Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — Page 4

WF.A VTKQ. , f Drily, hourly, we weave and weave, ’"v And whether we sing, or sit and grieve, The weaving goes on without delay, Shaping our robe for the jndgment day. Oar smiles and our tears in blended sheen. AH through the woof of the fabric gleam: And the garment glitters with threads of gold Wrought In by s patience manifold. TV kindness that won an erring soul Strengthens the strands and brightens the . whole; While the deed we deemed not worth a place In the finished web with joy we trace. Our very thoughts in the pattern fair, Now light’ned with love, now dark’ned with care. The weaver’s mystical shuttle throws. Till into the robe their likeness grows. The tangled threads, the knots and the ends. All into the woof the Master blends; And with a touch of His skillful hand Brings into its place each straying strand ****** O beautiful garment, thon sheen of pure gold, Reflecting God’s glory from seam and from fold! Environ my soul with thy beauty and light, That, approved, I may stand in Heaven’s clear light. S. S. Eddv.

A Glittering Temptation.

When Leander Clarke married Mabel Thorpe, he had no expectation of ever being a rich man, but as bis affairs appear at the present time he i 3 on the broad highway to future wealth. It all arose from the fact that he took time by the forelock, the only way poor mortals have of ever getting even with him of the scythe and hour glass. But it is this very thing that is causing him such a lot of mental anguish now, making his nights sleepless and threatening to undermine his domestic peace. Mabel Thorpe laid no claims to social distinction when Leander met her first at some entertainment, where she rendered selections of classic music in such a masterly manner that he, being a lover of music, was instantly attracted to her side, and staid there during the evening. For the rest she wore glasses, being nearsighted, and having been graduated from an Eastern college, was rather stiff and pedantic in her manner—a grateful change from the ordinary frisky young creatures with whom Leander had been associated. It takes all kind of people to make a world—-more’s the pity—and love goes where it is sent. Mabel had expected to become one of that noble army of martyrs, teachers, but when Leander proposed she reconsidered the matter, and thought she heard the voice of duty bidding her answer “yes,” and without more ado she accepted him.

Now Mabel Thorpe did not expect her hero to swim the Hellespont of life, with all his armor on, but she did demand from him-as she had a right to do-a high moral standard, for she had not married him until she had seen, as she believed, his whole past life open before her like a book. There i%no time when a man is as weekly sentimental and religious as when he is trying to live up to the standard of a pure young girl's ideal, and Leander became almost an angel. There are very few of us capable of making human angels of ourselves. Good and evU are as persistently present in our moral nature as light and darkness are in our atmosphere, and one serves as the complement of the other. To banish night we use the light of science, to counteract wrong we invoke divine help; but so largely is our worldly nature in excess of our spiritual powers, that we are constantly in. ■danger of erring to be forgiven, in other words, sinning and repenting. Mabel Thorpe believed in an inflexible uprightness. The command to do evil that good may come was her perverted text. She was not aware that there are sins of omission, as well as of commission, and that her uprighteous condemnation of sinners, and her severe judgements, were in themselves of a sinful nature. The self--righteous are too ofteu harder to live with Alan the sinner. Zander Clarke had been & good son, ■and he intended to be a good husband. He was both proud and fond of bis wife, but certainly regretted that he could not give her all the luxuries that she could appreciate, not even the grand piano that her musical talent deserved. But he went to work with a will to make her happy, and hoped in a few years to be able to add all other needful thiugs. Among the -wedding presents of the young couple was one that far outshown ail the rest —a superb set of diamonds sent by an uncle of Leander’s who was near to death, and gave the residue of a large estate in this extravagant present. Leander himself was genuinely sorry that such an undesirable gift had been made, but he argued that his wife was a sensible woman, .and would turn them into something more suitable to their condition in life—a piano, lor instance, which was a necessity rather Ethan a luxury. What was his surprise when •his bride said: “I never was so pleased in my life. DiauionJi* represent to me the crystallization of everything beautiful in art and nature. I never dreamed that I should possess such magnificence.” . 4 *But these have no associations,” said her husband, -‘they are not heirlooms.” “They will be; all diamonds were new ut some time. And are they not associated with the dear old man who gave them ?'

The dear old man had been a terror in the family, and had only given the diamonds to Leauder’s wife because he hated that nephew a little less than the others, whom he hoped to make horribly jealous and angry and—had succeeded. When Leander asked his wife to keep tier diamonds in the bank, she promptly declined. “But you surely will not wear them dear ?” he suggested. t “Why not ?” she asked. “It would injure our prospects, and not tie consistent with our position.” “They were a gift to me; surely I have the right to do as I please with my own.” “The right—yes; but I thought my wife bad more discretion. I did not know you cared for gew-gaws, Mabel.” Bo the first cloud came on the horizon of their lore, but Leander was good-tem-pered, and Mabel satisfied and it disappeared. The truth was that Leander had expected a handsome sum of money from this very uncle, who was a bachelor, and eery old. But age had not mellowed an qgly disposition to thwart his relatives, mad after raising the young man’s hopes be took a malicious pleasure in disappointing them. The young couple began life in a pretty Juntiahed cottage on the modern plan of a

chafing dish and hand-painted china, and it worked like a charm. Mabel presided over the dainty cuisine, the butler’s pantry, the parlor and really did wonders. Leander fell in love with her over and over again. But for the diamonds they would have been as bappy as larks. Did they bear a sound at night—it was I a burglar after those precieua gems. They 1 were afraid to leave the house alone lest ; thieves break in and steal, and one or the | other of the two was compelled to be the biding place of the jewels, when they went out together. Mabel did not care to adorn j herself with diamonds when she went to market or to church, but she could not listen to a sermon in peace if the gems were not about her. And somehow it did annoy her to carry concealed wealth, like a brigand or a smuggler. But when Leander had a chance to buy shares in the “Little Catawba” Lumber Company, and to make as much in three months as lie would in a year by his clerkship, Mabel would not listen to the suggestion that the bank would advance enough on the diamonds to enable him to make the investment. Then Leander discovered that his wife could be a very obstinate woman. It was in vain that he laid before her the benefit that would result from a transient disposal of the gems. She replied, not without logic on her side, that the “Little Catawba” might be a failure, and then her precious securities would be forfeited. Leander, man fashion, grew angry, and after some hot words reached the penultimate of passion.

“I wish,” he said, in tones of invective, “that burglars would get the hateful stones. They might at least be of some use to them!” It is said that curses, like chickens, come home to roost. After Leander had asked forgiveness for his rudeness and Mabel had sweetly extended the olive branch of conciliation, he suggested that she be doubly careful of her cherished possessions. “The town is full of burglars, and they know the people who have fine diamonds, and if they once set out to get them they’ll succeed." Mabel did not sleep with the diamonds in the same room. Womanlike, she thought if she secreted them in some place where they would never be detected, they would be safe. Neither the ash barrel nor the rag bag entered into her calculatiohs, but places just as inconsistent did. One night there was a crash in the room below. Mabel shook her sleeping husband and whispered in his ear: “Burglars! Get your revolver and go down stairs. The diamonds are in the bottom of the clock.” Leander was startled and confused, but as the noise continued, be hurried on his clothes, and taking his revolver ran softly down the stairs. Mabel remained where she wa9, shivering with fear. There was a fearful commotion below, the noise of falling furniture, opening and closing of windows and the rapid firing of the revolver after some flying robber. Then regard for her husband’s life compelled Mabel to hurry to hi 3 assistance. She found him lying on the floor grasping his revolver. She did not faint or shriek, but kneeling beside Idm bathed ids face and besought him to speak to her. “Where am I?” he asked feebly, as he tried to raise himself. “Are the diamonds safe ? ” “Never mind the diamonds,” said his wife. “Are you mortally wounded anywhere ?” “I don't know,” answered Leander feebly, and, to her credit, be it recorded, Mrs. Leander assisted her husband to a couch and sent off, or rattier called for assistance, before she even thought of her diamonds.

Then the open door of the clock told the whole story. The diamonds were gone, root and branch I And they were the only things stolen. If Leander had been surprised at the manner of his wife ou receiving the jewels, he was astonished at the calm indifference with which she parted from them. She allowed the usual course to be taken to recover the thief, or thieves, to justice, but wheu no results followed, she said she was glad of it, that the gems had been like an evil eye to them, and for her part she never wanted to hear of them again. “I wonder," she said, “that I did not see it in that light before. I will never keep anything in my house again to tempt the cupidity of the wicked or unfortunate. To that extent am I my brother’s keeper.” But the effect upon her husband was entirely different. Either he caught cold on that night of the burglary, or his nervous system received a shock, for he was almost ill from the effects of his tussle with the burglar. And he could not endure to have the subject mentioned before him. Not even the success of the “Little Catawba,” in which a friend had invested for him, gave him the peace and rest he craved. A little incident that happened at that time did, however, help to restore him to his normal condition. His wife received a small package, accompanied by a soiled and dilapidated note, which, upon being •opened,read: 1 ‘honord madem: ‘‘ i gets no sleap sence I stoal yure dimons i no yure laidy an i am a retch if i giu them up pra fur me. “an unnone trend.” And in the package Mabel found her diamonds, exactly as she had last seen them. She was pleased—where is the woman who would not have been?—and she at once showed her confidence in her husband by placing the gems in his hands for safe keeping in the bank. v “I wish I had taken your advice earlier,” she said gracefully; “it would have saved us so much trouble.” Leander murmered something about all being well that, ends well, and at noon brought her a certificate of deposit, There we leave them, on the way to fortune and happiness if —if—-Leander’s conscience does not upset the whole scheme. He would give a great deal to know, what no clairvoyant could tell him, how much or how little Mabel has discovered. My own opinion is that she saw through it from the first, and holds herself equally guilty as accessory after the crime, and with that sweet fickleness which even an upright woman employs she will make herself a loving accomplice. For it is a foregone conclusion that Leander Clarke was bis own burglar—Detroit Free Press.

Keeping Everlastingly at It.

Genius is really only the power of making contiquous efforts. The line between failure'aud success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it—so fine that we are bften on the line and do not know it. How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. As the tide goes clear out, so it comes clear in. In business, sometimes, prospects may Seem darkest when really they are on the turn. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

FOR THE FAIR SEX.

SOME ITEMS THAT WILL IN. TEREST. Earrings. Tha Shoulder Shawl. Woman Win. Winter Crepons. A Congressman's Wife. Badges of Matrimony. Earrings are fast coming into fash* ion again, so an uptown jeweler declares. Twenty years ago they were considered very stylish, but for the {>ast ten years there has been but ittle demand for them. About a year ago they began to be called for, and now the indications are that within a year they will be as much in vogue as they were twenty years ago. r tb SHOULDER SHAWL. A shoulder shawl is a convenient article of one’s dress, as the time draws on when one expects to sit more and more upon the veranda and lawn. About the easiest made and most effective for the time expended on it is a square of pale colored cashmere, with a crocheted border in zephyr to match the shade used, and worked in shell stitch. These shells should be edged with floss of the same color. WOMEN CAME OUT AHEAD. Women came out ahead in an examination recently held for library cataloguer and library clerk for the Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C. Of the thirty applicants for the former position all of the men failed to pass, while only five out of the sixteen women did so. Of the ten applicants for the latter, eight men fatted and two women passed. Although Secretary Morton wanted men for the places, he was moved by these results to change his mind, and appointed Miss E. B. Wales, of Chicago, clerk, and Miss G. F. Leonard, of Albany State Library, cataloguer.

ABOUT WINTER CREPONS. A practical hint of the future is gathered from the gossip of the shops. One of the richest yet most conservative of the great dry goods stores when sending two buyers abroad in search of woolen goods for next winter instructed them not to buy crepon, believing this fabric to have had its day of favor with American women. At last report these buyers cabled home that they must buy crepon, as there is little or nothing else in the European market for the next season. At another house of great repute more than two-thirds of the wool samples received for next winter are creped, but in new fanciful weaving, different from anything now seen. These erspons of the future are also two-toned, some of them changeable, others in stripes and plaids. These facts are of value to economists, who find crepons at greatly reduced prices filling the counters of the shops, many of them a dollar less in the yard than was asked at the beginning of the season. Black, corn flower blue, golden brown, and violet are apparently safe colors to buy, and it is well also to look for those barred or striped in two colors, and also dotted, as a season of fancy fabrics is predicted.

A CONGRESSMAN’S HELPMEET. Congressman Johnson, of North Dakota, has a wife who is a helpmeet of the proper sort to him without being a canvasser of votes, a lobbyist, a reviser of his speeches, or even one of those women who are described as taking the “keenest interest” in their husband’s careers. Mrs. Johnson, to be sure, may have the virtues of all these classes, but she has won fame chiefly from the remarkably clever way in which she superintended the work on a farm of 1,800 acres while her husband was attending the legislative affairs of the nation. In the spring of 1898 Mr. Johnson invested heavily in hay lands. Before the hay was ready to cut he was called to Washington by an extra session of Congress. He tried to find a man who would attend to his hay for him during his absence, and, failing, allowed his wife to assume charge of the big hay farm. The harvest came on, and Mrs. Johnson was in the fields bright and early in her top buggy, looking after the men and teams, and, when one field was cut, selecting another, and then another. All of the hay on the Johnson farm was mown, and then Mrs. Johnson leased hay tracts in the vicinity of Petersburg until the total cut amounted to almost 800 tons. Mr. Johnson himself says that he never had a crop looked after in a more business like way than the hay crop of 1893. His only regret is that the promised high prices did not materialize. There was a larger crop than usual, and the prices went down instead of going up, but no money was lost by the operation, and the last of the 800 tons was sold the next spring to a neighboring farmer whose ; supplies had run out.

BADGES OF MATRIMONY. Americans are the only women in the world who do not exhibit some sign of matrimony. Of course, those who follow in the wake of European etiquet would not appear with their daughters wearing a hat without strings, but the universal American woman wears what she likes, regardless of whether it be matronly or not, and what is worse, her daughters will select articles of dress only suitable to married women. In no other country is this the case. Among the Germans the badge of a married woman consists of a little tap or hood, of which they are very proud, and “donning the cap” is a feature of the wedding day among the peasants of certain localities. The married women in Little Russia are always seen, even in the hottest weather, with a thick cloth of dark' hue twisted about their heads. In New Guinea a young woman lets her hair hang about her shoulders, but when she is married this is cut short. Chinese matrons braid their hair like a helmet. Iu VVadai the wives color their lips by

tattooing them with the thorns of the acacin and rubbing them with iron filings; In parts of Africa the married women perforate the outer edges of their ears and their lips and stick rows of grass stalks in them; and among a certain Mongolian tribe of people, the Manthes, the women wear suspended from their ear a little basket full of cotton, to which a spindle is attached. Thus In every country, savage and civilized, but our own, there is a sign or symbol of some kind that distinguishes the matron from the spinster. Fashion Notes. Dress skirts remain smooth at the waist and flaring at the bottom. China Silk crepon and chine striped taffeta are among the leading novelties. Round waists still hold their own in the front ranks of fashion, but are often varied by pointed effects, points of ribbon, narrow frills, etc. All tne new jackets are short, extending only eight inches below the waist. Some are made very full in the back and others ! have plaits pressed flat. The little collarette ruffs of net, chiffon or tulle give an air to any costume. Batistes, lawns, chiffons and lisses are simply trimmed with frills and broad hems of their own material, the revival of an old style which cannot be improved. Not for years have muslins, organdies, berages, chambrays, zephprs and all the rest of the good old-fashioned summer family fabrics had such a decided inning. Hand-painted satins are one of the latest novelties, and they are used for bodices, parasols and capes, aud band-painted ribbons are already imported for various purposes of trimming. The princess is slowly coming into form again, but it i 9 made quite modem by the addition of epaulets, cape effects and all sorts of collars, such as appear on other gowns of the usual cut. Very natty bathing suits are made of black alpaca, with full skirts and trousers to the knees and full waists, with a square yoke outlined with white braid and short, voluminous sleeves that would do credit to a full-blown evening dress. The most fascinating shirt waists are made of French batiste in lovely colors and new patterns; rosebud silks which are reproductions of those used fifty years ago; chine, glace and wash silks, with dainty little lace-edged frills down the front and wide sailor collars, also edged with a frill. New silk waists of Rob Roy plaided taffeta silk are made with plaited fronts, bias yoke backs, full elbow sleeves, and velvet stock collar. A recently imported French grass cloth is made over a China rose silk, the intense glowing hue of the lining giving the entire gown a roseate tint. For a brunette nothing more becoming could be imagined than a rustic straw hat trimmed with pale ecru silk, guipure lace and rich Jacque roses. Blouse waists of finely stiped washing silks, with turn over collars of lawn or white silk edged with luce, are the coolest things possible and dainty to look upon. A very pretty tuck is given to the new striped silk blouses by making the collar in the stripe and trimming the edge with narrow cream lace. A novelty in belts is one of alternate stripes of metal and silk. The chic buckle is that bearing the golden eagle in high relief, the design being taken from the national currency.

Nursery Electricity.

“Electricity is coming into such familiar use that it will soon find its way into the nursery,” said an electrician to a reporter recently. “It lias already got as far as the playroom. Your boy can buy a motor, with which he can run the machinery of a toy factory or any other sort of miniature mechanism. For a little more money he can get a motor and battery combined, but the ingenious youngster prefers, to make his own battery. All helms to do is to get a jar, two or three little plates of carbon and zinc and a small quantity of socalled ‘electropoiu’ solution. The solution is composed of bichromate of potash, sulphuric acid, bisulphate of mercury and water.” “The ingenious youngster aforesaid pours the solution into the jar, and in it he immerses his zinc and carbon plates, connecting these by a couple of wires with his little motor. The chemical action set up in the jar engenders enough electricity to run the motor. I don’t know of any more instructive toy for a boy, and it has the advantage of cheapness. The youth of the end of the centuary is much interested in the rudiments of electricity, and what is learned in the nursery is apt to lead to.jmportant inventions in this line when the young American of to-day is grown to adult age. “Many householders now purchase the simple apparatus for eleciric bells and burglar alarms, putting them in themselves. Of late the high school students have been doing a good deal of this sort of thing, the idea being suggested to them by the studies in electrics which they are pursuing. At the colored high school, as I dare say you know, lessons in electrical science are being given to the boys and girls, who are taught the rudiments in a w T ell-equipped laboratory. ” —Philadelphia Times.

A Curious New Disease.

The medical faculty in Brooklyn have discovered a new form of nervous disease, to which they have affixed a polysyllabic name, and which they attribute to the abuse of the Bridge habit. Its most marked symptoms are great irritability and severe depression, with an apparently irresitable inclination to do violence to all with whom the patient comes in contact. No remedial agent has yet been discovered for this disease, but a straitjacket is recommended as the best form of restraint in particularly bad cases. When the disease manifests itself in a mild form, strict solitude and a milk diet have beeu found to produce salutary results.—New York Advertiser.

Lemon Checks Falling Hair.

A Lemon cut in half, better still, in quar. ters, so that the pulp can easily be applied to the roots of the hair, will stop any ordinary case of falling out. It is an agreeable and cheap remedy. Besides being cool and pleasant to the skin, the scent, unlike that left by petroleum, is very refreshing.—New York Dispatch.

The Reason.

Wester—Why is it that these Dutch gardeners always save up money around here and the Americans never do ? Uobokener—Yen you don’t gif der snap avay I tole you. Dot fool American neffer sell onyding he can eat, und dot schmart Dutcher he neffer eat vot he can sell. You got dot idee, aindt it ?

PRETTY COTTAGE FOR $1,800.

How ■ Seashoro op Mountain Homo Can bo Built at Small Coat. (Copyright 1895 by the Co-operative Building Plan Association, N. Y.) If there is one thing more than another for which Americana are noted it is that they are practicable. It is not that they are lacking in the finer qualities, but the country is young and for years they hare been forced to a Age a constant struggle with the realities of existence, The wilderness and the desert have been conquered and “made to blossom like the rose,” and problems are to be met every day that long ago were settled by older countries. Scores of cities can be pointed out that were barren prairies but a few years ago. In all of our settlements there is resless growth and ceaseless activity. Despite their devotion to business, Americans are finding time for brief sojourns in the mountains and by the seashore. The annual vacation period is increasing in length and Americans are learning to enjoy outdoor life. Hundreds of city dwellers

of moderate means have found it possible to build comfortable homes for the summer months away from the heat and bustle of the crowded streets. What could be more homelike than the cottage pictured here, with its broad veranda, its pleasing effect of roof construction, vieing in artistic appearance with surrounding nature herself? The cost of the house, as shown by the perspective view and the two floor plans, is SI,BOO, not including mantels and range, which are generally selected after the owner's own taste. The estimate is based on New York prices for materials and labor, and in many sections of the country the cost would be less. Its general dimensions are: Extreme width, 50 feet 0 inches; depth, including veranda and porch, 48 feet 6 inches; first story, 9 feet high; second story, 8 feet. Exterior materials: Foundations, stone piers; walls of first story, gables, and roof,

First Floor

shingles. Interior finish: Two coats plaster, hard white finish; soft wood flooring and trim; staircase, ash; chair rail in kitchen and diningroom. All interior woodwork finished in hard oil. These general dimensions and materials may be changed, and as to colors, would offer a suggestion: Shingles on first story and gables, pearl gray; trim including water table, corner boards, casings, bands, etc., white; sashes and shingle roofs, dark green; veranda, floor and ceiling oiled. The principal rooms, their sizes; closets, etc., are shown by the floor plans. No cellar or blinds. Open fireplaces in first story hall, making a cheerful and attractive room in itself. Portiere opening between parlor and hall; servants’ bedroom off kitchen; good sized room for storage in second story,

Second Fioor

This design is capable of many feasible modifications. A cellar may be put under a whole or a portion of the house, with inside and outside entrances and concrete floor; bath room could be introduced in second story, with full- or partial set of plumbing. Open fireplaces may be introduced in parlor and.dining room. A brick set range may be placed in the kitchen. The design also presents a very attractive appearance if it is run up a half story more, with a mansard roof. Let it be by the seaside or on the slopes of the mountain,' with broad veranda inviting repose; everything around is restful, and a man gains rest and strength in peaceful enjoyment.

How to Mail Flowers.

This is the season when one who lives among the flowers longs to send some of the frail treasures to friends who are cooped in city walls. But unless they are properly packed for mailing the final result is apt to be only a conglomeration of wet pasteboard, cotton, stems, leaves, and what have once been blossoms, all crushed into an indistinguishable mass over which the letter-carrier says hard things, and the receiver is inclined to weep. A tin box is best for packing if you have it, but a pasteboard box will do very well if it is strong and not too deep. The more shallow it is in proportion to its length and breadth, the firmer it will be. Line It with waxed paper, such as confectioners use. If the waxed paper is no,t at hand, common manilla paper well rubbed on one side with butter makes a good substitute. Lay the buttered side in, next the flowers, and protect them by a layer of grass or leaves. If the buttered side were put next to

the box, It would grease the pasteboard and soften it. Cut the flowers in the morning, before the sun has wilted them, but after the dew has dried off. The common mistake made in mailing flowers is to have them wet. Their own juice will preserve them during a long journey if the air is excluded, but water soaks through and ruins the whole package. The sooner they are put in the box after cutting the better. Put the larger and stronger ones at the bottom and around the sides, saving the middle for the fragile roses or violets. Pack them as tightly as possible. You can scarcely get them too close, for they will shake down after a little, and the jolting together bruises them. Fill up all corners and empty spaces with dry coiton or moss. Not a drop of water, remember. Lay a sheet of the waxed or buttered paper over the top, tie but don’t seal it, direct it legibly, and it will reach its destination with its fragrant contents as fresh as if just gathered.

American Precious Stones.

The recent report of the geological survey on precious stones of the United States for the calendar year 1894, completed by Special Agent George F. Kung of New York, has been made public. The principal developments of the year are summarized as follows: The finding of a 10| carat diamond at Dowagiac, Mich.; developing of a new ruby mine near Franklin, N. C.; finding of emeralds at Mitchell Peak and" near Earles Station, N. C.; memorial to Congress to preserve the world renowned agatized forest; finding of a remarkably compact variscite, giving a new ornamental stone, utahite, and smaller output of turquoise mines due to the depressed financial conditions. The rumor that circulated early in this year of the discovery of brilliant diamonds at Mount Edgcombe, near Sitka, Alaska, was proven on investigation to be without foundation. Sapphire deposits are reported twenty-five miles west of Phiilipsburg, Mont., 1,400 acres in extent. A new locality of true emeralds was also found near Bakersvllle, N. C. A big output is predicted upon development of the vein. The output of turquoise, of which so large a quantity was mined during 1891 and 1892, was limited to not more than 30,000 for 1894. No new turquoise mines of value were opened.

Plowing by Electricity!

An electric plow has been brought out by Messrs. Zimmerman & Company, of Haile, Germany. A chain is stretched around the field in which the apparatus is to be used, and run? over a sprocket wheel on the motor, which is thus able to wind itself along and drag the plow after it. The cable to the motor is carried on a number of small trolleys running over the ground. The length of the cable is sufficient to reach across the field, as the motor, as it winds itself backward and forward, swings the cable over the ground. By starting work on the side nearest the motor and working up the field away from it, the cable does not foul the plow. The trials of the installation are said to have been exceedingly satisfactory.

For the Suppression of War.

A Paris paper, Les Petites Affiches, contained the following announcement in one of its recent issues: “M. G. Bouys, 89 Rue d'Aboukir, Paris, has the honor to inform his fellow citizens that he still holds his plan for the suppressions of war in Europe at the disposition of the French government whenever it chooses to do him the honor to ask him for it.” An enterprising citizen of Connecticut once advertised that, on receipt of sl, he would send an infallible reciDe for fat persons to become thin. Hjs formula was, “Don’t eat anything for a year.” M. Bouys’ plan for the suppression of wars may be, “Don't fight.”

Diffident Geniuses.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe tells two anecdotes illustrating the shyness of Hawthorne and Irving. She says Irving attempted to make a speech at a dinner given to Charles Dickens, but after mumbling a few words indistinctly, he remarked “I can’t go on,” and sat down. Of Hawthorne’s timidity she had a glimpse while calling with her husband on Mrs. Hawthorne, in Concord. While they were in the parlor they saw a tall, slim man come down the stairs, and Mrs. Hawthorne called out: “Husband, husband, Dr. and Mrs. Howe are here!” Hawthorne bolted across the hall and out through the door without even looking into the parlor.

First Japanese Church in America,

The first Japanese Christian church in America has just been dedicated in San Francisco. It belongs to the Methodist denomination, and has about three hundred members, who contributed largely toward the building of the edifice. The assistant minister and the organist are Japanese, and the church organization Will be managed by the Japanese members, with very little help or interference by Caucasians.

To Tour Europe on a Tandem.

Mrs. A. D. Cooper, whose husband is treasurer of the Graham Paper Company, of St. Louis, Mo., has left for a trip through Europe. She and her son Tom, 18 years of age, who will accompany her, intend to do most of their traveling on a tandem bicycle. They propose to take in Norway, Sweden and parts of Russia.

“A Pocket Venus.”

Miss Ella Erving, of Gorin, Mo., feels quite flattered when her friends call her “a pocket Venus.” She is only 20 years of age, but she is 8 feet 2 inches in height, weighs 256 pounds, and has feet that measure 17 Inches from heel to toe.

FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.

THE LOSGSBT DAT. Early dawn and twilight say June has brought the longest day. v No ose stops to count the hours, \ Full of sunshine, leaves and flowers, T Grassy fields and singing birds. *. We must add with pleasant words * Kindly acts, that all may say —< The longest is the happiest day. Anna M. Pratt in Youth’s Companion. a boy’s fussy composition. A newspaper recently printed this fund/ composition, which was written by a Japanese boy, and was sent to the paper by the English teacher in Japan to whom it was handed by the boy. It was on the whale. “The whale live in the sea and ocean of all the country. He is a large and strong in among of kinds of all fish, and its length reach to ninety foot from seventy foots, and its color almost is a dark, and he has a large head. When swim in the up water he is so large as Island. When struck the water on angry he is so voice as ring great deal thupder. If he danced make the storm without winds, and also blow the water almost lay down the fog on the weather. His the form is proper to live for his front legs make hire and afterlegs is no, and the tails is a Hire that open on the up waters, and the mouth have no leaves, but have leaves that is a hard narrow beard as with horns. His bodys though is a fish, but he is not a fish, but is a creatures. His leaves is named wbalesleaves. The men make the everything with it. Every years to seven or eight month from four or five month, the whalermen catch on the sea or ocean. He may live on the sea of North-sea-way or five island, of Hirado on Higen Country ia Japan. Written by T. Hirakawa. “F. B.—The tell of the whale is more—but but I do not know fully to tell." SHOOTING A BEAR. In the “History of Athens County,” Ohio, Joseph Bobo elates an adventure in which his father took a leading part. He and one of his neighbors, a Mr Bhidler, found a hole in the rocks which they thought might conceal a bear. Mr. Bobo lighted a torch and started to explore,while Suidler stood outside ready to shoot if Bruin tried to escape. “ Father went into the cave about twen-ty-five feet, and was on the point of giving up the search, when suddenly a bear, which had been crouching behind a rock, rose up and struck the torch with his paw. The torch fell to the floor and was extinguished. “ Father didn’t wait for ceremony, but got out of the cave as quickly as possible, and told Shidler what had happened. All remained quiet, and after waiting awhile, father lighted another torch and went in again to shoot the bear. He proceeded cautiously, and the moment hi 3 eye fell on the bear lie tired, but only wounded the animal. “ Bruin uttered a tremendous growl and father saw him coming. Quick as thought father threw down the torch and lay flat on his face. The bear rushed for the mouth of tlie cave, clawing viciously at father’s head and body as he passed over him, but Shidler was ready for the brute, aud when lie showed himself at the hole, gave him an ounce of lead that settled him. “ Father’s wounds, though not serious, were bad enough to leave scars for the rest of his life. The bear weighed 390 pounds.’> TOYS OF BABY KINGS. The directors of the Grafton Galleries in arranging their admirable exhibition of “ Fair Children ’’ have not forgotten to inalude in their collection specimens of the toys and toy books, of bygone days. Here you may see what playthings the Egyptian children used ages and ages ago, so far back even as B. C. 2300. More curious even are the dolls of ancient Thebes, made out of flat pieces of wood, almost shapeless and entirely unlike their elegant, well-modeled successors of to-day. Coming to comparatively modern times, the exhibits become more intelligible and interesting. The beautiful miniature toys in silver, of the time of Charles 1., fireplace, fire-irons, and kitchen utensils on which the most careful workmanship has been lavished, or the exquisite dolls’ tea service in the same precious metal. In another case will be found an old Nuremberg feeding bottle, made of glass, engraved with coats of arms and having a highly ornamental gold or gilt top and nipple. From Nuremberg also comes a baby’s rattle made of silver (451). The little gloves worn by an infant who was christened in Watford Church in 1730. The infants’ bells of the time of Louis XIV and the miniature knife and fork and Italian rattle in the same case are interesting. A greater interest attaches, especially in the eyes of that great poets’ many worshipers, to the coral and bells used by Shelly when an infant.—Philadelphia Recorder. A VERY CURIOUS BIRD. If a child was asked what ability a bird had which was not possessed by other creatures, he would probably reply, “ the power to fly.” So a bird who could not fly would seem to him a contradiction; yet there is such a bird, and he is called the penguin, says the Boston Standard. The penguin does Dot fly, but he can walk upon the land and swim in the water. He swims in the water .as a duck does, and his pictures show him to look not unlike a duck swimming. But upon the land he sits in a peculiar upright position, with his queer little apologies tor wings tucked close to his Side. Penguins inhabit the southern seas and assemble together by thousands, sitting in stiff rows along the shore, or walking in the strange upright position. The penguin subsists, as might be expected, upon fi3h, which he swallows whole.

The penguin makes no nest. The mother lays but one egg at a time, and carries this about with her under her absurd little wing or under her leg, as some naturalists say. In this style she takes good care of it until the baby penguin appears, when both par- ' ents go out and fish for his sustenance. With two parents working for one child, the baby penguin should be well provided for, and he probably is. There are many varieties of penguins, their habits and appearance being much alike. They are very noisy birds, making a harsh braying sound. They are not afraid of men and show a disposition to fight if molested. These birds are about three feet high.

Mexico’s Great Cathedral.

The Cathedral of Mexico, began in 1573, wa3 finished in 1667. It cost two millions, and in ornaments and altars its wealth amounts to as much more. Its length is 500 feet, its breadth 400 feet, and the site of the structure is that on which Montezuma’s temple stood.

Didn’t Want That Kind.

She went unto a store to buy some toilet soap, and while the clerk was expatiating on its merits, about made up her mind to purchase, but when he stated “It would keep off chaps,” she said she didn’t want that kind.