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WaTTER BLOOMFIELD
jr . ^ -t.—iiUKi to mhu bim Bon
l - CHARTER XXVlir nest morning. .The greater part of tbe
Y r 1 . Oontinned . , night had been epent In a fruitless en-
“Th'at fellow Pried'.’ f&stlnued unclo Kjenyor to.ootoposfedu)rself to sk^p, and'
Sam, not noticing tau. ."was specially WbonTWlf* man# Ureat# hoar* fat
trained! to uphold and aissemlnatt al
vlrtuoui.prtnclplcs as well hjr example
us.precept In tlm way of precept, I
sbonliV think he has performed his
'ncveX bad the misfortune
4»;hwS. Blm .fii tifcumstance* where I
wismt privileged to .reply, fa .for
Ul,y example—well, bo’ to hypocrisy,
cowardice, Jneanness and Ingratitude
pe'rspnlflod.” '
i IwipfSio tpntchfor him lo argument,
and beside* If I had been, this was
anylmjiSporiuno moment hi which to
crops him. I etitfso rather to turn the
conversation by,'asking tty uncle if
ho hnibln any way' nodded Ur. Prlcg
of bis d|ppleasure;
i “Wiipt do you think?” asked qnclo
Sam In. a contemptuous tone, as If be
regarded the .question as absurdly un-
no'cessarp.' ,r llnd lilin promptly thrown
ont ojt'Uie Inrcstors' Outdo oBfce; am
knossing'btm by the'quickest methods
M repayment of money advanced!
Sored Rosenberg to. do ditto In’respect
of the value-of a diamond he was fool
enough to let-hlm navo 1 on credit, and
hayo {he reverend gentleman adder
znrvelHuucc -of two of Pinkerton’s
smartest detectives, so that should he*
attempt'to leave the State before he
nos. given - full satisfaction for tbe
claims upon him he will to Instantly
laU by the heels," *1
>. 'Where Is MK Prioo now r I In-
iqnlfad. ‘ *
!j6tnylng at I txlnrdlng bonse some-
( vj6ere v*fi town. Pinkerton’s people
will Inform me to-morrow whether he
Is llkqly to square ;accouilts or not I
am. sore t sincerely Uopo he may bo
unable to do so, for In that cSse I may
ri{y, I thaughl) inquired the canse of It.
i ”1 shall bo vejy.anxious untlU'havo
seen Cons|aneo,” was (ho only aapla-
nation I could ’offer.
( '‘Until you dloT you mean,’’ corrected
undo Sam.; “/< preBont U ajfebs to
yotvuiat wlicu you posse** your’dear
Oonjile and her dollars there will bo
no desire la your mature, left ungvntl-
fled. Sly dear sir, don't abuse your In-
tclllgcucb hy. holloing any such non.
settop, .trad. prqy dou’t contradict me,
for 1 know nioro about you than you
know upout yourself. The only way
toewyio anxiety to to avoid knowledge?
for/that Is the poloon of which It Is
unde. Ta|te a Suffolk agricultural In-
. boref, who has never been ten miles
fropi the hovel lu which he was bom;
he Is (n-ueralljt tho father of ten chll-
drop, and IPs weekly lucouio to rarely
more than ten shillings, anil that he
lo earn with Ills muscles, is ho
anxious? Never a bit! Ho whistles
ami slugs, or rather he makes strange
ili’lees which he believes-to bo such,
xvlirli to quHo as good, for. as we
.liave Just seen, faith Is a Very useful
thing. Contentment Is compatible
only with UlUqvacy itud Isolation. Now
loo” on the qtber side of the ptetui)!.
I -hsto a wife not much older thnu
yqttr young lady, quite ns lieautlful ,«s
she. and tho possessor of precisely as
many -dollars, while ns for myself,
toote/hro uot more than seven men lu
this great country whose menus ex
ceed diitie. ltut 1 enu’t’c scape auxlety.
On-llte contrary I l.n.'e had rather
ip*go doses of It the laft few days."
r "Rut you would hnvo avoided your
anxieties If—•’
-"{f I had not done tlio thlugs
Which havc.lncurred them. Precisely.
Rut there are matters of which no man
ever estimates the consequence, and
when those matters go smoothly he
must always refer tho gratifying re
sult to tils luck and never to his Judg
ment.’^ .
hope-you have no objection to my
calling upon my aunt nud Miss Marsh
tjdnorrow!”
( "Not the least In the world, ami you
can tahe to your mint a special mes
sage from me. I have actually accom
plished that which site insisted upon,
nud now, according to her own terms,
she Is witling to return to me. To
morrow, or uext day at furthest, I
shall be Ut a position to qtTer you the
use of my own house. Meantime, you
can’t do bettor than rsuialu here with
tut”
Supper was now announced, and my
uncle .accompanied me to the private
room whore- It awqlted us, but be
wouldinot cat anything, prelerrlyg to
•moke another cigar and chat to tue
whJIe.I,pyrtook of some much-needed
refreshment.
last losictmzclotumeu of external ob
ject! I k*tl hot oven then escaped tho
eehfp of oppression, so that ojdicn 1
Wow in bast* surprised at the late-
’neH of, Mig hour, it wps tyltb none of
those .deilghtf&l'ednpatlaB* of refreshed
Vltajify which commonly 'attend the
(twokenieg of bsa'lthful youth. But the
.thought that t waa .this day tb see
Coti*tajJco Harsh acted as n,ktlmnlns
to thy.treble will, and I dressed my-
eolf with mych care, though hastily.
NocdWes to relate ifiy unyle was up be
fore pie end had already breakfasted.
| found him standing by a window In
the roam whero be bad received me
op the .previous day, thoughtfully
twirling a cheque .around his 1 Angers.
An opened letter' toy upon the table.
After tho nsnal brief salutations my
Undo bode me'to breakfast without
loss of tjm* a command I waa not
slow to,obey,_a* ho informed me that
ha was in receipt of an unsatisfactory
communication, the pature of which
'be woold dxplaln On my return.
When I re-entered the room about,
flfteoh minutes later, my uncle was
standing In tho place where I bad left
him, his hands clasped behind, and
staring vapanlly at ‘the .carriage! as
.the# swiftly jhtsted'up tbe avenue to
wards Central Park, . I was much
Impressed by the evident change which
l)ad been Wrought An this extraordin
ary may In but'a. few short weeks.
Two days agq, anjl I could not'have
conceived any circumstances that-
would have Induced Barnuol Truman
to remain quiet and pensive tor so
long ok a, quarter of an hour.
"Abl” exclaimed uncle Bain, spdden-
perhaps tjueeepd Ip fixing, him here ly turning upon mo In bis old’Cpqrgetlc
lo’ag enough to SfOll bbn of that cure u ’ nv ’ " r ‘ ,nH (hnf letter Knu»t end
of,‘koult your neighbor has offered
hffu.. By-tho-hy, how long can the old
. Italy keep the Job opfn for Pricer
I »eon feastSl'my complete Ignoranoo
of/the subject. . ..
f I did not Join In Iho, laugit with
whlr.h uncle. 8am proetod hts own
thopgkis, but tore as If'about to leave,
though with no-’flxed..Intention. The
unexyectal aspect or affairs In New
,York.hdd g{catly disconcerted mb. Slid
seriously deranged my plans. fJndo
Sam perceived my disquietude and to
resolution, find (somewkat tmnecesss-
OHAPTEB' -XXVlll.
. WyTltlSS and WJV*.
It drat post 10 o'clock when I awctgg was Annie Wolsey.
way; “read that letter, Espest, and
tell tne what you think o( It”
' 1 examined the contents of tho en
velope to which my uncle pointed, and
found they consisted of a cheque tra
Droid's Bank for .four thousand
two hundred dqllars, dfawn byTEvan
'price l4 favop of my undo, accompan
ied by a few polite words fropi that
gentleman,.statldg that be forwarded
the sold cheque In satisfaction of til
claims, and aWqltcd 's' receipt, for tho
■am*
."Well,” I laid, ns I replaced the let;
i or apt} cbeqno la their envelope, “i
think jruu are to he congratulated. Ur.
llstfo ’can’t do yon any farther’barm,
hyd you hav#recovered' your, money:"
"That’.s trup," admitted'unqle Sato;
•bui I'm balked of toy-Tovengi-for
-the'present No, matter; all tblnjj
cotoo to thoee who Walt if they be
furnished with watchful, eyes. .Mean
while It Is pleasant to contemplate thp
awful vacuity of that humbug's purse
now that lio has disgorged thoeo few
dollars.'
“Perhaps he has borrowed tbe money
to pay you,” I suggested.
“I don't think nnyuudy would lend>
him so much n,)jv ho has no connection
ylth the Investors’ Guide; hut I may
ascertain that later on. V hare aunt
lilm a receipt, and the cheque I will
give to you. It Is au open cheque,
uud when I have endorsed It you can
cash It nt -Drexers. lu Wall Street;
which is quite closd to my office.’’
I was about to tbauk my uncle for
his geherous gilt; but ho wuuld' not
listen to me, and went on to say that
he was in momentary expectation 'of
tho arrival of,Mrs. Truman; that she
had promised to conic, to him at the
Wludsor*yotel uud to return with blpi
to'their house In Thirty-fourth st reet.
“Connie,” be added, us be consulted
his Watch, ‘is at Oraugc; and If you
start for that place within uu hour
and bring her on at once to New York
you'will timlou your return your auut
uud me in our proper places, uud all
things tiled comfortably.”
This was delightful Information, lu-
llnltcly more plcnslug to mo than tbe
possession of the cheque which I hud
Just pla'ccd lu my wallet. Uncle flam
noticed my satisfaction nud remarked
upou It,'bidding mo never to needless
ly complicate my affaire, for' that Way
lies Perplexity, handmaid to Madness,
but always to prefer simple courses,
uud ttieu small tilings would never
losc U|dr power to please. Having
expressed hluisclf thus, he "reclined
upou a settee w'lth his feet superposed
ou the back of a chair, and lit his tlret
cigar for that day.
VI suppose 1 shall experience no dif
ficulty In Uudlng Relic Vue Cottage
when 1 arrive at Orange.”
”>'ot the least In the world,” said
uncle flam; “everybody In Orange
knows it”
“Then I will stort at oucc.”
"No. dou’t go till your qfint comes;
she can't surely be many minutes,”
said uucle flam, cousultlug bis wafcli
.for the twentieth time lu an hour.
•'Ah!’here she comes," he exclaimed,
as the door slowly opeued and my
aunt entered the room.
Yes, it was my uuut who entered; but
apt my uncle's wife, the geutle lady
tiertrude. Nti; It was my toother's
only surviving sister, the companion
; of my childhood, the woman who had
j caused the uphappy family division of
which I had so recently learned. It
"Why bare you come hcfwr acted
uncle Baht lit a bnsky voice, suddenly
Springing! to bit feet <
Annie Wolsey closed the door eg de
liberately as she bed opened it and
leaned her back ’against it—perhaps
for the support it afforded, for she was
ghastly pale, and seemed tumble to
does tier cjdorlees lip* to give utter*
■ace to her thoughts
"Wh# have you codw here?" askeff
’uncle earn again. "You bare received
my letter}”
"tee, I have received your tetter,"
said the agitated Woman, after a pain
ful pane* "and I Wilrnot believe Itt
contents In that form, With* these
Ups wjth Which you hare so often ex
pressed yob tttcrest lit me matt yoti
yob tell me that yon have Uo wish to
See Ue'hgaln, or I can never bellow
!t»
“Annie,"-said undo Bom sternly, yet
with a slight tremor In his voice, “what
I have said to you In toy letter Is tree,
.every word, and mast be acted upon.
It it entirely yqur own fault tbal it
is to. Had you but followed my sim
ple advice, this bad never happened.
How many timet have I wanted you
of the probable ontcoifle of your com
munications with your father I The
.result Is only such as t feared And
'foresaw. Now yon have regained your
father,'and your fatberjias pat It ont
of my power to be to yonVhat once I
was; but.In whatever part of the world
'you may choose to Uve yon shall al
ways be provldedrtrltb large means/
”0 Bam, sorely this Is not to be the
end of our friendship} Ob, don’t for
sake me; defy the World's opinion in
this as yon have defied it In so .many
other weya Consider yorir great
wealth and.the independence It con
fers; what censure yon cannot afford
to Ignore, you can etlfle with your
gold. Don’t forsake me, Sam.”
The speaker’s face was flushed now;
end having found her voice,'abe spoke
rapidly, but in a plaintive, pleading
tone that was painful to bear. In tbe
tall, graceful woman standing before
me I.could with difficulty recognise tbe
Suffolk village girl’ who but a few
years boforo had been my almost con
stant companion, so cnanged was the.
But hor face and figure were pone tbe
lees familiar to me, tboagh for another
and very’ different reason. When An
nie Wolsey first entered tbe room I
bad started Involuntarily, so giCat was
her resemblance to tSe portrait of my
mother which faniig in tbe drawing
room at iloldenburit. Hall. I would
Ut on’ce have, withdrawn, as having
neither the fight nor desire to be pres
ent .at such a confdrence.t but that
Annlo stood against tbe. closed door,
and -my presence embarrassed tbe die
putnnts to little that neither of tbem
took tbe least notice of m*.
Apnlo Volsey’s'pasalanate appeal vis
ibly disconcerted undo "Bam;
"Annie," said uncle 8am, advancing
towards her and taking her band In
bis, "I don't think my regret is less
intense than yours, but wljot 1 have
written I have written, and come wbot
may I will adhere to It. '•Oood hye,
Annie."
Annlo Wolsey took the band, which
my undo extended toward.s her, and
mattered' a brief farewell hi a voice
too broken with emotion for mo to
make out the •words of which It Was
composed, turned to leave. As she
did so, my uuut tlertruilo entered tho
room; and tbe two stood, scarce n
yprd apart, regarding each other In
silent^.
Aunt Gertrude was the first to speak.
Bowing slightly she addressed her In
Icy tones, hut with admirable restraint:
'I beg yodr pardon, Miss Wolsey, for
so unceremoniously Interrupting your
conversation with my busbuud. Would
you like me to jet Ire until you have
concluded your business with bluiJ"
The calmness of the American lashed
tho dospalrlug Englishwoman Into au
uncontrollable outburst of fury. “No!”
she screamed; “I would not!” and
with tflesc words the enraged woman
drew from hex bosom a small packet
of papers and cast It contemptuously
upon the tuble. Then, drawing li«r-
self up to her full uclght, and durtlng
bno. last ludtguant glance ut my. uucle,
with flushed face and flashing eyes
Annie Wolsey phased out of the open
dopr and wpa goue.
Uncle Bam, who had been a silent
spectator of tills scene, made a motion
us though ho would fallow her, which
aunt Gertrude perceiving, threw her
arms nrouud his ueck and prevented.
My uncle endeavored to put ills wife
gently aside, but could uot. "Follow
her, Ernest, follow her!" he cried;
don't leave her while she Is In this
mood. Quick, or she Is lost!”
I hastened doivu the long staircase
and reached the sidewalk in trout of
tho hotel Just us Miss Wolsey was
stepping lute a landau wulch awaited
her. *
'Annie.” 1 exclaimed, “Annie, dear;
watt a moment. I want to speak with
you."
'I have nothing more to say to any
one who hears your name,” said the
companion of my childhood, regarding
,mc with a stouy, Immovable expres
sion ns she fastened the door from the
inside. “Drive on!”
And In obedience to her command
tbe driver lashed bis horses, and my
girl-auat was boruc swiftly away. I
watched the carriage on its course
down town until It turned aside to
wards Union Square, and theu slowly,
and with a heavy heart, I re-entered.
Jbc hotel and ascended the stairs.
When I reached my uncle's room I
was met at the door by aunt Gertrude,
looking very pale nud agitated. ''Er
nest,” she asked, “will you please go
below and fetch some stimulant as
quickly as you cau? I don't waut to
ring for It"
To be continued.
Fame Is often a bubble that comes
from puffing and blowing.
i;
, pluck, Romance
'l AND ADVENTURE,
FOUND BBlDE ON CACTUS.
AlhffiY Maud Howland, of
New Orleans, is married,
blit tbe event Would hoi
have taken place Just at
thM time had it bet been
tor an Arison! cactus plant and WU
Ilam U Attdefson, her rescuer.
Recently Miss HoWland went to
Phoenix, says the Pittsburg Dispatch,
to. visit her sister, Mr* Henry V.
Thompson. Near that City is a cactus
farm and on this farm one day Maud
'Howland Mood upon tbe back of her
saddle hors* eating the fruit from, a
cactus plant It was dcficlons fruit,
av red and ae sweet as a strawberry,
and Jutt about ttm size. But It grew
so high she could not reach it from
the ground;
As Maud Howland was busy with a
cactus berry something untoward took
plac* A big fly, bit bar horse; be gave
a leap and ran away. Miss Howland’s
skirt cangbt mid there ebc was ma
rooned high and dry Upon the cactus
plant, with her skirt hooked over a
big spine on tbe desert plant That
was the beginning of her romance.
Maud Howland is the daughter of I. (
William Howland, of New Orleans.
Ho Is a cotton broker there. Mr, How-
land, by selling short when Sully be
gan to fall, gathered In another mil
lion only a few months egg. Indeed,
be le admt(ted to be one of the coterie
who manipulated the downfall of the
last cotton "king.”
Until* March Mias Howland was
among tbe pupils at a fashlotmblo
school In New Orleans In March,
however. Miss Howland told her father
she was tired of school, and packed
her trunk and went to Phoenix, A. T.
No one would suspect Phoenix to have
attractions for a society girl. Few
young men there wear evening clothes,
Instead, they have sombreros, fringed
trousers and top boot* But one thing
near Phoenix Is to bo found nowhere
else In all tbe world. It la the aidus
farm.
Hero Dr. B. E. Hunt* tbe noted
naturalist of New York, gathers cacti
from all over tbe South west, oud makes
them grow to enormous alao and Into
ontlandlsb shape*
Some arc twenty feet tall and fif
teen feet In diameter; others look like
overgrown hitching posts all covered
with mossy spikes. From March 15 to
May 15, they shoot out rose-colored
flowers and grow delicious fruit.
This remarkable farm presents an
atmialng spectacle In April. As fqr as
the eye can reach, for hundreds and
hundreds of acres, all one can see ore
gigantic cacti bristling with ferocious
spikes, a background of deepest green
set off by gorgeous bloom.
It wus here Maud Howland spent
tho greater part of her time and her
accident befell.
As her horse made Us leap the
dainty girl from New Orleans—with
a rod ripe berry betwixt her lips—flew
Into the cactus plant And there’she
hung, her riding skirt spooled 'by a
great big spine.
Now, a close neighbor of Dr. Hunts
Is William L. Audepon, also Of New
York. Mr. Anderson lives In Arisons
partly because the climate Is suited
to his health, and partly for the reason
that he likes to ride about. lie owns
a cattle ranch.
As Mr. Anderson rode through the
cactus farm on the way to see Dr.
Hunts lie heard u sweet soprano
scream. He could not mistake; It was
a woman's vole* but what could she
he doing In such a spot? Uc hastened
over to where Maud Howland made a
picture at once appealing and mys
terious.
In the first place she was about six
feet from tbe ground. How had she
got there. In tbe second place, whut
was she doing on Dr. Hunts’s cactus
farm, anywny? Obviously Dr. Hunts:
did not approve. Into these questions,
for the niomrut, however, ho was too
gulltiut to inquire. Instead, be set
about getting her down.
In removing a girl from u cactus
plant the fuuduweutal rule to be ob
served Is gentle care. Anderson ele
vated Miss Rowland us best he might,
then he let her down ugntu. She stuck;
the spine hud speared clear through
the riding skirt, and refused to set Us
prisoner fro* An] the more lie tried
to more her tbe more untenable be
came her position
Forlorn hopen are undertaken under
other conditions than war. Anderson
soon found the situation one that only
n Jack-knife could relieve. So after a
little time Miss Howland was lifted
tenderly to the earth. Then tho clever
tailor uud rescuer caught her horse
aud escorted her to'bcr sister.
New, Miss Howlaud was the most
beautiful creature Anderson had ever
seen since Journeying from New York.
The accident occurred on a Wednes
day; on Thursday he called; on Friday
they rode through the cactus farm; ou
Saturday be called again. Within teal
days the engagement was announced.
The wedding took place recently In
New Orleans.
But it Is uot often one can pick a
mllllon-dollar bride from off a cactus
plant.
by the use of small but bandy steamer!
of about 100 tons bJifOen, with a speed
of about thirteen knots. The "strike
is made with a bomb fired from A MB
at the bow of tbe steamer. A success
ful shot results hi almost immediate
death, and thre* four, afld even five
whales a day have been taken by sin
gle crews. One steamer brought to
the’ shore five whales each day for
three days in succession, and another
one killed twenty-three in a single
week. That is the purely commercial
side of the Industry, and is quite aa
dull and presale aa digging potatoes.
But there is another aide which i*
fail of thrill and excitement. Taken
as a sport, it bears about the asms
relation to tbe most exciting salmon
or tarpon fishing tfiat those oporto
bear to the pursuit of tbe shore clam.
One day tost March, a, 61-foot bull
whal* struck hut not vitally injured,
towqd tbe puma oround and across and
Op and down Placentia Bay for three
days before a killing shot could be
sent into bis huge body. Reversed en
gines throughout the light failed to
tire the monster. Again and again he
charged the little vessel, and ramming
was avoided only by the quickness of
the steamer. After seventy-four hourt
of this, there came the opportunity fta
a killing shot
The Humber hndg twenty-eight hour
straggle with another off Cape Spear.
The Cabot had a nlpetcen-bour light
with an 88-foo.ter. Six to twelve hour
runs with danger In every minute of
them are frequent When kiUed, the
whales are taken to shore itafiona
where tbe oil is tried ont the whale
bone, now worth about $12,000 a ton,
is extracted, and the refuse ground
up for fertilizer. .
Four steamers are now at work In
the coastal waters of tbe island.' Their
catches for last year were: Puma, 260;
Humber, 215; Cabot 211; Viking, 107—
-n total of 803, a record-breaker in tho
history of whale fishing.
A REVIVAL OF WHALE FISHING.
In au article which presents all the
thrilling Interest of some of tbe old
tales of voyage aud adventure in whal
ing ships, the Toronto Globe notes the
revival of the whaling Industry by the
people of Newfoundland.
Instead of two and three year voy
ages In which ship's boats are used in Laud it is my melancholy duty to In-
capturing the giants of the deep, the liform you that you must die with me!”
Newfoundland Industry is prosecuted* The German captain immediately
in the immediate waters ot the island jtcbangml his mind and did as requested.
A WHOPPING WHALE STORY.
.According to the reports of the most
veracious mariners, that portion of the
Atlantic coast from Florida to the Del
aware capes has become tbe homo of
dll torts of eea monsters. Tbe latest
to bring to port proof of this Is Captain
Conwell, of tbe schooner Thomas
Wlnsmore, and of all the yams spun
by a'n honest son of the sea, this skip
per’s Is the most Interesting.
Let It be known that (o sight a
whale or'two la'a common thing, and
pressed Indeed for news would the
maritime ropprtor be who would chron
icle it But, when hundreds of these
mammoth inhabitants of the deep are
encountered, the matter becomes too
Important, to Ignore. More than till*
when the* whole visitation Is accom
panied by a genuine combat between
that ancient foe of the whale, a swprd.
fish,'tho element of the most exciting
is added to tho event.
Captaiu Conwell’a whole story to but
a modest recital of facta, and it but
brief. Hero it is: “Between latitude
UT to 37.10 and longitude U to T4.30 I
passed hundreds of Bpcrm whales.”
Not much in that, but Just think a min
ute and see what it mean* It means
that for thirty miles there were whales
In front of Uic schooner, whales in the
wake ot the gallant craft.
But the whales would not be left
1’frhaps jt is just as well it was so,
tor the sailors were enabled to see
what they mny*never seo again—a
swordfish aud whale combat—ot the
jovlcst kind, too.
And this swordfish was as plucky as
it was Here* Just abeam off tho star-
hoard side of the IVinsmore clustered
u school of at least txventy-fivo ot the
largest of the whales. And as tbe
crew gated intently upon tho huge
bodies of the wlialee they were thrilled
to see suddenly appear among them tbe
glistening form of a swordfish. Thcro
was an Instant dispersing ot the
whales, hut too late, for their ferocious
fee had already begun the boldest ot
cttacks.
The swordfish could be plainly seen
to ninko thrust,after thrust with the
skill of a deft fencer. Many If tbe be
wildered whales s souuded, and thus
escaped the cruel,darts of the sword-
dsh, but those that, had been pierced
soon beggu to spouX blood, and then
for yards about theisurfncc ot the sea
took on a reddish nhue. The sailors
looked on amazed. 7 It semeed Incred
ible that one toe could work such
havoc.
And still that deadly) thrusting of tho
vicious hlood-secklug ’ swordfish con
tinued until, tiring of Its murderous
work, It was sceu to suddenly dart
away, while tho school, tbat had been
attacked, or what was lefttof it, rnado
haste to join Its fellows. As one of
the seamen said: "For a sea fight I
never saw Its equal.”
A RESOLUTESLITTLE JAP.
A Korean vessel'commanded by a
German ran down \a small Japanese
passenger steamer in> the Inland Sea a
few days ago. The Japanese steamer
bad no boats, and, seeing this, five
Japnnese blue-jackets who happened
to be among the passeegers clambered
on board the Korean steamer, forced
their way through the Chinese sailor*
who were calmly smoking their pipes,
lowered two boats and saved .the lives
of forty-three persons left struggling
in the water through tbe sinking ot
their- vessel.
Among the rescued persons was tho
captain'of the lost steamer, who po
litely asked the German captain to
put into the nearest port In order that
he might give Information ot what bad
happened. The German refused,
.whereupon the little Japanese produced
a lethal weapon and said:
"In that case, I must kill myself.
The heart of •* vegetarian beats on
Tverare o» flfty-«!(I>t to toe mln-
5?e‘ tod meat eater seventy-
fly* Thle represents a difference of
24,000 beat* to twenty-four hours.
Mrs Hannah Jonre\of Conwyt El-
feTwfles lta. glvetKbirto to two
pairs of twins in one ^ *
girl were born on
1006 and two girls arrived off Hecem-
£« 27. 1M3- Ail four bableJvvere
doing well at tost accounts. \^,
The cheapest refuse from bituminous
coal is being utilized in England for
the production of ga« for POWCT and
heatlpg purposes. The gas is not an
llluminant, and its cost is only from
one-seventh to one-fifteenth as much
as that of ordinary illuminating gas.
The locomotive* on the Northern
Padflc Railroad ar? (Whipped wltto
electric headlights, and incandescent
lights are 1 also provided on -the under
side of the running boards and be
neath fbe boiler, ihps enabling Jho en
gineer and fireman' to examines any
part ot the machinery with ease. ^ j
In Geneva glass refuse Is pressed In
paving blocks under a new invention
that has recently been put into opera
tion. Several streets have already,
been paved with this pew contrivance,
and give great satisfaction, not only
in appearance but also to durability.
Several other cities In Europe have
adopted the invention. ^ '\i
Altogether, it to estimated, a mam
consumes about 12S0 times his own
weight of food and liquid in seventy
years, or more exactly he cats five and
three-quarter tons of fluids. If these
ninety-six and a half tons of solid* and
liquids were converted into forms of
mechanical force, they would be suffi
cient to raiso eighty-seven million ton*
one foot .. ,
The oxygenophore of Babbatler, the
new French apparatus, stores fifteen
liters of chemically pure oxygen lu a
one-hundred-gramme tube of agglom
erated sodium peroxide. This little
automatic generator.gtves off a regular*
current of tbe gas at the lnstilpt whep
wanted for restoring an nsplijtxlatcd
person, disinfecting, or any othxr of
many use*.
N
Mr. Guy E. Mitchell tells of a stranger
use for milk. He and others have
used it for painting barns and outbuild
ings. Into a gpllon of milk are stirred
three pounds of Portland cement and
enough pigment to gire the proj)er
color. This mixture' ipread on the
wood makes a coating that after six
hours becomes as good and lasting as
oil paint It'makes the best possible
pnlut for trees where large limba have
been pruned or sawed off, says Mr.
Mitchell v . y,/
Biotic's J*»rt In American life.
(The advances* made in the last few
yoars in music and musical apprecia
tion lu tbe United States has been re
markable, says Louis C. Elson in tlio
World's Work. So fast Indeed, have
we widened musical opportunities,
that, In one Important respect, tbe
United States leads the world In m.u*
sic. TJicre Is no other country where
so much Is being accomplished in the
musical education of the masses.
Tho transatlantic education lsygen
erally more thorough, hut ours is the
more universal. Tbe circulation of, at
least, three of our musical periodicals
—a good index of the lutcrest taken lu
music—would astound Europeans.
There is not a single city of size In
the country, I beliove, that docs uot
give its school children free Instruc
tion In music up to a certain point.
Nor does tbe training of the masses
stop here. In New York, a thorough
musician, Mr. Frank Dainrosch, trains
the wage earners, ttye working people.
In chorus singing, so tbat they listen
to classical compositions and eveu par
ticipate in rendering them. The seed
planted in the metropolis soon bore
fruit lo other cities. Boston followed,
with similar choruses under the lead
of Samuel W. Cole.
Maplsge In Japan.
In Japan when u man wants a, wife
ho does not woo her. lie does not
even choose l* r for himself, but asks
a friend on whose taste he can rely
to And him a charming and beautiful
girl. The friend does his best, and
asks the approval of the young lady’s
parents. Then a party is given by a
mutual friend of the persons most con
cerned, and they are Invited to it.
that they may see what they think of
each other. The girl is not expected
to have an opinion of her own, hut if
she has any marked distaste for the
man she is not generally obliged to
marry him.
Plucking Ostrich Plume.
Ostrich plucking Is really not a
“plucking,” but a “cutting.” says a
writer in Country Life in America.
The ostrich is coaxed into a* wedge-
shaped inclosure, and a small bag
drawn over his head, which renders
him unresisting. The large plumes are
carefully cut, leaving an inch of the
quill, which In time drops ctfit. A few
of the small feathers, when ready to
fall out, are really plucked. An os-
trich yields about fifty feathers at a
plucking.
Stol* Policemen’* Medals.
Hzvlug wagerefi $40 that he would
steal five medals from a policeman's
chest, a- yqnjjg man Jn Parts secured,
two. says the Dctit Parislen. but was '
caught at the third attempt and will be
prosecuted .
