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XV VZXOBXAX. 97 Mm.nt cxunii truths tcino* of faitk to rim,' TtanHflgured sow; do faith for him i Who ?bo? the risen Lord. The mortal vision may not dim 71m glory of hit word "Within the Tall," no wish, no tear, Amid the saints a boy?; He knows no sorrow, pain, or fear Where all 1b peaoe atid low. The toilsome steeps of time are passed, o-naa?>ri la death's turbid stream. And all lifo'B dread perplcdUss Axe a fcagotten dream. Mo sad reflections, folly's trait | No dark sin b to repent, But memories Ilka a pleasant piala Of a springtime nobly spent. .? In some fair mansion Christ prepared, Beside the great white throne, He walks in light, a blood-washed saint? Your own beloved eon. Oh, mother of a sainted ohlld 1 Oh. heart with sorrow riven I Let that sweet, prayerful song of faith. That last smile, light to heaven, And give you sure and perfect peace, And hope that may not fallK Till summons comes to join this loved "Who wait within the vail. Ikita, Iowa. BERENICE ST. CYR. A Story of Love, Intrigue, and Crime. BY DWJGHT BALDWIN. CHAPTER IX. zh close quarters. EFORE two. ' v**Btory frtma j 'V bnilding "which T/_ /tLV# Btood some dig. "9y W7I 'S/mt ance baok UV^LS*10 ? hiKhl7 Vs A.\ .mil JP,flx, respectable street the carriage came to ^ ^lr \ b^A as Sears thrust .0 A <f V forth hiB head ^ and 1.??^ed Btreet. "It's raining pitchforks and not a goal's in sight. Now b our time!" He sprang to the sidewalk ob he spoke, where he was at once joined by the banker, and almost immediately by the 4L1-J .Ul. *?io 1.?1P fcttlf lrt. IUUU Viiiaui) niuu um uui& uouuj *?** - ( Jng burden. Wait here," said Sears, addressing the i hack man, and then led tbe way to the house, which was separated by some distance from any other. He opened the front door by a latchkey, reclosing and bolting it after the remainder of the party had entered. In what had once been the back parlor he lighted the gas. It was furnished now a bedroom, though a bookcase, sideboard, dining-table. and several other eumberous articles attested that it was used for more purposes thon one. "Lay him on the bed," directed Almdn, who appeared to be the master of the house. "You've got a snug place here, Al," commented the burglar, as he looked Marchingly around. "Yes. 'lhis is headquarters for Mart and L We're highly re9peoted in the neighborhood, I can tell you. I'm regained as an eccentric young capitalist, x. and Mart is a retired pugilist, who is giving me lessons in thck manly art of selfdefense. I never come here in tbe day\ time unless I'm well; disguised, and so there's no risk." "Stop your gossiping and get to business!" growled the reputed ex-prizefighter, who had deposited his still unconscious burden on tne bed as directed. "That's the talk," assented tbe young man, and having divested himself of his coat he threw open the sideboard and produced a case filled with bottles. For half an hour and more the three men worked unceasingly. Several times Cole showed signB of ietarnin ,' consciousness, but they proved transitory, and he sank again into a heavy stupor. "We mnit have a doctor, said Bloom ( at length, in a despairing tone. . "We can't risk that! declared Sears, irith an ominous shake of the head. "Then you propose to let him and the secret of the bonds die together!" sneered the cracksman. 1 "Better that than to Keep them com* ! pany via the gallows!" "There's no necessity for either," annonnoed Morris. He spoke with snch an air of confidence as to bring a hopeful look to the faces oi ^ his companions. ^ j wnai ao jou proposer queneu Dears, eaeerly. ( "I studied medicine in my youth, and 3 practiced for a time, too." "By Jove! that's a fact! I was quite forgetting that. But why " ^ 'Haven't I brought him round? ,Be- ] cause I lacked the means." , "But how " "8imply enough. I'll write a prescription, end one of you go to the nearest ( drug store and pet it filled." "That won't do." "Why not?" j "Because Mart' is known in the neighborhood, and I baven't got my disguise here, without which I'd likely enough be i recognized in my own proper person." "\ery well; I'll go myself." Without more ado the banker donned . his overcoat, pulled his slouch hnt ovei his eres and left the house by a rear door, which Almon opened for him. , With deep solicitude the two men watched by the bedside of the fellowcreature whoso life they had bo recently attempted to take away. j For some time not a word was spoken. ' Then Bloom produced his watoh. "Half an hour, lackin' two minutes,' marled he, as he closed it with a snap, *1 ^Ar.U oca vrVtoi Vcnno \T o c a Innn ? 4. UV/U y DOC nuai tUHA DV AVUK> "Nor I, less it's a scheme of you twc to beat me out of my share." "I don't mean to be, and that's the reason, as I told you once before to-night, that I don't propose to be euchred out ol my share of the plunder." The speaker rose from his chair, assumed n dogged expression and walked nervously up and down the room. Then Sears, thoroughly alarmed at the attitude of his confederate, offered arguments to mollify his anger, and allay hif really unjust suspicions. "I Ruess I'm wrong, Al," said the burglar at length, extending his hnnd. . You're all right, I see that, but I shall keep my eye on Morris. By the way, what in thunder keeps nim 60 long?" Can't say; he'i had time enough to go down (own and baok. Ha! Tnere he oomei now." A rapping on tht rear door bad interruptedthe conrertation. In a moment the young man hnd opened it. "What kept yon?" demandod he, reproachfully. "Met some friends; couldn't get away without 'citin' e'pi scion." The.roiceof the new arrival wae decidedly thi k, and his breath strongly acented with liquor. "Mux Moriiit, I'm Astonished!" " 'Came I've drank so much on' still sober? Needn't be. 1'muajdloit. I'm fivo-bottler now. I am. Go ahead." 4 . " C fc You've queered the whole same. Nothin' of the tort. Bow'i the youna fellow?" "No better. Cozne alonsr." "What's wrong?" asked Bloom, who had heard angry voices, and met them at the door. "See for yourself." "Drunk, as I live! Well, I like liquor as well as the next one, but I wouldn't risk gettin' a noose round, my neck juel for the fun of bowling up once." "Here, give me that and lie down." With a look of rage and disgust, Sears snatched a package from the hand of the staggering man, and pushed him down upon a sofa, where he lay breathing heavily. "I never knew Max to do such a thing before," said the other, as he tore open the package and displayed two bottles. "we must rely on ourselves, mui. Thanks to the new restoratives and the assiduous efforts of the two deeply interested men, Cole Winters soon began breathing easier, and in a little while opened his eyes and looked stupidly about him. "Where am I? Ha! you here?" A sight of his hated enemy, Almoo Bears, had completed his restoration, and brought our hero to a sitting posture. The form on the sofa started at these words, but settled quietly baok into ite former cramped position. "Why have you brought me here?" demanded Cole, when no reply was made to his first query. "We ohanged our minds, and determined to let you live." "I'm much obliged," remarked oux hero, with mock politeness. You doubt it? "I didn't Bay so. What do you want?" "To give you a chanoe for your life." "I will not be likely to accept any conditions you may name." "Yes, you wilL Our terms are no! hard." "Let me hear them." "You took a bundle of bonds from the box where you concealed yourself tonight." Well?" You don't deny it?" , "What would be the use?" "Then you took them?" "I didn't say -that. I neither affirm noi deny it." "Answer, or make ready for death!" The villain produced and cooked a revolver, which ne leveled at Cole Winters' bead. "You wouldn't have gone to all the trouble you have to save my life if you proposed to take it now." said he. "That'B true," assented Bern, lowering bis weapon. "Let's understand each other. 1 know that you appropriated the bonds. Will you tell me where you seereted them?" "What if I do?" V :n ? xuur uxe win w optucu. "I couldn't tru6t you." "I -will bo arraDge matters that you can have no cause to doubt our good faith." "Those bonds are not mine." "What of that?" "They belong to Miss St. Cyx, and even if I knew where they were, which I do not admit, I would not give them up." "Not to save your life?" "No!" There was a quiet determination in the face of the deeply wronged prisoner which avouched the sincerity of his emphatic negative. "I'll find a way to make you speak." "That is impossible 1" "We will see. Keep au eye on him, Mart." With this admonition the youthful vil. lain seated himself at the bookcase and began writing. After having torn up three different notes, which, for some reason, did not seem to suit him, he folded the fourth and inclosed it in au envelope. This done, he called Sloom aside, though at a point where they could prevent their prisoner from escaping, and conversed with him in whispers for some minutes. After this the burglar thrust the note into one of his spacious pockets, donned hi* overcoat, and quitted the room. For nearly an hour, Cole Winters lay on the bed, closely watohed by his jailer, who, pistol in hand, sat near by. As for the drunken man on the sofa, he ohanged his position once or twice, but his heavy breathing was uninterrupted. Suddenly, the sound of footBtepB was heard, and a moment later the door of the room was thrown open and the heavy form of Martin Bloom appeared in view. "Where is be? Doos he still live?" came in an agonized voice from behind the burglar. The next instant a female form, fluttering with excitement, rushed into the the room. "My God!" cried Cole Winters, in tones of anguish. "It's Berenioe St. Cyr." CHAPTER X. THE DETECTIVE DETECTED. To say thai Cole Winters was astonished would be to express but mildly the Bituation. Something like a paralysis crept over him, and he Bank b^ck in s balr-fainting condition. When he revived from the shock, which, owing to his weakened state, had deprived him of the Dowor of motion, he found that he was being supported by the rirl who had become dearer to him than ais own life, which recently had been so lesperately assailed. "I came the moment I received your note," said she. "My note?" "Yes. The large man, there, brought it. You stated that you were badly hurt. Be told me that I must hasten if I wished fo BAD COT) ttlirft. " "The wretch! I am uninjured!" "Pardon me, Berenice. I was obliged to " "Almon Sears!" In amazement our heroine sprang to her feet and interrupted tha speaker by )ji?culating his name. "I had no otLer course,"said he brazenly. "I don't understand you." "This Cole "Winters has bonds of yours to the value of $30il,000." "How can that be?" "He took them from the safe at the time of the murder." "Well?" Sears stared at the girl in openmouthed wonder. Her coolnesB where be had looked! or tears and protestations, disconcerted him for tbe moment. "I wish to recover them," he half stammered." "For whom?" "For you, of oourse, their rightful owner." "Give yourself no trouble on thai core." "You don't mean * "That I care nothing for tham, Release him!" "I can't do that," replied Almon, "not without he locate* the bonds." "What about them?" asked Berenice, turn:nj? her eyi s upon Cole, who was sitting linon tbe edcra of (ha barl. "This. Last night, after tha>e two men had murdered your poor father, tbey dragged find removed me Jrom the house. Then they left me, I know noi where, that I might fall into the hands of the polioo with thc-Bo evidences of guilt, which they had placed la my pocket* upon me." Cole drew forth the bundle of burglar*' tools and the watch of Mr, tit. Oyr, whioh he placed upon the table. "This is infamous!" cried the girl, trembling with indignation. "it is what 1 would expeot from yoa, thoughl" "lie secreted tbe bonds," oontinned f!nl? "and ha liolifivcs that I removotl and concealed tbem elsewhere." "I know itl" cried Bears, 'and I will have them." "Then yon no longer olaim them on my nocount?" said Berenice. "No; your father led me to expeot n fortune at h a death, and I propose to have it l~ "Way have you brought me here?" "To induce him to disclose their 1 place." "Bo far from doiug that, I requei , to Bay nothing." "I threatened him with death; a laughed at me." "And you propose?" "To try another tack. Unless he and the information leads to the fl , of the fortune, your life must pi ' penalty." "Monster!" shouted our hero, 6] ; ing to his feet and boldly oonfrontii "What I have said, I mean. Sb > my way, anyhow. Once disposed would produoe a will under wb , could claim, aye. and hold, all tJ ' Cyr estate, which amounts to a vus< without these bonds. "That's the talkl" broke in B i "And -what's more, the thing must b tied up this very night" l "You can produce no such will , clared Berenice. . "Then I'll claim it as your husbai "What?" "Just that. It's a simple procee I always admired you, and you well that your father designed ub lor other." , "Would you dare " i "WouldI dare? Ha, hal A man : condition I find myself darea anyi , What do you say?" , The villainous expression upo: face of her persecutor, and the awl , tentative he had offered, deprivei heroine of the power of speech, s( said nothing. Not bo Cole Winters. "Attempt such a thing," be > "Dare to lay a hand, a finger, upoi Bud I'll " "Well?" interrupted Sears, with a pudent sneer. "I'll make you answer for it with life!" In the act of advancing upon hit i my, our hero was grasped from behi the vise-like grip of Martin Bloon threw him on the bed, and, after a struggle, bound him securely with a "Wnat do you mean to do?" qua Berenice. Her bravery was gone, that violent hands had been laid > her lover, and anguish was depict her tear-stained face. "I mean to send him out of Chic out of the oountry, in faot," answer* young man, with provoking calmnei "Yon mean that you intend to ta] , life?" i "Oh, no. I only made that thn frighten him. Is the haok still wa : Mart?" "Yes." i "Then we'll put him under the i ence of Morris' elixir, and ship hii sick young man going home to his m "And if the police happen to him," suggested the burglur, "wit: evidences of guilt upon him?" "Exactly." "That won't bo our fault We've him a fair show." "Tell him all yon know, Cole." It was the first time that the 3 lady had addressed him by his Ghr; name, and, despite his awfnl snrri ings, the word sent a thrill throng heart, which was prolonged by the that accompanied it. "What will that avail?" cried thf tive. "Can we rely npon the promii thieveB and murderers?" "Yon wouldn't trust my honor, tl demanded Sears. "Hardly," was our hero's laconio 1 "How then can you expect me to you?" "Because he is the bouI of ho cried Berenice, taking npon hersel right of answering. "He would not 1 falsely to cave his life!" "Nor on your account?" "Certainly not! I would despise 1 he did!" [TO BB CONTINUED,J CURIO CS FACTS. John Wesley's autograph Belle 112.50. Nubia has acacia groves-100 1 square. The South commenced exporting ton 108 years ago. There are many stone bridges in C r? a tine from 1000 B. C. O Bankers' bills of exchange, or di were in use in the ancient days of ? Ion. In the Alaska mines potatoes sel] fifty cents each, and tobacco for $ plUff. A company has offered an enori sum for the privilege of advertisin the Pyramids. The Hindoos still observe the am custom of burying butter for month fore it is eaten. There is said to be an unprecede demand lor canned goods for Chic: World's Fair hotels. Till the year 1793 clocks of B Switzerland, went an hour in advan other European clocks. Fifteen thousand oranges grew on tree, last season, at Altoona, Fla. tree is twenty-five years old, and t feet high. For 200 years the paper from ^ Bank of England notes are made been manufactured at Laverstok Hampshire. A trained alligator belongs to a who dwells near Indian River, Floi The lad straddles the reptile, at swims with him wherever he guide Runners, oarsmen and profess athletes generally are short-lived, 1 women who, as a rule, devote little to calisthenics usually live longer men. A n I'Qof {O lllO rtnltT a'CAHUUCl ?UDU.W?,10 ? ?J brated man of history of whom it be truthfully said: He was bori Europe, died in Asia and is burie Africa. Sometimes insane people are cons of their own condition. At aa ei tainment lately given in an asylum of the patients said to another: " stay here by the door and see the < people come in." "Why, we're crazy people," replied the other. The bootmaker to Don Carlos, th< of Puilip the Sccond, once took h pair of boots which were too sin ill 1 comfortable, and, by the order o angry prince, they were cut in pi boiled, and forced down the wret fellow's throat, so that he was well killed. When the lock was taken off the of the old Episcopal Church, at 11 J G:t., which has just been pulled a J it was found to contain a silver made in 1850. It is supposed tue has been in the lock for mauy years a key was once broken in the loc account of the dime closing its pas In a side street of an Italian to sign hanging in front of a poysi< ortice reads in part as follows: said Professor liicca will use fo: salves in making them live snalce.' large serpents, wolves, bears, moi marmots, weasels and numerous i wild animals aliro and in good c tion," ^ THE VIKING'S SHIP. it him A CRAFT A THOUSAND YEARS ad he OLD IS UNEARTHED. , tells, For Centuries It Reared in a Nornding wejjian Tamnlas?A Keproly the (taction Coming to the "World's Fair. . Dnng- ] lg the ie'B in 7V SMALL vessel, the exact similiof, I / \ tude of the oldest surviving i?h I relic of the greatest seamen of tie Bt ? the Middle Ages, will soon - BUm? journey from New York by water loom though the Erie Canal and the lakes to ? eeU Chicago, -where will be exhibited this relic ot the past. The vessel of which de- this is an exact reproduction, made by m order of the Norwegian Government, is id. no rude affair, although it is 1000 years' ^ T ? ?4o KMAH ill AAnalann (ding U1U. 1U JW uuo HUGO, taidlUl VbUOU UV/" know ^0D &Qd exact finish we find much that each the best art of the shipbuilder has failed to improve. This craft herself may have visited in ths un<jer jjer owner's command the whole m^' north of Scotland, Ireland, and even q the England. One just like her must have 'al al- been sailed by Leif Eriksson when he d ou? landed upon the cost of Yinland, pre) she figuring the remarkable voyage now made by the duplicate of the ancient cried, ship. i her, As to this particular ship, however, its age is not ascertainable with any deq im- gjee 0f accuracy, nor to whom it belonged. All that we do know is that she was placed where she was found 3 6nB_ somewhere during the Ninth or Tenth ud in Century. She doubtless belonged to i, who some Viking who made his piratical short cruises from the great S&ndetjord, as she i roP?: was disinterred from Gokstad, a mound f on ^at m 1880. The fact that t upon mound, which was about 150 feet in < edon circumference, was made of blue clay, ( accounts for the preservation of this t ftg?? wonderful relic. t 3d the Such interments and such discoveries ' his of them have been made in other parts J of Scandinavia as well as elsewhere, but j sat to is the largest and most perfect ves iting, eel yet found. Professor Engelhardt found one in 1863 at Ny Saur, in Schles. wig, iorty-fivc feet long, and another was ons^a *0UD<* at ^UDe forly-two *eet other l?nK' This one is seventy-seven feet? I eleven inches long, sixteen leet seven catch inches beam, and five feet nine inches in h the depth from keel to gunwale amidships, drawing some four feet of water. The tumulus, where she was buried,is ?1Ten now a milo from the sea, but geological changesshow that the water once washed roung its base. The boat was evidently drawn istian out of the water on a bed of hurdles and jund. moss. The sides were then covered with >look fii^d with earth and sand, and the mound built up over it. The ) cap- prow was turned toward the sea, as was ses of always the case in these mounds, so that the chief should, at the la9t day, launch his bark upon the wave. Such mound reply, burials were common, and Du Chaillu trust describes many ship-shaped and boat* ' shaped mounds, rocks disposed to form ? rnorP ( ;ient the REDDER ON THE SIDE. 3 be- ~ a ship, graves dug in the shape of a inted boa*? aiJd numerous other remains in iieo's P?Pu^ar 6^jp form iQ burial. ^ This wa3 then a ecpulchral ship?the coffin of some great Viking of the Tenth a3'?? Century awaiting the summons of the ce ?' cock, which will crow at Ragnarock. ? This boat is marvalously well pre- t one served. The blue clay became a her* i The metical case, preventing; the entrance of a hirty water and air. Unfortunately the mound c s w \m ?i ^ v MM ichcd TTTF. VT.D VJKIH.- HIT ni"h ? 7 ; : 7 a hod b- eu entered centuries b'-fnre and do ti Wf.*>poL8 or treR'i.re were left, only a few t uoor of the bones of the lord of the ship, n [owe, straiijJi'ly enough, with these were the ? own, hollow bon'S of a peacock, nrobably the s ^.'me trophy of some marauding cruise to Ihe 1 dime southward, a-d the remains of the 9kele- ] , and ton 3 little ({ngt with some fishhooks i k 011 and some bronze ornaine./.s for belts aad j :3a=e' harass. Near by were other interesting 1 o Thcrp vpc.re tne bones of nine I 1 wn a or ten hor?e3 and dcgs which had ptob- 1 :iau's ab:y been slaughtered upon the grave of i "The the sh.p's captain. There was also a pile i r his of oaken chips and a neatly shaped 1 i and hatchet, and a piece of wood with a hole i ikeys into which the shank of an anchor had 1 other been inserted, with a few bi'-s ol iron reondi* mainiop rear by. The remains of two t or three suia.i oaken canoes were also e ound, with some oars belonging: to the ressel and to the canoes. The ship's >ars were from eighteen to twenty feet ong. There were also found in the nound a large solid copper caldron, ome low bedsteads like those stiil in use n Norway, some drinking cups, some ;ubs, and several pieces of carved anc tainted wood. Borne of the beams were carved to represent dragons' heads, and many large RESTORATION 01 ound shields of thin wood were also oood, all these haying like the walls ol he ship traces ol black and yellow paint >n them. These shields were undoubt;dly placed overlapping each other along he sides of the vessel for ornament and :o protect the rowers from the spray, rhere was also a landing plank twenty'our feet long, ten inches broad and 2\ nches thick, roughened on its uppei THE SEPULCHRAL CHAMBEli. lurface to prevent slipping. A few pieces )f rope and some woolen rags, part ol ;he sail, were also fouad. The chamber in the ship in which the inburned body was deposited was a tentike apartment made of logs placed side >y side slcping to a ridge pole running parallel to the keel. Those who have seen this vessel as* ure us that her model embodies all that s requisite for speed, strength, and >eauty. She is no rude craft of primeval lays, but a deftly fashioned1 structure, those graceful lines would do honor to i sailing craft of to-day. She is a com>lex structure, and must have required * ' -* 1 atxA DO laoor Ul several uicu?uumu vu? larmoniouj. She is especially seaworthy, md ber broad bows distinguish ber from be smoother water galleys of the south. Joats of a similar kind are seen in Norway to-day. Bow and stera are alike, tointed, and rise some distance out oi be water. This is the form giveu to he best ships' boats iu use?the whale oats, as they are called, and to lifeboats and proper surf boats.' The Viking's ship is built of well-seatoned oak. The keel is very deep and s made of great oak beams. To this he bent timbers are fastened. The joint* >f these natural growths of timber care< ully selected, are joined with withes ol xee ioots, elastic and durable. The planks are of sound, well-seasoned jewed oak about an inch and a hall hick. They are worked in clinkerasbion?that Is, over-lapping each other, md they have both their inside and heir outside edges molded. Great abor and care must have been taken in electing the timber and in cutting and mrving these plank with hatchets and _ .*nr> Tf? i rj WAnvn I" AM OIIB. nno ruu.w. ires. They arc riveted on with irou ivetF, which are clincaed oa both sides, md there are a few oaken bolts here ud there. She has no deck, and the eat- for the rowers are gone?probably laving been removed when the boat was placed in the tomb. A floor made by jotching the sides and lower planks and >uttiug loose boarJs therein, covers the sottom of the boat, leaving bilgeways >eneath. There are sixteen oar holes or ow ports on either side, each about four nches in diameter. These row ports tre so constructed that the oars can only ?e thrust outwards, toward the stern, md are covered by pieces of wood on ;he inside when the oars are unshipped. The size of these row ports and the ibsence of seata would indicate that the ihort, quick, standing stroke was used I " " -v ' and not the long, man-of-war* sweeping j stroke. The rudder of this vessel was in exi cellent preservation and it is interesting * , from many points of view. It is on the ^ i starboard (steer board) side of the ves) eel, and this, the governing side, is that I still sacred to official use in all ships. " This rudder is a sort of broad, thick 0 . paddle, with a very short handle. It i pivots on a conical piece of wood pro- ? fl > 1'hb rnrae ship. > jecting a foot from the vessel's side and ' through which a rope passed confining ; the rudder. A tiller, fastened to the up* per end of this oar, enabled it to be turned readily by changing the angle of the blade in the water. The galley was fitted with one mov- t able mast, which stepped in a socket I f sunk in a beam at the bottom of the ves- ] r sel. At the pardners the mast passed - through a lozenge shaped hole in a fish shaped piece of wood, where it was con- c fined by wedges. g The discovery of this gallery was of importance to scholars, as well as to f( artists and seamen. Its construction tl illustrates many points in art, literature g< and history affecting the ship. This t< finely modeled craft was probably a r( Snekar, or a Drakar, whose carved prow a and stern, riding far above the wave, ft made her resemble the fancied sea- o snake or dragoon, so much feared by the r, sailors of the age. y It would indeed be a great deed if the b veritable remains of the vessel, whose lord may have at least ventured to g Britain in her, should be brought half "J way round the globe to the inland lake by the newest city of the western world, probably first made known by an adventurous comrade to the old Viking. As we cannot possess the original, we are 11 fortunate, through the kindness of the Norwegian Government, to be able to c have its exact fac simile, and to compare u | her lines with the typical schooners of a | the great fresh-water fleet, and with the ' graceful yachtsfrom abroad.?Chicago " , Times. t] A Unique Cup. The origin of the saying, 4'Wet your i whistle," can be traced to the famous [ drinking bouts of old. The accompanying cut represents a very.curious old ?? 'iffWi ' J ',(?)J.1 f,(w a, ^ it WHISTLE DRINKING CUP. ?* h( drinking cup, surmountel by a wind- c* mill. It will be perceived that the cap " must be held ia the hand to be filled, "* and retained there till it be emptied, as B!j then only can it be set upon the table. ?] The drinker having swallowed the con- " tents, blew up the pipe at the side, w which gave a shrill whistle and set the 03 sails of the windmill in motion also. ?e The power of the blow and the length of the gyration were indicated in a small te dial upon the front of the mill and also in some degree testified to the state of ? the consumer. Among the songs of P1 Burns is one upon a whistle, used by a oc DaDe of the retinue of Anne of Den mark, which was laid upon the table at the commencement of the drinking oout, " and won by whoever was last able to blow it. The Dane conquered all comers until Sir Robert Lawrie, of Maxwellton, H "after three days and three nights' hard sc contest, left the Scandinavian under the tatle." On October 16, 1789, a similar contest took place, which ha9 been immortalized in Burus's verses.?Chicago . Herald. ' Counting the Money at Washington. The counting of money in the vaults of the United States Treasury at Wesh- ^ ington is not so troublesome or tedious t ii task as might be imagined. In count- V ing twenty-dollar gold pieces experience | has shown them to be so uniform that ! oaiy one piie is couuteJ, j?nd the rest oli the money is stacked, and measured by nnfi'l nilp ic rpft^h^d. . una uuwn ? . whea tbar also is counted, la this way the counting proceeds rapidly, Gold in smaller denominations is always counted or weighed. Silver is much more troublesome to count than gold.?Chicago Herald. In Canada there are estimated to he v eighty-seven shoe manufacturers, eleven wholesale dealers in shoes, 4S8 retailers, 492 leather dealers and tanners, and all j others 227, making a total of 1305. he "*iif?ret" Statue at New Orleans, } In an address to the Woman's Suffrage ssociation of Brooklyn, the Rer. Anna baw is quoted as saying: "Traverse oar country from shore to lore, and nowhere will you find on* lock of granite erected to" the memory . , t American womanhood." This question is answered by a Plain* eld (N. J.) correspondent, E. Z. Pen-| eld, who points out that in the city of few Orleans stands the white marble' gure of a woman, with the simple name 'Margaret" inscribed on the pedestal. he was Margaret Heughery, "the or* han'sfriend," andaHew Orleans guide-1 ook gives this account of he?: "New Orleans can claim some credit >r raising the only monument to a 'Oman ever erected in the tfaited t tates. In a little grassy plot of ground t the intersection of Camp and Peytonia * ;reets, stands the white marble figure of v f. woman, inscribed with the simplft ? ame 'Margaret.' Seated in a chair, ith a shawl around her shoulders, and' ne arm thrown around the neck of * ^ . THS MAR0ABBT STATUE. jflji hild, is the figure of the deceased Mar- . aret Haughery, 'the orphan's friend.' "' J? ' The location is well-selected, for it ices the female orphan asjlutn, towards : ^ he establishment of which Margaret did 3 much. The woman whom it is injnded to honor was unable either tat ( Bad or write, but by her energy acquired ' considerable fortune, all the income rom which was sriven to the various rphan asylums of New Orleans, without v \-< igard to sect, and at her death a few ears ago the whole of her fortune was ^ equeathed for their support." Another authority speaks of "Mar- " . ? aret, the benevolent baker."?Naw .Vjfejl fork World. A New Coiffare. They are wearing their hair in Paris - A 1 a new fashion. It is shown in the il- , Vy?tj astration, and is only meant for evening ostume. The hair is waved and drawn p quite high on the head, wbete it is < rranged fn a succession of puff*. At the , ;ft side a portion of the hair is twisted . ^ lto the new Leutheric knot. A coil of ibbon to match the costume encircles be puffs, and when it reaches the knot . i arranged in standing loops. The hair : 0 i brushed back from the forehead in ompadour style, with just a suggestion f a bang. * ' 'V Palestine Dairying. 'A traveler thus writes to an exchange! One of the oddest things encountered i Palestine is a woman at the churn. he churn of this region was once animated, having been a goat in its better . j ??? Vnw the iroat has vanished from 4 V* O-? , flesh and bone, for the table of the ] jicure, and the good wife hangs up to , J spike on the ceiling his skin by tho >ck and pours into the uncanny vessel ;r wooden trays of milk. Then she lurns by seizing the ghastly thing by le dropsical hind legs and swinging it ilf around ber and back again in tireime oscillation, as monotonous as any d wooden churn in a Yankee kitchcn. rben the butter 'sets1 she rests her * eary arms and rejoices, and then she irefully unties the hind foot which has rved for a handle, and draws out tho lttermilk, afterwards removing the butr by way of the slitted brisket. This ems to be the universal churn of the rient. Whose milk is it? A goat's obably. A sheep's perhaps. A camel's tcasionally. I am tired of goat's cheese, ilk, and camel's butter, and when I get >me shall hug the first cow I see."'?. airy England. statement is made that Victor ugo left 400,000 unpublished manu. ripts, long and short. "Having It Out With Him/' ?Life. * .