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I i li' iMi'Ii hi'lMiiilU'M mii'llWIIIIH hi , j -feu ,t . ) """ '"-'i'""" ' "TTTrT-WTr Twwfwn inirjffflinMT" rrTttttT iSiijnirM-.in.. ). - - , -" . " "!- ft. iiiu.iT .iltjKi -J iLA-jijfc y.2, Jai ji. j. GLOBE REPUBLIC. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30 1885. gwiilMaiiuMwiMMMB Tim Old Dinner Horn. l'vp lienril mull) a strain Unit lin tlirltlnt inn llli Jot, lint limit', I will dllj, PtlK 0 till! llll) I 1MIH linrn, Him pl mm it mu k iiiihIi ns,vvln n n luntill Ihi), 1 Inn nl, mi the farm, tlioolil tllntii r limn. Tim lruiiip(t wint I In, n Mini orm limir. ,Mnl hiih Mnwiil fur' llii' lm)H ' ill noon nmt lit iniirn 1 lie tmiimtmiii Mrnln win ili rrlinr nml ulninir. Hut ( ( I, fur nil Unit, win tlm old illnncr Ikiiii. MIii ii liiilMlnir tliu f moor tnaliur llmliny. Or ti iiplnir tlio iiriilii or plow inr lint corn, N llh iipjn tltu Uii n, tit till) imkiii of tlio ihi), Oh, nwitl to in) noitl wiu tho old dinner Imriil A iimtlii r'ti roml lips infil tlm triiniitt of tin, Ami Mm htr full foul tliroiluli tlio Ijnrlcy iiml tin ti Oil, I liinri i ii t I lin "Welcome, como In, Cottio In, mi ildir Iiojb, to Ihu souiitl ot llin liornr' Tlioup lip mo now Mill, nml tlio Ixwom I Colli, Which n lit In im Ikijh tin. Mnut of tlio limit! film In wtitlliiff In ship, hciimtli tliu ilurk llllllll, Tliu iii(JmiiK(T trump nml rtcrnlt 'b morn. -Joi I Nwnrtz, I). I). Tin: uAinx-iioY. On my wny neross tlio Sound I foil in wltli two old soa-cnjituliH John Strcotor nmt Asa Morton wltli whom 1 Imd somu slight ncqn lititanco. Street or was n bout tliteo-scou nml It nil fol lowed tlio sen (luring most of his life. Morton was considerably youngor, hut still n seaman of mticli oxpetlonco. 1 ho subject of tlio abolition of Homing in our tiay cntno up in course of con xtirsulion, nml Captain Morion oxpross cil himself very decidedly in fnor of keeping up that time-honored Institu tion, tho cat-o'-nlne-talls. "1 Hiii not proparod tosny," roniark cd Captain Strcotor in reply, "that tho condition of our nien-o'-wars-tnen will bo in oory c.iso bonolited by tlio abo lition of Hogging, though I tun sure that it might bo so. I moan that tho olliccts have it within tlielr power to do away with nearly all kinds of pun ishmoni that is, of course, for such offenses as are usually punished on shipboard." "lor my part." retui ncd Mot ton, "I should not c ire to take Lomiuand of n ship If tho power to punish refractory seamen as 1 thought proper were taken from me.' Well," resumed Captain Slrcolor, "I used to think just so. In f ict, there wuro few masters mote pissionatu or severe than 1 was. Men used to run away from me, and, on more than one occasion, tny ery life has been in dan ger from tho vengeance of men whom 1 had abused. I used tho eat and tho ropu's-eud almost as freely as 1 used my tongue; and 1 often wondered how it happened that 1 always had tlio luck to gel such bad men. "When I was about forty years of ago 1 took command of tho ship l'oters ham. Sho was an old ciaft, and had seen full as much seivico as she was capable of seeing with safety; but her owners weio willing totiust a aIuablo cargo in her, so I would not leftist) to trust myself. Wo weio bound to Liv erpool, and nothing uutistiil h ipponod until about tho eighth day out, when wo ran foul of a small iceberg. It was early in tho morning, befoio sunrise, and not above six or eight feet of the ice was out of tho watet, it having been neatly all melted away in the warmet water of tho (iiill-siioiiui. 1 did not think that wo had sustained any injury, foi tliu shock was oty slight; but I was aligty, and give tho look-out a sovctu punishment, without stopping to UKpnru whither ho could li.no seen llio Uoig in su.i-on to esc ipu it, "My tabin-boy was named .lack .Withers. Ho was fotiitieu yeais of age, and tins was Ills III si oage. 1 had taken turn fiom a widowed moth er, and had piouused her th it I would see linn well tiualed that wis, if ho behaved himself. Ho was ,i blight, quick, intelligent lad, but 1 soon made m self believe that liu had an awful disposition. 1 fancied thai ho w.islhu most sttioborn piece of youthltil bu rn itiity that I hail ever como ucioss. 1 mido up my mind that ho hid never been propel ly governed, and I forth with resolved to break him in. I told him I'd curb his temper for him before 1 had done witli him. In reply hu told mo that I might kill him if I liked; nml J Hogged 1) i in with tliu end of tho nn.-cu-topgallaut halliards till he could Ii irdly stand. I asked him if hu had had enough, and ho told mo that 1 might llog nioro if 1 wished it. 1 full u strong temptation to throw tlio boy nvciboald, but at that moment ho stagguted back against the iuiuu mast from absolute weakness, ami I left him to himself. When 1 reasoned calmly about that boy's disposition I was forced to acknowledge that ho was one of the smallest and most faithful lads 1 had over seeu. Whim I asked him to do any thing ho would start oil' like a rocket; but when I loiighly or deted him to do it, then came tho dis position with winch I found fault. "One day, when It was veiy near noon, 1 spoke to him, and told him to go below and bring up my quadrant, lie was looking over Ihu ijU.u tur-iail, and I knew that ho did not hear me, and tho next timu 1 spoke I ripped out an oath, uud intimated that if hodidu t move I'd help him. " 'I didn't hear yo,' ho said, with rutliet an independent tone. " 'No wot ils,' said I. " '1 s'posu I can speak,' ho retorted, moving slowly tuwutils the companion way. "Ills look and his words, and tho slow, cateless in inner in which ho moved, htcd mo in a moment, and 1 grasped him by tho cull.tr. " 'Speak to me again liko tint,' said , 'and I'll llog you within an inch of yout lilel' " 'You can Hog away,' ho teplieil, ns firm and undaunted as a lock. "Ami I did llog hint. 1 caught up tho end of the lust tope that caiuo handy, and beat him till my nun fairly ached. lint hu never even winced. How's that?' said I. " 'Thorn's a llttlu mum llfu in mu yet thf.t you'd bultoi llog out,' was his ruply. "And I beat him again. 1 beat him (ill hu sank from my hand ugilnst the rail; and then 1 aunt one of the men after my quadrant. When it c une, uud 1 h id adjiistud it for my obM'i wi thin, 1 foiliul thiil tho sun was altuady nast tho mui Iditiii, and Ihat I was too tulo. This lidded fuel to tliu lire of my madness, and quickly seizing the lad by tho eollat, I led him to tho main hatchway and had tho hitch taken oil. 1 then thrust li I m down, and swoto that 1 would keep him tlime until his stubbornness was hiokun. '1 ho hatch was then put on, and 1 went Into Ihu cabin. 1 sulliil ud a good dual that af ternoon not with any compunctions foi what 1 had dime, but with mv own temper and bllluuiuss. It iiiado inu mail to think that I could not couqtiur lliat boy that I could nut bieakduwu his cool, stem opposition. 'Hut 1 will do It,' I said to my suit. 'Il tliu heav ens above me, I'll stnivo him Into it, or ho shall die under tlio operation!' "Alter supper J went to Ihu hutch wny ami called out to htm, bill hu tu tutnud mu no answer, ivi I closed tlm b.ikh nml vvi ul away. At leu o'clock I called again, and again I gol no nti suet. 1 might have thought tlm Hug ging had taken nvv ay his senses hid not koiiiii of tho moil nssuiiid mo that thoy had heatil him, not nn hour be fote, talking to himself. I did not tumble him again until tlio next morn ing; but I went lo Ihu hatchway after hru iklasl ami c till d out lo him once mole. I heatil nothing fioni him, nor lotild l'o him, I lent not seen him since 1 put him dow n there. 1 called out several times, but ho would m iku mu no ansvvct; and yet tlio s.uiiii men told mo that they had lie.ud hint t ilk that veiy morning. Ilu seemed to bo calling lor them to help him. Hu would ask tbcin for help, but hu would not usk mu. 1 meant to bieik him into il. 'llo'll hog boioiu ho'll slat ve,' I thought; ami ho I determined thai hu should slay tlieie. 1 supposed ho li ul ctawled foi waul to the lotee tstle buU huad in older to make tliu s Ulcus hear him. Sumo of tlio men nsked to bo permitted to go down and look nfler him, bitt I tefuscd. I thteatencd to punish tliu llrst man who dared to go down. "At noon I went ngaln, nmt as hu tlid not nnsvver mu Hits time, I tosolvud tint ho should como to the liitcliway and ask for mo ore I went any more. Tliu day passed nw ly, and wliuu uvou in" camu ngaln I began to hu st irtled. 1 thought of how m my good qualities tliu boy hid; and I thought of his widowed mother. Ilu hid beenthittj siv bouts in tliu hold, and f till v forty bonis without food or drink. Ho must 1)0 too weak to cry out now. It was hard foi mu to givo up, hut if tliu boy died theto from absolute st illation, ft might go h uder with mo still. So at length I m ido up my mind to go nml sou him. It was not qtiito sundown wlion I hid tho hatch taken oil", and I jumped down upon tho boxes nlotic. A llttlu way fowaid 1 saw n spico whetu Jack mlglit Imo gono down, and to that point I crawled on my hands and knees. I called out heto, but could hear no answer. A short distance fatther was n wider spice, which I hid entirely forgotten, hut which I now remembered had been left open on account of a bteal; in the Homing of the hold, which would have lot anything that might hive been stowed tlietu rest diiectly on tlio outer planking of tliu ship. "lo tills place I in ido my way and looked down. I he ml llio splashing of water, and thought I could detect a sound like tho incoming of a tiny jcV or stte.iin. At first I could see noth ing, but as mmiii as I bee una used to the dim light I could distinguish the f mil outlines of Ihu boy at somu dist ance hclow me. lie seemed to bo sit ting upon tho broken Hour, with his feet stietched out agiinst a enk. 1 called out to him, and I thought hu looked up. " 'Jack,' I slid, 'aroyou there?' "And ho ausvveied me, in a faint, weary lone: " 'Yes; help me! Tor Heaven's sako, help mu! Hung men, and bring a 1 lu tein; tho ship has spiuuk a leik!' "1 liesit iled, and ho added in amino eager lone. " 'Make h.iste; I can hold it llll you como back.' "I wilted lo heir no mote, but hur ried on ill ck as soon as possible, ami relumed with i 1 lutein, mil Illicit men I leiped down beside the boy, and when 1 saw It all I could baldly "believe tho evidence of my owioii'es. 'Unto of tho Umbels were completely wotm-eit-en to the veiy In .ill, and one of the otltei pi inks hid Deen biokeu, nml would bin si in at my moment the buy might le ivo it. Hu s it there, with hfs luck upon it and his feet btaiul against the cask before him. 11 ilf.i doui llttlu juts of water vvlio streaming in about mm. and ho was wet to the skin. I saw th it tho pi ink nitiU btnst in tliu mo ment tliu strain was lemoved liom it, so 1 badu my men bt.u.o Ihunisulves agiinst it before I lifted him up Ollur men vvi ic called down with planks and spikes and ades, and, with much caiu and moii) tumble, we liu illy succeeded in stopping llio leak amlaveitiug llio danger. J ho pi. ink which had been stove in was si leet long byeighl inch es wide and would h ivu let in a stieam of water of this capacity. It would h iv o lit im beyond our le.ieh long eiu we could have discuveiud it, and would havu sunk us in a very shuil lime. I knew it must bo whuio the icebeig had hit us. "J iek Withtis was takon to tho cab in, and thoio hu in inaged to, tell mu his stoty. Shot tly after 1 put him iu the hold ho ctawled forwatd, and when his eyus becamu use d to tho dim glim mer that came thiough ihuduad-lights, hu looked about tor a snug place in which lo lie, for Ins limbs weiostill and sore. Hu went to sleup, and when hu awoko ho heaid a faint sound, like w i ter streaming thiough a small hole. Ho went to the open sp ice m tho c irgo and looked down, and ho was sine th it hu saw a sin ill jot of watei splitting up fiom the ship's bottom. He leaped down, and in a few moments louiidth.it the luubuis had given wholly away, and tint tho stio'ini was increasing in sie. He plated his hand upon the plank and found it biokeu, uud also discoveied tint the piessuto of tlio wa ter without was forcing it inward. Hu had sensiJ enough to see that if it g lined mi inch moru it must nil go, and tliu ship must bu lost.aud puilnps all hands polish! And hu saw, too, tli.U if hu could keep the biokeu pi ink in its place ho might stop tliu incoming Hood, ho hu s it himself upon it and btaced his feet against tliu c.iskjund then hu called for help. "And there ho h id sat, Willi his feet thus braced, for foiii-anil-tvventy long, dreiry bouts, with tlio water spin ling In tiny stieams ull ovei him, ilienchitig him to thu skin. Hu had thought sov Di.il times of going to tlio hatchway nml calling for help; but ho knew that the biokeu plank would bu fuiced in if ho left it, foi lie could feel It heave be neath him. His stiungtli was failing him; Ills limbs vvciu racked wltli Pill); but lie would not give up. 1 asked him if ho should not havu given up if I had not como as 1 did. Ho ansvveted mo that he could not h ive done it while lie had life in him. Hu said hu thought not of hiuHulf liu was roadv to die but ho would save the icst if liu could; and ho h id sived us -stliely baved us fiom a watety grave. "That hoy lay sick in tho cabin for many days sick almost unto death; but 1 nuise'd him with tuyuwii li mils mused him ull through his delirium; and when his reason rutin tied, and hu could sil up and talk, 1 bowed myself bufotu him, ami humbly asked his p ir dou for ull tliu vvioug I had done him. Hu threw' his arms about my neck, and told mu if 1 would bu good to him hu would never givo me c uiso for olleuie; mil ho added, us ho sat up again, ' mu nut ii cowunl I cuiitil wit it u ifayV "I'lom that liout 1 nevurforgol those words, and fiom that hour 1 havu never stiutik u blow on bo.nd my ship. 1 nuke my men foul that thuy urn men thiil I so regard Ilium, uud that I vvisli to maku them us comfortable uud hap py as possmit), aim i natu not mnim kj gain t licit icspcet nml cotillduucu I give no undue lliense, but in iku my i tew feel th tl Ihey have a fileml and a stipeilnr in llio sumo person. I or nine yeais I sailed III time ililleient ships, ami had tho very same clew ull llio while. A man could not bu hiied lo h'tvo mo save foi an olllcei's hot th. "Ami .lack Withers lem lined with mo lliuleeii yeats. Ho was my cabin hoy; one of my forum ivl hands; my set olid tnatu; mil tho lasltlmo hu stilled with inn ho lofilsed tho coinm mil of a new b irquo because ho would not bu sepal tiled Hum me. Hut he is u c ip tain now, and one of tliu bust this coun try over iillotded. .Such, gentlemen, is my oxpcucuco in government and discipline on shipbo.ud." i An A Cellini Ciirn for I'ever. Medicine among tho Afghans Is In a crude stite. It Is n jtimblu of super stition, with heio ami tlieie a grain of soino inteiiiiixeil. Kvcu tho well-to-do people of thu p'asintiy livo in mud houses consisting of ono room, win dovvless, nnd wltli ono smnll door of exit. Heio thu family, however lurge, livo nml sleep. Chimneys nro un known, or indeed nny kind of smol.e liolo or vontilntor. Water for think ing purposes is often obtained fiom n sin ill mulct, a branch of tho canal, generally impute, muddy stull. Yet when the peojilo nro sick tlitiy asrilbu it to tlio inlltieuco of malicious jinus who aie always wnnderiiig about leady for nny wicked mischief. 'llio people believe th it If n man sick with binall-pox hoars thtit.der lie becomes deal, hence tom-toms (diiims) tiro beaten lotiud him during a tliuu deistorni that ho m iy not he ir the fa tal sound. Incant itions, juggleiv, uud charms nro popul ir tonicities. If tlio patient iccovers, well and good; if ho dies, ho lacks faith. A favorite cine for jatiudlco Is a twig taken Hum a lig-lree, cut into forty pieces, bieathed on by the Km osh (wise men), and the pieces stiting nmt hung about thu sick person's neck. A seven to ton days' abstinence from food is enjoined, uud thu pitiuutgets well, or else ho does not. Occasional ly tho tieitnient becomes tnoro piacticil, ns in thu following case of svve iling .1 patient. An o iiiy son of tho better-class wis taken ill. "I'm so cold, and then I'm so hot, nml mv he id aches!" the lad compl lined. Ills mother, being anx ious, v.ent lo tho house of the Mool ih (le irned doctoi ) to got n remedy for her son. '1 he good in in piayed and gavu hei an ainulot with stiaifgo cabilistio ligtnes on it, and badu her go home and put it about tho sick boy s neck, mid it would diivo aw iy the wicked jinn that was tumbling him. 'llio wo rn m did so, but the hid glow wotie. Then tho Km m ami a sword weio laid on n quilt beside the boy, and another amulet, with wouileifiil exeicisiug povvei, was hung on the bed-post; and tlio pool ilistiauglit mother drove pegs into the giavo ot a but led saint, hung lags on the tleu abovu it, and prayed in vain. 'Ihu jinn wouldn't go, but tlio sick man glow nioio feveiish. '1 hen tho f ithei continues tlio vviitei in a contemporary determined to tiy the re it l'.itb.in lemedy, which is pi iclwd all ovel Afgh uiistan. Ho had a sheep slaughtered siud skinned, and, aftei rubbing oil ami tuimeiie up on thu skin, wiapped his son in it while it was hot. 'I lion ho laid tho hoy on llio bed and shut tlio door, so that not a biealh of air could comu m, and coveted in in up with heavy qultts. At llio end of Iwuiity-foui bonis tlio lad was no bcllel, ami the skin was le inovid and a flesh one substituted. I his time it li id the desired elleet, for befoio ten hours weio passed thu sick boy said, ill a wuak Voice, "1 atliui, 1 li ivu become water." "Allah be prais ed!" exclaimed t iO patents. 1'orsev eial bonis longer tho lad woio tho sheepskin, th it thu euro might bo cer tain; ami when at last it'vvas lemoved, the poor boy had perspiied so fieoly that ho presented n general parboiled appearance, but tliu fever was cou ciucrtd. ttusMa titunUiy Journal. Dinners In tlio Mm raj Drawing Kooiii, Murray was fimous for his dinner patties, at which, moi cover, however distinguished the guests, tlio conver H ition of thu host coutt iliutcd not in considciably to tho feast of reison and tho How of soul After nn afternoon inspection of "two or tlireo lions of tlio (Jtturtuli Ituiew in Mutiay's den" (ieoigo 'lickuor in rather coniiuetci.il langii igo generally spoku of tlio dr ivv-ing-iooiu in Albemiilu street as "Mur ray's liteiary exehatigu" Washington Irving pioceeds to givo a report iu his di uy of "a very pleasant (tinner at Miu'ray's" when ho had "a long tete-a-tete with old Disraeli," an unfitting guest of the sou of his lust piiblishei. "Munay, very merry and loquacious," showed living the MS. of the fourth CUuto of "Clitlilu II irold." tho airiv.il of which no doubt contributed to his elevation of spirits "Dined with Muiray," Tiekuor lecords in ins jour nal, "and h id n genuine booksellers dinner, such as I.iutot used to givo Hope and ( iy and Swift, Dilly to lohiisou uud (loldsmitli." (iillord, Campbell, uud the iiievitahln Isaae Dis laeli were the cithot guests, nml tho couvers ition w is so entertaining tint the American visitor was full of re gret when the stroke of midnight broke up tho puty, "in accordance witli Kn giish habits." To tho testimonies of theso two Aniuriein geutlouiun may liu ndded thosu of a couiitry-wuui iu and coiinliym iu of Mutiay's, both of them distinguished people. "No liotiso iu Loudon,'' wtltus Mis. Soinet v die, "was moio hospitable uud agreeable than that of tho late John Muiray iu Alheuiailo sticut," and sho had seen w h it was best in tho intullecttl il society of tlio Loudon of her time. "His din ner p irties weiu hrilll lilt with all tho poets and liteiaty characteis of the day, and Mr. Munay himself was gen-tlemau-iike, full of information, and kept up thu conversation with spirit." Mis. bomeivillo adds, icipccting tlio great wot k which mule her fimous, "Ho gouoioiisly published the Mechan ism ol the Heavens at his own lisk, which, from its an ilv Ileal eliai actor, could only bo lead by luatheuiatl ci ins." '1 Hun. agilu, thu following still nioro sulking veidict on thu im ptussiuu undo by .Mutiaj's couvers i lloual powers Is furnished by l.uly Hull as that pionouneed by her hus band. Sir Charles, tliu dls'liiigiiUluil siiigeon, aitthoi of thu lludguwater lic.itiso on I liu Hand, "On 1 inlay wu dined at .John Munay's, Alheuiailo street A huge pnty was assembled there, among others Tom Moore. 1 felt us if I had been gn.iug all night at sk) -lockets. '1 here were present Mr. uud Mis 1, oekh.nl, Dr. and Mrs. Som en illo, Sir Mai tin Shea, who led on Moote, Washington Irving, Mr. unit Mrs. Munay, uud oiitsulvus. Thu talk was of wit, uud Mooiogavo specimens. Charles thought that our host Muiray said tlio best tilings that biilllanl night." t A'snmusc, tn Harper' Uaijaunt jur kt.vti.mber. Ilnvv Cutler) In .Made. "Atncrletn cntleiy, such ns knives, seis-iors, raors, sho us, ami scythes, is now being Im lic Iy expelled," said n inantif u lurer to n reporter. "You will now Hud various tools, such ns saws, (IiWiiN, ami planes, of American m iko In very in mv of tho largo warehouses of Knglish cities." ' Can you tell mo In what department tlio Aintrlc.in cntleiy excels?" "In knlfe-blailes, raur-liliulc, nntl tho in ititif.icttnu of nxes. In the latter the United States luiva miido such rap id advances that they oxcul all ollior countries In ihu manitfaettiiu of axes, excepting, perhaps, Cannda." "Can you givo mu somo ligures to bIiovv the ptogtes of industry ?" "In 187J theru wns impelled Into this coimtiy cutlery amounting to I0, o(0,000, which was cut down lo about ir'JJ.OOO In lf0. In that year about irTOO.OOO worth of domestic goods wero exported." "Will you toll mo n llttlo of tho dif ferent processes used for tho uintiitfac tuto of vaiiotis nttlclcs?" "flood tihlo-ktilves nto mnilo of steot nml iron welded together, 'llio blndo is of steel and llio shoulders mid tlio part which goes into tho hnndle, called technically tho tang in Dngl ind, nro of Iron. 1 ho hlado is made fiom sho ir or cast steel, tho tang is forged from bar-Iron. Kulle-hlides and oilier snnll nttiolos aiu usually forged Into slinpu whllo still attached to tho bar, which serves for tho workmen to hold them by. Two men are employed In forging such work, 'llio prlncipil workman, or foreman, as lio Is sometimes called, uses a small hammer of from two to font pounds weight, while tlio hammer man wields the sledgo-haintuor, weigh ing from ten tu fifty pounds. Tho fore man directs tlio hammerman, whoso blows merely follow thoso of tho small direeting-hanimor. In drawing down or reducing a bir, both iu length mid width, the Hat faeo of tho hammer is used, hut when thu length or breadth only Is to bu extended the nnriovv edge of the li.nnmct is used." "How is tho r.ioi-blado shaped?" "i ho cavity iu tho rarer-blade is made by h.iiuineiiug tho blado on n small round-faced anvil. '1 he notch or uail hole in a penknife Is struck by a chisel." "Aio tlio cheap knives mido in tho same manner as the mora expensive?" "Ho, common knives are made en tirely of lion, and the differuncu in pneo at lies not mutely from tho dllleieticu iu the cost of material, but from the gieatei facility of working. Forks nru wrought into the shape required as though a single prong was till tint was uccess.uy. '1 hey are then shaped out with n stamping die " "Is not gi lulling and polishing u very injutious work to tlio men em ploy edr" "Yes. on account of tho particles of steel which enter thu nostrils of tlio woikingnieii ami winch c.mso most painful intuition and produce adisoiso called gilnder's asthma, l'ew gritid i'ti live to lie over -10 years of age. M my epeiiinents have been tiled to ninovo tins evil. A magnetic mouth piece was invented, hut foi somo reason or ether thu men will not wear it. A tuvolving fan to cieato n anient and c.ury oil tlio dust is very successful, hut even tins the men oppose." Atw iuik. Mail nml 1.xiilh. I tl it c IT'ideiHianil tlie I. line. An nuiie-ini; stmy is told of sin Amerteiii million mu who tecently liotioied Loudon Willi a visit. As lie w is w liking down ono of the busiest duets olio mot lung, his uyo was at tt icted hv in oig in-grimier who w is oliuuilv ainl Itigtiiuioiislv pi tying it the coinil of a sticet. 1 liu lop of the oigun was coveud with a smooth gieen cloth, and it vv c this green cloth th it at once appciled to the in tellect of the ti ins ul intie Ciipsiis. Tot him the green i loth suggested only ono thought, and tint thought was gimblmg liu unci d liiuisoll tu the pieenco of somu petipitetlo totllet pliyer, and lie could not resist the tempt ition of taking a turn. So ho stopped opposite thu music il Italian and tossed a guld coin ehoutily on thu guen -tirf.icu of tlio hurdy-gurdy. Tho astonished foreigner stopped pi tying, gtasped llio com, pocketed it, removed Ins hat, gt uiiled out somu volu.ible Tuscan thanks, ami resumed his music. "Lost tint time," the millionaire inur miiicd to luuiself, ami ptudticcd an other coin, Ilu tossed it again upon tlio hoird, f i mil which it was again no less promptly and no less gratefully removed by the delighted musician. 'I he million mo shook bis head. "Ah, luck's against me," liu rumiiked, us liu sent a thud gold coin to gleam foi n moment upon thu gieuu snif.icu he loio it rapidly di,s ippe.uod iu tlio Itul i m's pocket. Another and anotiur coin went tho same way. without we mug out tlio patience ol the Atner ie iu. llul at 1 ist. when some six -ov-eietgns li id transfcrictl themselves ft oiii his keeping to that of '.lie nig.iu glllidet, the Ameiic.iii oeul foi w. ml, ami iu a tone of the inteiisest curiosity, whispeud iu thu e.u of tho auiaed Italian, "h iy, slianger, what do you c ill this game, anyhow?" W'hiUh tU llt.lt(.U!. m m A (ientl) Mournful llci;i;iir. "I rut auiui a now-stylo beggar night befoio I ist," said Detective Wil kinson yusteulay. "It vv is a worn in, mil she hid lather an attiactivu though nut a piutty face. Shu was pile, quiet, and giutly mournful. I was standing on tlio corner of I'linty tmulh stu el ami 1 ifth aveiiuo about ! o'clock when 1 Iu it uotlci d her. She was diessed in black, with a neat white apion, well mended cotton gloves, and a sin ill black bonnet. She was extiemuly tespectablo looking, and when sho appio.ichod two ladies who wero vv liking down l'lflh avenue 1 supposed that ihu was inquiring Iter way. I'lion 1 siw one of tho ladies take out her purse and give tlio woman somu mono). After that 1 watched her foi half an hour, and 1 s iw hei stoj) at least u doeu ladies, and evety limu she got money from them. Latet on in thu night, when I was walking thiough I'm ty -second sticut, 1 stunned to look at her again. Shu seemed lo pick out her victims with great di uiimiualioii, foi they weio all appar ently Boll-hearltd. Many of the wo men who gave her money weio less ex pensively dressed than thu woman Iiciself. Shu did not accost men 1 am told tli.U she has heuu wot king at hei llttlu game steadily for some weeks now. I saw hei ugiiu last night, mid I should judge Hum what I havu seen of hut optiiatiotis that she can colli it Jl ot To an evening, without woiklug very hard at that. .Vuo YmK iuu. llio iivv puddle wheel built tit llos ton for thu steamer Luiplru Statu con tains IM pieces of vvlillo oak, liieasiii ing 6,010 feet and weighing '-'8,600 pounds. 01 holts, stiaps and other wiouglit iron fastenings thoio are, 6,012 pieces, weighing a total of 11, 'T.' pounds. I'lnjlut; Ilv Cm'. 'I he tr tin slopped at a little country ft.itlou. Il was a hot d iy, ami nil the windows weio open lly thu side of thu tiack was a pislure, and lieie.nlth his nose laid hiily upon thu fence, was a donkuy Soon thu locomolivu begun lo blow oil steam, uud this commotion started tho donkey into giving an ex hibition of his prowess in the s.nnu ill lection. Taking his noso down fiom tho fence Im winked Ins ull eye, manip ulated hlsc.iisvigoioiisly and piodileod such a nolso that the passongois weio all ntai tied. "Mamma," said a llttlu gitl, "what docs that horse in iku that iioimi foi?" "Ihal's a donkey, my child, uud that s the way he m ikes music." 'Ihu llttlo gin looked at thu donkey nioio sharply than befoio. 'Iheio was a puied look upon lit r face, and It was evident thai sho could not qiilto understand it. She set Hied to ho look ing foi tlio sheet music ami vvuudeiiiig If the donkey had It pinned to the oth er side of thu fence. J tut suddenly her faculightid up ami sliu clapped hei hands and shouted: "Oh, iii,iiiiiii,i, I know! Ilu plays by ear! ' -LIiiuvjo Jkratil. Visltois to Swilcil ind in Ihclast twenty yens hive been (lis ippmuted to find tho glaciers, whose greilness tra dition has glotied in, dwindling towaul the heads of tliu valleys, and by their shrinkage uiicovciiiig" flesh tnoiaiues and bio id acres of b no lock uud giay rubbish not attractive to tlio general visltor.howevei Intciesling to tlio geol ogist, Now, however, cicnce is in formed, tlio mIh in k igo lias como ton halt, and many glaciers seem to have bogiiu u Im waul advance again, and ate likely to tecovcr the gtotmd lost through a senes of warm years. Koine SiiperitltliniN, At Smilhlirs hall, neir llollon-Ic-Moors, tlieie Is still to bo seen an ob ject of Intel est and curiosity to u largo number of visltois- tho print of a man's foot in the 11 igstone. It Is slid to have been pioduccil by (ieurgo Maish, who sttlleieil malty rdotu (luting the persecutions of Queen Mary in IM.1) hen on ono occasion tho truth of his words was called in question by Ins enemies ho st imped his foot upon the stone on widen ho stood, which ever aflerwaid bote tho inclt iceablo impression as a miraculous testimony to Ins veracity. '1 Ins stoty must havo been an aftei thought to account for w li it wo m iy suppose to h ivo been a pieliistouu 'l.iuist htone. In connec tion with llns model n legend another of a soniowhat dillerent chaiaeter nny ho related. A good many years ago, at the back of the liutish .Museum, theio wis a piece of waste giouiid called Southampton holds, noted as aresott foi low oh.ir.ictirs. 'Iheio was a tra dition connected with itthittwo bleth ers in the Monmouth lebellion took op posite sides and engaged each othei III light ltolh wero killed, and foity im pressions of then feet weio ttaceahlo m tho held foi yens af lei ward. Tho held has long been built ovci, and tho pieciso loc tlity can not now ho point ed out, lint bouthey went to see tho curious sight, and has given a giapluc liusciipllon of it iu thu si eond series of his "Cominonpl ice Hook." Tlio im piossions were about three inches deep in tho hnd soil; no grass ever grew in tlio tcniblo hollows, and no cultivation of tliu soil could oblitciato them, for when tho giouiid was plowed thoy pei sisted m icappcaimg. ."vmlhey men tions th it ho saw no r ason to doubt the tiutli of the stoiy, since it had been continued by these" tokens fur more th iu a bundled yens successively. It is ptuh ilily a fact with a eiictuusl nice the iiiciuiist.uice, to say thu least, extiemely doll bit ul. Uion llio legend, which was known f u ami wide, Jane and Anna .Man i Toilet based one of theirpupul.il luiniiiiiii, called "lhe 1 leld of the 1 oity l'oolstups;" and tho Messrs. .May hew took thu s imo subject tin n melodiauia. iHackuioud' a Maya unc. A U.illvv.ij Mnn's I. ile. 1 Talking with tho pussiilent of ono of tlio mosl iiupoitiut trunk lines yester day a Inbuilt lopmter licud thu fol lowing stories! "llieio .no incidents even m the haul life o a r.ulroul in in," said tliu ollicer, "which go to biighlcii ins lot, mil I am convinced that some of them are vv istrd through want of appreel ittun. 'ihu other day 1 received a letli i ftom a mill in the west, who vviote that if 1 sent him r500 uud a pa-s ovei the toad ho would como to New York give mo a remedy for settling all l.nlioid tioubles and restoring tho povvei to make piolitahlo dividends to the stockholders. Some thing funnier thin this, however, hap pened thu other day. A in in came to me witli a new lubi mating gieiso, which ho claimed would save .ID.OUO a yeai to the compiuy by leason of tho superior qu ililtes it posossi d, which vvi re sultieieiit to elleet th it lesult. Ho vv as rcfei it d by the piesttlent to tlio lust vice-president, whoiefeired him to tho supeimtuiidoiit, who lefoned him to tho supciiiitc udent of motive power, who i ef ci ted him to llio mister hum Inline lhe Intel, after examin ing lhe lubiii ilur, icfeited the man biektothu siipeiiiitundeiit of motive po.vei, who lefi tied him hick to the supeiintendeiit, who ufeired him b iek to the lirsl Vlie-ptesident, who reluited linn back to the picsidout. Ho said to mo that he had been iU I lined hero longer than he hid expected, and, un fortunately, his bund bill was iu ar te irs He proposed that if I would givo him j.'el to ii iy liis bo irdiug-hoiiso keeper and en iblo him lo gut homo, he would eonlidenti illy leave with mo as secunty lor thu loan the lecipo for in iking Ihu new giease!" Altera heaity laugh over tho ro meinbi.ineu of thu iniideut, thu presi dent added, tliuiightlully : "Now, iu this man h id never seen mu before, ami as mosl people do not know me, nud ns an luveuloi does not Usually iiitiusl liis piulitable scciet tu another, 1 take it thai this stoiy shows tliu gen etal loulidume felt by the public iutho plesident. .V. 1'. Iribu a. .NotCH II) Hill N)c. Down noir 1'ilkin. Col , tlio itoncige of tlio Slim .1 lines initio btoko loose whllo at tho top of tho shift and foil on a mm named Ketlie O'Donuell at thu bottom of tlio mine. After somu delay tho c igo was grappled and hauled to the top, when it was found that Ito tun was llitteued out on the bottom. Life was extinct. A eonespoiideiit asks if it is lieilthy to shop in a loom with a lamp burning all tilglil. Wu c mnol aiiswei.of coiiisc, ns to Us healthiness oi uiihcalthluoss; but u lamp, it would seem, Is r itlier nn odd thing to bleep wltli anyhow. Not long ngo two plavful lailtoadcrs of thu sunny South got Into a llttlu dis cussion in vvhiili Ch n les V, Anderson, onu of tlio dlsciissois, shot Atcliiu Clark, llio illscussee, smashing his nose and blowing out his eve. Now seu what a slight enoi mi tho patt of Mr. An dei son has resulted. Dad ho smashed I link s eyu and blown his nose his feel ings wotiid not havo been outtaged. Ditlunrn rmlvnl In W, .....!.... ..... long ugo, n contorted (lermim an iiounccd: "Oil dor Lort sbato my life der lemaliiiler oirtny days aut 1 ton't tlo peloid dottlnio ulruady.'lsoif Heein whllo I llll." Kverybody 1ms exptessod a deslro to ileliuu tho iliidc, and yet thoro can bo no betler dellnltion than this, that ho is onu who should bu lined lor uppe.ir ing on tho stu et in men's clothes. Ho Is a lesult of O.c.n ihle. nml is us much tho fui nitiiro of natitui nml mt ns is tlio slini-m eked stoik worked iu u biuu tidy with his hind log slicking out Into tho uuro utiiiosphero liku tho voiupttious huuipouu camel. 'Ihodudo is u growth upon tho face of iiatuio like n warl on thu noso of n Venus do Medicine. Ho Is liko a distotled, mod cm patent locker. Wo sit down on the looker, uud wo sit down on tho 1 1 u do. sleeping, Molly ?" Inquired Hill mix lotMy. ' Oh! don't you keep worrying nbottt him. He's lxun play ing ever so sweet May bo bo's ono of them children what talks late in life, mid they, so I hoar tell, is ulvvnys the suinrtost in tlio long run. I'aet is, Hill, 1 havu a siirpiiso for you. Ho never slid a word before yesterday. 1 was afraid myself ho was kind of dumb." ltill averted Ids face nml then looked out on tho water, for tho htuthet mid sister were talking on tlio dock. "Hut-but, to-diy. Hill ho said -uttnl-dei' so sweet, and then ho sild it over and over again, and holdout his pretty little tumuli to bo kissed. Oh, It'll, liis senses is coining h iek to him, slow, but sine;" mid Molly cuddled thu sleeping child closer to her hieast. Hill kept light on in tlio good way lie hnd manned foi himself, and never swetvid n hair's breadth. Mollv was Ids sitings hank. Krother and sister conliibuted to the child's support. In i month Hill was nchcrthan ho hid over been lit his life. '1 hen ho insisted that Molly should root a better room, 'lhe ono sho lived In, ho said, looked out on a dingy, ('retry back yaul. "Stands loioason," said Hill, "thnt a baby should see hotses and trucks uud things a-mov ing aliout in thu streets. It makes 'oin lively." "Llttlo Hill"-so thoy called him (Molly insisting that her brother's name should serve for tho child) im proved, but too slowly for big Hill. Tho police surgeon was called in. Hill l'oister insisting on paying him a fee. 'Jho opinion llio doctor gave was a guarded one. "'1 hero is manifest uu ptoveiiicnt not, peril ips, as rapid as 1 should wish. You aro a capital nurse, in I'.ini, and 1 am sutu your kindness and attention will help thu child. Hu will comu round, I believe." Thu cool wevthercamo, and with lowering temperatures tho doctor hoped tho child would gain strength. llio cicatrice on tlio head had quite honied. Slowly tlio llttlo boy seemed to acquiro new wolds. Molly wondered at them at times, mid thought that slip had taught tliciii to tlio child; hut thou again tlio llttlo fellow's adopted mother was startled by words she tell quite curtain the child had picked up somewhere else. These new words came to tho child at first vaguely. llo would ro pe it them ovei and over again, at first liesit itingly, then giving them a slight emphasis, as if to tix them on his mind something liko n llttlu hud that pipes tlio lirst f nut tune it has heard. 'iho child was mote awake now. T Ins change delighted Molly. It never was fielful. 'Iho child would lay quiet, with its blue eyes wide open foi hours, without a whimper. So it went on for another week or two. Hill, who was always coming and going, when lie left Now Yolk for a trip up tho river, was happy, for tho child was bettenug fast, so lie believ ed. It was an October evening when, as the buck sloop was being bioilght up to the wharf, ltill saw Molly leaning against ono of the big wooden posts ot tuo dock. Hill was busy with tho hawser, but at onco ho saw tint his sister did not have the child iu her aims, nioio than that, she was crying. Hill choked down his grief ho boom ed lo know at once what had happen ed. Ono last hope llieio was. May bo it was so cool that Molly had been afiaid lo bring the chihl witli her. "Hill." sud Molly, sobbing, "the poor little fellow has" gone to to heav en. It was last night. llo c tiled to mo and said '(loud-night, mild-dor; good-uight, fn-dei now 1 am going walking iu garden good good night!' Oh, Hill, ho had uevei spoken so loug a string of words befoio then ho play ed for a moment with a ring on my lin ger, and then ho added. 'Cod bless lai-der and mud-iler, and thou ho look ed so lovfugly at me, and atotiuit tho loom as if scinching fot you and then ho died so quiet! Hill! Kill! don't you l iko on so' It was an accident, and (jod mil Ins llttlo child have no fault tu hnd Willi you." n Keeping WIuch. Wino may bo kupt lor tarioiis peri ods, but good onliii.iiy wiuo is never better than at three or four yeais old, tlugli il may keep sound for twenty yt ns. It is now very dillieult to get pine wine. W.ilei is often added at llio time of picssiug equal lo tho quan tity ot wine mid fermented with it; thus thu two become hlundeil, uud pure alcjjhol tidded gives tho strength. Peo ple used lo pure wino can dulcet at once any adiiltuintioii. Ouco wu add ed something to our own wino. Thoro had been a very abundant crop of grapes, owing to an tiiiusii.il amount of tain having lallen when tlio grapes were swelling, 'llio amount of wiuo was mure than oue-thiid above thu av enge, and though clear and puio it seemed weak. Wo thought It could not stand a hot summer, ami consulted a local authority, wiio recommended a bottle of brandy, or may bu two, to bo added to each cask of about IU gallons. The advice was followed, and thu wine was spoiled that is to say, the puio taste of wine was gono, although it le lii. lined perfectly sound. It was no jiloasmo to drink it, uud wo consigned it to tliu domestics. A small cask thai had not In en doctoted oi fortilied kept perfectly well, it ml turned out an ex cellent wine. Tlio best wine comes fiom high giouiid, hut quantity gives way to quility. Stony giound often old qu.illies piodllces a high quality of wino -blight, light, and wholesome, tu the plains below you havu quantity, but cuatsu uud heavy wine. Tliu taste of earth is often discernible, ami strung luaiitiiing only incteises this defect. Hillsides, witli a southern aspect, uio thu best sites for vliiey aids. t'ium Ot.iii,i Journal. '1 ho amount annually paid to the leiichcts ot the United Slates is irliO, OVU.OOO, till uvulago of about "1U0 lipicco. ltas liiMlend iit'CloNcM. In closets Which uio not piovlded witli ilniwers uud wnrdiobos whero druscs m iy hu hung or laid away from all il inger fiom dust or crow dim', burn which will complulely envelope tho dress mid ptoleet delicato fabrics nro a necessity. Such lugs must bo long enough tu hold a dtess-skirt without folding, and wide enough to givo loom to all kinds of ft ills mid llotmces. Any kind of mull rial will answer, but mus lin or mint is most often used. Cut ono slilo of tlio bij; three inches longer than tho othei, semi together, bind around thu top, wotk four bulton-lioles across tho longest side, which buttons down on tho other liko a 11 1 p. Tito bottom of Iho b ig now becomes tlia top, seam it aci oss again, mid in lhe casing so niado i ti it a Hat, narrow slick; at each upper corner sow tape loops by which lo hang tho big on two hooks In tho closet. To whlu tapos, sewed near tho casing, pin tho dross skirt by tho baud and also llio waist, by width even part of It will least muss tho trimming. After tlio dress is care fully pinned in plate, pull down the hag over it mid button the Hap across tlio bottom. It igs for tho various small articles in kitchen nud wash-room, which need keeping together, should bo niado of somo dark, stiong liiatenal, mid of s plain, sqti iro shape, and furnished with curtain lings sewed around tlio top to run tho draw stting iu. Such bags aro useful receptacles for clothes-pins, small clothes-lines, strings, and tho hundred and onu tilings wTilch must bo kept in botno place wheru thoy can bo found in n hum. Hags for the store-room nnd for hold ing bundles nml sciaps must bo of strong stuir. Tho former of lirm, closely-woven linen, sowed in a turned seam, ami provided wltli tapos for ty ing up, suv oral inches below tho top, so they nny bo tinned over and tied closely, elleetu illy preventing tho un tiuueoufuuy uiiilosiiablo object, ani mate or othei wise. Mm. L. A. h ranee, ill Uuvd loui Knjnmj. m She Knew the Hojh. A pretty little biuiiettc.bays Tho New York tt'or (I, sat In ono of tho reserved seats on tlio gland stand on tho polo grounds one day Inst week. "Do you know," sho usked her es cort, "that tliero are many leally wcll cduc vied men who plat ball for a liv ing? Thole's Juhnme Waul, tho short stop of tliu New Yoik team. Thoy tell tuo he is lematkably bright in "legal in liters. Hu was gi.ultiatcii from Co lumbia law school with high honors recently. It is s ml lie intended to study iindei Koscou Couklitig. There is Jim O'Koiuke. He is a civil engineer by profession, tliev b iv. "Hut you know Decker? No? Well, ho was mi uniuiro whoso decisions caused general dissatisfaction, lie is a lavvyei. I don't think much of a law vet whociii'l givo fair decisions or opinions of such trivial matters as base ball plays, do you? "Hut the funniest oxpenenco I have had was one dav last summer Char lie and I weio ilnv nig on a road just outside Cincinnati. when we catuo upon an aitist sketching a pastoral scono. Ho was a nice-looking Voting man, and I asked him to lei mo look at what ho had done. In tlio afternoon Charlio and 1 went out to see tlio game between lliu Cmcinn ills and Athletics. Tho lust player who attracted my attention was llio artist whom 1 had seen ul work iu the morning 1 asked a nun near me vvli.it the idayei's iiamu was, aud he said, !) it's Long John Kelly, der boss liisl b.isom in.' ' Aliiskn'H (iifiit 1'oreslH. Al iski forests contain enough tim ber to supply the world. Tho forests of pine, spruce, hr mil hemlock cover eveiy islnnd of tho archipelago and a goodly poitiou of the mainland. Tho trees mo straight and tall, and grow closo together '1 ho onlv saw mill at pioscnt inopeiatioii is at Doug las Island, and so fir tliero Ins not been a cold of timber cut foi ship ment. Iho tries, as a rule, do not al ways cut up into good-sied boards. 1'or fuel, however, the wood is oxcol lent, and much of it is available for building purposes, 'there is llttlo dec or itivu wood, although tho yellow pine is ilehly eolotcd and might bo Used to advantage tu interior work. Alaska spiuco is an excellent variety, mid often mcisiitcs live feet in diame ter. It is considered tho best spruce in the world, ami tho supply is very abundant. In tho interior of tho coun try timber is of much heavier growth than on the co ist and on the islands. Regarding the hemlock tlieie is a largo supply, and the bilk compares favora bly with that uf thu Listuru Hues Used iu tanning establishments. No one has yet attempted to com pute thu value of the Alaska foiests. It nny bo they will not bo necessary fot years to come, but whonevor wood grows oc.tico elsewhere or whenever civ ilu ition fastens itself upon Alaska, thu timber of the region will bu found ready at hind ami existing in rich pro fusion Calcul itingoiily appioximato ly the value of out possessions to-day, the forests must bo considered. Prac tically inexhaustible, they add most initoiiilly to tho wealth of tho Tern toiy. bun Fiuhcisco Chronicle. H m - A New I'm' for Cleclrlcltjr. "Wliat is llns'" asked a broker, as ho sauuteiud into a Wall stieet bulk ing bouse on iturd iy nud lixed his inquiring ga.o on a curious little ma chine from winch theio c nuo a sub dued whirr and a stiong curtent of air. Then tie put out his hand to investi gate. Theio was a sudden snap, and, ho drew it back with tluee lingers cut half-way oil. lulo the cleiks wero binding' up Ins wounds pluvious to slat ting him oil for Ihu f iiiuly doctor, they explaiuud that thu thing winch ho saw was nn olccluc motor, while tho pmt that he toll, bill hadn't seeu wits an eiglitoen-inth Ian, in iking 'J.L'OO evolutions a minute. 'Ihu luokor wont lioiuu with Ins curiosity satisfied, nud the ceil. s ilcitiialod the machine with a huge placatd, "Hinds offl" l'heio aio now ovei lifly of these fans iu use iu the down town' distnct ulouo, the stock exchange utiil most of tho leading banking houses having thorn. Tho tent for a imiclimo is ?16 a sum mer, and they mo inn by tho currout which supplies tliu lumps ut night, a fan and a lamp loqiiitiug about tho samu amount uf powet, the cost of either being I 1-6 cunts pet hour. Tho fans can also bo bought outright. A laigu one will create a cuiicnt uf air that can b- felt at a distance of tifty feet, ihey ate niado of two kinds of in iteiial, metal and liber. Thu latter is nut as durable, but it isn't so hard on the llngci.i of llio liiqulsllivu spec tators, Acto iork. J'rtbiiue. Another attempt is to bo mndo to start aeo.opetallvo slum on a grand, bt'.ilo iu New Yoik City, frfiftj"&ik"kfeU&flMk"ttfl!tttiUI as fVryj i vwamriJtA