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" WAITING FOR THE "KHIVA
ciuriEi: i.
Yvunj Hitler.
Thcro's young Miller perhaps ho'll
play."
"Young Miller ho'sno good to any one
just at present It trill be a blessing for
hi friends when he's married."
I don't belieTc there's any chance of tho
Khiva for a week or no. anyhow."
Half a dozen men were lounging ronnd a
Diliiard table in a Bombay club-room, smok
ing, gossiping, and leisurely discussing a
future ga&o of pool.
WT1 try Miller, anyhow," said Captain
Dickson, an elderly youngman Trith a well
waxed mustache. "Hello, Miller, are you
for poolf
Miller was a tall, fair young fellow, with
a plain, good-natured, not very wise face.
Ho was vtry short-sighted aud generally to
bo seen in spectacles, without which ho
-was a very helpless person indeed. Every
body liked Miller who knew him. and a
good many people did know him. His
short-sighted, shambling ligure was an
easily-recognized one. and he had an odd,
absent Mray of stoppingany where to talk to
Any odd ho happened to como across. Miller
iras generally understood to bo a little
sof L" Hi played pool very badly, but he
was an Imperturbable loser and the first to
langh at his own bad shots.
Hat; just now he shook his head.
"I cant play now," he said; "I am going
to my sinter's."
"The Khiva come in yet. Miller!' said
one with a laugh.
Xo. not yet;" he said, turning away,
bnt iier time will noon b up."
"Good chap as Miller is, she must bean
uncommon rum srirlwho is goinz to marry
him." said Captain Dickson, looking after
tho yxmng man.
"Well, i don't know," said some one else:
-Miller is no fool if he is a tri tie soft, and
heN getting on tirst-rate in the Civil. I be
lieve the girl has nine sisters, and they
haven't a farthing among them."
"1 only heard of rive sisters," said Grcsh
am, of the Twenty-fourth.
"It's true enough about their being poor,
I believe," said another. "I hear Miller
paid for her ticket outhere.andherclothes,
too. I dare say."
Tbey say Miller has made a solemn com
pact to have the sisters out one by one ami
marry them oil," said Captain Dickson,
taking an his cue.
"Poor Stiller! It shows he has something
in biin that he has stuck to the girL I
should have said any one who liked could
. have married him."
"Don't know about that. I know at
least one girl who wonldn't have objected.
Are you ready to start, you f eliowsf '
criArTER ii.
Toung Zl'UU'$ Sister.
"Is there nothing elso to be done then,
Heater!"'
Yonng Miller was established in tho ve
randa of his sister's house. His chair was
exactly in the position to profit most by
the punkah, and on the whole he was very
comfortable, though too restless both in
mind and body to be exactly cool.
Mrs. Cleveland smiled at him.
"Nothing else, Fred." she said, "that I
can think of. 1 dare say yon would like to
go and see Edith's room, however. No,
tont jump up stay with me a little longer,
von can see it before you go."
"flhe Is very fond of flowers, Hester," said
3Iiller eagerly; "don' you think I might
bring some to-morrowl"
'Why. they would be withered, dear.
"Wait till Edith comes, and then yon can
ask her what she would like. Wouldn't
That be bestf '
"You aro right, I am sure," said yonng
Miller with a sigh. The only time I ever
did try to choose her a present mvself I re
member she did not like it. But." and bo
brightened up with a sudden smile, "there
is no choosing abont a wedding ring, you
know, so J did not wait for her to get
that.'
"No. no, there is no eboosing about that,"
agreed his sister a little absently. She had
heard so much about her brother's be
trothed lately that it was excusable that
her thoughts should wander.
"X am afraid I am boring you," said young
Miller wistfully.
"No, Fred; oh, not at all," and Mrs. Cleve
land recalled her attention with a start.
She had always been wonderfully tender
and gentle with this brother of hers. "I
want to hear everything about my sister
that is to be. of course."
Young Miller was instantly radiantly
happy.
"ion will understand what she is when
you see her," he said: "I can't describe her.
- It is very odd I can't understand somehow
how she cume to care for me. You know,
Hester. I have sometimes heard the fellows
say 1 was 'soft."
"Fred, it is nonsense!" exclaimed "Mrs.
Cleveland indiguantly.
lint he shook bis head with a smile.
"You needn't think I mind, when Edith
doesn't," he said; "and it is true enomrh.
Hesterj Iamnofshaxp like other fellows;
but still, you dou't think it israorothan
that, do youP he ended, anxiously.
-No. I do not. my poor boy," said Mrs.
Cleveland, arlectionately; "you may not be
clever in some wavs. but I wonder if
ono of the men who said that could
cetoniuhis profession as well as you are
doing."
'Yes. I am not stnpid at that, am I!" said
young Miller, in a pleased tone.
There was a pause, aud then joung Miller
rose to his feet.
"I must so now. neater." he said. 'Imay
go to hee Edith's room, mayn't If"
"Yes, dear. You can lind your way,
ean't youf Tell me if 3ou want any altera
tions.". Oh! she won't be with you for long,
you nee, Hester," said young Miller, ra
diantly. "She mustn't come to see her real
home until everything is properly ar
. ranged, must she!"
"No, of course not," agreed Hester.
"Yousee.it looks a little bare just at
present, Hester. Yon are sure there is no
chance of the furniture from the stores
missing this boat!"
-Haven't I told von I was sure, often,
yon silly boyt As Edith had the choosing
of it. you may be sure she sa;v alter all
that."
Vrlnt if sho were to forget Hester, what
should I dof I could not possibly let her
see the house aa it is, could J! First im
pression are everything, aren't they!" and
J oung Miller became quite distressed.
"Well, if Edith forgets sho deserves to
com tQ bare rooms. What do you think.
! real" said Mrs. Cleveland gayly. "But
don't be afraid; from all I have heard about
her 1 have como to the conclusion that Miss
Lester is a thoroughly practical youug
. . woman."
"Yes. she never does forget anvthing "
said yonng Miller eagerlj. "I wilfcome in
al-d?" yU Hester wben tho Khiva is sig-
"Verywell, dear. Good-night, and have
patience.
ty"1.1'8 U vrrr wel1 to 8a7 ave patience
Hester " said young Miller, shaking his
head, "but it isn't so easv. is it!"
And he took his departure.
Mrs. Cleveland az d after the shambling
bKure with a sigh. Hcr hnshand, when Lo
came in half an hour later, was surprised
to find her .till thoughtful and dejected,
fur Mrs. Cleveland was by no means given
to low spirits. b
iVi!V00f'red!ne Vid-"r havo been
1 1? LMofih,m wonder-oh! I wonder,
will Edith Lester be good to him!'
"Why shouldn't sh.niy dear! ' said Mr.
Cleveland, practically.
iWhiViW;irl'h? ls,tho dearet fellow.
Isut, oh: ill, fond as I am of poor Fred I
can scarcely imagine any girl content to
look udou him as a husband."
"1 den t suppose he is all the young lady's
fancy painted. Hut still she may make
him a good enough wife."
"It will kill him if she doesn't if ho
2V!?Unk,8 lotahs does not care for him.
On v tll. it fruht. ns mo to think how des
.. perately his heart is sot on it."
. ''Well, 1 j-ot my heart s desire, so why
should not ho get his!" said Cleveland.
smiling tenderly at his wife's distressed
face.
And Mrs. Cleveland was consoled.
CHAPTER III.
Town j Haul's YUL'or.
Hello, Miller, whero are you going to!"
What! Oh! Dickson, I didn't see you."
Young Miller had been, walking in his
usual absent fashion along the street. He
had his hands clasped behind his back in
his favorite position, but h was evidently
in a tnrry, for hit usual sauntering crawl
bad been exchanged for a shambling trot
and he had come tho whole wnv down tho
street without coming to a single pause, as
ho was wont to do at intervals iu an absent,
objectless way. He had looked Captain
Dickson full in the face v. it hoot the slight
est recognition, but his ways were well
known, and his friend had no scruples
about interrupting his meditations.
"Whero are yoa olf to in such a hurry!"
he said.
Miller was not quite sure for a few min
utes. His thoughts had wandered away by
a series of easy transitions to the summer
ho had spent in Fnsland with Edith Lester,
and just at first he could not havo told
with any ereat certainty whether he was
iu England or in India.
"I was going going home," he said, after
a pause, "juat to see that everything was
right."
"Ell walk as far as your diggings with
you," Cautain Dickson volunteered, and
yonng Miller could not refuse, though he
would have preferred to go alone.
His politeness, too, made him feelitneces
sary to ask his friend to come in when they
arrived.
Captain Dickson was by no means unwill
ing to accept. He was a curious little man,
and anxious to see what kind of prepara
tions young Miller had made.
"You see there is furniture to come still,"
tho host explained anxiously. "Miss Lester
chose that herself in London, at tho stores.
That is a good place for furniture, don't you
think eoT'r
"I really don't know.r said Captain Dick
son; "1 have never had occasion to go iu for
that kmd of thing."
"No." agreed youug Miller, looking re
gretfully at the dapper iittlo man in front
of him.
"I suppose this is still snfnciently a
bachelor's quarters for a cigar!'' suggested
Captain Dickson.
Young Millers politeness prevented his
objecting, but be was a little distressed. It
seemed to him almost a desecration to
smoke, and laugh, and tell risque stories
according to Captain Dickson's habit in a
room so soon to bo hallowed by her pres
ence, and he refused his friend's proffer of
a cigar with unnecessary energy.
But Captain Dickson saw nothingof this,
and was not understanding in matters of
sentiment.
He felt disturbed and almost angry when
Captain Dickson bestowed a careless in
spection on Miss Lester's photograph which
stood on a table.
"Is that the young lady!" he said, point
ing to the photograph with his cigar.
"Yes." said young Miller, taking it up
reverently.
"Yery much gone on her, eh!" said Cap
tain Dickson.
It was the generally received idea that
anything could be said to young Miller,
aud Captain Dickson was surprised at his
short answer and the sudden indignation
in his pale blue eyes behind their specta
cle. And young Miller was very glad when his
companion left him..
His Edith's name was more frequently
on his lips than it might have been if he
had been exactly like other people, but to
Captain Dickson he could not speak of
her, though he did not himself quite know
whir. As for his love for her, even to her
self Miller had never been able to express
that; he only knew that all his thoughts
seemed somehow to be connected with
Edith, that bis work and his amusement,
his gladness or his sorrow and Miller was
very glad and very sorry fifty times a
day were all mixed up with thoughts of
Edith always Edith.
CHAPTER IV.
Erptetalion.
"There, Fred, dear, don't knock one
down!" and Mrs. Cleveland retreated a few
steps before the impetuous advance of her
brother.
Young Miller was desperately Out of
breath and utterly bewildered.
"Hester, she is coming in! she is coming
in!" he exclaimed, and Mrs. Cleveland was
at first by no means sure whether ho meant
Miss Lester or the Khiva.
"I just came to tell yon, but I can't stay.
You will have everything ready, won't
you!" went on young .Miller hurriedly.
"Yes, ys. Only wait for a minute, dear
boy; there can't be such desperate haste,"
and Mrs. Cleveland laid her hand on his
arm.
"Yes, I must go. Just think if the boat
were to come jn and 1 was not there!"
"Well, where are you going to! You
needn't walk through the window. Good
gracious! Fred. I believe you have for
gotten your spectacles!"
Young Miiler blushed violently.
No, I didn't forget them," he said, "but
Edith never liked thf m, and just for the
first time, yon know don't you think it is
best, Hester!" he ended wistfully.
Only that yon won't be able to rind Edith
at alt, in all probability, you foolish boy!"
said Mrs. Cleveland.
"Oh, 1 shall iimd her," he said, with a sud
den, brilliant smile, "or sho may see me first
dhe will be looking out. Hut 1 don't re
quire my spectacles to find Edith."
His sister looked half sadly at the radiant
face, YonngMlller had, after his usual fash
ion, forgotten his haste in delightful ab
stract thoughts of Edith.
"I knew what would please her," he said.
"Hester, I, have put on the suit I wore
when I first saw her. Don't j-ou thiuk
don't you think she will recognizo it, and
b pleased!"
"I hone so." said Mrs. Cleveland, softly.
'Now, dear, had yon not better gof"
And voting Mi Her was recalled to tho pres
ent and impatience.
CHAPTER V.
0)1 Hoard the KM en.
Young Miller hnd a most eventful walk
down to the harbor. He could not see a
yard ahead of him, and only arrived after
being nearly run over several times
which, however even with his spectacles,
was a rretty frequent occurrence in his ab
sent fits and walking into several lamp
posts and people. However, what did he
caret Except for a few seconds' delay theso
proceedings caused him, they were matters
of utter indifference to him. And until tho
moment when he found himself on board
the Khiva at last, yonng Miller was only
conscious of a vauuc impatience and almost
irritation.
There were a great many people on deck,
it seemed to young Miller. Perhaps some
of them were surprised at tho slouching,
fair young man, who looked at one after
another so closely and eagerly, with frown
ing brows, puckered in tho attempt to see.
And it was Miss Lester who found, young
Miller after all.
"Where are yon going to. Fred!" was her
greeting, an she laid ber hand on his arm,
and young Miller turned round, his kindly,
foolish face beaming with joy.
Miss Lester was a short, extremely self
possessed little person of five or six and
twenty. She was rather pretty, though
her features wer sharp and her blue eyes
not very expressive, and there was an
amount of energy about her which always
overpowered young Miller and filled him
with admiration. Before he had recovered
the shock of really seeing her at last, and
while he was still speechless with delicht,
she bad carried him oft' to a deserted corner
of the shin.
Young Miller simply looked at her, and
did not try to say anything.
"Fred," Miss Lester said with a little em
barrassment in ber manner which was not
natural to her, "I havo got something to
tell you which will vex you, I am afraid."
"Oh! Edith, you are more lovely than
ever! ' young Miller said, drawing' a deep
breath.
"But don't yon hear what I am saving to
you! I havo something to tell you that will
vex yon," repeated Miss Lester, flushiug
over so little.
"I was listening to yonr voice, not your
words," he aid reverently; "nothiug can
vex me now."
"Can't you think in the least what I
mean!" she said, impatiently: "can't yoa
imagine wnat wonia vex yotu
"1
suppose perhaps you have forgotten
furniture! ' he suggested; "but you
I n't thinl; that or anvthing elsH would
tho
ueeuuiimm; mat or anvtiting
i i
vex i.ie darling.' Ho said the last word
with hesitation, and blushiuc like a girl.
"Nonsense," said Miss Lester with some
acerbity.
-1 nm very stupid. I know," said yonng
Miller, humbly; "but come to my sister
now. and you shall tell me afterwards."
"Now. I red, you must listen to me." said
Miss Lester, resolutely. "You know 3011
have often asked me if I was sure I cared
for you; don't you rememberl"
Perhaps a vague sudden fear crossed
youug Miller's mind at hcr words, but if so
it was only momentary. The very great
ness, the utter ovcrwhelmingneM of the
blow which the lo?s of Edith would be to
him. made it seem so impossible, so in
credibK "I have wondered how von could care for
a fellow like mc," bo said, looking at her;
you who urc so beautiful and clover."
"Well, Fred, 1 did think I cared for you.
and besides them are so many ot us, and
we are all so poor and you must not bo
angry with me'
"I don't understand," said young Miller,
with bewilderment,
Miss Lester looked at him uneasily.
"Try and understand, Fred," she said,
"and remember yon are a man, and must
bo brave. 1 want to ask you to to break
off our engagement, becanse I I care for
somebody else."
CHAPTER VI.
Sir. Hardy.
There was a long silence. Yonng Miller
stood looking at the girl blankly, uncom
prehcndingly. He was not a very heroic
person, or ono calculated to win a girl's ad
miration as he stood there, with his stoop
ing figuro and his dazed face. And all ho
said, when ho did speak, was:
"I don't understand," in a strange, stun
ned way.
Miss Lester made nn impatient move
ment. "Fred. Fred," she said, "don't make me
repeat it all over again. I am very sorry
but one can't help theso things. 1 met Mr.
Hardy on the way out are yon listening,
Fredf do you hear what I am saying!" she
added hastily, alarmed by his blank face,
"Tom!" sho called a minnto later in some
alarm.
Mr. Hardy had only been waiting for th
right moment to appear, evidently. He
was a short, rather good-looking manf of
about forty, gentlemanly enough on first
sight, but on a second glance there was
something about him jusa little too much
watch-chain, or too many rings, or a trill
too much care in his attire which seemed
to arguo that he had onco belonged to a
different status.
Miss Lester introduced him to yonng Mil
ler with some nervousness, being well aware
of her Tom's happy faculty for saying the
wrong thing, but, except a slight start, her
former lover took no notice
"I am glad to meet you, sir." Mr. Hardy
said, holding out his hand, which young
Miller accepted abseutly, "and sorry if 1
am the cause of any ah annoyance to
you; but you can understand ray excuse,
and in matters of this kind"
"Come away, Tom, wo had much better
go." said Miss Lester, with some alarm.
"I must wpologize for acting as 1 have
done: but there is my best apology," said
Mr. Hardy, laying his hand on Miss Lester's
shoulder; "and, that I may not cause you
more inconvenience aud expense than can
bo helped, I want to oiler to take every
thing oft' your hands. The furniture I
can't think of allowing you to pay for it,
sir; aud, after all, it is Edith's choice"
"Tom, Tom, come away," repeated Miss
Lester. "Good-bye, Fred. Y'ou had better
go home, bail n't you!"
Young Miller seemed to wake up.
"Yes," he said. "Come to my sister's.
Edith. She is waiting, and I can't take
yon home yet."
"What does ho mean!" asked Mr. Hardy
in perplexity,
"Come away," said Miss Lester. "Don't
you see there will be a scene if we stay.
The sooner we go the better."
"But about the furniture"
"Oh, come along, will yon!" said Miss
Lester, with no particular affection in her
tone.
CilAlTKK VII.
Waiting for the Khiea.
Mrs. Cleveland waited without alarm for
a long time after the Khiva came in, but as
evening came on she could not help remem
bering with some uueasiness her brother's
helplessness in his spectacleless condition
aud his absence of mind. At last, when she
heard that tho Khiva had come in hours
ago, she became thoroughly alarmed, and
persuaded her husband to take her down to
the harbor.
Ho would have gono himself, but some
vague foreboding made Mrs. Cleveland re
fuse to be left behind.
They found young Miller very soon. He
was sitting on a coil of ropes, looking sea
ward, and got up to greet them with a
smile of welcome.
"You have come down to watch, too!" he
said. "That was kind of yon; but I must
go on board by m3self. Edith would like
best to see me alone."
- "lint has the Khiva not come in yet!" said
Mrs. Cleveland in surprise.
"Not yet. Mie will be iu very soon now,"
said young Miller.
"But you must bo tired waiting, my poor
bnv," said Mrs. Cleveland with great relief.
"Will, go and ask somebody if they expect
her this evening."
"It is no use," aaid young Miller, "they all
sav she has come in. but I kuow better."
Mrs. Cleveland started and exchanged a
sudden glance of terror with her husband,
and he turned away iu answer to her look
and walked over to whero some coolies
were working.
"Isn't it odd they should all say that!"
said young Miller, laughing. "They want
to make me belive it, so that I shall not bo
hvro to meet Edith."
Mrs. Cleveland said nothing. Hor eyes
were anxiously following her husband, and
6hc was trying to guess from his move
ments what the coolies were saving to him.
He came in a fe w minutes with a 6tartled,
alarmed face.
"The Khiva has been in for hours," he
said iu a low voice to his wife. "What can
have happened!"
"Oh. 1 don't kuow, but I am afraid"
"Fred, dear Fred," and Mrs. Cleveland
turned to her brother, speaking earnestly,
anxiously, "listen to me. Tho Khiva really
has come iu. Have you forgotten. Try
aud think. Perhaps Miss Lester missed
this boat aad will come iu the next."
Y'oung Miller laughed.
"Have they made you believe it, too!" he
said. "No, no. 1 know, and will wait here
till she comej."
Mrs. Cleveland's eyes filled with tears.
"Oh. Will, it is what I have always
feared! It is too terrible!" she said with a
bob.
"Try if you can't persuade him to come
home now," said Mr. Cleveland in a low
voice. "It may be only the shock, dar
ling." And Mrs. Cleveland turned to her brother
and took his hand.
"Fred, dear," sho said very gently, "come
home for to-night. Edith will not come this
evening."
"No. no. I can't come, Hester," replied
young Miller. "If she came when 1 was
awsiy "
Then we will arrange a message shall bo
6ent to you at once, Fred, as soon ns ever
the ship is signaled. Come for my sake,
dear; it would vox me so much to think of
you hero dv yburelf. Como just for a Iittlo
while. Fred'
And young Miller yielded.
"Just tor a little while, Hester," he said
gently, "not to vox you. Hut I must go
aek soon, for Edith will expect mo to bo
waiting."
And as young Miller walked away be
tween the other two, both unhappy and
auxious. was he, after all, the one to be
most pitied! True, his hopes wonld never
bo fulfilled, bnt then neither would they be
ever disappointed.
Always waiting for what could never
come, but still waiting in happy, assured
expectation mere are worse lates in life
than this.
M. KoTrau, In Lonmsn's Magstlne.
A Judicious Ilettlng Man,
New York Tribune.
A storv conies from Boston about Georgo
Francis Train, which says that soon after
Mr. Train was released lroui imprisonment
there, thn other day, being in one of his
most eccentric moods, he collected a little
crowd around him in the corridors of one
of the big hotels by proclaiming in stentor
ian tones that ho was the biggest fool in
America. After repeating this statement
several times and finding no one to contra
dict him. ho otl'ered to bet a considerable
6nm that ho knew what he was talking
about and that what ho 6aid was true. At
this a betting man who had not taken any
notice of the speaker at first, elbowed his
way throngh the little kuot of listeners,
and. evidently not knowing the face and
figure of the "iage of Madison Square,"
about whom he had read a good deal in the
newspapers, said: "Look here, stranger, I'll
take that bet, provided you're not George
Francis Train."
Well Governed.
Tooth's Companion.
Tho Chinese have a political saying
which is worthy tho reading even of Ameri
can statesmen. It is as follows:
When is the empire well governed and
affairs go as they should got
When swords are rusty and spades are
bright.
When prisons are empty and grain bins
filled.
When the law courts are lonely and o'er
grown with grass.
When doctors walk and br.kera ride.
It is then that things go as they ought,
and the state is well ruled.
REAPING TOR SUNDAY
Written for tte Sunday journal.
Ilymn.
Best thou, my soul, on God;
His pronmes are sure;
TLv nor is sealed with Jesus blood,
1 rom Satan's race secure.
Tbe Lord win snrely bless:
Tnouch thou cans't only see
The evil in thy sore distress,
. Yet He will comfort theo.
For He full knowledge hath
Of all that reemeth ill.
And though tbon suffer for thy faith.
Thy toes shall not prevail.
Then rest thnu on ITls word;
Fear not Ills frownlnir face:
EclUiid the stern avenging iword,
He holds the shield of grace.
Edwin S. Hopkins.
International Sunday-School Lesson for Dec
8, 1880.
Solomon and tfie Queen of SriEnA.
1 Kings x, -13.
Gold Text. She came from the uttermost parts
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and
behold a greater than Solomon U here. Matt,
xil, 42.
HOME READINGS.
Mon. Solomon's vision 1 Kings Ix. 1-0
Tues. Solomon's wisdom 1 Kin us x, 1-13
W ed. Solomon's wealth. 1 Kings x, 14-29
Thur. Solomon's greatness.... 1 Kintrs iv, 25-34
Fri. Wisdom from above James ill. 13-18
Bat. Wls onto salvat'on 2 Timothy ill, 10-17
Bun. A greater than Solomon.. ..Matt xti, 33-50
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
New Tors. Independent.
The pilgrimage of this iueen from the
East with her gold and her spices, the best
sho had, was typical of tho adoration of
the Magi a thousand years later in the
rude stable, the court of the new-born
King of Peace. Tho lossou, thonph old. is
none the less solmn aud imperative. We
are summoned from the listless routine of
onr self-satishrd lives to the hardship of a
pilgrimage which has no cessation until
the grave is reached. The imitation of
Christ, not the tomb, is our goal. Nor shall
we come as paupers to the Lord, asking all
and giving nothings The pagan Queeu of
Sheba had better manners than that. Our
virtues are onr spices. Our tender love to
to God and sympathy to man aro more to
be desired than ruddy gold. Every act of
self-sacrihco is a precious stone, a worthy
The human heart is constituted to give
sympathy. The introspective thinker soon
discovers that the quality of this sympathy
required is of a far higher order than that
which mere man can otter. This is one
substantial proof of tho necessity of God,
that nothing else can satisfy the cravings
of the heart. The Queen communed with
Solomon of all that was in her heart. That
is the rightful attitude to take toward the
Supreme .Maker. Just as a cistern can only
he kept pure by a constant UowoC spark
ling water, so only can the heart bo kept
uncontatuinated by continual communion
with God.
We cannot wonder that the Queen fainted
at tho marvels of so much wisdom and
maguificence. If human superiority has
such an enect we cannot wonder at tho
Eower of the Divine. 31oses could not bo
old God and live. Who hath seen his face?
If the snn which He has made blinds the
eyes with penetrative, dazzling light, how
shall we tit ourselves to endure His glor.vf
If it requires absolute purity of heart to
see God are we fitted tor that awful privi
lege! Solomon had the tremendous responsibil
ity of being head missionary of the king
dom. His acts became exponents of the
goodness of God. Every one baa a reputa
tion of some kind, and many become inter
ested according as one's credit is exalted
or tarnished. It is satisfactory to live so
that people find you better than they think
you are. but to fall short of hi jzh repute on
acquaintance is as common as it is a sad
misfortune. In that Solomon deserved all
the splendor of his reputation is ho pre
eminently worthv of imitation.
It is not wie in this mechanical and
practical age to force men into the belief
in God before they have an opportunity of
seeing. A harmonious, eager church, a
high, unselfish, spiritual man or woman
these are sufficient ocular evidences of the
worthiness of Christ's mission.
Happy are the Christian nations. But
tho happiest people are they that are
most direct in their worship of God and
most practical in their Christian endeavor.
We pav the highest compliment to God if
we make tho expression of our religious ex
perience and love cheerful.
Finally, in tho 'thirteenth verse of the
chapter.'we find that Solomon gavo to the
Qneen of Sheba all her desire. Sho was
generons with him: he would not ho out
done, (iod only waits for an inkling ot
liberality on our part to tlood us with tho
desire of our purified hearts.
Of General Interest.
A German journal states that "at Vienna,
last year. o3 Jews became Christians," and
another tells us that "at no period since the
first century have conversions from Juda
ism to Christianity been so frequent."
Rev. T. L. Johnston, who for twelve
years has been the leading figure in the
missionary enterprises of tue At rico-American
Baptists in the dark continent, has
been compelled to retire from work on ac
connt of failing health.
At Odense, Denmark, one of onr Metho
dist brethren has willed a lot of 0,000
square feet and 5,000 crowns with which
to build a chapel, and at his death there
will be 10.0U) crowns moro for tho benefit
of the "Methodist Episcopal Church in
Denmark."
Dr. A. T. rierson.httoof Uethany Church,
Philadelphia, has promised to preach for
Pastor C. H. Spnrgeon, at the Metropolitan
Tabernacle, Londou. on Dec. 1. Mr. Spnr
geon has gone to Mentone, to escape the
suilering rvhicli the English fogs of tho
early winter always entail.
The Indian Witness states that secret, be
lievers in Christ aro rapidly multiplying In
that country. For every convert who
openly avows his faith there aro hundreds
who withhold such declaration, for fear of
their own households and caste circles.
Thousands are being made ready for public
avowal and loyal service when the break
shall como.
An English preacher once asked some
British soldiers, "If Queen Victoria were
to issue a proclamation, and, placing it in
the hands of her army and navy, were to
say, 'Go ye. into all tho world and proclaim
it to every creature,' how long do you think
it would take to do it!" One of the bravo
fellows, accustomtd to obey orders with
out hesitation, at peril of life, promptly
announced, "Well, I think we could man
age it in about eighteen months.
Thoughts for the Day.
God chooses that man should be tried, bnt
let a man bewaro of tempting his neigh
bor. Macdonald.
Though you may have known clever men
who were indolent, you never knew a great
man who was so. Uuskiu. i
I beseech you, brethren, by the mercies of
God, to remember that it is possible that
yon may sometimes be mistaken.-Crom-well.
That which satisfies the deepest wants of
the heart is not an abstraction or a mere
idea, but a concrete and living person
whom it can trust and love. This demand
is fully met in Jesus Christ. He is a per
son who can be loved, trusted, admired and
adored, and who, when thus treated, com
pletely meets the profonndest necessities of
the soul. The Independent.
Though Justice be thy plea, consider this,
That In the course of justice, none of us
Should e salvation; we do pray tor nirrey;
.And that same prater doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
Shakspesre.
The more I ponder on this world and all Its cear,
the more I am assured: that to be good is all;
the rest avails not.
Omar Khayjam.
A good dee '.knows nor age nor wlndlng-shoct;
The centur. find and lenve It quick and sweet;
Kven tbe miser is remembered
Iiy that one time he gave tbe beggar bread.
. Llzette Woodvrorth Reese.
No one is so accursed by fate,
No one so utterly desolate,
Iut some heart, though unknown.
Responds unto tit own.
Longfellow.
That cloud Itself, which now before thee
Lies dark in view.
Shall with beams of llsht from the inner glory
lie stricken through.
And like meadow mlt through autumn's darn
Uprrllinjrtbtn.
Its thicken folds when about thee drawn
Let suulUbtln.
Whlttler.
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Denver's Heading Clnb.
Joaqutn Miller, la tha Independent
The best thing in a literary wav. here, is
the Beading Club, organized about livo
years ago nnd maintained by tho Grand
Army post and its frieuds. This excellent
and enterprising organization not only
maintains itself, bnt contributes generous
ly to other laudable and like enterpriees.
It employs eminent lecture talent, and is
altogether a power for great goort. At its
head is the Key. Myron V. Reed, a captain
in the lato civil war, and a very great
preacher.
flUMOR OF THE DAY.
Showing John 11 all Around,
The Epoch.
"And what is this" asked the visitor.
"This is Wall street. It is the most cele
brated of all our American vratering-
places."
"Fawncyr
Too Much Itye.
Time.
Chawiey now did Clahwence get so
beastly intoxicated! I didn't see him
dwink anything but lemonade.
Clandie Naw, but he imbibed it throngh
a wye stwaw aw!
A Modern Enoch Arden. ,
New York Wtt k!r. ,
Old Neighbor My goodness, Mr. Arden,
von back, after all the&o years! Don't you
know your wife has married again!
Mr. Arden Yes, 1 beard of it afore I
started. Guess I kin live here in peace now.
The w llora.
Llfs.
Miss Pelham Why. Michael, just look at
tbe saddle! , ..... ,
Michael (new to the business) ell foind
ycr'U git on faster that way, miss. He's a
slow, obstinate baste frontways, but he's a
divil fur backin'!
He Trononiiced It "Ancler."
PncJc.
"Have yon seen the 4Angelus!' "
"Yes what a curious subject for an artist
to take!"
"Curious!"
"Yes. There is nothing interesting in a
couple of people looking for bait in a big
open Held."
After the Accident,
Tuck. ...
Clifton (Columbia. D2) Mr arm's broken.
head cut. and I'm generally knocked to
ueces, but I wouldn't mind it so much it 1
adn't promised my father not to go to tue
races.
Kouuds (Delmonirrv's, '71) That'll be all
right. Tell him you've been playing foot
ball. .
Ve-y Luck1
Mf rchant Traveler.
"Dinnis."
Thwat is it?"
TU me wan ting?'1
"IfOiean."
"Is it lucky to foind a horseshoe!"
"He the powers, yis if it's in a bit of a
difficulty yez haupen to be wid no shilaleh
handy!" .
Two Kinds of rioor-YTalkers.
Th Epoch.
Superintendent of Dry Goods Store So
yon are an applicant for the position. I
want somo omi who has bad a good deal of
experience in rloor-walking.
Applicant 1 havo speculated in Wall
street for twenty years.
Superintendent of Dry Goods Store You
are engaged.
A Female Watch-Dog of the Treasury.
Tho Epoch.
Wealthy Wife You don't mean to tell me
that you" haven't money enough to get to
and from business to-day T
Her Husband I haven't a cent in my
pocket.
Wealthy Wife Dear, dear. where?s that
15 cents 1 gave you yesterday!
Kiaky.
Colnmbio Spectator.
Irate Father Young man! I am enraged,
sir, that you should seek to marry my
daughter on so short an acquaintauce. Y'ou
are almost a stranger to her.
Stubbs (firmly) Well, sho doesn't take
any more chances than I do. She's almost
a strauger to me. too.
Exchange of Civilities.
TlT:e.
Tall Tiov (to very short bov Hello.
Sawdofl! How's de wedder down dere?
Short Hoy G'long, yon tire escape, er I'll
climb yer backbone an' punch yer jaw! '
"Aw. any. Sawd. don't yer want my knee
ter stand on so'a -yer can see acrost de
fctreetr'
"Xaw, I don't, but I'd liko ter borry yer
mug ter my bulldog!"
A Hibernian Irish.
Merchant TrareiT.
'Tl's a sain' that oi'va henrd nmnncr ihn
quality that ivery family had a black shape
in it." .
"Yis: bnt divil a worrud av it is so not
for neonle ioike us."
"Hegorrv, how fome 'twould be if that
same applied to goats. It's divil a thing
oi'd caro whether 'twas black or what color,
bo long as ivery family had wan."
Another Dishonor to the I'rond Nam of
Hamilton.
Texas Siftlnjr.
Jailer (to Eva Hay Hamilton) There is
bad news for you in tho newspaper this
morning.
J-:va What is that?
Jailer Your father, William Steel, has
been seut to prison for attempting to mur
der one of his neighbors.
Eva (weeping) Why did he dishonor a
noble name! i hope Kay won't hear of this.
Two Games.
Texas Killings.
Little Johnnie Le's play stage-robber.
You come along and I'll spring out with a
pistol and take away everything you've
got
Little Jimmie Bnt vre haven't got no
pistol nor nuth'n liko a stace! Tell you
what: whon you come along I'll get you to
sign a paper and then I can rob you just the
same without a pistol.
"All right: well play Loan Agent,' if
you like it bettcr.',
A Present for a Husband
NewTork Weekly.
Furniture Healer Yes, madam, there is
no nicer present for a man that a handsome
writing-desk. Look at this one, lor ex
ample Customer It's very pretty; but what aro
all those square things!
"Drawers, madam. That desk has 1C0
separate drawers."
"Huh! And every time he mislays any
thing he'll expect me to find it. Show me
a desk with one drawer.
The Surroundings of the Earliest Americans.
Dr. C. O. Abbott, ia Popular Science Monthly.
In associatiag man with ancient river
valley 8, we are too apt to think only of tho
stream, and isruorethe surrounding coun
try. ThouKh largely so, palsrolithio man
was not strictly an amphibious creature;
for instance, on each sido of tho ancient
Delaware river extended wide reaches of
upland forest, and here, too, the rude hun
ter of the time found game well worthy of
his ingenuity to capture, and so powerful
that all his wit stood him well in need to
escape their equally determined efforts to
capture him. While the seal and walrus
disported in tho river; while tish in count
less thousands stemmed its Hoods; while
geese and ducks in myriads, rested upon
the stream, so, too, in . the forest roamed
tho moose, tho elk, the reindeer, the bison,
the extinct (treat beaver and tho ma&todou,
all of which, save the elk, had long since
loft for more northern climes thenEuro
XK'an man rirbt sighted North America.
Tho association of man and the mastodon
is somewhat startling to most people; bnt,
as has been time and again conclusively
shown, it is no unwarranted fancy. We
aro apt to consider the mastodon as a
creature of so distant a time in the unre
corded past that man must necessarily have
appeared mncb later upon the r?ne. Tbe
truth is, comparatively speaking, the
creature fo recently became extinct that,
in all probability, ourhistoric Indians were
acquainted with it. Certain it is that, in
the distant long ago of the great ice age,
tho mastodon existed, and equally certain
that with him lived that primitive man
who fabricated the rude implements wo
have described. The bones of the animal
and the bones and weapons of tbo man lie
side by side, deep down in the gravels de
posited by the lloods from tho melting ice
6hect. m
Chance to Bay Christmas Gift.
Detroit Tribune.
It might not be out of order to remark,
now that Christmas is drawing near, that
the largest perfect diamond in the- world
the "Imperial" is for sale. It is owned
by an English syndicate, weishs IK) carats
and can be bought for $1,0C0.1XX). We have
decided not to buy it. it being a trifle larger
than we uso in our business. Some of our
readers may know of a hotel clerk xtho
would like to get it.
E OUDIXASY.
John W. Dwight. of Pennsylvania, owns
iu Ndrth Dakota a farm nearly as large as
the State of Khode Island.
A proud mother in Merced. Cal.; owns a
four-months-old baby that weiirh twenty
six pouudsaod has cut lour teeth.
Oniv2t).GC$ squirrels were killed in Pan
Luis "Obispo county last month, for which
the county paid a bounty of l,Ctf.T2.
A large snowy owl, perchfd on the spire
of a Catholic church, in rbiladlphia. the
other day, and sat thero until nearly night.
Ono hundred and seventy-five million
cells are in the lungs, which would cover a
surface thirty times greater than the hu
man body,
Thero is advertised for sale in Worcester
shire a niece of property on a lease which
has 1,711 years vet to run. It was made for
2,000 years in 1000.
There is a young giantess six fret eight
inches high, said absolutely to bo only
twelve vear old, on exhibition in Londou.
She is a Don Co-sack.
Foreign engineers report that at the pres
ent rate of sinking tho northern coast of
France will, in a few centuries, be com
pletely submerged.
By tho re-survey of the boundary lino be
tween Nevada and California tho latter
gains a strip over Jo0 miles long and three
quarters of a milo wide.
The citizens of Switzerland are so well
drilled aud disciplined that in tho event of
a war they could be brought into active
service as soon as the German armies could
be mobilized.
There is in Windsor castle a gold punch
bowl and ladle for which George IV paid
10.000 guineas, and tho investment is wholly
profitless, becanse thero was never a drop
of punch brewed in it.
K. A. Tavlor. who lives about three miles
from Sciithvillc, Ga., caught in n trap, in
Kiuchafoouce creek, Sunday and Sunday
night, 1,200 pound of tish. Ouecat-lish
weighed over forty-live pounds.
A 6and pump near Boise City, Idaho, re
cently brought up a tlint idol from a depth
of K feet. It is claimed to be the oldest
msrk of human life on record by l'rolcssor
Wright, of Oberlin College, Ohio.
Londou was first lighted in 1414 with pri
vate lanterns. In 1733 the lanterns were
increased to 1,000.000 in number. In 1744
the first lighting act was .pussed. Iu lt&O
gas was generally substituted tor oil.
In London they are utilizing electricity
in a novel way. During heavy foira horses
carry an electric light on their head-,
which can be illuminated as occasion re
quires, tbe storage battery being in the
wagon.
The companions of a Michigan, lad vrho
was thirtoen years old on thelCth inst. gavo
him thirteen severe thnmpings one for
each vear. Their horse-play was too severe.
Tho lad was injured internally, and has
since died.
nany Bates, of East Saginaw, owns an
active and ablo-bodied steer which has
only three legs, ono of its front legs being
the absentee. The animal was born that
wav, and moves about as readily as any
body's 6teer.
A Seattle contractor tried to got twenty
fivo men to work one day last week. A
police oilicer took him to a saloon where
over forty idle men were lounging about,
Out of the entire number onljviour ex
pressed a willingness to labor.
A Smith comity. Kansas, girl won $30 tho
other day by husking and cribbing sixty
bushels of corn in live hours. There's no
use taikiug, a girl who can husk corn, that
last has no business to be single, with so
many men waiting to be supported.
A watch for blind people has been in
vented in Switzerland. Iu tho middle of
every figure is a small peg. which drops
when the hour hand reaches the figure. The
owner feels that the peg is down and counts
back to twelve to determine the hour.
A boy in England has a telescopic eye
sight. A tiy looks as large to him as a rab
bit, and every other object is proportion
ately magnified. In Ids eyes men are
giants as hinh as two-story houses, and tho
finest print looms up like the letters on a
circus poster.
A railroad doer, who travels steadily with
his master in the cab of a Denver &Uio
Grande loeomotite, is snid to be highly
valuable in many ways. He can scent cat
tle ou the track when they cnunot bo sotn,
and drives them oil" when they are indis
posed to get oX " ;
It in singular that fi3 per cent, of tbo
West Point cadets fail on mental examina
tion. The plau of competitiveexaminations
for their appointment is general, yet more
fail after appointment than when their se
lection was left to tho judgmeat of the
members of Congress.
An old maid in Connecticut adopted a
boy and called him "Moses David Absalom
Daniel Mark White." The other day when
ho became of ase ho 6ued her for" 6'AOOO
damages for hitching all theso names in
front of him, and it is hoped that the jury
will give him every cent of if.
Artificial gems at the Paris exposition
are said to have surpassed anything over
before shown, som of the fcpecimens puz
zling oven dealers aud experts. The artifi
cial pearls Were enpeeially successful, no
means being found to distinguish tho p;enr.
ino from tho artificial, except tho nso of
a tile.
In tho Cascade mountains, nbout seven-ty-tive
miles from Jacksonville, Ore., i to
be found the Great Sunken lake, the deep
est lake in the world. It is said to average
2,000 feet down to the water on all sides.
The depth of the water is unknown. It is
about fifteen miles long by four and a half
wide.
St. Louis is tho only city in the Union in
which the teuant of a rented house is re
quired to furnish his own gas fixtures.
Formerly St. Louis house-builders did not
even equip dwellings "with service pipe,
but they do now generally. The conse
quence is that thousands of people uro oil
who would prefer gas if they didn't have to
pay for the fixtures
The Pall Mall Gazette records a freak in
the way of handwriting. A Iittlo girl of
four years writes with ber left hand, and
writes her v words backwards, as they
are reflected in a mirror iroiu ordinary
writing. Her friends havo to read them by
means of a looking-glass. The child was
taught writing with a sister, but would do
things in her own way, with the rsult that
she writes fluently in this fantastic style.
With a team composed of a black nnd n
roan, and a ton buggy. P. Moyett, a resident
of San Francisco, left that city last Sep
tember, en route for New York. One hun
dred and twenty days of steady travel, at
fcn average of thirty miles a day, brought
mm to ou ajouis. r rom iuai piace ne went
on slower; taking more time at each stop-
Jing place. Mr. Moyett will winter m
oughkeepsie, and come to New York early
next springy
SPECTACLE LENSES.
ITow They Are Cut Oat of Sheets of Glass
with Diamond Sparks.
American Jeweler.
The work of cutting is all performed with
tiny fragments of diamond known as a
spark. It is not every spark, however, that
will eut a lens. The sparks are mounted
in the following manner: A piece of brass
wire is selected, 6ay three-sixteenths of an
inch in diameter. A hole is drilled in the
end large enough to admit the spark, and
it is set in the hole with the point up. Tho
outer ed tie or shell of wire is beaten inwnrd
aud holds tho apark firmly in place. Tho
wire is then placed in the 'lathe and cut oil"
iust back of tho spark, turning the end
icinispberical, using tho point of tho spark
that sticks through tho brass as acrnter. A
piece of steel wire n next selected, of tho
same diameter as tho bras- wire, and the
end is turned in, forming a cup. Th mount
ed spnrk is tln-n soft-.o!dercd in this cup,
and it is ready for tho machine, which
works automatically from a pattern aud
can bo set to cut larger nr smaller than
the pattern. Heforo the mounted
spark is placed in the machine,
however." " it is tested by holding
the handle upright. If it does not cut
in an upright position the point is un
soldered by means of tho blow-pipe and
the handle resoldered, leaving the cuttiug-
foint at tbo required ancle, while tho
landle itself is upright. When the spark
is found to cut well in an'npriuht pos;tiou
it is then placed in the machine for trial.
The glass is placed upon a pad under tho
spark, the glass varying in form according
to the kind of leun Wing cut. If the lens
is Hat tho pad is also, aud if the lens is con
vex the pad in roncave. and must be a per
fect tit, lor tbe better the lit the more accu
rate will bo the work. The psttem and
glass travel around, while tho diamond re
mains stationary. The life of a spark is
short, pome being for only one day. while
once in a while they can be worked for a
3ear, The workmen average fifty dozen
pairs ot lenses a day. A good diamond will
cut, on an averoge, 1,500 dozen pairs, The
oc:of TB
' ' . r,.ii trhaft round.
average lens m-i'iu ' :'L ff i
and a doren paii woald te f..r
cutting pairs the Pk wuuld '"TJJ
over a surface equsl to a pieco of rUm
lSD.ono feet long. Ther are exceptional
parks that cut or month. I now J ave
one that has neon in op? ration f J"'
months, and has cut dozen psir. trav
eling 5r.f40 feet. We ns lj Jj?dia f2
snurks-the Brazilian and the Alricau-aaa
they cost from Z to ?- each.
FASHION'S FANCIES.
Black drcses are no longer c-.nSn?dfo
tho matron, but donned by the young
est ot young women.
White cloth capes eancht at the throat
with broid white ribbons are very muca
liked for opera wear.
Fasue have developed to puch an enor
mons extent that they now quite control
the beauty of the costume.
Some of tim now dres waists aro cat
round and thrn have a little skirt aldcd in.
the fashion which one see in the portraits
of Ealeigh and other Ktizabethau wot thtei.
The bang may be llnQy. bnt never frizry.
So arranged it at once loses all it grace and
assumes a stid" appearance that makes a
plain woman hideous and rob a pretty
face of its bcinty, -
Costumes of dark bmo cloth are lishtod
np by the brilliant Macduff plaids, tho ash
of silk being wrinkled as it H beine drawn
over the hips, knotted at the hack and al
lowed to droop in careless grace almost to
tho hem of tho gown.
For thoce who prefer Rtripd goods to bro
cades, there are rub fc.atm grounds
velvet htripen, and upon some of theso rich
floral eilects aro shottn. Single detatched
flowers, sut h as iiiArgnerite, havo velvet
leaves on natin ground, and dark velvet
leaves, outlined pink, over s m delicato
fehade, with trailing sprays of je&ssnjine.
White buck-skin is th most satisfactory
material yet discovered for tho waUttoat
of a cloth gown. It can b pipeclayed into
Miowincs without removal fnvn its place,
whereas the ordinary white waistcoat re
quires to be uusewn in order to be washed
or "dry cleaned."' Collars aud cults of buck
ekiu aho appear on aoiua of the Enlndi
suits.
While vre no longer havo the s-teel or pad.
yet the back drajeries of the train are still
sustained in the most creditable sort of a
way by stiff book muslin that is gathered
into th waist-lino at the back nnd allowed
to fall nino or ten inches The prettiest
toilette that was ever created, if en train,
should uever be allowed to haug limp and
straight from the waist
Blue monkey fur. which bears some xv
semblance to the costly bine fox. Is used iu
decorating uiatelassi pelisses and viaite
for elderly women. It is also utilized iu
making the boas worn again this season,
which are either short and broad or very
long. The nhasrgy bear-skins are showy and
durable, and there is a choice in theM of
the brown, black, or grizzly sort. Sablo
fichus, with toque and muff to match, aro
elepant and costly articles of luxury. Set
of Persian lamb-skin, lynx, black fox nnd
beaver are within tbe reach of the average
purse, aud are equally fashionable.
Among other fashionable Grecian toilets,
the Greek tca-gowu has appeared, which is
simply a very graceful prince sse dress, with
a very clever adaptation of the Greek ma
nipulation of draperv to modern afterniKn
lequiremer.ts. The 0re?k gown proper ne
cessitates bare arms, while upoa this toilet
each arm has a special drapery of its own,
carried to each shoulder. Greek lines aro
closely followed iu the adjustment of tho
front of tho tea-cown, the loose drapery
falling between broad bands of Egyptian,
embroidery worked yery richlv in soit Koso
du Uarri silk, pale gold, and silver. The
embroidery crosses the rbeSt d;agonaily
and from under this the drapery falls in tho
classic folds of the ideal Greek gown. .
Success does not always follow tho new
art adopted in many instances for bodices.
If it proved difficult enongb to make a good
fit with the regulating number of teams,
the suppression of tbosa which go by tbo
name of darts increnses it tenfold. Yet
whero it is eucrossful bow perfect a success
it is. Tho seam under tbe arm is set rather
forward and well ou the bias, the material
molds itpelf to the fitrure. aud the edge of
the fronts is curved in and out to tit the
form. This form of corsage is only applica
ble to slender womn, and is highlv ad
vantageous to them. The style requires
rather elastic materials and is paiticnlarly
useful in tho case of the popular stripen and
checks hich cut such a poor figure at tho
se.-ims, even when subjected to the most
careful aud scientific manipulation.
EVE 1 1 Y-D AY SCIENCE.
reople Adopt Modern Improvements YTIlhoafc
Keallzlns that They Asklst In a Kevolntloct
Popular Scienrs MontLly.
If. on theon Laud, ve Lave frequent
cause for astonishment at the rapidity wita
which modem life is Leing transformed un
der tho influence of scientific invention and
discovery, wo are, on tho other, sometimes
compelled to wonder at the extreme slow
ness with which certain useful and entirely
practical reforms, plainly indicated by ac
knowledged scientific principles, aro
adopted by the public. There is a law in
theso matters which has, perhaps, never
beo clearly formulated, but which it
would certainly be desirable to understand.
The telephone mal-s its vay every where,
without pau or check, and tbo tame is
true of electric lighting and traction: whila
scientific cookery, thoufth its general prin
ciples mav ne said to bo fully established,
lags painfully behind. That the Utter is a
matter of the utmost importance, economie
allv and hygicnically considered, needs no
laborious demonstration; yet how to inter-,
est the public in it seerr s to be a most diCl- -cult
problem. People who go wild over tb
'ov Jerusalem of "Looking Backward''
listen with cold Indifference- when it is ex
plaiued to them how they can Introduce
here and now a most important ameliora- t
tion in their on lives by economizing at (
onco their worldly substance and tho wear ,
nnd tear of thoir physical organs.
The fact that the reform- in,
question wouli bo particularly
beneficial to the so-called "vorking
classes" fails to commend it to thoe. who
want a revolution or nothing. It is proba-
blythe case that men in general ar more
interested iu spending than in savin, just
as they have more admiration to bestow on
a great warrier than on a great philanthro
pist: and that, consequently, invention
that represent and call lor expenditure aro
more attractive than those which si nply
promote economy. Mnre than on modern
improvement." we doubt not has been,
adopted by msny, as Liuch from tho pleas
urn of spending and perhaps a more
Cotent consideration still of appearing to
e able to spend the money required to pro
euro it, as from a sense of its utility.
Changing the Color of Birds.
rsllMsll Gazette.
The following is from the proceedings ot
the Berliu Physiologies! Society: Starting
with the observed fact that canaries fed
with cayenuo pepper acquire a ruddy plu
mage. l)r. Sauermanu has based upon it a
scientific investigation of canaries, fowls,
pigeons and other birds. From thceo ho
obtained the following results: Feeding
with pepper onlv produces an eflrct wren
given to vouirg birds before they moult;
the color of the feathers of older b.rds can
not be afietted. Moisture facilitates the
change of color to a ruddy hue, which is
agiin discarded under the influence of sun
light and col 1. A portion of the constitu
ents of cayenue pepper isquite inactive, as,
for instance, pip rin and several ex
tractives; Kimilariy, the red coloring mat
ter alone of the pepper has no fleet on the
color of the feathers. It ;s rather the trio
lein, which ocenrs in the pepper in largo
quantities, together with the charactenstio
pigment, which brings about the change of
color by holding tbw red pigment of the
pepper in solution. Glycerine may bo used
instead of triolein to bring about the samo
resnlt. The sam statement h"bU good
with regard to the feeding of birds Willi
unlliuo colors. The red pigment of tlm
pepper i al stored in the rxgyolk as well
as in the feather. Tin tirht appearance of
the pigment in the yolk insy be observed as
a colored rim four dav after th b-irnintug
of feeding with the pigment dissolvd iu
fat. After a further two days feeding tho
whole yolk is colorrd.
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Hard TVorld fcr Uuiuca,
Neir YorxTriM"!
In Chicago tho women kicked for a Ion
time beoanse tho street cir companies did
not provide a spcbisl car for smoRers. Fi.
i;nllv such a csr was provided on some of
thel ines, but tho women are kicking more
vigorously than ever. In spite ot tho con.
ductoiV explanations, they insist on enter
ing the smoking oar, even yrhsn the other
Tars am empty in Chicago three or fom
cars aro run toother, you know and then
berate tho pouductor hrcauyo he doesnoS
put tho smokers TofT. Truly this is getting
to bo a hard woxld Xcj quimc
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