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LOVE’S HERITAGE. ISend o’er me, blue as summer skies, The nzure splendor of thine eyes, And smile with lips whose murmur tolls, Like lingering sound of*far-off liells O’or shining seas, that thou for me Art skies and sound and summer son! Skies that contain the sun, the moon, The stars, the birds, tbe winds of June; And tones that, swelling far and near, Bear more than music to mine ear; And sen, alxive whoso changeless huo The sun is bright, the sky is blue! Art thou mine star'i Bweot love thou’lt more Than all that over twilight bore. Art thou my songV l>ear love, from thoo The whole world takos its melody. Art thou—nay! what con words impart To tell one dream of what thou art/ Thou art my nil; I know that love Bains from the deepening dome above In silver dewdrops, that the earth Beoeives with hushed and solemn mirth; So thou—all seasons linked in one— Art flower, and bird, and breeze, and sun! —William M. Briggs, A MISSING BUTTON, (Aj & j rr\ £j 1 C south II E E n F with U L / \ room, L %iJ a b a v window - Vjj; l^\ 2 \ f' 1 " °* ldossoin . ing plants; a l,ri « ht firo K ,ow - just struck nine at night—all these things met Mrs.Chickerly’s eyo as she laid down her book and yawned. Hho was a plump and fair-fnecd young matron of some font or five and twenty, with bright auburn hair, soft liluo eyes and a complexion whose roses stood iu need of no artificial rouge. “Fanny,” said Mr. Chickerly, look¬ ing up from his newspaper, “did yon cull on those Carters to-day?” “No; I never thought of it.” “And they leave town to-morrow morning; and Carter is absurdly sensitive to all slights, fancied or real. Fanuy, I desired you to make a point of calling,” "Well, I did intend to, Frank,” pouted Mrs. Chickerly, “but one can’t think of everything.” “You can not, it seems ." “It appears to me that you are making u mountain out of a mole¬ hill,” said Fanny, rather tartly. “It mny affect my business very seriously. Carter's house carries great influence with it." Mrs. Chickerly was silent, patting the velvet carpet with her foot iu a manner that indicated some annoy¬ ance. “I shall havo to Jeavo here vory early to-morrow morning,” raid her husband, presently. “To go to Heonersvillo, about Aunt Elizabeth’s will?” “Yes.” “Oh, I wouldn't, Frank." “Why not?” “It’s such hitter odd weather to travel in, and Aunt Elicnboth is such a whimsical old woman, it's as likely ns not that she’ll change her mind about making a will when you get there. 1 wouhLwait IfniChickorly a little, if J were you." smiled. “That would be your systom of doing things, Fanuy, but not mine." "My ?” system, Frank ! What do you mean “1 mean that yon believe in putting things ofl indefinitely, and not always ju the wisest manner. I wish you'd break yourself of that luibit, Fanny. Believe me, it will some day bring you to grief.” Mrs. Chickerly contracted her pretty eyebrows. “1 don't believe iu being lectured, Frank.” “And I don’t very often lecture you, my dear; pray give luo credit for that.” “You didn’t think you were marry¬ ing an angel when you took me, 1 hope?" “No, my love. I thought I win marrying a very pretty little girl, whoso few faults might easily be cor rooted," “Faults! ITave I any great faults, Frank?” "Little faults mny sometimes entail groat consequences, Fanny.” “If you scold any more I shall go out of the room.” “You need not, for I am going my¬ self to pack my valiso. By tho way, there’s a button off the shirt I want to wear to-morrow, 1 wish you would come up stairs and sew it on for me." “I will, presently.” “Why can’t you como now?” “1 just want to finish this book ; there’s duly ono more chapter. ” And Fauny opened her her volume resolutely that husband thought it best not to contest tbe question. Sitting all alone iu front cf the bright tire, Mrs. Chickerly gradually grew drowsy, and before she knew it she had drifted off' into the shadowy regions of dreamland. She was roused bv tho clock strik¬ ing 11. “Dear me! how late it is?" she thought, with a little start. “I must go'up stairs immediately. There, 1 forgot to tell cook about haviug break fast at 5 to-uiorrow morning, and course she’s abed and asleep by time. I’ll l>e up early euough to to it myself, that will be just well.” Aud laying this salvo to her eon ecieuce, Mrs. Chickerly turned off tlie gas, and crept drowsily up stairs. “Fanny, Fanny, it’s past 5, cook hasn't come down stairs yet. Are yon sure you spoke to her night?” Mrs. Chickerly rubbed her eyes stared sleepily around. “Oh, Frank, I forgot all speaking to her last night," she crud, with conscience-stricken face. I'll ruu right up—she can have breakfast ready iu n very few Utes. She sprang out of bed, thrust feet into a pair of silk-lined slippers, and threw a shawl over her ders. Mr. Chickerly bit his lip !i li checked her. “No need, Fauny,” he said, a liith bitterly; “I must leave the houeein teen minutes or mini the only train. It’s of no use speaking to the cook now.” “I am so sorry, Frank.” Mr. Chickerly did not answer; he was apparently absorbed in turning over tho various articles in his bureau drawer, while Fanny sat shivering on tho edge of tlio bed, cogitating liow hard it was for her husband to start on a long journey that bitter morning without any breakfast. “I can make a cup of coffee myself over the furnace fire,” she exclaimed, springing to her feet. But Mr. Chiok erly again interposed. “Sit down, Fanny, please. I wou’d rather you would sew this button on the neck of my shirt. I liavo packed tho others—those that are fit to wear. I have shirts enough, but not ono in repair.” Fanny crimsoned as she remembered how often, iu tbe oonrso of tho last month or two, she had solemnly prom¬ ised herself to devote a day to tho much-needed renovation of the hus¬ band's shirts. Hho looked round for her thimblo. “I left it down stairs last night. I’ll get it in a minute.” The housemaid had just kindled a fire iu the sitting-room grate; it was blazing and crackling cheerfully among tho fresh coals, and Fanny could not resist tho temptation of pausing a moment to warm her chilled lingers and watch tho greenish-purple spires of flame shoot merrily up the chimney, until sho heard her hus¬ band’s voice calling her imperatively ; “Fanny, Fanny, what aro you doing?” “Oh, dear,” thought the wife, as sho ran up tlio stairs, “I wish Frank wouldn’t bo so cross. Ilo’s always in hurry.” Little Mrs. Chickerly never stopped to think that tho real reason was that sho, his wife, was never “in a hurry. ” Tho needle threaded, tho thimble fitted on, nu appropriate button was next to bo selected. “Oh, dear, Frank, I haven’t ono the rigid size!” “Sow on what you havo then, but I JO quick 1” Blit Fanny was quito certain there was “just tho right button” some¬ where in her work-basket,uud stopped to fciircli for if. “There, 1 told you so!” sho cried, triumphantly point her holding it tip on tho of noedlo. “Well, well, sow it on quick,” said Mr. Chickerly, glancing ut his watch nervously; “Tlmt’s ju d your worrying way, Frank, as it anybody could sow a but ton on well in a hurry. There! My noedlo has como unthreaded.” “Oh, Fanny, Fanny,” sighed her liusband, fairly out of patience at last, “vvliy didn’t you do it Inst night, ns I begged of you? 1 shall miss the train and what little chnneo wo had of a placo in Aunt Elizabeth’s will will bo sacrificed to your miserable habit of being always behindhand.” Fanuy gave him the shirt and bo gnn t.i whimpir a little, but Mr. Chickerly had neither tho time nor tho inclination to pause to sootho her ilnished petulant manifestations of grief. He his dressing, caught up his ■aliso with a hurriedly-spoken good Uy, and ran down tlio stairs two stops at a time into the street. “.There lie pvoiAs-l'-rtHu-nHircri ‘aud lie's gone away cross with me, and all for nothing but a miserable button! I wish there wasn't such a itiiug ns n button in tho world !’’ (A wish which, we much misdoubt, many another wife than Mrs. Fanny Ohiok erly has echoed, with perhaps better reason.) Mrs. Chickerly was sitting down to her lit tle dinner a la solitaire, with a daintily browned chicken, a tumbler of currant jelly, and a curly bunch of celery ranged before her, when, to her surprise, the door openod aud iu walked her lord and husband. “Why, Frank, where ny earth did you come Iroui?” cried the astonished wife. "From the office,” coolly answered Mr. Chickerly. "But 1 thought you were off for Scouersville iu such a hurry.” “1 found myself just five minutes too Into for tbi> traiu, after having run all the way to the depot." "Oh, thnt was too bad." Chickerly smiled a little ns ho be¬ gun to curve tho chicken. "Yes, I was a little annoyed at first ; it did seem rath'r provoking to bo kept at homo by only a button," "What are you going to do?” “Why, I shall make a second start to-morrow.” “I’ll see to it that your breakfast ready this time, to the second, aud all your wardrobe iu trim," said Fanny, rather relieved at tho prospeot of chnneo of retrieving her character. “You need not, I have engaged room ut a hotel near the depot, can’t run any more risks." He did not speak unkindly, and yet Fanny felt that he was deeply dis¬ pleased with her. “But, Frank—” “We will not discuss the matter any furt her, my love, if you please. I have resolved to say nothing more to you about reforms. 1 see it is useless, aud it only tends to foster an unpleas¬ ant state of feeling between us. Shall I help you to some maeearoni?" And fairly - deuced. Fanny ate her dinner with what appetite was left to her. Three days afterward Mr. Chickerly once more made his entrance, just at dusk, e- irpet-bag in hand, as Fanny sate njoyiug the ruddy shiuo of coal-tire and tbe consciousness of iug performed her duty in the iug and general renovation of her band's drawerful oi shirts—a which alio had long been dreading postponing. “Well, how is Aunt questioned Fanny, when her duly welcomed and greeted, had ed himself in the opposite easy-ohair. “Dead, was tbe brief reply, “Dead! Oh, t rank! Of her enemy, apoplexy?” “Yes.” ‘ ‘Was her wi “It was. Yppareutiy she had pected me, on is it* day she herself pointed ; and < >n my non-arrival the on dv train that stops, she sent tii vi l.Twvur, tiifi to her will, i left a pert v to the as v ■>v with a bitter* ml the j loot of i via hew \ in j dueed L moment, to alter her original intention of leav¬ ing it to him. Bhe died the v-ery next morning.” bowjnnehwas it?” “Ob, Frank, You “Ten thousand dollars. see, Fanny, how much that missing but¬ ton has cost me!” Fanny Chickerly sat like one con¬ demned, by the utterance of her con¬ science. Not alone tho one missing button, but the scores—nay, hundreds —of trifling omissions, forgetfulnesses, and postponements which made her lifo ono endless endeavor to “catch up” with the transpiring present, seemed to ’present themselves before her mind's eye. What would this end in? Was not the present .lesson suf¬ ficiently momentous to teach her to train herself in a different school? Hho rose, and came to her husband's side, laying ono tremulous hand on his shoulder. “There shall bo no more missing bnttous, my love,” she said earnestly. —New York News. Perpetual Motion. Tho idea that perpetual motion may bo realized, or that a machine may bo made to run itself until worn out, is ono of the most fascinating and per¬ sistent fallacies that has ever gamed o hold upon the human mind. Most of the machines of this kind have existed only iu the imagination of tho inven¬ tory but some of the motors havo been actually built, and a few of them havo been shown in operation. An interesting exumplo, recalled tho other day by President Henry Morton, of tho Htevens Institute of Technology, is furnished by tho once famous Itoad hofer perpetual motion machine. Large sums of money wero sunk in this, as in more roceut schemes like tho “Keoly motor,” and for tho pur poeo of exposing tho fraud involved, a small motor was constructed about eighty years ago by Isaiah Lukens, ut the suggestion of Nathan Sellers. This is preserved in tho collection of tho Franklin Institute at Philadel¬ phia, Tho model consists of a hori¬ zontal circular table on a pivoted ver¬ tical shaft, with two inclined pianos mounted on wheels cn the table and a ear containing two removable weights on each inclined plane. Levers at¬ tached to tho inclined planes and tho cars aro supposed to transmit to tho central shaft tlio tendencies of tho in eliued planes to run from under tho oars and of tho curs to run down tho inclined planes, and theso tendencies nro supposed to rotate tho central shaft. Tho arrangement is admirably simple iu more senses than one, but, wonderful to relate, it scorns to work, Tho machine stops whou tho woights aro removed from the cur, but starts when they arc replaced, aud under fa vorablo circumstances may ruii iudef mitely. This startling phenomenon tends to shuko tho novice’s faith in tho conservation of energy. Close inves tigation, liowovor, reveals tho fact that tho base of tho machino hidos a train ot clockwork, whoso springs can bo wound through ono of the orna mental knobs of tho model’s glass oaso. This clockwork drives tho plate on which the central vertical shaft is pivotod, and tho friotions aro so nd justed that when tho cars nro loaded tho turning plate will drivo tho shaft, but with At tho woights in tho cars tho friction is iusnffloient.. —T rento n (N., T.yAiucncnD. How Law* Aro Made in France. The process of legislation iu the French Chambers is very simple. Each Chamber may initiato legislation upon any subject except tho finances; and a bill upon any subject whatso¬ ever must be passed in all its parts by a majority voto in both Chambors iu order to become a law. This is not only necessary, but it is also suffi¬ cient: i. e., tlio President of the Re¬ public has no voto power upon tho legislation of the Chambers. Tho Constitution provides a period of thirty days between the passage of tho law l»y the Chambers and its necessary promulgation by the President of tho Republic, and reduces this period should to threo daysiu case tho Chambers voto that promulgation periods is urgent.. tho Within those respective llepublio de¬ President of tho may mand of the Chambers a reconsidera¬ tion of the measure, Constitution and they are accord re¬ quired by tho to the request. If they repass tho meas¬ ure by majority vote, tho President must yield and promulgate tho law. The Chambers can also initiate the call of tho National Assembly for tho purposo of amending or revising the Constitution. The chief question which has arisen in tlio exercise of this power is whother tho Chambers can limit the action of tho National Assembly by their agreement before¬ hand upon the subjects iu regard to which tho Constitution mny be amended or revised. The affirmative view of this question would bo a secu¬ rity to tho i ights and powers of tho smaller body, tho Senate, since tho National Assembly is composed of the members of the two Chambers in joint assembly, but the more numerous Deputies have espoused with audit great unauimity the negative view; must be recognized that they havo the logic of the matter with them. The National Assembly is the sover¬ eign power iu the Constitution aud cannot be limited, therefore, by a branch of the Government, or even by the' whole Government, in its action. The National Assembly may consider any subject it will wbeu once it is or¬ ganized. The Chambers iu joint as¬ sembly also elect the President of the Republic. —The Cbautauquan. Where Wolves Abound. The wolf question . has . . become again so serious to stockmen having herds in the northwestern portion of bouth Dakota that all sorts of measures are being discussed for their extermina tion. Tl-u Hamilton boys, who have sillies: sjfz.r, will l>e trat cbed vr it U interest by other ftoekmen having herds in that section, Last fall the HamiltoUs took fonr ! grevhoumls out to their ranch and j have a! out to West Virginia for i four trail hounds, which arc expected I to arrive shortly. Those nro eros^ between the blood and fox hounds, aud mak excellent truiier^ their arrh'a! a desperat attempt ill be made t xtermi it.» the wolv.' — New York Advertiser. BUDGET OF FUN. JUUMOROU* SKETCHES VARIOUS SOURCES. Secret of Su< ■ ess—The Kind It The Fatal’ Month-A Title AVlth a 5Ieai ing—At the Money Changer’s, Etc. ! (piiet store, ' * Drowsy clerks; Advertising done By jerks. Busy store. Trade is prime; Advertising all The time. —Brin let's Ink. TJ5CERTAIN, BUT EAOEB. “What does the woman want?” “Sho doesn’t know, but sho is to get it.”—Judge. HAD FOLLOWED THE TRIALS. “Father,” asked the small boy, “what is ’conflicting testimony?’ ” “Expert testimony, my son.”—Nor¬ ristown Herald. A TITLE WITH A MEANING. Charley Cyimso—“Why aro girls called misses?” Freddy Faugle—“Did you ever ’em try to hit oDything?”— Judge. THE 4 o?LV dbawhack drawback "Then you have mi disturbing ele merit Only in yonr^hprch? the u-mster s voice, andgen orally bo keeps that pretty well under control. Judge. THjfclND IT WAS. Jobnnio (with a book) — “Papa, what does a ‘conspiracy of silence’ mean?” I’apa—“Don’t know. Ono in which womon are not concerned, I fancy.”— Detroit Free Press. THE FATAL MONTH. Mr.—“Wliiit month is it in which it fs unlucky to Uo married?” Mrs.—“Great Scott! what a poor memory you Lave, my dear. We were married in June.”—Life. EXPLAINING IT. Feathorstone—“How is it, Willie, I was shown into this room? Usually I go into tho parlor.” Willie—“Sister said tho clock in this room was half au hour fast. ”— Detroit Free I^ess. THE NATURAL RESULT. Maude—“Isn't it sad how Ethelinda has gono off in lief looks? What has sho Horriot—•‘Trying been doing?” all tho ‘toilet hints' in tho Young ^lousowife’s Daily Companion. "—Judge. BLOT ON THE SCUTCHEON. Miss Pruyn—“Where did you got tho dosigu of your servants’ livery ?” Sash—“Oh, my ancestors used it!” Miss Pruyn—“Indeed! By whom wero they employed?”—Puck. at Tiuf money changer's. fifteen LientonanUifj&What! per mw. 'interest You for demand three month*!’ 1 , ' ygq. blush to own the h Banker—^T gnj ^al Aoige money; color— never!"—M d’Amiens. k. OPTIMIST. “My husband,” said Mrs. Sharp, “is one of the most cheerful of op¬ timists—” “Indeed?" “Oh, yes; he never doubts his own judgment.’’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. VERY MEAN. Winkers—“Talking about moan men, do you know Blinkers?” Miukers—“Is ho moan?” Winkers—“Mean! Mean is no name for it. Why, that fellow is moan enough to put his name on an um¬ brella.”—New York Weekly. SUBTLE BUT COSTLY VENGEANCE. Mrs. Nayborly—“What on earth are you going to invite that odious Mrs. Smithlius to your swell dinner for? I thought you hated her.” Mrs. Swoething—“Do you suppose I’m fcoing to give a 820 a plate dinner and not make her seo mo act as hostess at it?”—Chicago Record. STILL USEFUL. Once’upon a time a Bicycle accosted a Horse. “Get off the earth!” said tbe Bi cyolo; “Iaiu going to supplant you entirely.” The Horse smiled. “Nay, nay," it rejoined, gently; “they can't- make canned corned-beef out of you.”—Pack. PRECAUTIONARY. Amateur Sportsman—“lour beaters are uncommonly stout-; I have noticed the fact before; how is it?” Head Gamekeeper—“At ordinary times they are lean enough, sir, but when we have the gentlemen from town they always pad their clothes to prevent the shot going through.”— Fliegendo Blaettec. A CONSOLiNO THOUGHT. Bramble—“Yes, I’m ngly, I know I’m ugly, but there is one great con eolation.” Friend—“What is that?” Bramble—“If aver I should become great and the Americau people should resolve to erect a statue to my memory, they won’t be able to make Y^Wlly 6 New Aork y. _ BOLD - Lady-“My father-this is between ourselves—called on your landlady to make inquiries about you." Lady—“Indeed? I thank you for the^ information. The fact is, praised yon up to the skies. cade BUetter. - THE CASTE OF VEKE DE VERE. “Here,” said the nurse, kindlv, “take this hot drink; it will von Will sweat, and in the morning ' be all right •• . Weak as CiiolWy repulsed the proffered draught. “Sweat? nevah!” he gasped; “that is a distinctive perquisite of the work ing clawses.” It was only a simple cold, but he let it run into pneumonia rather than abate,one jot or tittle of his prejudices.—Puck. A SENSIBLE OLD LADY. A recently published book on rail way systems contains this new version of the old story of an aged lady’s first journey by rail. As the train was pitched down an embankment, anil she crawled from beneath the wreckage, she asked a passenger, “Is this Stam¬ ford?” “No, madam,” replied the maD, who was pinned doWu by a piece of timber, “this is not Stamford; it's a catastrophe!” hadn’t “Oh!” cried the lady. “TheuI oughter got off here.”—The Amusing Journal. NO SION OF KEG RET. A drill sergeant of a volunteer regi pent m drilling a squad whom he was ms ructiug in the funeral exercise, slid, Now, lads, I want to see how well you can do it. I m going to wak through the ranks, amM wish you to suppose 1 m the corpse. He ordered the squad to rest on their arms reversed, and stand at ease. Then he walked through the ranks, and addressed them as follows. Your arms are all right and your f?*: 1 UT ° ‘ ngbt ’ V'\ fc thf ' rs f thing wanting, my lads; you hadn that look of regret on your face that you ought to have when a corpse walks past. f lit-Bits. — - stranger than fiction-. A certain member of the Michigan Legislature has a word that is not nearly as good as his bond, albeit, his word goes to the miraculous rather than to the malicious, so that he really does more good by talking than if he didn’t talk. The other day a fellow member who didn’t know his peculiarities heard him tell some thing, and shortly after he met an other member who knew him from a long time back. “liy the way,” said the imaginative member’s new friend, “Mr. Blank told me a strange thing awhile ago.” “Ah,” was the immediate response, “what was it, tho truth?”—Detroit Free Press. A Test d Hypnotism, Some experiments in hypnotism which Dr. Luys, tho French phy sician, was recently permitted to try before tho Socioto <le IJiologio in Paris, have raised a doubt as to the genuineness of the new science. Dr. Tinv« ia „ cnnfirmn,l experiment hvnnntist and h« made many When the time for tho public ex periments before the French society came Dr. Luys had a subject who hud lost the little finger of his left hand. Tho man was put iu ft trance and then this baud was spread out on a table, Dr. Luys took a pin and stuck it in khe taDle at the place where the miss ing finger would have been. He re peated the experiment several times, using pins, needles and knives, and C(voh time the patient pulled away his hand and groaned as though in pain, Just so long as Dr. Luys had the man in hand the experiments wore highly successful. ^ Sonre-fu tire oritur eicians present objected to liis an uouncing just what he was going to do before each experiment. Dr. Luys turned the patient over to them. They laid his hand under the table, held a newspaper in front of his face so that ho could not see what was being done, and then made several jabs with a steel pen at the spot where the little finger should be. Each time the patient groaned and pulled his hand away. Then ono of tho phy siciuns ftrgned that if the patient was shamming it would bo easy enough for him to know just when the pen was stuck in the table, as tho scratch ing noise it mode was distinctly aud ible. 8o it was quietly agreed to simply put the pen within a fraction of an inch of tho table. This was done, tho newspaper still being held before the man’s eyes, nnd ho never made a move. Not a groan nor an attempt to pull tho hand away followed the experi¬ ment. Dr. Luys was amazed, but at¬ tempted no explanation.—San Fran¬ cisco Chronicle. International Stamps. Postmaster-General Bissell has re¬ ceived from the French Government s request to enter into an agreement with that country whereby they could send a letter from there with a pre paid reply. They would, of course, agree to accept a similar plan on the part of the United btates. M ith the request of France is submitted a “let ter sheet with a paid reply,” recently issued by the postal administration of that country for circulation in its do mestic service. The “paid reply” let ter is somewhat similar to the “reply paid” international postal card. In the international service the letter would cost ten cents for the original and reply, and in the domestic whole service it costs six cents for tbe letter. The United States is not asked to use the letter in its domestic service, but simply to receive And recognize the prepaid reply eo it could be sent back to France. - Mr. Bissell is in favor of an interna tional stamp, and it is expecteu that in a short time he will decide as to the merits of the plan.—\\ ashington Fost. -- \ Japanese Trick. -^ m . t* oit nlaved « nr-vtv ofVhe tr to dml the condition Chinese fleet that was so knocked around by the Japs at the naval bat tie of the lain Liver The Chinese fleet was anchored at Wei-Hat-Wei. The Japanese warship Yoshino-Kshn repainted and then hoisted the Chi uese colors aud started for Wei-Hai wSicr reived by the strategy, signaled the dying steamer to enter the port. She availed herself of the invitation long enough to ascertain that the Chen Yuen, Fing-Yuen, Tsing-Yuen, Chi Yuen Kwang-Pin-r Chen-Tuu* Ciien Pin. Chen-Nan and Chen-Pop were lying at anchor within and then she fled. ’The ruse was discovered as she was leaving th harbor an i several ^hots were »eat after her, hut not one sUuck her.—St. Louie Star-Sayings. IN THE BIG HOTELS. THE GREAT NUMBER OF PROVES FOUND IN THEM, - An Army of Twenty-five Persons Required in the New York Caravansaries Alone— Housekeepers’ Duties. P -ID you ever think of that army of mortals whose in so many different ties, keeps the machinery our big hotels in operation? There are to-day 136 large hotels in New York City. New besides has over 200 so-called hotels with facilities for taking ed nearly 75,000 persons. It takes numerous servants to look after great a multitude,and there are of them in the large transient here than there are soldiers and Htriker , in Brooklyn. The hotel directory only gives the priucipal hotels. There are t h €se hundreds of places, in each w hicli from forty to fifty servants and wa it era arc employed that have to added to the list. It is safe to tbttt the great army of employes in , Ue New York hotels is 25,000 strong. Over 15,000 of these work in the trans j en t hotels, which employ from 100 to 450 persons each at 83 a month up, boari h and in maBy cases lodging in cluded . Among the female employes of a hotel are some women of rare natural intelligence, executive ability and knowledge of human nature, and their services are considered worth much as £1500 a year and meals and rooms free. These are the house keepers. hotels Most large have also furni turn repairers whose duty it is to see that casters are kept upon chairs, dressing-cases and bedsteads, and to take badly broken articles of the kind to the “hospital” in the basement or elsewhere. The chambermaids are divided into watches, short and long, or regular and dog-watches, as on an old-fashioned sailing ship. In the larger houses their work is so that it is not very laborious. In tho linen room the housekeeper has under her seamstresses whose duty it is to keep the linen and bed cloth ing in order. Then there aro the window-cleaners, tho scrub-women, *be curtain menders and hangers and “ score of others which, summed up, would ta*ie a small directory to dc scribe them and their various duties, .4^®“ stairs is the laundry, which is also under the charge of the housekeeper. Here are more men un Ger her command. Tho chief, or boss, as he is called, has one or two assistants, threo machine operators anc * laundresses who are mang \ era an,a band washers, as no flannels or delicate fabrics are allowed to through the machines. The handling of the food takes °iner auxiliary force, which is under supervision of that very import personage, the steward. It been said that this individual break the most prosperous hotel in the country, and many a genial ' V1 ‘ fbat the saying is a true Qm ‘ P TO P rl t' toT j be monarch of all he surveys, and domain is vast, for he controls nearly a dozen different departments. He ^as on P^sonal staff one lieuten a J lt a , bookkeeper, two receiving » clerks, one checking clerk, from three ^ ve storekeepers, who on order ou ^ stores, and a time keeper. ^ is not generally known to the lay ^ftt the kitchen, and consequent ^ aro nn der the immediate controf of , the steward. The two de cu * e ul obt ft s to the menu for the next day, but in case of a difference opinion, w luit the steward ^ loast oe8, hall 1 .i* 10 a dozen lieutenants, h fl3 under him each at of whom is generally an artist in his own particular line of cooking. Then, bo sides these, there are scullery boys, pot washers aud scourers, who are generally termal omnibuses as they can generally turn their hand to sev eral kinds of work. In the best there are very few women under the direction of the chef. Nearly all the work is done hymen and the so-called “boys' may be fifty years old. Be sides these there are tue pastry cooks, who aro quite independent tellows, and the ice-cream makers, etc., whose creations can be seen every year at botb tbe j.’ re n C h and the German Cooks’ balls, and winch excite bo much adm iration. There are also three or four shell g sb ru e n, who prepare lobsters, crabs, ovs ters and clams for the table, and ’ w ho arc experts in this rather difficult arb Many hotels also employ one or two gardeners to attend to the lawn or terrace about the hotel, and also to the landing baskets and potted plants and ferns. He has nnder control the sidewalk sweepers, whose du ty is to keep the walks about the hotel free from rubbish, j n i at ge houses the whole dining room {orce is uuder tbe supervision of the bead y alt er, or “captain,” as he i s called by his subordinates, and he, ; n t uln , has a number of assistants, wb.i are called ushers, and who seat the guests when they enter the dining room. There are seldom less than thirty or forty waiters in the grand saloon, and several omnibuses to re move dishes and perform any work they are told to do. The retinues sf employes in the of fice *’ ne of tbils « tensive “bodes is ‘ twoor^h’reeb^EMrs. r ^ ree a ca-nier siKi an army orcierKs, wnose business is to be suave and never get ^ nthclb are divided into three ****** waLnes aud two short night messenger & and half a dozen por or carriers, who in turn are "truer this .ast t_e control yidual of is quite a head big porter. fel m a low about a hrge hotel. He grows to know all th; important personages wh “ fre ’F’ en ’ the He recognition with politicos k-om and the expects l resident a bow of the United Mat-, if ne has ever met the latter before. Then then are the carriage . ___ callers, „__ the door porters, and even the cab and hacktr.en all under the control of those behind the desk. At the Waldorf the bell boys. are merely messengers. Telegrams, message letters, callers’ cards, etc., are sent to each room by a perfect pneumatic tube system, ■which it takes about a dozen men to operate, including the engineer of the air-compressor in the sub-basement, and the hall man on each floor, whose duty is to see that each thing of the kind gets to its proper destination.— New York News. Coal Burned on a Big Atlantic Liner, Not a little guesswork has been probable gone through by many as to the quantities of coal which are daily shoveled into the furnace-mouths of such big Atlantic liners as the steam¬ ers Paris, New York, Campania, and Lucania, Ten years ago 100 tons a da y waa considered a most prodigious consumption, little likely to be ex ceeded in the to come, and wondering comment there was in plenty that so vast a quantity 4 should find a legiti matc 0 uUet Sinoe theu> however , the public mind has been educated up to higher figures, and statements of 200 and even 303 tons a day have ceased to attract more than passing notice. Three hundred and fifty tons, in {act , are said to be burned on the p aris ftnd the New York in every twenty-four hours, but of the Lucania and Campania no particulars have ever i )een given, so that au approximation based on what is known of the power equipment of these ships is all that ca n be offered. Twenty-eight thou sand horse-power has been assumed to be the amount that each of these ves se i 3 requires to propel them at the great speeds which they maintain. Added to .this power of tho main engines must be the appreciable figure represented by the host of auxiliary engines and pumps which aro neces- 8aT y adjuncts, and which, with the steam-heating systems, and hot water apparatus, help to swell the steam consumption to such a degree pounds that a total allowanco'of, say, sixteen 0 f B team per hour for eaoh of tho 28,000 horse power may be takon as quite within the mark. Allowing, then, to a boiler performance, of eight pounds of steam per pound of coal, which cannot be far wrong, we have a coal consumption of two pounds per honr for each horse-power, or 56,000 pounds, equivalent to 600 figuring, tons per da y. This is pretty plain though of course, partly speculative, and wb ile tho outcome may seem ex aggeratedly high, it, no doubt, quite tlio truthfully represents the facts iu caso.—CasBier’s Magazine, - -- i - - Tea and Coffee Culture m Hawaii. It is not generally known that the cultivation of tea and coffee in Hawaii j s rap i d iy becoming a matter of im por t ance to our American markets, pj ne qualities of tea and coffee are be j n g g ro wn successfully, and it may be eX pected in the near future that these islunds will become an irnpor tant source of supply. Both tea and co (f ee grow luxuriantly and both, it is note worthy,are being prepared almost entirely by machinery, instead of by hand. This it is thought will corn pensate for the low wages paid to the p j c kers an d other tea workers in china and euable Hawaii to ri val the Qhinese market example, is fdeked by machine, which gftthera on i v tho young and tender i eavea an( j never makes the mistake of pi c ] t i n g the tough leaves, however thick they may be. Next the leaves are withered, rolled and then packed without being touched by any hand, j u preparing the coffee berry for market there are also a number of in genious and efficient machines which the work much more cheaply and j n a m0 re uniform manner than it done by hand. The disk p U jp er an( | the Gordon pulper are p r i uc ipally used. Several of the Ha wa ii an coffee planters have erected ex tensive drying houses, aud a large this year ma bo readil red for raark et, The coffee plant g rowg luxuriantly on the island in fJmost evcry Wild coffee has eve n been planted among the high laads and in the forests> in some caaes at nu elevatlon of over 2000 feet, and iye3 an ahuu.iant crop. It is re ported tUflt tbis yoar a nurnber of peo ple are applying for land with the intention of rai ; in g teaand coffee and 8CTetal large p!a ntations are being equipped.-Scientific American, An Odd-Looklug Peer. The Duke of Norfolk is so rich that he actually does not kuow what to do with his money, and it is supposed that to this must be attributed his ex¬ travagance in connection with the great staircase which he has just built at Arundel Castle. It has beer, in course of construction for over two years, and is estimated to have cost him 8325,000. Arundel is a superb old place of much historical interest, but it possesses many sad associations even of modem times. It was only a few years ago that it sheltered under its roof two persons mentally afflicted, one the cousin of the Duke, Cardinal Howard, who was kept under restraint in a distant wing of the edifice; while the other was the only sou aud heir of the Duke, a mis¬ erable little imbecile bereft of speech, hearing, sight and reason, for whose utterly impossible recovery the Duke made yearly pilgrimages to Lourdes and other similar sacred 8 P°fs The Duke is the premier peer and premier duke of the realm, and takes precedence oyer the rest of the nobil jV. If falt°th heredftiry the at he is Earl-Marshall of the Kingdom and President of the College o of Heralds C '7'I „ it' e L dill ”}«“* m)eir’ence this and is nJ odd look Big Incomes From a Fence. There is a little patch of land abut ting on one of the magnificent build¬ ings that flank Victoria street, West minster, London, which has remained waste for more than twenty years. It is sarronndea by a high boarding covered with advertisements. The in .ame derived from these is soch that ^ substitute a building, —Chicago Tisaea.