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l~lN 5 11A APAI TULWEELY DITON.INASW ARL2.886.'ETBLSE*8g Twilight. Slowly, slowly falls night's curtain Over all thel*idespread landj-' - And the angelfof theiwihght . At the gates of-li Von stnd. Lo, fhedvome~ ba o't Cla der And before their gracious presence Fades the sun's last linge-ring ray In the west, a blaze of glory Turns the sky to molten gold; In 0!!s th nt a adows aay S WOP.gone om t wig Into everlasting day. Twilight momories are saddest, Twilight hopes are grand and strong, And the ships we long have waited Coine to shore at even song. in the quiet hush of twilight We may rest both heart and band, f We may dream of gorgqons castles, Balded In Spatul's fa' distant'land. N% Gife has much of sunlight glory, Days whoesplendor blinds our 'sight, It has1 much,of sorrow'adarkness, Whl dllsesis'the blackest night, So, with loving hearts and trusting, Should we prize the twilight time, When the stars in silvery beasiy Up the heights of heaven climb. STRANGE IF TRUE. "Yes, sir, it was the strangest thing that ever happened to me. I didn'tbe lieve that it could be, but it came righi along, and I -ain't a bit. sorry- for il now, I'll tell you how it was, and then you'll see the strangeness of it. "I was young and foolish, sir. Most girls are at my age. I was just six teen, and I'd read all -abbut.Cinddrella and I thought my prince'd come one of these bright days and say to me, 'Come, Julia, and we'll laugh and dance and be merry all our lives." 1I don't suppose there was any par ticular harm for, a girl like me (who had to work so hard*and please a crosi missus,. who the harder you tried t< please the 19W4s~tt7Pe4kdshe, .as) t< dream at her -wori;vhiclP was fron the rising of P puwto- 9 sIdgight of princes and beaux and suo like. "Well,. on day my b'eart gave.a greal big. .thump,' an. I . fougtt, it'd , rlso right 'up. in my 'hio t and choke me I'd beij* #jea~~ K9 than -vi3 6 1 'Psatbit --p~fftItfuar 4~ aouWit: Princ t e'ii n, and as. I -.was trddging thU1l the street jhere I'd goLe 01 seseile, hieYofit' gentleinau stepped quietly up to -y side, and. wilt a smile.tbt .was all sunshine on hiE handsome (ice-and it was handsome -said: Phidon mn iss but1%' i stranger In, is .town.aud. I'm in searci of th aiO'e -of 'M. Rodgers, the lawyer. . Can you direct me to hiii i'esidence? "Why, yes, sir," I Eaid. 'I live 4th Mrs..,Rodgers-sie'q mytistregy - "'Auht Rddgets-AdntfBecky Rodgeral' he repeated. Ta1mrpJ glad. NTOW, sit,. Werin't it'jeu'#r11a should say on such shiort acqudiftane. that he was glad? I kinow * was more than glad. Oh, he was good looking. Was he the one I'd been dreaming and thinking~ Qf, so/long? But, perhaps, after all he ~jnt that he was glad he had found off where his cross aunt lived. "L tOk hi ,dIkedthy ito the door of the ;;~ warised --him on the way oto p inidhl he had se 1 4 ith me. ' 109 d ie tj* & & me'and. $cyld .~i .f1 .'W pre, "Poor Julia,' he mnurnu ed ever so -".Well, sir, I an iAown4 b asement steps and was -.l. at ritb ashnic n corned lilCe eail 1ossibley ~,(re Irs. dog~gers t llst then hap &e to e, wiena tteinendouistirigf the dor " 'Or'aciousi'.e1claimed the ms 'wlio cari thalbe? Julia, iui up and see whoght lpyy f btl agy .one for me, show 'em in'the front parlor and tell -ern I'll be up presently, And then you.oje right ,dowie agd tlJ muewho " am'I said; and with my face all afire, I boundedjin pto the basement statrauad into th'6 ball. I fle*itp the frojit door and of~endd 'It. Here .war the handsome young gentlethin. 1 said to hirm 'Walk Into' the pallor. Your aunt will be 'wIth you in a * '.He followed me into thd'room, and all at ounce,,sir, he P ai &pgund m :e, an~d stdop1Dk ~i~t ~h~ un whispered as he looked -right -into m3 * yes, 'Remember, Julia, we are to-be friends. And this 3hall be our pledge.1 "And all at once, sir, lhe kissed me. If my face had been afire befo , what wias noranj w~I ~ress tc -But I .wai in good fortune sir, that day.: brkQWA.fl ' m man), depgeigayL hisd ran back into the bh h~Jm t4 the basement stairs . .~ WY rli like, and there I met mistress coming up them. "' Yon've been a. lng time a latitng 'em In," she said, sharply, 'Who is. It?' "A young gentleman, ma'am, as says he wshes to gee you particularly.' "' A young gentleman,' she repeated -What does he look like; what's his name?' "'He saId, ma'am, that his name' as George Bigart.' "'Oh, 0ebrge, Is it? My liephew.' 4 The old lady hurried along the half to toe front pailor, and when she got to the dpor siteoried' " at, I it you$ George?" "'Yes, aunt. I've come down to see ou,r mean e,' she ad Work I the sweet prh Syever tda e yPi gentle mail kept in his r ver Mrs. Rodgers went d use, and she always did her own marketing, he'd be down in the kitchen', an4 he hung around me just as if he was my shadow. Oh, he courted me desper ately. Well, sir, how could I refuse the attentions of so nice a young man? and he would kiss me at least a dozen times a day. "Now, wasn't it natural that a young girl.such as I then was, always a dreaming as truth the story of Cinder ella, her heart not being made of stone, to learn to like so nice a gentleman as was George Bigart.' "I was in constant dread lest h aunt should notice his coming near me. Should she surprise him, wouldn't there have been trouble, and I'd noonly have got a good scolding but been'told to go home, and I knew my folks were not in Stich a condition then as to support me In idleness. "One day George came to me as full of love as an egg is of meat, and I told him what I'd been thinking and what I feared. He laughed and said he'd be mors careful for the future, and added if by his indiscretion his aunt should d ischarge me he'd make it up by giving me money with which to go to school anid stay at home. . "I grew very angry at that and told m le had insuled-me, but he declar. he had no thought of doing sO,,that ho 1b d me.-xloarly aud on V, lie wdau ionente mi 1bb his " iA wl ulla,' he continued, aftrhelidh, kissed and kissed until I was in goodh umor again, 'noftPt we un4e stand 4ceh othr$WantYfou to do . a' spgl~aut y, yuost pio- 'e *%t yovill do pre. ct -you, and that until I give yop>i, rmission,, you will never divusd Ift to any-to not even your ny<6er, my aunt, or any one man or *oman else.' "If there's nothing wrong in it, George,' I returned -i'd got to calling him, familiar like, by his Christian name-I'd do anything you ask me to do.' "'Wrong!" he repeated. Why should I ask you to do that that was wrong? Are we not all but as one to each other? If you love me, Julia, you must have entire confidence in me.' "'What is it you ask of me, George,' I said. "'This,' he answered, and he spoke scarcely above his breath, while the cQlor in his face turned into an ashen like'hue. 'I have a great deal of money. It's in gold and bank notes, and a lot of diamond rings, and three or four gold watches, and I want you to hide them away. They're up stairs in my room, but I'm afraid some sharp-eyedl fellow'll come along and weed them out. Now if I give them to you, and they're worth thousands ot dollars, no one would ever suspect that you had them, and that'd save a great deal of -'anxiety, and perhaps -trouble beside, of a character I wouldn't like.' "Sir, [never had the least suspicion of any kind, and told my friend that I would do anything to serve him. "He again kissed me, laughed a little, and said he knew I'd be true to a !bsven if he stood atsthe foot 6'the' aIoks. "It was a strange expression, sir, but I didn't think so until a long time after. "The next day he gave me asmall tin box, tening me it was all in there. "'Now, Julia,' he whispered, as he handed it to me, 'you must never let a living being know that I gave you this box, and that which is in it. It's sacred, mind you. One day, when we're married, I'll tell you all about it, but not now. Go hide it away, but be careful never to hfnt to me where you put it. From this moment until I ask for it, let it be forgotten,' "Well, sir, I did hide it away, and for the two weeks following 1 was very, very happy. My prince, whenever he could steal to my side unobserved, wa sure to come. ie was my very shadow, onlyid what siadows never do pittral Arm aroitlid iny' waist, drew mi close t9 4m, and lsgd me uptil.! tiiqilght mny lips were &11 6f a blister. 'Whit happened?' you ask. 4 N'W41f, sir, lI will tell '-you, lUappy en anver last long0 I was awak-. y~tpg froim r~ine ofie morn. ng, iwas preparing the breakfast,. .when the hall bell was 'rung As it the; house was on fire... "I ran tn the street door and on ope 1 meb~ i 'His "I didn't o * t b 'alias weat! ud4 ani'gke gbhm' r in. "'nbe IinsWered; b 'I'll go up and wa e him,, I w"The eap wouod a 6W l T but I diew p the"' b 6' -a et t4 bed chambera so fast he couldiit n-ob. me. 6SN ever mind,l I heaifd. himsay AIt'll be all tgbt;"'* "~I kinocked ab Gebrgals doobr "and. told'htr whowated "He answered. "'1All right, Julia# Tell te Il be down hI a mgnuou , as keh, I c dress.', iy.. "Just as I reached the foot 'tie. stairs I hefr a snose as it a pistol had been fired bv my ear. Iha- h t'What's that?' orel the three men, springing pOr, and running thres steps at a time up thie stairs. I stA grei ardread came up-nsn mai e.. It seemed sddenl$ to grow so dark that I could see o one. I must have fainted. "Well, sir, when I came to myselfIt found .1 was in the kitchen. My mother was chaflug my hands and forehead. " 'What is it, mother?' I asked. " It's awful, Julia. That young fellow, Mrs. Roger's nepliew, went and shot himself in the'heart. ~ IIe's.dead, and his body's been -taken home to his friends. You've been a-faitlng these eight hours. " 'Poor George,' I said to myself as I felt my heart stand still. 'Why did he do It?' "I sobbedand cried hysterically.. "A month later, when I had left Mrs. Rodgers, who had broken up housekeeping, heart-btoken, and oe into the country to live, I wastolA bat George Bigart was.the, hQa o. gang of, men who robhod a t- jowelty But th9 tin box with the* watches and moneyP "That *as the ,Abl. ir. Whe" why .ata hidden th I ome .Me-had beertigemfogr gn~e. Tattooing Among Alaska indgjtan. A man who has passed much th'ne Ia trapping and hunting in Alaska says: Although the Yukon Indians' hate abandoned many of their old customi under, the teaching of dceasionhl iiis sionarles, all of them still keep to the queer habit of tattooing. The Way they do this Is different from any I 6ver saw or heard of. Instead .f pricking the stuff -in with ,5harpened bones or needles, tlhey make a paste out of dhark coal and grease, 'soak a thread in li punch a needle through the flesh so thpit it comes out at at a different hole' fromn the one, where it entered, and then draw the thread through under the skin. The operation is painful, for the flesh swelle up and looks very much inflamed, . E tattoo only their hands and wrists with the Pictures of the nobler animals o[ fish, but the women tattoo' their faces also. These latter begin the process when they are quite -young, making birds, turtles,'6r someo other insigificant things on their hands and wrists, while they draw lines of different kinds on their chins and the lower part of their chebks. As a rule, this tittding is done entirely in blue, but now and then there is an Indian who has dotted red spots thrpugh the blue. Why Hair Ol is Out o' Fashiorn.' A lady can atrhipate many disagreia able possibilities with flrwness, but to wait calmly to grow bald-headed is too. iih.;for-; liet eliduariffoe: NN Blh d 6pped hair oil.4 hair oIl is nd? used by dudes and flashy mnen in order 'to in sure a good comb. The city is filled with -premnaturely bald-headed young men. But the we men think too much of ahead'Qf ,iair to sacrifice it to oil. .The great. desire now Is to get a fluid that is entirely free from grease to use on the hair. Sever al preparatlis have been. inventled. They use this to dampen and inake-the hair fluffy. The Langtry bang is going out of style and th.e hair is combed 'upon' he head so 'some dampness is rhqpitire to make it dress easily. - Oil was. onde the only thing used,I but "noW iiarI%1'ess fluids hate sap'plernented 'it- euiffref. The head furnmshes enough natrimeit to each istrand of hair,- and to sogne even too rhuch. *Putting grease on thd hair jloes not makeit healthy, nor Im ppirt vitality ,to its growth. On the coptrgry,'it clbgs up the-acalp, atid. re2 quently causes t xe hai utg Tihie days of hair oil for adies have. passed. ~ ---Ger any sent out 108,657.inIg t last yearl * -4 ntAGa. hartwentyni Mho4 diet 9urches, ~ . 4' . te I, M,OQQotif ugar in arica-tank yar. I4 a: i 4o U' tieb 'i Pr'Ime dana ( 9 meon. ,Wieter IieaI as nioo o ve et qcom V EntentA8s.to s'0ta4 Ltkh -~uroo ) aoi yo cial solgml Mo 4 suit of other am e~lr .d 8 Qe e'sq'ow 1111 an b dobther ~'he 5ManadIa i ~ ~ ets .aal mateilally from- th n oe muse i tlie Rocky Mourk s at dif fers fromi catot a is s4w-sho 'nf'tennis -baborhold-ashi eoor ,tlh afthin elsei n ver fastened Aenife to thzfa ei s 'simp., tiy Wearer push e. ,ang oy er4use owl his heels being'4 p' I*l free...It 'is .turnedtp atthefo ird-end to pre. v'rt itsbrrowhig A W, and .th6 art Af the snow1sl 0in being able to 4alf4ift an e con trivance rapidly an venly, The snow shoe in e throughout'the mountainous-rgiot obt Colorado con. sigts of long, na.6 i0 rds tprn'ed ip in one-.h, -whi" -ai to the feet and whioi, baving) poth. undersides, are used like sleds-li rdescending tlhe iountains. - Tlierql talegend extayit in Colordo of a fa sii-shoe race in w lch. th'e C M ors, -wlie' de. acing. a .st~e, ill, -inadvertently gne -iteir'dtoes o.7 ard at too greht an angle, andwere i1 as neatly split operifrom the erot tifie tbir of the heaai.was ever a istaS pkby-' a ~iftch~iie aer. such dice 4l1as. teT as this 'i6 possible a the use (Oa adian snow-shoes. Rocky Moin 4.tinikrioW shoes, it St:be bo n milrilldiredhozt ore than t py. .two fee in leiigt, nd act like vepedent-steel runn rp nUs -gtssy d face of the fror A4h6bb i ' an asfar plotuiresqiie;.fid the .ig sene presenpd by'a 'well euipppd club in fali ,swing, over, the frozen.fields, .the leader's bor awaken ing distati -iidious' echoes, and the -bhebks ogtlie U4 elers rosy with the W ortfons fth sport, I one calculated to.arouse the enthusiasmtof -.the be^ holder.u\ .&snow shoeing jaunt in Cai aRda 14 usually folldhed by a hot supper. Small woddqihat the astime Is -pop ular. - AN INOIDENT OF TRAVEL. A Bfistaie that Might be Mfade by Even a Gommercial Traveler. ,ecently after I had registei'ed at tl- hotel and been. assigned "the last room in the house-I use the language of thie hotel clerk--[ went into the din ing room to tna. Af~ter' 1,had' reg~ined my confidence among strangers, and cu~rled mysel up. in as abject a rmanner as possible in thme pkresence of the head waiter, I began to look around ine for an opportunity to baeam on some unprotected woman with mry sunny smile, It is not my custom while travelitig to . smile -on one -in who'se heart a hope ,might spring up to be dashed to virth by mydeparture. If IbhaVecaused pdln in that way I i iibt' Ifittid t& do' ~ Oan $ke and carry 9n[an4 he to taal good time, but I- do not' wish ~dinspire In' any breast a hope which may be blasted, ah, alas I too soon. 'V - I1t was not long before I idiscovered a .bsautiful: blernde of the female edx at tho'farther- end, of the'foom beneathm the chandelier. H~er ekid seemed to be 9f. a delgeate sea-shell color, enq het hiIr was - o7,2bloted. lier clothes also were entirely new, I should fudge,' and inade espe,0ially foi her. On her %iger she wore'n dipmond . ring~ ,ith.. perfect 'ease. She kniew -'just hcN td' work. that-finger in .order to' get the inost -possJble . Slitte; ibut, of her di" a Every li1tle' *hie~' I -w'otld: 1 r atta revel i her beaut?, a.Id .thought that she was not entirely .iniingbli to my ch'rmmf Still, she loolte4-st me lng kind of a halt re proachmful manner, which gave me the idea that, I did not -knot: whetfier- it was intetitional or not. Alf tha eyonmng she w~ in my mind. I drearngd ihat -night. thW6 I swooped i (down upon her and carriel her away to) QWe rergiogst boundries of the world in a slieqoial oar. The. ne,~drj awoke bud1gry%moNt dfdi' ~ ~ch akppethe eyening betote, \I went glown .to-br Aagt~ waiting and :fool. init Awa' .py tiine,,Jioping 'that 'she would corn while I was In t8e reak fastr h't1l I #8iuld Oll id 1f up thh 'Q~tful vsion and a nup of hd i hQ salled tot roonr th calm disdain and Naiar of ' anndvet t4 '~h9giacfui and delicatej mo spinaliunrh; and... L lAId do the vulgar samsAde 11eth ahile .1 1 iwas- abot to feed myself when she, dawned upon me. I ventured then to look across the ta lO et herin the full glare of the new. born day.< (5tereoscopic views of this last Bentence will be forwarded to any. address at $1,. per glare.) 'The first thlngtbat -I disovierfidweas that she h0Al)t put lor yellow vi5 on 10 raight. IIwas alit e higher on..ope ear than .he otlerwhich gave her the air of a yoligg man- who has-: overononkeyed, with. ther flowing bowl; -This showed to the easual spectater a irlimpae of her ' th ate sg l3trstib -hair peep ilk 1fai - t'al"' On an old .* 76o i we. -could nevet be Rqore to a p oger than friends'. .1er pose was red also, and she had not been properly kalsoriined. In the hurry of dtessing she had missed" hbr nose with the powder-rag,~and that organ-'-mean of Icourse, the nose, not the poider .~-lodmed up ioyet aI d purple in the -ghastly waste of cheok bones and other osseousforpntions. Ah, what a pain- it :gave m6, to see my'beautiful vision fade thus before gny eyes. Then I thought how I had smiled upon her the'eyening before, andd -how, perhap,a -i.ew' hobe had sprung up in her heart,' and I feared that when she knew..It was all over be tween us, the shock, at her time of life, might kill her. -- I left my hct pancakes, with ;the Ynaplo syrup all over them, and fled. Out int6 the .din, the hurry and the' tireless rush of the mad, madI world, trying to stifle the memory of that broken heart.. Should she see these lines I hope she will not think bitterly of' me. I st:ll admire her as a well-pre served ruin, but love- in such a case Would be a hollow mockery. Am ing Extravagancer The extravagance or rich Amoriqans is incredible. Cleopatra dissolving a pearl in her morning draught, nmid Lu oullus dining on the brains of pea66eks and tongues of nightingales are faint sugg'ehtions of the luxury of American millio.nalres% About tWenty years ago Mr. Morgan, A wealthy raIlr#d.'dont'radt6r, mariled ptydht .ichier. --fn 18'6 he died, leaving her five iJa p dollars yin her toWn rIeht'- A f o~months ago 4ue died and: the na inly-aio or nur diamonds, bric-a-bUrao and paintings has put gos sip on her tracks. The disclosures are astounding. She spent $100,000 for her collection of orchids, flowers that bid fair to revive the tulip mania of Holland. Her conservatory of these ugly but fashionable plants brought only $10,000; so that ' it cost her .t0O,. 000:net and interest to own them a few months. She haa one vase for which she paid $15,000. It is less than a foot high and is known as the "peach blow" vase. It was made in 1624 In China, and the delicate beauty of its tint has never been reproduced, and perhaps never-will be. She paid f60,000 for a single picture, $1,995,000 for her col lection of 240 paintings. The Tiffanya made her a solid silver candlebra at a cost of $24,000, and her bath- room cost $50,000. She had over 8,000 plates, one set of which, made at Sevres, cost $3800 a dozen. One single diamond in her cghlection of .lewels cost $47,000. These figures are staggering. Noth-. ing in the most profligate epoch of Rome, nothing in Venice, In Paris or in London surpasses them. Not even the' imagination of Dumas in depicting atonte Christo, or of Gautier In de scribing one of Cleopatra's nights can outstrip the actual accomplishments of this New England school mu!stress. A swift and amazing evolution in this lavish spendthrift from Puritan ances tors, who forbade the wearing of gold brooches and considered a cherry-col lored ribbon an abomination In the sightsof the Lord. Where will this ev olution end? P E3reIto Mexicans. The result of General Lorenr~o Vegas* visit to the scene of the killing of :Cap tam Crawford is beginning to bear fruit. Trhe Mexican government has already taken action in the matter, and has al ready summoned Colonel Santa Anna Pere;, the officer in command of the M4exican troops at the time of the kill Ig,pnd others having knowledge of the drair to the City 'of Mexico, where they will undergo a rigid examination into di of the details, The Mexican inhab tants .in that portion of the country wvhere the killing of Crawford took place ire greatly excited, and interpret the isty summoning of Colonel Perez and its brother oficers to the City of Mexico oindicate alari on the part of the 'extcan federal government at the pos diblg~ outcome of the unfortunate affair. [.ast week an officer of the Mexican ar ny visited the district and collected lata as to the number and occupation of he Americans residing in the district. L'his is something never before done and xcites pjrehension on the part of the trnericans, who feel that they are marig id as hostages or victims In case of in ernatioil difficulties. The belief is tqrera aldl over Northern M$exico with aitive population tilat the United W,,only seeks a pretext to -invade id annex several Mexican States. The hi'abtice of allowing Americans t9 take arms and ammunition Into Mexico has 'eon abolinhed. A HOARD OP GOLD. The Existence of Pirates' Treasures Revealed by a Chart. domewhere about the year 1810 a pi ratical craft, which bad been cruising along the Spanish main, having met with. considerable succese among the Spanish merchantmen and obtaining some rich 11auls of specie, was rumidng up.along the lower Florida coast when she was ciught fira sudden-gale just be low Hlillsboro ir4et and wieckqed . q, corpl .lslanudL ,3rlyg. th"tw. ashore safely, and before the ship , up they'succeeded in getting out 18 of the 20 casks of gold they had - captured. The casks being too heavy to carry eas ily; the'captain ordered his men to make bags of the sails, and in these the gold was carried to a spot in the centre of the island and there buried, the captain making a rough sketch of the location, after which all hands went to the lower end of the island and camped. The same night they were discovered by the Indians and all were killed except one person-the steward-a young fellow, who happened to be a little apart from the others when the raid was made and thus escaped the fate of his companions. But even then he was discovered the next day and was kept in captivity for sever al weeks, when he esceped, and wander ing along the coast, finally arrived at St. Augustine. The steward of all sail ing crafts at that time also acted as the captain's clerk, and kept all ship's pa pers, etc., and he, among other Papers, kept the chart which the captain had fpade of the hiding place of that gold. H1e continued to reside in St. Augustine, and for a -long time intended to take some good- opportunity to go and take up the~tkeasure, but circumstances pre vented, the Indians were troublesome, aid-the Spanish'settlement was in tur moil, and the chart became mislaid or lost, and then came the war of the Con federacy; in the meantime the steward was getting to be an old man, and hav Ing accuitulated considerable wealth, he gave up all idea of going after this treasure until a few months ago. While he was showing some old documents which he had concerning some portion of St. Augustine, he unrolled the lost chart from Inside another ancient parch nnt t a4S he wa'now N5 years old, nith -to near elatives t6 befifetby hji money and himself not needing it,he calls upon an old friend who has once done him a great favor, and tells him, as the sole survivor of that affair, all the par ticulars, and gives him the chart and promises to go with him in an expedition to find it if his health would admit. The friend has rigged up 6 small sloop and, with provisions and several companions, Is now on his way to the location. The old man was too feble to go with them, but the chart is so clear in its description and the informa tion given by the old man and corrobor ative evidence of location has been fouid by one of the party who at various times found gold coin on the beach Lt the precise locality of the wreck (pre sumably from the casks that the pirates failed to remove from tihe ship) gives the party assurance that tihe trip will be a successful one. The amount estimated by the steward is near a million of dol lars, andl the principal party, tihe man who befriended the old steward, and who has the chart and information, is a wellknown and popular citizen of For. nandina, therefore we wish him all sue: cess. (low Manuscripts are Read. A large publishing house states that it generally employs as readers men and women of culture who themselves have done literary work; sometimes a lawyer who finds time from his professional duties to give attention to literary pur suits, or a doctor similarly situated, and sometimes a woman of refined educa tion qualified to do the work. When any manuscript on a scientific, niedical or special object is handed in, some recognized professional man in that particular is engaged. Nearly all writ ers bear part of the expense of the first edition; all new writers do. It is a fact not generally known that Long fellow paid within a small amount of the total cost of production of his first volume of poems, and James Russell Lowell paid all the expense of his first wvork. Markmanship. To test Is mnarlcmanship, a younig man of Sonora fired at a crowv. is aim was bad, for Miss Ella Hewit, who was passing on the high way, received the ball in her mouth between her parted lips. She suddenly shut her teeth upon 1 it and held it. Hier only injury was a slight cutting of the lips and the break- I ing of tihe enamel of her two upper front teeth. -Butterflies are said to be disappear ing from England. --Siy giew. Persian war vessels havo just 19n'4urnched --The Idalg and Queen of Sweden have become teetotalers -During 1itenty Years the popula. L~ion of New York city increased Ofty i per cent., while the expenses of govern ment increased 400 per cent. ' -One of the most remarkable tele- i~ graphic feats on record wes the recent i delivery of a message from Melbourne, Australia, to Lozndon in twea1ty.three e minutes, by land an~d sa over 18,808 e milaneof wire, NEWS IN BRIEF. -A ball' )n that winl carry 100 sol diers is a uw invention. r-A mica- mine has been opened in Orange county, New Jersey. -Connecticut has been visited with frost every month this year. -It is thought'that thisyear will sef 4,000 miles of new 'iliroad built. -A terrible drouth ho dp ulatead a number of distrith --T" t'e- -s captains- every Q voters. -The Pupblo, Cal" nail wrks will use k'egs made of coi Pr's. paper. -Miscreants are slaUghtering fish in Pike county with dynamite cartfidges. -The national debt of the United States amounts to $30 for each inhabit ant. . -A colored woman m Ellington, Conn., lately celebrated her 101st birth day. -The hop crop in the neighborhood of Syracuse, N. Y., is very large and fine. -The crop of apples in North Caro lina this year promises to be larger than ever. ,-Herr Valsch is the first Protestant burgomaster Prague has had for 200 years. -About four thousand roses are re quired to make one pound of attar of roses. -Fourteen kinds of dogs can be dis tinguished in the Greek and Roman records. -Queen Victoria has ordered that Buckingham Palace be lighted with electricity. -Sweet potatoes are being shipped in large quantities from Eastern Shore, Virginia. -The pearl fiaheries of the Persian Gulf afford support to about. 85,000 families4 -The crocodile is said to swallow atones sometimes, like birds, to aid the gastric mill, -The human skull contains fewer bones than the skull of most animals excepting birds. -A woman at Augusta, Me., has ordered a set of false teeth for het aged pet pony. -Medical science has progressed until it Is now able to make a man a new nose by grafting. -Ten and fifteen year old girls in Italy earn 12 cents for 17 hours' work and save half of it. -Fortyihouari4 d1lxlars' worth of chewing gum Is gathbLd annually IA the State ofano. -Wisconsin tobacco growers find their sheds too small to licommodate their immense crops. -The people of this country paid last year more than $9,000,000 for im ported precious stones. -There is a two weeks' old baby In Canajoharle, N. Y., which only weighs two pounds ten ounces. -Last year 1,808 wolves were killed In France, mainly on the border lands of Germany and Belgium. -The number of persons killed on. railways in England is proportionally twice as great as In France. -Five thousand German physicians have petitioned the Imperial govern. ment in favor of cremation. -Wooden pavements have teen given up in London. and the old Mc Adamized system returned t'-. --W illiam Ayres, of Sharon, was killed recently while breaking ip fur niace slack with dynamite. -A Kansas farmer cut the horns off from fifty of his cattle last week in order to save building room. -The Sultan employs two German apothecaries and pays them each $6,000 a year with free board and lodging. ~-Recent London fogs are said to have been pinkish, but from what cause or probable cause Is not stated. -The area of Paris within the forti ficationis, pretty well covered with, buildings, is twenty-eight square miles. --The malaria fiats on the Potomac exist no longer. After years of ex pensive labor they have been reclaimed. -The milk of the elephant contains less water and more fatty matter anid mu:ar than the milk ofay-thrn mal. fayohrai -The area of closely-built stores and residences of London, including the most populous suburbs is .120 square meiles. -Including the iiterest on the Public iebt it requireq about #4,000,000 a year to pay the municipal expenses of Balti more. -it is reported that defective hear. ng ia on the increase in this country1 md that It is largely owing to defective eeth. Principal Dawson, of the McGill UJniversity, of Montreal, has received ~he honor of knighthood from her Mvajesty. --Mile. Emma Nevada, the new ilnger, is of Irish origin and was born u Nevada City, Cal. I-fer right name s Wixom. -The large, prominent eyes of the >rilliant dragon-fly or devil's darning ieedle are each furnished with 28.00 >olished lenses. -The latest device of a Paris news paper Is the engagementof two eminent th)'sioians to attend gratuitously upon to subscribers. ---Yale college founded in 1-701, now ias ninety instructors, between 1,100 ad 1,200 students and property valued .t .ver $5,000,000. - -A stripling who is'attending school n Cooper township, Webrater county, owa, Is reported to -be SJZ feet six riches in his stockings. -Manhattan island, the site of the ity of New York, was purchased from lhe indians In 1020 for $24. NoW it is forth more than $2,000.000,0000~ -Druld park, of Baltimore, dentainis 00 acres, It was' puoae" the ity for about $800,000. The city has [so twelve pubic squares