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COALED OROEfls. Oct aha wrung Crow bwroooiinr. And orer the harbor bar. As the mono was slowly rWnj, She faded from right star- Aad we tram! her ghwoiln* raovas By the twinkling earning star. Muae knew the p*irt »he roilrd for, Kor whither hrr <Tuhw would be; j Her future «miw was *Jmsided la silence and mystery ( “Escitse me. madam,'* he began, “lmt I am from the hospital and " “My goodness me!” ejaculated Mrs. j Printemji*, jumping to her feet; “how i dare you. come here and tell me said the. you?” $ Madam—' st ranker. F ! ‘*Oo away!” slid Mrs, Printemps, hanging down her window and bolting it noisily. “Betsy**—to her girl—“run across the meadow to Mrs. Udderlay's, be was Mailing brneath “srohd orders"— and tell her that the smallpox cair is To be opened out at rea. rampaging all over the country, trying to ■ get people to let him in, and she isn't to | open the door on any account. And stop j at. Dr. Duer's and ask him what sort of 1 Manilary regulation lie calls this kind of j thing?” I “I’m afraid I'll meet him. mem!” said Betsy, getting behind the sideboard gome souls, cut off from mooring, Ilo drifting into lb* night. Barimsss before and around them. With sea roe a glimmer if light; They ere acting henroth “eraled orders And sailing by faith. not right, keeping the line of duty. . Through evil and good report. They shall ride the storm out safely. ■ Be the voyage long tir short, For the ship that c arrirs Clod's orders Khali anchor at lad in port. - L.e!r,i Chamn ry, if Sailors' Mmjaziu> Every one know s the use of n light house on a rock in the sea. It is to mark the danger and guard ships from wreck. Eight vessels are used where lighthouses •»re impracticable. They nre anchored •tear sands, some of them at great dis tance from shore. They are occasionally placed near the edge of the shoal, just where the water begins to shallow and i—tv’ r> -i» «— — i within a few yards of where great masses “and I ain’t been vaccinated for seven ; of broken water foam up in white fury \ I years, and ” . _ j »m the treachcroun>and. In other cases 'Nonsense?** Said Mrs. Printemps. “If they are modred in midchannd between LIGHTSHIPS. FACTS FOR Tim CCBIU18. BUDGET OF FUN. THE useful floating bea cons OF OUR COAST. Manhattan Island, Professor Fairchild says, is gradually sinking, and the sea will yet •■Aver the present site of New York. It is said that the naipe Dakota is au [rnrised t- 1,ow ,h <T •» Formed and PUced In abbrrTiat i on ”/ thc ,nd “ n '" , " rd P IVn.ltion-TlieMchtinicApp.- “ ,a - , “ raDI "S “”“”1 bc:, “ s ,,r ratUM—Ground Ttfck to and *piemy. Lara pa—The Crews. j . According to a popular notion in ola times, the presence of • unearthly beings Unsatisfactory Explanation—No Onr Waiting on Her—A Seat on the Floor—••Chestnuts”— • m A Born Journalist. e go across the pasture fields you’ll does. Make haste now.” Kate Duer was standing in iier door way watching the storm roll grandly ~' I over the mountain tops, when the weary FEOMTHE HOSPITAL.”; und bewildered traveler opened the gate ! and came hesitatingly i “I b.*g your pardon,” said he, meekly, i “h • * “Yes,” said the It**v. Mr. Dibble. “I | “hut 1 think there must knew I eould depend upon the hospitality j thing singular in my appearance. ' of my flock to entertain this excellent j People seem to shut their doors S oung divine, seeing that my own house- against me, and slum me as if I had the old is in so disorganized :i condition, I pestilence. And I cannot find the rcsi- ^ __ owing to the exigencies of cleaning | dence of >Ir. Dibble, the clergyman, j in the fiercest gale that blows. The de house. It will l>e only for a night j Would it he asking too much if I were ! velopment of the lightship shows what or two. aud.we all know what is prom | to request permission to rest in your j science can arcomplUh when applied to a isod in those who receive the angel un- j porch until the storm is over? 1 earn? ! difficult problem. The evolution of the j # shoals, and serve as a leading light which vessels may steer for in perfect safety. Science lias devised a form of hbll for these lightships which it would lie diffi cult to improve upon. The main busi ness of a marine architect is to design and construct vessels which wind "or steam may drive as fast as possible through the water. But in building a lightship the chief aim is to turn out hull which shall offer as little rexistence possible to the sea, and at the same time be capable of ridiug at anchor in safety was announced iu the tint of the lights | v which were burning. j “Mr. Featherly,” inquired. Bobby, Attention is called to two racM of men ! “What is meant by a ‘bee line!”' which must (toon brcoine extinct: The ! “A *bce line, Bobby. explained Maoris, of Jicw Zealand, now reduced to Featherly. with an air of emdmon, - • *• “* which ft bee flies A BIG WHEAT FARM. nous path too o'.trn gone over. I k*»\v that it would be a struggle to tear your self away now, but you should make the sacrifice. You owe it your father, your mother, your creditors.” “I know there is much truth in what you say, Mr. Prentice, but I have given ____ much thought to this business, that j. ., w to throw it awav and engage in some- ! A w“‘o f W.OOO Acrea-How H Cultivated—Prosperous Towing Growing Up—A Yoke ot Elks. ngagen thing else would be changing the course of a life—would be like changing the channel of a mighty river.” Edward* smote his troubled breast. lifted im hi* moustache, put a linger on Mr . w . p. Dalrvmple. of Dakota. wi( each side of h.s mouth, and misaed the hi< broth( . r OHrt J „ of the ' ,, ' spittoon about s,x inches. „ h , at ftrm itl „ w . f pittoon about six inches. “I foresee the struggle.” said Mr.Pren tice; “but liecause a struggle is foreseen lees than fortv-fivc thousand souls, and | “means the manner in which a bee flies the Laplanders who number about thir- , to. its hive after it has. loa ec i se j s no reason w liy it should be averted- ty thousand. | w ™ 1 , ,® e y; , . life is a struggle It is estimated that the United States ! *!**£? f “«- !,is, "” cd “ “P”*-' 011 ot j -But. Mr. Prentice, what would you produces enough lumber each year to load P e f|i| 1 ' : mean.''’ he askisl advise <“ a to do!” 1,458.581 railroad cars, each averaging j Thu ? * t !J*A vou on th , ! “Your foresight prompts me to suggest 7,000 feet. This would make a train . “ saying that he never m ! the advisability of running a govern- 8.500 miles long, or about one-third ! J? 1 ** that JJ" J”" ; “ , _ ' “tent. I don't know anything about the around the globe. • line Tor some saloon. - Ae# *- * j chances for getting that kind of situation It is suggested that tht Patagonians! ' ~— „ '-hy at present, but I do know that you could mav have lost as much as two inches in : Xo One lit fitted on Her. [do up the work to the delight of the Stature since the adoption of constant j She was young..she was green, she was ; queen and to the taste of the entire royal horseback riding a litle over two ccatu- j very new in Washington. At a recent i household. Let me sec. How are you riesago. They were formerly repute 1 j swell affair she had gone with the crew'd „ giants, and their bo lies are still huge, • j„to the refreshment room. Presently : | T, C ’ . . t while their legs are disproportionately ou elegantly looking waiter, /or all the | * Probably you might get a situatio. short and slender. i world like a foreign Ambassador, bowed j :,s » writer of circus posters. The total annual consumption of tea. it ^litely^beforej would you like to float startled ! down the river on a raft, spending your : spare moments in the study of current any one navigation, sand bunk philosophy, and the wholesome casuistry oFferrvmcu who sponse to inquiries made by a reporter foi the New York Mail and Express while il tliat. city recently, he gave some interest^ * n S Particulars of liow lii* farm is mi •gen. The farms consists of .75,C acres, on 32.000 of which wheat was ■crown the past season. It is in the val there •w.':rea!” , • I from the hospital, and—” hull is quite as wonderful as that of * And Mrj'Oiob'.o rubl»»*d lii«- hands and ! “Oh, I understand” mid Kate, quick- j kind from protopkom so ingeniously looked Mnilioglvaround ii|K>n the members j ly, “you are the smallpox patient. But i traced by Darwin. The tint light ship of the Young 1-adir-' Aid Association, i I have been vaccinated, and am not afraid j on record was a revenue cutter anchored while a very |>ereeptible murmur of its- j of the disease. There is n very comfort- -i near the Nore Sand, at the mouth of the t rewMip from this aggregate collection | >d*le chamber in the second story of the | estuary of the Thames. It was placed * * * ’ * * nd you shall be. carefully nursed therein 1732. From its sqir— 1 —- 1 .. nowestsmated, is 3,000,000,000 pound*; j “Isthere any one waiting . of coffte. 1,000,000,000 pouuds; cocoa | “Sir? sir?” she stammered l and chocolate. l.(KWl,000.000 pounds: ! embarrasment. while similar drinks arc used by less civ- j “PattlounCz ilized nations and trilies. It is the fa- ! waiting on you. . ,.K«r««ri ,i ...ui. . :j l)lu*hin<‘ - l>ri«»htlv. ■ charged double pnee when the water \*«- ** ' ^vhen ‘ I on 's because it i* low. and double prim than w hen the water is high, because it i: high land sufteea mile* long bv five miles broad. **ln addition to it* being cultivated by | ike most improved machinery,” said Mr. ; Dalrvmple, “the farm reqiure*. at certain • seasons, between six hundred and eight i hundred men to aid in plowing, harvest- { ing, threshing and moving the wheat. We own five hundred horses, which are ! also used on the farm, aud in the busy ason we emplof al*out three The yield averages of carl-, bangs, frizzed hair and < lacer, Not a 4lumst-l in the number but would gladly have, cxt-nrled her gracious ho-- pitality to the flev. Felix Amory, wa* to prear-h a serm “Home Helps and Mjwiotr lags church upon the <•« “I*rr the promptly anticipatii wculu he most lcippy tleman!” While nil the otkr digsantlv fir*t at Mb* Lyd id taken care of there, of— “But you are mistaken,” cried the •ung man: I am not—” ♦‘Hush!” ssid Kate, gently. “Do not d of be afraid to confide in me. 1 am Dr. Duer’s at the vil- I sister, nml know the whole story. Sit ng Sunday l here and rest a little, aud I will bring you ; some bread and milk until iny brother said Mis* Lydia Larkspur, ” “papa r laiio “I ain a thousand times obliged ^tr» ton, said the stranger, “and fhe bread md milk - will taste delicious after my long walk. But I do not know wjlat leads each other, thiug:” “Most kind of you to pro|*.*e i iure,” said Mr. Dibble, ami so the was settled, not at nil to the gene isfnrtion. And Lydia Larkspur went home am issued order* that the parlor curtain should lie washed and ironed, and i to think that I u ral sat - , . .. 'ictinY to hltfpcml "Bold l„id. I have lost 111V hat in tK4 wind, to •©sure, and am compelled to wear this Syrian-look ing drapery oty'niy head, but never had smallpox. ai>fi hope never to incounter its horrors.” / Kate Duer turned /red first, then pale. “Then,** said.she, “if you are not the mall pox epse. who nre you ?’’ “I am Felix Amory.” said the young i its square sail yard hung several lights; and old chroniclers describe it as resembling a Chinese junk at night celebrating a feast of lanterns. The lightship of to-day is far different. The stem aud stern are shaped like rounded wedges and on either side of the'bilge arc false keels or rolling chocks jarhich help to give it stability iu a sea way. The hulls have tq be high out of the water or the waves would sweep the decks and swamp the shifts. But in spite of every precaution the elements are not yet conquered and never will lx*. Lightships pitch bows under at times and not infrequently roll their gunwales pound.cake of the richest nature eon- stra^r. “the chaplain of 8L Lucctta cw * ed - hospital in New York. I am to preach eocted. While Kate Duer, the doctor's siste who was as fond of young clergyman,j Lydia herself, and would objected to varying the monotony of her home-life with a spice of /s&lesiasticul novelty, returned to hijr 'crochet work ' "layawn aud n general impression ^•sabotf*' ' 8 to .have a young lecturer from ►the church on Sunday even- to her brother, when he inner. . Duer, swallowing his we? By the ! of aatallpC i the railway aid of the home and mission day next." • Kate Duer hurst out laughing. “And everyone has been mistaking you for the smallpox case!” said she. “Oh, Mr. Amory, do come in. IIow could we all have been so stupid ? But. you see. the minute yon liegnn to speak of the hospital—•” “I dare say it wa.« very awkward of me,” said Mr. Amory. “But it's the way I have always mentioned myself to%tran ger*. St. Lucetta’s. you kuow—” “Ye*, I know.” said Kat>. “But to good folks here, there is only cue hospital In the world, and that is Pitcher- . ville Institute.” 'hi Khte. who was com- Mr. Amory enjoyed his tea. sliced freshing salad in n carved ] peaches, and delicate “angel cake” very bowl; “I hope you kcivi well | much, as he sat tete-a-tete, with Kate Ivd, Hugh.” I Duer. by the soft light of the sltuded thatr j lamp, while the rain pattered without. orite drink of Russia, Holland and En land, the last country annually import- ! ing 100,000.(0) jxiunds, or several ! i at hoi r; not i.i Washington. | part of the s hundred ni ; twenty bushels to the in the spring and taken off It i pounds to each man, wqman and child. The ancient Roman bedsteads were of •nsiderable height, requiring a foot stool 1 or set of step* to get into them, and were made likp our largest-sized sofas with a headboard, sometimes a corresponding ! one against the foot and a high back at J the further side but entirely open on the i one on which the occupant entered. The > frame was strung with girths, which sup- | ported a thick mattress on which were ; sup]M»rtcd a bolster and pillow. A German statistician says that there ! vv jff other girl Wothinptm ; The kind i* th: i hard spring, lr kno i the fall. No. • Flo One of the liardest problems to solve in the early days of lightships w‘n* the character of the lighting apparatus. It is not difficult for au optician to design a light of such great* power that it can l>c visible at a distance of twenty or thirty miles in clear weather if sufficient eleva tion is secured. That is an easy matter when the structure in which.it' is to be adjusted is built on the steady shore. But when a powerful light lias to be dis played on the mast of a vessel which rocks and rolls sometimes forty-five de- arc about 800,000 deaf mut: world, 03 per cent, of whom tints, and 37 per cent, become s > later. There are altogether 397 institutions for the education of these unfortunates, in wl)jch 3,000 teochera and 26.473 pupils are fouud. Of these institutions, 00 are found in Germany, 17 in Austria, 11 in Switzerland, 2 in Australia, 10 in Bol in Brazil. 7 in Canada, 4 in Den mark, 67 in France. 46 in Great Britain, I Japan, 85 in Italy, 1 hi Luxemburg, i Mexico, 2 in Holland, 1 in New ! Scene Zealand, 7 in Norway, 1 in Portugal, 10 j A comp: Sweden, 7 in Spa: A S.»:i D.* you ever visit the Legislaturr” 'd a'member from Wayback district ne of liis i-oustituents. Yes. 1 was up t;> Hosting yesterday went into the legislatur'.” That so? AYhere'd you set?* Set in the gallery.'’ Wall, call me out nex dn a good seat I “Wall. I swow. do you j come way from Beiksliii j clmnce of sett in' on the floor to lie j feller* spouti Wall. I guei making fun of uie.'* “Oh. no; quite impossible, f cannot j mak auything of you. Here. Bill.” call ing a porter. “let in that other graduate and we'll give him -Arlan* tikes •nt and bind it. and twenty- five steam threshers, miming during tho harvesting season, to thresh it. These •hines will average 1,200 to 1,500 day. The seeding begiu^ April Wonders or the Sea. three-fifths of the. At the depth The sea occupies surface of the earth, about 3..500 feet, w * not felt. The 2 ail J.: temperature i* t ie same, varying only a | Hun daily. This is done not oi ““’J: trifle from the ice of the potato the hot it- j '“™ ns ot horses tm.l huggics. Imt ■ 111 ing sun (.f the equator. A mile down, I telephone, for n telephone wire eo greet each way the difficulty is increased to a surprising extent. The lanterns by which the lights are placed are fixed in a machine which surrounds the mast and is hoisted, when the lamp is lit, by short halliards. The lights are of the ar- gaud pattern, hung on gimbals, so as al ways to preserve their vertical position. They are placed in parabolic reflectors, which, of course, greatly enhance their brilliancy. They are lighted at sunset and quenched at sunrise. They are usu ally placed so that their height above the sea is forty feet, and iu clear weather they may lie seen froth the dock of a ship nt a distance of ten miles. For re volving light clock-work mechanism is employed. The mocriugs of the ships must neces sarily Ik* strong to withstand the im mense 1 strain occasionally brought to beai on them. In narrow channels the grournl Ids morning. And doi..g v rerV 1 J a fklc generally conusta of a henvy^chaiu 1 am hnmiv to sue ri,-,n mv ! '- rll, 8 alon t' tho ground for 1,2(10 feet, -‘ •’ -•' * - ; witli an anchor shaped like a r»<sbr/ta>ni ‘•Oh, there * no trouble abo „„.. v ...... •aid the doctor; “only the other patients I And when the doctor o: in the hospital object to such a case.” 1 cosier V ct. “I should think it very likely,” said [ “The smallpox case?” anid lu* Kate, with a little nioue. j tlxat is safely isolated at IIo| “I must try to isolate hint somewhere,” ‘ * ... •aid Dr. Duer. thoughtfully. “In one of those Slone hott.es l>y the 'river, perlups. , word. Mr. Amory.' 1 Old Mm. Vlggers 1ms had ihe disease, 11 i lav ,, ] 1& ,i s„, h , disastrous experience.'’ I —j »■ ko®"” ‘ ' I “All's woll that ends well,'“slid the ! 'f' 1 1™-. l . rn !\ '* * w ' v ' 1 m the And then Dr. Dm r tasted the salnd and young clergyman, leaning buck in his 1 ,hla a cham 0Jft feJt 1,,n " I« ,sse " >" tr pronounced it first rote. ; , n ug center with nn expression of iucf- nil flip mti vivo fhut I /-I.i- . . »r t the liawsi time i the floor suppose I u j n£r suu 0 f fj lP equator. A 0 .* __ or .? th” water has a pressure o the square inch. If u Ik>x were filled with sen evaporate under the two inches of salt left on the bottom. Taking the average depth of the ocean to be three mile*, there would a layer of —J- 1 !/ 1 "* l iuott. ! pure salt 230 feet thick on the bed of the , . . \ ! Atlantic. The water is colder aF the Imt- of elevated tank* fml from the river by “Chestnut*.'* J tom than at the surface. In the munv : windmills. There are six railroad sta- rivate diniug-rooui at club, bay* on the coast of Norway, the wat V | tions on the farm, on the Northern Pa- I, j of gentlemen dining. Mr. 1 often freezes at the bottom before it docs j cUm* and the Mnniiobs railroad ^Tho ; S lv.. a slightly garrulou* party, loquitur. | above. j headquartera on e^l. division includes < hould think that after a feller worked is hard as 1 did for your election, you ght at least have offered : Bv hokev. the K‘*t the las bushel* w . 10 and the^ian est ing three months later. It is sown with the aid of horses and machine*. The farm , Is divided into subdivisions of 2.000 acres each, aud each is managed by a superintendent. All the superintendents are responsible to a general manage.- and all report to him daily. This is done not only by also by connects part of a division with its liead- feet deep j quarters, ami each division li-.*:ulquartcra ater and allowed to , connected by telephone and telegraph in, there would be ; with the p-ncral muuager'a office. The latter is connected by telegraph with the main telegraph lines of the country. Water is carried through galvanized pipe* to ail the h •n.lqunrters. by means the United States and 1 iii Bo'mbav. j triumphantly| Waves are deceptive. To look at.them j ” hlJSbSilll? — * i “Sharp boy. my Bob; rather got even in a storm, one would think the water ! fo ' * u l* n nt*nde: t, a barn to aecom- witlf him yesterday, thbugh. Guess he , traveled. The water stays in the same • 8event ftfl vp H gran- found the old man quite sharp enough I place, but the motion goes on. Some- forliim. You seeTwas this way: I had • times in storms these waves arc forty been telling about that time when the j feet high, aud travel fifty miles an hour Oil Ou a Stormy Sea. v.upturn Kurlowa, of the steamer Bo hemia, says in'a letter to the New York Herald: On the 25th, at 1 A. m.. u heavy gale blowing from the northwest and the ship settling down very hard, our fore- stay broke, and |f«* wrfe obliged, to avoid the* swamping of the ship, to stop the en gine and let her drive toward the sea. The ship, being deeply laden, did not drive as fast ns was wanted for the athwart sea, to break herself in the drift water, and we got several breakers over the ship. To avoid this I tried the use Of oil, and ordered six small bags. tainiug each about onqand n half jiounds of linseed oil. to be hdng on the weather side, into the water. The effect was astonishing, tor we did not get any more water on deck. Hav ing got up a preventer stay, after four hours’ work, to the sea ,goiug «t the point where I swam ashore with Bob’s mother (we weren’t married them that young monkey remarks: ; “ ‘Oh, chestnut !* “ ‘Chestnut?’ said l; ‘wliat is thatV “‘It means you’ve told it before; it's I au old story,’ said Bob. i “Pretty soon Bob passed up his plate | for more meat. Quick as a flash: valleyris generally fifteen times the height lienee a wave five feet high will extend over seventy-five feet of water. The force of tho sea dashing on Bell Rock is raid to boeventecn ton* for each square yard. Evaporation is a wonderful power in drawing the water from the sea. Every year a layer of the entire sea fourt een feet thick is taken up into the cloud*. The “ ‘Chestnut,’ said 1. { winds bear their burden iuto the land, and “ ‘What do you mean by that?’ asked the water comes down in rain upon the the boy in surprise. # ; fields to flow back at lust through rivers. “ ‘It’s au old story: you passed your | The depth of the sea presents an interest- plate for more meat yesterday.’ ; ing problem. If the Atlantic were low- “Bob looked pretty streaked, mid said ■ eml 0,564 feet, the distance from shore to brought tlie ship's head i I’d give him some meat lie would never shore would be half a* great ,• or 1,500 iu (north) engine now ! ^ ‘ c be3tnut' again. Rather turned the*| mile*. If lowered a little more than three tables on the young scamp, eh? And i miles, say 19,050 feet there would The storm increased in violence and then hi* mother said, with a smile: j be a road of dry land from nt •* r M it blew with hurricane like' “ ‘You shouldn't notice those thing*. > Newfoundland to Ireland. This is the fort-s from north by <nt. a terrlblf cross : J«obert. Only think of tlic yetra I'vr- plan on which ths- (front Allnntif cables sc-a from west-northwest, northwest, heard your father tell that story!’ were laid. The Mediterranean i* eotn- " rti.pQof the time and wmhintr onn- ' V—somehow failed to appreciate thi parntively sliallow. A drying up of 660 , - stantlv over dotk from the different i laughter that greeted his story.—Boston : feet^would leave three different sea*, and j ,tp wholc The nearest sides, ship working tremendously. Doors H r eord. : Africa would be joined with Italy. The of steering house were battered in, cabin skylight demolished, two boat* demolish • * *’*— ! modatc i w ary and numerous outbuildings^ ~ “The valley of the Red river is some thing enormous. It is 300 miles long by forty to fifty miles wide. Ten year* ago the whole country along the west side, where we are. wa* unoccupied, there not licing 1,000 acres under plow for a dis tance of 200 miles either up or down the river. No\f it is s ib*tantially one vast wheat field, settled, occupied and im proved. A nmntier of towns of from 1,000 to 2,000 inhabitant* each, have sprung up and are rapidly growing. Fargo, on the river, ha* reached a popu lation of from 10.000 to 12,000 in a few years. The river is navigable from Fargo to Lake Winnepeg. At Fargo it is like tlie Chicago river, alwnit 200 feet wide. \Ve have a steamboat and* seven targea that run to Duluth, on Lake Superior, in connection with the farm. The land on each side of the river i« rich, fertile soil, and rises less than a loot to the mile as it recede* from the river. A little timber is to lie found along tlie river, the trees being of oak, maple and a.*h, but it only extends inland a few rods. There are railroad* running up and down the India: officer and t seVerelv A Born Journal 1*1 British channel is more like a (Kind, hich accounts for its choppy .wa curelv fastened to huge bit* of worn! i bruised. I resolved therefor to give the . It ha* Ix-en found difficult to get enr- George D. Prentice, while editor of the | rect soundings of the Atlantic. A mid- Louisville Journal, was often importuned s hipman of the navy overcame the difli- “The i xpectf* Fr.Glam-i. looking very eyed througli lirr spectacles. ‘H^ontagiou*!’’sniil Mrs. Kmuui ought'to find its way into even,' h our village. ” I “What!” crjnl Mr*. McAdam- • amallpox;”, 1 “No; certainly not,” said Mr*. Em /mom; "tlK-«ymp«tb(tk^ m.ivement. iu f«- ■ tfielmt timf. h, ri.kct Knlc Dun iii a ,„ / vor of home missions.’ ; ^ «-a* willing to encounter the trials of . * - e 1 And then everyone laughed. Mr*.Me :minister’s wife?” • And Kate,,after n Adams looked . puzzled, ami Mr*. Eni-' little hesitation. «aid she wa* willini great strain lO.t »Wkvr«dthiu(f 1 everlutml ; ™™" r “■<' wcijjht of •• im!i1 iu . in the cable, in some cases a quarter of a e in ! r tiv'lv* ^ i * on »* being sufficient to hold the 1 But tifi* was not Mr. Felix Amorv'a j l ** ho ^ l last visit to Pit/ hc • iriviii! — exposed position*, the tension . autuum when the lenvex (vt-ru red-ttfifl i an<l , ,h ' ■n""'™*'™ »f Ibun iu tho ftwcu bsauty of winter. And | & the eml the monsdrew herself up and remarked that j \ rKt ■ “it very irr -ven-nt t.. Inugljm-ssm-d ■ ''A n< t J,;„ Ly.lia l.arkspur declarc-d (lint thing*.’ ; “anyone could get married if thev were But Mira Lyd’a did not Imdieve in had a mWlal horror of the diseas.* against , which tflr famou* Jenner wagetl so sue- 1 «es*ful a warfare, wa* much* troubled in i her mind. her tether. It i* exciting work at these j times on tlie ships. It is not easy for the j inexperienced to tell when the anchor is ‘ dragging even in clear weather, and when 1 the fog obscures everything it is a task which tries the skill of the most expert. the Chlppdwaa, ( wuu im«t7 a ivM-rvation fifty miles east of us. But they are quite friendly, and in fact the country is as safe from an Indian trouble as arc any of the more settled States. The spring wc went out there, nine years ago, I remember tliat General Custer and his men passed through the valley on their way to the Black Hills, and a company of scout* raised in the valley to accompany .. . • , j _ , , i'rennet* > nanus, out ne Knew mai ai sp», oflpd wn-d/red « th, most dangpr- , , , h he c „ ke the disposition » vessel may be in. .The ffcct, like the night before, was even nore astonishing now. The tremendous e* coming now mostly broadside friend, been recommended to Prentice, i drop shuts that water from liar. which extends below the ball, if the chief editor and discharge his j touches the earth, the sling unhook* and | duties in a way that would render the 1 tj lo shots slide off. The laid in • the end v„«.«m.nan..w n.o*nv hm’ui.iri,- ; rcadcr< oblivious to the change. The 0 f the bar holds some of the sand, or | d -“ r 1 - t; - him. The Tudian* had been moved from ! the valley a short time previous to the ! west side of the Missouri, to a reserva- i tion aliout 200 mile* from us. “It is no colder in winter than at Minne apolis and St. Paul. The winters are cold, yet the effect is no more severe than w'herc* the mercury is 15 or 20 degrees * ... .1 i, , , , : incmi. uwu nvuniiunmcu i i higher., liecause the atmosphere clear and dry. Spring opens so that Tne vessel was lying now quite snug in the trough of the aea; sometimes she was heeling hard over when a large wave slipped underneath her to*-the other side, but no water, only sometimes a little spray came •anyone could get A deep sea lead i*t tlirofvn over the side - - j and the line i* left slack. So long as the Hpw Fashlou Plates Are Made. 1 moorings hold and the ship remaius sta- Did it ever occur to vou when looking i ‘ k> “!> , the of courw, remains slack, , a fashion plate of min’s deca,, asks an j l,Kt , ■/. Ute anchor drags the line gets taut. ‘I’ve always had a sort of premonition ] exchange, who it is that establishes these !,,K * *“ us Hie crew are informed of their that I should fall a victim to the small ! fashion*? Each voar wc are obliged io 1 } a this emergency another 5Shf3^*v„ee‘.tt,t«l“ ,V ,T!Sh XSd.tT,’one" hi day. Tim'Ota* were able to do the It was on a sultry Augn.t evening, the I th.Si.ur onmlta wide . or LmL^ioY ■ dra S-*? ot } ltT “ dowped, and then the essnry work on deck, which, without the ... .kv full of lurid clouds, tit.- air charged larch, short, then; nrcmarcor lev, modi- '7T of tlu ' have exhausted with sKtt'ering arrows of electricity, and Orations which, if we wish to be til fash-! thp i r rt-source». If the ves*l continues the t’in drops beginning to patter on the i ion, ohlige ns to*eo-jsult thr tailor. A ! c “ * Ir ag so tint her position is materially maple loaves, when there souududaknock ! French paper ha* just revealed to lli« . , , quenched, guns at MinEvdia-s door -a most mysterious i world h'.w all the* changes iu men's a ™ 1 a "' 1 . r,Hl shou . l , d Up, a.* Ac afterward declared. { dre-* are made law. and whv it i> that all i sho ,r T.. St ,°- nn -?) 1S ••Whob then-;” said Miss Lydia, open-1 the tailor# are agrees upon the new!** h ® Btwl ” d hghtahtp *_cittor ing it jntt sufficiently to.obtain a giirapse J stvies. In Paris all the leading tailor# a *rCr*for P 0 ^ . or heaves to till the . of a tali; pile man with pocket, handker- be'longton soeietv which has fSr its ob Ittcgsle»exhausted. Bntrnrely. J chief folde 1 luthanwise around hi- head. Sect t& relief of Sts members who are ii! “ ««»•**“ “f, hghtslnp lrnve to leave I “Exon-e me.' -aid this apparition, irurfortdtite.. This soeietv ha, m* j W* Utainoo'wweol ™rb V “but f teUeve. r have lost my wav. i her# not[only in Faance. Wit in ,.l! tin ' r'-mtaad splendid material that they hold Might J <wk shelter from the shower? I j capita!* of the'world why.e the E* X^rn-TtUmhunderthe^3 M 1 ™ llf lh '' thM ** i ** XT**- ^ TS? •idt, slipped Ihrou h under the vessel to w ,. nt intn prentice’s room, and with an j , he line —Etxtrical Kcntir wcil with hew York anil Pennsylvania, he other side, and. curiously enough, Lj rof srif-confidenee, began to boast of I ’ " _____ ; The winters are more severe and eontm- oontmueil their furious rae.ng to the lee- I h!s acwapnper acquitments. I ' * uotts than ltere, hut are not much longer. “There is a great deal in the newspaper ! A Clm h uf Docks. We do not have as much snow as falls business after all,” said he. ! The famou* clock of Strasbiirg is put 1 500 miles south of u*. liecause of the dry Mr. Prentice agreed that there was a completely into the shade by “the gieat j atmosphere. The summers are warm and great deal in the newspaper business after M'orld (’lock, or the ten-thousand year ■ pleasant, the air pure and bracing. ^ The ward as if then; had not been such an ob stacle like a big vessel in their way at all, the combs of the waves appearing imme diately on the lee side again a* if only suppressed, not destroyed. wlu , time indicator.” “It wa? constructed in j Territory will compare well with Minne- “Y'es. sir.*’ Edwards continued, j Germany duriug many years’ labor by ! sota and* Iowa as to all the elements of “when I was at school I used to think ! Christian Martin, eloekmakrr.” The j productiveness. Our staples are wheat, that a man could learn all about the clock marks the years and leap years, and j barley, oats, flax and roots. Native whole thing in a day or two, but he c i be matured , . . . doit. I think, though, that- Smar ,u, : . deck. The ship was lying ; inherit a kind of insight into t'.ie journal from 2 f. Jt. tv (i A. *. next ;^ |c profcsslon . dljn -, ' yol , r “It seems »o,” Mr. Prcntir “ Edwards resumed, j an?nt / am the young mairfrom the hosphal.” | stvles of dre*; »:*: --ci v -* • p • s always Exoii>-c i vu * '•«■*» *«« 841111 * *“ Jl ‘ '“j in all weathers, and the beacon is worn * It* I on ' ts l K,sl ’ IX ‘ ai ^y to vrarn mariners .. , ‘ j,' p a j. Their danger. Should, however, such a f.*I«,pinte, to •food fnce to face with the-sm»li-j»x vear the soeietv unmes a committee ot; j • aaer ' eleven membem. which prc t ares provi,- j * V, ^ Anil thc»#he rang for the servnnt and t ional sketch.-. When the preskteut of ^ ' ' 7 '. (i, “ it th. camphor bottle, and went into hy^ | the committee># eol!ctaed P . .loien de- • »[ Certainly not,” -aid Mis- Lydia, elos-} re*ourc ing the door abruptly in !|» <i face, with of its a little shriek. “Good gracious! have I . litre essary work use of oil, could nit have Been done without danger to their limbs or even lives. Altogether we used about 130 pound* of oil iu twenty-two hours, or about six pouuds per hour. ' hundred centuries, when, ; grasses flourish well and r ; us tlie bill frankly admits, it* “mechanic ■ jn the smaller varieties, wniks” will have to be changed. The , “Gameand fishing.- Plenty of both, of the clock is about ten feet square. ; Among the game are wild ducks, prairie and has a .large number of dials and lit- ] chicken-, deer, outvlopes and elk, all of tie niche*, where 123 little figures have | which are to lie found in abundance up « natural facility Tor forming tin* their abiding place. These latter, ns the and down the valley. It used to be a opinion* of others; ami, sir, the beautv ever-ready bill explains, are ‘To allego- j great hunting grmiud for buffalo, and : of it is the natural product journalist i «zc human life.” Every minute a sor- pbceaThe ground '“ J r : “' forms opinions so skilfully that tlie man iwful looking angel hits n bell with a ‘ -* 1 * * u ' ; - u **us»y Put Into the Po... straits to which men ore drive* the extension of hospirality wa* a xubj< under discussion in a group of arti- _ where I happened to stop List night, vour sVp-shod business about that. i , pears at a lower door. At the when one of tbem. said: --I think I van Mr. Prentice, vou have observed : youth appenrs; nt the. third '—the toughest vnrn nf the season fhat j ta V i lenmeil to 'say things pi. J II lit l V?” be reads it swallow* it. and, by George. . ‘‘ledge-hammer. \\ lien he has d sir. think* that he himself formed it.” |.fifteen times another angel in a ro< “Vervoften the case, no doubt,” re- ! strikes the first quarter. “The Genius, plied Mr. Prentice. | dressed in a'Loni* XIV. costume, turn- “Now,” Edward* went on. “that's \ « dial so that the figure is shown. At what 1 regard ns jourunlifin. None of the same time the figure of u child ap- slip-shod business about that. I, I»ears at found fairly white with their bones, so much so that we had to cart them away. An interesting instance of what we get hold, of once in a while i* that of two large elks which a resident of Fargo captured. He yoked that line 4 . You all^know the i whom the story is true, but I shall not name him. He is a prosperous artist. He ha a - gained fame and wealth since io" came to this country twenty years ago a* 1 poor as a church mouse. Along i: “Ye “That's one acquisition, text would you advise?” “Learn something to j Now, what Why, I—I—” stammered Mr. Ed- vrds. “I thought that—■” No explanations are necessary,” said i 9 ;, £n8 rcnrrvent'mv the ■ diflt rent tart# ot !, - >a t V™ ,,t . nin< '- Supptie* are furnished chum came fo me and #aid. • I have tad Mr . [. ront ice. Tlien, turning in his chair i the masculine dress, he submits \ Ik* re- ! l ^ em ^ rom s ^ ore at stated intervals, and an experience tii-day.’ Tlien he wen ►on :in( j ^.-towing a quizzical look upon the Mra. Prin’.caip* lived-in the hoiise—a j the masculine dress, he submits thr re ' nl _ - „ £ ginia creepers, with a Tittle plaster cast of Cupid in the garden, and.a great many bluebells and carnations—a young widow • who read all the newest books and some- time* wrote gushing pocin* for the sec- oed rate monthlies. Mr*.-Printemii* imagined herself like <he gift ip and unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots, and dresard up to .the’part, as far -•«* nineteenth century prejudices al- low.'tl her—ami she was seated bv the • asement, trying to Und a rhyme to suit m n. -i iui:ic: ommod*ting line of poetry, when the tall p; * reg^t change., Tif ‘need be, SS^ weather and to maintain a sharp look- dbe observed stand- cases change* are immediately made bv a de- { n . Mi .. nr , nrt signer, who. is .present at the dismission, j and then the modified models are put to i . . . . . vote, adopted, and the engraving is made n « into danger gum nre fired, and ernes and cent out over the worii Tli- ” irb ! •“« tb ». ot H* h * tailor* English Frenchmen *who ,.v 0 ,w Tfiere are in Chicago between 35,000 SHL2K . aod 40,000 Bohetntam, who have come to , Most of them pale Sanger appeal S^d i unde? her window, -for all the world. 1 ' (harm to French fabric*, but latterly tin j „ t-Km-fniren i .UctinM ' mnnit I’ ub Mr-. PriMtenip- mi!.-eqdontly expressed J manufacturers have been making strong '-*. f buns'•If. » I market- and have in part succeeded. I * to tell me that they had lx*en the recipi* u^wtart, the man whose idlest pen stroke cuts of a call from two Hoboken friends. , \^as sometimes a gouging pasquinade There was nothing in the larder but a ! t^yl ; bottle ot wine and same bread. Their ‘‘Your foresight i* too clear to cnabie visitors evidently intended to stay to 1 you to liecomi! a journalist!” dinner. There was absolutely nothing J * “How so?” on which to feed them. They could get “Why. you see through the whole no meat for they had no money. Finally ! thing. * You can look into the business the artist of whom I first spoke said to ! of a newspaper like a prophet could the other,' ‘I will tell yon what we will i look into the future. This, in the end, do. s If you will kill the cat I will cook j must render the business distasteful to M«lt«ecak it.' yhey had u plump and handsome ■ you. As all strollers will tell you, the She was killed and a most pleasant road to traverse is the one liiriiilliffifli liiliMI fricasse made of her carcass which was served as rabbit and which iny informant said was as toothsome as any morsel he ever ate. Their gu ^*t« never knew the difference and praised the cooking im moderately.”—AV* York Ti'ibur.e- _ that offers the largest number of prises—a glimpse of shilling water, a moment’s view of rich landscape. There fore I would advise you to give up the newspaper business,” for it wifi undoubt- j edly become distasteful, like a raonoto- fhem together and drove the team about the town for some time. They had im mense horn*, twice the size of any deer’s, and called forth no end of attention, taolcs and a high lint, ! They were finally *f>ld at St. Paul for a and at the fourth, 'a decrepit old wreck ! large price at the State fair.” with a white wig. While all this i ing on below, death, in the shape of a ; Comanche Indian, with wings, has been ; What the Indiana Cost. Outside of Alaska we have 200,000 In- -- upper niche, but an angel has headed. I poose, be he, she or it full blood, him off in every case and nrotecb*d the ! breed, possess on the average 500 seres, human family “by raising the right liand j and vet the government feeds the last ;« tan tallo«T<-.riv-ol «tlntlrtn •’ O, per J )r0 - of them—a few T - J: - allegorical relation, gramme, until tlie fourth quurtcr. Then death gets the better of the struggle. strikes the hour and bundles the old off to eternity! The twelve apostles are trotted out each hoar. Above them is a figure of Christ, “who blesses with both hands each Apostle in passing,” as the bill states, with mathematical exactness. At morning, noon and night a number of bell-ringers ring their respective bells with vindictive energy, and an old man drops uffon his knees as if some one had kicked n!s legs out from under him. All these, and many other wonders, exposing the family secrets of, the zodiac, the heathen gods, the seasons, the moon, and the globe all run regularly. The whole structure is surmounted by a cock, which crows at C and 12 o’clock.—Pall Mall Gazette. the Indian Territory alone excepted—at a large annual ex pense. Last year it cost $6,500,000 to feed, and blanket the noble red i people’nearly'doubfe that sum. But as ft is impossible to say how much clung to the fingers of the Indian agents, apex capita calculation would be only approxi mate. Since 1816 we have expended $225,000,000 in taking care of the Indi ans, and probably as much more in vari ous efforts to subdue or exterminate the peaky creatures.—Atlanta Constitution. ' W. A. P. Parker, of MagnoIia'CAum- bia county, Miss., has invented a combi nation cotton planter and plow which bids fair to revolutionize the cotton planting and plowing in tjxis countrj ■ . 4