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ALL IS BEAUTIFUL.
Oh. God! how beautiful is earth,
In sunbeam or in shade; ,
Her forests with their waving arch;
Her flowers that gem the glade;
Her hillocks white with fleecy flocks;
Her fields with grain that glow;
Her sparkling streamlets, deep and broa (1
That through the valleys flow;
Her crested waves that clasp the shore,
And lift theiranthems loud:
Her mountains, with their solemn brows.
That woo the yielding cloud.
Oh, God! how. beautiful is life
That Thou dost lend us here:
So cheered with hopes that line the cloud,
' And joys that gem the tear;
With cradle hymns of mothers young.
And tread of youthful feet, ‘
That scarce in their elastic bound
Bow down the grass flowers sweet.
With brightness round the pilgrim’s staff
Who at the setting sun
Beholds the golden gate thrown wide,
And all his work well done.
But if this earth, which changes mar.
9 This life, to death that leads.
Are made so beautiful by Him,
From whom all good proceeds. , -1
How glorious must that region be 1
Where all the pure and blest;
From 'every fear and sorrow tree.
3‘ Attain unbroken rest.
ngs. L. H. Sigourney. in N. Y. Ledger.
THE TWO CAPTAIN S.
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“To the king.” “w
“To my king.”
.‘1 The toasts, though slightly different,
were uttered simultaneously and a small
glass of rare old port was emptied in
honor of each. The scene was the
broad veranda of a‘ South Carolina
plantation, not fifteen miles from the
famous pity of Charleston; the time
was the early autumn of 1781; while
the characters were a young captain of
his majesty’s artillery, a portion of
which was guarding the city of Charles-
ton, and a young woman in perhaps her
twenty-second year. A famous beauty
was this Miss Phoebe Poindexter, and a
most captivating picture she made, in '
the eyes of the captain of artillery, as
she sat thrumming ”the keys of her
harpsichord, after replacing the empty
wine glass on the table near her. The
latter was a handsome young man, ap-
parently thirty years of age, with :1-
perfect air of good breeding and evi-
dent-1y of some graces, for he had just
finished a solo on the flute to the ac-
companiment of the young lady.
”I “The fact is, Miss Phoebe, I hardly
know what I should do with myself,
were it not for the‘possibility of riding
out here to spend an occasional after-
noon with you—or should I say, both
in gallantry and truth, every after-
noon with you? The town is simply
too dull for a soldier, now that Lord
Cornwallis has taken the major part of
our army with him in his chase after
the rebel Greene.”
“And what do you think, captain, are
his chances of capturing Gen. Greene?”
1. “Oh, the chances are perfect, my
dear lady. Why, the rebels were abso-
lutely routed, according to our dis-
patches, ‘all the battle of Guilford Court
House, and so badly demoralized that
they ran from the field like sheep._ 1n-
deed there was no necessity for our pur-
suit. ,, Greene is starving up there in the
mountains of North Carolina and will
surrender "at discretion in the course of
a week-or two. His defeat and reduced
circumstances will be the excuse, but.
the real reason will be British gold. You
remember, of course, our success with
their Gen. Arnold. Well, after (a man’s
ambition has been killed, he will not
.fight in any cause with neither food
nor pay. And that is the dii‘e extrem-
ity to which Greene has been forced by
.the glorious success 'of his majesty’s
arms. My Lord Cornwallis has turned
north and in a month will have defeated
anclxcaptured that little boy of a French -
man, La Fayette. \Vith their armies
of the south and of the center defeated,
he will move next spring upon the only
remaining armies'of the rebels, that
under the miscreant Washington. It
will be a short campaign, a battle, a
rent, a pursuit and then peace—and
With peace will come its delightful
handmaiden love. And then —— then,
Mistress Poindexter, I shall have the
honor of claiming you for a bride, of
selling out. my commission and living
the quiét life of an English country
gentleman for, I hope, the rest of my
life.” '
“A charming arrangement of events
for yourself, my dear Capt. Webb! But
I must say it appears to me as though
Gen. Cornwallis” movement into Vir-
ginia is more like a retreat than the ad-
vance of a victorious and conquering
army. ' And as for Gen. Greene, they
say that he is not only harassing Gen.
Cornwallis at every step Of his north-
ward movement, but has detached his
cavalry and a portion of his riflemen to
reconquer the Carolinas and Georgia."
“On what utter nonsense do these
misguided colonists feed their despair-
ing hopes!” answered the captain.
“Why, it would be no more ridiculous
for you to assure me that a detachment
of Marion’s outlaws were here, sur-
rounding this very house, and that I
was in danger of becoming a prisoner
to them, as to—what was that?” The
captain jumped hurriedly from his seat
and, grasping the railing of the veran-
da in front of him for support, looked
anxiously up. and down the road that
ran in front of the old plantation.
“It seemed to me like the winding
of a horn,” said the lady, calmly.
, “And, by my faith, I heard the gal-
loping of horses and a short command,"
continued the captain, excitedly.
“Inside, inside, captain, as your value
your liberty,” said the lady; “‘I saw a.
mounted man in uniform there in the
bushes just now, and I, know the uni-
form well.”
_ “And the wearer?”
;I “Yes, the wearer.”
’ “Then it is a detachment of Marion’s
outlaws indeed. Ha! I will be an agree-
able prize‘for Capt. Pickens. An in-
teresting meeting between two rivals
.. :will be, indeed! I must be saved,
.' madam, or your own loyalty will be put
’in question.”
“And, pray, what can I do?” asked
the girl drawing herself up to her full
' height and looking at the English offi-
cer with scornful and indignant eyes.
“You can tell them that there is no
one concealed in your house. He will‘
never dare to doubt your word.”
“You would have me tell a lie to save
you—me, the woman you pretended to
love and wish to make your wife ‘3”
“It is a case of necessity—quick, they
are approaching on both sides. They
have been informed. It is a trick!”
“Where will you hide?” asked the
girl, with an insulting emphasis on the
word “hide.”
- “You will tell them that no one is
concealed in the house?”
“I shall tell them nothing but the ab-
solute truth—be quick.”
“Then there is but one place where
I will be safe,” answered the captain,
“and there only if he be a gentleman.”
Saying which, the captain darted up
the stairs and entered Miss Poindex-
ter’s own chamber.
He had no more than closed the door
when a lithe, athletic young officer in
the partisan cavalry leaped over the
railing of the veranda and stood, em-
barrassed and hat in hand, bowing be-
fore the young mistress of the man-
sion.
“Phoebe!” exclaimed rm young sol- '
dier. .
“‘Would it not be better to address
me as your prisoner?" answered Miss
Pointlexter. “If I am not mistaken, you
have surrounded my home with armed
soldiers and, have come yourself on no
gentle errand.” .
“Prisoner Phoebe ?” answered the pa-
triot captain. “I would never wish to
hold you prisoner, save in the bonds of
love. My presence here needs an ex-
planation and I will make it. I have re-
ceived information that an English offi-
cer is visiting you this afternoon. It
is a matter of duty. I have been or-
dered far in advance of the returning
troops of_Mari0n and Sumter for the ex-
press purpose of catching some of the
officers at the garrison at Charleston
off their guard; and I expect to appear
at the very gates of that city before I
am done and let them know that, far
from being defeated, as they suppose,
Gen. Greene’s army has driven their red
coats from the Carolinas and is chasing
Cornwallis himself to the sea.”
“What a romance!” laughed the
young lady.
“I wish I had time for romance,” said
the officer; “there could be no more de-
lightful opportunity. Only when this
war is over will I be able to ask you to
reward a love that has been faithful
to you ever since we were children.
But to duty. Are you harboring an
English officer here?”
“Why, of course I am,” she answered,
laughingly.
“This is no time for joking,” said
the captain. “If he is not here, he can-
not have been gone a very long time;
and if you delay me he may yet get
-within the gates of Charleston.”
“It seems to me that you are a trifle
difficult to-day,” she replied. “Do you
not believe me ‘2'"
“Of course,”‘he said, biting his lips
nervously. “I shall have to search the
house,” he continued.
“O, we are quite used to it,” she an-
swered.
He ordered up his men and began a
systematic search of the mansion and
surrounding buildings. He himself,
however, stood immovably in front of
the door that he knew opened into her
'private apartments, and permitted no
one to enter. The search was therefore
useless. '
“Well,” said she, teasingly, “why do
you not enter my own room?”
“If he is an officer he should be a gen-
tleman, and could not be there,” an-
swered the captain. “You have been
fooling me, Phoebe, in order to give him
a start. I do not blame you. He was
a guest, and you have but observed the
laws of hospitality, even though he is
an enemy to our country. Farewell——
remember always I shall come to you
when this war is finished.”
“Why not come before-tonight?
You will not wish to camp nearer
Charleston than this, I am sure. Grand-
mother, who is in town to-day, shop-
ping, will bc back by tea time, and you
can tell us all the news.”
“And may I tell you something else ?”
“Yes—without even waiting for the
war to end. And I will tell you some-
thing, too.” The young patriot turned
about for a moment—and for a kiss.
Then springing into the saddle he shout-
ed the command: “To horse, the road
to Charleston—gallop!” and was off.
As soon as he and his men were well
out of sight, the English artillery cap-
tain made his appearance. “I suppose,”
he said, “that I am under obligations to
you—and yet I thought your truth-
fulness would have been the ruination
of me.” '
“And could you have admired or loved
a woman who had deliberately lied ?”
“Well, that is rather an odd question.
If you had told an untruth it would
have been in a noble cause. All is fair
in love and war, you know.”
“Even hiding in a woman’s apart-
ment.” ‘
“Oh, yes—when necessity compels it.”
“Well, Capt. Webb,” said Miss Poin-
dexter, slowly, “will you in your turn
do me a favor?” .
“With the greatest pleasure, I am
sure,” answered the gallant captain.
“Will you please mount your horse
and get safely back into your own
lines,” said Miss Poindexter, “and stay
there.” . _
“By Jove,” said the captain to himself,
as he turned away with flushed cheeks,
“I never intended to marry her, but
I’m blest if I'don’t believe she’d make a
wife that any man could be proud of.”
-—N. Y. Truth.
-—Weary Watkins—"The doctors say
we ought to eat more cereal food.”
Hungry Higgins—“They is too much of
the serlal business about our style of
eatin’ already.”—Indianapolis Journal.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
—St. Paul, the capital of Minnesota,
is worth $124,408,205, and owes $8,442,-
100.
—-A dog owned by a man in Addison,
Mich., walked back home a distance of.
40 miles recently. Its owner gave it
away, but the dog didn’t like its new,
home, and quietly trotted back to its
old kennel. .
—A stick of timber 119 feet long and
22inches square, without a knot 01'
blemish, was cut in a mill at Hoquiam,
Wash, recently. It is the longest piece
of timber ever cut in that neighbor-
hood, and the most nearly perfect any
of the old lumbermen there has ever
seen. .
-——One of the buildings at the Tennes-
see centennial exposition will be erect-
ed entirely with money provided by the
children of the state. Everything in it
and around it will be arranged for the
pleasure and profit of children. In the
tower will swing a fine set of silver
chimes.
——When Kentucky does draw the line
on whisky it is drawn tight. A young
man in Crittenden county was held re-
cently to answer in the circuit court on
a charge of giving liquor to aminor, be-
cause he gave a glass of eggnog to his
sweetheart. Somebody, maybe a re—
jected suitor, saw the occurrence and
reported it to thclocal authorities.
—Seven brothers, all over 65 years
old, had a reunion in Fresno, Cal., re-
cently, and a notable photographic
group is an interesting memento of the
occasion. The brothers are of the
Funck family. There are three sisters
in the family, too, all very near the
three-score and ten years mark. The
eldest ‘of the brothers is 84 and the
youngest 65. A noticeable fact is that
each wears a long white beard and none
is bald.
—“The underground railroad” was a
secret arrangement, legally a‘ con-
spiracy, by which fugitive. slaves were
concealed and sent secretly from place
_to place in Canada, which, being a
British colony, was a safe place for
them. It extended all over the north.
Covington, I{y., was a principal sta-
tion, and there'were other stations all
through Ohio and Indiana. Levi Coffin,
cf Cleveland, was the president more
than 30 years.
-—One of the many natural wonders
of Arizona scenery just made acces—
sible by the opening up of new rail
and stage roads is a remarkable natural
bridge in the Tonto Basin, not far from
Flagstaff. The bridge is 550 feet long
and spans a canyon some 200 feet deep,
at the bottom of which flows the river.
The bridge is of rock, and is perfectly
proportioned. The under side is grace -
fully arched and the upper perfectly
level. The walls of the canyon are
honeycombed with caves, in which is
a great profusion of stalactites and
stalagmites.
CONJURER WAS CONFIDENCED.
His Accomplice in 3 Trick Did Not Live
Up to His Agreement.
An illusionist was talking the other
day of some of the accidents that some-
times spoil the art of the conjurer.
“It was in Nashville, Tenn,” he said,
“that I experienced a real knock-down
blow. I was performing the well-
known trick of passing a marked coin
into the center of an uncut orange. At
least, that’s what a good many people
thought I was doing. I used a silver
dollar and emphasized the trick by
passing the coin into the pocket of
seme boy whom I had enticed on to the
stage. I will openly confess that the
boy had to be a confederate and that
the marked coin had its fellow in one
previously prepared by me. One night
as 1 was entering the theater, I looked
around for a likely youth to aid me in
my double dealing. I picked a boy and
promised to pass him in if he would
follow my instructions.
“ ‘I am a conjurer,’ I said. ‘I want
yon to put this dollar in your right-
hand trousers pocket. I’ll get you a
seat in the front row. When I ask for
somebody to come on the stage you
must come. Then I will ask you to
produce the dollar.’
“The boy promised everything, and,
after making arrangements for him at
the door, I left him. When I was ready
for the dollar trick, I saw my young
confederate sitting open-mouthed in
the front row. I had prevailed upon
another member of the audience to
lend me a dollar marked exactly as was
that I had given to the boy.
“I passed that borrowed dollar into
the orange, cut the fruit open and out
dropped the coin. Then I went on:
“ ‘And now, ladies and gentlemen, I
will perform a still more difficult feat.
I have passed the dollar intotheorange.
Now I will ask some member of the au-
dience to step on the stage, and, with-
out going anywhere near him, I will
pass the same dollar, marked as you
have seen, into the right-hand trousers
pocket.’
“True to his bargain,the boy stepped
to the stage, I stepped opposite himand
asked:
“ ‘Now, sir, have you ever seen me be-
fore?’ -
“ ‘No, sir,’ was the answer.
“ ‘I have here a dollar,’ I continued.
‘I am going to pass it into your right;-
hand trousers pocket. One—two—
three—go!’ -
“I made the.proper magician’s pass,
and smiled upon my audience.
“ ‘Now,’ I said to my assistant, ‘put
your hand into your right-hand trou-
sers pocket, and give me the dollar.’
“The boy looked a bit sheepish, but
he dived his fist down. Then, to my
unutterable horror, he produced a
handful of silver and said:
“ ‘I’ve only got 90 cents of it left,
sir.’
“I went out in a hurry and took a
drink.”—N. Y. Times
An Awkward Fix.
“What! you say that Herr Schmidle,
the merchant, has gone blind? Here’s
a pretty how d’ye do—I’ve got a bill
on the man which made it out, ‘payable
at sight!’ ”—l)orfbarbier.
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WEALTH 0F ERENCH STATESM EN ’
envy and T1119]! the Wealthieot of the
Dead Presidents.
There seems to be an impression
among the French people in general,
according to the Paris Figaro, that the
various French presidents have been
men of great wealth. This arises pos-
sibly from the fact that the civil list of
the presidents is 1,200,000 francs ($240,-
000) a year. But the journal declares
that the impression is erroneous. “This
is not even true,” adds the Fig-
aro, “of M. Grevy. This affirmation
may seem parad0xical regarding the
father-in-law of Mr. Wilson.
however, absolutely true. When M.
Grevy became president in 1879 he had
an income of 20,000 francs. At his
death, in 1891, he _left, in addition to his
former fortune and the estate of Mont-
sous-Vaudrey, real estate in Paris val-
ued at 2,000,000 francs and 4,000,000
francs in bonds and stocks. These
6,000,000 francs represented the savings
of M. Grevy during his. nine years as
president. He drew 1,200,000 francs a.
year, and as an old man did not use
more than the half of .it. The French
criticised him severely for his niggard-
liness; but when a man is 80 years old
and has always lived simply, it is impos-
sible for him to spend 100,000 a month.
But he is also the only one who made
anything out of the presidency.
“The first president of the republic,
M. Thiers, was twenty-seven months?
in office, but without pecuniary profit
to himself. He had married Mlle.
_Dosne in 1833, and when he died, forty-
four years later, the considerable pat-
rimony of his wife, added to his in-
come from the ‘History of the Consul-
ate and the Empire,’ the fruit of a long,
laborious life, did not make a fortune
of more than 3,000,000 francs. - This in-
cluded the value of his famous house
in St. George’s place and his collections
of art, estimated to be worth a large
amount. But M. Grevy and M. Thiers
were the only presidents in twenty-five
years (excepting M. Casimir-Perier)
who after leaving the Elysee 'were not
obliged to use the omnibus in making
their tour about Paris. Here are the
others:
“All the world knows that Marshal
MacMahon, in the course of his presi-
dency (May 26, 1873, to January ‘30,
1879) ate up his patrimonial estates. At
.his death in 1893 he owned only two
small estates, sold a year ago. He was
obliged to live from his salary as field
marshal. -' ’
“We now pass from a marshal whom
the presidency impoverished to M. Car-
not. Sadi Carnot, a modest, conscien-
tious man, religiously spent his whole
income from the state, and his private
income in addition thereto. This pri-
vate income at the time of his election
amounted to 50,000 francs, and this he
left to his widow and children when he
died. His widow declined the pension
offered her by the government.
“It is said that Gambetta, for many
years leader of the republicans and
prime minister, paid his cook more
than many a cabinet minister received.
However, he left an income of 8,000
francs to his son and a bundle of
bonds.
“Another presidentpf the chamber,
Burdeau, died poor, and the chamber
had to care for his heirs. Jules Ferry
also lessened his fortune by politics.”
" SAID BY THE SCIENTISTS. ,
A FRENCH medical authority asserts
that death caused by a fall from a great
height is absolutely painless. Thexmind
acts very rapidly for a time, then un-
consciousness ensues.
AsrRONOMEns calculate that the sur-
face of the earth contains 31,625,625
square miles, of which 23,814,121 are
water and 7,811,504 are land, the water
thus covering about seven-tenths of the
earth’s surface.
ALFRED C. LANE writes that ten
miles above the earth the cold is far
below zero, while ten miles below the
surface everything is red hot. This lat-
ter is not so certain. It is. thought by
some that the heat of the earth may be
wholly due to absorption from the sun,
.and so may decrease after a. certain
depth has been reached.
MUSIC relieves muscular fatigue in
man, says Prof. Tarchanofi, of St. Pe-
tersburg, who has been experimenting
on the subject from a purely physiolog-
ical standpoint. It helps to drive out
carbonic acid in dogs and increases
their consumption of oxygen; it also
makes them perspire. He thinks it may
be regarded as a serious therapeutic
agent.
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES.
WHEN flying at its highest speed the
house fly makes 600 strokes of: its wings
per second and the dragon fly 11,500.
A GLOW worm has a brush attached
to its tail, because it is necessary that
the back be kept clean in order to show
its light. - -
THE song of the English male-sky-
lark is best when the female is on the
eggs. At such times he soars to great
heights and sings rapturpusly. ‘ -
ONE of the most remarkable features
’of earthquake pulsations is their great
duration. The originating earthquake
may last but a few seconds. while the
ground at a. distance may rock gently
through a small angle for hours.
Iris not generally known that, size
for size, a thread of spider silk is de-
cidedly tougher than a bar of steel. An
ordinary thread will bear a weight of
three grains. . This is just about fifty
per cent. stronger than a steel thread
of the same thickness. _ , ‘
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LANDING ON A FOREIGN SHORE.
The Traveler on Arriving Wonders What
to Do First.
When our steamer lands us in a. for-
eign port—it matters little whether it
is an English-speaking port or not—
the traveler who has not taken the trip
to Europe before wonders what to do
first, according to a writer in Harper’s
Bazar. Having donned our shore gar-
ments, packed our steamer trunks and
given it to the room steward, who
brings it to the custom house for us,
and having given our fees to this same
steward, our stewards, our table stew-
ard and deck-steward, we have noth-
ing to do but wait with our hand bag-
gage until the gangway isplaced in po-
sition and we can go ashore.
With our fellow-passengers we enter
a large room, where custom house oflic-
ers abound on every side. They stand
behind long tables, upon which our
hand-bags and rolls are placed, and
which we should prepare at once to
unlock. A cheerful compliance with
the request to open all packages does
much to make our passage through all
custom houses pleasant and easy, and a
person has no disagreeable experiences
who obeys the requirement of the law
of the country she is entering.
Travelers, as a. rule. and American
travafigs especially, are treated with
consideration. They will ask you, in
French, German or Italian: “Have
you anything dutiable?” and as cigars
and brandy are what they seek. one
can truthfully answer in one word:
“Nothing”—a word easily learned in
all three languages. When our hand-
baggage has been examined, one of our
party usually stands guard over it, in
some. out-of-the-way corner, while the
others, with trunk keys in hand, wait
for the trunks to be brought from the
steamer’s -hold. One claims them as
they appear. and they all must 'be
Opened as a rule. As the place for ex-
amining trunks is large, a distinctly
marked trunk is necessary.
A red ring or cross on the end of a
trunk is seen at a great distance, when
initials are not distinguishable. Great
patience works wonders in a custom-
house, and when rough hands plunge
into every corner among our small
number of treasures, we are supposed
to smilingly approve. The hat tray is
always attractive to these guardians of
the peace, and then a woman is allowed
to make known her feelings bya gen-
tle “Prenez garde, s’il vous plait!” or,
“Bitte, in acht nehmen!” or, again, the
'79
all of which is simply: “Please, take
care.” If a person preserves a calm in-
difference, and does not attempt to vio-
late their laws, there is nothing to
dread in these places of custom. But
no fee is ever offered a custom house
official. .
After passing the customs, a porter
carries our luggage to a cab, 01-, if we
have too many trunks for a one-horse
carriage, we must take a larger one. A
one-horse cab can carry comfortably
two people with their hand baggage,
and two small trunks in front with the
driver. We direct the coachman to the
hotel previously decided upon, our de-
cision having been reached by our red-
bound Baedeker.
PASSING OF THE MULE.
Little Further Use for the Animal in the
World. ‘
Pa., where eleven thousand tons of
month, there is not a single mule drag-
ging out its gloomy life in the long un-
derground works. Electricity has re-
placed animal power to good advantage
to the mine operators and to the mules
as well. At present, says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer, there are in the colliery
nine thousand one hundred and thirty
feet of track, having a gauge of thirty-
six inches. The coal is collected in cars
holding about a ton each, which
are made up into trains of
twenty-five to forty cars. Formerly
the cars were connected together
by chains and hooks, but since
electricity was adopted they have been
supplied with link and pin couplings.
The grades, as a rule, are under two
per cent., and the most of them are fa-
vorable to the loaded trains. Just at
present one locomotive is in use. It is
a little over ten feet long, five feet
wide and exerts a pull of fifteen hun-
dred pounds at a speed of eight miles
an hour. The current is taken from a
bare copper wire by a. trolley and the
locomotive can be operated when the
trolley wire is only three feet above the
rails. The whole car is protected by a
strong covering from damage by fall-
ing rock. Three more locomotives
have been ordered for the switching
service inside the mine. They are
somewhat smaller and are designed for
apull of about eight hundred pounds
little frame building containing a six-
teen by five and ahalf-foot boiler, a.
‘ one hundred-horse power engine and a.
ninety-kiloWat-t generator. The own-
ers of the mine are so pleased with the
operation of the electric haulage plant
that they have been installing one at
another of their collieries.
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soft Italian:“‘Badate, per piacere. —'
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At the Eureka colliery, Winderist, '
bituminous coal are turned out every 1
at the drawbar. The power-house is a -
WHALE ON A CABLE. '
The Insulation Damaged by the Flounder-
ing of the Big Fish. .
Submarine cables. are usually in-
bedded in. the slimy bot-tom of the
ocean, but at certain points they hang
like wire bridges over deep submarine
valleys, so that whales and other large
inhabitants of the doep may become
dangerous to the cable. Once in awhile
it is the cable that becomes dangerous:
to the whales, as, recently shown in an.
accident to the western BraziIian
cable. There was some trouble with
the wire, and after many futile efforts
the seat of the trouble was discovered
76 miles north of Santa Catharina. The
repair ship Viking was sent to repair
the damage, and began to take up the
cable near-where the seat of trouble
had been located. After the cable:
proper had been grappled and was
taken up on the large drums provided
for the purpose it was found that it
floated very much easier and was more
buoyant than was ordinarily the case-
The reason was discovered when in a.
100p of the cable the carcass of a whale
of more than 60 feet in length came up
with it. It appears that the whale
had become caught under the cable,
and, not being able to lift it nor to go
forward or back, it suffocated, since
it could no more rise to the surf-ace. By
its last spasms or attempts to free it—
self the whale had damaged the cable
so that the insulation was rubbed off
and the wire became useless. This is
the third case of the kind, since a sim-
ilar ease once happened in the Persian
gulf and another on the Peruvian coast.
33!
PEACEFUL BY NATURE.
The Egyptian Abhors Warfare, as Did
Bis Fathers Before Him.
The ordinary Egyptian. is by instinct.
utterly opposed to military life. The
last thing he wants to do in the world is
to fight. He hates the pomp and cir-
cumstance of glorious war, and nothing
in his nature is appealed to by the idea“
of strife and combat. ‘
He is a good-tempered, pleasure-lov—
ing man, and for 5,000 years his ances—
tors before him have loathed the clash
of steel. Go back as far as you like in
Egyptian history and you will never
find a trace of the Viking spirit in the
inhabitants of the Nile valley. The’suc-
cessful wars of the Pharaohs were.
waged by mercenaries, and the papyri
show that the military calling was
always described as pure evil. The rec--
ords show little delights in battle, but
plenty of picturesque contrasts between
the horrible miseries endured by the'
soldier in the field and the pleasant,
snug life of the civilian tribe. .
The spirit of the old Dane who when.
he felt death approaching put on his
armor, because he would not die like a
cow in his house, has no echo in the
past or in the present of the true
Egyptian.
REBUKES FROM THE BENCH.
‘Lord Chief Justice Erie Gently Sits Down.
on the Counsel.
Lord Chief Justice Erle was prone to
interrupt counsel when it was found
that the judges had already made up ‘
their minds against him. On one occao
sion Mr. Bovill, Q. C., soon- afterward
made a judge, was stopped with: “Here.
we stand, four men, and we have all;
firmly (emphasizing the adverb) made-
up our minds that there must be a new
trial; but if you think it werth your
while going on after that (playfully),
why, of course, We’ll keep on hearing"
you.” Whereupon the Q. C. laughing--
ly sat down. «On another occasion he
interrupted with: “I beg to inform the
counsel ‘there is a time in the mind of
every man at which he lets down the
floodgates of his understanding and al-
lows not one more drop to enter;’ and
that time in my mind has fully arrived?”
The Next French Census.
The visitors who are living in hired
villas on the Riviera are all to be in-.
cluded in the next French census.
Among those who will fill out the sen—
sus papers are the queen of England,
the empress dowager of. Russia, the
czarowitz and her two youngest chil~
dren, the grand duke and duchess of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the duke and
duchess of Parma, the duchess dowager
of Coburg and Lord and Lady Salis-
bury. The king of the Belgians, the
prince of Wales and other birds of pas-
sage in hotels or yachts will be ex-
empted. .
F AN Os.
56 £115 ESTABLISHED.
GRAND AND UPRIGHT.‘
Nearly [00,000 Manufactured. 5i
EASY TERMS. " EXCHANGED;
REASONABLE PRICES. o
FISCHER PIANO WAREROOMS§§
IIO Fifth :Ave.. cor. lath 8h, N. Y.
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