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TO WINTER. Good Winter, hear this wish I write Bafore the red leaves blow Across the sky to droop and die And sleep beneath the snowBefore the birds have taken dight Unto a gent'er climo, And for my thought have left menaughl Of melody or rhyme. The purp'e clusters in the leaves Hf ?t**q ruse q 1 raoA tr rino* v* ? * The chestnut burrs have burst; the slure Upon the robin's pipe; The cold wind whistling round the eaves The dawn's white gossamer? All thes^ awake the wish I make, Good Winter, just for her. My I.Dve, a blossom fair is she; Lithe as a Illy stem; Her voice and words so like the birds Will make you think of them. Good Winter, keep her safe for me. Leave to her face its smile, And to her heart of love that part Which makes my wish wo: th while! ?FrankD. Sherman, in Harper's Weekl WITHOUT A DOWER. FROM THE FREXCH OP GEORGE OTDiE When she entered the grand salon the soirees of the General, looking : *miiiug and fresh, a murmur of adrair tion ro?e fiom the groups of office gathered near the doors. Behind h came her mother iu a toilet somewh queer and provincial in style, shakic ker cork screw curls of white hair, as to say: ''This is my daughter." Ac ier lather, slender, gentle, modest Col nel of the liiUd, followed, taking ca aot to step on the trains of their dresse She was scarcely seated before a squs of lieuteuunts and of captains, formiii the elite of the garrison of Versailie buttoned up in their full-dress uniform with mustaches either light or dari with eyes either timid or bold, rusht * J _ L! J 1A. T_ lorwara in a comoiaeu assault upon 111 "carnet be bal," and in the golden ligl of the chandeliers, to tne sound of tl instruments, she whirled away,light an graceful, carried round in the arms i these young men, ail of whom, we anxious to please her. For them hi desires were their orders, her capriu lheir laws. Daughter of the Colone "Whenever the list of promotions w: prepared, a word of pr:iise thrown 01 carelessly by her, suen as: "Ah, Liei tenaut So-and-so, what a charming offic and what a gt:od waltzer," was enoug to determine a whole career. She had thus pas-ed twenty-two yea of a very happy life, making the roun f ad the garrisons of Frauce, and wii colors flying and trumpets soundin; living a somewhai nomadic existent Her mother commenced to .show a litt impatience: she would rather hare se< Her married, out oetween ner auu n suitors there wa3 a fearful barrier, upf which were written these decisive word 'Without a dower." And the Oificc flirted, laughed and danced, but ne ieenied to think of marrying. To plea the daughter of the Colonel in order obtain favors?very good! But to go far as man ia e?rhat was another thinj Jiot one of all of them seamed d sposi that way except a certaiu timid ai bashful Lieutenant, who for a year or : had loved her, but on'y succeeded jrovokiug her ridicule. He was a b fellow with red musta he and blue eyt born in Lorraine and educated at Sa! M&ixent. He hid enlisted at the age < eighteen y^ars, was wounded in the ba tie of Coulmiers, and wore a milita Hicilal, but as ho had not come from th ichool of baint Cyr the others held hi t a distance. Born of pentant paren tge, he was robust and hearty, saym littie. although well educated. \ ei brilliant upon parade, he was complete lost in a salon. He scarcely kne how to dance. The ifear of beii considered impolite had once impeili him to invite the young girl to danc and he so mixed* up the figures ot tl "Boston" that the others could not e tricate themselves. Tl:is uuiortuna attempt was enough for him, and 1 would rather have faced a battery : action than to place h mselt again ;u tl Bame ridiculous position. Concealed the recess of the window he gazed fi hours upon her whom he adored. Iromi time he was so bold as to approach hi mother, and cerem-oiiiousiy to pay her h addresses, but that was the limit of h audacity. He saw with envy his cou rades lluttering around her, strik:: their attitudes and showing thetnselv off to advantage. He said sadly to hit elf: One 0;r these days the news will 1 announced in the mess that she is gnii to marry one of those gentlemen, and will l>e all over with rae." He had moments of deep despair in tl icy stillness of his room. He tried reason. Was it not folly to think this spoiled child, aeons;ojned to all ti Burro nndiugs of a luxurious life? SI was reserved for some son of a di tiaguished family and not for a po ?fficer of fortune. L5ut in spite of hir elf his thoughts always iiew toward he One morning he could endure it i longer. It was impossible to live in th way. He went to rind the Ma or, wl had always shown an interest in hit and begged him to see the Colonel, au without exactly putting the questio try to find what sort of an answer won be made to an oiler of marriage, i pas-ed that day sittirig by the Swi fountain, wat'. hing the carp jump in t] suushine, regretting already the step ] tinr? mill spoirnr t!io fntnro lilnf before him. That evening the "TVIaj took him aside in the court of the casern and said to him briefly: "I have seen the Colonel. He w very kind, and this is his reply: "Vo protege has not a sou. My dauglir has no dower. It would be marryir hunger and thirst.' lie is right. " i not think any more of the girl, and you feel very bad about it. consoie} o j self with philosophy.'' The lieutenant thanked him, but cou not console himself in that way, and they were demanding volunteers f Ton.juin he oliered h'sservices. The following week he embarked Brest, and while he, with a heavy he ir was >-aiiin away over the rolling wav of the w.de ocean, the young gii thoughtless and joyous, continued dance iu the light and among the lloue to :he sweet sound of the instruments music. Two years had passed. Th" t 'ener was v.t?!1 receiving at his lino hotel, hi the charming girl who used to turn a the h-ads at those briiiiant ru.iitai soirees did not appear any more. Tl Colonel of the lv! d had died suddeul, jus', up-jn the eve of obtaining his pri motion. A lonely and monotonous e istence succeeded to the gay and brilliai liie of the two women. All the obs quious oiiicers who used to flutter aroui so gallantly had disappeared with tl pleasure and the gayety. The nc Colonel of the regiment had also a wi and a daughter, l'or them, the powe of the present, were all the attention all the coquetry. To the sovereigns yesterday the indifferent salute and tl hasty recognition in the9treet. On the occasions the orphan and the wide ."VJ'yc-.'..- ?..w I exchanged a bitter smile and slowly | pursued their way. They used to walk in the park, to enjoy the warmth of the beautiful Autumn days, when the sun gilded the marble of the statues and yellowed the leaves ot the great chestnuts. They would seat themselves, all black in their mourning dresses, and ] ; while listening to the military music, seem to find a shred of their former happiness. It seemed to them that nothing was changed in their existence, and that the voice of the Colonel ou^ht to sound, rough and sonorous, behind tham, saying: MBo:ijour mesdames, it is the 12'th that gives the concert to-day. Their fanfare is not as good a9 ours." But the cries of the children playing in the sand was all the*'sound that was heard. And the mother, with a sigh, tried to read her paper through hex glasses, hedimmed wiih tears, while the daughter furtively threw a melancholy glance at her old partners of the dance, < who did not recognize her any more. She was now approaching twenty-five, and her beauty, refined by sorrow, had a i y. most penetrating charm. One would have said she was like a flower that a storm had refreshed and purified. She i had lost the rollicking vivacity of formei | ] days and ::ow, dignified and sweet, she T- seemed to be doing penance for her joy- ] at ous past. 1 so One day at the hour of music, when a- the officers were proraenadiog, smoking j rs and laughing, she observed a new face j g er among those she was accustomed to see j ( at tvery afternoon. She recalled in an inig staut the balls of the (General, and her it i timid lover, buried in a corner devouring id j her with his eyes. She said to her { o- mother, '*0 mamma, see there, the Lieure I tenant!" < s. I He had perceived her also, for he had id j turned pale, and leaving his comrades, i ig cap in hand he advanced toward them. 8 s, j The old mother hastily folded her paper t s, iiud clearing the chair which was before s, her, offered it with a benevolent smile to r id the officer. sr j "Comment, e'est vous, Lieutenant! 0, it ! what a long time! We are very happy le ' to see. But, pardon, I call you Ueutend J ant and I see you have another stripe ' s af upon your sleeve." re Then he blushed and related that, at c ?r the end of a campaign of six months, he es had been made Captain after the alfair I * 1! of Xam-l'imh. "There we.e so many 3 is places to fill!" He was entrenched fori it awhile at Tuyen-Kuan with Commander | a- iiomine. There was a terrible siege of ! er five weeks. Then he was upon the breach j 1 ;h repelling the furious assaults of the j Chinese army, which beat without ceas- j * rs inir in great waves of humanity against j d the wnllB, reducing thetn to ruins. He i ( th was wounded the last day in a desperate | ?, sort .e, when in the distance above the i 1 e. clamor of the yellow hordes, the French : 1 ie trumpets were heard, sounding their de;n liverance. Oh, the wild oy of that hour! er Me had seen the enemy flee, the tricolor | >n appear, and he fell without regret, j < s: knowing that they had conquered. His, 1 is condition seemed so serious that they \ er sent him back to France with a cross of i < se hanor. During the voyago be had nearly j ? to recovered, and upon arrival his name had | as been mentioned for promotion to the j 1 ?! grade of chef de bataillon. 1 .'d The two women said nothing. The id mother, with her knowledge of the ;o service, was calculating that he had in gained tea years in advance of his com- < ig rades. The daughter was examining the j < :s, young man, whom she found almost un- ! i nt recognizable, his pale and lengthened ! ] af face giving him a great air of distinc- i ] it- tion. "Was it possible that she had de- j ry spised him, th:s brave soldier, who, hav- | i ie ing paid with his blood for every grade I ra conquered, had come back now with an j 1 t- assured future? He also was looking at ! ( ig her. Was this she, so serious and i l*CT mltAm V*/* Vl n /"l 1'nAITTH cn I i J J UlUU^ULI Ul, U1IWLLI IXC Uttvi ivuynu ov ; ly i giddy and capricious? Another woman w ] had been developed, a hundred times i >tr! more attractive in her aweet and sub-1 :d ! dued sadness. She was charming be- j 1 e, ' fore, and now she was ravishing. He t re i had thought of her thus. It was indeed j a- ; she, as preity as ever, and a hundred j te times more so. Their eyes met, and in ; i 10 those of the officer she read so much j 1 in adoration that she turned away with a 1 ie littie feeling of embarrassment. | ,] in The evening came on. The two ladies f or arose* to go, and he. unwilling to leave j 2- J them conducted them to their door. The i;r j next day he met them again at the music, | is . and so on, every day. lie seated him- ; \ is self near the daughter, and while the j a- j mother lead her papers they talked con- j ^ ig tinuouslv, without, however, saying g es j anything. n- The autumn advanced. The leaves, \ c ; dry and withered, strewed the ground, 8 be j and it was too cold to remain seated.' t ig 1 They promenaded in the pathways of the I it ; de-erted park, the Captain and the ' f ' daughter, side l>y side, walking with n ^ lie ! lingering and loving step. Decembei i < to [ passed thus, in an intimacy "rowing of : daily more sweet. The Captain how- ; ie ! ever seemed at times troubled and nerv- | Lie ; nus. One day, in a transport of passita, j s- i he pressed her arm to his side. His eyes j or ; glistened, and <he thought he was upon | n- i the point of saying: "I adore you." but . j r. ] he kept silent, and became a little sad. j ^ io | H'3 agitation seemed to increase with J at j the approach of the new year. He went ( io frequently to Paris, and o-cupicd him- i r n, I self less with the two ladies. A great; r itl i unea-ines-s seemed to possess him. Could; j u. ] they have been deceived.' What mys- ! i Id tery was he preparing? le i The :Jlst of ! 'ecember. at 6 o'clock, he i -8 | had not yet appeared. The widow was j lie j reading the evening paper, which con- c lie i tained the piomotions in the army. :k | Suddenly she cried: ^ or j "He has been promoted. He has his a ! appointment!" ] g i At the same moment hurried steps \ . as were heard: the door opened quickly, | iir and he who hid been so impatiently ex- | er : pected entered, lie came in smiling ; >nr I and very much excited. He paused be- ; j. ;o fore the two lad e3. The old mother i if extended her arms: ir- '"Jh, my dear child, this is then what ; w.i3 a?'iiatin?r you so much!" Id But lie, turn'ng toward the daughter, as said with loving pride: "Mademoiselle, or I have now an a suruur e in the future to place at your feet. I love you. Will at you be my wife:" t, :-he paled at ihe remembrance of thej V es first refusal, and thinking of all that the 1 i, brave fellow had done to merit hia fi to happ ne<s, she gave him Iter hand, and j rs with her head upon his shoulder, and i of licr iips pre-.sed against the harsh, n ! braided decorations so valiantly gained, i , she cried for joy.?Saturday Jxcenimj i id iie a d. Lit .JJ_ ? ,11 W!io:j a Millionaire was a Kara Avis. "" ry ' When I was a boy in th^s town," a ! ie gray beard said as he passed .:ay Gould in j y, | V. all street, New Vork, "1 was walking ' o- along ilroadway one day with my sire a X- when he pointed out a bent old German t at going up the steps of his house. 'Look e- . at that man and you'll see the only millid 1 ionaire in the United States.' I looked ae ! with wonder as he told me that a mill- ? w ionaire was worth a million dollars, and fe ; 1 saw John Jacob Astor. His grandsons rs can now toss up a hundred times as s, i much; so can the Vanderbilts, and so can of | .lay (iould. I tell you that a mere mill- ~ tie | ionaire isn't worth looking at in this 11 se ! town nowadays. By and by you'll see a w bill'onaire!"?New York Sun. :v' "BUDGET OF FUN. I|s HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. th to' Romance of & Phonograph?A Great ^ai Similarity ?Why He Was So Earnest?Theory and Prac- Re tice, Etc., Etc. w< inl He loved a blushing maiden, aQ But his soul was full of fear, * So he spoke into a phonograph The words he'd have her hear. W( Her father moved the lever, ]{< And before the d:iy was done That phonograph was guarded = By a bull-dog and a gun. ? ?Judge. A Great Similarity. sir "Whenever I see Barkins I think of jot ;he trade winds," said Ismythe. gr "Why so?" queried B ones. cr "Oh, he is always blowing about his th business." o Li Why He Was So Earnest. ev Maud?"Are you really engaged to a<,i Mr. Hawkins, Ethel?" at "Ethel?"Yes, I hardly Know whether [ love h:m or not, but he was so earnest SP that somehow I could not refuse him." Maud?"les, I know. "When I re- "l< 'used him last summer he toid me he was joing to marry somebody or burst before , Christmas."? Terre Haute Express. Theory and Practice. 1'* "What is the half of twenty-five?" isked the teacher. Little Johnnie scratched his head and Lidn't answer. "Well, I'll make it plainer." she said. 'If your father bought one cigar that old two for a quarter, how mucn would he dealer charge him?" "fifteencents,"returned little John- ^ tie.?New York Sun. A Wise Suggestion. 8p< "My dear, why do you change cooks j De o often?" I "tsecause you are always complaining ot] if the food." "Well, I won't kick any more. Just i&ng on to one individual and give my tomach a chance to get acclimated." f0] A Literary Butcher. Visitor?"What a beautiful library you th lave! I really envy you." Retired But her?"'Yes; and just look it the binding of them books." co Visitor?"I see; they are all bound in ne ;alf." Ketired Butcher?".Just so, and I killed j So, ill them calves myself what furnished _ ,he leather."?Texas 6ijtings. ? Expensive. Earrowly?"I'm not feeling very well, w loctor. mj neaa acnes ana i ieei au i aroken up generally." * Doctor?"You don't take enough ex;rcise. You ride down to business in- jD itead of walking, as you should." ~.e Narrowly?"But 1 can't alford to iralk, it makes me so hungry, and ^ unches cost money.?Harper's Bazar. ^ Getting Things Mixed. ^ Magistrate (absent-minded, to pris- J jner;?"Stand up! You hereby solemly leclare, in the presence of these witlesses, that you will love, cherish and Drotect this woman until death do you ,, ?art-" Ei Prisoner (badly frightened;?"Whaivhat's that, yer honor?" Magistrate (roiising himself)?"Oh, 1j ipnr mrdon! It'9 ten dollars or thirtv I .. r ? - ? ll( i?J'- to ?1 } "w] Trimming His Sails. Gus?"Do you carry two watches, 1 iQ Fack, or is that double chain a bluff?" | j Jack?"Xo bluff, Gus; I carry a Water-' jj( jury iu one pocket and a jurgensen in 1 na ;he other." I * : Gus?"What's that for?" | Qj; ..'ack?"When a man to whom I owe au noney asks me the time I consult my al, Waterbury, but when a stranger or a t^ ady wants the same information it's the ' j. [urgensen that gives it, and don't you ' 8Cj 'orget it.?Ejioch. j sj^ , g|j A Mnn of Inventive GnniuR. gt Carpenter?" You say you want a jureau made on a new pian ?" cjt Citizen?"Yes, sir. 1 want it made pu vith legs so that I can get my head and 'vj ihoulders under it." gj, Carpenter?"Of course, I will fill your >rder,~but you might satisfy my cariosity qU is to why you want a bureau made in . r0 hat way." 0f Citizen?Well, I want to. be able to pr( ind my collar button when I want it 5h, vithout moving the bureau."?Buslon m; Ojurier. , js A '"T" Fisht. ij Blobson?"Had a little tea fight at our wi louse last night." 1 sjn Dumpsey?"Indeed!" cos "Yes: my wife said there ought to be an ;wo t's in better, and I said there ought da ~ ~_1 _ >> u ue uuiy uue. , rni 44 Your wife was right." res "Eh! Right? i or heaven's sake, ud lon't tell her, or she'll never let up on mv ne. I'm president of the Burlington Ac iusiness Men's Literary Club."?Bur- am ih'jtvn F.iee 1'resS. ' wr Iiooks Black for the Witnesses. "Yes, sir," said the witness, "he fell i > ?ut of the sixth story window. There 1 or vere six of us in the room at the time; tj1( here was no quarrel; we wereali friends, ^ ,ud there had been no drinking. He was ^a] itting in the opeu window talking, and wa uddenly lost his balance and fell out." jar " What was he talking aboutasked yir( , juryman. "Jle was telling some smart things ^5 lis six year old boy said." tjj'f And very p. omptly the coroner held | 11 five of them to await the result of the tlc rounded man's injuries. p She Was All Ki?;ht. "That Mrs. Ostentatious is outside, ir," said the clerk, entering the private iiice. "She wants to open an account jn nth us." ter "I mph!' returned the tailor, begin- au( ing to meditate. "Do you know auy- aiS( iiing about her, Griggs?" 'rj'w "Js'o, sir; but she says she is promi- cjll ent in social circles." eX{ "How olten did she return that last ress to be altered?" "Fifteen times, sir." r "That's all right, Griggs. Credit her ,]1C rith all she needs."?Li c. DiiTercnt Now. ' She had been reading of the latest kid- ' SWJ apping outrage. I , "George, dear," she asked her lover, ! je, how much are you worth?" "About ."jioOOO, love." | ^r0 "George, suppose these horrid kid- ! 8^.( appers should steal 1: e, would you give vuj hat $oOD0 to get me back?" j "Willingly, darling, willingly. Aye, buj : it were millions instead of thousands would give it up without a murmur," e answered, as he folded her in his lov- a -j jg embrace. th^ They are married now and the $5000 g0l till goes, but with this difference, that -wa1 ... /; J*. / iorge now wants to ghe it to the kid-' ppers. ?Si/tings. ner uasc xvequesu j "It's all over, Lil. Carl refused me I is morning. Stop on your way down j wn and get me a two-ounce bottle of : idanum. It's my last request." ! * "Don't take it so to heart, dear. You'll | t over it in time." "I never shall?never! I tell you I | )n't live another day. And say! stop i to Miss Crimmins's on your way back j d see if that dove-colored opera cloak mine is finished. She promised to ^ ve it done by Thursday, so I could ;ar it to the opera with Harry Jenkyns. s'd be so disappointed if I couldn't , ."-Judge. j J Within the Gates Slender Youth?"I am very anxious, j c , to enter the noble profession of Q urnalism, ";to become master of the j cat questions and mighty truths of ( ? irilization, to mold public opinion in e right Able Editor?"Certainly-, I under- ' ind. your feelings pertectiy, ana i am n er ready to extend a helping hand to piring youth. I will give you a trial once. Did you notice my editorial q is morning denouncing the brutal 1 ^ urt of prize fighting and referring to j ^ ke Slugger as a low down, cowardly j Dt on the face of humanity?" j t "Ves, sir." "Well, we are short ,rof reporters to- , y, and I wish you would interview f agger and see what he thinks about "?Philadelphia Record. ^ Why Didn't She Say So. "Oh, Mr. Bixby; wait a moment, J u .? I "Oh, I ain't got time to wait. Its Q ne for my car now, and " i a "But, I only " "I shan't have time to go gallivanting t >und doing errands for you to-day, t rs. Bixby. Hanged if I " D "But James, I simply wanted " "Oh, I know?you simply want a -j ool of number 3(5 thread and a card of ^ arl buttons, and a basket of grapes, ^ d a yard of elastic, and forty-nine j, berthings; and " v ".Tamos. I usfc wanted " "I tell you its time for my car, and I ? all be too busy to get anything, to-day, _ r " a "Wait, James; I " v "Well for heaven's sake say it quick, Q en, and let me go. I don't see why u 11 U "I simply wanted to tell you that your ^ liar was unbuttoned and that your e cktie bad slipped halt-way round." j, "Well, why the deuce didn't you say u , instead of keeping me here all day j ?aud there goes my car!"?Time. a The Enervating Sirocco. t Most of the hot winds of the Old t orld are modified forms of the simoon, s le sirocco originates in the Sahara and r ivels norihward to the Mediterranean c d Southern Europe, but it is not so | adly as its prototype. It brings with t great quantities of the desert sand, and r e air becomes so dense at times that i e sun is obscured as if by a London fog. j hile it remains on the African mainad it is characterized by a very marked c yuoss, as there are no extensive water 1 rfaces to supply it with moisture. As r on, however, as it is launched over the i editerrancan it begins to take up copi- \ is draughts, so that when it reaches alta, Sicily, and the southern shores of I irope as a wind from between south- r st and southwest, it has undergone a i iange from a hot dry wind to a hot -v imp wind. The result of this altera- t )n is that it becomes most enervating r the human constitution. Indeed, t dile it prevails, from one to several 5 ,ys at a t:me, life is scarcely worth liv- t g, so depressing and burdensome is the a nd It is the plumbeus Auxter of e Drnce. Human energy is quite dissi- a ted under its fatiguing influence, and \ ith a temperature ranging between c nety-fke degrees and one hundred s d ten degrees the streets of the town r ected by it are deserted. According r the Italians a stupid book is put i: wn as uera scritto in tempo del irocco." To the Sicilians theoppres- g re wind is a perfect plague, for, t ;hough naturally indolent, they cannot i ind the further loss of energy induced t it. During its prevalence iron rusts, E )thes spoil with mildew, meat turns c irid, grapes and greeu leaves wither, t ne will not fine, and paint will not dry. c liiy experiences the sirocco about a a /.en times a year, but it is not so fre- i ently met with in other parts of Eu- t pe. There is no mistaking the origin p the wind, as the reddish sand is still a esent when it arrives on the northern i li ores of the Mediterranean and causes a t sly atmosphere. In Turkey the sirocco r known as the Samiel, or Sumyel, a c me identical in meaning with simoon, t is supposed to have some connection t fVi rottln /JiiA.lSA in thfi south of Rus- V On the Spanish Mediterranean | t ist the wind draws more to the east, t' d is known locally as the solano, a c mp wind, so:v.eliroes accompanied by n, causing l'everishncss, dizziness, and f itJessuess, and people are so "done up" t: iler its debilitating in luence that we t ist "ask no favor during the solano." ii cording to the .vp:iniards only a pig n [1 :in Englishman are insensible to this c etched breeze. ? Gurnhill Magazine. o Love Feast of the Duukcrs. s riic annua! love feast of the Dunkers, I f German Baptists, receutly occurred at 11 i Meadow Branch Church, Baltimore, ? I. The services consisted of the usL supper of bread and mutton. This s supplemented with sou]), served in ge bowls, into which bread was first , >ken, and the steaming hot soup then ured. This was followed by the ad- 11 nisiration of wi;;e, one elder passing . : cup, and another lilting it as often as . I)cea;iie empty. The service was prac- 11 ally the communion of the Lord's Sup- " , and there were .;U0 communicants. ' ter supper the kiss of salutation was en by the men to each other, and ihe ? men also saluted each other. Then c lowed the ceremony of feet-washing, ? obedience to ths example of tiie .' las- c] and His command: "if I, your Lord ?.' 1 Master, have washed your feet, ye r> ought to wash one another's feet." P1 enty ministers, or ciders of the ?" irch, were present, and assisted in the sreises.?Baltimore American. rc Riilingon a Telegraph Wire. "J They are making great headway with ! rapid trausit problem in Baltimore, c s?//, of'that city, says: iVith a short clay pipe stuck in the ij', e of his mouth and seated in a boatlin's chair, which was attached by a T,| ly to a teiegraph wire, John II. q( tvis, a lineman in the employ of the ^ csapeake Telephone Company, rode m m the building. South and Baltimore ?ets, to the Chamber of Commerce jj Iding, over heads of people and tops o( houses. The wire between the two ldings was out of order, and Lewis th iceeded to repair it. The chair was t0 ached to a rope, to the end of which jj ulley was attached, which silid over wire. "When he sat in midair over ith street a number of pefsons stood tching him. J8n <17j>. t %y ' \ l\ ,1 ' T*V V ' *}>% v'-W-X ,..'-.'Vi^\' r -r- ' ? ' Y 9? ^ ' ". ' -' ' * ? * ' ,> GOLD MINING. n.nn.on /w IV mnr 1UW it is uanninu **?" BLACK HILLS. )btaining Placer Gold From River Beds and Crevices?Crnsliing Ore to Get at tlie Yellow Metal. As is weft known, placer gold occurs a the beds of the rivers and streums rhich diain the gold-bearing region ana 3 free gold in form of fine dust or sand, ip to nuggets of several ounces. This ias been freed from its matrix by the lowerful erosive influences of ice and rater which have ground down the surace into boulders, pebbles, sands and lays and distributed them over the face f the country below, but leaving the ;old on account of its gravity in the revices and bed rock bottom of the treams. The Big Bend hydraulic works are bout eleven miles from Rapid City and early tJOO feet above it. Down this leven miles runs the Bapid Kiver, in its peed and foam doing credit to its name, 'he Big Bend consists of a loop made >y a small stream at the bottom of a leep ravine bounded on the side by alaost a perpendicular schistose rock, on he other by rather steep slopes of goldbearing sands and drift. To work these ilacers water has been brought in* a arge sluice or flume irora Kapia raver, | learly a mile away. The flume circling j rith a gentle gradient the precipitous | ides of the mountain and ending at a j loint nearly 100 feet above a great ilacer slope containing millions of tons f gold-bearing earth. At the bottom f this slope is constructed a sluice nearly quarter of a mile long, open ht the op, flat-bottomed five feet wide with he sides vertical four feet. Through his sluiceway flows all the j luddy water carrying the free ;old, which drops into'the crevices and ? collected once a month by cleaning hem out. The water from the flume j ead is led^ down hill in a strong sheet- | ron, tapering, round pipe, to a nozzle I rith a six-inch opening. This nozzle is j bout fifteen feet long and is so balanced ! hat a single miner can direct it at any j oint upon the bank he desires to wash way. When not needed i'or work the rater in*the flume is allowed, by means f a waste gate, to flow into the creek ed, but when wanted for use the waste;ate is closed and the great volume of ; rater, with uearly 100 feet head or fall, I nters the iron pipe, which at that point j 3 twenty-four inches across but grad ! tally tapering, it emerges from a six- j ich nozzle with tremendous force, i hrowing the stream fifty or si.\ty feet gainst the wall of earth which crumbles inder its impact into a roily flood, which umbles down the slOi e and enters the j luice, depositing the gold which it car-: ies, while the sand and red earth passes j in and is lost in the creek bed l.elow. | The difficulty of fieighting snpplies , o this region over steep and rocky oads is very great. The life of the J niners is very hard and wearing. Wages j >aid, from $ J to #4.50 per day. In contrast with the JJig Bend Hy- j Iraulic Placer Mine, a visit was made to j Jeadwood, the seat of the great stamp : nills, where gold is obtained by pound- j ng into fine dust the gold beariDg rock ! vhish forms the hills. Of course everybody has heard of )eadwood? its gold excitement and oad agents. The railroad reaches with- ; n twelve miles, at Whitcwood, from VU1CU puiui a aiA-iiuisc vuuuuiu guauu ; ai:es one over a well-graded mountain oad to the city, which lies at the hot-, om of a steep gulch, which is nearly i iOOO feet above the sea. The descent on he stage to L'eadwood down the mount- j ,in side is a plunge of (50U feet and is , xtremely exciting. The town is built ! ,t the bottom all on one side of Dead- j rood Creek, so called from the (juanity j if driftwood brought down by the pring freshets^ The lew parallel streets ise one above another, there being no 1 ight angle streets, and the cross ascent smade by stairways. Two miles up the gulch is a group of fold mines among the richest in the yorld. The gold-bearing quartz is seemngly inexhaustible in quantity, there >eing enough in sight tb employ tue . nills very many years, although they j rush daily into fine powder nearly 2000 ons of rock. These mines were developed by C'alifornian capitalists, who, ssured of the richness of the deposit, nvested many hundred thousand dollars ! lefore obtaining anything in the way of rofit. They own their own water rights, ,nd have plenty of it. They also own ! arge tracts of timber on the mountain ops around, and hive a narrow gauge ailroad penetrating the wooded districts aany miles, bringing their firewood and . imber to a mountain crest o eilooking u . ?;ii~ a ?t M ac nuns, uuyvu vv 11.uu 1 l uuujio iu <i rooden shute lined with irou, at the lottom bounding into the air, capping he immense wood piles at the very fur-1 iace doors of tfce mills. There is one enormous open cutting, ; unnel shaped, walled on two sides with j .old-bearing quartz. Into and through his at several levels arc driven tunnels, uto and out of whi h one constantly sees riuiature locomotives dragging traius of ars of ore, cach car containing about ! ne ton. These trains enter the top i tories of large stamp mills built at j lightly lower levels on the mountain ! ide. From the cars the ore is dumped 1 ato trough-like bins. From these the rn ia foH frrndiinllr info mftssivfi iron iws, which crush the rock into pieces ot larger than a walnut, i rom these 1 lie ore by gravity is fed to the stamps, ,'hich are placed in batteries st.ll lower . own. This stabiping of lock is nothing lore nor less than poundiugup a stone in i n iron mortar with a pestle, at the same j imc pouring water every little while, at itervals pouring off the powdered rock ith the water. These i-tamps are round ; billed iron cylinders attached to a ertical stem of iron aud are in batteries ; f live. These are placed in a )ng row of 00 or KO. A shaft j xtends the whole length with j lm-Iike aruis, so arranged as to raise ! ich stamp a foot or so at each revoluon, dropping by its own gravity, aud artially revolving horizontally at the ime time. The stamps do not rise (irether. but alternately. The ore and ; ater being fed in together, as fast as j sduced 10 mud are flushed out from i nder the stamp through screens. It i, ien lows in a broad, thin stream over a , road sloping copper table, the copper j jiug heavily amalgamated with mer- i iry. The mercury catches the gold, ' it permits all the rest to flow away, j t intervals this amalgam is cleaned off, j laced in a retort, the mercury distilled I and condensed for use again, while ie gold left in the retort is cleaned and cited into a brick. , The output of the several mines of the \ omestake group is stated to b.^ $2^0, )0 per mouth. The yield of gold per < n averages $S. It is quite probable iat at least $4,000,000 in gold are added j commerce from this region yearly.? ] droit Free Press. - ?? ] The mother of Sir Walter Scott was a iall, plain woman. ; ] I J ! Rules For Using Books. Never hold a book near the fire.' "Vntru. /)>nn m KftnV 11 ruin flrtrtF_ i'VT Ui VUV|/ ?* WVV? V ?v Never turn leaves with the thumb. Never lean or rest upon an open book. Never turn down the corners of leaves. Never touch a book with damp or soiled hands. Always keep your place with a thin book mark. Always place a large book upon a table before opening it. Always turn leaves from the top with the middle or fore linger. Never pull a book from the shelf by the binding at the top, but by the back. J^ever touch a book with a damp cloth nor with a spoDge in any form. Never place another book or anything else upon the leaves of an open book. Never rub dust from books, but brush it oil with a soft, dry cloth or duster. Never close a b x>k with a pencil, a pad of paper, or auything else between the leaves. Never open a book farther than to brini; both sides of the cover into the same plane. Always open a large book from the middle and never from the ends or cover. To avoid in!urii1g the leaves of books never put a pencil mark in a library book. Always keep your books out of the reach of small children and in a clean, dry place. Always keep any neatly bound borrowed book covered with paper while in your possession. Is ever attempt to dry a book accidentally wet by a fire, but wipe off the moisture with a soft, dry cloth. Never write upon a paper laid upon the leaves of an open book, as the pencil or pen point will either scratch or cut the book leaves. ^ ever lend a borrowed book, but return it as soon as you are through with it, so that the owner may not be deprived ui j is use. Never cut the leaves of a book or magazine with a sharp knife, as the edge is sure to run into the print, or with the finger, but with a paper-cutter or ordinary table knife. Never hold a small book with the thumb pressed into the binding at the lower back, but hold it with the thumb and little finger upon the leaves and three fingers upon the back. TJie Stables of a German Prince. The Prince of Lippe-Detmold, who entertained the Emperor William recently, is one of the richest German royalties, says Loud?n Ti-w/i. He possesses an immense fortune and vast estates, which lie principally in Westphalia. lie own3 nearly the whole of his dominions, which is very nice for his subjects, whose taxes are merely nominal in amount, and they are greatly envied by their les* fortunate neighbors in the adjoining States. The Schloss of Detmold is a magnificent rnvnl seat with an immense round tower like that at Windsor, The gardens are beautiful and the fountains rival those of Herrenhausen; but the admirably arranged stables are the great features. j They always contain about a hundred fine horses, all of the famous Sennei blood, which are bred at the Prince's farm of Lopshorn. These Senner horses are very hardy and are remarkable fot their powers of endurance. The breed is of Arab origin, and the stud, which contains 130 mares, is probably the oldest in Europe, for it has existed since tne nneenm cemury. The Teutoburgian forests around Detmold, which belong to the Prince, are full of uli kinds of game, and the "stags" run even heavier thau those in the Duke of Saxe-Coburg (Gotha's) Thuringian forests. A DOj That Likes FIro. James R. T.'mberlake, of Liberty, the well known ex-Sheriif of Clay County, Missouri, is the owner of a remarkably smart dog named Tip. Tip has a peculiar fondness for tire, ana on such occasions as the Fourth of .1 uly he leads a particularly gay life. He will hold a lighted fire-cracker in his mouth while it explodes, and when a whole bunch is set oil" at once he will run his nose into them and scatter them in all directions. When an anvil is just ready to be touched Oil Tip will pla: e his forefeet upon it and remain in that position until the explosion occurs, when he will turn a complete backward somersault and bark repeatedly. The dog also has a most excellent memory, and never forgets to repay a wroug with iutereit added. Once, while prowling arouud a neighbor's yard, a colored woman poured some hot water on Tip's back?so hot that it had the eil'ect of cleanly removing the hair. Several weeks later the nc^ro woman had occasion to visit Tip's mistress. Tip saw her enter the house, and before any one couid interfere he had torn half her ciothcs oif. Mr. Blaine's Misadventure. The fourth finger on the left hand of Jam s G. Blaine h^s a long white cicatrix indicative of a cut from some sharp instrument, fie toid some lriends aere the other day how he received the wound. It was in lbvtJ. Jie had gone into a harvest field in Pennsylvania, where the reapers were gleaning the fence corners. Taking up a sharp sickle aud seizing a bunch of grain in his left hand, he attempted to cut it al ter the fashion of the day. The first stroke sent the sharp point of the sickle into his fiuger and left him disabled, giving him a trite illustration ol' the old adage that children should not p'av with edged tools. Mr. Blaine's right hand, by the way. became a trifle benumbed by the constant service to which he put it while lie was writing h s history of "Twenty years in Congress." When he went to Europe it was still lame, and he acijuircd the habit of avoiding handshaking as a protection to it. The habit has clung to him since his return, although his hand is perfectly well and strong again, and he occasionally apologizes to friends for his neglect to shake hands wiih them on this account.?Mail and h'jprca. A Man With Owl's Eyes. John 0. Doolcv, one of the best known of the aqueduct inspectors, is, strange to say. almost blind during daylight; at nigut, however, his eyes ght is i>o good that he has bceu appointed a night inspector on the masonry work, and, it is said, can pick out a weaic spot. <j*.ii.ker j than any one engaged in the same work. It is said that he has followed uudergv.iutid work so long that the pupils of liis eyes are now more l:ke those of the i owl than those of men.?Xeio York ,iun. How Indians <.'?unt. The Indians of Guiana have a curious I system of numeration. They count by [he hand and its four fingers. Thus, j when they reach five, instead of saying ;o, they call it a hand, six is therefore a 'hand and lirst linger," seveu "a baud ind second finger," ten is "two bauds," but twenty, instead of being "four hands," is a "man." Forty is "two men," and thus they go on by twenties. Forty-six is expressed as "two men, a | hand and first finger." ' ' V' ' r ' TT " POPULAR SCIENCE. t Electricity moves 288,000 milei pt second. There are hardly 100 electric motor* I work in Great Britain, while in Amerk there are 6000. tthvainlnorieai develoDment I * r???o?? jr the infant is absolutely dependent upoH mother's milk. Gneisses and schists are the old^fl minerals known to us, and are, therefoffl to be regarded as the foundation ston aH of the earth's crust. - 9 The Eltctric Review prophesies thjfl the day will come wnen s lightning-rafl on a house will be regarded in the waAB ight as a horseshoe over a man's door. II Professor Ayrton defines inertia, frcflfl the Euiopean standpoint, as "reristai^H to motion," and, from the Americ^H standpoint, as "resistance to standijH A hospital for animals is one of LcSR Ion's rew humane institutions, and lumber of horses, dogs, cats, and oth^J inimala presented tor medical and suJH gical treatment has already necessitated axtension of space. Professor Pickering of the Harvard College Observatory, makes the ratfcH broad guess that the so-called ''canaliM >f Mars are areas of vegetation, possibW immense cultivated tracts. It is essiH to guess than to demonstrate. H A recent lecture by Professor Honn^*| dq ti:e "Foundation Stones of the Eortffl Crust," before the British AssociatioS wns illustrated bv real sections of ropH 30 thin as to be partially transparei which were projected on the screen. "Weighty thoughts" will no Ions be mere figments of the imagination. 1 Italian has invented a balance upon whi< 2veu dreams or the effects of a sli<i sound during sleep turns blood enonj to the brain to produce a measurable ii pression. A metallurgist gives as a reason yrl steel will not weld as readily as wrong iron that it is not partially compose? cinder, as seems to be the casb wi wrought iron, which assists in forming fusible alloy with the scale of oxidatH formed on the jsurfa.e of the iron in t furnace. There are only three salamanders this country, but even three have be a large enough number to prove t falsity of the old be ief, that salamand* live in?the Are. Thev like to be whe it is warm, but they cannot. live in fire. Their diet consists of worms.sifl| jelly fish. H Dr. Charcot, the great French phH sician, says that children under sixto^fl cannot have their brains overworkeH No forcing, he asserts, will get out H them more cerebral work than the bnH will accomplish without fatigue. > It H not till after the age of sixteen or teen that surmenage becomes possible.? The following is given as an efficieH mixture for cleaning old brass: ounce of camphor gum, two ounces alcohol, two ounces of spirits of ammon^H four ounces of spirits of turpentine, pound of star candles, one pound tallow and one pound of tnpolL afl mix first dissolve the camphor In tfl alcohol, then melt the ingredients mix together thoroughly. flB The scientist Leuwenhock says: have often compared the size of t^B thread spun by full-grown spiders a hair of my beard. For this purpos^B - it.;.I j. 4 .i piacea,iae imuitest pari, ui wc iui?u fore the microscope, and from the mcfl^ accurate judgment I could form, m<H^ than a hundred of such threads pla^H side by side could not equal the diame^| of one such hair. If, then, we supp<H such a hair to be of a round form, it lows that 10,000 of the threads spun H the full-grown spider, when tafcen gether, will not be equal in substancc^B the size of a single hair. S[ The Multitudinous Variety of Stani^B There are about 6000 different <9| scriptions of postage stamps in exi^fl j ence. The museum of the Berlin po^B ! oifiie alone contains between 4000 5000 specimens, of which half are fnHj Europe, and the remainder divided tween Asia, Africa, America and A^| tralia. What country carries off tflfl palm for absurdity and grotesquenesa^B design and inferiority of execution are not told, but if the collection |H faithfully representative the variety H| ugliness must be con3iaerauie. ooum^M the stamps, it appears, bear coatsarms and other emblems impartially b^H rowed from the heavens above, the eai^| beneath and the waters under the eai^B ?stars, eagles, lions, horses, serpen^H railway trains, dolphins aud otlflR "fearful wild fowl." There are, mo^H over, the erligies of five emperors, eig^H een kings, three queens, one grand dul^H several inferior titled rulers and ma^| presidents. In so many countries a^| nationalities some really attractive spe^J mens must have heen elaborated, but,^H so, it is a pity our authorities did i^H borrow a hint or two from the best; anything more bald, monotonous a^H commonplace than the British series postage stamps down to the latent is^H cannot weil b^ imagined ?Paper Makt^A Journal. '.IB What Makes tho Tell-Tale Wrlnk^H It is customary to say that wrink^M come from worrying, but the truth. HH that most of them oomo from laughir^H To know how to lasyli is just as iinpi^H taut as to kuow wheu to do it. If laugh with the sides of your face t^H skiu will work loose in time and wrink^H will form iu e.\act accordance with wl^H | kind of lauyh you have. The man w^H always Wt ars a smi: k will have a ser^H of semi-circular wrinkles covering checks. jflfl W hen a gambler, who lias been customed to suppressing his feelin^H j iaughs, a deep iinu forms on cach sideBa i hs nose and runs to the upper corner his mouth. In time thi3 line extends his'chin and assumes the shape of a hHH moon. A cadavei'ous person wltb^B wax-like skin is very apt to have t^H broadly marked wrinkles, one runni^H up from the jaw and the other under eye. These meet at right angles at cheekbone and look as though tl^H formed a knot at the apex. The schola^H wrinkles form on his brow, while scheming politician's come round | eyes, where they look for all the wo^H | like the spokes of awheel.?London A Kind Ilea Hovers a 3Iuskrak^H Xorwalk, Conn., has a kind-heart^H hen. Late one afternoon, as the chic^H were returning for the night, a lit^H orphan muskrat, which had proba^H strayed from its own kin in the nei^Bj boring fields, appeared in the coop a^H tried to get under the old hen. Bid^H objected for some time, but the musk^H | was so persistent that her objecti^Hj I finally ceased, and the forlorn lit^H [ orphan crept under her wing that nii^H with the chicks. And what ie stran^^l still, the little animal was so w^H pleased with its warm quarters that^H sleeps there every night, and the hen and her chicks seem to like it j^H mensely. ? Chicago Htrcdd. HH