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CONSCIOUSNESS
There in no Cj«ar wh > can bridge the Rhine
That flow* forerermjre bstweea oar soul*,
There U no ship Lint mil* the s?a that rolls
Around th»St. Helens*, where we pine
Forth)taju©Earo;.e« that are thine and
mine.
In utter s.Ulnls wa s»lc ottr goali,
As distant from each other as the poles
Of rpare's era re sphere, whose walls confine
The universe. Since we mast tread alone
The awful galleries of Consciousness, ,
Since we mast smle the Alps of the unknown.
Whose misty crag* are draft) our distress.
How sa I h's lot who rsihs not in his own
^Breast for the bo»a of hilp and happiness.
—Franklin'F. penlbnin the Carrent.
CONSEQUENTLY.
’ CIIAPTEU I.
Oliver Hannon was walking down
necticut avenue one morning early in
June. There had been rain during the
night, and nater in placet still flowed
•lowly through the gutters. Nature war
almost at her be t. The gnus in the
yards and little parks wai one solid
emerald, not jet browned or shriveled
by the increasing heat. Roses seemed in
spontaneous growth, and everwhere gave
color and perfume. Children were play
ing on the walks, and names lolling on
the benches of Pacific Circle, as it was
then called, where-*he Dupont statue now
stands. In spite of the greenness of the
gross and tfce freshness of the flowers, it
•wa i excessively hot. The whole surface
of the ground except the streets where
tho asphaltum lind dried was steaming.
The heat was of that moist,'suffocating
kind that makes us say it is going to rain
again.
Oliver walked on briskly, for he hid to
be at the Triasiry building at nine
o’clock, and dried his ruddy face as well
as ho could, from time to time, with his
handkerchief. As he reached the N
street c o«sing 1c hesitated and looked at
his watch. It had suddenly occurred to
him that he would like a glass of mineral
water. With the thought came the con
viction that this would not only be re
freshing hut highly medicinal, and that
his sj*tQS$r Hood in great need of
it. *1 hero Was a place on Fourteenth
street who.} he liked to get it.
This wai now considerably out of liis
way, but a*-his watch showed that he
still had ftit&m minutes in whfch to get
to his dcatailurj was time on * “
extra walk was desirable fo:
frijhtcicd and abxnbcd, to pay much
much attention to our young frierd. He
lingered a second, then bowed, and went
He had done his duty, but it was his
ure also. He did not know whom
he had assisted. He noticed, indeed, the
house was fine and richly furnished, but
at first he had merely seen that a human
being was in danger, lie would have
' as much fora hod-carrier.
was flush d and heated when he
get back to the drugstore, but he did
not stop. It had just occurred to him
that he m’ght be late, and he palled oat
his watch to find it was nine o’clock.
Here was another entirely unexpected
consequence. The work of a clerk in
the Treasury is not so exacting, and a
good deal of time may bs whiled away
without visible result during office hours,
b :t tardiness is osc.pf the unpardonab’c
sins. Twi *e. before within two or three
weeks, for uo very good reason, he had
been a few miuntes laic. He walked
rapidly but not confidently. He could
scarcely expect this time to escape a
reprimand, but he had no reason to tliiak
that an explanation of the circumstances
would not set cvc:ythirg right. He
could not hc’p thinking us he walked
what an uncammon’y pretty daughter
the old gentleman had. In going up the
steps, her arm. all unconscio sly, ha 1
pressed against his. He did not.mean to
be silly, but it had sent an electric thrill
through him which reproduced itself [
the thought ever and anou recurred to
him, and thus lie reached his desk to find
a note lying on it informing him tint his
iservices would no longer be required.
Whereupon the druggist recite J the
facts already known to the reader.
Did the druggist know anything about
this man? He had never heard his name.
He thought he was employed in the
Treasury. Couldn’t say why he thought
so. He had sometimes seen him with
ether clerks. He had often stopped at
the store, but he hadn't sren him since
the iccdent.
Later in the day Mr. Amidoa callel at
the Department, but did not find tho
young man. He looked over the list of
those who were for any cause absent.
Finally, by accident, he learned that one
had been discharged on the very day the
old gentleman fell on the street. Inquiry
showed that this was the person he
THE DIPLOMATS
LEADERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC
CORPS AT WASHINGTON.
Peculiarities of Some of the Foreign
Ministers—Dean of the Corps—
The Russian Representa
tive's Clever Wife.
The Diplomatic. Corp3 T writes a Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
Sun t includes 125 .persons, more or less.
Viewed 03 a whoie, the corps is only bril
liant from, the court uniform point of
sought. Mr. Amidon hasten to vcri.y f 0 J aken ^ividually, it has clever
the statements in the anplication for re- j aunerinr tnTh^ en ’ women are
SSSaffiLPSSS
“ to%i ” nd S e,1 | Cnt C l erk ', ' SS ton^' 4 " 3 ’ rreCa ° m
to it happened, a day or two later, that | There are about thirty ladies belonging
™ growmg | to tho twenty-nine legations at W«lSng°-
1 ton ’ but °* this n “">ber not mora than
two communications. The one bore the half havc been here this year or base
“•*"T °| f n^j'll!' been seen to official circles. The Dean
was first opened. It announced his re- j of t b 6 Diplomatic Corps comes from the
tKtw ett H.5Hi*i°tnow C that 1 hI y h^ i little island of Hayti. ^Mr. StephenPres-
H ^ an .n t . ln0 ' rt fe t .£ <! *2?' ha presented credentials mL
Ncllio Amidon became aware at last
that the young man had gone, and that
she had made no acknowledgement of
his service*. She did not regard him as
a hero at all. She did not, of course,
know whit he had done. She had in
truth scarcely notice 1 him. Still she
cou'd not be a woman witnout taking
note, by some instantaneous-process, of
the details of his dress and general ap
pearance. The photograph was not un-
pleaung., A ypui?g ofcfb of two or three
and twenty,' fairly good-looking and
fairly dressed.
When she found he was gone, her im-
had to wiittf all day. Why should he
not go wanted to? Ninety-nine]
young men in a hundred wt I
reasoned a^>out ai ha did, -and Jwouldl
have considered it a mere whim’ to -be
indulged p.ynot, according to' Individ-
fancy. He had not the fniptest idea
‘'' j depended upon it
an epoch in t|
time Oliver looked nt his
lerly gentlemen was just
' the door of his.housc near
ircle. Tnis gentleman,whom
r. Amidon, was going down-
uld take tho street car at
■COTS.
slowly down tho steps. He was not a
very large man, bqjfc, had somethii
bulbous sppearanr ‘ M * i
headed cane, cni |
| What witfcthe liTHo WfeTny onthc steps
and with- Hanndq’s rapid walk, they
" " Bbe precise point
to him, but he wai already a half-block
away. . ; ; ?: ‘ - * A .;: •
“Who was that young man?” she
asked, coining hack to her father.
“What, has he gone?” said the old gen
tleman. “I meant to inquire his name
and rcsiicncc.”
“Well, hb must think wb are curious
barbarians/ 1 said Nellie, and straightway
began to distress herself over her lack of
rj>t . courtew. Whatever other offonsi w
Ncv*r-! condoned, however hirh crimes and
life of m - s< ^ e!nc - nor3 might be palliated, for im
politeness* there was no forgiveness, cither
in this life or the life to cone. “But
you will rco him when you arc well
again, and tell him how very much
obliged we are, won’t you, papa?”
“Certainly, my dear,” said the old
any dealing with the— ; —Bank. He
was more than astonished at the contents.
To a very neat letter of thanks from Mr.
Amidon Was appended an offer of a situ
ation in the bank at a better salary than
ho had been receiving.
And now inj story t is substantially
told. Every reader knows instinctively
what followed. Of course he accepted
the latter offer. Of course ho became in
dispensable in tho bank, being a really
capable yonng man. Of course he was
prudent and rogations, and invested his
’ igs.in real estate that soon doubled
ilue, and in the course of. two or
three years, was looked upon and pointed
out as a rising young man. He often,
siw Nellie, who persisted in- thinking
him quite a hero, though he was not.
Anxious to atone for her first rudeness,
she had gone further, perhaps the other
way than strict politeness required. So
it came about, little by little in the chain
of events, freely indeed, but in obedi
ence to the far-off, ayparently uncon
nected cause, they were drawn together,
interested in each othsr, and—why pro
long the tale? As so many worthy
couples before them, and ,*o many, who
will follow them to the end. of time,
please God, they fell violently in love,
and in due time were.-niarried. After-
on the matter it had rather a.diffi-
cult look. To find a man whose name,
residence and occupation were unKnown
! was a good deal like finding a needle in
a haystack. .He was not utterly cast
down, however. The usages of society,
with him, were not.a matter of life and
death.
Tho young man, on his part, had felt
lived up
surprise, and perceived no lack of
would col i ■ n-w
where the old gentleman would take the uv »•**!»*•*• «uu iwivchcu uw wi
street cari ..Oliver had often enough ! courtesy. He quite appreciated Nellie's
heard Mr. AmidohV name, but ho did 1 preoccupation. Certain! v he would have
‘ TIFt ’ ' ’ ■
was fully reciprocal
who notjraSydi* _ |
**'" % hut had never bo much as
t strut
rolled a wav,
ho fell *
closed o
hard wil
some one had not obi
movement, and darted forward in the
nick of time.’ A carriage was whirling
about tlitw Circle between the track and
the sidewalk, the eyes of tho negro
driver being on everything except his
team and tho road. A clutch at their
bridl s brought the hofsok up so suddenly
that th: d iver had nearly pitched head
ing from his scat. iUfrjjrwhilMPiew»a
blank astonishment he looked down to
sec a man almost tinder his horse's feet.
When the light began to come again
to Mr. Amidon, he looked up to-see a
young man. fanning him, and saying
cheerfully: agR >
.“filing better, aren't you? You’ll be
enjoyed a word of recognition from such
a very pretty girl. It would have been
u great pleasure to tell her that it Was a
satisfaction to bo of any service. But
had she not run against him on the step?
Had her arm not rested for several
seconds against his? Ah, reader, ho was
young. Alas! that we cannot always he
eighteen and twenty-throe; that it can
not always bA June; and that there is
other work for young men and maidens
beside helping elderly gentlemen up the
steps.
In the unexpected leisure that fob
lowed, ho had a chance to go over the
matter again and again. The doorstep
scene, to which he succeeded *
iadjvtc
declare that it was a case of love ft tirsl
sight, which the reader has seen was by
uo means tiie cnee.
And now let us turn back a little in our
story to see how’strangely things* come
about. It was a quarter to nine, we said,
when Oliver Harmon looked at his watch,
at the corner of N street and Connecticut
avenue. He thought it well to be several
minutes early rather than one minute
late. It was very hot, and he did not
like the extra walk. Besides, there was
a place down-town where he could get
his mineral water without going out pf
his way, and he concluded to wait.
Therefore it was that he kept straight
down the avenue. ni3 walk was such,
as we have said, that if he had turned at
N street it would have brought him to
the exact spot, at the exact instant that
Mr. Amidon fell. But as he did not, he
never knew the old gentleman’s need of
assistance which he would have been de
lighted to render. Consequently, he was
ink; consequent-
. not marry her. It was Henry Lcland
who had been walking down Fourteenth
street who did all that.—II. E. Warner.
voy Ex
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiarj
of the Hayti Republic on February 18,
1873. This ceremony took place in the
blue-room of the White House, where all
foreign representatives are presented to
the President. Thirteen years of service
-places Mr. Preston the senior over the
other ministers and. make', him their
Dean. Before - he became Dean the
honor lolpngcd to the Hawai
ian Islands, whose representative,
Elisha Allen, was De in, succeeding the
British Minister, Sir Edward Thornton:
After the latter’s promotion to St. Pe
tersburg, Mr. Allen by seniority of ser
vice became the Dean. Ho preceded the
corps on the New Year's morning of
1883, and was the first to enter 1 the blue
room to greet President * Arthur. This
was only a short hour beforo his tragi
cally sudden death in the White House
ended the New Yoor reception. Ilis
daughter. Miss Allen, is rememberc 1 us
one of the loveliest young women in the
corps. ^ The present Dean is a man of
physique and Haytian com, lex
is serenely smiling faco keeps
company with a serenely courteous man
ner that indicates the happy, smooth
temperament of tropical people. . Two
years ago Mr. Preston was sent by his
gove nment ou a special mission to Eu-.
rope, where his family have been with
him. When here, theirs was one of t’.c
very pleasant houses open to v’s tors on
regular days,aftc.’ thVAmerican fashion.
Mrs. Preston is Quite, as genial as her
husbpnd. and was a popular hostess.
Thnir eldest daughter, tall and of French
type, was one of the best dressed girls in
society. _ Mr. Preston, who recently paid
a brief visit here, takes his family from
Paris to London for the .summer, and
brings them back to this country next
autumn.
The French Minister, M. Theodore
Roustan, is a bachelor. There has never
seemed to bo any doubt of that. And he
could never by any possible mistake be
taken for other than a Frenchman. He
is a very agreeable Frenchman, too. His
English is limited' but his gestures are
not. M. Roustan may not be able la say
more than “Yon have now a fine day,”
in the six words, but in one gesture of
his hands, and a single lifting of his eye
brows, he will better express all that can
be said about the weather, good or bad,
than other diplomats; who pride them-
previously been fortunate in.her repre
sentatives to this country gave reason for
Americans to bo severlv critical. Eut
the Ds 6tuves are an honor to their coun
try, and are an important social acqui
sition to the diplomatic corps.
The new Spanish Minister has but re
cently arrived, and Scnor Valera has de
parted. Ho hal been here two years
and maintained a bachelor establishment,
his wife was not with him. His
nephew, Senor Mesia, one of the attaches'
of the legation, is somewhat noted in
society for peculiarities, which are more
than eccentricities of person and deport
ment. He is the yonng foreigner who
has astonished society now and then by
appearing at parties in knee-breeches and
a dress coat with r large, smooth, brass
buttons.
Since cur Government insisted on send
ing Mr. Keiley to Austria thixt Govern
ment ha3 been represented at Washing
ton by a Charge d’ Affaires, - Count
Lippe Weissenfeld, a bachelor, and for
some time connected with the legation.
The Count is large, show;y and blonde,
and looks more English than Austrian.
Ho is an incessant but harmless flirt,
never concentrating his affections long
on one objects
The Italian Minister is a picture of the
Louh XIV. nobleman, and is tall, black-
eved and white-haired.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VXRIOUS-SOyRCES.
Tho Penalty 'of Profanity—A Walk-
ins Mystery—Commodore, Van
derbilt Overreached—Not
Afraid of Burglars, Etc.
The average small boy of the present
day is seldom at a loss for something to
say, even in the most embar:assingsitua-
tions. Bobby, a precocious youth of six
summers, had been indulging in pro
fanity, and, in order to escape the pun-
ishment for which hismoihcr .had made .thi
preparations, he crawled under & b.irn
and remained there in a state of siege for
the greater part of tha afternoon. When
his rather returned at'ni&ht and learned
how matters stood he male his way, with
much difficulty', under the barn in search
of the boy. “Hello, pa,” said Bobby,
cheerfully, as his sire appro
been swearing, too!”—Huston.
na*sc3 as bright and clear as one could
ask for; the night following was equally
pleasant, and the next day started in as
clear as a morning in June, with no sign
of snow to be discerned.
“The boys couldn’t stand it any longer.
First one sent a messenger to Swift in
quiring ‘Where is that snow stornri’ and
then another took it up and sent in his
question. In a few hours Swift received
about five hundred messages from Illi
nois, Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota, in
quiring where that snow storm was. and
when it might be expected to arrive at
the station of the inquirer. One of the
boys Wanted his storm sent by express,
and another asked wliat snow looked
like, anyway. In this way,they kept it
up until poor Swift was ‘knocked out of
the box,’ as the baseball people say, and
after giving orders’that the Signal Ser
vice reports should bo fired from tho road
he went home and stayed there for thirty-
six hours.”—Chicago UeralL
l -their efficiency in- our lan-
never employed in thebanl
selves,
guage.
It was Mr. Blaine who said one even
ing at a dinner party: “Mine, do Struve
»ri.« ni«»irt nA + T n <iu«a j ** the cleverest woman in Washington.”
The Bjaektoot Indians. - The wife of an ex-Cabtoct ircmbcr, who
The five tribes were reckoned fifty felt herself not without cleverness, quickly
years ago, to comprisonot less than thirty made tho nnnlifiestion: “Yon menn in
thousand souls. Their numbers union, in ,ij 0 Diplomatic Corps, Mr. Blaine!"
and warlike spirit made them the torror | without an instant hesitation, he an-
of all the Western Indians. It was not. swered: <‘No, I mean that Mme. dc
uncommon for thirty or forty war-patties struTC i, the cleverest woman in Wash-
to be out at onceagamst the hostile tribes J togton.” Those who know the wife of
of Oregon ana of the eastern plains, J the Russian Minister agree with Mr.
from the hhoshonces of the south to the ; Blaine. Those who are not so happy
addin'- Cr ' c ! offl» f, ; r , n “ r l 11 !: Th? c ? untr I would hardly see in the little, pale, gray
. C 1 which tho Blnokfnottribe* clnimcrl nroti- r» .t,. » -i
romantic little details, occnptod I
The o’.d gentleman had not realized
that anything much was wrong. It was
only a slight attack of vertigo^ not at all
uncommon. Ho would get "into the car,
which was of course waiting for him;
but ho was a little surprised that it had
moved away. In fact, two or three had
passed the same point since he fell. *
He looked around to see quite a little
, crowd collected about him. . He was
lying in the shade of a tree at the edge
of the sidewalk. His head, which had
very little hair on it, was covered with a
wet handkcrchiet. His collar was un
buttoned and limp, and his shirt-front
much demoralized. The pungent smell
of ammonia was in the air and in his
nostrils. Then he began to realize that
something had happened, but he could
not remember what..
When Mr. Amidon
recovcr.d, the young m:
I call a cab for you now
“Thank you. I live very near here,
sensible fellow on the whole!
He knew that no significance was to be
attached to the little episode. He did
not so much as walk by the house in the
daytime. He expected no recognition.
It was not Certain that he wished for an
acquaintance with the subject of his
fancies. His judgment was in no way
influenced by his virions. -He jcnew-thst
the dau ibter* <tf wealthy m-h in Wash-
ington did hot, as a rule, mnrry Treasury
clerks—discharged clerks at that. It was
horribly unjust, ho thought, that he
should have lost his place through an act
of humanity. And ,yet -in spite of the
consequences ho could not tliiak that he
would do differently if 'placed again in
like circumstances. He chcided to make
a full statement, in writing, of the case,
and ask to be reinstated. This he did,
and submitted to the slow grist of the
gods.
While he waited, his health demanded
a good deal of exercise. Ho found none
so healthful as walking, and no. street so
wholesome as that on. which Nellie lived.
It was only in the evening that lie walked
there, ne always felt his pulses quicken
a3 he looked up at the window, but he
never saw her. What difference does it
make, he thought, since nothing could
come of it? He had not so much as
thought of. inquiring who lived in,the
house. -
Mr. Amidon wav not dangerously i’.L
But for that unlucky fall, the attack
would have passed off iu a moment. , Ho
had been considerably shaken, and what
with the heat and Nellie’s fears, stayed at
home for several days; then, feeling
quite restored, he started downtown one
morning. He looked- curiously at the
dace where the accident occurred, as if
and if you will help me to my feet I think he expected to see a dent in the pavc-
I can get home.” ment. ne stopped a. moment at the
lie got up, but stood so unsteadily on ' drug-store, drauk a glass of soda, water,
his legslhat'the young man could not; and chatted a little with the proprietor,
with whom he was well ncquafartpa. ’
“By-tfce-way,” said the latter, after
remark'llg upon his apparent health,
think of letilughim go alone, and
two walked slowly along to the high
steps the old gentlemau bad descended
ten minutes before. He sat down wearily
on the lower step while hi* companion
ran up to ring.
Miss Nellie, sitting at the w indow, at
this instant looked out and saw her
father's t unbled and generally disre-, caueu ni
spec table appearun *c. Full of a great | him to i<
* fright, she rushed out and narrowly ‘-Oh,
crly as their own comprised the valleys
and plains along the eastern slope of the
Rocky Mountains, from the Missouri to
the Saskatchewan. This region was the
favorite resort of the buffalo, -vvhose-vast
herds afforded the Indians their princi
pal means of subsistence. In the year
1836 a terrible visitation of the smallpox
swept off two-thirds of the people; and
five years later they were supposed to
count not more, than fifteen hundred
tents, or about ten thousand souls. Their
enemies were then recovering their spirits
and retaliating upon the weakened tribes
the ravages which they had formerly
committed.
In 1855 the United States government
humanely interfered to bring about a
complete cessations of hostilities between
the Blackfoot tribes and the other In
dians. The commissioner appointed for
the purpose summoned the hostile tribes
together and- framed; ;a| treaty for them,
accompanying the act with a liberal dis
tribution of present* to bring the tribes
into good humor. This judicious pro
ceeding proved effectual. Dr.' F. V.
Hayden, in his account of the Indian
tribes .of the Missouri Valley, states that
from the period of the treaty the Black-
foot tr.bss had become more and more
peaceful in their habits-,, and were consid
ered, when he wrotoj the best disposed
Indians in the Northwests He remarks
that their earlier reputation for ferocity
was doubtless derived, fromtheir enemies,
who always gave them ample cause for
attacking them. “Idaa intellectual and
moral point of - view;**! he* adds, “they
take the highest rank, among the wild
tribes of the West.” The recent reports
of the Indian agents and other officials of
the Canadian Northwest confirm this
favorable opinion of the superior honesty
and intelligence of the Blackfoot tribes.
While constantly harrassed on their re
serves by the incursions of thievish C:ees
and other Indians, who xol> them of their
horses, they.forbear to-retaliate, andhon-
*you l.ad a rather close cill.
"Mr. Amidon opened his eyes,
didn't like the Ulusioa to h ; s apoplectic
tendency, which he wa-» quite aware of.
and to which his physicia i, inde.-d. had
called his attention, but -which it suited
, he said, carelessly; “it was
upsetting the young man com- just a little rush of blood to the head.”
yon poor dear papa, what is the
matter ?*’ cried she, as she reached his
side.
“Nothing much, my dear,” said he,
more cheerfully than his looks war
ranter!. “Please help me un the steps.”
So putting his arms over the shoulder
of Ida daughter on one side, and of the
on the other, he walked
le steps into the high, cool
i recuning-chair, where he
: and with a sigh of satirise
, . magnetism, bril
liancy and fascination which are hers.
Mme. de Struve has a short, thin figure,
colorless complexion, blue eyes, and
permaturely gray hair. As dress goes,
she could not be called a well-dressed
woman. Her clothes, though always of
good material, seem to bs the one thing
she is most unconscious of, and on which
she spends the least thoflght. But with
all lack of taste in sl&de and fashion,
her appearance never suggests want of
harmony. Without' beauty and without
the art of dress,: she is acknowledged 1 by
the entire Diplomatic Corps to be their
cleverest member, and Jlr. Blaine give*
her no equal and no rival in Washing
ton. The Russian Minister's wife* i*
thoroughly well read in books,and knows
the newspapers qf all countries ft
ginning to end. Sbo»iv master 6
dozen languages,speaking English
as well asher native tongue: Her knowl
edge of medicine is! large, and was
gained by a coursc-of study. She 19 in
clined to be what is called strong minded
in this country,and if she were an Ameri
can would be claimed by the woman suf
fragists. * She i* abetter diplomatist than
her husband,, and the compliment to her
is no disparagement to him. - Iu fact, it
may bq_saidthat few Ministers here are
as accomplIsEeirin "diplomacy as Mme.
de Struve. But she is one of the most
truly natural women,frank anioutspoken
and just. When * young American abused
her hospitality % appearing af. one ot
.. Teaching Canaries Tricks.
Patience and continual instruction only
can teach a bird tricks. Because it some
times gives no outward sign of imitation
is not to be accepted as a belief that it is
not learning. It is practicing the trick
in private, and not until a perfect rehear
sal will it give a public exhibition. To
teach a bird to kiss hold him tightly,
chatting in soothing tones till he is
quiet; then kiss the bill repeatedly, still
soothing him with gentle talk. Kiss the
bill again and a~ain till! he .ceases to
struggle in fear of , the salute; then
bestow a final one—a kiss of approbation
—and release him to partake of his en
joyment. . Repeat this the rest day-
several times a day if you wish to teach
him quickly—and h) soon resorts to this
performance as a method of coaxing,
opening and closing his bill between
your lips exactly as you have done by
him; so nearly as bird imitation is possi
ble. If he picks your lips do no notice
ir before him. The cage of a nervous
bird should neve: be touched without
calling the tenant’s attention, because,
being always engaged in some project,
aq abrupt action starts him just as it
would a human being who is come upon
suddenly. -
, To teach him to sit upon your finger,
draw a chair up near the cage, hold a
conference with him, and then introduc
ing a finger between the wires near his
favorite perch, hold it there, patiently
reading your book or paper meanwhile.
The new object showing no disposition
to harm him,'he goes up cautiously for an
examination. Then he picks it to ascer
tain the material—maybe he fights it.
This is a good sign. He no. longer fears
it. Repay him with some choice morsel
and cheerful words for his courage. Try
him again in the afternoon. He may go
further and light on it. Possibly the
trick may take several days. Be patient.
Once the step is attained, vary the pro
gramme by introducing the finger into
other spots. He will-soon light on it at
any point or angle. Next try thrusting,
the fingers under the door. Next time
fasten it open, blocking egress with the
rest of the hand as one finger extends
within. When he perches on it draw him
forth a little way. Next tempt him to
perch outside a little, andeoon. In a
short time you but have to open the case
door, uplift a finger and he is sure to fly
for it, arid he may be thus called to any
part of the room to rest on the familial
perch.
To eat from the fingers let him hun
ger several days for some favorite dainty
—say a fig. Show him one; disregard
his elation; do not let him have it.
Spread a few seeds over the end of youi
finger and offer them close by his perch,
allowing him plenty of time for specu
lation. Soon no will sna‘ch off a seed
or two. If he utterly refuses, put him
sadly away, leaving the fig where he may
see it. Next day try again; he’ll take
one or more. That will do. Do not
plague him any longer. Give him
piece of fig in the cage, and leave him
alone until next day. He may feel in
dependent, btiug surfeited, a .d refuse
to pick. No matter; put him away
without his fig. The next day he is
sure to pick all off the fingers. Praise
the act and reward him.. After that, if
is plaiu sailing.'—Cincinnati Em/
Walking Mystery.
A young lady belonging to oiie of the
first families of NewYork returned from
a walk. - Her mother, who is very strict
with her, asked:
“Where have you been?”
“I have just been taking a 'little fresh
air iu Central Park.”
“Aloac?”
“Alone.”
“Arc you sure of it I”
“Of course I am. Why dv*» you ask?”
“Oh, nothing at all; except when you
went out you to k with you a parasol,
and you come home with a gentleman's
cane in ycur hand.”
The young l.dy has taken the matter
under advisement and will bring in a
vordict at an early date. — Tcxjs'SifJngs.
The Commodore Overreached.
An amufcing story is told of the way i
which William H. V anderbilt overreached
his father, the Commr>dcre. William
wanted manure from the Fourth avenue
car stables for his Staten Island farm,
and asked his father what he would
charge for ton loads. “Wtat’ll you
give!” asked the Commodore. “‘It's
worth four dollars a load to me,” said
the farmer. “Goodenough; Til let you
have it for that,” answered the railroad
man, having a decided impression that
the price was a* at least twice as mu:h
as the ituff was worth. Next d iv he
found his rustic sou with a scow" just
loaded for home. .
“How many loads have you got on
thats off, Bi ly?’’ oskc l tin commodore,
in excellent humor.
“How many?” r:prated tho son, feign
ing surprise; “one, of course.”
“One! why there's at least thirty,” the
old gentleman exclaimed, inspecting it
curiously.
“No, father, I never put but one load
a scow—one scow load! Cast off the
lines, Pat!”—Chicago Times.
No Fun in tho Judge.
Two Dakota lawyers recently had soma
trouble with a new judge and were dism
asting the subject. Said one:
“You got thirty days or §100, did
you?” x
“Yes.” . • \
‘Pay the fines”
' ” ^ mounriit tturi
Vhat’d,
in jail was good enough
hofineyou't” V
“Fifty dollars.’/
“Pav it?”
jrabljrab'de by the terms- of their late . He writes all bfe notes t*) Americans in.
treaty, which binds them to leave the je-j English, us he- deem* this more rompli-
dress cf such grievances to the Canadian j jncutary to. them than tlie use of French.
thQritics.—Popular Science Monthly. i pjis official papers are also written
Trees*
Profes ;or Lazenby, of Cornell Univer
sity, says: To make timber plentiful and
to render our climate more genial we
must re-clothc all rugged, broken land
and rocky crests, in fact,, every acre that
is not cultivated or is cultivated at a loss,
with valuable forest tree?.
First—All ravines and steep hillsides,
all land too rocky to be thoroughly cleared
of stone and plowed, shoufcf be devoted
to-trees.
Second—Protesting belt* of timber
should be planted wherever buildings,
orchard, gardens,etc.,are exposed to cold,
sweeping winds.
Third—The banks, of streams, ponds,
open- ditches, etc , should he so planted
witli> trees that they will be protected
from, abrasion by floods andi rapid
.rent*
Fourth—All public road* should be
belted by graceful, stately trees.
We- should preserve, improve and ex
tendi out existing forests by keeping up a
constant succession of young, growing
trees of the best varieties. To do this it
is-nocessary:
[ First—To allow no stock to
wood-lots for purpose of forage. This
should be a rule inflexible and relent-
leesv
Second—Young growtii in forests
should be thinned moderately and judi
ciously. Worthless varieties should be
exit out and the valuable sorts should be
trimmed up so that they will grow tall,
forming trunk rather than branches.
Third—Timber should be ent with ii
-taBigeht reference to. future growth.
Valuable trees that you;wishto pr
should be cut in the spring. Those that*
Engl&h, After Mr. Lothrop. ou'r'pTescM !">>> to.extermiMt*should be cut a
Minister to Rustia, was appointed, hc-j Au » ast - ,
her evening parties'in sUhalf-intoxicated
condition, she- quietly requested his
friends to take him home. The next day.
she, wrote the young fellow a note recall
ing the invitatiDiuvvrhich prevented him
from going; again to her house. At the
same time she was even more kind than
before to his sister, whom she continued;
to welcome as her guest.
* Mr! Charles de Struve reads and writes
English perfectly, hut do?s not speak.it
as fluently -as- his wife. He is most
punctilious oa fit points of etiquette.
‘I did not mean that, but the car
riage,” a»id the druggist.
Mr. Amidoa opened Ins eyes still
wider. Somebody was evidently quite
off the track.
“The carriage? What do you mean?”
“Didn't yonr friend tell you how
nearly you were nmov^rf’
“Run over? My friend? The young
men who walked home with me, you
mean?”
“He seemed to take matters quite into
his own hands. I thought he was a
personal friend.”
“I never saw him before,” said Mr.
Amidon. “Tail me about it.”
to Wa-hiugton, but |
* =■» p a y hi*
On l»s
lm of his
the bcich and begin to supply the mu-j *.ty,hc otliled at Ae kgH?”-
ket of Tiburon and Greed Gu.re nith De Struve was .bout to start for Mew
mest. The specialty was sc attractive ' ._?* <*£*** at ,ho door to
variety of fresh pork steaks that found a * a * £2 “ un *°
ready sale,' till one day a storm-flood
Dear Bought Knowledge.
washed out a sand-bar at the mouth of a
ighboring bayou and revealed a whole
abattoir of carved human corpses. Sus
picion at once pointed to the Marsette
boys, who at the time were absent on one
of their weekly cruise), but were caught
the next night in the act of landing
ation. Hut when Mr.
Lothrop's note,asking when he might call,
was handed to the minister, he answered
it at once, inviting Mr. Lothrop to lunch
with him. Then he dismissed hia car
riage, and half an hour later received and
entertained his visitor. In the evening
he took the tram for New York, and Mr.
Lothrop probably does not know to this
nis host w
frrab of vic4bn.r They (ecm 6 to day ttot ki. hov. w., purf«tly .w.ra,of
. ® a it..: v: __ *1 j: i the breach of etiaoette in the omission to
students would terra it, by cruising ! ““““J”
along the coast and raiding solitary fish-1 lt had beeocause for some diplomatic
ermen's cabins and jungle ranchos. comment. The foot that Russia had not
But by looking at the picture just below,
You will see whv it will fall “short.”
The grocer^men now will have 1
▲ deaf man could see that we’ve got ’em;
In fact ere right ou to their little game—
That dottecl lino U the bottom.
—Detroit Free Pres*.
Not Afraid of Burglar*.
‘It’s a joke on me, of course, but I'll
give it to you fellows,” said a Cass farm
man to a little group in the city hall yes
terday. * ‘I have a great fear of burglars.
When I go to bed I want to know that
sry door and window is securely fas-
icd. About a month ago wo changed
hired girls, and the new-comer was very
careless about the doors o' nights. On
two or three occas'ons I came down stairs
at midnight to find a window up or tho
backdoor unlocked/ I there ore deter
mined to put up a job on her. I got
some false whiskers and an old rig, and
’ht about 11 o-’clock I crept up the
back staiis to her room. She was snor
ing away like a trooper, but the rainut:
I struck a match she awoke. I expected
a great yelling and screaming, but noth
ing of the sort took place. She bounced
out of bed with a ‘I0u villain!’ on hei
lips, seized a chair by the back, and be
fore I had made a move she knocked me
t> my knees.- Before I could get out of
room she struck me again, and it
only after I had tumbled down the
back stairs that she gave the alarm. Then
she went through to my room, rapped on
the door and coolly announced:
“ .‘Mr. Blank, please get up. I’ve
killed a burglar.’ ”—Detroit Free Prcxt.
Surprising Unanimity.
said the police reporter last
night, as he paused to sharpen a' pencil,
“I see that Bob Burdette has given an
account of a strike he went on when a
schoolboy. I never was on a strike, but I
had a lively experience in another line.
On Friday afternoon when we were ex
pecting the School Board to come around
and see the school on dres* parade, the
boy* agreed, with one
“Th» boy stood
Well, the Bo ird came, and things
looking as solemn as a funeral when the
first bogr walked out and started off:
'The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but him hal fled;
'Eh©- flames that lit the battle wreck
Shone round him o’er the dead.*
“He* went through the thing without t
“Yo\ that-is, my wife’s father,did.” }/
“Of c:urs;—I didn't suppose mu raised «
it yourself. What w^s it you call.d the
old judicial snoozer?”
“I was telling him that his counte
nance reminded m? of a fre*ght-car wh’ch
load been to a smash-upland that in his
various rulings he leaped about from
wrong ideas to untenable premises like
an insane jack rabbit—when he socked
it onto me.” ’;
“Yes. Now that’s thp usual talk and
the old judge never objected. I put it a
little stronger and told him that 1 could
only explain the unheard-of rulings of the
court by the supposition that they came
from a man with a spavined intellect and
then threw my coat and hnt and jeUggfr
‘Comedown, you ancicut antiqui|y,;nridj
I’ll whale enough^senrf $nfo your shat
tered mind so tnat|yo:& can hold Uj por
tion at pounding-sand with a ball clubT *
Lernrny get -you and difigtfre the fair
face of nature by scattering your worth- .
loss remainsaround this judicial district!*
He said it would be §100 or thirty days
and then went oa and decided the case
against me.”
“Yes, that’s the way it goes—it seems
he can't take a joke. It strikes me that
f this administration is going to send
many more of these kind of judges out
here* that tho e ntire temtorial bar will bo
in jail. If this is the way they arc going
to work it there don’t appear to be much
encouragement for a lawyer to tako right
hold of a case in earnest and make Romo
open her mouth clear back to' her ears
and howl.”—EstelUnc (Dak.) Bell, .vi -
Taking Disease From Books.
Visitors to 'the Congressional Library
bad their attention attracted the other
day by the demeanor of aa old man who
entered with the as istance of a crutch,
writes a Washington correspondent of
the New York Mail and Ex/.res*. He had
a bandage over one eye and q roll of red
flannel enveloped ope pf his hands. Ho
stored his crutch away by the side* of
his chair, adjusted the bandage over his
eye, ani rubbed his., side while waiting.
Presently the attcuaaut brought him an
armful of books that seemed to be medi
cal work). The cripple was soon ppur- ,
ing over these with the deepest interest.
“That’s one of them,” said the re-
P9rtcr’s companion.
. “I see,” replied the reporter. “So de
voted to books thut he climbs up tho
Capitol steps and comes hire (dread,,
notwithstanding his terribly afflicted
frame.” ‘ ^ *
“Well, it’s not exactly that.” replied
the habitue. “It’s his affliction^ that
brings him here, and it’s, his^affliction
that he comes. You sec he is/ as I said,
ono of them. There ara .enough more.
They come to read up their own cases.
Those books before him speak of blind
ness, lameness and lheumatism. He is
one of the best informed men on those
subjects in the city. * The more he knows
about the ailments the worse becomes
Iris affliction, and he will probably, add
some new ones bcfo:e A ho gct^ through
w&h that pile of books.' Whefl he started
in here he had something the matter
with one of his eye*, and he came to read
up on blindness. «By careful study he
has spread ailments* all: over himself,,
until there, is no point in his body that
ain't in* torture. He had been reading up
his own case, .and ha* improved upon it.
. , v „„ That’s about the way with all of them.
The**hurliiniTde'clT”of* them arc actually suffering from
' ■ -me trouble for wli'ch*they are seeking
remedy. Others are unconsciously
looking for trouble) to have. Men who
have some* chronic ailment, for which
doctors have been unable* to give them
any relief,, go to the library and read all
the works they can find that may, in any
way, apply to their case. Some of them
become experts in particular branches of
medicine. .They devote* their whale
lives to it,, and never seem to'think tr
speak of anything else. 9bm?, like this
man, discovorthat they are in posse sion
of a great variety of ailments, and their
researches into medicine becomes very
extensive, though somewhat desultory.
Some get cured of one complaint when
they fall into possession of another, but
others retain all the old ones and continue
to nurse and train them vary carefully
while adding new ones constantly. But
generally they are devoted to one particu
lar thing, and they pursue* that assidu
ously. They ore one of the peculiar
classes of leaders.”
“ * The.bay stood on the burning deck,’ etc.
“Tha-teacher’s eyes opened wide; and
the School Board looked puzzled) but
the boy*all looked so solemn that the
uninitiated thought there was rathim?
wrong: The second boy went through
the last:lihe* P took his seat and tho third
boy. arose. Tsc silence was oppressive
until hc*begj*n:
‘“The boy stood on the burning deck:
Whence all “bat ho had flea;
“3ht that was all the further he* got.
The teacher rose in his might, marched
the.antire crowd off to a burning deck
adjacent and thrashed the whole ca
boodle.”—Atlanta Constitution.
Sxrift’s Snow Storm.
“Talking about the signal service and
its bad lark in th3 wcither prophesying
business* 5 * - said a station agent “let me
tell you a; Utile tt *ry about Swift, Super-
intendcafc- of Teh graph on the Rock
Island. Some time last winter the Sig
nal Service people told Swift they would
furnish him their bulletins, if he would
urdertakc to send them ojafc and have
them posted along the road. Swift
cepted the offer, and thought it a big
thing. He had instructions sent out to
all operator) conccrni g. posting of the
weather bulletin)/and felt so proud of
the new service that he went around
.I ragging what a good thing it xv
b.\ Iu a few days the Signal Service
predicted a very heavy fnov; storm, and
Swift sent word to the Superintendents,
suggesting that they had bettor make
arrangements in advance to keep the
tracks clear of the unusual fall of snow
sure to come.
“ ‘Now, you see,* he said, ‘how valu
able this service is to a ra lroad. When
that snow comes we’ll be prepared for it,
and not a wheel will be stopped. ’
“Instructions were sent out to station
agents and section bosses, and in some
places gangs of extra* laborers were hired
to shovel snow. But the snow storm
didn’t seem to be in a hairy, The
Changes in Congress.
There is nothing, in this, country that
has „ undergone a greater change than
its Congress. When. I.wa&iu that body,
says Judge James J. Xindlcy, of St.
Louis,, to A Globe-Democrat reporter, we
received §5 a day, and even that was an
advance which at that time was strongly
opposed and condemned by some. My
first year I received §720, while on th*
next year the-pay-roll credited me with,
about §2.000. The only satisfaction now
is- in knowing that Webster and Clay
worked for the same money. Then wo
did a great deal of ov* own committed
■work also. No” the pay-roll for com
mittee clerks is about as large as it then
was for members. This shows a vast
change. The present members of Con
gress can hardly appreciate how the
work was then done.
Thunderstorm in a Clear Sky.
Captain Andersoa, of the British bark
Siddartha, which, lately arrived in New
York, reported a peculiar thunderstorm
while on the the northern edge of the
Gulf Stream. The sky was quite clear
at the time and the sun shining brightly,
although there appeared to be a thin
mist about the ship. Suddenly there ap
peared a vivid flash of lightning^
companied by violent thunder.