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m T ^ passinc op the dpum. _ Lieutenant Con .uarrast Perkins of the United States Marino Corps writes ** Nijticle entitled “The Last of the for St. Nicholasr Lieuten- 4^tins says: T think few know that of all the time-honored equipments of war which these days of military progress have left us, the drum is the oldest; but, like the sword and iha bayonet, the drum is fast disappearing. Its companion, the fife, hallowed by tra¬ ditions of valor even in our own his¬ tory, from Lexington to Gettysburg, is already gone, and another decade will still forever the inspiriting martial music of the drum. What boy has not felt his pulses thrill and his heart swell with patriotic pride and martial ardor while gazing upon the well known picture of the Revolution, the “Minute Man of ’76” forsaking the ploughshare and flying to take down the old flintlock at the tocsin of war—the throbbing of the drum and the shrill screaming of the life, sounded by two scarred veterans, bare-headed, white-haired, and in their shirt-sleeves, inarching through fields and along the roads, calling the patriots to arms. Every New England schoolboy has read the story of Abigail and Eliza¬ beth, the sisters of Newburyport, who ♦luring the Revolution repelled alone an attack of the British by beating furiously an old drum and blowing a fife. The British troops, who were about to land, hurried back to their ships, thinking a whole army lay in ambush to repulse them! Thus did a fife and drum drive off the enemy and save a town from pil¬ lage and ruin. The military drum is supposed to have been introduced in Europe by the Moors and Saracens, during the middle ages, and was quickly adopted by armies. The drum of to-day differs little, and in appearance only, from the earliest form. It consists, as every boy knows, of two pieces of parchment, or batter heads, stretched over the ends of a holloAv cylinder and struck with sticks. For ages this in¬ strument has been known among sav¬ age tribes and barbaric nations, who use its weird music to accompany their religious rites, as well as for war pur- pose*. The tom-tom of the Sioux Indian is a good example of a primitive drum. In civilized warfare the drum has ever been connected Avith deeds of martial A*alor, and its voice is dear to the heart of tho soldier avIio has fol¬ lowed ita pulsing into the deadly fire of battle, or eren in reviews and military parades, when rank upon rank sweep up a street keeping per¬ fect alignment and step to the drum’s inspiring beat. * It has found a place in history through the daring bravery of more than one beardless hoy who has sounded at the critical moment the pas de charge or “rally” just in time to turn the tide of battle. Johnny Clem, the “drummer boy of Shiloh,” who beat the rally Avithout orders when his regiment had broken, panic stricken, and thus helped to save the day, was made an officer for his heroism, and is now a major in the United States army. In fable, song and story the drum has ever kept pace with the most A-aliant deeds of men. Iludyard Kip¬ ling’s pathetic little story of “The Drums of the Fore and Aft,” tAvo courageous drummer-hoys avJio, at the cost of their oAvn lives, led the charge and saved tho honor of their regiment when routed by the Afghans, tells of a deed such as is to be found in histoiy ns well as in fiction. More than once has the drum claimed a place in the front rank of storming battalions, or led desperate charges in the van of a victorious army. What wonder, then, that Ave look sorrowfully into the future, Avhen battling will no longer he inspired by the “wav-drum'a throb;” for we knoAv that the advance of military science, with all its death-dealing machine- guns, magazine-rifles, and its smoke¬ less powder, Mill surely sound the knell of the drum. Six Costly Things. The biggest price for a painting M*as that paid for Meissonier’s “1814.” M. Chanchard gave <1170,000 for it. The most costly building of modern times is that of the Neiv York state capitol at Albany. Nineteen million six hundred thousand dollars have been spent on it. In 1892 I. Malcolm Forbes paid $150,000 to Senator Stan¬ ford for the horse Avion, making it the most valuable equine the Morld has ever known. The most valuable book in the world is a Hebrew Bible now in the Vatican. In 1512 Pope Julius II i-efused to sell it for its weight in gold, which M’ould amount to about $103,000. The “Imperial” diamond is considered the finest stone of its kind iu the world. The Nizam of Hyderabad offered $2,150,000, the largest price ever known, for this dia¬ mond. The costliest meal ever served was a supper given by Eelius Yarns to a dozen guests. It is said to have cost $242,500. His Connection. Bannister, the comedian, avrs pre¬ sented to a proud old Scotch dame. “Who are the Bannisters?” she asked peevishly. “I do not recollect meet¬ ing Avith them before.” “Madame,” replied the actor, gravely, “we are closely connected with the Stairs.” “Ah! there is a good Rnd ancient fam¬ ily!” cried rnadame. /‘Mr. Bannister, I am delighted to make your acquaint¬ ance.”—Household Words. i n Fleuhant ^ and a Rahv At the circus parade in Middletown recently a small child on Broad street got axvay from its mother and toddled out in the street to see Jumbo. Before anyone could realize what the child was up to, it was directly iu front of the herd of elephants. Everyone ex- peeted to see tne little one crushed to ] j death, but the leader of the herd care- fully picked the little one up Avith his of * ui “- Personal PWj and Hot Weather. and not until its effects actually dis- qualify one for exertion is it a r‘eason j for remaining away from the house of 1 God. The truly devout will say: “If «•»Chrv AdTO *■ Dittoing r* Pine Au liver sir. aitiog was a type »uiy Industry, , front AJf** ?-> It k OU peeted that l^tmi J apparel svuld clothe women To keep dainty behmsiags in good order It is ne^cssa*y to have them jirwperly laundered. This is t-spat iiiiy true in the laundering of pretty sunune: me fourth Of a He of Ivory Soo : . (whi-h win | not fads the most dollcateeoior-,) add i: to tve i ynAar; wash in? aril-lea through it. rinst* first < in dear and then in bias wttc:-. tv.iug. dip iu j ““ vec » the bes* season EuziS-PitKm some time. Some time we shall know why Our sunniest mornings change to noons of ratn; shadowed by And why our steps are so pain; why lie And we often On couches sown with thorns of care and doubt, hedged And why our livos are thickly about With bars that put our loftiest plans to rout. Some time we shall know why Our dearest hopes are swept so swift away, And why our brightest flowers first decay; Why song is loeit in sigh. m Why clasping Angers slip so soon apart— Estrangement, space and death rend heart from heart, Until from deepest depths the teardrops start. The Dwarf’s Little Brother. A GIRL’S ADVENTURE IN A MEXICAN TOWN. ISS STANLEY m was a pink-and- white English girl, very and m |Vi lip. The Mexican m ■§^J girls, who or- mw ^ carriages (lered out if their they had a block to go, used to look upon her with amaze- ment as she tramped down their steep streets with a fine, swinging, heel- and-toe gait. She was picking her way one day among the vendors in the plaza, stop- ping once in a while to give some whining beggar or tattered monstrosity a centavo, when she felt her skirt pulled. Looking, she saw voice*piped a tinv hand held out, and a childish the usual formula for alms. The little creature was no taller than a child of four. But flie face! It was old and withered. The eyes were sunken and so old! Miss Stanley pulled back the rebozo—the hair was gray, “A dwarf,’’she thought, with a lit- lie feeling of repulsion. “How old are you?” “Fifty-four,” piped up the wee thing. Then, true to her sex, “The priest Avill tell you fifty-eight, but I am not; I am only fifty-four.” She said fc her name was Rosita. Rosita, it appeared, did nearly any- thing for a living, begging preferably, although that is a somewhat over- croAvded profession in Mexico. Some- times she sold chickens or vegetables on a commission. She had another source of income, being pensioner on the bounty of a young man—a centavo a Aveek—but she confessed sadly he made her jump for the coin, and if ho held his arm out straight she might jump in A r ain, she could not reach it. “The brute!” said Miss Stanley, Rosita did not knoAv the meaning, but she looked up, pleased. That was good, the English lady Avas taking an interest in her, for the expletive sounded profane, and profanity from a feminine source.indicated strong emo- tion, which she construed faA'orably. The poor in Mexico are always hun- failing, gry, and took Miss Rosita Stanley, knowing this to a little one- room restaurant. The menu.Avas con- lined strictly to Mexican dishes. Miss Stanley noticed that Rosita put half her dinner to one side, wrapping the cavne and frijoles iu tortillas, When she came to a dulce of some tropic fruit, boiled in a syrup of cane sugar, her little Avrinkled eyes looked wistful. “How can I take some to my little brother?” she asked. Miss Stanley asked another ques¬ tion: “Is this food you have put atvay for your brother?” “Yes,” answered Rosita, in her squeaky \*oice, “I take all the care of him. YYe are alone, and I Avork for him. He is locked in the room noAv, see,” and she held up the massive key peculiar to Mexican doors. “Why is he locked in?” asked Miss Stanley, as she directed the mozo to put the dinner in a couple of ollas for Rosita to take to her brother. “He has combats Avith the children 1 7 -me one ** kmt, she aiiSN\ei ed. Miss Stanley Avatched her trot away, 1 c ? ° < *’ un i te man y dwarfs not bulky—indeed, 1 . pitifully thin. It Avas not until she reached her home that Miss Stanley remem- hered she hn<l ’ oerea she had not net asked not i how i old i t the u little brother” M-as. She often met Rosita after that sometimes in the Jardin, Avhere the roses nodded overhead, and violets bloomed underfoot, and the band played softly and SAveetly, as Mexican bands do. Rosita Avould dart from the circling stream of pelado into the inner circle, where the quality walked under the trees or sat on the iron benches. Miss Stanley could seldom resist the little, dirty, badly worked square of drawn-work held out by the tiny hand. Constance Stanley had no father or mother, and, lh'ing with a brother who was endeavoring to effect the drainage of “the richest silver mine m the world,” she wandered un- checked through the crowded, narrow streets of the. old town with a young criada her only safeguard. k. he had often longed to explore a uarii street that plunged downward from the paved and civilized one. It was damp and murky. A staircase of stone, with crumbling adobe walls, tw o and three stones high. Across the street s narrow width fluttered strings of Abashing. The wnmon A-bh red petticoats and blue rebozos male bright blots of color ^ged The men loaf >1 about, lean and d^rwa^ It remtoded swimed her of Naples. The with babies and dogs_poA-‘ertv fide'with march nocents. ing always side by * those nose m in' Down she went The street mode ££ like beast's . s peeling out %i ^ na eve« the °n f ^< 1 P ! “ ,e •« -U-. ««se, ironstone china plate, chipped and cracked, There was a look of intense agony on her old face, and her wee hands shook as she drew her treasure forth from under her rebozo. The plate was im- ! possible, and Constance, breaking ! that fact very gently to the little wns nstonished tM to see the shriveled tenrs j For two . days, . senonta, . I have | dared not I ; unlock that door," and she nodded toward shone^7he the mean oortal fllee” where ' the eve. had 1 ha9 uothiug to eat, except the few | Some time we all shall know Each other, aye, as we ourselves are known; And see how out of darkness light has grown. And He—whe loves us so— Despite our wilfutness and Mind corn- plaint— Will show us how Hts kind and calm re- straint Can mold a human soul into a saint. — - T-, Some time our eyes shall see The silver lining to the darkest cloud, While silvery echoes follow thunder loud. Some time our hearts shall be Content, forgetting all our restless mood, And knowing everything has worked for good— The how, and when, and why be under¬ stood. —Lillian Gray, ! tortillas the poor around here could fB ve > aud many of these go hungry fr01 tt the sun’s coming up until the sun ’ 9 going down.” Constance „ sent her servant and Rosita to the plaza for some cooked food, and, while she waited, she talked i u tbe doorways with Pepita and Lola and J uana. They told her how Rosita worked and starved for her brother. “How old is he?” asked Constance, “Quien sabe?” they said. “ Is be a child or is he big enough to work for her?” she asked, impa- tiently. “ A b! he is grandote, but also he is loco - un mauiatico. See, that is Jose now who glares from the hole in the door.” Miss Stanley listened to them with that rapt attention we all give to tales of the mad. He dug deep holes in the eart h floor, burrowing like an animal, sometimes he escaped in that way and fben there Avas fear in the narrow street, and the police, after a bloody bgbt, Avould drag him shrieking back to tbe one poor room Rosita called borne. She had always put food through the door for him before ven- turing to open it. Once, for a long time, he had not menaced the peace of the street. That A yas when he killed the sereno. A po- liceman had jeered him as he peered bom the hole in the door, much as P eo P Ie tease a hyena snarling in a cage. Tbe mad have memories, for Jose, one n igbt Avhen the moon was big, crept softly about the dark room, and, find- big the key Rosita’s small cunning bad hidden, opened the door, crept again softly up the street to an adobe doorway where Avas sleeping a sereno, bis head on his knees. The police have a day and night shift, but one cannot expect a madman to know everything. So it Avas an innocent man-who had his neck wrung as the co °b does a chicken’s. They could only guess what then happened. There w ere only the pulsing stars looking silently doAvn and the great, calm moon. HoAvever, it Avas evident he must have dragged and Avorried and ft nd teased that poor piece of clay for Hod knows hoAv far or long, They found him asleep by the dead sereno, and, although too polite in the “Landof the Noonday Sun” to manacle or chain, they took the precaution to tie Avith stout maguey rope Jose’s slumbering bulk before six of the largest policemen would venture to carry him to the carcel. Jose’s kind °f people are treated with deference in Mexico. So, after some time, the man was sent back for the dwarf to feed and care for, and Rosita’s face took on more Avrinkles each day. By the time Rosita returned with the food, Constance, Avho understood Spanish very well, had heard much of the “little brother.” She declined to look through the peep-hole at him ravening over his dinner like a wild beast. Followed by Rosita’s Avordy gratitude, she climbed to the top of the street aud there met Mr. Dysart. Mr. Dysart had but lately risen from the following letter: ~ ,, ... ^ .. , , Mexico is rather jolly. I went SK to the Gov- ernor ’ s ball last night. Only one English Won a cup at the three-mile. He’s a pretty «ood sort. Tell Bob if he can get that liver -celored dog of Oglethorpe for eight P iaea s to buy her. Look out for Tobin’s ® on 1 let tho old duffer from the Clauearty ‘‘old stables fool with it. Tell all the folk” that Master Tony sent them love AV l3lli a’ them a good pratie crop. Love to dad , and y° ur9elf * Toxv. After Tony Dysart had evolved this characteristic missi\ f e from his insides, he Avent out for a bweIIoav of fresh air and to relieve himself of the strain of composition by a long walk, Constance A\-as very lovely at the dance, in a faint-green brocade, Avith a quantity of creamy old lace. Some crimson poppies Avere twisted round her i\-ory shoulders. One or tAvo more of the flaming flow*ers shone from her pale-gold hair. Mr. Dysart completely lost his head over her; as he had a lot of possessions in Ireland, among them a rich father and an ancient and hon- orable ancestry, he could afford to do so. Ha M as thinking of her as she had looked the night before, when sud- denly she appeared, with her servant, coming up from a street dark and deep, like a well, for alreadv it was getting dusk. On the strength of being at college with her brother, he beo-an M'ith true ™k manly irascibility y to take her to lOtasu f™* stance tiffhtpnp cnvinl^V er ,^ oft haughty mouth and ’ 5 . wfJT ° f ^ * "T ^ ^ - Te a cW home The house too Seno^T l to and . SXS . * , ei ‘ occupied had been ^ n 0 Pe z , ’s, but , ° together Avith ’ a mtoo P owned. Howeve^DMr co™ anting lamp Mas lighted in the f*** f ??*** doors a unchained flood of melody i and ’ fragrance rushed out to SteaTrS SLket Kgod o^t ftoVXe^nf. fl r rs to insist that Tonv, old bov should ^ take tea with them Which he did That was to* sister^Dick to'fr i tween the Tony.^ brother and ^everv adored and mto^or ni 8 c ht toev pumped out the wde to hounds over the sala floor But Constance detostsd him. nnd, trary bhe tramped to her ns,ml reticence, skid so. around the disreputable and filthy streets twice as much as be- fore, for she knew it snnovaJ ed i • STShe Sometimes she resje^d tcooIO hfA. , *“ f °‘ l0W ' would ask. “You know my theory Connie, that a Bporty man like Dysarfc makes the best husband.” “Oh, Dick! who is talking about husbands? I think that a man who is utterly doggy and horsey and takes Browning to be authority on pink-eye companion. or glanders To is a very ‘poor quote your ‘dear Tony,’ ‘we don’t trot in the same class!’” Dick gave a contemptuous snort This was one day at luncheon, and Constance, instead of the good cry she pined for, took a walk. She had not seen Rosita for some time, and she turned her steps toward what Dr. Dysart called “those cut-throat dens.” She had never seen the street so de¬ serted. All were taking a siesta, even the dogs. As she reached the sharp corner, she heard a thin little shriek full of appeal. She recognized Rosita’s voice, and ran with her criada at her side into the low, open doorway she had before so shudderingly avoided, There, snapping his teeth and roll¬ ing his bloodshot eyes, was Rosita’s “little brother” tied with strong ropes to an iron pin in the wall—but his arms were free, aud he stood there, a giant in size. He had secured the key aud had almost pulled the staple from the wall, but Rosita was clinging j ! to and his fro arm he and calling her for wolf help. might To j swung as a a rabbit. He had the key in his black, cruel hands and he bx-ought it down on her up-turned face. Then again, as Con- stance rushed forward with a scream, the key fell with a crunch on the little, old, gray head. At that moment the pin gave way, for adobe walls are not strong, Con- stance turned with her hands thrown out wildly. Over Rosita’s body the madman tripped with a crash to the earth floor; just as he fell, he caught Constance’s gown in his grasp. She fell with him, and, falling, knew the room had filled with a clattering crowd, and that-Tony Dysart, smooth-shaven and blonde, loomed above all. Constance, with the help of her criada, got out in the street, where she listened, with beating heart, to the cries, curses, and scuffling going on inside. There was one dominating, ftAvful groan—then a sinister silence, A moment of sickening uncertainty f or that unemotional young English- woman, and Tony Dysart, panting, his clothes torn, and blood-stains on his face and hands. He walked firmly enough, to give Constance a helping arm up the stairs. He said Rosita Avas dead, and he thought the “little brother” Ai’oulddie aIso > for, Avhile he was struggling Avith him, a policeman had crept up and struck him OA r er the head Avith a heaA r y b-on bar. “Here Ave ave at the Casa Stanley,” she said, as they stopped before the carvud doors. “Come in. Dick will want to see you. He can thank you better than I. ” “No one can thank me like you,” Tony replied. ‘ ‘And I must go to the hotel. This arm of mine pains a little. No, not broken,” he answered, trying to smile, “but‘little brother’Avrenehed it a trifle.” Constance, however, Avould not ac¬ cept his easy assurance that it Avas all right. “Yon must Come in, Dick will Avant you.” “Do you want me, though?” She did not answer that; but, as she let the knocker fall, turned with tears in her eyes. “Will you come, Tony?” “I Avill come,” he insisted, “if you Avaut me.” The big doors swung open. “I want you,” she said, sloAvly. Aud the doors clanged behind them. —Edith Wagner, in the Argonaut, WORDS OF WISDOM. Who sings in grief procures relief. He loves thee well Avho makes thee weep. That which is lightly gained is little valued. A Avoman that marries for a home pays big rent. Some of our happiest moments are spent in air castles. Yoit can very often count your friends by your dollars. Only those can sing in the dark ndio liaA’e a light in the heart. A man’s idea of a perfect woman is one avIio thinks he is perfect. There is no jewel in the M'orld so valuable as a chaste and idrtuous woman. Even in traveling in a thorny path it may not be necessary to step on all the thorns. He Avho seeks after what is impossi¬ ble, ought iu justice to be denied what is possible. Marrying a man to reform him i 3 equal to putting your fingers into a fire to put it out. When two souls ha\ r e but a single thought, they should stop spooning and get married. A man’s cynicism is bounded on the north by his vanity and on the south by his digestion. When you say “I don’t care,” try to see that your tone of voice doesn’t in¬ dicate that you do. It is alM’ays a mystery to a woman why her husband doesn’t seem to pity old bachelors more. Life is like a nutmeg grater. You have to rub up against the rough side of it to accomplish anything. Every woman has an idea that she can judge a man by looking straight m his eyes—but can she?—The South- West. The Age of Trees. ^ * s a Midespread idea that the rings of the section of a tree give data to its age, the concentric rings be- “8 °f the same number the years that have passed. It is knoAvn, how- ey f> that the data thus furnished are only approximately exact. Can any other information be obtained from British and Avas more than fh*e hundred years old. An examination of the spedmen shows that a part of the annual rugs fifst corresponding tL to the »nd of the cemury of tre “ P- TtW? 1 ^? 5 are Tery c ^° se together TweD ‘ y and form ? , ®P ecial . .aspect, and lde y separated from the external * thes^T , 11 1 ^ iS de S * evi “ t that W formed 1 during Sna Ire * Tg 3 abu ° r def “ al f ones tire c<mdi Wha t * - S™ tW 0 irflu , '“J quake* n“meton» Ltoe^ms^h riSt th o’ernioi^n inundation* ’ ’ on £ht., etc., + with ^ uie ^ ous sapors . coming from theusands of abysses, and such as in^ho pre- great epidemic known attributed to such eata- clvsms MADE RICH BY HIS NOSE. STORY OF JOHN MOOSMAN, A WEST VIRGINIA “SMELLER.’* An Extraordinarily Developed Power of smell Which Enabled Him to Locate oil Wells with Unerring Certainty— He Was Deaf and Dumb and illiterate. One Of the best-known and thor- oughly unique personages in the West Virginia oil fields was killed by ft rail- road train near this city yesterday Barkers- evening, says ft story from burg, W. Va., in the Pittsburg Dis- patch. sixty-three He was John Moosmau, Switzerland. years old, and a native of Till 1889 he lived on a small farm back of St. Mary’s, and had neither wealth nor prominence. When he died he was known personally to every oil man in the State, and was worth $300,000. He was What was known as a “smel- ler.’* He possessed the rare gift, be- lieved by oil men to be supernatural, of locating oil by merely passing over the surface of the ground, without any of the witchery of hazel switches, peach-tree forks, or other devices, supposed years ago to accompany such efforts to locate water wells. That he possessed this faculty no one doubts, for there are hundreds of material proofs of his Avork. When the oil excitement first struck the A’icinity of Belmont, this State, about ten years ago, Moosmau tried to induce some of the prospectors to pay him a fee to select locations for Avells. His proposition that he could find oil, if it existed, Avas laughed at by some, but when Avells Avere drilled where he said there was no oil, and none Avas found, more credence Avas placed in his Avord. Later he secured Wilson Hurley for i client, and located fl\ r e producing wells for him in a space of ten acres. This feat made Moosman's reputation. From that time ou his services wei'C almost in constant demand, and hun¬ dreds of gushers have been drilled oii spots Avhich he selected, Avhile as many projects have beeil abandoned because he declared there was no oil under the spots selected by the projectors of oil enterprises. Among the Most noted of his loca¬ tions was the famous Lubeck Oil Com¬ pany gusher, near Cairo, which has made all the members of the original company Wealthy, and Avhich led to the deA’elopment of one of the largest and richest fields iu West Virginia. For the last few years he Avas able to command fabulous sums for locat¬ ing Avells, and as he grew more Avealthy he cared more for his ease than the offers of clients. Lately he had oper¬ ated in oil himself, and, Avith his avoiI- derful faculty, his success wad phe¬ nomenal. Wealthy oil concerns, Among them the local corporations bf the Standard, kept detectives Constantly employed to watch Moosman AvbeneATr he went from home, Avith instructions to buy or lease land at any price in the a icinily of places Avkere lie loeated wells for himself; By this plan many persons have shared in his prosperity. He leftA’es a family, and one of his sons Avas supposed to possess his father’s faculty, but experiments made by Moosmau himself pro\ r ed the fal¬ lacy of this belief. The old mau would take the boy with him on his expedi¬ tions, but in no instance did the younger Moosman show any ability to detect Avliat appeared to be an open book to his father. How the old man read the geography of the oil pools, located frequently from two to three thousand feet below the surface, is a mystery AA'hich he never volunteered to clear up, and Avhich offers of eftsh would ndt irtducC him to explain. He Avas stonC deaf, and had not spoken a Avord for more than twenty .years. His communications were all by fin¬ ger signs, he being poorly educated; and not capable of making himself in¬ telligible by written Characters. Even the deaf and dumb alphabet was of lit¬ all tle his use business to him, and through lie conducted nearly the interpre¬ tation of members of his family, all of whom could understand his every motion. Persons of a scientific turn have at¬ tempted to get from him some state¬ ment whether he read the presence of oil by means of nervous impressions, whether the sensations produced were akin to electrical phenomena, or whether the knowledge came to him as a reve¬ lation from some supernatural force, but these efforts all proved futile, though his children, who are educated and interested in the scientific side of the case, made every effort to aid. deaf, As stated above, Moosman was stonfe and that Avas what led to his death, His children had often warned him of tile danger of walking ort rail¬ roads, but he paid* no attention to them, and on several previous occa¬ sions had narrow escapes from being run down by trains. His death was instantaneous and painless, there be¬ ing but a small scar on his forehead to show where tbe locomotive struck him. Metered Heat Wd are all familiar Avith water, gas and electricity being measured for our consumption by means of meters, but the supplying of heat through pipes and meters is rather a novel scheme to most of us. In Harrisburg, Penn., a company three miles distributes, of asbestos through covered Borne varyiug in size from pipe, three inches to a foot, heat for M r arming purposes to many residents and business houses, at a cost house not exceeding that of ordinary discomfort heating, to say nothing of the of making fires, attending to furnaces, bringing in fuel and tak¬ ing out ashes. This heat is steam and is metered out to each consumer; the charges being from three dollars to three dollars and fifty cents per thou¬ sand cubic feet of space M-armed. The steam is distributed at only twenty pounds pressure, and the heat can be as readily regulated as the flow of gas. The plant is on the Holly system, and represents twelve hundred horse poM'er. The service is available from the first chilly autumn day until the Avarm days of summer, and is not only economical and satisfactory to the con¬ sumers, but said to be very profitable to the supplying companies. There is no doubt that our ordinary system of domestic heating is not only gross¬ ly extravagant and uncomfortable, and that in large cities such commercial heating plants must prove highly re¬ munerative to the investors. Causes of Pauperism. Investigations made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Massachusetts showed that of 3230 paupers exam¬ ined, 2108, or 65.26 per cent., were addicted to the use of liquor; 866, or 26.81 per cent, were total abstainers while in regard to the other 256, or <.93 per cent., no information could be secured. Of the total abstainers 41 per cent. M-ere minors. Ont of 2701 eases 1274, or 47.17 per cent., attri¬ buted their pauperism to their own intemperate habits. In 1542. or 64.82 per cent, out of 2379 cases one or both parento were addicted to drink. NO USE FOR HAY. Which Prefers Meat and risli to A Horse Diet. Other The most extraordinary apP etlt ® known in a horse belongs to Bil y, - handsome bay owned by A. Decon - tienx & Son, the butchers O C ‘ ,, Fruit Market, Horses are trequeuuy j to show a liking for sugar, ana inown where they would . gtances are re lated horse drink beer, but who ever saw a fond of meat and nsa. ^ that was draw the am Billy’s duties are to delivery and his stand is in Mercnai street in front of the shop, Here he i 3 often on exhibition, eating with an apparent relish steak, liver, tripe, and ! short, almost any variety ol mea : handed to him. Sometimes, after ia\ - | j n g had his feed of oats and hay, lie ro¬ j fuses to munch meat, but this seldom j occurs. appetite developed . seveiai Billy’s knew of it unti months ago. No one G ne eay he was seen to reach into a butcher’s cart that was tied ahead oi him and calmly begin eating a steak, After that he was fed often with the firm’s wares, and many a bet has been W on and lost on his appetite, varied his The horse formerly fish, but car- he nal meals by purloining that ludi- v - as cured in a manner was crons to the spectators, but very paiu- f u l for the equine phenomenon. He reached into a fish wagon one day when bis olfactories detected the odor of his favorite smell, but an active and belligerent crab took offense at the intrusion and promptly fastened to his lower lip. head frantically and Billy shook his whinnied in pain, but the crustacean held on until he was crushed by being banged against the side of the wagon. Since then the hors© has kept clear of fish; Billy is the faA’orite of the market, and A strange teanister Avlid had the temerity to lay a AVhip across his back onC Morning to make rooM, AVas nearly mobbed by indignant butchers and fishmongers. He is also the pet rtf his owner’s family, dnd his sleek hid© and general e\ T idence rtf good attention.— cAre shoAV that he does not lack for San Francisco Call. The Western Saddle. Be it known that he avIio has ridden only on an English pig-skin Avill find that there are things he has no knoAA'ledge of AA’hen first he thi’ows a leg over the stock saddle of the West; and when he has seen a bronco-buster ride a bucking mustang on its native heath, he must admit that although the cowboy may be neither neat nor Avell-mannered, he could yet give points on rough riding to those who follow the fox-hounds; As the cowboy’s mode of riding is And distinctive, so is his horse-furniture, particular it is admirably adapted to his needs; The stock saddle, for instance, is as different front the English hunting or park saddle as a park drag is from a trotting-sulky; yet each is perfectly suited to the pur¬ poses for which it yvas SpanislvAfflericau designed. The stock saddle is of birth, aud must be heavily built— sometimes forty pounds in weight— in order to have the requisite strength, for the high horn or pommel is neces¬ sary to the cowboy in all the uses of the lariat, or “rope,” as it is uoav al¬ most universally called, and thus it is required to stand the most sudden and severe strains. The rope is a A r ery essential article of the cow-puncher’s equipment. It is ordinarily about forty feet long, and can be thrown Avith accuracy perhaps thirty feet by the average punched; although some use it effectively at a distance often Or fifteen feet further if its length is proportionately greater. In catching stock or in hauling anything, be it a mire wagon, a bogged steer, Or AVood for the camp-fire; the rope is given a double turn around the horn, and the saddle Must be strong indeed to endure such woirk. Moreover, it must be tightly girthed over the heavy saddle- blankets; and this calls for the ciimbevsome cinch-rigging, which in most parts of the West is double.— Allan Hendricks, in Lippincott’s. Florida’s Profitable Pineapple Crop. From the reports of all those Avho have shipped pineapples already this season and have received returns for them, Ave learn that the prices re¬ ceived ha\ r e been very good so far. By this we mean they have brought from seven to eight cents apiece for poorer quality of common pines up to ten, tM’elve and fifteen cents apiece foi* good ones of the common kind, and in some cases even more than that; This is doing very well, and if the test bf the pine© Shipped this season average anything like this iri prices, the growers M*ill be perfectly satisfied, for at such prices there is money in raising them. Of course the fancy pities prices, that in wer© shipped brought fancy most cases selling all the way from tM enty-five cents to $1, and in some instances $1.50 apiece. This year is the banner year as far as the crop is concerned, and, from indica¬ tions noMr, it bids fair to be the ban¬ ner year for prices and profits also. There is surely good money in raising pines, and our groAvers are finding it out this year even if they never knew it before. The statistics of the present crop cannot be obtained in full until the close of the shipping season, but esti¬ mates promise a total of 150,000 bar¬ rels, or 300,000 standard crates* — West Palm Beach (Fla.) Tropical Sun* To Make Wolf Kill Wolf; A Western genius has made a dis¬ covery which, if all that he claims for it be true, Avill settle the coyote and wolf question for all time. The dis¬ covery consists of a yelloAvish-broMU liquid. The mode of extermination is to trap a Molf or coyote alive and in¬ ject three drops of the fluid beneath the skin. This operation is repeated three times in tMelve hours, at the end of Avhich time the animal, with green-eyed dilated pupils, frothing at the mouth aud raving mad, is released and turned loose. It lives from thirty to forty hours, after being liberated, but, like a dog with hydrophobia, it bites everything that it comes in con¬ tact M ith, and as every other wolf thus bitten becomes inoculated, the poison spreads and death follows at a rapid rate. It is cruel, perhaps, but effec¬ tive.—Northwest Magazine. About Cables. Cables have their adversities even on the bottom of the Atlantic. Icb- bergs passing over sometimes cut them in two. \oIcanic eruptions sometimes injure them. A few years ago three Atlantic cables went down at the same time and in about the same spot. No other explanation has been found but volcanic disturbance. Near shore the risks multiply. One of the commonest is the anchors of fishing smacks, a whole fleet some- times riding on a cable at once. Tha rocks and breakers near the coast are also dangerous. The London people are computed s pend $6,000,000 daily. facts and figures. The Vatican at Rome is the largest palace that has ever been erected. In length it is 1,200 feet, and in breadth MOO feet, it contains 4,422 rooms. The Brooklyn bridge gives employ¬ ment to a permanent force of 778 men and women, of whom ninety-five de are policemen and 216 in the tram partment. sunshine than any Spain has more The yearly other country in Europe. that average in Spain is 3,000 hours, of Italy 2,300, Germany 1,<00 and England 1,400. tbe The surviving members of > ir- ginia secession convention are to write out their recollection of its sessions at the request of the Virginia Historical society. rock salt The largest mass of pure in the world lies under the province of Galicia, Hungary. It is known to be 550 miles loug, twenty broad and 250 feet in thickness. The Austrian legislature has sanc- tioned the building of an acqueduct will which will cost $12,500,000, and supply the Coolgardie gold mines with 5,000,000 gallons of M’ater daily. It is estimated that $70,000 w r orthof meat and $90,000 worth of bread are consumed daily in New York city, while $21,000 is the average of nul a and cream per day. In Holland the birth of a baby is announced by hanging a pincushion outside the door, If the baby is a boy, a red cushion is suspended; and, if a girl, a white cushion announces the fact. At Arnettaville, W. Ya.j a few days ago, Curtis Miller, a young while man, walking Was strxlck by lightning Tile bolt tore his along the street; body, t<p liis clothing dergarments,ftnd from his removed eren bis shoes. un Sirigular as it may seem he was only stunned a little and ran a square to his home; Olie Way TO Find Oiii; They were sitting ou the sands sidfe by side; looking out over the ocean. ‘‘Hoav peaceful it Iboks!” said he. “Yes,” said she, “but Hoav vfery wet!” “True,” he obser\-ed, “and yet liow calm and restful it appears. With you by my side I could sail ou forex’er. ” “Yes?” she queried. “Yes,” he affirmed, “forever, Will yon, dearest?” “On one condition,” she replied. “I am a cautiqus girl, and I do not Avish to be over hasty. But I will let you make the test, aud AA'heu the test is made and you say it is successful, I Avill go with yoit.’ j “And that test, love;” he cried. “You take a boat and sail on for¬ ever; and after you haA'o sailed on for- eA-er; tell mfe hoAV it works,” she answered. And she left him meditating:—Har¬ per’s Bazar. No Superstition, “I can’t give tou anything!” snapp- 4d the lady to tlie tramp: * ‘You're the thirteenth tramp that has Called liCre today. ” “Well, mum,” said the tramp, after a little consideration, “you look a cleA er, sensible lady that don’t believe in any nonsense; aud jist to show that there ain’t any truth in that silly superstition about thirteen bein’ an unlucky number, I ’ope you will give me a trifle, mum.”—Tit-Bits. Darby Rending' of an old Text, “Uncle Ben,” said Miss B., “from Avhat portion of the Bible do you de- riv’e so much comfort?” Laying bis index finger in the palm of his baud, the old fellow proceeded As follows; .‘‘Well, de Bibie says, H)Cm dAt de Lord loveth He chases!’ An’ from de Avay He is bin chasin’ o’ me dis year,I knoAv I mus’ be one ’er His favorites. ” ■—Augusta Chronicle. ArOiise to Action A dormant Incident liver, or you will suffer ail tbe tor¬ tures to a prolonged billons attack. Constipation, headaches, dyspepsia, furred tongue, sour breath, pain in the right side, will atlmonish you of neglect. Discipline the recal¬ citrant organ at once with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and expect prompt relief. Malaria, rheumatism, kidney complaint, nervousness and debility are thoroughly removed by the Bitters. Tho cholera morbus will never submit to ar¬ bitration. 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It Seemed as though * my mv back DacK would would never stop ach- Sk m no^ioeTl - had dun ^I all , - vasv -' time, t ‘ ar " the jgjj& siWafo &r and l* fc was a -2 burden to me. * I sought, the Jt&ii seashore hut for ail relief, £ El. f&BSsjggSffltk in vain. On AKh y mv return I fymf J* ™! 1 Vf ' resolved to v * give your medicine a trial. I took two bottles and Avas cured. I can cheerfully state, if more ladies wouid only give your medicine a fair trial they would bless the day they saw the advertisement, and there would be happier homes. I mean to do all I can for you in the future. I have you alone to thank for my re¬ covery, for which I am very grateful.” —Miss Maky E. Saidt, Jobstown,N. J. 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