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HEARTS OF GOLD; ? OR,? m The Heiress of Maple p] Leaf Farm. 61 rc BY r< fJENEVlEVE ULMER. fii tc m CHAPTER- XVI, 01 THE COMPACT. 01 A culprit apprehended by an officer of w the law, a criminal aocused by a stern Judge, oould not have exhibited more T emotion than did the man whom Ralph * Prescott had aoocptod as Paul Dalton, at the soul-thrilling worde of the excited Ruth Elllctt. ? 8trange worde they were?wild words, bordering seemingly on inooherency. ~ "Were they the result of hallucination, ? delirium? No! Ae the rapt lurker . ( studied the faoe of the beautiful girl, ho knew that the penetrating gaze of reaHon, the great throbbing instinot of love, had aided her to see beyond the super- ec lloial, and had unmasked villainy. P In plain words, she accused this man with being an impostor. In awful ar- b< l algnment before the bar of her womanly conviction, she charged him with the crime of robbing her of her husband. Then he was not Paul Dalton, not her husband, not the ex-Superintendent of Jlaple Leaf Farm! He was an impostor, a| a fraud, and, as the truth flashed upon Ralph Prescott's excited mind, he now r eomprehended many vague ana perpiwa.lag utterances that he had overheard Vj him use during the evenful evening just a past Furthermore, as he gazed, he marvoled how he could ever have taken this h< man for Paul Dalton. There was a mar- te velous resemblance, but of features fa alone, for the dissimilarity in soul, in expression, was utterly lacking. to What had aided to deoeive Prescott pi was the shaving off of the beard. This prepared him for a change in looks. As ai to the voice, a slight cold might account ^ for the huskiness that made this Paul w Dalton talk so differently from the a other, the real Paul Dalton. -\V Yee, there could be no doubt of it, the m truth was out, the plotter unmasked, a fraud revealed that completely outvied n( all Ralph Prcscott's puerile villainy. to This man, a relative o!" Paul Dalton, h a man at least exactly resembling him, p, had heard of hie legacy. He had im- gt prisoned the real heir; the bearded man, Be his accomplice, was his jailer; he had imlriiv assumed Paul Dalton's identity; to ho was scheming to 6ecure the Forsythe VI fortune and fly with it, leaving the real legatee a beggar. gC , The bewildering complications that br were thus put in ploy made Ralph Preseott's brain fairly reel with surmise and p. uncertainty. dc The false Paul Dalton cowered like a Bti craven before the Hashing glance of eT Kutb Elliott. A woman's shrewdness had penetrated his bold assumption of p? the identity of the man he resembled so ro, extraordinarily. to' He had deluded Presoott and the lawyer, but now he was unmasked, and one an word publicly spoken by the woman be- th lore him would not only cost him a for- m< tune but might send him to a penal at Institution. That word, however, was nevei of spoken. Of a sudden, the nerves of the av Agitated Ruth gave way, the strain ol Ai the hour becoming too intense for her icl , already weakened nature. With a moan r< she sank senseless to the floor. The M impostor glanced at her affrightedly for ba a moment or two, and then with a white, de soared face, hurriod from the room. ari Balph Prescott was after him In a go flash. He directed a hurried injunction to the woman who was attending Ruth tei to look to her charge, then he was dash- wt log from the house in pursuit of a figure thi flying down the deserted street, as if a < pursued by a pestilence. pe !?*?Pl" K As cue impostor dashed across a pr ' vacant fir-lined lot the mandate rang out ti^ clear, sharp, imperious. fel ? He was trembling all over, his face 1 was the color of ashes, his eyes haunted eii , with a fearful dread, his manner oowed, Ch crushed; little like that of the haughty, "Ii insolent tyro 01 the early evening, as he turned and faced Ralph Prescott. ra The latter, realizing his advantage, da pressed it promptly. ea "What do you want?" ha "You." co "Oh," peering closer, "it ie Prescott. Ri ? Give me time to catch my breath, man!" th; He leaned against a tree and panted wl furiously. Balph Prescott watohed him, ' ae might a cat a mouse. He had cor- tei aered his man. He knew what to do no " now, fast enough. p "You've made a mess of it," he said, wi . bluntly, at last. ol; "Havel?" And the other laughed un- of easily. "What do you mean?" Is "I have followed you all the evening." The impostor started. be "I overheard your conversation with your accomplice at the hotel, the ^ bearded man." "Newcombe!" ejaculated the impostor. M "Ah! is that his name? Thank you. Tee. Newcombe, the jailer of the real {Paul Dalton at Black Rock." The shot told. Ralph Presoott had gueBsed the truth. His companion r?r shivered at his words. "You know all?1 am lost!" he mut- fli tered. "At least, the game is." "I furthermore," pursued Prescott, aooTly, "witnessed your interview with Jtuth Elliott," The impffrftor was silent. He was overwhelmed at the fast-occurring disasters of the night. a? "Yes, I know all this," continued Ihresoott. "I know your plans, aud I hold the whip-hand now. ?o need ol m subterfuge now. You and I had better ct come to an understanding." B( "What kind of an understanding?" stammered the abashed impostor. "Well, our intereete aie identioal, in b, ?" one respect." vj "Aod what m- a] "Old Geoffrey Forsythe's fortune, left to the real Paul Dal ton, coveted by you, -sod rightfully my own. 1 see no means hi of regaining it by fair means. You Iwve ? suggested and put in force foul ones. I h hate Paul Dalton. The first step to- ci ward revenge would be the securing of the fortune." "Well?" muttered his auditor vaguely, t* "If wo can arrive at a harmonious con- w elusion, can make an equitable arrange- h xnent, I rnijtht be tempted to allow you di to go on with your Imposition. At the end of a week, unless I interfere, you u will receive the legacy from Lawyer Drew." w "You forget?that woman may speak." g "Ruth Elliott? bhe may not know of youi plans in that direction." lr "She could denounce me?ehosuBpecta that I have imprisoned her husband." ^ "But she is ill; the delirium may re turn, and?kte here, my friend. Agree c" to pay me one-half the fortune when fou get it, and I will guarantee to keep ti ' Ruth Elliott silent until the week has . passed away." "A bargain!" cried the other with ,t brightening eyes. "Very well. But there must be nodeseption, no double-dealing." "Am I not completely in your power?" "Perhape. Still, I shall watch you eioeely, and must be made a confidant If all your past history and present uia. flow, tb?D, go to your hotel. I ill join' you there and report progress < an hour." "And you?" ' "I shall return to Ruth. I shall reove her to some safe place, where she 4 ill be kept a secure prisoner until your , ans materialize." "All right!" Relievedly, hopefully, the impostor >ed towards the hotel. He gained his s >om and lit a lamp. , "A close shave!" he muttered, as he j :moved his hat; "but better half the , irtune than none, and if I ever get my aeere on the money I'll find some way > delude this meddler. The cirl is the iam cause of fear, but with Eer a prfsler, I oan consummate my plots withit fear of hindrance or detection. Ah! hat is that?" He paused, and glanced down at a hite object lying on the carpet at hie iet. It looked like a folded note, ipped under the door of the room. He took it up and opened it. He arted wildly as he scanned the single ae it bore. Then a groan buret from his lips. rretchedly pale, wretchedly heartsick, 9 read the simple words that conveyed terrible warning, a mystic revelation his guilty soul. "Leave Ridgeton, abandon your wick1 plans, or i swear to unmask all your ist," it ran,. . And the signature the horrid scrawl )re was: "Your deserted wife, Isabel." CHAPTER XVII. I PBECIOUS PRBT. Ridgeton had something new to talk i >out next day. The woman who had been called by 1 alph Presoott to attend upon Ruth, . ?d told her story with dawn, and the llagers were consequently treated to new bit of scossip. Her story was a remarkable one. She ! id been summoned by Presoott to the >use of the recluse, to find the pre- ! nded nurse, the real Euth, in a dead int, she said. . She extolled Prescott for his kindness the sufferer, as did the attendant ! lysician. Later, Paul Dalton had appeared, . id had left hurriedly. She returned : i the sick-room to find the patient in a orse swoon than before. She left her ( few minutes to go to her own home. . rhen she returned Euth Elliott had j ysteriously disappeared. Ealph Presoott flitted about town the E jxt day, apparently terribly anxious as the whereabouts of the missing girl, e craftily circulated the story that ml Dalton had wedded Euth only to iin her grandfather's fortune, and, icuring that, would disappear; that he id undoubtedly secretly removed her some friend's home, away from the llage. c Farmer John Elliott heard all this ? tssip in silence, but with a lowering J ow. What was Euth to him now? What t iuI Dalton? What cared he for their t lings and intentions? They were c rangers to him henceforth and for- I er more! So several, days passed by. The false iuI Dalton either kept closely to hi9 om at the hotel, or did not appear in ^ wn at *alUT J He vislt?d;Lawyer Drew several times, 11 d tried, tojiurry up tbe settlement of [ e estate? He urged that he needed g )ney to purchase some land to be had a a bargain. t Ralph Prescott kept pretty clear traok I his movements. The Impostor sat v raiting his arrival early one evening. c fairs were about to materialize, the [ liemers felt sanguine. The impostor t iis anxious to secure the money and t cape, ere some new complication i Iked hie projects. Ealph PreBcott was ? i 1 J x- L- __ 1 J _J- iL. A.I.V. > Lermuieu w uv uu uuuu ut> wc uuidu, d insist on a fair division of the ill- ] tten booty of crime. 1 The false Paul Dalton had grown ( rribly nervous of late. That there ] is a mystery about his past history; i at he might, if he would, explain mapy i lark passage in the life of the man he } rsonated; that bis pwn career ^ad < en clgsely linked with that of the inj? isoned man, Ralph Prescott was posi-e, but bis new oolleague in craftinest S fused, to divulge hij? secrets. ?' The lalter had been a changed man fc icc he received that warning missive. * at menacing note that was signed j, sabel." 3, He started at his own shadow; he c< rely went out on the streets until after tl ,rk, and then his movements were un- tl ,sy and watchful. The man wai J runted. He had bribed Ralph Pres- d tt to silence; he had closed the lips of " ith Elliott, but there was another foe Q at he feared, and he alone realized p jy he so dreaded her. ?< "She means what she says," he mut- Ii red concernedly, "but she has made move yet?has made no effort to ap- w lar. Oh! "i must get the money. It ? ill buy comfort, luxury in a foreign & Lme?it will place me beyond the reach >i the law I fear. Why, Prescott! What a the matter?" ' > The man he had been waiting for had J * i? d irst loio me room aorupuy. Hie face was ghastly, ma manner agi- ? ted. e< "We are ruined!" he gasped incoher- >< itly. i The imposter looked alarmed. * "Speak, man!" he exclaimed; "some- a ing has happened?" "Yes, the worst?the very worst." A oaned Prescott. "Not only will you ? ive to fly, but I myself as well, for now 2 J my connection with this wretched 3 fair ^ill come out." t "You mean?? " The girl, Ruth!" " What of her? Not dead?" "No. She has escaped." The Impostor reeled where he stood, I from some terrible shock. "Impossible!" he gasped. "It is true. You know the nlgbt we ade our compact, I removed her to the c large of a sordid old woman living in a icluded cabin in the forest?" e " Y es." "She watched her, drugged her, held j, sr a close captive. Two hours sinoe I c sitea tne place to see if the girl was II right." r "And found " ( "Her gone, and the old woman tied 1 und and foot near the open door. She ; iid that a woman had appeared a little < efore, and had demanded to see her ' iptive." * "Which she refused." 1 "Promptly. The woman did not wait ) argue with her. With a strength that f as remarkable and effective she threw j er down and bound her, unlocked the j nor of the room in which Ruth was nfined, led her from the cabin, and 1 CU. "A woman!" muttered the Impostor, ( -ith drawn brows, his anxious fac* . rowing white every moment. "Yes; dark-eyed, wild-faced, and hav- i ig a scar under one eye " I "Isabel!" groaned the impostor. "She ] ireatened?she meant it." "And who is Isabel?" demanded PresDtt. "Ask me no questions, but act," cried ae other, excitedly, "liuth Elliott ie -co TTpt rescuer knows, or at least urmises, every detail of our plots, and s bound to balk thom if possible. There 3 only one thing to do." "What is it?" "Secure the fortune." "If we can." "We must!" "But " "I saw the lawyer this afternoon, He / / characterized my haste ae unusual, but fte offer of a large.lee induoed him to expedite matters. I signed some necessary papers, and he said if he could get certain securities from the bank this afternoon, he -would close up the matter with mo this evening. Come." "Where?" "To Lawyer Drew's house." The impostor walked the street like a nan who had just esoaped prison or wae learing arrest, with his apprehensive backward glance6 and his cautious forward ones. He did not impart all his suspicions to lis companion. Had he told Ralph Prescott all, the latter would have shrank from going on with a plot in vhich a wronged woman's hand was yet o turn the die of destiny, Th?y found Mr. - Drew immersed in iocuments in hiB library, deep in the in xicacies of business relating to the case n hand. "Not too late?she has not been here, it least!" breathed the impostor, reievedly. "I will be ready for you in a moment, tfr. Dalton," epoke the lawyer. "I prelented your papers in court, secured the lecessary bondsmen, and as there is the ealty still left in my ^??d? that would :over any possible future claim against i man who never contracted any debts, t am justified in paying you over the noney Geoffrey Forsythe left you, only, [ find it difficult to convert all the securties into cash." "Well, give me what you can," interrupted the impostor, impatiently. "Oh, I have realized on nearly all the jersonal property," announced Drew. ;Here," and he handed over some rejeipts, 'are some papers to sign." With feverish haste and a trembling land the avaricious schemer signed the locumente tendered. "Here you will find over thirty thousand dollars of the legacy," continued Lawyer Drew, extending a long pocket>ook. "The residue you can call for or lave sent you within a month." Little danger of his ever calling for t; once safe in foreign lands, he would je fully satisfied with the bulk of the ortune, decided the eager impostor. He took the wallet and counted ovei he crisp bills it contained and stowed t in his pocket, watched with wolfish, luspicious eyes by Ralph Prescott. He bade the lawyer a hurried good>y, and hastened down the street with he urgency of a man bound on a mission of life and death. fTO BE CONTINUED.] TEMPERANCE. LIVES ON ITS DRCNKABDS. The liquor traffic lives on its aruukards: 101 on the finished, incapable, pauper drank,rds. but on the politician, the lawyer, the udge. the clerk, the merchant, the grocer, he mechanic, and the laborer, these who re not yet confirmed drunkards, but who go egulariy to the bar for their drinks, during heir preparation for the gutter and the ham-gang, the prison and the gallows.? )eniorest. A HEW WAT TO 8T0P DRINKING. There lived in Albany a man named Dom?ey, who was a habitual drunkard. It was ust all he could do to maKe "both ends neet" in the way 01 a livelihood. He made iromise after promise, until his wife and riends lost confidence in him. He was a ;ood-hearted, hail-fellow-well-met" sort of , man, whom everybody liked. P.eturning Lome one d8y he entered the sitting room, lis wife was superintending the dinner, rhile his son, their oniy "hild. was playing >n the floor. His wife tieard him wnen he ntered, and stepped across the hallway into he room. She noticed that in hie hand be teld an inch auger, and she asked him what le was going to do with it. He deigned no eply, but in the middle of the room he bored i hole through the floor, and then turning to lis wife he said : 44 When that hole grows up .'11 take another drink, but not before. ' Hie vife was overcome witn joy, threw her arms tround his neck, and pointing to their son, she remarked ? "Thank God for his sake!" He remained true to his promise, wnile his wife took care that the hole was kept free Irom all obstructions. He died honored and oved by the community.?Albany (Gc..) News anu AdverliS9r. DRtTNKABDS A SOI8AXCE. In a recent report of a committee of the ouse of Commons on the treatment of inDriates a list of recommendations was made >r increasing the efficacy of the inebriates 3t The act at present provides for the jmmittal of inebriates to retreat at their own esire. and for their retention when once >mmitted for not more than one year. i ne jmmittee recommends among other things lat the law be go amended as to provide for le compulsory committal ot habitual drunkrds to reformatory institutions and for oubling the maximum period of permissible stention. The committee seenjs to take the ovel ground that habitual drunkenness is ot an unfortunate peculiarity, but is a disosition of such inconvenience to society that >ciety has a right to cure it if it can. : would have a habitual drunkard's relaons or friends, or persons interested in his elfare, empowered to apply for his commit kl, and it would make his property liable for is maintenance and even for the support of is wife and family. The London Times links that these suggestions mark the begining of a change for the worse in conditions f inebriety. One thing, it says, may be conidered as proved, namely, that the "halcyon ays of the habitual drunkard are drawing ear to their close. He is no longer looked pon as nobody's enemy but his own or as a onvenient butt for merrymakers who are 5nding toward his own condition. People re beginning to realize that he is a curse ud a nuisance, and that if he cannot be lended he must inevitably before long be laced in some kind of permanent seclusion. Dtending drunkards on this side of the .tlantic will please note the sentiments of the nlightened Britisher toward persons of this lass, and take (or abstain from) measures ccording. There is no vital difference beween the British and the American attitude oward drunkards, and no assurance that if t is found desirable in London to lock them ip, it may not presently prove equally advisee in New York.?Harper's Weekly. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. Chicago has 5812 saloons. Paris has 27,000 drinking places. As long as the saloon stays open the gates >f hell cannot be shut. The United States has twenty-five brewery xhibits in the World's Fair. The Russian Government is worthy of imtation in one particular?the clergy is orlered to preach against drinking. During the first seven days following the eceipt of pension money, the receipts of the Jovernment for beer at ttie Soldiers' Home, lampton. Va.. amounted to 410,000. An article in the'Petit Journal, Paris, deslares that of all the dangers menacing the agricultural population of France, the gravest and most difficult to fight is alcohol jower. The great statistician. Carroll D. Wright, tays "Ninety-two per cent, of all the rimes committed in the world in the last en years is the direct result < ! intoxicating iquors." At Corvallis. Oregon, at tiie request of the IV. C. T. U.. an Episcopal minister preached i temperance serinoii re ently and, at the ion elusion, every woman in the church joined the Union. The Supreme Court of the United States says "The statistics of every State, show a greater amount of crime and misery at(a ratnil liininr saloons than """" ; i ? l? any other sourie. A.leo'ao;ic insanity is twiw as common in Franee now as fifteen years? ago. anil the number of persons placed under restraint on account of it ha* increased twenty-five per cent, in tlie last three years. "Let there be au entire abstinence from intoxicating drinks throughout this country during the period of a single generation." said Horace Mann, "and a mob would bo as impossible as comoustion without oxygen." Mayor Granger, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, recently ordered that all drinking saloons should have their windows free from curtains and screens on Sundays. It had this effect sot a glass of liquor was sold on the tt?3t Sabbath the order went into effect. A TRAINING SHIP. THE DAILY ROUTINE OF A NAVAL APPRENTICE. How Boys Arc Educated in the Duties of Men-of-War's Men?Requirements for the Service?On r* TVdvaYiiri * "?f HE great naval review in New York M has created a keen A JM interest in every^U9 fl thing pertaining to ^k naval affaire. Many yonng men and boys who never thought of ever seeing salt water are now considering what is the most feasible way I of becoming a Midshipman or a sailor. As an examination and appointment is necessary to go to the Annapolis Naval Academy they usually look to obtaining a berth as a sailor on a man-o'-war, with the hope of promotion in the future. In this connection a very interesting letter was received by the Republic from H. D. Rogers, a St. Louie boy now on board the United States ship Philadelphia, in which he describes the life on a training ship and also that of a sailor. His criticisms are from his own experience and show the hardships and pleasures of hie life on the high seas. He saye: "In a recent issue of the Republic I noticed an inquiry from some boy in regard to the proceedings necessary to get into the naval or merchant marine service. For this reason I will write you a sketch of the life of an apprentice and my personal experience and views. In the first place, I "will say a boy must work very hard to obtain a position as seaman at the end of the four years he enlists to serve. The aim of the training ships is to educate boys to the duties of men:of-war's men. The rewards for those who are lovers oi' the sea and adapted to it are not insignificant, for a fair percentage of warrant officers, and nearly all the seamen gunners who man the new cruisers, are ex-apprentices. "A boy enters the service between the ages of 14 and 18 years, and enlists to serve until he is 21 years. The consent of the parents must be obtained before he can make application. It is also necessary that he should be in perfect health and without physical defects. The examination as to health is very rigid, and if he has the cigarette habit or has ever been convicted of crime, his rejection is certain. He must be able to write and read Jiinglish. If he is received he is given pay, an outfit and rations at once. The pay isn't much, though. A third class apprentice receives $9 a month; then, if lie is worth anything, he will be advanced to second class, after being .AIMING THE SIX-PC tbree months at eea, and get $10 a 1 month. The next step is seaman apprentice, second class, with $19 per month, and when he is transferred to a regular cruising ship he may be advanced to a first class seaman apprentice and $24 a month pay. 4 'As soon as th*> novelty wears off, usually in a few days, the boy finds out he is working in earnest. The food generally looks rather tough at first. We call it salt horse, duff and boot-leg coffee. The first thing he goes at is a course of training to give him a soldierly appearance, also knotting, splicing, saifmaking, handling the spars aud yards, pulling and sailing boats, signals and sewing. He has to run fVm TTOv/lornifl withnnt Hi Ult W 11 L Uii tuv J ^ .... getting dizzy. If he fails in this he is discharged as useless, for if he cannot do it in port, where the ship is steady, he surely could not do it at sea in a storm, where every man has to lend a hand aloft. In the gunnery line he has to learn the evolutions of gun and carriage, knowledge of ammunition, all the different kinds of drills, target firing and the bugle. He must also go to school and learn what usually comprises a common school education. RTfiNAL HOTS'. "After he gets through with the school he is transferred to u trainiug ship and then starts out on bin cruising to finish him off for a sailor. He has a few hours' sleep at night and the rest iu good hard work. At 4.20 o'clock in the morning the anchor watch trice up the hammock cloths to prepare the nettings for the crew asleep. At 4.1)0 the bugle sounds and the master-at armfl route out the sleepers. The decks are alive with the boys in blue in a moment, each with a ' huge white hammock on bin shoulder. The hammocks are Boon in the nettings and the boy runs to the mess room for a cup of hot cocoa awaiting him. There is twelve minutes allowed to dress and stow away the hammooks, An I firs 'j&r -d? APPRENTICE BOYS. and eighteen minutes for the cocoa. Then sounds the boatswain's whistle, followed by a hoarse 'turn to' from the mate. Then solid work begins for the day a moment later, when 'scrub and wash clothes,' or 'holystone the decks, ladders and gratings' is ordered. Clothes are scrubbed three times a week, and, although wash days come often, each apprentice is compelled to wash something each washday. I have often seen over 1000 pieces at a single i- ?_ V A - /t1n4l>ao. aay b watiii. as duuii ? me wv?uui lines are out of the way the paint work and ladders have to be cleaned. Then before the decks are dry the boys strip, always their shirtR, and if the weather is not too bad their tronsers too. One comrade assists another and turn about in their cleaning process. If any of the apprentices neglect this it -will soon be discovered by a schoolmaster and be by him reported. Then the boy gets a forced bath?and it is a bath?for he is assisted by one of the ship's corporals, who sees that soap and sand also are used with such vigor that a personal bath is the one taken each morning in future. "At 7.15 the decks are dried and the ship is clcan, ready for the early drill with royal and top-gallant yards and masts. This is at 7.30 and occupies fifteen minutes. At 7.50 the boys doff their shirts and are carefully inspected as to their personal cleanliness. At 8 o'clock breakfast is ready, and there is 1 ? ?M/\on +rtl\l nn o^fnr always a ruau iw wc ujcoo Mvjn,ai<ivi which the uniform designated for the I day is donned. Shoes must be shined, j clothes must be brushed, neckerchief | tied square, lanyard white and in j place, watch marks on and everything >UN"DER nOTCHEtSg. I clean, or punishment follows without I fail. After breakfast come the drills at the great guns and small arms. At 10.30 there is one hour's instruction at school, with dinner at 12 o'clock. Sail and boat drills come at 1 o'clock. Another hour's schooling, occurs at 2.30. At 4.30 the yards and masts that were sent aloft in the morning come down on deck again, and at 5 o'clock eupper is announced. After the inner man has been taken care of there is another call to quartern and inspection to see that the boys are properly dressed for the cool of the evening. The work of the day is then done. After this the boys do anything they please about deck for amusement-boxing, dancing, leap frog, climbing to the maet head 150 feet above, or whatever else takes the notion. At sunset the hammocks are piped down and each apprentice prepares his blankets and mattress for the night. At 9 o'clock comes tattoo and all are in the swinging beds. An offense is swiftly and surely followed by punishment, such as reduction of spending money, drills during recreation hours and such like. If these don't maintain discipline there are severer punishments, which are very seldom necessary. After once outfitted every boy pays for clothing that is needed, and as they have all learned to sew, and the pay is small, you can 1 ' v? always see some 01 me uojt> wiwuhj sewing up some garment, to prevent having to make a purchase. "This is the routine day after day. No matter how cold or how hard it is raining the boy has to be at his station, and if he is on watch and caught sleeping he soon learns what law and order is aboard ship. Many times he yearns for the good home and friends he has left behind. "After his training cruise is over, which generally lasts about a year, he is transferred to a modern warship going to foreign ports, usually to stay j the balance of his enlistment. Then j lie thinks his hard work all over, and j that he will get plenty of liberty and J money, just as a schoolboy thinks on leaving school to go to work for his living. Ten to one he ih mistaken, as it all depends on the captain whether I lie gets either. The captain is the personification of 'I am monarch of all I ! u.ivr.ov ' nml utou monev or lib j ......?v, ?, ? ? j erty whenever he chooses. Under . these adverse circumstances, the ap' prentice may not get on shore once in six months and only enough money to buy something to eat in the way of I fresh provisions. Of course his money I is kept on the books until he is paid i off at the end of his enlistment. Takj ing it all in all it is a monotonous life with very few changes. The curious J feature of it is that the majority speml ail their money in rollicking as soon a? they are discharged. When they find their money gone and no oj work to be obtained ashore they are obliged to ship again. A sailor who ^ does this usually spends the balance Ij, of his life at sea, for he is never satis- aJ tied with anything else. This makes the saving held true: 'Once a sailor ^ always a sailor.' 3 do not mean to say ^ we never have good times. I have e3 simply described the disagreeable and ^ working portions of an apprentice's. ^ life to show that it is not all the fun and glory that many suppose it to be. ^ I think a boy who has a good home and a place to work, or goes to school, is far better off there than to go to tj sea, to be out all day in the burning o sun, the cold and rain, and to be i tossed about like a cork in the storm." ?St. Louis Republic. ? """" T A Lion Caught by an Elephant. ei An exciting and remarkable scene ^ occurred at Barnsley, where Day's ~ Menagerie is being exhibited. Their manager states that about four o'clock Bartlett, the keeper, accidentally left the door of a cage containing young lions unfastened. Bartlett waa afterwards surprised to see one of the lions loose. Happily, none of the public were in the show at the time. The keeper immediately armed himself, and send for aid. Blank cartridges were fired to keep the lion at bay. Luckily, it came within the reach of a powerful elephant named Jumbo II., who was fenced off by means of ropes and stakes in one corner of the shew. The elephant seized the lion with his trunk around the body, and placing his foot upon him, held him down. The keepers, who had secure rl ropes, noosed them, and putting them on the' lion's legs, secured and dragged him, into the cage. The other animals made a great row, and this, together with the firing h of the blank cartridge, natuxally j alarmed the immediate neighborhood, f, which is thickly populated. The reT?/vpf rtf +1ia linn 'hpinfr at, lartre was < - *? ? o ? -?o- ? enough to cause a speedy exodus from ? the field. Fortunately no serioue j consequences resulted, an under keeper 0 being the only person who was slightly j injured during the securing of the j animal.?Westminster Gazette. j c How the Hair is Worn. i] There is no marked difference in c the wearing of the hair since last win- d ter. The Empire style, which con- n si6ted of standing. loops turned up p from the crown of the head and grace- * ful short curls and waves of hair around the forehead, and the 1830 * style, with its prim, Madonna-like o parting and the low "figure 8" twist t at the nape of the neck, were both in- j1 troduced at that time, and still pre- f vail. With the charming little French f bonnets now worn the soft twists from a which pretty curling tendrils of hair a seem to be escaping are as popular &e J ever. The sketch presented herewith shows this style. The coquettish bonnet is made apparently of green rosestems and the trimming is merely some r beautiful, natural-looking roses, with t knots and strings of moss-green velvet, t In one matter, all fashionable hair- ] dressers are agreed?that is, that all p false locks, when not absolutely necee- p sary, are superfluous and vulgar, and that it is their duty to do their very fc best with the natural hair of the t wearer. They advocate easy, natural t styles, and in this matter, our Jxew a York hairdressers are far in advance a of the French. The French hair- I dresser has been inclined to "pile on fi the agonies" in a puff here, a cluster c of frisettes there, and lo! the creation 8 is something wonderful to behold? 8 having, no doubt, that "chic" effect that characterizes the work of the skilled French Parisian, but unmistakably artificial.?New York Tribune. The Best Foot Bath. The footsore wanderer through the World's Fair Buildings will find solace in a foot bath of hot alum water every night before going to bed. With the best of care the feet are apt to be ten- a der and troublesome in the warm . months, and this simple treatment will be then found most efficacious.?St. r Louis Star-Sayings. Smallest Horn In tlic woria. Smallest of his race and the smallest horse in the world is the distinction h _____ a J" P *??=##IhT j m J k I I I i> JU ; SHETLAND I'0?Ti' GOOD FRIDAY. tl I I claimed for the pony whose picture is tc j given here. Good Friday, for so he is si ! called, in the property of an English " I gentleman, and he has taken prizes in vi j many shows. He is nine hands or j thirty-six inches high and ^ine years ' old. n< I ? ?^ j The wonderful Damascus blades that 0j cut bars of iron in two were not superior to the Toledo blades of to-day. a I z / The Florida Peach. Among the tropical fruit* this i6 one : the most common and pjpular even nong the most careless and ignorant, jme call it the "peach of Florida.", \ here are about fifty botanical species, id all, perhaps with one exception, e native of the tropical regions ol le American Continent and are not mnd in any other part of the world ccept where introduced by man. one is found wild within the United bates except as chance seedling! hich have escaped from cultivation.' eeds are abundant in all species and erminate very freely. They are bout the size and shape of those of le tomato, and the internal structure f the fruit resembles that vegetable. he flavor is quite peculiar and pro*' ounced, and at first not always liked.' o the taste the fruit is a pleasant acid.' he crop usually ripens in the late M ammer, although some varieties bear .:'A uit during the entire year. All / ; inds are said to grow from cuttings. 'he three following named special THE OTJUWBTEKBY QUAVA. . f? ~* 1 aye been quite 'well established ix) lorida and to some extent in Cali- ? ornia: Podium guava, known also as the ; . 'common guava," "apple gnavia" and A 'pear guava," is a native of the West ndies and very tender. P. cattieyanun, } JM r "strawberry guava," is a native of irazil and a much more hardyspeciesJ \ lucidum, or "Mexican guava," io ,%f; 'lorida is improperly called "yeUow . attly guava." The strawberry guava '*M ilnstrated in the cut is small and in; . 'i? olor a dull red, with numerous brown $4 ots on the slightly roughened and ot glossy surface. The flavor ja leaeant, though decidedly acid, some- . rhat resembling the strawberry. $j|!SB The guava jelly, which is known the ;'|p9 rorld over as one of the most delioiotur f all conserves, is made chiefly from . he apple or pear guava. However, ^: elly of excellent quality can be made rom any species of this genus. Tlpe. ruit is also eaten fresh with sugar .'nd cream, or preserved and canned < are other fruits.?Mail and Exiress. A New Magical Instrument. The manufacturers of musical instro< % '% nents as well as others have for yean teen endeavoring to free the tone ol he piano from its disagreeable metal- $ ic harshness. The aim has been to , . ^ troduce a mellow "singing" quality, tossessing as much as possible the flexilility and sustained character of the */ 'j luman voice. A thoroughly satisfacory solution of this problem has not >een reached as yet, bat great effort? re constantly being made toward its ccomplishment, Professor ML do JIaminck, of Paris, has made a great . ^ tep in the right direction. He has onceived the idea to construct an intrument which would combine ^he pecial features of a string instrument, onsidered as leading, with that of the ccompanying piano. Under the piano ' ( , violoncello or violin is attached and losely connected with the piano. The eft hand of the player controls tho ;eys, while the right guides the . bow if the string instrument. An ingenous mechanism causes the mellow learness of the tone produced upon he string instrument to keep up with he established pitch of the piano and lupartd a great parity and sweetness o the tone of the latter. It is also asy to produce the so-called tremolo s well as sustained organ tones on this iew piano, which is something that is , j mpossible to obtain from the ordin-, ry pianos now in use. When the vio^ncello-piano embraces five octaves it' 3 said to be capable of taking the place i f every stringel instrument. It has VI OIi ON CELL 0 PIA>"0. ' iet with the strong approval of leadig musicians, and great things are ex-' ected from this startling innovation 1 the piano world. ?Chicago Herald* ? Better be Born Lncky Than Rieh. A man born with a silver spoon in is month will not necessarily be lucky ay more than a mau born in the pur- ^ - 1 x manfi/\n fhaf Jo WA?: DUX it Ui:3C! > CO muuvivu vuw? ie Hindus etir up honey and ghee ith a gold spoon, aud feed if t > new 1 orn babes to brinqf good luek. To ^ nve largo cars?waicii of course ought > be born on a man?is lucky in hina, Oorea and Japau. Thus Midas as clearly an even too-lucky man, ho fell with motion dull, from ofl'tno ivot of his skull, down on his luck. Bad cease to you," said the clown of liakespeare's time to Fortune; "when . ou're goo:l you're too good." And ' iat may be why it is so well known rery where that a mau lucky eno ugb i be born with a good, fat, persuave wink may finish better than a master of the world."?Saturday 3teiew. l Pulverized chalk moistened will re?w the polish of amber. After oplying the chalk rub the amber with ive oil and then lay it on a noft piecu F wooleu goods until it loo's . VigM fl 1 /? f )