WN INFAMOUS MEASUR-

E.r

.

The Overstroct - McCleary currency'bill , now pending in Congress , which ?s ,

by the way , the result of the Indianap-olis

-

. Monetary Commission's severalsessions , ff ennftled into law (as it sure-Jy

-

will be \ ( ( lie McKinley adminislrat-ilon

-

is given encouragement by this.year's elections ) , would create a set of-conditionin) this country that would.almost justify revolution. It would :

3. He-tin * $ .' { 16,000,000 of greenbacks.'_' . Stop coinage of silver dollars.: : . Make $r00,000,000 of silver re-

deemable-

in gold.1. Make debt contracts , public and

private , 7)iyible in gold.i-

t..

. .Turn over to banks all power toissue paper currency.

( ! . Secure bank currency by assetsonly.

7. Leave depositors without prolect-ion.

-

. .

S. Enable banks to contract or ex-

pand¬

their currency at will.-X

.

! Create a bank monopoly.10. Leav < > honest banks at the mercy

of dishonest ones.31. Make legitimate banking hazar-

dotts.-

.

12. Increase the value of our debt-obligations national and private , manymillion dollars.

1' *. . Open an avenue for wildcat bank ¬

ing.11. Provide a twelve-year board to

control currency.-"Make

.

money the master , everythingelse the servant ,

* ' as McKinley said in-

1SL! Do Democrats want these cond-itions

¬

to prevail ? We think not.

Price of Silver aii'l Wheat.-"Along

.

in the last part of May wheatwent up to about S1.su ," says B. P-

."Spry.

, in the Iowa Fanners' Tribune.-"ami

.

that Denm-IIepublicau-gold stand-ard

¬

sheet , that tries to Isold the Demo-

cratic¬

patronage by pretending to be aDemocratic paper , and to hold thej Democrat ie traitors the 'gold bugDemocrat *

* by advocating free trade ,

.ami the .Republicans and their advertis-ing

¬

money by referring to the sillyjokes about Bryan , wheat and free sil-

ver¬

made a great hit. as the Leaderfchnught. by saying , when wheat wasup in the gambling rooms of the Chi-cago

¬

Hoard of Trade to 100. 'How isBryan with his silver and wheat ?

Silver and wheat have parted companynow that irood times have come an ; !

the country is again prosperous ; let thepeopl" part with this silly Bryanismwhich promulgates the idea that silverand wheat io hand and hand in prices. "

"But mv that wheat is worth , afterill ! the .stretching up it had. only about-J. , to 31 cents and silver about GO centsiiere in Des Moinc-s. and they are prac-tically

¬

together , v. e do not hear the all-

.JQroundpoliticalparly-

. . paper say oneword about 'Bryan , silver anil wheat. '

"After the speculators had boughtpractically all the wheat in the world ,

_ iid only left a few bushels here andthere in the possession of the farmers ,

TiVy went to lighting and gamblingwith > ne another , these Board of Trade

*./ziH'u. and the result was that the poorpeople all over this country had to payan enormous price for flour ; and thefarmer who had sold his wheat atabout 4 cents per bushel to the specu-lators

¬

had to put it back in Hour atabout 10U per cent. , and many are thepuor familie < that had to go hungry be-

an.se-

< of the maehiifalions of trade rob-

ber¬

* ; ami still we have a class of pau-pers

¬

: iiid people , in the face of all thesefacts , publishing and proelairuiifg tothe publi.- that good times have. come.and they can prove it by citing the factthat wheat has advanced in price.

".fust think of the logic 'good limes'not btvatiMi the demand for labor or

*! wages of the laborer have advanc-ed

¬

: not because there has been an iti-

creasc-

in factories , an advancement in-

tlij

- price of cattle , hogs , horses , chick-ns.

-

< . or ( he general productions of thefarm ; but because speculator hadi i ght up all the whea ! and have thenjmt it tip and made everybody pay a-

l

'

< nibl * price for the bread of the fam-

Hy."Acountry is in a dangerous posi-

tion¬

when a fev men in the large East-ern

¬

cities of these United Stales runjTt i iheir .heads aid pocket-books to-

irnherJ make the hungry millionspay a. double price for their bread.without any advantage or help added toproduce or buy it ; and then hypocriticalami boodle newspapers make the cili-jii

- j

tts believe that Ihese evils are signsf and even proofs of 'goofi times. '

"We would no : expect the people , to-

be ied astray now by the devices ofThese desiirning and evil agencies be-

eanse-

- oC the iur rest of the presentAvar , which overshadows all else in themtuds of a loyal pple. . because thepenple of the United Slates love theirror.iitry more than their lives ; that is.the people do , but there is a class ofhuman devils that live In this land whoJove their money more than their cou-ntry

¬

, and now is the time that { hey willfasten their posonous fangs into Hi-elifeblood of the principles of the equallights of our people , and while the at-

tention¬

of the great republic is intense-ly

¬

absorbed on the Avar they will stealinto legislation measures that willleave evils which will punish and reachto our great-grandchildren. ' '

Barker's liiuietallic Views.-By

.

restoring bimetallism , expandingthe basis of our currency instead ofcontracting the superstructure of creditmoney to the narrow gold basis , wecan keep gold and silver In circulation

<aide by side. The gold monometallist

believes , or at least feigns to believe,

this to be impossible. He says wo mustturn the balance of trade much in ourfavor ; that only thus can we keep ourgold. We answer , certainly. He saysit is only possible to turn the balanceof trade sufficiently in our favor bycontracting our currency , and thuscausing such a fall in prices as to in-

duce¬

foreign buying. We answer , thisis not only ruinous but needless. TheEnglish trader dees not seek our prod-ucts

¬

, because he can buy cheaper in In-dia

¬

, Argentina , or Mexico. Raise theprice to the Englishman of wheat orcotton bought in India and Mexico , andhe will buy from us at prices muchhigher than those now ruling. That it-

is preferable to make a market for oursurplus products at higher prices ,

rather than beg for a market at lower ,

any gold monometallist. whose feelingsare not deadened to the sufferings ofour people , must admit. But is thispossible ? Assuredly it is. The En-glishman

¬

now buys in India , in Mexico ,

and other silver-using nations payingwith silver or silver exchange silverthat has remained of stable purchasingpower in those countries even since theWeslern world struck it down. Wehave simply to raise the price of silverwith which to pay for purchases madein silver-using countries at 07 cents anounce , but forced to pay our mint price ,

to wit , 1.29 , would at once find thecost of buying in silver-using countriesdoubled , and he would eagerly turn toour markets to buy cotton and wheat ,

so long as the price was not doubledhere.AVharton Barker , in 1S9G.

Peace Palaver Is Costly.The American Peace Commission is

still palavering with Ihe Spanish com-mission

¬

over which country shall bearthe burden of the Cuban debt a con-

troversy¬

beyond Ihe limits of the pro-tocol

¬

and stupid to Ihe point of sillinessin so far as the United States is con ¬

cerned.And meanwhile the United States

continues to pay the freight. The peacenegotiations at Paris are costing thiscountry on a fair estimate 1.000000 a-

day. . That is about the cost of main-taining

¬

the army and navy at its pres-ent

¬

rating. Until the Paris commissionreaches an agreement the presentjstrength of the army cannot be reduc-ed.

¬

. Volunteers must be kept in the ser¬

vice. The costly war footing must bo-

maintained. . It is the same in the navyjVessels of the battle line can not be ptitjout of commission even temporarily.Costly auxiliary vessels must be keptin ship-shape and seaworthy whichotherwise could go into dry-dock or bedispensed with altogether.

Responsibility for this condition ofaffairs , say competent critics , rests sole-ly

¬

upon President McKinley. It is hislack of definite policy ; his inability tomake up his mind what to demand inthe Philippines , which has cost theUnited States $23,000,000 without anyadequate return. Criticism of this cost-ly

¬

pottering with diplomacy is becom-ing

¬

caustic. It is felt at the White !

House and the Stale Deparlmenl.

The War Investigation.There appears little doubt now but

that the committee appointed by Presi-dent

¬

McKinley to investigate the short-comings

¬

of army officers and the causesof disease in camps and the fatal ill-

ness¬

of so many soldiers will thor-oughly

¬

and effectually whitewash thematter and bring in a clean slate. Notan instance has occurred yet to indi- j

rate even a suspicion against a man. j

In fact , the investigation has been car-ried

¬

on in such a manner that thereare no formal charges preferred againstany army officer. Surgeons , generals ,

colonels , who are said 1o have neg-lected

¬

their men , who failed to furnishhospital accommodations , wiio neglect-ed to supply sufficient medicines orwholesome food , will be found to haveacted directly in the line of duty , andnot one word of censure will be raisedagainst them. The committee has al-

ready-

announced that there is not aniota of evidence to indicate that theSecretary of War was to blame for anyof the unfortunate occurrences , andthis finding will eventually go downthe line even with the horse doctor ,

who reigned so long it Camp Thomas.The committee was intended to be a

whitewashing committee , and Presi-dent

¬

McKinley selected well when liepicked the men to do this duty. Bur-lington

¬

Gazette.

Opposed to a Public Dcltt.-

In.

his letter , dated Monlicello , July12. ISlfi , to Samuel Kerchival. ThomasJefferson said : "I am not among thosewho fear the people. They , and not therich , are our dependence for continuedfreedom. And to preserve their inde-pendence

¬

, we must not let our rulersload us with perpetual debt. We mustmake our selection between economyand liberty , or profusion and servitude.-If

.

we run into such debts as that , wemust be taxetl in our meat and in ourdrink , in our necessaries and our com-

forls-

in our labors and our amuse-ments

¬

, for our callings and our creeds ,

as the people of England are. our peo-

ple¬

, like them , must come to labor six-teen

¬

hours in the twenty-four , jrive theearnings of fifteen of these to the gov-ernment

¬

for their debts and daily ex-

penses¬

, and the sixteenth being suf-ficient

¬

to afford us bread , we must liveas I hey now do. on oatmeal and pota-toes

¬

: have no time to think , no meansto call the mismanagers to account :

but be glad to obtain subsistence bjhiring ourselves to rivet their chainson the necks of our fellow sufferers. "

A MAN Or MANY PARTS.-

frhc

.

Late A. Oakcy Hall Was Politi-cian

¬

, Journalist , Lawyer and Actor.-A.

.

. Oakley Hall , ex-mayor of XewI'ork. who died in the metropolis re-

cently-

| , had had a career remarkable iu' many ways. lie was at different timesj

'politician , newspaperman , lawyer andactor. His name is inseparably con-

nected¬

with the rise and fall of theTweed regime , lie being mayor of themetropolis when the Tweed ringfrauds startled the nation.-

Mr..

. Hall was born in New Orleans ofEnglish parentage seventy-three yearsago. He graduated from the Univer-sity

¬

of New York and , settling in thatcity , identified himself with the Dem-ocracy.

¬

. He was three times electeddistrict attorney and in 1868 was elect-ed

¬

mayor over the Republican candi-

A. OAKKY HALT. .

date , Frederick A. Conkling, a brotherof Koscoe Conkling. He was re-electedmayor in 1870. The Tammany over-throw

¬

in 1872 , when the Republicansput William F. Ilavemeyer at the headof the city government , ended Mr-

.Hall's.

political career. When the fraudsof the Tweed ring were exposed he wasone of the men brought to trial , beingcharged with willful neglect of his du-

ties¬

as mayor of the city. He was ac-

quitted¬

on the second trial , the first onebeing a failure on account of the deathof a juryman.-

In.

1S75 Mr. Hall appeared on thestage as an actor and author , playingthe leading part in "The Crucible ," buthis dramatic career was of short dura-tion

¬

, lie then devoted himself to news-paper

¬

work , being editor of the NewYork World for a time , and later rep-

resented¬

New York papers in differentEuropean capitals. He returned toNew York in 1891 and had since livedthere. Mr. Hall was brought up in thePrebyterian faith , but he and his wifewere baptized in the Catholic Churchsome time ago. He might have com-

manded¬

considerable wealth if he-

wishcil. . but he died a poor man.

CANDIDATE TALKS BEHIND NET.

Premier of New South Wales ProtectsHimsL-lf from Kegs ami Fruit.

The election and campaign methodswhich disgrace England have spreadto Australia. During the recent gen-

eral¬

elections in New South Wales agedeggs , overripe vegetables and bombs offlour were thrown at the candidateswith such abnormal liberality as to in-

terfere¬

considerably with the address-es

¬

of the speakers. To stop or lessen

1'KOTECTEI ) IJY A XET.

this unappreciated punctuation of a-

candidate's speech an ordinary poul-try

¬

netting , erected between the speak-ery'

-

platform and their audiences ,

proved an effective egg and turnipcatcher.

The pet target of the rough-and-readymarksmen was the premier of the col-ony

¬

, George Houston Reid , who atteud-er

-

the jubilee festivities of last year.-an'd

.

was made a privy councilor ittheir close. This gentleman at the endof at least two meetings of his constitu-ents

¬

had to be scraped down by hisfriends to remove the deposits of eggsthat had long passed the edible stage-

."Beautiful.

.

."Death-bed scenes are not always edi-

fying¬

, but sometimes one is portrayedwhich is so full of light and love thatwe are glad to remember it. Such wasMrs. Browning's , and her husband'sstory of it shows his own love for herin an exquisite fashion that also is not j

to be forgotten.She said , on the last evening : "I ; is

merely the old attack , not so severe aone as that of two years ago. There is-

no doubt that I shall soon recover. "And so we talked over plans for the

summer and the next\vear. I sent theservants away and her little maid tobed , so little reason for disquietude didthere seem. Through the night sheslept heavily and brokenly , but thenhe would sit up , take her medicine ,

say unrepeatable things to me , and'

sleep again. At 4 o'clock there weresymptoms that alarmed me , so I called I

the maid and sent for the doctor. Shesmiled as I proposed to bathe her feet

"Well , " .she said , "you are determin-ed

¬

to make an exaggerated case of it !"

Then came what my heart will keepuntil I see her again , and longer -themost perfect expression of Her love foi-

me within my whoh knowledge of-

her.. Always smilingly , happily , andwith a face like a girl's , in a few min-

utes she died in my arms , her head 0:1-

my cheek.These incidents so sustain me that I

tell them to her beloved ones as theirright. There was no lingering noracute pain , nor consciousness of separ-ation

¬

; but God took h r to Himself asyou would lift a sleeping child from a

dark , uneasy bed into your arms andthe light.-

"When.

I asked , "How do you fcelVthe last word was , "Beautiful !"

'FOUR-TUNE" CARPET.

A Phrase Used in Japan Where Weav-ing

¬

Is Set to Music.-

At.

Sakai , about half a dozen milesfrom Osaka , and some other towns inJapan , where carpets , rugs and fabricsof the same class are manufactured ,

there are no large carpet factories , buthand looms may be seen in nearly everyhouse. The weaving is set to music.The children are taught to sing a sortof nonsense verse to a certain tune , theSuperintendent or head worker leading ,

and that air means a certain pattern ,

the deft fingers of the little workersrhythmically following the notes. Atthe right moment the woman in chargeof a loom hums a new tune , and the lit-

tle¬

ones instantly take-it up and asquickly change the pattern to suit themusic. It is consequently quite correctto speak of these productions as a "one-tune , "two-tune" or "four-tune" car-pet

¬

, etc. , as the case may be.The children kneel at their work upon

a plank at the end of the loom , and eachof them slides backward and forwardalong it according to the space occupiedby their allotted portion of the pattern.The actual workers are. for the mostpart , children of from 7 years of ageupward , and from two to four , live oreven six work at a single loom underthe direction of an adult , generally a-

woman. . Some 5,000 boys and over 1.i ,

000 girls are thus employed. The chil-

dren work twelve hours a day. and eachearns about a penny in that time. Threeof them can , if expert hands , completean ordinary rug , say six feet by threefeet , and made of colored hemp or wool-

en¬

yarns , in a day. A silk rug of thfisame dimensions , however , would occu-py the same workers for from 80 to 109-

days. .

To le Quiiiucy.When \ve read great names , name4-

."to conjure with , " it is sometimes hardto believe that the men to whom ihovbelonged were ever browbeaten by pub-

lishers or crushed by critics. Even DC-

Quincey had to be brought to a senseof the realities of this earth , hazy phil-

osopher as he was. and while he wasyet a new contributor to Blackwoxl'.-Magazine

-

. the publishes addressed tchim this sharp appeal. In the lighs ofhis literary glory , it N interesting read

"Jan. 0 , 1821."I must tell you frankly , at once , that

your mode of furnishing articles \\llneither answer your own purpose n. > i-

mine. . For Instance : This article \'sirhyou have not yet finished , you positive-ly promised to have with me completeon Tuesday by 2 o'clock.-

"No.

doubt you may have had m ; njunavoidable causes for the delay : s.iilthis is nothing to a man of busiiv < swho , as he adheres to his own eujxai-rmeuts , expects equal punctuality i-i

those who engage with him-."It

.

is quite unnecessary , as I hi . :

again and again told you , to make anyinquiry as to whether an article will IK \

in time. A good article is alw.iys i-

time.i/;

j'

. "

Unpleasant Imputation.Among the stories told of Dr. Km ,

mons. a well-known dergymau of aformer day and gener.ition. there aremany \vhich show his keen wit.

In the town where he was pastor th"r : :

lived a physician who was a panthei.-r.and took pains to let every one kno\vit. He had made frequent boast il'r"he could easily conquer Dr. Emm--in argument , and one day came \ . .

' -

chance. lie and the doctor met at : .' .

house of a .sick man-."How

.

old are you. sir ? " ask"d th-j '

physician , brusquely. j

"Sixty-two. " replied Dr. Emmons ,

quietly , although his eyes showed hi-

surprise.--

. "May I ask your ago in tuns V-

"I've been alive since the creation inone form or another. " said the physi-cian

¬

, curtly.-"Ah

.

, then I suppose you were \vithAdam and Eve in the garden of Eden1inquired the doctor.-

"Certainly..

. " came the reply.-"Uin

.

! " said Dr. Eminons. placidly.meditating on the other's face. "I al-

ways thought there was ; i third personthere , but some have differedme.

Married Six Times.Mrs. Augustu * Thistle wood , of Prov

ide-nce. It. 1. . lias been married sl.%times. At her last wedding four of herformer husbands were present and act-ed as ushers. The fifth sent his regret :and a present , and an invitation to the {

bride and groom to spend the honey- {

moon at his house. The average termof servitude for three husbands waten months All the divorces weregranted upon the application of thelady without opposition. The dis.solu-tion

-

of matrimonial ties has been due ,

to the tact and diplomacy of the lady. ,'

who convinced her several spouses thaf i

they were mismated.

Two Names Tor One Thing.What we call aping in the case of a ;

monkey, we call fashion in the case ofmen and women. Fliegende Blaetter.

The first symptom of honesty is awillingness to pay honest debtspromptly.

Girls nc Gulden's.Everybody knew that the Goldens-

couldn't get a girl to stay , or one thatwould suit them If she would staj- . Thatwas the family worry from January to

December how to secure competenthelp. A few girls stayed the mouthout. some only half a month , the ma-

jority¬

a week or less and there hadbeen known cases where the girl leftthe day after she arrived. It must notbe supposed from this that the Goldenswere hard people to get along with. Mr.and Mrs. Golden were nice , quiet peo-

ple¬

of an easy-going nature , and thetwo daughters were just as affable andgood natured as any two girls in thecity. Young George Golden was rare-ly

¬

3 at home except during sleepinghours , and Willie , who attended schooldally , did not interfere with the servantgirls at all. The family always provid-ed

¬

a good table and paid fair wages forhelp , while the house was not so largens to frighten a girl accustomed to areasonable amount of work.

But inside of twelve mouths the Gol-

den¬

family had had English , Welsh.Scotch , Irish , Dutch , Danish , Swedes ,

Norwegians and colored girls. Thosethat weren't lazy were dirty or cheeky.The English girl was found by Mrs.Golden stretched at full length on theparlor lonnge reading a cheap novel ,

while her work remained untouchedaround her. The Scotch girl had sucha thick brogue that It impeded her ut-

terance¬

and made It almost impossiblefor her to be understood. The Welshgirl was addicted to drink , and the Irishgirl was decidedly too familiar and act-ed

¬

as if she was mistress of the house.The Danish girl didn't speak English at-all. . The Swedes uroke almost everythingin the house , including a few command-ments

¬

, and the two Norwegian girlswere lacking in neatness of appearanceand general cleanliness. As for the in-

numerable¬

colored girls that had beenemployed by the Golden family , theywere in the aggregate lazy , dirty ,

cheeky , parsimonious in the matter ofthe truth , and generous in the dispen-sation

¬

of groceries and other eatables totheir relatives and friends.

The great cardinal virtue in the Gol-

den¬

household was scrupulous cleanli-ness

¬

, and had that been tno prominentcharacteristic of any one of the girlsit is likely that her other shortcomingswould have been overlooked and thatshe might have stayed in the position.-As

.

it was , however, the only two of theentire bunch that kept the house evenpassably clean were slow and alwaysbehind with their work.

One day Mrs. Golden returned homefrom the "Intelligence" office by theway , why on earth do they call theseheadquarters of ignorance "intelligenceoffices ?" in quite a flutter of excite ¬

ment.-

"I.

do believe , " she declared , as shetook off her hat and wrap , and seatedherself in her favorite armchair , "I dobelieve that I have secured the rightgirl at last. "

"Yes , we have heard that very oftenbefore ," remarked her husband , com-placently

¬

; "they are always the 'rightkind of girls' until they get here , andjthen they turn out wrong. "

"But this one is really different fromall the others ," said Mrs. Golden-

."Different.

in what appearance ,}manners or accomplishments ? Is it im-

possible¬

for her to oversleep herself inthe morning , burn the toast , or tell alie ? Doesn't she break crockery , givecheek , or read novels ? Is she fonderof work than of gossiping , or whatkind of a freak is she ?"

"She's just a plain , ordinary-lookinggirl , but she's an American firstAmerican we have had yet , remember ,

Joseph , and she looks clean , movesquickly , and talks well. She wants $20-

te

a month, which shows that she has ahigh appreciation of her own worth."

"Oh , they all have that none of themare too modest in their claims of what'they can do. Twenty dollars is a mere'bagatelle if she is worth it, but we'have not had a girl yet that was worth'half of it."

"Well , she's coming this afternoon ,

and we'll see how she gets on. For myi irt I believe the girl will give corn-; . - satisfaction to us all. I believe 1

' . . , vc captured a new gem at last ! ' '

"What's her name ?"Annie lioouey."

' Good gracious !"Sure enough Annie Kooney assumed

1her new duties in the Golden householdthat afternoon , and somehow therewas that in her appearance which in-

spired¬

confidence in every member oft-

he1 family as soon as they saw her.-

At.

the table she was a jewel. Little ,

active , alert swift to see what waswanted and quick to supply it, she hadearned the admiration of all before theevening meal was over. She was upearly in the morning , lighted the firenoiselessly , started breakfast on theway , and then commenced to clean thekitchen and everything in it ; as she ex-

pressed¬

it , the place "wasn't fit to beseen with dirt. "

"Joseph ," said Mrs. Golden to her]husband , shortly after breakfast , "An-nie

¬

j haf gone to do the up-stairs work ,

and I just wait you to come down andlook at her kitchen."

Mr. Golden softly followed his wifedown stairs , and the pair quietly tip-

toed-

into the kitchen. The greasy ,

grimy look on the walls had disappear-ed

¬

, the paint looked fresh and clean.The tin and agate ware s jne bright-ly

¬

, as did all the metal work about thestove and kitchen shelves , the crock-ery

¬

( dresser glittered and glistened Inthe morning sunlight , the linoleum onthe floor was spotlessly clean-

."There's.

her morning's work beforebreakfast ," said Mrs. Golden. "I won-der

¬

how ever she did it in the time ?""Here's the answer , ' ' replied her hus-

band¬

, sententiously , as he pointed to apackage that stood near the sink. "Thegirl is a gem , as you said , my dearshe uses Sapolio. "

"But I should think it would taketime-"

"My dear, Annie Itooney evidently

knows the dlifc-rence between time andSapolio. "

"What do you mean , Joseph ?""Time , my dear , was made for slavesSapolio has abolished slavery In-

housework. ."

CONVINCING THE SPANIARDS.-

An

.

English Diver Uroucht Proof tlt t-

He Had ViHited n hunkcii Vessel.James Cassidy. in the St. Nicholas ,

has an article about diving , entitled"Under the Sea." Mr. Cassidy says :Some of the experiences of the. diversare well worth recording , as we soondiscovered by a chat with one of them-."I

.

don't know that I've anything par-ticular

¬

to tell you ;" he began , "nothingthat you'd consider exciting ; now, if Iwere Lambert , the famous British div-er

¬

, I could tell you many stories of ad-venture

¬

under the water. "A little coaxing, and we soon prevail-

ed¬

upon the brave fellow to talk aboutthe submarine life-

."I.

take it , " he said , "that pluck andluck help materially in the making of-

an efficient diver. Some time ago Mr.Lambert and I Lambert was thenMessrs. Siebe & Gorman's chief diver-were sent out to survey a wreck sup-posed

¬

to contain a considerable amountof specie. Spanish divers brave fel-

lows¬

, and capital men at their art hadbeen trying before us , but declared thatit was quite impossible to reach thehold of the wreck , or even her deck-.'It's

.a sheer impossibility , ' they said.

" 'Well , it may be , ' said Lambert ;

'but I mean to have a try , at all events ,now that I've come so far ; ' and so ,

dressing , he went down. Forty minutesexpired , and then came the signal ,

'Haul up , ' and he was brought to thesurface.

" 'It's all right , ' he declared ; 'the goldis there ; but there'll be some difficultyin recovering it. '

"Meantime the Spaniards were talk-ing

¬

together rapidly , and one of our en-

gineers¬

heard their discourse. 'Do youknow what they are saying ? ' he asked-.'It

.is that Lambert never reached the

wreck at all that he is only pretendingto have done so. '

" 'Oho ! ' exclaimed Lambert , 'so that'stheir idea , is it ? Well , we'll soon cor-

rect¬

that. ' And in spite of entreaties tothe contrary , and the fact that he hadbeen forty minutes under water at anunusual depth , he put on again his div-

ing¬

apparatus , and made a second de-

scent¬

, the Spaniards looking on in.

amazement-."Forcing

.

his Avay to the steward'spantry , he took from a rack a tea-clothmarked with the name of the ship , and ,

pushing it into his beit , gave the sig-

nal¬

, 'Haul up ! ' I was keenly watching ,

and espied the cloth in his belt. Seizingit, I waved it around my head ; and theSpaniards , understanding in a mo-

ment¬

what had been done , cheered andapplauded lustily , subsequently throng-ing

¬

around Lambert and begging athousand pardons of the brave fellowfor their former skepticism. And so be-

lief¬

in English pluck was confirmed. "

Russia's American-Built IVarsliips , IjSome details have been made public

concerning two war vessels that are to-

be constructed in Philadelphia for theKussian Government that should bestudied by our naval authorities andthe naval committees of Congress. Thelargest vessel is to be a battleship of12,700 tons displacement , which mustmaintain a speed of eighteen knots an.hour for twelve consecutive hours , withall coal , ammunition and stores on-

board. . Speed must be maintained withordinary draught , and the coal , am-

munition¬

and stores will be greater by50 per cent, than those carried on anyvessel outside of Ilussia. The othervessely , a cruiser , will have a displace-ment

¬

of 0,500 tons, a speed of twenty-two knots an hour for twelve consec-utive

¬

hours , and a carrying capacity of50 per cent , more stores of all kinds ,

than has ever been put into a warship.These vessels will be far superior toany hitherto designed for our navy , andwill embody all the lessons taught by-Sampson's fight with Cervcra.-

Alan's

.

Inliiimaiiit3-"Oh

-., you needn't talk , " said the in-

dignant¬

wife. "What would you be to-

day¬

if it weren't for my money , I'dlike to know ?"

"I really don't know, my dear ," calm-ly

¬

replied the heartless wretch , "but-I'm inclined to think I would be a bach ¬

elor. "

Unshaken Confidence-."It's

.always pretty safe to judge a.

man by the company he keeps. ""Oh , I don't know. There are excep-

tions.¬

. My Uncle John's business makesit necessary for him to associate withaldermen a good deal and still I'd trusthim with every dollar I've got in theworld."

His Eccentricitr.-"That

.young Hooper is an enigma

to me.""Why ?""He has had three poems- published

in as many different magazines andstill keeps on having his tiair cut."

Not Difficult.-He

.(indignantly ) I hope I know my

own mind !

She (sweetly ) Yes ! You surely oughtto know as much as that. PickMeUp.-

A

.

I>carth of Game-."Hear

.about Gunning ? While out

hunting , the other day , he shot apointer for which he had paid 125."

"What was the matter were thereno men in the vicinity ?"

Vienna has lost one of its best-knownwomen authors by the death of Mar-barathe

-Halm. Her most popular

works are the novels "Frau Holding'sHeart" and "A Feminine Prometheus. "She was twice married , but was soondivorced from her second husband.

Hearts may be attracted by assumedqualities , but the affections are only t-

be fixed by those which are real. Da-Moy..

If a pessimist has nothing tohim he STTzr'es about that