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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 .