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KISMET. O Iotp! Must: I wait (though the wild years art fleeting) To woo thee and win thee with riches alone? AVben we mot in tL springtime, nh! hlith was our greeting. For my Keart rose to claim thee and call thoe my own. Yet I spoke not, for Low ilare a poor suitor venture? While the throb of a heart is not s;:Ivev nor gold. 'And Cupid's new weapons are stock and debenture, And a government stamp warrants love is not cold. Yet it seemed, when we met while the woodlands were sleeping. ' As though there were more in the world than its ways; And all else might go had I ever the keeping Of you only you tiil the last of our days. Lh, well! I must hope, kindly eyes, wand'ring tresses! Rut the chord you have touched still must tremble in pain. While the lips that were silent my memory blesses. Till I meet you, and greet you, and clasp you again! Temple liar.

THE FINGER OF FIRE. Imagine a mob of men ns wild as a pack of hungry wolves, whose frenzy has been 11 reel by the scent of blood, und in its inid:-t a fellow being bound hand, ami foot, with the noose of the lynelinien uro'tnd his neck. I came suddenly upon such a scene in one of the settlements of the Rio CJ ramie, whither I had journeyed from England to lind a brother whom I had not seen for many years. As I reined up my horse near the crowd and glanced over the excited spectacle an involuntary cry left my lips as I recognized in the victim him w hom I had come so far to see. He saw and knew me instantly, and though no word came from him, his pale, mute lips appealed to my heart for help. My appearance caused a hesitation on the part of the lynch leaders. I quickly learned that a stranger in those parts had been killed that morning near a small body of water a short distance from the settlement, and that my brother had been caught in the very act of striking- the deathblow. Not one of the spectators seemed to have any doubt of his guilt, but who is J3 hardened as to condemn his own brother?" I shuddered as I realized Almont's peril, und fn my own heart judged him Innocent of any crime. "He Is my brother," I cried. "Hark!" shouted one of the onlookers, "the brother of the murdered man Is here for justice. Up with him, boys." "Hold!" I commanded, rising in my stirrups as I spoke; "blood calls for Mood. Let me have hold of that rope." The mistake in my identity had suggested a way in which I might enable my brother to escape, and I resolved to attempt it at whatever risk. Fortunately, there was little family resemblance between us. Urging my horse forward, the crowd parted, allowing me to reach his side, when I dismounted, ostensibly to examine the slipping noose. "It will do," I said, loud enough to be heard by all. "Now help me to lirt him on the back of my horse. We want to do this job in some shape." Willing ones sprang to my assistance, but ia the brief interval I cut the prisoner's bonds and arranged the noose so that It could be thrown off as soon as his arms were free. I knew few horses could match mine In speed, and once he had cleared the throng my brother would be comparatively safe. He understood my intentions, and the moment we lifted him upon the horse lie wrenched his arnu free, threw off the noose, dropped into the saddle, and giving the anin.nl a smart blow dashed through the crowd like a whirlwind, and in a few moments was beyond pursuit. Of course there was loud wailing over his escape, but I appeared so anxious for his recapture that no blame was attached to me. To carry out the deception I had the body of the stranger carefully buried and remained in the place until I deemed it safe to depart. It was nearly three months before I met my brother in London, whither he had fled, and then he thanked me with teais in his eyes for my daring assistance in his escape from the lynchers. To my surprise, however, he evaded the fiubject of the murder, saying simply that no crime had been committed. I did not feel like pressing the matter, ßo the affair v:i:i not mentioned again, though it has haunted my mind ever ßi nee. Last week my brother riled with no kindred near him and to-day's post has brought me a manuscript containing a, startling revelation. In justice to my brother's name, as well as for my satisfaction, I am prompted to give to the public one of the strangest confessions ever made. The following is his account aa he wrote It for nie: "When this Is read I shall have passed beyond the tribunal of man, so 1 wish to impress upon you that I am about to record faithfully an experience whieh I sincerely hope will fall to the lot of no other person. "I was alone in my room late one dark, stormy night, when I heard a rap cm the door which I fancied at first was but the wind slinking it on it hinges. 15 ut it was repeated louder than before. I bade the applicant, whoever It might be, to come in, without looking up from the book which held my attention. "A moment later the door was opened, and with the gust of wind, which sent every light object In the room flying topsy ttavy, n man entered the apartment with quick, cat like steps.

' Tardon rae for the unreasonable hour at which I call he said, in a clear.

j crisp tone, 'but I suppose doctors get I used to all sorts of calls.' j "'Certainly I replied. I fear some- ! what impatiently, as he had interrupt- , ed me at the time when I did not like to be disturbed. 'What can I do for youV " 'Oh. I do not come for professional assistance he hastened to say. evidently reading my thoughts. Mine is strictly a business call. Are you at liberty for a few minutes?' " 'Yes. but the hour is late, so I trust you will be as brief as possible ' 'Dr. Harlow, how much are you worth' ' 'L'nough to make life comfortable I for myself I replied. 'If you have no more important question than that our i interview might as well come to an end ! at or.ee j " 'Pardon me, I will come to business, i As I told you, I am a professor of j science and have made a discovery j which is worth millions. I need not j tell you of the anxious days and sleepless nights it lias cost me. No matter. I I have succeeded at last. And you are j the lirst mau I have ever approached j with my secret. I did not do that until I was satislied that you were the safest one I could lind "As he spoke he opened a small bag that he carried and took out three or four vials to place upon the table. 'I-Miication.hased upon scientific research he remarked, 'has made a , staitling advance within the last few years. Iut no man has gone further into the unfathomable depths than myself. You have a basin of Avatcr there; pardon me if I appropriate it to my own use "I bowed acquiescence, too much sur- ! prised to speak. j "He quickly unsealed one of the ; vials and poured its contents into the I basin of water. Then from another he sifted a bluish-colored powder upon j the surface of the liquid, which no I sooner had It touched the other than it began to hiss, foam, and sparkle, until there came a report like a pistol shot, and a column of lurid Uame leaped up to the ceiling. "I started back with a cry of terror. "'Don't be alarmed he assured me, with a smile 'the water will soon burn out "The fire soon began to grow pale and to diminish in height, when it finally died out aitogethr r, and I sawthat the basin was empty. "'How much do you think that secret is worth?' asked my visitor, still showing white teeth between parted lips. "'What do you mean?" I cried. "'Sit down and be composed and I will quickly explain Then, nj I sank into the nearest seat, at a loss what to do or say, he continued: " 'Seeing is believing, so I have shown to you what I can do to impress upon you more deeply the power I possess. You have seen that basin of water burn like so much oil, and now you will believe me when I tell you that I have unlocked one of nature's great secrets and that the key lies ia that small vial! "His demoniacal smile as he spoke made me shudder." "I do not understand you I faltered. 'If you mean that you can burn water' " 'Haven't I done it? he cried. 'Why, man alive, don't you realize the importance of that secret? In those vials are held the component agents able to separate the constituent parts of water and. freeing the same set them at war with each other, which must result in combustion and total annihilation. "'Think of that, and realize that I hold in my hand the destiny of the world. Let me throw ever so little of those wonderful properties on tue Atlantic, and dare you contemplate the result? In one instant a nucleus of lire would be formed to grow swiftly in size, separating the gases of water and feeding upon them until the shores of Europe and America would be wrapped in a sheet of 11a me. " 'So deluge that ever drowned the world could extinguish the conlkigration, but would rather transport the fiery legions to the very pillars of the heavens. And It would spread from shore to shore and from ocean to ocean until it had enfolded the globe in its seething embrace, livery creature of the sea, the air, and the land would perish aye, the earth Itself would melt into fervent heat "During this startling speech he had worked himself into a fearful frenzy, to fix his intense gaze upon me as he concluded with a light that burned into my inmost being. I felt I was in the presence of a mad man. " 'Oh, well I said, with what calmness I could command, 'we won't anticipate so dreadful a catastrophe as you so vividly describes but It is evident you have made a remarkable discovery. I am anxious to know just how you accomplished lt. " 'Which is my secret?' he said, with another smile, and I saw that my dispassionate speech had a soothing effect upon him. The man was evidently sane except on the one subject. "'You are the most sensible man I have ever met he soon resumed, 'and I am going to impart enough of my secret to you so you will act in good faith In assisting me in a direction where I am powerless. "'It needs not my words to tell you that water Is composed of two gases, hydrogen and oxygen, in parts as one to eight. United in that proportion, these elements are impervious to fire. Every schoolboy knows that. Rut mix them in any other proportion and heat, flame, combustion ia the immediate consequence. " Now, I have discovered the key which unlocks the afllnlty holding ttgethcr the constituent par,ts of water. A few grains of thistyowdcr are sufficient to dismember Its warlike elexuonts, when the funeral pyre of the

human race Is kit died, so far as this placet is concerned " 'Impossibler I could not help exclaiming. 'God, in Hin Infinite wisdom, never created a world so beautiful as this and thni placed in the hands of His subjects the means of its destruction " Toor foe!" he said compassionately. You forget that the moon is but a lire extinguished world; that planets without number are the charred remains of what were or.ee scenes of life and beauty: that the sun i molten mass of heat; that He has said in His own word, in the end "the heavens shall be folded together like a scroll, the elements to melt with fervid heat." "'You see this vial; it contains potassium. It needs not me to tell a man of your information the result when this is brought into contact with oxygen. It ignites instantly. This powder hen, the secret of whose compound is known only to me. contains properties which instantly decompose the water elements. The moment the oxygen is free the potassium ignites it. and the work of liery destruction is begun. "'You betray a look of doubt. Perhaps you think that this action will be merely local, th.it the properties will quickly burn out. and. in consequence, the lire die for want of sustenance. If so. you err. The properties of this powder are sei f-genen: ting, and as long as the water lasts must of necessity continue their work of decomposition, the oxygen continually feeding the liames. ";et me another basin of water: I want to demonstrate it more clearly to you. "As he had done before, he turned the potassium into the basin and then silted in a certain amount of the powder. The hissing and fuming began, followed by a sharp report when a c damn of lire again sprang up. which lasted until the water was consumed. " 'You see. my first trial was no illusion he said, turning to me. 'What I have done once I can do every time.' " 'It is a terrible thing I exclaimed, with a shudder. 'Rut why have you come to me?' " 'Ilecause the secret is worth min-lt to ine. Hut when I approach men they call me mad and will not listen. They will believe you, and when you have proved what I can do they will gladly pay my price. Then I will divide with, you and we shall both be rich von to live at your ease and I to continue my investigations. Will you help me? And he caught me by the arm with a clutch 1 seem to feel now. "'Help you?' 1 asked, in n husky voice. 'Would you jeopardize the lives of the whole human race for a few paltry thousands? A man of your great intellect and research should be above " 'You still doubt my ability to do what I claim?' he interrupted. 'Perhaps in the open air you think I would fall? I saw to-day a grand sheet of water for a trial. Come with me and I will astonish even you. See, the storm has cleared away and the day is breaking "I was puzzled what to do. There was no one in the house whom I could call for asslstanece, but outdoors I might escape from the man whom, I must confess. I feared. So I consented to accompany him. "The morning light was fast dispelling the shadows of the night and storm, and we had no ditliculty in mating our way to a little body of water hemmed in by the mountains and the forest. My companion, as if fearing I would attempt to escape, had not taken l.is gaze from me since we had left the house. " 'There is a good place to test our work, he declared, pointing to "... small pool of water, formed in a riepivssion of the earth by the late storm. "Without waiting for my rot Ay ho

threw some of the potassium aiijjt powucr into the water. The rosn.it was startling; to me, though 1 had anticipated the consequences. "The report was deafening, niri the flames seemed to leap to the sky, illuminating the night scene with a ghastly light; but startling as was the light of the burning water the appearance of my companion, who seemed to be suddenly transformed into a ebmon. was more horrible. " 'See! See!' he cried, dancing to and fro w:ith liendish glee. 'It burns! Will burn till the pool is dry! What f:o you think of my secret now? Do I not hold the key to all life. Oh. I feel like a god. and all men are but worms crawling at my feet! See the flames leap higher and higher. " 'Now, let me drop the same agents which set that pool on lire into the lake, and the result will be the same; aye, the same, only a million times more grand, for the lire will follow the river to the gulf, and thence to the ocean, to envelop the entire world in its blazing sheets. What a sight for the gods to witness!' "He gesticulated fiercely, reached one arm out over the water as if to drop the infernal powder upon Its placid bosom, his wild looking vision lit by the transplendent glow of the burning pool. I gazed with awe upon him, realizing only too well the terrible earnestness of Iiis tone. " 'Wait!' I cried hoarsely; 'you forget the money. Your secret is worth ' " 'Ilali! Who prates of money with a cringing world at his feet?' he shrieked. 'They laughed at me; now let their tears put out the flames my hand has kindled. See! The potassium it fumes, hisses, dances upon the water! Now the mw "Imagine, who can, the horror of my situation. The blood seemed to freezu in my veins. My limbs seemed paralyzed. Hut I quickly overcame the lethargy. The life of every being in the world was in my hands. Nerving myself for the blow, 1 felled the mad scientist dead at my feet. At that moment the fire behind me expired. The world was saved. 'y-au know the rest. I was disco t-

ered In the act of dealing the Tatai blow by men who could not understand the immeasurable deed I had done.

You saved my life. In the sight of God I feel that I have committed r.o harm. but I shall die easier knowing that when I ;im gone the truth will be known to the world. Mv conscience is clear, and yet the secret has pointed at my every action like a linger of lire." London 'i it-Hits. FIVE THOUSAND FOR A WIFE. The Price a Pcrmsy 1 anian Paid for His Fourth Matrimonial Venture. At the Mahanoy Hotel in Fniontown a very romantic wedding was celebrated the other morning. The groom was a wealthy old farmer named Kphraim Walters, aged S2 years, from near Masontown. while the bride was a rich w idow lady named Mrs. Mary Madera from Morgantown. W. Va., where she conducts a millinery establishment. Mrs. Madera is aged about 50 years. Mr. Waliers has already been married three times and has several children as old as the wife he has just wedded. He owns one of the linest farms in the country and is, according to the Pittsburg Dispatch, worth at least $t .i.h . The peculiar part of this wedding is that it has been a business transaction from the beginning. His third wife lied about two years ago. At that time the old l.ian was very feeble and had to walk with a cane. lie had then i had a stioke of paralysis and was bad ly crippled. His friends thought h would soon follow his wife. To their surprise lie became very sprightly and soon threw away his cane. Not more than six months elapsed until he began, to talk matrimony again. His children discouraged the idea as much as possible, but he was determined to get married. After looking about and lulling no one to suit him lie placed an advertisement in the papers offering $"VMt to any one who would lind him a resiectable wife. He also offered Ji"ö.UM to any w oman who would agree to marry him. Mrs. Madera heard of the offer ana a correspondence was arranged between them. She agreed to marry hint for a certain Mini of money, made pay able to her at the time of the marriage. A satisfactory arrangement was made and the wedding day fixed. St arcily of Pencil "Wood. "The day is not far distant." remaikod a Florida gentleman not long since, when talking with a reporter, "when the term 'cedar pencil' will become quite a misnomer. At the prosj rut time the average annual consump tion of lead pencils is at the rate of about four for every man, woman and child in the country. During the last ten years the quantity of cedar which has been cut in our State to supply the Unland of the American ami German pencil makers has been enormous, the product of more than lhk acres of ground being consumed every year. The cedar of the State will not hold out many years longer against demands of this kind, and already experiments are being tried with other wood. Very cheap pencils are generally made of poplar, which answers fairly well, but which will never be so valuable for the purpose as the old-fashioned and long tried cedar. Of course, Florida has not a monopoly on the supply of cedar wood, but in adjoining States, where some is to be found, the work of destruction has been going on quite as fast as in our little commonwealth, and I doubt very much whether any of our children will use pencils made out oi" the most durable and most easily polished and trimmed wood we know of at the present time." Heci Catching:. An original and unique device is in use with the Esquimaux for hunting and kiliing the polar bear. Knowing the bear to be fond of blubber, they take a piece of it as large as a man's lit, and after letting it freeze, hollow out the center suliiciently to admit a strip of whalebone coiled into it spring. This is covered with more blubber, and the whole again frozen. Dressing themselves to look like seals, the bear's favorite food, the hunters take several of these frozen balls and start out. When a bear is discovered they approach near enough for him to see them. As lie begins to creep stealthily toward them they slowly retreat, dropping a number of the balls in such a way that the bear in following them must surely come upon the balls. Hruin, seeing these delicate morsels, swallows them whole, and continues his stealthy chase of the supposed seals. Hut he does not progress far before the blubber melts and releases the whalebone springs. These new "works" in Iiis internal economy soon put him in such agony that he rolls and tumbles upon the ice, and becomes an easy victim to the weapons of the hunters. Market Day Tor Hungarian Kisses. Kisses have a market day at Xagyalmary in the Hungarian Komitta of A tad. A strange old custom is in use there on St. Joseph's day and a few days following. The young women who have been, married within the last twelve months assemble in the market place ami offer themselves to be kissed by the gentle and simple, "Herren ami Rattern" indifferently, at so much money per kiss. The prices are exceed-, ingly modest, the lowest being 4 hellers and the highest "0 heller:.;. These, at least, were the prices, according tü the Hungarian reporter, on St. Joseph's day last, March 10. There is possibly some feudal Interpretation of the eccentric custom, but the reporter does not supply it. Westminster Gazette. Mud in Montana. A spring that throws a thick stream of mud nearly twenty feet into the air has been discovered lu nortli westcm Montana,

4N EXTRA SESSION.

SOME CURRENCY LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY. ßhouTul Tliis Congress Fail to Act President Cleveland Will Appeal o the Republicans So Says a Strong Administration Democrat Notes. Capital City Chat. Washington coricPiionik-Doe: "'TIIKKi: we. Ls of av iation iy engross of the cinr.'üc-y j roblem lias oroiiirht it no nearer a solution, apparently, than it was when Secretary Carlisle first submitted his plan." T h e statement er. mo from ene of ST7"r''. the friends of the adj.. . r a mi it! Kr ivi t i. in n i uti. fV .... J-Tess ana at Hie at he .same time adliVTzr: i,,7 "r,: '"rmitted that he had t'rI''''V' jj" j"-A no hope of Congress jf-'irj jliP-'ssin- the Carlisle ill!' Iii il -The condition." f-aid lie, "is regarded by the President :is beini,' serious. lie feels about as he did when Congress wa.s called together to repeal the Sherman law. President Cleveland is convinced that some currency legislation is necessary. lie is not in-dstin:; that his party in Congress shall pass the Carlisle bill, byt he believes the Ieiu - cratie leaders could use it as a foundation up;n winch to construct a satisfactory financial reform bill. The President xi:eans to preserve ih ) reserve. It will not be permitted to fall far below 70.hh,0'X till bonds will be sold to replenish it. With the means now at tle-ir disposal it loo!;sis if the Wall street people could force a bond issue every thirty days if they chose to do so. For this reason the President feels that it would be folly for this Congress t adjourn without giving some measure oJ relief. "The prospect of ninnies the treasury from now until the n-w Congress meets und sell inj? bonds periodically to maintain the redemption fund does not strike either the President or Secretary Carlisle as encouraging to the peace or prosperity of the country. Mr. Cleveland has hones that his own party in Congress will show a willingness ana the ability to deal with the problem, but if it adjourns without doinj; so there i.s every reason to suppose Mr. Cleveland will appeal to the new Republican Congress to come together at once and afford the remedy." "An extra session':" "Yes, that's what it means. Perhaps the sitfiTsestion of such a tiling may serve fc stiffen the backbone of the Democrats in Congress and stimulate them to pa.-s a bill. But it is plain from the tone of Congressman I. ry ans speech that the free coinage men in Congress are unwilling to accept anything short of free and unlimited silver coinage. They miuht agree on compromise authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem paper nio;:ey in silver, but President Cleveland will never consent to such a step. The Senatorial Outlook. The several Senators who are candidates for re-election have gone home with more or less anxiety in their minds, ami t!i'e most of them are not expected to return until the Legislatures of their States have determined their fate. Senator Cuilom does not feel any doubt as to the action of the Republican caucus in Illinois. Mr. 1 Jerry, of Arkansas, has been on the anxious seat, but I understand that the opposition has given up the light and lie now expects a practically unanimous nomination. Mr. Caffrey, of Iac1isana, and Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, have already been re-elected. Mr. Camden, of West Virginia, will be succeeded by a Republican, probably Stephen 1. j-Ilkins. Mr. Carey, of Wyoming, has gen-- home to engage in a bitter and uncertain contest. He is an anti-silver man, with a srong silver constituency. Mr. Coke, of Texas, will have a walk-over. Kx-(Jov. Wet more has already been elected to succeed Mr. Dixon, of Rhode Island, one of the few men in history who lefnsed a second torui in the Senate, because he !ors net like politics. Mr. Doiph of Oregon, Mr. I' rye of Maine, Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky, Mr. McMillan of Michigan, Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota, and Mr. Perkins of California wiil not meet with much opposition. and Mr. Woleott of Colorado Las received n cheerful letter, signed oy every Republican in the Legislature of that State, asking: Lia to be a candidate. lie has promptly consented and will be nominated unanimously. The venerable Mr. Harris of Tennessee, whom Mr. iloar called the tlrum major e.f the Sonate, has gone home to light a lot of wildcats, as he terms them scattering candidates, with a few votes each, but enough, taken together, to prevent his reelectien unless he can make a distasteful "combine." Mr. Ilicgins of Delaware h; likely to be cWealed. Mr. Manderson of Nebraska voluntarily retires to earn a little money for obi age, and Mr. Thurston, general solicitor of the Union Pncilie Rail road, will take his seat. Mr. Martin of Kansas gives way to soule unknown Re publican, Mr. McLaurin of Mississippi to his predecessor, who voluntarily ret i rid from the Senate fur a year on account of his health, ami Mr. MePherson of New Jersey will he Hieeceded by (Jen. Scwa'l, a Republican. Mr. Power of Montana feels confident of re-election, Mr. Ransom of North Ciroüna will he succeeded bv a Populist, i iiil Mr. .larvis, his colleague. by a Republican. Mr. Shoup of Idaho is in a iMvuliar posi tion. He agreed not to be a candidate provided Willis Sweet, the present representative from that State, got the indorsement of the Republican convention for Senator. Sweet could not get it end Shoup considers himself released from his pledge, so that he will enter the contest and will probably win. Mr. Washburn of Minnesota will meet with considerable opposition, but expects to win. Mr. Patton of Michisran is also in the midst of a lively fight, Avith a half-dozen candidates against him. Representative (Jear lias already been elect c-d to succeed Mr. Wilson of Iowa, who voluntarily retire:?. There are three vacant seats from Montana, Wyoming, and Washington, which will be tilled by Republicans. National Capital Note. William A. Phelps, a pension attorney of Richmond, Ohio, has been disbarred from practice before the Interior Department for unprofessional conduct. Vice President Stevenson has gone to Ashcville, N. C. It is the intention to accompany his daughter, who if 111 at Ashe-

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vi!Ie, tc some place farther south, probably ja Florida. At the meeting of the Nebraska Ilistorical .Society. Secretary Morton will deliver an address en "Pioneer Populists." The Commerce Committer of the House has favorably reported bills for building railway bridges across the Missouri River mar Jefferson City, the Little River, Arkansas, and the Sulphur River in Texas or Arkansas. Senator Voorhees is preparing a locturo upon the crusades, ami will take the platform as s ion as Congress adjourns. Representative Wilson of West Virginia will ::No take the lecture jd.it form, and will write a politi. al history of the Congress of the United States. John t. Moore, who has brought the suit to test the constituti'.nality of the inc .me tax law, is the senior partner in the linn of Moore & Schley, bankers and brokers of New York. Mr. Moore undertakes this suit as the result of a series of consultations and controversies in his o'hee concerning the constitutionality of the new law, and it is really for the benoilt of his clients. They have ben carrying on an aiiiui.-.tI debate over the subject ever since it was passed, and finally Mr. Moore d-cided to test the matter in the courts. An unmistakable evidence of the hard times is the small number of bridal par ti s that have made their appearance in Washington so far this season. The hotel eh-rks tell me ihev have never known so few. Usually during the months of Mar a::d June, November and December tho hotels are filled with newly married p-o-p'e. and r.s everyb dy l;n :ws win has lee-n through the experience the bridegroom usually care.-: more for the pleasure f the hi-neyncoii than for tie' tr.oney he spends but this year the te.,.o.i;y as Will as the scarcity of this .mi;-; of uav-Iers has been fniarkable. AMERICANS HAT TOO MUCH.

Result of le.vesti .a'i;::s Ly the lluleanof Aim::ul Industry. The nutritive value an 1 cost of f.ods is discussed at length in a bulletin of the agricultural department, base.1 en investigation made by the bureau . f animal industry. The results of these studies, says the bulletin, confirms the g m-ral impression of hygicnists that our diet is onesided and that we cat too much. Owing to the large consumption in this country of sugar and the use of large quantities of fat meats, the food which we actually eat has relatively too little protein and too much fat, starch and sugar. It is found that the protein in t r':uary meats, fish and miik is readily and completely digested, that of vegetable f Is is much less completely digested than of animal foods. One-fourth or or.e-tbird of pot.itei.s, whole wluat and rye flour may cscr.pi digestion and thus be useless for m-urishmcnt, and one-sixth of the protein of wheat Hour, corn meal, peas arxj beans may be assumed to be undigested when cooked and eaten in th usual way. "Of the meat extracts in the market," continues the report, "seme ivntain very little and others practically no material which builds tissues or viel. Is energy. Animal fimds gratify the palate jn many ways which the vegetable foods do not, and what is perhaps of greater weight la regulating the actual usaire of communities by whoso demand the prices are regulated, they satisfy a real need by supplying protein and fats, which vegetablo feeds h'n k. NOTED FRENCHMAN. Raron De Coisrcil, Ambassador at tho Court if Jlrilain. The strained relations existing between France and Ungland, make P.aron do Counil, French Ambassador to Ireat I'ritain. a person of interest. Raron de Courcil is very widely known. It will be remembered that he w.-.s the principal hero of the diplomatic "indiscretions' perpetrated by the 5 r-x-fT'i ,( (( r igaro a lew montns . Vjfl '') a -o. He was oresift' dent of the late in 7 e ü- K ternational Court of Arbitration at Paris on the Rehring Sea v. a I fishery dispute 1 N'T-,--: JS'! HAROX council between Ihigland and America. P.aron de Courcil has a peculiar history. His original name was Chaudron, and bis father, a louutry attorney, was family solicitor to the Talleyrands. The attorney liegte. 1 Talleyrand to take his clever son to I'üghiüd as one of his secretaries, which the diplomatist finally did. after having procured a change of name an 1 a till" for the old attorney. Since then the present Daren's rise has been rapid. Ho formerly represented Fran re at Reriia. ITALY'S GRAND OLD MAN. The IVcr of Any of Kerope's Noble Statesmen. Not the least impressive figure of tho trio of K u rope's grand old teen (I!adstene. liismarck. and Crispi is the Italian statesman, ex v'N. Premier Francesco , "V Crepi. lie is in his I rZ70th year, having Z. ( t been bern in Ribera. V. J J-&L ' Sicily, in 1S1.. IM- o r.cated for the law, V V he was admitted o '-jfyf'J,l -, the bar at Naples. ' 'v'S " f He took a leading V : vJ I part in the Palermo i'Vv 'C ÄXj insurrection of ISIS Y&SX and after its failure "V went into exile. In lS,7.-Vid he organ- raANtiüseocicLäri. i7od another revolution, landed at l'j'Iermo with t'arlbaidi, and became a member of the provisional government. In ISdl he was elect eel to the fot parliament of Fnited Italy, and in lsTO became president of the Chamber of Deputies. In INS lie was chosen Premier, resigned in IMu, not to reseaie ot-lee till lS'.K. present retirement will probably be His but for a brief period. park from Wirt. . All the towns in Northern Peru are in open rebellion against President Careeres. In a cpinrrel over a card game at St. Louis. Patrick Noenan was shot and hilled by .lohn Lane. Al P.reyman, of Highland. Kan., blew out the gas in a hotel at St. Joseph, Mo. He was buried two days later. Two young Alabama ruffians fired into a schoolhouse near Rrownridge, fatally wounding four of the pupils. Fight families from lb lgiuru Arrived at Boston, Ind., to found a colony in Perry County, and more will follow. Six robbers attacked the residence of John Yrnkins, of Terry, O. T. JI killed one and drove the rest away.