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STtthwc^ CHAPTER X. DEAD OB ALIVE? Ghostly fell the snow! r Like a curtain, a shroud, it had closed bout the devoted form of Edna Deane that wild, tempestuous night, when the oor child of destiny had sunn exhausted and despairing at the very threshold of safety. The 6iren-hearted Beatrice Mercer "had sped to sunshine, luxury and gold, with no thought of the real fate of the whose name she had assumed, whose loyal lover 6he had determined to Win. than shft. the soft snow iUUX U WC1W1U? 1 had drifted gently over the inanimate wanderer, striving to 6hut out from the /flgor of storm and tempest the frail y~' form that had 6uccumbed to the chill of winter like a tender lily. . 1 Upon that 6ame eventful night another ! Hgure braved the storm, and, breasting Pits fierceness, took hits way alo^g the eame road, down which ?dna; ?>eane's i dumb guide had so nearly.led her to heitcr. - -?> " I "Anight to get housed. I pity the homeicS9 or belaiod!" breathed hearty, puffing John Blakii, as he struggled > ^through the deep arifts. "Ah! nearly home. There's the dear old wife waiting to. welcome me with a warm supper, I'll warrant." Farmer John neared the unpreten- ( tious cottage that resembled a Laplander's hut, with its eaves hung deep with enow festoons. A doleful neigh from ,the wagon-shed aroused his humane 'heart, however, to turn from his path. [He found there the exhausted animal jthat had led Edna hither, bestowed the , (wandering brute in its stall, and started ^ again for the house. I "Ho, there, my dear!" sang out the ;"bluff, great-hearted old fellow, as he , made up a huge snowball and sent it sis J jfeet away dashing against the door ol 'the cottage. i It opened. An eager, motherly face j Bhowed in the lamplight. | "Dear, dear! Is it you, John? I've j been so worried. Always a boy, throwing snowballs and singing out like a pi- < rate. Will you never mend?" ! "Never while this jolly 6now reminds j me of our schoolday sleighrides, and ??"p r>rAttv hloomimr face, vou dear old i v%^ r* * v ? 'girl!" retorted happy John. "Come, ?broom to beat a path, bo I j gging the snow all over that ju think more of than you jver!" Bsome?" sang out John, In3weeping a path to the door. Did you just come, John?" tcome? You wager I haven't lading around for fun, with two feet down my neck, and rm supper on the table!" [ thought I heard some one ago." maybe." vas a human cry for help." fancies. The wind toots ne-whistle to-night?lawsy ihn uttered a sharp cry, ecoiled. The broom fell d, and there he stood star{H^^^Howq at the ground at his John?" ejaculated his ?rife, p^^^L too. "Somefl^^in th path. Bag of oats ?a sheep-^^L Jane, look!" He had^^wd over to examine the sbject at hj^^at. His grea^^Hful eyes glowed like two 6tars. Into view he had dragged a human hand, limp and nerveless. A soggy dress-sleeve followed and then a terrible cqp rang from his wife's Ops. Out into the snow she dashed. Down beside the inanimate form, disenshrouded from its snowy mound, she knelt. "John! John!" she wailed, peering into the white, cold face of the insensible Edna Dean6?"it'6 a woman?a young ?Hri Oh. John! look at the bonny face." and the quick tears rained down in wild, j motherly pity. "Oh, John! dead or alive ?which?" CHAPTER XI. PLOTTERS IS COUNCIL. The false Alice Ealston, the real Beatrice Mercer, went straight to Hopedale after leaving the home where she had found a father and a fortune. She took no risks in her movements. Balston did not know of her destination, had not known that she was at the Hopedale Institution through the years Bodney, the man who had died at the bridge, his friend, his advisor, had the eole charge of placing the real Edna at the seminary, for, as Beatrice knew, when father and daughter had parted years before the former was a fugitive from justice. She had told the anxious Ralston that Bhe would return speedily. She had Bec-ured a large sum of money. She made sure that no one followed her to the train. To break any possible trail ehe changed care at a large city midway to Hopedale and made several mvterious purchases at a costumer's and at a hair dresser's 6hop. When the next morning Beatrice Mercer alighted from a sleeper on the train at tho nearest railroad town to Hopedale. and took a carriace to her home, her best friend would "not have recognized her. lor she was completely disguised. Bhe had come to act a part, and she had come iully prepared. In dress and face ehe had effected a marvelous change, and when 6he reached the Hopedale Iiotel and ordered a suit of rooms, no one formerly familiar with the trim, vsat figure and rather attractive face of ??nr?Vn'?r r?f IsllTT liau-pttj OV14VV* ?,vv>v?v? v ?vr?~.v-.. Seminary, about tho village, would for a moment have suspected the true identity of this new Beatrice Mcrcer. She had come hither with an object, a definite object, bhe had come to seels a ti?ce of tho man she had loved. Huytnond Marshall. She had resolved to Win his love. Ruthlessly she had striven to destroy his faith in Edna Dcano, as ruthlessly sho had covered the trail of | the young girl, when she disappeared, | Bhe had robbed her trusting friend of ' homa n 11/I nml nftir aVi would steal her loval, broken-hearted ; lover fr<ir:i her. Thi? was lier plot, and j her 6pirit never quailed at the upbraid- i ii gs of iiii outraged, harJened conscience. "He shall bo mine! "Wealth is nothtog without him," &?he had told herself, ind forthwith she set herself at work to ionsummrite her design k. She had Coney?that could buy information, co?Deration. She had an allv in reserve. , , . u \J SB? ; &x$ms>jr _ ind after remaining in her"room to res intil noon, she dispatched a messenge;, !or Dr. Raphael Slmms. This man wa9 a physican -who re sided near the village. He was a hard soarse-featured man of about 40, and her only living relative in the world. He had a very small practice, for people generally dislikod him, but he combined with his profession a mortgage 1 * -?S?- ?n/1 noraH rraTV lffctlft fnr loaning uuiue, ? anything except money. A hair cousin of Beatrice s father, these two had rarely ir^t one another, but Beatrice knew tho man fully, and comprehended that sbe could rely on his secrecy anci co-or?r&tion where there was moneyed reward assured him for his services. A' about 2 o'clock Is the afternoon Doctor Kaphael Simma was ushered into the parlor of the suite of rooms at the hotel occupied by Beatrice. He evilently supposed he had been sent for by i patient, for bowing awkwardly to her, he looked somewhat puzzled, as he said: "You are the lady who sent for me?" "Yes. Doctor," responded Beatrice. "Ycu are ill?some friend " "No, I want your personal services, not rour professional advice. You do not know ine? Lock!" Her visitor started violently as Beatrice removed the false front of hair and her glasses for the firBt time, rerealine hpr truo identitv. "Beatrice Mercer!" he ejaculated in genuine surprise. "Your cousin. Tea. I need aid. I do not know a person in the village I can trust but you. First, I desire complete secrecy. Next, certain information 5<?u can clean for me. Perhaps a week's attention off and on will do. "For all this I will pay you $500." "You?will?pay?me! "gasped the petrifled doctor, wondering if the friendless girl he had known as a dependent at the seminary had taken leave of her senses." "Five hundred dollars. Are not my words plain enough?" "Where would you got that sum of O M ujunej r His incredulity nettled Beatrice. "Out of vpy pocket-book! Five onehundred-doll&r bills. Count them. Take them; they won't burn you. I pay you In advance." She had extended the amount in question. Its unexpected possession, the munificence of the reward, fairly stunned the Doctor. "I can't understand how you come to have so much money," he began. "Don't try to." interrupted Beatrice, impatiently. "Briefly, I have come into possession of several thousand dollars. [ choose to spencj the money as I like. [ offer you $500 to help me. Do you igree?" "Yes, indeed!" "First, my identity and plans are to be a dead secret between us, now and hereafter." "Trust me for that." "Next, you are to obey me implicitly." "With such pay for my services, I am pour slave!" "Very good. First and foremost, I wish you to go now, and at once,' and learn all you can about the whereabouts ?f Eayraond Marshall." "Eh!" ejaculated the Doctcfr, with a jtart "I don't think he is in the vil.age." "Then ascertain where he is." "I'll try." "Next, find out about the whispered Inancial complications in the affairs of lis father, Col. Marshall." "That is more easy." "And report progress to me as soon as rou can. "There shall be no delay." Dr. Simms departed. Beatrice looked sxcited, suspenseful. "The ball set in motion?oh! with a Tusted ally and unlimited wealth, I :annot fail in the scheme I have idopted." She counted the hours until late in the afternoon. Her face underwent rivid changes of color and expression is there was a knock at the door finally. "Come in!" It was her ally, Dr. Simms. He looked tired and excited. "Well?" she demanded imperiously. "I've had an afternoon of it." "You have found Raymond March all?" "He returned home this morning." "From where?" "From a fruitless, heartbroken quest toy that girl he was spoony on at. the lemlnary?the one who disappeared so nvsteriousl v." "Edna Deane, you mean?" "Yes; that's the name. He's been >earching for her everywhere, neglectng business, growing so thin and pale ;ljat they say he is fast breaking down." "And his father?" "Added trouble there! Dark rumors jay that his business Integrity is at stake, that a financial crash threatens, t made circumspect but close inquiries. He is at the office of the lawyer now, striving to adjust affaire. You see " "You need not tell me more," interrupted Beatrice, impatiently. "I know *1 J- *V.au^ +U ~ 4 UJlire WlUll )'UU UU, JJ1UUUU1), awut niau At the lawyer'8 office?" she continued, arising and putting on her wraps. "Keport to me here about eight o'clock this evening." "You are not going?" "To the lawyer's office myself." She left the hotel alone. In ten minutes 6he entered the outer room of the offices of the lawyer her informant had referred to. She sank to a chair near to the halfopen door of the compartment marked "Private," adjoin'.ns?. Then she bent her ear and listened eagerly. ? J - -1 > Oices OUUIiUC I ucanj. eyes glowed with satisfaction as she realized that accident had enabled her to enter tho office and linger unperceived. Her heart beat quicker as 6he recognized the broken, pleading tones of Colonel Marshall, Kaymond's father, and the words he uttered were: "Ten thousand dollars! Impossible!1 I tell you that unless I have time, unless those documents are suppressed or destroyed, I am a ruined man!" "Just in time! I shall win. Everythings favors me!" fell in a baleful, triumphant murmur from the lips of the confident Beatrice Mercer. CHAPTER XII. S WED. Beatrlco Mercer drew nearer to the half-open door, as thoso ominous words Bounded forth: "1'nless those documents are suppressed or destroyeJ, I am a ruined man!" A strong man spoke them, but the voice, while mournful, bore a token of pleading, despairing agony. The listener knew that the speaker was tho father of Kaymond Marshall. What she already know of his business complications had brought her to Hopedale. It was through tho father that the relied upon reaching the son. There was the rustling of papers, and then the lawyer's voice reached her ears: "I am very sorry, Colonel Marshall, but I have my orders to act." # "You can defer action." "I would vl0late my duty to my clients If I deferred it a day longer." "Then " "To-morrow I go into oourt and submit these document. They represent a personal indebtedness of $d,000. They represent your Indorsement for $2,00*0 more. The distressing feature of the latter amount is that the alleged maker of the note denies its validity. In other words, it is a forgr ry." A groan rang from the lips of the unI Konnr mnn *4 Off J ***?" "You are right," he murmured In a hollow, broken tone of deep despair. "My personal indebtedness does not worry me. I 6hould never have been called upon to bear it, for I never personally contracted a dollar of it. However, penury, destitution myself and family might honorably endure, but dishonor, neverl If that two-thousand-dollar claim is presented in court " "You will be accused of forgery." "Which I never committed!cried the Colonel. "You believe me?" "I certainly do, but will a jury? Those documents go in as evidence, on their face showing you are responsible for ' them." "But I have explained to you I That scoundrel of a partner of mine drew out of the firm a few months since on the pretense of ill-health. He took nearly all the ready cash, and not until after ne had got safe in a foreign land did I learn tnat the alleged valuable assets he had left as my share of the business nnlv waste Dacer. Worse than the burden of debt, he left those forged notes. I hypothecated them. Now I am aocused of utterine them!" "Can you not take them up?" Insinuated the lawyer. "Impossible! I have vainly tried to borrow. My son, a dependence usually, has lost all Interest in business and wanders about half-crazed over the disappearance of a heartless jilt No, ruin stares ma In the face?worse, the prison-dock, dishonor, death!" "I am sorry for you." That was all the lawyer could say. | TO BE CONTINUE!* 1 W0KD8 0* WISDOM. Selfishness is a hard snake to kill. It never harts truth any to be lied about. Every land flowing with milk and honev hfiR ciants in it. o ? ? A good prayer meeting always begins before the bell rings. Everything we do will be great when it is what God wants done. Fortune cannot change ub. It oan only bring out what is in us. Angels are disappointed when the preacher stops working for souls and goes to working for dollars. Scandals and crimes in the newspapers are helping the devil abont as much as the hypocrites in chnrch. The man who sits down to wait for a golden opportunity to knook at his door, will need a thick cushion on his chair. Many boys are saved when tbeir fathers are wrong, but the child Btands a poor chance when its moth9r is wrong. It is better to have only a little honeBt meal in the barrel, than to sit down to smoked meat that should be returned to somebody's smoke bouse. ?Ram's Horn. History of Popular Songs. Columns might be devoted to the <->F "nnnlor onntra in all lands. and as songs travel, so do musical in* struments. The reader "who fancies that the bagpipe, for instance, was first heard on Caledonia's shores will be surprised to learn that it was known in Babylon in the days of antiquity. The Assyrians bore it to India, and it was used by several Indian tribes. Later it was known to the Italians and the Bretons. It entered England shortly after the Roman conquest, and found its way to Scotland, where among the Highlanders it reached its best development. No musical instrument has passed through more numerous and varied evolutions than the violin. Among the ancient forms in use at the present day, one of tbe most curious is the Hardanjjer fiddle, which is still popular with the peasants of Norway, and ' * ' X A ot wmcn some specimens are iuuuh among the Norwegians of our Northwest. It has eight keys, four of which represent delicate metallic strings lying under the fingerboard and so tuned that their vibrations add weird harmonies to the tones of the princi* pal strings. Many are the feats of skill at country festivals in Norway In which the Hardanger fiddle plays a prominent rule. To its inspiring strains the bold rustic dancer leaps into the middle of the barn floor at the country merrymaking, balances himself to and fro, first on one foot, now on the other, springs up again, and finally, atter several feints, turning a somersault in the air, touches a beam in the ceiling with bis foot. With its marked accents the fiddle guides the movements nf fhin littlfi solo dance in two-fourths metre, known as the Hailing, givijj a Btrong marcato when it is time to kick the beam. It is ready, when the feat is well performed, to break into that gracioas combination of tones known as the spring dance, a lively measure in three-fourths metre, in which both lads and lassies take part, and for which the successful Hailing dancer mav have his choioe of partners.? Vew York Ledger. Ivy Poisoning. Antidotes for ivy poisoning multiply. Ono very susceptible to poison oak or ivy is reported in the Rural New Yorker to find tincture ol grin delia the best remedy. Dilute it with about three quarts of water and bathe the affected parts. It should be ap' plied as soon as the irritation is felt I and before the characteristic pustules appear. Applied at this time it will prevent the formation of the pustules and soon check the irritation. But if not applied until the pustules appear it will only prevent the formation of new pustules that are already formed will 6imply take their course without spreading. The diluted tincture should be applied to the affected parts as often as two or three times every hour. Another antidote declared to be entirely efficient is two or three drops of bromine in a little sweet oil and used as a lotion. It is a little difficult to [ buy brcmine in minute quantities,owing to its evaporating propensity, but at least one drug store in Providence has it on sale in this way. BICYCLE NOTIONS. SOME NEW IDEAS CONCERNING THE UBIQUITOUS WHEEL. Bike" Sledding Promised?Attachment That Makes a Bicycle the Rival of a Locomotive?A Dog as Motive Power. THANKS to a Yankee's inventive genius, a bicycle can now be provided with runners, or skates, rendering it possible to spin along over the frozen flnid at a high rate of speed with comparative safety, making all the turns, Btons and starts as easilv as udou the floor of the riding school. This invention consists of an equipment of three runners, which can be attached to any machine without the slightest injury?one runner for Jhe front wheel and two for the rear. The v THE LATEST "BIKE" IDE reat portion of the bicycle is supported by the runners in such a manner that the tire presses upon the ice sufficiently hard to give the friction, or traction, necessary for propulsion. By means ol a lever operated by the hands of the rider the pressure of the tire upon the ice can be regulated, or if it is desired to coast the rear wheel can be raised entirely from tne surface, throwing the weight upon the runners. These runners are but a few inches apart. They resemble an exaggerated long Dutch skate. The front wheel does not revolve at all. The runner is fastened firmly to it, not permitting it to toaoh the ice. Steering is accomplished in the ordinary manner, with the handle bars. The brake consists of a nnmber of sharp teeth or claws which are forced into the ice, just in front of the rear wheel, between the two runners. It is not necessary to pnt the wheel in motion before mounting. It will stand by itself, and the rider can come to a full 6top without getting off. The ino noorl nnf. rrmfinp Tiin fraTftlfl to frozen bodies of water. He can r:-de anywhere that good sledding is to be found. Equipped with a set of these runners it is possible to ride wherever a sleigh can travel unless the snow is deep or soft. This new attachment appears a little complicated, but in reality it is a very simple affair, and can be attached by any one having a slight knowledge of machinery in a short time. No tools are required beyond those habitually carried in the tool bag, and the bicycle is not damaged in any way. Detaching the runners is as easy a matter as putting them on, and they are adapted to ladies' wheels as well as to the diamond frames. Ingenious Attachment for Bicycles. nnr>m"r? illn c^nlinno TO. A.JLIO nWWVUijJOU J lAlg iliU3?iUViUUu 4W produced from the Railway Review Bhow tfce general appearance of an attachment for bicycles for adapting them for use on railway tracks as well as highways, which is ingenious and seems to have a merit. The attachment consists of three guide wheels and the guides and supports necessary for attaching them to an ordinary bicycle in a manner that will keep the wheel directly on the center of the railroad track. The illustrations show the machine with the attachment in place and the bicycle on a railroad track. When it is desired to use the wheel on a highway the attachment can be easily removed or can be folded up and carried on the wheel as shown. It is stated that the attachment complete weighs only fifteen pounds, and an ordinary wheel with r~~~ ~ COMBINATION BICYCLE ON HIGHWAY. attachment will weigh less than fifty pounds. The leDgth of time required for adjusting the attachment on the wheel is given as five minutes, for removing it one minute, and for folding it up and securing for highway riding five minutes. The plan is to construct the machine so it will be of use particularly to telegraph and telephone line repair men, and for this work a wiro reel is carried upon the rear fork of tho attachment and the necessary tools are carried in a satchal suspended in the frame of the bicycle. For the repair of long distance telenKnna linpq wllioh follow both Tail I ways and highways, it is believed that ' this machine and attachment will be particularly useful. It is claimed that a speed of twenty-five miles per hour cau be attained on tlie machine, and the inventor states that be can maintain without fatigue a speed of eighteen or twenty miles. C. H. Garvey, of Anderson, Ind., is tbe inventor. An Electric Tandem. An electric tandem, the invention of two Frenchmen, MM. Aucoc and Darracq, is jnet now creating a great sensation in bicycling circles in Paris. The maohine is an ordinary tandem vinrroA witli an elonfcrirt motor and VC5V^ - compact 6torage battery. It weighs about twenty pounds and generates two horse power. The motor tarns at a speed of 3000 revolutions a minute, but the problem of gearing it down in its attachment to the axle has been successfully accomplished. The motor is able to drive the machine without aid from the riders, A?A WHEEL ON RUNNERS. bat pedals are provided as in the regular tandem, for the wheel is found to run much more steadily with them. The man in front steers, as in ordi- j nary tandem riding, while the rider on the second seat regulates the speed and acts as engineer. The storage battery at present in use is able to carry the machine at a speed of over forty miles an hour for about an honr and a half without a change. r\ inttAnlnwa /^ntrioo/1 4-V*/-? rr*ainA xuo AUVCUi'wr&D uv i luuu iuu expressly to pace contestants in time contests and long road races. In France the cost of hiring pacers in the professional races is very considerable, and twenty-four-hour contests become extremely expensive to the management that is conducting them. The eleotrio tandem is estimated to cut down the expense abont half. This maohine has been so successful that French bicyole manufacturers are looking forward to the construction of a storage motor in the near future that may be fastened to ordinary single bicycles and will give effective help in climbing hills or when bursts of speed are needed by tired riders. A Dog as Motive Power. Laziness is the father of nearly as many inventions as is necessity the TSES HIS DOG AS A MOTOR. mother. It certainly bore some relation to the attachment which a citizen of Strasburg, Germany, rigged to| his velocipede to enable his dog to assist in furnishing the motive power. The dog was hitched behind the vehicle at the end of a rod so that he pushed instead of pulled. With the dog's head hitched to the vehicle he was forced to maintain the proper position and his efforts to trot along directly under his master resulted in his taking much of the strain off that gentleman's legs. With ft powerful dog COMBINATION BICYCLE ON A RAILWAY broken to harness and willing to work scorching would be made easy. Biggest Cylclo Ever Built. An Eastern tire manufacturing firm exhibited at the Louisville meet the greatest novelty in wheel construction ever attempted. It was a monster tricycle. The machine is fitted with mammoth siagle tube tires, the front one beiig of the color characteristic of the firm's product. An idea of the proportion of the machine may be gathered from the fact that eight men are required to propel it. Many former attempts have been made to build a giant wheel, eitlier a tricycle or abioyole, but none of them hava been successful. Faulty const ruction has been the obstacle -which has prevented the success of previous similar undertakings. In theory this tricycle is correot, and on the roa.l it has been used with success, appearing at several meets aronnd Boston and on the streets of the city. The extreme height of the tricvcle is about eleven feet, which in tVio d iomaI 4-Vio T?nor o^oaIq wliATl I the tires are fully inflated. These tires are of natural rubber color, sixteen inches in sectional diameter. The diameter of the front steering-wheel is six feet, cross section nine inches. It is notable that the tires are built up exactly as the regular tire. The weight of the machine is 1453 pounds, without the eight men, who weigh approximately 1100 pounds more, making the whole affair scale more than a ton. The gearins is analogous to that of a locomo tire, having a doable set of gears, four men driving from eaoh side, and connecting with the wheel on that side. Control of the Wheel. S Every bicycle rider should learn how to control his wheel without the aid of his hands. That cannot be done until one has learned to pedal evenly, which is quite an art in itself, and may be attained by practice. Emergencies arise in which the full control of the wheel when the hands are not upon it is deBirable. Is There Irrigation in Mars I It would seem that th e planet Mars is now in a condition to whioh the earth must come. It is straggling against the gradnal disappearance of water on its surface and its atmosphere. There is no weather there, for there is no rain and there are no winds. Dew in winter is deposited on its poles in the form of snow. The rest of the p]anet consists of deserts with very slight elevations. The inhabitants hare met this state of things by a gigantio system of irrigation. What we call canals are irrigated districts abont thirty miles wide, with a canal running through them, from which water _ A.- 3 TT J XV?^ IB aietnouteu. aero uuu luoto ua large oases of irrigation, and these oases are connected with each other by means of the canals. When the sdovs of the poles melt, the melted water is distributed over the planet, and thus orops are prodnced. The inhabitants store np food and water for that part of the year when there is neither water nor vegetation. So rarefied is the atmosphere that one of these inhabitants can work at onetwentieth the exertion that it costs ns, or, in other words, perform with the same expenditure of strength twenty times the task.?London Trath. Li Hung Chang's Pipe. Here is a rough sketch of the pipe which Li Hung Chang uses when he smokes?not opium, but tobaoco. Ordinarily the tobacco pipes used in China are made of common white metal, but Li's is exquisitely chased in | silver. Its most bulky part is a reservoir of water completely closed in, from the ripper part of whioh rises a vertical silver tube V, with a horn mouthj piece. Let into the ' ' upper part of the 1 water reservoir is 51 the pipe proper, \ which is adjusted in \ such a way that its ? lower extremity r- touches the water. ' i . / It is not unlike a /I/Ill W cigarette holder. In j| [ || /A another part of the I lllL ?jl?cohering is an in O dentation for the reserve of tobacco. The pipe has to b e replenished every minute or eo, and there is, moreover, the risk, if the tube gets ever so little awry, of sucking up, not smoke, but water. Chicago Cripples Meet. Men who have lost legs or arms by accident, and aie still able to earn a living, are going to organize for the benefit of those who are a grade more unfortuate than themselves. They i called a meeting of cripples in Chicago. It is hoped by this means to get charitable people to contribute to the erecj tion of a home for the helpless. | The plan was suggested by the in crease of beggars on the streets ot Chicago?the only resort of men and women who are nnable to earn anything by reason of infirmities. It is argued by the leaders in the movement that bnsiness men should be willing to contribute lamp snms for the support of an institution in case they are assured that they will be relieved from the annoyance attendant upon the growing system of personal appeal.?New York Journal. A Dog for Motive Power. The appearance ot a man on a tricycle with a dog hitched behind it acting as motive power created no little comment in the streets Strasburg,Germany, several days ago. The dog was hitched behind tbe vehicle at the end of a rod so that he pushed instead of pulled. With the dog's head hitched to the vehicle he was forced to maintain tne proper position and his efforts to trol along directly un Jer bis master rrsulted in his taking much of the strain off that gentleman's legs. With a powerful dog broken to harness and willing to work scorching would be made easy. Kept Ilis Word. Bridegroom?"I said I'd give tip everything I owned for Amanda's sake?and I've kept my worJ." POPFLAH SCIENCE. fi The composition of mutton is fhe^E same as that of beef and it is aboutH equal in nutritive value to beef. H Lamb is about the same. 9 A telescope which its maker ex- S peots will bring the moon within thir- fl tv-nine miles of the earth, is being built for Ihe Paris exposition of 1900. It is said that dew will not fall on some colors. While a yellow board will be covered with dew a red or black one beside it will be perfectly <9 The Vianona io aaid fr> hft the mOSfe ll prolific of all food products, being forty-four times more productive than potatoes, and 131 times more than wheat. The interuatioual congress for the prevention of cruelty to animals, held i at Pesth, unanimously resolved to~< take steps to bring about a general prohibition of vivisection by law. There was a rainfall of 7J inches in the north of Ireland in July, which beats all previous records. There have been 23} inches of rain so far this year, 2} inches above the average. Library students in Paris wear "muzzles" when perusing old books , in the National library, "not because there is fear that they will bite the old volumes, but to prevent the inhalation of the book microbes into their lungs. In France there are thirty-two botanical gardens; in Germany thirtyfive; in Great Britain aad Ireland, eleven; in the Indian Empire, nine; J in Italy, 221; in Russia, fourteen; VI while in the big United States there are but five. The average depth of the sea, in yards, is as follows: Paci6o, 4262; Atlantic, 4026; Indian, 3658; Antarctic, 3000; Arctio, 1690; Medit- . erranean, 1,476; Irish, 240; English Channel, 110: Adriatic, forty-five; Baltic, forty-three. A eoheme has been quietly matured by capitalists to conneot the surface, railway systems of New York and Brooklyn by means of a tunnel. The tunnel will be about 8600 feet in length, and in its greatest depression it will be 146 feet below the surface of the East Biver. Simple llome Remedies. The hints and suggestions given S herewith are expressed with rather I more confidence than we should gen- fl erally use in regard to the effioacy of such remedies.. They are, howewer, B very simple, and for emergencies can do no harm. fl Salt and water, used as a gargle for H sore throat, is equal to chlorate of I potash, and is'entirely safe. It may be used as often as desired, and if aw little is swallowed eaoh time it will have a beneficial effect on the throat by oleansing it and allaying the irrita tion. In doses of one to four tea-jH spoonfuls in half a pint to a pint of tepid water it acts promptly as anfl emetic, and in cases of poisoning isfl always on hand. It is an excellent fl remedy for bites and stings of insects. H It is a good astringent in hcmor-H rhages, particularly for bleeding af-H ter the extracting of teeth. Mustard is another valuable remedy No family should be withoat it. Twc^B or three teaspoonfuls of ground mus-^P tard stirred into half a pint of waterH aots very promptly as an emetio, andH is milder and easier to take than salc^f and water. Equal parts of grous<^H mustard and flour or meal made intd^H a paste with warm water and sprea<^H on a thin piece of muslin, with anoth^H er pieoe of muslin laid over it, formHD an indispensable "mustard plaster It is almost a specific for colio whe^H applied for a few minutes over th^H "pit of the stomach." For all inte^H nal pains and congestions there is n^H remedy of such general utility. l^H acts as a counter-irritant by drawin^B the blood to the surface; henoe, iHS severe cases of croup a small mustar^H plaster should be applied to the bac^H of the child's neck. The same treat^H ment will relieve almcst any case headache. A mustard plaster shonl^H be moved about over the spot to acted upon, for if left in one place is liable to blister. A mustard pl&^H ter acts as well when at a distan^^B from the affected part. An excelle^|H substitute for mustard plasters is whj^H is known as "mustard leaves." Thl^H may be obtained a dozen in a bo^^H and are about four by five inche^Hj They are perfectly dry, and will kec^H for a long time. For use it is on^^| necessary to dip one in a dish of wat^^Bg for a minute, and then apply it. Common baking soda is the best c^H all remedies in oases of scalds an^H burns. It may be used on the surfa^Hj of the burned place either dry or we^H When applied promptly, the ?ense <^H relief is magical. It seems to wit^^H draw the heat and with it the pai^^H and the healing process soon con^H mences.?Home Qaeen. Hints on Eating. Rapid eating is slow suicide. HI Plenty of time should be taken. Dinner should be of a lighter nflH ture in summer than in winter. Mere gratification of the appetite very likely to shorten life. It is not good to dine when ini^^^H state of mental or physical weaknes^H Two pounds of potatoes contain a^H much nutriment as thirteen pounds tnrnips. Light soups, light desserts and ligh^H meats should have the preference i^H warm weather. Fish and oysters are easily digested^H An hour or two of rest should be take^H after the meal. Abuse of the stomach at dinner wil^J be repaid sooner or later by that pun^H ishment which comes to the glutton^H Vegetables and fruits are to be usec^f most generously at that season of th^H year in which they naturally mature^f ?Home Queeu. Au Oily Fish. The oily character of the menhadeijM is familiar; it is caught for its oil^H which is tried out in factories. Men^B haden fishermen use purse nets, whicbH are tarred to preserve them. To keep^H fmm sHolrinrr t,n the tarrecl^B tJJ U11 uauw^ ~ o - nets they rub them on a freshly caughtM menhaden, handling it something asH they would a cake of soap. So oilv isH the menhaden that the simple presSiirdH thus applied is sufficient to brinfj^B | through the sccdes oil sufficient for thdH purpose. H . . .jjH