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If rrrptf .nil rs SPEECH Althe Banquet of the New York r Board of Trade. rnoMixE" j" m' .i Alitor of the Louisville Courier TI,.Clftedmor thy o xake JUr.n!l Their rHtlcat Duties-General r L. . C.udUUt. for Vic 1W- vew York. Jan. 22.-The big banquet of the Hotel Waldorf was Inge Wednesday night with the Ambers of the New York Board of and Transportation and their friends who attended the annual din- r o, the organization and listened to Henry Wattenon and General Buck ner At the guest table, on either . of w H. parsons, who presided in tic o Maurice It. James, the pre-l-A t were Henry Watterson. LloJten ant Golernor Timothy L Woodruff, Collector Kilbreth. Senator George W. bridge. Ilev. Madison E. Peters for er Secretary of the Treasury C. 8. FairchiM. Isldor Straus. J. Ldwaid tini.trpasurer Jordan. Com- n s oneV C. H. P. Colli. Postmaster Charles W. Dayton and General Simon U r.uiKncr. Mayor Strong was to have been pres ent and Paid that nothing should Keep him away, even if he should have 10 co me cn crutclns. but. alas! tha gout attacked tie- municipal executive anu he is now bemoaning hl3 disappoint ment. WVhouie.1 ly Mr. rursoiis. Mr rarsons welcomed the guest?. He congratulated the Americana on the cordial relations now existing between Great Ihitain and the United States. Concerning the arbitration treaty he paid: m . "ISetter a defective treaty of such a sort than none at all," and he urged that all members of the board usj t'.ieir Influence to obtain the senate's ap proval of it. F. H. Thurber urged that a rising volo be taken in favor of the treaty. All the diners arose. Then Mr. Watterson, greeted with cheers, began to respond to the toast, "When Uncle Sam Was Young." He said in part: "We are to reconcile capital and la bor, and to this end we must purify ourselves. We are to teach the lesson that the citizen exists for the govern ment and not the government for the citizen. We may not be able to bring back the intense and new reality of the days when Uncle Sam was young, but we Inculcate character and per sonal accountability. High of Property. "Ours Is to protect the right of prop erty not less sacred In the form of ag gregations of capital than of private ownership, and to do this effectively we must not leave the prosecution and pun ishment of dishonest and unlawful combinations to the Indiscriminate out cry if irresponsible agitation, but our selyrt lead such movement toward re d'S3 and reform as the public lnter 'est and credit may require. "If the Intellect and the aspiration or the country Insist upon placing the amassing of riches above all other con siderations, leavlnc the administration of the public business in the hands of characterless and incompetent men who, though 111 paid, are overpaid you need not be surprised If the dreg3 of society should begin to say: 'Since statesmen come so cheap, why not we?' Where Look for Security. "If the wealth of the country con tents itself with buying Immunity from its share of responsibility In public pf falrs, relegating Its political Interests to mere attorneys In and out of con gress, where shall it look for security, when having destroyed the popular conscience and broken down In the pop ular mind the partition separating the right from wrong agrarlarlm rises. In its might, and in turn, tempting your attorneys with still greater bribes, de mands its share of the pillage?" General IJuckner spoke to the toast, "Patriotism, Country and Party." Lieu tenant Governor Woodruff spoke of the prospective benefits to trade and trans portation Incident to the creation of Greater New York. GREAT STRIKE OF MINERS. Probability That 20,000 Men Will Co Out In Iowa. Des Moines. Ia., Jan. 22. It Is almost certain that there will be a big miners' strike In this district, Involving about 20,000 miners. It Is the result of the coal war which has compelled the oper ators to reduce wages. Miners have been asked to accept GO cents for all coal taken out. Instead of the old scale of 80 cents for all that passes over the screen. The operators claim there la little difference in the two rates, but the miners declare they cannot live at the reduced rate and will strike. The operators say the men must take the reduced wnges or be locked out. The business Is so badly demoralized by the Price cutters that all efTort to conduct It at living prices has been given up. The minora ...111 . . . - - -.o iw meei in convention and de liver an ultimatum, which will demand nnally tho restoration nf th Endorsed by Sheep breeders. Cannonsl.urg. Pa., Jan. 22. The Na tional Delaine Merino Sheep Breeders' association held Its annual meeting Z , . V ednesday. John Hamilton was Jlected president; C. C. Johnson, sec-reiary-treasurer, and James Wiley, cor responding secretary. Kx -Governor iioara of Wisconsin was Indorsed for ter f y 0f aKr,lture. A hopeful In trv i "Passed for the wool indus try In the fiHnr THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Charles Poscharsky of Princeton, Ills., while huntlnir rnl.lilta wn thnt dentally, and died from his injuries. The Menard county farmers' institute closed Its second annual session at Pe- lersuurg, ins. rrea II. Kankln, presi dent, and II. A. Wood, secretary, were re-elected. The Institute will petition the general assembly for legislation providing for the employment of con vict labor In the Improvement of the public roads of the state. Charles F. Howe, an extensive farm er and vice president of the FIrBt Na tional bank at Buchanan, Mich., has assigned with liabilities of (40,000 and nominal assets of $60,000. Johnson & Ellis, retail grocers at Washington, Ind., have assigned. It Is thought the liabilities and assets will about balance each other. Frederick Honne nf Shchnvrmn' Mlrh aged 69, was found dead In bed. Death was due to apoplexy. William I (urns, a saloon keeper of iM'vaua, i., nag neen arresieu oy reve nue officers for Illicit distilling. A dls tilling outfit was found In a room con nected with the saloon. Mrs. O. II. Wilson died at Salina. Kan., as a result of nnlaonlncr from rat ing canned sardines. Other members of the family who ate lightly of the same cllsn have recovered. I.uduig. Meyer ci Thompson of Wll ton. Wis., have rr.nde nn assignment to J. II. llelTenrrtn of II -ed. urg. AsslU, 5J.r((iO; llal.illtks about the came. Governor Tanner has inudii requisi tion far George Hill, who Is undsr nr roFt nt Alexandria. La., and Is wanted V) Faltihld, Ills., for murder. Professor lltidnh.h Fa lb. the eele- trated meteorologist of Vienna, Is lying bedridden In that city. lie has a wife and live children, and the entire family are In a Ftate of extreme destitution. Some one made an attempt to wreck a Santa Fe passenger train near Ster ling. Kan., by placing a lot of ties on the track. No damage was done. Barney Thole was run down by a switch engine and Instantly killed at Mason City, Ia. I'nrtlwpiake Kills Thousands. London, Jan. 22. A special from Te heran, the capital of Persia, received here, says that 2,500 persons perished as a result of the earthquake which oc curred on Klsham Island, Jan. 11. Klsh am Island la the largest In the Persian gulf, and Is situated about fifteen miles from Its entrance. Its population Is es timated at 5,000, mostly Arabs. Anoth er special received from Bombay says that three severe earthquake shocks have occurred there. Michigan Royal Arch Masons. Saginaw, Mich., Jan. 22. The closing session of the grand chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Michigan, was held Wednesday, resulting In the choice of Grand Rapids for the next place of meeting. The chapter decided to Join with the other Masonic bodies In main taining the Masonic home at Grand Rapids. Counterfeiter Sentenced. St. Louis, Jan. 22. Judge Phillips of the United States district court Thurs day sentenced Ralph Creese to three years In the Missouri penitentiary and Dr. Adella Walters to twenty months. They were convicted of complicity In a scheme to photograph government currency. Fire at lloaton. Boston. Jan. 22. The wholesale gro cery establishment of Charles E. Moody & Co., a six-story granite warehouse on Commercial street, was burned out at 2 o'clock Thursday morning, at a loss of nearly $100,000. iHfc PAWNBROKER. pla Life Mot a Happy One From Ul Own Point of View. "Yes," aid tho pawnbroker, "the public has an idea that we are a hard hearted lot, but that is only cno side of the story. A man in thin business who had tears to shed wouldn't have a roof over his head insido of a year. " "You mean you can't afford to pity the misfortuuer of others on a ca-h baste?" I queried. "Very few people como here on ac count of misfortune. You saw the young man who v.mt cut as you caiuo in?" "Yen an actor, eh?" "Vvry likily. Here's a watch Ik; brought. Tho works uro second class and the cases filled. I can buy a carload at ft IT) i'.piriv. Ho was hard tin mid came 1 no to ml; u raise. lie saul his wife was dyii:;s. and l:o runted $2."cn tho watt h. Wki n I ei'n nd him $5, ho wept, but if ytu'il IoILav hini I wo blocks vuu'll find him in a saloon. spending p:it cf Ihomrnty. Nine out of ten customers don t hesitate to lie, and I en cut of ten would beat your Uii clo Lsanu if tl-.ev could." "But jjcopla pawn their clothes to 2ret food." I said. "Pi riiaps so. litre's a dress a wcnvui brouuhk in nn le i.v r.,To. Mio also vtir. She had i story ubout sickness and han cr, and hc declared this was her v.cd diiiLfdrifs. Fioiu certain earmarks I kmw she l). nl:t this dres secondhand. I know hhe paid i' l for it. I strained a point vn q I ( i.in d hi r but she'll o ( nt ai-o :.ll rv' a highway robber." "Dui yon p.evcr - t taken in t:v.ddo!:e for?" "Dvu't '? Well, I'd like to sco the pawnbroker who hasn't been done up! It's i cold nn aih when Idui't pet beat, and by the v. iy pi ople whom you would sympathise w nu st. Sec thtvo thin trs?" "Yes fire oiamor.ds. " "Want 'em lor a dollar apiece?" "You don't mo.m it!" "Glad to LTt it. s.'r. They were left by a woman who wanted to raise money :o bur)' her husband. I was half sick and very busy and gave her $G0 on them. They aro paste only paste. She wine in hero to beat me f course, and no doubt had a Rood laugh over it. Here's a locket set with pearls, which my clerk advanced ft30 on. The weeping man who brought it wanted to bury his dead wife with tho money. I can buy 'cm at wholesale for 3 apiece. Don't you believe all you hear about your un cle having a heart of stone. There aro plenty of people who wouldn't beat a street car, but we are considered fair game for them, and they'll lio like smoke to take us in. It's a great place for tears, sighs and talcs of sorrow, but the main idea ia to give your Undo Isaac the cold drop, and it a done oiten er than I care to acknowledge." De troit Free Press. THEIlt DEADLY FIRE. THE AMERICAN RIFLEMEN AT THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. A Description of the Kngugement by Gen eral Jackann A Letter From "Old Hick orjM How PackenuauVa Veterans Were Iterated by Frontiersmen. llecelvrrs Appointed. Madison, Wis., Jan. 22.-Judge llunn, rlanv0n7,,a,nt of the Deml8 la Mm nn.L, ?uPer,or. has appointed John thu?? mf Val,ey Clty N' n" and Ar ths xl r of Rur!ior as receiver i for n I? SuPerlor. The same receiv DawrVrr,0,ntea Tuesday by a North a JudRe for their property there. In the cCnnedy f Sulerlor wa attorney the , li cMlea th0 eTMnh needle ia Iteamw W pecallM pwlca of weod. ' Wool ?nietIatM and adherG to doth aew location. th tran8Prtod t0 " THE MARKETS. New York Financial. Nkw Yohk, Jan. 21. Jloney on call nominally lW-tf IMr nt-l prime morcantilo piicr, I'cr cent. uterling exchange n.s steady, with ncinl busi ness in bankers' bills at 47145? W.W for doT mand nnl 44 W.m for wxty days; lasted ratcH Js5(?M8."iUj; counnfr. ial bills, 4n!;4- Silver curtiticaU'H, Wi; nn Biles, bar sil ver, Cl45 Mexican dollars, ft 94- Unit d Statos vt rnmont bonds Rtronij; 4's j i i.iim. orttinniia. liL'li: ft's relf- istored. 113; do. coupons. 114; 4 s reKistere.1 IHI.4; do couioiib, 11-'; 2's letf.sterod, PaciflcO's of 18, 1M- Chicago Grain and Trodnce. Chicaoo, Jan. 21. Fol'ovring were tho quotations 0.1 the Hoard of Trudo today: Wheat-January, opened nominal, closed 77c; May, opened 74c closed ?.4e;July. ojKjned 7W4o, clowd 'f. Corn January, opened nominal, closed May, opened 24V4C, closed 24Vc; July, opened 2ftc, cIimumI 25!-ic. Oats-January, opened 14C, S nominal.; May. opened 18c. closed lpfco. Pork-January; opened nd closed noralual May, oioned $8.ftlW. closed $7.02 I-"-nary, oiened &M closed nominal; Ma, fl.10, closed i.07Hi- rroduce: Butter-Extra creamery, Wo per 5 'stJ.1 owe; Keeso, TfiWe. Potafoos-Hurbanks M Sslc per bu.: Hebrons. 18. Hweet Po a- tocs-lUinois. f t.WK(!)I.l.per 00.. iiouu, cl .ver, HXai-V per lb.; extracted, ft.c. Apples-Common to fancy. WW rr bbl Chicago Live Stock. PnirAfio. Jan. 21. Live Stock -rrlccs at the Uuion Stock yards today ranK.l as follows: . ai COlplS lor nie , -1,i. packing. 1..Ti:i.5 mixed, and J.3tKaJ.oJ heavy packing and shippinir lots. 1.... i-.w.int for the dav. 8,000; notations ishkcI t JI.WKl-Vai olcotfl. tri.hlpplnicetcra.fl.rM.'W rood to choice do . Sl wViUOfalrto rouaI. I l.4.a, common to medium do. fJ..VK-J.i) butcbers'e tr, r3a)CL3.13sto kHrs. $i.3Kl.W teeWrn, 1.7- a70cow-s.$J.l'a.i- hif-". b.7 bull-,. oxJnnnd fi.EI.W Texas .toers, and '.7.'Kiy.0i) real calves. ,,. Bbwp and Lambs-Estimate! rcrc'pts for lie div. ".mo; sales ranfftvl at 5.iiWl.W vrel' crn. f i Toxans, tiMK&M natives and $ 3.(i iatnlie.. East llufTalo Lire Stock. East HrrrAliO, N. Y., Jan. 21. Dunninff ft Stevens. Live Stock Commission Merchant KaetDuffalo. N. Y.. nnote as follows: Cattle-Receipts, a cars; market easy; veals, 14 OKI" 7.1. Hos-I'pt. l cars; market SlSyforllffhtaUi biiur for others. Sheep anXmba-Heccnpts, 15 cars; market steady ndflrm' St. Lnal. Grain. ST. Louis. Jan. 21. Wheat No. 2 red cash elevator, 7c; track, onn r Ma!r W July. Wfa ked. C -ru-vg'i 'ciZ?i May&W-M mWIj fair. Snic OaSUso. 2 cash, 10o bl 1 May. 184 asked. Byo-:54 asko l. Milwaukee Oraln. MitwAiJKEB, Jan. 21. -WTrat-No. 2 spring, 76c; No. 1 rturn, 81c; May.TO. Corn-No. 8. Sto. gjj-jjj 2 white. WilfHiM". rwrley-No. 2, smOMe. Detroit fJralii. Detroit, Jan. 21. Wheat-Cash whlt, OOtfc; cash red, Wifll Iy,lc: JuJlt W4c. MYSTERIES OF THE LOUVRE. Walls That Are Believed to Hide the Bones of Murdered Men. TVmr rmn who has "done" the LoUVlfl will remember tho low pitched anil somewhat gloomy halls in which are Bfnrod tbn treasures cf Ecrpt Beneath these lie yet moro darkly mysterious vaults, inaccessible to tno puonc, l.nmrii .innrcKifhcd bvawido and hand- Bomo staircase, such as would lead one in inmHno lhat it communicated with apartment a cf sonio importance Yet 0110 finds at the bottom nothing but broad passages disposed in tho form of a cross, and without any sign whatever l.-w-iV rr window. A recent examination, however, of bo solid Ktono walls cives experts rca son to Ulieve that the masonry is more recent than tho rest of the stiuctuiv in i,;a fho fd.lcKt Dortkn of tho fortress palace. M. VaugiK-ux, a well known critic, believes that many of the bodies f vir-Hnw lillrd in tho revolution of 1830 wero immured here, and that the government was afraid to reveal the fact when tho remains i f their comrades wcro collected Uueath tho Colonno do t., :n On the otlur hand, M. Blondel, the architect of the building, and M. Nor of the Society For Protecting Parisian Monuments, hold tho opinion that these subterranean pas sages led to the oubliettes, into winch !.,.:., At. Mrdici cast thoso who VillUll.iv wero uufortunato enough to incur her hate or fear. A judicious exploration would clear up the matter and settle, too, several doubtful ioint8 as to the ,.ioftia f Tscot's original citadel. nnuual crant dorn not provide for any such arclnoological research, and it would be necessary to apiK-al for funds to tho generosity of the chamber. London nirumur. . it..- rut loes lClectriclty Travel? The ubovo question is frequently r,vrii Arv ffiivers at i .ns. but is UiH4 1" l4 ""V .. - seldom answered to tho satisfaction of i..,mia. Vheattone says uiai . u suetd cf electricity from ixint to iKint along a prcpT conductor is practically instantaneous, various uiivuijms been mado to ascertain the exact num ber of miles which tho current will lr-nsrthof time. Ac- conling to the most reliable estimates xr second. Tho writer adds: "feuch speeel is inconceivably great. Tho mind cannot contemplate it without stagger ing." St. Louis lupuunc. Correct. Teacher (to class )-Why is procraa .....ii.. oii,i t)n thief of time? Hoy (at foot of class) Bccauso it takes a person so long 10 buj ..- lem Life. fri. A,f iiint nf mncr making in En- Alio IUO I rope was in Constantinople. Thoproc r8J was brought from China by way of Samarkand in A. D. t51. m .1 tinod tint neak sternly. He who stood firm U fore the thunder worshiped tho ".till small voice, - DobelL In The Centnrv William Hnch liob- arts has au article entitled "Napoleon's Interest In the Battle of New Orleans. In this is quoted a hitherto unpublished letter written by General Jackson to Mr. James Monroe. A portion of the letter follows: There was a very heavy fog cn the river that morning, and the British had formed and wero moving before I knew it. Tho disposition of tho riflemen was very simple. They wcro told off iu Nos. 1 and 2. No. 1 was to fire first, then step back and let No. 2 shoot while he reloaded. About 600 yards from tho rifle men there was a creat draiuaco cauul ruunintf back from the Mississippi river to tho swamp in tho rear of tho tilled land on which wo were operating. Along this canal the British formed, under the fire of tho few artillery pieces I had near enough to them to net their range. But thH instant I saw them I said to Coffee, whem I directed to hurry to his line, which was lo bo first attacked: 13y , se have got thmil They are ours!" CofiYc! dashed forward, and, rid ing alorg bis line, called out, "Don't shoot till yovi can see their belt bncivls! The British wtro fouled in ma.;s, well closed up, and ubout two companies front. The British, thrs fornicd, moved on at a quick step, without firing a shot, to witbiiJ 100 yards cf tho kneeling riCfj men, who wero holding their fho till they could see tho belt buckles of their enemies. The British advance was exe cuted as Ihcuuh they had been on pa rade. They marched fhoulder to (boul der, with tho step of veterans, as they were. At 100 yards distance irom our lino the order was given : "Extend col umn front! Double quick, march! Charge!" With bayonets at the charge, they came on us at a run. I own it was an anxious moment. I well know the charging column was made up of the picked troops of tho British army. They had been trained by the duke himself, wpre commanded bv his brother-in-law and had successfully held off the ablest of Napoleon's marshals in the bpanisn camDaien. My riflemen had never seen such an attack, nor had they ever before foucht white men. The morniug, too, was damp. Their powder might not burn well. "God help usi" 1 muttered, watchimz the rapidly advanoing line. Seventy, CO, 50, finally 40 yards, were rhpv from the silent kneeling riflemen. All of my men that I could see was their long rifles rested on the logs belore them. Ther obeved their order" well. Not a shot was fired until the redcoats were within 40 yards. I heard Coffee's voice as he roared out: "Now, men, aim for the center of the cross belts! Uirel. A second after the order a crackling, blazing flash ran all along our line. The smoke hung so heavily In the misty mnrnincp air that 1 could not see wnai had happened. I called Tom Overton and Abner Duncan 01 my stan, ana we galloped toward Coffee's line. In a few Kcrnnds after the first fire there came nnnther sham, rineing volley. As I came within 150 yards of Coffee tho smoko lifted enough for me to mate out what was happening. Tho British were falling back in a nonfused. disorderly mass, and tho cn- tiro first ranks of their column were blown away. For 200 yards in our front the crrouud wa9 covered with a mass of writhing, wounded, dead and dying red coats. By tho time tho rifles wcro wiped tho British line was reformed, and on it came again. This time they wero led by General Pakenham in persou. gal lantly mounted and riding as though he was ou parade. Just belore be got witnm range of Cotfee's line I heard a single rifle shot from a group of country carts we had been using, about 1 10 yards dis tant, and a moment thereafter I saw Pakenham reel and pitch out of his sad dle. I have always believed he leu irom tho bullet of a freeman of color who was a famous rifle shot and came from the Atakappas region of Louisiana. The second advance was precisely like tho first in its ending, in nve voiys me 1,500 or more riflemen killed ana wounded 2,117 British soldiers, two- thirds of them killed dead or mortauy wounded. I did not know where Ueu- eral Pakenham was lying, or I should h-xx souk to him or Kcue in person to offer any servico in my power to remler. T una tnld ho llVCll tWO HOUrS Blier ho was bit. ilia wound wus directly through tho liver and bowels, (jencrai k-PciiP. I hear, wus killed. They scut a flag to me, asking leave to gather up their wounded and bury their dead, which, of course, I granted. I was told by a wounded cflioer that tho rant auu fiio ni.nnlntplv refused to make a third chargu. "Wo havo no chance with such shooting as these Americans uo, xuey said. GRANT ROUGHS IT. tie Slept In a Plrpen After the Battle of the Wllderueaa. The ceneral and staff bivouacked upon the ground. The night was quite chilly, and a couple of fires were lighted to add to our comfort. General Grant lay down with his officer beside one ox the nrea wlthont anv covering. When asleep, an aid quietly spread an overcoat over him. For about lour hours we an ep turning over every few minutes so as to get warmed on both sides, imitating with our bodies the diurnal motion of the earth as it exposes its sides alter nately to the heat or the sun. When daylight broke it was seen that a low board structure close to which the gen eral in chief had lain down was a pig pon, but its former occupants had dis appeared and were probably at that time nourishing the stomachs of the cavalry troopers of the invading army. Unfor tunately the odors of the place had not taken their departure with the pigs, but remained to add to the discomfort of the bivouackers. Sheridan's cavalry had had a fight at this place the afternoon before, in which he bad defeated tho opposing force, and the ground in the vicinity, strewn with the dead, offered ample evidence of tho severity of tho struggle. At davlicht on tho morning of tho 8th active operations were in progress throughout tho columns. Uenerai biien dan had ordered his cavalry to move by different roads to seizo the bridges cross inc tho Po river. General Meade modi fled these orders and directed n portion cf the cavalry to novo in Iront cl war ren's infantry on the Spottsylvauiit Court IIouso road. The r uemy were fell ing trees and placing othir obstacles in the wav in order to impede the move ment, and tlio cavalry was afterward withdrawn and the infantry directed to open the way. About sunrise General Grant, alter taking off his coat and shaking it to rid it of some of the dut in which he had Jain down, shared with the staff cflleers some soldiers' rations and then seated himself on the ground by tho roadside to take his morning smoke. General Uorace Porter in Century. WALES' GOOD NATURE. MIRRORS OF AIR. 1 What It Is That Causea the Marrela W, the Mirage. ) The cause of the mirage is cow well; understood so well understood that there are ways of making small mirage for experiment I The simplest explanation that I cam give is to say that the rays of light com ing from the thing that is seen are bent In going through layers of air differently heated. When these rays are so bent a ' to be almost level with a layer of air, , they do not enter it at all, but (so to peak) glance off and are reflected as if , from a mirror. Then the air reflects just I aa a class mirror or a body of water t would, if it lay between the eye and the trees or ship. This explanation will give you a gen eral idea of the cause of the mirage. In the case of the desert tno reflecting air mirror is believed by the observer to be water, and the image changes its place as you go forward just as a reflection ; would move as you advanced on a glass mirror. In the case of the ship the air mirror seems to be above you and re flects the ship, which is really out of sight over tho horizon. But I do not pretend to explain all about tho differ ent images that may possibly bo formed under different conditions of the atmos phere; that is a schoolroom task, and a hard one. The fata morgana is a form or modi fication of mirage often seen in tho straits that separate tho toe cf the "boot" of Italy and the island of Sicily, Just opposite. When tho sun 13 jast at 4he right position and sea and air are also ready to help, strango views of ob jects upen the opposito coast aro seem from Calabria sometimes magnified and set against a background of colored mists. Fata morgana means the fairy of the sea. - It is said that sometimes, during a hot and still 6ummcr day, by placing: the eyo close to the surface of a dry road, a mirage can be seen, but I hava never tried it. Before these and other strango sights were understood and explained we need not wonder that sailors and travelers held many strange beliefs in regard to them. Tudor Jenks in St. Nicholas. Hereditary Snieide. An oTrj-urmliiiarv instance of hcredi tary tendency to suicide was told by iwrn- Hmnardel in Paris lately. A farmer near Etampcs hanged himself without apparent cause, leaving a xam- 1 w cnvpll Son and four daughters. Ten of the 11 subsequently followed the father's example, but not until tney naa married and begotten children, all of whom likewise hanged tnemseives. n 1- n son. who is now C9 years of ago ana nas paseu ... r : 1 kn-n a era yond tne iuuiujr -a t n.m.r nnrts of Central and South ous that the courso of a man or animal i...u tiiwlrrorowin may hour be traced by tho wilted appearanco of the foliago. -,1 a nci? knots cf ocean dis tanco between Cherbourg and lire it land. It Averted Threatened Trouble During Ills Canadian Tour. Krmheu Fiske describes the Prince of Wnles' visit to America in the Ladies' Home Journal and relates these interest-in- iiimdfnrs of his tour through Cana da: "The Catholics had gained a little virtnrv over the stern Duke ol -Newcas tle at Quebeo, and now the Orangemen rlnmandnd tn he allowed to present aa- dresses to the prince and to be received separately from their uainonc. ieuow citizens. The duke consulted with Gov- eneral Head and refused to per mit this distinction. At Kingston an Ornnsn demonstration was preparea, and the royal party did not land from rim steamer. The Orangemen cnarierea another steamer and pursued the prince to Brockton, but again he was noi ai innrod tn cn nn shore. At Coburg a par ty of 50 Canadian gentlemen took the hn-sps from his carriace and drew him through the pretty hamlet. At Toronto the mayor apologized lor tne aispiay 01 Orange flags. The prince was hooted and hissed when ho attenaea cnurcu, nml serious riots were feared. "All trouble was averted, however, by the good humor of the prince him self. He was taking a drive witn me duke, and the Orangemen hastily hung a banner across tho road so that tho roy al party had to drive under it. Newcas tle was indignant and ordered the roach man to turn back; but, lo, another Cr- n.ifrn banner had been bung to cut t u the" retreat. Then tho prince laughed heartily, took off his bat to the Llag a'ui was cheered by tho Oraugeireu. How ever, the duke was not mourned, anu wjo journey to Niagara falls was expedited. The priuco first saw tho great iaws vu Sept. 15. A number ci naiug norscs nuu been provided by the uanaoian govern ment, and he mounted at once and rodo to view tho falls from various points." Cases of Kleptomania. That rdpntv of ccnuiuo cases of klep tomania undoubtedly exist is well known to both legal and medical experts. 1 nero was, for instance, the case of a not very long deceased nobleman who frequent ly MV kotpd his hostess' spoons at a din ner party, and whoso pockets were in variably searched by his man on nis re turn, with a view to prompt restitution. Tn another caso a lady who was quite ratinnul nnou other points was discov ered to havo 15 bags concealed about her, in which were over 1,100 nttie ar- tielM which she had stolen and conceal ed, although nearly everyone was abso lutely worthless. A clergyman has oeen known to steal Bibles under the impres sion that ho was thereby propagating tho gospel. Another gentleman, eano in other respects, invariably stole the tow els from any hotel ho stopped at while traveling and returned them wnen ne got home, and, oddest of all, there has t.pen a ease of a man who wouia never cat food which he had not stolen. Ho was a man of means, and his persoual attendant used to hide his meals, so that ho might think he himself had stolen them, in order to induce him to cat. Lady's Pictorial. SHERIDAN'S BEST SPEECH. A Newspaper Man Tells the Circumstance of When It Waa Made. "The Inst time General Phil Sheridan ' was in Milwaukee," said Bob Howard, the newspaper man, "was when the Army of the Cumberland held its an nual reunion here in 1882. A banquet was given the association at the Na tional home. General Sheridan presided, In bis opening speech he was puzzled for words, but after a fashion he managed to stammer out something that but few heard and less understood. I was report ing the event for The Sentinel and had taken down everything Sheridan said just as he spoke it. When he got through,, be came around to see me and said "Look here, Mr. Reporter, do you want to please me?" " 'Deed, 1 do, general.' " 'Then please don't print any of that d d slush of mine. Just make up a nice little speech for me.' " Howard made up a dainty little speecbp for the commander of the American army, which greatly pleased him. A few years later, when he was on duty at Washington, Howard's duties frequently took him to neaaquanerB and he always met a hearty welcome. The first time ho called Sheridan said: "Oh, yes, I remember you! You uie tho man who mado that uico speech for me in Milwaukee. " Ou several occasions he introduced Howard to his friends as the author of the best t-peech he ever made. Chicago Times-Herald. Don't Giro Up. Sorrow camo to ycu yesterday and' emptied your home. 1 our nrst irapuiso now is to give up ana sit uowu in de spair amid tho wrecks of your hopes. But you dare not do it. 1 ou are in tno lino of battle, and the crisis is at hand. To falter a moment would be to imperil some holy interest, utner lives wouiu h harmed bv vour pausing. Holy inter ests would suffer should your hands be folded. You must not linger even to in dulge your grief. Sorrows are but inci dents in lifo and must not interrupt us. We must leave them behind, while we press ou to tho things that are before. Then God has so ordered, too, that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves.. Sitting down to brood over our sorrows, the darkness deepens about us and creeps into our heart, and our strength changes to weakness. But, if we turn away from the gloom and take up tho taska and duties to which God calls us, tho ught will como again, and we 6hall grow stronger. When all our hopes aro Rone. Tis well our hands must still keep tollinf or For others' uk. For strength to lar is found in duty done. And ho is blest indeed who learns td moko The Joy of others cure his own heartache. J. li. Miller, D. a Ono Kind of Iluslness. Bystauder Wasn't that a pretty stiff price you asked that man for thoso shoes? Ktnrekrrptr Yes: that's business. They're not pood for anything, ro of courso he won't como again. 1 hereforo we might as well get as much us we can out of him. Boston Transcript. The bite of the mosquito would scarcely be noticed were it not for the fact that tho insect injects into tho wound an acrid juice, which causes tho itching and painful sensation. The myrtle plant has always been re garded as an emblem of love. Among the Greeks and Iiomans it was ilauttd In cemeteries. A Tillage Under One Hoof. Most of the large towns in Franco contain workmen's model dwellings or tenement houses, which have been dig nified with tho picturesque appellation of barracks, but nouo of theo has at tained to the colossal proportions of tho "Freihaus," situated at Wieldcn, a sub urb of Vienna. This building has 13 courtyards and accommodates 2,112 per sons belonging to all classes of society. Ouo postman is specially appointed to deliver letters to the inmates, whoso cor respondents havo to bo careful to put on the cover not merely the Christian uamo and surname of tho addresses, but tho number of the yard, the staircaso and tho flat, if they waut the letter to reach its destination. Tho Visigoths in Spain, from Alario. iu 3S2 A. D. , to Roderic, iu 709, bad 84 kings. From Washington to Timbuktu, bj Und and sea, the distance is 3, 895 milea.