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Dreams. As I came through the Valley Sleep {Upon-each side a frowning steep), A. dream my weighted steps o'er took; "I am the Fear thou woula'st not brook Through all the hours of lieht^ But thrust my face fro in sight, My whisper from thine ear; Now close or. thee I wait? Thv coorph Fear.? ** And I foreshadow fate!" ' Ajb I came through the Valley Sleep, Where singing waters hidden creep, A dream arose and kissed my brow; **I am the Heart's Desire, whom thou Wouldst lift no voice to greet, Nor own me conquenng-sweet, A mounting cordial lire; I am thy bosom-mate? , Deep Heart's Desire,? And I foreshadow fats!" "Who so comes through the Valley Sleep, Whether he wake to laugh or weep, Meets with no herald from afar, No warning gleam of natal star: But in her regal place, And with no masking faco, Unhoodwinked and unbought, Most pure, inviolate, The lord of thought, The Soul foreshadows fate! ?Edith M. Thomas in Atlantic Monthly. A DETECTIVE'S STORIES. Ia my profession as a dctectivc I havo often been asked if I believed in the virtue of circumstantial evidence. In every instance I have replied in the affirmative. While the profession may tnake a man hard-hearted and anxious to couvict, it is nevertheless -a certain fact that a complete chain of circumstantial evidence against a criminal will settle his case sooner than half a dozen respectable witnesses. Lawyers can browbeat and confuse witnesses, and the veracity of a witness can bo slurred or impeached, but when you strike against circumstance it is not so easy to step over it or explain it away. I have been an interested party in two cases where circumstantial evidence convicted the wrong persons, but still, if on a jury where circumstances were against the prisoner, I should not hesitate to weigh everything against him. Many years ago, when I was a young man of eighteen, I ran away from my uncle, to whom I was apprenticed. He had a farm near Liverpool, Medina county, Ohio, and he was u man who had not one jot of pity for or mercy on man or animal. His wife lived in mortal fear of him. and a look from him would make his children tremble. Our family lived a hundred miles away, and we knew little or nothing of Uncle Jabcz. He came out on a visit, seemed to take a liking to me, and ho gave my father $100 to apprentice me for threo ?;ears. 1 liked farm work, and a3 Uncle - Jabcz was on his good behavior while ' visiting us,Iwas by no means opposed to ^the arrangement. No sooner had we arrived at his home than he bccamo a r fyrant and slave driver. I was over vvorked, half fed, scolded, and mal" treated, and one night, after the promise of a''good licking" in the morning, I find un mv few nersonal effccte, dropped from my chamber window and set out for Cleveland. Unclc Jabez was a man who would demand his pound of flesh And more. If I returned home ho would follow on and make me a captive. As soon as he missed ine he would raise a sreat hue and cry over the country, and ;I felt that my only safe course was to rcach some large city and lose myself in the mass. The farm was twenty-five miles from Cleveland. I could have walked the distance in seven hours, as it was a cool -autumn night, and the roads were good, but for the first ten miles I did not dare use the highway. Teams were coming -and going and farmers moving about, and I wanted to cover my tracks from Uncle Jabez. With the difficulties in my path I did not enter Cleveland until about 9 o'clock next morning. I hud not yet reached the business portion, and was walking in tho middle of the street, country fashion, when I made a rich find. In the dust lay threo diamond rings, two ladies' watch chains, and several charms and lockets. They were scattered about as if they had fallen from some vehicle passing over tho road. I picked them up of coursc, and there bciug no one near me I continued on ray ivay. I had never found anything of %-alue in my life before, and I did not know exactly how to proceed. I knew, of course, that I had no right to the property, nor did I have the remotest intention of converting it to my use. The trouble was that I did not know exactlv what course to take, bcinir but a young, green boy. At home I would nave gone to my father or a neighbor, hut under present circumstanccs I was puzzled. 1 had heard of policemen, but never saw one. I fiually made up my mind to accost the first one I met and ask him what to do About four squares beyond where I had found the jewelry I stopped at a German grocery to ask for a drink of water. There was a boy about 14 years o'd iu the store, and ho told me to go around the side way to a pen-stock. I was drinking when a dog rushed at me and was so determined to bite me that I had to keep him off with my feet. The German and his wife rushed out and attacked me and as I got out of the gate a policeman came up and seized me. There had been row enough to collect quite a crowd, and all were against me. The officer asked who I was, where I came from, and where I was going. If I had returned him prompt answers he might have let me go, but I did not dare tell him that I was a runaway for fear he would return mo to Uncie Jabez. I therefore refuse:! to answer him, and he naturally concluded I was a suspicious character, and took me to the station. As I was registered they searched me, and when tho jewelry came to light There was great astonishment and rejoicing, and tho charge of grand larceny was at oncc entered against me. On the night previous a jewelry store on Superior street had been robbed of a large amount of jewelry, and the robber had got away, leaving no clue for the detectives. This was some of the plunder. I told them where I found it, but as I would not tell them who I was, or anything about myself, my find was declared too thin. Under the fame circumstances to-day I would do just as the ofliccrs did then. They f >gc?rded my greenncs# as assumed fv thu occasion, and the newspapers pu mo down as one of the sharpest and * a--* At- ! i_ 4.1 XPrr^^TT snrcwaest imeves in iue uuuunj. ut<?j inducement was held out to mo to give away my confederates, who were supposed to be older men aid toucher characters, and my inability to do it was laid to shrewdness and nerve. Tlio only lame point with the detectives was the fact that I was on my way into the city when captured, and that I was showing myself openly and boldly. It was hard to believe that a robber would hang about town with his pockets full of plunder, but they got over this by saying it was a shrewd move on my part to throw them of! the sccnt. Had I acknowledged my identity, Uncle Jabez would have come on to defend and clear me, but would have also taken mc back and thrashed me within an inch of my life. I dreaded him more than state prison, and, therefore, when the trial came on I had nothing to say, and was sentenced to state prison for throe years. I was glad of it. I would be of age when I came out, and as no one would hear of me in the interval, I would have nothing to fear from my tyrant of an unclc. The fact that I served only four months of my sentence was duo to the efforts of one old detective in another case. I had forgotten to tell you that the jeweler and two of his clerks had "fully identified" uie as "a person who had been in the store several times just previous to the robbery." Tho proprie tor swore that lie soid mc a ring for $3, and one of the clerks testified on the stand tlint I stood for half an hour and bartered with him about a silver watch. "Then you positively swear ho is the person?" asked iny counsel ia each case. "I do," was the dccidcd answer. I could have shown that I was twentyfive miles away at tho time, and that I had never stepped foot in Cleveland before the morning of my arrest, but, for reasons which I have stated, I made no effort in my own defence. I went off to prison with a comparatively light heart, knowing my own innocence. I had been a convict for four months when one day, I was called into the Warden's office. There were several gentlemen present, and among them I recognized tho Cuya hoga county .Prosecuting Attorney ana two Cleveland detcctives. The Prosecutor began by declaring that I was an innocent man, and then asked for my story. Under promise that they would not betray me, I gave it to them. It seems that the dctective, in working on another case, had fallen upon the jewelry robbers and sccured most of the plunder. There were three of them, all old hands, and the stuff I found had been lost by them as they drove out of the city. Robbers though they were, _ J x i? J :? they Q1Q mc agoouiurn uy uuujiuy man I had any hand in the affair. Indeed, after the case was opened, the dctcctives saw that a blunder had been made in arresting mc. The gentlemen had come with a pardon from the Governor, and I returned to Cleveland with them on the promise of employment. To test the value of the people at the jewelry store as witnesses the detective took me in there and asked if they had ever seen me before. Four months could not have changed mo much, and yet thoso who had 9worn so boldly against me on the stand now denied having ever seen me before. I have been a detective for Tronra Imt that circumstance has always been uppermost in my mind when I had a case where the identity of a prisoner was to be sworn to. I have always cautioned my witnesses not to testify unless satisfied beyond all doubt. My caution has several times operated to let a bad man cscape the clutches of the law, but that was better than to swear an innocent man's life or liberty away. The other instanco occurrcd in Tennessee just before tho breaking out of the war. I bought of the inventor the State right of Tennessee of a certain patent, out of which I expected to realize a large fortune. I secured as my agent in the State an Ohio man named James Miller. I had known him for many years, and would have staked my life on his honesty and veracity. We visited Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and other towns, and I finally parted with him at Memphis. He was to manufacture and sell through dealers. What happened to him, however, occurred in the northern part of the State near Clarksville. He had been dealing with somebody in that town, and then hired a horso and buggy to go out seven or eigne mnes mio me country to look at a horso with a view of buying. As lie was leaving the hotel a buyer of horses and mules named Charles Sweet asked to go with him, and offered to pay half the cxpenso of the rig. The offer was accepted, and the two drove away. Several incidents occurrcd during that ride. They were not a mile out of ClArksville when the horse shied to one side and almost upset the buggv, and Sweet, in saving himself from falling out, suddenly elevated his elbow and hit Miller on the nose, causing it to bleed. Several drops: stained his shirt bosom, and others fell upon the buggy cushion. A mile further on the horse balked at a hill, and Miller descended from the bugsjy and coaxed him until he started on. Iu starting he threw Miller down, and a wheel of the buggy, passed over the small of his back. He did not mind the injury then, and brushed the mud and dirt from his clothes and followed on to the top of the hill and climbed in. Half a mile from the farm Miller had started to visit, the two men caught sight of some fine mules in a field. Sweet decided to stop and see the owner, while Miller drcve on alone. These little every-day occurrences arc forgotten in an hour unless remembered against a prisoner. Miller saw the horse he went out to look at, partly bargained for him, and then drove back. It was noticed that his clothes were stained with mud, and that there was blood on his shirt, but his explanation was 'satisfactory. It was further noticed that he was pale-faced and nervous. As a matter of fact he had been quito seriously hurt, but, man like, did not want to own it. When he drove back, Sweet was not to be seen, and fceliug that he must take care of his injuries as soon as possible, Miller drove into Clarksville and sent the rig back by n necro for Sweet. The latter was not to | l>9 found. No one had oeen him since I ho left the buggy at tho roadside. | There was no excitemont until nest day, and then, when a search failed to tarn up the missing man or furnish a clue aa to his fate, Miller, who was in bed, was placed under arrest, charged with his murder. When I got down there from Boston the caso against him had been worked up until no one doubted his guilt, and there were threats of lynching. Myfiret move somewhat staggered them, however. I proceeded to show that Miller had arrived at the horse owner's alone, and that he had not passed that point. I then found two negro wood-choppers and a white man who had seen the two men together in the buggy only half a mile from where Sweet got out. If murder there was, it had taken place in that half-mile ride, and the body must be concealed near the roadside. A search had been made of the whole distance, but I now proceeded to a closer investigation. Miller was a slim, light-built ~ ** ?? 1 OQ nrtnn A a fiwoof "am Q n mull, wuiguiug JL?*U puuuvAoj ??w .< Mw M large, fleshy man, weighing 105 pounds. It was, therefore, impossible that Miller could drag the body any distance. We went over the ground foot by foot, taking in a breadth of a mile each side of the highway and examining every barn, strawstack, thicket, fencc corner and depression. Not the slightest trace of the body could bo found. This raised a doubt of Miller's guilt, but more than that was needed to clear him. It was strange, everybody said, why Sweet had not gone to the house to sec tho owner of the mules; why he hud not been seen on the road or in tho fields; Why if alive, he had not shown up -* ^???* Kftf 4linwa Vinr! It was CVIUCUb tuat uuuiw uav. bee i foul play. Miller was the last person in his company. His disordered clothing, the blood spots, his pallor and mental anxiety. "Why when I went all over it in my owe mind it almost seemed to me as if he was guilty. I say almost, j for I could not quite believe it of hiin. i While the prosecution could not producc the body as a proof of the murder, they had plenty of circumstantial evidence, and Miller was held to the higher court, with overybody believing in his guilt The affair had as curious a turn just be fore his trial as a novclistcould imagine. I was in a small town fifty miles from Clarksville, and had stepped into a grocery kept by an old woman, to get a plug of tobacco, when her son, a mountaineer, came ia from his place, thirteen miles away. The two exchanged salutations in my presence, and the mother asked: "lias the stranger gone yet?" "No," replied the son. "And do you think he is daft?* ' "Pears that way." "How is his hurt?" "Better, I guess." Then their conversation turned into other channels, and I went out. In ten minutes I went back again. An influence which I cannot explain any more than I could resist sent me back to ask: "You were talking about a stranger. ITave you some unknown man at your house?'' "Yes, sir. He came six or ei?jht weeks ago. I think he has been hurt and has lost his mind. I have told him he must go, but he cries and begs to stay, and he has paid us very well for his keep." He described Sweet to a dot, and three hours later I had identified tho man who was supposed to have been murdered by Miller. In three days I had him at Clark9vi'le. That knocked the murder theory in the head, of course, but the prosecution then declared Miller had assaulted him with intent to kill and rob. A medical examination showed that Sweet had been struck on the head and his brain injured. I took him to Nashville, put him in the care of a surgeon, and in four weeks he had his mind back. The very first words he uttered on coming to were: . "And you can stop for me as you come back." Four months' timo had gone out of his mind, and he began just where he had I . .. ~ l ^ ?X ~C Tn ielC oil as ne got out, ui iuo "nyy?. * ? climbing the roadside fcnco he fell and struck his head against the log. He remembered falling, but nothing further. A pressure flf the skull upon his brain had produced an hallucination. He imagined that he was hunted by robbers, and had made his way through forest and swamp to the cabin where I found him. His weight had run down to 125 pounds, hair and whiskers had grown long, and only some lucky accident could have identified him. Of tho <?r? aaa vori iwifvi whftn hfl drove UUU lie liUU fWVU MAM* out of Clarksville every dollar was recounted for, and he was eventually restored to health and strength. This has been ray personal experience with circumstantial evidence, and yet I dare declaro ray belief that it is the best evidence in the world to convict the guilty on. It may have worked injustice in raro instances, but it has hung dozens of guilty wretches who would otherwise have cscaped.?New York Sun. The Origin of ft (Jnaker Custom. George Fox used at ono time to attend public .worship in the established church, but when the preacher uttered sentiments he could not agree with, he would most solemnly put on his broadbrimmed hat, and only take it off when a welcomo strain of doctrine recurred. If he had sat with his hat on for very long, and the sermon was still distaste^ ful to him, he would slowly rise and silently walk out. It was originally foi purposes of habitual protest that Friends sat in places of worship with their hat? on. From the rise of Quakerism there has always been a dislike to display 01 show in dress.?CasseWs Magazine. A Urnguay Dairyman. One of the curious customs is the manufactuae of butter. The dairyman pours the milk warm from the cow into an inflated pig or goat skin, hitches it tc his saddle by a long lasso, and gallop; five or six miles into town with the milk sack pounding along on the road behind him. Wheu he reaches the city his churning is over, the butter is made, and he peddles it from door to door, dipping out the quantity desired by each fumilj with a long wooden spoon. ~Harper'< Magazine. A TRAIN'S SPEEDY TRIP. ENGINEER POST S DARING RUN TO SAVE A MAN'S NECK. Dashing over a Rough Track at T.i?htiiin<r Snr>prl?A Ijvnchinir * o that was Only Postponed. "One of the best and withal the most daring engineers on the Union Pacific was, and still is, Fred Post of Cheyenne," said one of the Rocky Mountain delegates to the convention of the Brotherhood. "When Post is on an engine he doesn't seem to know what fear is. He has had passenger engines dozens of times, but it wouldn't be long before he would make some reckless run, just for the daring of the thing, and then he would bo sent back to a freight run again. It seems to be almost impossible for bim to rnn on schedule time?he isn't happy unless he can let her out for every revolution there is in her. One of his Hash runs was from Cheyenne to Greeley, Colorado, and over to Fort Collins, and then back again to Cheyenne. A special was made up in Cheyenne to go over to Fort Collins after a murderer named Moshler. Post was ordered to take 'old 400,' the fastest engine on the road, and a 'way car' was attached for the party of officers. Among the passengers were Sheriff Sharpless, several deputy sheriffs, some newspaper men, a few prominent citizens, ana Mr. Deael, the Superintendent of the road. The train haa the right of way, and everything was ordered on the side tracks until the special passed. You see, the case was an important one, and, as it resulted in one of the most famous lynchwgs ever known in the far West, is worth telling. "The man Moshier was a low-lived assassin who had shot several people. He was tramping over the lonely trail between Cheyenne and the Black Hills one day when he met a freighter, who picked him up and fed him ana let him ride to Cheyenne. The freighter . also had a passenger in a young man who had lived near Fort Laramie, and who was on his way to his former home in Iowa. The outfit consisted of a big 'prairie schooner,' a trail wagon, and sixteen mules. When the end of the journey was reached the party camped on the prairie, about three miles from Cheyenne, and near the Government post of Fort Russell. The freighter intended to come into town early the next morning, load the wagons with goods for the Black Hills, and come back in the evening to the same camping ground. The mules were turned out to graze on,the rich upland grass, and, as the night was threatening, all three men spread their blankets in one of the big wagons. During the night Moshier got up, and, taking an axe, struck the sleeping freighter a blow on the head. Supposing he had killed him, he next struck the passenger, fracturing his skull. 'But the man raised up, and, wounded as he wa9, grappled with the murderer, took the axe away from him and threw it out of the wagon, Moshier then shot the man three times. A soldier at the post going out on a duck hunt passed not far from the wagons and heard the shooting. Returning to the post he obtained assistance, and an investigation resulted in finding the bodies of toe two men, but Moshier had fled. The freighter was unconscious, but the passenger, although mortally wounded, was able to make a dying statement to an Episcopal clergyman and to the prosecuting attorney. Unfortunately, he didn't know Moshier's name.' He died that afternoon. Itcamc out that the murderer intended to kill his benefactor and his fellow passenger, dump their bodies into one of the wagons, hook up the mules, and drive off with the whole outfit. At night he would bury the bodies, build a big camp fire over their gravts to hide the spot, and take the wagons and males to some , t nrViorA Vlft rnillfl Sfill JJUI'b I'l IUU tVUUvi j nuv.v ?W the outfit, which was worth about $3,000. "The people were indignant over the dastardly crime, and the other freighters were wild with anger. Big rewards were offered by the Territory and by pri.ate citizens, and hundreds of men galloped over the country in search of the murderer. Three days afterward, and much to the surprise of everybody, the freighter regained consciousness. He told who the murderer was, and then many people knew the man they were pursuing. Several days after he was captured by Sweeney, of Fort Collins, Colorado. "The Sheriff of Cheyenne feared a lynching, and so a special train was secretly made up to go to Fort Collins, and get back before daylight. Engineer Post was in his element, for ne was expected to make fast time. The section of the road between Grcely and Fort Collins was new and rough. There were stationary seats on each side of the way-car, and a few common chairs sat on the floor. In one-half of the car were bunks for the use of the train men, and the Sheriff and the Superintendent laid down on these to sleep. Post had about regained his standing from his last escapade, and had a chance to distinguish himself in the presence of the Superintendent, but instead of running with express speed he turned her over for every strode there was in her. ' Old 400' plunged into the night hissing and>olling like a demon and a maniac in one. The way-car rolled from side to side so violently that it was impossible to sit in the chairs. Every little while the wheels would strike the end of some rail that was not joined evenly, and the car would give a lurch which threatened to land it in the ditch. While the train was rushing to apparent destruction, Post left the engine and camc back into the car a moment, as happy as a man could | be. Somebody said something about being turned over, and Post understood it to be a request to 'turn, her over.' That i suited him, and, returning to the engine, | he did 'turn her over.' Heavens! "How J the engine and its one car rocked and I swayed and lurchedl Yet on, faster and faster, they flew over that dangerous ! trark. Suddenly the car gave a heavy lurch and there was a sound like a ! 'thud' in the bunk room. The Superintendent and the Sheriff had been thrown out of their bunk. The former made his way to the front platform, and, by yelling at the top of his voice, attracted j Post's attention. "The rest of the run to Fort Collins was made slower, and when the train j got there Post got a jacketing for making such a wild run. The trip gave him quite a reputation at Cheyenne, but he didn't cot a uasseneer engine. Perhaps the railroad people had their own views about such a run as that. "AndMoshier? Oh, they got back to Cheyenne with him just at sunrise Sunday morning. That night seventy-five men marched to the jail like a company of soldiers, broke open the doors, and, in the presence of 2,000 people, hanged the murderer to a telephone pole in the centre of the city.?Chicago Mail. "Fcelinpr the Enemy." Colonel William W. Lang, the Consul at Hamburg, has a characteristic reminiscence of Southern fighting methods during the war. Colonel Greene, of Texas, was a dashing, invinciblc cavalry officer, who rushed precipitately into battle without any plans or preconceived notions. He had a simple way of firing his command with reckless enthusiasm. Whenever old Greene tugged his wide-brimmed hat down over hij eyes and shouted, "Boys, I want a few volunteers," every one knew it was to do or die. In anticipation of General Wetzel's march from New Orleans to Port Hudson with 4,000 troops and supplies for the relief of the beleaguered garrison, Colonel Lane scouted the intermediate country, and with General Taylor, of the Confederate infantry, planned an interception and battle. Greene was called to the council and ordered to move out with his 1,500 cavalry to "feel" the advancing Unionists and then retreat to draw them into an ambush of 4,000 infantry and artillery. The intrepid Texan, unaccusj J i. l.'.J loraeu to ims muu ui wmiiirv, upuu itceiving the orders scratched his head resentfully, though he finally obeyed without any uttered protest. His command on that memorable occasion was a dejected "Well, come along, boys." There was more of the funeral than the martial air in the advance, but after having got beyond the sight of headquarters a change came over the spirits of the column. Greene halted and made this address: "Boys, I want a few volunteers." One long, loud shout answered him. Wh'jn they came in sight of the Unionists a wild, sweeping charge was made with Greene in the lead, ana Wetzcl and his entire command were captured, (while Taylor was complacently waiting for the expected victory of his ambuscade. The success of Greene's impetuosity could not appease Taylor's anger and disappointment, however. "You have disobeyed your orders, sir," said he. "I told you plainly to only feel the enemy." "Well, General," replied the Texan, playing sheepishly with the brim of his nat, " all I know about feelin' the enemy is to pitch in and fight 'em like the dcuce.?Chicago News. A Historic Tree. An incident of the Revolutionary Wai which is authentic, though not included in our histories nor widely Known, is tne story of the Liberty Tree which stood in Charleston, South Carolina. It was a huge live-oak, which grew rn the centre of the square between Charlottfc and Boundary Streets. When the popular excitement over the Stamp Act was at its height in Charleston in 1766, about twenty men, belong-' ing to the most influential Carolinian families, assembled under this tree, and were addressed by General Gadsden. He denounced the measure with indignation, and prophesied that the colonies would never receive justice from the mother country. Ho then, after a moment's solemn pause, declared that the onlv hope for the future lay in the severence of all bonds with England, and in the independence or the Uoionies. This, it is asserted, was the first time that the independence of this country was spoken of in public. The men a-sembled then joined hands around the old oak, and pledged themselves to resist oppression to the death. Their names are still on record. Most of them were distinguished for their coUragc and patriotism during the struggle which followed. The Liberty Tree was regarded with such reverence by the enthusiastic Carolinians that Sir Henry Clinton, after the surrender of Charleston to the British, ordered it to be destroyed. It was cut down, and afterwards Us branches were formally heaped about its trunk and burned.? Youth'18 Companion. Criifornia's Size. People in ihe East can not begin to comprehend the extent of California, to say nothing of its climate and productions. Let us compare the area of some of the Eastern States : Mains 29,805 New Hampshire 9,00.5 Vermont 9,13)5 Massachusetts 8,010 Connecticut 4,846 ? ? i A in Bhode island................. i,ucu New York 47,630 Pennsylvania 44,985 154,576 California 155,980 Thus it will be seen that California h;ts a larger area than all the New England States together, added to the two great States of New York and Pennsylvania. In the extent of the sea coast, California would, if transplanted to the Atlantic Coast, reach from New York city to Savannah, Georgia.?San Francisco Argonaut. A $10,000 Watch. The death of Mr. Alfred Denison re; moves a well-known figure from London ; society. lie was a younger brother of ! the celebrated George Anthony Denison, | Archdeacon of Taunton, and of Mr. 1 Speaker Denison, afterward Viscount i Ossington. Lady Ossington presented ! her brother-in-law with $10,000 for cer| tain services. This money Mr. Denison | invested in a sumptuous watch. A very musical repeater of the best workmanship was enclosed in a gold case literally studded with jewels, and each jewel a picked stone. The watch chain had a succession of black pcaris, and the signet was a 8carabieus. The worst of this costly whim was that the owner scarcely diired wear t*he watch for fear of being ! robbed in the street, and could not leave it home for fear of burglary.?Liverpool Courier. A Coyote Fond of Mnslc. While a herder was riding along in the mountains near Wetmore, Col., looking after stock and playing a French horn, he saw a coyote coming towards him. lie dismounted, still playing the horn, and procured a clnb. The animal seemec\ unconscious of danger and allowed him to approach so near that he killed it with the club.?Boston Journal. I SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. H "In many animals," says Naiur^Wm 11 structures occut without any physio?H| logical value, but it is known, also, thal^H such structures?as, for instance, the hindgj legs of whales?disappear. |M A mushroom plantation has been es-^H tablished in a disused railway tunnel^H at'Edinburgh. The mushroom beds OO^H cupy about 800 yards of the tunnelf^H whose total length is about threo-quartert^H of a mile. , The pruning of vines has been inve*?^H tigated by H. Mueller, who finds thaiHj the proper time is while the fruit is ripcnr^H ing, and that the young shoots should^? be cut, as their development requirer^B much sugar. - . The common thistle, which now coveri^H large areas m southern unin, is saia ioh have been introduced there by an Eng-^H lishman, who imported a bushel of seed^H and sowed it under the delusion thatthe^B plant would prove valuable for fodder. Dr. Frantzel, of Berlin, reporting on^H the effect of tobacco on the heart, sayt^H that smoking will not affect a person fot^B many vear3, and that then there will^H suddenly come a trouble of the heart. Common cigars, he says, are not so likely^H to produce the trouble as the finer ones.^H English locomotive builders have beenHg compelled to adopt the American pattemSH in many respects in order to control their Continental traffic. The ideas of Ameri-^| can mechanics are permeating foreign^H workshops, and the stubborn adherents^H to old methods have been obliged to ad-^H mit that much is to be learned on thia^H side of the water. The woody, melon-shaped fruit of theHB sand-box tree of the West Indies is made^H into a neat box by sawing off the topHJ and scooping out the seeds, and is usea^B in Barbadoes for holding sand. When^^H * i.1 ? ?? - a. ?? f a wirtan aowcver, me irun u auvncu n^ivu (he tree, it bursts explosively, scattering^! the seeds over the ground. An expen-^H menting naturalist recently sought to^B preserve a specimen of the fruit by dry* me carefully, but it exploded with suchH| violence as to destroy the box containing^* A new dairy machinc, invented by M.^1 Mignette, of Paris, has been described^? by Professor James Long. It extrapts^H the moisture from butter, or the whey^M from from soft cheese, by means of suc-^H tion. The vase of the machine consists^H of a reservoir which' has india rubber^H sides, and at the bottom a piece of per-^H forated metal of tine quality; this com-^H municates with an inspiriting pump and^B i reservoir for the liquid, w hich is drawnH| out by the vacuum crcated by working^H the machine. Filtration is rapid, and inHfl i few moments the curd is solid and^H ready to be placcd into moulds, which Hi form the skim-milk cheeso. M A newly patented pavement is said toHH have been suggested by the surface of an^H elephant's tooth, which consists of inter-^H i mingled layers of hard and soft material, ; so that the process of wearing always produces a series of ridges upon the sur-^H face. The new system of paving is tho^| idea of Mr. Kanyard, the English &S-H| tronomcr, and comprises the use of^H blocks having alternate hard and soft layers?such as Portland cement and a^H mixtrue of sand and cement, which are^H set upon edge, so that the edges of thess^B faminae form , a wearing surface. TheflH blocks are made four inches high, And^fl may be worn to less than an ii)ch without becoming smooth, like granite IB blocks. B Where the untrained eye will seo^H nothing but mire and dirt, says Sir John^H r ..vt 1- .?:ii LiUUUOVK, buiuuuv win uiiuu ictnu quisito possibilities. The mud we tread II under our feet is a grimy mixture of clay and sand, soot and water. Separate the sand, however, as Ruskin observes?l$tH| the atoms arrange themselves in place according to their nature?and you have ^Hj the opal. Separate the clay, and it^H becomes a white earthy fit for the finest porcelain: or, if it still further purities itself, you have a sapphire. Take tho^Hj the Boot, and if properly treated if will trive vou a diamond. While, lastly, tha W water, purified and distilled, will bccoms^H a dewdrop or crystallize into a lovely star. Or, again, you may see ia a shallow pool either the mud lying at the^B bottom, or the image of the sky above. WM Having a Great Run. HH A strong expression has long legs and^H gradually covers all the ground, says the i hicago Mail. Some of tLcse cxpres-^H sions do not get beyond a ccrtain boun dary line, while others jump the fences and scattcr in every direction. They^B finally grow upon people's tongues just as^H a wart grows on a man's hangL The most universal of the day is that which takes HH thoform of aauerv?"What's the matter with?" etc. It is safe to say that people M use this without ever thinking it is slang. HE A young lady is out with ner escort. ^H They are discussing where they will. go. H| The young lady asks: "What's theH| matter with going to?theatre?" She^H doisn't think that is slang. A couple ^H agreed to get married and called on the ^H He v. Dr. Thomas to ask him where he would prefer to perform the ceremony. Hi Or. Thomas asks: " What's the matter ^H with getting married here?" No oneH8| would ever accuse Dr. Thomas of using HH slang, but he did it when he used the ^H expression just quoted. ^H Two society ladies who live on BeHevue IB place were standing on the corner of ^H .Madison and State streets, and one of ^H them said: "Well, what's the matter with ^H going down to Marshall Field's?" They^H beloug to the very top crust of society. ^H It is. everywhere. You can hear it in the^H street cars, on the suburban trains, in the H theatre between the acts, in the church H pews. It is having a bigger run than HH "Let her go, Gallagher," had. It had no ^H ])laee of beginning, and from present ^H appearances has no well defined place for HB stopping. It is having a great run in Chicago. H Compensations. Hfl i Life is full of compensations: The^H mau who is short usually has a long face. ^H The man who comes into the city green ^H generally goes hack blue. BH The woman who loses her temper^H finds her tongue. ^H The man who has a "crick" In his neck^H is in no danger of dying of thirst. The bald man never ha= his hair pulled. ^H A heavy bank account amply offsets ligh t head. H Ho who his much to lose oft loses sleep hB Considering how lie he-it his wealth can keep;^H| Ho who has naught to lose, from worry frea ^H Goes to hi* couch and slumbers oaacef ally, Bnston Courier. |H|