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THE LESSON OF SORROW. JThit ir the tnTe of what Sorrow did— Did a King of old— For a King who lived an a King may live, ' In a palace ablate with gold, "Now, I have Joy and Life, 1 ' anid he, “And all things in their Bcope, Ho! Tell me, men of window great. What need have I of Hope? "What heed have I of Hope?" cried he; “Of Hope for future things? Have I not all that gold ean give— That gold can give to King*?” The wine men reasoned with the King In voices sage and dim, But naught could show, and none could tell Why Hope should conie to him. L Yet Sorrow came, In her sombm garb, All habited in woe, She taught the King a mighty truth, That all men come to know. She taught the King a lesson sore— A lesson grave and grand— For smiling Hope, with gofttle clasp, Held Sorrow by the hand. This the .tale of what Sorrow did— Did for the King of old— The King who lived as a King may live— All panoplied in gold. M Ah. men ot wisdom!" cried the King, “Your teachings were in vain, For I hnve learned whei\ Sorrow comes, Then Hopo comes in her train." —Josh Wink, in Baltimore American. BILLY MASON’S “FOOLISHNESS.” c c c p By E. E. Roxford. c iaQanaQQnaa&Qaflaaflaflaaaaaaannm^aaaaafla 1—\ ILLY MASON, from t’.io time I—/ ho first saw'a telegraph In- I j Htrumciit ill operation,thought (J* ■ ho would lllto to ho a tele graph operator, and lie asked Ills father to buy him the uoccssnry 'Out fit, so that ho might learu the busi ness at home. “All foolishness,” answered Mr. Mason, “You'd get tired of It In less tljan a week. Better go In for some thing that you'd get some good out of." “X wouldn't get tired of It,” asserted Billy. “I promise you that It you'll buy me an outfit I’ll Btlclc to It till I get so I can send messages just like a real operator docs.” But Mr. .Mason couldn’t be coaxed Into gratifying the hoy's “whim," ns lie called It . yi would just be throwing money ■away.” he said. “Can’t afford It.” . That settled the matter, so far as Mr. Mnson was concerned. But BUIy did not give up his pliiu. When the new railroad came to Brownsville of course a telegraph line came with It, mid Billy lost no time making the acquaintance of the oper ator, who was a plensnnt, good-na tured fellow, and quite willing to show Billy how to use the Instrument. Iq less tha.. a week from the time ho began to practice on the operator’s “sender" he had learned the alphabet, and It was not long before lie could begin to pick up short nhd cnBy words’ as they came to-tlic operator over the line. “You’d learn the business In no time It you bad a cliauco,” tbo operator sold. “You ought to have an Instru ment at home. If you had, we'd string a wire between your place and the station, nnd we could practice n good deal, at odd spells.” “I wish It could ho done," said Billy wjtli n sigh. “I’ll try father once more." Accordingly, he made another at tempt that night, but ns unsuccess fully ns before. "I tell you It's all foolishness," said Mr. Mnsoii. "I wish you’d stop tensing mo about 1L I won't glvo you a cent to throw mvny In that way." Billy concluded he would sny no more to his father nbout It, but ho determined to learn telegraphy for all that. One day the operator at the station told him that lie had found whero a second-hnnd outfit could be bought for a song, nlmost. “If you’ll buy that. I'll furnish the wire," he said. “Then we'll have a line of our own, nnd we'll ask uo fa- Tors of tlio main line.” Billy determined that such a chance as tills should not he lost, nnd ho went to work that ilny to earn the money ■with which to. buy the outfit. Ho ran on errands. IIo dhl all kinds ot odd jobs that would- bring in a penny. By-and-by, seeing liow Intent bo wns on tlio purchase of the Instrument, his mother felt sorry for him nnd gave him enough money to mnko up the price of It, when added to what ho had earned. And Billy bought the outfit. “I shouldn't think you’d encourage tlio hoy In Ills foollsnness,” said Mr. Mnson to ,lils wife, when ho fouud out liow Billy had bought tlio instru ment. “Maybe there Isn’t ns much foolish ness 111 It as you think for," sho said. “I believe It'll be the means ot milk ing a telegraph operator of the hoy. If ho doesn’t It nrnuses him, nnd keeps lihn at home, and out of mlsehlof, atfd that's worth a good deal.” A happier hoy than Billy Mnsop was when the wire was strung and the line wns ready for uso It would bo hard to find. It was not long before he was able to “take” tlio messages the station- man sent him over their line, and in n little while ho became quite profl dent at “sending." They talked back and forth between the farm and sta tion, nnd Billy began to feel quite like •a full-fledged operator when ho was ablo to "call up” the man at the other cud of the line, nnd ask him a ques tion whose meaning did not have to be guessed at. One day Mr. Mason announced his intention to take tbo family nnd go over to Ills- sister's, at Three Lakes, on a visit. "We'll go Saturday and come back Mondny," lie said. "But I guess you’ll have to stay at homo, Billy—“to see to things. It wouldn't do to shut up tlio house nnd leave It alone;" “All right," said Billy, rather pleased at the prospect of being left In charge of the place. He had never been alone all night, nnd the experlenc would ho a novel one for him. He rather liked the Idea of the responsibility It would put upon him to be left "to see to "Pngs," the same as if ho wore a man. Mr.- Mason and the family started on Saturday afternoon, on the long- plan. often-delayed visit, and Billy was left to look out for himself, which he felt quite able to do. The nlglit closed In, dark and threat ening storm. Tbo wind blow fiercely nbout the bouse, nnd-mndo a roarlug sound in the chimney ot tlio fireplace. Billy did not fool at all frightened at being alone, but be could uot help feeling lonesome. He went up to his room nbout eight o’clock and concluded ho would go to bed. I wonder If Stewart Is In the ofllcc still?” be thought. I'll call him, and see." He went to the Instrument,and mode Is "call." Click, click, click, came back the an swer presently. Didn’t know but that you'd gone home," telegraphed Billy, Busy* making out my monthly re port,” came back tlio answer. "Shall not bo able to get away very early to-night. Good-night.” "Good-night," responded Billy, nnd then he went to bed. He dropped off to sleep nlmost Im mediately. But he awoke just as the old clock downstnlra was striking ten. As the sound of the clock died away, lie became conscious of another round —a sound like that ot n step-in tlio room below—a slpiv, careful step, us of some ouo who did not caro to make noise enough to wnru others of his presence, I wonder If some one Is down stairs, or am I Imagining It?" thought Billy. He sat up lu bed and listened. "I do hear steps," ho decided. "Who’s down Btnlrs I'd liko to know? None of our folkB—they wouldn't bo tip-toe- lng round like that It must bo « bm-glnr or a tramp." Billy's room was over tho sitting room. There wns a register In the floor immediately lu front of Ills bed, When tills wits open, light would shine through from tho window below. As lio 'snt there, lie heard a sound like the cnreful opening of a door, nnd then ho snw n glimmer of light through tlio opening lu tho register plate. Ho leaued out of bed, and peered down Into tho room below. ’ Presently a man passed under the register. He could seo enough ot him to tell tliut It was n man. nnd that was nil. He listened, Pretty soon ho lienrd a sound ll&c that of bureau drawers being opened. “It was a burglar." decided Billy. "Ho’ll get nwny with father’s box that ho keeps his money in, 03 Bure’s tho world!' Suddenly an Idea came to Billy. It vvns not very lntc yet The clock had just struck ten. It was possible that Stewart wns still at tho station, nt work on his report for tho month. If lie could ouly call him upt “I'll try It,” decided Billy. He took a quilt from tho bed nnd dropped It lightly over the register. “That’ll keep the sound ot tho In strument from getting down to tho mnn,” he thought. Then ho got out of hod noiselessly mid tiptoed ncross to tho table which tho Instrument stood. Ills hand shook as ho touched tno key ot tho sender, so fearful wns ho that Stewart would have loft, the of fice. Ho sent the “call," nnd waited nlmost breathlessly for a reply. Presently, click, click, click, went the machine, and Stewart had an swered him. "A burglnr here,” he said to the sta tion agent over tho wire. “Send men, quick. No time to lose. Hurry!" “All right,” camo hack tho reply. The village wns nbout half a mile away from the Mnson farm. Billy calculated that It would tnko at least fifteen minutes to get men together nnd get thorn there. By that time the burglar might ho gone. But they would he so dose on his track. that they might bo ablo to run him down. He listened again. The roan wns still at tho bureau, It seemed. He wns evidently rummaging through all the drawers of It. "Very likely he knows there Is no ope In the house hut me,” thought Billy, “and ho feels safe In tnkfng his time for It. I suppose lie'll take all mother's trinkets, as well ns fntber’s money, If tliero happens to ho any in the box.’’ By-and-by tho man moved away from the corner where the bureau stood, and went out of tho room. Silly Judged by the faint light that lingered In It, that the unwelcome visitor lini' gone Into the pantry, Just across tho Ultclicn from tho sitting room door. He wns convinced that ho was right In this surmise, for be heard the sound of crockery coming In contact with other crockery. "He’s hunting about for something to cat,” thought Billy,"and don’t know just where to look for-It, so he has Evidently the AM* felt perfectly s*f* In taking his tlifls tor It, for ho showed no disposition to hurry. Billy crept over to the front window, raised the sash softly, and listened. ’m sure I hear some ono down the road,” he said. He listened ngnin. "I do licnrs them," ho chuckled. They're nlmost here. Ah; lia! Mr. Burglar, I wonder what you'll think when they hurst In on you? ' I rather guers you'll wish you'd gone about your business a little sooner.” By tills time ^llly could distinguish tbe forms of several men nt tho gate. He threw up the sash, nnd leaned out ot the window. “Go 'round to the kitchen door," ho cried. "There’s where he must havq got 111. He’s In tho pantry now," Tho man lu tho pantry henrd him, ns well lia the men nt tlic gate, nud Billy heard him scurrying across the kltclicu floor and out at tho kitcheu door. But lie wns too lntc to mnko Ills es cape. Tho liicti from the village came arouml the liouso Just ns ho made n bolt for tho garden fence, and two ot three shots were fired nt him. Ono of them took effect; nnd with a groan nud some terrible oaths, ho fell among- Mrs. Mnsou’s petunias nud hollyhocks. Five minutes Intel- they had the thief securely bouud, hand and foot, by Mrs. Mason's clothesline; The shot had struck him In tho log nnd quite dis abled him, but the party from the vil lage had no Intention of letting him got nwny, nnd, being unused to deni- lug with burglars and that class of not-to-he-dopended-oii persons, mul feeling rather Insecure ns long as ho had the use of bauds and foot, they determined to he on tho snfo side. "I'll bet he don't get, them knots loose very ensy," declared tho mail who did the tying. "I guess there holu’t much dnngcr o’ his glttlu' away." Tho tin box in which Mr. Mnson kept ills valuables wns fouud in tho flower bed, where tho man had dropped It, when tho pistol ball struck I blm. Some nrtlcleB of old-fasbloned l Jewelry nud trinkets ot some little j value were found lu bis pockets nud - turned-over to Billy. Then they tool: lilm to the village with them, and ho wns lodged In Jail for snfo keeping. • ••**•* You mny ho quite sure that Mr. and Mrs. Mason were greatly excited when they found out ivhat had hap pened. "Why, I had over two hundred dol lars lu that box!” cried Sir. Mason. I “I’ve been saving It up to inako a payment on the wood lot with, next week. I don't know what I’d have dono If the mnn had got o# with It." "Now, wlint do you think of my •foolishness?’" cried Billy. “If It hadn’t been for our telegraph you'd have lost your money, as sure us you live.” “I wouldn’t wonder if you nro right about that,” nnswored Mr. Mason. Billy’s father went to town tho next week, nnd when he camo hack ho had something for Billy. “It’s brand new,” he sahl, ns'Billy ! unwrapped the box, eager to seo tho contents of It. "Nothing second-hand i about that, my son." "Oh, .my gracious!" cried Billy, his ' eyes almost ns big as dollars’ with sur- I prlso nud dollght, ns the last - paper fell off, disclosing a telegraph outfit, bright with enamel and gilt ornamen tation. "Isn't It a daisy? I sny, father, you couldn’t have brought 1110 anything I’d rather have had than this. It’s a good deni ulcer than tho ono tho operator bus down nt tho station." "Glad you like It," said Ills father. “You’ve earned It. I hope nil your foolishness will turii out us this ouo has." ' • • • • • • '* * . The thief never' came to trial In Brownsville. It wns discovered that ho was nil old offender, who wns want ed In several other places for serious misdemeanors, -and ho wns turned over to tho proper authorities, nud I be lieve ho Is still In State’s prison, ror- linps, had It uot been for Billy Ma son’s "foolishness,” he might still ho at large.—Ledger Monthly. Sent to tiDainc'e School. So many great men have been cred ited with extraordinary precocity In youth that It Is refreshing to hear of a great mnn who wns only an averago hoy. Such 4 man Is Lord Kitchener. He showed no peculiar cleverness, nnd, what Is more surprising, In view of lijs present tireless activity, lie was Inclined to ho lazy. Ills father, Colonel Kitchener, who died within the last ton years, wns a strict disciplinarian. The story goes that on one occasion, when Ills son Herbert wns at n public school, nnd was working for a certain examina tion, It was reported to the colonel that he wns Idling. The report did not please Colonel Kitchener, and he told the future .con* -queror of the Malidi that unless ho succeeded In passing that examination there would he no more public school Xor him for the present, for ho would he taken away and sent to walk In the solemn procession of pupils of a dame’s school. If lie failed there ho should ho apprenticed to a batter. In splte of these threats young Kitch ener failed, nnd thereupon dropped out of*his place in the public" school, anil’ was seen ;In tlic ranks that walked through the streets, two nnd two. es corted by the good lady of whom hit father had Bpoken. _ When he again went In for his examination lio passed. Possibly the world h;is lost n good hatter by his success, but it gained a better -general.—Youth’s Companion, lleiiieily-Fnr Infect lilies. It Is said that Insect bites shouid be to keep looking till be finds It. I hopo touched with a point of a toothpick lie’ll come ncross the doughnuts and Upped in a fluid made by dissolving mince plo mother left'for me, and Wo teaspoonfuls of bicarbonate' of will' lifee thenr so well that he’ll keep oda and two teaspoonfuls of common at them until some one gets here." -It In a quarter of a pint of water. Woman’s I'ffOR.LD THE MILLINER’S ART. A new cycling nml nhtomobllo hot for/tho whiter, which comes , from Paris, Is made ou th'e same lines ns,tlio pique nml llucii summer lints—stitched nil over lu close, set rows. Tho now' lints arc made chiefly lu dnrk blue mid dark brown, and nro trimmed with abort quills or breasts. Felt will bo much' used for smart millinery, though not bo much ns vel vet, mid In some eases tbo soft, low crowus of toques, with nnrrow, rolled hrliUB of black tulle, richly spangled, nro of polo pink, blue or liimivo long haired felt. A particular simile of pluklsli mauvo Is much affected for felt. A hat with a slightly wnved brim of black velvet has a full e’roivn In this mauvo felt, drawn up nt tlio top through n Jot buckle. Tlio trim ming eouslBts of a bunch of satin roses In several shades of tho snmo color. There Is no doubt blit that blnek hats mul toques will enjoy Immense favor, mul nlso mixtures of black nnd color or black and white. Black che nille mid floss silk cord, Intenvoyon, form tho upturned brim of n round toque, wltli a corlso velvet .crown. This crown Is low nnd wide, And tlio velvet on the top Is finely tucked In circles mul then draped down diagon ally to Its base. On one side Is a plutno composed of small cock’s feath ers In black, , ’ It Is rather exceptional to find n now lint model trimmed with (lowers, hut certain kinds of floral garnitures will receive attention. Thus fqr, how ever, tho varieties have 'been confined to roses nnd autumn' tinted rase leaves. Tlio rosoB aro large, often great, mag nified blossoms from six to, seven Inches In diameter, some, of them wide open,' with a full cluster of golden sta- mous ln tho centre. Tlioy nro UhulU-, ally rich, mndo ol’ velvet, soft antln and soft silk, In nil tho. colors of na ture, ami, conventionalized lu tlio ec centric colors of tho bciisou. Indications point to a liberal use of lqeo In tlio make-up of fine lmtii for tlio winter. Of the. lmiubnmdc laces, the. BcnnlsBniicc, tho Battonlicrg and tho applique will ho 111 request by women who ciln nfford them, wlillo tho woven millinery Iaccs leave nothing to bo asked for In dcHlgn or effect, tho lmlln- tion of Irish point In white and of Gbnntllly hi black being especially, beautiful. Homo of tho lnccs shown arc uluo or ton Inches wide. A distinct stylo from London Is ouo in which tho main affect prfiduccd Is flatness. 'Ail example Is ft largo toqn'o of black velvet, hi which tho top Is perfectly flat, except for tho loosely arranged folds, and tho trlnimlng of three ostrich plumes, fastened to tlio coutro with a brilliant buckle. Is laid Unt, with tho ouds curilng down over thoi front. Tho lint' Is worn well for ward on the head, nnd Is raised, high, at the front with a bandeau. Mirolr velvet Is destined for first place In th'o production of rich colored lints, whllo In 'blnek tlio kid finished and royal velvet- of light weight will linvo tho proforcncc; Plain mirolr Is varied by tho production In < pressed of brocaded effects. Again mirolr will bo strongly rivalled by satin panne, a revival In tissues of loss weight- of tbo old fashioned, elegant satin an tique of years ago.’ Ab lu mirolr vel vet, tlio panne velvet In plain colors will take precedence In choice; I.aco Work I'or Women, .Jr In all the foremost countries of tho world, except tho United States, tlio' manufacture of limid-lnco 1b encour aged us a source of social good, nnd tho ambition of tue needlewomen en gaged upon It Is stimulated by tho ap probation mid avowed patronngo of tlio rich, says Ada Sterling In tho At lantic. , American women display sharp a tinmen In selecting the best ex amples of handwork abroad, paying high prices to middle men, add, added to this, tho regular duties, or tariff, hut tho advisability, uot to say, 1 neces sity, of transplanting this homo indus try to this sfdo of tho water and here protecting. It seems not to have .oc curred to them. Nevertheless, ino lin- tion needs moro to provide an inter esting and quieting occupation i for its , working-women than docs this one. Hero Is a distinct nnd untrodden field for the women who nro nojv dpvotlng themselves Indeterminately , to tlie so- terraed amelioration of the condition of their sex, especially the poor among them. Once the enterprise IS thought fully entered upon, it Is not to lie Con jectured that CongrcsH will refuse ad mission to the qualified teachers wliom It would be necessary, to attract' to America for a proper establishment of the Industry. Imt n coterie of earnest, moneyed wdtuen be formed In each huge city, oollgntcd to support tho In dustry by. purchasing and wearing tho laco locally produced, nud another fl’ve years ivoum sec tills gentlest of all strictly forbidden feminine loi tlons In n thriving condition. occupu- The Gmna of Shopping;, Women buy clothes and household effects chiefly, letting themselves? run over Into such other delights jof 'pur- ehnse: ns their purses nnd thilr con sciences permit. It Is hard work, nnd‘ they- often exhaust themselves In the labor of It, nnd mnko most of ,that when- they, discourse- .about *dt. They seldom recognize that It Is *n labor they delight In, or admit its impor tance to tlrtr Tmpplnoss, CjilengQ la ments the retirement from active par* tteipntlon«ln tlil**grcnt pursuit'of ono of Its most' notable ornaments. film Is Mrs. O'Neil), the wife of O'Nell), tho Harley King, who lately sustained re verses. The gentlemen who s chroni cle things that happen 1 In "Chicago speak of Mrs. O’Neill with admiration as a woman who believed In the laud ed economy of getting the best, nud whose bill In h single shop, run up In a short time, wns $2R,000. Mho bought anything that was good-books, Jew els. furs, silks, laces—whatever at tracted her. Rad to say, her gowns, or some of them, were lately Hold nt hue,* tloii, nnd nt last accounts there was a deputy sheriff In charge of hqrsolf hnA the residue of her effects In tho Grand Pacific Hotel. Harvest tlmo seems to liav'o been' out somewhat short In her case, but she gathered Ilf what she could.—Harper’s Weekly. Tim Golilcn Girtllo. Bells nml girdles of gold braid nro showy and vulgar looking or hnndsomo and artistic hi-the extroinc, according to the shop and tho price. Nothing la less sninrt (Inin a bout and tarnished' gold holt, with a clicnp brass, buckle, worn wlth.n costume Whtcli Is unsuita ble for such an ornament. A gold belt that hns distinction anil beauty costs a pretty penny in these glittering days, but It Is worth- it. For cxninplc: A broad cclnturo' Is foyned by a band of heavy, closely woven gold cloth, g’eninlng darkly nml richly. It Is bor dered by bands ot velvet, about half Its own width', tlio upper one of black velvet, tlio lower one of i coral pink. The buckle Is ot enamel nnd jewels and on cither side of It tlic belt Is adorned by light appliques ot laco sewn with coral nml pearls. Fashion's Fad. In V„r*. . It Is predicted that tlic commingling of different peltry will be oiio of Iho distinctive fcnturcs of the winter. Given plenty of scope nml a ready ap preciation, this craze will more than likely rim to extreme exaggeration, wlieu not ouo or two or three, but five nud six different kinds ot-furs will be blended together In one clever whole. As to the sueceHS''iif sucli a'departure time nlonn will tell. Applied fur will assuredly be nu.approved fancy. Fur riers nro Hlinply craving to.exhibit their manipulative skill and prove to us their undaunted prowess with knife and needle. And slfltee applications of all sorts, kinds nud conditions arc dear to us, It Is moro than likely thnt we shall he ready and willing to be meld ed to the will of tho adepth. In tho furry world. ; ( LoiiUtaim Kittle l r lower. The women of Louisiana lmvo se lected tho magnolia ns the (State dow er because ot Its beauty ns well as the fact that It belongs peculiarly to thnt Slate, growing In her forests to great height. Tho ehni-in of the flower la weii known, hut inly those who hnve seen It in Its. native Stale can roullzo tlio splendor of tiio tree, with Its large, sntiny leaves and graceful form, Tho lnnguolln begins to flower In the early spring, nud continues to bloom luxu riantly until llip end,of summer. Tho old French mansions frequently lmvo long avenues of magnolias lending to them, but later residents object to them ns lawn trees on account of tlielr copious shedding of leaves ull through tlio year. Tlio tricorne hat In soft felt trimmed With silk or velvet and unique Orien tal buckles Is a popular model. (Something pretty 'for evening wraps Is a silk Matcbcssc, soft, thick, light nud warm, which, comes In pretty pule shades. fjUiadcs of yellow with cream play the, part of accessories to the brown cloth gowns which nro to bo so much worn tlijs season. ’ \ . Empire gowns of headed nnd cm- broidenrd nets nro shown among the new ;cvei»lng gowiiB; tlic neck Is cut low nnd the sieeves nro long and trans parent. Fancy buttons sot with Imitation gems are shown In great profusion In the shops, and no doubt llielr particu lar usefulness will become manifest, later on. Stockings to mnteli the gown arc tlio latest,fad, nnd olio way to obtain thlH Is to purchase , tlio while ones and linvc them dyed to match the sample of yom- gown. White lirondtnll In-used ris n dress trimming this season, a two-lneh hand widening Into ‘ scallops on tho upper edge, sown on tho flounces of a pale gray gown, being one example. Home of the newest gowns for house wear introduce a sash either at one side of. tho hack or one side of tho front. ,A black mousscllnc sash with bands of gold ncross Ihe ends Is very affective In some colors. Black velvet embroidered stitching linfi assumed' another form, nml the chain stitch Is used In close rows around the edge ot cloth coats, the rows being so close' together thnt the effect resembles military braid. Sea gulls are used for the body of chiffon muffs and fancy, small capo, collars to match, ouo gull on, cither shoulder, the heads pointing down on tlio bust. Two blrds me‘also used ,for tho muff with chiffon frills, at either end. .. . It Is rcporjfd that : Eastern embroid eries gro to adorn the roVers and col lars of our fur coats, hut It Is to he hoped thnt such a fancy may not ma terialize, since, the beauty of fur Is rarely If even enhanced by anything except yery dnlniy laco. YARNS FROM LOUISIANA, Kotnowliaro In Ilia Cramant Oily Theta >- I.Ivan Ilia Kiiual of Bluticliftnen. “Tho theory thnt n moving train carries along an envelope of all* Is very Interesting.” continued the engineer, “nml I believe there Is a,good deal or truth In It. I first had my attention attracted to the subject by a curloxa Incident that happened several yearn ago at a crossing near Rlrmlnghnm, Alh.Y wlierc trains pass twice a day at a speed of about forty miles an hour. Tho tracks are seven feet apart, ami theto would seem to bo ample room to stand between them In perfect qafety. One afternoon.a small.fox terrier dog* belonging to a section boss wns asleep lu the middle space, and woke up Just as the trains closet. In from each ajtlo. There was a barrel on the ground { nearby, and ’the dog, in his fright. Jumped on top of It. That possibly brought lilnit Into one of the rushing envelopes of air; nt any rate, he wnw whirled off his feet nud thrown clear to the roof of the opposite ear,*whom he was subsequently found, Jammed against a ventilator chhftney, with no Injury except a broken log. liow ll» the world he over mndo puoh n journey nnd escaped alive Is a mystery,jUnless his fall'was deadened by a cushion oC ulr. “Apropos of atmospheric pressure, It Is a well-known fuct thnt tlieFe Is a •vprtex spqce’ or ’zone of suction’ di rectly behind any rapidly • moving train, and Its presence accounts for a grotesque happening that took place some time ago on the SouthcrinPaelfle. While tho Oallfornla-bouudi express wns going through Western Arizona nt a clipping gait a passenger who was on the verge of tho jim-jams rushed out to tho rear plntform, climbed oil tho rail, nnd jumped off. lie was wenijng a very long linen duster, and a inusculur tourist who happened to be on the platform at tho time, grabbed it by the tails n» It sailed by and yqlled for help. When some of the others rnn to his assist ance they found the lunatic.stretched straight out in the nlr behind the plat form, howling like u Commnnche, but safely anchored by his duster, which had turned InBldo out and caught him nt the shoulders. The muscular gen tleman was hanging on for dear life, ‘ but had It not been -for the fact that the would-be suicide was virtually sustained and carried along by the suction of the vortex space something Would certainly have given way. They reeled the mnn In like a kite, nitd.lio promised to be gffod.* We have very little exact knowledge nt present of the atmospheric fcohdltlons that sur round a moving trail}. A fuller knowl edge of them may lead to the solution of some batiling problems In traction." —Now Orleans Tlmcs-Democrnt. Ono Way of HeMline It. The other evening as a muscular person wns passing a house, a lady who stood nt tho gate called out tr# him; “Sir, I appeal to you for protec tion 1” “What’s the matter?” he asked, am he stopped short. “There’s a mnn In the house nnd lie won’t go out of doors, though 1 have ordered him to.’! “He won’t, eh? vWc’ll sec about that." Thereupon the man gave the’woman his coat to hold and sailed Into tlm house. Ho found a mnn nt the sup per table, nud took him by the peck nnd remarked: “Nice stylo of brute you are, eh? Come out o’ this, or I’ll break every bone In your body!" The man fought, and it was not till a chair lmd been broken nnd the ta ble upset that he was hauled out off doors by the legs and, given a lllijg through the gates. “Now, then, you. brass-faced old tramp, you move on, or I’ll finish •you!" “Tramp! Tramp!" shouted the vic tim, ns he got up. “I’m uo tramp! 1 own this. propevty nml live In this house." # 7 “You do?" “Yes, that’s,.my wife holding, your •coat.” “ “Thunder!” whispered the muscular man ns lie'gazed from one to the other and realized'that it 'was the wife’s method of finishing a row she had been having with her Jiuslmiul. And thou' lie' made a grab for his coat and dis appeared Into the darkness.—Tlt-Bfts. Thu Gold lluHet. A weird story is told of a man by tho uume of Vam-HosUponi, who Is dis tinguished 'Ip the Transvaal ns the best sliot In the republic; lie is now fifty-five years old ami never, It Is claimed, hns ho missed nu object at which lie tired. A few months ago lie had a productive gold mine and a •flourishing family, but ho lost his mine recently, and soon after his two sons were slain us they were fighting against the English'. The loss df his mine troubled him little, but when ho learned that his stalwart sons were no r more n great change came ovec him. • He took Ids old lllnt-lock rifle, whlcji he calls Lobengula, nnd with a bag of golden bullets lie went to tho front to light the foss of his country. And It iS'snld thqt during the recent battles wiiclu lie ambulances re moved each day those who hud fallen In battle, the physicians could readily pick out the offleers who had been killed by Van Hosboom, for Instead of two ounces of lead or steel they lmd two ounces of gold’oither In- the heart or iu the- forehead. Whether tills bo truth,or fiction I know hot,«'but I do know that there are multitudes of men and women who are' shot to death In these days, not only iu South Africa, but In Europe and America ns well, by the bullets* of gold.— 1 The Homiletic Review. Tho richest town, in Germany, ac cording^ to the estimates of the Prop erly Tax Commission for 18.09, is not Berlin, but Frankfort-ou-thc-Main-