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4 THE DANCING SCHOOL. master's old and Ak A I And tlie pout is Id I And. though be say? I ^ sma^est ^ault KS^p6X8R->. .1 Obassez and bow, and turn and bow? 1 try my best tc tmPfflgZgjjjfj No matter now,there', Ijjffigj And the pout is ifc He taught my father long ago; He teaches me to-day; A thousand small tired feet, I know, Have stirred at his "cbassez!" Chassez and bow, and turn and bow? To the girl in pink and gray? Nn matter nnit. there's a frown OD his brow? A6 he teaches me to-day. Hot what care I how stem he be. If Pink-and-Gray be kind? Oh, let him frown his best on me, If so be have a mind. Cbassez and bow. and turn aDd bow? My happy eyes are blind To the frown on his brow?no matter how? If Pink-and-Gray be kind. Oh, let him frown, and frown his fill. Howe'er he make me stir; The Caledonian Quadrille To-day I dance with her. CJbassez and bow, and turn and bow-~ The fiddles whizz and whirr. No matter how e the frown on bis brow To-day I dance with her. Ah, me! "What years have slid away. Sweet Pink-and-Gray. aivt how! Since that old "Caledonian^" day? They do not dance it now. Chassez and bow, and turn and bow; And the master, prim and pray, Bat* a frown on his brow; and yet, somehow, The scholars slip away. I sit here In the evening's cool, And see you, Pink-and-Gray, Lead children to the dancing-school? To the master, grim and gray. Cbassez and bow, and turn and bow? 1 might have walked to-day? Ho matter how?'twill never be now? "With you, sweet Pink-and-Gray! CHUB. . 1 Romance of West Virginia. BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER XIII. THE CLIMAX AT THE CORNERS. TVell, 1 will give you an opportunity first" The crowd pricked up their ears. "Wha were you doing on the road near Biggcrs' about three o'clock this morning?" "Who says we were on the road?" t "Answer." Who says It? How'd you know It?" "I was on the road." "Oh, you was! What wa? you doin' on the road, then? Didn't you tell the folks you'd stop till daylight at Biggers'?" "Yes." "But you didn't." "No? Loast mv recollection is T wot one ol your gang on the way home." "Well, why don't you tell why you said 000 thing and did another?" "You haven't answered my question." "Nor you mine." "You deny being on the road." "I can prove we weren't." "How? All of your associates will wear it, will they?" , "No matter?I can prove I wasn't on the road, nor five mi!es near Biggers', if that's plain enough." "Well, I suppose you don't know who hot Tom Biggers' dog along about three this morning?" "Didn't know it was shot." "You didn't shoot it?" 1 "No." "Nor ycur brother Ned, nor Pete, nor 8quatty there?" "I guess not May be the dog shot hisse'.f." The Monks laughed now. . It was very funny. "Say, Hank Daw.?on, how do you know Dan Bash didn't run off?kind a rued, An' lit out in time?" "What do you mean, Bill Monk? Put It in plain worJs." "Why 'taint the first time a man's changed his mind. And if be did, whose business Is it, 'cept yours? Tbe hull eountv ain't interested in it, or oughtn't to bo." "No! Very true. My friends might bo. Well, any more, Bill? Speak freely now wbatsocvcr'sin your mind." "Since you want to know, I think? and there's moro'n mc thinks it's mighty curus how a ehap nobody knows anythin' about, 'ccptin' he's spry an' sharp an' a crack shot and jumper, can come hero an' get a school, an' put on a heap o' airs over people as were here afore he was born." "Yes," said "Ned Monk. "Who is this liorc Dan Bu<h anyhow? Nobody knows where he come from, qo they? Don't Iri.fiw If hi> has fnlks. fir whether lip hain't something to keep dark about, and sneaked oft up hero in the mountains, where nobody would think of looking for him." "Lots o' people are saying Inst the amo thing, Hank Dawson," said Bill Monk, with an ugly leer at those nearest him. "Are you through now?" inquired Chub Dawson, quietly. The Monks stepped closer togotner; there was a movement as though they were preparing for an attack. "O, don't mind your pistols and knives Just yet. Let's talk a little longer. You, fod and Bill Monk ? yon know you tried to murder Dan Bash once. You dare not deny it" "O, pshaw: you mean the fight we had that day right hore." "No. I don't. I mean when you two and one of your gang laiJ among the bushes by tho spring, a:>d when Ned almod at Dan, 1 scared hlni, Snooting over his hood. WhoD you jumped out on the road with a knife on Ban, anO the coward with you had a club. Butl shot your arm?you dare rot bare it now?and Dan and me drove you three down ine road like dog*." As Chub uttered these words, she exte;iiM>d her hand toward the Monks, who fell back In dismay. They rallied, however, again, and Bill Monlc laughed?a hard, unnatbral laogh It was. "(io on! Why, that's as good ae what a clown tolls in the circus. But it's a lie?a lie out of whole cloth, Chub Daweon!" "Very well. I suppose you are ready to swear now you weren't ol the road this morning?" "Of course we will swear it?and prove It ? "And you didn't see Dan Bash?" "No." "Not since the day he rode over from loggers'?" "No." "You didn't look for him?" "No. 'Twan't none 0/ our business. You was lookin' for him." "You hadn't any one out on the road, ^either?" k ^fcJTL.o.11?;* - " "Didn't kin Biggers'dog?" "I'm glad it's dead though, for it bil me once." "There's a prood many witnesses here? mind what the Monks say," said Chub, calmly. "Now, then," said Chub, suddenly, as she stepped back and grasped her rifle from Eli Potts' hand, "throw up youi bands!" As the two Monks facing her obeyed reluctantly. Fete and one or two of the gang found themselves covered with rifles drawn by the crowd. Then Chub addressed herself to the crowd: "Take their knives and guns, boys." The Monks were speedily disarmed. "Squatty, come here!" Squatty approached her in fear. His checks were pale?his hand trembled. - The Monks looked at him curiously. "Squatty, you can choose now. Will you keep your promise, or will you take your chances with the Monks. Choose quick. The Sheriff will soon take a hand in this matter." "He ought to be at my house now," said Hank Dawson, coolly. "Least that was our understanding." "No matter, dad. If the Sheriff's lost his way, or anything's happened him or > ' - 1 ? T *?An nnrl T no n iaVfi DI5 IJUrse, 1 J C^nun jruu ouu. v??v them into the town," said Chub, calmly. "You'll wish you hadn't, Chub," said Bill. Monk. '"Squatty." Squatty stood beside her. "Did the Monks send you 1'pon the road to our house between two and three this mornin??" "Don't ask me." "Yes, or no!" thundered Hank Dawson. "Y es." "It's a lie!" said Bill Monk. "It's truo?1 caught him with the help of my dog." said Tom Biggers. "And I'll swear it'in court," added Hank Dawson. The Monks turned wrathfully upon him and scowied. "I tell you. we never touched Dan Bash. We don't know anything about him, and Squatty's lying if he says we do." "Wait till he does say it," replied Chub, calmly. "He only confesses you sent him on the road. That proves you are Interested " "Nobody will believe Squatty." "When we swear the same thing may i? ooi^ Tnm Wrrfrorc ue Liit-y win, ^aiu jluiu "Now, then, Squatty; look me in the eyo." Poor Squatty could with difficulty obey Chub. "Were you at the spring on the day Ned and Bill Monk planned to kill Dan Bash?" "Don't ask me?don't." "Yes or no!" said Hank Dawson. "I?I-?I was." "You was in the plot?" "I?I was." "But when I suspected what they were up to. and followed Dan?cutting across the near way?did or did I not shoot Bill Monk's arm; and then he, and you, and Nod were afraid to fight us both, or of the consequences if they killed me and Dan?and they and yon slunk off. Is that true or r.oi, Squatty?" "It's the God's truth; but they'll kill mc for telling Chub." "We'll see to that, Now, then, dad, If the sheriff dor-sn't show up in five minutes, you'd best t:;ke the whole gang to lowa." As ehe ceased speaking, a horse's hoofs wert? heard clankering along the stony road, and the sheriff was soon in the midst of the excited crowd. "I'm an hour late. Some whelp's been foolin' with my horse. I had to get an other on the road," said the sheriff. "Maybe the Monks will explain It," said Chub, pointing to them. "I shouldn't wonder a mite," said the sheriff. "Take 'em alone. Sheriff. I'll be In town In time to see they don't get out on straw bail. Mind?the charge is? murder!" "Hem! You make It?" "No! I do." said Chub. "It's all the same. Sheriff," said Hank Dawson, with a smile. "Yes, it's in the family," said the sheriff. Now then?I'm ready to move on." And soon the sheriff, with a 6trong guard of volunteers, rode off to the town with the .Monks aDtl Squatty, who was held both as a principal and witness. CHAPTKK XXV. TirK COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTE. "I reckon that was the best way out of TT 1- T\~ OO I, A iU' bcliU JL'dWsuu ?o wiio sheriff disappeared with his prisoners. ."We've pot to makc3 a light sooner or later with that cang. But I aoa't like the. way they talked about Dau Bash. It was most U)o true. Chub." "What. dad?" They wore alone now. Tom Biggers had gone off with the sheriff. "Why, about Dan's pcop'o. We never knew uutbiu' about his folks much. He never talked about them." "No. But 'twasn't because he hadn't reason to bo proud of them." "How do you know, Chub?" "Well, dad, I couldn't just toll you? but I know. Ilc'd smile curiously when he spoke about the great folks he'd met. You make up your mind, his folks are above the ccmmon." "I hope ro, Chub?for yonr sake." "But 1 know it. dad?there's ways of finding out a girl can't just explain. You'll see Dan's folks are tip-top. And Dan's gco'i as gold." "Oh, ail rij?ht himself, Chub." "And ha s not dead; 1 said murder? but I mea.nt the plot to kill him?and to hold them till he is found?as he wii! be." At that moment a traveler oc & horso that IcoUf-d as If It was hard ridden, stopp?d at the Corners tavcrr. and dismounting entered and called for some liquor. Eli Fotts wa'ted on him, ar.d the traveler was loaving the door with his wallet iu his hand when he suddenly stopped. "Ilolio! What's this?" He turned, and Ell, who had ftlloweJ him to the door, looked at him in astonishment as he held up a bank note. "Eh? Ain't it good?" "Good? Look at it." Eli looked at it closely. "That's good as wheat. Good as wheat" Chub signed to her father quickly. Hank moved to Eli. "Let me look at it, Eli." "Well?" The traveler regarded Hank attentively. Then he glanced at Chub and bowed slightly. "I think it's good. It's a little worn? i irrrr,rl.lilr? hilt. T'vp sppn wnrSft Tirintfirt notes than that, sir." "So have I." The stranger looked very soberly at Eli Potts now. The blood mounted to the landlord's cheeks. "You?you?you don't think " "I'm paid to think. * "Pshaw! That's good enough, bnt If you don't like it, I'll give you another." "No. This w.ll do me. Your name is Potts?" "Yes; Eli Potts, and I don't care whe knows it, and I ain't carin' for any fine's nnininn T pan llVB Or Ket alonK without keepin' tavern, aud I don't pass no bad money." "I didn't say you did." "Yes, you did. You've as good as said lt'? bad. 'Tain't like times when we'd State bank's, and the bank busted You insinuated it wasn't genooine." "It isn't" Eli recoiled in alarm. His wife came to the door. "What is it, Eli'" "This man says I've put a counterfei note onto him?a counterfeit ten-dolla note He gave me a twenty to cbang ?said he'd no small change?and nov he says " Here Eli's anger choked him. "Don't fret in a passion. Keep you shirt on, Mr. Potts. Keep cool; I'm cool.! "Nobody said you was passing coun terfeit money." "Will you allow me to see the note?: said Chub, suddenly. The stranger handed it to "her, keep ing a keen eye on her all the while. "It looks all right," said Chub, hand in? it back to the traveler, who carefull; deposited it in his pocketbook. "Mr. Potts, you know who gave it t you?" said Chub. "To be sure I do: so does Susan here She seen mc make the change for tha ten?she brought me the bills." "Then you have no hesitation in tel] ins who gave it to you?" The stranger looked at Eli keenly. "None in the least." "And you," to Mrs. Potts, "can ej plain all the circumstances?" "Why, to be sure." "Then how was it?" "Why, the man that gave Eli the bi laid it on top of the bar'l there?I see it. And Eli said to me, 'You bring m change for that money.' I says, 'Is it ten?' And he said 'twas. I brought th bills to Eli, and when he put the ten J his pocketbook I looked at the monej and that was the solitary ten-dollar not in the pile." "That's plain. Will you swear to thai madam?" "I reckon?if it's necessary." "Who gave you the ten-dollar noti Mr. Potts?" It was Cnub's voice cutting in clea and brisk. "Why, 'twas just Bill Monk." "I thought so." The stranger turned and looked at he now keenly. "Wliii Hirl wnn IViinlr sn?" "Excuse me, sir. You are a strange to me." The traveler smiled, then said in a indifferent manner: "There's a good deal of counterfe money circulating in the middle of th State?not much in Pine County, bi there's the marks of Pine County on th make." "What's that?" said Hank Dawso quickly. "I say there's reason to believe there a factory up here, or a place where it : collected for distribution. "Are you a Government officer?" sai Chub quickly. The rnai smiled again. "I am not at liberty to answer tha question. Supposing I am, what then? "We could help you find the factory, think," said Chub, in low tones. "There's money in it if you do." "I don't want money. I've more tha I can use now." Chub looked disdainfully at the strar ger. "I beg your pardon, miss." "No offense. You don't know us, reckon, that's all." "This Monk?is he " "We've just sent him to town with th Sheriff on account of Dan Bash." "Dan Bash!" "Yes?what do you know of Da: Basil?" "What do you know?" "Mc?oh! I've just heard of him that's all. You know him, then?" "Everybody in Pine County knew w were to bo married last Wednesday." "Yes," said Hank Dawson. "He ha disappeared. We think the Monks mad way with him. Tbey had quarrele from the time Bash came here." "Hum. So?just so." The traveler was making mental note I of tbe latacr ana uaugnier. The notes read thus: "As straight as a die?ana fearless Pluck and prit?and enormous grip al over him. Great beauty?splendid form * Like her father?only quicker. Dio fo their friends and never squeal once." Iiut aloud he said, in very calm tones "Mr. Potts?it will be necessary for yoi to explain how you came by this note I shall arrest you?don't be alarmed? mere matter of form?your friend here Mr. " "Dawson." "Dawson will bail you?then I wi! make regular charges against Mr. Bil Monk, and " "if you'll be guided by me," sai Cbuo, "you'll do nothing of the sort. "Eh!?how?" ' "I said you'll put your foot in it if yoi go about it in that way." "Well, then, will you be able to giv me a better plan?5 "Easily." "Pray inform mo." "I will. Mr. Potts, please step oui side with dad and me?Mrs. Potts ca attend to the house?and she mustn' speak a word of this." ""Indeed, I won't?mercy knows shan't.'' said Mrs. Potts. Then Eli Potts, tl ?t/aieler, and Chu stood beside Hank 1'awson, in close d< liberation. [TO BE CONTINUED. J CURIOUS FACTS. St. Louie grocere must procure I . consei:. The room id \iincn tue greats* poleoji died is now occupied as a tt: Lie. Carved emeralds were well known t the ancients and of high value as cu works. In the Fifth Century before Clirisl refined copper was deemed as precioi: ae gold. London contains one-eighth ofGref Britain's population. It has a largf daily delivery of letters than all Sco land. A halibut weighing 322 pounds wr caught off the coast of Roskland, Me. recently by a line fisherman ninety three ye&rs of age. The privateer Polly, which preye upon British commerce during the wn of 1812,is now lying in Boston hurboi every timber sound, though she wu launched as early as 1804. Constant Agony was the sail nam r\f ?i fro/iln'olltor on f1i?> Ibliitrnri' RTl Hudson Railroad who was struck an instantly killed by an express train ? Beekmantown, N. Y., a few days ag( In Holland it in customary, who there in infectious disease in u lions* to notify the fact to intending visitoi and the public generally by tying piece of white rag round the bell hai die. The island of St. Helena, where Xi poleon was held a prisoner, has 11 area of forty-seven square miles. I; population is more than 4000, but 20 emigrants leave it annually. T1 whale fisheries there are under Amer can management and amount to aboi $90,000 a year. LIFE-SAYING. METHODS OFTHE MEN ON COAS AND LAKE STATIONS, t r An Interest!! g Pen and Pencil Sketc v of the United States Life-Saving Service as Shown at the World's Fair, r OSSIBLY the hard life-saver in the se * vice of the Go ernment is the lea talked about an most interestir r irfmi man the Federi y ^ / 8er7iCe' ^ ^ o new occupation hi been found for the fisherman in tl winter months where before he had 1 rely on the profits of the fishing seasoi |. The United States is the first Nation i the world to establish and to maintai a life-saving service. It has alreac had its effect in fostering navigatioi and since 1872, when it was foundc on its present basis, has proved a graE success. On the English and Frenc H coasts stations have been setup atdai d gerous points for the mariners by vo e untary contribution of ship owner a Neither the British nor the Frern e Governments takes any interest, peci n niary or otherwise, in this work < ^ charity and protection. The mari: ers in distress are left entirely at tl mercy of salvage companies. The life-saving service of the Unit< States is under the direct control !? the Federal department and is one the growing organizations of the Go r ernment. Within the last decade tl increase in the value of the se:rvic +/-> flonartmontftl nt.fl.fi st.ir I ?V,V,UlU,Ufi >r I haa been enormous. The total nui ber of disasters in which the life-t ave have had anything to do since the fo !r mation of the corps has been 6450, 11 total value of the vessels wrecked $71 367,850, the total value of cargo jt $33,342,469, the total amount of pro e erty involved ?104,710,319. By tl it live-saving stations alone of the pro ie erty involved $78,821,457 has bet .saved and only $25,888,862 lost n, wrecks. In all of the 6450 wrec , there were 52,879 lives in danger, which number only 627 were lost. Tl e d S VIEW IN THE LIFE-8AV ratio of lives lost to the liTes enda: ' gered and of the property destroyed the property involved in wrecks hi l* been wonderfully lessened in the la twenty years. . Every year Congress appropriat a $1,000,000 to the life-saving servic i. and every years new stations are bui a and equipped. The only Nation < !? the globe that supports even one lif saving station aside from the Unit< I j States is the Turkish Empire. T] i] Sultan has established a station on tl Bosphorous to protect the Orient d mariners from its dangerous reefs. n ___________________________________ LINE-CUTTING TACKLE. h i lB The sea and lake coasts of the Unit States, exclusive of the coastB of All it ka, have an extent of 10,000 mil< v protected and patrolled by the Gc L- ernment's life-savers. Upon th< coasts these are 262 life-saving si IS tions, of which 199 are on the Atlanl coast, forty nine on the great lak< r_ thirteen on the Pacific coast and o on the falls of the Ohio at Louisvil! (-j The stations are all placed at points navigation. From the eastern extremity of t ^ coast of Maine to Race Point on Ca Cod, a distance of 415 miles, there a Hixteen stations. In the Revolutiona 1,5 days the Massacnuseus numune c ^ ciety was formed, and life-saving ^ ^ its aim. This organization is still u existence, and watches for wrecks ' the coast of Massachusetts. On ? n oount of this protection the genei Government has not found it nect "s sary to establish stations except a places where wrecks are unusually fj i* quent. " rl ? ?? tt _i_ 1 r\ at .Between Danny nuuiv huh vupc iu t- on tbe New Jersey coast, where t n coast-wise trade is congested, the ts we forty stations. Between Ca 10 Henry and Cape Hatteras is a dang< ie ous spot for mariners, and in the 1 j- miles of coast there are twenty-fi 11 stations which form a complete chai At each station there is a crew seven men and a keeper. Each aa of the crew receives a salary of $65 a T month, and the keeper a salary of $900' t< a year. The crew is under strict b T discipline. Daily drills and rigid ex- v, ercise is exacted. The stations on the Atlantic coast are mannod from Sep- f< h tember 1 to May 1. During the sum- v mer months the men fish in the t vicinity and may be called together at v ? a ^ THE OLD MOTAB. id ib any time, although not on regular a- duty. On the great lakes the stations >1- are manned from the opening of navis. gation in the spring until closed late in :h the fall. The stations on the Pacific a- coast are in service all the year, of , There is a regular system of.promoQ tion for the men. From the keeper ie down they are numbered. In the absence of No. 1 the next man, No. 2, sd is commander of the crew. From of sunrise to sunset the 10,000 miles of nf aaa and lato r?f the United States ? v- is patrolled On foggy days the men ie are constantly on duty and walk the ( e, coast with lighted torches as a warn- , is, ing to laboring vessels. The night [ n- patrol ie divided into four watches and i rp two surfmen are picked for each \ r- watch. The patrols on the Atlantic | tie coast connect and form a continuous , I,- line from the far-eastern cost of Maine < es to Florida. When the patrolmen from , p- different stations meet at ithe ie boundaries of their territories they ] p- exchange checks, and these are for- , :n warded to the captains at each station < in as an evidence that the whole coast has , ks been covered. Each man carries a , of beach lantern and several red Costan ] be hand-lights. Upon the discovery of a , ? * "" ^ ING STATION, 'WOKLD S FAIR. n- wreck, a vessel in distress, or one ranto ning dangerously near shore, he ignites as a hand-light, which givts a brilliant at red flame. This serves as a warning and tells of assistance at hand. The ee greatest work the service has accom:e plished has been in the line of warning It vessels off shore and preventing dis>n asters. e- The uniform is simple, consisting 3d of a bluo blouse, a cap with the letters lie U. S. L. S. S. embroidered on it, and le coarse flannel trousers. The badge of al {he service is a life buoy on which a boat hook and an oar are crossed. The ? men picked for the service are mostly fishermen from the locality where they are to do duty. They are men who know every inch of the ground they are to cover and know every bump in the bottom of sea within a mile from land. There used to be great loss of life in the service, but the danger gradually diminishes as new inventions are made. No patrolman on his lonely watches on the beach can shirk duty. When the stations are placed so far apart that pa- 1 trolmen do not meet, each surf man car- 1 ries a clock with a dial that can be < marked only by means of a key, which \ ^ A-u . A 1 also registers iuu nme ui iubimu^. This key is eecured to a post at the end of his beat and he is required to reach it to bring back the dial prop- * erly marked. Ida Lewis was made famous by her 1 daring feats of bravery at the Lime 1 Rock light in Newport harbor long be- < fore any life-saving station was in the j vicinity. Equal feats have been ac- ? complished by the surfmen, but as it 1 was in the line of their duty their 1 deeds have been lost in the every-day ( humdrum. The forerunner of the ser- ] , vice were the sheds which were built i by the fishermen on the Atlantic shore, t ed where they kept a boat, mortar and ? is- life-lines. The door was always locked, i 38, but in case of a wreck the house was j >v- broken into b}' the first man on the ] >se scene and the boat was hauled out to \ ta- the water's edge, ready when the fish- i tic ermen should come to man it. There i )s, were no such inventions as the life lines ] ne now in use in the '20s, and the brave < le. fishermen worked against great odds. ] of The first rescue with the implements similar to those the Government he life-Bavers use now was off Sandy Hook pe on January 11, 1850. The British ] ,re schooner Ayreshire, with 202 souls on ] ry j board, mostly Irish immigrant), was j >o- wrecked about auu yarus on snort- luiu i j as at night. The natives of the fishing | j in settlement were aroused ami with their I t on mortar sent the life line to the imperiled j j ic- boat. In the metallic car 201 of the , ] ttl 202 passengers on the ill-fated schooner | ] is- were safely brought to shore. This at mortar with the ball that carried the *e- line are on exhibition in the life-saving station at the Fair. The rusty iron ay bull has a long history. It struck the j he deck and went crashing through the re timbers. The vessel sunk and was in pe the course of time buried in the sands. >r- In 1875, during a heavy storm, the 21 wreck was uncovered and washed on ve the shore. Between the old timbers < in. was found the iron ball firmly im- { of bedded. The life car which brought i ar the people ashore ie also on exhibition. 1 he one man who was drowned at* jmpted to ride on the roof of the car, nt was washed away in the great raves. The appropriation made by Congress ti or an exhibit of the life-saying ser- r ice at the Fair called for all kinds of t< 'oats and equipments used in the ser- h ice. There are two large self-bailing r nd self-righting mahogany life-boats a ndtjeveral old-fashioned vessels. The- fi elf-bailing boats are the ones chosen a >y the service. The average boat a weighs 1200 pounds, is twenty-six feet fi ong and the beam measures seven S eet. The self-righting and self-bailng boat is too heavy to be hauled on he beach and is mainly used on the akes. A track and a sloping plat- a orm is needed to launch it success- t nlly. The life-saving car carries all g he equipments of the station and can a >e readily hauled by the men. t The life-saving station at the Fair -y vill be maintained even after the term a >f the Exposition. The situation has B >een found to be better adapted to the r ervice than the old one and the post l, vill be removed. The crew which now t nans the World's Fair station belongs -9 n Ludington, Mich., and will return it the close of the Fair. This crew, he best drilled on the lakes, is com- ( nanded by Captain John Tufts. The ^ nembers of the crew are Surfman J. ?. Pratton, M. W. Grinnell, J. Nelson, g Carlson, B. Carlson, O. Wilkinson, j ind J. Mitchel. They are detailed on j egular life-saving duty while here. T Drills are given every Monday, Wed- 1 lesday and Friday afternoon at 2.30 T >'clock. On Saturday an exhibition of ^ ife-boat capsizing and righting is ^ fiven. ] The exhibition on Monday, Wednes- ^ lay and Friday consists in the full 6 arork of saving ship-wrecked sailors. ^ rhe surfboat is maneuvered on the ( 3each, a line is fired over the wreck, ;he whip and hawser are sent out and ;hen breeches buoy. In this the men, )ne at a time, come ashore. At the ind of the hawser printed instructions \ ire given in English and French. Tbe iile-saving station ana tne exhibits at the Fair are under the supervision of Lieutenant Charles H. McDlellan of the revenue-marine service, issistant inspector of the life-saving service. He is the author of several * books relating to scientific life-saving, ind is the inventor of most of the apparatus used in the service. He represented the service at the Cincinnati Exposition in 1887, the New Orleans Exposition in 1884, and 1885 and the London Exhibition of 1883. Biggest of All Searchlights. A searchlight of 375,000,000 candlepower, set up at the World's Fair, is bhe biggest and most powerful electric searchlight in the world. It dwarfs into insignificance by comparison the LOO,000 candle-power searchlight on. Mount Washington, hitherto the great28t in existence. With the exception Df the reflecting lens mirror, which tvas made in Paris, this great light is entirely of American manufacture. The height of the light in ten feet six inches, and the weight 6000 pounds. * " ' -a iL.i. _ Lt is bo periecuy uaianceci mat u cuuu 3ould move it in any direction. The reflecting lens mirror ie sixty inches in diameter, three and one-quarter Inches thick at the edges, and onesixteenth of an inch thick at the center. It weighs about 800 pounds. The naximum current at which the lamp operates is 200 amperes. This gives a THE BIG SEARCHLIGHT. total luminous intensity to the rejected beam of about 375,000,000 jandles. The light was successfully tested at Middletown, Conn., before 1 being sent to the World's Fair.?New < York World. 1 ] Chinese Regard for Beasts of Bnrden. Chinamen have such regard for 1 beasts of burden, such as an ox and < the mule, that they make companions t sf them when alive and never use < their meat for food when they are ( lead. These animals usually live in 1 the same building with their masters, but in a separate apartment, which is especially devoted to them. They are j "? * -x 4.1... t ;i.. not required ro eat av me imujjj mujc j unless they wish to, and meals are f served in their rooms without extra ? aharge. They are expected to report T iny incivility or inattention on the j part of servants to the master of the house. A pair of oxen can reside in a the house of their master and enjoy ] ill the privacy they would have in a ^ stall of their own, and a sensitive and j retiring mule is never in any danger j jf being intruded upon. ? Chicago ^ Herald. s Odd Collectors. f Philadelphia possesses a collector of rj Horseshoes, Boston a gatherer of bricks, STew Orleans a collector of sugar sa-:n- ^ ales, Louisville a gatherer of sample E lusks of whisky, but Nebraska beats j ,hem all. She boasts of a man who ' ;akes locks of hair shaved from the D jeads of noted criminals which he abels and indexes with great care? Kate Field's Washington. A Motto for Everyday Life. Here'n a motto which, in the opinion v )f the Atlanta Constitution, is good g ror everyday life: a Ti?'k!e the earth and make her grin? S The more you tickle, the more you win." The army medal given by the Duke ? )f Cambridge for long service and i: jood conduct has been awarded to 150 ? loncommisBioned officers and men be- * longing to the British army. i HOUSEHOLD MATTER*. / A HINT ON DUSTING. In one of the best kuown gymnasims for women in this country the Kj esident physician said in a recent inerview: "Dust is almost out of place , > ere as it -would be in the dissecting oom. I am eagle-eyed for its appearnee, and I am proud to say that the urniture is hand-dusted?that is. with . : v?>r cloth. To the best of my knowledge nd belief, a feather duster has never WwP ound admission here."?St Louie Itar-Sayings. CHEAP AND GOOD VDvEGAS. To eight quarts of clear rain water dd three quarts of molasses. Turxx he mixture into a clean, tight cask. i lhake it well two or three times and . dd three spoonfuls of good yeast, or [ ^ wo yeast cakes. Place the cask in a > jirarm place and in ten or fifteen days ; dd a sheet of common wrapping paper meared with molasses and torn into larrow strips. This will make excelent vinegar. The paper is necessary. o form the "mother" or life of the inegar.?New York World. KNOCKING THE SPOTS OCT. Spots on towels and hosiery will lisappear with little trouble if?a little immonia is put into enough water to oak the articles, and they are left in } t ail hour or two before washing; and 'V. f a cupful is put into the water in rhich white cloChes are soaked the light before washing, the ease with ' t fhich the articles can be washefl"an4 heir great whiteness and clearness ? rhen dried will be very gratifying. Remembering the email sum paid for hree quarts of ammonia of common itrength, one can easily see that no teaching preparation can be more >. sheaply obtained.?New York World.TO KEEP MEATS SWEET. ^ Some provisions should not be pni '1 m ice; every housekeeper ought to J mow that all meats, raw or cooked, ose in juiciness and tenderness by iter iction. For instance, a joint which 1 vas excellent when served hot will .*:A >ften become tough and tasteless if :ept in the refrigerator twenty-four ^ lours. l nave seen cornea Deei De:ome so hard that it chipped off like ce, though it was not frozen. . There is a simple treatment of boiled v . ^ neat which keeps it palatable., If you ' vish to cut the meat when Hot after ^ linner plunge it again in boiling vater or in the water in which it was :ooked brought again to a boiling joint and there let it remain until ;old. You will find that it will thus ibsorb enough moisture to keep it ' . ;ender and juicy. Do not place it in '; ,^-j. ;he refrigerator warm. Bologna sausage or any of the preptrations in sausage skins will mold if put into the refrigerator, or if shut up from the air. Fish should not be brought in direct L lontact with ice, no matter what the %. general market practice may be. Sal- " iion loses its delicate flavor almost most completely if laid upon ice. In 'act no food should ever rest directly lpon ice. ?Chicago Record. THE COOKING OP VEGETABLES. Boiling can be more conveniently v md readily accomplished on a keroiene oil or gas stove than in any other tind of an oven. But beets, carrots .. J: ind parsnips, as well as other roots, ; * may be cooked in the oven for a long ' ;ime very slowly in closed vessels, snb- : jected to the same degree of heat that is required in roasting meat, from 300 iegrees to 350 degrees F. Green veg-, - ; v , stables, peas, beans and the like, are |$p pery deliriously cooked in this way* rhey retain a very much finer flavor ;han when subjected to the customary heat of the iron stove in an open ves- * sel, or when boiled. When the heat is properly regulated, all kinds of fruit ^ ? ind vegetables may be cooked in the jven in vegetable dishes?china, porcelain or stoneware?open or covered. rhe watery kinds require very little m abater. The dry kinds may have a very ittle water added. The steam generated at the higher heat to which the jutside of the vessel is subjected raises :he temperature within the covered ressel only to about the boiling point, ^ 4-V.a nfloonl mfl v T1A+. Kn wfPRTT) lliU VTX1I1C tUU TtDOV/4 UiWJ ~ -w . ;ight, lest it burst, yet it may be st?ficiently tight to ^retain the aromatic t ' )ils, which should not be carricd off, ;hns assuring the full flavor. ?Boston J Cultivator. 1 SIX RECIPES FOB SOUPS. . Bean Soup?Use cold boiled or H Daked beans. Mash them through a lolander, add boiling water, some but;er and plenty of salt and pepper. Boil until of the proper consistency. Corn Soup?Take six ears of young :ender corn (sweet corn is best), cut lown each row of grains with a knife, ;hen scrape. Pui on to boil with ple.-it/ >f water. When nearly done add a juart of milk, salt and pepper, and a lttle flour und butter to thicken. , Vegetable Soup?Take the liquid in rhich yon have boiled beef, and into 1 his put some sliced turnips, a fe* jotatoes, a very small head of cabbage inely chopped, two or three tomatoes, md a small red pepper. Jjet k simner slowly until done. Small onion f desired. Bread Soup?Place over the lire a ^ ufficient quantity of milk to till a ' ] arge dish. Let it come to a boil and J hen pour into the dish in which you I lave previously broken v.p scrajjs of J >artially dry bread, with siifficient , | >epper and salt to season. Let it j tand a few minutes before serving. | Cabbage Soup?Select a small head if cabbage. Chop or slice it very tine. Then put on to boil in a little water n which a small piece of meat has >een cooking, with a handful of o*taeal. Cook until cabbage is taoroiighy done, then add a sufficient amount f water, salt and pepper. The oataeal will thicken it enough. Potato Soup?Pare and slice a few iotatoee, and put ou to boil 111 a oou 1 nth very little water. When they be- , ome soft, ma?h them up finely anil ! mt on more water (as much as yon J ash for soup). Now take and mix to- J ether two tablespoonfulsof fiour with J half teacupfnl of milk, and pour in. . I ieason with butter, salt and pepper. There is an extensive alligator in- I lustry at Jacksonville, Flv, as maybe i nferred from the fact tl?at in 1890 ' 400 alligators were sold there to ? 4 * ouriets as relics of Florida life. I j