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* Mi 8B9PS&I :v,; ..^ % ?rv^ ? -;i ??* &>?pv-5$ . Wb - . 4 ?? ?, . ,t ? ? L 2, 1885. N(X 28. eag^door nO"pr h**^ ?9 lock yojfla, "all stynt and all dftmfacdl" ~ .^.r; rheytSongbt too niuoh, Mid,OQtheir 'blnkln^ . ?,'boatt '? ?? t\yf ?" ' ? ? With plain hcrolo couplets wer<j COD toot. | But wo* 4? him who tuhLr noVr Nowti fho mcssuro of * Goldnmfth or ft &cata! ? ,, 0no. fonn, and only one, opuW-?w>rvcr hlm( Let no Svo poet -venture on bl4nk vorso. sf&tttttett Is fault Do inula at flcont, and sbnn bit Boom* sophisticate, and no'er reveal Aught ?.f emotion you may ohnnco to feels . ?Til ox?orablo form, 'tis most Ill-bred: long o<tees not from tl>o heart, but from ttoo jr^itto VhrlBtmM vorsee in the month of June; yti January sing a summer tunc; Chant clones boforo tho victim's dond? V?or *iagazl tics wnnt verso six months ahead Vbt a, following my odVloo, you've oonquored rDt to sign in full your middle name, j in this regard was very and; j no middle name?thoy thought ry. 'Earning tub right. ^ ? Jhe was young and delicatc, and fair with the fairness of purity* Mark Mannerlng stood by her side, a world-worn man of thirty-five; not neo ossarily a man whom the world had taught her cruel ways, but a man who had buflotcd fortune, who had earned his living from boyhood by olos6 appli cation to work, that had left him no Umo to become a pet of sooiety. Yot for ail "Brutus was an honor able man/' he felt so far the inferior of the graceful girl besido him that he oould not summon sufficient nerve \o tell hor how ' dear she was to him, J and how ho wished to marry her"'and , ?how the worldl this fresh orestore, / With hef frank,-spoaklng eyes, as the bright fairy who was to load him up* Wfrd and onward through all th'ftj ?'MermeHel" oalled^M ^votoo, and the '#oldeh; 3-jbst ':M# enWed the ? sitviuj?wiM whose pleasant ;^}ilte-curtalne3 iHn ?ow.J?^d upon tto honejrjnoj ia(s? ^ 4i[#red tv > onatowd wim. m; ibwJim nor k&ew Why his ?na to Mrs. Cho4borough/a daugh were oncouragod. lis father had recontly died, and he ^ros reputed to bo worth property to i%ie amount of nearly half a million. -jMrChosboroughs wore also wealthy and of a good family. Two Weeks passed away, and In that time M irk Mannoring loft the field clear for his rival, for ho abstained from again visiting tho girl ho lovod bocause he know so well hor raothor destined hor fo.- a wealthy marrlago, \andhok nw his clmn o< with Mor racllo w? vo fastened should his atten tions become too frcquont end nssldu OlUt4 V $'Tho gay season was at its ho'ght, whon one night a party had boon form ed, comprising young Tromnor, Mrs. ^bosborough, and Movmollo, to attend tho opera. ! Mrs. Chosborough, at tho last mtn ;tito, found herself unable to Join them, and Tromnor, promising to oall and tdkean aunt of his with him in her stead, tho mother at last consoritod to allow Mormelle to accompany him. But his u or thy aunt, as Trom?or ?was woll awaro, wos a large body who not only moved slowly, bnt rarely. Her opora days wore woll over, and though hor nephow made a feint of urging her chaporonago, ho know woll, before entering her abodo, that nothing would induce hor to loave hor warm flro8ido on th's oold night. Thooxoluslvo life of the old lady (Tromnor's only rolatvo in the city) prevontod hor from hearing tho many rumors ourront about hor nephew. That ho Wa? leading tho Wo of a faih lonablo young man she was well awaro; but that rumor nocreditod him with , largo wea'.th sho did not know. Had any Ono whl-porod the word "money" In oonnectlon with her noph ew sho would havo looked aghast. "Mdneyl Don't spoak to mo of his ? ? I" Wou](l haVbboen hor emphat joinder. ? "Ho run through tho proporty his father loft him lodlly enough, and now the debts i fashion and folly have lod him Into aado him a disgrace to hit faml r. */hat nis wild course will lead him > 4b only too plain. Norer mention lamo again to mo. Hi? position in "onablo roeloty is l. ought with dls ; the indignation of this frank t lady did not roaeh tho outaldu , So Mrs. Chosborough was not Ih believing Theodore Tromnor a r man of fortune. , was the fashion for tho party, m, of ootitfo, as on previous oocas j, it had inoluded a chaperon, to ro i to a select dlnlng-sa'oon for sup p When the performance wa< ovor. ? * ' * * as nanal, young Tremnor _olr select d resort. a;? ? lis companion hesitated, hut took it sO much ss a matter iat sho fotind herself seated ' fhts and company of the Imost before she had time __J, Wine wo* served, and pros ' they wero again whirling ovortho l Of tho eitf. an unconquerable drowslno?s i possession of Mormolle, and tuat iho^^ylcldlng to * sloop, yet titterly uhablo fo T, sho at last lay bsok In the a state of ocmplote nncon mi flooded fleldi and woods ie sea of light lendor tho ocean rooked h tho^Maoh, while Its away in the distance, unbroken and per* thls Weak shore, with ' hthouae, might have it a ooen scon a boat out upon tiie water*. felowljr it doared a point of land about Wbioh gome fishermen's huta woro gathered, and where a few ?a>l boatalny rooking upon Ibe waters.'^* , ? To roach this point, howerer, the boatuinn must pass the promontory where stood tbo old towor liko struo turo we have described. ?>A4he drow near something like a faint 6ty roaehod his ear. He listened; it oamo again, and seemed to emanate from tho lighthouse. Then a small flame lit up the high window; it flashed, then fluttered down -down the rugged old gray wall to tho ground. Ho made all speed to land at the' nearest i oint of safety, and made his wav at oneo to the lighthouse. , As ho reached thG spot, he again heard a woman's scroam, and. it was plain th t souio .one was* calling' for holp at tiio summit of the odiflee. . He j-pru- g tip tbo broken stairway. Darker and darker it grow, lit only by tbo occa iohal glo >m from a slit-liko window. Hj atru k m.ntche* to Jicht his way. ^ ' ? ? Suddenly ho J card 411st ahead of him other foet treading the winding stair way. They halted, but tho man from tbo boat persovorod, and presently Stood faoing a fasMonably-nttircd young man.' HU face was white as chalk. Ho at tempted bravado, however, as ho saw determination upon Iho face of his pur suer. * "Mr. Theodore Tromnor, what does this moanF"* "It moans that you'ro a cursed fool, and yOu'd bettor turn back and go about your business." "Not until 1 And out who is in dis tress in this building at suoh an hour," said the other. As ho spoke he attempted to pass the man, who now completely barred his passage upward. As ho took a stop forward, tho other sqntohed from bis jooket a rovolvor, and took ahn. Anticipating this, ltia companion dasho l, with ono blow against Trom nor'a shoulder, himself "and his woapon 8rtv?ral 6t(j^A-t>elow him. It Was tho ;w6rk Qf a mdjupnt, and the next ho r&s rftshln? uwtbe stair*. Tr^mrior, smuggling to Ids feet, scud ci down th^atairs, and fled through i?-pathjifljd Hold, till ho roached' a ?nei^> stood a carrlago nnd driv . ? ? ' ' " "Drivo like mad?stop for nothing? Station^. You will bo well puidl" . And ||toi next tra\;i whioh loft for away - Thoodore TronSr to th? conth ?_ ??Jggod and brought hero. Hark?what is thatP He may oomo at any momont Where can ho have goneP" ; "I met him on tho stairway on his way up. Hut ho will not comu now. tear nothing: ho is but too woll pl-as ed to lloo after mooting inc. Como with mo?Mormollo?Miss Cho^borough ?my boat is noar. I will jjot you safo homo to your mother." Mormollo broke into wild sobs of re lief. "Oh, what kind fato was it that sont you to my dolivoranccP" Sho roso, and attemptod to fool hor way, with Mannering for a guide, down stairs. But Mannering placed a strong arm about hor, and boro hor bolow as lie would a child. Mrs. Chcsborough was in a condition impossiblo to doHoribo when her daugh ter, with Mark Mnnnoring for a <om panion, niado hor way into tho houso at four o'clock in tho morning. Almost frenzied, tho mother could not for some time coraprohond tho cir cumstances. Whon at last sho did so, the roso and seized Mark by tho hand. "What?what groat tldng," she cried,"oan I ovor do to thank you for "Thorois ono thing," said Mark, modostiy, "and It is a groat thing, and it is th is: I lovo your daughter doarly, and if I cannot glyo her groat woalth, I can glvo her tho proteotlon that nti honorablo man can bostow. Will you glvo her to my oaroP Will you consont to her becoming my wlfoP" Mrs. Chcsborough hesitated but a minute, She saw that Mormollo was not to bo quostlonod. Sho had already con sented. Without rf word sho took tho hand of her daughtor and placod it within that of Mark Mannoring. "Ton have earned tho right," sho said, "and sho is yours." Oano Sugar m nn Antlscptio. * ProfessorLtioko, a Strasbourg sur* K?K>n, strongly recommonds powdered cane-sugar as an antisoptio dressing for woundft. Hitherto it has b.cn used In equal parts with napthalino, or with one part of Iodoform to llvo of sugar. In onsen of wounds nnltod by suture tho mixture is put up in gauzo and ap plied to tho part; whore there Is lost of skin the sugar is sprinklod directly ovor tho part. The sugar dressing is flxod in place by some layers of gauao de prived of fat, ovor whioh a layer of gut ta-poroha was applied, and tho wholo soeured by a ban dago. Tho sugar dress ing may remain from eight to fouttoon days without the sugar dissolving. Tho accretion from tho wound is equally distributed through the sugar, ana it is only when the layer of sugnr is too thlok?moro than about one-fifth of nn Inch?that lumps aro formod. Tho wounds have a healthy appoaranoe tin "dor the sugar, tho dressiugS nro not of fensive, and baetoria oan not be found In theta< ' t Bishop William Taylor, who is about I ork, has determined to toaoh tho na VC9 English hj to go to Afrloa to engage in missionary ? English by the phonotlo system of Mr. Klias l^ongloy of Cincinnati, ono <<f .tho oldest andbost-known phonotrraph ers and spelling reformers of tho United Btates. Ho bejievAs that this stop will ' < religion. He to r|>ftd the Enabled lo imdorstand tnros the Devil wonld eyes all manner of infidol and corrupt ing reading matter, btit the purity of tho fonetio alaphftlwt has hot yet noon dofllod in that way 1 non as they are I the Holy Bcrlp thrutttundor their OOfc. HAltNISYtt ltJSVKN^E, "JW awUlMV at th? Somlnole War. ? * ' * When, the massacre of the Caloota hatohie ended the truoe which had for a brief timo suspended "operations against tho Seinluoloa, writes ?*Ncd Bun til no" in the New Yt>rk "World, tho war opened with renewed activity. Tho naval foroo on tho ooaat?Jo which the writer hereof, then a midshipman, at-t ing aa lieutenant, waa fUtaohod?con sisted of the topsail achponor Flirt, Wave, and Otsego, ooromanded re spectively by Lieutenant Commanding J. T. McLaughlin, Lieutenant John Kodgors (late .admiral) and Passed Midshipman Kdmund Templar Shu briok, about whom 1 will ahpxdf write a tragio b'"'.v.rr. The army force con sisted of ti c Jd art llery* Gth infantry, 2d dragoons, and a part of tho 7tli in fantry. Tho 8tll infantry oamo later, under command of Col. Worth, who aoon after was promoted, and, reliev ing Gen. Zuchary Taylor, pmdiod ac tive operations until the war was ptao tlcally endod. I am thus particular now DocauHo in these.' papo:s all thoso parties will havo a place. Col, Harney was ragiug( mad whou ho reachcd Key Biscay no on onr schoon er, awearing tho bitterbst Vengeance on the rod murdorora of i.ls'brave >men For it was murder in yid broadest sense. The men foil not as soldiers in battle, but woro surprised in bed, shot down, slain and seal 6d, with no chanoo for resistance. ,On the island whleh forms Capo Florida, thoro wore several companies of 4h<? 3d artillery and two companies Of the 8d dr goon*. Harney us lieutenant colonel ranked all the officers at tho post, ami tho naval men haviug a la go number of oypress canoes that had boon made expressly for our .use in following tho Indians np tho river, lagoons, ami bays along the coast, made his plana easy of accom plishment. ' "> v? /; ^ . Calling for voluntoors to fro . on the. expedition, tho brave Harfloy soon had 20J picked men, sailors and soldiers, ready for a start. I forgot just now the namos of all tho ofllcorf wtyo went along. I am almost sure that Goneral Sherman, now rotlrod,.yfrif'ono?Jpr he waa at tho'post, a lieutenant. I know that tho late Gon. Ord wtw thoro, as Will bo soon iu latot* lines i* this sketch: Lieut. Kodn?y, of Jtaldwrijto, a gallant dragoon, also Capt. Fulton, of tho flame roglmont, Francis Key Murray, John Contoe, and Lieut, llager^wero in tho naval contingent. ( "Young m(mj". aald Harney to mo whctfw?>oio ihtiug oiit tho canoos, Si! "Yes, < lw^iKSi.? m, mm* each? Wo paddled us sKotlt v as pos-i blo np to old Fort D;U.i8, j|t tho mouth of the Llttlo Miami rivor, and entering it pu?hod rapidly up into tho ov r f;la Ics. Everything depended on, our aking the Indians by surprise. Tho strictest ord rs woro givou not to lire a gun, or oven glvo an order In a loud tone. An experienced guide was in tho first oanoo, and tho othors followed iu lino as close as one lould bo kept to another. It took all n ght to | a?j rtp th ? sha - low, sinuous stream and get fu rly into tho glades. Then, fearing to bo d s covorod, wo lay all day closo on a llttlo island, watch ng through our glasses for smoke or igus of occupation on distant islands in sight of ours. Our vigilance and care w?ro rowarded. Wo saw on one of tho largo t IslUnds evident signs of occupation, but no ? gn ol alarm to show that onr presonco In the ghulea had boon discovered) Yio knew that wo were near the haunts of "Sara Jones," or Arp'aka, tho ol,dost oliiof in tho Seminolo nation, and Chikikl, the giant fishing chlo', wlifb was sup posod to bo at the head of * tho party that committed the maa^apre wo wore now to avengo. *??. All day, resting and aleejSjag as much as wo coujii, we Ialtl by, wing cooked irovlslons, making no firo, waiting or night to oovor our fu r^hor move ments. And right plad w ywore when It came, and just oloudy plough?not too dark?to cover our apnfroaoh to the island, which wo know wo^ ooouplod. EVory man was now on the alorfc, Arms woro Inspected, orders glVen to keep In lino until olose to the ialpwd. Then oertain dotallod boata woro to lay off around It to out off osoapA; while throo landing parties wero to> idvance and surprlso the enemy, not a shot to be fired until wo woro discovered by the Indians. "Then," said Ehrnoy, with i bitter oath, "go in for work. Kill or oapture all you seo?younf or old, ha or she. Spare thom onljhas they spar ed my poor boys over on 'ttie Caloosa hatohiel'" , On, slowly and steadily; muffled pAa dlos rising and fallltig v|th measured oadonoe, we pu?hed through shallow water and stiff saw-gtaik Jt yffit not more than six or aeveiis ttfles, apparr ently that we had to goi Vet we were till noar midnight gottinjgf into position for notion, oloto up to Mi tree covered island. We had so far Mjitd no sound exoopt the occasional yet* of sotno In dian dog on tl\o island. H ut now, un derstanding thoir orders,, he officers of oaoh dotaohmont moved 11rward. Harnoy and his dragoons, with oat* bines, took tho oentor, tiro artillerymen, armed with muskets, the Ight; tho na vy men tho loft, supplied with United States Yager riflos. Boon the landing paries wero on shore. Yet no sound of ilarm. "For ward" ortme tho ofder, p s?ed In whls pors from oflio r to mi i, along the! lino. On- and soon a s ont of smoke greots our nostrils. Stlj onward, and a chorus of yelping o urlpteak ftp still ness of tho night. ,1| "Forward?double qui! fclM Then in a few seoonda' re burst into a vlliago of palitt-ihA )hed houses, with smoldering fires aro nd and among thom, and a horrible yell And a scatter ing flro from tho stiurftyt] fedsklns greet us as wo rush in, flrl&tf m we go. It was tho quickest bit of *4 "k t ever law, yot the surprise was so 4 mplete that it was hardly like a flgh. Fifteen or twonty shots on their ill, a full volley on ours, and we had nO King more to shoot at, for all who w< r<* not down, <ta*d pf wounded, fell t^ the earth in ission. exeopt font or five, who i?mi vi nf?i wuv fled off in the ^arkno84 a aong tho trees and shrubbery. Amont he*ewa$ soon tho glgnntio Chikikrt, drtpplng his I'lfle froni a brokon arm a* be ran. A brave private In tho 2d drag* ns~bii name Was Hull, and bo wu made hoou alter?saw Chiklki M 1 followed, carbine in band. . lost sight of the chief, but kept bo could set a sure shot. Wc and blooding Chlklka found ho not cscaptv He baited, threw up. left uninjured hand, and cried o?t. bis broken English: "No *)hoot! me good Injun?lioap goodl No shoot!" "Take tli t for Caloosahatohle!" shouted*Hall, as he sent a ball through tbe chief s heart. An Instant later no tore the scalp from Cblklka's head, ana then ran baolt to the vll ago to present it to CoL Harney. The colonel was standing by some wounded officers and men of the oommand looking sternly at the "roup of terrified prisoners and a small i lid of ? oad and dying Indians. "Bring that coil of rope from my boat!" he cried out to one of his men: Vatid bo ?? quiok about it. We'll na\o a hanglng-bco beforo sunrise!" ' " Woman's Devotion. My son, I am pained to learn that * you are becoming somewhat oynloal in your Ylews concerning the natural tend encies and qualities of womankind in goneral. Remember your mother was n woman. The only thing I can recol lect at all dorogatory to hor blessed memory Is that sho was too ooy with rod and household boot-J&ok- In? nat ural consequence is, you are rapidly running to seed; and fast becoming a lit subjeot for. condemnation by all members of your mother's sex. Tour mother was a good woman, but sho just escaped being a porfeot mother when sho held her hanu aloof from th* bump of your solf-ostoem. It is a wondor to me that the Lord don't permit the spirits of departed mothers to come back to this realm just to Rhake the nonsense-out of their off spring, pr paddle them with the pro* verbial golden slipper, . i You snoorlngly remark, In the oasuiuf manner akin to your class, * that wo* man's dovotion Is a sham. You also add that the greatest devotion of wo man is laid upon the shrino of fashion. Now, my yougg limb of the sidewalk; posture, ybur mother was * lady of fashion, jt cannot say that aho wq*? out your fathoe'e fpatlence toasing fc a sealskin feacque Mid a forty-dolla* ?J bonnet -I bave no recollection of this* still, she may have done so, 1 Onqe, I well romomber, you * street fracas an(| had your nose demolished of its pristine boauty. You ran to your appliod a twenty-dollar Is? eftfof to staunoh your Wo blood, a ten-oent towel would Bhodidn'fc stop to guesi o?? -?~"v v"B"6uu "jw i>no Hemis pherical ivories on a green-baiso tnblo, there's a light in a sensible girl's par lor not burning for thee. One of tnese days you will open your eyes to the faot that the lusty-limbed meohanlo got the deadwood on you, also got the girl you thought you bad, sure pop. Alter no's gone and married her, you'll lug around a big lump of misanthropy ana swear that woman's devotion is all a myth. Boy, you'vo got to oomo down from your poroh. Tnero are too many of the prlmo articles, homo sum, floating around this part of the globe, for wo-' mon to yearn after suoh game as you aro. You must drop this vapid Ignis fatmi9 of your foolish brain and buoklo down to biz, olso you'll got loft when tho oako of domestlo bliss is passed. A woman's heart just gushes foun tains of pure dovotion. If yoa don't receive some of the pelluoid drops it's booauso you aj-o proving by your dally comings and goings that you aro only worthy of an existence which is envir ?nod by tho cold walls and chilly sheets 3f a poor old baoholQr's proscription.? If. 8. Keller, in Cambridge Tribune. Advantages of limited Muneums. Tho v*luo of overy collection intended for soiontiflo purpose* and public use? books, natural science objects, othno graphlcal apeoimens, It mat tern not what? does not dopumt upon quantity or varloty, but tliu oont. .:ess of its olassos or their snbdivis .<n-\ A rofer onoo library for instance, ii.at. contain pd evory publication 01 < on.-eipienco re lating to the Mississippi V liny, would bo preforablo to ono n>< t o numerously luppliod with books on. American, his tory, but warning n>!ui\ i ? every de partment; or ait nr ha?'.. .k-uI cabinet ablo to show all tliat c n no shown of the flint implement * of : ho United 8tatos, but little cUu M-si. ;.!>?, in of a hlghor order than onu 1:? which thore aro more and varied h, 'vimens,> but every class incomplete1. What thor oughness is to tho lnt< 'loot. complete ness is to a n useum; one, ..u adequate knowledge of whatever ll;o mind pro foseorf specially to weeupv itself with* Its parts and rol>?tlioothaT, the possession of ui! the typos, sorts andyarlotlos In fulne^ <>r books that KO to make up ono or mot e classes. |f this view is correct, lt? pnioiiout acoept anoo may be Insisted upon; for, if In corporated into a museum undertaking not as a thoory but what should be re olixcd, It would, by keeping l>eforo It a deflnito and fixed hIiu, steady and direot efforts into proper channel* of aotivity, and chock hnp-htixuYd collecting? Osoar W. Collet, in 1'opulur Ncienoe Monthly for Jan. A woll-oduoatod person who possess es a col logo shoopskiR, roads his Bible, his Bhakspoare and tho dally papers seldom uses more than 8,000 or 4,000 words in aotual conversation. AcOti rato thinkers and olose reasoners, who avoid vogue and general expressions and wait till they find 4 word that ex actly fits their meaning, employ a larg or stock, atod eloquent speak"'* may rlso to a command of '10,000. Shaks peare, who displayed a groater variety of expression than probably any writer in any languago, produced all his plays with about lft,000 words. Milton's works aro built up with 8,000, and the Old Testament says nil that it has to say with 6,462 words. In the English language thero aro, all told, 70,000 words. , ; , ? 1 s? Sierra Valley, Blerra county, Csl., is an* of ihe prottinnt but most isolatod places in the Btate. It has no telograpl* to .communication with the rest of the world, and pan only be rs*ehed hy a difficult Ipfro #do p* 5' ttfonty-fiyo 'olios. Woman's F?*U. >e show you what I can Mr*.)! be here in jest a mom needle! Of oourse I I suiting the aotion to Thomson picked up a ? with tho fergo and second i right foqL reld It tightly bc tlps, and taking some yarn t fool, rolled the end deftly ' smooth stone, put it to her * ending her body almost leftly inserted the yarn in more easily than a bacho >4, largo needle with vory id. Next she took a hand on whioh she was orocjietiug deftness held tho toot while with her le in and out, JWith ease and ,figure as fast as "my the sitting-room does witn t hands. Her right eye giving 10 trouble during this work, she lushed back the spectacles whioh eand with tho second toe rubbed id. Then she bent forward and back a few stray hairs from head. Taking up tho pon bo tho W e and second too of hor ?t, and nolding a slip of paper ' Hght toes, she wroto in a fern ad, small and rather neat: "Ho to all shows good will bnt ise, Ann E. L. Thorn?on. out arms, Deo. 28, 1839, Ga. " an, sho put tho pen down, ]t blotter with Lor loft foot, it over tho writing, and dried \ Taking up a pair of largo with the largo and third too of she cleverly -cut off tho f,af tho paper on whioh sho had ?_los my dinner. *Now you ??*t?not that it's such a jrou may find it odd to seo toes instead of flngors." _soi spread o?t a. napkin form, and plaoett on. it the person in good hoalth. >n turned around in her i Cttp of toa in her foot, it lap with a spoon held in hoi? and half bonding, half rais hor lips, drank off tho the pup on the platform, ped a flat-handled silvor ft toes, caught a fork be ; two toes of her right it some steak into pioco?, ' I. tough, but sho had ho in otittiog it than an or j would have. A ploco of I on the fork was transferred and was followed by a d broken frpm a elico by jshfchad finished this novel 'homson continued: "Ifor out my sohooling. O, ool. Tho pupils woro " ttle raised platform [3>ooka in my m well, as To Find gold And silver. ']??? A woll-known contractor and builder ttow living in this village has recently porfootcd tin instrument by means of Wmoh he is able, i\a he says, to discovor the looation of hidden gold or silver or Of either metal in tho shape of oro". He Won't talk muoh about it, because ho has not yet obtainod his patent. Ho calls the Instrument a mineral rod. To % friond ho said: tako a small, wido-mouthod bottlo and put into it a combination of miner al?. Then I insert two slondor piocos of whalebone about ton inchos long, af tor whiph tho moufh of tho bottlo is olosed airtight with wax, and a buck skin cover is drawn ovor the mouth and tied around the nook of tho bottlo with aitrong cord saturated with shellac varnish. The combination of motnls Is tho seoret which will not bo divulged oven when the patent is obtained." Tet>r >orato this rod tho inventor takes the onus of the whalobqnps in his hands so that th? bflttlq |3 abovo his hands and his thumbs botwoon tho ends of tho ?whalebones. In this position ho walks over the supposed location of tho pro olous metals until tho right spot is reached. Then the bottlo drops down, bending the "whalebones doublo if tho attraction is groat. I "Thflrp is po mnglo about it," ho said to day. t?|t Is aimplo onough. Certain combinations of metals produco certain' magnotio ofleots.' NBy oxporlmonts I found the combination wnloh would, In my hands, be attraotod by gold and ?ilvor. A $20gold piece was placed under a plank without my knowlodgo to see if it would attract tlio bottlo. I was di rootod to tell undor which portion of another plank it had boon placed. Tho bottle bent down and ovor toward tho right plank while I was twonty foot AWay. I roally boliovo that it would bo attracted bv $11,000 in gold placod ono tnllo away if thero woro no counteract ing attraction. 1 can mako a rod to Hnd Coppor, ono to find iron, or ono to find hard ooal. Tho rod la good only ?or tho find for which it is intended. When I explained tho matter to tho od Itor of Ttui Scientific American soino tlmo ago hp laughod, and said if it Would work In pne jpan's hand it would In another's. My only answer is an actual trial. I oan do it. Othor mon Who happen to have as muoh olootrio ?ty In them aa I have can handlo tho rod successfully. Theory may laugh (tone/ roa^ 10 ('? ('00(* ftny invontor is about CO years old. He haa been in tho lumbor and plaln ing-mlll business for years, and has al so taken contraots for all sorts of build w?oden bridges.?- New ? t '?*. .? Amorloa promises to bocomo fho greatest wine-producing country in tho WOfld. Ton years from now our annu al wine product will | robably amount to 100,000,000 gallons, Kvon then the JndUitry will bo only in its infancy. California a great wjno Htato, but as yet, she has pultfvatod very llttlo of hor grape area, 'JLhero aro threo great wlno" centers in this country. The first is tho I'aclflo slope, tho second is tho Piedmont region, or table lands bo tween tho Alieghanios and tho Blue Ridge, Intituling Virginia, tho Carolt iMi Meorgla anil parts of Kontucky and Tonnossoo, tho Indian Territory, With largo parts of Now Moxloo, Ari eona, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Mis souri, Ohio and Now York. Wo hnvo 100 aoros adapted to grapes for ovory ono acre that Franco can show. A learned professor claims thAt ho 4M discovered lately that "Nyitatr ttpa, prj>soil]ntiou of tho eyoballs, Is epileptiform aflootion of the coro >ellu]ar oculomotorlal centers." Over-Populntlon In Oehnany. - ? ?>' Germany Is growing fast & pre-omi nontly industrial oonutry, for Which the export ot Its productions lis the condi tion of providing tho population with food aud raw materials, and at the same time her population ia increasing more rapidly than that of any other country. The avorago yoarlv increase, on 10,000 Inhabitants sinco 1831 was in Franco 26, In Great Britain 101, in Germany 116, notwithstanding a largo emigration. The population of tho German empire in its present limits wa> in round num bor? 25,01)0,000 in J 516, it 19 . now 46, 260,000, while ' 3,600,000 have emi grated. This *. inorcaso results almost ciclu sively from tho excess of births ovor deaths, while tho fceblo growth of tho French population is still partly duo to immigration, which proves that tho iu crcaso of wealth is stronger than that of tho peoplo. In Germany ft is tho ro verse, tho amount of' expondituro caused by tho aeecdiUg numbers is not equaled by a correspondingly growiug Incomo. In Prussia tho number of thoso exempt from all direct taxes?i. <?., whose incomo did not oxcced ?26, hud rison within fivo yoars by 1,600,000; it was more than 7,000,000 in 1882; tho statist cs of other Germany states show a similar result, the poor rates ha\ ) in creased ovory wlioro in un alarming pro portion, and tho numbor of vagrants and tramps havo becoiuo a goneral plaguo, 1 Our industrial production suffora from chronic plethora, its not produce does not corrospond to its immonso ox- I pausion, still less is a real amelioration of tiio situation of the working classes to bo discerned". The supply of labor genoraily cxcoods tho demand; conso quontly wages do not rise, and tho low or strata of tho population ' can absorb comparatively httlo of tho mass of pro ducts which nro daily thrown upon -the .market, becnuso tho scantiness of thoir earnings doe3 not allow thorn to satisfy correspondingly their wants. But in tho higbor classes, also, all the callings afro overcrowded, tho incroaso of acad emical students has bcou abnormal and tar excuoduig tho demand, and a con siderable part of this surplus of trained forces, finding no employment, perish es or launches into advonturos. In short evorvwhoro wo llnd an enlmnccd strug glo for existence, which engonders dis satisfaction and hopelessness, and furn ishes social democracy 'with frosli ro ovuits. It is this overpopulation which is tho source of the largo Gorman emigration. True, without it tho . prcssuro would still bp str'on^or, yi t the opinion which would conshfor this outflow as an un mixed boon is erroneous. Germany has comparatively more children under 16'yeara than any othor country?16, 01 (f, 046 in a population of 46,600,000? and thoy ropresont unprotootivo ele ments to be sustained by tho rest, With the emigration It ia vory different; 44.8 per cunt, of it belongs to -persona of 20 oars j, thus- tho same number of nts roprcsonts a much largor fotto pf lat or than the correa ^ bor of the jivorage popular ucato\ at a groat expenao ?prd^io%>f reap wlxat wohavoRownv in the Vo)dc)nporanj lie view, ' Tolled By n. I)?>r. "A man can gut along without frionds if lio hns t\n intolligont dog," said a Jackson street bookkeeper, yesterday, as a Day reporter entered his store. Ilio bookkuop r touched a fur rug at his feet, which got tin and shook its If. ?'Dinner time, old fellow," ha said, pointing to a low table standing under a peg in the wall. "I shall nevei r ?et." said tho bookkeeper reminiscent ly, as ho buttoned his coat and shook himself into shape for lunch, "that old New England village where stood a gray, moss-grown stono church, and by its sido a little weather-stained rottago. A lonely olil man, the sexton, lived there, lie had outlived the hopes and friends of his youth, but was utterly alone but for tho companionship of a i.oblo dog. It was a familiar sight to gee h m hobbling back and forth to the cottage, always accompanied by his faithful < ompanion. "Tho old man could often he heard muttering fragments of talk as he went 'tis slow,unstr 'v way as if in convorsa tion with lii ?? rub fr end, who never loft his side, bi t gazed with a look of human intelligence in his master's faco at tho least sound of hi.4 voice. At the village tho sexton would cxchango a quiet word with a friend, and making littl<? purchases for himself and his dog set out for tho cottnge, his basket upon his arm. Hut even hero tho dog would relievo his care iv d gently but (irmly tako the basket in I is mouth, trot on boforo with an air of joyous satisfac tion. Ho scorned to tako a peculiar plonsuro in tho ringing of tho bell of tho church, and was always with his old master when ho sun.monod tho people to holy servlco. "Once when tho boll-ropo broko ho climbed the stairs of tho old boll towor with tho soxton and repeatodly watch cd him ring the bell from tho loft. Hut ono dav the old soxton who was soi/.ed with his last illness, nnd In snito of tho anxious solicitations of tho dog, could not ring tho boll tho following Sunday and soon after passed quietly away. Ins hand resting on tho head of his poor followor whoso mourning was inconsol able. Tho dog wns visibly nlToctod by tho tollim? of tho boll. From tho gravo tho faithful croaturo had to be takon bv foroo, and would roturn thoro immedi ately on being roleased. "One day he was oboorved togototho church ami soon after was seen in tho belfry where his master had for a tlmo rung tho Sabbath ohitnos. Here ho ap pears to havo reached tho boll with his paws and to havo swung It, for it toiled out a singlo mournful note a? of sorrow and dospalr, Immediately after tho dog wan soon to look down from tho towor Into tho churehynrd, whoro his master lay buriod. Then with a low mournful whine, reaching slowly for ward, ho suddonly leaped out into tho air and foil a lifeless mass on tho j mound. As suro a* man over did ho died of grief, focllngwith unorrlng in ?linot tluit life without fifFootion In worso than death, Ho, you fceo, I tako my friend to lunoh and ho keeps my feet warm and soothes my porturbed spirit by tho intolligont sympathy of his oyos. I toll you a man?a loho man? without a dog is a subject for pity." ? Ht. Paul Day. Only two women in tho world's his tory havo over boon honored by couos trlRn statues, and curious to rolnto, Queen Victoria is ono of them. Fancy hor Britannic Majesty on horsebftofc. Tho Prinooof Wales in oniyforty-flve. Hut if you count hi* ago on tho little darkey's nlnn, by tho fun ho'i had, ho'4 bo most ttiroo hundred, says tfio Hoftton OM9* ? ? MALTESE AND ANGOKA. Something About m Hort of P*U that Many Ladle# Prefer to 8 in all Dop. ''I? possible," naked a reporter, "that Maltese and other fanoy rata aro taking tho place of dogs as ladles'potsP .It Is said that lt> Washington ladlos go out shopping taking with thom Maltolo cats fastened with gilt chains to their girdles.' . ??Well, I don't know whether cats will over supplant dogs in tho affections of the ladles, ' laughingly replied Sur eeon B. G. Dovoy, as he sat in his of fice at No. 26 West Fourth street, in ront of a door marked '?Private," where both dogs and cats wero for salo and undor medical and surgical treat ment; "but thore is no doubt that the Maltoso and Angora cat* have boromo groat favoritos. Still, thero 1s no groat er domand for the former than thoro was throe yoars ago. The Angora oat has probably inoreased in popular fa vor, and now, on any tino day ono may 8co ladies driving in Central park with tho boautiful creatures in thoir lap'. Tho Maltose, too, aro often taken for a dr.vo, nnd both they and tho Augoras scom to onjoy tho fresh air full)- as much ns thoir mistresses do. No, cats arc not often taken out walking. A cat is not fond of long walks where thore are no fences to climb, and do?-s may bo encountered, but tho laay lux ury of a carrfago seems to suit thorn. Tho Maltes ? and Angora rats aro very docile and affectionate. Tho Maltose, probably, can bo more easily and thor oughly domesticated than any othor of tho fcllno tribe. They aro fess oxpon 6ivo than tho poerloss Angora, but still thoy como pretty high. I can sell a full-grown malo for about $12, and malo klttons for from $8 to $10 each. Tho females aro cheaper, being worth about. $2 each. A woll-grown Maltoso oat should weigh about twelve pounds. Thoy are long-lived, and, if proporly troated, should attain a score of years. A perfect Maltoso cat should bo alto gether slatc-colored, without a particle of white. Most of them havo six toes and vory largo foot, I ut thoy may bo puro-bred and havo small feet and only (ivo toes. Thoy oarno originally from tho island of Malta, but to-day Amor lea, or even New York stato, produces Uioro Maltose cats thau Malta doe?. "Tho Maltoso cats, as a rule, aro bardv, but thoy aro usunlly kept so closely confined to the house, and ofton feed so injudiciously, that they aro liable to get Indigestion, torpid liver, and lit*. When the fits appear doath is likoly to bo closo behind. They aro brought to mo ofton when thero Is no timo to treat them. Sometimes I am called upon to attend a cat allllctod with what tho ownor thinki is anab cess or a tumor, but which frequently provos to bo a canocr. Nothing then can help them oxcopt an operation, but if tho dfseaso haa not mado vory groat progress I can generally oporato suc cessfully. With dogs cancor is muoh moro common, and I often havo to re more it. Somotimp8 I use ethor, some times not, ns thociror.nKtnnoos -ornlroj but I can savo life far more frequently 'WMuJurgoonfli who treat human pa doyoted to thorn as though they wero children. Tho Angora camo, and comes yet, from Persia, but wo raiso a good many in this country. They aro of various colors?puro white, black, ?vhito and black, yellow and whito, gray and wV-?>o, stool and whito, and mottlod?but all aro alike boautiful. Thoir hair Is vory abundant, lonrj, fino, and soft as silk. Their falls aro ns bushy as those of foxos. Their oars aro small and far apart, and their eyes aro large, sagacious, and of a light olivo color. They live from twonty-fivo to thirty years. In price thoy averaco, for malo kittens $40, and for full-grown malos $125; for female kittens $25, and for full-grown fomalos $1- 0. Tho An gora oat i-", I think, the handsomest tmall animal that livo8,u~-,A', y. Sun. A Full Moon In IfIh llooin. An extromoly dignified o'dorly bach olor who was wi d in h!s younger days, but who had boon a clioico blossom of propriety, lo! thoso many yoars, lives at our house this w inter There in an ancient stovepipe hole through tho wall which di\Uics Ih ? bachelor h room from an unoccupied one, which hoh> is covorcd and hidden by wall-papor, and tho baoholor know not of its existence. IIo had mado a fow bets on tho election as is tho custom of bachelors, whether old or young, and on Saturday iiight last ho colloctod thoso bets and treatod tho ''bays," aged from 60 to 70 years. Ho is such a stanch* old democrat and had lost all his bets for many yoars; henco it is not at ail strange that U) on this occasion ho becanio as "glor ous" asTam o' Shnunter aforetimo. At alato hour ho cnn;e homo in what had been his normal nightly condition twonty yoars beforo, and stumblod up to his room. Now, it so chancod that there was a visitor in tho urmpoupiod room that night, tho ujvslight* whoroby the bach shone dimly into the bat :holoi'n room through tho paper that covorod tho round gtovopfpo holo. Tho bacholor saw that light at onco, and gazed at it with oyos of horror. Terror-strickon, ho ran to a friend's room, and bursting tho door ho wailed in a voico loud onough to wakon every inmate in tho houso: "Tako oaro *). mo Charlie, I'vo f;ot them again. 1 have not had them or twonty-sovon yoars, but they hav? come back again. Save mo, C'harlio, savo mo!" Charlie ondoavorcd to sootho him by assorting that ho was all right, ?to., whereupon tho old follow roarod: know I have thorn foY I saw a full moon |n my room! as full as a tick,"?N. Y. Cor. rortlauil Aryan. TrlokliiK a WU<1 Duok. A Manitoba papor t Dm of an incronl o?n method of securing a stock of lions practlcod by a bacholor who llvos in a goeludod curnor of tho hills, ditant from nolgh ors. Discovering tbo uost of a wlhlduok noar his shanty, lio ro tnovod tho oggs nn,l pleeod nil equal numbor of hon^i oggs l'10 "est. In duo titno tlio wlhl duck found Hint she was tho bowlldored mother of a Hook of chickens. Not that alio know thoy wore ohlokons alio did not know what thoy woro. Their bills woro n< t right, their foot woro all wrong, and thoy woro of ovory color; thoy oould not swim and could not undor*tand. A moro aston ished wild duck was not to bo found In Manitoba. Tho haoholor placed hl? mlsbegottpR ohlckoiift in a basket pud took eero of (hom, whilo tho old duok returned to a 'neighboring pond, fooW ing that sho had In somo way boon ihamofully Imposed upon. A oolorod pltlaon of Jjowndes Coun ty, Mississippi, has named his thirtloth onlld (Jrovor ClOYfilnnd. ? , WIT AN1? HUMOR. ? 1 -' ?:' The Jersey farmer felt the On Sunday's sudden fierce? And ohlverwl. as If nicVe< ? He looked ? round in mortal dr And, doelutf nothing', shook bis Uut feebly tiotllujr, simply Mid: "I've got the binsted 'shakes' again." ?Nox^York JoumaL Dr. Paxto:\ of Now York, says that the Scotch aro tho only peoplo who have succeeded in solving the diffloult problem of coiubluing punch with ploty. The latent freak in ladies* hoad-gcar is called tho "pen-wiper bonnet" It has a hug* rosette, simulating a pen wiper, on top. Must bo very handy for reporters in public gatherings.? lington Free I'rcss. Twenty-live years agothore wore fif ty cats whoro there is only one to-day, says a statistician, and tho Philadol phia Call adds tint twenty-live years ago thore was one sot of furs whoro thore arc fifty to-day. At bay: llo?"How snubby you are with thoso young men. That last ono is quito broken up." Slio (who lives In a collegiate town) ? "I roally cannot help it; 1 am so tired of educating oth er peoplo's children."?Life. ? A mendicant approachedaWo?tohos ter man on tho ears, tho other day, and said: "Dear sir, I havo lost my leg," to which Lhu Westchester man roplled, as ho hurried aw:y: "My dear irlend, I havo not scon anything of It."?Wcst chcsler Local News. "Is your overcoat at homeP" askod morehant of his clerk, who camo shivorlnc Into his ofllce. "No, sir," ho cheerfully repl od; "but my ulster is at my unclo's." As neither of thom know wnat tho otlior thought, tho business of tho day proccodod as usual. A lawyor in ono of tho courts lately throw an inkstand at another's hoad. Tho court required him to apologize for it. He did so, and added, "Whlle.I am about it I may as woll apologize be forehand for throwing anotnorinkstand at him tho lirst chance 1 got." What is tho difference betweon the man who is "translixed with horror" and a leopard's tail? Answer: Ooo is "rooted to tho spot" and the other is spotted to tho root. (P. S.?If tho leopard's tail is not spotted to tho root* this conundrum Is declared off.)?Nor rittown Herald. Tho well-grounded belief that money Is all-powerful has sustained a severe blow. A theatrical company is travel ing ovor tho State with a play oallod > "Powor of Money," and it doesn't po?? ; sess sufllciont power to draw a house big enough to pny their hotol bills.? ^. Norristown Herald. ller Dying R"quest.?Lily is very ?dangerously ill. Hormammfcta yory':.# anxious about her. "Say, mfimrita, aim ^ I going to dloP" askod tho llttlo pac . v tient ??"?-?? want heartP" t want you to put all my' dolls Into mourning!"-? Zondagsblad, Parson Whangdoodle Baxter distin-? Ishcd hlmsoU onco moro at tho fu lofjm>g<^:,&lored man: _ "Our long enough totftTj^sent on aul hei solemnlous occashun."?Texas Siftings. An Inspector, who had boon explain ing to a class that tho land of tho world was not continuous, said to tho boy who happonod to bo standing near est to him: "Now, could your father walk round tho worldP" "No, sir," '' was promptly answered. "Why notP" "Docauso ho s d.'ad," was tho altogeth er unlooked for rosponso.?All the Year llound. Ho had just had his hair cut and re?**" turnod home. "Hum!" ho soys, aftor examining hlra?olf in tho glass critical ly, "I guusa I shall havo to go back to tho harbor's shop again." This'll never do!" "What's tho mutter?" says Ida wifo; "has ho out your hair too long?" uNo, confound him; he's gono and out It too short. I'll mako him out it ovor again."?French Paper. There aro a numbor of very eligible young mon of Pembina County, Dako ta, but no young women. Although It is not spring, tho young men's faiiov lightly turns to thoughts of love, and. pooling their issues, they-havo deputed ono of thoir numbor to go to Uoston and socuro wives for tho rost. It if? commoi.ilablo for tho young mon to tako unto thou solves wives, but why go to Uoston? Tho Tnrt.iry young man who breaks Ids ongagoment with his girl does so at hi?? peril, for then ho has to ong:igo himsolf to tho next older sistor. If any thing happens to hor ho has to tnko tho next ono, and so on down. Tho family that matrimonially oatohos a Tartar doesn't lot go its grip until grim death has boon very busy, for Tartar families aro always blessed with a largo bovy of girl*,? Wulcrbiiry American. A Toxas cattleman marriod a roflncd young lady belonging to tho host soole ty of l)rtl)aj, A friend meeting him shortly aftor his nmrriago congratulat ed him on his happy fortuno. "It's all right, but I had to mako sacrifices," ropliod tho nowly-mado husband, shak ing his head. "What saorilloosP'* "no had to yivo up going to bod with my boots and spurs on whon I como homo tired."?Tcr.au tiiflings. At a sowing cirolo nil tho vromou wo:o talking, and somo of the subjootA got hopelessly confused. For instanoo, tnp subject of (riokots nnd church oholrs, "I never hoard snob a horrid nolso as they mndo last Sunday," Bald ono woman, rcforrlng to tho ohoir. "Nor I olthor," said anothor, thinking sho referred to tho Fall crickets. "Thoy ?ay they innko that nolso with their hind le^s."? Cleveland Leader. Col. Klliot, who in tho Toxas Commis sioner at tho Now Orleans Exposition, has got hiniHolf into trouble. A Dalian youtli, who imagines that ho Is an art ist, brought him a b>auMful landsoapo ho had painted, and told him ho want od it oxnlbitod at Now Orloans. "Cer tainly, sir; certainly," ropliod Col. Klliot. "Hut I want a card put on lb stating that it is not for sale." "Idon't think that there Is tho slightest nooesnl? tv for that," romarkod Commissioner klliot, t:iking another glance at tho work of art.? Texas Hiflingt, Iluslmud???It looks Hko rain, my dear. Don't you think we had better tako an umbrella?" Wife?"O, not wo don't want to bo bothered with lt?,% Husband?"You tako groat ohanoox. my love," Wlfo????! know I do. If I wero a man I would ho a bold specula tor. I would never bo content, like you, to do an ordinary huthdram inn! noss that wotil I just bring mo * 11t? tofr" tAn hour Iftter, the conple standing In a narrow doorway with th* rain beating Uer<o)y In.l Wlfe-^4'lIow do I lookP" Husbana~"Vory muoh Uko a speculator, sharer of my joy* and sorrows." ?? ?V<>%