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- sb '1im h o i tbe rolfiloo;
.4ra b!' ok elt for eveimore.
bo b.h8tvtnhn ored.
-hrQw h -r iva. Welbu anew ona
Undit c ott uQJ a&o bgO +_
-- Au
- po ,a uell ate undo e.
-OOrlaiionettel In course of u R:.
Sweeeiriy ame prinsing geitlW er
Then followed atumnmo in h4'r prime
- - hIo, weeping muob
Witi tenuler toucha
soon hid her In the waurw, eweot lhealthor.
{. V# IE'GRAOE 014 LOVE.
A ireu vidle ag6,hre hnce lived a'
1yry epujkful.and very rich littletPrin
ces.,;beatiLul:iand.o rich'she was
that suitors ffoi all1 pa'rts,of the, wor'ld
efkrc Iekiig In 'shoals'tb her-palace,
6 yaltaloon4, y,the million
' o w dla>d tg ie glory of ,it, liow
' d r icyss :Atd .liobi much
1i l t of thing; for whereas
>'.ttter *i i 'Ul spen1(J.gltOi1y
' -Comfo'tablea ,rtheh. friends, this pour
little tiling had tomploy . all hers li
ma e, bkhte belhg never pleasantly ac
cepted), so that nlany a time did ilte
w, slie night ony have. beenarii
m red,. 'nd. thus" have. bieus died
little Prindesa;geha bd; deiatldltiat
Slie never would .marry until sh, h ad
iouw one i X,yt fE"y her
ihdsof paragons came te wod, .soe
- , ' dhe e thwi tev d
3c , 4 o , uoc w 1. on4t
fellw 4 i t ?off4 d y h>t he -Prlna
- ce lndt dome: soi' acunatomed ,to ,it
p g . ui eaeglous-hearted on
f' t ii ?eC .ati w.en she heard tllat,of
usdTd 'e ected, seven or eight
shot themselves, 'and five 'or. six felt
bad, hfid tihrbd.-61 fotrO cuthlIelI- Nis'
domn teeth, and one or' twvo stayed sin
gle, atli for her sweet sake, she never
shed a -teatr.
Bue]tt one diay, as mbd*-e 'or :so.stood
in the outer court of the palace, si;neez.
Ing on their gloves, and. practicing teii
der 'glances and sighs peparatory'to en
tering the fair one's presence, a young
man, of very different appeartmece. from
the rest, canie quietly up and joinied
them.
"W'?ll. .fe1row" said the otheis,
" w"what errand. brings you here?"
"The saine ae thlat on w'lich . yo
collie,' ansiered he, tranquilly, "Save
thatTIshah succeed wvhere you will fall.
I come to wed the Princess."
9 'tYon" they. exclained in- chiorusi,
" ooking at him ith scorn, for he was.
plainly l'esed an~d of unithposing a's
j4ectt "You! You pretend to be her
superior? You indeeti?"
2'.".I unr'" he replied, unmnoved.".o
* ~ I love her, and love eniobles."
-Whiereait the other latughed conitempt
uously.
"9it hear t,befool I" crIed orip.
-. "Thisgraceess beggay daresto Idvel"'
5' "Putehimn omit!" - screamed anot.her.
' he qut of his mant,lA .isiantique, andm
bie "hat no bucicdes on his 'shdes, noiK
powder to his hair.' 1Bh t. -I snn.
dalous to have him tibotl
"Let him'stayN" said'a third. with a
shrug. "It is as wvell Vp have a valet at
one'g back." - -
The man at whom these sneers wore
cast smiled composedly. "Fortimes
a change." lhe sald. "You who call mei
v M)ltlnh yeI see me carry of the1rin
cps -.zMhit ~efore'vdui' veryg.dea."
1mir1it of derision rant Lhidugl
'e crowd. Blit -at that momient the
palace doors were thrown open, and tihe
court herald announced hiia a)omryl-yolce
tin .er royal highness would now
~ejgsg to rece,iye offeig; auid that going.
in,. sgItors would please take theright
h.and door, and coming out 'th4 'left
hilogr, that thius collisions ,of .a
* 'jnul and dilturbing natturoe,mlght be
*avoided, and that, furthermore,' io
K ~ suloides were allowed .in the royal pres
ence, An immediate rush en'sued to44
ward the' entrance, which opened di
-Price iltipn her throrie, yIth~
thousands of cushIons lying before her
* t ~< tat suiters" pighit nnt
c~tqgl~'ii!neelIn it ug lhoI
* eads, filled wIth haighly-.goloWO ndl
Varlous-sIze'd mittens, were )piled uli
*4kUWididldthe backgrounds 'm.
~ r~I3mtidfulP'is nb$W o4 gvhervth
26 describe this, Jg~Q tu ~(e
ottWorgestqr of afln ierdctfbanm'
1iheW4uld cerainly dye* in
vented some' ibfde on the spot, IJnorO
e ofexidsb1ng the ohamrmi and '
T and pe*fg'st-o6tidingt fetumre
Adsoul which: went to make ump
this tale a:\ddilrf61 miaiden.
And ,now,. one after another, wIth
- . - - .' -
11 ,ntdegteesp t'tasy,
n d . P < < .th d o f
thie :$e r llin;
1" c o. a a vanV=
t fr,bod
iseaiii"modestly bringing Into .vie
io ppli whi ethey. bi. deflance
to the iunlaw race .: a gepz4 n'adpie41
io. b UdlYtitie.- :3it!o'-day, .as yest.er
ldy, none Vas;foundt unerlora to. the
Princess. Oi1d after.andther wasiuly
tdt>itted and dismissed with a consola
lory cigar, antd- the promise -that. his
nae Stould io: be handed- in to Mrs.
3rtrly; : wwi, ien, in liand, sat in lie
repoi'ter's chair; ahd still the little Prin
nass waited smiling and peerless, upon
Ii throne, Ili royal but weal-nig singlq
blessedness. Yet all this' while the
strange.yQung ma ,. 'lo w had comell
ylih ;tie, est, siti nver i f ocxito
press his suit, ant while the others
were "-traying n11e1 groaning and making
no end of a to-do, -he alone stood up.
right and ileint, and -held his head
3traight. and. high us If in protid clis-,
lain.
The-little Princess ias only-a wotan
after all, so, of course, she g)v . p&ecl
it last.
"Pray, Wly,di 'u,"t combl i ol,
3he said, pointing ier iiny ivoryfinger
it him,.with an inimnitable mnixtureoof
"raeeind scorill {'if not to woo nie
with the resti"
"I como, to -wed, lady, not to woo,"
lie answered gravely, and moved foi
ward with unbending head.
"To wed?" echoed thePr.jncess, with
laugh thit..ptu ?prth'so deliciously
weet, th a t( ieal it'vas'to think only
Af the ripple of sil-r waves against
shores .of the purest crystal, "And
pray, .frleii ;ay t{at your wgdaing
"Site whom I love.. will look to the
heart rather tlan to the raiment," an
swered he, as. unabashed and,gravely as
before; and the Princess felt rebuke;l,
tacbl'Uti 'eet lUps; :f oi
hands, b sAil. " t#vv ' ]daryod ask
iught of me?"
Us-lool et r and.smiled and
sI ttt 'r V wet.
t c,' oailbuti gt for gift. .I
bring h hiii lrt. Give mothdr$
f'ore
uap& dpe '.
"Lady,' ha a\SW\erod-- nd he looked
tall:<d'iolSle staiidiig. uprigiht tlonu,
attm.dhe sea :ofhow'ed heads. around
"1, do not-kneel, because, I come }elt1er
to beg ior to pray, but to demaid my
right." - -
.How dare yotil" cried the Princess,
frightened at language so strangely un
goftened t0 neet her delicate royal
ears..
''low dare yon7'1 :
.Love elare:i all, or is no love,'' an
,were;sd he, and sin led still.
"i have sworui.that I' will wed none
save him who is in all my superior,"
said. the Princess, and looked at him
curiousl'. "Do you call yourself my
superior? Are ;ou so vain?" And she
ELrew up her exquisite head, aid laugh
d a.low, gurghing laughi.
N6'," he a tiswered l "For love ia
Ithumle; yet as huminlity is super-ior- to
vanity, you at-e Inferior to me in so fair
is you claim superiorIity,"
- "Am I ya in, then?' asked theTr-ir
-ey ,.. ree suirpr-is
"N! hnee tih)eaowA df'Wdt-i'
pehiauls i'Nd! >Not No!. To theo deathl
wit,hhmwini aflltrms It! NoL NoI A
hlousan-tdmhns not"
-'0s-'f. sa,d tihe .yoting .'nan: who
atood b ddi f hiby;'and - th-ough. he sirk
to lmy'shte heard him above gil the i-est.,
nd hau.ang lher lovely head.
Aiias, she said, '.'htow cant yOtt
de witdi me in..bith'? lamn a prinllces
mud Alt up[onl a lWfdo; and y6
~"Your- t.hr-one.is s4onselesx lnai-bloi nd
sol, dead( stonme,"' s-ail lie, "an.td min n
s a woian's heCar1t,
"' ot1 aire poor, sitid shte, '-anid 1 am11
-ich.'
"Nay, it Is you t who are poor-," heo me
uied, "'since eam-ti.h' sorest- pover-t.y is
hem having only self' to love; and I ala
iach, for- loving is wealth, andi I liavot
oved Jonig.and well.'
t'h..I m wise antd lere,si
b- ;"iiave studl}ed uilcth anl piro.
onndly; an you know mor-e than .l?"
"'Yes," answered lhe; "f(or f have
e3arn)ed that, I ama ignorant, antd earth's
)igluat wisdom canii teach 11o morae"
Buimt I am beantiful,"' she saidl, with
blpsht that siiread over her fare like
lie sunset glow over a lily. "And
"A beaiuty that sees but self is blind, ~
ae ansWered, "and blinidness is a dei
'ormity, It in I therefore whd am
vherever- I am, yout ar-e presenit."
* ''hey say .1 am good, stammet-ed ther
it-0Prtie ~itess' as a hmliplea, Anid
ear-s stood- ii-herm wond(er-fui eyes.
VTe ygging man)CIi egme)earera n))d
tn1d&iahm aid in hige~nfi itsoke ly,
my yoitr own shiowig, you are selfish,
ntd viln, anad wveak,"' he said softly.
'And;, you,?' v.ked- 4he; Pipcepes,
remnuloumslyg yet snmiiig up at hinai as
te spoke; "tare y61t sd rmdch better:
'Ycg," he said," for I am Love hii
elf, .anmd whmat is theoae up1)0n earthl that
s titiea' and1 stronger amud pur-eradid ket
etIthanLov?" *
Afid the li.ttle Irincess lookIng at
himr, suddenly saw it ga-eat glory flash
mut in bis tacn. amidlha nnat arb fell
. otndi%6 dd
eio oso'
iil hlie :nim e, ,' tre'i otlikeat
Jerdled crow i above his forehelxa. Ati
thI'rincess hid her" facd ik hhatidt
and'Aobbed for- very shaine
'"I have found' Loye at last," ie
said, "It.is he for'whiom I have walted
so long, l?9tJd Q ,l jjo wlde.
Only L.v4 d K Loye
knew 110W to win me. On1 Love could
teach me to ldve again."
And then Love ;blnt, over iieri'
-folded herdn his olose, stiohga1 msu, 'ati
fle\v-away, with^ief" igohte-ntd thbtfur
off, wonderful Seventh Heaven, whef0
none but those who Love .have 'ever
been. And tto siuitors stayed, .ipid
witih their mittens and their cigars,
and. their proiisey that none slhould
bvei teir ifeues, I diwero i
anti;p ro e' ededte outsd . that"tt
never could toll what it was so Si
:mensely,huperierithat the. Prinee0s aaw"
In that ;fello'" Only'luokily Etha
world's lhoest ebiiot.I'ad i soy yrn
u'p tdsuia- S6vexitii TIeavygii l tt9
tie -Princess never heard it}tl sy a .
R.lephants i the ubr Business.
Lazy. and- clumsy-looking as ;tip
olepbait aiasn ii "ifr 'i6 te
\vhere: it'is iiheiely=an' olje t o rT ity
in Asia it is as useful an aniiil as the.
htorse, and- isi indeed,. .tmp4oyed in
greater variotiy of .ways, ~
There are few, If any, tasks Whiich-j}
horse can be trusted to perform without
carel'ul and constant guidance; wherea
the elephant is frequently giveri as mih
independence of-action as a man woild
have for jthe, same -or 'hip j
notably lhb cale in tihe" m eryaly e-ds'o
Rangoon and Mauhne4 .W1iero the etc-.
tireopyation.of iuoyltgu d piling the
heavy timber is, pet; rt1q y male ele
phants without abiy- iail supervilon
-The logs tQ moved are teakwvood'
cl id ,rJ ieavy he a a
lengths of ty t feet, with a di t
or"peihaps a v ..or about "foti
An' 81d a it '. ja 1okc
doi _l'EtI,st h iticoitlrnIdle'
Aif 1t'cl ai v i, tp o,
wl ich is bein made. Placing the log
cardfully on the pile in its. proper place,
the sagacious animal will step back a
few paces gnd mneastre with his eye to
determine wliethlir or not the log needs
pushing one way or another. It will
then:malse'any,Inecessary. alteration of
positsbn. I. this way, without a word
of comnind from its mahout, or driver,
it will go on with its work.
To do1ny 'cJalpteek It tmutst, of
course, be elireeted ,i thdernariont; but
it is marvelous to see how readily (hs
great creature coiproeieads. its instrnc
tions,'and how'ingoilously it mikes use
of its strength.. If t; log too "hcavy ,to
be carled i9 to beiniove1a, a% short dis
tance, the elephapil1 bend lp ,,place
his great head agaidt it1e gd.of tlie
log and then with a sudden exertion of
trength and veight'thrw hiiy body feor.
wardl and fair-l. 1)push the log 'alopxt dr,
to move the log any great distanice, he
will encircle it, with a .chain amsi drege
hlis load behiyd lim.
As a rtle, :hbwever' tho work of
dIragging is done by,the female ole
phant,s, since- SlngvI no t uskcs, they can
not carry logs as the male elephants do.
A man could hardly display inore Judg
men,t in the adjustment oft helo,rQlpa or
eihainatound ILlog, :nOr- coul- *a-nal'n
with his two had ti ad untie kniots
more1- skillfully than do they withl their
trun1)ks.
en i-Iitoqui~i,. A mnong Animalin.
1any birds froinl tlhell'sud1Yd-, Vithout
opeiig their bills. The pigeon is a wvell
knowi)ingt4u1Ce of thxis.,Itscooing enin he
aistrinotiy -hecnid, ailth-ough it doesi not
opeui its .~l The call0&for.meud intorni
1113 fin tllimoiat i.xd 0hOt,alid la onily
i-enilered audU)ld iJy lonance. Sia-'
i,r la -rxnay,he - oserved in many
hitrlq and otiea nimals.* T1he clear.
liid cllIOf ~-he ettek1(o, neCcordin;g to
Nicoi%4id"44 AtlidiiticePw ~of a note
ftrosi the I ph:8 Iil.. Th'e- ilhi'ring of
ih 'iicv wfi ieh- faysftioiipproachg
of th'e1birl ot lsieix, is' ~In a?t of
veoitriloquism. 'Pho fr,og also Is said'
niot to'opent his mbuth i eroakh g, but~
tofgre-tate his fa.r-ealchliugsoinds by the
rolling of ..air in --ls , intestines. iEyen
the-nightingale his ceitdln nofes w)hl
are produced inte'dl.(atid ' yhfrihsare
atidible while thle bilE is clohied. So even
tihe art of veiftrlloquiism'(if.,we may gall
it an art), but .which in former tiney4
was hIghly- est,efnd0lhAS been taugh ,
to man01 by tihe animals. -
-'Td discern light - IT) - nhado-w, in -an
a t. - t . - * - -K --,- *
I h'Clel to showv your grandetiir don't.
r-edulce yOt tfellow-being,. .
JeO C0u1te t to.do thq tinig Y0~oIn
itid fret n dt beemuise yoti --anno do
everything.
Do& The dut,y that-lies;near4 thee;thy
'Aedo$d.duty . wili.already have becon,e
clearer.-' i-' e.- --g
bIr1x-"Ydui --ight t hit6s
-.ie h ngftgi" .1tW,
t,ied line tru wtie n~riqp
fdr reite1., Theh Ah del
t aity ndah
t we'
=A4 r'tn ' Atndstr)als the.
wav -poW0ialor talkted or, haIj
tnt l fn felildiyl. ?fn*v e tte . ii, s
: , , is inchiije
,1eg1ii in .July,
dcosk1ered
h el ,1 l)rpJ6toi
i a fa ir i yi s
Iafaa bt'1 ti}1 lhttilS
ciitl,, LA8 ie 4Xij t It sl Au et.tlii
:tltiok s toWi u it ien?rb;- ie
,. es'and the p1 ditidut the
watter up the blut_ te brokeii aid
carried ay' no h . t,aiil fourte n
time.4 1'hen the - er .?arnlel
wont ihore and hor of dyuuilte
six IjnUddtilMw ' Vl n n . ,
c)ljI h t oii s oW IIyI
e (to e blo'c
- thr 1iontia,Wvere ol ai din:bl t
61lag ot th.?tI d61Ur 3 Vris nufteC-ward
itiotli.e mas.'4 of utut( e)Yoighilug ove'.
. hilinlidtl iliid ti ity toufh iii)d lit o;
N. ed 'Vl e in4t 1 ,which wt a
des by Stteeni,l
and still is
c:epo> 9 anrpower.
Across n rocks just
north oft bidge of
.ieaVy timbers :.Ssp nded,
frontilhsis 'a hug IYndOi" ff oak
tiinberg -wili the s}iing .portiQi
don 10 ard, This is feied to t i'
' bridge by immense hing vhich alld*
I', when in oporatiotl,- 'a vwitg bt k.
taiud foy vn~yclf clis >Yr'r r~t,j i e
ta theli'b till It io n o0
'.per portion of the ec'ts c
ta~ soid ajpr i onLA
lle. to, tWi'lyeit Y "ipn
I coiineetec4 pt'It t pipe
. When a wave co
rawvi :o s Is i y
and catse8. a quick rash of,vater-. into
th1o'. .ggetiOn' pipe The force with
which! the water is drawn up is util
cleiit 'to raise it to'an elOviitioi: 'of 350
feet above'tiie tide level.
Should this motor prove as successful
as the prQJegto's, Seeu Conidlgt it will,
several Uthe's .vUibo uilt: In4he sano
nelghbdriopd aii4ai 1 nieis-reservpir
built on the hill to contalar the water.
'rli1s onQ .mptoltlWtt.h.Its twelve Inch'
pliiiigr, eh , ipabJb of;,i'al:ing 1:4,000
reuhie, feet of water 35U eet' high in
ever'y tWe~ity-fouir hours. The uses -tp
whih the watei' -% ill be put are vaii
ous.. A .1hirty-six-inch , pipe.. wpll be
cighic ed tp t.city.;ifiid.,watpr Will be
supplied to all branches of Indust"y
c}e I d' 4 is used. Bathing
houses, il 4s'o be supplied with salt
wat4 ue d swers 1lithed Wheiei it is
i rtwork performned will hie be
gun 'int bout, ten dlays, and an - eight
iuch liigo i~o hbeing laid 'for the pur
Poe. --.
Thes last.-mentioned pipe is: for Adolph
Sutro an.dis.t0 shp tytilized In sluicipg
away' a large amnounti of drifting sandl
fromt the heights just back of the aqua
rium, The work ia rendered necesay
theOre.
. The immense fana ot the. motor gent
i eie a large amount of energy wvhich
is not. (tsedi in workiflr the pu'mp, and.
w1he:1 everythIng 1. I shape'electric
tiynamost~ will be erected to utih'ze this.
enlergy for heating purposes and theelhke.:
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WOMi NN OF THlE WESTV.
Tihe (alguen,h~sti ed.eutles. to s
. l. outt( ndb Onllfbeia.--.. '
I ord T orbe---a young muan whto
sluands too near the throne,.perhaps, -td
be seen in, the best, Jl,ih-.-,aid .to rne
wile.at his tablein Quebec, aftei' his
v isi.t to I he Pacifie: "Y ~on are growing
as new rage of people.out thaere)& [ re.
rhembet;-that tlie Princess -Louise;oon
Moirred heartily frii this tsset.lon, bidi i
sstd 'ti;tKttlio.departure was ambst td
lJeeable'amongf the women, .esiped1ally
sr&;;taSanta )3at'barmAtnd Los A7:.
'gtsle< p laces,that--AL thie *tIze .of her
tour-.-il not been 1ittei'n'af - by aby
great confusion of new blood, as In ths
face and (lie character of the California
woman, absent, from a.ll other women'
of this earth, 1' have stud ied this touch
of solemulity, this dignity,. this almost
u yf4r yeig., Watch tJp WAited
is a distinct . feature of the Califorainjla
womanl. Thits -woman lhas.. les5 .Ay'
thakn dy *otei ai:4 In i1b \id.
~The grolden .silonteo e'our golden 1$nd
14 tll oh' ia for ~de. - 9gMJ
eeealfr aI4ay Ti bee ifs oe
w ~ oy
ng
1 t 't eutife
featnie in ' Ionian, th
likt
u t\ llel
r leh
ofiitdosshilkd hre -Iik
notc of the-Alhambirt, th'Arab of thu
:' tn r io.l v sQn "of the
pure Gastiian,ftj,true, but nearly. al
ur'j Aan"lsh'stdck is snlashed with thl
"taW>y blood, of of L ev the Moor or the
atativetAmerican Indian. Then again
ye have the Kanaka in our schools,
There a e ldso any s arthy folk ffolr
far dowiinthe laoild se . But over a1
aboye,al these towers the tall Californli
girl her head and shouldeLs laden vii
r 7
The Now Orleans typo o' beauty. ;l
the large-eyed and the tawny type.,
is vei'.y'URd anadistinct. Not-at all
nuimeroiis are t.hos6 beauties of thi
Jre ilt' 3ity;, lio .a oc tlley, ;npnbXiotl
of ihtientgon or of beifrgcalled'.beaut1 s,
Zi4eed, I know of t iiothing thats'cont d
be L tg "o>; ?ttU3e. i anpubli(
Snt s li o1 ' ;but I ]
fee sa'I ;abayipg tLu for l?eauty. a0q
a ditilnatityio'-of boauy theloi,ne n of
New Orleans surpasst anything to_a be
fout o itgir j, -,Hoston "o' New York.
-i-edet11e e a heautiful,'w er
in .onglon 'b , wen e
prk, ;9tgingo 7, g yolous . beiu fdil
but they are nob dlsti4t - types ( li
'te w le wide world has been pillaged
sti "t d' mY And iw
for tO oiiowo r s b tuty of -iurope,
7%1v with u.; an(c
ow .ly Whowv niuch ..
y t'ec ' irmSple. beauty. and
ratb it. Yet I asseri
find;In California twe ty
a any day.
o' esaend to somotill details
hathe -lifo nt: won a 4
hOuse and t 41te ctre of it
ttl ies mo1ty aJd less "friet
thi i of Italy for easy an 4eimple
domeati, management; and"besides that
oih Pruits and fish and all sorts of rai'i
tes 'the year through lighten up sthinga
wonderfully-for this new woman of the
new world; but at the same time it is
npOtall i either the climate or the soil.
3USTLELESS DRESSES.
A tiking feature in the less hedvy
and b.1 tlp oursed dress of the East ix
the ardeI color. We have retained
m1uch1 of the Spauish red and some "of
the yellow widel we found - here. (i
't hiy theatre atid you behold a sea of
red; and this love of color is fast spl:ead.
ing from these shores to the ' other sidc
bf 'tho continent. It can not reach
sombre Pliladelphia a~nd sedate B3oston
I-mtst say briefly, bu , einphatically,
that the 'womuen of the 1 acifle coastqr
th dtdeed ee,a No, they
(10 not wear gold. They do not wear
maby:diAYonde 'as a rule. But that
beastly abomination unto the Lord'
thlQe bustle-hitquever yet h4d ithffali
growth here, thank God, as in th'
States. Neithier dkdithe "bang" In its
crp'/.ibst 1ays everq 1gmgeh pdt,nago ,tc
th,b Oall nan.' ;Even the Alkating-p
rhgMf&I to lift the Califoinla woman
from her feet, as elsewhere. But quiet,,
good senge-the best thinug to have in
any hm(xl or family-has al.wys liept
btir calm ni.d giubcnly. California w~omn
>ttt of all such ekeesse n Nnd but of miany
prevailt'g f'ollies. v AIId all-this comies,
think, of a dlispositioni to deelde .and
LtCt r'or herself.
*A.aracefnil flteunko to Fr h~wne*.
.Washington Irving lshop 'told me
thO other 3lghIt a; story apont .Dr.'Johni
Brcown, who wrote "Rab Alt,d .*Hs
Friends," one of. the most delIghtfulo1
books. Sir 'Dantel NacNeo, tihs cele
brated 'painter, had dust ifinished a .pie'.
i.ure of-MIrs. .Bro\vn, the deetior's;wvIfe,
t'hey Mere bot,h .old1 peoplo. 1tlen. The
tilpt.i'i' had-been sent honto andi the
:ldtor'mtfifriends wfen' in' to'ol
Et it,. Wthsihanging d'n the Wall/and
the pids tyan liad beent gazing;at ,t for
upmne time -in slen,ce., His *nephe,w, a
younug rpyin just back from co loge'oo
by hlm .*,,n., ~o
AA-fine pictuve; but dlon't yon think,
itncle; it;ratherstlatters the old lady?"
ue6eaid* x,uer fiUppantly~
The doptgr ,withQut . taking hi.j .eyes
from the'picture, put ou~t .lis.ad hdln
Nrew:.tebdy td hiin.
"My boy,'". he said, .'t I thei -truth
I ' I' sti yy.
ng-horseshoes of a now pattern, whichi
tre said to iiut a (irnn footing iuppti
tlodel nhhlt. 'rho . romindtides, ;oz
ialks, 45. Tii4-t r inst,ead di
netsil/and ar# fixei In poocets in't ii
ulaleabjo heffh b the,t .ioshoe. 'l'hue
mubber. ear uI)~~o3nly with tjie
ronigbhtit oenl ttis s hould'moL bo the
male rat spedIiala forme ofcaik eQt
dlinnery weih6 "k '
lVonerfui Eduated PariQrtR Lately
. E liiit t in Parl
SAl exhibitiou of ddt6ated parrots re.
.cently held in Paris shOwed very clear
ly to what a high state of,. perfection
Sthiese birds are capable of being trailjd.
. hoIrstage was+a Iong tablQ,.at one 01
whtici vere perches, on whiph verb
4roupted. hialf, a dozeni parrots. Fiqu} of
tieso,were cockatoos--white rfit.h yel.
low crests; the other otii Weei'eg gypai'.
*ots,' wlli tie nieck and utub tr iart-s
ros'e color.
- Ahiotg'tho tileks'which tliey Perform
at tho bidding of their ownerfM. Abdy,
are-the following: ' Two :fixed biks oh
upright' supports are placed on tlIw
tabl;hrffot imbs'tipon oe of then,
tirns' a' domersatilt, jteeis 'is head
downward, and, passing on to the see
ond biar, goes through trie same exer
cise. Their :owner then calls Tom, a
small, whito pirrot, Who 'comes toward
him asif bont t.oclinb on' one of the
biu ,, but runs back agaiipliolding down
h' b'oad aid shaking hiWings.In n;
1' grot,s;e iva'. Ton is evIidtly thb
s. biton of tlt. troupe. A, bel; s then
brought, with a handle wiitjh foruims'a
'lever; a parrot advances, 'and, putting
^bifo,foot dn the lever' rings' the bellt
'he traiti Awie audlInee *yhat
in4er of rinigs they wish. for; s01me
pe,colaims, ""Seven1" and the 1iri-o.
rings the bell-ven times. ''I
Tho'e its thenwask?d,'how much
6e r ithes:tlitiu k; and it re
pltes by T t i nnlWh tiunes. A
?ed, oi'the abl'e in tie
f a-s $S-s,,4e#ch epd of .which
"u gray -parrob,perclies, .-and in-the, cen
tf1j tstabove the iivot, j umps a:mnag
i ilco't whfto parrot ii'med Charley,
the pioial'. onOi11 ie troid. ''his
atgt;rowlg the wleight of 1s.body
lc?essl vely. to right and left' o the
1livot, soeks the see-saw rapidly. T. o
nee the i :liation of this bird during
to brfoibniiegd one vould siuppose
* at. e,to tea i plen itra in rocking
gr1.4Pnlim ops.
z , heAame<bI4 ten g9es through -tn
.dtl jexo.eise.1- ottriagstaffs are set
e:t ) an t nthe footOf edujt
Cor the rich flag C ly advanees,
cl iir elf 1s'etct n : lio 'gtt
iQv crest, anid,"p"ead his wings,
' uddol y sp1zes tlio;lone'With.h lieak;
i}qd thou, tornateiy :w,l libeal and
fOt, "hauls up the flag.as a sailor would,
iand over han'd, until it is fast at the
top. He then goes through the sa1oo:
performance with the other' fl,gs! in
succession.. .
Several letters of thea alphabi; krrm
placed upright on the table, d Char(ey,.
is again brouglib tVad,ttmin-h m.
solf as )fOr',o A slietatot :eal1 for,a
lotlor.' ljtrley hesitater, ,) nes 'is
head .9t,QnQ oid;ap,qarato . 3gct," then
tdddenly,radvances. andrticks . up. the
letter itamied,:repestitfd the -perEorm
ancp with Ot1T"ieitters when called for.
,Snddoiiiy, litt1e Toi jultps off his
.pgrghl, i'lins up, selz,e . t,he reinain~ ng
letters one--aftier another, and Inte 10s
thgenft\i bli th'e floor'. Aioth eriar
rt, thien .aipears,' .i. .ht t-he word of
comniand' thirows- iseveral somersaults
on'thd fibTe. 'Two otheis follow, and
waltz slowly roiind; whilo' the music
pilays.
'Of all parrots M. Abdy considera the~
white cockatoos tihe mqopt gifted mn re
gard to agility and catpaTilityfor' learni
lng .tricks-boinlg, in fact, acrobats'.by
naticr. They are very slow in learning
to talk, but they are easily. tamed, anid
unlderstand and do what thecy are told.
"The Cremonla violins are ths6 delight
of corinoisseurs. These remarkable in
StrumVaets erade. by the Amatis,
Strdivrlues ndGtuarner'luses, whio
resided-In (Iremnona, Italy, between15h20
and 1730. Beosides th.ese most famous
aara'there wois others very highly
esteelned,- snu'i as -(Gaspard dIi Sale,
Mbaginl aiid BIorgonzi. Montaguani ex
jcelled 'them all by his rich Var'nish and
also -made some very huebioyoloncellos.
Abot the year 1820 Nicolo- .Foganini;
tile .hrst great virtuioso- of thei yiolin1
commenced his collectiun of the famous
instrihlnents~, -- to . which.-: oferenuce: ia
manrde li,this notlee, an'! t.he" discovery
of.one ofilis violins in Baltimnore glies
fresh mnterest to tihe snujlect. -[During
las. tour'in Franace'anud Enigland t.is
wVondrons player site edell In obtainh)g
sev'eniof the finest vloU.is to be got, foi'
mo$~ey. They consisted, .of .one by
Magii an' three by * farmierihis. Thte
gr'eatst favorite- of thieka ,ieven inlstl'l..
mnents wantf tile splendi apeeilmell known
tyas'4maru's QA J9I61, d atedl 1743,
and-is noiv deposited bn.dho museum at,
hnba: Thie .other - six inst.rmnments
erae proeseiltd, .to tlt finest artist. ofr
Emioipo in 1840, viz., Do Berlot., May
sedIen ' ph or, - Mfoh]que, D)avid amtu
rulist, Th ;- writer lhAs eidedvored to.
artahl tile ,whei'eabonts of these nm-.
*rmiments, ,but 'h'as sueceeded .Ia plac
ig"only Lgo' of' .fOem, Tue 'Aynat4,'
gi,ven to .l. Bler'of.,'4 .o ll in P?aris
-about twenty years. lgoto Dr"S1ok, t,
Ba timl'o,- (It Whose dth tihe V~Iiln
mu 0 hdeer intilsicl hyl4 glef isec
presenlted to tihe .\marylanid 134tute fr
the flhlald Air, Ahbert't of Philadel
ph#a', has hItch) .epaired t)Fe Am1att '
Iand declares that t) o or-thiree mflonthm '
~fdb'tse'mf it illi de\96 ii g 61in
. NEWS. IN <EXEF
1thurope'siliopuilation is 337,000,000,
ceording to repots prepared for the
ltenateal salseoal vougress.
--Rico-tbrowiuat wed4fngs ly4 its
origin witWthe ' Chinese. -It'i1, sym
belicbl'of the act of' lurilg the: bird of
ill-omen: from the path of othe bride,
to, e4ubJa her to -sAfeiy pursue her i4at
rlinon(ai eareer.
,+BAigao ciary hii, umiui'ture
Well hi its " age;with ' bucket, the
'cath6t dfFwhich reaches to its perch.
,Vl;en.t wants a drink It draws up the
bucket, muich to the delight of the
childkei In the neighborhood,
-A Franoh hortioultuilst, Count du
Boysson, insures the growth of seeds so
'la.aato1have.a doubtful, gerwiatiug
owQr by soaking theip ,for thirt,y.si x
pours in water couitaining ai little
uatlo or otie;; source of nitrogen.
--The gaId mihe of ?utra'la con
thne' to the very produ6ttve. ome of
them are mdie ti.an 2,000 feet in depth,
and many. i0, be , sunk 'even lower
thn ,that.in the near. future. T1is in
contrary to the )recditlQus of old mhlu.
log exprts, iho aild ifhany year ago
that no 'gold. would over be f9ptid i
Australla at a depth groator thgu a
hundred feet.
-An. abandoned,set . pf'i.tuIral gas
matis in Easi A 93dbi'5li, i cauts.
ing considerable - OI"y to the -'oni.
dents..of.. tat . city. . The pipe4 are
leaky in many' places brokon it two,
and agas i Ilowing tbrougi tbo the
daje"r of in,exploslou has become
nlattniingly apparent. , And the situa
tion Iarendered atl,the more langerolus
by tli e fact that the source of the ga
supp y is a mystery.
-The saying, "You not. oi led
the wiong foot' foremost," or wit Ii 11
left leg .foremost, can be tracPd back
;3,000 years, and uriginated precisely
where the picture glveU by 0hrist- Of
the judgtiient day citme 'trom. ' The
right foot Was associated in 44 alitiy
uity with godd luck and tile left with
bad fortune. Hence I, pjt, t,he left foot
out of:pbed"-frst was a.llid sign,.
-It wAs Cardinal Wolsey, "as he
lay dying, and perhalip looked 'back
over his strange life, beginning at the
timeewhen'he was- a little -shool boy,
" and :a,poor .man's son, through. all his
ambltiop aid his indlustry, a uopower
au "splendpr; ivho 4Aiii "If lI had
serve ot- as 'diligently 'a's I -have
se ed.t hekig,' hi6 would 'not ha
g 9'asrme:over:ia my gray hairs."
: 1t. l Ye~ura yetrg : we t
it r .Oed' fou scon ',_
Prents'hth ieal,rie onS fight .
traus shio th ti It can- a .app ied to
;ever.r' ihi ft of'thuatlength 1un.
ning at theI-te of foi"ty:miles"an liou,
and that this traIn can be stoppea "'
within 500-feet,-or one-fourth of its
ownl engh,':arntiallithils without ainy
serious jolti1n: --
-4i'heteWgiet Ameriol4inven
t-i-ns,ofawldawtde adoption are: 1,
'he:ftWgs;-2,,,hle,plauing machine;
, i , mo\vlr and reaper; 4, tie
r tin {jress;' ,, hylgatlon by
sewing uabhlue; ', the India-rubber
industry4 0; the machliue -mantifacture
of horseshoes; 10,.,thoe,saud-blasts for
carving; 1," the gauge lathe; 12, the
grain elevator; 18, -artiicia iie-making
on a la'rge scale; 14,' the electrio mag
net anid its' practical' application; 15
the telephone..
- --~-A farmer. living near Lewiston,
Me., wh'o uisd a hiorle to.riin'his'fddi-hr
cntting inachin,- Wa's hinch annoyed at.
-freqient stopplngs of 'the horse power,
* maiIcularly as sooni .as the horse was
lett .alone. .lHe accordingly wvateliedi
the aima,which,as inon as It, thought
lts inaster -was away, madhed-over t.he
side of the machhin6; grabbed t.he brake
wit :Its teeth, pulled ite oyer and
ttped1he inachine.. The~ old horse.
la :Atd to have actiially looked sail
whdui 'thie farmer tied th6 brake downI
and Started himn on the' treadmil
againi, *
-Miacacus mionkeys on the island of.
South .litirmah, open.Oysters wIth at
stone. They -bring , the stone from~
high water mark doWn 'to low wat er,
seleQtlng such stontes as they cant easily
grasp, They effect the opening by
striking .the base of the upper valve
until it dislocates andi breaks up. Thiey
then extract the oyster with'the finger
and "thumb, occasionally putting thes
motith straight.-to ,the,.broken shell.
The way they- have chosen .is the
easlost way to open' the shell..
-The rie of kcalbaroo skins for
loather has come rapidly itito fashion
wilthin-a year or two, and thlose ani,.
mals, which were once regarded as a.
nuisanice, in A,ustMala, are now prized
and sought for. Porpoise leather is
also a cominlodity large.y i demand,
and a mlan or wontan wearing a cost ly
patir or shoes ' canunot well be .sure,
nowadays, who.ther t,he materiAl came
froma the Aust-rallau .bush, the South
seas, or thie.baick ofilT'xasi steer.
-A reasond~sed upon .an Inspectiou
of '1,214 l'actorles mi 125 different
brectues. of.work in.liussig states that
the hours of.labpi'~ l4ere.ary. from six
to twenty, and that. in. or two special.
Inistances workmen '*ere compeled to
labor, twenty-fouw hourn -uti terrupt
ialyn . Thiese differe,nces are, pnrel y
arbitrar~y andL not contr6lled by.tho klust
o the work', in the sani6s $1 t lu
the sanue sort of Work there oni,me.
times a diffsieitdd bfs olevet liuts h:
the.amotut o0 work- required iuia day *
n-the different factories, *
The4iif uItWu9f.M,9co19 (or wac
mlateini' dbhitifcd Iaol id,v0 (ot
Was) e bicyqle. rThl m0chine wasi pr e
senta to h~IJl by .yc maihursv.
turQr.eOf ciie i18 mae0 .
had a o rotflr 't?gelaaId dht '1W his
ent'~u~ ud# wiunevet Any oc lhbs
wio ere guil mi l he
wl . .'.he ie ) ehA iad fbi~p
wbie'the Wotab. offondets ha twi t.
itaaoullab al'e.