dAv end ., lemon. In three {or v.--â€" --v - vo-v the locks and There is no mention made of fly- shroud and time in this pungent remedy for window. Oh, baldness : "Rub the part night and brain you can- morning with a raw onion until red; rub afterward with honey. Tried. what is called Or eiectrify daily.”_ marks of hardship on the (see; the biting oi the nails ol bloodless fin- gem; neglect and cruelty and de- spair. Ring the hell and let the‘ curtain fall. Act the . fourth: Three graves in a dark meow-grave ,ol the child that died for lack of medicine: grave of the wife that died of a broken heart. grave of the man that died of dissipation. , Oh, what a. blasted heath with three graves! Plenty of weeds but no novel’s. Ring the bell and let the curtain drop; auu IVE vuv vu- vvâ€"u - Act the fifth: A destroyed soul's eternity; no light. no music; black.- ness of darkness jorever. But I can- not look any longer. Woe! woe! I close my eyes to this last act of the tragedy. ' Quick, quick! Ring the bell and let the curtain drop. “Re; joice, 0 young man. in thy youth. and let thy heart rejoice in the days of thy youth. but know thou that =for all these things God will bring 'you into judgment." “There is a iWay that seemeth right to a. man, Ibut the end thereof is death." J BEN WESLEY’S REMEDIES TREATMENT FOB. I? YEARS AGO. Curious Mixture of Material Be- medies and Religious Ex- hortstion. In these days of hygienic reform and “methods" of treating disease without medicine at all. it is inter- esting to read of the heroic treat- ment of 150 years ago. A volume printed in 1747. and compiled by John Wesley. is a curious mixture of material remedies and religious ex- hortation. There are few copies of , the book in existence, but one un- earthed recently was the occasion of much amusement at a convention of physicians. The book is substan- tially bound in leather, and the few illustrations are as primitive as the remedies. The preface deals with the raison d'etre of the work, incident- .ally recalling how : ALA 1.-...1... A; ‘yll’ JUV“ ..... 5 -cv v. “Man was sent from the hands of God perfect, needing no physio, but. rebelling against the Sovereign all all, the seeds of pain and sickness were lodged in the body, and a thousand disorders, increased by everything around us. The sun and moon shed unwholesome influences from above ; the earth exhales pois- onous damps from below ; the air itself that surrounds us in replete lwith the shafts of death ; yea, the food we eat daily saps tne munda- tions of life." The preface further states 3 “As to the manner of using too remedies here set down, I should ad- vise as soon as you know your dis- order (which is easy unless in a case of complication of disorders, and then you will do well to apply to a physician who tears God): First. use the medicine first advised for that disease ;\the second, if that is of none efl'ect ; the third, and so on. To persevere in the course is often MORE THAN HALF THE CURE. Above all. add to the rest (for it is not labor lost) that old-fashioned medicineâ€"prayer and faith in God." (1.! 5U“ vw‘. mobsâ€"p1 and nece the six ounces of blood daily (or a. to: r.- md nightâ€"it he lived that. longâ€"and she then every other day. than every third day and so on. In three ”IV“ ..... v r-“ The work proper is entitled "a Col- lection of Receipts," and recites in alphabetical order the “disorders" of that time and their remedies. In the A’s are a list of panaceas against ague. To “go into a cold bath just before a fit” is added the wholesome advice : ”Nothing tends more to prolong ague than an indulgence in a lazy, indolent disposition." An- other remedy for ague is to “apply to the stomach a large onion, split.’ Still another is, “Make six middling pills of cobwebs. Take one before the cold fit, two a little before the next, the other three, if need he, bet fore the other lit." ‘ ___l Purenthetically are introduced some gentle hint.) for “tender pur- so'ns" and “the studious." “Tender persons should constantly go to bed at 9 and rise at 4 or 5. Studious people should frequently bathe and frequently wash their feet." - AAA-AJâ€"n :n‘ ..V‘1‘~"--"J --_ Tar water is a. standard remedy in the Great John Wesley's family medicine book. He gives the for- mula for making it) : “Put a gallon of water (cold) on a. quart of Norway tur, stir them to- gether with a. flat. stick for five min- utes. After it has stood for three days pour the water off clear, bot- tle. cork. For St Anthony’s fire take. a. wine-glassfm chry hour." How does modern hydropathy compare with this instance : "Miss Bates of Leicestcrshire, bathed daily. using the cold bath for a month, and drinking only water. This cured her 0! cancer in the breast. a consump- tion and a. sciatic rheumatism." “Children," says the wise book. “should go barchcaded and bare- footed until they are 3 years old at least. A child should be weaned at seven months. and should lie in a cradle at least a year.’_' _ Tho various “t-ciwty" doctors who set. the women crazy trying to fol- low their directions. should include the following ' in their collection : “Wash the hands with flour of mustard for chopt. hands." Theft: are various remedies for con- sumption. After recommending the cold bath. Mr. Wgsley says : HEROIC RECIPE 1y desire every one who has any ro- gnrd for his henlth to chew. un- modintoly n cough appears, the quan- tity of a. peppercorn o! Peruvian bark. Swallow the juice a long as it, tastes bitter. then spit. out. the wood. _.It seldom (we to euro n (try W“For dull eight: Drop in two or‘ three drops of the juice of rotten apples often.’ This one does not sound unreason- “'VOLU l.- _'U “To make (1-1â€"6w hair grow..wash every night in a. strong decoctnon of rose- mary." _ “__‘_ L‘A- -A‘Afl n' man’- “For hoarseness : Rub the soles of the feet before the fire with garlic and lard, well benten together." “For the ilinc Passion (colic) : Hold a live puppy constantly on the breast. Or take, ounce by ounce, a. pound or a pound and a half of quicksilver." The entire list of preventatives of old age are given : “Take tar and water night and morning, or decoc- Hon of nettles ; either of these will renew the youthful strength for some years. Or be electrified daily. Or chew cinnamon daily." \vllv V' v...â€"â€"â€"â€". For the sting of a bee or a nettle there is the homeopathic remedy of honey for one and the juice of the nettle for the other. Here is a poultice that will stick : “For a stitch in the side : Apply treacle on toast (hot)." Alter again recommending his col- lection of recipes, Mr. Wesley for- cibly adds : “But I still advise, in complicated leases, let everyone apply without delay to a physician that fears God. For from one who does not, be his fame ever so great. I should expect a curse rather than a. blessing." £555. a 'l he smallest tree in the world is the Greenland birch. lts height is ltSS than 3 inches, yet it covers a radius of 2ft. or 3ft. A statistical item of interest to women is that to-day women are two inches taller on an average than they were twenty-live years ago. 'I he Royal Crown of Persia, which dates back to remote ages. is in tl.e form of a pot of flowers, sur- mounted by an uncut ruby the size of a hcn's egg. ---L 1.. VI I». lay-n w vac,- Barbers for dogs are very much in demand in Paris, and those who are expert. are said to earn comfortable incomes. They soiicit. business on the boulevards. ‘ O " I LIIU vvw-v-wâ€" â€"â€" ln place of wedding-cake in Hol- land, wedding sweets are givenâ€"- “ltruid-zuikers," they are called. They are handed round by children. and are served in flowe'-trimmed baskets. . liar away {rom civilization ges- tureâ€"language is still extant in Aus- tralia. Some of the tribes possess such an exceHent code that H;is ab- inost as eflkfient as the spoken lan- gungc. ‘ 4' ----- 4“ A, 5....5c. In some parts of the north of Scotland fishermen turn back it a hare or pig crosses their path: and at sea they never pronounce the name of the hare. the pig. the sal- mon. the trout. or the dog. 'I he term “infantry” was first used' by the Spaniards in the wars with the Moors to designate the body- guard of a Royal Prince or Intanta. It was extended to the entire body of footesoldiers. and finally adopted throughout Europe. 1 The boilerâ€"tubes of a liner. it plac- ed in a straight line, would reach nearly ten miles, and the condenser tubes more than twenty-five miles. The total number of separate pieces of steel in the main structure of the ship is not less than 40,000. A Naples laboratory reports a sin- gular case of reversal of habit in a certain aquatic plant When the leaves of this plant w re buried in the sand. with its roocs uppermost. the roots changed to stems and leaves and the buried portions de- g-eloped roots. EGYPT AS A Africa More Interesting Than Southern Europe. Every indication is forthcoming that the approaching season in Cairo and on the Nile will be a prosperous one. and visitors will probably ex- ceed the record of last year, when so many English people deserted the Riviera for Egypt. All the hotels promise to be full. and the newer health resorts will not lack for pa- ltronage. They now include Helouan within hali an hour's railway ' oi Cairo. which has sulphur baths. recommended for rheumatism and several first class hotels and pen- sions. while furnished villas may be hired. - ---=L-A an n... IIL‘Uo Assouan. which is described as the? driest accessible health resort in the !‘ World. has two large hotels and an}! English church, and is growing in 1 popularity year by year, rivaling 1 1Luxor. so well known to invalids ‘ and others who dare not face an : [English winter. At Luxor, also. 1 'hotel extensibns have taken place. . and no modern improvements are < wanting. Assouan is the starting.‘ point for the further voyage to Wady‘Holia. SPortsmen in search of big game lure making up parties for shooting ””5010. girafle. rhinocerous. hippo- potamus and elaphant in the district lying between Khartoum and Fu- shoda. The regulations are now . somewhat more stringent. owing to be of guns. an I l I. BITS OF INFORMATION. RESORT. .ism and glad and De!“ er 1 18 may be ata bed as the "‘5 sort in the ‘ whi els and an I 3: i4 ANIMALS L8 HWBEIAIDS 1071100 In: Ltd'bdrdsâ€"mt the Common Brown Ant 1: Good For. SOWG ABOUT IOU! LEGO” DOCTORS. In Kent, England. the village peo- ple use ludybirde to cure toothache. The insect must be caught and plac- ed alive and uninjured in the hollow of the aching grinder. Absurd as the remedy may seem. those who have tried it. declm that it beats any other drug 0:: p9in-_killer._ Snails are regularly farmed (or food. Snail soup is better than any other nourishment in certain cases of anaemia. But there is a wide market for snails for quite another I155. 'They have long béen employed in out-of-theâ€"way corners of England for cleaning windows, and this use is now SPREADING TO TOWNS. The creatures are dipped in cold water. and then placed upon the pane. They crawl round slowly, de- vouring all foreign matter and leav- ing the glass quite bright and clear. They are. of course, used only for upper windows, not easily reached from the outside. Water snails also command a ready sale. Almost ev- ery aquarium owner keeps a few wa- ter snails. They are the best of sea- vengers, and keep the place as tidy has a new housemaid. It you dig up a nest of the common brown ant, you will notice. by putâ€" ting your face a foot or so above the hill, a pungent odor arising.‘ This is sometimes strong-enough to? make your eyes smart and your skin tingle. It is the vapor of formic acid, the principle oLant poison. This formic acid has the remarkable pro- perty of making plants grow more rag.idly than any known fertilizer. Market gardeners, therefore, are usâ€" ing large quantities of this mould, of WHICH BROWN ANT hills are composed. As it. Is neces- sary to have it fresh, some are even keeping brown nuts for the purpose. I’erhzms the stratmest of all uses Perhaps the strangest of all uses‘ for ants is their employment as min- ers. A large species of Rocky Moun- tuin ant builds its nest not of earth nor Wood, but of stone, and prefers t ose most briliant in color. Miners often transport a whole nest of these insects to some spot where garnet abounds; and when they have re uilt their home. all the best crys- tals within a radius of many yards are certain to be found in it. -v v- A war of extermination is in pro- gress against rats. They are de- nounced as the worst carriers of disâ€" ease and infection. and REWARDS ARE EVERYWHERE oFered for their dead bodies. Yet. e.en rats have their uses. When an e;ectric cable has for any reason to be withdrawn from an underground Ccncluit, there is frequently consider- able difficulty in threading a new one through the narrow pipe. To get over this difficulty. 4 live rat is caught. a thread fastened round its bx dy. and the captive is turned into tl‘e pipe. ()nce the thread is passed to the other end. it is used to pull a string. the string to pull a heavy cord, and to this is attached the ca- blc. v-v- Even mice have recently found a 1’ use. A fire broke out in a colliery a at Dysart, and after it was extin- t gti-hed the air below was in so bad 11 a state that it was most dangerous F to venture down. The usual expedi- C out is to lower a candle. and if it i burns to consider the mine safe. In t this case. however, the depth was too great for such an experiment; 50 after some consideration. a cage of live mice was procured. and these we e lowered down the shaft. They were pulled up alive from the first level. and the men supposed all was ‘ right. Fortunately the overseer in- ‘ si .ted on their being dropped to the lower level. They came up suffocat- ed. Their deaths undoubtedly saved a good many human lives. There Was a good deal of excite- ment in Carnarvonshire lately about a cruelty-to-animals case. Dogs were being used' to churn milk. and the magistrates actually visited a farm at Snowdonia to see with their own eyes whether the work was as exhausting as it was said to be. The dog was chained in a wheel, and had to pedal for twen- ty-seven minutes before the butter , was made. But this is by no means THE ONLY STRANGE USE ’ to which dogs are put. In old farm- houses dogs are still employed as l turnspits, while there is a small ' neWSpaxer office in the west of Eng- l land where a mastilf is kept to 5 I work the printing-press. The animal ' walks round in a wooden wheel eight -' feet in diameter. lie is allowed a "rest every fifteen minutes. and seems i ’ to enjoy the work. 3 Newfoundland dogs are superseding . the ordinary Esquimaux dog for 1 sledge-pulling. They are much heavi-l ‘ er and stronger. and stand the clim- 9 ate equally well. Hundreds are be- ing sent to Klondike. e. The British Army is the only one e zwhith is not training war-dogs. As a s; ies. sentinels. and message-carriers n the German" armies have hundreds of ' d Scotch collies in a . e French Army dogs a are used chiefly as ammunition-car- " riers.. One of the big Pyrenoan dogs 3' will easily carry 500 rifle cartridges. n; n-____..- t i l I l t “‘I| V.“â€" I the Russian army. St Bernards are trained by the Red Cross Depart- ment. They carry restoratives. and are taught to find the wounded, and BARK TO ATTRACT ATTENTION. Cats are now employed as "womb- dogsl " Not to {tighten burglars. but to protect gardens. In a Hero- !ordahire fruit-garden. near the town of Leomlnster. the strawberry beds are dotted with pretty little kennels. In each of these is chainedelth n _,A__ very light chain. e. cat. The cats are well fed. and quite happy. and birds do not. visit. that garden. Many curious experiments have been made with new draught. ani- mals, but probe-bi): none so risky as Poll: been, and is breaking them to dodge-volt. The Polar bear can shamble dong ot a very rapid pace. weigh: as much u a. pony. and is hugely wrong. I! it can be only thoroughly tamed. it any be most useful to Polar explorers. ‘ Scienthts. of course. make frequent use of animals. and sometimes {or {very‘mdom purposes. All kinds of V'â€" mvvâ€"uâ€" t“.v-- fireflies. glow-worms. and other soli- luminouns insects have lately been in great request. It as been dis- covered thnt the llgh oi the firefly has rays which. like the X rays. will Pass through flesh. cardboard, and many other substances. The rays of other luminous creatures seem to correspond with the {muons Becquerel rays. They ofler a new field for research. and may result in new and most interesting methods of photography. A REMABKABLE MOTHER FOURTEEN BABIES IN SEVEN Fruil Mother. The record of motherhood is Mrs, Joseph K. Ormsby's. of Chicago. In her seven years of married life she-has had fourteen children. an average of two a. year and she is only 80. Twice twins have been born to her. once her babies have Ibeen triplets, and a few weeks ago she gave birth to quadrupiets. \ 0! her big family three children Most Notable Case on Record. But a Hard One for were living Ether: the (our came. Only one twin and two of the trip- lets survived. But the (our new babies are all healthy. They weigh three pounds apiece and everybody thinks they will live, though that isn't often the case with quadrup- lets. Mrs. Ormsby's is the most remark- able case of maternity ever known in this country, so the Chicago phy- sicians say. All the same it is a hard case for the mother, for the children have only her to look to for support. ller husband became insane last June and disappeared. His delusion was that he had invent- ed a perpetual-motion machine. He is two years younger than his wife. She is not largeâ€"rather a frail little woman, with fair hair and blue eyes. Ormsby was a plum-- bcr when they were married in 1894. They went to housekeeping. and in the first three years three babies; came. Then it was twins. then still more twins, and finally triplets. 'l‘he triplets WON A GOLD CUP at the Chicago baby show, and the Orinsby children who survivedâ€"the lirsr. twins and three other children had diedâ€"became a sort of curio ex- hibit in the neighborhooo. and the subject of paragraphs in the news- papers. __I__ ‘Aâ€"‘AIQK‘ To help to feed the early comers.| the wife persuaded her husband to take out. the front of their cottage 1 and build a small grocery store be- fore it. She tended store herself besides doing all the housework and taking care of the cnudren. But with the increased revenue came the triplets. Then the plumber’s ideas began to run to inventing things. It was the old delusion of perpetual motion that took hold of him. Day and night he worked on a machine that was never to stop. Last sum- ‘mer he thought he had solved the problem. He had given up work to devote himself to it and he thought he saw success in sight. He finished' the machine and started it. It was a wonderful contraption, and it actually ran for sixty-two hours. so the neighbors say. Then it stopped, and the plumber's brain stopped working with it. In one of his fits of frenzy he vanished. Nobody has seen him since. That was last. June. The deserted . wife went on tending store, doing her I housework and keeping her children tjdv. They were the nicest children tidy. They were the nicest cnuaren in the block. so everybody said. Then in the last week of September came the four, THREE BOYS AND A GIRL. all at once. Now the mother is al- most in despair aoout how to feed a family double the size of that she had before. II“ ”Viv: w. [t was ahard struggle then. and how to get along now she doesn't know. Fortunately for her the newspapers printed stories about it, long stories with pictures of all the surviving babies. and charitable people have come {orward to nalp along so remarkable a mother. “-vâ€"uu w- -vâ€"v-v_ _- ‘0 They are the dearest. little babies in the world.” she said to a reporter who went to interview her, and she glanced over the tour little faces in I VIA-A 1.“- “I 376}? in the cot beside her. “I hardly know what I will do with all these children. but: I'll dq‘my best." She Efdfi‘l lookâ€"as if she mum spare one of them. and there are seven left. George Dewey. Carter Harrison and. Helen Gould were the names given to the triplets. Carter llnrrl- son didn't get over it. lle died in early infancy, but George Dewey and Helen Gould are fine. healthy youngs- â€"'v' vv' ters. So is David, one of the twins. The latest babies haven' t been nam- ed yetâ€"formuly. that is . but for one. the lustieot )ounqster In the lot. it is settled. .v.. â€"v vvv v. v “What are we going to call him ?" repmted Hrs. Omsby. when the re- porter asked that. question. ”Why. Theodore Roosevelt." The Irish are scarcely less noted for their gallanujy thgu‘gqr uge'gr wi}. daughter. There are 439 cu companion in Great. Britain. and 222 town , m. when“ TWO NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS Dunno EIDIIGS to noun»: runs. The gulf between the saloon steerage. said the captain of n ‘11 Atlantic liner. is one that is on enough bridged ; {or it is quite common experience {or 3 pasta to make one voyage in the It! and to return in the stecrla‘e. n8 matter of necessity. A .I o .7:“‘ -1 maven-s vs 5|\Nw-v~- v.. - One amusing case of this kind a under my notice only a tow fl ago. A young American came board at New York. arrayed lib modern Solomon. and before ho left. the harbor begun to fling his money in the most final I Be tipped the steward lavi every small pretext. d' jclioice cigars by the handful . ‘the men. wanted to stand d |niurne to the whole ship. and ti pagne to the whole snip. mu 0! millions its other people talk dollars. About six weeks later l was ed to see my prodigal iriend tho steerage passengers on tb turn voyage. as pitiful and a spectacle as you could see. I (I into conversation with him, and I told me that he W118 "stony broke; that a month of London lilo Ill “cleaned him out.“ and that he lid had to pawn his watch and rings I pay (or his steerage passage h it was not long before he was covered by the steward to who. had been so prodigal. and I can. sure you he never lacked a during his penitential voyage land I know that he left the ‘iwith twentyâ€"five dollars in |ket, subscribed by the men . profited by his FEW DAYS OF I’llOSPE Last summer we brought 0 . oi the richest man in the wo ' man who can almost count his L come in millions. in the s 9'0! course, he was travelling "an assumed name, and no one i 3 did not know him well would lll - recognized in the plain, shabby lit ' man a millionaire. ‘ I recognized him, though ; and‘ ‘ though I tried to keep the fact 1 him, as I knew he wanted to r serve his incognito, he saw it. *' ' lore he left the boat at Live pressed a. $25 note into my h n whispered, “a small reward to. '9 creet tongue." Two months I '1 crossed to New York with .c ily in regal style. ; but In showed any Sign of recogni After all, it Was no busmm "3 and if it millionaire. can ‘0 a whim, I should like to 01' course. millionaires in age are by no means never saw another ; but I can you many men. from one can. another. find their way from to steernge within it very tow One young man. the son of a New York stockbroker. wu rd of his money just us he was on eve of returning. It was necell for him. for urgent business row to return home by the boat wl lwns on the point of sailing. So borrowed sufficient money from proprietor of the hotel where he staying to [my his steernge pas. leaving nia luggage by way of curity. and landed in New ! without a dollar in his pocket. um. vou mum. not run away 1 But you must. not run away the idea that it is only Am who get. into financial diflicultiom their holiday trips. Many Eng“ men who cross in the States '1 sails flying come home again um very CHANGED CONDITIONS. Not long ago the widest son of peer fell into bad company in 1 York, was rohhod of his last dol and as he had not the courage explain his predirann-nt to the: ple at home. \vurlmd his way I on a Cattle-hunt. landing in Bug! in as disreputable u plight. an au any aristocrat ever found himsol These lund-ahurlts are often cause of those sudden reversals fortune. l han- knuwn several 1 were. members of a gang of c sharpcrs have accmnpnnied one more of these prodigal young 1 keys to England or America. become intimate with within a few days of land stripped them of their last, One pathetic case of this came public ahout two y The son of a rich Amerl was sent for a few weeks' England. Three weeks at Sailed his parents were h ‘learn that: he had coma“ Lin‘a Liverpool hotel. The ihad left behind him a let Ling that he had bmn rob {last cent by two men 1 _ gquaiiitance he had made- ‘crussing. that he was a istrandod, and that the sham. all had driven him to the r of taking his life rather than Ibis parents' grief at his (I! lle (modest|y)â€"“"ell. said I did when I Is". («I but those ladies I hum . since express a dlfloront He was spirited away. said Gildcrsloevc to Stet“ That. was about it. '1 drunk and carried him “ So you say you were! by Arab. ?" said Ethel! tuhful lover George. plied George. “(lute o! u: edueuureday byeben “And you men-ed no In}: We got away (tom them. u pretty tight Iqueeee. " 00A Mt ad “'You dou’ know aqueous in? Well â€"bleu m. you it'- dnout. use in «nu gin you It IN THE BALLROOI She-“Do you dance. “:5 CLOSE DESC