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-. WAVEBLAHD. A Tale' ef 9 Cl Landlords. BY SARAH MAB1X BBIOHAM. Copyrighted, 183G. CHAFTEB XXVH. TIIH CSTOWARD XVX5T. After weeks of close confinement the Colonel vu with ua again. I believe be was sorry when the surgeon declared him convalescent He had enjoyed the society of his new found friend In those days of close companionship, more than he had realized until they were past. Or as Shaks pcare says: "For It so falls out, that what we have we prize not to the worth, while we enjoy it" .. , One day after he had so far recovered that he could ride about, there was a grand Jubilee. The.natlonallsts, under the lead ershlp of Farnell, had won a great victory throughout Ireland. The time had come now for rejoicing. The committee on pro gramme had decided that as our county had given such a handsome majority for Lord Waverland, that we would have a - grand Jubilee with Mr. Parnell as speaker. Oar county had been the stronghold of clannish insubordination. The great leader himself had at first been hissed and Insult ed. Now it would tend to cement the anion of hearts and voices by having a day of general rejoicing. At an early hour delegations began pour ing In from all directions, to the great open space In the park that had been pro pared with seats and a stand for the speak ers near the beautiful lake Klllarnoy. From every town and village for miles around the people came on horseback, in carriages and on foot It seemed as thongh nearly the whole of the province of Connaught had turned out. Men, women and children, had gathered to hear and see, the greatest hero of his age, Charles Stuart Parnell. The man who had taught them to "hold the harv est," In times of famine; arid to "stand together" for their rights when casting their ballots.. He represented to thorn liberty and plenty. It was a concourse of thinking, throbbing humanity, with bod ges and banners, uniting to celebrate tho most wonderful victory of tho nineteenth century. A victory of the Ignorant popu lace over their prejudices. Tho 0110 mun had niado them lose sight of their personal wrongs for tho good of Ireland. Emblems of every device and of every trade and oc cupation were to be seen in tho vast pro cession, while through and over all floated the golden harp of Ireland united with the sura aud stripes of America. . TFcZt, this tsa royal surprise," said ths Colonel. The profession marched up in order be fore the stand. The band with its soul stirring powers swayed all hearts by play ing "God Save Ireland!" Then came a group of little girls dressed in white, to re present tho historical eighty-six, each with an appropriate badge to indicate tho dis trict Bhe represented. When Mr. Parnell camo upon tho stand this group of littlo girls marched in a double circle around tho stage, each throwing n baquot of flowers and evergreens at his foot as they pnssod him. It was a most beautiful sight; child ish trust and love was written on each face. Parnell seemed overcome, and for n moment remained silent after the children hod passed. Then deafening cheers for a . .time made tho air echo and re-echo with the earnest voices of an enthusiastic peo ple When the chairman of the committee Introduced Mr. Parnell he made a slight bow of acknowledgement, and said: "My friends, I thank you for the em blems of renowed hope your little ones have given me. This littlo tokon," ho said, picking up one of the bouquets at his feet "i like a mcssago of hope to my heart It comes at a time when wo have a gleam of a brighter future. Wo have shown England that we are united and that we know what we want My main purpose is unchanged. ' Nothing that has occurred during or since the campaign, which your little ones have shown us was a glorious victory, has caused a single change of my plans or purposes. We shall demBtid and be satisfied with nothing less than the creation of an Irish parliament It must be equipped and empowered to legislate for all of Ireland's affairs and in terests. (Applause.) . "Yon hava helDed to Show anv Ensllsh government whether Whti or Tory, that j may In future attempt to roo Ireland 01 her freedom, that the first thing which aa Irishman In Ireland, England or' America wants is Liberty t "Whatever party attempts to forge chains for Ireland will at tho first oppor tunity find that the vengeance of the Gael, though alow la sure! They will never leave the trail of the coercionist until they have run him down. They will throt tle him as they Just throttled the liberal party In parliament! (Applause.) "In our time of rejoicing we must not forget the generous aid of our trans-Atlan-. tlo friends. (Cheers for America.) Seldom, Indeed, have benefactors been more aptly termed twice blessed. Blessed in giving hope and cheer to the recipients, and glad aatisfaction to the donors' hearts and con sciences. We feel assured that nothing will be left undone by our Amjrlcan friends, to enable us to speedily and surely win the legislative right for Ireland. We . hava now forged a mighty weapon for our selves by returning a body of eighty-six representatives of the people, whose power the future can only determine. We now hold the position It has always seemed necessary for ua to obtain, In order to com mence a successful movement for the re storation of 'Home Rule" In Ireland. I cannot doubt that wo shall see a apeedy and happy issue to this struggle." (Great applause.) . , -1 As we were going home from the meet ing, CoL Haynes remarked. . "I tlouc&t that America could beat tho world for f-i demonstrations, but the Irish tars won ths UurtU this Urns. I nsver saw such a sea of humanity before; and so full of enthusiasm," "They are In earnest This to them means liberty. How beautiful and appro priate It was to see those children:. I heard that Lady Waverland arranged that part of the programme," 1 said, looking at Stel la, who hod enjoyed the exercises exceed ingly. - , ' . "Yes, Loyd, 1 did that for your sake," she said with a smile of satisfaction. "I can see now," said ths Colonel, "that England may rob, enslave, Imprison and even kill the Irish, but the true, the living sentiment is beyond her reach. This feel ing came to the front to-day, xejoiclng In this victory and demanding fuller liberty." Sir Wren and Annie Joined us as we en tered the hall door. "Well, Fred," said Sir Wren, "how do you like an Irish Jubilee t" "I was' Just saying that I thought they could beat the Americans In enthusiasm," answered tho Colonel. , "I see England Is beginning to complain of America, for sending aid to the Irish," I said, looking over the evening papers. "It would be Btrnusre Indeed if she did not And fault," said the ColoncL "But Americans will have no trouble of con science on that score. They remember but too well how England assisted the South during the years of our rebellion. There is no doubt in the average American mind, but that England, as a nation, would have rejoiced in the destruction of our republi can government It bos been- a thorn In her side ever since she drank of tho. bitter waters of defeat at Yorktown and New Orleans. England never makes any com plaints about the forty million dollars a year that Is coming from the Irish Ameri cans to help to support landlordism In Ire land." "Forty millions!" exclaimed Stella. "How is that?" "I have the statement given for ths truth," said the ColoneL "It Is established on reports taken from the different bank ing houses in America, It is stated that the New York banks alone forward twenty-five million dollars a year of Individual contributions from Irish Americans. We grumblu ut our taxes for paying the inter est on our public debt, but that Is only forty-eight millions, while thoso pcoplo pay a self -imposed tax of forty millions a year to help their poor relatives In Ireland to pay rent to tho British landlords. Can we wonder that they are anxious to see landlordism crus'.ied out of their father landf" "A voluntary tax of forty millions a year paid by American citizens to support and pamper British landlordism! The paradox of tho nineteenth century is worthy of our serious thoughts." "Thnt Is a wonderful fact! But It is quite a different thing to bo 'sending aid to defeat slavery from what It Is to support It," said Sir Wron. "The British govern ment is always on tho side of slavery when tho llnal pinch comes. Landlordism is on ly another form of slavery." "Look horp, papa," said Annie, handing Sir Wren a paper. "See how Punch has pictured Gladstone, Parnell and Salisbury, as three wizards asking 'when shall we three meet again?' " "Punch always soes the comical side of anything," said Sir Wren, laughing. "O, did you know we were all to go to Blue Ridge to spend Christmas?" I asked after reading my packet of letters. That was a key for a new theme of dis cussion. Since the Colonel was wounded we had not made any arrangements for the-comln holidays. We were all very glad to accept the invitation. "There will bo some lively debates at the dinners and receptions'" said Sir Wren, "for Cordelia will never limit her circle of friends for political effect" On Christmas eve a morry party met at Blue Itidgo. , After being shown to our rooms and making ourselves presentable, we Hissed down to the drawing-room where wo wcro welcomed by'the Duke of Melvorno and his lovely wife. We were presented to a Mrs. Haynes, an elderly lady, who had a kind, motherly face, with strongly marked features; but they were so nicely blondcd and harmonized by pa tience and sympathy, that we were attract ed to hor at once. Bat what was our surprise at seeing the Colonel when' he came into the room, throw his arms about her neck and kiss- i lng her on lips and brow exclaim: i "O, my mother! How came you here?" I ""I sent for her," said the Uuchcss. "I '; knew you could not spend your holidays with her In America so I sent for her to srend them here w;h you. I had Just re ceived word from Mr. and Mrs. Lollard that they would be In London before Christmas, when we received your mes sago saying that you were wounded. I sent a message Immediately to the Lol lards asking thorn to call on Mrs. Hayncs and to Invite her to Join them on their voyage; and, I also sent a message to your mother to bo my guest and meet you here." , " Well, this is a royal surprise," said the Colonel, looking with loving eyes on the face of hU mother, after such a long ab sence. "It's my Christmas gift to you, Colonel Haynes," answered the Duchess. It was a characteristic feature of her life to do something to make others happy, In ths most unexpected way and at an unexpect ed time. "It was rather tedious waiting," said Mrs. Haynes, "I have been he . a week." "But Colonel, you will p -on my sel fishness," said ths Duchess. "I have had so much pleasure In my quiet visit with your mother, that I am almost sorry the week was so short" Ths conversation soon became general. Melvorns was In high spirits with his "family," as hs familiarly called us. An nls seemed shy and embarrassed; but through Stella's thoughtfulness she was soon talking at "her ease with Mrs. Haynes. "I almost felt that I was personally ac quainted with yon, Lady Waverland," said Mrs. Haynes, addressing Stella, while ahe was gently coaxing Myrtle to her side. "Mr. and Mrs. Lollard were very pleasant companions and gave me vivid descrip tions of you all on our voyage." "We had a most delightful Journey to gether In California and Colorado. They helped to form a happy party," said Stella. "Mother," said the Colonel, Joining the group and taking Annie by ths hand, "al low ms to introduce to you my chosen bride." Mrs. Haynes adjusted her glasses, then rising from her chair, said, "I greet you as a daughter. I have learned to love ths gentle Annie from ths frequent letters that cams when my sort was ilL I felt that some ons was dear to him by ths wording of the messages. If you have won ths lore ot my noble boy I will gladly give you my blessing. His hap piness is my greatest desire," she contin ued, drawing Annie to her and giving her such a Under motherly kiss, that I felt sure there would be real pleasure la their new relations of mother and daughter. 1 Ths Colonel looked too happy for words in possessing the love of two so dear to him. I almost enviod ths lovs of his mother. I could only think of ons distant grave, but It was a garden full ot sweet memories! After dinner as we were returning to ths drawing-room, wo heard strains ot en chanting muslo from some h.'Jden nook. Lady Hortenso, true to her artlstlo skill In arranging for the pleasure of a party hod taken the lead- with Myrtle by her aide, and opening a door to auother part of the mansion carried us back to the scenes ot our forefathers. . "Ol" exclaimed Myrtlo, "a Christmas tree.". Sure enough theve stood a Christ mas tree in a room' beautifully decorated with the time-honored mistletoe and holly, and in Uhe open fire place lay the ancient yule-log! "Yes, little one," said Lady" IIortenBS klndjy, "this is your Christmas gift You are tho fairy to light the fire and to call for old St Nick. Wave this wand," she con tinued, handing Myrtle a golden scepter. Myrtlo was a littlo bewildered for a mo ment, but Intensely Interested. At a movement from Lady Hortenso the great log flro was soon blazing with bright splendor; It seemod to send forth all the colors of the rainbow, and, what was strange, it did not burn away. . At a signal from Lady Hortcnse a corpu lent old Santa Claus stepped from the llro place and began robbing the tree of its dainty fruit, calling the namo of the own er of each article and handing thorn to Myrtlo to distribute. Amid Joyous peals ot laughter at his witty sayings we each received some little souvenir to keep as a reminder of this happy Christmas timo. At the request of Mrs. Haynes It was de cided that Fred and Annie should be mar riod while she might be prcsont to witness the ceremony. The day was fixed and tho arrangements made for the wedding to take place at Blue Kldgo. In tho mean time Annie and her father were to be our guests at Raven's Park. CoL Haynes and his mother were to remain at Blue Ridge. A busy time followed this arrangement From the frequent consultations and tho numerous visits to London followed by boxes and bundles ot various kinds and descriptions, one might have thought that they were fitting out a colony of young songsters for tho land of Paradise. While" to our little party tho wedding was tho all absorbing theme, tho whole of England was amazed over a very different subject over the "Untoward Event!" . To bt Continued. ' The Senate Gavel. Tho vice-president's gavel is ot itself a standing evidence that the senate is an orderly body and needs no school master for a presiding officer to compel quiet.says a Washington correspondent of tho St. Paul l'ionecr 1'ress. Tho gavel has no handle. It never did have an)-. It is simply a littlo piece of wliito ivory like tho head of a gavel, fiolishcd and shining. - It wonkl not do a tho house ut nil, for tho most that can bo dono with it is to give a gontlo rapping ou the dusk, and iu the other wing tho speaker sometimes needs to hammer away like n man with a beetle. This senate gavel, with which Vice President Morton tolls the senators that they are making too much noise, has been in existence and in use ns a f ravel for many years. It is tho ident cal one, it is said, which was in use when Daniel Webster was in the seuato, and probably was used the day he made his reply to Hay no. to still tho buzz in the pillery when the great man sat down. This, at any rate, was said to bo true tho pther day. Tliero is a mystery about the gavel, too. Nobody but Capt.-. Bassett, the white-haired doorkeeper, knows what becomes of it during the recess and when congress is not in sessiou. The venerable old Capt. Bassett takes it from tho vice-president's desk whou tho senate adjourns and hides it somo whero, and it is lost to tho world uutil it is again needed by the vice-president. Capt. Bassett kuows tho history of tho gavel, as ho does of everything else about the seuato chamber, for ho has been there since some time in tho 80's or 40's, when he first received his appointment ns a page, it is said through tho inlliicuce of Dauiel Web- ster. It has been suggested that Capt. Bassett carries the gavel in his pocket as a mascot when the senate is not in session, though this is probably not true. A Clever Fraud. Speaking of diamond smugglers, the cleverest fraud evef. perpetrated iipou the American revenue was invented by a diamond merchant in New York. For years lie was known to be smug, cling precious stones, but the custom detectives could not catch him. Every time he returned from Europe he was carefully searched, and it was even proved that he did not swallow his diamonds before going ashore. Hi buyers, too, were searched, but nevei was anything found except a few in ferior stones, and theso ho did not con ceal. Traps were set to capturo ths wily old culprit, but without avail. At lost a detective learned that whenever one of the suspected linn arrived in New York upon a certain steamer, another of the firm or an ngent took the same vessel upon its return trip to Europe, and also secured tho same state-room. It was further learned that they invariably took the entire state-room, so that they wero alone upon the voyage. This fed to tho dis covery of the fraud. It appears' that the dealer, when on his way from Europe, would cut a small piece out ol the flooring under the carpet of ths state-room, and, after concealing the diamonds to be smuggled, would put back the flooring and replace the car pet When he left the ship ho left ths diamonds, too, in their place of con cealment and, of course, the detective never found any in his possession. A few days after, when the vessel wai about to depart for Europe, the othet member of the tlrni or agent having secured the state-room for the return trip, would go on board accompanied by his confederate. The latter would then remove the diamonds and ; gc ashore perfectly safe. There were no custom officers on active , duty whet vessels were departing. ' Secretary Blaine owns a farm of 400 acres near Elizabeth, Pa. lie . also owns the coal under 1,100 acres of sur rounding land. Mr. Blaine purchased fiartot this land over twenty years ago; le has aot mined any coal there sinee 1875. He seldom visits his farm, and it Is said that he would like to fell it. , . WHY THE SKY. IS BLUE, Various Prominent llearenlr Tints ' Aaa. Ijsed-Wby Star Twinkle.- "Tou liavo all noticed "' said tbo pro fessor, according to ths Cincinnati Times-Star, "that when we look away from the sun into tho cloudless sky! tho heavens appear blue; when, however, wo look iu the direction of tho sun. esecially when, after sunset, wo look toward the western horizon, the color is a yellowish red. With the spectro scope it can uo snown mat tno .white light from the sun is produced, by a mingling of different colored rays. In deed, this can be shown by means of any triangular prism, say one ot tho pendants ,of a chandelier. Ono of these placed in the path of n beam- of light will project on n screen a band of seven colors rod, orango, yeilow, green, light blue, dark blue. aud violet. Understanding this we can readily boo how t'le effect Is blue when a piece of blue glass is interposed or red when red gtass is used. All but tho blue and red rays respectively are absorbed; tiese, howover. pas through frocl", and we say that the body is blue or red, when really tho color is not a properly of tho'glass in any true sense but of the sunlight. ' What has this to do with the skv colors? I will now show you. Dissolve a little while rastile snap in a tumbler of watcr.so a to iiiako tho water slightly turbid." I'iaco a black screen behind the. tumbler and hold tho whole so that the sunlight must be rcllected from the liquid before it can roach your eye. The liquid will appear blue. Hold it next in a direct line toward thosuuand it appears yellowish red. Now, these are trie exact appearances of the sky. Sky light is refracted light. The water particles in the atmosphere, like the 1articlcs of soap in tho water, refract duo light; while tho background of darkness surrounding the earth re place the Mack screen. The atmos phere, like the solution .of soap and Witter, transmits yellow ami red rays, but slightly refracted, while the blue, being a weak color, is refracted too low to Im seen; lienco when we look toward tho source of light in tho even in" or morninir tho sky is of a yellowish red color. This effect is more pro nounced then thau tluriug tire dav, be cause who i) the sun is near the horizon' tho rays travel a greater distance in tho. air in order to reach the earth thau when directly above us. Consequent ly tho blue rays are nioro thoroughly refracted. "The atmosphere has many effects in modifying the appearance of the sky nnd the heavenly bodies. Look at Venus over tliero near ' the western horizon and just below tho crescent cionn. which has come into plain view whilo we have been talking (on account of the deepening darkness. Its real distance from the horizon is not ns f'reat as it appears, for tho rays of iglit which it reflects to us and which it receives from the sun are bent down ward when they pass iuto our air. perhaps lifty utiles from . the earth's surface. "As tho effect is the samo ns that which would bo produced were there no atmosphere, by rays proceeding fipni a higher star, we locate tho body in n more elevated position than the one which it actually occupies. Put a dimo on tho bottom of a nail tilled with water nnd vou have like conditions with a similar effect. If you place your baud where you think that you scathe coin you will not touch it but a spot perhaps au inch above the true bottom. Again, do you notice how steadily Venus shines? If yon are hore an hour later, when tho stars are all out, you will observe that ail thoso near the horizon, tho others to a similar extent are merrily i winkling. This appearance, made familiar to all of us by the old nursery rhyme. 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star,- is not noticeable in the caso of any planet except Mercurv, nnd has been u subject of much study ou the part of sciuutilie men; it now generally bciievod that it arises from j the unequal bond iug of the rays ot light as they pass through ueria cur- rents of different temperatures and densities. The facts seem to support this theory, for where tho air is tho densest near tho horizon the effect is most notleenblo. where it is the rarest in our zenith it is less marked. "This twinkling produces another illusion. When wo look at the heavens on tt clear winter's night the first im pression on our mind is that wo seo an almost intinilo number of stars. In truth seldom can an ordinary eyo dis cern more thau 2.000 at once. .If you should observe tho skv nightly for n whole year there would bo presented to your view only about 5,000. But if you tako a telescope as Sir William Herscboll did, and point it toward that pprtion of the milky way which looks the whitest and the milkiest, you will see more than COO, 000 stars pass across the field of your instument every fifteen miuutcs." A Mirage Every Day. , The Pasadena correspondent of the Los Angeles Times writes: Any one who will take tho trouble to go to the Intersection of North Los Robles avonuo and Villa street, by looking south on the lirst-named thoroughfare, will seo on a clear day about noontime a pool of water, or what appears lo bo such, about the place where Colorado street crosses the avenue. There would be nothing strango or startling in the above Information if the- water, plainly visible at Villa street, did not disappear as ono ap proaches its apparent location. In other words, there is no pool nt the In tersection of Colorado streot ,aud Los Robles avenue, and what the spectator sees from Villa' street is nothing less than a mirage. To witness this rare optical delusion the place indicated should be visited between the hours of 11 a. m. and noon, although tho mirage has beon seen as late as 1 o'clock. A perfectly clear day must be chosen, for ' when there am clouds in the sky the water does not show up. The spectator had better be in a buggy, the deration thns afforded adding somewhat to tho effect of tho delusion. ' '..- Granted theso conditions, a small pool or lake Is distinctly visible off to the southward, about halt a mile dis tant Let a' vehicle pass Los Boblss avenue on. Colorado street. tad its shadow will be plainly reflected beneath the water's surface. The water is seen most clearly from a point a few yards south of Villa street. - The mirngb is an optical delusion that comparatively- few persons are privileged to witness. It is due to the unequalod densities and refracting powers of adjacent, strata of tbo air, usually of those close to the surface of land and sea. 'Tho phenomenon is fully explained bv the principles of re fraction aud total reflection of light, and is often termed unusual refraction. Mirages ure seen loss frequently ott land than on sea. On' laud they are seen mostly on desert plains in ' hot climates, whero.thu intcuso heat of the sand greatly rarities the air in contact with it, winch nets as a mirror or body of water, in which inverted images of distant bodies are seen. As the traveler approaches these seeming lakes their real aspect chauges, the water appar ently gradually receding. ' ,. It is difficult to express exactly what Is tho condition of tho atmosphere when multiple, images are seen. Some times tho Images are direct at other times inverted. It would bo interest ing to' know what causes tho local mirage above described. . The ground where tho pool appears to be is usually moist the sprinkling wagon gcttiiig'its water from a hydrant near by. But 'no matter what produces tho phenom enon it is tliero just tho same, and anv ono, no matter how skeptical, by following the Instructions given above, will see for himself and be' convinced. ' DICKENS' TITLES! ' . r. Tlie Trouble Ua Had In Getting Names foe Ilia Hooka. Till ho (Dickens) had fixed upon his title, he coiild not get ' seriously to work, says, Macmillan's Magazine. He was in Genoa in 1844. und had a Christmas story to write. Ho had never, lie said, so staggered upon tho thrcshnld before. The subject was there, but he had not found a title for it. nor tho machinery to work it with. "Sitting dowu ono morning resolute for work, though against tho grain, his hand being out and everything Invit ing to Idleness, such a peal of chimes arose from tho city as ho found 'mad dening.' All Genoa la- beneath him, and up from it, with some 6inUlen set of tho wind, came in one fell souud the clan" aud clash of all its steeples, pouring into his cars agaiu nnd again, in n tuneless, grating, discordant jar ring, hideous vibration, that made his ideas 'spin round und round till they lost themselves in a whirl of vexation and giddiness nud dropped down dead."' A couplo . of days later he wroto Forster a letter of ouo sentence: "We have heard the chimes at mid night. Master Shallow." A few days later he writes agaiu: "It is a great tiling to have my titlo and see my way how to work tho bells. Let them clash upon mo now from nil the churches aud convents of Genoa. I seo nothing but the old London belfry I have set them in. In my miud's eye, Horatio." Thus it was always with Dickens when setting about a new novel. Despondency, doubts, difficul ties, and endless experimenting, sug gesting, sifting, rejecting of titles. Then, of a sudden, a -title found, and lie was off on tho composition of the book. , v v Never were tht preliminary throes more protracted than with "David Coppcrlield." Toward tho end of 1813 ho was making holiday nt Broad stairs, his mind running on a subject.' "I havo not," be writes from there, but "Boon Fancv write WlUiapeueiloflltrht ' On tho blotto so solid uoinmandlng the sea' I shouldn't wouder if she were to do it one of these days. Dim visions of div ers tilings are floating nrouud mo. 1 must go to work head foremost when I get homo." Home he goes, yat gets no farther. In February. 181'). he is in Brighton. "A sea fog today, but yes terday inexpressibly delicious. My mind running like ahigh sea on names not satisfied yet, though." Fob. 23 lie found titles of some sort, to-wit: "Mag's Diversons, Being tho Personal History of Mr. Thomas Mag the Younger of Blunderstone House." Then came a series of variations in the expository part of the titlo. Blunder stouo house becoming Copperlield' house. Then camo "Tio Personal History of David Copperlield the Younger nnd His Aunt Margaret." Feb. 26 he sent Forster a list of six names, which may be found set out at length ut great length in tho Life. Forster and Dickens' children finally determined his choice among tho six, and tho titlo once settled all is plain Bailing. He went through this elabor ate process with most of his titles. There wero a dozen tentativo titles for "Bleak Hnuso," most of thorn leading off with "Tom-AH-AIones," and four teen for "Hard Times." It was the same with "A Tale of Two Cities." The Tipple of Millionaire. It is said by those familiar with his (Jally habits that Jay Gould doesn't tasto a glass of champagne from one year's end to the oilier, and that his favorite tipple is milk well aerated with vichy to neutralize the bilious tendencies of tho lactic acid. . William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor, Jr., both drink dry champagne. ' The Vanderbllts are temperate, but buy all kinds of rare wines, from a comet claret to a rare Marcobrunner, and Willy K. likes his champagne as well as the next man. ' John W. Mackay, who has been in New York for a few days, is ns abstemious as ever,' nnd rarely drinks champagne But his capabili ties in tbo choice of wiucs for one of those magnificent dinners his friends kuow so well, are highly admired by experts. Henry VilTard is fond ot cabbage, and naturally enough drinks beer with it hut soda is bis regular tipple. General Sherman likes good whisky, in ; moderation. Russel Sago drinks enough coffee every week to noai Jiirascll in, and ueorge 1. beney , is almost as fond of tea. N. Y. World. Santa Cms, Cat., bas a horse that Is 63 three years old. He came to Cali fornia in 1848 with William Handley and was called an old horse then. For many years Jerry worked out in the brewery,, but was turned out to rest last year. His favorite . food ' is the refuse malt from the still, and he does not disdain to wash It down with a bucket of warm beer. v . . . I SOME ; QUEER FUNERAL NOTIONS. EeeentrU Wa Who Have Left Peenilat Xaitraetlon for Their Interment. ' The story Is told of a certain French man, says CasselCs Journal, who had beeu a great collector, of coins. ' By his will he directed that his obsequies should be performed with every ac companiment , calculated to Inspire mirthful feelings. His body was to be wrapped in tanned pigskin and buriod coUiuless iu a stauding position upon a pile of charcoal. Laurel branches were to bo1 carried by the mourners, and returning from the church they wore to throw open the chain bors iu which hk .treasures were deposited, nnd all comers were welcome to help themselves as they plcasnd to the con tents. It wus a soro disappointment to the public, however, to liud that bo fore they wero admitttd tho servants of the deceased had decamped w ith e very thing that was portable. . The wishes of a curious charactor.who was named Hilkington better known ns 'Squire Uawley, were fully carried out a few years ago ut a place near Douchestcr. He was buried in his ow n garden, . amid the graves of his rattle, which had been stricken down bv rinderpest. He was laid out in fuil liuutiug costume, including spurs and whip, und was placed in stono cof tin weighing upwards of a ton, which had to be, lowered into tho grave by means of a era no. His old ony was shot and buried nt his feet, nnd nt his head were laid the bodies of his favor ite dog and old fox. All his property was left -to his groom, on condition that thoso funeral observances were fully carried out; .in default the estate was to go to tho priest of Doncnster for the benefit of the Roman Catholic Church. Tho groom, however, did not sutler tho bequest to himself to lapse. It is related that a certain crotchety old Yorkshircman, some years since, left directions that on the day of his burial a great public breakfast should be given In tho town where he miirlit die, and thnt his coffin, slung upon towels knotted together, should bo borne along by relays of men and "bumed" tlireo times upon a particu lar heap of stones, and that tue "La mentation of a Sinner" should then bo sung. A still moro important pro vision was made regarding the pres ence of mourners in the churchyard. Everv man, woman, and child who en tered' tho grouud with or after tiro pro cession had to receive a tlolo of six pence. Never before or siuce, wo are told, was that churchyard so full of people. A Sussex gentleman named Jack Fuller ordered his executors to bury him in a pyramidal mausoleum, in Brightling Ciiurcyard. His reason for desiring to bo inclosed In stouo ubovo grouud was his unwillingness to bo eaten by his relatives a process he considered inevitable if buried iu the ordinary way. "Tho worms," lie de clared, "'would cat mo. the ducks would eat tho worms, and my relatives would eat tho ducks." A gentleman named Underwood left 6,000 pounds to his sister on coudi tion that she had him buried in a par ticular fashion. Six gentleman wero appointed to follow him to the grave, where they were to sing the last stanza hf tho twentieth ode of tho Second Book of Horace. ". Mourning was for bidden to be worn; no bell had to be tolled.aud no relation was to follow tho corpse. The six chosen gentlemen wcro to be the only mourners. The rofiln was painted green, nnd the deceased was buried with ifts clothes on. Three copies of Horace wcro placed in tho grave with him. together with Beutlcy's "Milton" ami u Greek Testament. . After supper the six mourners sang the ode all being in strict accordauco with tho will of the deceased. ; A Heated DImuusbIoii. On Walnut street, near Twentieth, live a young married couplo w ho haro two children a boy. a girl, aged, re spectively, 5 and 7. The young mother has ideas of her own about raising children in the way they should go and docs her best to inculcato right princi ples in thein. The other day, hearing n noise in the kitchen, she went to tho back stain and listened. Imagine her horror nt hearing her son using de cidedly bad language to tho cook. She laid nothing,, but' wailed until tho young hopeful camo"' up, when she usked: "Where wero you. my son?" "Down in the kitchen talking to cook," was the ready reply. "What wcro you talking about?"' said the mother. "Holl," was the astounding answer. "And what did you tell horubout it? '. Looking up cheerily, in his mother's face, the boy said promptly: "Told her to go there." I'h I'hiladclphia Heat and the Oruwtii of Hair. It Is generally understood that the balr and nails grow faster in hot weather than iu cold; but perhaps few are aware that any temjwrature can impart so great a stimulus to the growth as Col. Fejevalskv.the Russian traveler, lays the central Asian heat did during his journey in those regions In the sum mer of 18M9. In June the ground aud tho air became excessifely : hot so; great indeed ns to render travel in the daytime impossible. Within a fort night after this oppressive weather be gan it was noticed 'that tbo . hair and beard of all the party was growing with astonishing rapidity, and, strang est of nil, some youthful Cossacks, whose faces were perfectly smooth, de veloped respectable beards within the ihort period of twenty days. . New Stylo Letter Press. .. They use a clothos-wringer tot a letter-press In one of the largest of. the Wall street telegraph oftloe. The messages to bo' copied aro treated as usual until time for the - putting of them Into the press; then, iustead of the ordinary screw press; which it takes time and muscle to use, the message and damp tissue copy paper are simply run through a clothes wringor. Tho rubber rollers , answer every purpose of a , press, aud the oporatioo is almost Instantaneous and much easier thaJ the usual way. " r '' -V-' ,''. i V -', tJj!L'tm A.' "'' '! . e-AAi.i o wV'j 0"