Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1895 — Page 4

A EOXG OF PRAISE. When winter clothes the earth in white, When coldest winds are blowing, When shortest day brings longest night, When icy streams are flowing— Then in the shelter of the home We know the joy of living. And id the cheerful fireside glow Find cause for true thanksgiving. When spring returns with sweetest breath When birds are gayly singing, When life prevails where once was death, Relief and gladness bringing— Then in the leafing of the trees, In verdure new and tender. We see the work of Providence, And hearty praise we render. When summer's dreamy days are ours, Aud in the vales and mountains We view the beauty of the flowers, The gleaming of the fountains— Then from the glory of the hills. From splendors wide abounding, From all things warm and bright and fair A call of praise is sounding. But chiefly when the autumn comes, With all its weight of treasure, And rich reward of care and toil Bestows in fullest measure — A myriad orchards, fields and vines, Proclaim to all the living, “A loving God supplies your need. Oh, praise Him with thanksgiving!” —Mary J. Porter.

UNCLE RICHARD'S DINNER.

A THANKSGIVING STORY. When Aunt Louisa came into the room that morniug, 1 could plainly see that there was something on her mind; the family had very evidently commissioned her to have something out with me. I knew it by the unconscious air she tried to assume, aud at once began to review my conduct for the past week. For a wonder I could think of no recent act of mine likely to call down upon my head the family displeasure, and I accordingly awaited her opening with some interest. “Well, Dick,” she began—Aunt Louisa can’t help patronizing people, and I forgive her—“next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day.” I couldn’t see her drift, so I waited. “Your mother has a letter—that is Uncle Richard has invited us all out to his place for dinner.” I breathed more easily. “Oh, that’s it, is it. Now, Aunt Louisa, I really must ask you not to frighten me that way again. I thought from your manner at first that you had discovered something— not that that there is anything to discover, you know, but then—” Aunt Louisa arose from her chair and stood in front of me. She had evidently decided to take the bull by the horns. “Oh, come, Dick. Don’t let’s clmff. You know what I want. Will you go?” “I won’t.” “O-o-h, Dick!” This in a very disgusted voice indeed. “Now. Aunty, don’t be unreasonable. Why should I? Would you?" Of Course that was a very foolish question. I might have known that she would say yes, and she did. “I would do whatever my family decided was for the best, and—” “Very well. The portion of the family here assembled decides that 1 for one decline the kind invitation.” Aunt Louisa looked out of the window at the firs t snow of the season, but I don’t really think she saw it. 1 watched the little clock on the mantel piece and tried to calculate how many seconds it would be before she would again begin. “But, Dick, it’s the first time Uncle Richard has invited us to liis house for twenty years.” “I have had a message from him once a year—” “You deserve it, Dick. You know you did put cayenne pepper in his snuff box.”

“Twenty years ago. And he has -chosen to send a neat little package of cayenne pepper on every birthday since! I’m afraid he’d force it down my throat at dinner.” “But, Dick, he’ll never forgive (he family if you don’.t go.” “No,” I assented, “he won’t.” “But don’t you care? There won’t be many more Thanksgivings before h« dies and then—” Aunt Louisa didn't know what then. But I did. “And then his brother's wife’s sister’s children will get his money unless we patch this up. Why don’t vou sav it?” “Dick, you're perfectly shocking!” You know I have no such thought. None of us have. I'm sure we have all been very fond of Uncle Richard for all his ecentricities.” “Oh, he is eccentric, is he? I had imagined that he is a perfect model of what an affectionate uncle should be. He never forgets me, I am sure.” “Now, Dick, don’t be sarcastic. At such a time we should show—” “Do you mean,” I asked, “at Thanksgiving times in general or when one is expecting the death of his mother’s uncle?” “I mean when the season of Thanksgiving comes round.” Aunt Louisa looked me full in the eyes, and was really impresive in her manner. “I know, Richard,” she went on “none of us are perfect, but at this time I think we ought to try, at least, to be grateful and forgiving and all that. I really do.” “But, my dear Aunt Louisa, I've nothing to be thankful for. None of my neighbours have been killed—” “Richard, I do not care to hear such affected cynicism—such cheap twaddle!” and Aunt Louisa glared out of the window worse than ever. “You don’t undertsand. my dear aunt, and by not understanding, you betray, I will not say an ignorance, only an unfamiliarity with the Thanksgiving Day literature of all time. If you will refresh your memory, as I’m sure you ean, you will recall the scene of the hero in his sumptuously furnished apartments, declaring that he lias nothing to be thankful for. and just then there is a loud crash, and the little match girl who has come into the loom throws up the blinds and shows all Ills neighbours killed by a terrific explosion of gas in the next block. The hero then lias so much reason for gratitude that he starts dut to buy the match girl a new pair of shoes and brings the story to a close by marrying her and discovering that she is a

great heiress. I repeat, auntie, that nene of my neighbours have been killed.” Aunt Lonisa still looked out of the window and said nothing. I felt hurt. It seemed to me that I had made an especially bad point, and I did not like to have it received with such an utter lack of appreciation. I reached for my bat. “Dick,” cried my aunt, “you’re an inhuman wretch, and you want to ruin all our prospects.” It was evident that she was geting in a temper, and being conscientiously opposed to talking to an angry person, I determined to end the interview. "Really, aunty, you’l have to excuse me. I can never consent to toadying a rich uncle, even if I am his namesake, in order to get his money. I think it’s immoral. He can leave it-to his brother’s wife's sister's children, so far as I am concerned.” ”Yes. somebody he picked up in Chicago. Somebody we don’t know anything about. Why, I don’t even know her name, and goodness knows whether she has even that slight claim on him!” Aunt Louisa flounced out of the room in a way that I should call rude. There are some women that are said to be more beautiful when angry. Yon read about the flashing eye, the heightened color, and all that, you know, but iu Aunt Louisa's case the color all goes to the nose. And it isn't becoming. I’ve told her so. But she continues to lose her temper. I’m sure she wouldn’t if she only knew how she looks.

Jack Greenough said to me the other night at the club; “Dick, old man, what’re you up to next week? Come go shooting?” Now, you know I care just about as much for shooting as I do for marbles, but then Jack always has a jolly crowd with him,’ and there's enough fun on the side to pay for the hard work of lugging around a gun that you’re afraid is going off. So I told Jack I’d go. It would be a way out of. Uncle Richard’s dinner, anyway. “Then I’ll count on you,” said Jack, “aud, say, send down your traps—my man will get them—there’ll be a dinner or two and you’ll need them. Daisy Merrihew is in the neighborhood.” Miss Merrihew—Jack has no right to call her “Daisy”—he doesn’t know her nearly so well as I do, and I’ve only met her half a dozen times—lives some place up in the country, but when she comes to town she shines with a radiance that Idon't see how the fellows resist. I’m sure I can’t and I'd go—why, hang it! 1 thought I’d almost go to Uncle Richard’s to see her, So that's how I found myself on Thanksgiving Day, with Jack and half a dozen of the fellows at some out of the way place, tramping through the snow and bunging away at the bird* whenever we got close enough. Tney all thought my shooting very funny, until 1 shot Jack’s dog, but after that the sport lagged, aud we were glad to seek shelter iu a farmhouse Jack had hired for headquarters. We slipped into civilized clothes, and helped Jack mourn for his dog. Of course, I felt sorry, but then, you know, a dog's only a dog. after all, and Jack made more racket than 1 would over the death of the czar of all the Itussias. He’d sit and tell us what a good dog he was. and how much ho knew, aud gave us bis pedigree, and went on, until I began to debate whether it wouldn’t be the proper thing to put a band of crape around our hats.

.Tack didn’t say so, but I believe he more than half blamed me, because that spotted cur got in front of my gun when it went off. But Jack got over it, and then began to tear around like mad to get us ready for dinner. Miss Merrihew had beeli over the day before from her uncle’s who lived, it seemed, on the next farm, and had invited the whole crowd to eat dinner with them. Jack explained that her uncle seemed to be aqueer old duffer, but good as the piles of gold he had, and he could warant we'd have a frolic. It happened as we rode to the house that Miss Merihew’s horse—she had ridden over with some of her visitors to show us the way—was jogging along beside mine. Miss Merihew is always handsome, but I don't think she ever looked quite so handsome as she did on that horse. I blessed my stars that 1 hadn't been dragged off with Aunt Louisa to spend the day with some crabby old bachelor uncle—and yet, if 1 had the money he ought to leave me, I'd ask Miss Merrihew to—

“Don’t yon think,’"she was saying, that Thanksgiving Day is a great institution? It's so American, you know, and 1 love anything American, and—” “Miss Merrihew,” 1 interrupted, “1 am American, and if you think that you could—now could you?” “Oh, Mr Hartwell, I—really—” “But couldn't you, now. I have worshipped you always, it seems, and if you can't do any better than to love me for my Americanism I’ll go round wrapped in the star spangled banner. As for Thanksgiving Day we’ll observe it the year round—maybe without the turkey, but it will be Thanksgiving just the same!” Miss Merrihew's horse was very close to mine. Her hand went out and rested on the hand that held my rein. “Dick,” she said,' "this is serious business?” “To be sure,” I replied, “but then it’s no new thing to me.” “What do you mean?” she asked, in some haste.

“I mean loving you. Don't you remember when 1 first met you?” I hoped she did. Iwasn't sure whether it was at the Charity ball or not. but it was about that time. She didn’t however. “Well,” I went on, “you dropped a rose that night and I picked it up, and have carried it ever since in the inside pocket of my other coat.” “Oh, Dick, have you really? And do you love me so much?” “Oh, more than that,” and I am sure I do.” ” “Well, then, Dick, we will wait awhile, and if you are really sure then why we’ll think about it.” , Now, that isn’t altogether satisfactory, and yet it.s not so bad after all. The others had ridden ahead; we were in a little clump of trees, and leaning from my saddle we sealed the bargain.

When we rode into the yard the others were • dismounting. Ifelt conscious of Jack's inquisitive eyes, but beyond them, on the verandah, was another pair, sharper than Jack's Aunt Louisa’s, by all that was wonderful Gradually it began to dawn on me. “Daisy,” I whispered, “what’s your uncle’s name?” “Why, don’t 3’ou know? How queer. Mr. Richard Hiliard.” “My uncle Richard,” I cried, “and you are his brother’s wife’s sister’s daughter.” “Why, why, let me see. Yes, I guess that’s the exact relationship. And are you his nephew, Dick, that's to have all liis money?" “That’s not to have it. I’m afraid, for But Aunt Louisa, who had just arrived with the family', came forward, and there were introductions all round. In the midst of them Uncle Richard appeared, looking not a day older than when I doctored his snuff. “Don’t tell me I have to be introduced to my own nephew,” he cried, and started toward Jack, but aunt Louisa deftly pushed me forward, and Uncle Richard seized my hand. "Why, I'd a-known him anywhere. He’s a Hilliard all over. Have you brought any cayenne pepper?” and he laughed almost as loudly as he howled when he got that historical original dose. “Well, no uncle, not that kind, I haven’t,” I replied, “but if you'll give me a half minute's audience, 1 have something more startling than that.” sou have. Well, come here, you young rascal, and let's have it.” While the visitors, including Aunt Louisa, who reluctantly let me get out of her sight, went into the house I told Uncle Richard I loved the daughter of his brother's wife's sister, and that we wanted to get married. "Now, do you know,” said Uncle Richard, “that that’s what I brought you down here for? Marry her? Why to be sure.” So 1 was thankful, after all, and nobody had been killed, either. Unless yon count Jack’s dog.

A SIGHT-SAVING MAGNET.

It Draws a Piece of Steel from a Man’s Eye. A few days ago at the New York Rye and Ear infirmary, Thirteenth street aud Second avenue, a flat piece of steel measuring % by *4 inch, that was embedded in a patient’s eye was removed by means of a powerful magnet. No knife or other surgical instrument was used, it was said at the hospital yesterday that the operation had been successful and that the patient, a skilled tool worker, would probably be able tq return to his duties within three weeks. About a week ago Joseph Rrown, 3o years old, of Plainfield, N.J., called at a Plainfield oculist's office to be treated for severe inflammation of the left eye. An examination showed that some foreign substance was embedded in the eyeball, that the cornea was badly inflamed, the iris torn, and that the pupil had become opaque. After puestioniug Brown the physician came to the conclusion that a piece of steel was the cause of the trouble. ’Three days before, while at work at a. factory in Plainfield, Brown had felt a sudden pain shoot through his left eye. He was engaged iu boring through a thin steel plate, and it is supposed that one of the chips pierced the eyeball. The piece of steel was so deeply embedded, that to use the knife iu removing it was to destroy the eye. Brown was therefore brought to the Eye and Ear Infirmary in this city, where it was decided to try the magnet.

The use of a magnet in removing small particles of iron and steel from the eye is not rare, but. the process followed heretofore had been to place the surface of the magnet in contact with (lie offending substance, when the latter could be easily withdrawn. In Brown's case, however, the exact seat of the trouble could not be located, and the physicians decided to try a new method. The patient was placed in a chair, in front of a powerful electromagnet two feet in length. The magnet, which was pointed at the ends nearest the patient, was connected by means of wires with a dynamo. TV bile one of the doctors held Brown's head firmly the operator gently pushed the patient’s chair toward the pointed ends of the magnet until they rested on a level with the injured eye. When within a few inches of the end of the magnet Brown uttered a cry and jumped from the chair. The powerful attractive force of the magnet had drawn the piece of steel out ward, cutting the eye as though with a knife. On repetition of the experiment the end of the piece of steel appeared on the surface of the eyethen resorted to, and the steel was drawn out. The eye was dressed, and Brown was assigned to one of the wards in the hospital. It was said yesterday that although the eye had been permanently injured the operation had probably saved Brown’s sight.

A Wonderful American Road.

Henan C. Cooke and C. A. Fauble, who are exploring San Miguel Mountain, near San Diego, were reported some days ago to have found an ancient roadway and tunnel to a gold mine. They say the report as to the tunnel was a mistake, as was shown by furthur excavation into the hillside. Their deception was due to the fact that a slide of rock and earth down the mountain side had made a deposit, in a natural way, having the appearance of a tunnel debris. They firmly believe that a gold mine is there somewhere, and intend to continue their search. They have found ore ledges and have filled locations on three mining claims, all showing good prospects. i Their description of the old graded roadway naturally leads to interesting speculation as to who constructed it. They say it can easily be seen that a dirt road over the crest of the Hog-back, rising from the Sweetwater river well up the mountain side, was first traveled extensively. But later travel was diverted over a part of the distance to a level shelf, and this new road is the one that creates wonder and astonishment. The grade is so perfe t that Cooke and Fauble firmly believe it was established by the best of surveying instruments. The solid rock has been cut out so deep that powder or some other explosive must have been used. The fills on the lower side have been made on true lines, and a distance of 1,000 or more f|<t of this kind of work shows educated workmanship.

THE JOKER’S BUDGET.

JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Brotherly Differences-- Ho Was Obtusa -- It Would Do - - Wrong Im-pressions->Ete., Eto. BROTHERLY DIFFERENCES. “The brotberg don’t speak to each other tow, you say?" “No.” “What is the trouble between them?" “They’ve each joined a different cburcb.” UK WAS OBTUSE. A. —When I gee you I always think of the proverb, “To whom God gives an ottice lie gives an understanding.” B. —But I Lave no office. A.—Well, don’t you see how that fits? IT WOULD DO. “I’ve bought a bulldog," said Parsniff to bis friend Lessup, “and I want a motto to put over bis kennel. Can you think of something ?” “Why not use a dentist's sign, ‘Teeth inserted here ?” WRONG IMPRESSIONS. Lady Guest—l felt certain there was a man in the bouse last night Wasn’t that a strange fancy ? Hostess—Oh, our cook ia a new woman, you know. CHANGED CONDITIONS. She—Do you men still pursue the even tenor of your way ? He—No; we are content to pursue the even fiver now, if we think you have it to lend. NO OFFICE FOB HIM. Weary Watkins- Ever think of gittin’ into the porehouse ? Hungry Higgins—Me? No. I don’t want to become no public office-holder. You won’t find me askin’ nothin’ of the country as long as I kin git my own livin’.

BRIGHT GIRL. lie—Miss Reeder is a very bright girl. She—Yes, when she reflects. STUDIES IN GENEALOGY. Willie sat behind his grandmother, making a sketch of the old lady. “What are you doing, Willie?” asked his mamma. “Oh, I’m only tracing my ancestor’s hack,” replied the hopeful. WHERE BIG SLEEVES WERE NECESSARY. “Papa,” said little Johnny, eagerly, “I saw the fattest woman to-day !” “How much did she weigh “I don’t know : she wasn’t in a museum. But she was so fat she filled her sleeves up tight." taken at ms word. “Great Scott!” howled the boss, “does it take you four hours to carry a message three squares and return?” “Why," said the new office boy, “you told me to see how long it would take me to go there and back, and I done it.” A FEARFUL ACCIDENT. Scott—lt was a fearful accident that happened to young Downey at Mrs. Lazenby’s reception. Marlboro’--What was the trouble? Scott—He tried to sing “Go to Sleep” with a stand-up collar on. In the middle of a high note his larynx got wedged on the top of the collar, and there he was blowing off an upper C like a steam launch. SHAMELESS "IIALICE. First Author—Have you heard that our chum, Smithers, has married? Second Author—Yes; he wanted to double his circle of readers.

SHE NEEDED HELP. “Do you think you can read my mind?” asked the youth. “Not unless some one discovers it for me,” was her answer. AN EXPEUIENOED HUSBAND. Mr. Blinks—l wish to get some hairpins for my wife. Great Merchant—This is a wholesale house, sir. Mr. Blinks—Of course.. You don’t suppose I’m fool enough to go on buying hairpins at retail, do you ? I want a barrel. MISLEADING ACTIONS. “You would never imagine Spooner and Miss Dashabout to be in love with each other, would you?” “No; they act as if they were relations.” SOMETHING IN A NAME. “1 wisli you would give me a name for a new brand of butter,” said a dairyman to a customer. “Certainly,” answered the customer. “If it is like the last you sent me, I would suggest •Sampson.’” THAT WAS DIFFERENT. Wife—Say, dear, why don’t you pay the bill the doctor sent around ? He has called for it two or three times. Husband—That’s all right, lie can afford to wait. Wife—Well, you didn’t seem to think lie could that night you were sick. HER PRIVILEGE ASSERTED. “What is the use of talking about going to the theater when you know it is too late?” asked Mr. Bimberg, petulantly. “Well, can’t I have the satisfaction of wanting to go ?' retorted his wife. THOUGHTFUL WIFE. Mr. Blinks—lt’s very kind of you, Maria, but I’d rather buy my cigars myself. Seven for a shilling is rather too cheap. Mrs. Blinks—l know it’s cheap, but I thought there must be one good one in the seven.

RECKLESS OF EXPENSE. Painting Instructor—Ze young lady puts ze paiDts on too thick. Mrs. Newrich—Oh, never mind that, professor. Her father’s got money enough to buy barrels of it if she wants it. PROOF OF EDUCATION. James—ls Miss Snowball a graduate of Yassar? William—She is. •‘I thought she was. I heard her ask if the muzzle of a gun was to prevent it going off.” EQUIVOCAL COMPLAINT. Mary and John sitting on the sofa. Mary—Cease your flatteries, or 1 will put my bauds over my ears. John (wishing to be complimentary)—All, your lovely hands are too small. FATHERLY ADVICE. ■ 1 Daughter—This piano is really my very own, isn’t it pa? Pa—Yes, my dear. ‘ ‘And when I marry I can take it with me, can I ?” “Certainly, my child; but don’t tell any we. It might spoil your chances."

DIDN’T OCCUR AGAIN.

A Magnate's Rabuka That tha Condoctor Remembered. They are telling one now on an official of a certain steam railroad company. This gentleman is a eery strict observer of discipline, and if an opportunity affords to teach an employee a lesson in being a little more careful, he always seizes it. A little while ago this official was riding toward Baltimore in a train, and in charge was a brand new conductor. He knew by sight, however, several of the officials of the company, and he did what he thought was a most proper thing, and one which he thought would flatter the magnate. When he collected fares he simply glanced at the gentleman in question, and passed him by. Our disciplinarian saw this, and when the conductor came back, called him up. “You have not collected my fare,” said be.

“Oh, sir,” responded the conductor, with conscious pride, “that’s all right. You see, I know you, sir. You are Mr. ‘ ‘You should not know anybody, sir,” rejoined the official, in a tone that made the conductor wonder whether he would not) soon have to apply for another job. No matter whether I ride on this train a hundred times a day, you should collect my fare. Punch this pass, sir, and be sure you do not let this occur again.” But he laughs best who laughs in his sleeve. It was but a few days after this that Mr. Official came riding back from Baltimore, and happened to strike the same train. The conductor observed him quietly; and made sure lie would not get caught a second time. So at the proper moment he approached the official and made a remark about “ Tickets, please.” The railroader looked up and saw standing before him the man he had “roasted” so severely a few days bafore. “Ah,” said he, “quite right, quite right,” and then he fumbled in his pocket for his pass book. It wasn’t there. Nor was it in any of his other pockets. “Strange, strange,” muttered lie, “Where could I have left it? How unfortunate.” All of which language fell on deaf ears, for the conductor looked stonily into space, and then held out his hand again. “Well, you see,” said the confused official, “I have misplaced ray pass book. I am Mr. , you know.” “Can’t help that, sir,” responded the conductor; "1 don’t know you, sir. I’ll have to have your fare.” The fare was not very large, it was true, but the mortification was great, especially as half the people in the car had turned around and were gazing curiously at the man who had stirred up all the fuss by trying, as they thought to beat his way. So the magnate went down into his pocket agaih, and fished out sufficient in bills to pay for the fare. The conductor coolly punched out a rebate ticket and handed it over. “You can get the drawback at the depot when jou get to Washington,” said he, and passed on. He has been waiting for several days for his discharge, but it is not likely he will get it.

A Bicycle that Fits Into a Valise.

A Frenchman has invented a bicycle that can be taken apart, packed in a valise and carried, it is claimed, with ease and comfort whenever the. wheelman is traveling by rail. If the wheel breaks down on the road, the rider cau uncouple the parts and carry it slung over his shoulder. The machine is not built for fast riding, but only for ordinary road work. The wheels are 11 3-4 inches in diameter, the toothed wheel which communicates the power from the peuals being nearly as large.| horizontal bar is in two parts, which are securely screwed.. When the bar is unscrewed the machine is in two parts, the first step toward packing. The saddle is removed and the handles are taken off. The four pieces are then packed into a valise measuring 23 1-2 inches by 15 3-4 by a little more than 8 2-5 inches. The whole weight of the machine is 18 3-4 pounds. If the wheelman breaks down op the road he divides his machine into four prices and balances the parts over his shoulder with a padded strap provided for the purpose. The inventor insists that this is a great deal better than having to hold a crippled machine up and trundle it. The machine can be put together or taken apart in about two minutes.

To Reduce and to Get Flesh.

In large cities, says Womankind, mid-dle-aged women throng the gymnasium and physical culture schools to.learn howto reduce the too abundant flesh and keep off the rheumatism which is too often au accompaniment. The woman who does her own housework has most of her muscles called into exercise every day, and the danger with her is that they are over exercised; still much relief can be received by sponging ' every night after hard labor with the following inexpensive lotion: Two ounces of spirits of ammonia, two ounces of spirits of camphor, one and one-half cups of sea salt, one cup of alcohol and one quart of rain water. The woman whose face and throat are thin can remedy the thinness by frequent bathing in cool water, and before retiring rubbing in some good cream. In rubbing the wrinkles should be be rubbed against,so as to rub them out; it is as much in the rubbing as in the cream. A nice bit of soft white flannel rubbed several times daily over the face will be beneficial, and she whose double chin detracts from her good looks can, by judicious rubbing downward, get rid of the superfluity.

A Sculptor’s Puzzle.

The Brooklyn Soldier’s and Sailor sMeraorial Arch,which has already cost the City of Churches at least $850,000, will be further adorned at a cost of $50,000 more. Life size has relief figures of Lincoln and Grant will soon be in position upon the inner sides of the pediments of the arch. The sculptor, McMonnies, is at work upon a bronze quadriga to be placed upon the top of the arqh surmounting the structure, and bronze groups will be placed upon the pedestals erected for the purpose, on oither side of the pediments. A puzzle which the sculptor has to solve is to place a group of eight feet in depth upon a pedestal which is only four feet deep. Howto enlarge it, or to reduce the groups to fit the places for them seems impossible, and the solution of the problem has not yet been reached.

“Grand Old Man" of South Africa.

Paul Krueger, the “grand old man” of the South Africaq Republic, is a third term president. He was elected to the five-year term in 1883, and was re-elected in 1888 and 1894. It has been largely owing to his sagacity and courage that the Boers have been able to combat British influence in their affairs. The celebration of President Kruegei’s seventieth birthday at Pretoria on October 10 was made a national fete day.

NOTES AND COMMENTS

The Churchman’s I.eague. an Eplacopalian organization of Washington, D.C., is searching the statutes of the District of Columbia to find a law for the 1 tetter oltservance of Sunday; and if such a law cauuot Ik* found it will agitate for the passage of a law on the subject.

There are seven surnames in Ashantee corresponding to the days of the week. as follows: Kwasie indicates a man Itorn on Sunday. Kudjoe on Monday, Kwaltina on Tuesday. Kwaku on Wednesday. Yao on Thursday. Koffi on Friday, and KwanMna on Saturday. These are all accented on the final syllable. By the promotion of Thomas O. Selfridge to a Hear-Admiralsbip, It happens for the first time in American history that a father and his son are both on the navy lists at the same time as rear- admirals. The father, appointed a midshipman in 1818. is a hale and hearty veteran of ninetyfour years, while the son was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1853. He was in command of the gun-deck battery of the old Cumberland when the Merrimac suuk her in 1802.

In a recent article Carol Norton gives some statistics showing the remarkable growth of the cult known as Christian science. It was founded in Boston in 1800 by Dr. Mary Baker Eddy, and now has 200 incorporated churches iu the United States, besides others in which less formal services are held. Their text-book, “Science and Health,” first published by Mrs. Eddy iu 1875, is now in its ninety-sev-enth edition, and the Massachusetts Metaphysical College where she taught has graduated 4,000 students. The exhibit of the Carlisle, Penn., Indian School at the Atlanta Exposition is especially line, and shows liow thorough aud practical is the training given to Indian hoys and girls at that excellent school. Over the exhibit floats the Carlisle banner, with its motto. “Into Civilization and Citizenship." This motto lias really been the fundamental principle of the school, and a large proportion of its graduates have been living examples of it. Fifteen other Indian schools also have interesting exhibits at the exposition.

Previous to the breaking out of the war in Cuba New York.sent about fifteen steamers a mouth to the ports of the “ever faithful” isle. Since the trouble began six or seven of these steamers have been taken off and sent elsewhere or laid up, with the result that the trade of the port lias suffered a loss of more tlmu $1,000,000 a month. It would take a long time to get this trade back again, even if the war should stop within a short time, and the longer the light is kept up the more the trade between the island aud this country will suffer.

Germany is proud of her canal connecting the North Sea and the Baltic which was dedicated with so much pomp last summer. But that is a small affair, compared with the great canal by which Russia lias determined to connect the Baltic with the Black Sea, starting at Riga, and ending at Kherson. This will be almost one thousand miles long, and will enable the Tsar to move his war-ships from one sea to the other at pleasure. It will require five years, and will cost one hundred and forty million dollars to construct it. The course of the rivers Dwiua, Beresina, and Dnieper will be followed as far as possible.

Edward Atkinson recently told the following anecdote, as ilustrating a human failing very frequently to be seen “’When cotton seed oil was under the banc of popular prejudice and the law as well, a Chicago lard-maker shipped some lard ‘adulterated’ with cotton seed oil to Europe. It was pronounced excellent lard. It was liked so well that he received a great order for 10,000 tierces. But at this juncture lie could get no oil.aud was forced to ship the pure' lard. The consignee pronounced it ‘off sample.’ wouldn’t have it. and the unfortunante Chicago man lost a large sum of money.” The lard dealer was rendered powerless because lie laid bitten off more adulteration than his factory could eliew.

The enormous territorial area of Canada is made strikingly manifest by the recent action of the Dominion Government iu setting apart the unorganized and unnamed portion of the Dominion into provisional districts. The territory east of Hudson Bay having the province of Quebec on the south and the Atlantic on the east is to be hereafter known as Tlngava. The territory embraced in the islands of the Arctic Sea is to be known as Franklin, the Mackenzie River region is to be known as Mackenzie, and the Pacific coast territory lying north of British Columbia and west of Mackenzie is to be known as Yukon. The extent of Ungava and Franklin is undefined. Mackenzie covers .">38.000 square miles, and Yukon covers 225,000 square miles, in addition to 143.500 square miles added to Athabasca and 470,000 to Keewatin. The total area of the Dominion is estimated at 3,450,383 sqilare miles.

The Philadelphia Record says that an item in the salaries of Pennsylvania Railroad engineers and firemen, which is not generally known to the public is a so-called premium on' coal. On all the runs a generous allowance for coal per mile is made by the company, and whatever the firemen and engineers save on this allowance results in a premium for them. A portion of thesaving goes to the company, and the remainder is divided between the employes on the engine. One material drawback to this system is that engineers frequently run slowly on up grades, and on going down hill they shut off the steam entirely and let th|e train go for all it is worth by its own inertia. This severely racks the engine. but the company keeps a strict tab by watching the time between stations, and a perfect knowledge of the grades on the road shows pretty clearly when the engineer is abusing his engine. The New Y’ork World prints a list of American heiresses who have married foreigners with titles during the last twenty-five years. It is a long one. The richest of all was Anna Gould, with fifteen millions. She marTied Count Boniface de Castellane. Mrs. Frederick Stevens, with seven millions, married the Duke of Dlno.

Mrs. Hammersley was worth seven millions also. She married the Duke' of Marlborough; after his death she | took Lord William Beresford for her ; third husband. There are ten girls on ; the list with five millions each. Eva. Julia Bryant Mackay, who married Prince Colonnu di Galatro; Miss Eh ret, who married Baron von Zedlitz; Miss 1 Flagler, who married Baron Harden | Hickey; Miss Gilleuder, who married | Marquis di Man Marzano; Clara Huntington. who married Prince Hatzfeldt; Mrs. J. P. Ives, who married Mir Win. Vernon Harcourt: Mary Leiter, who married the Hon. G. N. Curzon, M.P.; Mrs. Isaac Singer, who married the Duke of Camposelice; Sarah Phelps Stokes, who marled Baron Halkett, and Belle Wilson, who became the wife of the Hon. Michael Henry Herbert. The money taken to Europe by the people on The Worlds list exceeds $11.1,000,000. Some of the leviathans of the deep are protesting, as best they may, against the big, fast ships which men are putting on the sea. There have been desperate efforts to dispute the right of way across the ocean. The other day two cases were reported of sharks who died in a gallant attempt to stay the course of steamers one of them immolating itself before the hows the other vainly striving to stay the propeller. But the conduct of two huge whales, reported to he sixty feet in length, was more striking still. They literally charged a timber ship at full speed, and though at the last moment the least courageous of the pair shirked the encounter by diving, the other held straight to its course, aud produced a collision. From the blood which dyed the water the result to the whale evidently was. worse than a bad headache. But the ship struggled home with a considerable hole in her side, and the loss of no small portion of her cargo, which had to be thrown overboard. This aggressive recklessness adds a new peril to the deep, observes London Graphic. Certainly the case is not so bad as that which, if ancient prints are to be believed. sometimes befell our seagoing ancestors, whose ships were occasionally swallowed whole by fish; still, it is not pleasant to be butted by a whale of fifty tons, and a small craft treated in this fashion would probably he kuocked out of time altogether.

GAME IN THE BIG PARK.

An Increase All Around Exceptln the Case of the Bnflalo. Superintendent Huntley, of the Yellowstone Park Company, says in reference to the tourist season which has just closed: “We had a fairly good season this year. It was much better than the last two years .but not as good as in 1800, 1891 and 1892. Last year we were handicapped by the strike on the Northern Pacific aud washouts, and in 1893 park business suffered from the panic. The business was simply ruined iu those two years. The people are each year appreciating more aud more this wonderful region. More residents of Montana visited the park this season than any previous year. There were ten times as many Montanians who visited the park this season as in any former year. "The weather in the park has been bettr this month than in September. There is no snow there, except, perhaps, high in the mountains, aud the roads are in tjne condition. The roads, iu fact, are in better shape than they, have ever been. “The road appropriation amounted to $30,000. Besides this was $20,000 remaining from last year. Every ceut of this has been expended. There are 175 miles of stage road iu the park, and the work of keeping them in order is a big undertaking. The appropriation of $30,000 is not large euough. Two hundred miles of new road art* needed. Congress should make an appropriation of SIOO,OOO a year for park roads. It would take even a greater sum than that to build the two hundred miles of highways needed. “All large game in the park, except, buffalo, is Increasing fast. There is still a small herd of buffalo in the park, but it is a constant temptation to the unprincipled hunter. A buffalo head is said to be worth from S3OO to SSOO. The troops give them all the protection they can. hut once in a while some daring pot hunter gets off with a hide and head. In no place in the country is fishing better than in the park. Seven years ago the government commenced stocking the streams of Wonderland, aud now all afford excellent sport with the rod. Three varieties of trout have been furnished from the government hatcheries—the rainbow, the Von Baer and Loch Leven. The latter is the gamiest trout in the world. The. Fire Hole river was stocked largely with that variety, ,and four-pounders have been taken from it this summer. Some of the small lakes were stocked with black bass, but bass fishing will not be allowed for a year or two longer.

"Next year is expected b> be a big one. We look for many from the section reached by the Burlington. The road opens a new section of country to Montana, and its benefits were felt in the park this year. The hotels were better kept this season than ever before. although the rates were reduced twenty-five per cent. It will not be many years before the Graud Canon, the geysers, springs and wonders of the Yellowstone Park will be visited and appreciated by tens of thousands of people yearly.”

MONKEY BURGLARS.

In Danger of Arrest in Calcutta, if Religious Scruples Can Be Overcome. There are three monkeys in Calcutta just now who are stated to be the greatest thieves and robbers that disgrace the City of Palaces. Considerable amusement was caused the other morning when seven people, who had been treated very badly by these monkeys, walked into the Jorabagantbana, and, in all seriousness, wished to lay a charge of “theft and causing mischief’ against the offenders. The inspector regretted he could uot accept the charge, and advised the complainants to destroy the troublesome animals This suggestion they would not adopt on account of religious scruples. The inspector thereupon advised the men to go to the police court and charge the monkeys with being burglars of a very bad type, and apply for a wirraut for their arrest. The deputation left to consider the post tion of affairs-