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I I1DSII FOR OFFICE. Like It Ever Before Known. J0WWIBGITAW FOR WORK. rfr Heed Forbid tho Starting Tor Fubllo Work. That Would r'. eded linplojineot - Cleveland MIXGWS. Feb. fl.-Pilal.-Sen- n nieiii!' of congress who belong ,to? "ulublicnn party say they have nev W f l?8urh i r Hh for appointment, in ff k" !n,n ont Vrvlce as that which they ,beCexFHencln. Tholr mail, are "i flwn with applications, and some of klftd l?of a very pitiful character. Men SE .fond It difficult to provide T for their families, men who have fTi in vain for work, hoi their Ben 100 k JnWBtatlvcs may bo able to find tml taST "horn under Uncle Sain. Sforidtoino today: "I dislike 0n 1 , Jnv mail. I do not claim to bo a V Sln, nor to have more than T3 sympathy, but it is S hSl m nude very sad by this flood 7.Vml3 for help which pours in upon mo. jSBti to nuking they will bo glad Ktewythlng they can pet. Ihey offer S Ewe down to Washington and act as Swcnjm to dean out Fnlttoons and do SSt of menial work, Just so it is work Sd hwul and butter for themselves and .1, families. The most I can do for these noor fellows is i wi j Slen holding out no bono to them, but Mvlnir a cheerful word or two to nervo them on for their struggle against adver- itv" Heed's Sense of Duty. The foregoing is similar to the testimony civen by most Republican senators and BWrnwsinen. They attribute the phenom enal ruh for public place to the hard times to the fact that men who ordinarily have all the work they can do are now un able to find anything In the bread winning line. It if a serious question with somo of oiir statesmen If this government ought not to adopt the ilicy pursued now by the authorities of India, and followed often by other governments, of starting up groat public works which will give employment to thousands of men. Instead of doing jomcthing In this line, the policy of the powers which control legislation hero is inexactly the opposito direction. Speaker Rccd, anxious to make for tho house a rep utation for economical appropriations, de clines to permit any measure involving an expenditure of public funds to come up for consideration, relentlessly sitting down upon everything except the regular appro priation bills, which are needed to keep the government going. If lurge appropriations could be made for public buildings if tho river and harbor works of the country wero given a fair amount of money with which to carry on the Improvements, if tho Nicaragua canal could bo authorized, thero would bo much more employment for the mechanics and laborers. But Mr. Reed, acting from a sense of duty, in which he is as sincere aa man can be, refuses to permit any such ap propriations to go through the house. Tbcrearo publlo men who think this policy a mistake. They believe the government should be more liberal with its expendi tures, especially in those which make work for the common people in times of depres sion and commercial inactivities than in good times. Lalwr is then cheaper. Tho government can get more for its money. In addition to this, it can help the people tido over a jTriod of hard times. It Is safe to say that if a policy of making liberal appropriations for public building and public works had btvn pursued by tho past congress and by thlsono, 100,000 or 1&0.000 men might have lieen employed on govern ment ojH'rntions, thus reducing by so much the congest ion of unemployed lulor com peting against other unemployed labor. But such a hue and cry has lx-en raised In this country ngii Inst largo appropriations that politicians and leaders of parties daro nottukethe responsibility of opening up the doors of tho treasury even for tho most wholesome nnd proper purposes ' Cleveland's Italian Hand. So great Is the pressure of ofllco seeking Upon Republican members of congress that a deoiH-rate effort will bo mado to induco President McKlnley to suspend parts of tho civil service order recently issued by Presi dent Cleveland. ThoRcpublicansclalmthat President Cleveland waited till the Demo crats had filled the public offices with men of their own party faith before issuing his orders, and that many of the men who aro by these orders placed under civil service protection never passed an examination, nd are not entitled to bo held in their placet under the guise of civil scrvloe re form. Great as the pressure is it Is not probablo President McKlnley will do any thing of the sort. Here again public opin ion interjects its pressure. Without ques tion the educated publlo opinion of tho country la in favor of through reform of we publlo service. It would have the pub no service divorced from politics. Peace Reigns. It is already apparent that the new ad ministration is going to make an effort to popu arize Itself with the country. Major MCKJnley has been exceedingly careful in icct ng his cabinet, and he has from the J insisted that harmony In the party ? a rniony between the various branches w the government should bo aimed at in "err Btop authorized by him. Major Mo tley has a genius for bringing men to JJJcr. Evidence of this is found in the that Senator Sherman and General C'f r re to Pit In the same cabinet. They QpI i cncmlc over since 1880, when Algcr WM ft candidate for prosl M against Mr. Sherman and pursued thods to which the Ohio senator Th! 7rbjwctcL But Poaco reigns at last, im K Klnloy administration probably tint, nL0tod M tho pcaw'ul admlnlstra JM. tho husiness administration. I do Mail I?? confidence when I say that . lnle7' idoal president in many thl f Mr IIayes. Nor do I overstato fnlVTi. hcn 1 toy that among thought RaP 0 mon the ministration of Mr. .1 now wded as one of the very ler C0antry ever hid. Major McKln nil v Warm ,riend of President Ilayos J he dMith? Mr' "ayt t along as well of ih. by tuning the great departments hol,l!r,K(!Iernment ovcr to their chiefs and currg i m Sponsible for whatever oo ths . Ment McKlnley Intends to do "! arae thing. tlon JJ0baUy not wcaped the observa who w mkt rcadcri that Mr. Sherman, th. tt.m the most conspicuous flguroof lntK1 ?taltrat!on, Is to be premier and that w. ' whoM In the Hayen cabinet, lorti Jor McKlnley'g first choice for at goncral Waltm WiLLil. THE NEW3 IN BRIEF. Street car employes at Toledo, O., are dissatisfied over a reduction of 10 per cent, in wages. The man who bunkoed the Adams Express agent at IJruceville, Ind., out of $400 last week Is believed to have been caught at Abbeyvllle, 8. C. Germany and Spain are now connect ed by a submarine cable 1.250 miles long, the ends of which are at Emden and Vigo. There Is one township in Mitchell county. Kan., which has elected the same man trustee for twenty-four, years. The announcement Is made that Fer dinand Danton, Jr., of New York Is to marry Mile. Vlvlane Marat of Paris. William E. Coake of Portsmouth. R. I., who recently celeorated his 100th birthday, says that he has chewed to bacco for eighty-two years. A school for teaching the theory and practice of textile manufacturing has Just been opened In Lowell, Mass. The speed of the "quick step" In the French Infantry has been reduced from 128 to 120 paces per minute. The "quick step" dates from 1791, when it was fixed at ninety paces. The first Napoleon In sisted upon It at drills and parades. G. C. Clemens, who has Just been made a reporter for the Kansas su preme court. Is a cousin of Mark Twain. The high court, Independent Ordor of Foresters, of Wisconsin, closed a two flays' session at Racine. Five thousand Christian Endeavor ers celebrated the sixteenth anniversary of the society at Roston. In some of the cities of Europe the cost of putting out a fire Is made a charge upon the property of the per son for whose benefit the fire depart ment Is called out. A narrow guage road has been In vented which can be moved from farm to farm when crops are to be marketed. Five miles can be laid In one day and no grading Is required. Governor dough and olher state offi cials of Minnesota are booming Tarns Rixby for commissioner of the general land otllce. The executive committer of the Co lumbus, Sandusky find Hocking Rail way company has ratified the compro mise proposition submitted by the spe cial committee of the Ohio Coal Traffic association. Von tti'r A lie After KiinIp. St. Louis, Feb. 6. President Von der Ahe of the Ft. Louis Browns has re turned from Cleveland and Indianapo lis, but refuses to say anything about his conferences held In those cities with magnates Robinson and Urush. He an nounces, however, that he Is after Amos Rusie, the star pitcher of the New York club, and expects to land him. In re gard to the trade of Connor for "Rug" Holllday, announced Thursday, Von der Ahe says that the deal has not yet been consummated, but surely will be. EvangelUt Moody's lllrthdar, Boston, Feb. 6. Dwlght L. Moody, the famous evangelist, observed his COth birthday Friday and hundreds of his admirers In many places, not to men tion his Boston friends, united to make the occasion a memoraole one. Friends of the distinguished lay preacher have collected $30,000 which will be used by him to erect a chapel for the use of the Mount Vernon school for boys, of which Mr. Moody was the founder and is now the chief patron. THE MARKETS. New York Financial. New York, Feb. 5. Money on call nominally atl&2 per cent.; prlmo mercautile papar 3&1 rwr cent.; Bter ling exchange steady, with actual bnslness In bankers' bills at 4S0' tftitt! i for demand an I 4J4U for sixty days; pouted rates 4S5 4i and 474; commercial bills, 483$. Silver certificates, no sales; bar silver. 6!?4. M -ileal dollar, fto?4- Uniteil States jroveraroon' bonds weak; now 4"s repistered, lfc-'!4; do. coupon, Vil; ft's reg istered, ll iVi; do. conpo is, WMi; 4' retflsterod, 111J4; do. coupon-. 112; 2"s registered, 951; Pacific 's of D7. WH- Chicago Grain and Produce. CmcAOO, Feb. ft. Following were tha quotations on the Board of Trale to lav: Wheat-May, oponod Tftc, rloed 76(!; July. open, d 71 Ho. HosoJ 72.4i; September, opened 70"4c, cl wed 70c Corn May, opened tf4.fl. clowd 44-j; July, openel Jc, clo9d 2.)e; September, opened S(io. c t.ed Wfc. OaU-February. opened and closed nominal; May. opened 7 closed 17fV; July, opened pjJ.clo.ad Mtfa. Pork -May, opened T.W. co-ed $7,553. Lard-Febru-try. openel and clowd nominal; May, opened 1 180, cl el f3.77V$. Produce: Rutter-Extra creamery, 20o per lb extra dairy, 17o per lb.; fresh packing stock 8c. Etrra Fresh stojk, 12o per do Poultry-Turkeys, 8312 per lb.; chick ens (hens), 67; roosters. 5c: duck WrMiyc; geese, 690. Potat09J-Burbank. Si S S ba.; Hebrons, ZWtl v Sweet Pot.-Joes-IlUnols, fl.00l.a par bbL nonev White clover, 12o per lb: extracted. 6a7o. Apples-Common to fancy, 60c(a$2.00 per bbl. Chicago LIt Stock. Chicago, Feb. 5. Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock yardi today ranged a. follow.: Hog-Estimated re ceipts for th dav, 23, XX): sales ranged ftt ili (Pigs. $3 .301.51 Ught. ?3.15ai2 rp-"h nuking. tlSnATH mixed, and fl.3X47 heavy packing and shipping lots. Tattle Estimated receipts lit the day. 8S; qtatio,. ranted at $5 0)jV31 choice SStr? .hipping .tear,, f a5 01 good to rholcedo., 4 0J15) fa r t gwl, $1.115 common to milium do.. WAiW batohers' teen S3SS100 Hockan. f 1703121 'fJer ilS&Jm cow, fj.40ai.14 heifer $3.853.73 ba" on andstw $19 KM Tex .teen and 12.7508 00 veal calves. iheep and la nbs-Etlmatd receipts for the day. 0J0; sate ranzal ai IJ.73319J wetero $I.25 00Texans, I2.25&1.0J natives and $3.W i.2) lambs. ast nuffalo Live Stock. East lUrrrAix). N. Fob. 5. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Corn-nt tion MwcnnuiEast Buffalo. N. Y..q iotf ai f .low: CattTe-Kecoipts, 5 cars; market st.-ijdjr for eood 1 andy ters; light and butcher' stock. Sow and lower; veals, IOX&7.25. H-H.' rnts. 60 cars; maak. t opened active, but weakened on light grades; Yorkers, mediums M f heavyltaWflO; .tag and rous. 2JM market active and Mo higher for both Wnds. t7.n lambs. tVlVaS.:': culls to good. tt.OOOVIO, 1803.73; haudy wethers, $1.1534.25. Milwaukee Oraln. Milwaukee, Feb, ft. Whe,t-No. 2 spring. 75c: No. 1 r'. JJ2 i wh Yu. iV w r7Na 2 1 sample, itt-'c Bye-No. 1,87. HU Loots Oraln. ST. Louis, Feb. 6. Wheat-No. t red ca-h elevator. Wo bid; traTk!fiM&. Corn-No. 2 ch M;y, 21U bid. Oats-No. 2 cash, lo bll. May, 180 Lid. .Rye-Track. 4c. Detroit Grain. Detroit, Feb. 6. Wheat-Cash white, 87cW. ca-h red, 87o; May, 87c: JT. IMo aakei. GRANT AT WEST POINT. A Good ltecord as at Student and a Ulgh Itecurd as a Man. He was brvvetted Hccond lb the Fourth infantry and ordered to re port to his command at Jefferson bar racks, St. Louis, after a short vacation. Tho entire army of tho United States at that time numbered less than 8,000 men, and the supply of officers was em barrassingly large. It was the custom, therefore, to brevet graduates socond lieutenant. He graduated twenty-first in a roll of 39, with a fair record in all things a good record in mathematics and engin eering and a remarkable record as horse man. More than 100 had entered with him, but one by one they had dropped out till only 89 remained. Apparently Grant remained markedly unmilitary throughout the four ' years' course. He served us a private through out tho first two years. During the third year ho was made wrgeant, but was dropped (promotions at that time wero mado for soldierly qualities and had no exact relation to excellence in studies), and duriug tho fourth year ho served again as private. Tho first year lie took up French and mathematics, and though tho course was severe, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, application f algebra to geometry, etc., he stood fifteenth in a class of (10 in mathemutiecs and forty liinth in French and twenty-seventh in order of general merit. The Kceond year he climbed three Miuts in general merit ami stood twenty-fourth in n elass of 53. Ho st(K)d tenth in mathematics, twenty-third in drawing, but was be low the middle in ethics and French. In his third year he rose in his drawing to 19, and was twenty-second iu chem istry and fifteenth in philosophy, which was a very good standing indeed. He rose to 20 in general merit, 1(5 in rn I ginecring, 1 7 in mineralogy and geology, but was u little below the avevago in ethics, artillery aa.l infantry practice. In gene ral, it may be said that lie left the academy with a good average record us a student ami a very high record nsa man. Hamlin (larland in McClurc's. TESTING A WATCH. Dow r.uglls)i Timepiece Are Tried ns to Tlit-lr Kt'K'iibirity. There has been watchmaking at Cov entry as long as thero has been a watch trade in England, which is for tho lat 200 years or thereabout. There used to bo three centers of tho English trade, theso being Liverpool, Coventry and London. Now thero aro practically but two Coventry and IBirmingham. Tho test of a good watch is that it should obtain a Kew certificate, and of tho watches that go to Kew 75 per cent are from Coventry. At Kew no watch has yet succeeded in getting tho 100 marks which signify perfection, but Coventry has come near est, with 92, and is always well to tho front. The Kew test is no light one. The watch is tested in every position and its rate registered, not only per day, but per hour. It is hung by its pendant, hung upside down, hung on each side. placed dial clown and back down and at any number of angles, and to finish up with is baked in an oven and frozen m an ico pail. No wonder that a watch with a Kew certificate is u comfort to its owner. When it is considered that it makes 18,000 vibrations an hour and mu -t not vary a sccoml a week, while a quarter turn of its two time screws, meaning tho millionth of an inch, will make .' differcuco of 20 seconds a day, tho deli cacy of its adjiustm.-nt will bo appioci atcd, as will alsj the risk of intrusting its repair to any but fckillful hand.. Jewelers' lleview. Fishing For Tuna, Santa Clara. Tho fish ranged from 4 to 0 feet in lcmrth and from 75 to 300 pounds iu weight, judging from their sizo. Liko wolves they had rushed in from tho deep Bea and wero moving down the coast, Btampeding a school of smelts and flying fish and driving them out of the water, snapping at thein and following them up into the air. Moving on, we rouna the school of unfortunates, a brownish patch of solid fish in the water, into which tho tunas wero cnarging. I have fished in tho haunts of the tar pon and taken almost every game fish to be found In American waters, oui frnm this exhibition of the velocity and wonderful power of tho tuna I did not believe it could be captured with a 24 rod or a tarnon outfit. We baited with largo smelt and began trolling through the school. I soon naa ft striKo, nri while not unused to surprises, I lost 300 feet of line and the tip of my rod so quickly that I hardly realized whnfc had haDnened. My companion had his fine rod jerked from his hands, and I believe the fish was of the largest size, which nothing could stop. Sportsman's Magazine. . Hnalta Dreams. A well known authority on dreams j -i i.l-o cnvo "To drnnm vnn Bull UIl'UUiuiifta " y eeo snakes or serpents shows that you jit i. i .ionnA onfl rnnnn tor tnanV Villi UKi luil'uauu " .1. It rmi urn In InVB. TOM SWCCt- heart will bo false. To dream you kill a . Ml fUffl. snake snows you win uniwimw culties and enemies and bo successful in lovo, trado or farming, dqi unsuwua&iu at sea." The rroposal of tho Future. She Perfectly lovely club, isn't it? tta Am von a member? She No. Only married women are eligible. tta Ah would von allow mo to make you eligib to membership? London Fun. riM,A tinthln?? nurcr than honesty, nothing sweeter than charity, nothing warmer thau lovo, nothing richer than wisdom, nothing Drignicr uiuu iu and nothing more steaaiast man A bushel of plasterers' hair, when well dried, equals 15 pounds. DRIFTING ONWARD. Drifting onward ever drifting, Tow'rd yon ulilnintf, shorolttw sea. Farther still from earth's green landscape, Nearer to eternity. Onwsrd yet we know not whither We are borne by time's swift tide, needing not the dang'rous rivor Down whoso darkling stream we gilds. Drifting onward we are going To a country all unknown : Guard, U Lord, and keep thou, ever Leave UM not to drift alone. Shield us from the water's perils. Have from dark and anxry storm; Let thine arm of might defend us Evermore from every barm. Drifting onward we will anchor At the tieav'nlj port at last, Every care and trial ended, ' 7 All our toils and dangers past, nappy on that shore Eljsian, Nevermore shall storm clouds frown; Oh, the bright, unfading vision, Where no paling sun goes do" n! Francis A. Bimklns. HOMESICK HIPPOPOTAMUS. It Longed For the Language of Its llabjr- liood Home. During Bayard Taylor's visit to tho zoological gardens in London ho noticed a hippopotamus which lay in its tank apparently oblivious of its surroundings. Entering into conversation with the keeper one morning, ho was told that tho creature refused to eat and was gradually starving itself to death. "I fancy it's homesick," added tho keeper. He's a fine specimen, and it seems a pity wo should lose him, but he's moped ever since tho keeper who had chargo of him on board tho steamer left. He pays no attention to anything I say." Learning that the creature camo from a part of Africa ho had onco visited, Mr. Taylor, on an impulse, leaned for ward and addrcpsed it in tho dialect used by tho hunters and keepers of that region. Tho animal luted its head, and tho small eyes opened. Mr. Tuylor re peated his remark, when what does Mr. Hippo do but paddlo slowly over to whero ho stood. Crossing to tho other sido of the tank, the experiment was re peated with tho samo result, the poor thing showing uumistakablo signs of ioy. even consenting to reccivo food from tho hand of his new friend. Mr. Taylor paid several visits to tho gardens, being ahvr.ys noticed by his African friend. Finally, before leaving tho city, he taught tho keeper a few sentences ho had been in tho habit of addressing to tho hippopotamus and went his away. Two years later ho was in London, and, curious to know tho result, again paid his respects to his amphibious friend. To his surprise tho creature rec ognized his voice at once, and expressed his joy by paddling from sido to side of his tank after his visitor. Bayard Taylor says that it convinced him that even a hippopotamus may have affections, and tenacious ones at that, as well as a good memory. -Watchman. American Valets. There is a new order of thing9 among the gilded youth of today, and tho valet is iu demand. This demand has led to tho establishment in Boston of a fin ishing academy for gentlemen's serv ants. Hero tho gentleman's gentleman learns all that is necessary for him to know. The first thing that is done to a matriculate is to cut his hair in the ap proved English fashion and make him clean shaven, or at least reduce his hir sute appendages to a modest "mutton chop" just forward of his ears. Ho is then put in livery and mado to speak onlv in an h-less English dialect. The various courses of instruction include training in all the branc hes of menial work, and when a pupil is sent out into the world ho is given a certificate of proficiency in hi3 particular course. One of tho features of tho course is tho daily practico in immobility, which consists in standing for half an hour a day be tween two upright bars so regulated that they touch tho man's toes and breast bone in front and his coattails, shoulder blades and hat rim at the back. This gives the requisite wooden rigidity and is practiced by all pupils. Those whose physiques are lacking or too lux uriant are reduced to the proper form by vigorous exercise. Boston Lettex, A Lamp In Ills Pocket. Not very many men carry lamps in their pockets, but there is at least one man who does, and that is the lamp lighter on the elevated road. It is an alcohol lamp, like a section of brass cylinder, five or six inches long and an inch through, and with a slender tube two or three inches long, holding the wick, projecting at one end. The lamp lighter comes in at the front door of the car with his lamp lighted. With a rapid ease acquired by experience he lights the six lamps, seeming almost not to pause in his progress through the car. If he is in the last car of the train, as he pulls down tho chimney over the last lamp he has lighted and turns toward tho rear door ho blows out his own lamp and drops it in his pocket His hands are now free. He throws back the door, walks out upon the platform, opens tho gate and steps off upon tho station platform or down upon the other side, ready to board the next train. A touch of a match will light the alcohol lamp. New York Sun. First Written Laws. The first written statutes are com prised in the law of Moses, 1491 B. C, The first Greek laws were systematized by Draco C23 B. C. The laws of Ly curgus were mado about 844 B. C. Tho Roman laws were first compiled by Servius Tullius and amended by tho Twelvo Tables in 449 B. C. The Pan dects of Justinian wero compiled in 633. Blackstone's Commentaries wero pub lished at Oxford in 17C5 and 1769. Tho first anthropological society, for tho study of mankind considered with reference to tho animal history of tho raco, was founded in London in 18C3. The common house fly, in tho mouth of the scientist, becomes tho Muse a domestic. M'CLELLAN'S WARHORSE. Something About lan, the Only Charger the General JUxle. General MoClellan's favorite war- horse, usually called Dan, was a dark bay, .Vxmt 17 hands high, well bred, with good action and never showing signs of fatigue, no matter how long the course. He was an extremely hand some, showy animal, with more than ordinary horse sense. Dan was a very fast walker an important requisite in a commander's charger but a disagree able accomplishment so far as his staff wero concerned, as their horses in gen eral were kept on a slow trot. After tho war Dan becamo the family horse at Giueral McClellan's country home in Orange, and seemed to bo proud of his position, performing his duties well and easily. On one occasion, wheu driven to a neighboring estate by two ladies of tho geueral's family, and left untied, as usual, at the door, Dan camo to tho conclusion that they had remained long enough for an afternoon call, so, declining to waste any more time there, he trotted back to his stable, carefully turning out to pass carriages and other vehicles met on the way home. Dan died and was buried in Orange. Tho general said of him: "Dan was ono of those horses that could trot all day long at a very rapid gait, which kept all other horses at a gallop. Ho earned from tho aids the title of 'that devil Dan' a name that ho justified on many a long and dospcrato ride before I gave up tho command of tho Army of tho Potomac. Dan was tho best horso I ever had. Ho was never ill for an hour, never fatigued, never disturbed under fire. Tho dear old fellow survived tho war for many years, dying at a ripo old ago in 1879. No matter how long wo might bo parted onco for nearly four years ho always recognized me the mo ment wo met agaiu and in his own way showed his pleasure at seeing me. Even on tho day of his death, which was a painless one, ho still attempted to riso and greet me, but, unablo to do so, ho would lean hi3 head against mo and lick my hand. No soldier ever had a moro faithful horso than I had in Daniel Webster." Our Animal Friends. YOUNG MEN'S POPULARITY. Amiability, Kindliness, Manliness, Integ rity, Are Its Foundation. To the nuerv. Are young men who cannot, from religious convictions, play cards, dance or attend the theater apt to le popular with young women of re finement and education who indulge in such amusements? Edward W. Bok, in "Problems For Young Men" in Tho Ladies' Homo Journal, re sponds: "Why, certainly. Why not? The amusements in which a man indulges have nothing to do with his outward attractiveness or popularity. It is tho way in which a young man carries him self in his deportment that makes or mars his popularity with girls or men. Ono of tho most popular and delightful follows I know in New York has never been Inside of a theater, although ho is 85 years of ago. Nor has he ever danced or played cards. He was a personal friend for ten years before I knew that his religious principles precluded his in dulgence in theso amusements. His se cret is that he does not carry his convic tions on his slecvo for everybody to rub against. Aud of his popularity with women, young nnd mature, I can assure you absolutely. He reads about tho new plays and can, therefore, talk about them if they come up in conversation. If asked if ho has seen a certain actor or play, ho merely replies in tho nega tive. Never docs ho force his convic tions uiKn others. A young man's pop ularity with c ither sex rests upon some thing more than his forms of amuse ment. Amiability of manner, kindli ness, n pleasant address, a manly out look on life, honorablo principles all theso go far toward injuring popular ity." Remarkable Story About Ants. A traveler returned from South Africa tells of a singular combat that he onco witnessed in a deep forest in tho heart of the dark continent. Happening to cast his eyes toward the ground ho no ticed a caterpillar crawling along at a rapid pace, followed by 100 or more small ants. Being quicker in their movements than the worm, tho ants would catch up with the caterpillar, and one would mount his back and bite him. Pausing for an instant, the caterpillar would turn his head and catch tho ant in such a way as to kill it almost in stantly. This slaughter of their fellows did not seem to have any effect upon the attacking hordes, the place of the dead warrior being presently filled by another hero willing to sacrifice his life. After slaughtering a dozen or more of his tor mentors the worm began to show signs of fatigue, whereupon the ants mado a combined attack. At this the worm sought safety by climbing a stalk of grass, going up tail first and defending himself with his head and strong jaws. Seeing themselves outdono on that score the ants set to work and soon felled the stalk with their mandibles. When this was done, they all pounced upon the helpless worm and mado short work of him. St Louis Republic. Artist Do Chavannes. M. Puvis do Chavannes, the French painter, lives in Montmartre. His pal ace consists of a studio, a bedroom and a dressing room; his furniture, a big table, a few armchairs and a sofa. His ordinary garb is a long, brown, monkish looking dressing gown. His working studio is at Ncuilly, outside of Paris, a bare room vast enough for his great canvases. Here he works alone on a lad der every day from 9 in tho morning until evening, stopping only for a light repast at noon. All tree have seeds. In somo, how ever, the seeds aro so small in propor tion to the size of the tree that they al together escape ordinary not ico. From Calcutta to Washington the voyage is 9,348 miles in length. SONG. I would that my love were a lily fair And I would that I were a sanLttam boJ Btill to bo droshinif hi r flowery hair AH day long with my airy gold. Or would that she were the dew that Stat in th' rose and I the rose tree were To fold my red leaves over her eye And make my sweetness a part of hor. Would I were a breeze that is where it wlS And h a leaf in some lonely place. Ilow I would cling tj her. sing to her, till bhe gathered me up iu her green embraoeu. Or would that abo were a fawn so guy And I within dome lowly bod Where oft ber silvery feet would stray And dimplu the turf above me spread. Kay, leave th' sunbeam the light that's bUs And leave the lily be? airy gold. And give me my maiden, Just as she la. To kiss and sing to, to keep and hold I New York Ledgers A LAD without guile. How Grant Impressed His Comrades aa aa West l'olnt Cadet. "Ho was a lad without guile," testi fies General Longstreet "I never heard him utter a prof ane or vulgar word. II was a boy of goexl native ability, al though by no means a hard student So perfect was his sense of honor that, in tho numerous cabals which wero often, formed, his namo was never mentioned, for he never did anything which could be subject for critic ism or reproach. He soon became tho most daring horseman in tho academy." He had a way of, solving problems out of rulo by tho ap plication of good, luird sense, and Rafus Iugalls ends by saying: "When our school days wero over, if tho averager opinion of tho members of tho class had. been taken, every one would have saidr There is Sam Grant. Ho is a splendid fellow, a good, honest man, against whom nothing can bo 6aid and from whom everything may bo expected.' " One of tho keenest observers iu hi class, for a year his roommate, perceived; moro in him than his instructors. "lit? had tho most scrupulous regard foir truth. Ho never held his word light. Ho never said an untruthful word ever , in jst. "Ho was a reflective mind and at times very reticent and somler. Sorac j thing seemed working deep down in hi I thoughts things ho knew as little about , as we, Thero would bo days, even ' weeks, at a timo when ho would bo sl- lent and somber not morose. Ho was ' a cheerful man, and yet he had those moments when ho seemed to feel somck premonition of a great future1 wonder ing what ho was to do and what ho was to become. I lo was moved by a very sin cere motive to join tho Dialectic stx-iety-which was tho only literary society we had. I did not belong, but Grant joinexl ! while we wero roommates, with tho aim to improvo in his manner of ex pressing himself." McCluro's. Unauthentic Portraits of Franklin. It seems the height of absurdity to look upon tho so called "Sumner Por trait of Franklin at Twenty," belonging to Harvard university, as an authentic portrait. Whcro did Franklin, who was grubbing for funds to carry him homo at the time this picture is supposed to have been painted, get the money for tho "purple aud fine linen" in which he is arrayed, let alone to pay tho artist for his work? Aside from Fiauklin's cir cumstances being against its authentic ity, his "Autobiography" is silent uiorm so imtortant a subject as this portrait-, and its history is purely mythical. Another picture that has no better claim to be considered a likeness of Ben jamin Franklin hangs in the Metropoli tan Museum of Art and was painted by Stephen Elmer, an English still life painter. Thero is nothing to show that it was given the name of Franklin until 1824, when a plate engraved by ttydcr aud published in 17S2, as "The Politi cian, "was re lettered and issued with, tho namo cf Franklin. Tho last picture to lc nu ulioned irr this cxpurgatorial list is of tho first im portance as a work of art. It was paint ed by Thomas Gainsborough and is ir tho collection of tho Marquis of Lands dowue, but it is clearly not Benjamin Franklin. It is, in my opinion, tho por trait of Governor William Franklin. Charles Henry Hart in McCluro's Maga zine. The First Steam Tower. ' Tho power of steam was known to Hero of Alexandria, who exhibited what seems from tho description to havo beer a small steam engine to Ptolemy Phils delphus and his court about 160 B. Cl Pliny describes a small boat, built by av "magician" of Rome, which moved by means of a wheel, "driven by a pot ct hot water." Watt's invention of a ro tary steam engine was patented in 17G9. The first railway locomotive was built by Trevi thick in 1804. The first prac tical locomotivo was perfected by Ste phenson in 1 829. As early as 1 707 Deny Papin built a model of a steamboat., which was destroyed by a mob of boat men. Tho first practical steamboat wa built by William Symington in 1803. In 1803 Robert Fulton, in connection with Chancellor Livingston, built steamboat which was tried on tho Scincu In 1807 the Clermont began trips from New York to Albany. A Discreet Estimate. "Papa," said young Mrs. Hunker "won't you please givo George and me $10,000?" "What do you want that much money for?" "We want to build a $5,000 nouno." Harlem Life. Did Him Favor. Pedestrian (to footpad) Money or my life, is it? I was wondering how I was going to livo through this work Now I won't have to. Very kind of jou. Shoot away. Boston Transcript. Tho willow is ono of the.most adapt able of plants. A willow switch alack. In tho wet ground will almost inavtia bly tako root and become a tree. In ten days a letter from New Yard will bo delivered in Brussels. ,